THURSDAY, June 10, 2021 FREE

Bunker Hill or Bust on charlestown Pages 4-9 PATRIOT-BRIDGE Two School Committee members resign after racially charged texts come to light

By Seth Daniel have to resign then, and other text messages were revealed also. Two Boston School Committee However, the texts about “Westie members, including Chair Whites” between Oliver-Davila Alexandra Oliver-Davila, have and Rivera weren’t included in resigned this week suddenly that batch, but seemingly were amidst the unexpected release of withheld by the City – something text messages that were dispar- that is still being debated. When aging to white people – particu- they were finally released on larly to white parents from West Sunday, it was a new revelation Roxbury. from a contentious meeting whose Chair Oliver-Davila resigned repercussions seemingly have no on Tuesday, and Member Lorna end. Rivera – a professor at UMass- Acting Mayor Kim Janey said Boston – resigned on June 4. The she respected the decision of them disparaging text messages were to resign, but indicated it left a part of a group of messages that void of Latina leadership on the

Photo by Seth Daniel were exchanged between members Committee. Charlestown sports legend Patty Suprey of the Committee during a mara- “I respect and support the deci- had a special day on Saturday in the gym at thon October 2020 meeting where sions of Alexandra Oliver-Davila Charlestown High School, where in 1980 before the Committee voted in a tempo- and Dr. Lorna Rivera to resign a packed house, she became the first girls in rary process for admission to the as members of the Boston School the history of Boston Public Schools to score City’s three Exam Schools. It was Committee,” she said. “Ms. 1,000 points in her career. Suprey, an excellent a highly charged and controver- Oliver-Davila and Dr. Rivera have athlete all-around, was known to be not just a sial meeting, one where comments been dedicated stewards of the great scorer, but a great passer and teammate. derogatory to Asian people were committee and passionate advo- However, her banner denoting the achievement made in a “hot mic” moment by cates for Boston families. Their pri- had been taken down years ago and never put former Chair Michael Loconto. back up. After more than a decade of trying to (School Pg. 14) get it back on the wall, last Saturday a new ban- Those comments forced him to ner was hung on the wall and her retired jersey framed and placed on the wall. She is pictured Bunker Hill Monument Association here spinning the ball that she used to break the schedules official ceremony for June 17 record (with a free throw at the south end of the gym), and with her sisters who were also great Staff Report A process will then move players. (L-R) Paula Suprey Rose, Patty Suprey down Bunker Hill Street and and Peggy Suprey. Monument Association to the Bunker Hill Monument President Arthur Hurley reported at 10:45 a.m. for the annual that while the Battle of Bunker Commemoration and Patriotic At long last, Charlestown’s basketball legend gets her day Hill Day Parade has been post- Exercises at the base of the Bunker poned this year, the official exer- Hill Monument starting at 11 a.m. By Seth Daniel score 1,000 points in a career. achievement during a time when cises commemorating the Battle After an hour-long program She could even relive the mem- women’s sports weren’t as cele- of Bunker Hill on June 17 are of commemoration, the annu- Standing in the Charlestown ory with her sisters, one of whom brated, but especially, during the planned to take place as usual. al Meeting of the Bunker Hill High School gym, Charlestown’s was on the team, and the many turbulent times of forced busing The official commemoration Monument Association, with Patty Suprey could almost hear the Townies in the community that in BPS. was cancelled last year due to lunch, will take place at the First sound of the wall-to-wall crowd remember her winning jump shot No banner had ever been put COVID-19, but will return now Church of Charlestown, 10 Green on that January night in 1980. and remarkable passing ability. up for her back after the event, in 2021. St. She could put her feet on the free However, on the wall next which was witnessed by hundreds Hurley said the 246-year anni- Hurley said all are grateful throw line where she stood and to the other 1,000-point scorers and denoted in many newspapers versary of the Battle will take for the return of the exercises shot the memorable free throw from more recent history – there in Boston. Later in the 1990s, place on June 17 starting with an and other services around what that made her the first girl in was no recognition for more than Ecumenical Service at St. Francis is a particularly sacred day in Boston Public Schools history to a decade of Suprey’s amazing (Suprey Pg. 10) de Sales Church at 10 a.m. Charlestown – June 17. PAGE 2 THE CHARLESTOWN PATRIOT-BRIDGE June 10, 2021 editorial

HAS AMERICA GONE FROM ON THE Letters to the Editor BRINK TO OVER THE EDGE? REMEMBER OUR declared this Historic Battlefield of Leaders have forgotten to prop- With Americans emerging cicada-like from the restrictions imposed June 17th as a National Historic erly study and honorably recollect by COVID-19, one would think that this would be a time of joy as we HISTORY Battlefield District, since 1975, or this Historic National Battlefield, resume participating in all of the things that make life worth living. To the Editor, as a Boston Landmarks Historic with every respect and Honor But rather than embracing in a positive way our newly-rediscovered The Battlefield of June District since BLC formation. due to those who died and were freedom after 15 months of restrictions, it would seem as though we 17th 1775, is not lost to the Of the Nine Historic Districts of buried in rough graves on this have lost our collective minds. Historians of Charlestown, NPS Boston, this whole Battlefield dis- exact site, many in graves beneath Fights and other outbreaks of violence, once rare in our airports and or National Military historians. It trict, June 17th, is Not LOST our very homes. A Visit to the is the “First Continental Army” on airplanes, have become so commonplace and dangerous that two air- and will Not be Forgotten by all BH Monument will fully describe Veterans Memorial Battlefield lines, American and Southwest, have decided to halt all sales of alcohol Charlestown Residents. the overwhelming involvement of our Nation. Charlestown The Final Building Plans and of the WHOLE Battlefield of until September. Residents live in the shadow of Land use permits have been “Charlestown Heights”, Naval Mass shootings are more prevalent than ever all across the country Daily Markers, Memorials and granted to the BHA redevelop- and Field movements across all thanks to the easy access to high-powered weaponry in many states. Remembrances of the events of ment, all completed, by the BRA “Charlestown Heights” Peninsula, Drug overdose deaths soared in 2020 to record heights and show no the June 17th Battlefield. Since without any Historic Battlefield including the “Lost Village” sign of abating. before the First Nationally known research studies. The BRA con- Battlements. Random hate crimes, especially toward the AAPI and Jewish commu- Memorial Day, Decoration Day of siders, a Charlestown Battlefield, It is time to begin the Formal nities, have soared in the past year. the 1860’s, Charlestown residents, Lost and Forgotten by the City Process, before the 2025 anni- Our political discourse has not been this divisive since 1861, when the held the First Formal Veteran’s of Boston and some Residents versary, and establish the Whole Confederates fired on Ft. Sumter to start the Civil War. Battlefield Memorials, across all of Charlestown. No BHA Charlestown Heights National We finally can travel, but who wants to venture to our usual getaway “Bunker Hill Heights” since 1789. Historic Site research studies, No Historic Battlefield District, destinations (especially cruise ships with unvaccinated passengers) along Maps in the Library of Congress Archaeological research plans, including the Lost Village and attest to History of this First with the hordes of other travelers who have the same idea? It’s one authorized. No ABPP report, First British advance, now BHA National Conflict for American thing for airports and flights to be jammed, but the crowds will be huge enabled by federal legislation in Housing Development, into One Freedoms.. 1996. No Historic Resources Historic Charlestown landmarks wherever we might want to go, which only will exacerbate the new It is time for the CNC, and all Preservation Plan approved by District Commission under the epidemic of short-temperedness that seems to be infecting our present Charlestown residents to finally the City of Boston Civic Design CNC. It is time, to make “One emotional state. establish a “Charlestown Heights” Professionals. Even under CPA, Charlestown”, “One Historic Here’s our theory to explain the sudden surge in the general level of National Historic Battlefield 2016 Community Preservation National Battlefield Landmarks unruliness among our nation’s population: After 15 months of being District-Landmarks Study Legislation, voted by Boston District”, for the future. told what to do, some people feel as though they now are entitled to do Commission” for a “First Army” Citizens, No Environmental Write the CNC, P.O. Box 397, as they please with no regard for the basic rules of civility that allow us June 14th and June 17th, 2025, Preservation was ever consid- Charlestown, MA 02129. If to coexist peacefully. Anniversary of the Battlefield. In ered for this part of the Original you think, after 75 years of Lost It’s as though some Americans, in their eagerness to make up for 15 2018, the CNC began the pro- Battlefield “Open Space” for the Historic Preservation Laws, by the months of lost time, have forgotten how to be polite and respectful of cess for such a Commemoration “Freedom Trail” Travelers. Such BRA and City of Boston BLC, for a “Battlefield District” for all others. Preservation plans, reports and that it is time to support and rees- “Charlestown Heights”, under The Orange County District Attorney, speaking at a press conference surveys are a required component tablish this Lost opportunity for a numerous Massachusetts Historic about the arrests of the two suspects accused in the tragic shooting death of any Public Building Permit Plan Resident “Charlestown Heights” Preservation laws. The BRA- Process under CPA, The BRA- Battlefield Landmarks District of the six year-old boy in a road rage incident on a California freeway, BPDA may have forgotten to file BPDA, never acted, never con- Commission, for Charlestown, by put it succinctly when he stated, “....how quickly we get out of control a Historic Battlefield Preservation cerned. the CNC, for 2025. today and take actions against others....without assuming any personal report with the Boston landmarks Studies, especially for Historic If the City of Boston has responsibility.” Commission in the BHA Permit Resources Public Open Space Forgotten ALL this Historic Battle We may be getting COVID-19 under control, but we are failing at process and the BLC may have grounds, for BHA Public use ground, since 1975, If the “City being in control of ourselves. Forgotten to file that Battlefield Facilities, a “Battlefield Green” of Boston, BPDA will not act with “Open Green Space” resources Historic resources Preservation honor and proper application, report with the National Parks Plan Study, was never complet- Charlestown Residents need to act ABPP for the Public reuse of the ed or invoked by this BHA pro- and continue the Historic “Armed Open “Battlefield” Green Space cess, as part of the Public Record. Forces Memorial” Preservation of June 17th, but the residents of Where is the ABPP-NPS studies? process for the future of this First “Charlestown Heights” will not, Where are our Political Leaders? Army Battlefield, Historic District, once again lose or forget the sac- A CNC, Charlestown Resident “Lest We Forget” the Battlefield, rifice of the First Veterans, of the landmarks Commission with we sleep upon, for our Freedoms. First Army, of the First Battlefield, National Battlefield advisors, can Don Haska c harlesTown of June 17th 2025 anniversary. restore the Balance of Housing Under New Federal and Recent and History on this site. Is a ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME PATRIOT-BRIDGE CPA Historic Preservation laws Beacon Hill Historic District, of the last 25 years, the Lost more Qualified than a Bunker Hill OPPORTUNITY The Charlestown Patriot-Bridge, Battlefield and Lost Village of Battlefield Historic District for the To the Editor, “Charlestown Heights”, will be City of Boston? The Battlefield of Pier 5, the Head of Boston Phone: 617.241.8500 © 2008 Independent Newspaper Group. found, intact, united again as a June 17th should have been the Harbor is the last open public National Historic District. first Historic District, not the last waterfront destination along the Email: [email protected] • Web Site: www.charlestownbridge.com This Memorial Day, remember Historic District, to be considered Harborwalk. Many in the com- the National American Memorial by MHC, since 1975 laws were munity are advocating that Pier 5 Newsstand Price: Free / Subscription price: $75 annually Day of May 30th or 31st, but established, for Boston is developed into a much needed do not forget the First American In this rush to approve BRA- public greenspace, a living shore- President - Stephen Quigley - [email protected] Army Formation of June 14th on BPDA Experimental Public line, a climate resiliency water- Marketing Director - Debra DiGregorio - [email protected] the Battlefield of June 17th 1775. Housing Planning, our Political, The City of Boston, BLC has never Reporter - Seth Daniel - [email protected] Cultural and Historical MHC (Letters Pg. 16) June 10, 2021 THE CHARLESTOWN PATRIOT-BRIDGE PAGE 3

Guest Op-Ed

Boston needs more affordable, affordable housing

By Councilor Annissa Essaibi George who call this city home. That’s Income (AMI) standard for the ownership units are aligned. Many that those who have made Boston why I’ve called for a hearing on city. The formula does not reflect of the residents in our City-funded their home can stay here. We must Right now, Boston’s residents our City’s existing residential unit the income of the many residents rental units are paying about 70% support our seniors to age in the are struggling to pay rent, our diversity, so we can understand who need more affordable hous- of AMI, which equates to $1,400 community they call home by cre- families can’t find or afford stable what units we have and what ing. a month for a one bedroom unit. ating more secure and accessi- units we need to equitably house For those who do qualify for If they are able to pay that much housing, and too many individuals ble affordable housing options, our residents and more proactively subsidized housing, the housing in rent, they can also afford and are experiencing chronic home- including housing for older resi- lessness. The past year has only shape an inclusive and thriving voucher allocation processes are sustain a monthly mortgage of the city. We need to see what’s out not consistent and the number of same amount—we just have to dents who identify as LGBTQIA+ emphasized these realities and the or older residents with disabilities. effects will last long after the pan- there and then act accordingly. We available vouchers varies dramati- make home ownership accessible! need to plan, then build for the cally year to year. As Mayor, I will The City also has to invest I was born and raised in Boston. demic. realities of our residents. push for dedicated investments more in our first time homebuyers I feel so fortunate that my parents Affordability and accessibility Much of our focus should be in public housing and extremely program, which not only prepares were able to settle here and make of both rental units and homes for on creating housing for the many low-income housing and improve first time home buyers looking this city my family’s home. I’m sale is key for a thriving city. We residents and families that don’t measures to prevent race-based to purchase their first homes, but proud to raise my children here. need to ensure that everyone who qualify for subsidized housing, but and income-based voucher dis- also offers residents, many of wants to call Boston home has the I want that for all of Boston’s still cannot afford to pay market criminatory behavior. whom would not be able to other- families and anyone else that loves opportunity, option and a path- rate. This large gap is causing Housing production should wise, the opportunity to purchase Boston enough to choose it over way to ownership to do so. We low to middle income families to also provide our residents more a home by qualifying to make any place else in this world. As can start by building more hous- fall through the cracks. We need opportunities for home own- a below average down payment ing and ensuring what we build affordable, multi-bedroom hous- ership. In order to address the upon purchase and lower monthly Mayor, I’ll work relentlessly to is actually affordable for Boston’s ing for our families and we need affordable housing crisis and the mortgage rates. make this happen. residents. to push developers to build it. racial wealth gap, we need to Finally, more must be done to Annissa Essaibi George, is a Our housing stock must also be We must also look into amending make sure our investments in encourage the creation of more City Councilor, At-Large and a a reflection of the needs of those and updating HUD’s Area Median affordable rental units and home- senior-specific housing and ensure candidate for mayor.

erard oherty G A loyAl son F. of C dhArlestown APRIL 6, 1928 - JUNE 20, 2020 A Memorial Mass A Memorial Mass in Memory of in Memory of GERARD F. DOHERTY will be held on June 12,G 2021ERARD at 4:00 F. pmDOHERTY at will be held on St. Mary June St. 12,Catherine 2021 at 4:00 pm of Siena Churchat 55 Warren Street,St. Mary Charlestown St. Catherine MA of Siena Church 55 Warren Street TO ADVERTISE PLEASE CALL 781-485-0588 GERARD F. DOHERTY Charlestown MA APRIL 6, 1928 - JUNE 20, 2020 PAGE 4 THE CHARLESTOWN PATRIOT-BRIDGE June 10, 2021 Bunker Hill Associates announce mega raffle to fund community grants

Staff Report Charlestown Pride Week with Peter but for the second year in row, are ramping up a fun, fundraising citizens Looney Night, the CHAD March COVID-19 has put a damper on activity this week. •Back to school ready packs By now, the Bunker Hill and lively Bunker Hill Family Feud the best two weeks of the year in Associates member Jimmy Lister for Charlestown Children Associates would be head-on into events underway or on the way, Charlestown, but the Associates Jr. said they have launched the •Funding for the local food pan- 2021 Mega Raffle this week on the try RallyUp website, and are poised •Free lifeguard courses at the to give away $4,000 in prizes at YMCA Charlestown an online drawing June 13. It is •Senior citizen and teen mentor- a similar system used for the very ing program successful fundraising effort last •Holiday care packages for year that helped provide funds for seniors and shut-ins seniors in need of food, and also •Gift cards to feed the less fortu- support local restaurants. nate during the holidays Now, having exhausted a lot of •Luncheons and celebrations to resources on keeping people with promote community service the life basics over the last year, Lister said they have assembled the Associates are pivoting back more than $4,000 in prizes as to their mission of providing com- part of the raffle, and those prizes munity grants and help for young include: people – but that’s going to take •Peloton Exercise Bike ($2045 some fundraising. Value) “Last year we pivoted from our •Two night stay in Cape Neddick traditional mission of community at the Cliff House in Maine ($1,000 programming to feed those deeply Value) impacted by the COVID-19 pan- •Free entries to all 2021 Bunker demic,” said Lister. “We’re now Hill Associate Events ($650 Value) trying to find new ways of fund- •$800 Charlestown Restaurant raising to get back to our mission Package. of programming for Charlestown. Entries can be purchased by fol- Last year, our budget – we blew it lowing this link: out to make sure we touched all the https://go.rallyup.com/bunker- bases in Town and helped people hillraffle who needed it the most.” The drawing will take place on Some of the things they are look- Sunday, June 13, so time is of the ing to fundraise for in 2021 include: essence to purchase entries in the •Meals and groceries for senior raffle. June 10, 2021 THE CHARLESTOWN PATRIOT-BRIDGE PAGE 5 General Warren Toast a fun tradition that continues

By Seth Daniel back, Ryan and Coots concocted a few years before that. We think militia, a than you to them for all It’s a fun night and it’s become to make it an official toast to we did it every year, but we’ve that they do throughout the year my favorite night of Charlestown It was about 10 years ago when Warren’s birthday. kept it going at least 10 years.” for the community,” said Ryan. Pride Week.” State Rep. Dan Ryan, who was still “That was around 2010 when This year, June 11, at 6 p.m. the “The toast itself is a very simple Ryan said they have kept it tending bar at the Warren Tavern, they were taking away Bunker Charlestown Militia will appear toast to Joseph Warren and the simple over the years, but he said struck up a conversation with Hill Day as a state holiday and so at the Warren Tavern, dressed militia is always on hand and it’s there has been talk of expanding Tom Coots – of the Charlestown everyone was into the history at to fight, for the annual toast to been that way for several years. it in a sense. Apparently, there Militia – on the birthday of the time,” said Ryan. “We were Dr. Gen. Joseph Warren. There is One of the first years we did it, are 12 counties throughout the General Joseph Warren. talking about General Warren and plenty of merriment and a quick there was a family of tourists United States – in places like Ohio Coots and the Militia had his birthday and soon enough history lesson from Coots as well. from Wisconsin there and they annually visited the marker to we were talking about doing an “It’s really something for the thought it was the best thing ever. (Toast Pg. 7) Warren up at the Monument, event. We made it a fun event payed homage, and then went to during Charlestown Pride Week the Tavern for a drink or two. and I sponsored it after I was In that conversation a few years elected in 2015. It actually started Happy Bunker Hill Day!

Proud to be Charlestown’s State Senator Sal DiDomenico

On the morning of June 17, 1775, the fog was slowly lifting over the small village of Charlestown, Massachusetts. Tragically, a more ominous and metaphorical type of fog quickly descended upon the Charlestown Peninsula. It followed angry American patri- ots and their wrathful British enemies. This fog was the omnipresent fog of war. It would dictate the chaotic fighting by the combat- ants during the legendary Battle of Bunker Hill. In his book, Fog On The Hill, author Marc Stockwell-Moniz guides the reader into the bedlam of this renowned battle. He details the utter confusion which surround- ed both the Americans and the British and explains the de facto political recognition by the British toward the freely elected Massachusetts Provincial Congress. Also highlighted in Fog On The Hill are First Nation Americans and African-Americans, along with an updated American death count from the legendary battle.

Author Marc Stockwell-Moniz is a fourteenth-generation American. Marc was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1954. He was graduated from San Diego State in 1978 with a degree in journalism. His ancestors were among the group of settlers who received the charter from King Charles to establish the Massachusetts Bay Colony. They founded Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1628. Several of Marc’s ancestors fought in the American Revo- lutionary War under the command of General Artemus Ward and later General George Washington. Marc is a Candidate for Mayor member of the Bunker Hill Monument Association, Sons of the American Revolution and the Sons of the Union Veterans. He lives in San Diego County, Ca. with his family. of Boston Available on Amazon at: Fog On The Hill: General Gage Here We Are Come Get Us - The Battle Of Bunker Hill: Stockwell-Moniz, Mr. Marc Jesse: 9780976094814: Amazon.com: Books Paid Political Advertisement PAGE 6 THE CHARLESTOWN PATRIOT-BRIDGE June 10, 2021 Bunker Hill or Bust to feature fun, dining and automobile parade

By Seth Daniel event in the Town – the Battle of forgets and the community can might start to forget the sacred businesses and businesses owned Bunker Hill Day Parade, but in fact celebrate in some fashion. traditions. by people of color,” she said. The last time the Charlestown that is the case. Even so, it doesn’t Sean Boyle, Erica Walsh “After two years, things can Boyle said the vendor fair is Militia marched up and down mean that many in the Town are and Aileen Gorman, all of the get forgotten,” said Boyle. “It’s meant to mimic the Chamber of Bunker Hill Street for the annual willing to let the moment go with- non-profit All Roads Charlestown, important to make sure these tra- Commerce’s annual fair that’s held parade was on a rainy Sunday, out doing something, and this year put their collective heads together ditions are kept alive the best way at the Bunker Hill Mall in most June 16, in 2019. All Roads Lead to Charlestown about a month ago when they we can. This Parade has been years. With it gone for two years It seems almost impossible that has organized an extensive agenda realized that, in light of the Parade going on since the 1800s. It’s now, they thought this event could two years would have come and for Saturday and Sunday, June and Pride Week cancellations, if painting the Town red, white and help fill the gap. gone without the key community 12 and 13, to make sure no one something didn’t happen, people blue. We want and have to keep Many local businesses and that going.” non-profits will be set up, and it is Said Walsh, “We want to show meant to continue the momentum our kids and family members and from the vendor fair during May the Town that the Townie spirit is Day. still alive and well.” Gorman said the entertainment Added Gorman, “The Townie will include DJ Smokey Cain, spirit survived the COVID-19 a Trackless Train around the pandemic and we want to make Training Field for kids, Rockabilly sure that message gets out there.” Beats, Disney characters, a Balloon Boyle said the momentum from artist, Tattoos by Sioux, and a the May 1 May Day business event table sponsored by local veter- earlier this spring really propelled ans for writing letters to soldiers. All Roads Charlestown to expand Other entertainment will include that energy to the Bunker Hill the Goulding School of Irish Step Parade. Last year, Boyle and sev- Dance, the Charlestown Militia eral community members staged and John Kelly & Ted O’Brien. an impromptu Car Parade simply “There’s just a lot of cool things to keep everyone’s spirits up. This going on,” said Gorman. year, they are putting together an expansive and permitted June 12 BUNKER HILL BOOT CAMP Block Party on the Training Field, The Boot Camp will feature a a Fitness Boot Camp Extravaganza conglomeration of fitness organi- to support the Charlestown Boys zations running fitness classes all and Girls Club on June 12, and a over Charlestown on June 12 and Restaurant/Pub Crawl on June 12. 13. The impetus behind it is to On June 13, they plan to have a donate most of the proceeds to the Car and Walking Parade through- Charlestown Boys & Girls Club. out the traditional Parade route. Usually, on Parade Day, the Club “All of this was planned hosts the Bunker Hill Fun Run, and permitted within a month; but that has been cancelled now we pulled it off very quickly,” for two years – leaving a hole in said Boyle. “What I like is that what was a major funding source NEIGHBOR | LEADER | INNOVATOR BARROSFORMAYOR.COM every single corner of the Town for the Club. is included. The Charlestown To try to make up for miss- Mothers Association, the YMCA, ing the race this year, the fitness the Kennedy Center and so many organizations plan to donate some others. It’s not our event, but proceeds to the Club. Those par- everyone’s. It’s about unifying ticipating include: HAPPY BUNKER HILL DAY everyone and bringing everyone •Weigh Betta U from Your Neighbors in Charlestown together.” •Monument Fitness Said Walsh, “Our overall mis- •Bar Down SC (12 & Under sion here is to bring everyone only) together and have a good time. We •Turnstyle Cycle all love this community.” •Asana Yoga

Wishing you BUNKER HILL OR BUST BUNKER HILL BAR AND BLOCK PARTY RESTAURANT CRAWL The key event will take place on On Saturday, June 12, several a safe and Saturday, June 12, from 11 a.m. to restaurants are participating in the 4 p.m. at the Training Field. The Crawl, the first one ever. The five event will have a street market restaurants that are involved from healthy holiday. with local vendors, live entertain- 5-10 p.m. include: ment, kid-friendly events, and free •Blackmoor Bar + Kitchen sweet treats. •Warren Tavern One of the key parts of the •Monument Restaurant event, according to Walsh, is •Sullivan’s Pub including small businesses in the •Tavern at the End of the World vendor fair. “It’s not a traditional pub “On May Day there were a crawl,” said Boyle. “It’s our first lot of events going on and a lot year doing it so it’s a test. The mghihp.edu of Charlestown businesses weren’t bars and restaurants will have included and we wanted to make a special menu item or a special a big push for small business in drink and participants can dress our plan and in our market for everyone – especially for Townie (Bunker Hill Pg. 7) June 10, 2021 THE CHARLESTOWN PATRIOT-BRIDGE PAGE 7

Bunker Hill (from pg. 6) Toast (from pg. 3) up in red, white and blue. It’s a BUNKER HILL BOOT CAMP and Kentucky – that are named in Charlestown, at the Warren way to get people out and support honor of General Warren. There Tavern, a glass will be raised, the businesses. The night before June 12 •Weigh Betta U – 10 a.m. Shipyard Park has been talk to reach out to their and a toast made to the man that the Parade was always a fun night Historical Societies and try to loop fought for the cause and gave his historically, and we want that to •Monument Fitness – 10:30 a.m. Bunker Hill Monument •Bar Down SC (12 & Under only) – 10 a.m. Charlestown Peace them in somehow to the toast. life on Bunker Hill – Dr. Joseph be the case with this too.” For now, this Friday in Warren. Boyle said Casey Durham and Park Nicole Collier have been instru- •Turnstyle Cycle – 9:30 and 10:45 a.m. Roof of Hood Park Garage. mental in putting that together June 13 this year. •Asana Yoga – 9:30 a.m. Bunker Hill Monument *To join, please book with fitness centers individually. Donations BUNKER HILL CAR AND during workouts welcomed for the Boys & Girls Club of Charlestown. vertising WALKING PARADE e Ad BUNKER HILL BLOCK PARTY lin While everyone had hoped for On a Parade this year, and especially June 12 when restrictions lifted on May 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Training Field 11 a.m. – The fun starts with Rockabilly Beats, Disney charac- ailable 29, it was just too tight a deadline s Av ters and the Trackless Train. There will also be free treats and other i for a traditional, massive Bunker Showcase Your Business, Open Hill Parade – plus the fact that kid-friendly activities. most bands and militia groups More music and entertainment from John Kelly, Ted O’Brien, House, or More with an online AD SIZE aren’t yet re-formed. DJ Smokey Cain, Goulding School of Irish Step Dance, and the ad! So it is, Boyle said they will Charlestown Militia – among others. stage their second Car Parade this An expansive street market with vendors will run throughout the Clients and Customers in pixels year, with cars that want to partic- event. are just a click away! W: 160px ipate asked to report to Montego — $30000 per month per site — H: 600px Bay (Boat Ramp on Terminal BUNKER HILL BAR CRAWL Street) by 11:45 a.m. to decorate. June 12 THE Anyone who needs decoration 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. will find ample help at the site to Participating restaurants will have specials for the crawl, and par- INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPERS deck out their wheels in red, white ticipants are encouraged to dress patriotically. The five participating —————— and blue, Boyle and Walsh said. restaurants include Monument Restaurant, Tavern at the End of the reverejournal.com •winthroptranscript.com Those who wish to walk are World, Blackmoor Bar + Kitchen, Warren Tavern, and Sullivan’s Pub. lynnjournal.com • everettindependent.com asked to meet at Hays Square eastietimes.com • chelsearecord.com please send BUNKER HILL CAR AND WALKING PARADE around noon or 12:15, where charlestownbridge.com • beaconhilltimes.com in “png” Gorman will be there to welcome Anyone participating with a car should report to Montego Bay northendregionalreview.com • thebostonsun.com walkers. (Boat Ramp on Terminal Street) by 11:45 a.m. to decorate their car. jamaicaplaingazette.com • missionhillgazette.com format At 12:30, the Charlestown Help decorating and supplies will be available if needed. Those walk- ing should report to Hays Square by noon. Combo Rates available! Militia is expected to kick off Buy any 3 sites, get 4th FREE the Car and Walking Parade at The car and walking parade will kick off at 12:30 p.m. and travel Hays Square. The Parade will fol- the traditional route. Call the office to get started! low the traditional route, which is 781-485-0588 the following: Starting at Hayes Square; up Bunker Hill Street; down Bunker Hill Street; left onto CHARLESTOWN GYM HOCKEY Main Street; down Main Street; left onto Monument Avenue; Up Monument Avenue; left onto Weekly Standings for the week of 6/5/2021 Monument Square; going around W. L. T Monument Square; down onto Winthrop Street; and ending at the Bryan’s Pals. 4. 0. 2 Training Field. A-1 Convenience. 3. 2. 1 PAINT THE TOWN RED, Duce 2. 2. 2. 2 WHITE AND BLUE MPTA. 0. 5. 1 As has been the tradition for some time that Boyle had cham- Players of the week for 6/5/2021 pioned more than a decade ago, there is strong encouragement for A-1 Convenience - Ezynette G., Ben R., Nathan U., Reese U. everyone in the Town – particu- larly businesses and those on the Bryan’s Pals - Miles McKeever, Declan Melende. Parade route – to decorate their Duce 2 - Kaylee Rapoza, Delaney Burke. homes for the week in red, white and blue. It could be bunting, MPTA - Vivianna Gonzalez, Sam Demont flags, or any other time of patri- 2021/2022 Fall/ Winter Registration otic display. Visit www.friendscny.org to learn Registration for our fall/winter season is being held at: The Ryan Playground, Sullivan Square, Saturday June 12th 9:30am to 11:30am, about the latest Navy Yard activities, Saturday June 19th. 9:30am to 11:30 am. Ages: 4 years old by 10/1/21 to including virtual summer events. TO ADVERTISE PLEASE 9 years old (anyone who turns 10 years old before 2/1/22 is too old.) Working to improve the quality of life No registration fee is due at this time.You do not have to live in CALL for Charlestown residents and visitors Charlestown to play. Come and watch a game while you register your 781-485-0588 Join today at www.FriendsCNY.org child. Any questions call: Jimbo 617-803-5344. Debbie 617-241-0434 PAGE 8 THE CHARLESTOWN PATRIOT-BRIDGE June 10, 2021 Celebrate Charlestown #Bunker Hill or Bust

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Breeds land orders from a Connecticut officer. elations for the die-hard Battle of found a revised American was further away All of that, Stockwell said made Bunker Hill enthusiast in a new death count. While there than what is today him focus on that one word – Fog. book by Marc Stockwell-Moniz, are 153 American deaths Breed’s Hill. At the “There was this fog of war that including an updated death count listed in the history books time, it wasn’t known began to cloud everyone’s judge- and some insight into just how and on the tablets at the as Breed’s Hill; it was ment, especially the British and to crazy – or foggy – the whole battle Training Field, Stockwell just pasture land.” an extent the Americans,” he said. was on both sides. said he has found in Some of the big- “It was the old saying that the left Stockwell is a member of research three more deaths gest revelations in the hand had no idea what the right the Bunker Hill Monument – making the count 156. book, however, are hand was doing. That was abso- Association, grew up in “I have updated the long and drawn out lutely going on with the British Revere, and his mother lived in American death count sketches of the fog- and the Americans. It just became Charlestown on High Street for that has stood since giness of war – and clear to me everything both sides nearly 30 years. In addition, he 1889 when the Bronze particularly a war were doing was crazy. They were has at least two direct ancestors Memorial Tablets were in 1775 between a flying by the seat of their pants. he found some years ago while placed at the Training mighty power like That’s when I started focusing in in Charlestown that fought in the Field in Charlestown England and a rag-tag on it being the fog of war, which battle. 132 years ago,” he said. group of militias under gave way to the title become ‘Fog “I hired a genealogist at the “These tablets proclaim differing commanders. on the Hill.’ time to find more information 153 deaths and I say He said after years and “It was all really a comedy of and in about two hours she came there were 156 deaths of years of research, he errors,” he continued. back with information that was so Americans, either at the came away thinking Stockwell said he does believe amazing to me,” he said, noting battle or who later died the Battle of Bunker the Americans won the war, that was one key starting point from their wounds. This Hill was a comedy of even though the British seemed in his research. “It actually really is of course new informa- errors on both sides to “carry the day.” However, he changed my life in a significant tion, but I searched and that contributed to the views it as a major blow to the way.” searched and lo-and-be- fogginess on the Hill. British, and for the Americans, it Now living in San Diego, hold I found three more From the British was the moment of no return. Stockwell has authored a new men.” ignoring the warnings “It was the Battle of no return,” book called ‘Fog On The Hill: Another interesting tid- A new book by Marc Stockwell-Moniz, a native to of Henry Clinton prior he said. “It was the battle where General Gage, Here We Are Come bit he advances is the fact the area, has just come out and details some new to June 17, to the haughti- there was no going back to being Get Us.’ He said he began his that Stockwell believes the revelations about the Battle of Bunker Hill, and also ness of the British to order a British subject. We will fight interest as a kid reading about the battle was not on Bunker includes an overview of the fogginess that clouded the soldiers up the Hill into on and emerge as free people in battle, and then was engrossed Hill (which we all know), judgement of both sides. incoming bullets – a sui- a new nation, or we would we in it when his mother lived in and it was not on Breed’s cide mission. Then on the would be subjugated and become the shadow of the Monument on Hill either – which is new. American side, it was the British subjects with no rights or High Street. Finally, as an adult, “The thing that histo- not on insistence by Gen. Israel freedoms.” he did extensive research and just rians or people that like to think Bunker Hill,” he said. “However, Putnam to build a second redoubt ‘Fog on the Hill’ by Marc put the book out in time for this they’re in the know will say is it there was no such thing as Breed’s instead of concentrating on the Stockwell-Moniz is available on year’s 246th commemoration. was fought on Breed’s Hill and Hill when they built the redoubt. battle, as well as the confusion in Amazon.com.

Bunker Hill Associates announce 2021 mega raffle to fund community grants

Staff Report the life basics over the last year, •Free lifeguard courses at the The drawing will take place on essence to purchase entries in the the Associates are pivoting back YMCA Charlestown Sunday, June 13, so time is of the raffle. By now, the Bunker Hill to their mission of providing com- •Senior citizen and teen mento- Associates would be head-on into munity grants and help for young ring program Charlestown Pride Week with people – but that’s going to take •Holiday care packages for Peter Looney Night, the CHAD some fundraising. seniors and shut-ins March and lively Bunker Hill “Last year we pivoted from our •Gift cards to feed the less fortu- Family Feud events underway or traditional mission of community nate during the holidays on the way, but for the second programming to feed those deeply •Luncheons and celebrations to year in row, COVID-19 has put a impacted by the COVID-19 pan- promote community service damper on the best two weeks of demic,” said Lister. “We’re now Lister said they have assembled the year in Charlestown, but the trying to find new ways of fund- more than $4,000 in prizes as Associates are ramping up a fun, raising to get back to our mission part of the raffle, and those prizes fundraising activity this week. of programming for Charlestown. include: Associates member Jimmy Last year, our budget – we blew •Peloton Exercise Bike ($2045 Lister Jr. said they have launched it out to make sure we touched Value) the 2021 Mega Raffle this week all the bases in Town and helped •Two night stay in Cape on the RallyUp website, and are people who needed it the most.” Neddick at the Cliff House in poised to give away $4,000 in priz- Some of the things they are Maine ($1,000 Value) es at an online drawing June 13. It looking to fundraise for in 2021 •Free entries to all 2021 Bunker is a similar system used for the very include: Hill Associate Events ($650 Value) successful fundraising effort last •Meals and groceries for senior •$800 Charlestown Restaurant year that helped provide funds for citizens Package. seniors in need of food, and also •Back to school ready packs Entries can be purchased by support local restaurants. for Charlestown Children following this link: Now, having exhausted a lot of •Funding for the local food pan- https://go.rallyup.com/bunker- resources on keeping people with try hillraffle PAGE 10 THE CHARLESTOWN PATRIOT-BRIDGE June 10, 2021

Suprey (from pg. 1) the community held a ceremony ration to our students now that of whom were there on Saturday and put up a banner for her. That they can work hard and achieve with her – that she thanked the banner, though, was not the same what you did,” he said. “Next to most. From her sisters whom she as the others and eventually was your banner there are some empty played ball with, to her mother taken down during renovations spaces up there, and perhaps one who was a pro softball player, to to the gym. After the renovations, day our students can be inspired to her father that taught her how to no one seemed to ever be able to join you with their own banners.” play, and to her niece, Maggie, find it. Maggie Suprey told the large who wouldn’t give up on getting This year, on the 41st anniver- group of family and friends assem- the banner up, she gave them tre- sary of her fete, a new momentum bled that when she heard about mendous praise. came about and family members the banner not being on the wall, “On the court or off the court, and friends of Suprey started a she wasn’t going to let that go. As you made me a better person,” push to get her banner back up a star hockey player in high school she said. “Because of you I would and her achievement recognized and college, Maggie Suprey said not be standing here. I love you all properly. It had been ignored for she understood how hard it is to to death.” so long that few had any hope. succeed in high-level athletics as However, the persistence of a woman. Suprey’s niece, Maggie Suprey, “When I heard my aunt tell me The family and friends held a free throw contest for a certificate to the was unmatched, and Charlestown she couldn’t get her banner back 99 Restaurant. Niece April Suprey took home the family free throw High Athletic Director Paige and how many years it had been – title, and the certificate. Lemieux eventually was contacted I said no way,” said Maggie. “It’s and revealed that she had found amazing to score 1,000 points, but the banner in storage when clean- to do it 40 years ago is incredible. ing out spaces during COVID That was still a time when women shutdowns. couldn’t get a mortgage without a Soon enough, a new banner had male co-signer. And in that time been made for Suprey, her jersey she’s out here and she did this. It’s property retired under glass with amazing…You’re one of the peo- the others, and a ceremony set for ple that made people start paying last Saturday, June 5. attention to women’s sports. You “I’ve been here seven years and helped women athletes like me.” I’ve heard so many stories about Patty Suprey, who was very Patty’s exploits as an athlete,” said emotional, thanked all of her Lemieux. “As a woman of sport coaches, her parents, her siblings, myself, I have a lot of respect for her teammates and those players a woman like Patty who paved that came before her. the way for me and helped all of As a little girl, she said she us women athletes be able to play always went to games and watched sports in the City of Boston.” them play – boys and girls – and Charlestown High Principal Joel decided she wanted to be out there Stembridge said it was important too on championship teams. to recognize Suprey with a banner “It’s because of them that I – noting that it was evidence of stand before you now,” she said, the achievement and a recognition while also recalling fond memories that she is here and they see her. of she and her friends beating the Patty Suprey’s banner hanging “It’s not only to show what boys at basketball on the courts at proudly once again in the wall of it is you did and how hard you Doherty Park. the Charlestown High gym. worked, but it is also as an inspi- But it was her family – many Patty Suprey (right) and her niece, Maggie Suprey, who played a major role in pushing the powers that be to get the banner up and hold a small ceremony.

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Patty Suprey and friends JoJo Patty Suprey and a large contingent of her family gathered Saturday to celebrate the re-hanging of her 1,000 Byrne and Marian Callahan. point banner and her retired #22 jersey. In 1980, Suprey was the first girl in the history of Boston Public Schools to score 1,000 points in a career. Your dream career awaits. Now hiring for positions in food & beverage, casino, New Charlestown High Principal Joel Stembridge said the ban- hotel and more. ner being replaced denotes the achievement of Patty Suprey, and Meet us at our career fair at also invites current students to be inspired to do the same. Encore Boston Harbor on June 21 and 22. Patty Suprey and her long-time friend Tina Arroyo, who helped to get Apply today at encorebostonjobs.com. the banner cause moving through a post on Facebook earlier this year.

CHARLESTOWN GIRLS SOFTBALL SCOREBOARD TEAM W L T Pts 14U Malden 9 3 0 9 STANDINGS Medford 7 5 0 7 Charlestown 6 6 0 6 Cambridge 2 10 0 2

TEAM W L T Pts 10U Charlestown 10 0 0 10 STANDINGS Medford Burns 8 2 0 8 Charlestown High Athletic Medford Taste 6 4 0 6 Director Paige Lemieux said in Somerville 2 8 0 2 her seven years at the high school, she has heard so many great sto- Medford Vibes 2 8 0 2 ries about Patty Suprey’s accom- Malden 2 8 0 2 Scan QR to learn more. plishments. PAGE 12 THE CHARLESTOWN PATRIOT-BRIDGE June 10, 2021 BPDA proposes to hire consultant for PLAN Charlestown

By Seth Daniel in late September 2021 and is neighborhood of Charlestown.” •Diversity, Equity and Inclusion works.” anticipated to be completed within The four primary points in the (Project process equity impact 1-2 THOMPSON SQUARE The Boston Planning and 12 months. BPDA staff requests study will be: assessment). The BPDA Board will be facing Development Agency (BPDA) is that a RFP be used to identify the •Urban Design (updates The PLAN Charlestown pro- a vote at the Thursday meeting to petitioning its Board at the meet- consultant team to assist in the to Urban Design guidelines for cess began in January 2020, and recommend the construction proj- ing on Thursday, June 10, to hire preparation of the Study rather Charlestown’s original penin- the Study is expected to be released ect at 1-2 Thompson Sq. – a fill in a consultant to assist in the prepa- than an Invitation for Bids due sula and Urban Design frame- in 2022. project that includes demolishing ration of the planning study for to the highly specialized nature of works and buildout scenarios “(The Study) will outline a the one-story commercial building PLAN Charlestown. the Study. The Chief Procurement for Charlestown’s Rutherford long-term vision for land use, next to the Five Cent Bank and In a memo to the Board, the Officer of the BPDA has deter- Corridor and Sullivan Square). public realm, and mobility in replacing it with a new five-story BPDA is asking permission to put mined that the selection of a con- •Mobility (Transportation the…Study Area map,” read the building with nine condo units out an RFP to engage a consultant sultant team to complete the Study capacity analysis assistance and memo. “Following completion of and nine underground parking to assist with the end study for the requires comparative judgments of enhanced mobility recommenda- the planning process, this plan spots. The project is targeted at process at a cost of $190,000. factors in addition to price.” tions). will be used by the BPDA and its $10.6 million. “The Study will be a collabo- Director Brian Golden has •Financial Analysis (Financial partner agencies to update zoning The recommendation is to rative effort between the BPDA approved and recommended the model to quantify the value share regulations, guide the review of approve the project, which has and several City of Boston RFP and expenditure. for the creation of public goods, development proposals, and direct undergone the Article 80E Small Departments and other public The memo said the study will estimated market value analysis public and private investments to Project Review. If approved, it will agencies,” read the memo. “Work consider “opportunities to pre- of public land, and public land improve the neighborhood’s pub- move to a hearing at the Zoning on the Study is expected to begin serve, enhance, and grow the disposition strategies). lic realm and transportation net- Board of Appeals. Councilor Edwards enjoys political win in advancing structural change for City budgeting

By Seth Daniel pushed the Charter Change to a trating budgeting process – when the City Council and continues to a power currently only held by vote of the public instead. many outside observers learned support it. As an added bonus, she the Mayor. Independent of the Several observers and prognos- On Monday, Janey signed the the Council has little power at the pledged an additional $1 million ballot measure, the amendment ticators of Boston City politics measure, and pledged to allocate moment to negotiate or change in the FY 22 City Budget to create also establishes the Office of are giving a tip of the hat to even more money to the partic- the budget. They can either vote the first Office of Participatory Participatory Budgeting, which the astute political path Councilor ipatory budgeting piece of the it down or vote it through. That, Budgeting – all of that dependent will lead the Administration’s Lydia Edwards walked over the Charter Amendment – an char- said Edwards, is something she on whether or not the measure efforts around expanding oppor- past year in getting her Charter ter change that would allow the hopes Boston voters want to clears Boston voters. tunities for community involve- Amendment for radical change in Council to have more say in the change in November. “On my first day as Mayor, ment in the City’s annual budget- City budgeting past the Council give and take of pieces of the City “I kept my word,” she said. “I I promised to bring new voices ing process. Guided by a commu- and signed by Acting Mayor Kim Budget and would also introduce voted for the budget last year, and to the table and include those nity-based Participatory Budgeting Janey. a public participatory budgeting caught hell for it from a lot of peo- who felt shut out by City Hall,” Committee, the Office will be The complexity and detail of program to the process. Now that ple. I also said I would come back said Janey. “Signing this charter tasked with determining resident the amendment can sometimes the measure is approved at the with something stronger and bet- amendment delivers on that prom- priorities when it comes to the overshadow the fundamen- City level, it has to be reviewed ter. I made a promise that people ise and creates a path forward for City’s investments. tal change that it would bring by the Attorney General’s Office, would have more of a voice and city budgeting that is more demo- “We are so grateful for Mayor about. Edwards pointed out it and if it meets muster, it would could choose their system. I fought cratic, inclusive, and transparent. Janey’s support of this charter has never happened before that be placed on the November ballot quietly diligently and consistently I want to thank the advocates amendment. Participatory budget- Bostonians could have this much and would be up to the voters to to get it this far and I want to and the Boston City Council for ing will allow for residents across direct participation in the City approve or reject it. thank my staff and advocates and their partnership on this important Boston to have direct decision Charter. Most Charter Changes go This week, Councilor Edwards of course my colleague on the City issue.” making in our tax dollars, and through a different process, and said getting the amendment passed Council.” If the charter amendment strengthens our city’s democracy, are reliant upon a full vote of the was tough work over the course The matter had passed the passes this November, both the transparency, and civic participa- State Legislature. Using a different of more than a year, but it was Council unanimously in May. City Council and the Mayor will tion,” said Roxbury-based activist process few knew about, Edwards all done due to a promise she Janey said on Monday she had have the authority to amend the Armani White. made during last summer’s frus- supported the measure while on City’s budget in whole or in part,

A short story about a motorcycle. And a sudden turn. Charlestown COVID update listed When she was a young college student, Elisabeth Marra had a serious motorcycle accident that Friday. This was the same percent- virus last week and the number ultimately changed her life. Two years after the crash, By John Lynds her painful open fractures had failed to heal. Then age reported by the BPHC two of positive cases went from 1,400 she heard about a new and complex surgery pioneered by a surgeon who used a patient’s own Charlestown’s COVID-19 pos- Fridays ago. to 1,401. stem cells to concentrate the healing process. This time, her surgery and subsequent therapy were itive test rate remains below 1 Citywide, the weekly positive The statistics released by successful. Elisabeth’s experience caused her to re-direct her percent according to the latest test rate continues to decrease. the BPHC as part of its weekly own career aspirations. Inspired by the medical professionals who helped her reclaim her active data released last Friday by the According to the BPHC 13,064 COVID19 report breaks down lifestyle, she changed her major to study physical residents were tested and 1 percent the number of cases and infection therapy—a profession where her own experience Boston Public Health Commission could help other patients prevail through difficult (BPHC). were COVID positive--this was a rates in each neighborhood. It also recoveries. We tell Elisabeth Marra’s story here to illustrate two According to the latest BPHC 9 percent decrease from the 1 per- breaks down the number of cases of the most profound messages we know. Don’t give up, and remember to give back. If reading it inspires report, last week 336 residents cent positive test rate reported by by age, gender and race. just one more person to achieve something special, then its telling here has been well worth while. were tested and 0.07 percent were the BPHC two weeks ago. Citywide positive cases of found to be positive--a 50 percent The BPHC data released last coronavirus increased 0.25 per- decrease from the 0.14 percent Friday showed Charlestown’s cent last week and went from reported two weeks ago. infection went from 721.1 cases 70,628 cases to 70,810 confirmed aaos.org/75years According to the weekly report, per 10,000 residents to 721.6 cases in a week. Three additional of the 15,646 Charlestown res- cases per 10,000 residents--a 0.07 Boston residents died from the

Celebrating Human Healing orthoinfo.org idents tested for the virus since percent increase. virus last week and there are now the pandemic began 9 percent One additional Charlestown 1,386 total deaths in the city from were found to be positive by last resident tested positive for the COVID. June 10, 2021 THE CHARLESTOWN PATRIOT-BRIDGE PAGE 13 Andrew Biggio, veteran and founder of annual Wounded Vet Ride, pens first book

By John Lynds week and quickly became the #1 best selling United States Military Adrew Biggio’s basement at his Veterans History book on the Winthrop home has been convert- website. ed into a museum-of-sorts with The idea from the book display cases of war memorabilia, stemmed from his experience artifacts and other keepsakes he’s returning home from the wars in collected since serving his tours of Iraq and Afghanistan. duty as a US Marine in Iraq and “I served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Biggio, who founded Afghanistan and I came home and the Boston Wounded Vet Ride that I’m pretty confident I’m okay, I’m would roar through East Boston fine,” said Biggio. “What bothered and Revere every year to raise me was coming to Winthrop every money for wounded vets, is busy day and seeing that Andrew Biggio “The Rifle: Combat Stories from organizing a countertop stacked Square sign. It’s not dedicated to America’s Last WWII Veterans, with autographs of the 22 World me, but to my grandfather’s broth- Told Through an M1 Garand” is War II veterans that have been er, who was killed in World War available on Amazon at https:// immortalized in his first ever book. II and I’m named after him. So to www.amazon.com/Rifle-Sto- “There are people who got the see a sign that says Andrew Biggio ries-Americas-Veterans-Through/ US Marine veteran and founder of the Boston Wounded Vet Run An- book and want an autograph of Memorial Square just made me dp/1684510791. drew Biggio with the M1 Garand that was singed by dozens of WWII one of the vets that appears,” feel really bad for that Andrew vets and is the subject of his first book, “The Rifle: Combat Stories explains Biggio. Biggio. So I began to ask, What had an idea. from America’s Last WWII Veterans, Told Through an M1 Garand”. With a book tour and book happened to him that didn’t hap- “I figured I’d do one better pen to me. I really started asking and bring it to a Marine I knew signings on the immediate horizon then I wanted to get as many sig- Biggio said he was really surprised questions about this poor 19 year who lived in West Roxbury,” said Biggio says this is the best way to natures on this rifle as possible. If by the reaction as it shot to #1 in old kid from Winthrop who was Biggio. ensure readers get an autograph Joe Drago was a little taste of the its category on Amazon. killed in Italy in 1944.” Biggio headed over the Westie of one of the vets that appears in Pacific I wanted to get a guy who “Before it was released there Biggio remembered his grand- with the rifle to visit 91-year-old the book. fought in Europe next and then was a lot of anticipation and mother saying she had saved let- Joe Drago. “We just don’t know how much Italy.” anxiety,” said Biggio. “I knew ters from her late brother-in-law “So I knocked on his door and longer they’ll be around,” he says. For the next five years, with the I was doing good by bringing that he wrote home before he was I noticed he had gotten really According to the US rifle in tow, Biggio visited every a lot of light to WWII veterans killed. skinny, his legs were atrophied Department of Veterans Affairs corner of the US seeking WWII but to put a physical book out “So I went into a shoe box at and he was bound to a recliner, statistics, 325,574 of the 16 mil- vets willing to talk about their there that’s going to be looked at their bedside and began reading like most men in their 90s,” he lion Americans who served in experiences in the war and sign by other historians and authors the letters,” said Biggio. “One of said. “But when I put the rifle World War II are alive but around the one thing that bound them all who’ve already written multiple the first letters he talked about into his hands to show him what 296 die every day in the US. together. books about WWII was a little how much he enjoyed the M1 I got, I got a totally different In a race against time, Biggio “I was very careful to let nerve wracking. But what makes Garand rifle. So I immediately reaction than everyone else. He began a quest five years ago to get them know this wasn’t going to my book a little different is that ran out and bought one because puts it to his shoulder, he’s waving as many World War II veterans on be a book that glorifies war,” it’s really just a bond between a I wanted to hold it. I want to it around, he’s aiming and he’s the record from across the US and said Biggio. “Some of the guys young veteran and the veterans connect to this long lost relative talking endlessly about the rifle, from every branch of the military signed the rifle but wouldn’t hold of WWII. And for us, the young and feel what he felt holding that So that’s what I knew I was on to and tell their story. it because they vowed they’d never veterans, it’s really a way for us rifle.” something because I just saw this The result was “The Rifle: hold a gun again after the war to learn from the older generation While showing friends and rela- 91 year old man become a 19 year Combat Stories from America’s and those are some of the stories about the costs of war and life tives his new purchase Biggio said old kid again.” Last WWII Veterans, Told I wanted to hear. I wanted to hear after war. Many in the book defi- they didn’t seem that impressed So Biggio had Drago sign the Through an M1 Garand”, which the reasons why they felt that way nitely hit bumps in the road but was released on Amazon last with the World War II relic so he rifle’s stock because he didn’t want to ever forget the moment. because the younger generation of they bounced back, raised families 24/7 Emergency Vet Care “We talked about his partici- vets coming home can really learn and went on to live long, success- Weekend Appointments | Free On-Site Parking pation in the Battle of Okinawa a lot from this generation that is ful lives after war. Ultimately, it is for about two hours and after I getting smaller and smaller by the proof that if they can go through left his house I looked down at day.” the hell and carnage they went WORMS? the rifle and I was hooked,” said So now that his research and through and live as long as they Biggio. “I decided right there and work is complete and the book did---we all can.” INFECTIONS? published after years of work, DISEASE? BYE FELICIA! Real Estate Transfers

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School (from pg. 1) vate remarks, which were recently “The challenges BPS face will racist e-mails and social media earlier this week, after officially distract the Committee from its made public, were unfortunate require both district accountabil- contacts from those that disagree resigning on Tuesday. She said the important work, and thus decided and unfairly disparaged members ity and community healing,” she with her position on the Exam meeting last October transported to step down. of the Boston Public Schools com- said. “I will work alongside the Schools vote, and she said white her back to when she was an Oliver-Davila is the long-time munity. As women of color who School Committee to continue our supremacists are coordinating immigrant youth, who was not director of the Sociedad Latina advocate for racial equity in our work with our stakeholders as efforts to oppose programs like worthy. She said the testimony on program in Mission Hill, and schools, I also understand their we dismantle systemic barriers to Ethnic Studies, diversity and inclu- that night about the Exam School became the chair in January. comments were made in the wake opportunity and open up access sion activities. process pushed her over the edge At the moment, Vice Chair of death threats and unaccept- for all students. Creating a safe, “I am being targeted as a Latina to do something she now regrets. Michael O’Neill, of Charlestown, able racist attacks that were fright- welcoming, and culturally affirm- gender studies professor who “It was painful,” she wrote. confirmed that he would assume ening, offensive, and painful. As ing environment for all students teaches about racism and patri- “And in the heat of the moment it the role of chair for the time being. their time on the school committee is a core value that we seek to live archy and oppression,” read the caused me to vent by sending inap- At the next meeting, he said, he ends, their work to lift up equity out every day. June 3 e-mail provided by the City. propriate personal text messages to would convene the assembly of in Boston Public Schools must The information shared…is “Because of the harassment and one of my colleagues,” she wrote. remaining members and the first continue. disappointing and hurtful to the overwhelming stress from School “I regrettably allowed myself to order of business would be to “The shared experience of Ms. Boston Public Schools community, Committee-related work, my men- do what others have done to me. select a new chair. Oliver-Davila and Dr. Rivera, and and to our larger efforts to combat tal and physical health has dete- I failed my own standards in this The meeting this week had been their decision to step down, ampli- racism in all forms,” she contin- riorated, so I need to resign and private exchange. These messages cancelled in the wake of the scan- fies the need for meaningful dialog ued. “This is especially true after recuperate.” matched the sharpness of what dal, and the next meeting has not and important work we must do a year of racial reckoning and per- It was a few days later that was being delivered via public tes- yet been called. as a city to address racism,” she sonal reflection unlike any other.” her texts to Oliver-Davila were timony that night.” In the Exam School admissions continued. “Sadly, their departure The departure of both came in revealed in the Boston Globe, par- She said she has also been sub- change for the incoming class, the also leaves a void in Latina leader- a flurry, starting with Rivera on ticularly the one about disliking ject to constant racial undertones entrance exam was waived and ship on our school committee that June 3, when she send an e-mail “Westie Whites” as they were and personal attacks at School a new seating formula was used. I am determined to address.” to City officials saying she need- released to that newspaper over Committee meetings and in regu- In that formula, Charlestown did Supt. Brenda Cassellius said the ed to resign due to racist attacks the weekend. lar e-mails received by herself and lose seats from what it historically situation will require accountabili- on her that have continued since Oliver-Davila released a state- other members. However, she said has received, but West Roxbury ty and community. February. She said she has received ment through the Mayor’s Office she did not want her actions to lost the most seats.

For Record WARREN PRESCOTT SCHOOL Forums for interested stakeholders to 6/2 to 6/24. Description: The Boston June 17 - Early Release at 12:40 learn about and provide feedback on Planning & Development Agency •REPORTING WORKPLACE p.m. waterfront developments, public plan- (BPDA) invites you to a virtual infor- SAFETY CONCERNS June 18 - Last Day: Early Release at ning initiatives, and other harbor proj- mation session regarding the community Workers in any size organization 12:40 p.m. ects along Boston Harbor’s waterfront benefits for the Little Mystic Parcel. The have options if they feel they are being and on the islands. Join us in June for meeting runs from 6 to 7:30 p.m. pressured into an unsafe situation. Artist Group of Charlestown will a conversation about sections of the Attorney General Maura Healey has host a show of the late Donald Kelley Harborwalk in Charlestown that are or Garden Tour of Historic Charlestown entitled ‘Donald C. Kelley: Works on will be undergoing change – with pieces - Come and explore 10 gardens created resources for workers to report Paper.’ It will run in the StoveFactory in the community visioning phase, other on Saturday, June 19 from 10 a.m. to safety concerns during reopening. They Gallery, on Medford Street, from June 5 parts the design and construction phase, 3 p.m. Nestled behind stately brick include an online form at the Attorney to June 20. Also, the Group has a call to and some section recently completed. facades and tidy clapboard homes, these General’s website and a dedicated Fair artists for the Navy Yard show, ‘Navy gardens are hidden oases of beauty Labor hotline at 617-727-3465. People Yard Off Map: Exploring the Secret Restore Pier 5: Restore Pier 5 (https:// and calm. The tour starts at Gardens can also find those resources by calling Life of a Historic Icon.’ Julie Alailima is restorepier5.org) will sponsor an infor- for Charlestown (499 Main Street), 311. co-curating the show with fellow mem- mational gathering on the future of Pier where one will pick up the guide- ber and photographer, James Labeck. 5 June 16 at 7 p.m. in the Navy Yard at book. Tour tickets are $25 in advance •HOW TO REPORT A PROBLEM The hope is to encourage artistic explo- the Flagship Plaza overlooking the pier. or $30 day of the event. Raffle. The PROPERTY ration, and exhibit pieces with unusual Restore Pier 5 seeks to preserve Pier Gardens have several amazing prizes perspectives of the Navy Yard. The Call 5, an historic structure situated at the to raffle off the day of the Garden Since taking office in 2014, Mayor to Artists ends on June 13 and the show Head of Boston Harbor, as a fully acces- Tour. Learn more and purchase raffle Walsh has made fixing quality of life will go from June 25 - July 18. sible, environmentally resilient, recre- tickets online at the website. Raffle tick- issues a priority in his administration. ational and educational open public ets are $1. From investing in Public Works to mak- From the June 8 Zoning Board of space. The gathering will include a pre- ing sure community policing is a staple Appeals meeting, online: sentation from Tom O’Neill of O’Neill PLAN Charlestown upcoming meet- in every neighborhood, we are making •499 Main St. Applicant: Andrew and Associates on strategies for access- ings and workshops: sure every neighborhood is clean, safe Oliver. Purpose: Install a wooden apiary ing financial resources to restore the •Wednesday, June 29, 6 p.m., on and a great place to live and work or beehive. pier and achieve an outcome beneficial the Original Peninsula and Lost Village in. Unfortunately some properties in to the community, city and state. All are sub-areas. At these workshops, we will Boston need more help than others, and Planning, Designing and Building invited without need for registration. dive deeper in conversations about the that’s why we are here. If you know of the Charlestown HarborWalk: Weds., Further detail is available at Restore future priorities and needs for these June 16, 8:30 a.m.-10 a.m., online. Pier 5. Restore Pier 5 is a 501(c)(4) areas, as well as shaping future invest- a property that fits one of the following Learn more about the Charlestown organization. ments in these areas. In the coming criteria: multiple calls to 911, one that’s Harborwalk at this month’s Harbor weeks, you will be able to sign up blighted or just a general concern, we Use Public Forum. Boston Harbor Now Public Meeting - PLEASE NOTE: and find more information about these encourage you to reach out to your holds monthly Harbor Use Public This meeting has been rescheduled from workshops. neighborhood liaison. June 10, 2021 THE CHARLESTOWN PATRIOT-BRIDGE PAGE 15 Leventhal Map Center announces Nelson as new president

Staff Report its work into critical local and and Education Center,” says Alan by institutions like the Leventhal regional conversations about peo- Leventhal, chair of the Center’s Map and Education Center: orga- The Board of Directors of the ple and places. Board of Directors. “His work is nizations that can bridge between Norman B. Leventhal Map and Nelson holds an A.B. from an appealing, impressive mix of scholarly discoveries, a commit- Education Center at the Boston Harvard College in Social Studies academic rigor, and a keen sense ment to preserving history for the Public Library announced last and Visual & Environmental of how to make the history and public trust, an ability to engage week that Garrett Dash Nelson, Studies, an M.A. from the social implications of maps and with a diverse mix of audienc- the Center’s Curator of Maps University of Nottingham in data relevant to modern audiences. es, and a facility with the new and Director of Geographic Landscape & Culture, and a Ph.D. It is particularly exciting as we methods made possible by digital Scholarship, will become President from the University of Wisconsin- plan for the public reopening of technology. We are bringing those and Head Curator on July 16, Madison in Geography with a the Center’s gallery.” strengths together to make the case following the departure of current minor in Culture, History, and Nelson says his vision for the for why geography is so crucial for President Connie Chin. Environment. He has been pub- future of the Center emphasizes the stories about the past, present, and A historical geographer whose lished in peer-reviewed journals on possibilities of working with maps future.” work bridges landscape history, topics ranging from Frederick Law across different ways of thinking. Nelson lives in Melrose, urban and regional studies, and crit- Olmsted to the spatial analysis of “I believe public humanities in the Massachusetts, with his wife and ical cartography, Nelson (l.) joined Garrett Dash Nelson, new American commuting, as well as 21st century will be championed daughter. the Leventhal Map and Education Leventhal Map Center president. in public-facing outlets such as Center in 2019, after three years The Boston Globe, Places Journal, as a Junior Fellow in the Society and CityLab. He is also a designer Thank You for your support of Fellows and Department of Bending Lines, overseen develop- and developer, and has produced over the past year. It’s been Geography at Dartmouth College. ment of new tools and resources to numerous interactive projects for During his tenure at the Center to enhance access to the Center’s vast researchers and the public. a crazy one and we are date, Nelson has managed exhi- holdings, and designed and host- “We are very pleased to wel- happy to be a part of the bitions in the Center’s gallery and ed public-facing community events come Garrett into the top lead- launched the digital exhibition that have brought the Center and ership role at the Leventhal Map Charlestown Community. Swing by for a bite to eat or CHARLESTOWN BEAT a cocktail at the bar POLICE/COMMUNITY MEETING: Meet the police & discuss public safety issues on the last Wednesday of Show or mention this ad to receive every month at the police station, 20 Vine Street, at 6:00 p.m., 2nd floor, community room. ONE of the following: POLICE RELATED INFO: Contact the District A-1 Community Service Office at 617-343-4627. 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Letters (from pg. 2) front, as a place for all of the res- areas in the community with our opportunity will forever serve as beach where they successfully form of open green space com- idents, visitors as well as Greater petition, information and listening a reminder of what it truly means repulsed a flanking maneuver by memoration on the land between Boston and beyond as a destina- to your thoughts and concerns. to come from Charlestown, and British light infantry companies Bunker Hill and Medford Streets tion to visit and enjoy the harbor Restore Pier 5 is hosting an of how lucky I am to have grown and grenadiers that had landed and the shore of the Mystic River. activity. informational gathering on the up in such a generous and sup- at Moulton’s Point. This section It is not too late to correct Our online petition with close future of Pier 5, June 16th at portive community. In the spring of the battlefield has been swept these omissions now that to 1700 signers and growing can 7:00 PM in the Navy Yard at of 2022, I will be graduating from away by real estate development, this 27-acre parcel is again to be found at www.pier5.org. Please the Flagship Plaza overlooking the the University of Maine, Orono first with the construction of row be redeveloped. The National review some of the comments pier. Restore Pier 5 seeks to pre- with a degree in Psychology and housing in the 1850s, then with Park Service, the Massachusetts written by the signers. These are serve Pier 5, an historic structure a double minor in Neuroscience eminent domain by the City of Historic Commission, and snapshots of what Pier 5 means situated at the Head of Boston and Child Development & Family Boston in the 1940s to make way the Charlestown Neighborhood to them. In addition, this site Harbor, as a fully accessible, envi- Relations. I plan to pursue my for the public housing develop- Council should jointly undertake explores the history of this pier ronmentally resilient, recreation- graduate degree in the field of ment in the 1970s, and now with a historic study of our “forgotten” and gives the reader an appre- al and educational open public Child Life, in hopes of eventually the transfer of the massive parcel battlefield in order to establish ciation to better understand the space. The gathering will include working as a certified Child Life by our city to a private developer. the parcel as a National Historic importance of preserving the pier a presentation from Tom O’Neil Specialist in one of Boston’s many At no time has any federal, Battlefield District. The hope is of O’Neil and Associates on now and for future generations. major hospitals. state, or city agency stepped in that some section of the redevel- strategies for accessing financial As our nation just observed Kaley Kyle to consider preserving any mea- oped parcel can be set aside and resources to restore the pier and Memorial Day, one signer shared sure of the land as an open preserved as an open green space achieve an outcome beneficial to his thoughts, “Let’s keep Pier 5 green space commemoration or commemoration for those who the community, city and state. All as a public space, dedicated to the as a “battlefield district” under died fighting the British on that are invited without need for regis- PRESERVE THE men and women who served and the federal American Battlefield fateful day. Otherwise, our “for- tration. Further detail is available passed through the Navy Yard ‘FORGOTTEN’ Protection Program or under at www.pier5.org. gotten” battlefield will be lost for- during the 170 years plus it served BATTLEFIELD any Massachusetts Historic This is a once in a lifetime ever. our community as a Navy Yard.” opportunity to keep the Jewel of To the Editor, Commission regulations. The Jonathan D. Sweet What a thoughtful, timely, and Boston Harbor as a public space With Memorial Day fresh on City’s BRA-BPDA should have appropriate statement, thank you for ALL to enjoy. our minds and Bunker Hill Day (but did not) prepare a Historic THANK YOU, OLD to the writer. Ann Kelleher approaching, it is time to consider Battlefield Preservation report There are many convincing, the “forgotten” section of the bat- with the Boston Landmarks SCHOOLBOYS! logical and profound comments, tlefield of June 17, 1775. Namely, Commission as part of the Boston To the Editor, such as concerns about rising sea THANK YOU, the area north of Breed’s Hill – Housing Authority’s original Thank you for awarding me levels, climate change, as well MORRISSEY FAMILY above what is now Bunker Hill permitting process. The Boston The John Boyle O’Reilly scholar- as the desire for more open and To the Editor, Street and extending to the shore Landmarks Commission also ship. This scholarship will help me greenspace in our community. I would like to thank the of the Mystic River – an area omitted to include that section of as I continue my studies at SUNY The community is speaking out Morrissey family and the Duce which is now slated for large-scale the battlefield in an “Open Green Maritime College and seek a com- and asking that Pier 5 remain as a Morrissey Scholarship fund for private redevelopment. All along Space” resources report with the mission in the US Navy upon public space. granting me the opportunity to that pivotal section of the bat- National Park Service under the graduation. Please visit our pop- up table finish my undergraduate career tlefield, American troops formed American Battlefield Protection Thank you! site, “Restore Pier 5 for the Public” at a reduced cost, as it is a huge defensive positions behind a long Program. These steps should have Jeremy Shea as we will be locating in different help to me and my family. This rail fence and in columns on the and would have triggered some

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For communities of color, the access to health care has been shown to be a serious obstacle to health and wellness during the pandemic. A major aspect of that has been the underrepresentation of Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC) populations within the work force especially in clini- cal roles. “For young people from com- munities of color, seeing someone that looks like you is so criti- cal to connecting to the profes- sion and believing they can also follow that path” said Alana Casey, Occupational Therapist, Spaulding Rehab. Recently staff from Spaulding’s Equity Dignity Pictured above and right, students at Charlestown High’s Early College and Respect Council present- and Career Health Pathway heard from professionals at Spaulding ed to a group of students from Rehab Hospital for a career day. Charlestown High School’s Early College and Career Health Pathway for a virtual career day, bringing together predominant- their interests. Most importantly tice interacting with patients, and ly BIPOC students and speakers, we wanted them to know that explore medical careers. Sarah to learn about career options in these jobs were possible as many Grimmett, who teaches the Health health care. of us presenting sat in their seats Pathway introductory course, said From taking students into a as youth,” Magdalena Lemoine- that “the primary focus of our Clerdonna, Human Resources, ground-breaking robotics lab to Pathway is exposing students to as at Spaulding saying: “My favor- settings to help people learn to Spaulding Rehab. learning about what day in the many medical careers and settings ite room at Spaulding was the walk again. I wasn’t interested in Charlestown High School is an life of a nurse is like to how ther- as possible. Students loved seeing Physical Therapy room because PT before, but the field trip made open-enrollment Boston Public apists help patients re-learn daily Spaulding’s different departments the rewalk machine was so cool me think about PT as a career.” tasks, the team brought students School serving 800 students from and meeting so many profession- and interesting! There are different into all aspects of the hospital. all across the city. CHS offers three als who looked like them.” “Our goal was to introduce stu- Early College Pathways in partner- One of the Health Pathway dents to the wide variety of jobs ship with Bunker Hill Community students, 10th grader Ariana, JOHN DOWD, REALTOR® a hospital can offer and speak to College. In the Health Pathway, reflected on her virtual experience students earn college credits, prac- Team Frank Celeste | 10+ Years Experience

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BCDC voices grave concerns over One Mystic

By Seth Daniel the design should include closed bisects the tower and would offer off courtyards and not the open activation and programming. Members of the Boston Civic Paseo. “I urge you to think about “My worry is that between now Design Commission (BCDC) this as a living place and an exam- and when the area catches up with expressed numerous concerns ple of how all the other industrial you that Paseo will be empty and about the design, height and con- properties can also develop.” won’t be used because it doesn’t nectivity of the proposed One I encourage you to step back connect to anything,” she said. Mystic residential tower during a and think again about not having “That’s my first concern and I’m review meeting on Tuesday night. it be so much a gateway as it is a sure you too are concerned about The BCDC is an appointed place to live,” continued Leers. “It that as an early adopter to this group of architects that work in will be a gateway if it achieves that area…It feels like we have a lot of tandem with the Boston Planning quality of life…I encourage you to building program here. It does feel and Development Agency (BPDA) go back to the BPDA and look at extremely tall to me.” to review design elements and some major alternatives and we’ll Most all of the members said other pieces of proposed projects see it again in Committee.” they understood it was a very under BPDA review. Said member William Rawls, difficult site, and the project is a DIRECTORY of businesses Virtually every member of the “Having tall towers indiscrimi- pioneer in an area that hasn’t seen New DIRECTORY of businesses BCDC said they had concerns nately placed over the landscape such development in generations about the project design, with the is a pretty scary thing. I hope you – if ever. They also expressed an What do you need today? Many merchants and top concern being the height of have time to review it with the understanding of the busy-ness What do you need today? Many merchants and the 29-story tower on the edge of BPDA and everyone else.” of the area – including the trans- service providers are adapting to the current Sullivan Square. Other concerns At the outset, Member Mimi portation hubs like the Bus Barn, were fundamental, such as having Love expressed several concerns Sullivan Square T Station, I-93 crisis with new shopping options. Check here for an open concept in an area where about the height – noting that it and Assembly Row. However, service providers are adapting to the current most thought people would want was a huge massing. members said they felt with that ways to safely shop from your own home. a protected environment. “I’m just troubled by the in mind, the building was a great The BCDC decided to send height,” she said. design for some other site – some- crisis with new shopping options. Check here for the matter to Committee for fur- “I’m having a hard time under- where downtown in an area with PLACE YOUR AD IN THE DIRECTORY TODAY! ther discussion, but suggested the standing the thinking behind the established high-rises. GREAT introductory specials! developers go back to the BPDA massing, but the height of the The BCDC did vote unanimous ways to safely shop from your own home. to make major changes to the proposal is one that’s troubling to to send One Mystic to Committee, Deb DiGregorio - [email protected] design as proposed. me,” she said. but encouraged them to make “You talk about Affordable Member Linda Eastley said major design changes with the Sioux Gerow [email protected] Housing and Workforce Housing, she was also concerned about the BPDA before engaging in that pro- PLACE YOUR AD IN THE DIRECTORY TODAY! so where are the places for the kids height, but also expressed con- cess. to play?” said Member Andrea cerns about the centerpiece Paseo The comment period for One GREAT introductory specials! Leers, noting that she thought – a ground level open space that Mystic is to close on June 11. Deb DiGregorio - [email protected] USS Constitution to thank healthcare workers, first responders

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