Volume 17, Issue 49 DECEMBER 7, 2017 WRNC to allow VFW station expansion Jef Jef Jef Jef Jeff Sulliv f Sulliv f Sulliv f Sulliv f Sullivan an an an an Staff Reporter The West Roxbury Neighborhood Council voted on Nov. 28 to recom- mend for approval to the Boston Zon- ing Board of Appeals an expansion of the Mobil Gas Station at 1465 VFW Parkway. The station currently has a gas sta- tion and a small shed structure, but the proposal from owner Mark Biarbarkerly would keep the gas sta- tion as is and install a 2,000 square- foot convenience store. The proposal would also combine the two lots at the WRNC WRNC WRNC WRNC WRNC Continued on page 10 Friends, family and city officials gathered on Dec. 2 to witness World War II Veteran and West Roxbury resident Edwin “Bud” Waite be awarded the French Legion of Honor. There wasn’t an empty seat at the ceremony, which drew in a crowd of about 100 people. Rev. Enid Watson, Co-Pastor of Stratford Street Church, helped to host the event. While the community of West Roxbury has for years celebrated the start of the holiday season with a Holiday Wreath lighting, this year the neighborhood has finally got a Christmas tree to call its own. The city held the event at this year’s Mayor’s Enchanted Trolley Tour at the Hastings Street Parking lot. The site also had a holiday mar- ket that attracted more than 400 resi- dents and revelers to the site. Com- Consulate awards Waite the Légion d’Honneur Trenese F renese F renese F renese F renese Franklin ranklin ranklin ranklin ranklin Staff Reporter “We are very proud and delighted to welcome you all here today,” Watson said. The ceremony then commenced by the singing of the French and American National Anthems. Every- one stood to their feet and honored both the French and American Flags, which were held up by Veterans of West Roxbury’s VFW Post 2902. “We have a number of distin- The West Roxbury Neighborhood Council approved a proposal for an expansion of the Mobil Gas Station on the VFW Parkway. PHOTO BY JEFF SULLIVAN City Councilors Matt O'Malley and Annissa Essaibi-George (left and middle) honor West Roxbury veteran Bud Waite (right). PHOTO BY TRENESE FRANKLIN Wait ait ait ait aite Continued on page 10 Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and Saint Nick rang in the holidays last week at the first city- sponsored tree lighting in West Roxbury. PHOTO COURTESY CITY OF BOSTON MAYOR'S OFFICE West Roxbury finally has their own tree Jef Jef Jef Jef Jeff Sulliv f Sulliv f Sulliv f Sulliv f Sullivan an an an an Staff Reporter plete with cider, singers, food and representatives from various commu- nity organizations, the night was a full four hours of fun, culminating with the arrival of Santa Claus via a ride from Boston Mayor Marty Walsh. Danielle Joseph, Executive Direc- tor at the West Roxbury Main Streets, said organizing the new event was a big task. “So for a few years now there’s been talk of having a tree in West Tree Lighting ree Lighting ree Lighting ree Lighting ree Lighting Continued on page 2
The West Roxbury NeighborhoodCouncil voted on Nov. 28 to recom-mend for approval to the Boston Zon-ing Board of Appeals an expansion ofthe Mobil Gas Station at 1465 VFWParkway.
The station currently has a gas sta-tion and a small shed structure, but theproposal from owner MarkBiarbarkerly would keep the gas sta-tion as is and install a 2,000 square-foot convenience store. The proposalwould also combine the two lots at the
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Friends, family and city officialsgathered on Dec. 2 to witness WorldWar II Veteran and West Roxburyresident Edwin “Bud” Waite beawarded the French Legion of Honor.
There wasn’t an empty seat at theceremony, which drew in a crowd ofabout 100 people. Rev. Enid Watson,Co-Pastor of Stratford Street Church,helped to host the event.
While the community of WestRoxbury has for years celebrated thestart of the holiday season with aHoliday Wreath lighting, this year theneighborhood has f inally got aChristmas tree to call its own.
The city held the event at thisyear’s Mayor’s Enchanted TrolleyTour at the Hastings Street Parkinglot. The site also had a holiday mar-ket that attracted more than 400 resi-dents and revelers to the site. Com-
The ceremony then commencedby the singing of the French andAmerican National Anthems. Every-one stood to their feet and honoredboth the French and American Flags,which were held up by Veterans ofWest Roxbury’s VFW Post 2902.
“We have a number of distin-
The West Roxbury Neighborhood Council approved a proposal for an expansion of the Mobil Gas Station on the VFW Parkway.PHOTO BY JEFF SULLIVAN
City Councilors Matt O'Malley and Annissa Essaibi-George (left and middle) honorWest Roxbury veteran Bud Waite (right).
PHOTO BY TRENESE FRANKLIN
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Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and Saint Nick rang in the holidays last week at the first city-sponsored tree lighting in West Roxbury.
plete with cider, singers, food andrepresentatives from various commu-nity organizations, the night was afull four hours of fun, culminatingwith the arrival of Santa Claus via aride from Boston Mayor MartyWalsh.
Danielle Joseph, Executive Direc-tor at the West Roxbury Main Streets,said organizing the new event was abig task.
“So for a few years now there’sbeen talk of having a tree in West
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Tree Lighting continued from page 1Roxbury, because it used tobe that we’d have just theWreath at the Roche Center,which everyone loved, butworking with Jack Duggan at(Boston Mayor’s Office ofNeighborhood Services) wewere able to get a tree be-cause the WRMS Board andthe community was reallyhoping for i t ,” she said.“With the tree coming toHastings Lot, we figured let’sdo something big, let’s get alot of energy around the light-ing.”
Joseph said though the or-ganization was tough, gettingeveryone together for theevent was not.
“I think we’ve at least hadin between 300 to 400 peoplehere, it’s a little nuts but the(District E-5) Police herehave done an amazing jobwith the traffic and the cross-walks and ONS has done anamazing job just getting theword out, so we’re really ex-cited to have the mayor seewhat we can do in WestRoxbury when you bring us
a tree,” she said.District 6 City Councilor
Matt O’Malley was on handduring the event, and he said,“This is fantastic. For yearswe’ve been saying that itmade sense for us to have areal tree lighting here, we ap-preciate the wreath lighting,and obviously some con-straints prevented us fromdoing this before, but to beback here, to hear the carol-ers over the sound of thewonderful kids who havefilled up the Hastings StreetLot, this is a great celebrationof the neighborhood, greatcelebration of Christmas anda wonderful way to kick offthe holiday season,” he said.
Residents Scott and Chris-tine Bortolotto said the eventwas amazing, but next yearthey may come more pre-pared to shop.
“I haven’t been in a coupleof years and it seems verynice. I like how the stores areset up and it looks reallygreat,” she said. “I didn’t get
any shopping done just be-cause I brought the dog fromhome and I don’t want tobring the dog into thecrowd.”
Scott Bortolotto said thecommunity coming togetherfor the event really made theholiday spirit come alive forhim.
“I like it; I like the tree, Ilike bringing the neighbor-hood all in one spot. It’s agood crowd and I’ve seen aton of people,” he said.
Boston Mayor MartyWalsh asked the crowd howthey felt about the new treeto a chorus of applause.
“Instead of a wreath yougot a tree. We’ve got somegood money in the budget,thank you for that,” he said.“I want to thank you for com-ing out. I have to tell you, thesight of the market and thekids’ faces here tonight is justincredible. I want to wish ev-eryone in West Roxbury aMerry Christmas, HappyHoliday and a Happy NewYear. Make sure you shop onyour local Main Streets.”
Residents Kait l inKincaid, Ann Kelly andLauren Trimble said theywere happy the venue hadmoved, as the sidewalk infront of the Roche Center al-ways got very crowded.
“It was dangerous and toonarrow on the sidewalk for
the amount of people andtraffic,” Kincaid said.
Trimble said the atmo-sphere and the crowd wasamazing to see.
“I think it’s really nice forthe local businesses, it’s goodfor the kids too, everyone’sout and having a good time,”she said.
Residents Erin MarieSchlossberg, her husbandEvan and friend Gerli Butlersaid they came out for thefirst time, mainly because ofthe age of their daughter.
“This is a first for all ofus, we’re all West Roxburyresidents, but now the kiddowill remember it,” said ErinMarie.
Butler said the event hasbeen a great success.
“It’s been pretty good sofar, everyone’s here, we’rejust waiting for the Trolley,Santa and the mayor,” Butlersaid.
Residents Beth Opiyo,Alana McCarthy andKatherine McCarthy saidthey have not been to theTrolley Tour in WestRoxbury before, but said thisholiday party was everythingthey could have hoped for.
“It’s really fun, very cuteand there’s lots of kids,” saidOpiyo. “We’ve been here 30years plus, and I think wewould definitely try to comeback.”
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Bell-ringers wanted! Both Roslindale and West Roxbury community organizers are looking for volunteersthis holiday season.
The Parkway is in need ofvolunteers more than ever thisholiday season, with severalgroups coming together to sup-port both local and national chari-ties.
Jim Hennigan, the current in-terim president of the WestRoxbury Business and Profes-sional Association (WRBPA)
said while the ThanksgivingMary Mulvey Jacobson Familiesin Need program was a great suc-cess, they still need more help forthe Christmas delivery.
“The Thanksgiving deliverywent exceptionally well, beingthe first year after Mary Mulveypassed away and Mary was al-ways the key person, we hadmany people come together toget volunteers and make sure wehad our list of families,” he said.
Hennigan said this year theywere able to deliver more com-plete holiday meals – includingthe obligatory turkey – to morefamilies than ever.
“Last year, we delivered 120meals, this year we gave out to148 families,” he said. “It wasvery successful and we’re doingit again on Dec. 21 for Christmasmeals. Overall everybody was
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My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota
Seasonal traditions bring a smileAs a young boy, I was fas-
cinated by Jordan Marsh’sfif th f loor annex: that’swhere the Christmas toyswere, a long time before toystores came to populate thearea.
And on that floor only wasa huge electric train display,featuring Lionel trains run-ning every which way.
As a teenager, I was mes-merized by Downtown Cross-ing in mid-December. JordanMarsh’s windows, FileneBasement’s hustle-and-bustle, the all-encompassingproducts of Woolworth’s, thesports equipment inRaymond’s, and the milieu ofGilchrist’s.
As a young father, I de-lighted in my children’s eyesas they viewed the EnchantedVillage of Jordan’s/Macy’sand tasted the ice cream sun-daes of Bailey’s served inpewter.
As a father of teenagers, Iwas not stirred by the mod-ern malls’ blaring of seasonalmusic. Repulsion set in uponviewing various imperson-ations of Santa outside gro-cery stores, virtually destroy-ing the magic in the eyes ofvery young shoppers in stroll-ers.
But now in the autumn, ifnot the winter, of my life,there’s one store that seemsto capture the “old-fash-ioned-ness” of Christmas,
right out of a L.L. Bean cata-logue or a Hallmark made-for-television show. It sellsplants, food products, variousnon-edible items, and evenreal Christmas wreaths andtrees by the hundreds (no ar-tificial ones at this store).
The few aisles are notnumbered, nor do they havecutesy road names, such asPark Street, Centre Street,and Belgrade Avenue. Nordoes this store feature num-bered aisles.
Just as an aside, howmany grocery shopperswould calmly tolerate beingtold, after a question aboutthe location of say, gluten-free maple syrup, that “It’s isin the Hastings Street aisle.”Hmmm. Why do stores thinkwe need this familiarization
with local streets? Andwhat’s with onesupermarket’s idea of postingthe numbered aisles with auseless zero, perpendicular tothe products? Thus aisle 8appears as 08 written at a 90-degree angle next to genericcategories.
Back to the quintessentialChristmas store: it straddlesthe Jamaica Plain-Brooklineborder on Allandale Road.There’s a dirt parking lot.Don’t bother looking for anywhite lines indicating park-ing spaces. There might evenbe a fire in an outside barrelto warm your hands, with anaroma of burnt pine waftingacross the parking lot. Thereare no flyers mentioningsales or prices. There’s notmuch heat inside: most clerkswear flannel shirts and stock-ing hats. Only heaven knowsif there’s a public restroomavailable.
For some great seasonalwarmth, head to theAllandale Farm andRoadstand, shortened by lo-cals to merely AllandaleFarm. There’s always pro-duce but no meat; yes, theprices are - well, you be thejudge - and there might evenbe a truck there selling freshfish on Wednesdays.
Indeed, a great place forstarting or maintaining the(secular) Christmas spirit.
SPRAGUE STREETEXTORTION
To the Editor:As reported in the Nov. 30,
2017 edition of the Hyde ParkBulletin, a recent meeting wasconducted by BRA/BPDA forthe Impact Advisory Group(IAG) regarding the proposedmassive 521-unit apartmentcomplex along the side of theSprague Street Bridge in theReadville neighborhood. Ifthe reader is unfamiliar withan IAG, it is a group of neigh-borhood residents nominatedby local elected officials to sitwith the BRA and the projectproponents to ascertain theappropriateness and futureramifications of the proposalif implemented. This writerattended the aforementionedmeeting and, quite frankly,left with a good bout of nau-sea.
For virtually the entiremeeting, the city Councilorand the BRA manager werecoaching the IAG members onhow to ask the proponents forthings the members might liketo have. They were urged toprepare a “wish list.” BRA,oddly in my view, repeatedlygave an example of askingthat the developer providesome of the new solar-pow-ered trash cans throughout theReadville neighborhood. BRAprefers to call this procedure
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Letters to the Editor“mitigation.” But indeed it ismore accurately described asextortion. On this night theImpact Advisory Group ap-peared to be serving as an ex-tortion committee. One of theIAG members rightfully pro-claimed that in his view thegroup should be assessingwhether the proposal is ac-ceptable before drafting up alist of requests.
It should be noted that aneighborhood group, Citizensfor the Preservation ofReadville (CPR), conducted athorough petition drivethroughout the entire neigh-borhood and gathered close to400 signatures from residentsopposed to changing the cur-rent light industrial zoning soas to accommodate this apart-ment complex. At the end ofthe petition drive, we couldsee that 89 percent of the resi-dents were opposed, 9 percentwere unaware of the proposalor needed more informationbefore forming a decision, and2 percent were not opposed.These opponents were vehe-ment in their decision and didnot make it contingent onwhat “goodies” we could ex-tort from the proponents.
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very happy, it was very well-re-ceived.”
Hennigan said he knowsJacobson would be proud of thejob they did this year in hername.
“I think Mary was lookingover us to make sure that every-thing went smoothly, she wouldbe very, very happy,” he said.
The program also takes sev-eral families who are especiallyin need and helps with Christ-mas presents, clothing and otherodds and ends they may need.
“There are three families thisyear. They are being sponsored
by the Parkway YMCA, theStratford Street Church and localbusiness, Top it Off,” he said.“We may end up with anotherfamily; we’re discussing that thisweek. It’s great because three dif-ferent groups have offered theirhelp in making Christmas a greatevent for these families and theirchildren.”
Hennigan said they are alsoramping up their Salvation ArmyKettle Bell Ringing Campaign atthe Roche Brothers in WestRoxbury.
“The other thing we’re doingis the bell ringing, which is on-
going, and they can reach out tome,” he said. “It’s ongoing, likenext week virtually every day isbooked, but this week and theweek after we have openings. Butit’s always a fluid thing. You havepeople calling in the morning andyou may have 10 spots open butby the afternoon you have two.It’s been very successful this year,we’ve been going since the Sat-urday before Thanksgiving andwe’re out there every day.”
Hennigan said anyone wish-ing to volunteer for either theFamilies in Need program or theKettle Campaign can reach outto him directly [email protected].
Roslindale Business Group(RGB) and West RoxburyRoslindale Kiwanis memberJohn Sullivan said he’s rampingup the Roslindale Canning col-lection and bell ringing campaignas well. He said he’s been out atthe Roslindale Village Marketmost days. Sullivan said he hastime slots open for Friday Dec.8, from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m., and hasthe 14th, 15th and 16th wideopen, as well as Dec. 21, 22 and23.
Sullivan said the donationshave been rolling in, which willhelp the Roslindale Food Pantryand the Rose’s Bounty Pantry atthe Stratford Street Church.
“Everybody’s been awesome,
people have bought me coffee, putin 20s, 10s and fives, there’s a lotof people throwing in five bucks,everybody is so nice, it’s unbeliev-able,” he said. “They’re so gener-ous in Roslindale, I can’t believeit. I had a guy run to the bank andget me a 20 and then run acrossand get me a cup of coffee.”
Sullivan said spots fill up fast.“I had a woman call me today,
she just took two hours on Satur-day,” he said.
Anyone wishing to donate cancontact Sullivan [email protected] or givehim a call at 617-510-6597.
Kiwanis Vice President BobMcNeil said they are also help-ing to fund local charities throughthe group’s own efforts.
“This is probably the first yearwe’ve been involved in the can-ning part of it. We, of course, do-nate to the Roslindale Food Pan-try ourselves,” he said. “TheKiwanis makes a donation toFamilies in Need as well as indi-vidually. Members definitely getinvolved in assisting and deliver-ing meals, similar to the canning.The club makes a donation to theRoslindale food pantry and I thinkJohn Sullivan wants to make theirdonation in conjunction with oursso we can donate together and in-dividual members will put in thetime to man the station there atthe Village Market.”
RVMS Hosts 2nd Annual Holiday MarketThis December brings the re-
turn of Roslindale Village MainStreet’s Holiday Market on BirchStreet, a festive event to bringresidents, visitors, and local busi-nesses together to celebrate andshop for the season. The HolidayMarket will take place on Thurs-day, Dec. 7 from 4 to 8 p.m. onBirch Street between Corinth andSouth streets. Birch Street will beclosed to traffic for this specialevent.
Visitors can enjoy treats fromthe Whoo(pie) Wagon food truck,free hot chocolate, holiday clas-sics sung by caroling group Song-ful Artists, and play-based activi-ties for all ages, in collaborationwith local group Roslindale
Wants to Play. JP Honk Band willperform throughout the Villageand at the Commuter Rail Station,and the folk-rock band Rock ‘nRoll Dreamers will play insideEmerald Society Building duringthe event.
The Holiday Market will alsofeature over 20 visiting vendors,offering everything from Frenchsoaps, to art and prints, pottery,locally-made honeys and sauces,jewelry and accessories, children’sbooks and clothes, and more. Ven-dors will be located inside theEmerald Society Building at 10Birch St., as well as two vacantstorefronts at 22 Birch St. and 756South St.
The surrounding shops and
award-winning restaurants willfeature special sales and menusduring the market. Birch St House& Garden and Joanne Rossmanoffer unique gifts, and the BostonCheese Cellar will be servingmulled wine and their famousSwiss raclette.
As a special attraction thisyear, owners of the newly-an-nounced brewery, DistractionBrewing, will be at the site of theirfuture business at 2 Belgrade Ave.for a meet and greet.
The annual Posada Navideñais coming on Saturday, Dec. 16,from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Atrue Mexican and now Roslindaletradition - the Nativity re-enact-ment of Joseph and Mary seek-
ing lodging. Come dressed warmand ready to carol for “Posada”or “Shelter” around the Village ac-companied by Mariachi Estrellade Boston and expect to be greetedwith goodies for the children,warm tamales, champurrado (hotchocolate) and other Mexicantreats at the library.
We will depart from the libraryat 10:30 a.m. sharp to Adams Parkand other participating businesses.We will return to the library to endour celebration where the Friendswill greet participants with books,piñatas and goodie bags for thekids. Everyone will also be ableto decorate holiday ornamentswith Michelle Brooks from 11a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
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Roslindale resident finalist on CPC,interviewing with City Council
Roslindale resident Ying Wang has been selected as a final candidatefor the city's Community Preservation Committee. The vote for the CPCwill occur at least before the end of the year after further interviewswith the council.
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While it has been a longroad since the CommunityPreservation Act (CPA) waspassed last November, theCommunity Preservat ionCommittee (CPC) looks likeit’s starting to take shape.
The Committee on Gov-ernment Operations held ahearing on Tuesday to holdthe first interviews for thefour resident finalists forthe CPC. Government Op-era t ions Cha i r Michae lFlaherty said they originallyhad 114 applications, andhave now whittled it downto four.
The four finalists for thepositions included MatthewJ. Kiefer, of Jamaica Plain;Kannan Thiruvengadam ofEas t Bos ton ; Madel igneTena of Dorchester ; andYing Wang of Roslindale.
Wang said she grew up inboth Jamaica P la in andRoslindale, and has had alife dedicated to service, alife she has kept in Boston.
“I want to be a part of theCPC because I think it givesa voice to the city’s resi-dents,” she said. “I am alifelong Bostonian, I’m thedaughter of immigrants andI grew up in the neighbor-
hoods of Jamaica Plain andRoslindale.”
Now a practicing lawyerfor both public and privateserv ices , Wang sa id shewants to continue that ser-vice for the CPC.
“I received my educationthrough the Boston PublicSchool system and I lovedBoston so much I stayed forlaw school and right nowI’m practicing law as an at-torney at State Street in thebusiness industry as well asserving in the military as aJAG (Judge Advocate Gen-eral Corps) Officer,” shesaid. “All the while I remainvery c iv ica l ly engagedthrough my volunteer work
and it’s one of my core val-ues, so for me the interestin serving on the CPC is justgiving back to the commu-nity that has given me somuch and also just continu-ing to show that commit-ment to see ing th is c i tyflourish.”
City Council President,At-Large City Councilorand Ros l inda le res iden tMichelle Wu asked Wang ifshe thinks she can remainobjective in her votes toprojects in the city seekingCPA funds.
“The incredible opportu-nity that we have as a city
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Around the NeighborhoodsCITYWIDE
MAIN STREETSEXPLORER
Jump on a free shuttle andvisit Main Streets in HydePark, Roslindale Village, andWest Roxbury. The MainStreets Explorer is a pilot pro-gram. We’re offering a shuttleon Dec. 7, 14, and 21 betweenthree Main Street Districts:Hyde Park, Roslindale Village,and West Roxbury.
We want riders to experi-ence the live music, restau-rants, stores, and events ineach neighborhood. Our freeshuttle is open to anyone whowants to ride. It’s an easy wayto shop, eat, and play locally.Learn more about when andwhere to pick up the shuttle atthe bottom of this page.
This pilot program is run bythe Mayor’s Office of New Ur-ban Mechanics. Through thisexperiment, they are testingways Main Street Districtscould be even more welcom-ing spaces for all.
It goes from 4 p.m.-9:30p.m. and repeats every Thurs-
day until Dec. 21, 2017. Thisservice extends to Hyde Park,Roslindale Village, and WestRoxbury Boston, MA 02136,02131, 02132. If you have anyquestions please [email protected] call 617-635-0044
ALLSTON/BRIGHTON
BOOKDISCUSSION GROUP
A book discussion meets atthe Brighton Branch Libraryon the last Wednesday of eachmonth at 11:15 a.m. The fea-tured selection for Dec. 27 willbe A Streetcar Named Desireby Tennessee Williams Copiesof the book are available at thelibrary Everyone is invited andnew members are welcome.Brighton Branch Library/40Academy Hill Road/(617)782-6032.
ESL CLASSAn ESL conversation group
meets at 12:30 p.m. everyMonday. Come practice yourlanguage skills in an informaland friendly setting with other
new English speakers.
BEGINNING INTERNETCLASS/MYSTIFIED BYTHE NET? DON’T KNOWHOW TO SURF?
Help is available on a oneon one basis to get you started.Call for an appointment andask for Alan Brighton BranchLibrary/40 Academy HillRoad/ (617) 782-6032.
HISTORY OF BOSTON’SLIBRARIES AND HOWTHE BRIGHTONBRANCH CAME TO BE
An intriguing history of theBoston’s libraries and how theBrighton Branch came to bewith Anthony Sammarco/Noted author and historian,Anthony Sammarco gives anintriguing history of Boston’slibraries and how the BrightonBranch came to be. His highlyentertaining account of the be-ginnings and ultimate fate ofthe original Holton Library—now the Brighton Branch—provides an interesting backstory to the city of Boston andits growth.
The Friends of the BrightonBranch Library and theBrighton Allston HistoricalSociety invite you to thisunique literary event. Monday,Dec. 18, 6:30 p.m. at BrightonBranch Library/40 AcademyHill Road/ (617) 782-6032
HYDE PARK
PLAY AND LEARNBLOCK PARTY
Come play, build, and learntogether at a block party – li-brary style. Playing withblocks provides opportunitiesto learn about math and sci-ence, pre-reading skills, socialskills, and motor skills. Vari-ous building blocks will beavailable including woodblocks, magnetic blocks,KAPLA blocks, soft blocks,and baby blocks. No registra-tion is required. Located at theHyde Park Branch of the Bos-ton Public Library, 35 HarvardAve., Hyde Park.
SEVENTH ANNUAL HOLI-DAY PUB CRAWL
Please join us for this yearAnnual Holiday Pub CrawlSinging warm up for the Holi-day Pub Crawl on December15th, 6:30 – 7 p.m. located atthe Riverside Theatre Works(RTW) with a champagne toastat the kick off the crawl!
This is a FREE EVENTsponsored by Hyde Park MainStreets.
We Hope you enjoy your-selves and the holidays inHyde Park!
10TH ANNUAL TOYS FORTOTS EXTRAVAGANZA
This year marks our 10thyear of this special event. Wehave had a part in making surethousands of children wake upfeeling The Magic of Christ-mas. This night is so special toCappy and we hope that youcan be a part in creating amemorable Christmas for somany deserving children. Joinus for a night full of music,friends, spirits and lots oflaughs. All the best,Kathi andRay” Cappy’s Tavern, 11Wolcott Court, Hyde Park.December 16th @ 7:00pm-1:00am
ANNUAL HYDE PARKCHILDREN CHRISTMASPARTY
Ho, Ho, HO! Santa Clausis calling Hyde Park Childrenbetween the ages of 1 and 10years old to join him for ourAnnual Hyde Park Children’sChristmas Party, sponsored byPAL and Boston Police Dis-trict 18. Join us! Dec. 9, 2017from 12 p.m. – 3 p.m. atBCLA/New Mission HightSchool Gymnasium,655 Met-ropolitan Ave., Hyde Park.
CHESS AND CHECKERSWITH CHARLIE
Children are welcome tocome and learn to play chessor checkers with CharlieCleary on Saturday afternoonsat 1 p.m. until 4 p.m. Spon-sored by the Friends of theHyde Park Branch Library. Noregistration required. Locatedat the Hyde Park Branch of theBoston Public Library.
WEST ROXBURYROSLINDALE
ANNUALHOLIDAY PARTY
Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2017 10a.m. – 2 p.m. Located at theBoston Lodge of Elks #10 1Morrell St., West Roxbury.THIS EVENT IS FREE!There will be great music,dancing, our famous hlidaysweater contest, and theSubaru Unveiling Ceremonyto celebrate our newest Mealson Wheels vehicle. Reserva-tions are required and acceptedon a first come, first serve ba-sis. Call reservation line 617-477-6724 and leave yourname, the full names of every-one in your party, and a phonenumber.
CELEBRATION OF THEFEAST OF OUR LADY OFGUADALUPE
On Tuesday, Dec. 12 at 7p.m. please join us for a cel-ebration of the Feast of OurLady of Guadalupe. We willhave a prayer service whichwill feature a talk on Our Ladyby Sister Bárbara Gutiérrez,SND who was born and raisedin Mexico City. Sister came tothe United States 21 years agoand entered the congregationof the Sisters of Notre Damede Namur 11 years ago. Thiswill be an inspiring AdventEvening of Prayer. Come andjoin in our evening of prayerdevoted to her. Bring a
SINGLE flower to honor ourLady if you wish. There willbe an opportunity to bring it upto the altar during the service.This celebration will takeplace at St. John ChrysostomChurch, 4750 Washington St.,West Roxbury.
ADVENT PENANCESERVICE
On Sunday, Dec. 18 at 7p.m. there will be an AdventPenance Service for all Catho-lics in the West Roxbury andRoslindale area at St. JohnChrysostom Church, 4750Washington St., West Roxbury.All are welcome to receive thesacrament of Reconciliationbefore Christmas. Thisevening will include readings,songs and the sacrament itself.
HOLIDAYBOOK STROLL
The Friends of the WestRoxbury Library is hosting aHoliday Book Stroll on Thurs-day, Dec. 7 at 6:30 p.m. Au-thors Tonya Mezrich, CaseySherman and Dave Wedge,Carter Alan, Hank PhilippiRyan, Hallie Ephron, Jay Hajj,Jane Healey, Upton Bell andRon Borges and others will bein attendance with their latestbooks, which you can purchaseand have signed while enjoy-ing refreshments and mingling.
They sign. You sip. Holidayshopping: done. Held at theWest Roxbury Library.
ROSLINDALE VILLAGEMAIN STREET HOSTS2ND ANNUAL HOLIDAYMARKET ON BIRCHSTREET
This December brings thereturn of Roslindale VillageMain Street’s Holiday Marketon Birch Street, a festive eventto bring residents, visitors, andlocal businesses together tocelebrate and shop for the sea-son. The Holiday Market willtake place on Thursday, Dec.7 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. onBirch Street between Corinthand South streets. Birch Streetwill be closed to traffic for thisspecial event.
Visitors can enjoy treatsfrom the Whoo(pie) Wagonfood truck, free hot chocolate,holiday classics sung by car-oling group Songful Artists,and play-based activities forall ages, in collaboration withlocal group Roslindale Wantsto Play. JP Honk Band will per-form throughout the Villageand at the Commuter Rail Sta-tion, and the folk-rock bandRock ‘n Roll Dreamers willplay inside Emerald SocietyBuilding during the event.
The Holiday Market willalso feature over 20 visitingvendors, offering everythingfrom French soaps, to art andprints, pottery, locally-madehoneys and sauces, jewelryand accessories, children’sbooks and clothes, and more.Vendors will be located insidethe Emerald Society Buildingat 10 Birch St., as well as twovacant storefronts at 22 BirchSt. and 756 South St.
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On Friday, Dec. 1, neighbors from West Roxbury and beyondjoined the ninth annual Messiah Sing and Holiday Concert atThe Roxbury Latin School. The event included a performanceby The Sly Voxes and a sing-in performance of Handel's Mes-siah. More than 200 singers and concert-goers f i l ledRousmaniere Hall for the musical celebration. The Sly Voxes,an all-male a cappella group featuring talented Roxbury Latinalumni, parents, and faculty, and directed by Headmaster KerryBrennan. The group’s eclectic repertoire of sacred and secularsongs of the season delighted the audience from the Parkwayand beyond. After intermission, the audience became a dazzlingchorus for the Christmas portion of Handel’s Messiah, one ofthe world’s most enduring choral masterpieces. Together, theenthusiastic audience and professional soloists made RoxburyLatin’s eighth annual Messiah Sing-In a moving choral experi-ence. PHOTO BY ADAM RICHINS
Older Bostonians call loved onesMayor Martin J. Walsh,
the Commission on Affairs ofthe Elderly and AT&T re-cently invited older adults toBoston City Hall to call lovedones anywhere in the world,free of charge. Now in its21st year, the holiday cel-ebration attracted hundredsof seniors who made phonecalls to Finland, China, CaboVerde, Haiti, Russia, SierraLeone, among other placesaround the world.
“Today, I am call ingFreising, Germany,” saidDorchester resident BarbaraCulbreath (right), 84. “I haverelatives there. I no longercan make international callsat home, so this is an oppor-tunity to speak with them.”
“Being able to hear yourloved ones’ voice is price-less,” said Mayor Walsh.“Having family in Ireland, Iknow that it is hard to beaway from family, especiallyduring this time of the year.We are proud to help olderadults in Boston stay close toloved ones al l over theworld.”
Lame Prifti, 84, of theBack Bay, made his call to-day to Albania.
“I am happy to call myfriends and family,” Priftisaid.”I come every year.”
South Boston residentAnn Japp, 82, moved to Bos-ton in 1961. “I’m calling mysister and her family back inScotland,” Japp said. “I knowshe likes to get my call.”
“We’re happy to onceagain help Boston seniorsstay connected with theirfriends and families livingoverseas this holiday sea-son,” said Patricia Jacobs,president, AT&T New En-gland. “We hope this eventprovides a little bit of joy forBostonians as we kick off thisholiday season.”
The event featured break-fast and lunch, access to rep-resentatives about cell phonequestions, half hour phonecalls to loved ones, and a
“Winter Wishes” arts &crafts project.
About the CommissionOn Affairs Of The Elderly
The Commission on Af-fairs of the Elderly facilitatesfull and equal participation inall aspects of life by olderadults in Boston. The com-mission is dedicated to im-proving the lives of Boston’solder adults by connectingthem with resources and in-formation, and it is focusedon setting the City’s directionfor successful aging in Bos-ton. Read the newly launchedAge-Friendly Action Plan atw w w . b o s t o n . g o v / a g e -friendly, and visi twww.boston.gov for more in-formation.
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WRNC continued from page 1site, which Biarbarkerly currently owns. Biarbarkerly said theyoriginally received permission from the ZBA in 2010 for theexpansion, but because of conservation issues and other con-cerns, the permits expired before they could build.
Celia Marcum, from development attorneys McDermott,Quilty and Miller, said they will have more parking for the con-venience store, and Biarbarkerly said they would widen the spacebetween the gas station and the neighboring apartment com-plex.
The proposal has zoning variances for side yard, backyardand conditional use violations. One neighbor, who said he livedright across the street, said he had safety concerns regardingexpanding the store.
“Right now they get a few cars during the day, but if theyhave a convenience store there it’s going to be a lot more cars,”the resident said. “They take off at the traffic light and theypick up speed and when people are leaving the gas station youhear honking all the time with near collisions, just now, nevermind with a convenience store.”
Members of the WRNC were concerned that the 2,000 squarefeet of space for the store could invite other stores in, like aDunkin’ Donuts or McDonald’s.
“Well, maybe not a Dunkin’, since you have one right downthe street, but it could happen,” said WRNC Stephen Smith.
The WRNC voted unanimously to recommend approval onthe condition that it stays a convenience store and no other typeof store.
The WRNC also postponed a hearing for a proposed rede-velopment of 1895 Centre St., the current location of the CharlesObeid Insurance Agency as well as the West Roxbury Day Ha-bilitation Center and several apartments.
The proponent of the proposal said they wanted to reworkthe development, but at the time of their submission the rede-velopment would call for a four-story mixed-use building with4,856 square feet of commercial space and 24 residential units.The plan also called for a floor to area ratio (FAR) of 1.9 and 25off-street parking spots.
The WRNC also voted to approve several single-family im-provements, including a second floor addition to 30 Casper St.,which needed approval because it increased the FAR outside ofzoning code regulations and had the previously existing condi-tion violation of insufficient side yard.
A proposal for 70 Dwinell St. called for the addition of twodormers to the existing house and more floor space to the thirdfloor. The third floor on the house was an existing condition,and the addition also increase the FAR to a violation, but theWRNC voted for it as the neighborhood was in support of it.
Waite continued from page 1guished guests, besidesBud,” Watson said jokingly.“And I would like to inviteour elected officials to comeforward, City Councilor MattO’Malley, Giselle Sterling,Commissioner of Veteran Af-fairs and (At-Large) CityCouncilwoman AnnissaEssaibi-George.”
O’Malley then took to thepodium to commend Waiteon his accomplishments.
“I have had the great plea-sure of getting to know Budand his family over the lastseveral years,” he said. “Iknew Bud was a veteran, butI did not know the extent ofhis legendary service."
O’Malley explained thatfor Bud, it wasn’t about re-ceiving recognition.
“It wasn’t about receivingaccolades and it wasn’t aboutevents like this. It was aboutsupporting others,” he said.
O’Malley also gave abrief history of Waite’s lifeand expressed how much ofan amazing person he be-lieves Waite is.
“To the people of France,we are incredibly honored thatyou are recognizing one of ourNative sons. In a time whenwe have such discord in thisworld and uncertainty in thiscountry, one thing is certain:the men and women whoserved in World War II trulywere the greatest generation,”O’Malley concluded.
Councilor Annissa EssaibiGeorge and O’Malley thenpresented Waite with a Coun-cilor proclamation and con-gratulated him for beingawarded the French Medal ofHonor. Commissioner of Vet-eran affairs and Lord Mayorof West Roxbury and Post2902 Commander RichieGormley both spoke and con-gratulated Waite for a job welldone.
The ceremony concludedwith Boston’s French ConsulGeneral Valéry Freland pre-senting Edwin Waite with theFrench Legion of Honor.
“You are a true hero andyou will be our hero forever,”Freland said.
As Waite walked to thepodium, everyone in the au-dience cheered for him. Hethen took the microphoneand expressed how elatedand thankful he was for thehonor.
“I’m pretty over-whelmed; I don’t know whatto say. I can’t stop thankingpeople, there are so many onthe list,” he said.
He then thanked his fam-ily and friends for support-ing him and putting togetherthe ceremony.
“I’m so honored!” Waiteexclaimed.
Waite served in the Com-pany L, 260th Infantry Regi-ment from July 1944 to Au-gust 1945. Stationed 16months overseas as an auto-matic rifleman, Private EdwinWaite participated in assaultson enemy positions in France,Germany and Austria. Afterarriving in Metz, France, the260th Infantry Regimentjoined General Patton’s 3rdArmy in an attempt to breachthe Siegfried Line.
Wang continued from page 7to be receiving these appli-cations and thinking abouthow to use this extra fund-ing source, but given thevastness of the need and po-tential projects that will becoming before you , thetypes of communities thatyou are going to be asked torepresent across the entirecity, what is your commit-ment to communi t ies interms of engagement andwhat i s your adv ice topeople or organizations whoare hoping to have some-thing funded before you ifyou were to serve?” shesaid.
“I think it’s very impor-tant in my role to ensure thatthe benefits the CPA reachevery Boston neighborhoodin a transparent, fair and eq-
uitable way,” Wang replied.“I think for me I will defi-nitely focus on making suretha t a l l p roposa l s a reequa l ly cons idered andgiven equal weight.”
Flaherty said they willcontinue the interviews forthe CPC in the comingweeks. He said the processso far has been lengthy, butworth it.
“We had some highly-skilled and very talentedcommitted residents of ourcity, unfortunately we couldnot select all of them,” hesaid. “It would be great tohave all 114 serve. It was avery fa i r, ob jec t ive andtransparent manner. We ap-preciate everyone’s partici-pation in holding those in-terviews.”
The c i ty voted to ap-prove the CPA back in No-vember, which will put a 1percent surcharge on everylandowners’ taxes. The statethen matches the fundsraised by about 20 percent(the amount changes year-to-year based on contribu-tions). The CPA is expectedto bring about $20 millionnext year (about $4 millionfrom the state) to the Cityof Boston’s coffers.
The CPC wil l be incharge of deciding whichprojects get the funds basedon a sl iding scale wheremost of the funds will bedesignated for affordablehousing, while the rest willgo to open space, public parkprojects and historic preser-vation.
The Boston City Councilvoted last week on an ordinanceto ban thin plastic bags in thecity and require stores to pro-vide thick plastic bags for 5cents apiece.
Ordinance sponsor and Dis-trict 6 City Councilor MattO’Malley said the unanimousvote was a great victory for cli-mate change advocates in thecity and a good way to reducelitter in Boston. He feels thebusinesses are more than readyto step up to the challenge.
“As we have seen with ev-ery city or town that has op-posed this, once they’ve goneinto implementation you’veseen the private sector reallystep up,” he said. “You’ve seenindividuals step up and offer re-usable plastic bags... If passedtoday and signed into law, thiswill have a one-year sort oframping up period.”
He said the ordinance won’tgo into effect until a year fromnow, and added this would givethem plenty of time to workwith ABCD, the Boston Hous-ing Authority, food banks, theBoston Centers for Youth andFamilies and farmers marketsto make sure that residents areaware of the ordinance.
“We can work and we cando this well because we’ve seenit done well in other cities andtowns. We have worked closelywith our neighbors, we knowwhat the recipe is and how wecan do this and the benefits can-not be challenged,” he said.“Let’s write the Boston‘greenprint.’”
At-Large City CouncilorAyanna Pressley acknowledgedthat the main point of opposi-tion in the city has been that thiswould impact low-incomefamilies, who may see a 5 centincrease per grocery bag as aburden.
“Should this ordinance pass,I’d encourage the City of Bos-ton to explore ways to ease theburden of what will really re-quire a cultural shift by provid-ing free, reusable tote bags ataccessible and convenient ven-ues throughout the city for ourlow-income residents and se-niors,” she said. “This ordi-nance is a critical step towardsa greener, cleaner and more sus-tainable Boston.”
Matt Seaholm, the execu-tive director of the AmericanProgressive Bag Alliance, saidthe passage of the ordinancewas disappointing and believesthe mayor should veto the leg-islation outright so that thecouncil will have to go backand rework it.
“It was seemingly abackroom deal that transpired
over the Thanksgiving holidayweekend,” he said. “Before thatpoint we were under the im-pression that there was opposi-tion in the Mayor’s Office andCity Council, but as it turnedout there were some vocalmembers who were more inter-ested in getting a feel-good or-dinance through and gain po-litical capital than make goodpolicy.”
Seaholm said it wasn’t fairto the consumer. The ordinancewould require businesses to usereusable, thick plastic bags in-stead of the single-use bags cur-rently in circulation.
“What it ultimately does ispunish those who can least af-ford it,” he said. “That 5-centfee might not mean a lot to citycouncil members, but I can tellyou a low income family inBoston who has to pay 50 centsevery time they do their weeklygrocery shopping it adds up,and it’s noticeable to those whocan least afford it.”
Bradford Verter, Director atthe Mass Green Network, saidthat residents are already pay-ing for their single-use plasticbags, though they may notknow it.
“Plastic bags are not freeand we all pay for them. Theycost grocery stores 4 cents eachon average and that’s foldedinto the overhead and the priceof goods, it’s just been a hid-den cost and one of the thingsthis does is make hidden costsvisible,” he said. “When thathappens, residents bring theirown reusable plastic bags veryquickly.”
Seaholm countered that thecost of the single-use bags isnowhere near as high as thethicker counterparts.
“I guarantee they are not asexpensive as 5 cents, many ofthose bags are as cheap as halfa cent. You’re talking about tak-ing a penny and increasing it byseven times the thickness,” hesaid. “Typically, those bags formany retailers are going to bemore than the 5 cents and thatwill heap additional cost ontothe retailer.”
Verter said that the city iscurrently paying much highercosts for the single-use plasticbags in terms of the problemsthey create when they hit therecycling stream, which recy-cling facilities are not preparedto deal with.
“The big problem is thatbags gum up the works in recy-cling machinery at these bigsorting machines that are run atrecycling facilities and they justget totally jammed up withplastic bags. They have to hirepeople in eight-hour shifts tocut away the bags with box cut-ters or utility knives and theylose all this time,” he said. “If
plastic bags get mixed in, thenthat contaminates an entireshipment and they have to hiresomeone to sort it or just dumpit all. It’s a lot of wasted moneyand lost opportunity and thosefunds could go to social pro-grams or to any other thing. Itcosts taxpayers and anythingthat costs taxpayers moneyhurts low-income residents themost.”
Seaholm pointed out thatplastic bags do not make up alarge percentage of the city’swaste, but Verter said that wasteis determined in tonnage.
“It’s certainly not as muchtonnage as refrigerators, I cantell you that,” Verter said.
City Council President andAt-Large City CouncilorMichelle Wu said the ordi-nance, if anything else, is amixed bag.
“So it’s been an incrediblehonor to be part of this processand many others that the coun-cil has been working on to re-ally plan and take actions forour next generations here in thecity,” she said. “This is a hardproblem the city has been fac-ing, representative of the largerproblem of climate change andclimate injustices that our coun-try and the world is facing. Tobe totally clear, our current eco-nomic system, our current wayof life and our society is headedtowards a crisis point in termsof the global impact of a warm-ing planet and changingweather patterns that we aregoing to see directly affectingBoston’s bottom line and ourresidents’ quality of life. Thisplastic bag ordinance is an ex-ample of a small step that iscompletely within the city’scontrol to take.”
The Boston City Councilmet last week and voted on sev-eral key topics around the city.
The most prominent was thevote to accept a $2 million rev-enue increase from a tax pay-ment on the Old City Hall aftera lease renewal agreement.Committee on Ways and MeansChair and District 9 City Coun-cilor Mark Ciommo said thefunds would be put towards theJackson Square RecreationCenter in conjunction with non-profit Urban Edge, which hasbeen on the minds of local resi-dents for more than a decade.
“This $2 million supple-mental appropriation will sup-port the creation of a new youthrecreation center in JacksonSquare, an effort that has been15 years in the making,” hesaid. “It was heavily-advocatedby local youth and will be anintegral part of the JacksonSquare planning initiative. Thisis a great public-private partner-ship, I believe they have a goalof $21 million to make this areality and they’re almost to$18 million as we speak. Thefunding for this program is theresult of a one-time payment tothe city following the completenegotiation and extension ofleases of old City Hall.”
Ciommo said these fundswill go a long way to seeing therecreation center through.
“It is clear that this renego-tiation was a win for the cityand the $2 million in revenueswill help close the gap in fund-ing some much-needed com-munity investment,” he said.
District 6 City CouncilorMatt O’Malley said the con-struction of the center will helpto bring much-needed activitiesto the city’s youth, in JamaicaPlain and beyond.
“This will be absolutelytransformative for the youth ofthe City of Boston,” he said.“For decades now the KellyRink has been a temporary out-door facility for youth recre-ation and learning opportuni-ties, it’s been wonderful but it’stime we had a permanent facil-ity.”
O’Malley said this initiativehas been a long time coming forhis district.
“This has been a labor oflove that predates my electionto the council seven years ago,and because of great leadershipof Urban Edge and other greatnonprofits of the Common-wealth and, most importantly,this $2 million commitmentfrom the City of Boston and thismayor will be absolutely trans-formative,” he said. “We’re inthe end zone, this will get us toour goal. This is remarkable.”
O’Malley said that activitiesfor youth in troubled areas ofthe city are at least a way to helpget kids off the streets and intomore productive actions. Hesaid he doesn’t believe it wouldbe a silver bullet for crime inthe neighborhood, and thinks itcould help. He brought up theoriginal announcement of thefunds from October, where lit-erally across the street 16-year-old Gerrod Brown was fatallyshot.
“On that day, just across theCity CouncilCity CouncilCity CouncilCity CouncilCity Council
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Boston’s own Junior Damato, “The Auto Doctor” has agreed to field auto repairquestions from Bulletin and Record readers. Please forward your questions to
[email protected] and we will do our best to get your questions answered.
To the Doctor: I need to replace all four tires on my 2008 RAV4. I have been pricing around and found manybrands and lots of prices. One tire shop tried to talk me into a tire brand made out of the country that I neverheard of. The tire and tread design looked good. What are your thoughts on non-brand tires made out of thecountry?
From the Doctor: Some tire manufacturers make a good tire while others are poor. I have used a few of theimported off-brand tires and found them to be high quality with a quiet tread design and great pricing, as well asgood tire wear and mileage. The tire molds on a lot of the new imported brands use the latest technology to builda great tire. But, whatever brand you do buy, make sure you buy the correct tread pattern.
To the Doctor: I own a 2004 Honda CRV with 132,000 miles. There is a transmission shudder between 25and 30 miles per hour under light acceleration. I took it to the Honda dealer and after confirming the condition,they checked the fluid level and condition and checked for any fault codes.
The fluid was full and clean and there were no fault codes. They suggested replacing the transmission with aHonda factory unit at a cost of $3,800 plus; also, replacing mounts, drive axles and any other related wornparts. Other than the shudder, the transmission shifts perfectly. Do you have any alternative suggestions?
From the Doctor: The transmission shudder usually happens under light acceleration as you are experienc-ing. The feeling is also known as like driving over rumble strips. The most common fault is the torque converternot allowing enough slippage. Some vehicles require a computer software reprogramming to solve the problem,others can benefit from a transmission fluid change. If the filter is serviceable, replace it and use the correct fluidand a bottle of friction modifier. The transmission additive will actually lessen the friction properties of the fluid.In some cases this will solve the shudder. Another option is to push the small button on the shifter if equipped –this will prevent the torque converter from locking up, thus eliminating the shudder.
Junior Damato began servicing vehicles in 1969. He owns a 10-bay auto repairservice center in Hyde Park and an 8-bay center in Middleboro. Junior is anASE-certified Master Technician, ASE-certified L-1 and ASE-certified Natural Gas.
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AHEARNRobert F. Retired Detective,
BPD Homicide, of Sebastian,Fla., formerly of South Boston,Roslindale and Weymouth passedaway peacefully surrounded byhis family on Nov. 23, 2017. Be-loved husband of Ashley B.(Brown). Loving father of Rob-ert J. Ahearn of Easton, John E.Ahearn and his wife Susan ofGibsonia, Pa., Catherine T. Hardyand her husband Paul ofRoslindale, Laureen Flahive andher husband Michael of Foxboroand Michael P. Ahearn of Boston.Brother of Joseph L. Ahearn ofQuincy, Paul D. Ahearn of Bos-ton and the late Edmund V. andM. Judith Ahearn. He was the sonof the late Edmund V. “FastEddie” and Margaret (McCarthy)Ahearn. Devoted Papa Birdie tohis seven grandchildren wholoved him very much. He is alsosurvived by his former wife RitaFoley, his niece, nephew and hischerished fur baby Molly. Funeralwas from the From the William J.Gormley Home, 2055 CentreStreet, WEST ROXBURY. AFuneral Mass was in Holy NameChurch. P.M. Robert was laid torest at a private burial in Mass Na-tional Cemetery. In lieu of flow-ers, donations in his memory maybe made to the HALO Rescue,710 Jackson Street, Sebastian, FL32958. If you desire to send flow-ers, please no lilies due to aller-gies. Late U.S. Navy Veteran,Korean War Era.
DOLINPatricia Frances (Donovan) At
the age of 88, Patricia FrancesDonovan Dolin passed awaypeacefully on Oct. 29, 2017 sur-rounded by loved ones inCarmichael, Calif. Predeceasedby her true love Robert CarrollDolin of Utica, N.Y. The daugh-ter of John E. Donovan and Mar-garet M. (O’Connell) Donovanand youngest sister to Tom, John,Larry, Marguerite, Catherine andTheresa. She is survived by herchildren Eileen, Stephen, Brian,Becky, Mike and Lori, her grand-children, Hannah, Sebastian,Jacqueline, Daniel, Josh, Jared,Matt and Kaitlin and her great-grandchildren Maci and Wyatt.Patricia was born on June 26,1929 in Roslindale, Mass. Shebecame a registered nurse andlater was chief nurse of the 102ndTactical Hospital of the Massa-
chusetts Air National Guard. Oneof the first female Officers of theAir National Guard, she travelledwidely and met her husband inFrance. Their paths crossed as aresult of the construction of theBerlin Wall in 1961/62. Prior toher marriage on Dec. 29, 1962 inBoston, she was awarded theMassachusetts Medal of Merit forexceptionally meritorious con-duct. Working for the UnitedStates Government, she and Rob-ert travelled widely before start-ing a family. In 1977 they movedto England and were stationed atRAF Upper Heyford until Bob’sretirement in 1991. Her beautifulsmile and unending kindness andbelief in the goodness of every-one she met will be truly missed.Private services were held.
GLYNNHelen T. (Lord) Passed away
on Nov. 29, 2017 in New Durham,N.H., formerly of Spring Hill, Fla.formerly of Roslindale. Belovedwife of the late Paul A. Glynn. Sheleaves her daughter Susan & herhusband Jeff, her son Paul & hiswife Sheryl, and her daughterPatricia. Loving grandmother ofMatthew, Kaitlyn, and Shaun. Sis-ter of Joan and Barbara. Funeralwas from the William J. GormleyFuneral Home, 2055 Centre St.WEST ROXBURY. A FuneralMass was in St. Theresa of AvilaChurch. Interment was at St. Jo-seph Cemetery.
IANTOSCAIda Mary (Chiarucci) Of West
Roxbury, formerly of JamaicaPlain, Nov. 30. Beloved wife ofMichael Iantosca. Loving motherof Michael of Lynn, David andPaul of West Roxbury andStephen of Florida. Grandmotherof Mark, Gianna, Derick,Angelina and Domonic Iantosca.Sister of the late VirginiaGenevosse, JosephineGronokowski, Anthony andLawrence Chiarucci. Funeral wasfrom the Mann & Rodgers Fu-neral Home, 44 Perkins St. (cor-ner of South Huntington Ave.),JAMAICA PLAIN. A FuneralMass was at Holy Name Church,West Roxbury. Retired latereceptionst at the Mount PleasantHome, Jamaica Plain.
KENNEYHarold T., Jr. Harold T.
Kenney, Jr., 66, of Port SaintLucie, Fla., passed away suddenlyon Nov. 22, 2017 in Stuart, Fla.Born in Chelsea, Mass., he livedmost of his life in West Roxbury,Mass., until moving to Florida in2014. He was employed by theMassachusetts Army NationalGuard and retired after over 35years in 2011 as a Sgt. First Class.Some of his hobbies were play-ing the guitar, working in his yard,and traveling to Egypt. He had nu-merous slides and pictures from
Egypt that were very important tohim. He was the son of Harold T.and Ruth J. Kenney. Brother toDonald Kenney and his wife Lucyof Torrington, Conn., KathySquires and her husband Steve ofNewfane, Vt., William Kenneyand his wife Sybil of Holliston,Mass., and Susan Kenney ofFranklin, Mass. He was the prouduncle of Lauren Sembersky ofStafford Springs, Conn., AmandaBarry of Holliston, Mass.,Hannah Kenney currently livingin San Francisco, Calif., William“Buddy” Kenney of Holliston,Mass., and Rebecca Kenney ofFranklin, Mass. He was also thegreat uncle to five nieces and onenephew. Special friend to DonnaPasserello. Services and Intermentwill be at a later date in Massa-chusetts. Online Guestbook atwww.treasurecoastseawinds.com
LEARYJacqueline E. (O’Leary) Of
Naples, Fla., formerly of WestRoxbury, Nov. 15, 2017. Cher-ished mother of Natasha (Leary)Peterman and her husband Rob-ert. Loving grandmother to Rob-ert William and Charlotte Ellen.Sister of John F. O’Leary and hiswife Tomoko, Margaret M. Kellyand her husband Neale, PatriciaHickey and her husband the lateCapt. William, BSP, ofRoslindale, Joseph W. O’Learyand his wife Beth, of WestRoxbury, and David G. O’Learyand his wife Marie, of Westwood.Beloved aunt and great-aunt. Fu-neral mass was held at St. TheresaChurch. Interment BrookdaleCemetery, Dedham. In lieu offlowers donations may be madein Jacqueline’s memory to theLittle Sisters of the Poor, 2500Adams Avenue. Scranton, PA18509-1515. For guestbookwww.gormleyfuneral.com Will-iam J. Gormley Funeral Service617-323-8600.
McCALLUMMargaret M. (Savage) Passed
away peacefully at her home sur-rounded by her loving family onNov. 28, 2017. Cherished wife ofthe late Jerome P. McCallum,former Lieutenant Detective ofthe Boston Police Department.Loving mother of PatriciaMcCallum of Milton, BrotherJerome P. McCallum Jr., MSA ofWashington, D.C., Mary M.McCallum of Milton, Paul J.McCallum and his wife Teresa ofWest Roxbury, Chuck McCallumof West Roxbury, John E.McCallum of Holliston, Joseph B.McCallum and his wife Beth ofSouth Easton, Peggy McCartyand her husband John of WestRoxbury, Sheila Grimmel and herhusband Bob of Roslindale. Alsosurvived by her 16 adored grand-children. Loving sister of Richard
Savage of Needham and sister-in-law Pat Savage of Needham. Car-ing friend of Radel Lafalaise ofRoslindale. Margaret will bedearly missed by the remainingmembers of the J.O.Y. Walkers.In lieu of flowers please make adonation to the West RoxburyCommunity Center, 1716 CenterStreet, West Roxbury MA 02132where Margaret spent manyhappy Friday afternoons with herfriends. Funeral was from theRobert J. Lawler & Crosby Fu-neral Home, 1803 Centre St.,WEST ROXBURY. A Mass ofChristian Burial was celebrated inThe Holy Name Church. Rela-tives and friends are invited to at-tend. Visiting hours in The Fu-neral Home on Thursday, Nov. 30,from 4 to 8 p.m. Interment St. Jo-seph Cemetery.
PALIZZOLOJames R. “Krackers” Age 82,
of Boston, passed away peace-fully surrounded by family onNov. 25. Born in South Boston,he was the son of the late Ciroand Margaret Palizzolo. Cher-ished father of Lauren Jordanand her husband Mike andKatherine Velander and her hus-band Greg. Proud grandfather ofEleroe Jordan and Keelan andPenelope Velander. Belovedcompanion of Karen Fucillo.Dear brother of the late WilliamPalizzolo, Edward Palizzolo,Robert Palizzolo, Theresa Raso,Maryann Kulpan, and ElizabethScales. Survived by many niecesand nephews. Jimmy was a re-tired Boston Firefighter and anArmy Veteran who loved tocook. Loved and missed bymany, his stories and laughterwill not be forgotten. Funeralwas held at Gormley FuneralHome, 2055 Centre Street,
WEST ROXBURY. A FuneralMass was at Saint JohnChrysostom Parish, 4750 Wash-ington St., West Roxbury. Inter-ment took place at Massachu-setts National Cemetery. In lieuof flowers, donations in Jimmy’sname may be made to WoundedWarrior Project, 4899 BelfortRd., Suite 300, Jacksonville, FL32256 or to the St. JudeChildren’s Research Hospital,501 St. Jude Pl., Memphis, TN38105-1905. William J.Gormley Funeral Service 617-323-8600.
SCHLOSSBERGSuzanne I. (Cohen), Nov. 29,
2017, age 74, of West Roxbury,formerly of Newton, Mass.,Rochester, N.Y. and New YorkCity. Much beloved wife of CarlSchlossberg for 52 years. Dear-est mother of Evan Schlossbergand his wife Erin Marie of W.Roxbury and the late EricSchlossberg of Santa Cruz, Ca-lif. Cherished grandmother“Nina” of Juliana. Daughter ofthe late Harriet (Muscat) andVictor Cohen. Dear cousin ofNaomi Stern, Isobel Perry, Ronand Gina Roose, Susie (& Tony)Picone. Treasured and adoredfriend of Sondra Lisson (& Den-nis) Manitsas, Barbara (& thelate Rabbi Dan) Kaplan, andLaurie (& Howard) Abel, BobStearns & Barbara Passman, andmany others. Interment was Pri-vate. Donations may be made inmemory of Suzanne to Brighamand Women’s Hospital, DanaFarber, Faulkner Hospital, Doc-tors without Borders or to theACLU. Suzanne was a graduateof the University of Rochesterand Simmons College and a pastmember of the Antiquarian
Booksellers Association ofAmerica.
STANHEWICZGenevieve (Sikora) Of
Roslindale, Nov. 29, age 94. Be-loved wife of the late John J.Devoted mother of Richard andhis wife Janet of Fairfield, Conn.,David and his wife Molly ofWarwick, N.Y. and CarolynSolomon and her husband Stevenof Foxboro. Sister of the late sixbrothers and one sister. Loving“Nana” of eight grandchildren,eight great-grandchildren andalso survived by many lovingnieces, nephews, in-laws andfriends. Funeral from the Carroll-Thomas Funeral Home, 22 OakSt., HYDE PARK, Thursdaymorning at 9 a.m., followed by aMass of Christian Burial at MostPrecious Blood Church, HydePark at 10. Relatives and friendsinvited. Interment at NationalCemetery, Bourne. Please in lieuof flowers all donations can bemade to www.cchfoundation.netFor directions and guestbook,please visitThomasFuneralHomes.comCarroll-Thomas Funeral Home.
VOLTAIRERolfe B. “Sonny” Of West
Roxbury, Nov. 24, beloved hus-band of the late Victoria L.(Clark) Voltaire, loving father ofRolfe Voltaire of N.H., BrendaRipp of Medfield, JulieSchleusener. His Funeral Servicewas at the Stratford Street UnitedChurch, 77 Stratford St., W.Roxbury. Interment was inGethsemane Cemetery, W.Roxbury. In lieu of flowers do-nations to the National Fragile XFoundation, www.fragilex.orgwould be appreciated.
City Council continued from page 11street of the Mildred HaileyHousing Development, a youngman was killed,” he said. “I’mnot naive enough to contendthat had this youth center beenthere, that life would have beensaved. However, it is impor-tant to note that this will giveopportunities for kids to learnto skate, to learn to get exercise,to work.”
The council also voted topermanently enact the Acous-tic on Main Ordinance, whichallows any establishment toprovide acoustic live music toits patrons, as long as there areno more than five performers.
“This ordinance is just avery minor amendment thatwould remove the sunset clauseon the ordinance the councilpassed last year,” said CityCouncil President and ordi-nance sponsor Michelle Wu.“We’ve heard from businessesand Main Streets directors thatthis has directly meant that notonly are the Friday and Satur-day nights the busy nights, butwhen they are able to have spo-
ken word or a local band there,Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,and Thursday nights are alsofilled.”
Wu said making the ordi-nance permanent would allowbusinesses to cut through regu-lations and fees to offer moreentertainment options in thecity, as many local music ven-ues are finding it hard to paythe bills in the city’s boom ofhousing growth and propertytaxes.
“We’re trying to celebrateand build our arts community.We’re trying to support oursmall businesses, again the or-dinance removed any permittinglicensing registration fees, redtape for businesses to be able tooffer acoustic live entertainmentfor up to five performers, justsomething that doesn’t disturbthe abutting neighbors,” shesaid. “We’ve not received anycomplaints about this. We hadpassed this with a one-year sun-set clause and I’m asking you togo over and remove that.”
District 5 City Councilor
Tim McCarthy said businessesin his district have made full useof the ordinance.
“Again, I have three MainStreets in District 5 and all threehave utilized the Acoustic onMain to their Benefit,” he said.“Sunday mornings at FairmountGrill, Sunday morning JazzBrunch, it’s all because of Coun-cilor Wu; it’s a great morning,you have to get there early andchicken and waffles is the go-to.”
The council also voted toaccept a donation for the ben-efit of the City of Boston of threebicycles for the use by DistrictC-6 of the Boston Police Depart-ment in South Boston. Sponsorand District 4 City CouncilorAndrea Campbell said the bi-cycles will allow for continualcontact and visibility within theSouth Boston neighborhood andhelp improve the day-to-daylives of residents, workers andvisitors in the area, which willfurther facilitate the district’sservices and benefit the resi-dents of Boston.
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“The Holiday Market cre-ates a festive atmospherewhere local retailers, artists,restaurants, and neighbors cancome together on a chilly nightand warm up with music andhot cocoa — all while shop-ping locally in the heart ofRoslindale Village,” saidRVMS Executive Director AliaHamada Forrest.
The surrounding shops andaward-winning restaurants willfeature special sales and menusduring the market. Birch StreetHouse & Garden and JoanneRossman offer unique gifts,and the Boston Cheese Cellarwill be serving mulled wineand their famous Swissraclette.
As a special attraction thisyear, owners of the newly-an-nounced brewery, DistractionBrewing, will be at the site oftheir future business at 2Belgrade Ave. for a meet andgreet.
ONE-ON-ONECOMPUTER ASSISTANCE
One-On-One Computer As-sistance are on Wednesdaysfrom 3-4 p.m. Please call 617-325-3147 to reserve a 30-minute informal session with alibrarian. Bring your device oruse a library laptop (librarycard required). Beginners arewelcome. This is a free service.
FREE DROP-INHOMEWORK HELP
Boston Public Library loca-tions offer free after-schoolhomework help andmentorship provided bytrained, high-achieving highschool students. HomeworkHelp is available Monday,Tuesday, Wednesday, andThursday afternoons between3:30 and 5:30 p.m., Sept. 18through May 24. Open to stu-dents in grades K-8. No regis-tration is required. Program isnot available on Boston Pub-lic School holidays, early-re-lease days, or long weekends.
Homework Help mentortrainings provided by HarvardUniversity’s Public SchoolPartnerships Team, the devel-opers of SmartTalk, a programthat uses research-based tools,strategies, and resources tosupport students during home-work time. Located at the WestRoxbury Branch of the BostonPublic Library.
SANTA SCAMPER5K ROAD RACE
Race Day Registration andPre/Post Race Festivities Reg-istration and pre/post race fes-tivities at the Irish Social Club,119 Park St. in West Roxbury,just a block from the race start/finish. Our Race Day Logisticspage will keep you up to date!Race Course Start/finish atParkway Community YMCA.Rolling course thru the WestRoxbury neighborhood of Bos-ton. Chip timing
On Dec. 10, 2017 the 5Kwill start at 11 a.m. The KidsRun at 10:15 a.m.
The Parkway Running Club(PRC) of West Roxbury hashosted an annual Santa Scam-per 5k road race since 1994.This race raises money for theBoston Globe Santa Fund, acharity to support children ofneed in Massachusetts.
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Commonwealth of MassachusettsThe Trial Court Probate and Family Court
Estate of: Helen P. Canavan Suffolk DivisionAlso Known As:Date of Death: December 2, 2015
To all persons interested in the above-captioned estate, by Petition ofPetitioner Phyllis A.C. Swett of Abington, MAPhyllis A.C. Swett of Abington, MA
has been informally appointed as the Personal Representative of the estate to servewithout surety on the bond.
The estate is being administered under informal procedure by the PersonalRepresentative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervisionby the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, butinterested parties are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the PersonalRepresentative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, includingdistribution of assets and expenses of administration. Interested parties are entitled topetition the Court to institute formal proceedings and to obtain orders terminating orrestricting the powers of Personal Representatives appointed under informal procedure.A copy of the Petition and Will, if any, can be obtained from the Petitioner.
Hyde Park Bulletin, 12/07/2017
Commonwealth of MassachusettsThe Trial Court – Probate and Family Court Department
SUFFOLK Division Docket No. SU17C0302CA
NOTICE OF PETITION FOR Suffolk Probate and Family CourtCHANGE OF NAME 24 New Chardon St.
Boston, MA 02114617-788-8300
In the Matter of: Travelle Michael BenjaminOf: Hyde Park, MA.
To all person interested in petition described:A petition has been presented by Tashanna C. Williams requesting that:
Travelle Michael Benjamin be allowed to change his/her/their name as follows:Travelle Michael Williams
IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUSTFILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT AT: Boston
ON OR BEFORE TEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM) ON:01/18/2018WITNESS, Hon. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this CourtDate: November 15, 2017
Felix D. Arroyo, Register of ProbateHyde Park Bulletin, 12/07/2017
Commonwealth of MassachusettsThe Trial Court – Probate and Family Court Department
SUFFOLK Division Docket No. SU17C0475CA
NOTICE OF PETITION FOR Suffolk Probate and Family CourtCHANGE OF NAME 24 New Chardon St.
Boston, MA 02114617-788-8300
In the Matter of: Christopher FigueroaOf: Boston, MA.
To all person interested in petition described:A petition has been presented by Christopher Figueroa requesting that:
Christopher Figueroa be allowed to change his/her/their name as follows:Christopher Villar Flores
IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUSTFILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT AT: Boston
ON OR BEFORE TEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM) ON:12/21/2017WITNESS, Hon. Brian J. Dunn, First Justice of this CourtDate: October 25, 2017
Felix D. Arroyo, Register of ProbateBoston Bulletin, 12/07/2017
Commonwealth of MassachusettsThe Trial Court – Probate and Family Court Department
SUFFOLK Division Docket No. SU17C0513CA
NOTICE OF PETITION FOR Suffolk Probate and Family CourtCHANGE OF NAME 24 New Chardon St.
Boston, MA 02114617-788-8300
In the Matter of: Elizabeth Anna AleksandroffOf:
To all person interested in petition described:A petition has been presented by Elizabeth Anna Aleksandroff requesting that:
Elizabeth Anna Aleksandroff be allowed to change his/her/their name as follows:Skye Eres Davis
IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUSTFILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT AT: Boston
ON OR BEFORE TEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM) ON:12/28/2017WITNESS, Hon. Brian J. Dunn, First Justice of this CourtDate: November 24, 2017
Felix D. Arroyo, Register of ProbateBoston Bulletin, 12/07/2017
Commonwealth of MassachusettsThe Trial Court – Probate and Family Court Department
SUFFOLK Division Docket No. SU17C0514CA
NOTICE OF PETITION FOR Suffolk Probate and Family CourtCHANGE OF NAME 24 New Chardon St.
Boston, MA 02114617-788-8300
In the Matter of: Kathleen Mary LaytonOf: Boston, MA
To all person interested in petition described:A petition has been presented by Kathleen M. Layton requesting that:
Kathleen Mary Layton be allowed to change his/her/their name as follows:Maridelia Onora Rowan
IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUSTFILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT AT: Boston
ON OR BEFORE TEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM) ON:12/21/2017WITNESS, Hon. Brian J. Dunn, First Justice of this CourtDate: November 20, 2017
Felix D. Arroyo, Register of ProbateBoston Bulletin, 12/07/2017
Commonwealth of MassachusettsThe Trial Court – Probate and Family Court Department
SUFFOLK Division Docket No.SU17D2524DRDIVORCE SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION AND MAILING
Jocelyn Santiago Montero vs. Francisco Albert Hilario SanchezSuffolk Probate and Family Court, 24 New Chardon St., Boston, MA 02114
To the Defendant:The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for Divorce requesting that the Court grant a
divorce for irretrievable breakdown of the marriage.The Complaint is on file at the Court.An Automatic Restraining Order has been entered in this matter preventing you
from taking any action which would negatively impact the current financial status ofeither party. SEE Supplemental Probate Court Rule 411.
You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon: Jocelyn Santiago Montero,8 Buckingham St., Hyde Park, MA 02136 your answer, if any, on or before 01/25/2018. If you fail to do so, the court will proceed to the hearing and adjudication of thisaction. You are also required to file a copy of your answer, if any, in the office of theRegister of this Court.
Witness, Hon. Brian J. Dunn, First Justice of this Court.November 22, 2017
Felix D. Arroyo, Register of Probate CourtHyde Park Bulletin, 12/07/2017
NOTICE OF SERVICE OF PROCESS BY PUBLICATIONSTATE OF NORTH CAROLINA – DURHAM COUNTY
IN THE DISTRICT COURT17CVD1032
BETHEA VS. NOTICE-BETHEA
Lorraine Notice-Bethea:Take notice that a pleading seeking a Final Divorce, Equitable Distribution, &
Interim Distribution with attorney’s fees has been filed in the above-entitled action.The nature of the relief being sought is as follows:
That the bonds of matrimony which heretofore existed between the parties bedissolved and that the Plaintiff be granted an absolute divorce from the Defendant.That the Court determine the marital and divisible property of the parties and make anequitable distribution of said property and grant an unequal distribution in favor ofthe Plaintiff pursuant to N.C.G.S. §50-20 et. seq.; That the Court make an interimdistribution that the marital home is Plaintiff’s sole property and that the Defendantbe instructed to take steps necessary to have her name removed from the deed; Thatthe Court order Defendant to pay Plaintiff’s reasonable attorney fees; That the costs ofthis action be taxed to Defendant; That the Court grants such other relief to the Plaintiffas the Court may deem just and proper. You are required to make defense to suchpleading not later than January 14, 2018 and upon failure to do so the party seekingservice against you will apply to the court for the relief sought.
This the 30th day of November, 2017.Nicholas DowgulFelton Banks, PLLC7406 Chapel Hill Rd., Suite HRaleigh, NC 27607
West Roxbury/Roslindale Bulletin,11/30/2017, 12/07/2017, 12/14/2017
resentative Liz Malia for support-ing the We the People Act(H.1926 and S.379). Not only isRep Malia a co-sponsor but she
also took action this month bysending a joint letter to commit-tee chairs hearing the bill urginga positive report. This bill wouldhave Massachusetts, the cradle ofAmerican Democracy; join theother five states (Vermont, Cali-fornia, Illinois, New Jersey and
Rhode Island) that have alreadyvoted to propose a constitutionalamendment to overturn the Su-preme Court’s disastrous Citi-zens United decision. Until Wethe People, through our electedstate representatives and senators,exercise our constitutional author-
ity to amend the Constitution inthis way, our political landscapewill continue to be dominated bymulti-national corporations, bil-lionaires and other powerful spe-cial interests, and government of,by and for the people will continueto be a mirage. Amending theConstitution is a heavy lift, but ithas been done 27 times before.Without constitutional amend-
ments, former slaves, women, andpeople old enough to serve in themilitary would not have a voicein public affairs. Now it’s our turnto live up to the first three wordsof the Constitution, “We thePeople,” and make our govern-ment responsive to the needs ofall the people, not just the wealthyfew.
Laura GangRoslindale
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