Bill Forry

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Two altercations inside the BPS Henderson Upper School on Croftland Avenue in Dorchester on Wednesday (May 28) prompted a large police response and left two employees injured, according to a police report reviewed by the Reporter.

1 week ago | dotnews.com | Bill Forry

New in the Reporter: Introductions from several candidates who've made the ballot to run for at-large city council:Will Onuoha: ‘Common sense’ approach based on experience in city governmentWaWa Bell: I’ll be a voice for the communityLast week, we published letters from four of the candidates who've made the ballot to run for city council in District 7: Said Abdikarim, Mavrick Afonso, Said Ahmed, and Samuel Hurtado.

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As educators, giving our students what they need to thrive at Neighborhood House Charter School (NHCS) and Codman Academy Charter Public School in Dorchester is why we get up in the morning. Over the years, doing so has become increasingly challenging. That is why we joined the Boston Teachers Union last year and are now fighting for our first union contracts. NHCS and Codman Academy are schools that pride themselves on innovation and community values.

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Seventeen candidates for City Council seats fielded questions about affordable housing, immigration enforcement, and other topics last Thursday evening (May 22) at a forum at Roxbury’s Hibernian Hall. Nine candidates for the District 7 seat and eight for the four at-large seats participated in the nearly three-hour forum, which drew more than 100 people and was moderated by Yawu Miller, editor in chief of The Flipside, and WGBH reporter Saraya Wintersmith.

1 week ago | dotnews.com | Bill Forry

This week in the latest episode of the DotLife podcast!Bobby Boyd from The Record Co. and Cat Armistead from Humphreys Street Open Studios discuss the importance of artist spaces in the city of Boston. Bill Forry is [moving on from] the Celtics but shares the week's news from the Dorchester Reporter. Eric Royer, a one-man band, dazzles with a Tiny Dot Concert.