Dorchester Reporter
Local educators honored as city’s finest
Tara W. Merrigan, Special to the Reporter
Thirteen Boston public school teachers, one of whom teaches in Mattapan and four in Dorchester, received the Boston Educator of the Year Award last Monday night.
The honorees, who were nominated by their colleagues for the award, were recognized for their superb teaching and presented with crystal apples at the ceremony.
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Bowdoin Geneva neighbors push to improve Census count
Mike Deehan, Special to the Reporter
Looking to fight back against a poor census response and what some local activists called bad publicity for the neighborhood, city and U.S. Census officials launched an enumeration offensive earlier this month in the Bowdoin Geneva area, a neighborhood that has been singled out as one of Boston’s lowest responding areas.
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Dot tackler helps propel US bid for world football title
Alex Owens, Special to the Reporter
While the boys are still playing for the World Cup in South Africa, the girls will be playing a different kind of football on the other side of the planet.
The International Federation of American Football kicked off their first ever Women’s World Championship in Stockholm, on Sweden, June 27. The tournament will run until July 4. Dorchester resident, Kelly Barker is on the roster for Team USA. Make no mistake, this is women’s only, full contact, gridiron football and Barker’s 6’ 2” 220 lb frame will not let you forget it.
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Free summer fun on tap at Wainwright Park
Jonathan Rodriguez, Special to the Reporter
Wainwright Park is the place to be this summer for free fun for kids ages 6 to 18. St. Mark’s Parish and Dorchester Over the Summer (DOTS) have combined forces to offer more than six weeks of programming at the park, including a series of Saturday cook-outs.
“We just want to give the children the enriching and educational summer experience that they may be missing,” says Veronica Droser, who will coordinate the activities at Wainwright.
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Reporter's Notebook: City Council pushes for more library trustees, fundraising power
Several city councillors are pushing this week for the expansion of the Boston Public Library board of trustees and giving them the ability to fundraise for the cash-strapped system.
City Councillors Michael Ross, Ayanna Pressley, Felix Arroyo have filed a home rule petition expanding the mayorally-appointed nine-member board to 13 members. Term limits would also be instituted for board members.
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Work Inc. heralds new home, options
Tara W. Merrigan, Special to the Reporter
Work Inc., a non-profit organization that provides vocational training and employment for approximately 800 individuals with mental and developmental disabilities, celebrated its move to its new Beach Street facility with an open house and dedication ceremony last Thursday.
Last November, Work Inc. relocated from North Quincy to its new Dorchester facility, a refurbished warehouse in Clam Point which formerly housed Pollack Manufacturing.
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City Council passes Menino budget by 11-2 vote
The City Council on Wednesday voted 11-2 to pass Mayor Thomas Menino’s $2.3 billion budget for fiscal year 2011. Councillors also voted unanimously to pass a home rule petition – which requires approval from the mayor, the governor and the state Legislature – to hand library trustees the power to fundraise for the cash-strapped library system.
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State extends comment period, sets tour dates on Neponset path extension
Reporter Staff
The Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) has extended by more than a month the public comment period for the Neponset River Trail extension. Comments will now be accepted, by email or phone, through August 14. DCR also has scheduled two site walks — on July 22 and July 26— to explore the different alternatives for the trail’s extension into Mattapan and/or Milton.
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Police say gunfire erupts in three separate incidents at Harbor Point
The Boston Police Department says it is looking for several suspects charged with firing repeated rounds at the Harbor Point development on June 25 and 27. Nobody was injured in the three incidents, but at least one bullet wound up inside somebody's apartment on Peninsula Road, according to an advisory from District C-6.
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St. Mark's Area Civic meets at church
Tue, 06/29/2010 - 7:00pm
The St. Mark's Area Civic Assoc. meets Tuesday, June 29, 2010 @ 7:00 p.m., in the Lower Hall at St. Mark’s Church. This is the group's last scheduled meeting until September 28, 2010.
MEETING AGENDA
POLICE REPORT :
Boston Police Officer Mike Keaney will provide the police report for our area.
ELECTION / NOMINATIONS ACCEPTED FOR UPCOMING YEAR:
• Election of Aileen Buckley, as President of Association for year 2010-2011
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Eastman/Elder Streets Neighborhood Association
Eastman/Elder Streets Neighborhood Association meets monthly on the third Thursday at 7:00 PM at the Uphams Corner Health Center at 636 Columbia Road, Dorchester (across from the fire station, NOT the main health center building). Upcoming meeting dates are July 15, August 19, September 16, October 21, November 18, December 16. Contact Joan at 617-436-5754.
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Eastman/Elder Streets Neighborhood Assoc. meets
Thu, 07/15/2010 - 7:00pm
Eastman/Elder Streets Neighborhood Association meets monthly on the third Thursday at 7:00 PM at the Uphams Corner Health Center at 636 Columbia Road, Dorchester (across from the fire station, NOT the main health center building). Upcoming meeting dates are July 15, August 19, September 16, October 21, November 18, December 16. Contact Joan at 617-436-5754.
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Chang-Diaz: Texting ban could fuel racial profiling
State House News Service
Rapidly advancing legislation to encourage safer driving will likely lead to more racial profiling, according to the chief proponent of a bill calling for collection of more data on traffic stops. Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz said her data collection bill is still alive but had been temporarily overshadowed by work this week on the state budget, casino legislation and safe driving legislation, which bans texting while driving and prohibits junior operators from using any mobile device while driving.
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Longer buses, fewer spaces on Blue Hill route
Alex Owens, Special to the Reporter
Silver Line busThe MBTA will be replacing 25 buses on a key route through Mattapan, Dorchester and Roxbury this weekend. The new buses will be 60 ft. articulated buses, similar to the ones found on the Silver Line. Some bus stops will have to be lengthened to accommodate the longer buses, eliminating some 60 to 95 parking spaces along the route, Department of Transportation officials say. The change was announced on Wednesday night at the Mattapan Branch Library.
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Summer concert at Lower Mills Library
Thu, 06/24/2010 - 6:00pm
Bloco Afro Brazil will perform in a free outdoor show at the Lower Mills Library on Richmond Street today ay 6 p.m. The Friends of the Lower Mills branch library will provide refreshments. Weather permitting.
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Pioneering program embraces the classics at Chittick School
Matthew Griffing
CLASSICAL TOUCH – Cello students Kevin Joseph, left, and Omar Nova improvise with resident musician Ashleigh Gordon as guest musician Adam Eccleston looks on during a performance party held at the Chittick School on June 10. The concert featured students and mentors from the Boston Public Quartet, a group of professional musicians who have partnered with the Mattapan elementary school to create a permanent music education and performance residency at the school. Matthew Griffing photo.
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This Steinbrenner book is the real thing, by George
Baseball literature is in a class by itself. The volume of hard-bound tomes pumped out annually is downright staggering. Give your pet journeyman slugger a couple of 20 home run seasons sandwiched by a career long enough to earn a pension and you have, apparently, a guaranteed market. Stand by for The Life & Times of Virgil Stallcup, due any day at your neighborhood book nook.
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EDITORIAL: A road forward for BPL branches
There was a breakthrough this week in the effort to save four Boston Public Library branches, including the one in Lower Mills, that were slated for closure earlier this year. The battle, however, is far from over.
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Franklin Park hosts summer music Playhouse series
Once more the Franklin Park Coalition , the National Center of Afro-American Artists and the Boston Parks and Recreation Department’s ParkARTS Program are presenting a free summer performing arts series named for Elma Lewis, beloved Boston icon and arts promoter. Lewis established the Playhouse in the Park in Franklin Park in 1966, and from then through 1978 presented artists like Duke Ellington, Olatunji, Odetta, Billy Taylor, and the Boston Ballet.
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