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L] Community Newspaper Company • www.townonline.com/allstonbrighton APRIL 28 - MAY 4, 1998 Vol. 3, No. 2 • 72 Pages • Two Sections 50¢ Allston's Harvest supermarket to close Customers mourn closing of co-op store like we've been at a wake for the close its Cambridge Street store on pete with several area chain stores that past two weeks. You come in and April 30. Store Manager Irwin now offer organic foods and natural By Melissa Da Ponte she will be transferred to Harvest's do your job, but you can feel it. It's Segal said the organization is look­ healthBoston making it impractical to wait it out. In the mid- l 970s, co-op members Tsupcnnarket represents a Hoke is carrying a heavy heart about University food co-op that allowed Limited parking and space con­ moved their operation from the BU new beginning. When the market the demise of the Allston store. members to donate their time as a straints on Cambridge Street have campus to what was to eventually closes it-; doors for good this week. "It's like a death," she said. "I feel way to buy food at cost - will made it financially impossible to com- HARVF.ST,page 19 Building a little Brazil

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By Melissa Da Ponte TAB Staff Writer n separate incidents, two women were robbed last week as they entered their Brighton apartments, according to police. I One man was charged in connection with one of the incidents. The other incident is still under investigation, police said. The first incident took place on April 18 just before 6 p.m., according to police. As a woman entered her Woodstock Avenue apartment build­ ing, a man followed her into the first-floor hall­ way, then pushed her down the hall. According to the report, the man showed a 4-inch buck knife and told the woman, "Scream and I'll stab you!" Allston-Brighton Food Pantry volunteer Jason Allen hangs out with Alshafea Mohammad, S, (center) and her sister Jahaira, 6, during the pantry's The man then took the woman's purse and took volunteer awards ceremony at Brighton Congregational Church last Tuesday. out $90 in cash. He continued to push her down the hall toward a rear stairway, according to the report. When the woman screamed, the man fled the building and ran down Woodstock Avenue toward Summit Avenue. He was described as a City offers more money for library black man about 25 years old, 6 feet, 2 inches tall with a slim build and a mustache. He was wear­ meeting in late May to discuss plans with Allston-Brighton City Councilor Brian ing a black hat, black pants and a green army Proposal would add the Allston community, Douglas said. Honan; Lillian Burgess, an Allston resident, jacket at the time of the incident. $3 million to Allston "We're meeting with Harvard in the mid­ who works at St. Anthony's School and Police from Boston and Brookline searched the dle of May to discuss the [configuration] of Parish; Paul Berkeley, president of the area, but the man was not found. project allocation the site," Douglas said. "If we're able to get Allston Civic Association; and Allston resi­ In the second incident, which occurred on April the $6.5 million we won't enlarge the build­ dent Ellin Murphy, a teacher at the Thomas 21 at l a.m., a woman was grabbed from behind By Linda Rosencrance ing, we'll improve it. What we've learned Gardner Elementary School. as she tried to enter the front door of her North TAB Staff Writer from visiting libraries in other communities "In the next few weeks \\'.e're going to J#llcan Street apartment. according to the police t hasn't been built yet, but the Allston visit several of our branch libraries, includ­ report. After the man told her to give him all her Branch of the Boston Public Library ing the Dudley branch in Roxbury, the CRIME, page 23 is about to get better. "We won't enlarge the Brighton branch and the branch in West I The mayor's recent capital budget Roxbury," Douglas said. proposal includes an additional $3 million building, we' ll improve it." Library officials say the new library The city of Boston allocation for the library, which brings the should include a children's section contain­ total appropriation for the project to $6.5 ing 50,000 books; an adult/young adult sec­ Board of Appeal will Worth Douglas hold a public hearing at million, City Councilor Brian Honan said tion with 32,500 books; 15 displayed news­ 11 :30 a.m. Tuesday, last week. The Boston City Council will papers with storage for back issues; 70 dis­ April 21 , in Room 801 debate and then vote on the capital budget played magazines with storage for back of City Hall to discuss during the next few months. is that the quality of the furnishings and issues; and shelves for 500 new books. the following item: "Allston has been waiting for almost 20 even the walls makes a big difference." In addition, the library would have a lec­ • an appeal by Vera years for a branch library and with this The project's architects, the Boston-based ture hall with 100 chairs and four 5-foot­ Impellizzeri to enlarge the porch at the side of additional money, we will have a first-class Michado & Silvetti Associates Inc., have long folding tables; a moveable raised plat­ her two-family home at 46 Leicester St. library at 308 North Harvard St. by the year drawn up several possible designs for the form, a moveable puppet theater, a built-in 2000," Honan said. building, Douglas said. projection screen and projection room; and The city of Boston Licensing Board will hold a Groundbreaking for the new 20,000- ''We talked about the building [being a mobile TVNCR. The lecture hall would public hearing at 10 a.m. Wednesday, April 29, square-foot building is scheduled for June wrapped] totally around a garden, or at least be wired for cable and the Internet. in Room 809 of City Hall to discuss the fol­ 1, 1999, at the latest. Harvard University partially around a garden, so people could That process for a new Allston Branch lowing item: has donated 57 ,000 square feet of land at be looking at it all year," Douglas said. Library began in I 993 when Menino, then • an application by Victoria Seafood the site of the former McNamara Cement Earlier this month, the library advisory acting mayor, promised the Allston commu­ Restaurant Inc., 1029 Commonwealth Ave., to plant to the city for the library. The dona­ committee visited libraries in Waltham, nity he would build a new library to replace extend its closing hour from 1 a.m. to 4 a.m. tion more than doubles its original donation Arlington and Winchester. The committee the antiquated one shut down during a rash The restaurant, which holds a seven-day beer of 22,000 square feet. looked at the facilities in those communities of budget cuts in the early 1980s because of and wine license, would end the sale of alco­ Worth Douglas, assistant superintendent because they were all renovated in the past Proposition 2 1/2. The proposal for North holic beverages at 1 a.m., and would be open of neighborhood library services, met with two years, Douglas said. The members of Harvard Street, which runs between for food service only between the hours of 1 members of the Allston Civic Association the advisory committee are former Allston­ Cambridge Street and Western Avenue, a.m. and 4 a.m. last week to update them on the status of Brighton City Councilor Brian comes after years of speculation about just the project. The city is planning a public McLaughlin; Nancy Grillc, an aide to where the library should be located. 0

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Community bulletin board ... 29 Page 4 The Allston-Brighton TAB, April 28 - May 4, 1998 www.townonline.com/allstonbrighton HOMETOWN HEROES Hano Street resident weaves a wide web Musician, sucked right into it. Before that, I had never even touched a computer neighborhood or seen one up close." Metts is a member of the Hano activist, Internet whiz Street Tenants Association, for has big ambitions which she has designed community meeting fliers. In her view, safety is By Melissa Da Ponte the district's top priority. TAB Staff Writer n the 21 years that Micky Metts has made her home on I Hano Street, plenty has changed - both for her and for her neighborhood. While her Allston street once comprised exclusively market-rate row houses, the Allston-Brighton Community Development Corp. has since purchased about a quarter of Hano Street's properties, thereby ensuring affordable housing for this pocket community. And though Metts originally left her hometown in Connecticut to ''There are a lot of children and become part of Boston's vibrant families in the neighborhood," she music scene, her creative energies said. "And we're just trying to keep have also been poured into work as residents together to keep a general a professional silversmith and, now, sense of safety here." Neighborhood activist Micky Metts wants to help train community members to use the Internet. as a self-taught Internet whiz. Still, the former guitarist-singer­ At 45, Metts is an aspiring songwriter - whose bands have solving neighborhood problems," munity on the Internet," would be advice on handling cyber-relation­ Webmaster, a designer of World played such venues as the Paradise Farris said. ''In the future, she could based in Marlboro, reportedly the ships. Beginning back in 1995, Wide Web pages. She is in the and the Rathskeller in the past - is end up tutoring fellow residents on least expensive place to host the Metts was also among the first to process of starting her own cyber­ also eager to volunteer her technical Hano Street." Web site. host cyber-weddings. business and hopes to be able to skills to the community. According After teaching herself computer The site is already up and run­ "We have set it up already but pass some of her latest skills on to to Lee Farris of the CDC, one possi­ basics about five years ago, Metts ning, and can be contacted by log­ don't yet charge a fee or use adver­ other residents via community train­ bility is to offer training at the new got a job at a small Internet provider ging on to www.chatalot.com. Its tising," said Metts. "So it's not mak­ ing. computer center being developed by service designing Web pages. Now weekly publication, called the ing any money now. It's a chat site "I've changed from a musician to the CDC. she's trying her hand at starting a Magazine Rack, has nine writers. It and magazine focusing on building a computer nerd," she said. "A "Micky brings a wide set of inter­ small business of her own. The ven­ offers everything from technical communities and providing a place friend had a computer, and I got ests and a warm, friendly attitude to ture, which she refers to as a "com- advice for Internet newcomers to where people can meet." 0 9 BLETZER & BLETZER, P.C. JI~Y 00®1®~ ~ W~1 ATTORNEYS AT LAW Julia's Restaurant ~ e/Uothei's 9Jay cefJJr;unch cefJJur(;get Treat your special mom to a Mother's Day to remember at Julia's. Our Mother's Day brunch is the perfect way to treat your mother, HAVE YOU BEEN CHARGED grandmother or wife to a special meal with her family - and we do the dishes! WITH A CRIMINAL OFFENSE? Brunch will be served fro1n 10a'11l until 3p11Z. 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* * • ··- • * ·- • • • • • Water project You are invited to come meet and discuss issues with planned for GIL HOY CANDIDATE FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE Cleveland Circle Allston, Brighton and Brookline

During the local replacement, Work will crews will temporarily eliminate a Friday, May 15, 1998 6-SPM disrupt traffic total of 20 parking spaces on both sides of Beacon Street. This will The Green Briar Restaurant on Beacon Street enable them to maintain two lanes of traffic at all times. 304 Washington Street By Melissa Da Ponte The Cleveland Circle project had Brighton TAB Staff Writer been scheduled for this month, but he replacement of a water was moved forward after Boston valve at the intersection of College and city administrators Hors d'oeuvres ***** T Ayr Road and Beacon talked about when the most conve­ For more information, call 277-6767 Street near Cleveland Circle is nient time would be. Because of the GIL HOY scheduled to begin at the end of May site's proximity to the college and to Paid for and authorized by the Committee to Elect Gil Hoy, State Representatin· 1998. local businesses that are frequented Francis Charlton Hoy, Treasurer. Local traffic and parking will be by students, officials determined it affected in the outbound lanes on would be best to wait until after the Beacon Street for about nine weeks, school's graduation ceremonies, through late July. The project is part scheduled for May 18. of The Massachusetts Water MWRA officials met with mem­ Resources Authority's plan to bers of the Aberdeen Reservoir Civic replace water valves throughout the Association last week to discuss the city over the course of several years, impact of"the project. ARCA at a cost of $220,000 to $300,000. President Eva Webster said she does • For checking values, Funds are drawn from rate payers. not predict an inordinate amount of "Most of the valves were put in at disruption to the neighborhood. the tum of the century," said MWRA ''It's going to interrupt traffic, but Community Relations Coordinator there won't be an interruption in Jeffrey McLaughlin. "[The larger water service," she said. "So I don't project] will take a while." see this as a major problem." 0 checK out Residents rally for fire victims You don't have to leave the neighborhood to find great checking Event raises always remember was the outpour­ values. They're right here at Peoples Federal Savings Bank ing of support from the community. $5,000 for Oak I could never leave Brighton." Donations ranged from $500 Have your paycheck or other recurring Square women from a victim's family to the $1.62 payment automatically deposited to and $2 contributions from Emma your account and pay no monthly fees. By David Carabello Gilman, 6, and her sister, Matlin, TAB Correspondent 10. llston-Brighton residents The office of City Counselor Those 62 or more can have absolutely have rallied to help the 14 Brian Honan spearheaded the event free checking at Peoples. A women who Jost their with the help of Rep. Kevin Honan, homes and possessions to an April 1 Sen. Warren Tolman, and Sarah Write all the checks you want fire. Leonard of the Mayor's Office of More than 300 people showed up Neighborhood Services. Mayor each month for just $3. at the Brighton Elks club on Friday, Thomas Menino also attended. April 17, to hold a fund-raiser for Tired of worrying about the the victims. And at the end of the evening friends, neighbors and local minimum balance in your account? business owners raised $5,000 for "Every person we Heres the answer. the women. spoke with, every can;! The fire, which is still under and item of clothing Keep just $100 in your account investigation, started at 4 a.m. April and enjoy no fee checking I on the rear porch of the three­ we received meant so tloor apartment house 44 much to all of us." while you earn interest on Champney St., causing an estimated your checking account balance. $600,000 worth of damage. Despite the tragedy, the women Mara Sands, resident of 44 Looking to avoid "foreign" ATM fees? say they will move on. Champney St. "We could not believe the num­ Its easy. just keep $1000 or more in ber of people who came to the any combination of Peoples checking event," said Mara Sands, who is and savings accounts. one of the women who lived in the More than 50 local businesses house. "Every person we spoke helped out through cash donations with, every card and item of cloth­ and gift items for a raffle. Peoples ing we received meant so much to ''It was a very special evening," Convenience all of us. This event really helped us said Brian Honan, who also emceed Services to give closure to this nightmare. I the upbeat event. '"The women can't tell you how much this has whose homes were destroyed had • PeoplesCash Card Peoples helped us to move on." suffered a terrible loss that most of • Telephone Banking Ann Russell of Oakland Street us cannot even imagine. For them, federal Savings Bank attended the event even though she while the money will help to get • Overdraft Protection Allston 229 North Harvard Street did not know any of the women. them back on their feet, the fact that • Bank by Mail Brighton 435 Market Street "I Jost my home to a fire on people they had never met cared • Safe Deposit Boxes West Roxbury 1905 Centre Street Christmas Eve in 1974," she said. about them was the most important "My husband and our nine children thing. I am very proud of our com­ Member FDIC 254-0707 all got out safely. What I will munity." 0 Page 6 The Allston-Brighton TAB, April 28 - May 4, 1998 www.townonline.com/allstonbrighton' ' 1 Volunteers clean up at the YMCA Corporate helpers spruce up a focal point of the community By Lauren Kramer TAB Correspondent t's heartening to see an ordinarily drab-looking building transformed by the color and cheer of spring flowers. I That's what happened at the Allston-Brighton YMCA last Wednesday, when 30 volunteers from the Houghton­ Mifflin Publishing Company swapped their work clothes for shorts and T-shirts and spent the day outdoors, brightening up the Y. "Community Care Day'' usually takes place in the fall. However. this year it "It went was held in the spring in support of National fantastically." Volunteer Week, April 19- 25. The focus was on youth. Hilary Smiley and the United Way of Massachusetts Bay, the event's coordinator, careful- ly chose the beneficiaries - all nonprofit organizations - based on their affiliation with young people. "It's to support the 'Summit on America's Future,' and its offshoot, the 'Massachusetts Summit,'" said Hilary Smiley, special events associate at the United Way of Massachusetts Bay. "It went fantastically." The YMCA's troop of volunteers, clad in bright yellow T­ shirts that boldly declared "Community Care Day, Spring 1998," were hard at work from 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. They Community Day Care volunteer Donna White shouts to fellow volunteers to help her carry a heavy beam that was once part of the Allston-Brighton YMCA sandbox. rebuilt and painted the sandbox, spread mulch for the Y's play area, planted flowers and fixed an old staiiway leading to anyone familiar with the usually drab appearance of the Y's employees into Greater Boston neighborhoods on the seventh from the back end of the Y to Rogers Park. red-brick exterior. annual "Community Care Day." Sponsored by State Street With peifect weather on their side, they weren't complain­ "Many people have commented on how great the Y looks," Corporation and coordinated by the United Way of ing about a day in the sun, despite the physical work it said Tom Crowley, director of membership and marketing for Massachusetts Bay, the event linked a host of companies with involved. Amanda Donaldson, a legal assistant at Houghton­ the Allston-Brighton YMCA. nonprofit organizations. Among the companies that sent volun­ Miftlin, was especially appreciative to be outdoors. The children's responses were the most gratifying. Only teers out to "Community Care Day" projects were State Street "I sit at a desk all day, so it's great to get out and move minutes after the volunteers' departure, they were outside in Corporation, Fleet Bank, Arthur Anderson, Citizens Bank, around," she said. the sandbox, eagerly exploring their spruced-up play area. Ernst & Young LLP, Price Waterhouse, Spaulding Slye and The results of the volunteers' toil are immediately apparent Houghton-Mifflin was one of 29 companies that sent willing International Integrations Incorporated. 0 Congratulations to the .Allston-Brighton TAB On Your znd Anniversary

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Committee to Elect Nadene Stein, Maria Scibelli Greenberg, Treasurer P.O. Box 35085, Brighton MA 02135 .., (617) 562-VOTE (8683) www.townonline.com/allstonbrighton April 28 - May 4, 1998 The Allston-Brighton TAB. page 7 One prescription covers both military families and retirees: USFHP any questions? Page 8 The Allston-Brighton TAB, April 28 -May 4, 1998 www.townonline.com/allstonbrighton· IN BRIEF

ATTENTION AL,L Meet the police commissioner of Allston Village's award-winning restau­ •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• rants and gourmet markets. The featured cui­ The District 14 Police Community Relations sine will represent Vietnam, China, Korea, Group will host a meeting with Boston Brazil, Italy, Russia, India and the United Police Commissioner Paul Evans at 7 p.m. States. Among the participating restaurants RETIREE SU Wednesday, April 29, at Brighton Marine are Rangoli; Carlo's Cucina Italiana; •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Hospital, ARE YOU AWARE OF THE LAW THAT Herrell's Renaissance Cafe; Sunset Grille Community members with an interest in and Tap; Cafe Brazil; Common Ground; Pho COULD AFFECT YOUR FINANCIAL discussing community policing and other Hoa; Cafe Jade; Ducky Wok; La Mamma; 6 topics are encouraged to attend. FUTURE MORE THAN SOCIAL Burner; Cafe Belo; Gar Wah; Little Brasil; Brighton Marine Hospital is located at 77 Berezka International Food Store; The Kells; SECURITY OR MEDICARE? Warren St., next to Brighton High School. Allston Village Buffet; Kinvara Pub; Brazil, Ample parking will be available. Samba & Merengua; Seoul Bakery; E.Shan For more information, contact the District AS OF JANUARY 1, 1997, IT IS NOW A FEDERAL Tang Herbs; and Moscow International CRIME TO MAKE CERTAI N TRANSFERS OF ASSETS 14 Community Service Office at 343-4376. Store. There will also be a cash bar. (INCLUDING CERTAIN TRANSFERS INTO TRUSTS) Al Stankus, co-editor of the Zagat The news is good for recyclers Restaurant Guide and a food critic for TAB IN ORDER TO OBTAIN ELIGIBI LITY FOR MEDICAID Community Newspapers, will host the event. In an effort to increase composting in Mayor Thomas Menino is also expected to BENEFITS THAT PAY FOR NURSING HOME COSTS! Boston, the Boston Recycling Program has a participate in the festivities. new program for the city's urban gardeners. Entertainment will be provided by the JOIN ATTORNEY RfCHARD L. RUBINO, WXKS - Fifteen free bags per customer will be Racky Thomas Band, winner of the 1997 available when you buy a $23 compost bin AM 1430 PERSONALITY & MEMBER OF THE Battle of the Blues Bands at Harper's Ferry, during the first four weeks of May. The bins and the Johnny Homer Trio, who are fre­ NATIONAL ACADEMY O F ELDER IAW ATTO R­ will be available at four locations according quent jazz performers at the Wonderbar. to the following schedule: each Thursday NEYS, FOR A FREE WORKSHOP O N THIS IAW, Tickets are $25 per person or $40 for two from 6-8 p.m. at the Jacksdn Mann AS WELL AS THE FOLLOWING: Community Center, 500 Cambridge St., people. Senior citizens and students may pay $20 per ticket. Tickets for children under 12 Allston; each Thursday from 1-3 p.m. at the are $15. Tickets are available by phone using Hyde Park Community Center, 1179 River St., Hyde Park; each Monday through Visa or Mastercard from Ticket City at (617) 787-2370; by mail or in person from the Did you Know: Saturday from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Boston Allston Village Main Streets office at 161 Building Materials Co-op, 100 Terrace St., Harvard Ave., Suite 11, Allston, MA 02134; • You have to be nearly at poverty level before Mission Hill; and each Thursday from 6-8 and at the door. applying for M~dicaid benefits? p.m. at the West Roxbury Community Center, 1716 Centre St., West Roxbury. The Doubletree is wheelchair accessible. All proceeds will benefit Allston Village • You must apply in writing for Medicaid? •, Also, the recycling program announces Main Streets, a public-private partnership • Medicare will pay close to nothing towards that the Public Works Department will col­ lect lawn clippings, leaves, twigs and leaves whose purpose is to revitalize the Allston commercial district. Nursing Home costs? on the first four Saturdays in May: May 2, 9, For more information, call (617) 254- 16 and 23. Residents should place their yard waste in 7564. AT THIS WORKSHOP, paper leaf bags or in open barrels. Yard waste in plastic bags will not be collected. Festival to fete many cultures YOU WILL LEARN: The yard waste must be placed by 7 a.m. The EF International School of English will curbside, at the same location where resi­ hold its third arinual International Day May 7 • Methods to protect your life savings and maintain dents normally place their trash on collection from 4-8 p.m. The festival will feature cul­ days. ture, food, music and dance from approxi­ control of your assets and ways to "bullet-proof" For more information, contact the Boston mately 15 countries. There will be perfor­ the family home against the Nursing Home Recycling Program at 635-4959. mances and rooms/booths representing coun­ • What the 36 and 60-month 'Waiting Period" tries such as Vietnam, France, Argentina, really means Honan posts office hours Brazil and Denmark. The school is located at 200 Lake St. in • Some of the biggest mistakes seniors make City Councilor Brian Honan will hold office hours in the district on Friday, May 1, from Brighton, at the old Cenacle building. The on titling assets 10 a.m.-noon at the Veronica Smith Senior event is free and open to the public. Parking • The use of trusts ") Center, 20 Chestnut Hill Ave., Brighton. The is available on the site and on neighboring public is invited to come and speak with the streets. • Homeowner Capital Gains Relief For more information, call (617) 756-1700 • Discussion of the Tax Payer Relief Act of councilor. Honan can also be reached at Boston City or (617) 746-1722. 1997 Hall at 635-3113. • Discussion of the Kennedy-Kassebaum Clothing drive needs donations health reform bill signed into law by Boston 400 invites you St. Anthony's Parish is sponsoring a clothing President Clinton as of January 1, 1997. drive which will run from Thursday, April Boston 400 will hold a public meeting at 7 30, through Sunday, May 3. All proceeds p.m. on April 29 at the Jackson Mann will go to the St. Anthony's School WE ARE HOLDING THE NEXT Community Center in Brighton. Allston­ Playground Project. Brighton residents are invited to discuss Drop off clothing and shoes of any condi­ FREE WORKSHOPS ON: "Strategies for Developing Cultural and tion at the special truck available in the Community Centers." school parking lot at 43 Holton St. in As the city's comprehensive planning initia­ Allston. All donations are tax deductible, and tive, Boston 400 is holding a series of meet­ tax vouchers will be available at the drop off Monday, May 11th ings to discuss issues raised by community area or at the rectory. members. Topics for the Wednesday meeting For more information, call Tammy from 2:00 pm· 4:00 pm will include streetscape, transit, parks, open Greenwood at 254-8504. spaces, business districts, public facilities, and atthe historical and cultural resources. To be placed on the Boston 400 mailing Hospital open house is April 29 list and to receive a complete calendar, call Franciscan Children's Hospital and Jewish Community Center the Boston Redevelopment Authority at 722- Rehabilitation Center will host an open house 4300, ext. 4403. Wednesday, April 29, from noon-3 p.m. The 333 Nahanton Street, Newton event is in celebration of the hospital's new 'Tasty' Allston Village behavioral health programs and partnership with McLean Hospital of Belmont. CALL (800J 707-9813 ro inthe spotlight The open house will introduce the new "A Taste of Allston Village" will be held McLean-Franciscan mental health programs RESERVE YOUR SEATING! Sunday, May 3, from 5-8 p.m. at the and other mental health resources at Doubletree Guest Suites, 400 Soldiers Field Franciscan's tbat are available to children Seating is llmited, so call now whif e it's still Road, Allston. and adolescents in the community. fresh on your mindf The event will feature samples from many For more information, call 779-1134.

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By Linda Rosencrance ''These counselors do special edu­ TAB Staff Writer cation testing," said Lynch. "We cut ity Councilor Stephen these positions because there are Murphy says he wants the other people who can do that job." Pink beaches and C Boston School Department Lynch said the School to be charged with child abuse for Department is dealing with truancy allowing thousands of students to in a number of ways, including: emerald golf courses- roam the streets every day. • Truancy sweeps: The And he is so outraged at the Supervisors of Attendance, in con­ apparent lack of concern by school junction with the Boston School administrators that three weeks ago Police, the Boston Police B ER HUD A he threatened to hold up the School Department, the Department of Department's proposed $547 million Probation and the MBTA police, are 3 nights from fiscal 1999 budget unless the admin­ conducting on-going truancy sweeps istration spends more money to this year. Lynch said. This means Grotto Bay Beach Resort ...... $ 567 make sure children go to school. that at randomly selected times dur­ Murphy, an at-large councilor, and ing the school day, a team of school The Princess, Hamilton includes breakfast daily •••••$642 other city councilors, including and law enforcement staff members Peggy Davis-Mullen, an at-large canvass a geographic area looking Marriott's Castle Harbour Resort ...... $652 councilor, want the schools to for truants. This team supports the increase the number of truant offi­ notionthatschoolattendanceis Sonesta Beach Resort ...... $683 cers - currently there are eight tru­ everyone's business, Lynch said. ant officers to handle the entire pub­ Once it finds and identifies a truant, Southampton Princess ...... $809 lic school system - and to establish the team decides whether to return a truancy center for truant students the student to schoo. Harmony Club· ALL-1NcLus1vE .•.•.•...... $830 to attend, rather than tum them out • Community-based juvenile jus­ inlcudes all meals, snack, drinks, golf and more! onto the streets. tice roundtaoles: This collaborative Although the School Department program, chaired by the Suffolk Prices are per peison, double OCQlpanc:y, based on midweek round-trip travel April -June, via Delta Air Llnes. Prepaid has made some revisions to its bud­ County District Attorney's office, government taxes and Boston P.F.C.s of up to $65 are not included. Prices are subject to availability and to change. Prices effective 411.2198. get, Murphy charges that the brings representatives of the Boston changes are a step backward in Police Department, state combating truancy. Department of Social Services, state TNT Vacations 'This is how the Boston School Department of Youth Services, Department responds to my request MBTA police, and the district attor­ packages include: for more student monitoring, by cut­ ney's office, to work with and sup­ • Round-trip air transportation from ting more than 50 pupil-adjustment port children who display at-risk Boston via Delta Air Lines counselors from the budget," behavior, including truancy. • 3 nights hotel accommodations Murphy said. 'They're heading the • Operation Daylight: This new • Round-trip airport/hotel transfers wrong way down a one-way student program, conducted by the school • Hotel tax, service charges & daily safety street. They cut over a million system's attendance department, the gratuities counseling dollars from the budget, Boston Police Department and the • Services of TNT local i..-"'4'!~~~ w~aloud why Dorchester Court Probation Representative in Bennuda www.tntvacations.com students tum to gang membership Department, targets and follows up for guidance and direction." on students who are chronically Pupil-adjustment counselors serve absent - usually in excess of 50 For more information or to receive a brochure as links between guidance coun­ days. Members of the collaborative selors and truant officers, according visit the homes of the most at-risk call 1-888-GO-TNT-GO to Susan George, an aide to Murphy. students weekly to meet with them Under the School Department's bud­ and their families to reinforce the or visit your local travel agent get proposal, all pupil-adjustment importance of good attendance. counselor positions would be cut. • Citywide attendance committee: AND IT'S ALL JUST AN HOUR AND FORTY-FIVE MINUTES AWAY. ''There are only eight truant offi­ The goal of this committee, which is cers to deal with the entire school made up of parents, as well as school system and there's no money in the and law enforcement personnel, is to budget for additional truant offi­ oversee the design, development and cers," George said. implementation of attendance proce­ However, School Department dures and policies. 0 spokesman Tracey Lynch said the counselors have nothing to do with students who are absent. 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Store clos~ hurt DiNN ER is ABoUT TO BE more than the economy SER\IED. he scene this week at the Harvest Co-op supermarket on Cambridge Street is becoming a familiar one for Allston­ TBrighton residents - a longtime neighborhood store is cJ >Sing. fhe Co-op, which has been selling organic and natural foods tr a steady core of customers for the last quarter of a century, c '1 no longer meet it'i costs. Pinched by the opening of several n mmoth supermarkets in the area and limited by a lack of . arking and buying power, Harvest is closing its doors. Store n, mager Irwin Segal said Harvest is looking for a new location for the Allston store, but there is no guarclfltee that it will find adequate space for a new market in Allston-Brighton. Harvest is 1dding its name to a growing list of venerable Allston-Bri~ hton businesses that have been forced out by a changing ma ket. Most notably, the Ranagan's supermarket in Brighton Cemer and the Woolworth's store on Harvard Avenue in Allston have closed during the last year. SPEAK OuT! In Woolworth's case, the reasons were simple. It was part of a national chain that had fallen on hard times. Letter perfect Hano Street [Allston-Brighton have trucks come down here all TAB, April 21-27]. She could day long. Big wheelers, l 0-wheel­ For Ranagan's and now Harvest, the market forces are more Hooray for you, Michael Moran come down to Windom Street. We ers, everything else. complex. Newer stores such as the Star Market on [Allston-Brighton TAB, Letters to Commonwealth Avenue and the Bread & Circus on the editor, April 14-20]. You hit the nail on the head. Follow through Speak-Out Washington Street have a bigger selection, lower prices, more and you get my vote. parking and longer hours. The blueprint for a successful super­ A special feature of The Allston-Brighton TAB is a call-in telephone line. The line is designed to connect the newspaper with tts readers, IJ market has changed. Shoppers want to be able to buy compact Where was local with an easy way to pass along news tips. contribute to the editorial • discs along with their cantaloupe, and they are willing to deal candidate? pages and let us know what you think of our performance. A call to with a less intimate setting to get what they want. I am a resident of Allston-Brighton (781) 433-8329 will give access to our voice mail system. Callers are With this in mind, there is much to be said for the newer and I attended a community meet­ invited to leave a brief message. Messages can be anonymous. and ing regarding the YMCA. I found caners who do not want their comments published are asked to ~ stores. They have added business to the area and give shoppers it interesting that our fonner state make that clear. Callers who leave messages for ~ more choices. representative and Congressional publication are asked to leave a name and ~ ~ f( But their arrival has a cost. Stores such as the Harvest Co-op candidate was not at the meeting phone number in case we have I.I ~ ~ " and was wondering if there wac; a a question about the com- u _ta have a strong hold on the hearts of their customers and employ­ reason why. ~~" ees. The) have a unique feel. When you walked into the ment. A!! items that are ~ ~: • ~ 6 G"Ci.,- published mthe next week's w ...,, Harvest, you knew you were shopping at a one-of-a-kind place. You want trucks? edttion will be edtted for ~ The newer chain stores - although they carry exotic foods I had a kick out of the woman who length and clarity. - cannot carry the imagination of shoppers in the same way called about the trucks going down that the Harvest can. For tlus reason, April 30 will be a difficult day for customers such as Danny Marcus, who has been shop­ . LETTERS ping at the Harvest for the last 15 years. "I think it was more of a political statement to be a member," New YMCA will burden neighbors ferred land in 1996? Did this private organization pay full market price for this facility? You failed to give the I am writing to you concerning a recent article "YMCA he said. "It felt good to support this kind of store. It's real!) a readers of The TAB these crucial pieces of infonnation. plan draws support" [Allston-Brighton TAB, April 21- In future articles concerning this issue, would you loss to see it go." 27). I live on Brackett Street in Oak Square. Our street please infonn the readers of The TAB that this plan is "abuts," if that is the correct word, the new proposed far from universally supported in my neighborhood, and YMCA facility. please give a little more infonnation on the "transfer" of land in 1996 from the MBTA to a private organization. Da11iel J. Anmtro11g, Brighto11 Believe me when I tell you this: I do Editor~· Note: We have reported extensively on the deal not support the construction of a that gives the YMCA access to the Oak Square site. The 254 Second Ave., P.O. Box 9112, Needham, MA 02192 617/254-7530 massive YMCA complex on land state legislature passed a budget amendment in 1996 that transferred ownership ofthe la11dfrom the MBTA to EDITOR - PETER PA!\EPENTO, (78 1) 433-8334 located, practically, in our backyard. the Boston Redevelopment Authority Under the agree­ [email protected] Anyone who honestly believes that ment, the YMCA has the first crack at developing the SENIOR REPORTER - LINDA ROSENCRANCE, (78 J) 433-8358 land. ft has not paid for the land. Oak Square can easily support a SALES REPRESE~iTATIVE - To~ Awso:-;, (78 I) 433-8209 large increase in traffic and or Assessing the public schools ARTS EDITOR - GREG REIB\1A!';, (78 I ) 433-8389 parking either (a) doesn't live in I am writing to applaud the work of our local Allston PUBLISHER - CAROLE BRENNAN, (781) 433-8313 Brighton schools. I wac; fortunate enough to see five Oak Square, or (b) is an idiot. schools during Open Schools Day and would like to EDITOR IN CmEr - GEORGE DONNELLY. (78 l) 433-8350 take this opportunity to update community members on SALES DIRECTOR - CRIS WARREt'i, (781) 433-8264 how our schools are working. At the Horace Mann School, I wac; introduced to the CIRCULATION DIRECTOR - R YAN FARRELL, (781) 433-6760 Believe me when I tell you this: I do not support the LETTERS, page I3 PRODUCTION MANAGER - RONALD DUCE, (78 I) 433-8290 construction of a massive YMCA complex on land located, practically, in our backyard. Anyone who hon­ GENERAL TELEPHONE NUMBERS estly believes that Oak Square can easily support a Tell us what you think! large increase in traffic and or parking either (a) Circulation lnfonnation -(781) 433-8307 Sales Fax Number- (781) 433-8201 We v..<1nt to hear fmm you. Letters or doesn't live in Oak Square, or (b) is an idiot. I didn't Main Telephone Number- Editorial Fax Number- (781) 433-8202 guest column'i should be typewritten hear any plans by Mr. [Tim] Garvin to locate a (6 I 7) 254-7530 Arts/Calendar Fax Number - and signed: a daytime phone nwnbcr massive YMCA complex in his backyard, and my Classified Number - 1-800-624-7355 (78 1) 433-8203 is required tor \Crification. Or call our guess is you never will. reader caJl-m line at 433-8329. By mail: Another minor issue is, how did this land owned by a Copyright 1998 Community NewspapefCo. The TAB Community Newspapers, Letters COMMUNITY Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction by city agency get "transferred," ac; you described in The NEWSPAPER DC any means without permission is prohibited. totlte l::d1tor. P.O. Box 9112, Needham, MA 02192. By - COMPANY ~ TAB, to a private agency such as the YMCA? Did the fax: (617) 433-8202. By c-mml: [email protected] Young Men's Christian Association pay for this trans- www.townonline.com/allstonbrighton April 28 - May 4, 1998 The Allston-Brighton TAB, page 11

. ~· COMMENTARY What do the Saluting AIDS volunteers By Larry Kessler clysmic proportions. The govern­ over the years, like: lexis de Tocqueville ment response was at best chaotic, • A mother whose son died of MCAS tests test? observed that Americans and at worst, uncaring. AIDS, who greets clients at the front A are, at heart, true citizens, In that environment, the volun­ desk. "It's nice to be able to just By Catherine Clark tion of a well-educated person these involved and invested in our society teers we quickly recruited can only smile and give a little, friendly, 'Hi, TAB Columnist days is that he can a) find the infor­ through our families, churches, be called heroic. They visited sick how are you today?' to someone f I were the parent of a fourth-, mation he needs, b) make critical clubs and voluntary associations. people in the hospital. They acted as who is caught up in what can be an eighth-, or 10th-grader in the judgments about the infonnation, Right in line with that tradition, buddies to those ill at home. They overwhelming situation." I Massachusetts public schools, and c) use skills acquired in the AIDS volunteers saw, and still see, raised their voices to landlords and • A gay man who calls clients my child would be in the middle of educational process to utilize the AIDS as happening to us, not to government officials. They tried to weekly on the phone to see how a grueling 15 to 17 days of 45- infonnation for some other purpose them. They realize that people with learn as much as possible as quickly they're doing. "I believe that some minute exams, a requirement of the (or for sheer pleasure). AIDS are part of our society, our as possible about the illness to pre­ day the AIDS epidemic will all be a Education Refonn Act. If I ruled the educational world, family, our community, not out­ vent its spread. part of history. Our kids will ask Tests are supposed to have a pur­ kids would be able to spell, read siders. More than a century after he At first, in 1983, the organization what we did to help, and I want to pose. Teachers spring quizzes to see and speak proper English; be "flu­ wrote, Tocqueville's insight is was all volunteers - six of us be able to say that I tried to make a if students are keeping up. Mid­ ent" in math; do something disci­ proved by the volunteer response to crammed into a basement office. difference." terms force high school students to plined in music and in another AIDS - widespread, courageous, Then as it became clear this night­ These volunteers of 1998 are buckle down to their studies. aspect of the arts (painting, dance, historic. mare was not going to dissipate, we doing work no less heroic, no less College boards are essential if you drama); acquire a language; learn For many of us, our first, terrify­ raised money, hired staff and recruit­ crucial, no less compassionate than want to go to college. sports and sportsmanship; apply the ing contact with AIDS was the mys­ ed more volunteers. Everybody and those who started AIDS Action in What do the Massachusetts scientific method to explorations of te1ious illness and rapid death of everything moved very rapidly, try­ 1983. In fact, volunteers are needed Comprehensive Assessment System the natural world; and debate ideas. first one, then another brother, lover, ing to keep up with the increasing now more than ever. AIDS Action's tests assess? This would be my "core," which neighbor, friend. From that moment demand for services, the evolving caseload is at an all-time high: we Do they test how well schools could be taught in many different on, the question wasn't when AIDS medical information, and the new now provide services to 1,900 peo­ have implemented the Education ways. The need for teachers to would touch you, but how you social and legal problems created by ple with HIV illness. Refonn curriculum? If so, why does "teach to the MCAS test" must sti­ would respond. Thousands respond­ the epidemic. Indeed, as AIDS becomes more my child receive a grade and not fle the innovation that Education ed by jumping into the fight, and Even as we grew, and changed, and more a disease of poverty, we just his school as a whole? Reform was supposed to encour­ making a difference. we continued to rely heavily on vol­ are challenged again by the us and Do they test my child? The com­ age. Like so many AIDS organizations unteers. Today AIDS Action them way of looking at the world. monwealth says not, yet my child The right wing is just waiting for across the country, the AIDS Action depends on 1,500 volunteers, who Our clients are not only white gay will be told his score as a percent­ children to fail at tests they are Committee was founded by volun­ last year spent 121,023 hours men. They are women, people of age of the answers he marks cor­ clearly expected to fail. This will teers, a group of men who met in a answering hotline calls, stuffing color, children, drug users. I am rectly in the test, not of how every­ feed into the demand for vouchers Boston gay bar call Buddies. We envelopes, greeting visitors, babysit­ proud to say that our volunteers to one else has done (i.e., on a curve). to send children to private and formed AIDS Action to meet this ill­ ting kids whose parents have AIDS, continue to serve all people with If a large number of children fail parochial schools. But the public ness at the most human level. We driving people to doctors' appoint­ AIDS with grace and kindness. the test, who gets the blame? schools should not be condemned were working in an atmosphere of ments, writing wills, planning fund­ And I thank them all. 0 Teachers? The test? The testing for failing to do the impossible. uncertainty and downright hysteria. raisers, handing out Thanksgiving company? Individual children? The Instead, if tests are needed, we must People with AIDS were thrown out turkeys and checking in with clients Larry Kessler is the executive direc­ statewide curriculum? How am I to give the test-givers time to improve of their apartments, and treated as on the phone. tor ofthe AIDS Action Committee. explain to my child that a failing and redesign the proper ones. An lepers once were. The medical com­ While celebrating National Volun­ Anyone interested in volunteering grade doesn't matter. assessment is useless if it doesn't munity was ill-prepared to deal with teer Week last week, I thought about can contact AIDS Action at (617) Does anyone have an answer to measure what we think it should. 0 a healthcare crisis of such cata- the many volunteers I've known 450-1235. these questions? Not that I've read, and I've been reading a lot, espe­ cially since the story of the Advanced Systems in Measurement and Evaluation Inc. scandal broke in this newspaper. It is my understanding that the only way Ed Refonn could be enacted in 1993 was for "account­ ability" to be built into the law. Accountability meant tests. Undoubtedly many school districts are in dire need of being held accountable for their students' lack of progress. The Lawrence High School is one example (their grown-up response to a threatened SPRING loss of accreditation was to force their students into uniforms!), as are other towns in real-estate-poor areas POLLUTION? where state money is critically needed. But will MCAS tests truly assess these systems' needs? State Board of Education Chainnan John Silber has a notion of a "core of learning" a child must acquire in order to get through life. That "core" is fact-based, not skill­ based. So, to misquote one of my colleagues, kids might find they have memorized the Aeneid, but in an infonnation-based world, why would this be so terribly important? (I'll tell you what's important about

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FROMPAGElO the success rate of this difficult transition. has done). Document Imaging Program that has begun to Finally, I stopped by the Mary Lyon School • Making sure young children come to prepare students for a rewarding and lucrative In order to sustain a quality and saw, in practice, the theory of inclusion school ready to learn by providing them with career. I learned that Literacy Development come to life. educationally and socially relevant day-care through Technology is an important initiative. community we need to In order to sustain a quality community we experience. At the Jackson Mann, I saw children learn­ equip our young people need to equip our young people with the • Preparing young people for the post sec­ ing actively and through multiple modalities knowledge, critical thinking and problem ondary opportunities (career or (visual, auditory and hands-on). It was clear with the knowledge, critical solving skills, communication expertise and schooling/training) that are available. that the learning styles of many students were thinking and problem decision-making abilities that will take us into Our students, teachers, administrators, par­ being addressed. I stopped by Brighton High the 21st century. To do this we need to com­ ents and schools should be able to do the and discovered that the state of the College & solving skills, mit to the following: essential work they need to do by supporting Career Center, which is a model for the city, is communication expertise • Supporting the talented teachers and increased state spending on education. We up and running and is available for communi­ administrators by providing professional must also sustain the School Linked Services ty residents to use (as is the media center). and decision-making opportunities. We can also do this by compen­ program and increasing the links to include At the Taft Middle School, I toured with abilities that will take us sating this group of professionals by paying business community as well as human service several parents whose children will be making them as professionals. providers. I believe that a quality education is the transition from elementary school to mid­ into the 21st century. • Developing strong links between schools the foundation of a quality community. dle school. The strong commitment to devel­ and families (as the Allston-Brighton Healthy Nadene Stein, Democrat Candidate for State oping communities within the Taft will add to Boston Coalition's School Linked Services Representative 18th Suffolk District

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Page 14 The Allston-Brighton TAB, April 28 - May 4, 1998 www.townonline.com/allstbnbrighton SCHOOL NEWS Three agencies receive Harbus grants Nontraditional approach earns A-B community programs $25,000 in funds Students SCORE Higher and have fun By Judy \#1sserman 'Jeopardy' -like mode of teaching by making the pro­ Students huddled together to confer TAB Correspo11de11t gram more competitive. Until this about their answers. Sometimes they hree Allston-Brighton agencies are recipients of Harbus competition helps school year, it was the typical tedious argued about which answer to give. Foundation grant'> totaling $25,000. students prep for test preparation course that failed to When a team got the right answer, T The Literacy Connection, which is sponsored by the motivate students or encourage atten­ they cheered. Sisters of St. Joseph, received $10,000, as did the Allston-Brighton standardized tests dance. After the competition. in which Healthy Boston Coalition. B1ighton High School's SCORE Higher "We had to create an environment Team I beat Team 4, the winning stu­ program received $5,000. By Judy \M:1sserman which would hold student interest," dents were jubilant. Wanda Rosruio Nine Boston agencies received grants totaling $73,000 from The TAB Corre!>pondent said Johnson. The three SCORE of Roxbu1y called the win "thrilling." Harbus Foundation, which Harvard Business School students set hich is larger, the square Higher teachers did just that when Of SCORE Higher, Rosario said: up last year as a way to recognize and help community-based pro­ root of 100 minus 36, or they implemented a "Jeopardy"-stylc "I'm learning a lot." grams that focus on journalism, literacy or education through non­ W the square root of 100 fonnat. Elizabeth Henderson of Brighton. a traditional and creative means. Surplus accumulated advertising minus the square root of 36? Toby Romer, a Spanish and French co-captain of Team I, said that revenue from The Harbus, the 61-year-old independent student What is the opposite of "virtuoso?" teacher who ''hosted" the final SCORE Higher helped her improve newspaper at the business school, provides funding for the founda­ These are some of the sample ques­ "Jeopardy" c,ompetition, also said the in school. Carolyn Salmon of tion. tions Brighton High School juniors traditional sryle of teaching "was not Dorchester said the "fun" program The Literacy Connection's grant will be used to add an adminis­ recently tackled at the final competi­ motivating enough for the typical has helped her gain self-confidence trative staff person so that other members of the organization will tion in SCORE Higher, a program Brighton High student." So Romer, and improve her study skills and test­ be freed up to tutor additional students (see related sidebar). At that helps them prepare for standard­ along with math/science teacher taking ability. Team l co-captain Brighton High, the grant will be used for teacher stipends in the ized tests. including the SAT. Thomas Hafcrd and biology/anatomy Renee Joseph of Dorchester called SCORE Higher program (see related sidebar). The Allston­ About 45 students were enrolled in teacher Ann Marie John, designed an the earlier SCORE Higher program Brighton Healthy Boston Coalition will use its grant for two pro­ this year's SCORE Higher (Students interactive program which, Romer "boring" and said the competition grams: LINCS (Leadership to lmpi:ove Neighborhood Collaborating on Reaching said, has the students more enthusias­ now makes it fun. Communication & Services) and School-Linked Services. Excellence). Offered at Brighton tic about preparing for the SAT, the Romer said SCORE Highei: wi11 Coalition coordinator Ch1istine James said that the $10,000 will ltigh School, the program is one of exam used as an admissions criterion continue to focus on helping 11th­ fund stipends for School-Linked parent volunteers and workshop nine Allston-Brighton agencies to by most American colleges. graders prepare for standardized supplies, as well as workshop supplies for LINCS. Noting that her receive grants from the Harbus Romer said SCORE's ''jazzier for­ exams, including the PSAT and SAT. organization's budget is "an ongoing problem," James said the Foundation of the Harvard Business mat takes advantage of our students' There will be sessions in the fall and Harbus grant "helps us get through the fiscal year." School. Headmaster Juliette Johnson strengths." spring. The program usually meets The coalition receives fu nding from the city, but the amount has said the $5,000 award will fund In fact, the "Jeopardy" final compe­ once a week for 90 minutes. decreased since the initial grant, said James. In addition, a three­ teacher stipends and program sup­ tition, complete with electronic Both Johnson and Romer agree that year grant from the state Executive Office of Health and Human plies. buzzers, a questions board and an the program also helps prepare stu­ Services for the School-Linked program ends this year. Johnson said SCORE Higher has overhead projector that displayed dents foi: more than test-taking. They This summer, the coalition plans to devise a financial strategy to been successful this year, primarily each question, stimulated consider­ develop life skills such as teamwork generate more revenue, said James. 0 because the teachers improved their able enthusiasm and teamwork. SCORE, page 15 • • ~NtA~s \AQ\A~IRiA Burritos & Tacos To Go!

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Now, many access to computers so that they said. also gets help dents. students are Russian and African, can augment the work they are At the recent final competition, the There are about 100 tutors, half reflecting more recent immigration doing with their tutor. students' enthusiasm spilled over into from Harbus grant of whom are from the Sisters of St. patterns. The Connection's ultimate goal, the audience of students and teachers, Joseph, and 225 students. When the In addition, 5 to 10 percent of the said Sullivan, is to "move the stu­ who whispered various answers to By Judy Wasserman program began, there were five Connection's students are dents to the next step," whatever questions among themselves. Several TAB Correspondent tutors and 10 students. Americans who want to improve that may be. For some students, it moaned at the difficulty of some ister Helen Sullivan of the "[The grant] enables us to their reading skills. could be a GED, or General questions. The audience cheered Sisters of St. Joseph says respond to the community's need, Adults use Literacy Connection Equivalency Diploma, program, when a team gave a right answer, and S the Literacy Connection and take a huge step ourselves" to speak better English, get a better where they would work toward a encouraged the students to concen­ "changes people's lives." said Sullivan. job, prepare for their driver's high school diploma. trate and work together. "It transforms them and makes a The Sisters of St. Joseph, a license test or speak with their chil­ Noting that the Connection is "a "Talk to each other and let your permanent difference," she said. Boston order of teaching nuns that dren's teachers. Students meet with simple operation" that depends team captain give the final answer," The 11-year-old Literacy is celebrating its 125th anniversary, tutors once a week, one-on-one. on businesses and foundations urged one teacher. 0 Connection was one of nine founded Literacy Connection 11 Sometimes, small groups meet in for funding, Sullivan said that the Allston-Brighton agencies to years ago after participating in a order to improve their conversa­ grant from Harbus is most wel­ Answers to questions at the begin­ receive funding from the Harbus community meeting about literacy tional skills. come. ning of the article: The square root Foundation this spring. The needs in the neighborhood. The sessions are free and can last Emphasizing that "the need is of 100 minus 36, or the square root Connection will use the $10,000 Sullivan said that at that meeting as long as needed - usually one unbelievable," Sullivan said the of64, which is 8, is larger than the grant to double the number of stu­ the sisters realized that "the one year. Sullivan said students set their Connection has a waiting list of a square root of 100 minus the square dents - all adults - who are thing we do well is educate," so own goals, and when those goals few months. root of36, or JO minus 6, which is tutored in English and literacy. This they offered to tutor adults. The are met, they leave the program. "I like to think what we do 4. Also, the opposite of "virtuoso" is will be accomplished through the program grew quickly, mostly by Students usually work with tutors is find those who might have "novice." (The latter was a multi­ hiring of an administrative staff word of mouth. in the public library, or where fallen through the cracks," said ple-choice question.) person to oversee the larger opera- Sullivan said that early on, many space is available in a parish school Sullivan. 0

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Work opportunities offering District 14 police station, where bal­ A Brighton resident told police Simmons College invaluable experience D listics experts took possession of it. with shoplifting 300 The Fenway while you study she found a gun while raking leaves II On April 13 at about 4:20 p.m., Boston, MA 02u5-5898 . .. outside her home on William police arrested an Allston teen after Jackson Avenue on April 16. Police disperse large party he was allegedly seen shoplifting at According to police reports, the II After police responded to a SIMMONS Star Market, 370 Western Ave. in woman was raking the leaves complaint about a large group gath­ Allston. The youth had allegedly • around her sidewalk at about 11:30 ering and drinking behind a tried to steal three compact discs a.m. when she saw the gun, but Brighton building, about 100 party­ from the store. didn't know if it was a toy. She goers fled the scene, leaving police According to police reports, the said she touched the handle of the with a beer keg valued at $100. teen had been observed concealing gun before calling a roommate out­ According to police reports, offi­ the CDs and trying to leave the store side to help detennine whether it cers arrived at the rear of 1986 without paying for them. Store offi­ Russo1 Beacon St. at midnight on April 20, was real. The roommate also cials told police the teen had been touched the gun before the pair where they saw roughly 100 people warned in January 1997 not to enter decided to call police. drinking beer from a keg. As police any Star Market stores. Boston police officers arrived and approached, everyone fled, leaving Police arrested Rudolph Good, Specihls Tues. 4/28 - Sat 5/3 removed the gun, which turned out the keg in the alley of the building. 18, of 24 Antwerp St. in Allston. He to be a Glock .45. Police were Because the seal had been peeled was charged with trespassing and Fresh Tender Florida unable to remove a round of ammu­ off the keg and the owner could not shoplifting. Green Beans ...... 79¢ lb. nition because the slide was rusted. be contacted, police confiscated it. POLICE NEWS Extra Fancy Eirm Zucchini Squash ...... 59¢ lb. Booze crackdown continues Golden Ripe Police charge 12 service officer for District 14. 'They many of whom are new to drinking Bananas ...... 49¢ lb. were well warned in advance." and engage in it excessively -his for drinking on Though drinking alcoholic bever­ force needs to take extra steps to ages on a public way is illegal in the ensure that the district's manpower is Marathon Monday state, police are aware that many available to battle more serious view the Boston Marathon event, crimes. Officers now regularly arrest lb. By Melissa Da Ponte which passes directly through underage drinkers at house parties TAB Staff Writer Beacon Street in Brighton, as a time and clubs along with anyone caught s part of the Boston to drink with friends while cheering carrying open bottles of beer on the Police Department's con­ the runners. Many residents do not street. lb. A tinued fight against public seem to view such behavior as a The first IO arrests during the drunkenness in Allston-Brighton, 11 crime. Marathon were made between t Crisp Farm Fresh Floriaa people were arrested in Cleveland But over the years, the local police noon and 5 p.m. Most people Circle on "Marathon Monday," April force has begun to feel drained from charged had either been walking Cucumbers ...... 4 for $1.00 20. Another man, believed to have constantly responding to incidents with an open bottle or can of beer been heavily intoxicated, was arrest­ related to overconsumption of alco­ carrying cups of beer. In one case, a FRESH ARRIVALS DAILY ed later that night on Washington hol. These include bar and street man reportedly tried to dump the of local plants and flowers, incliiding vegetable flats, Street for being a disorderly person. fights, loud parties and excessive contents of his cup when police "We had already let people know noise on the streets, especially on the approached him, but the officers herbs, geraniums, flowering hangers and pansies. ahead of time that we would have weekends. detennined that the cup contained zero tolerance for this kind of thing," District 14 Police Captain William beer and arrested the man. One of 560 Pleasant Street• Watertown• 923-1502 said Boston Police Officer Dan Evans has said that in an area so the alleged drinkers, a Brighton resi­ Store Hours: Monday-S3turday 8ari1·6pm, Sunday 8am-2pm Daley, who is also the community heavily populated by students - dent, ~as 18 years old. El www.townonline.com/allstonbrighton > " I ' 11 1 I tf April 28 - May 4, 1998 The Al~ghtoa TAB, page 17 • , : . I Lobbyist turns attention to Congressional race and fellow environmentalists were plans to advocate for children by Congress, a crowded field of candi­ forced to dip into some of his own Green works ready to meet, Dole "politely" told fighting for better education pro­ dates has announced plans to run: money, but he has no plans of tak­ president John the group to go away. So O'Connor grams, taxes on tobacco and mak­ former state representative and ing big lobby money, he said. took 50 of the people to wait with ing sure that all children have radio talk show host Marjorie And if he had a year, O'Connor O'Connor makes him outside Dole's hotel room until health insurance. Clapprood; former state representa­ says he would be knocking on pitch in 8th District the senator agreed to reorganize the The Cambridge resident grew up tive Susan Tracy; fonner state sena­ every door in the district of meeting - and prevent the pocket in Stratford, Conn., an industrial tor George Bachrach; Boston city 600,000. But since he has less than By Courtney Claire Brigham veto. city of 50,000, where his father councilors Thomas Keane and five months, the knocking will be TAB Staff Writer O'Connor emphasized the story worked for 37 years in a plating Charles Yancey; and former ambas­ limited to more like I 0,000 people ome of the aggressive tac­ in his pitch as "the grassroots candi­ factory and his mother was a sador to Croacia Peter Galbraith. in the district which covers tics John O'Connor used as date" last week in an interview with teacher. The O'Connor house was a O'Connor is the only candidate Cambridge, Chelsea, Watertown, S an environmental activist The TAB while describing his deci­ few hundred yards from the from Cambridge. Somerville, and parts of Boston and lobbying for Superfund laws in the sion to run for Congress and the Raybestos factory, the second­ Like his fellow candidates, Belmont. 1980s and fair electric rates in the coveted seat was once held by Tip largest producer of asbestos prod­ O'Connor has a quick sprint to the "Like everybody else, I will !)" 1990s are what he hopes to apply if O'Neill and John F. Kennedy. ucts in the world. When he was in Sept. 15 primary. But unlike some begging, I will be borrowing, but i' elected to a seat in the 8th "I say that to suggest not only high school, kids began dying of of his colleagues, O'Connor does won't be stealing," said O'Connor Congressional District now held by have I done battle with politicians, I cancer associated with asbestos poi­ not have the political name recogni­ with a hearty chuckle. "This race is U.S Rep Joseph Kennedy. soning. Today the Raybestos field is tion that comes with an elected offi­ going to be determined by door by While a number of local undergoing a $18 l million cleanup cial. He says he will probably be door and precinct by precinct." 0 Democrats have shrugged off a run as one of the sites on the Superfund for the historical seat, saying they ''The only thing list. can make more of a difference here "With all due modesty, the only IN BRIEF I don't like about thing I don't like about entering this in Massachusetts than in a neighborhood task force reports and Republican-dominated Congress, entering this arena arena is that you have to brag about BAIA meets next week what you have done," O'Connor local project updates. O'Connor attests that his grassroots The Brighton Allston Improvement Members will vote on the follow­ is that you have said. "With a pound of salt, I say, 'I Association will hold its monthly and independent Democratic ideals ing items: want to make sure what happened meeting on Thursday, May 7, at 6 will give him the edge to working to brag about what • a request by the owners of in my backyard doesn't happen to p.m. at the Brighton Elks Lodge, with leaders on both sides of the Victoria Seafood Restaurant, 1029 political spectrum. you have done." other kids." 326 Washington St. The meeting O'Connor's experience with the Commonwealth Ave., to extend the "I am not an ideological will begin an hour earlier than usual restaurant's closing time to 4 a.m. Superfund site in his hometown to accommodate the schedule of Democrat," O'Connor said. "I am · John O'Connor • a request by Lake Street Realty not part of the Democrat machin­ formed his focus on environmental Thomas O'Brien, director of the issues. He says he has been driven Estate Tmst to post new signage at ery." Boston Redevelopment Authority, their property on the comer of by two obsessions: cleaning up who will speak with the group For example, when O'Connor Commonwealth Avenue and Lal..; got things through the United States waste and developing technologies about current neighborhood issues. was lobbying for Superfund laws in Street. the 1980s, it looked like he was Congress when the climate was that would prevent waste. He is the In addition, the BAIA will hear going to hit a wall, or "pocket veto" much different. Reagan was presi­ CEO of Greenworks, an East in the U.S. Senate. He had the votes dent," O'Connor, 43, said. "The Cambridge environmental incubator in the House of Representatives, country needs people like me; peo­ where I0 companies have started. but not in the Senate. ple that have experience getting He is also an author and the chair­ To break the wall, O'Connor ral­ things through Congress. Our man of the Campaign for Fair NOW "o\..\.JNG ... lied about 200 citizen activists sacred democracy is up for grabs Electric Rates. Last year he led the together. The group met Senate and up for sale. We need people efforts and contributed a large por­ €.N" Come President and presidential candi­ who cannot be bought." tion of his own funds to the Irish . date Bob Dole at a press confer­ Issues topping O'Connor's agen­ Famine Memorial which has been and join me in the new ence in New Hampshire to demand da include lower electric rates, cre­ built on Cambridge Common in what he was going to do to help get ating 4 million new jobs by promot­ Harvard Square. Program for Inf ants. the Superfund bill through ing environmdltal technologies and Since Kennedy announced he Congress. campaign finance reform. He also would not run for another term in Possibly thinking the crew was ')ust a bunch of locals," Dole hasti­ • •••••• ly invited the activists to meet him at the Boston Ritz Carlton for a dis­ Kid~ We also Care for children cussion, said O'Connor. However, 15 back in Boston, when O'Connor months Palace .to 9 years ~FOUR SEASONS VBASEBALL, INC. Daycare•••••~• presents Hitting and Pitching Clinics for Coaches Boston~ 617-375-0095 with 102 Norway Street, MA02l15 Rich Gale Former Pitching Coach, Boston Red Sox Saturday, April 4, 1·3 p.m. Walter Hriniak Former Hitting Coach, Boston Red Sox Sunday, April 5, 1·3 p.m. Spring Training for Players of All Ages with four Season Baseball's professional coaching staff Saturday, April 11, 9a.m.·1 2 noon MA S _S ART Sunday, April 19. 9 a.m.-12 nooo Sunday, April 26. 9 a.m-12 nooo All Sessions held at Brandeis University ------Gosman Athletic Center Pre-registration required. 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Choral group perfonns The center, which is the home of the Kids get access to Augustinians of the Assumption, is asso­ at St. Gabriel's ciated with Assumption College in A 40-voice chorale and handbell ensem­ Worcester. It is open Monday-Wednesday ble from New Jersey will perform at the from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. condo complex lawn 11 a.m. Mass on Sunday, May 3, at St. For more information, call 783-0495. Gabriel's Church, 139 Washington St., Management reverses decision the lawns are beginning to show signs of wear from Brighton. Knights seek new members repeated trampling by children playing. Also, the The group, which comes from the Moorestown Friends School in The Knights of Columbus Council No. to keep children off the grass walkways are being written upon with chalk creating 121 of Brighton is accepting applications an unkempt appearance." Moorestown, N.J., is a collection of young musicians from different denomi­ for new members. By Linda Rosencrance The management company had also said the chil­ nations. The Knights of Columbus is a charita­ TAB Staff Writer dren could not play on the lawn or walk across it. ble organization comprised of Catholic ne week after the management company When contacted two weeks ago, Golpin said he men. The organization held an open c that runs Chandler Pond Condominiums was only acting on behalf of the trustees. Group holds treasure house last week and is offering its hand to 0 banned children from playing on its lawn, "We were directed to do this by the Board of chest raffle new members. the company reversed its decision and will allow the Trustees," Golpin said. 'They said they wanted to The Court of Our Lady of the For more information about getting kids to have access to the grass. increase the property values. Presentation No. 1543 Catholic involved, call the St. Gabriel's Parish rec­ The decision came after The I'm not against children, I have Daughters of America will hold a treasure tory at 254-6582. TAB contacted the company to two of my own. But the parents chest raffle at 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 5, at discuss an April 8 memo, which "The children would be have to accept responsibility the Knights of Columbus Hall, 323 Participants sought told residents that their children allowed to bicycle on the and make sure their children Washington St., Brighton. The event will for contemporary liturgy would no longer be able to play behave. I get complaints all day feature chances at 125 prizes that are on the lawn of the Kenrick Street walkway and play on the long about the noise level from offered from local businesses. St. Columbkille Church, 321 Market St., complex. A group of Chandler grass, but would not be the owners. I'm not bashing Brighton, invites the community to partic­ Pond Condominium parents met kids. All I want is the parents to ipate in its Contemporary Liturgy allowed to play in the supervise their kids and not let Synagogue hosts Community at 9:30 a.m. each Sunday. with Norman Golpin, owner of shabbat dinner Elite Management in Allston, last parking lot or disturb the them throw rocks or hit trees The group gathers after Mass for coffee Monday to talk about the issues with baseball bats." The Boston Synagogue will hold its and doughnuts. raised by the company's memo. mulch and rock bed." After receiving the memo Spring Shabbat Dinner at 6:30 p.m. "After [much] discussion, Elite from Elite, Wong and other par­ Friday, May 15, at the synagogue, 55 Children sought for choir and the parents agreed to a com­ Vinton Wong, Chandler Pond ents at the 90-unit condo com­ Martha Road in Charles River Park. St. Columbkille Church invites children promise," said Vinton Wong, a plex circulated a petition among Reservations are required by Monday, in grades 2-8 to participate in its chil­ · Condominiums resident May 11. For more information, call parent of two children who has residents. The petition, signed dren's choir. Rehearsals are held on lived at Chandler Pond by 85 residents and owners of Robyn at 523-0453. Thursdays from 2: 15-3 p.m. or from "" Condominiums since 1987. 'The the complex, put the trustees 3:30-4: 15 p.m. children would be allowed to and the management company Assumption Center For more information, call the church bicycle on the walkway and play on the grass, but on notice that they refused to abide by the rules offers Masses at 782-5774. would not be allowed to play in the parking lot or regarding the play area. disturb the mulch and rock bed." Golpin then set up the Patriots Day meeting after The Assumption Center, 330 Market St., Send your religion announcements to The April 8 memo from Elite to the residents stat­ hearing how upset the residents were about the direc­ Brighton, has Mass enrollments for wed­ TAB editor Peter Panepento. The mailing ed, "During beautiful weather, many children play tive. dings, anniversaries, birthdays, new address is Allston-Brighton TAB, P.O. Box outside their homes. While this is often a pleasant Now that a compromise has been reached, Golpin babies, get-well and deaths. It also offers 9112, Needhilm, MA. 02192-9112. Our sight for most people to encounter, the damage that said he would send out a new memo to replace the perpetual, five-years, annual and individ­ fax number is (781) 433-8202. The e-mail can result is unattractive at best. We have noticed that April 8 memo. 0 ual Masses. address is [email protected]

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Boston's Premier Art School offers classes for all levels of experience Special Programs in Ireland, Italy and New Mexico GET YOUR CATALOGUE Canine culture T 0 D A Y 617.267.1219 [email protected] at Jackson Mann http ://www. s mf a .ed u og trainer Lisa Aprea will celebrating its 28th anniversary. George B.H. Macomber Company offer dog-training classes this Located on Soldiers Field Road as assistant project manager and is Dspring and summer at reduced across from WBZ-TV, the Publick assigned to the EMC rates for residents in surrounding Theatre begins its season with "The Manufacturing Plant project in communities. Classes will be taught Compleat Works of Wilm Shksp Franklin. in the park behind the Jackson (Abridged)" from June 4-28, fol­ Spodek is a former project engi­ lowed by "Richard II" from July 9- neer/assistant superintendent for 26. "A Little Night Music," featur­ Beacon Skanska Construction ing the hit song "Send in the Company in Boston. He holds a Clowns," will run from Aug. 6-Sept. bachelor's degree from 6. The Publick Theatre's teen com­ Pennsylvania State University in pany, Project Shakespeare, will pre­ &rchitectural engineering with a con­ By Rosie Hanlon sent "Macbeth" on Aug. 18, 24 and centration in construction manage­ 25 at 7:30 p.m. ment. Deborah Schoenberg, executive Projects completed by Macomber director of the Publick Theatre, is include Beth Israel Hospital Clinical Mann Community Center, 500 looking for financial support in the Center in Boston, State Street Bank Cambridge St., Allston, and in the form of advertising in Proscenium, offices in Boston, Quincy and Harvest Food Coop's community the 1998 Summer Season Program Kansas City; Fidelity Investments room. Book published by Infocus renovations in Boston and The five-week "good manners" Publications. Season subscriptions Merrimack, NH; and the MIT class will cover beginner's obedience are also available. Biology Building in Cambridge. commands, heel work, "leader of the To order a subscription, or for pack" training and common prob­ more information, call Schoenberg Brewing company $A·fJJI_ lems such as mouthing and jumping. at 782-5425. has a heart · ~'+Tax Other classes will include more Large Cheese Pizza, advanced lessons in obedience, com­ Boston Chamber The North East Brewing Company Garden Salad & ing when called and dog obstacle of Neighborhood of Boston is lending a helping hand 2 Liter Pepsi. courses. A nonforce, positive training to support the American Heart CENTER Commerce meets Association as a sponsor of the HOUSE method will be used in all classes. bf Cf>iz.z.1t Aprea has been training dogs for The Boston Chamber of Association's newest fund-raiser, 10 years. She began Happy Dog Neighborhood Commerce will meet "Vino, Brew & Java Tasting." The MaJui"gif: rombined Expites= Training eight years ago after work­ Wednesday, April 29, in Seton event will begin at 6 p.m. ing at the Massachusetts Society for Auditorium at St. Elizabeth's Wednesday, May 6, at the brewery's the Prevention of Cruelty to Medical Center. A breakfast buffet 1314 Commonwealth Ave. location. Animals. will begin at 7:30 a.m. and the The evening will include a selec­ "I found there was a great need meeting will begin promptly at 8 tion of fine wines, rnicrobrews and coffees, as well as a raffle and an for training dog owners and their a.m. Large Cheese Pizza auction. Live entertairunent will be dogs," said Aprea. "When you have Paul Guzzi, president and chief & 9 Buffalo Wings. a puppy, you tend to see how cuddly executive officer of the Greater provided by Dahlia and Craw not Craw. The two acts will go until CENTER Wnd cute and loving they can be. Boston Chamber of Commerce, will ~OUSE However, these cute puppies grow address the meeting. The 124-page midnight. bf :Pizz.1t up and when they are not behaving, "Official Guidebook to Boston and Early-bird tickets can be pur­ May not be combined with other specials. chewing everything in sight, nip­ its Neighborhoods" will be chased for $25 before May 1. After Expires 611198 ping, they are not so cute. unveiled, and all attendees will that, tickets will be $35 and may be "Oftentimes, dogs owners who do receive a complimentary copy. purchased at the door. Proceeds will not train their pets cannot deal with Susan Kaplan of WGBH will dis­ benefit the American Heart these problems, and the animals end cuss opportunities for participation Association. up for adoption or at the MSPCA, in the annual Channel 2 auction. For details and ticket information BANKRUPTCY and many times put to sleep. I felt Marty Summerfield, publisher of call Vanessa DeMichelle at 1-800- Over your head in Bills••• Stop harassing phone calls. [that] by training the dog and the the Allston-Brighton Business 662-1701 , ext. 3121. lmmediat_,e Relief owner, we could create a happy Directory, will discuss the upcoming Call Attorney ending." 1998-99 edition. Joseph N. Wheeler Ecuadorans benefit from at Aprea publishes the "My Happy To attend the meeting, RSVP to St. Elizabeth's donations Dog" newsletter, which includes Frank Moy at 789-2441. Free park­ St. Elizabeth's Medical Center pro­ 666-9888 training tips, dog recipes and feature ing is available. vided 10 area teenagers from St. articles. She also publishes "Paw Agatha's Parish in Milton with sup­ Prints," a complete travel guide to Boston College Task plies for their humanitarian trip to New England bed-and-breakfasts, Force sets meeting Guayaquil, Ecuador. The April 17 hotels and motels that allow pets, as The Boston College Task Force will trip was under the auspices of Por well as travel tips for animals. Cristo, the international Christian Classes are forming now for late meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 29, medical services organization. April. The cost of the course is $80. at the Brighton Marine Health The supplies included medica­ A portion of the proceeds will bene­ Center in Room A38, on the third tions for asthma, arthritis and other fit the Jackson Mann Community floor. Chairman Maureen McGrail diseases; medical journals; sterile Center. To register, or to request a will discuss the task force's bylaws. gloves; gauze sponges; crutches; summer schedule, a copy of "My Parking is available. For more clothing; fabric; educational materi­ Happy Dog" or "Paw Prints," or for information, call McGrail at 254- als; coloring books; and a computer more information about Happy Dog 5905. printer. Training, call Aprea at 789-DOGS. Construction firm St. Elizabeth's and Por Cristo are members of the Carits Christi Publick Theatre turns 28 hires manager Health Care System, one of the The Publick Theatre Inc., Boston's Michael Spodek of Brightonl has largest health-care systems in New oldest resident theater company, is joined the construction firm of England.

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Help Ameri a Bridge the R!:at!i!:al1111111111~11111 Divide The power to make the vision of race unity a reality Is within our grasp. Join the conversation. To learn more about the Baha'i Faith and its commitment to racial unity, watch for The Power of Race Unity •I Joseph and Catherine AieUo appeanng on television in your area: Friday May l, 8:30 AM • Channels Swulay Apzil 26, 11 :00 AM FJ:iday May 8, 8:30 AM i• WNJU (68) Bosklll Swulay May 10, 11:00 AM Friday May 16, 8:30 AM j W2BU {21) Cape &Ncrlhem RI Swulay May 24, 11:00 AM Fnday May 22, 8:30 AM 1 Couple celebrates Wh9U (58) Conmd. NH Call 1 800 22 UNITE . t bsrt I bo I bah . J TllE BA1t.\'1 FAITll I golden anniversary

Joseph and Catherine (Demetri) reception celebrating their 50th Aiello of Brighton were recently wedding anniversary. They were Do you know a honored by family members at a manied on April 4, 1948.

BIRTHS HOMETOWN HERO? Julia Thompson Sweeney pounds, 7 ounces and measured 20 112 inches long. John and Joan Sweeney of Dedham Proud grandparents are John and We'd like to recognize people in our area for their announce the birth of their daughter, Mary C. Sweeney of Brighton and outstanding contributions to the community. Julia Thompson Sweeney, born Nov. Robert and Sarah Guinessey of This monthly feature will celebrate the unsung 15, 1997 at Beth Israel Hospital in Wilmington, N.C. heroes living and working among us. It's our way of Boston. The new arrival weighed 8 recognizing the people who strengthen the fabric of our community. COLLEGES Providence College graduated from the Boston Latin Do you know an individual or a group of individuals School in 1995. who have made our community a better place to live, Magdalena Gabilondo of Allston and Kristen Parsons of Brighton work or play? were named to the dean's list at Aquinas College at Newton Providence College for the fall Heather Gibbons of Brighton was We invite you to nominate those people who have made a difference in our semester. named to the president's list at community- that individual or group who strives to make your community a better Gabilondo of 98 Chester St, is Aquinas College at Newton for the fall semester. place to live. majoring in elementary and special education. r------, Parsons, of 24 Faneuil St., is a Massachusetts Maritime marketing major. Academy Send us your Hometown Hero! Oleg Novinskiy of Allston has been I nominate______University of Massachusetts accepted to the Massachusetts at Amherst Maritime Academy. of Halona Mui has received the George Nominee's occupation ______D. and Marion K. Roberts Regis College

Phone______~ Scholarship at the University of Stacie L. Dolan of Brighton has Massachusetts at Amherst. Address ______been offered a $5,000 Founders Mui is the daughter of Ada Chan Scholarship to Regis College in Reason for nomination ------of Murdock Street in Brighton and Weston. Henry Mui of Pratt Street in Allston. The scholarship is available to 75 The scholarship is awarded annual­ students who have been accepted to ly to no more than two women who the college. To earn the scholarship, attend the institution's School of students must have earned high Management. grades in high school and score Mui is an accounting major and is between 1050 and 1190 on their SAT on schedule to graduate in 1999. She test.

HONOR ROLLS (Please add additional comments on a separate sheet of paper) Catholic Memorial Catholic High School for the third marking period. The fo llowing Allston-Brighton resi­ Your name dents earned academic honors at Address ______Catholic Memorial for the third Boston College High School marking period: Joseph Dickerson, Four students from Allston-Brighton Daytime phone Patrick Arthur, Jeremy Parisi, received honors from Boston Matthew Hennessey, Vincent College High School for the third Mail nominations to: Cicolini and Raymond Montoya. marking period. Allston/Brighton TAB, c/o Hometown Heroes Chase P. Berkeley of Allston COMMUNITY earned honors, Kevin Chang of P.O. Box 9112 · Needham, MA 02192 NEWSPAPER Arlington Catholic or register online at: Allston earned honors, Gareth D. I COMPANY High School Higgins of Brighton earned high www.townonline.com/hero www.townonline.com Valerie H. Moody of Allston was honors and Peter D. Rufo of L------~ named to the honor roll at Arlington Brighton earned high honors. www.townonline.com/allstonbrighton April 28 - May 4, 1998 The Allston-Brighton TAB, page 23

Attacks have police on guard Put Boston's biggest CRIME, from page 3 money, the woman gave him a $I 0 bill. The man then said, "Pockets," and began to grope the woman in cable lineup in your hands the midtiff area and on the breasts. The woman had no pockets on her sweater or pants, but the man con­ tinued to grope her, police said. At that point, the woman's boyfriend heard commotion outside and opened the door to the apart­ ment. He told police he saw a man standing behind the woman, hold­ ing her by the shirt from behind. He chased the man but lost him. After reporting this to police, the woman's boyfriend, along with a companion, went searching for the man again. The two found the man on Brighton Avenue at the rear of the fire station, where he was being stopped by police officers because he fit the description recently broadcast by the reporting officers. Police arrested Miguel Garcia, 18, of 24 Everett St. #I in Allston and charged him with unarmed rob­ bery and indecent assault and bat­ tery on a person over 14. During a booking search, officers found a $10 bill in the man's right pocket. 0

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Their art heads for City Hall Eight students at Hamilton Elementary School have been cho­ sen to display their artwork at the Mayor's Fifth Annual Art Festival. They are: Ashleigh Eldemire of Brighton, Grade 5; Stephanie Lam of Brighton, Grade l; Tuba Mohammad of Brighton, Grade 2- 3; Hung Nguyen of Brighton, Grade l; Nelson Perez of Boston, Grade l; Jane Qu of Boston, kindergarten; Julio Torres of Roslindale, Grade 4- 5; and Yasmine Valentin of Brighton, kindergarten. Their work will be exhibited throughout City Hall starting May ., 4. On May 16, there will be an all­ day event on City Hall Plaza featur­ ing the students' visual art and stu­ dent presentations in an the per­ forming arts. Free refreshments will include pizza and ice cream. This year's artwork represent<; all Boston public schools and after­ school programs. A spokesman for the mayor's office said some 2,000 pieces of artwork will likely be on view in City HaJJ. The 'faux' run Students from Taft Middle School and the Kennedy Day School ran a "pretend marathon" two days before the real Boston Marathon. Health and physical education teacher Lois Hartley said that last Saturday the students would get a chance to run the last couple of blocks and cross over the official fin­ ish line on Saturday. The program for students is offered through the Boston Athletic Association, the organizer of the marathon. Optimum1V by Cablevision. Hartley said she expected about 25 Taft students and several Kennedy It's 108 channels of choice. students to run the "pretend 787.8888 marathon," along with students from schools in cities and towns along the Tune in tonight. And get in touch. www.cablevision-boston.com Marathon route. The students, who have been training for two weeks, OptimumTV service subject to availability. Programming subject to change. were expected to receive BAA medals and T-shirts, as well as lunch. A NEW GENER AT I 0 N 0 F CAB l E -Judy Wassennan Page 18 The Allston·Br1ghton TAB, April 28 - May 4, 1998 r· -----=:~P.~;:;h::------:~~= -::~------~------_ www.townonline.com/allstonbri!tllton

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SOURCE· BOSTON ATHLETIC ASSOC/14T/ON CHART BY SAM CALOMO JR. Kevin Honan League basketball coach Michelle McCaffrey cheers on her team during a recent game at the Jackson-Mann Community Center. McCaffrey is a Boston University student who volunteers her time to coach. BAD BREATH may be a sip of something more serious - like gum disease. We s , buy on Ir e seasona Treating bad breath may be more difficult than simply using breath mints. You dayweor and accessories jno jewelry) may have one of the early warning symptoms of gum disease. We offer an alterna­ in contemporary fashion. We pay tive to traditional periodontal surgery, by using phase-contrast microscopy, bacte­ rial detection and natural products, which can make a difference. 40% cash or 553 store credit Call for a courtesy consultation. of our resole ice. Herbert S. Yolin, D.D.S. 1842 BEACON STREET, BROOKLINE• (617)730-8989 ~ 1394 Beacon Street (at Winchesler) Brookline • 277-303 l ~~,... \'S~ Hours: Mon-Sat 11 am-6:30pm, Thurs' til Bpm, Sun Noon-5pm · We buy from the public Mon. thru Sat. 11-6, no appointment necessary. Looking For A Fun Summer For Your Children? To sell us dothes you must be al lem1 IB (or a«ompanied by oparent) and present a valid driver's license, ~.stale or U.S. M~ilary LO. The JGC Preschool in Brookline is The Place a Ages 2.9·5 Years • 4 or 8 Week Sessions • 3 or 5 Day Pro9ramsjf: ·: Arts & Crafts, Outdoor Activities, . · ~· · The Beetles are back. Special Weekly Guests _,..,.-r.,.,. For More Information About This · ,_ . And Our New "Summer in the City Program" Contact Arlene or Indira at (617) 278-2950 ext. 221 Leventhal-Sidman JGC, 50 Sutherland Road, Brookline 02146

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reserved for East Boston and Latin Locals lead charge Academy. But we've got a great for 5-1 Bengals group of kids that really stick togeth­ er. We could be 6-0.'' By Chad Konecky While it's true that Brighton's usu­ TAB Corre.\pondent ally sure-handed defense allowed six ix games into the sea<;0n, thing.'> unearned runs in the first inning couldn't be better for the against Madison Park. one of the S Brighton High softball team. keys to the team's success this spring The senior-laden varsity squad is ha-; hcen lirst-year junior pitcher 5 I, and the progrrun boa'>L'> a he\) Yahira R0Jrigue1. While she doesn't of Brighton nathes \\aiting in the wmgs at the junior \ar;ity le\ el. Even ia-;t week's 14-8 loss to Madison Park couldn't discourage 'The players really the dose-knit group. 'The players really encourage each encourage each other other on this team," said freshman on this team. The JV and Newton Street resident Jennifer Mruiano. a threc-yem· veteran of the is kind of separated Oak Square Little League softball from the varsity, but program. 'The JV is kind of separat­ ed from the \ar;it), but we're all we're all pretty close." prctt) close." Mariano is jomed on the junior Jennifer Mariano varsity squad by Tonika Rosario, a freshman; starting pitcher Claudia Carbajal. a sophomore; and freshman Jessenia Paolino. All are from possess an overpowering fastball, STAFF PHOTO BY REY BAN0G0N Brighton. Rodriguez, who also worked an Brighton High School pitcher Yahira Rodriguez has used exceptional control to help the Bengals to a 5-1 start. Meanwhile, another Brighton after-school job last season, has underclac;sman hao; taken center stage demonstrated excellent control. in an injwy situation the varsity Rifle-armed senior catcher opposing pitchers. Jocelyn Colon. schedule this week, with games on encountered earlier this month. Third­ Susanna Kwong rounds out one of The Brighton outfield is fleet-foot­ "The program has come a long three comecutive days, including the baseman Gabriela Herera, a senior, is the better batteries in the league and ed and dependable. Senior Mirlca way," said Nikas, who is assisted by April 27 home game against out until at leac;t mid-May with a par is off to an excellent start at the plate. Cuello splits time between center and Roy Andrews. "We had trouble field­ Snowden. The Bengals visit South tially tom left knee ligament she sus­ The rest of the Brighton infield con­ left with first-year junior Luz Leal ing nine players lO years ago. Now Boston on Tuesday, April 28, and tained while trying to tag out a sliding sists of talented seniors: slugging first Junior Ursula Allston, a reserve we have one of the league's most return to host Hyde Park at 3 p.m. Madison Parle base-runner. That baseman Marinilda Amador is solid infielder, is usually in right field. The competitive N teams." 0 Wednesday, April 29, at Cleveland means strong-armed first-year junior defensively; Sarah Quinones makes team's fourth outfielder is freshman Brighton faces a tough game Circle Field. Itala Goncalves has been asked to the pivot at second; and shortstop step in in the hot comer. Tani Cirino is the team's best athlete. "We don't have any illusions about Junior designated-hitter Nikki winning the Boston City League Watson is the team's most intimidat­ champ1onship,"!Oth-year head coach ing hitter. Her crowd-the-plate style EARTH NIGHT James Nikas said. "That's usually has unnerved more than a few A PARTY TO BENEFIT THE

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HEALTH all levels. Classes are on Saturdays, 6:30 p.m. American tradition. Call: 524-5377. Ongoing: and Sundays, 5 p.m. Call: 899-1796. Yoga classes taught by veteran instructor .... FAMILY MEMBER LOSS SUPPORT GROUP. .... USE DRAMA TO UNDERSTAND RELIGIOUS Loretta Levitz. Call: 787-1416. ADD Business Services Joseph M. Smith Community Health Center, EXPERIENCES. Allston Congregational Church 203 Arlington Street, Suite #3 287 Western Ave .. Allston. Designed to help offers this workshop which includes an intro­ VOLUNTEERS Watertown, MA 02172 Call today to adults ages 25-50 who are struggling to deal duction to acting, improvisation and theater TAX RETURN PREPARATION with emotions around the loss of a family games. No acting experience required. Free. .... AMERICORPS POSITIONS OPEN for LOW RATES member or loved one through death or other advertise in our Call: David Rozewski, 325-5531. Massachusetts residents age K-25 to engage in $5.00 Off with th.is ad - circumstances. Call: Dawn Patterson, 783- .... LEARN TO SKATE AT MDC RINKS. year-long service in Allston-Brighton in the areas 0500, ext. 267. Cleveland Circle and Brighton/Newton MDC of public safety, education, the environment and Ask about our Referral Discount Tax Guide .... ALLIANCE FOR THE MENTALLY ILL. St. Rinks. Ongoing: Group lessons for children and human needs. Call: 542-2544, ext. 233. Bookkeeping. Computerii.ed Accounring Systems Elizabeth's Medical Center, 736 Cambridge St., adults, all levels, use figure or hockey skates. .... MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIR­ Auchorii.ed QuickBooks Pro Professional Advisor Brighton. EducationaVadministrative meetings Afternoon, evening and weekend classes. 7- MARY seeks volunteers to assist patient family Tel + Voice mail ( 617) 926-7800 are held on the 2nd Monday of each month week series $75/child. Call: 781-890-8480. members in the waiting room and to work in Toll Free 1-800-395-6107 1-800-624-7355 from 6-7:30 p.m. Family support groups are .... FREE COMPUTER AND OFFICE SKILLS the gift shop. Must be at least 16 years of age . Ask for "AL" held on the 3rd Monday of each month from 6- TRAINING. 119 Beach St., Brighton. Ongoing: Meal vouchers and validated parking available. 7:30 p.m., led by Barbara Courtney. Consumer Operation A.B.L.E. (Ability Based on Long Call: Ruth Doyle, 573-3163. support groups for individuals living with a Experience) offers training to mature workers .... AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY. Volunteers brain illness are held on the 4th Monday of 55 years or older who meet certain guidelines. needed to provide information to patients and each month from 6-7:30 p.m., led by Jane Open houses on Friday. Call: 542-4180. families in the community and to provide ongo­ Kwalick. Call: Ben Adams, 783-1722. .... STUDY, MEDITATION, VIDEOS WITH ADI ing support and guidance. Also in need of volun­ The CITY HALL PLAZA ADVISORY PANEL will .... FREE HEALTH PROGRAMS FOR THE DA SAMRA.I. 1 Foster St., Brighton. Ongoing: teers to drive local cancer patients to and from ELDERLY are offered by the City of Boston's Every 3rd Thursday from 7:30-9:30 p.m. Call: treatment appointments. Call: 437-1900, ext. 227. hold an open meeting to discuss the revitalization of Commission on Affairs of the Elderly, including 254-8271. .... CARS FOR KIDS. Donations of unwanted free screenings and education programs for .... SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASSES. Allston cars and vehicles wanted. Proceeds benefit City Hall Plaza. The meeting will be held on Monday, residents age 60 and older. Call: 635-4366. Congregational Church, 41 Quint Ave., Allston. Boys & Girls Clubs. Call: 1-800-246-0493. May 11, 1998 at 5:00 p.m. in the Boston City Council Ongoing: The Church offers Sunday school for .... MAKE A DIFFERENCE. Help by tutoring/men­ CLASSES children ages 3-10. Call: 617-254-2920. toring immigrants and refugees in the Boston area Chambers, City Hall 5th Floor, One City Hall Square, to improve their English skills and prepare them Boston, Massachusetts . .... DOG TRAINING CLASS. Jackson Mann EVENTS for work. Call One With One for training sessions Community Center, 500 Cambridge St., Allston. and information meetings. Call: 254-1691. Learn a non-force, positive training method with .... CLOTHING DRIVE. St. Anthony's Parish, 43 .... MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION FOR THE classes beginning in April. $80. Call: 789-DOGS. Holton St., Allston. 4/30-5/3: Drop clothing and BLIND. Volunteers needed to read or shop with LEGAL NOTICES .... ALLSTON/BRIGHTON FAMILY YMCA offers shoes off in any condition at a special truck in a visually impaired neighbor. No more than two the following classes: Thursdays, 7-9 p.m the school parking tot. Call: Tammy Greenwood, or three hours a week are needed, and times CARMEL MOVERS Drawing classes for adults using pencil and LEGAL NOTICE To Donald Mullen of Boston in said 254-8504. are very flexible. Call: Donna, 732-0244. CARMEL MOVERS, INC. County of Suffolk, and to his heirs appar­ charcoal. $75. Mondays & Wednesdays, 6:30 .... A TASTE OF ALLSTON VILLAGE. .... SOUTHWEST BOSTON SENIOR SERVICES, WAREHOUSEMAN LIEN SALE ent or presumptive p.m.; prenatal aerobics, Saturdays, 5:30 p.m.; Double Tree Guest Suites, 400 Soldiers Field INC. Seeking volunteers to visit and help frail, ballroom dancing; Tuesdays and Thursdays, Rd., Allston. 5/3, 5-8 p.m. Taste samples from isolated elders. Time commitment of two-four Warehouseman Lien Sale for non-pay­ A petition has been presented to said 8:30 p.m. karate. A variety of other classes also ment of Storage Charges, Uniform Com­ Court alleging that said Donald Mullen is many of Allston Village's award-winning restau­ hours per month. Call: Grace, 522-6700, ext.323. mercial Code, Section 6A, par. 7-210, a mentally ill person and praying that available. Call: 782-3535. rants at this event hosted by TAB food critic Al .... THE YWCA BOSTON. Volunteer positions Enforcement of the Warehouseman's some suitable person be appointed his .... ALLSTON CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. 41 Stankus and sponsored by the Allston-Brighton available in child care, teen programs and spe­ Liens the following property will be sold at guardian. Quint St., Allston. Ongoing: Preschool play­ TAB. $15 & $25. Call: 254-7564. cial events. Call: Eileen Smart, 351-7642. Public Auction at 10:00 A.M., Friday, group is a child-care group where parents take May 8, 1998 on the premises of Carmel If you desire to object thereto you or your .... ELIAS FINE ART. 120 Braintree St., Allston. .... VICTORY PROGRAMS, INC. Seeking volun­ Movers, Inc. 226 Lincoln Street, All­ attorney should file a written appearance turns caring for children that meets on Through 4/30: Richard Artschwager: teers to be a Buddy to someone living with ston, MA. All household furniture, trunks, in said Court at Boston before ten o'clock Thursdays from 10 a.m.-noon. Drop-ins and Ambiguous Objects 1969-1996, on display. HIV/AIDS and in recovery from addiction to books, tools, clothes, appliances, an­ in the forenoon on the 2nd day of July vouchers for babysitting exchanges also avail­ Call: 783-1888. drugs and alcohol. Call: 357-8182. tiques, bric-a-brac miscellany held for the 1998 the return day of this citation. able. Call: 783-8834, ext. 2222. account of: Ivan Bledsoe; Erwin Bryant; .... HARVEST CO-OPERATIVE SUPERMARKET. .... VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR INFANTS AND Emily Robillard; Norman Chaletzky; Witness, ELAINE M. MORIARTY, Es­ .... DROP-IN PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUPS. 470 449 Cambridge St., Allston. Ongoing: Book dis­ TODDLERS. Perkins School for the Blind needs Dafna Goran; Eyvonne King; Probal quire, First Judge of said Court, this 21st Washington St., Brighton. Ongoing: Sponsored cussion groups. All are welcome, especially volunteers interested in working with infants Bose. Sale per order of Carmel Movers, day of April 1998. by the Allston-Brighton Action Network. Call: new members. Call: Hannah, 248-2430 or 876- and toddlers who are blind, visually handi­ Inc. Tel: (617) 783-0344. Terms: Cash. Richard lanella, Register Randi, 783-8834, ext. 222. Units Sold By the Entirety. Wm. F. Moon 3657. Thursdays: Free movies in the Allston capped, deaf-blind or multi-handicapped. & Co. Actneers, Lie #151. #524419 .... MIKE BOTIICELLl'S FUNDAMENTALS community room. 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LEGAL NOTICE Richard lanella COMMONWEAL TH Register of Probate OF MASSACHUSETTS PROBATE COURT. #523534 SUFFOLK, SS. Allston-Brighton Tab, 4/28/98 • For Girfs and Boys CASE NO. 98P·0915 Ages 5-12 Located at Chapel Hill­ • Cooperative, non-competitive Chauncy Hall School Sports and Games Lexington and Beaver St., •Arts Waltham • Ropes Course To place your legal notice call • Otna Exciting Programs (617) 527-4445 1-800-624-7355 or fax to 781-453-6650. ALL TODAY toadvertiseinour camp .. school directory 1·800·624·7355 Page 30 The Allston-Brighton TAB, April 28 - May 4, 1998 www.townonline.com/allstonbrighton FROM PAGE ONE Building a little Brazil BRAZIL, from page 1 think we will see more Brazilians an "Immigrants Day" event at the But that's today. When Passamani buying houses and fewer wanting to State House on March 30, but she first arrived in Allston in the early go back. And that's good because it said, "We didn't feel like it was a 1980s, fresh out of college and trav­ will be a stabilizing force." 'Brazilian Immigrants Day.' Our eling on a tourist visa, she was part That view is shared by Valter issues are not the same, and we'll of a hopeful young wave of Vitorino, owner of Cafe Brazil, need to meet with state leaders anoth­ Brazilians who planned to work like Allston 's tir<;t Brazilian restaurant er time to discuss what they are." mad for a brief period, put all of which opened in 1986. Vitorino, The main gripe concerns recent leg­ their money aside and return to who owns a home in Brookline, islation requiring all drivers to have a Brazil. Allston-Brighton wa-; a natur­ estimates that 95 percent of Social Security number in order to al place to settle because rents at the Brazilians in Allston-Brighton rent. obtain a driver's license. Because a lime were so cheap. With the United He said that influences the level of huge influx ofBrazilians entered the States viewed as just a place to lay involvement the group has with the U.S. on temporary visas during the their heads, the real dream was to civic life of the district. 1980s and are now working at estab­ , return to Brazil with enough money "When Brazilians start to buy their lished jobs and raising families of to buy a house or business there. own homes, then they'U start to fight American-born children, Maciel said Yet somehow, that wish never for their communities," he said. "Once the new law is a recipe for disaster. came true on any large scale, and they buy property like the ltalians in 'They'll drive anyway, and the the evidence is everywhere in this the North End and the Portuguese in way it is now, that means driving section of the city. Having lost their Cambridge, I think things wiU change. without insurance," she said. 'They trust in the stability of the Brazilian There's still lots to do." have families to take care of." economy, the overwhelming majori­ To help with that goal, the Another concern is the fact that ty of Brazilians who moved to Allston-Brighton Community the Allston MAPS is now so finan­ Allston-Brighton have decided to Development Corporation has cially strapped, it is in danger of stay. The result is a district that offered home-buying classes for the closing. That branch got off the increasingly expresses its Brazilian past three years in Portuguese, ground in 1995, using start-up funds tla\'or in everything from home­ which are taught by local Brazilian from the Boston Foundation. style church services to neighbor­ activist Celia Maciel. Co-founder of Pa-;samani, who was trained in hood cafes to Portuguese-speaking the Brazilian Immigrant Center in Brazil as a social worker, is the cen­ professional groups. Allston and current vice chair­ ter's only employee, and her paid woman for the Allston-Brighton hours are now down to 20 per week. The expanding Healthy Boston Coalition, Maciel In May, that number will drop to 15. Brazilian business sector also hosted a Brazilian program on Another byproduct of this change Radio Free Allston last year, and she The need for a political voice has been the transformation of the is an alum of the Leadership to Then there is the question of Brazilian-American business cul­ Improve Neighborhood political power. ture, said Alvaro Lima, an econo­ Communication and Services pro­ "Next we need to get a represen­ Cafe Brazil owner Valter Vitorino mist who is also president of the gram, better known as LINCS. She tative into City Hall to get the take a movement." es in painting, theater, chess and board of directors of the Brazilian now works for the Cambridge Brazilian perspective across," said About five years ago, Brazilian par­ poetry writing. Mansor said a place Business Network of New England. branch of MAPS. Maciel. "At this point, a lot of peo­ ents did look into such a change. But for enrichment and leisure activities 'The businesses now are bigger Maciel said one major hurdle for ple still think we speak Spanish." families from Ea.st Boston began to is critical to making Brazilians feel than they used to be, and they are in Brazilians involves distinguishing Education is another thorny point fear that the bilingual program would linked to the larger society. more stable sectors," he said. "It's themselves from other immigrant for Brazilian families in the district, be ripped out of their district in order 'This is space for what we need no longer just things to serve immi­ groups, which typically have starkly according to Heloisa Souza, to create one in Allston-Brighton, said other than working hard and going to grant needs- like check-cashing different economic and social issues. Portuguese bilingual field coordina­ Souza The in-fighting put a quick stop church," she said. "These are the kin& places attached to air-travel stores "When most people think about tor for the Boston Public Schools. to the little progress parents made. of things we do in Brazil, but here with a few imported Brazilian prod­ immigrant issues, they think about Because the city's Portuguese bilin­ "Simply moving the program people don't speak. English well, so ucts. They've been playing an [eligibility for] food stamps, gual classrooms for the lower grades would not be the solution, because they don't use places like the YMCA increasingly important role in revi­ Medicare for elders, and public assis­ are all located in East Boston, local we have two big Brazilian commu­ for this kind of thing. Tius leaves peo­ talizing the community" with new tance," she said. "But Brazilians kids must make a 45-minute bus trip nities in Boston," she said. 'The ple feeling very disconnected." restaurants and retail stores. don't have these concerns. Part of twice a day to take part. To avoid schools in East Boston do a good But aren't there plenty of options for Such rapid progress has made it that is because we are young and we this, many families opt to send their job, but they don't do a service to octivities in Cambridge and Somerville, even tougher for this new communi­ don't have elders coming here." children to standard neighborhood the children of Allston-Brighton." where immigrants from Portugal and ty - the first generation of Passamani agreed. classrooms instead, despite that the Still, there is more to life than just Cape Verde have been flocking for gen­ Brazilians in the U.S. - to go home "It's very different for our com­ kids speak no English. being productive, according to erations? In Mansor's view, no. again. In the spirit of the immigrant munity," she said. "Brazilians don't "In the long run, those students Maria Teresa Mansor, president of "The Portuguese and Cape culture, many have developed more use welfare. They're working 80 don't do as well," she said. "I com­ the American Brazilian Association Verdeans may speak. the same lan­ contacts here than they had before hours a week. not 40. People have pletely sympathize with the parents in Allston, who said Brazilians in guage, but their cultures are much leaving the homeland. this idea that we are coming here to and I think the administration Boston also need to relax. different from ours," she said. "You "Now that there's a dense network take advantage of the government, should consider starting a bilingual ABA, a nonprofit organization cre­ can't expect them to take care of us. of Brazilians, people feel secure but that's just not true." program here. But that wouldn't ated in 1996, offers English and job­ We really have to start our own here," Lima said. "Which is why I Maciel and other leaders attended happen out of the blue. It would training classes - along with cours- thing." 0

use after giving birth. Elizabeth's wa<> located and what the center Three years ago, St Elizabeth's had no in­ had to offer, Bertholdo helped organiz.c a Brazilian leaders gain recognition house interpreter service for nonemergency Brazilian film festival there during Brazilian By Melissa Da Ponte are co-founders of the SomeiviUe-based visit<>. Through an established partnership, Independence Week. Between l 00 to 150 TAB Staff Writer Brazilian Women's Group, of which Brazilian women were referred to Somerville people turned out during the three days the he Brazilian community is a'iserting Passamani is also a member. Hospital for prenatal care before delivering festival ran, and each time, Bertholdo sang itself as a major presence in Allston­ 'This really shows that the community is their babies at St Elizabeth's. Because of the praises of the hospital. Last year, TBrighton, advocates say. And they are becoming mature and that the group is foster­ Somerville's long history of housing immi­ Bertholdo also arranged for the BrM.ilian pointing to two recent awards for Brazilian ing leadership," Souza said. grants from Portugal and the Portugucsc­ amba'isador to meet with the community The leaders as proof of the group's growing role The Allston MAPS was opened in 1995, speaking islands of Cape Verde, that hospital visit drew another 200 people to the hospital. in the community. using start-up funding from the Boston already had a well-0rganiz.ed interpreter system Soon St. Elizabeth's opened a multilingual Earlier this month, the Allston-Brighton Foundation. MAPS also ha<> branches in in place when Brazilians arrived in Bo~ton en clinic for children that began operating three Health) Boston Coalition announced that Cambridge and Somer\'ille. mas.c;e. SL Elizabeth's had not yet adjusted to times a week and is now up and running e\ef) Lucien)' Pa<>samani wa-; selected as a n."'Cipient But after the first year. the local office ha-; the district's changing demographics. day. The patient list has continued to grow. It of one of this year's Unsung Hero award-;. A had to survive on meager funds raised at the But that opportunity came when has climbed from zero at its 1996 inception to case worker at the Allston branch of the community level. which h

• www.townonline.com/allstonbrighton April 28 - May 4, 1998 The Allston-Brighton TAB, page 31 THE "10RD FROM THE STREET These scars go deeper than a car fender

By Ken Capobianco was scraped by a screwdriver. There 'Tm sorry, I just had the date weren't stealing the car, they wanted number." CNC Arts Writer are two deep punctures around the from hell last night." to retaliate. Did you steal some­ "I started the line. It's 1-800- o I get out my car and meet door handle, which is now drooping. "You had a bad date and my car body's space? Did you cut someone SHOOT-ME. It gets you out of the Janeane near her apartment in "Who did this?" was broken into and you act like you off? Sometimes they follow you misery pretty fast." S Lower Allston and she meets "They didn't leave their name and have the cross to bear. You can be so home. Do you have enemies?" Janeane musters a small smile and me at the curb. Social Security number." She holds a selfish sometimes." "Enemies? Who do you think I leans against the car. "You know "Janeane, this better be good. It's tissue to her eyes and controls herself I ignore her. She's right and I try am, Pol Pot?" you're really no use," she says as Saturday and it isn't even noon yet. with a little smile. "Who would do to help by looking under her seat. I sigh and a kid in one of those she peers through the windshield at this to me? It's a 1992 car." People are walking past us and floppy Dr.Seuss hats is walking by me. I bend over and study the door and peering at deep scars and scratches and he slows down to a crawl. He "Hey, I know exactly what you the scars are deep; it looks like the on Janeane's door, which looks like looks at the car door and then at have to do, I've done it a few limes. face of a hockey player. "But there's a clump of varicose veins. But they Janeane. "Are you selling?" You have to fill out a police repc. rt, more, they broke into the car. simply walk on. Business as usual in "Not with this kind of damage. I'll take it to someone who documents Look ..." and she opens the door Allston. Protection from theft and get nothing." the damage by taking a picture and By Ken Capobianco quickly and the handle jiggles while damage are two of the rights we sign But I know what he's looking for. deal with the insurance company the lock looks like someone shot a a waiver to relinquish if you decide "Janeane, he's thinking pot, not a Trust me, I know. Everyone in bullet through it. to live around here. Tempo." Allston without a parking space My eyes aren't adjusting to the light. "Is this going to kill my insur­ "So who did you go out with last "Get out of my face," Janeane knows the drill. You've been luckv You know what time I went to ance?" night that turned you into a crabby says to the kid. "I said Pol Pot. Dead to last this long without a nut job sleep?" "Listen, your insurance will go up, jerk?" I'm still looking beneath the dictators. Man, why would you ... " doing you in. C'mon. I'll drive you ''No, and I don't care. Why don't but we're all paying so much around seat for evidence. "And I'm talking dead presidents to the police." you just move to Transylvania and here, it's ridiculous to worry about it. "A bad blind date." if you can supply." She follows me to my car and I hang out with the rest of the vam­ Janeane doesn't find me comfort­ "Her name." I tell the guy to get lost and give her a bag of Fritos that was on pires. Listen, I'm in no mood to hear ing here. She opens the door like "Why do you care?" Janeane stares at me. "Did I miss my back seat. She declines and we about your bedtime. I need help here, she's handling a wounded animal. "Her name." something. Did he say something sit silently as I head towards the please, a little moral support." "Did they steal anything?" "Her name was Eva." intelligible?" police station. It's an awful feeling "Moral. Sorry, I can't help you. "No, that's the weird part. The "Last name?" "Dead presidents. Lincoln, - like being violated, like having I'm going back home." radio is here, my gloves are still in "I don't know. Listen, it was a dis­ Washington, Hamilton. He's got someone take a part of you without "Stop the stupidity and come see the glove compartment." aster, I met her when she e-mailed money if you've got what he needs." asking - and as I watch the tears my car." I can't resist and I open the glove me at'i:he paper. It's the last time I "I need a new car door." continue ever so slowly I want to She grabs me by the arm and there compartment. use my computer as a date "You need to call AAA. That's say something, but think better of it. are people walking by on the side­ "You have to be the only person in machine." what you need." It's life. walk on what is an actually beautiful the world who actually keeps gloves "Eva's last name?" "And what are they going to do, OK, let's say it's life in Allston. day. I should try to wake up on in the glove compartment. It should "I don't know ... Destruction. tow me?" weekends and actually see some of be called the map compartment or How's that? Now tell me if you have ''No, wrong place. AAA is actual­ Brighton resident Ken this sunshine. the flashlight compartment or.. .. " had any problems lately. With peo­ ly Allston Abused Automobiles. It's Capobianco is a music writer for "Look." Janeane brushes up ''Why are you so stupid and ple?" a whiner line for the thousands of The Allston-Brighton TAB's "Arts & against her car door and she begins strange this morning? I'm the person "Who are you now, Sam Sleuth?'' people who's cars get dinged, More" section. He writes a bi-week- to cry ever so gently. The door to her with ... with ... with ... this." She jig­ "Yes, nobody does this kind of scratched and broken into." ly column about Life in Allston- • Tempo is all scarred, it looks like it gles the handle. damage without a motive. They "I suppose you have the telephone Brighton.

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Brookline Chestnut Hill Newton 1375 Beacon Street 622 Hammond Street 1261 Center Street (617) 731-2447 (617) 566-2447 (617) 969-2447 www.townonline.com/allstonbrighton April 28- May 4, 1998 lbe Allston-Brighton TAB, page 25 PORTS Robert's Club stops the Bus the opening round, while the Bus Top-seeded club Stop beat Kelly's Club. wins A-League title Meanwhile, the B-League title game took place Sunday night - in women's two days after press time- and pit­ ted No. 1 seed Ernest & Young (9-2) basketball league against the second-seeded Heat, led by standout small forward Jennifer By Chad Konecky Dumas. TAB Correspondent Leading up to Sunday night, the aking use of a dom­ B-League playoffs last week featured inant front-court Ernest & Young's win over fourth­ effort, the No. I seeded Deloitte Touche and the M seeded Robert's Heat's elimination of the Blizzard. Club delivered last week on its sea­ Two squads in the six-team B­ son-long mismatches in the paint to League failed to reach the postsea­ Q emerge with the A-League indoor son: Both the Fighting Irish and ~a: title of the Allston-Brighton Athletic Honan Club watched the playoffs (/) z Commission Women's Basketball ~ League. ~ Robert's Club (10-2) outlasted a shorthanded Bus Stop Pub squad, "Fans who don't come L-~~~--~~~~~~-'~ 56-42, in the championship game, down are missing Allston native Ha Dinh takes time from her busy schedule at Boston College to lead her team at the Jackson-Mann capturing the A-League crown at the Community Center. West End House Boys & Girls Club. something, because The victory marked the close of the these women can play." eighth .season for the 10-team league. The A-League title game belonged The old college try to the Robert's Club front court, Cliff Carney which produced 18 points apiece by Local university students help - On the opposing bench, 22-year-old Michelle Yip, a center Jane Jones and forward Kathy BU senior, is busy helping out her Spartans squad. King. Guard Pam Nee added 10, as coach children's teams "I always had the best facilities and nice uniforms that deadly trio accounted for 46 of from the stands. growing up," said Yip, a former guard at Colonie the club's 56 points against Bus West End Club Executive Director By Chad Koneclcy Central High in Albany, N.Y "I like giving these Stop's starting five, who were forced Michael Berg praised the Women's TAB Cl!Jl!'Rsµondent... • kids SQllle sense of belQnging to a ~ apd some.. to play the whole game. _ Basketball League. t makes perfect sense that Joe Walsh, who co­ good coaching. The biggest fear is that they'd be out "Basically, the Robert's Club wore ''The most exciting thing about this directs the Kevin Honan Basketball League, is and about otherwise on a Friday night." them down as much as anything whole league, for us, is to watch the I fired up about having college students as volun­ Yip, who is assisted by BU senior Tomen Tse, was else," said league coordinator Cliff dedicated group of WEC alumni who teer coaches this year. Walsh, the director of referred to the Jackson Mann Community Center Carney. 'Their depth was just too help run the program," Berg said. "A Community Affairs at Boston University, is a com­ program through the Nike-sponsored "Participate in much for a team that had no bench." lot of the women who play have munity-university type of guy. the Lives of America's Youth," or PLAY, outreach Even so, the outcome was in doubt turned around and volunteered at the Still, it's hard to understand why Walsh is so tick­ program. The 5-year-old league is designed to pro­ until late. Bus Stop guard Molly club. It's been a tremendous resource, led, that is until you see his volunteers in action. vide a Friday night athletic outlet for area children. Malloy almost single-handedly kept and it kind of makes you feel like They genuinely understand why everyone is there. The players range from 9 to 12 years old. her team in it with some Jong-range you're doing something right." 'They have fun, I have fun. That's what it's all "I think our college student coaches are extremely shooting. Malloy hit five three-point­ Sunday's B-League title game about," said Allston native and Boston College valuable role models," Walsh said. "With all the ers and finished with 20 points. concluded the 12-week indoor sea­ sophomore Ha Dinh. "We try to show them the stereotypical things you hear about young college­ "She was hitting from NBA son of the Women's Basketball importance of good sportsmanship. They all get age people being a problem in our community, here's range," Carney said. League. The outdoor women's equal playing time. If I can squeeze in a couple of an example of some that are really helping out." Bus Stop guard Karen Pinkos league begins June 16 at Smith Park. words about school, all the better." BU freshman Michelle McCaffrey is another added 14 points in a losing cause. 'This is a very competitive brand Dinh, a 19-year-old former Latin Academy hoop coach in the league. A former four-sport high school The title game concluded the A­ of basketball," Camey said. "Fans standout, may talk like a veteran recreation director, athlete from Long Island, McCaffrey saw a posting League's four-team, single-elimina­ who don't come down are missing but she's not the only one who is ahead of her time. COACHES, page 26 tion playoffs. Robert's Club dis­ something, because these women pat~hed with the Middlesex Club in can play." 0 Teams begin quest·for championship Someone will win the third-place Boilermakers had lost, 51-31, left in the first round, evaporated in a white-hot Jack Guerrier in the back court, the Spartans' little doubt about their post-season position. shooting performance by Spartans' forward Michael Branco and the Blue Devils' Kevin Honan Basketball Behind 15 points from Jack Guerrier and Michael Branco and point guard Zachary Anthony Ogboin at forward and the seven assists by forward Naomi Lopez, the Shelton, who clicked for 20 points apiece. Boilmakers' Ted Walsh at center . League playoffs, but whom? Deacons outlasted the Cavaliers (2-6), 34-20. The Boilermakers (3-4-1) got 19 points from The second team features the Blue Devils' The Cavs, who won back-to-back games at center Ted Walsh and eight rebounds out of Jackson Guerrier and the Boilermakers' By Chnd Konecky midseason after a 0-4 start, faded despite 11 forward Steven Toman, but it wasn't enough Zachary Shelton in the back court, Deacons' TAB Correspondent points from center Josh Currivan and a 10- to keep the Spartans from improving to 5-2- starting forwards Matt Chauncey and he Demon Deacons came up with a point, seven-assist night by point guard Tee 1. Philippe Michael Jordan, as well as Wolfpack clutch win in their season finale last Cole. The Honan League postseason opened last center Diego Alvarado. T week and, in the process, earned the In other action, the regular-season champi- week after press time, with the top-seeded The league Sportsmanship Award went to No. 3 seed for the 1998 Kevin Honan on Blue Devils capped a 7-1 campaign with a Blue Devils paired against the Boilermakers Wolfpack guard Joshua Johnson, the Defense Basketball League playoffs. 33-29 win over the surprisingly feisty and the second-seeded Spartans scheduled to Award went to Philippe Michael Jordan, the The Deacons (4-4) vaulted past the Wolfpack (2-6). Swingrnan Anthony Ogboin face the Deacons. The Boilermakers handed Hustle Award went to Boilermakers' swing­ Boilermakers, who came up short against the poured in 19 points, and guard Ellis Stone the Blue Devils their only loss earlier this man Cleveland Martin, Diego Alvarado won second-place Spartans and had to settle for provided suffocating defense down the season by a 30-29 score. The Spartans and the Rebounding Award and the Top Female the fourth seed in the playoffs. stretch to offset seven points and 12 rebounds Deacons split two games. First-round winners Award went to Blue Devils forward Katelyn 'The playoff spots had already been decid- from Wolfpack center Diego Alvarado. advance to this Friday's finals. DiBisi. 0 ed, but the seedings hadn't," league co-direc- Forward Shawn Marshall scored a team-high The league's first and second all-star teams tor Joe Walsh said. 'That made for an excit- 12 points in a losing cause. were announced last week along with five Kevin Honan Basketball League playoff ing fina!_~_eek." _ _ ·- _ The_):!oilermal