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P. cEs nCommunity Newspaper Company www.allstonbnghtontab.com FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 2003 Vol. 7, No. 37 46 Pages II 3 Sections 75¢ Speaking up about war and pe8ce A-B residents join massive Local veterans support rally on Boston Comnzon soldiers fighting in Iraq By Phoebe Sweet soggy Common STAFF WRITER Beneath raintxw. flag~ and anti­ By David Nelson ''Right or wrong, it's our coun­ CORRESP"NDENT mong the 25,000 people war banners, th~ whir of police try," said William Dyer, a Navy A gathered on the Boston helicopters and a gm) k) that n. a country where television vet •ran who left ,Brighton High Common Saturday to protest threatened serimt\ rain the -.mall I viewers tay constantly tuned School in I 940 f6r a position in a America's military action in Iraq, a contingent of A B residents tuned i'ii to fighting in Iraq, church con­ submarine ·during World War II. group of local residents marched in and out of sp·eche and wan­ gregations meet to pray for peace ''11'e troops are over there, you behind an "Allston-Brighton for dered among th booths and tent-. and anti-\\.ar prote ts shut down ha\c to support them." Peace" banner. set up at Boston large-.t prolest in the stree~ of Boston, some in the ··1 don't understand the march­ Along with protesters from decades. community rely on something es against it," said James Mur­ around New England, the crew of 'The most t. citing thmg \\a-; simpler to under;tand their role in phy, president of the men's club about 30 A-B neighbors gathered to stand there m d look out on the the war: personal experience. at lhe Veronica Smith Senior to voice their opposition to a war Bo ton Comm 1 and as far a:; the While <;0me local World War II Center in Brighton. 'The people that is now nearly three weeks eye could see ti ·re \\ere people, ST-'Ff PllOTO BY JIM\\~ \ eterans ha\ e mixed feelings on the that march against the war are old, as the bells of the Arlington just to know th. 11 that man) p&>- Jae-Lynn Start (left), Andrea Doremus (right) and Pat Walsh.4t;enter decision to enter Iraq, they~have no well educated; administrators, Street Church rang out over a back), all of Brighton, help lead one of the groups from Allston­ doubt on how Americans should RALLY, page 24 Brighton during Saturday's anti-war rally and march In Boston. college professors, college stu- respond to the miltlal) oction. VETS, page 25 Another In support ofMiclurel Hynes chunk of land for Harvard? By Phoebe Sweet ~T~WI" Harvard University is set to snatch up 91 more acre., ofAllston this week after a whopping $75 million ofter put it ahead of a pack of three other bidder., looking to take over five Massachusett<; Turnpike plots of land. But in a lalit-minute attempt to stall the deal, f\.fa)or Tom Menino and four top state officials asked the Pikt to put off finalizing the sale, according to the Boston Globe. Although Pike officials were reportedly schedulP<l tn make a decision toda) Hida} , · e .,po e~man Seai 1 O'Nc II said that the deal won't be finalized until early next Wt.i!k and was never scheduled to be made at today's board meeting. Harvard's bid i'> expected to be accepted despite the opposition from Dc\elopmem ~ICtar) Doug Fo) Transportation Secretal') Dan Grabau-,ka.'., and !\1eninu reported in the Globe. The Pike doe-, '>till ha\e the au thorit) to deny Harvard any or all of the five parcels de­ spite the fact that they are the highest bidder. O'Neill called the deal a win/win situation for both the Pike and the university. The parcels are mostly industrial land wedged be ~n Cambridge Street, Soldiers Field Road and CSX f9ilroad tracks . • According to the Globe, critics of Harvard\ takeover say that if the univer..it) cut<; off access to th ran yards, trucks would have to travel through Boston to llie next nearest rail yard in Worcescer. STAFF PHOTO BY MICHAEL M.AAIN!NG But O'NeilJ said Thursday that ince CSX has an Caltlln Kane dances the Siege of Ennis with Jim Mcilvaine during the Michael Hynes Jr. fund-raiser at the Freeport Hall on Sund y afternoon. In March easement on the land in perpetuity, access to the rail 2002, Hynes, 42, sustained a life-threatening injury while wort<Jng on a light fixture at Star Market In Brighton. The fund-raiser was held to collect money yard will never be cut off. to help the Hynes family. HARVARD, page 27 INSIDE It's show ti111e Budget ax aimed at Baldwin School By Pho be Sweet STAff WRITER Students who leave the Baldwin Elementary School in Brighton for summer vocation may never come back if the Boston School Committee approves the closing of five schools, includinp the Baldwin, in the coming weeks. The Baldwin, along with two other grammar schools and two middle school'> in Boston, will probably be closed at the end of this school year to help save ENTERTAINMENT Boston Public Schools n •arly $6 million. Sigourney Weaver BALDWIN, page 27 brings a 9-11 story to the screen Waterworks site ._SEE PAGE 17 proposal unveiled By PhOebe Sweet INSIDE STAI 1- WRITER Three development lt.'ams unveiled proposals for Commentary 12 restoration of the Cleveland Circle Waterworks site Community Notes 3 Tuesday night, saying that blueprints for new construc­ sr.tlf ""° e Ringmaster Ryan Kearney gets the 102nd annual minstrel show underway at St. Anthony's Parish last tion on the site are certa111 to change during the public Crime 11 weekend. This year saw the school present ·The Greatest 'Shows' on Earth." proce s. "What you see is not what you are going to get,'' said Entertainment 17 WATERWORKS, page .?6 Ubrary Notes 28 \IA EL . FREE ONLINE Obituaries 31 When you say it (:lllH( H>R.\( :TH : BANKING with flowers make People 10 !~ FREE CHECKI!':G sure they're ours! 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