New CDC housing activist begins job ~PAGE5 ::Ii Community Newspaper Company • www.townonline.comjallstonbrighton FRIDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2000 Vol. 4, No. 64 • 44 Pages • 4 Sections 50~ Brighton resident takes on dog racing industry~ After the acciden~ Dorchak, who Local animal rights was left with mild amnesia, had to Massachusetts 2000 Ballot reacquaint herself with friends and activist says "just say A YES VOTE on ballot Question 3 would prohibil dog races where even loved ones, and relearn what ~I yes" to Question 3 was once old hat, including French, betting or wagering OCCUIS. The proposed law would L'lke effect on June I, ; one of her college majors at Boston 200l. :f ANO VOTE would make nO changes in the laws governing dog racing. ! By Frederick Melo University. TAB STAFF WM"E.q But lhe Brighton woman's family For more information, cootaet Grey2K, the advocacy group which au- :. the proposed legislation, at or the Mass. Interest ; ong before Question 3 made it has told her that in her fusl hazy m<r thored 666-3526, Animal Coalition. the coalition which opposes the law. at (508) 580-6108. • ontO the state bal1Ol, Christine ments out ofher coma, there was one L Dorchak's life had gone to the question on her lips, which rang OUI dog. lOUd and clear despite her fog: slill makes do well enough for a and dear: lobbying to end greyhound Dorchak can'l recall the approach "How's Kelsey?" pooch wilh a hip replacement. U1lck racing in Massachuselts. a pro­ of the t\\m<ar train that hit her and Kelsey's hip was crushed during And with the kind of bond that ex­ posal which will be decided upon in her dog, Kelsey, headlong on Com­ the acciden~ but as with her owner. ists between the pel and her owner. the November ballot. ST1tflPHOl'OIIT~Mo\II'TlJ'I monwealth Avenue eight years ago, she pulled through and is thriving it's little wonder that, having re­ Back on her feet, the avid animai Christine Dorchak has taken up a cause she finds near and dear: lobbying to lover and host ofIhe cable access end greyhound track racing In Massachusetts, a proposal which will be Ofeven a flicker ofthe weeks spent in today. Kelsey may nOI be the active gained most ofher memory, Dorchak taUi decided upon tn the November ballot. a coma afterward. Russian terrier pup she once was, she has taken up a cause she finds near DOG RACING, page 1il Boston teachers Legendary musicians may strike Schooldepa~en~ teachers union at impasse By Davtd OrtIz TAB STAFF WIfTER tudents in all of Boslon's public schools may be fac­ ing an unscheduled break fiom classes, as the city's , teachers are justdays away from deciding whether or Sto walk oul of theirjobs in indefinite teachers strike. not an After months of heated contract negotiations and public posturing between the Boston Teachers Union and the school departmenl the teachers are scheduled to vote on whether 10 strike on Wednesdl}, Oct. IJ. "" . nl'!)' I ~<;q1J,!1 Qll tbeir commet " I ,~Il\S, d Ed Doherty, president of the teachers union. T.. The two ,ides have been unable 10 agree 10 tenns for a new teachers contnll.1 since they began meeting las! spring. The union is demanding a decrease in class size" in all grades. obtaining a pay raise ofaboul 15 percent in the next three years. and prese1Ving teachers' seniority rights that have existed between the union and the school department for 35 years. More than 2,oo:lleachers were scheduled to attend a rally at City Hall on Thursday, Oct. 5, calling on Mayor Thomas M. Menino to inlervene in the impasse. Two final negotiating sessions were scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 4 and Fridiy, Oct. 6 before the union Vole, but Doherty said he was "pretty confidem there will be a strike" unless tl1e school department b<1cks offon its plan 10 change the seniority system. '1 know how angry the leachers are about the assault on their contract rights. They see it as ... blaming the teaehers when in fact there's a whole range of issues affecting per­ fonnance in the schools," said Doherty. ST.tJ'F PtlOTO BY W'lHSlOW IMImN The controversy over seniority involves sIems from the Some legendary rock musicians are DOW pe""anent residents 01 Allston. Mr. MusIc, a gUitar and CD store located at 128 Harvard A~e., In Allston, recently painted new current system, in which veleran teachers are given prefer­ murals on their rolklown grates. ence among all teachers looking to enter a school. The way Provtncetown artlst Sean Collins painted the murals which leature the laces of Jimmy Hendrix, Bob Mariey, Eric Clapton, John lennon, Frank Sinatra and Jerry Garcia. the system WOlXs now, a teaeher with a history of poor job Collins painted the original murals which appeared on the grates. In late August, he began repainting the mural and sprucing up the storefront. Mr. Music owner sal Barone pe!fonnance can replace a highly-performing teacher with opened the store In 1973. STRIKE, page 10 CAMPAIGN 2000 Herald to buy CNC By Kurt Blumenau Gore declared debate CNCSTAFf""'lTER he Boston Herald announced victor by local Dems plans Ihis past week 10 buy TCommunily Newspaper Co.. publisher of Allslon-Brighlon TAB Candidates touched upon some and more than 100 other publications in eastern Massa<;huselts. issues important to Massachusetts Berald officials and media experts say the deal combines the Hemld's By David Ortiz and Frederick Melo candidales hoped would help tip the inner-city clout with CNe's exten­ TAS STAFf WRITERS scales in their favor in one ofthe tighl­ sive suburtJan peneU1ltion, creating a he pundits may IlOl have est presidential races in U.S. history, single strong rival to the Boston agreed that AI Gore KO'd Re­ Despite the unbridled enthusiasm for Globe. Tpublican presidemial nominee Gore at the Park Plaza, many pundits '1t certainly will extend the battle," George W. Bush on Tuesday night, said the debate was a standoff, with said Pat Purcell, publisher of Ihe Her­ but revelers at the post-dehate party each candidale alternately miss-steJr ald and presidelll of Herald Media ping and pressing his advantage. held in the vice president's honor reg­ ~ s: PHOTO IV bNl.:A UHDB£AG Inc. "May the hattie be joined." Pat Purcell istered no doubts. Nevertheless. a festive atmosphere Joe Benevento, a spinkler fltter with local union LLU 550, came out to protest The Herald-CNC combination will prior to the debate to show his support lor the Gore/Uebe""an campaign. A When Senalor Ted Kennedy took filled the cavernous hall for the pOSI­ boast a combined weekly circulation winning Intemet site thaI compiles the stage at the Park Plaza Holel in dehate celebration. wRich was spon­ Nadar sUpporier stands In the Ioreground, wearing monarch butteffiy wings to of 1.2 million and a lotal readership show her oppos~1on to genetically modlfled foods. news from across the region. CNC Boston and bellowed from the dais, sored by the Massachusetts Democra­ of 2.4 million, according to Purcell. papers cover the eastern halfofMass- . "Did AI Gore win that debate?" hun- tic Party. In the moments before the elected officials at the event took a selts campaign, felt thaI Gore's mcs- CNC will operate as a separate entity achusetts, from New Hampshire, Democratic nominee for president break from the festivities 10 discu sage was right on larget for his district. '. dreds of sweating, elated people who within the Herald Media holding south 10 Cape Cod. had jammed into the building re­ took the stage, a dozen Brookline the performance of the IwO candi- "Aftereighl years ofprosperity with company, he said. CNC began in the mid-'80s, when sponded with a cacophonous "Yes!" High School students cleared a circle dates. an un!J'l'Cedented·. budgel swplus, CNC, hased in Needham, publish­ its parent company, Fidelity Capital, Experts estimated that be­ amid the crush ofbodies with their ex­ Cambridge State Rejresentative we're at a CJ'O!iSl'OO<ls." said Barrios. es four dailies, 89 weeklies, 15 shop­ bought a handful of weekly newspa- tween 60 rniltion and 90 million view­ uberant dancing. Jarrett Barrios, who was picked by the 'The two candidales were talking pers and eil:hl specialty publications, HERALD, ·page 10 ers tuned inlo the dehate, which both Over the din of a soul band, local Gore tearn to help lead his Massachu- . 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