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Thursday, October 25, 2007
Schoolkids
catch World Series
fever
 The
children and faculty of Blessed Mother Teresa School on
Savin Hill Ave. gathered to send a message to their favorite
baseball club on the eve of the World Series.
Image
courtesy Blessed Mother Teresa
school.
TOP STORY
Parishioners
weigh Catholic schools fate
in
series of
meetings
Cardinal Sean
O'Malley is poised to close up to four of the eight
remaining Catholic grammar schools in Dorchester as part of
a reorganization project called the 2010 Initiative. Church
leaders and others hope that by regionalizing and
strengthening the remaining schools they can halt the steady
erosion of Catholic education in Boston's largest
neighborhood. In a week-long series of parish-by-parish
briefings that began on Tuesday, parents and parishioners
got a first-hand look at the various formulas for
consolidation that will be presented to the Cardinal for his
final decision, which will come by November 30.
REPORTER'S
EDITORIAL: Much-needed decisions bring great
anxiety
PUBLISHER'S
NOTE: An apology to the parishioners of Saint Mark's
and an explanation: Our role in reporting the
news
COURTHOUSE ROUND-UP
Fact-acting
cops catch alleged Codman Sq.
gunman
HEALTH
City
study reveals startling numbers on STDs,
violence impacts on
teens
Talk
of Carney closure startles locals,
president
Free
flu shots available across
neighborhoods
POLITICS
Long-shot
candidate challenges Feeney in district
three
Kennedy,
congressmen push for energy reforms at Dot
House
TRANSPORTATION
Cyclists
tell city: build safer streets for
bikes
 DOT
ON THE SMALL SCREEN
Firefighter
takes hot seat on "Millionaire" game
show
Kevin Meehan,
left, takes his turn on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire" this
week on channel 5.
Photo courtesy:
Valleycrest Production
Ltd.
Doctor
goes distance
on
PBS show NOVA
WILDLIFE
Coyote
seen on prowl near Fields
Corner
ENVIRONMENT
Peabody
Square green innovations could grow
imitators
ARTS
New
doors open for this weekend's Studios
events
THIS WEEKEND
Reconsider
the Rainbow
Saturday forum
to recall origins of gas tank, artist Corita
Kent
The landmark
Dorchester gas tank- now owned by National Grid- is the
canvass for the world's largest piece of copyrighted art.
How Corita Kent came to create this unique masterpiece will
be the subject of a special forum on Saturday evening as
part of Dorchester Open Studios weekend. Photo by Pete
Stidman
Neighborhood
Notables
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Special
Reports
Shaky
Foundation
Condo
conversions, foreclosures threaten to undermine signature
three-decker stock
WHAT
THE BUBBLE LEFT
BEHIND
On one street,
foreclosures create "ghost town"
effect
Hendry Street, in the Bowdoin-Geneva section, may be the
poster street for what can happen when foreclosures ravage
city neighborhoods. Chris Lovett reports.
Cops
find new footing with patrols in Codman
Square
Left: Boston
Police Officers Jay Tully, Takisha Skeen, Andrell Jones and
Sergeant Lucas Taxter on patrol on Washington Street. A new
Boston Police initiative has deployed daily walking beats to
Codman Sq. and other sections of the neighborhood.
Photo by Gintautus Dumcius
Justice
speaks in many tongues
Dorchester
Court hustles to meet language
needs
Meeting the demand for interpreters is a constant
struggle at Dorchester's
busy courthouse.
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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