Dorchester blog posts
Links to the latest posts from Dorchester bloggers. Are we missing any blogs? Let us know.
State Rep. Linda Dorcena Forry
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”For the past six years, Governor Patrick has demonstrated his commitment to supporting small businesses and creating jobs for our residents,” said Rep. Linda Dorcena Forry of Governor Deval Patrick’s announcement regarding major...
Universal Hub on Dorchester
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UPDATE: A second Red Line train died at Alewife; another Green Line trolley gave up the ghost, bollxing up outbound C and E service. Commuter rail? You don't want to know.
In this young year, the Red Line is now 2 for 2 in morning-commute delays due to...
Universal Hub on Dorchester
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By pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter for the 2003 death of Aston Dwayne Thompson, Linrose Woodbine received a sentence of 15 years, rather than risking another conviction that could have sent him to prison for the rest of his life, the Suffolk...
Universal Hub on Dorchester
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Boston Police report they are investigating a string of housebreaks from Ashmont to the Southeast Expressway between Friday and today.
In all cases, the thieves got nothing, either because they were confronted by homeowners or because they broke into...
Universal Hub on Dorchester
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The Globe has a very good and very sad look at Geneva/Bowdoin, as told through the lens of Big Nate, Trina and their 14-year-old son Nicholas, stalked and gunned down for no good reason. The point at which I almost lost it:
Later, Big Nate gathered up...
Universal Hub on Dorchester
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Dot Rat recalls the events of Dec. 11, 1990 at Boston High School - and thinks about what they mean today:
That morning I remember hearing a scuffle in the hallway that seemed to drag on for a bit. Once we heard screaming the entire class ignored the...
Universal Hub on Dorchester
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12/13/12 - 8:30 pm
A man was shot around 8:30 p.m. at 66 Elmont St. Because of the victim's condition, the homicide unit was summoned.
A possible suspect: Black male, late 20s, early 30s, with hazel eyes and wearing black hoodie,...
Something missing from city video that decries effects of busing on one poor Dorchester neighborhood
Universal Hub on Dorchester
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The Mayor's Office of New Urban Mechanics produced this video to support its proposals to rejigger school-assignment zones for elementary and middle-school students: If you totaled up all the miles students in the Bowdoin/Geneva area travel to school...
Universal Hub on Dorchester
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Lashawn Hill pleaded guilty today to indecent assault and battery on a child, lewd and lascivious conduct, and lascivious acts with a child for incidents involving a developmentally disabled young boy in Roxbury and a non-verbal autistic teen in...
Universal Hub on Dorchester
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12/10/12 - 9:00 am
Boston Public Schools report the arrest of a 16-year-old student at the Burke this morning after administrators and police found him carrying a gun and "a small amount of ammunition." School Superintendent Carol...
Universal Hub on Dorchester
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The Public Works Department is alerting residents in the two neighborhoods now that in many cases there street-sweeping schedules will be changing in April. In a notice to JP residents, the department says:
The goal of the alterations is to provide...
Universal Hub on Dorchester
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Boston Police report they are looking for a guy who is robbing women coming out of the JFK/UMass, Savin Hill, Shawmut and Ashmont T stop between 7 and 10:30 p.m.
In some of the incidents, the suspect, described as a black male with a thin build, age 20-...
Universal Hub on Dorchester
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11/27/12 - 9:12 pm
UMass Boston Police report a woman was attacked around 12:30 p.m. yesterday on Sidney Street.
The unknown suspect has been described as a white male, approximately 28-30 years old, heavy build with a scruffy brown...
Universal Hub on Dorchester
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11/27/12 - 8:10 pm
The Herald reports a man was shot on Dakota Street last night but is expected to survive.
In July, another Dakota Street shooting victim proved not so lucky.
Universal Hub on Dorchester
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The Globe reports on the turtle-like transit options available to people in the inner city - many of whom were promised a speedy alternative to the Orange Line when it was moved but who instead got a silver bus.
Staying on Track - Slides from a...
Universal Hub on Dorchester
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11/23/12 - 12:34 am
Boston Police report arresting a Revere man on home-invasion charges early today after, they say, he tried to break into the wrong Dorchester resident's apartment.
Police say the 3 Harvest Terrace resident told...
Learning Strategies
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How many times have you heard math students say these things? (She isn’t one of my students, but she certainly could be.)
Learning Strategies
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Yes! If you want to read a science fiction novel that holds your attention and makes you think, you should definitely read all three books in Robert J. Sawyer’s WWW Trilogy: Wake, Watch, and Wonder. Like much of hard science fiction, this three-part...
Learning Strategies
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You’re looking for a two-week math summer camp, aren’t you? Or perhaps you know an advanced student for whom this would be just the thing. While I don’t have any first-hand knowledge of the Mathematica Summer Camp, it does look intriguing. So check it...
Learning Strategies
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I know, I know, the title sounds like an oxymoron; no one ever gets excellent tech support. Mostly we like to grumble about how bad it is, and justifiably so. Mark Bernstein wrote an apt observation about this matter (on Valentine’s Day, of all days):...
Surgical Strikes
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Evidence of my former life as a sictom writer can be seen tonight, June 25, at 6 pm on the Lifetime network, when 50% of my lifetime "Written by" screen credits flash by in a matter of seconds. The residual check that this yields should not quite cover...
Surgical Strikes
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Hi, all. You like how I made a big production about not abandoning the blog, then proceeded to abandon the blog? I need to get the older brother from Little Miss Sunshine to slap me around in a church. I'VE ABANDONED MY BLOG! I'VE ABANDONED MY BLOG!...
