Late·night b1usiness plan gets thumbs down f\. 9 ! 0 ...1 «ten !llJ• Communityr: Newspaper Company • www.allstonbrightontab.com FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2006 Vol. 10, No. 28 40 Pages 3 Sections 75¢ PIKE BARRl~R From Brighto:n to Torino? Snowstorm defeats l snow fence Residents say: I told you so EJy Audit! Guha STAFF WRITER "This was a fence put any promises and $200,000 later, a new up as a snow barrier. M snow fence built by the Well, obviously their Turnpike Authority shielding Lincoln Street from the Massa­ engineers didn't know chusetts Turnpike came down in what they were doing. the last snowstorm. Area resi­ dents who had asked for a Too bad they didn't stronger fence in the first place are upset. listen to us to put up 'The fence is a complete fail­ one good fence in the ure," said Allston resident Paul Berkeley, one of many residents first place." who had asked for a stronger Allston resident Paul Berkeley fence when the Turnpike Author­ P·IOTO BY MARK THOMSON ity proposed the new cedar one As her 9-year-old sister Angellca looks on, 7-year-old Arlana Torres sleds down a hill behind St. Columbkllle's School In Brighton on at the plans for the new fence, Monday. The girts enjoyed a day of sleddlng as most rea schools were 1:losed due to the weekend snow storm. last year. 'This was a fence put up I as a snow barrier. Well, obviously Berkeley had called it a poor one­ their engineers didn't know what time solution. they were doing. Too bad they But Mike Swanson, chief engi­ didn't listen to us to put up one neer with the Turnpike Authority, good fence in the first place." had as-.ured them it was not some Residents who wanted a per­ cheap fence but a good strong BC plans for :Brighton camwus cedar \now fence, a safe fence _ manent barrier along the turn­ pike, Qf t lea~! a wall that would that "'1 ll improve the look of Lin­ By Audlti Guha Hous. recently acquired by the institullon in 2004. The master =l1 iruuauve is up for look nice, were disappointed with coln Street aud cut down some of .._ STAFF WRITER will remiiin on the tax rolls and may possibly renewal with an amen ent this year. They the fence proposed by the Turn­ the noise from the Ma<>s. Pike. be used for faculty housing in the future. As concerns of development and Allston's hope to file the amen ent with community pike Authority last July. Looking FENCE, page 5 future mount in the community, Boston Col­ Boston College enrolhnent has not grown support in the fall to include interior renova­ lege unveiled its plans for the college cam­ since l 9t 0, said Tom Keady. VJce president tion and use of these four parcels. pus in two neighborhood meetings last week. at the oltice of governmen1 and communit) These include Archdiocese of Boston SCHOOL Residents are relieved that the college has affairs. properties St. William'~ Hall, the Tribunal capped its enrollment, houses 85 percent of The in' titution has acquired fmrr parcels in building, the cardinal'$ residence and the its undergraduates on-campus and is not Brightotl since it began working on its mas­ planning to build donns in the neighborhood. ter plan with the city in 20CO and renewed it Gardner School Buffalo Soldiers teach students gets pilot status By Amanda Patterson "We want [students] to have some pride in who felt the black soldiers' hair reminded By Audltl Guha Gardner Elementary School on CORRESPONDENT themselves. They don't usually have a them of the mane of the buffalo. Solders STAFF WRITER Athol Street has long awaited A group of Brighton High kids had a chance to hear what their ancestors did," said adopted the name as a badge of honor, ac­ A two-year impasse was bro­ pilot status. chance this week to learn about a part of Bill Verttl!r of Buffalo Soldier Heritage. cording to Bob Gray, a former Marine and ken Wednesday as the Boston State Rep. Michael Moran, African-American history they didn't know The presenters spoke about their own ex­ member of the SouthOO,:Ough-based group. Public Schools and the teachers who is among many champi­ existed before. perience' and the Buffalo Soldiers, black sol­ Reserve Officer Training Corps Senior union reached an agreement on a oning this move, hopes the The students watched a presentation by diers who served in segregated units from the Anny Instructor John Travers organized the three-year proposal regarding school will start operating with its Buffalo Soldier Heritage, a group of history late 1800s through the 1950s when the mili­ event with the help of his students and other pilot schools. pilot status in September. buffs speaking about the unrecognized ac­ tary wruJ desegregated. In Brighton, this is cause for BUFFALO, page 6 complishments of blacks in the military. The n:une came from Native Americans celebration, as the Thomas GARDNER, page 3 E It takes a village Ta~'er pleads ~guilty By Auditl Guha dered to serve the sentence be­ STAFFWRI IR hind bars. After a graffiti spree rnAllston- ;;n addition to paying several Local man makes Brighton last March, T)'son An- thousand dollars in restitution, dree Wells, 26, of BrooklineJ Wi:lls must stay out of Brighton, career out of pleaded guilty last week to van­ pe form 300 hours of community dalism charges, according to a seivice by cleaning graffiti-paint­ lampooning press release from the Suffolk ed buildings in Boston and write County District Attorney's office. a letter of apology to area resi­ Broadway Wells admitted to 24 counts of dents, the release said. As­ ~SEEPAGE15 vandalism Feb. 8, the day of bis Had the case gone to trial, trial for "tagging" 11urnerous area sistant District Attorney buildings and JSinesses in M ~ghan Fitzpatrick would have March2005. pn!Sented evidence and testimo­ Boston Municipal Court Judge ny showing that Wells was re­ sp:>nsible for dozens of acts of Commentary 10 Paul K Leary senwnced Wells to one year in the county House of vandalism committed throughout Correction, with the term sus­ the Allston-Brighton area Community Notes 12 STAFF PHOTO BY MATIHEW HEAlEY pended for a period of three Wells was arrested early morn­ Left td right, Chartle Denison, Nathan Spencer, Michele Costa and Blair Lesser chat with each ing on March 17, 2005, after Crime 4 years. 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