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Dorchester Reporter “The News and Values Around the Neighborhood” Volume 29 Issue 29 Thursday, July 19, 2012 50¢ BRIDGE NAMED FOR TUSKEGEE HEROES School chief gets key support from council, mayor Online petition calls for her ouster By Gintautas Dumcius parents. news eDitor Connolly’s criticism After calls for her appeared to provoke resignation last week, displeasure that rivaled Boston Public Schools the disappointment chief Superintendent that officials expressed Carol Johnson has been in Johnson after the buoyed this week by sup- Boston Globe report on port from city councillors, the superintendent’s her employees and local inaction. Johnson, who activists. spent much of last week City Councillor John in damage control mode, Connolly, the chairman apologized and expressed of the City Council’s regret for not disciplining Education Committee, the headmaster, Rodney had said she should Peterson, who has since resign after a news report resigned from his job at revealed she did not the O’Bryant School for discipline a headmaster Mathematics and Sci- A newly rebuilt bridge on American Legion Highway over Morton Street was re-named the “Tuskegee accused of punching his ence after pleading guilty Airman Bridge” on Tuesday morning. Mayor Thomas M. Menino joined with veterans of the famed Afri- wife. His critique came to “sufficient facts.” can-American unit for the dedication ceremony, which marked the completion of a multi-year project as a petition aimed at An online petition to improve the highway. Photo by Don Harney/Mayor’s Office forcing Johnson’s ouster calling for Johnson’s was launched online by removal— posted at Raid targeted alleged ‘after-hours’ eatery a group of school system (Continued on page 7) By Bill Forry house and allegedly who’ve observed a heavy Smith – moved in to manaGinG eDitor running an illegal res- traffic of late night visi- shut down the nuisance Strand Theater A team of Boston Po- taurant and after-hours tors coming and going, “before someone gets lice and city inspectors party spot. often to the break of hurt.” raided a Woodrow Ave. The third-floor apart- dawn. Murielle Cadet, the hosts flurry of house early Saturday ment at 207 Woodrow Late on Friday night, tenant on the third morning, July 14, seiz- Ave. has been on the ra- the team — led by B-3 floor at 207 Woodrow, ing DJ equipment and dar of city officials for the Sgt. Detective John strongly denied the accu- summer shows ordering the third-floor last two months. They’ve Fitzgerald and Inspec- sation that she’s hosting By elizaBeth murray palace in 1918, serves as tenant to appear in court heard complaints from tional Services assistant an illicit after-hours special to the reporter both a community arts for keeping a disorderly neighbors and police, commissioner Darryl (Continued on page 5) Operettas, comedies and events facility and and musicals – oh my! a citywide performing The Strand Theater arts venue. Finally, new prospect for business on Columbia Road is Boston Opera Col- hosting a myriad of laborative (BOC) will performances during the be presenting Jacques at old Savin Hill corner store end of summer and into Offenbach’s Orpheus in By Bill Forry the beginning of the fall, the Underworld at the manaGinG eDitor including two fundrais- Strand July 26 to July 29. A vacant eyesore at the ers. The city-owned Thanks to support from prominent intersection Uphams Corner theater, The Free For All Concert of Savin Hill Avenue originally opened as a Fund Inc., tickets for and Sydney Street may movie and vaudeville (Continued on page 4) finally get a new lease on life in the coming months. A convenience INSIDE THIS WEEK store magnate has en- Hunt to move on – The tered into a long-term city’s chief of Environ- lease agreement with ment and Energy will the building’s owner, leave the mayor’s cabinet. Page 13. Anthony Desmond, and intends to open for busi- ness as soon as renova- tions can be completed. Jewel Saeed is an experienced convenience store operator who runs 19 locations in eastern This building at 102-110 Savin Hill Avenue, which once housed a variety store All contents copyright Massachusetts. Saaed but has been boarded up for the last few years, could once again be home to © 2012 Boston (Continued on page 20) a convenience store under a new lease agreement. Photo by Bill Forry Neighborhood News, Inc. Page 2 THE REPoRTER July 19, 2012 Reporter’s Notebook On The Record New front opens for Henriquez: Campaign finance complaint Pirates of Cedar Grove, Take 3 By Gintautas Dumcius Cornell Mills, who like Carithers news eDitor ran for the District 7 seat, is also on Embattled state Rep. Carlos Hen- the list of candidates who were sent riquez, charged last week with as- to a collections agency in 2012. Mills, saulting and kidnapping a 23-year-old the son of former state Sen. Dianne student, faced new questions this week Wilkerson, owes $200, according to over his campaign finances after a OCPF records. conservative watchdog group filed its The revelation of Henriquez’s fines own detailed complaint against him came more than a week after the with state officials. lawmaker was arraigned in Roxbury Henriquez, a Democrat representing District Court, where he pleaded not parts of Dorchester and Roxbury, said guilty to the array of charges. Hen- in a brief phone interview that he was riquez will also be arraigned in Medford cooperating with the state Office of on July 31, since the alleged incident Campaign and Political Finance, which apparently occurred in both Middlesex oversees the filings. County and Suffolk County – starting Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance high- in Arlington Heights and ending near lighted $800 in fines that Henriquez Northeastern University. currently owes the state agency. The Discrepancies surrounding the fines stem from late campaign finance incident are already starting to filings that were due in Jan. 2011 and emerge: The Arlington police report, July 2011. The fines were referred to which further details the incident, a private collections agency last year. says Henriquez picked the alleged The group, also known as MassFis- victim up at her mother’s house at 3 The Pirates of the Cedar Grove Baseball league are major division champions cal, sent a letter to OCPF requesting a.m. Sunday, July 8, while the Boston for the third straight season. Coached by Paul o’Malley, the team celebrated an investigation and noting that police report said it was around 2 their victory (above) at Ventura Park. Pictured left to right are (kneeling) James Henriquez’s campaign committee had a.m. And Boston police told reporters Monday and Logan Carver; (standing) Nolan McDonough, Kevin Mannion, a number of transactions listed as on Sunday Henriquez was arrested Sean Mannion, Kevin McCarthy, Andrew McDonough, Jo-Jo Doyle, Chandler “cash withdrawals” from an ATM, gift in the Northeastern University area, Venable, Joe Rutter, John Connolly and Richie Whalen-Ducan. cards and “cashier’s check fee.” State while their police report, released Photo courtesy Kerrie Young regulations prohibit the use of a debit the following Monday, stated he was card to obtain cash. arrested at his Judson St. home. Man charged with drug deals from sober home According to the Arlington police Henriquez’s campaign filings also A 50-year-old man has been arrested and charged with allegedly dealing report, which was obtained by the State provide little information about drugs from the Bakersfield Street recovery house where he was living. Ronald House News Service, the alleged victim reimbursements, according to the Dooley was arrested by members of the Boston Police Drug Control unit on also accused Henriquez of having letter submitted by the group’s head, July 7. During a search of his property, police say they found more than 170 alcohol on his breath when he came Paul Craney. muscle relaxants, painkillers, and steroids. Dooley has been ordered held by to pick her up. She then alleged In one instance, the campaign ac- without bail pending a hearing for violating probation for two previous drug that Henriquez back-handed her and count was used to buy an iPad, which is convictions, according to Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley. Dooley refused to let her out of the car after allowed as long as it’s not for anybody’s is due back in court on Aug. 8. personal use. she said she could not come with him Craney, in a conference call with for the night. reporters on Tuesday, said the fines Henriquez has maintained his Violent spree ends in arrest in Mattapan Sq. “could be one extended misunderstand- innocence, but stated that advice A Mattapan man was arrested on Monday morning for a spree of violence that ing but we fear it’s not.” from his attorney prevents him from allegedly began with a failed holdup attempt at a Blue Hill Avenue check-cashing Henriquez told the Reporter on providing details about what happened place and ended with him firing the gun at passersby around the corner in the Tuesday that he has already met that night. Farmers Market parking lot, according to Boston Police. Maurice Chase, 50, with OCPF to review the rules, fill out Activists in his Fifth Suffolk District of Mattapan, allegedly waved a gun at a Check Cashers employee when she supplemental reports and go through remain disappointed and frustrated. arrived to open the store around 7 a.m. As she delayed for time - she told him existing reports. Members of the Ward 15 Democratic she didn’t have the key to the door - a store security guard showed up.