MAXFIELD & COMPANY May you have peace (617) 293-8003 and good health in 2021 JAMAICA PLAIN COVID-19 UPDATE, PAGE 10 Vol. 29 No. 24 24 Pages • Free Delivery 25 Cents at Stores Jamaica Plain Printed on Recycled Paper AZETTE 617-524-2626 G JANUARY 8, 2021 WWW.JAMAICAPLAINGAZETTE.COM Walsh announces City will remain in Step Two, Phase Two of reopening plan BY LAUREN BENNETT The current community positiv- ity rate is 8.8 percent, which he Mayor Marty Walsh an- said was up from last week. nounced on Tuesday that Boston Walsh called the rise in cases will remain in Step Two, Phase “concerning,” adding that hos- Two of the state’s reopening pro- pital rates are also rising. He cess for “at least another three said that 93 percent of non-surge weeks,” until Jan. 27. adult ICU beds in the city are Walsh said that as of Monday, currently occupied, which is the Boston had 431 new confirmed “highest we’ve seen in quite some cases of COVID-19 and two more people had died from the virus. Continued on page 2 Using Atlascope, the Leventhal Map & Education Center’s user-friendly portal for exploring Boston permanecerá en el Paso Dos, urban atlases, users are able to see 200-year-old maps overlaid with modern ones in real time. Shown above, we can see that the modern day Arnold Arboretum used to be the President Fase Dos hasta el 27 de enero and Fellows of Harvard College. BY LAUREN BENNETT murieron a causa del virus. La tasa de positividad de la comuni- BPL’s Jamaica Plain by Map event set for Jan. 14 El alcalde Marty Walsh dad es el 8.8 por ciento, más que anunció el martes que Boston la semana pasada. BY LAUREN BENNETT the Jamaica Plain neighborhood has changed over the years, as via the BPL’s Atlasope program. well as highlight the Leventhal permanecerá en el Paso Dos, Fase Walsh dijo que el aumento era preocupante y que los hospitales The Boston Public Library Called Jamaica Plain by the Map, Map & Education Center’s Atla- Dos del proceso de reapertura del están llegando a sus límites. El (BPL)’s Leventhal Map & Edu- the event will provide a brief geo- scope tool and how the public can estado hasta el 27 de enero como 93 por ciento de las camas de cation Center is holding a free, graphical history of the neighbor- use it. mínimo. cuidado intensivo para adultos virtual event where residents hood from the late 19th and early El lunes, Boston tuvo 431 can learn about the history of 20th centuries and show how it Continued on page 2 nuevos casos confirmados de COVID-19 y dos personas más Continued on page 2 Walsh creates Office of Police Accountability and Transparency Irvienne Goldson, BY LAUREN BENNETT Residents will be able to go to orders 30 days after the Task longtime ABCD this office with complaints about Force released their recom- Mayor Marty Walsh on Mon- the Boston Police Department, mendations to create Boston’s health advocate, dies day signed an ordinance to create where they will be investigated. first-ever Civilian Review Board, the Office of Police Accountability The office “also creates the over- a 9-member board that will be BY JOHN LYNDS and Transparency (OPAT), which arching Office of Police Account- made up of community members will bring together the Internal ability and Transparency (OPAT) nominated by the City Council Friends, family and colleagues Affairs Oversight Panel and the Commission, which collectively and the Mayor’s Office, and to of Irvienne Goldson said to know new nine-member Civilian Re- holds subpoena power for the reconstitute the existing CO-OP her was to love her. Sadily, Ms. Goldson, who served view Board, and establish “a sin- OPAT, Civilian Review Board, as a stronger Internal Affairs Irvienne Goldson. gle point of public access to a new and Internal Affairs Oversight Oversight Panel that will have as deputy director of Action for standard in police accountability Panel,” according to the City. the power to review all completed Boston Community Development 1992 as manager of education and community oversight…” ac- “To act swiftly and enact the Internal Affairs cases,” the City (ABCD) Health Services, died and training and rose to become cording to the city. recommendations, Mayor Walsh suddenly last week. Continued on page 3 previously signed two executive Continued on page 4 Ms. Goldson joined ABCD in 2 • JAMAICA PLAIN GAZETTE • JANUARY 8, 2021 After building the Atlascope which can be viewed on YouTube to learn more about this history map that will be shown during JP by Map tool a little over a year ago, the or Facebook. of it and the surrounding area. the event. “When it was above Leventhal Map & Education Mead said that an introduc- “It’s really fun,” she said. ground it used to flood all the Continued from page 1 Center “just wanted to give peo- tion to the neighborhood is given Though the event is virtual be- time,” she added. The Gazette spoke with Rachel ple hands-on experience with it and people are shown how to use cause of the pandemic, and it can The event, which is co-spon- Mead, Public Engagement & In- and kind of personalize it so it the Atlascope tool (which can be be “exhausting for people to look was relevant to people who live found at https://atlascope.leven- at their computers all day,” Mead terpretation Coordinator at the sored by the Jamaica Plain His- in the specific neighborhoods,” thalmap.org), and then a neigh- said she hopes that these events Norman B. Leventhal Map & torical Society, will take place Mead said. “We wanted to make borhood-specific “historical ge- are “something actually worth Education Center, to learn more virtually on January 14 from it more fun and more interactive ography talk” will be given and burning your eyes out for.” about the event. by bringing it into the branches people an ask questions about Mead also said that something 7-8pm on the Leventhal Map Mead said she has done sev- instead of having more general specific addresses or any other to look out for in next week’s Center’s YouTube and Facebook eral of these neighborhood his- talks about it.” things they might want to learn event is the placing of Stony pages. The event is free, but reg- torical events at different BPL Though residents will not be more about. Brook in a culvert, which, ac- istration can be done by using branches across the city, and the able to speak during the event, Mead said that at past events, cording to the Environmental this link: https://www.eventbrite. upcoming JP one is the last one they can write comments and residents will ask about their Protection Agency, took place in she has scheduled, and about the questions in the chat for staff to own home address or another the late 1800s and early 1900s, com/e/jamaica-plain-by-map- seventh one overall. respond to live on the stream, significant address in their life and can be seen happening in the tickets-130323748841. to adequately care for patients. on December 26 also still ap- “If metrics get worse we low the public health guidelines,” Phase 2 Step 2 Boston will now remain in ply, the mayor said. Under these might have to implement further Walsh said. this phase until Jan. 27, after rules, office space can remain restrictions,” Walsh said. He also said that everyone Continued from page 1 which the public health data will open at 25 percent capacity, in- He also talked about safe din- should be getting tested for the said that 93 percent of non-surge be reevaluated. The restrictions door dining can remain open at ing and thanked Boston’s restau- virus, as the state has more than adult ICU beds in the city are include a 10 person limit on in- 25 percent capacity with a 90 rants “for following the safety 30 testing sites. “We’re asking currently occupied, which is the door gatherings and a 25 person minute time limit, and places of protocols,” but added that “we you to make it a New Year’s res- “highest we’ve seen in quite some limit on outdoor gatherings, both worship can remain open at 25 need patrons to do their part” to olution,” he said. time.” in public and private spaces. percent capacity. Bar seating is help protect restaurant workers Walsh also said that he will Walsh said that “this is one Activities and businesses to not allowed in Boston without as well as each other. be delivering his annual State of of the most serious points in remain closed include gyms, in- written permission from the Li- He said that “too many peo- the City address next week, but the pandemic so far,” and if the door fitness centers, museums, censing Board, Walsh said. For ple are going out to dinner with this year it will be “completely positive cases do not go down, aquariums, and indoor gaming the complete list of restrictions, people outside of their bubble,” virtual.” The event will be on “we will need to look at more and arcades, among others. One visit boston.gov/reopening. and said that people should not Jan.12 at 7:30pm, and will be restrictions.” on one training sessions may Walsh reiterated that these “table hop” if they see someone livestreamed on boston.gov, as Walsh originally announced continue, Walsh said, and indoor restrictions are “not about tar- they know in a restaurant.