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Dorchester Reporter “The News and Values Around the Neighborhood” Volume 33 Issue 18 Thursday, April 30, 2015 50¢ Boston 2024 gets more feedback at Roxbury meeting; new details emerge By Lauren Dezenski reporter staff The city of Boston’s fourth public meeting on the 2024 Summer Olympic Games took a familiar turn on Tuesday night in Roxbury as the four-hour forum grew testy. A few new pieces of information did materialize over the sometimes tense assembly. Plans for a one-day equestrian event to be staged at the Franklin Park Golf Course would only utilize spaces off the course’s fairways, a change made after a March meeting between Boston 2024 and Franklin Park advocates. Boston 2024 CEO Rich Davey also added that in response to the meeting with the advocates, a number of private nonprofits had stepped forward to say they will provide maintenance for a proposed Olympic swimming pool that would be available for PLAY BALL! — Baseball season is public use after the Games. officially underway in Dorchester. Governor Charlie Baker (inset) Davey also introduced another benchmark for the donned a Cedar Grove Baseball Olympics timeline: “Sometime this summer,” he jersey and threw out the first said, “Boston 2024 will release an updated venue pitch at the league’s opening plan for the public to scrutinize.” Davey added that ceremony on Saturday at Victory community meetings such as Tuesday night’s would Road Park. Cedar Grove saluted help to inform that updated plan. neighborhood troops serving (Continued on page 3) abroad and celebrated their new affiliations with the Cal Ripken and Babe Ruth national leagues. Meanwhile, Mayor Martin Walsh, Volunteers rallied above, caught the first pitch at McConnell Park to launch the 2015 Savin Hill Little League season. for clean-ups in Photo above courtesy Isabel Leon/Mayor Walsh’s office. Dot and Mattapan Inset: Photo courtesy Gov. Baker’s office By Lauren Dezenski fied by civic groups as reporter staff those needing the most Neighbors and city attention. officials will team up Those local groups, this weekend and fan out which reached out to across the neighborhood the city with specific in the second of three places to clean up ahead PARTY TIME IN THE TRIANGLE Boston Shines weekends of the weekend, will be aimed at tidying the city focusing on Dorchester’s Polish American Dot’s Polish delis after a particularly dingy public ways and parks, Club flourishes with will face off in winter. including Wainwright “It’s more than just the Park, Four Corners Main new members, events kielbasa cook-off normal trash you’d see Street, Geneva Cliffs, after the winter. We’ve the Orlando Street Tot By Deanna kLiMa-rajcheL By Meggie QuackenBush got some pretty bad situ- Lot, Rockmere Street, speciaL to the reporter speciaL to the reporter ations,” said Department Meaney Playground, The Polish American Citizens Three popular delis from Bos- of Public Works Commis- Rundel Park at Ash- Club is gaining new members and ton’s Polish Triangle neighbor- sioner Michael Dennehy. mont, Florida Street, and energy in recent months as a new hood will face-off this Sunday, “We’re seeing street light Dot Park. generation of members undertake The region’s Polish-Ameri- May 3, for the title of the city’s poles damaged beyond The Department of an overhaul of the club’s facilities can community will gather in best kielbasa during a daylong repair and more. This Public Works has also and image. The club will play a Dorchester for Polish Fest on celebration at the Polish American been on hand to add Sunday. year’s cleanup involves key role in Sunday’s big Polish Citizens Club on Boston Street in more than just a broom a little extra muscle Fest— which will include a trying to to bring back some of the Dorchester. and shovel, more than (Continued on page 5) parade and outdoor celebration culture and traditions of the past,” “We thought it would be some- just elbow grease.” in the Polish Triangle, which said Ruzik. “We recently brought thing special—this is the first time During this week- straddles the Dorchester-South back the Krakowiak Dancers who it’s ever happened,” said Peter end’s Boston Shines in Boston border between Dot Ave practice in our hall and perform Suchicki, president of the Polish Dorchester and Matta- and Boston Street. all throughout New England.” American Congress of Eastern pan, the city will deploy Paul Ruzik, a twelve-year According to Ruzik, the chief Massachusetts and organizer of groups of volunteers, member and marketing director purpose of the club has not the event. aided by shovels and of the Citizens Club, says the changed much since its inception. Suchcicki said the festival is equipment provided by festival is just one way that the “The Club has been around since being held in honor of Polish the city to clean up rejuvenated club is re-connecting Constitution Day to celebrate the 1928, and most of us remember at least 24 pockets of All contents copyright with the neighborhoods. coming here with our parents ratification of Poland’s Constitu- Dorchester and seven © 2015 Boston “In the recent years we’ve been (Continued on page 17) (Continued on page 16) spots in Mattapan identi- Neighborhood News, Inc. Big bank services without big bank fees. 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Friday (1st) – The City’s annual volunteer Spring clean-up event Boston Shines focuses on Mattapan and Dorchester today and tomorrow. Call the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services at 617-635-3485 for more information. Dignitaries, including members of the DotHouse Health board, cut the ribbon at Tuesday’s ceremony to launch a new name and idenitity for the Fields Corner center. Bill Forry photo DotHouse Health “DotHouse” and the new Kennedy took the MBTA and CEO of the Mass celebrated the official identity— rolled out last to Fields Corner to help League of Community dedication of its new fall— seeks to embrace teach young immigrants Health Centers. name and logo with a that and emphasize the how to speak and read Dot House Health CEO ribbon cutting event on health care service and English. Walter Ramos noted Tuesday that featured values that are central “Dorchester is turning that the health center’s former Congressman to the center’s mission. another page,” Kennedy mission includes offering Joseph P. Kennedy as the Kennedy noted that said of the center’s new a range of services— keynote speaker. his involvement at Dot identity. from financial literacy Formerly known as House Health streches Tuesday’s event also to swimming and fitness. Saturday (2nd) – Dorchester observes the the Dorchester House back to the 1970s when included remarks from “We keep you well— 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War today Multi-Service Center, he was a student at Mil- State Senator Linda and that’s what we do with an encampment of the 54th Massachusetts the health center has ton Academy. Sidelined Dorcena Forry and Jim well,” Ramos said. Volunteer Regiment from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. next to long been dubbed the by a football injury, Hunt II, the president the Civil War Monument on Meetinghouse Hill. The names of Dorchester men who died in the war are engraved on the monument which stands in Rev. James K Allen Park, right across the street from Riverway center to get First Parish Dorchester. The 54th Massachusetts Police, Volunteer Regiment was an African-American regiment that fought for the Union during the war. facelift by summer’s end Courts They will talk about the history and accomplish- The lower level of In a statement, Trinity building façade, that ments of the regiment. In addition, they will teach the Riverway shopping said it would concentrate is, a three dimensional, the “manual of arms,” which is the proper way to center at 90 River Street on the outside work. welded wire trellising & Fire hold a rifle and change the position of the weapon in Mattapan, will get a “Workers will clean the system. (using wooden replicas, of course). They will also much-needed facelift to brick and add much Mechanical equipment teach some marching techniques. its aging storefront and larger windows, relocate that now sits in front of Teen shot and • Free jazz concert at the William E. Carter parking area. The prop- and enlarge the doorway, Rite Aid will be relocated wounded on American Legion Post, 1531 Blue Hill Avenue, is set erty owner, Trinity Fi- and add new metal pan- to the roof. Other work River Street 1 - 6 p.m.