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FREE eam T ormser (W ransit (T The team includes one Transit one Transit The team includes A second new hire will be for a The other four new hires will be The idea behind the new Team “The whole idea is to make “None of the cost-benefits anal Coordinator who will oversee theCoordinator who will direct liaisonoperation and be the municipalitiesother MBTA, the to and regional partners. who will iden- Plannner/Engineer, long- and priorities short-term tify term plans – instituting things like signal priority for buses and other such solutions such as additional bus-only lanes. part of the operations and enforce Team the Transit arm of ment – patrolling the bus lanes and the areas where new things are being tried. is to improve the rider experi ence for those trying to us Public in Boston. In the Transportation tomorrow’s floods doesn’t always floods doesn’t tomorrow’s mean large walls. In fact, she said her focus has been on creating amenities now that could act as flood protection in the future. She listed things such as a waterfront concert amphitheater or new play ing fields. beautifulroom for the River in a rainfall she said. “When way,” becomes very unpredictable, it can be very destructive and we have can do to make more space. We that by creating amenities for the when use can we that community there is no flooding problems, but that also serve as a way to protect needed. from flooding when it’s yses would suggest doing that, but they know they have to do it,” she know we have to continued. “We theif and flooding from protect only way to get a grant is to show bikethe build let’s then results, shoreline,living a have let’s path, create a waterfront amphithe let’s put in playing fields. The atre, let’s - - - Water is something that Water

The Transit Team is a group Team The Transit Wormser comes with some very Wormser lanes, particularly in the stretchthe in particularly lanes, HillForest to Roslindale from (Jamaica Plain) and on the Street Bridge North Washington in Charlestown, which will have a bus lane after construc tion,” he said. “That space from Charlestown to the North End and from Roslindale to JP show up as the first places they’ll be looked at an over looking at…We all analysis of traffic counts, speeds and ridership counts that helped us identify some corridors where busof lot a particularly there are are riders sitting in traffic. We looking to partner with the MBTA to look Team and our new Transit at opportunities here first.” of six new hires, paid for in the budget by the increase in traffic and parking tickets that went into effect on Monday. dor. She said preparing today for dor. climate change is all about man- about all is change climate aging water—both flooding and drought. we have thought about for over four decades.” Charlestownfor ideas interesting and the entire Mystic River corri The Mystic River Watershed The Mystic River Watershed recently Association (MyRWA) received a Barr Foundation grant to address coastal flooding in places like Charlestown. The grant allowed them former director to hire Julie Wormser, of Boston Harbor Association/Boston She is shown here Harbor NOW. talking about ideas for the Mystic River at the Charlestown kick-off on June 14.

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The Mystic River Watershed The Mystic River Watershed On the heels of record-setting has won a Barr MyRWA The City codified a new six-per Chief of Streets Chris Osgood will be looking at plac “We executive director. executive director. Former Harbor advocate hired by MyRWA Former Harbor advocate hired to address coastal flooding in Charlestown change. New ‘Transit Team’ will focus first on North first on North will focus Team’ New ‘Transit Rutherford Avenue Street Bridge, Washington Council (MyRWA) has taking Council (MyRWA) another big step in addressing Charlestownin change sea-level hir and along the Mystic River, ing the former director of the Boston Harbor Association/ Boston Harbor NOW to lead the new focus. flood events in January and March 2018, the Mystic River Watershed announced Association (MyRWA) this week that it is updating its core mission and resources to help municipalities manage the extreme weather associated with climate Foundation grant to update the mission, and has hired Julie Wormser Wormser effort. the up head to made her first public appearance at the Charlestown with MyRWA Lower Mystic kick-off on June 14. “Slowing down climate change is all about managing energy,” said Patrick Herron, MyRWA’s son Transit Team within the Boston Team son Transit Department (BTD) Transportation last week when the City Budget and this week was signed into law, City officials said one of the first ‘hot spots’ for the new team will be in Charlestown. said this week that two immediate corridors that they will look at, in conjunction with the MBTA and regional partners, will be the Street Bridge/ North Washington cor the and corridor Rutherford Jamaicato Roslindale from ridor Plain. Both stretches either have in the bus-only lanes already or, case of Charlestown, have one planned. es in the City for dedicated bus - - PATRIOT-BRIDGE Pg. 8)

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for a campaign stop and fundraiser. In the bottom photo U.S. for a campaign stop and fundraiser. See more photos on page 9. Friends Of The Charlestown Navy Yard. Ryan welcomed the Congressman and their many friends to Charlestown welcomed the Congressman and their many Ryan Congressman during the time thrown for Capuano by State Rep. Dan Ryan. Rep. Rep. Dan Ryan. during the time thrown for Capuano by State Walsh pause for a photo at the Navy Yard Bistro last Thursday, June 28, Thursday, Bistro last pause for a photo at the Navy Yard Walsh In the top photo: Gregg Nolan,

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A wonderful Charlestown teen I wish I could have been with There’s way more hate, vio- way more hate, There’s Feelings aren’t right or wrong.or right aren’t Feelings courage, fortitude, resilience, for terri giveness, and love. There are ble storms. But there are also glo rious, warm and sunny days. As long as we remember our entire spectrum of experiences, there is potential for peace. and I were recently reflecting that a peace movement is a local effort in the service of promot- ing world peace. It struck me as extremely simple. And extreme- Charlestownif What perfect. ly peaceof community a became leaders? Started a peace move ment? The Peace Park is a sym servecan that place, a and bol, as a spark. A place of reflec hope.of remembrance, of tion, Community members forwarded the movement in walking together on Tuesday. you for the celebration. But right getting to I’m in California, now, know my first grandchild, one of the greatest joys of my life. So, off course from where each of us from where each of off course the toward becoming is aiming: that, we can be. Isn’t best person all any of us want? deep down, any of uslence and tragedy than us think wedeserves. Many of but we cancannot survive it all, Challenge keep trying, together. with someone.yourself to connect Find a betterMake a difference. Buthard. something Go for way. time. Realize,do it one step at a big really it’s that remember, or ger than you. Move your body. your body. ger than you. Move Stop deeply. Breathe slowly and it it out. Write and think. Talk down. Ask for help. Give help. Honor those we love and those we have lost by being the kind of person who inspires us. The seren ity prayer applies to us all: “Grant us the serenity to accept the things we cannot change, the courage to change the things we can, and the differencethe know to wisdom (Niebuhr).” Go toward the light. And away from the dark. Stand up and stand tall, but also know how and when to walk away. have them for They just are. We a reason. Thoughts, as long as hurt act on them, don’t we don’t need to allow our anyone. We selves our thoughts and feelings, ourwhen than but remember thoughts are negative and dark, not often for good reason, that’s may feel the whole of us. We lost, or terrified, indignant, angry, while racked with guilt. However, we feel rage, for instance, we still compassion.for capacity the hold Every day as a psychologist, I am strug- patients’ my by humbled gles. And also awed by their great ------etter L 3 3 Dear Editor: 26, the June On Tuesday, my broth When I was thirteen, We may try ways of coping that We It is just so easy to get “into Good parents, mentors, and TOWARD PEACE IN TOWARD THE PEACE PARK Charlestown Coalition led anCharlestown Coalition the renovatedevent rededicating fol- Peace Park in Charlestown, walk anda community lowed by like to high celebration. I would movement forlight such a positive butyouth, Charlestown only not all in this community. er was crushed to death in a accident. gruesome horrifying, I’ve been searching for peace ever since. His death, and tragic life all before it, haunts me still. We’ve lost someone we love. Sometimes ifillness; sometimes violence, to simply because none we’re lucky, Some of us of us live forever. search for peace and struggle to cope for other reasons, too: A thatmistakes loved one in prison, tooconsequences, dire had have too little love, too little money, may have been little time. We victimized by violence, prejudice, abuse, betrayal. It may have hap pened face-to-face, through the grapevine, in texts or on social media. substances,backfire, like using stealing, hiding, or using people. may have to manage fury We toward someone who cheated, lied to, or treated us carelessly. There are myriad ways people dis respect us. Maybe they think they are better than us just because of the home they have, or the shoes they have, or where they’re from, or where their family is from. Maybe they stir up drama about fear out of boredom, jealousy, us may all be guilty We or insecurity. at some point. it” with others. But it doesn’t end well when we do. Sometimes it ends in violence. Sometimes we get in trouble, or fired; lose friends, go to jail. Sometimes fam itOften, off. us write members ily simply ends in bad feelings, mean or humiliating words. It never brings us toward peace. people who are looking out for beenhave Charlestown in kids startto not kids teach and taught conflict with others unnecessar the next part that gets It’s ily. tricky: “If someone starts with you, you’d better finish it, and you’d better finish on top.” But always enter into fairness doesn’t the equation in life. So rather than expect justice, why not refuse to be an agent of injustice? And when someone invites us into the Nogo? to refuse not why gutter, one deserves the power to pull us ------THE CHARLESTOWN PATRIOT-BRIDGE CHARLESTOWN THE Healy.

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I ‘m thinking, wouldn’t it be I ‘m thinking, wouldn’t Two great guys whose devo Two Courting a company that left resident of the D. Coady, Tyler tion to God and man has nevertion to God and man likewavered. Both chaplains Father DanFather Brock, too. chaplain ofthe longtime chief Department the Boston Fire Fathers Patrick Dan these in the sun their day mandatory for Father and Father Chelsea.Soldiers Home in nearby I’ve been seeing much of Lately, his familyhim back here where roots are too. nice to name these two men of the cloth as the co-chief mar shals of next Day Parade. God willing both these guys hang around for should all start think it. We Both of ing positive right now. recently met Day Parade banquet. Bunker Hill tially paid hundreds of millions dollars to the now-ailing General Electric to locate a couple hun its newhigh-paying jobs at dred headquarters. Seattle awash in rising inequality, rising rents, and rising homelessness is a reckless act of aloof and It high-minded political theater. itsrectify Boston will not help growing problem of becoming a domain strictly for the thriving wealthy and creative classes that universities, populate the city’s The companies. and hospitals, city is flush with profound pros perity but is rotting on a spiritu al level in that its famed urban spaces are being walled off from the working class people who make Boston Boston. So if the and status-obsessed duo of Walsh bettera build to want truly Baker Boston, it is time to put an end to the courtship of Amazon. Charlestown Navy Yard dangle millions of dollars of tax incentives in front of Amazon? Because it sure seemed that way and Baker essen when Walsh - - - - - at

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very Jesuit. was kid. Very Irish, very tall and was kid. Very like a mountain of a man when I born at city hospital. He lookedHe hospital. city at born He remembered the day I was never an easy accomplishment. the rank of general, which is served in the U.S. Army reaching of the Greatest Generation and age too. I also knew he was part think they were about the same the same time in when I was living my life in thewhen I was living my South End and Lower Boston City Hospital for decadesBoston City Hospital Brock. He was the chaplain Brock. He was the side of Fatherthe towering presence remember I arlestown, IN to the city’s ranks of econom to the city’s Baker are fighting for when they adding a new corporate patron and Governor like Mayor Walsh omy, what is there to gain from what is there to omy, prestige factor that civic leaders ous, diverse, and thriving econ- ic heavyweights? Is it purely a iticians and economic chieftains. which the city is regarded by pol- It has increased the status withhas increased the It of changes in the global economy. of changes in the global economy. ers has put them at the forefront and comfortability with comput- those whose technical degrees ground for society’s winners, ground for society’s appetites.” own newly-empowered nerdy own newly-empowered nerdy the city, rewiring it to satisfy their rewiring it to the city, … rapidly changing the DNA of and found “tech industry workers Bourdain recently toured Seattle The famed, late traveler Anthony fortunes are tied to Amazon’s. fortunes are tied to Amazon’s. dependence upon which Seattle’s dependence upon which Seattle’s Fighters, and created an unhealthy gave birth to Nirvana and Foo neighborhoods of the vitality thatvitality the of neighborhoods homelessness, sapped historic historic sapped homelessness, with a dramatic increase in areaincrease with a dramatic feet of office space has coincided - - - - JULY 5, 2018 JULY Spice Street and D Street willD Street and Street Spice Drivers coming from the Square before they got there, which cuts down the overall traffic volumes coming into the Square.” be completely rebuilt starting this week. There will be a new drain age system, new sidewalks, new curbing and a newly paved street. Cambridge Street and head ed towards downtown will be encouraged to use the new con nector once it is completed. - A service of WGBH A service

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students in the program next fall. Brockton and Salem. Charlestown, Chelsea Holyoke,Charlestown, Chelsea early college programs are in pathway. The five designated The five pathway. aligned to a particular career or university and are typically college credit at a public college es with an opportunity to earnopportunity with an es bine traditional high school cours- CHS gets state designation as early college program CHS gets state designation Charlestown and Boston commu- Lacey House into the larger has helped to integrate the Zelma models in the industry. of their peers, stand out as role of residents and who, in the view a positive difference in the lives demonstrated their desire to make level of assisted living who havelevel of assisted living each year to individuals at everyeach year to individuals May 23. Excellence Awards Dinner on Excellence Awards at the organization’s annual annual at the organization’s Living Association (Mass-ALA)Living Association by the Massachusetts Assistedby the Massachusetts and Marketing Excellence Award Award Excellence Marketing and was named a recipient of the Saleswas named a recipient Director at Zelma Lacey House,Director at Zelma JULY 5, 2018 JULY - - - - - Mike Capuano

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U.S. Congressman vicar of the Old North Church. Steve Ayres, Julia Gaynor signs up with Michael Capuano staffer Julia Gaynor signs up with Michael Capuano Ben Kauffman on his mailing list. 6 THE CHARLESTOWN PATRIOT-BRIDGE CHARLESTOWN THE RYAN HOSTS FUNDRAISER FOR CAPUANO FOR FUNDRAISER HOSTS RYAN State Rep. Dan Ryan and Congressman Michael State Rep. Dan Ryan Capuano. Mark Deangelis with Ian and Ava (8 months) Urquhart. Mark Deangelis with Ian and Ava - - Audrey (8).

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