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Mel Simons entertained the crowd for morethan an hour with trivia regarding Bostonresidents who made good.

PHOTO BY JEFF SULLIVAN

More than 600 community mem-bers gathered at the Irish Social Clubon Saturday, Mar. 30, to attend a St.Patrick’s Day celebration with theband the Fenian Sons to support theMark Bavis Leadership Foundation.The night included raffles, a silentauction, drinks, a sit down dinner,dancing, and live music. All proceedsfrom the event will be used for schol-arships for local kids in the Parkwayand Hyde Park areas.

Mark Bavis grew up in Roslindale,and discovered his love of hockey atthe age of four in the Hyde Park Rink.He played hockey for Boston Univer-sity, then played professionally. In1989, he was drafted by the NY Rang-ers in the 9th round and played sev-eral seasons of minor pro hockey. Af-

terwards, he decided to focus on coach-ing young, aspiring athletes. From 1997to 1999, he was an assistant coach atHarvard University. From 1999 to 2000,he was an assistant coach with the Chi-cago Freeze. He was an incredible men-tor for many kids involved in youthhockey.

Tragically, Mark Bavis died onUnited Airlines Flight 175 on Septem-ber 11, 2001. He left behind a legacy of“unyielding character and devotedfriendship, of brotherly love and athleticpassion, of strong family values andunshakable faith.”

The Mark Bavis Leadership Foun-dation was created to allow deservingyoung men and women to enjoy oppor-tunities and experiences similar to thosewhich Mark had. The foundation pro-vides selected recipients with annualgrants ranging from $1,000 to $5,000to be used as specifically requested for

school tuition, summer programs andother extracurricular activities. “Thefoundation has given out 118 schol-arships to date,” stated Patrick Bavis,Mark Bavis’ brother. The Mark BavisLeadership Foundation has raisedmore than $400,000.

“This is our [the foundation’s] firsttime holding an event at the Irish So-cial Club,” explained Parkway Com-munity Member Mark McKeown.“Since Mark Bavis grew up inRoslindale, we wanted to hold a lo-cal event.” McKeown stated over 600tickets had been sold.

Bavis had many ties to the Park-way and Boston area. He attendedCatholic Memorial in the 1980s, be-fore attending Boston University. “Hecared about so many people,” PatrickBavis remarked. “At such a young

Last week on Wednesday, March 27,the Boston Planning and DevelopmentAgency held a meeting for residents re-garding the Roxbury Prep High Schoolproposed for 361 Belgrade Ave. inRoslindale.

The meeting was set up in a science-fair fashion, in that various aspects ofthe project were broken down into sta-tions with project leaders of each aspectlined up ready for questions from thepublic.

The only thing missing? People.There were few if any times throughoutthe three-hour meeting when membersof the public outnumbered members ofthe team and city representatives.

“We felt that additional community

Mel Simons came out to the WestRoxbury Branch of the Boston PublicLibrary on Saturday, March 30 to testthe knowledge of residents.

About 60 people showed up for theevent, which West Roxbury HistoricalSociety President and show sponsorSandy Serkes said she felt was a littlelow.

“I’m used to standing room only,”she said with a laugh. “We had DanRhea come a year ago on a Saturday

afternoon. I think it was just the weather.The weather’s gorgeous so nobodywants to be inside. You know I was pray-ing for rain. But we still have a reallygood crowd.”

Serkes said she took over the posi-tion of president of the society about five

JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

Hundreds came out to celebrate the life of Mark Bavis on Saturday evening in West Roxbury. Bavis' legacy is now to help educate andfund the education of local students.

PHOTO BY ARIANE KOMYATI

There were few times during the three-hourmeeting that residents actually outnumberedofficials and Roxbury Prep representatives.


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Community leaders and Mayor Walsh vowto make Boston count in the 2020 census

Mayor Martin J. Walsh,nonprofit leaders and com-munity members recentlylaunched a year-long out-reach campaign to ensure afair and complete count in the2020 U.S. Census. At a kick-off event held today at theEast Boston branch of theBoston Public Library, theMayor announced the Citywill invest an addit ional$100,000 in his FY20 budgetthat will be released nextweek to support Boston’soutreach efforts by providinggrants to community-basedorganizations and more sup-port to City departments.This is in addition to a FY19investment of dedicated staff-ing resources to support theCity’s census efforts an-nounced in the Mayor’s 2019State of the City address.

The census will be issuedexactly one year from today,starting the decennial countthat determines everythingfrom representation in Con-gress, to federal funds forschools, affordable housing,infrastructure and health careprograms.

“We have been hearingthreats from Washington touse the 2020 Census as an-other weapon to intimidateresidents and weaken our de-mocracy,” said Mayor Walsh.“This is unacceptable at atime when our representationand federal funding are atstake. We recently appointeda census liaison within myadministration and are kick-ing off this outreach cam-paign a year in advance tomake sure every resident ofBoston is counted, becauseevery resident of Boston

counts.” The kickoff event high-

lighted a range of collabora-tions across the city focusedon ensuring that all Bostonresidents are aware of the up-coming census, know whyit’s important, and are pre-pared to participate. Nextyear’s Census faces unprec-edented challenges, includ-ing significant underfundingof the U.S. Census Bureau, thenearly all-digital nature of thesurveys, and the possible in-clusion of a citizenship ques-tion.

Data from the 2010 Cen-sus determine around $16 bil-lion every year in federalspending for critical programssuch as Medicaid, Medicare,affordable housing initiatives,Title I education funding, andinfrastructure in Massachu-setts. For every one personthat’s not counted on the Cen-sus, the state loses out onroughly $2,400 of federalfunding.

Despite the amount offederal resources at stake,there are multiple hard-to-count populations that residein Massachusetts that histori-cally have made a completecensus count difficult. This isdue in part to the state’s popu-lation of recent immigrants,renters, college students, andother hard-to-count popula-tions. Boston is the ninth hard-est-to-count city among thelargest 100 cities nationwide,according to a recent report byBoston Indicators and the Bos-ton Foundation.

“The library’s mission is tosupport this work of civic en-gagement,” said DavidLeonard, president of the Bos-

ton Public Library, wheretoday’s kick-off event washosted. “We will continue be-ing a trusted information pro-vider, a safe space, and helpeveryone be counted, whetheryou arrived yesterday, ten yearsago, or have been here formany, many generations.”

Alexie Torres, chair of theMassachusetts Census EquityFund, said trusted messengerswill play a particularly importantrole in compelling individualsfrom hard-to-count communitiesto participate in the 2020 Census.

“The Massachusetts CensusEquity Fund just announced thefirst half a million dollars ingrants to over 40 organizationsacross the state, all to ensure thatfear doesn’t drive us into dark-ness,” said Alexie Torres. “Dark-ness can only be cast out whenwe stand in the light. We mustcome together and supporttrusted messengers to highlightwhat’s at stake for the 2020 cen-sus.”

For more information on theCity’s outreach efforts to ensurea fair and complete count, pleasevisit boston.gov/2020-census.

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A task for the next BPS bossnot in the job description

My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

There are some who thinkthat the most important personsin the education of a child arethe parents——the ones who,after turning off the televisionand clearing off the kitchentable, help the child memorizethe number facts (8 + 9 = what),times tables, spelling, the con-tinents, the oceans, the statecapitals, list of prepositions,etc.. There are those who claimthe second most important per-son is the actual teacher in frontof the child helping her/himdifferentiate a simile from ametaphor. Next most importantwould be the vice principal orwhoever else preserves law andorder in the cafeteria, hallways,and playground, or removes arecalcitrant student from aclassroom. Then would comethe principal, who selects thestaff (and hopefully fires in-competent staff).

One of the persons in thishierarchy furthest removedfrom the students might seemto be the superintendent. Butthis borders a tad on the ab-surd, because the superinten-dent for Boston Public has toaddress the appointments of

headmasters, deal with unions,solve the proliferation of stu-dents deemed “special needs,”attempt to meld non-Englishspeaking pupils into regulareducation classes, try to miti-gate the disparity of academicachievement between Asian/whites and black/brown pupils,and strive not to increase theschool budget by double-digitpercents.

Beholden to the SchoolCommittee and, to a lesser ex-tent, the mayor, the next Bos-ton Public Schools superinten-dent should not be able to walkaway with a $455,000 check ifshe/he incurs a buy-out of thecontract, as Tommy Chang justdid, when the School Commit-tee bid him adieu before his jobexpiration. That extra severalhundred thousand would havepaid for a lot of school trips tothe MFA and Museum of Sci-ence.

I’d like to request one thingfor the next superintendent(probably arrived at after a na-tional search incurring costs oftens of thousands of dollars): demand that principals pushBoston’s talented students to

participate in statewide compe-titions, and not necessarily ath-letic.

TechBoston (sited in the oldDorchester High School) wonthe Division II boys state bas-ketball tournament—a credit toBoston Public. Regrettably, ithad to eliminate another Bos-ton Public School, New Mis-sion, in its quest’s later stages.

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Celebrating One Boston Day

Mayor’s Column

Martin J. Walsh

Every year on the thirdMonday in April, tens ofthousands of athletes gatherin Hopkinton, and begin the26.2-mile journey toBoylston Street in Boston.All a long the Marathonroute, spectators cheer ontheir friends, family mem-bers, and complete strangers.It brings our city togetherlike nothing else. That’s whythe Boston Marathon ismuch more than a road race.It’s a celebration of every-thing Boston stands for —our grit and heart; our resil-ience and hope.

In recent years, the Mara-thon has come to stand forsomething even bigger. April15, 2013 left our city reel-ing — it was one of ourcity’s darkest days. But italso showed us the generos-

ity and compassion of every-day people. We came to-gether as one community, asone Boston, and we showedthe world what it meant to beBoston Strong. We showedthat we would never let thedarkness win. And we vowedto take back the finish line.

Over the last six years,we have turned the Marathoninto a movement. April 15thwill always be One BostonDay. It’s a Citywide day ofservice, reflection, and heal-ing. It serves as a way to cel-ebrate the resilience, kind-ness, and strength demon-strated by the people of Bos-ton and around the world inresponse to the tragedy. Wehonor those we lost, andthose whose lives changedforever, with acts of kind-ness, big and small. It’s a day

when Boston shines bright-est. And it’s a tradition thatwe will continue for years tocome.

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LIKE FALMOUTHIN THE SUMMER?

To the Editor:I attended the Feb. 27 meet-

ing at the Elks Cub focusing onCentre Street pedestrian safetyand reducing Centre Street to onelane in each direction instead ofthe current two lanes.

I want to be very clear thatone fatality on any street is onetoo many. However, there havebeen major advances in pedes-trian safety/traffic calming mea-sures that can be accomplishedwithout implementing this dras-tic proposal. I would like to cau-tion the residents of WestRoxbury and City CouncilorMatt O’Malley of the impacts

that this lane reduction will haveto our neighborhood in a muchbroader sense.

Professor Peter Furth ofNortheastern had his studentssubmit a study two years ago. Inshort, he proposes that CentreStreet should have a sidewalk, aprotected cycle track against thecurb, a parking lane, one travellane for cars/trucks and a 4’ wideconcrete center median, there-fore, restricting vehicle travel toone lane bordered by parked carsand a raised median. He statedthis is what “civilized” countriesdo. Does the Northeastern pro-fessor live in West Roxbury? Ishe or his students familiar withtraffic patterns as we are?

He also stated that MA mo-torists pay for these improve-ments by raising the gas tax.

The professor says that thiswill be a beneficial “road diet”and traffic will actually miracu-lously flow smoother and getthis—there will be no impact onthe side-streets off of CentreStreet since congestion will beresolved. He also proposes in hisreport for the REMOVAL of sev-eral traffic signals along CentreStreet. How does this possiblyincrease pedestrian safety? AsI stated at the Feb 27 meeting,his report is “all show ponies andunicorns”.

Letters to the Editor

ROLLING THE DICE

Editorial

There are great ideas. There are tragically dumb ideas.There are also brainstorms that fall directly between thosecharacterizations. The idea of populating our streets withelectric scooters is what we had in mind with that descrip-tion.

The Town of Brookline recently allowed a California-based, scooter-sharing company to set up shop.

The Brookline scooters, in theory, are not allowed to movebeyond the town’s borders. We wouldn’t exactly put moneyon that being the case, but time will tell. Don’t fret though.Scooters are coming to Boston soon enough.

Late last month, the Boston City Council voted to allowprivately managed electric scooters onto city streets. Theordinance authorizing the scooters and establishing the li-censing protocols came from the desk of Mayor MartyWalsh. Gov. Charlie Baker has also entered the fray. In Janu-ary, he filed a bill (still under consideration by the StateLegislature) to exempt the scooters from state requirementsto have turn signals and brake lights.

The idea on paper, if not actual execution, is an intrigu-ing one. Proponents say the scooters are another step to-ward creating a comprehensive transportation infrastructure,one that can reduce the use of cars and earn the city revenuewhile reducing pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

There are problems. San Francisco – and more locallyCambridge and Somerville – have been besieged with aban-doned scooters in various stages of disrepair.

That is our first concern. Rather than the “use it and leaveit anywhere” approach of scooter companies, there must bea better way to conclude your rental. The idea, we suppose,was to keep things simple and encourage greater use withthe convenience of not having a formal drop-off proce-dure. In theory, GPS units on the scooters guide companyemployees to where scooters were left so they can be effi-ciently and quickly retrieved. This system, no matter howwell-intentioned, has fallen apart in some cities. We don’tneed to add Boston to that list.

Another concern is the effect of electric scooters on pe-destrians. Users will range from expert riders to the clumsy,wobbly, and uncertain. Scooters will be as much a nui-sance on sidewalks as streets. Bike lanes offer no safe al-ternative as scooters will be just as much a hazard to bicy-clists.

We had to chuckle when reading a pro-scooter com-mentary recently in the New York Times. The author urgedcities to “create protected scooter lanes and encourage driv-ers to give them more room.” Pro-tip: No rational city orstate leader should even, for a second, consider dedicatedscooter lanes. Bike lanes are bad enough. The cost andlogistics required to make such a scooter-based plan isabsurd.

You know how annoying those Segways are as they rollalong guided tours of the North End and Freedom Trail?These new mobility devices have the potential to be much,much worse.

Scooter fans may ultimately prove us wrong. For now,however, we remain convinced that our public officialsare being seduced by the unproven promises of a fad.




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age, he made such a difference in so many people’s lives, inand outside the community.”

“It is so great that we were able to bring this foundationback to this community,” stated Patrick Bavis. “I ran into aguy today that I haven’t seen since the 1980s!”

The silent auction included a fair amount of New Englandsports paraphernalia - including a framed “Beat LA!” posterwith photos from the world series and superbowl, a framedTom Brady collage, a David Pasteriak autograph, a “City ofChampions” package, and a framed portrait of RobGronkowski.

There was live entertainment from singer Nolan Donato,the HPK Academy of Irish Dance, and the Boston band TheFenian Sons. The Fenian Sons were formed in Roslindale in1996. They carry on the tradition of Irish greats, such as theClancy Brothers and the Wolfe Tones.

“I really want to thank the community for supporting us,”stated Patrick Bavis.

The Mark Bavis Leadership Foundation has a scholarshipavailable to any high school student in Massachusetts. It isawarded on the basis of need, and is not academically based.The Foundation is looking for students who have made a dif-ference in their community and has shown leadership. To viewthe application, visit markbavisleadershipfoundation.org/?page_id=11.

Every summer, the Mark Bavis Leadership Foundationholds a celebrity golf tournament in Mashpee, MA to raisemoney.

For more information about the Mark Bavis LeadershipFoundation, visit

http://www.markbavisleadershipfoundation.org/.

process and engagement wasnecessary and so we chose tohost this open house meeting,”said BPDA Project ManagerAisling Kerr. “We wanted togive folks the opportunity tocome in and if they just wantedone specific question answeredthey could go directly to thatstation and get some one-on-one time with the representa-tives. That is something youdon’t get at regular public meet-ings. We just thought this wasa good, different form for en-gagement and we’ve had suc-cess with other projects acrossthe city.”

At-Large City CouncilorAlthea Garrison stopped by themeeting to let residents knowshe’s against the project.

“I think the school wouldnegatively affect the WestRoxbury area in terms of traf-fic and safety,” she said. “Imean I’ve seen charter schoolswhere the kids are rowdy. LikeDowntown, when the charterschool there gets out, they’relike running and yelling andscreaming and all that. It pre-sents a safety issue.”

Roxbury Prep representa-tive Autumn McLaughlin saiddespite vocal community oppo-sition to the project, she felt ifthey could change the mind ofeven one opposition member itwas a worthwhile meeting.

“I think everyday more andmore people are seeing the ben-efits of having a school in theirneighborhood, but at this pointwe’re just here to answer ques-tions,” she said. “This meetingwas not necessarily held to gar-ner support, but we hope to an-swer questions and hopefullyturn a few no’s into yes’s andget them on our side.”

Resident Chuck McDevittsaid he was still against the pro-posal after the meeting.

“I came out because I’magainst it. I’m against the con-gestion of the intersection ofWest Roxbury Parkway andBelgrade Avenue,” he said.“There’s been too many acci-dents already on the cornerthere and near the bridge there.They have to figure the buses.I mean on the bus, it goes tothe VA Hospital, so you’re go-ing to have Catholic Memorialkids, West Roxbury Highkids,VA workers and patients.That’s my other concern; it’sgoing to be an overcrowdedbus situation where potentiallypeople trying to get to workcould have to wait for anotherbus. No one seems to addressthat. I mean it’s overcrowdednow.”

Another resident said she’skind of indifferent to theproject, but she has some prob-lems with residents who shefeels are not full affected bythe project voicing strong op-position or support.

“I think that if you’re animmediate abutter, you shouldtotally be able to oppose or bein favor of the project. My ob-jection comes from the peopleweighing in who are much fur-ther away,” she said. “Seri-ously? This doesn’t even reallyimpact you. I mean for me, Ileave in the morning for workbefore school starts and I comehome when it’s already over,so it doesn’t affect me. My kidsare grown and out in the world,so it’s really not my thing.”

Resident Mike Levesquesaid he and four other residentshe spoke with had heard from

Roxbury Prep representativesthat they may look to expandthe school in the future. Theconcern has been mentionedpreviously, since the school ischartered for 800 high schoolstudents and this school willhold 562. Residents are con-cerned that the school maywish to do this all over again.McLaughlin said this was notthe case.

“They said at our meetingwith them on March 19 thatusing two buildings for thehigh school would be one oftheir options if they have toomany students for the newbuilding,” he said. “Ms.Johnson and Ms. McLaughlinboth said that wasn’t said. Ichecked with the four otherpeople that came with me tothe meeting and we all heardthat comment made. I don’tknow what the misunderstand-ing may be.”

Levesque said while he’sdefinitely against the project,he wants to give Roxbury Prepa chance to get their messageout.

“No matter how conten-tious it gets, we still owe it toboth sides to listen,” he said.“As long as the developmentis willing to talk, I think we’rewilling to listen. We’ve beenlistening for three years and Ithink some of the conversationhas changed based on out feed-back.”

Resident Pamela Fair saidshe came to hear about theproject and express her sup-port.

“I heard about it from a di-rect abutter and she mentionedthe new school,” she said. “Ireally first thought, too large,but I also thought should look

at the proposal. She thought itwas a really great school andwe came out to meetings afterthat and I just think it’s impor-tant that the kids have a greatpublic school option. I livedown off Belgrade and myhouse is six houses formBelgrade Avenue and that’s ourneighborhood. The site ispretty underutilized right nowand we’d love to see a highschool.”

Resident Toby Romer saidhe came out also to support theschool, despite the fact he wasa Boston Public SchoolsTeacher for 20 years and isgenerally against charterschools.

“I really appreciate the de-sign of the school and I’m

looking forward to that build-ing being added to the neigh-borhood,” he said. “It would bea big improvement over anempty used car dealership. Ialso appreciate how respon-sive the school has been aboutconcerns raised by someneighbors, and, in particular,the slightly smaller size makesa lot of sense given the size ofthe lot. I’m looking to our lo-cal politicians and the BPDAto welcome the school to theneighborhood. I think there’sa small group of vocal neigh-bors who have express oppo-sition, but I don’t think it re-flects the broader views of cer-tainly at least the neighbors inmy neighborhood on BeechStreet.”


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Hundreds of students, parents and teachers gathered on Tuesday to see what eight weeks of ballroom danc-ing lessons could do for the school's fifth and sixth graders.


Holy Name hosts Ballroom DancingJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The Holy Name ParishSchool in West Roxburyhosted its 13th annual Ball-room Dancing Spectacular onTuesday, April 2.

The event is the culmina-tion of a year of training anddancing for the students. Or-ganizer and Physical Educa-tion Teacher Bonnie Houstonsaid they’ve been doing theevent for over a decade as away to educate students in the

ways of polite society andhow to interact respectfullywith other people in socialsettings.

“We wanted to do a pro-gram that emphasized man-ners, respect and life skills;like how to greet people at aparty, how to do some inter-view skills too,” she said. “Sothe program is called sociallyfit and we do usually a 10minute talk every day, like adiscussion group, before theystart dancing, learning thingslike no texting at the dinner

table, carrying conversations,etiquette when you’re outsideor other things that would beimportant as life skills now.”

Houston said the two-pronged approach is to helpthe students to become fit so-cially and physically.

“The dancing is where thefit part comes in,” she said.“They learn three dances, theWaltz, Swing and the Tango.The whole fifth and sixthgrade is part of this programand the dancing classes gofor eight weeks before this

event.”Dance instructor Diana

Bradley said the programstarted when the vice princi-pal at the time asked her ifshe knew anyone who couldteach ballroom dancing.

“Knowing that I alreadytaught ballroom dancing,”she said with a laugh. “Shehad seen a program in Cam-bridge based on the movieMad Hot Ballroom and shethought it would be a greatthing to introduce to the

school.”Bradley said they com-

bined the social part of theprogram to become what it istoday.

“It’s actually part of thecurriculum in New York Cityand they have competitionsbetween the schools,” Hous-ton said. “We don’t do thecompetition part, becausewe’re the only school in thewhole area that does this;


Public Meeting

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Teresa Polhemus, Executive Director/Secretary

125 Brookway Road

BCYF Menino Center Roslindale, MA 02131

Monday, April 22

6:00 PM

43 Lochdale Road

Project Description:

The Proponent proposes the construction of a new, four (4)-story residential building containing 36 rental units and 46 garage parking spaces on the presently vacant lot at 43 Lochdale Road.

mail to: Aisling Kerr

Boston Planning & Development Agency

One City Hall Square, 9th Floor

Boston, MA 02201

phone: 617.918.4212

email: [email protected]

Close of Comment Period:

4/29/2019

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years ago when the then presi-dent Bob Murphy was lookingto step down.

“He did everything. And forfive years he threatened to quitand nobody would step in,” shesaid. “I would have but I didn’tknow enough. And then oneday he quit. For five years itwas closed and I thought, ‘well,I’m better than nothing,’ and soI started it up again. I’ve been amember for more than 25 years

and we do have an excellentarchive for reading, but in thattime I’ve only scratched thesurface.”

Serkes said it was just wordof mouth that got her the guestsat the library.

“First we got AnthonySammarco, and then I thoughtmaybe we can get Dan Rhea,and when he came, Mel Simonscame to hear him and I hadheard Mel for years,” she said.

“I don’t have a TV, so I haveno idea what he looked like oranything. I introduced myselfand he said he’d come. I askedhim to mention it to MorganWhite, another WBZ person,and so I have the mailing listand I advertise on Facebookand Nextdoor and this is whatwe got.”

Simons did trivia specifi-cally about Boston-area celeb-rities, where he gave clues to

the identity of the celebrity andthen played audio of some oftheir lessor-known exploits. Hecovered people like Dorchesternative Jack Haley who endedup playing the Tin Man in the1939 production of the Wizardof Oz. He talked about Bostonnative Madeline Kahn, andstandup comedian NormCrosby, also from Boston. Healso asked questions aboutLawrence native Robert Gouletand Mission Hill native DonnaSummer. He said he had to cuta whole hour of material, in-cluding a song featuring WestEnd native Leonard Nimoyabout the main character of theLord of the Rings.

“I’ve worked West Roxburyfor different groups, and this isthe first time I’ve done this,” hesaid. “I’ve done 15 cuts andthere were so many things I hadto eliminate, so we’ll have apart two that will be just as en-tertaining. I love the crowdhere, they were real sharp. I didsome tough things, like FrankFontaine singing or JackLemon singing, I mean that’stotally out of character.”

Simons said, however, if heasks something too hard for acrowd, he’s not adverse to help-ing out.

“I hate to stump them, so I’llgive hints as we go,” he said.“I don’t want to see anybodynot getting it.”

For more information onSimons, go to http://melsimons.net/

Resident Tom Ricketts saidhe goes out to trivia eventswhenever he can. He said thelast one he went to was the WestRoxbury Roslindale KiwanisTrivia Fundraiser.

“We actually won,” he said.“I like to be a part of the com-munity, and it’s good to see thisstuff get perpetuated... And Iheard about it from the Bulle-tin.”

Resident Joan Malfa-McLaughlin said she’s heardSimons on the radio and shewanted to meet him.

“His number plate is hu-mor,” she said. “I thought theshow was terrific...I knewenough of them to get by.”

Malfa-McLaughlin saidshe’s looking forward to thenext event when AnthonySammarco will come and dis-cuss the North End MolassesFlood.

“I came last year when hetalked about transportation inthe city,” she said. “They’re do-ing it next month on May 20,and he’s also doing the sameshow at the Centerville Librarydown in Cape Cod.”

Serkes said the program willstart at 6:30 p.m. at the Libraryon May 20. For more informa-tion on the West Roxbury His-torical Society, go to http://www.wrhistory.org/.

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The 13th Annual Cam-bridge Science Festival is a cel-ebration of science, technology,engineering, arts, and mathacross Cambridge and greaterBoston. From April 12-21,enjoy the Arboretum's lineupof special festival events in-cluding Drawing Daffodils,April Birding, Welcome BackRedwing Blackbirds, BotanyBlast, Weld Hill: Research

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Explore the ArboretumNorth Woods on April 28 inour new Science in the ParkSeries, with Census Chal-lenge! Get your hands ontoscientific tools, use your ob-servation skills, and shareyour findings with others aspart of the 2019 Boston AreaCity Nature Challenge.

Want to be a citizen sci-entist by observing plants andlearning about their l i fecycles? Join our Tree Spot-ters volunteers and collectdata for climate change stud-ies at the Arboretum. Attenda training session on April 20or 27.

Check out our calendar fora full line-up of April scienceevents at the Arboretum.

Walsh continued from page 4This year, for the first time since 2013, One BostonDay and the Marathon fall on the same day. It will stillbe a citywide day of service. I call on everyone to dosomething good for your community on Monday or theweekend leading up to it. Go to OneBoston Day.Organd tell us what you

will do.This year, we are also finalizing our work on per-

manent markers on Boylston Street to honor the livesthat were lost near the finish line on April 15, 2013.Artist Pablo Eduardo is working closely with familiesto honor their loved ones in a meaningful way. Thesemarkers will reflect our City’s spirit after the tragedy:bent, but not broken.

This remembrance consists of stone markers on twoseparate sites. Bronze and glass pillars will rise andtwist into each other, representing the lives lost. Themarkers will forever serve as a symbol of hope, repre-senting our city’s resolve. We look forward to theircompletion this coming summer.

Until then, please join us in preparing for the fifthannual One Boston day on April 15, 2019. I encourageyou to visit OneBostonDay.Org, to see the acts of kind-ness planned by individuals and organizations through-out the city and around the world. Last year, we countedmore than 43,000 individual acts of k indness .Bostonians shared their projects on social media, andthe hashtag #OneBostonDay was trending nationwide.This year, as we get closer, we’ll be highlighting theprojects people are planning. Whether it’s volunteer-ing at a food bank, or helping your neighbor with ahousehold project, there are countless ways to honorthis special day. I hope that the stories of others’ ac-tions inspire you to get involved this year, and for manyyears to come.

For 123 years, the Boston Marathon has representedthe strength of the human spirit. Now, along with OneBoston Day and our permanent marker, we will con-tinue to show the world what it means to be BostonStrong.

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On March 26, Boston Fire Commissioner Joseph Finn joined members of E-33 / Ladder 15, to place awreath in honor of the five year anniversary of Lt. Ed Walsh and FF. Michael Kennedy. Finn said theRoslindale and Hyde Park residents gave the ultimate sacrifice and will not be forgotten. The two wereworking a fire caused by stray sparks in teh Back Bay five years ago when the attack hose they were usingruptured from exposure to the fire. PHOTO BY BFD


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“REQUIEM FOR THE LIVING”Since early January,

West Roxbury andRoslindale residents PaulHarvey, Rebecca Hunt,Marie Hurd, LisaGeoghegan, Lisa Grossi,Betsy Kam, Frank Walley,and Debbie Watrous havebeen rehearsing weekly atDedham’s historic AllinCongregational Church inpreparation for the Bostonpremiere of Dan Forrest’s“Requiem for the Living”which will be held at HolyName Church, 1689 CentreSt., West Roxbury on Sun-day, April 7 at 3 PM.

American Dan Forrestcontinues to be one of themost significant contempo-rary choral composers of ourtime. DCS’s spring concertopens with two of his shorterpieces, “The Music of Liv-ing” and “You Are the Mu-sic.” Forrest describes “Re-quiem,” a five-movementcomposition scored for cho-rus, organ and chamber en-semble, as a “narrative for theliving and their own strugglewith pain and sorrow.” In-spired by images of spacetaken by the Hubble SpaceTelescope and photos of

Earth as seen from the In-ternational Space Station,Forrest’s ethereal musicalsetting will please musiclovers of all ages. In everyperformance, the “Re-quiem” elicits profound re-action from both perform-ers and audience wi thhopes for light, rest andpeace.

Concer t t ickets areavai lable onl ine a twww.dedhamchoral.org/buy-tickets/, from any DCSmember or at the door.Tickets: $30/ Seniors: $25/Children: $5 (ages 5 to 12).

Walsh seeks help for the artsDear Friend,I wanted to make sure you

saw the op-ed in Monday’sGlobe by Emerson CollegePresident Lee Pelton andMartha Sheridan, the newpresident of the Greater Bos-ton Convention and VisitorsBureau. In it, Lee and Marthamentioned a bill we proposed,filed by Chairman Michlewitzand Senator Collins, thatwould establish a commissionto explore dedicated fundingfor tourism, arts and culture,and workforce development in

the hospitality and creative in-dustries.

Martha and Lee laid out astrong case for the strength ofthe tourism industry in Mas-sachusetts, and for the inex-tricable ties it has to arts andculture. Just last week, the Na-tional Endowment for the Artsand the Bureau of EconomicAnalysis released a reportstating that arts and culturegenerate 4.2% of the GDP.That’s more than transporta-tion or agriculture – sectorsthat enjoy a range of subsi-

dies.In Massachusetts, tourism

is our third largest industry,and while we like to think ofBoston as the beating heart ofthat sector, I know that may-ors from Salem, Cape Cod,the Berkshires, the SouthCoast, and all over the statewould agree that investmentin tourism is good for theMassachusetts economy.

Here in Boston, we haveincreased our investment in

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The 2019 4Runner was a big surprise to me. The outside style looks much more modern,especially the front grille design. The entry is also much lower than it was in previous modelyears. The interior design is well-thought out with all the large, round control knobs withinreach. No need to go to school to learn how to operate any controls. The seating is verysupportive and comfortable; front seats are heated.

Power comes from a 4.0 liter, 6-cylinder, 270 horsepower engine via an automatic trans-mission. The ride is smooth – not rough or harsh like previous years. The engine is also veryquiet under all driving conditions.

There is room for four to sit comfortably, five in a pinch. The 4Runner does not ride like anSUV, and handles more like a car. There is no question that this Toyota 4Runner is a winner.

The base model SRS RWD starts out at $34,910; AWD is $36,785; the top-of-the-lineNightshade RWD is $44,965; and the 4x4 is $47,000 (destination fee: $1,045). The bottomline is the 4Runner is a vehicle for all seasons with plenty of room for storage – fold downthe rear seats for additional cargo space.

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we’re unique in this respect.They graduate with skillsthey bring to schools likeCatholic Memorial, BostonLatin or where ever they endup going.”

Houston added that somestudents come back for thedancing event to help trainthe current kids. She saidthey always remember thetime they spent learning thedancing and etiquette fondly.

“We have four students herewho have done it before andcame back, and Diana’s daugh-ter is helping teach it,” Hous-ton said. “My daughter and herdaughter were in it when theywere in the fifth grade when westarted it and now her daughterHannah is here helping toteach.”

Houston and Bradley said itwas amazing to see the programand the students grow over theyears.

“We appreciate the schoolsupporting it and it’s wonder-ful to see these kids go out thereand strut their stuff,” Houstonsaid.

“It’s one of the biggest oc-casions for the kids here at HolyName, everybody comes outand it’s a big to-do,” said Brad-ley.

Holy Name PrincipalKathleen Caulfield said she’sbeen the principal for threeyears, but has been teaching formore than 18 years. She saidit’s been incredibly gratifying tosee the program continue andhelp students become more ar-ticulate and well-manneredpeople.

“The surprising part of thisprogram is that it started outgreat and it’s still great,” shesaid. “The evolution starts withthese kids in September untilnow, in terms of their maturityand respect and how to dothings, like sit down at the din-ner table, shake somebody’shand and how to be socially fitin life. It gets them ready tomove on from us.”

Caufield said the childrencan be reticent at the start of theprogram, but they almost al-ways come out of it with a posi-tive outlook on manners and so-

ciability.“There is initial trepidation

and then they totally buy in, 100percent,” she said. “Initiallythere can be a feeling of ‘oh boy,we have to dance,’ and there isan initial reluctance by some, butalso great anticipation by others.It all depends on the maturity ofthe students.”

Parent Eric Wainwright saidhe’s gratified at the progress theprogram has made for his chil-dren since they started in fifthgrade last fall.

“I was definitely curious tosee how the kids would receiveit and how willing they were toput the effort into it, but they’redoing great and they put agreat production on,” he said.“It’s really impressive.”

Parent Ann Marie Russellsaid her son is doing it for thesecond year.

“It’s so hard to describebecause it’s unlike any otherprogram you see,” she said.“It’s just classy. If you canreach the kids, it’s amazinghow they change and it’sprobably one of my favoriteprograms at Holy Name, andI went here as well. Theydidn’t have the program herewhen I was going.”

Resident Val Dantas saidher children have come backto help out in the program,which she said shows the ef-fect it had on them.

“It’s just wonderful,” shesaid. “The kids love it, andmy daughter still loves danc-ing and my son too. Mydaughter did it twice whenshe was dancing becausethere weren’t enough boys,but she didn’t care, she justloved dancing.”

Students learned three types of dances for the show, including theWaltz, shown here.


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the arts, expanding grants tosmall organizations, embed-ding artists in city depart-ments, and instituting a “Per-cent for Art” program, whichinvests 1% of our capital bor-rowing in public art in andaround municipal buildings.We are currently working onprojects in Jamaica Plain, EastBoston, and Roxbury. We areworking with Emerson Col-lege and Massachusetts Col-lege of Art and Design on a

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creative industries workforcestudy that will help us to cre-ate pathways to good jobs indesign, arts administration,education, and media.

But cities and towns needmore resources, and we areasking that the Common-wealth assemble a panel ofexperts to think about how wemeasure up to other states,and to identify ways that wecan do more.

How can you help?

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First, you can call yourrepresentative and ask her orhim to support H.2943, andcall your senator to ask forsupport for S.2021. Then, youcan forward this note to yourfriends across the Common-wealth, and ask them to do thesame.

We know that investmentin tourism and arts and culturewill pay dividends for decadesto come. Please join us in ask-ing the legislature to start thisimportant conversation.

Sincerely,Martin J. Walsh

CITY

FREE SPRING ART WORKSHOP SERIESThe Power of our Stories – What Does Clay Have to Say?

With teaching artist Wendy Ellertson on April 10, 17, 24 and May1 with optional field trip from 5 – 7 pm with light, healthy dinnerat 5pm. Dinner and workshop provided FREE OF CHARGE byJamaica Plain-based Families Creating Together at Unitarian Uni-versalist Urban Ministry, 10 Putnam St., Roxbury. Join us forthis FREE disability-inclusive series of art workshops for chil-dren ages 5-13 accompanied by an adult family member/guard-ian. Create clay artwork to be fired in a kiln, then glaze it withbright colors and watch creatures and objects emerge from theclay…inspiring children to develop stories about them! Buildbackdrops out of mixed materials to help display and performthose stories. Presented in English, Spanish and American SignLanguage upon request. Wheelchair accessible.FCT is a programof Community Service Care/Tree of Life Coalition in JamaicaPlain This is not a drop-in program. Please enroll if you can com-mit to at least three workshops. To register and for more infor-mation call 617-522-4832 or 617-372-3022 (cell, text, Espanol)or email [email protected]. SPACE IS LIMITED soregister today! Additional information atwww.familiescreatingtogether.org.

BOSTON PRIDE’S 2019 SPRING OPEN HOUSEBoston Pride will host its Spring Open House on Tuesday,

April 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the Boston Pride Office and invites allmembers of the community to attend. At the event, Boston Pride’sCommunity Fund recipients will be announced. Since 2016, Bos-ton Pride has awarded over $50,000 to 35 local grassroots orga-nizations, supporting its mission of promoting social justice forthe LGBTQ community. The winner of the Boston Pride 2019Theme Logo contest will also be announced.

The 2019 Pride Parade Grand Marshal Dale Mitchell, Mar-shal Ava Glasscott and Honorary Marshal Chris Harris (posthu-mous) will be recognized and the 2019 Pride theme, ”LookingBack, Loving Forward” will be formally introduced. In addi-tion, Boston Pride board members will present a preview of 2019Pride Week celebrations. Learn more about Boston Pride and hearabout what’s in store for 2019, including volunteer opportuni-ties. Refreshments will be served. The event is free and open tothe public. Tuesday, April 9, 2019 @ 6:30 p.m. at the BostonPride Office, 12 Channel Street, Suite 503. Boston. Like us onFacebook and follow us on Twitter @BostonPride and [email protected]

WEST ROXBURY / ROSLINDALE

HOLY NAME BLOOD DRIVEHoly Name will hold a blood drive on Saturday, April 13,

from 8:30 am to 2:00 pm. The blood drive will be held at theparish hall. A photo is required.

Logon tinyurl.com/HolyNameApr2019 to preregister. Walk-ins taken as time allowed. Eligibility Questions: Email:[email protected] Or call (617) 632-3206. As a specialthank you, donors will receive a Kraft Family Blood Donor Cen-ter Portable Charger!

SPRING BENEFIT DINNER FORROSLINDALE DAY PARADE

The Roslindale Day Parade Committee will host our AnnualSpring Benefit Dinner on Friday evening, May 3rd, from 7:00p.m. to 10:00 p.m. at. St. Nectarios Hall in Roslindale Village. This traditional annual event will feature a dinner courtesy ofDelfino Restaurant, music with DJ Glenn Williams, performances,raffles, award presentations, and a silent auction, and a half hourshow by ComedySportz Boston. Tickets to this event are $30each and may be purchased on-line at www.roslindaleparade.com,or through our mailing address at Roslindale Day Parade Com-mittee, Inc., P.O. Box 324, Roslindale, MA 02131-0003.

The proceeds from our Annual Spring Benefit Dinner will gotoward the bands, floats, and expenses for our 44th Annual


Roslindale Day Parade on Sunday, October 6th,2019. For more information about the dinneror the parade, call 617-327-4886 or e-mail [email protected].

TECHNOLOGY TUTORING PROGRAMFOR SENIORS

Student volunteers from The Roxbury LatinSchool give seniors an introduction to comput-ers or smart phones in their state-of-the-art com-puter lab. This program allows the senior towork one-on-one with a student to learn basictechnology skills. If you are working on a laptopor tablet at home, you may bring that with you.If you would like to learn more about your smartphone, bring that too! Seniors with all levels ofexperience are welcome to participate in thisprogram, from beginners on up! Technology Tu-toring meets for one hour, once a week for 6weeks and is offered at no charge.

Location: Roxbury Latin School, 101 St.Teresa Ave. in West Roxbury Day and Time:Tuesdays from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m. Start Date:April 9. For more information or to register forthis program contact Ann Glora at 617-477-6616 or [email protected]

WEST ROXBURY LIBRARYJoin us for a month-long series of author

talks, panels and films. Complete schedule ofevents at friendsofthewrlibrary.org

APRIL 4, 6:30 PM - Maurice Lee, Chairmanof the Boston University English Department.Dr. Lee will discuss the explosion of informa-tion technology in the 19th century and impli-cations of that history for our information-be-sotted 21st century in advance of publicationof his book, “Overwhelmed: Literature, Aesthet-ics, and the 19th-Century Information Revolu-tion,” to be published in fall, 2019.

APRIL 8, 6:30 PM - Dan Kennedy, author,media commentator and Northeastern U profes-sor, will discuss his recent book, “The Returnof the Moguls,” about the acquisition of impor-tant media by corporate titans.

APRIL 11, 6:30 PM - “These Truths: A His-tory of the United States” by Harvard historianJill Lepore, is the focus of the 2019 WestRoxbury Reads series. Dr. Lepore, who is alsoa New Yorker columnist, has been praised forthe way her history includes voices of themarginalized which have been omitted from tra-ditional histories. She will speak following areception where copies of “These Truths” willbe available for sale.

About West Roxbury Reads - West RoxburyReads is a biennial event created in 2006 to fo-cus on one author’s title which the communityreads and discusses in a month of relevantevents, speakers, and activities. Past authorshave included Pulitzer Prize winner GeraldineBrooks; journalist Michael Pollan; NationalBook Award winner Julia Glass; biographer Jus-tin Martin;and Lois Lowry.

8TH ANNUAL TASTE OFWEST ROXBURY

Save the Date! This year’s Taste of WestRoxbury will be on Thursday, May 16th at theIrish Social Club.

Become a sponsor, Buy tickets, Sign up as aRestaurant or Donate Raffle Items.

ROSLINDALE LIBRARY

FRIENDS OFFER FREEBOOK SHARING LIBRARIES

The Roslindale Community Libraries Projectdeveloped by The Friends of Roslindale Libraryis increasing the number of Free Book SharingLibraries in neighborhood businesses and yardsto make sure you can get books during thelibrary’s renovation starting later in 2019. Withthe help of partners, we will have handcraftedlibraries to give away to people who would likeone on their property and meet the criteria. Thecommunity libraries are book-sharing boxesplaced for public access to support good read-ing habits. People drop off books they no longerneed and pick up books in which they are inter-ested. The Friends will help keep the boxesstocked from their store of donated used books.Local businesses throughout Roslindale were re-cruited to host a library shelf as well. A map ofall the locations will be produced once all thenew community libraries are open. Any dona-tions of books or funding are welcome.

Those interested in having a library on theirproperty can check at the main desk of the branchlibrary at 4246 Washington Street or call 617-323-2343. Applications should be submitted bythe end of April

PSA ROSLINDALEARTS ALLIANCE FUNDRAISER

The Roslindale Arts Alliance (RAA) and CSzBoston announce an exciting upcoming event inRoslindale. On Saturday April 6, ComedySportzwill perform at the Rozzie Theatre. The event isbeing planned to raise funds for the RAA andIt’s All About Arts “Youth Art Scholarship” pro-gram. In addition to the performance there willbe a silent art auction and raffles. A portion ofthe ticket sales will go to the fundraiser. Eventtakes place from 5-6:30pm and is located at theRozzie Theatre, 5 Basile Street, Roslindale.ComedySportz is appropriate for all ages. Formore info visit roslindalearts.org. For info aboutIt’s All About Arts visit facebook.com/TalkArts/

To purchase tickets and learn more aboutComedySportz visit https://www.cszboston.com/calendar-of-events/?edid=126570

To donate to the fund or for silent art auctionor raffle, call Janice at 617-710-3811. ThankYou.

FRIENDS OF ROSIE’S PLACEAPRIL 6TH COMMUNITY DINNER

Save the Date!Get ready to have some fun and support a

worthy cause! The West Roxbury Friends ofRosie’s Place (WRFORP) will hold its 17th an-nual Spring Community Dinner fund-raiser onApril 6th.

The Community Dinner benefits Rosie’sPlace, a sanctuary for poor and homeless women,the Roslindale Food Pantry, and provides sum-mer camperships for homeless and needy chil-dren. A representative from Rosie’s Place willjoin us and share how your support makes a dif-ference.

Gift certificates, gift baskets, sports items,and more will be raffled during silent and liveauctions. You can also try your luck at a 50/50auction. Wonderful items for reasonably pricedbids will be yours to take home.Our friend andneighbor, Beth Germano, will be the Emcee forthe evening. As many of you know, Beth is anEmmy award winning reporter with WBZ-TV.

In addition, we are very fortunate to have awonderful evening of music thanks to MCO Pro-ductions in Brighton.

The dinner will be held at St. GeorgeAntiochian Orthodox Church, 55 EmmonsdaleRoad, West Roxbury. The church is handicappedaccessible and a short walk from several MBTAbus routes. Tickets for the event are $30 perperson and includes dinner and beverages. Toreserve your place, make checks payable toWRFORP and return to WRFORP, P.O. Box320076, West Roxbury, MA 02132 or go to ourwebsite westroxburyfriendsofrosiesplace.org.Questions? Contact Doris Corbo (617) 327-5902.

PARKWAY IN MOTION SCHOLARSHIPS -MAY 15 DEADLINE TO APPLY

Providing academic scholarships to studentsin the Parkway area has been a long-term goalof Parkway In Motion since their inception in1998. Thanks to the generosity of the commu-nity, they have distributed $70,000 in scholar-ships since 2014.

On March 30th, Parkway In Motion willaward the 5th Annual Michael Kennedy Me-morial Scholarship valued at $5,000 for stu-dents in grade 6-8 and Parkway pride schol-arships for K-5 grade students, valued at$1,0000 each. If you are interested in spon-soring a Parkway Pride scholarship for 2019-2029 academic yea r, p l ea se ema i [email protected]. In 2019, Park-way In Motion is introducing their SummerEnrichment Scholarship Program. This pro-gram provides financial resources to stu-dents entering grades 3-8 in the Parkwaycommunity so that they can participate in thesummer enrichment learning experience oftheir choice. Students may apply for fund-ing for camps in the areas of music, art,mathematics, dance, language, robotics, sports,science, and more. Learn more atwww.parkwayinmotion.org/scholarships.

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COLLINS

Karen L. (Hill) Of Roslindale,formerly of Brockton, and JamaicaPlain, passed away suddenlyMarch 31, 2019. Beloved wife ofNeil D. Collins. Devoted motherof the late Christopher Sperrazzaand stepmother of Tina Collins andher husband Stephen Aprille,Nicole Bernier and her husbandThomas all of West Roxbury andJaclyn Collins of Roslindale. Lov-ing grandmother of Emily, Mya,Stephen, Sean, Dominic, Robert,and Brendan. Sister of Sandy Joyceand Debbie Alvarado. Also sur-vived by several nieces and neph-ews.

Longtime waitress at the 50’sDiner, Dedham.

Visiting hours at the P.E.Murray - F.J. Higgins, George F.Doherty & Sons Funeral Home2000 Centre St. West Roxbury onFriday, April 5th from 4-8pm. Fu-neral from the funeral home onSaturday, April 6th at 9am, fol-lowed by a funeral mass at St.Theresa of Avila Church, WestRoxbury at 10am. Relatives andfriends kindly invited. Intermentprivate. Arrangements by P.E.Murray - F.J. Higgins, George F.Doherty & Sons, West Roxbury.

COPPOLASalvatore Of Roslindale on

March 27, 2019. Beloved husbandof the late Rosa (Giordano)Coppola. Devoted father of JosephCoppola and his wife Gina ofMedford, and John Coppola andhis wife Elaine M. of Raynham.Loving grandfather of Brigit, Joey,Cinzia, Vincent, Anthony andgreat-grandfather of Christian andRuthie. Funeral from the JosephRusso Funeral Home, 814 Ameri-can Legion Highway,ROSLINDALE. Entombment in StMichael Cemetery Roslindale. Jo-seph Russo Funeral Home.www.Russofuneralhome.com

DOUKASHelen Of West Roxbury,

March 26. Beloved wife of the latePeter P. Doukas and dear motherof Charles Doukas and his lovingcompanion Kathleen Walsh, ofDedham, and Maryann Zitoli, andher husband Paul, of Westwood.Proud grandmother of Peter Zitoli,and his wife Katie, and LaurenZitoli and her fiancé Oren Wolpe.Dear sister of Voula Maheras, andher husband Periklis, of Greece,Tasia Kourtis, and her husbandFrank, of West Roxbury, ChristinaKopellas of Dedham, and her latehusband Frank, and the late GeorgeGeoraklis, and his wife Nitsa ofWest Roxbury. Also survived byher devoted sister-in-law Clara

Doukas of West Roxbury, and herlate husband Theodore, as well asmany loving nieces and nephews.Funeral from the Folsom FuneralHome. In lieu of flowers, donationsto Dana Farber Cancer Institute,PO Box 849168, Boston, MA02284, or to St. Nectarios Church,39 Belgrade Ave., Roslindale, MA02131 would be appreciated. Forobituary and guestbook please visitwebsite. Folsom Funeral Homewww.folsomfuneral.com

PANICOCarmella A. Of West Roxbury,

March 26, 2019. Loving daughterof the late Pasquale and Lillian(Sestito). Dear sister of LillianSmith and her husband Robert ofBrockton and the late PatriciaSpencer. Sister-in-law of FrederickSpencer of Barrington, RI. Be-loved godmother of her nephewStephen Smith of West Roxbury.Beloved aunt of Maria Smith-Byrdand her husband Jeffrey Byrd ofHollywood, CA, Stacey Smith ofQuincy and Stephanie Osborn andher husband Robert Plourde ofBarrington, RI. Cherished great-aunt of Holly Smith and her fiancéBen Jablonski, Brendan Smith,Amanda Denton, Justin Osborn,and Dahlia Smith. Interment St. Jo-seph Cemetery . Funeral from theKfoury Keefe Funeral Home, 8Spring St. (at the corner of CentreSt.), WEST ROXBURY. In lieuof flowers, donations in Carmella’smemory may be made to the char-ity of your choice. Guestbook andother information atwww.KfouryFuneral.com KfouryKeefe Funeral Home WestRoxbury 617-325-3600.

RANDOLPHAnne (Crane) Age 91, of

Morriston, FL, formerly of Saugus,passed away peacefully on March21, 2019. Born November 14,1927, the daughter of the latePatrick and Catherine (Manning)Crane. Beloved wife of the lateLeroy R. Randolph, Sr. Devotedmother of Margaret Moody, SusanAnacleto, Diane Juarez, FrancisWilliams, Jan Grasso, DonaldRandolph, Anne Randolph (Nancy),Edwin Randolph. She is also sur-vived by her son-in-law RichardTrembly. She was the mother of thelate Genny Randolph, RichardRandolph, William Randolph andLeroy Randolph, Jr. Loving grand-mother to Donna Randolph, DavidMcQueeney, Nancy McQueeney-Smejlik, Erin Randolph, CarissaJuarez, Crystal Hopple, DonaldRandolph, Leroy Randolph, III,Paige Dalton, Tiffany Tremblay,Victoria Randolph, Edwin Randolphand the late Lynnette Juarez. Alsosurvived by many nieces and neph-ews. Funeral from the William J.Gormley Funeral Home, 2055 Cen-tre Street, WEST ROXBURY. Inter-ment St. Joseph Cemetery. For di-rections and guestbook, please visit:gormleyfuneral.com William J.Gormley Funeral Service 617-323-8600.

SAMSENCarolyn L. Of West Roxbury,

died peacefully after a long illness,on March 24, 2019. Loving daugh-ter of Barbara (Minton) and the lateJoseph Samsen (Ret. Boston Police).Loving mother of Casey Corbett ofWest Roxbury. Cherished sister ofJoseph, Paul and his wife Mary;Cynthia and her husband Joseph

Gatto; Nancy, Janice, and WilliamSamsen. Longtime companion of thelate Stephen Bagley. Also survivedby many nieces and nephews. Fu-neral from the William J. GormlyFuneral Home. Interment private.For guestbook, please visit:gormleyfuneral.com William J.Gormley Funeral Service 617-323-8600.

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Celia A. (Glynn) Of WestRoxbury, died peacefully surroundedby her loving family on March 28,2019. She was born in Bengarra,Athenry County Galway on Novem-ber 26, 1944, the daughter of the lateMichael and Delia (Gannon) Glynn.She is survived by her beloved hus-band of 54 years, Sean Staunton.Cherished mother of Ann MarieStaunton and her husband DerekClark of West Roxbury. Devoted“Nana” of Michael and Celia Clark.She is also survived by her fourbrothers: Patrick Glynn and wifeMargaret of Norwood, MichaelGlynn and wife Kathleen ofRoslindale, Joseph Glynn and part-ner Irene Murphy, and Gerry Glynnand wife Mary all of Athenry, Ire-land and three sisters: MaryMcLaughlin and her late husbandJoe of Marblehead, MA, NonieTuohy and husband Anthony ofAthenry, Ireland, and the lateBernadette Shields. She was the sis-ter-in-law of Jack Shields of Maine.Also survived by many nieces, neph-ews, cousins and friends. Celia alsoleaves her dedicated loving compan-ion Lucy. Mrs. Staunton moved fromAthenry to Boston at the age of 15.She worked for many years as a hair-dresser and later as a caretaker forthe elderly in the West Roxbury area.For 18 years, Celia prepared mealsfor students at the Noble GreenoughSchool in Dedham. She was a long-time member of the Irish Social Clubof Boston. Funeral from the William J.Gormley Funeral Home, 2055 Cen-tre Street, WEST ROXBURY. Inter-ment St. Joseph Cemetery. In lieu offlowers, donations in Celia’s memorymay be made to the SMA Fathers, 337Common Street, Dedham, MA 02026.For directions and guestbook, pleasevisit: gormleyfuneral.com William J.Gormley Funeral Service 617-323-8600.

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Letterscontinued from page 4The side-streets off Centre

Street are already inundated withspeeding cut-through traffic toavoid Centre Street. The CentreStreet lane reduction will have asafety decrease on all of us wholive off of that street. Again, theNortheastern report intimates –‘Nothing to see here, no problem,move along….’ How do we bal-ance the safety of our residentialstreets with that of the businessdistrict?

There should be much greatervisible police enforcement alongCentre Street. Bring back the BPD“Operation Crosswalk” which tar-geted drivers not obeying the law.Start an education campaign to-wards driver awareness and pedes-trian safety.

I would suggest that the resi-dents who live on the CentreStreet side-streets have a signifi-cant say in this matter and thatCouncilor O’Malley should en-sure that all Centre Street side-street residential properties arenotified before all meetings per-taining to this matter.

I stated at the meeting that theresulting product will create asimilar situation to Main Street/Rte 28 in Falmouth in the sum-mer. Also, I ask you to pictureroadways such as Dorchester Avebusiness districts, single laneWashington Street, Rte. 109 inWestwood, Cleary Square, or anymain street in Cambridge. Inshort, there will be severe conges-tion.

Where do first responder ve-hicles go when trapped in a singlelane with raised median withbacked up traffic. What happenswhen a truck makes deliveries orsomebody just rudely doubleparks in the single lane or there’sa waiting Uber pick-up? TheNortheastern proposal shows nooptions.

We in West Roxbury knowthat when there is a large snow-storm that Centre Street becomesessentially one lane as the parkedcars are forced out into the righttravel lane until snow removalefforts are undertaken, if at all.What happens in a typical WestRoxbury winter when that secondexisting lane is permanently re-moved?

I found it interesting the firstpublic speaker at the Elks meet-ing was a bicycle advocate whodoesn’t live in our neighborhood.I would speculate that less than1% of the West Roxbury popula-tion takes their bike to work ordoes their shopping on CentreStreet by bike. However, it seemsacceptable to him that the remain-ing 99% of us who drive our carsto shop in our business districtshould sacrifice for their conve-nience. Has anybody seen anybikes parked lately at RocheBrothers, CVS, or Blanchards?

In what other Boston neigh-borhood business districts has thisdrastic Northeastern study ap-proach been implemented? Or isWest Roxbury the unwilling testsubject?

This will be an incredibly ex-pensive redesign and constructioncost if implemented by the City.As proposed, this would requirea massive full reconstruction in-cluding relocating of existingdrainage facilities.

siblings to schools. I know, I’vebeen there. It’s a nightmare. Hasthe school made any parking ar-rangements with local businessesto combat this potential issue?And speaking of businesses…

I also express great concernfor the small and local businessesat the top of Belgrade Avenuewhere parking is tight already anddouble parking abounds. I haven’tattended any of the meetings, butwould be interested to know howsome of the businesses feel aboutthe proposal because they are ahuge part of the neighborhood. Astudent who parks in one of thosecoveted spaces for seven or eighthours would certainly portend anincrease in double parking andtraffic congestion. It might evenbe necessary for BPD to imple-ment foot patrols in this area atthe beginning and end of theschool day to diffuse the issue.

In defense of students, I fullyappreciate that they need a safeenvironment and an up-to-datebuilding into order to learn. I alsounderstand that a vast majority ofthe kids can’t even afford a ve-hicle. I defend the school admin-istrators as well for choosing WestRoxbury, a wonderfully welcom-ing and safe neighborhood. Andthat’s what it’s all about, isn’t it?Safety. And in defense of Ms.Yerganian, she is 100% correct.Safety is never a racial issue.

Jim CarvalhoWest Roxbury

RESIDENTSOPPOSITION TORECREATIONALPOT GROWING

To the Editor:There is growing

residents’ opposition to the locat-ing of a recreational marijuanadispensary in the 18,000 sq. ft. siteof the AAA Appliance storefront(769 Centre Street). Those abut-ters will be attending the JamaicaPond Association meeting on thisproposal this Monday, April 1st,7pm at the First Baptist Churchat 633 Centre Street.

Their top, initial concerns are:1. Traffic: The continual traf-

fic jams along Centre St. fromPond Street to themonument. Increased difficulty offire engines getting out of stationquickly.

2. Parking – 7 “parkingspots” behind the dispensary andthe already overloadedBlanchard’s lot will never handlethe increase in parking neededto accommodate dispensary cus-tomers. Parking issues through-out the business district and es-pecially near-by residential streetswill occur.

Anastasia LymanBoston

GARRISONAPPOINTS NEWDIRECTOR

To the Editor:“Boston City Councilor At-

Large Althea Garrison recentlyappointed Mr. Anthony Solimineof West Roxbury as her Directorof Constituent Services. Pleasefeel free to call or email Anthonywith any questions or concerns at617-635-0745 [email protected]”

Althea GarrisonBoston City Councilor

At-Large617-635-4217

The City of Boston is nowranked worst in the USA for traf-fic congestion. A major contrib-uting factor is for years, we havebeen forced-fed the over-develop-ment of our City and WestRoxbury neighborhood, despitecontinued neighborhood opposi-tion. The Boston Zoning Code isnot worth the paper it’s written onas the City continually grantsbuilding waivers despite signifi-cant zoning violations. This pro-posed road/traffic strangulationwill now make it even worse forthose of us who make WestRoxbury our home.

We now face yet again a pro-posal that the average propertyowner/resident of West Roxburywill find problematic, but will webe heard? Will the politiciansagain ignore the typical residentsof our neighborhood?

Councilor O’Malley and theCity should absolutely take thenecessary steps to resolve theCentre Street pedestrian safetyissue and ensure adequate policetraffic enforcement. Just don’ttake the proposed extreme mea-sures which will negatively im-pact our entire neighborhood foryears to come.

Frank X. O’BrienWest Roxbury

MEETING RAISES TEN-SION

To the Editor:I’ve been following the back

and forth between the BHNA andrepresentatives of Roxbury Prepfor what seems like forever. I liveless than a quarter of a mile fromthe school and have been unfazedone way or another by the pro-posed school until I read the 3/28issue of The BULLETIN. Itcaused me to examine the issue alittle more closely. First of all, I’malways leery when public rela-tions representatives become in-volved to put their spin on things.Amber McLaughlin said that stu-dents would be required to sign acontract with the school statingthat they will not drive. I mustremind Ms. McLaughlin that acontract signed by a minor is notlegally binding without parentalconsent. That also needs to be apart of your contract; parental ac-countability.

As a recently retired 27-yeareducator in the BPS, I fully un-derstand that having students signoff on ‘stuff’ in no way means thatthey will abide by the document,much less even read it. For morethan a decade a BPSsuperintendent’s circular man-dates that students sign off on acontract stating that they will notuse a cell phone in school. You canimagine how that’s panned out;miserably. Additionally, I’d alsowant to know what the explicit con-sequences are for students who dis-obey the driving rule when theystart to park around the corner tohide the presence of their vehicle.My street is a five-minute walkfrom the proposed site and it’s al-ready congested with vehicles fromnursing home employees. I’d alsolike to know how parking wouldbe handled during events at theschool such as Science Fair Night,Open House, and other schoolcommunity gatherings which usu-ally draw hoards of parents and


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Galeota continued from page 4 Boston Latin boys’ hockeyteam was eliminated near theend of the state hockey tourneyby Tewksbury. In the All-Statesand the New England tracktournament, only the BostonLatin girls 4x800 relay teamearned any honors. Indeed,these are dreary days for ath-letics in the Boston PublicSchools, whose presence in de-cades past could be counted onto draw lots of ink in the sports

pages. The usual explanationis that the best athletes are be-ing siphoned off by private andMETCO schools. It is doubt-ful that the next superintendentwill be able to change ourschools’ successes in statewideathletic endeavors.

Now comes worse news. But this is where the next su-perintendent could and shouldeffect change.

The Boston Globe re-

cently posted its award win-ners in art and writing formiddle and high schools. Withthe names of hundreds, if notactually a thousand, of awardwinners published, only 14BPS students’ names werelisted: Boston Arts Academy(1), Boston Latin School (12),Henderson (1). This is so dis-appointing: that out of severalthousand students in highschool taking art, only a hand-

ful received an art awards. Which begs the question: howmany art teachers pushed tal-ented students to enter, or isthis miasma caused by a lackof an enthusiastic push by par-ents/guardians?

The number of BPS re-cipients for writing awardswas ever bleaker: only 7 stu-dents (all from BLS) were rec-ognized, with towns and citiesof smaller populations boast-ing a larger number ofawardees. Did BPS secondary

English teachers strive to en-ter their students’ work?

In the future, may super-intendents push principals topush art and writing teachersin all schools to push studentsand then facilitate their entriesinto statewide art and writingcontests.

I’m looking forward toleafing through a Sundaynewspaper in the future to readabout more accomplishmentsby BPS students. Now, justwhen is the state science fair?


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