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Friday, January 18, 2008
Young man
killed near Franklin Field on Thursday
A man was shot to death early Thursday morning near Franklin
Field in Dorchester. The victim, Roderick Carter, 24, of
Dorchester, was found lying in front of 20 Stratton Street
at 3:05 a.m., according to police. He was pronounced dead at
the scene. The murder is the latest in a series of gun
homicides that have rocked Boston neighborhoods in recent
days. Anonymous tips on this and any other crime can be
called into the CrimeStoppers Tip Line at 1-800-494-TIPS
(8477) or text the word 'TIP' to CRIME (27463).
Man found stabbed
to death in Tuttle Street home
Neighbors on a quiet Savin
Hill sidestreet awoke to a crime scene on Thursday morning,
after police discovered a man stabbed to death in a third
floor apartment at 56 Tuttle Street. Boston Police say the
victim is a white male in his thirties and was found dead at
approximately 6 a.m.
Rose Tran, who lives on the second-floor of 56 Tuttle
Street, told the Reporter today that she did not hear any
commotion upstairs last night. She awoke at 5:45 a.m. to the
sounds of police cars arriving at her door. She is not sure
who called the police or how they knew to come to the
address. Tran, whose son owns the property, said that the
third floor tenant is not the victim. Tran said the current
tenant, whom she knows only as "Steve" has lived upstairs
for the last year-and-a-half. "He is very quiet, very good
man," Tran said. "I thought
that he was the one they found. I almost cried. But they
told me it wasn't him," Tran said. Police have not yet
classified the death as a homicide.
In
Strand encore, Menino charts next
moves
As his grandfather addressed a packed house at Dorchester's
Strand Theatre on Tuesday evening, Thomas Menino III found
plenty of ways to pass the time. Mayor Tom Menino's State of
the City address touched on the bitter standoff between city
administrators and the firefighters union, but focused more
on a litany of new and existing initiatives Menino said he
will pursue. Photo by Pete Stidman
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STORIES
Shootings
kill two, rattle nerves along Dot
Ave.
COURTHOUSE:
Year's first killing linked to love
triangle
Anti-crime
group based in D.C. opens Boston
chapter
Fairmount
Line investment triggers private
development
Study
could clear way for park in Port
Norfolk
Historic
value of Lower Mills dam
debated
Anti-litter
project on tap for Mattapan,
Codman
New
civic president takes reins in Cedar
Grove
Menino,
health centers oppose CVS
clinics
Dot's
Hunt reports back on visit to China
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Key
Catholic school advisor sees "renaissance"
ahead
John Fish, the
CEO of Suffolk Construction who is a member of a committee
overhauling Dorchester and Mattapan's Catholic school
system, laid out his vision for the project's future- and
addressed some lingering questions about the reconstruction
of local school buildings in an interview with the
Reporter.
Hockey
hero O'Sullivan trades blades for patrolman's
badge
 
Chris
O'Sullivan, of the well-known Neponset hockey clan, has
crossed a new blue line. The former NHL player was sworn in
as a Boston Police officer last month. O'Sullivan is shown
above after his swearing-in ceremony with three of his
brothers (l-r) Tommy, Shaun and Peter. At right, Chris is
shown wearing no. 19 during his stint with the Calgary
Flames. Photos courtesy O'Sullivan family/ Calgary Flames
Hockey Club.
Plus:
Latest Dot puck prospect headed for the
Heights
On
the Waterfront
The good, the bad, and the
unfinished work of
reclaiming Dorchester's
shoreline
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Dorchester
History
by
Peter F. Stevens
Artwork
courtesy of Celia McDonough
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