Flashlight Walk draws good crowd in Jamaica Plain

On Thursday, July 18, officers from District E-13 in Jamaica Plain, the Bureau of Community Engagement, andthe Command Staff joined Jamaica Plain residents for a Flashlight Walk near the Mildred C. Hailey Apartments.The walk wrapped up at Jackson Square Park, where participants visited the Score4More barbecue and enjoyedfood, music, and dancing. Boston Police Department officers said they had a great time meeting and connectingwith so many concerned and compassionate community members. To attend a future Flashlight Walk, pleasecall the BPD at (617) 343-4345 or send an email to: meetinginfo@pd.boston.gov.

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MHC appears favorableto 602 Canterbury St.

Dana and Hart bridgework underway in HP

Residents said they were concerned about how the work would affectthe Canterbury Brook.

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JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

After some tweaking to thesite, residents at the Mount HopeCanterbury Neighborhood As-sociation (MHC) said they feltthe proposed 14-unit buildingnow at 602 Canterbury St. wasmuch closer to what theywanted.

Originally, the site was pro-posed to have access on Ameri-can Legion Highway, betweenthe Scrub a Dub site and theTabernacle Baptist Congrega-tional Church. Developer Jo-seph De Gange of D2 Develop-ment said they spoke with theBoston Fire Department andthey said the access from justCanterbury was adequate, sothey could close the site off fromAmerican Legion.

“The last time we were herethe project was sort of well-recieved, but the major concernwas how vehicles were going topass through the site,” he said.“But also, there’s a brook thatruns right in front of the prop-erty and we were not sure howwe were going to interact withthe brook because we hadn’tconsulted with the Fire Depart-ment first... Since then we havedotted all our I’s and crossed allour T’s and I can say there willbe no access on American Le-gion, all of it will be on Canter-bury. We will not developaround the brook and we’vepushed the building back furthertowards Canterbury, away fromthe brook.”

The Canterbury Brook runs

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Goodwill opens in Hyde Parkafter 11 years

Goodwill employees, city officials and State Rep. Russell Holmes came out on Thursday to officially open thenew Goodwill Store on River Street.

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Despite a long hiatus after agroundbreaking took place 11years ago with Mayor ThomasMenino, the Goodwill store inHyde Park on River Street hasfinally opened.

“I’m so excited about howthis store turned out,” said Bos-ton Goodwill President andCEO Joanne Hilferty. “We re-ally are committed to serving thecommunities of Boston and thisis our first new Boston store in10 years.”

Constructing a new building,

according to Goodwill Bostonspokesperson James Harder, isa bit unusual for Goodwill.

“Typically we go into an ex-isting storefront, but this wasbuilt specifically for us. TheBoston Medical Center is going

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Work has begun on the im-provements approved for boththe Dana Avenue Bridge and thearea around the Father HartBridge, both in Hyde Park.

The Father Hart work in-cludes the signalization of bothends of the bridge on Milton/Neponset and Milton/Hyde ParkAvenue, a change in the trafficpattern at Wolcott Square andinteractive signals at all threeintersections. ConstructionManagement Director Katie Hillsaid since the three signals haveto be able to interact with eachother based on traffic patterns,

they are starting with electricalwork.

“We are starting right nowwith the underground work, thedrainage, the conduit and thefoundations for the signals,” shesaid. “The bulk of the sidewalkand roadway work will be doneby the end of the constructionseason in November. We antici-pate the new signals to be in-stalled in the winter and we willcomplete the entire project bythe end of May 2020.”

Hill said they are working tominimize traffic disruptions dur-ing construction, which is thewhole point of the endeavor. She

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BPDA holds public meeting on 221-unit buildingRicharRicharRicharRicharRichard Heathd Heathd Heathd Heathd Heath

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Pine Street Inn and The Com-munity Builders gave their firstofficial joint venture presentationon July 18 for a six-story, 221-unit supportive and affordableresidential building a 3368 Wash-ington St.

They filed their Article 80Large Project Review notifica-tion to the Boston Planning andDevelopment Agency (BPDA)on July 7 and the agency wastedno time in setting a date for therequired public hearing.

Dana Whiteside is the BPDAproject manager for the develop-ment.

“This is the first official Ar-ticle 80 meeting for 3368 Wash-ington St.,” he said. “But the pro-ponents have done a fair amountof community outreach on theirown volition.”

The full house in the confer-ence room of 3368 WashingtonSt., that Pine Street has ownedsince 1997, was a different groupof people than at the first publicmeeting the joint venture hostedon March 5. Since then they pre-sented to the Jamaica Plain Hous-ing Committee on March 19 andthe Washington Street BusinessAssociation on May 14.

Whiteside put the joint ven-ture into context, “This projectis in a neighborhood where a lotis happening.”

Since the meeting on March

5, the six story, 45-unit buildingplanned by Boston CommunityVentures on the opposite cornerat 3353 Washington St. has beenchanged from rental to condo-miniums. Construction costs arebeing researched and pricing outcontractors is underway. Directlyopposite 3371-3375 WashingtonSt. will soon be sold to JPNDCby City Realty and, around thecorner, 197-201 Green St., aftera long delay, received zoning ap-proval on July 9.

Whiteside said that an 11-per-son Impact Advisory Group hadbeen formed that included EmilyTabor of Glen Road, CarolynRoyce from ESNA, DeniseDelgado of Egleston SquareMain Streets, Washington Streetproperty owner Monty Gold andJohn Linecum of Turtle SwampBrewery.

Lyndia Downey is executivedirector of Pine Street Inn. “PineStreet is 50 years old this year.”she said. “It’s an interesting timefor Pine Street. People look at usas a shelter, but we’ve been in-volved in supportive housing fora long time. We have 300 scat-tered site housing [units].”

“We’ve had a site on GreenStreet, which is an historic taxcredit building.”

Pine Street, through its PaulSullivan Trust, acquired the oldBowditch School in 1990 andtransformed it into 45 units ofsupportive housing.

Still the stereotype remains.

At the Businessman’s Associa-tion meeting, one business ownersaid that Pine Street is a shelterin peoples minds.

“Pine Street is a negative con-notation,” he said. “Change thename to Jamaica Arms or GreenEstates.”

Downey admitted at themeeting that “an image changemight be needed.”

At the July 18 meetingDowney defined supportivehousing.

“It’s housing for people withsome form of disability,” shesaid. “They need some form ofsupportive services; some we’llhave on site, others we can bringin.”

Lydia Scott is the projectmanager for TCB. She describedthe basic program of the build-ing.

“It will be six stories; 100percent affordable,” she said.“It’s a quarter mile from GreenStreet station. There will be 221units total, 141 for formerlyhomeless individuals. The restwill have a wide range ofaffordability from 30 percent to80 percent area median income(AMI). The maximum monthlyrent for a one bedroom at 60 per-cent AMI will be $1,333. The 141supportive units will all be stu-dios and that rent will be set at$662.”

“We’re looking at a largeamount of public funding and anaccelerated time frame,” Scott

said. “We hope for constructiondrawings ready in the spring of2020.” Eric Robinson of RODEArchitects explained the designof the building.

“This is something different,”he said. “It’s a tall order. We wanta great civic project for the neigh-borhood.”

RODE is also the architectsof 3200 Washington St., so it hasexperience in doing somethingdifferent.

“The building is 65 feet fromthe base,” Robinson said. “Wewant to carve out spaces from themassing to create more naturallight in the building with setbacks and cut outs.”

“The supportive housingunits are small,” said Robinson.“So there will be larger windowsfor more natural light.”

The sidewalk will be 13 feetand the entrance will have anadditional 11-foot wide plaza.The entrance to the Pine Streetoffices and housing units will bethrough a one-story glass pavil-ion set a against a deeply set backrhythmic wall of wide windows.

There will also be a wide in-terior south facing court betweenthe two wings of the building.There will be roof garden sittingareas on the one story interiorentrance and on the 6th floor.

Robinson said that the archi-tects will meet with the BostonCivic Design Commission onJuly 23 where the materials anddesign will be reviewed.

The building will house twocommunities-formerly homelessand low and moderate incomes.The first question was askedabout whether they would beseparate. Downey was honest.

“Right now there is a physi-cal separation,” she said. “Thisdecision was not made lightly,but was based on our own expe-rience of serving a supportivepopulation.

“The common areas arewhere the different groups willcome together,” Downey said.“The idea of the common areas,the terraces, that’s where peopleconnect. Social spaces versusunit to unit.”

Union Avenue sees itself asthe bullseye in the building boomof Green and Washington Street.Rueben Van Leuvwen lives onUnion Avenue and he pointed outthat he lives directly behind 197-201 Green St.

“I’m very excited about themove towards moreaffordability,” he said. “But I’mnervous about the changesaround us. That’s a lot of units, alot of cars.”

His neighbor Rachel agreed.“I share Rueben’s concerns

about density. One of like sixbuildings going up all at the sametime, right across from Mordy’sbuilding. High end. All going tobe million dollar condos. Its over-whelming, it’s scary.”

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NOW OPEN!The Goodwill Store and Donation Center

MORGAN MEMORIAL GOODWILL INDUSTRIES

892 RIVER STREET HYDE PARK, MA 02136

www.goodwillmass.org

Monday – Saturday: 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.Sunday: Noon to 6 p.m.

George Wright Concert Seriespresents Alexus Lee

Ariane KAriane KAriane KAriane KAriane KomomomomomyyyyyatiatiatiatiatiStaff Reporter

After a long day of swelter-ing 90 degree heat, communitymembers decided to chill out onthe George Wright Golf Coursepatio and listen to a live concerton July 19. The free concert fea-tured singer/songwriter AlexusLee and guitarist Kevin Scollins.This Boston Parks and Recre-ation event is one of three“George Wright Concert Serieson the Patio” this summer. “It’sa J Thing!” will be performingAug. 1, and Sam Robbins willbe performing on Aug. 22.

Lee and Scollins have beenperforming together for nearlyeight months. Lee sings andplays keys, while Scollins per-forms on the guitar. Scollins isfrom Foxboro and graduatedfrom the Berklee College ofMusic. Lee is originally fromRhode Island and usually per-forms in venues in Providence,but she also performs in Boston“pretty regularly”.

“I have been singing for over14 years,” she stated. “I performa mix of jazz, R&B, with someoriginal songs I wrote.”

Alexus Lee and KevinScollins performed from 6:30pm until 9 pm. As the sun setand the temperature cooled,more and more people came outto the patio to listen. Lee per-formed some of her own songsat the Wright Golf Course,which are titled “Illusion”,“Over It”, and “Fade”. While lis-tening to the live music, fami-lies and friends had a drink or abite to eat and chatted with oneanother. Food and drinks wereserved by the Wright GolfCourse Grille, which had a spe-cial menu for music night thatincluded lobster rolls, buffalowings and onion rings.

“It’s a little warm out here,but there is a nice breeze,” Leenoted in between her perfor-mances.

Marchelle Jacques-Yard, theOutreach Coordinator and Part-nership Manager for the BostonParks and Recreation Depart-ment, and Jennifer Widener, theProgram Manager for the Bos-ton Parks and Rec Department,attended the free concert as well.

“The George Wright ConcertSeries is a part of our ParkARTSprogram,” explained Jacques-Yard. “When this patio was reno-vated three years ago, we wantedto create a way for golfers andneighbors to enjoy the ambiance.So we started the George WrightConcert Series on the Patio.”

Many of the artists and bandshave performed in a ParkARTSOutdoor Neighborhood Concertin the past. “Sam Robbins is acrowd favorite,” remarkedJacques-Yard. “But we try to di-

versify the artists as well. Thisis Alexus Lee’s first time per-forming with us.”

There are many free concertsthroughout the city of Bostonduring the summer. On July 25,Soul City Band will be perform-ing in Blackstone Square in theSouth End. Magnum Sound willperform by the Clifford Play-ground in Roxbury on July 26.On July 31, The Rebels will beperforming a Tom Petty tributein the Medal of Honor Park inSouth Boston. The Woo Factorwill be performing by the HuntPlayground in Mattapan.

Widener also remarked thatthe Boston Parks and Recre-ation Department providessummer fitness classes. “Thereare 30 classes a week, all overthe city of Boston,” she stated.These classes include zumba,cardio, salsa dancing, strengthtraining, and afrobeat.

The Boston Parks and Rec-reation Department also pro-vides free junior golf lessons atthe George Wright Golf Course.This first-rate program for youthages 7-14 provides basic instruc-tion in the fundamentals of golf.The lessons take place Tuesdaysthrough Thursdays until Aug.15, with a class at 9 a.m. and aclass at 10:30 a.m. Equipmentis provided and pre-registrationis required. For more informa-tion, contact Jennifer Widener at617-961-3047 orjennifer.widener@boston.gov.

The ParkARTs program alsoincludes children’s arts work-shop summer series takes placein July and August, all over thecity of Boston. It includes paint-ing, jewelry making, mask mak-ing, and much more. TheChildren’s Artists in Residenceprogram will run until Aug. 16.For dates, times, and locations,visit https://www.boston.gov/departments/parks-and-recre-ation/parkarts.

To learn more about profes-sional musician Alexus Lee,e m a i lalexusleemusic@gmail.com or

Residents came out despite the heat on Friday to see local performersAlexus Lee and Sam Robbins.

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visit her Facebook page at https:// w w w . f a c e b o o k . c o m /AlexusLeeMusic/.

For more information onSummer programs hosted by theBoston Parks and Recreation de-partment, visit boston.gov/parksor call (617)-635-4505.

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Three Parkway residentskilled in NH crash

Letters to the Editor

To evict or not to evict

My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

There exist continual tug-ofwars (or is it tugs-of-war) in ourage: Pepsi vs. Coke, New Yorkvs. Boston, Martha’s Vineyardvs. Nantucket, Mike’s vs. Mod-ern Pastry’s cannoli(s), gin-and-tonic vs. vodka tonic, anti-abortion vs. pro-abortion, mar-tinis shaken vs. stirred. A moreexistential one is landlord vs.tenant.

I’ve been on the tenant side. Having first moved back toBoston in ’74, we lived in anapartment building straddlingthe Mattapan-Hyde Park line. With all sorts of building codeviolations, we moved out be-fore our lease was up, only tobe dragged into HousingCourt. There a so-called com-passionate judge ruled for themonolithic plaintiff—actually alarge company——citing thatwe failed to notify the companywith registered mail. If only hehad taken the time to visit thebuilding, he would have seenthe gross violations that in-creased over time during ourless-than-a-year stay.

A city councilor has recentlycalled for a hearing of sealingeviction court records for resi-dents more than 20 years old. It would not have affected mebecause the court case was 44years ago, and technically itwas not an eviction: the secu-rity deposit was left to cover thelast month’s “rent.”

The proposal would make itmore difficult to check a pro-

spective tenant’s status. A sav-ing grace in her proposal is thatit goes back two decades. Nolandlord in our city of manytwo- and three-family housesshould have to take a risk thesedays because of the difficultiesof evicting obstreperous ten-ants.

Years ago there was a ter-rible Roslindale case in whichan aging mother and her devel-opmentally challenged sonrented out a second floor to asection 8 family. More andmore family members keptmoving in, the noise becamelouder, and finally she decidedto evict, only to learn that aneviction of an insolvent familyis not easy as it initially seems,with months passing and norent being paid. When movingout day finally occurred, theapartment was trashed and res-titution never occurred, neitherfrom the family nor govern-ment agency.

I hoped that the above wasa one-and-done occurrence butwith a lawyer friend whoseniche is taking bad tenants tocourt for eviction there is therealization that tenant abuseoccurs more frequently. As avery compassionate woman inher personal life and very busyin her professional life, she jus-tifies her strong stance againstterrible tenants by asserting thatshe is increasing the quality oflife for the other tenants——fewer drugs, less noise, etc.

And right she is!No tenant will ever match

the integrity of George Hogarty,a tenant in my father’s house forhalf a century. This postalcarrier’s rent was always ontime, the noise from his familyof five was kept to a minimum,and he always helped to takeout the trash/ashes and shovelsnow. What a friend and tenant!

If the City Council adheresto sealing evictions, I hope thatit is beyond the 20-yearl ine . No fami ly shou ldhave to wear——to para-ph ra se Na than i e lHawthorne——a scarlet Efor the rest of their livesbecause they encounteredfinancial problems yearsago. Or should restitutionto the offended landlord bepart of the package?

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JULY 11’S BULLETIN WASA COMEDIAN’S DREAM

To the Editor:There were so many funny

articles beginning, with Joe’smishmash of praise for tradi-tional families, income and lo-cation, location, location. Therewas a blatant absence of selfdiscipline, hard work and dedi-cation in producing results.Yea, I heard you exempt paro-chial and private schools as ifmost of my neighbors aren’t liv-ing in three job households tosend their kids to these ex-cluded schools AND paying forthe schools that you say wouldwork better if more money wasjust given to moms and dads.Very funny, Joe’s sounding/looking more like Bernie everyday. As long as you brought itup, I can’t help but comment on

the new Superintendent with asix figure take home and a newhome every year in a differenttown to better learn and under-stand the needs of the city. MyGod, is there anybody in CityHall with half a brain and anounce of common sense withenough courage to stand up andscream; Stop this Madness?Just ride the T and you’ll learneverything the Committee’s jobdescription didn’t tell you. I’llleave this topic by recommend-ing Mattapan followed byDorchester as the beginning ofthe Super’s Boston based ziptrip.

Now this one is very funny;chief of Environment, Energyand Open Space. I assume theprimary responsibility of thisposition is to find any openspace that can be filled with salt

box housing. I don’t know whyhe came to WR; we’re runningout of open space here as dem-onstrated at 45 Spring St. whereI watched the backhoe tearingout trees in the minimal openspace, i.e, courtyard, in the rearof the building which since theMay 23 edition has been filledwith unplanned, and neighbor-hood opposed units. Which getsme to the real purpose of mynote which is to apologize to thelocal businesses who will suf-fer the most but, thinking onlyof myself, my property valueand lifestyle I have to switch tosupporting lane reduction as itwill certainly reduce traffic,thereby keeping the riff raff. SoOK, let’s all listen to the nuttyprofessor and do something stu-pid.

However, I did find myselfwondering “why so much traf-fic” and concluded that theParkway and Center St. are the“best” routes to the behemothof a hospital zone built aroundBeth Israel, to include theFaulkner. I wouldn’t be sur-prised if 20 to 40% of traffic isto and from these institutions.

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The New Hampshire State Police identified three victims from the Park-way on Monday who died in a vehicle collision in the state. The colli-sion occurred on Sunday around 11:30 a.m. on Interstate 89 in NewLondon. The victims were identified as Sharon Nawrocki, 44, of WestRoxbury, Angelo Rossi, 57, of Roslindale and Kelly Rossi, 56, ofRoslindale. According to police, the trio's vehicle was traveling northbound on 89 in the left lane and police believe another vehicle mayhave merged into the left left lane in front of their vehicle, which, policebelieve, swerved and lost control. The trio's vehicle left the interstateand rolled over off the highway an “undetermined number of times.”Two were ejected from the vehicle and pronounced deceased at the scene,while a third unidentified person succumbed to injuries later in a localhospital. Police stated they are still trying to identify the person operat-ing the vehicle, while the driver of the other vehicle stayed on sceneand cooperated with police. Police stated that at the time of the crash,impairment did not appear to be an issue. A Mass of Christian Burialwill be celebrated in the Holy Name Church, 1689 Centre Street, WestRoxbury, Tuesday, July 30 at 10 a.m. for all three victims. Visiting hoursin the Holy Name Church, Monday, July 29th from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00p.m. Relatives and friends invited. Interment St. Joseph Cemetery. Asmall memorial has been set up at the West Roxbury Dunkin Donuts onCentre Street where Nawrocki used to work.

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A/B Mobility Study Aims to address transportation issues

On Monday, July 22,Allston-Brighton residentsgathered at the Josephine A.Fiorentino Community Centerto receive an update on theAllston-Brighton MobilityStudy from the Boston Plan-ning and Development Agency(BPDA). The purpose of thestudy is to “develop actionablerecommendations to improvemobility, safety for all modes,and quality of life for theAllston-Brighton neighbor-hood.” Deputy Director OfTransportation And Infrastruc-ture Planning John “Tad” Readled the presentation.

“This is an inter-depart-mental effort. The BPDAworks very closely with othercity departments such as Bos-ton Transportation, PublicWorks Department and theDisabilities Commission,”Read said.

The study is set to utilizecorridor analysis and targetedanalysis. Corridor analysis isa comprehensive review oftransportation conditions andit will look at Harvard Avenue,Brighton Avenue, FaneuilStreet, Lincoln Street and oth-ers. Targeted analysis – a fo-cused review of transportation

conditions at a square or inter-section – will be implementedto analyze Oak Square, UnionSquare, I-90 PedestrianBridge, Cleveland Circle, andmore. The study started in thefall of 2018 with an 18-monthtimeline but Read revealed thatthe project was extended bythree months.

“Originally we wanted tobe done by the spring of 2020but we’re kicking off a newstudy for Western Avenuecalled the Western AvenueCorridor Study so the two stud-ies can be informal,” Readsaid.

The study began by survey-ing residents about their con-cerns with congestion issues.Resident responses wereturned into heat maps.

“So basically people madecomments about motor vehicleissues, they made commentsabout the price of transporta-tion, pedestrians, and thenwhat we did was combine allof those heat maps and beganto see where they came to-gether,” Read said. “And thenyou can see the intersections:The intersection of Harvardand Comm’ Ave, the intersec-tion of Cambridge Street andHarvard Street, and certain ar-eas, not surprisingly light up.And the public comments we

got ultimately served as thefoundation for what we pre-sented in the winter, which ispriority relocation.”

Some of the main goals ofthe priority relocation methodare allocating space to safelyaccommodate diverse users(drivers, pedestrians, bicy-clists), identifying corridorsand intersections for priorityaccommodations of buses, andmitigating developmental im-pacts to transportation. Cur-rently there are 12 planned im-provements in the works, butfor many residents the im-provements aren’t comingsoon enough.

Tracy Wu has lived on

Portsmouth Street since 2012and has been in touch with theBoston Transportation Depart-ment for four years about com-muters cutting through hermain road while navigatingtheir way from Lincoln Streetonto I-90. She said she has datathat shows approximately3,000 vehicles a day drivethrough going east on WaverlyStreet or south on PortsmouthStreet.

“Ninety five percent of thehouseholds signed our petitionto look into this and we foundthat out of the 3,000 cars,1,850 cut through our streetevery weekday,” Wu said.“[Portsmouth] Playground isbeing affected. [BTD] isn’t do-ing its job.”

Allston Civics Associationpresident Anthony D’Isidororaised concerns about the de-velopment boom-taking placein the city and its ramificationsfor residents.

“There’s intense develop-ment plans in the area on bothsides of Everett Street,”D’Isidoro said. “I really thinkbased on the timing of theseprojects and when constructionwill be starting that we reallyneed to prioritize the AllstonSquare area, Harvard Ave,Cambridge Street, FranklinStreet, Braintree Street becausethat potentially could be a verycritical bottleneck unless wetake some steps now to makethat traffic move along better.”

Massachusetts State Sen.William Brownsberger stoppedby to hear residents’ concernsand offer his solution to mak-ing roads safer: legislation filedto enable “automated enforce-ment.”

Brownsberger’s bill, S.1376states that a city or town that

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accepts it may “employ an au-tomated road safety camerasystem as a means of promot-ing traffic safety” and utilize“camera enforceable viola-tions.” This means that a cam-era sensor can produce digitalphotographs and may recordand cite you for breaking thespeeding limit, failing to stopat a signal at an intersection,making a right turn on a redlight where prohibited, andpassing a school bus when itsflashers are on.

“We got a lot of commentsonline and people are afraid ofprivacy invasions and of the‘gotcha!’ that people will belined up around the courthousefor driving 26 miles an hour,”Brownsberger said. “But mythought is that the best way tomove that forward is to start byfocusing on things that every-body is concerned about likeblocking the box.”

Representing the city withRead was Allston-Brighton Li-aison for the Mayor’s Depart-ment of Neighborhood ServicesConor Newman and Transpor-tation Planning fellow JackHalverson. Development Plan-ner Jesus Cuellar and Associ-ate Planner Conor Selmer rep-resented Kittelson & Associ-ates, Inc., the consultant teamcollaborating with the city onanalysis.

BPDA and Kittelson arehalfway through their studytimeline and plan to submittheir final transportation actionplan by Summer 2020. The nextmeetings are planned for Tues-day, July 30th at the JacksonMann Auditorium from 5 p.m.to 7 p.m. and on Wednesday,July 31st at the Brighton Pub-lic Library from 4 p.m. to 5:30p.m.

Residents said one of their major concerns was illegal cut-through traffic on one-way streets, as well aspedestrian and bicycle safety concerns.

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Around the NeighborhoodCITY

BCYF NEIGHBORHOODBLOCK PARTIES KICK OFF

Mark your calendar and bringyour friends and family to a fun andfree Neighborhood Block Party andlearn more about your neighbor-hood community centers! SelectThursday nights in July and Augustfrom 5:00 to 7:00 p.m., the BCYFNeighborhood Block Parties willoffer a variety of free activities in-cluding music, a cookout, activities,swimming (as indicated below),and resource tables from many Cityof Boston departments and otheragencies with lots of great informa-tion to share and giveaways. Thissummer’s schedule is as follows:

July 25: BCYF Tynan Com-munity Center, 650 East FourthStreet, South Boston

August 8: BCYF MarshallCommunity Center, 35 WestvilleStreet, Dorchester

In the case of rain or otherweather issues, please checkBCYF’s social media pages(@BCYFCenters) for updates. TheBlock Parties are generously sup-ported by the Foundation forBCYF.

BCYF GIRLS NIGHTSBoston Centers for Youth &

Families (BCYF) invites Bostongirls to register now to attend oneor all Girls Nights, a series of freegirls-only events throughout thesummer. All activities are designedto bring girls together in a safe, non-competitive environment wherethey can be themselves, meet othergirls their age and engage with rolemodels. BCYF Girls Nights alsoconnects girls with resources andopportunities while they enjoy apositive and fun experience withtheir peers. Last summer over 1,500girls participated in BCYF’s GirlsNights.

Codzilla Tuesday, July 30, 5

p.m. Ages 7 and olderLipSync & Dance Battle at

BCYF Perkins Community CenterTuesday, August 6, 5 - 8 p.m. AllAges

New England Aquarium Satur-day, August 10, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.All Ages

Laser Quest Tuesday, August13, 5 - 8 p.m. Ages 6 and older

JP Licks Ice Cream SocialTuesday, August 20, 4 - 6 p.m. AllAges

End of Summer Party at ChezVous with Boston Police DistrictB3! Friday, August 23, 5 - 8 p.m.All Ages

FRANKLIN PARK ZOOHelp Zoo New England share

appreciation during FirstResponder’s Day at Franklin ParkZoo on August 3

- Celebrate World Lion Day atFranklin Park Zoo on August 10

- Mark your calendars for the10th annual Brew at the Zoo atFranklin Park Zoo on August 17

JAMAICA PLAIN

TRIDUM in HONORof SAINT CLARE

Monastery of St. Clare, JamaicaPlain. August 8, 9, & 10th, Massesat 7:00 pm, Sunday, August 11th,Solemnity Mass at 11:00 am.

If unable to attend your inten-tions may be mailed.

ARBORETUM EVENTSArt and the Arboretum Be-

tween the Leaves, The UniquePrints of Sarah Cross, on display inthe Hunnewell Building from July26 through October, reveals a spe-cial process focusing on the ephem-eral quality light to create a deli-cate piece of art. Attend an Open-ing Reception on Saturday, July 27from 1:00-3:00pm. On July 28, joinSarah for a Cyanotype Workshopat 10:00am. Drawn to Paint, Paint-ings of Arboretum Trees by PaulOlson, remains on view throughJuly 21. Learn how to sketch enplein air (outdoors) with the artistat a Making Art in the Landscapeworkshop on July 13 at 1:00pm.

Morning Yoga Find your zenand improve your health andwellbeing on Sundays this summerwith yoga in the landscape. Prac-tice poses, breathing, and medita-tion in the tranquil setting of theArnold Arboretum. Offered 10:00-11:30am on July 28 and August 4.

www.arboretum.harvard.edu

FALLS PREVENTIONCLASSES FOR SENIORS

Classes run for 8 weeks and in-

clude fun videos, group discussion,a safe surroundings survey, andmild exercise to increase strengthand flexibility. It is offered at nocharge. Those using a cane orwalker will also benefit from thisprogram – it is a great class to helpimprove your balance and self-con-fidence.

Location: Woodbourne Apart-ments, 6 Southbourne Road in Ja-maica Plain

Day and Time: Thursdays,10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Class Dates: July 18th – Sep-tember 5th, 2019

For more information or to reg-ister for this workshop contact AnnGlora at 617-477-6616 oraglora@ethocare.org

MY LIFE, MY HEALTHMy Life, My Health: Chronic

Disease Self-Management Pro-gram (CDSMP) is an informative,interactive workshop, designed foradults who live with the daily chal-lenges of one or more ongoinghealth conditions. It will givepeople with chronic conditions(such as high blood pressure, arthri-tis, heart disease, cancer, asthma,etc.) and/or their caregivers theknowledge and skills needed to takea more active role in their healthcare. The workshop is offered at nocharge and the book, Living aHealthy Life with Chronic Diseaseis provided for each participant.Workshop meets 1 day per weekfor 6 weeks.

Location: Ethos Offices, 555Amory Street in Jamaica Plain Dayand Time: Wednesdays from 1:30– 4:00 p.m.

Class dates: July 31st – Septem-ber 4th, 2019

For more information or to reg-ister for this workshop contact AnnGlora at 617-477-6616 oraglora@ethocare.org

HYDE PARK

HYDE PARK POP WARNERHyde Park Pop Warner is look-

ing for Football players and cheer-leaders! We are now age based.Unlimited weight ages will be asof July 31, 2019. 14U -14/13, 12U-12/11, 10U- 10/9, 8U- 8/7 and 6U-6/5. We accept all children who livein Boston. Documents required:2019 year ending report card, 2019doctors physical or Pop Warnerform signed by your physician, reg-istration forms, insurance policyinformation and first time playersoriginal birth certificates. Registra-tion fees $150 1st child, $100 2nd

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to be next door,” he said.State Rep. Russell Holmes

said he grew up in the area androde the school bus by this lotevery day. He said even then itwas a concerning property, buthe said he’s excited to see it nowflourishing.

I have been worried for manymany years about what wouldhappen to this site, so the effortsof Goodwill and (DeveloperTodd Finard) and his team aremuch appreciated,” he said.“When you have Goodwillcome in here and be an anchorstore, when you think aboutwhat they’re doing not just herein Hyde Park but around this en-tire country, it’s amazing.”

Holmes added that he and hisfamily shop at Goodwill, and hesees the company’s efforts ev-erywhere.

“My wife, when we travelone of the first things she doesis look up a Goodwill store,” hesaid.

Holmes said he was glad tosee so many members of thecommunity, including the EastRiver Street Neighborhood As-sociation, at the event.

“You are really who makesthis community as strong as itis,” he said. “It is my honor withState Sen. Rush, with the Mayorand all of us... You can alreadysee folks lining up. The need in

this neighborhood is great. Thefact that my wife chooses toshop at this place speaks to thequality of the products and thepeople who work here.”

Hilferty said the work thathas gone into this store wasgreat, and it’s now paying off forboth Goodwill and the commu-nity.

“Our employees here inHyde Park, many of whom arefrom Hyde Park, have beenworking diligently to get thisstore open,” she said. “Theneighborhood knows becauseevery time I’m here there arepeople peaking in, knocking onthe windows wanting to knowif we’re ready to start, so nowwe are.”

Holmes said Hyde Park hasa good partner in Hilferty.

Finard said the project wasoriginally proposed in 2010, buthe said the work has finallycome to fruition.

“I have chills,” he said. “Ihave chills because 11 yearsago we had a groundbreakingfor this development. MayorMenino was there, we werefeeling pretty proud of our-selves that we were about toembark on knocking down ablighted factory and doingsomething that we felt as a de-veloper was a dream project,where you could take some-

thing that didn’t have muchvalue, knock it down and buildsomething up that had a greatdeal of value and would con-tribute to the ethos of theneighborhood and make it abetter place to be.”

Hilferty said she workswith Goodwill not only to pro-vide a service but to help acommunity grow.

“Goodwill’s mission,people think of us as retail,but our mission is to help in-dividuals with barriers toachieve independence anddignity through work,” shesaid. “A store like this createsjobs in the community, it of-fers training opportunities forour participants, and it alsooffers the community a way tosupport their fellow commu-nity members by donatingthings they don’t need.”

Goodwill Opening continued from page 1 Bridges continued from page 1said they will not allow disrup-tive roadwork during peak traf-fic hours, which are before9:30 a.m. or after 3:30 p.m. Shealso said the work will not dis-rupt access to the local busi-nesses at Wolcott Square. Sheadded during sidewalk workthere will be pedestrian by-passes set up.

Boston Transportation De-partment Design EngineerZach Wassmuth said the newsignals at the bridge and atWolcott Square will be able totalk to each other to providemore efficient movementthrough the area. He also saidthe road at Wolcott Square infront of Olympic Pizza, Top ofthe Line Barber Shop andRichard’s Liquors will be des-ignated a one-way.

Bus traffic will also bechanged, in that the bus stopwill be moved to that one-wayfrom Hyde Park Avenue. Hilladded all parking in front of thebusinesses where the bus stopwill be moved to will be re-placed on Hyde Park Avenue,the location of the current busstop. Wassmuth said the busstop on the south side of MiltonStreet on Hyde Park Avenuewill be moved to the north sideof the Milton/Hyde Park Av-enue intersection.

Hill said they are workingwith the MBTA on when thosechanges to the bus stop willhappen, and that the MBTAhas its own notification systemwith fliers to be posted on boththe new and old bus stops.

Bridge Engineer JosephFleury discussed the work go-ing on at the Dana AvenueBridge. He said currently, asmany temporary light up signsare signaling to drivers, traffichas been halted on the bridgeas they work. He said thedemolition of the currentbridge is done and they areworking on details before thenew bridge arrives.

“This week they’re pouringa little bit of new concrete onthe substructure to get to thecorrect grade and we’re plan-ning to set the new arch piecesthe week of Aug. 5,” he said.“We’ll be doing that for acouple of weeks there and weplan to have the road open byLabor Day, with the entireproject done by the end of Sep-tember.”

While residents have beenseen trying to access the bridgeand having to turn around,Fleury said there have been nosafety issues or incidents he’saware of.

“I mean I’m not there 24/7

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DeathsCRONIN

George F. Jr. Age 81, ofWest Roxbury, passed awaypeacefully on July 19, 2019,surrounded by family. He wasborn to parents George andHelen Cronin of West Roxburyin 1937. He attended BostonCollege High School, the Uni-versity of Notre Dame, receiveda Master’s degree in BusinessAdministration from SuffolkUniversity, and a law degreefrom Boston University Schoolof Law. He was chosen “mostreliable” by his undergraduateclass at Notre Dame and waselected president of his lawschool class. George is survivedby his wife of 55 years, MaryLouise (Rando) and his fourchildren: George F. Cronin, andhis wife Leigh, daughtersMaribeth Fitzgerald and hus-band Edward, Kerry Croninand husband Dr. Elliott Martin,and Andrea and Sean Flaherty.In addition, George leaves hisloving grandchildren: Teddy,Patrick, Harrison, Emily, MaryLouise, Elizabeth and Audrey,all of West Roxbury. George isalso survived by his sister,Patricia (Cronin) Collins, nieceLynne and her family. In addi-tion to his love of family,George was devoted to publicservice and helping others. Hepracticed law for decades, serv-ing as a strong advocate forthose who needed a voice in thepursuit of justice. George alsospent many years serving invarious capacities in state gov-ernment.

In 1963, he began a long andrewarding career at the StateHouse, working for GovernorEndicott Peabody. In 1964,George was elected to theGovernor’s Council, motivatedby his belief in the role thatgovernment plays in assistingthe disadvantaged. He servedwith distinction until 1982,when he resigned his seat tobecome the Governor’sCouncil’s Administrative Sec-retary, a position that he heldand was deeply committed tountil his death. George’s cre-ative spirit led to his life-longpassion as a collector of booksand art. He made many closefriends while traveling through-out New England to collectors’shows. George loved to surprisehis friends, children, and grand-children with his latest discov-eries. A Funeral Mass was heldon Wednesday, July 24th inHoly Name Church . Forg u e s t b o o kwww.gormleyfuneral.com Wil-liam J. Gormley Funeral Ser-vice 617-323-8600

KEOHANEJohn C. Age 76, of Chest-

nut Hill, passed away suddenlyin Mexico on May 2, 2019. Hewas the loving son of the late

Cornelius and Bridget(Clifford) Keohane. Father ofJohn C. “Jack” Keohane andhis wife Lisa of Mansfield, LisaM. Korentis and her husbandAlex of Walpole. Grandfatherof Sarah Keohane and ArianaKorentis. Dear brother of EllenFisher and her late husbandDonald of West Roxbury, MaryJ. Moynihan and her husbandEdward “Monk” of WestRoxbury and Nancy M. Ryanand her husband Paul ofDedham. Also survived bymany loving nieces, nephews,cousins and friends in Boston,Ireland, England and Mexico.Relatives and friends are kindlyinvited to visit with the familyon Thursday, July 25, 2019from 9:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. St.Theresa of Avila Chapel, 2078Centre Street, West Roxburyfollowed by a Mass of Chris-tian Burial at 10 o’clock. Inter-ment private. In lieu of flow-ers, donations in John’smemory may be made to St.Jude Children’s Research Hos-pital, 501 St. Jude Place, Mem-phis, TN 38105-1905 or atstjude.org For guestbook,please visitgormleyfuneral.com William J.Gormley Funeral Service 617-323-8600

POSEYZereeal “Zee” Of Hyde

Park, July 13, 2019. Wife of thelate John F. Posey. Belovedmother of John W. (Janice)Posey of Roxbury and JeromeP. (Marie) Posey of Randolph.Loving grandmother of WesPosey, Sheree Carson andAshley Posey. Dear sister ofJohn “Pete” Givens of Hart-ford, CT. She is survived by 4great-grandchildren, nieces,nephews, extended family,church family and a host offriends. A Funeral Service washeld on Saturday, July 20th atthe Historic Charles StreetAME Church, Roxbury. Inter-ment Forest Hills Cemetery,Jamaica Plain. ArrangementsDavis Funeral Home of BOS-TON. To post a sympathy mes-sage visitwww.DavisofBoston.com

SCIOLETTIRobert Nicholas “Bob”

“Rocco” “Ski” Age 80, ofNorthport, FL, July 7, 2019.Born January 26, 1939, toNicolas and Elizabeth(Civaterese) Scioletti in Bos-ton, MA. Longtime resident ofStoughton, MA. Korean WarVeteran USMC, IUOE Local 4,golfer, traveler, loving father,grandfather and great friend ofmany who became family.Graduate of Hyde Park High,class of ’56. Bob shaped theBoston skyline and was proudof his years in construction asa tower crane operator. After

retiring, Bob headed to thewarm weather and camaraderieon the golf courses of FL.Deeply missed by daughterTina Scioletti & son-in-lawChris Teitleman of Newton,MA, daughter-in-law CherylScioletti of Cumberland, RI,sister-in-law Carmela Scioletti,adored grandchildren Carson,Curtis, Joseph, Kendell (PhilAustin), Maxx and Sara, andgreat-grandchild Demitri JamesAustin. A special uncle of manynieces and nephews; caringformer husband of PhyllisFoley of Waltham, MA; lov-ingly remembered by the re-maining Foley family. Precededin death by his parents, belovedson Robert, brother John andmany dear friends. A Celebra-tion of Bob’s Life to be held ata later date. Donations may bemade to the National KidneyFoundation, kidney.org or theAmerican Cancer Society,cancer.org To express condo-lences to the family, please visitwww.LTaylorfuneral.com andsign the online guestbook.

SPINELLORichard A. Of Onset, for-

merly of Hyde Park, July 18,age 93. Beloved husband ofAnna (Padrevita), of 72 years.Devoted father of Richard andhis wife Susan of Dedham, andMichael of Westwood. Cher-ished brother of Ronald of On-set, and the late Carmen, John,and Gene Spinello. Loving“Grampy” of Michael andNicholas, and great-grandfatherof Ryan, Michael, Jr., and Jack.Also survived by many lovingnieces, nephews, in-laws, andfriends. A Mass of ChristianBurial was held on July 23rd atMost Precious Blood Church,Hyde Park. Interment atFairview Cemetery. Richardwas a WWII Army veteran, anda retired member of the Elks ofWareham. Please, in lieu offlowers, all donations can bemade to St. Patrick’s Church inWareham, or Most PreciousBlood Church in Hyde Park.For guestbook, please visitthomasfuneralhomes.com

SPRAGUEJonathan E. Age 61, passed

away peacefully at home inHyde Park, MA on July 16,2019, after a brief illness. He issurvived by his cherished wifeJudy, of Hyde Park, MA,mother Beverly and twin sisterJennifer, both of Hanover, MA;and brother Eric, sister-in-lawCarolyn and nephew Matthew,of Manlius, NY. He was pre-ceded in death by his father,Harvey Sprague, of Hanover,MA. Mr. Sprague was born onMay 13, 1958 in Quincy, MAto his parents, Harvey and

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Beverly Sprague. He grew upin Hanover and Norwell, MA,and graduated from NorwellHigh School in 1977. He had awonderful childhood growingup on the South Shore and hadmany delightful times with hisparents, sister and brother. Theyall share fond memories of ex-ploring the woods of Hanover,enjoying Cape Cod in the sum-mertime, and adventures withgram and grandpa. Jonathanlived his adult life in Boston,MA. For most of his profes-sional life, Jonathan worked intraditional commercial print-ing. Following his printing ca-reer, he held clerical positionsat Genzyme (Cambridge, MA)and Massachusetts GeneralHospital (Boston, MA).Jonathan was a talented artistand enjoyed his hobby of paint-ing serene landscapes and natu-ral scenery. He loved to traveland was fortunate to haveshared amazing adventureswith Judy seeing the world. Hewas especially enamored withthe natural beauty of the Or-egon Coast. Jonathan was anaccomplished keyboard player,and spent many years perform-ing with various bands in theBoston area until the early1990s. He loved living in HydePark the past 20 years, and en-joyed painting, music, reading,good food and drink, watchinghis favorite TV shows, andspending time with his wife and2 cats. He will be missed by all.A Celebration of Life is beingplanned by the family for a dateto be announced in the near fu-ture, and friends and family willbe welcome to attend. Dona-tions may be made inJonathan’s name to the AnimalRescue League of Boston.

WALKERElizabeth Ann Of Quincy,

MA, formerly of Roslindale,MA, passed peacefully in hersleep Thursday, July 18, 2019.Born to George and EdnaWalker, she was the sister ofGeorge S. Walker, the late JohnJ. Walker, and the late EdwardJ. Walker. She is fondly remem-bered by many nieces and neph-ews as well as grand-nieces andnephews. She leaves behind herbeloved dog Pippa. Elizabethhad a long career in the bank-ing industry, starting with theBank of Boston and retiringfrom Santander. She enjoyedmany evenings at the Norwood

Senior Center, spending timewith friends bowling and play-ing Pokeno and BINGO. Shewill be greatly missed by hertight knit community of friendsand neighbors. Please join us inremembering Elizabeth at theGormley Funeral Home, 2055Centre St., WEST ROXBURYon Thursday, July 25, 2019from 10am-12 noon. IntermentSt. Joseph Cemetery. For direc-tions and guestbookwww.gormleyfuneral.com Wil-liam J. Gormley Funeral Ser-vice 617-323-8600

WALSHDorothy Ann (Whipple) Of

Roslindale, passed away peace-fully on Thursday, July 18,2019, at age 82, with her lov-ing husband of 60 years, retiredB.P.D. Patrolman Thomas G.Walsh, at her side. She is sur-vived by her three children,Donna Hannon and her hus-band Thomas of Roslindale,Christine Leverone and herhusband Robert of Franklin,Joseph Walsh of Salem, NHand his partner LeeAnnBergstrom. Dorothy will bedearly missed by her sevengrandchildren and two great-grandchildren, Erin Hannon-Foley and her husband Joe, T.J.Hannon and his wife Tabitha,Robert Jr. and Christopher

Deaths continued from page 8Leverone, Diana, Kayla andMichael Walsh, and Joey andScarlett Foley. She is also sur-vived by her beloved sister,Frances Morrison, brothers andsisters-in-law, and an abun-dance of nieces and nephews.Dorothy grew up on MissionHill and graduated from Mis-sion High, class of 1955. That’swhere she met the love of herlife, Tom, and they married in1959. Early in her career in the1970s, Dorothy worked as asecretary for the Mozart El-ementary School in Roslindale.In the 1980s, she worked as sec-retary to the Dean of BostonUniversity’s School of Nursing.However, it was in 1998 thatDorothy found the perfect jobmatch as an administrative as-sistant at St. John ChrysostomChurch in West Roxbury, whereshe was often the first point ofcontact in the parish center un-til her retirement in 2015. AMass of Christian Burial washeld on Tuesday, July 23rd inSt. John Chrysostom Church, at10:00 am. Interment Mt.Benedict Cemetery. In lieu offlowers, donations may bemade to St. Jude Children’sResearch Hospital https://www.stjude.org/donate/donate-to-st-jude.html Lawler &Crosby Funeral Home. 617-323-5600

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West Roxbury resident Kira Seamon was recently selected as the Artist ofthe Month at the West Roxbury Public Library. Her exhibit, entitled"Stained Glass Sky" showcases autumn trees in a unique fashion rang-ing from the delicate to the dramatic. Seamon's kaleidoscope photogra-phy recombines the leaves and branches of those colorful trees into newshapes and patterns reminiscent of stained glass. A glass case in the ArtGallery gets special treatment and will host Seamon's butterfly kite anda plethora of silk flowers for a small indoor summer garden feel.

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And then I thought I heard of aproposal to build a lot moresaltboxes on the Parkway andthought wouldn’t it be interest-ing if the city put up a largeparking garage which the cityand institutions could runshuttles to and from to reducethe volume of traffic into theheart of the city. You know, likein Alewife; less traffic, less con-gestion and less pollution.

Another easy fix that couldlimit future traffic would be tocease construction of all newhospital and educational insti-tutions with the exception of aBoston West Education Com-plex at Millenium Park, that is.

Also, since I haven’t heardany comments concerningmany WR residents complain-ing loudly about JP and Rosiepeople hogging the mike at aWEST ROXURY town meet-ing, I propose that at ALL fu-ture meetings concerning WestRoxbury and its residents, miketime be restricted to WestRoxbury residents who want tovoice an opinion before anynonresidents are given achance. Trust me, you won’t seeme at any Rozzie or JP meet-ings or events because after 15minutes of Homer on his bikerights I was getting ill; which

leads me to: I know this is re-ally a citywide effort to elimi-nate cars and put us on bikes orscooters; well I say I’ll behappy to give up 25% of theroadways when bicycles are li-censed, inspected and pay anexcise tax to support their 25%of road expenses. Otherwise,stay on the side streets.

Kirby BoyceWest Roxbury

THOSE AGAINSTARE THE MAJORITY

To the Editor:I read your letters stating

how excited people are aboutthe new school coming to 361Belgrade Ave. First, I want toremind everyone a decision hasnot been made yet.

All the studies that havebeen done regarding our con-cerns have been sugarcoated(lied) saying the school won’tbe a problem. I don’t think so!We were told that safety shouldnot be a concern because stu-dents know how to cross thestreet. It’s our neighbors, eld-erly and young kids that don’tgo to your school that we worryabout, just one example of aconcern that will only get worseif the school gets built. I alsowant to mention how much

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Letters continued from page 4higher the chances of acci-dents, injury or even death willbe when you put over 600people in that very dangerousintersection and surroundingstreets. The injury or loss oflife is not worth putting thisschool at this location. If it hap-pens we will hold everyone re-sponsible, even the Mayor ifthey vote for this school. Life-long residents will sell andmove if this school goes up. Iwould rather see condos go up;at least everyone in the build-ing is not going and comingback at the same time. Therewill be more student cars thanthey tell you that will be park-ing in our already limitedcrowded spaces. Regarding theMBTA commuter rail, no com-mitment has been issued or ex-plained as to how this is all go-ing to work. Parents with jobsto go to won’t wait in line forthe drop off; they will find anyarea to let their kids off.Belgrade is going to be backedup with MBTA buses and largetrucks making deliveries. Wealso need to check addresses andID’s of everyone who says theylive in this area. I could go toany town meeting and say I livethere.

Listen to the concerns ofpeople living in the surroundingneighborhood. Let it be knownI don’t speak for the wonderfulpeople who are in favor of theschool, I just think we (against)are the overwhelming majority.The ones that go to this schoolas well as staff that don’t livehere should not be counted.

George PattenWest Roxbury

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OPEN MIC AT THE SWITCHWednesday, July 31- Musi-

cians, poets and performers are in-vited to perform at Switch ArtistCoop Gallery on Wednesday, July31 from 7:00- 9:00 PM.

Everyone gets a turn perform-ing in this low-key and welcomingenvironment located at 21Fairmount Ave, Hyde Park

SUMMER CONCERTS INTHE GARDEN AT THE HYDEPARK LIBRARY 6:30-7:30PM

July 25 - Martin Guas-Argen-tinian multi-instrumentalist andsongwriter presents original musicthat combines infuences fromgenres throughout the world.

August 1 - Sulinha’s Trio withJulio Santos and Eduardo Mercuri-Family program of children’s mu-sic with a Brazilian twist.sulinha.com

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Sponsored by the Friends of theHyde Park Library in partnershipwith the Berklee College of MusicSummer in the City program

BCYF HYDE PARKCOMMUNITY CENTER

SENIOR FITNESS CLASSOur Senior Fitness Club is a low

impact exercise class will use lightweights, exercise bands and yourown body weight while standingbehind and sitting in chairs. All lev-els are welcome. Classes areWednesdays & Fridays from 11:30-12:30 through the summer. Stop byfor a demonstration!!

SENIOR COFFEE HOURJoin us each Friday morning

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WEST ROXBURY /ROSLINDALE

NATIONAL NIGHT OUT -ROSLINDALE/WEST ROXBURY

National Night Out (NNO) isan annual community-buildingcampaign that promotes police-community partnerships and neigh-borhood camaraderie. The Citywill host various NNO events onMonday, August 5, and Tuesday,August 6, in various Boston neigh-borhoods.

This year’s local event, orga-nized in cooperation with the Area“E” Boston Police district, whichincludes Roslindale and WestRoxbury, will be held at AdamsPark in Roslindale Square Village,on Monday evening August 5, from5:00 PM to 8:00 PM. The park islocated at the intersection of Wash-ington Street and Cummins High-way.

People are encouraged to stopin, meet and greet your neighbors,and have some family fun. This isa rain or shine event.

The Roslindale-West RoxburyNational Night Out organizers haveset up a web page at: http://nno.roslindalecc.org

MAYOR OF ROSLINDALECONTEST FORROSLINDALE DAY PARADE

The 44th Annual RoslindaleDay Parade will take placeon Sunday, October 6th, 2019, step-ping off at 1:00 p.m. from Wash-ington Street in Roslindale Village. The parade will proceed up SouthStreet, to Belgrade Avenue, takinga right at West Roxbury Parkway,through Gottwald Rotary, to Cen-tre Street, to South Street, and end-ing at Fallon Field. This year the Pa-rade will honor as Grand MarshalsStephen Judge and the Delfino Res-taurant Family.

In addition to parade partici-pants, the Committeeis seeking candidates to join in our21st annual ”Mayorof Roslindale” Contest which willrun through the end of September. The winner of the contest will behonored in the Parade on Sunday,October 6th. The deadline for reg-istration for the Mayor ofRoslindale contest is August 31st.

For information about thecontest, as well as Parade partici-pation opportunities for your orga-nization or business, please visitwww.roslindaleparade.com, e-mailto info@roslindaleparade.com,or call 617-327-4886.

PSA EXHIBIT AT SQUAREROOT CAFE ROSLINDALE

The Square Root Cafe and theRoslindale Arts Alliance announcea new art exhibit. The exhibit, Big,Bold & Colorful will be at the Cafethrough July 31. The Cafe is locatedat 2 Corinth Street, Roslindale.

Participating artists: BlakeBrasher, Alan DeMola, JamieKendrioski, Stephen Levin, Rich-ard Pepp and Lyasya Sinkovski.

More info at http://www.roslindalearts.org. https://www.facebook.com/events/423671921696756/

BRIDGES® BY EPOCH ATWESTWOOD HOSTSSIZZLIN’ SUMMER EVENTS

Bridges® by EPOCH atWestwood, a memory care as-sisted living community locatedat 140 University Avenue, willhost the following complimen-tary events in July. Mind,Body & Spirit Series, Part 1:August 6 and August 20 at 5:30p.m. — All are invited toBridges® by EPOCH atWestwood’s courtyard for a re-laxing yoga session. Guests areasked to bring yoga mats. Healthyrefreshments will be served. Call781-725-2046 to RSVP. Call781-725-2046 for more informa-tion or click here to RSVP.

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along American Legion, some-times underground, and archi-tect Peter Vanko said they arenow able to reconstruct thebrook for more greenspace onthe project.

“We had to do an environ-mental study to figure out le-gally what this water body is,and it is a brook and it techni-cally falls into a category thatrequires some reconstruction,”he said. “Our proposal will in-clude some reconstruction ofthat brook because right nowthere is no good definition ofwhat it is.”

Vanko said that currentlyerosion is a big problem with thebrook, mainly due to increasedflow from stormwater duringheavy weather events.

“The bank that is nearest toour building will have rocks in-stalled that will eventually beovergrown with native plants,”he said. “The idea here is thatthe greenery will also be kind oflike a small park that is not nec-essarily off limits for the pub-lic.”

The building will be set back65 feet from American LegionHighway. Roslindale Represen-tative for the Mayor’s Office ofNeighborhood Services JosephCoppinger said currently thereis a two phase plan for Canter-bury Street, the first involving aseries of bumpouts at the inter-section of Bourne Street andCanterbury and then the instal-

lation of five-foot sidewalks. Hesaid this will most likely resultin the street becoming a one-way, as it is pretty narrow evenwithout the five-foot sidewalks.

Thadine Brown of the City’sCommunity Preservation Com-mittee also came to share withthe MHC information on theCommunity Preservation ActFund, for which any neighbor-hood organization could applyfor capital projects for openspace and recreation, historicpreservation or affordable hous-ing. MHC Chair Rick Yoder saidit was a great opportunity for thefirst round of funding to getmore trees planted at the MountHope/Calvary Cemetery, and heencouraged neighbors to applyfor more projects. Resident Jes-sica Mink said she and residentsfrom Hyde Park are working ona proposal to make use of CraneLedge, on the Hyde Park/Roslindale line, for the first col-laborative project between twoneighborhoods.

The group also discussed theproposed marijuana facility onthe City Farm site at 717-721American Legion Hwy. StateRep. Russell Holmes said de-spite some neighbors being op-posed to the facility on principle,he felt it was the best locationfor such a facility.

“Still I hear ‘we just don’twant a marijuana place in ourneighborhood,’” he said.

Holmes pointed out that the

city voted 60 percent in supportof legalizing marijuana, andthough he has heard from manyresidents that they do not sup-port the facility, he has heardfrom those who do support it andhe said he has seen the devel-oper, Silver Therapeutics, beextremely responsive to com-munity concerns.

Yoder and MHC Chair LisaBeatman said they have beenworking on this issue and en-couraged residents to set up apetition to further theneighborhood’s bargaining po-sition with Silver. Beatman saidSilver had agreed to pay $10,000annually to the neighborhoodgroup, but she said they are nownegotiating for more funds. Shesaid a Jamaica Plain store is of-fering $500,000 over five years.

“The aim is to get to a pointwhere they’re likely to agree andwe think enough of this commu-nity might be okay with it,” shesaid. “As of today they said$125,000 over five years. Wedon’t know what other goodneighbor agreements are, but it’sreally likely the store in JamaicaPlain might be the only ones of-fering that much, but it’s a won-derful precedent.”

Coppinger also said duringthe meeting that the Mayor’sOffice will be opposing the pro-posed project at 26-38 StellaRd., which the neighborhoodwas against because of the lossof trees.

602 Canterbury continued from page 1 221 Units continued from page 2Daniel Smith lives on Forest Hills Street.“If the goal is to integrate the world of the homeless, this is not

the way to do it.” he said. “One hundred and forty one studios.Single homeless people. TCB is cramming as many units as pos-sible. This does not allow for social mobility. This is the lazy wayto solve the homeless problem by building them all here. I’mworried that this is being rammed through.”

Pat Feeley of Paul Gore Street was having none of those argu-ments.

“You’re way off base,” she said. “This kind of housing isneeded. It’s a very good idea. What the city is doing for housing ispitiful. Totally inadequate. I worked in health care for years. Medi-cal techs, LPNS, they’re priced out; they’re moving to Norton.Wilmington. People need Boston homes for Boston people.”

Tom Kieffer of the Southern Jamaica Plain Health Center wasin the forefront to preserve the Bowditch School for low incomepeople.

“There’s a lot of talk about the concentration of poor people,”he said. “Go down to Green Street and look at the school.”

Marie Turley of Union Avenue waited until the very end.She tried to be conciliatory by couching her objections interms of architectural design. “This is a unique opportunityto find a new balance,” she said. “This is a working classcommunity. This is an opportunity to be welcoming. The mainentrance looks like any hotel in America. Gives us at least abench.”

“I don’t want to hold up this project,” she said. “ I don’twant to be anti-affordability. But try to get larger units. Tryto be part of the neighborhood.”

Marie Mercurio of Boston Community Ventures was atthe meeting and spoke with The Bulletin the next day.

“Of course we’re supportive,” she said, “We’re very opti-mistic. It’s exactly the type of revitalization of the Washing-ton Street corridor that Plan JP Rox envisioned.” “We’re pro-viding one type of product to the housing market and they’reproviding another.” “Mordy[Mordechai Levin] is extremelyoptimistic,” Mercurio said. “He thinks people come on hardtimes for a lot of reasons.” Whiteside concluded the meetingby saying that another public hearing on 3368 WashingtonSt. would be held in the next two or three weeks.

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