Tag: Dorchester

Get a tan for spring and help the Richard Family Fund…

Get a tan for spring and help the Richard Family Fund…

I would like to thank the crew over at Hollywood Tans for putting this event together! RICHARD FAMILY FUNDRAISER HOSTED BY HOLLYWOOD TANS When: April 27th, 2013 from 9 AM to 10PM Where: 119 Parkingway st. Quincy Tan for a cause! Half of all sessions 

2:50 PM…

2:50 PM…

We will never forget….

Goodbye coward…

Goodbye coward…

Well I would much rather him in a body bag…but he’s a wealth of information given the right….influence. My gut is telling me his motivation was stirred up by his dead brother…but who knows at this point.

Either way, I’m so proud of our entire law enforcement community. They quite literally shed blood to exact revenge. They are incredibly professional…and the post 9/11 prep, military training and experience has served them well. To listen to them felt like a well coordinated operation in the mountains of Afghanistan.

Rest assured Dorchester, Medford, Somerville and a family a world away in China will sleep slightly easier this evening.

The world owes you men and women a beer!

And the healing process truly begins…

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Brad Marchand is a Dot Rat…

Brad Marchand is a Dot Rat…

From Brad’s Facebook page… To do my part in helping the Richard family of Dorchester I will be ruffling off my TD Garden suite for the first home playoff game with all proceeds benefitting their family fund. You and thirteen guests will enjoy the first 

In 8 years…

In 8 years…

There is something special about my section of the neighborhood. Just like Martin, the Ashmont/Adams area is the place I grew up in…just two blocks from where Martin played with his friends just a couple of days ago. I’m not going to go at length 

For Martin…

For Martin…

I’m sad to learn tonight that the 8 year old killed at the marathon today was a boy named Martin from Dorchester. My heart is so heavy right now. If their is anything I can do on any level for Martin’s family, someone please reach out.

Martin was one of us and Dorchester is praying for him and his family.

Dot Rat Radio – Nowhere USA

Dot Rat Radio – Nowhere USA

We finally got Mark Doherty over to the cave to talk about his band Nowhere USA, his experiences, struggles and his hopes for the future. It was a long time coming and it made for a good podcast.

Get down!

Get down!

Check out the lengths people go through to get a cat out of a tree. If I was to put a pricetag on gear alone we are talking about 700 bucks. What if a branch snapped? Cats are not even that useful, all they do 

Ballers!

Ballers!

Just wanted to give a quick shout out to the teams playing in the Dorchester Dodge Ball tourney today! Nothing like nailing someone with a ringer to start off my favorite month!

Photo by John O’Toole

 

Dot Rat Baseball – 1957

Dot Rat Baseball – 1957

This is the time of year I start craving baseball. You know all those huge fields all over Dorchester? At one time, they were used for baseball instead of soccer. The Boston Park League was so popular at one time, 5000 people would show up