Dorchester Reporter “The News and Values Around the Neighborhood” Volume 37 Issue 8 Thursday, February 20, 2020 50¢ Judge strikes down verdicts against two former Walsh aides No quid pro quo, he says By Alanna Durkin Richer Associated Press A federal judge last week tossed aside the convic- tions of two former aides of Boston Mayor Marty Walsh who were charged with bullying music festival organizers into hiring union workers. Kenneth Brissette, the city’s former director of tourism, and Timothy Sullivan, who was chief of intergovernmental affairs, were convicted in fed- eral court last in August of conspiring to extort the organizers of the Boston Calling music festival by withholding city permits. US District Judge Leo Sorokin said that he was overturning the jury’s guilty verdict because the government failed to prove the existence of a quid pro quo. “Neither Brissette nor Sullivan received a personal payoff or any other cognizable benefit in connection with the charged conduct,” Sorokin wrote in his ruling. Lawyers for the men applauded the decision and said their clients are “extremely gratified to have Smiles All Around for Tet been acquitted.” US Senator Edward Markey and Mayor Martin Walsh were among those entertained by a traditional “Today’s ruling is consistent with our arguments dragon dance on Sunday during the annual Tet in Boston Lunar New Year celebration at Boston College that the evidence in this case did not support the High School on Morrissey Boulevard. Photo by Jeremiah Robinson/Mayor Walsh’s office charges brought against them. Simply stated, Mr. Brissette and Mr. Sullivan did nothing that was wrongful,” Bill Kettlewell and Sara Silva, who rep- Is a booming economy making our city resented Brissette, said in a statement. (Continued on page 16) better, or worse? Truth lies in between Cannabis test lab By Andrea Campbell owning our home, but it When I was growing up in the South End and would also prevent us Roxbury in the 1990s, my family (and most of the from being displaced by backers eye edging families around us) lived in affordable housing run rising rents, as so many by the Tenants’ Develop- of our neighbors were. Commentary As I got older and out ‘black market’ ment Corporation — first “There have already entered high school, By Katie Trojano behind Rosie’s Place, then been four deaths in Mas- across from the Piano Craft Building on Tremont I came to understand Reporter Staff Safety is the priority sachusetts alone due to Street. Our neighborhood was almost exclusively a different side of my for the proponents of a vaping of THC [the main black, and almost exclusively low-income. neighborhood’s chang- cannabis testing lab that psychoactive compound The South End back then was segregated by block; ing demographics. I could occupy the top floor in marijuana] products, as you walked toward downtown, black faces were often went to a local cafe of a three-story building and those are things replaced by Latino faces, and then Asian faces. These after school to do my at Freeport St., the chief that could have easily groups largely didn’t engage with one another. homework. I would sit executive of the company been mitigated through Change came to the South End slowly at first, for hours on end observ- told members of the Co- several testing prac- then accelerated over time. As wealthier residents ing the melting pot that Councillor Campbell lumbia-Savin Hill Civic tices,” said Dimitrios began to buy the brownstones around us, my twin my neighborhood had Association’s Planning Pelekoud, the CEO and brother and I suddenly had more customers for our become. Lebanese families sat next to young gay Committee last Tuesday co-founder of Assured fledgling dog-walking and snow-shoveling busi- couples, drinking coffee. A group of Latino young while noting that he and Testing Laboratories. nesses. At home, we heard our dad talk about how men from Villa Victoria waited in line in front of a his backers want to get “Those were products much he wished he could buy our house. Eventually, couple of white empty-nesters. All were sharing the harmful cannabis prod- that went untested and I realized what he meant: not only would it mean (Continued on page 9) ucts off the street. (Continued on page 16) Ruby Chan’s FreshZen pesto making a mark By Daniel Sheehan struggled to find work popular ginger scallion didn’t have that vision Reporter Staff without American de- sauce was available for to be able to scale some- Growing up in New grees, so they opened up purchase. Sensing an op- thing to that size,” she ex- York City’s Chinatown, a Chinese restaurant. portunity, she urged her plained in an interview Ruby Chan experienced As a kid, she would father to start building with the Reporter. “All a childhood similar help out at the restau- his own business around he knew was putting his to that of many first- rant, sweeping floors and the product, an idea he head down and working All contents Ruby Chan grew her washing dishes. Often, dismissed without much hard and being able to © 2020 pesto business out of generation immigrants. Her parents, who had customers would come thought. pay the next day’s bills.” Boston Neighborhood Dot’s Commonwealth News, Inc. 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He was taken Attractions will include the 45-foot-long Toboggan to a local hospital, where Tunnel mountainous adventure with twin roller he was pronounced dead. lanes, the Snow Mazing maze, the Snowzilla Jr. Anybody with informa- inflatable winter-themed slide, a ride on the three- tion can contact homicide car Trackless Train, and hands-on games including detectives at 617-343- Giant Connect4, Baggo, Giant Horseshoes, Inflatable 4470 or the anonymous Skee Ball, and much more. In addition, Disney is tip line by calling 800- celebrating the release of FROZEN 2 available on 494-TIPS or by texting Digital February 11 and Blu-ray™ February 25 with An architectural rendering of the River Street apartments. TIP to CRIME (27463). free giveaways and a chance to win a copy of the J. Garland Enterprises drawing ••• movie For more information, please call the Boston The 21-year-old man Parks and Recreation Department at 617-635-4505 Senior housing complex on who was shot to death or visit cityofboston.gov/parks. on Feb. 5 on Magnolia Friday (21st) – Neighborhood Children’s Theatre Street has been identi- presents “The Sound of Music” at 1p.m. and 7 p.m. River Street wins BPDA OK fied as Admilson Ribiero at St. John Paul II Catholic Academy, 239 Neponset A proposal for a new single and two-person garden, along with 12 of Dorchester. He was Ave., Dorchester All tickets: $5. 3-story, 30-unit apart- elderly households ages on-site parking spaces for found near 149 Magnolia Saturday (22nd) – Join storyteller Valerie Ste- ment building on River 62 and older, according to residents, visitors, and St. around 6:30 p.m. that phens for a special Black History Month program Street won approval from the BPDA, which hailed management staff. day suffering from gun- featuring cross-cultural folk tales at the Fields Corner the Boston Planning and the project as “consistent The proponents of the shot wounds. No arrests BPL branch, 1520 Dorchester Ave., 10 a.m. Development Agency last with the goals outlined project are the Planning have been reported and • Franklin Park Winter Festival will be held from Thursday. The income- in PLAN: Mattapan, Office for Urban Af- police have asked any- 10:30a.m. - 1:30p.m. at the Franklin Park Clubhouse, restricted rental units including supporting fairs— an affiliate of the one with information to 1 Circuit Dr., Dorchester. Enjoy a cozy day of games, for senior citizens will inclusive and equitable archdiocese of Boston— contact detectives. crafts, nature walks, hot cocoa, and more. If snow is be built on what is now development with an and Mattapan-based ••• on the ground, get ready for sledding and snowman vacant, city-owned land emphasis on affordable Caribbean Integration Boston Police have building. This is a free family event open to the public. at 150 River St, which housing opportunities.” Community Develop- named the man shot All ages are welcome. has been empty since The 42,140-square foot ment. The estimated cost and wounded by a BPD Monday (24th) – Early voting for the state’s the demolition of a closed building will also feature of the new construction is officer last week in Fields presidential primary begins today at Boston City nursing home in 2013. a community room and a $12.4 million. Corner during an alter- Hall and continues through Feb. 28 at City Hall and The units are sized for publicly accessible shade – BILL FORRY cation in which another select locations. Check your voter status at boston. man was stabbed. Police gov/elections. Election day is Tuesday, March 3. say Luis Gomes, 32, was • The South Boston Historical Society will host a Née Dudley Station, it’s now attacking another man discussion of Evacuation Day and Dorchester Heights outside 207 Adams St. on Monday, Feb. 24 from 6:30 p.m.- 8 p.m. at the Nubian Station, MBTA says around 11:30 p.m. on Feb. South Boston branch of the BPL, 646 East Broadway. MBTA General Man- 10. Two officers who in- Learn more about what happened in March 1776 and ager Steve Poftak has tervened and stopped the hear about plans for a major rehabilitation of the accepted a recommenda- assault say that Gomes Dorchester Heights Monument in Thomas Park. Free. tion by the MBTA Station was shot by one of the Tuesday (25th) – In honor of Black history month, Naming Commission officers when he tried to join the Boston Public Library in welcoming Dr. Kel- to change the name of attack one of them with lie Carter Jackson to discuss her new book, Force Dudley Station in Rox- the knife. Gomes has & Freedom: Black Abolitionists and the Politics of bury to Nubian Station. been charged with armed Violence, which of examines the conditions that led Poftak ordered MBTA assault with intent to some black abolitionists to believe slavery might only staff to develop a sched- murder. He was treated be abolished by violent force. 6 p.m. at the Central ule and plan to update for a non-life threatening Library in Copley Square. station signage, MBTA gunshot wound. maps and schedules, and ••• February 20, 2020 the MBTA’s website in A 25-year-old Dorches- the coming weeks and ter man was arrested Boys & Girls Club News ...... 17 Dorchester Reporter (USPS 009-687) months. after a traffic stop early Opinion/Editorial/Letters...... 8 Published Weekly Periodical post- The change follows a last Friday morning re- age paid at Boston, MA. November ballot ques- sulted in the discovery Neighborhood Notables...... 10 POSTMASTER: Send address chang- tion in Boston in which Activists who pushed the Dudley Branch of the of a gun, according to es to: 150 Mt. Vernon St., Suite 120, residents were asked police. Jakeem Hanson Business Directory...... 14 Dorchester, MA 02125 for that change say Nu- Boston Public Library is whether to change the bian Square more accu- also under way. will be charged with il- Obituaries...... 18 Mail subscription rates $30.00 per name of Dudley Square year, payable in advance. Make checks rately reflects the people This article by Fausto legal gun possession after Days Remaining Until and money orders payable to The to Nubian Square. That who now call the area Menard was first pub- BPD officers say they Daylight Savings Time...... 17 Dorchester Reporter and mail to: 150 non-binding referendum home, instead of memo- lished by WBUR 90.9FM found a.380 Ruger LCP Mt. Vernon St., Suite 120, Dorchester, failed city-wide, but a ma- firearm with a missing St. Patrick’s Day...... 26 MA 02125 rializing Colonial Gover- on Feb. 16. WBUR and jority of voters in Roxbury nor Thomas Dudley, who the Reporter share con- magazine in the car he First Day of Spring...... 29 News Room: (617) 436-1222 voted in favor of it and the was driving near Quincy AdveRtising: (617) 436-1222 served in the 1600s when tent through a media Patriot’s Day...... 60 Fax Phone: (617) 825-5516 change was implemented slavery was legal. A partnership. Street and Dacia Street Quadricentennial of Dot...3,856 Subscriptions: (617) 436-1222 in December. similar effort to rename in Dorchester. UPCOMING CIVIC ASSOC. MEETINGS • FULL LISTINGS ON PAGE 10 Ward 17 Dems to caucus on Feb. 25 – The Ward 17 Democratic Center in Lowell.The caucus is open to all registered and pre- People’s Choice award earns its winner the golden bean pot Committee, which includes parts of Dorchester and Mattapan, registered Democrats in Boston’s Ward 18. Pre-registered and bragging rights. will hold its caucus on Tues., Feb. 25 at 7 p.m. at the Sheet Democrats who will be 16 by February 15, 2020 will be allowed Lawrence O’Donnell to keynote Metal Union Hall, 1157 Adams St., Dorchester. At this caucus, to participate and run as a delegate or alternate. Ward 18 can NepWRA annual meeting – Democrats will elect 23 delegates and 5 alternates to the elect 53 delegates and 8 alternates to the Convention. Youth, The Neponset River Watershed Democratic State convention to be held on May 30, 2020 in minorities, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ individuals Association (NepRWA) annual Lowell. Any registered Democrat living in Ward 17 can run to who are not elected as a delegate or alternate may apply to meeting will be held on Friday be a delegate, and any registered Democrat living in Ward 17 be an add-on delegate at the caucus or at massdems.org. evening, May 29 at 6:30p.m. at can vote for delegates, provided they are present at the caucus Those interested in getting involved with Boston’s Ward 18 Florian Hall in Dorchester, and will and have signed in before registration closes. Residents of Democratic Town Committee should contact Rob Consalvo, feature Lawrence O’Donnell, host Ward 17 who are eligible to vote may register at the caucus Ward Committee Chair, [email protected]. of “The Last Word with Lawrence during the registration period. Doors will open by 6:30, and GMNC 2020 election on Feb. 29 — The Greater Mattapan O’Donnell” on MSNBC. Lawrence will be locked at 7:15, when registration will close. For more Neighborhood Council’s next election will be held Sat., Feb. 29, grew up in Dorchester, near the information, email Joyce Linehan at joyce@ashmontmedia. with polling at: the KIPP Academy, 37 Babson St, Mattapan. Neponset River, and has fond com or visit massdems.org. Polls will be open 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Any Greater Mattapan memories of jumping in the water Public meeting on ‘The Future of Mattapan’s Corridors’ – The resident 16 or older can vote. Voters should bring proof of to cool off in the summer. He’ll share a few stories with us BPDA will host a public meeting on Wed., Feb. 26 at 6 p.m. to residence if not listed on the most current City of Boston list of from those times, as well as his thoughts on how politics affect explore “The Future of Mattapan’s Corridors” as part of the residents. For more information, email: info.gmnc.election@ the state of our environment. The public is invited to the ongoing PLAN: Mattapan initiative. The meeting will be held in gmail.com. Annual Meeting. Tickets can be purchased at Neponset.org/ the KIPP Academy cafeteria, 37 Babson St., Mattapan. Contact The 14th annual Dorchester Chili Cook-off – will be held on annualmeeting or by calling Nancy Mahon at 781-575-0354 Muge Undemir at 617-918-4488 or mugzy.undemir@boston. Sunday, March 29 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., at Local 103 IBEW at x324. An optional pre-meeting tour of the Neponset River, led gov with any questions. 256 Freeport St. to benefit Dorchester Day Parade. More than by NepRWA staff, will take place at 5:30 pm. Registration is Ward 18 Democrats to meet on March 7 – Registered 20 entrants representing restaurants, civic associations, youth required. Democrats in Boston’s Ward 18 will hold a caucus on Sat., groups, and community organizations, vie for bragging rights March 7 at 10 a.m. at the Hyde Park Municipal Building, 1179 to the best chili in Dorchester. There is live entertainment, SEND UPDATES TO River Street, Hyde Park, MA to elect delegates and alternates games and prizes. A panel of judges will award prizes in four [email protected] to the 2020 Massachusetts Democratic State Convention. This categories: Best of Show, Best Non-Beef, Most Creative Dish year’s state convention will be held May 30, 2020 at the Tsongas and Team Spirit (decorations, costumes, enthusiasm.) The SEE NEW EVENTS DAILY AT DOTNEWS.COM dotnews.com February 20, 2020 THE REPORTER Page 3 ter to the heads of CBP, Monday: 1. How many of SWAT-like federal officers working DHS and ICE, Markey the CBP personnel de- and Warren called the ployed to assist ICE are initiative “unnecessary, BORTAC members? 2. In in Boston to assist with ICE arrests unwelcome, dangerous, which communities will By Shannon Dooling noted for years, in juris- taliate against cities federal, state, or local menacing, retaliatory these BORTAC members WBUR Reporter dictions where we are that uphold the dignity does not make anyone and unlikely to achieve be deployed? 3. What are A number of special- not allowed to assume and humanity of our safer. ERO Boston from its stated goal.” the specific orders given ly trained officers and custody of aliens from immigrant neighbors,” this day forward will con- They go on to say to the BORTAC teams, agents from the US jails, our officers are she said in a statement tinue to notify the public that BORTAC agents and what are their spe- Customs and Border Pro- forced to make at-large released Friday evening. when a criminal threat is are supposed to be used cific rules of engage- tection (CBP) agency are arrests of criminal aliens In a separate news released back into their to handle dangerous ment while deployed in working in Boston with who have been released release on Friday, Bos- neighborhoods.” situations outside the American cities? 4. What local US Immigration into communities. This ton-based ICE officials Markey, Warren normal scope of Border is the chain of command and Customs Enforce- effort requires a signifi- provided detailed in- weigh in Patrol agent duties - for deployed BORTAC ment (ICE) officials, cant amount of addition- formation — including The state’s US sena- not for “run-of-the-mill teams? according to a US De- al time and resources. photos — about five tors, Ed Markey and immigration arrests” in This story was first partment of Homeland When sanctuary cities individuals referred to as Elizabeth Warren, are some of America’s larg- published on Feb. 14 by Security (DHS) official release these criminals “immigration fugitives” demanding that CBP est cities. WBUR 90.9FM. The Re- in Boston. back to the street, it who, the agency says, withdraw from the strat- In closing, Warren and porter and WBUR share The official declined to increases the occurrence were released by Mas- egy of deploying agents Markey asked federal content and resources confirm the number of of preventable crimes, sachusetts authorities to Boston and other officials to answer the fol- through a media part- CBP officials deployed to and more importantly, as a result of sanctuary American cities. In a let- lowing questions by next nership. Boston but did say they preventable victims.” policies. come from across the Boston and many According to ICE, all country, including the other Massachusetts of the cases involved de- southern border. communities have es- clined detainers, which “While some of them tablished so-called sanc- are requests to hold are trained in tactical tuary policies in order to individuals made by the operations, that is one limit interaction between federal agency to local of the many areas of local law enforcement law enforcement. training. These officers and federal immigra- Acting Boston Field have also been trained in tion officials. The state’s Office Director Todd routine immigration en- highest court ruled in M. Lyons of ICE’s En- forcement actions, which 2017 that local law en- forcement and Removal is what they have been forcement officials can- Operations (ERO) said asked to do,” according not hold an individual in the release: “Laws to a Homeland Security who otherwise would be passed by the Massachu- statement. free to go solely at the setts Supreme Judicial In a news release last request of ICE. Court may restrict law Friday, acting ICE Di- US Rep. Ayanna Press- enforcement agencies rector Matthew Albence ley blasted the move as in the Commonwealth said the agency is utiliz- an intimidation tactic by from honoring immi- ing the additional offi- the Trump administra- gration detainers, the cials in cities throughout tion. “Let us be clear, law does not limit local the country to mitigate this move has nothing agencies from working “resource challenges to do with public safety, with ICE to notify us of stemming from sanctu- but rather serves only the release of criminal ary city policies.” to further the Trump aliens. The politicization He added: “As we have Administration’s agenda of law enforcement at to intimidate and re- any level whether it be
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By Tom Mulvoy made important contributions Associate Editor to the commonwealth and the When Joseph P. Kennedy country,” then added, “This III was born in the fall of election counts, there’s a lot at 1980, Edward J. Markey was stake. … at this moment, it’s a month away from winning not a matter of filing the right a third term in the US House bill; the challenge is different of Representatives. Some 40 in these times.” For his part, Markey used News Analysis his time to tout his progressive props in legislative affairs over years later, the two men are the course of his 44 years in engaged in a contest for the Congress (and two terms in the seat that Markey now holds Massachusetts House before in the US Senate, with Ken- that). For virtually every ques- nedy, the son of a congressman tion posed by the moderators and the nephew of three US – on economic disparity and senators (and a president), racist repression, on housing, running a primary campaign on healthcare, especially Al- against his fellow Democrat zheimer’s research, on trans- while sitting in the US House portation, on immigration, on on the other side of the Capitol the environment (he cited his building. co-sponsorship of The Green On Tuesday night, the New Deal with US Rep. Alex- candidates sat down with andria Ocasio-Cortez), on gun US Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy, III, at left, and US Sen. Edward J. Markey discussed and debated moderators Margery Eagan control, on Iraq, on Afghani- the issues on Tuesday night with WGBH moderators Margery Eagan and Jim Braude. and Jim Braude in a televised stan, on money in politics, on talk-a-thon on WGBH-TV rent control, on student debt, in courage,” Kennedy said), him in signing The People’s in Washington is that power that offered voters their first on Trumpian dystopia, even the challenger didn’t veer far Pledge, a resolve to keep out of counts. You have to take it, chance at seeing the two leg- on the disputed placement of off the track from Markey on the campaign so-called “dark” use it, and leverage it. I will islators grapple over issues, a gas compressor in Weymouth a number of major issues. money and personal attack do that for Massachusetts.” which proved to be no mean – Markey pointed out how in Rhetorical flourishes aside, ads funded by groups outside For Markey, the answer is feat since broadly speaking one way or another, his legisla- both said they favor working of Massachusetts. Markey in his 44-year resume. “I have they are in agreement on many tive efforts played a role in the toward Medicare for all, find- argued that there is a value led and I have delivered for our of the key matters of the day. political give and take, often ing a way to alleviate student to “positive” funding when state. I have been successful,” For Kennedy, the first successfully for his cause and debt, looking again at rent appropriate to a progressive he said, “and I’ll continue to be question posed to him was his constituents. control (Markey is okay with cause. that way.” from Eagan, who mentioned Other than making sure that a local option), drawing down At the end of the discussion, Other high-visibility po- a concern that some voters viewers and those in the studio forthwith the US troop count when the pair were asked to litical happenings have partly have expressed: Is he an knew that Markey voted with in Afghanistan, and coming address what they see as the obscured the profile of this “opportunist” using the fam- the Bush team on the Iraq in- to grips with immigration differences between them, campaign, which in normal ily name to jump the line, so vasion (the senator said that matters like the DACA situa- Kennedy amplified on what times would attract and keep to speak, against a sitting Bush 43 and his aides lied to tion and the border wall after he had said earlier when he the public’s attention. This Democrat with such a long Congress, and added that he ridding the nation of Donald was asked about being an op- debate popped up on Ch. 2 with record of public service? In regrets his vote) and that the Trump as president. portunist. “This is a moment little public notice. But there’s answering, the congressman senator voted “present” on a One matter drew a sharp re- of crisis for our party and our more to come: The primary conceded that Markey “has war-and-peace Senate vote 10 buke of Markey from Kennedy: country,” he said, “and one les- election is six months away, been a good senator … who has years later (“Hardly a profile The senator’s refusal to join son I have learned in my time on Sept. 1.
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H2225_20_17_M © 2020 Commonwealth Care Alliance dotnews.com February 20, 2020 THE REPORTER Page 5 Mass. elections system underfunded, Galvin says Voter registration has In 2016, 43.62 percent state first instituted it in The federal govern- By Katie Lannan been “pretty good” so of 4,271,835 registered 2016, and predicted “a ment, Galvin said, has State House far, he said, indicating voters participated in good experience there as recently appropriated News Service a high level of interest. the presidential pri- well” later this month. money under the Help Secretary of State Galvin noted the field mary. He said Baker’s bud- America Vote Act, and William Galvin is mak- on the Democratic side “I’m hopeful of good get, however, was “not Massachusetts could ing an election-year has shifted since he turnout,” Galvin said. adequate to support get $8 million of those ask of lawmakers, tell- conducted a drawing to “Obviously we spent a early voting in our No- funds. Galvin said the ing budget-writers last determine ballot order lot of money preparing vember election come HAVA money “would be week that he’ll need in December – Andrew for this election. We hope next fall.” Baker pro- largely used to help some more money to support Yang and Colorado Sen. people will participate, posed funding the early of our cities and towns this fall’s presidential Michael Bennet dropped but it’s a little early to voting line item at $2.29 increase the security of contest. out the night of the project exactly what’s million for fiscal 2021, their systems.” Galvin, the state’s primary, followed by going to come out.” and Galvin said he re- Because the federal elections overseer since former Massachusetts Feb. 12 marked the quested $4.6 million. money would be made 1995, testified before the Gov. Deval Patrick on last day for Massachu- Galvin also asked available through a House and Senate Ways Wednesday – and said setts voters to register lawmakers to bump up matching program, Gal- and Means commit- he expects the “intensity or change their party the appropriation for the vin said the state would tees on Feb. 11 on Gov. of coverage” of the race affiliation ahead of the central voter registry need to come up with Charlie Baker’s fiscal William Galvin to continue through March 3 primary. A five- line item from Baker’s $1.8 million before De- 2021 budget proposal, this year – added signifi- Super Tuesday, when day early voting period $6.55 million, calling the cember 2021. He asked which he said contained cantly to the number of Massachusetts, 13 other begins on Feb. 24. central voter registry that half of that money “a number of notable de- registered voters,” Gal- states, and Democrats Galvin said early vot- “the core...not only of our be included in next ficiencies” for his office. vin said. “We’re adding living abroad are set to ing has proven to be office, but all the city and year’s budget. Baker’s $44.6 billion about 10,000 addition- vote. “very popular” since the town clerks.” budget proposal recom- ally every month, so the mends a total of nearly number of people who $51.37 million for Gal- will be voting, especially vin’s office, including in a presidential elec- Early primary voting begins on Monday $12.29 million for the tion, is going to be very Registered voters can weigh in from noon to 8 p.m. at All Saints’ to the local election office by the elections division. Gal- high. The governor’s early on the March 3 presidential Church at 209 Ashmont St. and close of polls on March 3 in order vin said he requested appropriation proposal primary beginning next Monday First Parish Church at 10 Parish to be counted. $14.3 million. simply is not supportive and ending on Friday. Unlike St. and at the Mildred Avenue Ward committee voting time Galvin said Baker’s enough of that.” traditional polling, voters aren’t Community Center in Mattapan. Local Democratic ward commit- fiscal 2021 recommen- Galvin spoke to law- required to vote at their assigned Pop-up polling locations like tees will soon vote for delegates dation “simply isn’t makers as voters in New polling locations; they can cast those in Dorchester and Mattapan and alternates to the party’s state enough to conduct the Hampshire headed to ballots at the location that is most will be available throughout the convention on May 30 at the Tson- election as it needs to the polls for their state’s convenient to them. No reason city on Tuesday and Thursday. gas Center in Lowell. be conducted,” pointing presidential primary. has to be given for filing an early All ballot styles will be available The panel for Ward 17, which to costs associated with Asked by Waltham Rep. ballot. at every location. includes parts of Dorchester and extended polling hours Thomas Stanley to pre- City Hall be will the “main” As to absentee ballots, state Mattapan, will hold its caucus and printing voter reg- dict turnout for the Bay early polling location all week Secretary William Galvin is rec- next Tuesday (Feb. 25) at 7 p.m. istration supplies. State’s March 3 primary, long. It will be open for voting on ommending that voters submit at the Sheet Metal Union Hall, “We also — because Galvin said the answer Monday and Friday from 9 a.m. to absentee ballot applications as 1157 Adams St., Dorchester. The of the enforcement of will depend largely on 5 p.m. and from 9 a.m., to 8 p.m. soon as possible to allow time for Ward 18 committee will caucus the coming of auto- the level of interest on Tuesday and Thursday. the ballot to be mailed to the voter on Sat., March 7 at 10 a.m. at the matic voter registration, and “what the effect of Voting in Dorchester and Mat- and returned to their city or town Hyde Park Municipal Building. which began on Jan. 1 of today’s activity is.” tapan will be held on Thursday hall. Ballots must be delivered – KATIE TROJANO
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NBSS_Dorchester-MattapanReporters_1-8 page_200107.indd 1 1/7/2020 3:13:31 PM Page 6 THE REPORTER February 20, 2020 dotnews.com Coming Up at the Boston Public Library Malcolm X’s powerful origin story surges Adams Street 690 Adams Street • 617- 436-6900 to life in ‘Detroit Red’ at ArtsEmerson Codman Square By Ed Siegel 690 Washington Street • 617-436-8214 WBUR Critic-at-Large Fields Corner When we think of 1520 Dorchester Avenue • 617-436-2155 Malcolm X we’re likely Lower Mills to think of a tall, proud, 27 Richmond Street • 617-298-7841 articulate black man. The Miles Davis of the Uphams Corner civil rights movement, 500 Columbia Road • 617-265-0139 compared to Martin Grove Hall Luther King Jr.’s Duke 41 Geneva Avenue • 617-427-3337 Ellington. The name Mattapan Branch itself conjures a sense of 1350 Blue Hill Avenue, Mattapan • 617-298-9218 being outside the main- stream, of going one’s ADAMS STREET BRANCH way with self-confidence The Adams Street branch will be closed for and righteous anger. the construction of a new building. We will re- Even those who don’t open early 2021. like his message have to CODMAN SQUARE BRANCH acknowledge the power Thurs., Feb. 20, All Day – Community Puzzle of the messenger. Edwin Lee Gibson and Eric Berryman in “Detroit Red,” in its world premiere at Drop-In: Africa Map; 3 p.m. – Play Songs & Games. We also know from the Emerson Paramount Center. Photo courtesy Randall Garnick Photography Fri., Feb. 21, All Day – Community Puzzle Drop- “The Autobiography of mount Center (through frontations with racism theme in Boston theater In: Africa Map; 11 a.m. – Stories, Stories, Stories; Malcolm X” that his Feb. 16), is not the story gave him the tools to this winter, including 2 p.m. – All About Anansi. Sat., Feb. 22, All Day teenage days in Roxbury of crime, punishment formulate that transfor- “Pass Over” at Speak- – Community Puzzle Drop-In: Africa Map; 9:30 a.m. and New York were not and redemption. It’s mation. Unlike “Gloria: Easy Stage Company – Citizenship Preparation Class. Mon., Feb. 24, the stuff of a political the story of Malcolm X A Life” at the American and z at A.R.T., where 3:30 p.m. – Homework Help; 4 p.m. – BTU Home- theorist in the making. taking the first steps Repertory Theater it is white men don’t fare so work Help. Tues., Feb. 25, 10:30 a.m. – Unleash He was a street hustler, in focusing his anger not a representational well in “Gloria: A Life” the Amazing Quilter in You; 11 a.m. – Stories, Sto- pusher, procurer and at a white society that biography, but a verbally either. While sackcloth ries, Stories; 3:30 p.m. – Homework Help. Wed., thief. What led him onto murdered his father and and visually poetic and ashes isn’t my fa- Feb. 26, 1:30 p.m. – Knit/Crochet Circle; 3:30 p.m. a different path? drove his mother into invocation of Detroit vorite fashion statement, – Homework Help;. The details of that madness, all the while Red’s thoughts and I’m not going to argue FIELDS CORNER BRANCH origin story aren’t so demeaning any attempt experiences. (He added that Malcolm’s anger Thurs., Feb. 20, 10:30 a.m. – Films and Fun; well-known, but play- of his to assert himself. a reddish tint to his then- was anything but justi- 3 p.m. – Mike the Bubble Man; Tech Help. Fri., wright Will Power lives That focus wasn’t an straightened hair, giving fied. Power makes it clear Feb. 21, 9:30 a.m. – Lapsit Story Time; 10:30 a.m. up to his name with option during his teen- him the nickname.) that Malcolm, too, was Preschool Story Time; 2 p.m. – Friday Afternoon a mesmerizing story age years in Boston. The Eric Berryman gives not a saint but a man of Fun. Sat., Feb. 22, 10 a.m. – The Seasons & Other of how Malcolm Little choice seemed clear to a fine, remarkably con- his times as witnessed in Things. Mon., Feb. 24, 3:30 p.m. – Homework Help. became the hustler, De- the proud Malcolm Little trolled performance in the play by his misogyny Tues., Feb. 25, 3:30 p.m. – Homework Help; 4 p.m. troit Red, while smartly — accept a life of menial the title role. He lets you and homophobia. – BTU Homework Help; 5:30 p.m. – Tracing Our foreshadowing how he servitude or take to a life see the wheels turning That he rose above Roots Workshop; 6:30 p.m. – Hatha Yoga. Wed., would eventually become of crime. even while his character his times speaks to the Feb. 26, 10 a.m. – Adult Stress Relief Coloring; 11 Malcolm X (dropping his The choice is somewhat tries to cut through the contemporaneousness a.m. – 2020 Census Job Fair; 3:30 p.m. – Homework slave name). Not that mirrored by pressure confusion of his lot in life, that Power and Evans Help; 4 p.m. – 2020 Census Job Fair. Power deserves all the from his black friends beginning with a white suggest in their narra- GROVE HALL BRANCH credit; he’s working with and associates to play the supremacist organiza- tive. While we are firmly Fri., Feb. 21, 2 p.m. – All About Anansi; 2:30 p.m. a superb creative team game — straighten your tion burning his home in the ‘40s it is all but – Teen Gaming. Mon., Feb. 24, 11 a.m. – ESL Be- that includes director hair, butter up the white to the ground and kill- impossible to not see ginner English Class; 3:30 p.m. – Homework Help. Lee Sunday Evans and man, better yourself by ing his father. After his echoes of Malcolm’s life Tues., Feb. 25, 10:30 a.m. – Preschool Story Time; her hyper-imaginative doing what he tells you mother was committed in #blacklivesmatter, 3 p.m. – Chess Club; 3:30 p.m. – Homework Help; integration of theater to do, be a hepcat but as- he moved to Boston and hip-hop, Colin Kaeper- 5:30 p.m. – Tracing Our Roots Workshops. Wed., and film. similate. The other game we see an assortment of nick and a host of other Feb. 26, 11 a.m. – 2020 Census Job Fair; 1:30 p.m – “Detroit Red” begins of conniving and doping friends, lovers and as- issues in the production. Knit/Crochet Circle; 3 p.m. – Anime Club; 3:30 p.m. and ends with Malcolm’s seems much more invit- sociates only adding to Power, in fact, has – Homework Help; 4 p.m. – 2020 Census Job Fair. arrest during a jewelry ing to Malcolm; at least the confusion. been credited with being LOWER MILLS BRANCH store heist in Boston. Ari he can be himself and The blacks are mostly a co-creator of “hip-hop Fri., Feb. 21, 10:30 a.m. – Little Wigglers’ Lapsit; Herzig’s eye-popping, speak his own language. subservient or criminal; theater,” a designation 1 p.m. – Kirk Douglas Film Series. Mon., Feb. 24, larger than life film “Detroit Red,” though, the whites are either that refers in part to the 3:30 p.m. – Homework Help; 4 p.m. – BTU Home- projection sets the is not the stuff of sociol- overtly racist or conde- strength of his prose. It’s work Help; 6:30 p.m. – Between the Covers Book stage, literally, for Eric ogy textbooks or politi- scending. Edwin Lee hard to imagine his script Club. Tues., Feb. 25, 3:30 p.m. – Homework Help; Berryman’s spotlighted cians’ speeches. It is a Gibson plays the black finding a better collabo- 4 p.m. – Technology Help. Wed., Feb. 26, 10:30 a.m. entrance as the conflict- fully-realized artistic ex- characters, Brontë Eng- rator than Evans, who – Preschool Storytime & Craft; 3:30 p.m. – Home- ed young man faced with ploration of a moment in land-Nelson the latter. like Berryman knows work Help. the choice of killing a time — the nanosecond, She plays both the men when to get in our face MATTAPAN BRANCH policeman or going to jail. in fact, when he started and the women and if and when to pull back. Thurs., Feb. 20, All Day – February Vacation Not only were Malcolm’s to find the third path. there’s a flaw in the play, Whatever you call their Scavenger Hunt; 2 p.m. – Tinkering for Families; and the policeman’s life The artistry of “De- it’s that Gibson has a lot style of theater I want to 5 p.m. – USCIS Information Hours; 5 p.m. – Jeop- hanging in the balance, troit Red” lies largely in more to work with than see more of it. I don’t arDMC; 5:30 p.m. – Family Board Game Night; 6:30 so was American history. Power’s ability to never England-Nelson, whose know about Malcolm p.m. – Gentle Yoga. Fri., Feb. 21, All Day – Febru- But “Detroit Red,” in show that transforma- characters are mostly Little or Detroit Red, but ary Vacation Scavenger Hunt; 10 a.m. – ESL Be- its world premiere pro- tion, but to imagine stick figures. I think Malcolm X would ginner English Class; Baby & Toddler Lapsit; 10:30 duction under ArtsEmer- how his own strong “Detroit Red” contin- have been proud. a.m. – Hugs & Play; 2 p.m. – All About Anansi; 3 son’s aegis at the Para- personality and his con- ues the “evil white man” p.m. – Crafternoons. Sat., Feb. 22, All Day – Feb- ruary Vacation Scavenger Hunt; 1:30 p.m. – Inter- mediate Haitian-Creole. Mon., Feb. 24, 10:30 a.m. Hub New Music to take Ashmont stage – Hugs & Play; 3:30 p.m. – Homework Help. Tues., Feb. 25, 12 p.m. – Tech Goes Home; 3 p.m. – BTU By Daniel Sheehan projects. The group is music notation to create the harp. Hub New Mu- Homework Help; 3:30 p.m. – Homework Help; 4 Arts & Features Editor made up of passion- original compositions sic, which is comprised p.m. – Tinker Time. Wed., Feb. 26, 10:30 a.m. – In an upcoming Ash- ate educators whose with students. of flutist and founder Toddler Time; 12:30 p.m. – Tai Chi; 3 p.m. – Full mont Hill Chamber Mu- approach to teaching Hannah Lash’s music Michael Avitabile, clari- STEAM Ahead; 3:30 p.m. – Homework Help; Afri- sic performance (Sun., melds the artistic and has been performed and netist David Dziardzel, can American History Month: From Migration to March 15, at 4 p.m. entrepreneurial facets commissioned by the LA violinist Alyssa Wang, Discrimination. Thurs., Feb. 27, 12 p.m. – Career at All Saints’ Peabody of modern musicianship. Philharmonic, Carnegie and cellist Jesse Christe- Workshops; 3 p.m. – BTU Homework Help; 3:30 Hall), the Boston-based Working with student Hall, and the Boston son, will also perform p.m.– Homework Help; 5:30 p.m. – Family Board contemporary chamber performers and com- Symphony Orchestra, works from its quartet Game Night; 6 p.m. – Sleepy Story Time; African quartet Hub New Music posers at residencies among others. Lash, who repertoire and will join American History Month: Enzo Silon Sirin Poetry will team up with the across the country, HNM earned her PhD in com- Lash in a performance Reading; 6:30 p.m. – Gentle Yoga. renowned composer/ empowers younger gen- position from Harvard, of their transcriptions UPHAMS CORNER BRANCH harpist Hannah Lash erations of musicians has been recognized of Messiaen’s Piano Thurs., Feb. 20, 12 p.m. – Board Game After- for a new collaborative through workshops on both nationally and Preludes. noon. Fri., Feb. 21, 10:30 a.m. – Reading Readi- multi-movement work. building an arts organi- internationally for her Tickets are $25 for ness; 2 p.m. – LEGO Builders. Sat., Feb. 22, 11:30 The event will mark zation, commissioning technical prowess as a adults, $18 for students, a.m. – LEGO Builders. Mon., Feb. 24, 10:30 a.m. the latest of many for new work, and devel- harpist and her original and $3 for EBT card – Baby and Toddler Lapsit; 2:45 p.m. – Play Read- Hub New Music, a busy oping meaningful col- compositions. holders. Children under ing for Teens; 3:30 p.m. – Homework Help; 4:30 quartet that has been laborations— including In addition to joining 17 admitted free. Tickets p.m. – Make It Mondays: Cooking. Tues., Feb. 25 hailed for its innovative HubLab, a K-12 focused the ensemble for this can be purchased at the – 3:30 p.m. – Homework Help; 5:30 p.m. – Tracing vision, creative pro- outreach program that 30-minute composition, door or online at event- Our Roots Workshop. Wed., Feb. 26, 11 a.m. – 2020 gramming, and ambi- uses graphic and other Lash will also perform brite.com. Census Job Fair; 3:30 p.m. – Homework Help; 4 p.m. tious commissioning forms of non-traditional her own solo works for – 2020 Census Job Fair. dotnews.com February 20, 2020 THE REPORTER Page 7 Reporter’s News about people People in and around our Neighborhoods Santhouse joins city’s HR Transformation unit Dorchester resident to the City from Deloitte Erin Santhouse has been Consulting, where she appointed to serve as the was a senior member of city of Boston’s Human the team advising and Resources Project Man- supporting the City on ager and Policy Analyst. its HR transformation. She most recently served Prior to joining Deloitte, as Executive Director of she held senior roles with Scheduling and Advance Fidelity Investments and in the Mayor’s Office and Revlon. directed SparkBoston She will lead Boston’s (formerly ONEin3), the work to transform its City’s outreach to millen- human resources (HR) nial residents designed services, to better man- to engage young people age, train, recruit, and with the City of Boston’s retain the City’s work- programs and services. force, made up of over Mayor Walsh also 18,000 employees in over announced last week 60 departments serving that Joanne Wisniewski the people of Boston. will join the City of “Working closely with Boston serving as the leaders at City Hall, both METCO student interns from Dorchester and Mattapan marked the start of Black History Month at a City’s Human Resources Joanne and Erin will performance of “Detroit Red,” a new play depicting Malcolm X’s early years in Boston. The students are Transformation Direc- improve the employee engaged in developing the Boston Education Activism Tour (B.E.A.T.) that kicks off in May. The perfor- tor. Wisniewski is an experience and better en- mance provided valuable insight into the history of Boston’s neighborhoods which they are researching accomplished HR pro- able employees to serve in developing the tour. More than 100 members of the METCO community from the city and suburbs enjoyed the performance followed by a reception and discussion period at Emerson Paramount Center. fessional who has led the missions of Boston’s The partnership is funded by ArtsEmerson’s Boston Summer Arts Institute/Outside the Box Act 2 com- and supported similar agencies,” said Emme munity outreach platform created by arts patron Ted Cutler. Pictured, from left: Imani Rather; METCO transformations in other Handy, Boston’s Chief Engagement Coordinator Ivette Melendez; Rhone Charles; Samone Lumley; Mio Martinez; Kayla Simpson; public and private sector of Administrative and Kendel Yancy; Jabari Murphy; and Tamira English. See review of “Detroit Red” on Page 7. organizations. She comes Finance. BCCS juniors complete two-week internships By Daniel Sheehan Matos de la Cruz of Greater Boston, includ- Reporter Staff Dorchester nabbed an ing collaborations with Last month, a group of internship with The Beth Israel Deaconess students in their junior Red Sox Foundation, Medical Center, Boston year at Boston Collegiate while Angelika Kania College, MIT, the Suffolk Charter School (BCCS) and Grace MacPherson County District Attor- completed a two-week of Dorchester logged ney’s Office, and Turner long onsite internship their hours at Log- Construction Company. at a wide range of orga- MeIn, a Fort Point- “We know that hands-on nizations across the city. based software company. experience can provide a The program, designed During the internship, competitive advantage to give students valu- each student completes for our students when able insights into career at least 55 hours of on- they apply for intern- choices and help them site work before return- ships while in college and consider potential col- ing to the school and jobs thereafter,” Varón lege majors, connected presenting about their said. “We are grateful to the juniors with over 40 experience to their peers. the many businesses Boston organizations This year’s program and organizations that across several fields in- Richard Matos de la Cruz at Fenway Park. BCCS photo saw students intern have partnered with cluding, health, finance, at corporations, small us to ensure that our law, and technology. mission to prepare each director of BCCS. “Our lows them to imagine businesses, medical students are truly pre- “This internship pro- student for college and students can only as- their future in any num- sites, government of- pared for college and the gram is integral to the beyond,” said Shan- pire to what they know, ber of career fields.” fices, and non-profit or- workforce.” school delivers on its nah Varón, executive and this experience al- BCCS junior Richard ganizations throughout YESTERYEAR ARCHIVE Dorchester Historical Society The Dorchester Town Hall buildings, then hired a local Church had been built at the that was built in 1816 on illustrator to paint a picture intersection ten years earlier. Washington Street at the of each building on a brick, The Codman Square branch southwest corner of what is thereby creating a visual of the Boston Public Library, now Codman Square (Wash- record on an actual piece of a Colonial Revival style struc- ington and Norfolk Streets) is the house. The collection ture with cupola and Chinese recalled by this 1913 painting includes over 100 bricks. Chippendale roof balustrade, on a brick (top) in the Edward Codman Square, known at replaced the Town Hall build- A. Huebener Collection at that time as Baker’s Corner ing in 1904. Now owned by the Dorchester Historical (Walter Baker owned a gen- the city but administered by Society. The photograph eral store at the northwest the Codman Square Health (below) was probably taken corner of the square) was Center, it is known as the just after the turn of the 20th selected for the town hall Great Hall. century and the artist, J.B.S., because it was (and is) in the The archive of these histori- apparently was evoking the geographic center of the town cal posts can be viewed on the time when the building was at the only intersection of two blog at dorchesterhistorical- first constructed, because he main east west/north south society.org. The Dorchester left out the poles and trolley cross roads – Norfolk and Historical Society’s historic wires. Centre Streets from east to houses are open on differ- Edward A. Huebener, a west and Washington Street ent dates. The Lemuel Clap board member of the Dorches- from north to south. Wash- House (1712 and remodeled ter Historical Society, was a ington Street connected the 1765) at 199 Boston Street is gatherer of materials relating entire town to the Neponset open on the third Saturday to Dorchester history, includ- River mills and Norfolk- of each month. The James ing a very large collection of Centre Streets linked the two Blake House, 735 Columbia graphic materials comprised toll roads – the Blue Hill and Road (1661) and the William of prints and photographs Dorchester turnpikes. Second Clap House, 195 Boston Street now owned by the Society. (1806) are open on the third Huebener set aside bricks Dorchester Town Hall Sunday of each month. Open obtained from Dorchester (1816-1904) hours are 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Page 8 THE REPORTER February 20, 2020 dotnews.com Editorial New role for Newman within UMass: Wanted: Good system chancellor of academic progress Katherine Newman will re- President of Academic Af- men and women main a UMass chancellor after fairs, Student Affairs, and she departs the Dorchester Economic Development. campus she has led for the “I am excited to return to for 12th Suffolk last two years on an interim the Office of the President Last week’s top headline in the Reporter was basis. UMass President Marty as the university pursues State Rep. Dan Cullinane’s decision to not seek Meehan has appointed her new opportunities and re-election to the 12th Suffolk seat in the House to be System Chancellor of seeks to expand its impact of Representatives this fall. Cullinane, 34, has Academic Programs, a new throughout the Common- served in the seat effectively and honorably since position that consolidates wealth and beyond,’’ New- 2013. His leadership in the Dorchester-Mattapan two system vice presidencies, man said. “President Mee- delegation will be missed when he leaves the job Meehan said last week. han has created an exciting at the end of the year. “This position is designed to and far-reaching mandate His decision was a surprise to some, given his strategically align university that envisions the Univer- relative youth and his passion for public service. teaching and research with sity of Massachusetts as He himself has referred to it as his “dream job.” Commonwealth job creation a major player nationally But a political life in 2020— even on the local and workforce development and internationally in the front— can be a grind on a family. Cullinane and aspirations,” Meehan said. provision of higher educa- his wife Emily have two very young children —ages “We are fortunate to have tion to the underserved. the ideal person in Katherine “I’m pleased to lead that 2 and 8 months. He does not yet have a new job, Katherine Newman he told us last week and he intends to finish out Newman, who is equipped effort on the academic his term strong. That, too, reflects well on him. with the academic credentials, side, working with my Since Cullinane is not resigning, there will be management expertise, and passion to expand colleague, Don Kilburn, CEO of UMassOnline, in no special election. His successor will be picked in economic opportunity, to take on this challenge.” translating that vision into reality.” two already scheduled elections, starting with a Newman will also hold the title of Senior Vice – BILL FORRY primary election on Tues., Sept 1. In stepping off the electoral stage at this early Musings/Dick Flavin point in an election year, Cullinane is giving an- other gift to the district he has served so well: the chance to think big about the possibilities of new representation. We hope that new faces who have Whistling past never made an attempt to enter public life will consider running. There is still plenty of time for people thinking the graveyard about running for state office this year to mount a candidacy. Nomination papers just became avail- able last week— on Feb. 11. A candidate who on Mookie exit hopes to run for a district state seat — such as The idiom “Whistling past the graveyard” is defined state representative— will need to gather enough as the attempt to stay cheerful in a dire situation. signatures to make the ballot and turn them into Well, I’m all puckered up and ready to blow. Are city or town officials by April 28. (In the case of a you ready? state rep district, a candidate needs only 150 certi- The Red Sox loss of Mookie Betts might not the fied signatures to make the ballot.) mean end of the world. The 12th Suffolk is a blend of cultures, villages, There. I’ve said it, and I have anecdotal evidence languages, and interests. It straddles city and to back me up. Less than 20 years ago there was Mookie Betts Associated Press photo suburb and includes everyone from the state’s most another young player who, in the age of free agency, The same could happen with the Red Sox in the wake affluent to our nation’s newest, most vulnerable left his original team, the one that had brought him of the Mookie deal ; we hope, and we pray. arrivals. It includes two precincts in the town of Mil- to the big leagues. He was, if anything, even better Exhibit B in our whistling tour is provided courtesy ton; precincts in Lower Mills and Ashmont-Adams; than Mookie. In approximately the same number of of my pal Tim Samway, a life-long Red Sox devotee and along the River Street corridor from Hyde Park at-bats he had a higher batting average than Mookie and student of the team’s history, which I guess to Mattapan, including Mattapan Square. does now (.309 to .301), many more home runs (189 explains his emotional scar tissue. Tim reminded me It’s home to the beautiful Neponset River, the to 139), more RBIs (595 to 476), and he even had the other day of another terrific young outfielder the Greenway trail that accompanies it, and the more stolen bases (133 to 126). Like Mookie, he was Red Sox traded away, then went on to win a World Ashmont-Mattapan trolley line that remains a a defensive whiz at his position. And at age 25, he Series without him. It happened more than a century vital route for commuters. was even younger than Mookie is now, which is 27. ago, true, but it happened. Tris Speaker had compiled The district is a busy one. In recent years, activism The year was 2001 and that player was Alex a .337 batting average in seven-plus seasons with has been stirred by new development and city-led Rodriguez. He left the Seattle Mariners to sign a the Sox and had already earned the reputation of initiatives such as PLAN: Mattapan. A homegrown massive 10-year, $252 million contract with the one of the greatest defensive outfielders of all time. neighborhood council now exists in Mattapan and Texas Rangers. How, you might ask, did the Mari- He had just turned 28. As with Mookie, money was holds its own elections— including one scheduled ners survive the loss of the best young player of the a contributing factor. The upstart Federal League for next weekend (Feb. 29, 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. at KIPP generation? Keep in mind that at this time there had started pirating players from the National and Academy on Babson Street). had never been any link made between A-Rod and American Leagues in 1914, and in order to protect Would-be Democratic candidates who want to performance enhancing drugs. In their first season their investment in Speaker, the Red Sox doubled his get a feel for electoral possibilities would also do without him, the Mariners set an all-time American salary to $18,000. When the Federal League folded well to make it to one of the two Democratic ward League record for victories during the regular season, a year later, the Sox tried to cut Speaker’s contract committee meetings that will be held in the coming finishing at 116-46. That’s 8 more wins than the Red back to the $9,000 it had originally been. Needless weeks to elect delegates to the state party conven- Sox had in their too-good-to-be-true season of 2018. to say, Speaker resisted, so just before the 1916 tion in May. Unfortunately for them, the Mariners ran into the season began, he was shipped off to Cleveland for The Ward 17 Dems will convene on Tues., Feb. Yankees of Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, and Bernie pitcher Sad Sam Jones and infielder Fred Thomas, 25, at 7 p.m. at the Sheet Metal Union Hall, 1157 Williams in the American League Championship plus $50,000 in cash. Speaker refused to report until Adams St; Ward 18 Dems will gather at Hyde Park’s Series and so never made it to the World Series. the Sox agreed to fork over $10,000 of the 50 grand Municipal Building on Sat., March 7, at 10 a.m. If you’re worried about the double whammy aspect they got from Cleveland, which they did. Here’s hoping that a robust and talented field of losing both Mookie and David Price, consider this: Oh, and there was also the matter of religion that of new faces will be seeking this important seat in In 1998, just two and a half years before A-Rod’s factored into the trade. Speaker, who was report- the State House. free agency, the Mariners dealt the best lefthander edly a member of the Ku Klux Klan back home in – Bill Forry in baseball, Randy Johnson, at the trading deadline Texas, was virulently anti-Catholic during his Red rather than lose him through free agency. In 2000, Sox years, which caused a schism in the clubhouse. without Johnson, they made the playoffs as a wild And since Boston’s fan base was, as was the city card, and in 2001, without both Johnson and A-Rod, itself 100 years ago, largely Irish Catholic, he was, The Reporter they set the all- time record for wins. Those are despite his great talent, deemed expendable. Things “The News & Values Around the Neighborhood” the only two times in their entire history that the have a way of working out, though. Once he settled A publication of Boston Neighborhood News Inc. Mariners have appeared in the post-season. in Cleveland, Speaker met, fell in love with, and 150 Mt. 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But the Red Sox The right is reserved by The Reporter to edit, reject, or cut any copy without notice. came to light. Rodriguez ended up as a terrible (and repeated as World Series champions. So there. Member: Dorchester Board of Trade, Mattapan Board of Trade terribly expensive) distraction to the Yankees, and The darn graveyard is pretty big and plenty scary, Next Issue: Thursday, February 27, 2020 with his own reputation in tatters. Boy, did the Sox but I’m still whistlin’ on my way past it. And I’m Next week’s Deadline: Monday, February 24 at 4 p.m. dodge a bullet on that one. thinking that maybe, just maybe, losing Mookie Betts Published weekly on Thursday mornings The point is that in the aftermath of the Seattle isn’t the end of the world after all. It sure feels like All contents © Copyright 2020 Boston Neighborhood News, Inc. Mariners letting Alex Rodriguez walk, they thrived. it is, though, doesn’t it? dotnews.com February 20, 2020 THE REPORTER Page 9 Walsh, others ask support for Chinatown amidst virus fears By Philip Marcelo taking a selfie in front of its signature at the center of the outbreak. and tourists, said Brian Moy, whose Associated Press gateway. State health officials have said the family owns China Pearl, billed as Boston is trying to throw some love City leaders from Boston and nearby patient, who is in his 20s, is recover- the state’s oldest active Chinese res- to Chinatown amid concerns about a Quincy, which also has a sizeable Chi- ing at home, where he has been kept taurant. new Chinese virus that has sickened nese community, hosted a dim sum in isolation. The annual Lunar New Year parade, tens of thousands, including a college brunch in Chinatown on Saturday. Boston is among other cities, includ- which typically draws huge crowds student in the city. And city health officials have been ing New York and Chicago, that have and is a boon for restaurants, was also Mayor Marty Walsh launched a visiting the neighborhood centers this rallied behind their Chinatowns in muted, despite good weather. “We were social media campaign last Thursday week in an effort to dispel misconcep- recent days. filled, but it wasn’t like lines out the encouraging people to share photos tions about contracting the new coro- In Massachusetts, officials say anxi- door,” Moy said. “You could still get a of themselves supporting small busi- navirus, which was officially dubbed ety has also stirred up anti-Chinese seat with little wait.” nesses in the neighborhood with the COVID-19 this week. sentiment, and the state restaurant The city took similar steps to support hashtag #LoveBostonChinatown. The virus has sickened tens of thou- industry says there has been a “sud- Chinatown during the SARS epidemic The campaign includes a “small busi- sands, mostly in China. den and swift” decline in business in the early 2000s. That deadly virus, ness bingo” card of things visitors can Massachusetts has had one con- at Chinese restaurants, not just in which also emerged from China, turned do in Chinatown, like trying dim sum, firmed case, a University of Massa- Chinatown. the neighborhood into a virtual ghost sipping on bubble tea, buying fresh chusetts Boston student who recently Chinatown has been noticeably qui- town, and it took months for businesses pastries, checking out public art, or returned from Wuhan, the Chinese city eter, with far fewer college students to recover, Moy said. Is a booming economy making our city better, or worse? (Continued from page 1) Mattapan is about $33,000 per year. ing this type of change on the City to happen to us, or that it’s destroying same (small) space, coexisting as only It has become a struggle for long- Council, whether by releasing a plan the city as we know it. Gentrification cities can make people do. time residents, families, and those to bring equity to our public schools, is either bringing new opportunities When I went away to college, I re- not earning six figures to make a life working to improve access to public to Boston’s neighborhoods, or it’s hol- member thinking that the change in here. The reasons for this are myriad: transportation along the Blue Hill lowing them out. my neighborhood had prepared me skyrocketing rents and home prices, Avenue corridor, or expanding afford- My own experience leads me to well for the mix of cultures I found on schools that aren’t meeting their needs, able housing through the Community believe the truth lies somewhere in campus — certainly better prepared traffic-clogged streets, and an unreli- Preservation Act. between. than if I had stayed in the homog- able, inequitable public transit system. But there is much more work to be Boston’s economic boom is a good enous South End of my younger years. Elected officials can’t wave a wand done. For me, that starts with mak- thing. And our success means we have But when I returned to Boston years and stop market forces from chang- ing sure our schools are preparing to work doubly hard to preserve the later, I also saw what can happen ing neighborhoods over time. But we all of our children for success, which diverse and unique character of our when gentrification goes too far, and don’t have to stand idly by, either. If will help us keep families in the city neighborhoods. a neighborhood becomes inaccessible we’re willing to ask hard questions and for the long term. Bostonians should The beauty of cities is that as we to its lifelong residents. articulate a clear vision, we can shape demand bold action and accountability grow and change, we can discover new We see this change happening on a the future of our city for generations from the leaders of our school system, opportunities, culture, and identity in citywide level today. to come. and accept nothing less. places we never envisioned. As long Boston has added 275,000 new jobs The key questions that Boston’s Second, we need to do more to share as we hold true to equity as our north in the last 12 years — that’s more leaders need to answer now are these: the fruits of Boston’s prosperity with star, I trust that we can build a city of than two-and-a-half times the number What do we want our city to be? And everyone. Implementing a modest which all of us can be proud. of new homes that have been built. for whom? transfer tax on home sales of more than Andrea Campbell represents Bos- Earlier this month, a report by The I believe Boston should be a place $2 million will help to fund affordable ton’s fourth district on the City Coun- Boston Foundation revealed that even where anyone — new immigrants housing construction across the city. cil and is the first African-American as Boston’s population has surged by and lifelong residents, professionals As skyscrapers rise downtown, we woman to serve as the president of the more than 100,000 over the past two in high-paying jobs and people living need to make sure that affordable Boston City Council. She lives with decades, the city now has 10,000 fewer paycheck to paycheck — feel welcome. housing makes up a significant portion her husband and two sons in Matta- school-aged children than it did in the Living up to this vision will require of new development, not just the bare pan. This article was first published year 2000. bold policy solutions on a host of issues. minimum. by WBUR 90.9FM on its Cognoscenti As condos sell for $35 million in This won’t be easy, but it’s essential Most pieces I read about Boston’s page. The Reporter and WBUR share Downtown Crossing, the median to our future. future tend to argue that the city’s content and resources through a media household income in Roxbury and I’ve been committed to advanc- economic boom is either the best thing partnership. JOIN THE 2020 CENSUS TEAM APPLY ONLINE! 2020census.gov/jobs 2020 Census jobs provide: $25/Hr* Weekly pay Flexible hours Paid training
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Ward 17 Dems to caucus on Feb. 25 The Ward 17 Democratic Committee, which in- cludes parts of Dorchester and Mattapan, will hold its caucus on Tues., Feb, 25 at 7 p.m. at the Sheet Metal Union Hall, 1157 Adams St., Dorchester. At this caucus, Democrats will elect 23 delegates and 5 alternates to the Democratic State convention to be held on May 30, 2020 in Lowell. Any registered Democrat living in Ward 17 can run to be a delegate, and any registered Democrat living in Ward 17 can vote for delegates, provided they are present at the caucus and have signed in before registration closes. Residents of Ward 17 who are eligible to vote may register at the caucus during the registration period. Doors will open by 6:30, and will be locked at 7:15, when registration will close. For more information, email Joyce Linehan at [email protected] or visit massdems.org. GMNC 2020 election on Feb. 29 The Greater Mattapan Neighborhood Council’s next election will be held Sat., Feb. 29, with polling at: the KIPP Academy, 37 Babson St, Mattapan. Polls will be open 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Any Greater Mattapan resident 16 or older can vote. Voters should bring proof of residence if not listed on the most current US Representative Stephen Lynch spoke to members of The New England Council at a Congressional City of Boston list of residents. For more information, Roundtable Breakfast in Boston on Feb. 10. The New England Council— the nation’s oldest regional busi- email: [email protected]. ness association — regularly hosts members of the New England Congressional delegation at roundtable events throughout New England. At the Feb. 10 event held at the Hampshire House, Lynch discussed Ward 18 Democrats to meet on infrastructure, the federal budget, and policy priorities and the potential impact on the New England March 7 economy with members of the New England Council. Pictured above, from left: Harry Brett, special Registered Democrats in Boston’s Ward 18 will representative from the United Association of Plumbers and Gasfitters of New England; US Congress- hold a caucus on Sat., March 7 at 10 a.m. at the Hyde man Lynch; and Jim Brett, President and CEO, the New England Council. Photo courtesy NE Council Park Municipal Building, 1179 River Street, Hyde getting involved with Boston’s Ward 18 Democratic on Playstead Road, Denny Street, Bayside Road Park, MA to elect delegates and alternates to the 2020 Town Committee should contact Rob Consalvo, Ward and Davitt Street. For more info on how to apply for Massachusetts Democratic State Convention. This Committee Chair, [email protected]. a sticker, go to boston.gov/transportation/resident- year’s state convention will be held May 30, 2020 at parking-permits. the Tsongas Center in Lowell.The caucus is open to all Resident parking restrictions have registered and pre-registered Democrats in Boston’s begun in Savin Hill Public meeting on ‘The Future of Ward 18. Pre-registered Democrats who will be 16 by The city of Boston’s Transportation Dept. have Mattapan’s Corridors’ February 15, 2020 will be allowed to participate and begun enforcement of new resident permit parking The BPDA will host a public meeting on Wed., Feb. run as a delegate or alternate. Boston’s Ward 18 can on select streets in Savin Hill. Residents are urged 26 at 6 p.m. to explore “The Future of Mattapan’s elect 53 delegates and 8 alternates to the Conven- to get their stickers as soon as possible. Impacted Corridors” as part of the ongoing PLAN: Mattapan tion. Youth, minorities, people with disabilities, and streets include Savin Hill Avenue, Grampian Way, initiative. The meeting will be held in the KIPP LGBTQ individuals who are not elected as a delegate Southview Street, Evandale Terrace, Wave Avenue Academy cafeteria, 37 Babson St., Mattapan. Contact or alternate may apply to be an add-on delegate at and Hubbardston Road (Mon-Fri, 10 a.m.- 6 p.m.). Muge Undemir at 617-918-4488 or mugzy.undemir@ the caucus or at massdems.org. Those interested in Existing resident parking signage will not change boston.gov with any questions. (Continued on page 14)
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By Katie Lannan need to make a decision thing of significance and Trump has not won him “I said I’m not going to State House about that now.” importance,” Baker said over. engage in presidential News Service The Swampscott Re- four years ago. “I have said many politics and I meant it,” Gov. Charlie Baker publican is in the second The caller said she times that I didn’t vote Baker said. isn’t ruling out running year of his second four- considered the presi- for the president when As Braude thanked for a third term, and year term, which he won dential election “very he was up four years the caller for her ques- when it comes to a more with two-thirds of the significant.” ago,” the governor said. tion, Baker continued: immediate election – the vote over Democrat Jay Baker reiterated what “I was worried about a lot “And by the way, no one March 3 presidential Gonzalez in 2018. he said last Tuesday: He of things with respect to asks me about this when primary – he’s continu- If Baker has made a plans to vote but not to his ability to do the job. I’m out and about. No ing to keep his plans to decision for how he’ll get involved in presiden- I haven’t seen anything one. They want to talk himself. vote on Super Tuesday, tial politics. since then to change my about housing and trans- In a radio appearance it’s not one he’s sharing. “I’ve said many times mind.” portation and health last Thursday, Baker A caller named Nicole that I don’t want to get Asked by co-host Jim care and climate and all said he hasn’t made the from Boston asked Bak- into presidential politics Braude if that meant he those things, and that’s call yet on whether he’ll er which presidential because that’s not my wouldn’t vote for Trump really what they expect seek re-election, and candidate he will vote job, and it’s not what I get this year, Baker said, “I me to focus on and worry characterized his lack for, quoting a remark paid to do,” Baker said. “I think my statement kind about,” he said. of decision as “definitely Baker made in 2016 get paid to worry about of speaks for itself, Jim.” not a no.” when he endorsed New what’s going on here He didn’t answer when LEGAL NOTICE During his “Ask the Jersey Republican Chris in the commonwealth Braude asked if he’d vote Governor” interview on Gov. Charlie Baker Christie. of Mass., working on instead for his one-time COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS WGBH, the governor and some of the folks on “I don’t ever want to many of the things that boss, former Gov. Bill THE TRIAL COURT said, “That is a subject the team. I haven’t made be in a position where we’ve been talking about Weld, who is running PROBATE & FAMILY COURT SUFFOLK DIVISION for further discussion a decision about that and people say you didn’t today.” against Trump in the 24 NEW CHARDON STREET BOSTON, MA 02114 between me and my wife frankly, I don’t think I have a position on some- It appears that Donald Republican primary. Docket No. SU20D0114DR DIVORCE SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION and MAILING premacists are doubling behind the cloak of ano- STANLEY E. GLASS ADL report: White supremacist down on the distribution nymity, never having to vs. PATRICIA LYNN WILLIAMS of propaganda across the face the consequences of To the Defendant: US and in our region, their hate and intoler- The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for propaganda surging across state Divorce requesting that the Court grant with a particular focus on ance.” a divorce for Irretrievable Breakdown. campuses and the public ADL said three groups The Complaint is on file at the Court. By Colin A. Young ADL said it had re- for a greater share of An Automatic Restraining Order has square,” Robert Tres- — Patriot Front, Ameri- State House ceived reports of 2,713 cases, according to ADL. been entered in this matter preventing tan, ADL New England can Identity Movement, you from taking any action which would News Service cases of white suprema- The nearly 150 reports negatively impact the current financial White supremacist cist literature distribu- in Massachusetts rep- regional director, said. and the New Jersey Eu- status of either party. SEE Supplemental “By injecting a barrage ropean Heritage Associa- Probate Court Rule 411. propaganda distribu- tion across the country in resented a 323 percent You are hereby summoned and re- tion rose by more than 2019, more than double increase over the 35 inci- of racist, anti-Semitic, tion — were responsible quired to serve upon: Stanley E. Glass, and anti-LGBTQ fliers, for approximately 90 per- 95 Washington St., #78, Brighton, MA 300 percent in Massa- the 1,214 cases reported dents of white suprema- 02135 your answer, if any, on or before chusetts last year and in 2018. cy literature distribution stickers, banners, and cent of the nationwide 03/26/2020. If you fail to do so, the court posters into the public activity. ADL’s H.E.A.T. will proceed to the hearing and adjudica- the state saw the fourth In Massachusetts, the in the state during 2018. tion of this action. You are also required highest level of that kind 148 cases reported in Thirty of the incidents in square and on campus, Map – displaying in- to file a copy of your answer, if any, in of activity of any state in 2019 accounted for about Massachusetts last year white supremacists are stances of hate, extrem- the office of the Register of this Court. attempting to normalize ism, anti-Semitism, and Witness, HON. BRIAN J. DUNN, First the country, according 5.5 percent of the nation- occurred on a college Justice of this Court. to new data released wide total. campus. their messages of bigotry terrorism – details many Date: January 30, 2020 and to bolster recruit- of the incidents reported Felix D. Arroyo last week by the Anti- Only California, Texas “Our data clearly dem- Register of Probate Defamation League. and New York accounted onstrate that white su- ment, all while hiding in Massachusetts. Published: February 20, 2020
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Kerry Jonathan Kim David ResCo Companies Don Tara Lee Dana David Dowlin Heelen Pengelly Mogielnicki Benoit O’Riordan Robinson Seabury DeMarco Page 12 THE REPORTER February 20, 2020 dotnews.com Pets and chocolate: a toxic combination By Mary Nee for our canine loved ones. gest? The chemical ingre- Take a stroll through We love chocolate, but dients found in chocolate any grocery or conve- so do our dogs, and with – theobromine and caf- nience store during the their enhanced sense of feine – cannot be metabo- month of February, and smell, they can lock onto lized as well by our dogs. the human indulgence Even trace amounts can Moment of Paws even if it’s hidden away. cause vomiting, diar- From cakes and cookies rhea, increased thirst, you will see a common to bowls of Hershey’s panting, restlessness, sight – a barrage of Kisses sitting on the excessive urination, heart-shaped chocolate. coffee table, chocolate is and elevated heart rate. While these tasty everywhere – and typi- Larger amounts can treats are a great im- cally something we are trigger muscle tremors, pulse buy for your Val- not overly aware of until seizures, heart failure, entine’s Day sweetheart, we see our furry friends even sudden death. Due Animal Rescue League photo having chocolate in your munching away. to the high fat content in hours (typically 6-12) to home can be dangerous What makes chocolate chocolate, there’s also a ing pancreatitis. body. Additionally, in- present themselves, so if – even life-threatening – harmful for dogs to in- risk of your dog develop- These chemicals are travenous fluids and beta also harmful for cats; you see or even suspect blockers to slow the heart however felines are not that your dog has eaten rate may be necessary for drawn to chocolate like chocolate, it is imperative severe cases. dogs are, so the risk of to immediately contact Bottom line: Keep any chocolate poisoning for your veterinarian or the food items containing cats is much lower. ASPCA Animal Poison chocolate out of the reach The levels of toxicity Control helpline at 888- of your pet. If you suspect levels depend on the size 426-4435. that your dog may have and weight of your dog, as To treat chocolate poi- ingested chocolate, take well as the type of choco- soning, a veterinarian immediate action and late. The darker and less induces vomiting and call your vet. The longer sweet the chocolate, the administers activated you wait, the more the more toxic it is for dogs. charcoal to block the chemicals are absorbed Clinical signs of choco- absorption of the harm- into the body, leading to late poisoning may take ful chemicals into the greater toxicity. As dog owners, our responsibility is to keep them from harm so they remain safe, happy, and NEW ITEM healthy. Mary Nee, a Dorchester resident, is the president of the Animal Rescue League of Boston. Pet questions? Email ARL at [email protected]. Interested in working LEGAL NOTICE
in research? COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS Immediate opportunity for a Spanish-speaking, full-time Re- THE TRIAL COURT PROBATE & FAMILY COURT search Assistant to support recruitment and enrollment for the Suffolk Probate and family Court 24 NEW CHARDON STREET All of Us Research Program at DotHouse Health Center. BOSTON, MA 02114 617-788-8300 CITATION ON PETITION Are you highly motivated, customer-service oriented, and enjoy TO CHANGE NAME Docket No. SU20C0059CA speaking with people from all backgrounds to provide answers in the MATTER of: to their questions? The Research Assistant is responsible for The Dorchester Historical Society announces a new MALAK AL MUBARAK item for the gift shop. Priced at $15 this trivet features A Petiition to Change Name of engagement, recruitment, and enrollment of patients La Belle Chocolatiére. Minor has been filed by Malak Al primarily by a clinic-based approach. Periodically, engagement Mubarak of Boston, MA request- ing that the court enter a Decree with patients and employees will take place from a program changing their name to: Malak Lami table at DotHouse Health and during community events. IMPORTANT NOTICE Any person may appear for Medical research has gender, racial and purposes of objecting to the petition by filing an appearance age gaps. Help us close them. at: Suffolk Probate and Family Court before 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 02/27/2020. This is To apply for the Research Assistant – 1 / not a hearing date, but a deadline All of Us Research Program, by which you must file a written submit a resume and cover letter appearance if you object to this William Clapp House, 195 Boston Street proceeding. by visiting this link: Witness, HON. BRIAN J. Lemuel Clap House, 199 Boston Street DUNN, First Justice of this Court. Date: February 06, 2020 http://bit.ly/35Yx8OJAllofUsNE James Blake House, 735 Columbia Road Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate www.dorchesterhistoricalsociety.org Published: February 20, 2020 dotnews.com February 20, 2020 THE REPORTER Page 13 Community Health News Opioid OD deaths flat despite surge in fentanyl on street By Katie Lannan opioid epidemic, and it zation since then,” Bharel State House will take a sustained ef- said. “This decrease is News Service fort to continue to see a despite the growing pres- New data indicate Mas- decrease in the number ence of fentanyl, which sachusetts has made of deaths and to finally, our data shows is a driver some progress in beating finally look at substance of opioid-related death.” back the tide of opioid use disorders as the medi- In the first nine months overdose deaths, accord- cal illness that they are.” of 2019, fentanyl was ing to the state’s public Confirmed opioid over- present in 93.2 percent of health commissioner. dose deaths in Mas- confirmed opioid overdose Commissioner Monica sachusetts peaked in deaths where a toxicology Bharel said the state 2016 at 2,097, according screen occurred, accord- nonetheless continues to the DPH. That year, ing to the DPH. That rate to lose too many people the overdose death rate was 75.6 percent in 2016. to overdoses. was 30.5 per 100,000 “Thanks to our public The Department of residents. The DPH esti- health interventions, Public Health last week mates a death rate of 29 we’ve flattened the death released the latest statis- deaths in 2019, down and each one of those “Our job is to continue per 100,000 residents in rate instead of watching tics on opioid overdoses, from 2,031 in 2018. individuals is represen- those efforts along a 2019, representing a 5 it climb as fentanyl con- showing a total of 2,023 “Behind each one of tative of a preventable public health trajectory. percent drop from 2016. tinues to increase in our confirmed and estimated those people is their fami- death,” Bharel told the It took us a long time to “If we look at 2016 as communities,” Bharel opioid-related overdose lies, is their communities, Public Health Council. get where we are in this the peak, we see a stabili- said. Ballot question would let food stores sell beer, wine By Steve LeBlanc to be consumed off the pany could control after other cities. worse when those buying and fees collected by the Associated Press premises. Local licens- a phase-in period. “More outlets also the alcohol drink it off commission. A ballot question that ing authorities would David Jernigan, a pro- mean more price com- premises and are more Matthew Durand, a would let convenience have the discretion to fessor of health law and petition, which means likely unsupervised, he representative for the stores and other food determine the number of policy at the Boston cheaper alcohol, which added. coalition pushing for the outlets sell beer and wine food store licenses they University School of literally hundreds of Supporters of the ballot question — including is drawing criticism from issue. The new permits Public Health, said there studies have shown is as- question say it would re- Cumberland Farms — some researchers and would be in addition to is a close tie between sociated with more drink- quire the state Alcoholic said the threats to public substance abuse coordi- existing licenses issued the easy availability of ing and more negative Beverages Control Com- safety are exaggerated. nators who say it could for the sale of alcoholic alcohol and crime. He consequences, including mission to hire at least He said it’s hard to draw a result in more crime and beverages. said because Massachu- violent crime,” Jernigan one investigator for every direct link between crime alcohol consumption. They could be issued setts — and Boston, by told a State House com- 250 licenses granted and beer and wine avail- The question would as soon as December if extension— has limits mittee last week. under the proposed law. ability when there could let local authorities is- the question is approved on the number of alcohol The potential for crime The question would pay be other factors involved. sue licenses allowing by voters in November. outlets, the relationship and other negative be- for additional costs to the “Nothing happens in a food stores to sell wine There would also be no between alcohol outlets haviors like property commission by creating vacuum,” Durand said. and malt beverages, limits on the number of and violent crime is damage, public urina- a fund consisting of al- “You have to look at the but not hard liquors, licenses any one com- weaker than in many tion, and noise is made cohol excise taxes, fines, bigger picture.”
APPRENTICE APPLICATIONS BEING ACCEPTED THE HEAT & FROST INSULATORS UNION LOCAL 6, BOSTON, Community Meeting JOINT APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION CAREFULLY. PLAN: Mattapan
Applications will be accepted at 303 Freeport St., Dorchester, MA, only on the dates and times specified (every Mon & Weds) during the Month of March: The Future of March 2, 4, 9, 11, 16, 23, and 30 at 9AM, 11AM & 1PM March 18 and 25 at 9AM, 11AM, 1PM AND 5PM Mattapan’s Corridors
Note: If you are not on time you will have to return for the next scheduled session. Wednesday, February 26 KIPP Academy, Cafeteria 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM 37 Babson Street Applicants must apply in person. Please arrive about fifteen minutes before the ses- Mattapan, MA 02126 sion starts. Applications must stay the building. No exceptions. Any questions or concerns call prior to your arrival, 617-436-4666. In order to be eligible to complete Project Description: an application the following requirements must be met without exception and you must have the following documents with you when you apply: This PLAN: Mattapan workshop will explore how Mattapan community members use corridors today and how that can be enhanced in the 1. Must be 18 years of age or older by June 1, 2020. future. As discussed in previous meetings, Mattapan’s corridors are 2. Must produce your original, valid, current driver’s license major roads that are integral to getting around Mattapan. Together we (No photo ID’s or photocopies of your license) when you come to apply. will begin to rethink corridors as places to live, work, and play so that we 3. Must produce an original high school diploma, an original GED certificate or can make recommendations that will achieve the PLAN: Mattapan vision. a certified, sealed transcript showing your graduation date when you come to apply – no photocopies 4. Must pay a non-refundable aptitude testing fee of $25.00 at application The purpose of this meeting is to: time. Only checks or money orders accepted, no cash, credit or debit cards. • Identify how corridors can achieve the vision of PLAN: Mattapan 5. Must reside within the jurisdiction of Local 6. • Discuss what scenarios and possibilities will implement the vision 6. Must own a reliable vehicle. 7. For more information about our program go to www.insulators.org/careers We will incorporate recommendations from City and State Agencies also TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION/JOB SITES: Mass., Maine, New Hampshire & Rhode conducting planning and implementation on Mattapan’s corridors. Island (Driver’s License and Reliable Vehicle Necessary & Required). TERM OF APPRENTICESHIP: Four (4) years. 160 classroom hours and 1800 job site Attendees can take with them a brief overview of Article 60 (Mattapan’s hours per year. zoning code) and Article 80 Project Review.
TESTS: General Aptitude Test and Interview; Mandatory Pre-employment Physical Exam and Drug Test. Contact: Muge Undemir The Heat and Frost Insulators Apprenticeship Program will not discriminate Boston Planning & Development Agency against apprenticeship applicants or apprentices based on race, color, religion, One City Hall Square, 9th Floor Boston, MA 02201 national origin, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), sexual orientation, 617.918.4488 | [email protected] genetic information, or because they are an individual with a disability or a person 40 years old or older. The Heat and Frost Insulators Apprenticeship Program will take affirmative action to provide equal opportunity in apprenticeship and will op- bostonplans.org @bostonplans erate the apprenticeship program as required under Title 29 of the Code of Federal Regulations, part 30,” 29 CFR § 30.3(c). Teresa Polhemus, Executive Director/Secretary Page 14 THE REPORTER February 20, 2020 dotnews.com Neighborhood Notables
(Continued from page 10) by the Boston ILL Harmonic (“Boston’s most love- munity Center in Roxbury. Children and adults move EMK Institute hosts presidential able chamber rock ensemble”) performing music by at their own pace in supervised activities. Colorful poet Blanco on Feb. 27 the Beatles, followed by live band Beatles karaoke. play equipment encourages individual, small, and Presidential inaugural poet Richard Blanco will The scholarship was created in memory of a much large group play. For updated information or program visit the Edward M. Kennedy Institute for the US loved son of Dorchester whose life was sadly shortened cancellations follow @BCYFCenters. Senate on Thurs., Feb. 27 at 6 p.m. for a ‘Getting to by cancer. An active political volunteer and advocate Boston Public Library’s Homework the Point’ discussion on the themes he explores in for people with disabilities in his job at WORK Inc., the scholarship is set up to benefit a student from Help his recent poetry collection, How to Love a Country, Boston Public Library’s free Homework Help pro- and how Americans can find common ground through Dorchester who is majoring in political science. The first scholarship was awarded in 2017 to an outstand- gram is underway offering free afterschool help and shared experiences and ideals. Richard Blanco was the mentorship provided by high-achieving high school ing recipient, Dorchester resident Renata Teodoro. fifth presidential inaugural poet, serving as poet for students. The program, offered Monday through General admission is $10 at the door. Raffle prizes, President Obama’s second inauguration in 2013. He Thursday from 3:30 -5:30 p.m. is open to students in hors d’ouevres and cash bar, and a cash drawing will stands as the youngest, first Latino, immigrant, and grades K-8; no registration required. Boston Teacher’s be held. For more information or to purchase tickets gay person to serve in such a role. He is the author of Union tutors are also available during select weekdays for the cash drawing, please contact Elisa Birdseye four collections of poetry and three memoirs. Blanco from 4-6 p.m. for students in grades K-12. Visit bpl. at [email protected]. will perform a poetry reading as part of the program org/homework. and will also participate in a book signing. For more Tompkins hosts Mayors for RCC Police District C-11 info, email [email protected]. ‘Conversation’ Non-emergency line for seniors: 617-343-5649. The Registration now open for Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins and the Suffolk County Party Line phone number, where you can report loud Dorchester Baseball Sheriff’s Department will convene “A Conversation parties, is 617-343-5500, 24 hours/7 days per week. Registration is now underway online for Dorchester About Municipal Government” on Thurs., March 19 Police District B-3 News Baseball, open to kids and teens ages 4-16. Sign up at Roxbury Community College from 6p.m. to 8p.m. Guests include Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, Somer- For info, call B-3’s Community Service Office at at dorchesterlittleleague.org or dorchesterbaberuth. 617-343-4711. org. Financial assistance available upon request. ville Mayor Joe Curtatone, Salem Mayor Kim Driscoll, Lawrence Mayor Dan Rivera, and Yvonne Spicer Hancock Street Civic Assoc. Dot Chili Cook-off on March 29 Framingham Mayor The event is free to the public The Hancock Street Civic Association meets The 14th annual Dorchester Chili Cook-off will and doors will open at 5:30pm. For more information monthly on the first Tuesday at Uphams Crossing, be held on Sunday, March 29 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., or to register, call Nadia Lovinsky at 617- 704-6656. 530 Columbia Rd., Dorchester. Meeting time is 7 to at Local 103 IBEW at 256 Freeport St. to benefit Lawrence O’Donnell to keynote 8:30p.m. Annual dues are $5; please contact han- Dorchester Day Parade. More than 20 entrants [email protected]. representing restaurants, civic associations, youth NepWRA annual meeting Wellington Hill Neighborhood groups, and community organizations, vie for brag- The Neponset River Watershed Association ging rights to the best chili in Dorchester. There is live (NepRWA) annual meeting will be held on Friday Council entertainment, games and prizes. A panel of judges evening, May 29 at 6:30p.m. at Florian Hall in The Wellington Hill Neighborhood Council meets will award prizes in four categories: Best of Show, Dorchester, and will feature Lawrence O’Donnell, on the second Tuesday of the month from 6-7:30 p.m. Best Non-Beef, Most Creative Dish and Team Spirit host of “The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell” on at the Mattapan branch of the Boston Public Library. (decorations, costumes, enthusiasm.) The People’s MSNBC. Lawrence grew up in Dorchester, near the Updates can be found on Facebook page: @welling- Choice award earns its winner the golden bean pot Neponset River, and has fond memories of jumping tonhillneighbors. Or Google Group: wellingtonhill@ and bragging rights. in the water to cool off in the summer. He’ll share googlegroups.com Jammin’ for Jimmy at Florian Hall a few stories with us from those times, as well as River Street Civic Assoc. Jammin’ for Jimmy — an evening of fun and music his thoughts on how politics affect the state of our The River Street Civic Association meets on the to benefit the James P. “Jimmy” Cawley Scholar- environment. The public is invited to the Annual second Thursday of each month from 6-8 p.m. at the ship at UMass Boston— will be held on Sat., Feb. Meeting. Tickets can be purchased at Neponset.org/ Foley Senior Residences, 249 River St., Mattapan. 29 from 7 to 10:30p.m. at Florian Hall, 55 Hallet annualmeeting or by calling Nancy Mahon at 781- Apple Grove Assoc. St. Dorchester. The evening features a performance 575-0354 x324. An optional pre-meeting tour of the The Apple Grove Association meets on the second Neponset River, led by NepRWA staff, will take place Monday (March 9) of every month at 6:30-7:30 p.m. at 5:30 pm. Registration is required. at 1135 Morton St., Mattapan. The contact is Ms. BCYF Family Gym Returns February 8 Myrtle Huggins at 617-429-8531. 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In the success of her working with a lot of tion from her daughter “A lot of Asian sauces burgeoning business, and Fortune 100 companies, one night as she prepared on the market had a ton in the faces at Common- they couldn’t move the dinner with her father’s of sodium and sugar,” she wealth Kitchen, which needle like that.” recipe: “You should quit noted. “Our sauces have prioritizes admitting Now, as a model for her your job and sell this 75 percent less sodium women and immigrant peers at Commonwealth sauce!” than most other products, entrepreneurs of color, Kitchen’s Quincy Street That was the inspira- and no sugar...that’s Chan sees a reflection of complex, Chan is helping Chan’s FreshZen sauces are based on her father’s where the name comes her own immigrant roots. them see a path forward tion for FreshZen, the special recipe. ig:@freshzenfoods healthy “Asian pesto” from— it gives families “It’s really special be- and giving them hope for sauce brand that Chan to make this stuff. They balanced meals for her a sense of zen that their ing able to pay livable their own businesses. started in 2016 and helped with everything family. kids are eating fresh.” wages and being able “I hope they see me has developed over the from operation and pro- “As a working mom of As FreshZen continues to create jobs,” she said. and say, ‘If Ruby can do past few years at Com- duction to taking it to the four kids, I’d be rushing to grow, Chan hopes she “My dad could have been it, I can.’” monwealth Kitchen, the market to how to pitch it home every day trying to can tap into the dining that person. The fact that Grove Hall-based food to big retail brands like put a healthy, clean din- services at places like I’ve helped to create jobs LEGAL NOTICE business incubator. Whole Foods. ner on the table. It was Harvard, Boston College, in the Dorchester com- She added: “A lot of really hard.” and UMass to provide a munity speaks volumes COMMONWEALTH OF Last month, Chan MASSACHUSETTS learned that thanks to people who have this vi- But Chan knew the touch of familiarity for for me because that could THE TRIAL COURT a new partnership, her sion of being able to build value of the family din- students who might be have been my family PROBATE & FAMILY COURT homesick. sweeping the floors, chop- Suffolk Probate and family Court FreshZen sauces will be a brand and create a prod- nertime conversation 24 NEW CHARDON STREET uct and take it to market “My hope is it would ping scallions...it’s an BOSTON, MA 02114 sold at 31 Whole Foods 617-788-8300 Market locations across say the same thing: The CITATION ON PETITION the Greater Boston area. task is extremely daunt- UMass Boston called nation’s TO CHANGE NAME Docket No. SU20C0060CA “It’s my dream come ing. For someone to hold in the MATTER of: true,” said Chan. “I’ve your hand through it SHAMS ALI JEBUR AL MUBARAK worked really hard to get and support you step third ‘most diverse’ campus A Petiition to Change Name of Minor has been filed by Shams Ali to this point.” by step, breaking down A report published Boston is the place to find greater than 80 percent Jebur Al Mubarak of Boston, MA Combined with that everything, that makes in USA Today last week it,” Interim Chancellor chance that two ran- requesting that the court enter a hard work, the guidance it reachable.” ranks UMass Boston as Katherine Newman said domly selected students Decree changing their name to: Shams Lami provided by Common- FreshZen’s Classic the third most diverse in a statement. “24/7 would have a different IMPORTANT NOTICE wealth Kitchen proved Ginger Scallion sauce is four-year college in the Wall Street has recog- race, ethnicity, or U.S. Any person may appear for vital in all aspects of based on Chan’s father’s nation. The report, based nized UMass Boston citizenship status,” ac- purposes of objecting to the petition by filing an appearance growing her business, family recipe and con- on US Department of as the most affordable cording to a summary re- at: Suffolk Probate and Family she said. sists of five basic ingre- Education data and com- campus in the country on leased by the university. Court before 10:00 a.m. on the dients: ginger, scallion, piled by 24/7 Wall Street, its list of the top diverse Three other New Eng- return day of 02/27/2020. This is “I had no idea how to not a hearing date, but a deadline start,” said Chan. “I had sunflower oil, salt, and is based on data from the universities. Bravo to land schools made the by which you must file a written no idea how to scale a rice wine vinegar. Chan fall 2018 semester. UMass Boston!” list of 25 diverse schools: appearance if you object to this said part of the vision for “In a world where The report also notes Boston University (No. proceeding. sauce, no idea what to do Witness, HON. BRIAN J. with hundreds of pounds the healthy, all-natural diversity matters —in that “UMass Boston is 24), Wellesley College DUNN, First Justice of this Court. of ginger and scallions, no sauce came from her own education, to the busi- the only large four-year (No. 17), and MCPHS Date: February 06, 2020 experiences struggling to ness community, and to public school in Amer- University (No. 16). Felix D. Arroyo idea you needed a ginor- Register of Probate mous 100-gallon kettle find time to put together the nation itself—UMass ica in which there is a Published: February 20, 2020
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The Boston State Community Trust, Inc. a subsidiary of the Boston State Hospital Citizens Advisory Committee, Inc. is requesting grant proposals from community-based organizations located in the neighborhoods of Roxbury, Mattapan, Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, Hyde Park, and Roslindale. This funding round invites proposals in the following funding categories: Education & Job Training Initiatives; Youth Recreation & Social Development Initiatives; and Mental Health Initiatives. A maximum of $10,000.00 per organization will be distributed in this funding round.
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The Boston State Community Trust reserves the right to suspend, withdraw, or amend the afore- mentioned RFP without prior notice. Page 16 THE REPORTER February 20, 2020 dotnews.com Cannabis test lab backers eye edging out ‘the black market’ (Continued from page 1) is not dealing with the preliminary talks with lives could have been product or the analysis them and they seem in saved. That’s really what doesn’t come anywhere full support.” we’re here for, we want to near it. In order to get The lab team is in the keep everyone safe going past the doors, you do process of filing with forward.” need key-card access, the city and hopes to The testing is used to and everything will be schedule an official host ensure that the mari- under security camera community meeting in juana is free of elements watch.” roughly a month. Until known to be harmful and He added: “We want then, they will continue to establish its potency so to be as transparent making the rounds at that customers will know as possible. As this is local civic groups. exactly what the dosage a sensitive subject, we “I would note that [43 they’re consuming is and wanted to make sure that Freeport St.] is right in how it is likely to affect we’re going out of our the middle of Glover’s them. way, spending our time Corner, and there is a big At one point, CSHCA in the community and planning process that’s President Desmond Ro- making sure that we’re going on that would han posed a question to addressing all concerns. include this building,” the visitors. “I assume Proponents of Assured Testing Laboratory hope to lease space in this build- We don’t want people to said longtime Dorchester regulations exist now, ing on Freeport St. Google Maps photo just not care that we are resident Don Walsh. “It’s so why are people dy- here; we actually want not by itself. Those con- ing from vaping these “The black market associations in the area, will start off relatively your support. This is ducting planning efforts products?” Assured’s co- is able to price out the the project team said small with about a dozen something that’s going to are wrestling with how founder and chief oper- white market right now. they will be looking at employees – technicians, bring jobs to Dorchester.” many housing units, in- ating officer COO Kris Because there’s such expanding into the sec- chemists, administra- The company is looking dustrial units, commer- Nybakken answered a testing backlog, the ond level of the building tors, and analysts. An to engage students from cial, and whatsoever.” that the “biggest issue” prices on recreational in the future to do more expansion to another nearby universities with CSHCA’s Rohan told contributing to vaping products have gone up agricultural testing. The floor of the building later prospective internship Pelekoud and Nybakken deaths in the state is significantly to the point Susi family‚ which owns would not require an- opportunities. “There are that he’d put up a vote for the black market. “These where a lot of people don’t the building, has been other permitting process. the types of opportuni- a letter of support at the products were not com- think waiting in lines “very supportive and The lab will test a small ties that I was afforded group’s next meeting on ing out of licensed estab- or paying higher prices helpful,” Pelekoud said. amount for each sample, growing up, and I’d love March 2, adding, “We’d lishments in Massachu- is worth it,” explained “We’re looking to get and expects to examine to afford them to a com- rather have Freeport- setts, he said, suggesting Pelekoud. “By creating into the third floor of 80 samples a day, or munity as great as this,” Adams [Neighborhood that part of the issue is a company such as this the three-story location, about 1,500 per month. said Pelekoud. “We’d Association] kind of drive that there’s a capacity and providing help on the potentially moving into After testing, the product also like to give back to the car here, and then problem in the industry testing backlog, hope- the second floor as we and solutions are put into the community, and one if you want to expand right now.” fully it can help make expand,” said Pelekoud. hazardous waste drums. of the associations that your support, we’re will- To date, there are no recreational prices much “We’ve talked with Bob The facility will be has been brought to our ing to take this to our operational testing labs more competitive and [Susi] about potentially tightly secured, said attention is the Boys & members.” in the city of Boston and edge out the black mar- doing that. We’ve done Pelekoud: “Anyone who Girls Club. We’ve had only a few statewide, al- ket just simply on price.” the numbers and we hope though all products sold Although the Freeport to produce somewhere in in the state are required Street proposal is in its the range of half a million Judge strikes down by law to be tested by a preliminary stages and dollars of job revenue for Massachusetts-based, the company is just in- Dorchester.” verdicts against two independent lab. troducing itself to civic He said that the team New music program former Walsh aides No quid pro quo, he says set for grades 3 to 5 (Continued from page 1) hire union stagehands. Crash Line ultimately Last week, the press release. “We look all-inclusive youth pro- It’s the second time hired nine union mem- Dorchester-based music forward to working with gram and we anticipate the government’s case bers and secured the education organization the Paraclete Center to a wide recruitment of against the men has necessary permits. Boston City Singers and help broaden children’s children from all of South fallen apart. Lawyers for the may- the Paraclete Center horizons by introduc- Boston.” The same judge in 2018 oral aides argued at trial launched a new music ing them to the joys of Classes will meet once dismissed the charges that their clients were program in South Boston learning, performing, a week at the Paraclete against Brissette and Timothy Sullivan, simply asking concert for children in grades and appreciating music Center in South Bos- Sullivan days before the above, and Kenneth promoters to consider 3-5. from around the world.” ton starting on Thurs., trial was set to begin af- Brissette were first tried hiring unionized work- Singers will learn folk “We look forward to March 12, from 4 p.m. ter prosecutors protested in 2018. ers in order to avoid songs from their own tra- participating in the first to 5:15 pm. Cost of the the judge’s order that a potentially embar- ditions while developing of its kind pilot program program is $50 for six the government prove rassing union protest, life-long skills, including here in South Boston classes, which includes the two men personally complete with a large leadership, active listen- with the Boston City a showcase performance benefited from the hiring inflatable rat. ing, and collaboration. Singers,” said Paraclete for parents and friends. of the union workers. US Attorney Andrew The program will be led Center Executive Direc- Financial assistance is The 1st US Circuit Lelling said his office is by Sarah Eastman, who tor Joseph Burnieika. available based on need. Court of Appeals later disappointed in the rul- is also director of Boston “We view this pilot pro- Interested families revived the case. ing and will review its City Singers Jamaica gram as just the begin- should send an email to Officials from festival options. “An impartial Plain Training Chorus. ning of what we hope will Info@bostoncitysingers. organizers Crash Line jury, following legal “We’re delighted to be a long-term associa- org with PARACLETE testified at trial they instructions written by have the opportunity tion with one of Boston’s in the subject line or feared they would not the Court, voted unani- to bring our program premier youth programs. call 617-825-0674 for get the necessary city mously to convict these to South Boston,” said “Paraclete is uniquely additional information. permits if they didn’t two men,” he said in an Boston City Singers positioned to be the site – DANIEL SHEEHAN comply with Brissette emailed statement. Founding Artistic Di- of the first South Boston- and Sullivan’s request to rector Jane Money in a based program of this
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CONNELL, Eliza- born in St. Ann Parish, Kevin and his wife Me- bookkeeper for 20 years South Easton, origi- ter of William Doherty beth (Hurley), 76, of Dorchester and graduat- lissa of Austin, TX, and at Hale and Dorr Law nally Dorchester and and his wife Sarah of Southborough. Wife of ed from Cathedral High Eileen and her husband Firm in Boston before Braintree. She worked Dorchester. Also sur- the late Alfred L. Con- School. As a school girl, Bill of Long Valley, NJ, retiring. Wife of the late for 40 years at MDC as vived by several nieces nell. Mother of Kris- she worked at the Bos- and Laurie Masterson Ernest A. Thebado, Sr. a supervisor until retir- and nephews in the U.S. ten E. Connell, Karen ton Public Library. She of West Warwick, RI. and Arthur W. Cough- ing. Daughter of the and Ireland. Donations E.V. Connell, both of trained at Boston City Kathleen was grand- lin, Sr. Mother of Mi- late Frank and Helen may be made in Cece- Southborough, Mat- Hospital and became a mother to Daniel, John, chael Thebado of Frank- (Woods) Hurley. Wife lia’s memory to Dana thew A. Connell and lab technician. Christopher, Narise, lin, Patrick Thebado of of the late Seaward Farber and the Jimmy his wife Lisa of Upton. CONNOR, Kath- Roger, and Liam Con- Plymouth, James The- “Buddy” Forbes. Moth- Fund, P.O. Box 849168, Grandmother of Julia, leen Teresa (Carroll) nor; Megan Cotter and bado of Weymouth, Neal er of Stacey Carr and Boston, MA 02284. Hannah, Elizabeth and of Milton, originally her husband Chris; and Coughlin of ME, John her husband Peter of REANEY, Mary M. Maeve. Sister of Nancy from Dorchester. Kath- Kathleen, Maggie, and Coughlin of Quincy, Scituate. Sister of Ger- longtime resident of Karis of Holliston, Ju- leen was welcomed to Elizabeth Callahan. She Stephen Coughlin of ald Hurley and his late South Boston, former- dith Hurley of Neponset, heaven by her husband was great-grandmother ME and their spouses wife Gertraud of Con- ly of Dorchester and John Hurley of Melrose of 60 years, the late to Emily, Joseph, and and companions, Rev- cord, John Hurley and proud OFD. Daughter and the late Robert Hur- Roger T. Connor and Charles Cotter and Eli- erend Paul Coughlin of his wife Judith of Nor- of the late Thomas and ley (Elizabeth’s twin), sons Daniel, K. Michael, jah Connor. Kathleen Medford and the late well, Bill Hurley and Mary (O’Donnell) Re- Joseph Hurley, Arthur and Paul. She was the was a longtime admin- Ernest Thebado, Jr., his wife Elizabeth of aney. Mary is survived Hurley, James Hurley daughter of the late istrative assistant at Ruth Sampson, Arthur Braintree, and the late by and leaves her many and Rita Hurley. Aunt Christopher and Eileen Milton Academy and Coughlin, Jr., Dennis Frank Hurley and his loving cousins, godchil- to numerous nieces Carroll of Limerick, Ire- volunteered at the front Coughlin and Kevin wife Ruth and James dren and dear friends, and nephews and dear land, and Dorchester. desk at Milton Hospital Coughlin. Predeceased Hurley and his wife local and in Ireland and friend to many. Daugh- Kathleen is survived for over 20 years. Dona- by 13 siblings. Grand- Kathleen. Grandmother England, to mourn her. ter of the late Joseph B. by her children, Roger tions can be made to the mother, great-grand- of John Burke and Kate- Mary was a retired em- and Mary (Doocey) Hur- and his wife Ruthann Milton Council on Ag- mother and great-great- lyn Freeman and great- ployee of Blue Cross/ ley. Mrs. Connell was of Poughkeepsie, NY, ing, 10 Walnut Street, grandmother to many. grandmother Mack Blue Shield for over Milton, MA 02186. Also survived by many Freeman. Also survived 37 years. Donations in COUGHLIN, Ester nieces and nephews. by many nieces and Mary’s memory may be Margaret (Thebado). Donations in memory nephews. Predeceased made to St. Anthony Ester grew up in Coun- of Ester may be made to by her dear friends John Shrine, 100 Arch Street, ty Clare, Ireland and St. Jude Children’s Re- and Mary Graham. Do- Boston, MA 02110. later lived in Mattapan, search Hospital, 501 St. nations may be made to RIDGE, James, P. Weymouth and Brain- Jude Place, Memphis, WORK, Inc., 25 Beach of Hull, 83. Husband of tree. She worked as a TN 38105. St., Dorchester, MA Jean (Gammie) Ridge FORBES, Helen 02122. for 60 years, he was the LEGAL NOTICE Marie (Hurley) of LYONS, Evelyn of father of five: Laura Dorchester. Mother of Ridge of Cambridge, COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS LEGAL NOTICE Theresa Reason (David) Marie Pitaro (and hus- THE TRIAL COURT Lyons, Diane Miller, band Vinnie) of Hull, PROBATE & FAMILY COURT COMMONWEALTH OF SUFFOLK PROBATE & FAMILY COURT MASSACHUSETTS Willette (Edwin) Ly- Kathleen Sullivan (and 24 NEW CHARDON STREET THE TRIAL COURT ons, Willie B. (Linda) husband Dan) of Hull, BOSTON, MA 02114 PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT CITATION GIVING NOTICE Suffolk Probate & Family Court Lyons and David (Di- Carolyn Sullivan (and OF PETITION TO EXPAND 24 New Chardon Street Cedar Grove Cemetery THE POWERS OF A GUARDIAN Boston, MA 02114 xie) Lyons. She leaves husband Daniel F.) AND/OR CONSERVATOR (617) 788-8300 11 grandchildren, 10 of Halifax, and Ellen A quiet place on the banks of the Neponset River Docket No. SU18P1431GD CITATION ON PETITION FOR in the INTERESTS OF: FORMAL ADJUDICATION great-grandchildren, ex- O’Brien of Plymouth. OLIVER SISCO Chapel available for: Weddings, memorial services, of QUINCY, MA Docket No. SU20P0183EA tended family and dear And he was grandfather RESPONDENT ESTATE OF: and celebratory masses. Indoor Services available for Incapacitated Person/Protected Person WARREN LeROY SMITH friends. She will be tru- of 12: Mariah and Luke winter burials. Greenhouse on premises for fresh flow- To the named Respondent and all DATE OF DEATH: 04/10/2019 ly missed by her family Ridge-O’Brien; Vincent other interested persons, a petition has To all interested persons: ers. Columbarium for cremated remains. Plant a tree been filed by Boston Medical Center of A petition for Formal Probate of Will with in Charleston, SC and and Christopher Pitaro; Boston, MA in the above captioned matter Appointment of Personal Representative has Boston, along with her Aleigha, Brianna and program. requesting that the court: been filed by Rosetta Beckford of Mattapan, Expand the powers of a Guardian and/ MA and Harold H. Beckford of Cambridge, Kingdom Hall family. James Lawless and 920 Adams St., Dorchester, MA 02124 • 617-825-1360 or Conservator of the Respondent. The MA requesting that the Court enter a formal petition asks the court to make a deter- Decree and Order and for such other relief McLAUGHLIN, Matthew Sullivan; Cait- Consecrated in 1868. Non-Sectarian. mination that the powers of the Guardian as requested in the Petition. The Petitioner Cecelia (Doherty) lin, Teresa and Danny and/or Conservator should be expanded, requests that: Rosetta Beckford of Mattapan, modified, or limited since the time of the MA and Harold H. Beckford of Cambridge, MA longtime resident of Sullivan; and Declan appointment. The original petition is on be appointed as Personal Representative(s) Roslindale, formerly O’Brien. Brother to file with the court. of said estate to serve Without Surety on You have the right to object to this the bond in an unsupervised administration. of Clonmany, County Mary (Ridge) Swidey of proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or IMPORTANT NOTICE your attorney must file a written appear- You have the right to obtain a copy of the Donegal, Ireland. Wife Somerset, he also leaves ance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You of the late Edward P. several nieces and neph- on the return date of 03/12/2020. This day have a right to object to this proceeding. To TEVNAN TEVNAN is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline do so, you or your attorney must file a written McLaughlin. Mother of ews. Born and raised date by which you have to file the written appearance and objection at this Court before: Maureen Killoran and in Dorchester, he was 15 Broad Street 415 Neponset Avenue appearance if you object to the petition. If 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 03/17/2020. you fail to file the written appearance by This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by her husband Paul of the son of the late Pat- Boston, MA 02109 Dorchester, MA 02124 the return date, action may be taken in which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If Pomfret, CT, Ann Her- rick K. Ridge and Nora 617-423-4100 617-265-4100 this matter without further notice to you. In addition to filing the written appearance, you fail to file a timely written appearance and man and her husband (O’Brien) Ridge, both you or your attorney must file a written objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections affidavit stating the specific facts and within thirty (30) days of the return day, action Michael of Roslindale, originally from Ireland, grounds of your objection within 30 days may be taken without further notice to you. Attorneys at Law after the return date. Unsupervised Administration and Linda Butler and and was predeceased www.tevnan.com IMPORTANT NOTICE Under The Massachusetts Uniform her husband Kevin of by his brother Warren The outcome of this proceeding may Probate Code (MUPC) limit or completely take away the above- A Personal Representative appointed under Tilton, NH. Grand- and sister Eleanor. He named person’s right to make decisions the MUPC in an unsupervised administration mother of Meghan and graduated from Boston about personal affairs or financial affairs is not required to file an inventory or annual or both. The above-named person has accounts with the Court. Persons interested Kathryn Killoran, Kevin College High School the right to ask for a lawyer. Anyone in the estate are entitled to notice regarding may make this request on behalf of the the administration directly from the Personal and Matthew Herman, and Boston College and above-named person. If the above-named Representative and may petition the Court in and Kaelyn Butler. Sis- served in the US Army “Caring for your life’s journey...” person cannot afford a lawyer, one may any matter relating to the estate, including be appointed at State expense. the distribution of assets and expenses of from 1959-61. He taught Witness, Hon. Brian J. Dunn, First administration. at the Phillips Brooks Justice of this Court. Witness, HON. BRIAN J. DUNN, First LEGAL NOTICE Felix D. Arroyo Justice of this Court. School in Boston be- Date: February 04, 2020 Register of Probate COMMONWEALTH OF Date: February 12, 2020 Felix D. Arroyo fore beginning a distin- Register of Probate MASSACHUSETTS guished 35-year career Published: February 20, 2020 Published: February 20, 2020 THE TRIAL COURT PROBATE and FAMILY COURT in Hull Public Schools. Docket No. ES20A0011AD Essex Probate & Family Court SKELLEY, Joanne 36 Federal Street, Salem, MA 01970 T. of Dorchester, 68. NEW CALVARY CEMETERY 978-744-1020 CITATION Daughter of the late Serving the Boston Community since 1899 - Non Sectarian G.L. c. 210, § 6 Charles and Louise In the Matter of: Reasonable pricing and many options to choose from. ABIGAIL ELIZABETH FUGATE Skelley and stepdaugh- To: any unnamed or unknown parent and ter of the late Marga- Grave pricing starting at $1,200 persons interested in a petition for the Package pricing from $3,700 (includes grave purchase, first adoption of said child and to the Depart- ret (Ronayne). Sister of ment of Children and Families of said opening & liner for a weekday service). Cremation Niches Commonwealth, 280 Merrimac St., 2nd Kathleen Monahan and fl., Lawrence, MA 01843. her husband Hubert starting at $1,400 (Includes Niche Purchase, First Opening A Petition has been presented to said & Inscription) court by: Juan Mauricio Guerrero of of Hanson and the late Methuen, MA and Jaime Leigh Guerrero Richard and John Skel- 617-296-2339 of Methuen, MA requesting for leave to adopt said child and that the name of the ley. Aunt of Amy Wod- 12 Month No Interest on Grave Purchases, child be changed to Abigail Elizabeth Guerrero. jag and her husband Pre Need Opening Arrangements If you object to this adoption you Mike of Hanson and are entitled to the appointment of an Lots with multiple graves and oversized graves available. attorney if you are an indigent person. Matt Monahan and his Funerals An indigent person is defined by SJC wife Jen of Leominster. Package price only available for an ‘at need’ service. Rule 3:10. The definition includes but is not limited to persons receiving TAFDC, Great-aunt of Emma, Cremations EACDC, poverty related veteran’s ben- Overtime Fees apply to Saturday and Holiday Interments efits, Medicaid, and SSI. The Court will Ryan, Jack and Grace. determine if you are indigent. Contact an Also survived by many Pre-Arrangements Other options available at Mt. Benedict Cemetery Assistant Judicial Case Manager or Adop- in West Roxbury tion Clerk of the Court on or before the date caring relatives and 1140 WASHINGTON STREET 460 GRANITE AVENUE listed below to obtain the necessary forms. IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERE- friends. Joanne was a DORCHESTER, MA 02124 MILTON, MA 02186 TO, YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST graduate of Mass Gen- The B.C.C.A. Family of Cemeteries FILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID Main Office located at: COURT AT SALEM ON OR BEFORE TEN eral Hospital School of 617~298~8011 617~698~6264 O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM) Nursing and a 45 year 366 Cummins Highway, Roslindale, MA 02131 ON 04/27/2020. Witness, JENNIFER M. R. ULWICK, Emergency Room Nurse Pricing information and maps available online at: First Justice of this Court. Service times and directions at: Date: February 7, 2020 of Boston City/Boston www.BostonCemetery.org Pamela Casey O’Brien Medical Center. Register of Probate www.dolanfuneral.com 617-325-6830 [email protected] Published: February 20, 2020 dotnews.com February 20, 2020 THE REPORTER Page 19 VINH’S TV VINH’S TV HARBOR HEALTH Daniel Driscoll – Neponset Health Center
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