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Dorchester Reporter “The News and Values Around the Neighborhood” Volume 31 Issue 19 Thursday, May 8, 2014 50¢ Fill-in plan for Savin Hill ‘hole’ – condo units atop restaurant Civic group gives its okay, with caveat about parking By Mike Deehan SpeciaL to the reporter A bleak hole in the ground near the heart of Savin Hill’s business district that has long been an eyesore for residents and visitors alike may soon be filled with housing and new businesses. On Monday night, the Columbia Savin Hill Civic Association gave its blessing to Architect’s rendering of a new look for the northern side of a plan by developers to fill in Savin Hill Avenue opposite the MBTA station. the hole by erecting a 14-unit Drawing courtesy RODE Architects. condo building directly across the street from the Savin Hill plan calls for retail space at the Avenue would be the second MBTA station. ground level. The community ugly patch in the neighborhood The new, transit-oriented group approved the plan with to receive remedial attention building would rise up on the caveat that developers in recent weeks. Last month, top of the existing Savin Bar need to come up with a plan a controversial home at 24 & Kitchen to fill the empty for parking accommodations Grampian Way, just across space along the northern for prospective occupants. the Expressway from the new Tracy King and her mom Pam, a five-time cancer survivor side of Savin Hill Avenue The proposal for eliminating development site, was torn from Savin Hill, team up to help other cancer survivors share between Sydney Street and the what residents have come to down after a lengthy battle their stories and courage. Photo by Bill Forry Southeast Expressway. The call ”the hole” on Savin Hill (Continued on page 4) Mom’s cancer fight Yet another inspires new mission top-off for By BiLL Forry Her first-ever chemotherapy UMass Boston eDitor session was looming and she Pam King is “a tough cookie” dreaded the thought of losing By JacoB aguiar – as her daughter Tracy puts her hair. She worried, too, that SpeciaL to the reporter it. She has survived not one, she might not make it to her A milestone in UMass Bos- not two, but four bouts with next birthday. ton’s latest building project skin cancer, colon cancer, and So she took pre-emptive was celebrated with a tradi- two types of breast cancer. measures. Rather than watch tional topping-off ceremony But, last year, as the her hair fall out in clumps, on the Dorchester campus 64-year-old Savin Hill mom she cut it short herself. And on April 30. The installation of three braced for her fifth a funny thing happened: The of a decorated I-beam was fight – against non-Hodgkins close-cropped cut actually pushed off until May 2 due lymphoma – she grew worried. (Continued on page 5) Members of the St. Ann Color Guard : Madeline Neff, Sydney to weather conditions, but Galvin, Kailynn Finnigan, Molly Hedderman, Trinity Willett, Kaylyn Mellace, Kassidy Taglieri, Maeghan Driscoll, Monica officials were on hand to Lafferty, Amber Padgett, Kristen Padgett, Sarah Padgett, admire the work to date at Samantha Hussey, Emilie Gray, Beverly Nguyen, Lexi Mal- General Academic Building lios, Meg Hauschildt, Alexia Hutchins, and Sydney Durfee. Number One (GAB1) — a $113 million, 181,000-square foot, four-story structure. St. Ann’s scores big Funding for the GAB1 is being managed by the UMass By LiLy Bouvier in Stoneham on Sat., April Building Authority, which SpeciaL to the reporter 26, the team’s coach of 46 It’s been a season full of years, Eileen Cunningham, is also responsible for hiring thrill and excitement for the was inducted into the Mas- (Continued on page 11) color guard team at St. Ann’s sachusetts Drum Corps and of Neponset. Last month, the Music Educators Hall of Fame. team members packed up their Cunningham, who has been bags—and their flags—and involved with the team in traveled to Dayton, Ohio to some capacity or another for participate alongside 12,000 49 years (she herself joined others in the Sport of the as a team member at age 12), Best friends Joey O’Leary and Mark Delamere, who nearly lost Arts World Championships, said she and the other coaches their lives in an SUV/pick-up truck accident on the Arborway organized the trip to Dayton last September, are planning a street hockey tournament to an international competition help with the continuing care of Dorchester resident Kevin for color guard teams and because of the hard work they All contents copyright Cellucci, who was severely injured in the same accident. percussion ensembles. saw from the girls on the team. © 2014 Boston Editorial, Page 8. Meanwhile, at a ceremony (Continued on page 17) Neighborhood News, Inc. Page 2 THE REPORTER May 8, 2014 DOT BY THE DAY POLICE May 8-15, 2014 and A snapshot look at key upcoming events in and COURTS around the neighborhood for your weekly planner. T w o men were Thursday (8th) – Build Your Dot Biz Network f o u n d – The Dorchester Board of Trade convenes for a B2B g u i l t y mixer at Van Shabu & Bar, 1156 Dot Ave., 5:30 of first- p.m. Open to DBOT members and non-members d e g r e e alike, free. Light refreshments available. … Women m u r d e r Who Rock – The region’s top women leaders will l a s t Alfonoso be honored at the Seaport Hotel to benefit our week in Rivas very own Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester. The the Oct. lineup for the 21st annual New England Women’s 17, 2012 slaying of a Leadership Awards (NEWLA) includes: Culinary Codman Square man superstar Barbara Lynch, Tufts Medical Center on Lyndhurst Street. titan Ellen Zane, Dimock’s Myechia Minter-Jordan, Reginald Holley, 25, and and Kristen McCosh, Commissioner for Persons Oasis Pritchett, 24, will with Disabilities for the City of Boston. 6 p.m. More be confined in prison for at bgcdorchester.org. life for killing 23-year- Saturday (10th) – Here She Is ... Little Miss old Alfonoso Rivas inside Dorchester — The annual contest to crown the his apartment. The pair neighborhood’s Little Miss/Young Miss winners is conspired to rob Rivas of held at 10 a.m., First Parish Church, 10 Parish St. a quantity of marijuana See dotdayparade.com for more. … Sweet History in one of three murders – What do chocolate and the Neponset River have in 2012 that Boston in common? Find out on a “Sweet History” walking Police and prosecutors tour led by a DCR Ranger and Dorchester Historical say was linked to drug Society President Earl Taylor as they explore the related robberies. former Baker Chocolate Factory site. 1 p.m. For Community Alert: ages 10 and up. Meet at the public parking lot in Members of the com- Milton Lower Mills, beside the Milton Yacht Club munity in the area of at 36 Wharf St. in Milton. … From Your Shower Dorchester Park, located to the St. Brendan’s Stage – Mayor of Dorchester at 2235 Dorchester Av- candidate Erin Murphy hosts a Karaoke Night at enue in District C-11 St. Brendan’s Church 15 Rita Rd. Doors open at 7 (Dorchester), please be p.m. Proceeds benefit the Dorchester Day Parade SIDEWALK CONFERENCE aware of the following Committee. Joey McEarchern is the guest DJ and Workers have begun reconstructing sidewalks on both sides of Gallivan incident: admission is $25 at the door. Boulevard from Adams Village east to Neponset Circle as part of a $900,000 At about 7:25 a.m. on Sunday (11th) – Mother’s Walk for Peace steps MassDOT project to resurface the boulevard along a two-mile stretch from Sun., May 4, a male ex- off from Town Field at 8 a.m. See the special section Morton Street to Interstate 93 at Neponset. Work to mill the existing roadway posed himself to a female in this edition. surface will begin at the intersection with Morton Street and proceed east victim who was walking Wednesday (14th) – Cup’a Joe with Martin in six stages, starting next Sunday (May 11). Paving will begin the following in the area of the above J. — Mayor Walsh hosts the first of his Coffee Hour Sunday, May 18. Work will take place nightly from Sunday through Friday address. The victim was Series event at Mattapan’s Almont Park, 9:30-10:30 morning, from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. and is expected to take four weeks, weather unharmed. The suspect a.m. Beverages by Dunkin’ Donuts, fresh fruit from permitting. For each stage, the detour routes and closures are as follows: was described as a white Whole Foods Market. Plus: get a free flowering Detour A closes eastbound Gallivan Boulevard and detours traffic via Morton Hispanic male in his late plant grown in the city’s greenhouses as a gift from Street and Washington Street; Detour B closes eastbound Gallivan Boulevard 30s to early 40s, about Hizzonah. Future huddles include Mother’s Rest and detours traffic via Washington Street, Richmond Street, and Dorchester 5-feet-6-inches tall, 130 in Four Corners on Fri., May 16, and Martin Tot Ave; Detour C closes eastbound Gallivan Boulevard and detours traffic via Dorchester Avenue and Adams Street; Detour E and F use Granite Avenue, pounds, with low-cut hair Lot on June 16. ands Hilltop and Hallet streets. For sections D and G, alternating traffic is and a shadow beard.