National Night Out draws huge crowds...(WRMS) is bringing back the popular 2016 Celebrate Centre program on Sept. 8 this year. WRMS Executive Director said it’s one of the many initia-tives

National Night Outdraws huge crowds

JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

A cavalcade of officialsfrom the City of Boston and theSuffolk County Law Enforce-ment offices came through thecity this week as part of the 35thannual National Night Out(NNO) celebration.

Boston Mayor Marty Walshwent through the city on Mon-day and Tuesday, passingthrough Roslindale and HydePark on Monday. He pointedout that crime in both the E-5and E-18 Police Districts isdown, and he said that is due tothe work of the community and

community policing.“I want to thank the commu-

nity, the police officers and thecommunity crime watches forall that work,” he said. “Thatwork doesn’t happen in just onearea, it happens with everyoneworking together in the neigh-borhoods and I want to thankyou for all the work in theneighborhoods to make theneighborhoods safe.”

In Hyde Park, the commu-nity posthumously honoredBarbara Baxter for her workwith the Hyde Park Neighbor-hood Association and the dis-

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West Roxbury Main Streetsbringing back Celebrate Centre

Hyde Park NA talkspot shops, zoning


The Hyde Park Neighbor-hood Association met last weekand discussed the proposedmedicinal/recreational mari-juana dispensary proposed for931 Hyde Park Ave. and the

proposed 24-unit developmenton 11 Dana Ave.

Sean Berte, of EvergreenFarms, gave an update on theprocess for approval for the dis-pensary, for which he is cur-rently in competition with

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West Roxbury Main Streets(WRMS) is bringing back thepopular 2016 Celebrate Centreprogram on Sept. 8 this year.

WRMS Executive Directorsaid it’s one of the many initia-tives they’re working on rightnow, but said bringing the eventback was definitely a priority.

“This year we’re just takingover the Corey Street parkinglot,” she said. “It’s a big party,10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and we’llhave live music the whole time,a hula hoop artist, differentcommunity groups, yard gamesand that kind of thing. We’rejust trying to get people out andwelcome the fall.”

WRMS Treasurer KarenBishop is heading up the livemusic for the event, and shesaid they have a host of greatbands coming to show the com-munity what they can do. Kick-ing off the day on the MainStage at 10 a.m. is Born Yester-day, followed by CassidyDeadwater at 11:30 a.m., withJimmy Ryan and Hayride at 1p.m. Then at 2 p.m., Shamus


Feeney will play before LosGoutos at 2:15 and Sado Do-mestics will finish off the MainStage at 3:15 p.m. On theTheodore Parker Church StepsStage, JPHonk will start the dayat 10 a.m., followed by CarlinTripp and Friends at 12:30 p.m.The Green Line Xtension willfinish the side stage at 2 p.m.

“One of the coolest thingsabout our musicians is that they

have all played multiple timesin various places in WestRoxbury,” Bishop said. “Manylive within five minutes of Cen-tre Street.”

Joseph said the group is alsoworking on its Paintbox Pro-gram, which will beautify util-ity boxes in the neighborhood.

“Our Design Committee is

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William G. Gross was sworn in on Monday as the 42nd Commissioner of the Boston Police Department.Said Commissioner William G. Gross, "It has been my life's work to serve the community that shaped meand keep people safe in every neighborhood, and I am honored and grateful to be able to continue thatwork as Boston's Police Commissioner. I want to thank Mayor Walsh for his support and for this oppor-tunity, Commissioner Evans for his leadership and friendship, and the community for who I would not behere today without." Said Mayor Martin J. Walsh, "Superintendent Gross is a proven leader who istrusted and respected in the community and by his colleagues in the Boston Police Department. I amproud to appoint him as the first African American Police Commissioner for the City of Boston. "

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Gross officially now Boston PoliceDepartment Commissioner

RVMS Director Alia Hamada Forest was recognized for her contribu-tions to Roslindale.

PHOTOI BY JEFF SULLIVAN

About 50 residents came to the HPNA to hear about medical marijuanaand 11 Dana Ave.

PHOTO BY JEFF SULLIVAN

WRMS is also working towards selecting artists to paint the local utilityboxes on Centre/Spring Streets, of which there are 20 in total.

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About 20 Allston andBrighton residents came out tothe Hawes Medical Building atthe Brighton Marine HealthCenter for a Boston Planningand Development Meeting onTuesday to discuss recentchanges to the proposed build-ing at 139-149 Washington St.

The proposal plans to build228 total units on the site,which abuts the Cabot Cabotand Forbes’ (CCF) 600-plusunit complex at St. Gabriel’s.Avalon Bay representativeDavid Gillespie said that aftera Draft Impact Review Process,they have decided to reduce thesize of the project and increasehome ownership on the site.

The plan is to put a largehorseshoe-shaped building inthe front on Washington Streetand extend Fidelis Way – a pri-vate street owned by the Bos-ton Housing Authority – up toa hill where previously work-ers for the St. Elizabeth’s Hos-pital parked. The plan is to putthe 48 condo units (the other

180 will be rental in the horse-shoe) on top of that hill in aseven-story building.

The conflict comes from alease agreement. Currently, theconstruction at St. Gabriel’sdoes not allow for anyone toaccess that lot. However, whenit is finished, St. Elizabeth’sworkers could drive through theSt. Gabriel’s development tothe parking lot. St. Elizabeth’sparent company, StewardHealthcare, also has a right tolease that lot until 2022, whichresidents said they were wor-ried about since the rental por-tion of the 139 developmentcould come in years ahead ofthe homeownership portion.Allston and Brighton havesome of the lowesthomeownership rates in theentire City of Boston and theregion as a whole.

Steward previously causeda stir in the neighborhood whenit tried to purchase and use 150spots at a parking lot near OakSquare on Washington Street,right on the border of Brightonand Newton.

Residents petitioned againstthis move because of the lackof public process, but there maynow be some unintended con-sequences. It may put the 139-149 Washington St. construc-tion process in limbo.

“That is a topic of ongoingdiscussion for all parties in-volved,” Gillespie said. “Thiswas always going to be aphased project, however condi-tions may change things. Itcould be market conditions, orit could be access, it could be alot of things.”

The condo portion of thebuilding would be abutting theSt. Gabriel property, and CBTArchitects’ AlfredWojciechowski said the idea isto create an accessible area forresidents of both properties. Hesaid there would be pedestrianpaths connecting them onceboth are finished.

“The building joins in withthe CCF building, which is un-der construction currently, andthe sidewalks continue throughto the top of the hill and con-nect to the walkway with theCCF property,” he said. “Thistakes the whole section of the

site and makes it publicly ac-cessible.”

Residents said they werealso concerned with transientpopulations at the rental prop-erty. Gillespie said that AvalonBay does not look for transientpopulations and has manymechanisms to dissuade stu-dents. For one thing, they don’trent to undergraduate studentsand they do not lease in the firstweek of September. He addedthat unlike most rentals inAllston and Brighton, they willhave a management staff on siteat all times to handle any issues.He said move ins will also bestaggered throughout the monthso that there is not a peak ofmove ins, like Allston Christ-mas.

Gillespie also said therewould be a good deal of com-munity benefits with the exten-sion of Fidelis Way. He saidsince the private street is ownedby the Boston Housing Author-ity (BHA) they will be makingseveral upgrades to the full roadthere and to the green space ofthe community center in theBHA’s Commonwealth Devel-opment.

Gillespie said they will bewidening Fidelis by using 139-149 Washington’s own land.There will be two-way traffic,as well as space for parking onboth sides. The parking lot forthe Commonwealth Develop-ment Community Center willalso be widened to accommo-date head-in parking in front ofparallel parking (which is cur-rently the case but requires a lotof 3-point turns from the head-in lot) and will increase theamount of green space for thecommunity center by curlingout Fidelis as it goes up the hillto the condo building.

Gillespie said both build-ings will meet the 13 percentrequirements for affordability,but declined to comment toomuch on the rates of rent andprices of the condos when ev-erything is said and done.

The comment period for thisproject ends on Aug. 17. Resi-dents can comment at theBPDA website by going tobostonplans.org/projects/devel-opment-projects/139-149-washington-street.

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HITTING THE STREETS

Letters to the EditorEditorialLET’S SUPPORTROXBURY PREP

To the Editor:I am a member of the

Roslindale community and Isupport the proposal for a newRoxbury Prep High School at361 Belgrade Ave inRoslindale.

This project will bring anew, quality high school edu-cation option to our neighbor-hood. As a parent of two youngchildren, I am excited to havethis school as an option. I grewup in Boston and am commit-ted to raising my children here,but as with other parents, I amconcerned about choice foreducation, particularly for highschool. Roxbury Prep has atrack record of excellence. Theschool has out-performed thedistrict every year and the stu-dents are exposed to college-prep and individualized supportplanning throughout their timein high school. Roxbury Prepdoes accept new students in the9th grade, making this new lo-cation a great opportunity forfamilies in Roslindale and WestRoxbury.

This project is not about dis-trict schools vs. charter schools.Roxbury Prep’s new facility isnot about expanding charterschools, it is simply about cre-ating a permanent home for ahigh-performing public school.No caps are being raised andcharters are not being ex-panded.

There is so much develop-ment happening in our city. TheClay Auto site will inevitablybe developed. Why not opt fora school building that will bean asset to our community andwill serve future generations ofBostonians?

Let’s welcome RoxburyPrep to our community and givecurrent students and future stu-dents a new home!

Amanda Mezzetti-QuirkRoslindale

YOUTH SOCCERPICNICWAS GREAT!

To the Editor:The annual Parkway Youth

Soccer Family Picnic at Millen-nium Park on June 23rd wasgreat time! Even though it wewere dodging a few raindropsduring the picnic, spirits werenot dampened! Food, fun,games and prizes were enjoyedby all who participated.

Many thanks go out to the

all the great coaches, parents,friends and children of ParkwayYouth Soccer for working sowell together and ensuring theevent was a success. Thanks toall of our great sponsors whoso generously support ourteams.

We would especially like tothank our key sponsor, RocheBrothers Supermarket, whoonce again generously donatedall of the food – over 3000 hotdogs and burgers were served!A thank you also goes out toThe Pepsi Bottling Companywho provided soda. And a bigthanks also goes to Rental De-pot, who has provided equip-ment, delivery, set up and sup-port for the picnic for manyyears. We couldn’t have doneit without any of you!

Thank you to our sponsorswho donated their time, staffand expertise to man our gameand fun tents: State Represen-tative Ed Coppinger who do-nated all the bottled water, StateSenator Michael Rush, CityCouncilors Michael Flaherty,Michelle Wu, Tim McCarthyand our own Councilor MattO’Malley and their terrificstaffs. We would like to thankthe Suffolk County Sheriff’sDepartment for joining us aswell!

The picnic would not havebeen possible without the helpand support of the Boston FireDepartment, Engine 30 andLadder 25 from our local firehouse, who filled the dunk tankand the water barrels andopened the fire trucks for view-ing. It was awesome! Andthanks to the Parks and Recre-ation staff at Millennium Parkfor their excellent help.

The entire league of about1100 players and their familiesis very grateful for the gener-ous support of our 70 localbusinesses and other supporterswho sponsor us each year.

Thanks again to all and welook forward to next year’s pic-nic!

Dave Sprik,President Parkway Youth

Soccer League

WHY NOOUTREACH?

To the Editor:Mr. Brian Golden, Director

Boston Planning and Develop-ment Agency

RE: Large Project ReviewRequirements 361 BelgradeAvenue, Roslindale / West

RoxburyDear Mr.Golden:On behalf residents of West

Roxbury and Roslindale thatsurround Belgrade Avenue, weare AGAINST the plan forRoxbury Prep Charter HighSchool Facility at 361 BelgradeAvenue.

This site is said to be revi-talizing this under-utilizedformer automotive sales andservices site in the Roslindaleneighborhood with the con-struction of a new high schoolfacility, but this is NOT an ap-propriate site for such a largeschool. This proposed buildingwith cover 43,014 square feetof land in a part of Roslindale/West Roxbury that does nothave the facilities to supportsuch a large influx of people.

There was little to no out-reach done in the neighbor-hoods that surround this lot, andthey did not take into consider-ation the already congestedroundabout that is right next tothe police station. The currentcommute time to get throughthis bottle neck is about 15 min-utes and if you add a facility thathouses 860 students + 80 staffand teachers that rush hour traf-fic will be at a standstill.

The 2nd issue is that theMBTA commuter rail Belgradeis the smallest stop that we haveon the Needham line, and it iscurrently not capable of handlinga large amount of people nor isthe MBTA capable of keepingthe trains and busses running ontime with their skeleton crewsthat are currently on theNeedham line. With an addi-tional 800 students this will over-whelm the trains, orange line andbusses.

There is a proposed kiss anddrop off area on Anawan Street,which also is a problem as thatstreet cannot hold a large amountof traffic. The streets are too nar-row for multiple drop offs or bus-ses or teachers parking. It is rightnext to a residential apartmentbuilding and their parking also hasan exit on that street which can nolonger be moved.

The current enrollment of stu-dents from the Roslindale and WestRoxbury neighborhoods is 3%,and it would be more advisable toput this school into a current schoolthat is under-utilized, such as onethat is in West Roxbury.

The development team didnot conduct any preliminarycommunity outreach with abut-ting and area residents, businessowners and institutions. We feelthat there is a real need to com-municate with the neighborhoodrather than ram a project this biginto a small spot of land, at thelast minute.

Debbie PatrutzWest Roxbury

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Watching the newly appointed Police Commissioner Wil-liam Gross take to the streets of Boston’s neighborhoodsthis week, we had to pause upon hearing his commitment to“community policing.” A similar promise has been made bymany of his predecessors. Nothing new here. Or is there?

We don’t doubt his commitment. The idea that buildingstreet-level relationships with the police officers who servean area is a wonderful concept. Well executed, it can helpreduce both violent and petty crime rates and improve anintangible, not so easily lent to metrics: engendering civil-ian trust and respect.

The more we thought about it, however, the more werealized that Gross has plenty of work ahead to improve thecity’s community policing commitment.

To start with, there is the obvious. As a man of color,fairly or not, expectations will ramp up exponentially. Thepresumption, and we will need to see how it plays out, isthat the color of his skin will automatically break down someof the city’s notorious culture barriers, infamously exhib-ited with the “stop snitching” mantra that even made its wayonto novelty t-shirts at one point in time.

That assumption may be an obvious one, but it is never-theless a bit unfair. The superior credentials and bottom-upexperience Gross brings to the table is far more valuablethan the color of his skin. Police forces, as we’ve seen inmany recent controversies across the nation, are no longerjudged on a cop-by-cop basis. They are viewed as an insti-tution that is far more than the sum of their parts. In someparts of the country, even black officers have been accusedof being racist.

Boston, fortunately, doesn’t yet suffer the same issuesthat have gripped much of the nation, but there for the graceof God we go. No matter who takes charge of the BPD, it isimportant to not just maintain good community relations,but to build upon the existing base.

That is easier said than done. Gross has already facedone of those tricky dilemmas needing to be handled withgreat sensitivity.

Last week, two undercover police officers followed a teen,later found with a gun, into the Dewitt Center in Roxbury.Backup officers, however, were barred from entering thepremises.

Gross thus far has been very careful in his reaction, andrightfully so. How can police best balance the need to pro-tect and serve all residents, while also respecting that theremay be community “safe spaces” where flashing a badgecan be detrimental to winning hearts and minds.

In a city undergoing a development boom and an addic-tion to high-end properties, the divide between the “haves”and “have-nots” will continue to deepen. The resulting iso-lation, anger and despair is another of the macro issues Grosswill need to deal with. Thus far, he seems to be up to thetask. We wish him well.

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Berte, a Roslindale resi-dent, said that the city haschanged up its process in ap-provals. He said that now, in-stead of a city council hearing,any proponent for a dispensarymust first get a refusal letterfrom Inspectional Services (adispensary is a conditional useand therefore always requiresa zoning variance), set up acommunity meeting with theMayor’s Office of Neighbor-hood Services, create a hostagreement with the Office ofEmerging Industries and thengo through the process set upby the state’s Cannabis Con-trol Commission.

“We’re just waiting on theMayor,” he said.

Berte said that once thedate for the Zoning Board ofAppeals hearing is set he ex-pects to have a communitymeeting set up with abutters.

Berte said that they havenow moved from strictly medi-cal to medical and recreation,as a medical card would negateany benefits for veterans in theVeterans Administrationhealthcare system, since it’s afederal system.

“We want to go into thisfrom a medical standpoint, buta lot of us veterans will loseour VA benefits if we registerunder the medical program,”he said. “We’re trying to helpcertain groups, especially vetswho don’t want to lose theirbenefits, which is why wechecked recreational andmedical.”

Some residents said theydid not want a dispensary intheir neighborhood as they feltit could increase crime. Someresidents said they didn’t wanttheir kids exposed to mari-juana either, and Berte did saythey will have extreme secu-rity there. Many residents saidthey hadn’t seen the presenta-tion Berte did on his dispen-sary earlier and asked if theycould see it again. HPNApresident John Raymond saidthey would invite Berte backfor the next meeting, eventhough the group has alreadyvoted not to oppose the dispen-sary.

“We’ve announced thingsin the papers and people al-ways decide to come after thefact and register complaintswhen everything’s been votedon,” he said. “I will try to getsome elected officials here, Icannot promise though be-cause we’re going into theelection season.”

In other news, FairmountHill Neighborhood Associa-tion President Joe Smith saidthey had a presentation fromdeveloper Milan Patel to con-vert a three-family house on 11Dana Ave. to a 24-unit build-ing, which Patel and his de-velopment at torney JohnPulgini said they believe tobe an as-of-right project.

“I am outraged that thatkind of project is, in fact, withinthe zoning code,” Smith said.“I am surprised by it andshocked by it and we need todo something about those kindsof zoning violations that areoccurring in our town... How

much do we have to put up within Hyde Park from North Shoredevelopers who come in andput up developments? Theythink we’re stupid, and theythink we don’t understand.”

Though the project may beas-of-right – as of the date ofpublication no letter of intenthas been filed with the BostonPlanning and DevelopmentAgency (BPDA) and it is notyet known if Inspectional Ser-vices has approved any appli-cation – it does fall under theBPDA’s Article 80 SmallProject Review process andwill require at least one com-munity meeting and a commentperiod for the public to partici-pate in. Nothing has yet beenscheduled with the BPDA, butwhen it is, the Bulletin willhave notices published.

“When these meetingscome up, you have to showup,” said Raymond. “Youhave to voice your opinion,both positive and negative.”

Resident Craig Martinsaid he bel ieved thedeveloper’s notion that theproject will be as-of-rightwas in error. He said the areais zoned as a NeighborhoodShopping District 2, that wasan add-on designation. Hesaid the fact that it was anadd on means it does nothave the same parking re-quirements. At this time, theproject will have a one-to-oneparking ratio of 24 spaces for 24units. Martin contended that theadd-on zoning requires a two-to-one ratio.

“They’re going to have tofind a place for 60 cars,” he said.

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Urban Edge gets CPA funding for Columbus Ave. CourtyardRicharRicharRicharRicharRichard Heathd Heathd Heathd Heathd Heath

Staff Reporter

Since 1981, Urban Edgehas preserved and built hun-dreds of income-based rentalhousing in Greater EglestonSquare, but on June 20 theCity Council approved a$200,000 Community Pres-ervat ion Act grant for apocket park on ColumbusAvenue.

Called Delphines Court-yard after the late DelphineWalker-an active and long-t ime res ident of WalnutPark, it will be built on landUrban Edge has owned since1984,long occupied by a sit-ting area and neighborhoodgarden next to the EglestonSquare Branch of the BostonPublic Library.

The courtyard is part of67 Walnut Park, a four-story,thirty-two unit, fully-afford-able apartment house devel-oped by Urban Edge and de-s igned by Prel lwi tz-Chillinski; construction be-gan in January, 2018.

In the planning stagessince 2015, the developmentabuts the branch library.

Leslie Belay is one of theleaders of the Friends of theEgleston Square branch li-brary.

“Urban Edge came to theFriends and asked us for anendorsement [of 67 WalnutPark],”said Belay.“In themeantime we were in theprocess of getting a land-scape design for the librarygrounds and we had conver-sations with Urban Edgeabout col laborat ing. Wewanted a connecting path-way through the library toWalnut Avenue that wouldgo through the Urban Edgeproperty.”

“About six months agowe submitted a joint pro-posal with Urban Edge thatwould fund the pocket parkand conform with the librarydesign,” she said.

According to Belay, theBoston Public Library sup-ported the landscape pro-posal but added that it in-tended to completely reno-vate the library and groundswithin the next five years.

“CPA cannot fund aproject that a l ready hasfunding plans ,” sa idBelay.“They don’t want theirproject to be dug up later on,so the Friends withdrewtheir proposal for a walk-way.”

“We’re stil l partners,”Belay said of Urban Edge.“We’re neighbors and allies

and we want to be. We justhope Urban Edge‘s designconforms to ourpermaculture and sustain-able pant ing landscapeideas.”

“BPL Director of Opera-tions Patricia Foley came outtwo weeks ago,” Belay said.“She wanted to see what theFriends are going to do. Wealready have a $20,000Henderson grant. We’ll giveit back if we have to.”

Sixty-seven Walnut Parkwill include a 23-space park-ing lot between the buildingand the courtyard; access tothe parking will be from Co-lumbus Avenue over a shareddriveway with 2030-2040Columbus Ave., which Ur-ban Edge also owns.

Emily Loomis is directorof Real Estate for UrbanEdge.

“We’ve always had a longstanding relationship withThe Friends,” Loomis said.“We had already planned acourtyard; at f i rs t just apaved area with benches andtrees. About 18 months agothe Friends came to us and en-couraged us to incorporate thecourtyard with the librarylandscaping using sustainableplant designs.”

“The courtyard was going

to be funded as part of 67 Wal-nut Park,” Loomis said,” butwe ran into unexpected ledgeand soil conditions and therewas no room in the budget forthe courtyard. Then CPA camealong and we saw an oppor-tunity.”

“Our vision is to include apathway,” Loomis said. “Ourproperty will not be blockedoff so we can still share thatconnection with the library.”

“It’s a green buffer,” shesaid. “It’s community space forall residents to enjoy. Wewanted to create an attractivespace on the street. It’s a greatway to use that [67 WalnutPark] development opportu-

Plan of Delphine’s Courtyard. Urban Edge received a $200,000 CPAgrant to build the court on Columbus Avenue.

PHOTO COURTESY: HAMMER + WALSH LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS

nity. It also connects our prop-erties [Wardman Apartmentson Walnut Park and Cleavescourt on Columbus Ave].

“We will own and maintainthe courtyard,” she said.“The old sitting area willcontinue its tradition in thecourt too. I t wil l not belocked.”

“The CPA funding willenable us to use permeablepavers to absorb water, sus-tainable plants and recycledmaterials for the benches andtables,” Loomis said. “Ham-mer and Walsh are the land-scape architects.” We plan tostart work on the courtyard inSeptember,” she said.

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mer Fitness Series BostonPublic Health Commission,Boston Parks & RecreationWednesdays, through – Sep-tember 26, 2018 @ 6:00 pmB r i g h t o n C o m m o n ,

BrightonBOSTON CHILDREN’SFESTIVAL COMES TOFRANKLIN PARK AUGUST21

2018 ParkARTS BostonChildren’s Festival on Tuesday,August 21, at Franklin Park inDorchester from 10 a.m. to 1p.m.

The location of the festivalis on Pierpont Road off CircuitDrive, near the back entrance ofthe Franklin Park Zoo. ByMBTA, take the Orange Line toForest Hills and the #16 bus tothe Zoo. By car, the park canbe reached from Blue Hill Av-enue, Seaver Street, or CircuitDrive.

There is ample free parkingand the park is ADA compliant.For further information, call(617) 635-4505 or visitwww.boston.gov/parks orw w w . f a c e b o o k . c o m /bostonparksdepartment.

CHARLIE THOMAS’DRIFTERS AT CITY HALLPLAZA AUGUST 15

Timeless R&B classics re-turn to City Hall Plaza withCharlie Thomas’s Drifters atthe Dorothy Curran Wednes-day Night Concert Series onAugust 15 at 7 p.m.

The Dorothy CurranWednesday Night Concert Se-ries closes August 22 with theTrammps performing hits in-cluding “Hold Back TheNight,” “Where The HappyPeople Go,” “Soul Bones,”and their signature song“Disco Inferno” as featured onthe soundtrack of “SaturdayNight Fever.”

For more information,please call (617) 635-4505 orvisit the Parks Departmentonline at boston.gov/depart-ments/parks-and-recreation or

f a c e b o o k . c o m /bostonparksdepartment.

THE WOMEN’S TABLEWELCOMES YOU!

The Women’s Table of theSisters of St. Joseph of Boston,offers hospitality, welcome andcompassion to women from allwalks of life. Programs rangefrom monthly circles of supportfor mothers of children with spe-cial needs, to retreats and enrich-ment series that encouragewomen to explore the meaningand wisdom of their lives. Checkout our website at:www.thewomenstable.com.

For more information, pleasecall Mary Rita at 617.746.2056or email:[email protected].

HOMESHARINGThe City of Boston wants to

let you know about a new ser-vice that helps you easily and le-gally benefit from the extra spacein your home. Nesterly connecthouseholds who have extra spacein their home with young peoplewho are seeking a place to stayfor longer than one month. Theservice was launched last year asa pilot with the City of Bostonas a means to increase access toaffordable urban housing whilebuilding intergenerational con-nections. Nesterly is now ex-panding throughout the Bostonregion to make homesharing ac-cessible, safe and easy by pro-viding screening, customizablehomesharing agreements andongoing support. Do you have aspare room? Learn more or signup for Nesterly today.www.nesterly.io or call 903-600-6378

IT’S ALL ABOUT ARTSIt’s All About Arts announces

a new exhibit at the BNN Neigh-borhood Art Gallery for themonths of August and Septem-ber, 2018. The exhibit will becreative fiber art from variousartists. There will be a receptionwith the artists on Monday Au-

gust 13, from 5:30-7:00 pm. Allare welcome. Open to the pub-lic. Light refreshments will beserved. Located at BNN MediaCenter, 3025 Washington Street,Egleston Square, Boston, MA02119.

Participating artists: LizNania - Roslindale, MA LizHardy-Jackson - Hyde Park, MAPaul Sedgwick - Jamaica Plain,MA Paulina Perlwitz - Putnam,CT Elaine Croce Happnie -Dorchester, MA RogersonHouse Sewing Group -Roslindale, MA Janice Williams- Roslindale, MA https://www.facebook.com/pg/TalkArtsand http://www.artstudio99.com.

BRIGHTON SOUNDS:UNPLUGGED

Saturday. August 18, 2018,10:00 am – 10:00 pm BrightonSounds: Unplugged is a new,unique cultural experience. Forone summer Saturday, local busi-nesses will host live acousticmusic, entertaining visitors andincreasing foot traffic in the busi-ness district. It’s a “porchfest”-style event in Brighton’s shops& restaurants.

Stay tuned for schedules andset times! For detailed informa-tion, please visit: http://www.brightonmainstreets.org/brighton-sounds-unplugged

HARVARD UNIVERSITYNEIGHBORHOODCOFFEE HOUR

Government Affairs & Com-munity Relations at HarvardUniversity Thursday, September6, 2018, 8:00 am – 9:00 am

The Neighborhood CoffeeHour gives residents a uniqueopportunity to speak directlywith Government Affairs &Community Relations and stafffrom Harvard University aboutAllston/Brighton Planning &Development and the new com-munity and campus that will bebuilt. Areas of discussion couldinclude institutional, the Enter-prise Resource Campus, BeaconPark Yards, other HarvardAllston/Brighton holdings andcurrent and future communitybenefits (products & services).

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Boston Police Emerald Society Hosting its annual 5k Road Race

The Boston Police Emer-ald Society (BPES) inRoslindale is hosting its 10thannual Halfway to St. Patty’sDay 5K to benefit Boston’sCops for Kids with CancerCharity on Sept. 9 this yearon Birch Street.

BPES President NedDervan said it’s going to bean amazing event. Last year,hundreds of runners came outto tackle the route that goesup South Street along theArnold Arboretum, basicallygoing up Peter’s Hill on thestreet, which is a pretty steepincline. Dervan said he’shappy to continue the tradi-tion that’s been raising thou-sands every year for the char-ity.

“It’s kind of a big deal, alot of other road races fail tomake it to that 10-year mark,so to me it shows a dedica-tion from the organizers andthe founders, l ike DannyAdas and FrankMcLaughlin,” he said.

Dervan said Cops for Kidswith Cancer is a great char-ity that tries to help out fami-lies with children battlingcancer.

“When families have a


child who is sickened by can-cer, it’s forced a lot of fami-lies who were two employedparents to go down to oneemployed parent,” he said,explaining that the hospitalvisits and doctors’ appoint-ments can take a lot of time.“Cops for Kids with Canceraides those families by pro-viding them with gift cards,gas cards and museumpasses. You know, if they’rein town and they have twoother kids and the kids aretrucking along from hospitalvisit to hospital visit, it’sgood to get them out to theMuseum of Science, or theNew England Aquarium orthe Boston Children’s Mu-seum.”

Dervan said the EmeraldSociety fundraisers for Copsfor Kids with Cancer and doz-ens of other local communitycharities month-to-month, buthe said they really wanted tohave an event that emphasizesthe importance the BPES feelstowards the charity.

“We raised $9,000 lastyear, which we thought was apretty sizable donation forthem,” he said. “We’re look-ing forward to another bigyear... I think we do it right. Inyears past we had an Irish folkband, the Fenian Sons, and we

have them back this year alongwith some Irish step dancers.”

Dervan said the event willclose off Birch Street and alsohave demonstrations from theBoston Police K-9 Unit, theBoston Bomb Squad and theBoston SWAT Unit. He saidthere will also be refresh-ments, a bouncy castle, facepainting and fingerprintingfor the kids. He said the fin-gerprinting will also have anid card component, which hesaid can help in the case of anemergency.

To register for the event,go to bpdemeraldsociety.com/upcoming-events/roadrace/.

Last year, hundreds came out for the charity run and collectively raised about $9,000 for the charity Copsfor Kids with Cancer.

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Rita M. (Laffey) Of WestRoxbury, (German Centre), age95, formerly of Jamaica Plain,Mattapan, and Roslindale, Au-gust 2, 2018. Rita was theyoungest of the five children ofCatherine J. (Glynn) andMichael F. Laffey. Rita was pre-deceased by her husband JamesV. Bauer (Past Grand Knight,K of C Council 3049 of WestRoxbury, and Past DistrictDeputy) in 2011, and her broth-ers and sisters and theirspouses, James and EllenLaffey, Jean and GeorgeDoherty, Thomas and Rose-mary Laffey, and Kathryn andGeorge McColgan. Rita is sur-vived by her two children andtheir spouses, Patricia andPatrick Hanehan of Clearwater,FL, and James F. and CecileBauer of Frisco, TX, as well asby two grandchildren, BrendanJ. Hanehan of Essex Junction,VT and Lauren A. Bauer ofCollege Station, TX. Rita isalso survived by many nieces,nephews, cousins, and friends.A native Bostonian, Rita at-tended the Cheverus Schooland graduated from St. ThomasAquinas HS, Jamaica Plain,class of 1941. Rita then workedas a bookkeeper for the JohnHancock Insurance Company.Rita was devoted to her Faith,her family and her friends, andshe loved everything that iswonderful about the City ofBoston. Our family extendsheartfelt gratitude to all wholoved, supported and cared forboth of our parents, especiallyin their later years. Our familyalso thanks the staff and resi-dents of the German Centre fortheir care, compassion andfriendship during the two yearsthat our father resided there,

and during the nearly ten yearsthat our mother resided there.Funeral from the Robert J.Lawler & Crosby FuneralHome, 1803 Centre St., WestRoxbury, MA. Memorial do-nations may be directed toHoly Name Church, 1689Centre St., West Roxbury, MA02132, or to the Resident Ac-tivities Fund at the GermanCentre, 2222 Centre St., WestRoxbury, MA 02132.

CATALANOAnthony L. 87, formerly of

West Roxbury, MA diedpeacefully Friday, July 27 atNewbridge on the Charles inDedham. He was the belovedhusband of the late Elizabeth(Picariello) Catalano, whodied in 1992. Mr. Catalanowas born in Boston, the sonof the late Fedele Catalano ofBenevento, Italy, and Elisa(Reda) of Boston. Mr.Catalano is predeceased byhis two younger brothers,Michael and Joseph. Mr.Catalano is survived by fourchildren: Carol Martin, wifeof the late Thomas Martin ofLexington, MA, Rita Jellison,wife of Gerard Jellison ofAllston, MA, Lisa Healy, wifeof Paul Healy of WestRoxbury, MA, and AnthonyCatalano, husband of Patricia(Morgan) Catalano ofBellingham, MA; 6 grandchil-dren: Elizabeth Martin, JessicaJellison, Paul and MichaelHealy, and Anthony andAudrey Catalano. Funeralfrom The Robert J. Lawler &Crosby Funeral Home, 1803Centre St., WEST ROXBURYInterment St. Mary’s Cem-etery, Needham.

In lieu of flowers, dona-tions may be made inAnthony’s memory to North-eastern University, RE-SEED,

www.giving.northeastern.eduLawler & Crosby FuneralHome

DOLGEJoyce A. (Morgan) Of Hyde

Park, August 1, 2018, age 92.Beloved wife of the lateDominic F. Dolge. Lovingmother of Dominic F.J. Dolgeand his wife Veronica ofFranklin, John J. Dolge and hiswife Nancy of Canton, andJoanne Rabbitt of Walpole.Cherished grandmother ofPaula, Diane, Julie, Jenny, Joey,Sarah, Richie, and Mikey, andgreat-grandmother of 9. Sisterof Rose Phillips and pre-de-ceased by 7 siblings. Also sur-vived by many nieces and neph-ews. Funeral service fromJames H. Delaney & Son Fu-neral Home, 48 CommonStreet, WALPOLE. A Funeral.Interment will be in FairviewCemetery in Hyde Park. In lieuof flowers, memorial donationsmay be made to: Care Dimen-sions Hospice, 75 SylvanStreet, Suite B-102, Danvers,MA 01923. Delaney FuneralH o m ewww.delaneyfuneral.com

FANNINGPatricia Helen (Condon) Of

Hyde Park, formerly ofDedham, August 4, 2018. Be-loved wife of the late John E.Fanning Sr. Devoted mother ofJohn E. Fanning II of Plymouth,Patricia H. Murphy and her lov-ing companion John O’Connellof Hyde Park, and the lateFrancis P. Fanning and his wifeDeborah and Michael G. Fan-ning. Cherished grandmother ofKristene and her husbandDerek, whom she lived andshared a special bond withthrough the years. In addition

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she is survived by many ador-ing grandchildren and greatgrandchildren. Daughter ofthe late Henry and Helen(Schoner) Condon, she waspredeceased by two siblings,Margaret and Henry. Funeralfrom Carroll-Thomas FuneralHome, Hyde Park.

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William F. At age 92, of theSouth End and Hull, formerlyof West Roxbury, died peace-fully on July 20, 2018. Lovinghusband of the late Alice G.(Moloney) Hennessey withwhom he shared 61 years ofmarriage. He is survived by hissibling Sister Mary Hennesseyof Chicago. He was prede-ceased by his brother, JosephF. Hennessey, and his sisters,Ann Praught and AngelaHeffernan. Devoted father ofBilly Hennessey and his wifeLiz of Milford, SeanHennessey and his partner LocDuong of the South End, MaraHennessey and her husbandDavid Johansen of New YorkCity, Paula Hennessey of Cam-bridge, Katie Hennessey andher husband Brook Batteau ofShelburne Falls, granddaugh-ters Leah Hennessey of NewYork City and AlouetteBatteau of Shelburne Falls,and many beloved nieces andnephews. Former principal andteacher in the Boston PublicSchools. Graduate of BostonLatin School Class of 1943 andHarvard College Class of1947. US Army World War IIveteran. Visiting hours onThursday, August 9th 4-7pm inthe Cathedral of the HolyCross (lower church). A Fu-neral Mass will be celebratedon Friday, August 10th at 10o’clock in the Cathedral (lowerchurch). Relatives and friendskindly invited. For guestbookgormleyfuneral.com. WilliamJ. Gormley Funeral Service617-323-8600

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All participants will enjoycoffee and breakfast treats. 168Western Ave, Allston

COMMENT PERIOD ENDSThe comment period for 139-

149 Washington Street ends onFriday, August 17, 2018

The proposal includes twonew residential buildings the firstbuilding will contain approxi-mately 180 rental units with amix of studio, one-bedroom andthree-bedroom units. The secondbuilding will contain approxi-mately 30 for-sale units with amix of one-bedroom, two-bed-room and three-bedroom units.Approximately 180 parkingspaces will be located on thelower floors of the first building,approximately 30 parking spaceswill be on the ground level of thesecond building, and approxi-mately 10 additional spaces willbe on the road between the twobuildings. http://www.bostonplans.org/projects/development-projects/139-149-washington-street Email con-t a c t :[email protected]

COMMUNITY HEATHNEEDS ASSESSMENT

St. Elizabeth’s Medical Cen-

ter is conducting a CommunityHealth Needs Assessment thisyear which is used to inform ourcommunity benefits programs.We will be distributing surveysas well as hosting focus groupsand would love for you to par-ticipate. Through these surveys,we hope to reach out to commu-nity members and providers inorder to solicit feedback aboutsome of the strengths and weak-nesses in our community in termsof addressing health.

Community MembersSurveyIntended for residents of

Allston, Brighton, Brookline,Newton, West Newton,Waltham, Watertown, WestRoxbury and Roslindale, and forthose receiving health-relatedservices in those areas. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PPNTJQP

Provider SurveyIntended for providers of

geographic services areas listedabove. Note this includes anytype of service provided not justhealthcare. https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PWWTPMG

ALLSTON/BRIGHTONThe comment period for

Allston Square has been ex-tended to Friday, September 14,2018.

A new six-building mixed-usedevelopment with 334 residentialunits, 237 associated parkingspaces, and 22,145 square feet ofoffice space.

http://www.bostonplans.org/projects/development-projects/allston-square

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CONCERT IN THE PARKBrighton Main Streets have

some fun events coming up andcould use a little help to pull themoff!. Saturday, August 18. 4-6 pm(set up between 2-3 pm)

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Simply respond with thetime(s) you are available and thejob(s) you would like to do (setup, break down, sell merchan-dise). Volunteer slots for the con-certs are also listed online:www.SignUpGenius.com/go/60B054AAAA92BA4FB6-sum-mer.

VETS TO VETSSUPPORT GROUP

Vets to Vets group meetingsare held every 2nd and 4th Thurs-day of each month on campus at7:00 pm. UMass Boston in col-laboration with Brighton MarineHealth Center invites you to aVeterans Support DiscussionGroup, a safe and confidentialspace to discuss challenges andopportunities with other local vet-erans. Brighton Marine HealthCenter 77 Warren St, Brighton

For more information pleasecontact Cary Rothenburger,M.Ed, LSCW at (617) 610-4145o [email protected]

Allston I-90 IntermodalProject Task Force Meeting

Wednesday, August 15, 2018@ 6:30 pm. At this meeting theIndependent Review Team willprovide an update on the Indepen-dent Review Process and presentthe draft evaluation criteria. TheMassDOT Design Team will fol-low and discuss the issues of bikeand pedestrian accommodationson the planned street grid.Josephine A Fiorentino Commu-nity Center (Charlesview) 123Antwerp St, Allston

ENGLISH FOR STUDENTSOF OTHER LANGUAGESCLASSES

Adult Education Program -Thursday, September 13, 2018,6:00 pm – 8:30 pm (Registrationfor new participants)

Seven classes of English instruc-tion with certified teachers coveringlistening, speaking, reading, and writ-ing will be offered. Classes will be heldtwice a week on Tuesday & Thursdayevenings from 6-8:30.

Free childcare is available.If you have further questions about

these English classes, please contactMichelle Duval, the Program Director,at (617) 635-8365, [email protected] go to www.gpaesol.com for moreinformation about our program.Gardner Pilot Academy, 30 AtholSt, Allston.

ESL CLASSAn ESL conversation group

meets at 12:30 pm every Monday.Come practice your languageskills in an informal and friendlysetting with other new Englishspeakers. Brighton Branch Li-brary/40 Academy Hill Road/(617) 782-6032

BEGINNINGINTERNET CLASS

Help is available on a one onone basis to get you started. Callfor an appointment and ask forAlan, Brighton Branch Library/40 Academy Hill Rd. (617) 782-6032.

HYDE PARK

CONCERTS IN THEGARDEN SUMMER 2018

August 9 The Jazzabelles JazzBand, August 16 Bird ManciniThe 60’s and 70’s Folk-Rock-Pop, August 23 Tony CibottiAmerican Songbook, On days ofextreme heat or rain, please joinus in the branch library’s MeninoHall. Hyde Park Branch Library,35 Harvard Ave, Hyde Park, MA,0 2 1 3 [email protected]

5TH URBAN ARTSFESTIVAL

The 5th Urban Arts Festivaltakes place on September 8, 2018from 12pm to 5pm located at theMartini Shell Memorial Park on1015 Truman Parkway, HydePark. The festival is free for allages. There will be performances,artists, games, arts & crafts, giveaways, music, vendors, spokenword, steam roller mega print.For more information pleaseemail [email protected] orcall 857-719-9467.

HYDE PARK COWBOYSHyde Park Cowboys Football/Cheerleading 2018 Season ishere!

Come on down to Kelley Field-Turtle Pond & River St. To signup!

Flag football ages 5,6 & firstyear 7, cheerleaders 5 & 6, Tacklefootball & Cheerleading ages 7-13, Serving the youth ofBoston!Questions [email protected]

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TRIDUUM IN HONOROF STE. CLARE

Monastery of St. Clare, 920Centre Street, Jamaica Plain Au-gust 9, 10 – Masses at 7:00 PMSaturday, August 11, Solemnity,Mass at 11:00 AM

ARNOLD ARBORETUMFIELD GUIDE

Make a difference as anArnold Arboretum Field StudyGuide! Training for the fallseason of school programs atthe Arboretum begins August30. We are looking for outgo-ing and mature adults who cancommit to two years of volun-teering. You do not need to knowabout plants, but experienceworking with children is pre-ferred. If you are interested, pleasecontact the Manager of Children’sEducation by August 24 for an in-terview. Email:[email protected] Website: http://www.arboretum.harvard.edu/sup-

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WEST ROXBURY/ROSLINDALE

PLANS ANNOUNCED FORROSSI HIGH REUNION

A reunion for all who attendedRoslindale High School will takeplace on Saturday, October 6 at theDedham Holiday Inn at 55 AriadneRoad in Dedham. The reunion willstart at 7:30 p.m. and end at mid-night. Graduates of the Class of 1968will be celebrating 50 years. Gradu-ates of the Class of 1969 are plan-ning a 49th reunion and graduatesof the class of 1973 will be celebrat-ing 45 years.

Tickets will be e-mailed to eachguest responding. The reunion islimited to 250 guests which mayprevent tickets being sold at the door.For updates on the reunion, go towww.roslindalehighschool.com.

4TH ANNUAL ROSLINDALEPORCH FEST SATURDAYSEPTEMBER 15

The Roslindale Arts Alliance an-nounces that the 2018 RoslindalePorch Fest will be held on SaturdaySeptember 15 from 1:30-5:30 pm,with a rain date of Sunday Septem-ber 16. This family-friendly eventshowcases local talent all overRoslindale hosted by residents ea-ger to provide their porches, drive-ways, yards, and gazebos as venuesfor free musical performances.Roslindale Porch Fest is free to all,thanks to our generous sponsors.Last year’s event featured live mu-sic at 70 locations across Roslindale,with 110 music acts participating instyles ranging from folk to jazz torock to reggae to classical, and acrowd estimated in the thousands.

Registration is now open forboth hosts and musicians at http://www.roslindalearts.org/porchfest.The registration deadline is August1

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MAYOR OF ROSLINDALECONTEST

The 43rd Annual Roslindale DayParade will take place on Sunday, Oc-tober 14th, 2018, stepping off at 1:00p.m. from Washington Street inRoslindale Village. The parade will pro-ceed up South Street, to Belgrade Av-enue, taking a right at West RoxburyParkway, through Gottwald Rotary,to Centre Street, to South Street, andending at Fallon Field. This year theParade will honor as Grand Mar-shals the Families of John Morganand Jack Lynch, co-owners ofRoslindale’s Pleasant Cafe, whichjust celebrated its 80th Anniversarylast year.

In addition to parade partici-pants, the Committeeis seeking candidates to join inour 20th Annual ”Mayorof Roslindale” Contest whichwill run through the end of Sep-tember. The winner of the con-test will be honored in the Pa-rade on Sunday, October 14th. The deadline for registration forthe Mayor of Roslindale contestis August 15th.

For information about thecontest, as well as Parade par-ticipation opportunities for yourorganization or business, pleasev i s i twww.roslindaleparade.com, e-mailto [email protected],or call 617-327-4886.


trict at large. Her daughter JillConnolly, her sister CarolVance and her grandson cameout to accept the award in herhonor, dedicated by District E-18 Community Service CaptainJoseph Gillespie.

“She was president of theHyde Park Neighborhood As-sociation since Reagan waspresident,” he said. “She wasawesome, she never judgedanybody. She was dedicated towhat she did and she single-handedly cleaned up theNeponset River. I mean everySaturday in May she’d be downthere pulling out shoppingcarts, all kinds of trash and sheinvited people down. I can’t tellyou what a loss it was for us inthe community.”

The award for the Commu-nity Watch of the Year wasgiven to the East River StreetNeighborhood Association, andaccepted by the association’spresident Barbara Hamilton.She accepted the award withthe group’s founder, her mother.

“I wanted to bring mymother up because she’s theone who started the ERNA,”she said. “Hyde Park is diverseand we knew it when it wasn’t.We knew it when I was the onlyperson of color at my elemen-tary school, the James. J.Chittick. Hyde Park has defi-nitely changed for the better

and we appreciate that.”NNO Roslindale Emcee

Glenn Williams announced thatRoslindale Village Main StreetsExecutive Director AliaHamada Forest won this year’sCommunity Service Award forthe E-5 Police District.

“I’ve been a Roslindale resi-dent for 60-something years,and I say it all the time, if some-one had told me 60 years agothere would be people lining upoutside of Roslindale restau-rants, I would have told themthey were out of their minds,”he said. “But it’s because of thecommitments of people likeAlia that have brought thisplace into the destination thatit is.”

Forest said she is just therepresentative of the hundreds,if not thousands, of volunteerhours that so many Roslindaleresidents put in to make the Vil-lage an amazing place to be.

“RVMS is nothing withoutthe work of volunteers,” shesaid. “All of the events we dois because of residents and busi-ness owners who take pride inliving and working here.”

Newly-appointed BostonPolice Commissioner WilliamGross stopped at all the NNOcelebrations across the city. Hesaid he was happy to take overfor former Commissioner Will-iam Evans.

“Though I’m going to haveto find some civilian clothes, andI sure can’t take them from Com-missioner Evans!” he said tolaughter from the crowd. “I’mjust so proud to serve in this ca-pacity. I’m someone who doesn’tforget where they came from andthat’s from the community. Folkslike you raised me, so it’s anhonor to be a law enforcementofficer in the Commonwealth ofMassachusetts, but I want tothank you, the people for whatyou do, this is your night.”

District 5 City Councilor TimMcCarthy said he’s been goingto NNO events for decades.

“I don’t think I’ve evermissed it, I’ve been goingsince 1993,” he said. “It’s beengreat, diversity continues to beour strength in Hyde Park andif you look around that’s whyHyde Park is such a wonder-ful place to live...And it’s thesame thing in Roslindale.Families are moving back intoBoston, which is awesome anda lot of it has to do with thefact that we have the best com-munity police force in the na-tion. After that we’re headingdown to Mattapan, and we’regoing to have a huge crowd inMattapan too and folks inMattapan are once again proudof their neighborhood andthere are great things happen-ing there.”

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actively moving forward withour Paintbox Program, tryingto identify utility boxes topaint and getting artists topaint them in the district,” shesaid. “We have not yet madeselections for the artists, westill have one more approvalstep and then we have to sendthem to the city for approval.”

Joseph said while this isjust a pilot program, they hopeto extend it in the comingyears.

“We’re looking forward tomake that an annual initiative,eventually getting through the20 boxes that we have alongCentre Street, Spring Streetand a little more off of Springand Centre,” she said. “Acouple of people when theyfound out we were doing itactually asked to have theboxes closest to them painted,and these were residents whoreached out and said ‘this isawesome, let us know if wecan add some locations.’”

While graffiti tagging isnot so much of a problem inWest Roxbury, Joseph saidthey know public art can at-tract it and they are workingwith the city to have repairteams in place should that hap-

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pen.“This would be working

with the Boston Artists Com-mission to deal with tagging,but right now we don’t havean issue with tagging on theutility boxes,” she said. “It issomething we will keepawareness about and makesure that we don’t see any is-sues about it, or address themwhen we do.”

Joseph said WRMS is alsolooking at other places publicart could be installed.

“We’re excited to imple-ment this as some public artand we’re looking for moreopportunities for public art aswe move forward,” she said.

Joseph said the WRMS isalso continuing its Women’sNetworking Group going on,and the group is meeting atRecreo on Aug. 15 for a coffeehour. Joseph said anyone inter-ested in helping women’s busi-nesses in West Roxbury cancome to share ideas or learn.

“It’s not exclusive, it’s justgiving more of a network forpeople who are looking for in-vites and insights from abusinesswoman’s perspective,but everyone is welcome to at-tend,” she said.


LegalsROXBURY PREPIS VITAL TOTHE COMMUNITY

To the Editor:As a member of the

Roslindale community raisingmy children here, I support theproposal for a new RoxburyPrep High School at 361Belgrade Ave.

This project is a chance tobring a new, high quality edu-cation option to our neighbor-hood. Creating more, betterquality opportunities for ourstudents is something we allstand to benefit from.

When it comes to raisingour kids, my husband and Iwere delighted about doing sohere in Roslindale because ofthe diverse community theywould grow up in. We find itincredibly important to exposeour children to varying experi-ences, people, and places,which is why this neighborhoodhas made such a great home.

My husband and I both at-tended public schools growingup and hope our girls will thrivein the BPS system. This maysound like we are opposed tocharter schools, but as any par-ent can attest: we simply wantto make the very best choicesfor our children. And I am surethat sentiment is shared by lo-cal Roxbury Prep parents, too.

This new building does notaffect the cap on charterschools. Roxbury Prep willgrow to serve 800 high schoolstudents no matter if this schoolis built or not. Argumentsagainst the new school facilitybased on the state’s lack ofproper funding for BPS is irrel-evant.

Currently, Roslindale doesnot have public high school;

Roxbury Prep can be the solu-tion. As an existing charter witha proven track record of excel-lence, Roxbury Prep will pro-vide a high quality, publiclyfunded high school option forour community.

We support this project be-cause it would be vital for themany families in the commu-nity whose children need ahigh-quality school option intheir neighborhood.

Raina SantucciRoslindale

BIG MONEYIS THE ENEMY

To the Editor:There is an important fact

about illegal immigration fromMexico and Central Americathat many people do not know.The reason for the massive il-legal immigration is primarilybecause American Big Money,for decades, has been using ourgovernment to do things thathave forced millions of peopleto have to illegally migrate intothe United States to survive. Forexample, Big Money got thefederal government to subsi-dize agribusiness so it coulddump very cheap corn intoMexico to force small Mexicanfarmers out of business andforce them to survive by seek-ing employment the only placethey can find it—in the UnitedStates. The U.S. governmenteven made it a condition of theNAFTA agreement that Mexicoeliminate the section of its con-stitution that gave Mexicanpeasants rights to the land thatwould have enabled them tostay in Mexico despite thedumping of cheap U.S. corn.Big Money wants millions ofMexicans to be forced to ille-gally immigrate for two rea-sons: 1) it makes them a sourceof super-cheap labor becausetheir illegal status makes themeasy to cow into submissionand 2) it makes them a perfectscape goat to be the object ofanger that we would otherwisejustifiably direct at Big Moneybecause of the very real hard-ships we citizens suffer due toBig Money.

Likewise, Big Money fordecades has conspired with lo-cal elites in Central America tomake life-threatening condi-tions for poor people the normthere, which is why so many ofthose people are seeking somesafety inside the United Statesby illegally immigrating. Thefact is that the immigration lawsand procedures are designed toprevent the vast majority ofthese overwhelmingly good anddecent people from Mexico andCentral America from beingable to legally immigrate, andthey know it. For sources aboutall of this, please go to mya r t i c l e s a t h t t p : / /newdemocracyworld.org/cul-ture/corn2.html and http://newdemocracyworld.org/cul-

ture/illegal.html.Yes, Americans have a right

to limit immigration into our na-tion. And yes, under normal cir-cumstances people should onlyimmigrate legally. And yes, themassive illegal immigrationcauses some very real problemsfor American citizens. But whenBig Money—for its own veryselfish reasons—forces millionsof people to immigrate illegally,and then declares them to becriminals for doing so, themoral—and practical!—re-sponse is not to preach to the il-legal immigrants about the im-portance of obeying the law, butto stop Big Money from forcingpeople to illegally immigrate.And guess what? The peoplewho want to stop Big Moneyfrom doing this the most are theillegal immigrants themselves!We should treat these people asfriends with a common en-emy—Big Money. We shouldnot treat them like dirt by deport-ing them as if they were our en-emy.

John SpritzlerBrighton

JUDGING MEWITHOUTKNOWING ME

To the Editor:Once again, Mr. Alan Wright

employs the Saul Alinsky-Hillary Clinton playbook in hisvicious diatribe against me andmy belief system “Differs withSal on Immigration” August 2“Bulletin.” Mr. Wright, a manwho has never met me wrote thatthere is never ever right or goodwith me, and that my viewpointsare intolerant and antithetical toall that this country stands for. While he and his ilk preachdiversity, tolerance and accep-tance, his words demonstratethat he is a narrow-minded ideo-logical bigot who is promotinghatred of me.

I was born in nearby JamaicaPlain. With the exception of thetime I proudly served my coun-try in the U.S. Army, I have livedin Boston all my life. I ammarried and have five children. The Shurtleff Family has a longhistory in Boston-one served asMayor of Boston, one, themayor’s son, Captain NathanielShurtleff was killed in the CivilWar, and another helped designthe Emerald Necklace. I enjoythe friendship and respect of myneighbors-many whom areliberal. I am a conservativeChristian and a Constitutional-ist. While my world view isn’tshared by the majority ofBostonians, there are many inthe city, state, and around thecountry that do. I would behappy to meet with Mr. Wrightand maybe, just maybe, he canget out of his NPR/CNN bubble,and realize that not all who dis-agree with him are evil two-headed monsters.

Hal ShurtleffWest Roxbury

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