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Dorchester Reporter “The News and Values Around the Neighborhood” Volume 29 Issue 16 Thursday, April 19, 2012 50¢ Walczak’s departure from Carney leaves uneasy questions unanswered By GinTauTas DuMcius ‘I did not resign,’ says ousted president Walczak had been working on news eDiToR a strategic plan for the hospital After 14 months at the helm, The news of the Carney- owns the Carney, declined to before his departure. Savin Hill’s Bill Walczak is out Walczak break-up was greeted cite a reason for his departure, Asked Tuesday about Wal- as president of Carney Hospital. with words of disappointment but Murphy backed away from czak’s rebuttal, Murphy said, The sudden shake-up raises from members of the hospital’s his statement of last Friday that “The decision for Bill to leave questions about the future of board of directors and Dorches- he had resigned after Walczak, Carney was mutual.” Pressed the Dorchester Avenue facility, ter’s State House delegation. who had been out-of-state over again about what Walczak which was sold to a private Walczak, the former head the weekend, on Tuesday dis- said, Murphy acknowledged the equity firm in 2010 and is now of the Codman Square Health puted those comments, saying, information provided on Friday facing the appointment of its Center, and Chris Murphy, “The only thing I’m willing to had been inaccurate and again Bill Walczak fourth president in two years. speaking for the company that say right now is I did not resign.” (Continued on page 20) Served 14 months 53 Dot runners beat the heat in Boston Marathon By lisa haGen special To The RepoRTeR In Monday’s running of the 116th Boston Marathon, 53 runners who identified themselves as Dorchester residents finished the trek as scorching temperatures greeted the 21, 554 who came from around the world to compete. Murphy School teacher Chris Brum, 28, who finished in 4 hours and 42 minutes, ran the route with a team of ten, including three other public school employees, to raise money for the non-profit Technology for Autism Now. Brum aimed to raise at least $4,000 to help meet the group’s overall goal of $40,000. Funds will be applied to the development of mobile applications to support communication solutions for people with autism. The Boston 53 and their times, Page 11. Brum has taught multi-handicapped students for the past few years at the Murphy K-8 School. In his own classroom, he says that he has seen severely Three young people from Dorchester died early Tuesday morning when the car they were traveling in handicapped children with various developmental slammed into a bridge embankment next to the Dunkin’ Donuts on Morrissey Boulevard. The victims disabilities respond well to iPad applications and have been identified as John Doherty-Carter, 20, Samantha Pinson, 19, and Paul Reagan, 19. Above, other mobile devices because the apps encourage friends gathered at a makeshift memorial at the accident site yesterday. Photo by Bill Forry response via touch-screen ability, pictures, and sounds. Fr. Lane Technology for Autism Now was started by Marie ADA Mulhern Duggan, a parent of an autistic child in the public story (cont.) school system, to seek technological solutions for those with autism as well as for health professionals, The report last week earns raves for caregivers and teachers. about the Archdiocese The winners in the male and female categories of Boston agreeing to a were both Kenyan: Wesley Korir, 29, finished his settlement with a man what he does in first marathon in Boston in 2:12:40. Sharon Cherop, who claimed he had 28, topped the women in 2:31:50, a mere two seconds been abused by the late ahead of the second-place finisher. court, on streets Rev. James H. Lane on Meena Ramakrishnan contributed to this report. By Melissa TaBeek of the C-11 police district, several occasions some special To The RepoRTeR who recommended the 40-45 years ago has Suffolk County As- prosecutor for the Quinn stirred up Father Lane’s INSIDE THIS WEEK sistant District Attorney Award. Mulhern, who Daniel P. Mulhern supporters in the parish Busy in court, on street Daniel P. Mulhern, who heads up the district that he served as pastor Dorchester’s Mer- is said to have one heck attorney’s Gang Unit ting to the courthouse,” in the 1980s and 1990s edith Hansen, at left, of a three-point shot, and Safe Neighborhood said Sexton. to come to his defense. has been tapped to was honored recently Initiative, and Sexton Mulhern, a Suffolk Last week, the cur- sing with the Boston by UMass Boston with work together profes- Law School graduate, rent pastor, Rev. John Lyric Opera. Page 6. its Robert H. Quinn sionally, and Sexton both has been working in the Connolly sent a letter Award for Outstanding participate in basketball DA’s office for almost to parishioners. This Community Leadership games with high school nine years. Previously, week, Lauren O’Brien, for his dedicated work in teen-agers from St. he spent time in the 32, a lifelong resident community prosecution. Peter’s Teen Center in Middlesex County pros- of the parish, wrote an “Dan Mulhern has Dorchester. “Dan’s will- ecutor’s office. anguished letter about a dedication to early ing to put the bad guys in Since coming back to Father Lane, whom she jail, but he’s also willing prevention and interven- Boston, he says, he has called “a good, honor- All contents copyright tion, said Captain Rich- to do the work to try to had the opportunity to able, trustworthy man.” Meredith Hansen © 2012 Boston ard Sexton, commander prevent kids from get- (Continued on page 4) See Pages 8 and 9. Photo by Devon Cass Neighborhood News, Inc. Give the Gift of Dorchester A 52-week subscription to the Dorchester Reporter will make a thoughtful gift! See Page 11. Page 2 THE REPORTER April 19, 2012 Reporter’s Notebook On The Record Council mulls new rules Three die in Morrissey crash on Open Meeting front By GinTauTas DuMcius member of the council to go to any news eDiToR hearing and ask questions,” Murphy said. The ripple effect of the Marlborough Some city councillors may feel City Council’s Open Meeting Law the state attorney general’s office is violation is reaching its Boston overreacting in its interpretation, but counterpart. there appears to be little appetite for The Boston City Council, which, a fight over the ruling and a scuffle in a separate case, broke the law that is unlikely to play out favorably several times between 2003 and 2005, for them in the press. is expected to change some of its rules The wary council also has a tangled to come into compliance when it meets history with the Open Meeting Law: In next week. 2008, the council acknowledged that First, some background: Attorney under then-City Council President General Martha Coakley’s office, Michael Flaherty, it had violated Three young people from Dorchester were killed on Tuesday morning when which oversees and enforces the Open the law by illegally gathering several their car careened off of Morrissey Boulevard and slammed into a bridge Meeting Law, found that a May 2011 times between 2003 and 2005 to discuss abutment next to the Dunkin’ Donuts just after 4:30 a.m., according to Mas- meeting of the Marlborough body’s urban renewal plans with Boston sachusetts State Police report. The accident happened at a curve in the north- five-member finance committee had all Redevelopment Authority officials and bound roadway just across from the intersection with Popes Hill Street. The 11 members of the council attend and an outbreak at a Boston University Suffolk County District Attorney’s office reports two male victims, 19 and 20, act as they would in a full meeting of bio-laboratory. The acknowledgement were pronounced dead at the scene. The third victim, a 19-year-old woman, came after the Appeals Court ruled was extricated from the remains of the car with the Jaws of Life, but was the council. The finance committee’s pronounced dead at a local hospital. The three victims have been identified by meeting, a notice of which was posted against them, a victory for several local the Boston Globe as John Doherty-Carter, Paul Reagan and Samantha Pinson. in accordance with the Open Meeting activists, including 2009 mayoral can- Morrissey Boulevard was shut on Tuesday morning as police investigated the Law, aired live on cable access televi- didate Kevin McCrea, who brought fatal crash and reopened for traffic about 9 a.m. sion. a lawsuit against the council alleging the violation. Menino names picks for Talks indicate crime bill conferees advisory committee on casino A partner at the law firm McCarter still appear far apart on an accord & English will be heading up Mayor By kyle cheney Thomas Menino’s advisory commit- sTaTe house news seRvice tee on a Boston casino. Brian Leary, House Speaker Robert DeLeo’s point-man in talks with the Senate over a former reporter and anchor for omnibus crime and sentencing legislation raised the prospect that the two WCVB-TV, will join five others on the sides could fail to reach agreement and suggested that they consider passing committee as City Hall is expected to a narrow bill that could win support. negotiate a mitigation agreement with In a meeting last Friday with five other lawmakers negotiating the bill, the owners of Suffolk Downs, which is Rep. Eugene O’Flaherty (D-Chelsea) wondered whether the Senate would be seeking to open a destination resort open to jettisoning the bulk of its proposal – including changes to wiretapping, casino in East Boston.