Water supply disruptions may occur in Shannon due to repairs being carried out on a burst water main. Uisce Éireann crews are currently working on the main and disruptions are likely in Cronan Gardens, Cronan Grove, Cronan Lawn, Cronan Park, Cluainin and surrounding areas. The works are ongoing and will conclude at 5pm this evening. […]
A proposal to rename a playground in Ronan Park after the late Maryann Hanley, an 11-year-old girl who was raped and murdered in the park in 1983, continues to roil the neighborhood in controversy, with family members saying they won’t give up the cause and some community members still debating the appropriateness of the idea. After an intense informal community meeting on the
The debate about naming a playground at Ronan Park in honor of the late 11-year-old Maryann Hanley who was murdered in the park on Aug. 11, 1983, brought me to think of Tiffany Moore. She was 12 when she was murdered by cross gunfire with the Castlegate gang on Aug. 15, 1988. She was sitting on a mailbox at the corner of Humboldt Avenue and Ruthven Street, three blocks from
The horrific murder of an 11-year-old girl four decades ago in Dorchester’s Ronan Park is again stirring emotions as a proposal to re-name a playground inside the park as a memorial to the victim is under consideration by city officials. Maryann Hanley was found murdered and raped in the park on Aug. 1, 1983. The then-boyfriend, Val Mayfield, of one of her sisters, was