• Mass. Pike bt1dget climbs 8 percent ""PAGE14 FRIDAY, OCTOBER 11. 2002 Vol. 7, No 12 3 Sections 75¢ Turning up the heat on slumlords Mayor outlines new plans to 111ake apartn1ent owners clean up their 11iesses By Phoebe sweet STAF" Wl lit n the heels ot 1hc con­ demnation of yel <moth­ 0 eraparuncnt huikhng m All~ton. Mayor lom f\lenino nuthncd his pmpo-;al to crad: dll\\ll on the "irrespun~ihle proli­ tei:-r, .. hou-..mg -.tudenL'> 111 tlleg~11. u11'.an11ary hnd unsafe 1:ondi1illn-. in A-Band the rest or Bo ... wn 111 a press conlCrence on Saturtlay .\ ltcr 28 A-.hfurd St . a p1 ope r­ t\ 1hat hnu-.ed 11 BtNon l 'rm cr­ sit) 'tudent:-. <1ccorJ111g I<' Bm.1011 fn..,pel..'llonal Services. wa' con­ Mayor Tom Menino d1..·mncd \\e<lne'iday, Oct J. a., ft part ul .m mitiatl\ e (()dean up <li­ problem licforc 11 gelli \.,,Orsc. Gertrude Kranz kisses Combined Jewish Phllunttiroples President Sany Shrage as her great-niece Neta Raan-Lemer, 13, looks on lapi<lateJ house1> m All-..ton and t\1 n preli' cl>nfcrcnce held in during the opening of a walk-a-thon on Sunday part' ol Brighton. Menino pro­ from <1r -1-9 Gardener St., a Seniors take a walk to aid Israeli family p<11>ed a 'ix-pan plan to "IOP the MAYOR, page 26 Heritage residents raise $5.856 to help su1 ·ivors ofdead pol ice <dfice · Capuano is getting By Damian J. Troise Burry Shrage. 1)( Crnnhinl"ll COPR SPONbnlT to know you better Jew1,IJ f>hilanthrnpre'. du1ing .1 Mon: than "o 1c.,1d\.'nl' 111 ... pccth. By Phoebe Sweet Hc1i1agc at Ck.,clan I Cirdc ..The v.1>rk rhev·re doing ;.,, SlAIT'\'li\ T£1f !TC'al wNk'' he ..... iJ pa.'­ Ill ,1.,si,1cJ-li\ In" lln1111Ullll) ·•n1e It Mike C.1puuno \\l'I\' illl' t..'ITI ,j\m 101 h.md j, 'll 1c:il . fnim in B11ghlon. lllOI\ scvcr..U \tcps pen 11 1 • '' oulu do ,1 101 Pl 1hc heart ·• <\unda) 10 ')Upprn1 a t.urnl) thine' Unl\cn;al h<.·ahh care. at GaliL a border polii:e clftker ,xukcn • pan b\ l1:mm... m thou· lordahk hou ... 111e, speul) 1mm1- in North Jem-;ulem, dreJ fr(lm a •mrnh nf mill!~ away. gration prticci,."l's and CYi:ll !!Un.,hot wound dqring a fin!­ Brncnmre \H'nuc tilled \\ ith peace nn earth woul<l he up 1hc-re li"hl la...t Fehru:.in %c j., 'ur­ on hi\ .. lo <lo'· lbt But Uni1cd Jll."l.IC'tn~uh. "• 1K -.unllm1' and ' hcd b\ her mother Sam. her \\ aving 1... r.~h ll.1g~. and othcr' Srace-. Congre:-.,man \!like Ca­ tmhcr, \1111. and her hmthcr. puano. the~ 8th Congre~~ional • worlrntg their \\ .1) up .111d Elinm. The re,i<lcni.. nt Her­ Db.trict .snic.I Monday that muun<l the bk11.:I. using 1.'.ilnt!.~ rep, itage at Ckvclam.I Cirde C\Cn though he is11'1 empcmr. amJ "alken-. On Sunday. the} all "•1doptcd.. lhl 1.unil~. pro\1u­ he\ tlomu all he can. ~han:d a common hond the> in12 financial and emlllional lt 1.... e~peciall} hard to bring Rep. Mike Capuano were Lhe fit'),! a.,,j,tc:J-li.,,ing F!;Oll> Irr ZAA1 ll' -;uppon. ·nle resiJenh .10111ed m local 1-.!'>ue:-. to the na11onal le\ cl. Residents of Heritage at Cleveland Circle hold hands In prayer a U.S. congrei-.\mlln. -.aid he hns communit) in the nalion to hc­ ... 0111,t and prn)erhcfon.' wal~ing the before taking part In a walk-a·thOn to raise money for the Adopt-a- ... aitl Capuano, lx!eau'c of "a deep understanding of i-.-.ue ... co111c pan of lh<.' \<lopt-a-F;uni- tht1r nlllll hncd \'1th blue and Famlly/ Israeli Solidarity Fune. • 'mall geoer.iphk region that he 1ha1 lm:1..• lhi-..1 1ypical con­ 1} Program under the brad \\hllc h.1lhm' am.I 'l<llr mem­ repre..,enl-.. ~Ian} l'iSllC'- Of C\ln· Emeruenc:y Solic.lan1y Fund. fnr the lanUI) ol .lll hrach fO­ "h1ch ''111 he dirl>ctl) di-..pen>ed 'utucnl ... g.11:nered from a youth ncrs rc<id) \\ ith chair' and cem 10 h1" con-,111uenh are spenl 1n Somerv1lk and five lllc c:ountle-.-. link .,tt.:p-. lice oflkw. 21. k11ltd in the line 10 the\ icllm\ lamil) in Haifa \\ atCJ . J'hc\ celd11.1ted -.111idan­ \f1CCJlii.:ally urbun agendas and tehn., as mayor of thai city. taken up an<l <.kl\\ n Bmemorc of duly. All IO£t't~. Lhe re,j. ··You repre~nt the heart l\. .'' 11h l-.rnel 1hnfu~h. their an: \t:f\ nC'ichhorh11od-olie11Led. Bur that dlie-.tl't m~.m Ca­ of the Je" j,h (ll:llple:· sai<l Road \\ere part of .i func.lmher <lent-.. \\Cre able 10 rl~ 5.~S6. WALK. page 29 Capl~ano,~running unoppo-,ed puano duesn' 1 v. am to get lo for r1..•1..•k1:Uon to h1 ... third lcrm a., ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~--' CAPUANO, page 29 Tale of tvvo buildings Help fronz a.friend Te1npers ris ·ng over Trenzont Big1eow Hill Street plans: building rolls along despite By Phoebe Sweet "AfFW!l!l J< objections Tensions crupll>Q into heutcd argument during t~c Bright.m­ By Phoebe Sweet All-.ton lmpro,enienl A""°':h1- 5 Ao ~ tion meetmc la.'t lliuN1a) v. len With inrerior demolition Mike Lomllar<l1 :an~ hi .... de,elor­ nlreatly under way al the 'ile mem team prex-n1tt.1 their plan .. of the old Oakwtxld Nur..­ Fall Home for a ninc·'tOf) high-nx> a1 99 ing Home on BigdO\\ Hill. Tremont \L m Brighton. ~i_>la­ Improvement some neighbors .ire tuming. nations of the deH~lopmem Nut onl} did their objec­ special section plan1>, whkh are H ·ifenmsl} tl(>' tions to the propo-.cd posed b} the communit). 1;,ere change of u:,e from an~­ meL by burh ''hi pered in• ul!' mg tk1n'le lo a pm ate Je\\ hh and angry ,h<1u1 .. of opposition. preschool tail to hall 1hc PYCCKOE After the !:ht n~tml!. ho te<l project. but an appeal to by LombJriJ1 at '* oal Square Bo.. ti n ln.,pectiona.I Ser­ IlPHAOJKEI-IHE! YMCA. residenh compla111ed ' IL'Cs tor a recon .. itJeralion that they coulc.ln't hear the dt·\d· [X.nnilS ' ,....- io·'" y of i.,sued lO Torah Maxo Joseph, left, leads Eugene Corbin of the Massachusetts Association for the Blind during ~Sh:PAGE32 oper's proposal. RC .. idenh at the Ac-d&my developers in BA:IA rnectm~. li>we' er, com­ Saturday's Vision SK Run and Walk at Artesanl Park In Brighton. This was also the SK New England Fdiruary ha..-. "'=oo derailed. 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