Dorchester

City volunteers to knock on doors near school where guy got shot

adamg — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:40:11 -0500

Tomorrow evening, volunteers from the Boston Violence Intervention and Prevention program will try to knock on 400 doors near the John Marshall School to talk to residents about last week's shooting in the school gym.

The mayor's office says the goal is to both tell residents about city programs on violence and to gather data for a community meeting Dec. 12 at the school, which is also just around the corner from where a man was shot to death on Nov. 3.

Families living on Bowdoin Street, Geneva Avenue, Dakota Street, and Westville Street will be approached by volunteers.

All the neighborhoods of Dorchester

adamg — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:18:50 -0500

My Dorchester posts a map showing the geographic boundaries of all the civic associations in Boston's largest neighborhood.

It might be my sleep deprivation talking, but if you look at the map, it sort of looks like a giant seal eating a kid with a backwards baseball cap on his head.

Loss of innocence in a Dorchester gym

adamg — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:03:04 -0500

Somebody's Daughter reports her father's house is right next to the John Marshall School in Dorchester, where an alleged gang member was shot the other night. She says he was confused because he didn't hear anything - no gunfire, no screams, no ambulance. She says she's confused, too, but for a different reason:

... I sat at my son's mini desk in his mini chair and tried to process it all. Shot inside a school? An elementary school? What do these parents tell their babies? How do you explain to your six year old why the media is outside of his school? While most six-year olds grapple with the concept of death, for too many kids, death via violence has become the norm.

So the small place where children can escape the struggle that is their life, get fed regularly, get heat and an education, is now tainted. A crime scene. They'll run around and laugh in a gym that was filled with running and screaming of a different kind merely hours before. ...

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Gang war erupts in Dorchester elementary-school gym

adamg — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 17:20:08 -0500

A man shot inside the John Marshall Elementary School in Dorchester last night tried to run away rather than await help, Boston Police report, adding that might have something to do with the fact that he "is well known to law enforcement." The shooting was about a half mile away from the scene of a fatal double shooting on Monday.

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Hit list of 12 poorly performing Boston schools targeted for overhauls or closure

adamg — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:59:23 -0500

School Superintendent Carol Johnson will release their names and proposed action plans at a School Committee meeting tonight, the Globe reports, adding at least half are in "the Circle of Promise, an area that includes parts of Roxbury and Dorchester.

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Man shot in Dorchester elementary-school gym

adamg — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:05:14 -0500

Channel 25 reports he was shot in the gym at the John Marshall Elementary School on Westville Street tonight. Channel 4 reports he was playing basketball.

On Nov. 3, the school was locked down when a man was shot to death at Bowdoin and Westville.

Two shot in Dorchester

adamg — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 18:34:50 -0500

UPDATE: Boston Police report that one of the two men, Rogerson Eveillard, 22, has died.

At Norton and Bowdoin streets, Boston Police tweet. Both taken to local hospitals.

Southie state rep will face primary opposition next year

adamg — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:42:08 -0500

Michael McGee, a South Boston lawyer and neighborhood activist, says he'll be taking on incumbent state Rep. Brian Wallace for the Democratic nomination next fall in the 4th Suffolk district, which covers South Boston, Uphams Corner and Harbor Point. In a press release, he says:

My local activism has taught me that much can be accomplished if you are willing to roll up your sleeves and go to work. That is what I have been doing for our neighborhood for years as a volunteer--organizing neighbors, pressuring elected officials, planting trees, raising money, mentoring kids--all to make our neighborhood better for all of us. As your State Representative, I'll work just as hard as the advocate for our community.

McGee's Twitter feed
Wallace's Facebook page

McGee's complete statement:

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'The City of Boston wishes everyone en route to Quincy happy holidays, Thanksgiving included!'

adamg — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 19:23:53 -0500

Whalehead King notes the Neponset Circle Christmas tree is already in place:

... Office pools have already started to pick the day a placard will be planted next to this tannenbaum. What will the sign say? That is subject for another pool but most bets rest on variations of "Season's Greetings from Mayor Thomas M. Menino." Those are words that warm the heart like cocoa heated a few degrees above tepid. Season's Greetings!

Permanent home for Speed's hot dogs?

adamg — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 10:49:55 -0500

Penny Cherubino reports that Speed's, the hot-dog truck in Newmarket Square, could be moving to a permanent storefront. In the meantime, on Nov. 16, 17 and 18, you'll find the truck at 960 Morrissey Blvd., she reports.

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