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Thursday, March 20, 2008

Dot St. Patrick's breakfast raises glasses, funds for food pantry

Comedian Steve Sweeney, left, and Dorchester's Roger Croke wore their Irish on their heads for a laugh at a Saturday morning breakfast at C.F. Donovan's restaurant in Savin Hill. The second annual event raised more than $10,000 to benefit the Blessed Mother Teresa parish food pantry. Harry Brett photo
Catherine O'Neill on Dorchester's version of the St. Patrick's breakfast.

TOP STORIES

STD 'epidemic' seen among many teens in neighborhood

Dot lawmakers split on Patrick's casino proposal

Bird lover's 'temple' has seen better days

Ladies follow in big shoes of Status Quo dance crew
At right: Lady Quo members (clockwise from top): Takya Richardson, Ashlee Price, Demetria 'Mookie' Bouyer and Jasmine Tartt. Photo by Pete Stidman

Sidewalk prayer serves as vigil for slain mother

Local couple imports Filipino stick-fight expertise

Big plans to restore old fountain on Bowdoin Street

Dot Day season to kick off next week


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Special Reports
Coakley report: Acute inpatient care
"may not be" Carney's future
In a highly anticipated report released last Thursday, Attorney General Martha Coakley recommends that the Archdiocese of Boston "relinquish control" over Carney Hospital to a Board of Governors and suggests that "acute medical-surgical inpatient hospital care may not be the appropriate future for Carney." The report drew a decidedly mixed reaction from Dorchester leaders and some industry experts, who rejected the premise that Carney move away from acute, inpatient care and focus instead on "behavioral" health issues.

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.

On the Waterfront
The good, the bad, and the unfinished work of
reclaiming Dorchester's shoreline 

Dorchester History
by Peter F. Stevens
Artwork courtesy of Celia McDonough
 

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