VIDEO: Off The Streets at Last, on a Fast Break for Hope

by FORCV 21. February 2010

Mentors and new programs provide support for athletes that had been sorely lacking (The Boston Globe) - As dusk fell one evening last May, Alex DoSouto was walking alone down a grim Dorchester street,... [More]

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Manuel da Silva Arraigned in Fatal Shooting of Guiliardo Rodrigues

by FORCV 18. December 2009

Guiliardo Rodrigues (The Boston Globe) - A 22-year-old Roxbury man was arraigned yesterday on charges he fatally shot an 18-year-old in Dorch... [More]

Tags: manuel junior da silva, arraigned, fatal shooting, guiliardo rodrigues, draper street, mount ida road, dorchester, roxbury, boston, boston globe

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Gang Feud Heats up. One Wounded, Two Arrested

by FORCV 3. December 2009

(The Boston Globe) - A long-standing rivalry between small factions in the Cape Verdean communities of Dorchester and Roxbury [10 Albion Street] erupted into violence Wednesday night in Roxbury when a 30-year-old man was shot in the head, shoulder, and thigh, Suffolk County prosecutors sai... [More]

Tags: gang feud, dorchester, roxbury, vincent davis, jesse deburgo

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Gang Member Sentenced For 2003 Shootings

by FORCV 28. October 2009

(The Boston Globe, 10/27/09) - A Dorchester gang member was sentenced to two 10-year prison terms yesterday for his role in two deaths stemming from a 2003 shooting, said Suffolk District Attorney Daniel F. Conley. Daniel Fernandes, 24, pleaded guilty to two counts of manslaughter for d... [More]

Tags: gang member, sentenced, 2003 shootings, daniel fernandes, jose daveiga, christopher carvalho, cape verdean gangs, dorchester, suffolk district attorney, daniel f. conley

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Young Artists Hit Wall Over Dudley St. Mural. Say That T Objection Whitewashes Past

by FORCV 21. August 2009

(THE BOSTON GLOBE) - For weeks, a group of Boston youths in a summer jobs program has been researching and painting a mural celebrating the history of Dudley Street’s reclamation, a 25-year story of loss and resurrection in one of the city’s most neglected communities. But... [More]

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Arrest Made in Double Killing at Cape Verdean Restaurant (The Boston Globe)

by FORCV 10. August 2009

BOSTON (The Boston Globe) - A man turned himself in today to face two counts of first-degree murder in a shooting outside a popular Uphams Corner restaurant that left two men dead, including a chef cut down in a hail of bullets. Emmanuel DePina, 26, turned himself in today after ... [More]

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Shots Took Life of Hard-Working Cook

by FORCV 4. August 2009

Couldn’t escape gunfire that erupted outside Dorchester bar Manuel Monteiro held two jobs , one at Ká - Carlos (Photo: boston.com) ... [More]

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Cambridge Assessed $4.5m in Bias Suit Filled by Monteiro

by FORCV 28. April 2009

THE BOSTON GLOBE - In unusually strong language, a Middlesex Superior Court judge has rebuked the city manager of Cambridge, saying his "reprehensible" behavior amounted to a systematic campaign to oust a city employee who had filed a discrimination complaint.... [More]

Tags: the boston globe, cambridge, $4.5m, bias suit, malvina monteiro, middlesex superior court, judge bonnie h. macleod-mancuso

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A Calf Sent From Boston Allows Generations to Live in N.E.

by FORCV 27. April 2009

THE BOSTON GLOBE - Ocean travel has always defined Cape Verde's relationship with New England. The first documented Cape Verdeans to come here were whaling crewmen, as early as the 1740s. And as the whaling industry faded, some whaling vessels became packet ships, t... [More]

Tags: the boston globe, cape verdeans, boston, immigrants, community, cape verdean museum, east providence, rhode island, southeastern new england, united states, yvonne smart

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Cape Verdeans going home again (to RI)

by FORCV 27. April 2009

THE BOSTON GLOBE - The Cape Verdean immigrant neighborhood of Fox Point in Providence, Rhode Island, was uprooted in the 1960s. But it seems that the Fox Point community survived. Claire Andrade-Watkins, a Fox Point native who is a film-maker and professor at Em... [More]

Tags: the boston globe, cape verdeans, fox point, community, providence, rhode island, southeastern new england, claire andrade-watkins, emerson college, boston, some kind of funny porto rican

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VIDEO: Off The Streets at Last, on a Fast Break for Hope

Manuel da Silva Arraigned in Fatal Shooting of Guiliardo Rodrigues

Gang Feud Heats up. One Wounded, Two Arrested

Gang Member Sentenced For 2003 Shootings

Young Artists Hit Wall Over Dudley St. Mural. Say That T Objection Whitewashes Past

Arrest Made in Double Killing at Cape Verdean Restaurant (The Boston Globe)

Shots Took Life of Hard-Working Cook

Cambridge Assessed $4.5m in Bias Suit Filled by Monteiro

A Calf Sent From Boston Allows Generations to Live in N.E.

Cape Verdeans going home again (to RI)

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