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Hyde Park BulletinVolume 17, Issue 51

Marijuana applicant meetswith Hyde Park Residents

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On Wednesday, Dec. 12, amandatory community out-reach meeting was held re-garding the application for arecreational and medical mari-juana retailer and productmanufacturer. The business isproposed for the building lo-cated at 931 Hyde Park Ave.

The applicant for the rec-reational and medical licensesis Suns Mass, Inc. (SMI), anaffiliate of Harvest, Inc. TheArizona company has been inbusiness since 2011, employsapproximately 450 people, andhas 16 dispensaries locatedacross 10 states.

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Carol Crawl bringscheer, togetherness

to Hyde Park

The seventh annual Carol Crawl was a huge success, drawing in doz-ens of singers and well wishers.

PHOTO BY JEFF SULLIVAN

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Seven years ago, HydePark started the tradition ofthe Carol Crawl through therestaurants of the neighbor-hood, and this year the tradi-tion continued.

A group consisting at anyone time of about 20 resi-dents – several filtered in andout during the night – roamedthe neighborhood singingsongs and raising awarenessof the Hyde Park MainStreets (HPMS) on Friday tothe delight of hundreds ofresidents already out to enjoy

the holidays and blow offsome steam.

“This is our best turnout Ibelieve, in the seven yearswe’ve been doing this, sowe’re very excited aboutthat ,” said HPMS Boardmember Scott Batey. “We’rereally excited to see a lot ofnew faces along with a lot ofreturning faces and I thinkthis just goes to show thatthere’s a lot of positives go-ing on in the business com-munity of Hyde Park.”

Batey said the communityhas come together to cel-

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HPMS earns grant for54th Regiment education

Council mulls electedSchool CommitteeJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The Boston City Councilmet last week to discuss thepossibility of returning theBoston School Committee toan election-based board.

Currently, the BostonSchool Committee is an ap-pointed board that the mayorchooses to oversee the opera-tions of the Boston PublicSchools District (BPS), butthat was not always the case.

As with many school com-mittees, the board in the pastheld public elections, but af-ter a 1989 citywide referen-dum, the board was selected

by the Mayor. Back in 1989,the 13-member elected boardwas lambasted by the publicduring the committee’s ef-forts to consolidate schoolsand to determine the city’sfirst efforts at school choice.Some say the move to an ap-pointment board is in part dueto the aftermath of desegre-gation in the 1970s.

Now, the council is look-ing at what it could mean toreturn the committee to anelection-based process to in-crease accountability in theBPS. This came after severalattempts by the BPS to in-

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The now vacant building isformerly the site of Serino’sItalian Foods, and takes up ap-proximately 22,000 square feetof floor space, with a 29 carparking lot located in back.

The meeting – arranged bythe Civic Engagement sectionof the Mayor’s Office – wasbroken down into an applica-tion overview presentation thatran nearly an hour, and was fol-lowed by a question and answersegment that ran just over 40minutes.

It drew about 20 membersof the public – and 10 membersof the applicant’s team – to themain hall of the Blue Hills Col-laborative located at 20 ComoRd. in Readville.

In his remarks, PaulNowak – co-founder of Har-vest, Inc. and its chief operat-ing officer and director of cul-tivation – said that just over3,000 square feet of the build-ing would be used as retailspace shared by both the rec-reational and medical parts ofthe business.

The balance of thebuilding’s floor space – ap-proximately 18,000 squarefeet – is slated for production.As described by legal counsel– and former Dist. 8 CityCouncilor – Michael Ross,this would entail the process-

(Left to Right) Michael Ross, Daniel Linskey, and Philip Silverman answer questions at last Wednesday'scommunity meeting

PHOTO BY MATT MACDONALD

The Hyde Park Main Streets(HPMS) announced this weekthat it has earned a $5,000 Im-pact and Innovation Grant fromthe Open Society Foundationsto bring the 54th Regiment ofMassachusetts Company B re-enactors to schools and librar-ies around the city.

HPMS Executive DirectorThien Simpson said she was

surprised to have received thegrant and is looking forward tobringing the 54th into the class-rooms of Boston. She said theimpetus for the grant applica-tion was after she experiencedthe regiment at a recent eventshe ran for the HPMS and theMattapan Main Streets.

“I’ve seen the 54th guys atother events and, while on theMain Streets Trolley Tour, wehad stopped at Camp Meigs andthey were there in uniform with

a table that had some artifactsand it was a very popular stop.People loved it, so I went to oneof the regiment’s monthly meet-ings to explain the tour to themembers.”

Simpson said the first roundof the grant provides $5,000 tobring the 54th to schools in theneighborhood and the HydePark and Mattapan branches ofthe Boston Public Library. She


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Fairmount Grill reaches out helping friend in need

The Fairmount Grill hosteda fundraiser on Saturday, Dec.15 for its General ManagerJillian Stairs, who has just com-pleted several rounds of chemo-therapy.

Stairs first started working atthe Fairmount Grille when itopened in 2013 She has been di-agnosed with MyelodysplasticSyndrome, a rare form of can-cer. Since her initial diagnosislast year, she has put her life onhold to take care of herself, andFairmount Grille owner ChrisRassias said he’s happy to tryand help get her back on her feet.

“I’ve known her for a verylong time and she’s been myright hand every step of theway,” he said. “We worked forthe Glynn Group for a long timein Downtown Boston, they ownlike nine bars around the areaand were at the Brownstone,Cleary’s, the Purple Shamrockand all these places, and so weworked together at all theseplaces and she came here andhelped me open this place.”

Rassias said currently, Stairsis doing very well after the treat-ment.

“Last year she was diag-nosed with MDS,” he said. “Shehad to go through a long processof chemotherapy, which in-cluded two doses of extremelyhigh-dose chemo, and then she

Jillian Stairs


had a bone marrow transplantand now she’s getting better andshe’s doing really well.”

Rassias added, however, thather medical bills are not yetpaid, and he knows that Stairsand her two children are in agreat time of need.

“She’s a single mom withtwo kids and she was in the hos-pital for about two monthsstraight, and she had to go backin for another three weeks,” hesaid. “That whole time, her kidshad to stay with her mother... it’sjust a really tough situation withher kids having to start schoolwithout their mother beingthere; and things like schoolclothes, you know, we all knowhow much those can cost, theyare big expenses. The otherthing is she had to give up herapartment and so when she getsout she doesn’t have a place togo with her kids. She hasn’t beenable to work or get money andher medical bills are going to beastronomical. I can’t even imag-ine.”

Childhood friend of StairsKerry-Anne Benjamin said itwas amazing to see so manycome together to rally aroundher friend.

“It’s amazing, but I’m notsurprised because Hyde Park isgreat, not to mention Hyde Parkwas just voted the friendliestneighborhood in the city,” shesaid. “Just seeing the outpour-ing of love and donations, it’s

just like a close-knit family.”DJ Al Watkins said he’s

known Stairs as he is a patronof the establishment, and nowhe’s spinning to help her re-cover.

“She always kept us laugh-ing,” he said. “She’s been sogreat to everybody, so when weheard what was going on withher, we knew we had to helpbecause she’s been there for allof us.”

Residents and coworkersJoshua Lopez and Danyel Cous-ins said they were so happy tosee people come out and supporttheir friend in her time of need.

“It’s great that people careenough to actually put the effortin to do this fundraiser,” saidLopez. “So many of the custom-ers are coming in to supportJill.”

Cousins said the fundraiseris just an example of the feelingof love and community thatmakes Hyde Park the neighbor-hood it is.

“There’s such a close com-munity in Hyde Park, everyonewants to take care of each otherand make sure we’re all doingwell,” she said. “Jill wasn'traised in Hyde Park, she’s notfrom Hyde Park or anything likethat, but she works here and ev-eryone who supports theFairmount Grille has come in tosupport Jill, which is great.”

Lopez said Stairs is an amaz-ing person to work with and

never shirks her duties. He saidhe’s looking forward to seeingher back at the Fairmount.

“She is a ball of energy, she’svery very determined, and sosometimes you may see her andthink she’s angry, but it’s justonce she’s just in focusedmode,” she said. “She definitelyloves to laugh and have a goodtime and has a few stories to tellwhen she’s able to tell them.”

Bartender Russ Dial saidthough he started after Jill tooktime off, because of those whoknow her and because ofRassias’ regard for her, he dedi-cated the 22nd annual RonnieDial Golf Tournament, held forhis brother, to Stairs over thesummer.

“I do a fundraiser every year

at the Brendan Behan Pub inHyde Square Jamaica Plain, andso my brother Ronnie passedaway 22 years ago and we do afundraiser every year,” he said.“We choose a charity that is lo-calized, and this year Jill was theonly recipient of thefunds,around $11,000. I didn’treally know her, but I hit it offwith Chris right away and Iknew how dear she was to hisheart, so me and the three otherpeople who put together thetournament, well we didn’thave a cause yet and so I saidwhy don’t we give it to her andthey were all for it.”

To support Stairs, you cango to her GoFundMe page atg o f u n d m e . c o m / p s 7 n q -just4jill.

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Francis ”Mickey” RoacheBoston is a better place because of you

As we approach Christmasweek and we look forward tospending time with our fami-lies, please keep the family ofFrancis “Mickey” Roache inyour prayers.

“Mickey”, as he is known toBostonians, passed away onMonday. He was a son ofSouth Boston who had a pro-found impact on the City ofBoston.

Roache graduated SouthBoston High School in 1954and served in the Marines.

He joined the Boston PoliceDepartment in 1968

In 1978, he was served asthe head of the newly formedCommunity Disorders Unit. He was named an acting lieu-tenant in 1983, and appointedBoston Police Commissionerby Mayor Raymond L. Flynnin 1985.

Roache served in the roleuntil 1993 when he made anunsuccessful run for Mayor.

The people of Bostonshowed their appreciation forRoache’s service by electinghim to the Boston City Counciltwo years later, as he garneredmore votes than all others seek-ing the council. He repeatedthat feat several times beforebeing elected as the SuffolkCounty Registrar of Deeds,where he served until 2015.

I had the honor of workingwith Mickey. First, at the Bos-ton Police Department servingas the Deputy Director of Ad-ministrative Services, and laterserving as his Chief of Staff atthe Boston City Council.

Mickey and I were close fora few years. He once told mehe considered himself”a late

bloomer.” I will always appre-ciate his work ethic and hissmile.

Mickey was not someonewho wanted the spotlight, atten-tion or even the credit. He justwanted to serve. As PoliceCommissioner, he served ourcity during some difficultyears. He told me,” I neverimagined being Police Com-missioner or running for office,but I was honored to have doneboth.”

Being the Police Commis-sioner is a difficult job. Onlythose who have actually sat intheir chair and been in that po-sition can truly understand thetoll it takes on them and theirfamilies. Running for citywidepublic office is grueling in itsown right, but Mickey did itwith ease because he knew thecity and its people so well.

I admired Roache as he wasa visible and approachable pub-lic figure. He had a great heartand was a good listener.

When tragedy struck andnews had to be delivered tosomeone that their child wouldnot be coming home, he was acompassionate messenger whoseemed to have lost a piece ofhimself as well - due to thedeath of a young one happen-ing on his watch.

As time moves on, we some-times overlook our true history.The 1970’s were a tough periodfor the City of Boston, and theimages that portrayed us aroundthe world created scars for Bos-ton that still exist today.

Mickey Roache and MayorRay Flynn dedicated them-selves to help heal thosewounds throughout the 1980’s.

They were approachable andextended helping hands to allwho needed it. They changedthe direction of the City of Bos-ton by bringing government tothe people through the incep-tion of community policing.

While the 1980’s were notall that long ago, the work ofdevoted public servants likeCommissioner Roache, MayorFlynn and so many others isoften unknown or forgotten bymany Bostonians. They playeda significant role in improvingrace relations in the City ofBoston and we still feel theimpacts of their work today.

When Roache soughtelected office on the BostonCity Council, his theme songwas from the TV show Friends,“I’ll be there for you.”

Well, Mickey, you werethere for us. A leader, a listenerand a friend. You made Bos-ton a better place and we thankyou.

Francis "Mickey" Roache

What about Mary?

My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

In 1906 songwriterGeorge M. Cohan so elevatedthe name “Mary” becausethat word designated theloves of his life——both hismother and his wife. But inthe last several decades Maryhas fallen into disfavor.

There are wonderfulvariat ions of Mary: MaryLou, Maryanne/Marianne, Marie, Maria,Mary Kay, and MaryJo withvarious popular songs andsingers paying homage to atleast four of them———Ricky Nelson, HarryBelafonte, Dean Martin

For it is Mary, MaryPlain as any name can be

But with propriety, society will say MarieBut it was Mary, Mary

Long before the fashions cameAnd there is something there that sounds so square

It’s a grand old name

(among others), and WestSide Story/The Sound ofMusic, respectively.

In 2017, according to onecurrent website, the nameranked 126 in the UnitedStates, with 2,281 occur-rences, while 1921 saw73,982 occurrences, althoughit was not top ranked thatyear. In 1880 and 1961 it wasranked #1. Will it ever makeany sort of a comeback suchas Emma and Jane havedone?

List how many “young”people you know blessedwith this name. Don’t say

Mary Pickford, who was bornbefore the turn of the centuryor Mary Martin, born 1913. Mary Travers of the legend-ary Peter, Paul, and Maryfolk trio and Mary Tyler

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Charles P Burke is theformer Deputy Director of Ad-ministrative Services for theBoston Police Department andthe Chief of Staff for MickeyRoache when a City Councilor.

There is one thing about living in New England that wewill never tire of: Christmas celebrations.

Other parts of the country (and world) celebrate the holi-day, of course. Some of those celebrations are more elabo-rate, regal, and religious. One would be hard-pressed to com-pare Boston’s festivities to those in Vatican City orBethlehem.

What makes this time of year so much fun, however, isthat these celebrations, from the simple to elaborate, effec-tively become an integral part of everyday life.

These weeks and months can be a drab and gloomy timeof year. It seems to get dark right after lunch. The tempera-ture outside is not nearly as cold as it will get in February,but the chill in the air is a painful reminder that the worst isyet to come. With the end of the year come added deadlinesand work-related responsibilities. Bills pile up as accoun-tants look to close out their books for another calendar year.Shopping drains our wallets and it feels like swimmingagainst the tide as the days fly by.

Feeling down and depressed, in a funk, or out of sorts?Here is one remedy: go take a look at the gorgeous lightsstrung along neighborhood streets.

In Downtown Boston, Newbury Street is a thousand timesmore beautiful with the simple, dignified addition of brightwhite lights. Boston Common transforms into a gumdrop-like spectacle of trees draped in a kaleidoscope of primarycolors.

Then there are the Christmas trees. We have a wide selec-tion of trees to gawk at, from the stately to the high-tech.Take your pick among the displays raised in Copley Square,inside the State House, the Prudential Center, and FaneuilHall Marketplace (home to the interactive “Blink” show).

For an eye-pleasing stroll, nearly every step in the citycrosses paths with carefully-arranged lighting displays fromFrog Pond to the Public gardens, from the Seaport to (ourpersonal favorite) the Columbus Park trellis.

There may be grinches out there who question the use ofcity funds for such ostentatious uses, especially given thereligious overtones that may be attached to the displays. Hum-bug to that! Civic pride is a valuable mission for officialsand a worthwhile bill to pay once a year. This is hardly awasteful exercise.

Speaking of these municipal efforts, we’d like to offer ahat tip and expression of gratitude for the folks who make itall happen, notably the city workers who spend weeks eachyear stringing the decorative lights that add so much cheerto the local scene.

Their efforts and hard work may not be fully recognizedby residents, but they certainly deserve praise. As anyonewho has ever decorated their own home can attest, Christ-mas displays are hard work that requires precision, creativ-ity and, oftentimes, the patience of a saint. Scale your ownefforts to a city-wide campaign and you start to get an ideaof the size and scope of this seasonal project.

And so, we thank those folks and wish them the joy of theseason. It is a message of peace and prosperity we likewiseshare with our readers and advertisers. Merry Christmas toall, and a Happy New Year.


Letters to the EditorBUILD BRIDGESNOT WALLS

To the Editor:I recently participated in

the School of the AmericasWatch Border Encounter inNogales, Arizona, USA andNogales, Sonora, Mexico. Idid this because I’m very con-cerned about the struggle andsafety of many people whohave suffered greatly from vio-lence and poverty in Mexicoand Central America. Thelarge exodus from Hondurasand El Salvador has made itclear that living there has be-come deadly and dangerousbecause of political repression,corruption, disappearances,murders, gangs, and severepoverty.

During the Encounter Ilearned how US foreign policy,which has long been based onracism, greed, and exploita-tion, has caused the massivemigration north of manypeople. Legal and illegal salesof arms from the US to Mexicoprovide plenty of guns and as-sault weapons. The continuingeducation of military fromLatin America at the School ofthe Americas at Fort Benning,Georgia and other US militarybases in techniques of assassi-nation, counter-insurgency,and torture has led to a longhistory of violence by itsgraduates who enjoy great im-punity. Closing the School ofthe Americas would greatlyhelp stop the violence.

I attended a rally at theMilkor Manufacturing plant inTucson, which sells weaponsto Mexico, a vigil at the Eloyfor-profit detention centerhousing thousands of mi-grants, a concert, and a funeralprocession with large puppets.I went to workshops, whichincluded research on stoppingthe gun trade, legislative advo-cacy for a just foreign policy,and conversations with thefamilies of the disappeared andmurdered.

I saw how the US border isbecoming more militarized asthe US army installed barbedwire and a second fence alongthe border to create a restrictedspace. I learned how the USBorder Control has been re-sponsible for many deaths inthe Sonoran Desert. Their“chase and scatter” techniques,often using helicopters, have

caused migrants to get lost anddie. The Border Patrol has alsodestroyed water and food leftfor the migrants by humanitar-ian aid workers. Human re-mains found in the desert of-ten showed lack of water as acause of death. I also heard thecries of women who had lostloved ones. My ears still ringfrom a litany sung to remem-ber over a hundred peoplefound dead in the border arealast year.

My time at the border wasone of many emotions. I wasangered at the policies of myown government. I felt deepsorrow for those who have suf-fered and been killed. How-ever I also experienced muchhope in solidarity with themany other activists, youngand old, working to speak truthto power. Many shelters havebeen set up on both sides of theborder to help refugees. I wasmoved by the way residents ofthe border area help with food,water, and medical attention.Educating ourselves aboutwhat is happening is critical. Icannot claim to be ignorant ofthe many human rights viola-tions in Latin America and onthe border and I feel compelledto work to stop the violence. Iwould like to see our border asa bridge that connects people,rather than a wall that excludesthem. I believe that togetherwe can do this.

Maria TerminiRoslindale

PEOPLE NEED TOCHOOSE SCHOOLLEADERS

To the Editor:As I read of the move by

some in Boston to directlyelect members of the BostonSchool Committee I, like manycritics of the current appointedboard, believe it is time for anelected school committeeagain and replace the currentmayoral-appointed board be-cause the members of thisboard too often only amplifythe mayor’s wishes.

The original idea of anelected Boston School Com-mittee often frustrated folks dueto the political nature of ourcity. In 1983, Bostonvoters switched from 5citywide members to a hybridsystem, three citywide mem-bers and nine district mem-

bers, all still elected.In 1992 during the Flynn

Administration, the electedschool board was abolishedand replaced with mayoral-appointed members. This wasapparently done to eliminatepolitics from the running ofthe school system and, whatmost of us discovered, wasthat whether the board iselected or appointed, politicsstill remains strong in all de-cision making.

I thank City Council’sEducation Committee chairAnnissa Essaibi-George forpushing a discussion on thisissue of real voter account-ability. Like City CouncilorMatt O’Malley, I too questionwhy Boston voters are theonly voters statewide who donot elect their school commit-tee members. Like John Drew,ABCD president, I too ques-tion why Bostonians are notworthy of electing theirschool committee members.

As someone who ran un-successfully twice for a seaton the Boston School Com-mittee (1977 and 1983), I be-lieve Boston voters in gen-eral, and school-age parents inparticular, are more than ca-pable of electing good voicesto represent their many needsfor their children in the sys-tem. Either you believe inpeople making wise choicesor you don’t believe in ourdemocratic republic where thepeople are the government.

Just because somethinghas been around 26 yearsdoesn’t mean we can’t makeimprovements by allowing‘We the People’ to elect ourvoices in government, even inthe Boston School Depart-ment.

Sal GiarrataniEast Boston

MR. SHURTLEFF’SLETTER ON THE MARK

To the Editor:Thank you for printing Mr.

Shurtleff’s thoughtful letter. Itraveled to China in the yearfollowing the TiananmenSquare massacre of June 4,1989. At that time they wereconfiscating bibles of anyChr i s t i ans en te r ing thecountry. I was privileged totalk to many young Chris-t ians who had protes tedagainst the communist gov-ernment, the same govern-ment which is still persecut-ing Christians today. So Ihope that Boston City Hallwill allow for the great dis-plays and information thatMr. Shurtleff described in hisletter to the editor.

“Tricorn” Tom MoorBoston Historian and

Teacher

MIL-PARS SeniorsThe meetings of the MIL-PAR Seniors take place ev-

ery third Thursday of the month from 11:30 – 3:00 .Meetings are now at St. Pius X Church Hall in Hyde

Park, off of Truman Highway. Lunch and Super Bingo!Elevator access. New members are always welcome.

Legals


crease transportation effi-ciency which, if not shotdown by hundreds of upsetparents, would have resultedin routes that would requiresome students to wake up at5 a.m. to catch their buses,consolidate and close downseveral schools.

It should be pointed outthat according to a 1989 NewYork Times article detailingthe original move from anelected board to appointedthat accountability was oneof the sticking points manyresidents felt was not in thethen elected board as well. Inthe same article, entitled Bos-ton Weighs Drastic ChangesIn School Board, State Rep.Byron Rushing said that thevote would have been alongracial lines. Indeed, later in1990, the City Council votedto abolish the school commit-tee because of racial under-tones and the bickering be-tween members during theschool superintendent searchprocess.

President of ABCD JohnDrew said he supported amove back to the electedboard.

“There are 450 cities andtowns at last count in Massa-chusetts and they all haveelected school committees,”he said. “And now I have towonder quite frankly whyfolks believe that people in

School Committee continued from page 1Boston are not worthy of hav-ing their own elected schoolcommittee.”

Former City CouncilorLawrence DiCara said thatthe School Committee hashad many different structuresover the years.

“The 70s were not a gooddecade for the Boston SchoolCommittee,” he said. “Iserved on the council formost of that decade. TwoSchool Committee memberswent to jail, others were in-dicted but not convicted, theSchool committee positionedthemselves to bring about acourt order to desegregateour schools.”

DiCara said he felt thatthe school committee at thetime, which included sevenat-large members, was notrepresentative of the neigh-borhoods in the city, whichlater led to the school com-mittee becoming like the citycouncil, changing from fiveat-large members to nine dis-trict members and four at-large members in 1984.

“It has done quite wellhere at the city council butwas an abysmal disasterwhen applied to the schoolcommittee,” he said. “Deepin my heart I believed that aschool committee systemwhere a majority of the mem-bers we elected by districtswould encourage parents and

others who were legitimatelyconcerned about educationrather than obsessed aboutpoli t ics to run for thoseseats.”

DiCara said that was notthe case, which led to seriousproblems in the committeeand its eventual dissolution.

Boston Municipal Re-search Bureau President SamTyler said he has been writ-ing about the committeesince 1974.

“From these years of ex-perience, I can unequivocallystate that the seven-memberappointed school committeeboard affords Boston the bestchance of school perfor-mance in all areas,” he said.“I think we all agree that noboard structure by itself isgoing to be a solution in andof itself to the challenges fac-ing the BPS, but structure canfacilitate the support for ef-fective implementation toimprove teaching, studentachievement and operations.”

Tyler said the electedcommittee was more con-cerned with day to day issuesthan broad educat ionalpolicy and added that theirissues seemed to be moreabout constituent issues notrelated to educational policy.

“And the const i tuentswere not the students but theadults,” he said.

Resident Jen Hurleyhy

said she is a parent and shegoes to many school com-mittee meetings. She saidshe is concerned that thecommittee serves at the be-hest of the mayor.

“They’re appointed andthat’s their job and are some-how related to the mayor,”she said. “I think that theabi l i ty to advocate as aschool committee membermight be compromised be-cause they know that theyare appointed by the mayor,and if residents, parents, tax-payers feel more moneyshould be going to certainprojects or schools, perhapsthey feel that if the mayor’sagenda is different, that per-haps they will not be heardby this school committee.”

West Roxbury Educa-tional Complex parent MikeKincaid said times are dif-ferent now then they wereback in the days when majorblocks of residents didn’tshow up to vote, and he feltan elected board would befeasible.

“The school committeeback in the day basically ca-tered to those people whoshowed up to vote, period,”he said. “If you lived inRoxbury where I lived andgrew up, you got what yougot. I’m not blaming my par-ents and neighbors for notshowing up and voting, butwe just didn’t back in theday, and that’s kind of whywe got what we got. But

those days are gone.... Wedeserve to have an opportu-ni ty to have our votescounted. We deserve the op-portunity that if we’re nothappy with a particular em-ployee, we can fire him/her,that’s what elections areabout.”

Executive Director forEducators for ExcellenceBrandy Fluker Oakley saidthe teachers in her organiza-tion feel that the issue is lessabout the actual structure ofthe commit tee and moreabout having actual account-ability from the committee,both for teachers and par-ents.

“Since August, we havesurveyed more than 500 edu-cators on the topics of cur-rent policy in BPS and in thepast two months alone, morethan 200 educators weighedin on the issue of school gov-ernance,” she said.

Oakley said teachers feelthe real issue is whether ornot the school committee isaccountable to residents,educators and officials. Sheadded only 3 percent ofthose teachers surveyed saidthey were in favor of an ap-pointed board, with the re-maining 97 percent prefer-ring an elected option or ahybrid of elected and ap-pointed.

The council voted duringits regular meeting last weekto keep the issue in commit-tee for further discussion.


Around the NeighborhoodCITY

A COMMUNITYCONVERSATION:THE POWER OF PUBLICMONUMENTS &WHY THEY MATTER

Wednesday, January 9th @6:30pm, Tremont Temple, Bos-ton the National Parks Service, Friends of the Public Garden,City of Boston, and Museum ofAfrican American History willhost A Community Conversa-tion: The Power of PublicMonuments & Why They Mat-ter with an introduction byKaren Holmes Ward and featur-ing moderator Beverly Mor-gan-Welch (National Museumof African American Historyand Culture) and panelistsDeRay McKessen (Black LivesMatter activist and author),Renee Ater (American PublicArt historian), and F. SheffieldHale (President and CEO, At-lanta History Center).

The Shaw 54th Memorialon the Boston Common hasbeen called “one of the monu-ments that changed America.”More than 120 years old, theMemorial is positioned strate-gically on Boston Commonopposite the MassachusettsState House. This conversationwill deepen the community’sdialogue about race, freedom,and justice and raise awarenessof the significance of the me-morial and the story it tells.

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FRANKLIN PARK ZOOSpend a WILD school vaca-

tion week at Franklin ParkZoo!

WHAT: Looking for a greatway to end the year? Duringyour winter school vacationweek, connect with incrediblewildlife and spend a memo-rable day with family andfriends exploring Franklin ParkZoo.

Be sure to visit the educa-tion station inside the TropicalForest, where you’ll learn aboutthe amazing adaptations of ani-mals during the cold wintermonths. There will also be funwinter-themed activities, crafts,zookeeper encounters andmuch more to explore!

WHEN: December 26 -29, 2018 from 10:30 a.m. –1:30 p.m

TICKETS: For ticket in-formation, visi twww.franklinparkzoo.org.

FREE ADMISSIONIn honor of Martin Luther

King Jr. Day, admission toFranklin Park Zoo is free WHAT: In honor ofMartin Luther King Jr. Day,Franklin Park Zoo will offerfree admission on Monday,Jan. 14, 2019. At Franklin ParkZoo, guests are invited to writemessages of hope and peace onthe mural that will be locatedwithin the Tropical Forest Pa-vilion. This is a wonderful op-portunity to spend a memo-rable day with family andfriends while learning aboutfascinating wildlife from allover the world.

WHEN: January 14, 201910:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.Please note: Last admissionwill be at 3:30 p.m.

TICKETS: In honor ofMartin Luther King Jr. Day,admission to Franklin ParkZoo will be FREE on Monday,Jan. 14, 2019.

ALLSTON / BRIGHTON

CHARITYCHRISTMAS TREE

The Fishing Academy Char-ity is doing Christmas treehome delivery once again thisyear. Call or text JohnHoffman at 617-782-2614.Youor your business can also donatea Christmas tree to a less fortu-nate family! Thanks again!

BRIGHTON ALLSTONHISTOTICAL SOCIETY’S2019 HISTORICALCALENDAR

The Brighton Allston Histori-cal Calendar is for sale. Thesecalendars can be purchased inBrighton at the following loca-tions: The Winship Spa= 290Washington St. Brighton Lock-smith & Hardware Shop =383Washington St Brighton AllstonHeritage Museum = 20 ChestnutHill Avenue St. ColumbkilleRectory= 321 Market St. In ad-dition, in front of the BrightonPost Office, Members of theBoard will sell the calendarsevery Saturday morning between11:15 AM and 12:15 PM

ABCD FUEL ASSISTANCEDo you know anyone strug-

gling with the high costs of heat-ing their home or apartment? Ap-ply for Fuel Assistance to gethelp with heating bills! Open toresidents of Boston, Malden,Medford, Everett, Brookline,and Newton. Call or email theABCD Allston/Brighton Neigh-borhood Opportunity Center formore information: 617-903-3 6 4 [email protected].

HOLIDAY MEALCharlesview, Family Nur-

turing Center, EmPath, and

Bridge Over Troubled Watersare working together to host an-other Holiday Meal event forfamilies living in shelters inAllston and Brighton this holi-day season. Thursday, Decem-ber 13, at 6:30 pm at theCharlesview Fiorentino Com-munity Center, 123 Antwerp StExtension, Brighton, MA02135

How you can help: ContactAmelia [email protected] bring a dish, donate a raffleprize, or volunteer during themeal! Or forward this informa-tion along to someone youthink might like to participate.Please note: We are hoping tolimit the amount of leftovers wehave at the end of the night thisyear. For this reason, please tryto sign up for a unique item. Beaware that I may contact you af-ter signing up to assign a dif-ferent item or suggest donatinga raffle prize instead of a fooditem.

PROGRAMS AT THEBRIGHTON LIBRARY

GRINCHINTERACTIVE READING

Thursday, December 20,2018 @ 3:00 pm BCYF isproud to be a host for a seriesof interactive Grinch readings.

Storytelling illuminatesimaginative thought and tran-scends the creative reading pro-cess. Through picture booksand illustrated storybooks, theBoch Center’s Education teamcaptures the imagination of au-diences of all ages through in-teractive readings.

BCYF Jackson/Mann, 500Cambridge St, Allston

TWO DAY BOOK SALEFriends of the Brighton BranchLibrary, Friday, January 11,2019, Saturday, January 12,2019 10:00 am – 4:00 pm

Brighton Branch Library 40Academy Hill Rd, Brighton

RIDING THROUGH WIN-TER FORUM (BRIGHTON)Thursday, January 24, 2019,6:00 pm – 7:00 pm

Join the Boston Transporta-tion Department to share tipsfor bicycling through the win-ter season. Our RidingThrough Winter Forums in-clude a short presentation andinteractive discussion amongattendees. If you’ve wanted toride your bike (or Bluebikes!)through a Boston winter, butweren’t sure where to start,these forums are for you! Andif you have been riding throughwinter, consider joining us toshare your tips.

Brighton Branch Library 40Academy Hill Rd, BrightonEmail Contact:[email protected]

FRIENDS OFTHE BRIGHTONBRANCH LIBRARY

Thursday, January 31, 2019@ 6:30 pm Latest book writtenby Anthony Sammarco, thepresident of the friends of theBrighton Branch Library. Thecontemporary photos in thebook are done by PeterKingman. Anthony will talkabout his book.

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BOOKDISCUSSION GROUP

A book discussion groupmeets at the Brighton Library/40 Academy Hill Road (617)782-6032 on the last Wednes-day of each month at 11:15 am.The featured selection for De-cember 26th will be CharmingBilly by Alice McDermott.Copies of the book are avail-able at the branch. Everyone isinvited and new members arewelcome.

BEGINNINGINTERNET CLASS

Mystified by the net? Don’tknow how to surf? Help isavailable on a one on one basisto get you started. Call foran appointment and ask forAlan. Brighton Branch Library/40 Academy Hill Road/ (617)782-6032

ESL Conversation GroupsTwo ESL conversation

groups meet at the Brighton Li-brary;: One onMonday evening at 6:15pm; The other on Tuesday af-ternoon at 1 pm. Comeand practice your languageskills in an informal andfriendly setting with other newEnglish speakers. BrightonBranch Library/40 AcademyHill Road/(617) 782-6032.

HYDE PARK

ETHOS EVENTSFalls Prevention Classes

for SeniorsMany older adults experi-

ence a fear of falling. Peoplewho develop this fear oftenlimit their activities, which canresult in physical weakness,making the risk of falling evengreater.

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Falls is a program designed toreduce the fear of falling andincrease activity levels amongolder adults.

Classes run for 8 weeks andinclude fun videos, group dis-cussion, a safe surroundingssurvey, and mild exercise to in-crease strength and flexibility.

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

[email protected] and we will do our best to get your questions answered.

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 DoctorWhat went wrong?

The old Big Three need to win back the U.S. buyer or they will become the Very Small Three. Let’s go back to the1960s when the Big Three sold big vehicles. The small imports were then knocking on our doorstep. Move into the1970s and pollution controls and lower compression engines were a part of the vehicles. In 1975, the catalyticconverter started showing up, as did fuel injection. This was when problems started growing for the Big Three. Istarted seeing both mechanical and body faults. The American car buyer would switch from Ford, GM or Chryslerwhen they were not happy with the brand they were driving. What happens when they were not satisfied with allthree? There were oil leaks, both engine and transmission failures, and paint that peeled off, just to mention a few.It seemed that the car owner was always at fault, the manufacturers never admitted that it was a poor-quality car.

The imports started to gain popularity among unsatisfied car owners. After a few years of import ownership, thevehicle was handed down to a family member and a new car from the same manufacturer was purchased. The BigThree did not seem to care or even think about the invasion of the imports.

Here we are at the end of 2018 and GM just announced closings and layoffs. They say people are not buying theircars. Can you blame them? Why buy a car that does not fit or feel like the car you want? Why buy a car from amanufacturer that did not want to help you when there was a problem?

My question is: Why did the top white-collar executives not listen to the workers? Why didn’t they listen to thebuyers? Why did they not listen to auto writers like myself and organizations like NEPMA?

GM says they want to be a smaller, more profitable company. How about GM caring about the customer andbuilding cars that are good quality and have a 10 year/100,000 mile warranty? How about a financial incentive fortrading in an import?

Look at what KIA and Hyundai have done. Companies that had inferior cars years ago now produce some of thefinest vehicles today. It would be great if GM could come back and build great vehicles that buyers want. To do thisthey need to look to everyday people, not the highly paid white-collar big shots that do not have a worry in the world.


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Martin J. Walsh

The City of Boston’s newplastic bag ordinance is a bigstep forward in our work to cutcarbon emissions, reduce pollu-tion, and create a cleaner,greener city. When the new or-dinance goes into effect on De-cember 14, 2018, stores in Bos-ton will no longer provide plas-tic checkout bags to customers.Ahead of the change, we’remaking sure everyone has theinformation they need. We areanswering questions and distrib-uting reusable bags and signagethroughout neighborhoods andmain streets. And we’re askingyou to help by reminding neigh-bors and friends to bring a reus-able bag when shopping in thecity.

Here’s why we’re encourag-ing everyone to switch to reus-able bags: It’s an opportunity tobe good environmental stewards

and responsible neighbors.Single-use plastic bags have abig impact on the environment.Plastic bags often end up in ourstreets and gutters, vacant lots,and trees. They’re harmful toour marine life and pollute ourwaterways. You can use reusablebags time and time again with-out tossing them in the trash,which helps to reduce waste andcarbon pollution. As a city com-mitted to being carbon free andmoving toward zero waste, thisis a big step in the right direc-tion.

So, how will you carry yourgroceries home? Moving for-ward, stores will provide recy-clable paper, compostable, or re-usable bags to customers, start-ing at 5 cents per bag. Thischarge goes back to the busi-nesses to help them cover thecost of new sustainable check-

out bags. As a customer, you canavoid the charge by remember-ing to bring a reusable bagwhenever you shop. Businesseswill be able to use their existinginventory of plastic bags by ap-plying for an exemption to theCity’s Inspectional Services De-partment.

Switching to reusable bags isan important milestone, but it’sjust one of the ways that you canhelp reduce waste. You can alsouse the City’s trash app. It allowsyou to check which materials arerecyclable, and reminds you ofyour collection schedule, whichmeans you may never miss yourrecycling or yard waste pick upday again. You can learn moreabout upcoming hazardouswaste drop-off days andcomposting in the city atboston.gov/trash-and-recycling-guide.

As a sustainable city, we’recommitted to reducing ourwaste and the carbon pollutionthat causes climate change.We’re exploring ways to supportwaste reduction as well as in-crease opportunities for repair,reuse, recycling, compostingand remanufacturing. Switchingto reusable bags gets us closerto that goal. I’m proud of ourprogress and I know there’smuch more work to be done —but first, let’s all remember tobring our reusable bags this holi-day season and remind ourneighbors to do the same.

Our Office of NeighborhoodServices will be distributing re-usable bags to residents, andbags will also be available forpick up at Boston Centers forYouth & Families (BCYF) lo-cations. Businesses and resi-dents can learn more about the

City’s plastic bag ordinance atboston.gov/plastic-bags or bycalling 311, our constituenthotline. For more information onour Climate Action Plan, pleasevisit boston.gov/environment.

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Monday, December 10, 2018.Devoted son of the late Julius& Ida (Noller) Safren. Dearbrother of the late Milton &brother-in-law of Selma Safren.Fond uncle of Steven Safren.Graveside services were held atthe American Friendship Cem-etery, 776 Baker Street, WestRoxbury on Wednesday, De-cember 12. In lieu of flowers,remembrances may be made toTemple Beth David, 7Clapboardtree St., Westwood,MA 02090. Levine Chapels,Brookline 617-277-8300www.levinechapel.com

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The 54th Regiment of Massachusetts is coming to a school or library near you, and organizers hope to raisethe profile of this historic group.

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said they had already had talkswith the libraries before shereceived the grant. Simpsonsaid the Open Society Boardstepped it up even a little fur-ther than that.

“They told me early last thatI received the official congratu-lations notification, but the coolpart of it is they mention theywanted to give me the opportu-nity to get an additional $5,000for this project,” she said.“They were extremely enthusi-astic about it.”

Simpson said the stipulationfor the additional grant wouldrequire her to work with thelocal businesses in the neigh-borhood and beyond to spreadthe word about the 54th.

“So we’re working with theHPMS promotion committee tocome up with ideas on how todo that part,” she said.

Simpson said the educa-tional experience will be tai-lored to whatever the school orlibrary in question wants, soeach experience will be unique.

“I think it’s going to be moreof a talk, but if they have thetime and the space they can alsobring things to show the kids,it’s really up to how much theschool and the 54th want toexpand this particular programfor each school,” she said.

Simpson wanted to help theregiment, which participated inthe inauguration of PresidentBarack Obama, to stand out in

Boston and be recognized. Shesaid it’s been a few years sincethey’ve even gone to a class-room to explain the importanceof the nation’s first black regi-ment.

“A lot of people don’t knowabout them, even in HydePark,” she said. “It’s just aneasy thing to do, and I figuredI’d apply for this grant to helpthis hidden gem in Hyde Park.”

Simpson added the proposalwas so popular with the grantcommittee that they said it wasthe first time they voted unani-mously for additional fundingfor a proposal.

Simpson said she could nothave done it without the helpof the Board of Trade, ScottBatey, State Rep. AngeloScaccia and District 5 CityCouncilor Tim McCarthy, asthey all wrote to recommendthe proposal to the grant com-mittee.

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ebrate what Hyde Park has to offer.“Fairmount Grille just won the Forbes award for one of

the 15 hidden gems of Boston. I love the article because theyopened it up with, ‘You don’t think of Hyde Park as being aplace that you would find a gem,’ and he alluded to the factthat there’s more than one, and he’s right. There’s a lot goingon in the neighborhood.”

Resident Sylvester White said he’s been out for pub crawlsbefore, but he’s not seen anything like this.

“I’ve hung out with Scott, the director and I love it here,”he said. This is my first time out for this, and I think this isgood for the community. It brings everybody together andI’m from Brockton and they don’t have anything like thisthere.”

Resident Walter Marroquin said he’s happy to get out andabout in the neighborhood for this festive time.

“It involves getting to know the people I don’t know andseeing people I haven’t seen for a while,” he said. “I don’tget to spend a whole lot of time out and about here because Iwork full time, like a lot of us do. This is my third time here.I’ve lived in other neighborhoods and I’ve never seen any-thing like this anywhere else.”

Resident Ignacio Benavides said it’s a great conversationstarter to get people interested in the neighborhood and what’sgoing on.

“I think it’s a great way to be part of the neighborhoodand meet people, we’re part of the neighborhood associationand it’s a great way to help get people involved,” he said.

Residents Edeline and Diana Marcellus came out withtheir friend Angie Francois and said they couldn’t believethe spirit of the neighborhood during the night.

“I wanted to experience the new restaurants too, and it’sreally nice, everybody’s friendly and you get to meet so manynew people,” said Marcellus.

Residents Erica Seaver and Elisa Costello also said thiswas their first time out for this event.

“It’s so much fun and we’ve met so many people wewouldn’t have met otherwise,” said Seaver.

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The crawl hit restaurants all over the neighborhood, some old favoritesand some just new to the neighborhood.

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It is offered at no charge.Those using a cane or walkerwill also benefit from this pro-gram – it is a great class to helpimprove your balance and self-confidence.

Location: Blake Estates(Community Room), 1344 HydePark Ave. in Hyde Park Day andTime: Wednesdays from 2:00 –4:00 p.m. Class Dates: January9th thru Feb. 27th 2019

TAI CHI CLUBFOR SENIORS

Calling all former and cur-rent Tai Chi participants! NewTai Chi Clubs are about to be-gin. Tai Chi Club will runthrough the winter months. Thisis not Tai Chi instruction. It is aprogram for those who have takenthe Tai Chi for Seniors workshopand would like to practice weeklywith an instructor.

Location: BCYF Hyde ParkCommunity Center, 1179 River St.in Hyde Park Day and Time: Tues-days and Thursdays from 9:00 –10:00 a.m. Start Date: January 8,2019 For more information orto register for this workshop con-tact Ann Glora at 617-477-6616 [email protected]

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nutritious lunch with an informativeand interactive workshop that alsoincludes a simple exercise routineto stretch and strengthen. Learn howto eat well, control pain, begin anexercise program, handle stress andrelax, and increase your energylevel. Lunch and Workshop are of-fered at no charge. Anyone from anyneighborhood may join in.

Location: Woodbourne Apart-ments, 6 Southbourne Road in Ja-maica Plain Day and Time: Thurs-days, beginning at 11:00 a.m. Classdates: January 31st thru March 7th,2019 For more information or toregister for this workshop contactAnn Glora at 617-477-6616 [email protected]

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The Ohrenberger CommunityCenter Preschool is a child-ori-ented program in which a varietyof learning centers encourage ex-ploration, experimentation anddiscovery. Classroom centers in-clude block building, games, art,science, literature, and music.The use of the gymnasium, play-ground and mobile equipment al-lows daily programming for ac-tive play. The daily schedule alsoincludes time for group activities,stations, indoor and outdoor play,story time, crafts, free play, bak-ing and daily snacks. The pro-gram is designed to provide awarm, supportive environmentand a balanced program of activi-ties which will foster a child’semotional, social, physical, andintellectual development.

The program is offered fromSeptember through June, 9:00 am– 1:00 pm for 3 & 4 year olds(child must be 3 years old by Sep-tember 1st). Five, three and twoday programs are available.

Children must bring their ownbrown bagged lunch. For moregeneral program information, callGrace at 617-635-5183. If inter-ested in registering for the pro-gram, please [email protected] byJanuary 12th.

ETHOS EVENTSMy Life, My HealthMy Life, My Health: Chronic

Disease Self-Management Pro-gram (CDSMP) is an informative,interactive workshop, designedfor adults who live with the dailychallenges of one or more ongo-ing health conditions. It will givepeople with chronic conditions(such as high blood pressure, ar-thritis, heart disease, cancer,asthma, etc.) and/or theircaregivers the knowledge andskills needed to take a more ac-tive role in their health care.

The workshop is offered at no

charge and the book, Living aHealthy Life with Chronic Dis-ease is provided for each partici-pant. Workshop meets 1 day perweek for 6 weeks.

Location: BCYFOhrenberger Community Center,W. 175 Boundary Road in WestRoxbury Day and Time: Wednesdays from 10:00 a.m. –12:30 p.m. Class dates: January9th thru Feb. 13th, 2019

TECHNOLOGY TUTORINGPROGRAM FOR SENIORS

Student volunteers from TheRoxbury Latin School give se-niors an introduction to comput-ers or smart phones in their state-of-the-art computer lab. This pro-gram allows the senior to workone-on-one with a student tolearn basic technology skills. Ifyou are working on a laptop ortablet at home, you may bringthat with you. If you would liketo learn more about your smartphone, bring that too! Seniors withall levels of experience are welcometo participate in this program, frombeginners on up! TechnologyTutoring meets for one hour, oncea week for 6 weeks and is offered atno charge.

Location: Roxbury LatinSchool, 101 St. Teresa Ave. in WestRoxbury Day and Time: Tuesdaysfrom 3:15 to 4:15 p.m. Start Date:mid-January 2019

TAI CHI CLUBFOR SENIORS

Calling all former and currentTai Chi participants! New Tai ChiClubs are about to begin. Tai ChiClub will run through the wintermonths. This is not Tai Chi instruc-tion. It is a program for those whohave taken the Tai Chi for Seniorsworkshop and would like to prac-tice weekly with an instructor.

Location: BCYF Roche Fam-ily Community Center Day andTime: Mondays, from 3:00 – 4:00p.m. Start Date: January 7, 2019

For more information or to reg-ister for this workshop contact AnnGlora at 617-477-6616 [email protected]

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Park Youth Basketball Associa-tion Season Opens 36th Season.

The Hyde Park Youth Bas-ketball Association (HPYBA)opened its 36th season on Sat-urday as the Craig Curran andRay Foley divisions began afull slate of games atthe Municipal Build-ing. Meanwhile over50 kids ages 6-9 filledthe gym at theOhrenberger School asthe Instructional Divi-sion ran for its secondweek. Division Coor-dinator Phil Paradiswas delighted by theenthusiasm of bothplayers, supportiveparents, and some verytalented players.

The Foley Divisionjust completed its sec-ond week of play, andwe are still missing afew key playersaround who theirteams were structured. We havea few returning players on avery short waiting list who willbring scoring and defense towhichever team they will be as-signed for mid-January play.We will return to play on Janu-ary 5, 2019 after the Holidayand school breaks with a fewchanges in our set up.

Volunteerism is an energy ofits own, but is not indestructiblewhen under an ever growingstream of misdirected negativeand counter exposure. Once afamily finds it acceptable tocomplain about their playersschedule, or playing time, orwritten sports analysis sum-mary not heralding their playera superstar with no flaws, orprovided an opportunity toabridge specific required policyor procedure, or unable to com-plete the required processes,then the joy of the end resultmay be compromised. We hopethis break will allow parents,players, and staff to re-energizeand move forward with this36th season that will this year’s100 youths.

Curran Division Results

Kudos to Coaches Mattand Rob for stepping up andreffing the games and offering

extra assistance to the Currangames due to staffing changesand the new times for thegames.

Raptors 31 – Wilkins 9The Raptors brought their

fast paced game again, andcaught the other team in theirhead lights as they blazedpassed them for an early lead.Again the high scorer wasHiijah Allen-Paisley. Havinghad an extra week of workingtogether helped the team makeseveral key plays to stop thenew kids on the block fromgetting to their groove in theirfirst game of the season

Team Wilkins was off to aslow start for their first gameof the season, but Coach Mikewill have his kids ready to gowith the start of the new year.Troy Omoroghomwam wasthe leading point getter in thisouting for this game, but heknows that his teammates willbe eager to rebound, box out,and make that extra pass tosecure a win in their nextgame.

3-Pointers 27 – Sonic 27(First tie of the season)The 3-pointers got off to a

slow start and had to scrap theentire second half to pull con-

test. Armani Andujar put inthe work and details to helphis squad earn this valuablepoint so early in the season.Coach Winston will most cer-tainly have his out of boundsplays and his lay up linesworking like magic come the

new 2019. The Sonics played even

basketball all game and theplayers and coaches did ev-erything they could to finda way to squeeze out onemore point than their oppo-nents. Amir Mollineaugrabbed the chances toscore most often in this ex-citing game where eachbasket could have been thegame winner.

Foley Division Results

76’ers 49 v COWBOYS 26Coach Corbin’s ( Team

2 ) played a near perfect firsthalf making all of their foulshots and moving the ball

well. Their hounding defenseat the start of the 3rd periodmade the difference in the fi-nal score. The return of strongdefender Malachi Boddenmade a big swing in the plan.Kahrie Langham scored bigagain, along with points from3 other players with 4 or morepoints.

The Cowboys ( Team 3 ) inthe Foley Division rounded upthe same 7 of its 9 players forthis game but the scoring waslacking for some reason. Itlooks like the top scorers fromlast week decided to play a dif-ferent role, and came up short.Isaiah Figueroa, MarvinEgoban, and Corey Cunniffhave points in their pocketsand have to take some moreshots. Devon Marshall was thefeatured scorer again using hiswide array of shots.

Riot Squad 51 v 3 Pointers31

Coach Kregg’s team ( Team1 ) got points from 6 of the 7players at the game. Taking thebull by the horns both JameerWallace and Robert Gantscored in each period andhelped on defense. Inside re-bounding helped to get the ballout of the lanes and headingtowards their basket withsmart play.

Coach Winston’s 3 Pointers( Team 4 ) had 4 of 8 playersscore, and two players scoredin each period but the teamfailed to take advantage oftheir inside scorer until it wastoo late. Alder Lara played thepost very well, but often stoodthere waiting for passes.Timmy Trotman and SabastianMcCuller provided somepunch but need more shots.

More information aboutHPYBA activities may befound on line athydeparkyba.com.

CURRAN DIVISION STANDINGS

TEAM W L T P

RAPTORS 2 0 0 4DUKES 1 0 0 2SONICS 0 1 1 13 POINTERS 0 1 1 1WILKINS 0 1 0 0

FOLEY DIVISION STANDINGS

TEAM W L T P

RIOT SQUAD 2 0 0 4COWBOYS 1 1 0 2SIXERS 1 1 0 23 POINTERS 0 2 0 0

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Community Meeting continued from page 1ing of raw marijuana, or the oilsextracted from it, into finishedretail items such as oils, salves,lozenges, cookies, and candies.

The marijuana itself isscheduled to be cultivated inDeerfield, Massachusetts, perSMI’s agreement with thattown’s Board of Selectmen, andnot at the proposed Hyde Parksite.

According to Ross, therewill also be no on-site mari-juana consumption allowed,with a proviso stipulating thisas part of its zoning application.This would eliminate the pos-sibility – while the proviso isin effect – of SMI opening acannabis café at the address.

An estimated 15 to 35 on-site jobs would be ultimatelycreated, and Joseph Kachuroi –Harvest, Inc. partner and na-tional real estate director –added that “we only hire local.”

Kachuroi went on to noteHarvet’s $15 entry level wage,Blue Cross Blue Shield healthbenefits, 401K, and the exten-sive training it offers in Arizonamade available to its employ-ees as part of the nationalcompany’s strategy to maintaina stable workforce.

Additionally, Ross made theannouncement that SMI intendsto work with equity applicantsapproved by theCommonwealth’s CannabisControl Commission (CCC) asit moves forward with its li-censing request and the HydePark site’s anticipated opening.

The CCC website( w w w . m a s s - c a n n a b i s -

control.com) states that its eq-uity programs – once imple-mented – will actively engagepeople from communities anddemographic groups “dispro-portionately impacted by highrates of arrest and incarcerationfor cannabis and other drugcrimes as a result of state andfederal drug policy.”

Speaking in broad terms af-ter the meeting, Ross added thatSMI intends to bring in peoplefrom this pool – and other po-tential equity applicants – to as-sume leadership positionswithin the company and theHyde Park site, while also ac-knowledging the possibility ofHarvest, Inc. backing an equityinvestment partner for the site.

“I’m not saying that the planhere is for that to happen,” Rosssaid regarding the partneringoption. “I’m just saying that it’sone of the things that we’re con-sidering.”

Hyde Park resident andformer Boston Police Dept. Su-perintendent-in-Chief DanielLinskey – acting as communityoutreach and security consult-ant for SMI – was an active par-ticipant at the meeting.

Outlining the security in-stallations and procedures forthe site (50-60 interior and ex-terior cameras, security person-nel and other access control,and package tracking), Linskeyalso explained – by degrees –his change of heart regardingmarijuana.

Linskey stated that he hadbeen opposed to its legalizationwhile a police officer, but that

he had begun to change hismind about medical marijuanaafter watching a neighbor de-teriorate from cancer, and laterin the meeting, he defended rec-reational cannabis.

This came out in an ex-change with an attendee whospoke of being repeatedly toldin school – by visiting commu-nity service police officers –that it was a gateway drug.

“Me, too,” Linskey re-sponded. “In this very room.”

He then cited former drugczar Barry McCaffrey’s re-search and opinion that caffeineand nicotine are more entrydrugs – in terms of minors’ riskchoices – than marijuana is:

“We’re not seeing it as muchas a gateway,” he continued. “Iwas convinced it was a gatewaydrug as a kid growing up. I wasconvinced as a narcotics officer.I’m not as convinced now whenI’ve looked at what’s going onwith the research.”

The first question of thepublic comment segment fo-cused on a recurring theme: therecreational and medicinal sideof the licensing process. TheHyde Park resident asked if itmight be possible to apply fora medical marijuana licenseonly, rather than both.

Legal counsel PhilipSilverman, who acted as themeeting’s de facto host (KeithWilliams of Civic Engagementstarted and ended the two seg-ments of the meeting), spoke ofthe uncertainty of the nascentindustry in Massachusetts be-fore getting more specific:

“I wouldn’t advise my cli-ent to do that because you justdon’t know where the marketis going, or whether you canjust be medical and be finan-cially viable,” he answered.

Parking and traffic werealso recurring topics, withSilverman arguing that the 29lot spots were a significantnumber for the site, using a pro-jection of 50-300 daily custom-ers:

“At a peak time, if you saw30 customers in an hour, you as-sume that it’s about a 15 minutevisit. What you’re really talk-ing about is maybe 8 custom-ers at a time. There’s plenty ofparking for 8 customers at atime.”

“Did you see Leicester?”Hyde Park resident GeorgePerry interjected. “Did you seeNorthampton? What about Sa-lem? You have to call for an ap-pointment and they’re going tobus you. The whole thing is bi-zarre.”

Ross responded by charac-terizing the recent recreationalmarijuana dispensary openingsas a “frenzy” fueled by curios-ity and the desire of advocatesto be first in line, while citingthe law of supply and demandas an anticipated leveling forceregarding the crowds:

“There are two dispensariesopen in all of Massachusetts,”Ross explained. “When fullybuilt out, there will be hun-dreds of dispensaries allaround Massachusetts.”

Ross also alluded to howoptimistic he thought the top-end customer estimate was,adding that SMI would be “de-lighted” to have 300 custom-

ers over a 12 hour businessday.

Another point returned toby the presenters was their ar-gument that neighborhoodquality improves – in terms oflower crime rates and in-creased property values (al-though Silverman qualifiedthat one when questioned) –where there are marijuana dis-pensaries.

Ross elaborated on this inrelation to crime, speaking ofhis own high school days, andof the ease with which studentscould get pot compared to al-cohol, which was regulated.

“As these places open,crime will drop, the black mar-ket will go away,” Ross offered.“Maybe they’ll sell other things,but they won’t be selling mari-juana.”

Brothers Joseph and SayedHalabi – landlords of 949, 951,953, and 957 Hyde Park Ave. –remained unconvinced aboutproperty values, with Sayed en-visioning the future:

“I know I’m going to have anextremely tough time trying tosolicit a tenant.” He went on tospeak of his 22 year investment,from his teen years to the present,in his family’s properties and thecommunity before making thisstatement. “I don’t think you guysunderstand what you’re doing tothe neighborhood. You’re de-stroying it.”

SMI’s application with theCommonwealth and with theCity is in process. If it is success-ful, the anticipated opening date– as given by the presenters – forproposed dispensary at 931 HydePark Ave. will be at some pointin the last quarter of 2019.


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Galeotacontinued from page 4Moore come to mind, butthey were both born in 1936,while even Mary Wilson ofthe Supremes was a WorldWar II baby. Mary Hart ismuch younger, having beenborn in 1950; MarySteenburgen, an actor in herown right but also known asTed Danson’s wife, was bornthree years later. Millennialswill, of course, point to MaryJ. Blige, although she is 47years old.

In 1998 the Farrelly broth-ers entitled their raucouscomedy, “There’s SomethingAbout Mary,” although ac-tress Cameron Diaz hardly fitthat word because of her ageat the time of the filming.

Without resorting to classlists I think that I’ve had onlyone Mary whom I recall in 40years of education. A friendof mine who teaches at Bos-ton College also has had onlyone Mary (Fall of 2000) inhis 20 years of classes, butshe went by her non-Marianmiddle name Emmie.

So, isn’t it fitting at thistime of year that the nameMary is on so many people’slips——and I’m not talkingabout the new Ms. Poppins orGeorge Bailey’s wife (playedby Donna Reed) in the FrankCapra Christmas classic, “It’sa Wonderful Life?” Duringthese last weeks of Decemberit’s hard to talk about man-gers, shepherds, wise men,inns, stables, donkeys, andBethlehem without invokingher name——yes, a name forthe ages no matter how farout of popularity it goes.

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