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Father John Carroll bid farewell to St. John Chrysostom Parish at his last Mass on Sunday, August 30. A good crowd was on handfor the outdoor Mass behind the church and a light reception followed. Father Carroll will be moving to New Hampshire.

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The Hyde Park Neighborhood Association met in person for the first time in months at the Martini Shell and discussed local developmentas well as crime and other concerns.

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The JP Zoning Committee also discussed amezzanine fourth floor unit at 3171 Wash-ington St that caused so much confusion.

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About 20 members of the HydePark Neighborhood Association(HPNA) gathered at the Martini ShellPark on Truman Parkway to hold theirfirst in-person meeting since the out-break of COVID-19 on Thurs., Sept.3 at 6:30 p.m.

Development remained the group’sprimary focus. Although there was nonew information regarding the 11Dana Ave. project, the ramificationsover the debate it raised with the Citycame up in all but one of the subse-quent projects discussed. The onlyother proposal, located at 22 FactorySt., has no parking spaces allotted.

HPNA has been fighting that the11 Dana Ave. development of 24 unitsis not “as of right,” as the developerasserts. HPNA showed representativesof the Boston Planning and Develop-ment Agency (BPDA) and theInspectional Services Department(ISD) that Dana Ave. exists in a sepa-rate Neighborhood Shopping – 2 (NS-2) zone that calls for two parkingspaces per unit, which they denied.ISD said that the parking on the firstfloor was “an accessory use.” Thistheory is now being used as a templatefor other projects to include parkingon the first floor.

An abutter, Ralph Rosati, recentlybrought the 11 Dana Ave. case beforethe Zoning Board of Appeal (ZBA),

which referred the case to the City’sLaw Department. No decision hasbeen announced yet.

“My suspicion is that perhaps theyare trying to get the Law Departmentto say ‘no,’ because they have to knowthat we’re right,” Craig Martin said.“The fact that they didn’t make a de-cision and rubber stamp it, you wouldthink that they know that we’re rightand they were just afraid to say it.We’re pretty certain that they arestudying every comma in the zoningcode for a loophole, somehow, tosqueeze it in.”

“It became pretty clear to me thatthey were spending more time trying

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The two sides of Jamaica Plain - counterculture and expensive housing -were ondisplay at the JP zoning committee, whichmet virtually on Sept. 2.

Rock Star Body Piercing wants to moveinto the corner Beauty Master hair salon at387 Centre St., Hyde Square.

Owners Rob Murphy and GeraldBrennan of Providence, Rhode Island,made their second appearance at the JP zon-ing committee via Zoom. They first ap-peared in person on Jan. 22 and were de-ferred after a confusing discussion revolv-ing around a rent dispute between the sa-lon and property owner Hyde Square Re-alty.

Attorney Mike Ross admitted that there“has been a long, on–going legal battle”about which he couldn’t speak.

He could speak about Rock Star Pierc-ing Studio.

“It’s a good fit for JP. There’s a foot-print already,” he said referring to Pump-kin Tattoo at 374 Center Street. “JP willwelcome this type of use.”

Warren Williams, director of ThreeSquare Main Streets agreed in his Aug. 26letter of support.

“This is an opportunity that speaks tothe community,” he wrote. “It will make aunique addition. We’re talking authentic-ity that people can feel.”

Aidelly Rashnell, daughter of BeautyMaster owner Saul Cifuntes, didn’t feel thatway.

“I do not want this business to comeinto this place,” she said. “There’s no sensebringing this into the business. We do nothave a date to move out.”

Ross continued by explaining therewould be three piercing rooms and a jew-elry and precious stones counter fromwhich people could purchase.

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Speak for the Trees working for fall tree giveawayJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

Speak for the Trees (SFTT)founder David Meshoulamsaid the organization has notbeen taking the summer off in2020, and that the organizationcontinues in its efforts to growand maintain the tree canopyin the City of Boston.

Earlier in the spring,Meshoulam, Keep Hyde ParkBeautiful and dozens of HydePark residents worked togetherto give away and plant dozensof trees on private property inthe neighborhood, and he saidthey’ve been checking in withresidents on how they’ve beengrowing so far.

“They’ve been growing re-ally well, and that was a reallyfun event and we’re continu-ing to reach out to people inthe community to see howtheir trees are doing,” he said.“It’s a fun way to engage andcontinue our work. This fall,we’re going to have anothertree giveaway, and we’re start-ing to plan which communitieswe’ll be targeting in the com-ing weeks. We’ll hopefullyhave it figured out by the endof September.”

Another big project is theSFTT Tree Inventory. The ideais that at the group’s website,https://www.sfttbos.org/, resi-dents can learn how to measureand identify trees in their

neighborhoods and beyondand keep an eye on the healthof the trees there. The informa-tion is then put into the TreeInventory map on the website,which details the number oftrees, the amount of money incooling costs they save resi-dents every year, pounds of airquality improved by thosetrees, the pounds of carbon di-oxide removed each year andthe pounds of carbon dioxidestored each year. So far, SFTThas been able to inventory7,943 trees in several Bostonneighborhoods for a benefit of$356,297 saved each yearthrough energy conservation,stormwater retention and car-bon offsets.

“We just had two residentsin Jamaica Plain inventorymore than 200 trees right byForest Hills Station and wewanted to get a sense of howthose replanted trees are do-ing,” Meshoulam said.

He said two Boston Univer-sity students have also set upa tree equity map based on sat-ellite data, which is less accu-rate than the inventory data butallows for a much broader pic-ture. The satellite data showswhere trees are not highly con-centrated, and those data showthat inner city areas see farfewer trees than those in lessdense areas.

“You can think about thetwo maps like it’s the forest

versus the trees,” Meshoulamsaid. “For the tree inventory,it’s more like a census, and wehave people going out and try-ing to measure every singlestreet tree in the city for size,condition and what’s it’splanted in. It’s much more

granular.”Over the summer,

Meshoulam worked with 15Boston teens in Roslindale,West Roxbury, Hyde Park andDorchester to explore the his-tory and the present conditionof forests in their neighbor-

hoods. Roslindale residentsSammi Huang and IsabelGrajeda found in their reportthat Roslindale has enoughtrees to significantly lower theambient temperature in the sur-

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If all goes according to plan in the next few weeks, Great Scott will move to the site of Regina's Pizza inAllston from its Commonwealth Avenue spot.

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Great Scott relocationclose to being a reality

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Carl Lavin has been run-ning Great Scott in Allston forabout 15 years, and through-out that tumultuous time ofshift and upheaval in the mu-sic industry, rolling with thepunches has become the normfor most club owners in Bos-ton.

To be frank, COVID-19 hasnot been friendly to live localmusic, and it was announcedearlier in the spring that GreatScott’s landlord at 1222 Com-monwealth Ave. would not beallowing Lavin to renew hislease there. Several other ven-ues have had to make changes,

with some like Jamaica Plain’sMidway Cafe streaming liveshows and O’Brien’s inAllston moving. And someowners, like Somerville’sThunder Road, have decided tojust shut down completely.

Lavin started a campaignon Mainvest.com (https://mainvest.com/b/great-scott-allston) where interested par-ties can invest in the reopen-ing of the club at another loca-tion. He said right now, he isin talks with the landlord at thesite of the former Regina’sPizza at 353 Cambridge St.and, as of the date of publica-tion, things are looking up forthe venue.

“So we are continually

moving forward in a definitelymutually-positive manner,” hesaid. “Everything is moving al-most absurdly well, and I’m soexcited about how everythingis going, how they (landlord)are interacting, and how theyhave been supportive withtheir ideas. And some of thoseideas are even awesome. Itdoesn’t always go that way nomatter what kind of collabora-tion you’re doing, buteverything’s really positive.”

While nothing’s been final-ized yet, Lavin said he has ev-ery hope that the deal will gothrough for Great Scott to rise


Hebrew Senior Life awards employees

My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

Quite different fromthe “Summer of ‘42”Totally unlike the coming-

of-age movie referenced in thetitle, this past summer was onelike no other for all of us. LastSeptember I wrote a column inwhich mention was made ofone-hit wonder Robin Ward andher memorable 1963 paean tosummertime. Now that LaborDay has come and gone and thesummer of 2020 is history, someradio stations might think twiceabout including in theirplaybook that same song that,propelling her to popular ac-claim, began with and repeats,“I want to thank you for givingme the most wonderful summerof my life.” With the song re-flecting a teenage crush, this pastsummer has not been the mostwonderful summer of our lives.

Perhaps the song needs a se-quel.

Sequels are nothing new inmusic just as they are in mov-ies, such as “The Godfather,”“Star Wars,” “Harry Potter,” and“Jaws.” When Claude Kingfirst crooned “Wolverton Moun-tain” in 1962, Jo Ann Campbellwasted no time before she cameback with, “I’m the Girl fromWolverton Mountain.” Deriv-ing popularity from her own“It’s Judy’s Turn to Cry,” LeslieGore came out shortly afterwardin 1963 to belt “It’s My Partyand I’ll Cry If I Want To.” Idon’t know if Robin Ward is stillalive or what shape her voicebox is in, but somebody needsto come out with a memorablesong about the summer of 2020: not only will it reference theubiquitous demands for socialjustice, it will also be about allthe things that we missed inBoston even if we—and thepeople to whom we are close—had good health and maintaineda job.

The song would mentionproms, graduations, prize nights,

First Communions, Confirma-tions, weddings, bar/batMitzvahs, trips to beaches andzoos, concerts at SymphonyHall and in the park and on theEsplanade, lectures at theKennedy Center, playdates,birthday and anniversary parties,tours of the Arboretum and otherparks, sojourns to Castle Island,lazy afternoons in a cool library,worship services, wakes and fu-nerals, gatherings at ice creamparlors, backyard barbecues forlarge crowds, dining at favoriterestaurants, Little League andsoftball games, visits to muse-ums, attendance at Fenway Park,canoeing on the Charles, andfestive sunsets. (Needless to say,I’ve omitted many of Bulletinreaders’ favorite activities.)

While some of the abovemay have been accomplished indiminished numbers, there werestill masks and social distancingto remind us of the reality ofCOVID-19. As someone re-cently pointed out to me, wewon’t have to think in yearsahead when we’re glancing atold photographs: the masks willbe a dead (?) giveaway to theyear 2020. May the summer of2021 be remarkably different.

Letters to the EditorMASSPORT VS CITY OF BOSTON

To the Editor:Joe Galeota’s opinion piece on Massport, while wandering

around a lot, does underscore a fundamental problem with howMassport fulfills its public mission. Massport, which is the prop-erty of the citizens of Massachusetts, is tightly focused on maxi-mizing the business revenue that is the sole source of its operat-ing revenue. This focus results in the public paying a steep pricefor all the negative consequences of Massport activities whetherit be the chronic and deeply disruptive noise of jets departing andarriving at Logan Airport or the dangers of truck traffic in a denselypopulated area. The state legislature needs to realign the MassportBoard of Directors so that the public agency aggressively ad-dresses the existential threat of climate change that is driven bythese activities. Impeding bus lanes in an overly congested areais inimical to the best interests of the Massachusetts citizenry.Finally, Joe might want to reconsider use of the defamatory andmisleading term ‘jaywalking’. Those pedestrians heading to SouthStation are doing just what we all should support - includingMassport - namely, using public transportation.

Alan WrightMassport Community Advisory Committee

Roslindale Representative


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Two Hebrew Senior LifeHome Care Aides working inWest Roxbury and the surround-ing areas have been awarded bythe Home Care Aide Council ofMassachusetts for going aboveand beyond for their clients dur-ing the COVID-19 pandemic.

Workers Zhanna Karapetyanand Marie Keisha Daille bothwere given the award recently bythe Council during Aide Recog-

nition Day. Tia Leary, Senior Co-ordinator, Hebrew SeniorLife,said the criteria for the awards in-cluded professionalism, caringand compassion as well as and go-ing above and beyond the jobduties for their clients.

“I’m very thankful for theaward and I’m thankful I’ve beendoing a good job,” Daille said.“I’m thankful Hebrew recognizedme and I’m proud of myself. I willalways try to do better and be bet-ter, and something like this, it en-courages you when you’re doing

well in life, and makes you wantto do better and better.”

Daille said it was amazing tobe ecognized for this achieve-ment, but she said she knew whatshe faced every day was the sameas every other home care aide inthe country.

“Everybody was so scared andit was more difficult because someof my patients can’t go out to dothings,” she said. “You have to domore thing for them now, likeshopping for them and other


things they used to do themselves.They used to be able to go out butnow they can’t, and they reallydepend on you and I was glad toprovide anything they wanted todo.”

Daille said many times thebest thing she could do was to justbe there and help figure out whatthe client needed and how bestthey could both achieve that.

“They were scared you know,and I was scared too,” she said.“But if you put your heads to-gether, you can always do a goodthing.”

Daille said it was her first timereceiving this kind of recognitionand she said it felt amazing to beappreciated, especially during thistough time. She said the work isvery engaging, as every patient isdifferent and has different needs.She said she started as a homehealth aide in 1984.

“I just love to work withpeople in healthcare and that’swhy I stay here at Hebrew,” shesaid. “They do a good job forpeople and they have done an ex-cellent job during the pandemic. Ihave nothing here to complainabout. Anything you ask they giveit to you and, most of the time,you don’t have to ask, they justgive it to you. If you’re scared, youcan just call them and they’re al-ways open.”

Daille said that as one mightexpect, the work load has defi-nitely increased because of thepandemic.

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Marie Keisha Daille

“You have to ask more ques-tions you don’t usually ask. Youspend more time per individualand everybody was so scaredwhen Covid started, it was crazy,”she said. “And not necessarilyscared for the patients, but what’sgoing on in life now. But we justfollowed the protocol and it’s beengood so far.”

Daille said she lives inBrockton, which before the pan-demic meant a sometimes con-gested and prolonged commute.

“The commute is much betternow,” she said with a laugh. “Itwas very difficult before but I’mused to it and very happy to workwhere I am right now.”

She added residents were veryappreciative for the extra effortshe put in as well.

“I covered everything theyneeded and they really appreci-ated that,” she said.

Great Scott continued from page 3again in Allston.

“We’ve just got some le-galese and other things to betaken care,” he said.

Lavin’s Mainvest campaignhas raised, as of the date ofpublication, $211,800 since hestarted it after the club wasshut in May. Mainvest worksdifferently than other kinds offund generation, in that patronsactually invest in the businessthey’re contributing to, unlikea GoFundMe campaign whichis a donation collection sys-tem. Regardless, Lavin said theoutpouring of support frommusicians, local musicscenesters, and Boston resi-dents have been amazing tosee.

“It was and remains sogratifying,” he said. “Even theidea of it; it felt audacious toeven try to do something likethis and it really felt like thecommunity would get some-thing like this, particularly do-ing it as an investment-typeplatform rather than just shak-ing a cup and hoping someonewould buy us a rock club. I hadfaith in the team and our sup-porters and they returned thatfaith more than tenfold.”

When Regina announced itwas closing the Allston loca-tion, Lavin renewed the cam-paign to move Great Scottthere and he said supporterscontributed even more, andsome of them contributed

again. It’s so gratifying knowing

there are those who had in-vested and went and investedagain when the possibility ofgoing over to the space whereRegina was,” he said. “It’s just,I had always hoped that whatwe were doing at Great Scottwas a community and a club-house kind of thing. And to seeit put to the test, not just by aseries of re-tweets and likesand things along those lines,but actually hundreds of thou-sands of dollars of communityinvestment, it was so gratify-ing and validating for all thatwe’ve been doing at GreatScott for the last 15 years. Itreinforces that it was some-thing to keep striving towardfor everybody who cares.”

The COVID-19 pandemichas been on everyone’s minds,and nobody needs a reminderthat when reopening enters itslast phases, things will morethan likely not return to nor-mal. Lavin said he’s aware ofthis too, but he said he believesin the local Boston scene, andthat Boston wouldn’t be thesame city without it.

“It’s probably the hardestthing to evaluate, you know,out of all the periods of timewhere I was trying to observeit beyond just being a fan 15or 16 years ago, I didn’t thinkabout the vitality of the eco-system like that,” he said.

“About what goes into havinga local music scene means andhaving it thrive and prosper.But now,of course, I’m veryconcerned for it... Across thecity, there’s however manyvenues where it’s just not hap-pening and many just aren’tgoing to be able to do it again.It’s such a blow to the life-blood of this crucial avenue forthe artists, but also for the folkswho like to go out and witnesssomething live.”

Lavin said that live experi-ence is still so important to amusic experience. It’s a snap-shot in time that can never betruly replicated, and he said heknows that kind of experienceis vital to the artistic and cul-tural lifeblood of Boston.

“It was you, it was them,and it happened,” he said. “Butthis pandemic is eating away atone of the things that makesBoston what it is as far as I’mconcerned, and the sooner therestrictions can be lifted, thebetter. I really hope that there’sstill some holdouts that canmake it until this happens. It’ssuper important. I always saythat local music always finds away, and if we’ve lost three,four, five or six venues, that justmeans that there’s going to bethree, four, five or six base-ments where kids are going tocontinue to play and learn. Andthat’s not bad, but I think therealways has got to be a balance.”


to get us to believe it was asof right rather than getting thedeveloper to do it as of right,”President Jim Kirker said.

He added that the latestproject being discussed isacross the street at 12 DanaAve.

“It’s the same problem,with a parking garage allowedon the first floor,” he said.“They even call it a ground-floor garage.”

ISD already has issuedviolations on the 14-unitproject, according to Kirker.In one case, a four-story build-ing is allowed to be built onthe lot, yet a violation was is-sued.

“We’re kind of confusedbecause they said there was aheight violation,” he said.“They are allowed to build a40-foot building, and whatthey are proposing is 39 feetand a half.”

This project and a devel-opment proposed for 22 Fac-tory St. are both near the HydePark commuter rail station.Joseph Smith, chair of theFairmount Hill NeighborhoodAssociation (FHNA), broughtup the term “transit orienteddevelopment,” a phrase usedby Mayor Marty Walsh andone that would come with taxincentives for developers.

The Factory St.’s initial

proposal is for a five-story,45-unit residential buildingconsisting of 27 studios and18 one-bedroom apartments.There would be six affordableunits. There will be no park-ing because the building isdesigned primarily for com-muters.

“Those people from out-side of Hyde Park who arecoming in are taking advan-tage of those tax breaks, and Idon’t support that,” Smithsaid, “particularly whenthey’re trying to impose un-lawful, variance-like issues.”

Smith complimented thework that Kirker and Martinhave been doing in research-ing the zoning code and forg-ing ahead on the 11 Dana Ave.issue and noting the dominoeffect it is having on the up-coming projects.

“They think we’re all stu-pid here,” he said. “Theythink we’re all going to buyeverything they say. And assoon as they come acrosssome people who are doingthe work like the two of youare doing, they become prob-lems.”

Kirker said his one regretas president is that he wantedto do more with the group, butthe 11 Dana Ave. issue haseaten up a substantial portionof his time and energy.

For example, he wanted toapply for Community Preser-vation Act (CPA) funding foran elevator for Riverside The-atre Works to make it acces-sible for elders and peoplewith disabilities. He alsowanted to start a program tohire young people to shovelsnow for seniors. Admittedly,COVID-19 has played a fac-tor as well, but he never imag-ined that 11 Dana Ave. wouldtake on a life of its own.

Martin added that he andother residents met with Dis-trict 5 City Councilor RicardoArroyo and charged him withmaking it a priority to not seethe main streets of the busi-ness district end up with park-ing on the first floor and apart-ments several stories above.

Another project of concernwas a four-story, 12-unitbuilding with 12 parkingspaces at 24 Winthrop St.,next to the Hyde Park branchof the library. It is located inan NS-2 zone, the same as the11 Dana Ave. project. AbutterDesiree Fortini said that thedevelopment at 1203 River St.had contained the sameproject, but both disappearedfrom the BPDA website. Sheplanned to file an appeal be-cause there is less than a footfor a setback and the proxim-ity to the fire lane.

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Parkway Rotarians built spice planters for residents at the German Cen-tre to help residents find new activities, and, hopefully, improve their cu-linary experiences.

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Parkway Rotary buildsplanters for residents

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While the social distancingaspect of the current climatemight have the average personon the planet feeling a littlelonely, older residents – thoseat a much higher risk than therest of the population – arefeeling that isolation far moreseverely.

Isolation is a big health

risk for those over 65 evenbefore the pandemic and, ac-cording to the Texas A&MCenter for Population Health,those risks have been intensi-fied.

So the Parkway RotaryClub of West Roxbury,Roslindale and Jamaica Plaindecided this week to try to


help alleviate that in a smallway by building spice andherb planters for residents atthe Edelweiss Village at theDeutches Altenheim GermanCentre in West Roxbury.

Parkway Rotary PresidentAdrienne Ulrich said this wasnot their first service projectat the Centre – they hand-de-livered Valentine's Day flow-ers to residents back in Feb-ruary – and she said they hopethis will be a small bit of lightduring these uncertain times.

“They originally wantedus to do a project for Mother’sDay but then COVID-19 can-celed that, and we wanted toprovide a service project forEdelweiss,” she said. “Andthis was a safe and creativeway for us to collaborate toprovide something for the se-niors that they wanted, and notendanger anybody with anyface-to-face contact, thinkingabout all the social distancingwe have to do these days.”

Ulrich said they workedwith Edelweiss Village Ex-ecutive Director Kathy Labbeto get the materials to the Cen-tre, and then the Rotarianswent to work assembling thepieces.

“We also provided herbsand spices,” she said. “Wepurchased things like sage,cilantro, parley and dill, andthose are just the ones thatcome to mind. We made the

Spice Planters continued from page 6beds and put the soil inside,but we left the plants in theirrespective containers so theresidents can have a hand inplanting them and can care forthem. We hope that will besomething they can utilize forthe kitchen staff in meal mak-ing.”

Like many organizationsduring COVID-19, the Rotaryhas had to put off their usualfundraising efforts, mostno tab ly the Pau l Har r i sAwards Dinner. Ulrich saidthis year, they wanted tohonor Judy Jose-Roddy,who works wi th SophiaSnow House and the Rose’sBounty Food Pantry.

“It’s usually a big eventfor us when we honor some-one in the communi ty,”Ulrich said. “We wanted toaward her and, technically,she is the recipient, thoughwe haven’t held an actualceremony. We’re hoping wecan do it in the not-too-dis-tant future.”

Ulrich said they’ve beentaking it one week at a time,and have been meeting in asocially-distant manner ev-ery other week. She said shetook over the presidency ofthe Parkway Rotary fromDominic Rebelo on July 1and this planter project wasthe f i r s t se rv ice pro jec tsince that t ime. She saidthey are now working with

the Sherrill House Nursingand Rehab Center in Ja-maica Plain about a serviceproject there, but the detailshave yet to be worked out.

For more information onthe Parkway Rotary, go towestroxburyclub.org/.

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Boston Mayor Marty Walsh joined union members, leaders and community organizations Monday for adrive-in celebration and rally at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center. Under the banner, WorkingClass Power Rising, key themes of the event included a celebration of workers’ collective power in Massa-chusetts and the bold steps they have taken to level the playing field. The COVID-19 crisis has cast a newlight on the value of the labor furnished by workers who previously have gone unseen and undervalued bycorporations and society.

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Dorothy F., Age 96, ofRoslindale, formerly of JamaicaPlain, passed away on August 23,2020. Beloved wife of the lateMichael J. Connell Jr. Lovingmother of James Connell ofNorwood, Leo Connell ofRoslindale, Jane Bielenda andher husband, Thomas, of WestRoxbury and the late JosephConnell. Sister of the late Will-iam Kerrigan, Mary ReardonHopkins and her twin sister,Edith Beck. Mother-in-law ofJudy Connell of Randolph.Grandmother of Stephanie,David, Jeremiah and Danielle.Great-grandmother of Erik,Josiah, Declan, Ohana, Cadenand Josephine. While respectingsocial distancing guidelines, aFuneral Mass was celebrated atSt. John Chrysostom Church,4750 Washington St., WestRoxbury, on Thursday, August27 at 11 a.m. Interment St. Jo-seph Cemetery. Retired LunchHour Monitor Mozart School,Roslindale. Avid Red Sox andBruins fan. Special thank you toHerta Jean and the staff of VNAHospice and Palliative Care for thewonderful care they provided toDorothy. In lieu of flowers, dona-tions in her memory may be madeto VNA Care, Fund DevelopmentOffice, 199 Rosewood Drive,Suite 180, Danvers, MA 01923.For guestbook condolences, pleasevisit www.bradyfallon.com

COSTELLOPatricia M. of Roslindale,

Massachusetts, passed away onAugust 25, 2020. Patricia was thewife of the late John F. Costello,daughter of the late James J.McCabe who immigrated fromMonahan Ireland and MargaretCostello of South Boston, Massa-

Deathschusetts. Loving sister of the lateJoseph McCabe and his wifeNancy Doyle McCabe ofWilmette, Illinois and the late Leo.J. McCabe and his wife Ann FisherMcCabe of Medfield, Massachu-setts. Mother of John F. ofRoslindale, Elaine S. Costello andher husband Bud of San Mateo,California, James J. and his wifeCathryn M. of Roslindale andKevin P. and his wife PatriciaQuinlan of San Francisco Califor-nia. Loving grandmother toMalaika Costello-Dougherty ofSan Francisco, California, PatrickC. Costello and his wife Alexandraof Washington D.C., Sara E.Costello of Dorchester Massachu-setts, Anna Costello-Dougherty ofLos Angeles California andBrendan Costello of San Fran-cisco, California. Pat was a long-time Boston Public School em-ployee. Her last assignment wasat the Ohrenberger school in WestRoxbury, Massachusetts. She wasinvolved in many organizations,including the Mystic Valley Rail-way Club, for whom she wrote anewsletter, the Bell Telephone re-tirees, the Sodality of the HolyName Parish, the John F. KennedyLibrary and Museum. She wasvery proud of her work with theRoslindale Wetlands. She is fondlyremembered by many nieces,nephews, friends, neighbors andcoworkers. In Pat’s memory, do-nations may be made to the PoorClare Nuns of the FranciscanMonastery of St Clare in JamaicaPlain, the Carroll Center for theBlind in Newton Massachusetts,the Deutsches Altenheim in WestRoxbury, Massachusetts or theRoslindale Wetlands. A Mass ofChristian Burial will be celebratedin the Holy Name Church 1689Centre St., West Roxbury, on Sat-urday, September 12, at 11:30am.Relatives and friends are invitedto attend. Interment St. JosephCemetery. Funeral Mass and Inter-ment will be live streamed atwww.lawlerfuneralhome.com. AllServices are under the Covid - 19regulations. Lawler and CrosbyFuneral Home. 617-323-5600.

FAHEYLaurence M. (BPD Retired)

Retired BPD and WWII ArmyVeteran of West Roxbury, passedaway peacefully on September 3,2020 at home surrounded by his

loving family. Born in Boston onSeptember 5, 1927 to the late Tho-mas C. Fahey, retired BPD, andMary (O’Rourke) Fahey. Prede-ceased by his beloved wife of 54years, Anne C. (Mulligan) Fahey.Loving father of Patrick (Pamela)of North Kingstown, RI, Brian ofOrleans, Mary Belschner (Will-iam) of West Newton, Michael(Anh) of Medway, Brendan of OldTown, ME, Deirdre Sonntag(Kurt) of Fayetteville, NC, Danielof West Roxbury, EileenMcGillicuddy (Kevin) of WestRoxbury. Cherished brother ofMary Schwarzer (Wolfgang) ofGermany and the late John, Jo-seph, Thomas and Francis Fahey.Devoted grandfather of Alison,Laura and Matthew Fahey, Sarah,Brianne and Brendan (Lauren)Belschner, Cedric, Ailish, Maevisand Neilan Fahey, Alexandria andMae Fahey, Miles (Sydney) andErika Sonntag, Daniel andKathleen Fahey, Molly, Charlie,Kevin and Rose McGillicuddy.Survived by many loving in-laws,cousins, nieces and nephews. Aprivate Mass of Christian Burialwas celebrated in St. Theresa ofAvila Church on Tuesday, Septem-ber 8, 2020. Interment St. JosephCemetery. In lieu of flowers, do-nations in Larry’s memory may bemade to St. Theresa of AvilaChurch, 10 St. Theresa Ave., WestRoxbury, MA 02132. To leave acondolence message for the fam-ily, please visit:gormleyfuneral.com William J.Gormley Funeral Service 617-323-8600.

LUCASWalther A. of Roslindale, Aug.

30, beloved husband of Carol A.(Dimock), loving father of ScottLucas and his wife Bridget ofRoslindale and Alyson Lucas ofRI, grandfather of David, Fionaand Jacob Lucas. Also survived bysister-in-law Carolyn Lucas ofBoston. Brother of the late Ken-neth Lucas and Arlene Rogers. Fu-neral from the Folsom FuneralHome, 63 Belgrade Ave.,ROSLINDALE.. Interment pri-vate. In lieu of flowers, donationsto Roslindale CongregationalChurch, 25 Cummins Hwy.,Roslindale, MA 02131 would beappreciated. For obituary and tosign guestbook, visit website.Folsom Funeral Homewww.folsomfuneral.com

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Earlier in the spring, residents planted trees from Speak for the Trees, and now the organization is lookingfor neighborhoods in need of canopy this fall.

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Speak For the Trees continued from page 2rounding area and reduce airpollution enough to help pro-vide health benefits to its resi-dents.

“If residents are able to un-derstand the value of trees, wewill be able to defend againstdevelopers who currentlywant to knock them down andreplace them with apartmentsor new buildings,” the pairwrote.

West Roxbury residentsMaggie Myslik, MaggieOlson and Alejandro Velezreported that the neighbor-hood also boasts a high con-centration of trees andgreenspace, with 23 acres ofopen space per 1,000 resi-dents; almost three times theCity of Boston’s average. Thetrio did note that this was duein part to the affluent natureof most of its residents histori-cally. The trio did also reportthat an influx of reportednatural gas leaks and new con-struction could lead to the re-duction of these high numbersin the future.

Hyde Park residents MayaHall, Ryan Martin and Wilson

Zheng found that thoughHyde Park also has a highconcentration of trees andgreenspace, it’s not evenlydistributed, and many areas oflower-income residents havefewer trees and access toparks.

In this vein, Meshoulamand SFTT have joined themyriad of organizations work-ing with the Friends ofMelnea Cass Boulevard 2020to stop the city from remov-ing more than 100 trees alongMelnea Cass to make way formulti-modal traffic improve-ments. Meshoulam said thefight has been going on formore than 10 years and startedwith then CongressmanMichael Capuano and Tho-mas Menino.

“Melnea Cass is a reallybusy throughway that is mixeduse and has spots that are re-ally dangerous, and I think weall acknowledge that,” he said.“And the city saw an opportu-nity to transform the boulevardto be more multimodal-friendly, but that involved theunnecessary removal of 120

trees. Residents decided that isjust not appropriate and thereare other ways to make thisstreet friendly for pedestriansand cyclists.”

Meshoulam pointed outthat the original plan for thereconfiguration of the trafficpattern there only saw fit toplan for the removal of about40 trees, so he believes the citycan make room for both traf-fic and trees.

“Safe transportation is im-portant but not at the expenseof hundreds of trees and wewant a commitment from thecity not to remove those trees,”he said. “The first plan had 43trees slated for removal andthat number has balloonedand somewhere along theway I think the city lost itsvision.”

To join the more than10,000 residents who have al-ready signed the petition tostop those trees from beingremoved, go to https://bit.ly/2GxZCrq. For more informa-tion on SFTT and its pro-gramming, go to https:/ /www.sfttbos.org/.


“They will sell the product andsell the process.” Ross said.

Jake Hart, who insisted oncalling Rock Star a “body modi-fication shop in Hyde Square,”wanted to know why two menfrom Providence were coming toJamaica Plain.

Murphy explained that he wasa friend with Fat Ram who ownsPumpkin Tattoo. Ram recom-mended the location because itwas promising for their type oftrade.

Max Glickman made a motionto approve.

“Rob[Murphy] has nothing todo with the property owner andprevious tenant,” he said. “Some-how this has been made an issue.”

Rock Star Body Piercing wasunanimously approved with theproviso that it was for the currentowner only. Rock Star has a ZBAdate for Sept. 22.

Second on the agenda,Gabriella and Christina Hahn ofMarbury Terrace gave a presen-tation for their Said and DoneTattoo Parlor they plan to open ina small storefront at 68 SouthStreet near Ferris Wheels bikeshop.

Zephyr Architects is prepar-ing the storefront and floor plans.

Calling themselves fine art-ists, Christina Hahn explainedthat she wants to create a bou-tique, artistic environment forappointment only.

“We want to create a mellowenvironment, a chill environ-ment,” she said.

The zoning committee wasalso mellow and voted unani-mously to approve Said andDone.

Committee chair Dave

Barron was visibly relieved tohave a housing matter as the lastagenda item.

34-36 Rossmore Road aretwo, wood-frame, three-unitseach condominiums designed byElaine Scales of Jamaica Plain.

An existing 2-½ story wood-frame house on the site was razedtwo weeks earlier.

34-36 Rossmore is being de-veloped by Liam Lydon and hasbeen through the StonybrookNeighborhood Association(SNA) process since April 2019.It finally received a vote of noopposition at the July 13, 2020virtual SNA meeting.

There have been significantdesign changes including settingboth buildings further back fromthe sidewalk.

Scales redesigned number 34Rossmore to be a flat roof triple-decker and added more detail toher multi-gabled corner house atnumber 36.

Lydon, who also with Scalesbuilt number 41 Rossmore, wasenthusiastic about the process.

“We have a pretty good rap-port with SNA,” he said “We gota pretty good result. There weremultiple changes to accommo-date SNA.”

Committee member KendraHalliwell, herself an architect,said it was “a great project.”

“I appreciate the care that hasbeen put into the designs. Youmake beautiful buildings,”Halliwell said.

The committee agreed andvoted unanimously to approve.

The last time the JP zoningcommittee met in person was onMarch 4 when it unanimouslyvoted to support 3171 Washing-ton St., nine-unit condominiums

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in a three-story building to re-place The Gate tavern.

Covid-19 brought develop-ment reviews to a halt and it tookfive months for the ZBA toschedule 3171 Washington Streetheld virtually on Aug. 25.

3171 Washington Street hasgone through significant designchanges since the developer CKInvestments first presented itsplans to Egleston Square N/A onNov 4, 2019.

ESNA was opposed to theplans and to mollify the neigh-bors architect Monte French re-designed the building down tothree stories.

To achieve a building withnine for-sale units in a three-storybuilding required French to putin a roof deck mezzanine unit.

This confused both ZoningBoard of Appeals Chair ChristineAraujo and board member MarkErlich who could not understandhow the mezzanine residentialunit would be accessed; the thirdfloor roof would essentially be aprivate deck overlooking an al-leyway.

CK Investments - to satisfythe neighbors -was putting a fourstory building into a three-storyframework and Araujo and Erlichdidn’t understand how thatwould work.

After repeated questions,Erlich, who lives in JamaicaPlain and is the acting board ar-chitect, grew impatient with theopaque answers from architectFrench about his roof deck mez-zanine design.

“I guess the plans are ad-equate,” Erlich said. “I’m con-fused about that living space.How is it accessed?”

“I’ll support it although itneeds BPDA design review onthe decks and mezzanine access,”he said.

Faisa Shariff from themayor’s office supported theplans too but also wanted BPDAdesign review.

The drama continued whenMynor Perez, representing thecarpenters' union, who nevermisses a ZBA meeting and neverfails to support a project, opposed

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