Dorchester
a town in S Dorsetshire, in S England, on the Frome River: named Casterbridge in Thomas Hardy's novels.
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In 2005, Dixon got the opportunity to run Dorchester’s Parkside Christian Academy, where he had been teaching.
Paying it forward: supporting underrepresented students in STEM | Angie Chatman, SM ’88 | June 29, 2022 | MIT Technology ReviewAccording to state officials, counties without a mandate as of this week included Carroll, Dorchester, Somerset and Worcester.
Maryland leaders take steps to mandate masks in public schools | Donna St. George | August 26, 2021 | Washington PostThere is so much to love about Green Woodlands, a plot of private land between the towns of Lyme and Dorchester, New Hampshire, about two hours north of Boston.
Wahlberg grew up the youngest of nine children in a broken home in the rough Dorchester section of Boston.
Mark Wahlberg’s Pardon Plea: A Look Back At His Troubling, Violent, and Racist Rap Sheet | Marlow Stern | December 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThat day, Jesse Coleman, a 12-year-old black boy, and his older brother and sister were walking back to their home in Dorchester.
Mark Wahlberg’s Pardon Plea: A Look Back At His Troubling, Violent, and Racist Rap Sheet | Marlow Stern | December 7, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
We met at the Dorchester Hotel, for what I expected would be a question and answer interview.
“Meet me for breakfast at the Dorchester Hotel next Thursday in London,” he said.
The Boston Police Department misreported an attack on the JFK Library in Dorchester.
Boston Marathon Bombing Media Errors Pile Up, as Does the Outrage | Michael Moynihan | April 18, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTOn the south-east it was commanded by the hills of another peninsula called Dorchester Neck.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. | William HuntOn June 13 the insurgents heard that the British were about to occupy Dorchester heights.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. | William HuntThe publisher was Richard Carlile, who was then 'safe in Dorchester gaol.'
The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) | Leslie StephenHe became domestic chaplain to the Bishop of Dorchester, whose daughter Emily he married.
The Secret Glory | Arthur MachenThis day nothing very remarkable at night their was a regular deserted and Swam over to Dorchester and escaped.
The Military Journals of Two Private Soldiers, 1758-1775 | Abraham Tomlinson
British Dictionary definitions for Dorchester
/ (ˈdɔːtʃɪstə) /
a town in S England, administrative centre of Dorset: associated with Thomas Hardy, esp as the Casterbridge of his novels. Pop: 16 171 (2001): Latin name: Durnovaria (ˌdjʊənəʊˈveɪrɪə)
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