Roslindale resident restoring U.S.S. Constitution Cannon Despite all the alteration, Roslindale resident Chris Rice elected this year for his Eagle Scout project to restore the cannon at the Gardens of Gethsemane Cemetery. The cannon itself, a replica of a 24-pound long gun, was originally on board the U.S.S. Constitution in the early 1900s. Council looks to regulate dockless scooters, bikes Chris Rice, right, and his father Derek Rice, left, stand in the front of the cannon they plan to restore. PHOTO BY JEFF SULLIVAN This is the plaque to be put back on the mounting of the cannon when it is rebuilt. PHOTO BY JEFF SULLIVAN Jef Jef Jef Jef Jeff Sulliv f Sulliv f Sulliv f Sulliv f Sullivan an an an an Staff Reporter Constitution Constitution Constitution Constitution Constitution Continued on page 13 These dockless scooters are becoming such a problem in neighboring areas, and towns like Brookline or cities like Cambridge are impound- ing them. COURTESY PHOTO Jef Jef Jef Jef Jeff Sulliv f Sulliv f Sulliv f Sulliv f Sullivan an an an an Staff Reporter The Boston City Council is looking to regulate dockless bikes and scooters. District 6 City Councilor Matt O’Malley said the city needs to get ahead of the issue before discarded scooters and bikes become a problem on the city’s sidewalks. “It’s an innovative idea that I want this body to really lead on and call a hearing on,” he said. “Creating and sustaining reliable, equitable transporta- tion continues to be a challenge we face as a city. Difficulty get- ting from here to there is one of the biggest issues we hear in our neighborhoods.” O’Malley said these modes of transport could help the city’s traffic crunch and help areas traditionally left out of the MBTA’s rapid transit system. “Electric scooters are al- ready appearing on our streets because residents use them to travel into the city. If we can coordinate the introduction of electric scooters into Boston and the surrounding cities we can ensure this new option be- comes an integrated transpor- Scoo Scoo Scoo Scoo Scooter er er er ers Continued on page 9 Hyde Park Library looking for CPA funds this round Council looks to expand wetlands protections Jef Jef Jef Jef Jeff Sulliv f Sulliv f Sulliv f Sulliv f Sullivan an an an an Staff Reporter The Boston City Council met last week with experts and city officials to start the process for drafting a new city ordi- nance to increase wetlands pro- tection. Currently, the Boston Con- servation Commission enforces the state’s wetlands protection act, but the council said it wanted to increase those regu- lations and possibly add more teeth to the commission’s abil- ity to enforce them. Environmental Lawyer Pamela Harvey of the Massa- chusetts Association of Conser- vation Commissions said the first thing the city would have to look at would be the current state laws. “First thing, the local bylaw or ordinance has to different and be more stringent than the state standards,” she said. “Conservation Commissions that administrate bylaws or or- dinances, they’re also adminis- trating the state law at the same time.” Harvey said however that if the city wanted to expand the Conservation Commission’s role, the commission would not have to hold separate meetings and thus increase burdens through bureaucracy. “Typically you would think that would be very complicated but actually the permit process is done jointly so there’s one hearing and the same sorts of things are taken into account,” Wetlands tlands tlands tlands tlands Continued on page 7 Jef Jef Jef Jef Jeff Sulliv f Sulliv f Sulliv f Sulliv f Sullivan an an an an Staff Reporter The Hyde Park Branch of the Boston Public Library is looking to obtain funding from the Community Preser- vation Act (CPA) funds to help restore several stone fig- ures on the library grounds. The CPA allows for groups and residents to apply for funding for historical preser- vation, affordable housing or open space. Friends of the Hyde Park Library member Victoria Gall said they have also applied to give signage to a stone memorial for T. These stone figures were originally placed on the Hyde Park Train Sta- tion in the early 1900s. COURTESY PHOTO CP CP CP CP CPA F A F A F A F A Funds unds unds unds unds Continued on page 6 VOLUME 12 NUMBER 33 AUGUST 16, 2018 B B B B B oston oston oston oston oston B B B B B ulletin ulletin ulletin ulletin ulletin citywide news citywide news citywide news citywide news citywide news • street by street street by street street by street street by street street by street FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE
Despite all the alteration,Roslindale resident Chris Riceelected this year for his EagleScout project to restore thecannon at the Gardens ofGethsemane Cemetery.
The cannon itself, a replicaof a 24-pound long gun, wasoriginally on board the U.S.S.Constitution in the early1900s.
Council looks to regulatedockless scooters, bikes
Chris Rice, right, and his father Derek Rice, left, stand in the front of the cannon they plan to restore.PHOTO BY JEFF SULLIVAN
This is the plaque to be put back on the mounting of the cannon whenit is rebuilt.
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These dockless scooters are becoming such a problem in neighboringareas, and towns like Brookline or cities like Cambridge are impound-ing them. COURTESY PHOTO
The Boston City Council islooking to regulate docklessbikes and scooters.
District 6 City CouncilorMatt O’Malley said the cityneeds to get ahead of the issuebefore discarded scooters andbikes become a problem on thecity’s sidewalks.
“It’s an innovative idea thatI want this body to really leadon and call a hearing on,” hesaid. “Creating and sustainingreliable, equitable transporta-tion continues to be a challengewe face as a city. Difficulty get-
ting from here to there is oneof the biggest issues we hear inour neighborhoods.”
O’Malley said these modesof transport could help thecity’s traffic crunch and helpareas traditionally left out of theMBTA’s rapid transit system.
“Electric scooters are al-ready appearing on our streetsbecause residents use them totravel into the city. If we cancoordinate the introduction ofelectric scooters into Bostonand the surrounding cities wecan ensure this new option be-comes an integrated transpor-
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The Boston City Councilmet last week with experts andcity officials to start the processfor drafting a new city ordi-nance to increase wetlands pro-tection.
Currently, the Boston Con-servation Commission enforcesthe state’s wetlands protectionact, but the council said itwanted to increase those regu-lations and possibly add moreteeth to the commission’s abil-ity to enforce them.
Environmental LawyerPamela Harvey of the Massa-chusetts Association of Conser-vation Commissions said thefirst thing the city would haveto look at would be the currentstate laws.
“First thing, the local bylawor ordinance has to differentand be more stringent than thestate standards,” she said.“Conservation Commissionsthat administrate bylaws or or-dinances, they’re also adminis-trating the state law at the sametime.”
Harvey said however that ifthe city wanted to expand theConservation Commission’srole, the commission would nothave to hold separate meetingsand thus increase burdensthrough bureaucracy.
“Typically you would thinkthat would be very complicatedbut actually the permit processis done jointly so there’s onehearing and the same sorts ofthings are taken into account,”
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The Hyde Park Branch ofthe Boston Public Library islooking to obtain fundingfrom the Community Preser-vation Act (CPA) funds tohelp restore several stone fig-ures on the library grounds.
The CPA allows for groupsand residents to apply forfunding for historical preser-vation, affordable housing oropen space. Friends of theHyde Park Library memberVictoria Gall said they havealso applied to give signage toa stone memorial for T. These stone figures were originally placed on the Hyde Park Train Sta-
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The immigrant advocacygroup Roslindale Is for Every-one (RISE) is hosting its sec-ond annual Summer FiestaFriday, Aug. 24 from 5 p.m.to 9 p.m.
According to organizer Sa-rah Byrne, the event is de-signed to promote inclusion inthe neighborhood, much likethe organization’s effortsoverall. Byrne said the groupis acutely aware that in manyneighborhoods, residents canand have lived all their liveswithout getting to know someof their neighbors, and she
said events like this are de-signed to end that separation.
“In RISE, well our name ispretty clear as to what we’reabout,” she said. “There’s alot going on politically, butit’s really important to just re-connect with each other, that’swhat this work is really about.We want to form a communitythat knows each other and canreally take care of each other.”
Byrne said the event itselfwill be at the District 35 Paint-
ers and Allied Trades Unionat 25 Colgate Rd. Accordingto the event flyer, kids andadults are welcome, the spaceis ADA accessible, and resi-dents should bring a dish toshare with the community.BYOB as well.
“So this is going to be asummer party or fiesta over atthe Painters Union Hall onColgate Street, and we’re go-
Council looks to decrease affordable housing vacanciesJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter
The Boston City Councilheld a hearing last week to ad-dress a growing number of va-cancies within the city’s af-fordable housing stock.
Chief of Housing and theDirector of the Department ofNeighborhood DevelopmentSheila Dillon said the city hasto go through the AffirmativeFair Housing Process, andwith the current housingboom, the current process hasbeen under a lot of strain.
“The problem is that thehigh volume of activitystrained the existing systemsand processes that we had inplace creating the backlog,”she said. “We had very fewstaff working, but they wereworking very very hard butcouldn't keep up with the vol-ume of plans coming at them.”
Dillon said that since Bos-ton Mayor Marty Walshstarted the Inclusionary De-velopment Policy (IDP), al-most 2,900 new units of af-fordable housing have beencreated. She said the depart-ment is looking to completethe backlog and make the pro-cess of obtaining affordablehousing easier for residents.
“In response, the mayor re-quested that DND and the Of-fice of Fair Housing and Eq-uity begin discussions totransfer their Affirmative FairHousing Marketing Plan toDND on a pilot basis,” shesaid. “That transfer took place
on July 1 of this year. Sincethen DND, working with allof our partners have imple-mented a number of measuresto work through the backlogand streamline the Affirma-tive Marketing Process.”
The marketing plan wouldbe submitted by the developerof a project and include thetypes of units available, theirincome restrictions, and howthe developer would distrib-ute marketing materials. DNDhas to approve and revieweach plan, which has createdthe aforementioned backlog.
She said DND has tempo-rarily reassigned staff at DNDto help with reviewing thebacklog, and has currentlyfour to five staff full-timeworking on the backlog. Shesaid they have made changesto the housing database totrack each project as it goesup and begin the marketingprocess as soon as possible.
“We’ve really looked atwhich projects are going tohave occupyable units andprioritize those for review,”she said. “In just the past fourweeks, we have approved 18marketing plans, 15 advertis-ing strategies and three lotteryresults. The lotteries are a sig-nificant amount of work be-cause as you’re aware, thou-sands of people are applyingfor these opportunities. As oftoday, we have marketingplans under review for an ad-ditional 23 projects. Only oneof those 23 have a certificateof occupancy in place, mean-
ing all the other ones are stillin construction, so we havetime to complete our work.”
Dillon said there are about100 units of vacant affordablehousing and that DND is get-ting the lotteries for thoseunits sorted out. Hearing co-sponsor and At-Large CityCouncilor Annisa Essaibi-George initially called thehearing in July, and she re-ported the city had 839 unitsin 37 projects vacant. BostonPlanning and DevelopmentAgency (BPDA) representa-tive Tim Davis said that num-ber was based on projects thatwere in some stage of the re-view process at that time,which included projects thatwere still in construction.
“We have 103 occupyableunits that are now starting theadvertising process,” she said.“We are making very very sig-nificant progress, but weknow there is more work todo.”
Dillon said DND is cur-rently working on standardiz-ing marketing plans and out-reach material for affordableunit lotteries. She said theyare also creating online appli-cations for all projects tomake applying for affordablehousing much easier and hasalso created a website for theMetrolist, a program whichupdates residents regularly onaffordable housing opportuni-ties.
“Since we have made theseenhancements, subscriptionsto the Metrolist newsletter
have more than doubled from6,000 when we started to nowmore than 13,000,” she said.
DND Deputy Director ofFinance Rick Wilson said theywould soon be sending out re-minders to developers of theirneed to submit a marketingplan, as that doesn’t alwayshappen promptly.
“We asked the developersto submit (the marketing plan)well in advance of when it’sexpected to be completed, andthat doesn’t always happen,”he said. “We have to improvethat process so that we areaware when building permitsare issued that we are reach-ing out to developers and mar-keting agents so that we canremind them to submit thatplan and we can begin that re-view process.”
Brian Engler of SEB Hous-ing said his company has beenhired by dozens of developersto work on affordable housinglotteries and said in the past,marketing plans took vastlymore time to approve becauseof the limited staff before July1.
“Up until a few weeks ago,it could take four to eightmonths to get a marketing planapproved,” he said. “You couldshave four to eight months offthe process just by making thereview of the marketing planmore efficient. After that, oncemarketing starts, there are notthat many inefficiencies, youcould shave a week or a monthoff there... with fine-tooth re-finement, because when you getapproval to market until you ac-tually run the lottery, it’s goingto be about four months.”
Letters to the EditorEditorialNEW SCHOOL A VERYDANGEROUS IDEA
To the Editor:If the Mayor approves the
new school on Belgrade Av-enue without a traffic study, hewill be shooting himself in thetemple, not his foot.
What is the most dangerousstretch of road in the State ofMassachusetts? It’s the stateroad known as the VFW Park-way from Spring Street toBaker Street, 1.1 mile long. Ithas a minimum of 13 deaths inless than 50 years. In that timethe state never identified anytrends. Six male high schoolstudents have died, ages 14 to19, a CM student going homefrom school at Spring andVFW Parkway, 2 in motor ve-hicles near the West RoxburyHigh School and an EnglishHigh Student between VFWParkway and Center Street.Two tragic pedestrian deaths atHealy Field and Gardner Streethave happened. The Engineerssay it is okay, yet 20% of allhighway motor vehicle deathsin the USA can be laid at thedoorstep of Highway Engi-neers; so much for Engineers.The State Legislature put in abicycle lane from Spring St. toBaker St. with no breakdownlane for motor vehicles. Howstupid; so much for Legisla-tors.
Laurence J. BoranWest Roxbury
LIBRARY FRIENDS SEEKINFORMATIONON STONE FIGURES
To the Editor:Dear Friend of the Hyde
Park Library, The Board ofDirectors has approve the sub-mission of a funding proposal to clean, preserve and graphi-cally display the history of the two stone figures of Mer-cury, and the stone memorialto T. Corrigan which havebeen on the side back lawn atthe Hyde Park Library sincethe early 2000’s. I have basicinformation from the donorsbut need more detail.
The carvings of Mercuryadorned the old Hyde Parkrailroad station which wasbuilt in the early 1900’s anddemolished in the 1970’s. Ineed information about the ar-chitect, date of completion,date of demolition,photos, anecdotal material,
and suggested contacts.The stone inscribed T.
Corrigan, may be a section ofthe cornerstone of the formerSt. Catherine’s School that wasestablished in 1895. A paro-chial school is on a 1912 mapat the corner of Washington Stand Foster St, now Chittick St.It became St Pius X School fora while before it was demol-ished sometime in the 1960’sor 1970’s.
Thomas Corrigan, waslikely a son of John Corriganwho gave land to Hyde Parkin the 1840’s, thus theCorriganville section of HydePark. Information about thestone is vague and unsubstan-tiated. Facts, photos and leadsare needed.
Send information to thisemail address or [email protected]. I look for-ward to fascinating facts andany help you can provide. I’llkeep you posted on ourprogress. The CommunityPreservation Act application isdue on before September 28,2018 so there is urgency to myrequest.
Victoria Gall Friends of the Hyde Park
Branch Library
COMMON SENSE BUILD-ING STRATEGY NEEDEDFOR WEST ROXBURY/ROSLINDALE
Editor’s Note:The letter below is a newer
version of a Letter to the Edi-tor that the author meant tosend to us last week. An olderversion was printed as submit-ted, and we have agreed toprint the newer version of it.Thank you.
To the Editor:We have lived in the heart
of West Roxbury for over tenyears. We love it here, andlove the welcoming diverseneighborhood feeling it has.We have noticed lately a grow-ing level of contention over theproposal to build a large newhigh school on the site of 361Belgrade. This neighborhood isa quiet one, and not one thattypically gets into political de-bates, but with this project, weare seeing the neighbors comeout in full force.
The reason against thisproject is that this it is not anappropriate site for such a largeschool. We are not against a
school being built, but we areagainst this particular site. Theproposal is asking for buildingvariances, edge to edge, theypropose little or no outdoorspace, it’s right next to the traintracks which is it extremelydangerous for our kids. Manyof us worry that this area doesnot have the infrastructure nec-essary to support it.
We really need more out-reach in the neighborhood, andfeel the public relations con-sultants are misunderstandingwhy the neighbors are againstthis and this misinformation isdividing the neighborhood. Itis not only the concerns that thestreets around the lot are con-gested during the school yearrush hour but if you add aproject with 855 additionalpeople, the traffic will be at astandstill.
We also believe that theBelgrade Station is the small-est stop that we have on theNeedham line, and it is cur-rently not capable of handlingthat many children safely. Theproposed kiss and drop area onAnawan Street, shares the streetwith a residential apartmentbuilding with their only exit onthat street. Part of this varianceland is deeded as green spacewhich is critical for all of us.
We need a neighborhoodstrategy to build with commonsense, and we need shared in-formation and engagement withneighborhood. I think we are allhoping we can find a better,larger space for our children, sothat they grow up and are safewhen they go to their highschool.
Debbie PatrutzWest Roxbury
My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota
Letter ToThe Editor
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We are falling apart.There is no other way to say it. Years of denial are biting at
us. We are watching things that should be “givens” becomekick-the-can disasters.
Here in Boston, a weather cycle keeps sending rain ourway. As a result city streets are flooded. The same story, on alarger and more severe scale, is tormenting flood-ravaged resi-dents of Peabody and Revere.
In Scituate, if you turn on a water tap, brown junk tricklesout. The response from officials: a shrug and assurances thatthe mud-water is safe to drink. Nothing quenches the thirston a hot and humid summer day quite like a big glass of rustand sludge. They have it good though, compared to residentsof Flint, Michigan.
The parking lot at the Alewife MBTA station is literallyfalling apart. It is highly-likely that others will crumble awayas well.
All around us, things are falling apart. The reason why?Nobody wants to spend money on what matters. We prefer toillogically demand tax breaks and big money for pet projects.
Infrastructure upkeep, as we keep yelling about, is one ofthe few must-do matters on a local government’s agenda,whether the problem at hand is a public or quasi-public one.
But why bother fixing things that are at the core of a func-tioning town and city when there are so many bright and shinyinitiatives to worry about, from bike lanes to residential or-ganics collection?
There is no need to raise property taxes to fund infrastruc-ture improvements. We could find the money by temporarilyhaving an austerity program of sorts. Preserve necessary ser-vices, but cut away expensive consulting programs, do-noth-ing jobs, and head-scratching overtime pay. Cut back on jun-kets (such as Mayor Walsh’s laughable trip to Iowa to stumpfor Democrats and maybe, just maybe, announce his avail-ability for vice president). Scale back non-essential expendi-tures until roads get repaired, bridges don’t collapse, and waterlooks like water again.
Yes, some infrastructure projects are underway already.Their inconvenience will pay off in time. Too many things,however, fall into the “deferred maintenance” column filledon municipal spreadsheets. Political translation: “Let’s notworry about it until the school roof actually collapses.”
Perhaps we are a broken record on the topic, but at allcorners of government, state to federal, infrastructure is farmore important than the big list of nice-to-have items, taxbreaks, and flights of fancy like military parades and a “SpaceForce.”
Solve Job One; then move on to the pipe dreams. We willall be better off for it.
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We’ll continue to updatethis page with information aswe get it. Please remember tocheck the signs posted on thestreet when you park. Whilethis page is a good resource, thestreet signs will always have themost up-to-date information.Brighton parking
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Corrigan, which has been onthe back lawn at the HydePark Library since the early2000’s. Gall said they are alsolooking to install signage withexact dates on the stone fig-ures and the T. Corrigan stonethere to help educate resi-dents.
Gall said the stone carv-ings oft the Roman god Mer-cury were once a part of theHyde Park train station whenit was owned by the New YorkNew Haven and HartfordRailroad Company. She said,however, that for a strongerCPA application, she needs alittle help from the commu-nity. She is asking that any-one who knows about thesestones, the carvings or the T.Corrigan stone, to reach out toher [email protected] they can make the applica-tion as robust as possible.
“The station we know wasbuilt in the early 1900s, andI’m working with the folks atthe BPL and I put word out tothe New York, New Havenand Hartford Railroad Com-pany,” she said. “Though thatline and railroad track has hadmany company changes overthe years”
Gall said they know thestation was demolished for anMBTA station in the 1970s,though they do not have theexact date as to when the fig-ures were carved or by whom.She said since the station wasbuilt in 1973, it must’ve beenin that time that one of theowners took the stone carv-ings, but they are having
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trouble locking down the date.They were later donated to thelibrary.
Gall said she may havefound a lead on the stone carv-ings’ origins. She said a frienddirected her to the detailas ofa station from the Bronxaround the turn of the centuryin 1900. She said that stationwas designed by Cass Gilbert,a local architect, and that itlooked like the Hyde Park sta-tion may have been designedby him as well.
“He designed a number ofstations for the railroad com-pany at the time, but only twogot built,” she said. “Thisone in Hyde Park looksamazingly like the one that’sabandoned in the Bronx.”
The other item Gall saidthey are looking for is infor-mation on the T. CorriganStone, which she has pre-sumed to be ThomasCorr igan, the family of
whom were prominent fig-ures in the ear ly to mid1840s.
“There is acutally a sec-tion of Hyde Park calledCorriganvil le ,” she said.“Thomas Corrigan owned alot of land in the area but hewas also in construction. Ac-cording to the donor of thispiece, who has since passedon, it may have come fromthe cornerstone of the St.Catherine Elementary schoolthat was up on the corner ofWashington Street andChittick Street.... There is apossibility the stone comesfrom there, but we won’tkonw what’s on the stone un-til it’s raised up.”
Gall said they do not wantto excavate the stone, so sheand the Friends of Hyde Parkare asking the community forany informaiton on that stone.
“The more detail the bet-ter,” she said.
Gall is looking for more information on the date of construction anddemolition of the Hyde Park Railroad Station.
address & telephone number.Unsigned letters will not be
published.
she said.Harvey also said that since
Boston is, for the most part, al-ready developed and in themiddle of a redevelopmentboom right now, there would beconsiderations for the Massa-chusetts Department of Envi-ronmental Protection’s (DEP)regulations under the RiversProtection Act of 1996. Shesaid the additional regulationsof the act could compound anyadditional regulations for rede-velopment from any potentialnew wetlands protection ordi-nance.
The council spoke to DavidMorgan, a Policy Fellow inWu’s Office and a graduate stu-dent at the Tuft’s UniversityEnvironmental Policy and Plan-ning Program, and said he hasdrafted a possible wetlands pro-tection ordinance over the last10 weeks in anticipation of thishearing.
“It would enable the city’sConservation Commission torequire climate resilience plan-ning in its permitting decisionsand ensure the city provide thebest available science to maketheir determinations in terms ofpermitting,” he said. “One stepfurther, I had hoped to allow thecity to pursue more green infra-structure projects with this or-dinance, so, to the extent pos-sible, I’ve included languagethat is enabling in that way.”
Morgan said he would alsowant to strengthen performancestandards for land subject tocoastal flooding that the DEPmay soon require with thosestandards are formulated, andadded the ordinance would alsoaddress zoning concerns likesize of a wetland, required set-back from a wetland, the pro-tective buffer the ConservationCommission currently requires,etc.
The City of Boston Com-missioner of the EnvironmentCarl Spector said the first thingthe ordinance should look atdoing is to expand the jurisdic-tion of the Conservation Com-mission. He said one waywould be to include languageregarding projected increases inflood plains due to climatechange.
“Under the current law, ifwe moved it forward in timeand depending on how onemight define an expanded ju-risdiction of the ConservationCommission to take into ac-count projected sea level riseand projected areas of flooding,we could develop an estimateof how much land could possi-bly be under the jurisdiction ofthe commission,” he said.“There are different ways ofdoing it. For example, somecommunities have simplychanged their flood plain defi-nition from the 100-year storm– the 1 percent flood change –
to the 500-year storm, the 0.2percent chance of flood as amechanism for expanding whatthe Conservation Commissionlooks at, or to look at the waythat certain wetland areas orcertain resource areas mightmove with climate change andthings like that.”
Spector said that adding per-formance standards to develop-ment regulations under theConservation Commission re-garding flooding and floodmitigation would greatly in-crease clarity.
“Everyone would just knowwhat’s required and that wouldhelp both landowners in know-ing what’s required in their pro-posals and the commission tooin evaluating proposals,” hesaid, adding that zoning regu-lations should also be consid-ered when creating the ordi-nance.
Roslindale resident andmember of the Friends of theAllandale Woods Tony LaCassespoke during the hearing andsaid he felt Boston was “waybehind the curve” in terms ofwetland protection.
“What we’re seeing is thatnot only with respect to the de-velopment boom that’s goingon, particularly in the neigh-borhoods away from the wa-ter, there’s a need for criticalfreshwater wetlands protec-tion,” he said. “Probably thethree most controversial devel-opment projects in the last yearin West Roxbury, Roslindaleand Jamaica Plain have allbeen concerning wetlands ar-eas that are being encroachedupon by what is really unac-ceptable development propos-als.”
LaCasse said he wantedmore regulations in an ordi-nance rather than in the zon-ing code, as variances havebeen granted in a way he feelsis too cavalier.
“The culture of develop-ment has been so overwhelm-ing in terms of city governmentthat we’re just seeing propos-als that are outrageous if theywere in any other municipal-ity,” he said. “What happens isthat developers, even in theircomments in public hearingstalk about just going throughthe process with an expecta-tion that whatever they pro-pose in terms of building out90 percent of a wetlands bufferzone would be normal andwould be accepted.”
LaCasse brought up the re-cent proposal for 1225 CentreSt. in West Roxbury on theRoslindale line and the 64Allandale project inRoslindale, for which hisgroup is currently suing thecity’s Zoning Board of Appealsfor its approval of the project.
“One of the things that Ithink will be important is that
the ordinance will have extrateeth for the kinds of propos-als like 1225 Centre that is im-mediately adjacent to one ofBoston’s last two vernal poolsin Allandale Woods,” he said.“64 Allandale is a project tobuild 18, $1 million condo-miniums immediately up-slopewith about a 75 percent perme-ability coverage on a steepslope, that was granted 55 vari-ances by the ZBA on a two-acre parcel.”
LaCasse said those casesmake an argument that the citydoes not have serious consid-eration, outside of the Conser-vation Commission (as thecommission sided with resi-dents on the 64 Allandale issue), in dealing with these issues.
“These are proposals thatshould not even be coming for-ward, because they wouldn’tcome forward in terms of anyother development culture inany other municipality in theCommonwealth, but they comeforward because one of thethings that happens with wet-lands is they’re attractiveplaces,” he said. “In these caseswe see that we literally have awillingness to love them to deathfor profit.”
DISCO LEGENDS THETRAMMPS PLAY AT CITYHALL PLAZA AUGUST 22
The Dorothy Curran Wednes-day Night Concert Series grandfinale brings the legendaryTrammps back to City Hall Plazaon August 22 at 7 p.m.
The series is presented byMayor Martin J. Walsh, theMayor’s Office of Tourism,Sports, and Entertainment, theBoston Commission on Affairsof the Elderly, and the BostonParks and Recreation Depart-ment in partnership with titlesponsor Bank of America. Ad-ditional support is provided byPolar Beverages.
For more information, pleasecall (617) 635-4505 or visit theParks Department online atboston.gov/departments/parks-and-recreation or facebook.com/bostonparksdepartment.
BOSTON CHILDREN’S FES-TIVAL COMES TOFRANKLIN PARK AUGUST21
Mayor Martin J. Walsh andthe Boston Parks and RecreationDepartment are proud to presentthe 2018 ParkARTS BostonChildren’s Festival on Tuesday,August 21, at Franklin Park inDorchester from 10 a.m. to 1p.m. ParkARTS is made pos-sible in part through the gener-
osity of Holly and David Bruce.Children and families fromthroughout Boston have the op-portunity to participate in a vari-ety of free activities from vari-ous exhibitors includingL.L.Bean, Cambridge Scienceon the Street, a show byRosalita’s Puppets, ParkARTSarts and crafts, the Bubble Guy,Mass Hort, New EnglandAquarium, Zoo New England,and more.
The August 21 event will alsoinclude book giveaways from theReadBoston Storymobile, ex-ploring a Boston Fire Depart-ment fire truck, identificationkits from the Suffolk CountySheriff’s Department, a visitfrom the Boston Park RangersMounted Unit, face painting,crafts with PJ Library in GreaterBoston, dance performancesfrom the BCYF Jackson-MannCommunity Center, and freetreats and giveaways from HPHood LLC, KIND Snacks, Po-lar Beverages, Growing SmilePediatric Dentistry, and Magic106.7.
The location of the festival ison Pierpont Road off CircuitDrive, near the back entrance ofthe Franklin Park Zoo. ByMBTA, take the Orange Line toForest Hills and the #16 bus tothe Zoo. By car, the park can bereached from Blue Hill Avenue,Seaver Street, or Circuit Drive.
There is ample free parkingand the park is ADA compliant.For further information, call(617) 635-4505 or visitwww.boston.gov/parks orw w w . f a c e b o o k . c o m /bostonparksdepartment.
THE WOMEN"S TABLEWELCOMES YOU!
The Women’s Table of theSisters of St. Joseph of Boston,offers hospitality, welcome andcompassion to women from all
walks of life. Programs rangefrom monthly circles of supportfor mothers of children with spe-cial needs, to retreats and enrich-ment series that encouragewomen to explore the meaningand wisdom of their lives. Checkout our website at:www.thewomenstable.com. Allprograms are free, though good-will donations are always wel-come.
This fall The Women’s Tablewill host monthly circles of sup-port for mothers on the thirdMonday of each month, begin-ning on September 17th. Time10:30 am to 12:00 pm. A four-week series entitled, “Crossroadsand Thresholds Embracing theSecond Half of Life“, will beginon October 17th and meet forfour consecutive Wednesdaymornings from 10:00 am – 11:30am. Six week writing workshopsprovide a balance of thought pro-voking writing prompts and op-portunities for participants toshare their writing, as they wish.This series begins on Thursday,October 11th, and runs for sixconsecutive Thursdays, from10:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. All pro-grams are held at the Sisters ofSt. Joseph residence at 637 Cam-bridge St., Brighton (beside St.Joseph Preparatory HighSchool). For more information,please call Mary Rita at617.746.2056 or email:[email protected].
IT'S ALL ABOUT ARTSIt’s All About Arts announces
a new exhibit at the BNN Neigh-borhood Art Gallery for themonths of August and Septem-ber, 2018. The exhibit will becreative fiber art from variousartists. Open to the public. Lightrefreshments will be served. Lo-cated at BNN Media Center,3025 Washington Street,Egleston Square, Boston, MA
02119.Participating artists:Liz Nania - Roslindale, MA
Liz Hardy-Jackson - Hyde Park,MA Paul Sedgwick - JamaicaPlain, MA Paulina Perlwitz -Putnam, CT Elaine CroceHappnie - Dorchester, MARogerson House Sewing Group- Roslindale, MA Janice Will-iams - Roslindale, MA
It’s All About Arts supportslocal arts and culture with aweekly community access tele-vision show produced at BNNMedia, a monthly EMagazine,curated exhibits and events.More info at https://www.facebook.com/pg/TalkArtsand http://www.artstudio99.com.
ALLSTON / BRIGHTON
THE BOSTON PARKSSUMMER FITNESS SERIES
Boston Public Health Com-mission, Boston Parks & Recre-ation Wednesdays, through Sep-tember 26, 2018 @ 6:00 pm FreeYoga Classes. Brighton Com-mon, Brighton
BRIGHTON SOUNDS:UNPLUGGED
Brighton Main Streets Satur-day. August 18,10:00 am – 10:00pm Brighton Sounds: Un-plugged is a new, unique culturalexperience. For one summer Sat-urday, local businesses will hostlive acoustic music, entertainingvisitors and increasing foot traf-fic in the business district. It’s a“porchfest”-style event inBrighton’s shops & restaurants.
Stay tuned for schedules andset times! For detailed informa-tion, please visit: http://www.brightonmainstreets.org/brighton-sounds-unplugged
HARVARD UNIVERSITYNEIGHBORHOOD COFFEEHOUR
Government Affairs & Com-munity Relations at HarvardUniversity 168 Western Ave,Allston Thursday, September 6,8:00 am – 9:00 am.
The Neighborhood CoffeeHour gives residents a uniqueopportunity to speak directlywith Government Affairs &Community Relations and stafffrom Harvard University aboutAllston/Brighton Planning &Development and the new com-munity and campus that will bebuilt. Areas of discussion couldinclude institutional, the Enter-prise Resource Campus, BeaconPark Yards, other HarvardAllston/Brighton holdings andcurrent and future communitybenefits (products & services).
All participants will enjoycoffee and breakfast treats.
COMMENT PERIODENDING FOR139-149 WASHINGTON
The comment period for 139-149 Washington Street ends onFriday, August 17. The proposalincludes two new residential
buildings the first building willcontain approximately 180 rentalunits with a mix of studio, one-bedroom and three-bedroomunits. The second building willcontain approximately 30 for-sale units with a mix of one-bed-room, two-bedroom and three-bedroom units. Approximately180 parking spaces will be lo-cated on the lower floors of thefirst building, approximately 30parking spaces will be on theground level of the second build-ing, and approximately 10 addi-tional spaces will be on the roadbetween the two buildings.
http://www.bostonplans.org/projects/development-projects/139-149-washington-street Emailc o n t a c t :[email protected]
PARKARTS CHILDREN’SWORKSHOPS RETURN INJULY AND AUGUST
The Boston Parks and Recre-ation Department’s annualParkARTS program, sponsoredby Holly and David Bruce, ispleased to announce the return ofits series of children’s arts work-shops giving kids the opportunityto express their creativity whileworking on fun projects with lo-cal artists. From Allston toMattapan, children ages three toten can enjoy painting, mask andjewelry making, treasure cre-ations, and more at the Artists inResidence Workshops held from10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in parks acrossthe city.
Participation is free and allmaterials are provided, but youngchildren must be accompanied byan adult. Groups of six or moremust make prior arrangements bycalling the Parks Department at(617) 635-4505. Now in its 22ndyear, ParkARTS brings a widerange of cultural offerings to cityparks.
In addition, the New EnglandAquarium will bring its travelingtide pool exhibit to nine locationsand the Marionette Puppet Showseries will return in August at 11a.m. at various children’s work-shops. See Boston’s parks comealive with these whimsical pup-pet shows that will delight thechild in everyone. Experience theunique charm of Rosalita’s Pup-pets featuring marionettes madeby professional actor-puppeteerCharlotte Anne Dore.
Children are invited to cooloff this summer, listen to music,and play games and dance in ourspray features at Splash DanceParties in August at parks acrossBoston. Presented with supportfrom Perfectly Free frozen treatsand Hot 96.9.
For information on this andother ParkARTS programs,please call the Boston Parks andRecreation Department at (617)635-4505, visitw w w . f a c e b o o k . c o m /bostonparksdepartment orwww.boston.gov/parks or follow
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To the Doctor: I am interested in buying a classic car and wanted your opinion on going to a car auction, such asBarrett Jackson. Is this a good place to buy a car?
From the Doctor: There are many car auctions throughout the year hosted by various auction companies.Vehicles that go through an auction are usually pre-inspected and checked by the auction company. There are bothbuyer and seller fees that average 10 percent. Next, there are bidder pass costs, detail cleaning costs if the sellerchooses, and if the seller wants to have the vehicle shown at prime time, this also has an additional cost. Plus,there is the shipping cost. Some auction companies will let the buyer put a reserve selling price on the vehicle.
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Prayer to the Blessed Virgin(Never known to fail!)
Oh, most beautiful flower of Mt.Carmel, fruitful vine, splendor ofHeaven, Blessed Mother of the Sonof God, Immaculate Virgin, assist mein this necessity. Oh Star of the Sea,help me and show me herein you aremy mother. Oh Holy Mary, Motherof God, Queen of Heaven and Earth,I humbly beseech thee from thebottom of my heart to succor me inmy necessity (make request). Thereare none that can withstand yourpower. Oh Mary, conceived withoutsin, pray for us who have recourse tothee (three times). Holy Mary, I placethis cause in your hands (threetimes). Say this prayer for threeconsecutive days and then you mustpublish and it will be granted to you.
Grateful thanks. —A.E.P.
St. Jude’s NovenaMay the Sacred Heart of Jesusbe adored, glorified, loved andpreserved throughout theworld, now and forever. Sa-cred Heart of Jesus pray for us.St. Jude, worker of miracles,pray for us. St. Jude, helper ofthe hopeless, pray for us. Saythis prayer 9 times a day. Bythe 9th day your prayer will beanswered. It has never beenknown to fail. Publicationmust be promised. Thank youSt. Jude. My Prayers were an-swered.
In gratitude for helping me.—P.M.
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Oh, most beautiful flower of Mt.Carmel, fruitful vine, splendor ofHeaven, Blessed Mother of the Sonof God, Immaculate Virgin, assist mein this necessity. Oh Star of the Sea,help me and show me herein you aremy mother. Oh Holy Mary, Motherof God, Queen of Heaven and Earth,I humbly beseech thee from thebottom of my heart to succor me inmy necessity (make request). Thereare none that can withstand yourpower. Oh Mary, conceived withoutsin, pray for us who have recourse tothee (three times). Holy Mary, I placethis cause in your hands (threetimes). Say this prayer for threeconsecutive days and then you mustpublish and it will be granted to you.
Grateful thanks. —P.L.D.
tation system across the re-gion,” he said. “These scootersprovide a good experience toour residents and our citiessince they provide convenientand nearly door-to-door trans-portation. They help folks getto a far off T Station, which isparticularly noteworthy for theneighborhoods of WestRoxbury, Hyde Park andMattapan, where there is noclose rapid transit system butmany folks could use it to getthere.”
O’Malley also said thescooters would be beneficial tonight shift workers, who haveto commute at time when theMBTA does not run.
“And in cities like Seattleand Washington D.C., docklesstransportation has also resultedin a reduction in traffic conges-tion and carbon emission,” hesaid. “As we continue to facethe effects of climate change itis vital that we create sustain-able transit solutions that ben-efit our environment. From anenvironmental standpoint,dockless mobility does not re-quire the construction and ex-pansion of docks and couldbring new funding to the citythrough revenue sharing withthe electric scooter providers.”
O’Malley said this is an ex-tension of the Blue Bike pro-gram (ney Hubway) and ifregulations are done right, itcould be a boon to the city’sstreets (even though some arealready here).
“For the last several yearswe’ve had a successful bike-share program,” he said. “Thisis something I support. You areall invited to the first BlueBikes station opening in WestRoxbury to be unveiled at theend of this month. But manyother municipalities and com-munities around Boston havedockless bikes and are explor-ing electric scooters. We seethat with increasing frequency.You walk down CambridgeStreet, you’re going to see dif-ferent bikes of colors other than
Scooters continued from page 1blue that don’t come with adocking station or can’t be con-nected to a docking station onthe street. You’ll see somescooters with increasing fre-quency.”
O’Malley said he knowsthere are clutter concerns, andstated that may other cities havejust banned dockless transitentirely.
“Some what other citiessuch as Brookline, Somervilleand Cambridge have done re-cently has been to outlaw themcompletely, which I understandthat there are some concernsand outstanding questions, butI hope we can take a more pro-active approach as it relates toBoston,” he said.
District 3 City CouncilorFrank Baker said he believesfor the shorter trips it could helpreduce the number of ride sharedrivers on the city’s streets, buthe did say that in California, thestate is currently inundated withan excess of dockless bikes andscooters in key locations of thecity. He said he felt that Bos-ton could figure a way aroundthis problem.
District 9 City CouncilorMark Ciommo said he recentlyreturned from California, andsaid he is glad to see the citytrying to get ahead of this issuebefore it becomes a problem.
“There were dozens scat-tered within a quarter of amile,” he said. “It just didn’tseem to be regulation at all.That would trouble me if I sawthat here... They were every-where in a short span of thestreetscape and it could createproblems for people, pedestri-ans especially. ”
At-Large City CouncilorMichelle Wu said she wants totackle both the scooters and thebikes. She said the bikes are abit bigger and could take upmore space, whereas the scoot-ers could fit in smaller areas,leaving less room for conges-tion, so she said she wants theregulations to take that into ac-count.
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DeathsBLAKE
Donald Edward, RetiredBFD Age 83, of West Roxburypassed away peacefully athome with his family by hisside, on the morning of August10, 2018, after a long illness.Don was born in 1935 in Bos-ton, where he was raised by hisparents, John and Sarah(Cashin) Blake. He grew up inRoxbury and Dorchester, andlater joined the US Army. Hewas a respected member of theBoston Fire Department. Aftermeeting his wife, Mary C.(Devine) Blake, he settled inQuincy where they raised theirfamily. He was an active mem-ber of Sacred Heart Parishwhere his daughters attendedschool. They later moved toScituate where they enjoyedmany happy years by the ocean,his favorite place. Don enjoyedworking with his hands and wasa talented carpenter and homeinspector. He loved watchinghis Patriots and Red Sox games,but was happiest surrounded byhis family, who adored himmore than anything. He burstedwith pride over them, his proud-est accomplishment.
Donald is survived by hisloving and devoted wife, Mary,four daughters, KristineDonoghue and her husband,Chris, of Attleboro, KerrinO’Connor and her husband,Brian, of Franklin, Maryellen(Maisie) O’Leary and her hus-band, Michael, of WestRoxbury, and ColleenMcCarthy of Norwood. He’s
the beloved grandfather ofBrendan, Kolbe, Celia, Frankie,Sean, Jack, Blake, Ava andJarrod Donald (JD). He is pre-deceased by nine brothers andsisters. Don’s family would liketo express our heartfelt thanksand gratitude to Lotty Menardfor her loving care, as well asthe Hope Hospice team. We areeternally grateful.
Family and friends honoredDon’s life by gathering at theMurphy Funeral Home, 1020Dorchester Avenue, Dorchesteron Tuesday. A funeral masswas celebrated in Saint Marga-ret Church of Saint Teresa ofCalcutta Parish, 800 ColumbiaRoad, Dorchester. Interment atCedar Grove Cemetery,Dorchester. In lieu of flowers,remembrances may be made inDonald’s name to Hope HealthHospice, 1324 Belmont St., Ste.202, Brockton, MA, 02301, orAmerican Parkinson DiseaseAssoc. MA Chapter, 72 E. Con-cord St., C3, Boston, MA,02118. For guestbook, pleasevisit www.jmurphyfh.com. Fu-neral Home.
GIROUARDKaren (Gilmore) Of Hyde
Park, August 12, 2018. Devotedmother of Kristi Dowd ofMedford, Kori Tamanini ofBoston, and the late JacquelynGirouard. Also survived by 5grandchildren. Daughter ofDorothy (Fata) Riley of HydePark and the late Paul Riley.Sister of William Gilmore ofHyde Park and Edward
Coolbrith of Walpole. Karenwas a graduate of Burdett Col-lege and worked as a legal sec-retary. Funeral from the GeorgeF. Doherty & Sons Wilson-Can-non Funeral Home, 456 HighSt., DEDHAM, Friday, Aug. 17at 9am followed by a FuneralMass in St. Mary’s Church,Dedham at 10am. Relatives andfriends kindly invited. Visitinghours at the funeral homeThursday, Aug. 16 from 4-8pm.Interment in Fairview Cem-etery, Hyde Park. In lieu offlowers, donations may bemade in Karen’s memory to St.Jude Children’s Research Hos-pital, 501 St. Jude Pl., Mem-phis, TN 38105. Onlineguestbook, directions atgfdoherty.com. George F.Doherty & Sons Dedham 781-326-0500
KERREliza W. “Betty” Longtime
resident of West Roxbury for-merly of Stirling, Scotland,passed away on August 9, 2018.Beloved daughter of the lateHugh and Susan (Williamson)Kerr. Niece of the late Williamand Marion Kerr with whomshe resided. Graduate ofSimmons College, 1981. Em-ployed by the former ShawmutBank for 37 years retiring asVice President. Funeral Ser-vices private. Eliza will be in-terred with her late aunt anduncle at Forest Hills Cemetery,
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Beth Shalom – Blue Hillsholds open house
Congregation Beth Sha-lom of the Blue Hills, for-merly Temples Shalom ofMilton and Beth El ofQuincy, will hold an OpenHouse and Ice Cream Socialon Thursday evening, August30th, for prospective mem-bers and Religious Schoolstudents. It is free and opento anyone interested in thesynagogue and its activities,including its Rabbi JeromeWeistrop Religious School,but RSVP’s are requested.The Open House will be at 18Shoolman Way (off LodgeStreet) in Milton, with over-flow parking on nearbyPleasant Street only.
Families with children areinvited to join our ReligiousSchool families for the IceCream Social from 6:30-7:30pm. Adults are welcome tojoin us from 7:15-8:00 p.m.for dessert and beverages.All interested families in theSouth Shore and GreaterBoston area are invited to at-
tend and meet Rabbi AlfredBenjamin and Education Di-rector Nancy Mollitor, learnabout the congregation’s pro-grams and activities, tour ourbuilding, and get informationabout our Religious Schooland joining our synagoguefamily.
First time attendees to ei-ther part of the Open Housewill receive one complimen-tary ticket for either our sec-ond day Rosh Hashanah Con-gregational Service, or theKol Nidre Service on ErevYom Kippur. In addition, allare invited to attend our FirstDay Rosh Hashanah After-noon Community Service,3:30-4:30 (no t icket re-quired).Congregation Beth Shalom ofthe Blue Hills is currently ac-cepting registrations to itsReligious School, whichmeets on Sunday morningsand Tuesday afternoons. Theschool has small class sizesand a very active and inno-
vative curriculum, includingunique holiday celebrations,monthly pre-school-age StoryHour, field trips, Bar/BatMitzvah classes, and HolidayFamily Activity Days. Theschool is also a partner in thePassport to Israel Program,which helps fund teen trips toIsrael. For Religious Schoolinformation, call the syna-gogue office at 617-698-3394. Congregation BethShalom of the Blue Hills isan independent synagoguethat welcomes all members ofthe Jewish faith includingLGBT, interfaith couples,and all singles and familiesinterested in affiliating witha Jewish community. For in-formation about membershipor programs, call the syna-gogue office at 617-698-3394, [email protected] visi tw w w. B e t h S h a l o m B l u eHills.org.
address & telephone number.Unsigned letters will not be
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Jamaica Plain. For onlineg u e s t b o o kpemurrayfuneral.com. P.E.Murray - F.J. Higgins George F.Doherty & Sons West Roxbury.
MacDOUGALLJames A. Of Hyde Park,
passed on August 8th at the ageof 84 surrounded by his lovingfamily. Cherished son of the lateDaniel A. and MargaretMacDougall. Devoted brotherof Ronald J. MacDougall andhis wife Cynthia of Falmouth,Roberta MacDonald of HydePark and the late Mary Russell,Daniel A., Jr., Elizabeth Mor-ris, John J. and Paul. Brother-in-law of Patricia MacDougallof Virginia, and FrancesMacDougall of Alabama. Lov-ing Godfather of the late PaulMacDougall and uncle of Mat-thew MacDonald. Also sur-vived by many other lovingnieces and nephews. Funeralby the Carroll-Thomas FuneralHome, 22 Oak St., HYDEPARK. A Mass of ChristianBurial was held at St. Pius XChurch, Milton. Interment atFairview Cemetery. James wasa proud Boston Public SchoolTeacher for over 35 years anda late Army veteran. Forguestbook please visitthomasfuneralhomes.com
SR. VIRGINIA MULHERN,SND deN,(Sr. Thomas Marie)
Sister Virginia died peace-fully at Tufts Medical Centeron August 11. She was a dedi-cated member of the Sisters ofNotre Dame de Namur for 71years. Daughter of the late Tho-mas and Josphine (Curley)Mulhern and her late brothersLucien OFM (Thomas) andJohn (Emmert) and his wifeMichelle and a devoted aunt toher nephews Jonathan andBrendan and grandnephew Ed-ward.
Virginia was raised in WestRoxbury, a graduate of NotreDame Academy, EmmanuelCollege, and the University ofNotre Dame. She taught stu-dents in Waltham, Somerville,East Boston, Tyngsboro, andserved as Pastoral Minister inEast Boston, Revere, Jamaica
Deaths continued from page 10Plain and Roxbury. Her manyyears of ministry involved be-ing a fearless advocate for Jus-tice and Peace issues.
Her family and her NotreDame and parish communityheld a prayer service at St.Mary of the Angels Church inRoxbury on Wednesday, Au-gust 15. Followed by a Mass ofChristian Burial.Interment willtake place at a later date.
In lieu of flowers, donationscan be made to the Sisters ofNotre Dame de Namur, 30Jeffreys Neck Road, Ipswich,MA 01938
NAUSSArthur J. “Buddy” Of
Medway, formerly ofRoslindale and Roxbury, Au-gust 2nd. Beloved husband ofthe late Virginia M. (Garvey)Nauss. Devoted father ofArthur Jr., Kurt, Karl, George,Gabrielle, Walter and the lateVirginia and Robert. Also sur-vived by many grandchildren,great grandchildren, nieces andnephews. World War II ArmyVeteran. Funeral by the P.E.Murray, F.J. Higgins, George F.Doherty and Sons FuneralHome, 2000 Centre St., WESTROXBURY, on August 10th.Graveside service at Mt.Benedict Cemetery, WestRoxbury.
SHAEVITZAnne (Barry) Of
Roslindale, formerly ofRandolph and Brockton, passedaway on Sunday, August 5,2018 at 103 years of age. Be-loved wife of the late MorrisShaevitz. Loving mother ofHoward Shaevitz and his wifeFortunee and the late LawrenceShaevitz. Cherished grand-mother of Michael, Lisa, Jodie,Alex, Emily and Rebecca.Great-grandmother of 9. Dearsister of Norma Brand and thelate Ruth Barry. Funeral servicewas held at Schlossberg Memo-rial Chapel, 824 WashingtonSt., CANTON. Interment wasat Sharon Memorial Park. Inlieu of flowers, donations maybe made to a charity of choice.Schlossberg Memorial Chapel“Family Owned”www.schlossbergchapel.com
ing to have salsa music andsalsa dance lessons fromCornell Coley,” she said.
According to Coley’swebsite, he is a dancingeducator who has workedfor 25 years to bring danc-ing to anyone who will lis-ten to the beat. He hastoured worldwide with the“Uclatino” band in Mexicoand the “Bodytjak” Indo-nesian-American en-semble in Indonesia. Hehas worked also to provideongoing therapeutic drum-ming in the VermontVeteran’s Home,Tewksbury Hospital, But-ler Hospital and theChildren’s Hospital. In Oc-tober of 2015, Cornell pre-sented a TED’s talk onDrumming and the Brain.
Byrne said the dancingis an integral part of theprocess of coming togetherwith people, as dance andmusic are two art formsthat can break the languagebarrier.
“When you’re dancingin a room with someone,even if you can’t speak thesame language, you’rehaving a common experi-ence,” she said. “It’s a wayto connect with people youmight not normally talk to,and it’s just something wecan all share together.That’s where we’re com-ing from.”
RISE has also beenworking locally to keepimmigrants and immigrantfamilies safe. The groupparticipated in the June 30Immigrant Rally on theBoston Common, wherethousands of activists andimmigrants came to protestfamily separation. RISEalso worked on the budgetplan with State Rep. JeffreySanchez, Chair of the Waysand Means Commission,too include immigrant pro-tections in the Massachu-setts State Budget, of whichthe State Senate and Houseof Representatives laterdropped for fear of a vetofrom Gov. Charlie Baker.RISE is continuing to workfor these protections.
Byrne said RISE is alsoworking to find new lead-ers for the organizationthat has been runningsince 2016. The groupwill be confirming its newleadership team at theRISE Annual Meeting inOctober, but they need toknow by Sept. 10 if a per-son is interested. Send in-formation [email protected].
St. Elizabeth’s Medical Cen-ter is conducting a CommunityHealth Needs Assessment thisyear which is used to inform ourcommunity benefits programs.We will be distributing surveysas well as hosting focus groupsand would love for you to par-ticipate.
SurveysThrough these surveys, we
hope to reach out to communitymembers and providers in orderto solicit feedback about some ofthe strengths and weaknesses inour community in terms of ad-dressing health.
Community MembersSurvey- Intended for residents of
Allston, Brighton, Brookline,Newton, West Newton,Waltham, Watertown, WestRoxbury and Roslindale, and forthose receiving health-relatedservices in those areas. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PPNTJQP
Provider SurveyIntended for providers of
geographic services areas listedabove. Note this includes anytype of service provided not justhealthcare. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PWWTPMG
ARNOLD ARBORETUMFIELD STUDY GUIDE
Make a difference as anArnold Arboretum Field StudyGuide! Training for the fall sea-son of school programs at the Ar-boretum begins August 30. Weare looking for outgoing and ma-ture adults who can commit to
two years of volunteering. Youdo not need to know aboutplants, but experience workingwith children is preferred. If youare interested, please contact theManager of Children’s Educa-tion by August 24 for an inter-view. Email:[email protected] Website: http://www.arboretum.harvard.edu/support/volunteer/volunteer-to-be-a-guide/
COMMENT PERIODENDING FORALLSTON SQUARE
The comment period forAllston Square has been ex-tended to Friday, September 14,2018.
A new six-building mixed-use development with 334 resi-dential units, 237 associatedparking spaces, and 22,145square feet of office space. http://www.bostonplans.org/projects/development-projects/allston-square Email contact:[email protected]
CONCERT IN THE PARKBrighton Main Streets have
some fun events coming up andcould use a little help to pullthem off! Saturday, August 184-6 pm (set up between 2-3 pm)
h t t p : / /www.brightonmainstreets.org/events/2018-08-18-dub-apoca-lypse Simply respond with thetime(s) you are available and thejob(s) you would like to do (setup, break down, sell merchan-dise). Volunteer slots for theconcerts are also listed online:www.SignUpGenius.com/go/60B054AAAA92BA4FB6-summer.
ENGLISH FOR STUDENTSOF OTHER LANGUAGESCLASSES
Adult Education Program,Thursday, September 13, 2018,6:00 pm – 8:30 pm (Registrationfor new participants).
Seven classes of English in-struction with certified teacherscovering listening, speaking,reading, and writing will be of-fered. Classes will be held twicea week on Tuesday & Thursdayevenings from 6-8:30. Freechildcare is available.
If you have further questionsabout these English classes,please contact Michelle Duval,the Program Director, at (617)635-8365, [email protected] orgo to www.gpaesol.com for moreinformation about ourprogram.Gardner Pilot Acad-emy, 30 Athol St, Allston
ESL CLASSESL Class/ An ESL conver-
sation group meets at 12:30 pmevery Monday. Come practiceyour language skills in an infor-mal and friendly setting withother new English speakers.Brighton Branch Library/40Academy Hill Road/(617) 782-6032
BEGINNINGINTERNET CLASS
Help is available on a one onone basis to get you started. Callfor an appointment and ask forAlan, Brighton Branch Library/40 Academy Hill Rd. (617) 782-6032.
HYDE PARK
HYDE PARK COWBOYSFOOTBALL &CHEERLEADING 2018SEASON
Come on down to KelleyField -Turtle Pond & River St Tosign up!
Flag football ages 5, 6 & firstyear 7, cheerleaders 5 & 6. Tacklefootball & Cheerleading ages 7-13 . Serving the youth of Boston!
August 16 Bird Mancini The60’s and 70’s Folk-Rock-Pop,August 23 Tony Cibotti Ameri-can Songbook, On days of ex-treme heat or rain, please join usin the branch library’s MeninoHall. Hyde Park Branch Library,35 Harvard Ave, Hyde Park, MA,0 2 1 3 [email protected]
5TH URBANARTS FESTIVAL
The 5th Urban Arts Festivaltakes place on September 8, from12pm to 5pm located at the MartiniShell Memorial Park on 1015Truman Parkway, Hyde Park. Thefestival is free for all ages. Therewill be performances, artists, games,arts & crafts, give aways, music, ven-dors, spoken word, steam rollermega print. For more informationplease [email protected] or call857-719-9467.
LOOKING FOR HYDEPARK HS CLASS OF 67, 68AND 69 GRADUATES!
The Class of ’68 is celebrat-ing their 50th Reunion on Satur-day, October 27, 7 pm, at theBrookmeadow Country Club,100 Everendon Road, Canton,MA 02021. Graduates from theclass of ’67 and ’69 are invitedto join us. Fifty years is a longtime and locating members ofour class is proving challenging. If you know anyone who gradu-ated about that time, please helpus spread the word. Tickets are$80 and include dinner, music,dancing, and more. We’ve allexperienced a lot over the yearsand we look forward to hearingeach others’ stories. To registersend your check made payableto Hyde Park HS Class of 1968and send to Amie Goodwin, POBox 57, Canton, MA 02021. For further information [email protected][email protected]. GoBlue Stars!
GO GO SENIORSThere will be a trip to Twin
Rivers in Lincoln Rhode Island,Aug. 22, which will leave at 8:45a.m. from Shaw's on Hyde ParkAvenue in Hyde Park and returnlater in the evening. The cost is$20, and if you have any ques-tions you can call Joanne 617-323-0071.
WEST ROXBURYROSLINDALE
ROSSI HIGHREUNION CANCELLED
The reunion planned forRoslindale High School has beencancelled. For updates on the re-union, go towww.roslindalehighschool.com.
The Roslindale Arts Allianceannounces that the 2018Roslindale Porch Fest will beheld on Saturday September 15from 1:30-5:30 pm, with a raindate of Sunday September 16.This family-friendly event show-cases local talent all overRoslindale hosted by residentseager to provide their porches,driveways, yards, and gazebos asvenues for free musical perfor-mances. Roslindale Porch Fest isfree to all, thanks to our generoussponsors. Last year’s event fea-tured live music at 70 locationsacross Roslindale, with 110 mu-sic acts participating in stylesranging from folk to jazz to rockto reggae to classical, and a crowdestimated in the thousands.
Registration is now open forboth hosts and musicians at http:// w w w. r o s l i n d a l e a r t s . o rg /porchfest. The registration dead-line is August 1
Roslindale Arts Alliance -www.roslindalearts.org/porchfest- www.facebook.com/roslindaleporchfest
MAYOR OFROSLINDALE CONTEST
The 43rd Annual RoslindaleDay Parade will take placeon Sunday, October 14th, step-
ping off at 1:00 p.m. from Wash-ington Street in Roslindale Vil-lage. The parade will proceed upSouth Street, to Belgrade Av-enue, taking a right at WestRoxbury Parkway, throughGottwald Rotary, to CentreStreet, to South Street, and end-ing at Fallon Field. This year theParade will honor as Grand Mar-shals the Families of John Mor-gan and Jack Lynch, co-ownersof Roslindale’s Pleasant Cafe,which just celebrated its 80th An-niversary last year.
In addition to parade partici-pants, the Committeeis seeking candidates to join inour 20th Annual ”Mayorof Roslindale” Contest whichwill run through the end of Sep-tember. The winner of the con-test will be honored in the Pa-rade on Sunday, October 14th. The deadline for registration forthe Mayor of Roslindale contestis August 15th.
For information about thecontest, as well as Parade partici-pation opportunities for your or-ganization or business, pleasev i s i twww.roslindaleparade.com, e-m a i lto [email protected],or call 617-327-4886.
WEST ROXBURYLIBRARY
READ IN EVENTS Thursday,August 16 at 4:00 pm. Eachbranch will hold weekly “ReadIns” to celebrate the joy of Sum-mer Reading and to help theBoston Public Library reach itsgoal of one million minutes thissummer!
DROP IN KNITTING Tues-day, August 21 at 3:30 pm
COUNTDOWN TO KIN-DERGARTEN Wednesday, Au-gust 22 at 11:00 am. Boston Pub-lic Schools’ first time kindergart-ners are invited to attend withtheir parents or caregivers a Kin-dergarten Day Party at a librarynear you. Please attend ONLYone of the parties.
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Rice and his father, Derek,will be replacing the housing ofthe cannon this Saturday andwill be sandblasting and repaint-ing the actual iron itself. Ricesaid he and his father have putin hundreds of hours of organiz-ing and work to get the projectgoing, which first required abackhoe to take the cannon offits housing. An average 24-pound long gun weighs about5,500 pounds, and it was a longprocess to get the gun off thehousing.
“We lifted it up with a back-hoe and cable,” Derek Ricesaid. “That sucker is heavy.”
Chris Rice and Derek saidthey have been working withgardens Director AlanMcKinnon to house the cannonwhile it’s being refurbished.Chris Rice said he chose thisproject because it was uniqueto the neighborhood and some-thing he felt he could make hismark with.
“Originally, I was just look-
ing around for an Eagle ScoutProject to do, I just had to finda project because it was com-ing to that point where it wasgoing to have to be now ornever,” he said. “I was here atthe Gardens for the Blessing ofthe Bikes one weekend and, mydad and my scoutmaster, wewere just kind of lookingaround at the cannon.”
Rice said the three of themagreed the cannon seemed tohave seen better days.
“We got to thinking man,this is in rough shape and itwould be a cool idea for aproject,” he said.
Rice said that Eagle ScoutProjects are to show leadershipand organization to get manypeople to help better the com-munity. He said he has seensmaller projects for memorialplaques or installing plaqueswarning residents not to dumpin storm drains, but he said hesaw a real opportunity with thiscannon.
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Several of Rice's sister cannons in the Charlestown Navy Yard.COURTESY PHOTO
“A lot of projects can justbe something small like a stormdrain plaque or something likethat,” he said. “I kind of wantedto do something big, more funand more interesting.”
Chris Rice said they are us-ing white oak and are in the pro-cess of forming the housing forthe cannon and they are goingto try to use as much of theoriginal non-wooden pieces aspossible.
“We’re trying to use as manyof the nuts and bolts from the can-non as possible,” he said.
Rice said that he’s had somehelp, however. For example,white oak isn’t all too easy to findthese days and the milling of thelumber had to be done safely andcarefully.
“I’ve had some scouts frommy troop help out and someadults, family members and myscoutmaster to help out,” he said.
Rice said the idea of the EagleProject is to show leadership skillsin organizing many people arounda single goal. He said though forthis project, getting folks excitedabout a cannon from the U.S.S.Constitution, even if it was a rep-lica, wasn’t too difficult.
“That’s one of the big thingsin Scouts, showing you’re a goodleader,” he said. “So I have to or-ganize everything and get peopleinvolved. I don’t really know howto describe this experience, but itjust feels special.”
Rice also solicited help for theproject during the most recentMemorial Day ceremony at theGarden, where members of thecommunity came out and helpedout.
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In an effort keep bicyclists safe, while simultaneously underscoringthe importance of being visible when riding around the city, officersfrom District E-13 (Jamaica Plain) including Captain John Grelandhanded out 200 free bright-yellow bike vests to bikers traveling alongthe bike path in the area of Centre and Lamartine Streets in JamaicaPlain.
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and the Boston Parks andRecreation Department areproud to present the 2018ParkARTS Boston Children’sFestival on Tuesday, August21, at Franklin Park inDorchester from 10 a.m. to 1p.m. ParkARTS is made pos-sible in part through the gen-erosity of Holly and DavidBruce.
Children and familiesfrom throughout Boston havethe opportunity to participatein a variety of free activitiesfrom various exhibitors in-cluding L.L.Bean, Cam-bridge Science on the Street,a show by Rosalita’s Puppets,ParkARTS arts and crafts, theBubble Guy, Mass Hort, NewEngland Aquarium, Zoo NewEngland, and more.
The August 21 event willalso include book giveawaysfrom the ReadBostonStorymobile, exploring aBoston Fire Department firetruck, identification kits fromthe Suffolk County Sheriff’sDepartment, a visit from theBoston Park RangersMounted Unit, face painting,crafts with PJ Library inGreater Boston, dance per-formances from the BCYFJackson-Mann CommunityCenter, and free treats andgiveaways from HP HoodLLC, KIND Snacks, PolarBeverages, Growing SmilePediatr ic Dentistry, andMagic 106.7.
The location of the festi-val is on Pierpont Road offCircuit Drive, near the backentrance of the Franklin ParkZoo. By MBTA, take the Or-ange Line to Forest Hills andthe #16 bus to the Zoo.
By car, the park can bereached from Blue Hill Av-enue, Seaver Street, or Cir-cuit Drive. There is amplefree parking and the park isADA compliant. For furtherinformation, call (617) 635-4505 or visi twww.boston.gov/parks orw w w . f a c e b o o k . c o m /bostonparksdepartment.
