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380th June Day marks thechanging of the guard

The Acton Minutemen made an appearance at the ceremony, proudly displaying colors they have flownsince the modern company was formed in 1963.

PHOTO BY JEFF SULLIVAN

Companies from all over the world and the United States came out forthe 380th June Day at the Boston Common.


JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The Massachusetts Ancientand Honorable Artillery Com-pany (AHAC) gathered on theBoston Common on Mondayafter a procession from FaneuilHall for its 380th annual com-missioning of new commandofficers of the Company.

Brigadier General EmeryMaddocks emceed the event,which was presided over by Lt.Gov. Karyn Polito. He said tra-ditionally, the election of newcommanding officers took

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JPA opposes changes at632-38 Centre St.

Two different ground breakingsin two days in Jamaica Plain

Handicapped placardscompound issues for

parking fine increasesJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The Boston City Council metlast Friday to discuss proposedincreases to 11 parking fines aspresented by Boston MayorMarty Walsh.

Proposed parking fine increases have raised concerns regarding handi-capped parking fraud.

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The new increases are relevantto resident permit parking from$40 to $60, no parking zones(Zone A area will be increasedfrom $55 to $90 and Zone B ar-eas will be increased from $25 to$55), double parking (Zone A in-creased from $45 to $75 and ZoneB increased from $30 to $55), nostopping or standing from $75 to$90, loading zones from $55 to$90, unpaid meter from $25 to

$40, over meter time limit from$25 to $40, over posted time lim-ited from $25 to $40, and parkedin a street cleaning zone from $40to $90.

Chief of Streets Chris Osgoodsaid the reasoning behind the in-creases is that his office has been

hearing from residents around thecity regarding illegal parking anda lack of enforcement in that area.

“Over the last four years,we’ve seen a very significantchange to the number of constitu-ent requests through 311,” he said.“In 2014, we received 4,469 re-quests from constituents through311 for parking enforcement is-

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Groundbreaking for 61 Heath Street Apartments.PHOTO BY RICHARD HEATH

RicharRicharRicharRicharRichard Heathd Heathd Heathd Heathd HeathStaff Reporter

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Two groundbreakings a mileapart in Jamaica Plain were astudy in contrasts; both are dedi-cated to noble causes: food ser-vice for the chronically ill andhousing for the low income.

One was a stage-managedaffair organized by consultantswith corporate and financial sec-tor guests; in the community butnot of it. The other, set up bycommunity organizers, was a


Despite several calls forsupport during the meeting, theJamaica Pond Associationvoted 8-0 with one abstentionto oppose changes to a projectcurrently under construction at632-38 Centre St.

The proponent, AndrewZuroff, applied to the BostonPlanning and DevelopmentAgency (BPDA) to makechanges to his proposed hous-ing project there, in whichoriginally, he proposed 12 resi-dential units on three floorswith four units of commercialand retail space, all of whichwas as-of-right. His changes tothe building basically are justto add another floor with an-other six residential units.

Architect Nalin Mistry, ofMistry Associates, said the onlyvariance the new buildingneeds is for floor to area ratio(FAR), which is the amount offloor space over the land’s foot-print.

“Nothing has changed fromthe third floor down,” he said.“The FAR has increased fromthe inclusion of the fourth floor,and that’s where we’re lookingfor a variance. The FAR wentfrom 2.0 to 2.8.”

Mistry said when asked thatthere was not another four-storybuilding adjacent to their build-ing, but that the height was notover the limit provided by thezoning code. He pointed outthat the medical building nextdoor is physically only two sto-

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Corrib 5K nets 2,000 runners

Thousands lined up for a good cause at the 25th annual Corrib Road Race.PHOTO BY JEFF SULLIVAN


The 25th annual Corrib RoadRace went off without a hitchon Sunday to the enjoyment andeffort of thousands.

The event marks 25 years offundraising for the Corrib Chari-table Trust, which has raisedover $1.5 million for Parkwaycharities. Billings Field wasfilled with race teams, support-ers, volunteers and spectatorsfor the event. The weather wasalso warm and breezy, the per-fect weather for running accord-ing to many of the participants.

Trust member and race cofounder Tony Bligh said it wasan amazing day for the race, andhe was happy that two very im-portant events in his life havelined up for the day.

“First off, I’d like to sayhappy birthday to my mom!” hesaid to applause. “On behalf ofthe Corrib Charitable TrustBoard, I’d like to thank all thesponsors, the runners, the vol-unteers, everyone who helped tomake this great day. I’d also liketo thank for our 25th year, thefounding members who havedonated for 25 years their timeto make this great event. I’d alsolike to thank Jack Enright,Bobby Vee, Brian Kennedy, JimRoberts and my dad. It’s been25 years of community serviceand a lot of fun. Be safe, andthank you!”

Gov. Charlie Baker said thisevent is an example of how greatMassachusetts can be.

“This is a great community,this is a great community event,you folks, for 25 years, havebeen coming out and raisingmoney for local organizationsthat do great work here in WestRoxbury and you are all to becommended,” he said. “I can seethe guys and gals up front arealready jumping up and downand getting anxious, so I’m go-ing to stop there and say have agreat day and a great race.”

Residents John Sarro andBrian McGoldrich said they’vebeen coming almost the full 25years, and wouldn’t miss it forthe world.

“If you’re from WestRoxbury, you’re here,” saidMcGoldrich.

Sarro continued, saying theevent was something special foreveryone in the Parkway.

“It’s great for the commu-nity,” said Sarro. “You get to seeall your friends, meet greatpeople, they do a great job withthe kids fun run, you know thatstarts everything off, it’s just agreat day. West Roxbury is apretty tight community, lots offamilies, lots of kids; a lot of thisstuff is by word of mouth. Ev-ery year you just kind of knowthere’s going to be a race, youmark it on the calendar and you

make sure you’re here.”Residents Luke Daye and

Joe Pagliarulo said it’s kind oflike a community reunion everyyear.

“It’s true, it really is,” saidDaye. “God, I’ve been comingfor 15 years. It’s just what youdo in West Roxbury.”

“I’ve been here more or lessfor 20 years, almost 20 years, Iactually don’t remember howlong,” said Pagliarulo with alaugh.

Catherine Corkery andCatherine Duggan fromFeitheog Massage in WestRoxbury came by to donate theirservices for the runners.

“We volunteer for pre andpost race massage, we work herein West Roxbury and we’vebeen doing this for 20 years,”she said. “We like it, most of ourclients live around here and it’sa fun day.”

Duggan said it was just agreat time to see all their neigh-bors.

“We’re giving back and itcreates a great sense of commu-nity,” she said. “It gets us out ofthe office so it’s really nice.”

Pub Series Runners CarolFlaherty and Nancy Mahonesaid this was their first time atthe race, and they said theywanted to do it as part of the PubSeries.

“We want to get the Pub Se-ries Jacket, you get a really cooljacket at the end,” said Mahone.“This is our first time, it’s seemsawesome.”

“It’s a great running day, itlooks like fun, it’s highly recom-mended and it’s the third in thepub series, and you have to runsix to get a jacket, so we’re half-way there,” said Flaherty.

Residents Brendan Basil andAnisha Patel said they moved tothe neighborhood about threeyears ago and has come out ev-ery year since they moved.

“I love the community, it’sjust a family fun day and it’s agreat day to be out,” she said.“Two years ago it was pouringrain, last year it was stiflinglyhot and humid, so this is like theperfect weather for running.We’re planning being here ev-ery year.”

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Harvard Ed Portal hosting enrichmentprograms for Allston Brighton students

The Harvard Ed Portal is offering several enrichment classes this summer for Allson Brighton students, oneof which is the Art of Storytelling.

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Harvard still accepting Sum-mer Exploration applications ByJeff Sullivan

The Harvard Ed Portal is cur-rently accepting applications forits 2018 Summer Explorationprograms for Allston Brightonstudents until June 15.

The programs are runningfrom July 9 to August 3, usuallyfrom 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., and in-clude programming such asThinker Analytics (grades 9-12),the Art of Personal Story Telling(grades 10-12) Ready, Set theTable, Go! Or Adventures inTableware (grades 6-8), FakeNews! Or Not? (grades 6-8), Lifein the Universe (grades 6-7), andLeap into Literacy (Grades 2-3).

Harvard University PublicAffairs Director BrigidO’Rourke said each program isdesigned to provide a unique op-portunity to Allston Brightonkids.

“It’s Harvard undergrads andvarious community groups thatput these programs on, like Lifein the Universe, which is run bypeople in the Smithsonian Cen-ter for Astrophysics, and it’steaching kids about space fromthe lens of are we going to findlife on another planet,” she said.

PRX Podcast Garage Direc-tor Aaron Wolfe said the programhe runs, the Art of PersonalStorytelling, teaches studentshow to find significance in theirown lives and to convey that inan exciting manner.

“It’s like Moth-stylestorytelling,” he said, adding that

though he has been on the MothRadio Hour and NPR before, heis not directly affiliated with ei-ther organization. “We’re teach-ing kids how to craft personal sto-ries from their lives, turn theminto five to seven minute narra-tives and then helping them to tellthem on stage without notes. It’s

really something that changeswithin the kids. We’re teachingthem how to effectively commu-nicate a significant, transforma-tive experience and how to dis-till that down into a five-minutelittle nugget, basically.”

Wolfe said that many times,kids come in thinking they are not

interesting enough to have astory, but he said that’s not true.

“We all have a story to tell,we just don’t all know how to tellthem,” he said. “Those of us whothink we know how to tell a storyprobably could use a little bit ofhelp learning what the importantparts to tell are. Through basicelements and structure, we startto mine our own lives and find afew events we could turn into astory and learn how to performthem. Some people will take thisclass and (it will) end with themperforming in front of theirfriends and family. And otherswill learn to get up in front of au-diences somewhere and somewill turn this into the first part ofa story that they will tell for a longtime in their lives.”

Wolfe said he’s performed onstage, but like many, he didn’tthink he could do it until he tried.He said he first found the powerof storytelling at a show in theBrooklyn Library where he tolda story about growing up with asibling who had cerebral palsy.He said the audience was recep-tive, but he didn’t feel it reallywent well until a young girl ap-proached him afterwards.

“She was shy and sheepish


My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

. . . and Shout!On St. Patrick’s Day some 55

years ago, a Water Departmentemployee for the city achievedhis proverbial 18 minutes offame when he shouted from therafters of the old Boston Garden.

His yell occurred during afew moments of awkward si-lence at the farewell for Celticslegend Bob Cousy. When RapidRobert, the name given to Cousyby legendary announcer JohnnyMost, became teary-eyed andspeechless, it was then that JoeDillon - “Snuffy” according tomy neighbor Leo, formerly fromSouth Boston - bellowed “Welove ya, Cooz!” This broke thetension and the 13,909 attend-ees began cheering again. Thusthe planned 7-minute farewellstretched into a 20-minute one,with No. 14’s sniffling causingit to be cleverly identified as TheBoston Tear Party.

Three weeks ago at Sym-phony Hall, an attendee at a Bos-ton Pops concert featuring anumber of John Williams com-positions associated with StevenSpielberg-directed movies at-tempted something similar.

Let me set the stage, literally.A guest maestro conducted thefirst half of the performance, upto intermission. After the breakit was John William himself - nospring chicken at 85 years of age- who, having been introduced,carefully mounted theconductor’s podium. After sus-tained and rousing applause, asWilliams turned his back to theaudience preparing to raise hisbaton to begin conducting, aSnuffy Dillon impersonator inthose few seconds of respectfulsilence bellowed from one of thebalconies, “We love ya, John!”Unlike the old Garden crowd, noadditional applause ensued, asthe man’s warm declaration offeeling merely hung in the airunanswered.

This raises the questionabout civility. Was the BostonPops catcall civil? Did it deservea response by him or the fellow-attendees? I’m not a regularevening commuter to Mass Aveand Huntington, so I’m not in a

position to judge.All of which segues to eti-

quette at graduations, which pro-liferate during June. Havingbeen to almost a dozen collegeand high school commencementexercises and several dozenmiddle school ones, I notice thatthere frequently seems to be aninverse relationship between thedecibel level of applause/num-ber of catcalls (“That’s mySamantha!”) and the individualgraduate’s achievement level.

In other words, when thevaledictorian’s andsalutatorian’s names are calledat graduations, the applause forthem seldom matches the levelaccorded those who barelyscraped by with enough creditsto graduate. The clapping andthe hooting for the art, music,drama, and science fair contes-tants/winners are well inferiorsound-wise to those who chosenot to participate.

Interestingly enough, the ap-plause for star athletes is fre-quently no louder or softer thanfor those who were second andthird stringers, thus giving riseto the belief that at this time allathletes, away from their sportsvenues, are indeed equal.

And so, if you’ve recently at-tended any high or middleschool graduations, may yourelish the achievements of thegraduates for whom you clappedso vigorously, or even hooted.

LettersSUPPORTROXBURY PREP

To the Editor:I am a longtime

Roslindale resident, the par-ent of two BPS students (8thand 5th grades) and havebeen an active member of thecommunity for more than adecade. I support the newRoxbury Prep High School inRoslindale at 361 BelgradeAve. because I believe thatthe new school will be amuch-needed asset to ourneighborhood and broadercommunity. Roslindale re-mains the only neighborhoodin Boston without a publichigh school — and we are indesperate need of new highschool options that extendbeyond our current examschool and lottery highschool options.

I have lived in the neigh-borhood directly off ofBelgrade Ave. for almost 15years and have been disap-pointed by the slow develop-ment of the neighborhood, allwhile other Roslindale neigh-borhoods, like Roslindale Vil-lage, have come together tomake improvements for thebetterment of the direct andbroader communities — and tothe benefit of its neighbors andthe businesses that rely on it.What’s better than a high-qual-ity school to boost and enricha neighborhood?

I hope that my neighborswill review the proposed siteplan, and take the time to getto know the school, its leader-ship and its high-performingscholars before raising objec-tion. I ask my fellow neighborsto support the new RoxburyPrep Roslindale High School.

These students deserve anew school and I believe thatthey will be a positive addi-tion to our neighborhood.Let’s together make them feelwelcome.

Juli GreenwoodRoslindale

Suffolk County Court to offer ePayfor online payment of criminal feesSuffolk County court users

who owe criminal case fees cannow skip the trip to their localcourthouse and pay online withePay, the Massachusetts TrialCourt’s new web-based pay-ment system. Over 200,000payments were made in personat Commonwealth courthouseseach year will now be able tobe made online with ePay.

ePay will be available forpayment of fees in criminalcases in all eight divisions of theBoston Municipal Court De-partment and Suffolk SuperiorCourt on May 14, 2018.

“People expect to be able tomake court-related paymentsonline-just like they can for mostservices,” says Boston Munici-pal Court West Roxbury DivisionClerk-Magistrate Sean P.Murphy. “ePay is much moreconvenient than having to payfees in person, and doesn’t re-quire taking time off from workto get to the courthouse.”

Court users can use ePay forpayment of probation fees, vic-tim witness fees, or most othercriminal assessments at partici-pating courthouses. Use of ePayvia PayPal or credit cards in-

volves a small convenience feethat goes to processing vendors.

In 2017, nearly three-quar-ter of the Trial Court’s 298,000criminal case payments weremade at the counter by checkor case. As use of ePay grows,court visitors can expect shorterlines to enter their local court-houses and at the counter.

ePay was recently piloted atsix courts and will be rolled outstatewide through June 2018.

For more information,please visit https://www.mass.gove/epay-in-the-courts

HERE GOMESTHE JUDGE

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In our younger, smugger days, we were prone to dis-miss out-of-hand many complaints against the legal sys-tem.

Folks, we rationalized, just don’t understand how thecourt system works: that bail is not intended to be puni-tive; that sentences do have guidelines to follow; andwe can’t just throw away the key for perpetrators oncertain crimes just because they made local headlines.

We still believe most of that. We do, however, find itvery, very hard to defend some recent low-points fromthe world of “justice.”

Let us add our irritation and fury over a case that haslocal politicians and the public fuming.

That case involves a Salem Superior Court judge whoshowed leniency to a heroin dealer brought before thebench. Judge Timothy Q. Feeley sentenced Manuel Soto-Vittini to two years’ probation for possession with in-tent to distribute 15 grams of heroin.

“This was not a drug addict who was dealing to fundhis own addiction, but rather, a person who made someterrible judgments and decisions, but made them forwhat he thought was in the best interest of his family,”a transcript from the hearing says.

The judge, apparently, feared that the man would alsobe automatically deported.

So, let’s get this straight. Setting aside discussionsof how drug possession thresholds work in the legalworld, this man was given leniency because he was al-legedly trying to provide for his family. How many oth-ers behind bars, we ask, were also trying to raise kids(or at least pretending to do so for the sake of conve-nience and legal strategy). Crime is often a last resortfor those trying to keep a family together, but the mo-tivation cannot be treated so cavalierly. They may helptheir family, but at the COST to our families.

Motivation can indeed be an important factor incourt trials, especially murder cases. The “family” card,however, has no business when attached to a drugdealer who was arrested in the midst of an opioid epi-demic. How many other “family providers” might havedied from an overdose through this dealer’s illicittrade? Yes, we are being alarmist. But desperate timesdemand it.

A drug crisis should not be an excuse for mob jus-tice. It should, however, be a warning to the courts thatsentencing needs to take it into consideration. Arrestedfor marijuana possession, who cares? As many as 40bags of heroin: go directly to jail and do not pass go.

Judicial lenience has always been a concern, onethat is often political and either on-target or overstated.There is, however, a modicum of leadership judgesmust show as arbiters between those who are truly try-ing to raise families and those who found a convenientexcuse.

We can certainly expect compassion in sentencing,but not for being caught dead to rights dealing heroin.No matter the amount, that and other crimes affectingentire communities deserves greater scrutiny.


Boston’s own Junior Damato, “The Auto Doctor” has agreed to field auto repairquestions from Bulletin and Record readers. Please forward your questions to

[email protected] and we will do our best to get your questions answered.

Junior Damato began servicing vehicles in 1969. He owns a 10-bay auto repairservice center in Hyde Park and an 8-bay center in Middleboro. Junior is anASE-certified Master Technician, ASE-certified L-1 and ASE-certified Natural Gas.

Ask The Doctor2018 Honda Accord Hybrid

There is no question that car manufacturers are all building plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles withand without extender engines to extend the vehicle range (which is a big plus on full electric vehicles).Hybrid and electric vehicles were not something I would have recommended in the past. But times havechanged, as have my opinions about these vehicles.

Our test car – a 2018 Honda Accord hybrid was built in May and sent out for press test drives andreviews. I received it with just over 1,000 miles on the odometer.

This Accord hybrid is a great car in every way, starting with the all new design, which includes the lossof the V/6 engine. Available engines are now the 1.5 liter, turbo 4-cylinder with 192 horsepower and the2.0 liter, turbo 4-cylinder with 252 horsepower. When I heard that Honda dropped the V/6 in the newAccord, I was skeptical about the decision, as were a lot of my peers. However, the new turbo powered 4-cylinder engines actually outperform the older V/6 engines while providing better gas mileage and cleaneremissions. Gas mileage averaged 47 MPG and the hybrid battery gauge never went below the ¼ level andwould recharge during my drive to work.

Power and smoothness is amazing as is the firm, but not harsh, ride. It has a center mounted largetouchscreen display that is easy to read, even on sunny days. Front heated seats are firm with multipleadjustments, and there is room for four with comfort. The trunk has a low entry level and is full size. Theoutside design does not have sharp lines or edges; all corners are rounded.

This car is made to drive on either short or long hauls. Honda has done a great job on this hybrid, aswell as on all the new models. If you are thinking of buying a new Accord, test drive the hybrid version –I know you will be as impressed as I was. Base price starts around $26,000 (plus $875 destination fee).

East Boston Savings Bank announces new strategicalliance with Starkweather & Shepley Insurance

East Boston Savings Bank(EBSB), and Starkweather &Shepley Insurance BrokerageInc. (S& S) are pleased to an-nounce a strategic alliance thatwill allow both financial ser-vice institutions the ability tooffer a full line of commercial,personal & life insurance prod-ucts.

The formation of this alli-ance will enable both organiza-tions to expand the services of-fered to their respective clien-teles throughout New England.This relationship will enhancethe strategic goals of both or-ganizations given the synergiesof their client base, geographi-cal footprint, product offerings,industries served as well as theshared value of a strong com-mitment to the communitiesserved by both organizations.

Richard J. Gavegnano,President, CEO & Chairman ofEast Boston Savings Bank

Hyde Park announces 150thAnniversary Street Festival

HP150, the community col-laborative spearheading HydePark’s 150th anniversary cel-ebration, is pleased to announcethe launch of HP150’s Festivalin the Streets. This action-packed event is taking place onSaturday, June 16 from 7 p.m.to 11 p.m. in Logan Square, theheart of Hyde Park. To celebrateHyde Park’s 150th anniversaryas a community, HP150 hasteamed up with local businessesto host a lively block party forthose 21 years of age and older.Attendees will enjoy live music,local food trucks, craft brewer-ies and more, all coming to-gether to create a truly one-of-a-kind event.

Tickets ($10 each) are avail-able at https://hp150festival.brownpapertickets.com/and will also be available forpurchase the night of June 16(cash only at the event). “We’rethrilled to announce the HP150Festival in the Streets and are seton delivering an unforgettableevening complete with top tiertalent and unique attractions,”

said HP150 co-chair ScottSmith. “We look forward tobringing the streets of HydePark to life on June 16, alongwith a number of related eventstaking place in May, June andthroughout 2018.” Supported bya $100,000 donation from theBlue Hills Bank Foundation andthe commitment of several HydePark residents, businesses andcommunity organizations,HP150 promises to be a year-long celebration of Hyde Park’shistory, vibrancy and pride.

For more information on theHP150 Festival in the Streetsand other HP150 celebratoryevents, visit us atwww.hp150.org.

stated “every person we areconnected with; both employ-ees and customers alike, needinsurance protection and weoften get requests to assistpeople with their insuranceneeds. We found that S& S canconsistently provide insurancesolutions that are a perfect fitfor our customers in addition tofitting seamlessly into our geo-graphic footprint. We arethrilled to have found S& S andlook forward to referring theirservices as an option to ouremployees and customers”.

According to AndrewFotopulos, President,Starkweather & Shepley Insur-ance Corp. of Massachusetts.“We are very proud to be work-ing with a distinguished finan-cial institution such as EastBoston Savings Bank thatshares many of our core valuesand history. There is a reasonwhy our two institutions havebeen in business for approxi-mately 310 years. It’s our con-tinued commitment to custom-ers, community and employeesthat inspires us to evolve andimprove the client experienceevery day. The mantra “hardwork” is emphasized by EBSBin their marketing campaignsand that’s what we both will doin order to be the best providerof banking and insurance ser-

vices.”Established in 1879,

Starkweather & Shepley is the68th largest Insurance broker-age firm in the U.S. Held intrust since 1935, ensures thatthe firm will remain privatelyheld in perpetuity, providingcertainty to clients and associ-ates alike. The firm providescommercial and personal insur-ance, health and employee ben-efits, surety bonding and riskmanagement services. EastBoston Savings Bank is a Mas-sachusetts chartered stock sav-ings bank originally founded in1848. Offering a variety of de-posit and loan products to indi-viduals and businesses locatedEssex, Middlesex, Norfolk andSuffolk Counties, Massachu-setts, EBSB is known for ex-ceptional customer experi-ences, solid financial perfor-mance, workforce developmentand community leadership. Thebank operates thirty five full-service branch locations andthree loan centers in the greaterBoston metropolitan area.

East Boston Savings Bankis a wholly owned subsidiary ofMeridian Bancorp, Inc. Thecommon stock of MeridianBancorp, Inc. is listed on theNASDAQ Global Select Mar-ket and trades under the tickersymbol “EBSB.”


ries but is the height of threefloors and there is a churchacross the street that is substan-tially taller. He said next two isa two-and-a-half story two-fam-ily building.

“It’s just a little bit beyondthat, I don’t think it’s going tostick out substantially,” he said.

Zuroff and Mistry said thatthey have worked with the abut-ters for more than a year onhashing out an agreement, andLester Place resident KarenO’Brien outlined the reasoningbehind about four or five resi-dents in support of the project.

“Since before constructionstarted, the only way to get outof our street is to back out ontoCentre Street, and it’s a bigproblem,” she said. “In ex-change for us approving thatfourth floor, (Zuroff) he said wecould create two turnaroundsfor us.... It’s been 60 years ofbacking out, and we’ve beendiscussing this situation and sowe came up with this agree-ment, however it was supposedto be in writing.”

The building is straddled bytwo dead end streets, LesterPlace and Greenview Avenue,and Zuroff said that he wouldbuild cutouts to allow cars toturn around on each street. Hedid say, however, that he wouldnot build them if he had to con-

tinue with three stories insteadof four.

Greenview residentNathaniel Green said it alsopresents a danger to lost driv-ers.

“We’ve got not only neigh-bors, but lost people too, andmany times we’ve had to helppeople drive out because it’s soterrifying on that street,” hesaid. “For us, having a space fora three-point turn is critical.”

But the JPA Board thoughtthis felt like a hostage situation.Member Karen Wepsic said shewould not vote in support un-less the turnaround portion wasin writing.

“I’ve never done this before,but I’m going to change myvote to against because nothinghas been in writing,” said KarenO’Brien, adding that the prom-ise in writing should have beendone in April.

“We’re in the process ofdoing that now,” said Zuroff.

Resident Juliana Bruce saidshe would also vote against theproject because it did seem thatthe turnaround was a carrotheld in front of the closest abut-ters.

“I am very concerned aboutthe precedent this will set forthe rest of JP,” she said. “Asyou’ve heard, there is no hard-ship here, and for a variance to

be legally given, you have todemonstrate a hardship. Mak-ing as much as you can for thevalue of the property does notqualify, and I think it’s unfairthat the abutters are beingbought off to build what youwant to build. There are otherpossibilities to consider, I thinkit really is a mistake for the pre-cedent it sets.”

Zuroff said that in other situ-ations, residents have removedtheir driveways that could havebeen used for turnarounds toprovide more greenspace tothose living there, and that if hedidn’t get the fourth floor fromthe Zoning Board of Appeals,he doesn’t see why the neigh-

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St. Jude’s NovenaMay the Sacred Heart of Jesusbe adored, glorified, loved andpreserved throughout theworld, now and forever. Sa-cred Heart of Jesus pray for us.St. Jude, worker of miracles,pray for us. St. Jude, helper ofthe hopeless, pray for us. Saythis prayer 9 times a day. Bythe 9th day your prayer will beanswered. It has never beenknown to fail. Publicationmust be promised. Thank youSt. Jude. My Prayers were an-swered.

In gratitude for helping me.—H.W.

The Jamaica Pond Association met on Monday and voted against a proposal to add a fourth story to aCentre Street building currently under construction.


borhood is dependent on hisproject providing the turn-arounds.

“There are other drivewayson Lester, I don’t know why Iwould have to donate my drive-way for my neighbors,” he said.

Zoning Chair KevinMoloney said it wasn’t a goodchoice either way.

“If the variance is denied,the neighborhood is going to bestuck with a three-story build-ing, as-of-right, with no turn-arounds, so it’s really a terriblechoice to make,” he said.

The project will have to gobefore the Jamaica Plain Neigh-borhood Council Zoning Com-mittee within the next few

weeks before it goes before theZBA.


Around the NeighborhoodsCITYWIDE

MAYOR’S COFFEEHOURS CONTINUETHROUGH JULY 11

Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s 19thAnnual Neighborhood CoffeeHour Series continues throughJuly 11 in local parks citywide.

All participants will enjoycoffee and breakfast treats pro-vided by Dunkin’ Donuts andfresh fruit from Whole FoodsMarket. In addition, each familyin attendance will receive a flow-ering plant grown in the city’sgreenhouses as a gift fromMayor Walsh. Residents at theevent will also be eligible to wina raffle prizes from Dunkin’ Do-nuts. Information will be avail-able on City programs from theBoston Public Library, BostonPublic Schools, Boston PoliceDepartment, and Boston Centersfor Youth & Families.

All coffee hours will be heldfrom 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.weather permitting. Dates forthe remaining NeighborhoodCoffee Hours are as follows:

• Tuesday, June 12Fenway Victory Gardens 20 ParkDrive, Fenway,

• Tuesday, June 19 RonanPark 92 Mt. Ida Road,Dorchester,

• Wednesday, June 20 ElliotNorton Park 295 Tremont Street,Bay Village/Chinatown,

• Thursday, June 21Brighton Common 30 Chestnut

Hill Ave, Allston/Brighton,• Tuesday, June 26 Almont

Park 40 Almont Street,Mattapan,

• Thursday, June 28 Christo-pher Columbus Park 110 Atlan-tic Avenue, North End,

• Tuesday, July 10 Lt. Ed-ward Walsh and FirefighterMichael Kennedy Tot Lot 369LaGrange Street, West Roxbury,

• Wednesday, July 11Gertrude Howes Playground 68Moreland Street, Roxbury,

For more information andupdates on possible weather can-cellations, please contact theBoston Parks and RecreationDepartment at (617) 635-4505 oronline at Facebook or Twitter@bostonparksdept.

MAYOR WALSH’S 2018GARDEN CONTEST

Apply Today or Refer aFriend the deadline is- Wednes-day, July 11. Please mail yourapplications with photos to:

Mayor Walsh’s Garden Con-test Boston Parks & RecreationDepartment 1010 MassachusettsAvenue, 3rd Floor Boston, Mas-sachusetts 02118

or apply online: https://www.boston.gov/departments/parks-and-recreation/mayors-garden-contest

PROJECT STEPCELEBRATES 35 YEARSOF OPENING DOORS FORUNDERREPRESENTEDYOUTH

Celebration event to be heldat New England Conservatory’sJordan Hall

Project STEP is pleased toannounce its 35th anniversary asan organization dedicated toopening doors for young musi-cians of color and addressing theissue of minorities beingunderrepresented in classicalmusic. In partnership with theNew England Conservatory

(NEC), a free anniversary cel-ebration concert will be held onSunday, June 10, at NEC’s Jor-dan Hall. The concert will in-clude accompaniments from thestudents and instructors ofProject STEP, students and in-structors at NEC, and OwenYoung and John Ferrillo from theBoston Symphony Orchestra,and special musical guests.

The 35th anniversary event isfree and open to the public, how-ever tickets must be acquired inadvance at https://projectstep35.eventbrite.com.

PARKARTS WATERCOLORWORKSHOPSRETURN IN JUNE

Budding artists ages nine andup are invited to join the BostonParks and Recreation Depart-ment for its popular summer se-ries of ParkARTS WatercolorPainting Workshops during themonth of June at six Boston lo-cations. The series of free work-shops is just one of the many of-ferings of the annual ParkARTSprogram sponsored by Holly andDavid Bruce.

The workshops welcome art-ists of all skill levels to createtheir own greenspace-inspiredmasterpieces with instructionand materials provided. JuleenJones returns as this summer’sfeatured instructor. Ms. Jones hasa BFA in Fine Art fromMontserrat College of Art as wellas a custom painting businesscalled The Artist Touch whereshe transforms rooms with fauxand specialty painting, murals,hand painted furniture, refinish-ing, and more. All classes areheld from noon to 2 p.m. weatherpermitting.

Dates and locations for theworkshops are as follows:

Saturday, June 9 JamaicaPond Boathouse, 507Jamaicaway, Jamaica Plain, Sun-day, June 10 Adams Park, 4225

Washington Street, RoslindaleSquare, Saturday, June 16 Chris-topher Columbus Park, 110 At-lantic Avenue, North End(meetat Rose Garden), Sunday, June17 LoPresti Park, 33 SumnerStreet, East Boston

BOSTON AREA RAPECRISIS CENTERANNOUNCES PUBLICWORKSHOPS TOADDRESS SEXUALHARASSMENT ANDASSAULT

The Boston Area Rape Cri-sis Center (BARCC) is offeringseveral upcoming public work-shops to educate people on howto support survivors of sexualharassment and assault as well asto how to take action to preventsexual violence. BARCClaunched the public series earlierthis year, as #MeToo continuedin the public spotlight and de-mand for BARCC services andtrainings increased.

These free workshops areopen to the public. At the firstworkshop, 25 participantslearned critical bystander inter-vention skills, and attendance atupcoming workshops is ex-pected to grow. Survivors,friends, parents, and significantothers are welcome to learn moreabout self-care, consent, by-stander intervention, and how torespond when someone tells youthey’ve been assaulted.

This is a chance to get an in-side look at best practices in thefield of ending sexual violence—not to mention connect with oth-ers, practice self-care, and more!Workshop topics, dates, andshort descriptions are below.Workshops take place Mondayevenings at the Family JusticeCenter, 989 CommonwealthAve., Boston MA 02215. RSVPat bit.ly/BARCC2018RSVP andshare that you’re going onFacebook at bit.ly/BARCCFBevents.

What Do I Say? Ways to Sup-port Survivors - June 18, 2018,6:30–8:30 p.m. Have you everhad a friend or family membertell you that they’ve experiencedsexual violence and not knownwhat to say? Join this workshopto learn an innovative model forresponding when someone inyour life shares with you thatthey’re a survivor.

ALLSTON/BRIGHTON

BOOKDISCUSSION GROUP

A book discussion groupmeets at the Brighton BranchLibrary on the last Wednesday ofeach month at 11:15 a.m. Thefeatured selection for June 27will be Man’s Search for Mean-ing by Viktor E. Frankl

FREE ANNUAL SKINCANCER SCREENING

Did you know that the mostcommon type of cancer is SkinCancer? More than 1 million

Americans develop skin cancerevery year. Early detection andremoval of skin cancers is thesurest way to a cure. Screeningis performed by St. Elizabeth’sDermatologists. Free parking isavailable in garage B. Please reg-ister online at https://www.semc.org/event/500701/free-skin-cancer-screening orcontact Nina DiNunzio by [email protected] or at617-789-3147.

Located at St. Elizabeth’sMedical Center Monday, June11, 2018, 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. St.Elizabeth’s Medical CenterWomen’s Health Pavilion St.Margaret’s Building 736 Cam-bridge St., Brighton

ESL CLASSESL Class/An ESL conversa-

tion group meets at 12:30 p.m.every Monday. Come practiceyour language skills in an infor-mal and friendly setting withother new English speakers.Brighton Branch Library/40Academy Hill Road/(617) 782-6032

BEGINNINGINTERNET CLASS

Help is available on a one onone basis to get you started. Callfor an appointment and ask forAlan, Brighton Branch Library/40 Academy Hill Rd./ (617) 782-6032.

HYDE PARK

SUFFOLK COUNTYREGISTRY OF DEEDSOFFICE HOURS

Office Hours are June 12,2018 10 a.m. – noon @ BCYFHyde Park Municipal BuildingCommunity Center RegisterMurphy and members of his staffwill be available to answer ques-tions and concerns about anyRegistry of Deeds matter Infor-mation will be available concern-ing the Massachusetts Home-stead Act. An internet ready com-puter will be available to print aRegistry recorded deed, confirmthe status of a mortgage or checkon any filing. No AppointmentNeeded.

CHESS AND CHECKERSWITH CHARLIE

Children are welcome tocome and learn to play chess orcheckers with Charlie Cleary onSaturday, June 9, 2018, 1 – 4p.m. Sponsored by the Friends ofthe Hyde Park Branch Library.Free to all. No registration re-quired. Located at Hyde ParkBranch of the Boston Public Li-brary 35 Harvard Avenue HydePark, MA 02136

SATURDAY MORNINGBLOCK PARTY

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Hero Squares in Boston help remember the FallenJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

While Memorial Day is over,the City of Boston still findsways to help residents remem-ber those lost in combat year-round.

The Hero Square program,formerly called the MemorialSquare program, allows familymembers to petition the citygovernment to dedicate a squareto a lost loved one. Commis-sioner of Veterans ServicesGiselle Sterling said the processfor honoring a loved one is fairlystraightforward, and said that, todate, the city has 1,275 dedi-cated squares throughout.

Sterling said that a familymust start with a resolution fromthe Boston City Council, eitherfrom an At-Large or DistrictCouncilor.

“Then the City Council willreach out to our office and westart the process of actually get-ting some of the background in-formation we need,” she said.“We have a vetting process thatdetermines this person is indeedsomeone who died in the line ofduty through their form DD214,their discharge paper. Fromthere, we put in the requestthrough the Boston Transporta-tion Department that makes thetop part of the sign, the part withthe gold star.”

Sterling said they recentlystarted adding a short biography

for the squares underneath thesign so passing residents can seewho that person was and howthey lived.

“It’s about 140 characters ofa short biography of the heroesthemselves, their time in service,any awards they might have hadand their birth and death dates,”she said. “We also are in the pro-cess of adding a QR code to allthe squares, so anyone with asmart phone can scan the codeand it will take them to an onlinememoriam. If we have familiesthat have photos or letters takenor anything they would want usto share with the public, they’reup there. We are currently in themiddle of upgrading that onlineportal to match the city’s newwebsite redesign.”

The current website still

works as they redesign, and all1,275 listings can be found atcityofboston.gov/veterans/herosquares.

Sterling said that one of thefirst squares she worked on re-ally struck her, and she recog-nized the importance and impactthese squares have on familymembers. Back in 2013, work-ing under then Veterans Com-missioner Francisco Urena, shewas working on a square forDorchester resident AlbertoMontrond. Montrond firstsigned up for the U.S. Army in1998 after emigrating from CapeVerde in 1996. He and threeother soldiers were killed in2006 by an improvised explo-sive device in Afghanistan dur-ing Operation Enduring Free-dom.

“I’m a veteran myself of Af-ghanistan, I think in that sensethere was definitely a personalaspect, but really it was the fam-ily, just to see how appreciativethey were that they knew thattheir brother and son was beingdedicated and honored in thatway,” said Sterling. “They’renot memorials in a sense, but amemorial in and of itself and ina way we’re preserving historyand engaging community andsupporting the families of theFallen. It’s built in these streets.These streets and neighbor-hoods are constantly changing,but these are constant.”

But to remain constant, Ster-ling said it takes a lot of work.As stated above, there are morethan a thousand of these squaresthroughout the city, and Sterling

Hero Squares allow family members to honor their lost loved ones, like James “Jack the Barber” Luisellifrom Brighton.

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said any help the public can pro-vide to keep them in top orderwould be appreciated.

“What we’ve found in thewinter months, well, sometimesit happens that the snow plowswill knock the Hero Squaresdown,” she said. “When we getnotified from a family memberthat it is down, we’ll do our bestto replace it and make sure itgoes in the same place or some-where nearby... If anyone seessomething wrong with any ofthe signs, please help us. We tryour best to keep up with thoserequests, but it could a big helpif residents use 311 to shoot usa note and picture.”

Sterling said the location of asquare is usually up to the family,so there is usually a connection tothe street a hero or their familyhas.

“So we’ll find the street thatthe Hero had a relationship to, ei-ther the family still lives there orthat was where the person grewup, so we try to accommodate thefamily’s request,” she said. “Theyreally like the fact that on theircommute home they can touchand feel or see the signs.”

For more information on HeroSquares specifically, the websiteprovided above still works andstill has all available biographicalinformation, but Sterling said thenew site will be throughboston.gov/departments/veterans-services once they have updatedall their information.


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“Magic is happening here onAmory Street,” said David Wa-ters, the longtime CEO of Com-munity Servings at the May 29groundbreaking for its new $21million building on the edge ofEgleston Square. “But we’restill not well enough known.”

More than 100 people frombusiness, health care and philan-thropy niches gathered at thegroundbreaking but it was hardto find anyone who lived nearby.

Although confused aboutwhich neighborhood, Watersacknowledged the community inhis remarks.

“I want to give a shout out tothe neighbors of Stonybrook andJamaica Plain,” Waters said.“We will work really hard tomake a nice building and we willdo it quietly.”

“This is a celebration of joy,”he said. “I want to acknowledgethe kitchen staff there in the backwith freshly made foods.They’re the ones who made thishappen.”

Community Servings, whichhas been on Marbury Terracesince 2007, will be far more con-spicuous when their long, bold,three-story building opens. Itwill triple their capacity to spe-cifically prepare and delivermeals to those who are criticallyor chronically ill.

The new building at 179Amory St., designed by JacobsEngineering is called a “FoodCampus.” Not a timid building,it will be made of corrugatedmetal with wood trim and char-acterized by large windows sopeople can see into the kitchenspaces.

Joining Boston Mayor MartyWalsh at the groundbreaking inaddition to Waters was Dr.Monica Bharel, Commissionerof the Massachusetts Depart-ment of Public Health.

“We have had a decades-long partnership with Commu-nity Servings,” Bharel said.“They bring food security tothose who are the most vulner-

able. As a doctor I would makehouse calls and open the refrig-erator which was often empty.Many with chronic illness don’thave the right foods in their cup-boards or can’t make it them-selves.”

The new building will alsoenlarge the Learning Kitchenthat can accommodate twenty-four students for job training infood service, including a Bak-ery Kitchen for on-the-job train-ing as well as preparing properdesserts for clients with healthneeds.

One beneficiary of theLearning Kitchen is MichelleWaters, who opened her NextStep Soul Food at 657 Washing-ton St. at Codman Square in thefall of 2016.

“I decided to give the Learn-ing Kitchen a try,” she said. “Af-ter 25 years running a daycare, Iwanted something different atage 45 and everyone said theyloved my cooking. CodmanSquare Health Center told meabout Community Servings. The12-week program with ChefKevin was awesome. Mymother works with me now.”

The $21 million expansionproject is supported with $11million in public financing in-cluding New Market Tax Cred-its, but Waters reminded every-one that CS still needs to raisean additional $1.7 million by theend December.

Jamaica Plain NDC andBack of The Hill CDC BeginConstruction of 61 Heath St.The long-awaitedgroundbreaking for 47 afford-able apartments at 61 Heath St.opposite Mildred Hailey Apart-ments (Bromley Heath) wasclouded over by that morningsBoston Globe story on the af-fects of the May 4 double mur-der outside the development.

The JPNDC and Back of theHill CDC were awarded thecity-owned lot in May 2014.Sixteen units in the four-story,U-shaped building designed byPrellwitz Chillinski will be re-served with Project-Based Sec-

tion 8 or Mass Rental Housingvouchers.

Representing Mayor Walsh,Chief of Housing Sheila Dillonacknowledged the several stateagencies that provided financingfor the $18 million housing.

“The city donated the land,”she said, “and put in $3 millionof financing to this site. It wasmoney well spent.”

“This housing will be forvery low income people,” Dillonsaid. “It’s easy to get discour-aged today. But we don’t havethe luxury to get discouraged.Shake it off. Get this built.”

Wendy Polanco lives atMildred Hailey Apartments andis president of the tenant taskforce.

“I am sad about what the pa-per said today,” Polanco said,referring to a Boston Globe ar-ticle which quoted her publishedon May 30. “The article is instark contrast to what is happen-ing here today. Don’t read thepapers. They put my name in butit wasn’t my words. I try to im-prove my people. I am a singlemother. I live across the street. Iam proud and happy of thisneighborhood. This will be 47units of affordable housing forlow income people like us.”

Richard Thal, executive di-rector of JPNDC,was joined atthe ceremony by Rich Giordanoof Back of the Hill CDC, StateRep. Jeffrey Sanchez, District 6City Councilor Matt O’Malleyand Janelle Chan,Undersecretary of Mass. Dept.of Housing and CommunityDevelopment.

“This development got side-lined for too long,” Thal said.“But it has great karma. It’s nowgetting off the ground in 2018.The pieces are coming together.We have die-hard friends in thefunding community: EasternBank, CEDAC and LISC amongso many others.”

“I have the best communityorganizer and the best projectmanager working on this devel-opment,” Thal said.

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Groundbreaking for the $21million building for Community Servings on Amory St.PHOTO BY RICHARD HEATH


sues, so four years ago, it was4,469; last year, that number hadescalated to 36,421.”

Osgood said that one of themain issues they saw keep pop-ping up was that non-residents areparking neighborhood residentparking areas, and those withstickers have been reaching outextensively through 311, which iswhy they want to increase thefines.

“What we looked at when welooked at that significant escala-tion, that fell into a set of bucketsthat we really want to address,there were a lot of concerns formresidents who are coming homeat night and finding people with-out resident parking stickers ontheir neighborhood and wanted aneasier way to be able to make surethat when they got home to theirneighborhood in their car therewas a space that would be avail-able for them,” he said. “The sec-ond large category of constituentconcerns that was raised was re-ally in our business districts andaround meters.”

Osgood said the other bigproblem they see within the cityis that parking in the business dis-tricts has been choked by thoseoverstaying their welcome at ornot paying for their metered spots.He said, again, a way to combatthat and increase traffic to thebusinesses is to increase the fines.

“The new fines are part of a$5 million transportation invest-ment around Go Boston 2030 and,if enacted, would be included inthe city’s operating budget for thefiscal year 2019. The funds wouldgo towards capital projects, 58 ofthem, outlined in Go Boston 2030.One of these projects would befocused on improving bus servicein the city and improving streetsand traffic signals. If approved, thenew fine schedules will be enactedJuly 1, 2018.

City Councilor MichaelFlaherty said he was concernedabout the increase in fine sched-ules for metered spaces becauseof the potential for an increase inhandicapped placard fraud. Hesaid that if the metered fines areincreased, scammers would bemore inclined to go to their doc-

tor to get a note for a conditionthey may not have and be able topark at any meter all the time andall day, for free. This is an issuehe has been talking about for along time, and has been trying toremove, in that there are nowways to pay for a meter – includ-ing a mobile app – that do notrequire one to stand up to feedthe meter.

“I have severe reservations onthe metered parking side until weaddress the handicapped parkingfraud and abuse,” he said. “Thiswould cause us to lose additionalrevenue, so serious reservationson the schedule that speaks toparking meters until that gets ad-dressed, and that’s just a matterof basic fairness, it’s everyoneplaying by the rules being pun-ished, and once we increase thefines, it’s going to increase cir-cling the block, it’s going to in-crease handicapped parkingabuse and fraud, and it’s goingto decrease our parking meterrevenue.”

Boston Transportation De-partment (BTD) Parking ClerkStephen Maguire said a new lawwill go into effect in September2018 to cut down on placardabuse.

“I sit on a handicapped plac-ard task force that’s run throughMassDOT through the registrar’soffice and they’ve passed legis-lation to make it more difficultfor doctors to just sign off onplacards and hand them out, likeeveryone gets a placard, so theyare cracking down on the doctorsthat are issuing these placards,”he said.

The new law would fine thosewho lie on a handicapped plate ap-plication or falsely report a lostplacard $500 for a first offense and$1,000 for ongoing offenses.

Flaherty pointed out that theplacards themselves aren’t reallythe issue in the city, but that theycould be required to pay the meterjust like everyone else.

“That’s a legislative issue, andI believe legislation was filed tohave that actually happen to makehandicapped placard people paythe meters, but I’m not sure howfar along that is,” he said.

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math and science, pre-readingskills, social skills, and motorskills. Various building blockswill be available including woodblocks, magnetic blocks, KAPLAblocks, soft blocks, and babyblocks. No registration is re-quired. Block Party takes place onSaturday, June 9, 2018 9:30 -11:30 a.m. Located at Hyde ParkBranch of the Boston Public Li-brary 35 Harvard Avenue HydePark, MA 02136

FRIENDS’ ANNUALBOOK SALE

This is the 40th anniversary ofthe Friends’ Annual Used BookSale. Join us at the West RoxburyBranch Library, 1961 CentreStreet, West Roxbury. This salestarted on Tuesday June 5 andends Saturday, June 9 at 1 p.m.

TODDLER TIMEPlease join us for Toddler

Time there will be Songs,fingerplays & stories for ages 0- 2. This event is free and opento the public. Toddler Time takesplace on Wednesday June 13,2018 at 10:30 a.m. - 10:55 a.m.located at Lecture Hall WestRoxbury Branch of the BostonPublic Library 1961 CentreStreet West Roxbury, MA 02132

PRESCHOOL STORY TIMEPlease join us for Preschool

stories, crafts and activities forages 3 - 5. Story time takes placeon Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at11 to 11:45 a.m. Located at in theChildren’s Room West RoxburyBranch of the Boston Public Li-brary 1961 Centre Street WestRoxbury, MA 02132

TRINITY LUTHERANCHURCH AND LITTLEBLESSINGS DAYCAREAND PRESCHOOL

Please join us for VacationBible School. Bible School startson July 29 - Aug. 2, 9 a.m. - noon.Free for Children 3-14 Years old(Must be potty-trained) To Reg-ister: Call/Email Deacon SteveVekasy [email protected])Or Maria Ruiz([email protected])

617-327-1800 1195 CENTREST. , WEST ROXBURY

HYDE PARK POP WARNERCOWBOYS WELCOMESBACK CHEERLEADING!

Registration for the 2018Football and cheerleading seasonwill be Saturday, June 9, noon-4p.m. at Kelley Field Hyde Parkand Sunday, July 8 10 a.m. -noon at Kelley Field, Hyde Park.Football ages are 5-13 andCheerleading ages are 7-15.Registration Fee $200 1st child,$150 2nd child, $100 3rd childall must be siblings. Additionalinformation or questions pleaseemail [email protected]

CELEBRATE HYDE PARK -I REMEMBER WHENLUNCH

In celebration of the 150thbirthday of Hyde Park, pleasejoin Ethos for a sit-down lunch,a photo gallery of historic neigh-borhood pictures, and entertain-ment by Hyde Park’s own Riv-erside Theatre Works. The lunchwill be held on Wednesday, June13, 2018 at the Blue Hills Col-laborative, 20 Como Road, HydePark from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Doorsopen at 10:30 a.m. The I Remem-ber When Lunch is offered at nocharge, but seating is limited andreservations are required. ToRSVP: 617-477-6695 Reserva-tions taken on a first come, firstserve basis. Adults only, please

5TH URBAN ARTSFESTIVAL

The 5th Urban Arts Festivaltakes place on Sept. 8, 2018 fromnoon to 5 p.m. located at theMartini Shell Memorial Park on1015 Truman Parkway, HydePark. The festival is free for allages. There will be perfor-mances, artists, games, arts &crafts, give aways, music, ven-dors, spoken word, steam rollermega print. For more informa-tion please [email protected] or call857-719-9467.

BCYF SUMMER CAMPThe BCYF Hyde Park Com-

munity Center is currently ac-cepting applications for summercamp. Camp is for children 7 -12 years old and runs for 6 weeksstarting on July 9. Stop by thecommunity center to pick upyour application today. HydePark Community Center,1179River Street 617-635-5178.

WEST ROXBURYROSLINDALE

NEIGHBOR MEETINGThe meeting will be concern-

ing the proposed high school at361 Belgrade Ave. (former siteof Clay Chevrolet & NTB/Bellevue Commuter Rail stop)

The Greater Belgrade Av-enue Neighborhood Association(GBANA) is hosting an informa-tional meeting to discuss the nextsteps in opposing the plan for an860-student high school at 361Belgrade Ave. If you are one ofthe hundreds who oppose theproposed plan, or if you are newto this issue, we hope you can at-tend. Date: Thursday, June 7,2018 Time: 6:30 p.m. Place: St.John Chrysostom Parish Hall4750 Washington St. WestRoxbury, MA 02132

Please contact: Email:[email protected] Web:www.GBANA.org

ANIMAL TALKS:MONTHLY PARLORMEDITATIONS ANDCONVERSATIONS ABOUTTHE ANIMALS WE LOVEAND REMEMBER

Animal Talks will be locatedat the Stratford St. UnitedChurch (77 Stratford St, WestRoxbury, MA 02132 — cornerof Stratford St. and AnawanAve.) The topic will be: Medita-tion and Prayer Circle: Remem-bering Our Animals Now inSpirit Part 2: Intuition and Dis-covering Our Animal FamiliarsAnimal Talks takes place on June10, 2018 at 5 p.m. (This is thelast meeting until September.Have a wonderful summer.)

Please contact: KaleelSakakeeny, CPGC & CertifiedAnimal Communicator At:[email protected]| 617–818–1432 a pet ministrywww.petministryboston.com forpersonal help with loss, visitpetgriefhelp.com

MASS OF ANOINTING ATST JOHN CHRYSOSTOM

St John Chrysostom Parish,4750 Washington St. WestRoxbury is announcing two spe-cial Masses. On Sat June 9 at 11am there will be a “Mass ofAnointing.” If you have achronic illness, are preparing for

surgery or are in need of heal-ing, come and receive the sacra-ment of the Anointing of theSick. Light refreshments will fol-low the ceremony so pleaseRSVP to the parish office at 617-323-4410. On Sunday, June 10at 9:30 a.m. we will recognize allwho are graduating this year.Come and receive a blessing. Allgraduates welcome.

FRIENDS OF THE WESTROXBURY LIBRARY USEDBOOK SALE

Announcing the Friends ofthe West Roxbury Library UsedBook Sale (40th Anniversaryevent!), running Tuesday, June 5to Saturday, June 9. June 5-9 willbe during regular library hoursand Saturday, June 9 until 1 p.m.West Roxbury Branch Library,1961 Centre St. West Roxbury,MA 02132 Get a head start at theFriends’ Members-Only Pre-view: June 4 at 6 p.m. You canbecome a member that night, oronline atFriendsoftheWRLibrary.org/joinSale hours: Thursday, June 7, 12p.m.–8 p.m., Friday, June 8, 9a.m.–5 p.m., Saturday, June 9, 9a.m.–1 p.m.

LOBSTER DINNER ATST. GEORGE ADULTFELLOWSHIP

Lobster Dinner sponsored bythe St. George Adult Fellowship,Friday, June 8 from 5-7 p.m. atSt. George Orthodox Church, 55Emmonsdale Rd., West Roxbury.(617) 327-6500. Two BoiledLobsters, Drawn Butter, ClamChowder, Baked Potato, Rollsand Butter, Coffee, Dessert. Do-nation, Adults, $25.95; Childrenunder 12 (1 Lobster), $15.95.Fish Dinner also available,$15.95. Takeout available. Res-ervations are a must. Call byJune 7, (617) 266-0065 or (781)326-6755. If machine answers,please be sure to leave your nameand telephone number.

HEALTH CENTERSEEKING NOMINATIONS

The Greater RoslindaleHealth Organization is seekingnominations for the “HermenaF. Clark Community ServiceAward.” This will be the 20thannual award to be bestowedin October to an individualwho has unselfishly helpedresidents living in Roslindale,West Roxbury or Hyde Park.Examples could include indi-viduals who helped at a localfood pantry, school/churchvolunteers and youth/ elderadvocacy. Nominations willbe accepted through June 22,2018. Persons nominating anindividual must write theirname and telephone numberon a letter describing why thisperson is deserving of thisrecognition so that the AwardCommittee can contact them.Submit nominat ions to :GRHO Service Award Com-mittee, 4199 Washington St.,Roslindale, MA. 02131 or faxto 617-323- 7870.

SMA FATHERS DEDHAMBENEFIT DANCE SPRINGDRAWING

SMA fathers Dedham Wel-comes you for the Benefit Danceand Spring Drawing which takesplace on June 8, 2018 at 7 to 11p.m. The venue is the Irish So-cial Club located on 119 ParkSt., West Roxbury.

Raffle: 1st Prize – RoundTrip to Ireland for two (Restric-tions apply), 2nd Prize –Kitchen- Size Flat-Screen Tele-vision, 3rd Prize – two nights’Stay for two at Cape Cod IrishVillage.

Door Prize: 1 Year Familymembership to Atlantis SportsClub and Spa ($799.00) HiltonHotel, Dedham.

Admission $15.00, Proceedssupport SMA Fathers Mission-ary Work. Music: FintanStanley also appearing: HarneyAcademy of Dancers. ContactPar & Josie casey: 781-329-0530 Father Brendan Darcy,SMA: 781-326-3288.

PLANS ANNOUNCED FORROSSI HIGH REUNION

A reunion for all who at-tended Roslindale High Schoolwill take place on Saturday, Oct.6 at the Dedham Holiday Inn at55 Ariadne Road in Dedham.The reunion will start at 7:30p.m. and end at midnight.Graduates of the Class of 1968will be celebrating 50 years.Graduates of the Class of 1969are planning a 49th reunion andgraduates of the class of 1973will be celebrating 45 years.

Tickets will be e-mailed toeach guest responding. The re-union is limited to 250 guestswhich may prevent tickets be-ing sold at the door. For updateson the reunion, go towww.roslindalehighschool.com.

4TH ANNUALROSLINDALE PORCHFEST SATURDAY SEPT.15

The Roslindale Arts Alli-ance announces that the 2018Roslindale Porch Fest will beheld on Saturday, Sept. 15 from1:30-5:30 p.m., with a rain dateof Sunday, Sept. 16. This fam-ily-friendly event showcaseslocal talent all over Roslindalehosted by residents eager to pro-vide their porches, driveways,yards, and gazebos as venues forfree musical performances.Roslindale Porch Fest is free toall, thanks to our generous spon-sors. Last year’s event featuredlive music at 70 locations acrossRoslindale, with 110 music actsparticipating in styles rangingfrom folk to jazz to rock toreggae to classical, and a crowdestimated in the thousands.

Registration is now open forboth hosts and musicians athttp://www.roslindalearts.org/porchfest. The registration dead-line is Aug. 1.

Roslindale Arts Alliance -w w w. r o s l i n d a l e a r t s . o r g /porchfest - www.facebook.com/roslindaleporchfest

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place on a drumhead, a ceremonystill practiced today.

“The Drumhead Electiondates back to 1638, when the firstelection was held on the BostonCommon, probably on this veryspot, and the members of thecompany cast their ballots on thehead of a drum,” he said. “Thisis in fact a reenactment, as theelection was actually conductedlast month at Faneuil Hall. Butwe will go through this and electnew officers for the year of 2018to 2019.”

The drum was carried out intothe field and laid on its side whilethe company’s sergeants cameand cast their votes. Maddocksexplained that the officers in1639 didn’t have a desk, but onlya drum. A ringing “We have aresult!’ came from the field as theresults were confirmed.

Maddocks further explainedthe ceremony of officer commis-sions, saying that each officer incommand and those resigningtheir commissions based on theelection pass each other on thefield, accompanied by at least aone-gun salute from two nearbyU.S. Army Howitzers.

“The outgoing Captain Den-nis O’Brien will come forwardto report to the Lt. Governor andresign his commission,” he said.“She will accept his resignation,and as he returns to the ranks, hissuccessor, Lt. Col. CharlesMcCarthy will come forward toreceive his commission... He is a

very distinguished U.S. MarineCorps Veteran wounded in ser-vice in Vietnam, and is highly-decorated.”

Polito gave a small speech toeach incoming and outgoing of-ficer.

“On behalf of the citizens ofMassachusetts, I wish to con-gratulate you on a job well doneduring this company year, bestwishes Captain O’Brien!” shesaid.

The company first receivedits charter from the Great andGeneral Court of MassachusettsBay in 1638, making it the old-est chartered military organiza-tion in the country, according toMaddocks. The company was thefirst to turn their commissionsinto the governor.

After all the commissionswere taken in, the companiesmarched to Copley Square to re-member members who had diedthis year. Companies who partici-pated in the parade included theWashington Light Infantry fromSouth Carolina, members of theU.S.S. Constitution, Massachu-setts National Guard, members ofthe Centennial Legion, the ActonMinutemen, the Arlington Min-utemen Lexington Minutemen,the Concord Minutemen and theHonorable Artillery Company ofLondon.

Veteran First Sgt. of the U.S.Army Corps of Engineers DavidGustavsen said he comes out forthe ceremony every year, even

despite the light rain comingdown on the revelers’ heads onMonday.

“I just come to it every year, Ienjoy watching the service andthe ceremony,” he said. “I wasformer military, and some of themembers were my battalion com-manders when I was in the Na-tional Guard too, so I know themalso. It feels great, I’m honored,I look forward to it every yearand it wasn’t raining too hard,and like they say in the military,‘if it ain’t raining, it ain’t train-ing.’”

Gustavsen said the turnoutwas really good considering therain, and he was happy to see

his friends in the unit.“Hopefully everything goes

smoothly, and you know it’sgood because you get a littleexercise marching along withthem from Faneuil Hall over tohere,” he said. “And then fromhere they go to the church tothe ceremony, and then I thinkthey all go off to the hotel fortheir big banquet and every-thing.”

Boston resident David Wil-liams said he was just taking hisdog for a walk when he hap-pened on the ceremony on theCommon.

“I stumbled across the cer-emony, and I think it’s wonder-

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ful, these guys, back in the Revo-lutionary War they were the oneswho went to Concord and Lex-ington, it’s amazing,” he said.

Visitors Edward and Chris-tine Pryor said they came overfrom Great Britain for a vaca-tion and just saw the event on awebsite and thought to come outand see it.

“It’s living history, it’s amaz-ing,” Edward said. “We’re onholiday here, and this is our lastday, we thought this is great. Thisis our first time, it’s marvelousreally that the tradition is beingcarried on. If I was coming herelast year, I’d definitely comeagain.”

The ceremony topped off with Lt. Col. Charles McCarthy being elected to the rank of captain of the com-pany.



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Wolfe said the class helps justabout everyone who takes it se-riously, though he said there aresometimes those who don’t re-ally apply themselves, but thoseare in the vast minority. He saidit allows students to objectivelytake a look at their lives and ac-tions.

“When you are outside yourown story, you’re able to grabcontrol of it and look at it andsee your life as a series of storiesas opposed to this thing that hap-pened to you,” he said. “Some-times, they go off to do amazingthings and some of them don’thave an incredible experience.Sometimes they just start view-ing their life as story-worthy andsometimes that’s something thatsomebody really needs.”

Maile Takahashi, Director ofCommunity Program at HarvardUniversity, said the programs of-fer something different for every-one.

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