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While not all communities could come together for National Night Out this year, HydePark made it a point to celebrate those doing good works in the community.

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Johnnene recognized asCrimefighter of the Year

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Readville Neighborhood Watch chairRoberta Johnnene carefully placed lan-terns and flashlights on top of the parktables at Iacono Playground on theevening of Thursday Oct. 15 at thegroup’s meeting and pandemic-era Na-tional Night Out. Little did she know thatthe spotlight would be shining on her, asshe received the Crimefighter of the Yearaward from the Boston Police Depart-ment (BPD).

“As you know, yearly we usually havea National Night Out event, and last year itwas right here in this park with a lot ofpeople, music, food and games for thekids,” BPD Area E-18 Sgt. Daniel Keanesaid. “Obviously with COVID-19, we’reunable to do that anymore. However, theCity still wants to recognize a communitygroup and a community leader, and this yearwe have chosen Roberta as well as thegroup itself.

“As the head of the Readville Neigh-

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Rock Hill Rd. and the 40 foot cliff. The white garage in back is the site of the apartmentbuilding.

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Parking concerns opponentsof Rock Hill housing

RicharRicharRicharRicharRichard Heathd Heathd Heathd Heathd HeathStaff Reporter

It’s common knowledge in Boston thatparking is the stalking horse to stop orshrink housing development, but JamaicaPlain seems to have it down to a science.

On one side of town, the landlord of abeer garden has sued to stop constructionof 202 units of supportive and low-incomehousing alleging it interferes with the park-ing needs of his tenant.

On the other side, a modest, 12-unit,four -story apartment house is opposedbecause apparently there’s too much park-ing.

Matthew Hayes owns a large parcel ofconcrete garages built in 1920, one of whichis his auto body shop, on Rock Hill Road,a private way Hayes maintains off PaulGore Street.

He has for the last four years been at-tempting to build market rate rental hous-ing in a corner of that land replacing twogarage rows.

Hayes is practically on a first name ba-sis with the Jamaica Plain zoning commit-tee; he, his attorney Derric Small and ar-chitect Ed Forte met with them on March20 and Dec.18, 2019 and again on Oct. 7,2020.

He returned a third time after beingflatly rejected by the Boston Zoning Boardof Appeals (ZBA) on Jan. 18,2020 largelybecause it was too big.

Board chair Christine Araujo put itbluntly: go small.

“That’s the vote. Come back with aanother proposal- a new proposal –in ayear,” she said.Community FCommunity FCommunity FCommunity FCommunity Fridgeridgeridgeridgeridge

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Community members gathered together in Roslindale to help provide essential food-stuffs for those in need.

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New community fridge basedon mutual aid and love

Ariane KAriane KAriane KAriane KAriane KomomomomomyyyyyatiatiatiatiatiStaff Reporter

To help combat hunger in the com-munity, Parkway neighbors came to-gether to open a community fridge inRoslindale. Located at the RoslindaleMarket at 4140 Washington St., theRoslindale Community Fridge is a “com-munity-run fridge based on mutual aidand love”.

According to Feeding America, onein eight people in the Boston area areexpected to experience food insecurity in2020 as a result of the impact of COVID-19, a 59 percent increase over the mostrecent report which showed one in 13people were food insecure in the regionbefore the pandemic. Community fridges,which have been popping up in Boston

over the past month, are helping alleviatesome of this burden.

A “Community Fridge” is a refrigera-tor located in a public space, usually cov-ered in art by local artists. The fridges area type of mutual aid project which enablesfood to be shared within a community.Over the past few months, communityfridges have been launched in manyneighborhoods across Boston, includingJP, Allston, Dorchester, and Roslindale.The Boston Community Fridge in JP(@bostoncommunityfridge), theDorchester Community Fridge(@dotcommunityfridge) and the In OurHearts NYC Collective (@iohnyc) werethe blueprint/inspiration for the RoslindaleCommunity Fridge.

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BPDA moves forward Western Ave. rezoning studyJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The Boston Planning andDevelopment Agency (BPDA)met with residents virtually onWednesday, Oct. 14, and dis-cussed the proposed rezoning

of Western Avenue between theLeo Birmingham Parkway andBarry’s Corner in LowerAllston.

BPDA Project ManagerGerald Autler said the proposalis designed to rezone the areafor easier process for develop-

ers and to recommend publicrealm improvements and trans-portation enhancements. Hesaid so far the idea has been togather data on what the neigh-borhood would like to see andnothing has been set in stone.He added the transportation as-

pect of the study will also beinformed by the AllstonBrighton Mobility Study.

“The existing zoning, whichis 30 years old, is out of dateand doesn’t provide the predict-ability in what the neighbor-hood wants in terms of whatcan and can’t be developed,” hesaid. “It doesn’t facilitate thekind of development that is eco-nomically feasible and can de-liver benefits in the form of newhousing, new activity, new re-tail space, affordable housingand better public realm in theneighborhood.”

Autler said the effort doesnot include the small scalehousing within most of LowerAllston, but focuses on vacantlots, underdeveloped parcelsand old industrial parcels. Hesaid the improvements will notchange the neighborhood over-night, and that it will take sometime, maybe decades, beforethe zoning changes make a last-ing impact on the neighbor-hood.

He said they are currentlycollecting feedback from theneighborhood on what they’dlike to see in terms of futureprojects, and one big thingthey’ve seen so far has been thedesire for more open space inLower Allston, and more pedes-trian connections between par-cels.

Autler also said there is astrong desire for multi-modal

travel improvements in theforms of improved pedestrianaccess and bike infrastructure.He said pushing back buildinglines for increased pedestrianaccess will be a long-term goal,since it would have to happenafter buildings are knockeddown and redeveloped, but inthe shorter term, he said bikeand bus lanes are options insome areas.

In terms of actual zoningplans, Autler said the idea is toallow increased density to helpreduce developer costs whilerequiring those developers toprovide more public benefits insome form to offset the density.

“In order to capture a fairshare of the value that’s createdfor the public,” he said.

Resident Barbara Parmentersaid one of the more frustrat-ing aspects of the developmentprocess has been the project-by-project approach to zoningand zoning variances that hasbeen occurring across the city,and she is hopeful the corridor-wide zoning change could havea lasting impact. She said shewould like to see specific re-quirements across the corridorfor parking management, thecreation of a common mobilityfund for developers to pay into,green infrastructure require-ments to reduce stormwater andurban heat islands and afford-

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Community Fridge continued from page 1The idea for a Roslindale

Community Fridge began lastmonth with Roslindale commu-nity members Arielle Goldhaber,Laurie Cowie-Haskell and JennyNguyen, who wanted to make thisfridge a reality. They emailedBoston Community Fridge, andbecame connected from there.

“It [the project] grew expo-nentially, really thanks to the gi-ant web of contacts via Instagram.Instagram has become a huge plat-form for sharing informationabout local protests, resources,and getting families what theyneed,” explained Goldhaber. “Butwhen it comes to ‘who was partof the planning,’ it branched offinto the community and our neigh-bors. We didn’t know how to builda shed, we didn’t know how topaint a fridge, we didn’t knowwhat would come next. It was astream of steady thoughts and rec-ommendations from our peers thathelped us plan everything, liter-ally minute by minute. Personali-ties and leaderships were filled aswe saw the need.”

Goldhaber helped create art-work for media and flyering,while other local communitymembers created logos, volun-teered as carpenters, and helpedmaintain social media pages.

The steps for starting thisproject seemed simple, but orga-nizers said it wasn’t easy. Thevolunteers explained that findinga fridge, host, carpenter and largegroup of volunteers was like start-

ing a business without any fund-ing or fancy marketing. They hadto achieve their goals by relyingon the community, volunteers, andcommunity support.

The owner of Roslindale Mar-ket (the host of the RoslindaleCommunity Fridge) is a long timefriend of volunteer Jenny Nguyen.

“While she calls it completeluck that the Roslindale Markethad space for our fridge, we knowit was his love for her, his custom-ers, and the community that ledhim to make space for us. It takesa (socially-distanced and Covid-knowledgeable) village!” statedGoldhaber.

“It was also really importantto us, as the following and thegroup of volunteers grew, to main-tain complete transparency and toencourage a diversity of voices.We wanted to make the fridgeavailable to everyone, and thatmeant listening to what everyoneneeded. We have a massive groupchat, and have since broken downinto teams to better concentrateour interests and energies,” ex-plained the Roslindale Commu-nity Fridge volunteers. “Peoplewere excited to get involved rightaway, but remember that this ef-fort is entirely volunteer-basedand community-organized. We allhave full, busy lives outside of theCommunity Fridge. Like themotto used for these fridges acrossthe country: ‘Take what you need,leave/give what you can’ - that ap-plies to more than food and dona-

tions. It is truly a miracle that thefridge was open and runningwithin a month. But we know fora fact this miracle was made bythe odd hours worked outside ofa job, a second job, school work,family time, and previous com-mitments.”

The community response tothe fridge has been overwhelm-ingly positive. “One of the mostsurprising responses we have re-ceived from people passing by is“When is it open?” They are sopleasantly surprised when we tellthem it is on and open 24/7,” re-marked Goldhaber. “And further-more, they are ecstatic when wetell them the Fridge is completelycommunity-run and funded. Is itreally that revolutionary to have aconstant source of nourishment?To have a choice? To not have torely on a local or federally fundedprogram, which people seem tohave so much disdain for? Thatpersonally makes me so hurt, andangry. Not because there aren’tprograms that aim to fill that gap,but because of what led to thatfeeling of apathy and mistrust,regardless of intention. It’s ourturn to create something that ac-tually works for the people.”

Goldhaber wants communitymembers to know that this is anongoing project. “We continue towork hard to let everyone knowabout the fridge! It’s an ongoingproject. We want the entire neigh-borhood to know, and to feel com-fortable visiting it when they want

or need. This has definitely beenthe most difficult aspect – elicit-ing a full community response.Right now, it seems like only afraction of Roslindale is aware ofits existence!” She stated.

The Roslindale CommunityFridge is currently seeking volun-teers. Volunteer positions includefridge monitoring/cleaning, fridgedelivery assistance (pick-up anddelivery), help with large fooddonations, helping with socialmedia, passing flyers around theneighborhood, and legal re-search/translating. There is noneed to sign up for smaller fooddonations. The fridge acceptsfresh food/produce, pantrygoods, dairy, prepared/packagedmeals, baked goods with listedingredients, cleaning supplies,menstrual products, and paperbags. It does NOT accept rawmeat and seafood, alcoholicbeverages, unlabeled or un-opened meals, and leftovers.

“Our neighbors, if wethink of them and come to ac-cept them as our family andfriends, we know and we feelin our hearts that they de-serve to feel safe and secure.This is for all of us, no stigmaattached. It’s for everyone,always. For the community,by the community,” statedGoldhaber.

To learn more about theRoslindale Community Fridgeand to donate or volunteer, visitl i n k t r . e e /roslindalecommunityfridge orfollow them on Instagram@roslindalecommunityfridge.


Johnnene continued from page 1borhood Watch group, Robertapresides over the meetings in anorderly and efficient manner. Shelistens intently to all concerns, andif she cannot answer a question,she researches it diligently to findthe answer.”

Johnnene stressed that it wasthe group, not herself, that is de-serving of recognition because oftheir continued participation atmeetings and involvement withlocal issues, including the preser-vation of open space and reason-able limitations on development.

“For me, the award is reallyabout the community,” she said,“and the people who care enoughabout it to come to the meetingsand voice their concerns and lis-ten to what other people have tosay. They don’t just come out ona big issue like a 500-unit devel-opment, but also for issues like thefirecrackers and businesses pop-ping up in residential neighbor-hoods. This community caresabout our neighborhood.”

Preserving the area’s naturalresources, including MotherBrook and the parks, is critical,particularly during COVID-19.Being able to be outdoors has beenkey to helping people cope men-tally during the pandemic.

Another aspect about thegroup is its ability to form part-nerships with local officials andthe police, Johnnene added. Sheparticularly singled out GerriMcElmoyle, the E-18 communityliaison.

“She listens to the community,she really cares and she makes aneffort to get to know everyone andfollow up on issues,” Johnnenesaid. “When people care aboutwhere they live, their quality of lifeand respect their leaders, they getthat respect back.”

McElmoyle said this is the firsttime in her 17 years with the de-partment that she can rememberHyde Park winning Crimefighterof the Year.

“A successful watch group isnever about who moderates themeeting,” she continued. “But it’sabout the people who communi-cate with their public officials andthe police who make it a safe andgreat place to live.”

One of those public officialswho attended the meeting is RobConsalvo, who won the state pri-mary for the district’s State Repre-sentative seat. He is the presump-tive successor to outgoing StateRep. Angelo Scaccia once the fi-nal election is held on Nov. 3.

A lifelong Hyde Park resident,Consalvo stressed his communitycommitment and his ability tospring into action because of his“trifecta of experience” in all threebranches of government. Hestarted his career working for thelate U.S. Sen. Edward “Ted”Kennedy then served underScaccia at the State House beforebeing elected as the District 5 CityCouncilor for almost 13 years.

“I ran for State Representativebecause I thought it provided me aunique opportunity to give back tothe community,” Consalvo said.

He pledged to increase thedistrict’s voice in government bycreating a neighborhood office, ashe did as a City Councilor. News-letters and town halls will be othermeans of engagement.

One of Consalvo’s primarygoals is conservation. Many of theparks fall under the purview of theDepartment of Conservation andRecreation (DCR), a state-fundedsystem that has been historicallylacking funds.

“I want to be a champion forDCR,” he said, “to make surethey’re properly funded, to makesure they’re properly staffed, andto make sure they’re paying atten-tion to our community.”

He pointed out that the 14thSuffolk District has more DCRland than any other, including“Boston’s second Hatch Shell,”the Martini Shell. Consalvo saidhe would work for the creation ofan open space masterplan forHyde Park .

Another priority is dealingwith the COVID-19 pandemic.This past week, Hyde Park’sCOVID-19 rate was 9.1, accord-ing to the Boston Public HealthCommission’s website. There isno Hyde Park testing site.

“COVID is a serious issue andit’s hit personal for me,” Consalvosaid, noting that his parents hadCOVID and now are well.

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Parker River National Wild-life Refuge needs better publicrelations to draw attention towhat a treasure this piece of realestate is. Or perhaps this wild-life refuge does NOT want tobecome popular with humans.

It was West Roxbury’s now-retired Carl Johnson, the legend-ary marine biology teacher atSouth Boston High School, whomany years ago first mentionedthe Newbury, Massachusetts,site.

Carl spent virtually his entireteacher career at South BostonHigh (now optimistically calledExcel High School) serving un-der various head(master)s duringand after desegregation. It wasthere at East Sixth and G Streetthat he wrote grants to take ur-ban students on overnight sailingsloops as well as on countless daytrips to the Parker River NationalWildlife Refuge to study inter-tidal life.

To students of all races at-tending the school on TelegraphHill whose idea of a beach wasCarson Beach, the seven-and-a-half mile desolate barrier beach,much of which is accessible onlyon dirt roads, must have been avisual shock. A beach withoutpeople in all its beautiful desola-tion, confronting (at times) theraging North Atlantic, behindrolling untouched, litter-freedunes, is, to use an overworkedword these days, an awesomesight.

Under the aegis of The De-partment of the Interior, the 4700-acre National Wildlife Refugehas set its first loyalty to animallife, not to people, as do the Na-tional Park Service and NationalSeashore folks. Even its creationdate is remarkable: 1941, whenthe United States was becomingembroiled in a world war.

More than 3000 of its acre-age is salt marsh, with the restcomprising maritime forest,shrub land, cranberry bog, andfreshwater marsh as well asdunes and beach. It providespristine coastal habitat for over300 species of resident and mi-gratory birds, as well as a largevariety of mammals, insects, fish,reptiles and amphibians. The ref-uge also provides critical habitatfor the federally threatened pip-ing plover—a bane to beachgoersfrequenting many other areabeaches because it has to be pro-tected.

Truth be told, I had neverbeen to Parker River NationalWildlife Refuge until recently,although friends prize the area forits birding opportunities. Theparking, limited to seven lotswith each accommodatingmaybe two dozen cars, must fillup quickly on a hot summer day,in spite of the fact there are nolifeguards, trash cans, and show-ers/changing rooms. There is lotsof signage pointing out the pos-sibility of rip currents resultingfrom the angry wave action.

Carl’s students never wentswimming there: they were thereto study and see nature at its best. Regardless of one’s political be-liefs, the phrase “Drain theswamp”—while it has appeal tovoters tired of traditional Wash-ington politics—is heretical toscience teachers because of allthe tiny forms of life present inthe Parker River tidal flats andmarshes.

Thank you, Rachel Carson,for making us all aware of im-portance of marshes with your1947 publication, which payshomage to Parker River as a vi-tal cog in the Atlantic Flyway. And thanks to Carl (as well as tothe Englers and Youngers) forrecommending it as a people-freedestination on a brisk, beautifulfall day.

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Rockhill Road continued from page 1Hayes did just that on Oct. 7.

He came back with a smallerbuilding of 12 units, down fromthe original 15, and anotherchange of 32 on-site parkingspaces.

Twenty spaces will be underthe apartment building at 29 RockHill Rd. and an additional 12spaces in a garage Hayes owns at12 Rock Hill currently leased toO’Malley Roofing.

The building sits on the floorof the old Soule Quarry and Forteexplained the design.

“It’s a remarkable site facinga 40-foot rock cliff at the rear ofthe building,” he added.

“All parking will be coveredunder the new building or in anexisting garage on site.” Hayessaid he has reduced the numberof units from 15 to12 but is stillcommitted to offering them at 15percent to 20 percent below marketrate.

“Those rents will be in the mid2,000’s for a two bedroom apart-ment,” he said.

“For four years parking has beenthe topic of discussion. The neigh-borhood drove this,” Hayes said.“From the beginning the biggestthing they pushed for was parking.Since I own the property I will eas-ily add parking to the existing ga-rage I own.”

Kendra Halliwell is an architectand a zoning committee member.

“I voted against this the first timebecause the garage doors face thestreet. This is an unfriendly look on

the street of garage doors,” she saidoverlooking the fact that three cardoors face the auto body shop anda parallel row of garages owned byMordecai Levin.

Halliwell voted against it againOct. 7.

Committee member AndreaHowley was enthusiastic.

“You’ve kept the rents down toaffordable,” she said. “You deserveto be applauded. It’s pretty com-mendable that you took all the park-ing off the street. Good job.”

Pat Feely of Paul Gore Streetwas not applauding.

“This building is being smashedinto a six-unit site,”she said. “Carsare going to be coming in and outof that street. You’re ignoring 100people who are opposed.”

Feely was unimpressed with therent reduction too.

“People on Paul Gore Street arepaying much less,” she said. “About$1,800 a month on average.”

Carmel Levy said that there wastoo much parking.

“We have to stop building park-ing,” he said. “There is the orangeline, the green line and three buslines all near that street.”

Feely would have none of that.“There’s elderly on the street,”

she said. “They need to have a carcome to their house. They can’twalk to the orange line or thebuses.”

Kevin Rainsford lives on PaulGore Street, is chair of the neigh-borhood council and as such is anex officio member of the zoning

committee.He recused himself from tak-

ing a vote but not from making astatement.

“I come bearing bad news,” hesaid. “You haven’t really met withthe community. You’ve met withthe abutters and you’ve met theconcerns of the abutters but notof the community.

“I always say that the neigh-borhood council needs to hearvoices of the community.

“Community” to Rainsfordapparently means the length ofPaul Gore Street."

Omer Hecht lives on MarmionStreet.

“No matter what he [Hayes]does, he gets no support,” Hechtsaid. “The community hasdragged down this project. A hugeamount of time has been spentabout parking. Just like everyother project.

“Thirty six parking spaces are36 little houses for cars. NIMBYpeople want to build 36 littlehouses for cars. It’s ridiculous.”

Gerry O’Connor is a commit-tee member who he lives in For-est Hills.

“This is a familiar situation,”he said. “Give as much parkingto satisfy the abutters. It’s not theapplicant’s fault. We have twochoices: No parking or too muchparking.”

O’Connor was in support.The committee voted 9 to 5

with one abstention to approve thedevelopment.

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BILODEAUDorothy A. (Sweeney) of

West Roxbury, passed awaypeacefully on October 12, 2020,surrounded by the love of herfamily. Beloved wife of the lateArthur E. Bilodeau. Lovingmother of Nancy Alessi and herhusband, Christopher, ofBraintree, Michele Bilodeau ofWest Roxbury, Lauren McQuaidand her husband, Mark, ofNorwell. Devoted “Grammy” ofJack, Kevin, and Andrew Alessi;John, Daniel, and KatherineEarley; and Maeve and BrendanMcQuaid. Sister of FrederickSweeney of Roslindale and thelate Patricia Ashman andMarilyn Honkalehto. Also sur-vived by many adoring niecesand nephews, extended family,and countless friends. Dorothywas blessed with a group of dearlifelong friends from her child-hood in Jamaica Plain. Connie,Lois, Patsy, Betty, Dolores,Marilyn, and the late Dotty andNancy, shared every milestonethroughout their lives. Theirfriendship was a treasure. Dor-othy will be greatly missed byevery family member, friend,neighbor, and acquaintance. Herjoyful smile and positive outlookleft a lasting impression on ev-eryone she ever met. Funeralfrom the William J. GormleyFuneral Home, 2055 Centre St.,WEST ROXBURY. Interment,St. Joseph Cemetery. In lieu offlowers, donations may be madein her memory to Old ColonyHospice atoldcolonyhospice.org. We areeternally grateful for the extraor-dinary care and comfort they pro-vided to mom in her final days.For directions and guestbook,www.gormleyfuneral.com Will-iam J. Gormley Funeral Service617-323-8600.

COPSESVasiliki (Maheras) of West

Roxbury, passed away on Octo-ber 16, 2020. Wife of the lateLouis Copses. Mother of GeorgeKopsiaftis & his wife Christine.Sister of ParaskeviMarkopoulos, Georgia Belesiou,Christina Kapsopoulos and thelate Chrysanthi Voukides.Grandmother of Elias & his wifeYan, Stavros, Nikolas and VasiliaRicci & her husband Peter.Great-grandmother of George &Katerina. Funeral service was onMonday, Oct. 19th in the St.Mark of Ephesus Orthodox Ca-thedral, 340 Clapboardtree St.,Westwood, MA 02090. Burial inThe Gardens at Gethsemane,West Roxbury, MA.. For onlineguestbook, please visitwww.faggas.com Faggas Fu-neral Home 800-222-2586.

FOLEYBrian Philip of Hyde Park,

MA, passed away at the age of73 on the morning of Sunday,October 11, 2020. Born on Sep-tember 2, 1947 to Joseph andMildred Foley of Roxbury, MA,Brian was a lifelong Boston resi-dent, and he lived his dream ofbeing a Boston Police Officer,like his father and great-grand-father before him. He joined theforce in 1971 and retired out ofthe E-18 in August 2008. Brianwas nominated for the NationalAssociation of Police Organiza-tions “Top Cop” Award by hisfellow officers in 2002 and re-ceived a number of commenda-tions throughout his career. Heserved as a union representativefor the Boston PolicePatrolmen’s Association in dis-tricts 1 and 11. Brian also servedin the armed forces as a Sharp-shooter for the 26th Infantry Di-vision Army National Guard of

Massachusetts for 6 years beforehis honorable discharge in 1971.Brian will be remembered for hissense of humor, unconventionaland creative approach to homerepair, and passion for vintagecars. Brian was predeceased byhis parents and more recently hiswife, Marilyn Martin who passedin June 2020. He leaves behindhis brother Joseph Foley of PortRichey, FL, his daughter Kim-berly Mercer and her husbandRobert as well as their childrenDavid and Joshua of Peabody,MA, his son Timothy Foley andhis wife Susan as well as theirtwo children Thomas andEleanor of Scarsdale, NY, hisdaughter Mary Kathleen Foley ofArlington, MA, and his daugh-ter Meagan Foley of Providence,RI, as well as many nieces andnephews. Funeral from theCarroll-Thomas Funeral Homelocated at 22 Oak Street, HYDEPARK, MA. In lieu of flowers,the family requests donations inhis memory to the Jimmy Fundto support cancer research andpatient care at Dana-Farber Can-cer Institute, P.O. Box 849168,Boston, MA 02284 or viawww.jimmyfund.org/gift; or tothe Boston Police Foundation viawww.bostonpolicefoundation.org/donate/. Visiting Hours: Friday,October 16 from 9:30 am to11:30 am.

GISONERose R. (Accardi) of

Roslindale, October 12, 2020.Beloved sister of the late PatriciaStankard and her late husbandPaul. Loving aunt to KathrynAlpert and her husband Alan,Mark Stankard and his wifeKatherine, Peter Stankard and


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Deaths continued from page 8Ria Latulippe, Paula Diana andher husband Philip. Also sur-vived by 7 great and 3 great-great-nieces and nephews. Re-tired longtime employee of theGillette Company in Boston.Member of numerous organiza-tions including the Sons of Italyin Roslindale and the VillagersClub of St. John ChrysostomParish, West Roxbury. Rose willbe remembered for her enthusi-astic zest for life. She enjoyedspending time with her manyfriends and family. She oftencould be seen on the dance floorin her younger years and wasfiercely proud of her Italian Heri-tage. Funeral Mass and intermentwere private. Donations in lieuof flowers may be sent to theAmerican Heart Association, POBox 417005, Boston, MA02241-7005. Joseph Russo Fu-neral Homewww.Russofuneralhome.com617-325-7300.

HIBBARDSteven J. In Brighton, Octo-

ber 8. Formerly of West Roxbury.Beloved brother of SusanTimmons, Janet Perella, Roy andJohn Hibbard and several othersiblings. Late USMC Veteran.Interment Mass National Cem-etery. For guestbook,www.gormleyfuneral.com Will-iam J. Gormely Funeral Service617-323-8600.

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Eleanor R. (Lyons) of Edel-weiss Village,West Roxbury,former longtime resident ofRoslindale passed away on Oc-tober 17, 2020. Beloved daugh-ter of the late Patrick Joseph andDelia (Keady) Lyons originallyfrom County Galway, Ireland.Beloved wife of the late EdwardJ. McCabe. Devoted mother ofPatricia Stewart and her husbandGeorge of Cranston, RI. Lovinggrandmother of Christina,Michael, Caitlyn, Michaela, andMatthew. Also survived by sev-eral great-grandchildren. Sisterof the late Joseph F. Lyons andhis late wife Agnes, the late MaryAmsler and her late husbandFrancis X. Amsler. Loving auntof Mary Beth Bell, Susan Smith,Joseph Lyons, Mary Ellen Jay,Ann Corkery, Francis X. Amsler,and Joseph L. Amsler. Eleanorwas a proud graduate ofRoslindale High School andBoston College. She was a de-voted Boston Public SchoolTeacher for many years.Eleanor’s students from TheRoger Clap Elementary School,

Dorchester recently organized acelebration for her; it was one ofher most joyful days. She was alongtime faithful parishioner,lector, and Eucharistic ministerat Sacred Heart Church,Roslindale. Visiting hours at theP.E. Murray - F.J. Higgins,George F. Doherty & Sons Fu-neral Home 2000 Centre St. WestRoxbury on Wednesday, October21st from 5-7pm. Funeral fromthe funeral home on Thursday,October 22nd at 9am, followedby a Funeral Mass at SacredHeart Church Roslindale at10am. Relatives and friendskindly invited, please follow allCovid 19 guidelines. IntermentSt. Joseph Cemetery, WestRoxbury. Expressions of sympa-thy may be made in Eleanor’smemory to the Quinn AmslerFund at Dana-Farber Cancer In-stitute 10 Brookline Place West,6th Floor Brookline, MA 02445.Arrangements by P.E. Murray -F.J. Higgins, George F. Doherty& Sons, West Roxbury.

MCDONNELLDavid of Hyde Park, passed

peacefully on October 18th at theage of 98. Beloved husband ofthe late Helen (Curtin). Devotedfather of David Jr. and his wife,Colette, of Norwood, VirginiaBunker and her husband, John,of Hyde Park. Rosemary Breauand her husband, Ulysse, ofRaynham, Thomas and his wife,Jane of Eliot, ME, Brian and hiswife, Ethel, of Westwood,Maureen McElroy and her hus-band, Michael, of Milton, andColleen Hulme and her husband,Joseph, of Canton. Loving“GrandPa” of 26 grandchildren,nine great-grandchildren, andalso survived by many relativesand friends. Funeral from theCarroll-Thomas Funeral Home,22 Oak St., HYDE PARK. Fu-neral Services and Interment willbe private. David was a lateWWII Air Force veteran. For di-rections and guestbook, pleasevisit thomasfuneralhomes.com

TUNNEY

Margaret “Peggy” (Faherty)of Westwood, formerly ofTemple St. West Roxbury, andKillagoola, Moycullen, Co.Galway, Ireland, passed awayOctober 13, 2020, at age 79.Born the 9th of 10 children toCatherine née O’Donnell andThomas Faherty in Killagoola,Moycullen, Co. Galway, Ireland.Reunited in Heaven with herhusband James Tunney and sonJames Tunney Jr., along with

treasured sisters Bridie Barrettand Julie Doherty and brothersJohn, Paddy, Míchéal, andBartley Faherty. Peggy will besadly missed by sons John ofEast Sandwich, Thomas ofWestwood, daughter Lisa andher husband Mark of Norfolk,her adoring grandchildren andgreat grandchildren who broughtso much joy to her life, belovedsisters Maureen Kenny ofDorchester, Annie O’Brien ofIreland and brother TommyFaherty of England, and manyloving nieces, nephews, relativesand wonderful friends in the US,Ireland, England and Australia.Funeral from the P.E. Murray -F.J. Higgins, George F. Doherty& Sons Funeral Home 2000 Cen-tre St. West. In lieu of flowers,expressions of sympathy may bemade in Margaret’s memory toSt. Theresa of Avila Church 2078Centre St. West Roxbury, MA02132, or Boston’s Basilica ofOur Lady of Perpetual Help(Mission Church), 1545 TremontStreet, Boston, MA 02120. Ar-rangements by P.E. Murray - F.J.Higgins, George F. Doherty &Sons Funeral Home, WestRoxbury.

YORKDavid G. of West Roxbury, at

home, surrounded by his lovingfamily, following a long battlewith Parkinson’s Disease, Octo-ber 12, 2020. Dear and devotedhusband of Carol Slilaty. Lovingfather of Matthew D. York andhis wife, Beth, and Christine R.Falk and her husband, Douglas,all of Pembroke. Cherishedgrandfather, “Papa,” of DouglasFalk Jr., Trevor Falk, Grace Yorkand Madeline York. Dear brotherof Jacqueline Mason of Walpoleand Lynne Bloomberg of Califor-nia. Also survived by several lov-ing nieces and nephews. Due toCovid-19 restrictions, all FuneralServices will be private. Contri-butions in David’s memory maybe made to The Michael J. FoxFoundation for Parkinson’s Re-search, P.O. Box 5014,Hagerstown, MD 21741-5014(www.michaeljfox.org). Davidwas a longtime special educationteacher at Foxborough HighSchool. Guestbook and obituaryavailable atw w w. K f o u r y F u n e r a l . c o mKfoury Keefe Funeral HomeWest Roxbury 617-325-3600.

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Western Corridor Study continued from page 2able housing requirements.

One big concern residentsraised was that of rental versushomeownership. Allston in par-ticular has been historicallyprone to rental development,with less than 20 percent of itscurrent housing stock beinghomeownership. Autler saidthere are not currently mecha-nisms to requirehomeownership through zon-ing, but said the BPDA is work-ing to make developers awareof the neighborhood’s desire formore condominiums, single-family homes and townhouses.

“There’s significant interest

in the residents to see a betterbalance of rental andhomeownership and that’ssomething we currently stressto every development teamthat walks through our doorand certainly the developersof housing here are aware ofthat as well,” he said. “It’ssomething we’ll have to con-tinue to put pressure onpeople to continue.”

Former District 9 CityCouncilor Mark Ciommoasked about relocating thePublic Works yard at the cor-ner of Everett Street and West-ern Avenue and the EMS ser-

vice yard adjacent to it.“We have heard loud and

clear and completely agreewith people that that is not avery desirable use of thatproperty which could serveany number of imaginableuses of greater perceived valeto people in the neighbor-hood,” Autler said. “The prob-lem is it’s much easier saidthan done. That yard doesserve a critical function to theneighborhood, mainly clear-ing the streets of snow andsalting them keeping every-one safe... There just aren’tthat many places to put it.”

Ciommo said he felt it wasthe time to do it, and that it’sbeen an issue for a long time,and felt that the large projectsput forth by major propertyowners like Harvard could beleveraged to move the yard toa more equitable location.

“I know there were discus-sions years ago about relocat-ing to a particular publicworks yard,” he said. “Any-thing we’re doing around aWestern Avenue study has toreally focus in on where thesefacilities can go. This is anopportunity for Harvard andall the other big players to find

a location and build it out forus, quite frankly, and maybeboth of them in close proxim-ity... I would just urge morefocus on this because it wouldopen up an opportunity forpossibly one of those devel-opers to take that as a moredesirable location. The morewe approve projects, thenthere will be even less spaceto put these very importantservices to the neighbor-hood.”

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