Happenings on Charles Street Business Association’S Sidewalk Sale Returns This Weekend
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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 BOOK YOUR POST IT Call Your Advertising Rep TTHEHE BBEEACONACON HHILLILL TTIMESIMES (781)485-0588 THERE ARE NO TIMES LIKE THESE TIMES GIRL SCOUTS TROOP 65321 KICKS OFF NEW SEASON Happenings on Charles Street Business Association’s Sidewalk Sale returns this weekend By Dan Murphy “I think it’s a great way to come together as a community again When the Beacon Hill Business after many months of businesses Association’s Sidewalk Sale returns being closed…and to meet and to the neighborhood this week- greet our neighbors once again,” end, the long-running and eager- said Lana Barakat, a Business ly awaited event will likely take Association board member and on new resonance by becoming a owner of December Thieves, a reunion of sorts for many in the shop at 51 Charles St., that sells in community who won’t have seen high-end apparel, and home and one another since before the pan- demic struck. (SIDEWALK SALE, Pg. 4) Gary Drug is a true family enterprise By Dan Murphy self-described “neighborhood legend” that dates back to 1934. Gary Drug Co. is a family “And I like to think we’re part of enterprise in the truest sense, serv- the community.” SOFIA ALTENHOFF ing generations from the neighbor- Herman, now 87, bought Gary Cadette and Senior Girl Scouts from Troop 65321 start off the new season social distancing in the Boston hood over the years, and with a Drug in 1972 and the building Common. long history of hiring the relatives it sits in six years later. He lived of employees to come work at the above the store for many years longstanding Charles Street phar- and his tenants included Eileen Neighborhood elected officials make macy. Fitzpatrick, a longtime Gary Drug “We have a loyal following in employee who lived in an apart- the community,” said Dan Green- ment upstairs, where she raised final push for Census participation field, who, together with his father, her only child, Tom Savage. Herman, owns and operates the By Dan Murphy “People are living here, completing this easy task can pharmacy at 59 Charles St. - a (GARY DRUG, Pg. 4) and they should be counted as make a huge difference for Boston, With Wednesday, Sept. 30 - Boston residents,” State Rep. Jay Rep. Livingstone said, in terms of the deadline to respond to Census Livingstone said. “It only takes a the federal funding ultimately allo- 2020 – less than a week away, few minutes to complete, and can cated to the city. neighborhood elected officials are be done by the internet, over the “It’s so important because every making one last plea for the city’s phone or by filling out the form.” single additional person who fills residents to participate and be And while responding it out would mean whether thou- counted. to the Census takes only minutes, (CENSUS, Pg. 3) Beacon Hill Civic Association Community Corner BHCA Fall HillFest this Sunday! Play Area. We hope you will join be an at-home scavenger hunt for Mark your calendar for Fall us for this fun and unique expe- the kids to participate in. HillFest! This year we are taking rience. Please register at www. The second hour of the event the festivities online with bhcivic.org. will be a real treat for families! a virtual block party! This From 1-2pm, the program- Young-Shin Choi will perform event will take place on Sunday, ming is for children. There will be works on violin composed by an September 27th from 1-4:30pm, safety tips and a virtual tour of an African American composer, and followed by a socially distanced emergency vehicle, followed by a Mark Kiefer will give his much after party at the Phillips Street virtual pet show! Then there will (BHCA Pg. 3) Dan Greenfield, who owns and operates Gary Drug Co. at 59 Charles St. with his father Herman. Guide to Schools special section Pages 8-14 PAGE 2 THE BEACON HILL TIMES SEPTEMBER 24, 2020 editorial WINTER SURVIVAL: MASKS AND FLU SHOTS The testimony of Dr. Robert Redfield, the head of the Centers for Disease Control, before a U.S. Senate subcommittee last week regarding the need for every American to wear a face mask in public to thwart the spread of Covid-19 was stunning for its sheer simplicity. “A face mask is the most important and powerful public health tool we have,” said Redfield. “If we did it for six, eight, or 10 weeks, we could bring the pandemic under control. We have clear scientific evi- dence they work, and they are our best defense. I might even go so far as to say that this face mask is more guaranteed to protect me against Covid than when I take a Covid vaccine.” Dr. Redfield’s statement provided Americans with the most direct and easiest-to-understand medical advice that we have heard in our lifetime from any health professional regarding any illness or disease. Face masks have been shown in the past to be effective against the spread of airborne illnesses. During the 1918 flu pandemic, American cities that required their citizenry to wear face masks in public had much lower incidences of the flu and much lower death rates from that deadly disease than cities that did not require the use of masks. The other significant thing we can do for our individual and collective health this winter season is to get a flu shot as soon as possible. Although flu shots typically do not have 100% effectiveness, they nonetheless can GUEST OP-ED provide significant protection against the flu for most Americans, there- by reducing to a large extent the number of persons who might require medical treatment and hospitalization. We also would note that there is substantial evidence that flu shots Turn the page also provide protection for the heart, although it still is not completely Dr. Glenn Mollette like an interesting book. Your life have to turn the page. When we understood why. is probably very interesting if you change jobs or careers that require Together, masks and flu shots offer our best chance to avoid the Fall season officially begins were able to write out the whole transition it’s tough but we have to so-called “twin-demic” this coming winter. Indeed, if everyone masks up September 22 this year. For every story. Maybe you should write turn the page. When children grow season there is a change. Most of about your life? Write it out for up and move away or no longer and gets vaccinated (as well as stays home when they are sick), this could us like the seasons especially if we someone later to read about. If have time to be with us then we be the healthiest winter our nation ever has experienced. can have four of them. you decide to do so write about must turn the page. I like the fall as the weather the hard times as well as what you A good friend is selling his seems more stable in our part of want everyone else to know. lovely home. I can see that’s it a the country. For our neighbors in Whenever you read or write a tough time emotionally as he has COVID IS THE LEADING KILLER OF California they are desperate for book it requires turning the page invested so many years into where FIRST RESPONDERS anything that will bring rain and or writing a new page. You can’t he lives. He and his wife are mov- an end to the devastating fires. finish the book if you stay on the ing into a smaller condominium. This has been a cruel, harsh time same page. When our parents die, He loves his beautiful yard but he Recently-revealed statistics have brought into sharp focus the deadly that we pray passes by and ends we have to turn the page. When and tragic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic upon our nation’s police and very quickly for California. we bury a spouse or loved one, we (OP-ED, Pg. 3) firefighters. On the east and gulf coast there is always another looming hurri- At least 101 police officers have died from Covid-19, and it is esti- cane this time of year. Flooding and mated that this figure represents only half of the Covid-19 deaths among devastation have already occurred THE BEACON HILL TIMES police officers. This compares to 70 officers who have died in the line of in Louisiana with the potential of more to come. PRESIDENT/EDItoR: STEphEN QUIGLEY duty from accidents and felonious attacks. Every season brings the pos- For firefighters, deaths from Covid-19 likewise have exceeded fatali- sibilities of pleasant weather but MARKETING DIREctoR: DEBRA DIGREgoRIO ([email protected]) ties from other service-related causes. also severe weather. Very much like our lives every season brings ART DIREctoR: Scott YATES These statistics clearly demonstrate that our public safety personnel change because we have no choice FOUNDING PUBLISHER: KAREN CORD TAYLOR put their lives and health on the line just by showing up for their jobs. but to deal with the change. When They do not have the luxury of working remotely from the comfort of snow comes, we adapt and enjoy their home, as so many of us are able to do these days. the change. © 2007 INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER GROUP Our lives are like seasons - The work of first responders always has been difficult enough, but the change comes. If we are fortunate, PHONE: 617-523-9490 • FAX: 781-485-1403 added layer of the risks posed by Covid-19 has increased their line-of- aging occurs.