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Friday, May 23, 2008

FIRE SCORCHES MARSHLANDS ALONG NEPONSET RIVER, BIKE PATH

About 75 Boston firefighters battled a stubborn and blustery brush fire for several hours on Tuesday afternoon in the Neponset River reservation near Granite Avenue in Cedar Grove. The fast-moving, three-alarm blaze - first reported around 12:35 p.m. - scorched about 50 acres of the marsh between the Neponset Greenway bike trail and the river, according to Boston fire officials. Pockets of the fire also burned along the MBTA right-of-way near the Butler Street station, forcing the closure of the Mattapan high-speed trolley line for a period of about two hours, but service was restored in time for the late afternoon commute. The cause of the fire has not yet been characterized by fire officials. Photo by Bill Forry

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Special Reports

In Grove Hall, radio rebels dig in
TOUCH FM emerges as the "voice of Black Boston"
They are facing huge fines from the FCC and could even have their equipment confiscated - if the feds ever find their modest studio. But the radio team at TOUCH 106.1 FM are defiant, saying that their role as the "fabric of the Black community"creates a moral imperative that they stay on the air. Above, creative director and morning man MC Spice. Photo by Pete Stidman

Lower Mills buzzes with new developments
Plus: A map shows current Lower Mills projects in play.

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

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

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