Dorchester Reporter “The News and Values Around the Neighborhood” Volume 37 Issue 6 Thursday, February 6, 2020 50¢ UCLA dean ‘rises to top’ as UMass Boston chancellor pick BY CHRIS LISINSKI voted unanimously to recom- Norm Peters, the search com- commonwealth that depend on STATE HOUSE mend Suarez-Orozco as the mittee’s chair, said Suarez- UMass,” committee member NEWS SERVICE best fit for the job, describing Orozco was the only candidate and former state Rep. Jef- A search committee last him as a top-tier candidate who “truly rises to the top.” frey Sanchez said during the week named Marcelo Suarez- who is dedicated to the school’s He added: “This candidate meeting. Orozco, a dean at the Univer- urban mission. reflects a new day for UMass Suarez-Orozco participated sity of California Los Angeles, Four potential finalists had Boston and I feel wholeheart- in a campus visit at UMass as its lone finalist for the been in the running, but three edly that he will be a trans- Boston on Friday, where he University of Massachusetts of them — including interim formational figure that can met faculty, staff, and other Boston chancellorship after chancellor Katherine New- connect with every student, community members. UMass months of searching and man — took themselves out and not only every student, but President Marty Meehan now interviews with 11 potential of contention over the previ- Marcelo Suarez-Orozco with the dreams of every child must make a recommenda- candidates. ous weekend, according to “Dedicated to the school’s that looks like a lot of people tion to the system’s Board of The 21-member committee the UMass president’s office. urban mission” in this city and throughout the (Continued on page 11) Bayside developer credits community for help on project BY KATIE TROJANO REPORTER STAFF Savin Hill Saying that the direction for the rehabilitation of the parking former Bayside Expo site has been guided in part by meetings last fall with four limits set Dorchester civic groups, the Resident parking restric- co-founder and CEO of Ac- tions will begin this month on cordia Partners, which will select streets in Savin Hill’s be redeveloping the site, told “Over the Bridge” section. The members of the Columbia- new program follows a Boston Savin Hill Civic Association Transportation Department on Monday night that his (BTD) review and two city- Meeting attendees gathered for a look at the mock-up of plans for space at Franklin Park. team and its consultants sponsored community engage- Katie Trojano photo now understand better what ment meetings last year. neighbors have in mind for the Restrictions will be imple- 20-acre waterfront site. mented Monday through Fri- “We wanted to spend a day from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Franklin Park master plan decent amount of time just Savin Hill Avenue, Grampian listening, hearing what people Way, Southview Street, Evan- thought about the site and dale Terrace, Wave Avenue, meeting attracts a full house some of its challenges,” said and Hubbartson Road. Visi- Richard Galvin. “I thought the tor parking will be dispersed BY KATIE TROJANO Boston’s Parks and Recreation Department is charrettes were very helpful throughout the area and REPORTER STAFF spearheading the master planning process, and we got all kinds of differ- private ways are not eligible More than 100 people packed into the Devine which is expected to last about 18 months. ent views for uses. For us, it for signage. Memorial Golf Clubhouse at Franklin Park last The city will partner with a large team of has started to evolve into this Once the new signage is Thursday evening for the launch of a city-led landscape architects, planners, ecologists, and compilation of parks and open installed, a two-week grace master planning effort aimed at creating a community engagement experts to gather input spaces where things might period will be granted before vision for Boston’s largest public space. during a community-driven process. go, etc. … We kind of started BTD begins issuing tickets. After the sale of the Winthrop Square garage, The goal, they say, is to understand previ- to hitch our wagon to some For more information visit: Mayor Martin Walsh last year committed $28 ous planning efforts, home in on what is and development themes.” boston.gov/transportation/ million to the revitalization of Franklin Park. In isn’t working in the park, and look at the best Noting that the Accordia resident-parking-permits. preparation for this new round of investment, (Continued on page 5) (Continued on page 16) – KATIE TROJANO Opening of eatery in Fields Corner rooted in ‘divine’ pact, says owner BY DANIEL SHEEHAN “This may seem bizarre,” he said, “but I’m so REPORTER STAFF glad I went to prison. If it was not for that, where Anthony Caldwell has been stabbed five times, would I be?” shot once, and pronounced dead twice. He has been Born and raised in Dorchester, Caldwell often incarcerated multiple times, the last of which was found himself on the streets and selling drugs for a four-year stretch in prison. a living from the age of 13. But while in prison in All contents In an interview with the Reporter last week, the 2004, he learned how to cook and discovered in 51-year-old Caldwell spoke frankly about his current himself a passion for the culinary arts. © 2020 reality: “I shouldn’t be here,” he said. “I saw this chopped parsley sprinkled on a plate and Boston But in spite of those experiences – and perhaps I freaked out,” he recalled. “I couldn’t believe how because of them, he noted – Caldwell was days away just one thing could change the whole plate.” Neighborhood from realizing his dream as owner and executive (Continued on page 15) News, chef of his own restaurant: 50 Kitchen, a Southern American/Asian fusion eatery on Dorchester Avenue Anthony Caldwell at the front steps of his Inc. in the heart of Fields Corner. dream. Dan Sheehan photo Page 2 THE REPORTER February 6, 2020 dotnews.com DOT BY THE DAY A UMass Boston student Police & Courts Man arrested after Feb. 8 - 29, 2020 has coronavirus, says DPH; car-jacking, assault A snapshot look at key upcoming events in and near Franklin Field – A around the neighborhood for your weekly planner. just back from China visit Lawrence man is facing a litany of charges, after use alcohol-based hand Saturday (8th) — High school students from BY REPORTER STAFF he and two accomplices Coronavirus update is sanitizers, avoid touch- across Massachusetts will go head-to-head in a battle The state Department who remain at large re- focus of Beacon Hill ing one’s eyes, nose of the brains on the season premiere of High School of Public Health (DPH) portedly went on crime meeting. Page 13 and mouth, avoid close Quiz Show, WGBH’s televised academic tournament, and UMass Boston re- spree over several blocks contact with sick people, at 6p.m. on WGBH 2. The bracket includes last year’s ported on Saturday that reported that as of Jan. near Franklin Field in and don’t share eating defending champion, Boston Latin School. a student at the universi- 25, the state has seen Dorchester on Sunday utensils, water bottles, • Geiger Gibson Community Health Center offers ty who recently returned 4,000 “laboratory con- night. Boston Police gave e-cigarettes and makeup free dental services to children ages 1-17 during from Wuhan, China, is firmed” cases of the flu the following account of with others. the Give Kids A Smile event from 8 a.m. - 12 p.m. the first Massachusetts this season, which is only what happened: Newman added that by appointment only and will include dental ex- resident to be diagnosed a small fraction of the Edward Delossantos, anybody who goes to and ams, cleanings, fluoride treatments, and sealants. with the coronavirus. likely total cases since 41, and two other men returns from an affected Parents and caregivers should call 617-288-1140 The DPH reported that most people who show up accosted a man who was area should immediately and say they would like to make an appointment the student, a man in at their doctor or ER with about to enter his SUV contact a doctor should during Give Kids A Smile. Geiger Gibson is located his 20s, came back from flu-like symptoms do not near Arbutus Street and they develop respira- at 250 Mount Vernon St., Dorchester and is part of Wuhan and, after feeling have lab testing done to Irma Road around 8:30 tory symptoms or a fever Harbor Health. ill, immediately con- confirm their cases. p.m. The men demanded within 14 days of their Sunday (16th) – Dorchester Historical Society tacted a doctor. He “has In a memo to the money from the victim return. hosts 2 p.m. program “All About Chocolate: Local been isolated since that UMass Boston commu- at gunpoint, then pistol- “I want to remind ev- History, Global Perspective and a Sampling” at the time and will continue nity, interim Chancellor whipped and stabbed eryone that all members William Clapp House, 195 Boston St., Dorchester. to remain isolated until Katherine Newman said him. The victim stated of our community are Gain insights on the Dorchester connection to the cleared by public health that because the new he attempted to flee the valued and respected,” industry and sample two different chocolates. The officials,” the agency said strain of the coronavirus back seat of the vehicle, said Newman. On occa- guest speaker will be Victoria Kichuk, owner/founder in a statement.