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Volume 30 Issue 11 Thursday, March 14, 2013 50¢ Morrissey flooding fix awaits state’s solution Cost of upgrade put at $25m; Patrick tax plan could be key

By Gintautas Dumcius boulevard, to delay open- News Editor ing its Columbia Point Morrissey Boulevard, campus until 10 a.m. on a major south-north Friday, and then to call artery running along it a day at 2 p.m. Dorchester’s coast that “It’s a design that is not is frequently forced to boding well in the 21st close due to storm surges century and we need to accompanying high tides do something to address could be in line for a $25 it,” said Jack Murray, million overhaul under deputy commissioner Gov. Deval Patrick’s at DCR, an agency that tax hike proposal, a top oversees 450,000 acres official with the state’s of parks, beaches, bike Department of Conser- trails, and parkways. vation and Recreation Murray, who lives in said on Wednesday. Milton and often uses The latest closing of the boulevard, said that the parkway came last in the last 15 years Friday when winds and the roadway has seen snow from a stronger- an uptick in flooding than-expected two-day issues, which the agency storm rendered it un- attributes to “poor drain- passable both ways, age and climate change.” causing commuter- Incremental increases in Morrissey Boulevard, frequently closed, like last Friday, to traffic during high tides and storms could focused UMass Boston, the sea level will have be modernized with new revenues from a proposed tax hike now being pushed by Governor Patrick. which is located off the (Continued on page 19) Above, the roadway during last fall’s hurricane. See editorial, Page 10. Photo by Devin M. To the Accordion Born Dot Hall of Fame I’d be asked, ‘So, what Dot native are you going to do with your life?’ and I had the welcomes Senate Gannon reply all ready: ‘I’m just going to play music.’” President Murray lives dream Gannon’s youthful y intautas umcius By Sean Smith enthusiasm for his fam- B G D ews ditor Special to the BIR ily music tradition has N E There was never any proven to be long-lasting State Senate President doubt, really, that Colm and fully engaging, one Therese Murray, who Gannon would play mu- that led him to relocate to grew up in St. Mark’s sic – nor any doubt as his ancestral Connemara Parish, will be inducted to what kind of music, and to pursue a career into the Dorchester Hall nor which instrument that has included a stint of Fame this Saturday he would use to play it. in “Riverdance” and a as part of the annual Not with a father who series of recordings – the fundraising brunch for is an accomplished Irish most recent being “The the Mary Ann Brett accordion player, and an Rights of Man,” released Food Pantry of Blessed this past fall. Mother Teresa Parish. older brother following Sen. Therese Murray suit. Early last month, Murray, a Democrat St. Mark’s “girl” Gannon returned to who moved to Plymouth But then, Gannon Colm Gannon: “I’m going to play music.” hardly needed any nudg- the Boston area to visit over 30 years ago, be- that she often notes that ing to take up the box. cally chase him down young age, I just knew family and friends and came Senate president she is “OFD” – Origi- Quite the opposite. until he would,” recalls it was it was something play a few gigs, includ- in 2007, the first woman nally From Dorchester. “When I was 7, I’d be Gannon, who grew up I’d get into. There’d be ing a performance at to hold the post. “That’s where my roots begging Dad to play the in Boston’s Dorchester conversations around The Burren “Backroom” “I’m proud of the are,” she said. accordion – I’d practi- neighborhood. “From a the kitchen table where (Continued on page 6) fact that I grew up in Murray lived in Brigh- Dorchester,” Murray ton Hill and Mission told the Reporter in a Hill before her family Sparks uses Dot boxing club recent interview, adding (Continued on page 5) as setting for his latest video INSIDE By Corey Burns back room inside the gym support his latest track Candidates for Special to the Reporter that caught the eye of that debuts online to- The Dorchester Boxing multi-platinum producer day. “Boston Bass” is a the First Suffolk Club has the typical look and songwriter, Clinton remix of The Dropkick District State Sen- of a boxing gym: There’s Sparks. The Dorchester- Murphy’s “Shipping Up ate seat gather at a ring, punching bags, bred Sparks used the To Boston.” forum in South and weights—the ideal club as part of the setting “This song is basically All contents copyright Boston. Story, Clinton Sparks setting for a fight. for a new video — shot on just a bootleg record,” © 2013 Boston Corey Burns photo However, it was a little location last Friday—to (Continued on page 5) Page 3. Neighborhood News, Inc. Page 2 THE Reporter March 14, 2013 Reporter’s Notebook On The Record The gang’s all there Meeting targets demolition at the mayor’s event of Morton St. eyesore By Gintautas Dumcius were among the city councillors who News Editor attended. Local lawmakers and members of Top Menino aides were also in the Mayor Thomas Menino’s cabinet room, including Michael Kineavy and flocked to the Cedars of Lebanon’s hall the mayor’s chief-of-staff, Mitchell in Jamaica Plain for a fundraiser last Weiss. Boston Police Commissioner Sunday morning. More than 400 people Ed Davis and School Committee mem- attended the small-dollar event, one ber Alfreda Harris also attended. of several neighborhood fundraisers Councillor Connolly has a campaign held every year by Menino’s campaign kickoff scheduled for next week, at committee. the Omni Parker House Hotel on The mayor didn’t say anything to Wednesday, (March 20) at 6:30 p.m. the crowd about whether or not he’ll A Charlestown attorney who has be running for a sixth term, although served as Councillor Connolly’s chief he and Suffolk County District strategist will be taking on the role Attorney Daniel Conley defended of campaign manager of Connolly’s the mayor’s education record. City mayoral bid, the campaign said Mon- Councillor At-Large John Connolly, day. Nathaniel Stinnett, 37, has a former teacher who announced last worked on a number of campaigns, month that he will wage a mayoral including as treasurer for Attorney campaign, is making his critique of General Martha Coakley’s run for the school system the central plank US Senate and as finance director of of his platform. Jamie Eldridge’s runs for Congress Conley, a former city councillor who and state Senate. is frequently mentioned as a potential Stinnett, a former Democratic State candidate for mayor if Menino chooses Committee member, has taught Adult not to run, emceed the fundraiser, Basic Education and English for referring to the longtime mayor as a Speakers of Other Languages at Pine “second father” and a mentor. Street Inn. He has served as Connolly’s With his wife Angela by his side, chief strategist since 2008. The Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services will host a community meeting Menino received standing ovations on Tues., March 19 at 6 p.m. to discuss the planned demolition of the old B-3 Dahill hires Spencer Police station at 872 Morton St. The meeting will be held in the Mattapan BPL when he was introduced and after branch at 1350 Blue Hill Ave. The building will be demolished in advance of he finished his speech. He thanked as campaign consultant a state project slated for this summer that will replace the bridge adjacent the crowd, saying he was touched by Maureen Dahill, one of the two to the abandoned station, which has been a blight on the main thoroughfare the outpouring of support in the form South Boston-based candidates for years. For more information on the meeting, contact Walter Apperwhite, of prayers and cards while he was in running for state Senate, has hired Neighborhood Services Coordinator at 617-635-3485. Brigham and Women’s and Spaulding a longtime campaign strategist as Rehabilitation Hospital at the end of a consultant. Jim Spencer, who last year. worked as chief strategist on former “He certainly has the energy and City Councillor At-Large Sam Yoon’s Menino to speak at Board of Trade luncheon the ability to continue to run our city mayoral campaign in 2009, is the Mayor Tom Menino will give his annual talk before the Dorchester Board and run it well,” Conley said after the president of the Campaign Network, of Trade on Tues., April 2 at noon at Venezia’s restaurant on Ericsson Street. fundraiser. Asked whether the mayor a firm specializing in direct mail. Tickets are $75 for Board of Trade members and $125 for non-members. is running, Conley said, “Who knows?” Spencer, a Midwest native and for- Proceeds benefit the group’s scholarship fund. Contact Nancy Lafoe at nlafoe@ before adding, “It certainly appears mer political director for Congressman dorchesterboardoftrade.com with questions. that way. We’re all waiting as a city Joseph Kennedy II, was Mel King’s to know for sure.” field director in 1983 when King ran Supporters of the mayor packed the for mayor, a past consultant for Felix Historical Society talk on BC High, BC roots wood-paneled community center, built D. Arroyo’s run for at-large, and the James O’Toole, Professor and Clough Millennium Chair in History at Boston on a hill near the Brookline-Jamaica consultant to City Councillor At-Large College, will speak on “A Tale of Two Schools: Boston College and Boston College Plain line and named for Richard Ayanna Pressley’s 2011 reelection High School at 150,” on Tues., March 19, at 7 p.m., at Dorchester Historical Cardinal Cushing, who served as campaign. He worked on former Society Headquarters, 195 Boston Street. archbishop of Boston for 26 years. City Councillor At-Large Michael Some stood in line – 40 to 50 people Flaherty’s unsuccessful mayoral deep at several points during the campaign in 2009 after Yoon did not One shot dead, one wounded on Columbia Rd. fundraiser – to shake Menino’s hand make it past the primary. Two men were found shot in a gray Toyota Corolla at Columbia Road and and chat with him before and after the Dahill, a South Boston native and Hancock Street around 6:30 p.m. last Saturday evening. One man was pro- speaking program, while others noshed local entrepreneur, is running as a nounced dead at the scene and the other was rushed to Boston Medical Center on waffles, quiche, and strips of bacon. Democrat to fill the vacant seat in in critical condition, police say. The deceased victim has been identified as 18 Some wore vintage buttons from the First Suffolk Senate District. The year-old Thaddeus Clark. Boston Police are asking for the public help: Call in Menino’s previous campaigns for seat opened up after Jack Hart, who tips anonymously to 1(800) 494-TIPS or text the word ‘TIP’ to CRIME (27463). mayor and City Council. One attendee, was elected in 2002, left for a job at a using an anonymous handle, noted law firm. Conley and Menino’s remarks and State Reps. Linda Dorcena Forry Second man held in Woodruff Way murder posted a picture of the fundraiser on (D-Dorchester) and Nick Collins (D- Kewon Kelly, 26, was arrested on Tuesday on charges that he shot Rayshawn social networking sites like Twitter South Boston) and Joseph Ureneck Few to death on Woodruff Way on Feb. 17. Police say officers arrested Kelly and Facebook. (R-Dorchester) are also running. yesterday in Brockton, with the assistance of US marshals and Brockton police. The roster of local elected officials The primary election is set for April Few was shot repeatedly early on the 17th outside 24 Woodruff Way. Police who attended the Jamaica Plain 30 and the special election is scheduled arrived in time to see a brown car racing from the scene. They chased, the car fundraiser included state Reps. Jef- for May 28. suddenly stopped and three men ran out. Police arrested Osmell Odena, 22, frey Sanchez (D-Jamaica Plain), EDITOR’S NOTE: Check out and charged him with unlawful possession of a firearm and ammunition. A Angelo Scaccia (D-Hyde Park) and updates to Boston’s political scene third man remains at large. Ed Coppinger (D-West Roxbury). at The Lit Drop, located at dotnews. Stephen Murphy, Ayanna Press- com/litdrop. E-mail us at newseditor@ ley, Felix Arroyo, Rob Consalvo, dotnews.com and follow us on Twitter: Dorchester Reporter Michael Ross, and Matt O’Malley @LitDrop and @gintautasd. A Readers Guide to Today’s (USPS 009-687) Published Weekly School superintendent takes Dorchester Reporter Periodical postage paid at Boston, MA. 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By Gintautas Dumcius dorse Nick Collins and News Editor look forward to work- Expressions of support ing with him to defend and a candidates’ gather- working families and ing in South Boston our right to collectively helped fill the First Suf- bargain,” Rich Paris, the folk District state Senate union’s president, said in campaign calendar over a statement. the last week. The Democratic pri- A group of elected mary, which will also officials from Boston include South Boston signaled support for entrepreneur Maureen Dorchester’s state Rep. Dahill, is set for April Linda Dorcena Forry’s 30. The winner will face The candidates running to replace former state Sen. Jack Hart appeared together at a forum on Tues- bid as the Dorchester- off against Dorchester day, that was put together by a nonprofit association in South Boston. From left, Joseph Ureneck, Linda based firefighters’ union native Joseph Ureneck, Dorcena Forry, Maureen Dahill and Nick Collins. Photo by Gintautas Dumcius threw its weight behind a Republican, in the May South Boston’s state 28 special election. entitled to choose which Boston] is today” and with Dahill, and called but that he will be march- Rep. Nick Collins. The four candidates for groups march in a parade expressed hope that South Boston an “inclu- ing along with gay and State Sen. Sonia the Senate seat, which it is sponsoring. organizers would change sive community.” She lesbian supporters of his Chang-Diaz, a Jamaica opened up after Hart Earlier in the month, their mind before the pa- will not be marching this campaign. Plain Democrat, turned left to join a law firm, Dahill, a South Boston rade this coming Sunday. year, citing the exclusion Ureneck has said the out for a Saturday appeared together on native, was the first Dahill has also launched of gay and lesbian groups, Supreme Court case is morning Dorcena Forry Tuesday at the monthly among the candidates to an online petition to and has not marched “settled law,” and on rally at the Phillips Old meeting of the South call for gay and lesbian press her point, and as while she has been a state Tuesday he noted that Colony House, as did Boston Association of groups to march in the of late Tuesday, it had representative over the he has had requests Suffolk County Sheriff Non-Profits. Council’s parade. At gathered 165 signatures. last eight years. to march as part of a Steve Tompkins, City The lightly attended the forum, she said the Dorcena Forry, who Collins told the non- fathers’ rights group Councillors At-Large meeting was one of sev- traditional South Boston is married to Reporter profit forum’s attendees turned down by the Ayanna Pressley and Fe- eral stops this week for parade should “reflect publisher and editor Bill that he agrees with the parade organizers. lix Arroyo, and District the candidates, who also the neighborhood [South Forry, said she agreed Supreme Court decision, Seven Councillor Tito made appearances at Jackson. civic associations in Clam Days earlier, Collins, Point and Cedar Grove. St. Patrick’s Day breakfast set for Sunday a fellow Democrat run- At the nonprofits’ ses- The sudden spate of along with a poten- as is Congressman Ed has said she has events ning for the seat left sion, the candidates field- elections will surely tial match-up between Markey (D-Malden). she has to attend in her open by former state ed a question about the serve as fodder at the Mayor Thomas Menino U.S. Sen. Elizabeth district. Sen. Jack Hart, touted upcoming St. Patrick’s annual St. Patrick’s and City Councillor At- Warren, who appeared as Linehan said that with the support of Boston Day parade in South Day breakfast at the Large John Connolly, a candidate last year, is three elections on the Firefighters Local 718. Boston. Organizers have Boston Convention and could be focus points, on the guest list, though docket, he expects there The union, which called frequently clashed with Exhibition Center in with a number of elected interim Sen. Mo Cowan, will be “various barbs Collins an “honorary gay and lesbian groups South Boston this Sun- officials and candidates who is filling former going back and forth.” member,” has about over whether the groups day beginning at 10 a.m. expected to attend. US Sen. John Kerry’s “My job is to introduce 2,400 members and of- can march in the parade. The special elections Lynch, who hosted seat during the special people, to set them up, fices in the Neponset A 1995 Supreme Court for US Senate and the the breakfast when he election, declined an so they feel comfortable,” neighborhood’s Florian ruling says the orga- First Suffolk Senate was the state sena- invitation. Senate Presi- he said. Hall. nizers, the Allied War District seat held for tor from South Boston, dent Therese Murray, “We are proud to en- Veterans Council, are 11 years by Jack Hart, is expected to attend, a Plymouth Democrat, Get a Great Rate AND $500 Towards Closing Costs!

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If you live or work in Middlesex, Norfolk, Plymouth or Suffolk County, you can EOL take advantage of all of the benefits Members Plus has to offer! Page 4 THE Reporter March 14, 2013 Yancey could face Wishing you a District 4 challenge By Gintautas Dumcius man Michael Capuano, since July 2009. The News Editor was his opponent. organization focuses Happy St. Patrick’s Day C i t y C o u n c i l l o r Yancey said he would on support services for Charles Yancey could not be immediately immigrants and low- face a challenger from responding to Godfrey’s income Lynn residents. Roslindale this year if comments. “I’ll make He has also worked for he runs for reelection an announcement the Healthy Roslindale in District 4. Steven within three weeks,” Coalition, the Action Godfrey, the 43-year- he said when pressed on for Boston Community old executive director of whether he was running Development (ABCD) For eight years, I’ve proudly served the Community Minor- for reelection. “I’m not Elm Hill Family Ser- the people of Boston as State ity Cultural Center ruling anything in or vice Center, and Teen Representative by delivering real in Lynn, opened a out.” Empowerment Inc. Asked if that means a Asked his position results to the residents of my district, campaign fundraising account on Monday. possible run for mayor, on the creation of a our city, and our Commonwealth. I am E l e c t e d t o t h e Yancey said, “I said I’m Mattapan High School, running for State Senate because we 13-member Council in not ruling anything in or a project Yancey pushes need an experienced and effective 1983, Yancey declined out,” then added, “It will for on a regular basis, leader to address the concerns of our to tell the Reporter if he be exciting announce- Godfrey said, “For me, families and seniors: helping small is running for another ment, I promise.” it’s hard for me to give businesses succeed and create two-year term. The seat Godfrey told the my position now. I jobs, improving the quality of includes Dorchester Reporter that his cam- would probably say, our schools, and keeping our and Mattapan. During paign platform will let me do a little more include public safety, research just on the neighborhoods safe. the contentious 2012 redistricting process, affordable housing, and details of the project —Linda Dorcena Forry when city councillors bringing community and I will share you my redrew boundaries, members and stake- position on it. At this Yancey picked up part holders together for point I don’t have one of Roslindale and lost “shared conversations.” because I don’t have all part of Mattapan to Born and raised in the information.” District 5 Councillor the South End, Godfery District 4 candidates Rob Consalvo. lived in Dorchester for are required to pick up “I think it’s time for a a time and now resides 189 nomination signa- change,” said Godfrey, in Roslindale. He is tures to make it onto www.LindaDorcenaForry.com who lives in Roslindale’s the chair of the Mount the ballot. Potential Hope, Canterbury and candidates can apply for (617) 766-6149 Ward 18, Precinct 7. Yancey, the dean of Manning Neighbor- nomination papers on  [email protected] the City Council, has hood Association. “We April 17 and have to file frequently beat back get things done,” he them with the Boston facebook.com/ldfforboston challengers over the said. “It’s a healthy Elections Department  twitter.com/ForryforBoston course of his tenure. relationship even if we by May 21. But his closest race in disagree.” The preliminary elec- recent memory came in He has served as tion is set for Sept. 24 Paid for by the Committee to Elect Linda Dorcena Forry 2003, when he won by executive director of and the general election 689 votes. Ego Ezedi, a the Community Minor- is scheduled for Nov. 5. former aide to Congress- ity Cultural Center Happy Happy St. Patrick’s Day St. Patrick’s Day

Congressman michael capuano Rep. Marty Walsh March 14, 2013 The Reporter Page 5 Dot Hall of Fame welcomes Senate President Murray (Continued from page 1) the Catholic Youth Or- catering outfit. Murray also became years, from chair of the in 2015. moved to Dorchester, ganization and dances. “We were expected to involved in local cam- Joint Committee on The brunch is set for buying a single-family “We walked every- get our working papers paigns, dropping litera- Human Services and the Blessed Mother house on Shepton Street. where,” she said, “in- when we were 14 and we ture for the late Ward 16 Elder Affairs to chair of Teresa Church hall on She graduated from St. cluding to the Howard were happy to,” Murray state Rep. Paul Murphy, the Committee on Ways Columbia Road at 10 Mark’s Grammar School Johnson’s on Morrissey recalled. who would later go on to and Means before her a.m. and Cardinal Cushing Boulevard.” Her second job was at preside over the West colleagues elected her Other politicians who High School for Girls Her first job was at Carney Hospital, where Roxbury District Court. president in 2007. She have been inducted into and later obtained a cer- the South End hardware her mother worked as a She also volunteered worked on a variety of the Dorchester Hall of tificate in management store where her father bookkeeper. She cleaned for the late Edward bills during her time Fame include state Rep. from UMass Boston in worked on Friday nights out hospital rooms and Kennedy. in the Senate, ranging Marty Walsh, former Dorchester. and Saturday at one of bedpans. Murray, who is 65, from a welfare overhaul District 3 Councillor She remembers St. his three jobs, the other “I think we got great was elected to the state in 1995 to a health care Maureen Feeney, and Mark’s Parish as “self- two being manager of an roots, and great values, Senate in 1992 and cost bill in 2008. former Suffolk County contained” and centered office for a book company growing up in Dorches- rose through the ranks Due to term limits, her Sheriff Richard Rouse. around the church, with and a position with a ter,” she said. over the course of 20 tenure as president ends Clinton Sparks comes home to film latest video at Dorchester Boxing Club (Continued from page 1) spray painted with a was lonely, I was broke, markable things. He has Sparks told the Reporter. big shamrock— is where it was like every other worked with Lady Gaga, “I put a lot of records out Clinton squared up with kid that grew up in Irish Akon, Pitbull, Ludacris, on the Internet for fans a giant of a man, sur- Catholic Boston. Father Rick Ross, Tyrese, T- to rage to. I flipped Drop- rounded by a screaming was a drunk, grew up Pain, The Game, and the kick Murphy’s “Shipping audience waiting for the with a single mother, Notorious B.I.G. He’s E! Up To Boston” and made action. As for how the had no money and had to Entertainment’s music it super mean in honor of fight went, let’s just say, figure out life and hope- correspondent Dj/host St Patrick’s Day. the result is shocking. fully it to the Grammy’s of the number one rated “I figured instead of Sparks showed great someday.” worldwide terrestrial just putting out a song, appreciation to those Sparks is living the and syndicated/Sirius let me put a visual who came out from the dreams of many and XM Satellite radio show, to it and show Boston neighborhood, from remains a major inspi- Smash Time Radio. He because it is such a members of the gym ration to kids in the also has a DJ residency Boston song. I figured I to the extras in the neighborhood. He went at the Moon & Rain might as well just bring background. He made from basically nothing inside the Palms Hotel you into what Boston a point to shake hands and has gone on to do re- & Casino in Las Vegas. looks like,” Sparks said. and thank all of those In the video, Sparks who were involved. plays a bare-knuckle Clinton Sparks has Follow us on Twitter brawler and the Dorches- climbed the ladder of Readers can now sign DotNews. And, of course, ter Boxing Club was just success and stardom but up to get regular news check our website www. the place to host the will never forget his roots headlines and links to dotnews.com for daily A scene from the Clinton Sparks video filmed at the main event. The club’s and where he grew up. breaking news from the news, expanded crime Dochester Boxing Club last week. back room— with walls Sparks told the Re- Dorchester Reporter at reports and our political made of cinderblocks, porter, “growing up here Twitter. Follow us @ blog, The Lit Drop. Reps push for more funding for Early Childhood Education By Andy Metzger relies on $1.9 billion in Pay yourself State House new tax revenue. News Service The lawmakers are With the endorsement asking DeLeo to add the of a majority of House funding to next year’s members including some budget, and a similar Republicans, a group of effort is afoot in the this tax season. lawmakers are pushing Senate. On Tuesday, House leadership for advocates will visit the more millions of dollars State House to lobby on more in early education the issue. funding. Binienda and Rep. In a Feb. 7 letter Linda Dorcena Forry 13-Month CD Special APY* with 85 signatories, (D-Dorchester) both the lawmakers asked described their request Speaker Robert DeLeo as “in addition” to the for $25 million to fund governor’s budget pro- an increase in the pay posal. Binienda said rate for early education Patrick’s budget did not workers, $17 million for include the rate increase early education trans- for early educators, who portation, and $1 million currently make $23,500 for Head Start programs. per year, which Binienda “It’s something that said makes retaining we feel is important talented early educators challenging. 1.17 % because of the fact that these people have gone While it remains un- six years without a pay clear how far the House raise,” said Rep. John will go with new taxes to Binienda (D-Worcester) fund priorities, Binienda after a presentation said he favored Patrick’s of the group’s case in plan to spend more on a fourth-floor hearing early education. Connecting all o ces: room at the State House “Any time you get an Wednesday. 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New money only. within his $34.8 billion not out on the streets at Member FDIC Member DIF fiscal 2014 budget, which night getting in trouble.” Page 6 THE Reporter March 14, 2013 What are you going to do with your life? (Continued from page 1) Blake. Finn’s characteristic modal, series in Somerville, house concerts contrapuntal style, in particular, is in Medford and Worcester, and a ceili perfectly suited to Gannon (as it is in Braintree. The homecoming was to most everyone Finn plays with), an opportunity for Gannon, who was forming a latticework of rhythm and married last June, to reflect a little on harmony around the drive and exuber- his inextricably linked life and music. ance of the accordion – perhaps to no “It’s definitely meant a lot to be better effect than on the “Cronin’s Reel/ able to carry on this tradition which Tim Maloney’s” set. McDonough and has been so important to my family,” Blake certainly have their moments says Gannon. “I got to visit Ireland as well, such as their typically tasteful frequently and learn about the tradi- backing in the “Sporting Nell/Drowsy tion there, but growing up in Boston, Maggie” medley. where there is such a hunger for the The ensemble pieces are wholly enjoy- music, was ideal. There’s my Dad’s able, and so are Gannon’s solo tracks, and my brother’s influence, of course, notably the jigs “Banish Misfortune/ but my mother took me out to sessions Morrison’s.” This set, along with the and concerts around town, and I got to tunes “Paidin O’Rafferty’s” and “Green meet so many people who, like me, felt Grow the Rushes,” among others, a strong connection to Irish music.” demonstrates Gannon’s enviable store Gannon’s parents were both Conne- of settings and variations sure to catch mara natives: John, a self-taught box the ear of anyone familiar with such player from Droim, and Gerry, from well-known staples of session and ceili. Tuirin. John immigrated to the US in Colm Gannon: “There’d be conversations around the kitchen table where I’d Gannon also shows the Connemara 1959, and it would be more than 20 be asked, ‘What are you going to do with your life? ’ ” predilection for, as he puts it, “songs years before he picked up the instru- Noonan, Frankie McDonagh, Brendan decided it was too good to pass up. that make nice tunes when the words ment again – the arrival of Colm’s older Bulger, and Larry Reynolds – he As a still young, up-and-coming are stripped away”: For instance, the brother, Sean, and then Colm prompted got a thorough grounding in that of musician, he found the experience air “Amhrán na Trá Báine” (written, he John to revisit his music so he could Connemara. eye-opening. Four years in the show notes, by a Connemara woman near his hand it off to the next generation. If “The most distinctive thing about “gave me an insight into the big-scale part of Boston) is marked by expressive, John wasn’t playing the box himself, the Connemara style,” he explains, production side of things,” says Gan- sean nos-like ornamentations and he would have his boys listening to “is that it has this great sense of non, and he was quite impressed with chords that tend more toward tenor recordings of estimable musicians like rhythm – which it gets from sean nos the scale of the operation, and the task than bass. Seanin Phat Mylea McDonough, Kevin dance – and, at the same time, sweet of getting everything organized in a As Gannon notes, most of the Coyne, Finbarr Dwyer, Joe Burke, and melodic variations. This came about different city every week. tunes on “Rights of Man” are taken Martin McMahon. because dancers would tend to ask for “It was different than what I was from recordings of various musicians Not only did John successfully pass the same tunes as accompaniment, so used to,” he says. “In fact, sometimes whose influence goes clear back to his on the music, and to great effect (Sean putting in their own variations was a I’d hear a complaint about having to youth. And these aren’t simply LPs or is universally acknowledged as one way for the musicians to keep things ride the bus for four or five hours to the cassettes, mind you, but reel-to-reel of Boston’s best Irish accordionists), interesting for themselves.” next destination, and I’d be thinking, tapes, 78s and even cylinder recordings. but he wound up almost as musi- By the mid-1990s, Gannon (by then ‘I used to have to drive to gigs for four “One of Johnny’s Own,” for instance, cally active as his sons, recording two with an All-Ireland title under his or five hours packed into a little car.’ came from a field recording that Dublin albums – “Melodeon,” which includes belt), Lech and fiddler Jesse Smith Definitely gives you some perspective.” fiddler James Kelly made of Chicagoan two duet tracks with Sean and Colm, were playing a lot of gigs, not just in When his run with “Riverdance” Johnny McGreevy, while the source of and “Trasna Na dTonnta,” a duet album Boston but elsewhere. Ireland seemed a was over, Gannon happily settled “The Green Groves of Erin” was a 78 of with Colm that also features a pair of natural place to expand musical vistas, in his father’s old stomping grounds Westmeath concertina player William songs sung by John’s sister Maureen and in 1998 he and Smith moved to of Droim, and into a less peripatetic Mullally, and a 78 of Sligo’s James Creighan (now deceased) – and Ennis, where they stayed for a couple musical life. Not that he hasn’t kept “Lad” O’Beirne provided Gannon with regularly co-hosting a popular session of years. Then Gannon got one of those busy with gigs, touring and – in addi- “The Newcastle Hornpipe.” It’s this with Sean at The Burren. bona fide golden opportunities: an tion to finishing a degree in traditional attention to detail, and to tradition and Exposed as Colm was to the different invitation to join “Riverdance.” He was music performance at the University legacy, that deepens one’s appreciation styles of Irish music – especially in and a little unsure about taking the plunge of Limerick – appearing on a host of for Gannon and his music. around Boston, where he would play at first – “I didn’t want to just do the recordings, especially including his Speaking of legacy: While neither with notables like Tina Lech, Jimmy same tunes over and over again” – but own. John nor Sean is on this album, Colm’s For “The Rights of Man,” Gannon wife Kelly plays concertina on the reel is joined on most tracks by two set “The Merry Merchant/Miss McDon- esteemed former De Dannan members, ald’s/Drag Her Around the Road.” One GERARD’S RESTAURANT pioneering bouzouki player Alec Finn might surmise this portends a further and bodhran master Johnny “Ringo” proliferation of the Gannon family’s McDonough, as well as his long-time presence in the Irish music tradition. Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at Gerard’s accomplice, guitarist/pianist John Featuring: HARBORPOINT LIQUORS Gerard’s at Shaws Market Corned Beef Corned Beef & Cabbage a Dorchester tradition! 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As American batteries bold, portly bookseller and former the Neck, now South Boston.” Proof opened up on British positions in and Bostonian, solved the first problem. of the importance that the British at- around Boston to cloak the long file of Having seized Fort Ticonderoga, in tached to the Heights was Howe’s map Continental troops in “blue and buff” upstate New York, he and his men that detailed each home’s location, as greatcoats or other hues, who lugged dragged the garrison’s ponderous well as “the road and principal trees.” timber and cannons as silently as cannons through dense snow and icy The war was literally about to possible through the darkened streets gusts all the way to Cambridge. Now, arrive at the front doors of those of Roxbury and into Dorchester. Washington turned his attention in nine Dorchester households, those of Wincing from the blustery blasts off earnest to Dorchester Heights. “Mrs. Foster, Mr. Bird, Mr. Deluce, the Atlantic and from the heft of their The American commander’s coun- Mr. Williams, Mr. Farrington, Mr. ordnance, they pushed ever closer to terpart, Howe, also had his sights on Harrington, John Wiswall, Deacon their objective: Dorchester Heights. If Dorchester Neck and the Heights. As Blake, and Oliver Wiswall.” Since Mrs. Dorchester Heights spotted by the redcoat batteries, disas- The History of Dorchester notes, “For Foster’s home “was one of the best in Bill Coughlin photo ter loomed; if the procession reached a long time, the English officers had the neighborhood…it was difficult to Many residents of Dorchester hauled the hills, the British regiments in their attention fixed on what they convince the continentallers [sic.] that timber toward the Heights on that Boston below and the British warships denominated, on their plan, the twin it did not belong to a tory, as some of icy, blustery night, chief among them in the harbor and the Charles River hills, with the intention of fortifying the rooms were even papered, which “Mr. Boies.” The History of Dorchester would lay wide open to lethal blasts them; but while they were awaiting re- was considered very luxurious in records: “The late Mr. William Sumner, of Colonial artillery from the Heights. inforcements enough to hazard it, the those days. This house was the most of Dorchester, so well remembered by George Washington, the American good judgment of General Washington westerly, and Dea. Blake’s the most many of those now living [in the 1850s], commander, was rolling the dice in prompted him to secure the hills, and easterly, of any on the peninsula, and drove one team. He carried five loads Dorchester. he improved the opportunity.” these were both burnt by the British, before daylight, and remembered it Washington had the wherewithal In early March, Washington and his who now had possession of Boston.”On with great satisfaction to his last days.” to destroy Boston if necessary, staff rode out to Dorchester, and reined the night of March 4, as American With each step along the frozen track “notwithstanding the property and in at the farm of Captain John Homans, cannons opened up on British positions to the Heights, the men’s collective friends within it.” Since his arrival who lived in “the upper end of town.” in a gambit to divert Howe’s attention tension swelled: “No man was allowed in Cambridge in late June 1775, the Because the “ground [was] so much from the Patriots’ move against the to speak above a whisper, and thus the Virginian had been grimly determined frozen that earth could not be used, Heights, teams of some 300 wagons work went on silently, and unknown to drive Sir William Howe’s redcoat even had there been time for it,” for and carts piled high with fascines to the enemy, whose attention was in regiments, over 9,000 strong, from any potential forts, embrasures, and creaked toward the slopes. So, too, did the mean time attracted elsewhere by the region and break the stalemate. gun emplacements on the Heights, the approximately 2,000 of Washington’s a constant cannonading kept up from With the eye of the surveyor and Patriot commanders were combing the troops, cannons in tow, the entire the American camp at Cambridge and soldier, Washington soon grasped that region for “fascines,” bundles of wood procession snaking forward with as in Roxbury.” emplacing batteries atop Dorchester used to erect defenses. Homans’s acre- much silence as possible. Washington, The troops went right to work Heights could put the British at his age was full of white birch. Washington anticipating that once his men climbed on the hills’ summits, erecting gun mercy. The problem he faced in doing ordered a lieutenant and thirty men onto the Heights, the British would emplacements and bastions with a so was twofold: where to come up with to cut down the birches and make the mount a bombardment and assault, “bird’s-eye” and deadly view of Boston the heavy cannons necessary to pour fascines. Then he sent out dispatches had ordered the men moving through and the water below. Once the Patriots metal upon the redocats, and how to summoning “the citizens of this and Dorchester to pack 2,000 bandages had secured the position, they dug in take the heights before the British the neighboring towns…to cart them “prepared to dress the wounded.” (Continued on page 20) 7"7tÊ7 >ÌÊ
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Eastern Massachusetts Thirty of Boston’s and Rhode Island. “Main Street” businesses The graduates join the and organizations were ranks of a select group recognized on March that works directly with 11 at the Marliave customers and trans- restaurant for their portation managers to engagement in lowering provide safe and reliable their carbon footprint service. The new assis- in 2012. Through A tant conductors were for- Better City’s “Chal- mally inducted on Feb. lenge for Sustainability” 15, during a ceremony at program, businesses MBCR’s training facility received awards and in Somerville. MBCR certificate recognition General Manager Hugh for work they did in J. Kiley, Jr. delivered energy efficiency, lower the keynote address, fo- water consumption, Dorchester’s Donnell waste reduction, and Hightower will pitch for cusing on the importance the Dean College men’s of safety and customer more. In addition to baseball team this sea- service to the MBTA recognition for this work, son. The Bulldogs are commuter rail system businesses also saw coming off a successful and its customers. actual dollar savings in 2012 campaign that saw their operational costs. them finish with a 17-13 Several businesses record. Head Coach Seth and organizations from Kaplan will welcome in the St. Mark’s Area Main 24 new players to the Street district are partic- program— including ipating in the Challenge Pope John Paul II Catholic Academy students in Grades 6 and 7 were recently Hightower. for Sustainability. The visited by engineers from EMC Corporation. Volunteers have visited class- *** Massachusetts Afford- rooms to “Explore Engineering” and speak with students about careers in the engineering field. Phyllis Doig, an engineer with EMC, opened the students Massachusetts Bay able Housing Alliance (MAHA), located at eyes to the field of engineering and the different jobs that an engineer could Commuter Railroad do. From working on fighter jets to designing and constructing bridges to Company (MBCR) today 1803 Dorchester Ave., received the award for writing computer programs and even working in the music industry, engi- announced that 21 men neering is all around us. Students put their math and problem solving skills and women — includ- the highest sustain- to use by engineering a structure made from spaghetti and marshmallows ing Dorchester’s Matt ability score in the that would be strong enough to hold a box of paper clips. Pictured with their Small— have earned Main Street category. winning design are (l-r) Angela Augustin, Shana LaFalaise, Phyllis Doig, EMC certification as assistant Epiphany School, 154 Engineer, Sarcenas Jean-Phillipe, and Russ Wilson, Regional Director of Pope conductors, where they Centre Street, is also John Paul II Catholic Academy. Photo courtesy PJPIICA will serve as second-in- participating in the command to the conduc- program and was recog- are willing to dedicate tor while working on nized with a certificate; a few hours a month commuter rail trains in Matt Small Ashmont Cycles, 551-A to strengthening their Talbot Ave, and Sea organization’s bottom Breeze Mexican Grill, line, while at the same Bubbles’s Birthdays 1782 Dorchester Ave, time making Boston a are also participating more sustainable and And Special Occasions in the program. These economically competi- businesses continue to tive city. The Challenge By Barbara McDonough address ways to lower Albert Einstein was born in Germany on Mar. for Sustainability is costs through sustain- 14, 1879. The F.B.I. published its first “10 Most funded by The Boston Wanted List” on Mar. 14, 1950. The “Ides of ability measures sug- Foundation and Barr March” is observed on Mar. 15. That was the day gested by the Challenge Foundation. that Julius Caesar was assassinated in Rome, for Sustainability. St. Mark’s Area Main in 44 BC. New York’s 252nd St. Patrick’s Day A Better City (ABC), is Street (SMAMS) works Parade will be on Sat., Mar. 16, with 250,000 a Boston-based business with businesses, resi- people marching. (It was first held on Mar. organization dedicated dents, non-profits and 17, 1762.) The US Military Academy (“West to improving the eco- government to revitalize Point”) was founded on Mar. 17, 1802. QVC will nomic competitiveness the Dorchester Avenue be selling 24 hours of Irish goods, for the 25th of the region through business district between Uyen Do, left, and Tung Doan, of Dorchester, stu- year, on Sun., Mar. 17. Nat King Cole was born improved infrastruc- Ashmont Station and dents at Bunker Hill Community College, paint a in Montgomery, Alabama, on Mar. 17, 1919. St. ture and sustainability. Melville Ave. SMAMS is sign that will encourage participants as they com- plete the 20-mile Walk for Hunger route. Their sign Patrick’s Day, March 17, is a legal holiday in ABC’s Challenge for funded by Trinity Finan- Sustainability provides cial, Carney Hospital, is one of 400 hand painted signs of encouragement the Republic of Ireland. Mar. 18 is Flag Day- -in that will hang along the way. Over 40,000 Walkers Aruba. The Schick Co. began marketing the first leadership, guidance, CWC Builders, Vargas expertise, assistance, & Vargas Insurance, are expected to step out and raise nearly $3.5 million electric razor on Mar. 18, 1931. Tues., Mar. 19, for hunger relief and prevention at Project Bread’s is the feast day of St. Joseph, the patron saint technical support, and Boston Main Streets, 45th annual Walk for Hunger on Sun., May 5. Join of the Catholic Church, fathers, and carpenters. recognition to business- and the Boston Main Doan and Do at the Walk this year and register Swallows traditionally return to San Juan es and buildings that Streets Foundation. online at projectbread.org/Walk. Capistrano on Mar. 19 each year. WCVB-TV began broadcasting on Mar. 19, 1972. Spring begins on Mar. 20 and runs to June 21. The ship The John and Mary left Plymouth, England, with 130 settlers on Mar. 20, 1630. Celebrities having birthdays are: Michael Caine, 80 on Mar. 14; Billy Crystal, 64 on Mar. 14; Mike Love (of the Beach Boys), 72 on Mar. 15; Kevin Youkilis, 34 on Mar. 15; Erik Estrada, 64 on Mar. 16; Jerry Lewis, 87 on Mar. 16; Charley Pride, 75 on Mar. 18; Glenn Close, 66 on Mar. 19; Bruce Willis, 58 on Mar. 19; Bobby Orr, 65 on Mar. 20; and Carl Reiner, 91 on Mar. 20. Those celebrating their birthdays are Walter Pienton, Roseanne (Schiffman) Regan, Kevin McGough, Ava McCoy Tankle, WROL’s Matt O’Donnell, Christine Parent (Paul’s wife), Pat McNaught; Katie Flynn, Buddy Murphy, Isabella Delano, and Mary Ellen Tevnan. Also observing their birthdays are Peg Cellini, Terry (Bielecki) Owens, Adgie Hurley, Joe Harty, Lucy Hebard, Mary Walsh (Marty’s Mom), Eileen “the City Hall’s Ace Photographer” O’Connor, Terri Williams, Dan Harden, and Bobby Orr (his 65th!). William and Bridget Leahy are Students from the William McKinley Elementary School presented a “Wax Museum” performance for celebrating their anniversary this week staff, students, parents and guardians last month in honor of Black History month. Presentations in- This Sunday, the 113th St. Patrick’s Day/ cluded the likes of President Obama, Ralph Bunche, George Washington Carver, Maya Angelou, Marian Evacuation Day Parade will be held in South Anderson, Deion Sanders, Muhammad Ali, Satchel Paige and Booker T Washington. Students created short speeches that told their lives, interesting facts, and personal accomplishments. Individual students Boston. Enjoy the day! did research, note taking, and created their own speeches that the memorized and performed during an event held at school. Photo courtesy Donna Crisostamo Page 10 THE Reporter March 14, 2013 Editorial Commentary Morrissey: More Requiescat in pace, Brian Donaher

By Tom Mulvoy closures ahead Reporter Staff In the fall of 1960, Father Ambrose J. Mahoney, without fix-it plan S.J., the principal of Boston College High School, offered Brian Donaher a junior-year homeroom In the mid-1990s, a group of community activists teacher position at the school. The curriculum began a three-year effort— in conjunction with the was straightforward: Latin, Greek, English, and state’s Metropolitan District Commission (MDC) Religion. Come the next June, the rookie teacher — to re-imagine Morrissey Boulevard. The result wasn’t sure that he had the game for the job, and of their work was a 1998 report that proposed an said so to Father Mahoney. The principal was of a ambitious, $35 million rehabilitation project that different mind: “Why don’t you stay here until you would have transformed the 2.75 mile-long boulevard get it right?” he said. into its original “parkway character.” By any measure imaginable, Mr. Donaher man- It was an impressive, but costly plan— too costly, aged to get it right – and then some – in teaching apparently. The report was shelved in 2000 under the classical languages to thousands of BC High Brian Donaher: Dorchester native taught the Clas- the Cellucci administration, which, together with students over the next 51 years. He began teaching sics to three generations of BC High students. Dorchester lawmakers, eventually advanced other when John F. Kennedy was on the last laps of his high value. In addition, he was a professional in local priorities, including the more costly rehab of the successful run to become the first Roman Catholic the classroom, an engaging educator with a finely Dot leg of the Red Line. The MDC made piecemeal to occupy the White House and he was still teaching honed sense of humor.” fixes to Morrissey, including the disruptive, but on the day when Barack Obama, a black man, took Then there were the boys in the seats, who these critical replacement of the once-crumbling Beades the oath of office as president, an occasion, he said days get to have their say about their teachers. The drawbridge that began in 2001. They also made in a 2010 interview, “utterly impossible to have been following comments were cribbed from the students’ repairs to tidal gates on the lower end of the boulevard envisioned through 1960 eyes.” assessment files over the last few years: near Neponset Circle, a stretch that was prone to Mr. Donaher died peacefully last Friday at his • “So many pills... Great guy, though, awesome regular flooding from high tides and rain events. home in Quincy. He was 75. He leaves his wife of jokes, great teacher. Lucky if you have him, smartest Today, the grand vision for a parkway-like 43 years, Margaret “Marge” (Stapinski), and two guy ever.” Morrissey Boulevard that our neighbors and state sons, Patrick A., of Quincy, and Luke E. and his • “His command of the classics coupled with his planners put on paper is 15 years old, and while wife Jennifer, of Hartford. mastery of 103 simian dialects distinguish him not elements of that document are still useful, it is for “It is hard to know what to say with the loss of such only as a terrific, nay, phenomenal educator, but the most part woefully outdated. The boulevard’s a well loved and respected teacher, mentor, colleague also as a very versatile hominid.” chief problem— tidal flooding along the Dorchester and friend,” said BC High president William Kemeza • “The best teacher I’ve ever had. The other guy Bay expanse between Freeport Street and Columbia in delivering news of Mr. Donaher’s passing to the was right on when he said they should build a temple/ Point— has gotten worse with the passage of time. BC High community and school alumni. “Recalling shrine to him.” Looking at historic photos, it’s easy to see why. This those encounters we had as colleagues, students or • “One of the coolest teachers in the school.” roadway was literally built through the middle of friends, let’s offer our prayers of thanksgiving for • “Easily my favorite teacher, He’s one of the nicest a body of water that we call Savin Hill Bay. That the way he enriched the lives of so many people and most knowledgeable people I know.” the sea— swollen further by climate change— will and our gratitude to his wonderful family who will • “Mr. Donaher is a cool guy. Even though he is eventually attempt to reclaim our humble pas- always remain a part of our community.” the eldest of the teachers, he stills tells great jokes. sageway is beyond question. The more troubling Mr. Donaher was born Boston, raised in Dorches- He da man!” question is why policymakers apparently lack any ter, where he attended St. Ann’s School before • “So I only got a C, but Mr. D. is the only reason feasible plan to make the obvious adjustments. moving to BC High, at the time in its last years in I didn’t fail Homeric Greek. He is the best teacher The pressing need for an engineering fix to elevate the city’s South End. After graduation in 1955, he I have ever had. Taking his class is an honor.” the roadway was once again readily apparent to all of stayed with the Jesuits at Holy Cross College, Class A nice page for the Donaher scrapbook. us last week, when a two-day coastal storm conspired of 1959, then earned master’s degrees in the classics In that 2010 interview, written by me for the with morning high tides to shut down Morrissey’s from Boston College and Harvard. school’s alumni magazine, BC High Today, Mr. Do- most vulnerable quarter-mile. Although predictable, The historical value of the study of the epochal naher talked wistfully of a dream he was nurturing: Thursday’s road closure, in particular, caused mas- individuals and events of the classical eras of Greece “In 2013 we will be celebrating the 150th anniversary sive residual traffic jams across the city. Aside from and Persia and Rome and Gaul and Carthage and of the founding of BC High. You know how there the obvious effect on traffic heading to and from the the barbarians is of a high order, Mr. Donaher have been these front-to-back public readings of center city, it’s just as unacceptable that Columbia maintained. “If you do it well, you can walk in the books like “Moby-Dick”? Well, why don’t we begin Point— home to several of Boston’s most important shoes of ancient history-makers and explore their soon to line up students and alumni who would institutions, including a state university— should ideas in their own languages.” meet on campus during graduation weekend in our be rendered virtually inaccessible. That is “the bonus section of a classics program,” sesquicentennial year, take to the school stage, and On Friday, someone from the successor agency he said, “a meaty adjunct to the rigorous study of read the Odyssey in the original from beginning to to the MDC— the Department of Conservation and grammatical structure and the exploration of root end? What a sight that would be.” Recreation (DCR)— took to the agency’s official words and terms that inform the writing and speech That was Brian Donaher, classical scholar and Twitter account to highlight the boulevard debacle in English of a 21st-century classics scholar.” teacher, marrying the past to the present, as always. as part of the current debate over state spending: “That was the Brian Donaher I knew,” said *** “Want to fix Morrissey + many more rds/paths/ Lawrence D. Blake, another longtime teacher at BC Donations in Mr. Donaher’s memory may be made parks? ‪#choosegrowth support ‪@MassGovernor’s High who also served as principal for a time. “He to the “Brian P. Donaher ’55 Scholarship Fund, c/o transportation plan,” read the tweet. was a wordsmith, an etymologist who understood Boston College High School, 150 Morrissey Blvd., That sounds great. But, the governor’s own detailed that using the right words to make your case has Dorchester, MA 02125 transportation plan makes no specific mention of Morrissey Boulevard that we can find. The roadway’s woes call for much more than Letters to the Editor sloganeering from officialdom, especially after a good plan to make these very fixes was shelved by their predecessors in government. There needs to be Inclusion and the S. Boston parade (cont.) an updated, forward-looking plan in place to make this vital route safe and secure for decades to come. – Bill Forry ‘Appalled’ by exclusion stance Shame on media, politicians To the Editor: To the Editor: Thank you for your Page One article entitled Perhaps some headway is being made with respect “Southie parade inclusion issue is state Senate to civil rights when at least two candidates for public The Reporter campaign opener.” office dare to raise the issue of gays and lesbians “The News & Values Around the Neighborhood” As the wife of a Vietnam Veteran, I am appalled historically being denied the right to march in the A publication of Boston Neighborhood News Inc. that the Veterans for Peace Organization has also St. Patrick’s Day Parade, costing the city taxpayers 150 Mt. Vernon St., Suite 120, Dorchester, MA 02125 been denied the right to march in the St. Pat’s Day in excess of $300,000. [Their stands] merit applause Worldwide at dotnews.com Parade. I understand that the Allied War Veterans by all. Mary Casey Forry, Publisher (1983-2004) Council, the organizers for the traditional parade, Yet, why is it the media and the entire political William P. Forry, Publisher/Editor do not want the terms “veterans” and “peace” in the establishment support the so-called Allied War Edward W. Forry, Associate Publisher same sentence. Veterans, through silence and news blackout, in Thomas F. Mulvoy, Jr., Associate Editor My husband and I are both members of the Veter- denying Veterans for Peace, many of whom have been Gintautas Dumcius, News Editor ans for Peace and plan to march in the Alternative decorated for service in combat, from participating Barbara Langis, Production Manager Parade, which follows the traditional parade. Jack Conboy, Advertising Manager in the parade, the reason being that the current Thanks to the many politicians who take a stand Commander, P. Wuschke, objects to the word “peace” News Room Phone: 617-436-1222, ext. 17 on this and refuse to march in the traditional as political. Advertising: 617-436-2217 E-mail: [email protected] parade because of exclusion. I urge people to stick What does it say for a city touting itself as “innova- The Reporter is not liable for errors appearing in around after the traditional parade and watch the tive” and one of “progress,” when the word “peace” advertisements beyond the cost of the space occupied by the error. Alternative Parade. It is a wonderful event and is, in effect officially, a dirty word, and voices for your attendance might give support for the idea of The right is reserved by The Reporter to edit, reject, peace cannot be observed by children whose minds or cut any copy without notice. inclusion. are polluted by military spectacle and “jingoistic My husband and many of the members of Veterans patriots” who, an investigation would reveal, have Member: Dorchester Board of Trade, Mattapan Board of Trade for Peace fought for our country. It is a shame to never suffered the experience of shrapnel in the Next Issue: Thursday, March 21, 2013 exclude them. It is a shame to exclude gays and form of body parts. Next week’s Deadline: Monday, March 18, at 4 p.m. lesbians, peace workers, and activists who care Tony Flaherty, LT, USN, Ret. Published weekly on Thursday mornings deeply about our communities. Veterans for Peace All contents © Copyright 2013 Boston Neighborhood News, Inc. If you agree, let your voice be heard on this issue. South Boston, Ma. Emilia Rainwalker, Dorchester, MA March 14, 2013 The Reporter Page 11 Doyle fundraiser — its third and last — to aid Camp Fatima The third and final to do something for the Larry Doyle Memorial camp, and I started the Fundraiser will be held fundraiser.” From the Greenhills of Ireland next Friday, March 22 Over the past two at 7 p.m. at Florian years, the Larry Doyle Hall in Dorchester. The Memorial Fundraiser to the Greenhills of Dorchester fundraiser will ben- has raised over $36,000 efit Exceptional Citizens for Exceptional Citizens Week at Camp Fatima, Week. The camp was an overnight co-ed camp able to build a shower Happy St. Patrick’s Day to All! for children and adults house that was dedicated with intellectual or to Larry Doyle and Paul physical disabilities in Barry, a Massachusetts Gilmanton Iron Works, state trooper who died Soups & Stews to warm the New Hampshire. in 2006. While the camp Tickets are $20 at the is free to the campers, it door, or can be bought in runs entirely on contri- cockles of your heart! advance. There will be butions. live and silent auctions, “The camp gets very raffles, and live music expensive – the food, • Guinness Beef Stew • Chicken Curry and refreshments. cost of running the camp Larry Doyle, who – so if there’s a certain • Chicken Stew • Irish Lamb Stew passed away in 2009, project, like rebuilding volunteered for a week some of the cabins, we every summer at Camp could direct the money Fatima. After Doyle’s toward that. Or toward death, his nephew, Ste- any upcoming projects For your Sweet Tooth phen, decided to continue they might have.” supporting the organiza- Stephen Doyle said it Fresh Sherry Trifle tion that his uncle loved was important to him to so much. help out the camp, not “I always knew he only because his uncle Bailey’s Sponge Cake volunteered at Camp loved it, but because it Fatima, but I never has changed his life. Bailey’s Swiss Rolls thought about going “I love being part of there,” Stephen Doyle it now,” he said. “Life is Bailey’s Eclairs said. “I went up the short, so you might as following summer [after well do something to help Porter Cakes he passed] to volunteer someone else out while for the week. The day you’re here.” Boston’s Best Irish Scones I got home from the — Tayla Holman camp, I said I wanted

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We were able to build a much needed shower house that was dedicated to Larry Doyle and Paul Barry with these funds. Help us in our 3rd and final fundraiser Boston College High School at 150 to reach our goal of $50,000 in 3 years!!! We can do it with your help!!!!!! $20 Donation at the Door or Tuesday, March 19, 7 p.m. Buy Your Ticket or Table in Advance! A talk by James O’Toole, Professor and Clough Millenium Chair in History at Boston Live Auctions, Silent Auctions, Raffles, 50/50, College and author of “The Faithful: A History of Catholics in America.” Prof. O’ Live Irish Music, Cash Bar, DJ, Light Buffet Toole reviews the history of Boston College and Boston College High School on the 150th anniversary of their founding. Please contact Stephen Doyle @ 617-642-7009 or [email protected] to buy tickets ahead of time or make a donation to this great cause. Dorchester Historical Society Checks made payable to Larry Doyle Fundraiser. 195 Boston Street, Dorchester, MA 02125 • wwwdorchesterhistoricalsociety.org Make a donation at http://www.crowdrise.com/ecweekcampfatima Page 12 THE Reporter March 14, 2013 Reporter’s Neighborhood Notables civic associations • clubs • arts & entertainment • churches • upcoming events Police District C-11 News Non-emergency line for seniors: 617-343-5649. Police District B-3 News For info, call B-3’s Community Service Office at 617-343-4717. Ashmont-Adams Assn. Meeting on the first Thursday of each month at the Plasterers’ Hall, 7 Fredericka St., at 7 p.m. Ashmont Hill Assn. Meetings are generally held the last Thursday of the month. For info, see ashmonthill.org or call Message Line: 617-822-8178. Cedar Grove Civic Assn. The monthly meeting, usually the second Tues. of the month, 7 p.m., in Fr. Lane Hall at St. Brendan’s Church.. Info: [email protected] or 617- 825-1402. Clam Point Civic Assn. The meetings are usually held on the second Monday of the month (unless it’s a holiday) at WORK, Inc. 25 Beach St., at the corner of Freeport St. (new meeting place), across from the IBEW; on street parking available; at 6:30 p.m. Info: clampoint.org. Codman Square Neighborhood The New England Regional Black Nurses Association, Inc. (NERBNA), recently awarded Tarma Johnson, FNP, BC, Clinical Health Services Director at Mattapan Community Health Center, with the President’s Council Award at their annual Excellence in Nursing Gala. Pictured above (l to r): Past Presidents: Orline Wil- The Codman Square Neighborhood Council meets liams, Sharon T. Callender, the awardee Tarma Johnson, Margaret Brown the Current President, and the first Wed. of each month, 7 to 8:30 p.m., in the President Emeritus, E. Lorraine Baugh. Great Hall of the Codman Sq. Health Center, 6 Norfolk St. Info: call 617-265-4189. Cummins Valley Assn. the Fields Corner CDC office (the old Dist. 11 police Columbia-Savin Hill Civic Assn. Cummins Valley Assn, meeting at the Mattahunt station), 1 Acadia St. Meetings the first Mon. of each month, 7 p.m., Community Center, 100 Hebron St., Mattapan, on Groom/Humphreys Neighborhood at the Little House, 275 East Cottage St. For info: Mondays 6:30 p.m., for those living on and near Assn. columbiasavinhillcivic.org. Cummins Highway. For info on dates, call 617-791- The GHNA meets on the third Wed. of the month, 7359 or 617-202-1021. 7 p.m., in the Kroc Salvation Army Community Eastman-Elder Center, 650 Dudley St., Dor., 02125. For info, call Assn. 857-891-1072 or [email protected]. The association meets Hancock St. Civic Assn. the third Thurs. of each The next meeting is Mar. 21, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Bringing the month, 7 p.m., at the at the Pilgrim Church, 540 Columbia Rd, across Upham’s Corner Health from the Strand Theatre. 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I’ve already heard the Irish music was because that saint was the topic of on Ch. 533 on Boston’s Comcast Cable his talk. The little-known saint was a outlet. The channel is called “The 16th Century Carmelite priest, a poet, Sounds of the Season.” Hubby has theologian, and master of the spiritual already put Mitch Miller’s Irish CD “’Top of the morning’ life. He told us that St. John had great and one of Daniel O’Donnell’s CDs devotion to the Blessed Mother. in the car. Yesterday, we heard Kate Is what we say Hubby and I unfortunately had Smith sing an Irish song on the radio. On March 17th, to leave after his talk. (And Father Although she is now almost forgotten himself had to get back to his parish for by most Americans, she can still thrill St. Patrick’s Day. the 5 p.m. Mass.) After the talk, there people with her wonderful voice, and were to be presentations, quiet time, she does a grand job to any Irish song. Wear your green Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, By the way, her first radio program confessions, and Mass, followed by a aired on St. Patrick’s Day, 1931. And I’m told, buffet dinner. We are sorry we missed *** these. As I mentioned in last week’s If you catch a leprechaun, *** column, son Paul gave Hubby and Thanks to St. Ann’s Bulletin, I was me a copy of Roger Moore’s book “My He’ll give you his gold.” able to see the names of deceased Word Is My Bond,” a very enjoyable Traditional parishioners and how long it has been book and very easy to read. Among since they passed away. My friend the photos included in the book is one Kay Basius, a lovely lady, passed of actor Christopher Lee, who played away 10 years ago. I will never forget the villain Scaramanga in the movie Mary Bielecki, who was killed so “The Man With the Golden Gun.” The a Massachusetts quarter. The second think there were about six or seven tragically 31 years ago. The Neponset caption on the photo mentions that was a pen. (I hid mine because I was people on each team. It would have neighborhood was devastated by her Lee was a cousin of the author of the taking notes with it.) The third item been much easier if the banana had death at such a young age. Her dad Bond novels, Ian Fleming. was a scarf. (That was relatively not been peeled. It was a slippery little Ed passed away 17 years ago. … I *** easy because it was a cold evening.) devil! When the banana reached the was sorry to read of the death of our I also wanted to tell you more about The next was a hairpin or barrette. final person on the team, that person longtime friend and neighbor, Ethel Father George’s celebration in honor Number 5 was a hat – also easy on had to eat the whole banana quickly. McPherson, on March 3. Ethel and of the 56th anniversary of his ordina- a cold night. The next was easy: an The first team to finish the banana her late husband John, who died last tion. I mentioned that the food was elastic. The next was a ChapStick. The won. That was also fun to watch, June 4, were very active in St. Ann’s excellent. After everyone had a piece next, a piece of gum. The next, a size especially trying to push a whole Parish for many years. They were of Father’s lovely anniversary cake, 9 shoe. The next, a tie, and finally a banana into the last person’s mouth. also longtime members of the Pope’s it was time to have fun. The young blue sweater. Our pal Sharon almost Both games were really enjoyable to Hill Association. I would sometimes children had already been having had her blue cardigan taken off her watch. see both of them as I walked home a great time doing arts and crafts back. (She removed it quickly.) It was *** from work when our office was on in the middle room. Louise Tardif, so funny watching the participants I always enjoy reading Larry Neponset Avenue. I send the sympathy pastoral associate of St. Christopher’s, trying to get the required item; we DiCara’s annual letter. This year, of our family to their children, some then came to the microphone. “Now laughed a great deal. he began by telling us that each of of whom when to school with my it is time for musical chairs, with The final game was also hilarious. his triplet daughters is in a separate kids: John, William, Robert, Pat a different twist.” The participants Each team was given a banana. The school. All three are playing squash McInnis, Joanne Dooley, Mary Grout, were all given a particular item to first person on the team peeled the this winter. This means a great deal Michael, Theresa Burnley, Kathleen get, while one chair was taken away banana, put it on a paper plate, then of driving for both Larry and his wife Stern, and Christine Donovan. Ethel each time. The first item, which I transferred it to the small plate of Teresa. All three girls are doing had 28 grandchildren and 26 great thought was extremely difficult, was the next person without dropping it. I well academically. As he wrote this grandchildren. year’s letter, his eyes moved to the *** photo of his mother and father, both I loved reading the story of the Blue wearing their caps and gowns. How Hill Observatory in the March 3d proud Larry is of them. “Because of Boston Sunday Globe that was written their savings, their diligence, and by Patricia Harris and David Lyon. their work, their children went to (Hubby brought it to my attention.) Harvard, Bowdoin, and Simmons.” Abbot Lawrence Rotch set up the (Teresa and her siblings went to Wil- observatory on Great Blue Hill in liams, Harvard, UMass Amherst, and Milton because it was the highest Bowdoin.) Their three young women peak on the East Coast, from Boston will have marvelous opportunities. to Miami, where the Atlantic Ocean Larry mentioned that he is finally was visible. On a clear day, a person entering the 21st century. Teresa can see 90 miles and four states. A few and their girls gave him a Kindle for years ago, daughter Sue climbed to the Christmas. He especially appreciates observatory as part of a field trip with it on trains, planes, and at the beach. about 40 other Boston schoolteachers. He spoke of Teresa’s work at Isis They were given papers as part of a Parenting and of her teaching at scavenger hunt when they reached the Harvard Medical School! I laughed observatory. They were then invited as he noted that Teresa said, “Having to make kites because the wind is adolescents is like having newborns; very strong atop Great Blue Hill. The nobody gives you a manual.” teachers did not get a chance to fly Toward the end of the letter, Larry their kites because a fierce rainstorm praised the late Kevin White, who arose, complete with thunder and served as mayor of Boston for 16 lightning. That was quite scary! The years. Larry served 10 years on the torrential rain made the trip down City Council while White was mayor slightly treacherous because the rock and he was a member of the honor path down was somewhat slippery. By guard at White’s funeral. Larry ended the way, did you know that WGBH-TV his letter by noting that he would say is called that because it is named G nothing about his usually beloved Red for Great, B for Blue, and H for Hill. Sox after their disappointing year. I *** loved the photo of Larry, Teresa, and There is so much going on in the their girls, Catherine, Sophie, and next two weeks. We already have Flora, included in the letter. They all the Carney Senior Supper, complete look so nice that it might have been with Irish step dancers. There is the taken on Easter Sunday. The photo monthly Irish luncheon at the Irish on the back page of Larry’s letter was Cultural Centre, the Irish Senior Sup- of the girls only. (They are gorgeous.) per at the Leahy-Holloran Community *** Center, the St. Patrick’s Mass and On Sunday, Mar. 3, Hubby and I Breakfast at St. Gregory’s Church, the were at St. Christopher Church for a Meatloaf Dinner at the First Parish Mini-Lenten Retreat. We were joined Church, a fundraiser for Dorchester by our friends Sharon, Joan, and Jean. Day activities, the Pope’s Hill meeting, Sister Elizabeth sat in front of us. The Gerard’s for a corned beef dinner, guest presenter was Father George the talk at the Adams Street Library Evans, M. Div., STL, STD, pastor of St. on Mar. 25, and finally a day in bed, Julia’s Parish in Weston, and a native suffering from sheer exhaustion from of Somerville. He was a graduate of all these events. Truly these are all St. John’s Seminary and was ordained wonderful functions! They make me in 1977. He also taught and served very proud of my Irish heritage. Enjoy as the spiritual director at Blessed St. Patrick’s weekend! John XXIII Seminary. Father Evans explained who St. John of the Cross March 14, 2013 The Reporter Page 15 Community Health News There are good reasons why diets don’t work By Sharon Jackson an independent market the diet. Only internal- mentally beat them- Another way to look at without food, and getting Mattapan Community research firm that has ized behavior change selves up for not having this: If you take medicine treatment for depression Health Center analyzed the US weight- can be followed for a the willpower to stay on to control high blood pres- and other illnesses that Why don’t diets work? loss industry since 1979, lifetime. Most people the diet, and with every sure or high cholesterol, get in the way. There are two basic reports that Americans rebel against external repeated failure, their you would expect your If you want to lose reasons: The first is that are spending over $60 controls. They eventu- self-esteem suffers. blood pressure or cho- weight, call your pri- it’s just plain hard for billion on dieting and ally get tired of feeling How to lose weight lesterol level to go back mary care provider at people to change their weight loss products deprived by the diet and for good up when you stopped Mattapan Community eating behaviors; the each year. eat all the things they Lifestyle change will taking your medicine. Health Center at 617- second is that even if T h e C e n t e r s f o r have been deprived of. work if you have realistic A weight-control diet 296-0061 or contact you do succeed at a diet, Disease Control and Then they gain all of expectations, good sup- works the same way for Sharon Jackson, MS, the rule of diminishing Prevention reported in the weight back… plus port, and choose a plan obesity. People who want RD, CDE, directly at returns comes into play. 2011 that 35.7 percent of more. Due to the food that you can stick with to achieve and maintain 617-898-9052 to discuss When you start to eat adults and 16.9 percent restrictions of the diet, – a plan that will give you a healthy weight should a weight-loss plan that a reduced-calorie diet, of children age 2 to 19 their metabolism has moderate change over a start working at life- will work for you. your basal metabolic are obese. There are slowed down. The body long time. style changes they can rate, or BMR, decreases more overweight people thinks it is experiencing The basic problem is maintain. Elements of Sharon Jackson, MS, (or your body makes in the US than any time a famine; it is in starva- that people think diets lifestyle change include RD, CDE, is a nutrition- metabolic adjustments in history. 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But they did. franchises near certain to League – was reeling for the quality of play, it who, while smaller in Of course it’s a reason- land in Canada – Quebec from its desperately close could use a goose. Scoring numbers, bow to no other ably logical plan, particu- City and somewhere in Clark Booth encounter with total is down, with conserva- sports cult-following in larly for the Bruins, who Ontario – along with trying along the way in disaster while worrying tive defensive strategies their loyalties and pas- will grace the eight-team another in the Pacific its amiable misdirection if a 48-game schedule creeping back into vogue sions. But that hardly Northeast Division of Northwest, probably Se- to please everyone while jammed into little more – certainly an artistic casts them as suckers, the Eastern Conference attle. The good burghers failing to be true to itself. than three months of concern – but gripes are so compared to the others. with three of their most of three of these proposed Opportunity beckons. merry mayhem could be far minimal. The players Recall that pro football beloved old pals from locations are already You can imagine a time remotely justified as an have responded splen- and basketball recently the Original Six – the constructing spanking coming when the Stanley actual “season,” let alone didly. No moaning from went through equally ag- Canadiens, Maple Leafs, new arenas. That’s a lot of Cup might be fought considered valid. them about the ratcheted gravating labor gyrations and Red Wings – while new hockey jobs about to over by the champion of We are reaching the intensity deriving from without damage. Over a Buffalo, Ottawa, Florida, be created. Small wonder North America and the halfway point of that rash that brutally compressed whole generation, Major and Tampa round out the NHLPA is pleased to champion of Old Europe compromise necessitated schedule. No surprise League Baseball insulted the card. Since intra- be more co-operative. in an annual sporting by the dumbest labor there. Hockey players us again and again with conference foes get to Consider a 32-team festival held in one of the dispute in the history of are different. They don’t walk-outs and lock-outs, meet the most, it’s a great league with four geo- crown capitals that would sport. There are scholars complain about having increasingly ugly, and deal for Boston. Overall, graphically aligned divi- dwarf even the Olympics who might wisely point to play. every time they came the new league layout sions featuring natural in terms of excitement out that six weeks does So what accounts for back, the industry took off makes sense, although rivalries and balanced and acclaim. No game not provide much of a this remarkable turn of on another quantum leap the fact that Detroit schedules and a logical has greater potential sample. affairs? Is the fan-base in ratings and revenues, and two Florida teams playoff format making than hockey. But this is the NHL wider than realized? profits, and popularity. It end up in a “Northeast up a solidly grounded You might feel more we’re talking about, not Does the NHL have may be that the business Division” suggests the league that looks less to confident about how all some rational enterprise. deeper roots than the brawls of the super-jocks NHL is still struggling lands where there is no this will turn out if there For what it’s worth, the hot-shot marketers and and their moguls have with geography. ice and more to locales were more confidence early returns are little media moguls want us become an accepted side- Anyway, with 30 teams where the game is deeply in the leadership. But short of spectacular. Con- to believe? NBC is jack- show, almost an amusing spread around four divi- entrenched in the culture. for all his faults, which sider the most basic data: ing up its commitment. diversion in which we can sions, there remains It’s a pleasing prospect, we’ve taken great pains Overall attendance is There’s even talk of lordly also pick sides and vent imbalance. But it’s likely and it’s tenable. to enumerate in this up, with the league play- ESPN wanting back in vehemently. The Great to be soon corrected with For almost a half cen- space over the years, NHL ing to a higher percentage on the hockey action and Unwashed have always the addition of two new tury – dating back to Czar Gary Bettman is not of full capacity in its stirrings about more delighted in seeing the teams to go along with the its first great modern stupid. He may even see stadia than ever. TV expansion whereas a year Idle Rich make fools of re-locating of maybe two expansion in 1967 when, an opening in this bold ratings – both local and ago the talk was entirely themselves. now existing. Expansion overnight, it doubled new mood through which national – are said to be of “contraction.” The Is it a genuine era of would have been unthink- itself – the NHL has he might find the path to climbing, dramatically poohbahs of the Olympics good feeling that’s now able even a year ago, with been the captive of its his own redemption in so in key markets, as are are flat-out begging the emerging in hockey – three teams veering on own chaotic growth. It this grand old game. Or commercial-time buys, NHL to sign on for next much as has prevailed bankruptcy and little has not so much been at least it’s pretty to think which had been freely year’s Winter Games in lately in baseball – or is it consensus on anything. expanding as desperately so, don’t you think? predicted to implode. Russia. just a brief truce induced Now it looks probable, lurching, hither and yon, All of which obviously Considered a battered mainly by sheer exhaus- tells you overall NHL collection of addled nit- tion? No professional revenues are not only wits just two months league has had lousier higher but also soaring at ago, the NHL is suddenly labor relations over the what’s termed “a record- being taken mighty seri- long haul than the NHL BOSTON PET RESORT • SPA setting pace.” ously in some pretty high nor have any other profes- If measuring the en- places. If it’s early yet, it’s sional athletes had more thusiasm of the fans is still fairly amazing! legitimate gripes. At last, trickier, it’s reasonable Maybe we under- however, there does seem to assume that if they estimate not only the a deep recognition on both are spending freely they entertainment and sen- sides that this nonsense can’t be too embittered. timental value of Sport must end. Most surprisingly, in- but also its sociological A very good sign was the juries have not sharply connection as a primary swift dispatch with which increased as was expected bulwark of the entire cul- the players association in a brutally compressed ture. By every measure (NHLPA) approved with schedule, although stray, the NHL labor dispute little fuss the latest re- hard-hit teams like the was such perfect folly alignment plan put forth Rangers might argue it should have resulted by the league. The NHL Boarding & Day Care Pick Up & Delivery Service that. in the catastrophe some sprawls diametrically Maybe it’s early, but the predicted. No less was from the farthest reaches bottom line is blooming deserved. But it didn’t of the entire continent. and that backlash in the happen. 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(Continued from page 12) 11:30 a.m., Info: 617-506-4921. Additional support $5 per session, with refreshments served, Contact McCormack Civic Assn. groups at Carney: Family Support, Breast Cancer Maureen at: [email protected] for info. Meetings the third Tues. of the month (Mar. 19) Support, Al-Anon, AA, and Overeaters Anonymous. Irish Social Club at 7 p.m., in Blessed Mother Teresa Parish Hall. The next Senior Supper will be held on Wed., Mar. Fri., Mar. 15, Comedy Club; Sat., Mar. 16, Co. Firefly Bicycles has relocated to 117 Boston St. 13. Dr. Sheldon Lockman will speak on “Shingles” Roscommon Assoc.’s Annual Dinner, @5 p.m., $40; Please bring canned goods to the regular meetings (causes, symptoms, treatment). The Greene-O’Leary Sun., Mar. 17, Noel Henry’s Irish Show Band; Sun., for a local food bank. Info: civic@mccormackcivic. School of Irish Dance will entertain. Cost, $5 pp; Mar. 24, Erin’s Melody; and Sun., Mar. 31, Fintan com or 617-710-3793. The next monthly meeting RSVP to 1-800-488-5959, choosing either corned Stanley. The club is located at 119 Park St., West will be Apr. 16. beef and cabbage or fish. Roxbury. Donation, usually $10 pp. Meetinghouse Hill Civic Assn. Dot Day Fundraising Meatloaf Recycling News The meetings are held at 7 p.m., at First Parish Dinner Electronics recycling (TVs, computers, printers, Church. For info, contact Megan Sonderegger . New The annual Meatloaf Dinner catered by Gerard’s, stereos, cell phones, VCRs, power supplies, etc), e-mail address is: [email protected]. to raise funds for Dot Day activities, will be held Sat., Mar. 23 only, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Melville Park Assn. on Thurs., March 21, 6:30 p.m., at the First Parish West Roxbury Public Works Yard, 315 Gardner Meeting at the Epiphany School, on Tues., Mar. Church, 10 Parish St., atop Meetinghouse Hill. St., West Roxbury. Yard Waste Collections, from 26, at 6 p.m. (earlier starting time). Breaks in the Adults are $15 pp; children, $7; a family of four, Apr. 29 to May 24, on your regular recycling/trash neighborhood and an update on the Mather St. fire $30. Michael Pratt will entertain. collection day. will be discussed. Clean-up of the MBTA Tunnel Weight Watchers Meetings Temple Shalom Cap (garden at Shawmut Station), the first Sat. Weight Watchers Meetings are held every The worship services are held at the Great Hall of the month, from 10 a.m. to noon. The meetings Wednesday from 6-7 p.m. at Mattapan Community Sanctuary in the First Congregational Church, 495 are held at 6:30 p.m., at the Epiphany School, 154 Health Center, 1575 Blue Hill Ave., Mattapan. All Canton Ave. The temple has relocated; the office, 38 Centre St., Dor. are invited and MCHC patients who meet certain Truro Lane, Milton; the mailing address, P.O. Box Peabody Slope Assn. qualifications may be eligible for a discounted rate. 870275, Milton, MA 02187; and the sanctuary, The The Peabody Slope Neighborhood Assn’s meetings, For further information contact: Sharon Jackson, Great Hall, 495 Canton Ave., Milton. The phone the first Mon. of the month, at Dorchester Academy, MS, RD,CDE, at 617-898-9052. number remains the same: 617-698-3394 or e-mail: 18 Croftland Ave., 7 p.m. For info: peabodyslope.org Adams St. Library [email protected] for info. or 617-533-8123. Dot native Dr. Tom Melvin will discuss his novel, Pilgrim Church Pope’s Hill Neighborhood Assn. “Danny’s Tavern: A Collection of Neighborhood The Worship Service each Sunday at 11 a.m.; all are Neighborhood E-Mail Alert system; sign up at Stories, 1935-1975,” at the library on Mon. Mar. 25, welcome. Bible Study, each Wed. in the Conference [email protected] giving your name, at 6:30 p.m. (Names and places have been changed Room, from 1 to 2:30 p.m.; the public is invited. address, and e-mail address. PHNA meetings, o protect “the innocent.”). Become a member by Browse the gift shop, which is open weekdays and usually the fourth Wed. of the month at the Leahy/ sending dues to Friends of the Adams St. Library, Saturdays. Call 617-807-0540 for details. Pilgrim Holloran Community Center at 7 p.m. The next c/o M. Cahill, 67 Oakton Ave., Dorchester, 02122. Church is a Congregational Christmas Church, meeting will be Mar. 27. Babysitting for members Family membership is $5; individuals, $3; seniors, associated with the United Church of Christ, located will now be provided during the meetings, thanks $1; businesses, $10; and lifetime, $50. at 540 Columbia Rd, in Uphams Corner. to Adrienne Kaszanek. Codman Square Neighborhood Divine Mercy Celebration Port Norfolk Civic Assn. Council The Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy will hold a Day Meetings the third Thurs. of the month at the Codman Square Neighborhood Council meets the of Retreat on Sat., Mar. 23, beginning at 1 p.m., Port Norfolk Yacht Club, 7 p.m. Info: 617-825-5225. first Wed. of each month, 7 to 8:30 p.m., in the Great with Adoration, talks, Confession, Chaplet of Diving St. Mark’s Area Civic Assn. Hall of the Codman Sq. Health Center, 6 Norfolk Mercy, and Holy Mass (Vigil of Palm Sunday). All Meetings held the last Tues. of the month in the St. Info: call 617-265-4189. are most welcome. Divine Mercy Sunday will be lower hall of St. Mark’s Church, at 7 p.m. Info: Bowdoin St. Health Center celebrated on Sun., Apr. 7, the Sunday after Easter. stmarkscivic.com. Peace Circle, where those affected by violence The sisters usually celebrate the Eucharist in honor Dorchester Historical Society may speak honestly, the second Tues. of each month of Divine Mercy on the third Friday of each month, (Mar. 12, Apr. 9, May 14, and June 11), 6 to 8 p.m., (not this March, however) at St. Ann’s in Dorchester, “A Tale of Two Schools: Boston College and Boston with Exposition at 6 p.m., Chaplet of Mercy at 6:30 College High School at 150,”a talk by Prof. James sponsored by Beth Israel Deaconess Med. Ctr, the BSHC, and the Louis Brown Peace Institute. Call p.m., and Mass at 7 p.m. For further info: call the O’Toole, from Boston College and author of The Sisters at 617-288-1202, ext. 114. Faithful: A History of Catholics in America,” on Janet at 617-296-2075 for info. Tues., Mar. 19, at 7 p.m. The schools are 150 years Mattapan Health Center First Parish Church old and were separated at the beginning of the 20th Weight Watcher’s meetings will be held each The church welcomes donations of food and clothing Century. The headquarters of the DHS is the William Wed. at the Mattapan Community Health Center, for the needy each Sunday. Pot-Luck-Family-Fun- Clapp House, 195 Boston St., 02125, near Edward at 6 p.m. Arrive 30 minutes early to register. Call Night, the first Fri. of each month, 6 p.m., in the Everett Square. The DHS seeks volunteers and 617-898-9052 or 617-898-8026 for info. parish hall. The church is located at 10 Parish St., donations to help preserve the society’s artifacts. Winter Farmers’ Markets Meetinghouse Hill. Dorchester Board of Trade Winter Farmers’ Markets, each Sunday, to Mar. Lenten Confessions 20th annual Board of Trade luncheon with 24, noon to 4 p.m., in the Codman Sq. Great Hall, On the Wednesdays in Lent, Confessions will be Mayor Tom Menino, Tues., Apr. 2, 11:45 a.m., at corner of Washington St. and Talbot Ave. heard from 6:30 to 8 p.m., in all Boston Catholic the Venezia (change of venue); Tickets are $75 for Toiletries’ Collection churches. “The Light Is On For You!” members, $125 for non members. RSVP by Mar. The Intersection and Invisible Families will collect St. Ambrose Church 26 to; nlafoe@dorchesterboard of trade.com. The toiletries (travel size preferred) on Sat., Mar. 16, 10 Sovereign Bank is allowing parishioners attending DBOT welcomes new members; e-mail the DBOT a.m. to 3 p.m., for needy families and shelters, at Sunday Mass to park in their parking lot while at or call 617-398-DBOT. Visit the website for info: the Intersection, 500 Talbot Ave., Dochester. info@ Mass. dorchesterboardoftrade.com. connectingfaithandlife.org. St. Ann Church Carney Hospital’s Programs Irish Pastoral Centre St. Patrick’s Day Mass and Breakfast, Sat., Mar. A Breast-Cancer Support Group, the second The IPC, now located in St. Brendan Rectory, 15 16, at 9 a.m., followed by breakfast in the school audi- Wednesday (only) of each month, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Rita Road, welcomes seniors to a coffee hour each torium, with refreshments and entertainment. “Baby The Carney’s adult/child/infant CPR and First Aid: Wed. morning, from 10 a.m. to noon. There will be Shower,” to benefit the “Friends of the Unborn,” on instructions every week for only $30. Call 617-296- a speaker each week. Call 617-265-5300 for info. Mar. 16 and 17 and Mar. 23 and 24; bring BPA-free 4012, X2093 for schedule. Diabetes support group The Music for Memory group meets on the second baby bottles, newborn Pampers, Onesies, crib sheets, (free), third Thurs. of every month, from 10:30 to Wednesday of the month, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. “Singing new or gently used baby clothes, including socks and can unlock the brain.” Suggested donation: $3 to hats, wipes, “Binkies,” blankets, and Infant Motrin or Tylenol. 30th annual 10K Dinner, Fri., Apr. 5, at the Venezia Restaurant; 6 p.m. cocktail hour and (617) 436-8828 DAYS 7 p.m., dinner and raffle, to benefit the scholarship program and youth programs. Voice, piano, guitar, (617) 282-3469 violin, and viola lessons are now available. See the DUFFY flyers at the rear door of the church. St. Ann’s Knitters will meet on Mar. 20, Apr. 17, May 15, and June ROOFING CO., INC. Steinbach’s Service 19, at 60 Boutwell St., making items for charity and ASPHALT SHINGLES • RUBBER ROOFING Station Inc. for the next school bazaar. Confessions, each Wed., • COPPER WORK • SLATE • GUTTERS COMPLETE AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE through Mar. 27, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. A selection of • CHIMNEYS 321 Adams St., Dorchester 02122 children’s books is available during Mass. Please Fully Insured State Reg. return them to their place after Mass. Free Estimates Corner of Gibson Street 617-296-0300 #100253 (Continued on page 22) duffyroofing.com NOW State Inspection Center

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By Tayla Holman for this corridor.” Special to the Reporter But before the BRA About 70 people at- can begin construction tended a meeting of on a new station, it first the Fairmount Indigo has to consider several Planning Initiative at factors regarding how the Hyde Park Municipal the station will benefit Building on Tuesday the community. That evening. The purpose translates to access, of the meeting, hosted availability and equity, by the Boston Rede- among other criteria. velopment Authority However, not everyone (BRA), was to gauge the could agree on which interest of Mattapan communities should be residents in forming a considered. Working Advisory Group Some on the Com- (WAG), to give oversight munity Advisory Group to the creation of a new (CAG) seemed to think commuter rail stop at the general consensus Blue Hill Ave./Cummins was that WAGs should Highway. be created for Talbot The Fairmount Plan- Ave. and Four Corners. ning Initiative is a Milly Arbaje-Thomas, director of ABCD Mat- Above, the scene inside the Hyde Park Municipal Building, where members of a BRA-led Fairmount two-year BRA study to Indigo Planning Initiative met on Tuesday evening. Photo by Tayla Holman develop job access and tapan Family Service capital investment along Center, disagreed, say- members asked what communities, such as MassDOT in November. Along the same lines, the MBTA’s Fairmount ing that they were too could be “lost” by recom- Talbot Ave., had more “The whole line loses if Mathew Thall of the Commuter Rail line. Part close together. mending three WAGs. It “momentum,” and were Fairmount doesn’t have Fairmount Indigo Line of this would include “It’s unfair to have largely boiled down to able to make a better fair fares,” Dubois said. CDC, stressed the im- adding more stops to them concentrated in economics, Rosenberger argument. Increasing service portance of resident the line, which currently Dorchester, with none in said. He argued that Williams also argued hours on the line was participation and pro- has only six stations Mattapan or Hyde Park,” it was only financially a common concern about also noted as an issue posed adding Readville from Readville to South she said. feasible to do two at the the fare structure across that would be suitable residents to the CAG. Station. The Fairmount Jeanne Dubois, execu- moment. all stations on the Fair- for a proposed Ultimately, Rosen- line is the shortest in the tive of Dorchester Bay Christian Williams, mount Line warranted Marcia Thornhill, berger ended, these transit system and the Economic Development a board member at the a subcommittee focused clerk of Southwest meetings are merely the only one that exclusively Corporation, agreed, Codman Square Neigh- specifically on that issue. Boston Neighborhood first step on the path serves Boston. saying, “Not having borhood Development The complaint –—that Development Corpora- to hopefully achieving “The long-term goal is anything in Hyde Park Corporation, noted that the fare at Fairmount tion, proposed that some WAGs in each com- to turn Fairmount Cor- or Mattapan is a huge it was challenging to station is higher than at consideration be given munity. ridor into rapid rail,” said mistake.” get residents to attend the others — has been to creating a WAG-like “There is continuous Jeremy Rosenberger, Proposing a more meetings, which made raised several times group specifically dedi- development after one co-director of the BRA. equitable approach, it difficult to prioritize a before, including at a cated to job and economic process ends,” he said. “That’s the game changer residents and group Fairmount WAG. Other “listening session” for growth in Readville. Morrissey flooding fix awaits the state’s solution (Continued from page 1) a.m. By 7:40 he was still ning if the funding plans note,” he added, “that if Greater Boston Cham- ing collateral damage.” “significant” impacts on on Dorchester Avenue. are approved. this plan moves forward, ber of Commerce speech. The House chairman of the parkway, he said. “There was no point in When the boulevard Morrissey Boulevard “Sensitive to today’s the Joint Committee on The problem goes back going north,” he said. “It was shut down on and the Neponset Gre- economic realities, I’m Transportation, William decades. A Reporter was just a tough day.” Friday, the agency’s enway Trail extension worried that the ad- Straus, told the State headline from March Walsh remembers account on the social would be eligible for this ministration’s proposal House News Service 1998 asked, “Morrissey that when he ran for networking site Twitter funding.” places too heavy a burden on Monday that DeLeo Boulevard: River or state representative sent this message: “Want Whether that will on working families and “has articulated what Roadway?” In the ar- in 1997, the Morrissey to fix Morrissey + many persuade enough law- businesses struggling I would call a develop- ticle, the now-defunct Boulevard problem was more rds/paths/parks? makers to sign onto the to survive,” DeLeo said, ing consensus among Metropolitan District an issue that cropped up #choosegrowthsupport funding plans is an open according to the remarks House members” about Commission, DCR’s during the campaign. @MassGovernor’s trans- question. Patrick’s $1.9 prepared for delivery. the extent and scope predecessor agency, He said that fixing it portation plan.” billion plan wokld hike “We want to minimize of a palatable tax hike promised a 3-year $35 soon, whether through Other possible projects the state income tax to the pressure on Mas- proposal. “It’s simply million restoration that a borrowing bill or an- include the completion 6.25 percent from 5.25 sachusetts citizens as a question of not what was set to begin in 1999. other way, has to be a of the Neponset Green- percent and lower the we find ways to meet our we would like to have That cost included priority. “The sidewalks way Trail, which was sales tax to 4.5 percent. goals. If we are to pass happen, but what can bridge repairs, some of have eroded to the point included on project maps The plan also involves a new revenue package, we actually accomplish, which have already been where it looks like a dirt sent out to legislators, eliminating and chang- I believe it should be far recognizing the ability addressed. The boule- trail,” he said. “It is a and a redesign of the ing income and corporate more narrow in scope of the public to support vard’s three spans –the dirt trail.” intersection of Blue Hill taxes. and of a significantly this.” Beades drawbridge, the District 3 Councillor Parkway and Route 28 House Speaker DeLeo smaller size. We seek Bianculli bridge, and the Frank Baker had his at Mattapan Square, is working on his own to fund the priorities Material from State Kosciuszko Circle bridge own problems trying to according to Murray. proposal, and laid down we need to enhance the House News Service was near UMass Boston get around on Thurs- “It’s important to some markers in his economy, without creat- used in this report. and the Boston Globe’s day and Friday. A trip offices – are owned by the from Savin Hill to the Massachusetts Depart- Murphy School, which ment of Transportation, his children attend, EXCEPTIONAL CARE CLOSE TO HOME according to Murray. took 45 minutes on A plan involving new Thursday, and on Friday drainage systems, rais- he kept them at home. A 123 bed sub‐acute rehabilitation ing the roadway by sev- “Something needs to be eral feet, and reworking done about the design center located in Dorchester the landscaping would there,” he said. cost about $25 million, For its part, the Pat-  In‐house Physical, Occupational Murray said. rick administration has State Rep. Marty proposed a tax hike and Speech therapy Walsh, a Dorchester plan to plow money into  Certified Wound Nurses Democrat, had to aban- education and transpor- don a trip into downtown tation accounts. While a  Consulting Orthopedic Physician Boston on Thursday due revamping of Morrissey On‐site Nurse Practitioners to the traffic jams caused Boulevard was not listed  by the flooding. House among the projects the  IV & Pain Management Speaker Robert DeLeo administration sent to was giving a speech state legislators in a bid  Multilingual Staff to the Greater Boston to gain their support, (Vietnamese, Creole, Spanish) Chamber of Commerce DCR officials say the at 7:45 a.m., and Walsh parkway will be among had left his house at 7:15 the projects in the run- 617‐825‐6320

Page 20 THE Reporter March 14, 2013 Washington’s gamble turned the tide (Continued from page 7) the Patriots on the high been the employment of one night than my whole mortars and large-bore ground of the Heights, twelve thousand men.” army would have done in cannons. wrote to Lord Dart- Reportedly, the British a month.” Howe, stunned to wake mouth: “It [the capture of general added: “The As the Americans so- up on March 5 and find the Heights] must have rebels have done more in lidified their Dorchester perch, their labors did not come without a price. A group of soldiers who “were so imprudent as to build a fire for their comfort” gave British ENTERTAINMENT LIVE MUSIC FOOD & PRIZES gunners a vivid target. The redcoat cannons erupted in “a severe fire upon them” from a battery at the corner of latter-day Washington and Dover Streets. Four Patriot soldiers and a surgeon named Dole died in the hail of shot. On March 10, Abigail Adams wrote: “Sunday evening…A most terrible and incessant cannonade [against the Heights] from half after eight till George Washington took a risk, and then the Brit- ish sailed out of town on Evacuation Day, March six this morning. I hear 17, 1776. we lost four men killed de Chili 2013 and some wounded in fearfully dreaded.” the redcoats had vandal- MARCH 24, 3-6PM attempting to take the Outmaneuvered by ized churches, homes, hill nearest the town, Washington and his warehouses, and other called Nook’s Hill.” “ragtag band” of Patriots, structures. The Americans’ forti- Howe had no choice but The day of Boston’s fication of the Heights to abandon Boston. His liberation would become placed the redcoats in nearly 10,000 redcoats Evacuation Day – a date peril - and Howe knew it boarded the 125 trans- that would never have from the moment he first ports and warships in been possible unless D T spied the “breastwork Boston Harbor, with the Patriots had taken CHILI COOK-OFF this morning [March A fundraiser to benefit Dorchester Day Washington’s guarantee and fortified Dorchester 5th] …on Dorchester that the British could Heights. peninsula, which from its leave unmolested if they Peter F. Stevens is a $20 ADULT, $30 FAMILY IBEW LOCAL 103, 256 FREEPORT ST, DORCHESTER proximity had an entire did not burn Boston. historian and author, command of Boston Neck When the victorious whose books include “The and the south end of the Americans entered Bos- Voyage of the Catalpa” 617.265.5397 [email protected] town - a work which the ton on March 17, the town and “Hidden History of king’s troops had most had not been torched, but the Boston Irish.”

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FYFFE, Paul Antho- to Camp Sunshine, 45 ward Harris and brother gina P. (Baronas) Regan; Brockton MA 02301. Dorchester. Grandfather ny, Jr. in Charlotte, NC, Acadia Road, Casco, ME Manuel Reeves. Sister beloved father of Edward SHEA, Daniel L. of Christine Maffei of of Dorchester. Father of 04015. to Mae Bishop, Dorothy J. Regan Jr., Michael Jr. Retired B.P.D. of Walpole, Jennifer Bachet India Fyffe of Harris- McPHERSON, Ethel A. Davis (Mark), Donna P. Regan and Margaret Dorchester formerly of of Norton, Katie Shea burg, NC. Son of Judith F. (Tobin) in the Nepon- Reeves-Jackson, Carolyn A. Kearney and her Jamaica Plain. Husband of Norwood and Riley Foster of Dorchester and set section of Dorchester. Williams-Jones, Par- husband Thomas, all of of the late Rita J. (Sten- Shea of Dorchester. Also Paul A. Fyffe, Sr. Brother Wife of the late John D. mer Reeves, and Jimmie Brockton; loving grand- son). Father of Daniel survived by four great of Robert Foster, Chev- McPherson. Mother of Reeves. Sister in law to father of Jake Kearney Shea, retired US Postal grandchildren and many onne, Lydia, Stephen, John of Punta Gorda, James Harris. and Bobby and Regina Service and his wife loving nieces and neph- Adrienne, Simone, and FL, William of Abington, REGAN, Edward Thompson; brother of the Susan of South Boston, ews. Remembrances may Sophia Fyffe. He leaves a Robert of Ashland, NH, J. “Himself” 78, of late Winnifred Hall and Lt. Michael Shea, Transit be made to Seasons host of aunts and uncles, Pat McInnis of Plym- Brockton, formerly of E. Martin and Robert Regan Police and his wife Donna Hospice & Palliative nieces, nephews, cousins outh, Joanne Dooley of Boston and Dorchester. and an uncle of many. of Norwood, Paul Shea of Care, 275 Grove St., and friends. Dorchester, Mary Grout Son of the late Martin Memorial gifts may be Dorchester, Lt. Richard Suite 3-102, Newton, MA GIBBONS, Margaret of Dorchester, Michael of J. and Margaret Regan; made to Penelope’s Place, F. Shea, Massport Fire 02466. E. of Dorchester, age Sharon, Theresa Burnley husband of the late Re- 942 West Chestnut St. and his wife Marianne of 94 years. Wife of the of Amherst, NH, Kath- late Michael J. Gibbons. leen Stern of Sharon, Mother of Phyllis Vedder and Christine Donovan Neighborhood Notables and her husband Jon of of Newburyport. Sister Reading and John M. of the late Louis, Roswell, (Continued from page 18) bring their dads, step dads, grandfathers, uncles or Gibbons and his wife and Albert Tobin, Gladys St. Brendan Church an important male figure. In their lives Tickets are Linda of Plymouth. Sis- Hanson, Florence Mar- Holy Thurs., 7 p.m., Mass of the Lord’s Supper; available at St. Brendan’s School or PJPII’s Neponset ter of the late; Charles, tyn, and Clare Murphy. Good Fri., Stations at 3 p.m. and Reading of the Campus. Permission slips may be downloaded at Jack, Everett, and James Also survived by 28 Passion at 7 p.m.; Holy Sat., Easter Vigil at 8 p.m.; [email protected]. Men’s clothing is still Carpenter. Grandmother grandchildren and 26 and Easter Sunday Masses at 8 and 10 a.m. The needed for the Long Island Shelter for the Homeless: of Cheryl Schiller, Jon, great-grandchildren. names of the deceased to be remembered with shirts, pants, sweatshirts, sweaters, coats, jackets, Michael and Philip Ved- Donations in Ethel’s Easter flowers should be in by Fri., Mar. 22. ((Sug- rainwear, footwear, belts, hats, and white sox. The der, Troy Gibbons and memory may be made gested offering, $10.) First Annual Father/Daughter Food Pantry is in great need of non-perishable food. the late Eric Gibbons. to Marian Manor, 130 Dance, Sat., Apr. 6, 6 to 8 p.m., $20 per family, in Please be generous. Also survived by 5 great- Dorchester St., South Fr. Lane Hall. There will be a photo opportunity, St. Christopher Church grandchildren, extended Boston, MA 02127. an ice cream/dessert bar, and a DJ. Dads may The Rosary, in Spanish, at 6 p.m., on Wednesdays. family and friends. Do- REEVES-HARRIS, purchase a bouquet of flowers for $10. Girls may Stations of the Cross, each Wed., during Lent, 6 p.m., nations in memory of Rose E. of El Mirage, AZ, in the church. All are welcome. Fr. Joseph Bennett, Margaret may be made (formerly of Dorchester, LEGAL NOTICES SJ., will hear Confessions each Wed., during Lent, to either the Pine Street MA. Daughter of Frances from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Inn, 444 Harrison Ave., (Kindell) and Parmer COMMONWEALTH OF COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MASSACHUSETTS St. Gregory Parish Boston, MA 02118. Attn: Reeves. Predeceased by THE TRIAL COURT SUFFOLK, ss. Development Office, or her loving husband Ed- PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT THE TRIAL COURT Lenten Series: the “Parables of Jesus,” with Celia Suffolk Probate & Family Court PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT Sirois, Tues., 3/19, and 3/26, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. St. 24 New Chardon St., PO Box 9667 Suffolk Probate & Family Court Boston 02114 24 New Chardon St., PO Box 9667 Patrick’s Day Mass and Celebration, Sun., Mar. 17, (617) 788-8300 Boston 02114 CITATION ON PETITION FOR (617) 788-8300 10:30 a.m. Mass, with breakfast to follow. (Tickets, FORMAL ADJUDICATION CITATION ON PETITION $10). Legion of Mary, each Sunday following the 9 Docket No. SU13P0488EA FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION TEVNAN TEVNAN IN THE ESTATE OF Docket No. SU13P0293EA a.m. Mass. The Sacrament of Holy Anointing, on the DOROTHY HOLLAND IN THE ESTATE OF first Sat. of each month, following the 4 p.m. Mass. 100 City Hall Plaza 415 Neponset Avenue DATE OF DEATH: 05/19/2003 GEORGE SEYMOUR To all interested persons: DATE OF DEATH: 09/07/2009 Boston, MA 02108 Dorchester, MA 02124 A petition has been filed by: LauraK uhns To all interested persons: 617-423-4100 617-265-4100 of Pembroke, MA requesting that the A petition has been filed by Dale Robin- Court enter a formal Decree and Order son of Mattapan, MA requesting that the of testacy and for such other relief as re- Court enter a formal Decree and Order of Everyone deserves a fair chance! quested in the Petition. And also request- testacy and for such relief as requested Attorneys at Law ing that: Laura Kuhns of Pembroke, MA in the Petition. be appointed as Personal Representative And also requesting that: Dale Robinson In the City of Boston, it is illegal to discriminate against any www.tevnan.com of said estate to serve With Corporate of Mattapan, MA be appointed as Personal Surety on the bond. Representative of said estate to serve With person in the rental or sale of housing or in the mortgage You have the right to obtain a copy of Personal Surety on the bond. the Petition from the Petitioner or at You have the right to obtain a copy of the lending process based on: the Court. You have a right to object to Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. this proceeding. To do so, you or your You have a right to object to this proceed- ing. To do so, you or your attorney must attorney must file a written appearance • Race • Children under 6 • Marital Status file a written appearance and objection at and objection at this Court before 10:00 “Close to Home” this Court before: 10 a.m. on 03/21/2013. • Age (because of lead paint) • Public Assistance a.m. on 04/11/2013. This is NOT a hearing date, but a This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline deadline by which you must file a written • Color • Children under 18 (including Section 8) by which you must file a written appear- appearance and objection if you object to ance and objection if you object to this this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely • Religion • Military Status • Sexual Preference proceeding. If you fail to file a timely writ- written appearance and objection followed ten appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) • Creed • Handicap • Sex by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty days of the return date, action may be taken (30) days of the return date, action may without further notice to you. be taken without further notice to you. The estate is being administered Expressing a preference or a limitation based on any of The estate is being administered under under formal procedure by the Personal formal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts the above categories may be illegal. Representative under the Massachu- Uniform Probate Code without supervision setts Uniform Probate Code without by the Court. Inventory and accounts are supervision by the Court. Inventory and not required to be filed with the Court, but If you feel that you’ve been treated differently for any of accounts are not required to be filed with recipients are entitled to notice regard- the Court, but recipients are entitled to ing the administraiton from the Personal these reasons, contact: Cedar Grove Cemetery notice regarding the administration from Representative and can petition the Court the Personal Representative and can in any matter relating to the estate, includ- CONSECRATED IN 1868 petition the Court in any matter relating ing distribution of assets and expenses of to the estate, including distribution of administration The Boston Fair Housing Commission, Room 966, City assets and expenses of administration. Witness, HON. JOAN P. ARMSTRONG Hall, Boston, MA 02201 617-635-4408 On the banks of the Neponset Witness, HON. JOAN P. ARM- First Justice of this Court. STRONG First Justice of this Court. Date: February 14. 2013 www.cityofboston.gov/BFHC Date: March 07, 2013 Patricia M. Campatelli Inquiries on gravesites are invited. Patricia M. Campatelli Register of Probate Paid for by Koda Pup & Associates, LTD Register of Probate Non-Sectarian. Cemetery Office open daily at For the latest updates LEGAL NOTICES 920 Adams St. log on to dotnews.com LEGAL NOTICE COMMONWEALTH OF COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS MASSACHUSETTS Dorchester, MA 02124 AND Follow us THE TRIAL COURT Notice of Public Hearing THE TRIAL COURT PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT Telephone: 617-825-1360 on twitter @DotNews PROBATE & FAMILY COURT INFORMAL PROBATE The Massachusetts Board of Higher SUFFOLK DIVISION PUBLICATION NOTICE 24 NEW CHARDON STREET Education will conduct a Public PO BOX 9667, BOSTON, MA 02114 IN THE ESTATE OF Hearing on Thursday, March 21, 617-788-8300 ARTHUR YOUNG 2013, at 10:30 a.m. in the office of Docket No. SU13C0085CA a/k/a ARTHUR L. YOUNG DATE OF DEATH: January 10, 2013 the Department of Higher Education, in the MATTER of SUSAN FANG SUFFOLK DIVISION Room 1401, McCormack Building, 24 New Chardon Street, Boston, MA 02114 One Ashburton Place, Boston, NOTICE OF PETITION 617-788-8300 FOR CHANGE OF NAME To all persons interested in above captioned Massachusetts. The hearing is To all persons interested in estate, by Petition of Petitioner Shirley C. for the purpose of determining petition described: Young of Dorchester, MA. Shirley C. Young whether the Board will approve A petition has been presented of Dorchester, MA has been informally under Massachusetts General Laws appointed as the Personal Representa- by Susan Fang requesting that tive of the estate to serve without surety Chapter 69, Section 30, et seq. the Susan Fang be allowed to on the bond. Articles of Amendment of Le Cordon change her name as follows: The estate is being administered Bleu College of Culinary Arts, Inc, A SUSAN FENG under informal procedure by the Personal Private Two-Year College, located in If you desire to object Representative under the Massachusetts Cambridge, Massachusetts, to offer Uniform Probate Code without supervision thereto, you or your by the Court. Inventory and accounts are the following certificate programs: attorney must file a not required to be filed with the Court, but written appearance in interested parties are entitled to notice Certificate in Le Cordon Bleu said Court at Boston on regarding the administration from Personal Culinary Arts or before ten o’clock in Representative and can petition the Court Certificate in Le Cordon Bleu the MORNING (10:00 AM) on in any matter relating to the estate, includ- ing distribution of assets and expenses of Patisserie and Baking April 4, 2013. administration. Interested parties are entitled Witness, HON. JOAN P. to petition the Court to institute formal ARMSTRONG, First Justice of proceedings and to obtain orders terminat- Massachusetts Department of this Court. ing or restricting the powers of Personal March 4, 2013 Representatives appointed under informal Higher Education procedure. A copy of the Petition and Will, Richard M. Freeland, Commissioner Patricia M. Campatelli Register of Probate if any, can be obtained from the Petitioner. March 14, 2013 The Reporter Page 23 Reporter’s Calendar Thursday, March 14 • CitySprouts Dig It! Raffle and Live Auction, 6 to 8:30 p.m. Liberty Hotel Ballroom 215 Charles St. CitySprouts is raising $75,000 to bring our school garden program to two new partner schools in Boston: The Ellis School in Dorchester and The Mather School in Roxbury, connecting more children to garden-based learning in their schools. To purchase tickets on line, visit citysprouts.org Friday, March 15 • The Morehouse College Glee Club will lift their voices in harmony for a benefit concert in Boston’s Old South Church, 645 Boylston St., at 7 p.m., doors open at 6 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Greater Boston Morehouse College Alumni Associa- tion (GBMCAA), as part of its annual MoreJazz Scholarship Weekend to support yearlong mentoring programs and four-year scholarships for metro- Boston area minority male high school students. Tickets are $30 for adults, $20 for College students, and children under 18 are free, when accompanied by an adult. Tickets are available online at http:// gbmcaa.org. WCVB-TV’s Karen Holmes Ward will host the benefit concert. Saturday, March 16 • The Greater Boston Morehouse College Alumni Young Men’s Leadership Conference will offer young Celebrate the coming of spring from the seat of your bicycle on Saturday, March 23 by exploring the students of color in grades 7-12 a fresh approach Neponset River Greenway, end to end, all the way from Boston Harbor to the Blue Hills. Join Boston to building a healthy foundation in becoming well- Natural Areas Network Board member and Greenway Council member and cycling enthusiast Jessica read, well-spoken, well-dressed, well-traveled and Mink for an informative, free, guided ride to experience the entire Greenway first hand. Riders will well-balanced. 8:30 a.m., 650 Dudley St., Dorchester. meet at 10a.m. Paul’s Bridge parking area on Brush Hill Road at the Neponset River Parkway on the Milton/Hyde Park line. The route will follow off-road bike paths such as the Neponset Greenway trail Special guest speaker is Derrick ‘Fonzworth Bentley’ and Harborwalk, as well as incorporate some street riding. The ride is 13 miles one way and participants Watkins, musician, author and host of MTV’s “from can complete all or part of the trip. Helmets are required. For more information about this free ride or G’s to Gents”. The event will close with a Greek to register please call 617-542-7696 or email [email protected]. showcase. Pre-registration required. Space limited. Conference information located at gbmcaa.org. • Big Sister Alumnae Assoc. Trivia Night at Sat., March 23, 11 a.m. at the 21st annual Spring Sunday, March 17 Blarney Stone, 1505 Dorchester Ave., 7:30 p.m. Egg Hunt at Pope John Paul II Park on Gallivan • Grace Church of All Nations welcomes Mayor Calling all trivia fanatics! We want YOU on our Boulevard in Dorchester. Children of all ages can of Tuskegee Johnny Ford, 10 a.m.- 1 p.m., 451 team! Come grab a drink and join us for a battle of join in the hunt for toy filled plastic eggs scattered Washington St., Dorchester. wits with other Big Sister Alumnae. Simply register across the fields at DCR Pope John Paul II Park. Free Monday, March 18 (free!) and join us 30 minutes before trivia starts fun for the whole family and a great way to welcome • Dorchester Day Parade Committee meets and stay as long as you can! When you arrive, look springtime in the great outdoors. Please arrive early at the Comfort Inn, 900 Morrissey Blvd. in the for Alumnae Association Board members wearing to allow plenty of time for parking. The Spring Egg conference room at 7 p.m. Registration for the blue Big Sister shirts.You can register for the Big Hunt starts at 11 a.m. sharp and it doesn’t take long Mayor of Dorchester contest will remain open until Sister Trivia Team here: http://bigsisterdorchester. for the children to find all those eggs. this meeting on March 18. If you cannot attend the eventbrite.com/ Saturday, March 30 meeting and would like to run, please email info@ Friday, March 22 • Dorchester Park Easter Egg Hunt, 10 a.m., rain dotdayparade.com or call 857-756-3675 and we will • The third and final Larry Doyle Time will be or shine. Meet at tennis courts. Children 12 or under. contact you with the details. held at Florian Hall, 7 p.m. with all proceeds to • Dorchester-based reading series Write on the Wednesday, March 20 benefit Exceptional Citizens’ Week at Camp Fatima DOT and the Grove Hall Branch Library present • Gibson Street/Adams Street Neighborhood in Gilmanton Iron Works, New Hampshire. Over the Grove Hall Reading Series, hosted by Dorchester Watch meeting at Area C-11 Police Station, 40 the past two years we have raised over $36,000 to poet Arthur Collins and featuring local writers Gibson St. starts at 6:30p.m. Special Guest: Carolyn benefit EC Week at Camp Fatima. The evening Véronique Epiter and Kurt Klopmeier. 2 p.m., Grove MacNeil, Boston Police Department, Neighborhood will be fun-filled with live auctions, silent auctions, Hall Branch Library, 41 Geneva Ave. The series will Watch Unit. Sponsored by: Fields Corner Community a 50/50 cash raffle and raffles of donated prizes. include an open mic where writers will be encour- Action Network (Fields Corner CAN). For more There will be a DJ, live Irish music and food!! You aged to read their work to the group, as well as a information please call: Barry Mullen, Fields Corner may also check out the website @ http://ecweek.org/ writing exercise with Boston Public Library Writer CDC 617-282-4290 or Heather Dabreu, Close to Saturday, March 23 in Residence Hollis Shore. Writers of all experience Home 617-929-5151. • Join the DCR and Phillips Candy House on levels are welcome.

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Page 24 THE Reporter March 14, 2013 Residents start to plan for South Bay retail expansion By Mike Deehan ton met at the nearby included in a master nity’s behalf. or other community meeting will be held the Special to the Reporter Plumber/Gasfitters plan. Rohan told the Re- oriented space, areas for morning of April 6 at the Plans to further ex- Local 12 building to After a committee porter that many of the restaurants and a design Plumbers Hall to offer pand the South Bay discuss the possibilities meeting next Monday ideas brought to the that would support small residents a presentation shopping center may involved in an expansion (March 18), design table concerned traffic businesses anchored by on community planning not be definite yet, but and what locals would specialist Erik Miller, flow in and around a the shopping center. Also and smart growth ideas residents living near the like to see built. director of Wentworth’s potentially expanded of concern was the pro- that could include the mall aren’t waiting for Participants offered up Center for Community & South Bay mall. The tection of the Dorchester neighborhood’s inter- development plans to a litany of concerns about Learning Partnerships, community also brain- Historical Society, which ests. A final plan is materialize before put- the project, including will combine elements of stormed features they abuts the area eyed for scheduled to be put ting in their two cents. increased traffic conges- the nine maps submitted would like to see added development between before the community on At a meeting Satur- tion, parking shortages by the subgroups and alongside any new large Boston Street and South May 4 at the Plumbers’ day morning, abutters, and the potential impact compile one vision to retail stores, including Bay. Hall. neighbors and other on the surrounding resi- speak on the commu- a community center A second community stakeholders met in a dential areas. charrette-style confer- In a charrette meeting, ence to determine the participants break off community’s vision for from the main discussion an expanded South Bay. to form smaller group FebruaryFebruary isis NationalNational According to McCor- to generate ideas and mack Civic Association to document plans. The ChildrenChildren’’ss DentalDental HealthHealth Month!Month! Executive Board mem- groups then present their plans to the whole In recognition of National Children’s Dental Health Month the Harbor Health Services ber Desmond Rohan, Dental Centers will be providing FREE preventative services such as dental cleanings. approximately 70 people meeting and the pre- from Dorchester, Rox- ferred features of each bury and South Bos- group’s contribution are KIDS, BRING YOUR PARENTS, Easter Egg Hunts set BECAUSE A HEALTHY SMILE IS A HAPPY SMILE! Saturday, January 26, from 9:00am-1:00pm for this month at Geiger Gibson Community Health Center 250 Mount Vernon Street, Dorchester, MA Two traditional Eas- Please arrive early to (Steps away from JFK/UMASS T station (Red Line) ter Egg Hunts will be allow plenty of time for & Free On-site parking) staged in Dorchester on parking. The Spring Egg Saturday, March 16, from 9:00am-1:00pm consecutive weekends Hunt starts at 11 a.m. at Neponset Health Center this month. sharp and it doesn’t take 398 Neponset Avenue, Dorchester, MA On Sat., March 23 the long for the children to (Free On-site parking) 21st annual Spring Egg find all those eggs. Dental Health Games & Information Tables, Hunt will be held at Pope On Sunday, March 30, Free Toothbrushes, Dental Floss, and Sesame Street’s John Paul II Park on the Dorchester Park As- Healthy Teeth, Healthy Me-Activity Kits, Healthy Gallivan Boulevard in sociation will host its an- Refreshments & Much More! Dorchester. Children of nual hunt in Dorchester all ages can join in the Park. The event is open Please RSVP with the date and number of kids participating by calling 617-533-2242 or email at [email protected] hunt for toy filled plastic to children ages 12 and Sponsors: Polished, Fenway Printers, BMC HealthNet, eggs scattered across the under and will be held Neighborhood Health Plan fields at DCR Pope John rain or shine. It starts Paul II Park. This hunt promptly at 10 a.m. near is sponsored by DCR and the tennis courts in the Phillips Candy House. center of the park.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

to our neighbors and Céad Míle Fáilte to the World Irish Dancing Championships

Hynes Convention Center March 24-31, 2013

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