Dorchester Reporter “The News and Values Around the Neighborhood” Volume 38 Issue 35 Thursday, September 2, 2021 50¢ Early voting ongoing in Dot, Mattapan Boston voters have begun in Boston can vote to cast sent a mailing from the city for completed ballots. The voting by mail for the pre- their ballots before Sept. to apply for vote-by-mail boxes are monitored for liminary election featuring 14. Voters, who don’t need ballots. Once the ballot security, and for ballots to a five-way mayoral election to give a reason for voting package arrives, the voter count, they must be received and dozens of people run- early, can cast their ballots must follow instructions, by the Elections Department ning for at-large and district at any location provided by such as signing the yellow or in a ballot drop box by the seats on the City Council. city officials. ballot affidavit envelope, close of polls on Sept. 14 at Early balloting at polling Boston City Hall will be since unsigned envelopes 8 p.m. locations starts this Sat- the main early voting loca- will be rejected. Two first Early voting and vote-by- urday, Sept. 4, and runs tion, with others sprinkled class stamps are also rec- mail voting will return for through Fri., Sept. 10. The throughout the neighbor- ommended. the Nov. 2 final election. A Reporter editorial notes that voters preliminary is Tues., Sept. hoods. Twenty ballot drop boxes For the full list of early have time to watch the mayoral de- 14. Voting by mail is also an will be set up across the city, voting locations, please see bates on TV next week before making Only registered voters option. Voters have been at each early voting location, page 5. their choices on Sept. 14. Page 8. District 4 A LAST SALUTE TO JIMMY BPS fumbles its meeting candidates on key back-to-school info state cases Nine candidates are More online sessions set in the Sept. 14 prelimi- BY SETH DANIEL they plan to have additional nary election mix for the REPORTER CORRESPONDENT meetings later this week for District 4 City Council those that couldn’t log on. seat being vacated by With new school protocols and Andrea Campbell who policies driven by the still-lin- “We apologize for this inconve- is running for mayor, a gering coronavirus, hundreds of nience and have scheduled two move that created both a parents sought unsuccessfully more community meetings to need to fill her seat, and to log in to last week’s Boston provide families with additional a very healthy interest Public Schools online meeting on opportunities to learn about our from a large group of the return to in-person learning, plans for the new school year,” hopefuls. The candidates set for Sept. 9 for students in a spokesperson said in a state- will appear on the Sept. grades 1 through 12. ment, adding, “BPS is in discus- 14 ballot – along with But when those parents sions with Zoom to expand the those running for mayor and council at-large. The clicked the link to join the meet- meeting capacity of our license. top two finishers will ad- ing, it was a no-go. We also are recording the ses- vance to the Nov. 2 final While 1,000 parents and inter- sions in multiple languages and election. ested parties were able to access those recordings will be posted The Reporter sent out the Aug. 24 meeting, about 10 on our Back to School webpage, questionnaires looking minutes into the Zoom-only as the Aug. 24 recordings were.” for their positions on session it became apparent that The additional Zoom meetings key issues, background many others weren’t able to log will be held on Thurs., Sept. 2, information, and profes- in. BPS officials on the online and Tues., Sept. 7, at 5:30 p.m. sional experience. Many The botched call quickly be- replied, explaining how call, who seemed to be surprised they would approach by so many attendees, said they came a hot topic in the mayoral being the District 4 coun- Jimmy Hayes, the Dorchester native who skated his way to were trying to expand the capac- race, with Councillor Andrea cillor at City Hall. Con- national hockey titles and hometown hero status, was laid to ity limit, but were not able to do Campbell, a mayoral candidate, densed and edited for rest on Monday following a funeral Mass at St. Ann Church in so on the fly. hosting a press conference the Neponset. Prior to the funeral, he was saluted one last time by very next day and noting that the clarity, their responses hundreds of youth hockey players past and present, who lined BPS said late last week they can be found on Pages Hallet Street to raise their sticks. Page 8. had recorded the Aug. 24 meet- system has over 50,000 students. 14 and 15. Dorchester Youth Hockey photo ing for anyone to review, and (Continued on page 12) Shipshape home with deep Dot history listed for $1.5m BY GINTAUTAS DUMCIUS Federation of Teachers in New York, gifted Verre a MANAGING EDITOR history of the home that had been pulled together by A Dorchester single-family home with the Dorchester Historical Society. stained glass windows and oak floors The land was once owned by Captain Ezra H. Baker, that was built 126 years ago on farmland who started with a schooner before getting into inter- once owned by a Boston shipowner and national trade and starting his own shipping firm, seafaring captain has hit the market for which by 1845 was called Hardy, Baker and Morrill, $1.5 million. according to Verre. Morrill Street, behind Trescott, is The property at 15 Trescott St., a named for Baker’s partner, Charles Morrill. 3,660-square-foot Victorian designed Baker primarily lived in South Boston, but he owned by a noted architect, is surrounded by a house and a barn that are no longer standing on land three-deckers and nestled between Up- that ran from what is now Stoughton Street to East hams Corner and Savin Hill. The home (Continued on page 11) comes with a cobblestone driveway leading into the garage, central air con- ditioning, updated kitchen and baths, as All contents well as a private backyard. John Verre and Beth Norton bought © 2021 the 5-bedroom, 3-bath house in 2008 for Boston $675,000. On Father’s Day this year, Nor- ton, who grew up in South Boston and now Neighborhood 15 Trescott St. is on the market for $1.5 million. works as general counsel for the United MacKinnon & Co. Realtors at Compass New England image News, Inc. WE’RE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD! 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Codman Square: 305 Talbot Avenue Lower Mills: 2250 Dorchester Avenue Gallivan Boulevard: 489 Gallivan Boulevard Morrissey Boulevard: 960 Morrissey Boulevard NMLS # 457291 Member FDIC Member DIF 800.657.3272 EBSB.com Page 2 THE REPORTER September 2, 2021 dotnews.com Police, Courts & Fire Suspect sought in murder of boy, 17 The victim in a fatal “should be considered clutching the waistband magazine” that police stabbing on Saturday armed and dangerous, area of his pants.” He be- say officers found on him. morning near Franklin and if observed, contact gan to walk away in that ••• Park has been identified 911 immediately.” same stance and officers as a 17-year-old boy. ••• caught up with him to Boston Police on Monday Police on Monday also question him, police say: issued an arrest warrant identified a second Sat- “The officers were able for Omara Shears, a urday victim, identified to stop the suspect at 44-year-old Boston man as Shamel Winston At- which time they conduct- who they allege commit- kins, 31, who was shot at ed a pat frisk, leading ted the murder. 11 Erie St., near Wash- to the recovery of a hol- ington Street, around stered firearm from the 6:30 p.m. Police report waistband area of his Suspect vehicle in Wood- bole Avenue murder. that he was taken to a pants. When the officers local hospital, where he attempted to place the Boston Police are ask- was pronounced dead. suspect in custody, he ing for the public’s help Police had the MBTA violently resisted but in identifying and locat- halt service on the Fair- was eventually secured ing an SUV that may be mount Line near Erie with assistance from ad- connected to a murder Omara Shears Street so that they could ditional units who were on Woodbole Avenue in search the tracks. in the area. “ Mattapan on Aug. 22. A Police identified the ••• Jalil Hartgrove, 19, of 30-year-old man— An- victim as Javare Som- Not long after the Mattapan was charged tonni Diaz— was shot merville, 17, of Provi- fatal Blue Hill Avenue with unlawful posses- to death around 12:30 dence, Rhode Island. The stabbing on Saturday, sion of a firearm, unlaw- that Sunday morning teen was found suffer- officers setting up a ful possession of ammu- in the Gallivan Housing ing from a stab wound taped-off crime scene nition, and carrying a development. Homicide around 9:20 a.m. and was there arrested a man on loaded firearm for “the detectives think that Boston firefighters responded to a two-family house at 69 Floyd St. around 9:05 a.m. on Friday for what transported to a local gun charges. .32-caliber Colt Model the car shown here may turned into a three-alarm fire that extended across hospital where he was Police say officers no- 1903 ACP handgun load- have been used by the all the floors of the house.