Dorchester Reporter

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Dorchester Reporter
Type Weekly newspaper
Owner(s)Boston Neighborhood News, Inc.
EditorBill Forry
Founded1983
Headquarters150 Mount Vernon Street
Suite 560
Dorchester, Massachusetts, U.S.
Website dotnews.com

The Dorchester Reporter is a weekly community newspaper founded in 1983 by husband-and-wife Ed and Mary Forry to serve the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. [1] Following Mary Forry's death, Bill Forry, son of Ed and Mary, assumed the role of managing editor while Ed Forry assumed the role of associate publisher, [1] and Bill Forry remains the newspaper's current editor and publisher. [1] [2]

Bill Forry is married to former Massachusetts State Senator and State Representative Linda Dorcena Forry who is also currently an associate publisher of the newspaper. [1] [2]

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References

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  2. 1 2 Leung, Shirley; Chesto, Jon (July 10, 2023). "After five years at Suffolk, Dorcena Forry heads back out on her own". The Boston Globe . Retrieved August 24, 2023.