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rJ Community Newspaper Company www.townonline.com/allstonbrighton DECEMBER 22 - 28, 1998 Vol. 3, No. 36 Aholiday miracle After decades of delay, work begins on Brighton's A-Line track project

By Debra Goldstein TAB Staff Writer ellow construction equipment dug out the first tier of the A-Line trolley tracks Yon Cambridge Street last Wednesday, ending nearly three decades of frustration for Brighton residents and public officials who have been lobbying for their removal. The former A-Line stopped carrying pas en­ gers in 1969. Since then, all of the unusedA­ Line tracks in Watertown, Newton and Allston had been tom out. But Brighton's stretch­ which runs along Cambridge Street from Union Square lo Washington and Tremont streets at the Newton border - remained. Community members had complained for vr:ars· that the tracks' presence on Btighton 's three main thoroughfares were a safety hazard and an eyesore. Work on the project - a city­ and state-funded ventme which will cost more Mayol' Thomas Menino arid state Rep. Kevin Honan were among those who celebrated the start of Bl'ighton's A-Line track removal project last Wednesday. than $10 million lo complete - was original­ ly slated to begin last year. But it had been however, as an elated crowd - including "It's been a long struggle. The citizens of this "I think it will stimulate the business com­ held up by several bureaucratic delays both Allston-Brighton and city of Boston officials, community have wanted this for so long." munity and the economy," said Honan. ''This from the city of Boston and the common­ community activists and curious passers-by State Rep. Kevin Honan (D-Brighton) pre­ is a wonderful day for the neighborhood. It's wealth of Massachusetts. - came out to herald the start of the project. dicted the completed project would benefit the the largest public project that has been started Much of that was forgotten last Wednesday, "Thank God," said Mayor Thomas Menino. neighborhood significant} y. TRACKS, page 31 The price of poverty An inside look at the life of a welfare mother

n a two-room apartment at the While much has been said about the Archdale Community Housing thousands of Massachusetts families complex, five children watch who are losing their benefits under the television by the dim glow of a .. state's welfare reform initiatives, there bare bulb. has been little talk about the families In the kitchen, their mother, that remain on the welfare ro1ls and Celeste Walker, 32, sits quietly have a difficult time navigating an smoking. Tears are in her eyes and the often-confusing maze of bureaucracy to ,. smoke cmls around her face. She cries for help them find a better life. many reasons: her living situation; the five For three months, TAB photographer kids in the front room; the two other chil­ Darren McCollester tracked Walker as she dren she gave up for adoption in June; and struggled to find an apartment that is big the one who died in September of Sudden enough to house her children, deal with Infant Death Syndrome. the death of her 4-month-old daughter and Alex and Lydia Price eat breakfast in the kitchen of their apartment in the Archdale Conununity Housing Walker, a single mother, has been find a job that will pay her enough to sup­ complex in Roslindale. receiving welfare benefits since 1985. port her five remaining children .

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The areas are the Liberty Tree Square, at the intersection of of the Bell Atlantic building, would help create an opportunity for local Asian American artists to exhibit their Washington, Boylston and Essex Streets. Phillips Square, at the intersection of Harrison Avenue, Essex and work and encouraging more public activity by making the site a place visitors could view and purchase Asian art Chauncy Streets, and the China Gate Park Area where the Central Artery Tunnel Project proposes to reduce and artifacts. Surface Road from six to three traffic lanes and eliminate the Chinatown exit off south 93. A second feature includes restoration of Oxford Place a street that connects Harrison Avenue and Oxford Street. Liberty Tree Square: ' This long neglected residential, no-vehicular street is presently lit at one end by a single wooden lamppost. Its According to David Hackett Fisher, history professor at Brandeis University and author of"Paul Revere's Ride", significance to Chinatown history is that town houses along the street, built in early l 820's, were some of the first the Liberty Tree Square is one of the most important Revolutionary sites in Boston and the nation. It was at this dwellings in Chinatown that became available in l 920's for purchase by Chinese Americans. The plan calls for site that from August of 1765 the Sons of Liberty met under a large elm tree, dubbed the Liberty Tree, to protest new lighting, removal of the covering asphalt and sidewalks, uncovering the original cobble stone surface and the British Crown's levy of new taxes on the colonies. Indeed, the elm tree as a symbol ofliberty was so strong improving drainage. These changes would not only encourage more pedestrian traffic along this street but also that British soldiers were ordered to cut it down at the beginning of the Revolutionary War. would create a more livable environment for Asian American families living on Oxford Place. Today, the square i also a major gateway into Chinatown, an ethnic enclave that has long contributed to the cul­ China Gate Park Area: tural heritage and history of Boston. The square, easily reached from the Green Line Boylston Street station at By the year 2004 changes projected by the Central Artery Project for the Surface Road adjacent to Chinatown the Boston Commons and the Orange Line Chinatown Station located in the square, was made part of.J:he Adult will provide new opportunities to develop much needed urban open space for Chinatown. The CAT project is Entertainment Zone by city fathers. A a consequence the area has deteriorated and became blighted. The recent committed to deliver at the end of construction wider sidewalks, standard street lighting, a narrow linear green relocation of the Registry to the renovated Liberty Tree Building, the construction of the Millennium complex and park space, limited' to seed and loam only, and special pavement of small area in front of the China Gate. Our the upcoming Silver Line along Washington Street heralds significant renewal of this area. intent is to go beyond what the CAT plans to deliver since Chinatown needs to have a major urban park to relieve Chinatown Main Street's plan makes a single large elm, planted in a tree planter incorporating the original its congestion and density. bronze Liberty Tree plaque, the focal and symbolic point of the square. In addition, the plan calls for erection of The plans calls for having more easily maintained paved surface and less lawn landscaping particularly since tall Liberty Beacons that would help to illuminate the square. To complement and re-emphasize the historical continuous green lawns are rarely identified with Asian urban design. Use of paving patterns would also help to aspect of the square the base of the Liberty Beacons would be inscribed with quotations on liberty and freedom integrate the area into a "plaza" that would provide a continuous space for community celebrations and events, derived from various nations of the world. The object of the plan is to create an attractive site with a strong civic such as the August Moon Festival and Chinese New Year, which many Bostonians attend. Generous tree presence that would be meaningful to dome tic as well as foreign visitors. plantings, to create greenery and shaded areas, are included to encourage community usage, as is the installation Phillips Square: of special lighting, appropriate street furniture and well-designed trash receptacles. Another feature, designed to The intersection of Harrision Avenue, Essex and Chauncy Streets is a major pedestrian thoroughfare between encourage community participation and involvement, is the construction of a non-religious shrine on a raised Downtown Crossing and Chinatown. The object of the plan is to transform part of Phillips Square into a park and landscape platform honoring a historical figure with whom the community can identify. The renovation of the to widen the sidewalks of Harrision Avenue so that trees can be planted from Essex to Kneeland Streets. These China Gate Park, to include construction of new playground structures and installation of benches to discourage changes, which would create a tree-lined boulevard, would bring spatial and visual relief ro the heart of vagrancy, focuses on recapturing the park for use by Chinatown's families and children. Chinatown; a neighborhood that has the least open green space and is the most congested in the city of Boston. Chinatown Main Street 2 Boylston Street, Suite G-1 Boston, MA 02116 Telephone: 350-6303 Manager: Irene Thai The Executive Board of Chinatown Main Street, along with the TAB newspaper, wishes everyone in Chinatown and sur­ rounding communities a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. In addition, we would like to invite you to join us in a A B t M . St t 1 't' t' Chinese New Year celebration party with Mayor Thomas M. Menino os on am r7e Ill ta ive to welcome the rabbit. "Year of 4697" Thomas M. Menino, Mayor Date: January 28, 1999 Reception: 6:30pm Time: 6:30-lO:OOpm Celebration: 7:16pm Place: Chau Chow City Dinner: 7:4Spm Sharp!! 83 Essex Street Music For Enjoyment :$t(~Jf;- Dim Sum Daily Boston's Chinatown Donation: $30/person Limited Seating. First come, first served. 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www.townonline.com/allstonbrighton December 22 - 28, 1998 The Allston-Brighton TAB, page 3 BFI still in violation City says trash company has continued wastewater dumping, illegal truck storage By Debra Goldstein TAB Sta.ff Writer lthough it has corrected most of the 37 state, environmental, fire A and public-safety code viola­ tions found by the ciry, Browning Ferris Industries Inc. is still funneling wastewater from its Brighton site into the Charles River. It is also parking scores of trash trucks on its property in violation of zon­ ing restrictions - a charge the company disputes. If the remaining violations are not cor­ rected, the trash collection company, known more commonly as BFI, could be found in contempt of court. That's because last month the Boston Environmental Strike Team- a consortium of five city agencies that monitors businesses suspect­ ed of multiple environmental violations - Mary Anus bar was issued a two-day license suspension last week for a Nov. 20 incident in which a bouncer was arrested and charged with assault and battery on a patron. successfully won a permanent injunction The Beacon Street bar has received three license suspensions in 1998. against BFI in Superior Court. The court ordered the company to pay $3,000 in fines, to clean up its office and truck-repair facility, and to stop storing vehicles and City Mary trash at its cite at 152-170 Market St. and suspends Ann's license 203 North Beacon St. The deadline to comply with the order was the end of Board cites bar following "I'd be happy to have a dialogue," hood. November, when the court order was Eisenstadt said. "You can't put all the blame on everything issued. The order came because BFI had charges that bouncer Mary Ann's officials say the Nov. 20 inci­ that happens on this establishment," said not complied with the multiple violation dent was the result of an unruly patron. The Honan. "But over the years, one of the prob­ citations the city's environmental team, attacked patron bouncer, Eric Landry, said he was arrested lems is the bar in question." which is also known as BEST, issued dur­ after acting in self-defense when he was Cleveland Circle residents, meanwhile, tes­ ing an Aug. 6 inspection. By Debra Goldstein attacked by the patron. But, according to tified that the recent incidents are emblematic Last Wednesday night, community TAB Sta.ff Writer District 14 Polke Captain William Evans, the of a larger problem. members got an opportunity to talk with ary Ann's bar was hit with a incident was the third time in the past year "We don't have the same problems with the representatives from the rubbish col­ two-day license suspension police had been called to investigate a Mary other bars," said resident Philip Tackel. ''The lection company. City Councilor Brian last week by the Boston Ann's employee accused of assaulting a way business is conducted, it's a detriment to Honan organired the meeting, which was M Licensing Board as a result patron. the community." held at the District 14 police station in of a Nov. 20 incident in which Boston Police "There's no excuse when the problem is Tacke] said prior sanctions against Mary Brighton. Close to 30 people, including charged a bar bouncer with assaulting a your employees assaulting patrons," Evans Ann's have not been sufficient to change the city officials, attended. BEST officials patron. said. ''That's not supposed to happen. way the bar is run. detailed code violations they found during Boston Police have cited the Beacon Street ''They're supposed to be well trained," "I would like to see some other remedies the Aug. 6 inspection, residents told about bar five times this year for incidents ranging added Evans. "If they have somebody to be put in place," said Tackel. odors and noise coming from the site, and from serving alcohol after hours to assault removed, they're told they should call us." He, as well as other residents at the hearing, representatives from BFI explained how and battery, according to city documents. Still, Evans said the bar should be com­ blamed patrons from Mary Ann's for routine­ they were dealing with the problems. Mary Ann's, a popular hangout for Boston mended for its efforts to control overcrowd­ ly waking them up when they walk noisily Randall Bergeson, who joined BFI last CoIJege students, has received two other sus­ ing and meet city fire codes. through the neighborhood after the bar's 2 April as the company's divisional vice pensions of its license this year. ''They have been inspected seven times this a.m. closing hour. president, said the majority of issues cited Some city officials, inc1uding City year, and we didn't find any violations," said "In the middle of the night, you get this by BEST were corrected immediately Councilor Francis "Mickey" Roache, testified Evans. burst of energy," said Betsey Glaser, another after the inspection. last Monday at a Boston Licensing Board But neighbors and city officials say they Cleveland Circle resident. "I'm just con­ "I weJcome this evening," said hearing that the city should consider rolling believe Mary Ann's is at least partly responsi­ cerned that it isn't occasional." Bergeson. ''It gives us a chance to talk back the bar's hours as a result of the recent ble for several problems in the Cleveland According to records kept at City Hall, with the community." infractions. Circle area. Following an initial presentation Mary Ann's had been called before the Some of the corrected citations included "I would ask you to seriously consider by Eisenstadt and Landry defending the Licensing Board three other times over the improperly stored gases and oils, said rolling back their hours to 11 p.m.," said bouncer's actions, last week's hearing became past year. Bergerson. The gases and oils are consid­ Roache. "Perhaps suspending their license." a testimonial to community representatives' The bar received a one-day suspension of ered hazardous waste because they create Roache also suggested that Mary Ann's' frustrations with Mary Ann's, including sug­ its license on April 15 after it was cited for environmental, health and fire hazards. representatives meet with community mem­ gestions that the licensing board deliver heav­ selling and serving alcohol after closing But John Shea from the Public Health bers to build a more amicable relationship. ier sanctions against the establishment than it hours. At a July 29 hearing, no action was Commission said the issue of hazardous Mary Ann's attorney David Eisenstadt said has in the past. taken after Mary Ann's was cited for allowing waste storage was a minor problem. the bar would be willing to meet with neigh­ City Councilor Brian Honan said Mary organized gaming activities. Most recently, on 'Their waste storage was fairly good bors to talk about its role in the Cleveland Ann's is a serious contributor to frequent dis­ Dec. 3, Mary Ann's received a two-day sus­ compared to a lot of facilities we looked Circle community. ruptions in the Cleveland Circle neighbor- pensio_n following a disturbance. 0 BFl,page9

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IN BRIEF Office building proposed Radio station raises $130,000 for Franciscan children's hospital Franciscan Children's Hospital and Rehabilitation Center was the grateful recipient for Soldiers Field Road of over $130,000 raised by the first-ever WZLX­ FM "Christmas for Kids" Radio-thon which ran height and would be set back from neigh­ building a self-storage business, the devel­ from 6 a.m. to approximately 6:20 p.m. last Cambridgeport Bank boring structures and roads. People in cars oper chose not to pursue the project. Thursday. eyes site for headquarters driving toward Brighton Center on The self-storage site would have The entire radio-thon was hosed by WZLX-FM Soldiers Field Road would see a three­ required the developer to obtain multiple morning show legend Charles Laquidara. He was joined during the day by guests that included By Debra Goldstein story brick building with a brick-covered zoning variances, including exceeding the TAB Staff Writer tower gracing the main entrance. From property's height requirement, exceeding comedian Jimmy Tingle, Patriots public relations he developer for Cambridgeport Western Avenue, the building would only the floor-to-area ratio, exceeding the VP, Don Lowery, Franciscan Children's Hospital Bank got an unofficial nod from appear to be two stories tall. There would mandatory seven-foot setbacks and creat­ president Paul DellaRocco, FleetCenter presi­ T ·the Allston Civic Association for be entrances on both Soldiers Field Road ing a residential zone for a live-in caretak­ dent, Richard Kreswick, 19-year old New a three-story office building on Soldiers and Western Avenue. er. England Revolution star forward Jamar Beasley, Field Road. The building would replace "It took a prime pi~ of property along New Balance CEO, Jim Davis, ex-Red Sox the abandoned warehouse next to the State the river and turned it into a warehouse," pitcher Dennis Eckersley and Brad Delp, mem­ ber of the rock group "Boston". Keith Police station. "We hope this said association President Paul Berkeley. The association's tentative approval "In comparison, this is a much better pro­ Lockheart, Boston Pops conductor, Mayor came last Tuesday night when William project will set ject." Thomas Menino, Back Bay Restaurant Group McQuillan from Boylston Properties a new standard McQuillan invited questions and com­ President Charles Sarkis and First Lady Company Inc. walked residents through ment on the development plan. Residents Hillary Clinton also participated. the preliminary plans at an Allston Civic for Soldiers Field asked for details of the building's design The $13,000 raised by auctioning off unique Association meeting. Road and Western and the parking lot entrances and exits items and selling song requests (for $50, $100, "We are trying to bring to Allston­ . along Western Avenue. They also wanted and $1,000) will be used to build a much needed Brighton a first-class office building," said Avenue." to know about the amount of noise the gymnasium and therapeutic pool at Franciscan's, McQuillan. "We hope this project will set building's presence would produce. and will benefit children with serious injuries, ill­ Community members at the meeting nesses and genetic disorders. a new standard for Soldiers Field Road William McQuillan and Western Avenue." said they supported the concept of the Items which were auctioned off for over $1,000 The development company's plan is for _ proposed development and invited included a Neil Young-autographed acoustic gui­ a building with approximately 75,000 Boylston Properties to return with its tar, a John Mellencamp-autographed Fender square feet of office space and 17 5 The 145-year-old Cambridgeport Bank updated plan at another Allston Civic Telecaster Guitar, lunch for two with Mayor Tom ground-level parking spots. The parking plans to house its headquarters in the new Association meeting. That meeting will be Menino and Charles Laquidara at the Parkman areas would be partly shielded from road­ building proposed for 1380 Soldiers Field in either January or February, said house, and tickets to Jimmy Buffet and Rolling side view by trees and landscaping. The Road. The bank's administrative offices McQuillan. After that, the developer plans Stones show packages. parts of the building most visible from the are currently scattered throughout its 10 to seek final approval from the Boston $1,000 "Way out of Format'' song requests street would be covered in red brick, branches. Redevelopment Authority. included: Father Ron Coyne of St. Brendan's in while the sides facing adjacent b!!ildings A year ago, another developer presented "It proves that developers can do build­ Dorchester requ~sted "Personality" by Lloyd would be covered in a white stucco-type Allston Civic Association members with ing projects within the zoning codes," Price, Kiss 108 morning DJ Matt Seigel request­ material. plans to build a self-storage site. However, Berkeley said of the Boylston Properties ed "YMCA" by the Village People, and the staff As required by city zoning regulations, residents rejected that project. After hear­ proposal. "I'm glad we held out for some­ at Franciscan Children's Hospital requested Bette the building would not exceed 35 feet in ing the community's strong opposition to thing better." 0 Midler's ''Wind Beneath My Wings''.

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, 1 I I I www.townonline.com/allstonbrighton December 22- 28, 1998 The Allston-Brighton TAB, page 5 Neighborhood news ri~t~~sRusso~ "'\:\ A. Russo & Sons, Inc. director signs off Rasmussen leaves BNN to assume new position

By Linda Rosencrance TAB Staff Writer hades Rasmussen, news director of BNN TV's C Neighborhood Network News for the past 13 years, has resigned to become communica­ tions director of the Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America, lb. based in Jamaica Plain. The organization, which has offices in 12 cities, provides mort­ gages to low- and moderate­ income people. It began as part of the local hotel workers union pro­ gram in Boston. ''The main reason I decided to leave now is that it was a chance to get to what I spent 20 years of my adult life involved in - union issues," Rasmussen said. "I also looked at what was next for Charles Rasmussen, who has spent the last 13 years as news director for Boston Neighborhood Network News and Neighborhood Network News, is leaving his post to become communications director at for access TV in Boston, and I Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America. thought it was going to stay the same. And then my friend called Communication. BNN-TV, Boston and said, 'I have this job, do you Neighborhood Network, provides want it?'" community access to cab!e televi­ Rasmussen began his association sion on Channels 3, 23, and 24. with NNNews as a labor reporter The daily newscasts, Monday in 1984 because of his knowledge through Friday, at 5:30, 9 and 11 of unions. p.m., focus on local news, inter­ "I started out in the student views, reports from neighborhood Plug into Peoples movement in 1971 when I was 27 events and organizations. and moved out here from In a statement, Curtis Henderson California," he said. "Then I spent Jr., general manager of BNN-TV, -wherever you are! 10 or 11 years in health care as an praised the news team for its con­ EMT for the former Boston City tribution to local news over the Hospital and as a union official years in Boston, [there]." "We will miss Charlie and his LoKtNG FOR THE umMATE IN BANKING During his tenure at NNN ews, expertise at NNNews," Henderson convenience? Try @Home Banking from Rasmussen trained reporters who said in the statement. 'We appreci­ Peoples Federal Savings Bank. It offers a went on to CNN and television sta­ ate his work with reporters and stu­ variety of convenient ways to access your tions throughout the country. dents at the Boston University accounts - even pay bills - anytime, anywhere. Among the reporters trained by School of Communication, for the Rasmussen are Rhondella development of neighborhood cor­ Via Telephone Richardson and Lois Holcomb, respondents and for our excel1ent now at WCVB-TV, Channel 5; local coverage." Check balances, transfer funds, Lauren Scott, Kathy Curran and Following in Rasmussen's foot­ and access up-to-the-minute Beth Gennano of WBZ-TV, steps as news director, is Chris account information from any Channel 4; Christine Caswell and Lovett, Neighborhood Network Terry Adler ofWHDH-TY, News anchor-news editor, who will touch-tone phone. Channel 7; as well as Tom Luft, assume the post on Jan. 4. Via ScreenPhone WBZ-TV assignment editor, and As news director, Lovett said he John Simmons, a WBZ-TV pro­ plans to build on the leadership of Enhance your telephone banking ducer. Rasmussen and his knowledge of with a simple upgrade of your Neighborhood Network News is Boston's 20 neighborhoods. He existing phone. You'll add a visual a daily newscast on Channel 3 on said he al.so plans to develop new the public access cable television resources to help the news program menu that will walk you through station in Boston. It is produced at grow and better serve the commu­ each transaction, as well as bill the Boston University College of nity. 0 paying features. Via Personal Computer p:C•J!l•»Wtt!ft•K•tl'!!!Ji§HISMll Log on and do all your banking from home - even schedule loan :Brightonffavd : and bill parrr;ents for future dates. 1--Professional Nail Design by Nga I For the ultimate in banking I * Nail Sculpture * French Manicure '6> I convenience, stop by Peoples and I *Acrylic Tips * Mani. & Pedi. I plug into @Home Banking today! * Silk Wrap * Nail Art & Design I I * Gel Tips *Wax Peoples F~deral Savlnp Bank 229 North Harvard Street, Allston 435 Market Street, Brighton 1905 Centre Street, West Roxbury FREE PARKING 355 Washington Street, Brighton, MA at IN REAR Brighton Center across the street from Dunkin Donuts (617) 254-0707 www.pfsb.com Memba FDIC IC I T t ~ I I • 'I

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Main Streets group Walk on by seeks historic status for Brighton Center nity's arm." Wants area In seeking historic-district status, on prestigious Brighton Main Streets joins Allston Village Main Streets, which wants national register to get the prestigious designation for Allston's business district, and By Debra Goldstein Brighton's Aberdeen residential TAB Staff Writer neighborhood. righton Main Streets is the The newly fonned Allston­ most recent group to seek Brighton Preservation Committee B historic-district designa­ will work on both the Brighton tion for a local area. The business­ Center 'and Allston Village historic resident organization wants to get district projects. Preparing a propas­ Brighton Center on-the National al for nomination includes research­ Register of Historic Places and has ing and writing a historical profile hired a consultant to write the for each property within a planned required proposal. district and mapping out the district If approved, the Brighton Center itself. The nomination request must historic district would stretch be approved by the Boston down Washington Street, from Landmarks Commission, and then A passerby is reflected in the downstairs window of the Russian Bookstore on Commonwealth Avenue. the District 14 police station at the Massachusetts Historical Wirt Street to Parsons Street, and Commission before it is sent to the from the graveyard on Market federal level. The National Register Griffin. cent tax credit for certain types of The Allston-Brighton Street to the courthouse on of Historic Places is overseen by the "There are city designations and renovations, Griffin said. Preservation Committee hopes to Chestnut Hill Avenue. There are Secretary of the Interior. state designations, and they all "They're already eligible for 10 complete the entire nomination about 64 buildings in the proposed "In general, it's the commercial have their own rules and regula­ percent because they are in an eli­ process by September 1999. 0 district, according to Ann Griffin, properties and the civic or institu­ tions," said Griffin. "Part of the gible district," said Griffin. program manager of Brighton tional properties [that would be reason people are nervous when The research and map-making Volunteers interested in joining Main Streets. included in the designation]," said they hear about it is they are afraid phase of the project is scheduled tbe Allston-Brighton Preservation "Part of the mission .:>f Main Griffin. they won't be able to paint or for completion in June, said Committee may call Ann Griffin at Streets is to get people to think Brighton Main Streets and change a toilet seat." Griffin. When that phase is com­ Brighton Main Streets at 779-9200. about the historic setting that we Allston Village Main Streets are Besides providing national pleted, community members will The committees nexi meeting is have, and the historic designation seeking the historic-district desig­ recognition for a district, the desig­ be able to ask questions and dis­ Monday, Feb. 22, at the Allston will definitely help," said Griffin. nation that is the least restrictive to nation provides properties that lie cuss the proposal at at least one Village Main Streets office at 161 "It's a shot of pride in the commu- property owners, according to within the approved zone a 20 per- public meeting. Harvard Ave., Suite 11, in Allston. ,...... ~~~-- ... f To all of our Customers, t BLETZER &BLETZER, P.C. ~ Clients and Friends. j ATTORNEYS AT LAW , 1 .1. f TThhereki~ no timd e mo~ehfitting tHo say fl , an 1ou an to w1s you a appy 'le ; Holiday Season and a New Year of health, l happiness and prosperity. l BUYING OR SELLING A HOME CONSULT AN EXPERIENCED f I REAL ESTATE ATTORNEY ~ Shari, Tom, Marie, Katie, Michael, Mauro, l fl Eleanor, Paul, Frank, Larry, Antonio, \l Draft & Review of Purchase and Sales Agreement Stephanie, Peggy, Michele, Ben, Zvi f • Tide Examinations • Condominiums I • Commercial •Title Insurance Agent • Real Estate Closings •Represent Numerous Lenders

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r------,I I I I I Fighting fire with fire I New Orleans and Chicago. If these City's plan to sue were standard product-liability gun makers could be suits, we wouldn't have more than a passing. interest in what the cities met with countersuit are attempting to do." Gottlieb said the group's legal By Linda Rosencrance action will be filed in Louisiana TAB Staff Writer early next year, and it will name all he Second Amendment cities that are considering following GD ttDME Foundation, a national the lead of Chicago and New T gun-owner advocacy Orleans. ttAPPY group, is planning to sue the city of And it looks like Boston will be Boston if city officials move for­ one of those cities. ward with plans to file a lawsuit Auerbach said the lawsuit against against gun manufacturers. gun manufacturers is Menino's The city is planning to sue number one priority. BLOCKBUSTER GIFTCARDS™ gun manufacturers because it "We have the green light from ...... _...,_ .. ______TRl!liltJ..-aa'- ____ VfO Available in $§, $10, $2§ and sso contends they market unsafe prod­ the mayor," Auerbach said. "It ... -··---·- SI:All------.--.--~ l!lala•- _ _.,,:r-':'ll'r~~ denominations ucts and put guns in the hands of takes a couple of months to get the •U•Wm..Dl ~------~~=~==:-==:~:::-::':"::~:-:, ______criminals, Boston Public Health paperwork in order. We're looking Commissioner John Auerbach said at a March 1 time frame." last week. Although Auerbach said he was In an effort to derail the city's not aware of the letter from the decision, the Second Amendment gun-owners group, he said he was Foundation ent a Dec. 11 letter to not surprised that the cities' law­ Mayor Thomas M. Menino saying suits would meet with some oppo­ the foundation is planning to file its sition. own class-action suit against "We would expect that the indus­ Boston. The countersuit would be try would oppose the lawsuit filed if the city files its lawsuit because they're worried about the against firearms manufacturers, impact on the industry," Auerbach their trade associations and federal­ said. "We think they could take a ly licensed firearms dealers. The more reasonable approach and [out­ cities of Chicago and New Orleans fit guns with safety devices]." have already filed similar suits. Gottlieb said the cities, which According to SAF founder Alan will file individual lawsuits, are Unlike Him, Gottlieb, the foundation's primary hoping that the gun makers won't This Offer Will;~;:. interest is to safeguard the tradi­ be able to defend themselves and tional legal rights of law-abiding will be forced to settle, even if the Last Till 2001. , and peaceable American gun own­ suits have no legal merit to them. ers. Gottlieb said his organization "They're hoping this will p,ut gun represents consumers who might manufacturers out of business," not be able to purchase guns if the Gottlieb said. "We're seeking puni­ lawsuits are successful. tive damages because our rights to "We are not industry advocates,'' buy guns are being violated. As he said. "Gun makers and sellers consumers we either won't be able just happen to he the visible targets to afford them, or they won't be A few sunny days in a row and Frosty is history. But our special of the fri oJous actions brought by made any more." CJ free night and weekend calling offer goes all the way to the year 2001.* So don't be left out in the cold - sign up now. You can also get the Motorola Star TAC™ 3000 for only $29.95.* It's the phone that's small enough Your Wireless Communications Warehouse to wear, and right now it's at a tiny price. 1641 Beacon Street • BROOKLINE (Washington Square) Call the wireless experts today. PHONE: FAX: E·MAIL Safotv-\~.' I§!afo~t d~· ·''' Cellular One reminds you ta use 617· 734-7900 617·734-7669 [email protected] ~call your phone safely white drivmg.

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New playground for Caritas Christi Health System. All Recipients of the most recent St. Anthony's proceeds will benefit the coalition round of grants were: community organizing and educa­ NB Soccer League: $1,097 for Allston student honored St. Anthony's School Home and tion programs. banquets, balls and medals School A ociation recently com­ For tickets or more information, The Literacy Connection: $2,200 pleted the first phase of construc­ call the Healthy Boston Coalition at for computer and training for holiday card design tion of its new tot-lot. The tot-lot 782-3886. was built by parents during the last St. Anthony's Elementary School: two weeks. $2,500 for musical instruments The $10,000 project was funded Book discussion Thomas Gardner School: $2,000 after more than three years of fund­ group meets for the "Land of Letter" cur­ rai ing events, parents and pari h­ The Brighton Branch Library's Adult riculum program ioner donations and a $2,500 neigh­ Book Discussion Group will discuss Vocational Adjustment Center: borhood grant from Boston "A Frolic of His Own," by WtlJjam $2,400 for computers College. Fund-raising will continue Gaddis at its Jan. 14 meeting. Friends of the Faneuil Branch to pay for the installation of addi­ The novel, which won the 1994 Library: $2,400 for computer tional tot-lot equipment. A ribbon­ National Book Award, received and software cutting ceremony will be scheduled excellent critical reviews, according Commonwealth Tenants for the spring. to library officials. It manages to Association: $700 for the Peer For more information, call Jane take a whack at nearly every sacred Leader Program McHale at 787-0087 or write c/o cow in our culture. AIB Family YMCA: $2,500 for Playground Fund, St. Anthony's The novel is available at the Youth in Government and School, 57 Holton St., Allston Brighton Branch, 40 Academy Hill Earth Service programs 02134. Road. All interested are welcome to join the group. Alexander Hamilton School: Healthy Boston plans $2,495 for auqitorium Community fund improvements Allston resident Bundiht Pankam, 9, was the grand prize winner in February fiesta Our Lady of the Presentation the annual Sheriff Richard J. Rouse Holiday Card Design Conte t. The Winiker Orchestra, featured announces recipients School: $2,500 for exterior More than 1,000 schoolchildren from throughout Suffolk County entertainers at the 1993 Presidential The Allston/Brighton-Boston beautification submitted entries with the 1998 theme, "A Sheriff's Holiday." Inaugural Gala, will perform at the College Comm.unity Fund has Brighton Main Streets: $700 for Rouse announced the award in a surprise visit to Pankam's Allston-Brighton Healthy Boston awarded nearly $24,000 in grants to cleanup projects Stadium Way home last Thursday night. The winner, a fourth-grader Coalition's "Fabulous February a dozen Allston/Brighton communi­ A/B Youth Hockey: $2,500 for at Thomas Gardner School in Allston, received a $200 avings bond. Fiesta!" ty organizations. The awards were recruitment and equipment Pankam's drawing is being widely distributed now - as the cover The dance party will be held presented on Dec. 15 during a cere­ design on Sheriff Raus ' 1998 holiday card. from 6-10 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 11, mony at the Bean House Cafe on Library offers after-school Three other Allston-Brighton students were recognized as runners­ at Boston University's George Washington Street in Brighton up in the contest: Tesleem Lawal, a fifth-grader at Jackson-Mann Sherman Union Ballroom, 775 Center. study breaks School in Allston; Jeremy Breu, a fourth-grader at Our Lady of Commonwealth Ave., Boston. Boston College contributes School-age youngsters, 6 years and Presentation in Brighton; and Matthew Lam,: a fifth-grader at St. Tickets are $30 each or $40 for $75,000 annually to the fund and older, are invited to take part in Columbkille in Brighton. couples. Tables of 10 also are avail­ awards are made twice a year. A after-school programs from 3:30 to able. committee that includ.es representa­ 4:30 p.m. on Wednesdays through­ The event's honorary co-chair­ tives of Boston college and the out the winter, beginning Dec. 23. science, nature and other activities. Library is located at 419 Faneuil St. persons are Mayor Thomas Menino neighborhood determine which pro­ The weekly meetings jnclude All programs are free and open to in Brighton. For more information, and Michael Collins, president of posals receive awards. interesting programs on the arts, the public. The Faneuil Branch please call (617) 782-6705.

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Problems persist at BFI site Uith Warmest BFI, from page 3 because of you guys," said Platt at," said Shea. Vmeland Street resident Brian Gibbons said Uishes for P7he He instead cited the improper di posal of that each year the smells from the facility have wastewater and bringing in waste generated gotten worse. f/lOliday Jeason from someplace other than that property as the ''Everything warmer than 50 degrees is company's most serious violations. warm enough [to bring out the smells]," said Inspectors from the Water and Sewer Gibbons. and the coming Commission found that BFl's wastewater sys­ In response to complaints about rats, tem was connected to the storm drain rather Bergeson said, ''In the time that I've been there, t.!Yew !/ear! than to the sewer system as required by state this is absolutely the first time I've heard of a sewer regulations. The storm drain funnels the rodent problem." unfiltered wastewater directly into the Charles The BEST team did not identify a rodent River. problem during its Aug. 6 site visit, according State Representative Bergeson said they are working with the to Julie Fothergill, a spokeswoman for Kevin Honan Water and Sewer Commission to switch the In pectional Services. connection so the water used to wash dump "Because they didn't fmd evidence of a trucks stops flowing through the torm drain. rodent problem we can't mandate them to set The current drainage system was in place when up an abatement program," she said. ''But we Paid for By the Kevin Honan Committee BFI purchased the facility several years ago, he invite them to." D added. Bergeson denied accusations that BFI is storing trucks full of trash on its property. {At Wingate at Brighton, medical expertise is at the foundation of spirited, ''That could happen there would be {ftT WINGATE, personalized care. Within our long-term and post-acute skilled nursing facility, a vehicle that would have something you'll find an atmosphere that also emphasizes security, comfort, dignity, and on it," said Bergeson. ''But to be full QuALITY CARE MEANS the energy of caregivers who are dedicated to their craft. The beauty of our is something that we don't want" The city's Inspectional Services facility, found both inside and out, is bound to make a difference in the life of Division of Health Inspections count­ your loved one. ed 85 trucks parked on BFI property, even though zoning laws only allow • 24-hour Skilled Nursing Care ·Wound Management BFI to park vehicles that are there for • Comprehensive Rehab Program •Pain Management repair. BFI does not agree that the ·Medically Complex Care • Diabetic Management trucks are in violation of the zoning Management laws. "Certainly, it's our understand­ •Surgical Recovery ing that it's [BFl's] right that they're •IV Therapy • Care and Comfort there," said BFI attorney Conrad Bletzer. To discover the true meaning of quality care, discover Wingate at Brighton. But according to Commissioner of For more information, please call 617-787-2300.

Inspectional Services Kevin Joyce, . '~ .. because the site is zoned as a repair WIN~!TE garage, BFI is only allowed to park a MORE THAN At BRJG}frON maximum of five trucks during the 100 NORTH BEACON STREET • BOSTON, MA 02134 day while the garage is operating. MEDICAL EXPERTISE. They must be trucks that are being JCAHO ACCREDITED serviced there. "If they don't come into conformi- ty, we will file a contempt of court file," Joyce said. "I have real ques­ Christmas Midnight tions about whether it is a legally operating repair garage." Services Masses The city's Legal Department is researching what the legal use of the site is. As for the odor problem, Bergeson said BFI has installed an odor-control Come One! Come All! Community Unite Christmas Eve Service system: Tubes mounted on fences at the spray a perfume into the air at fre- to the Methodist Church quent intervals. He said he is not sure what chemicals the aeration tubes are Evangelical e~ c{J(!; e~Se/UJke Hill spraying, but that it is a commercially 11 pm at the Church available product. Charismatic Center Memorial Such explanations did little to 519 Washingt ,:n St. Brighton, appease residents, however. Christmas Eve Presentation "'· Paul Platt, who has lived at the cor­ Dec 24 at 7pm Christ~,(J.,$,,Day Sero~ Baptist Church ner of Vmeland and Market streets for e~urch 1-e~ 279 North Harvard, Brighton 42 years, said noise and odors from 39 Fordham Rd., Allston 1 the facility have gotten worse since · New Year's Ev Service BFI purchased it three years ago. Also open to everyone in the community is Dec 31st, 11 pm fjymn Sing ''It was really just a repair shop and garage," said Platt "Over the last few our year-end New Year's Eve Party at the Neui Year's Day Serofce an~ years, since BFI moved in, it's been Holiday Inn. To RSVP 789-4601 10am (with Eucharist} CanNeligbt Service used as storage ... Believe me. I live $10. per person $25 per family there and it has never been as bad as it is now." Platt said he installed triple-pane windows in his building to block out Trinity Episcopal Jt.~~and Come one - Come all the noise of BFI's trucks, but the sound still comes through. Church Jt. - ~~ Allston It was because of such neighbor­ Episcopal Church hood grievances that BEST began Center &Homer Sts., Newton Ctr. Tel. 617-527-2790 monitoring the Brighton BFI site four 5 St. Lukes Road, Allston Congregational Sunday School and Nursery available Sundays at I0:30am service Welcomes all to participate in the months ago. Residents had com­ services this season plained about noisy garbage trucks Thursday, Dec. 24, Christmas Eve Dec. 24, Christmas Eve/ 7:30pm­ Church and the odor of rotting trash coming Festal Service of Holy from the property. They also com­ Eucharist 41 Quint Ave. Brighton plained about an infestation of rats 5:30pm Family Eucharist (nursery available) Christrnas Day, 1 O:OOam- Holy Eucharist Christmas Eve Service at 9:30pm that feed on an ample food supply of Teddy Crecelius, boy soprano January 3, 11 :OOam- Holy trash at the BFI facility. Eucharist/ with lessons Parking and Child Care Available At the Dec. 16 community meet­ lO:OOpm Prelude of Christmas music: harp, choir &bells and carols and ing, Platt and other neighbors said 10:30pm Festival Eucharist; Susan Myron, harpist Christmas tableau January 6, Wed. 7:00pm- Holy We will have a service of rededication of they are often awakened in the mid­ Eucharist - The Feast of dle of the night by the sound of trucks the Epiphany restoration of the cross on our tower in January. dropping off Dumpster containers and Sunday, Dec. 27, 10:30am Holy Eucharist All are Welcome Watch this paper for the date to be announced. beeping as they back up. "Sometimes I'm up all night • ,. t ' I f,.' I I I .. • If I I Page 10 The Allston-Brighton TAB, December 22 - 28, 1998 www.townonline.com/allstonbrighton OPINI ON Protecting our / historic identity hile other Boston neighborhoods have gone to great lengths to preserve historic architecture, Allston-Brighton Wha done virtually nothing to protect some of its more interesting buildings. But residents and business owners in three of Allston-Brighton's oldest and most architecturally significant districts are learning what their neighbors in ome of Boston's more exclusive locales have already discovered - protecting architectural history can help a neighborhood improve and maintain its historical identity. Activists in Brighton Center last week announced that they are making a pu h to include their business district on the National Register of Historic Places. Similar movements are also under way in the Allston Village business district and the Aberdeen neighborhood near Cleveland Circle. Although it is clear that stakeholders in all three of these districts must do their homework before making the decision to secure a historic designation, the benefits of such a move could encourage more property owners to renovate their properties. Inclusion on the National Register does not prevent a property owner from improving a building. Rather, it helps them get tax credits for certain types of renovations. Allston-Brighton residents live in a neighborhood that is rich in history. It only makes sense to take the steps to make sure that his­ SPEAK-OUT! tory is preserved. Mediocrity triumphs of 1998, I was calhng for my inter­ get my fingerprint in Rhode view. They notified me that my Island -':- in Providence. I wac; so The sketch of the new post office fingerprint was expired. I have a upset. 1 don't drive. I don't have for Brighton Center as shown in letter [that tells me that I have] a car. 1 needed to practically take Warm coats save lives the TAB ["Court is expected to rule to go to have my fingerprint done. a day off or a personal day on eviction," Dec. 15-21] is a tri­ What amazes me when I read from work to get my fingerprint t least two lives ended mostly unnoticed by Bostonians umph of mediocrity in architecture the letter, [is that] [need to go to done. recently. Both were homeless people who died from exposure over excellence, which could have Aand alcoholism-related disease. Last year, around this same been achieved. It is an example of time, two other men also died from exposure to the cold weather. a throwback to the '50s and resem­ Speak-Out bles a factory. A new building such A special feature of The Allston-Brighton TAB is a call-in telephone line. Despite the unusually warm temperatures Boston has experi­ as this in Brighton Center, if done enced in recent week,, at night when one is sleeping outdoors in a well, could upgrade the area and The line is designed to connect the newspaper with its park or an alley, the temperatures are anything but spring-like. The set the standard for future construc­ readers, with an easy way to pass along news tips, con­ cherry blossoms may be fooled into blooming in the Public tion. Why not continue the high tribute to the editorial pages and let us know what you standards which were accom­ Garden, but the less fortunate are still dying on the streets. think of our performance. A call to (781) 433~8329 will plished in the design of the give access to our voice mail system. Callers are invited to St. Francis House and Pine Street Inn, two of the city's largest Genzyme building, the Wingate leave a brief message. Messages can be anonymous. anct nursing home on North Beacon shelters, are seeing a shortage in donations of wann winter cloth­ callers who do not want their comments published are asked ing. They do not have enough winter coats to give the city's 5,272 Street and the Northeastern Boathouse? Hopefully, the city will to make that <:lear. Callers who leave messages for homeless people. oppose this poorly-designed build­ publication are asked to leave a name and phone ~ /J The extra winter coats and clothing in your closet are desperate­ ing. number in case we have a ..._..... ~ ~~ ly needed. They might save a person from freezing to death on a question about the . ~ P1' L Boston street tonight. Please bring them to a shelter immediately. Upset about Rhode trip comment. All items \.I~ ".._~~~ " I am an immigrant. I have been that are published I# !!iifl"- : •~ W_, ~ living here for 13 years. Last year, in the next week's ~ ~9·p Gt'Y I decided to apply for citizenship. edition will be edited .;t> I got on the phone, 1 paid the $95, for length and clarity. I gave them my fingerprint. Then 15 months later, in September

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I do not know where you got that inaccurate ...... information. The truth is, I received an unjust eviction I want to say that Citizens Bank never denied my right to renew my option for another five years and GENERAL TELEPHONE NUMBERS notice and a summons to court even though he had a long-term lease. [never said to anyone that "you're suggested to me the possibility of relocating my office Circulation lnfonnation - (781) 433-8307 Sales Fax Number- (781) 433-8201 going to have to take me to court to get me out of to the basement of the bank building, which I refused. Main Telephone Number- Editorial Fax Number - (78 l) 433-8202 Arnold Farber D.M.D., Brighton (617) 254-7530 Arts/Calendar Fax Number- here." No person under the protection of a lease in Brighton or anywhere else should have to be coerced ~ Classified Number-1-800-624-7355 (781) 433-8203 to give up his premises. Editor's Note: The Allston-Brighton TAB had Copyright 1998 Community Newspaper Co. The strength of any community should not be attempted to reach Dr. Farber prior to the article hit­ COMMUNITY Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction by reflected by the size of its Post Office but rather in the ting print and he did not return phone calls. The arti­ NEWSPAPER .. COMPANY any means without permission is prohibited. quality and dedication of its citizens and small busi­ cle included information provided by the landlord and I !...J ness owners and professionals and all public servants, by reviewing Brighton District Court records. www.townonline.com/allstonbrighton December 22 - 28, 1998 The Allston-Brighton TAB, page 11 COMJ\.1ENTARY Taking public higher eel _to the head of the class By James F. Carlin were doing them 50 years ago, ry by reducing tuition, stabilizing the except getting their members more have stood up publicly supporting / Guest Columnist except that many are earning more, cost of educating students, toughen­ pay, more benefits, less work and changes that we' re making. he Massachusetts' teachers teaching fewer classes, have a shorter ing admissions and graduation stan­ more control over their campuses. The arguments the unions are unions are not happy with school year and are doing more dards and encouraging faculties - They know that the Board of using are so weak that they have T the Board of Higher research of questionable value, going tenured and untenured, full-time and Higher Education is on the right side done what people usually do when Education. to more conferences, have more adjunct - to be more effective and of the angels and that most taxpayers, their positions have a foundation of The United States has changed in teaching assistants helping them and productive. who don't have a lifetime job guaran­ quicksand. They have become very thousands of ways since World War are complaining more. The faculty unions in tee and want lower tuition and higher personal and have attempted to dis­ II. But far too many tenured faculty The Massachusetts Board of Massachusetts have had things "their standards, support our efforts. They tort our positions. They worked hard at our colleges and universities are Higher Education is trying to bring way" for decades ind, in my opin­ know that hundreds of their union against the governor in our recent still doing most things the way they higher education into the 21st centu- ion, don't want anything to change members have written and calJed and CARLIN,page 19 What's wrong Farewell to with holiday displays a titan ofjustice

By Sarah Wunsch government itself may sponsor certain holiday dis~ By Catherine Clark the Nuclear Freeze Campaign, I rubbed ince the decision of the federal district court plays if the displays do not cross the line and TAB Columnist shou1ders with Beatles member George in the Nativity scene case in Somerset, the become an endorsement of religion. Whether a t the American Civil Harrison, Lord Grey as in the tea, S American Civil Liberties Union of particular display is constitutional or not can be a Liberties Union of Anita Broddick of the Body Shop, Massachusetts has received many phone calls and complicated question, because the Supreme Court A Massachusetts, I organize famed London psychiatrist Anthony letters raising questions about the constitutionality requires, on a case-by-case basis, an analysis of the our annual Bill of Rights Dinner, at Clare and a dazzling away of celebri­ of a wide range of religious displays. Some news­ entire context of the display. Where the govern­ which we present our Roger Baldwin ties and politicians. paper articles have appeared quoting local resi­ ment displays the Nativity scene as the focal point (founder of the ACLU) Award to indi­ My board of directors at Council for dents as saying they don't understand why the of a display, generally that will not be permissible, viduals who have toiled heroically for a Livable World, the Washington-based ACLU has to ruin the celebration of Christmas. because the creche is considered an important civil liberties. nuclear areas control group, included Others want to know why we aren't doing any­ Christian religious symbol unlike a Christmas tree The point about giving an organiza­ Los Alamos Project physicists and thing about the menorah that has been added to the which, according to the Supreme Court, is now a tion 's highest award is to congratulate chemists·, and Jerome Wiesner, JFK's display. secular symbol. On the other hand, if the Nativity people for their life's work, which in science adviser and president of MIT. First and foremost, it should be obvious that we scene is only one small part of a display containing many cases has been completed. For Before Jerry died, he was partially par­ care about religious freedom. Our goal is not to many secular symbols, the town may be allowed to instance, in 1994 we feted the Boston alyzed from the stroke that failed to ruin celebrations of Christmas or any other reli­ sponsor the display. Five: Dr. Benjamin Spock, poet slow him down. I remember cutting his gious holiday. Rather, we strongly support freedom The ACLU ·of Massachusetts brought a lawsuit Mitchell Goodman, The Rev. William lunch into small pieces as we ate at the of religion and have litigated to defend it. But gov­ in December 1997 against the town of Somerset Sloane Coffin, Michael Ferber and MIT faculty club and talked about his ernment sponsorship of religious expression will for displaying a Nativity scene at the center of Marcus Raskin. kids, with whom I went to school. ultimately undermine the free exercise of religion town government. In November 1998, U.S. They were tried in Boston in 1969 Honorees who have received the and cannot be tolerated under the First District Court Judge Richard Stearns ruled that the for conspiracy to help young men Roger Baldwin Award during my six Amendment's ban on government "establishment town violated the Establishment Clause of the First evade the Vietnam draft. Our dinner years in the development office of the of religion." As one Supreme Court justice Amendment because the creche was the focal point was the first time since the infamous ACLU have included blacklisted actors remarked, ''The fullest realization of true religious of the display, there were few secular symbols to trial that the five had been in the same Frances Chaney Lardner and her hus­ liberty requires that government ... effect no "dilute the religious message," and "the centrality room at the same time. I am certain it band, "MASH" screenwriter Ring favoritism among sects or between religion and of its Nativity scene conveys to a reasonable view­ was the last time: within a year of the Lardner Jr., who was jailed for not nonreligion." er the constitutionally forbidden message that the ACLU event, Goodman was dead. "naming names" to the House Un­ Second, those who care deeply about their Town of Somerset officially supports Christianity." Spock followed a year later. American Activities Committee. In important religious symbols should not want the The town has appealed this decision. But this year's laureate, Judge A. 1996, our award went to anti-death government to display those symbols or demean In the meantime, the press has reported that the Leon Higginbotham Jr., has gone well penalty campaigner Sister Helen them by adding enormous plastic figurines of town rejected an offer from the church across the before his time. Prejean. Frosty the Snowman, Santa Claus or innumerable street to display the creche there. Instead, Somerset Judge Higginbotham was a towering When this year's recipient, Judge other secular objects. officials have changed the display, keeping the man, physically and metaphorically. Higginbotham, talked about affirma­ In one Supreme Court case, the Governing Nativity scene but adding a huge plastic Santa He was the longest-serving federal tive action, he managed to place his Board of the National Council of Churches of Claus (dubbed "Santazilla"), a menorah, reindeer, judge when he left the Third Circuit audience in the shoes of an African­ Christ in the U.S.A. argued that "government Frosty the Snowman and a sign saying "Season's Court of Appeals in 1993. He received American. From being stopped by acceptance of a creche on public property secular­ Greetings." the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the police for the "crime" of Driving izes and degrades a sacred symbol of Christianity." The town's choice to add a menorah and a vari­ highest honor the nation can award a While Black, to educational inequali­ Two Roman Catholic priests testified that "the ety of secular symbols is probably the worst choice civilian. When he died last week, he ties, to being shut out of jobs by white creche display offended them." Jews, too, opposed it could have made. The legality of the revised dis­ was the first Public Service Professor old-boys' networks, Higginbotham the government's display of the menorah in that play is uncertain (we are determining our legal of Jurisprudence at the Kennedy illustrated the myriad ways minorities case. options), and the plastic "Santazilla" is offensive to School of Government. in this country have to struggle through Third, we would like to provide the following those who believe in the religious meaning of the But what made Higginbotham so each waking hour of every day of their information to help people understand the issues symbols. special was that he was a black man, lives, to accomplish even a fraction of involved. While it is our position that the govern­ "Some devout Christians believe that the creche and he never let anyone forget it. Not what white men take for granted. ment should not be sponsoring any religious dis­ should be placed only in reverential settings, such politicians, not academics, and not , And I say "white men" advisedly. plays, the U.S. Supreme Comt has issued a num­ as a church or perhaps a private home; they do not Supreme Court Justice Clarence White women have fought - and ber of decisions that make this a more complicated countenance its use as an aid to commercialization Thomas, to whom he must have must still fight - for equal pay, question legally. In light of those Supreme Court of Christ's birthday," according to one Supreme become a nemesis. Higginbotham against sexual harassment, for the right decisions, the following principles apply: Court Justice in County of Allegheny v. American faced the worst discrimination this to control their reproductive destinies Private religious displays on private property: Civil Liberties Union. country could inflict on a man, and and for the opportunity to enter college The First Amendment protects the free exercise of According to the Associated Press, the minister came through it knowing legal equality and the professions. Affirmative action religion and freedom of speech, thus all private of the church across from Somerset's town offices ' does not guarantee economic, social or programs have opened doors for white parties have the right to display religious symbols says the current display "trivializes the Christian political equality. middle-class women as much as they on their own private property. So, for example, message. It's worse than not having it at all." The As a recipient of the Roger Baldwin have for people of color. churches have a right to display the creche on their American Jewish Congress also issued a statement, Award, he is one of the many remark­ Higginbotham spoke to the ACLU land, as do individuals in their yards. decrying the addition of the menorah and secular able people I have had the opportunity audience in October with dignity, vigor Private religious displays on public property: symbols as "offensive." to meet. My working life the past three and passion. None of us knew a series On public property, if a religious symbo1 is private­ Respect for the separation of church and state decades has launched me into the of strokes would so soon take his life. ly paid for and if the government allows equal helps to guarantee freedom of religion. Those orbits of many notable people. While He was by all accounts about to take access for expression of all ideas on that property, who believe in religious freedom should support at times I have briefly crossed those on the revolting impeachment process the display is probably constitutional. So, at tradi­ decisions which prevent government sponsorship orbits, on other occasions I have trav­ with the same vigor with which he had tional public forums like the Boston Common, pri­ of religious displays, and they should not encour­ eled a long way with the great and been scolding Clarence Thomas - and · vate groups may be able to sponsor a religious dis­ age town officials to make a mockery of impor­ powerful - movers, shakers and his voice might just have made a dif­ play subject to content-neutral, reasonable time, tant reljgious symbols by cluttering them up with statesmen. · ference. place and manner restrictions. On government secular objects. Cities and towns can celebrate the In Britain, I worked with U.S. sena­ Higginbotham had work to do. I am property ihat is not open to expression by all, the holiday season while leaving truly religious tors, former defense secretaries and top very sorry he isn't going to be around government may not allow private displays of the expression to the adherents of various faiths. British military leaders to save the to do it. creche, menorah or other religious symbols. Sarah Wunsch is a staff attorney for the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty from Catherine Clark is a Waltham resi­ Government-sppnsored JJ,oliday ~plays: Tue · American Civil 4ibe.rti~~ vnwn pfMassac{uµetts. I" , I Reagan's "Star Wars." As consultant to dent. ' , ~~~:__:::~~~~iii.ii-~~~======~7 i.I • i I

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Page 12 The Allston-Brighton TAB, December 22- 28, 1998 www.townonline.com/allstonbrighton P OLI T I CS MBTA may drop plans to privatize service subcontracting work over the course of this Labor contract offers [five-year] agreement beyond that which has concessions that will keep been customarily done in the past." The decision is a major shift in policy for bus service public the T, which has been trying for the past few years to rein in its budget. T managers have By Trevor Hughes argued that cost-saving initiatives like privati­ State House News Service zation should be used to stave off fare hikes. BTA officials have agreed to drop Details about the contract have been trick-,, nearly all of their privatization ling out over the past month, and members ·of M efforts - including a controver­ the fiscal-watchdog Advisory Board have sial plan to Jet private companies operate T complained that the contract grants significant buses - under a new contract negotiated with wage increases to the union without deliver­ the Carmen's Union. ing corresponding benefits to managers. Under the $26.3 million deal reached last Cellucci has denied reports he OK' d a gen­ month, Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority erous contract in return for the union's sup­ officials also agreed to give union members port. Cellucci said last week he thought the severance packages worth up to $90,000 each contract was fair to all parties, and insisted he if their jobs are eliminated under privatization. still supports privatization. The five-year contract also grants retroactive ''To the extent that we can save taxpayer pay raises to members of the union, which dollars and maintain service, I think that it's a endorsed Gov. Paul Cellucci over his good thing," Cellucci said. "Given the hoops Democratic opponent, Attorney General Scott we have to jump through ... I thought this Harshbarger, in last month's election. contract was fair to the taxpayers and fair to A recent contract agreement between the MBTA and the Carmen's Union creates major obstacles in the Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority's move to privatize its bus service. The union, which represents T drivers and the Carmen." fare collectors, will drop its legal opposition to Former Republican Gov. William Weld by T officials to have a p1ivate company clean officials say it is unclear whether the board a plan to farm out the cleaning and mainte­ once championed privatization as a way to and maintain bus shelters. has the power to tum down the deal. nance of bus shelters, as part of a deal that is save money. Under his plans, private compa­ T officials appealed his decision, but on ''The Advisory Board would like [T offi­ drawing criticism from the MBTA Advisory nies were hired to provide public services Sept. 1, Suffolk Superior Court Judge cials] to find savings wherever they can," Board, a fiscal watchdog group representing such as health care at a lower cost to taxpay­ Margaret Hinkle upheld DeNucci's argument Regan added. "It's a shame that they would communities served by the MBTA. ers. The 1995 downsizing plan offered by that T officials had deliberately misstated their foreclose any options that are open to them." Contract specifics were outlined in a sum­ Weld and then-Lt. Gov. Cellucci promised estimate that privatizing the bus shelter main­ Advisory Board Fiscal Committee mary package delivered to reporters last week annual savings of $1 million by privatizing tenance would save $10 million. Chairman Jeffrey Nutting said he thought the by the Advisory Board, which was scheduled certain bus routes. The new union contract allows the T to contract was "probably a little more generous to vote on the contract last Thursday. But two years before, the Democrat-con­ continue challenging only that decision, and that you would otherwise see. Basically, the T Advisory Board Director Paul Regan said trolled state Legislature passed the Pacheco to go ahead with a proposal to install automat­ gets what the T want:S." members were disappointed the T was back­ anti-privatization law, which forces any state ic fare-collection equipment. The union will ''The Advisory Board tries to be the fiscal ing away from privatization. agency to prove the quality of service would­ drop its opposition to both plans. watchdog. I don't think we're very good "Our mandate is really a fiscal one. We're n't drop if provided by a private company. Last week, a T spokesman said the bus about it," said Nutting, who is also the town not looking at this as a union issue, but more The law, named for Sen. Marc Pacheco (D­ shelter deal could save the authority $1.6 mil­ administrator for Stoneham. "Some people of the bottom line, looking after the interests Taunton), is the "hoop" Cellucci was referring lion a year, mostly from renting out space on only care about transportation and don't care of the cities and towns, and the riders," Regan to. the shelters for advertising. about the cost. Others only care about the said. "It's entirely possible that there's going State Auditor Joseph DeNucci, who is The contract has previously drawn fire from cost." to be a lot of conversations about privatiza­ responsible for enforcing the Pacheco law, has Advisory Board members who complained In his report to the full Advisory Board, tion." denied about half of the 12 privatization the retroactive pay hikes it contains are too Nutting congratulated Carmen's Union offi­ According to the contract summary, the requests made by state agencies. One of the generous. The Advisory Board was to vote on cials for their ability to gain "significant" MBTA "does not contemplate privatizing or contracts DeNucci rejected was a 1996 plan the contract last Thursday morning, but board wage concessions from T managers. 0

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Menino last week Center HealthNet. The city will Cohen. A host of other area state •Caspari • Museum Cards M announced four pro­ help enroll and transport eligible representatives are also expected to • Marian Heath • Flavia posals to protect seniors and dis­ residents with the most dire emer­ make an appearance. abled Medicare beneficiaries from gencies and the greatest financial The reunion/cocktail party/debt • Fravessi • J. Stone cutbacks in HMO prescription drug hardship. retirement party is hosted by ~ Foreign •Gina B. Commonwealth Avenue residents Language Cards anfJ. many lnote Parking fin es go up Woody Kaplan and Wendy Kaminer. The suggested donation City councilors last week voted to is anywhere from $100 to $1,000. THE ONE STOP FOR ALL YOUR HOLIDAY ·NEEDS increase fines for parking viola­ But don't fret, according to an invi­ By Linda tions. The increases, which still tation for the party, if you have Rosencrance have to be approved by the mayor, recently contributed to the debt Minihane's Flower would raise fines for the following retirement effort, reached the legal violations as follows: limit or wish to contribute a more & Garden Shop • Resident parking from $20 to modest amount, you can still come. coverage effective Jan. 1, 1999. $25 The party will be held at 2 425 WASHINGTON STREET ~ . Prescription coverage for seniors • Street cleaning from $20 to $25 Commonwealth Ave., Boston. To BRIGHTON CENTER• 617-254-1130 was virtually terminated without RSVP, call(617) 629-4596. • Unpaid meter fees from $20 to sufficient notice, and seniors have $25 not had the opportunity to prepare Linda Rosencrance covers City for the crisis of this medical cata­ • Not parked in a metered space Hall for The Allston-Brighton TAB strophe, according to city officials. from $20 to $25 · and The Boston TAB. Menino's proposal comes on the •Snow/weather emergencies heels of a plan by At-large City from $20 to $25 / Councilor Stephen J. Murphy • Parked over the posted hour calling on the state to appropriate limit from $20 to $25 up to $90 million from its $1.2 bil­ lion rainy day budget surplus to • Parked over the posted meter cover the cost of maintaining this limit from $20 to $25 coverage. • Parked in a loading z.one from Menino's proposal includes: $25 to $30 • The Boston Senior Health • Parked in a no parking ~one Benefits Card - a voluntary agree­ from $25 to $30 ment between the city and mem­ • Double parked from $40 to $45 bers of the Boston Association of Retail Druggists that will allow • Parked at a fire hydrant from those affected to sign up for a $50 to $75 membership card. The card will entitle them to discounts on pre­ Councilor targets scription drugs at participating gang activity pharmacies; transportation to At-large City Councilor Stephen J. neighborhood pharmacies via the Murphy is planning to hold a hear­ Boston Elderly Commission's ing next month to address the issue Senior Shuttle or home delivery of of gang activity in the city. prescriptions where available and According to Murphy, violent gang health screening sessions at partici­ activity has resurfaced in the city pating pharmacies. and threatens public safety. • Calling on the state to amend Because of that he filed an order the Senior Pharmacy Program - calling on the Public Safety the state-funded program to assist Committee to hold the hearing and low-income elderly purchase pre­ to invite Police Commissioner scription drugs. 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Boston University Massachusetts Supreme Judiciary is the immediate past co-chairman of a program cal1ed VISION USA. through the natural foods supermar­ I Court since 1995. the Rhode Island Economic Members of the Massachusetts ket's register donation coupon pro­ receives $3.4 million Before serving the court, Fried had Development Council, a member of Society of Optometrists are among gram during the month of The Whitaker Cardiovascular been the Carter Professor of General Jobs for Massachusetts and founding more than 7,500 optometrists nation­ November. Institute at Boston University School Jurisprudence at the Law School. He chairman of the Rhode Island wide who are donating their services BLC External Relations Manager of Medicine has received a $3.4 mil­ joined the facility as assistant profes­ Commission for National and through VISION USA to provide David Atteratta said the $8,969 .50 lion grant from the Whitaker soroflaw in 1961, became professor Community Service (AmeriCorps). free comprehensive eye exams. donation will be used to support the Foundation for a new, state-of-the­ of law in 1965, and became Carter To qualify for the free eye care, center's free programs, which pro­ art Cardiovascular Imaging Center. Professor of General Jurisprudence Kid's party at recipients must have a job or live in a vide wellness services, meals, educa­ The new imaging center will be in 1981. In 1987, he resigned his pro­ the Park Plaza household in which at least one tion, employee assistance and cre­ located in Boston University's fessorship to serve as U.S. Solicitor member is working parttime, have ative resources for people infected BioSquare II, a 180,000-square-foot More than 300 disabled and disad­ General. He was re-appointed to the vantaged children from the Greater no health insurance that covers eye with and affected by HIV/AIDS. The biomedical research facility, current­ faculty in 1989. Since joining the exams, meet certain income criteria BLC is New England's largest mem­ Bostoq flrea, including those form ly under construction across the Supreme Judicial Court, Fried has on household size and not have had ber-led community center of this street from BUSM. the Italian Home and the West End been the Carter Professor of General 4 an eye exam at a doctor's office type. The Cardiovascular Institute was House in Boston, recently were treat- Jurisprudence, Emeritus, and ed to a spectacular holiday party at within the last two years. In addition to running the donation established at BUSM-in 1973 to Distinguished lecturer on Law. Application forms may be program for its customers, Bread & foster advances in research, treat­ the Boston Park Plaza Hotel, thanks to the Variety Club of New England, obtained from VISION USA, 243 N. Circus also has provided pies each ment and education in cardiovascu­ Fish named to Federal Lindbergh Blvd., St. Louis, year for the BLC's annual lar diseases. The Whitaker the Children's Charity and the gen­ Advisory Council erosity of the Park Plaza Hotel. M06314 l. Completed forms must "Celebration of Life" Thanksgiving Cardiovascular Institute is known be postmarked by Jan. 22, 1999. dinner, which featured 150 pies this Lawrence K. Fish, chairman, presi­ After enjoying a kids buffet and for a number of "firsts" in treating Applicants will be screened for eli­ year. , dent and CEO of Citizens Financial make-your-own sundaes, children cardiovascular disease. gibility by phone from Jan. 4 to Jan. This year marks the fourth Group, has been selected to represent watched a percussion show, magic ''Mr. Whitaker recognized the 29. anniversary of Bread & Circus's the First Federal Reserve District on act and were visited by Santa. More potential for important cardiovascu­ fundraising campaign to assist the the Federal Advisory Council. than 1,200 gifts were distributed. lar research at Boston University BLC. 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Page 16 The Allston-Brighton TAB, December 22 - 28, 1998 www.townonline.com/allstonbrighton SCHOOL NEW'"S Principals take aim at MCAS results The next step, she said, is to One week later, design a plan to meet those needs. educators have Chandra Minor, director of instruction at Edison Middle range of reactions School, voiced a similar reaction. "We must now look at student By Judy Wasserman work throughout the year, assess TAB Correspondent specific strengths and weaknesses, ne week after the state and adjust the curriculum accord­ released the detailed ingly." 0 results of the MCAS's four scoring levels are: Massachusetts Comprehensive "advanced," which demonstrates Assessment tests, principals at in-depth understanding of rigorous Allston-Brighton's public schools subject matter; "proficient," which last week questioned the hoopla indicates a solid understanding; surrounding the poor results of "needs improvement," which their students on the test. shows partial comprehension; and "We have known for some time "failing," which indicates minimal that we need to do a lot of work to compreHension. improve student performance, and Most of the scores from Allston­ we didn't really need the MCAS to Brighton's public schools reflected tell us that," Brighton High School the generally disappointing Boston Headmaster Juliette Johnson said. Public Schools performance. No Johnson's words reflected the Brighton High students scored stance of most Boston Public advanced or proficient, and the School principals in Allston­ majority failed .in all three test Brighton as they reacted to the test areas: English, math and science. ll: scores of students in grades 4, 8 The middle schools fared little g and 10 who took the MCAS tests better. One Edison Middle school Some principals believe the MCAS tests were too long. in the spring. eighth-grader scored advanced in In English, two fourth graders start,'' because Jackson Mann students in grades 1-5 as a good What MCAS does accomplish, math, and more than 20 students scored advanced and 11 proficient. teachers have focused on the city's example of developing math, litera­ said Johnson, is "give us a measure scored proficient in all areas. At In math, 13 scored advanced and new curriculum standards and have cy and critical thinking skills, of where our students are and Taft Middle School, one eighth­ 16 proficient. In science, four helped the students develop critical Russell said more parent involve­ where they need to go [academical­ grade student scored advanced in scored advanced and 26 proficient. thinking skills. ment would conduce to even better ly]." math, and more than 20 scored pro­ "I was absolutely delighted we ''We must look at MCAS cau­ test results. ''The test gives us a baseline," ficient on all three tests. were able to demonstrate that we tiously, and continue to move for­ "We need parents involved on said Taft Middle School Principal At the elementary level, the worked hard, and the results of our ward," said Russell, who will focus daily basis, working on vocabulary Irene McCarthy. 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www.townonline.com/allstonbrighton December 22 - 28, 1998 The Allston-Brighton TAB, page 17 SCHOOL NEW'"S BANKRUPTCY Over your head in Bills ••• Stop harassing phone calls. Immediate Relief Call Principals take aim at MCAS results Attorney Joseph N. Wheeler MCAS, from page 16 riculum to meet state standards. at many parents do not have the time The response to MCAS "must be 666-9888 "We have known for a community effort," said Minor. or ability to get involved. 1 McCarthy hopes to make it easier some time that we need "Home and school must work for parents to do this by scheduling together for the success of each stu­ school meetings in different neigh­ to do a lot of work to dent." borhoods, rather than at the school. improve student For McCarthy, the MCAS scores McCarthy, who plans to work "were not a surprise," but she with clergy to help students, said performance, and we believes her teachers are "going in the Allston-Brighton community didn't really need the the right direction" to improve stu­ can also be helpful. Residents or dent achievement. .. With the adop­ businesspeople could volunteer to MCAS to tell us that.'' tion of so many new curriculum tutor, oversee homework clubs or standards and then the MCAS, "it read aloud in classrooms. Brighton High School headmaster has been difficult for both students and teachers," she said. Noting a "sense of urgency," Juliette Johnson Johnson said a team of teachers is "We must pay attention to the examining the test and observing scores, but more importantly, we classrooms and student work must use the test data to determine before they recommend any differ­ where we go from here," she said. ent teaching strategies. She does teaching materials and professional McCarthy predicts better scores not expect much improvement on development, and increased coun­ five years from now, though she MCAS for this year's 10th-graders, seling and support services. believes MCAS "is far too long," but said new teaching approaches Although Minor said she was with middle-school students spend­ should reflect better scores for next "not pleased" with Edison's MCAS ing 14-16 hours on the test. year's sophomores. These would performance, she said the test will "It's not the way to get good include reduced class size, more help the school better tailor its cur- results," she said. 0 CITY COUNCILOR BRIAN HONAN Hope is high at the ·elementary level Paid For By The Committee To Elect Brjan Honan

By Judy Wassennan ronment," she said. "We can strengths, said Barbosa, who TAB Correspondent always use more books. in the stressed the importance of the Principals at Allston-Brighton ele­ classroom and for students to take home-school partnership. mentary public schools were home." "The more home support, the hopeful that. although the MCAS McCarthy said she wished the better," Barbosa said. "Now we test scores were disappointing, Hamilton students had done better need parents to sit down with their Showers&. they would be able to use the test on the MCAS and wants to make children and help them with their '. Sinks &. Mirrors &. 1 data to learn more about student sure that homework "is better con­ schoolwork." ' Cabinet Hardware &. skills and needs and to develop nected to curriculum. It must be Winship will also continue to Towel Bars &. ... better teaching strategies. more meaningful, and require focus on teaching children how to However, Baldwin Elementary more thinking." develop critical thinking skills. School Principal Suzanne Lee No Hamilton fourth-graders "To be able to analyze, to apply questioned the caliber of the test scored advanced, but one scored what you have learned, is most itself, as well as its timing. proficient in science. All others important!t He expects Winship's "[The questions] were more dif­ scored needs improvement or new literacy program will help, ficult for urban kids, who may not failed. and therewill be signs of be exposed to as many experi­ McCarthy said Hamilton will improvementin this year's fourth­ ences as other students," Lee said, take a close look at its students graders. adding that the test questions in and curriculum and implement MCAS has "risen awareness science, where scores were better, new instructional practices. She about education." said Barbosa. "were more direct and straightfor­ also plans to adapt programs of "MCAS is a baseline, and we can ward." other successful schools. start from here." the Life! The English and math compo­ Mary Nash, principal of Enjoy Patrice DiNatale, principal of nents focused more on literacy, Mary Lyon Elementary School, the Horace Main School for the which is not well established in said the test was "long and hard'' Deaf, agreed that MCAS provides fourth grade, according to Lee. for her students. but added, "We a baseline from which to analyze Lee was also concemed that stu­ did very well, especially since we cwTiculum, improve instructional dents had to take so many hours of have a high number of special practices, and continue to "raise standardized tests in a short time. education students." the bar" for students. Last spring, fourth-graders took Fourth-graders at Mary Lyon, a At Horace Mann, no students the Stanford 9 and the MCAS in a total .. inclusion school combining scored above_failing, ·which four-week period, By the time regular and special~education stu­ DiNatale expected. Because of the they took the MCAS, they had less dents in the same classrooJU, post­ students' hearing impairments, energy and enthusiasm for testing. ed needs improvement or failing their decreased language arts "Therefore, the MCAS scores are scores in English, but did better in skills hold them back in testing. notvalid," said Lee. math and science. One student The goal is to help them fine-tune None of Baldwin's fourth­ scored advanced and one profi­ their language skills by, for exam~ graders scored advanced, but cient in math; another scored pro­ ple, giving them more writing more than 20 scored proficient in ficient in science. practice. math and science. The majority "They took it in stride fotthe Educators at schools for the scored needs improvement in all most part," said Nash. "For some, deaf must work together to design three areas. it was a wake-up call. For others, a literacy component that helps Lee said her teachers will ana~ they cored higher than expected. their students. However, there is lyze the test data to design better It gives more hope to many." no intention of watering cloy.in test Let us serve you! ways to prepare students for the Nash believes the schoors focus questions to suit their needs, said • Rental, with No Entrance Fee test For example, they wi11 help on literacy has paid off in all test DiNatale, who added that parent students understand the wording areas, and now it is time to pre­ involvement is "crucial now" in • Conveniently located to Longwood Hospitals & Boston and type of MCAS questions. pare students for this yeae s the improvementof MCAS • Superb Dining, Housekeeping, Transportation &Daily Activities Lee also believes more ]earning MCAS. She wants them to "build scores. • Personal Assistance with Bathing, Dressing, tJll .... time js necessary, and one way to up stamina for taking the test" Principals Catalina Montes of achieve that is to provide better Winship Elementary School stu­ Gardner Elementary School and &M edication Monitoring Available · rre after school programs that offer dents did slightly better than the Victoria Megias-Batista of • Intimate & Friendly Atmosphere enrichment. citywide average, according to Garfield Elementary School were At Hamilton Elementary Principal Antonio Barbosa. While unavailable for comment at press 332 Jamaicaway School, acting Principal Ellen no one scor~d advanced, about 10 time. Gardner posted two McCarthy is looking -at other scored proficient in math and sciw advanced scores in math and sci~ Boston 617·524·7228 ways to help students improve. ence. Most scored needs improve­ ence, and more than 10 students She stressed the importance of ment or failing in all areas. scored proficient in all areas. · connecting student writing with Using the MCAS scores as a Garfield Elementary listed two reading. baseline, "we can learn from advanced science scores and more ~ ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT _.. ' IN THE TAB "We need a rich literate envi- them'' and bui1d on students' than 25 proficient in general. 0

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SCHOOL BRIEFS Group forges link In addition to the United States, distributed to needy children since 14 nations are represented by more the Multi-Cultural Fair began 19 with parents than one student at Taft: Cambodia, years ago. Two School Linked Services par­ 2; China, 18; Columbia, 2; Sixth-grade teacher Mary Leydon ents are working to assist parents at Dominican Republic, 4; Guatemala, and Principal Irene McCarthy the Winship and Gardner elemen­ 3; Haiti, 2; Honduras, 2; Hong helped Melaugh coordinate the fair "The show is tary schools in helping their chil­ Kong, 5; Nigeria, 4; Puerto Rico, this year. nothing short dren learn. 12; St. Thomas, 2; Thailand, 2; of breathtaking." Annette Onofri of Winship and Trinidad, 4; and Vietnwn, 3. Second-grade Chicago Sun Times Centhelia James of Gardner have The fair's theme, ''The Taft: poet wins prize conducted workshops on homework Literacy Around the World," was and learning standards, and plan to reflected by several student exhibits. Juliana Thorp, a second-grader at hold others on literacy and testing. In the student-designed booklets St. Herman of Alaska Christian Each school hosts its own work­ displayed in "All About Me," each School, won first place in the sec­ shops. sixth-grader listed his/her hobbies, ond-grade division of the West 'Ezyerience t/U !Rpmance and Afventure Live On 1cef SLS, which works closely with books read, hopes and dreams, and Roxbury Intergenerational Poetry the Allston-Brighton Healthy career aspirations, which included Contest for her poem "A Day at the Boston Coalition, was developed doctor, lawyer, teacher, computer Farm": DEC. 26-29 ~Jee/Center three years ago to work with par­ designer, policeman, baseball play­ ents and the community to ensure er, body builder, travel agent. The At Allandale Farm SPECIAL OFFER FOR KIDS UNDER 12! students' readiness for school. My classmates and I SAVE $3 OFF THE CHlLD'S TICKET PRICE for Anastasia booklets also featured photos of the on lee atThe FleetCenter for the foUowing shows: Sat. Dec. 26 at 7:00 PM, students as babies, and the names of Saw rabbits, and chickens Mon. Dec. 28 at 11:30 AM, Tues. Dec. 29 at 3:30 PM And pwnpkins for pie. and receive a voucher good for a FREES1\1AIL • their families. 1 Taft by the numbers We saw eggs from the chicken POPCORN at HOYfS CINEMAS with the lliilll]~~~~~~E P "Cinderella Around the World" purchase of a ticket. Savings do not apply to VIP Seats. wwwt~!~com Statistics compiled for this year's presented the fairy tale as it is told And a dove on a nest, Courtesty of COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER COMPANY. Taft Middle School Multi-Cultural in China, Korea, Ireland and Egypt. But the big brown bull Offer good l ll /99-4/1199 at HOYIS CINEMAS Fair, held in late November, show The fair also included the usual Was the thing I liked best. that Taft students represent 37 for­ arts-and-crafts and treasure tables Offer good at the BOX OFFICE, eign countries. Enrollment includes and ethnic foods display. Several St. Herman students all TICKETMASTER outlets or 87 foreign-born and 175 first-gener­ Proceeds from the fair are used to entered the contest, according to BY PHONE: ation students, according to Louise purchase books for the school's School Administrator Susan Kon. (617 /508) 931-2000 Melaugh, fair coordinator and for­ Reading Is Fundamental program. mer Taft paraprofessional. More than 30,000 books have been - Judy Wassennan

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Head ofthe class CARLIN, from page 11 election, hoping to win politically what they can't win at the contract­ negotiating table. Since the unions have gone public, especially during the election, and have grossly misrepresented our pro­ posals, it's important that the Board of Higher Education breaks its silence and lets its positions be known. 0 • First, a vast majority of our faculty members do an outstanding job. We have enormous respect for them and want to improve their working condi­ I ...... tions and significantly increase their pay and benefits. These professors are great, and we're lucky to have them. We have said this publicly and privately hundreds of times over the last three years. Second, every campus in the United States has a percent of its fac­ ulty who teach as little as they can and when they want to, haven't changed their class presentation in years, have office hours when it's convenient for them and periodically cancel classes. If we have 1 percent or 3 percent or 9 percent of our pro­ fessors who unfortunately fall into these categories, we don't want them hiding behind tenure. We want a fair, prompt and workable system that allows us to fire them, like people get fire.cl in other lines of work. Third, notwithstanding my person­ al view that tenure is wrong, we have never suggested that a profes­ sor who has tenure give it up. We do want new professors to have a choice between a traditional tenure track with a no-nonsense post-tenure review every five years or a multi­ year contract track where a professor could earn 4 to 8 percent more a year for giving up the lifetime job guarantee. Fourth, we want student evalua­ tions made public, like they are at most campuses in the United States. Most importantly, students should know what other students think about a professor's performance as they select their own classes and courses. There's TV and there's OptimumTV: Boston and Good professors should have no problems with this. Brookline's biggest and best cable lineup. Featuring Fifth, we believe that the top-per­ forming professors should be paid 108 channels of choice. With more commercial-free more than the average-performing professors, who should be paid more hit movies, sports, news, business and how-to than the poor-performing faculty. Isn't this the real world? Sixth, we'd like research reviewed programming than anywhere else. for relevancy. This doesn't seem unreasonable. These are all positions the faculty unions don't like. Interestingly, many of their members don't think our positions are so obtuse. Don't have OptimumTV? The progress made by Massachusetts' higher education in the last few years has been tremen­ dous. It's been a team effort, and it's Call 787 .8888 not fair for our real progress to be clouded by those few who are or visit our web site at opposed to our shaking up the system that a few of them are shaking down. www.cablevision·boston.com Throughout our 29-carnpus public system, applications are up, lower numbers of students are being accept­ ed as we raise admissions standards, more high school seniors who have been accepted are deciding to attend our four-year campuses, and overall enrollments are up. It's important to make clear that the reason we have a 29-campus sys­ tem of public higher education is to provide students with the best possi­ ble education at the lowest possible Optimiiiiiili® tuition level. It's not about presidents, faculties, trustees or the Board of Higher Education. It's about students. A NEW GENERATION OF CABLE James F. Carlin is chairman of the Massachusetts Board of Higher Programming subject to change. Restrictions apply. Education. Page 20 The Allston-Brighton TAB, December 22 - 28, 1998 www.townonline.com/allstonbrighton RELIGION NE"W"S

Hill Memorial hosts dren of the parish, 11 a.m. held the following day at 10 a.m., mentally appropriate Judaically The center, which is the home of •Wednesday, Jan. 6: The Feast of Jan. 1, and includf{ a Eucharist. integrated curriculum. Specialists the Augustinians of the Christmas Eve service the Epiphany, Service of Holy For more information, call the in dance and music join the pro- Assumption, is associated with The Hill Memorial Baptist Church, Eucharist, 7 p.m. church at 787-1868. gram weekly. Assumption College in Worcester. 279 North Harvard St., will host its St. Luke's and St. Margaret's is a Parents are welcome to visit the It is open Monday-Wednesday, annual Christmas Eve service. The small inclusive parish, warmly wel- Bible study and classrooms. For information or to from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. service starts at 7 p.m. on Dec. 24. coming families, singles, couples schedule a school visit, call Carol For more information, call 783- All are invited. - all ages, races and sexual orien- prayer group Killian, director, at (617) 731-9006. 0495. For more information, call the tations. An evening adult Bible study and Kehillath Israel Nursery School is church at 254-9290. For more information, call The prayer group meets every Monday at 384 Harvard St., Brookline. Food pantry Rev. Karen Bettacchi at 782-2029. from 7:15-9 p.m. at the Brighton is open twice a month Holiday services to be held Evangelical Congregational Children's choir Community invited to Church. Hill Memorial Baptist Church's St. Luke's and St. Margaret's The grouv reflects on the scrip- welcomes members food pantry is open every second Episcopal Church, 5 St. Luke's holiday services tures as they pertain to the partici- St. Columbkille Church invites and last Saturday, from 10 a.m. Road, Allston, celebrates the holi- The Community United Methodist pants lives and news of the day. children in grades 2-8 to participate until noon. The pantry, located in days with services of Holy Church invites all community The session continues with a time in its children's choir. Rehearsals the church at 279 North Harvard Eucharist including the special members to attend their upcoming of prayer. All are welcome. are held Thursdays, from 2: 15 to 3 St. in Brighton, serves Allston and Scriptures and Music of the season. holiday services. The church is located at 404 p.m. or from 3:30 to 4: 15 p.m. Brighton residents. The following services are The church will be hosting a Washington Street in Brighton. For more information, call the Contributions of food or cash are planned during the next two weeks: candlelight service on Christmas Call 254-4046 for more informa- church at 782-5774. welcome. •Thursday, Dec. 24: Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, at 11 p.m. During the ti on. For more information, call the Eve Festal Service of Holy service, the congregation will be Assumption Center church at (617) 782-4524. Eucharist with full choir, a congre- invited to join in free-for-all Kehillath Israel gational procession with carol- singing. Christmas Day service wi 11 offers Masses Send your religion announce- singing, the Christmas Scriptures begin at 10 a.m. the following offers day care The Assumption Center, 330 ments to TAB news editor Debra and Communion, 7:30 p.m. morning, Dec. 25. Kehillath Israel Nursery School Market St., Brighton, has Mass Goldstein. The mailing address is • Friday, Dec. 25: Christmas Day The New Year's Eve service will offers three programs for young enrollments for many occasions: Allston-Brighton TAB, P. 0. Box Eucharist, 10 a.m. begin at 11 p.m., Dec. 31, and the children: toddler, preschool and weddings, anniversaries, birthdays, 9112, Needham, MA. 02192-9112. • Sunday, Jan. 3: Service of Holy congregation will be invited to join transitional kindergarten. Caring births, sickness and deaths. It also Our fax number is (781) 433-8202. Eucharist with Lessons and Carols in singing to celebrate the holiday. professionals create a warm social offers perpetual, five-year, annual The e-mail address is dgold- and Christmas Tableau by the chil- New Year's Day service will be environment with a strong develop- and individual Masses. [email protected].

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www.townonline.com/allstonbrighton December 22- 28, 1998 The Allston-Brighton TAB, page 21 PORTS Pee Wee squad still unbeaten Undefeated league record still intact for Allston­ Brighton youth hockey

By Clwd Konecky TAB Correspondent ven when it looks lousy, things seem to tum out OK for the Allston-Brighton Youth Hockey E Pee Wee travel squad. The Pee Wees submitted their sloppiest effort of the year in their Dec. 12 game against Belmont, but still scrapped their way to a 4-4 tie. Then on the following day, with its confidence still shaken, Allston-Brighton shut down a wonderfully disciplined Waltham squad, 2-0. "I'll tell you what, we were lucky to get a tie in that first game," head coach Gordy Joyce said. "Then we came right back and rebounded to play well. These guys showed a lot of character doing that." Allston-Brighton improved to 9-2-1 (5-0-1 Greater Boston League) on the season and Ayanna Moore (right) p~ the baton to teammate Nadine Lynch during a recent indoor track meet at the Reggie Lewis Athletic Center. Moore and Lynch are proved itself a legitimate contender on good key contributors on the thin Brighton High School indoor track roster. days and bad. The locals rallied from a 4-3 third-period deficit to deadlock Belmont. Forward Matt Peach was involved in the biggest goal of the game for the second time Burning up the indoor track in a week when he netted the game-tying tally in the third. Small but talented who've been out there so far," said assistant plans to work him into the field events slowly. Peach was one of four goal-scorers in the coach Mandy Savitz. "It should be exciting to A trio of sophomores will round out the tie. Forwards John Bruno and Patrick Brighton takes its mark watch the underclassmen develop as the veter­ Bengals' roster. They should be key contribu­ Fitzgerald collected goals along with ans carry the load." tors in the early season. Wilbert Berthaud is a defenseman Joey Joyce. Meanwhile, By Chad Konecky Against that burdensome backdrop, the gifted sprinter with an ability to drop into that O'Brien dished out three assists with help TAB Correspondent Brighton boys and girls squads should bring extra gear in a close race. Jean JeanLouis from Joyce, Bruno and defenseman Tom t's a long, hard road in the world of their usual enthusiasm and intensity to this returns to handle the 600-meter event - Bletzer, who each recorded single assists. Boston City League indoor track for year's winter campaign. arguably the most grueling of the indoor sea­ Joyce held on to the team lead in points I Brighton High School. Participation is Standout sophomore Joel Dessin is back to son. scored with 13 (three goals, 10 assists) rarely high, and it is difficult for the team to compete in the distance events after an As for the girls squad, Brighton will count through six league games. O'Brien (4-5) was match rosters with its competitors. impressive debut a year ago. Meanwhile, on junior Nadine Lynch in the 300-meter second with a team-high four goals and for­ This year, participation is up, but most of senior sprinter and shot putter Jerry Estimable event and the high jmnp, while sophomore ward Ryan Bradbury (3-3) was third. those roster spots are occupied by freshman is expected to contribute right away despite a Valerie Rejouis is back to anchor the distance While Peach got the tying goal, Joyce and sophomores - and many of those under­ separated shoulder sustained during football corps. Junior Ayanna Moore and freshman · scored the most spectacular goal of a game classmen are first-time runners. season. Estimable will begin the season exclu­ Dionne Jones are expected to provide consid­ that was tied 1-1 after one period. In a wild ''We've got a fair number of newcomers sively on the track, but the coaching staff erable contributions in the running events. HOCKEY, page 25

Brighton went 11-6 (7-3 BCL) two years ago a reached the state association tournament. Bengals hope to be back with a bang Last year, in her absence, the Bengals suf- ~ fered a 13-game swing in the win-loss col­ Brighton High girls hoop We don't have enough depth to consistently umn. run, but we have enough athleticism to beat a Senior center Nafesha Moore teams with team has promise lot of teams, and we hope to give the elite senior power forward Nikki Watson as a for­ teams a run by showing them something they midable, board-crashing pair in the paint. By Chad Konecky haven't seen before." Senior forward Martine Celestine and senior TAB Correspondent One player Boston City League opponents power forward Palovna Lane provide he Brighton High girls basketball would love to see less of is enigmatic Mahoney with another set of options in the squad is gunning for a turnaround Brighton High senior point guard Rachel low post. Senior small forward Elizabeth T after last winter's dismal 4-12 cam­ Henderson. Both Mahoney and Henderson Henderson, Rachel's sister, will be a threat paign. And new head coach Paul Mahoney are hoping consistency, the one element miss­ off the dribble from the wing. figures he's just the guy to help get them ing from the explosive playmaker's game Brighton even has young depth up front: there. over the past two seasons, will arrive with sophomore center Latoya Dixon and fresh­ The former Brookline High head man authority this winter. man power forward Katia Altimore will have junked the Bengals' 3-2 zone defense, over­ Henderson, a Brighton native, is backed by the luxury of developing at a reasonable pace hauled practice sessions, brought in an expe­ a solid supporting cast in the backcourt. under the tutelage of Hamilton, who was a rienced assistant in former Quinnipac College Senior two-guard Ursula Allston, sophomore Out on the court, Coach Paul Mahoney gives pointers four-year starter for the Division I Braves. to Brighton High's girls basketball team. center Jen Hamilton and has made it very guard Sandra Menee, sophomore guard Brighton resident and junior swing player clear to his players that the only effort they Gabrielle Soto and standout freshman guard able, veteran depth to a position where the Denise Wilson has displayed extraordinary can give is a complete effort. Jahleuka Morris all ball-handle well enough Bengals aren't overly game-tested. athleticism and quickness in practices and "We will institute a system and our players to play the point. The Bengals finally have some depth and may become a significant offensive factor as will stay within that system," said Mahoney. Morris could be Mahoney's diamond in the experience in the frontcourt, which was sore­ the season progresses. "They can be creative within the system, but rough and should earn regular minutes and ly missed last season after the graduation of "We need to rebuild a bit," said Mahoney. we won't deviate from it. We will press and even some early starts at shooting guard. 1,000-point scorer and dominating center "It's going to be very difficult to compete we will pl3;y aggressive, man-to-man defense. Senior two-guard Karima Smith adds valu- Jijllie PierreLouis. With PierreLouis in tow, BENGALS, page 25

-===i-= - - ·- -- Page 22 The Allston-Brighton TAB, December 22- 28, 1998 www.townon1ine.com/allstonbrighton LIVING HISTORY Recollections of baseball, war and the Fourth of July corner on Brighton Avenue, near Longtime resident Quint [Avenue], the Adams Brothers recalls Allston' s place Store, which sold jellies and jams. They were there for quite a few in Americana years.

This column is the second pan ofan WM.: What did your family do for interview with longtime Allston resi­ entertainment? dent Stan Babcock Part one appeared last week "living History" S. B.: Mostly we went to -fa an occasional series of interviews Norumbega Park in Newton, and to by Local historian William Machione Old Orchard Beach in Maine. with long-tenn Allston-Brighton resi­ dents about the changing face ofthe WM.: Did you ride out to community. Readers who have sug­ Norumbega by streetcar? gestions of who should be inter­ viewed in future columns, should con­ S.B.: No, my father owned a Model tact Marchione at 562-6348. T Ford. He'd pack us all in the car.

By William P Marchione WM.: There was a streetcar line that TAB Correspondent ran down Commonwealth Avenue, W.M.: Where did your family do its wasn't there? shopping, Stan? Stan Babcock.(second from left) and Ernie Tavilla (to his immediate right) of the Faith in Action Program outside Brighton Center's Ev~ngelic:'1 Conw-:e~tional Church in September 1988 with Cleveland Indians players Joe Carter (extreme left), Brad Havens (center), S.B.: Yes, there was. But we always Lws Medina (to his nght), and Don Gordon (extreme right). Boston Red Sox player Roger Clemens stands second from right S.B.: There was the Mohegan went out by car. Norumbega was like Market on Harvard Avenue, and two our playland. It had amusements and bonfire being torched at [midnight]. and fleeing north as fast as they Battaglia, one of Italy's towering local First National stores, one in a roller coaster. And they'd have these different tents could .. But they always left a pocket mountains, preparing to be part of an Union Square, and the other on and you'd throw balls and try to win of resistance to try to slow us down offensive strike against the enemy. It Harvard Avenue near WM.: Are there any other recre­ money, darts and so forth. And then so their main body could escape. was a time when loneliness and fear Commonwealth. Also, at the comer ational recollections you'd like to the following night, they'd have the And they had this tank camouflaged and freezing temperatures caused of Harvard and Brighton avenues, share with us? band concert down there to go with under a tree and it shot at the 12 of me, paradoxically, to recall near Parkvale, there was a big open the carnival. Everyone was in a us, and we jumped into this crater Christmas eves back in Allston that space, where they had two gigantic S.B.: We were fortunate enough to happy mood. Flags everywhere. that our planes had created bombing abounded with the spirit of the tents. We used to go there for our have Braves Field in the neighbor­ Everyone had an American flag. them during their retreat. A few Christmas season. fruit and vegetable shopping on hood. One thing that the Braves moments later, the sergeant came Saturdays. offered the local kids was the Knot WM.: What was your first regular over with some Gis to pick us up. On the other hand, it was a great Hole Gang. job? He said, "You're wet," and I said, thrill for me to meet my brother W.M.: An outdoor market? "I'm sweating." It wasn't sweat, it Harold, who arrived in Italy several W.M.: What was that? S.B.: I worked parttime in the store was blood, and I didn't even know months later than I did. We were S.B.: Right. My parents would bring that I later bought, as a clerk in the itl They say that shrapnel when it granted a special weekend pass to the kids, and if we were good, they'd S.B.: Just as soon as school was ice cream parlor. It was called first goes in is so hot that you don't spend together before joining our take us for ice cream afterwards to over, you went to the local play­ Hodges Spa. When I took it over I feel it until seconds after. So they cut respective units. He too later became Brighham's or Morgan Brothers. ground, in my case the Ringer called it the Busy Bee. the sleeve off and put on an emer­ hospitalized as a result of combat Playground, and signed up for a knot gency bandage and took me by Jeep action. WM.: Where was Morgan Brothers hole ticket You paid a nickel. Miss W.M.: This was at the corner of to a field hospital and operated on located? Madigan, who'd been my second­ Quint and Brighton avenues? me. And when I woke up I had no W.M.: Tell us about your involve­ grade teacher, was the administrator idea where I was or anything else, ment with the Red Sox. S.B.: On the east side of Harvard at the playground. She ran the club­ S.B.: Yes. and I called out to the guy next to Avenue a short distance from the house and gave out the equipment, me, "Hey, where am I? What time is S.B.: I was involved in a chapel pro­ Brighton Avenue intersection. and so forth. You'd sign up, get your W.M.: How old were you then? it?" He answered in Gerrnan. I gram for baseball players for quite a Morgan Brothers was one of the ticket, and she'd give you a white found out later that I was the only few years. The program was started biggest chains for milk, butter and slip to go with it. You'd go down to S.B.: I was in my late teens and early GI there, all the others were injured by a retired Detroit sportswriter eggs in New England. Another inter­ Braves Field, and they'd take the 20s. It was while I was working German prisoners of war. Then they named Watson Speolstra Waddy got esting local store stood around the white slip as long as you showed there that I was called into the ser­ took me to a hospital we'd taken the idea of establishing chapels for them your card. You could go in and vice. over from the Italian government in baseball players who were on the watch the Braves play for the whole Livorno (Leghorn) and I had another road. I'd arrange to have a speaker WM.: In what year? operation. I was there when the war for them at whatever hotel they were - i season for that nickel card! ended. staying in Boston. Later Waddy WM.: How did the community cele­ S.B.: February of 1942. After my appointed me Boston chapel leader. brate the Fourth of July in your induction at Fort Devens, I went to Incidentally, of the 12 men that At first we provided programs just youth? Camp Croft in South Carolina for jumped into that hole, six got killed for the visiting clubs, but eventually basic training. In the next few years I and six were wounded. I was very extended it to the Red Sox as well. S.B.: It was a big thing, real big l did shore patrol in New Jersey, went lucky. By the grace of God, I sur­ Later when I joined the Little League People would rush to get up to overseas to North Africa, where I vived. program, I was able to get front-line Ringer Playground on the night spent over two years as a mortar Red Sox players as speakers for the before the Fourth. They'd have in the crew man. It was in Italy, as we were WM.: Do you have any other mem­ Little League, and they'd do it for early afternoon, from 1 to 3. Then entering the Po Valley in pursuit of ories of the war that you'd like to nothing - players like Jim Rice, we'd get ready for the band concert, the fleeing Germans, in the final share with us? Bob Stanley, Bill Lee, Rick stages of the war, that I became a Burleson, and Rich Gedman. 0 North Allston's Smith Field, now the from 8 to 10. After that we'd walk down to Smith's Playground for the battle casualty. S.B.: On a cold and dreary McKinney Playground, shown here in Christmas Eve, in 1944, I found William Marchione is the curator of readiness for its traditional Fourth of July bonfire. And at the same time they bonfire. had a carnival going, prior to the W.M.: Tell us about it myself nestled in a former German The Brighton-Allston Historical S.B.: The Germans were leaving us pill box on the slope of Monte Society.

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Caritas Medical Group A 1997 graduate of John D. appoints new manager O'Bryant High School of Roxbury, Min joined the Marine Corps in Getting crafty The Caritas Medical Group at Foxboro, February 1998. which is affiliated with Caritas NoIWood Hospital, has appointed Brighton resident volunteers Patricia A. Noonan of Brighton as its new administrative manager. Segundo Mercado-Llorens of Noonan has been a provider of Brighton recently began serving as a medicai support serv·iccs for more volunteer for VISION Community than 14 years. She was a clinical sup­ Services at the Massachuser..s port manager for Brighton Marine Association for the Blind (MAB). He Health Center before joining the will be assisting a Boston University Caritas Meclical Group at Foxboro. student, who is partially sighted, with Noonan previously served as office reading school-related materials. manager and lead ambulatory care For more information, call 1-800- coordinator at Hanscom Air force 682-9200 or visit www.mablind.org. Base, with responsibility for supervi­ sion and training at 16 specialty clin­ Brighton resident finishes ics averaging 2,000 patients per day. boot camp Marine Pvt Marquis R Porter, son of Local completes course Malvina A. Jackson of Brighton, has Marine Pfc. Min A. Min, son of completed basic training at Marine Siong A. and Maria A. Chen of Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, S.C. Allston recently completed the Porter completed 12 weeks of train­ Administrative Clerk course at ing designed to challenge new Marine Personnel Administration School, recruits both physically and mentally. Marine Corps Service Support Porter and fellow recruits began School at Camp Lejeune, N.C. their training at 5 a.m. by running During the eight-week course, Min three miles and performing calisthen­ learned basic skills and gained ics. In addition to the physical condi­ knowledge in personnel management tioning program, Porter spent numer­ and administration procedures. ous hours in classroom and field Min is ready to prepare personnel assignments which included learning evaluations and reports, leave autho­ first aid, uniform regulations, combat rizations, military identification cards water survival, marksmanship, hand­ The Allston-Brighton YMCA hosted a holiday arts and crafts night last Wednesday. The event offered families the and official orders for Marines to-hand combat and assorted opportunity to learn more about Christmas, Hanukkah and Kwanzaa. Above, Roxanna Simo and Billy McOain paint a changing duty station. weapons training. Kwanzaa mural. Below, Samantha McGilvray makes a dreidel with the help of YMCA youth director Terri Mulks.

HONOR ROLLS Arlington Catholic High Matignon High School Ryan P. McHale of Allston was Allston-Brighton residents Kyle named to the honor roll for the first Leonard and Frank Saccetti were marking period at Arlington Catholic named to the honor roll at Matignon High School. High School. Belmont Hill School Mount St. Joseph Academy Andrew O'Brian of Allston The following Allston-Brighton resi­ achieved academic honors for the dents were named to the honor roll at first quarter at Belmont Hill School. Mount St. Joseph Academy first O'Brian also received his varsity quaiter of the academic year: letter in recognition of his cont:iibu­ Stephanie Pady, high honors, tion to the varsity football team. Grade 11; Leslie Blangiforti, Kathleen Dickerson, Sonia Natale, Brimmer and May School honors, Grade 12, Laura Cutone, Meera Hyun, Sheila O'Connell, The following Allston-Brighton resi­ honors, Grade 11; Kelly Corbett, dents achieved academic honors at honors, Grade 10; Nicole Surette, Brimmer and May School: honors, Grade 9. • Sixth grader Arielle Fine was named to the honor roll • Eighth grader Sydney Kaltwas.ser The Carroll School was named to the high honor roll. The Carroll School recently award­ ed honors for the first quarter mark­ Catholic Memorial High ing period. Daniel and Timothy Crowley of Allston, sons of Darby The Catholic Memorial High School and David Crowley, were named guidance department selected sopho­ to the honor roll in the Upper more Joseph Dickerson of Brighton School. to attend the Hugh O'Brian Youth Leadership ("HOBY") seminar. In order to be selected, Dickerson wrote and essay and was chosen by the CM Guidance Department. The seminar will be held at the Tufts University from June 11-13, 1999. Introducing AutoPoy.

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Two or three other people whom I ....__...... __. try drawing their attention • Town Online Business Directory .....I... you watch them wake up in ''It's the best time of year," accord­ approached would not talk with me . to matters closer to home or suggest www.townonline.com/shop the morning and see the things under ing to Dick I..andino of Billerica, "the One of them seemed to be an Asian ways they can earn their keep during •Dining the tree and what have you, and it's a time everyone gets together." He immigrant who did not have com­ the next government shutdown. Get it www.townonline.com/dining day to go to church and pray to anticipates the pleasure of being with mand of English. off your chest at: • Newcomers Guide God." www.townonline.com/politics/repmail pis grandchildren. To judge from this srrhll sampling, www.townonline.com/newcomers Marjorie Traglia of Watertown Christmas has maintained its strong Bad Boys, Bad Boys! • Classifieds GROWING feels a lot better about Christmas this hold on the imaginations of a great Check out the off the wall www.townonline.com/classifieds OLDER year. "Last year my husband had just many people. Despite the widespread police logs online; find out • WABU-TV68 died," she tells me. The day means complaints one hears about the holy­ what bizarre situations are www.townonline.com/wabu "closeness, warmth, that kind of day having lost meaning, you can't happening in YOUR thing." prove it from the elders whom I but­ neighborhood each week. •Phantom Gourmet By Richard Griffin www.townonline.com/cops www.townonline.com/phantom S~ing directly about his reli­ tonholed at random. • Community Connection gious feelings, Hugh McShane of The courage of older people in the MCAS scores are in www.townonline.com/community Brighton, 76 years of age, tells me face of adversity impressed me Take a look at how That's what Jack Reilly of with great buoyancy what the day strongly. Those who had suffered •Chats the school in your town Watertown answered when I asked means to him. ''I love Christ, the joy physical reverses showed themselves www. town on Ii ne.com/tolhome/ performed on the him what ChristmaS means to him. of everything. Everyone seems to remarkably upbeat in the face of con­ Massachusetts Compre­ chat_schedule hensive Assessment System tests. He was one of many older people have a happy spirit, most of us." tinuing problems. They are not gomg www.townonline.com whom I approached one morning last He continues, ''It means the birth to allow the effe.cts of illness to week while shopping in Allston. I of Cprist whom I love very much diminish their enthusiasm for cele­ wanted to know how they feel about and worship. I imagine that's the first brating an altogether special day. Christmas and whether this thing of it." Asked if the hustle and The death of a loved one, however, holiday/holyday still works its magic bustle of Christmas preparations emerged as much more difficult to on them. On the basis of my conver­ bother him, he answers, ''No, I try to deal with than one's own disabilities. sations, the answer would seem to be get in the spirit of it. I wish I could Is there any blow that a parent can www.townonline.com/com mu nitycard a definite yes. find the words to tell you but I just suffer in later life worse than the ''I love the gifts-giving and every­ can't." death of a son or daughter? And thing about it," said Rita Barnaby of Mary Price of Brookline, 70 years when it comes at Christmas it carries Brighton. of age, is recovering from a stroke. with it an even more grievous sense Gertude Sullivan, a visitor from She tells me of her happiness with of loss:. . North Fort Myers, Florida, came by the day "because I don't have to do Finally, I was struck by how diffi­ and expressed similar thoughts. "It's any real expense." "I like an old-time cult it is for most of us to talk about the best time of the year - Santa Christmas," she adds, "not a whole spiritual realities. Even those people Claus and all the children. People are lot of it I go to my friends and we who spoke in dire.ct religious terms very happy and everybody says have a Christmas dinner." struggled to say what they feel in hello." Allston resident Tom Walsh finds their hearts. Altogether rare among us Charley Vmcent, a 69-year-old Christmas a "nice time of year." His are people who have a language Brighton resident, struck a religious wife, Ann Walsh, waxes more enthu­ which comes easily when they wish note. ''It means Christ was born. I go siastic and calls it a "wonderful sea­ to describe spirituality in their lives, to church; I'm no churchgoer but I son of the year." What she especially even at this special season. Still, if go Christmas and Easter." relishes is ''the joy and peace." we listen carefully, we can some­ Arline McMann of Allston still Two other people whom I encoun­ times hear the spirit sing. 0 Every community calls it "a merry time of year." At age tered, though they talked politely Richard Griffin shares his unique 81, she does not think it so exciting with me, clearly did not want to be perspectives with readers in his has its advantages ... any more but she enjoys visiting her interviewed. One had just lost his "Growing Older" column. To offer children. wife; the other man had suffered the column ideas, e-mail at and Community Newspaper Company Another person from Allston, a loss of his son to sudden illness at rbgrijfl [email protected], or call (781) delivers most of them. gentleman named Berry, cited the age 26. My heart went out to both 433-8328. Bring your Community Card to any of the following SENIOR CALENDAR community partners and receive exclusive discounts. Programs and classes by the 9 a.m. - Exercise Class. No cost Friday, Dec. 25 Veronica B. 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Telephone: 635- Vlednesday,Dec.23 11 a.m. - Walking 1 .any Hoyts Cinema concession area and receive one medium pop- I 6120. Noon - Lunch. Suggested dona­ 1 ~ \ corn for FREE. Cannot be combined with any other offer. : Holidays - Closed ~------~~-----~------. tion, $1.50 1 Kaplan Educational Centers - Save $50 on tuition to any Kaplan 1 Tuesday, Dec. 22 l I !f!J jl l!J ~I Test Prep program when you present your Community Card, l 12:30-1 p.m. -Senior Swim at the 1 •• • ••• PLUS get one Kaplan publication FREE upon enrollment. 1 9 a.m. - English as a Second Thursday, Dec. 24 YMCA, 470 Washington St, r-----.;. ______-- --.. ---·------1 1 ~ t:JeetCenter - AA exclusive offer fOf Community Card holders at 1 Language classes Holidays - Closed Brighton. l ~select FleetCenter events. December 26-29 at Niastasia on Ice, I I' www. nEETCENTER coM present your Community Card and this coupon at the box office 1 : and when you buy one preferred price ticket, you'll get the sec· : 1 ond one FREE. 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~ALLIANCE FOR THE MENTALLY ILL. St. Including: Elizabeth's Medical Center, 736 Cambridge St., Off the shelf Pies, Cakes, Cookies, Fruitcake, Brighton. EducationaVadministrative meetings Rum & Brandy Stollen, Plum Pudding, are held on the 2nd Monday of each month from A listing of upcoming events and programs at Allston-Brighton's public ' 6-7:30 p.m. Family support groups are held on library branches. and Hard Sauce. the 3rd Monday of each month from 6-7:30 p.m., led by Barbara Courtney. Consumer sup­ port groups for individuals living with a brain ill­ Faneuil Branch Library Come see our selection ness are held on the 4th Monday of each month of unique and creative from 6-7:30 p.m., led by Jane Kwalick. Call: Ben New arrivals Adams, 783-1722. •Thomas McCafferty's "All About Options" baked goods for your ~FREE HEALTH PROGRAMS FOR THE • "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Managing Your Time.'' by Jeff New Year's Party ELDERLY are offered by the City of Boston's Davidson Commission on Affairs of the Elderly, including free screenings and education programs for resi­ •Andrew Sarris' ''You Ain't Heard Nothing Yet" dents age 60 and older. Call: 635-4366. Programs for children EVENTS • Toddler Tune for ages 2-3, 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, Dec. 29 395 Washington Street • Brighton Centre • Reading Readiness for ages 3-5, 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 30 ~ CITIZENSHIP DRIVE. The goal of the event is • School Break for ages 6 & up, 3:30 p.m., Wednesday, Dec. 30 254-7718 to help offer eligible immigrants living space in the area. Call: 782-3886. • Kwanzaa celebration, noon, Monday, Dec. 28 •New Year's Eve program, 12:30 p.m., Thursday, Dec. 31 Come see our picture cake technology ~ FANEUIL BRANCH LIBRARY. 419 Faneuil St., Brighton. Ongoing: Tuesdays, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Toddler storytime. Wednesdays, 10:30- Faneuil Branch Library, 419 Faneuil St., Oak Square, will close at 5 11 :15 a.m. Preschool storytime. Thursdays, p.m. Thursday, Dec. 24, and will be closed all day on Christmas Day. Summer Programs at The Park School 6:30-7:30 p.m. Bedtime stories. Fridays, 10:30- Creative Arts at Park, ages 8-15 11 :30 a.m. Mystery stories. Call: 782-6705. For more information, call (617)782-6705. Adventures in Science at Park / coed ages 9-12 ~INTROVERSION. 88 Room, 107 Brighton SummerSoccer Camp, coed ages 5-17 Ave, Allston. Thursdays and Fridays, 5 p.m.-9 Park Enrichment Program (PEP), coed ages 5-8 p.m., Saturdays, 12 p.m.-5 p.m. Become com­ by the Allston-Brighton Action Network. Call: Economic Development committees. Call: 254- Summer Community Setvice Program, coed ages 11-15 pletely involved in this very unique artistic Randi, 783-8834, ext. 222. 7564. • process. Call: 562-0840. .... MIKE BOITICELLl'S FUNDAMENTALS ~ FREE AND LOW-COST FOOD SERVICES for · Wilderness Exploration Program, coed ages 11-15 SKATING CLASS is for competitive skaters and families in need available through Project Basketball Camps, boys' and girls' weeks, ages 8-15 all levels. Saturdays, 6:30 p.m. and Sundays, 5 Bread's FoodSource Hotline. Information and a Lacrosse Camp, coed ages 8-17 CLASSES p.m. Call: 899-1796. confidential food stamp eligibility screening are Contact: Dana Brown LEARN TO SKATE AT MDC RINKS. available. Hotline open Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 ~ALLSTON BRIGHTON YOUTH HOCKEY. ~ Director of External Programs Cleveland Circle and Brighton/Newton MDC p.m. Call: 1-800-645-8333. Option.al: Cleveland Circle MDC Skating Rink. Ongoing: The Park School Rinks. Ongoing: Group lessons for children and ~ALLSTON-BRIGHTON TEEN MENTORING Lunch Basic skate and hockey skills are taught for boys 171 Goddard Ave. adults, all levels, use figure or hockey skates. PROGRAM seeks mentors ages 22 and older to Extended Day and girls ages 4 and up. Call: 787-2947 Brookline , MA 02445 Afternoon. evening and weekend classes. 7- offer friendship and guidance to local teens. Call: Transportation ~DANCE AND HEALING. Allston/Brighton week series $75/child. Call: 781-890-8480. Valerie, 787-4044. (617) 277-2456 ext. 302 YMCA, 470 Washington St., Brighton. Ongoing: ~ AMERICORPS POSITIONS OPEN for This program is for women with cancer, to Park is a coeducational school and does not discriminate improve strength, range of motion and self­ Massachusetts residents age K-25 to engage in on the basis of race, religion, national origin, disabilities, VOLUNTEERS year-long service in Allston-Brighton in the areas or family composition in its admissions, financial aid, esteem. Call: 782-3535. or in the administration of its educational policies. ~ SINGLE PARENT SUPPORT offered for par­ of public safety, education, the environment and ~ ALLSTON/BRIGHTON FAMILY YMCA is human needs. Call: 542-2544, ext. 233. sponsoring a morning program for children ents of newborns and children up to 5 years old. ages 3-5 years old emphasizing creative move­ Sundays, 1O a.m.-11 :30 a.m. Allston-Brighton ~ MASSACHUSETTS EYE AND EAR INFIR­ ment and arts and crafts. The Y also offers the YMCA, 470 Washington St. Brighton. Call: 617- MARY seeks volunteers to assist patient family following classes: Thursdays, 7-9 p.m. Drawing 558-1278. members in the waiting room and to work in the classes for adults using pencil and charcoal. ~ WBZ'S CALL FOR ACTION needs good lis­ gift shop. Must be at least 16 years of age. Meal $80. Tuesdays and Thursdays, 4:30 p.m. Youth teners and problem solvers for a non profit, vouchers and validated parking available. Call: karate, 8:30 p.m. Adult karate. $80. A variety of information/referral and ombudsman service. Ruth Doyle, 573-3163. other classes also available. Call: 782-3535. Must commit to one day a week for at least a ~AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY. Volunteers ~DOG TRAINING CLASS. Jackson Mann year. Call: 617-787-7070 for an application. needed to provide information to patients and Community Center, 500 Cambridge St., Allston. ~BC NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER. 425 families in the community and to provide ongo­ klddy llHc1'" learn a non-force, positive training method with Washington St., Brighton. Free tutoring in vari­ ing support and guidance. Also in need of volun­ a 5-week session of classes. $80. Call: 789- ous subjects tor local children and young adults teers to drive focal cancer patients to and from 851 Washington St., Newtonville 3647. through April. Call: 552-0445. treatment appointments. Call: 437-1900, ext. (617) 527-7997 227. ~ DROP-IN PRE-SCHOOL PLAYGROUPS. 470 ~ ALLSTON VILLAGE MAIN STREETS seeks Washington St., Brighton. Ongoing: Sponsored volunteers for rts Design, Promotion and

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Brighton Landing Project Mass. R. Civ. P. Rule 72 that the 4th., cember 1998 the return day of this cita­ Defense keeps team strong LEGAL NOTICE through the 7th., account(s) of Robert T. tion. NOTICE OF FILING OF Murphy as Conservator of the property of Witness, ELAINE M. MORIARTY, Es­ HOCKEY, from page 21 was the Pee Wees' defensive effort PLANNED DEVELOPMENT AREA said William H. Murphy have been pre­ quire, First Judge of said Court this 3rd second period, Joyce started a rush that had coach Joyce raving. DEVELOPMENT PLAN sented to said Court for allowance. day of December 1998 If you desire to preserve your right to file from behind his own net, zig-zagged ''These guys hit," coach Joyce BV DEVELOPMENT, LLC an objection to said account(s), you or Richard lannella up the ice and, while being pulled said. "Like I've said, we're not the BRIGHTON LANDING PROJECT your attorney must file a written appear­ Register ance in said Court at Boston on or be­ down in the crease, lifted a baclBoston Public Library on Blagden this winter. Street in Copley Square. During the Wandering between St. Francis service for Gatts, people who work House on Boylston Street in the with the homeless also learned of daytime and Pine Street Inn on two other deaths. Harrison Avenue at night, ''There's an unprecedented Hathaway spends much of his time demand on homelessness services Larry Poirier runs the clothing distribution center at St Francis House. outdoors. He is one of the 5,272 this year. We've never seen any­ homeless people living on the thing like it," said Philip Mangano, An added danger is the way the streets and in the shelters of executive director of the Mass. weather has been changing drasti­ Boston, according to a recent city Housing and Shelter Alliance. This cally over the past few weeks. One How to help census. The number of people liv­ year, Massachusetts is farther ahead day it was warm, the next it was ing in the alleys, on park benches in terms of the number of beds than cold, and that made it difficult for St. Francis House needs men1s throughout the city for donations. and in dark comers of Boston has it was last year when two homeless people living on the streets to pro­ 1 coats in all sizes, as well as men's Pine Street Inn also needs warm increased by 5 percent in the past men died in December. The state tect themselves from the elements. ~· jeans and casual pants. Some of clothing, men's work pants and 12 months. has 600 new beds available in ''The weather has been much of a the shelter's guests have jobs and casual pants. Clothing in larger Last year, census takers counted emergency shelters, bringing the roller coaster. You never know ~.·. need casual pants for work. sizes is especially needed. 5,016 homeless people. At least statewide total to 4,300 .. Boston has what it's going to be from day to i Donations are accepted at the Clothing donations can also be

two homeless people in Boston 2,400 beds, Mangano said. day," said Hathaway, who said he , shelter, 39 Boylston St.1 Monday brought to the inn, 7:30 a.m.-7:30 have.died in the past month of But even with the new beds, the has been homeless for more than ~ through Friday, 7:30 a.m.4 p~rn. p.m., seven days a week on Paul exposure and alcoholism. And, decrease in clothing donations is two years. and weekends, 8:30 a.rn.-1:30 Sullivan Way off Harrison while the number of homeless peo­ making the streets more dangerous. "I can remember times it has got­ p.m. Avenue. The shelter is at 444 ple is increasing, the number of The mild weather this month could ten so cold it goes right through Pine Street Inn has bins located Harrison Ave. 0 clothing donations has decreased. be one reason for the drop in dona­ you. Sometimes it rains. Last week, just two weeks before tions, officials said. Warm weather Sometimes it gets very cold. It's Christmas, as the weather finally continued well into December, and damp outside," said Hathaway. in their survey. Because of high inside at night, advocates say. started tum winter-like, St. Francis many people may not have realized While Hathaway says his three real estate prices and low vacancy Oftentimes, what could be a life­ House shelter had only about 60 homeless people's need for warm coats keep him warm, many of the rates in Boston, many people are and-death decision for a homeless winter coats available to give to clothing. people he sees on the streets are not also homeless for longer periods of person is not being made with the guests. "People don't clean out their even that lucky. They are under­ time, Cronin said. clearest mind. In the St. Francis "What we're particularly short on wardrobes until later on. We have a dressed or walk around wrapped in While Boston is one of the few House waiting room, Hathaway right now are men's winter coats. Jot of people coming in right now a blanket trying to stay warm. cities that has enough beds to for its talks about having served in the We will need about 1,200 of them looking for warm clothes. We don't "When the weather gets really homeless people, getting those peo­ U.S. military, grown up in Canada, this winter alone. We've already have donations to cover that. I out of hand- sometimes it's-not ple into those beds can often times traveling around the country, work­ given out close to 450 and winter stood outside St. Francis House enough, but it's enough to carry be difficult. Boston Police ing on a manuscript, having hasn't started yet. Our backs are yesterday and watched the line you through where you can make it Commissioner Paul Evans recently worked as an engineer, architect against the wall," said Larry coming in for lunch - about 150 to safety," he said. told police officers to be on the and photographer and a desire to Poirier, clothing supervisor for St. people - everyone wearing fall "Because it hasn't been cold, lookout for homeless people and put a portfolio and resume together. Francis House. clothing and people walking by in people get lulled into a sense of help them get to shelters at night, But he is still a man sitting indoors St. Francis House not only offers coats and hats," said Deborah 'It's OK for me to spend the night Cronin said. wearing three old coats and a hood homeless people clothing, meals Farrell, development associate. As on the street,' " said ~elly Cronin, The reasons people are homeless over his head. and shelter, but also counseling and the cold weather continues, shelter director of the city's emergency are varied and many have sub­ "I don't know if I dress perfectly. help in finding jobs. St. Francis workers are expecting a deluge of shelter commission. The largest stance abuse problems, which I stay in reason," he said. ''When House serves about 600 people people coming in for clothing, she increase in the homeless population makes it difficult for those working your hands ache, it's cold out daily. said. is with families, city officials found with them to make sure they are there." 0

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Celeste Walker, 32, struggles with the hardships of raising a family in the projects, as well as the death of her 4-month-old child to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome. The price of poverty An inside look at the life ofa welfare nwther

By Darren McCollester By the time she was 30, Walker had had TAB Staff Writer eight children by three different fathers. ~leste Walker did not always live "I learned things as I went, but I got no m poverty. guidance," says Walker of why she had so She was born in Chicago, but many children at a young age. "I said I would moved to Dorchester at an early never live in the projects, and I don't intend Cage. She attended Boston's on living here forever." Woodrow Wilson Middle School and lived In September 1992, Walker and her family with her parents in what she describes as a moved into the Archdale housing projects, run nice house in Dorchester. by the Boston Housing Authority. "My mother and father were great," she Six years later, she sits in her kitchen on a said. "They had two cars, paid the bills ... " September evening and talks about her efforts But her parents sold the house on what to get a transfer to a larger apartment, one that Walker calls "an impulse." She offers no more is large enough to house her family. details about the sale of the house, but it "Eight kids and me in four rooms," she became a turning point in her life. At 15, she said. ''There wasn't enough room. Some of dropped out of school and moved out on her the kids slept in the front room, on the couch. Owh. If one kid got sick, they all got sick." "Once my mother sold the house, I began to Walker says she has been working on a experience not having anything," Walker said. transfer for more than five years. She applied "It's nice to have your own house. No one can for one shortly after moving into her apart­ kick you out. After that, I stayed with an ment in 1992 and didn't hear anything, so she aunt." called the BHA. Ashley Lee, 8, chases her sister, Lydia, 6, while her brothers, Alex, 5, and Deandre, 2, sit in the background. Walker began years of bouncing around. ''They claim they never got my transfer She lived with a different aunt at age 22. At notices," she said. ''I called the state rep. [for­ that time, she had one child and another was mer state Rep. John McDonough], and sud­ shooting gallery in Roxbury,'' Walker said. number of BHA-run apartments. BHA offi­ on the way. denly they found them." "I couldn't take my kids there. A resident cials say the demand for its housing greatly Then she was in and out of rooming houses She received approval for a transfer two told me it was dangerous, so I turned it outweighs its supply. and finally ended upwith a grandmother in a years ago, but she, along with a Department down." "We are trying to balance it out so that cer­ home for senior citizens. As she had more of Social Services agent, turned it down. That decision put Walker back in the large tain size families have proper size housing,'' children, living situations got tougher. "It was a bigger place, but it was in a pool of families who were fighting for a small said BHA Chief of Staff Hillary Jones.

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Jones said Walker's transfer prob­ lems stem from having more than 18,000 people on a waiting list for housing and only 22 developments in the city of Boston. Of the lost paperwork, Jones said, ''That is possible. I would be crazy to deny that. In a large bureaucracy, paperwork gets lost." The wait took its toll on Walker's children. Two of her children devel­ oped health problems that deteriorat­ ed in the cramped quarters. With the advice of DSS, Walker put them up for adoption in June. Walker does not talk much about the decision to part whh her chil­ dren. She said they are with a fos­ ter family and doing well, but she does not discuss their health prob­ lems. ''I kind of let them go," she said. "I thought it would be in their best interest. 'We have a rodent problem - mice," she adds. ''They were running Sahadia Richardson around in the sofa. You could hear it. Oeft), 11, and Lydia One must have died, you could Price, (third from left) 6, lay flowers on the smell it rotting in my sofa." casket of their sister, Storage space is also a problem. Stacia. Bikes nearly fill one bedroom, and garbage bags of clothes are piled floor to ceiling in the closet. "I have to go through bags and figure out which bag is clean and which is dirty," she said. There is no room to hang clothes, so they are hung from the bare pipes in the kitchen which run along the ceiling. Having no closet space means putting. the custodian-style mop and bucket in the tub, moving it out when the showers are taken one after the other in the morning. The wall plaster continually falls, and cockroaches scurry across the kitchen counters. ''It's an unhealthy environment all around," says Walker's cousin, Doris Walker. Another loss With two children already gone to foster families, Walker was dealt another blow in September when her youngest child, 4-month-old Stacia A daily part of life to Price, died in her sleep of Sudden many living in the projects are the visits of Infant Death Syndrome. Department of Social "I fed her Friday night, had her Service workers. An laying in the bed with me," Walker agent was sent to said. ''When I woke up, usually she interview Walker and wakes up with me, she was still her children and sleeping, so I got up. My other investigate the death of their sister. daughter brought her out to me. I c~uld tell she was dead." Walker called 911. Ambulances arrived and brought the child to Boston Medical Center, where Stacia was pronounced dead. The next several days brought family and friends to help. A welfare funeral means paper­ work, vouchers, itemizations and finding rides to and from hospitals and funeral homes. Several days after Stacia died, Walker called the hospital to check on her child's body. She was told the funeral home had come and picked the child up. She called the funeral home and was told Stacia was still at the hospital, but that they were on their way to get her that very day. The funeral home operator said he would call her back when it had the child. She never received a return phone call from the funeral home and went to bed that night without knowing who had her dead child. The Department of Social Services was called to investigate ·the circumstances surrounding Stacia's Six-year-old Lydia Price cradles her death. brother Deandre, 2, two There is no set rule on how a days after the death of SIDS death is handled beyond an their youngest sibling, POVERTY, page 30 Stacia. •• ) I.. ' ..

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"I said I would never live in the projects, and I don't intend on living here forever."

Celeste Walker

Walker and son Deandre in the Archdale Community Housing Development in Roslindale.

POVERTY, from page 29 Weeks go by, and relatives and whole. Walker says the move was tough. play board games at the kitchen autopsy, according to MASS SIDS friends go back to their lives. "Whatever it is," Walker says of But her children appear to make the table. Their mother cooks a dinner Center project coordinator Mary Meanwhile, Walker is left alone her future, "it won't be here. It will adjustments well. About a month and in between tasks, joins in on the McLain. DSS officials will show up with her remaining children: be a new start." after they move into their new apart­ singing and laughter. unofficially to investigate if the fam­ Ashley; Deandre, 2; Alex, 5, Lydia, The new start is in East Boston, at ment, the children say they are And for a moment it could be any ily is known to DSS workers or if 6; and Sahadia, 11. Walker the Heritage Apartments on the happy with their new home, and family, anywhere, in the holiday there is a possibility of child neglect attempts to get back to a normal waterfront. that the schools are "OK." They season. 0 or abuse, she said. routine by going back to Archdale 'They came 'cause I live in the Community Center, where she projects and 'cause they been here takes preparatory classes for her before," says Walker. ''They asked GED exam. She tries to stay out of questions the kids don't understand. the house, but her mind is clearly They ask, 'Who lives here?' 'Who's not on her classes. been in this house?' They was act­ "I'm tired of welfare money," she ing like I was a criminal, and my said. "When you get it, it's gone. It's baby just died." a temporary source, it's not forever." The result of the DSS investiga­ She tries to get a job at a Jocal tion was what Walker had told them supermarket, but is told they are not all along: The baby died of SIDS hiring even though she had heard and there was no evidence of they were. neglect. Even the news in late October that her request for a new apartment has been granted does little to buoy Moving on her spirits. Reality may have set in After Stacia's death, the house that although her living situations seemed smaller to Walker, who said may change, the circumstances of she could still feel the presence of her life remain. her deceased child. Against the austere backdrop of Her other children go back to the Roslindale projects which she their world of play, but they, too, are has lived in since 1992, Walker troubled by the loss. They ask ques­ sighs and adjusts the jacket of her tions and say things like, "Stacia youngest child against the chill of gone to heaven." the fall weather. As she prepares for Walker's 8-year-old daughter, her move in early November, her Ashley, found Stacia and had taken gaze is far beyond the brick build­ the loss hard. She was seeing a ings that surround her- buildings school psychiatrist to work through she rarely ventures far from and At home in their new East Boston apartment, Walker and her family hope to move out 011 their OWi\ soon. < : r c. J < J _ • \ _ f her erp.9tions. • that eem to have. swallowed her . • 1 1 1 1 1

- --- 'I • 1 'f www.townonline.com/allstonbrighton December 22 - 28, 1998 The Allston-Brighton TAB, page 31 FROM PAGE ONE After decades of delay, work begins on Brighton's A-Line TRACKS, from page 1 in this town." Construction began at both ends of the tracks last week, and workers will progress inward toward Brighton Center. One set of workers began digging the rails out on Cambridge Street at Imrie Road near Union Square. The other work­ ers began construction at the Newton border, at Tremont Street. As the tracks are removed, the resulting ditch is getting filled in and smoothed over with gravel and asphalt. To minimize disruptions in the Brighton Center business district dur­ ing the holiday season, construction will not be done on Washington Street between the Di trict 14 Police Station and Foster Street until spring, said City Councilor Brian Honan. "We just want to make sure the business district has as little disrup­ tion as possible," Honan said. Weather permitting, all the tracks could be removed as early as March 1999. At that point, work will begin to refurbish the roads and adjacent landscaping. As construction equipment moved the first tracks out of the asphalt, Brian Honan said it was a wonderlul day. ''The weather is perfect," he said. "We're just hoping the real cold

weather and snow can hold off so Local officials lined up last Wednesday to hold the first rail that was pulled out as part of the A-Line track removal project. the workers can complete as much of this project as possible." As for passersby, Buddy Merrill neighborhoods revitalized over the sengers 30 years ago. Highway Department that morning - a resident who has lived in years and was glad to see the tracks "It made it tougher to get to to iron out the details. As required, Brighton for 50 years - stood on were finally being removed from his school,'' said Boyle. "For a while McCourt gave the utility companies "This is a wonderful the sidewalk watching the childhood home. they were still using the tracks to 72 hours notice that they planned to Cambridge Street asphalt get torn ''They did a nice job in Allston, so get trains to a repair house in begin construction on Dec. 16. project. It really will up in front of his home at Union now they're going to continue out to Watertown." And then, five days later, they hit make a big difference Square Nursing Center. Brighton," said Slavin. McComt Construction received the road. "It's a mess," said Merrill. Another officer at the same site, the official Notice to Proceed on "We're happy to be here, excited for the community." But he was not sorry to see the Bob Boyle, also grew up in Friday, Dec. 11, and Mccourt vice to get started and looking forward to Roger Erickson tracks coming out. Brighton. He remembered when the president Steven Frick attended a a project everybody will be proud "I think they are dangerous," said A-Line first stopped carrying pas- meeting at the Massachusetts of," said Frick. 0 Merrill. A teenager watching from her perch in front of a corner store, was glad to see the tracks come out too, We go to any 10% Off but skeptical of the construction widlll to ...... equipment filling the center of the AH Take-Out Orders road. Ille perfect ...... New Balance shoes come in different widths GLAIT KOSHER ''They need to make it smaller because feet come in different widths because cars have a hard time get­ Chinese Cl1isii1e ting by," said Dieudeline Cineus. new balance ffB' Overall, onlookers were thrilled to i!G!!i:Qttn;j Factorv Store I at l+t> Best see construction under way despite Factory seconds & discontinued styles Boaton 61 N. &:aam St. (617) 782-0803 the noise and traffic disruptions. l.awrenCe S S. Union St. (978) 682-8960 ''This is a wonderful project," said l1il Shalom :/A. Roger Erickson. "It really will make l!JJ a big difference for the community." Hunan "The credit goes to a lot of peo­ BUY UNIJED STAJES (61'Z)731-978l / 73WJ778 ple," said Erickson. SAVINGS BONDS 92 HARVAJU> STREET Former State Rep. Susan Tracy, BROOKLINE, MA 02146 who began campaigning for the track removal, when she was in office in the early '90s, came out for the groundbreaking ceremony as well. ~ Metropolitan Fuel Corporation "I'm very, very proud that a lot of people worked very, very hard," Weil McLain 3-Section Boiler $2650. said Tracy. 275 Gallon oil tank instal1ed $795. Tracy, along with other legislators including Kevin Honan, began Concord warm air furnace "LuF aoAa4/9so· $1895. drawing up the initial legislation that led to last week's victory. 1-617-924-8006 or 1-800-696-8006 At each of the construction sites, three Boston Police officers will be HAVE YOU RECENTLY BEEN DIAGNOSED stationed through the duration of the project to help direct traffic and WITH HIGH-GRADE CERVICAL DYSPLASIA? ensure public safety. If you answered yes, you may be eligible to participate in a Brigham and Women's Hospital approved investigational drug trial. If found to work, tfiis drug may replace "There have been a lot of car the need for surgery for high-grade cervical dysplasia in the future. accidents on the tracks," said As a particirant in the study you will still undergo the standard treatment for Officer Bil1 Slavin, stationed at high-grade dysplasia. Before treatment, you wilf receive the new medication 3 to the Union Square end of the con­ 6 times on an every-three-week basis and will be followed with colp

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