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Historic change to theBoston City Council

The women of the Boston City Council met with about 100 residents on Monday to talk about their plansfor the future of the government body. PHOTO BY JEFF SULLIVAN

JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

On Monday, the six womenof the Boston City Councilcame together at the SuffolkUniversity Theater for a con-versation about the historicchange in the council’smakeup.

For the first time since thecouncil was formed in 1909,six women of color are serv-

ing in the council. Before 2013,only 10 women had served in thecouncil at all, and in 2009, At-Large City Councilor AyannaPressley was the first woman ofcolor to be elected to the body.

The six came together anddiscussed their views on thecouncil, Boston politics andwhat it’s like to work for the cityfor an audience of about 100residents. They briefly touchedon the historic moment, but they

were all in agreement on onething: it’s time to get to work.

“I think Megan Costello,the Director of the Commis-sion on Women’s Advance-ment first coined the hashtag,which I use all the time,#WWGSD, Women Who GetStuff Done,” said At-LargeCity Councilor AnnissaEssaibi-George, with a slight

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Parents unhappy withnew start times

While high schoolers are looking at later start times, the new scheduleis putting some of that burden on elementary school students.

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MassDOT engineer Chris Evasius (second from left) responds to resident Bernie Doherty (far right).PHOTO BY RICHARD HEATH

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Dec. 31, 2017.That’s when the Casey

Arborway will be in “full ben-eficial use,” according to ChrisEvasius, MassDOT AssistantConstruction Engineer at thethird Casey Arborway projectupdate on Dec. 6.

“The final alignment of theroadway, most of the sidewalksand all traffic signals will beoperational,” he said. “It will anextremely tight schedule; a verybusy three weeks, but we willcomplete this as close to per-fect as we can get by the end ofthe calendar year.”

More like a requiem, thereis little enthusiasm for the

Casey Arborway in ForestHills. This MassDOT updatewas, however, unusually spe-cific.

Jim Kersten of MassDOTsaid that the anticipatedcompletion date is set for Dec.25, 2018. This includes:

Council to again pushfor needle drop off in

pharmacies



At-Large City CouncilorAnnissa Essaibi-George saidlast week she is continuing topush for a citywide ordinancethat would require pharmaciesto be drop off points for hypo-dermic needles.

The ordinance faced someserious push back earlier in theyear from both local pharmaciesand big box stores, but Essaibi-George said she’s continuing thepublic hearing process to try toget a passable ordinance on thefloor for a vote.

“The reality is we need more

help, and the idea behind thisordinance is to give pharmaciesa chance to be a part of the solu-tion and a part of this work, notjust a part of the problem, in thedistribution of needles withoutreally assisting in helping us getthem out of our neighborhoodsand out of our household trash,”she said.

Pharmacy representativeshave stated that the extra re-quirement of having drop offpoints in their stores will costthem money, require more staffand increase the danger of be-ing stuck by needles in the store.

The Boston Public SchoolDistrict announced lastWednesday on Dec. 6 that theywould be creating a new sched-ule with the aim of creatinglater start times for high schoolstudents.

The issue, however, is thatmany elementary schools nowstart and release very early.About nine elementary schoolsnow have their release times setat 1:15 p.m. Residents were nothappy with this dramaticchange. Boston resident JaneMiller started a petition that, atthe time of publication, has6,841 signatures to get the dis-trict to put a halt to the new starttimes, which are set to begin inthe 2018-19 school year. Thepetition can be found at https://goo.gl/U252uZ. Parents havestated they will go to the next

school committee meeting toprotest the new bell times.

BPS Superintendent Tho-mas Chang issued a statementon Tuesday addressing theseconcerns. Among other things,he said they would be workingwith local community groups tofacilitate afterschool program-ming for children at the affectedlocations with such early re-lease times.

“We are working with theBoys & Girls Club of Boston,the YMCA of Greater Boston,the Boston Centers for Youthand Families, and a number ofcommunity-based organiza-tions to provide expanded be-fore- and after-school care thatwill be custom-tailored to eachindividual school’s needs” hesaid in a statement. “This addi-tional programming will be de-signed to support parents and

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BPS kicks out double out of town studentsJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

As part of a hearing fromthe City Council Committeeon Education last week, rep-resentatives from the BostonPublic Schools (BPS) Dis-trict discussed the issue ofenforcing the city’s residencyrequirement for the district.

The issue was raised inthe council last year by At-Large City CouncilorAnnissa Essaibi-George andDistrict 7 Councilor TitoJackson. BPS Distr ictOmbudsperson CarolynMcNeil said that in the 2016-17 school year, they in-creased their discharges toout-of-district students from22 in 2015-16 to 43 dis-charges last year.

“Last year, there were 108residency cases brought toour attention, so 43 cases re-sulted in discharges due tonon-residency, 37 cases wereresolved with students beingresidents of Boston, fourcases were resolved with stu-dents being special place-ments to investigators,” shesaid. “They were tuit ioncases, they were out of dis-trict and were paying for outof district placements. Twowere homeless and allowedto stay, and 22 were unre-solved.”

McNeil said the unre-

solved cases came about be-cause of the restrictions theyhave on following up tipsfrom school sources.

“We get a lot of tips and alot of information or suspi-cion of families who aren’tresidents, but we need aphysical address, so it’s notenough to say that a studentsaid they were l iving inBrockton or they’re tired be-cause they have a long carride; we need a physical ad-dress, and often times thatbecomes challenging,” shesaid. “We do not follow cars.Oftentimes, the investigatorwill if they have a suspicionthat a family is coming fromout of the district. There areoccasions where he will lookand wait for a car, get a li-cense plate registration andrun the plate, but it becomestricky. We need sometimesmore information than weget... It becomes a matter ofobservation, so we observeand investigate the residentson file, but if we don’t see afamily coming out of or go-ing to a residence, but if wedon’t have an alternative ad-dress, we’re sort of at a loss.”

Essaibi-George askedabout out-of-district place-ments, for which a student isplaced in a school outside ofBoston because the districtcannot meet their needs. Sheasked whether or not a fam-

ily that moves out of the dis-tr ict duringthe schoolyear is ac-counted for.McNeil saidthe district ison the hookfor any costsrelated to thatstudent if theinformation isnot received,recorded andfollowed upon by the dis-tr ict beforeMay of theprevious school year.

“So it could be possiblethat we’re paying for studentsto get out-of-district place-ment because we’re not meet-ing their needs in the city, andit could be for special needs,it could be for vocationaleducation, and while we’repaying for them to attend thisother school, they couldmove out of the city and wedon’t have that updated infor-mation that we’re continuingto pay for them?” she said.

McNeil said that is pos-sible, but she was not awareof it occurring recently.

Assistant Superintendentof Engagement Monica Rob-erts said the district is alsolooking to stop students com-ing in from out of the districtduring registration, but she

said they have to be carefulwhen draft ingthat policy. Thepolicy has notbeen updatedsince 2013, andshe said they arethinking aboutchanges for theupcoming yearor so, but empha-sized again thatthey have to becareful, as somepopulations maybe affected morethan others.

“It’s impor-tant to note these require-ments do not apply to indi-viduals and families who areregistered as homeless,” shesaid. “Welcome Services andthe Ombudsperson are cur-rently developing guidancefor school staff, includingteachers outlining potentialsigns that a student may notlive in the city and steps thatcan be taken when this is sus-pected. Given the distancemany of our students travel toschool and other family andneighborhood factors, BPS isaddressing this cautiously. Wedo not want schools to over-identify families who are his-torically-marginalized popu-lations, who may be experi-encing life challenges that re-sult in behaviors that raise in-accurate suspicions of nonresidency.”

Roberts said examples ofthese kinds of factors includepersistent tardiness, late dropoff or pickup for walkers andstudents reporting moving toanother city or town - all ofwhich could be indicators ofhomelessness as well.

“It is worth noting thatfamilies who want to cheat thesystem can also find ways toproduce the required docu-mentation to circumvent therules, this includes renting orowning a Boston-based resi-dence while living elsewhere

or having friends or familywho allow use of their ad-dress,” she said. “It is difficultto detect and confirm suchcases, which is why we havean investigation officer.”

Jackson brought up the is-sue of displacement in thecity, and asked if the districtis taking that into account.Roberts said they are workingwith the schools to educatetheir faculty and staff on hous-ing resources potentially-dis-placed families can use to stayin the city.

“We want to make surethat in our shifts, we don’tnegatively impact that par-ticular set of families, so aswe’re moving forward look-ing at that, we are ensuringthat we are not inequitablyharming any set of families,”she said. “One of the things isthat families have the great-est connection with theirschool, not at the districtlevel, so we want to make sureoften our school nurses are thefirst ones who are hearingfrom folks as well as teachers,so we try to make sure thatthey have information, wehave what we call an assetmap that we launched in thelast year or two which is onour district website and Part-ner BPS where folks can lookat resources by neighborhood.So if I’m a school teacher orleader, and I’m not sure whatneighborhood that family isin, I can use that as a resource.We also have an office ofhomeless education network,which although they are pri-marily there to support ourhomeless families, they dohave a variety of informationto any of our families who areexperiencing any challengesso they are often able to di-rect families to and provideschool supplies and resourcesto help direct them to pro-gramming within a commu-nity to direct them to folksworking on housing.”

“Dischargesincreased from22 students in2015-2016 to43 students in2016-2017”

BPSOmbudspersonCarolyn McNeil

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OPENING SALVOS

Letters to the Editor

Editorial Don’t be upset over “upsot”

My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

The Christmas carol favoredby very young children inAmerica is “Jingle Bells,” not-withstanding that only a minutepercent of them have ever trav-elled in a single-horse, uncov-ered sleigh.

Also, the carol contains aword that, taken out of context,few Americans would know itsmeaning.

Composed by James Perpontsome 160 years ago, it was origi-nally entitled “The One HorseOpen Sleigh.” It was supposedto have been first sung here inBoston. A few years later it wasentitled “Jingle Bells.” Later on,to accommodate children inchurch choirs, racy lyrics wereremoved.

It also has the status of be-ing the first carol whose melodywas played in outer space, thisdone by astronaut Wally Shirra.Just before Gemini 6 was sched-uled to reenter the earth’s atmo-sphere in December 1965,Shirra and his sidekick ThomasStafford reported they had seensome sort of UFO with thelatter’s pilot wearing a red suit.It was then that ground controlrelaxed when hearing the strainsof “Jingle Bells” being renderedon Shirra’s harmonica.

From a grammatical view-

point the song is interesting.Commonly thought to be adjec-tival, thus modifying “sleigh,”the word “jingle” is an impera-tive, both in the title and theverses. The sleigh driver iswarned that the steed shouldhave bells strapped to the har-ness to avoid collisions at blindintersections because in a snow-storm, moving sleighs made nonoise as it passed over the snow.Nothing worse than being T-boned at an intersection, as Iknow from a recent vehicularversion.

“Jingle Bells” is one of those

carols that do not refer to Christ-mas or Santa Claus. Played af-ter Christmas, it has minimal ap-peal. The same can be said forLeroy Anderson’s “SleighRide,” “Winter Wonderland,”“Let It Snow,” and “Frosty theSnowman.”

Back to “Jingle Bells.” Theword “upsot” is the past parti-ciple of “upset.” Rarely used inEnglish today, the word is usedin the song only because its lastsyllable rhymes with “lot.”

A day or two agoI thought I’d take a ride

And soon, Miss Fanny BrightWas seated by my side,

The horse was lean and lankMisfortune seemed his lotHe got into a drifted bank

And then we got upsot.

In this sense the wordmeans “overturned;” figura-tively, it would mean“troubled.”

But how many of us, if wewere in a sleigh, be it a one-, two-, or three-horse sleigh, whichflipped over even in soft snow,would jovially continue singingthe rest of the carol? I doubt it.Upset about being upsot, wewould want to see an orthopedicdoctor right away.

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CLEAR UP THE FUZZYMATH

To the Editor:As reported, the calcula-

tion for affordable housingunits for the proposed devel-opment on the Willet StreetExtension needs some clarifi-cation.

Twenty-nine units are pro-posed, and the City requiresthat 13 percent be affordable.The developer’s representativefrom O’Neill and Associatesstated that they plan two af-fordable units and a contribu-tion to the city’s off-site afford-able housing constructionfund.

Twenty-nine units times 13percent actually equals 3.77units of affordable housing,not two units and change. I be-lieve that BPDA guidelinesrequire a percentage this highon a development this large tobe rounded up to four units.

That is a substantial differ-ence that the developer shouldexplain publicly and promptly.Affordable housing is widelyacknowledged as one of themost important issues facingBoston and its residents.

From the reporting, itsounds like the CAD Buildershas done an adequate to goodjob planning and presentingthis proposal. However, deliv-ering on the full, legally-re-quired affordable housingcomponent and protecting theadjacent conservation land arecrucial for this project tomove ahead and be a neigh-bor in good standing in WestRoxbury.

What Parkway residentshave been very frustrated withover the past few years is theappearance of overly dense,poorly-designed, insider dealsthat flout zoning, affordablehousing and conservation re-quirements despite over-whelming neighborhood op-position.

CAD Builders and O’Neilland Associates appear to havemade a good start. Let’s hopethat they continue this effortwith a prompt, clear and pub-lic explanation on this veryimportant affordable housingcalculation.

Tony LaCasseRoslindale

LATINOCOMMUNITYSTANDS WITHTENANTS

To the Editor:Thank you for your impor-

tant coverage of the busi-nesses and families facingdisplacement by City Realtyin the JP/Rox area (in yourarticle “City Life SupportingEvicted Businesses in Ja-maica Plain,” Nov. 30, 2017).It’s really important that thetruth of Boston’s displace-ment crisis be told directly bythe people it directly impacts,and your article helped givetheir voices a platform.

If City Realty Group suc-cessfully evicts ElEmbajador Dominican Res-taurant and De Chain AutoService at the end of the year,they would cause more than adozen families a loss of in-come during the holiday sea-son. We oppose these evic-tions, and we support theselong-standing local busi-nesses in staying where theyare. Moreover, why wouldCity Realty Group need toempty these storefronts, caus-ing mass layoffs, right now?City Realty Group appears tohave no plans to do anythingwith the property for at leastmany months. We don’t needvacant storefronts and joblessfamilies; we need a stablecommunity with roots.

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For many years, we have blamed various school leadersand mayors for the malaise of mediocrity Boston’s schoolsare mired in.

Now, we have a new “bad guy” in the form of parentsthemselves.

When was the last time these “concerned” parents tookto the streets to argue for more rigorous educational stan-dards? Hard to recall, isn’t it? Yet, propose earlier start timesand the pitchforks come out like snow shovels

Yes, there are logistical challenges inherent in a plan bySchool Superintendent Tommy Chang and MIT to move backmany elementary schools start times to as early as 7:15 a.m.next year, while giving high school kinds later start times.

As such, Chang has pledged to work with the Boys & GirlsClub of Boston, the YMCA of Greater Boston, the BostonCenters for Youth and Families, and a number of other com-munity-based organizations “to provide expanded before- andafter-school care that will be custom-tailored to each indi-vidual school’s needs” and “support parents and familiesimpacted by the new start times.”

“The district is committed to reinvesting a portion of thesavings created by the new start and end times into expand-ing before- or after-school programming where needed,” hewrote.

We may not be fully sold on all of the perceived benefitsof the new schedules. Here is the reality, however. The Cityowes your children an education, not convenience. So, thenew schedule complicates your work schedule? Well, whatabout those of us who do not have kids and yet inherited theresponsibility of covering for your school-related comingsand goings.

Reading through the many “tweets” on the plan, one un-covers self-serving attitudes. One commenter demanded spe-cific answers from Mayor Marty Walsh ahead of the Patriots-Dolphins kick-off.

Yes, the plan seems ripe with logistical challenges. Mostcan be dealt with over time. Let’s see the debate focus onwhy MIT offered BPS this particular recommendation andwhether or not perceived merits ring true. The conversationmust, however, be focused squarely on what is best for thekids, not what works best for parental schedules.

There are many reasonable debates that deserve an airinghere. Let’s move past the easy personal sniping that this con-versation has engendered.

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South Boston residents readying for climate change floodsJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The Climate Ready SouthBoston initiative held its firstopen house on Monday to in-troduce residents to several op-tions that the city can take tohelp protect the neighborhoodfrom severe flooding that is ex-pected to occur in the comingdecades.

The real wake up call formany residents was the updatedFEMA flood maps released in2015, and Commissioner of theEnvironment Department forthe City of Boston Carl Spectorsaid that as part of the overallplan for Climate Ready Boston,the city has started to get intothe nitty gritty of neighborhoodprotections for flooding, pre-cipitation, tidal forces and otherweather-related infrastructure.

“There are sections of theClimate Ready Boston Reportthat started to do that, but nowthis is a more detailed version,”he said. “Last month we issueda report for parts of East Bos-ton and Charlestown and howsections of those neighbor-hoods can start to prepare forsea level rise and the more fre-quent risk of flooding... To-night, we’re starting to presentin more detail to the commu-nity how the water is going tobe coming in and will givesome preliminary ideas on howto address that and get some

ideas from the community onpriorities on what is more im-portant, less important, whatthey’d like to see as a co-ben-efit, etc.”

The open house saw a pathof maps, each with a represen-tative from Climate Ready toshow residents where the prob-lem areas were, like the Seaportand Fort Point, and other areasof the Boston coastline. PeterLewis, VP of Property Manage-ment for the Schochet Com-pany, said they were alreadyaware of the danger of flood-ing, and want to help get theneighborhood ready.

“We have property in thezones that they’re talking aboutin South Boston, and becausewe’re way down ColumbiaRoad, we knew before theFEMA maps came out,” hesaid. “I think these are helpful,because change is comingwhether we agree with it or not,whether our government agreeswith it or not, the rest of us stillneed to be thinking of how wecan do something.”

Many residents pointed outwhere they’ve seen issues forflooding in the neighborhood,and they all participated in sur-veys that asked what kind ofprotections they would like tosee the city taken and some theywould not. For example, manyresidents wanted to see a beachor natural sand barrier to pro-tect the area around Castle Is-

land, and many residents saidthey did not want to see a ma-rina to protect the area aroundthe Seaport.

Both Spector and City ofBoston representative MiaMansfield said they wouldcome back to the neighborhoodearly next year to talk in moredetail regarding what the citycould do in accordance with thefeedback they get from SouthBoston residents.

“We tried to promote as farand wide as we could,” shesaid. “We’re going to have an-other event a little down the

More than 100 residents filtered through the stations at the first-ever Climate Ready South Boston openhouse. PHOTO BY JEFF SULLIVAN

road in February or March, sothis is still early on for theproject, but by then we’ll begetting into the details a bitmore.”

South Boston NDC Execu-tive Director Donna Brown saidas an affordable developmentorganization, they are taking therisk of flooding very seriously.She said residents are gettingdisplaced now, when the watersare low, from the intense mar-ket forces bearing down onSouth Boston. She said flood-ing could reduce the amount ofbuildable land in the neighbor-

hood in the future, further dis-placing residents and reducingaffordable housing.

“I live on East Broadway,and I’m interested in climatechange, and South Boston doesa lot of housing developmentand economic development,and residents live in vulnerableareas based on flood maps andfor a 100-year weather event,the effect of displacement isgoing to impact the traditionalSouth Boston neighborhood,”she said.

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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. 14, and 21 betweenthree Main Street Districts:Hyde Park, Roslindale Vil-lage, 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 shuttleat the bottom of this page.

This pilot program is runby the Mayor’s Office of NewUrban Mechanics. Throughthis experiment, they are test-ing ways Main Street Districtscould be even more welcom-ing spaces for all.

It runs from 4-9:30 p.m.and repeats every Thursdayuntil Dec. 21, 2017. This ser-vice extends to Hyde Park,Roslindale Village, and WestRoxbury Boston, MA 02136,02131, 02132. If you haveany questions please [email protected] call 617-635-0044

ALLSTON/BRIGHTON

BOOK DISCUSSIONGROUP

A book discussion meets atthe Brighton Branch Libraryon the last Wednesday of eachmonth at 11:15 a.m. The fea-tured selection for Dec. 27will be A Streetcar Named De-

sire by Tennessee WilliamsCopies of the book are avail-able at the library Everyone isinvited and new members arewelcome Brighton Branch Li-brary/40 Academy Hill Rd./(617)782-6032.

ESL CLASSAn ESL conversation

group meets at 12:30 p.m. ev-ery Monday. Come practiceyour language skills in an in-formal and friendly settingwith other new English speak-ers.

BEGINNING INTERNETCLASS/MYSTIFIED BYTHE NET? DON’T KNOWHOW TO SURF?

Help is available on a oneon one basis to get youstarted. Call for an appoint-ment and ask for AlanBrighton Branch Library/40Academy Hill Road/ (617)782-6032.

HISTORY OF BOSTON’SLIBRARIES AND HOWTHE BRIGHTONBRANCH CAME TO BE

An intriguing history ofthe Boston’s libraries and howthe Brighton Branch came tobe with 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 theBrighton Branch Library andthe Brighton Allston Histori-

cal Society invite you to thisunique literary event. Mon-day, Dec. 18, 6:30 p.m.

HYDE PARK

PLAY AND LEARNBLOCK PARTY

On Saturday, Dec . 16,2017, 10 a.m. – noon. Comeplay, build, and learn togetherat a block party – librarystyle. Playing with blocksprovides opportunities tolearn about math and science,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 atthe Hyde Park Branch of theBoston Public Library 35Harvard Ave., Hyde Park.

SEVENTH ANNUALHOLIDAY PUB CRAWL

Please join us for thisyear Annual Holiday PubCrawl Singing warm up forthe Holiday Pub Crawl onDec. 15 at 6:30 – 7 p.m., lo-cated at the Riverside The-atre Works (RTW) with achampagne toast at the kickoff the crawl!

This is a FREE EVENTsponsored by Hyde ParkMain Streets.

Riverside Theatre Works(6:30 – 7 p.m.) 45 FairmountAve., The Switch Co-op (7 –7:30 p.m.) 45 FairmountAve., Rincon Caribeno Res-taurant (7:30 – 8:10 p.m.) 18Fairmount Ave . , MasterMcGrath’s (8:10 – 8:50p.m.) 1154 River St., ZAZRestaurant (8:50 – 9:20p.m.) 1238 River St., Bacaro(9:20 – 10 p.m.) 5 FairmountAve., Fairmount Grille (10p.m.) 81 Fairmount Ave.

We Hope you enjoy your-selves and the holidays inHyde Park!

10TH ANNUALTOYS FOR TOTSEXTRAVAGANZA

This year marks our 10thyear of this special event. Wehave had a part in makingsure thousands of childrenwake up feeling The Magicof Christmas. This night isso special to Cappy and wehope that you can be a partin creat ing a memorableChristmas for so many de-serving children. Join us onDec. 16 for a night full ofmusic, friends, spirits andlots of laughs. All the best,Kathi and Ray” Cappy’sTavern, 11 Wolcott Court,Hyde Park

CHESS AND CHECKERSWITH CHARLIE

Children are welcome tocome and learn to play chessor checkers with CharlieCleary on Saturday after-noons at 1-4 p.m. Sponsoredby the Friends of the HydePark Branch Library. No reg-istration required. Locatedat the Hyde Park Branch ofthe Boston Public Library.

WEST ROXBURYROSLINDALE

ANNUALHOLIDAY PARTY

Tuesday, Dec. 19, 201710 a.m – 2 p.m. Located atthe Boston Lodge of Elks#10 1 Morrel l St . , WestRoxbury. THIS EVENT ISFREE! There will be greatmusic, dancing, our famoushliday sweater contest, andthe Subaru Unveiling Cer-emony to celebrate our new-est Meals on Wheels vehicle.Reservations are requiredand accepted on a first come,first serve basis. Call reser-vation line 617-477-6724 andleave your name, the fullnames of everyone in yourparty, and a phone number.

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., WestRoxbury. All are welcome toreceive the sacrament of Rec-onciliation before Christmas.This evening will includereadings, songs and the sac-rament itself.

ONE-ON-ONECOMPUTERASSISTANCE

One-On-One ComputerAssistance are on Wednesdaysfrom 3-4 p.m. Please call 617-325-3147 to reserve a 30-minute informal session witha librarian. Bring your deviceor use a library laptop (librarycard required). Beginners arewelcome. This is a free ser-vice.

FREE DROP-INHOMEWORK HELP

Boston Public Library loca-tions offer free after-schoolhomework help and mentorshipprovided by trained, high-achieving high school students.Homework Help is availableMonday, Tuesday, Wednesday,and Thursday afternoons be-tween 3:30 and 5:30 p.m., Sept.18 through May 24. Open tostudents in grades K-8. No reg-istration is required. Program isnot available on Boston PublicSchool holidays, early-releasedays, or long weekends.

Homework Help mentortrainings provided by HarvardUniversity’s Public School Part-nerships Team, the developers ofSmartTalk, a program that usesresearch-based tools, strategies,and resources to support stu-dents during homework time.Located at the West RoxburyBranch of the Boston Public Li-brary.

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Santa comes to St. Agrippina's

The North End's St. Agrippina Society held its annual Christmas Program on Sunday to the delight of hun-dreds of kids from the neighborhood.

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On Sunday, the St.Agrippina’s Society held itsannual Christmas program forhundreds of North End chil-dren and their families.

The program was startedas a way for the society to giveback to the community andshare a little holiday spirit.Each family signs up before-hand, and the society goes outand buys age-appropriate giftsfor the children. Santa Claus,cheerleaders from the BostonCeltics and Bruins mascotBlades the Bear all came outto celebrate the season withNorth Enders.

Resident NicoleMustacchio-Hadaya said shevolunteered for the programbecause it does so much tohelp so many.

“I’m a member of St.Agrippina’s and we do this ev-ery year for all the kids in theneighborhood, it’s really niceto give back,” she said. “It’s


nice to do something, we al-ways have our feast in thesummertime but this is a nicelittle winter thing we can stilldo to get the community in-volved.”

She added the neighbor-hood really comes out for theevent.

“We have a nice turnoutevery year, a lot of the samekids, same faces, and I don’tthink there are many otherToys for Tots programs in theneighborhood so people lookforward to this every year andit’s nice to be a part of it,” shesaid.

Mustacchio-Hadaya saidher family has been involvedin the Society for generations,and she followed in herfamily’s footsteps.

Resident ChristinaMcSheffery said the programis a great help for her twodaughters.

“We came last year, and itwas so nice, Santa gave her anart kit and her Clarice(Rudolph’s girlfriend in the

1964 TV movie), and it was justthe most perfect moment,” shesaid. “It just perpetuates thefeeling of Santa. She loves herdolls and she loves art so it waslike Santa really hit the nail onthe head. We’re definitely com-ing back next year, we love it.”

Resident Carmen Vera-Viacsaid she heard about the pro-gram this year, and she defi-nitely would bring her childrenagain.

“This is my first time, and Ijust know it’s an all-day event.They say it’s nice for the kids,they get to meet Santa and geta present so you know so Ithought I’d bring the kids,” shesaid.

Residents Lindsay andChris Mahoney said they heardabout the program from an un-likely source, but are glad theycould participate.

“We’re all going to seeSanta and we heard about itfrom an advertisement on a li-quor store wall,” said Chris.“We’d definitely come outagain.”

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Start Times continued from page 1families impacted by the newstart times. The district is com-mitted to reinvesting a portionof the savings created by the newstart and end times into expand-ing before- or after-school pro-gramming where needed.”

Chang also released a sched-ule of community meetings re-garding the start times, whichcan be found atbostonpublicschools .org/starttimes/meetings.

That solution may not workfor every family. Chang’s state-ment did not say whether thecosts of the after-school pro-gramming would be reduced forparents. West Roxbury residentKatherine Finucci said she re-cently stepped down from ahigh-paying job in the city towork closer to home with herfamily. She said she now workspart-time hours at a significantreduction to her old salary, andher employment agreement setin stone the hours she would beworking. She originally negoti-ated to have those hours con-form with the start and releasetime of the current year. For herchildren’s school, the PatrickLyndon Elementary School, thehours currently are 9:30 a.m. to3:30 p.m. The Lyndon is nowfacing that 1:15 release time, andshe said after school program-ming could cost her her job.

“It’s a push,” she said. “Myemployer wants me to maintainmy current schedule despite theschool hour change, so becauseof that I would have to sendthem to after-school care in or-der to work to my 3:30 p.m.hours... The cost of two kids inafter-school care in effect equalsmy salary, so it makes no senseto enroll them in after-school. Imight as well stay home and notwork at all.”

Finucci said while she wouldfind a way to make this work,

she’s not all that pleased with theprospect of leaving theworkforce. Finucci also pointedout that her son, who is 3 yearsold, would not be eligible for theafter-school program as it is setup now, because it’s only avail-able to children ages 5 and up(currently at the date of publi-cation, this may also change).

Finucci also pointed out thatthe earlier release time meansearlier pick up times. She saidher daughter takes the yellowschool bus for a 9:15 a.m. bell,meaning students in their seatsin home room. The bus comesin at 8:45 a.m. The new timemeans the bell starts at 7:15,which means her bus is arrivingat 7 a.m.

“That means her bus willpotentially come in at 6:30 a.m.next year, and the thought of herstanding out at the bus stop atthis time of year when it’s pitchblack at 6:30 a.m., I mean withmy son I’m going to have a four-year-old at the bus stop a quar-ter mile from our house in pitchblack waiting for the bus,” shesaid.

Resident Ronak Shah saidhe’s facing similar problems, asboth he and his wife work andare looking at a family decisionfor one of them to leave theworkforce. Shah said he actuallyworks in a similar field at theMassachusetts Institute of Tech-nology as those who worked onthe school scheduling algorithm.He said the algorithm was basedaround buses and transportationcosts, which he said is fine, butthe tolerance of change – themaximum allowable change instart times – was handled poorlyby the administration.

Shah said schools could facea schedule difference of twohours, as was the case for manyof those nine schools facing 1:15release times. He said the toler-ance function should have beencloser to an hour, and he said heunderstood there would be costimplications.

“Their outreach should havebeen an understanding of whateveryone is willing to live withand treat us like adults and saythis is the cost,” he said.

Shah said the apparent fail-ure of this algorithm (or ratherthose who administrated thealgorithm’s parameters) couldcreate a lack of trust in the tech-nology.

“It’s a generational loss to me,and I’m concerned that peoplewill be skeptical of a technologythat fails so robustly because thepublic policy implementationswere so poor,” he said. “Fromwhat I read I found it a reason-able methodology to what theydid, but I think they should have

released an open source reviewof the method. They need to puta moratorium on the changes andspend a year letting people getused to it at the very least.”

Resident Geoff Morse saidhis family is also facing seriousdecisions because of the new belltimes. He said they were able toget their children in a schoolclose to home with good starttimes and managed to carve aschedule around those hours.

“We could drop our sonoff at 7:15 a.m. and pick him upfrom after care at 5:30 p.m., leav-ing him with BPS for over tenhours and costing us more foraftercare, or we could enter intothe BPS lottery again and hopeto get a different school withmore suitable start times with noguarantee we’ll get any of ourchoices and none of these schoolswill be walking distance,” hesaid. “Or we could sell our houseand move out of the city. Uprootour son from the community he’sbecome a part of and start oversomewhere else.”

Resident Pamela Foster saidshe’s glad more teenagers wouldbe able to sleep later for the newschool start times, but said someresearch of her own from theNational Sleep Foundation foundissues.

“In the brief half hour of re-search, I learned that school agechildren – those between the agesof 6 and 13 – should be gettingbetween nine and 11 hours ofsleep each night; also, ‘insuffi-cient sleep can impede learning,memory and educationalachievement, as well as otherhealth behaviors, includingphysical activity and dietary in-take.’ For teenagers – those be-tween the ages of 14 and 17 –the sleep range varies onlyslightly to eight to 10 hours ofsleep each night, which interest-ingly enough, overlaps that ofschool age children by twohours” she said. “I feel it’s im-portant to point out, too, that weboth strongly support laterstart times for high school stu-dents, as the research clearlyshows that teens functionmuch better when they getmore sleep. However, we feelthat studies like this should beconsidered for students of allages, not just high schoolers,when proposing start/end timeshifts.”

For sports, BPS represen-tative Daniel O’Brien said thelater times for high schoolstudents will have a “minimumimpact on athletics next year.”

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Resident Sheila Greene said she’s happy the city is tackling thisimportant issue, but she wants the city to also address her chiefconcern.

“It’s real, and I think what they’re doing is very, very good,and it needs to be done,” she said. “My concern is that we alsoneed to include the elephant in the room, which is traffic. It doesn’tmake sense to do all of this if we have the impact of traffic thatwe have now which is only getting worse.”

Business owner Tony Durso said he’s been working to getmore residents involved in the process.

“I’ve actually been through the Climate Leaders Program, soI’m very familiar with kind of what’s going on,” he said. “TheClimate Leaders Program is kind of part of the Greenovate Pro-gram and the Climate Ready Boston program in which concernedindividuals go through a training with the city and make a pre-sentation to a group of community members like this. For my-self, I own a business here in South Boston called the Juice Box,so I use my business as an outlet to communicate information onthese issues.”

Durso said the whole group is working towards raising moreawareness in the neighborhood.

“We’ve channeled some of the information to my customersthrough my business, but some of the leaders work for nonprofits,they work for community leaders, they’re concerned residents sothey do trainings and presentations and the neighborhood hasbeen receptive,” he said.

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City Council to hold hearing onsexual harassment policy


The Boston City Councilvoted unanimously last week tostart hearings regarding the cur-rent policy for sexual harass-ment for city employees.

“I believe this is really aconsistent demonstration of ourcommitment as a body to af-firming civil rights,” said hear-ing cosponsor and At-LargeCity Councilor AyannaPressley. “We have done thisfor many issues. We’ve donethis for tenants rights, we’vedone this for immigrants rights,we’ve done this for workersrights, we’ve done this for vot-ing rights, we’ve done this forLGBT and women’s rights, andnow for sexual harassment. Forthis issue it may seem to somethat our leadership in this spaceis about a nationally trendingconversation and some verybrave confessionals aboutsexual harassment, but this iswhat we all try to do wheneversomeone feels intimidated, di-minished, devalued or enduresindignity, in our society or inthe workplace.”

Cosponsor and District 8City Councilor Josh Zakim saidthe current political climateputs the issue at the forefrontof many people’s minds.

“This came about throughconversations with myself andCouncilor Pressley, and reallyit’s the last few weeks andmonths as more of these storieshave poured out including, un-fortunately, here in the Com-monwealth and legislative bod-ies,” he said. “It gave me a lotof pause to really reflect on myown privileged and naivetewhen it comes to these things,

it’s not an issue I’ve personallyhad to deal with in my careeror in my school days.”

Zakim added that there arecurrently no issues of harass-ment in the council that he isaware of.

“I’m personally not awareof any current issues, but thenagain, how would I know aboutthat?” he said. “How would anyof us know if it’s not happen-ing directly in front of us ifpeople don’t feel that they cancome forward and report issueswithout fear of retaliation orfurther harassment?”

Pressley said they movedquickly on this to make surecouncil staff, city employees,city volunteers and city con-tractors are protected.

“This is a watershed mo-ment for raising awarenessaround sexual harassment andone we should seize,” she said.“More than half of U.S. womenhave experienced unwanted orinappropriate sexual advancesfrom men, according to a recentABC News and WashingtonPost poll,” she said. “In theworkplace, the same poll foundthat over 30 percent of womenreported unwanted sexual ad-vances from male coworkersand 25 percent from men whohave influence over their worksituation.”

District 7 City CouncilorTito Jackson said that everyoneon the council needs to get in-volved in this issue.

“I think too often what hap-pens is these issues get rel-egated and put in the corner ofquote unquote ‘Women’s Is-sues,’” he said. “It is about timethat men stand up, it’s abouttime that men acknowledge ourplace with our peers and with a

culture that we allow to perme-ate government, permeate rela-tionships, permeate power inthe City of Boston as well asour society.”

Jackson added that thecouncil shouldn’t tip-toearound the issue.

“I think it’s really importantthat this conversation doesn’thappen in the codified, reallypolite way that we speak in thisbody,” he said. “And I appreci-ate that, I think we need to keepit real when it comes to this, Ithink it’s critical that we hearthe voices of people who workhere and that people have realprotections and are able to havetheir voices heard in this bodyand on these issues.”

The council also votedunanimously to accept and ex-pand a grant of $440,000 fromthe Massachusetts Transporta-tion Metropolitan HighwaySystem Tunnels to administerto the fire department to reim-burse the department for main-tenance and upkeep of phonecapability for firefightingequipment for metropolitanhighway tunnels throughout theCity of Boston.

The council also put the is-sue of the Community Preser-vation Committee on hold fortheir meeting the followingWednesday, held after theBulletin’s deadline. Committeeon Government Operations andAt-Large City Council MichaelFlaherty said the delay was be-cause members on the ap-pointed side of the CPC had notbeen finalized yet.


1. New Forest Hills Stationplaza to done in summer of2018. 2. New Southwest Cor-ridor Park plaza to be done insummer of 2018. 3. The open-ing of the new northern headhouse within that new plaza. 4.Completion of al landscaping.5. Construction of the bus waycanopy and connecting coveredwalkway.

After a year of ambivalence,MassDOT has now added thebus canopy and walkway coverto the project work schedule atan additional cost over $10 mil-lion.

MassDoT, for the first time,also admitted that the total es-timated cost of the CaseyArborway is $86 million.That’s a $12 million overrun,including $1.2 million for sixjet fans for ventilation and$10.1 million for the bus waycanopies.

The canopies are in two sec-tions: a 120-foot long, 12-foothigh arcade over the pedestrianwalk to the arched 320-footlong bus way canopy. Designedby AECOM architects, the buscanopy is at its highest point 14feet high.

The canopies will weigh250 tons. Construction workwill be done by crane, accord-ing to Evasius, well away fromthe current bus berths.

“The steel fabrication is byTimbro of Maine,” Evasiussaid. “And the rolled steelcomes from Pennsylvania. Itwill be an extra work order forBarletta not a separate bid.”

Although the CaseyArborway completion is inplain sight daily as granitecurbs are set in place showingthe permanent roadway align-ment, few at the meeting werehappy.

$14 million was put into the

budget for contingencies andpolice services but this was notobvious to several who testi-fied.

“There are no police offic-ers at intersections,” said oneresident. “It’s a maddeninggridlock of traffic. I can’t crossthe street.”

Ann Mckinnon, who liveson Sedgwick Street, called it“the saga of the bus waycanopy.”

“We have six puny bus shel-ters,” she said. “When theproject started the canopy wasin the project; then last year itwas not part of the project. Nowit’s in the project and funded bythe MBTA. This canopy is a bigdeal. Where is the money com-ing from? It’s not in the MBTAcapital plan.”

Evasius was honest.“We’re not experts on fund-

ing sources,” he said. “But it’snot in the MBTA capital plan.It is MassDOT funds to theMBTA. We gave Barletta achance to price out the 100 per-cent design which saved usthree months if we had to bidout a separate contract.”

“The customer has not beenpart of the design,” said KarenPayne, a Roslindale residentwho takes the bus home afterriding the Orange Line. “Youtore down the old bus canopytwo years ago. It’s a long walkto my bus. There were no newbus shelters given to passen-gers. People have to walk andwait in rain and snow. Whenwill you put in more shelters?When will you do that? I haveone more year to walk to mybus in the rain?”

A Barletta engineer said thatthe 39 bus will be moved closerto the terminal making it ashorter walk to the other buses.

Evasius said that the new

canopy will be completed in thefall of 2018.

“The two biggest issues,” hesaid, “are the northern headhouse – which will be availablein the fall and the bus canopycompleted in December.”

Neither the design nor loca-tion of the new head house hasever been described at anyMassDOT meetings, and nographics of the building havebeen made available.

The head house, also de-signed by AECOM, will be aglass cube and serve as an exitfrom the Orange Line platform.The original exit had to be re-moved because it was locatedon the new parkway alignment.The new head house, with alonger corridor under the newparkway, will be built on theSouthwest Corridor Park wherethe walkway and bike path nowturn. These will be redesignedaround a new plaza designed byCrosby Schlesinger Smallwood(CSS) which designed all thelandscaping of the CaseyArborway including the newForest Hills station plaza.

There were also few graph-ics of the now-100 percent de-signed bus canopies.

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Elevation drawing of planned pedestrian arcade from Forest Hills Station to the bus way canopy.COURTESY AECOM ARCHITECTS.

Evasius added that 450 treesand shrubs have been plantedin 2017 as planned by CSS;more will be planted to com-plete the landscaping next year.

The Washington Streetcommercial strip at the liquorstore is a priority for comple-

tion this calendar year, saidEvasius.

“The curb line is being set,”he said. “It will be a big gen-eral use area. The road will beshifted quite a bit. A hugemovement is happening. We’llkeep going after December.”

Essaibi-George said in the past few months she’s been meetingwith representatives from all over the city to put more feedbackinto this ordinance. She said, however, that the city has a hugeissue with discarded needles in key areas where children andfamilies congregate.

“I filed this ordinance because I want to keep needles out ofour parks and playgrounds,” she said. “I also filed this ordi-nance because I want to keep needles out of our household trashstream. The City of Boston is doing the best it can to keep theseneedles off of our streets and we have an incredible and won-derful mobile sharps team, that last year collected more than20,000 improperly discarded needles in our streets, our play-grounds, our curb sides and our alleyways. This year, we knowthat that number has grown incrementally. It’s a number thatwe’ve had a really difficult time truly understanding.”

Essaibi-George added that she feels when she files the newdraft of the ordinance, it will take into account all relevant stake-holders.

“Over the past several months, I’ve been looking to get asmuch feedback as possible on this ordinance, I have met withrepresentatives from local and independent pharmacies, big boxretailers, our community health centers, the Massachusetts Boardof Pharmacy, community organizations and so many others,”she said. “I am confident that when I re-file a new draft of thisordinance in the next session, it will reflect all that input.”

She also said that the city itself has been dealing with needlesin the trash stream, which has affected public employees at ev-ery level. She said, for instance, now public works employeesare dragging trash bags on the ground instead of carrying themon their backs to reduce the risk of puncture from needles in thebags.

“We also know that our teachers, our librarians, our publicworks employees, our parks employees and first responders areall working on this issue daily, as well as our small businessowners and our residents across the city,” she said.

Essaibi-George said she will re-file the ordinance in a newdraft sometime in the next year.

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pause at the word “stuff,” whichgarnered a laugh from the audi-ence. “I think we’ve demon-strated – first the two women inthe council and then the four,and now the power of six – thatwomen can get a lot of thingsdone... We tend to skip the BSand get to work, and that’s im-portant. Not that men aren’t thatgood at this, but I think we’reespecially talented because wedon’t have time to waste.”

Newly-elected District 1City Councilor Lydia Edwardssaid the council is now finallystarting to look like the demo-graphics of the city.

“It’s so sad that we’re sur-prised by that, but then for theCity Council to actually looklike the city, I think that’s what’sgreat about 2017,” she said.

Edwards said the main ben-efit, in her eyes at least, is thefact that she will neither be theonly woman nor the onlywoman of color in her new job.She said she has workedthrough that kind of environ-ment before, and she felt thatthe situation gave her a feel-ing out being an outsider.

“The difference I wouldfeel immediately is that thereare councilors who I can turnto immediately,” she said. “Notthat I wouldn’t turn to mybrothers on the City Council aswell, but oftentimes you can bethe only one – whether you’rea woman or a person of color– in the room and here it feelsso wonderful to know thatthat’s something I’m not goingto feel walking into most of therooms... Here I’m just a voice,a brain, thoughts can come outof my mouth.”

Newly-elected District 7City Councilor Kim Janeyagreed with Edwards, butadded that women have al-ways held positions of lead-ership throughout the city’slife, but they may not havegotten the recognition theydeserved. But the recognitiondoes something else, it shows

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District 1 City CouncilorLydia Edwards

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young girls and women thatthey can overcome whateveradversity faces them and be-come a leader, something shesaid she felt was not repre-sented before.

“We just don’t always seeit,” she said. “To see two sit-ting councilors here who haveinfants, that makes it possiblefor other women to say ‘Yes,I can do this.’”

Janey added that they arenow coalescing women as avoter bloc, both in the city andacross the country, to makewomen a political force.

“The movement beforewas just to vote, and now wesee the movement is to run,”she said. “That’s so important,we’ve seen a lot of move-ment.”

District 4 City CouncilorAndrea Campbell will now bemoving into the position ofpresident at the City Council,and At-Large City CouncilorMichelle Wu was asked dur-ing the night how she feltabout the position. She saidthe idea of leadership whenshe was growing up was for-eign to her, as it wasn’t repre-sented in the culture.

“I know when I was grow-ing up I really never thoughtof myself as someone whocould be a leader one day, be-cause in my head it was theimage of a tall man, standingin front of a room with a loudvoice yelling at everyone andthat wasn’t me at any point,”she said. “We are now hope-fully making it possible forother people to imagine them-selves to be in these seats...On the City council, peopletalk about government as thisbig complex bureaucracy, thatit can be hard to change thingsand get things done, but it’sreally just about persistence...There’s been no issue whereeither policy-wise or pro-gram-wise or personally be-tween councilors we haven’tbeen able to make some

progress.”Campbell said she wants to

follow much of Wu’s currentagenda, but that she wants toadd components of equity inthe mix. She said the firstthing she wants to tackle inthe council is the lack of tech-nology.

“We do a lot of constitu-ent work with Google Sheets,I can’t believe we don’t havea platform to do our work inan efficient way, so that’s mynumber one goal right now,”she said. “As a district coun-cilor, we’re serving 70,000constituents, and the fact thatwe have to use file cabinetsand Google Sheets is ridicu-lous.”

The panel was askedwhether they felt the historicelection of six women to thecouncil was in fact a backlashfrom the election of U.S.President Donald Trump.Pressley said there will al-ways be a national lens on lo-cal politics, but she stil l

didn’t like the fact that someof the media treats each oftheir elections like they’re all“unicorns,” as it underminesthe work they put in and thevoice of the electorate.

“I find those assertions of-fensive,” she said. “When Iran for the Boston City Coun-cil for the first time in 2009,I was the only woman run-ning out of 15 candidates,and I think about five or sixwere people of color. Peoplewere saying then we were thebeneficiaries of the post-Obama, post-racial wave...It’s really about women whoworked hard to earn the con-fidence and the votes of theelectorate, and I think everysingle woman here put thaton display.”

Pressley said the shift inthe voters is what got themto where they were today, butadded they still have a lot of

work to do to shift the needlefurther.

“Why are we here? It’s nota big secret or surprise, we’rehere because we worked hardand we’re damn good, andwe’re no fluke and we’re hereto stay,” she said to applauseand cheers. “I have to give itup to the electorate, this is ashift being ushered in bythem and we are all manifes-tations of that mandate...What was happening in myfirst run was there was a lotof analyses, ‘can an African-American woman representthe city?’ There was a lot ofcoded language, like ‘willtraditional voters turn out forAyanna Pressley? We are notto be marginalized or stereo-typed or pigeonholed, hope-fully my election proved thatthe sky didn’t fall in... We’veall broken these double glassceilings.”

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owners and families are beau-tifully and courageouslyspeaking up for their place inthe community; they should belauded for that, not punished.

We’d also like to clarifywhat we understand to havehappened with negotiationsbetween the 26-year-old res-taurant and City Realty Group.City Realty group verballycommitted to three things: 1)not to evict City Realty, call-ing it a “landmark” business,2) to relocate El Embajador toa new location, and 3) to makesure that the new location wasoccupancy-ready. Once thosecommitments began to breakdown and were not put in writ-ing, the business owners be-came understandably con-cerned for their future, andeventually engaged with our

supportive community.JP/Rox is a beautiful place

- not because of lustrous newluxury housing developments,but because of the love be-tween neighbors, the magicthat drew 200+ people to sup-port El Embajador restaurantand other City Realty Grouptenants days before Thanks-giving. We will continue tostand with City Realty Group’stenants because they have ahome here.

Alex Ponte-CapellanJP/Rox Community

Organizer

ORDINANCE ADDSNOTHING OF VALUE

To the Editor:Leave it to Boston’s City

Council, the same one thatpasses resolutions honoringthe Chinese Communist Revo-

lution, to unanimously pass anordinance on plastic bags thatwill do absolutely nothing toaddress the non-issue of climatechange, but will raise the grocerybill of every Bostonian, many ofwho have limited incomes or areon fixed incomes (City Councilsays yes to plastic bag ordinanceDec. 7, Bulletin). This ordinanceis yet another example of theimplementation of Agenda 21-rebranded Agenda 2030. Andthe Council’s unanimous vote isevidence that the Green Mafiahas enormous influence in ourcity.

Hal Shurtleff West Roxbury

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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.

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Commonwealth of MassachusettsThe Trial Court Probate and Family Court

CITATION ON PETITION FOR DOCKET No.SU17P1105EAFORMAL ADJUDICATION

Estate of: Marguerite Frances Marshall Suffolk Probate and Family Court24 New Chardon St.

Date of Death: January 20, 2017 Boston, MA. 02114617-788-8300

To all interested persons:A Petition for Formal Probate of Personal Representative has been filed by:

Judith A Douglas of Kokomo, INrequesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief asrequested in the Petition.The Petitioner requests that:

Judith A Douglas of Kokomo, INbe appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety onthe bond in an unsupervised administration.

IMPORTANT NOTICEYou have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the

Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorneymust file a written appearance and objection at this Court before: 10:00a.m. onthe return day of 01/19/2018. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline bywhich you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to thisproceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followedby an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return day, actionmay be taken without further notice to you.

UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER THEMASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE (MUPC)

A Personal Representative appointed under the MUPC in an unsupervisedadministration is not required to file an inventory or annual accounts with theCourt. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding theadministration directly from the Personal Representative and may petition theCourt in any matter relating to the estate, including the distribution of assetsand expenses of administration.

WITNESS, Hon. Brian J. Dunn, First Justice of this Court.Date: December 08, 2017

Felix D. Arroyo, Register of ProbateHyde Park Bulletin, 12/14/2017


CITATION ON PETITION FOR DOCKET No.SU17P2528EAFORMAL ADJUDICATION

Estate of: Janice A. Reardon Suffolk Probate and Family Court24 New Chardon St.

Date of Death: 10/04/2017 Boston, MA 02114617-788-8300

To all interested persons:A Petition for Formal Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by

Michael W. Reardon of Needham Heights, MArequesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief asrequested in the Petition.The Petitioner requests that:

Michael W. Reardon of Needham Heights, MAbe appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve on the bond in anunsupervised administration.


Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorneymust file a written appearance and objection at this Court before: 10:00a.m. onthe return day of 01/02/2018. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline bywhich you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to thisproceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followedby an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return day, actionmay be taken without further notice to you.

UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER THEMASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE (MUPC)

A Personal Representative appointed under the MUPC in an unsupervisedadministration is not required to file an inventory or annual accounts with theCourt. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding theadministration directly from the Personal Representative and may petition theCourt in any matter relating to the estate, including the distribution of assetsand expenses of administration.

WITNESS, Hon. Brian J. Dunn, First Justice of this Court.Date: November 28, 2017

Felix D. Arroyo, Register of ProbateWest Roxbury/Roslindale Bulletin, 12/14/2017

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


CITATION ON PETITION FOR DOCKET No.SU12P1366EASALE OF REAL ESTATE BY APERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE

Estate of: Philip E. Shakir Suffolk Probate and Family Court24 New Chardon Street

Date of Death: 05/16/2012 Boston, MA 02114617-788-8300

To all interested persons:A Petition for Sale of Real Estate has been filed by:

Robert Roth of West Roxbury, MArequesting that the court authorize the Personal Representative to sell the decedent’sreal estate at a private sale.


court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorneymust file a written appearance and objection at this court before: 10:00 a.m. onthe return day of 12/28/2017.

This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a writtenappearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file atimely written appearance and objection followed by an affidavit of objectionswithin thirty (30) days of this return day, action may be taken without furthernotice to you.

WITNESS, Hon. Brian J. Dunn, First Justice of this Court.Date: November 16, 2017

Felix D. Arroyo, Register of ProbateWest Roxbury/Roslindale Bulletin, 12/14/2017


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