Dorchester Reporter
Man shot on Lyndhurst Street; arrest made
The Boston Police Department reports a man was shot around 9:30 p.m. on Monday at 22 Lyndhurst St., apparently in a personal dispute.
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Voting records show spotty attendance at polls for some Fourth Suffolk candidates
Gintautas Dumcius, News Editor and Pat Tarantino, Special to the Reporter
They’ve been pressing voters in South Boston, Uphams Corner, the Polish Triangle and Harbor Point to pull the lever for them in the September primary. But not all of the candidates to replace state Rep. Brian Wallace have beaten a path to the voting booth themselves, a review of voting records shows.
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Third man shot to death in bloody weekend
08/28/2010 - 9:45pm
The Boston Police Department reports a 23-year-old man was found with a gunshot wound at 970 Blue Hill Ave. by Franklin Field around 9:45 p.m. on Saturday.
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Man dies after being shot repeatedly
08/28/2010 - 5:55am
The Boston Police Department reports a man, 38, died at 61 Stratton St. after being shot repeatedly shortly before 6 a.m.
He is Dorchester's second murder victim Saturday (other victim was on Seaver Street) and the 22nd this year.
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Man murdered early this morning
08/28/2010 - 4:00am
The Boston Police Department reports a 45-year-old man was shot to death around 4 a.m. at 396 Seaver St. He is Dorchester's 21st murder victim this year.
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Local condo developer faces federal fraud, money laundering charges
A federal grand jury has indicted Michael David Scott, who bought and sold condos in Dorchester and Roxbury, on charges he defrauded mortgage lenders by arranging the sale of condos to "straw buyers" who had no intentions of living in the units.
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Harbor Islands beckon as affordable ‘staycation’ option
Just across Dorchester Bay 34 islands beckon, promising the perfect inexpensive late summer getaway. Every season thousands from Boston and around the world take the ferry to parts of the Boston Harbor Islands National Park to explore historic sites, watch wildlife, hike, kayak, picnic, fish, swim, and even camp overnight.
They can participate in an oyster-shucking contest or in Outward Bound’s 10th Annual 4k Trail Run over the 204 acres of rolling hills, forests, meadows, salt marshes and beaches on Thompson’s Island.
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Fed dollars will upgrade computers at city buildings
Alex Owens, Special to the Reporter
Boston’s community centers and libraries will get upgraded Internet service in the coming months thanks to an influx of federal dollars. The expansion of the Boston Broadband program was announced on Tuesday during a press event at the Mildred Avenue Community Center in Mattapan, one of the first city-owned facilities to see the enhanced technology.
It is not yet clear whether four city libraries—including the branch in Lower Mills— that have been targeted for closure next year by the Menino administration will receive the upgrades, a city spokesman told the Reporter.
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Second Suffolk race boils up
Mike Deehan, Special to the Reporter and Gintautas Dumcius, News Editor
State Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz’s primary opponent this week ramped up criticism of the first-term incumbent, accusing her of not giving enough credit to her predecessor on legislation.
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Attorney Hassan Williams, a Roxbury Democrat running for the Second Suffolk Senate seat, said bills on funding for summer jobs, preventing foreclosure, and reforming the state’s criminal offender record information (CORI) system were filed by former state Sen. Dianne Wilkerson. “Give credit to the person who actually did it,” he said at a Tuesday night forum in Hibernian Hall, veering away from an answer on a separate topic.
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College football ‘madness’ is upon us. Ho hum, I say to that.
It’s the eve of another college football season. Sis Boom Bah!
All the usual suspects appear to be present, accounted for, and in mid-season form.
Sports Illustrated has just come out with its annual preview. Of the academic groves they pick to field the 25 best teams this year, 21 finished in the top 25 last year. Pitt, Miami, Cincinnati, and Wisconsin are the new boys, replacing Utah, Iowa, Georgia Tech, and North Carolina.
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Candidate Statement: If not me, who? If not now, when?
By Russell Holmes
In early February, when I was contemplating a run to be your state representative, Allstate Insurance ran an ad that asked the following question: “Years from now, how will we look back on today, as the Great Recession or the Recession that made us Great?” The ad talked about reassessing our values and what we think are important in these challenging times.
I sat one evening and watched the commercial over and over again. I felt challenged and asked myself two important questions, “If not me, then who?” and “If not now, then when?”
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Lower Mills again slighted by city plan for libraries
Another week, another snub by the Menino administration toward the good people of Lower Mills and Mattapan.
The mayor made a ceremonial appearance on Tuesday at the Mildred Avenue Community Center (which is in Mattapan, not Roxbury, as the mayor’s office stated in its press releases) to announce the expansion of broadband Internet capacity in city facilities. The federally funded program will bring new computers and higher-speed online access to 48 facilities across the city — including community centers and libraries.
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Going on a house hunt? You should watch this first
By Kendra Stanton Lee
Some months ago, the television producer of a house-hunting program contacted me. She wanted to know if I could help pique the interest of prospects for the show. Candidates would need to be searching for their first home and live in the greater Boston area.
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Uphams Corner building named in honor of slain store clerk
Mike Deehan, Special to the Reporter
Serrano ceremony: Family of Geraldo Serrano gather around a plaque in his honor last Saturday.The area outside of an Upham’s Corner bodega became a place of remembrance Saturday as neighbors and friends of the late Geraldo Serrano gathered for the unveiling of a memorial to the store clerk and neighborhood fixture. A bronze plaque now adorns the southern wall of the building at the corner of Dudley Street and Dudley Terrance, the location of Hermanos Unidos, the store the 71-year old Serrano worked in when he was gunned down during a robbery in February. The building is now named in Seranno’s honor as a memorial to his contributions to the community.
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Reporter’s Notebook: Fifth District contenders make their cases at forum
Two of the four Democrats vying to replace former state Rep. Marie St. Fleur tackled a slew of issues at a Tuesday night forum, including illegal immigration, casino gambling, and federal stimulus funds. Few differences emerged between high school teacher Barry Lawton and former City Hall aide Carlos Henriquez at a forum sponsored by nonpartisan voting rights group MassVOTE and held at Hibernian Hall. The Dorchester Reporter was a co-sponsor.
The two other Democrats in the Fifth Suffolk District race, former state Rep. Althea Garrison and perennial candidate Roy Owens, were no-shows.
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Despite millions in funding by city, little is happening at Strand Theatre
Stephen Kurkjian and Pat Tarantino, Special To The Reporter
Strand Theatre: Columbia Rd. landmark goes unused most days.After $8 million in renovations, Strand site unused 10 months a year; bustling '90s now a memory
Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino says the proudest moment of his political career took place last year at the Strand Theatre in Dorchester when more than a thousand people, of all races, faiths and ages, locals as well as out-of-towners, turned out over two nights to attend the play “Ain’t Misbehavin’.”
The mayor has given two of his State of the City addresses at the Strand and his commitment to the theatre goes beyond the rhetorical. He has channeled $10 million in city funds in an effort to return the Strand, the last neighborhood theatre in the city, to its early 20th-century glory.
But Menino’s enthusiasm for the Strand has not extended to his administration’s stewardship of the Uphams Corner fixture – even though it has become one of the city’s costliest neighborhood initiatives.
Despite the extensive renovations, usage of the theatre has fallen dramatically in recent years.
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Greenway trail will avoid Milton section, reports Sen. Joyce
Greenway Council proposal: A proposal by the Neponset Greenway Council would include trail extensions on both sides on the river.
A multi-use path along the Neponset River will not go through Milton’s Capen Street neighborhood under an agreement a state senator says he has reached with the state’s Department of Conservation and Recreation. The agency is weighing several ways to connect Pope John Paul II Park to the Hyde Park neighborhood, and Milton’s Central Ave. to Mattapan Square, since the trail currently runs 2.5 miles from Pope John Paul II Park to Central Ave.
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Once a haven for youth, Strand Theatre now seen more as history
Pat Tarantino, Special to the Reporter
Akiba AbakaAt 14 years old, Vanessa Lindo took the stage for the first time in her life at the Strand Theatre. As the newest member of the Strand Teen Players, Lindo, a Jamaican immigrant living in Dorchester, saw a new world open before her eyes.
“We got on stage and started singing, me and 30 other kids,” she recalls. “I was so nervous, I stood in the back like a statue.”
Since her first stage performance, a lot has changed for Lindo, now 30 and known in Boston art circles as Akiba Abaka. She has found her voice and works as producing artistic director of Up You Mighty Race, an award-winning African theater ensemble and youth mentoring group.
“The seeds were planted right there at the Strand at 14,” Abaka said. “Everything I know about theater, the foundation of theater, the need for theater, without the Strand we would not be talking right now.”
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B-3 Police Issue Burglary Alert
Alex Owens, Special to the Reporter
The police department has issued a Burglary Awareness Community Alert in area District 3, due to an increase in breaking and entering. Please follow the tips below, and contact the Community Service Office at (617)-343-4717 to contact an officer for a thorough security survey of your residence.
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