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National Night Outreturning to Adams Park

Back taxes repaymentplan moving forward

Cappy’s calls it a day

The National Night Out Roslindale series is returning for its 35th yearthis year in Adams Park.

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JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The National Night Out Se-ries is hitting the City of Bos-ton once again on Aug. 6 from5 p.m. to 8 p.m., and this yearin Adams Park should be oneto remember.

Organizer DennisKirkpatrick said the event hasbeen going strong in the neigh-borhood since it started as TakeBack the Night in the 1970s,and he’s been happy to continuethe tradition.

“It was started at a timewhen there was a lot of streetcrime in the U.S. and there wasa movement of people to put onyour lights on, stand on yourporch and go outside and get toknow your neighbors,” he said.“It was just to push back on areacrime and it evolved what isnow called, National Night Out,and it’s become a communityoutreach program so the peoplein the neighborhood can get toknow their local police depart-

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Before this photo was taken, Ray Capobianco thought about where tohave his photo taken. After moving two gumball machines, it becameclear – reading his message on the Cappy Board – why he chose tohave his picture taken there. PHOTO BY MATT MACDONALD

Matt MacDonaldMatt MacDonaldMatt MacDonaldMatt MacDonaldMatt MacDonaldStaff Reporter

Next Tuesday, July 24,Cappy’s Tavern will have itsfinal last call after 80 years.

The Wolcott Square estab-lishment has long held an im-portant place in Readville andHyde Park, serving more as acommunity gathering placethan a local watering hole.

Much of Cappy’s person-ality – that friendly vibe thatmeets patrons when they stepinside – can be traced directlyback to that of its owner, RayCapobianco who, very often,is there to meet patrons, aswell, and to make them feelwelcome and comfortable.

Capobianco has been therefull-time since around 1970when, after working in down-town Boston at an accountingfirm for a few years aftergraduating from Boston Col-lege and realizing that hedidn’t like it much, went towork with his father, who hadincorporated the businessback in 1938.

“Yeah, I came out here and

figured, well, I’ll find myselfand see what I really want todo. And then, as time passed,I started thinking to myself,‘Holy smokes! Even if I domake a résumé, there’s a bigblank spot here,’” Capobianco

said.He had come over to talk

after spending a few minuteschatting with a small group offriends finishing lunch in a

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The Boston City council ismulling a proposal from Dis-trict 1 City Councilor LydiaEdwards and District 2 CityCouncilor Ed Flynn to help easethe burden of delinquent taxpayments for property ownersin the city.

The proposed ordinance, asit is currently written, would al-low homeowners and busi-nesses to either put themselveson a three-year payment plan ordefer tax payments. Currently,the city allows a payment planof one year with a 25 percentdown payment, and Edwardssaid that is not enough.

“Right now in Boston, weactually do a lot to help peoplewho owe future taxes only, soif you’re a senior you can workoff your tax bill here, and youcan also defer your taxes ifyou’re over 65 years old, but ifyou’re a senior who owes taxes,

as in before your 65th birthdayand you happen to owe sometaxes, or if you’re anybody elseactually in the City of Boston,we have one program,”Edwards said. “That requires25 percent down payment andone year to pay it all off, oneyear to pay back all the taxesyou owe to the City of Boston,that’s all we offer.”

Edwards pointed out thatmany Bostonians are seeingtheir property values increaseand therefore, their taxes. Shesaid allowing a longer paymentplan for the taxes will allowmore residents to stay in theirhomes.

“As we learned, 10,000Bostonians on an annual basisfall behind on their taxes, 1,600liens are actually put out and ofthem, several hundred foreclo-sure processes are started,”Edwards said.

The ordinance would allow

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NEWNC votes againstSalem St. tobacco store


The North End WaterfrontNeighborhood Council votedunanimously last weekagainst a proposed tobaccoshop from Nikant 87 Inc.

The proposal, representedby Attorney Michael Khoury,would see the shop sell onlytobacco and tobacco-relatedproducts and have a smokingsection in the back of thestore. Khoury added theywould also have an artisanglass studio. He added that noperson under the age of 21would be allowed to enter thebuilding and there would be a25-foot buffer where no onewould be allowed to smokenear the building.

“The area is zoned to per-mit this activity,” he said. “Weunderstand that there are con-cerns about underage people,and no one under 21 can comein, the doors will remainlocked the whole time it isopen and no one under 40 willbe able to enter without show-ing ID.”

Khoury added they will befocusing on vapor productsmore than flammable tobaccoproducts.

The council’s biggest con-cern was the sale of glass pipeproducts, like water pipes(known as bongs), as they canbe used for marijuana con-sumption. Nikant 87 PresidentNaresh Patel said the glassstudio would cater to artistsfrom their home country, and

pointed out that marijuanaconsumption is now legal inMassachusetts.

“This is strictly a tobaccoshop,” he said.

NEWNC President JohnPregmon said the neighbor-hood does not really have aproblem with selling paperproducts and cigars, but he feltthe glass products would still bea problem.

“If you sold strictly cigars Ithink you would be a little bitmore welcome,” he said. “Idon’t have a problem with theart, I think that every time yousell one of these pieces that areadvertised as glass art, thatwould be the end of it.”

One resident expressed thefeeling in the room.

“This is a head shop,” hesaid.

Patel pointed out that to-bacco shops generally havethree components, the businessportion, vapor products andglassware. He said the Bostontobacco regulations recognizethese as necessary for the suc-cess of any smoke shop. He said

he would also look into poten-tially offering glass-blowingclasses, though there is not aplan for that just yet.

Patel currently owns 25smoke shops, 15 of which arein New York. He said he cur-rently has 10 contracts in Bos-ton, including DowntownCrossing, Allston and Brighton.

One resident at the meetingexpressed concerns about thesmoke shop, stating that thoughthe business is family-run, it hastoo many locations to be consid-ered a neighborhood organiza-tion.

“I live right across the street,I’m tired of all this, he’s not achain but he owns 25 stores,” shesaid. “That’s not a neighborhoodtype of business to me, it’s notan Italian neighborhood type ofbusiness. We don’t wantStarbucks here, and now we’regoing to have a vape store. I don’tget it, when does it stop? Whendoes it end? When do the resi-dents get the final vote as to whatgoes in? City Hall has to step upand support the residents of theNorth End. Enough is enough.”

The NEWNC voted not to recommend Zoning Board of Appeals ap-proval for a smoke shop at 87 Salem.

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MHMC discusses Harding Street development project

More than 30 people cameto the Mount Hope Mount Can-terbury Neighborhood Associa-tion (MHMC) meeting onThursday, July 12 at the Homefor Little Wanderers to discussthe development project at 40Harding St.

They stayed to meet KatieForde, challenger for the Reg-ister of Deeds seat in the pri-mary election on Sept. 4.

The property owner, AlexBurk, would need a number ofvariances to convert the currentapartment building into a nine-condominium structure. Theproject was originally refusedby the Inspectional ServicesDepartment (ISD) for a numberof reasons, including height re-strictions, setback requirementsand the floor area ratio (FAR).

The difference between thisproject and many proposedthroughout the city, he ex-plained, is that will be living onsite.

“I am going to be a resi-dent,” Burk said. “There will bea penthouse unit, where I willlive, and all nine units will havea parking space. The fourthfloor is on top, so it will bestepped in.

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Residents will have the firstopportunity to buy the condos,and will receive assistance ifneeded, according to Burk.Burk will also pay for theirmoving expenses while thebuilding is being redeveloped.The project will take approxi-mately 16 to 18 months.

“I think we received a lot ofgreat feedback,” Burk said,adding that the FAR proposedis now 1.4.

The environmental impactof the construction topped thelist of concerns of residents,who described the effects on theair quality, tree canopy anddrainage issues.

“The concern right now isthat there is a lot ofgreenspace,” MHMC co-chairRick Yoder said. “There is alsoa lot of rainwater. A lot of it isgoing to get sucked in, butwhere is it going to go? Therewas a similar issue with the de-velopment on Cummins High-way and American LegionHighway.”

Burk’s attorney, JohnPulgini, explained that the Bos-ton Water and Sewer Commis-sion (BWSC) will be involvedin the drainage issues. The Zon-ing Board of Approval (ZBA)ultimately has to approve theproject.

“Our pocket neighborhood

is very fortunate to have the ma-ture tree canopy,” addedMHMC co-chair Lisa Beatman.“It’s not just for beauty but forclimate resilience. This is ouropportunity to protect it.”

Another resident addedthere are two very old oak treeson the property that she is afraidwill be disturbed from the rootstructure by the construction.

Pulgini said the builders willbe working with an arborist toprotect the property, as well asthe design review departmentof the Boston Planning and De-velopment Agency (BPDA.)

The building is designed toallow young professionals andothers with limited incomes anopportunity to purchase a homein a tight real estate market.

“There are a lot of peoplewho want to stay inRoslindale,” Sara Gyllstromsaid. “There are a lot of vari-ances you need in Roslindale.Do not be scared by the num-ber of variances.”

“I am concerned that peopleare being asked to vacate,”Eugenia Williams added.“There is no recreational area.You have to fit in with the char-acter of the neighborhood.”

A couple of people coun-tered that Burk has proven him-self as the owner of the apart-ment complex.

“He hasn’t given us any rea-son to believe that he isn’t go-

ing to be a good neighbor,”Nick Ward said.

“This is an opportunity tobuild equity,” Yoder added.“And the owner is actually go-ing to be living on the property.We’ve had situations where theowner or developer pulled outof a project at the last minute.”

After those comments,people seemed reasonablypleased with the process. Burkand Pulgini said they wouldmeet with the group again ifthey wished.

Housing was the main topicaddressed by Katie Forde, aWest Roxbury resident chal-lenging incumbent StephenMurphy for the Register ofDeeds seat.

“I want to increase afford-able housing, as well as hous-ing that is affordable for every-one,” Forde said, pledging touse the office as a “soundingboard” for residents’ concernsand to be dedicated to servingthe public for the long haul.

Forde said that Roslindaleand surrounding neighbor-hoods have not had a share ofequitable economic opportuni-ties because of race or culture.

“I acknowledge that there’sa problem,” she said. “Espe-cially in these communities thatwere targeted for decades fromthe American dream; the prob-lem is that there are a lot of dotswe have to connect.”

She used Dudley Squareand the removal of the OrangeLine as an example of the dis-ruption of economic viability inan area of people of color.

Forde also said one of hergoals is to upgrade the informa-tion collecting systems, so youcan find out more clearly whoowns a property and the finan-cial interest.

She also reminded peoplethat the primary election is theTuesday after Labor Day, Sept.4.

“The election fatigue isoverwhelming,” she said. “Butunder voting is just as bad asnot voting. Register of Deedsis at the bottom of the ballot,so start at the bottom if youhave to. It would be the honorof my lifetime to representyou.”

In other MHMC news, therewere no automobile thefts,breaking and entering, robber-ies or vandalisms in the policereport since the last meeting,according to Area E-18 commu-nity service Officer PaulBroderick. The most seriouscrime reported involved an in-cident involving a car and ascooter in July 1 at Walk HillStreet and American LegionHighway.

Residents brought up con-cerns about cars parking in the

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WHITHER BIG STORES?

Letters to the Editor

Editorial Mini-drama on Congreve Street

My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

All motorists have been per-plexed, if not downright irri-tated, when they see a box truckdouble-parked blocking a laneof traffic, when a huge parkingspace exists just to the right orleft of the truck in which itcould have parked.

Admittedly, backing up atruck to parallel-park is not easyeven when an adjacent, largeparking space is available. Onlyonce in my life have I ever seena police officer direct a truckdriver to pull into such a largespace in order to stop it frominconveniencing other motor-ists by unnecessarily double-parking.

Something sort of like thishappened several weeks ago onRoslindale’s Congreve Streeton a late Mondayafternoon. This long, narrow,one-way roadway, withoutcross streets, connects CentreStreet to South Street. Parkingis allowed on both sides of thestreet, with numerous drive-ways interspersed on eitherside.

Having responded to a call,a Boston ambulance parked inthe middle of street, near itsend. Cars stacked up behind theambulance, unable to pass,while a large parking space ex-isted just to the driver’s leftside. Motorists continued towait and wait and wait. Therewas no honking - a sign of thecourtesy and awareness that

something serious might be oc-curring inside the house wherethe EMT’s were.

After a length of time, anEMS driver emerged from thehouse and moved his vehicle tothe vacant left curb, enablingthe line of motorists to pass.

The question is, why did thedriver not pull over in the firstplace? Perhaps other cars oremergency vehicles were origi-nally parked there and thenmoved as the urgency of theresponse waned. It could havebeen this. But the people whodeserve the accolades in this caseare the drivers who patientlywaited and waited, showing megood example and a lot of class,motivating me - tempted thoughI was - not to lean on my ownhorn.

Unusual in today’s society, ci-vility ruled even if it meant thatmy fellow motorists could havebeen late for daycare pick-ups,doctors’ appointments, and work. And here’s hoping that the illperson recovered fully andquickly.

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NEIGHBORHOODNEEDS TO PUTKIDS FIRST

To the Editor:Our family has been a part

of the West Roxbury commu-nity since 1999. We’ve seen alot of changes over the years,some good and others some-times hard to take, but the onething that gives me hope for thefuture is that more and morepeople are moving here becauseit is such a great place to live.Many have grown up in WestRoxbury, some like me havebeen here for several decadesand there’s new folks movingin all the time. When I talk topeople who are against the newsite of Roxbury Prep, I wonderif they just stop at “traffic” and“parking?” Do they considerthe kids and the opportunitythey have to learn, thrive andsucceed? My perspective is thatwe focus on the youth and theiraspirations and ambition to at-tend college, some the first intheir families. I like to thinkWest Roxbury is a welcomingplace!

I have been told that theschool looked at 57 sites acrossBoston before deciding on 361Belgrade Ave. In many cases,

Roxbury Prep tried toacquire sites and were unable todo so because of steep compe-tition to build in Boston. It’sjust not as easy as you think itis to find an affordable site in-side the city limits that is largeenough for a school. Have youseen all the condo complexesbeing built?

As noted in a recent edito-rial in The Boston Globe,Roxbury Prep has worked hardto respond to neighborhoodconcerns, particularly aboutparking. There are 66 parkingspaces planned for the site.Based on a demand analysis,traffic engineers expect facultyand staff to require 55 parkingspaces. The engineers’ analysisshows the 66 planned parkingspaces will be more thanenough to accommodate park-ing needs for the school. Addi-tionally, students are not al-lowed to drive to school unlessthere are extenuating circum-stances.

Despite (or perhaps becauseof) the “STOP 361BELGRADE” signs in myneighborhood, I met lots of lo-cal supporters at a recent gath-ering in West Roxbury. Therewere people of all ages and

races there and it was upliftingto hear their different reasonsfor supporting the school. I be-lieve that kids deserve a greatnew facility and I hope moreneighbors join me.

Anne Harvey KilburnWest Roxbury

NEIGHBORSNEED TO EXPANDCOMFORT ZONE

To the Editor:When my husband and I

were deciding where to buy ahome, we purposely chose Bos-ton over the suburbs as wewanted our children to grow upwith all the things a city has tooffer, diversity being most im-portant. For the past 10 yearswe’ve lived in Roslindale andworshipped in West Roxbury.Our children have attendedpublic schools in Roxbury andJamaica Plain. Though my hus-band hails from Nigeria and Ifrom Iowa, Boston has beenhome sweet home for us.

So, it was with great dismaythat I learned about the resis-tance to the construction ofRoxbury Prep’s high school at361 Belgrade Ave., only twoblocks from our house. I’veheard the complaints - theschool will increase traffic, de-crease parking and the generalopposition to charter schools.But what I do find, rather dis-turbingly, at the core of all op-position is a “not in my back-yard” mentality, at best, andtribalism, at worst.

There is a certain type of Bostonian who hates “chainsores.”

We are not talking just about persuasive defendersof mom & pop shops. We agree with them. However,this other group is determined to rid their neighbor-hood, and any other, from the scourge of a nationalentity.

The North End’s recent battle with Starbucks is abit different. The neighbors saw it as a gate-openingcrack for chain infiltrations. But that neighborhood isso dense with local businesses it is hard to imaginewhere a new store would even go. Starbucks was forcedto set its sights on the outside of the core of the neigh-borhood. And even then it was run out of town.

It seemed inconceivable to folks who sometimeswant to grab a quick cup of coffee, not a leisurelyespresso in a quaint café.

The bigger battle didn’t stop there.Last week, Boston City Councilors Michelle Wu,

Lydia Edwards, and Kim Janey proposed new zoningfor “chain stores; defined as businesses with eleven ormore locations and a standardized look, appearance,signage, and selection of goods.

What is a chain store, really though?Your perception may be of J.P. Licks, a hometown

favorite that has 14 locations. Even some of thoseNorth End restaurants may not be “chains” but stillhave multiple locations with the same owner.

We will always applaud the efforts of the JamaicaPond Association for its willingness, decades ago, togo to war when a down-on-its–luck Centre Street wastargeted by all manner of outside interests. Their de-fense of the area kept it from being overrun by fastfood joints, preserving it as the wonderful businessdistrict it is today.

A fact of modern life is that big businesses employmore people and sell more goods at lower prices. Resi-dents need that too, along with pretty little shops andcafes. They need jobs; they need to save money.

The current proposal doesn’t ban chain stores; it justmakes life a lot more difficult. Our suggestion: up thethreshold to 100, so only the biggest of the big arecaught up in it. And, we suggest, set aside enterprisezones that are preselected as areas where chain storesare welcomed, not shunned.

Also, consider residents’ needs neighborhood-byneighborhood. What the North End or South End maynot want, Roxbury and Dorchester might welcome withopen arms. The Council should not move forward un-til there are a lot more voices at the table.

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for a three-year payment planfor any resident. It would alsoallow five years for seniors,low-income families, activeduty military and veterans andalso forgive 50 percent of the

interest on the debt. It wouldalso allow two years for busi-nesses. Edwards added that thecurrent interest rate for the cur-rent one-year payment plan is16 percent, and she said though

they haven’t worked out a num-ber, they would also be look-ing to lower that.

Edwards said in-kind pay-ments for commercial entitiescould also be worked out.

“If they wanted to qualifyfor the 50 percent interest for-giveness, they can do one ofthree things,” she said. “If theyhave a brownfield or an envi-ronmental toxic place, they canclean it up. If they own an in-vestment property they are notliving in, they can rent 50 per-cent of those units for belowmarket, helping to keep peoplein their homes. If they are rent-ing out a commercial propertyfor local businesses, they canalso rent that out to a localbusiness for below marketrate.”

District 9 City CouncilorMark Ciommo said in the past,the council filed a home-rulepetition passed to lower the eli-gible age for tax deferral from65 to 55. He said he doesn’tknow where that petition wentin the State House because itis not currently offered by theCity of Boston Assessing Of-fice.

“The tax deferral programworks if you apply, you don’thave to pay your taxes, a 4 per-cent interest rate is applied andthen they can be satisfied upondeath and liquidation of the as-set,” he said. “I personallythink that is a way better wayto help seniors.”

Ciommo added he wouldlike to see the 4 percent inter-est rate lowered if they canmove the petition through theStatehouse in the future.

“I think Newton offers a 1or 2 percent going forward, Ithink that’s a much better pro-gram,” he said.

Edwards added that theyare looking to file a new home-rule petition to reduce that 25percent down payment re-quirement, which she said isrequired by the state.

“There’s nothing we can doabout that right now besidesthe home-rule petition,” she said.

District 7 City Councilor KimJaney said as neighborhoodsgentrify and property taxes in-crease with property values,many residents are finding it hardto keep up.

“We have the house rich andcash poor for so many commu-nities of color and low incomecommunities, our elderly, dis-abled, it’s just a huge issue,” shesaid.

Flynn said he’s heard frommany residents who have cometo him telling him of their prob-lems keeping up with the city’ssoaring property values andtaxes, and he said this would bea great relief to many residents.

“We need to ensure that long-term residents have the ability tostay in their homes and neighbor-hoods,” he said.

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gas station at Mount HopeStreet and American LegionHighway.

“There are at least six or sevenin the station, then 15 on the streetand then up to the daycare cen-ter,” Charles Williams said.

Cars also go into the lot tomake a U-turn and stop in thecrosswalk, added a woman.

Broderick said he would no-tify the traffic guard to monitor thearea during the day.

Kimball-Katz added that shewould bring the situation to theattention of the Boston Transpor-tation Department (BTD).

“Signage should be a quickfix,” she said, noting there will bea Slow Streets meeting on Thurs-day, July 19 for the MHMC at theHome for Little Wanderers at 6p.m.

“A petition to change the

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West Roxbury resident Katie Forde makes an impact on the MHMCdiscussing how she would change the Suffolk Registry of Deeds.

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signage would have to be a com-munity-led process,” she added.“But I can bring a copy of the formto do it.”

Devin Edwards, legislativeaide to Rep. Russell Holmes, an-nounced the opening of a pathwaythat would now connect AustinStreet to American Legion High-way.

“It will run between the Com-munity Center and the newBrooke High School,” he said.

He also encouraged the crowdto attend the Brooke CharterSchools Community & CampusCleanup on Wednesday, Aug. 8from 9 a.m. to noon. Volunteersare needed for this rain or shineevent to clean the campus andwalkway. To RSVP, please con-tact http://bit.ly/BHSserviceday orcontact Katie for more informa-tion at [email protected].

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Residential development iscreeping into the Centre Streetbusiness district for the firsttime since 1897 when ArthurBowditch built a four-story, up-scale apartment building at Cen-tre Street and Greenough Av-enue.

The first new apartmentbuilding was proposed overthree years ago for 628 CentreSt. next door to the SouthernJamaica Plain Health Center.Andrew Zuroff of GCB Realtyproposed razing a four- businesscommercial block, in which hisaccounting firm was located, tobuild a four-story, 15-unit build-ing with ground floor commer-cial spaces.

Scheduled to appear beforethe Zoning Board of Appeal onMarch 10, 2015, Zuroff with-drew his plans after several abut-ters meetings and stated that hewould build “as of right” with-out zoning variances.

Two years later in April2017, Zuroff razed the businessblock and poured foundationsfor a three-story building with

nine units and ground floor com-mercial spaces.

After foundation work wasdone, Zuroff changed his mind;in May of 2018 he applied for aproject change of a four-storybuilding with six additionalunits on the fourth floor de-signed by Mistry Associates ofLynnfield.

Zuroff presented his newplans at the June 4,2018 JamaicaPond Association meetingwhich, as the Bulletin reported,were rejected 8-0 with one ab-stention.

The main obstacle appears tobe the two cul-de-sacs thatstraddle Zuroff’s property:Lester Place and GreenviewStreet. Lester Place residents inparticular argued that gettingtheir cars out of Lester was achallenge that Zuroff was onlymaking worse.

Zuroff agreed to build a cut-out into his property for cars toturn around but neighbors weredubious because this was not inwriting.

Scheduled to appear at theJuly 11 Jamaica Plain Neighbor-

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Harold Roy, Founder and President of Epecare, tells the Fairmount Hill Neighborhood Association abouthis CPR training workshop.

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FHNA discusses Baxter Memorial, FHNA sign

The Fairmount Hill Neigh-borhood Association (FHNA)gathered on Wednesday, June 27at the Boston Police Academyfor its monthly meeting.

Chief items on the evening’sagenda were the Barbara BaxterMemorial, an update on the pro-posed FHNA sign, a proposedCPR training workshop, and theFHNA Yard Sale.

Lisa Consalvo, from StateRep. Angelo Scaccia’s office,spoke to the group regarding theBarbara Baxter Memorial Gar-den proposed for near the canoelaunch area at the Francis D.Martini Memorial Shell Parklocated at 1015 Truman High-way.

Baxter, known throughoutHyde Park, was a communityactivist who died unexpectedlythis past April. She was also thePresident of the Hyde ParkNeighborhood Association atthe time of her death.

Consalvo announced thatthose behind the Memorial werelooking for donations – she gaveexamples of a rose bush and aflat of flowers, or the money tobuy them – from each neighbor-hood association.

She added that later on, theDCR was looking into namingthe Neponset River overlook forBaxter, “to put a little plaquewith her name on it” there.

Consalvo explained thatthere is no definitive date for thisyet, and that the process with the

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DCR has just begun – it just gotapproved the day before onJune 26.

Rita Walsh also shared withthe group that they are lookingfor volunteers to tend to the Gar-den when it has been completed.

Scott Kriscenski gave an up-date on the FHNA sign proposedfor the triangle of land borderedby Beacon Street, FairmountAvenue, and Truman Highway.

He is attempting to restartdialogue with the Department ofConservation and Recreation(DCR), while acknowledgingthe possibility that as part of thisdialogue, the DCR may wantsome more input regarding thesign’s design.

Responding to a commentfrom a member of the group,Kriscenscki gave a basic synop-sis of the proposal’s history.

“It has been rejected once,”he said. “We went back to them(the DCR), and I think the im-pression was that they’re opento the idea, after some back andforth. But, in terms of our de-sign, hopefully this will prevail.Boston has unified signage andwe had talked again aboutmaybe going back to that in lieuof this sign, but really, I thinkeveryone feels that we want tohave it be somewhat of an indi-vidual thing” as opposed to signsseen in Readville at the SpragueStreet Bridge and at Dell Rock.

Consalvo offered her input.“The problem with the per-

mit was that the state now is try-ing to have all of its signs on itsproperty kind of uniform, so that

you’ll know that you’re on stateproperty,” Consalvo said.

Referring to Rep. Scaccia’sgoing to the DCR Commis-sioner in support of the FHNAsign, Consalvo relayed theCommissioner’s message thatbecause of Hyde Park’s 150thanniversary, the sign would beeligible to go under the histori-cal category.

“Anyway, he gave the Rep-resentative the okay, so we justhave to, you know, nail down thedesign and get this over with,”Consalvo concluded.

Harold Roy, Founder andPresident of Epecare, made anappearance before the FHNA totell it about his CPR trainingworkshop, which is tentativelyplanned to happen in conjunc-tion with the Wakefield AvenueNeighborhood Association and

will be held in place of eitherthe regularly scheduled meetingin September or October.

A Hyde Park native currentlyliving in Revere, Roy can offereither a course in CPR certifi-cation or general information(hands only CPR). There will bea fee.

The annual FHNA Yard Salewas also announced for Satur-day, Sept. 15. Joe Smith put outa request for volunteers to dis-tribute flyers and to put up andtake down signs.

According to Smith, theFHNA Yard Sale typically drawsan average of 80 sellers.

In the police report, OfficerMatt Conley noted the June 6robbery – during which the sus-pect slipped a note to the teller– of the Blue Hills Bank onTruman Highway, and the sub-

sequent apprehension of the 16-year-old suspect.

Conley went on to mentionthe June 5 robbery of theSantander Bank on River Streetusing the same method, afterwhich the 17-year-old suspectwas apprehended.

“Both kids were from HeathStreet in Jamaica Plain, so it’sbeing investigated by the BankRobbery Task Force right now,who is trying to find out whythey were there and what theywere doing,” Conley said.

Captain Joseph Gillespieadded, “They were so young, wedon’t know if it was some kindof gang initiation,” while takinginto consideration why theywere so far from home.

The next FHNA meeting isscheduled for Wednesday, Aug.22 at 7 p.m.


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PARKARTS CHILDREN’SWORKSHOPS RETURN INJULY AND AUGUST

The Boston Parks and Rec-reation Department’s annualParkARTS program, sponsoredby Holly and David Bruce, ispleased to announce the returnof its series of children’s artsworkshops giving kids the op-portunity to express their creativ-ity while working on fun projectswith local artists. From Allstonto Mattapan, children ages threeto ten can enjoy painting, maskand jewelry making, treasure cre-ations, and more at the Artists inResidence Workshops held from10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in parks acrossthe city.

Participation is free and allmaterials are provided, butyoung children must be accom-panied by an adult. Groups ofsix or more must make prior ar-rangements by calling the ParksDepartment at (617) 635-4505. Now in its 22nd year, ParkARTSbrings a wide range of culturalofferings to city parks.

In addition, the New EnglandAquarium will bring its travel-ing tide pool exhibit to nine lo-cations and the Marionette Pup-pet Show series will return inJuly and August at 11 a.m. atvarious children’s workshops. See Boston’s parks come alivewith these whimsical puppetshows that will delight the childin everyone. Experience theunique charm of Rosalita’s Pup-pets featuring marionettes madeby professional actor-puppeteerCharlotte Anne Dore.

Children are invited to cooloff this summer, listen to music,and play games and dance in ourspray features at Splash DanceParties in July and August atparks across Boston. Presentedwith support from Perfectly Freefrozen treats and Hot 96.9.

For information on this andother ParkARTS programs,please call the Boston Parks andRecreation Department at (617)635-4505, visit

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TRIDUUM IN HONOROF STE. CLARE

Monstery of St. Clare, 920Centre St., Jamaica Plain, Aug.8, 9, 10 – Masses at 7 p.m. Sat-urday, Aug. 11, Solemnity, Massat 11 a.m.

Arnold Arboretum FieldStudy Guide Make a differenceas an Arnold Arboretum FieldStudy Guide! Training for thefall season of school programs atthe Arboretum begins Aug. 30.We are looking for outgoing andmature adults who can committo two years of volunteering. Youdo not need to know aboutplants, but experience workingwith children is preferred. If youare interested, please contact theManager of Children’s Educa-tion by Aug. 24 for an interview.E m a i l :[email protected] Website: http://www.arboretum.harvard.edu/support/volunteer/volunteer-to-be-a-guide/

ALLSTON/BRIGHTON

HARVARDED PORTAL EVENTS

Harvard Ed Portal’s 2018Summer Concert Series:Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2018 at 5:30p.m. Karen K & the JitterbugsBug Out! with Karen K and herimaginary friends, the Jitterbugs:Hop, Stinky, and Slug Bug. Bestknown for Karen’s award-win-ning, well-crafted and totallycatchy tunes, the Jitterbugs de-liver one of the most entertain-ing live musical experiences onthe East Coast. All concerts arerain or shine. Family-friendlyFree and open to the public. NoRSVP is required. Ray MellonePark behind Honan Allston Pub-lic Library 300 North HarvardSt., Allston Rain Location:Honan Allston Public LibraryAuditorium

ESL CLASSESL Class/An ESL conversa-

tion group meets at 12:30 p.m.every Monday. Come practiceyour language skills in an infor-mal and friendly setting withother new English speakers.Brighton Branch Library/40Academy Hill Road/(617) 782-6032

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

HYDE PARK

HYDE PARK LIBRARYEVENTS

All events are at the library.35 Harvard Ave. Hyde Park

Thursday, July 19, 1:15 p.m.,ReadBoston; 2:30 p.m., TeenAnime Club; 3 p.m., Cookingwith Miss Debbie; 6:30 p.m.,Concerts in the Garden featuringthe Savin Hillbillies

Saturday, July 21, 1 p.m.,Chess and Checkers with Charlie

Monday, July 23, 6:30 p.m.,Read in Events

Tuesday, July 24, 10:30 a.m.,Preschool Story Time; 2:30 p.m.,Teen Video Gaming Club

Wednesday, July 25, 10:30a.m., Preschool Story Time 11:30a.m., Baby and Me Story Time

Thursday, July 26 1:15 p.m.,ReadBoston; 2:30 p.m., TeenAnime Club; 6:30 p.m., Concertsin the Garden featuring TanyaMaggi and guest

Friday, July 27 10:30 a.m.,Scott Kepnes in Concert

Saturday, July 28 1 p.m.,Chess and Checkers with Charlie

CONCERTS IN THEGARDEN SUMMER 2018

July 26, Tanya Maggi andGuests Classical Strings; Aug. 2,Marshall Richards Opera Clas-sics; Aug. 9, The JazzabellesJazz Band; Aug. 16, BirdMancini, the 1960s and 1970sFolk-Rock-Pop; Aug. 23, TonyCibotti American Songbook. Ondays of extreme heat or rain,please join us in the branchlibrary’s Menino Hall. HydePark Branch Library, 35 HarvardAve, Hyde Park, MA, [email protected]

5TH URBAN ARTSFESTIVAL

The 5th Urban Arts Festivaltakes place on Sept. 8, 2018 fromnoon to 5 p.m. located at theMartini Shell Memorial Park on1015 Truman Parkway, Hyde

Park. The festival is free for allages. There will be perfor-mances, artists, games, arts &crafts, give aways, music, ven-dors, spoken word, steam rollermega print. For more informa-tion please [email protected] or call857-719-9467.

HYDE PARK HIGHSCHOOL REUNION

Looking for Hyde Park HSClass of 67, 68 and 69 gradu-ates!

The Class of ’68 is celebrat-ing their 50th Reunion on Sat-urday, Oct. 27, 2018, 7 p.m., atthe Brookmeadow CountryClub, 100 Everendon Rd., Can-ton. Graduates from the classof ’67 and ’69 are invited tojoin us. Fifty years is a longtime and locating members ofour class is proving challeng-ing. If you know anyone whograduated about that time,please help us spread the word.Tickets are $80 and includedinner, music, dancing, andmore. We’ve all experienced alot over the years and we lookforward to hearing each others’stories. To register send yourcheck made payable to HydePark HS Class of 1968 andsend to Amie Goodwin, POBox 57, Canton, MA 02021.For further information [email protected] [email protected]. GoBlue Stars!

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PLANS ANNOUNCED FORROSSI HIGH REUNION

A reunion for all who at-tended Rosl indale HighSchool will take place on Sat-urday, Oct. 6 at the DedhamHoliday Inn at 55 Ariadne Rd.in Dedham. The reunion willstart at 7:30 p.m. and end atmidnight. Graduates of theClass of 1968 will be cel-ebrating 50 years. Graduatesof the Class of 1969 are plan-ning a 49th reunion andgraduates of the class of 1973will be celebrating 45 years.

Tickets will be e-mailed toeach guest responding. Thereunion is l imi ted to 250guests which may preventtickets being sold at the door.For updates on the reunion, goto www.rosl indalehighschool.com.

ROZZIE SQUARETHEATER

The Rozzie Square Theateris thrilled to feature an excit-ing collaboration betweenimprov comedy troupe ImprovJones and local Roslindalemusician Terry Kitchen for theSongs to Scenes show on Sat-urday, July 28 at 8 p.m. Kitchenwill perform his originalaward-winning folk songs,which will then be turned intoscenes by Improv Jones. TheRozzie Square Theater is at 5Basile St., Roslindale. Ticketsare $15 ($10 students) and areavailable atwww.theriottheater.com or atthe door.

4TH ANNUALROSLINDALE PORCHFEST SATURDAY SEPT.15

The Roslindale Arts Alli-ance announces that the 2018Roslindale Porch Fest will beheld on Saturday, Sept. 15 from1:30-5:30 p.m., with a rain dateof Sunday, Sept. 16. This fam-ily-friendly event showcaseslocal talent all over Roslindalehosted by residents eager toprovide their porches, drive-ways, yards, and gazebos asvenues for free musical perfor-mances. Roslindale Porch Festis free to all, thanks to our gen-erous sponsors. Last year’sevent featured live music at 70locations across Roslindale,with 110 music acts participat-ing in styles ranging from folkto jazz to rock to reggae to clas-sical, and a crowd estimated inthe thousands.

Registration is now open forboth hosts and musicians athttp://www.roslindalearts.org/porchfest. The registrationdeadline is August 1

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MAYOR OF ROSLINDALECONTEST FORROSLINDALEDAY PARADE

The 43rd Annual RoslindaleDay Parade will take placeon Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018, step-ping off at 1 p.m. from Washing-ton Street in RoslindaleVillage. The parade will proceedup South Street, to Belgrade Av-enue, taking a right at WestRoxbury Parkway, throughGottwald Rotary, to Centre Street,to South Street, and ending atFallon Field. This year the Paradewill honor as Grand Marshals theFamilies of John Morgan and JackLynch, co-owners of Roslindale’sPleasant Cafe, which just cel-ebrated its 80th Anniversary last year.

In addition to parade participants,the Committee is seeking candidatesto join in our 20th Annual ”Mayorof Roslindale” Contest which willrun through the end of September. The winner of the contest will be hon-ored in the Parade on Sunday, Octo-ber 14th. The deadline for registra-tion for the Mayor of Roslindale con-test is Aug. 15.

For information about thecontest, as well as Parade participa-tion opportunities for your organiza-tion or business, please visitwww.roslindaleparade.com, e-mailto [email protected],or call 617-327-4886.

TRINITY LUTHERANCHURCH AND LITTLEBLESSINGS DAYCAREAND PRESCHOOL

Please join us for VacationBible School. Bible School startson July 29 - Aug. 2, 9 a.m, - noon.Free for Children 3-14 years old(Must be potty-trained) To Regis-ter: Call/Email Deacon SteveVekasy [email protected])Or Maria Ruiz([email protected])617-327-1800 1195 CENTRE ST., WEST ROXBURY


A Cappella Fest hits Herter Park

More than 500 came out on Sunday for the first of what organizers hope will be an annual event at HerterPark.

PHOTO BY JEFF SULLIVAN


More than 500 residents,tourists and singers came out onSunday for the first ever ACappella Festival at Herter Parkin Allston on Sunday.

The Friends of Herter Parkand members of the Vocal Revo-lution Chorus group put the con-cert on to the delight of hundredsin the park. Vocal Revolution Di-rector Krysta Petrie said theyworked with the Friends groupto bring as many performancesas possible to the show. She saidthe chorus itself has many differ-ent splinter quartet groups thatworked on their own set lists forthe show.

“Maybe about two monthsago we started working towardsmaking this happen and we con-tacted basically every a cappellagroup we could think of in theBoston region, many of whomwe have connections with,” shesaid. “I was previously in Com-mon Sound who performed, andI also know all the folks in theSign of G Sing Group.”

Petrie said the Vocal Revolu-tion Chorus focuses mostly onbarber shop quartet-style songs,though the performances duringthe show on Sunday were notlimited to that style. She said theChorus has won multiple awardsand has been around since 1970.

“We were actually the eightyears reigning champions of theNortheast District BarbershopHarmony Society, so we wantedto give back to the communityand bring everybody together,”she said. “All these a cappellathings, sometimes we live in ourown little bubbles, you knowsometimes barbershop doesn’treally cross pollinate with con-temporary a cappella, and thecontemporary a cappella groupsjust sometimes are also isolatedand they don’t really have a lotof gigs sometimes so I wanted tocreate an event to bring every-body together, where it was freeto perform at, free to attend andfor the community, by the com-munity.”

Petrie said the turnout wasamazing, especially consideringthe method by which they enticedthe audience to come out.

“So much of it was word ofmouth,” she said. “A lot of

postering around Davis Square,Harvard Square and Central, anda lot of direct messages to all ofour friends and family and it justspread from there. You can’t un-derestimated the power of send-ing direct messages to people youthink would like to come and itapparently worked.”

Friends of Herter Park Pro-gramming Director and BoardMember Joy Arcolano said thiswas the group’s first full seasonsince a few pilot shows in thepark last year. The park has un-dergone extensive renovationslargely due to the efforts of theFriends and residents of Allston.

“It’s fantastic, this is a hugeturnout,” she said. “This is the vi-sion, this is how idyllic it is. Oneof the big parts of our program-ming mission is that this shouldbe a community space, so fromits conception it has been a placefor a home for the (Institute forContemporary Art Boston). It’sfor opera and performances andit created a sort of model for whoshould be in the space.”

Arcolano said she also per-forms sometimes as aShakespearean actor in the pastbefore the park’s renovation andshe was amazed at what the com-munity could do to bring back theimportant fixture on SoldiersField Road. She said the intentwas to not only bring shows tothe residents of Boston, but tobring the residents of Boston intothe show.

“One of our major goals is tomake sure everyone in the com-munity feels like they not onlyhave a place in our seats but alsoon our stage,” she said.

Arcolano said they hostmovie nights, jazz nights, theBrown Box Theatre Project,sing-a-longs and the Phunk Phe-nomenon Urban Dance Theatre.Coming up, the Brown Box ispresenting As You Like it, whichshe said she’s looking forward toparticularly.

“Like I said, I loveShakespeare, but that’s kind ofclassical theater, and Brown Boxtheater did our first performancewith us to kind of spearhead ev-erything out, and they did Ham-let this year,” she said.

Allston residents NicholasAnderson and NicholasPankewytch said they camedown to see some friends per-

form and they were amazed.“We know a couple of the

performers and we don’t livevery far and we like to supportthe Herter Park,” Anderson said.

Residents Molly and NickRose said they came out to sup-port their friends in the LittleBlue Bakery Food Truck, andwere amazed at the range of theperformances.

“It’s very good, I’ve obvi-ously heard a cappella before, butI’ve never been to a concert that’sall a cappella, and I’m thoroughlyenjoying it,” he said. “If there’sone in the future I think we woulddefinitely want to attend.”

A former student in Boston,Kierra Jarratt, said she was ex-ploring the city after two decadesof absence and said she wasamazed to see this kind of eventback at the park.

“I went to college here and Iwanted to do some differentthings and I Googled “things todo in Boston today and this cameup,” she said. “I’ve only been intown a couple of hours but I’veheard it’s changed quite a bitsince I’ve been here.”


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DeathsBONILLA

Marco Tulio Of Roslindale,originally from Barrio ElBosque, San Rafael deOreamuno in Cartago, CostaRica, passed away July 12,2018. Marco came to Massa-chusetts in the 1960s. Living onthe North Shore then JamaicaPlain, finally settling inRoslindale. He was married forover five decades to DignaRosa. He leaves behind his twosons, Marco Alejandro and hiswife Veronica of West Roxbury,and Abner and his partnerMonica of Roslindale. He alsoleaves his beautiful grand-daughter, Alessandra. He alsoleaves behind his sister Ana andbrother Gerardo and manynieces in nephews in Boston,Florida, Costa Rica, and Cuba.He worked at Ivex Corporationin Newton for many years andfinally retiring from theNeedham Public School Sys-tem. He loved to make peoplelaugh and watch soccer, andwas always proud of his coun-try and soccer team Costa Rica.He loved the United States hishome for over 50 years. FuneralServices in P.E. Murray - F.J.Higgins, George F. Doherty &Sons Funeral Home, 2000 Cen-tre St., WEST ROXBURY onMonday, July 16. Interment St.Joseph Cemetery, WestRoxbury. In lieu of flowers, do-nations may be made inMarco’s memory to the charityof your choice. P.E. Murray -F.J. Higgins George F. Doherty& Sons West Roxbury 617 3252000

BRIERJacob I., Esq. Of West

Roxbury, entered into rest onJuly 9, 2018, at the age of 104.Predeceased by his parents,Max and Malka (Balder) Brier,he was the loving brother of thelate Samuel W. Brier, BettySelya, and Ada Glovin. Cher-ished uncle of Judge Bruce M.Selya and his wife Cindy; Rob-ert P. Glovin and his wifeMarge; and Susan Jane Rosenand her husband David. “Jake”practiced law in Boston formore than 70 years. He held avariety of important positionsin city and state government,and was a familiar figure at

Boston City Hall and at theState House. A lifelong bach-elor, he was the sort of man whoreceived great pleasure out ofhelping people — and hehelped literally thousands offolks over the years. Gravesideservice was held on Tuesday,July 10, at Lindwood MemorialPark, 490 North St., Randolph.In lieu of flowers, donationsmay be made in his memory toChabad at Chestnut Hill, 163Bellingham Rd., Chestnut Hill,MA 02467. Stanetsky Memo-rial Chapels.

CONNEELYGobnait Of West Roxbury,

formerly of Mervue, CountyGalway, Ireland, July 11, 2018.Devoted sister of SheilaFarragher and her husbandJerry of Dublin and Anthonyand his wife Consilia Conneelyof Galway. Cherished aunt ofLaura, Gillian and KevinFarragher and Jacob Conneely.Dear friend of Kathy Doyle ofSaugas. She was the daughterof the late Michael and Sheila(McNamara) Conneely. Fu-neral from the William J.Gormley Funeral Home, 2055Centre St., WEST ROXBURYon Friday, July 20, 2018 at 9a.m., followed by a FuneralMass in St. Theresa of AvilaChurch at 10 o’clock. Relativesand friends are kindly invitedto attend. Visiting hours Thurs-day, 4-8 p.m. Interment Private.Gobnait was an employee ofthe Boston Housing Authorityand also worked for the IrishImmigration Center. In lieu offlowers, donations in Gobnait’smemory may be made to theAvon Foundation for BreastCancer, 601 Midland Ave, Rye,NY 10580 or atavonfoundation.org. For direc-tions and guestbook, pleasevisit: gormleyfuneral.com Wil-liam J. Gormley Funeral Ser-vice 617-323-8600

DiGIOVANNILouis of Mansfield formerly

of Hyde Park and RoslindaleJuly, 9, 2018. Beloved son ofthe late Carmen A. and Anna(DiFino) DiGiovanni. Father ofLouis DiGiovanni Jr. ofWeymouth. Devoted brother ofLena Humphrey of Dedham,

John DiGiovanni and his wifeMary of Brighton and Carol A.(DiGiovanni) Melanson ofMansfield. Uncle of RobertWyngowski, Lisa Thibault andher partner Rick Wilkins, JohnThibault and his wife Tammy,Tony DiGiovanni and his wifeTannya, and Michael, Richardand the late Robert Humphrey.Funeral from P.E. Murray - F.J.Higgins, George F. Doherty &Sons Funeral Home 2000 Cen-tre St. West Roxbury on Satur-day, July 14. Interment private.In lieu of flowers donationsmay be made in Louis‘ memoryto the MSPCA 350 South Hun-tington Avenue Boston, MA02130.

GLICKLillian (Whitman) Of West

Roxbury, on July 13, 2018. Be-loved wife of the late Irving E.Glick. Devoted mother of Ri-chard Glick, and Susan Evertsand her husband Dr. ErichEverts. Cherished grandmotherof Jennifer Gelman and her hus-band David Gelman Esq., andMatthew Everts, BonnieMitchell, and Alex Hansen.Loving sister of Shirley Sternand the late Eva Green, NettieKutcher, Archie and MorrisWhitman. Services were atSharon Memorial Park Chapel,40 Dedham St., Sharon, onMonday, July 16, 2018.

MORRIS

Donald G., of Hyde Park,83, passed away July 9 sur-rounded by his loving family.He was married for 60 years tohis beloved wife Janice(Stevens) Morris. Loving fa-ther of Steven B. Morris and hiswife Kathleen of Needham,Scott D. Morris and his wifeNancy of Stoughton and Susan

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D. Harkins and her husband Barry of Woburn. Cherished grand-father of Steven Jr., Jillian, Brooke, David, Kristen, Jack, Colinand Chloe. Great grandfather of Evelynn and William. A FuneralService was celebrated in Parkway United Methodist Church, onFriday, July 13, 2018. Interment Fairview Cemetery. In memoryof Donald, donations can be made to Parkway United MethodistChurch, 158 Blue Hills Parkway, Milton, MA 02186.

NORTONDonald J. Of West Roxbury and Englewood, Fla., June 30,

2018. Beloved husband of the late Marion (McHugh). Lovingfather of Donna Prefontaine, Patricia Kelly, Michael Norton, MaryTardie, John Norton, Christine Crowley, Jane Crawley, and AmyNorton. Also survived by 21 grandchildren and four great-grand-children. Funeral from the William J. Gormley Funeral Home2055 Centre St. WEST ROXBURY. Interment MA National Cem-etery, Bourne at 12:45 p.m. US Air Force Veteran, Korean War.In lieu of flowers donations may be made in his name to theAmerican Heart Association, PO Box 417005, Boston, MA 02241.

PALOMBIAnthony “Tony” Age 94, of Hyde Park, formerly of Readville.

Entered into rest July 13, 2018. Husband of the late Elsie(Dalvisio). Brother of Mario, Rosa, and Doris Palombi all of HydePark and the late John, Enzo, Joseph Palombi and MargaretDiGironimo. Also survived by many nieces, nephews, grandniecesand grandnephews. A Funeral Service will be held on Thursday,July 19 at the Hope Baptist Church, 1916 River St., Readville, at11 a.m. Interment in Knollwood Memorial Park, Canton. Rela-tives and friends are respectfully invited to attend. In lieu of flow-ers donations in memory of Anthony may be made to Hope Bap-tist Church, 1916 River St., Hyde Park, MA.

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hood Council Zoning Commit-tee meeting, it was abruptly can-celed; the agenda item statedthat the proponent intended to“demolish an existing buildingand construct a new three storybuilding.” Zuroff, through hisrepresentative Kenneth Zou,told the committee chair hewanted to go back to the JamaicaPond Association.

The JPA met on July 9 and itrequested that developer “returnwith revised and more completeplans” at the Aug. 6 JPA meet-ing, according to JPA memberKevin Moloney.

Although a major change tothe character of the Centre Streetbusiness district and for twoyears an open foundation holesurrounded by construction fenc-ing, the Centre/South MainStreets has not been involved inthe 628 Centre St. saga - nowwell into its fourth year. GingerBrown is Executive Director ofCS/MS.

“At this time we have notbeen in touch with the develop-ers of 628 Center St.,” Browntold the Bulletin.“We are invit-ing the developer and architectto speak at our next JP CentreSouth Main Streets board meet-ing to review the plans and askquestions.”

There are overlapping mem-bers in both the JPA and CS/MSbut Brown said she has “not beencontacted so far by anyone.”

Cedar Hill Design and Devel-opment meanwhile has breezedthrough the construction of afour-story, six-unit, luxury, eleva-tor condominium building withtwo ground floor commercialspaces at 7 Burroughs St. tuckedbehind Wonder Spice and East-ern Bank; designed by ArthurChoo, it has big, wide, Chicago-style windows facing the munici-pal parking lot.

Cedar Hill bought the oldC+A garbage removal garage on

Nov. 30, 2016 for $1.4 million.The square box building is nowfully framed with windows in-stalled and interior work wellunderway. The flats are listedfrom $675,000 to $700,000 anda fall occupancy is anticipated.

Residential living is coming

to the Centre Street businessdistrict. Cedar Hill is buildingexactly what Zuroff plans tobuild two blocks away, but itremains a foundation hole. Thedifference seems to be CedarHill had no community in-volvement.

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Roslindale Porch Fest returning forfourth year to neighborhood


Roslindale Arts Alliancefounder Glenn Williams said henever really thought theRoslindale Porch Fest would be-come so successful in just fouryears, but he said he’s insanelyhappy to see the communitycome through.

The festival is one of severalthroughout the Boston areathat’s designed to bring musi-cians to the streets in an infor-mal setting and bring the musiccommunity of a neighborhoodtogether with residents whowant to hear them, but may nothave the time or constitution fora local night show. Each “stage”is a donated porch from a localresident, business or other entity,and each performer has a local

connection to Roslindale. Lastyear, thousands came throughthe streets to check out whatRoslindale has to offer and mu-sic could be heard fromArchdale to Ace Hardware.

Williams said the event,which is set for Saturday, Sept.15 this year, is still acceptingband applications.

“We’re going through toAug. 1 and we’ve already gotplenty of music this year; we’realready up to 80 performersnow,” he said.

Williams said his favoritepart of the event is the osmosisof music that happens in resi-dents’ backyards.

“There’s music around everycorner,” he said. “You havepeople wandering by and goingplace to place and it works re-ally, really well. It helps to pull

the isolated parts of Roslindaletogether. We’re finding that alot.”

Williams said this year,they’re trying out a new idea tobring the community up onstage. He said the ArchdaleApartments down WashingtonStreet will be hosting a commu-nity karaoke stage most of theday for which any resident canget up and show what they got.

“Somebody just signed upand asked if we’d be interestedin that and we said of course,”he said. “It will be great to getpeople involved and I think itwill be a pretty good draw andit’s going to be fun for the peoplein the area. We’re not sure of theexact location just yet but it’sregistered and ready to go.”

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booth near the bar and lookedrelaxed in the mid-afternoon.

“So I ended up, yeah, juststaying here,” he said. “Andat the same time, it was goodbecause it gave my father timeto take off and relax and notworry about the place.”

As time went on, however,that blank spot on his résumébecame less and less impor-tant as Capobianco took on apositive role in the local com-munity… although, in hiscomments, he deflected atten-tion from himself.

“You know, everybodygathers here and – if anythinghad to be done – everybodygot together,” he said. “Myname was on it, but it was thepeople that got together anddid it.”

Capobianco gave as a fa-vorite example of this the lo-cally famous Fourth of JulyField Day, put on each year byCappy’s at Meigs Field.

As the years went on, andthe event became bigger, acaravan of people fromCappy’s would pick up cratesof corn, palates of water-melon, hot dogs, hamburgers,and whatever else from theStop & Shop warehouse onJuly 3 and prepare it all for thenext day.

“The night before wouldbe Shuck Fest Night here,”Capobianco said, with every-one shucking corn and thenmoving everything over toMeigs Field the next morning.

In addition to the cookout,there were events such as bas-ketball shooting contests,races, bicycle and doll car-riage decorating, medalsawarded, a scholarship and aspart of the festivities, a parade

led by Capobianco – dressedas Uncle Sam – around theblock.

This camaraderie was,Capobianco anticipated, whathe would miss most after re-tiring.

“I love the people whocome through here,” he said.“I’ll tell you, 99 percent of thepeople who come throughhere are great people. Andeven the headaches elsewherecame in here and respected theplace. It was really nice. It wasreally good. I’ll miss that.”

But other parts of it couldbe trying, primarily the inabil-ity to get away.

“That’s the biggest issuehere, really,” Capobiancosaid. “It’s seven days a week.If you’re here, fine. If you’renot here, you’re still kind ofhere. You’re worried about theplace and what’s going on…That’s the biggest thing.”

Capobianco had beenthinking of retiring for sometime and when he made it of-ficial, his family was relieved.

“My wife,” he paused tochuckle, “sees what I’m goingthrough on a daily basis. A lotof people don’t. Again, it canget stressful. And how manytimes do I come home and say,‘I’ve got to get out of this. I’mgetting too old for this.’”

Seasons Catering will betaking over at the end of themonth, with the liquor licensegoing to a new restaurant onCanal Street downtown. Therehad been bids to take over theproperty as is – causingCapobianco to entertain no-tions of working part-time forthe new owner – but they fellthrough.

“In a way, I think it’s bet-ter this way,” Capobianco re-flected. “I’d like to think thatI could do a couple of part-time shifts, but I don’t wantto do it right now. The more Ithink of it, I just… I want totake a nap.”

Until July 24, however, heprobably won’t have time forone.

Theme nights conceptual-ized by his wife and daughterwill be ongoing for Cappy’slast handful of days in busi-ness.

“It was just a matter of ev-erybody coming back, sharingmemories, and saying helloand good luck, and all thatstuff. So it was kind of nice,”Capobianco said of the themeidea.

Those remaining are BCEagles Night (Thursday, July19), Green Means Goodbye(Friday, July 20), SaturdayNight Memories (Saturday,July 21), and The Last Dance(Tuesday, July 24).

“When you think of it…Holy smokes! I’m… 74,”Capobianco said. “That’s,uh… You know, it’s time. Andhopefully I can enjoy it .Hopefully. We’ll see. We’llsee what happens. I’ll justmake my own schedule and gowith the flow.”

Shortly afterwards, asCapobianco headed out forthe day, people shared theirthoughts about him. MichelleBardenaro, who has beencooking with the boss for ayear and a half, tried not to crywhen speaking of how greatthe experience was.

Ken Mansen, a patron whohas been going to Cappy’s for,by his count, nearly the last 50years, spoke of liquor licensesgoing into the center of thecity “because that’s where themoney is. The days of theneighborhood bars are.. Idon’t know, gone.”

Scott Leary, at Cappy’s fornearly 18 years, while speak-ing of Capobianco’s chari-table nature, gestured towarda group photo with Uncle Samstanding proudly in the cen-ter.

“He will be missed in thecommunity,” Leary said.

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Porchfest continued from page 11Williams said he andco-director AndyHollinger have per-formed at each pastPorchfest themselves,but this year, he saidthey want to keepthemselves open for whatevermay happen.

“Andy and I aren’t scheduledto play this year, we’re sittingback to see if we have to plugourselves in at someplace,” hesaid. “You know, some bandmight back out, there might bea miscommunication, so youhave to have a little reserve ofpeople to go in. Plus, it gives usan opportunity to get around andmake sure everything goesswimmingly.”

Williams said the outpouringof support from the communityhas been amazing. He saidthey’ve had no lack of porch reg-istrations from localhomeowners, and businesses

have been coming to them to seehow they can support the event.

“We are overwhelmed by thesupport, people came to us andsaid can we get involved, andwe’ve been very, very lucky,” hesaid. “All the banks have cometo help, as well as Birch StreetHome and Garden, Pet Cabaretand all these places really steppedin. Balance Rock Investment hasbeen our biggest supporter sofar.”

Williams said they will havea lot of the bands they had in pre-vious years back, but he’s hesi-tant to expand more than whatthe show has already grown into.He said he doesn’t want it to out-grow the community, since it’s

based for Roslindalemusicians.

“I’m really proudof this as an opportu-nity for local bands thatdon’t always get achance to play out in

their community and that’s a re-ally big deal,” he said. “It encom-passes all of Roslindale and wehave several people coming tothe Farmers Market to give outcards... It’s something that obvi-ously the people really, really en-joy and we don’t want to be sobig that we have bigger acts fall-ing over each other to play, wherethere’s like a battle of the bandson the streets. We’re getting tothat level now, but we’re alsobranching out into the outer por-tions of Roslindale and I think it’sgoing to be a really lovely event.”

For more information on howto sign up as a performer or ahost, go to http://www.roslindalearts.org/

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ment, put a face on the badge andkind of hopefully put aside anyfears that these aren’t realpeople.”

Kirkpatrick said even today,many residents have troublereaching out to the police, and hefelt this event is a great way toget to know the police officers inthe neighborhood and the com-munity at large. He added that it’salso a great way to help addressconcerns in the neighborhood.

“I mean, most police officersare your neighbors, you’d be sur-prised,” he said. “Sometimespeople will go to these events andwalk up to one of the uniformedofficers and say ‘I’ve been mean-ing to call you guys about this,that or something else, whatshould I do?’ So this is a way tomake that connection and saywe’ll look into that maybe we’llrefer you to Inspectional Servicesor something like that.”

Kirkpatrick related a story heexperienced in his own neighbor-hood in which the E-5 District ofthe Boston Police Department(BPD) helped out a neighborwho needed it.

“We had a woman whoreached her senior years in theneighborhood and it became evi-dent to us that maybe she was notable to take care of herself,” hesaid. “She was walking down tothe local store but instead of us-ing the sidewalk, she was usingthe yellow line in the middle ofthe road.”

Kirkpatrick said the Commu-nity Service Office of the DistrictE-5 was immediately ready tohelp. He said they found thewoman’s family after an exten-sive search and was able to helpthem get her the care she needed.

“The family lived in anothercity and they weren’t aware ofher situation,” he said. “That’sjust one of the things they do, Imean you can call them ifsomebody’s putting their trashout too early, neighbors not get-

ting along and they’ll go downand get to the bottom of what’sgoing on.”

Kirkpatrick said that Com-munity Service Officer EdwardRoach will be heading the grillfor residents at the NNO night inAdams Park. Roach has been astaunch advocate at nearly everyWest Roxbury and Roslindalecommunity meeting to tell resi-dents to lock their car doors. Hesays at almost every meeting thatcar break-ins are some of themost numerous crimes reportedin the neighborhood and the cityat large, and he said it’s doublyfrustrating, because most of thetime the doors aren’t locked.

“So now they will go around,sometimes in the neighborhoodsthat have car breaks and if theyfind a car unlocked, they’ll leavea flier saying ‘Hi! This is the po-lice, and we got into your car lastnight, imagine if we were a bur-glar,’” Kirkpatrick said with alaugh.

For this year and in years past,Kirkpatrick said they try to makethe night a community outreachnight. So there will be tables andrepresentatives for various orga-nizations around the Parkway togive out information for services.

“We invited a lot of nonprofitsand service agencies to participateand set up information tables,” hesaid. “There are no sales at this,it’s not like the Farmers Market.We’ll have the Home for LittleWanderers, the ABCD Southsideand we usually invite the localhealth center if they’ve got some-body free. We have things likethat, and a couple of year ago wehad folks from the Women’sHealth Center in the FaulknerHospital come down and do a freeblood pressure clinic. We’re try-ing to expand it a little more thisyear.”

The night will also be a timeto honor local community mem-bers making a difference with theCommunity Service Award.

Kirkpatrick said this year, they’rehonoring Roslindale Village MainStreets Executive Director AliaHamada Forrest. He added thatany volunteers interested in help-ing out should contact him [email protected].

“We usually get people to helpus put the tables and stage togetherand take it down to pack up,” hesaid. “We actually get a lot of vol-unteers from the Boston LatinSchool and the local Boy Scoutsand we set them up doing the re-freshment hand outs.”

He added that with the free hotdogs and hamburgers cooked byRoach, there will also free icecream donated by Puritan IceCream.

For more information on thisevent, go to nno.roslindalecc.org.

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Letters continued from page 4The biggest complaints aboutthe project have been made re-gardless of the feasibility andtraffic studies conducted on be-half of Roxbury Prep that sayotherwise. School officialshave investigated over 50 prop-erties and decided that 361Belgrade is the best option,while opponents seem to thinkBoston has an abundance oflarge, affordable vacant prop-erties with access to publictransportation just ready to bedeveloped for a high schoolcampus.

Furthermore, as every Bos-ton parent knows, our city is inneed of more quality highschool options. Roxbury Prephas a clear record of excellence.We should be supportive of itsnew permanent facility andplan to unite all its high schoolstudents, currently spread overtwo campuses, under one roofin a safe and, what I always be-lieved, welcoming neighbor-hood.

So, I ask the opponents: Areyou really going to say “not inmy backyard” to the young ladyI recently met who is new to thiscountry, struggling to learn En-glish, feeling overwhelmed, buthas fortunately secured a spotat Roxbury Prep this fall, a nur-turing, high-quality publicschool?

The opposition to RoxburyPrep’s expansion in Roslindaleisn’t just about stopping 361Belgrade. It’s also about dis-comfort at the prospect of moreteenagers, who coincidentallyare mostly low-income and mi-nority, in the neighborhood. It’sabout stopping children wholive in a world where so muchis stacked against them from

having access to an excellenteducation in a state of the artfacility in a safe neighborhood.Aren’t we better than that, myfellow neighbors of Roslindaleand West Roxbury? I sure hopeso, for my children’s sake andfor the sake of all children inour city.

Elizabeth VondrakRoslindale

THERE IS A RIGHT WAYTO ENTER THISCOUNTRY

To the Editor:I am rarely a big supporter

of the viewpoint of HalShurtleff from West Roxbury inhis many letters to the editorover the years but his most re-cent letter I find myself in com-plete agreement. The issue ofillegal immigration needs to beaddressed and solved, but Ithink most politicians like it justthe way it is. Conservatives railagainst it as do liberals. It isused to generate support forpoliticians across the politicalspectrum.

However, it ismostly Democrats that haveused it to raise campaign cashand gin up support for the mid-term elections coming up. Tho-mas Jefferson long ago warnedthat a nation needs borders tobe a nation. Without borderswhat are we? There are toomany liberals and progressivesout there that seem to be downwith open borders, as in “Comeon down time.” If you make itto the border, you get what’s be-hind Door No. 1, Door No. 2and what’s behind the curtain,too.

We are a nation of laws.There is a legal process to be-

come a citizen. In recent years,we have also forgotten the im-portance of assimilation. Theother day I saw a billboard inMattapan Square. I couldn’tmake out the words. Then I re-alized it wasn’t in English. Ourculture and language are unifi-ers of this democratic republic.In America there is no separatebut equal. We constantlychange but remain One People.

Immigrants are part of thisnation’s history. I am the grand-child of immigrants from bothSicily and Ireland. Immigrantshave always helped buildAmerica. I am proud ofAmerica’s immigrant tradition.

However, the invasiondown at our border withMexico is not a positive event;pouring across the border with-out any order or rule of law.Catch and Release? America’snationhood is at stake.

No one wants to see littlechildren crying, but the disor-der at the border is caused bythose trying to flood into ourcountry and others who encour-age it. It is a crisis, and Presi-dent Trump seems to under-stand this crisis while theDemocrats seemingly are usingit for political purposes.

One final note, do you everhear supporters of open bordersever mention CesarChavez? You know why not?Chavez was an opponent of il-legal immigration. Democratsdon’t want you to know or re-member that piece of his his-tory.

I read the other day that theUS Border Patrol caught some-one trying to cross over the bor-der who had already been pre-viously been deported ninetimes. He was caught again andreleased with a GPS braceletunder “Catch and Release.”The next time we see him hewill be getting deported for the10th time and does anyone notthink this is an insane policy?

Thank you, Hal for pointingout the obvious which the Leftrefuses to recognize.

Sal GiarrataniEast Boston

MCCARTHY ADDRESSESCITY COUNCILON VOTING

Dear FellowCouncil Members:The right to vote is the most

sacred privilege of Americancitizenship. It is a blessing thatshould not be taken for grantedor in any way devalued. Extend-ing voting rights to non-citizens,however well-intentioned pro-ponents of the idea might be, ismisguided and wrong.

I fully understand and appre-ciate the tension and frustrationthat presently exists around ourimmigration and naturalizationsystem. We can all take issuewith the fact that Congress andthe President have failed to ad-dress (and through their actions

and inactions, even exacerbated)glaring problems in our currentsystem. Like all of you, I wouldvery much like to see our sys-tem repaired and improved. Iwould respectfully suggest how-ever, that those who take issuewith the rules, requirements,fairness, or efficiency of our cur-rent system of immigration andnaturalization should focus ourenergies and attention on thoseissues (and on the institutionswith the Constitutional author-ity to enact needed reforms)rather than circumventing thisdifficult process entirely andsimply granting voting rights toa large swath of non-citizens.

The proposal to extend vot-ing rights to non-citizens, in-cluding Permanent Legal Resi-dents, anyone holding a visa,those with Temporary ProtectedStatus or the Deferred Action forChildhood Arrivals Program(DACA) might be presented asan effort to merely give greatervoice and representation to tax-paying members of our commu-nity, but it overlooks importantfacts and leaves unanswered andunresolved a great many legiti-mate questions.

First and foremost, no one isbeing denied the right to vote,only required to participate in alawful, orderly process toachieve citizenship first. As Istated earlier, if anyone takes is-sue with this process, their en-ergies should be focused on fix-ing a broken system and not onundermining an inherently ratio-nal requirement of citizenship inorder to vote.

Second, people come to Bos-ton and the United States for agreat multitude of reasons, butall come here understanding thatwhile this city, this state and thisnation bestow a great many pro-tections, freedoms, opportuni-ties and other blessings uponthem, the right to vote cannot beamong them unless and untilthey make an affirmative deci-sion to undergo a lawful, orderlyprocess to achieve citizenshipfirst.

While many people covetUnited States citizenship, noteveryone does. Individualswhom I know came to theUnited States between 10 and 20years ago and have PermanentLegal Resident status. Theyhave been productive, law-abid-ing and contributing members ofour Boston community. Afterundergoing the rigorous processto become Permanent LegalResidents however, they thenmade a conscious decision notto take the final steps to becomeUnited States citizens. Theychoose, instead, to vote in theircountries of origin where theyretain citizenship.

This is not to say that manyof the people this ordinancemight cover would not happilyaccept voting rights if they wereso extended, but to highlight thatautomatically conferring such asacred right without any attemptto discern the wants, desires or

intentions of those receiving thisgreat gift is wrongheaded andeven dangerous. Naturalized citi-zens go through a process thathappily concludes with their re-nunciation of allegiance to anyforeign power and the swearingof an oath of allegiance to theUnited States and our Constitu-tion. For those who have not beena part of this process, these actsand this oath may seem proforma, but to those who struggledand sacrificed to become Ameri-can citizens, these acts are in-tensely personal, deeply mean-ingful and important.

I have heard a great many ar-guments that seem to give greatvalue to the vote itself, but pre-cious little to citizenship itself,treating it as merely an accidentof birth. Without a doubt, thoseof us who are born citizens arefortunate but the rights and liber-ties we enjoy as Americans wereno accident, but the gift of priorgenerations who struggled, sacri-ficed and often died for them.Further, requiring shared citizen-ship to vote or serve on juries haslong been a great incentive andunifying force in this wonderfullydiverse nation.

Beyond these principled argu-ments are the practical ones, in-cluding the idea that because non-citizens pay taxes and contributeto the economy they automaticallydeserve a say in the governanceof their local community. But ifthis were true, then the conversewould also be true - that those whodo not pay taxes can be deniedtheir right to vote. This is a re-pugnant idea. Further, if payingtaxes in a community is substan-tial justification for extending vot-ing rights to non-citizens of thiscountry, what voting rights shouldbe afforded to someone who livesoutside of Boston but has a busi-ness here? They, too, are payingtaxes to the City of Boston, mak-ing important contributions to thecommunity and are directly af-fected by the decisions of the Citygovernment. What of the tens ofthousands of students who live inour city for eight months a year, paytaxes and contribute to the localeconomy? None of these are mi-nor issues or considerations.

Finally, I would remind themembers of this body that twoother Massachusetts communi-ties, Amherst and Cambridge,passed resolutions supportingnon-citizen voting rights in lo-cal elections. Neither of thesewas implemented however, be-cause the State Legislature, in itswisdom, refused to act on them.I urge you to reject this idea andthat we instead come together tofind real and concrete ways thatare within the power and graspof this body to serve all of ourcommunities, including our im-migrant communities, in a man-ner that does not devalue, dimin-ish or sever the crucial and ap-propriate link between citizen-ship and its most sacred privi-lege, voting.

Timothy P. McCarthyCouncilor, District 5

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