Dozens of residents came out to support Pat Tierney and the merger between her real estate group with Insight Realty last week. PHOTO BY JONATHAN CARR Insight moves into Tierney Realty Jef Jef Jef Jef Jeff Sulliv f Sulliv f Sulliv f Sulliv f Sullivan an an an an Staff Reporter Parkway faith communities adjust to meet the pandemic threat Susan Kr Susan Kr Susan Kr Susan Kr Susan Kryczk czk czk czk czka Staff Reporter Dr. Joyce Caggiano, Priest in Residence at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, West Roxbury, served Com- munion wearing gloves PHOTO BY SUSAN KRYCZKA Insight Insight Insight Insight Insight Continued on page 6 Faith aith aith aith aith Continued on page 6 Housing Housing Housing Housing Housing Continued on page 9 Housing deferred, extended and approved Richar Richar Richar Richar Richard Heath d Heath d Heath d Heath d Heath Staff Reporter Architect Tim Johnson describes his four-story building at 3305 Wash- ington Street to the JP zoning committee which approved it. The Zoning Board of Appeals did not. PHOTO BY RICHARD HEATH On Thursday, March 12 Fr. John R. Carroll, admin- istrator at St. John Chrysostom Catholic Church in West Roxbury, felt he was well prepared to keep his congregation safe from the COVID-19 virus. Hand sanitizing dispensers are installed in the walls. Cleaning personnel had been diligent in wiping down pews, handrails, and doors every night. Carroll had also made changes to the Mass. “Communion now is just in the hand, not on the tongue. Wine is just for the priest. There is no shaking of hands. People can nod or wave.” He remained positive about meeting the challenges. “You have to go along with things as you see it. One of the things we don’t do is panic. You have to deal with it in a rational way.” By the next day, Friday March 13, Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley suspended all daily and Sunday Masses and reli- gious services in the Archdio- cese of Boston. Though ser- vices were no longer being offered, Carroll still plans to meet with people and is providing his cell number to those who need to talk. It is a scene being re- peated throughout the West Roxbury/Roslindale com- munity, Boston, the Com- monwealth, and the nation, as faith communities grapple with the realities of the pandemic. What seemed to be an effective response to keeping wor- shipers safe one day was No, Patricia Tierney is not stepping back from her role in either the real estate commu- nity or the Hyde Park commu- nity, she’s just taking an ad- ministrative step back. “Myself and the whole team is staying on,” she said ,“the Tierney Realty Team. I came and everyone came. But from now on the name Tierney Realty will only be a name within the Insight Group. In real estate, you have different people come together and cre- ate teams, and so under the In- sight logo and banner we have the Tierney group. It is hard to describe.” The company name will be changing, but the people in Tierney Realty will stay the same. Tierney said she’s happy to step back and leave the man- agement to Insight. “I gave up all the managing, Insight is the real estate office here and Tierney Real Estate It’s a rough and rocky road to get to the building permit on Washington Street. The Boston Zoning Board of Appeals on March 10 kicked one project back to the draft- ing table, gave a two year ex- tension to another larger project that began four years ago and allowed a two month deferral to a third project that’s still wrestling with the Stonybrook Neighborhood Association. The only good news was that the board unanimously ap- proved 3368 Washington St. (Pine Street supportive hous- ing) but even that had a wrinkle. The excitement was all be- hind the scenes with 10 Stonley Road, the 46-unit rental build- ing proposed by Brooksted LLC. ZBA chairwoman Christine Araujo opened the meeting with a lecture about deferrals. “Don’t defer without care- ful thought,” she said. “Be re- ally careful; make every effort to meet the dates.” The The The The The March 19, 2020 Hyde P ark B ulletin Volume 19, Issue 12
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Dozens of residents came out to support Pat Tierney and the merger between her real estate group withInsight Realty last week.
Architect Tim Johnson describes his four-story building at 3305 Wash-ington Street to the JP zoning committee which approved it. The ZoningBoard of Appeals did not. PHOTO BY RICHARD HEATH
On Thursday, March 12Fr. John R. Carroll, admin-istrator at St . JohnChrysostom CatholicChurch in West Roxbury,felt he was well prepared tokeep his congregation safefrom the COVID-19 virus.Hand sanitizing dispensersare installed in the walls.Cleaning personnel hadbeen dil igent in wipingdown pews, handrails, anddoors every night. Carrollhad also made changes to
the Mass. “Communion nowis just in the hand, not on thetongue. Wine is just for thepriest. There is no shaking ofhands. People can nod orwave.” He remained positiveabout meeting the challenges.“You have to go along withthings as you see it. One ofthe things we don’t do ispanic. You have to deal withit in a rational way.”
By the next day, FridayMarch 13, Cardinal Sean P.O’Malley suspended all dailyand Sunday Masses and reli-gious services in the Archdio-cese of Boston. Though ser-
vices were no longer beingoffered, Carroll still plansto meet with people and isproviding his cell numberto those who need to talk.
It is a scene being re-peated throughout the WestRoxbury/Roslindale com-munity, Boston, the Com-monwealth, and the nation,as fai th communitiesgrapple with the realities ofthe pandemic. Whatseemed to be an effectiveresponse to keeping wor-shipers safe one day was
No, Patricia Tierney is notstepping back from her role ineither the real estate commu-nity or the Hyde Park commu-nity, she’s just taking an ad-ministrative step back.
“Myself and the wholeteam is staying on,” she said,“the Tierney Realty Team. Icame and everyone came. Butfrom now on the name TierneyRealty will only be a namewithin the Insight Group. Inreal estate, you have different
people come together and cre-ate teams, and so under the In-sight logo and banner we havethe Tierney group. It is hard todescribe.”
The company name will bechanging, but the people inTierney Realty will stay thesame. Tierney said she’s happyto step back and leave the man-agement to Insight.
“I gave up all the managing,Insight is the real estate officehere and Tierney Real Estate
It’s a rough and rocky roadto get to the building permit onWashington Street.
The Boston Zoning Boardof Appeals on March 10 kickedone project back to the draft-ing table, gave a two year ex-tension to another larger projectthat began four years ago andallowed a two month deferralto a third project that’s stillwrestling with the StonybrookNeighborhood Association.
The only good news was
that the board unanimously ap-proved 3368 Washington St.(Pine Street supportive hous-ing) but even that had a wrinkle.
The excitement was all be-hind the scenes with 10 StonleyRoad, the 46-unit rental build-ing proposed by BrookstedLLC.
ZBA chairwoman ChristineAraujo opened the meetingwith a lecture about deferrals.
“Don’t defer without care-ful thought,” she said. “Be re-ally careful; make every effortto meet the dates.”
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The first meeting of the Black and Brown Bookclub of Boston took place recently in Hyde Park at the MeninoArts Center.
PHOTO BY MARY ELLEN GAMBON
MAC hosts Black & BrownBookclub of Boston
MarMarMarMarMary Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambony Ellen GambonStaff Reporter
Seven African Americanauthors combined their storiesand strengths into a four-hourforum of different genres at theMenino Art Center (MAC) onSun., March 8 at the first Black& Brown Bookclub of Boston(BBB) Popup Event.
The event was the inspira-tion of author B. Marie, whohas written two children’sbooks about the Tulsa massa-cre, which killed 300 people.She partnered with children’s
author Delanda Coleman, whoshe met on a Facebook authors’group in November, to bringthis event to fruition.
“We thought that this was agood way to get our books intothe hands of our people,” B.Marie said.
“We have really big aspira-tions,” said Coleman, who co-authored two children’s booksshe later presented with herhusband, Terrence. She notedthat publishing is driven by anindustry that is 80 percentwhite, and it is hard to findbooks that feature characters of
color written by people of otherraces. For children’s books,there are only 10 percent thatfeature protagonists of color.
“We think it’s really superimportant to have books thatrepresent characters of color,”she said. “This is for the ben-efit of all children, because ithelps build empathy and ithelps reflect a world thatthey’re all being a part of.”
The BBB’s mission is two-fold: to be a support system to
District 5 City CouncilorRicardo Arroyo called for ahearing during the regularBoston City Council meetingto determine how racismcould be more effectivelycombated if the city labeledit as a public health emer-gency.
“According to the Ameri-can Academy of Pediatri-cians, racism continues to un-dermine the health of chil-dren, adults and families,” hesaid. “The Boston PublicHealth Commission (BPHC)has stated that racism has anindependent influence of allsocial determinants of healthand racism in and of itself,has an impact on health. In-stitutions, systems and pro-cesses are created and are re-sponsible for their results.Justice here requires ac-knowledging that these sys-tems and processes are re-sponsible for the racial ineq-uities they create and thatthey worsen. It requires ac-knowledgment that racismwas built into their creationand intentionally or uninten-tionally, and it continues tohave an impact today.”
Arroyo, in addition tocalling racism a public healthcrisis, wants to create an in-dependent office to assess theracial impact of all City ofBoston policies before theyare implemented.
“To ensure that everythingwe do at a municipal is donethrough a racial equity lens,”he said.
Arroyo said the BPHC hasstated that black and LatinoBostonians rank at the bot-tom of every single healthoutcome in Boston, which in-clude life expediency, infantmortality, heart disease, dia-betes and asthma. He said notincluding the influence ofsystemic racism in healthoutcomes has another detri-mental effect on people ofcolor.
“It creates a narrative, anarrative that suggests peopleof color, most especiallyblack and Latino people ofcolor are inherently broken,”he said. “Justice requires wehold the driving force ofthose inequities account-able.”
Arroyo said that Milwau-kee, Madison and Pittsburghhave declared racism a pub-lic health crisis to helpproactively combat and
eradicate systemic racism intheir cities.
“We have literally theability to subtract years offthe lives of people of colorin the City of Boston,” hesaid. “That is why we mustmake sure that racial equityis at the forefront of every-thing that we do.”
District 4 City CouncilorAndrea Campbell said shesupports the measure and feltthat this was a concrete ideato address “the very issue.”
“The office that you’retalking about, that reallycould in an independent wayto look at everything we do,not only in this body but alsoin the administration, to gothrough a robust process todetermine whether or not thatpolicy, legislation or regula-tion is having a dispropor-tionate impact on communi-ties of color; is it expandingor increasing inequities or de-creasing them is essential,otherwise why are we here?”she said.
At-Large City CouncilorJulia Mejia said overcomingthose systemic problems willbe a huge lift for the counciland this potential new office.
“Having survived the Bus-ing Era here in the City ofBoston and understanding thedeep-rooted racism that ex-ists and the hate, my hope isthat as we explore this, thatwe consider this conversationaround unity and recognizingthat we need a lot of healingin the City of Boston and ifwe’re going to have a conver-sation around race, that weneed to center it around thefact that we need to buildbridges and bring peopleacross our differences, nomatter whether we live inWest Roxbury or Roxbury; atthe end of the day we’re allstruggling.”
At-Large City CouncilorMichelle Wu said this hear-ing item would allow for doz-ens of different sub topicsaround health and race to betackled under this one largeumbrella.
come, March will be remem-bered as the first month Ameri-can citizenry hunkered down toavoid and, worse, fight thecoronavirus. March 13 willalso be recalled as the date onwhich the president declaredthe country’s 61st nationalemergency.
Considering the present andlooking at the past, March 24this not a famous March datearound Boston. The 17th ismuch heralded because of St.Patrick’s Day and, more impor-tant historically, EvacuationDay, when the British packedit in and left Boston for good. We Americans frequently donot know what it means to haveour community occupied byenemy forces, but most of theworld knows that feeling of for-eign occupation.
The movie “The RussiansAre Coming! The RussiansAre Coming!” is a fictitious ac-count—and comical at that—ofthe Russians landing onMartha’s Vineyard. Except forAttu in the Aleutians, perhapsno other American communityhas had opposition occupy ourhomeland. In our imaginationwe can envision the excitementof Bostonians in 1776 observ-ing the British warships departfrom our city after living herefor a while, possibly giving riseto the Third Amendment withinthe Bill of Rights, which placesrestrictions on the quartering ofsoldiers in private homes with-out the owner’s consent (The
amendment was a response tothe Quartering Acts passed bythe British parliament duringthe buildup to the Revolution-ary War, which had permittedthe British army to lodge sol-diers in private homes.)
December 7, June 6 , Au-gust 6, and August 9 are dateswith which hopefully all highschool seniors are familiar asthey relate to World War II. March 24, 1945, is a date thatis not stressed or even taught,but it marks the day that thelargest single-day airbornedrop ever occurred.
Code named OperationVarsity, the push across theRhine River took only 4 hoursto land almost 20,000 Alliedsoldiers, most of them Ameri-can from the 17th AirborneDivision. Almost 1600 trans-ports, 1300 gliders, and 240 B-
24’s delivered the soldiers and133 howitzers and 1800 tonsof ammunitions as well asmedical supplies, gasoline, andcommunication equipment.
We here in Boston werestaggered by the amount ofpeople killed and hurt in theMarathon bombing, but thenumbers pale beside those whoperished on March 24: 430from the 17th Airborne, 347from a British airborne unit, 73American and British gliderpilots died as well as 16 med-ics. The Eighth Air Force lost109 bomber personnel, theRAF 23, and power air crewsof our (Army) Air Force lost41 with four times that miss-ing in action.
Not all casualties resultedfrom ground action, which re-sulted in 3000 Nazi prisonersof war: transportation in glid-ers was fraught with danger. Moreover, the drops from Lib-erators had to be from a some-what low altitude, subjectingthe planes to deadly anti-air-craft fire.
Congratulations to any ballplayers who during this seem-ingly abbreviated school yearmade the varsity teams of anysport in their high school. Butto those remaining, agingWorld War II paratroopers, theword “varsity” has a differentmeaning: Operation Varsityconjures images of America’s(and Britain’s) painful push toquash Nazi superiority. Mayour medical people do thesame to quash the coronavirus.
Herbert D.J. Hassell to be honored
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NOT THE ENDOF THE WORLD
To the Editor:If you have been to either
Star or Roche Bros recently,you know most of us havegone over the cliff when itcomes to fear and panic. Weneed to stay in control. Thenovel coronavirus is an exis-tential threat to the entireworld. We have had thecoronavirus around for a longtime but I believe it crossedover at that market in Wuhan,China where differentexotic animals, really notmeant for human beings, wereall placed together and thensold to folks who like eating
things like bats. Still can’twrap my head around that horrible idea of Bat BurgersUGH!!!
Hopefully as warmerweather arrives this virus willstart dying off; meanwhilewe’ll keep trying to find a vac-cine to stop it cold. I comparetoday with the Spanish Flu of1918-19 or to the Polio Epi-demic of 1953-54 when I wasa small child. Folks like myparents feared the polio wasquite catchable and parentswere quite fearful without try-ing to show us their fears. I re-member that shallow pool atthe Prado in the North End.Kids use to play in it but not
during the polio scare. I re-member lining up at St.Anthony’s School to get theSalk vaccine shot in the arm. Iremember in 1958 getting theSabin Oral Vaccine too, liningup for a Dixie Cup drink.
This coronavirus too shallpass but we still don’t knowwhen. We must make the bestof it. Don’t panic. Don’t travelin large crowds.Keep an abun-dance of caution with you atall times .
Finally, remember, it’s notthe end of the world. We canget through this.
Sal GiarrataniBoston
District 5 Boston City Councilor Ricardo Arroyocalled for the creation of a Hero Square at last week’sregular City Council meeting at the corner of WestStreet and Hyde Park Avenue commemorating Pri-vate First Class Herbert D.J. Hassell for his serviceto the United States during World War II.
“Private First Class Hassell and his familyhave long roots in Hyde Park. He was born thereas was his brother and lived there until his pass-ing in 2018,” Arroyo said. “Both served in WorldWar II, and Pvt. First Class Herbert D.J. Hassellunfortunately made the ultimate sacrifice and was
These are trying times, of this there is no doubt. This pandemicwill surely be one of the great tests of our national resolve. Peoplewill die and there is going to be, at best, a recession of our economy,if not an outright damnable depression. Americans will more thanlikely experience hardships the likes of which most of us have onlyread about in newspapers or watched on the nightly news. The onlyquestion left is whether or not the United States of America has thebackbone to persevere.
Okay, now that that’s out of the way, it’s time to lighten up!This newspaper has no doubt that not only will this greatest coun-
try on earth come through this bent but not broken; we will actuallygrow stronger. All of us will, through intense introspection, dis-cover what we are made of. The joke currently making its waythrough social media (God, we hate that term) is that the Coronaviruswill forever be known as the “Boomer Remover”. Man is that cold,huh? Well, this boomer thinks our time to shine is now. Somewithin our ranks will be among the casualties, of that you can take tothe bank (unlike your paychecks) but it will be the boomers who willlead by example. Our responsibility is not only to make sure thefinal days of the Greatest Generation are as comfortable as possible,but to demonstrate to Gen Xers, Millennials and Gen Z that we’renot ready just yet to sink down into our recliners and pull the blan-kets over our heads, well not until at least 7 p.m. anyway. We maynot be able to answer the first responder calls like we used to, but ifwe can’t be directly on the front lines, minimally we will make surethose answering those calls have all the support they need.
How? By sucking it up and stop lamenting about every littlething. So what if we can’t buy toilet paper. Improvise. Not throwingaway those mismatched socks doesn’t seem so hoardish now doesit? And for those disgusted by this weekly rag, well now it really isworth the paper it’s printed on! We will have Gen Xers’ backs whenthe times get tough, both monetarily and psychologically, becausethey will most certainly need their moms and dads during these darkesthours, perhaps more than ever. Boomers’ contributions to this causemay not be primarily on the front lines, but significant those contri-butions will be.
And to the Gen Xers? Your job is to be the muscle, to do theheavy lifting. You need to take care of those boomers who can’t takecare of themselves. But most of all, you need to make babies! That’sright, by next December and January we boomers want to be awashin babies. How do you think boomers got their moniker? Let’s faceit, if you’re quarantined there is only so much video gaming andNetflix binge watching you can do. Just shut off the TV and put ona little Barry White (don’t laugh, the man is a procreative icon) anddo your part to Keep America Great! (sorry, didn’t mean to spoil themood).
And to the Millennials, your job is to stay in your safe spacesand, whatever you do, DO NOT make any babies! You guys aresimply not ready. More to the point, your parents and grandparentsare not ready. The good news is that all competitive activities havebeen suspended, meaning all the manufacturing efforts currently di-rected at building your participation trophies can be repurposed to-ward more useful efforts, like getting a jump start on building all thenursing homes you’re group is going to require by the time you turn30.
The next year is gonna be rough, but we will get through this.We always do…
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Coronavirus are being feltthroughout the entire world, butthe effects are starting to hitcloser to home for many Bostonresidents. As of Mar. 15, therewere 164 cases of COVID-19 inMassachusetts, 45 of which wereconfirmed, 119 of which werepresumptive positive cases(Source: https://www.mass.gov/info-details/covid-19-cases-quar-antine-and-monitoring).
On Sunday, Mar. 15, Gov.Baker announced statewide re-strictions in an effort to reducethe spread of the virus. This in-cludes gatherings with more than25 people are prohibited (thisdoes not apply to grocery storesand pharmacies) and restaurants,bars and establishments cannotpermit onsite consumption. Foodis to be consumed through take-out and delivery only. Local of-ficials, such as District 6 CityCouncilor Matt O’Malley, are en-couraging people to support theirlocal restaurants by buying a gift
card or ordering takeout.These measures are necessary
to help slow the spread ofCOVID-19, but many local Park-way restaurants and local busi-nesses are afraid of how this willaffect their business and employ-ees in the long and short term.
Tony Bligh, over at the CorribPub on Centre Street, said it’sbeen a tough time to be an IrishPub on Saint Patrick’s Day week-end.
“It definitely hurts and itcouldn’t have happened at aworse time for our business andstaff on St. Patty’s Day,” he said.
The Greek International FoodMarket at 5204 Washington St.announced they have essentialfood items in stock and have in-creased their offerings from in-ternational foods to every daystaple items as well.
“We are all in this crisis to-gether, and we want to help ourneighbors,” said Katerina Iliades,owner. “Their lives may be dis-rupted, but they can still enjoythe foods they love. These in-clude many Mediterranean Dietstaples that are not only deliciousbut may improve everyday healthand wellness.”
Iliades said they will be in-
creasing or bringing in for thefirst time more produce like egg-plant or cucumbers and tomatoes,fresh breads, dairy and juice andmore cleaning supplies.
Insight Realty Partner MikeMaguire said so far there hasn’tbeen a drop in their business inWest Roxbury or Hyde Park. Hesaid since Friday, they haveclosed on six properties, whichis a good half week for that busi-ness, but he said regardless theyare taking precautions.
Gary’s Liquors, located onthe VFW Parkway, has beenopen for 78 years and last weekowner Gary Park says he hasnever seen anything quite likethis affect business.
“It definitely hasn’t hit us yetbut it’s going to be very fluidmoving forward,” he said.
He added that for house
showings and open houses, theyare keeping each tour to a one-on-one basis as much as possible.He said all sellers will be askedto keep all closets, cabinets anddoors open for showings to elimi-nate the need for potential buy-ers to touch anything, and all sell-ers will be sanitizing their prop-erties as much as possible beforeand after showings. He said theyare also utilizing Matterport cam-eras, which allow for a full three-dimensional walk through of aproperty without having to actu-ally go there. He said he hopespotential buyers will lookthrough those first and pickhomes they are really interestedin to reduce the number of show-ings they have.
“We want people to makesure it’s something they’re reallyinterested in before they go out
for a physical appointment,” hesaid.
“The initial effects have beenfinancially positive. People arebulk buying and preparing for theworst. I have to say I have neverbeen so sad, and felt so bad to bethis busy. Usually when we arebusy it’s because people are get-ting ready to celebrate and havea good time. We are excited, ouremployees are pumped up for abig event or holiday, we prepareand execute our sales plan andall usually goes well. We have notexperienced anything like this,even during 9/11. This is similaryet different. I think then we wentfrom shock to great sadness, thenfear, then anger. Right now thereis still such a strong feeling offear and angst. Will it get worse?How bad will it get? Who will
Residents took a tour through the newly-renovated office of Insight Realtythat will be working with Tierney's group.
PHOTO BY JONATHAN CARR
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abandoned the next day andreplaced with the unthink-able—the necessity to sus-pend religious services in-definitely.
On March 12, Rabbi Bar-bara Penzner, of TempleHillel B’Nai Torah in WestRoxbury, along with a taskforce composed of medicaland public health membersand others, unanimouslyagreed to cease all in-persongatherings at the templebuilding for the 30 days. Thisincludes all religious servicesand the Hebrew School.Penzner said that the decisioncame quickly. “The way tostem the virus is by flatten-ing the curve and stop con-tact with people.” She em-phasized that the offices re-main open, the staff presentby phone and in person, un-der safe conditions, and digi-tal services are being ex-plored. Reaction from the
congregation, she said, hasbeen positive. “All the feed-back has been supportive andloving.”
After March 8, the Rev.Dr. Joyce Caggiano, Priest inResidence at EmmanuelEpiscopal Church, WestRoxbury, had instituted hand-sanitizers, cleaning pews,doorknobs, before and afterservices. She had been dis-tributing communion wear-ing gloves. On March 12, theEpiscopal Diocese of Massa-chusetts established strictguidelines for those wishingto continue services and sup-ported those parishes whochose to suspend them. “Weoffered a bare-bone, no choir,no music, service on Sunday,March 15 with no coffeehour,” said Caggiano. Shethen suspended services forthe foreseeable future.Streaming services and otheroptions are being considered.
“Most of our parishioners aregrateful for the care we areshowing them. If we are cau-tious now, then the peak ofthe virus will flatten out andcreate better resources forthose who are sick, especiallyfor the elderly.”
The Rev. Dr. JeanHalligan Vandergrift, InterimPastor at Roslindale Congre-gational Church, UCC had amore complicated decision tomake, as the church’s annualmeeting was scheduled forSunday, March 15 when of-ficers of the church areelected and important busi-ness is conducted. “Two Sun-days ago, we were more con-scious in our peace. We weregiving alternatives—the peacesign, or a prayer sign, fistbump, or bow, ”Vandergriftsaid. For March 15 her planwas to have all congregantsremain in the pews for a mo-ment of peace, looks, bows,smiles, or a peace sign and tosit apart. By Friday, March 13,those issues became moot.“We decided to cancel today’s(March 15) worship serviceand next Sunday’s, at least.We’re using and exploring al-ternative ways of meeting andconnecting electronically andvirtually.” Vandergrift notedthe paradox of the situation.
“When caring means keepinga distance from each other, thatis the irony. You gather andyou scatter out into the worldwith good news. How do wescatter in the world these nexttwo weeks?”
Pastor Seth Fortier at St.Stephen’s United MethodistChurch, West Roxbury hadalso instituted best practices ofhand sanitizers and individualcups for grape juice (wine isnot used) on March 8. By theend of the week he had beeninstructed through the Method-ist regional district to followwhat the school district is do-ing. “I will not be having inperson worship starting nextweek (March 16). I alreadyhave a free conference call ac-count I use for the prayer meet-ing I have on Thursday, so Iwill be using that. The worshipservice will change as far asorder goes but we will see whathappens.”
The suspension of worshipservices has been difficult forclergy and worshipers alike.The overwhelming consensus,however, was that it was criti-cal to do, and that faith willsustain them. As Vandergriftremarked, “God is working forthe good in this circumstanceand change. What opportunityis this giving us?”
works within the office and thecommunity,” she said, addingthat her capacity as a volunteerand supporter of the artsthrough various community or-ganizations and events will beincreasing. “I will continue todo everything I have been do-ing, just far less management.”
About 30 people gathered atthe office on Fairmount Avenueto celebrate Tierney’s accom-plishments and commitment tothe community as well as theopening of Insight’s new loca-tion.
“I’m so happy and thrilled,I think it’s wonderful,” she said.“It’s a big change, but changeis opportunity, they say, and Ithink it’s going to be good forthe neighborhood too. Theseguys are really high tech, theydo drones, they do their ownphotography and staging allwithin the company. In the pastI had to get that from othersources.”
Insight’s Michael Maguiresaid the company has tradition-ally served West Roxbury andRoslindale, but was looking tomake a change and approachedTierney.
“We had always wanted togo to Hyde Park, and Pat’s alegend, a true pioneer in thebusiness and we’ve always re-spected each other,” he said.“We have similar businesses,we’re both independent bou-tique-type of offices, and wegive back. We’re really in-volved in the community. Andso we approached Pat, and itwas just the perfect time for usto take over, keep her on boardand grow the business.”
Insight Partner Kris
MacDonald said he has beenworking with Maguire for thebetter part of two decades, andsaid they’re ready to come toHyde Park, where the area isgreat for those looking to cometo Boston.
“A lot of people who werelooking in Roslindale and WestRoxbury are looking in this di-rection,” he said. “I’ve chattedwith some developers who havesome stuff planned in the area.They might be in the earlystages where they’re going toshoot for the moon with 90
units and realize they’re goingto get 20, but change will begood for everyone”
MacDonald said they havecompletely renovated the officein three weeks.
“It all came together prettyquickly and nicely,” he said.
Several residents said theycame out to support Tierneyand Insight. One, who didn’twish to be identified said, “I’mvery good friends with MikeMaguire and Insight. I’m a na-tive Hyde Park resident and I’veknown Mike for years,” he said.“It’s awesome, I was just in herethree or four months ago and itcame out really, really nice.”
Recently, the Hyde Park Neighborhood Association updated the community of the continuing debate overthe proposed project at 11 Dana Ave.
PHOTO BY MARY ELLEN GAMBON
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HPNA considers11 Dana Ave. action
MarMarMarMarMary Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambony Ellen GambonStaff Reporter
The saga of 11 Dana Ave.reached the breaking point atthe Hyde Park NeighborhoodAssociation (HPNA) meetingThurs., March 5, which was at-tended by more than 40 people.
Craig Martin updated thegroup that a building permit hadbeen issued on Feb. 25 for thethree-story mixed use develop-ment off of Hyde Park Ave. atthe Hyde Park commuter railstation.
“The 11 Dana Ave. topichas come to a climax,” he said.“We’re appealing it. This is theBuilding Commissioner’s deci-sion that it’s worthy of abuilder’s permit. Our feeling isthat the Building Commis-sioner erred – and certainly it’san easy thing to prove - andtherefore, it has to go to andpass through the ZBA (ZoningBoard of Appeal) to review it.”
Abutter Ralph Rosati is fil-ing the appeal to the ZBA, andMartin asked the HPNA to voteto join in support of it, as wellas to contribute toward the feefor the application cost. Heasked for a vote of commitmentfrom members to contributemoney toward the appeal cost,which was approved. The sumwas not determined at that time.
“I think it would help all of
Hyde Park, not just us,” saidVice President RalphCotellesso, who acted as presi-dent in the absence of JimKirker, who is on vacation.
The permit was issued onFeb. 25, according to LindsayMercier, Head Clerk at theCommissioner’s Office at theInspectional Services Depart-ment (ISD). It was granted af-ter a violation notice had beenissued on Jan. 23, when the de-veloper installed concreteforms on the project without apermit. Although it was previ-ously stated that ISD had issueda fine, Mercier, in an email tothe Bulletin, said “a fine wasnot issued for this property bythe Inspectional Services De-partment.”
Martin explained thatRosati himself has to go to 1010Massachusetts Ave to file theappeal, which would include astatement as to why he feels theISD was wrong in granting thepermit, as well as a copy of thebuilding permit.
One of the main contentionsof the 11 Dana Ave. proposal iswhat the plans say is a base-ment. A basement must be morethan 35 percent below grade,but the area is only four feetbelow grade. The HPNA assertsit is technically part of the firstfloor. First-floor parking is for-bidden in a NeighborhoodShopping-2 district (NS-2). In
an NS-2 district, only commer-cial development is allowed onthe first floor.
Martin said that he has anemail to Kirker from ISD rep-resentative Kim Thai-Durrigan,who appeared before the HPNAseveral months before, provingHPNA’s point.
“We’ve got her admitting inwriting that that basement is ac-tually part of the first floor, soit’s 14 feet of first floor,” Mar-tin said. “Parking is forbiddenon the first floor. It’s thatsimple. I have no problem be-lieving that the ZBA has to ac-knowledge that when we havethis all in cement for them thatthey’ll recognize that this
should go before them againwith variances.”
The group never has gottento the point of deciding if thebuilding is a good project be-cause it has spent its energy onfighting the developer’s claimthat the project is “as of right,”he noted.
A surprise came when localcontractor Mario Mejia, presi-dent of Boston Carpentry, askedquestions. He grew up in one ofthe apartments in 11 Dana Ave.and specializes in framing. “Thedeveloper called me and askedme to bid the project, and I’vebeen selected to build it,” hesaid. “But then I heard there wassome controversy and read a
couple of articles. I figured Iwould come over here and seewhat the issue is.
“My fear is, if you guys aregoing to oppose it or shut itdown, I don’t want to be leftout in the cold,” he continued,asking if there was commonground. “It hurts small subslike me, who’s local.”
Bryan Flynn, the Hyde Parkliaison for the Mayor’s Officeof Neighborhood Services, ad-dressed the group. He said hespoke to Mayor Marty Walshabout the issue that morningand also wrote a memo to himcontaining information from an
Arroyo said his family is stillin the neighborhood, and hisgreat nephew still lives in thefamily’s house on West Street. Hesaid Hassell served with Com-pany E of the 507th ParachuteInfantry Regiment, 82nd Air-borne Division during the war.He was killed in action on June6, 1944 in France. He wasawarded the Purple Heart and theCombat Infantryman Badge aswell.
District 4 City Councilor An-drea Campbell introduced an in-formational order for documentsrelated to the Boston PoliceDepartment’s (BPD) field inter-rogation and observation policyas well as the field interrogationand observation data from 2017,2018, 2019, and 2020.
“Also known as Stop andFrisk,” she said. “This data was
previously released in 2017, the2016 data, and back in 2015,amid a conversation around stopand frisk policies and the dispro-portionate impact it has on com-munities of color, the administra-tion agreed to release this data.So I’m following up to ensurethat it gets released. There havebeen numerous public recordsrequests, not only from folksfrom media outlets, but also civilrights organizations and thoserequests have not been fulfilled.”
At-Large City CouncilorAnnissa Essaibi-George alsocalled for a hearing during themeeting to assess the feasibilityof either increasing the capacityof the current office or the possi-bility of building and staffing anadditional Boston Police Depart-ment (BPD) Forensics CrimeLab.
“The Criminal Justice Re-form Bill had important provi-
sions that require rape kits to beprocessed within 30 days, andwhile this is a huge step in theright direction for survivors, it’sa big ask for our crime lab, whichis already under-resourced andhas insufficient space to meettheir current caseload effi-ciently,” she said. “This hearingwill give the BPD a chance toshare what it is they need to meettheir capacity and demands. I dowant to note that our crime lab ishighly-accredited and seen as themodel for crime labs. But we doneed to make sure that they havethe capacity and ability to do thework they need to do, both on therape kit front but also on un-solved homicides.”
The BPD announced it hassince released all informatinopublicly at bpdnews.com/news/2020/3/13/boston-police-de-partment-releases-latest-field-interrogation-observation-data
get sick? How sick will they get?What will the economic impactbe on our families, friends, andneighbors? I wish I knew, and forthat matter I wish any of our of-ficials knew,” Park stated. “Weare scrubbing and sanitizing ev-erything in the store that comesinto contact with your skin. Shop-ping carts, door handles, key padson the credit card terminals,counters and more. We havegloves if our employees feelmore comfortable wearing them.So far my staff has been amaz-ing. They are focused and work-ing unexpectedly hard rightnow."
Gary’s Liquors is also reach-ing out to the community to helpanyone struggling or in need.“We know that many childrenrely on schools for meals, andmany schools are closed or in theprocess of closing. Please con-tact me [email protected],” thebusiness posted on social medialast week.
Many local small restaurantsand cafes are updating their cus-tomers via social media. RecreoCoffee & Roasterie, located on
Centre St., is remaining open andupdating their customers onFacebook: “We are intensifyingsome Health Department proce-dures already in place and estab-lishing others to avoid or mini-mize the risk of spread and con-tamination of the virus. Althoughwe are aware that some of thesesteps could create a bit of incon-venience in your daily coffee rou-tine, we believe it is for the safetyof us all.
Bonapita, located on SpringSt., is offering 10% off onlinedelivery or pick-up orders.
Other local Parkway busi-nesses, such as small stores, arealso feeling the pressure ofCOVID-19. “This is my 20thyear of shopkeeping over theyears I have watched, from myfront windows, a change in theneighborhood, our traffic bothfoot and car traffic and over theyears I have watched with de-light the growth of our sweetneighborhood. In the past twoweeks or a bit longer...once theseriousness of a possible pan-demic arrived...retail on our littlestreet has slowed to a near stand-still. I understand why but as a
shop owner who has investedboth money and time into creat-ing this shop it is painful to ex-perience. I may well close theshop for a short period of timeuntil this virus plays out, that is adecision yet to be made. I ex-pected the city to determine a re-tail pause but that also is yet tocome. I believe we are, as smallretailers, left to our own devicesand decisions. I want both myelderly self and my wonderfulclients to remain virus free whichI suspect may require a self im-posed quarantine,” stated JoannaRossman, the owner of Purveyorof the Unnecessary & the Irresist-ible, located on Birch St.
On Mar. 14, the ParkwayYMCA announced they would be“closing its fitness facilities onMonday and will focus only onfood distribution and essentialprograms for youth.” The closingbegan on Mar. 16 and will remainclosed until further notice.
For up to date information re-garding COVID-19, visit https://www.mass.gov/info-details/covid-19-cases-quarantine-and-monitoring or https://www.cdc.gov/.
3353 Washington St./211 Green Street will remain standing for two more years as BCV received an extensionon its development of the property.
PHOTO BY RICHARD HEATH
However, the attorney forBrooksted LLC gave no reasonand was not asked for one whenthe board gave his client an ex-tension until May 19.
The zoning board wasclearly briefed beforehand be-cause this change was abrupt;up until Thursday March 5 theagenda had 10 Stonley sched-uled for a vote.
According to JenniferUhrhane at the March 10 SNAmeeting, it was deferred on Fri-day.
JP Neighborhood Servicesliaison Lindsay Santana con-firmed to Uhrhane that shetalked with Jay Walsh, theBrooksted consultant, and heagreed to defer.
Uhrhane briefed the SNA atits March meeting,
“There’s been a big flurry ofcommunication,” she said, “be-tween Councilor O’Malley’soffice and the BPDA. GeorgeLee of Keepit100Egleston hasbeen working on the stickingpoint of reducing the number ofunits while maximizing theaffordability percentages for alower number of affordableunits.”
“There’s been a lot of pres-sure and last week, on Friday,George Lee- who is really goodat figuring this out- came upwith two scenarios, four to fiveaffordable or nine.”
Uhrhane said the back andforth with the mayor’s officewas to ask the developer to de-fer.
“Our hope is that theaffordability calculation willnow work,” she said. “It’s ahuge deal for a deferral.”
Brooksted LLC disagreedwith this explanation.
“Jennifer is not accurate,”Matt Zahler of Brooksted toldThe Bulletin the next day.
His partner Jeff Glew addedlater that the information wasincorrect.
“We have not given SNA orany other group any indicationthat a smaller project is fea-sible,” he said. “In fact asmaller project would not befeasible.
“The decision to defer wasmade not to decrease the num-ber of affordable units butrather to accommodate a sched-uling conflict that could not beavoided.”
The Mayor’s Office ofNeighborhood Services did notrespond to a request for clarifi-cation.
The March 10 ZBA hearingopened with a major change forone of the most controversialdevelopments on the corridor,3353 Washington Street/211Green Street proposed by Bos-ton Community Ventures.
Attorney Mike Ross askedfor and received a two-year ex-tension of the zoning approvalgranted on May 9, 2017.
The six-story 45-unit build-ing burst on the Washington Stcorridor at a rambunctiousBPDA Article 80 meeting held
on April 28, 2016.Although public opposition
was fierce, it received BPDAand zoning approvals but wasstalled by an abutter’s lawsuitfor well over a year before be-ing dismissed in favor of BCVin September, 2018.
Ross explained the reasonfor the extension was the law-suit.
“Since the suit ended inAugust 2018, we’re now justpicking up the pieces,” he said.The board gave an extensionuntil May 2021.
Marie Mercurio has beenthe project manager of BCVsince March 2019 and she ex-plained what those pieces wereto The Bulletin the next day; thetime spent on the lawsuit sawconstruction costs increase toover $100 per square foot.
“We offered up to 18 per-cent affordability, six at 50 per-cent and two at 70 percent andthen watched the rents decreaseat 3200 Washington Street,” shesaid. “They’re giving away 1-2free rent concessions, largerunits aren’t renting. We needgood rents to pay off the costof construction and subsidiza-tion of the affordable units. Ourproject as approved just doesn’tpencil out.”
Mercurio said BCV couldmake smaller units and increasethe density in the same sizebuilding for more rents.
“But that would require anotice of project change at theBPDA and then new ZBA ap-provals. We didn’t want to takethe risk of being sued again likewe did in June 2017 by thesame group of abutters.”
“We’ve put the leasing signsback up on our four buildingsand perhaps we’ll take anotherbite of the apple in two years,”Mercurio said. “The extensionwe obtained was a back pocketoption.”
The Zoning Board toldBrian Murkland to come backin two months with ”somethingless dense and more respectfulof the neighborhood” for hisfour-story, 15-unit rental build-ing at 3305 Washington Streetnear the Brookside Health Cen-ter.
Architect Tim Johnsonopened the presentation by say-ing how much support the de-velopment had from abutters,the Brookside NeighborhoodAssociation and the JP zoningcommittee, but Arauyo cut himoff.
“Approvals are all well andgood,” she said, “but you knowthe drill. Tell us details. Thereare three forbidden uses.”
What concerned the zoningboard the most was the com-mercial space.
“There’s a lot of commercialspaces on WashingtonStreet,”Arauyo said. “A lot ofit is still vacant. Is there a needfor a commercial space?”
Zoning board member MarkErlich said that the BPDA wasnot satisfied with the project;it should have gone through the
Article 80 Small Project Re-view process.
“The essential issue is we’reall struggling with this pro-posal,” Erlich said.
“I’ve noticed how muchWashington Street has changeddramatically,” Arauyo said.“I’m concerned with density.I’m not satisfied that this is thebest use for this site. I’ve heardfrom several sources.”
“Do you request a denialwithout prejudice or a defer-ral?” she asked.
Johnson asked for a defer-ral; he has until May 19 to comeup with a new plan that satis-fies the ZBA.
Attorney Joseph Lieber, ar-chitect Rasmi Ramaswamy ofRODE architects, Lydia Scottof The Community Buildersand Jan Griffin of Pine Streettook the table to discuss 3368Washington Street, the 140-unitsupportive housing and 62deeply affordable unit develop-ment that The Bulletin has ex-tensively covered for a year.
Hotly debated by localneighbors, but strongly sup-ported by the mayor, Arauyowanted to learn more.
“Start from the beginning,”
she said. Let us learn moreabout this project. How manyunits? Office spaces? Parking?”
Arauyo was also concernedabout the supportive servicesand Griffin explained.
“Each floor will have itsown amenity spaces,” she said.“There will be case manage-ment staff on a daily basis. Allthe units will have amenities.We don’t want anyone to iso-late themselves in their rooms.There will be 60 staff on site.The second floor courtyard willbe available to all residents.”
Erlich looked over the blue-prints.
“The plans are nice,” hesaid. “Supportive housing I un-derstand, but not the smallerunits. Will they be compact liv-ing?”
Scott of TCB said the fullyaffordable units are small butdo not come under the scale ofcompact living.
There was strong supportfrom BPDA project managerDana Whiteside, Ann Conwayfrom DND and Lindsay Santanaof the mayor’s office.
“I’m excited about thisproject,” Whiteside said.
“This is an important
project,” added Conway. DNDprovided $10 million throughthe Way Home Fund to under-write the supportive services atthe formerly homeless quartersof the residence.
Councilors O’Malley,Flaherty and Essaibi Georgewanted to go on record of sup-port.
Attorney Cynthia Snowwanted the board to know thather client, John Lincecum ofTurtle Swamp Brewery, was“firmly and completely in oppo-sition to this project.” Lincecumwas worried about parking.
“My client has 21 employ-ees.” Snow said. “There is noparking. Visitors will take up theparking. This will cause a det-riment to his restaurant.”
Lincecum was on theBPDA- formed 3368 Wash-ington St Impact AdvisoryGroup.
In contrast, BobHarrington, owner of BMSpaper– a direct abutter- spokethrough his attorney ChrisTracy that he was in favor.
“BMS paper wants to goon record to support PineStreet,” Tracy said. “It’s awonderful organization.”
black and brown authors andencourage them to create theirliterature as well as to providea safe space for them to heareach other’s works. Their man-tra is “stories about us, by us.”
Veronica Chapman readfrom her book “King Khalid isPROUD.” She has spent thepast few years traveling inPanama and Cuba and hopes tocreate an inter-diasporachildren’s book exchange sothat black children from bothcultures can learn about eachother. In her spare time, sheenjoys learning how to code, soshe incorporated it into thisbook as a way to encouragechildren’s interest.
In the book, Khalid wantedto be proud in everything hedid, including playing videogames in order to beat his highscore. At school, he found aflyer for a computer club dur-ing recess, where Khalidlearned to build his own game.He won a certificate and a tro-phy, which made his parentsproud as well and earned himsome extra evening time to cre-ate.
“I’m inspired by every self-
published author that goesthrough this process,”Chapman said, a comment re-flected by many authorsthroughout the course of theday. “When you’re writing,you’ll never realize the impactyou’re going to have.”
“I like the fact that the boywon the award and that blackis powerful,” one young girltold Chapman, which broughtapplause from the audience of60 at the sold-out event.
The Colemans presentedtheir best-selling book, “Morethan a Princess,” with theirdaughter, Sydney standing withthem. They decided to createchildren’s books promotingSTEAM education withSydney as their inspiration.While many children’s booksthey found with characters ofcolor focused on self-esteem,there were none that dealt withscience, technology or “morechallenging issues,” accordingto Delanda Coleman.
A fairy godmother allowsbored Princess Kiana to explorebeing an astronaut, a doctor, anengineer and an artist in theplot, while she encourages her,
“Nothing can stop a smart prin-cess like you.”
The day took a more seri-ous tone as B. Marie took thepodium. The retired educatorfrom Boston described hergrandparents’ survival of theTulsa Race Massacre as her in-spiration for publishing herbooks and working to incorpo-rate them in the Tulsa PublicSchool curriculum, which isongoing.
“Yes, I know it’s a heavysubject,” she said, noting that,in her research, it is only brieflytouched upon in the high schoolcurriculum, but nowhere else.“But I started thinking about,‘What was that day like for thechildren?’”
The horrific event occurredon the first day of summer va-cation. While no accurate ac-count has been historically veri-fied, the commonly dissemi-nated story started with an el-evator malfunction. AfricanAmerican shoe shiner DickRowland had been riding up theelevator at the Drexel Buildingto use the only nearby black-userestroom, and when the eleva-tor malfunctioned, he fellinto17-year-old elevator opera-tor Sarah Page, who screamedrape. A mob showed up at a
courthouse where Rowland wasbeing held, and when groups ofblack residents came to defendRowland, a riot ensued, whichinstigated the massacre. Dozenshave been confirmed dead, butthe numbers have been esti-mated as much higher.
“The United States govern-ment dropped bombs on Tulsa,Oklahoma,” B. Marie said.“The black population in Tulsawas very prosperous. They hadtheir own churches, businesses,hospitals. Whatever youwanted, they had it. There wasalways this underlying tensionthat went on.”
The second part of the eventfocused on powerful adultthemes of stereotypes, family,abuse, motivation, survival andencouragement. Detroit nativeNicole M. Young is a spokenword poet who has her work onCD. Based in western MA andCT, she was a musician earlierin her career before turning topoetry. She is also a playwrightwho studied and worked at theUniversity of MassachusettsAmherst. She began writing in2007.
“I literally moved out to thisarea with two suitcases and acomputer,” Young said.
Young said she self-pro-duced her CD, In/Put: Livefrom the Valley, with the feelof stand-up comedy. Althoughthe adapted excerpts she pre-sented were dramatic, she saidshe enjoyed the medium of be-ing able to connect with an au-dience through the spokenword. Proceeds from the albumgo to a fellowship she startedfor emerging female and non-binary writers of color, whichshe started in January throughStraw Dog Writers Guild.
Her first piece dealt withcoming from Detroit, with itsrich cultural history of indus-try, Motown and a majorityAfrican American population.Her second addressed how shecoped with the racism she en-countered in the rural, whitecollege town.
“Decide to Become Awe-some” author Pastor RobertGray has served as a motiva-tor for a diverse set of people.He is a retired probation of-ficer, associate pastor at BethelAME Church in Jamaica Plain,and served as the assistantchaplain for the New England
Patriots and the Boston RedSox, and is currently the Bos-ton Celtics chaplain.
“No matter what stationpeople have in their lives, theyhave some things that are com-mon,” he said, noting that, nomatter how much moneypeople have, they “may notknow how to negotiate thebumps in the road.”
“One of the greatest giftsyou’ve been given in your livesis the power to make deci-sions,” Gray said, noting thebook is used in support groups.“And I’ve worked with a lot ofpeople who have made poordecisions.”
Heidi Lewis-Ivey read po-etry from her book, “Can I RestAwhile?” She said it was nevermeant to be a book, but wastaken from memories from herjournal chronicling her lifewith an abusive stepfather.
“Pen and paper saved mylife,” she said. “It kept a 15-year-old girl from runningaway from home. Pen and pa-per kept my mind when I wasin an abusive marriage. It’sfrom childhood to love to find-ing the sound of my ownvoice.”
She added she was ready tosend the book off under a dif-ferent name, but became in-spired to write the poem thatis the title of her book. It talksabout her struggles, her rela-tionship with God, and hersense of identity.
Kenya Brown-Milfort hada near-death experience thatinspired her two books,“Open” and “Wide Open.” Shesuffered an accident that re-quired her to be placed in amedically induced coma andher resulting anxiety and de-pression struggle. This bookprovoked a conversation aboutthe lack of discussion about men-tal health issues in the AfricanAmerican community.
Sabrina Akintan attended theevent with her husband,Oyeghemi. The couple is in theprocess of co-authoring twochildren’s books as well as ro-mance novels, and they drew in-spiration from their peers, shesaid.
“It was a very inspiring event,”she said. “I like that they incorpo-rated a variety of children’s andadult themes, and the authors sup-ported one another.”
Ambrose Hugo “Amby” Passedaway on March 11, 2020 followinga battle with dementia. He was 86years old. Born and raised in HydePark, the son of Andrew and Anna(Quezel) Bonanno, he was a long-time resident of Canton for the last40 years. He was the beloved hus-band of Margaret DeYessoBonanno, married for 62 years. De-voted father of Andrew Bonannoand wife Sharon, his daughter AnnMarie, his son Louix, and his sonAnthony and wife Susan. Proudgrandfather of six grandchildren, healso leaves behind his brother An-drew “Joe” Bonanno, his cousinAnthony and many good friends.Mr. Bonanno served in the UnitedStates Army during the Korean Warin a mountaineering unit and wasthe founder of Technical Aid Cor-poration in 1969, later known asTAC Worldwide. He was an avidgolfer and a longtime member of theMilton Hoosic Club. Ambroseloved the ocean and entertained hisfamily and friends on his boat. Inhis lifetime he was known for hisbig heart, fierce loyalty and quietgenerosity. A Funeral Mass was cel-ebrated in St. Gerard MajellaChurch, Canton, Saturday, March14th. Interment will be private. Inlieu of flowers, donations may bemade in his memory to the St. JudeChildren’s Research Hospital, 501St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN38105, www.stjude.org Arrange-ments by the Pushard Family Fu-neral Home, Canton, MA.www.roach-pushard.com
BRENNANAngelina E. (Pennacchio)
Longtime resident of Roslindale,formerly of Boston’s North End,passed away on March 8, 2020. Be-loved wife of the late Richard J.Brennan. Devoted mother ofSharon Brennan of Roslindale,Stephen Brennan of Roslindale, andShawn Brennan and his wifeMichelle of Westwood. Lovinggrandmother of Krystal (Neale)Hayden of Scituate, formerly ofRoslindale, and Katherine andElizabeth Brennan, both ofWestwood. Dear sister of Frank,Anthony, and Ralph Pennacchio,and Marie Ferrentino, and the lateFlorence Giannasoli, Camille Klienand Joseph, Vito, and PatPennacchio. Also survived by manynieces and nephew. A Funeral Masswas held on Thursday, March 12that Holy Name Church, WestRoxbury. Interment St. MichaelCemetery, Roslindale. Forguestbook, pemurrayfuneral.comP.E. Murray - F.J. Higgins GeorgeF. Doherty & Sons West Roxbury617-325-2000.
CUMMINGSMary Lou of West Roxbury,
March 8, 2020. Beloved daughterof the late Lawrence and Mary(Rigney) Cummings. Loving sisterof James A., Joseph F. and the lateLawrence, John, and Edwin. Long-time best friend of Dale Stephansky.Loving sister-in-law of Claire,Peggy, and Marguerite. Also sur-vived by several nieces and neph-ews and many friends. A Funeral
Mass was held on Friday, March13th in St. Theresa Church. Inter-ment St. Joseph Cemetery. In lieuof flowers, donations may be madein her memory to The Little Sistersof the Poor, 186 Highland Ave.,Somerville, MA 02143. Forg u e s t b o o k ,www.gormleyfuneral.com WilliamJ. Gormley Funeral Service 617-323-8600.
GILLISBarbara K. (Keane) of West
Roxbury, March 12, 2020. Belovedwife of the late Lt. Col. Frederick J.Gillis. Loving mother of BarbaraLee Taylor and her husband Johnof GA, Cheryl Lane and her hus-band Robert of Middleboro, JeanRogers and her husband Richard ofTN, Michele Cemate of GA, andFrederick J. Gillis, III and his wifeShelly of West Roxbury. Sister ofthe late Alice Melanson and Dor-othy Keane. Grandmother of 15grandchildren and 20 great-grand-children. Funeral from the WilliamJ. Gormley Funeral Home, 2055Centre St., WEST ROXBURY, Fri-day, March 20th at 9 am, followedby a Funeral Mass in St. TheresaChurch at 10 o’clock. VisitingHours Thursday 4-7 pm. Relativesand friends respectfully invited. In-terment MA National Cemetery,Bourne at 1:45pm. In lieu of flow-ers, donations may be made in hermemory to Ethos, 555 Amory St.,Jamaica Plain, MA 02130. For di-rections and guestbook,www.gormleyfuneral.com WilliamJ. Gormley Funeral Service 617-323-8600.
GJINOZoica of West Roxbury, for-
merly of Fier, Albania, passed awayon March 11, 2020. Beloved wifeof the late Xoxi Gjino. Devotedmother of Vllasi Gjino of WestRoxbury, Violeta Rusi of Michigan,Llaqi Gjino of Michigan, LeonoraMone of Revere, Marinaq Aliaj ofIllinois, and Liljana Gjino of Alba-nia. Second mother to her daughterin law Zela Gjino. Loving grand-mother of Anjeza Gjino, LorenaGjino, Voltisa Hatija, MariglenRusi, Gerald Gjino, MiklovanGjino, Elton Mone, Nada Mone,Laura Aliaj, Ermal Aliaj, AlmaLombardo, Endri Rula, and IlirRula. Zoica was the matriarch of theGjino family. A private visitationwas held at the P.E. Murray - F.J.Higgins, George F. Doherty & SonsFuneral Home 2000 Centre St. WestRoxbury on Saturday. Burial fol-lowed at St. Michael Cemetery,Roslindale. Arrangements by P.E.Murray - F.J. Higgins, George F.Doherty & Sons West Roxbury.
HOEYMichael J. Unexpectedly in Ja-
maica Plain on March 7, 2020. De-voted son of Barbara A. (Isberg)Hoey of Jamaica Plain and the lateFrancis M. “Bingo” Hoey, Sr. Lov-ing brother of Francis M., Jr. of Ja-maica Plain and his former wifePatricia A. of Wareham, Ellen A.Berry and her husband Robert ofRhode Island, Christopher M. andhis wife Lisa of Watertown, John F.and his wife Maura of WestRoxbury and Patrick E. and his wifeJosephine of Hyde Park. Cherisheduncle of Ryan, Lindsay, Patrick,Christopher, Brendan, Liam, Amberand the late Kristen. Dear great-uncle of Ellie Rose. A Mass ofChristian Burial was held on Tues-day, March 17, 2020 in Holy NameChurch 11 at o’clock. IntermentMount Benedict Cemetery. In lieuof flowers, donations in Michael’s
memory may be made to the GavinFoundation, 675 East 4th Street,South Boston, MA 02127 or atgavinfoundation.org For guestbook,please visit: gormleyfuneral.comWilliam J. Gormley Funeral Service617-323-8600.
KEARNEYPaul R. Sr. of Roslindale, March
14, 2020. Beloved husband of thelate Marguerite (Leonard). Lovingfather of Maureen A. Kearney andthe late Paul R. Kearney, Jr. and fa-ther-in-law of Leanne Kearney.Cherished Papa of MeghanRamasci and her husband Alex, andRonan. Brother of the late Virginia,Marion, Peter, Mildred, Dennis,Martin, Robert and Margaret. Vis-iting Hours in the William J.Gormley Funeral Home, 2055 Cen-tre St., WEST ROXBURY, Thurs-day March 19th from 9-11am, fol-lowed by a Funeral Mass in HolyName Church at 11:30am. Relativesand friends invited. Interment St.Joseph Cemetery. In lieu of flow-ers, donations may be made in hisname to MSPCA-Angell, 350 SouthHuntington Ave., Boston, MA02130. For directions andg u e s t b o o k ,www.gormleyfuneral.com WilliamJ. Gormley Funeral Service 617-323-8600.
MAROTTAJosephine M. (Ferrara) of
Dedham, formerly of Roslindale,passed away on March 8, 2020. Be-loved wife of the late Julio Marotta.Devoted mother of Thomas Mountand his wife Doreen of Dedham,Joanne McLaughlin of Amherst,NH, Brian Mount and his wifeKathy of Westwood, NancyMarotta of Norton, DeborahCornetta and her husband Joseph ofDedham, Joseph Marotta and hiswife Patricia Caudle of Taunton,and Judy Guccione and her husbandPeter of Dedham. Loving grand-mother of 15 grandchildren and 6great-grandchildren. Sister of thelate Roland “Mac” McCarthy andhis surviving wife Donna of CA.Also survived by many nieces andnephews. A Funeral Mass was heldat St. Susanna’s Church, Dedham,MA on Friday, March 13th.Josephine will be laid to rest at NewCalvary Cemetery in Roslindale. Inlieu of flowers, contributions inJosephine’s memory may be madeto the Memory Unit at DeutschesAltenheim located on 2222 CentreSt., West Roxbury, MA 02132. Forguestbook pemurrayfuneral.com.P.E. Murray - F.J. Higgins GeorgeF. Doherty & Sons West Roxbury617-325-2000.
O’CONNORJohn J. of West Roxbury, passed
away on March 15, 2020. Belovedson of the late John J. and Florence(DeGregorio) O’Connor. Devotedbrother of Thomas O’Connor andhis wife Arlene of Randolph, KevinO’Connor and his wife Shiela ofTexas, and Kathleen McGarry andher husband Robert of Canton.Uncle of Chad, Chris, Katie,Jaclynn, and Adam and great-uncleof Emma and Violet. John was alongtime U.S. postal worker, Cen-tre St., Jamaica Plain. A private Fu-neral Service will be held at the P.E.Murray - F.J. Higgins, George F.Doherty & Sons Funeral Home,2000 Centre St., WESTROXBURY, on Saturday, March21st, at 11am. A public GravesideService will follow at St. JosephCemetery, West Roxbury. P.E.Murray - F.J. Higgins George F.Doherty & Sons West Roxbury, 617-25-2000.
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Mayor Martin J. Walsh an-nounced on Tuesday, March17 a series of updates relatingto construction activity, theBoston Public Library system,and the Boston Centers forYouth & Families (BCYF).
As a reminder, all BostonPublic Schools will be closedstarting tomorrow, Tuesday,March 17 until Monday, April27, 2020. Should theCoronavirus Disease 2019(COVID-19) public healthemergency improve on afaster timeline than expected,Mayor Walsh and BPS Super-intendent Brenda Casselliuswill look into reopeningschools before April 27 if thatis what is best for Boston’sschool communities.
“COVID-19 is one of thegreatest public health chal-lenges our city has ever faced,and the steps that we take nowto mitigate its spread are criti-cal for the wellbeing of ourresidents,” said Mayor Walsh.“We understand these stepsare disruptive for our dailylives, and I want to remind ev-eryone that this is a citywideeffort that requires everyoneto do their part to help us keepour city strong and resilient. Ithank all of our residents, es-pecially our first respondersand medical staff, our educa-tors, and everyone who ismaking a difference.”
CONSTRUCTION SITESEffective tomorrow, Tues-
day, March 17, 2020, the Cityis suspending all regular ac-tivity at construction sites inBoston. Employers shouldmaintain the necessary crewsto keep their sites safe and se-cure, keep any materials fromblowing away, and preventtrespassing. This work needsto be completed in the nextweek, by Monday, March 23,2020. After sites have been se-cured, skeleton crews will bepermitted for the remainder ofthis suspension to ensuresafety. The only work that willbe permitted moving forwardwill be emergency work,which will need to be ap-proved by the City of Boston’s
Inspectional Services Depart-ment.
That essential work in-cludes: emergency utility,road or building work, such asgas leaks, water leaks andsinkholes new utility con-nections to occupied build-ings mandated building orutility work work at publichealth facilities, healthcare fa-cilities, shelters, includingtemporary shelters and otherfacilities that support vulner-able populations workwhich ensures the reliabilityof the transportation network,and other work necessaryto render occupied residentialbuildings fully habitable.
In addition to the list of es-sential construction projects,the City will, on a case-by-case basis, review requests forexceptions to the temporaryconstruction moratorium.These may be granted by theCommissioner of InspectionalServices for building-relatedwork or the Commissioner ofPublic Works for street-re-lated work. These will begranted if they support in-creased public health andsafety.
This policy is effective asof March 17 and will be re-viewed at regular intervals.New projects cannot bestarted at this time, unlessthey meet the criteria above.Any currently permitted andactive construction projectmust be in a secure situationby Monday, March 23. Thispolicy only applies to projectspermitted by the City of Bos-ton.
BOSTON PUBLICLIBRARYAs of 6:00 p.m. today, all
branches of the Boston Pub-lic Library (BPL) system areclosed until further notice in-cluding the central library inCopley Square. During thistime, BPL will expand auto-matic renewals, and allowpeople to keep their books andother materials for an addi-tional 15 weeks, instead of thestandard three weeks.
All late fines will bewaived until May 1, 2020 and
library patrons will have un-til October to renew their li-brary card if it is set to expire.In the coming days and weeks,BPL will increase online ser-vices, including ebooks,downloadable movies, audiobooks, and other informationresources.
As a part of the City’sschool closure plan,Chromebooks are being dis-tributed to every student whoneeds them. Students will beencouraged to make use of theBPL’s vast collection of re-sources during this time.
BOSTON CENTERSFOR YOUTH & FAMILIES
All BCYF pools, gyms andfitness centers are closed. Bythis Wednesday, March 18,2020, all BCYF programmingwill be suspended. Only selectBCYF centers will be open foryouth meal distribution dur-ing school closures. For a listof meal distribution loca-t ions, go to boston.gov/coronavirus.
To protect Bostonians andtheir families from the spreadof the virus, residents are re-minded to practice caution:wash your hands often withsoap and water for at least 20seconds; use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer with atleast 60 percent alcohol;avoid shaking hands; coveryour coughs and sneezes;clean and disinfect frequentlytouched objects and surfaces;and avoid close contact withpeople who are sick. If youthink you might be sick,please call your doctor or311 to be connected to theMayor’s Health Line. Resi-dents are also reminded topractice social distancing:keep your distance from oth-ers (6 feet apart) ; avoidcrowded places.
Residents are asked to notcall 9-1-1 unless you are ex-periencing a medical emer-gency. The City and BPHCwill continue to provide up-dated information on bphc.organd boston.gov/coronavirus.
Legals HPNAcontinued from page 7email from Kirker, which wassent to him and the office ofDistrict Five City CouncilorRicardo Arroyo.
“I have been advocatingbringing this issue back to CityHall since Day One,” Flynnsaid. “I have been bringing itback. Unfortunately, I can’tforce the hand of ISD and otherdepartments to further take alook at things.”
Flynn added that he hascommunicated with both ISDand Kirker, but it appeared thatboth sides were at an impasse.He said that ISD was not will-ing to come back to an HPNAmeeting. ISD offered to haveKirker and a couple of HPNArepresentatives come to the ISDoffice, which he said Kirkerrefused.
On the other hand, he saidhe “felt bad” for local contrac-tors who would be impacted be-cause “they rushed to approveit.”
Hank Cohen from Arroyo’soffice stepped in at that point.While he urged HPNA to ap-peal if they chose to do so, hesaid that members needed tolook at things from the perspec-tive of a small business owner.
“I do want you also to rec-ognize that someone from yourlocal neighborhood, who has asmall business here, who’s try-ing to benefit this neighborhoodis here with all of you, part ofthis community, and is trying tolisten to all your feedback andrepresents a unique opportu-nity,” Cohen said. “I really needus all to encourage each otherto work in a courteous way,okay? We’re all trying to builda stronger, better Hyde Park.”
At that point, communica-tion broke down, and a fewpeople walked out.
“You’re talking to us likewe’re children,” HPNA Trea-surer Val Mayo said.
Cohen told people in thecrowd to speak one at a time,circumventing the board andcalling on FHNA chair JosephSmith.
“We in fact are going to filean appeal on a project that wehave been getting no answerson for over a year,” Smith said.“We know we’re right based onwhat we read in the zoningcode.”
He added that the developerhad cleared the lot prematurely,and while it may impact the con-tractor, there is an overarchingissue at stake.
“Precedents are set by suchdecisions as this one, and they’recontagious,” Smith said, in ref-erence to the proposed develop-ment at the former Dempsey’ssite. “We need to nip this in thebud, or at least get the City toacknowledge they made a mis-take and come to terms with it.”
“Our intent is not to shutdown or stop the project,”Cotellesso added. “All we want,and I’ve said this on numerousoccasions, is for them to becomecompliant with the zoning code.Otherwise it becomes a slipperyslope on a way to do construc-tion in Hyde Park.”
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