Dorchester Reporter “The News and Values Around the Neighborhood” Volume 31 Issue 7 Thursday, February 13, 2014 50¢ Ledge FOR ALL THE BEANS Dates set gives way to ester on vote for An eatery move Henriquez in Lower Mills By Bill Forry editor seat in House Ledge, the Lower Mills restaurant that was April 1 primary; candidate sold last year, shut its doors for the final time from Fields Corner steps up on Sunday afternoon. The eatery will undergo By Gintautas dumcius jail after being found modest renovations news editor guilty of two counts of over the next month as Just days after eject- assault and battery on the new owners – led ing former state Rep. a woman in a case that by veteran restaurant Carlos Henriquez, House arose in July 2012, was manager Eleanor Arpino lawmakers quickly set removed from his House – take charge and train dates for the elections seat last week by a 146 new staff. process to replace the to 5 vote. In an interview this Dorchester Democrat. According to state week, Arpino told the The special election will Rep. Russell Holmes, Reporter that the new take place on April 29, Henriquez is interested business – called ester, although the Democratic in running for the seat a play on the neighbor- make-up of the district again. If he is able to hood’s name – should be will put the spotlight on run from jail, and does, open by April 1. On Tues- the determinative April he will face competition. day, staff were already 1 primary. An attorney with roots at work cleaning out the The winner of the in Cape Verde said this Ledge’s bar and kitchen special election will be up week that he will be a areas under the supervi- for reelection in the fall. candidate in the Demo- sion of Arpino and ester’s Henriquez, who was cratic primary. Evandro future manager, Luther elected to the Fifth Suf- Carvalho, who lives Pickney. Their team folk District in 2010 and in Fields Corner with plans to re-paint the is serving six months in (Continued on page 4) interior and replace the kitchen floor. There are no other major structural changes planned, but Auto parts firm eyes there minor adjustments will be made to improve Dorchester’s own Kevin Hayes was named tournament MVP as the Boston College Eagles defeated Northeastern University 4-1 to capture their fifth lot on Granite Ave. the flow of kitchen straight Beanpot title on Monday night. Above, Hayes — who scored a goal By Gintautas dumcius Granite Ave. for 15 years. operations, Arpino said. in the game— hoisted the Beanpot trophy aloft on the ice at the TD Garden. news editor Hollywood Video, (Continued on page 20) More, page 8. Photo by John Quackenbos / Boston College A proposal to put an which took up 6,500 auto parts store in a square feet of the lot, chronically-vacant space closed up shop five years She’s punching for a Golden Gloves title on the corner of Granite ago. A nail salon cur- Avenue and Gallivan rently occupies a section the CYO baseball team, Boulevard received a of the property, which Dot’s Egan Archbishop Williams lukewarm response is worth roughly $25 a High in Braintree, and Tuesday night at a meet- square foot, according to excelling Curry College in Mil- ing of the Cedar Grove Naughton. ton. She works as the Civic Association where O’Reilly Auto Parts, a in the ring population manager representatives from company with 4,135 loca- for Harvard Vanguard O’Reilly Auto Parts laid tions in 42 states, signed By Jordan Frias Medical Associates. out plans to take over the a 20-year lease for the special to the reporter Egan started training space that once housed a property, contingent on While she waits hope- at Boston Boxing & Fit- Hollywood Video store. its getting the necessary fully for an appointment ness in Brighton three Thomas Naughton, permits and sign-offs to the Boston Police years ago as a way to a Milton native who to renovate the space Academy, Dorchester’s stay physically fit. Over lives in Norwell, has and move in. O’Reilly Michelle Egan is keep- the past two years, she owned the property at 11 (Continued on page 20) ing busy sparring and has been competing competing in the boxing out of that gym with ring. Last Tuesday, the F o r m e r the encouragement and m a y o r a l 28-year-old Granville support of her sparring Street resident won her Michelle Egan, center, is pictured with her train- candidate partners and trainer Ed John Bar- bout in the 125-pound ing partner Shelly Walsh and trainer Ed LaVache. Photo courtesy Michelle Egan LaVache. “I didn’t go in ros began weight class in the with the intention of his new Central New England next Tuesday night in A lifelong resident of fighting,” she says, “But job this finals of the annual the Lowell Memorial Dorchester resident, I began to tell myself, ‘I w e e k : Golden Gloves amateur Auditorium against the Egan is a graduate of can do this. I’m going to chief of competition. She will fol- top competitor in the the St. Brendan School, All contents copyright economic development try this.’” © 2014 Boston low that up with a match 119-pound ranks. where she played on (Continued on page 20) under Mayor Marty Neighborhood News, Inc. Walsh. Page 13. Page 2 THE REPoRTER February 13, 2014 Reporter’s Notebook On The Record Candidates sell wares, Man hurt at Morrissey Cedar Grove folks listen Boulevard gas station By Gintautas dumcius relations and senior adviser for news editor external affairs. The union was a top The five Democrats on the ballot for backer of Walsh during last year’s the 13th Suffolk House seat pitched mayoral race. their candidacies on Tuesday night Sullivan, 34, is a Dorchester resident at a mini-forum held during a Cedar who grew up in Hanover and studied Grove Civic Association meeting in at UMass Amherst. He has worked for the basement of St. Brendan’s Church. the AFL-CIO for ten years. In 2011, he The contenders also fielded questions briefly mounted a bid to become the on upping the minimum wage from union’s president, before dropping out the current state minimum of $8 an and endorsing the eventual winner, hour and on whether or not they plan Steve Tolman. to consider the job of Dorchester state representative a full-time position. Ad that never aired wins award All five –Liam Curran, Dan Hunt, for John Connolly Gene Gorman, PJ McCann, and A kid forgets his lunch, and his John o’Toole – said they support mother runs out to give it to him an increase in the minimum wage, as the school bus pulls away. Then a legislative issue that will likely John Connolly, mayoral candidate, come up sometime after the winner appears. “I got this,” he says, and A Dorchester man pumping gas at a Morrissey Boulevard service station was of this special election to replace starts to chase the bus through the badly injured on Sunday morning when he was struck by another vehicle. Marty Walsh is sworn into office. The neighborhood as a narrator highlights Boston Fire Department officials responded to the Citgo station at 741 Mor- Democratic primary is March 4, with his record on schools. rissey around 8:15 a.m. The first responders had to use tools to extricate the the general election set for April 1. The ad, titled “I Got This,” never victim, who was pinned between the offending car and a post. The collision Tony Dang, a Vietnamese-Amer- aired on television. But it received the activated an overhead extinguishing system, covering the area with powder. ican activist running as a write-in “Best Ad That Never Saw the Light of A Boston Police spokesperson said this week that no charges have been filed candidate, left the door open last week Day” honor at the 2014 Reed Awards in against the driver at this point. The Registry of Motor Vehicles has been noti- to dropping out and endorsing one of Washington, D.C., last weekend. fied and advised that the offender’s license should be revoked. the five on the ballot. “We have to be A former campaign aide described Photo courtesy Boston Fire Dept. realistic,” he said, after speaking to the ad on background to the Reporter. Ward 15 Democrats at their caucus on Adelstein Liston was the firm behind Monday’s JFK Library Festival is free for kids Saturday. Dang did not make an ap- the ad, which aimed to show Connolly’s On Monday, Feb. 17 from 10:30a.m. to 4 p.m., the JFK Library will host its pearance at Tuesday night’s meeting, willingness to go above and beyond to Fourth Annual Presidents’ Day Family Festival. Admission is free for visitors but several dozen local residents did. fix the city’s schools. Connolly, an at- ages 17 and under. The event features presidential storytelling, arts and crafts, Gorman, a former reporter who is a torney and former teacher, chaired the musical performances, and much more. See jfklibrary.org for more info. lecturer at Emerson College, said he City Council’s Education Committee would give up the job if he won the while he was an at-large councillor. election. Hunt, who left his job at the The firm’s other clients have included Home sales, prices up in January state’s Department of Conservation US Senate Majority Leader Harry The number of single-family homes in Massachusetts placed under sales and Recreation four weeks ago to run Reid, Congressman John Tierney agreements during January was up 1.4 percent over January 2013, marking 11 for office, said he also plans to make the (D-Salem), the American Federation consecutive months of year-over-year increases in so-called pending sales, the job of state representative a full-time of Teachers, and EMILY’s List.