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Thursday, July 17
, 2008

Along Dot Ave., new songs from old St. William's

Samuel Bulgin, pastor of a 200-member Seventh Day Adventist congregation, stands outside his flock's new home, the former St. William Church on Dorchester Avenue. The new congregation held its first service there last Saturday. Photo by Bill Forry

TOP STORIES

Cops probe melee at Neponset pizza shop; racial remarks cited

Bayside developers go public with redevelopment plans

City's job program for teens fights to keep pace with demands

Anti-litter campaign tries to enlist business districts

Local Jamaicans invest in a sweeter future back home

Novelist: Dot man saves world from evangelists run amok

Neighborhoods largely untouched by Patrick's veto pen

Same day voter bill still on hold at State House

Flaherty flexes fundraising muscles

On quiet sidestreet, craftsmen build sets for the theatrical world

Tenean beach festival on tap for this weekend


Missing girl returns home safely

Nerissa "Nikki" Oliphant, a 15 year-old Dorchester girl who had been missing for ten days from her Elmer Road home, returned safely on Wednesday, according to Boston Police. Authorities had issued an appeal to the public on Tuesday for help in locating her.



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Special Reports

DORCHESTER DAY 2008
DOT DAY MADE NAVY CAPTAIN'S 'DREAM' COME TRUE


Commander Robert A. Hall, Jr. waved to the crowds along the Dorchester Day Parade route on Sunday, June 1. The Billerica native led the men and women of the USS Porter (DDG-78) in a special visit to Boston for the Dorchester celebrations. The visit also marked an important milestone in Hall's naval career. Pictured, lr, USS Porter Exceutive Officer T.J. Dixon, Cdr. Hall, Command Master Chief Dominic Musso. A full report on the Porter's trip to Boston, inside. Bill Forry Photo

DORCHESTER AVE TODAY
For avenue steeped in transition, more changes to come


Read the original, May 15 story
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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