Details
on road closures here.
Moms
call for tougher tracking of
guns
Tina Chery,
co-founder of the Louis D. Brown Peace Institute, called for
a more aggressive approach to tracking handguns during a
rally on Bowdoin Street on Thursday, June 15. The rally,
featuring moms of recent victims and perpertrators, was
staged near the scene of a double murder last week.
Photo: Patrick McGroarty/Dorchester Reporter
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Activists
tell City Hall: "We'll sue to get more
cops"
A group of Boston
residents- most from crime watch activists in Dorchester-
sent a letter today to Boston Mayor Tom Menino and city
councillors urging them to hire more Boston Police officers.
The residents warned that they plan to sue if the city does
not comply with a city statute that mandates that the
department employ a mimimum of 2,500 uniformed officers.
Full
story, here.
Gun
buyback nets 92 guns in first two
days
The first two days of a
Boston Police-led gun buyback program yielded 92 guns
citywide, including more than a dozen at Dorchester's two
police stations. The one-month program asks city residents
to turn in a gun at various designated drop-off sites
citywide in exchange for a $200.00 Target ® gift card.
Monday night also saw two new homicides on Dorchester's
District 11, as a man was stabbed to death on Melville Ave.
and a young woman shot to death on Owencroft
Road.
Artist
discusses vision for Peabody
Sq.
Dorchester-based
artist Joe Wheelwright has been commissioned to install a
sculpture in Peabody Square. On Monday, he shared his vision
for the project during a walk through of his Humphrey St.
studio.
With
eye on future, Little House celebrates 100
years
Later this
month, the Little House will celebrate its history of
service, and plan for the
future.
Neighbors
to vote on resident parking
plan near JFK-UMass
station
Residents tired
of seeing their streets lined with the vehicles of commuters
plan a vote later this month to bring resident permit
parking to the area around JFK-UMass station.
Tenants
plan weekend rally
to demand collective
bargaining
Tenants of
properties owned by the Mayo Group will rally this weekend
against what they call unfair increases in their
rent.
Ahern
family unites behind Jimmy Fund
tourney
Their family was
touched by cancer. This summer the Ahearn family is planning
a fundraiser to help other families affected by the
disease.
New
wheels have UMB student
on road to a bright
future
Through a
partnership with a local car dealership, a disabled
UMass-Boston student now has increased mobility, and quality
of life.
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