Safest T·Stop Is Here Allston Street Station Tops MBTA S Low-Crime List

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NO NEED TO BE AFRAID Safest T·stop is here Allston Street station tops MBTA s low-crime list

By Karen Elowltt distinction, with only ODe report STAFF WRITER ed incidence of (rime each. he Allston Street stop on Some of the worst tations in the MBTA's "B" line is clude Forest Hills on the Or Tone of the safeSt in the ange Line, wh re 43 crimes oc city, according to crime statistics curred, and the Red Line's recently released by the MBTA Alewife station, where 46 inci Transit Police. dents were reported. Only one single incident of Crime on tho MBTA decreased crime was reported at the station in slightly from 2(106 compared to 2006 - an instance of larceny for 2005. A total Of 972 major inci which no further details were dents were reported in 2006, in available. The stop is at the inter cluding assaultJj, rapes, robberies, section of Allston Street and Com car thefts and larcenies. In 2005, monwealth Avenue in Allston, there were l ,()()(l incidents. Thirty-one other stations in the ''Crime is down ... and we' ll 271-stiWon MBTA and commuter continue to do everything to 'J,croS1se PHOro 8Y WI ttOfM.EY rail network shared the "safest" MBTA, page 5 '. with Jaqu~ Alston, 10, on Sunday afternoon, Mlrch 25, at Rogers Park In up t:ogether December 2005 as part of the Big Brother progrem, CLOSE-OUT SALE IS RE Local er kind of brother

C'ompUSAto Big Brother, ll.J£H£t:: U lo,,+I• .IJ pair up for fun, companionship By Karen Elow ltt Thirty-year-Old Jim MacKenzie, a vol STAFF WRITER unteer with Big Brothers Big Sisters of shut doors oon To the_avera1\.e sser he Massachusetts Bay, is a Big Brother to .- two guys playing "SorrY" in a cajr~ I Dleal an impact later in Jaquri Alston, n fourth-grader at Garfield By Karen Elowltt pany-wide' strulegy to improve Boston College would not nn'''''"II" Middle School in Brighton. The two have been paired for a little STAFf WRITER CompUSA's I1nancial balance rate a mention. life. We go bowling, to more than a year, since MacKenzie got A-B computer enthusiasts will sheet. On Feb 27, the company But the two guy .. in the comer museums, anything." announced it was undergoing a Moogy's on Chestnut Hill Av,mUe involved with the program back in De 'soon be losing a major shopping cember 2005 through his employer, mecca, as the CompUSA super realignment t/Wt would involve Sunday afternoon were doing 126 just playing a board game. They Jim McKenzie store at 205 Market St. nears its the closure of stores nation BROTHER, page 4 closure date. wide, a $440 IUion cash capital forging a special kind of bond. The shutdown is part of a com- COMPUSA, page 5 Book offers new look at Bo history in Russian By Julie Malll It ~bes what Boslon was like dur many Russians CORREsf>ONOENT ing thO Revolution and tlte Civil War, and American aspects of "I wanted my fonner There is a new hook out there for the intro

By K.''''' Elowitt STAff' 'MtfTER "We need to increase Last Saturdfiy, in a conference penneability. " room at the Honan-Allston Li brary, a group of Allston residents Tim McHale put paint brush to paper and liter ally redrew Harvard's master plan for its neighborhood, sketch creating alternate visions for Har ing its own vi ion of an "ideal" vard's development, and a better community, and in the prooess dialogue between university and outlining its hOpes for a different neighborhood. kind of future relationship be "We have to be able to inte tween town gown. grate Harvard with the communi COIIWli6illait 10 and This group and others in the ty, and not have an us-and-them Allston-Brighton area have situation," said Tun McHale, a CoImuIIty NoIeI 6 Ptt(lTO BY IAN HURt£Y begun to encoUrage more interac resident of Litchfield Street, in reference to how he perceives paints her map of the Allston redevelopment project on Saturday, March 24, at ClIme 8 tive community participation, as part of a map party for local residents. Lyon. _ her mother Usa with the hope of simultaneously MAPS, page 4 same house In Allston that McOonough's grandparents ueed to own. DednatIoII8 21 Call For a Free LIbrary Notes 23 Something For 'I HI. Mortgage Loans Market Analysisl 23 ClIIIWI'H \CI'IC Everyone 0bItuarIeI local knowledge. P80pIe 12 Sport. Experienced answers. 1 Shawmut~!'2l Properties PoIltlcaI Notebook 24 \i Aul(1 134 Tremont Street· Brighton 1 Work Injuries Peoples Oak Square YMCA Federal SavIngs Bank 615 Washington St Your Neighborhood Realtor«> 1 3 Brighton. MA 02135 Allstoo 229 NOM _-ani sum 20 Franklin 51. , Brighlon ..." 617-782·3535 Tel. 611-787-2121 BrigJuon 435 M.ri" sum y. ~ www.ymcoboston.org (617) 787-8700 ,;, (617)15+0707 · www.pfsb.com www.C21. ..· hawmut.com 8 • ~FDIC , J .. _- .. -

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Here's the answer to this week's contest (we for three decades. Adjacent Wade Street was a specialist in residential and originally formed plirt of the Brown Estate. The gave you the hint last week): Hunningham lIall, also put through in 1897, but remained undevel Brown family resided in a farmhouse at the at 2018 Commonwealth Ave., southeast cOmer oped until much later. !~!rf~~~~~LeWiSof pri is vate credited residences with hav- and northeast corner of ommonwealth Avenue and of Wade Street, was built in 1897, shortly fler This structure is one of the last vestiges of a ~ in the course of a distin Foster street. By 1890, the parcel on which the upper end of Commonwealth Avenue (the time when tll

Tommy Woods Hint: Marian Quinn This North Brighton schOOl was taken down about 1960. An apartment building now occupies Tom McCarthy the site. The school was named for a prominent local politician. who served as state senator and Congressman. and who played a major role in se Help the curing Brighton's 1874 annexation to the city of historical society Boston. Can you name the SChool and give its pre If you have photos of old cise location? Brighton-Allston in your fami Please e-mail your lInswer to allston ly photo albums, please consid [email protected],faxitto781-433-82020rcall er allowing the Brighton-All it in to 781-433-8365. If you leave a message, ston Historical Society to copy please spell your name slowly and clearly and in them for possible display at the clude your first and last name. Also leave r,~iiI.--+ -Iw Brighton-Allston Heritage Mu telephone number in case we need to contact you seum and/or in this colwnn. If with questions about your lInswer. All answers you have photos you would must be received by noon on Wedoesday. Apri14. like to donate, or would be will

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Walter's Alldlrew Badger, 15, center, rehearses for St. Anthony" ""nual mlnstrelsh<,w on Sunday afternoon, March 17, at St.~;;;;;~::.~:;r;;;o;;;;;;;;: ~ i Jewelry • Min trel Inadness 40 years experience • in watch repair including: • Rolex, Movado, Omega, • • coming this weekend Cartier & Tag Heurer • Batteries, Watch Bands By Karen EIowitt ~ Gold, Platinum, Silver jewelry from Italy, Canada & Brazil • "Since w.'re not conne.cted with the school & ~t 's been two years since St. , Jewelry remodeling apprai,al for insurance AlIthony's School closed, but the now, the kids do it just c:ause they want to." All work done on Jlfemises adrutorium is still filled with the rabcous sounds of dozens of Tony Antonelli, minstrel show co-director 236 Harvard Street , Brookline · Coolidge Corner (C-Traln) ~nagers and adults singing, 617 .277 .9495 d~cing and having fun. {They are reh"'lfSing for the lkids to be involve<) in, and a great House in Brighton. Billed as I ~th annual minstrel show, a tra- way for them to gl't theater expe "The front tine girls of yesterday, c$on that happily continues for a rience." back from their world tour," the sBOSTON HERALD have been before, but that they students for the third consecutive !s6ston: home of the Red Sox, Will also be nUft\lfed here, and I year, and No. 3 among parents. dirtY. water and some of the top think that unJque combination MIT ranked seventh. rated'universities in the countrY. makes it a very desirable place to '1t's flattering to be recogrtized :nIe fifth annual poll of stu study," said Be spokesman Jack that way, but we certainly hope ATTORNEY deniS ana parents by the Prince Dunn . . students and parents will select a ton :R.eview includes three local A BC alum, Dunn said that at school that best suits their needs," sChObls on the tist of top 10 the age of 9 he knew he would at said Harvard spokesman Bob d(e:li'n univel'lities and colleges. tend the college, He attributed the Mitchell. Hat\l\u'd and MlJ' are making re college's appeal and success to The study also shows growing GIL HOY peat" appearanc... And for the "dedicated pro~ ssors, a beautiful concerns among students and msr'time, Boston College made campus and a J e~ uit education, all parents about the cost of attend All Other Forms of Personal Injury II\!: list, as the No. 6choice. in America's be t city." ing a dream school, with four year educations at top schools ~ The students know coming to Trailing onl)' New York Um- • Slip & Falls Bpston College that tltey will be versity, HatV[lfd Umversity now in the six figures. • ..• • Defective Products Harvard plalt1S • Dog Bites construction mitigation • Medical By Karen Elowitt composed 0 cbain-link and fence," Malpractice STAFf WRITER mesh around the perimeter of the Other suggestions included J., University officials have site, integrated pest/rodent con staggering work hours so that drawn up a draft construction trol, and the u8l' of 'green' build construction vehicles don't clog • Wrongful mitigation plan to reassure loc~l ing and demolition methods. city streets at rush hour, and residents that the construction 6f Most residents were pleased opening a long-donnant road be Death the -proposed new science center with the cofflprehensive nature hind Genzyme as an alternate o~estem Ave. will cause mini of the plans, which incorporated access point. • Civil , m'aljmpact with regard to noise, suggestions made in previous Johnson emphasized that the plans are tentative and will be 1 d\l,s.! ~ emissions and traffic. Task Force nl ~etings. Trials 1!!';a presentation to a subcom "A lot of ~ tuff discussed in further developed with the input mittee of the Harvard-Allston breakout gfOups from prior of the community through Au T~k' Force on March 28, Ken meetings is r ally gelling," said gust, when the project is sched LAw OFFICES OF GILBERT R. HOY, JR. JoiID.son of Harvard's Allston Brian GlassC{lCk, from the city uled to break ground, and be Development Group described of Boston's department of the yond. 15 NORTH BEACON STREET nieasures--, the contractor, Turner environment, Since the project has the po Construction, will be required to Some refi nements were reo tential to employ several hun ALLSTON taICe.' quested however, particularly dred people, State Rep. Mike 'f.I1~se include following a around the Issue of the buffer Moran reinforced the impor one-way loop for vehicles enter fence. "A chain link and mesh tance of hiring local workers. ill~~ exiting the building site, fence won't eut it as far as pro '1t is imperative that union .ins . g decibel and vibration tecting us fr",n noise and dust," reps request 02134 and 02135 meters, and ensuring that there is said one resident. 'We need a workers," he said. "Otherwise adequate onsite parking for con solid, pennaflent fence of stone the jobs may go to people in stfUction vehicles. or wood with trees bordering i1l. other parts of Boston. We need Diher proposals involve in This constnletion will go on f()r to make sure local workers are stalling a temporary buffer fence three years, ~ we need a bett,x employed in this project." .•1 ." , Page 4 Allston-ilrighton TAB Friday, March 30, 2007 www.alls tonbrightontab.c~m FROM PAGE NE -.. Big Brother says a ~rork coll ..-... inspired him to volunteer

: BROTHER, from page 1 Somerville. "You never know what Brothers organization, : New Balance, in Brighton. event will have an impact later in life. than 2,400 acti ve matches Though most people think that Big We go bowling, to museums, any and more than 220,000 natippwidle. BrotherlLittle Brother relationships are thing. Also, twice he has asked to see 'The success of our orol!iam • about imparting life lessons and mak where I work." upon the generosity ing grand gestures, MacKenzie said But it's n(lt only Jaquri who benefits dividuals and cOlnp:.ni,es ~I"'A,I".,,, that sometimes it's just about playing a from the match. MacKenzie gets a said Big Brothers Big • board game together. sense of fulfillment out of knowing achiIsetts Bay CEO John pearso,n. "Not every meeting has to be a pro that just his presence can make a dif Pearson said that many found life-changing experience," said ference in ~()meone's life. hesitant at first to bec:orrlej irlvnlve,n MacKenzie, who meets up with Jaquri "I could be out shooting hoops with fearing that they don't about. once every two or three 'Yeeks. a friend," he said, "but I'd rather do it time or the right skill set They usually get a bite to eat, pal with someone who needs a friend or tor. around a bit and play some sports. companion," Weather permitling, the But the Big Brothers o~l:~:~j~~ But this does not mean that he shirks two regularly spend afternoons play makes it easy to participate. his role as mentor to Jaquri, who lives ing basketball in Brighton's Rodgers to Pearson, the SClloo,l-base:lJl in Dorchester. "When we get in the Park. is a good place to get your car, we can't move until he tells me Though this is MacKe01ie's first you're unsure, because three things he learned at school that time acting as a Big Brother, he is no "bigs" and "tittles" to day," MacKenzie said. stranger to volunteer work, "hich was neutral setting, for just The shy, soft-spoken Jaquri doesn't partly inspired by a work colleague. time. : always say much, but he enjoys the "A menwr at a previous job would However, about 15 ::. perks of having a Big Brother who go to the Ronald McDonald House school-based Big .' works for an athletic shoe company. and donate his time." MacKelnzie said. Sisters find that they like As he shows off his new shoes - a "He said no matter how busy you are, ship so much that they end pair of black New Balance sneakers - there are always people in OI.od." ing their relationship MacKenzie laughs. "Every six months . In addition to his work as a Big based one, to a more ~~ftr:~~~~~ : he needs a new pair," he said, referring Brother, MacKenzie participates in community-based one, il to how fast Jaquri is growing. other volunteer activities arranged by zie and Jaquri did. In the year and a half or so since New Balanc:e, including cleaning up "Once you 'pair up two H~IJI' I'O , they've been paired up, Jaquri has in local park ~, and donating hi ~ time to amazing what can happen _ deed grown quite a bit, according to Rosie's Place shelter for women and relationship," Pearson said. : MacKenzie. Physically, but also, he Brighton's Franciscan Hospital for For more infonnation hopes, mentally. Children. become a Big Brother or PHOTO av IAN HURlEY "I try to expose him to a lot of New Balance is only one of 37 local VISIt www.bbbsmb.org Alston, 10, plays "Sorry' with his "Big Brother,' Jim MacKenzie of things," said MacKenzie, who lives in corporation' who partner with the Big 617-956-0281. So/nel'Vllle, Sunday, March 25, at Moogy'sln Brighton, . M~ .' ...... ,, __.~.esicIfnts strategize about h influence Harvard .. ~ Force has only limited abiUIY: to both the Institutional Master Plan influence Harvard's decision and the current state of affairs be making, and that the universiIY is tween the two sides. taking an underhanded appf(j~ch As McHale's brush expertly to its interaction with the corrm;u- .: flicked and fluttered over a map ruty. ..~ of Allston, drawing buildings, ''Harvard seems to be actfug walkways and parks throughout like a typical developer and ' ~k the neighborhood, a very differ ing for as much as they canjet, ent picture of Allston emerged assunting they will be be3,!en from the one that Harvard is pro back by residents and only~:be moting. able to get part of what they are While university plans involve asking for," said an attendee at creating a bloc of closely located the CDC workshop. ' structures that give way to resi McCluskey disputes this cll@!. dential neighborhoods at the ''I would argue with that charllc nexus of Barry's Comer, McHale terization," he said "'Typical" de I thinks a different paradigm is in velopers do not engage in long Lorder. term collaborative planning '1ike. "We need to increase perme we've been engaged in with' the ability," he said, suggesting that community." instead of packing a bunch of Lauren Marshall, public infor buildings into a homogeneous mation officer for Harvard, ailded bloc, the university could scatter that Kathy Spiegelman and olIIer them throughout the neighbor Harvard planners have hail :.the hood. NASFP documents from the.out He pointed to the Savannah set of their planning processj Jlnd College of Art and Design build have incorporated its recommen = ings in Savannah, Ga., and the dations as much as possible. .. 1 ::' University Park neighborhood Knopsnyder said that exercises I:, near MIT in Cambridge, which such as the map party and"the I:: both represent areas where uni- , CDC workshop are mainly ~bQut :: versity and community buildings community-building and g~tting I:' are intermingled, creating more people engaged in the prcices~" I:' of a sense of connection between PHOTO BY IAN HURlEY "We're trying to get more pe0- ,: ' the two. Residents of North Atlston and BrtglrtOll, tnctudlng Len Kelliher, left, and Tim Mcl(ale, parllcllpat,od In a map party on Saturday morning, ple informed about the task A9rce redevelopment project, " McHale suggested using the March 24 at the Honan-Allston U_y 110 draw their altematlves to Harvard's and involved in meetings, arrd-get I:: Speedway location at the corner the word out about what the pI!llS I:: of Western Avenue and Soldiers . different vision. NASFP plan, with mixed retail, maintain that Harvard makes are say ing," she said. .;r: ::: Field Road for graduate housing. bousing and plazas, the vision every effort to comply. "We are On the issue of how to ge~ their ::: He also proposed that the future Yet another plan tor Harvard you wantT said one attendee. were corideived confident that our planning has message across to Harvard, ::: Charlesview development, if it is But McHale is not the only one The workshop included a presen future d~~"loprnent been very much informed by the Knopsnyder was more va.gjJe: ::: in fact relocated to the Brighton who wishes that Harvard would tati on by Heather Knopsnyder of community and the city and the "'That's something we're stiJrily the CDC which contrasted Har NASFP, and is reflective of those ~': Mills area, be spread out along take a more innovalive approach ing to figure out. W'7're wortang i: the Holton Street corridor, as far to urban design and community vard's plans with the North All plans;' said Kevin McCluskey, on different strategies." .-~ j.. south as Lincoln Street. relations. At a Conununity De ston Strategic Framework for Harvard's director of community ROnni Komorow, the orga'iiil:er :~ McHale, whose other ideas in- velopment Corporation-spon PI~nning, and suggested lower relations. ''But the guidelines are of the map party, feels that getting '"I:: clude using the river as a trans- sored workshop on Monday, bui.lding heights, more mixed-use meant to allow for flexibility.:' elected officials more actively~ ::: port route, building a bridge over March 12, another group of resi retlil development and better legal zon Whether or how these groups' volved is a key compon'Eint. " Western Avenue, and burying dents brainstormed how to create transit links, including a com time,and ideas and requests will trickle "Where is the mayor in all tliis?" I ::: Soldiers Field Road to increase a plan that merges the universi muter rail stop. them. back up to Harvard and cause a she asked. ''He will show Op at ::: access to the riverfront, said he is ty's and the community's needs. Many in the neighborhood feel sea-<:hange in relations is unclear. the dedication of a fire hyllllint, ::: also trying to enlist the services of "Is [Harvard's) pJim the Barry's that Harvard's plans ignore the Some feel that the BRA-spon yet he is silent on the isstle: of =: an urban planner to help pefine a Comer you imagine, or is the framework's guidelines, which sored Harvard-Allston Task Harvard's expansion." ; ~ , '" It's Spring, time to call flor Snow! For all your exterior home improvement needs.

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many Russians complaining :o M3 6OCTOHA- to that the streets [in Bo ton] are • not straight and not well identi O6OCTOHE fied," Gorlova said. ''1be reason engineers mcrease why [street names are not rlis Big Dig pn;>Jlect. MBTA, from page 1 played on walls in America] is Gorlova ' prurticularly make it even safer," said . because the foundation of of the MBTA spokesman Joe Pe American society i~ private Atheneum saturo. property." said is the To this end, Pesaturo She explained that if the city in the U.S. said that 34 new transit p0- wanted to inscribe streel names on Boston lice officers are being buildings, it would have to com copy of added this year, along with pensate the owners, which would The lih",rV'~ coll'ecti(mi $4 million in cameras, paid be too expensive. "[Ro~sian] pe0- the founrliIlgj for primarily with Home ple don't realize it's because of lic Library land Security grants. property issues," she said. home.land than when she first Fine A total of 700 cameras Gorlova and her husband arrivec\ in America in 1976. will be up and running by were among the fir t Soviet Having worked as a pedicurist, the end of the year. The refugees to arrive in Boston a cleaning lady and as a seam new sW"Veillance devices more than 30 years ago, oblig stress before finally finding a will be trained right on ed to flee their homeland by the job as a civil engineer, Gorlova "From About turnstiles. KGB due to their friendship already authored the first Russ Boston" is ~*,ilable for lsa.le at 'We've solved several with Alexander Solzbenitsyn, a ian-language book about Cape the Petropdl lRussian bopkstore crimes with those cam writer who made the world Cod, which was published six eras," Pesaturo said. aware of the Sovi I forced years ago, and is currently labor camps. working on a volume about Joe Dwinell of the Now in her late 60s, Gorlova, Brookline. PHOTO BY BORIS MASlS Boston Herald contributed who wears thick reading glass Her 420-page' book about Russian native Ella Gortova authored t he flrst Russlan-language to this report. es and is recovering from dou BOSIOII, which was published history of Boston. GOrlova came to the United States 30 years ago as ble hip replacement surgery, is last September in St. Petersburg, store .w~:as~e:~~~·ing a refugee and made her living flrst as a pedlcurtst and a cleaning ledy no less in love with her new Russia, goes beyond translating moree, and then as a civil engineer, Including for t he Big olg.

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Volunteers needed COmI)USA clos opportunity for Earth Day Charles River cleanup COMPUSA, from P8le 1 tenant to the location, one that will not only continue to infusion: major expense reduction and an internal cor improve the Market Street corridor, but offer more · The Charles River Water shopping alternatives for local resid ' nts. ,: shed Association, the porate restructuring. solme~hing. " "Based on changing conditions in the consumer retail 'There used to be an A&P at that location," said •. Esplanade Association, Rosie Hanlon, executive director of Brighton Main "Charles River Stream Team, electronics market, the company identilled the need to Rosie Hanlon, Bjighu)n close and sell storeS with low perfonnance or non Streets. "It catered to people who walked. We need to ~ ..char l es River Conservancy, strategic, old layouts, and locations faced with market bring something like that back. It would be great to get ~, MassPIRG, state Sen. Steven saturation," said Roman Ross, CompU':;A's CEO, in a a Trader Joe's or something. It's a prime space with ."Tolman's office and the city of press release. 'The company will ... fOC1lS on initiatives continuestore. Nunez to be said hl,n:~O~red:~~~~,~~ that (~~1~~1I parking." ~..l'Wewton are seeking volunteers that enhance its top performing locations." PUSA for more . The store is holding a major liquidation sale in its last A or the largest river cleanup of Besides the Brighton store, all but one Massachusetts The closure of the does not neces- few days, with regular merchandise discounted by 10- • the year along the Charles store will being shuttered. including the :Braintree, Dan sariJy mean that A-B will for choices 40 percent, and computers at 5 percent off. Markdowns " River on Saturday, April 21 , vers, Framingham, North Attleboro and Woburn loca when shopping for supplies. Several nearby will increase as the closing date nears. All the fixtures, from 9 a.m.-noon. tions. Only Holyok will remain ope[l. After the re retail outlets such at the Watertown Mall such as shelves and display cases, 'Ire also for sale. Volunteers will join more and Stllples on Road According to a manager at the store, there is no exact '- alignment is complell!. 103 stQreS will remain in the _ than 1 , 5~ volunteers from United States and Pueno Rico. selection or and ~ripherals. closing date. He said the store will likely shut down commurut:J.es, Ufllversltles, According to Jessica Nunez, a company spokesman, Though some are sad see the others see once all the merchanrlise is gone ond all the fixtures civic groups and businesses. all warranties and technical support agreements will the closure as an OP~)()I11wjity to bring type of sold, which may not be for a few m re weeks. M:}/olunteers make a big differ -"ence in the health and beauty of the river by picking up trash -.at.numerous sites along the 80- i~i1i.ile river from Milford to ,n-Boston. Cleanup supplies, T Send U~i your school eve~~ our education Usting ~~ sliirts, refreshments and in ,..stI:tictions will be provided 781-433-8202 .. ,with information on locations, '.Iimes and how volunteers may help. ADVERTlSEMEHT • -. To establish a site in a partic AOVERTISEMEHT "'~: ular area or for more informa H AVE A TRUST ••• ;., tron, call 781-788-0007, ext. 'Y',.;.·r.o ..... T ..... ~,--- FREE WORKSHOP!!! ;;<:3"03, or visit www.charlesriv- er.orglcleanup.htrnJ. ~ , MOST POWERS OF ATfORNEY I DON'T MAKE IT new laws that directly affect your estate ARE OUfDATED WHEN GRANDCBll..DREN! planning documents, and how to take ;~y.o lunteers needed PRESENTED (MANY ARE Nor If you can protect your estate during steps to correct these problems. All those o" l ~ the Boston the life your children, then it will be in attendanoe will receive a 19-point checklist for a "self onalysis" of their Public Schools Your Power of Attorney is used to a;:~~~.~ 1 for your grandchildren. ~:::~,Boston Partners in Education someone to act on your behalf wben V it be nice if your estate, estate planning docum nts. As a bonus, if you bring this advertisement to the work :~ .i§.looking for volunteers to tutor are disabled. Unfortunately, these wh,ate',er I is left, could then transfer shop you will recei ve a EREE :.. ~ljp mentor Boston public ments keep becoming outdated. free to your grandchildren? REPORT on the new (February 2006) .. ,,~~\1oo 1 students for the remain comprehensive version we ore:viouslv I need to put the appropri- -. der of the 2006-2007 school used was revised in 3 major areas in the document. Medicaid Laws. You will discover how to protect your home and assets from .. ~ y'~~. 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Ihat group has IjDostly killed, but 1h1 aI extermijlation will be AFFORDABLE BRACES IIIosIon Colega Neighbors relativf y easy. FORP hopes to work 'Ih Ihe wes~End House NO MONEY DOWN lForum me taog April 12 Boys Girls Clu to eliminate Brighton residents are invited Ihe 0", remaining atch of poi to aoond a community meeting to son ivr in Ihe area, hich is now and discuss !he ~w $147. r:~nth'Interest analyze details of Climbipf Iheir SOUIh~alI. Like all Free the Boston College development invasiy' plants, po n ivy will Quality Care At AHordable Fee. plans. Tbe meeting will take place continu to be rein uced to Ihe • Free Consultation ~[bursday, April 12, 7 p.m., at park, .bostly via b Ihat eat Ihe • Discounts for Prepaym_t Brighton Marine Healih Center, • Insurance Accepted berri~ or else here. Lubin • Invisible Braces Available n Warren St., Brighton. and 6 o!hers hav spent more The Boston College Neighbors Ihan Ill. hours on .s project to Call now for your free exam! joining BCYF's executive director, Robert Lewis Jr" Is Girl 'with Electronic Funds Transfer Fcrum is an unaffiliated, indepen date. Ambassador Vlanna Correira, fourth from left, who repreMnts I hl' Ortlwdonti(,: S )l'(.'iali ... ts at GENTLI'. DENTAL dent grassroots discussion group. To unteer or Jfor more infor- the Jeckson-Mann Community Center In Allston, S. ATTUBllAOAfl UNGTOII BELMONT IOSTOH BOSTON BRIGIfTON BIWNTRH IIIXIII.a ..m. The goal of !he meeting is to build mation n poison ivr, eradication, m~781-643-00IO 617~1!m 6\~~ 6f7H~ 611-56Hl00781-356-XlJO '11-232-1515 111-2'21-41112 •. consensus in !he community on Boston Centers for Youlh & Families, the city of Boston's _ CIIlISf()Ittl JMtAtCA PUt. IIlUIJt 1I1tIl!. IInCl P!A8ODJ ...., - visit '¥}VW.ringe~k.org or e largest youlh and human service agency, officially launched two 611-354-3:D) 978-25&-7581 61H2 4~ 7&1-324-3200 ~ ~2!m 918-532·2i'tl1 tu... n·m m-at13 ilSues of common concern, and to mail 1Jbin at don.! bin@ringer WIIIIILD WAlTHAM W. RDX!URY WD RCESru www,gentl. denlal-com eventualJy prepare formal com new programs for girls recently: Ihe Girls Leadership Coips ancI"',11l1 181·22+OO'l! 781·899-3700 617·325-3700 501H91.HXX12 Or.-.-ler.st.nn 'AdIMI ...... , ..--r park.o munity feedback to BC and Ihe Ihe Girls Ambassadors. city of Boston. The Girls Leadership Corps pays a stipend to 22 female teens Frien s of Rin~er to work at 11 community centers developing girl-specific UlV-·..• l'" The April 12 meeting will focus l (In BC plans as Ihey pertain to stu Park osts an,ual grams. The Girls Ambassador program galhers one girl selected ' , cent housing (in particular, Ihe from each community center monthly to meet wilh BCYF's ex-,up com unity meeting ecutive director to discuss Iheir issues and concerns and create·id 2 ~roposed oonstruction of under Tbe ublic is in .ted to join ways for BCYF programming to address them. graduate dormitories on Ihe for neighbo at Frie of Ringer Dler archdiocese property and Park's 'jilllual co unity meet- Shea Field), as well as !he propos ing W y, A ' 4, 7-8:30 During Ihe 15-minute hunt, al to demolish Ihree houses at Allston-Brigtlton p.m., e Jackson Com neighborhood children and their 188-196 Foster St in order to at HerRage Museum Center, 5~ Cambridge farniJies will search for more buiW seminarian housing. mtm!tn The newly established St., on. PORP celebrate than 16,000 trinket-filled eggs. Public participation is strongly AUf t Brighton-Allston Heritage Muse,o, Follow Your many r hievements in Ihe past Stuffed animals will be raffled, enoouraged, and all residents will year inc uding park leanup, bulb and light refreshments will be um, situated at Ihe lower level ofu~ be afforded an opportunity to plantin~ and participation in Ihe served. The annual Gerry Mc Ihe Veronica Smilh Senior Cen-t Heart... ~peak as time permits. The meet Carthy Memorial Easter Egg ter" 20 Chestnut Hill Ave. Ii ing will be facilitated by Foster master anrung p~s. PO 's upcomirtg plans in Hunt is free to area residents, Brighton Center, is open duriIig.q Street resident Michael Pabre. A and is made possible Ihrough the Ihe following hours: • that~s what suppo of its miSjon are: in nbsequent meeting will be crease nt usag ; encourage generosity of area businesses, in Thesdays, Wednesdp.ys, Thurs.'I, &,heduled in !he second half of stitutions, individuals and orga days and Fridays from noon4 '. we do A(IiI to discuss oIhers aspect of and in~diversity of activity; promo a safe and cooperative nizations. p.m. .J .. t.. BC plans, in particular, sports fa enviro ent; create an environ Children will be able to meet The second and fourlh Sallllid; c:ilities. mentall and limcti nally enjoy Ihe Easter Bunny. In addition, day of each monlh from noon.4 J. For more infonnation, call Eva able ~ .enee; pberve and Ihe Boston Fire Department will p.m, I' Webster at 617-232-0995 or visit protect l\istoric fearuj-es; and fos have an aerial ladder engine Current exhibits include t~~~?~NU~?~ tlte GoogleGroup at hnp:/groups. demonstration and tour. Arm Brighton-Allston Transfonned & ,(, ter nei h'borhood stewardship. 170 Corey Road Brighton, MA google.comigroupBC Neighbors For tpore info ation, visit strong Ambulance will be giving Bull Market. ,~~J~' Forum. www.r\.'1&erparlc.org or e-mail tours of one of its emergency Guides are available, if des~ L medical vehicles. to show visitors Ihrough Ihe coJ;.:j , infO@i,gerpark.org Physical and Occupational Therapy Etrighton community The annual egg hunt is narned lection. Group tours are wel-:~ in memory of Ihe late Gerry Mc come. W-Ir' • Congestive heart failure Carlhy, an Allston-Brighton resi Admission is free. , 1'( tour of Ihe Cen- • Heart attack 1!'~~~~~ t::mg V~~' O~SA~~! !~~:t dent, who dedicated his spare If you have questions, call Ihel' Boston College property formerly ter is' nonprofit placement mus um at 617-635-1436 during • Recovery after heart surgery time to organizing sports and owned by !he Archdiocese of agenc; /hat helps I aI business olher activities for Ihe area hours of operation. '1.1' Boston will be conducted Satur- and employers to q,nnect wilh Anyone interested in becoming" • 24-hour nursing care youlh. McCarthy organized the day, April 7, at 1 p.m. jobseekers Ihrough its organiza- first egg hunt during Ihe 1960s. a museum guide should contaCt • Planning for home care or long-term care Tbe focus of !he tour will be to tion. I For more infonnation or to be Louise Bonar, coordinator of vo],. " v:tew !he locations of several de- VA has been erving Ihe • A home-like environment come a co-sponsor, call Melanie unteers, at617-254-1729. IJ v"lopments (new buildings and Brigh~, commuill,j y for 50 Franco at 617-779-6098. , 't • Spacious rooms and common areas athletic stadiums) proposed by years. I works wiili employers Fun for Sale at '(' • Dining room with menu options Boston College as part of its mas- to asse the needs df Iheir busi MAPS offers help 1'1,f1 tef planning process. The tour will ness match Ihen! wilh quali Brigtlton High t: rn lughlight !he topography and his- fied, re able candidates. Since with fuel assistance Leaders of Tomorrow Ined ! tclrical background of Ihe site. VAC is commUDl~service or applications hosts Ihe fourlh annual Fun for For a free brochure and Participants will be led by several ganizati n, there no fees in Sale at Brighton High School on:, The Massachusetts Alliance of personal tour, call lmgtirne residents of Brighton in . volved 'Ih its serv s for em Friday, April 6, 9:30 a.m.-12:300-1t conjunction wilh representatives ploye Portuguese Speakers provides p.m. This carnival-like event i.:&,,' free help wilh fuel assistance ap and planners from Boston Col- For re infonnapon, e-mail partnership project between !he plications for Portuguese speak lege who will be available as a re- Amy ell, executive director, Brighton High School and Jack 617-731-0515 III ers by appointment at Ihe non source to answer questions. at .Bell@advaPcewilhvac. son Mann School students in- (' AnI· profit agency's offices in Welch Healthcare & Retirement Group has been providing Tour participants are asked to org or 617-782-9400. volved in Ihe Leaders of Tomor- Allston. This program is avail rehabilitation. healtheare & senior housing services meet at I p.m. in Ihe parking leit row program. .y I able until April 30 for low-in for more than 55 years. Various groups have been de !lJ~ end of !he park and scattered other and pre~' ng farnilies for a dis, This is a Boston Shines Collabo j locations. It was escaping !he park aster. I rative Project. Volunteers can Little League boundaries, endangering people The minar is fr and open work any time Ihey choose from walking along Allston Street or in to Ihe ~ blic. Handicapped and 9 a.m .- I p.m. For more informa registrations the parking lot soulh of the park. MBTA essible. tion, call Joan Pasquale, director, Allston-Brighton Little Leagulfl Residents stepped in it, and dogs For ore info ation, call at 617-254-0632 or e-mail registrations are now being ac ran Ihrough it, getting Ihe alIer- Joan P uale at 617254-0632. [email protected]. cepted. Walk-in sign-ups are gt:nic oil on Iheir fur before run- I Volunteers are also needed for planned for Saturdays, March ning home to play wilh owners Carita St. Elizabeth's Ihe Allston Village Street Fair 31 and April 14, from 10 a.m. ruKl children. ~ Bicentennial event Sunday, until 2 p.m. at bolh Ihe BC N.eigh In Ihe summer of 2004, FORP Medic I Cente hosts Sept. 23, to assist musicians, borhood Center at 425 Washing volunteers pulled much of Ihe East~ Egg Hu monitor Ihe moonwalk, make ton St. in Brighton Center, and at ~ poison ivy out by Ihe roots, and Cari;J St. E\izat>blh's Med cotton candy, and give away T Ihe Honan Branch of the Boston " Cllt many of Ihe vines climbing ical Cen,l."r will hostte 241h an shirts and balloons. Meals are Public Library at 300 Norlh Har " rock surfaces and trees. Some i 'aI provided. Choose a shift or stay vard St. in Ailston. C high d u1d nual Gerrv McCarth Memon vines ran 40 leet an co Easter E€g Hunt 0 Saturday, all day. Volunteers are needed Additional information or on b<: cut only with a saw. At !he end April 7,lrain, snow r shine, at from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. line registration is available at of the summer, about 60 percent Ihe Arch .ocese Chapcery, 2121 Entertainers are needed for Ihe www.abll.net or by calling 888- 608-0824. RE A DERS, DON'T M ISS PROGRE S S , of the park was free of any visible Comm4 weallh Ave" Brighton. Allston Village Street Fair Bicen si,gn of !he plant. It leafed out The c ange in l"'iation from tennial, from noon to 6 p.m., fol Al l children age 4 lhrough'16 OUR A NNUAL SPECIAL SECT I ON again in May 2005. Lubin pa- previous years is dU to Ihe ex lowing the Brian J. Horan Memo are welcome to play. There are FOCUS I NG ON B USINESS AND I NDUSTRY trolled !he northern areas for pected b nstruction f an access rial Race and Ihe AIIston T-ball teams for boys and girls IN YO U R COMMUNITY, FROM ACROSS residual growih from roots and road reql . ed to bUi~1 Ihe Med- Brighton Parade. Stage and street age 4-6, softball teams for girls wKlerground runners Ihat were . aI ce ' sed entertainers are welcome. Artists age 7- 16, and baseball teams for T H E REGION TO YOUR OWN BACK YARD . missed, eradicated a few o!her IC ter s pro I new boys and girls age 7-16. Sign up emerger y depar!1fent. The will lend their talents to this com confined colonies and helped to Easter E g Hunt is open to chil- munity event and limd raise for now. • make a serious dent in Ihe areas ~ A .aI Franciscans Hospital for Special Residents interested in volun of pro6use growih. The Boston dren 6 d younge r Specl teering as a coach, assistant Toddlers Egg Hunt ill also be Needs Children. _ COMMUNITY Parks Department did significant offered for childr n 2 and For more Infonnation, call coach or a board member, etc., 1111 INEWS PAPER can call league president Neil 11 COMPANY s~

COMMUNITY NOlB, from page 6 May 22, 6-9 p.m. Lo<;Jtion TBD. Meeting 5 - PIlCUS Group aass 011970 reunion Working Session 3, Thesday, The Brighton High School June 5, 6-8 p.m., III Jackson Class of 1970, is having a reunion Mann Community Center. Aug. 18 at Lombardo's in Ran Meeting 6 - BRA/city sum dolph. For more information, mary, planning study findings please contact Harry Cosman at and draft report, thi. summer, 508-588-7219 or visit www. date to be determined. at Jackson brightonbighschoolalwnni.org. Mann Community Center. I For more information, call the Concert of Russian Boston Redevelopment Authori ty, Carlos J. Montanez, senior and Soviet piano music planner, at 617-918-4442, fax !Pianist and Brighton resident 617-367-6087 or e-mail . car Michael Pahre will perform los. montanez.B RA@cityof ''Russian and Soviet Piano Minia boston.gov, or Mary Knasas, se tures: 1910-1929" on Saturday, nior planner, at 617-918-4489, March 31, at 3 p.m. at the Honan fax 617-367-6087 or e-mail Allston Branch, Boston Public Li mary.knasas.BRA@cityof brary, 300 North Harvard St., AlI boston.gov. stbn. The program will include compositions by Stanchinsky, A1exandrov, Roslavets, Mosolov, Alston de signers exhibit Feinberg, 1Yulin and Deshevov. in Irish Garden Festival Por more information, call Cavanaugh Stewart Design As Michael Pahre at 617-787-8228 sociates, an Allston-based laod o~ e-mail [email protected]. scape design and plannmg firm, is among 15 international design Qenzyme Corporation firms chosen to participate in the Biotechnology first International Garden Festival to take place this summer in Emo Scholarship Court in County Laois, lrelaod. lThe application deadline for Modeled on similar world" the- Genzyme Corporation renowned garden exhibitions in Biotechnology scholarship is Chaumont-sur-Loire, Prance, aod in Metis, Canada, the Internation PMOTO BY w.RK THOMSON April!. Chi Istl Cayon, 20, gets IIlpped by fellow :~~':::~~rrller, 21, during a performance for Boston College's annual Dance To qualify: al Garden Festival was oonceived Ma rathon to benefit Franciscan Children'S Ho!jp/tal •. Students must have been a to showcase innovative ideas for resident of Allston or Brighton outdoor space within lbe setting for ' the past three years. The of an 18th;eentury noo-<:Iassical winnil1g design draws on the al> memories," said Jean Cavanaugh, "We're delighted and honored three-year residency requirement estate located approximately one stract panerns represented by the Stewart's partner in the firm. 'The to represent the United States in a will be counted as the three-year hour outside Dublin. The festival American patchwork quilt, rein Ininks suggest both the disloca festival that acknowledges both period ending June 2007. will run for 10 weeks, from July 4 terpre ted to express both the styl tion felt by many of the ethnic the contributions of our cultural • The student may be enrolled to Sept. 9, and is expected to at ized Inaturalism of local land groups who have immigrated to heritage and our own aesthetic vi at any public, private or parochial tract landscape designel'S aod gar scape., aod to symbolize the larger the United Stites over the last 300 sion for the modem landscape," secondary school; or if awarded den enthusiasts from all over the geoOll::tries of American laod set years, and the promise implied by said Stewart. ''We consider this a previous Genzyme scholarship, world. tlemellll placed a cycle of social migration, adop sort of competition to be an ideal the 'student may be already en As a response to the festival's CSDA's submission organized in a pro tion aod regeneration." forum in which to test design rolled at any college or universi inaugural theme of the Gaelic "an a wid!. variety of largely ''immi- vide to the The trunks overflow with loose, ideas that pose as many questions ty. Duchas" or "Roots," designers granf· plants from the Old aod of random arrangements of nonna as they attempt to answer. It's an .• The student must be accepted were asked "to explore aod draw New worlds into stmng pattems tive species, and act as the actual approach that defines our every or enrolled into an accredited inspiration from the richness of of form, texture aod color. The way in and symbolic conveyor of the day landscape practice, and it's college or university, and must their individual cultural back motif ~; punctuated with plants in imrnit;I1IIl1S con"ti

BRA hosting workshops aendl3r or race, no matter how healthy you feel, if you're .The Boston Redevelopment .,~" , t," colorectal cancer. Family history, diet, obesity, alcohol Authority is hosting a series of arrlorlO the other factors that can affect your chances of co,mmunity workshops and meetings for the Allston isei3~e that claims tens of thousands of lives every year. But Brighton Neighborhood Plan' it can be prevented or caught in its early stages when ning Initiative. The initiative is a MASSACHUSETTS to be effective. planning effort that will address GENERAL HOSJPITAL various planning issues south of With OOI~lOrS committed to the best patient outcomes, and a full range the Turnpike. It will not duplicate efforts related to other institu DIGESTIVE of ~ArVI""~ onj roof, Massachusetts General Hospital's multidisciplinary tional master plans currently HEALTHCARJI CENTER place tO be screened and, if necessary, receive treatment. under review. I The initiative will result in a appointment for your colon cancer screening today. report prioritizing short-term and sUI·ori,ses for your birthdays. long-term recommendations and serve as a guide for the city of Boston. Meeting dates, times and massgeneral.org/getscreened locations are: Meeting 3 - Workshop· 2: ttansportation issues, Thesday, April 24, 6-9 p.m., at Jackson Mann Community Center, 500 Cambridge St.,AlIston. Registra tion begins at 5: 15 p.m. Meeting 4 - Pocus Group W,orking Session 2, Thesday,

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Man attacks taxi were made at the time. On Friday, March 23, offi 1 cers on patrol noticed a man F"1ght outside party house arguing with a cab driver in the On Sunday, March 25, , middle of the street near the inter 1 0 officers were called to section of Commonwealth and 610 Cambridge St. in Allston to Harvard avenues. The suspect investigate a report of a fight. A who, officers said, appeared to be neighbor had complained that a highly intoxicated, was complain large number of kids were drink ing that the driver did not give him ing, playing loud music and his receipt and change. When offi fighting in the streets. On arrival, cers told him he had dropped the officers found a large group of receipt and gave it back to him, he people leaving the front yard, and reportedly became agitated and found empty beer cups and cans began waving a digital camera in strewn throughout the house. officers' faces and flailing his Some residents of the house arms on the taxi's hood. Officers claimed that unwanted guests had asked him to leave, but he refused started a fight and were forcibly and instead jumped onto the hood removed from the premises earli of the cab, then went to the dri- er. No arrests were made, but the : ver's side window and began residents were warned ahout punching the glass, reports state. underage drinking and advised : lnyang Udom, 29, of 1755 that if police had to return, arrests Commonwealth Ave., Allston, would be made. was arrested and charged with being a disorderly person and des1l1lction of personal property. Shooting threats made On Sunday, March 25, Cab driver assaulted 11 officers were called to • 52 Pratt St in Allston for a report On Thursday, March 22, of threats made. On arrival, they 2 officers were called to a cab learned that a suspect known to stand at 1219 Commonwealth the victims had begun threatening ~ Ave. for a report of an assault in everyone in the apartment with : progress. When they arrived, they bodily harm. The suspect, who learned that the victim, a cab dri was allegedly intoxicated, was ver, received a call for service and overheard calling someone

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EDITORIAL Come see a show! • Thumbs up • Opportunity. Sure, computer fanatics may be Sl!d to see Market Street's CompUSA shut its doors, but it's not as if they'll h.ave nowhere to shop. Best Buy ~• and the Watertown Mall and nearlJy Slap! are still around, and CompUSA's departure opens up the pos ibility of a new retailer coming in that will add vibrancy to tbe area. Rosie Hanlon of Brighton Main Streets suggested to the TAB that a Trader Joe's might be a good business to have. We agree that that would be an exciting change, but we also look forward to finding out what the other possibilities are .

• Sl Anthony's Minstrel show. Two years after the closure of the school that used to host the performance, SI, Anthony's minstrel show is going strong. According to minstrel show c0- director Tony Antonelli, it's, in fact, stronger than ever, be cause it's fueled entirely by the passion and interest of its par ticipants. And this year's show promises to be a fon one, . comprising a variety of acts, including one feanniflg ''front line girls" age 70 to 90 and a song by Father Glen of SI. An thony's in the first half of the show. So don't forget to make time this weekend to go see the show.

Thumbs down • Gov. Deval Patrick: The governor's bi est target in his proposed budget for cuts comes in human ser vices. One of the cruelest of these cuts is S16 million McDennott ~ cut to a fund that boosts the salaries of hUJllan service workers. These are the people who in most cases don't even earn $30,000 a year. Most years, these workers get less of a ve an opponent raise than their own clients living on Social Security. The pay t seems that I'm the subject of quite N1(:Dernll~tt in 2005, even after Mc- discussed? Sure, Jerry McDermott made him for many of these positions is so poor that agencie have a flattering rumor in the annoyed a lot of people in AII self look pretty Silly on that one issue, but at tremendous amount of difficultylfilling positions with quali I 1here are who are . st0I1-B,righ,ton by trying to knock Creighton that very same meeting, McDermott got most I .mtend to off the - sympathy votes can take a fied workers. of him coDeagu . to sign on to a hearing order City Council seat currently held Jerry candidate ooly so far. The colorful hippie left about an environmentally dubious baseball 'These are some of the lowest-paid people doing some of Dennott I suppose it's a condition of having ist candidate Dan "the Bagelman" Kontoff's field that Boston CoDege is considering build the toughest jobs with our most vulnerable popuJ tions," said percentage of the vote never gets out of the ing on the land it has recently acquired from Michael Weekes, president of the Massachusetts Council of POLmCAL low single digits because he just doesn't do the Archdiocese of Boston. his hom9\vork about the neighhorhood. Human Service Providers. ''It's unfair to people making $12 Despite his occasional missteps, Jerry Mc CnMMENTARY So whpm else does the "Great Mentioner" Dermott is an articulate and polished politi and $13 an hour." mention as a possible opponent for Jerry Mc MARK D. 'TRAorrENBERG cian who gives the neighborhood what it most Interestingly enough, Patrickfs budget doesn't appear to DermO~' s year? Tun Schofield, who came wants in a city counciIor: a knowledgeable deny any of the very highly paid executives of these human ------...----rl within votes of winning the primary in the watchdog over the steady stream of real estate nm for office once that many people who special e ection for state representative in All deals whicb threaten to engulf it, as weD as a service providers their raises. The people running these com low 1he political process closely assume ston-Brighton in 2005, is widely believed to responsive constituent service operation. In panies are paid from a different portion of the state budget you'D try again. So I might as weD use _ he intererted in running for office again, but cwnhency always carries considerable ad Patrick appears to just be taking out his assault on human ser space to let the whole .neighborhood he CWTeftly is very busy organizing the AlI- vantages - "You're heing paid to cam dl8l I have absolutely no intention of runoolg paign," observed one official who's familiar vices on the low-level workers, many of whom are asked to against Jerry McDermott this year - I with the process. UMass-Boston political sci put in excessively long hours doing very difficult work. what's more, it's very possible that noboily Fjrst of all, running for ence professor Gary Dotterman, who's no fan Patrick says we should give him time. He will have to do a wilL office is a very expensive of Jerry McDennott, helieves that any suc lot better than he has done during these first months in office to FIrst of all, running for office is a very cessful challenger would need to register pensive undertaking, and not just if you und~rtaking, and not just if many new voters in order to beat him .• earn our trust and support. We hope he does turn out to be the ~) he President of 1he United States. you want to be President of Former City Councilor Tom Keane, when guy we were happy to see elected last November. But right competitive, a candidate for a district he was running for re-election unopposed, now we hope that the members of the legislatore will be wise Council seat in Boston needs to raise - the United States. called his situation "every candidate's dream enough to ignore Patrick's budget. spend - at least $25,000 to $50,000 and every voter's nightmare." Surely it's b , course of a campaign. Printing lawn healthy for voters to have a debate and a and brocbures is quite costly, and there's ston-Bri ton bicenteunial celebration, which choice; surely it's unhealthy for them to have ~"tting around it includes events that are planned through No neither. (When Martha Coakley was running ••_,.1111 What this inevitably means is that 1here vember. Nobody will know for sure, of unopposed for the Democratic nomination for a lot of people who take an active interest course, til after the May 22 deadline turn attorney geneml last year, what one disgrun We WIIIt aD bear hm"oa. s...s.. h:al politics who simply don't have ",' :ce,;,s 10 ing in si alUres on nomination papers at City tled voter wrot ahout ber on the ballot could columns Guld ':!\:'Ii_'" Vile money that's needed to run an eff.:eti,'>1: Hall, bu it's hard to think of a potential chal not he printed in a family newspaper.) But a a daytime phone is ...... __ campaign, and 1hey know il There are lenger ~ho could really make Jerry McDer serious run against any incumhent requires ific:aIion. L*r /englbsbould ...we' who might he able to raise the cash 1hey mott W~k hard to keep his seat. much more than an abstract commitment to 3OO\WIds. but they get scared off by the prospect Ah, me may ask, dido't McDermott real voter choice. It requires lots of money, as BymaiJ: TheTABCoommityNIW ..... u.. !;oing into debt or asking a lot of people ly mak a fool of himself by trying to take mucb as most of us dislike that notion. It re Iiln to 1he Editor, P.O. Box 9112, Nee&am, MA 02491 Byill: rooney. In addition, merely finding sono""!,*, down ~ Citgo sign in Kenmore Square to quires issues on which the prospective chal (781)433-8202. By e-mai1: ~c:om. qualified to volunteer to act as campaign get b at Venezuelan President Hugo lenger helieves the incwnhent may he beaten. surer can he a difficult task in itself. Chavez or criticizing George W. Bush? Was It requires enormous amounts of personal Also consider 1he recent track record n't fell

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~!( ~'J Legislature backs go 's bond bill ·n I,. By Bob Katzen practice in this bood bill. Amendment in 1999, from the state human sexuality issues or alternative measure changing the state's Public Em" -ft opponents said that paying dJese salaries borrowing to pay its sexual behavior to offer the programs ployee Appreciation Day in order to lLTIIE HOUSE AND SENAIB. Bea out of the tate's general fund would add by the Legislature in 19S19lqreated on a non-mandatory elective basis in have it coincide with the national obser don Hill Roll Call records local represen millions of dollars to a state budget ward funding" of the T by F~:,:~n~~ 1 which parents may choose to enroll vance of Public Service Recognition fiitives and senators' votes on four roll deficit tho' is already approaching $1 bil fund its operation Ii their children through written notifica- Week. The proposal changes the state's ciills from the week of March 19-23. lion. They argued that it is an accepted fi on T communities but tion. Alternative sexual behavior is de- observance from the first Wednesday in .,,' nancial jjf[lctice to associate all expenses funding to one-fifth of fined to include "homosexuality, bisex- June to the first Wednesday after the first GUY'S $1.47 BILLION BOR of a project with the life of the project. percent sales tax receipts. uality, lesbianism, transsexuality, Monday in May. ROWING BILL (II 2915) Some noted that they agree dIat the prac plementation of forward transgenderism, cross-dressing, .I'House 152-0 and 147-0, Senate 35-0, tice is fiscally unsound but noted that it operated at a deficit by promiscuity, sodomy, prostitution, oral HOW LONG WAS LAST approved and sent to Gov. Deval Patrick should be addres&ed as a separate issue er it cost to run the system sex, masturbation, polygamy, sex re-as- WEEK'S SESSION? iI bond bill allowing the state to borrow and not as part of the bond bill. (A "Yes" reimbur&ed by the state signrnent treatments, bondage and dis- Beacon Hill Roll Call tracks the $1.47 billion to fund various projects vote is for requiring the Patrick adminis munities. Amendment cipline, sado-masochism, bestiality, and length of time that the House and Senate gcross the state. Provisions include $809 tration to prepare a report on pbasing out that there is $100 million similar behaviors." Other provisions re- were in session each week. Many legis nilllion for improvements to state high the practice of the state using borrowed to pay for some of the quire schools to implement a written lators say that legislative sessions are Ways and bridges; $60 million for road money to pay employees. A "No" vote is new T projects. They policy ensuring that parents are notified only one aspect of the Legislature's job and bridge projects in local cities and against the amendment). funding is an end of the programs and their content; pro- and that a lot of important work is done \owns; $ 12 million for state police cruis Rep. Ie MIl Honan No funding law and increases hibit public school teachers or adminis- outside of the House and Senate cham ers and $250 million for a new state-of Rep. MIcbaeI Moran No on Tprojects.Amendment I trators from being required to partici- bers. They note that their jobs also in llie:art psychiatric hospital. Supporters Sen_ JaJTett Barrios N'o fered no arguments. (A vote is for pate in any school programs that violate volve committee work, research, con srud that the measure would fund impor SelL Steven ThIman No the amendment requiring MBTA to their religious beliefs and prohibit stituent work and other matters that are i'ant, crucial projects that meet specific prepare and file with a re- schools unless they receive parental ap- important to their districts. Critics say rnteria including ones that would secure REQUIRE REPORf ION PRO port on a strategy for out the proval, from requiring students to sub- that the Legislature does not meet regu aliditional federal funds and other that JECfS FINANCED FOR JO YEARS practice of the T being mit to a survey, analysis, or evaluation larly or long enough to debate and vote fddiess chtical repairs and safety con (112915) funding. A "No" vote is that reveals information concerning ten in public view on the thousands of cerns. They noted that the proposal is fis House J9-133, rejected a Republican the report). specific areas including political affilia- pieces oflegislation that have been filed. cally responsible and is not loaded with sponsored bood bill amendment to the Sen. Jarrett Barrios tions, mental and psychological prob- They note that the infrequency and brief SU-called local pork projects favored by section of the measure that increases SelL Steven Tolman lems potentially embarrassing to the length of sessions are misguided and fndividual representatives for their dis from 20 to 30 yean; the len.gth of time student or his family, sexual behavior lead to irresponsible late night sessions tricts. Gov. Patrick originally proposed over which projects could be financed. ELECT NEW and attitudes, birth control, abortion and and a mad rush to act on dozens of bills the bill and said that it would save the The amendment requires the Patrick ad DENT family income. in the days immediately preceding the s~te money by preventing costly con ministration to file a report w.ith the Leg Senate 34-5, elected end of an annual session. struction delays. In a written statement islature on any projects that would be fi Murray, D-Plymouth, to SMOKING IN MOVIES AND ON he went on to say, 'These initiatives will nanced over a 30-year period and to Senate President Robert Tnj.'.(ag:lini TV SHOWS (S 2123) - Private citizen During the week of March 19-23, the spur economic growth, create jobs, en include the additional intere~ paid and resigned his Senate seat tol,o,OI·\r Michael Frishman of Andover filed a bill House met for a total of eight hours and hance our state's infrastructure and im the critetia that led to the 30-year financ private sector. The vote imposing a $10,000 tax on any movie, 47 minutes while the Senate met for a prove government services." (A "Yes" ing. Amendment supporter" said that along party lines. All TV program or live performance that total of 5 hours and 35 minutes. vote is for the $1.47 billion borrowing paying for a project over 30 years costs voted for Murray who former shows any of the five leading actors bill). the state a lot more than doing it over 20 chair of the Senate Ways Means using tobacco products. Monday, March 19 Rep. KeMII Honan YeslYes years. They argued that the Legislature Committee. The chamber's Repub- House, II :01 a.m. to 11:09 a.m. " ;Rep. Michael Moran YeslYes and the public are entitled to know the licans voted for current Republi- SPONSOR A STATE BRIDGE (II Senate, II :03 a.m. to 11 :09 a.m. l() Sen. Jarrett Barrios Did Not Vote reasons and the cost of any project fi can Minority Leader Ric;h",'ij Tisei, D- 3644) - Rep. David Sullivan, D-Fall Thesday, March 20 .( Sen. Steven Tolman Yes nanced over 30 yean;. Amendment op Wakefield. Murray the first River, filed a measure that would require -rr ponents said that the ameodment is not woman to lead either in the the state to offer businesses and individu House II :03 a.m. to 11 :09 a.m. Senatel :01 p.m. to 2:34 p.m. ,'iPROIDBIT THE USE OF BOR necessary because anyone can already Massachusetts Legislature. als the opportunity to sponsor bridges ROWED MONEY TO PAY EM request a list of the project; from the Sen. Jarrett Barrios Murray across the state. The sponsor's name Wednesday, March 21 PLOYEFS (II 2915) Patrick administration. (A "Yes" vote is SelL Steven Tolman Murray would be on a sign erected on the bridge. -' House 19-134, Senate 5-31, rejected a for the amendment requiring tlle Patrick The state would determine the cost of the House 11 :01 a.m. to 4:53 p.m. Republican-sponsored bond bill amend administration to file a report I)n any pro sponsorship and the proceeds would be No Senate session ment requiring the Patrick administra jects that would be financed over a 30- deposited into public transportation tion to prepare and file with the Legisla year perind. A "No" vote is against re ALSO UP ON BEA'CON HILL funds .. Thursday, March 22 ture a report on a strategy for phasing out quiring the report). House 2 p.m. to 4:41 p.m. the practice that allows the state to use Rep. Kevin Honan No SEAT BELTS ON DEFIBRILLATORS ON COM Senate 1:02 p.m. to 4:58 p.m. borrowed money to pay employees. Rep. MJchaeI Moran No BUSE') (S 1340) - Private RAIL TRAINS (S 2041) - Amendment supporters said that this fis tie Grant of Townsend fil ..~ Ile:gis lati(lD Brown, R-Wrentham, filed Friday, March 23 ically irresponsible practice is occasional LIMIT ON MBTA SPENDING (II requiring that students on requiring that the MBTA in No House session It)" used and costs the state more money 2915) wear seat belts. for use during medical No Senate session because the state pays interest on the Senate 5-31 , rejected a Republican aboard commuter rail money that it borrows to pay salaries. sponsored bond bill amendment requir OYTIONALSEXEDU~~TION Bob Katten welcomes feedback at They noted that Gov. Patrick's $26.7 bil ing the MBTA to prepare and file with Rep. Paul Loscocco, K-Jrt O'<\l~l. on, [email protected] 'lion fiscal 2008 budget includes a pro the Legislature a report on a strategy for drew his cOlltro,vel'Siai PUBLIC EMPLOYEFS APPRE p<;>sal to begin to eliminate this costly phasing out the practice of th, T receiv require schools that in- CIATION DAY (S 2007) - Sen. Copyright © 2007 Beacon Hill Roll practice yet the governor continues the ing additional funding, beyond a cap set vol ving human Richard Moore, D-Uxbridge, filed a Call. All Rights Reserved. Page 12 Allston-Brighton TAB 2007

A card for the holidays Allston teen asemifinalist at drama festival

COURTESY PHOTO Rachel Davidson, left, played Osric Dane In Edith Wharton's "Xlngu" at the Massachusetts High School Drama Festival. Rachel DavidSon, Allston participant, Davidson's resident and Newton Country terization of Osric Dane """ hlr, Day School of the Sacred considered a hallmark of Heart sophomore, starred in production. the 76th annual Massachusetts The tearn entered its produc;-, High School Drama Festival tion in the March 3 .~'"...... Preliminary Competition. round at Sharon High """00'1,,,,] Davidson, a member of the one of 14 festival venues, \ drama team, played the lead of against drama tearns from: . the dour and celebrated novel Bourne, West . ist Osric Dane in Edith Whar Sharon, Peabody ton's "Xingu," a short story the Memorial, Arlington CathoUc, , tearn adapted for the stage. A Milton and Stoneham high., second-year Drama Festival schools.

Chestnut Park at Cleveland Circle resident Bertha Klein received a Purim card from Shana Ane and Tamar Pol:ya/\[on girls and other members of their class were vlsltln, from the Torah Acndemy In Brookline. The children came to cards they mede for the residents of the community.

Kelman wins For more infOl111lllion, visit To be named to the dean's Ust, a puter Hartong, www,acblemba.org. full-time student must have a Bethany bridge tournament grade point average of 3.3 or high engineering; David Kebnan of Brighton re- Bentley College '" with 110 course grade below 2.0 Osa, soci- cently finished first at an Eastern during the term. To be narned to Massachusetts Bridge Association names local students lhe president's Ust, a full-time stu Chawla, tournament. He won the 29gers to dean's list dent must have a grade point aver engineer event at Wmter Sectional in Wa- Bentley College in Waltham ageof3.7 or higher with 110 course electrical tertown. , . named Ibe following local stu- grade below 3.0 during the term. Van EMBA s next tournament IS dents to the dean' Ust and presi year; Mary Erlca Nazzaro was honored by the Home for Utte Wanders March 30 to April 1 at the Armen- rdent's Ust for outstanding academ ILocal residents receive Abloodi, The Home for Little Wan- nizlltions, agencies and busi-. Lan Cultural Center, -47 NIchols ~ ic achievement in the fall 2006 technolo- derers recently honored nesses that have helped the Ave., Watertown. , Players will semester: ' 'lCademic honors Brighton resident Erica Naz- community center. One col- compete at all levels, from begin- Dean's Ust _ Li Ci lin of All- Northeastem University in zaro with an employee of the league said; "Erica truly exem' ~ ner to expert, ston, a junior majoring in finance; Boston anoounces that the foUow year award. Nazzaro, program pUfies the meaning of social The tournament begins Friday, Wmelte Yee of Boston, a sopho i fig local students have been coordinator at Boston's Hope, work." March 30, 7:30 p.m. Other ~- more majoring in mad

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COURTESY PHOTO lOCAlJO Tennis Hall of Famer Jim Courler, left, Was at Agganls Arena to officially announce the second Champions Cup Boston and give , Tenacity tennis students some tips on the finer points of tennis. : ' At the announcement, Courier played a spirited game of mini . tennis with Tenacity students from Brighton's Thomas A. Edison ' Middle School. Courler took time out of a match to give Crlstlan . Polanco, right, of Allston a few pointers on his forehand. Champions Cup Boston Is the second tour stop on the Outback , Champions Series coming to Agganls Arena May 2 to 6. The event will feature stars John McEnroe, Pete Sampras, Jim Courier and five other of the biggest names In tennis to be named at a later date. In order to be eligible to compete In the Outback Champions Series, players must be older the age of 30 and have either reached a Grand Slam singles final, been ranked In the top five In the world or played singles on a winning Davis Cupteam.

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The MFA's Weng Collection captures familyJs passion for art

he Museum of Fine Arts' and maintained the collection for new exhibit, 'The Weng six generations, preserving a Collection," is astonish piece of their homeland's history ing, and not just because and culture. it consists of rare paint It has survived dynasties, civil ings and caJligraphy that span 900 war and is considered one of the greatest privatE' collections of Chinese paintings works . ART Chinese art in tlle United States. calligraphy. Some lik~ ~e FRANClsMA The core of the collection occu handscroll by pamtfr pies four galleries at the MFA Wang Hui and the wn,t- years of Chinese art history. through Aug. l. ings of' Zheng- It's also impressive because The exhibit holds a total of 53 ming, have never displayeld one Chinese family has owned pieces, 30 of which are classical in public before. In a uni ue ~ \he show alsp contains some. oritjoal work by • the Weng family in the third gallery. The exhibit s more ~ just a display of artl t becom::J story about both th~ art and gel erations of a f: . thaI' sacri l ficed so much fi e art they held dear. The fo gallery has a video explaining e history of the collection and ps up the entire exhibit From top: Wang Jlan's "Summer Mountains after Dong Yuan." I "o-slroke calligraphy of the character 'hu,' tiger," by wang Tonghe. 1)'1 A, page 17 "The 1hree Herrits: Pkm, ~, MIl ~Ieeus" by Chen 1IcJrCIhou • .. " 't' .'

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Then, we the flavor even further, we added a few inch lengths it is quicker and simpler to prepare than tried making the fritters using raw as tablespoons grated Parmesan J teaspoon table salt partlBUS (in the hope! of skipping a cheese, which the 9ther 3 large eggs 112 cup dried breadcrumbs nEKIlCHEN step) but they did not cook through. We ingredients We also discov- then compared steamed asparagus to ered that you could half ~ cup 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley DEIECIIVE bianched asparagus alld both were ac ofitalian seasoned for the 3 tablespoons freshly grated Parmesan cheese ceptllble, so we went with blanching, breadcrumbs, salt, and parsley. Freshly graund black pepper to taste CHRISTOPHER J cup canola or vegetable oil wb! h allowed us to s(:a5on the aspara Our fritters were ready JI be KiMBALL guo with salt as it cooked. We placed formed and fried. the prepared aspara~;us into boiling I . Set a medium saucepan containing one quart of water over high heat • many other vegetables. Over the years, salted water and cooked until just ten Cooking to boil. When boiling, add the asparagus lind half a teaspoon of salt and , we have roasted, steamed and grilled der, which took about five minutes. We experimented several eth- cook until justtender, three to five minutes, depending on the thickness of I " " asparagus, as well as included it in With the asparagus SOJ1ed out, we start ods for forming the and settled the asparagus. Drain well and set aside. .t :' quiches, omelets and ,frittatas. Recent ed in on the batter. on one that is both and effidient. 2. Place the eggs in a medium bowl and Whisk until homogeneous. Add t ly, we stwnbled upon an Italian recipe We placed six of aspara- the remaining half teaspoon of salt, breadcrumbs, parsley, cheese and . , for asparagus fritters that we were The Batter gus into the batter them with pepper; stir to combine well. The batter should be the consistency of waf- I' crazy about. The spears were steamed, TIle base of the frilter batter in the a fork. Next, we fle or pancake batter. If necessary, thin it with cold water, adding one ta- ' tossed in a flavorful batter and fried recil'" we liked was made from bread scooped them blespoon at a time until the proper consistency is achieved. I into golden crispy fritters. They can be crumbs and eggs. At first we tried using into hot oil. 3. Heat the oil in a 10-12 inch heavy-duty straight-sided skillet over eaten hot, warm or even at room tem fresh breadcrumbs, but they absorbed on the first side, WPI"!'l'> medium-high heat until hot and shimmering. Place six or seven pieces of ~ perature (Italians eat many foods at too much egg and the resulting fritters other side and dral1ll/'P asparagus into the batter and, using a fork, toss to coat evenly. Using the • room temperature) and are equaIfy we/'C spongy and ullpleasant. Dried oil, we tested olive fork, gather the pieces together, scoop them up, and carefully transfer " good as an appetizer or side dish. We breBrlcrumbs worked much better in etable and canola them into the pan with the hot oil. Fry until dark golden brown, 60 to 90 pulled the recipe apart into separate producing moist, tender fritters. For ring the lighter seconds. Tum and cook on second side until dark golden brown, 60 to 90 " components and got to testing ingredi onO pound of aspara~us we used three oils for their clean, i$c)btrusi've seconds. Transfer to a triple layer of paper towel to drain. Repeat with re- ents. large eggs and half a I:UP of dry bread As with all fried maining asparagus and batter. \. crumbs. Depending on the type of fairly hOt in order Makes approximately 16 fritters. The Asparagus breBrl from which th''>' were made or quickly and WlUJOUI Serves four to six as an appetizer or side dish. We definitely thought thinner aspara the brand of crumbs (in the event they Our fritters are gus worked better than thick spears for were store bought) we sometimes bad of all, packed with You can contact writers Christopher Kimball and Jeanne Maguire ar this dish. We preferred spears that were to thin out the batter with a bit of water. vor. They are so"'l::;~ ~ [email protected]. For free recipes and information about no thicker than half an inch. For four to Of course, we also n",x1ed to season the al lasten; who Cl CooH flIustrated, log on to www.cooksillustrated.com. six servings, we used one pound of as bauer, so we added half a teaspoon of gus had a change oflh""u1 paragus. We snapped off the tough ends salt and a few grinds offresh black pep- our fritters.

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In 1923, Wan-Go Weng, with all the lines on my face, I've rate a meeting that took "We wanted not only to show the Tonghe's great great grandsol~ been through a lot" with some of China's res]pectecif rru!stervieces of the collection, became the sole heir to the fami Weng kept the collection in historians in 1985, Prior to but to show the personalities be ly collection, but he had to leave storage facilities while he and his meeting, many in China bifid it The goal is to have the au it behind when he fled from wife, VIrginia Dzung, worked in swned the Weng Collection dience experience the art through China to me United States in the film industry, making educa lost or destroyed in the war, its collectors." 1937 after Japan attacked tional films and providing There is also a poem, WlJ""IIUY Weng Tonghe, the famous im Shanghai, voiceover translations for popu Weng's father, about being pefial tutor ofthe last two emper lar movies such as "Casablanca." broken that his son is far orS of the Qing dynasty, gathered In 1977, Weng retired after a home, For curator Sheng, thtl core of the collection in the successful career and moved his of his favorite pieces in the coUoec,; lat!, 19th century by going to art family to a small town in New , tion, For Weng, it's a sofl:rerninder dehlers and marketplaces, And at Hampshire, that when he left home in titUes, Tonghe put art ahead of Here, the collection found its his only contact with his everything else, . current home, designed by was through letters, Mer Tonghe saw Wang Hui's Weng, called The Laixi Resi Many have speculated ,at "11m thousand Li up the Yangtze Ten years later, Weng returned dence. This is also where Sheng value of the collection, but Riyer;' a 53-foot handscroll that to China with the hope ofbring; bravely suggested his idea to ex one has been able to calculate baS never been displayed for the ing the collection back with him hibit the Weng Collection at the exact nwnber, And lhose puplic, he was immediately en to New York. museum. ask Weng directly only gain ' tln;illed, but couldn't afford the ''That was a sentimental trip," ''It wasn't an easy thing for me sight to his philosophy on art, pri,te of 1,000 taels (the currency Weng says. "It was during the to bring up;' Sheng says, "Later, "How much art is worth is of':/he time). great war between Mao Zedon:g I found out he (Weng) had been the point;' says Weng. "If Three weeks later, the dealer and Chiang Kai-shek. We decid anticipating this request from me people are fighting over b~ught the painting back to ed to take lhe collection out 0 f and had asked around to see if I piece of art, and it goes to Topghe and they agreed on a China and bring it back here, I could do it well," them for a certain price, then pnce of 400 taels. knew it was my farewell trip ~) After the exhibit opened, is the price of the art," ·'He told his wife the money China," Weng told Sheng the exhibit was If you believe art chooses thOy were saving for the house The trip was well-timed "one of the highpoints of my person and not the was gone," Sheng says, Months after the collection len life." around, then the Weng Collect An astounding sacrifice, espe the country on a boat, the Peo What most impressed Weng tion exhibit is a great exampl~ ciaIly when you consider that ple's Republic of China was was the narrative that accompa Qing dynasty and accounts of of how art chose a family Tohghe's annual salary was 360 formed and the country's doors nied the art and how well it incor Tonghe's frequent trips to art how that family chose to tacls, were closed for the next 30 yean., porated the personal history of dealers, serve it. ::ohnny on the spot He puts C~IRR()U, from page 15 and one undcrgrad course ("Per- he adds, referring to the suasion and Public Opinion''). politically charged "Basically I got David Brn - on Curt broadcast, "Greater noy's positiol~ and his oflic<:, Bosto~" for which he formerly too;' says II, 'These are ommentator John MARCH 29 THUR 8PM James leYl ne, conductor served as executive producer, and lhree wide-Dpen courses that you Carroll sticks mostly MARCH 30 FRI 8PM Alfred Brtmdel, piano now is a panelist Dn the show's Fri- make whatever you want out of C with topics falling MOZART ~ymphony No, 25 day night segment, "Beat the them. One of the beauties of under politics and culture, But MOZART Pia no Concerto No. 17 in G, K.453 . Press." teaching is lheJ'l''s a lot Df free, he's not afiaid to take a swing SCHUllEfl Seven Studies on Themes of Paul Klee He describes "John Carroll's dom, a lot of autonomy." at baseball, especially if a bit RAVEL Daphnis et Chloe, Suite NO.2 Take;' comparatively, as a step 'The new media" is a common of politics gets mixed up in it bayk from a day-to-day show. topic in class, ''Cmt Schilling is going to THUR 8PM· Christoptt Yon Dohnanyl, conductor ~On occasion it will be tied into 'The reason younger people run for the Senate;' be says of FRI1:30PM Plerre·LaYfent Aimard, piano so91ething very timely, on occa- aren't reading newspapers is be the Red Sox pitcher. ''Ab SAT 8PM lIGETI Atmospheres sidp it'll be about mDre general cause it comes in a format and a solutely. There's precedent, cer WAGNER Prel ude to Act I of Lohengrin tORics," he says, "But it gives me a package that is exactly the oppo tainly, You look at a guy like ·Spon so r~d by BART6K Pla no Concerto NO.2 Commoftwufth Worldwidr TCHAIKOV5KY Symphony NO.4 c~ to look out at the land- . site gf,what they're looking for,~ Jim Bunning down in Ken- Chauffeured rransportllf/on SCl!JlC in a couple ofdifferent areas says Carroll, sounding as though tucky. Ie. Watts was a COIl an~ pick the things I want to do," he's shifted into commentator gressman from Oklahoma. That's Tickets: $29 - $111 ~use the show is stiIJ in its in- mode. ''They're looking for things front ofthis one, I thinkhe'll run for loflic;e ,-/IlllYbe faqcy, Carroll's not quite sure who that are customizable to them, He certainly seems to be a Rer:,ub~¢an, Gmlerndr (617) 266-1200 • WWW.bSO.Ofg is or who will be listening, But it's They want it to be portable and up much heavy lifting, but serulLTe IS Then! Is a $5 per ticket handling fee for tickets gWe~d by phone/Internet. sa4: to assume they're probably to-the-minute - all the things that I would put my nickel down on hiril~ getting mtopolitics.''' 6. rt TOO/TTY (617) 638' 9289. lyP,ical 'GBH listeners - "older newspapers aren't So as newspa For services, ticket loS, and Information for EdSymkus' persons with di~blllt its aU (617) 638-9431. Season Sponsor: classical music listeners," pers sort of float arnund trying to ,*UBS ~Are they liberal listeners?" figure out what to do, all these new All f1'09'TJ'M tmd "ttiJ(J lilt¥« to dWnge. he\; asked, media are comiIJg,along," wle ."U'II.' . IIOTOC ...... 't; /IlI'..... lt lt1fC1f 1Insanely liberal," he says, Carroll admits to owning a cell Grant is, have never read 'The thought, ' HDW laUghing. phone, but isn't interested in get-- Love Song of J Alfred Prufrock' 10 bucks to go Carroll appreciates the lhree ting an iPod, and doesn't have 11 There was a certain level of cul they're show mIDutes of freedom his new job bing" , yet tural literacy that, through the wrong, but no- offers. Asked how he actually geu; ages, bas been based 01\ things anvmOl-e, It's be- 1I've written about the media a across to his students, he sighl; like Shakespeare, the Bible, But acc<:ptecl ! used to be 10t:t'Dr 'Beat the Press,' and I deal and says, "It's tough, For one all that's by the board now. 'Com otherpeo wilh the media a lot," he says, thing, there's not a lot of intersec-· mercialspeech' is what people me, But "This is media, politics and cul- tion betweett what I know and have in common now. 'Less fill like watching tw:e. I like that variety and the lati- they know. They got a completely ing, tastes great' - that's the com problem is that tude to talk about other things, to different eduCll tion from the one I mon language they have," that you're in exPeriment with different voices," got The challenge is to try to fig-- He can solve the "Prufrock" so you can talk 10 addition to his on-air work, ure out a way to talk about things problem - ifhis students haven't Shut up." Cairoll bas a full-time job as as- they're not familiar with. read it, he assigns it c:;:;;:~}s, Take " can be sislant professor of Mass Com- "That's hard," he adds, ''It's hard But when he comes to' the 7 as part of mtlnications at Boston University. not to be the mayor of Fogyville problem of advertisements at the "MWrlin!r Eciiti,op " 011 Thursdays H~ teaches two graduate courses every day, n,ese are kids who movie theaters, he just resorts to ("Contemporary Mass Media" have never seen a Marx Brothers booing, and ''Advertising and Society") movie, don't know who Cary • ''I was the one who used to boo

, • B,.and New 19' x 31' F mily Size Oval Pool On Frontline ofALS - FREE BACKYARD SURVEY _ FRbNTUNE, from page 15 Jamie's plan, basically, was to 800-752-9000 As director Ascher, who also take drugs thaI had already been ambassadorpools.com lllli'RItes the fihn, says, 'The more approved for other uses and see if yQu know about ALS, the less they could be effective alone, or in y 'u want to know." combination WIth other drugs, in bamie's response is inspiring fighting ALS. litfrally refocusing his life in a This plan nvoided the long ~otic quest to save, or at least process of drug approval, a vital prolong, his brolher's life, The shortcut since Jamie was not only fib studies Jamie's personality determined to lind treatments or a • cure for the disease, he was trying So Much So Fast- to do it in time 10 save his brother, PRS IWGBH ell? I The film alilO captures a family Tllf"'fil Ar'1113 9 IJ 111 that's attackin the problem with strength, courllge, humor and grace, Wendy marries Stephen ~ a natural salesman, a charis even after the (/Jagnosis, and they In the documentary "So Much So ::.tt.;;;;;;';~~;:;:~~ even drtic manager who gets people to have a child, (Stephen's adoration after the dt.cnosls, and they have a ti$en to him, follow him, and give of his young s()Il is touching, and Such excruciating deterioration hiln lots of money, In the first it's hearthreaidJlg to watch the is sure to cause stress fractures in y4ar, the foundation raises child gain hit motor skills as the fnundatiDn ofaoy family, even $400,000, The second year, the Stephen loses his.) one as heroic as the Heymods, fip is $4 million. But in the end, the greatest lega ALS, we learn, is an "orphan" :Remarkably admirable, yes, cy of "So Much So Fasf' may be disease - such a small percent btlt Jamie is stiIJ human, stiIJ . the remarkable face it gives to the age of the population is touched fl#'bd, Not all the relationships cause, and Ibe detailed and ~ by it that it's not economically at h~ 17ui1ds at the foundation end priately disturbing account it tractive fDr drug companies to re "'I'll. And not all his financial de gives of one man 's descent into a search a cure, So ALS, like any cisions are sound disease from which be will not re grassroots effort, is often driven ~d the medical establishment, turn, We see the handsome charis by people who have been person otcourse, sees him as an outsider, matic lady's man sink to a wheel by ally touched the issue. That's STAGING: Maina Gielgud ' 'To a lot of the scientists;' says chair, and worse. We have a true of IDts of people in the film or visit telecharge.com ~her, "it seemed like [Jamie1 front-row seat 10 a VIbrant young - the Heymods, many of the ~ c1aiming that be, a non-scien man being bettnyed by a body that people who went to work for ti't,yras going to figure something can nO' longer walk, feed itself or Jamie at the foundatio~ and also Bolton Ballet Info 617.695,6955 'filster than aoyone in the field" even speak, the filmmakers, bostonballetorg 18 TAB 2007 -~ - AT THf MOVlfS - ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• - - - 'Blades' s to be sharpened I ' UII

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Theatre, the show featw'es three Passim favorites - John Prine, Mary Gauthier and Michael Troy. "Tbis John Prine guy, who's . from Nashville, did not get bis STAfF PHOTO BY ZARA 'I'ZAtfEy . ~ start here," says Club Passim Ex 'H HI ecutive Director Betsy Siggins, have lunch and what I mi ' • with a big laugh. She's laughing dedicated to the guy think about doing there;' say' . . because Prine is a true folk not sure if his guitar is SlggIDS, "I told them I knew hC!%tl music luminary, and the venue to do events and programming, 'Hf-factly. "We ran Anne Donlin (Rae Anne passed Music - with lessons, cl3SSej; IJ out of money. In 1968 there were away on March 13, Bob died in 1996) and was renanoed Passim. and workshops for all levels; Vi But hy !loe mid-I990s, !loe Don Culture for Kids - featwing J , tins, who had tirelessly run the after-school programs in Can);- L place while always trying to bridge public schools that COYeJ; .. make ends mee~ were tired. New the music, dance, crafts, bistory" . and food of different cultures· management was coming in. ] . 1 "I think it was [board member] and the Arcbive Project - the ,I Bill Nowlin who called me' up cataloguing of the club's bistory. _ from Passim and asked if I would "In Our limited way, we do as , much nonprofit work as we can,' ~ says Siggins. "It's been a real)y ~ nch year, in shows wi!lo bo!lo new'j ON BALLET arnsts and older acts comingu MillO IIIUIIiEI Artistic Director back. And we're still dedicated to ., the guy who's not sure ifbis gui- ;~ tar is tuned properly or ifhe real. BCLAS S I CE Iy has anything musically to say. , l iALANCHIN But God love' em, so many pea- rn pie started that way here. . r) , MAY 3-6 "It's symbolic and heartwarql ing and really rewarding to ses>,'J WANG THEATRE where Passim is now;' she adds' f. "In a way, it seems so simple: If's music for !loe people, yet it's a business, A real business:" Though at the end of the da}\ (] Forbidden passion, intrigue, there's always a wonderful sur-,Ii) murderous revenge ... turns out pnse downstairs with music." ," . it makes a lovely evening. Club Passim s 49th anniver::O° CALL 800.447,7400 Ballo Della lRegina sary concert is sold out. For in_'*! formation, please call 6J7-49~ ">1 laYatse or visit telecharge.com VERDI'S 2222 or visit the %b site a! ~~l The FourT"",letan"",ts www.clllbpassim.org. .., UN BALLO IN MASCHERA Boston Ballet Info 617.695,6955 Ed Symkus can be reached at J 1 bostonballet.org [email protected]. 111,1 (A MASKED BALL) Sung in Italian with projected English translation March 30 - April 10, 2007 ORRECTION The Citi Shubert Theatre, Boston Evenings at 7:30pm, Matinees at 3:00pm

What's worse-being murdered for pol~ics or dyin&1for love? Gustavus III of Sweden pines after the wife of his busted first minister, which may be why he doesn't notice whispers against the Crown. Forbidden love, simmering conspiracy, humiliation, Boston Lyric revenge: Verdi 's opera is a banquet of extreme feel ng, w~h the music to match. OPERA New England Conductor: Stephen Lord Stage Director: James Robinson of Community Newspaper Company the incorrect ad was publisbed in last Lyric Opera in the following papers: The Newton TAB, The Ashland TAB Gustavus III: Julian Gavin, tenor The Brookline TAB, The Dover and SherlJom Press, The Needham Times, , Captain Anckarstrom: Chen-Ve Yuan, baritone W. Roxbury Transcripts, The Somerville Journal, The Sudbury Town Crier, Amelia: Dolna Oimitriu, soprano Weston T~wn Criers, The Wellesley Townsman, The Arlington Advocate,

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~ Buying travel irlslurance :I'll be taking a cruise Qwith my wife this summer. Saturday, April 14 We're both in our 60s and are in good health. Shoul.d we buy @ 10:15am & noon travel insurance? Friends of MUSIC THAT our's took a cruise last year on INSPIRES What caused each member of the B50 to decide to be a musician? Many 850 musicians can point to one particular composition. It is these works. so close to the heart of the B50, that we share in this fun program.

Program to include excerpts from Mussorgsky and Ravel's Pictures at an Exhibition, Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake, the same cruise line, and their Rossini 's William Tell Overture, Debussy's Prelude luggage never made it to the a ship so they had to buy clothes l'Apres-midi d'un faune, Sibelius's Symphony No.2, arid other necessities on and more! board. Would travel insurance Family Concerts are geared toward elementary, middle, have covered a situation like Slow lines at ~e check~n can disrupt an entire trip. that? and high school students. , Tickets: $78 nancially afford to write off the mLeve my bag at the originat :According to the US Travel Call (617) 266-1200 or·visit www.bso.org A'Insurance Association, 17 cost of your trip or 1m emergency ing airport I have two ques percent of those who buy travel medical evacuation ~hould disa!l tions. First, is this required insurance, or one out of every ter strike. And perhaps the best procedure for airlines? See 1'. *UBS protection from disappointment on d, if it is, what is a person to 1'-1'- siX people, end up filing a claim UBS Is proud to support t/k 850 Youth and family Concerts. of one sort or another, compared is to read each pOlicy carefully do in sucb circumstances to the approximately 7 percent before signing up. ays McGin (l\hat if I had no one to call to who file claims against their nity, "People buy the policy, piek up my bags at the air home insurance policies each throw it in a drawer, and forget it port)? year. Indeed, in 2005, Travel until something happens, with Guard, a major player in this in the assumption thaI they're cov' 11\ : Airlines suggest that travel- ofairfi'#vthe times. CSA recently be checked, because Delta was hold the shipment for your ar added transfer of employment required to close check-in 30 rival). Had you not found some and mandatory evacuation dur minutes before departure for one to retrieve your bags, I think ing a hurricane as covered risks; customers with bags. I ulti Del would have kept them in at least one insurer is considering mately was given two options their baggage room until your providing coverage for the death as the plane was heing called return. or·illness of a service animal; and for boarding: take a fligbt last summer, Access America, later in the day (for which they :Last week we arrived at the other big player in this space, would check my baggage); or Qthe airport three hours be added divorce or legal separation fly without my baggage. I fore our flight, ready to check to some of its more expensive asked if they could check-in in l\ith our bags, ouly to frnd policies. Would any of these poli my bag (which I would open that our airline's ticket cies cover you if your luggage for thorough inspection) and counter was closed for several gets lost between the airport and send it on the later flight I boUJrs during tbe middle of the the ship? Yes, but don't expect to was told that this wa impossi day (it appears tbey close it be fully protected. Many policies ble to do. I could not take the every day around that time). will only pay $250 per person, later fligbt and still meet the So we, and about 50 others, sat and only if you keep your re commitments at my destina and stood around waiting. ceipts. tion; so I flew to my destina Why would tbey close? And A good rule of thumb before tion without my baggage. how can we prevent wasting deciding to buy or not to buy: Later in the day I was able to our time like this in the fu arrange for someone to ...,. ture? Ask, yourselfwhetber you can fi- STATION LANDING MOVIES, from page 19 of ttOle movies in which everything is so sergeant who gets revenge on the c0m If ... ilfersedi••• f Rolfes 16 , 21 Donatelio (Mitchell Whitfield) to the jun rades who betray him. Now he~ holed up obvious, the only person who doesnl gles of Central Amefica to learn leadership in the Wyoming mountains. Enter Col. know Bob Lee is being set up is Bob Lee. skills. The remaining ninjas on the haH Isaac Johnson (Danny Glover). Johnson The plot is nildly ludicrous, but the gun 781.39 TAN she!! waste time in a dungeon playing .. wants Bob Lee to help stop an ~ on play and explosions are well olthestrnied. ~deo games, wor1

"PRIDF' (I) Terrence Howard earns movie-star cred as Ji(T1 Ellis, reaI~~e swim coach legend. Jim accepts a job cleaning out a recre ation building, and he finds janttor Elston (a timific Bernie Mac) and, voila, an aban doiled swimming pool. Before you can 5a\"AQuatic Reid of Dreams, Jim is trnin ing several buff young men and agor- ~ geous young lady (Regine Nehy). He also must protect his swimmers against the local gangsta and make sure they do their schoolwOI1<. "Pride" is too corny and pre diclable and too much like "Gridiron GijII9" to be special. But Mac oozes men a~,and Santa Claus-like good feeling in 'eQIJaI measure. Elise is as appealing as ever, and Howard has genuine presency as)he film's hunky leading man. "Pnde," !MY not soar, but . ~floats. (Rated PG) tsilooTEII" (8) Jason Boume gets "Rambo"-!zed in "Shooter," a surpnsingly entertaining, ~ dumb and gratuitously brutal action tim. Man< Wahlbery stars as Bob Lee Swagger, a hard-assed, hawK. Manne Gunnery Page 22 AlIston-BrigIIton TAB Friday, March 3(), 2007 www.allstonbrightontab.com --~~----II ----~~------~------~------~~----~ " JACqON MANN COMMUNITY CENTER NEWS

Development. schooi time programming 52 bon Mann Communi Adult education programs for Weeks a year to help working par ty enter, 500 Cambridge ages 18 and older, including Adult ents. St., is one of fI6 facilities Basic Education, pre-GED, GED Both programs provide safe, u r the jurfsdiction of and. ESOL. The program is funded fun and enriching learning envi Bd n Centers for Youth by Ithe Massachusetts Department ronments for the children. FamilieS'~he city of of Education. Both programs are state li B on s large youth and ESOL classes at Hamilton censed, and transportation from hll n service gency. Be School, in partnership with Boston neighborhood schools may be s· JMCC, I complex in Co'llege Neigbborhood Center. available. Students receive home U' Squorefuses the Even Start Family Literacy Pr0- work help and participate in vari J on Mann Elementary gram for English-language learn ous academic and enricbment ac I and Horace ers ; classes, enrichment activities tivities at each site. M School '1r the Deaf and field trips for parents and chil Boston University tutors also a l!!.~rd of Hearing. For dren. Funded by the Massachu provide literacy support at both in/PI,,~tion about programs setts Department of Education, the sites, and at the Hamilton, bot sup anil tivities, call the JMCC program is a collaboration be per, provided by the The Kells o eat 617-635-5153. tween the community center, Restaurant, is served to children Jackson Mann School and the and their families four days a celebtales Frunily Nurturing Center. week. Recreation for all ages; activi Some subsidized slots and ties include teen basketball, base scbolarships are available, and the Spring H,me , (Jarden ackson Ml Community ball and soccer clinics, and basket programs accept childcare voucjl Each spring, our readers anxiously is celebra ' g 30 years of haJJ, soccer and volleyball leagues. ers. await this special section to fin d the ration. Community Learning Center at women w~ were instru two sites: Hamilton and St. ogJBmS latest trends in home improvement, in establisljing the center Colwnbkille's. Ongoing .. landscaping, interior design and more. various pro~s will be • FulJ4ty preschool for 2.9 to . They are: I P~tri.ce DiNa 6-year-olds. , Include your advertising message to reach tale, nner principal of the Ho- E1111ic11.JeI1t acIiviIies • After-school programs, for 5- ann School for the Deaf Activities include Weigbt to l2-year-olds, at Jackson Mann thousands of potential customers Watchers, Alcobolics Anony of Ha'I g, and now a complex in Union Square and in need of your products and services. Connects administrator; mous, tae lcwon do and martial Hamilton School, 198 Strathmore oyce, fonn,er administra arts. Jackson Mann encourages Road. The program is funded, in rdinator of JMCC, and residents to suggest additional en part, by the After School for iW Key Market Fact: 78% of tor of pro,gramming for rk bment activities they would like Partnership. to, see available at the community CNC readers are homeow1zers, Centers 6~r outh & Fam- • Boston Youth Connection, for ilies; lien M y, retired center. The center will strive to teens; two sites, West End Boy~ .& princ' of the . amilton Ele- provide new programs whenever Girls Gub and Faneuil Gardens Advertising Deadline: men School; aydI Dr. Joanne p' ~ssible . Development Thursday, April 5 Rus~ ,principal f the Jackson • Adult education programs, for M~ ementary chool. F_ afteHchooI ages 18 and older, including Adult Publication Date: Fo'l: ore infonn tion, call Bar- C:arenow Basic Education, pre-GED, GED Week of April 16 bara ~ " JMCC . 'strative and ESOL. The program is funded . tor, at 617-r35-5154. Now is a good time to make by the Massachusetts Department after-school arrangements, and of Education. Also, ESOL classes s talf membeIs at Jackson Mann at Hamilton SchooL in partnership cia!, e5 begin Community Center are available with Boston College Neigbbor Living 50+ is offering computer bo help families register their chil hood Center. cl for adulls Tuesdays, dren. • Recreation for all ages; activi This special section is aimed at active adults, Thursdhys and sJturdays. The There are two after-school sites, ties include te\On basketball, base 50 year young and beyond. They represent a eigbt-ffieek course ~sts $50, and one at the Jlfkson Mann complex ball and soccer clinics, and basket each f ass lasts two bours. For in Union Square, and one at the growing population in CNC markets with ball, soccer and volleyball leagues. more onnation, call Vrrginia or Hamilton Elementary School on • Community Learning Center, over half a million readers in this age category. Eric a 17-635-5Il Strathmore Road. For infonnation for all ages, at two sites: Hamilton And they're interested in the latest health tips, about after-school programming, and St Colwnbkille's. Ong~ progJ,. call the community center office fushion advice, retirement strategies, travel ,md ask to be added to the infor F , y Prescil for 2.9- to 6- EIiiidiment acIiviIies ideas and more! Capture this vibrant group lmation contact list. Sacha McIn yearjl . tosh of Jackson Mann or Ann Mc Activities include Weigbt of active men and women by placing your ~ school pro~ for 5- to Donougb of the Hamilton will Watchers, Alcoholics Anony l2-y Ids at Japkson Mann mous, tae lcwon do and martial adverti ing message in Living 50+. contact families regarding after comp in Unio~ Square and school registration. arts, and oomputer classes. H . n SchooL 1?8 Strathmore Both programs provide services Jackson Mann encourages resi Road. e program is funded, in Advertising Deadline : Thursday, May 3 during the school year, including dents to suggest additional enrich part, b the After School for All Publication Date: Wl!ek of May 14 snow days and school vacation ment activities they would like to weeks, and also thmugbout the see available at the community swnrner. The community center is center. The center will strive to committed to providing out-of- provide new programs whenever possible. J~.{~~~!lO~~iD"[ _ Summer C,up,n ",It Promote your goods and services to ...... _1 customers actively looking for special offers _....~her Education in our Community Coupons section. all of II... Infonnallon you n ..d to pursue e hlg..... educallonl 88% of Community Newspaper Company readers are coupon users and 65% of adults Highe,r Education obtain coupons through the newspaper. spl~ci;a. sl9ClIion on thiS week of Place your advertising message in Community Coupons today.

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degree at De P,lUI University of was the author of widely used Jacqueline Chicago, and held a master's de teaching materials studied in un Obituary Policy Submission deadline for publi gree and advafieed graduate stud dergraduate and graduate pro The Allston-Brighton TAB cation in current week's edition Vilimas . is 11 a.m. Tuesday. ies certificate 111 cOlmseling psy grams. publisbes obituaries of Allston chology from Boston College. Mrs. Vilimas is noted in Send obituary information " Mother ofresident and Brighton residents, former - ij via fax to: 781-433-7836. E She was a pwfessor at Boston ''Who's Who of American residents and close relatives of f I State College and UMass Women." mail: [email protected]. Digital ...

AT THE OAK SQUARE YMCA Subscribe to YMCA publishes new calling Heather 1\ving at 617- mation, call Jack Fucci at 617- Kids 782-3535. theA/BTAB mission statement 787-8669. InfOnil~tional Camp Open House will be Thursday, Call: The YMCA of Greater Boston April 19. For a brochure, call the Get fit this spring is dedicated to improving the Yor go to www.ymcaboston.org. Vi sit the 37,OOO-square-foot fa 888-343-1960 health of mind, body and spirit of cility and see what the Oak individuals and families in our Oak Square YMCA Square YMCA has to offer. The communities. We welcome men receives grant YMCA's Membership for All and women, boys and girls of all program provides income-based incomes, faiths and cultures. The Allston-Brighton Boston pricing to those who qualify. New College Commufilly Fund has m,:mber fimess packages are Y receives grant awarded the YM A a grant to available at a discounted rate. For A chan«:e purchase a movie projector and for teen center . more information on member jumbo screen. the equipment shi ps or progran1lOing, call the The Oak Square YMCA an will be used to conduct commu welcome center at 617-787-3535 .Jlounces that it has received an- nity movie nights throughout the or visit www.ymcaboston.org. ther endorsement of its new year. The unit call be used out "feen Center project. The Allston! doors and indoors, 'lbe Y has a .l3righton Boston College Com plan to hold Flick find Aoat par NfM teen center Whether you're in the hunt for a new home JDllJ1ity Fund has awarded the ties, watching a movie while to be built at the Y or a realtor, in or outside of Boston, "Oak Square YMCA a $50,000 floating in the pool. (..1leck out the ItT response to the need to pro !i:apital grant for the Teen Center. Y's Web site for funue dates and vide safe and constructive out-of center Community Newspaper Company has it covered. Mayor Thomas M. Menino and times at www.yrncaboston.org. school-time activities for young Boston College set up this fund adults, the Oak Square YMCA is Our weekly real estate products will keep you years ago to help support the Reach Out annual fund building a stand-alone teen center ahead of the game with current open houses, community. The "fund" had a campaign at the Y on its property. The center will be Have competitive application process, completed by the summer. Thank with chil~!m new listings and much more! Turn to our and tIle YMCA Teen Center pro Help the Y make a difference in you to the support and lead dona- try c')alcpj.ng? the lives of fellow community publications in print and online at gram resonated as an important tiOllS from the New Balance V' t inveSbnent in the community. members. Become a volunteer or Foundation, the Children's Fund, wickedlocalhomes,com to get the competitive . t. Boston College joins the New donate during the campaigo that BOHtNet, the Commonwealth of edge you need in today's hot market, ~ 'fIalance Foundation, the Facilities runs through April. Tbe Y's goal Massachusetts and other individ - fnitiative, a funding collaboration is to raise $80,000 to support the ual~ :. To learn more or to donate, i of the Children's Invesbnent Fund scholarship program. Residents call Jack Fucci at 617-782-3535. , and Build-the-Out-School-Twe are invited to reach Ollt to help the areas are: ~\>UgJ1L Network, the Commonwealth of kids and families in the commu Healthy Kids Day WICKED · Massachusetts Executive Office nity by dbnating to Ule Reach Out Homes. com of Health and Human Services campaigo or by becoming a vol Join the Y on Saturday, April or lOCA[ Youth at Risk grant, sponsored by unteer or sponsor."FOr more infor- 14, from 11 a.m.-2 p.m., in the " Rep. Moran, Rep. Honan and Sen. ~ Tolman, as the lead funders on the ; project that are helping make this Easter : project areality. : The YMCA has raised a total of ~ $440,000 toward . the $601,000 Services : project. While the YMCA contin ; ues to raise the required money, , the project is moving forward. TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH Permitting has commenced and Centre & Homer Sts., Newton Centre demolition has begun. The goal is 617-527-2790 to have the project completed by (Sunday School & nursery care available 10:30 a.m. senlicesil this summer to begin to serve Palm Su nday Aprill 10:30 a.m. Holy Euc:hittist youth at ibis critical time of year. : To donate to the Teen Center Maundy Thursday April 5 ; Capital Fund, call Jack Fucci, ex • At St. Paul ~ 1/35 Walnut St. 6:00 p.m. Middle ".0 ••.." Dinner : ecutive director, at 617-787- Newton Highlands 7:30 p.m. Liturgy •· 8668. Good FrIday April 6 7:30 p.m. Veneration • Communion from Re:set'ved Sacrarrllmt : Camp Connolly Michelle Wright, contf.jllio .. registration Saturday April 7 8:00 p.m. Great Vigil Easter Summer camp registration has At St. John ~ 297 Lowell Ave. already started, and spots are fill Newtonville , ing up fast. There are a limited Easter Sunday April 8 10:30 a.m. Festival Eu,bha.rist with .Jlumber of openings per age K.C. Dunbar, trumpet group, so reserve a spot now by

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Menino to host Boston city. "Housinil Boston 20 12 will bring State College, and Dr. James Alan 'I x, energy. ostoo is currently the largest together our partners and the le;lCting professor at the Lipman Family Pro~ munici~ purchaser of green power in CIty CouacITlIIltJI.I •• Housing Conference thinkers on the crisis facing higb-cost sor of Criminal Justice at Northeas New The city has recently ."hn • ~gland. &mcast Channel 51 Mayor 1bomas M. Menino an cities to begin the discussion about University. They spoke about the worlced lwith Mass Energy on the in 100.111..-5 p.m. nounces that the city of Boston will where BostoD sbould go next" pacts of bullying in schools and s stallatiop of solar panels on three www.cityofboston.govIcitycottnci.lUp host a bousing conference with experts Housing Boston 20 12 will include that can be taken to prevent this be ' Boston /':Jblic Schools - the Boston from across the nation April 26 aud neighborhood housing tours during the ior. I Arts A~my in Fenway, the Murphy Weekly progtBIIII!' I Idledale ... M8rI:h 71, to assess future bousing challenges, afternoon of April 26, followed by an " The briefing was very well a K-8 Sc~ool in Dorchester and Jobo D. 30 to AprilS, 2007 explore innovative solutions and begin all-!> could provide the city with free so aided by the use of designated handi- health services Dec. 5 (2:33) boUsing field and look for innovative nato, D-Medt'ord am David AYllll, D ls That' .. b' ti ' " capped \>arking spaces near the places 3:30 p.m. - Public Safety HeariD& 011 ''Child solutions," Bridgewater, hosted a legislative ~. Bos:,: v;:::n~e: ~. of residence are provided with such a is Missing" ootificatioo prosIam Dec. 5 (1:00) In 2000, Menino launcbed the city's briefing March 15, on different ways to belp Boston get free solar panels. ~ space. I first bousing strategy, called Leading stop the incre!l5ing incidents of bully every 150 housebolds wbo sign p Arroyp is concerned that some of Weduesday, April. the Way. Following successful com ing in schools and to spread the wen! to with contributions by April 30, those utilizing this program may be 10 am. - Public Safely HeariD& 011 $14.61.1 pletion of the three-year plan, the city legislators about the legislatioo they Wind Fund will provide a free committing fraud. Some of those ob- grant from bomeland aecurity .... Mart:b 12 embarked on the even more ambitious filed. solar installation to be placed on a taining~andicapped parking spaces (1:25) Leading the Way II. Combined, these After meeting with Evereb students building. This will belp the city sl. e may no be disabled or otherwise enti- 11:30 a,m, - BeItoa CIty Co zfl M!['I • boUsing initiative§ have led to the per in 2004, Barrios filed a "Safe Schools" money on electricity costs, will red tled to ose spaces, and may be abus- (LIve) mining of more than 18,000 units of bill, along with Antooioni, that asked greenhouse gas emissions, and ing the£' gram in order to create re- 2:30 p.m: - Go_ Ops HeariD& 00 jn, new housing in the city of Boston, the schools to develop a Safe Schools Plan belp New England take steps to served parking spaces at their suring access to Boston Hamor Nov. 16 (2:02) equivalent of adding a new neighbor to respond to bullying and developing energy independence and away residen. hood the size of Jamaica Plain or West programs to prevent instances of bully global warming. 'This official request for informa- 'lbunday,AprilS Roxbury. More than 4,800 of these ing and violence. A one-time contribution of $100 a tion is a preliminary step necessary to 10 a.m. - City &: Neigbborbood Sa-vK:es units are affordable. In addition, more According to experts, 85 percent of monthly contribution of only $5 the conduct of a more in-depth investi- Hearing on rubber sidewalks Oct. 24 (1:32) than 5,000 affordable rental units have bullying incidents are ignored by both qualify a housebold. Sign up for gation 9r the city's handicap parking 12 p.m. - Human RigbIs HeariDg 011 CORI been saved from going market-rate, adults and peCffl. a statistic Barrios says New England Wind Fund and spaces'''1Arroyo said. ''It is essential policies am S\llIllller jobs Oct. 2 (1 :08) 1:30 p.m. - Public Safety Hearing 01\ Mass and more than 1,600 public hoUsing points to the need for schools to work Boston Solar Challenge by visiliJig that~' ty ensures that this important port port securitY. Oct. 23 (0:53) units have been redeveloped or ren0- wi!b parents. Last year, the anti-bully http://www.newenglandwind.orgl pro remains available to Boston's vated, including almost 800 long-va ing legislation passed the Seoare unan dIboston.pbp or call Mass disabl residents at the same time we 3 p.m. - Public Safety Hearing 011 sbipmads tolfrom Biosafety Level 4 Lab Oct. 30 (1:54) cant units. imously, but the House never took the their office in Jamaica Plain at 6~ - ensure that it is not subject to fraud or ''Leading the Way has produced re bill up for a vOlt. 524-3950. Contributions to the abuse." I sults, and as we come to its conclusion, Barrios, along with Antooioni and England WInd Fund are 100 Arroyp has requested from the Programming sch«b.tk is 8IIbj«t IV cIton&e we need to take a hard look forward Rep. Fallon, hosted this briefing to tax deductible if iterniring on the ~ Boston Commission for Persons with based on the scheduling tmd Imgth of /We M0r- bow can we adapt our bousing strategy kick-start discussion about passin;~ the al tax return. Disabili*es and/or the Boston Trans- ings and meetings, which wiU be Ctl1Tied in their to meet the future needs of the city," bill this session. They invited many ex Last year, the Environmental portatio Commission a comprehen- enlirely. said Charlotte Golar Richie, director of perts, includin Dr. FJizabeth En:~an tion Agency named Boston as 0 sive list of street addresses at which For more illformatiorl, on Boston City Council the Department of Neighborhood De der from the ~00setIS Aggres the top local government Green Po handicallped parking spaces have been Televiswn, call Tom Cohan at 617-635-2208 or velopment and chief of housing for the sion Reduction Center at Bridgewater Partners for its purchase of renew e designa¢d, sorted by neighborhood. e-ma;l [email protected].

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Here 's a list ofwhat is happen • Expl options to help young unit to property owners to defray Income- Introducing the Ray care am portant to personal and communi counse' g and matched savings 787-3874 or e-mail contact infor quality of life through the man blood presswe ...... 1ft ty development They would like Dooley Apartments conducted moothly damp lUI throu~ Saving ror Success mation to aged-<:ase care model. to see more stable programs that Tenants have moved into the Ibe cooununity. For JII(R iDtiJr pro~ so that people may re [email protected]. The center's diabetes treat ate accessible to youths, such as Ray Dooley Apartments, former mation, call Kim • 617-D- turn to hool, grow 4small busi ment program is unique in that sports teams and indoor activities ly knows as Long-Glen Rental. 1581. ness 0 buy a boljDe. AUston all the specialists the patient J1III8t when the weather is cold. They Brighto' Resource center is mak These 59 fully affordable apart see on a regular basis are 011 SIaff like see Allston Brighton CDC Wauml's III ••1 Sit would also to these pro ing s neighborh~ residents ments, converted from market or keep hours at the centa" each g1ams offer parents education. receive e full bene t of the tax rnte housing, include ~ mix of wins grant for open month. Whereas patients at Free bealth servioIIIlft BVIi1- Latinos en Accion feels that one-, two- and three-hedroom IIble through the JoIIeph M. system ugh the Earned In space planning many health centers often have there is a need to increase safety in Credit by . fferiog free units. Smith Community HeIIdI CIII Allston Brighton CDC received to travel to other medical venues parks and other open space areas, services. Ray Dooley was a founding let Women's HeaIdt Network to see specialists, at the centa", atid that organizations and institu .eger, financial literacy board member of the Allston a $31,000 grant from the Massa patients are treated on site. 00 Ptogtan1 A WOOIiiII oIds" !biiD tions should provide more effec Brighton Community Develop chusetts Neighborhood Planning 40 with a low incoIIIe who bas coordinator, may be staff are registered dietitians, a tive information about open space reached .th any questions or to ment Corp. in 1980. He served the Initiative, a program of the De certified podiatrist, and entire vi JIO insurance or iJIIunn:e IbaI partment of Housing and Com activities and opportunities. sign up or an infOlimation ses city of Boston for 10 years as does not oover phyIical CUIII, munity Development. sion am dental depm bllents. An In the long term, besides open sion. mail krieger@allston Mayor Raymond Ayon's dinector This grnot will support the All endocrinologist from the Joslin mammogrnmsandJIIP-1IIIY space, Latino residents feel that it brighto ' c.org or 617-787- of administration and finance. He be eligible. The prop_ Il1o can ston Brighton Greenspace Advo Clinic sees patients once a month is important to: 3874, ex . 220. was a chief architect of Boston's at the center. cowrs cboIe t 01 JDI gIual8e • Work together with the Mass Neighborbood Housing Trust, cates' work on developing AUston As the ultimate in "ooe-stop ",:husetts Association of CDCs which has resulted in the creation Brighton Green Space Connec shopping," the centa" had its lint mid other housing campaigns to Green athering of hundreds of affordable homes tions, strengthen network of pub Diabetes Day in Novemba". 00 secure funds to create more af lic parks and to make parkJands ~:w goes I at in AUston-Brighton and all over that day, all inIerested diabetic fcrdable housing and til continue the city of Boston. Dooley died accessible to all modes of trans patients saw as many sprialjsls 1InIIII.·1 ••• ",!dressing substandard housing. The ~n S Advocates last year of cancer. portation. The grant will allow as their persooal scbedules peI" • Continue to address substan meet mo tbIy. Plans are being made for a rib ASGSA to convene a neighbor mitted. Another Diabetes Day is ,...111"'" dard housing conditions, includ For re informaqon on open bon~uning and dedication by hood envisioning process to build being planned for May, dale to ing bedbugs, mold, lead paint and space grams, e-mi : Heather at Mayor Thomas Menino of the consensus on community open be aonotmeed. ~~~Ibe asbestos. knops ' der@allst nbrighton- Ray Dooley Apartments in early space and transportation needs in Another atttaction to the em lion, the JoIIeph M. SmiIb Oa • Fight housing discrimination. cdc.org April. AUston Brighton. ter's diabetic patients is the munity Health 0I*r wiD po • Increase Latino participation This grant creates an opportuni group weight loss clinic. Open to Vide infunnadon It·· regarding institutional expansion Gre Boston,Bedbug Home buying 101 class ty in 71XrI to work on neighbor all patients with weight c0n througbout the IXJIIIIDdy 011 in AUstoo-Brighton, with empha hood greenspace issues. The pub cerns, the group approach pr0- how residaJIs can pt*ICt ...... sis on Harvard University and Task prce happenings in Brighton lic is invited to the next AUston vides mutual support. A new aeIves amlbeir fImiIy ...... Boston College. AB~ offers funding for The Allston Brighton Commu Brighton Greenspace Advncates class forms every two IDOIIIbI, flu am Piilldlllllio IIIL AIr - • Organize frequent informa bedbug ~cation. Ilprovides up nity Development Corp. offers a meeting, e-mail Heather at knop each one coosisting of four ses InfcrmaIioo. call PI . I .. ti',e sessions about immigration to $300 r family to lenants to re four-week course in English on all sny{\er@ allstonbrightoncdc.org, sions over eight weeks. 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