Deaf youths learn about being safe in the city PAGE 11 I I I ~ Community Newspaper Company • www.allstonbrightontab.com FR IDAY, JUNE 6, 2003 Vol. 7, No. 46 46 Pages 3 Sections 75¢ I I State: Show I I I us the cash I Waterworks developers asked to give more fiscal informatioh By Phoebe Sweet ued mruntenance of the his~·c STAFF WRITER buildings, and dollar figures or After meetings with the final proposed community benefi . contenders for the Waterworks A spokesman for the Divi~on project, state officials say they of Capital Asset .tJanagem nt, need more financial information the agency selling off the hist ric from the three developers before Chestnut llill Waterworks b !d­ announcing a final pick. ings, declined to com~ent In a move that's angered many Thursday on whether devel;rs involved with the process, th~· could add new members or nd­ state has asked the developer~ ing sources to their teams d ·ng for a best and final bid to pur tills round of bidding. chase the land. The spokesman srud that The request comes after th DCAM Commissioner David state retreated from an an Perilli, solely responsible, for nouncement last week that it making the designation, haf yet would award the project In to pick a developer. Boston Development Group, But after seeing DCAM s re­ STN< PHOTO 81 ., tAE:L MANN NG possibly in response to fierce quest for additional info~tion Zachary Richards, right, and his brother Nathan (being pushed at the start by his mom) are the Easter Seal walk leaders at the start of public outcry. BDG's investmem - which asks for only fin cial the "Walk with Me" SK at Artesanl Park. in the property was reportedly detruls - some comrruttee em­ $23 rrullion more than the next bers are concerned that commu­ bidder. nity opinion has never m tered Politicians and residents were more than the bottom r e to Walking in the rain for Easter Seals angry because the designation of Perini. BDG would ignore the advice of "I think it's pretty clear t at it's By Unda Boulden \\ith the help of Easter Seals and a programs since he was an infant, joining an advisory committee made up all about money, money o the CORRESPONDENT strong famjly upbringing, he now has a the YMCA swim program, attending day of local residents, endorsing state," srud Brookline A isory orty-year-old Rick Hoyt was born degree from Boston University, a job de­ camp· and later overnight camps. Boston developer Merrill Dia­ Committee member Paul aner. .. a quadriplegic with cerehral -1gning technology for the handicapped .. [E~ter Seals] helped to make him the mond as the best choice to bt11ld Despite Perini's state ents at F palsy, unable to speak. His famil) and lives by himself in Brighton, commu­ independent person that he 1s today,'' his on the Cleveland Circle site. an October 2002 Wate orks was told there wac; no hope for him to nicating through a computer. father, Dick Hoyt, said. The pair is fa- The state is also requesting de­ zoning hearing that "th Com­ 1eai a normal Hfe. Rick has participated ir Ea~t<'r Seals WALK, page 31 tails about the developers' fll11d­ monwealth is not seekm any fi- ing sources, plans to fund contm- WATERWORKS, age 10 Brighton High Edison pays tribute to a caring teacher School graduati n ·' The Brighton High By Judy Wasserman after a tWO-)ear battle with breast Plior to the tart of the celebra­ Costello was Edison's technolo­ to the classroom and shared her CORRESPONDENT School Class of 2003 adu­ cancer. The tanding-room-only tion, husband Brian Costello said gy teacher, and last Friday, the love of learning with her stutlents. ates on Wednesday, J e l 1. Carolyn Costello was a very aud11 ·nce in the school auditorium he was very pleased the program school named her classroom 'The ... Her teaching and her lite in­ No need to worry abo train special teacher. Just ask the stu­ heard ·peec~. songs and poems had been planned, and he expected Carolyn Costello Technology spired others. We shall renwmber because the ceremon takes dents she taught and the colleagues by ~tudents and teachers, and it would help the school and his Center." The center's plaque reads her bravery, her laughter, and most place in Boston C lege's she worked with for the past 10 shared in the emotion of the day. family reach closure over his in part, 'This room is dedicated to of aJJ, her smjJe." Conte Forum, beginn · g at 6 years at the Edison Middle School. Members of Costello's family, in­ wife's death. He added that she the memory of Carolyn Costello, In her memory, the school also p.m. Last Friday, the F.dison commu­ cludmg her hu band. son, mother loved teaching, and every summer, whose kind and patient manner planted a pink dogwood 111 the For more informatipn, call rllty hosted a celebration in memo­ and mother-in-law, also attended she took courses to learn new ways touched the lives of so many chil­ schoolyard, and will award a the school at 617-63$9873. ry of Costello, who died March 4 the 1,;4..~moni~. to teach. dren .... [She] brought technology COSTELLO, page 31 I -INSIDE New Fixing bunny PYCCKOE IlPHAO)KEHHE! housing lllli>SEEPAGE27 could be ' COllllng• By Phoebe Sweet ST Aff W~ITER Brighton'c; BY Development is teaming up with real e tat giant Lincoln Property Compan)' to COMMUNITY bring a po ible 325 um~ to the North Beacon Street ite of the Auction serves up old New Balance headquarters. LPC's John Noone announced lots of funky items a recent commuruty meeting that the companie were planrung to lllli>SEEPAGE9 r.ue all the existing bwldings on the ite. except the old New Bal­ unce headquarter bwlding, and INSIDE replace them with three new c:ondo and rental complexes. Commentary 12 Two of the three ne"' bwldings will be between four and ix Sto­ Community Notes 3 rie , and the third between four and nine stori e~. according to Noone. Clime 4 These plans are only preliminary and consnuction won't begin until Entertainment 17 • STAFF PH TO BY KATE FLOCK late 2004, after a lengthy commu­ Volunteer Rebecca MacDonald, left, shows Yomarla Garcia and Klmberly Gonzalez how to use stethoscopes during the Ted y Bear Ubrary Notes 6 ruty re\.iew process. Cllnlc at the Winship Elementary School. Kids used ill and Injured stuffed anlmals to learn bout health last Thursday. HOUSING, page 8 Obituaries 30 Polltical Notebook 15 \I \EL FREE ONLINE I ' ~'b 1 ;&' Also sptcia! 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