Thursday August 28, 2008
Police
work to head off violence at Caribbean
festival
Hundreds of thousands of people - many of them dressed
up in the Carnival finest - jammed the streets of Dorchester
and Roxbury last Saturday for the annual Caribbean Festival.
Boston Police, who had worried that the event could be used
as an opportunity for violence by local gangs, reported a
relatively peaceful event. Story, page 19.
Photo by Lolita Parker, Jr.
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Safe
Streets deployment getting high marks after first
year
Sgt. Lucas Taxter, supervisor of the
District C-11 Safe Street Team in Codman Square, stands
watch near the corner of Washington Street and Aspinwall
Road on Tuesday evening. At left, officers Tahisha Skeen and
David Hale gave the thumbs-up to passersby. Two teams
attached to the deployment have been working in Codman
Square since last August. The teams - each comprised of five
officers and one sergeant - are currently working in Codman,
Grove Hall, Bowdoin-Geneva and the Morton-Talbot corridor.
Commissioner Ed Davis says he plans to add one in Uphams
Corner by December. Photo by Bill
Forry
THREE-DECKER
BINGO
Despite foreclosure histories, some condo-ized units still
fetching big $$
This three-decker house at 43 Whitfield Street is one of
several properties turned condominium that has repeatedly
turned up in foreclosure filings. Despite its history and
the slumping housing market, just one condo unit in this
house was sold in June for $339,000. Chris Lovett takes a
closer look at who is behind these condo sales. Photo by
Chris Lovett.
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
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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
