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The Boston Transportation Department is looking to extend the dedicated bus and bike lane on Washington Street in Roslindale tothe southbound lane during the afternoon rush.

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The use of illegal fireworks has sky-rocketed this spring, up by a factor of2,300 percent, prompting At-Large CityCouncilor Julia Mejia to call a fireworkstrauma forum to address their ramifica-tions.

More than 200 people attended thevirtual forum via Zoom, Facebook andTwitter on Thursday, June 11, whichfocused on the social and emotionalimpacts of the blasts for veterans, eldersand people who suffer from post-trau-matic stress disorder (PTSD). Thebooms began as early as March and startas early as 3 p.m. Some can be heard upuntil 3 a.m. and, in one reported case,were mistaken for gunshots.

“Over the last few weeks, what we

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Looking to increase Roslindale bus lane useJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The Boston Transportation De-partment (BTD) held three meetingsthis week on expanding theRoslindale dedicated bus and bikelane along Washington Street to out-bound p.m. usage; one meeting forEnglish speaking residents, one forSpanish speakers and one for busi-nesses.

The proposal met with generallypositive feedback, on the concept atleast, with some pushback on a fewissues. The proposal is basically thesame as the dedicated bus and bikelane in the morning, except that in-stead of being from 5 a.m. to 9 a.m.

heading toward Forest Hills, it will befrom 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. going towardRoslindale Square.

The bus lane is currently slated tostart at Ukraine Way and go all theway to Target/Bexley Road. BTDTransit Team Leader Matt Moran saidthey want to push it to Adams Parklater on, but at this time when manyrestaurants are looking to do outdoordining to recoup losses incurred fromthe COVID-19 pandemic, BTD feltthat it could wait until things are alittle bit back to normal.

The plan will also relocate busstops for more accessibility and saferboarding, as well as put in several newcrosswalks, specifically at ArboretumRoad and Granfield Avenue.

There is also a plan on the tablefor a bus lane to take one of the twotravel lanes on Corinth Street. Moransaid this would not impact any park-ing and would move up the bus stopfrom the intersection at WashingtonStreet nearer to the Bank of America.

“This is to provide buses with aneasier path down Corinth Street, thehard left onto Washington is difficultand sometimes drivers have to nosetheir way out in front of traffic. Bymoving the bus stop back, we bringa bit more public realm onto CorinthStreet and offer better bus opera-tions.”

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Nothing less than the soul ofSumner Hill is at stake if a seven-unit condo house is built on a vacantback lot at 12 Everett St.

This was the loud and clear mes-sage from over 40 residents whocrowded the virtual Jamaica PlainZoning Committee meeting on May27.

They protested what Seaverns Av-enue resident Charlie Rosenberg

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Holy Name Parish, Archdioceseselling 12 Church St.

Archdiocese representatives confirmed that this parcel on 12 Church St. in West Roxbury is under a purchaseand sales agreement.

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The Boston Archdioceseconfirmed this week that it isselling the building currentlyhousing the Holy Name EarlyEducation Center at 12 ChurchSt.

Boston Archdiocese Secre-tary for Communications andPublic Affairs TerrenceDonilon confirmed that thediocese is looking to sell thebuilding.

“We have signed a pur-chase and sales agreement forthe sale of 12 Church St.,” he

said.Donilon said the reason for

the sale is the same as manyother recent sales of churchproperty in the city.

“The property is too expen-sive to maintain,” he said.“The parish has been payingreal estate taxes on the prop-erty, which has placed addi-tional strain.”

Donilon said the details ofthe sale are still under wrapsat this time.

“As a general practice, we

usually do not discuss theterms of the sale, especiallyprior to any closing,” he said.“When we do market a prop-erty, we seek requests for pro-posals, not a necessary setprice.”

According to the BostonTax Parcel Viewer (http://app01 .c i tyofbos ton .gov/parcelviewer/), the propertyhas a total value of just under

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Brook Farm archaeologicaldig to start

Boston Archaeologists are looking to find some more history at WestRoxbury's Brook Farm.

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Earlier this year, MayorWalsh and the City ofBoston’s Community Preser-vation Committee recom-mended $3,465,000 in grantsfor 16 historic preservationprojects from the City’s Com-munity Preservation Act(CPA) Funds. The preserva-tion projects were among 40recommended to the CityCouncil for grant funding to-taling $24 million.

One of the historic preser-vation projects includes$20,000 to Brook Farm, thesite of the transcendentalistexperiment in the 1840s, foran archaeology dig and land-scape improvements.

Brook Farm, located inWest Roxbury, was estab-lished in April 1841 by tran-scendentalists and sought toequally distribute the tasks ofdaily life while providing edu-cation for all participants. Theultimate goal was a balance ofwork and leisure that wouldbenefit the “greater good.”

Making a profit from thefarm’s agricultural surpluswas a challenge, and Brook

Farm closed in 1847. How-ever, this experiment at BrookFarm played a key role in thedevelopment of American re-ligious and cultural philoso-phy. Many great thinkers andwriters stayed at Brook Farm,including NathanielHawthorne, Charles AndersonDana and Margaret Fuller.

Despite concerns about thecurrent pandemic, the BostonArchaeology Program stillplans on doing the dig.

“I just talked with NewBrook Farm about refining thescope of the project last week,and we are all still moving for-

ward with an archaeologicalsurvey plan. A primary goal isto better document where theknown sites are on the prop-erty and create a clear plan forhow best to avoid them withany future park improvementprojects,” explained City Ar-chaeologist Joe Bagley. “Theplan will also include whatkinds of archaeological sur-vey would be necessary ifthere needs to be some sort oflandscape change (pathway,grading, signage install, etc.)on or near a known archaeo-

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A tale of two sieges

My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

Undoubtedly, we feel as ifwe have been under siege byour “enemy” (COVID-19)since early March: indeed,our whole lifestyles havebeen under “attack” and havechanged drastically.

But the siege of America,if not the world, pales whencompared to that ofLeningrad (formerlyPetrograd and now St. Peters-burg) in Russia that went onfor almost 900 days.

Last week marks the 79thanniversary of the start ofHitler ’s “OperationBarbarossa.” Launched in1941 defying a previously

have realized is that the fire-works situation across the cityhas grown louder and louderand more disruptive,” Mejiasaid. She called the meetingwith a panel of mental healthexperts and community leadersto address this problem, whichhas become more explosivebecause of the current civicunrest and tension due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.

“This has been really chal-lenging, with every night inevery neighborhood, thebreadth and the depth of fire-works going off,” added Dis-trict 6 City Councilor MattO’Malley. “We understand howthey can be associated for folkswho have experienced trauma.”

Jerome Smith, the City’sChief of Civic Engagement andthe head of the Office of Neigh-borhood Services (ONS), saidthat fireworks use typicallystarts mid-June, but has become“a significant problem in ashort amount of time.

“The intensity we havenow is nothing that we’veseen,” Smith said. Originally,he believed the fireworkswere purchased over the stateline in New Hampshire, aswas the past pattern. But a re-cent bust showed that largerfireworks are coming from asfar as Michigan.

Smith told residents to call911 rather than 311 to reportfireworks explosions, “be-cause right now, that’s theonly tool we have.”

“We’re really hoping to setthe stage and create a frame-work so citizens can take a

lead on these things and workin collaboration with the Cityon responding to these needs,”Mejia said.

Roslindale resident MelidaArredondo grew up in Brook-lyn, NY and was a toddler dur-ing the riots of 1968 and 1969.She still has memories oflooking out her window andwatching the city burningdown.

“I am not a happy personright now,” said Arredondo,who suffers from PTSD. “Ican’t sleep at night. That re-ally gets in the way of me be-ing able to work during theday.”

She added that she was atthe Boston Marathon bomb-ing and experiences night-mares.

Ron Odom of Dorchesterdescribed how his son wasmurdered outside his home in2007, and how the sound offireworks impacts him.

“I heard the gunshots whenmy son’s life was taken, andwhen his body fell to theground,” he said emotionally.“Just the sound of the fire-works – and I believe there isa difference between fire-works and firecrackers – justreminded me so of my son’slife that was taken that day.

“I just want to let peopleknow the effect that fireworksare having on people in theneighborhood,” he continued.“And it goes a little deeperthan just the sound of it. It’striggering for a lot of people.”

Young people were en-couraged to participate in the

dialogue. Alondra Bobadilla,Mejia’s youth liaison fromHyde Park, said it is importantnot to create “conspiracytheories” against teens or spe-cific groups of people. Shesaid she has seen adults light-ing them off in her neighbor-hood.

“I think the important partof this whole conversationand a solution-based approachis to try not to do things to ag-gravate,” she said. “When westart pointing fingers it divertsfrom the whole point of theconversation.”

She added that policeshould not be called in for mi-nor complaints, and that an-other problem is that minorshave access to fireworks inthe first place.

Martin Pierre, Ph.D. spokeabout the psychological ef-fects fireworks have ontrauma victims. The Fourth ofJuly is the worst time of yearbecause of increased stress,anxiety and isolation. For vic-tims of PTSD, “the world isnever the same,” he said.

“For Blacks andmarginalized and underservedcommunities, we are dealingwith historical trauma,” Pierreexplained. “So we are notonly dealing with the fire-works, but we are dealing withthe cumulative effects ofchildhood trauma, commu-nity violence and poverty.”

Marissa Luse said youngpeople need to continue tobe engaged in these conver-sations. For example, shelearned in a conversationthat setting off fireworksfrom site to site “is nowconsidered a sport.”

Possible solutions to thefireworks issue include cre-ating a public service an-nouncement campaign ;spread ing awarenessthrough mainstream and so-c ia l media ; and pu t t ingsigns in stores and on busstops and trash cans. Finescould also be considered asa deterrent.

“I really do believe thatthe power lies within thepeople,” Mejia said. “Citygovernment does p lay arole, and that is to facilitatethe resources.”

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How long, Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me?

How long must I wrestle with my thoughts andday after day have sorrow in my heart? How long will my enemy triumph over me?

Look on me and answer, Lord my God. Psalm 13

signed nonaggression pact,the surprise invasion of Rus-sia featured 3 million Nazisoldiers streaming across theSoviet border, targeting Mos-cow, the Ukraine, Lithuania,Latvia and Estonia. The fi-nal target was Leningrad, acity with a population of 3million and more than 600factories. From September 8,1941 until January 27, 1944,the siege saw 800,000 civil-ians basically starving todeath.

After the railroad con-nection to Leningrad and lastroads were seized, the Nazissurrounded the city with thehelp of their Finnish allies tothe North. The only way toleave or receive supplies wasacross a frozen Lake Ladoga,subject to Nazi bombard-ment.

Hitler is supposed tohave written in a memo thathe decided to erase the indus-trial city “from the face of theearth,” stressing that requestsfor surrender were to be ig-nored, since the Nazis didn’twant to feed the city’s largepopulation. He had chosen achilling alternative to ad-vancing on Leningrad di-rectly: he would simply waitfor its residents to starve todeath.

Food in the city wasstrictly rationed, with eachresident receiving an amountbased on how essential—we’ve heard that word be-fore—they were to the city’sdefenses. Those most essen-

tial, such as soldiers and sup-ply and factory workers, weregived the most rations; theless essential—children, se-niors, and the unemployed——were unfortunately not pri-oritized.

I like to complain aboutlines these days formed out-side supermarkets until thenumber of shoppers dimin-ishes, so that we can enter. Except for toilet paper, wipes,and flour, our stores have beendecently stocked during thepast months; food banks con-tinue to show their largesse toAmericans in need. But con-sider the fate of those livingin the Leningrad siege: thoselowest in the ration system re-ceived 125 grams or threeslices of bread every day. Bak-eries were allowed to put cel-lulose in their loaves to fattenup the bread; nonetheless,many residents were forced tosurvive on approximately 300calories a day, which is lessthan 20% of what an average-size adult’s healthy intakeshould be.

The first winter after thesiege began was especiallybrutal: temperatures droppedto 40 degrees below zero.Without coal and wood thosewho were lucky enough tohave shelter burned furnitureand books to provide heat.

Cannibalism occurred;corpses were everywhere: nobody bags or refrigeratedtrucks hid them.

Could Bostonians survivea siege of two-and-half years?

Holy Name continued from page 2$2 million, with the land value being $864,900and the building at $1.1 million. The lot size is37,631 square feet, with a reported living areaof 5,498 square feet. The property is listed as acommercial building for 2020. However, inex-plicably, the City of Boston Assessing Depart-ment designated the property as “Exempt” forat least the previous 35 years. According to thesame listing, it generated $51,546 in taxes for2020.

The building was originally purchased fromthe City of Boston Public School District some

time ago and then used by the Parish Schoolfor early education.

The Parish School was founded in 1953 bythe Sisters of St. Joseph Boston. There is cur-rently 60 lay faculty and support staff at theschool, offering kindergarten through grade six.The School is accredited by the New EnglandAssociation of Schools and Colleges, and hasan overall average class size no larger than 20students.

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Brook Farm continued from page 3logical site. We are coordinat-ing everything with the NewBrook Farm, my office, theLandmarks Commission, andDCR (which owns the site).”

When the archaeologicaldig will take place, who is go-ing to be a part of the dig, andwhether or not volunteers willbe able to be a part of the digis all to be determined.

“That will be based on thescope of work and scheduling.

Still too early in the processto make a call and may beweeks to months before wewould know,” remarkedBagley.

To learn more about theBoston Archaeology program,visit https://www.boston.gov/departments/archaeology.

The Community Preserva-tion Act is “financed by a 1-percent property tax surchargeand a state match, the City

raises about $25 million annu-ally to fund affordable hous-ing, historic preservation, openspace, parks, and outdoor rec-reation. With Mayor Walsh’ssupport, Boston is now amongthe other 175 communities thathave adopted the act. The Cityimplemented our first round offunding in 2018.” To learnmore about the CPA, visithttps://www.boston.gov/com-munity-preservation.

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Parks details Phase 2 ofSmith Playground renovation

JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

Boston Parks and Recre-ation met digitally recently tooutline Phase 2 renovations toSmith Park in Lower Allston.

Boston Parks and Recre-ation Landscape Architect andProject Manager Cathy Baker-Eclipse led the presentation,which can be viewed at https://bit.ly/2UJ3NF6.

“I really miss seeingeveryone’s faces and being ableto tell whether you’re excitedor frustrated by what we’re say-ing,” she said.

The current estimated cost

of construction is $4.5 million,and is looking to start in springof 2021 and take about a year.The funding comes in part fromthe City of Boston Capital Fundand has been previously ap-proved and allocated. The firstphase of the renovation wasopened in the fall of 2019,which included a new play-ground, amphitheater, soccerfield, basketball courts, streethockey court and a pump track.Baker-Eclipse said the input forpark design came from the city,safety guidelines and regula-tions, the Parks Department andcommunity input.

Stantec Planning and Land-

scape Project Manager KevinBeutell went over the currentdesign of the renovation, whichincludes three ball fields as themain space for the area. Thethree ball fields are set up in acircle design, with a small por-tion on the south side of thefield currently not designatedfor a specific use. There are twolittle league fields and a 295-foot softball field, and Beutellsaid the city is looking for feed-back from residents on whatthat field should be used for.

He said there are some ideasfrom the city on what they

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called “the monstrosity.”“There’s only one Sumner

Hill,” he said, “and it will beruined by this monstrosity.”

Eric Dinicola and NickEarls of Ascalon Industriesbought 8 Everett St. with anoption to build on the adjoin-ing back yard numbered 12Everett St. overlooking theOrange Line.

The proposed three-storybuilding has narrow streetfrontage, will barely be seenfrom Everett Street with ac-cess from a shared drive to abasement-level parking ga-rage.

Renovation and remodel-ing of 8 Everett into a three-unit condominium building isunderway after a two-monthhalt.

Attorney Mike Ross repre-sents Ascalon that he de-

Everett St. Condos continued from page 1scribed as “a small familycompany.” It’s located inTewksbury.

“What’s unique is that thisbuilding sits behind number8,” he said.

“We started meeting withthe community in August2019. We’ve had seven meet-ings and it’s slowly evolving.There’s no street frontage andit abuts a small park on Gor-don Street.”

“Since December 2019we’ve reduced the number ofunits from nine to seven, it’sa three-story building with sixindoor parking spaces underthe building,” said Ross.

“The project got a lot bet-ter as we moved on. [The ar-chitect] Mark Sangiolo gotvery creative.”

Ross stressed that thebuilding has direct access to

the MBTA and is a transit-ori-ented development (TOD).

This didn’t satisfyRosenberg.

“TOD has been satisfiedup and down WashingtonStreet,” he said. “JP has givena lot to TOD. There’s no rea-son to put it on Sumner Hill."

Resident James Lesnicksaid that his Sumner Hillneighbors are not transient.

“They came here as stew-ards of an historic district,” hesaid. “Sumner Hill is whatmakes Boston Boston andwhat makes JP JP.”

Sangiolo of Harwich hasdesigned a rambling, wood-frame, Queen Ann revivalhouse with shingles, bays, tur-rets, gables and mansards.

That caused committeechair Dave Baron some con-fusion.

“I don’t exactly get the ar-chitecture problem,” he said.

“It’s ginger-bready, morerichly detailed than otherhouses. What’s the problemwith the gingerbread and theturrets?”

David Carnochan, who or-chestrated a line of six oppos-ing speakers, wanted a three-family house. “This is not thebest look for the street,” hesaid. “It’s too big. It’s inappro-priate.”

Resident Steven Halesagreed.

“I’m an architect,” he said.“I’ve done a lot of public work.It’s a question of scale, a ques-tion of diversity. I can’t sup-port a seven-unit project.”

Baron wondered why thenext-door, nine-unit buildingat 16 Everett St., recently com-pleted by Watermark Develop-ment, was easily approved.

“This [number 12] seems tobe the exact same buildingthat’s already in front of you,just more luxuriant.”

Carnochan had the answerready.

“This was a linkageproject.” he said, “It was an as-of–right project in exchangefor a parcel on Call Street. Itwas carefully thought out andmore historically compatible.”

Condominiums listed at $1million have been sold at 16Everett, and Alicia Mc Donnellis one of the new owners. Shesaid she was surprised to findthat a new building was goingto be built outside her secondfloor unit.

Architect Michael Epplives on Sumner Hill and sup-ports 12 Everett.

“It’s not a townhouse. It’sa large Victorian building,” hesaid. “Twelve Everett willnever even be seen. It doesn’thave the impact that number16 has. Boston is changing.Density is not the enemy; itpreserves neighborhoods.”

Sangiolo defended his

work; something architectsnever do at zoning committeemeetings.

“Look at the drawings,” hesaid. “Focus on the actualdrawings. My office worked sohard to reduce the size. At onepoint we crawled around thefloor. We made numerous sitevisits. I’m proud of what we’vedesigned.”

Carnochan was unim-pressed.

“Architects drawings arejust a sales tool,” he said.

Baron was annoyed that thecommittee meeting was beingturned into an abutters meet-ing.

“I can’t remember whenwe’ve spent two hours talkingabout a single matter,” he said.

Baron admitted that theMayor’s Office is not holdingany abutters meetings andnone are foreseen.

Ross agreed.“We didn’t plan on the

COVID thing,” he said. “Theworld has changed. The citytold us no abutters meetings. Ijust don’t know what to do.”

Committee member MarieTurley from Union Avenue didknow what to do.

“Your meeting needs to bea public meeting,” she said,“I’m disappointed. Threemeetings on a project of thisscale? This is premature.There was only an email noti-fication of the architecturalchanges?”

A motion to approve failedand Ross agreed to return tothe zoning committee after hemet with the neighbors viaZoom.

“Now we’re being askedto go smaller when we canbuild as-of-right,” he said.“I’m worried about the op-position getting more wellorganized. These developersare good guys. I’ll give itone more try.”

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dent of the Roslindale Com-munity School Council Den-nis Kirkpatrick said while heis in favor of the southbounddedicated bus lane in general,he has some concerns, specifi-cally with loading zones onCorinth and parking on thecity’s side streets.

“I think you need to havea traffic study here,” he said.“There are a lot of people inthe neighborhood, which ispredominantly black andLatino, who did not knowabout the plans. There was aninsufficient number of meet-ings and notifications.”

Kirkpatrick said parkingon the side streets is alreadyan issue and would not bemade that much better by los-ing street parking on the out-bound side from 2 p.m. to 7p.m. Moran pointed out thatcurrently, during the a.m. buslane implementation, streetparking is using less than 50percent of its capacity.Kirkpatrick said that some ofhis employees cannot findparking in their neighbor-hoods and have to park morethan a block away from theirhomes.

He added that many busi-nesses on Corinth Street usethe right lane for loading mer-chandise, and Moran said they

would look into specificallyadding a loading zone forthose businesses on Corinth.

“The Family Dollar has an18-wheeler truck that parksovernight on Corinth and un-loads from 8 a.m. to noonMonday, even though theBTD sign says ‘half-hourloading zone,” said residentJim Nichols.

Boston Director of SmallBusiness Natalia Urtubey en-couraged any businesses withconcerns to reach out to hera [email protected].

Resident and businessowner Michael Cassidy saidhe felt the 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.window was too large andwould negatively affect manybusinesses in the area. He saidhe felt the city should recon-sider that window.

“I’m actually surprisedthat’s even being proposed,”he said.

WalkUP Roslindale co-founder Matthew Lawlor saidhe was in favor of the pro-posal, but felt the 2-7 windowcould be tweaked.

“It would definitely benefitme and the thousands ofpeople who take the bus here,”he said. “Whether 2 p.m. to 7p.m. is the right window is agood question.”

Many residents felt that theoutbound lane could help the19,000 daily bus riders of thecorridor get home faster.

Former Roslindale VillageMain Streets Executive Direc-tor and local transit advocateSteve Gag said he felt parkingin the area is not a problem.

“I frequent the businesseson Washington Street oftenduring the day,” he added.

“My family commutes upthis corridor from the Squareboth on bus and bike,” statedresident Adam Shutes. “TheNorthbound lane has been agodsend, both for bus speedsand bicycle safety. The extraaddition on Corinth St is agreat idea. The outbound/southwill be a welcome addition tospeed up getting home fromthe Square on the bus, or with-out getting run over by a truckon our bikes.”

“Keeping the bus out oftraffic is essential to maintain-ing and creating more frequentservice and preventing crowd-ing on board,” said residentJulia Wallerce. “Happy to seethis move forward.”

For more information onthis and where to submit yourcomments on the expanded buslane, go to boston.gov/depart-m e n t s / t r a n s p o r t a t i o n /roslindale-bus-lanes

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Joseph C.Age 73, ofHyde Park,formerly ofRosl indale ,passed peace-fully on Tues-day, June 9,2020. Joe wasa lifelong resi-dent of Bos-ton. Prior tolosing hissight to retini-t i spigmentosa,he was em-ployed at Massachusetts Envelope Company, Inc.where he served as the shop steward for manyyears. He was also an avid motorcycle enthusi-ast. In 1977, he married the love of his life, DianeM. (Cummings) McDonald, who predeceasedhim in 2010. Joe and Diane raised their lovingson, Joseph Jr. in Roslindale, MA. They enjoyedspending many weekends and summers at theirvacation home in Woodsville, NH. Joe was theson of the late Alphonse J. McDonald and AnnaMarie Kane McDonald. He is preceded in deathby his son Scott, USMC and brothers Jack (JohnJoseph), Lawrence (Larry), and Walter. In addi-tion to Joe Jr., Joe is survived by his daughterLaurie and his brothers Thomas and his wife Ann,Kevin and his wife Kathy, and Michael. He isthe beloved grandfather of Robert Michael andSamantha McDonald and was the treasured uncleof many wonderful nieces and nephews. Joe wasa fun, intelligent man who will be rememberedwith great affection and love. Visitation withcovid-19 guidelines were held at the P.E. Murray- F.J. Higgins, George F. Doherty & Sons Fu-neral Home 2000 Centre St. West Roxbury onMonday, June 15th from 11am - 12noon, fol-lowed by a funeral service beginning at 12 Noonin the funeral home. Interment Mt. BenedictCemetery, West Roxbury. Arrangements by P.E.Murray - F.J. Higgins, George F. Doherty & SonsFuneral Home, West Roxbury.

McDONOUGHKatherine

M. (Aldridge)of Westwood,formerly ofR o s l i n d a l e ,passed away onJune 11, 2020.Beloved wifeof the late Rob-ert E.“ E m m e t t ”McDonough.D e v o t e dmother of

Suzanne Moran and her husband Sean ofBraintree, Kelly Kelly and her husband Jeffreyof Millis, and Julie Ryan and her husband Billof Canton. Loving nana of Gavin and CaitlynMoran, and Emma and Avery Ryan. Dear sisterof Geraldine Cash of Winthrop, Nancy Buckleyof Westwood, William Aldridge of Walpole, andthe late Bobby Aldridge. Also survived by sev-eral nieces and nephews. Katherine was a dedi-cated nurse practitioner with MIT Infirmary andHebrew Rehabilitation, Roslindale. Funeral wasfrom the P.E. Murray - F.J. Higgins, George F.Doherty & Sons Funeral Home 2000 Centre St.West Roxbury on Monday, June 15th. IntermentSt. Joseph Cemetery. Arrangements by P.E.Murray - F.J. Higgins, George F. Doherty & SonsFuneral Home, West Roxbury.

MOOREWendy Ann of Roslindale, formerly of Ja-

maica Plain, June 9, 2020. Beloved wife of JeanMarie Long. Loving daughter of the late ThomasJ. and Elena (Spagnoletti) Moore. Sister of Tho-mas Moore of Natick and the late Gregory Mooreof Jamaica Plain. Aunt of Tiffany & JeffreyMoore. Funeral from The Robert J. Lawler &Crosby Funeral Home, 1803 Centre St., WESTROXBURY. A Mass of Christian Burial was cel-ebrated in the Holy Name Church on Saturday,June 13. Burial at The Gardens Cemetery.www.lawlerfuneralhome.com

POWDERLYHarold J. Jr. “Joe” of West Roxbury, passed

away at home in the comfort of his loving familyon June 12, 2020. Beloved husband of the lateBarbara A. (Reddish). Devoted and loving fatherof Susan Sullivan and her husband Daniel of HydePark; Stephen “Puff” Powderly of West Roxbury;Jean Butler and her husband John of WestRoxbury; Kara LeBlanc and her husband Timo-thy of Norwood and the late Keith Powderly.Devoted grandfather of Lauren and StephanieMyers; Jennifer Saville, Kelly Sullivan, ShannonLandry, Keith Butler and Brianna and JakeLeBlanc. Great-grandfather of Ariana and PatrickLee, Caitlyn Saville and Grace Weafer. Dearbrother of Kent Powderly of Pocasset and JoanneFrawley of NH. He is also survived by his sister-

in law, Beverly Abruzese and many nieces andnephews. Joe had a long career with the City ofBoston including serving as Traffic Commis-sioner. He was a past member of the Knights ofColumbus 309, member of the Loyal Order ofthe Moose Dedham where he served as Gover-nor. Funeral from the William J. Gormley Fu-neral Home, 2055 Centre Street, WESTROXBURY. Funeral and burial was private. Inlieu of flowers, donations in Joe’s memory maybe made to Loyal Order of Moose, 79 LowerEast Street, Dedham, MA 02026. For directionsand guestbook, please visit: gormleyfuneral.comWilliam J. Gormley Funeral Service 617-323-8600.

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could use the space for. Onescheme included three volley-ball courts.

“At the last public meeting,there seemed to be some inter-est for volleyball here, and sowhat we’re really looking at inthis scheme is a passive parkwith a flat lawn where the areafor volleyball could be permit-ted for volleyball, but otherwisewould just be an open space,”he said, adding trees would sur-round the area in a denser pat-tern.

Beutell added there wouldbe other play features includ-ing a dish and bowl for skatingand bicycling, and would alsoinclude a pole area for rock

climbing. Another scheme in-cluded more trail-oriented useswith an adult fitness zone andmore greenery. The nextscheme included tennis courts,with the ability to use the courtsfor pickle ball, along with asmall area for exercise equip-ment and possibly an orchardplanting.

Beutell said the ball fieldswill have state-of-the-art LEDlights for night play.

“We’re also looking at in-cluding scoreboards, bleachers,team areas with shade struc-tures, drinking fountains andbottle fillers and also athleticequipment storage areas thatare lockable,” he said.

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What's going into the left side of Phase 2 at Smith Playground? Parks and Recreation want your ideas.COURTESY PHOTO

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On the north side of thepark, Beutell said they are look-ing to put in a large dog park com-prising almost 20,000 square feet.

“We’re looking to break it upinto two areas, one area for smalldogs that’s going to be approxi-mately 5,000 square feet and an-other area for large dogs that’sgoing to be just under 15,000square feet,” he said.

Beutell added that no otherdog park in the city gets close tothe square footage of the Smithdog park.

Residents are encouraged tosubmit their feedback atBoston.gov/departments/parks-and-recreation/improvements-smith-playground

The Boston Fire Department honored its fallen members on Sunday, June 14, at the Forest Hills andFairview Cemetery. Each year on the second Sunday in June, the Charitable Association of the BostonFire Department conducts a memorial service to honor the deceased firefighters buried there and to paytribute to all firefighters who have given their lives in the fire service. The Firemen’s Lot holds the remainsof 137 members of the department, including 15 members who died in the line of duty.

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Latinx Organizations in Massachusettscome together to keep culture buzzing

Leading Latinx organiza-tions based in Massachusettslaunched Cadencia Latina to-day, a series of virtual eventsthat support Boston perform-ers with Latin American rootsand amplifies their footprintin the virtual stage. With thecollaboration of AmplifyLatinx, Hyde Square TaskForce and Boston’s LatinQuarter, Cojuelos’ Produc-tions and Ágora Cultural Ar-chitects, 11 performers ofmusic, dance, and poetry willshowcase their talents andentertainment and inspiration.

The events will be livestreamed on Facebook everySunday and Thursday at 7pm,and will kick off with the rec-ognized Puerto Rican cuatroplayer and composer FabiolaMéndez. Fabiola openeddoors for the national instru-ment of Puerto Rico by be-coming the first cuatro playerto graduate from Berklee Col-lege of Music, and has sincebuilt a name for herself andher music in the Boston com-munity. Cadencia Latina willalso feature artists fromMéxico, Cuba, Puerto Rico,Colombia, Costa Rica andVenezuela, among others.

The project hopes to alsoremind the Latino community,a historically undercountedgroup, of the importance offilling out the Census and de-fending its rights and politi-cal voice.

“We’ve been presentingLatin American arts and cul-ture in Boston for over a year;we’ve seen the difference itmakes in the communities andwe miss being able to do thatsafely in the times of COVID-19. That’s why we’re so ex-

cited to produce this seriesand reconnect with our audi-ence,” said Beba Rivera, co-founder of Ágora.

“Hyde Square Task Forceis thrilled to partner with suchpowerful artists and organiza-tions to bring Cadencia Latinato the community. As the man-aging partner of Boston’sLatin Quarter cultural district,we hope that coming togethervirtually through an amazinglineup of Latinx artists liftspeople up during this difficulttime,” shared Hyde SquareTask Force Executive Direc-tor Celina Miranda.

Amplify Latinx ExecutiveDirector, Rosario Ubiera-Minaya, also looks forward tothese events and their capac-ity to ramp up civic engage-ment: “Our Latinx artists andcreatives bring a lens of truerepresentation of the senti-ment of our culture and com-munities. Through their talentand vibrancy of their work,they are great to voice mes-sages that will resonate withour community. We are ex-cited about this collaborationthat not only thoughtfully en-gages our artistic community,but also supports AmplifyLatinx’s goals for civic en-gagement and representa-tion.”

Here’s the full list ofevents, which will be streamedon the artist and all organiza-tions’ Facebook Pages:

June 18, 7pm, ModernDance with Marsha Parrilla

June 21, 7pm, Salsa,bachata and merengue by EliPabón

June 25, 7pm, Monologueby Paloma Valenzuela

June 28 , 3pm, Ana

Masacote’s Dance ClassJuly 2 , 7pm, Zahili

Gonzalez and her pianoJuly 5, 7pm, Andrea Cruz’s

musicTo keep these events on

your calendars and selectwhere to stream them, visit anyof the participating partner’spages: www.facebook.com/c u l t u r a l a g o r a ,w w w . f a c e b o o k . c o m /a m p l i f y l a t i n x ,w w w . f a c e b o o k . c o m /cojuelosproductions orw w w . f a c e b o o k . c o m /bostonlatinquarter.

About the organizations:Amplify Latinx is a non-

partisan, collaborative move-ment whose mission is to buildLatinx economic and politicalpower by significantly increas-ing Latinx civic engagementand representation in leader-ship positions across sectors.

Hyde Square Task Force’smission is to amplify thepower, creativity, and voices ofyouth, connecting them toAfro-Latin culture and heri-tage so they can create a di-verse, vibrant Latin Quarterand build a just, equitable Bos-ton. HSTF is the managingpartner of Boston’s LatinQuarter, which is a culturally,racially, and economically di-verse cultural district locatedin Boston’s Jamaica Plainneighborhood that aims to pre-serve and uplift its rich Afro-Latin history and culture.

Cojuelos’ Productions is aConsulting Agency that cel-ebrates all artistic expressionthrough creative and innova-tive, diverse and culturally ori-ented programming andcurated experiences.


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