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Volume 31 Issue 4 Thursday, January 23, 2014 50¢ PERFECT STORM Henriquez Team Walsh gets first winter test still weighs By Gintautas Dumcius News Editor As the first snowstorm of his mayoralty headed next steps his way, Marty Walsh struck an optimistic tone Dorchester Democrat to during a Tuesday morn- State official resign. ing interview with FOX The calls came on Jan. 25. “Hopefully the snow mulls a run 15, just hours after a moves out and we miss six-person Cambridge it,” Walsh said inside its for 5th seat District Court jury had Beacon Hill studio. convicted him of assault The camera then cut By Gintautas Dumcius and battery on a woman back to the FOX 25 stu- News Editor he had been dating. A week after he was dio in Dedham. “Sorry, Judge Michele Hogan, whisked away from a Marty,” the station’s who said she was con- Medford courtroom in weatherwoman, Shiri cerned that Henriquez handcuffs, state Rep. Spear, said. “Get ready did not appear remorse- Carlos Henriquez re- to dig out.” ful about the assault on mains undecided about Not quite. Katherine Gonzalves in stepping down from his The snowfall landed the summer of 2012, sen- House seat, a person somewhere in the tenced him to serve six close to his situation middle, between a dust- months, and ordered him said Tuesday night. Top ing of a few inches and to complete a program officials, including Gov. the 10 inches that some for batterers and stay Deval Patrick, House weathermen predicted. away from Gonzalves. Speaker Robert DeLeo, Boston received roughly If Henriquez chooses and Mayor Marty Walsh, five inches, while areas not to resign, House have already asked the south of the city picked (Continued on page 17) up double digits. The roads appeared to be largely clear in the morn- Field takes shape ing, with police posted at major intersections to Mayor Martin J. Walsh took a turn manning the 24 hour hotline set up for direct traffic. constituent calls during Tuesday night’s snowstorm. The minor winter storm in 13th Suffolk It was the first was a good opportunity for the new administration to show its capacity for By Gintautas Dumcius kicked off his campaign handling a snow emergency, which was declared by Walsh on Tuesday after- on Saturday and grabbed weather-related test noon. Photo courtesy Mayor’s office News Editor and for the new mayor, who Jordan Frias the backing of a top has been quick to note He cancelled a planned with department heads. Walsh said. Special to the elected official and some he had sat in on a mock Wednesday trip to Wash- But he didn’t plan on The city has plenty Reporter neighborhood activists. strategy session with ington, D.C., for the U.S. deviating from what of salt for the roads, he Candidates facing a Other potential candi- his predecessor, Thomas Conference of Mayors. Menino usually did – the added. six-week sprint to the dates who have pulled Menino, in December, “If something goes former mayor took some A couple of inches primary election for papers include former before he was sworn in. wrong, I have to be here of the same steps when a and hours later, around Marty Walsh’s empty City Council candidate After a 2 p.m. meet- for it,” Walsh said. similar snowfall was pre- 8:30 p.m., the lobby seat are on the move. It’s John O’Toole, attorneys ing on Tuesday with Did he ask Menino dicted, and a number of was dark, but the door door-knocking time as Liam Curran and PJ members of his Cabi- for advice? “Not today,” Menino administration to the mayor’s office one formally launched his McCann, former reporter net and others, Walsh Walsh told reporters dur- officials have stayed on was wide open. Walsh effort over the weekend Gene Gorman, Christo- made the decision to ing a press conference through the transition. sat on the couch, his and others began pulling pher Michael Sachetti, close public schools and in the mayoral suite’s The former mayor had jacket still on, looking nomination papers. and Columbia Savin Hill lobby, after his meeting a good system in place, declare a parking ban. (Continued on page 4) Neponset’s Dan Hunt (Continued on page 3) Residents weigh in on plan for Lucky Strike site ago. will be designated as af- Housing, retail seen “This has been a long fordable and the building time coming,” Chu told will be professionally in Fields Corner residents at the meeting managed. on Wednesday, Jan. K a t h y L y n c h , a By Jordan Frias development Authority 15 at Kit Clark Senior member of Clam Point Special to the Reporter (BRA) to give community Services. (Continued on page 11) Fields Corner residents members enough time to The project calls for last Wednesday grilled a respond to his proposal. the creation of a three- developer looking to A residential project to story building with the replace the abandoned replace the abandoned first floor having four Lucky Strike bowling al- bowling alley, which commercial spots and the ley on Adams Street with closed down almost following floors having 22 residential property. BT seven years ago, has housing units consisting Construction’s Hiep Chu, been in the works for the of two studios, 12 one- a developer and longtime past four years. Chu has An artist’s rendering of a proposed new building bedroom apartments, resident of Dorchester, been part of the project and eight two-bedroom All contents copyright held the meeting at the since it began, and took along Adams Street that would replace the dormant © 2014 Boston Lucky Strike bowling alley. BRA image apartments. 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Ward 14 going first.Rachel Kemp, a Earlier, on Jan. 6, the day of Walsh’s Dorchester resident who serves as a inaugural, Menino had left a note for state committeewoman for the GOP, his successor on his desk just before is hoping for a “robust” 20 people to he left City Hall. On Monday, Walsh appear at the meetings, which will revealed some of what the note said: select delegates for the March 22 “Be true to yourself, be true to the city. convention at Boston University’s Follow your heart, follow the city’s Agganis Arena. heart and you will be a great mayor.” Kemp says she is backing Charlie Walsh also told of the first call he Baker for the Republican gubernato- receives every morning. It’s from rial nomination. Baker, a former Police Commissioner Bill Evans health care executive, unsuccessfully relaying what happened overnight. ran against Gov. Deval Patrick in The mayor said he has yet to receive 2010 and is showing a softer, gentler a call from Evans saying, “Great night The driver of a dump truck that careened off the expressway into Savin Hill side this time around. He is facing in Boston, it’s been quiet. We didn’t Cove escaped serious injury on Monday morning. The incident took place just a challenge for the nomination from have any shootings, we didn’t have any after 10 a.m. when the truck – which belongs to Mobile Excavating Company Mark Fisher, a Shrewsbury resident arrests, we didn’t have any stabbings, in Medway— barreled through the guardrail and down a steep embankment who is self-funding his campaign. A we didn’t have any problems.” Walsh into the shallow water of Dorchester Bay. Booms were brought in to contain few independents are in the mix as told the crowd, “We’re going to work about 50 gallons of fuel that leaked from the truck’s tanks into the water near well, in addition to the five Democrats collectively together so we can get Dorchester Yacht Club. The cause of the crash remains under investigation. vying for their party’s nomination. The those phone calls so our young people Photo courtesy Mass State Police Democratic caucuses begin on Feb. 8, in the city can feel safer.” and the party’s convention is in June. Avellone taps former Republicans will be holding their candidate for Council as City: Potholes getting filled left and right convention in one of the state’s The city’s Department of Public Works says its filled in over 2,000 potholes— bluest cities, which sits in its bluest his senior adviser Democratic gubernatorial candidate 2,192 to be precise— since the start of the new year. Snow and frigid temps this county, a statement affirmed by the is bringing , week will no doubt result in more street hazards. Over the past two weeks, more number of Republicans in the Boston Joe Avellone Jack Kelly a Charlestown native who ran for City than half of the cases reported for street repair came via constituent services delegation on Beacon Hill: Zero. The Council at-large last year, onto his reports, the mayor’s office reports. To make a service request, download the city hasn’t had a Republican mayor campaign. Kelly, who once served as Citizens Connect app, tweet #spotholes to @NotifyBoston or call the Mayor’s since Malcolm Nichols (1926-1930). Mayor Menino’s neighborhood liaison 24-hour Hotline at 617-635-4500. Boston Democrats, who often compete in Charlestown, will work with Avel- in intense primary battles, romp when lone to develop a public health agenda it comes to the general election ballot, and help navigate the Democratic Alleged home invasion suspect arraigned which is a constant problem for local caucuses in Boston. “He served as a top A Roxbury man arrested near the scene of a fatal shooting on Esmond Street Republicans. In 2012, state Senators political operative for Mayor Menino last Wednesday was ordered held on high bail at his arraignment in Dorchester Jack Hart and Sonia Chang-Diaz and nobody understands urban issues District Court the next day. Cedrick Slayden, 18, was charged with ounlawful coasted to election without Republican better than Jack. I met Jack over the possession of a firearm, unlawful possession of ammunition, and carrying a opposition while other elected officials summer during his campaign and I loaded firearm. Prosecutors say Boston Police spotted Slayden fleeing from the faced nominal opposition. was impressed about how open he scene of an alleged home invasion that ended with the homeowner opening fire Asked why local voters keep electing was about his past substance abuse on the two alleged invaders. Jordan Chinapoo, 20, of Roxbury was shot dead Democrats, Kemp noted that most problems,” Avellone said. “Jack is a in the incident at 85 Esmond Street. Judge James Coffey set Slayden’s bail at of the people living in the area work great inspiration to everyone that $50,000 and ordered him to wear a GPS monitoring device. His open bail in a in the public sector, and are led by second chances do happen and when 2013 robbery case out in the North End was also revoked. Democrats. “And therefore,” she said, you do get the opportunity to make the Slayden is due back to court on Feb. 3. “most people’s political philosophy is most of it. I have enormous respect you don’t want to be standing out as a for Jack and believe he will be an Republican in a Democratic environ- invaluable part of our team.” T Police seeking ID on phone thief ment.” That apparently includes One Walsh left in the MBTA Police are potential candidates. It doesn’t look asking for the public’s like the GOP will have a candidate in House help in identifying an the race to replace Marty Walsh in Dorchester’s Marty Walsh left the alleged cell phone thief the House. Not enough time to field a House to take the mayor’s chair in City who robbed a woman candidate, said Kemp. As for fielding a Hall. And now Lynn’s Steve Walsh is on the platform of the candidate for the Fifth Suffolk District taking a job with the Massachusetts Fields Corner T station seat, currently held by convicted state Council of Community Hospitals, last month. In a video Rep. Carlos Henriquez, Kemp would according to the State House News posted on the T Police only say, “Stay tuned.” Service. Marty was elected in 1997, the individual is shown Walsh, Menino getting while Steve started in 2002. The escaping through the used to their new roles Beacon Hill wire service noted that station’s turnstiles after this makes Framingham’s Martin J. Walsh, mayor. Thomas Chris the incident on Dec. 19. , who was elected in 2010, the M. Menino, private citizen. Those are Walsh Contact the MBTA’s only Walsh in the House. the roles the current city CEO and the Criminal Investigations Unit at 617-222-1050 with any tips. Anonymous tips former chief executive are in today, can be sent in via text to 873873. Check out and both are still adjusting to it. At EDITOR’S NOTE: updates to Boston’s political scene a Monday breakfast celebrating the at The Lit Drop, located at dotnews. legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., com/litdrop. 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F P : (617) 825-5516 S : (617) 436-1222 January 23, 2014 The Reporter Page 3 House seat hopeful Hunt formally launches campaign (Continued from page 1) to Hunt’s potential opponents as “good civic association regular Bill Lynch Sr. candidates,” and said Hunt is the right Tony Dang, a Vietnamese-American “Dorchester guy” for the job given activist and MBTA police officer, has his experience. “For the 13th Suffolk said he is waging a write-in campaign seat, we’re going to need someone who for the seat. can get in there to be able to work on The papers, with 150 signatures from legislation, to be able to work on policy, voters for each candidate, were due to but most importantly, to be able to local elections officials by Tuesday of work on the budget,” she said. this week. Hunt and Curran say they’ve “These opportunities don’t come made it onto the ballot; the full slate around a lot,” said John O’Toole, a should be made clear later this week longtime Cedar Grove neighborhood after elections officials have sorted activist who bid for the District 3 City through the signatures. Council seat when now-City Clerk The primary will be held on Tuesday, Maureen Feeney decided against March 4, with the general election running for another term. Frank Baker set for April 1. The district includes of Savin Hill won the race, picking up precincts in Dorchester’s Wards 7, 13, 5,252 votes to O’Toole’s 4,120. The 15, 16, and 17 along with a precinct in battle had a City-Hall-versus-the- North Quincy’s Ward 3. State-House dynamic, with Walsh On Saturday, the Pope’s Hill Neigh- backing Baker and Feeney, along with borhood Association’s Phil Carver then-Mayor Thomas Menino, backing took to the podium at the Phillips O’Toole. Old Colony House to tout his support Last week, O’Toole posted a note of Dan Hunt. “I’m here for the Hunt to supporters on Facebook. “My 25 family, because the Hunt family’s years as a neighborhood activist, Dan Hunt greeted supporters at his campaign kick-off event last Sat- always been here for Dorchester, the and 25 years as a proud member of urday morning at Phillips old Colony House on Morrissey Boulevard. Photo courtesy Hunt campaign city of Boston, and the Commonwealth Plumber’s Union Local 12 afford me of Massachusetts,” he said. the qualifications to serve the 13th whether you are from Neponset or, in have been friends for years but he had In his speech, Hunt said he will work District well,” he wrote. “I look forward my case, North Carolina, I am asking never heard Hunt give a public speech to connect people to state services, sup- to earning your support, and anticipate for your support,” Gorman said at until Dan speak that day. He calls the port small business, create local jobs, a great campaign.” He also announced his kick-off. “This is a tremendous Hunts “the Kennedys of Dorchester.” and protect workers’ rights if elected. his endorsement by Local 12. opportunity. An opportunity to unify The candidate’s father is Jim Hunt “The historic election of Marty Walsh O’Toole’s kick-off is scheduled for this incredibly diverse district around Jr., the head of the Massachusetts means great things for Dorchester, for tonight (Jan. 23) at 7 p.m. inside a shared vision for progress and League of Community Health Centers, Boston and its people, but it leaves the McKeon Post. McCann plans to transformation.” and his brother, Jim Hunt III, served a huge void for the voice of working formally announce at the McKeon Post Among the 250 attendees at Hunt’s as Menino’s environment and energy families on Beacon Hill, and I want next Tuesday while Curran’s launch is event were former state Sen. Paul chief. to be that voice,” he said. set for next Thursday at the Blarney White, former Carney Hospital chief Melville Park’s Peter Sasso said he State Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry, a Stone in Fields Corner. Bill Walczak, Quincy Councillor-at- was also supporting Hunt. “It’s not Dorchester Democrat, praised Hunt’s Gorman, who teaches at Emerson Large Doug Gutro, members of the about good vs. bad, but it’s about good efforts as a government affairs director College, helped in the effort to keep Quincy Committee, and Mike Lake, vs. better, and Dan is a better candidate at the Department of Conservation the Clap School open and worked on a candidate for lieutenant governor. for us,” he said. and Recreation and his involvement in Mayor Walsh’s transition team. 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If you live or work in Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth or Suffolk County, you can EOL take advantage of all of the benefits Members Plus has to offer! Page 4 THE Reporter January 23, 2014 Minor storm gives Walsh team a test-run on snow removal (Continued from page 1) relaxed as District 7 Councillor Tito Jackson of Dorchester sat to his left. Behind them, chief of staff Daniel Koh tapped away on a laptop at the big conference table by the windows, joined by Emilee El- lison, one of the mayor’s spokeswomen. Walsh said he ex- pected Wednesday to be a full day at City Hall – essential and nonessential personnel were expected to come in. “City Hall has to keep moving,” said Walsh. Moments before, he went upstairs and had been trained on the mayor’s hotline, fielding calls from six or seven residents. One man was impressed that he had the mayor on the line, while the others launched straight it into their complaints, according to Walsh. Fifteen to twenty city employees were still up there, handling the calls. “The phones are quiet now,” Walsh said. “That’s a good sign.” Walsh stayed in City Hall until 11 p.m. and then headed home. He continued monitoring the storm on Twitter and the news stations, eventually going to bed A view from Pope’s Hill: Train Street and Westglow Street on Wednesday morning. Photo by Steve Bickerton, Jr. at 1 a.m. and students of Cristo Walsh emerged from Rey Boston, a Catholic his Tuttle Street home high school, grabbing on Wednesday a little something to eat before after 9 a.m. His sidewalk heading out into the and driveway were shov- still-falling snow. eled and a SUV, with Walsh had spent the a police officer at the morning checking in wheel, was waiting to with department heads take him back to City and calling news sta- Hall. tions and reporters, Asked whether he providing updates on had any regrets about the storm response. The closing Boston public snow emergency declara- schools, Walsh said, tion and parking ban “None at all. You’d have were lifted at 8 a.m., a half the school empty. decision he made shortly I’m going to take safety after 5 a.m. There were first when it comes to 300 snowplows on the our young people.” streets, down from 550 Around the corner, on Wednesday night. McKenna’s, a local “I’ve got nothing but breakfast nook, was good compliments so Mayor Walsh and his cabinet convened for a pre-storm meeting at City Hall on Tuesday. open for business, filled far,” Walsh said before Photo by Gintautas Dumcius with snowplow drivers he climbed into his car. Wahlberg: Would “love” to open family-owned burger joint in Dot The star of TV’s latest reality show about the OFD If it happens it would be a natural fit, given the Wahlberg clan says the family would “love” to open theme and décor of the restaurant, which hinges on up a burger joint in Dorchester— if they can find the Wahlberg family’s Dot roots. The menu at the the right location. eatery includes a map of Dorchester with scenes “I would love to and if we find the right location we of three-deckers and their old stomping grounds would do it,” Paul Wahlberg told the Reporter this around Mercier Avenue. week in an interview to publicize the debut of his A&E “Its just about the product and where we came program, “Wahlburgers.” Currently, Paul —and from,” explains Paul, who manages the two his brothers Mark and Donnie— own and operate restaurants while his brothers remain active in the two restaurants: the flagship Wahlburgers and entertainment industry. “In the first episode we are Alma Nove, named for the matriarch of the family. standing on Mercier Ave. and we talk about where Both are located in the Hingham Shipyard, where we’re from. And I wouldn’t trade that for anything.” a premiere party for the A&E show took place on Wednesday’s screening of the Wahlburger’s pilot Wednesday night. A second Wahlburgers will open was used to raise money for the Dorchester Youth in Toronto, Canada later this year, according to Paul. Collaborative—which the family has been connected Paul Wahlberg, left, owns Wahlburgers in Hingham “We have looked in a few places in Dorchester, with since the 1990s. Paul says he initially wanted Shipyard along with brothers Mark, right, and Don- but we’re trying to take the next step and make it the night’s largesse to go to DYC alumnus Johnny nie, not shown. The restaurant is the focus of a new the right step,” said Wahlberg — who admits that Huynh, the Yale-bound Dot student who was profiled A&E reality show of the same name that debuted friends from the old neighborhood— he lives in in the Boston Globe recently. But Wahlberg said last night. Wahlberg says he’d love to open a restau- Hingham— often give him tips for possible locations that Huynh preferred that the proceeds go instead rant in Dorchester if he can find the right location. Above, Wahlberg wears a hat with the Wahlburgers in Dot. None, he says, have been ideal for their to the DYC. logo that was made in Dorchester by College Hype, model— but he’s keeping an open mind to a future “He’s an amazing kid,” Paul said. an Adams Corner-based outfitter. location here. -Bill Forry January 23, 2014 The Reporter Page 5 Senator Dorcena Forry appointed to panel on drug addiction, treatment By Matt Murphy treatment” and analyze Worcester combined. sent to the correctional State House the effectiveness of the “It’s not anecdotal. I’ve facility in Bridgewater, News Service current Section 35 pro- sat in the drug courts in while women are sent The Senate formed its cess in which courts can my own district and it to Framingham. Addic- own special committee commit an addict for up just tears your heart out tion treatment centers Thursday to study drug to 90 days for detox from to see families coming in New Bedford and addiction and treatment drug addiction. and pleading with judges Brockton also provide options in Massachusetts “What we’re finding is to put their children treatments in Section with a focus on the civil that as soon as people away - adult children, 35 cases. commitment process to are detoxed, which has not just small children,” Many people are re- address what Senate a physical component to Murray said. leased after less than President Therese Mur- it, they’re then released Flanagan said the 30 days, Murray said. ray described epidemic to go back to the com- committee is not working “They get them clean of opiate addiction in munities from which on a specific timetable, and they’re on the street. Massachusetts. they came from, so we’re but said the recom- Well, they’re right back Murray announced the looking at the after- mendations of the com- robbing your house and initiative and senators treatment and the detox mittee could turn into your house and some- What You Should Know then quickly adopted system and how people standalone legislation body else’s house or their About Financial Aid an order creating the are going through our or be added to the Sen- own house so this is huge committee to be chaired system,” Flanagan said. ate budget, which is addiction problem we by Leominster Sen. Jen- Murray said that since expected to be released have,” she said. By J. Keith Motley, PhD, UMass Boston Chancellor nifer Flanagan. Senator 1999 the state has seen in May. Massachusetts has the Linda Dorcena Forry — a 47 percent increase Murray said that a highest rate of heroin As a parent and educator, I know that apply- and colleagues William in overdose deaths. She shortage of treatment users in New England, Brownsberger, John said the problem is acute beds is also an issue, Murray and Flanagan ing for financial aid to help pay for college can Keenan, Joan Lovely, in the region of the state sometimes forcing judges said, and Murray said if seem onerous. and Richard Ross— will she represents, where to call emergency rooms the Senate finds opportu- At UMass Boston, we award more than $145 mil- join Flanagan on the there are more civil to take detox patients nities to work with other lion in financial aid annually to our students. Our committee. commitments for drug because there are no states to stop the flow of staffers are experts on financial aid and on how to Flanagan said the and alcohol addiction in other beds. Male addicts drugs to Massachusetts apply for assistance, so I thought I’d pass along some committee will review Plymouth District Court committed under state’s it will. of their tips: addiction “from detox to than in Springfield and civil commitment law are The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is now available for students applying for Anti-casino groups say they will financial aid for Fall 2014. The FAFSA is the first step in applying for financial aid from all sources: federal, state, and institutional funds. Complete it online at unite against Revere-only plan www.fafsa.ed.gov. Members of a group come to light, Revere clear host community East Boston casino. No Completing the FAFSA is free, but you will need to that helped defeat an opposition to a casino at agreement to mitigate Eastie Casino and Don’t electronically sign the application using a federal PIN East Boston casino and Suffolk Downs is grow- these impacts makes Gamble on Revere plan number. Apply for your PIN early at www.pin.ed.gov. one that hopes to derail ing,” Joseph Catricala, us doubt that the City to submit a joint letter The FAFSA provides colleges and universities a Revere casino planned spokesperson for Don’t of Revere and Suffolk to the Massachusetts with the information they need to determine your to join forces. Gamble on Revere, said Downs truly have Re- Gaming Commission “As knowledge of traf- in a statement released vere’s interests in mind. “registering their disap- eligibility for grants and waivers (free money), stu- fic, pollution, crime, and before the planned press We are very concerned proval of the gaming dent loans (money that must be repaid), and federal numerous other social conference and demon- a casino will bleed our application process and work-study (money you earn working part-time on problems due to casinos stration. “The lack of a community dry.” noting that more time is campus). You can complete just one FAFSA and East Boston voters on needed for Boston’s new have it sent to as many schools as you like; UMass Nov. 5 rejected a pro- administration to make Boston’s school code is 002222. Patrick postpones posed casino at Suffolk an informed decision.” Filing the FAFSA has become a little easier: An Downs. Suffolk Downs Revere voters plan to IRS Data Retrieval Tool (DRT) allows you to pull State of State subsequently partnered head to the polls Feb. 25 financial information into the FAFSA directly from Due to an arriving proposal by Wednesday with Mohegan Sun and to decide whether casino the Internal Revenue Service. To use this tool, you snowstorm, Gov. Deval and aides said he plans to reshaped its casino plan plans in that city may must wait two weeks after filing your federal tax re- Patrick on Tuesday fulfill that commitment, by shifting it over the city move forward. turn electronically, or six to eight weeks if you are afternoon made the call although the planned line into Revere, where –STATE HOUSE to postpone his annual 11 a.m. release of his voters in November NEWS SERVICE filing by mail. To use DRT, you must be eligible for a State of the Common- spending plan may be approved the planned tax refund, with a tax filing status of single, married wealth address, which he delayed. filing jointly, or head of household. was scheduled to deliver The House on Tues- UMass Boston requires only the FAFSA. If you Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the day canceled its for- are applying to other colleges and universities, House chamber, accord- mal session planned The Dorchester however, they may also ask for a CSS Profile Ap- ing to an administration for Wednesday. It was plication, which requires a fee. Check the financial official. the only formal session Historical Society aid websites for each school you are interested in The governor plans planned this week for the for application requirements. to announce a new date House, which plans to offers To receive the maximum aid available to you, it is for the speech at 3 p.m. meet in an informal ses- important that you submit your FAFSA by the school’s when he holds a press sion on Thursday. The Dorchester’s Collections, conference in Room 157 House had tentatively deadline. UMass Boston’s priority deadline is March 1 of the State House to planned to take up a for new students. You should not wait for an admission discuss the storm that transportation bond bill a new book decision before applying for financial aid. Submit your is threatening to dump on Wednesday, and plans FAFSA before March 1! up to a foot of snow and now call for that bill to be about its buildings Upon receiving your FAFSA, the Financial Aid deliver blizzard condi- considered by the House Services Office will provide you with a financial aid tions in parts of the state. on Wednesday, Jan. 29 and artifacts in exchange award letter that details the types and amount of aid Patrick is required by the with amendments due you are eligible to receive. Your awards may include state constitution to de- by Friday at 5 p.m. for a $25 donation student loans, which you are not required to accept. liver his annual budget – SHNS If you don’t need some or all of a loan, you should decline it. Declining even a small portion of your The Neighborhood House Charter School loan offer will make a big difference in your monthly is a small, urban, multicultural school located loan repayment upon graduation. at 21 Queen Street in Dorchester enrolling 400 For help with the FAFSA, be sure to take advan- students in grades K1- 8. Small classes, great tage of FAFSA Days, January 29 and February 23 at 1 teacher to student ratios, and high academic p.m. Financial aid experts will be available at locations standards are the hallmarks of this full service across the state to provide free assistance in complet- school. This year’s K1 Lottery will be held on ing the FAFSA. Visit http://www.fafsaday.org/loca- Wednesday, March 12, 2014. Applications for the K1 lottery will be accepted until February tions.php to find a site near you. 28, 2014. In order to be eligible for enrollment into K1, children must be age 4 on September 1, 2014. Parent tours are scheduled for Friday afternoons at 1:30p.m., by appointment only.

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You www.umb.edu can also download applications from our website. www.thenhcs.org www.dorchesterhistoricalsociety.org Page 6 THE Reporter January 23, 2014 Coming Up at the Boston Public Library Adams Street Arts & Entertainment 690 Adams Street • 617- 436-6900 Codman Square 690 Washington Street • 617-436-8214 UMass Boston series screens Fields Corner 1520 Dorchester Avenue • 617-436-2155 Lower Mills international documentaries 27 Richmond Street • 617-298-7841 By Chris Harding Uphams Corner Special to the Reporter 500 Columbia Road • 617-265-0139 Choosing movies for the Spring 2014 UMass Grove Hall Boston Film Series 41 Geneva Avenue • 617-427-3337 (UMBFS) is a labor of Mattapan Branch love for UMB adjunct 1350 Blue Hill Avenue, Mattapan • 617-298-9218 professor Chico Colvard, who turned his own ADAMS STREET BRANCH dysfunctional family his- Thursday, January 23, 10:30 a.m. – Babys- tory into a much-honored ing – Winter Session; 3:30 p.m. – Homework Help. 2010 documentary. This Friday, January 24, 9:30 a.m. Winter Playgroup. monthly series, launched Monday, January 27, 3:30 p.m. – Homework in September 2012 by Help; 4 p.m. – BTU Afterschool Homework Help. the Chancellor’s Office, Tuesday, January 28, 10:30 a.m. – Toddler Story showcases works by Time – Winter Session. Wednesday, January 29, thought-provoking in- 3:30 p.m. – Homework Help; 4 p.m. – BTU Afterschool ternational filmmakers. Homework Help. Thursday, January 30, 12:30 The series is free and p.m. – Watercolor Class; 3:30 p.m. – Homework Help. open to the public. Suzan Beraza’s Uranium: Drive-In, above, will be the first film screened as CODMAN SQUARE BRANCH Unlike the raunchy part of the UMass Boston Film Series on Thurs., Feb. 13, at 7 p.m. in the UMass Thursday, January 23, 3:30 p.m. – Homework comedies and action Boston Campus Center. Help; 4 p.m. – BTU Afterschool Homework Help. flicks some undergrads never planned to shoot UMass Boston’s highest rado—the first in the U.S. Friday, January 24, 10:30 a.m. – Preschool Story might favor, the film one of his sisters in the undergraduate award. in 30 years—and the Time; 4 p.m. – Printmaking with the MFA for Teens. series spotlights emerg- leg, an accident which Boston Globe hailed the emotional debate pitting Monday, January 27, 3:30 p.m. – Homework ing directors of acclaimed led Colvard at age 10 to film as “one of the most a population desperate Help; 4 p.m. – BTU Afterschool Homework Help. documentaries that have discover that his father psychologically complex for jobs and financial Tuesday, January 28, 3:30 p.m. – Homework Help. obtained recognition for had been sexually abus- movies ever made about stability against an en- their progressive cultural Wednesday, January 29, 3:30 p.m. – Homework ing his three sisters for either racial identity or vironmental group based Help. Thursday, January 30, 3:30 p.m. – Home- themes. Indie auteurs years. Using home video abuse of any kind.” in nearby a resort town. join curator Colvard, work Help; 4 p.m. – BTU Afterschool Homework he eventually created in The film series runs On February 27, in Help. Friday, January 31, 10:30 a.m. – Preschool UMass Boston faculty, “Family Affair,” which alternate Thursdays at “Southern Comfort,” film- film industry insiders, Story Time. focuses on the forgiveness 7p.m. in the third floor maker Kate Davis tracks FIELDS CORNER BRANCH and local organizations strategies incest survi- ballroom of the Campus the final year in the life of for post-screening panel Thursday, January 23, 3:30 p.m. – Homework vors use to maintain some Center. The six-film Robert Eads, a female-to- Help. Monday, January 27, 3:30 p.m. – Homework discussions. semblance of family. Spring 2014 series kicks male transsexual, dying Colvard, who graduated Help. Tuesday, January 28, 3:30 p.m. – Homework “Family Affair” was the off on February 13 with of ovarian cancer and Help; 4 p.m. – BTU Afterschool Homework Help; 6:30 from UMass in 1997 with first documentary that Suzan Beraza’s “Ura- a group of other trans- a BA in Philosophy and p.m. – Hatha Yoga Class. Wednesday, January Oprah Winfrey acquired nium Drive-In” which gendered Southerners 29, 10:30 a.m. – Preschool Films and Fun; 3:30 Political Science, didn’t for her OWN network. In explores the proposal in this truly touching plan to become an award- p.m. – Homework Help. Thursday, January 30, 1997, Colvard won the to build a uranium mill documentary. 3:30 p.m. – Homework Help. winning documentary John F. Kennedy Award, in southwestern Colo- On March 13, Dan- filmmaker — just as he GROVE HALL BRANCH ish filmmaker Kaspar Thursday, January 23, 3 p.m. – Friendship Astrup Schröder will an- Bracelets; 3:30 p.m. – Homework Help; 4 p.m. – BTU swer questions about his Afterschool Homework Help; 6 p.m. – Through Our feature-film-like docu- Eyes Opening Reception; 6 p.m. – Zinio Workshop. mentary “Rent a Family, Friday, January 24, 10:30 a.m. – Preschool Films. Inc.,” which exposes the Monday, January 27, 3:30 p.m. – Homework Help. cold family relations of Tuesday, January 28, 10:30 a.m. – Little Wiggles contemporary Japanese Stories and Songs; 2:30 p.m. FNC Baby Playgroup; society, by exploring a 3:30 p.m. – Homework Help. Wednesday, January company that hires out 29, 3 p.m. – Anime Films; 3:30 p.m. – Homework people to impersonate Help. Thursday, January 30, 12:30 p.m. – Cyber- estranged relatives at Crime Prevention for Seniors; 3:30 p.m. – Homework weddings or friends at Help; 4 p.m. – BTU Afterschool Homework Help; parties. 6:30 p.m. – Identity Theft Program. “And Who Taught You LOWER MILLS BRANCH to Drive?” rides along Thursday, January 23, 4 p.m. – BTU Afterschool Codman Academy Charter Public School with a German in India, Homework Help; 4 p.m. – Radiant Child Yoga. 637 Washington St., Dorchester an American in Japan, Friday, January 24, 10:30 a.m. – Friday Preschool and a South Korean in Films; 12 p.m. – Database Basics; 1 p.m. – William Germany as they all Powell Film Series: Another Thin Man. Monday, struggle to learn the APPLY NOW FOR GRADES January 27, 4 p.m. – BTU Afterschool Homework new-normal rules of the Help; 5:30 p.m. – Feature Film: Despicable Me 2. K1, K2, 1, 2, 5, 6 and grade 9! road in their efforts to get local driver’s license. Tuesday, January 28, 10:30 a.m. – ABC Preschool Screened on March 27, Story Time; 3 p.m. – Crafty Tuesdays; 3:30 p.m. – • Academically rigorous, tuition-free public school Homework Help. Wednesday, January 29, 10:30 • Students' growth on MCAS has placed Codman Academy Andrea Thiele’s cultural comedy suggests that a.m. – Circle Time; 3:30 p.m. – Homework Help. in the top 7 of 386 districts statewide for the past three years. it’s difficult but fun to be Thursday, January 30, 4 p.m. – BTU Afterschool • Lottery admission different from one other. Homework Help. • Average class size of 17 students On April 10 with “O’er MATTAPAN BRANCH Thursday, January 23, 3 p.m. – Puppet Making the Land,” Chicago- • 100% college acceptance rate with the MFA; 3:30 p.m. – Homework Help. Friday, • New facility includes Science labs &Black Box theatre based filmmaker Strat- man crisscrosses the January 24, 10:30 a.m. – Toddler Films. Monday, nation as she interacts January 27, 10:30 a.m. – Preschool Story and Craft with Mexican border Time; 3:30 p.m. – Homework Help. Tuesday, Janu- ary 28, 3:30 p.m. – Homework Help; 4 p.m. – BTU LOWER SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE (K1-6): guards, Revolutionary War re-enactors, gun- Afterschool Homework Help; 6 p.m. – Laptop Class. FEBRUARY 1, 2014, 1pm toting families, football Wednesday, January 29, 10:30 a.m. – Fun with teams, and finally a Books; 3:30 p.m. – Homework Help. Thursday, military jet pilot who January 30, 3:30 p.m. – Homework Help. Friday, UPPER SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE (grade 9): lived through a 45-min- January 31, 10:30 a.m. – Toddler Films. FEBRUARY 8, 2014, 1PM ute, hurricane-buffeted UPHAMS CORNER BRANCH Thursday, January 23, 3:30 p.m. – Homework parachute descent from his plane. Help; 4 p.m. – BTU Afterschool Homework Help. APPLICATION DEADLINE: MARCH 3, 2014 The series will end on Monday, January 27, 3:30 p.m. – Homework Help. Questions: Contact Porsha Olayiwola, Enrichment Coordinator, April 24 with a screening Tuesday, January 28, – Make A Kazoo; 10 a.m. 617-287-0700 x120, [email protected] of a not-yet-chosen Bos- – Family Story Time; 3:30 p.m. – Homework Help. ton premiere as part of Wednesday, January 29, 3:30 p.m. – Homework Application available online: www.codmanacademy.org the Boston Independent Help; 4 p.m. – CobbleStone Kids Club: Rope-making. Film Festival. For syn- Thursday, January 30, 3:30 p.m. – Super Foods opses, trailers, directors’ and You; 3:30 p.m. – Homework Help; 4 p.m. – BTU bios, and screening times Afterschool Homework Help; 4:30 p.m. – Brush go to umb.edu/filmseries. Painting with the MFA.

January 23, 2014 The Reporter Page 7 Reporter’s News about people People in & around our Neighborhoods Volunteers connect with ‘little brothers’ at Holland School Kyler Bucano, a junior students in the state. at the Holland School; than it already has so at Curry College, knew “We have been try- and all parties are that Arn will understand he wanted to make his ing to match up the starting to see positive that I’ll always be there college experience more Holland with another impact. for him, no matter what.” meaningful. After hear- school for years now” “The Bigs have been Despite the success ing from a teammate on added Terrence McCar- great!” Says Joe King, of the partnership, Big his basketball team that ron, Director of Program City Connects Coordina- Brothers Big Sisters of Big Brothers Big Sisters Services at Big Brothers tor for the Holland. Massachusetts Bay is of Massachusetts Bay Big Sisters of Massa- “The Littles really look still in great need of more had over 800 kids wait- chusetts Bay. “We are forward to the days volunteers like those ing for mentors in the just thrilled to have they get to meet with at Curry College. With Boston area, he knew he found such a willing their Bigs. Their close hundreds of children wanted to get involved. school like Curry College bonds are growing very in the area waiting for “As a college student, to start this long-term quickly.” mentors, the organiza- I wanted to share my partnership, and look “My Little Brother tion is currently seeking experiences with a Little forward to watching this Arn is the best”, Bucano other programs in the Brother,” said Bucano relationship flourish- for added “He always wants area to get involved. said. “I thought it was all involved.” to try his hardest when To learn more about important that every The opportunity will I’m around and has becoming a Big Brother kid have someone to look provide children at the become a much better or Big Sister or how up to”. Holland School with listener. I hope the Big you can get involved What Bucano didn’t the opportunity to build Brothers Big Sisters contact Ivett Delgado at know is that he would meaningful and lasting program will grow our [email protected] be one of four college connections with college friendship even more or visit bbbsmb.org. students from Curry students. The hope is College to jumpstart a that the friendship will Dorchester’s own new partnership with impact the kids’ success Kevin Hayes is a can- the Holland School, one both in and outside the didate for the Hobey of the top underperform- “Big Brother” Kyler Bucano with “Little Brother” school environment. Baker Award, the most ing schools in Boston, Arn Jones. In such a short amount coveted award in NCAA deemed apart of the non-T accessible part of tion and perseverance of of time, Curry College men’s hockey. Fans can Circle of Promise. Re- Dorchester, notoriously the Curry College staff has already been able to vote for their favorite cently taken over by the difficult for volunteers and students, trans- match four Big Brothers player online now at state, the Holland School to get to. portation to and from , including Bucano, and hobeybaker.com. Hayes, in previous years scored Now after three years, the Holland School was a handful of Big Sisters 21, is a senior forward for chronically low MCAS thanks to the collabora- provided, allowing col- through the Big Sister the Boston College Eagles scores and is located in a lege students to mentor Association of Greater and is third in the country some of the highest need Boston with the children in points per game. Bubbles’s Birthdays And Special Occasions Bird Street board member used By Barbara McDonough The first episode of “Barney Miller,” with Hal birthday to raise funds for center Linden as Captain Miller, aired on Jan. 23, 1975. By Vanessa Lewis Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell was the first woman to Special to the Reporter receive an MD degree, in Geneva, NY, on Jan. 23, Last May, the Bird 1849. Canned beer went on sale for the first time Street Community on Jan. 24, 1935. Scottish poet Robert Burns was Center (Bird Street) cel- born on Jan. 25, 1759. Apple’s Macintosh Computer ebrated 35 years of went on sale for the first time on Jan. 25, 1984. It providing services to cost $2,500. The Howard Johnson’s Restaurant, on the youth in and around Morrissey Blvd., burned to the ground on Jan. 25, Uphams Corner and 1981. Catholic Schools Week is observed from Jan. other sections of the city 26 to Feb. 1. George Green patented the electric of Boston, particularly dental drill on Jan. 26, 1875. Paul Newman was through its after school- born in Cleveland on Jan. 26, 1925. Phantom of based programming. the Opera premiered in London on Jan. 26, 1988. With a membership to Pres. Ronald Reagan stopped at the Erie Pub on Bird Street students Jan. 26, 1983. Bird Street Community Center board member Yvette Philip used her 30th are afforded access to Three astronauts were killed at Cape Kennedy birthday party as a fundraiser for the center. Shown above, left to right: workshops, programs, Vanessa Lewis, Melissa James, Beza Ayalew, Yvette Philip, Autumn Finney, when a fire broke out during a simulation test and leadership oppor- Alyssa Cooke, April Simpson. on Jan. 27, 1967. “Gus” Grissom, Edward White, tunities. Bird Street and Roger Chaffee died in the fire. “Laverne and “Bird Street is not the with area businesses on posed with a “we support offers twelve program Shirley” premiered on Jan. 27, 1976. Bob Kraft kind of organization that projects. Together they Bird Street” sign for tracks aimed at helping hired Bill Belichick as coach of the Patriots on has nationwide support have decorated store photos and the evening’s its student population to Jan. 27, 2001. The National Geographic Society and recognition. But fronts for the holidays, raffle prize was a hand develop leadership skills was founded on Jan. 28, 1888.The Challenger they’ve managed to help painted murals, and even blown glass vase from the and excel in school. Space Shuttle exploded 74 seconds into its flight, so many people.” cleaned local parks. boys’ group at the center. Yvette Philip, a mem- killing the seven people aboard, including Christa Today, the commu- Members at Bird Street By night’s end, Philip ber of Bird Street’s Board McAuliffe, on Jan. 28, 1986. “Fantasy Island,” nity— situated on the also receive academic raised approximately of Directors, has made a with Ricardo Montalban and Herve Villechaize, top floors of a city-owned support. Students with $400 for Bird Street. commitment to help the premiered on Jan. 28, 1978. building at the corner a B- or below average at- “Every dollar counts, programs thrive. On the Celebrities having birthdays are: Princess Caro- of Columbia Road and tend a mandatory MCAS every volunteer counts. cusp of her 30th birthday, line of Monaco, 57 on Jan. 23; Mariska Hargitay, Bird Streey— counts or SAT prep course. It is a community effort,” the Mattapan resident 50 on Jan. 23; Chita Rivera, 81 on Jan. 23; Neil just under 350 members All members submit she said. toyed with several ideas Diamond, 73 on Jan. 24; Ellen DeGeneres, 56 on ages 5-19. Members monthly academic prog- Philip’s commitment to for celebrations but she Jan. 26; Alan Alda, 78 on Jan. 28; Tom Selleck, are required to attend ress reports. “Students the organization is a re- was adamant about 69 on Jan. 29; and Oprah Winfrey, 60 on Jan. 29. the center at least two get the support they need flection of their commit- having a party for a Those celebrating their birthdays are Pat Higgins, times per week during to excel at Bird Street,” ment to the community. purpose – fundraising Ed Donovan, Julie Spinner, Yvonne Tofuri, John the school year to ensure Philip says. On Mon., Feb. 17 the for the organization. Morrissey, Lauren Walsh, Kathleen White, George full engagement and In early December, center will host a job fair Philip joined the board Mooney, Carol Fallon, Diane (Cheney) Bird, Quinn active participation in Philip sent an email blast for students. They will be in 2011. She took a Carver, Alan Duffy Jr., Thomas Murphy, Margaret the programs. to her network request- partnering with other or- leave of absence shortly (Brett) Hastings, and David McDonald. There are four entre- ing that everyone join her ganizations with similar thereafter in 2012 and Also celebrating their birthdays are Marie preneurship tracks for at Warehouse Boston to missions to offer a source resumed her role last Costello, former Speaker of the House Tom the students 13 and celebrate her milestone of employment for area year. Yvette attributes Finneran, Dan Burke, Theresa Simi, Therese older: an all girls’ dance birthday. In lieu of gifts, youth. Representatives her return and continued Mazzone, Eileen Burke Jr., Helen (Finnegan) Pratt, group, and all girls’ she encouraged guests to from many area local commitment to Bird Rosemary Coffey, Christine Keough, George Wal- fashion group, a glass make a minimum $5 do- businesses will be on Street’s impact on its lace, Patty Foley, Timothy Gillis, James Keefe, and blowing apprenticeship nation to the Bird Street hand to meet and speak youth membership body. Nicholas Blaney. John Carroll and Sarah Doherty for males, and a co-ed Community Center. with students. The event “It has such a low are celebrating special birthdays this week. Best social media program. On the night of her is free and open to the turnover it is hard to wishes are sent to Gregory and Sarah Ashe, who The students are also en- party, it was clear Bird public. To learn more ignore. This is truly are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary couraged to organize vol- Street and not her birth- visit birdstreet.org a safe haven for the this week. unteer efforts. Its youth day, was the reason for students,” says Philip. council works directly the gathering. Attendees Page 8 THE Reporter January 23, 2014 Editorial Off the Bench Henriquez should ‘Expendables’ and the 21st century By James W. Dolan the unemployed or underemployed, thereby creating step aside – now Special to the Reporter a greater incentive for them to work while at the The trial of state Rep. Carlos Henriquez ended At one time, I decried the size of government, same time the need for workers is shrinking. Where in his conviction on three assault charges and an its costs and inefficiencies. On further reflection, I are the jobs? They say that if we reduce corporate unexpectedly tough punishment for a first-time have come to the conclusion the “common good” may taxes and taxes on high income earners, these “job offender – six months to be served in the Middlesex require the acceptance of large numbers of public creators” will pick up the slack. But is it likely private House of Correction out of a two-and-a-half year sector workers who, in the private sector, would be employers will hire more workers than they need? sentence. expendable. The US Postal Service is an example of an The lawmaker continues to deny his guilt in the The purposes and functions of government and institution that arguably has outlived its usefulness 2012 case involving a young woman who claimed business are different. Given these differences, and could be easily replaced by the private sector. Henriquez struck her during an early-morning car it is wrong to expect government to apply the With tens of thousands of employees and facilities ride that ended with her left stranded on Huntington same standards as the private sector. Each has throughout the country, it operates at substantial Avenue. Henriquez has a right to appeal and his its strengths and weaknesses which can only be annual deficits. More importantly, with the explosion attorney has made it clear that he will. But in the evaluated within the context of the tasks each is of communication technology, there is no need for meantime, he is incarcerated and unable to perform designed to perform. daily delivery. any of his duties. Government must consider the social consequences Is there any doubt that Fed Ex, UPS and/or Amazon Henriquez should heed the call of his Democratic of increased efficiency in a high-tech world. Should can provide essential mail service at a profit for leadership and tender his resignation as the state it be the employer of last resort even in those areas much less than the Postal Service? To do so would rep from the Fifth Suffolk district. where obvious efficiencies could eliminate millions of mean that tens of thousands of workers would lose This will allow a new legislator to be selected within public sector jobs? What would be the consequences their jobs. Or, is it better for the self esteem of the the next three months – in time to participate in late to workers and their families? Are they expendable? workers, the financial security of their families, spring-early summer budget decisions. It will also Or is it better to keep them employed even though and the purchasing power they generate to retain allow this important Roxbury-Dorchester House the need for the service has diminished? an inflated system? seat to have an effective advocate at the table as Capitalism is the force that drives the economy. The same could be said about fire departments in the Walsh administration assembles a new cabinet It is fueled by greed or, if you prefer, money, profit, an age where fire resistant building materials and and agenda. and growth. It performs the essential functions of technology have substantially reduced the number Whether or not Henriquez’s conviction ultimately providing jobs, goods, and services. It needs people of fires. One reason both fire departments and EMS stands, he should step down immediately to give his with purchasing power to buy what it sells. personnel respond to non-fire emergencies is to constituents full representation as soon as possible. It also can be ruthlessly efficient in its attention justify their continued staffing levels. Could police – Bill Forry to the bottom line by discarding employees who no and firefighters be cross-trained as public safety of- longer contribute to growth and profit. Doing more ficers, able to switch roles as circumstances require? with less has become increasingly evident in an There is enormous waste and inefficiency Good starter age of technology and robotics where human labor within the Department of Defense. A large and is less and less necessary for production. The jobs robust military generates billions in private sector of yesterday are not the jobs of today or tomorrow; contracts. Maintaining an expensive military also storm for Walsh one person at a computer can perform the work of creates the temptation to justify its existence by The dire early forecasts over this week’s winter two hundred on an assembly line. Automation will using it unwisely. storm set an ominous tone. The polar vortex was only increase. Because of the military-industrial complex and the back, the Midwest states were churning,and the That problem will become worse as the need for absence of similar commercial links to social welfare jet stream was just right to produce a gargantuan labor decreases while the population expands. With programs, Congress is much more reluctant to cut blizzard, a nor’easter to end all nor’easters. fewer people working, purchasing power declines “waste” in the former than in the latter. Without Flights out of Logan were cancelled en masse, and profit margins shrink. Although it needs fewer inflated budgets, defense contractors would suffer, Governor Patrick postponed his last State of the workers, capitalism needs more buyers for its own and one consequence would be worker layoffs. Commonwealth address, school and college classes survival. Government is engaged in a delicate balance: It were cancelled, corner stores were cleaned out of Government obviously is far less efficient than must continue to promote a robust private sector milk and bread. The winter apocalypse was headed the private sector. Without the financial incentives while at the same time filling in the gaps where our way. that exist in business, there is not the motivation to industry fails to deliver jobs. To fund those caught That was Tuesday afternoon. By Wednesday, as improve performance, reduce expenses, or identify in the gaps, it must tax corporate profits and the light dawned and sunshine was near, Bostonians ways of doing more with less. In fact, the pressure to unconscionable income that unfettered capitalism went out with snow blowers, shovels, and even create more jobs, regardless of the need, is ingrained generates. brooms, and whisked the bothersome white stuff within our political system. If capitalism is the brains of the system, govern- away in a few brief minutes. There are pockets of performance where highly ment is the heart. It keeps blood flowing throughout The official accumulation was just five inches in motivated government workers do outstanding the entire body while the brain calculates. They are Boston, the frigid temps insuring it was of the light, work. However, budget increases are rarely given to mutually dependent organs that can function well fluffy type. It looked for all the world as if someone departments that perform at a high level. In some when properly balanced. had dropped a truckload of Ivory Snow - a flaky cases nonperformance is rewarded as more resources detergent that anyone over 35 will remember, but are directed to inefficient agencies. James W. Dolan is a retired Dorchester District ceased production in 1978- across the neighborhood. Conservatives argue that we should limit aid to Court judge who now practices law. But the storm was much less than predicted. Still, the new Walsh administration passed its first test of winter weather with flying colors. The News Background new Mayor assembled his team for a cautionary City Hall news conference, and even answered some phone calls at the Mayor’s Hotline. Prosecutors seek tougher penalties The early call on snow emergency parking bans resulted in plows able to move through the streets, and by Wednesday’s morning commute, most city for juvenile murder convictions traffic was moving briskly. It was a good starter storm for the new administra- By Andy Metzger conclude that the discretionary imposition of a tion. There will certainly be bigger hurdles in front State House sentence of life in prison without the possibility of them, but it was a nice opportunity to show how News Service of parole on juveniles who are under the age of city government functions with a new team in place. Out of concern for the families of those murdered eighteen when they commit murder in the first Give credit to Mayor Walsh: They responded very by juveniles and in the wake of a high court ruling degree violates the prohibition against ‘cruel or well to this first winter drill. that the most severe penalty is unconstitutional, unusual punishment’,” Justice Francis Spina wrote - Ed Forry state prosecutors are calling on Beacon Hill to make in the unanimous decision. sure juveniles who commit murder spend at least The SJC’s decision in the case of Gregory Di- 35 years behind bars. atchenko, who stabbed a man to death in Kenmore “It is an understatement to say that victims’ Square in 1981 when he was 17, said that all inmates The Reporter families, whose loved ones were brutally taken sentenced to life without possibility of parole for “The News & Values Around the Neighborhood” from them and had believed they had some sense crimes committed under the age of 18 should be granted a chance at parole. A publication of Boston Neighborhood News Inc. of finality, are devastated,” Massachusetts District Attorneys Association President Jonathan Blodgett State law imposes a mandatory sentence of life 150 Mt. Vernon St., Suite 120, Dorchester, MA 02125 wrote in a letter to legislators on Friday. “Therefore, without the possibility of parole for the crime of Worldwide at dotnews.com first degree murder, however the SJC ruling found Mary Casey Forry, Publisher (1983-2004) the Massachusetts District Attorneys Association William P. Forry, Publisher/Editor believes this decision is particularly burdensome to that was unconstitutional for murders committed Edward W. Forry, Associate Publisher the families of the victims of juvenile murderers, as by juveniles. Thomas F. Mulvoy, Jr., Associate Editor they are now subjected to the possibility that their According to a Parole Board information page, Gintautas Dumcius, News Editor loved ones’ killers will be released.” inmates guilty of second-degree murder can be Barbara Langis, Production Manager Blodgett asked for legislation that would increase eligible for parole after 15 years of imprisonment. Jack Conboy, Advertising Manager from 15 to 35 years the time before a person convicted The SJC had advised that the punishment for second News Room Phone: 617-436-1222, ext. 17 of first degree murder as a juvenile could be eligible degree murder should be the basis for dealing with Advertising: 617-436-2217 E-mail: [email protected] for parole. juveniles convicted of first degree murder. The Reporter is not liable for errors appearing in advertisements beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. On Christmas Eve the Supreme Judicial Court Blodgett, who is the Essex County district attorney, said the Legislature should first address “the lack The right is reserved by The Reporter to edit, reject, followed the lead of a US Supreme Court deci- or cut any copy without notice. sion – that all automatic sentences of life without of distinction in parole eligibility” between first and Member: Dorchester Board of Trade, Mattapan Board of Trade parole for offenses committed by juveniles are second degree murder committed by juveniles, and Next Issue: Thursday, January 27, 2014 unconstitutional – and found that all sentences of life said people who committed first degree murder while Next week’s Deadline: Monday, January 30, at 4 p.m. without parole for offenses committed by juveniles under the age of 18 should receive parole eligibility Published weekly on Thursday mornings are unconstitutional. after 35 years. All contents © Copyright 2014 Boston Neighborhood News, Inc. “With current scientific evidence in mind, we January 23, 2014 The Reporter Page 9 Raising minimum wage is a key to progress in the war on poverty

By Lew Finfer running fuel assistance programs and Special to the Reporter other social service programs. The War on Poverty is in the news From the 1960s through the 1990s, because this year marks the 50th ABCD’s Dorchester affiliate was the anniversary of its launch by President Dorchester APAC, which was run Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964. The offen- for many years by Doris Graham sive gave us Medicare for affordable at its then location at the corner health care for the elderly, Medicaid of Washington and Park streets. for affordable health care for poor The Geiger-Gibson Health Center families and the elderly, Head Start, in Dorchester was the first of the Legal Services, the Job Corps for job country’s community health centers, training, VISTA, community action a development nurtured by the War program agencies, and much more. on Poverty. Mrs. Graham’s APAC And it gave us a continuing national supported the Determined People of commitment to serving the poor and a Dorchester, a group made up of white measure to tell us if the poverty rate poor and working class residents Savin Hill is going up or down. Of course there is led by Helen Sinawski, Pat Egan, still widespread poverty, but it’s much and others who lived around the old less than it was a half-century ago Dorchester House that organized and then because of the war’s programs received a major government grant and their successors. to build the new Dorchester House in 1973. VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) sent young people to work Little League in communities with the poor and paid them a subsistence salary. While VISTA continues under that name, it’s now known mainly by the name City Year, and City Year volunteers today are helping in six Dorchester schools. I was a soldier in the War on Poverty 2014 Spring Registration in Dorchester. I served as a VISTA volunteer for three years with the Dorchester Tenants Action Council SavinHillLittleLeague.org in the early 1970’s. We organized tenants of major absentee landlords like George Wattendorf, Joe Venezia, [email protected] and Irwin Cantor and we worked to get them to fix code violations and keep rents reasonable. We helped organize the movement to strengthen the city’s then rent control law to regulate increases sought by these Open to all players ages 5-15 sorts of landlords. We need an increase in the mini- (as of April 30, 2014) mum wage. It is now $8 an hour but if the 1968 minimum wage had been who live in Dorchester indexed to inflation, it would be $10.70 Lyndon B. Johnson started the “war.” today. Our state Senate has approved a major increase in the minimum wage, or who go to school Michael Harrington’s book “The setting it at $11 by 2016. The Raise Other America” told stories of the poor Up Massachusetts coalition collected in Appalachia and in our cities, and more than 150,000 voter signatures in Dorchester. his narrative moved President John to qualify an increased wage proposal F. Kennedy to launch the planning for a binding referendum this fall. The for an initiative to tackle poverty. state House of Representatives may LBJ, who had worked in and seen vote on this in the next month. New players are accepted the value of the New Deal’s social and Of course, an increased minimum employment programs in the 1930s, wage is not a living wage; that would stepped up to make this a truly big be $17 an hour. Getting wages up to and encouraged. deal for the poor and wanting. that amount for more low pay earners Some 21 years later, in 1986, will take more funding for education, President Ronald Reagan weighed job training, and English as a Second in with this: “In 1964, the famous Language (ESL) programs. We need War on Poverty was declared and to attack changes in jobs that are Spring Season from a funny thing happened … I guess increasingly contracted out and you could say, poverty won the war.” contingent on enabling employers to But this joke was really aimed at not have to pay benefits. We need to January 21st to March 2nd pushing his agenda for government make it more possible for people to doing little for the poor and more for organize and join unions, a process big business. When he was governor that is much, much harder today be- of California, Reagan was thwarted cause current laws allow employers to by the Legal Services arm of LBJ’s massively engage in illegal practices poverty legislation when he tried to in the present and suffer small fines Registration: Online only introduce policies that would favor big years later. farm growers over migrant workers. The prophet Isaiah and Jesus were The debate continues today. Marco very clear on our obligations to the Savin Hill Little League is chartered by Rubio, the US senator from Florida poor. Said Isaiah: “Woe to those who who is a likely candidate for the make unjust laws, to those who issue Little League International. Republican presidential nomination oppressive decrees to deprive the poor in 2016, is saying we don’t need an of their rights and withhold justice increase in the minimum wage; let’s do from the oppressed of my people. job training or education. This from a ...What will you do on the day of For more information on politician who is against any increased reckoning…?” federal spending for job training or We are a nation of abundance and registration, volunteering, education. What about doing both? traditions of compassion. Working In Dorchester and Mattapan, we with that wealth and those traditions, or the league in general visit have the Head Start program on we can make the political, corporate, Geneva Avenue and other locations. and personal choices that would lessen SavinHillLittleLeague.org We have Action for Boston Com- the number of those who are poor. munity Development (ABCD) and its or e-mail affiliates; the Dorchester Neighbor- Lew Finfer is a Dorchester resident hood Service Center on Claybourne and Director of the Dorchester-based Savin Hill [email protected] Street in Codman Square, and the Massachusetts Communities Action Mattapan Family Service Center Network. on River Street in Mattapan Square Page 10 THE Reporter January 23, 2014 Reporter’s Neighborhood Notables civic associations • clubs • arts & entertainment • churches • upcoming events

Police District C-11 News Non-emergency line for seniors: 617-343-5649. The Party Line phone number, where you can report loud parties, is 617-343-5500, 24 hours/7 days per week. Police District B-3 News For info, call B-3’s Community Service Office at 617-343-4717. Ashmont-Adams Assoc. Meeting on the first Thursday of each month at the Plasterers’ Hall, 7 Fredericka St., at 7 p.m. Ashmont Hill Assoc. Meetings are generally held the last Thursday of the month. For info, see ashmonthill.org or call Message Line: 617-822-8178. Cedar Grove Civic Assoc. The monthly meeting, usually the second Tues. of the month, 7 p.m., in Fr. Lane Hall at St. Brendan’s Church. Info: [email protected] or 617- 825-1402. Clam Point Civic Assoc. The meetings are usually held on the second Monday of the month (unless it’s a holiday) at WORK, Inc. 25 Beach St., at the corner of Freeport St., across from the IBEW; on street parking available; at 6:30 p.m.- Info: clampoint.org. The 2014 meetings will be held on Feb. 10; Mar. 10, Apr. 14; May 12, and June 9, with no summer meetings. Codman Square Neighborhood Council The Codman Square Neighborhood Council meets Brendan McDonough presented Mayor Martin Walsh with a painting done by his mother, Celia, depict- the first Wed. of each month, 7 to 8:30 p.m., in the ing the iconic Dorchester Gas Tank during a visit last week. Walsh promptly hung it in his new office. Mayor’s Office Photo Isabel Leon Great Hall of the Codman Sq. Health Center, 6 Norfolk St. Info: call 617-265-4189. Columbia-Savin Hill Civic Assoc. month, 6:30 p.m., at the Fields Corner CDC office the month in St. Gregory’s Auditorium, 7 p.m. (If Meetings the first Mon. of each month, 7 p.m., (the old Dist. 11 police station), 1 Acadia St. schools are cancelled so is the meeting.) Please at the Little House, 275 East Cottage St. For info: Groom/Humphreys Neighborhood bring bottles/ cans and any used sports equipment columbiasavinhillcivic.org. Assoc. to the meeting for Officer Ruiz. Dues are being The GHNA meets on the third Wed. of the month, collected for the upcoming year. See the web page: Cummins Valley Assoc. dorchesterlowermills.org. Cummins Valley Assoc., meeting at the Mattahunt 7 p.m., in the Kroc Salvation Army Community Community Center, 100 Hebron St., Mattapan, on Center, 650 Dudley St., Dor., 02125. For info, call Linden/Ellsworth/Leedsville Mondays 6:30 p.m., for those living on and near 857-891-1072 or [email protected]. Watch Cummins Highway. For info on dates, call 617-791- Hancock St. Civic Assoc. For info, call 617-288-0818. 7359 or 617-202-1021. The next meeting, Thurs., Feb. 20, from 6:30 to 8 McCormack Civic Assoc. Eastman-Elder Assoc. p.m. at the Pilgrim Church, 540 Columbia Rd, across Meetings the third Tues. of the month at 7 p.m., in The association meets the third Thurs. of each from the Strand Theatre. Info: hancockcivic@gmail. Blessed Mother Teresa Parish Hall. UMass Boston month, 7 p.m., at the Upham’s Corner Health Center, com (new e-mail address.) The following meeting is Police will now join the Boston and State Police at 636 Columbia Rd, across from the fire station. Mar. 20, from 6:30to 8 p.m.. each meeting. Please bring canned goods to the Fields Corner Neighborhood Hecla/Lyon/East Streets Watch regular meetings for a local food bank. Info: Call Council A new neighborhood watch, on Hecla, Lyon, and 617-710-3793 or [email protected]. The council will meet on Mon., Feb. 24, and on Mon., East Streets will meet at Sussi Auto Body Shop 79 Meetinghouse Hill Civic Assoc. Mar. 31, at 6:30 p.m., at locations to be announced. Freeport St., corner of Linden St. All residents are The meetings are held at 7 p.m., at First Parish For info, call 617-288-0818. invited to join. Church. For info, contact Megan Sonderegger. New Freeport-Adams Assoc. Lower Mills Civic Assoc. e-mail address is: [email protected]. The meetings will be held the second Wed. of the The meetings are held the third Tuesday of Melville Park Assoc. Clean-up of the MBTA Tunnel Cap (garden at Shawmut Station), the first Sat. of the month, from 10 a.m. to noon. The meetings are held at 6 p.m., at the Epiphany School, 154 Centre St., Dor. Peabody Slope Assoc. The Peabody Slope Neighborhood Assoc.’s meet- ings, the first Mon. of the month, at Dorchester Academy, 18 Croftland Ave., 7 p.m. For info: peabodyslope.org or 617-533-8123. Pope’s Hill Neighborhood Assoc. The next meeting of the PHNA will be held on Wed., Feb. 26, 2014. Neighborhood E-Mail Alert system; sign up at [email protected] giving your name, address, and e-mail address. PHNA meetings, usually the fourth Wed. of the month at the Leahy/ Holloran Community Center at 7 p.m. Port Norfolk Civic Assoc. Meetings the third Thurs. of the month at the Port Norfolk Yacht Club, 7 p.m. Info: 617-825-5225. St. Mark’s Area Civic Assoc. Meetings held the last Tues. of the month in the lower hall of St. Mark’s Church, at 7 p.m. Info: stmarkscivic.com. Dorchester Board of Trade The DBOT welcomes new members; e-mail the DBOT or call 617-398-DBOT. Visit the website for info: dorchesterboardoftrade.com. The mailing address is DBOT, PO Box 020452, Dor. 02122. Carney Hospital’s Programs A Breast-Cancer Support Group, the second Wednesday (only) of each month, 6:30 to 8 p.m. The Carney’s adult/child/infant CPR and First Aid: instructions every week for only $30. Call 617-296- 4012, X2093 for schedule. Diabetes support group (free), third Thurs. of every month, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Info: 617-506-4921. Additional support groups at Carney: Family Support, Breast Cancer Support, Al-Anon, AA, and Overeaters Anonymous. (Continued on page 16) January 23, 2014 The Reporter Page 11 Residents weigh in on plan for Lucky Strike site when I see the building. “No matter what you to Clam Point Civic As- It’s a downer for the put there everyone’s sociation on February area.” not going to be happy, 10, the Freeport Adams Bonigli said that other and this is the best I’ve Civic Association on building proposals for seen yet.” February 12, and Fields the area fell short of The commenting pe- Corner Main Street. what he would like to riod has been extended to see replace Lucky Strike February 17 to allow Chu Lanes, except for Chu’s. to present the proposal

Upham’s Corner Health Center and Boston Medical Center Present

The Lucky Strike property on Adams Street will be razed to make way for a new three-story, mixed-use development under a plan now being reviewed MEET THE DOCTOR by the Boston Redevelopment Authority. Image courtesy BRA Health Education Series (Continued from page 1) Steve Sousa, 62, of said the project would Rochambeau Condo- make the neighborhood Civic Association, was concerned about the miniums on Gibson safer by illuminating type of businesses that Street, agreed that “the what is now a dark in- How to Keep Your Heart Healthy would be moving in to inadequacy of parking” tersection. “This project “ ” is an issue and said Chu would be a gem in the the property. Learn about preventing heart disease through healthy eating and “I will probably have should reevaluate his community,” Gallagher some say in the master plan accordingly. But said. controlling your blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol and weight. deed on what businesses Chu said the building’s Ron Bonigli, the won’t benefit the com- proximity to the MBTA’s 73-year-old former owner Gary J. Balady, MD munity,” Chu said. Red Line – the Fields of Lucky Strike Lanes, Director, Preventive Cardiology Others at the meeting Corner station is nearby was also in attendance Boston Medical Center were concerned about -- should attract tenants at the meeting. parking and traffic in that don’t have cars. Bonigli, who supports the area, saying that 14 Despite the parking the Lucky Strike Resi- Date: Tuesday, February 4, 2014 off-street parking spaces issue, City Councillor dential Project, took over Time: 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm aren’t enough to accom- Frank Baker said he the family business for Location: supports the project as 30 years after his father Upham’s Corner Health Center modate the residents 415 Columbia Road, Dorchester and businesses in the did Tuan Tran, a Fields died. He said parking building. The proposal Corner resident, and was never an issue when designates a one-way John Gallagher of John the bowling alley was Light refreshments served. entrance and exit for C. Gallagher Insurance open. “People always parking on the property Agency. seem to find a place to Brought to you by: via Adams Street. Tran and Gallagher park,” he said. “I’m sick

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The evening sky last enjoyed. There were inaugural began, Tom were so happy that we week was just beautiful. even scones with jam and Leahy, another friend, had a chance to attend. Hubby and I particu- butter. The wait staff asked if there were any *** larly admired the “Wolf was very attentive. They “The stars look very cold about the sky.” people sitting in two va- As we made our way Moon.” The stars shone kept us well supplied cant seats next to Eileen. out of the hall, we were spectacularly against with regular and decaf By John Keats Tom and his Mom Judith happy to see Jill LaMon- the dark sky after the full coffee and orange and then joined us when the ica and Lisa Zinck from moon began to wane. We cranberry juices. More people assigned to those the Leahy/Hollororan were almost tempted to and more people came seats never showed. I Community Center. We take out our old telescope into the room, which we the city. He thanked “Thanks, but no thanks.” was delighted to meet were also delighted to see but it was too much assumed was a gym. The quite a few people, in- When we got to the Judy. our friend Joe O’Brien in work. Bo Winiker Band played cluding my high school arena, I thought the Then the inaugural the crowd. Hubby took *** some wonderful music as classmate Sarah Ann set-up was very much began. Several children a few photos of Joe and I was sorry that I omit- we enjoyed our muffins, Shaw, for their help in like the Boston Garden. from the Renaissance me. I was also happy ted the name of the son juices, and coffee. his campaign. He said We went up the stairs Charter School sang be- to see my high school of the late Pat Mannion When the room was he hoped that the seniors and had our tickets fore the dignitaries were classmate Sarah Ann in last week’s column. almost full, with more enjoyed the brunch. As scanned. The Forum is announced. They ranged Shaw in the crowd. We He and his wife Monica than 900 seniors, the we were leaving the gym huge but we finally found from Gov. Patrick to the had a chance to chat for have a terrific son named wait staff brought out to board our bus, Eileen our section. As we came city councilors. Suffolk a couple of minutes. We Connor. My sympathy the main course for the Collins and I had the out on the floor, whom County clerk-magistrate found our way back to is sent, again, to the brunch. The plate had good fortune to meet our should I see but my Michael Donovan told us the parking garage with entire Mannion family, a small oblong-shaped mutual friend Thelma former fellow co-worker that he had been in office no problem. Getting back especially Connor. piece of a broccoli, Burns. It was a terrific Jim O’Sullivan, who was for 37 years. He was quite to streets that we knew *** tomato, and cheddar morning. covering the inaugural funny in his speech. I was another problem. On Jan. 5, Hubby, pal fritatta. We all com- *** for The Boston Globe. loved it when Marty took The police directed us Eileen Burke, and I were mented on how nice and When Hubby and I ar- We chatted with him for the oath of office, which the wrong way from delighted to be invited warm the fritatta was. rived back home, we first a few minutes, catching was administered by what we had hoped. to Mayor-elect Marty Also on the plates were put out our best clothes up on the news. Then Supreme Judicial Court We saw some streets Walsh’s Brunch for Se- several sausage links, because we were fortu- we went to our seats. We Chief Justice Roderick in Newton, Brighton, niors at Northeastern and a piece of Grand nate to be invited to the were delighted that we Ireland, and set his hand Brookline Village, and University. We had to Marnier French Toast Inaugural ceremonies for didn’t have to climb up on a Bible held by his Jamaica Plain that we pick up our bus at the with maple syrup. All Marty Walsh on Monday in the stands. We were mother Mary. In his ad- never knew existed. Keystone Apartments. the food was wonderful. morning, Jan. 6. Hubby on the floor, in Sec. 5, dress, Marty mentioned *** We were amazed at Rebecca’s Café certainly took out all his maps that Row 11. that he would listen I was sorry to hear of the full-sized bus that is a great caterer to showed Boston College We had no sooner sat to people from all over the death of Joseph M. arrived there. Eileen serve so many with and the Conte Forum down than our friend the city. He mentioned Joyce on Jan. 13, at age Collins told us that there wonderfully hot food. where the inauguration Jim Cawley came over to several neighborhood 82. Joe was the brother were so many coming When I was washing would take place. We speak to us. Hubby and hills, including Savin of Delia “Della” Mel- from Keystone that we my hands in the ladies’ never had any of our kids I sat, looking in awe, as Hill and Pope’s Hill. I chionda of the Keystone were entitled to a full- room, I spoke with one at BC so we don’t know more and more people almost yelled out loud Apartments. Joe was sized bus. The drive over of the wait staff who was that area of the city at filled in the seats. (I when he said Pope’s the husband of the late to Northeastern was also washing her hands. all. We understood that think there were 8,000 Hill. I was thrilled to Patricia (Nasiatka). He very easy because it was I complimented her on the Forum was the last people there.) Who came hear Ronan Tynan sing was the stepfather of early Sunday morning. the food and the terrific building in Boston at the to sit in front of us but “God Bless America.” Frank Symonds Jr. In We were surprised that staff we had working our edge of the Newton line. our friend and former He certainly didn’t need addition to Della, he was we were the first bus to table. She told me that It was not the best of neighbor, Gregory Ashe, a microphone with his the brother of Catherine arrive. We were greeted she was retired from days weatherwise as we along with our mutual powerful voice. I also Morgan, Robert, and by the employees of teaching and enjoyed drove to Chestnut Hill. friend Michael McCar- loved seeing cellist Yo-Yo the late Timothy, Mary Boston’s Elderly Com- working for Rebecca’s It was a gray and rainy. ron. They spoke with us Ma at the inaugural. Lyons, Thomas, John, mission, including Mike group. As we neared BC, the for quite a while. Them He seems so nice and Patrick, Coleman, and McColgan, as well as We had such a pleas- number of police officers who else joined the four “ordinary.” (That’s a Margaret. Joe served in by Commissioner Em- ant morning at North- increased markedly. We of us but another good compliment!) His first the Air Force during the ily Shea. The volunteer eastern that we almost asked directions from friend, Mary Joyce Mor- selection brought tears to Korean War. I send my workers, including Jim didn’t want to go home. several of the officers ris. She was one of the many of us in the audi- sympathy to the entire and Jean Hunt, told us We enjoyed meeting and got right into the volunteers and gave us ence. It was “Danny Boy.” family. to go over near the win- Margaret Lynch and garage. As we exited bottles of water. After a I saw City Councilor *** dows to sit. Gail Hobin, Mary Walsh for the first from our car, we heard a bnit, Mary went back to Frank Baker brush tears Be advised that the from UMass/Boston, was time. When he came to voice say, “Hi, Barbara.” her assigned area and away from his eyes. My cost for a first class/For- there to seat us. the microphone, Marty Jim and Jean Hunt were Gregory and Michael friend Ann, watching the ever stamp will increase We noticed from the Walsh spoke of a woman parked in the row right moved to their assigned ceremony at home, had to three cents to 49 cents imprinted napkins named Josephine who behind us. We chatted seats. Then a nice young use a few tissues during per stamp this Sunday, that Rebecca’s Café just celebrated her 101st for a few minutes. Then woman came and sat in “Danny Boy.” Yo-Yo’s Jan. 26. was the caterer for the birthday. She invited we took off for the walk the seat next to mine. other selections were *** event. There were mini- him to her 102nd birth- to the Forum. A reporter “I know you,” she said unknown to me. He plays Here is a statement muffins, coffee cake day next year. He said, almost interviewed me to me. “I am Eileen the cello so beautifully from a book called “The bites, and fresh fruit “I’ll be there!” Marty also but when she discovered Pembroke, Mike and that he does make the Wit and Wisdom of with berries already said that he appreciated that I worked for another Dot’s daughter.” I was instrument “sing.” He Women”: “It is good for on the table, which we the seniors from all over newspaper, she said, delighted that she was received a big ovation. a child to lose as well as “a local” with whom I The ceremony ended win. They must learn could chat. I asked about fairly quickly, much to that in life they are going her parents. We hit it off our dismay. It was a to be up today and down Byrne & very well. Just before the lovely morning and we tomorrow.” Drechsler, L.L.P. 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By Colleen Quinn Aging and Disability at was Kuhn. Overtime, for people are bleak, her, frankly, she was a will now get the mental State House Boston University. through the home visits resulting in either home- bit frightening,” she said. health services they need News Service Research shows that Kuhn convinced her to lessness or premature After some “medical if they are placed in a There is a growing 30 percent of elders in the visit the Kit Clark center, institutionalization in a sleuthing” those help- nursing home. “silent crisis” among the state suffer from mental where she eventually nursing home, Crimmins ing the woman figured elderly of undiagnosed health issues, with the joined a quilting group said. out that a steroid she Mental Health Com- and untreated mental number expected to grow and found a sense of Crimmins said by the was taking for a kidney mittee Co-Chair Rep. health conditions that in the next decade, Kuhn connection. time she meets her cli- transplant was affect- Elizabeth Malia (D- often spiral into other told lawmakers on the “The women in the ents their mental health ing her mental health. Jamaica Plain) asked health problems and Mental Health and Sub- quilting class really needs have reached a Her doctor adjusted her Crimmins if she had housing difficulties, ac- stance Abuse and the El- started to take an inter- crisis point, and in the medication, and put any estimates of the cording to social workers, der Affairs committees. est in her,” Kuhn said. year she has practiced her on an anti-anxiety number of elderly who legal services attorneys, The percentage of elderly Kuhn said social work- she has seen an uptick in drug. She was a different end up homeless. While and elder advocates. who receive specialized ers, physicians and elder the number of mentally woman, Crimmins said. she did not have figures, Elderly individuals mental health care is 1 care workers know unad- ill elderly she represents “The quality of her life Crimmins responded, across Massachusetts to 3 percent, she said. dressed mental illnesses in housing cases. greatly increased, and for “There is no doubt in my are not getting services The problem will be are a growing problem “This is a growing sec- the state, she was headed mind that more and more they need either because compounded in the future among the elderly, but tion of our population,” for a homeless shelter. elders are ending up on services are unavail- as the elderly population have difficulty battling she said. She was probably some- the streets.” able or older people grows, advocates said. it because of stigma, lack Crimmins described body who was headed Malia said what she shy away from seeking The state’s population of funding, and limited the plight of an elderly in and out of hospitals, was hearing from elder help because of stigmas of 65 and older residents number of specialized Everett woman who was in and out of emergency advocates “was not good attached to mental ill- is anticipated to grow 82 care providers able to di- being evicted from her rooms, and probably a news.” She said the two nesses, according to percent during the next agnose and treat mental public housing because nursing home,” she said. committees decided to several advocates who three decades, according illness among the elderly. she caused many prob- Crimmins said some- hold the invitation-only work with the elderly. to a report released last “A geriatric mental lems in the building, times when she is not oversight hearing in or- Social workers told law- week by the Metropolitan health workforce is vi- culminating in her hit- able to keep someone der to begin discussing makers recently they Area Planning Council. tal,” Kuhn said, adding ting another resident in in their home she feels the issues some lawmak- are seeing increased Elderly people living that clinicians need to the elevator. a sense of relief for the ers feel are overdue for rates of depression and alone can feel a lack of be able to differentiate “When I initially met person knowing they attention. suicide – particularly belonging and sense of between depression and among white men. hopelessness because dementia. “Most seniors, the vast no one knows where or Massachusetts has majority, are falling what they are doing. some of the best mental through the cracks in Some go for days without health programs in the terms of mental health talking to another person country, Kuhn said, but services,” said Dale – all of which increases the problem is accessing Mitchell, executive direc- their risk for suicide, them. tor at Ethos, a non-profit advocates said. Middle-income people aging services organiza- Kuhn relayed the are most at risk, accord- tion in Jamaica Plain. story of an 82-year-old ing to Mitchell. They Mitchell described Dorchester woman suf- cannot afford to pay for mental health care as fering from depression, private mental health the “biggest unmet” need who showed signs of care, and they are not for the elderly. being suicidal, and was eligible to receive subsi- “It is an extremely on the verge of being dized services available frustrating situation,” placed in a nursing home to lower-income people. he said. “I would char- – at state expense. Kuhn “They are the ones who acterize this as a crisis. met the woman she end up going into nursing However, it is a silent called “Mrs. McKay” homes,” he said. crisis. It is not one we see, when she worked at Kit Betsey Crimmins, an not one we hear.” Clark Senior Services attorney for Greater During an oversight in Dorchester. Her story Boston Legal Services hearing Thursday hosted illustrates the need and in the elder unit, sees by two legislative com- importance of in-home people when they are mittees, Mitchell said mental health services, on the verge of losing lawmakers may not hear Kuhn said. their housing, a situation about the problem from McKay lived alone, and that often stems from many people in their dis- her only family member untreated mental health tricts. “But believe me it in the state was about to issues, she said. is a very serious problem move far away. “We are talking about that affects many people Along with depression, people who have chronic and it warrants much McKay had hyperten- mental health problems more attention than it sion, arthritis, diabetes, that affect every facet of is getting,” he said. and a prosthetic leg. She their life,” she said. A lack of mental health began spending more Crimmins said she care leads some elderly time alone in her apart- is often successful in to develop other health ment with no visitors, helping people stay in problems, and then and would not even leave their homes, but “what requires more costly to collect her mail, Kuhn it doesn’t mean is solving medical services like said. McKay refused the underlying problem. nursing homes, accord- to seek treatment at That is not something I ing to Kathy Kuhn, who a clinic, but agreed to am equipped to do.” works at the School of have a social worker When she is not Social Work, Center for visit her at home - which successful the options Follow us on Twitter Readers can now sign up to get DotNews. And, of course, check our regular news headlines and links to website dotnews.com for daily news, breaking news from the Dorchester expanded crime reports and our Reporter at Twitter. Follow us @ political blog, The Lit Drop. 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January 23, 2014 The Reporter Page 15 Thoughts on a team, and the bloody game it plays The Patriots just Week, the wretched leaves us with a number weren’t that good this Sports/Clark Booth Hernandez business of interesting questions: season. It’s that simple! would have been all the • Granted this game Everyone with a column, officially over? Let’s put This season, 10 quarter- rage and the big game’s wasn’t as close as the a blog, a microphone, a it another way. If you backs were carried off big sub-plot. final score of 26-16 sug- bandstand, a place on go a full decade between on their shields and 41 In the days leading up gests, how great is the Facebook, even a quill Super Bowl triumphs in other luckless troupers to the Denver showdown, true difference between pen, has been insisting the National Football suffered season-ending Boston police were weigh- the two? as much with vary- League you no longer knee injuries while the ing new charges having • How did Jack Is he closer to the end of ing degrees of vehe- qualify as an aspiring total of those who landed to do with old capital Del Rio, the Denver the line than we want to mence since last July. dynasty. on the weekly disabled crimes against the Pats’ defensive coordinator realize? While certain oddsmak- Many are insisting list shattered the old erstwhile superstar tight who was considered In this last observation, ers, who must have been that injuries killed them record – which happens end whom the ownership the lightweight of the one admits to having in the bag, were calling this season and will go pretty much every year regarded so highly as Bronco’s brain trust, veered into devil’s advo- them favorites for their on insisting that such nowadays – and all of to confer on him a $40 come up with a scheme cate territory. Any artist late and fatal appoint- tough luck made all the that was before the million contract little that so out-witted and in any dodge, no matter ment in Denver, those difference. To his credit, playoffs began. more than a year ago. befuddled the fabled how great, has a right who know them best Belichick knows better Writes Frank Bruni There’s no end in sight Coach Belichick? to a terrible day, which were predicting they’d and defiantly refuses to on the OpEd page of to this dreadful mess. • What became of is what Sir Tom clearly lose. And so they did. use this crutch; always the New York Times Hernandez is evolving LeGarrette Blount, who had. With his level of So where is the issue? has. His players, smartly in a column headlined into the Patriots’ lasting looked like the second stardom, however, come It has to do with the picking up the proper Football’s Devastating disgrace, one they indis- coming of Jim Brown ridiculous standards and myth that the estimable cues, have steadfastly Harvest: “It’s difficult to putably enabled. Any one week and gained six obligations. As he reaches if ultimately inscrutable disdained such whin- say definitively whether effort by Owner Kraft yards the next? age 37 how can we expect, football sorcerer Bill ing as well. ‘Tis wise, significant injuries over and/or Coach Belichick, • How does the willing- let alone demand, still Belichick and his prized although an adoring all are on the rise, and it et al. and ad nauseam, ness to replace Welker more? apprentice, Master Tom media, no doubt hoping doesn’t matter. They’re to wipe their hands with Amendola look now? So you are left to Brady, have woven the to curry favor with Boss too prevalent. Period!” of any blame in this • The injury factor wonder: Might this be length of this new mil- Belichick (not an easy This entire NFL season extraordinary outrage notwithstanding, how how it ends for the Pa- lennium. fellow), continue to harp that is now about to come or dismiss it with some does the Pats “D” explain triots precisely 13 fairly Deep in the psyche on this point. crashing to an end has mumbo jumbo about having not laid a hand on golden years after the of this team’s ardent Would this year’s team been all about injury and having been “duped” is Peyton Manning for an epic Belichick-Brady era following – and equally not have been better had pain and suffering and pathetic. entire game? began? Do we have a deep in the fears of those Messrs. Gronkowski, attrition and triage. It’s On the more familiar • And what of the right to expect more? who detest them as well Wilfork, Kelly, Mayo, an entirely unpleasant level of the mere stuff incomparable Brady, who In the meantime, you – persists the conviction Solder, Spikes, et al. and issue that has profoundly that happens on the had, all things consid- can be excused to root for that the firm of Belichick ad nauseam, remained dominated the entire football field itself, that ered, his worst moment Peyton to go all the way. and Brady will usually healthy, or if their explo- season. A slush fund of last wild fling in Denver of an illustrious career. And why not? and somehow “find a sive secret weapon, hell roughly a billion bucks way.” That they had on wheels, all-purpose aimed at salving the dramatically done so in tight end Aaron Her- wounds of aching NFL increasingly improbable nandez had not turned alumni and set up before fashion a bunch of times out to be an accused the season began is in this this past regular serial-homicide felon already deemed insuffi- season reinforced this and celebrity jailbird cient as said season ends. assumption; and with along the way? Indeed, In every tilt along the many, it had become might they have fared way, doctors have been precisely that, a mere better in the finale if perched on the sidelines assumption, and they are Aqib Talib, their best yanking players off the always shaky. Moreover, defensive back, had not field to have their heads what they achieved, at been ambushed early on scanned after they have least this season, was by Wes Welker, an old gotten their bells rung. largely with smoke and friend? Why of course; Everyone who plays this mirrors at the expense no one would deny any game plays hurt and of foes who eventually of that! keeps his mouth shut. proved fraudulent. The But then, would not It’s just a way of life in assumption, thereby, the Broncos have been this brave new football was shakier than ever. even tougher foes in the world where injuries are Still, it was a notion, end had they also not lost the great equalizer. No however fragile, that a platoon of stalwarts one has the right to use the Patriots faithful had over the course of their them as an excuse. It is clung to. It’s strange season, including for a Darwinian game! how such mossy myth starters, all-pro corner And on this occasion, remained so firmly held Chris Harris, the QB of the very fittest of the fit when you consider it’s their defense, linebacker rather obviously were now officially a full Von Miller, an all-pro the Broncos. So they decade since Brothers offensive lineman, two survived. It’s just that B & B last led our Fox- veteran defensive line- simple. borough pets to football’s men, and their strong Actually, this Patriots Promised Land. safety. You better believe season was foredoomed Actually, this myth that too, old Sport. In the when the mind-boggling has been more a mem- end, both teams were Aaron Hernandez fiasco ory since Eli Manning playing on fumes. broke – or is the proper cleaned their clocks in Injuries are every- term for it “exploded?” their last two failed where in this bloody – way back last June. It Super Bowl dates. And atavistic tong war of would have been embar- now they have come an alleged “game” now rassing for them to have up woefully short in featured in the rather gone on further and consecutive conference heartless multi-billion believe me, if they had finals. Might it by time to dollar cartel called the miraculously managed acknowledge the party is NFL. Everyone has them. to reach Holy Soupey

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(Continued from page 10) Congregational Christian Church, associated with Our Lady of Fatima, in the church. Learn to Skate Lessons the United Church of Christ, and is located at 540 St. Matthew Parish Learn-to-skate lessons for children (4 and 1/2 and Columbia Rd, in Uphams Corner. Eucharistic Adoration each Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. older) and adults are offered in Quincy and South Divine Mercy Celebration to 5 p.m. 39 Stanton St. Dorchester Boston and other rinks. Wear figure or hockey skates, The nuns usually celebrate the Eucharist in honor Knights of Columbus for beginner, intermediate, or advanced lessons, of Divine Mercy on the third Friday of each month, Redberry Council #107, Columbus Council #116, taught by professional instructors. Call 781-890-8480 at St. Ann’s in Neponset, with Exposition at 6 p.m., and Lower Mills Council #180 merged into a new or visit online at baystateskatingschoool.org. Chaplet of Mercy at 6:30 p.m., and Mass, with Fr. Dorchester Council #107, with meetings held the Adams St. Library Richard Clancy, at 7 p.m. For further info: call the second Wed. of each month at the V.F.W. Post, Become a member by sending dues to Friends of Sisters at 617-288-1202, ext. 114. Neponset Ave., at 7 p.m. (earlier starting time). the Adams St. Library, c/o M. Cahill, 67 Oakton First Parish Church Info: contact Mike Flynn at 617-288-7663. Ave., Dorchester, 02122. Family membership is $5; The church welcomes donations of food and clothing Adams Village Business Assoc. individuals, $3; seniors, $1; businesses, $10; and for the needy each Sunday. Pot-Luck-Family-Fun- For info on the AVBA, call Mary at 617-697-3019. lifetime, $50. Night, the first Fri. of each month, 6 p.m., in the Kit Clark Senior Services Codman Square Neighborhood parish hall. The church is located at 10 Parish St., Kit Clark Senior Services for those over 60: Council Meetinghouse Hill. health care, socialization, adult day health, memory Codman Square Neighborhood Council meets the St. Ambrose Church respite, homemakers, personal care attendants, first Wed. of each month, 7 to 8:30 p.m., in the Great Sovereign Bank is allowing parishioners attending mental health and substance abuse counseling, Hall of the Codman Sq. Health Center, 6 Norfolk Sunday Mass to park in their parking lot while at and transportation. The Kit Clark’s Senior Home St. Info: call 617-265-4189. Mass. The Hispanic Community of St. Ambrose Improvement Program for eligible homeowners with Bowdoin St. Health Center moved to St. Mark’s in Sept. Bible Study meets each home rehabilitation and low-cost home repairs. Info: Monday, following the noon Mass. Sr. Damien leads 617-825-5000. Peace Circle, where those affected by violence may the study on the coming week’s liturgy readings, with speak honestly, the second Tues. of each month, 6 St. Gregory’s Boy Scouts refreshments. All are welcome. The choir welcomes Meetings each Tues., 7 p.m., in the white building to 8 p.m., sponsored by Beth Israel Deaconess Med. new members. Ctr, the BSHC, and the Louis Brown Peace Institute. in the rear of the Grammar School, for boys ages Call Janet at 617-296-2075 for info. St. Ann Church 7 to 14. This is the scouts’ 59th year in the parish! S. Ann welcomes Fr. Jason Makos as administrator Mattapan Health Center of St. Ann’s and St. Brendan’s, effective Dec. 1. St. St. Gregory’s 60 & Over Club Weight Watcher’s meetings will be held each Ann/St. Brendan women’s bowling league, Tues., The club usually meets on Tuesdays (Feb. 4 and Wed. at the Mattapan Community Health Center, 7 p.m. at Boston Bowl. New members welcomed. 28) at 12:15 p.m. for refreshments and 1p.m. in St. at 6 p.m. Arrive 30 minutes early to register. Call Voice, piano, guitar, violin, and viola lessons are Gregory’s Auditorium. 617-898-9052 or 617-898-8026 for info. now available. See the flyers at the rear door of the Dot House Senior Guys & Gals church. The 9 a.m. Mass from Thursday to Saturday Bingo each Tuesday, 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at the Irish Pastoral Centre will be celebrated at St. Ann Church. (The 9 a.m.Mass Dorchester House, 1353 Dorchester Ave.; also offer- Celebration of St. Brigid’s Feast Day is on Sat., from Mon. through Wed. at St. Brendan.) ing many trips. All are welcome. Info: 617-288-3230. Feb. 1, in Fr. Lane Hall; from 3 to 5 p.m. craft St. Brendan Church Blessed Mother Teresa Seniors workshop for children; 5 p.m., Mass celebrated by St. Brendan welcomes Fr. Jason Makos as admin- Lunch each Wed. at noon, followed by Bingo, Fr. John McCarthy, IPC Chaplain; and at 6 p.m. istrator of St. Brendan and St. Ann, effective Dec. dominoes, and cards, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. All are a hot supper and refreshments. Tickets: $12 in 1. Men’s clothing is still needed for the Long Island welcome. advance and $15 at the door with children under Shelter for the Homeless: shirts, pants, sweatshirts, K Club 18, free. The IPC, located in St. Brendan Rectory, sweaters, coats, jackets, rainwear, footwear, belts, Meetings every other Monday (Jan. 27 and Feb. 15 Rita Road, welcomes seniors to a coffee hour each hats, and white sox. The Food Pantry is in great 3 and 24), at Florian Hall, 12:30 p.m. Wed. morning, from 10 a.m. to noon. There will be need of non-perishable food. Please be generous. Boys and Girls Club News a speaker each week. Call 617-265-5300 for info. The 9 a.m. Mass Monday through Wednesday will The Music for Memory group meets on the second Dorchester Boys and Girls Club needs tutors for be celebrated at St. Brendan Church; (Thursday those in grades K to 12 who need homework assis- Wednesday of the month, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. “Singing through Saturday at St. Ann Church.) can unlock the brain.” Suggested donation: $3 to tance after school one to 2 hours per week. Volunteers $5 per session, with refreshments served, Contact St. Christopher Parish need not be teachers or experts on the subject. High Maureen at: [email protected] for info. Small faith groups have resumed on Thursdays, school students can fulfill their community-service Irish Social Club from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Contact Celia or call Louise at hours. Call Emily at 617-288-7120, to volunteer. 617-834-9127. Rosary (in Spanish), each Thurs., Upham’s Corner Main Street The club is located at 119 Park St., West Roxbury. from 6 to 8 p.m. Call Jose at 617-541-3402. Donation, usually $10 pp. All committee meetings are held at the UCMS St. Gregory Parish office, 594 Columbia Rd., #302, buzzer #6, Dor., Milton-Quincy Congregation The time for Confessions has been changed from and are open to the public. Info: 617-265-0363 or (Temple Shalom) 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. on Saturday mornings in the uphamscorner.org. Temple Shalom of Milton and Temple Beth El upper church. St. Gregory’s Prayer Group will now Field’s Corner Main Street have merged with the new name of Congregation meet each Saturday, following the 9 a.m. Mass, The Board meets the first Wed. of the month, at Beth Shalom of the Blue Hills. Worship services, instead of meeting Wednesday evenings. Blessing 1452 Dot. Ave., 6:30 p.m. Info or to apply: 617-474- in the Great Hall, 495 Canton Ave., Milton. The of throats, Sun., Feb. 2. 1432. phone number is: 617-698-3394 or e-mail: office@ St. Mark Parish TempleShalomOnline.org for info. Four Corners Main Street Mass changes, as of Sun., Oct. 6: on Saturdays, 4 Four Corners Main Street, located at 420 Wash- Pilgrim Church p.m.-no change; on Sundays, 7:30 a.m.-no change, ington St., Dorchester, 02121; mailing address: The Worship Service each Sunday at 11 a.m.; then, on Sundays, 9 a.m. in Eng.; 10:30 a.m. in P.O. Box 240877, 02124; phone: 617-287-1651; fax all are welcome. Bible Study, each Wed. in the Span.; and noon, in Eng. A small Food Pantry has number, 617-265-2761. Conference Room, from 1 to 2:30 p.m.; the public been set up by the St. Vincent de Paul Society; come is invited. Browse the gift shop, which is open Dorchester Park to the rectory on the third Monday of each month Meetings held the third Wed. of each month, 6:30 weekdays and Saturdays. Call 617-807-0540 for from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to receive a bag of groceries. details. Community lunch is served free every Sat. to 7:30 p.m., in the Board Room on the second floor, Items needed are toilet tissue, paper towels, cleaners Carney Hospital. See: dotpark.org. from noon to 1:30 p.m.; the public is welcome. Pilgrim (Ajax, SOS, etc.) and shampoos, soaps, etc. A Holy Christian Endeavor Society meeting, second Tues. Hour, each Monday, from 6 to 7 p.m., in honor of Friends of Ronan Park of each month at 6:30 p.m. Pilgrim Church is a The meetings are on the first Tuesday of each month, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., at the Bowdoin St. BUSINESS DIRECTORY Health Center. Mailing address: Friends of Ronan Park, P.O. Box 220252, Dor., 02122. See: info@ AUTO BODY REPAIRS (617) 825-1760 friendsofronanpark.org for info. 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Info: (617) 282-3469 Karleen at ABCD, 617-298-2045, X245 or Karleen. [email protected]. Steinbach’s Service Mattapan Adult Day Care The Mattapan Adult Day Care Program is held Station Inc. each weekday from 8 am to 4 pm, 229 River St., Mat- COMPLETE AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE tapan. Services included: nursing, social services, arts & crafts, games, breakfast/lunch/snack, and 321 Adams St., Dorchester 02122 transportation. Call 617-298-7970 to schedule a visit. Corner of Gibson Street NOW State Inspection Center (Continued on page 18) January 23, 2014 The Reporter Page 17 After hearing, city board approves wine and cheese store for Dot Ave.

By Adam Gaffin Church next door and a rati Ferrer suggested she Special to the Reporter competing liquor store, was pouring it on a bit The Boston Licensing however, said the area thick by declaring that Board last Thursday already has enough people on the west side of approved a plan to turn liquor stores and that Dot. Ave. wouldn’t cross a shuttered Vietnamese adding one more would over to the east side to market on Dorchester only turn the area into buy cheesy comestibles. even more of a haven for Robert Fuller, a Pearl Avenue into an upscale This recently-renovated storefront at 1047-1051 — once home to a Vietnam- shop selling everything a drunks and prostitutes Street resident and doc- ese-American market— will next become home to a shop marketed towards young professional could than it already is. tor in training at Boston consumers with gourmet tastes. Photo by Bill Forry need for a dinner party - Van had originally Medical Center, said from wine and gourmet sought a license to open Van has already made But Cornel Miller, are already so bad that sober house for women cheeses to self-service a full-service liquor the neighborhood better pastor of the Waymark the church recently near the proposed loca- olive oil and home-made store, but his attorney, just by cleaning up the Seventh-Day Adven- chopped down trees out tion. peanut butter. Carolyn Conway, said he old market, which he tist Church at 1048 front to try to drive out Mirosleidy Tejada, At a hearing last reconsidered after strong said residents would Dorchester Avenue, said the “drunks sleeping on owner of Avenue Liquor, Wednesday (Jan. 15), opposition last year and cross the street to avoid there are already six the steps” of the church, said there is no public young professionals - and changed the focus of just because of the rats. liquor licenses for stores and warned the problem need for the new shop some older residents - the proposal to serve Fuller said he now has and restaurants within would only get worse because her store is supported Mateo Van’s the burgeoning party to drive to Somerville or a three or four-block with even easier access already open. She said proposed Savin Hill and dinner needs of the even Hingham when he radius of the proposed to wine and beer, no people who support the Enterprise at 1047-1051 young-professional and wants to stock up for a store. matter how high end. proposal “are obviously Dot. Ave. saying they are empty-nester market party and that he would “That’s a lot of liquor,” He cited a state law that not drinkers, in my opin- tired of having to drive on “the west side of love a shop he could he said. He tut-tutted lets licensing boards ban ion,” because if they to distant towns to get Dorchester Avenue.” walk to. people saying they have liquor establishments were, they would already the sorts of supplies they Conway said many of William Christopher, to drive far to get liquor within 500 feet of a have visited her store need and that Savin Hill these new residents an architect and 40-year because “we have to church or school. and realized that not has changed enough to be are “foodies who stay at resident of the neighbor- drive to get groceries in “It’s just not kosher only does she already sell able to support this sort home.” hood, said the proposed that community; to get to have something that 100 craft beers, she has of store. “There really is no shop would fit in nicely in your car to get liquor close to our establish- a signup sheet on which Opponents, includ- market that service this with “long-range plans of is not a big deal.” ment,” he said. customers can suggest ing the pastor of the niche,” she said. Board what Dorchester Avenue He said problems with Another opponent even more craft beers. Seventh-Day Adventist Chairwoman Nicole Mu- could become.” drunks and prostitutes noted the presence of a Henriquez jailed, but still Drug Court gets boost in office, under pressure from ally: the Mayor (Continued from page 1) Walsh’s transition team By Gintautas Dumcius leaders will likely move and was recently ap- News Editor towards expelling him. pointed vice chair of the Judge Rosalind Miller, “Based upon the convic- Legislature’s Black and Dorchester District tion today on an offense Latino Caucus, a move Court’s first justice, which I consider to be that put him on track to knows the new mayor extremely serious and I chair the caucus in 2015. well. Marty Walsh, she know that the members The appointment was said last week, “not only of the House consider seen as a sign that his talks the talk, [he] walks to be extremely serious, fellow lawmakers felt he the walk.” I am asking that Rep. would emerge from the Addressing a crowd Carlos Henriquez im- trial with a “not guilty” gathered in the court- mediately resign from his verdict. house’s first session, position as representa- The narrative that led Miller was referring tive of the House,” De- to the assault conviction to Walsh’s work in the Leo told reporters last began in July 2012 in recovery community. Arlington. Gonzalves Mayor Walsh spoke at Dorchester District Court as week. Walsh has been a re- Judge John McDonald looked on. Photo by Isabel Karen Charles As the trial played out, testified that Henriquez covering alcoholic for 18 Leon/Mayor’s office a state official said she had held her down and and narrowly beat fellow years and it was a key would consider a run for punched her and that Democrat Barry Lawton part of his biography The main event at was asked to speak to the the Henriquez seat if he she had jumped out of a in a September primary. when he ran for mayor the Thursday afternoon drug court participants, resigned. Karen Charles, rented car as Henriquez The Fifth Suffolk last year. gathering was Chris he said, “Of course I’ll currently the chief of staff drove them through the House District includes Miller introduced Herren, a former Celtics be there, it’s Marty’s in the state Department area near Northeastern Uphams Corner, Bow- Walsh to the crowd, player and recovering neighborhood.” of Telecommunications University. Henriquez’s doin Geneva, Grove Hall, made up of participants drug addict who works as After his speech, which and Cable, is a Dorches- attorney, Stephanie and part of Roxbury and of an 18-month program an inspirational speaker. followed a video about ter Democrat who lives Soriano-Mills, claimed Fields Corner. aimed at pushing addicts He said he has gone his Celtics career and on Meetinghouse Hill. the victim’s story was Members of the Ward on probation into rehab through four overdoses, drug problems, Herren She previously served inconsistent and unsuc- 15 Democratic Commit- and towards a job or a seven felonies. met privately with the as chief of staff at the cessfully asked for a dis- tee, a group that holds degree. Two prospective Herren, a Fall River drug court participants. MBTA and worked in missal of the case after a significant sway in the participants sat behind native whose father was In his own speech, the late Councillor Bruce previously undisclosed district, were incensed glass in the courtroom’s a former state represen- Walsh said he still at- Bolling’s office. “For me, police report surfaced when they heard about custody box. tative, started cocaine tends Alcoholics Anony- it’s about serving my during the trial. After the charges against Rep. The Dorchester Drug when he was 18 years mous meetings and at community,” she said Henriquez was led away, Henriquez in 2012, but Court program was old. One line of cocaine a recent one, he spoke on Wednesday. Asked if Soriano-Mills called ultimately decided to let established in 1995 and took “14 years to walk with someone still strug- she thought Henriquez the sentence “harsh,” the judicial process play graduates about eight away from.” He was gling with addiction. should resign, Charles since the lawmaker was out after he denied the people a year. It’s run introduced to Oxycontin, “Anything is possible if said it is his personal charged with a misde- allegations. by Helen Coyne, a parole another addictive drug, you’re sober,” Walsh said decision to make, adding, meanor and did not have Henriquez was up for officer who runs the pro- at age 22. he told him. “he was judged by a jury a prior criminal record. reelection later that year, gram and once worked He’s been sober for The gathering also of peers.” She added that they plan and he beat two write- in Walsh’s State House five and a half years, he drew District Attorney Charles grew up on an appeal. ins: perennial candidate office. Around 20 people told the crowd. Looking Dan Conley, whose office Olney Street. Her hus- Charles’s name is not Althea Garrison and are in the program at around the room, he is involved in referring band is Kevin Peterson, a new one in electoral Nanci Conklin Lawton, one time. quipped that this was the potential participants who worked on former circles. Local activists who was in the process of Attendees also in- first time he was sitting to drug court, and City state Rep. Charlotte floated her name in 2010, divorcing Barry Lawton. cluded people enrolled in a courthouse without Councillors Frank Baker Golar Richie’s mayoral when Uphams Corner’s Henriquez picked up in drug court programs handcuffs. and Michael Flaherty. campaign and her first St. Fleur stepped down. 1,346 votes, while Garri- in East Boston and Turning to Walsh, he Conley said he was a campaign for the House. But Charles, then at son received 63 votes and Charlestown. said they remain close “strong supporter” of the Henriquez was elected the MBTA, said she Lawton 40. Garrison ran Judge Miller recalled due to their ties to the drug court model. in 2010, replacing Marie was focused on her day again in the general elec- probation officers, when recovery community. “I “I believe they’re over- St. Fleur, who had stepped job. Henriquez, who tion, losing to Henriquez, Walsh was a state rep- don’t think I can ever whelmingly successful,” down before taking a job had run unsuccessfully 9,179-2,564. resentative, telling her, get comfortable with Conley said. “I’m pressed in Mayor Thomas Me- against City Councillor Material from State “Mahty Walsh needs calling him, ‘Mr. Mayor,’” by how rigorous drug nino’s administration. Chuck Turner, eventu- House News Service was a bed, needs a bed for Herren said. court is. It’s far from He served on Mayor ally jumped into the race used in this report. someone.” Herren said when he fluff.” Page 18 THE Reporter January 23, 2014 RECENT OBITUARIES AVEY, Julia (Con- Retired employee of by 15 grandnieces and Son of Julia E. (Lakes) Canada. Husband of Helen Sugrue of Spain, nolly) of St. Brendan’s MIB Group for over 37 grandnephews. Dear and the late Thomas Constance (Smith) Michael Sugrue of Can- Parish, Dorchester, years. Donations in Bill’s lifetime friend of Bobby J. Mannion. Brother of O’Reilly. Father of Ge- ton and Mary Sugrue of formerly of Co. Galway, memory may be made to McMahon of Rockland Thomas Jr. and his wife rard OReilly and wife Dorchester. Grandfather Ireland. Wife of Albert the New England Center and Kathleen Grace of Linda, Michael and his Renana of Israel, Claire of Lily Sugrue. Also Avey. Daughter of the for Homeless Veterans, Dorchester. Life compan- wife Maire, Gerald and DeVasto and husband survived by 4 sisters and late James and Ellen 17 Court St., Boston, MA ion of Stanley Derby of his wife Laurie and Paul of Medfield, Meg 2 brothers. (Donelon) Connolly. 02108. Dorchester and Beverly. John and his wife Col- Petitti of Roslindale, SUTHERLAND, Julia is survived by 3 COTTER, Francis Late retired plumber leen. Son-in-law of Anne Connie Orlando and Robert E. after a brief generations of nieces and Xavier (Frank) in for the Boston Housing and Raymond Travers. husband Patrick of Hol- illness. He was 93 years nephews both here and Dorchester. Son of the Authority for over 25 Also survived by 23 brook, Annie Burke and old. Born in Boston in Ireland. Julia was a late George L. Les Cotter years and member of nieces and nephews. husband Jack, Mary he lived in Dorchester 36 year employee of Stop and Olga A. Dixie (Huba- the Plumbers Local #12 Remembrances may be Redmond and husband until moving to Canton & Shop. check) Cotter. Brother of for over 35 years. Frank made in Patrick’s name Paul, Theresa Lohmar, in 1966. Robert was a BRACE, William W. Donald L. and his wife was an avid supporter to: Dorchester Youth Richard OReilly Jr. proud veteran of W.W. II in Dorchester. Husband Peggy Cotter of Foxboro, of St. Williams Band. Hockey, c/o Patrick and wife Marianne, serving in the U.S. Army of the late Gene E. (Huff). and the late James E. Donations in Franks Mannion Scholarship Debbie O’Reilly, Diane and was the recipient of Brother of Janine Lydeck Cotter. Brother-in-law memory may be made Fund, 9 Crockett Ave., OSullivan and husband the Bronze Star for his of Weymouth and the of Agnes B. Cotter of to the James E. Cotter Dorchester, MA 02124. John, all of Dorchester, actions during the D-Day late Richard Brace. Sur- Quincy and the late Ann Scholarship Fund at Graduate of Don Bosco John OReilly and wife invasion. He worked as vived by several nieces, P. Cotter. Uncle of Grace B.C. High, 150 Wil- High School Class of ‘85, Melissa, Betty Cawley an electrician for the nephews, and many Regan, Kelly Kosten- liam T. Morrissey Blvd., and Wentworth Institute and husband Richard MBTA until retiring friends. Dear friend of bauer, Michael Cotter, Dorchester, MA 02125. of Technology, Class of Braintree, Penny in 1986. Robert was a Joseph P. and Mary E. Leslie Cooke, Christine JOYCE, Joseph M. of ‘89. Longtime Civil Carney and husband member of IBEW Local Barry of Quincy. Late Cooke, Donny Cotter, 82, of South Boston. Engineer for MassDOT. William, Karen Moran #103, and was active in member of the James J. and Danny Cotter. Husband of the late Pa- Member and Past Grand and husband Michael the Masons and Shri- Rice Amvets Post #28. Lovingly remembered tricia (Nasiatka) Joyce. Knight, Knights of of Milton, the late Tony ners. Husband of the late Son of the late Coleman Columbus, Dorchester O’Reilly and wife Karen Dorothea Sutherland and Bridget (Sullivan) Council #107. Lifelong of Marshfield. Son of (Thornton). Father of Joyce. Loving stepfather supporter and coach the late Dennis and Dorothy Sutherland of of Frank Symonds and of Dorchester Youth Clara (Power) O’Reilly. Canton and the late TEVNAN TEVNAN his former wife, Susan Sports. Dear brother of Gerard Janice Souza and the 100 City Hall Plaza 415 Neponset Avenue Masterson. Dear “Papa” McDERMOTT, Mary O’Reilly of Narragansett, late June Sutherland. Boston, MA 02108 Dorchester, MA 02124 to Frankie Symonds Jr. (Gray) of Dorchester. RI and the late Patrick Brother of the late Don- 617-423-4100 617-265-4100 Brother of Catherine Wife of the late Patrick O’Reilly of Newfound- ald Sutherland and the Morgan of South Dennis, “Joe” McDermott. Sister land, Canada. Grandfa- late Dorothy Clarkson. Delia Melchionda of of Robert Gray and the ther of 45 grandchildren, Grandfather of Danelle Attorneys at Law Dorchester, Robert Joyce late Richard Gray, Dan- 49 great-grandchildren, Moriarty and Daniel www.tevnan.com and his wife Kathleen iel Gray, Henry “Buddy” and 4 great great-chil- Souza of Canton. Great- of Roslindale and the Gray, Helen Steene, dren. Remembrances grandfather of Darin, late Timothy, Mary Elizabeth McPartlin, may be made to St. Casey, Collin, Riley Mo- Lyons, Thomas, John, and Florence Whitten. Brendan Church, 15 Rita riarty and Kalynn Souza. “Close to Home” Patrick, Coleman and Also survived by sev- Road, Dorchester 02124. Donations in Roberts Margaret Joyce. Special eral nieces, nephews SUGRUE, John M. memory may be made to Uncle to Phyllis and Wil- great nieces and great Of Dorchester, after a the Alzheimer’s Associa- liam Curran and many nephews. long illness. Beloved hus- tion Massachusetts, 480 nieces and nephews O’REILLY, Richard band of Sarah (Conneely) Pleasant St., Watertown, which includes the late J. of Dorchester, origi- Sugrue. Father of Sean MA 02472. Ellen (Morgan) Webber. nally of Newfoundland, Sugrue of Dorchester, Also loving godfather to Della (Melchionda) Tashjian and Steven Joyce. Vet. Korean War Neighborhood Notables Cedar Grove Cemetery U.S. Airforce. CONSECRATED IN 1868 MANNION, Patrick (Continued from page 16) and disabled adults in our area. Call T. of Dorchester. Hus- 617-482-1510 for further info. VITA, On the banks of the Neponset band of Monica (Hutchin- Dorchester Multi-Service the Volunteer Income Tax, Assistance son) Mannion. Father of Center Program needs volunteers throughout DotWell’s Mommy/Daddy & Me Inquiries on gravesites are invited. Connor P. Mannion. the state to work three to five hours fitness classes at the Dorchester Multi- Non-Sectarian. helping low-income tax payers to Service Center, 1353 Dorchester Ave., prepare their tax returns. In Boston Cemetery Office open daily at LEGAL NOTICES on Mondays from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 call 617-918-5259. Friendship Works 920 Adams St. a.m., and Wednesdays from 8:30 a.m. COMMONWEALTH OF needs caring people to offer help and Dorchester, MA 02124 MASSACHUSETTS to 9:30 a.m., in the gym, for children support to isolated seniors and to drive THE TRIAL COURT two years and older. On Tuesdays, Telephone: 617-825-1360 PROBATE & FAMILY COURT elders to and from medical app’ts. For SUFFOLK PROBATE & FAMILY COURT from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m., a “water info call 617-482-1510 or visit www. 24 NEW CHARDON STREET BOSTON, MA 02114 babies” class for children six months fw4elders,org. Volunteer residents 617-788-8300 to 2.9 years. Info: 617-740-2235. Docket No. SU11P0466GD needed to conduct a community “Caring for your life’s journey...” in the INTERESTS OF Dorchester People VALERY EXIL knowledge pilot in communities of Formerly of MATTAPAN, MA and color that have the highest incidence Now of DORCHESTER, MA for Peace CITATION GIVING NOTICE The group usually meets the second rate of HIV/AIDS. This will bring more OF RESIGNATION OF A GUARDIAN OF AN INCAPACITATED PERSON Monday of each month, 7 to 9 p.m., at awareness, education, prevention, RESPONDENT Alleged Incapacitated Person the Vietnamese-American Community and intervention to those communi- To the named Respondent and all ties. Contact HCC at 617-445-8979. other interested persons, a petition has Center (wheelchair-accessible), 42 been filed by Andrew G. Christensen of Charles St. Info: call 617-282-3783. Helping Communities in Crisis seeks Marblehead, MA in the above captioned matter requesting that the court: Accept Hope for Troubled volunteers with office skills (typing, the Resignation of the Guardian. filing, and computer and telephone The petition asks the Court to make Families a determination that the Guardian and/ skills) for a multi-tasking, fast-paced or Conservator should be allowed to Families Anonymous: a self-help organization; contact: 617-759-2437 or resign; or should be removed for good support program for parents, grand- cause; or that the Guardianship and/or [email protected]. Volunteers needed Conservatorship is no longer necessary parents, other relatives, and friends, and therefore should be terminated. The for Jumpstart Community Corps’s original petition is on file with the court. concerned by the substance abuse of kindergarten reading readiness You have the right to object to this a loved one; meetings at the Tynan proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or classes with preschool children. Serve your attorney must file a written appear- School, 650 East Fourth St., South ance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. six hours per week during the school on the return date of 02/13/2014. This day Boston, Mondays, 7:30 p.m. is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline year for a $100 monthly stipend. Call date by which you have to file the written Horizons for Homeless appearance if you object to the petition. If 857-413-4631 for info. Local residents, you fail to file the written appearance by Children with their own cars, needed to drive the return date, action may be taken in  this matter without further notice to you. In Horizons is seeking volunteers to cancer patients to and from their chemo Funerals addition to filing the written appearance, you or your attorney must file a written interact and play with 200 children and radiation treatments. Call 1-800-  affidavit stating the specific facts and living in family shelters. Commitment: 227-2345 or visit cancer.org. VNA Cremations grounds of your objection within 30 days after the return date. two hours per week for six months. Hospice Care needs men and women to  IMPORTANT NOTICE Pre-Arrangements The outcome of this proceeding may Info: call 617-445-1480. provide companionship to patients, to limit or completely take away the above- Volunteers Needed give respite time for care-giving family 1140 WASHINGTON STREET 460 GRANITE AVENUE named person’s right to make decisions about personal affairs or financial affairs Adult Learning Program seeks members, and to help with errands. DORCHESTER, MA 02124 MILTON, MA 02186 or both. The above-named person has the right to ask for a lawyer. Anyone volunteer tutors to help student work Bilingual people are especially needed. may make this request on behalf of the Call 1-866-279-7103 or 781-569-2888. 617~298~8011 617~698~6264 above-named person. If the above-named toward their GED Diploma or to person cannot afford a lawyer, one may learn English at their 2nd language Interfaith Volunteers needs volunteers be appointed at State expense. Witness, Hon. Joan P. Armstrong, First Training begins in mid Sept., in to help with frail elders and adults with Service times and directions at: Justice of this Court. disabilities. Spend as little as one hour Patricia M. Campatelli Jamaica Plain. Call 617-635-5201 or Register of Probate 5202. Friendship Works visits elderly or 10 or more. Contact 617-482-1510. www.dolanfuneral.com Date: January 14, 2014 January 23, 2014 The Reporter Page 19 Reporter’s Calendar

session from 11 a.m. to 12 Film Series presents noon at Grampian Way Boston premeire of “Rent basketball court, Savin a Family Inc.” at 7p.m., Hill Park, Dorchester. Campus Center Ball- Individuals of all ages room “C” – 3rd Floor, 100 and skill levels are wel- Morrissey Blvd. Free, come to participate in open to public. In-person these informal sessions Q&A with Director. presented as part of the ParkARTS program Thursday, March 27 sponsored by Bank of • The UMass Boston America. Participants Film Series presents will learn techniques Boston premeire of “Who for taking impressive Taught You to Drive” at photographs of Boston’s 7p.m., Campus Center scenic parks as well as be Ballroom “C” – 3rd Floor, given a theme to focus on 100 Morrissey Blvd. each Sunday. Free, open to public. In-person Q&A with Monday, Feb. 24 Director. • Mark Schneider discusses his book Joe Thursday, April 10 Moakley’s Journey, The UMass Boston which explores Joe Film Series presents Moakley’s investigation Boston premeire of “O’er of murders in El Salvador the Land” at 7p.m., Cam- in 1989 at 6:30 p.m. at pus Center Ballroom the Adams Street Branch “C” – 3rd Floor, 100 Alvin Ailey dancers Hope Boykin and Jeroboam Bozeman taught a dance workshop at the Henderson of the Boston Public Morrissey Blvd. Free, Inclusion Elementary School in Dorchester last week as part of the Celebrity Series of Boston education Library, 690 Adams St. open to public. In-person and outreach efforts. The dancers taught the students an hour-long dance lecture and demonstration Q&A with Director. that featured some pop songs as well as classic Ailey songs and dance moves like “Revelations.” Thursday, Feb. 27 Photo by Robert Torres • The UMass Boston Film Series presents Sunday, Jan. 26 6 p.m. All families in- Tuesday, Feb. 4 and activities, sledding “Southern Comfort” at LEGAL NOTICE • Pope John Paul II terested in the Academy • New York Times and snow shoeing, arts, 7p.m., Campus Center COMMONWEALTH OF Catholic Academy will be for students in Preschool bestselling author Jac- crafts, games, and more. MASSACHUSETTS Ballroom “C” – 3rd Floor, THE TRIAL COURT holding Open Houses at (Age 2.9) - Grade 8 are quelyn Mitchard speaks For further information, 100 Morrissey Blvd. PROBATE & FAMILY COURT their Columbia Campus welcome to attend. For about her newest books please call 617-635-4505. SUFFOLK PROBATE & FAMILY COURT Free, open to public. 24 NEW CHARDON STREET at 10a.m. and their more information, please What We Saw at Night BOSTON, MA 02114 • 617-788-8300 In-person Q&A with Docket No. SU14P0084GD Neponset Campus at contact the Academy and What We Lost in Sunday, Feb. 23 in the MATTER OF Director. STANLEY HALLIBURTON 12PM. All families in- at 617-265-0019 x7006. The Dark at 5 p.m. at the • Boston Parks and of DORCHESTER, MA terested in the Academy Uphams Corner Branch Recreation Department CITATION GIVING NOTICE Thursday, March 13 OF PETITION FOR for students in Preschool Saturday, Feb, 1 of the Boston Public hosts Pics in the Parks APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN • The UMass Boston FOR INCAPACITATED PERSON (Age 2.9) - Grade 8 are • The Metropolitan Library, 500 Columbia free winter photography PURSUANT TO G.L. c. 190B, §5-304 RESPONDENT welcome to attend. For Beaches Commission Rd. Alleged Incapacitated Person LEGAL NOTICES To the named Respondent and all other more information, please will hold a public meet- interested persons, a petition has been filed contact the Academy ing at the UMass Boston Thursday, Feb. 13 COMMONWEALTH OF COMMONWEALTH OF by Department of Developmental Services MASSACHUSETTS MASSACHUSETTS of Boston, MA in the above captioned mat- at 617-265-0019 x7006. Campus Center from • The UMass Boston THE TRIAL COURT ter alleging that IStanley Halliburton is in THE TRIAL COURT need of a Guardian and requesting that 10 a.m. – 12 noon. Last Film Series opens spring PROBATE & FAMILY COURT PROBATE & FAMILY COURT JDepartment of Developmental Services SUFFOLK DIVISION SUFFOLK DIVISION of Boston, MA (or some other suitable Tuesday, Jan. 28 year, the Commission, in season with Boston pre- 24 NEW CHARDON STREET 24 NEW CHARDON STREET person) be appointed as Guardian to serve Attorney and Dorches- partnership with Save meire of “URANIUM BOSTON, MA 02114 • 617-788-8300 BOSTON, MA 02114 on the bond. Docket No. SU13D2389DR 617-788-8300 The petition asks the Court to determine ter native Lawrence S. the Harbor/Save the DRIVE-IN” at 7p.m., DIVORCE SUMMONS Docket No. SU13D2685DR that the Respondent is incapacitated, that DIVORCE SUMMONS the appointment of a Guardian is neces- DiCara interweaves his Bay, held 10 public hear- Campus Center Ball- BY PUBLICATION and MAILING sary, and that the proposed Guardian is KEMISHA DAVIS-ESTWICK BY PUBLICATION and MAILING appropriate. The petition is on file with this personal and political ings at the State House room “C” – 3rd Floor, 100 vs. EDWIN CASTRO court and may contain a request for certain story about Boston in and in Nahant, Lynn, Morrissey Blvd. Free, PHILIP ESTWICK vs. specific authority. To the Defendant: ELIZABETH SANCHEZ-CASTRO You have the right to object to this the 1970s in his memoir Revere, Winthrop, East open to public. In-person The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for To the Defendant: proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for your attorney must file a written appearance Turmoil and Transition Boston, South Boston, Q&A with Director. Divorce requesting that the Court grant a at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the divorce for irretrievable breakdown of the Divorce requesting that the Court grant a return date of 02/20/2014. This day is NOT in Boston: A Political Dorchester, Quincy, and marriage pursuant to G.L. c. 208, Sec. divorce for irretrievable breakdown of the a hearing date, but a deadline date by which Memoir from the Busing Hull. Nearly 700 people Thursday, Feb.20 1B. The Complaint is on file at the Court. marriage pursuant to G.L. c. 208, Sec. you have to file the written appearance if An Automatic Restraining Order has 1B. The Complaint is on file at the Court. you object to the petition. If you fail to file Era at 6 p.m. in Rabb participated in the hear- • ParkSCIENCE Chil- been entered in this matter preventing An Automatic Restraining Order has the written appearance by the return date, been entered in this matter preventing action may be taken in this matter without Lecture Hall at the Cen- ings and scores more dren’s Festival, 10 a.m. to you from taking any action which would further notice to you. In addition to filing the negatively impact the current financial you from taking any action which would written appearance, you or your attorney tral Library in Copley took part in an online 2 p.m., William Devine status of either party. SEE Supplemental negatively impact the current financial must file a written affidavit stating the Square, 700 Boylston St. survey. The commission Golf Course Clubhouse, 1 Probate Court Rule 411. status of either party. SEE Supplemental specific facts and grounds of your objec- You are hereby summoned and Probate Court Rule 411. tion within 30 days after the return date. will issue a final report Circuit Dr., Dorchester. You are hereby summoned and IMPORTANT NOTICE required to serve upon: Kemisha The outcome of this proceeding may Wednesday, Jan. 29 later this year and the Mayor Martin J. Walsh Davis-Estwick, 143 Shawmut St., Apt. required to serve upon: Edwin Castro, limit or completely take away the above- 3, Chelsea, MA 02150 your answer, if 627 Park Ave., Revere, MA 02151 your named person’s right to make decisions • Pope John Paul II Feb. 1 meeting will sum- and the Boston Parks and any, on or before 03/27/2014. If you fail answer, if any, on or before 03/06/2014. about personal affairs or financial affairs Catholic Academy will be marize its preliminary Recreation Department to do so, the court will proceed to the If you fail to do so, the court will proceed or both. The above-named person has the to the hearing and adjudication of this right to ask for a lawyer. Anyone may make hearing and adjudication of this action. this request on behalf of the above-named holding Open Houses at findings. RSVP for the will provide fun during You are also required to file a copy of action. You are also required to file a person. If the above-named person cannot their Columbia Campus Feb. 1 meeting by email February school vacation your answer, if any, in the office of the copy of your answer, if any, in the office afford a lawyer, one may be appointed at Register of this Court. of the Register of this Court. State expense. at 9 a.m., Mattapan to info@savetheharbor. week with indoor and Witness, HON. JOAN P. ARM- Witness, HON. JOAN P. ARM- Witness, Hon. Joan P. Armstrong, First Campus at 9 a.m., and org, or by phone to 617- outdoor activities includ- STRONG, First Justice of this Court. STRONG, First Justice of this Court. Justice of this Court. Date: December 19, 2013 Patricia M. Campatelli Lower Mills Campus at 451-2860. ing science experiments Date: January 8, 2014 Register of Probate Patricia M. Campatelli Patricia M. Campatelli Date: January 15, 2014 Register of Probate Register of Probate Schedule Your Showing Today 793 Adams Street Dorchester, MA 02124 Page 20 THE Reporter January 23, 2014

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