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I Learn about new historical c ntest for A-B TAB 2 , ., , , ,.! i I , www.allstonbrightontab.com \ FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2005 Vol. 9, No. 37 44 Pages ~{ 3 Sections 75¢ His not-so Golden years t I Legislator redirects state $$$ after he retires I By Erin Smith ing Brighton CIVIC groups to t STAFF WRITER make peace and work together to A month after he left office, revamp Cleveland Circle, but has ~ _; former state Rep. Brian Golden also caused stirred up lingering : was still telling Beacon Hill how animosity between the Chestnut 1- I to spend money in his legislative Hill Reservoir Associa~on and . : district, a move he may well not the Aberdeen and Reservoir I. : have been able to do as a private Civic Association.' :. ~ On Feb. 28, G01den wrote a let- ~ citizen. \ , The move may force two feud- GOLDEN, page 12 - ! ane Toomey, on-call substance abuse counselor for e Older Adults Group at SEPAC, talks with seniors durl Why can't we - ! f, all get alo_o O\er' the Yro "'t ..."" i I .cr By Erin Smith Serres, but one STAFF WRITER Roslindale man who dared to wear cap in Brighton di~cov He was never a heavy drinker. a Yankees ri\'alrie~ In fact, in his younger days, he fled his ered that old die hnrd. The 30-year-old man':~ car \\lli> enway Park seat during the seventh in ing when about dozen 20-something hits elderly alcoholic' ear-olds became obnoxious after one too Bm uaffne\'. a 1'. - L Eli at>eth: mpre- any ballpark beers. PC( gram. But along with the gray hairs and old nkids ge came alcoholism, and the elderly \Vid er' thirst an, who declined to be named, isn't One enior be arne a widower hortly lone. after he retired a age 55. His adult chil hitwal : COpS Seniors, some of whom have never pre iously tried alcohol, are turning to drink dren had moved away and when loneli By Erin Smith Boston College students at 1:30; ng after retirement, and the problem nes et in, he be an to drink. By age 65, STAFF WRITER • p.m. after responding to a house ould begin to affect more elderly as the he wa an alcoh lic. aid Gaffney, a for While most Allston-Brighton party at 12 Sutherland Road three ore alcohol-savvy baby boomer genera mer Brighton re dent. neighbors cheered for marathon times earlier that day to wam par ion ages, government reports predict Do tOfS are 0 etimes slow to recog runners last wee , om I cal col tygoers pot to drink alcohol in More than 5 million Americans older nize aJ oholi m n the elderly and older lege students left the feth itie public. alcoholi are 10 to eek help due to the han 5~ reported binge drinking within early in handcuffs. Douglas Mayne, 21, of West ting ofnegarive tigm . he last month, according to a 2000 gov Police reported 12 arre ts and borough: Elisabeth Ready, 21, of Jane TOOlley, an on-call ub. t e rnment survey. Of those elderly, more 1\\0 rowdy Boton allege par Brighton; Nicole Pirello, 20, of Source' tiona/ InstItute Q(l Alcohol Abuse andAJco/Jolism abu e oun"elor, run a wee . intImate han 1 million are heavy alcohol users, ti~' on Monda}. West\\-ood; Lind ay Murphy, 20, ELDERt: ,page 12 aid the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. Police finally arre ted the ARREST, page 13 IN,SIDE Ma to train f(. uphill run i to ,. weight. B coming a If-designated <.oa h for the day i almo t a pre req Spectators isite to watching the Bo ton . 1 than. sidents along Common th Avenue stuck their heads of third-story apartments, OVIE REVIE cr . g words of encourage- me t at the pas ing athletes and p ping their fi ts in the air. New. Rep's " ou're a winner! I don t care wh t anyone else says," houted farewell show one young male spectator at a ~SEE PAGE 15 wo an with a curly black pony tail running past Cleveland Cir cle. e woman cracks a· wide ,s . e without slowing her pace. righton resident Peggy Mee has been applauding Boston M thon runners every year' she moved to Faneuil Street . ears ago. .s year; Mee decided to pass ! STAFF PHOTO BY ERIN f WOKO : MARATHON, page 13 The toga guys make ~eir way throu Cleveland Circle Monday: Call For a Free '" Market Analysisl ()ntu~ ": Shawmut..-,..2tProperti~s 1 7 134 Tremont reet· Brightdn Ir '\. • Tel. 617·787·2121 www.C21shawmULcom . 7 98238 60009 2 Page 2 Alist -Brighton TAB Friday, April 22, 2005 www.allstonbrightontab.com righton .' Then Now By Willia a c io e BRIGHTON-ALLSTO STORIC L oc ETY nother week of good responses to the T B s e historcal hoto contest. The winner~ are listed b low. This week's mystery house was the Bennet Gramm r School, Chestnut Hill Avenue at Dighton Street, now the Shaloh House. Seen here n a circa 1915 ostcard vie is the andmark Bennett Grammar School, dating from 1873, now the haloh House Jewish Orthodox Center. The buil ing, designed by prominent Boston archl ect J. Fo ter Ober i the popular Gothic Revival style, is situated at the corner of Chestnut Hill Ave e a d Digh 0 S reet, just outside of Brighton Center. he school's distinctive high Mansard roo a estroye by re in the early 1920s. The Be nett School was one of the last public b 'Iding 0 be co tr cted by he town of Brighton before i s February 1874 annexation by the city of os . t a named fo prominent Brighton cattle -d aler and public benefactor Stephen Hast gs enne . fter ser ing as a public school for more th n 65 years, the building was sold by the city of Bosto in th early 1940s. The Bennett School ong housed the Circle Manor Nursing Home. 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