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Aug. 31, 10:30 A.M Dorchester Reporter “The News and Values Around the Neighborhood” Volume 35 Issue 35 Thursday, August 31, 2017 50¢ City approves demolition of Treadmark’s five top floors Trinity says it will rebuild by using the original plans By Jennifer Smith newS editor The owners of the Treadmark building, which was largely destroyed in a six-alarm fire in late June, have won city approval to demolish the top stories of the Dorchester Avenue structure. The company— Trinity Financial, Inc.— said this week that it will begin the work soon with plans to rebuild the mixed-use project over the next year. The firm will likely be doing some aggressive marketing at the same time. A company spokesman, Mathieu Zahler, said that Trinity has lost “roughly half of the buyers” it had originally signed up for the development’s condominium units. The city’s Inspectional Services Department ap- One of the candidates for District 7 Boston City Council is Angie Camacho, who is shown above at the proved Trinity’s plan on Tuesday, said Zahler. The Aug. 19 Fight Supremacy march from Roxbury Crossing to Boston Common that she helped to organize. top five floors of the building will be knocked down, Chris Lovett photo he said, which will leave the structure stripped down to a concrete podium above the first floor. The Treadmark’s upper floor and roof were Crowded field seeking votes in District 7 consumed by a persistent fire in the ceiling of the six-floor building around 2 p.m. on June 28, one day Councillor Tito Jackson’s seat to financial filing period which closed By maddie Kilgannon before the Boston Fire Department was scheduled to represent all of Roxbury and parts August 15. reporter CorreSpondent do a final sprinkler system check. A faulty exhaust of the South End, Dorchester and Fundraising aside, Jibril said In the city election’s most pipe connected to a basement generator ignited Fenway has left four candidates she has made it a priority in her crowded contest, 13 candidates flammable materials on the roofline, sparking the with more than $10,000 to spend campaign to register as many are presently vying to win voter’s blaze that burned for almost 16 hours, according to in the final days leading up to the first-time voters as possible. support to become the next fire officials. District 7 city councillor. With the primary, according to the Office of “Everybody has to vote for the (Continued on page 4) Sept. 26 run-off election less than Campaign and Political Finance. first time at some point, so it might four weeks away— and only a few Dorchester resident Joao Gomes as well be in this primary,” Jibril days until the deadline to register Depina has just over $10,000 and said. “I was born in a country to vote closes on Sept. 6— it will Hassan A. Williams, has $13,480 where we didn’t have the privilege Civic leaders brace be up to the voters to narrow the to spend. Since the beginning of to vote,” said Jibril, who came to field to two finalists who will face June alone, Deeqo Jibril has man- Boston as a Somali refugee when for busy fall on off on the November ballot. aged to raise $13,769, leaving her she was 12. “When I started I had A summer spent actively cam- campaign with $21,704 to spend, no name recognition, but I didn’t paigning and fundraising to fill according to the most recent (Continued on page 9) development front By Jennifer Smith again under agreement newS editor to be sold, this time to Grace Cotter Regan takes The fall civic asso- the Nordblom Company. ciation schedule will be UMass Boston is solicit- kicking off again next ing ideas from developers charge as BC High president month and a flurry of for the site of the former Bayside Exposition Cen- By reporter Staff school earlier this year. proposed building proj- Grace Cotter Regan will be the In a statement issued to the ects tops the agendas. ter through October. next president of Boston College BC High community announc- The Reporter checked Next month, the city High School, the school’s board of ing the news, Fr. Brian Conley in with planning chairs will begin public meet- trustees announced on Aug. 24. SJ, chairman of BC High’s board and heads of groups (Continued on page 19) The new head of the 154-year- of trustees, said that Regan was around Dorchester and old Jesuit institution has most “unanimously supported” by Mattapan to ask what recently served as head of school the board, adding, “She brings patterns they are seeing at St. Mary’s in Lynn and was a wealth of educational experi- and what projects are on previously the executive direc- ence grounded in the Jesuit and Old pals: Boston’s Cardinal the horizon. tor of advancement for the New Catholic tradition.” O’Malley and Grace Cotter Regan. The Columbia-Savin England Province of Jesuits and Cotter Regan has deep connec- Hill Civic Association the Boston College Alumni As- tions to the campus on Morrissey ter, a native of Dorchester’s Savin is monitoring major sociation. Boulevard. Her son Bartley was a Hill section— was the longtime parcels, including the She succeeds longtime Presi- student-athlete at the high school head football coach and athletic 16.5-acre Boston Globe director at BC High. All contents copyright dent William Kemeza, who retired and is a graduate of the class of property on Morrissey © 2017 Boston after a 30- year-career at the 2012. Her late father— Jim Cot- (Continued on page 16) Boulevard, which is once Neighborhood News, Inc. Big bank services without big bank fees. 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No bail for man • Mattapan Community Health Center Health charged in fatal Care Revival 9:30 a.m.- 3:30 p.m., 249 River St., Eric Joseph, 15, from Dorchester, (middle) won the Save the Harbor/Save the Theatre District Mattapan. Free. See MattapanCHC.org for more Bay Annual Youth Fishing Tournament at Fan Pier on Aug. 9 catching a 29 shooting info. inch Sea Bass. About 50 kids and teens from the Boston area grabbed their A 29-year-old Mat- fishing rods and headed out to spend the day on Boston Harbor at Save the tapan man who alleg- S u n d a y Harbor/Save the Bay’s Annual Youth Fishing Tournament at Fan Pier on Boston Harbor. The kids and teens boarded 8 donated charter boats and set edly shot into a group (10th) – The of people after an early- fifth annual off for a morning of fishing for striped bass, bluefish, flounder, black sea bass and tautog. Following the weigh-in and award ceremony, captains, kids and morning fight in the Dorchester Theatre District last Park Classic crew enjoyed a great lunch at Fan Pier and shared fish stories from the sum- mer. Each of the winners received a fishing rod and the boat captains each week has been charged C a r S h o w received a case of Harpoon beer after the event. with murder. Kiewann f r o m 1 0 Watson was ordered a.m.-4 p.m. to be held without bail Ester Lower Teachers, city agree on pact; during his arraignment Mills Dining in Boston Municipal and Richie’s pay hikes set over two years Court. Slush will Boston Public Schools Prosecutors say Wat- provide re- son shot and killed Mi- freshments teachers have agreed to a new contract with the chael Miranda, 28, just in the park. after 2:15 a.m. on Aug. The car show Walsh administration that will include pay 20 after a brawl between is sponsored two groups ended on b y t h e increases of two percent this year— and three Tremont Street. Another Dorchester man was wounded in the Park Associa- percent next year. The agreement also includes shooting incident— in tion (DPA). which Watson allegedly See dotpark.org. improvements in paren- tal leave policies, hiring fired multiple rounds processes, and school into a group of people Wednesday (13th) – Dorchester Bike & Brew leaving the scene. 2017 is held in Peabody Square on Wed., Sept. 13 nurse staffing, according to the mayor’s office. Prosecutors say that from 6:30-9:30 p.m. Family friendly community Watson was “identified festival designed to showcase the growing cycling “We are all pleased to announce an agreement through video footage community in Dorchester. It is free to attend, with from cameras in the food and beverages available for individual purchase.
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