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Thursday, November 15, 2007
Savin
Hill treasure fetches big bucks at
auction
This portrait of a young Edward Reed Dorr hung in a Savin
Hill home owned by the Dorr family for over 100 years. In
August, it was "discovered" by a Boston auction house and,
last week, it sold amid furious bidding for $866,000.
Reports
document PCB problem in Neponset
River
Two government commissioned
reports that will be released next month will give a new
window into a long-feared problem: PCBs - the remnants of
decades-old industrial waste - continue to contaminate the
Neponset River, endangering marine life and posing a health
risk to people who might consume certain fish from the
river. As the state's Dept. of Environmental Protection
searches for the original sources of the pollution, the new
research is likely to focus renewed attention on two Boston
dams, including the Baker Dam in Lower Mills, where the
contamination is concentrated.
POLITICS
What's
next for Team Unity?
One member short,
survivors say morale still strong
Commentary:
Why we must change city voting cycle, add term limits
by Councillor John
Tobin
Commentary:
A tale of two very different election days
by Matt O'Malley
AWOL
voters let us all down
by Catherine O'Neill
Boston
rap trio has strong Dorchester
connections
Special Teamz may be
Boston's best shot at making a statement
on the national hip-hop stage.
Catholic
schools have long offered choice,
stability
Chris Lovett looks back at
why parochial schools became such an important part of our
neighborhood's educational system.
In
Upham's, Bell Furniture sells building to elder care
group
New
condos on tap in St. Mark's
area
Motley
foresees change at UMass, but not to campus's
soul
Plus: COURTHOUSE
ROUND-UP
Casey Affleck
stars at "Patrick Kenzie" in the film Gone Baby,
Gone
DOT
ON THE BIG SCREEN
Gone too
far?
The Affleck
brothers' adaptation of Dennis Lehane's novel Gone Baby,
Gone has received rave reviews from the Hollywood press.
But, what about the take from Dorchester?
Hear from five local voices who have seen the flick.
Send
us your own view on the
movie.
Neighborhood
Notables
A comprehensive listing of
upcoming events in and around Dorchester.
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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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Archived Reporter Stories from
2004-7
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Archived Reporter Stories from
2003
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Dorchester
History
by
Peter F. Stevens
Artwork
courtesy of Celia McDonough
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