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Thousands ran in the 50th annual Project Bread Walk/Run for Hunger and has raised hundreds of thou-sands of dollars for the hungry in Boston and Massachusetts. The organization has been running orwalking since 1969 to support hungry families in Massachusetts, and almost 500 people participated inthe race itself.

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ISD looks to future atbudget hearing

Jamaica Pond Association holdsannual meeting, talks parks

About 20 residents came out for this year's annual Jamaica Pond Association meeting.PHOTO BY JEFF SULLIVAN

JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The Jamaica Pond Associa-tion (JPA) held its monthly andannual meeting on Monday atthe Loring Greenough Houseand discussed several upcom-ing and current construction is-sues in the neighborhood.

Parks and Open SpacesCommittee Chair JamesMcGuire discussed both therecent meeting and upcomingmeeting for the pathways at Ja-maica Pond. He said during theprevious meeting on April 10,the city came and discussed the

$4.06 million allocated to theproject.

“The main focus of the com-munity in attendance was forbetter signage for where bikesshould go and should not go,and also there was a lot of con-cern on what kind of materialswould be used for the new path-way,” he said. “Basicallywhether it would just be pavedover or removed and how itwould be removed.”

McGuire said the next meet-ing for the pathways is set forMay 15 at the Curley House at6:30 p.m. The city states that itwill share its current plans for

the scope of Phase 1 of theproject, but also that it wantspublic input.

“The meeting will be en-tirely focused on pathways;there’s not going to be a discus-sion on major landscaping orother matters,” he said.“They’ll do landscaping whereit’s abutting the pathways, butthey’re not doing a major over-haul.”

JPA member FranklynSalimbene also gave an updateon the city’s plan to put in apedestrian crossing at the inter-

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JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

William ChristopherISD Commissioner

On Monday, the BostonInspectional Services Depart-ment (ISD) met with the Bos-ton City council during aWays and Means Committeehearing to go through thedepartment’s plans for the fu-ture.

Many issues were dis-cussed, but perhaps the mostpressing was the implemen-tation of recreational mari-juana shops, which will be-come officially legal by thestate in July.

“The cannabis situation isa very big one, we’ve workedvery closely with our partnersat the Boston Planning andDevelopment Agency to de-termine what makes sense interms of zoning, looking for-ward I think we have writtena really good policy around

that as we go forward,” saidISD Commissioner WilliamChristopher. “It, like manythings, is in its infancy rightnow, and we don’t know howthis is all going to play out.”

Christopher said they arelooking to other cities andstates which have legalizedrecreational marijuana forguidance, like Colorado. Hesaid they are modeling a lot

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Following a trend,development delayed

There is a new developmenttrend in Jamaica Plain: develop-ers buy up small lots and pro-pose four to nine unit residen-tial buildings that skirt the city’saffordability requirements; theneighbors resist and the projectis repeatedly delayed.

Such was the case at the May2 Jamaica Plain NeighborhoodCouncil Zoning Committeehearing on 106 Forest Hills St.,a three-story, nine-unit condo-minium box. After lengthy de-bate among committee membersand residents, the project wasdeferred.

RicharRicharRicharRicharRichard Heathd Heathd Heathd Heathd HeathStaff Reporter

Developer Alan Sharaf of 106 Forest Hills St. condominiums listens toabutter concerns. Far right Jeff Richardson.

PHOTO BY RICHARD HEATH

Two other similar projectsoriginally on the agenda weredropped, one at the last minute,3247 Washington St. and 6Marmion St.

6 Marmion St., proposed byDavid Anderson, is a four-unit,three story square box buildingnear St Thomas AquinasChurch. He asked to be taken offsix hours before the meeting sohe could talk more with theneighbors.

3247 Washington is anotherthree-story square box residen-tial building of nine units pro-posed by City Realty. TheEgleston Square NeighborhoodAssociation that requested that

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AVMS gearing up for annual Taste of AllstonJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The Allston Village MainStreets (AVMS) is primed andready for this year’s Taste ofAllston, which will be takingplace once again on June 22from noon to 3 p.m. at 65Harvard St.

“It’s right outside HarvardStadium,” said AVMS Execu-tive Director Emma Walters.

Walters said the event is oneof their most attended through-out the year, and that they areexpanding once again.

“The event just keeps grow-ing we’ve got about 1,000 at-tendees that come every yearand more than 20 vendors so wejust keep growing,” she said,adding that more vendors arecoming in. “We don’t have anumber just yet because we’restill getting those in.”

She said they will haveneighborhood favorites likeWhole Heart Provisions, Roxy’sGrilled Cheese, Tavern in theSquare and Bon Chon to namea few. In the past they have alsohad live music, but Walters said

they are going back and forth onthe idea.

“We haven’t decided yet,you know, we’re expanding thefootprint of the event and wethought it might be easier for usto do a live DJ and have speak-ers placed throughout the wholeevent,” she said.

Walters said bringing to-gether a smattering of all the lo-cal options in Allston is a daunt-ing task, but it’s definitely worththe price of admission.

“It’s always fun it’s certainlyone of the most-loved events inAllston,” she said. “I think wehave such a wide variety of cul-tural tastes here and having themall in one place is certainly aunique experience and it’s defi-nitely one of the more popularTastes in the City of Boston andone of the most affordable...Most Tastes are around $70 perticket and ours are $30 to $35depending on when you buy. Ithelps us keep it more commu-nity focused as the price pointsare more reflective of our neigh-borhood.”

AVMS is also working tobring lights to the neighborhood

year-round. Walters said cur-rently they put up lights on lampposts for the winter holiday sea-son, but they’ve felt that theycould do more with them.

“We put up holiday lightsevery year and they go up for acouple of months and they’rebeautiful, and it’s really amaz-ing how much those installa-tions transform the district,” shesaid. “But they’re incrediblyexpensive.”

Walters said they are look-ing to get more bang for theirbuck with the lights in terms ofa permanent display.

“We’re working on a perminstallation led lights; we’ll havean artist design the layout on thelight poles themselves. We’relooking to put them on majorintersections as money getsraised. We want to connect allof them eventually. The idea isto create a visual welcome to the

The 2018 Taste of Allston is coming in June and already more than 20 area vendors have signed up.FILE PHOTO

district so when you enter you’llknow you’re in Allston Village.”

Walters said new technologyallows more variation in thelights, as the colors can bechanged to support any occa-sion.

“LEDs nowadays a lot ofthem can be controlled by re-mote control and you can actu-ally change the colors andchange the installations colorsto be holiday appropriate,” she

said. “Halloween, Valentine’sDay, sports games, Hanukah,Christmas whatever, and nowwe can do it all year-round forall holidays so that’s some-thing we’re super excitedabout.”

She said the first installa-tion is set for the summer overBrighton and Harvard Av-enues. For more informationand to purchase tickets for theTaste, go to allstonvillage.com.

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Several members of the Arborway Coalition signed up and went out thisweek to clean up the Arborway Hillside. Residents and their childrencame out to make the area a little brighter. Arborway Hillside CoalitionSteering Committee Member Sarah Freeman said: “We picked up trash,refreshed the stakes to mark the locations of trees that we planted thepast few years & then mulched those trees. In addition to the plentifultypical urban debris, some of the memorable finds included a gorillasuit and a purple mesh bag full of clam shells! We didn't get to removeinvasives ("weeds") yet, so you may have another volunteer opportunitysoon. Thank to all the volunteers, including two families with two chil-dren each, and adults of all ages!” COURTESY PHOTO

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South BostSouth BostSouth BostSouth BostSouth Boston Student Sings at the Von Student Sings at the Von Student Sings at the Von Student Sings at the Von Student Sings at the Vaticanaticanaticanaticanatican

Timothy Smyth of South Bos-ton, one of the 38 members of theBoston College High SchoolChamber and Concert Choirs, ledby Choir Director Dr. MarinaRozenberg of Hingham, recentlyreturned from a concert tour inItaly.

The trip started with a tour ofthe city of ancient Rome, wherethe group visited the Colosseum,the Forum Romanum, the TreviFountain and the Pantheon. Theygave their first formal perfor-mance at Saint Peter’s Basilica inVatican City, offering their voicesin song and prayer, participatingin mass spoken in Italian.

The following day, the boystoured the Saint Callixtus Cata-combs, a 13-mile, four-level cem-etery buried in volcanic rock be-neath the Roman countryside.After lunch, the group toured thebeautiful Jesuit Church of Saint

Ignatius of Loyola, where bothSaint Ignatius and Saint Aloysiusare buried. The choir sang duringmass and then continued with afew extra songs at the priest’s re-quest.

On the third day, the choir vis-ited Istituto Massimo Jesuit Schooland participated in a FriendshipConcert. Both choirs performedsome of their favorite songs andthen shared the stage for a fewtunes familiar to both choirs: Hal-lelujah and Do, Re, Mi. Follow-ing lunch at the school, the choirtravelled back to the city for a tourof the Galleria Borghese wherethey saw the statues and paintingsof Gina Lorenzo Bernini, Tiziano,Raffaello and Caravaggio.

On the last day, the Choir roseearly and returned to Saint Peter’sSquare for an audience with PopeFrancis. After staking claim to asection along the barricades, the

boys experienced the wonder ofthe pope’s presence, cheering“Papa” as he passed by and col-lecting precious pictures to re-member the day. A freshman re-marked: “The papal audience wastruly astounding. It is a sight that Iwill never forget. To see the leaderof the church of over a billionpeople, is something that not manypeople can say they have seen. Heis one of the most holy people onthe planet and looking at him islike looking at a glimmer of God.”

After listening to the popespeak, the choir spent some freetime eating lunch along the riverand shopping for souvenirs. Theday ended with a tour of theVatican Museums, the SistineChapel and Saint Peter’s Basilica.The overall experience travelingas a group united in song andprayer is what these students willremember most.

Swans return to thePublic Garden Lagoon

Boston Chief of Environment, Energy, and Open Space Austin Blackmon(center) opens the carts allowing Romeo and Juliet access to their sum-mer home in the Public Garden. COURTESY PHOTO

Romeo and Juliet settle right into their summer home after being re-leased during the 30th Annual Return of the Swans hosted by the Bos-ton Parks and Recreation Department on May 2. COURTESY PHOTO

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BALANCINGTHE BOOKS

Editorial Let's get togetherfor an amazing night

My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

Anyone knowledgeableabout adages will not hesitateto fill in the above ellipsis with“unpunished.”

Even if one is not cannywith sayings but is an out-and-out cynic, “unpunished” willquickly come to mind. Thosefamiliar with and believing inIsaiah 55 (“For My thoughts arenot your thoughts, neither areyour ways My ways,” declaresthe Lord) will merely shrug,look heavenward, and state theobvious about our loving but in-scrutable Creator: His/Herways are beyond our under-standing.

No matter what categoryinto which you, dear reader,fall, your heart has to go out toone Scott Berry and his family,both immediate and extended.May his many good deeds inthe community be reciprocated.

Very early on the morningof March 8, after he had clearedsnow from his own South Streethome, Scott was on his way tosnow-blow his neighbors’ side-walks before reporting to hisjob at State Street Bank whenan enormous limb from a city-owned tree thundered down ontop of him. Unaware of thebreaking sound because of thesnow-blower’s noise and hisearbuds’ music, he could onlyawait his wife, Kristen, whoheard his scream, ran to help

him, and then phoned 911. TheEMT’s responded right awaybut had to then contact the firedepartment to help them re-move the giant limb on top ofhim.

The Brigham and Women’slarge trauma team awaited theambulance transporting Scottand his loving wife. The fast-acting medical staff detectedthree broken ribs, fractures ofcervical vertebrae, and, worstof all, a severed spinal cord.After emergency surgery andseveral days in that storiedhospital’s ICU, Kristen had tobreak the news to Scott that thechances were/are slim to nonethat he’ll ever walk again be-

cause of the spinal cord sever-ance.

Out of this tragedy immedi-ately came immense, familiallove. The five children of Jimand Teedee Sweeney ofRoslindale’s Guernsey Streethave continued to show unmiti-gated love for their Scott. Theirfour other Sweeney children,Joe, John, Kate Smyth andMary Ross, as well as theirmany grandchildren, have sur-rounded sister Kristen and hus-band Scott with what mostfamilies would consider unpar-alleled support and devotion.By their encouragement theyhave supported Scott’s twochildren, Caitlyn and Chris, tocontinue their schooling atUMass Boston and Universityof Maryland in spite of the life-changing tragedy that befelltheir dad.

Scott is now in theSpaulding Rehabilitation Cen-ter in Charlestown participatingin occupational and physicaltherapy. But the financial costis and will be immense; theChristopher and Dana ReeveFoundation estimates that thelifetime costs of a 50-year-oldliving with paraplegia are over$1.5 million.

Now is the time for theBoston community to begin to

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Every year, with the regularity of Swan Boats splashinginto the lagoon, the same debate echoes through City Hall,although typically met with inaction.

The perpetual hot topic: Are local colleges and universi-ties paying enough in taxes (or more specifically, paymentsin lieu of taxes)?

Under the so-called PILOT program, the city negotiatesa flat fee that these institutions agree to pay instead of thefull assessment of their property taxes. Boston City Coun-cilor At-Large Annissa Essaibi George is among those ques-tioning those deals, not on their merit, but because even thedeeply discounted deals are not being paid.

According to the councilor, as quoted in the BostonGlobe, schools paid only $13 million of the $27 million theyagreed to in 2017. Northeastern University reportedly paida paltry 23 percent of what it owed. Harvard, despite col-lecting billions of dollars in its endowment, paid about halfof what it owed.

The time has come to scrap these arrangements and treatuniversities like any other business in the city. Let us disil-lusion you of any pretense that these schools are playing anout-sized philanthropic role. While they do deserve praisefor the many ways they support the city and its residents,that largesse is not enough to justify their multi-million-dollardiscounts, especially when even that reduced amount is notbeing paid.

Job creation? Sure, these schools do create many jobshere. Then again, so does McDonald’s and we’ve never seenthe city discount Big Macs and Chicken McNuggets.

Here is the only deal the city should pursue. Once tu-itions stabilize for students, once assorted “fees” stop drain-ing their savings, and when we can see evidence that ex-pansionary efforts are not merely a land grab, then – andonly then – should the city reconsider tax discounts.

As it is now students are paying for such things as UMassAmherst buying Mount Ida College for no real defendablepurpose, leaving layoffs and displaced students as a reper-cussion.

Students are funding skyrocketing upper-echelon sala-ries. Allston might as well change its name to Harvard atthe rate that school is gobbling up land that would other-wise be taxable at normal assessments and rates.

Our schools are a point of pride and valuable part of thesocial fabric here in Boston. They are also big businessesand it is hard to justify the deep tax discounts they receive.

The PILOT program has been debated many times be-fore and, unfortunately, we can almost guarantee nothingwill happen. At the very least, however, the city should beable to collect the money that is still owed. In this economy,there should be no corporate or college handouts.

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members of our community. Wewill be happy to answer yourquestions or elaborate on any ofthe items on display. May is Pres-ervation month, so this will be agreat time to learn about our ef-forts and accomplishments inpreserving what we love aboutBrighton and Allston ! Free

The Celebration takes placeon May 23, 2018 Begining at6:30 p.m. It will be located at thePresentation School FoundationCommunity Center located at640 Washington St., Oak Square.

ESL CLASSESL Class/ An ESL conver-

sation 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

BOOKDISCUSSION GROUP

A book discussion groupmeets at the Brighton Branch Li-brary on the last Wednesday ofeach month at 11:15 a.m. Thefeatured selection for May 30will be Reindeer Moon by Eliza-beth Marshall Thomas Copies ofthe book are available at the li-brary Everyone is invited andnew members are welcomeBrighton Branch Library/40Academy Hill Road/(617)782-6032

MEMORIAL DAY SERVICEA Memorial Day Service will

be held to remember all veteransespecially the men and womenfrom Allston and Brighton whomade the supreme sacrifice in theservice of our country.

Prayers will also be offeredfor those currently serving over-seas, for their safety and safe re-turn. Celebrant MonsignorJames P. Moroney, rector ofSaint John’s Seminary. May 28,2018 Evergren CemetaryBrighton 11 a.m. – noon Rain orShine.

UFO’SA Slide lecture with John

Horrigan/Saturday, May 12,11:30 a.m. at the Brighton Li-brary at 40 Academy Hill Rd.

BEGINNINGINTERNET CLASS

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

HYDE PARK

CHESS AND CHECKERSWITH CHARLIE

Children are welcome tocome and learn to play chess orcheckers with Charlie Cleary onSaturday afternoons. Sponsoredby the Friends of the Hyde ParkBranch Library. Free to all. Noregistration required. Chess andCheckers with Charlie takesplace on Saturday, May 12, 2018,

CITYWIDE

JAMAICA PLAINNEIGHBORHOOD ARTISTSEXHIBITION

Boston Photographer ErikGehring Awarded Best in Showin Hyde Park Art AssociationExhibition, Best Nature Photo inFalmouth Art Exhibition, andJuried Into Numerous Other Ex-hibitions

Photographer Erik Gehringhas work on display in multiplecurrent exhibitions, and wasawarded Best in Show and BestNature Photo. You can view hisexhibition at the Boston Conven-tion and Exhibition Center, 415Summer Street, South Boston,MA 02210. The Exhibition takesplace on May 17 – Sept. 28,2018; Reception: Wednesday,June 13, 6 – 8 p.m.

For more information: Youcan view Erik’s accepted entry“Pine in Grove in Snowstorm”here: http://w w w . e r i k g e h r i n g . c o m /W e b R e a d y / P a g e s /ArbPineGroveSnowst.html

BOSTON AREA RAPECRISIS CENTERANNOUNCES PUBLICWORKSHOPS TO ADDRESSSEXUAL HARASSMENTAND ASSAULT

The Boston Area Rape Cri-sis Center (BARCC) is offeringseveral upcoming public work-shops to educate people on howto support survivors of sexual ha-rassment and assault as well as

to how to take action to preventsexual violence. BARCClaunched the public series earlierthis year, as #MeToo continuedin the public spotlight and de-mand for BARCC services andtrainings increased.

These free workshops areopen to the public. At the firstworkshop, 25 participantslearned critical bystander inter-vention skills, and attendance atupcoming workshops is ex-pected to grow. Survivors,friends, parents, and significantothers are welcome to learn moreabout self-care, consent, by-stander intervention, and how torespond when someone tells youthey’ve been assaulted.

This is a chance to get an in-side look at best practices in thefield of ending sexual violence—not to mention connect with oth-ers, practice self-care, and more!Workshop topics, dates, andshort descriptions are below.Workshops take place Mondayevenings at the Family JusticeCenter, 989 CommonwealthAve., Boston MA 02215. RSVPat bit.ly/BARCC2018RSVP andshare that you’re going onFacebook at bit.ly/BARCCFBevents.

What Do I Say? Ways to Sup-port Survivors - June 18, 2018,6:30–8:30 p.m. Have you everhad a friend or family membertell you that they’ve experiencedsexual violence and not knownwhat to say? Join this workshopto learn an innovative model forresponding when someone inyour life shares with you thatthey’re a survivor.

GREATER BOSTON AREALETTER CARRIERS TOHOST ANNUAL FOODDRIVE ON SATURDAY,MAY 12TH

Saturday, May 12 marks the26th anniversary of one ofAmerica’s great days of giving -the National Association of Let-ter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger

Food Drive. This nationwideevent, which falls annually on thesecond Saturday in May, is car-ried out by thousands of lettercarriers that collect non-perish-able food items of which are lo-cally delivered to food pantriesthroughout the Greater BostonArea. Last year, the NALC col-lected over 75 million pounds offood across the nation, feedingan estimated 64 million people.Currently, 49 million Americans– 1 in 6 – are unsure of fromwhere their next meal will come.Thirteen million of these are chil-dren – five million are senior citi-zens.

Our food drive’s timing iscrucial. Food banks and pantriesoften receive the majority of do-nations during the Thanksgivingand Christmas seasons, thus byspringtime, many pantries aredepleted. Donations may bemade by leaving a non-perish-able food item, in a bag, next toyour residential mailbox on Sat-urday, May 12, 2018. With yourhelp, letter carriers and the USPostal Service have collectedover 1.5 billion pounds of foodin the United States over its first25 years. Please help us in ourfight to end hunger, as we cel-ebrate our 26th anniversary yearin America’s great day of giving.

ALLSTON/BRIGHTON

THE BRIGHTON-ALLSTONHISTORICAL SOCIETYPRESENTS DURINGPRESERVATION MONTH…A CELEBRATION OF OUR50TH ANNIVERSARY

Please join us in our celebra-tion of the BAHS’s 50 year his-tory. After brief opening re-marks, you can then tour, at yourleisure, the annotated display ofphotographs and other imageshighlighting our achievements.We will have lots of food anddrink to add to the merriment ofthis event, and it will also be agreat opportunity to chat with

1 – 4 p.m. located at the HydePark Branch of the Boston Pub-lic Library on 35 Harvard Ave.,Hyde Park.

SATURDAY MORNINGBLOCK PARTY

Come play, build, and learntogether at a block party – librarystyle. Playing with blocks pro-vides opportunities to learn aboutmath and science, pre-readingskills, social skills, and motorskills. Various building blockswill be available including woodblocks, magnetic blocks,KAPLA blocks, soft blocks, andbaby blocks. No registration isrequired. The Block Party takesplace on Saturday, May 12, 2018at 9:30-11:30 a.m. Located at theHyde Park Branch of the Bos-ton Public Library on 35 HarvardAve.

5TH URBANARTS FESTIVAL

The 5th Urban Arts Festivaltakes place on Sept. 8, 2018 fromnoon to 5 p.m. located at theMartini Shell Memorial Park on1015 Truman Parkway, HydePark. 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 emailINFO@SOS617.ORG or call857-719-9467.

FAMILY LIFEFELLOWSHIP CHURCH23RD ANNIVERSARYCELEBRATIONS

Friday, May 11: A Night ofWorship & Praise at 7 p.m., Sat-urday, May 12: ThanksgivingService at 7 p.m., Sunday, May13: Ultimate Praise AnniversaryService at 9:30 a.m. Services arelocated at 28 Arlington Street.Hyde Park, MA. 02136

BOSTON RENAISSANCECHARTER SCHOOL 9THANNUAL PLAYWORKSRUN

On Saturday, May 19, stu-dents and staff members fromBoston Renaissance CharterSchool will participate in the 9thAnnual Playworks Run for Re-cess 5K presented by PlayworksNew England in partnership withthe New Balance Foundation.Funds raised through the familyfriendly 5K and 1-Mile Fun Run,which will take place alongFranklin Park’s world-famouscross country course adjacent tothe zoo in Roxbury, will supportplay and physical activity in 140elementary schools across NewEngland.

Registration and start timesare as follows:

Pre-Registration and Regis-tration opens at 8:30 a.m.,OneMile Fun Run beings at 10a.m.,5K Run for Recess beginsat 10:30 a.m., Recess noon - 1p.m.

All ages welcome. Registra-tion fees range from $10 to $50,

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Around the Neighborhoods

Boston’s own Junior Damato, “The Auto Doctor” has agreed to field auto repairquestions from Bulletin and Record readers. Please forward your questions to

news@bulletinnewspapers.com and we will do our best to get your questions an

Junior Damato began servicing vehicles in 1969. He owns a 10-bay auto repairservice center in Hyde Park and an 8-bay center in Middleboro. Junior is anASE-certified Master Technician, ASE-certified L-1 and ASE-certified Natural Gas.

Ask The Doctor2018 Mitsubishi Outlander 2.4 SEL S-AWC

The last three years that I have driven Mitsubishi vehicles I have seen improvements in all areas.This week I had the 2018 Outlander SUV. This SUV is not large on the outside yet has third-rowseating. The third-row seating has enough room for children, not adults; however, there is plenty ofroom up front and in the second row. The interior style is simple and all controls are in reach,although the button for the heated steering wheel could have been located in the upper portion ofthe dash and not on the lower side. The radio has only one knob that is small and close to the screen,so it is easy to touch the screen and change the station by mistake. The rest of the features arecontrolled by the touchscreen. Sound quality is good and the radio screen is clear.

The Outlander is a quality vehicle. Power comes from the 2.4 liter, 4-cylinder engine via a CVTtransmission. A center button on the console locks in the all-wheel-drive, just forward of the heatedseat button. The Outlander is quiet and powerful at any speed and under all road conditions.

The styling blends in with the best of styles. You have to get close to it to see that it’s a Mitsubishi.Open the hood and there is plenty of room for servicing. Base pricing on the Outlander starts out atonly $27,995 (destination fee: $940). Our test Outlander had a very popular and recommendedoption package called the Touring Package. This package includes forward collision warning, lanedeparture warning, adaptive cruise control, automatic headlights, power sunroof, 170-watt audiosystem with 9 speakers, multi-view camera, LED headlights and fog lights, and heated steeringwheel, all for $3,000. EPA: 24 city, 29 highway, combined 26 MPG. The bottom line is that thewhole Mitsubishi lineup is fresh and all geared to the buyer. Warranty is 10 years/100,000 milepower train, 5 years/60,000 mile limited new car warranty.

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Join us May 17th, 6pm @ The Irish Social Club

for a night of

Presented by:

City Point talks bus lanes, CPAJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

Residents discussed the prospect of a dedicated bus lane on East Broadway.COURTESY PHOTO

The South Boston City PointNeighborhood Association(CPNA) met on Tuesday nightand discussed an upcoming meet-ing from the MBTA regarding busroutes in the neighborhood.

CPNA President JoanneMcDevitt said much of the meet-ing was dealing with consolida-tion of bus stops in South Boston,but she said they are also consid-ering a dedicated bus lane onBroadway. They had a previousmeeting in April, and the nextmeeting will be at the Tynan El-ementary School on East 4thStreet at 6:30 p.m. on May 16.McDevitt said she did not agreewith the MBTA’s assessment ofBroadway, but acknowledged thatsomething has to be done to curbthe traffic in the area, as in somecases the combination of heavytraffic and children getting on oroff school buses creates very dan-gerous situations.

“I hope you read that thor-oughly because everybody is go-ing to have a difference of opin-ion and nobody wants a bus infront of their house, but we live inan urban city and there’s no wayto avoid it,” she said. “It’s not thatwe don’t want buses in front ofour house it has to do with safety.”

The proposal as it stands froma previous meeting in April dic-tates creating a dedicated bus lanefrom M Street to L Street and upL Street to East 1st Street.

McDevitt said though Broad-way has the space for a dedicatedbus lane in theory, she doesn’tbelieve the double parking habitswill simply vanish in the neigh-borhood, and she said she see driv-

ers all the time driving closer tothe yellow lines to avoid hittingcars parked too close to the street.

“The federal government hasstandards as to how wide a streethas to be to be able to allow carsand buses on them,” she said.“You could say I could fit threelanes in this block, but if you driveup Broadway in the morning it’sa shear nightmare, and that’s notgoing to stop until we start doingother things in the neighborhood.”

CPNA Vice President JimCoveno agreed that increased en-forcement in the neighborhood isvital to stem the area’s currentproblems.

“We need the enforcement ofexisting parking and traffic rules;anybody here going into the SouthEnd and trying to park downthere? We don’t even think about

it because enforcement is there,”he said. “We should be getting thesame level of enforcement on ourstreets in South Boston, and itseems to me to be a failure on thecity’s part to give us basic enforce-ment of the city’s rules.”

One resident agreed withCoveno.

“A police officer said to me‘people in Southie don’t careabout how people park so wedon’t enforce it,’” she said.

McDevitt said she believes atraffic study will have to be donebefore any bus lane can go in, butshe said that they were promisedone three years ago and it neverhappened. She said the same thingoccurred for a water transporta-tion study that also just seemed toevaporate.

“My opinion and a lot of

people I’ve talked to is they can’tput this in without doing a trafficstudy,” she said. “We have toknow number one how many carsare coming into our neighbor-hood.”

According to the MBTA’sApril proposal, the organizationwants to also revise routes, ensureADA compliance, upgrade trafficsignals and construct curb-bulbs,bus shelters and benches. It alsoproposes moving Route 9 east-ward around P Street to FarragutRoad.

Christine Poff, the Director ofCommunity Preservation, alsocame by to discuss how the Com-munity Preservation Act (CPA)could help the community. Shesaid that anyone can apply forCPA funding, which allows forone-time capital improvements to

parks, historic preservation or af-fordable housing. Poff said theypassed the deadline for their firstspring application session, whichaims to get the ball rolling as soonas possible with a few smallerprojects and dole out the rest ofthis year’s funding in the fall. Shesaid for the first round, they had50 project applications for a total$12 million.

Poff said the applications canbe big or somewhat smaller thanresidents might expect.

“We have someone whowants to install a water spicket towater their community garden, tosomeone who wants to have amillion dollar community hous-ing project,” she said. “Thespicket will be about $2,000 andwe hope to fund that too, bothlarge and small.”

Poff said that anyone can starta project proposal, but added thatthey want to link those proposalswith other organizations withmore experience in those types ofprojects.

“Recipients can be anybody,a group of you can get togetherand, if you’re not a corporation, anonprofit and I would link youwith the South Boston Neighbor-hood Development Corporationor a group that can do that,” shesaid. “You voted for it so we wantit to come from you.”

Also during the meeting, theDistrict C-6 Police came by andgave their report. Aside from van-dalism and a theft from a store,the main issues of the night werelarcenies from motor vehicles.The big concern according to po-lice is that residents are not lock-ing their cars, and they advisedresidents to do so.

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Bus Buddies givepublic transit a boost

Senior programs gain funds

JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

Bus Buddy program givingpublic transit a boost By JeffSullivan

The City of Boston Com-

mission on Elderly Affairs(BCEA) is offering residents ahelping hand in getting aroundthe city.

The Bus Buddy Program,

The Boston City Councilvoted last week to accept$130,253 last week as part ofa grant for the Retired SeniorVolunteer Program (RSVP).

The grant, provided by theCorporation for National andCommunity Services, will beadministered to the BostonElderly Services Commission(ESC) and will help provide356 volunteers for elder carein the city by providing socialsupport to homebound orolder adults and individualswith disabilities by eligibleseniors.

“The RSVP program willallow the Elderly Commissionto recruit and train volunteers,which will aide in the trans-portation for our seniors, pro-vide free health insurance in-formation to clients, teachEnglish as a second languageand provide critical supportfor our veterans and theirfamilies,” said At-Large CityCouncilor Ayanna Pressley.“This provides much-neededcompanionship to adults andrespite to our caregivers. It isholistic in its socio-emotional

economic services and en-gages a population of our cityof 55 and over and wants tocontinue to engage in commu-nity.”

The idea is to get seniorsout into the community tohelp other vulnerable popula-tions. RSVP is designed tomobilize and organize seniorvolunteers mainly to the Bos-ton Senior Companion Pro-gram and the National SeniorCorps Volunteer Program,which in turn has many satel-lite programs. Basically, it’sseniors helping seniors andthe city. Elderly CommissionCommunications DirectorCassandra Baptista said it’s agreat tool in the fight againstelder isolationism.

“Since the 1970s, we’vehad companionship as one ofour volunteer initiatives,” saidTyissha Jones-Horner, the Ad-ministrative Director of Vol-unteer Programs at the Com-mission on Affairs of the Eld-erly.

The program provides vol-unteer opportunities at suchorganizations in the city asEthos, Ethos Greater BostonChinese Golden Age, Grove

Hall Community Center, He-brew Senior Life HRCA, theHeritage House, Kit ClarkJCHE- Volunteer Department,JFK Family Services-Charlestown, Kit Clark DayHealth Alzheimer Program,MEMORY Cafe, VA BostonHealthcare System in WestRoxbury and Jamaica Plain,Vine Street Senior Cafe andthe YMCA Roxbury.

Jones-Horner said the pro-gram has changed since the‘70s and is now more focusedon helping individuals in one-on-one settings.

“We had to kind to rethinkhow our vol[unteer] opportu-nities were designed,” shesaid. “Originally they were al-

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Seniors now have the option to call a guru from the city to navigate theMBTA.

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launched in the fall of lastyear, aims to pair seniors whohave difficulty navigating theMassachusetts Bay Transpor-tation Authority (MBTA)with experienced riders to getthem where they need to go.

“We originally introducedour volunteer opportunitieslast April,” said TyisshaJones-Horner, the Adminis-trative Director of VolunteerPrograms at the Commissionon Affairs of the Elderly. “Wespent the first couple ofmonths in rounds of training,showing volunteers how tonavigate through theMBTA.”

Jones-Horner said theystarted at the BroadwayMBTA Station for the firstbits of training. She saidtraining not only involved in-formation on the MBTA, butalso how to interact with resi-dents during their time on theT.

“They actually have awhole training facility that isjust amazing, they teach thevolunteer where all the safetygadgets are on the bus and itwas a full 20 hours of train-ing,” she said. “Safety callboxes, for instance; there area lot of people that don’tknow how to use one of thoseinside an MBTA vehicle.”

Jones-Horner said theyalso go over more traditionalinformation like map reading,and she said this gives seniorsaccess to any area in Massa-chusetts, not just Boston.

“They go over how toread the maps,” she said.“They pull out the maps ofthe entire state of Massachu-setts and they show themwhere the routes connect, sothey’re thoroughly knowl-edgeable about all of the dif-ferent lines. If they meet upwith a client, for example,

and they say ‘I’m fromRoslindale and I don’t haveaccess to transportation andI want to go to the beach,’they can teach them how togo to Wollaston Beach orRevere Beach. It’s not lim-ited to Boston.”

Jones-Horner said theygot the idea from volunteersin different programs andtalking to senior residents inthe community.

“What we heard in ourconversations was that theywere a little intimidated bythe public transit system anda lot of them didn’t have ac-cess to transportation andthat’s just how this cameabout,” she said.

Bus Buddies will also beable to teach residents thebest times to travel, whichis key in a city where rushhour can be an all-day affair.

“We do have a fewpeople that have been inter-ested thinking outside thebox, we’ve been contactingindependent living facilityas well as senior centers toarrange a travel day wherewe would take the seniors ona trip to a museum or a zooand during that trip we willteach those components,”she said, adding that the pro-gram also provides compan-ionship to seniors as well.“It’s called Bus Buddies be-cause it goes a step furtherthan just showing olderadults public transportation,there’s a companionshipcomponent to it as well thathelps us with our goal withall of our vol[unteer] oppor-tunities, which is reducingsocial isolation, which is akiller.”

Jones-Horner said to call617-635-4366 call to volun-teer or if they need a busbuddy 617-635-4366.

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RSVP continued from page 8lowed to serve in hospitalsand museums and disciplinesof that nature but they wantedmore peer-to-peer volunteertype initiative, and now we’reproviding volunteers to familymembers who take care of de-mentia and Alzheimer’s so theycan have some time to regroup.”

According to the ElderlyCommission, this program has

The Boston Commission forElderly Affairs (BCEA) is get-ting seniors fed more easily witha program to deliver food.

“It was a need we noticedwhen there were older adultsthat frequented a lot of our foodpantries around the city, but saidit was cumbersome or too heavyto carry on their own,” saidTyissha Jones-Horner, the Ad-ministrative Director of Volun-teer Programs at the Commis-sion on Affairs of the Elderly.“A lot of them don’t have trans-portation.”

Jones-Horner said they nowhave a volunteer program, set up

with the help of the Retired Se-nior Volunteer Program (RSVP)to help seniors get access tofresh and healthy foods fromlocal food pantries.

“We have volunteers who goto food pantries like the ABCDin Mattapan, as well as a part-nership with Fair Foods, andthey pick up bags there and de-liver them to seniors,” she said,adding that Fair Foods special-izes in fresh organic produce.“We rolled that out in April oflast year.”

Jones-Horner said the pro-gram is progressing, but theyneed help finding volunteers andgetting the word out.

“It’s helping tremendously,”

she said. “These are people whoare pretty much food insecureand being able to rely on thatfood once a month or week, weknow that it’s helping and be-cause it’s a federally-funded pro-gram, we do survey our clientsor older adults that we deliverto in order to make sure we aredoing what we set out to do.”

Jones-Horner said address-ing food insecurity within theaging population is extremelyimportant for residents of Bos-ton, as it allows more seniors toage-in-place and not have to goto senior living facilities.

“People are starting to learnabout it more and more,” shesaid. “We have about 15 seniorswe deliver to on a monthly ba-sis and that’s continuing to growday-by-day.”

Jones-Horner said they arealso working on the Serving theHealth Insurance Needs of Ev-eryone (SHINE) program. Thestatewide initiative aims to pro-vide free health insurance infor-mation and counseling assis-tance to Massachusetts residentswith Medicare and their fami-lies. The Boston Public HealthCommission runs a hot line at617-534-5050 that has two full-time counselors working to helpanyone with questions on healthinsurance they need.

“That’s helping older adultsunderstand the differences intheir medical insurance,Medicade Part A and B, whichcan be very confusing,” she said.

Jones-Horner added that

they are always working to endisolationism within the seniorcommunity, and the food deliv-ery program helps that as wellas the volunteers definitely getto know those they serve. Shesaid that’s only one front how-ever on their fight against isola-tionism.

“We have volunteers go todifferent senior centers and inde-

Elderly Commission now offering seniorsvolunteer food delivery program

JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

Volunteers are now ready to deliver food to eligible seniors in Boston .COURTESY PHOTO

pendent living centers and planactivities to keep them social-ized,” she said. “We have coffeenights, game days, they just havea lot of fun and they get peopleoutside their houses and get toknow the neighborhood.”

For more information on theElderly Commission’s programs,go to boston.gov/departments/elderly-commission.

allowed thousands of Bostonresidents the ability to age-in-place in their homes, one of thestated goals of Boston MayorMarty Walsh’s administration.For more information on RSVP,go to boston.gov/departments/elderly-commission/boston-rsvp.For more information on SeniorCorps, go to nationalservice.gov/programs/senior-corps.

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return the commitment thatScott showed to them all theyears he spent co-foundingand volunteering for ParkwayGirls Softball League, Park-way Youth Hockey, and Park-way Flag Football.

Scott’s wife is known inthe community because of thenine years that she taught atHoly Name; Scott’s mother-in-law, Teedee Sweeney, is aname recognized by manyDon Bosco High Schoolgraduates. Scott’s father-in-law, Jim Sweeney, is a retiredBoston Public School shopteacher.

Hosting a fundraiser forScott, the Sweeney and Berry

Galeota continued from page 4families, together with theirgood friends, are asking kind-hearted people from the com-munity, both near and far, toattend. It will be held at HolyName Parish Hall on Satur-day, May 19, from 6-11 p.m.There will be attractive silentauction items, raffles, music,food, and cash bar.

In the meantime, Jim’sBrooklyn, daughter, Mary, hasset up a GoFundMe page forbrother-in-law Scott (https://w w w . g o f u n d m e . c o m /596hj8w). A Tyndale Streetneighbor donated her verticalwheelchair lift for Jim andTeedee’s house to accommo-date temporary housing for

Scott while renovations occur.Hopefully, enough money willbe raised to provide for all thenumerous and necessary reno-vations to the Berry home onSouth Street, as well as pro-vide for the necessary medi-cal equipment that Scott willneed before the family can gohome.

Let’s get together for an amaz-ing night to come to the aid of thiswell-loved Parkway family!

Tickets are $40 and can bepurchased at Eventbrite/berryblast, PayPal (Berryblast519@gmail.com) andVenmo @berryblast-519 or bycalling Janet Dougherty at 617-308-9613

section of Parkman Drive andPerkins Street along the pond.

“I live at Cabot Estates andwe’ve been trying to get acrossthe street since 1994,” said oneresident. “We have been tomeeting after meeting aftermeeting and we are just besideourselves that last week theyput the fencing in and they’rein construction. We’ve actuallyhad people injured gettingacross the street, it’s almostimpossible.”

According to the City’s Vi-sion Zero map, there has actu-ally been a motorist fatality asearly as 2016 at that exact spoton Perkins and Parkman. JPAMember Sarah Freeman saidthe light is now designed to bepedestrian activated.

“So it will only turn redwhen a pedestrian is crossingand won’t hold up too muchtraffic,” she said.

Zoning Chair KevinMoloney said the Departmentof Recreation and Conservationhas also promised street andsafety improvements to Centre/VFW Parkway starting fromCentre Street to Murray Circle,as well as improvements fromthere to Kelley Circle to ForestHills. The idea was first floatedon 2015, and Moloney saidthere were several meetings upuntil 2016 when DCR Commis-

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sioner Leo Roy took over theorganization.

“So last year, thanks to ourelected officials, our State Repsand our State Senators, we hada public meeting with the newcommissioner, who promptlypronounced the plan forMurray and Kelley Circles ascomplicated,” he said to muchlaughter in the room. “He prom-ised to take a third look at theproject and he continued to in-dicate he knew nothing of theproposed safety improvementson Centre Street and that he hada fleeting notion of the (VFW)Parkway.”

Moloney said however thatlast fall he committed to theimprovements on Perkins andhe is hopefully that somethingwill happen on the other im-provements.

The board also voted tochange its bylaws to now allownotices for members who havegiven their email address to re-ceive meeting notifications byemail.

“We’re rocketing into the1990s,” said JPA Board ChairRosemary Jones. “The post of-fice and the stationary store willmiss our business, but thepeople who do the papers andstuff the envelopes will be quitehappy.”

The board also said farewell

to longtime member JohnIappini, who has served on theboard for 43 years and is nowmoving Downtown. He said hewill still advocate for parksthere and drop in from time totime, and that he was glad tobe able to serve for so long.

“Once a park advocate, al-ways a park advocate,” he said.

Iappini said he was proud ofwhat the board was able to ac-complish in the time he wasthere, including a policy forcommunity benefits from de-velopers in the area.

“About three to four devel-opers have contributed, the lastone being the Goddard House,”he said. “We secured $50,000for all the improvements ofDaisy Field... with all of thoseprojects I think we as a neigh-borhood association gatheredabout $100,000 in contribu-tions to be used for all threeparks in maintenance and pres-ervation.”

The next meeting will takeplace on Monday, June 4 at 7p.m. at the Jamaicaway Towerat 1111 Perkins St. Jones saidthey will be discussing an is-sue postponed at Monday’smeeting, which is the 660ACentre Street for 100% DeliciasExpress for a conditional usepermit.

Residents were happy to hear work is starting at this intersection of Perkins and Parkman Drive.PHOTO BY MATTHEM HINCMAN, HTTP://HINCMAN.BLOGSPOT.COM/

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North End celebrates opening of TotLot at Christopher Columbus Park

On May 5, the Friends of theChristopher Columbus Parkcelebrated the opening of theTot Lot there with a free pizzaparty and Touch a Truck eventfor the kids of the North End.

The event is designed toraise awareness of the groupand its efforts in the park.FOCC Representative MeghanDennenberg said this year gar-nered a lot of supporters andparticipants, helped majorly bythe warm temperatures.

“We are in great shape, forthe last couple of years it’s beenquite cold for the day,” she said.“The playground has been herefor years and we have our an-nual playground celebration thefirst Saturday of spring.”

Denenberg said the eventwas a great success. She saidpeople really enjoyed the par-ticipation for the Boston FireDepartment for their Touch aTruck, as many young childrenenjoy seeing the inside of a firetruck and hearing from BostonFirefighters.

“We really do appreciatethem coming down, they comedown from Hanover Street, andit’s really nice for the kids, theylove sitting in the truck and vis-iting with the firefighters aswell,” she said.

Denenberg said they alsoappreciated the donations offood from Joe’s American Grill,

Beneventos and Kindercare.“They came down and did

craft activities and we reallyappreciate all of them comingdown and supporting the park,”she said.

“The FOCC is an all-volun-teer organization put togetherby neighbors and we all donateour time to help the park,” shesaid. “We raise money for thelights in the Trellis every year,and we do programmingthroughout the summer likeSunday Night Movies, we doLawn Games in the Park aswell.”

Residents Angela Erb andTom Simunovic said they camedown for the weekend and wereamazed at the support the parkgarners.

“It’s awesome, it’s a greatturnout,” she said. “It’s a greatcommunity and everybody isreally friendly.”

Resident Tommy Green saidhe came down from Rocklandwith his family to get somefresh air.

“I love it, I think it’s great,”he said. “It was absolutelyworth it.”

Denenberg also said theyoffer volunteer opportunitiesfor resident who may have agreen thumb and are alwayslooking for help.

“We have a HorticulturalCommittee who does the RoseGarden and we’re just forminga Playground Committee forfamilies who want to help out,”

JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

Residents reveled in the new sand and play materials for the tot lot and playground at Christopher ColumbusPark. PHOTO BY JEFF SULLIVAN

she said. “They do the pruning,the fertilizer, it’s just a greatgroup of volunteers who are outthere gardening and weeding acouple of times a week.”

The committee meets threetimes a week, Wednesdays at 6p.m., Thursdays at 8:30 a.m.and Sundays at 9:30 a.m. totake care of the hundreds ofplants and flowers there. Toolsand gloves are provided to anyvolunteer, and more informa-tion can be found at foccp.org/Horticultural-Volunteers.html.

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dependent upon route and grouppackages. All fees increase by$5 for onsite at Franklin Park. Toregister for the 9th AnnualPlayworks Run for Recess 5K onMay 19, to support a schoolteam, or to volunteer, visit:https://www.playworks.org/new-england/event/playworks-9th-annual-run-recess/. For furtherquestions, contact KarleenHerbst, Playworks New EnglandDevelopment Manager, atkherbst@playworks.org or call(617)-708-1734.

BCYF SUMMER CAMPThe BCYF Hyde Park Com-

munity Center is currently ac-cepting applications for summercamp. Camp is for children 7 -12 years old and runs for 6 weeksstarting on July 9. Stop by thecommunity center to pick upyour application today. HydePark Community Center,1179River Street 617-635-5178.

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JAMAICA POND PARKPATHWAYS COMMUNITYMEETING

Pathways and Perimeter Im-provements Tuesday, May 15,6:30 p.m.to 8 p.m. Curley House350 Jamaicaway Jamaica Plain,MA 02130

The Boston Parks and Rec-reation Department invites thepublic to the second communitymeeting for Improvements to Ja-maica Pond Park pathways andperimeter improvements. Forfurther information, please call(617) 961-3019.

ARBOUR HOSPITAL:“STAMPING OUTMENTAL HEALTHSTIGMA”

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2018! The walk takes place onSaturday, May 19, 2018 from 9a.m. - 1 p.m. Artesani Park,Boston. You can sign up for theWalk here:w w w . n a m i w a l k s . o r g /massachusetts

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WEST ROXBURYROSLINDALE

SMA FATHERS DEDHAMBENEFIT DANCE SPRINGDRAWING

SMA fathers Dedham Wel-comes you for the BenefitDance and Spring Drawingwhich takes place on June 8,2018 at 7– 11 p.m. The venueis the Irish Social Club locatedon 119 Park St., West Roxbury.

Raffle: 1st Prize – RoundTrip to Ireland for two (Restric-tions apply), 2nd Prize –Kitchen- Size Flat-Screen Tele-vision, 3rd Prize – two nights’Stay for two at Cape Cod IrishVillage.

Door Prize: 1 Year Familymembership to Atlantis SportsClub and Spa ($799.00)Hilton Hotel, Dedham.

Admission $15.00, Pro-ceeds support SMA FathersMiss ionary Work. Music :Fintan Stanley also appearing:Harney Academy of Dancers.Contact Par & Josie casey:781-329-0530 Father BrendanDarcy, SMA: 781-326-3288.

PLANS ANNOUNCEDFOR ROSSI HIGHREUNION

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 celebrat-ing 50 years. Graduates of theClass of 1969 are planning a49th reunion and graduates ofthe class of 1973 will be cel-ebrating 45 years.

Tickets will be e-mailed toeach guest responding. The re-union is limited to 250 guestswhich may prevent tickets be-ing sold at the door. For updates

on the reunion, go towww.roslindalehighschool.com.

REGISTRATION OPENFOR CORRIB 5K RACE &KIDS FUN RUN

Registration is now open forthe 25th Annual Corrib Classic5k Race. The event will be heldon Sunday, June 3 at noon be-ginning at Billings Field on LaGrange Street, West Roxbury.Runners can download an appli-cation or register on-line atwww.coolrunning.com by click-ing on “Races/Results-June 3”.The event website has compre-hensive information on the race,post-race cookout and activities,and volunteer opportunities.Applications may be also pickedup at Corrib Pub and Restaurantlocated at 2030 Centre StreetWest Roxbury. T-Shirts aregiven to the first 500 Pre-regis-tered applicants.

The Race is Sponsored bythe Cooperative Bank and sup-ported by Gormley Funeral Ser-vices. Hosted by Bligh Familyand Corrib Charitable TrustBoard of Directors, the eventhas raised over $1.2 million forlocal parkway charities.

CORRIB KIDS FUN RUNThe Corrib Kids Fun Run

will take place on the morningof the annual Corrib Classic 5KRoad Race on Sunday, June 3.The kids race is FREE and willbegin at 10 a.m. at BillingsField, West Roxbury for boysand girls between the ages of 4-12. Fun run applications areavailable at the YMCA, The Co-operative Bank Branches or theCorrib Pub. Runners can Pre-Register by mailing the applica-tion by May 25 to KIDS FUNRUN, 195 Stimson St., WestRoxbury MA 02132. T-Shirtsand medals will be given to thefirst 100 registered runners.Runners can also register onrace day at Billings Field be-tween 9 and 9:45 a.m. Theevent is sponsored by the Co-operative Bank and the CorribCharitable Trust, Inc.

DIABETESSELF-MANAGEMENTPROGRAM

Learn to manage your diabe-tes (or pre-diabetes) with tech-niques to deal with symptoms

such as fatigue, pain, bloodsugar ups and downs, and stress.Discover better nutrition and ex-ercise choices, understand treat-ment alternatives, and learn bet-ter ways to talk about yourhealth with doctors, family, andfriends. Classes run once a weekfor 6 weeks and are offered atno charge. The book, living aHealthy Life with Chronic Dis-ease is provided for each partici-pant. Caregivers welcome.

Location: Cheriton HeightsApartments, 18 Cheriton Rd.,West Roxbury, MA 02132

Day and Time: Thursdaysfrom 10 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Class Dates: May 24 thruJune 28, 2018

For more information or toregister for this workshop con-tact Ann Glora at 617-477-6616or aglora@ethocare.org

AUTHOR SERIES —FRANK LOVELL’SWORLD WAR II DIARIES

Join us for an Author SeriesLecture with Mary Lovell. InFrank Lovell’s World War IIDiaries, we gain insight into theEuropean war theater years,June 6, 1944 to Sept. 14, 1945:the private diaries of a chiefwarrant officer, Personnel Sec-tion, 60th Field Artillery, 9th In-fantry Division, edited by MaryLovell. The Author series takesplace on Saturday, May 5, 2018,1:30 – 3 p.m. located at the WestRoxbury Branch of the BostonPublic Library 1961 Centre St.

ANIMAL TALKSMonthly Parlor Meditations

and conversations about the ani-mals we love and remember.

Where: The Stratford St.United Church (77 Stratford St,West Roxbury, MA 02132 – Cor-ner of Stratford St and AnawanAve.)

Topic: Discovering YourPower Animal, Your Familiar

When: May 13, 2018 at5:00pm (and every second Sun-day of the Month)

Contact: Kaleel Sakakeeny,CPGC & Certified Animal Com-m u n i c a t o rKaleel@theothermecoaching.com617-818-1432 a Pet Ministrywww.petministryboston.com

4TH ANNUALROSLINDALE PORCHFEST SATURDAY SEPT. 15

The Roslindale Arts Allianceannounces that the 2018

Calendar continued from page 6Roslindale Porch Fest will be heldon Saturday, Sept. 15 from 1:30-5:30 p.m., with a rain date of Sun-day, Sept. 16. This family-friendlyevent showcases local talent all overRoslindale hosted by residents ea-ger to provide their porches, drive-ways, yards, and gazebos as ven-ues for free musical performances.Roslindale Porch Fest is free to all,thanks to our generous sponsors.Last year’s event featured live mu-sic at 70 locations acrossRoslindale, with 110 music acts par-ticipating in styles ranging fromfolk to jazz to rock to reggae to clas-sical, and a crowd estimated in thethousands.

Registration is now open forboth hosts and musicians at http://www.roslindalearts.org/porchfest.The registration deadline is Aug. 1

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RECIPE FOR A STRONGCOMMUNITY: ROSE’SBOUNTY FOOD PANTRY

From 8-11:30 p.m., June 1 atIrish Social Club at 119 Park St.Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Event tocelebrate 2 years of successful op-eration of Rose’s Bounty, WestRoxbury’s new food pantry, and tothank community and volunteers fortheir support. All proceeds will beused for food and supplies for theWR food pantry. The event includeslive band, food, comedy, silent auc-tion and more. Tickets available atRockland Bank and Blue Hill Bankin WR. Discount for table reserva-tions. For more information or ticketinquiries call 857-203-0404 or emailRosesbounty@gmail.com.

ARTS ALLIANCEANNOUNCES THREE ARTSCHOLARSHIPS

The Roslindale Arts Allianceannounces the availability of threeart scholarships (each $500) to beawarded in May. Any Boston stu-dent in grades 3 through high schoolare eligible to apply. These schol-arships are possible through fundraising efforts during the 20th An-niversary* of It’s All about Artstelevision show.

To be considered, send a shortvideo (mp4 format) of your art andwhy you love it toglennsmusic.williams@gmail.com.Deadline to enter is May 18. Pleaseindicate your age category: (1)Grades 3,4,5; (2) Grades 6,7,8 or(3) High School.

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of the policies based on datacollected by Colorado andwith zoning provisions likemandating a 500-foot radiusfrom a school, ball field,park, playground, church orother area where childrennormally congregate andkeeping medicinal and recre-ational shops at least a halfmile from each other, he be-lieves they are ready to dealwith the coming legalizationin July.

“In general, across themunicipality, I think we’reprepared to bring it on, but asalways as we move forwardwe want to make sure wehave the ability to manipulateour enforcement packages sowe do it properly so it’s notjust haphazard or wastefulefforts,” he said. “I honestlydo believe the culture at ISDhas changed radically, MayorWalsh can take credit for allof that because the ideology,the response time, we under-stand that someone’s smallissue in the bigger city issuesis no small issue to them.”

District 9 City Councilorand Chair of the Ways andMeans Committee MarkCiommo pointed out that thebudget for ISD has beenpretty flat over the years andsaid that there have been callsto add staff to the department,but Christopher said he be-lieves they can work more ef-ficiently, rather than withmore people.

“It’s not always just aboutthrowing bodies at a situa-tion,” he said. “It’s being ableto analyze the situation so the

resources that we have aredeployed in the most efficientmanner. The reorganizationof the building department it-self is a major issue, we havea senior management team atISD now made up of 10people who have all been em-powered so within their divi-sions they can make logicaldecisions and nothing isbottle necked as we go for-ward. Issues like recreationalcannabis, the plastic bag or-dinance, Airbnb, for the firsttime in a lot of administra-tions we are at the table whenthese discussions are takingplace so the enforcementpiece is always being ana-lyzed and looked at.”

Christopher admitted ,however, there is still muchwork to be done.

“Airbnb is one of thoseissues that has not been fullyresolved yet, we have beengoing back and forth withthe council to determinewhat is the right policy thatwe want to put in place andat that point we will deter-mine what the right enforce-ment will be,” he said. “Thatis not included in our budgetthis year at all because wereally don’t know what themagnitude is.”

At-Large City CouncilorMike Flaherty asked Christo-pher if they are looking at in-stituting the dry ice methodof pest control for rats in thecity.

“It’s Boston’s nemesis,it’s the Norwegian Rat,” hesaid.

The dry ice method was

used two years ago in the citywith a good deal of success,but Christopher said theyfound that it was not an ap-proved by the federal govern-ment.

“We are getting closerwith dry ice,” he said. “Therehas been a case in Californiawhere one company has beengiven exclusive rights to pro-mote and sell dry ice. The lo-cal departments here said youcan pursue that same avenue.That was not what the planwas, the plan was to make dryice available to everybody.The chemical composition isdry ice, i t’s frozen CO2,that’s all it is, and we areworking right now, (ISD As-sistant Commissioner) KimThai has been working veryclosely with the Departmentof Agriculture, we’re gettingmuch closer. It takes forever,but I’m hoping it will happenthis year where dry ice is justanother tool in our tool boxwe’re able to work with.”

In 2016, the city used dryice against rats with a greatdeal of success. The popula-tion dwindled and complaintsfor rats went down. But evenas soon as the next year,many areas of the city –mostly abandoned properties,but also many restaurants andparks – saw a large uptick inrat complaints.

“It’s environmentallyfriendly, it’s cost-effective,it’s all the right things,”Christopher said. “There willbe a party, this has been along fight.”

ISD Hearing continued from page 1Development continued from page 1City Realty not meet with thezoning committee until aftermore discussion has reviewed itfor months.

106 Forest Hills is an aban-doned, boarded- up two-storyhouse built about 1873. Alleg-edly used by squatters, it is be-hind two triple-deckers and asingle family home.

It was bought by AlanSharaf, a Brookline real estateattorney, on July 14, 2017 for$1.4 million.

He proposes to raze the oldhouse and build a three-story,nine-unit condominium boxwith 10 parking spaces; almostthe whole site is paved for park-ing.

Designed by Embarc Archi-tects, the plan has changed aftertwo abutter meetings.

Dave Baron, zoning commit-tee chair, was enthusiastic.

“These changes show thatthe community process worksreally well,” he said. “This newdesign is a lot cooler.”

The dozen neighbors dis-agreed that the process worked,but their concerns were lessabout the building and moreabout traffic congestion, limitedstreet parking and alleged drain-age problems. Two were con-cerned that Jamaica Plain waslosing is architectural heritage.

Dan Artiges, associate archi-tect at Embarc, explained someof the design changes.

“It has three roof decks,” hesaid. “The interior entrance hasbeen changed. There will be asloping walkway and a singlestair entrance. There are set-backs in the street facade. Thereis quite a lot of change in the el-evation so the new building isonly two feet higher than the ex-isting building.”

The new building hugs thestreet line allowing for moreparking spaces at the rear of thelot.

“The existing beech tree willbe preserved,” Artiges said.“The building will have horizon-tal siding with natural cedarinfill that maintains its colorover time. There will be seven,two-bedroom units and two,three-bedrooms.”

Zoning committee memberAnne Barrett and Eric Herot ofAmory Street said there is a needfor more housing in JamaicaPlain and asked that smallerunits be added.

“You can increase the num-ber of units and still keep thesame size of the building by re-ducing the unit sizes,” Herotsaid.

Michael Kane owns a con-dominium at 43 Glen Rd. di-rectly in front of the old house.

“There have been some goodchanges since the last abuttersmeeting,” he said, citing reduc-tion in parking and orientationof the building. “But the build-ing could be saved. There is toomuch market rate development.It’s counterproductive. It drivesup rents and prices. Thereshould be a moratorium on mar-ket rate housing.”

Jeff Richardson lives at 105forest Hills St. He opposes thebuilding largely because of traf-fic congestion. He did admit thebuilding is a problem property

“It’s an eyesore. It’s uninhab-itable,” Richardson said. “ButI’m not worried about affordablehousing. Nobody cares. I livenext door to affordable housing,

Mostly Section 8 people.They’re not here.”

Baron said people don’tshow up either because theydon’t care or have no opinion.

One Glen Road resident wasopposed but for reasons unre-lated to design or affordability.

“Glen Road is overwhelmedwith rental parking,” she said.“No. 39 is owned by City Re-alty. They kicked everybody outand put in students. Three to anapartment and all have cars.”

Another abutting resident of-fered to show Sharaf around.

“Let me drive you around fortwo hours so you can see thetraffic back up,” she said.

Sharaf ’s attorney, JeffDrago, said that nine units arenot going to increase traffic onForest Hills Street.

Jon McCurdy lives onRossmore Road and is active inthe Stonybrook NeighborhoodAssociation. SNA first called thealarm about this development inMarch.

“Direct abutters have a lot ofpull in this process,” he said.“Who’s looking out for JamaicaPlain as a whole? Just becausesquatters live in the buildingdoesn’t make it inhabitable.”

Drago said that the propertywould automatically go throughthe required Article 85’s 90-daydemolition delay review by theBoston Landmarks Commis-sion.

Jennifer Urhane is also fromthe Stonybrook NeighborhoodAssociation.

“This doesn’t address theneeds of the people in this area,”she said. “I don’t believe in den-sity for density’s sake. Howmuch will each unit cost?”

“They will cost a lot,” Baronsaid. “This is coming in underthe inclusionary developmentpolicy for affordability. Thiscommittee is uneasy with that.”

Sharaf addressed the com-mittee.

“I’m afraid that a lot of yourconcerns are public policy is-sues,” he said. “I’m an attorney.In a broad sense I support theseissues. I bought this property.This is a project that an archi-tect came up with. If the publicpolicy for affordability in Ja-maica Plain is nine or eight orseven by all means go to yourcity councilors and change it.This is under the limit. We arecommitted to selling to fami-lies.”

Zoning committee memberMax Glickman made a motionto deny.

“You can build 12 units,” hesaid. “Carve out two affordableunits within the same building.”

Baron disagreed.“There’s no advantage to

denying this project ,” hesaid. “The existing buildingcan’t be preserved.Something’s going to bebuilt there. Nobody is happywith it.”

Committee member JimGreen offered a compromise.

“There’s no ZBA date,” hesaid. “If we defer it we allowfor more discussions. I’m con-cerned with traffic. The abut-ters should petition for neigh-borhood parking.”

“I’ll gladly defer to a futuremeeting,” said Baron.

The motion to deny wasdeadlocked and 106 Forest HillsSt was deferred to another day.

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