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Thursday, May 1, 2008
Proposals
to protect tenants gain
traction
Proposals at the
State House and City Hall are on the move to help protect
tenants who face eviction when the properties they live in
are foreclosed upon. Above, an April 16 rally outside of
Dorchester District Court. Photo by Pete Stidman
TOP
STORIES
Grateful
flock salutes St. Greg's
pastor
Shootings
raise concerns around Hendry
Street
Neponset
'Esplanade' gets $5m
OK
Bike
advocates see progress in quest for safer
roads
Dot
Mayor candidates keep busy social
calendars
Secretary
of State Galvin resists Chinese translation
plan
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Lower
Mills buzzes with new
developments
This new,
five-story building on Adams Street at Lower Mills may soon
rise on the Milton side of the Neponset River. It is one of
several pending projects on the horizon for the historic,
riverside village.
Plus:
A map shows current Lower Mills projects in
play.
Image courtesy Ned Corcoran
STD
'epidemic' seen among many teens in
neighborhood
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."
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
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Dorchester
History
by
Peter F. Stevens
Artwork
courtesy of Celia McDonough
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