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By Gintautas Dumcius News Editor In a 6 to 1 vote last Wednesday night, the Boston School Com- mittee signed off on a The trip of a lifetime— This group of St. Gregory High School pals visited Italy last week and were in sweeping overhaul of the Vatican City when the new Pontiff, Francis, was introduced in St. Peter’s Square. Michele Phelan photo school system’s assign- ment process. The 57,000 Roman holiday took momentous turn students now attending the city’s schools, along with their siblings, are School Committee chair for St. Gregory High girls, Class of ’71 grandfathered under the Michael O’Neill has a existing three-zone plan, passion for helping By Ed Forry Dorchester and Mat- private tour, with stops thought, maybe they’d youth at risk. Profile, tapan roots began to first in Florence, an have a chance to see Pope which has been in place Associate Publisher for 24 years. Page 4. March 13 – I am in make plans for a special escorted bus tour across Benedict. The new assignment mine where a child will Rome with 18 friends. observance for 2013, the Italian countryside, By the time their process, which will go go to school. Known as 13 of us went to Saint the year they all would and a three-day stay in March 6 departure date into effect in the fall of the “home-based” plan, Gregory’s High together. turn 60. Rome, with plans to see arrived, they began to next year, deep-sixes it offers a minimum of We have just witnessed They were each other’s the Colosseum, other think maybe they had the zones, and relies on six schools, including the one of the most exciting longtime friends, all Roman landmarks, and picked a bad time for several factors, including closest top-tier schools, days of our lives!! We once-young women from a mid-week visit to the their vacation, because an algorithm, to deter- were there for it all and three Catholic parishes – Vatican. just weeks before they (Continued on page 5) proud to be among those St. Matthew’s, St. Bren- It was to be a 12-day, were to leave, the Pope who received the first dan’s and St Gregory’s all girl vacation- just 18 announced he would Papal blessing. – who developed special women, best friends all, resign. Quips fill the air Donna Finneran’s bonds as students at St. leaving their families, “At first we were very Facebook page Gregory’s High School. their spouses, their disappointed, because They decided on a grandchildren, and their we had planned this at Linehan show It was the winter once-in-a-lifetime vaca- cares behind to go on trip for so long, and we By Gintautas Dumcius Linehan, this year’s host of 2012, and a group tion trip to Italy, and a late-winter sojourn. were good St. Gregory’s News Editor of the St. Patrick’s Day of women with deep they would travel in a And who knows, they (Continued on page 20) Amid the back-and- breakfast, paused to forth on the main stage let the audience know: at the Boston Convention “It’d be easier if I was and Exhibition Center, drinking.” Their mission: Wipe out homelessness as the Sunday morning The size of the audience HomeStart prevented event where participants program inched through was a little thinner, the 500 people from be- raise $250 per person to its ten segments, District main table a little less coming homeless and ride a stationary bike 2 City Councillor Bill (Continued on page 9) moved another 400 from for one hour in whatever shelters to housing last winter weather Mother year. It also provides Nature throws at them. INSIDE housing search services “It’s mission-appro- to 50 shelters in the priate when our clients Kreyol-flavored Greater Boston area have to do this 24/7,” said bazaar comes to including Rosie’s Place Wood-Boyle. “It gives you and the Pine Street Inn. a taste.” Four Corners “HomeStart kind of The day was a big Page 6 HomeStart Board Chair Ed Frechette, Janet Wu gets in your blood when step for HomeStart with of WHDH Ch. 7, and HomeStart’s President/CEO you’re on the board and 208 participants raising Linda Wood-Boyle at the recent ICycle fundraiser. you really do want to over $100,000, an unpre- By Jackie Gentile the Board of Trustees, help as best you can,” dicted $35,000 increase Special to the Reporter and CEO & President Frechette said. “These from last year. Two of Dorchester’s Linda Wood-Boyle guide folks really step up and “It totally exceeded own head up Home- the organization in its get other people to par- expectations,” Wood- Start, a local nonprofit mission to help homeless ticipate.” Boyle said. Earlier this month, “The money was fabu- that serves the Greater individuals, families and All contents copyright Boston area. Ed Fre- veterans. the organization held lous, but the increased © 2013 Boston chette, Chairman of Founded in 1994, its sixth annual ICycle (Continued on page 13) Joëlle Jean-Fontaine Neighborhood News, Inc.

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By Gintautas Dumcius Patrick is not seeking a third term. News Editor Progressive Massachusetts, a left- South Boston native Maureen leaning advocacy group run by Debo- Dahill, a Democrat and small business rah Shah, has set up the conference, owner running for the First Suffolk which will be held at Lasell College Senate District, offered her take on in Newton from 8:30 a.m.to 4:30 p.m. her neighborhood’s St. Patrick’s Day Grossman, who was elected treasurer breakfast, giving the annual political in 2010, will be offering the welcome in roast a “low C.” The roast is usually the morning, while Berwick and Wolf hosted by the district’s state senator, are scheduled to be on a health care but City Councillor Bill Linehan filled panel and an economic development in this year after Jack Hart took a job panel, respectively. at a law firm. “I think things need to Other bold-faced political names be shaken up a little,” she said Monday expected to attend the conference during an appearance on New England include state Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz Cable News. (D-Jamaica Plain) and Suzanne Lee, Sat the breakfast, Dahill sat in a potential candidate for City Council’s the audience while state Reps. Nick District 2 seat. Collins (D-South Boston) and Linda Dorcena Forry (D-Dorchester) were Quote of Note: Patrick up on the main stage with other elected and operative words officials. Asked about how she was Gov. Patrick, who has been aggres- received at the breakfast, Dahill told sively selling his tax hike plan on NECN’s Jim Braude, “I would say Beacon Hill, has often used the term overall it was very polite. I wouldn’t say “adult conversation” as part of his it was warm and fuzzy and welcoming, pitch. His usage goes back years, and but for the most part, I would say it it’s a phrase that cropped up during was polite.” his reelection effort in 2010. Braude also asked Dahill which The phrase is apparently no longer candidate she would vote for if she operative, since it may not be having hadn’t thrown her hat into the ring. the intended effect. Per the State “If I wasn’t running, I would probably House News Service, Patrick appeared support Linda,” Dahill said. “Because on WGBH’s “Boston Public Radio” I think she has this very similar program last Thursday and said to background as I do. We have very close a caller, “I will tell you, Marianne, similarities. We’re both working moms, I’ve been admonished to stop saying we both went to [Boston College], we that we need an ‘adult conversation’ both are sort of progressive in our about taxes because some members views.” on Beacon Hill feel that I am referring Braude also brought up Gov. Deval to them as children, which is not my A television production crew set up shop at this house on Adams Street on Patrick’s tax hike package. The $1.9 intention.” Patrick added: “So what I Saturday afternoon to film a work crew’s efforts to remove a huge tree from billion proposal includes measures mean is we need a sober conversation the yard of a Lower Mills home. The crews were tight-lipped about the purpose such as decreasing the state sales about taxes.” of the shoot, but acknowledged that the event was being filmed for possible tax while increasing the income tax There is no word yet on whether the use in a reality TV show about complicated tree-cutting jobs in urban areas. Stay tuned. Photo by Ed Forry to pay for transportation and educa- aforementioned slighted members of tion investments. Dahill called the Beacon Hill feel a “sober conversation” proposal “very ambitious,” adding that is improvement. Strand to stage ‘Romeo and Juliet’ in October she needs to read it thoroughly before The Actors’ Shakespeare Project will kick off its tenth anniversary season deciding how she would vote on it. She Endorsement Corner: with ‘Romeo and Juliet’ at the Strand Theatre, Mayor Thomas Menino said noted that the current transportation SEIU 1199 and 509 last week. system is in need of fixing. support Dorcena Forry At a City Hall press conference, Menino, who noted that the Uphams Corner “So you could see yourself under some A pair of unions made up of health- theatre is the last one left in the city’s neighborhoods, was joined by members circumstance voting for the taxes to care and human service workers said of production company to make the announcement. fund this thing?” Braude asked. “I feel they are backing Rep. Dorcena Forry The production will run for five weeks, from Oct. 2 to Nov. 3. Bobbie Seinbach like if we do have to have a tax increase in the First Suffolk Senate race. and artistic director Allyn Burrows will co-direct. it has to be for good services and so I’d Service Employees International The company’s season will continue with “Henry VIII” (December 11 to Jan. have to really look into that,” she said. Union (SEIU) Local 1199, which has 5) at the Modern Theatre at Suffolk University; Anton Chekhov’s “The Cherry “But transportation is something… offices in Dorchester, includes health Orchard” (Feb. 12 to March 9, 2014) and Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” (April that impacts the district. And I really care workers, while Local 509 includes 15 to May 18, 2014) at as-yet unannounced venues. believe that if [services are] elevated, human service workers and is based The 1,400-seat Strand opened in 1918, with a focus on vaudeville. Nowadays, yes, I would vote for taxes.” in Watertown. During the 2010 race it hosts health festivals and “Nutcracker” performances in a neighborhood hit Dahill and fellow Democrats Collins for South Boston state representative, hard by the weak economy. and Dorcena Forry, who is married SEIU 1199 endorsed Rep. Collins’ Menino, who has directed over $10 million in city funds toward the theatre, to Reporter publisher and editor Bill opponent – Mark McGonagle. has often stated his hope that the Strand will become Boston’s version of Forry, In a statement explaining the Harlem’s Apollo Theater. – REPORTER STAFF face off in a primary on April 30. union’s decision, 509 president Susan The winner will take on Dorchester Tousignant cited Dorcena Forry’s Republican Joseph Ureneck in the “focus on job creation and retention.” Dot Park Easter Egg Hunts is Sat., March 30 May 28 special election. Both Collins and Dorcena Forry have The Dorchester Park Association will host its annual hunt in Dorchester been racking up union endorsements Park on Sat., March 30. The event is open to children ages 12 and under and Candidates for governor slated as the campaign moves toward the will be held rain or shine. It starts promptly at 10 a.m. near the tennis courts to appear before progressive April 30 primary. in the center of the park. group Three potential candidates for EDITOR’S NOTE: Check out governor next year are expected to ap- updates to Boston’s political scene at Dorchester Reporter pear at a progressive policy conference The Lit Drop, located at dotnews.com/ A Readers Guide to Today’s (USPS 009-687) on Sunday, organizers say. The guest litdrop. Material from State House Published Weekly list includes state Treasurer Steve News Service was used in this report. Periodical postage Email us at [email protected] Dorchester Reporter Grossman, state Sen. 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Subscriptions: (617) 436-1222 March 20, 2013 The Reporter Page 3 Dot Hall of Famer Murray: ‘It feels like coming home’ By Mike Deehan Senate President grew Special to the Reporter up in a single-family The annual Mary Ann home on Shepton Street Brett Food Pantry St. and graduated from St. Patrick’s Day breakfast Mark’s Grammar School brought some of Boston’s and Cardinal Cushing and the commonwealth’s High School for Girls top political talent to before obtaining a cer- Dorchester’s Blessed tificate in management Mother Teresa Parish from UMass Boston. She Saturday. was elected to the Senate The main event of from the Plymouth and the morning was the Barnstable District in induction of St. Mark’s 1992 and elected by her Parish native Senate colleagues to become the President Therese Mur- first female President of ray (D-Plymouth) into that chamber in 2007. the Dorchester Hall of Murray told the Re- Fame. porter in an interview last week it was expected Fr. Jack Ahern, Bob Scannell, Jean and Jim Hunt, Jr., Senate President Therese Murray and Jim Brett, “It feels like coming president/CEO of the New England Council at Saturday’s Mary Ann Brett Food Pantry St. Patrick’s Day home. It feels like being in her family to get your breakfast at Blessed Mother Teresa Church on Columbia Road. Photo by Harry Brett home,” Murray said after working papers when receiving the award. you were 14 and that again.... look at this great over his 20-year career. relationship with God. in the press that he is “I always say I’m a she was happy to. After community,” she said. “Kids in Dorchester You help us find God and Mayor Thomas Menino’s Dorchester girl, always,” helping out at the South Also inducted into the don’t just dream, they you inspire us.” pick to succeed him. The she said. End hardware store Hall of Fame Saturday achieve their dreams,” Two of the candidates Boston Herald reported M u r r a y t h a n k e d her father worked in, were Jim and Jean Hunt. Scannell said. running to join Murray that Menino might help the neighborhood and Murray began cleaning The Hunts were honored After plates of tradi- in the Senate, Reps. Nick Consalvo be elected the organizers for the hospital rooms and bed for their decades of dedi- tional Irish breakfast Collins (D-South Bos- president of the Council honor without the aid pans at Carney Hospital, cation to the neighbor- and music, former State ton) and Linda Dorcena before resigning, leav- of prepared remarks. where her mother was a hood, not only through Representative James Forry (D-Lower Mills) ing Consalvo as acting “A staff person actually bookkeeper. their chosen professions Brett emceed the event attended the breakfast. mayor. Menino himself wrote my notes for me Over 30 years ago, in the medical field, which serves as a fund- Both are running for the served as acting mayor today and I read them Murray’s father and but also for their years raiser for the pantry Senate seat vacated by in 1993 when another this morning,” Murray sister were held up in of tireless advocacy. located in the church’s former Sen. Jack Hart breakfast attendee, said while addressing robberies and her par- Jim Hunt is currently basement. when he resigned to take former Mayor Raymond the crowd. “I can’t use ents decided to move the President and CEO Brett surprised some a job in the private sector Flynn, left City Hall to any of this because they to Weymouth. Murray of the Massachusetts in the audience by earlier this year. Dozens become Ambassador to obviously were not from followed them to the League of Professional unveiling a surprise of supporters of Collins’ the Vatican. Dorchester. I’ll talk to South Shore a year later Health Centers and Jean entrant in the Hall, the sbid for the Democratic WBZ talk show host them about that tomor- when she married and works the front lines of parish’s own pastor, Rev. nomination stood out at Dan Rea, whom Brett row,” Murray said with moved to Plymouth. medicine as a nurse. Jack Ahern. the intersection outside called a “voice of reason,” a laugh. “It wasn’t the same Dorchester Boys and Brett called the priest the church. officiated at the morn- Murray, 65, grew up place,” Murray said of Girls Club President Bob an “MVP and All-Star” Another elected official ing’s auction, offering up in St. Mark’s Parish her old neighborhood Scannell also received a since coming to the in the crowd was Hyde t-shirts and other items and often remarks in an interview after place in the Hall. 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O’Neill is all of that. chairperson of the Boston School Committee and circles, and the fiduciary head of the oldest public “Michael is the perfect choice to lead the school senior vice president of marketing school system in America, to which position he brings committee,” said Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino Reporter and distribution for Savings Bank a passion for helping youth at risk. upon O’Neill’s election in January as chairperson. Profile Life Insurance of Massachusetts – “I was trained in my Irish heritage to help the “He will serve as an advocate for youth across our the “no-nonsense” guys – grew up underdog,” O’Neill said recently in an interview with city.” in a house just behind the Curley home in Jamaica the Boston Irish Reporter. “To whom much is given, With a school district of 57,000 students, 125 Plain famed for its shamrock-laden shutters. the Jesuits told us, much is expected.” schools, 8,500 employees, and close to a $1billion Clearly the politics and street sense of Hizzoner His passion for the underprivileged is a model for annual operating budget, O’Neill must turn have rubbed off on O’Neill. “I’m a JP kid,” he boasts, corporate America. When some of his buddies ask advocacy into results, as he has done in the past on “and proud of it!” him why he cares so much about inner city dropouts, professional fronts in his work with SBLI, Bank of So was his late father, John Henry O’Neill, Jr., he has his answer at the ready: “Statistics show that America, Citizens Bank, and the US Trust Corp, who was born in the Moraine Street house, and the average high school dropout will earn a million all places where he has turned numbers, the beans who later served as Boston Mayor John F. Collins’s dollars less in a lifetime than a college graduate, of an organization, into motivating and meaningful co-campaign manager and executive secretary for will die a decade earlier, will have a much higher results. eight years. Michael O’Neill’s paternal grandfather, divorce rate, far more children born out of wedlock, He has had much help along the way, starting John Henry O’Neill, a Cork farmer who emigrated and will cost taxpayers about a half million dollars with his defining roots in Jamaica Plain where it to Boston, then became the owner of O’Neill’s Meat in assistance. We need to break the cycle of poverty. gradually became clear that he is a blend of his Market on Mission Hill, built the Jamaica Plain It has a ripple affect across society.” Spoken by a parents’ resolve for fulfillment in life. His mother home as testament that a butcher could have game. true entrepreneur, the words are a wakeup call. Joan (Delaney), a housewife, was a “warm, loving and gracious woman, but always to the point,” a New Yorker by birth who ultimately became a Red Sox fan, yet until the day she died, she spoke in a Big Apple vernacular spouting words like “cawfee.” She was a wordsmith of sorts. Her father was a successful Manhattan publisher of detective and crime magazines, and upon her husband’s retire- ment, she informed him, “You may have retired, but I’m not.” And with that, she became highly active in community service, serving as president of the Brigham & Women’s Faulkner Hospital volunteer group. “BMC delivered the O’Neill’s late father, with ties to the pastoral village of Rossmore outside Clonakilty, was a devoted husband, “abide-by–the-rules man, and an individual of achievement in his tenure at City Hall and as a longtime member of the board of directors of Depositors Trust Company in Medford. loves of my life.” The immediate O’Neill family hasn’t strayed far from Jamaica Plain. His four siblings live in West Roxbury, and O’Neill now lives in Charlestown. “I might as well be in California as far as they’re concerned,” he jokes. Educated at JP’s Joseph P. Manning School at the top of Moss Hill, then Boston Latin, O’Neill played competitive neighborhood hockey and baseball, and at the Latin School, he excelled on the swim, tennis, Crissanny, Jayden and sailing teams. and Jeremiah Sailing? How does a landlocked kid learn how to sail? On the Irish Rivieria, of course. Generations ago, grandfather O’Neill, the butcher who would be king, built a family summer home in Scituate where his grandson learned to sail in the harbor where today he keeps his sleek Cal 33 sailboat, named Rossmore. O’Neill and his wife, Rana (Haidar)—a retail banker and Beirut native who as a child moved with her family to Cape Cod due to the civil war in Lebanon —were married at Scituate Harbor Yacht Club in a waterfront ceremony that invoked the sands of heritage. “My cousins in Rossmore shipped over some beach sand, which was added to sand from the Cape, Jamaica Pond, and Beirut,” says O’Neill, the stepfather of Rana’s three children from a previous marriage. “We mixed the sand as symbolism that we were blended together.” O’Neill’s career itself is a blend of lots of ingredients, most of them having to do with selling. As an eighth grader at Boston Latin, he was a “soda man” at BC (Continued on page 5)

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BMC-296_Crissanny.DORC.6.75x12_DR_r1.indd 1 8/20/12 3:16 PM March 20, 2013 The Reporter Page 5 Wealth Management; and senior vice president of marketing and distribution at SBLI, a position he has held since April 2010 under the mentorship of former CEO Bob Sheridan and now Christopher Pinkerton. As if O’Neill’s corporate resume isn’t full of ac- complishment, that passion for assisting youth at risk keeps driving him forward. Like his mother, he will never retire. His involvement in schools began in his late 20s when he was living in Hyde Park. While walking his dog one day near the Hyde Park High School campus, he came across a sign that read: Academy of Finance. “I called the headmaster, told him I was a young banker living in Hyde Park, and asked how could I help,” O’Neill recalled. It was the start of years of service to Boston Public Schools that led to his appointment as board chairman of the Boston Private Industry Council’s Youth Council and, in July 2008, a seat on the seven-member Boston School Committee. He’s in his second term on the board. “The decisions facing this committee will have an important impact on the future of the school district,” outgoing chairperson Rev. Gregory Grover, Sr., said at O’Neill’s election to the post about two The gang’s all here: From left, front row: John H O’Neill III, Michael O’Neill, Mayor Menino, School Su- months ago. “I have no doubt that Michael will lead perintendent Dr. Carol Johnson. Second row: Zachary Murphy, Tyler Murphy, Rana Murphy-O’Neill, the committee well, and consider the many voices in Megan O’Neill, Shavaun O’Neill, Robert Emmett O’Neill. Photo courtesy Mayor’s Office all aspects of the decision-making process.” Still many challenges lie ahead in improving student test scores, reducing the dropout rate, A passion for helping youth at risk coordinating a complex student assignment plan, (Continued from page 4) years, an offer he jumped at, forming a concession adding, where possible, student enrichment company with his dad, called Delano Enterprises programs, juggling a tight budget amidst rising games. “Get ya Coke, heah, get ya Coke, heah!” he transportation and health care costs, and increasing mimics. He was so good at it that when he was in (short for Delaney and O’Neill). Not fully satisfied with selling hot dogs and popcorn and watching Hail the district’s graduation rate, the highest today in college at Boston College, Boston University hired 20 years. him to manage its concessions stands, although he Mary passes, O’Neill attended night school at Babson for a masters in business administration, which “We have to do more with less,” he says, referencing fell into some disfavor by wearing his BC jacket at funding constraints on Beacon Hill. BU hockey games. Luckily, he didn’t get the puck opened a surfeit of opportunities with: US Trust as a commercial lender and a regional president; senior All of which will take the political acumen of a beat out of him; he was “finally asked not to wear it.” James Michael Curley, the leadership and drive of After graduation, BC Athletic Director Bill Flynn vice president of Citizens Financial Group; president of Citizens CFG Insurance Services; a board member a Michael Collins, and the patience of Michael the offered O’Neill the position of running all concessions Archangel. at school athletic events during the Doug Flutie at SBLI; senior vice president and private client advisor for US Trust Bank of America’s Private School assign plan okayed; but Connolly begs to differ (Continued from page 1) academics, along with Chang-Diaz and state told his colleagues he of their top choices,” he Sarah Heffernan, who is two top or second-tier education experts – over- Rep. Carlos Henriquez, supports the “home- added. involved with the Everett schools, and two schools whelmingly voted for the among others. based” model. “I voted no But members of the Elementary School in from the first, second or “home-based” model on Henriquez said in because I couldn’t have 27-member advisory Dorchester, said they third tier, according to Feb. 25. a statement that he a conversation,” Bar- committee, which had wanted walk zone prior- the school department. “A more predictable supported the School ros said, a reference to recommended waiting ity as a fail-safe to ensure The plan also elimi- and equitable student Committee’s decision to the school department’s on making a move on they will have seats at nates the walk zone assignment system that accept the superinten- legal counsel frowning walk zone priority for a school close to home “priority” for parents. emphasizes quality and dent’s recommendations. on possible changes to two years, defended the and a chance to build a The school department keeps our children close “It’s a fact that parents a proposal brought by elimination. “Walk zone community around the says parents will retain to home has been a long will send their children Superintendent Johnson priority under the new school. walk zone access – choos- time coming for our miles away from home while the motion to ap- plan doesn’t accomplish In her letter to the ing a school within a mile city,” Menino said in a for good schools. It’s now prove it was on the table. much at all,” because the School Committee, John- from their home – under statement shortly after our job to make it so they In an e-mail to support- walk zone access would son, who had taken a the “home-based” plan. Wednesday night’s vote. don’t have to or want to,” ers on Thursday morn- still exist as part of the leave after the death of The plan drew an im- “Boston Public Schools he said. “Each and every ing, Connolly blasted algorithm, according to her husband the Monday mediate condemnation have never been stronger one of us has an new the School Committee John Nucci, a former city before the vote, asked from City Councillor – and now is the time to assignment and that is and the administration. councillor and a member the School Committee At-Large John Connolly, ensure our student as- to provide high quality “They did not guarantee of the advisory panel. to reach out to parents a mayoral candidate signment process reflects education to every child school quality and they Dean Hardin Coleman, about their experiences and chair of the City the great progress we’ve in every school.” replaced the current co-chair of the panel, with the new model. Council’s Education made.” School Committee convoluted school lottery said keeping walk zone “This represents a major Committee. He said the Earlier this week, member John Barros with a different convo- priority could be seen step forward for our plan has “deep flaws” Menino met at City Hall was the lone vote against luted school lottery,” he as “double-dipping,” city,” she wrote. “Your and represented a “lost with elected officials of the plan. He was forced to wrote. layering two geographic approval tonight will opportunity.” color who had pressed for withdraw an amendment The elimination of the advantages on top of allow us to focus together An advisory panel – the elimination of walk that would have added walk zone priority “hurts each other. Menino and on improving quality put together by Mayor zone priority. The meet- the number of available the 80 percent of families Johnson felt it was an and access to quality Thomas Menino and ing included Superin- seats into the school across every neighbor- “unnecessary element” in all across our city,” she made up of parents and tendent Carol Johnson, assignment equation. hood that make a school the plan, he added. added. “This is the most and state Sen. Sonia After the vote, he in their walk zone one But some parents, like important work.”

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Monday, March 25, 10:30 a.m. – Preschool Eastern Harbor Office Park citywide partners on Story Time; 3:30 p.m. – Homework Help. Tuesday, joint programs.” March 26, 3:30 p.m. – Homework Help; 4 p.m. – BTU 50 Redfield Street, Neponset Circle An artist herself as- Afterschool Homework Help; 5:30 p.m. – Family Movie Dorchester, Massachusetts 02122 saying jewelry, painting Night. Wednesday, March 27, 10:30 a.m. – Fun With and photography, Luse Books; 3:30 p.m. – Homework Help. told The Reporter, “Art Thursday, March 28, 3 p.m. – Gardening Workshop; has always been a huge 3:30 p.m. – Homework Help; 4 p.m. – BTU Afterschool REPRESENTING SERIOUSLY INJURED INDIVIDUALS part of my life, especially Homework Help; 6 p.m. – Laptop Classes. Friday, helping the young find March 29, 10:30 a.m. – Toddler Films. 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Help; 4 p.m. – BTU Afterschool Homework Help. March 20, 2013 The Reporter Page 7 News about people Reporter’s in & around People our Neighborhoods Dropkick Murphys help Cristo Rey expand with $50k donation The Dropkick Mur- bers,” said McMahon. phys’s presented a “They were thrilled to $50,000 donation to the be able to make a sizable Cristo Rey Boston High donation that will help School in Savin Hill them expand classrooms. before the Dropkick’s It’s putting money into St. Patrick’s Day show specific program, not just on Sunday at the House a general fund. We can of Blues. The donation see our money at work.” was made on behalf of Cristo Rey Boston the Claddagh Fund— the High School President charitable foundation Jeff Thielman says that founded by Dropkick the school’s classroom Murphys front-man Ken rehabilitation project Casey in 2009. will start soon and be Christine McMahon, completed by the sum- the executive director mer. of the Claddagh Fund, “Our school is expand- said that the band loved ing. We started with 250 the connection between students, we’re now at the school’s mission and 340 and we’ll be growing their own Dorchester to 400 students. We roots. have to rehab rooms and Cristo Rey Boston High create more classroom School is located in the space and this donation former St. William school from the Claddagh Fund building at 100 Savin Hill it will allow us to do that.” Ave. It exclusively serves Thielman, accompa- students with limited nied by his 9 year-old Dropkick Murphys band-members presented a ceremonial check in the amount of $50,000 to Cristo financial resources. Stu- son Aidan, accepted the Rey Boston High School president Jeff Thielman and his son Aidan on March 17 at the House of Blues. dents must work five full ceremonial check from Shown, left to right, Scruffy Wallace, Al Barr, Matt Kelly, Jeff DaRosa, Jeff Thielman, Aidan Thielman, days per month to help Ken Casey and the crew Tim Brennan, Ken Casey and James Lynch. Photo by A.M. Saddler pay for the cost of their during the afternoon contributions to the Boys Fund has raised over $10 in Boston, Chicago and awareness for the most education. sound-check at the House and million since it started. Philly. We also target underfunded charities, “The Cristo Rey school of Blues. Girls Clubs of Dorches- It focuses on funding the fan base through with a focus on children project really appealed to The Murphys have ter and the Gavin House, organizations in Boston merchandising and a and veterans as well as Ken and the band mem- already made generous an alcohol and drug and Philadelphia. celebrity golf tourney in substance abuse. recovery program in “The band donates a September,” McMahon More information is South Boston, among dollar per ticket to the said. available online at Clad- Bubbles’s Birthdays other causes. McMahon Claddagh Fund fropm The mission of the fund daghfund.org. And Special Occasions says that the Claddagh their east coast shows is to raise money and – Bill Forry The Sisters of Charity talk radio show, will be nonprofit that provides By Barbara McDonough will celebrate their 13th Master of Ceremonies. homeless families with Pocahontas died in London of either smallpox annual Elizabeth Ann All proceeds from this shelter, housing, and the or pneumonia on Mar. 21, 1617, at about the Seton Awards Event at event will benefit the services they need to get age of 22 years. There was only one inmate left Lantana in Randolph Congregation’s minis- back on their feet. on Alcatraz on Mar. 21, 1963. Arthur Schawlow on Thurs., April 11. tries, healthcare, and This will be Thompson’s and Charles Townes patented the laser on Mar. The honorees include retirement needs. For in- second Boston Marathon, 22, 1960. After living 112 days with an artificial Sister Esther Plefka, formation, please email and his third marathon heart, Barney Clark died on Mar. 23, 1983. The SC, Mission Integration [email protected]. overall. first “Beat the Clock” program aired on Mar. Coordinator at Mount St. *** FamilyAid Boston is 23, 1950. Holy Week begins this Sunday, Palm Vincent, Wellesley; and Dorchester’s S. Har- Boston’s largest provider Sunday. The Exxon Valdez spilled 11 million Jean Brown, R.N., a vard Thompson is of 24/7 emergency shelter gallons of oil in Prince William Sound on Mar. Sisters of Charity Associ- training hard to run for homeless families 24, 1989. Harry Houdini was born in Budapest on Sister Esther Plefka ate, Health Consultant, the Boston Marathon and also offers homeless- Mar. 24, 1874. March 24 is the feast day of Saint and Certified Spiritual Promise Coordinator, on April 15. His goal ness prevention services, Gabriel, the patron saint of postal, telephone, and Director. The Young AmeriCorps VISTA at is much bigger than employment assistance telegraph workers. Elvis Presley was inducted Adult Honoree is Janine Stonehill College. The completing 26.2 miles, services, and permanent into the Army on Mar. 24, 1958. DiLorenzo, Brockton’s Community Leadership though — Thompson is affordable housing. March 25 is the Feast of the Annunciation. award will be presented running the marathon For more information, Slave Trade was abolished in England on Mar. 25, to Jana Karp, Director in support of Fami- visit familyaidboston. 1807. On Mar. 25, 1911, the fire at the Triangle of the Boston Youth lyAid Boston, a Boston org. Shirtwaist Factory lasted only 18 minutes but Sanctuary. All of the caused the death of 146 workers, A sad day honorees were selected in Dorchester: “Boston Billy” Melchin passed as individuals who exem- away on Mar. 25, 1998. The first color TV was plify the spirit and values introduced by RCA on Mar. 25, 1954. Nuns were of Elizabeth Ann Seton, allowed to wear modified habits on Mar. 25, 1963. and who have made a Poet Robert Frost was born in San Francisco on significant contribution Mar. 26, 1874. (He died in Boston in 1963.) The to the community. Jewish Passover begins on Mar. 26. Leonard Sister Esther Plefka Nimoy was born in Boston on Mar. 26, 1931. Dr. was instrumental in the Jonas Salk announced the discovery of the Polio 2004 founding of Eliza- Vaccine on Apr. 26, 1953. The full moon on Mar. beth Seton Academy 27 is known as the “Worm” or “Sap Moon.” An Congratulations to Mark (ESA), a college-prepa- 8.4 earthquake (on the Richter Scale) hit Alaska Flynn, a pupil at St. ratory school for young on Good Friday, Mar. 27,1964, killing 114 people. Paul’s Choir School in women in Dorchester. It was the second strongest earthquake of the Harvard Square. Mark She was the school’s first 20th Century and lasted five seconds. The movie will be heading to sing Advancement Director, “Singin’ in the Rain” premiered on Mar. 27, 1952, with the BSO in Carn- the first Chair of the in New York City. egie Hall in early April Board of Directors and James P. Keefe, son of Christina and James Keefe Those celebrating their birthdays are Janusz as part of Mahler’s 3rd President of the Corpora- of Dorchester, will perform with the Hamilton Col- Bartkiewicz, Melissa Mills, twins Joyce and Symphony. Mark is now tion. lege Choir and College Hill singers on their spring Emily Meehan, Peg Stafford, John White (from an accomplished singer, Jana Karp, the re- break tour of Italy in March. This marks the choir’s NH), Cameron Cikacz, Betty Finnegan, Maureen traveling with the Choir cipient of the Community seventh European concert tour in 28 years. Sullivan and Kathy Gould. of St. Paul’s around Leadership Award, is the The 73-member choir, under the direction of G. Also observing their birthdays are Ryan Gagne, the United States and founder and executive Roberts Kolb, professor of music and director of beyond. He has been at James Murray, John Keefe, Maeve Finn, Bob director of the Boston choral music at Hamilton, will perform in Ferentino the Choir school for two on March 19, Perugia on March 21 and Florence Madden, Ginny Mullen, Daniel Beaton, Katie years and has done very Youth Sanctuary, Inc., on March 22. The Hamilton choir will perform in Flaherty, Brian Queeney, Jacklyn Keenan, Mike well. Each year at this a therapeutic program a joint concert in Chiese Collegiata with the San Sullivan, Bishop Richard Lennon, Gino Cap- time the Choir School for youths aged six to Jacopo Chorale, S. Maria a Monte on March 23, peletti, and Margaret Lydon. Best wishes are recruits third grade boys thirteen in Roxbury, and participate in masses on March 24 in Basilica sent to Ruth Gallagher, who celebrated her 91st who like to sing, to fill the Dorchester and Mat- Santo Spirito in Florence and March 25 at Basilica birthday on Mar. 15. small number of places tapan, who have experi- San Marco, Venice. Those celebrating their anniversaries are available each year. enced trauma. In recent years the choir has toured the Midwest, Jim and Mary (Joyce) Morris, John and Kathy Contact John Robinson Jordan Rich, host East and South during spring recess. Keefe, a senior Sweeney, and Bill and Mary (Rahilly) Keenan. at 617-868- 8658 for more of WBZ’s late-night majoring in geoscience and music, is a graduate of information. Milton Academy. Page 8 THE Reporter March 20, 2013 Editorial Letters to the Editor It’s time to stand up for justice for the victims of cholera in Haiti

By Alok Pokharel Special to the Re- porter On this coming Satur- day (March 23), the Bos- ton Haitian community will have an opportunity From left to right: Codman Square Health Center to join and amplify the President/CEO Sandra Cotterell, Mayor Tom Me- fight for justice for nino, Bill Walczak and Meg Campbell, executive Haiti’s cholera victims director of Codman Academy Charter Public School. by participating in an Photo by Ed Forry event organized by the Boston-based Institute Fitting tribute to a for Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH) that will be held from 5 p.m. to Codman Square hero 7 p.m. at the Mildred Nobody told Bill Walczak that his name would Avenue Middle School, adorn the façade of a Codman Square’s newest 5 Mildred Avenue in building. The board at Codman — the health center Mattapan. that he founded and led from the 1970s until two The event will screen years ago— wanted to surprise him. Like most the award-winning film people, Walczak knew nothing about the honor “Baseball in the Time of agreement with the government of Haiti also furthers until he arrived to see the finished product during Cholera,” followed by a panel discussion moderated this obligation to hear victim’s claims for injury, an open house a few months ago. by Charlot Lucien, a Haitian journalist, professor, illness, or death from cholera. By dismissing these “The William J. Walczak Health and Education and artist. The panel will feature a diverse range of claims, the UN is completely denying justice to Center” —which houses elements of the health community leaders: Marie St. Fleur, Esq., Boston those who have suffered at its hands. The UN has center and the Codman Academy Charter Public Mayor Thomas Menino’s chief of advocacy and compensated victims for its wrongdoing in Kosovo School— was officially dedicated in a Tuesday strategic investments; state Rep. Linda Dorcena and in Congo in the past. The UN’s charter mandates morning ceremony. A large crowd assembled in the Forry; Jean Ford Figaro, M.D., health education that it is to respect equal rights of all; but the current building’s black-box theatre as Mayor Thomas M. coordinator at Boston Medical Center; and Brian decision implies a double standard. Menino cut the ribbon and lavished much-deserved Concannon, Jr., Esq., Director of IJDH. Providing justice for some while evading praise on Walczak, the center and the school. “Baseball in the Time of Cholera” portrays the responsibility in Haiti is not justifiable on legal or The 34,000 sq. ft. brick-and-stone building has personal impact of cholera on a young boy’s life moral grounds. Not only is the UN rejecting the transformed the corner of Norfolk and Epping Street. and Haitians’ struggle for justice at the United victims’ voices, but it is also ignoring voices from The $18 million project— boosted by nearly $8 mil- Nations. Overwhelming evidence and extensive around the world that have stood in solidarity with lion in federal stimulus dollars— gives Codman the studies have supported the charge that this cholera Haitians. More than 28,000 individuals representing capacity it needs to serve up to 30,000 patients per outbreak is directly attributable to the UN’s failure different nations have signed a petition to the UN year. It also will allow Codman Academy— acclaimed to adequately screen foreign troops for cholera prior “…to help Haitians stamp out killer cholera for for its academics and theatre/arts training— to grow to their deployment as “peacekeepers” to Haiti and good.” Former president of the United States and and thrive. In that sense, the building is a living, to the troops’ recklessness in dumping human feces the UN’s special envoy for Haiti, Bill Clinton, has breathing monument to the visionary leader who into the country’s central river. publicly acknowledged the UN’s role in causing the carved out a lonely outpost for community health The cholera has gravely harmed the lives of many cholera crisis. care in the early 1970s. At a time in which many Haitians: More than 8,000 are dead and some Last July, 104 members of the US Congress, people were beating it out of Dorchester with a 650,000 — more than 6 percent of the nation’s including Representatives Stephen Lynch, Michael quickness, Walczak rallied a feisty and devoted population – have been sickened by the disease. E. Capuano, and Ed Markey from Massachusetts, core of residents around the idea that a health Saturday’s event will bring Haitian stakeholders urged the UN to “take immediate action” on cholera, center would both serve and lift this community in and community members together with a platform stating that “a failure to act will not only lead defiance of the odds. to discuss the ongoing cholera epidemic and the to countless more deaths; it will also undermine It was Walczak’s single-minded devotion to this route to justice for the cholera victims, whose cries the crucial effort to reconstruct Haiti…” As they cause that allowed the health center to grow from have gone unheeded and who have been denied expressed it, the UN’s failure to act has jeopardized the dank basement of the old Great Hall library access to justice. its entire mission in Haiti and cholera is still killing building into a world-class health and education The need to stand up and join the growing mobiliza- Haitians year-by-year. campus right here in Dorchester. tion for cholera victims is particularly urgent as the Cholera remains a threat to the lives of most Bill Walczak’s contributions go far beyond bricks victims’ right to justice was recently shattered when Haitians and a key challenge to the government of and mortar. Walczak breathed a collaborative and in- the UN tersely dismissed claims for reparations. Haiti. Victims need immediate attention from the novative spirit into the lungs of Codman Square and In November 2011, IJDH and its Haitian affiliate, government of Haiti and the international commu- allowed other imaginative people to attempt— and the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux (BAI), filed nity, including the Haitian community in the U.S., most often— succeed in pushing the envelope. His claims on behalf of 5,000 Haitian cholera victims to speak out against the UN’s injustice. Standing best legacy, beyond the patient care and buildings, seeking life-saving water and sanitation to fight the up against the UN is an utmost necessity if victims are the strong leaders he cultivated to help keep ongoing cholera crisis, compensation for victims, are to get justice and Haiti is to get protection from Codman alive and well after his departure. Foremost and a public apology from the UN. future death and sickness. It is only possible if every among these is Sandra Cotterell, Codman’s current After 15 months of delay with an additional 3,000 stakeholder decides to join the fight against the UN. CEO, who has continued to lead this important deaths and illness to hundred thousands, the UN We urge every Haitian in Boston and stakeholders institution with distinction. simply replied that the claims are “not receivable” to help create momentum in pushing the UN to accept Congratulations to Bill Walczak —and his col- because they require a review of UN policy and its liabilities. The film event on next Saturday in leagues and friends at Codman for making a great political matters. Mattapan promises to be a key element of that effort. choice in the naming of the ‘Walczak wing.’ Section 29 of the UN’s privileges and immunities Alok Pokharel is legal fellow at the Institute for – Bill Forry convention, cited by the UN in its dismissal, compels Justice & Democracy in Haiti (IJDH), an organiza- it to settle claims of the cholera victims. The UN’s tion based on Dorchester Avenue in South Boston. The Reporter Tearing down the Casey Overpass is a bad move “The News & Values Around the Neighborhood” A publication of Boston Neighborhood News Inc. To the Editor: other – the green reaches of Roslindale, Hyde Park 150 Mt. Vernon St., Suite 120, Dorchester, MA 02125 Over serious neighborhood objections, MassDOT and the ‘burbs. Nestled next to it is the treasure of Worldwide at dotnews.com is soon to dismantle the Casey Overpass and dump Arnold Arboretum and then important hospitals. Mary Casey Forry, Publisher (1983-2004) thousands of vehicles onto the already congested Better known to those who don’t live in Boston is William P. Forry, Publisher/Editor and pedestrian unfriendly streets around Forest the dramatic experience when the Red Line rises Edward W. Forry, Associate Publisher Hills station. from its tunnel and overpasses the Charles River Thomas F. Mulvoy, Jr., Associate Editor Soon it will take an additional five to ten minutes – that separates us from Cambridge. Gintautas Dumcius, News Editor maybe more – for people in Dorchester and Roxbury The Casey Overpass is seldom used by tourists Barbara Langis, Production Manager to drive to Arnold Arboretum and beyond. Ditto for and suburbanites. It is Bostonian’s almost secret , Advertising Manager Jack Conboy those in JP, Roslindale, and West Roxbury getting driving thrill– a stretch of open road with magnificent News Room Phone: 617-436-1222, ext. 17 to Franklin Park and Dorchester Bay. views. Forest Hills is clearly an important gateway Advertising: 617-436-2217 E-mail: [email protected] The existing Casey Overpass has deteriorated to to our beautiful city. We need to think this through. The Reporter is not liable for errors appearing in the point where MassDOT engineers say it should The people of Boston deserve a second opinion. advertisements beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. come down. It could be replaced by a lower and There are two basic options – eliminating or keeping therefore shorter bridge. MassPort, in alliance with the overpass. Shouldn’t MassDOT sponsor design The right is reserved by The Reporter to edit, reject, or cut any copy without notice. bikers, says no to replacing the bridge. Instead, they competitions for no-bridge versus a new improved want to tame that obnoxious traffic whisking by, overpass that can have bike lanes and walkways with Member: Dorchester Board of Trade, Mattapan Board of Trade saving tens of thousands of people time. They want dramatic viewing stops. It could use 21st century Next Issue: Thursday, March 28, 2013 to put it through local streets where it will have to materials and engineering possibilities. It could Next week’s Deadline: Monday, March 25, at 4 p.m. slow and stop, burning more gas, but supposedly be a great legacy for that son of Hyde Park, Mayor Published weekly on Thursday mornings making things good for walkers and bikers. Menino. Hey, we can name it the Menino Overpass! All contents © Copyright 2013 Boston Neighborhood News, Inc. Today’s experience of riding the Casey Overpass Larry Fabian is dramatic. To one side is Boston proper. To the Uphams Corner March 20, 2013 The Reporter Page 9 Quips fill the air at Linehan show (Continued from page 1) Gov. Bill Weld, who often my neighborhood call it, crowded with politicians shared the stage with North Dorchester.” than when it was held in former Senate President The other two candi- a local union hall, but Bill Bulger during the dates in the Hart race Linehan, ebullient and breakfast’s heyday, was – Maureen Dahill, a full of nervous energy, a solo act on Sunday, South Boston Demo- kept to the breakfast’s returning for a seven- crat and entrepreneur, variety show feel while minute bit that riffed and Joseph Ureneck, a leaning heavily on Irish on his time in New York Dorchester Republican March 31 2013 songs during the two and with a song that in one – were in the audience 10:30 am to 4:00 pm a half hours. verse called New York but didn’t get a chance 780 Morrissey Blvd. Boston Ma. 02122 The elected officials Mayor Mike Bloomberg to speak. Easter Brunch who spoke kept to cur- a “quack.” Gov. Deval Patrick rent events when at- Linehan took over and Senate President tempting to land jabs hosting duties this year, Therese Murray opted Phillips Traditional Omelet Station at one another and after former state Sen. to skip this year’s break- Prepared to order by our Chefs with all of your favorite fillings themselves, from Pope Jack Hart resigned his fast, with Patrick saying Benedict resigning to the position to take a job at he was out of town and Breakfast Buffet special elections for US a law firm. Murray stating that she Scrambled Eggs, Crisp Hickory Bacon, Sausage, Home Fries, Eggs Benedict Senate and the state’s State Rep. Nick Col- had previously scheduled First Suffolk Senate lins, a South Boston events in her Plymouth- Belgian Waffle Station District. Democrat and former based district. Strawberries, Whip Cream, Maple Syrup, Muffins, Danish, Croissants “Can you imagine Hart aide running for Patrick taped a video of Hart’s seat, threw a a faux press conference, someone with supreme Fresh Fruit & Salads power stepping down, dart in state Treasurer convened to warn the An array fresh sliced fruits and a full salad bar of garden greens with assorted crisp vegetables allowing someone else Steve Grossman’s di- state of two “man-made” to take over? Me either,” rection when he took disasters: Reality shows said Mayor Thomas Me- the microphone from “Southie Rules” and Carving Station nino, who has occupied Linehan. “And thank “Wicked Single.” Carved Roast Turkey with giblet gravy City Hall’s executive you for putting me well Congressman Stephen Roast Beef Au jus, suite since 1993. after Steve Grossman,” Lynch (D-South Bos- Roast Leg of Lamb with mint jelly As Menino started Collins joked. “I think ton) and Ed Markey on his routine, City I’ve had vanilla ice cream (D-Malden) each got a Dinner Buffet Councillor At-Large with more flavor than turn on the stage, before Baked Stuffed Haddock, Chicken Saltimbocca, Seafood Portofino, John Connolly, who that guy.” After some heading to Holyoke for its Baked Lasagna, Penne Primavera Alfredo announced his mayoral in the crowd verbally St. Patrick’s Day parade. Garlic Mashed Red Bliss, Rice Pilaf, Honey Glazed Baby Carrots, Green beans Almandine bid last month and was cringed, Collins added, U.S. Sen. Elizabeth sitting in the back row “Oh, we love Steve, we Warren (D-MA) also Fresh Baked Artisan Breads and Rolls with state Rep. Marty love Steve.” spoke, referencing the An assortment of fresh baked breads and rolls served with creamy butter Walsh and District 7 State Rep. 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A group of 24 officer candidates were sworn to service by Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins during a graduation ceremony held recently at the Boston Sheraton Hotel on Dalton Street. To serve as an officer in the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department, candidates must successfully complete a twelve- week training academy that requires intensive instruction in a host of practical and classroom subjects that include: ethics and professionalism, suicide prevention, use of force continuum, firearm safety and handling, inmate education and programming, contraband control, courtroom testimony, CORI and inmate rights and responsibilities, fire safety, CPR, sexual harassment, cross-gender supervision and report writing. Among those pictured above are Mattapan’s James Grant (front row, fifth from left) and Dorchester’s Joseph Simonson (rear, fourth from left). Photo courtesy Suffolk County Sheriff’s Dept. Police District C-11 News Ashmont Hill Assn. meeting place), across from the IBEW; Wed. of the month, 6:30 p.m., at the Non-emergency line for seniors: Meetings are generally held the last on street parking available; at 6:30 Fields Corner CDC office (the old Dist. 617-343-5649. Thursday of the month. For info, see p.m.- Info: clampoint.org. 11 police station), 1 Acadia St. Police District B-3 News ashmonthill.org or call Message Line: Cedar Grove Civic Assn. Groom/Humphreys For info, call B-3’s Community 617-822-8178. The monthly meeting, usually the Neighborhood Assn. Service Office at 617-343-4717. Clam Point Civic Assn. second Tues. of the month, 7 p.m., in The GHNA meets on the third Wed. Ashmont-Adams Assn. The meetings are usually held on the Fr. Lane Hall at St. Brendan’s Church.. of the month, 7 p.m., in the Kroc Salva- Meeting on the first Thursday of second Monday of the month (unless Info: [email protected] or tion Army Community Center, 650 each month at the Plasterers’ Hall, 7 it’s a holiday) at WORK, Inc. 25 Beach 617-825-1402. Dudley St., Dor., 02125. For info, call Fredericka St., at 7 p.m. St., at the corner of Freeport St. (new Codman Square 857-891-1072 or [email protected]. Neighborhood Council Hancock St. Civic Assn. The Codman Square Neighborhood The next meeting is thurs., Mar. Council meets the first Wed. of each 21, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the Pilgrim month, 7 to 8:30 p.m., in the Great Church, 540 Columbia Rd, across from Bringing the Hall of the Codman Sq. Health Center, the Strand Theatre. Info: hancock- 6 Norfolk St. Info: call 617-265-4189. [email protected] (new e-mail address.) pieces of your Columbia-Savin Hill Civic The following meeting is Apr. 18, May Assn. 16, June 20, and July 18. health care Meetings the first Mon. of each Lower Mills Civic Assn. month, 7 p.m., at the Little House, The monthly meetings are held together. 275 East Cottage St. For info: colum- the third Tuesday of the month in biasavinhillcivic.org. St. Gregory’s Auditorium, 7 p.m. Cummins Valley Assn. Please bring bottles/ cans and any Cummins Valley Assn, meeting at used sports equipment to the meeting the Mattahunt Community Center, for Officer Ruiz. See the web page: 100 Hebron St., Mattapan, on Mondays dorchesterlowermills.org. 6:30 p.m., for those living on and near McCormack Civic Assn. NaviCare® HMO SNP personalizes care for adults Cummins Highway. For info on dates, Meetings the third Tues. of the call 617-791-7359 or 617-202-1021. month (Apr. 16) at 7 p.m., in Blessed 65 and older with MassHealth Standard. Eastman-Elder Assn. Mother Teresa Parish Hall. Firefly The association meets the third Bicycles has relocated to 117 Boston You receive all of the covered Medicare and Thurs. of each month, 7 p.m., at the St. Please bring canned goods to the MassHealth Standard benefits, items and services. Upham’s Corner Health Center, 636 regular meetings for a local food bank. Your NaviCare coverage and care include: Columbia Rd, across from the fire Clean-Up of the Polish Triangle, Apr. station. 27. Info: [email protected] or • a Navigator to help coordinate all your health care needs Freeport-Adams Assn. 617-710-3793. and a primary care team, including physician, specialists, The meetings will be held the second (Continued on page 14) nurse case managers and social workers • your choice of primary care physicians from our network • transportation to medical appointments when authorized USES SENIOR HOME REPAIR PROGRAM • denture coverage, hearing aids and vision services IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD • medical care and support 24/7 by phone USES
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Hubby and I thought our yard was Celtic Cross with an Irish Blessing wonderful, with so many crocuses and and decorative shamrocks painted tulips poking their tops through the on it. Daughter Sue and pal Eileen ground, in spite of all the snow. Then, each won a pair of earrings. We were the other evening, we walked down to “The flowers of the earth have risen; so happy to see that our friend Irene the Murphy School and saw perhaps They are singing their Easter song. Duff, at a nearby table, also won a hundreds of daffodils almost ready to prize. Diane Zinck brought out three flower lining the front of the school. Up the valleys and over the hillsides, little step dancers. She even knew *** the girls’ names. They were Mia We went down to the Murphy They come as unnumbered throng.” McCarthy (Diane’s granddaughter), School for the February Pope’s Hill Ava Le Blanc, and Corey Miller. The meeting. President Phil Carver “Nature’s Easter Music” by Lucy Larcom three girls were great. welcomed Capt. Richard Sexton, from Our table looked pretty with little Police District C-11, to the meeting. (1824 to 1893) glittery symbols of Ireland, like The captain told us that robberies crocks of gold, rainbows, and harps, were up slightly but larcenies and scattered around a green plastic hat, car thefts were down. There had been with green balloons attached to it, five robberies the previous night but to speak to State Trooper Brian Dunn forced to stay overnight at a hospital which was the table’s centerpiece. Capt. Sexton and his staff blamed because he was talking to people at and said that Suffolk County is the There were even some green after- the number “on the full moon.” His the front of the cafeteria. He told us third worst county for breathing- dinner mints on the table. At each biggest concern was the number that students were being robbed at related diseases. He mentioned that seat there was a bottle of water, plus of robberies. He told us that there the Columbia/JFK T Station and that construction vehicles are pollutants. plastic silverware, placed inside a are five train stations in C-11, with wearing earphones while walking He noted, however, that the exhausts folded napkin and tied with a green many people walking to and from to the trains is not a wise thing to of vehicles like garbage and fire bow. We watched as the crew of the stations, providing thieves with do. Brian said that the increase in trucks have been retrofitted so they volunteers set up the buffet. I should victims on whom to prey. The captain the amount of daylight would help do not pollute the city’s air. have known that the delicious buffet also spoke of the new police class. He the situation. In other notes: He Rep. Nick Collins, from South was from Gerard’s; it was a corned hopes to get some of the new officers. mentioned that he and other troopers Boston, was the next speaker. He told beef dinner, with grey corned beef. He also mentioned that Officer Mike had been sent to New Jersey following the audience that he is a graduate The young volunteers delivered the Keaney had been in a car accident. Hurricane Sandy, that the water of Boston Latin School and Babson meals to the seniors sitting at the Then our usual Community Service in the area was up to waist high in College and that he is a candidate tables. I have never seen such a big Officer, Dennis Rorie, came to the places, and that 50 feet of coastline for the State Senate seat vacated dinner. In addition to the corned beef, microphone. He gave us the phone is gone. He also advised members to recently by Jack Hart and that is which was sliced nice and thin, there number to call police from a cell purchase a generator in the spring concerned about public safety. He were potatoes (scrumptious), beets, phone in Boston; the number is 617- or the summer and noted that the also mentioned that his two younger turnip, carrots, and cabbage, plus a 343-4911. If a person in Boston calls next State Police exam will be held sisters attended the Murphy School. big roll. (I had brought some mustard 911, the call is routed to the State on Apr. 20. Linda Dorcena Forry, who is also from home.) We had already been Police. He mentioned that there was Felix Arroyo, City Councilor-at- running for that State Senate seat, given a smaller roll by a lovely little a “B&E” at a home in the Pope’s Hill large, was the next speaker. He told was the final politician to speak. She girl who carried around a huge plastic area on Feb. 4. He also told us that us that he was a union organizer. told us that she is the state represen- bowl filled with the rolls. Hubby took firearms were removed from a home He proudly noted that 10,000 “kids” tative from the 12th Suffolk District, her photo because she looked so cute, on Adams Street. President Phil told were employed last summer by the a child of Haitian immigrants, and carrying such a big bowl. Several boys members that the association had a state. (14,000 applied for jobs.) He the proud mother of four children. came around twice with cans of soda great relationship with all the police. mentioned how asthma is responsible She also is married to this paper’s and some adult helpers came around I was sorry that I didn’t get a chance for having 50 percent of children publisher and editor, Bill Forry with the hot coffee. The kids brought The final speaker was Bob McGann, us cream. The desserts came on lovely a spokesperson for Tedeschi’s, the plastic trays. The pieces of Irish bread owners of Li’l Peach on Neponset went quickly. There were Toll House Avenue. He announced that the cookies, mini éclairs, all types of tasty Metro Glass building will be taken items. I did have a cookie. down in three or four months. The For entertainment, we were new addition will allow the Lottery to fortunate to have the Greene/O’Leary be located at one end of the building. step dancers. There must have been He praised the employees at the 20 dancers, in all. The costumes store. One local resident told Bob were positively beautiful. The that the air-conditioning unit at the hairpieces bobbed up and down as store was very noisy. Just before they performed for us, from the the end of the meeting, we were told tiniest girl to the taller, older girls. that the Meatloaf Dinner to raise I didn’t mention that there was one funds for Dorchester Day activities young man in the group. Danny is will be held this Thursday (March probably about five years old and 21) at the First Parish Church atop stole the hearts of everyone watching Meetinghouse Hill. Donation is $15 the dancers, who performed in soft for adults and $7 for children or $30 shoes and tap shoes. Danny kept for a family of four. up with them. I was sitting rather *** far back in the cafeteria and I could Last Thursday evening, Hubby and see his little head bobbing up and I walked down to the Murphy School down among the girls. We couldn’t for the annual St. Patrick’s Dinner help but laugh. As we got ready to for seniors. There was a young man leave, we thanked the helpers who dressed as a leprechaun greeting all were near us. On the way out of the the seniors. When we walked into school, we mingled with the dancers, the cafeteria on a green construction including little Danny. I said, “Good paper path (akin to “the Yellow Brick night” to him. What a great event Road”), we were amazed at how many the Murphy St. Patrick’s Dinner was! seniors were already there, most of We thank the many volunteers who them playing Bingo. We found an helped make things go so smoothly. empty table. There were quite a few There will be a little more about the youngsters helping those playing. Murphy dinner next week. They asked us if we wanted to join *** in but we declined. I can’t keep up On Sat., March 30 at 11 a.m. the with the game, trying to cover all the Fields Corner Library will be hosting called numbers. Soon daughter Sue a Sherlock Holmes event. They have joined us and on her heels came pals a speaker who will answer all of your Eileen Burke and Carolyn O’Connor. questions and reveal clues about Who should be volunteering that the literary character. There will be evening but a friend of all of ours, tea and talk about the world’s most Peachy Galvin, who was giving out famous detective. The library is raffle tickets. (It was so good to see located at 1520 Dorchester Avenue. her.) She must have brought the Telephone 617-436-2155. luck of the Irish around with her *** because four out of five at our table Listen to Ch. 533 on Boston’s won prizes. (I will cry if I have to Comcast Cable. The Irish music, tell you who did not win one!) Rep. hopefully, should be on for another Collins also brought four very nice few days. (We taped the channel gift bags for the raffle. I saw that one overnight one night last week to of his bags had scratch tickets in it. watch and listen to later. I must mention that Hubby, who is usually very lucky, won a ceramic March 20, 2013 The Reporter Page 13 Their mission: wipe out homelessness (Continued from page 1) Dorchester residents, can keep a family in their HomeStart on course exposure of HomeStart including children, with own home while the cost in its efforts to end and what we do was various housing needs. for the Commonwealth homelessness in Greater equally as valuable,” she Some were prevention to keep the same family Boston. noted. “It’s something cases, others were walk- in a shelter or a motel is “I’m a Dorchester I’ve dreamt about for 12 ins and still others were $30,000. resident and I see it. I’m and a half years.” aided in settling and When HomeStart be- a Dorchester resident Wood-Boyle calls stabilizing in their new gan, its mission was to by choice,” Wood-Boyle this her “third career,” homes. find homes for individu- said. “We actually made combining her past The success comes als who were in a shelter a conscious decision to experience in social with inevitable setbacks, or just coming out of a buy here 12 years ago.” work and professional however. shelter. Its reach soon Wood-Boyle describes development. Though “It’s impressive, but on extended to families and what she sees in Dorches- she had worked with the other hand, were it veterans. As word about ter and surrounding the homeless community not for limited resources, the organization spread communities as “chronic before, HomeStart had a we could help a lot more,” among the homeless generational poverty” certain appeal to her. Frechette said. community, people on the where many individuals “Other agencies ease “Another bottleneck verge of eviction started and families “live on the homelessness with shel- is just the availability to call, asking what to do. edge.” A Great Time to Be ter and food and clothing of housing,” he added. The prevention program “That precious budget and so on, but we end it,” “Though as good as we was put in place and is balanced so tightly,” at UMass Boston she said. are at placing them, continues to develop. she said. “One little blip Once an individual you can’t place someone “What we’re dealing on the screen and the or family is placed in in housing that doesn’t with as a board and as an whole thing goes and By J. Keith Motley, PhD, UMass Boston Chancellor housing, HomeStart exist.” organization is how we crumbles.” helps them budget and “Every time, we get a adapt to what we think “We’re on the preci- On a gray, windy, and rainy day last month, I saw family or individual out are opportunities while pice of hopefully being ease into the commu- signs of spring at the University of Massachusetts nity, while also provid- the door into housing, still staying true to what in the Rolodex around ing services for kids to there’s five more waiting we initiated back almost homelessness issues,” Boston, as elected officials, UMass President Robert keep them in school and at the front door,” Wood- 20 years [ago],” he said. she said. “We want to Caret, members of the Board of Trustees, and our continuing education Boyle said. A nine-year Dorchester end homelessness and I campus community joined me to break ground on Still, their efforts are resident, Frechette is believe we can do that. opportunities for adults. the newest state-of-the-art academic building to be In the past two years, successful. At an average dedicated to his position We do it one family at a the nonprofit served 832 cost of $603, HomeStart as Chair and aims to keep time, but we can do it.” constructed on our campus. When it is completed in 2015, this new building will house teaching laboratories, studio space and Get moving … spring is coming! recital venues for the fine and performing arts, a Mattapan Community improve blood circula- sitting on the couch. subsequently releasing theater, study and lounge areas, a café, and 26 class- Health Center tion and loosen all the Renting exercise vid- it. Repeat this for about rooms. The building will follow the opening in fall Despite the current muscles. eos from public libraries 10 times. 2014 of a new Integrated Sciences Complex, which Staying physically ac- weather conditions, and incorporating at For more informa- will provide classroom, laboratory, and research spring is coming and tive does not necessarily least one of them in your tion on exercise or the this is the perfect time mean jogging or running daily routine. A great management of a chronic space for our students and faculty. to get moving, burn or taking special exercise abdominal workout at disease call Mattapan What these buildings mean to our community some extra calories, and classes. Several routine all times would be to Community Health Cen- is nothing less than the fulfillment of a promise we tasks that we perform stay healthy. Regular tighten and hold in your ter at 617- 296-0061 to made to our students, faculty, and staff to provide physical activity has on a daily basis can be a stomach muscles as in make an appointment been proven to improve source of great health- taking a deep breath for with one of the adult or them with facilities that match their talent and po- muscle strength, increase boosting activities. Some about 30 seconds and pediatric providers. tential. They are steel-and-concrete symbols of our energy, increase mental common examples in- continuing growth and ever-increasing excellence. sharpness, improve the clude: Now is a wonderful time to join the community efficiency of heart and Activities like cooking, 617-288-2680 617-288-2681 lungs, lower blood pres- taking out trash, ironing, of nearly 16,000 students and more than 1,000 fac- sure, help in weight vacuuming, mopping, ulty members at UMass Boston. loss and maintenance of cleaning out the garage, WILLIAM LEE, D.D.S. If you’re planning for college, or know someone optimum weight. cleaning your closets, who is, I’d like to remind you that UMass Boston’s Whether you choose playing with your kids, FAMILY DENTISTRY to exercise indoors or taking your pet for a application deadline for new freshmen is April 1. outdoors, be sure to take walk, etc. help to burn (The deadline for transfer students, excluding some adequate safety precau- those extra calories. Office Hours programs, is June 15.) And if you’ve applied and tions. Wear comfortable Using stairs more of- By Appointment 383 NEPONSET AVE. been accepted already—congratulations!—our an- clothing, shoes, and ten instead of elevators. evening Hours Available DORCHESTER, MA 02122 nual Welcome Day for accepted students will be socks. Keep yourself Take your time walking hydrated at all times by up the stairs and rest held on April 6 at our Campus Center. drinking plenty of fluids if there is a place to Our students choose from among 67 bachelor’s before, during, and after stand. Try one flight and programs and 15 undergraduate certificate pro- exercising. Warming up increase as you are able. grams, 44 master’s and 19 doctoral degrees, and 41 before beginning any Walking while talking form of activity helps to on the phone, instead of graduate certificate programs. They finance their education with the $141 million in financial aid that $50OFF Single Complete we award each year, including $48 million in waivers pair of glasses and grants, and the recently implemented Boston City Scholarship, which awards $1,000 each year to Boston Public Schools graduates who achieved a Eye & Eye optics 3.0 GPA or higher in high school and maintain it at Downtown is now Uptown at Eye & Eye Optics. UMass Boston. 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(Continued from page 10) sending dues to Friends of the Adams St. Library, celebrated on Sun., Apr. 7, the Sunday after Easter. Meetinghouse Hill Civic Assn. c/o M. Cahill, 67 Oakton Ave., Dorchester, 02122. The sisters usually celebrate the Eucharist in honor The meetings are held at 7 p.m., at First Parish Family membership is $5; individuals, $3; seniors, of Divine Mercy on the third Friday of each month, Church. For info, contact Megan Sonderegger . New $1; businesses, $10; and lifetime, $50. (not this March, however) at St. Ann’s in Dorchester, e-mail address is: [email protected]. Codman Square Neighborhood with Exposition at 6 p.m., Chaplet of Mercy at 6:30 Melville Park Assn. Council p.m., and Mass at 7 p.m. For further info: call the Meeting at the Epiphany School, on Tues., Mar. Codman Square Neighborhood Council meets the Sisters at 617-288-1202, ext. 114. 26, at 6 p.m. (earlier starting time). Breaks in the first Wed. of each month, 7 to 8:30 p.m., in the Great First Parish Church neighborhood and an update on the Mather St. fire Hall of the Codman Sq. Health Center, 6 Norfolk The church welcomes donations of food and clothing will be discussed. Clean-up of the MBTA Tunnel St. Info: call 617-265-4189. for the needy each Sunday. Pot-Luck-Family-Fun- Cap (garden at Shawmut Station), the first Sat. Bowdoin St. Health Center Night, the first Fri. of each month, 6 p.m., in the of the month, from 10 a.m. to noon. The meetings Peace Circle, where those affected by violence may parish hall. The church is located at 10 Parish St., are held at 6:30 p.m., at the Epiphany School, 154 speak honestly, the second Tues. of each month (Apr. Meetinghouse Hill. Centre St., Dor. 9, May 14, and June 11), 6 to 8 p.m., sponsored by Lenten Confessions Peabody Slope Assn. Beth Israel Deaconess Med. Ctr, the BSHC, and On the Wednesdays in Lent, Confessions will be The Peabody Slope Neighborhood Assn’s meetings, the Louis Brown Peace Institute. Call Janet at heard from 6:30 to 8 p.m., in all Boston Catholic the first Mon. of the month, at Dorchester Academy, 617-296-2075 for info. churches. “The Light Is On For You!” 18 Croftland Ave., 7 p.m. For info: peabodyslope.org Mattapan Health Center St. Ambrose Church or 617-533-8123. Weight Watcher’s meetings will be held each Easter Vigil Mass on Holy Sat., at 5 p.m. in Viet., Pope’s Hill Neighborhood Assn. Wed. at the Mattapan Community Health Center, and at 8:30 p.m. in Eng. and Span. On Easter Sunday, Neighborhood E-Mail Alert system; sign up at at 6 p.m. Arrive 30 minutes early to register. Call Masses at 8 a.m. in Viet.; at 10 a.m. in Eng.; at 11:30 [email protected] giving your name, 617-898-9052 or 617-898-8026 for info. a.m. in Span.; and at 5 p.m. in Viet. Sovereign Bank address, and e-mail address. PHNA meetings, Winter Farmers’ Markets is allowing parishioners attending Sunday Mass to usually the fourth Wed. of the month at the Leahy/ Winter Farmers’ Markets, each Sunday, to Mar. park in their parking lot while at Mass. Holloran Community Center at 7 p.m. The next 24, noon to 4 p.m., in the Codman Sq. Great Hall, St. Ann Church meeting will be Mar. 27. Babysitting for members corner of Washington St. and Talbot Ave. “Baby Shower,” to benefit the “Friends of the will now be provided during the meetings, thanks Irish Pastoral Centre Unborn,” on Mar. 23 and 24; bring BPA-free baby to Adrienne Kaszanek. The IPC, now located in St. Brendan Rectory, 15 bottles, newborn Pampers, Onesies, crib sheets, new Port Norfolk Civic Assn. Rita Road, welcomes seniors to a coffee hour each or gently used baby clothes, including socks and Meetings the third Thurs. of the month at the Wed. morning, from 10 a.m. to noon. There will be hats, wipes, “Binkies,” blankets, and Infant Motrin Port Norfolk Yacht Club, 7 p.m. Info: 617-825-5225. a speaker each week. Call 617-265-5300 for info. or Tylenol. 30th annual 10K Dinner, Fri., Apr. 5, at St. Mark’s Area Civic Assn. The Music for Memory group meets on the second the Venezia Restaurant; 6 p.m. cocktail hour and Meetings held the last Tues. of the month in the Wednesday of the month, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. “Singing 7 p.m., dinner and raffle, to benefit the scholarship lower hall of St. Mark’s Church, at 7 p.m. Info: can unlock the brain.” Suggested donation: $3 to program and youth programs. Voice, piano, guitar, stmarkscivic.com. $5 per session, with refreshments served, Contact violin, and viola lessons are now available. See Maureen at: [email protected] for info. the flyers at the rear door of the church. St. Ann’s Dorchester Historical Society Knitters will meet on Apr. 17, May 15, and June 19, The headquarters of the DHS is the William Clapp Irish Social Club at 60 Boutwell St., making items for charity and House, 195 Boston St., 02125, near Edward Everett Sun., Mar. 24, Erin’s Melody; and Sun., Mar. 31, for the next school bazaar. Confessions, each Wed., Square. The DHS seeks volunteers and donations Fintan Stanley. The club is located at 119 Park St., through Mar. 27, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. A selection of to help preserve the society’s artifacts. West Roxbury. Donation, usually $10 pp. children’s books is available during Mass. Please Dorchester Board of Trade Recycling News return them to their place after Mass. 20th annual Board of Trade luncheon with Electronics recycling (TVs, computers, printers, St. Brendan Church Mayor Tom Menino, Tues., Apr. 2, 11:45 a.m., at stereos, cell phones, VCRs, power supplies, etc), 7 p.m. Mass on Holy Thursday; Good Friday at the Venezia (change of venue); Tickets are $75 for Sat., Mar. 23 only, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the 3 p.m.. for the Reading of the Passion and 7 p.m., members, $125 for non members. RSVP by Mar. West Roxbury Public Works Yard, 315 Gardner for the Stations of the Cross. On Holy Sat., Easter 26 to; nlafoe@dorchesterboard of trade.com. The St., West Roxbury. Yard Waste Collections, from Vigil Mass at 8 p.m.; and on Easter Sunday, Masses DBOT welcomes new members; e-mail the DBOT Apr. 29 to May 24, on your regular recycling/trash at 8 and 10 a.m. First Annual Father/Daughter or call 617-398-DBOT. Visit the website for info: collection day. Dance, Sat., Apr. 6, 6 to 8 p.m., $20 per family, in dorchesterboardoftrade.com. Temple Shalom Fr. Lane Hall. There will be a photo opportunity, Carney Hospital’s Programs The worship services are held at the Great Hall an ice cream/dessert bar, and a DJ. Dads may A Breast-Cancer Support Group, the second Sanctuary in the First Congregational Church, 495 purchase a bouquet of flowers for $10. Girls may Wednesday (only) of each month, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Canton Ave. The temple has relocated; the office, 38 bring their dads, step dads, grandfathers, uncles or The Carney’s adult/child/infant CPR and First Aid: Truro Lane, Milton; the mailing address, P.O. Box an important male figure. In their lives Tickets are instructions every week for only $30. Call 617-296- 870275, Milton, MA 02187; and the sanctuary, The available at St. Brendan’s School or PJPII’s Neponset 4012, X2093 for schedule. Diabetes support group Great Hall, 495 Canton Ave., Milton. The phone Campus. Permission slips may be downloaded at (free), third Thurs. of every month, from 10:30 to number remains the same: 617-698-3394 or e-mail: [email protected]. Men’s clothing is still 11:30 a.m., Info: 617-506-4921. Additional support [email protected] for info. needed for the Long Island Shelter for the Homeless: groups at Carney: Family Support, Breast Cancer Pilgrim Church shirts, pants, sweatshirts, sweaters, coats, jackets, Support, Al-Anon, AA, and Overeaters Anonymous. The Worship Service each Sunday at 11 a.m.; all are rainwear, footwear, belts, hats, and white sox. The Kennedy Library welcome. Bible Study, each Wed. in the Conference Food Pantry is in great need of non-perishable food. Patrick Hemingway will present Kevin Powers the Room, from 1 to 2:30 p.m.; the public is invited. Please be generous. PEN Hemingway Award to Kevin Powers, author Browse the gift shop, which is open weekdays and St. Christopher Church of The Yellow Birds, on Sun., Mar. 24, 2 to 3 p.m.; Saturdays. Call 617-807-0540 for details. Pilgrim The Rosary, in Spanish, at 6 p.m., on Wednesdays. Call 617-514-1643 or got to jfklibrary.org to make Church is a Congregational Christmas Church, Stations of the Cross, each Wed., during Lent, 6 p.m., reservations. associated with the United Church of Christ, located in the church. All are welcome. Fr. Joseph Bennett, Adams St. Library at 540 Columbia Rd, in Uphams Corner. SJ., will hear Confessions each Wed., during Lent, Dot native Dr. Tom Melvin will discuss his novel, Divine Mercy Celebration from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. “Danny’s Tavern: A Collection of Neighborhood The Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy will hold a Day St. Gregory Parish Stories, 1935-1975,” at the library on Mon. Mar. 25, of Retreat on Sat., Mar. 23, beginning at 1 p.m., Lenten Series: the “Parables of Jesus,” with Celia at 6:30 p.m. (Names and places have been changed with Adoration, talks, Confession, Chaplet of Diving Sirois, and 3/26, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. St. Patrick’s o protect “the innocent.”). Become a member by Mercy, and Holy Mass (Vigil of Palm Sunday). All Day Mass and Celebration, Sun., Mar. 17, 10:30 are most welcome. Divine Mercy Sunday will be a.m. Mass, with breakfast to follow. (Tickets, $10). Legion of Mary, each Sunday following the 9 a.m. (617) 436-8828 DAYS Mass. The Sacrament of Holy Anointing, on the first (617) 282-3469 Sat. of each month, following the 4 p.m. Mass. Those wishing to receive the sacrament should sit in one DUFFY of the front pews. Confessions each Wed. from 6:30 ROOFING CO., INC. Steinbach’s Service to 8 p.m. during Lent, with a 7:30 p.m. Mass, plus a prayer meeting in the lower church. Annual Acies ASPHALT SHINGLES • RUBBER ROOFING Station Inc. 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Members of the Keystone Club at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Dorchester pic- Members of the Boys 18&U All-Star Basketball Team at the Boys and Girls tured volunteering at the Massachusetts Special Olympics. Several members Clubs of Dorchester pictured In Maine at the year end tournament. The team of the group will be attending the National Keystone Conference in Atlanta went 1-1 on the weeknd trip against the South Portland and Portland Clubs. this week. Music Program News - The Music Family Zumba Class - The next dates were recently interviewed by program at the Club is gearing up for Family Zumba Class will take our guest panelists and an official the Music & Youth Clubhouse show- place on 3/23 at 9:00 a.m. The ceremony honoring their achieve- Upcoming Special Event: case being held on April 3rd from class, offered in partnership with ments will take place at our Annual 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. at the Strand The- Fields Corner Thrive in Five is Member recognition Night in June. “Early College Planning ater in Dorchester. Congratulations open to all club members and Initiative Workshop” to the following Club members who parents. For info contact Bruce Social Recreation Program - Is for will be performing: Emily Carvalho, Seals ([email protected]). members ages 5-12 and includes small Wednesday, April 3rd Patrick Connolly, Shane Kelly, Tyler group games, table games, field trips, 6:00 p.m. Luong, Manny Brandao, Erica Corre- Youth of the Year Program - Con- holiday parties and small group clubs The uAspire/Harvard Group will ia, Kalani Matra, Steven Irwin, Col- gratulations to the following mem- such as: Torch Club, Girls Scouts, lin Anderson, Joshua Novoa, Carey bers who were nominated by staff Boys Scouts, the Outdoor Adven- conduct this workshop for parents Gleason, Mayal Levy, Jocelyn Sam- as the finalists for the 2013 Youth of ture Club, Passport to Manhood and of 7th-10th grade students which my, Precious Ruiz, Damaris Nova, the Year Award: Shane Kelly, Emoni the Fencing Club. Upcoming events will cover College affordability and Jessica Batista and Ana Gomes. For Vicente, Jake Mastrogiacomo, Syd- include an Easter Party (3/29) and more information contact Ayeisha ney McGrath, Emily Carvalho, Kay- Outdoor Adventure Club Hike (3/30). saving for College. Mathis ([email protected]). leigh Kozlowski, Fatima St. Hilaire For information contact Zack Solo- Dinner will be served and Maeve McCarthy. The candi- mon ([email protected]).

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Tuesday - Saturday To find a doctor and schedule an appointment, call 1-800-488-5959 9 a.m. -6 p.m. or visit www.steward.org/doctorfinder. March 20, 2013 The Reporter Page 17 Dominican Republic, Japan, Netherlands, Puerto Rico: Take your pick – One of them will be baseball’s real world champion America’s love affair always been warm necessary stature was with baseball is not Sports/Clark Booth to the idea, sniffing willing. The first pick absolute. Consider, potential profit that was Tony LaRussa. But for example, that its Can I imagine the colorful Mexican impre- could even become vast. Tony – a very smart college game gets barely American public one day sarios seeking to set up But few have backed it guy – turned it down. a fraction of the atten- running out of patience a rival league south of up with solid support Thanks, Tony. As we Clark Booth with a 162-game annual the border raided MLB were saying, the Ameri- tion so hugely lavished and, increasingly, most suspects the explana- professional baseball for choice talent and got can effort is half-hearted on football, basketball, allow their players to tion, in this case, runs schedule? The answer smacked down for their and such attitudes don’t even hockey (where it’s participate only with deeper. Baseball is is “yes.” temerity. It was all in win, chum. waged). the greatest reluctance personal. We just don’t What bestirred all good fun and perfectly In their elimination Yet in the end, despite while scrounging for identify with the World these vague and idle reasonable when you game, a 4-3 loss to an that substantial pro- excuses to keep them Baseball Classic. It is not aroused Puerto Rico motional deficit, more musings is the World consider the despotism from doing so. our thing. squad in what all de- people in this country Baseball Classic (WBC), of the American baseball In short, the entire So it will be the scribe as a corker of tilt, this year will pay more now rumbling to a some- owners who, so nicely business has been half- Dominican Republic, the mighty Yanks were money to watch more what indifferent conclu- empowered by the re- hearted in this country. Japan, Puerto Rico, humbled by a certain baseball being played sion; indifferent, that is, serve clause, were able But everywhere else and Netherlands in the Nelson Figueroa, a jour- than all the other games if you are a citizen and to keep their players in – among the involved – it showdown for what they neyman hurler exiled combined. As plodding, baseball fan of the USA. virtual bondage. has been quite another can arguably claim is from the majors two pastoral, scandalized, But if you come from There was enough matter, making the world supremacy in years ago. The win was even flawed as it may an under-privileged talent withering on the evolving results both the precious game we saved by J.C Romero, be, dear old baseball third- world Caribbean vines of our then vast inevitable and logical. invented, perfected, and a journeyman reliever bears on. Can you imag- nation hovering deep in minor league network We don’t really care. so long believed, in our still looking for a job this ine interest in an NFL Goliath’s shadow and to float fine leagues in a They do. We lose, they vanity, that we entirely season. football team persisting regard a mere baseball dozen countries. But to win! Simple enough; and exclusively owned. Hey, it’s baseball, you the length of a 162-game tournament as a golden the lordly MLB moguls reasonable, too! The final rounds are say, ever wonderfully schedule every year? I opportunity to rattle that was not the point. For the third time, beginning as this is and wildly unpredict- can’t. Goliath’s chain, it is Their righteous wrath the US team didn’t written and so you know able. The Netherlands It is baseball’s deep quite another matter. was terrible and swift. come close and for the who won but I already eliminated Cuba in a roots in the American Politics undergirds the The Mexican movement second time, it didn’t know who lost. We did! more shocking upset. mythology that has WBC; at best, a mixed in all of its fetchingly mu- even make the semi- And the fact that few of That’s baseball’s glory. sustained its unique blessing. sical flair was ruthlessly finals. Wouldn’t you us noticed, let alone gave Upstarts prevail far stature. The genius of Yet, in theory, the crushed. The defectors agree that a lineup that a hoot, doesn’t diminish more often than in other this game has always WBC is a terrific idea. In- were harshly penalized. parades Ryan Braun, that. been its ability to trans- ternational proliferation Mexico remains resent- Adam Jones, Giancarlo games. True! But one form the mundane into has been the American ful. There would be little Stanton, Joe Mauer, Eric the mystical, again and game’s lofty goal since more talk of globalizing Hosmer, Jimmy Rollins, again every generation, early in the last century. baseball for another 30 Brandon Philips, Ben The University of Massachusetts Boston invites you creating the legendary In the Thirties, Con- years. Zobrist, and our own to a community meeting to discuss progress in plan- out of mere memory. nie Mack and John J. And then they began to $40 million man, Shane ning and implementing the university’s master plan. No amount of bumbling McGraw took fabulous come to us. First it was Victorino, might be as or even crookedness has MLB all-star teams to from Cuba and Puerto good as any in the major Please join us on fouled up this near- Japan for a succession Rico and then from all leagues and would be Monday, April 8, 6-7:30 p.m. sanctified process, at of happy festivals aimed over Latin America un- odds-on favorites to go Campus Center, Ballroom least so far. Baseball has at exporting our favorite til, by the turn of the mil- all the way? There are University of Massachusetts Boston 100 Morrissey Boulevard survived all the scandal, game even as that na- lennium, choice baseball three ex-MVPs in that institutional racism, the tion’s warlords were talent was flowing to the lineup. But, you ask, what about the pitch- RSVP by April 2 to [email protected] or tyranny of the monopoly, weaving the military American major leagues 617.287.5304. outright greed, wars, master-plan that would from the farthest corners ing? Well, for openers Light refreshments will be served. When responding, booze, rebellion, expan- culminate in Pearl Har- of the world, most no- the staff was anchored by a sitting Cy Young please indicate if you require disability-related or sion, the Yankees, and bor. If they weren’t crazy tably Asia, to the point dietary accommodations. idiocy of leadership. about us they sure loved where today an MLB awardee backed by a For directions and more information about the Which is why I’d bet the Ruth and Gehrig, Foxx roster without players star of last fall’s World Series. university, visit www.umb.edu/the_university/ ranch, Bunky, that it and Grove, et al. Every- from faraway places is getting_here. will survive performance body who was anybody in unthinkable. We did not Admittedly, the man- enhancement drugs like baseball was delighted globalize the game. The ager was week. Those 13.514 steroids, too. to be part of the effort to game globalized itself. who watched closely The bonds of base- evangelize the Japanese, It was on this reality say Joe Torre did a lame ball are binding in the although it’s important that the World Baseball job. But then Torre, now The Dorchester culture. Or, as the phi- to note those barnstorm- Classic was conceived. well into his 70’s, lost losopher Jacques Bar- ing extravaganzas took The thinking was sound. his edge near 10 years Historical Society zun famously wheezed place after the regular Like every commissioner ago, well before the about a half century ago, American baseball sea- since Bowie Kuhn, Bud Yankees finally woke up and canned him. offers “Whoever wants to know son, not before it. Selig has been ardent But it’s wrong to blame the heart and mind of After the war, the in his promotion of the Torre. He took on the Dorchester’s Collections, America had better learn international movement international game. As task because no one else Baseball.” Nor was the took a major hit when for the owners, they’ve both available and of very distinguished Dr. a new book Barzun, to the best of my knowledge, even a Come Party & Support E.C. Week Camp Fatima about its buildings fan. Baseball is not so much a game as a state and artifacts in exchange of mind. It’s Larry Doyle Time Fundraiser All of this might ex- Florian Hall, 55 Hallet Street, Dorchester MA plain why older devotees for a $25 donation of this heartfelt game 7PM to Midnight | Friday March 22, 2013 know and care much Exceptional Citizens’ (E.C.) Week is a co-ed weeklong camp for children and adults more about what hap- ages 9+ (campers) with mental and/or physical challenges. The camp is funded by pened 50 years ago than contributions and is entirely free to all campers. Larry Doyle was a volunteer at EC what happened last Week and he loved being there and being a part of it because the most important things to him in life were his Family, Friends, and Faith and that’s what EC Week @ season. But I’m not going Camp Fatima represents. This is a great event to honor his life and help make sure to be dumb enough to that these EC campers continue to have this as a highlight of their year and lives. argue that this blissful Over the past 2 years we have raised over $36,000 to benefit EC Week at Camp state (at least for base- Fatima. We were able to build a much needed shower house that was dedicated to ball) is everlasting. For Larry Doyle and Paul Barry with these funds. Help us in our 3rd and final fundraiser it may also explain why to reach our goal of $50,000 in 3 years!!! We can do it with your help!!!!!! younger fans are more $20 Donation at the Door or interested in football and Buy Your Ticket or Table in Advance! basketball and all the Live Auctions, Silent Auctions, Raffles, 50/50, games social media play Live Irish Music, Cash Bar, DJ, Light Buffet than baseball. America is changing in ways not Please contact Stephen Doyle @ 617-642-7009 or [email protected] to buy tickets even guys as smart as ahead of time or make a donation to this great cause. Jacques Barzun could Checks made payable to Larry Doyle Fundraiser. have possibly foreseen. Make a donation at http://www.crowdrise.com/ecweekcampfatima www.dorchesterhistoricalsociety.org Page 18 THE Reporter March 20, 2013 RECENT Neighborhood Notables OBITUARIES (Continued from page 18) introducing families to the Boston Public Schools. FEEHILY, Jose- (Shaw). Father of Maria St. Mark Parish Call 617-635-9288 for more info. phine M. (Marotta) of and Matthew Spellman Kit Clark Senior Services Dorchester. Wife of the of West Roxbury. Brother Please send in the names of the deceased to be remembered with Easter flowers. Your donation Kit Clark Senior Services for those over 60: late Francis J. Feehily. of M. Elaine Spellman of health care, socialization, adult day health, memory Sister of Mary Nowell West Roxbury. Son of the will help defray the cost of the flowers. The names will be kept on the altar during the Easter season. respite, homemakers, personal care attendants, of AZ. Also survived by late Edward F. Spellman mental health and substance abuse counseling, several loving nieces Sr. and Mary C. (Beatty). A small Food Pantry has been set up by the St. Vincent de Paul Society; come to the rectory on the and transportation. The Kit Clark’s Senior Home and nephews. Remem- Retired Probation Of- Improvement Program for eligible homeowners with brances may be made to ficer of the Dorchester third Monday of each month from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to receive a bag of groceries. Items needed are toilet home rehabilitation and low-cost home repairs. Info: the Alzheimer’s Associa- and Brighton Courts. 617-825-5000. tion, 480 Pleasant St., Donations may be made tissue, paper towels, cleaners (Ajax, SOS, etc.,) and Watertown, MA 02472. in Edward’s memory to shampoos, soaps, etc. A Holy Hour, each Monday, St. Gregory’s Boy Scouts HEINZ, Elizabeth, Missionaries of Char- from 6 to 7 p.m., in honor of Our Lady of Fatima, Meetings each Tues., 7 p.m., in the white building 79, of Dorchester. Wife of ity Inc., 401 Quincy St., in the church. in the rear of the Grammar School, for boys ages Algar Heinz of Dorches- Dorchester, MA 02104. Knights of Columbus 7 to 14. This is the scouts’ 58th year in the parish! ter. Sister of William TALBOT, Mary J. in Redberry Council #107, Columbus Council #116, St Gregory’s 60 & Over Club McKenzie of Jamaica. Dorchester. Daughter and Lower Mills Council #180 merged into a new The club meets on Tuesdays (Apr. 2, 16, and 30), She is also survived by of the late James and Dorchester Council #107, with meetings held the at 12:15 p.m. for refreshments and 1 p.m. for Bingo, a loving host of nieces, Catherine (Lucas). Lov- second Wed. of each month at the V.F.W. Post, in St. Gregory’s Auditorium. nephews, cousins, other ing sister to 12 brothers Neponset Ave., at 7 p.m. (earlier starting time). Dot House Senior Guys & Gals relatives and friends. and sisters. Aunt of Info: contact Mike Flynn at 617-288-7663. Bingo each Tuesday, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., SPELLMAN, Ed- numerous nephews, Run To Home Fundraiser at the Dorchester House, 1353 Dorchester Ave.; ward F. Jr. of West nieces, grand nephews, Participate in honoring parishioner Cpl. Michael also offering many trips. All are welcome. Info: Roxbury, March 9, 2013. grand nieces and great Ball, USMC, combat veteran and all service men and 617-288-3230. Husband of Denise C. grand nephews & nieces. women returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, on Sat., Blessed Mother Teresa Seniors May 4; more info to follow. To donate: runtohomebase. Lunch each Wed. at noon, followed by Bingo, org/2013runtohomebase/ dominoes, and cards, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. All are ballteam. LEGAL NOTICES welcome. Camp Fatima K Club COMMONWEALTH OF TEVNAN TEVNAN MASSACHUSETTS Fundraiser Meeting every other Monday, (Apr. 8 and 29) THE TRIAL COURT Third Larry Doyle at Florian Hall, 12:30 p.m. 100 City Hall Plaza 415 Neponset Avenue PROBATE & FAMILY COURT SUFFOLK DIVISION Time to benefit the Boston, MA 02108 Dorchester, MA 02124 24 NEW CHARDON STREET Chili Cook-Off. 617-423-4100 617-265-4100 PO BOX 9667, BOSTON, MA 02114 Exceptional Citizens Chili Cook-Off, on Sun., Mar. 24, 3 to 6 p.m., at 617-788-8300 Docket No. SU13D0016DR of Camp Fatima, on the IBEW Hall, 296 Freeport St. $20 p.p., with a DIVORCE / SEPARATE Fri., Mar. 22, 7 p.m. to max of $30 for up to a family of four. Call Pat at Attorneys at Law SUPPORT SUMMONS SHARON E. SAUNDERS midnight, at Florian 617-265-5397 for info. www.tevnan.com vs. EDWARD M. SAUNDERS Hall. To the above named Defendant: Boys and Girls Club News An Automatic Restraining Order has been Play to Learn Dorchester Boys and Girls Club need tutors for entered against the above named parties who are prohibited from: Playgroups those in grades K to 12 who need homework assis- 1. Selling, transferring, encumbering, concealing, assigning, removing or in any way Play to Learn Play- tance after school one to 2 hours per week. Volunteers disposing of any property, real or personal, be- group, at the Kenny need not be teachers or experts on the subject. High “Close to Home” longing to or acquired by, either party, except: (a) as required for reasonable expenses of School, with a weekly school students can fulfill their community-service living; (b) in the ordinary and usual course of business; (c) in the ordinary and usual course two-hour playgroup, hours. Call Emily at 617-288-7120, to volunteer. of investing; (d) for payment of reasonable attorney’s fees and costs in connection with Upham’s Corner Main Street the action; (e) by written agreement of both LEGAL NOTICES parties; or (f) by Order of the Court. All committee meetings are held at the UCMS 2. Incurring any further debts that would burden the credit of the other party, including COMMONWEALTH OF office, 594 Columbia Rd., #302, buzzer #6, Dor., and but not limited to further borrowing against any MASSACHUSETTS are open to the public. Info: 617-265-0363 or www. credit line secured by the marital residence THE TRIAL COURT or unreasonably using credit cards or cash PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT uphamscorner.org. advances against credit or bank cards; CITATION ON PETITION FOR FORMAL 3. Changing the beneficiary of any life APPOINTMENT OF SUCCESSOR Field’s Corner Main Street insurance policy, pension or retirement plan, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE or pension or retirement investment account, Docket No. SU11P2262EA The Board meets the first Wed. of the month, at except with the written consent of the other SUFFOLK DIVISION party or by Order of the Court. 24 New Chardon Street 1452 Dot. Ave., 6:30 p.m. Info or to apply: 617-474- Cedar Grove Cemetery 4. Causing the other party or the minor Boston, MA 02114 1432. child(ren) to be removed from coverage under 617-788-8300 CONSECRATED IN 1868 an existing insurance policy, or permitting ESTATE OF such coverage to lapsse, including medical, CHARLOTTE BARRY Four Corners Main Street dental, life, automobile, and disability insur- DATE OF DEATH: 08/19/2011 Four Corners Main Street, located at 420 Wash- On the banks of the Neponset ance. The parties shall maintain all insurance To all interested persons: coverage in full force and effect. A petition has been filed by Cathleen Barry of ington St., Dorchester, 02121; mailing address: This order is in effect until the earliest Boston, MA requesting that the Court enter of teh following: (1) the order is modified or a formal Decree and Order that Michael P.O. Box 240877, 02124; phone: 617-287-1651; fax Inquiries on gravesites are invited. dissolved by the court; (2) the order is modi- R. Barry of Lexington, MA be appointed fied by a written ageement of the parties with as Successor Personal Representative of number, 617-265-2761. court approval; (3) the entry of a judgment of said estate to serve Without Surety on the Non-Sectarian. divorce or separate support; (4) the action is bond and for such other relief as requested Dorchester Park dismissed; or (5) by further order of the court. in the Petition. Meetings held the third Wed. of each month, 6:30 Cemetery Office open daily at FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THIS ORDER You have a right to obtain a copy of the MAY BE DEEMED A CONTEMPT OF COURT. Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. to 8 p.m., in the Board Room on the second floor of 920 Adams St. You are hereby summoned and required You have a right to object to this proceeding. to serve upon: Sharon E. Saunders, 96 Olney To do so, you or your attorney must file a Carney Hospital. See: dotpark.org. Dorchester, MA 02124 St., #1, Dorchester, MA 02121 a copy of your written appearance and objection at this your answer to the complaint for which is Court before 10:00 a.m. on 04/18/2013. Friends of Ronan Park Telephone: 617-825-1360 herewith served upon you, within 20 days This is NOT a hearing date, but a after service of this summons upon you, deadline by which you must file a written The meetings are on the first Tuesday of each exclusive of the day of service. If you fail to appearance and objection if you object to month, 6:30 to 8 p.m., at the Bowdoin St. Health do so, the Court will proceed to the hearing this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely and adjudication of this action. You are also written appearance and objection if you Center. Mailing address: Friends of Ronan Park, required to file your answer to the complaint object to this proceeding. If you fail to file “Caring for your life’s journey...” in the office of the Register of this Court at a timely written appearance and objection P.O. Box 220252, Dor., 02122. See: info@friendso- the above named court either before service followed by an Affidavit of Objections within upon plaintiff or plaintiff’s attorney or within a thirty (30) days of the return date, action fronanpark.org. reasonable time thereafter. may be taken without further notice to you. Witness, HON. JOAN P. ARMSTRONG, Witness, HON. JOAN P. ARMSTRONG First Justice of this Court. First Justice of this Court. Date: January 4, 2013 Date: March 13, 2013 Patricia M. Campatelli Patricia M. Campatelli Register of Probate Register of Probate LEGAL NOTICES

COMMONWEALTH OF COMMONWEALTH OF COMMONWEALTH OF COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MASSACHUSETTS MASSACHUSETTS MASSACHUSETTS THE TRIAL COURT SUFFOLK, ss. SUFFOLK, ss. SUFFOLK, ss. PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT THE TRIAL COURT THE TRIAL COURT THE TRIAL COURT INFORMAL PROBATE PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT PUBLICATION NOTICE NOTICE AND ORDER: NOTICE AND ORDER: NOTICE AND ORDER: Docket No. SU13P0494EA PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT IN THE ESTATE OF OF GUARDIAN OF A MINOR OF GUARDIAN OF A MINOR OF GUARDIAN OF A MINOR GARY FOLK Docket No. SU13P0330GD Docket No. SU13P0329GD Docket No. SU13P0328GD IN THE INTERESTS OF IN THE INTERESTS OF IN THE INTERESTS OF DATE OF DEATH: 02/17/2013 DEYONTAE R. FEDNA D’RONDELL O’GARRO KEYSHA SIMONE FEDNA SUFFOLK DIVISION OF DORCHESTER, MA OF DORCHESTER, MA OF DORCHESTER, MA 24 New Chardon Street, Boston, MA 02114 MINOR MINOR MINOR 617-788-8300 Notice to all Interested Parties Notice to all Interested Parties Notice to all Interested Parties To all persons interested in above captioned 1. Hearing Date/Time: A hearing on 1. Hearing Date/Time: A hearing on 1. Hearing Date/Time: A hearing on estate, by Petition of Petitioner David J. Har- a Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Petition for Appointment of Guardian of rington of Quincy, MA, a Will has been admit- a MInor filed on 02/15/2013 by Judith E. a MInor filed on 02/15/2013 by Judith E. a MInor filed on 02/15/2013 by Judith E. ted to informal probate. David J. Harrington of O’Garro of Dorchester, MA will be held O’Garro of Dorchester, MA will be held O’Garro of Dorchester, MA will be held 03/26/2013 09:00 AM Motion. Located at 24 03/26/2013 09:00 AM Motion. Located at 24 03/26/2013 09:00 AM Motion. Located at 24 Quincy, MA has been informally appointed as New Chardon Street, Boston, MA 02114. New Chardon Street, Boston, MA 02114. New Chardon Street, Boston, MA 02114. the Personal Representative of the estate to 2. Response to Petition: You may 2. Response to Petition: You may 2. Response to Petition: You may serve without surety on the bond. respond by filing a written response to respond by filing a written response to respond by filing a written response to  The estate is being administered the Petition or by appearing in person at the Petition or by appearing in person at the Petition or by appearing in person at Funerals under informal procedure by the Personal the hearing. If you choose to file a written the hearing. If you choose to file a written the hearing. If you choose to file a written Representative under the Massachusetts response, you need to: response, you need to: response, you need to:  File the original with the Court; and File the original with the Court; and File the original with the Court; and Cremations Uniform Probate Code without supervision Mail a copy to all interested parties at least Mail a copy to all interested parties at least Mail a copy to all interested parties at least by the Court. Inventory and accounts are five (5) business days before the hearing. five (5) business days before the hearing. five (5) business days before the hearing.  Pre-Arrangements not required to be filed with the Court, but 3. Counsel for the Minor: the Minor 3. Counsel for the Minor: the Minor 3. Counsel for the Minor: the Minor interested parties are entitled to notice (or an adult on behalf of the minor) has the (or an adult on behalf of the minor) has the (or an adult on behalf of the minor) has the regarding the administration from Personal right to request that counsel be appointed right to request that counsel be appointed right to request that counsel be appointed 1140 WASHINGTON STREET 460 GRANITE AVENUE for the minor. for the minor. for the minor. Representative and can petition the Court 4. Presence of the Minor at hearing: A 4. Presence of the Minor at hearing: A 4. Presence of the Minor at hearing: A DORCHESTER, MA 02124 MILTON, MA 02186 in any matter relating to the estate, includ- minor over age 14 has the right to be present minor over age 14 has the right to be present minor over age 14 has the right to be present ing distribution of assets and expenses of at any hearing, unless the Court finds that it at any hearing, unless the Court finds that it at any hearing, unless the Court finds that it administration. Interested parties are entitled is not in the minor’s best interests. is not in the minor’s best interests. is not in the minor’s best interests. 617~298~8011 617~698~6264 to petition the Court to institute formal THIS IS A LEGAL NOTICE: An important THIS IS A LEGAL NOTICE: An important THIS IS A LEGAL NOTICE: An important court proceeding that may affect your rights court proceeding that may affect your rights court proceeding that may affect your rights proceedings and to obtain orders terminat- has been scheduled. If you do not understand has been scheduled. If you do not understand has been scheduled. If you do not understand ing or restricting the powers of Personal this notice or other court papers, please this notice or other court papers, please this notice or other court papers, please Service times and directions at: Representatives appointed under informal contact an attorney for legal advice. contact an attorney for legal advice. contact an attorney for legal advice. procedure. A copy of the Petition and Will, February 15, 2013 February 15, 2013 February 15, 2013 if any, can be obtained from the Petitioner. Patricia M. Campatelli Patricia M. Campatelli Patricia M. Campatelli www.dolanfuneral.com Register of Probate Register of Probate Register of Probate March 20, 2013 The Reporter Page 19 Reporter’s Calendar Friday, March 22 Institute for Justice & Democracy in • The third and final Larry Doyle Haiti (IJDH) from 5-7 p.m. at Mildred Time will be held at Florian Hall, Avenue Middle School, 5 Mildred 7 p.m. with all proceeds to benefit Avenue in Mattapan. The event will Exceptional Citizens’ Week at Camp screen the award-winning film ‘Base- Fatima in Gilmanton Iron Works, New ball in the Time of Cholera,’ followed Hampshire. Over the past two years we by a panel discussion moderated by have raised over $36,000 to benefit EC Charlot Lucien, a Haitian journalist, Week at Camp Fatima. The evening professor and artist. The panel will will be fun-filled with live auctions, feature a diverse range of community silent auctions, a 50/50 cash raffle and leaders: Marie St. Fleur, Esq., Boston raffles of donated prizes. There will be Mayor Thomas Menino’s Chief of a DJ, live Irish music and food!! You Advocacy and Strategic Investments; may also check out the website @ http:// State Rep. Linda Dorcena Forry; Jean ecweek.org/ Ford Figaro, M.D., Health Education Coordinator at Boston Medical Center; Saturday, March 23 and Brian Concannon, Jr. Esq., Direc- • Join the DCR and Phillips Candy tor of IJDH. House on Sat., March 23, 11 a.m. at the 21st annual Spring Egg Hunt at Saturday, March 30 Pope John Paul II Park on Gallivan Dorchester Park Easter Egg Hunt, Boulevard in Dorchester. Children of 10 a.m., rain or shine. Meet at tennis all ages can join in the hunt for toy filled courts. Children 12 or under. plastic eggs scattered across the fields at DCR Pope John Paul II Park. Free • Dorchester-based reading series fun for the whole family and a great Write on the DOT and the Grove Hall way to welcome springtime in the great Branch Library present the Grove Hall outdoors. Please arrive early to allow Reading Series, hosted by Dorchester plenty of time for parking. The Spring poet Arthur Collins and featuring local Egg Hunt starts at 11 a.m. sharp and writers Véronique Epiter and Kurt it doesn’t take long for the children to Klopmeier. 2 p.m., Grove Hall Branch find all those eggs. Library, 41 Geneva Ave. The series will include an open mic where writers will • Celebrate the coming of spring from be encouraged to read their work to the seat of your bicycle on by exploring the group, as well as a writing exercise the Neponset River Greenway, end to with Boston Public Library Writer in end, all the way from Boston Harbor Residence Hollis Shore. Writers of all to the Blue Hills. Join Boston Natural experience levels are welcome. Areas Network Board member and Greenway Council member and Friday, April 12 cycling enthusiast Jessica Mink for • Fifth annual “Hope Alive” Benefit an informative, free, guided ride to presented by Notre Dame Education experience the entire Greenway first Center at Venezia Restaurant in hand. Riders will meet at 10a.m. Paul’s Dorchester with a 6 p.m. reception Bridge parking area on Brush Hill and 7 p.m. dinner. This is a fun filled Road at the Neponset River Parkway evening! Good food, friends, and on the Milton/Hyde Park line. The entertainment. Notre Dame Education route will follow off-road bike paths Center is an adult education center such as the Neponset Greenway trail serving adults and youth at-risk in The annual Dorchester Chili Cook-Off, a fundraising event that benefits the and Harborwalk, as well as incorporate South Boston and the neighboring com- Dorchester Day Parade, returns for its 7th year of friendly competition and some street riding. The ride is 13 miles munities. For more information about family-oriented entertainment on Sunday, March 24. Organizers expects some one way and participants can complete tickets or sponsorship opportunities two dozen civic associations, small businesses, youth groups, and community all or part of the trip. Helmets are for Hope Alive please contact Nora at organizations from all parts of the neighborhood to compete for bragging rights to the Best Chili in Dorchester. required. For more information about [email protected] With a Fiesta! theme, this year’s cook-off is set for 3 to 6 p.m. at the IBEW Local this free ride or to register please call 103 Hall, 259 Freeport Street, Dorchester. In addition to the chili competition, 617-542-7696 or email info@boston- Friday, April 19 there will be a disc jockey, live music, games, and prizes. Admission is $20 natural.org • The Mattapan Cheerleaders host for individuals and $30 for families. Pictured above from last year’s cook-off a fundraiser from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at are ‘People’s Choice’ Award winner Mike Soucy, representing the Ashmont • Discussion of Haiti’s cholera Chez Vous, located at 11 Rhodes St., Adams Association, with Parade Guy Will Droser. Photo by Judy Tuttle victims organized by the Boston-based Dorchester. LEGAL NOTICES FINNEGAN ASSOCIATES REALTORS COMMONWEALTH OF COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MASSACHUSETTS THE TRIAL COURT THE TRIAL COURT PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT CITATION ON PETITION CITATION ON PETITION FOR REMOVAL FOR ORDER TO RENDER 793 Adams Street, Adams Corner, Dorchester, MA Docket No. SU11P2262EA Docket No. SU11P2262EA SUFFOLK DIVISION SUFFOLK DIVISION 24 New Chardon Street 24 New Chardon Street (617) 282-8189 www.finneganrealtors.com Boston, MA 02114 Boston, MA 02114 617-788-8300 617-788-8300 ESTATE OF ESTATE OF CHARLOTTE BARRY CHARLOTTE BARRY DATE OF DEATH: 08/19/2011 DATE OF DEATH: 08/19/2011 To all interested persons: WELCOME TO: To all interested persons: A petition has been filed by Michael R. A petition has been filed by Michael R. Barry of Lexington, MA requesting that Barry of Lexington, MA requesting that Cathleen Barry of Dorchester, MA be the Court enter an Order that Cathleen Barry of Boston, MA be ordered to render 346 Winter Street, brockton removed as Personal Representative of said estate. an inventory, render an Account, compel You have a right to obtain a copy distribution and for such other relief as of the Petition from the Petitioner or at requested in the Petition. the Court. You have a right to object to You have a right to obtain a copy of the this proceeding. To do so, you or your Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. attorney must file a written appearance You have a right to object to this proceeding. and objection at this Court before 10:00 To do so, you or your attorney must file a Open House a.m. on 04/18/2013. written appearance and objection at this This is NOT a hearing date, but a Court before 10:00 a.m. on 05/10/2013. deadline by which you must file a written This is NOT a hearing date, but a Sunday appearance and objection if you object deadline by which you must file a written to this proceeding. If you fail to file a appearance and objection if you object to timely written appearance and objection this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely March 24th if you object to this proceeding. If you written appearance and objection if you fail to file a timely written appearance object to this proceeding. If you fail to file and objection followed by an Affidavit of a timely written appearance and objection from Objections within thirty (30) days of the followed by an Affidavit of Objections within return date, action may be taken without thirty (30) days of the return date, action may be taken without further notice to you. further notice to you. Witness, HON. JOAN P. ARMSTRONG 11AM to 2PM Witness, HON. JOAN P. ARM- First Justice of this Court. STRONG First Justice of this Court. Date: March 12, 2013 Date: March 13, 2013 Patricia M. Campatelli Patricia M. Campatelli Register of Probate 3 bedroom single col. Register of Probate with oversized 2 car garage Follow us on Twitter Stop in. Readers can now And, of course, check Learn how this home sign up to get regular our website www. could be yours with news headlines and dotnews.com for daily low down payment, links to breaking news news, expanded crime no PMI and possible from the Dorchester reports and our politi- Reporter at Twitter. cal blog, The Lit Drop. Offered @ $278,888. Seller participation. Follow us @DotNews. Page 20 THE Reporter March 20, 2013 A holiday’s momentous turn (Continued from page 1) going to come out black, couldn’t believe what Catholic School girls,” because why would they had happened. We asked Donna Finneran said. wait this late. But then ourselves, ‘Did that re- R & R Landscape Co. “We said, ‘Oh, we plan we were watching the ally happen to us?’ We P.O. Box 220664 Dorchester, MA 02122 a trip and now there is windows, and we kept left Rome the very next 617-828-7404, 617-506-8996 no pope.’ But then we seeing certain lights go morning. [email protected] started joking about it, on and off. One of us said “I said to someone this saying maybe we’ll be “something’s going on.’ ” morning, we will see each http://www.rr-landscaping.com there when the pope is And the rain kept other for the rest of our elected. But never in our coming. Then, in early lives, and every time wildest dreams did we evening, the first wisps we do we will think of Now that spring is here, R & R plans to start the landscape season think it would happen.” of smoke emerged from it. It’s a long way from in mid to late March (weather permitting). We hope that you, as a But happen it did: the chimney atop the St. Gregory’s, I will tell valued customer, continue to use our services. As always, we Last week, as the papal Sistine Chapel. you that. What a way to offer a variety of landscape services: from cleanups to consistory continued its “And now the smoke ring in our 60th year! installations. A full range of maintenance contracts are also comes out, and it’s white, available to custom fit our customers’ needs. Please call us at deliberations, this group The class of 1971, St. 617-506-8996 to request your spring cleanup or any of our other of graduates of the now- and turns greyer, and Gregory’s High, turning various landscape services. we’re saying, aw, it’s closed St. Gregory’s High 60. Thank You. School in Lower Mills going to turn black. All “We celebrated in were there in St. Peter’s of a sudden there was style!” Square on the final day a roar from the crowd,

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