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Volume 37 Issue 47 Thursday, November 19, 2020 50¢ Baker to nominate Dot judge Georges for open seat on state’s high court

By Bill Forry Editor Serge Georges, Jr., who currently sits as an associ- ate justice at the Dorchester Division of Boston Municipal Court, was nominated by Gov. Charlie Baker on Tuesday to join the Supreme Judicial Court. The son of immigrants from Haiti who was raised on Serge Georges, Jr. Hancock Street near Kane BC High, BC, and Square, Georges would fill a Suffolk Law School vacancy on the seven-member body left when Chief Justice Ralph D. Gants died after a brief illness in September. A graduate of St. Kevin’s Grammar School, Boston College High School, Boston College, and Suffolk Uni- Boston City Councillor-at-Large Michelle Wu spoke about climate resiliency on Monday morning as she stood along Morrissey Boulevard, which was partially closed as a King Tide inundated the roadway. versity School of Law, Georges is a former president Katie Trojano photo of the Massachusetts Black Lawyers Association and a professor at Suffolk University. He practiced law privately until 2013 when he was appointed to the Wu wades into Morrissey discussion, Boston Municipal Court by Gov. Deval Patrick. He and his wife Michelle live in Randolph with their daughters, Olivia and Samantha. calls for more urgency on climate woes “His unique voice and real-world experienc- By Katie Trojano flooding threatening es will improve the quality of discussion and Reporter Staff Walsh to lead Climate Mayors our neighborhoods all debate on the Commonwealth’s highest court Activists joined at- in taking on change challenges the way into Dorches- and I am pleased to nominate him,” said Baker. large City Councillor ter and throughout the Georges cited his Jesuit education at Boston College Michelle Wu on Mon- state-owned roadway “I’m here with a group city.” day on the edge of a on an otherwise sunny of leaders and climate She referenced a pol- (Continued on page 13) flooded-out Morrissey day to argue that more activists to mark what icy paper that she re- Boulevard to press for urgency is needed for the will be an increasingly leased last August that, her version of a climate city to adjust to climate frequent sight in our she said, would accel- A TakeOut Holiday resiliency plan that she change. city,” said Wu, “the reg- erate Boston’s timeline has dubbed the Boston At one point, she waded ular flooding on a beau- for carbon neutrality Some Dot eateries Green New Deal. Wu, across a flooded section tiful sunny day from sea to 2040. It also sets who has announced that of the boulevard, which levels going up and up. up intermediate steps, craft T Day menus she is running for mayor was closed to southbound “Time it just a little bit including 100 percent By Daniel Sheehan in next year’s municipal traffic during a strong different, match it with renewable electricity Reporter Staff election, used the back- tidal surge, to address higher winds, rain, or a by 2030, and a net zero As temperatures continue to drop and the holiday drop of the inundated, reporters. storm, and we will see (Continued on page 14) season approaches, some local restaurateurs are offering to cook Thanksgiving dinner themselves as part of a takeout special catering to folks social distancing at home. Tracking the buildout of Bay City The Blarney Stone in Fields Corner is offering to Stakeholder waterfront site into a “set your dining room table” with “Thanksgiving new community with a to-go,” a four-person family dinner complete with buy-ins seen mix of housing, retail, herb roasted boneless turkey breast, gravy, mashed and public space. potatoes, cranberry sauce, homemade stuffing, car- as crucial Designers from several rots, green beans, maple sweet potatoes, and apple By Katie Trojano architectural and engi- crumble, all for $125. To order call 617-436-8223 by Reporter Staff neering firms discussed 1 p.m. next Monday, Nov. 23 Some 100 people logged the project’s multi-modal ••• on to a virtual meeting on street design and resil- In Adams Corner, The Industry is taking Thanks- Monday as the principals iency measures while giving dinner reservations with limited availability. from Accordia Partners Accordia principals Dick (Continued on page 6) LLC delved into trans- A rendering shows a re-imagined Mt. Vernon Street Galvin and Kirk Sykes portation and infrastruc- underpass near JFK-UMass station. went over the on and All contents ture specifics for their Image courtesy Accordia Partners off-site infrastructure investments that will be © 2020 massive Dorchester Bay Hosted by the Boston in a public engagement needed to support a new City development along Planning & Develop- Boston series that has reviewed 18-block neighborhood. the Columbia Point wa- ment Agency (BPDA), elements of the plan to Neighborhood terfront. the session was the fifth transform the 34-acre (Continued on page 11) News, Inc. Who’s looking after your health? Choose Your Doctor Today.

Call 617-696-8809 for help selecting a Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital-Milton primary care physician or specialist. Page 2 THE REPORTER November 19, 2020 dotnews.com Walsh: Covid cases at spring-like numbers Police, Courts & Fire Officials Mattapan pastor arraigned wary of on rape of a child charges The pastor of Mattapan church has been charged holiday with multiple counts of rape of a child. At his ar- raignment on Monday in Dorchester District Court, spread prosecutors alleged that Bishop George Swain sex- By Katie Trojano ually assaulted three children between 1997 and Reporter Staff 2004. The rapes are alleged to have taken place Boston is experienc- at his home in Dorchester and at the Mattapan’s ing another spike in Greater Victory Temple on Blue Hill Avenue. Swain fresh Covid-19 cases, a entered a plea of not guilty via videoconference. He grim marker that May- was ordered to be held on $75,000 cash bail and is or Walsh warned on due back in court in December. Tuesday could get worse “The survivors who came forward to disclose abuse in the coming days and by Bishop Swain showed a tremendous amount of weeks. The city notched strength and bravery,” said Suffolk DA Rachael its single largest one-day Rollins. “The defendant used his position of trust total since June on Nov. and authority to ingratiate himself to his victims and 12 and Monday of this their families in order to gain access to vulnerable week brought 293 new targets for his sexual abuse. Even more horrific, he confirmed cases and 4 used religion as an entryway into these children’s new deaths over the lives, potentially forever altering their faith.” weekend. Anyone who may have information related to “The daily cases we’re Melissa Leason administered a COVID-19 test on Nov. 5 during a pop-up the case is asked to call BPD detectives directly at seeing are starting to look testing clinic held at the Jubilee Christian Church parking lot on Blue Hill 617-343-6183. Avenue in Mattapan. John Wilcox/Mayor’s Office photo like the numbers we saw ••• A 46-year-old Dorchester man considered a sus- near our peak in April will begin releasing six look at unique individual have a choice to make. in May in the common- pect in multiple armed robberies was arrested last new coronavirus met- testing positivity and I’m asking everyone who Wednesday after police say he stole an Amazon wealth and in the city,” rics twice a week, on the adjusted metric will can to commit to that Walsh said. “Hospital delivery van on Dorchester Avenue near Welles Monday and Saturdays, look at the total number to help get through the Avenue. Police tracked the van using the delivery admissions are not at and they will include of individuals that have winter safely. Please that level, but they have driver’s cell phone to Callender Street and Floyd the average number of been tested over the last continue to permit and Street, where the suspect, Edwin Powell, was found increased over time.” daily cases, community 7 days and those who promote working from Testing data for the in the vehicle, according to a BPD account. level positivity, average have tested positive. That home whenever possi- Powell was charged with larceny of a motor vehi- week ending Nov. 12 daily tests, and three percentage will allow us ble,” Walsh said. showed that an average cle and larceny over $1,200, police say, adding that hospital metrics: ICU to look at more recent He also urged Bosto- he was already wanted on nine counts of armed of 2,340 Boston residents beds, overall beds, and community-level positiv- nians to spend Thanks- are being tested daily. robbery while masked. the average number of ity and not cumulative— giving holiday “only with ••• The average daily posi- patients visiting emer- which is what we have those in your current tive result went up to 7.9 Boston Police arrested a man who allegedly went gency rooms with Covid- been looking at.” households.” And in- on a vandalism and assault rampage last Saturday percent, with seven Bos- like symptoms. The percentage of oc- door gatherings should ton neighborhood rates morning on Meetinghouse Hill, attempting to break “The hospital capacity cupied non-surgical ICU be limited to 10 people into homes and smashing car windows on several over 10 percent. East metrics are all about beds as of yesterday was and everyone should Boston led the pack at streets around Ronan Park before he was subdued making sure we can take 81 percent, according to be wearing masks and and taken into custody. The suspect, whom police 16.8 percent. As of Tues- care of those who need Martinez. “Our goal has social distancing when day, Dorchester zip codes did not name, was sent to the state hospital in the most care and the been to keep it under 85 not eating, he added. Bridgewater for evaluation. 02122 and 02124 are at other three allow us to percent. We’ve been at “We have nine days 14.6 percent; 02121 and The series of incidents — including a physical look at Covid across all or under for some time. before Thanksgiving, assault of one victim — started on Robinson Street 02125 at 14.2 percent, of our communities,” said In the spring we were at and we have the ability with Mattapan at 13.3 near Ronan Park around 11:40 a.m. and ended with Marty Martinez, Boston’s well over 125 percent,” in our own power to not the suspect’s arrest several blocks away on Homes percent. chief of Health and Hu- he said. have that spread. We’ve The city will position Avenue, after a dozen outraged residents who were man Services. When asked about the worked hard to get to chasing him pointed him out to police. one of its mobile test- “We are going to in- new coronavirus metrics, this point and we don’t ing sites (there are 30 At one point, according to a police account, the troduce a new adjust- Walsh said, “It’s within want to go backwards,” suspect picked up a toddler and started to run down citywide) at Mattapan’s ed metric looking at our own ability to get said Walsh. Jubilee Christian Church the street, before releasing the child unharmed. A community-level recent these numbers down,” Rita Nieves, execu- total of 20 vehicles were damaged in the rampage throughout the week- positivity. Right now, we adding that he doesn’t tive director of the Boston end. City health officials and the suspect is alleged to have attacked a police want to be “at this po- Public Health Commis- officer while being booked. dium three weeks from sion, said that officials He was charged with “attempted breaking and November 19, 2020 now” closing parts of the are very concerned about entering of a vehicle, assault and battery by means economy down. the possibility of upcom- of a dangerous weapon - shod foot, breaking and In-person learning for ing holidays creating Boys & Girls Club News ...... 17 Dorchester Reporter entering of a motor vehicle, kidnapping, two counts (USPS 009-687) Boston Public School’s transmissions during of assault and battery on a police officer, resisting Opinion/Editorial/Letters...... 8 Published Weekly Periodical post- most high-need students small gatherings. arrest, malicious destruction of property and 20 age paid at Boston, MA. continued on Monday “We are concerned Business Directory...... 14 counts of vandalism,” police say. 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He urged the holidays come in, bury court. The Boston Globe reported this week First Day of Winter...... 32 MA 02125 city employers to contin- people will gravitate to that Davis was a defendant in the 2016 murder of ue following public health News Room: (617) 436-1222 do what they always Anthony Toombs, who was shot to death in a car Christmas...... 36 AdveRtising: (617) 436-1222 guidelines, especially do around the holidays: on Nazing Street, not far from where Davis was Fax Phone: (617) 825-5516 around break areas. come together.” arrested last weekend. Quadricentennial of Dot.3,689 Subscriptions: (617) 436-1222 “Many employers do UPCOMING CIVIC MEETINGS AND COMMUNITY EVENTS The Dorchester YMCA will proceed with executive director Anthony Attride. “The [email protected]. projects/120-122-hancock-street for its annual Turkey Drive on Sat., Nov. 21 Dorchester YMCA sees this Thanksgiving Hidden Heroes/Sheroes celebration more details. from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., providing an assist as an opportunity to continue the fight in Codman Square — Codman Square 780 Morrissey project meeting— The to families struggling with food insecurity. against food insecurity. We were certain Neighborhood Council hosts its annual BPDA will host a virtual meeting on Thurs., Safety modifications to the event include that this event needed to happen, even Hidden Heroes & Sheroes Celebration Nov. 19 at 6 p.m. to discuss a proposed a mask mandate (masks will be provided in a modified format.” To sign up as a virtually on Fri., Nov. 20 from 6-8 p.m. five-story building with 219 residential to anyone who does not have one); six- volunteer or for more information, visit See codmansquarecouncil.org for more units at 780 Morrissey Blvd., Dorchester. foot social distancing; a glove mandate ymcaboston.org. info. The contact is Stephen Harvey, 617-918- for volunteers that handle and distribute The City of Boston will host a virtual Hancock Street project subject of BPDA 4418 or [email protected]. food; and turkeys being distributed in public meeting on Thurs., Nov. 19 meeting— A virtual public meeting will one hour blocks to prevent crowding and to discuss the Uphams Corner Arts be held on Thurs., Nov. 19 to review SEND UPDATES TO efficiently move the line along. Turkey and Innovation district process and a proposed mixed-income, 15-unit [email protected] distribution will take place outside the Requests for Proposals. The meeting residential building at 120-122 Hancock Dorchester YMCA (776 Washington St.). will be held from 6-7:45 p.m. See page St., Dorchester. For more information, “The YMCA of Greater Boston has used 7 of today’s edition for Zoom and call- contact Aisling Kerr at 617-918- SEE NEW EVENTS DAILY this year to pivot and answer the needs in instructions. The contact at the BPDA 4212 or [email protected]. See of our communities,” said Dorchester Y is Morgan McDaniel. 617-918-6250 or bostonplans.org/ projects/development- AT DOTNEWS.COM dotnews.com November 19, 2020 THE REPORTER Page 3 Walsh moves on panel’s push for heightened police oversight By Katie Trojano review the policies and change.” instead of consolidating Board ordinance, which been acted on years before Reporter Staff procedures of Internal Led by former US At- authority into one. would create one board in many cases. The real Mayor Walsh moved Affairs, and engage with torney Wayne Budd, the “The mayor’s move to with the independence question with so many of ahead last week with a the community about task force was charged establish two separate and authority to review these changes will be in three-pronged approach their purpose and impact. with reviewing current boards with different and investigate all cases the details of implemen- to reform the Boston “Our goal is to achieve BPD policies and proce- rules, authority, and — internal affairs, citizen tation. Will there be true Police Department as a historic change in Boston dures. They focused on appointing structures complaints of police mis- independence? Will there follow-up to recommen- and create a nation- Use of Force policies; undermines the goal of conduct, and complaints be the funding provided dations from a task force al model for breaking Implicit Bias Training; ensuring true civilian filed by officers or BPD to actualize the ability to he commissioned last down systemic racism the Body-worn Camera oversight that is indepen- personnel.” make a change?” summer in the wake of across all aspects of our Program; and the Over- dent and accessible to the For her part, At-Large In a related move, the murder of George city,” said Walsh. “The sight Panel, which has public,” Campbell said in Councillor Michelle Wu, Walsh has filed a Home Floyd by police officers recommendations we been the subject of scru- a statement. who also is running for Rule Petition that would in Minneapolis. are enacting today rep- tiny for years. “We need to establish mayor next year, told give Boston high school Walsh said on Thurs- resent the voices of the Their report, which a Civilian Review Board reporters on Friday that graduates a preference day that he will file an community advocating called for its implementa- that will be effective in she is “in full support of in police hiring, which ordinance with the City for change, and I thank tion within 80 days, rec- creating the kind of police moving forward with the he called a key step to Council to create an the Task Force for their ommended the creation of accountability and trans- Task Force’s recommen- increasing diversity and Office of Police Account- incredibly hard work in the independent Office of parency that our resi- dations.” having more officers ability and Transparency creating this report that Police Accountability and dents deserve. For me, She added: “They are drawn from the commu- that the Boston Police we are bringing to life Transparency, with full that means passing the specific, actionable steps nities they are serving. Reform Task Force rec- through reforms. We will investigatory and sub- council’s Civilian Review that frankly should have ommended and that he continue this work as we poena powers and an in- “fully endorsed” when come together to build a dependent diversity and the report was released more equitable, just city.” inclusion unit. The office last month. Said Tanisha Sullivan, would provide intake @BostonSouthBay The mayor also signed president of the NAACP services, research, and two executive orders, one Boston Branch and Task administrative support of which created the city’s Force member.: “I want to the Civilian Review first-ever Civilian Review to thank Mayor Walsh Board and the Internal Board, a nine-member for not only receiving and Affairs Oversight Panel. adopting these recom- The panel also recom- RING Y panel whose members B OUR will be nominated by mendations but also for mended an expansion of OWN the City Council and the respecting the integrity the body-worn camera Mayor’s Office. of the recommendations program and the con- The second order re- with an understanding tinuation of the ban on vamps Boston’s Com- that they were informed biometrics and facial munity Ombudsman by Boston residents as recognition software. Oversight Panel by well as by the best prac- District 4 Councillor transforming it into a tices and structures that Andrea Campbell, who stronger Internal Affairs have been implemented announced in September KEEP COZY Oversight Panel that will across the country. that she will run for may- + “While these are not or next year, has been a have the power to review KEEP SUPPORTING all completed Internal the only solutions needed, leading voice on the coun- Affairs cases. they truly do speak to cil on the need for police NEIGHBORHOOD BUSINESS Previously, that office what’s possible when we reform. She criticized the could only review 20 per- lean into the challenge ordinances because they cent of cases. It will also determined to make create two review boards For a directory, please visit bostonsouthbay.com

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Mayor Martin J. Walsh Page 6 THE REPORTER November 19, 2020 dotnews.com A TakeOut Holiday: Some Dot eateries craft T Day menus

Above, a pair of patio heaters fail to lure patrons outside at The Blarney Stone in Fields Corner.

A three-course meal will year, inviting patrons seating area outside of Charlie’s House of Pizza remains boarded up following a fire earlier this month. be available to adults for to enjoy their meals or El Barrio Mexican Grill Daniel Sheehan photos $39 and $17 for children, beverages outdoors in sat similarly vacant. An along with a selected freezing weather is a employee said they were “Lower Mills Tavern both Tri Seafood and son co-owners Hulda menu of suggested wines hard sell. grateful for the city’s as- will remain open for Bait to Plate restaurant, and Jermaine Tulloch and cocktails. Reserva- “We have our heat sistance in setting it up, the winter and recently said she was forced to in a Facebook post ear- tions must be made on- lamps set up out there, but that few customers expanded hours to open close one of them after lier this month. “As we line through Opentable. but not too many takers,” have chosen outdoor for lunch service. We her husband passed all know, this year has Where things are at said Noah Ruggles-Leh- dining in recent weeks. also launched a vegan away a few months ago been a roller coaster ride, along the Avenue man, a manager at the To the south, Lower ghost kitchen concept and the streams of cus- with a side of bumper A quick jaunt up and Blarney Stone, gestur- Mills Tavern owner Bri- called “Stalk” available tomers subsided. cars, and a dash of tilt- down Dot Ave. revealed ing out the window on an O’Donnell is calling for on-line platforms only “Business is very slow a-whirl. We have decided a handful of outdoor Monday. He said the it quits on his eatery’s by Executive Chef Cara now with the coronavi- to temporarily suspend patios, some of them restaurant is bracing for outdoor dining set up. Nance being executed rus,” she said. “I can only service for the winter. We cobbled together with the worst, anticipating “We are closing the out- out of the Lower Mills do one.” will still have pop-ups, city assistance just a the possibility of another side ‘patio’ area we were Tavern kitchen. Nhu added she was and offer our catering matter of months ago, citywide indoor shut- using on the weekends, “Don’t get me wrong,” “worried” about the com- service.” and all of them empty. down in the weeks after graciously donated to us he wrote. “It’s been a ing winter months, indi- Family Affair is offer- While the city extended Thanksgiving. by Duffy Roofing for as very stressful and chal- cating she was looking ing to cater your Thanks- outdoor dining allowanc- A bit farther down long as we needed the lenging time for the into city relief programs, giving with a wide menu es through the end of the the avenue, a makeshift space,” wrote O’Donnell. restaurant as a business, so far to no avail. of barbecue, sides, and but I’m thankful for the ••• sweets. Orders must be continued support of the In Uphams Corner, placed through email at neighborhood through Family Affair Restau- famaffairboston@gmail. take out or dine-in, rant, a comfort food com before Sun., Nov. 22. whichever they prefer.” outlet that opened with ••• EVERYONE NEEDS ••• promise just last fall, has Home.stead Bakery Tri Seafood, a Chinese/ announced an indefinite & Cafe, a neighborhood Vietnamese eatery in hiatus. favorite that closed its SOMETHING DIFFERENT Fields Corner, has closed “We are so filled with doors early on in the pan- its doors after increased gratitude for all of the demic, remains closed for FROM THEIR CHECKING financial pressure driven continued love you have the foreseeable future. by the coronavirus. Own- shown us since our open- ACCOUNT. er Nhu Ho, who operated ing,” wrote mother and

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Facebook.com/EastBostonSavingsBank dotnews.com November 19, 2020 THE REPORTER Page 7 Reporter’s News about people People in and around our Neighborhoods Adviser named to work with UMass Boston chancellor on issues of Black equity, justice Joseph N. Cooper has a statement last week. ministration at UMass “I am honored to serve to improving our univer- been appointed a special “Dr. Cooper brings to this Boston in August 2019. in this new role and sity and society at large.” assistant to the chan- new position a wealth He previously was an further the university’s In July, Suárez-Orozco cellor at UMass Boston of empirical research, assistant professor at mission and commit- and his wife, Carola, where he will advise personal experience, and the University of Con- ment to creating an established the endowed Marcelo Suárez-Orozco cultural insights into necticut’s Neag School anti-racist campus for George Floyd Honorary on matters of impor- addressing the complex- of Education, where all students, faculty, Scholarship Fund to tance to Black faculty, ities of engineering and he specialized in sport and staff,” Cooper said. provide financial support students, and staff. building a path forward management, gender “I am a proponent of col- to talented students who “UMass Boston must for Black equity and and race in sport, and lective responsibility and otherwise may find it dif- stand for a higher educa- justice.” higher education. His excellence, which means ficult or impossible to pay tion agenda of excellence Cooper was the inau- research concentrates the problems we seek to for a college education. Joseph N. Cooper animated by an ethic gural J. Keith Motley on the nexus between solve require the talents, The fund was seeded and quickly exceeded of care and solidarity,” Endowed Chair for Sport sport, education, race, skills, and contributions by a $50,000 pledge $125,000 in commit- said Suárez-Orozco in Leadership and Ad- and culture. of all who are committed from Suárez-Orozco ments. Dot’s JocCole Burton appointed to city’s Board of Examiners for building licenses JocCole “JC” Burton Non-Traditional Busi- She attended the Uni- of Dorchester has been ness of the Year along versity of California named a member of the with recognition by Asso- at Berkeley and has city of Boston’s Board ciated General Contrac- an MBA Certificate of of Examiners (BOE), tors and the Urban Land Finance & Accounting a three-member panel Institute. She also has from Georgia State Uni- appointed by the may- served on the Boston Em- versity. or that issues licenses ployment Commission. to qualified builders. Burton formerly served as the founder and chief executive officer of Maven Construction, a full ser- JocCole “JC” Burton vice general contracting industry. The contribu- firm. She is the first Af- tions of people of color rican-American woman in the built environment appointed to the board. dates back a few hundred “It is a great pleasure years. I know that we can Harvard Street Neighborhood Health Center presents to appoint JocCole,” forge ahead, bringing said Mayor Walsh. Her everyone with us.” “extensive knowledge of Burton has won nu- the trades and energy merous industry awards, retrofit projects makes including the coveted her a valuable addition Associated Builders George and Ryann (Denham) Deveney of Dorches- to the board.” & Contractors Eagle ter were married on Fri., Oct. 13 at a ceremony in Said Burton: “It is with Award, White House Boston. The couple were accompanied by their great humility that I join Champion of Change, Today we celebrate the precious sanctity children, George Jr., 2; and Julie, 7 months. BEC to create pathways Clean Energy, Wom- of good health while keeping our Photo by Elliot Haney/elliothaney.com for women and people of en’s Magazine Busi- families and communities safe.

color in the construction ness of the Year, ABL Join us in honoring transformative leaders! Our honorees have influenced research, science and the re-opening of the Commonwealth’s YESTERYEAR ARCHIVE economy in the midst of a global pandemic. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2020 Dorchester Historical Society 6:00 PM The Dorchester Gas Light Company A donation is not required to attend this event, however your support will enable Harvard Street to continue addressing wide-spread health inequities. Before the Edison Electric Illu- minating Co. of Boston brought PROUDLY HONORING electric lighting to the region, there was the Dorchester Gas Light Company, which was incorporated in 1854 with this announcement: Robert K. Coughlin Pamela D. Everhart Ted W. Love, M.D. “Gideon Beck, Alexander Pope, President and CEO Senior Vice President, President and CEO and Charles C. Harrington, their Massachusetts Head of Regional Public Global Blood Biotechnology Affairs and Community Therapeutics, Inc. associates and successors, are Council Relations Fidelity Investments hereby made a corporation, by the name of the Dorchester Gas Light Company, for the purpose Presenting of manufacturing and selling gas MISTRESS OF FIRESIDE CONVERSATION SPECIAL in the town of Dorchester. ... Said CEREMONIES WITH THE HONOREES PERFORMANCE corporation, with the consent of the selectmen of the town of Dorchester, shall have the power and authority to open the ground Yadires Nova-Salcedo Christopher S. Lathan, MD, MS, MPH Athene Wilson in any part of the streets, lanes, Respected and beloved Founding Faculty Director A star on the Boston music Emmy nominated journalist of the Cancer Care scene and three time and highways, in said, for the in the Boston and Equity Program at the Boston Urban purpose of sinking and repairing New England area. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. Music Award winner. such pipes and conductors as it may be necessary. ...” 1955, the name was changed to shore side of Freeport Street. In 1905, the company was Boston Gas Company, and by It also shows a gasometer near Sponsors merged with others to form 1980 Boston Gas Company was Franklin Court and Clapp Street the Boston Consolidated Gas the largest gas utility in New and another at Adams Village on Company, which was a utility England. The company later the site of the Eire Pub. subsidiary of Massachusetts became part of Keyspan and is Maps from 1874 through 1904 Gas Companies. In 1939, Mas- now part of National Grid. show that The Boston Gas Light sachusetts Gas Companies was The 1874 atlas shows a large Company owned the facilities at Sponsors as of production time succeeded by Eastern Gas and facility owned by the Dorchester Commercial Point. For Sponsorship and ticket information, Gas Light Company at Freeport The archive of these historical Fuel Associates. As time passed, call 617-514-0220 or go to other companies were merged Street just east of the intersection posts can be viewed on the blog at with Boston Consolidated. In with Dorchester Avenue on the dorchesterhistoricalsociety.org. Gala.harvardstreet.org. Page 8 THE REPORTER November 19, 2020 dotnews.com Editorial Climate crises must be dealt with now; It’s make or break for city, neighborhoods are showing the way

Morrissey Boulevard By Jesse Caldwell If all of this sounds grim, the picture brightens and Saritha Ramakrishna when you look to what Boston neighborhoods – Morrissey Boulevard is going to flood every few The war to stem the climate crisis is global, but including Dorchester - are doing to plan, prepare weeks when there’s an especially high tide or a storm neighborhoods are the battlegrounds for creating for, and mitigate the damage. surge. It’s what happens when you build a low-lying a sustainable future that protects both infrastruc- Just last month, Boston received a $280,000 state motorway through the middle of a body of water—in ture and people from the encroachment of high grant to begin designing actions to counter rising this case, Dorchester Bay. waters, fierce storms, and punishing heat. temperatures and protect residents in the city’s We can decide to simply accept that reality — and Each Boston neighborhood is confronting its most vulnerable neighborhoods. The city also re- the inconvenience of detours and snarled traffic and, own problems and solutions. In the South Boston leased the long-awaited Climate Ready Dorchester eventually, properties destroyed along the coast. If we Seaport, rampant overbuilding has put streets, report with coastal resilience solutions specific to choose this option— to do nothing and let Morrissey the neighborhood. An earlier Climate Ready Boston stay in its current state— then that’s precisely what buildings, and people directly in the path of rising analysis identified key areas of flooding around we should do with other, adjacent projects: Nothing. tides. East Boston shares the problems of rising Joe Moakley Park and the MBTA Red Line. Since Pump the brakes on Dorchester Bay City. No res- seas, but also has a high percentage of vulnerable then, several projects have emerged, including a idential towers next to the old Globe building. No residents who are facing displacement on top of redesign of the waterfront park. more gleaming glass towers on the UMass campus. climate risks. Mattapan and Roxbury face extreme Two years ago, as part of its Resilient Harbor Re-purpose JFK-UMass into a ferry dock. Let Kos- heat with a higher percentage of older, vulnerable initiative, Boston announced a vision for Dorches- ciuszko Circle twist itself into oblivion. housing stock, fewer trees for shade, and a large ter’s shoreline that will make it both resilient It makes no sense to keep investing money and share of lower-income residents who shouldn’t be energy developing a part of the city that we otherwise expected to bear the cost of readying structures to climate change and promote public access to have decided should be surrendered to the sea. And, for flooding, heat, and heavier snows. the harbor. And in 2019, the city launched the without more urgency around the effort to modernize All of these neighborhoods are seeing climate Climate Ready Dorchester initiative mentioned Morrissey, that’s what will eventually happen. damage now. For Dorchester, the most obvious above, reaching out to the community to identify Or, we can summon the political will, get off the effects over the last decade include the submer- the unique challenges facing the neighborhood. proverbial dime, and pay to elevate and protect this sion of Morrissey Boulevard under feet of ocean With major projects under way, like the redevel- main artery along our coast, the vital link to this water in storm after storm, the flooding of Tenean opment of the old Bayside Expo site and parcels rapidly changing and soon-to-be-booming part of Beach, and water washing across Columbia Point’s along Morrissey Boulevard, it is clear that consid- Boston. We can get serious about finishing a job that Harborwalk. Thousands of residents sandwiched eration around climate resiliency and access must has been bogged down in the muck for three years— between the Neponset River and Dorchester Bay be a part of the conversation in Dorchester now. actually, for far longer. are only going to see more flooding as sea levels rise. Our report recognized an important reality: cli- We covered a similar false start back in the mid- At the same time, Dorchester, like Mattapan mate resiliency is as much about the resiliency of 1990s when a different, better-funded state agen- and Roxbury, has an aging housing stock, older the people as it is about buildings or open space. cy— the Metropolitan District Commission (MDC)— residents, a large share of low-income residents, A lot of work is already being done to address planned out a $30 million parkway rehabilitation and and neighborhoods that have little protection from the reality of climate change in Dorchester, but then, aside from a no-choice repair of the crumbling searing heat. July was the hottest month ever we are by no means out of the woods. Improving Beades drawbridge, essentially ghosted us. recorded in Boston, and the temperature trend Dorchester’s “social resiliency” – ensuring that The latest halt is not a pandemic issue. Fixing has gone in only one direction: Up. people have access to the kind of community re- Morrissey has been stuck in neutral since the end of According to a UMass study, days over 90 degrees sources necessary to weather extreme heat or bad 2017, back when the phrase “coronavirus” was code in Boston – which are already higher than at any floods – should not be an afterthought to physical for a May 6 hangover. That’s the last time planners time in recorded history – will essentially double interventions, such as shoring up the neighbor- from the state’s Dept. of Conservation and Recreation in number over the next 20 years if nothing is done hood’s coastline. were out in this neighborhood to engage people in the to lower emissions. We must urgently deal with the reality of the effort to modernize Morrissey, a project that— at last A recent analysis of the impacts of climate climate crisis on the local level. Dorchester can be estimate— was likely to take a decade and cost north change on neighborhoods from Conservation Law part of solving the problem here in our neighbor- of $40 million, minimum. Last we looked, it remains Foundation (CLF) and Communities Responding hoods. We have a head start, but we must finish at 25 percent design, and unfunded. to Extreme Weather (CREW) shows Dorchester the job. On Monday, the still embryonic race for Boston to be one of Boston’s most heat-vulnerable neigh- Jesse Caldwell is a Legal Fellow at Conservation mayor came to the boulevard-turned-bubbling-brook borhoods with a high percentage of impervious Law Foundation and a Dorchester resident. Saritha in the form of would-be candidate Michelle Wu, who surface area that leads to ‘urban heat island effect’ Ramakrishna is a Policy Analyst at Conservation wisely wore waterproof thigh-highs to wade across the and extremely high land surface temperatures. Law Foundation. roadway in front of reporters. Call it a mere photo op if you will. But credit the councillor for calling atten- tion to the insanity of leaving a key metropolitan road Faneuil Hall: It’s time to change the name system to get regularly swamped while we dawdle and dream up massive, 18-block neighborhoods to To the Editor: to change Yawkey Street back to Jersey Street, due build just up the street. Some may ask: Why, amid a lethal pandemic, to Thomas Yawkey’s obstinate bigotry. This writer Think about it: That’s nuts. a racial revolution, economic insecurity, and the believes that the name should have been changed Yes, Morrissey is a state road and, technically, horrific realization that normal may never be to Yawkey Foundation Way, recognizing the road this current state of limbo is in the lap of the Baker normal again, would the removal of the name to redemption followed by the Yawkey family, a administration, which has seemingly decided, at least Faneuil Hall from a public building be so crucial road Peter Faneuil never traveled and never will. in a de facto way, to kick this waterlogged can down to Bostonians moving forward as one? The mayor has invoked the Landmark Commis- the boulevard once again. But it’s also disingenuous Well, it would rebuke, in part, Boston’s perceived sion’s powers to change the name of Dudley Square for the city of Boston to include Morrissey as a lynch- legacy of racial and gender inequity. It would say to Nubian Square (another slaving civilization) pin section of its latest plan for climate resiliency in to people of color in this city, whose ties to slavery, and the removal of a white supremacy statue from Dorchester. Not when they know that the boulevard from the wrong end of it, need due process, what the Park Square depicting a slave kneeling at the feet restoration efforts are, effectively, stalled out. poet Gill Scott Heron describes it as saying, “They of President Abraham Lincoln. There are those who like to blame Mayor Walsh call it due process, and some people are overdue.” If the mayor intends to right the wrongs of the for delaying, if not torpedoing, the latest iteration It would not close the economic disparities among past, why stop short? On the one hand, his hesitan- of the Morrissey project because he voiced concerns races, nor will it desegregate the schools or the cy to return the damaged Christopher Columbus in 2017 about the DCR’s idea of dropping a vehicle numerous neighborhoods that have become gate- statue in the North End until the city could assess lane along the beachfront stretch. But, if the state’s less gated communities. However, it would signal its historical meaning, and on the other, his refusal commitment to rebuild this critical artery was so to our visitors, students, nation, and beyond that to do the same for Faneuil Hall. fragile that it could not survive the mayor’s input, Boston is evolving. Th Columbus matter was done without a public then it was a half-hearted effort to begin with. While the city’s elected officials have been ret- hearing. Within a matter of days, the city deter- That said, it’s time for stakeholders— including icent, even fearful, of open debate, organizations mined that the statue passed the moral smell Walsh— to use their platforms more forcefully to such as The New Democracy Coalition along with test and should remain, an apparent slight to the focus on Morrissey. Particularly in his new role as civic and religious leaders, and even Bostonians Indigenous and progressive people in our city who chairman of the Climate Mayors, Walsh should insist who are direct descendants of slaves, have pressed seek change and respect for a diversity of views that Morrissey — and all of Dorchester’s coast—get the issue to the point where the world is watching. and its citizenry’s heritage. priority status from the Commonwealth. Let’s get In three years, the notion of removing the name The Walsh administration’s persistent problem of this show on the road. – Bill Forry of Faneuil from a public building in Boston has rhetoric not adding up to policies can be mitigated gone from ridiculous to plausible. to some degree by a willingness to change on this The Reporter Peter Faneuil, an 18th-century Boston merchant, and other issues. Not doing so is unbecoming of “The News & Values Around the Neighborhood” obtained his wealth from inheritance and his par- a “progressive city “and a “progressive” mayor. A publication of Boston Neighborhood News Inc. ticipation in the commodities markets. Included The City Council has rendered itself irrelevant 150 Mt. Vernon St., Dorchester, MA 02125 in those commodities were human beings. Active on this issue, even while under the tutelage of two Worldwide at dotnews.com in the slave trade until his death in 1742, Faneuil African-American council presidents. It is time Mary Casey Forry, Publisher (1983-2004) William P. Forry, Publisher/Editor also owned five human beings, making him “the for them to assert political and moral leadership, Edward W. Forry, Associate Publisher worst of the worst.” compassion, and reverence to the history we now Thomas F. Mulvoy, Jr., Associate Editor Today, Confederate monuments, symbols of know to be true. Barbara Langis, Production Manager Jack Conboy, Advertising Manager traitors to the United States, are rapidly coming Some astute political thinkers of many back- Maureen Forry-Sorrell, Advertising Sales down; even our military seeks their removal. grounds believe the window of opportunity for News Room Phone: 617-436-1222, ext. 17 “There is a difference in the remembrance of change is now. Faneuil Hall no longer represents Advertising: 617-436-1222 x14 E-mail: [email protected] history and the reverence of it,” said Mayor Mitch who we are as a city. 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Mayor Walsh similarly used his political capital dotnews.com November 19, 2020 THE REPORTER Page 9 Good news on the Covid scene; but ‘we’re still on the highway; don’t take your seat belts off.” By Bill Walczak Dr. Fauci has called these treatments a “bridge to and subgroups (age, race, Reporter Columnist a vaccine.” We received good news from two com- gender, etc.), and we don’t The news that it only took one week for the US to add panies developing a vaccine this past week. Pfizer know enough about how the one million new cases of COVID was reported along- and Moderna have been making vaccines based on vaccines affect asymptomatic side the news that Moderna, the Cambridge-based what is called “messenger RNA” (mRNA), which patients, or how they affect pharmaceutical company, posted preliminary data is genetic material that can activate immune cells transmission of the virus. indicating that their vaccine reduced transmission that scientists have been redesigning to recognize So, while we wait for the Bill Walczak of symptomatic cases of Covid by 94.5 percent. and fight Covid. dawn, which TWIV experts The juxtaposition of these two things led me to an We have preliminary results for the vaccines based think will begin later in the winter, we currently oft-quoted proverb: “It on a limited number of participants. Covid expert Dr. have a gigantic surge in cases, increasing infection Commentary is always darkest just Daniel Griffin in Episode 681 of This Week in Virology rates, and an average of 42 Americans dying of Covid before the dawn” – perhaps better known to the (TWIV) discussed the Pfizer study, in which 43,538 per hour. younger generation from its use in the song “Shake participants resulted in 94 evaluable cases, split be- What should we be doing now? Practice bubble it Out” by Florence + the Machine. tween those who received the two-dose vaccine, and fidelity; meet those outside your bubble outdoors; and The darkness is our own doing. The astonishing those who received placebos. Those who had taken stay away from risky indoor activities. Take Vitamin case and death rates did not have to be what they the vaccine were 90 percent less likely to be sick. D, and think of masks like you think about washing are, and you’d have to have been in hibernation since Moderna’s early analysis was based on 90 placebo your hands – it’s good hygiene. If you’re planning March to not know how to curtail these numbers. patients having symptoms (11 severe), and only 5 to spend Thanksgiving with peoples outside your But let’s focus on the dawn. vaccine participants getting symptoms (none severe). bubble, start your quarantining now, and get a test As predicted, our medical system has continued Though this is a reason for optimism for both of four days before the holiday and four days after it. to learn much about how to treat the coronavirus, these vaccines, they and other vaccine developers As Dr. Griffin says, “We’re still on the highway; and we now have the ability to lessen its impact are limited by the low numbers of people in these don’t take your seat belts off.” It should only be a through the use of anti-viral medications like the trials. Experts need more information on how these few months before we see light on the horizon. Stay steroid dexamethasone, blood thinners, convalescent vaccines affect outcomes for different populations healthy. plasma, and drugs like remdesivir. There are many more treatments in development, though the most exciting recent development is the unpronounceable Dot Park advocate O’Connell dies at 92 one – bamlanivimab – the Eli Lilly product that has Lower Mills resident William it is today.” been nicknamed “Bam” or “Bambam” by many in the O’Connell, a World War II veter- The son of the late William J. medical world. an (US Navy) , past president of and Julia (Houlihan) O’Connell, “Bam” is an antibody therapy, similar to the re- the Boston Teacher’s Union, and Mr. O’Connell was a retired Bos- generon that President Trump received after his longtime advocate for Dorchester ton school teacher and principal. Covid diagnosis. It has been given an “emergency Park, died last week at age 92. He was an alumnus of Boston use authorization” (EUA) by the federal government Mr. O’Connell was the treasurer College and Harvard College’s and approved for payment by Medicare and Medic- of the Dorchester Park Association School of Education. aid, which means that private insurance will likely (DPA) and a key advocate for a He was laid to rest in Cedar also approve it. series of improvements to the park Grove Cemetery last Saturday It is for use by patients in early stages of Covid in recent decades. following a funeral Mass at St. following a positive diagnosis, who are at 10 percent “He brought his passion for Gregory’s Church. (See death or higher risk of winding up in a hospital, e.g., 65+, history and travel in every aspect notice, Page 21.) those immuno-compromised, with a BMI of over of his life,” said David Mareira, a In lieu of flowers donations may 35, etc. It is administered intravenously, mostly in neighbor, friend and DPA board William O’Connell visiting goats be made to the Dorchester Park outpatient settings. It works against the virus by member. “His love for Dorchester in Dorchester Park in 2018. Assoc., c/o Cedar Grove Gardens, preventing its replication in human cells. Though it and commitment to Dorchester Photo courtesy David Mareira 911 Adams St., Dorchester, MA is still undergoing testing for efficacy, it has shown Park exemplified a life filled with supporting the groundwork in 02124. enough promise to allow for emergency use. kindness, patience, and grace making Dorchester Park the gem – Bill Forry Page 10 THE REPORTER November 19, 2020 dotnews.com Dot Park playground reopens following extensive renovations

By Reporter Staff Top: A view of the newly A year-long project to im- re-opened George Wall Play- prove the George Wall Play- ground in Dorchester Park, ground at Dorchester Park is which was completely reno- vated over the past year in complete and the space is now a project that cost roughly open to the public following a $626,000. Bottom: percussion $626,000 renovation. instruments are part of the The work was funded by new menu of fun at the play- Mayor Walsh’s Capital Im- ground. provement Plan and Youth Photos by Jon Seamans/ Lead the Change, the may- Boston Parks and Recreation or’s participatory budget for accessible equipment that adds another play feature to gives young people power over the playground. $1 million of the city’s capital In response to requests from budget. the community to emphasize Dorchester Park is the latest the connection between the Boston Parks and Recreation playground and nature, a Department facility to re-open curved path now leads users this fall within current health through the play area. The guidelines. Other renovated path connects to a mulched spaces that opened this year surface around a climbing are in Hyde Park, Mattapan, rock. Children no longer need and South Boston. to traverse the area behind “We are investing in parks the swing bays to get to this citywide as part of Boston’s exciting nature play. This not plan to provide quality green only encourages children to spaces for all residents and reach out beyond the manu- play spaces for the children of factured play area, but it also our city,” said Walsh. “Fami- keeps them safer and out of lies are encouraged to follow the swing area. social distancing guidelines The Parks Department also and enjoy fresh air at the im- added a wooden play frame proved Dorchester Park play- encouraging children to reach ground before winter sets in.” farther into the natural areas The design retains the large and engage their creative climbing structure central play. New site furnishings to the playground while two include benches and an ADA age-appropriate play struc- accessible community picnic tures were replaced with new table. state-of-the-art equipment for Since 2014, the Walsh children ages 2 to 5 and 5 to 12. administration has invested The project includes four more than $115 million across bays of swings, but the bays the city’s parks system, rep- are separated and rearranged resenting some of the most with a single bay of swings with significant parks investments two toddler bucket swings. A tures three belt swings, an and a “Friendship Swing” that and child to swing together. in Boston’s history. separate bay of swings fea- ADA-compliant bucket swing, allows two children or a parent An ADA accessible drum set

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MBTA.com/fairmountpilot dotnews.com November 19, 2020 THE REPORTER Page 11 Tracking the build-out of Dorchester Bay City (Continued from page 1) that have been talked “I’m very curious closely with them and coordinate on a larger ments— which include “We have some big about and studied over about what’s going on. … it’s incumbent to ensure effort to look at all of signal upgrades allow- ideas for Dorchester the past several years,” Nothing has happened that if this project is to those big projects holis- ing for more frequent Bay City,” said Sykes. said Galvin. “Our strat- since they reached 20 go forward that there tically. This is one that service, and passenger “One of our goals is to egy is to try to unlock percent design in 2017. are adequate and pro- is sparking and pushing capacity growth by 2024. create new corridors and support and funding I’m curious to know portionate interventions that conversation along, Some attendees, how- walkways from the com- for these infrastructure whether BPDA and the to improve Morrissey so and we’re hoping to con- ever, raised concerns munity and transit to projects through a series developers have been that it no longer acts as a tinue to make progress about the MBTA’s most the Harborwalk, and for of coordinated public trying to revive that barrier but as a gateway on it.” recent proposal to cut each of those pathways and private partner- process,” he said. for the rest of Dorchester At that point, At-large service in the spring due to have its own character ships that would include Galvin replied that and the Red Line into City Councillor Annissa to covid-related funding and make it exciting for ourselves, the city of the goal is “to ignite the this site.” Essaibi George said, “I gaps. everyone.” Boston, state agencies, conversation with all of Added Joe Blanken- am happy to explore “The next step is to He added: “We’re also etc. to move these dis- these stakeholders to ship, a member of the ways to support [state study the traffic impacts excited to be accessible cussions forward.” advance the plans and BPDA’s transportation agencies] being more at on Mount Vernon Street, by the T, pedestrian, He continued: “We bring them up to speed team: “There is a 25 the table.” Columbia Road, Day and bike-centric paths. have a long way to go, in terms of where we percent plan for Mor- Added Galvin: “What’s Boulevard, and Mor- Hopefully the last thing but part of our commit- sit today in 2020 and rissey Boulevard that clear, we hope, is that rissey Boulevard and people think about is ments would include beyond. exists and is on the you’ll see site infrastruc- understand what those coming by car, but we that we would fund the “We’re really getting shelf. There’s been a lot ture, resiliency, road additional vehicle trips will also have accommo- design and construc- those conversations go- learned in the last few networks are all much will add,” said Dantas. dations for that.” tion of the Mt. Vernon ing. …That’s probably years relative to climate more interrelated now The last topic-specific The JFK-UMass Complete Streets proj- as far as we can take it resiliency and what than they’ve ever been.” Dorchester Bay City MBTA station, Mt. Ver- ect, and we would fund tonight,” he said. would or would not need In terms of the impact meeting will be held on non Street, Morrissey preliminary design work Ted Shwartzberg, a to happen on Morrissey on traffic on nearby Thurs., Dec. 2 with dis- Boulevard, Day Boule- associated with the oth- senior planner at the in terms of elevation.” roadways, Lourenço cussions about housing vard, and Kosciuszko er projects referenced BPDA, noted that Mor- Blankenship said that Dantas, senior transpor- and economic develop- Circle are where key to help position them rissey Boulevard “fun- major coordination re- tation planner at VHB, ment. The BPDA will off-site infrastructure as ‘shovel ready,’ which damentally serves as lated to this site would said the project “would then review comments improvements must be will help attract public a barrier from the JFK include Day Boulevard be leveraging the new, and Accordia will be factored into the Accor- monies for that project.” UMass station” to the as well. robust, and emerging required to submit a dia team’s plans. Christian MilNeil was Bayside site. “They are all related to pedestrian and bicycle scoping determination “In earlier conversa- one of several people on “It’s a facility that’s the design and status of connections to link the and filing of a draft tions with all of you it be- the call who asked spe- owned by state agencies redesigning and recon- neighborhood.” project impact report, came clear that we could cifically about the uncer- – MassDOT and DCR,” structing Morrissey,” Dantas also pointed all of which will kick off use this project as a tain status of Morrissey he said. he noted. “So, the state, to the MBTA’s commit- another series of public platform to realize some Boulevard re-design “We know the devel- city, and other agencies ments to investment meetings. of the improvements project. opment team is working are beginning to closely in Red Line improve-

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She use the post to ensure first female chief justice; it takes in every respect commended Baker for a that everyone has a voice Geraldine Hines, the and will be an outstand- nomination that breaks “and to see that justice first Black woman on ing chief justice.” “barriers that held us is done.” the SJC bench; and Ruth Hines, who retired back from this moment In talking with mem- Abrams, the court’s first from the SJC in 2017, for 328 years” since the bers of the Governor’s woman judge. called it a “high honor” court was founded in Council at her confir- Justice Kimberly Budd, the governor’s nominee to “Because each of them to be able to testify for 1692, calling that “a long mation hearing on Nov. lead the Supreme Judicial Court, fielded questions came before me, repre- Budd. “When I started time to wait for a woman 12, Budd said, “I’m sure from Governor’s Council members last Thursday. senting a first in their my legal career almost of color to take her seat that it will not come as Sam Doran/SHNS photo respective class, I be- 50 years ago, at a time at the head of the table.” a surprise to anyone she said. “Because of table that otherwise may lieved that I could do it, when the country was in Budd’s nomination here that being a Black that, I did my best as a not have been considered too,” she said. the midst of this awaken- “transcends history,” woman in this country trial judge to make sure or appreciated.” Ireland and Hines ing from the nightmare Hines said, because has framed my personal that defendants and Budd, if confirmed by spoke in support of Budd, of Jim Crow that had Budd “is quite simply and professional experi- pro se parties who came the council, is on track and Marshall sent in a colored my own life expe- the best person for the ences, including my roles before me and who may to become the first Black letter backing her. The rience, I could not have job,” saying the 54-year- as a mother and a wife, have felt powerless knew woman to serve as SJC hearing paused in the imagined a moment such old would lead the court as a lawyer and a judge. that they were seen and chief justice. Baker nom- afternoon to allow Budd as this – a Black woman with a steady hand, firm “Like so many people heard. In the same vein, inated her for the post time to participate in a being nominated as chief resolve and “youthful of color, I’ve had the as an associate judge on last month, after the virtual special sitting in justice of the Supreme vigor.” experience of being dis- the SJC, I was able to sudden death of Chief memory of Abrams, who Judicial Court, the oldest missed or overlooked,” bring a perspective to the Justice Ralph Gants in died last year. continuously functioning Baker nominates Dot court’s Georges for seat on state’s Supreme Court (Continued from page 1) tremendous empathy ing current SJC Justice third nonwhite member systems over the years, schedule a confirmation High School and later for the people who stand David Lowy, have ever of the seven-justice SJC it’s incredibly important hearing for Georges Boston College, where before him. And that sets served at the district alongside two other Bak- for (my parents) to see when it meets Wednes- he graduated from in him apart.” court level. er nominees, Kimberly that — that they came day. 1992, as influencing Georges Jr. would be “Having another voice Budd and Dalila Argaez with the hope of giving us Judge Georges cur- his approach in mu- one of only a handful of on our highest court Wendlandt. a better life, and I think rently serves as vice- nicipal and drug court. district court judges ele- that comes with the Describing the nomi- through some measure chair of the Board of “There are plenty of peo- vated to the state’s high- real-world experience nation as a great honor, of our achievement, they Trustees for BC High. ple that have just made est court if his nomina- of the district court will Georges stressed that feel that they have.” Last January, the school mistakes that need some tion is successful, a step improve the quality of “you don’t get to this With the latest nomi- awarded him the James guidance in order to get that Baker described as the discussion and de- position of being the gov- nation, Baker is poised to E. Cotter ’55 Courage back on their feet, stop “unbelievable” when he bate and, ultimately, the ernor and the lieutenant appoint all seven sitting Award, presented to a committing crime and be unveiled his latest pick. quality of the decisions governor’s nominee for members of the SJC. member of the school productive members of Georges has served as that will be rendered,” the Supreme Judicial The Governor’s Coun- community in recogni- society,” he said. “That’s an associate justice in Baker said. Court by yourself.” cil, which vets and con- tion of courage in the face a cornerstone principle of the municipal court’s If successful, Georges’s “Through all of the firms Baker’s nominees, of adversity, tenacious the Jesuit tradition, and Dorchester Division for nomination would also things that the Hai- will hold a hearing on spirit, and force of will. I try to do that, to give six years, spending four further reshape the court tian people have been Wendlant’s confirmation State House News Ser- people an opportunity of them presiding over into a diverse panel more through with natural Wednesday morning and vice contributed to this to be successful.” the Dorchester Drug representative of the disasters and some of is also expected to vote article. The governor’s choice Court. backgrounds in Massa- the other challenges on Budd’s promotion to drew swift praise from That background puts chusetts. with the governmental chief. The council could many quarters on Tues- him in rarefied compa- Born in Manhattan, he day. Suffolk County Dis- ny: according to Baker, hails from one of the first trict Attorney Rachael only about four or five Haitian families to put Rollins said Georges members in the centu- down roots in Dorches- “has served the judiciary ries-long history of the ter’s Uphams Corner, with honor, fairness and top state court, includ- and he would become the compassion as a Boston Municipal Court judge. He will serve the people of Massachusetts with that same integrity as a NOTICE justice of our Supreme Judicial Court.” “He brings to the SJC not only professional ju- The Dorchester Historical dicial experience, includ- ing from his work leading Society is always looking for the Dorchester drug court program, but also photographs and high school his knowledge as a sea- soned criminal defense yearbooks from Dorchester’s attorney, a civil litigator, a solo practitioner, a past. partner at a law firm and a childhood raised in a neighborhood known all too well to the SJC,” said Due to the pandemic, the Society is Rollins. Sean Curran, a polit- closed to the public at this time. ical consultant who has known Georges since they were both 14-year- old freshmen at BC High, said that the appoint- ment is “a validation of his scholarship and his grounding in judicial procedure. It speaks to the temperament that he has on the bench and the fact that he William Clapp House, 195 Boston Street sees the dignity in the Lemuel Clap House, 199 Boston Street people coming before the James Blake House, 735 Columbia Road district court with all of life’s problems.” He added, “He’s got www.dorchesterhistoricalsociety.org Page 14 THE REPORTER November 19, 2020 dotnews.com Wu wades into Morrissey discussion, calls for more urgency on climate woes (Continued from page 1) the federal government mate change is already the Walsh administra- The outlined solutions Heather O’Brien, an city municipal footprint switches over.” impacting the residents tion issued a 174-page – from elevated road- activist with the Boston by 2024. Wu’s press conference in our cities, and we report outlining how ways and flood gates to Harbor Storm Surge “We cannot wait to ret- came a few hours after know how important it Boston intends to shore other measures – make Working Group who rofit every building that’s Climate Mayors, a group is for us to take decisive up coastal protections assumptions based on joined Wu on Monday, going to be built in these of 468 US mayors work- action for the sake of and re-imagine develop- scientific models that noted that the state next couple of years and ing on climate change, public safety and public ment along Dorchester’s project a dramatic rise plan for Morrissey seems try to catch up,” she said. named Mayor Walsh the health.” waterfront as sea levels in sea level as high as 9 stalled. “The harms are already new chairman of their co- He added, “American continue to rise. inches in the next decade “We don’t really need here and we need strong alition. He trumpeted the cities have led on climate The report - called and up to 40 inches over to see any more studies to actions and plans that position in a statement action for a long time, “Coastal Resilience Solu- the next 40 years. see that it floods. It does center our most impacted on Monday. and especially over the tions for Dorchester” – is Morrissey Boulevard flood. And we really need communities. We need to “As mayors, we’re close last four years. As we a summary of the Cli- is featured prominently to start doing something take action now at the to the people we serve,” welcome in a federal ad- mate Ready Dorchester in the Walsh plan, but about it,” she said. city level, even before he said. “We see how cli- ministration committed initiative. 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O’NEILL 617-788-8300 617-788-8300 617-788-8300 Docket No. SU20W1126WD DATE OF DEATH: March 5, 2020 DATE OF DEATH: April 22, 2020 CITATION ON PETITION FOR CITATION ON PETITION CITATION ON PETITION SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION SUFFOLK DIVISION SUFFOLK DIVISION ORDER OF COMPLETE To all persons interested in the above To all persons interested in the above TO CHANGE NAME TO CHANGE NAME LANITA A. DIXON, Plaintiff(s) SETTLEMENT Docket No. SU20C0343CA Docket No. SU20C0342CA captioned estate, by Petition of Petitioner captioned estate, by Petition of Petitioner ESTATE OF: JAMES M. McGAFFIGAN v. Joblin C. Younger of Beverly, MA. Joblin C. David X. O’Neill of Wilmington, MA, a Will DATE OF DEATH: 02/05/2017 in the MATTER of: in the MATTER of: MIQUEL J. LILLY DAVID BERNARD HEYMAN RICHARD B. LANE, Defendant(s) Younger of Beverly, MA has been informally has been admitted to informal probate. A Petition for Order of Complete Settlement To the above named Defendant(s): appointed as the Personal Representative David X. O’Neill of Wilmington, MA has has been filed by David J. McGaffigan of A Petition to Change Name of A Petition to Change Name been informally appointed as the Personal Lake Worth, FL requesting that the court Adult has been filed by Miquel J. of Adult has been filed by David Richard B. Lane of the estate to serve without surety on enter a formal Decree of Complete Set- A Complaint has been presented the bond. Representative of the estate to serve Lilly of Dorchester, MA requesting Bernard Heyman of Boston, MA tlement including the allowance of a final to this Court by the Plaintiff Lanita The estate is being administered without surety on the bond. account and other such relief as may be that the court enter a Decree requesting that the court enter a under informal procedure by the Personal The estate is being administered requested in the Petition. changing their name to: Decree changing their name to: A. Dixon, seeking a Complaint for under informal procedure by the Personal IMPORTANT NOTICE Custody-Support-Parenting Time. Representative under the Massachusetts You have the right to obtain a copy of the Lilly Rose Valore Vivian Miriam Geltzeiler-Heyman Uniform Probate Code without supervision Representative under the Massachusetts You are required to serve upon Uniform Probate Code without supervision Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. IMPORTANT NOTICE IMPORTANT NOTICE by the Court. Inventory and accounts are You have a right to object to this proceeding. Any person may appear for Any person may appear for Lanita A. Dixon, 250 Cambridge St., by the Court. Inventory and accounts are To do so, you or your attorney must file a #305, Boston, MA 02114 your answer not required to be filed with the Court, not required to be filed with the Court, purposes of objecting to the petition purposes of objecting to the petition written appearance and objection at this on or before 01/21/2021. but interested parties are entitled to but interested parties are entitled to Court before: 10:00 a.m. on the return day by filing an appearance at: Suffolk by filing an appearance at: Suffolk notice regarding the administration from notice regarding the administration from of 12/03/2020. Probate and Family Court before Probate and Family Court before If you fail to do so, the court Personal Representative and can petition Personal Representative and can petition This is NOT a hearing date, but a 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 10:00 a.m. on the return day of will proceed to the hearing and the Court in any matter relating to the deadline by which you must file a written adjudication of this action. You are the Court in any matter relating to the appearance and objection if you object to 12/10/2020. This is not a hearing 12/10/2020. This is not a hearing estate, including distribution of assets estate, including distribution of assets also required to file a copy of your and expenses of administration. Interested this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely date, but a deadline by which you date, but a deadline by which you and expenses of administration. Interested written appearance and objection followed must file a written appearance if you must file a written appearance if you answer in the office of the Register parties are entitled to petition the Court to parties are entitled to petition the Court to by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) of this Court at Boston. days of the return date, action may be taken object to this proceeding. object to this proceeding. institute formal proceedings and to obtain institute formal proceedings and to obtain Witness, BRIAN J. DUNN, Es- orders terminating or restricting the powers without further notice to you. Witness, HON. BRIAN J. DUNN, Witness, HON. BRIAN J. DUNN, orders terminating or restricting the powers quire, First Judge of said Court this of Personal Representatives appointed of Personal Representatives appointed Witness, HON. BRIAN J. DUNN, First First Justice of this Court. First Justice of this Court. Justice of this Court. 9th day of November 2020. under informal procedure. A copy of the under informal procedure. A copy of the Date: November 05, 2020 Date: November 05, 2020 Date: November 04, 2020 Petition and Will, if any, can be obtained Petition and Will, if any, can be obtained Felix D. Arroyo Felix D. Arroyo Felix D. Arroyo Felix D. Arroyo from the Petitioner. from the Petitioner. Register of Probate Register of Probate Register of Probate Register of Probate Published: November 19, 2020 Published: November 19, 2020 Published: November 19, 2020 Published: November 19, 2020 Published: November 19, 2020 Published: November 19, 2020 dotnews.com November 19, 2020 THE REPORTER Page 15 do it all in a very difficult United Senergy time.” LEGAL NOTICE HELP WANTED Those interested in par- ORDER ticipating in United Sen- Docket No. 2001RO000237 sponsors toy drive TRIAL COURT ergy’s toy drive can drop OF MASSACHUSETTS At a time of height- BMC DEPARTMENT include children in the off toys and gifts at Alli- Case Name: Brooks, Glendora ened economic anxiety Jeremiah Program, an ance Glass, 902 Dorches- vs. Calcano, Pedro Attorney (or Pro Se Party) to whom for local families, many initiative based in Rox- ter Ave., from Monday to this copy of notice is issued: Pedro Calcano, 1 Nazing Court, Apt. of whom are struggling bury with a mission to Friday between 9 a.m. 11, Boston, MA 02121 to pay rent or put food end the cycle of poverty and 4 p.m. You can also BMC Central 24 NEW CHARDON STREET, 6th Floor Codman Square NDC on the table, Dorches- for single mothers. make a donation online at BOSTON, MA 02114 ORDER Director of Economic Development ter-based non-profit “Due to the pandemic unitedsenergy.org TO THE DEFENDANT NAMED ABOVE: United Senergy has or- and lost jobs, our fami- A temporary Harassment Prevention October 2020 Order issued from this Court on October Codman Square NDC seeks an entrepreneurial, ganized a holiday toy lies are struggling more 13, 2020. A judge will conduct a full hearing LEGAL NOTICE on the Plaintiff’s Complaint at this Court on self–directed management professional to manage drive through Dec. with acutely than ever this November 26, 2020 at 9:00 a.m. COMMONWEALTH OF its Economic Development department, which has a the goal of spreading joy year,” said Alison Carter YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED TO MASSACHUSETTS APPEAR before this Court at that date and focus on building assets and wealth within the com- to children in low-income Marlow, executive direc- THE TRIAL COURT time if you wish to be heard on whether the PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT Court should issue the requested Order. At munity. households in the neigh- tor of Jeremiah Program Suffolk Probate & Family Court that hearing, you will have an opportunity The position oversees homeowner services; fore- borhood. 24 New Chardon Street to cross-examine any witnesses offered by Boston. “Holiday gifts for Boston, MA 02114 the Plaintiff. You may also offer witnesses or other evidence on your behalf and you closure prevention; housing rehab lending; financial “Given the massive (617) 788-8300 their children will pro- may be heard on whether the Court should literacy, small business assistance programs, estate unemployment and oth- vide hope and comfort to CITATION ON PETITION FOR issue the requested Order. If you wish, FORMAL ADJUDICATION you may retain counsel to represent you planning and related initiatives. Supports and man- er difficulties impacting moms who are trying to Docket No. SU14P1096EA at the hearing. ESTATE OF: IF YOU DO NOT APPEAR AT THE ages staff, develops new initiatives, interacts with residents of low-income MILDRED A. SWAIN HEARING, EITHER PERSONALLY OR and cultivate funder and stakeholder relationships, neighborhoods, the re- LEGAL NOTICE DATE OF DEATH: 05/27/2011 BY COUNSEL, THE COURT MAY ISSUE A petition for S/A - Formal Adjudication of THE REQUESTED ORDER WITHOUT manages reporting and related work. ports we get are that HEARING FROM YOU. COMMONWEALTH OF Intestacy has been filed by Barry Swain Whether or not you appear at the hearing, Master’s or Bachelor’s degree plus 5-6 years pro- many children may be MASSACHUSETTS of Braintree, MA requesting that the if the Court issues an Order that you are THE TRIAL COURT Court enter a formal Decree and Order to refrain from abusing or harassing the gressively responsible and relevant experience, in- without a gift this holi- PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT and for such other relief as requested in Plaintiff, to refrain from contacting the Plaintiff cluding management/supervisory experience. Must day season,” said Dan- INFORMAL PROBATE the Petition. or the Plaintiff’s minor child, or to vacate PUBLICATION NOTICE IMPORTANT NOTICE the Plaintiff’s household, multiple family have excellent verbal and written communication dwelling or workplace, ANY VIOLATION OF quell Bradford, Founder/ Docket No. SU20P2072EA You have the right to obtain a copy of the skills, as well as strong Excel spreadsheet skills. ESTATE OF: THAT ORDER IS A CRIMINAL OFFENSE, CEO, United Senergy. Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. punishable by imprisonment or fine or both. Experience working in communities of color a plus. JAMES F. BARRON You have a right to object to this proceed- DATE OF DEATH: May 30, 2020 NOTICE OF ENTRY OF ORDER “We are not going to let ing. To do so, you or your attorney must This Order has been entered on Submit resume and cover letter with salary require- SUFFOLK DIVISION that happen.” To all persons interested in the above file a written appearance and objection at the docket on the “Date Order Entered” ments by December 4, 2020: this Court before: 10:00 a.m. on the return shown below and this notice is being sent In reaching out to local captioned estate, by Petition of Petitioner to all parties. Executive Director, Codman Square NDC, 587 day of 12/18/2020. Date Issued: November 13, 2020 Joy C. Barron of Quincy, MA. Joy C. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline and national companies Barron of Quincy, MA has been informally Judge Issuing Order: Steven M. Key Washington Street, Dorchester MA 02124 or sub- by which you must file a written appear- Daniel J. Hogan and individual donors, appointed as the Personal Representative ance and objection if you object to this Clerk-Magistrate/Asst. Clerk mit documents to [email protected]. No phone of the estate to serve without surety on Bradford is looking to proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written Published: November 19, 2020 calls please. the bond. appearance and objection followed by an ensure that children in The estate is being administered Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) need receive gifts for under informal procedure by the Personal days of the return day, action may be taken Representative under the Massachusetts without further notice to you. Kwanzaa, Christmas, Uniform Probate Code without supervi- Unsupervised Administration Hanukkah, or whatever sion by the Court. Inventory and accounts Under The Massachusetts Uniform holiday they celebrate. are not required to be filed with the Court, Probate Code (MUPC) but interested parties are entitled to A Personal Representative appointed un- Along with new un- der the MUPC in an unsupervised admin- notice regarding the administration from istration is not required to file an inventory wrapped toys, games, Personal Representative and can petition or annual accounts with the Court. Persons clothing and gift cer- the Court in any matter relating to the interested in the estate are entitled to notice estate, including distribution of assets and regarding the administration directly from tificates, Bradford and expenses of administration. Interested the Personal Representative and may colleagues at United parties are entitled to petition the Court petition the Court in any matter relating to institute formal proceedings and to to the estate, including the distribution of Senergy plan to provide obtain orders terminating or restricting assets and expenses of administration. laptops and tablets for the powers of Personal Representatives Witness, HON. BRIAN J. DUNN, First teens and school-age appointed under informal procedure. A Justice of this Court. copy of the Petition and Will, if any, can Date: November 05, 2020 children. Felix D. Arroyo be obtained from the Petitioner. Register of Probate Toy drive beneficiaries Published: November 19, 2020 Published: November 19, 2020

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617.288.7120 | 1135 Dorchester Ave. | www.bgcdorchester.org Page 18 THE REPORTER November 19, 2020 dotnews.com RECENT OBITUARIES Furman Martin Jr.) a late John G. “Jack” Foley. served as a First Sgt. in Strapp of Needham, Mar- cherished aunt Eunice Sister of Ivan Gillis and the Army. ilyn Gurney of Uxbridge,, Agnew and a host of in- his wife Elizabeth Anne Elizabeth Allen of North laws, nieces, nephews, of Canada. Sister-in-law Salem, NY, Mark Noble cousins and friends. of Mary Rochon. Also of South Kingston, RI, survived by many loving Robert Noble of Norfolk, nieces, nephews, cousins, Thomas Noble of New- and friends. Donations bury Park, CA, Brian No- in memory of Mary may ble of Franklin, Christo- be made to the American pher Noble of Needham, Heart Association. the late Patrick Noble, George D. Noble, III, Mi- topher Finneran and his chael Noble and Cheryl wife Trish of Marshfield, BROWN, Bernice Dewire. Also survived Mary E. and her part- by nieces and nephews Elizabeth (Martin), 83, ner Kevin Delaney and of Dorchester. Daugh- MISKELL, Ellen and all her sisters in DWYER, Thomas E. Suzanne Bridges and “Nelly” (Faherty) in community. ter to the late Furman her husband David, all and Elizabeth (Agnew) Of Dorchester. Father Dorchester, formerly of of Patricia Dwyer of Fall of Milton. Michael is Tuairin, Co. Galway, Martin of Belton, South also survived by many Carolina. Of this union, River, Lisa Mahoney of Ireland. Wife of the late Medway and the late Re- aunts, uncles, cousins Andrew “Andy” Miskell. five children were born; and friends. Donations Doris, Mildred, Cath- nee M. Dwyer. Brother of Mother of Mary M. and Gail Dwyer of Milton and may be made to the Marc her husband Seamus erine (deceased) and Susi Scholarship Fund, Furman Martin Jr (de- the late Albert “Albie” GOULD, Elizabeth Quinn of Dorchester, Dwyer and Jane Dwyer c/o Morgan & Morgan PC, Ann “Betty Ann” (Grif- Eileen B. and her hus- ceased). Wife of 58 175 Derby Street, Suite years to Joseph Brown. Ryan. Also survived by fin), 81, of Quincy, for- band Matthew Coyle of several nieces, nephews 40, Hingham, MA 02043 merly of Dorchester and Ireland, Annmarie Mc- Mother of Donald Mar- or the Skip Lapworth tin, Marcus Brown, and and many friends. South Boston. Mother Donough of East Boston, FINNERAN, Michael Memorial Street Hockey of Michele A. Gould of Andrew C. and his wife Denise Brown, daugh- Facility, gofundme.com/f/ ters in-law Beatrice of William, 42 of Bourne, Quincy, Charlene M. Erin Miskell of East Mil- formerly of Milton and skip-lapworth-memori- Gould of Revere, Dawn ton, and Kathleen and her Randolph, and Denise al-street-hockey-facility Brown of Boston, three Dorchester. Son of the M. Gould of Weymouth, husband Michael Brown late Linda Marie (Bren- FOLEY, Mary (Gillis) Jill and Dave Lage of of East Bridgewater. O’CONNELL, Wil- grandchildren; sisters, of Rockland, formerly of Doris Beeks-Benjamin nan) Finneran and the Iowa, and William and Sister of Stephen Faherty liam I. son of the late Wil- late William “Billy” J. Dorchester. Mary was Joanna Gould of South of England, and the late liam J. and Julia (Houli- (James) of Boston, Jean born and raised in In- Sumler (Steve) of Illi- Finneran, Jr. and his sur- Carolina. Grandmother Pat Colm, Mary, Brid- han) O’Connell. Brother viving partner Madeline verness, Cape Breton, of 2. She was preceded get, Barbara, Bartley, of the late Mary T. O’Con- nois, sister in-law Lillian Nova Scotia. Wife of the Martin (wife of the late Piper of Bourne. Michael in death by her mother Ann, Margaret, Coleman, nell, James V. O’Connell was the brother of Chris- Elizabeth A. (Macauley) Sean, and Peter. “Nenny” and John J. (Rocky) LEGAL NOTICE Griffin and father - Wil of 15 Great-grandmother O’Connell. Retired Bos- liam E.A. Griffin, her of 2. Survived by many ton school teacher and COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS brothers William and Jo- nieces and nephews. administrator/principal. THE TRIAL COURT PROBATE & FAMILY COURT seph, and her sister Joan Donations in Ellen’s Veteran of WW-II, U.S. SUFFOLK PROBATE & FAMILY COURT Kuzmich. She is survived memory may be made to Navy. Member and for- 24 NEW CHARDON STREET BOSTON, MA 02114 by her younger siblings the Irish Pastoral Cen- mer Past President of the CITATION GIVING NOTICE OF PETITION FOR Donald Griffin and Ber- tre, 512 Gallivan Blvd., Boston Teachers Union, APPOINTMENT OF CONSERVATOR OR OTHER PROTECTIVE ORDER nice Rheaume, many Suite 201, Dorchester, Boston College Alumni PURSUANT TO G.L. c. 190B, nieces and nephews, and MA 02124. Association and Harvard §5-304 & §5-405 Docket No. SU20P1365PM by her loving children NOBLE, Sister Cyn- College School of Educa- in the MATTER OF: MARY CAMPBELL and grandchildren. This thia, SC (Sister Brian tion Alumni Association. of DORCHESTER, MA RESPONDENT holiday season, her fam- Michael) of Mount Saint Former Treasurer of the (Person to be Protected/Minor) ily kindly asks that you Vincent, Wellesley Hills. Dorchester Park Associ- To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed donate a toy to a needy A Sister of Charity for 56 ation. Donations may be by Boston Medical Center of Boston, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that child, from Nana Betty. years who was missioned made to the Dorchester Cedar Grove Cemetery Mary Campbell is in need of a Conservator in Our Lady of Perpetual Park Assoc., c/o Cedar or other protective order and requesting LARSON, Alvan that (or some other suitable person) be Francis of Arlington. Help School, Vancouver, Grove Gardens, 911 Ad- COVID-19 restrictions will be in place appointed as Conservator to serve Without Surety on the bond. He was born in Savin BC and locally in St. ams St., Dorchester, MA The petition asks the Court to determine Hill. He belonged to the Michael School, North 02124. A quiet place on the banks of the Neponset River that the Respondent is disabled, that a protective order or appointment of a Con- Savin Hill Yacht Club Andover, MA; St. Mar- servator is necessary, and that the proposed Chapel available for: Weddings, memorial services, and cel- Conservator is appropriate. The petition is He predeceased his wife, garet School, Dorches- ebratory masses. Indoor Services available for winter burials. on file with this court. You have the right to object to this Frances Alessi and his ter; St. Joseph School, Greenhouse on premises for fresh flowers. Columbarium for proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or three brothers, Arthur Needham; St. Patrick cremated remains. Plant a tree program. your attorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the of Dorchester, George School, Roxbury; Boston return date of 12/09/2020. This day is NOT 920 Adams St., Dorchester, MA 02124 • 617-825-1360 a hearing date, but a deadline date by which of Milton, and Robert of College, Chestnut Hill; you have to file the written appearance if CA. He leaves behind 17 Holy Name School, West Consecrated in 1868. Non-Sectarian. you object to the petition. If you fail to file the written appearance by the return date, great-nieces and neph- Roxbury; Canton Public action may be taken in this matter without further notice to you. In addition to filing the ews, his stepchildren Schools, Canton. Daugh- written appearance, you or your attorney must file a written affidavit stating the specific Eleanor Harri of CA, ter of the late George D., facts and grounds of your objection within Jim Surrette of Ft. Lau- Jr., and Ruth E. (Raftery) 30 days after the return date. IMPORTANT NOTICE derdale, FL and Yvonne Noble. Sister of Kather- The outcome of this proceeding may limit TEVNAN TEVNAN or completely take away the above-named Scherer of Stow, his 4 ine Triplett of Cincin- SIMILIEN, Jeanine person’s right to make decisions about stepgrandchildren and nati, OH, Ruth Noble of of Hyde Park, formerly 100 City Hall Plaza 415 Neponset Avenue personal affairs or financial affairs or both. Boston, MA 02108 Dorchester, MA 02124 The above-named person has the right to ask many grandchildren and Plymouth, Mary Klotz of of Roslindale. Wife of for a lawyer. Anyone may make this request 617-423-4100 617-265-4100 on behalf of the above-named person. If the one great-grandchild. Al Sanbornville, NH, Ann the late Calixte Similien. above-named person cannot afford a lawyer, one may be appointed at State expense. Mother of Alexandra Witness, Hon. Brian J. Dunn, First Justice Vilain, Patricia Howell, Attorneys at Law of this Court. Felix D. Arroyo NEW CALVARY CEMETERY Rolande Renaud, Pierre www.tevnan.com Register of Probate Date: October 28, 2020 Serving the Boston Community since 1899 - Non Sectarian Similien. Grandmother Published: November 19, 2019 Reasonable pricing and many options to choose from. of 5. Sister of Germain Dorfeuille, and Gardy Grave pricing starting at $1,200 Jeune. Also survived Package pricing from $3,800 (includes grave purchase, first by several nieces and opening & liner for a weekday service). Cremation Niches nephews. starting at $1,400 (Includes Niche Purchase, First Opening & Inscription) Stevens, Carleton C. of Dorchester Hus- 617-296-2339 band of the late Marie 12 Month No Interest on Grave Purchases, (Bertino) Stevens. Fa- Pre Need Opening Arrangements ther of Mark Stevens Lots with multiple graves and oversized graves available. and his wife Rhonda, Michael Stevens and Package price only available for an ‘at need’ service. Diane McClean, David Overtime Fees apply to Saturday and Holiday Interments Stevens and his wife Other options available at Mt. Benedict Cemetery Kelli, Kimberly Stevens in West Roxbury and Eric Fultz, and the late Debra Paige. Also The B.C.C.A. Family of Cemeteries survived by many lov- Main Office located at: ing grandchildren and 366 Cummins Highway, Roslindale, MA 02131 great-grandchildren. Do- Pricing information and maps available online at: nations may be made in www.BostonCemetery.org memory of Carleton to The Jimmy Fund. 617-325-6830 [email protected] dotnews.com November 19, 2020 THE REPORTER Page 19 Page 20 THE REPORTER November 19, 2020 dotnews.com Your New Fields Corner Ta rge t is Now Open.

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