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Bill Forry

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Editor/Publisher, Dorchester Reporter. Dorchester, Boston, MA. https://www.dotnews.com/ -30-

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Bill Forry @billforry.bsky.social · Nov 10

What’s up #Boston @bsky.app neighbors. I just hopped on here two days ago, inspired by my friend/colleague Adam Gaffin over at @universalhub.com
I’m the editor/publisher of the Dorchester Reporter @dotnews.bsky.social
Pls send me news tips, story ideas and thoughts on how we can improve coverage

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Bill Forry @billforry.bsky.social · 18h

It's great to see the Strand selling-out shows once again. #Dorchester

DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 20h

K-Pop bands are making #Dorchester's Strand Theatre their preferred venue in Boston with acts playing to sell-out audiences.
www.dotnews.com/2025/k-pop-b...

A photographer caught K-Pop performer Moon Byul in this pose on the stage of Dorchester's historic Strand Theatre last November during her popular show at the venue.

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Bill Forry @billforry.bsky.social · 22h

“We are not honoring the legacy of Whitey Bulger. It is the history of the neighborhood, and we aren’t intending to glorify it. It is the history, and we are private business owners, and we should have the right to do what we want in our business and do it respectfully.”- Driscoll DoCanto, co-owner

DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 22h

A celebrity chef’s re-branding concept for Savin Bar + Kitchen – which features photos of notorious Boston mobsters, including the late James “Whitey” Bulger— is causing a stir in Savin Hill, where civic leaders voted to petition the business to remove the images. www.dotnews.com/2025/savin-h...

Whitey Bulger’s picture as seen through the front door of Savin Bar + Kitchen. Seth Daniel photo

Bill Forry @billforry.bsky.social · 23h

“This GOP shutdown was entirely preventable. They keep talking about this mandate they have, but they have yet to do a single thing with this so-called mandate that actually helps people, instead of enacting more hurt and harm.”- @ayannapressley.bsky.social

DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 23h

Rep. Pressley, union leaders sound the alarm on federal shutdown impacts in #Boston via @yawumiller.bsky.social www.dotnews.com/2025/pressle...

US Rep. Ayanna Pressley gathered with government workers and union representatives last Friday at the office of an SEIU Local on West Street in Boston to discuss the government shutdown. Yawu Miller photo

Bill Forry @billforry.bsky.social · 2d

A major development in Dorchester re: Carney Hospital site

DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 2d

Company owned by former BRA director Tom O'Brien hired to plan re-development of shuttered Carney Hospital campus in Dorchester
www.dotnews.com/2025/former-...

A box truck is shown outside the main entrance of Carney Hospital in Sept. 2024, days after it closed. Seth Daniel photo

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 5d

Families, vendors, and elected officials gathered in Franklin Park last Saturday (Sept. 27) to kick off the launch of “Park’d,” a month-long food truck fair running alongside the Franklin Park Zoo’s Boston Lights exhibit. dotnews.com/2025/zoo-s-b...

Michael Morris grills hot dogs and sausages behind the Boss Town Hot Dog cart. Madyline Swearing photo

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Bill Forry @billforry.bsky.social · 5d

Jordy’s was one outpost of a network of shops that stemmed from a department store that Jay Wolf's great-grandfather, Morris Silverstein, opened in the heart of Boston’s Jewish community, via Seth Daniel in the Reporter.

DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 5d

When Jordy’s Men’s Store in #Dorchester's Codman Square shut down operations about a month ago, the move marked the end of a family legacy that stretched back over several generations of a Jewish-American family led by the late Morris Silverstein. dotnews.com/2025/end-emp...

The former Jordy’s Men’s Store closed recently after 65 years in the Square, and North Side Family Sportswear closed 18 months ago. The two long-time retailers retired their businesses and left unoccupied spaces. An ATM once occupied a small space in the bank of stores. Seth Daniel photos

The sales crew at Jordy’s Men’s Store around 2004 in Codman Square. The store closed after 65 years in the Square last month. (L-R) Anthony Lee, Frank Hernandez, Leonard ‘Lenny’ Wolf, Roberto Ortiz, Jay Wolf, and Curtis Taylor. The store had been in the Silverstein-Hirshfield-Wolf family for decades.

Bill Forry @billforry.bsky.social · 5d

Thanks to everyone who helps keep print journalism going strong in #Boston's neighborhoods.

DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 5d

This week's print edition of The Reporter is now in circulation across the neighborhoods. You can also read it here: www.dotnews.com/files/Rep%20...

Bill Forry @billforry.bsky.social · 6d

Ngọc-Trân Vũ organized the installation as "a way to honor lives uprooted by war and displacement, and to expand remembrance beyond traditional war memorials that center narratives of American soldiers to include the families and communities who've endured..." via Nathan Metcalf for DotNews.

DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 6d

Below a glowing canopy of lights and traditional nón lá hats, nearly 100 people gathered in Fields Corner on Sunday night for a temporary art installation marking a milestone in the campaign to establish a permanent Vietnamese diaspora memorial in Boston. dotnews.com/2025/town-fi...

Among those gathered in Town Field for the installation were (left to right) Linh-Phương Vũ, Kathy Lê, Ngọc-Trân Vũ, and Theresa Trần. Archer Liang photo

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Boston Parks Department @parks.boston.gov · 7d

Join us this Friday in #Dorchester as we celebrate the reopening of Walsh Playground 🌳🛝🥎

📅 Friday, October 3 at 10:00 AM
📍 Walsh Playground, 1005 Washington Street
🔗 boston.gov/walsh-playground

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Bill Forry @billforry.bsky.social · 7d

“Under the current policy, there are some students that have very high composite scores, but because of what elementary they attend, what neighborhood, they live in, it can be mathematically difficult or impossible for them to receive an invitation." -BPS Supt. Mary Skipper

DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 7d

City councillors raise concerns about new BPS exam school admissions plan during hearing dotnews.com/2025/city-co...

Boston Public Schools Superintendent Mary Skipper addressed city councillors during a Monday hearing at City Hall. Looking on are education consultant Colin Rose and Monica Hogan, BPS Chief of Data, Information and Systems Improvement. Photo by Yawu Miller

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 7d

UMass Boston files plans for nursing building, lays out its hopes for additional developments www.dotnews.com/2025/umass-b...

A preliminary rendering of the proposed new nursing and science building on the campus of UMass Boston. The building would bring three nursing locations under one roof on campus. Courtesy UMass Boston

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Bill Forry @billforry.bsky.social · 7d

One of the local institutions impacted by the federal shut-down is #Dorchester's JFK Library.

JFK Library Foundation @jfklibraryfdn.bsky.social · 7d

During the federal government shutdown, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, including the Research Room is closed. The staff of the JFK Library Foundation will continue to update our social media pages from offsite.

John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Government Shutdown Notice: Museum and Research Room closed.

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Bill Forry @billforry.bsky.social · 7d

Geopolitically impotent, Trump has turned his warmongering gaze to the only place in the world that can’t fight back, at least not militarily: our own cities.

DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 7d

Editorial— Trump's tough guy act masks his real weakness
www.dotnews.com/2025/editori...

Russian president Vladimir Putin next to a smiling President Trump during their "summit" in Anchorage, Alaska on August 15. White House Photo by Daniel Torok

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 9d

Miniard Culpepper gets a boost in the Boston City Council election for District 7. He’s been endorsed by two former candidates in the preliminary election: Samuel Hurtado and Said Abdikarim. Culpepper will face Said Ahmed in the Nov. 4 final election.

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 8d

A small group of protestors who object to a spate of Walgreens store closures in Boston’s neighborhoods rallied outside one of the few surviving chain locations in Mattapan on Tuesday afternoon.
www.dotnews.com/2025/group-p...

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Bill Forry @billforry.bsky.social · 8d

The dual endorsement is significant if voters who backed Hurtado and Abdikarim opt to follow their guidance. Together, the candidates won 2,111 votes and finished fourth and fifth in the field of 11 candidates who competed on Sept. 9.

DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 8d

Miniard Culpepper, one of two finalists in the race to fill the vacant District 7 city council seat, picked up two key endorsements from former rivals — Samuel Hurtado and Said Abdikarim— this week.
www.dotnews.com/2025/two-for...

Miniard Culpepper with supporters on election night, Sept. 9, 2025. Yawu Miller photo

Bill Forry @billforry.bsky.social · 9d

“We must fully investigate the facts surrounding the potentially criminal misconduct reportedly committed by Tom Homan, the White House “Border Czar,” as well as the potential cover-up by the Department of Justice to protect President Trump’s political allies.”- Rep. Lynch

DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 9d

US Rep. Stephen Lynch today called for a Congressional probe into allegations that Tom Homan, President Trump’s “border czar,” accepted a $50,000 cash bribe as part of a FBI sting operation into public corruption last year.

www.dotnews.com/2025/lynch-w...

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Bill Forry @billforry.bsky.social · 12d

“The Brook is here. But a lot of people don’t know this is here and don’t interact with it. We need to let more people know about it and its current condition.” - Joel Richards

DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 12d

Why the little-known Canterbury Brook could be key to flood mitigation efforts in Mattapan www.dotnews.com/2025/now-you...

A portion of the Canterbury Brook near American Legion Highway in the Boston Nature Center. Seth Daniel photo

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 12d

In the latest @dotnews.bsky.social segment of the DotLife podcast season two, @billforry.bsky.social talks about Boston's vaccine roll-out, 10 years of Chill on Park, and takes a walk down Reporter memory lane with podcast host Erin Caldwell.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ogrx...

News of the Week: 9/26/2025

YouTube video by DotLife Podcast

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 12d

Chill on Park celebrates 10 years of frozen treats and first-jobs in Fields Corner #Dorchester www.dotnews.com/2025/it-s-pl...

Wendy and Alan Issokson, owners of Chill on Park ice cream parlor, in their Park Street store at Fields Corner, where they are celebrating 10 years in business this month. Seth Daniel photo

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Bill Forry @billforry.bsky.social · 13d

Didn't a Boston city councillor just get collared by feds & jail-time for taking $8k? But,Tom Homan gets nabbed accepting $50K and *poof* —nothing to see here. Skates like it never happened. That's some banana republic-style sh-t! Good for our Mayor for calling it out.
www.wgbh.org/news/politic...

‘Blatant corruption’: Wu weighs in on Homan bribery allegations

Wu labeled the incident a sadly familiar example of corruption within the Trump administration.

www.wgbh.org

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Bill Forry @billforry.bsky.social · 13d

Thanks to all that make it possible!
Pick up a copy at
• Chill on Park in Fields Corner
• Bird Street Community Center
• Codman Square Health Center
• Ashmont Market on Adams Street
• Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center
• Mattapan Health Center
• Crawford Drug- Dot Ave
and many more....

DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 13d

This week's print edition of the Reporter is now in circulation across the neighborhoods. You can also read it here:
www.dotnews.com/files/REP%20...

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 13d

The city of Boston today launched free vaccine clinics as part of a stepped-up effort to combat misinformation and confusion caused by federal health officials.
Full story: www.dotnews.com/2025/city-bo...

Pictured: Boston's Public Health Commissioner Dr. Bisola Ojikutu

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 13d

A new opera, “White Raven, Black Dove,” opens tomorrow for a three-day run at Dorchester's Strand Theater.
Tickets are offered at a "pay what you can" rate.
Read more: www.dotnews.com/2025/white-r...

White Snake Projects’ “White Raven Black Dove,” showing from Sept. 26 to Sept. 28 at the Strand Theatre. Laine Rettmer, the director, and Renee Yancey, the stage manager, watch the performers in a scene at rehearsal. Photo by Angelica Vivas

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DotNews @dotnews.bsky.social · 14d

Nearly 1,000 students from Dorchester and Roxbury have found a new school home as Roxbury Prep 7-12 last month opened its doors on Proctor Street across from Clifford Park, bringing three school campuses under one new roof.
dotnews.com/2025/new-hig...

Roxbury Prep cheerleader A’tavia Leary-Webbe led one of the performances that started the ribbon cutting ceremony on Sept. 12. Seth Daniel photos

Principal Chelsea McWilliams of Dorchester (center) with elected officials on hand to celebrate the opening. Seth Daniel photo

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