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Marching in the Greek Indepen-dence Day parade in the Back Bayon Sunday, April 7 was this del-egation from St. Nectarios Churchin Roslindale Square. The paradeitself was held to celebrate the startof the Greek independence move-ment that started in 1821. TheGrand Marshals were His Emi-nence Metropolitan Methodios ofBoston; Honorable Mayor of Bos-ton Martin Walsh. PHOTO BY PATRICK O'CONNOR

City Council looks atvoting sub precincts

Third Jamaica Plain cannabis shopgets rejected at JPA meeting

JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

Basement units get heatat Hyde Park meeting

Members of the BPDA, ISD and DND presented the city's plan to allowsome basement, attic and carved out units without a variance.

PHOTO BY JEFF SULLIVAN

Michael Epp of Greenough Ave. testifies at the JPA meeting against a cannabis shop near his street.PHOTO BY: RICHARD HEATH

RicharRicharRicharRicharRichard Heathd Heathd Heathd Heathd HeathStaff Reporter

Brian Bairos is a small busi-ness owner from Rhode Islandwho formed the Giving TreeHealth Center with three part-ners in 2016. He hopes to opena cannabis dispensary at theAAA Appliance store at 769

Centre Street opposite theLoring Greenough house.

If approved, it would be thethird marijuana dispensary inJamaica Plain; two others atHyde Square and Forest Hillsreceived zoning approval ear-lier this year.

But Bairos received a hos-tile reception before a packed,

standing-room only crowd atthe Jamaica Pond Associationmeeting on April 1 at the Ja-maica Plain Baptist Church.

No one spoke in support.“Take your business some-

where else,” said a voice in thecrowd, and that summed up the

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The Boston City Councillooked at a home-rule petitionlast week that, if approved bythe Massachusetts State Legis-lature, would allow the city toestablish voting sub-precinctsin the city’s more congestedvoting areas.

Chair for the Committee onGovernment OperationsMichael Flaherty said the ideais to leave Ward districts andprecincts themselves alone, butsimply allow more areas to vote.

“None of these adjustmentswill change any ward boundarylines, they will also not changerepresentation for the purposesof congressional, Representa-

tive, senatorial or council dis-tricts,” he said.

Flaherty said the Committeeis in favor of the proposal andthe need for more public out-reach for the proposal so vot-ers know they don’t have tostand in line or risk being lateto work in order to vote.Flaherty also said the commit-tee is in favor of extensive pre-cinct reorganization to reflectthe growing change in the city’spopulation in certain areas thatwere not traditionally residen-tial, like Fort Point.

That initiative is a proposalfor a new ordinance that wouldrequire the creation of a newcommittee in the City Council

On Monday, April 8 theCity of Boston hosted a meet-ing with about 40 residents atthe Hyde Park Branch of theBoston Public Library to dis-cuss the implementation of aprogram to allow residents toput an additional dwelling unit(ADU) in their homes.

The program would allowowner-occupied homes to addan additional unit in the base-ment, attic or cut out sectionof their home under certain re-quirements without the needfor a zoning variance. Themeeting was held in conjunc-tion with the city’s Departmentof Neighborhood Services(DND), the Inspectional Ser-vices Department (ISD), andthe Boston Planning and De-velopment Agency (BPDA).

The idea is to change thecity’s zoning bylaw to allowthis use without a variance andseveral other potential costlyprocesses that might be mak-ing such a move financially un-feasible for manyhomeowners. ISD Commis-sioner William “Buddy” Chris-topher said the city is currentlyabout to complete its first yearof an 18-month pilot programof the zoning change, and hesaid it’s been pretty success-ful.

“You can add another unitonly if it’s within the envelopeof your existing house, and it’slimited to a one, two, or three-family home,” he said. “If itmeets our requirements, we’regoing to forgo all of the zon-ing issues and forgo the re-quirement for lawyers and ar-

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Boston Marathon list road closuresThe Boston Marathon and

the Patriot’s Day Parade will beheld on Monday, April 15, 2019.The BAA 5K and the InvitationalMile will be held on Saturday,April 13, 2019. Street closuresand parking restrictions will bein effect in the Back Bay, Bea-con Hill, Brighton, Fenway-Kenmore, North End and Gov-ernment Center. People cominginto the City for the events areurged not to drive their personalvehicles. Information onBluebike rentals may be foundonline, and information on theMBTA may be found on the T’swebsite. For a faster return trip,the MBTA advises riders to pur-chase a round-trip rather than aone-way ticket. Walking is alsoa great way to move around Bos-ton.

Changes to the followingtraffic and parking plan may bemade by the City of Boston’sPolice and Transportation De-partments for the purpose of ad-vancing public safety and trafficmanagement. It is important toread all posted signs and variablemessage boards carefully. Mara-thon Monday traffic restrictions

The following streets will beclosed to traffic on Monday,April 15:

3:30 a.m.: Berkeley Street,between St. James Avenue andNewbury Street, and BoylstonStreet, from Berkeley Street toArlington Street 5 a.m.:Charles Street and BoylstonStreet, next to the Boston Com-mon and Public Garden 6 a.m.:

Boylston Street, Hereford Streetto Berkeley Street 8 a.m.:Streets east of MassachusettsAvenue and Massachusetts Turn-pike Exit 22 8 a.m.: Streetswest of Massachusetts Avenue inthe Kenmore Square AudubonCircle area 8:30 a.m.: Streetsin the Brighton area leading tothe route

We expect to reopenBoylston Street at 8 p.m. Allother streets are expected to re-open at 7 p.m. 3:30 a.m. –Berkley Street and BoylstonStreet

Berkeley Street, St. JamesAvenue to Newbury StreetBoylston Street, Berkeley Streetto Arlington Street

5 a.m. –Boston CommonArea

Boylston Street, TremontStreet to Arlington StreetCharles Street, Park Plaza toBeacon Street

6 a.m. – Back BayBoylston Street, Hereford

Street to Berkeley Street8 a.m. – Back BayClarendon Street, St. James

Avenue to Newbury StreetDartmouth Street, St. James Av-enue to Newbury Street ExeterStreet, Newbury Street to Hun-tington Avenue Ring Road,Huntington Avenue to BoylstonStreet Fairfield Street,Newbury Street to BoylstonStreet Gloucester Street,Newbury Street to BoylstonStreet Providence Street, Ar-lington Street to Berkeley StreetTrinity Place, St. James Avenueto Massachusetts Turnpike on-ramp Boylston Street, Massa-chusetts Avenue to ArlingtonStreet Newbury Street, Arling-ton Street to Charlesgate EastSt. James Avenue, ArlingtonStreet to Dartmouth Street

8 a.m. - Back BayHuntington Avenue (out-

bound), Dartmouth Street toBelvidere Street Stuart Street,Arlington Street to DartmouthStreet Blagden Street, Hun-tington Avenue to Exeter StreetBerkeley Street, Columbus Av-enue to Newbury StreetClarendon Street, Common-wealth Avenue to Columbus Av-enue Dartmouth Street, Com-monwealth Avenue to ColumbusAvenue Exeter Street, Com-monwealth Avenue to Hunting-ton Avenue Fairfield Street,Commonwealth Avenue toBoylston Street GloucesterStreet, Commonwealth Avenue

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Not in my history books: Carmelita Torres

My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

It’s hard for me to graspthe whole idea of bathhousesin Boston. The absence ofhot water in cold-water flats(hence the name), which pro-liferated throughout the cityas immigrants poured in,gave rise to a number ofbathhouses in Boston, thelast of which seems to be atL Street. Did thousands ofpeople just line up? Werereservat ions necessary? Was there hot water or justcold showers? Did bathersbring their own soap andtowels? If there was hotwater, was there any left forthose at the end of the line?

In the 50’s, to take abath, do dishes, or do laun-dry—anything that de-manded warm/hot water—astack in the kitchen had to belit with a match, at least 15minutes before being able toaccess tepid water. Showerheads were virtuallynon-existent; even the dailybath did not exist.

So, it came as a surprisewhen a recent lecturer atBoston College referenced abathhouse t ragedy in ElPaso. Surely i f Bostonneeded bathhouses tocleanse its hordes of un-washed, so did other cities—even those in warmer cli-mates such as Texas.

My history books refer-enced the Alamo and theUnited States-Mexican War;

perhaps there was anotherreference, but there is cer-tainty that they did elaborateor even abbreviate any de-scription of the Bath Houseriot in 1917 nor was thereany sidebar about CarmelitaTorres, indeed a Latina ver-sion of the much acclaimedRosa Parks.

Seventeen-year-oldTorres used to cross the bor-der daily by trolley—similarto those moping a longComm Ave——from Juarezto clean American houses. One morning in 1917 shewas commanded by customsofficials to get off the street-car, take a bath, and get dis-infected by gasoline/kero-sene to allegedly halt thespread of typhus. She re-fused and after a while otherMexican women joined her,thereby blocking traffic, notunlike what happened in1968 on East Boston’s Mav-erick Street, where by designonly women physical lyplanted themselves to pro-test the continual rumblingof large t rucks to feedMassPort’s appetite of vora-cious expansion.

The number of Mexicanwomen quickly swelled toseveral hundred. The troopswere called in when the pro-testers laid down on the trol-ley tracks to prevent themfrom moving.

No wonder there was re-

luctance to go to the fumi-gating site. For the delous-ing process men and womenwere separated, with anychildren accompanying thewomen into separate build-ings , where they werestripped of all clothing andvaluables . Clothing andvaluables were s teamed,while other items that mightbe damaged by steam wereexposed to cyanogen gas andpossibly DDT. Attendantsexamined the nude personsfor lice. If lice were found,men’s hair was clipped closebut women’s hair wasdoused in a mixtureof v inegar and kerosene,wrapped in a towel, and lefton the hair for at least 30

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LITTLE CRIMES,BIG CONTROVERSY

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It took more than a term, but Gov. Baker has finally foundhimself mired in a real controversy. The headline-grabbing de-bate at its core is between Baker, his administration and SuffolkDistrict Attorney Rachael Rollins.

Rollins, as she promised on the campaign trail, wants to do afull reversal of what law enforcement brain trusts used to call the“broken windows” theory. The idea was that ridding small-levelcrimes from neighborhoods would cause a chain reaction thatwould ultimately reduce more damaging and severe crimes. InRollins’ view, that approach is a failure and far too many minor-ity men are languishing behind bars for small offenses.

Her remedy: to decline prosecutions of 15 itemized crimes,including: trespassing; shoplifting (including offenses that are es-sentially shoplifting but charged as larceny); larceny under $250;disorderly conduct; disturbing the peace; receiving stolen prop-erty; minor driving offenses including operating with a suspendor revoked license; breaking and entering—where it is into avacant property or where it is for the purpose of sleeping orseeking refuge from the cold and there is no actual damage toproperty; wanton or malicious destruction of property; threats,excluding domestic violence; minor in possession of alcohol; drugpossession; drug possession with intent to distribute; stand-alone resisting arrest charge; resisting arrest charge combinedwith only charges that all fall under the list of charges to declineto prosecute (e.g. resisting arrest charge combined only with atrespassing charge).

Instead of prosecuting these cases, Rollins said, they “shouldbe outright dismissed prior to arraignment or, where appropri-ate, diverted and treated as a civil infraction for which commu-nity service is satisfactory, restitution is satisfactory, or engage-

Editorial


It’s a guarantee: high-quality Pre-K for all

Mayor’s ColumnMartinWalsh

On April 2nd, we made apromise: in five years, Bos-ton will achieve high-qual-ity Universal Pre-Kinder-garten for every four-year-old in the city. In the lastfive years, we’ve added 750pre-K seats that are high-quality, and proven to closethe achievement gap. Now,we’re going to be investing$15 mi l l ion in our newQuality Pre-K Fund, whichwill close the high-qualitygap by adding an additional750 high-quality seats inBoston Public Schools, andcommunity-based organiza-tions.

Through this commit-ment , we’ l l be ab le toachieve our goal: a high-quali ty Pre-Kindergarten

seat for every 4-year-old inthe City in the next fiveyears.

To make Boston a placewhere everyone can suc-ceed, we need to start at thevery beginning. The mo-ment a child is born, theyneed high-quality resourcesand a safe p lace to ca l lhome. And when they setfoot into the classroom, theyneed a strong foundation toset them onto the path tosuccess. We must make surethat every single child, fromevery background andneighborhood, can get astrong start in life.

Access to high qualitypre-K should be a guaran-tee, for every single familyin Boston, regardless of in-come or background.

Bos ton’s approach topre-K is a national model inearly childhood education,and we have proven successin c los ing ach ievementgaps. It’s because we offersome of the most compre-hensive and high-quali typrograms in the country.Our teachers are trained tosupport students of all cul-tural backgrounds, they en-courage critical and creativethinking, and they put theneeds of our students first.

And the lessons childrenlearn don’t just stay in theclassroom — they have last-

ing impacts , al l the wayfrom kindergarten to collegeand beyond.

Every year, we’ve beenworking to expand this suc-cessful approach with thegoa l o f reach ing everysingle four-year-old in theCity.

When I took office, wewere facing a gap of 1,500high-quality seats. Ensuringequal access to high-qualitypre-kindergarten becameone of our top priorities. Wecouldn’t have done it with-ou t the par tnersh ip anddedicat ion of educators ,partners, organizations, and

many more. One of the firststeps we took was creatinga UPK Advisory Commit-tee. The Committee gath-ered input from families,educators, and stakeholders.The i r recommendat ionshave been our guiding lightin how we’ve taken steps toexpand access to high-qual-ity pre-K. We’ve invested innew pre -K sea t s everysingle year since 2014, de-spite constraints on our bud-get and available classroomspace. In our most recentbudget for FY19, we desig-nated $850,000 to develop80 pre-K seats , together

with community partners.We learned that commu-

nity-based organizations arecentral to our UPK strategy.We wanted to make sure wewere building something tolast and truly serve our com-munities. And today, we’reproviding more options forworking families, right intheir own neighborhoods.Because of our work, overthe last six years, our initialgap of 1,500 seats has beencut in half. And now, thisnew fund will help us closethe remain ing gap , and

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Mayor Walsh made the announcement about high-quality Univeral Pre-Kindergarten at the ABCD HeadStart at Walnut Grove in Dorchester.

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Christopher said currentlyin the program, the additionalunits have been small andsince they’re almost exclu-sively basement units, thecombination of those two fac-tors have made them cheaperthan any luxury unit, which hesaid is a small but solid way tohelp increase the city’s afford-able housing stock.

“We’re expecting this to benaturally-occurring affordableunits, as they are likely to beless expensive than a brandnew market-rate building,”said DND Director of Opera-tions Marcy Ostberg.

He said the start of theprogram came from storiesout of South Boston. He saidmany elders in the area werehaving developers come out ofthe woodwork to buy theirsingle-family homes for pricesaround $1.5 million. He saidthe residents would then feelseller’s remorse, as they leftthe neighborhood they had es-tablished roots. He said sure,$1.5 million might seem like alot of money, but not in SouthBoston or Boston as a whole.

“So these folks would goto the same coffee shop for20 or 30 years and build com-munity,” he said. “All of a sud-den they lost that, and there’sno way to recreate that 30years without another 30years.”

And so he said many resi-dents who left and regretted itsaid they only needed a littlebit more disposable income tostay in the neighborhood, andthe idea of streamlining ADUswas born. He said they wantto make it easier for a home-owner to rent out a new unit,and this is the plan.

Ostberg said the pilot hasbeen going well. She said outof the 72 applications they re-ceived, 33 have passed re-view, five have been approvedand two have been issued oc-cupancy permits. She said thezoning allowances for theADUs would make it so floor-to-area ratio requirementswould be exempted, occu-pancy limits as well as addi-tional parking requirements.Christopher did point out thatspace requirements for sani-tary purposes, which requireeach room in a unit to have acertain amount of space bystate law, would keep the oc-cupancy low enough to avoidsafety concerns. Ostberg alsosaid that a height of seven feetsix inches would be requiredfor the ADU’s, and that twoand three-family homes wouldrequire sprinklers installed inthe new units.

Christopher said that onlyowner-occupied residenceswill be eligible for this pro-gram, and that if a homeowner

decides to sell to a developer,the developer will legally haveto remove the elements addedthat make the ADU feasible,like the kitchen and the bath-room, etc.

Ostberg said the challengethey heard about most fromresidents was the cost. Whilemany residents might think itwould cost about $30,000 tofinish their basements, thesprinklers alone could costthat amount of money. Shesaid that’s why in the fiscalyear 2020 budget, BostonMayor Marty Walsh, who alsosupports the ADU plan, is nowproposing an additional$650,000 for loan programsassociated with ADUs.Ostberg said this would trans-late into up to $30,000 inter-est-free loans for residentswho undertake this program.

The meeting then got a bittense during the question andanswer session.

“Where are people going topark? Have you thought at allon the effect of the abutters?”one resident asked. “Wemoved here specifically toavoid density, and this will to-tally destroy the fabric of ourneighborhood because it willincrease density.”

Christopher, after askingthe resident to please not yellat the team, said the idea isthat most of these units will beused by someone who is al-ready living in the house or theneighborhood and would notnecessarily increase parking.

“But this program is notmeant to solve the parking is-sues,” he said.

One Readville resident saidhe was in favor of the program.

“This would be an ease-ment to a lot of the concernsthat people have about den-sity,” he said. “For me particu-larly, I would like to see thisprogram expand and, further-more, raise the limit on the loan.It’s very hard to create anADU with $30,000, but dou-bling that would allow this totake place, because bids for thiswork are much higher.”

Fairmount Hill Neighbor-hood Association President JoeSmith said he felt this was aslap in the face to the work thecommunity undertook fouryears ago putting together Ar-ticle 69, the Hyde Park ZoningCode.

Hyde Park NeighborhoodAssociation member CraigMartin said he felt it was inconflict with the current zon-ing, which states that “ Not-withstanding any contrary pro-vision of this article or code,dwelling units in a basementare forbidden in the Hyde ParkNeighborhood District.” Mar-tin added that the additionaldwelling units would “cost meequity.”

Despite the loud opposition,many residents seemed in fa-vor or ambivalent to the ADUproposal. Martin and Smithboth said they felt that the pro-cess does not allow residentsin opposition to the proposal toaffect the outcome, since theADU proposal would start atthe BPDA, go through the Bos-ton Zoning Commission andthen gain final approval fromMayor Walsh.


Around the NeighborhoodCITY

ELKS ANNUAL EASTERDINNER

Elks Annual Easter Dinnerwill be held on Easter Sunday,April 21st at the Elks Hall at 1Morrell Street in West Roxbury.This event is open to any areaSenior Citizen at no charge. Acomplete Ham dinner will beserved. Doors open at 11:00 amand dinner will be served at12:00noon. No reservations arenecessary and all are welcome.If you have any questions pleasecall Chairman Andy Schell at857 -719-4938.

FREE SPRING ARTWORKSHOP SERIES

The Power of our Stories –What Does Clay Have to Say?With teaching artist WendyEllertson on April 17, 24 &May1 with optional field trip from 5

– 7 pm with light, healthy din-ner at 5pm. Dinner and work-shop provided FREE OFCHARGE by Jamaica Plain-based Families Creating To-gether at Unitarian UniversalistUrban Ministry, 10 Putnam St.,Roxbury. Join us for this FREEdisability-inclusive series of artworkshops for children ages 5-13 accompanied by an adultfamily member/guardian. Cre-ate clay artwork to be fired in akiln, then glaze it with brightcolors and watch creatures andobjects emerge from theclay…inspiring children to de-velop stories about them! Buildbackdrops out of mixed materi-als to help display and performthose stories. Presented in En-

glish, Spanish and AmericanSign Language upon request.Wheelchair accessible.FCT is aprogram of Community ServiceCare/Tree of Life Coalition inJamaica Plain This is not a drop-in program. Please enroll if youcan commit to at least threeworkshops. To register and formore information call 617-522-4832 or 617-372-3022 (cell, text,Espanol) or [email protected] IS LIMITED so registertoday! Additional information atwww.familiescreatingtogether.org.

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ANNUAL DINNERSave the Date for the 2019

Allston and Brighton Boards of

Trade Annual Dinner. Wednes-day, April 24, 2019 with specialguest Dan Shaugnessy.

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Allston-Brighton Neighbor-hood Opportunity Center, 640Washington St. Suite 203,Brighton, MA 02135 Scheduleyour appointment today! (617)903-3640

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FREE TAX RETURNASSISTANCE

The Allston & BrightonAPAC Child and Family ServiceCenters are providing free taxreturn assistance at 406 Cam-bridge St. Allston, both Allstonand Brighton Public Libraries.

Please call APAC 617 7831485 for details on arrange-ments. APAC has been a mem-ber of the Mayor’s Coalition onTax Payers’ Assistance since itsestablishment.

PROGRAMS AT THEBRIGHTON LIBRARY

Boris Fogel, vocalist and pia-nist presents: Helping Us to Liveand Love—celebrating the sto-ries , life and work of Isaak andMaksim Dunayevsky. Songsand Music From the Cinema Saturday April 13th at 2 pm.Brighton Library/40 AcademyHill Road/ (617) 782-6032. All are welcome.

The Polar Vortex EnsemblePolar Vortex is a 7 piece in-

strumental ensemble playingmusic ranging from classicswing to soul and R&B. Join usfor an afternoon of lively anddelightful sound. May 4 Satur-day afternoon 2 pm. BrightonLibrary/ 40 Academy Hill Road/(617) 782-6032

This program is brought toyou by Music Maker Studios di-rected by Bob Brenner. Allare welcome.

Book Discussion GroupA book discussion group

meets at the Brighton Library/40Academy Hill Road (617) 782-6032 on the last Wednesday ofeach month at 11:15 am..

The featured selection forApril 24th will be Notes from aSmall Island by Bill Bryson.Copies of the book are availableat the branch. Everyone is invitedand new members are welcome.

Beginning internet classMystified by the net? Don’t

know how to surf? Help is avail-able on a one on one basis to getyou started. Call foran appointment and ask for Alan.Brighton Branch Library/40Academy Hill Road/ (617) 782-6032

ESL Conversation GroupsTwo ESL conversation

groups meet at the Brighton Li-brary: One on Monday eveningat 6:15 pm; The other on Tues-day afternoon at 1 pm. Comeand practice your language skillsin an informal and friendly set-ting with other new Englishspeakers. Brighton Branch Li-brary/40 Academy Hill Road/(617) 782-6032.

JAMAIC PLAIN

GODDARD HOUSEHAPPINESS IS A CHOICEYOU MAKE: LESSONSFROM A YEAR AMONGTHE OLD

Thursday, April 25th | 6:00 -7:45 pm - Brookline Senior Cen-ter, 93 Winchester Street,Brookline, MA

What’s the secret to living afuller, more content life? ForJohn Leland, best-selling authorand award-winning reporter atthe New York Times, the answercame from an unexpected place:from the lives of six people age85 and up. He expected them toeducate him in the hardships ofold age. Instead, they taught himlessons of resilience, gratitude,purpose and perspective that ap-ply to us all. The good news isthat we can all learn from thewisdom and experience of olderadults. View full event flyer >>

Refreshments will be servedfrom 6-6:30 pm, followed by atalk with discussion & book salesfrom 6:30-7:45 pm. Please call617-730-2770 to register.

OPENING MINDSTHROUGH ART ARTISTS’RECEPTION & ART SALE

Saturday, April 27th | 3:00 -4:30 pm - Goddard House As-sisted Living, 165 Chestnut St,Brookline

Opening Minds through Art(OMA) is an intergenerationalart program that is founded onthe principle that people who areliving with dementia are highlycapable of creative expression.This exhibit will be on displayin Gallery M at Goddard Housefrom April 8th to May 6th. Formore information, contact PattiBarrows at 617-731-8500 [email protected] are welcome!!

HYDE PARK

LGBTQ- PINK WEDNES-DAY

Please join us for a socialgathering of the LGBTQ com-munity on Wednesday, April 17. Meet at the Fairmount Grille at81 Fairmount Avein Hyde Park at 7:00 PM for acasual get together. PinkWednesday is held on the thirdWednesday of the month. All arewelcome.

BCYF PROGRAMSSUMMER CAMP 2019

The BCYF Hyde Park Com-munity Center is currently ac-cepting applications for our sum-mer camp. Our summer camp isfor 7 – 12 year olds and runs from

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West Roxbury remembers Tim White

The family of Tim White came together with Mayor Marty Walsh onSaturday to celebrate his life and dedicate a walkway in his name.



The walkway in betweenthe United States Post Officeand the branch of the Brighamand Women’s Hospital officesaw some unusual fanfare onSaturday.

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh,District 6 City Councilor MattO’Malley and State Rep. Ed-ward Coppinger came out todedicate the way to resident TimWhite. About 70 residents,friends and family memberscame out to see the longtimeresident receive honors they allsaid he wholeheartedly de-served.

“I really don’t know what tosay,” said brother Matt White.“This is overwhelming, it reallyis. I would like to thank you allfor coming out to rememberTimmy’s life in an everlastingway.”

White said his brother wasone of the most amazing peoplehe had ever known. He said heand his wife Helen Walsh andthe family worked with the Bos-ton Mayor’s Office of Neigh-borhood Services WestRoxbury representative JackDuggan and O’Malley last yearto get the dedication for the pe-destrian way. He said therewere few problems getting itdone and he thanked the city forhelping the family to make thisidea a reality.

“Timothy Hagan White,Timmy, Tim, Uncle Tim, mybrother, my friend, the son ofCarole and Brendon White,” hesaid. “He was a friend and col-league to many. To many of youhere, Timmy was so much to somany. As a kid growing up onRuskin Street in West Roxbury,Timmy was a member of theRuskin crew. Many of you re-member us on Centre down atthe bowling alley with our dogBandit, thinking we owned thetown. It was great growing uphere, and it was great havingTimmy grow up with me too.”

White said his brother wasa great athlete and an amazinghockey player, with an “incred-ible slap shot to boot,” and saidhe helped to coach his niecesand nephews.

“He was always there forthem, he loved his nieces andnephews, and they loved him,”he said. “Everyone should be solucky to have an Uncle Tim.”

White remembered hisbrother as a generous soul whoalways had a smile on his face.He said he was always unas-suming, worked to better hiscommunity and had a greatsense of humor.

“If you ran into him he hada big smile and an even biggerhug, It was just who he was,”he said. “He was incrediblysmart, but also down to earth.”

O’Malley said he had notknown White very well when

he was alive, but saw the in-credible impact he had on thecommunity, just by the turnoutand support of the dedication.

“I feel like I got to know hima lot better through all of youand through this process,” hesaid, adding that he is the Presi-dent of the White Family FanClub.

Coppinger said his family hashad a great relationship with theWhite family.

“The Coppingers andWhites go back generationshere in West Roxbury, so it istruly an honor to be here,” hesaid. “If Matt is the presidentof the White Family Fan Club,then I’m certainly the VicePresident.”

Coppinger read two cita-tions, one from the Massachu-setts House of Representativesand one from the Massachu-setts State Senate.

“State Sen. Mike Rushsends his regards but he’s do-ing his military training so hecould not be here today,” hesaid. “I got to know Tim a littlebit in my career doing mort-gages. He would stop into theoffice to talk to me and youcould tell he was just a kind,caring person. He talked to ev-eryone in the office and you’dsee him at the YMCA helpingpeople and you’d see him in thecommunity helping people, sothis is truly a great dedicationfor a well-deserved person.”

Walsh said he’s known theWhite family well for sometime, and while he didn’t knowTim as well as others, he knewfrom the impact the rest of thefamily had on him that TimWhite was an amazing person.

“I didn’t know Tim very well,I met him a couple of times, butas I was getting ready today tosay a few words, I think one ofthe biggest compliments you canget is that he quietly helpedpeople,” he said. “He didn’t lookfor recognition, and when youthink about actually helping anindividual, it’s not about beingrecognized or getting your pic-

ture in the paper. That’s a spe-cial part of a human being, andthat starts with his family, withyou, Carole, his mom. That’s atestament to your family today.I know you said you weren’tgoing to cry, but cry tears ofjoy.”

Walsh said, being a politi-cian, he likes to see signs infront of houses in the city,whether they’re his or not.

“This is a sad day but it’s agreat day, I mean when you’rein office – and the White fam-ily is certainly very political –

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you like signs, and you wantsigns,” he said. “It’s just one ofthe things you like seeing in poli-tics and the White family cer-tainly has a long history of greatleadership and being active andhelping to shape us in the cityand I want to thank them forthat. Carole, I want to thank youfor your sons, your daughter andyour grandchildren and every-body who are active in thiscommunity.”

Resident Scott Malone saidhe grew up with the Whitefamily and he wanted to sup-

port them.“Matt and Timmy were al-

ways coming out to support thecommunity and we thought weshould do the same thing,”Malone said. “It’s nice theMayor bestowed the honor onTimmy, he was a great guy andhe owned a store here on Cen-tre Street years ago, and it wasreally nice they did it for him.”

Steve Colman said he wasTim’s best friend growing up.

“He was an excellent guy.In my opinion he was the bestguy I ever knew,” he said. “It’s

very appropriate; he was anexcellent figure in the commu-nity.”

Matt White’s wife HelenWalsh said she knew TimWhite since high school andshe said she wanted to help re-member him in the community.

“He’s well-known here, hegrew up here and we wantedto do something so peoplewould remember him whenthey walk by here,” she said.“The response is overwhelming;this is the place to be seen to-day.”

About 100 residents came to the service. Many remembered their experiences with White, and his brother,Matt White, played Tim's favorite song, Mandolin Wind by Rod Stewart.


The historic Doyle's Pub in Jamaica Plain held its 23rd annual Emerald Necklace Road Race over theweekend. The race featured a fairly flat wheel measured five-mile course finishing at the Cafe; travelingthrough Franklin Park. The Gem of the Emerald Necklace. After the race, Doyle's hosted a party featur-ing music by the Fenian Sons, refreshments, food, award ceremony and raffle prizes.

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night.“It’s a bit of a stretch to call

a pot shop a health center,” saidJPA member FranklinSalembene.

Bairos was introduced byattorney Kevin Joyce, who isthe permitting counsel.

“This is to inform everyoneof our proposal,” he said be-fore introducing Bairos.

“Community outreach is abig part of it.”

Bairos said the recreationalmarijuana dispensary would bea friendly place decorated witha Jamaica Plain theme. Thetwo-level build-out of the oldappliance showroom would bedone by the architectural team.

“We’ve been looking tomove into JP,” Bairos saidwithout introducing his teamnext to him.

“The dispensary will looklike an Apple store. People canwalk around and see what theylike. We’ll have security at thefront door; the waiting area andthe dispensary.”

On the March 7, 2017 reg-istration application for a Cer-tificate to Operate a MarijuanaDispensary, Michael DeSouzais listed as Director of Secu-rity.

“We plan on employing 15to20 people,” Bairos said. “Weexpect 400 to 600 people a dayalthough that number mightdrop when the Hyde Squarestore opens.”

Bairos admitted he has notoperated a cannabis dispensarybefore although he owns an oldmill in Fall River for the culti-vation of the herb.

“I’ve had retail experi-ence,” he said, “but not can-nabis. It’s just our group.We’re no big corporation. Wehave no plans on selling out.”

He said at first he wouldserve customers on an appoint-ment system and it would becash only, but would also ac-cept prepaid cards.

Community benefits were amajor sticking point. Bairoscouldn’t promise a 1 percentcontribution on top of the 20percent in city and state taxobligations.

“We can set up a dollaramount,” he said, “but it can’tbe a percentage. We’re taxedat 20percent already, 3 percentto the city and 17 percent tothe state. We’re willing to givea contribution.”

“It’s loyalty,” he said. “Youshow me loyalty and we canwork together. It’s not aboutsetting caps. We want to bepart of the community. Ifthere’s a children’s park thatneeds work, if we can help, wewill.”

Traffic and parking was adominant complaint; residents

from Greenough Avenue andHolbrook Street all said theycan’t find parking near theirhomes as it is and the dispen-sary will make it worse.

“I’m very surprised youcame here without a parkingplan,” said a JPA member. “AtHyde Square, they committedto valet parking.”

Michael Epp of GreenoughAvenue led off the public com-ments.

“This is not a legal meeting,”he said. “There was no notifi-cation to Greenough Avenue,Eliot Street, or Thomas StreetThis is not an official meeting.A real meeting would have aparking plan, a security plan.”

Arlene Rothman lives onCentre St and she said shedidn’t know much about “thetechnical stuff.”

“But you have a bakery,” shesaid. “Nibbling products. Peoplewill come out of your shop andhave a bag open nibbling.They’ll be high going across thestreet to the Loring GreenoughHouse lawn.”

Alan Smith lives in a condoat 2 Greenough Ave. oppositethe Loring Greenoug House.

“This is against the generalgood,” he said. “It’s adverse toour neighborhood. Peoplesmoke marijuana all the time.How can we stop marijuanasmoke from blowing in our win-dows? This belongs in a shop-ping center. It’s a nuisance. Wedo not want it.”

Anastasia Lyman ofGreenough Avenue didn’t wantit either.

“You said you’re here to bepart of the neighborhood. Youneed to get to know the neigh-borhood. People will find you ontheir app, order their dope, dropoff their brother who runs in andgets his dope while they circlethe block.”

Bob Matthews of HolbrookStreet was very concernedabout the impact on school agechildren from the Eliot School.

“The schoolyard will be avery attractive place for peopleto go with their brownies,” hesaid. “It’s a terrible influence.They’ll smoke dope in theschoolyard. Go up to HydeSquare. We don’t need anotherone down here.”

Physicians, a psychiatristand a health care professionalwho live around the Monumentall strongly opposed Green TreeHealth Center.

Green Tree is one block fromthe largest liquor store in Ja-maica Plain and few mentionedthat impact.

Eric of Greenough Avenue,who said he was a physician,did make the case about mari-juana and alcohol.

“I want to speak of the haz-

ard,” he said. “Alcohol andmarijuana are a dangerous com-bination. The location for chil-dren and families is wrong. Cus-tomers will walk down residen-tial streets. We smell marijuanaall day. We don’t want to makemarijuana socially acceptable.”

A Revere St. resident saidhe was relieved Giving Treewas not another pizza parlor orDunkin Donuts,

“But here’s the thing,” Hesaid. “You’ll be selling candy.You’ll be selling cupcakes. Idon’t have any confidence thatthis will not have any impacton little kids.”

Jessen Fitzpatrick owns Sal-magundi hat shop, two doorsdown from AAA Appliance.He along with six other adja-cent merchants signed a letterof support on March 28, a copyof which was made availableto The Bulletin.

But Fitzpatrick damnedwith faint praise in his state-ment.

Kevin Moloney (right) ticks off the zoning variations to Brian Bairos (left) who wants to open a cannabisshop at 769 Centre Street.

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“I want to be thoughtful,”he said. “I’m trying to keep itneutral here. But I’m not im-pressed. You seem unpre-pared. Will you fix up the build-ing? Re-point the bricks? Thesign hasn’t been changed sincethe ‘40’s.”

The meeting took a turnwhen a man stood up in theback and addressed Bairos per-sonally.

“I just Googled your name,”he said. “You were accused ofcampaign finance violations inFall River.”

Bairos replied that it was amisunderstanding.

“Do you have any other vio-lations?” the speaker went on.

“You Googled me first,”said Bairos.

Joyce was uneasy.“I’m a little surprised by all

this,” he said. “We just camehere to make a presentation; toinform everybody. We’ve metwith the business association.”

Kevin Moloney, chair of the

JPA zoning committee, calledfor a vote and JPA chairper-son Rosemary Jones made amotion to deny.

Bairos said to wait.“Don’t take a vote,” he said.

“I’d like to come back with atraffic plan.”

Moloney dismissed this.“You’ll just come back

and say you counted all theparking spaces and there’senough parking, like they didat Hyde Square,” he said.

The audience shouted outdemanding a vote and themotion passed with 12 vot-ing to deny and three ab-staining.

“I hate to make this a‘not in my back yard’ issue,but it is,” said one man. “Weneed an abutter meeting.”

Henrique Pepen is thenew Jamaica Plain liaison andthis was one of his first com-munity meetings. He assuredthe audience that there wouldbe an abutters meeting.

Public Meeting

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Teresa Polhemus, Executive Director/Secretary

500 Cambridge Street

Jackson Mann Community Center

Allston, MA 02134

Tuesday, April 23

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

60 Everett Street- Allston Yards

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ROXBURY LATIN GIANTYARD SALE

Saturday, April 27, 9 a.m. - 1p.m., Roxbury Latin Gymnasium

Treasures abound at R.L.’sAnnual Giant Yard Sale! Pur-chase games and toys, furniture,jewelry, appliances, linens,books, home and holiday decor,sporting goods, computers andelectronics, clothing and bou-tique items—and the best baked

goods around! Entry is free andopen to the public; RoxburyLatin boys will help you bringyour purchases to your car.

HOLY NAME BLOODDRIVE

Holy Name will hold a blooddrive on Saturday, April 13, 2019from 8:30 am to 2:00 pm. Theblood drive will be held at theparish hall. A photo is required

Logon tinyurl.com/HolyNameApr2019 to preregis-ter. Walk-ins taken as time al-lowed.

Eligibility Questions: [email protected]. Orcall (617) 632-3206

As a special thank you, do-nors will receive a Kraft FamilyBlood Donor Center PortableCharger!

ROSLINDALE HIGHSCHOOL REUNION

A reunion for all who at-tended Roslindale High Schooland the Class of 1969 takes placeon Saturday, June 22 at the WestRoxbury Elks Club, 1 Morrell

Street from 7 to 11:30 p.m. Senda check for $40. To RoslindaleHigh School Reunion c/o MariaBennett P.O. Box 365858 HydePark, MA 02136. Include an e-mail address and year of gradu-ation. Updates can be found atroslindalehighschool.com.

MARK YOUR CALENDARSAnna’s Pals 2nd Annual

Charity Golf Tournament is rightaround the corner. Monday June24th at George Wright GolfCourse. 8am Shotgun Start.Raffles ~ Closest to the Pin ~Fun. Register now atwww.annaspals.org/events

ELKS ANNUALEASTERDINNER

Elks Annual Easter Dinnerwill be held on Easter Sunday,April 21st at the Elks Hall at 1Morrell Street in West Roxbury.This event is open to any areaSenior Citizen at no charge. Acomplete Ham dinner will beserved. Doors open at 11:00 amand dinner will be served at12:00noon. No reservations arenecessary and all are welcome.If you have any questions pleasecall Chairman Andy Schell at857 -719-4938.

SPRING BENEFIT DINNERFOR ROSLINDALE DAYPARADE

The Roslindale Day ParadeCommittee will host our AnnualSpring Benefit Dinner on Fridayevening, May 3rd, 2019 from7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at. St.Nectarios Hall in Roslindale Vil-

lage. This traditional annualevent will feature a dinner cour-tesy of Delfino Restaurant, mu-sic with DJ Glenn Williams, per-formances, raffles, award presen-tations, and a silent auction, anda half hour show byComedySportz Boston. Ticketsto this event are $30 each andmay be purchased on-line atwww.roslindaleparade.com, orthrough our mailing address atRoslindale Day Parade Commit-tee, Inc., P.O. Box 324,Roslindale, MA 02131-0003.

The proceeds from our An-nual Spring Benefit Dinner willgo toward the bands, floats, andexpenses for our 44th AnnualRoslindale Day Parade on Sun-day, October 6th, 2019. Formore information about the din-ner or the parade, call 617-327-4886 or e-mail [email protected].

TASTE OF WESTROXBURY

Our 8th Annual Taste of WestRoxbury will be on Thursday,May 16th 2019 from 6-9pm atthe Irish Social Club.

Buy Tickets - $30 each(Opens new window). Actually,why not buy a whole table! - $240for Table of 8 (Also opens a newwindow). Sign Up for FreeChildcare at the Parkway YMCA(Available 6-9pm on May 16th;must show ticket or payment re-ceipt).

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Meet your neighbors and lo-cal business owners for a night of

delicious food from over 20 localrestaurants as well as cocktails,raffles, music, and dancing. It’s theevent of the year!

Other great reasons to attend:* Help WRMS build our com-

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* Free designated driver. Thanksto event sponsor, Lyft, you can get afree ride to or from the event. Havea great time and get home safely.Details in our next newsletter.

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EASTER EGG HUNTThe Easter Bunny will make his

annual appearance on during theannual Parkway In Motion EasterEgg Hunt at the West Roxbury Edu-cation Complex. 9am. Saturday,April 20th.

YMCA HEALTHYKIDS DAY

Healthy Kids Day is an annualevent that inspires parents and kidsto stay moving and learning all sum-mer long. On April 27 the ParkwayYMCA will celebrate HealthyKids Day with fun and free ac-tivities that promote the healthand well-being of children.10:30am-1:30pm. Saturday, April27th.

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to review city precinct organization every five years in order tohave fewer long lines at the voting booth, and therefore encouragemore people to come out and vote.

Commissioner of the City Election Department Dion Irish saidthere are several wards and precincts that have grown exponen-tially in the past few years during Boston’s current developmentboom. He pointed to the Downtown Ward 3 District 6, whichnow has more than 4,000 registered voters in such a smalldistrict. The proposed petition would split that precinct alongTremont Street, Cambridge Street and New Sudbury Street,essentially splitting the number of registered voters in half.

At Ward 3 District 8, which has 6,000 registered votersand contains the Leather District and Chinatown, he proposedthree sub precincts to split the number into about 2,000 vot-ers per precinct. At Fort Point, he proposed splitting Ward 6Precinct 1 into two sub precincts split by Summer Street forabout 3,000 voters per. There is also two other areas pro-posed to be split in the South End and Back Bay.

Irish said he feels the changes would be accepted by leg-islators in the State House, once everybody understands theaim of the proposal.

“We’ve been talking to our partners at the State Houseand, the last time around, there were many factors that cameinto play but not directly related to this, and also there is someconfusion around this,” he said. “So we’ve had to have manyconversations to sort of get on the same page with everyoneas to what we’re trying to accomplish. This normally getslumped into re-precincting and other re-precincting conver-sations that have been had for the last 20 years with the city.I think we’re at a point now that we’re clear that this is asshort-term thing we’re trying to accomplish, but also thatMayor Marty Walsh also wants to accomplish the long-term goal.”

Irish said State Rep. Aaron Michlewitz is on board withthe proposal and will be there to push the home-rule petitionforward once it is completed by the city. Irish said the citywould have the authority to re-precinct the city after the 2020census without a home-rule petition, which would be enactedin 2022-2023, but added that it was Walsh’s position that theyshould move this forward as a temporary fix for the next election.

achieve Universal high-quality Pre-Kindergarten inthe City of Boston.

This i sn’ t jus t aboutmaking enough seats avail-able — because if that werethe case, we could have al-ready achieved UniversalPre-K. This is about ensur-ing that every single pre-Kseat we offer is a high-qual-ity one that closes opportu-nity and outcome gaps —and gives all of our childrenan equal chance at a strongstart in life.

Our work isn’t done.We’re going to continue to

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develop our programs andpay attention to the needs ofour students. We’re going tocontinue to seek partner-ships to help us make ourprograms even better.

Any time we can make aninvestment in a young per-son, it’s a step forward forour entire city.

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lic Schools or in our com-munity programs,” saidJeri Robinson, a BostonSchool Committee memberwho also serves on theUniversal Pre-K AdvisoryCommittee. “A mixed deliv-ery system allows us toserve more families and bet-ter prepare all children fortheir transition to kindergar-ten. As a longtime advocatefor children and families, Iam excited to support theMayor’s investment in earlyeducation and commitmentto this community partner-ship.”


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Enter Baker’s secretary ofpublic safety, Thomas Turco,who issued a harshly wordedmemorandum to protest thebold effort. Rollins shot backwith both a policy defense anda zinger. “Candidly, not every-one gets the benefit of theBaker family when they haveinteracted with the criminal jus-

tice system,” she said. “Theydon’t get to not get arrested,have the state police that re-ports to them handle the inves-tigation.”

Rollins didn’t name Baker’sson Andrew by name, but didsuggest that his father’s politi-cal position may be why de-tails and actions have beensparse as the U.S. DistrictAttorney’s Office reviews al-legations that he inappropri-ately touched a female passen-

ger during a flight from Wash-ington to Boston. He was es-corted off the plane, butquickly released by State Po-lice.

The broadside againstBaker and his son may havebeen in bad form for manytastes, but we still find our-selves applauding Rollins’ de-cision to bring her fight into themud of politics. As for her ac-tual policies, unfortunately, wecan see her intended goal butcannot stomach the approach.

These are not victimlesscrimes. Store owners take adirect hit from shoplifters. Herdrug and alcohol possessionpolicies could unintentionallyexacerbate the opioid problem.Suspended licenses and regis-trations are an effective punish-ment for dangerous driving.Succinctly put, there is a rea-son the items on her list are con-sidered crimes.

We do appreciate efforts tokeep perpetrators of minorcrimes out of prison, and wedo agree that community ser-vice should be used much morefrequently. Her current plan,however, goes too far.

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minutes. If re-inspection in-dicated that not all lice beenremoved, the process wasrepeated. Once attendantsdeclared that the delousingprocedure had been success-ful, the naked people weresprayed with soap chips andkerosene.

Rumors existed that pho-tographs were being taken ofthe women. There was theincontrovertible fact thattwo dozen died a year earlierin an El Paso jail when acigarette was tossed after in-mates were deloused withgasoline,

The riots lasted for threedays but for forty years suchfumigation continued. In the1920’s U.S. officials in thearea deloused and sprayedthe c lothes of Mexicanscrossing into the U.S. withZyklon B in what was called,ominously enough, “the gas

Galeota continued from page 4chambers.” (A German sci-entific journal written in1938 specifically praised theEl Paso method of fumigat-ing Mexican immigrantswith Zyklon B; this chemi-cal was later adopted by theNazis as a fumigation agentat concentration camps andlater during the Final Solu-tion, pelletized in gas cham-bers to exterminate millions

of Jews.)My high school history

teachers had so much toteach us: two years was notenough time for them to ad-dress injustices in Tulsa, ElPaso, Wounded Knee, HeartMountain, and the sites of somany other American places,far from Boston, where suchviolations and tragedies oc-curred.

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