IN ARTS & MORE ~ Community Newspaper Company www.townonline.com/allstonbrighton JULY 21- 27, 1998 Brighton man murdered, police search for clues By Linda Rosencrance The man, Cleveland C. Martin, injuries consistent with a fall. faint pulse when the nurses found to the ho pita! by car and tossed on TAB Staff Writer 34, was found by two nurses in Hospital administrator Steven him. He was pronounced dead at the ground in front of the building Jette Court man was shot to front of the ho pita! at 1515 Levitsky said the nur es, who also 2:30 a.m. As of press time, police by someone who thought he could death and found in front of the Commonwealth Ave., Brighton, at found a knife on the ground near had not made any arrests in this get help there. AVencor Hospital on 2: 13 am., Thursday, July 16. He Martin's body, called a ho pita! ca e. Levitsky aid police theo­ Levitsky also said the hospital Commonwealth Avenue early last had a gunshot wound to the chest. security guard, who then called rized that Martin was probably turned over a video tape taken by a Thursday. Police said he also had facial police. Levitsky said Martin had a hot somewhere else, then brought MURDER, page 14 Green thumbs Foreign students scammed Victims paid suspect to lease occupied apartment unit By Melissa Da Ponte TAB Staff Writer olice have arre ted a man who allegedly bilked a trio P of Irish tudents out of $3,450 by illegally subleasing a Beacon Street apartment in Brookline, according to reports from Boston Police and the Suffolk County District Attorney's office, which is now handling the case. Officials ay that on July 6, a Cambridge man found his way to an empty, unlocked unit at 1440 Beacon St. in Brookline and changed the locks on an apartment door. He later encountered three women from Ireland who were looking for a place to rent while they worked at summer jobs in the area, according to reports. The man allegedly told the stu­ dents, all in their early 20s, that he Edward Alverez, 6, helps his father, Rolando Alverez, water their vegetables last Wednesday at the Christian A. Herter Intercommunity Garden. was an independent real estate agent for Sovereign Management in SCAM, page 19 Special section begins Examining the Brookline factor after page 1O State representative a serious candidate from Brookline, which represents only a small portion of Debate planned for Wednesday race could hinge on the district. As a result, a seat that is nor­ mally reserved for an Allston-Brighton By Jeff Ousbome out-of-town vote resident could be decided by voters in a TAB Correspondent neighboring community. andidates for the 18th Suffolk District state rep­ By Jeremy Pawloski How this will play out is difficult to C resentative race- Neil Duffy, Brian Golden, TAB Staff Writer handicap. Some observers say that Gil Hoy, Michael Moran and Nadene Stein - will our out of the five candidates ~cause Allston-B1ighton has four have a chance to speak to voters at a debate at 7 p.m who are vying for the 18th strong candidates, the vote will be split Wednesday, July 22, in the auditorium at Brighton F Suffolk District state representa­ here, opening the door for Brookline's High School. The debate is being sponsored by the tive seat have Allston-Brighton addresses. Gil Hoy to win the seat. Others say an Ward 22 Democratic Committee, and will be video­ An oveiwhelming majority of the district Allston-Brighton candidate will pull taped and broadcasted by Boston Access Cable. away from the pack and run off with 'We asked (the candidates), 'What would you like l;!mj!$j ~j ~~~o;,:~-the ~t the Democratic nomination in the us to do?'" said Committee Chairwoman Mary has trad11Ionally been September primary. McCuskin. 'Th~ said, 'Give us some exposure.' held by an Allston-Brighton resident. 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Attorneys for the club sued the city two weeks ago after Boston's Office of Consumer Affairs and Licensing issued its decision pulling the license because of continu­ ous overcrowding violations. The club wa'> to have turned in the license on Wednesday, July 7, but Ball allowed the club to remain temporarily open as long as management pays a police detail to keep the crowd under control. Attorneys for the club argued at last week's hearing that the city should not be allowed to pull the license because dancing was a fonn of free speech - protected under the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The band Skinny-Tee performs laSt Thursday at the Brighton Music Festival. The festival, which highlighted local bands, was sponsored by City attorneys, however, say the issue had nothing to do Brighton Main Streets. · with the Constitution, but rather with the club's ability to provide a safe environment for its patrons. It cited an ear­ lier court ruling that upheld the city's decision to pull the license of another disorderly club. The decision to pull the Paradise license stems from City eyes plan to limit density overcrowding violations on Feb. 28 and April 5 of this year. According to police, the club's M80 room had law so that any petitions would have to be what they want with it. If everybody did exceeded its 237-person capacity by more than 50 percent. Proposal would make it heard by a local civic association, as well this, it would bring down the quality of the Two weeks ago Nancy Lo, director of the Mayor's as be put before a public hearing. area," Honan said. 'That's the best argu­ Office of Consumer Affairs and Licensing, said the club harder for landlords to Leaders of civic organizations in Allston ment I can make." has bad a history of overcrowding and other violations add new units and in Brighton say they are in favor of Berkeley said a property owner's rights dating back to 1995. Despite repeated promises by·club Honan's measure. need to be weighed against not only neigh­ management to get things under control, nothing ever By Jason Lefferts Allston Civic Association President Paul borhood, but also the house in question. changed, she said. TAB Correspondent Berkeley said the problem of overcrowd­ ''Where you have good-sized homes, Since 1995, the club has been hit with dozens of viola­ roperty owners could soon be ing is as much problem around Boston they were probably mansions left over tions of its entertainment license. The violations included facing a stricter set of zoning University as it is in Cleveland Circle. from the tum of the century, and they're assaults, improperly controlling crowds outside the club regulations, if the City Council Many of the old, big homes around cam­ sitting in two- or three-family zones now, and overcrowding.