Dorchester resident John FitzGerald, the 41-year-old son of a legendary state lawmaker and a veteran of City Hall, has joined the race to succeed District 3 Councillor Frank Baker. The field has continued to grow since Baker’s April 20 announcement that he wouldn’t run for reelection. Meetinghouse Hill activist Jennifer Johnson and Fields Corner schoolteacher Joel Richards had
When cousins Sharieff Andrews and Takai Whitmore were six years old, they played football side by side in Dorchester Eagles Pop Warner uniforms that were a bit too big and their efforts more cute than dominant. One got bigger while the other got faster, and by their high school years they were among the best high school football players in Massachusetts. Last week, their hard
By Daniel Sheehan, Reporter Staff
April 28, 2021
Daniel Sheehan, Reporter Staff
Terrence Clarke, who passed away last week at the age of 19, left his mark on the community after honing his basketball skills at the Davis Leadership Academy, in the DotHouse gym, and on courts across Boston.
This week the Greater Boston basketball community continued to mourn the loss of Terrence Clarke, a bright prospect from Dorchester who passed away in Los Angeles last Thursday at the age of 19 following a car accident.
Clarke was one of the most promising young players to emerge from the city in years. An athletic six foot seven wing, he was a consensus five star player after finishing his high school career at Brewster Academy in New Hampshire and committing to play college ball at the University of Kentucky, where he was a freshman guard this past season. Clarke, a projected lottery pick entering the season, declared for the NBA draft last month and announced he was signing with Klutch Sport