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FEBRUARY 28, 2019

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WARD 5 DEMOCRAT MEETING

Freedom Rally scaled back to one day in Sept.

for 2019 will ensure that the park

By Dan Murphy

is protected from sustained damage and the City can properly monitor permit conditions,” Cook wrote to MassCann.
In the aftermath of the considerable toll that the 29th annual Boston Freedom Rally took on the Boston Common, Parks and Recreation Commissioner Chris Cook has notified organizers that the event must be scaled back to one day from three when it returns this fall and cited them for several permit violations from last September.
Cook also informed MassCann that it was in violation of eight serious permit violations, including its responsibility of removing trash generated by event attendees, and to clean up litter in and around the site boundaries. “Your event completely failed to comply with this condition and left a voluminous, widespread and unacceptable accumulation of trash and litter on the Common,” Cook wrote.
Over the weekend of Sept. 14 to
16 of last year, an estimated crowd of between 15,000 and 20,000 was on hand for the event formerly known as “Hempfest.” Compared with previous years, city officials said the event caused an unprecedented amount of and disruption to the Common, with reports of
The event, sponsored by

  • MassCann
  • (Massachusetts

State Sen. Will Brownsberge r , R ep. Chynah Tyler and City Councilor Ed Flynn spoke about their agen- das for the upcoming year at the February meeting of the Boston Ward 5 Democrats.   Pictured is Sen. Brownsberger with some Ward 5 members at the meeting.   From left to right are:   Molly Hitt,   Carol Krupa,, Bob Binne y , K athy Judge, Kenzie Bok, Sen. Brownsberge r , S uzanne Comtois, Diane Barr y , Coleman Lynds, Sharon Durkan, and Enid Pope.

Cannabis Reform Coalition), the state affiliate of NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws) to promote cannabis advocacy, will be permitted Saturday, Sept. 20, from noon to 8 p.m., while set-up time for organizers and vendors will be allowed on Friday, Sept. 19, from noon to 5 p.m. and takedown on Sunday, Sept. 21, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Chair Taylor announces exit from BHAC

enormously from a very competent replacing two missing granite bol-

By Dan Murphy

staff [during my tenure],” he said. lards at the east and west corners “I think it’s time for someone else of the barn and repairing masonry to do what I’ve been doing for a at the barn’s rear elevation, among
Chairman Kenneth Taylor announced his resignation from the Beacon Hill Architectural Commission (BHAC) effective immediately during its monthly hearing on Thursday, Feb. 21, at City Hall.
Taylor, who will be relocating to New York with his wife, joined the commission in 2004 and was named its chair in 2015.

(RAlly Pg. 4)

“Limiting the event to one day while.”
In regard to a violation for the other modifications.
Also, the commission voted

BHWF to host its first Members Art Show set for March 12

By Amy Tsurumi

American Meteorological Society’s unanimously for a continuance on headquarters at 45 Beacon St., the a violation for 8 Joy St.; proposed commission voted 3-1 for a con- work includes replacing 16 wood tinuance on the proposed work, and widows and 14 window caswhich includes reconfiguring the ings in-kind at the front façade and door at the rear elevation of the side elevation, as well as repairing Carriage barn, installing an asphalt
Beacon Hill Women’s Forum
(BHFW) will host its first art show, “Indulging Our Eclectic Tastes: Members Art Show” on Tuesday, March 12, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Hampshire House. Diane McManus Jensen, director of Jensen Fine Arts, will facilitate the session and give her talk, “The Art of Collecting Begins with the Artist’s Inspiration.” Several professional and amateur

(BHAC Pg. 4)

berm at the rear wall of the barn,
“The commission has benefited

Beacon Hill Civic Association
Community Corner

BHCA Planning & Oversight Committee

located between Temple Street and Ridgeway
The BHCA Planning & Oversight Committee Lane, a project which is now well underway. focuses on long- range planning issues that face At over 175,000 square feet of new residential our Beacon Hill historic neighborhood. An luxury condominium space, the Temple Street example of this was the residential redevelopment Project was one the largest development projects of the former Suffolk University academic build- ever to take place within the Beacon Hill Historic ings, the Archer and Donahue Buildings, both District. At the time, the P&O Committee created a Temple Street Project Subcommittee

Diane McManus Jensen, direc- tor of Jensen Fine Arts.

local artists will showcase their work, ranging in mediums from paintings to photography, garment making, wood-block print-

that worked with neighborhood residents and solicited their input concerning the project. The subcommittee members also had leading roles on the City’s Impact Advisory Group or IAG, offering detailed comments to the City’s then Boston Redevelopment Authority concerning the project, and offered comments on the project to the Boston Zoning and Licensing Commission Board

individual and corporate collecing and pottery. Among them

tors, foundations, museums, galwill be Susan Symonds, owner of

leries and estates. She encourages
Infinity Portrait Design on Beacon

her clients to explore their unique
Street, whose portrait series titled

interests and facilitates the pro-
“Of Healers and Visionaries”

cess of collecting art that mirhas captured the interest of the

rors their values and lifestyle. In

  • Smithsonian Institute.
  • Jensen

her book, “The Art of Collecting,

an Intimate Tour Inside Private Art Collections, with Advice on Starting Your Own,” she shares

of Appeal. The subcommittee also provided comments concerning the Temple Street Project during the Beacon Hill Architectural Commission

will explore the inspiration that prompted the artists’ to create their work.
A renowned art dealer and advisor with over thirty years of experience, Jensen’s clients include

(BHCA Pg. 4)

Keeta Gilmore and Bruce Kiernan, Co-Chairs

(BHWF Pg. 4)

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MASSACHUSETTS GREENWORKS
IS AN INVESTMENT IN OUR PRESENT -- AND FUTURE

The announcement last week by House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo that the state will be investing $1 billion over the next decade to help communities across Massachusetts adopt technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fortify infrastructure is welcome news to everyone who realizes that time is running out if we are to offset the inevitable effects of climate change that already are taking place all around us.
The proposal – known as GreenWorks – builds on a long-standing approach by the House under Speaker DeLeo’s leadership to provide the means for our cities and towns (especially along the coast) to build sustainable and resilient communities that hopefully will prepare us for the impending threats posed by rising sea levels and catastrophic weather events.
Environmental groups and clean-energy businesses across the state have praised the plan. The $1 billion investment envisioned by the GreenWorks proposal not only will provide cities and towns with the ability to cut greenhouse gases and lower their long-term energy and operating costs, but it also will adopt Massachusetts-made innovative technologies that will put people to work on clean-tech infrastructure projects.

Speaker DeLeo announces GreenWorks Resilient Communities Investment program

These competitive grants, to be administered by the governor’s Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs, will provide funding for a wide array of projects, including energy-efficient buildings, solar, microgrids, energy storage, electric vehicle charging stations, and resiliency infrastructure.
Inasmuch as the GreenWorks plan presents an opportunity to pursue innovative approaches to funding clean energy and climate-change resiliency projects, the economic and environmental benefits of GreenWorks grants will be felt immediately, while also expanding the state’s commitment to embracing cost-effective investments in leading-edge clean technologies.
In our view, the GreenWorks program represents a timely part of the overall solution that is essential if we are to address the imperatives we face from the looming catastrophe of climate change. We applaud Speaker DeLeo for taking the lead in advancing a plan that acknowledges this reality and the need to deal with it immediately.
House Speaker Robert A.
DeLeo announced a new initiative to invest $1 billion over the next 10 years to help communities across Massachusetts adopt technologies – including clean energy, energy efficiency, and climate change resiliency measures – that cut greenhouse gas emissions, fortify infrastructure and reduce municipal costs. ient economy," said Northeast Clean Energy Council President Peter Rothstein. "Creative steps towards addressing climate change need to be taken now, and the legislation announced today will allow Massachusetts communities to invest in and deploy the latest innovations in clean energy. The timely economic and environmental benefits of GreenWorks grants will be felt immediately, while also expanding the Commonwealth's market signals over the next decade, embracing cost-effective investments in leading edge clean technologies." resents an exciting opportunity to pursue innovative approaches to funding clean energy, energy efficiency, and climate change resiliency projects that will make a real impact in cities and towns across the Commonwealth,” said Rep. Thomas A. Golden, Jr. (D-Lowell), Chair of the Joint Committee on Telecommunications, Utilities, and Energy. “I applaud the Speaker’s strong commitment to advancing Massachusetts towards a clean energy future, and I look forward to productive conversations in the House.”

  • The proposal
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  • known

as GreenWorks – builds on a long-standing House approach providing concrete tools directly to communities with an immediate impact.
“This long-term investment will help Massachusetts cities and Greentown Labs Global Center DeLeo's announcement.
Speaker DeLeo unveiled the legislation during a visit to the
"ELM welcomes Speaker
The towns build sustainable and resil- for Cleantech Innovation. Located Commonwealth has so much to ient communities,” said Speaker in Somerville, Greentown Labs gain from proactively investing in DeLeo, (D – Winthrop). “Not is the largest cleantech business resiliency and sustainability – and only will cities and towns have incubator in the United States. so much to lose from inertia,” the ability to cut greenhouse Since its founding in 2011, it has said Environmental League of gases and lower long-term ener- graduated more than 170 compa- Massachusetts President Elizabeth gy and operating costs, but they nies with more than 86 percent of Henry. “We look forward to

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will adopt Massachusetts-made them still in operation. innovative technologies and put “Greentown Labs’ mission is Legislature to craft an effective people to work on cleantech infra- to support cleantech startups and program." structure projects.” help get their technologies to mar- “Supporting communities –
These competitive grants are ket,” said Emily Reichert, CEO of large and small – to reduce carbon for cities and towns to fund proj- GreenTown Labs. “We’re excited emissions though energy efficienects including, but not limited to to learn of Speaker DeLeo's new cy and clean energy initiatives energy efficient buildings, solar, GreenWorks plan and eager to is a smart and powerful solumicrogrids, energy storage, elec- see the positive impact it will tion,” said Sue Coakley, Executive tric vehicle charging stations, or make on deploying cleantech and Director of Northeast Energy resiliency infrastructure. Under clean energy solutions across the Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP). working with the Speaker and the

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Attention to DetAil

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Real Estate Transfers

THIS WEEK'S ANSWER

BUYER 1

BACK BAY

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  • Kelsey, Peter B
  • Ryan, James P
  • 119 Beacon St #2
  • $1,700,000

$1,300,000 $5,600,000 $885,000 $691,500

  • Attardo, Loretta T
  • Daoust, Philip R
  • 324-332 Beacon St #166

220 Boylston St #1107 75 Clarendon St #306 265-275 Dartmouth St #6L 282 Newbury St #19

  • Mooney, James F
  • Mooney, James F

Anne E Bray T 2004 PerezEspego-Cardenas, M Krims, Laura J
Courage, Martin W 271 Dartmouth Street LLC

  • Weisman, Jonathan A
  • $610,000

BEACON HILL

  • Mathey-Prevot, Bernard
  • Korthals, Charles A
  • 142 Chestnut St #2
  • $1,475,000

SOUTH END/BAY VILLAGE/KENMORE

Wurzbacher, Owern Curtin, James J Reed, Austin

  • Brown, Kevin
  • 290 Columbus Ave #1

8 Garrison St #102 59 Warren Ave #3 1350 Boylston St
$865,000
Zussman, David T Wittner, Yannick SKPR 1350 Boylston LP Mellios, Pia
$684,000 $1,375,000

  • $150,025,000
  • KHarlo At Boylston Resdncs

Zheng, Congwei 271 Dartmouth Street LLC Lei, Tao
466 Commonwealth Ave #807 $417,180
PerezEspego-Cardenas, M Tiongson, Jansen Maltz, Elliot
265-275 Dartmouth St #6L 356 Marlborough St #4 16 Miner St #308
$691,500 $1,180,000 $875,000 $585,000 $432,500 $429,000 $1,090,000 $2,030,000 $735,000 $1,375,000 $1,460,000 $1,150,000
Jeffrey J Lobo LT Ferzoco, Caroline A Brandt, Stephanie Xu, Cong

The windows and flower boxes in the last clue are on 21 Branch
Street which was part of 58 Beacon Street serving as a barn with coachman’s living quarters above. In 1946 the property was divided and this building gained a Branch Street address. Today it is a single family home.

66 Queensbury LLC Murphy, John M Fortunato, Anthony J Finkelstein, Harriet Fayne, Mark
66 Queensberry St #219 12 Stoneholm St #429 12 Stoneholm St #527 590 Tremont St #1

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  • 30 Union Park St #503

  • 81 Waltham St #4
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Wittner, Yannick Abbruzzese, Alexandra C Saad, Sammy J

  • Reed, Austin
  • 59 Warren Ave #3

THIS WEEK'S CLUE

Zachazewski, James Gucum, Nilufer
313 Washington St #232 43 Westland Ave #211

WATERFRONT/DOWNTOWN

  • Carole S Sureau T
  • Strik, Nathan J
  • 1 Avery St #19B
  • $2,800,000

$2,990,000 $182,100

  • Huang, Xiaoyu
  • Musto, Michael J

Boulevard Broad St LLC
2 Battery Wharf #3405

  • 110 Broad St #201
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RAlly (from pg. 1)

Central Library offers exercise class to maintain mobility and prevent disease

attendees driving their cars onto year’s three-day event,” Vizza said the park, camping out there over- in a statement. “ A larger coalition night and leaving behind moun- ofvoices, inadditiontotheFriends, tains of trash in their wake, includ- representing over 55,000 people ing cooking oil, cardboard boxes from all of the communities who and discarded syringes allegedly consider the Common their neighfound among the debris. The event borhood park, as well as schools was discussed at a City Council and organizations serving Boston’s hearing on Nov. 14, 2018, when children and youth who regularly representatives from the Boston use the Common, spoke out about Police Department and Liz Vizza, the scale of the event, the resulting executive director of the Friends trash, the tents, and the condition of the Public Garden, were among they left the park. This is not those who testified to its adverse about free speech, and this is not
A special exercise class will be mobility, improve cognition, and has pioneered several communiheld on Tuesday, March 19. from help stave off chronic disease. He ty-based exercise and nutritional 3 - 4 p.m. at the Central Library in will also present the results of his counseling programs in Greater Copley Square, Commonwealth study of a structured exercise pro- Boston, including the award-winSalon, McKim Building, 700 gram that improved the mobility ning Fit-4-Life program.

  • Boylston Street, Boston, MA and cognition of participants in
  • This program is presented

02116
Tufts University’s Kieran Reid a community-based organization. in partnership with the Boston
Dr. Reid is an Assistant Public Library. Please call Beacon will present the latest evidence Professor at Tufts University and a Hill Village for more information on the role physical activity plays Scientist at the Nutrition, Exercise or to register: 617-723-9713.

  • in helping older adults preserve Physiology and Sarcopenia
  • The event is free and open to

  • impact on the park.
  • about marijuana or its legalization

our independence as we age. Dr. Laboratory at the Jean Mayer the public.

Reid will discuss what, specifical- Human Nutrition Research ly, older adults can do to maintain Center on Aging at Tufts. He
“The Friends is pleased that and use. We want everyone to the City and Commissioner Cook enjoy events on the Common, but have made the decision to limit groups need be accountable for the Boston Freedom Rally on the damage and destruction to the Boston Common to one day this City’s central and most intensively September based on the multiple used park.”

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    Pacific Seed Bank Buy Marijuana Seeds For Sale - Pacific Seed Bank Marijuana Seeds https://www.pacificseedbank.com What to Expect at Hempfest [vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] By Lara Johnson As winter days start melting away and the sun starts shining with more warmth and regularity, it can mean only one thing: festival season is right around the corner. You may be thinking of attending your first Hempfest. What can you expect at Hempfest, and what can you do to stay safe and on the right side of the law but still have a killer time? Here's our guide to getting the most out of your first, or tenth, Hempfest experience. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] What is Hempfest? It’s not a stupid question: is Hempfest a political rally, a music festival, an outdoor market to buy cannabis-related merchandise or a place to acquire some delicious munchies from food trucks? The answer: it’s often all of the above. Hempfest started as organized gatherings of pro-marijuana advocates and the events usually feature booths offering information about how to get involved with efforts to legalize marijuana, either locally or nationwide, or information about cannabis issues in general. Expect to see one or four or thirty people gathering signatures for a petition or two. Often, there will be speakers, some of national noteworthiness, doing their best to inspire the crowd to rally for the cause. Most Hempfest gatherings also host live music and perhaps even a belly or fire dancer or two to keep the entertainment lineup varied.[/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image="28498" img_size="full" alignment="center"][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Which Hempfest Should I Attend? There are many Hempfest events in the United States, from the Boston Hempfest held in mid- September (technically the Boston Freedom Rally) to the Hemp Festival in Montrose, Colorado.
  • Feds Push Back at Medical Marijuana

    Feds Push Back at Medical Marijuana

    The Cannabis FREE Newspaper of Record www.WestCoastLeaf.com ISSN 1945-221X • Volume 4 No. 2 Summer 2011 FEDS PUSH BACK AT Reaching for new heights MEDICAL MARIJUANA By Kris Hermes, Americans for Safe Access aimed at local and state officials in at least Oakland City Attorney John Russo asked nine different medical marijuana states: Mendocino the Obama Justice Department In February Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, County’s 2011 whether the federal government Maine, Montana, Rhode Island, Vermont tag-permit would approve a city plan to regulate and Washington. large-scale medical marijuana cultivation. At the same time, a blistering wave of process uses As expected, US Attorney Melinda Haag federal raids in several states seems to con- third-party responded with a declarative, “No!” tradict a 2009 federal policy memo on state inspectors for Little did patient advocates realize then medical marijuana laws. that Haag’s letter signaled the launch of a “Every time there’s a raid, or a threat- compliance barrage of similar US Attorney letters ening letter is sent to an elected official, Story inside. hundreds if not thousands of patients are left wondering where they’re going to get Delaware newest their medication,” said Steph Sherer, Executive Director of Americans for Safe Julia Carrera, who medical use state Access. ASA recently launched its ‘Sick and works as a third- Tired’ campaign to bring attention to the party inspector for By Morgan Fox, Marijuana Policy Project continued harassment, discrimination and the Mendocino Delaware Gov. Jack Markell signed SB 17 County medical stigmatization of patients and to call for a marijuana garden into law May 13, making it legal for state comprehensive federal policy.
  • High Times Announces Winners, Speakers at ‘High Times Female 50’

    High Times Announces Winners, Speakers at ‘High Times Female 50’

    November 6, 2019 High Times Announces Winners, Speakers at ‘High Times Female 50’ Awards Will Honor Influential Women Across the Cannabis Landscape LOS ANGELES, CA, Nov. 06, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- High Times, the most well-known, globally recognized brand in cannabis, today announced the brand’s selected Female 50 honorees, as well as the speakers who will present at the inaugural awards. The awards honor the most influential women across the cannabis landscape, from activists, executives, and scientists, to patients, and politicians. The honorees have been selected by the brand’s editorial leadership from a pool of over 7,500 public nominations. Taking place at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel on November 13, the event will feature special presentations from High Times’ CEO and President, Kraig Fox, as well as several notable female CEOs, entrepreneurs, and activists. A full list of the winners and presenters includes: 2019 Winners Vivien Azer, Managing Director, Cowen & Co Carol Bartz, Chairman at Caliva, Former CEO of Yahoo Jessica Billingsley, Founder and CEO, Akerna Elizabeth Caffrey, Founder, Greenwolf Ophelia Chong, Founder, Asian Cannabis Alliance Hannah Davis, CMO, Mammoth Distro/Heavy Hitters Dr. Uma Dhanabalan, MD. MPH. FAAFP. MRO. Jennifer Dooley, CSO, GTI Charlotte Figi, Namesake, Charlotte's Web Renee Gagnon, CEO, HollyWeed North Cannabis Alison Gordon, CEO, 48north Anjela Gotsulyak, Influencer, Koala Puffs Yvonne DeLaRosa Green, CEO, 99 High Tide Alix Hadley, CEO, C.R.A.F.T. Cannabis Elizabeth Hogan, VP, Brands GCH Inc Lynn
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    Massachusetts Pirate Party Fall/Winter 2015 Quarterly Newsletter Party of the Open In This Issue What is the Pirate Party? Who Are We? Contact Us. Past, Present and Future Campaigns * Massachusetts Legislation *Freedom Rally *Monthly Crypto­Parties *MAAPL Hackathon In the News *First Elected Pirate in the USA *CISA Passes *State Sponsored Terrorism *Public Records Law *TSA Goofs Contact us email: [email protected] call / txt: (617) 863­6277 (MAPP) Website https://masspirates.org/blog/ Facebook twitter @purplebandanna gnusocial Massachusetts Public Records Law Update Massachusetts took a step closer to improving its public records law when the Judiciary Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight reported favorably on H.3665 (An Act to improve public records). The bill next goes to the committee on House Ways and Means and we need your help in making sure it passes. Massachusetts’ public records laws rank 39th and received an F in the Center for Public Integrity’s rankings. As Common Cause notes, this bill would: Allow courts to award attorney’s fees when agencies block access to public information, giving “teeth” to enforcement and promoting compliance with the law and bringing our laws up to the standards of most other states; Make records affordable, with only nominal costs that aren’t large enough to actually inhibit access; Promote electronic distribution of public records, and make more public documents available online; Designate “records access officers” in government agencies, streamlining the access process and reducing bureaucratic complexity by assigning responsibility for answering requests. The ACLU of Massachusetts, Common Cause Massachusetts, MA Newspaper Publishers Association and the New England First Amendment Coalition have done great work advocating for this bill, but we need to help them get this bill passed.