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Frankly, he says, city inspectors out to get him
(By Ric Kahn, Globe Staff, 8/13/2000)
For 25 years, Ezra (Speed) Anderson has served his renowned eight-inch hot dogs to the frankfurter cognoscenti, from sewer workers to stockbrokers, hard hats to eggheads, guys in pickup trucks to those driving Jags and Beemers.
90 feisty years, doubled
(By Gloria Negri, Globe Staff, 8/13/2000)
Everyone says George Calapai resembles the late actor James Cagney in looks, feisty manner, and physique.
THE POLITICAL TRAIL
Convention a bore? Don't tell them that
(By Michael Jonas, Globe Correspondent, 8/13/2000)
Every move has been as tightly scripted as a Hollywood production. Even some of his boosters concede the man in the starring role is a certified bore. And the major television networks are giving only cursory coverage to what NBC anchor Tom Brokaw told the Boston Phoenix is little more than ''summer camp for grown-ups.''
Jim Lynch's Brookline townhouse
(By Ricki Morell, Globe Correspondent, 8/13/2000)
BROOKLINE - On Jim Lynch's kitchen table, a few packs of cigarettes sit next to some neatly stacked clean dishes. His cupboard contains a row of canned stews. And in his small bedroom, his single bed has clean sheets.
From nasty to nice: Dorchester's Austin Street gets a cleanup
(By Ric Kahn, Globe Staff, 8/13/2000)
DORCHESTER - Like paratroopers landing behind enemy lines, a wave of city workers swooped down on Austin Street earlier this month, reclaiming the forbidden zone from drug sellers, prostitutes, and car thieves.
BROOKLINE NOTES
August 23 debate for Sydney, Smizik
(By Andreae Downs, Globe Correspondent, 8/13/2000)
Selectman Gil Hoy will sponsor the first debate between incumbent State Representative Ronny Sydney (D-Brookline) and challenger Frank Smizik, member of the Brookline School Committee.
CAMBRIDGE NOTES
Some balk at plans for old VFW building
(By Mary Hurley, Globe Correspondent, 8/13/2000)
City Manager Robert Healy is recommending that the vacant North Cambridge VFW Building at 2103 Mass. Ave. be developed into low and moderate income housing. But some residents want the city to investigate other uses for the historic, city-owned property, such as a new neighborhood senior center.
SOMERVILLE NOTES
Agreement reached by city, managers
(By Sarah Fishman, Globe Correspondent, 8/13/2000)
The city and its managerial employees have settled on a contract agreement. Negotiators reached tentative agreement after holding an informal bargaining session with no attorneys present, but with Mayor Dorothy Kelly Gay in attendance. The union ratified the contract in a 27-3 vote last Wednesday.
BOSTON NOTES
Oral disease called plague among poor
(By Mary Hurley, Globe Correspondent, 8/13/2000)
Aidee Herman, a periodontist with the Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, is concerned about what she calls the ''silent epidemic'' of oral disease in low-income residents, particularly African-Americans and Hispanics. Herman and her colleagues have visited elementary schools in Dorchester, Roxbury, and Jamaica Plain to teach children about taking care of their teeth. They also distribute tooth brushes and fluoride toothpaste. Another program was launched at the Madison Park High School in Roxbury.
PULSE
A poster boy for advertising behavior
(By David Wildman, Globe Correspondent, 8/13/2000)
Given the thousands of advertising images constantly vying for our attention, it is easy to discount the idea that there could be artistry in the daily dance of the hucksters.
ON THE RISE
Musician from Mali sings of the simple life
(By David Wildman, Globe Correspondent, 8/13/2000)
He might be just a man who plays a handmade African kora, a stringed instrument made out of a gourd, but Balla Tounkara believes he has things to offer America that stretch far beyond the music of his native West African village.
These coaches have a plan
(By Jeff Sullivan, Globe Correspondent, 8/13/2000)
Each had, without question, the state's best players in their respective sports. By most accounts, though, Bill Hanson, hockey coach at Catholic Memorial High School, and Maria DiClemente, volleyball coach at Cambridge Rindge and Latin School, were not the byproducts of these players. Rather, the players were the byproducts of their coaches.
NOTEBOOK
Gold medal won in girls' ice hockey
(By Marvin Pave, Globe Staff, 8/13/2000)
The Metro entry in the recent Bay State Games in Marlborough won a gold medal in girls' ice hockey by sweeping the competition in four games. The team is coached by Mark McHale of Dorchester, whose full-time job is Assistant Chief Probation Officer at Dorchester District Court and who is also head girls' hockey coach at Thayer Academy in Braintree.
Hockey tournament features local stars
(By Bob Holmes, Globe Staff, 8/13/2000)
When 180 of the most talented female hockey players in the country meet in the sixth annual Hockey Night in Boston Girls' Summer Showcase, it will surprise no one to find Brookline's Sarah Clark right in the middle of the action.
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