- "°"'°Paoe:i Clwlngod Pfesentallon Prof«t Still alive at P0915 Allston mourns fo~ Grille Clinches Journal, Brighton Page8 Geirge,Jfrlth'OffY Messenger A Thin Line on Lifelong resident dies at 66 celebrate BC Boundary 5th anniversary By Chris O'Leary ,. By Bill Kelly Friends, family, and patrons of the Model Cafe mourned and paid tribute last week to a recently de- The headline read, "A Thin Line on BC Boundary," in parted Allston resident. who many described as a model Brighton Messenger Publishing's inaugural issue of the ofcharityandgoodhumor.GeorgeAnthony)66,passed Allston-Brighton Journal, five years ago. The date was away on.July 25, after a bout with cancer. Aug. 4, 1988. The story dealt with Boston College and Anthony,ofl8PomeroySt.,wasbomonAugust23, neighborhood encroachment. 1926. He was the owner of the Model Care, which will The more things change, the more they stay the same, now be run by other members of his family. Friends though: Five years later, the front-page story is still BC and B. c LII ' described him as being an active force irttbe Allston neighborhood encroachment This time, the outcry is over es community, as well as being extremely generous and · a proposed 12,000-seat expansion of Alumni Stadium. I I I concerned with the welfare of others. The situation with BC apparently hasn't changed, and . "On Thanksgiving he would open up his restaurant neither has the fervor with which the Journal continues to Ne"j!hb<n cry 100' 31 &ehool'$porceniec1 panem of deceit quietly and made sure those without <Jinners were approach its coverage of the news, according to BMP The more things change, the more they stay the same: provided for," said Joe Hogan, afriend of the Anthony president and Journal publisher Robert L. Marchione. The Allston-Brighton Journal five years ago (top) family for more than 40 years. ''This was before it was "Providing the community with unbiased reporting of compared to a copy from this year (above). Continued on page 8 . events and issues impacting it, without [playing favorites], .-----------------------====================:=::! is still the fundamental driving forceoftheA/lston-Brighton Journal," said the 43-year-old Marchione, a li felong Brighton resident and businessman with wide-ranging in­ Rosie picture for Salerno terests. "We have always advocated a quality of life and End, disputed political analysts who prosperity of business and continue to taJce on bureaucracy Salerno not taking have attributed her lead in the polls and mismanagement of government without regard for the first-place poll to a lock on traditionally liberal consequences and with the community in mind." constituencies: women, minorities, In fact, it was Marchione's overriding concern for his status for granted homosexuals. "Polls are showing I community which led to his involvement with the Journal. have a breadth of support," Salemo Five years ago, the Allston-Brighton Journal and its parent said. By Ben Phillips body, Nonantum Publications, under fou nding publisher Salemo said women were play­ Tom Crow le)', had folded after an I I -month run- and had ing a larger role in politics, but Rosaria Salemo, the apparent front­ been out of print for six weeks. added that her campaign polls show runner in the race to replace former Enter Robert L. Marchione, who, to hear him telI it, was that equal numbers of men and Mayor Raymond Flynn, cautiously having one of his customary discussions "reviewing a women back her candidacy for smiles when she talks about her first­ bunch of community issues ... [on] what was right and mayor. place ranking in several recent cam­ wrong with Allston-Brighton," when the idea of owning the Although she downplayed the paign polls. community newspaper struck. women's vote during the interview, " It only serves as a shot in the arm," "I stood up, went over to my wife and said, 'The Salemo appeared to make it an is­ the three-term City Councilor-at-large newspaper, that's the answer- the newspaper,"' said sue earlier in the campaign when said during a Journal interview last Marchione. she accused Repuhl ican candidate ROSARIA SALERNO week. "We 're not presuming anything." It proved not only to be the answer for him but for the City Councilor-!lt-large, community. The Allston-Brighton Journal would be But Salemo, 58 and from the South Continued on page 19 mayoral candidate reinvented and Marchione would be able to maJce a differ- t;;::::::;:;;:;=:;;;::;:::;::::::;;::::::;;:::;::;;;=;;::;:;::==:------------- -------------- ence and provide an identity for Allston-Brighton. "Without a community newspaper in Allston-Brighton, Bowman back in action there wouldn't be any community," said Marchione. "What other glue is there? It's just a geography. The paper gener­ School Committee vet running for Council ates a sense of community. Without it, I really think Allston­ community," she said. "We need to revi­ Brighton would suffer more- being just a colony of By Harrison Sheppard Boston." talize the community's involvement and we have to do more to develop leader­ Once under his leadership, Marchione applied his exten­ "I believe very strongly that the ship, particularly young leadership." sive business background and desktop publishing expertise power in this city is in the hands of the Bowman, a nearly life-long Brighton to bring the Journal closer to the 21 st century while never people," District 9 City Council can­ resident, began her political involvement losing sight of the community values integral to the news­ didate Rosina "Kitty" Bowman said in the community first as a mother of two paper. during a recent Journal interview. children who went through the public The same dynamic has allowed the Journal to grow into Bowman, a former Boston School schools and as an alumna of Brighton three newspapers since--:- along with the Allston-Brighton Committee member, said she is run­ High School herself. paper, there are now Journal publications in Boston and ning for the council seat currently held She started with activities such as Brookline. by 10-year incumbent Councilor Brian Little League and the Cub Scouts, and As for the future, Marchione said his main objectives McLaughlin because she wants to en­ then in 1983, when the Winship School . were to be more assertive in the business marketplace and /Ourage the community to take astron­ was placed on a list of potential schools Continued on page 8 '------- ge r role in the governmental process. ·. to be closed, she intensified the level of .. .... 11· OSINA "KITTY" BOWMAN "I think we need to bui ld bridges her involvement. She worked with other andidate for District 9 City Council between the various groups in this INSIDE the Journal Continued on page 10 Mayoral Roundup • Page 2 BC: We do our part· Page 11 Journal to host District 9 forum A-B gets 7 Best of Bostons • Page 12 The Allston-Brighton Journal is planning a forum for District 9 City Council candidates. The forum is scheduled Good eats at Sports Depot• Page 13 for Thursday, Aug. 19, from 8 to I 0 p.m., at the V.F.W. Post 2022, 395 Faneuil St., Brighton. Read the Journal for more details in the coming weeks. --== Page 2 The Journal August 5, 1993 ELECTION '93 Pharmacy Tips Si.gned, sealed- but delivered? by Charles P. Kelly B.S., R.PH. 1O mayorals collect enough signatures for consideration OVER· THE-COUNTER-ADVICE Ten mayoral candidates apparently filed more than add 200 police officers to the force. Salemo said she would The ready-to-wear reading glasses 3,000 signatures with the city Elections Department before help pay for the additional officers by streamlining City found on spin-around displays in the the July 27 deadline, city officials tentatively confinned last Hall. pharmacy may help save the cost of a pair of prescription Friday. But Acting Mayor Thomas Menino reportedly has at­ glasses. Drugstore glasses are intended for those who reach As of last week, three candidates- Acting Mayor tacked Salerno's plan, accusing the councilor of counting middle age and find that it is becoming increasingly difficult Thomas Menino, City Councilor-at-large Rosaria Salemo an apparently defunct state budget provision that would to read newspaper type and small print. In most cases, and Suffolk County Sheriff Robert Rufer- appear to have raise $12 million in taxes from businesses operating on these symptoms are indications of the development of enough certified signatures state-owned land. presbyopia, or "aging eyes." This inevitable form of to be guaranteed a spot on Weld has line-item vetoed the tax that would raise the farsightedness occurs as the eye's lens loses its elasticity. the Sept. 21 preliminary $12 million, Menino said. The reading glasses found in the pharmacy consist of Afayoral ballot, officials said. Over the weekend, Menino also announced that the city magnifying lenses that help bring newprint back into focus. Elections Department would donate $5 million- and attempt to raise an addi­ They Will not correct blurred vision caused by conditions Roundup officials stressed the fig­ tional $36 million from public and private sources- to other than presbyopia. Available in several optical powers, ures remain unofficial. Cur­ renovate the city's health clinics. they are worth trying on to judge their ability to help middle­ rently, officials are going aged eyes. over each candidate's nomination petitions to certify signa­ Lydon back on TV- in campaign ads Hint: Only prescription glasses can deliver a different lens power for tures, making sure the signatures belong to registered voters Journalist Christopher Lydon opened a new front in the each eye for those who need them. and appear on no other candidate's petition.