Chambers presents Columbia Point dealership plans, draws concern over master plan impact
Herb Chambers:
Thanksgiving Preparations
“The carpet man was here last night
But never came indoors.
Instead he found the tree out back
And carpeted the backyard floor.”
“New Carpet” by Dean Robbins
Our back yard is strewn with leaves from our trees after last week’s fierce winds. Hubby took all the rest of the tomatoes from the bushes. He also took the jack-o-lantern electric light off the rose trellis and has the electric turkey ready to go up.
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“The Fall of the year”
“Golden and red trees
Nod to the soft breeze,
As it whispers, Winter is near,’
And the brown nuts fall
At the wind’s loud call,
For this is the Fall of the year.”
Welcoming October
“O sun and skies and clouds of June,
And flowers of June together,
Ye cannot rival for one hour
October’s bright blue weather.”
By Helen Hunt Jackson
‘Why are you here?’ the priest asked; after a bit, Sean Connor figured it out
Sean Connor
(UPDATED) Garrison says she’s waging write-in campaign against Rep. Henriquez
Perennial candidate Althea Garrison, already on the November ballot as an independent, has launched a write-in effort against state Rep. Carlos Henriquez in the Democratic primary set for Sept. 6.
Garrison, who had previously avoided bringing up charges that Henriquez had kidnapped and assaulted a girl he had been seeing, sent a strongly worded letter to Fifth Suffolk District residents calling Henriquez “despicable” and asking them to write in her name and address on the ballot next week.
As map awaits Menino’s action, Linehan defends redistricting efforts
District 2 Councillor Bill Linehan said Thursday he was expecting more support than he received for his redistricting map, which passed the City Council with a 7 to 6 vote.
Linehan, who chairs the redistricting committee, also defended the map, saying it builds on past redistricting efforts. A coalition of civic groups, arguing that it violates a federal voting rights act, is vowing to file a lawsuit if Mayor Thomas Menino signs off on the map.
Man shot to death on Dakota Street
The Boston
Summer Afternoons
“Summer afternoon-summer afternoon;
to me those have always been the two of the
most beautiful words in the English language.”
By Edith Wharton
It’s time to explore, sign up for OLLI’s classes at UMass Boston
Summer has barely arrived, but next week some 100 seniors from Dorchester will be exploring which of the over-scheduled 70 courses to take this autumn at UMass Boston.
The Dot residents are expected to attend a free Open House next Wednesday (June 27) from 10 to noon in the Ryan Lounge of the McCormack Building. There they will pick up the just-printed fall catalogs for the university’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) and hear short pitches by OLLI course-leaders, many of whom reside in Dorchester.