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Inside: Spring Home & Garden section Commu nity Newspaper Company • www.allstonbrtgl1tontab.com g FRIDAY, APRIL 21, 2006 vel 10, No. 36 42 Pages • 3 Sections 75~ It's a carnival at Cleveland Circle! CRIME Looting lottery .tickets Brighton police searching: for Malden suspect . By Audltl Guha STAfF WRITER Brighton Police are looking for a Malden resi dent caught on camera breaking in and stealing and cashing stolen lottery tickets in three cities over the past few months. An arrest warrant was issued for Dennis DiPi etro, 39, of 55 Clark St., Malden, on chruges of three commercial brealc-ins in Brighton on April 13, according to police reports. On March 28, a state lottery investigator con tacted police willi information regarding brealc ins in District 14 and Cambridge where lottery BREAK-IN, page 9 Billboard STAFF PHOTO BY MAAK THOMSON Thousands of runners converge on Cleveland cf,~1e In BrIghton on Monday during the Boston Marathon. More photos, page 8 battle Police record lowest-arrest and towing reefJrd in B'righwn -during marathon A new one is coming I By Audltl Guha up in Allston STAFf' WRITER "I love everything By Audltl Guha Despite Brighton being a hotspot about it." Brigbton man hit by STAFF WRITE R for watchers, many of whom come It's big, it's ugly and it's coming up again. to Cleveland Circle every year, this Gene Bucldey, Nahant A neighborhood that's long been battling bill year's Boston Marathon resulted in I car in Brookline boards has to deal with a new one, owned by smaller crowds with only four arrests Media Vision, bei ng put up at 298 Lincoln St., and two cars towed on Monday, p0- the event, since they alsc' ran the By Erin Smith Patrtcia Kantu, 42, of 50 Parlrer STAFf WRrTER much to residents' dismay. lice said. marathOll. St, Attleboro, was arrested on April Harry Mattison was disappointed to see a ''It went very well for us," said While Fogerty believes it was a A Brighton man was hit by a 17 at approximately 12:30 p.rn. crane putting up the structure last Friday. along the marathon route in after sbe hit the 83-year-old man Sgt. William Fogerty from District quieter event this year due to the car "It has been s nice not having a billboard 14. ''We had no problems." Easter week and college kids being Brook!line Monday, dampening with ber car in Coolidge comer. here for the last year and it is a step backward away, th re was no lack of (.rowds or the celebratory excitement that The man was rushed to Massa Capt. William Evans and Officer for the neighborhood 10 see this new one being Paul Daleo from the local police enthusiasm at Cleveland Circle on usually characterizes that day. ACCIDENT, page 9 built," he said. were not among those supervising MARATHOI~ , page 8 Residents don't like billboards in a dense res: BILLBOARD, page 9 INSIDE .An eggs-tra big Easter hunt Hundreds ofkids foragefor thousands ofeggs By Kristin Erekson ST""' WRIJ'R Overcast skies didn't dampen the spirits of cheerful children last Saturday, as they scampered across the hills at Caritas St. Elizabeth's Medical Grounds iIi Boston in search of colorful, eggs nestled in the grass. In honor of the late Gerry Mc·' ENTERTAINMENT Carthy, an Allston-Brighton ac .. tivist wbo organized youth sports in the area. 16,000 trin· Signs of ket-filled treaSures were scat· tered around the hospital's laWI summer for the 23rd Annual Easter Egji: Hunt. McCarthy startect the egji: ~SEEPACE5 expedition ill the 1960s, but. Mterhisd~ ili ,f~rA1lston residents Charlie Brassil and Frank Moy Jr. started up the tra· dition again in 1984. Commentary 10 ''My father always liked to have an Easter egg hunt for 12 C7ItyNotee everybody," said McCarthy'! 4 daughter, Carol Scannell, or I Middleboro. "It's great that il Nickolas Saralva, of Onset can't seem to find any more eggs during the 23rd annual Gerry McCarthy Easter Egg 20 EGG HUNT, page i' ~Il Elizabeth's last Saturd"y momlng. library Notes 23 27 ~ '\IAEL The Finest Connect wit~ Call For a Free 24 Market Analysisl '~ CIIIR(IPR \ (:TI( : Mortgage Loans In 25 ~our communit~1 ~i )\ Local knowledge. Swiss Watch Repair Authorized Sales & Sen-ice Qmtu" It Sports ,., ,... 18 Experienced answers, BEST OF BOSTON ... 21 1 7 \i, Auto Subscri~ to jour ~ornetO'M1 newspaper! Shawmut Properties 1 Work Injuries Peoples ~ AlPHA OMEGA 134 Tremont Street· Brighton Federal Savings Bank DIAMONDS SINCE 1976 ~"1Ibtdr /(. ~ J)edulin# Call 1,800·982,4023 YOllr Neighbor/rood Realtor® AII5Ion 229 NOM Hah'Md Sute! 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MerrIbtr FDI9 r;. ·www.alIstonbrightontab.com Friday, April 21, 2006 Allston-Brighton TAB, page 3 · : New sound barrier design to begin shortly '-- 15-Mont~ CD ~ I r. r• ' 1' ~ ~} Storage facility, condos a concern at Allston meeting •J " , " By Audltl Guha would be open to the public 7 HudsonAssociates, Inc. square feet, he added. ·• • STAFF WRITER FDI C·insured, , .''''1 a.m. to 7 p.m. Area residents said the project The application was recently minimum $1,000 to open • • After much noise on the issue A letter of intent has been filed was excessive and would gneatly approved by the city's licensing : of a fallen fence, Allston residents with the Boston Redevelopment increase their parking and traffic board. \ are looking forward to discussing Authority and an Article 80 re pmblerns. Residents from an Mark Clement, president of the : the design of a new sound barrier. view process will have to be fol ab utting building said their views Brighton-based Caritas St. Eliza : :;t Kevin Coen. director oflegisla· lowed. and property values would be di beth 's Medical Center, told resi Get this top rate from : ave affairs with the Massachu· Harry Mattison wootlered if mmished by the large develop dents that the hospital is lOOking • setts Thmpike, met residents at the older building can somehow JD~nt. to expand its emergency depart Boston's top-rated bank. : Ole Allston Civic Association be preserved because it is an old '1' m trying to find a benefit to ment. Take us up on this special, FDI( ' insured CD of!er. : meeting Wednesday to give them structure of hi storical value. He m~ and I can't find it," said neigh Clement gave a hi story and Voted Boston's #1 community bank in a : an update on the permanent barri also reminded the developers that be. Tahir Hussain. "it's a very overview of the hospital , and said recent Reader's Choice poll, Brookline Bank has : ef planned along Lincoln Street. there is already another storage dense location for this project." that they are completing a new over S2 .2 billion in assets and 16 offices throughout : .,. He said that they havecomplet facility down the street. Malik:i pointed out that the strategic planning process for the Greater Boston. Take advantage of this top rate. ~ ad their survey of the area and bt:-J.Iding would be very attractive, scheduled expansion that would Stop by or call 877·668·2265. ; will be coming out with a full re set back five feet and with trees double its current emergency de : port next week, after which the "I've never heard my an d bushes planted along with the partment. The expansion will en : design phase will begin. neighbors say we are CI1~tion of a curb where there is able the hospital to hire 60 new : "We've been out at the fence nooo. physicians and ex pand ambulato Brookline Bank ! and field work is complete," he under-served for The variances include exces ry services. i said. "We plan to come back and storage facilities." sive floor-area ratio, excessive Improved communication and Arlington. Bedford. Brookline (5)' Lexingtoo ' Malden : talk to the folks here again." height, inadequate parking and a community outreach is al so a part Medford (3)' Newtoo (3) • West Roxbury : ._ The design process will look at Harry Mattison, resident cbJlllge in zoning from commer of the new development, he said. Brocld,OOlank com • Memt.r FDIC •AAnwll'eKentage Yoid IAPY) ',ffectM> lf27/[f; arrJ • subject IOd'oo)el'.l!tru rot .. Mordmun I0Dl"1 15-mooth CD5S1.1XXl MaxmzerCt.cm:Ikcounl req..ftd. H ~c, noise and easement issues cia to residential. Fees may redl.(' """"l' Tlm 5a substan .. ~ to-,..,.Mthdrawal from acertJfical,of depJsrt. ;ir order to decide what the sound ''Within the limits of the physi barrier should look like. Resi "I've never heard my neigh- cal site and what's feasible, our ; ~ents will be consulted during the bors say we are under-served for interest is to make the best project ,.,wocess, he added. storage facilities," he said. w, ~ can," said Malik:i. "We will &." Allston residents also debated Also, a tearn of architects and 1K:ar everyone and get back to ",tpe merits of two proposed devel developers presented their pro- you." ,,gpments at the meeting. posal to build a C-shaped six- ACA president Paul Berkeley " George Bachrach and attorney story building of 103 condomini- pointed out that the Boston Rede - l.oe Hanley presented a proposal ums, with a ~" cow;tyard, at vdopment AuthOrity is accepting rJp demolish the brick building at 9-23 Griggs St.