Boston Bulletin · 2021. 1. 6. · January 7, 2021 The Bulletin Page 3 ACE mentor making an impact Jeff Sullivan Staff Reporter Jamaica Plain resident George Yonke currently works

Zoom became the new normal for community meetings in 2020. This one is from September for 3368Washington St.

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Despite a work shut downfor two months beginningMarch 17 and a total reorga-nization of work sites andpublic meetings, 23 housingdevelopments and one newfire station for EglestonSquare were completed, un-derway or planned in 2020.

Among the highlights,most were along the bustlingWashington Street corridorwith two in the Centre Streetbusiness district that is slowly

becoming more residential.Matt Griffin, who owns

Costello’s tavern at 723 CentreSt., took advantage of this trendin 2019 when he hired RocheChristopher architects to designa two-story addition with fourrental units above the pub. Con-struction began early in 2020 onthe $1 million project that wasfully framed at the end of theyear. The design includes anew bar entrance shared with afoyer for the apartments above.

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The City of Boston closed on a deal to purchase 104 Walter St. and 108 Walter St. last week to keep theRoslindale Wetlands safe and increase affordable housing in Roslindale.

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Purchases of 104-108 Walter St.allows city to move forward with plans

JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The City of Boston andthe Boston Planning and De-velopment Agency (BPDA)announced this week that theBPDA has closed on its pur-chase and sales agreement onthe property at 104-108Walter St.

The purchase is the startof a plan to turn the propertyinto conservation land and af-fordable homeownership forthe neighborhood. Advocatesand residents hope that it isalso the end of a nearly 20-year fight to keep theRoslindale Wetlands pro-

tected from development andencroachment.

Residents from theLongfellow Area Neighbor-hood Association (LANA) andthe offshoot Roslindale Wet-lands Task Force have beenleading that fight. Historically,the site had been primed fordevelopment in 2005, 2012and 2017 when developersproposed putting 24 to 36 unitsthere. Residents have beenworking to secure theRoslindale wetlands from de-velopment and the final acqui-sition of the land (after the citynamed the Roslindale Wet-lands a protected Urban Wildlast year) will guarantee the

property to be affordablehousing (created in or replac-ing the current two-familyhome there now) and pro-tected wetlands.

LANA President KathleenMcCabe said it’s a reassuringstep in the process.

“The closing was sched-uled for last Thursday and Iwas waiting with bated breathto make sure it happened,”she said. “LANA is thrilledabout it. We had sent the cityand the mayor a letter lastApril asking them to buy theproperty, and that was beforethe sale. We’re really happy

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One shooting took place here at the corner of Aldrich and Belgrade onDec. 22, causing a great deal of concern in the neighborhood.

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Three neighborhoodscome together to address

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Multiple neighborhoodgroups from southwest Bostoncame together via Zoom onTues. Jan. 5 with police fromAreas E-5 and E-18 and CityCouncilors and their represen-tatives to seek answers after arash of shootings took placeover the past several weeks.

Beth Columbo and KimO’Connell, the co-chairs of theDale St. Crime Watch, con-vened the meeting after learn-ing of four shootings inRoslindale since the summer.They shared the meeting onseveral neighborhoodFacebook sites, which drew theleaders from groups fromRoslindale, Hyde Park and

West Roxbury. In attendancewere leaders from the MountHope Canterbury Neighbor-hood Association (MHC); theWest Roxbury Civic and Im-provement Association(WRCIA); the Hyde ParkNeighborhood Association(HPNA); and the FairmountHill Neighborhood Association(FHNA).

Cathy Slade, the longtimeleader of the HealthyRoslindale Coalition, moder-ated the 90-minute meeting.Several officials attended, in-cluding incoming Rep. RobConsalvo, City Councilors AtLarge Annissa Essaibi Georgeand Michelle Wu and District5 City Councilor Ricardo Ar-

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Walter St. continued from page 1about it and we’re looking for-ward to working with the cityon next steps... We’re reallyexcited and it’s a real victoryfor LANA and we really appre-ciate the Mayor’s leadershipand all the City Councilorsvoting in favor of it as well asthe BPDA, which is reallygood news.”

The BPDA actually votedto adopt a DemonstrationProject Plan, to accept fundsin the amount of $1.4 millionfor the purchase of the prop-erty, to execute a purchase andsales agreement with theowner, to issue a request forproposal for the land after ithas been purchased for 104Walter St. (the site of a currenthouse) and to then transfer 108Walter St. to the Boston Con-servation Commission.

“That’s where some of thetrail for the Roslindale Wet-lands goes through and pro-vides potential access to theWetlands from Walter Street,”McCabe said.

BPDA Real Estate andCommunity Development Of-ficer Morgan McDaniel saidthe city is providing the fundsto purchase, conserve and de-velop the parcels through aMassachusetts Executive Of-fice of Energy and Environ-mental Affairs Local Acquisi-tion for Natural Diversity

(LAND) grant of $387,005,from Housing 2030 Funds(funds set aside for affordabledevelopment), and the Envi-ronment Department ClimateResilience Reserve CapitalFunds. The parcel at 108Walter St. will be preserved bythe Conservation Commissionin perpetuity and the 104 par-cel will be put up for four unitsof affordable homeownershiphousing.

McCabe said the develop-ment planned for theRoslindale Wetlands datingback at least 15 years was theimpetus for the formation ofthe Roslindale Wetlands TaskForce, which is technically acommittee of LANA.

“So they’ve been workingreally hard and it’s been a longtime coming,” she said. “Thisrecent request in terms of thecity becoming the owner andthe steward of the property,that’s kind of a new chapter,but it’s part of this nearly 20-year-old struggle.”

McCabe said they havehosted several communitymeetings regarding how thecommunity wants to see theproperties used, both in con-servation and ashomeownership. She said theoutlook is currently good, it’sjust that residents and the cityhave to now follow through on

the plan.“I will say that city offi-

cials, the mayor, Chris Cook,chief of Environment andSheila Dillon, Chief of Depart-ment of Neighborhood Devel-opment have been very recep-tive and responsive,” she said.“Our city councilors, Coun-cilor Ricardo Arroyo, MattO’Malley and Michelle Wuhave all been responsive too.So I’m optimistic, but I thinkwe’re also wanting to be pre-pared and work diligentlywith the city to make sure thelast steps occur in terms ofpreserving the part of theland that’s the RoslindaleWetlands for climate resil-iency and open space with theConservation Commissionand then making sure afford-able home-ownership reallydoes occur.”

McCabe said communitymeetings will start regardinguses for both properties. Shesaid LANA has put togethera site plan for the affordablehousing and DND will haveto develop those plans for anactual building design. TheConservation Commissionwill also have to go througha public process for its openspace and conservation landat 108 Walter. Both processeswill be taking place in the nextfew months.

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ACE mentormaking an impactJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

Jamaica Plain residentGeorge Yonke currentlyworks at a Downtown engi-neering firm, but on his wayhome many times you can findhim at the Brighton HighSchool or the Boston GreenAcademy showing young stu-dents what it means to be aplumbing and fire protectionengineer.

Yonke said it’s a fun fieldto work in with a lot of excit-ing things to do, but its namedoesn’t evoke the true com-plexity or intricacy of thework the field inhabits.

“I’ve had someone ask meif I’m just a smarter plumber,”he said with a laugh. “I saidno, I told them they can referto me as Mario if they want. Ithink sometimes the studentscan be kind of shocked, be-cause they’ve heard of plumb-ers or electricians before, butif you put engineer behind it,they kind of don’t really knowhow that applies.”

Yonke said his interactionswith students come down toactually getting them to un-derstand all the planning andhard work that go into theireveryday lives.

“A lot of engineering is allaround us, especially in build-ings and in their homes andthey can connect a lot of thatengineering pretty easily ev-ery day. You know, it’s fun tosay, ‘do you know how your

toilet actually works?’” hesaid. “It’s pretty interesting.”

Yonke volunteers in theBrighton neighborhood closeto his workplace as part of theACE Mentor Program ofGreater Boston. The programworks to connect studentswith mentors, as well as pro-viding scholarships. The pro-gram recently announced ithas distributed $152,000 inscholarships for the 2019-2020 school year for graduat-ing high school seniors, rang-ing from $1,000 to $11,000.The programming is basedaround architecture, engineer-ing and construction indus-tries, and has also recentlyannounced that it broke itsfundraising record this yearwith $200,000 raised forscholarships for the nextschool year.

Yonke said he’s involvedwith the program for aboutthree years, and during usual,

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Inspectional Services stated it had issues with the way the Roslindale Food Co-Op has been operating in theneighborhood thus far.

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A Roslindale volunteer ef-fort to make healthy food freeand accessible to all is in dan-ger after a food program vol-unteer was given a citation bythe City of Boston’sInspectional Services Depart-ment (ISD).

The Roslindale Collective,a branch of the Brookline FoodCo-op, is a food rescue organi-zation that provides free foodto elderly, disabled, and low-income households in the area.Roslindale volunteers pick upfood from grocery stores(Whole Foods, Trader Joe's,Star Market, etc.) in and aroundthe Boston area that would haveotherwise been thrown away bythe vendor. The volunteersbring the food to a location inRoslindale, bag it, and distrib-ute it to those in need. All itemsare given to consumers in out-door distribution locationswithin a few hours of collec-tion.

The co-op runs multipleweekly programs - a Friday af-ternoon Roslindale Program inthe Bates Elementary SchoolParking Lot, which serves 60 to70 families a week on average;a Friday afternoon MattapanProgram where food is deliv-ered to five to 20 families liv-ing at an apartment complex; aFriday evening Archdale Pro-gram in the Archdale HousingComplex courtyard, in partner-ship with Roslindale IS forEveryone’s (RISE) RoslindaleCares mutual aid program,which serves 20 to 30 familiesweekly; and a Sunday after-noon program in the IrvingMiddle School parking lot,which serves over 100 house-holds per week receiving a size-able prepackaged box of food(18 families have food deliv-ered to their home by volun-teers).

One volunteer, RachelStanton, had been holding a Fri-day food program in her back-yard in Roslindale since the be-ginning of the pandemic. A few

months later, the police werecalled to Stanton’s house dur-ing one of the food programs.The police stated that a neigh-bor complained that Stantonwas running an “illegal farm-ers market.” A week later, thepolice were called again by aneighbor claiming that carsdropping off food were “block-ing the sidewalk.”

“[After the police werecalled] I wrote a letter to a fewof my nearby neighbors invit-ing them to the program - butalso inviting their feedback onthe program; basically sayinglike if they were having any is-sues they could email me orgive me a call,” Stanton ex-plained.

A few weeks after Stantonwrote the letter, a building in-spector from the Inspectional


Letters to the Editor

Bad news from National Grid

My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

We’re used to bad newsfrom natural gas companies. Not that long ago there was theunprecedented disaster in theLawrence area. Before thatthere was the rubber-stampedapproval of a natural-gas trans-fer station taking in fuel from anew high-pressure pipelinenear the quarry in WestRoxbury, unopposed by federalregulators and (disappoint-ingly) Elizabeth Warren andopposed by Steve Lynch, Coun-cilors O’Malley and Essaibi-George, and the Mayor—to beoperated near thousands of resi-dents within the explosion pe-rimeter. Recently there is theserious to-do in Weymouthabout a 7700-horsepower natu-ral gas compressor station linein Weymouth, again opposedby frightened residents livingnearby; this would connect twoexisting pipelines and delivernatural gas to New England andCanada.

National Grid, providingservices in Massachusetts,Rhode Island, and New York,enclosed a small piece of pa-per in its latest gas bill warningus of a sizable increase in bill-ing.

Things used to be so simpleyears ago. Boston Gas had ahuge building in Jamaica Plain,across from Doyle’s, where the

Forest Hills Factory Outlet usedto be. English High Schoolnow inhabits the building. Inthose days Boston Gas lived upto its name: it served custom-ers only in the city and suburbs.

The recent insert details asubmission last November tothe state Department of PublicUtilities that “requests a net in-crease in the annual deliveryrevenue” for more than $138million, representing an 18%increase. Thus a typical resi-dential customer who doesn’tuse gas to heat and using only94 therms for stoves and hotwater heaters annually will ex-perience an increase of only$16 (6.2% increase) but thoseof you using gas to heat as wellas for cooking and hot waterwill be forced to endure a yearly$122 (9%) increase IF YOUUSE ONLY 871 THERMS AYEAR, which seems low un-less one has a wood stove in thekitchen, meaning that most us-ing gas to heat homes will beburdened by an increase muchin excess of $122.

The 800 telephone numberreferenced on the insert wasdialed to ask where the 871therms was arrived at: no idea. The customer service rep hadno special knowledge of theapplication to the DPU. Shealso had no idea of how to ac-

cess how many people workingfor National Grid pulled inmore than $200,000 per year. (The litmus test used to be$100,00 but now the averageBoston police officer,firefighter, and public schoolteacher make this hugeamount).

I don’t begrudge the gasworkers in the trenches, liter-ally, from making hugeamounts: the dangers of explo-sion intimidate me. But beforethe DPU rubber stamps the re-quest, let’s see just how manyNational Grid executives anddesk jockeys are living high offthe hog in these dark days.

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SHORT-SIGHTED SELFISHNIMBY THINKING

To the Editor:The opinions of Joe Galeota

are one more example of theshort-sighted ‘not in my back-yard’ selfish thinking that hascreated and exacerbated thehousing crisis not only in Bos-ton but throughout the country.The median house purchase costin the greater Boston area is nowover $700,000 while the aver-age rent is well over $2000.These escalating costs aredriven, in our free-market sys-tem, by the economics of sup-ply and demand, that is, whensupply is short and demand highprices increase. With compli-cated zoning approval processesand a large youth and low in-come population seeking afford-able housing the continued self-centered resistance of NIMBYsonly makes the problem worse.Joe’s claim that AllandaleWoods is being harmed is non-sense - no housing is being builtin the woods and the housing tobe built on private propertiesthat border the woods will haveto meet state environmental cri-teria. I would remind Joe andother NIMBYs (whose childrenand grandchildren are amongthose seeking housing) that the86 acres of Allandale Woods arein addition to the 48 acres of

Hancock Woods, the many hun-dreds of acres of AllandaleFarm, the Arnold Arboretum,and Franklin Park and the thou-sands of acres of Stoney Brookand Blue Hills and Cutler Res-ervations that provide luckyBostonians with enormous natu-ral areas to recreate in. Addition-ally, it is important to note thatbuilding closer in to the coreurban area is better than build-ing in the suburbs, which resultsin more congestion and planet-heating carbon dioxide pollutionfrom private vehicle commut-ing. Finally, I will add that wehome-owning Baby Boomers (Iam one) need to be more con-siderate of those less fortunatethan us, particularly people oflow income who are beingdeeply hurt by the housing short-age.

Alan WrightRoslindale

NO PLACE FORMANY DEMOCRATS

To the Editor:On Dec. 28, 2020 large ma-

jorities in both the Massachu-setts House and Senate voted tooverride the Governor’s veto ofH. 5179, known as the Roe Act. By strange coincidence the 28this the day commemorating theHoly Innocents, the male infantsunder two years of age slaugh-

tered by King Herod inBethlehem because he fearedthe birth of Jesus threatened hispolitical power.

The vote in the House was107 to 46, and in the Senate 22to 8. Planned Parenthood,NARAL, and the ACLU werethe principal institutional sup-porters of both H. 5179 and theoverride. The MassachusettsCitizens for Life and the Mas-sachusetts Family Institute wereprominent opponents. MCFLand MFI should both be com-mended for the intelligent effortand energy expended in opposi-tion to H. 5179.

The enactment of H. 5179lowered the age of parental orjudicial consent for minors seek-ing abortions from 18 to 16. Italso removed born alive protec-tions for infants who surviveabortion and in this way permitswhat can be called passive in-fanticide. It lowered the medi-cal criteria for permitting late-term abortions, and made abor-tion more dangerous medicallyby allowing medical personnelother than doctors to performthem. Thus it went beyond whatis required by the abortion rightsjurisprudence set in place by theUS Supreme Court in its Roe v.

We all know thetough guy…or girl

OPINION

You all know the tough guy or read about the tough guy orwatched a video of the tough guy on TV or the internet. He’s theguy who believes the COVID-19 virus is nonsense and orches-trated by public officials for whatever nefarious reason to lull theunsuspecting public into a sheep-like lemming state. And to thisguy the “pandemic” is no more than mass hysteria over just an-other case of the flu, easily eradicated by simply allowing the virusto run its course.

We get it; you’ve done your research and can cite case studyafter case study refuting all of the warnings from the “experts”telling you to stay home, always wear a mask and maintain a socialdistance for fear of risking deadly exposure. You can easily, with-out stopping to catch a breath, point out the myriad of hypocrisiesof said experts like Birx and Newsom and point out that Fauci waswrong about this and that and how Cuomo caused hundreds ofdeaths out of hubris. And to sum up your argument about the deathcount; “hey, most of them were really old or had pre-existing con-ditions and so they would have all died soon enough anyway.”

The tough guy is the keyboard warrior telling everyone adher-ing to protocols that they’re weak, cowardly and dumb. The toughguy is the one walking into public markets without a face mask,telling anyone questioning him that it’s his Constitutional right todo so, and “you better get that camera out of my face or I’ll messyou up!” He’s the guy who loves confrontation for the sake ofconfrontation and welcomes the debate whenever and whereverpossible, preferably with a lot of people around to witness his ora-torical splendor backed up with profoundly indubitable facts.

And you know what? He may be right about everything. Let’sface it, there has been mistake after mistake made (remember whenit was considered faux pas to wear a mask before they were deemedlife-saving?) And there have been well publicized hypocrisies ofnote by public officials and experts asking you to do as they say,not as they do. And it is true that many have died infected withCovid but not because of Covid. And no one can deny that publicedicts have been handed down that have destroyed or severely dam-aged businesses serving the public, putting thousands out of workwithout empirical data. So how is the tough guy at fault?

He’s at fault because he has no respect for the process. He failsto realize that mistakes were made because there was no playbookto rely on and that politics got in the way. He’s wrong because hefails to appreciate the fact that everyone who died due to or withCovid were cheated of the last remaining days, weeks, months oryears they had every expectation of enjoying, the value of which isimpossible to calculate by statistics or medical data, and he fails toshare the anguish or understand the anger of the loved ones leftbehind having to listen to the tough guy constantly talking tough.

He chooses to ridicule those who suffer from fear-based pa-ralysis instead of trying to sympathize, and fails to calculate thevalue of offering his shoulder to lean on even if he doesn’t sharethe same anxieties.

But most of all he’s at fault for recognizing that the currentfederal, state and local officials handing down protocols are thelaw. They’re not geniuses; in fact most of them are far from it. Butthey have been chosen by the people to make tough decisions,decisions they don’t want to be making and fully understandingthe consequences of those decisions. Only history will determinethe legitimacy of each and every act made on behalf of the public,not Monday Morning quarterbacks like the tough guy.

Yes, it is perfectly okay to question authority. But the toughguy should at least recognize there is a decent and proper way todo so, and raging against the system through weak-assed one mandemonstrations or furiously pounding out derogatory and non con-structive social media rants is anything but heroic. It’s mean andinsensitive.

All of us can do better in 2021, especially the tough guy. HappyNew Year.

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Ace Mentor continued from page 3non-pandemic times, he andthe students will do hands-onprojects, like building bridgesout of spaghetti. He said theseactivities focus on the fivedisciplines of engineering:construction management,structural engineering, civil/landscape engineering, elec-trical/mechanical engineer-ing and plumbing engineer-ing.

“Like linguine noodlesand rubber bands and testingthe stresses that might hap-pen on spaghetti noodles,” hesaid, adding that they use un-cooked pasta. “It would be alot harder to do i t withcooked pasta. So we do a lotof activities like these to getthem introduced to differencedisciplines, and usually aboutthis time of the year the stu-dents have had an introduc-tion to all these disciplinesthrough their weekly sessions.

They choose the ones theyfind most interesting.”

Yonke said he leads a teamof about four or five studentsfrom there. He said it has beendifferent during the times ofCOVID-19, and they’ve hadto do virtual programs, but hesaid the interest in the subjectmatter is still there and he’shappy to help get students in-terested in these disciplines.

“The outcome of this isthat students in March presentto a wide group of students,teachers, parents and mentors,a design they came up with theteam,” he said. “It gives stu-dents a great opportunity topresent and be creative and in-novative with their designs.”

Yonke said he continues todo this program year afteryear because he gets to inter-act with a very broad range ofstudents from all differentbackgrounds from throughout

all different areas of the city.“It’s a great group of stu-

dents and that was amazingfor me to see when I first actu-ally moved to Boston and gotinvolved with this,” he said. “Iworked with a group of peoplethat is underrepresented inthe architecture and engi-neering industries. Represen-tation really matters. Archi-tects, engineers and develop-ers are changing the commu-nities people live in. There’san under-representation ofpeople of color in engineer-ing and I think ACEMentoring has done an amaz-ing job of introducing stu-dents to this field of oppor-tunities for this career in theircollege path.”

For more information onthe ACE Mentor Program, goto acementor.org/index.php/aff i l ia tes /massachuset ts /massachusetts/about-us/.

Letters continued from page 4Wade decision in 1973 by re-moving what even many sup-porters of limited abortionrights might regard as sensiblerestrictions on abortion com-patible with Roe v. Wade.

Among the members ofboth houses, all Democratswho represent Boston voters,only Mike Rush of WestRoxbury and Nick Collins ofSouth Boston in the Senate and

Angelo Scaccia of Hyde Parkand Russell Holmes ofMattapan in the House stoodup to the leadership in bothHouse and Senate and voted inopposition to Roe. They de-serve to be commended fortheir courage.

In my view it’s a sad com-mentary on Boston‘s electedrepresentatives and the Massa-chusetts Democratic party.

I’ve been a registered Demo-crat in Boston for 71 years, butthe party, both nationally andin the state, has made it in-creasingly clear year after yearby some of the positions ittakes on family, marriage,child raising, and abortion thatit really has no place forDemocrats like me.

Francis M. McLaughlinWest Roxbury

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34-36 Havorford St and 3193 Washington St both resumed construction in June.PHOTO BY RICHARD HEATH

housing development in Ja-maica Plain, now called Velo at3686-3690 Washington St. atCasey Arborway, was com-pleted after work resumed inJune and an aggressive lease-up program got underway; amoving van was there the lastday of the year.

Developed by Criterion in2016, the $100 million, 250-unit project designed by IconArchitects is a trio of five andsix-story pastel colored build-ings dotted with small balco-nies clustered around a court-yard.

High-end change came tonarrow Havorford Street in2020.

John Hall bought RonO’Brien’s wood frame, 19thcentury two-family house at 34-36 Havorford St. in 2016 anddemolished it. In its place, hecommissioned Embarc to de-sign a wide, white-framed,square box eight-unit building.Completed this year, some unitssold for an average of $500,000to $800,000 depending on thenumber of bedrooms. The up-per corner unit has a command-ing view of Our Lady OfLourdes Church.

Social housing will be ma-jor additions to WashingtonStreet.

Westminster House at 3012Washington St. at the corner ofWestminster Avenue is nearingcompletion. Developed by theElizabeth Stone House and de-signed by Kitty Ryan of TheNarrow Gate architects, it willbe a four story, 32-unit resi-dence for domestic violencesurvivors and their families aswell as a day care and offices.A long time coming, the firstpublic meeting was held in

2013.Despite its size, a large, long

block on a residential street, itwas well received by the com-munity.

Not so for Pine Street/TheCommunity Builders with theirambitious development of 202deeply affordable apartmentsincluding 140 supportive hous-ing for formerly homeless at3368 Washington St., the larg-est supportive housing resi-dence in Boston.

The five-story, $89 millionbuilding designed by RODEarchitects suffered three acri-monious public meetings and asubstantial reduction in unitnumber (losing 22) before re-ceiving zoning approval inMarch 14, 2020.

But Monty Gold wasn’thappy and he filed suit to stopit on May 14 alleging severeparking hardship for his soletenant Turtle Swamp Breweryat 3377 Washington St.

Turtle Swamp owner JohnLincecum denied being a partyto the suit that is still not re-solved.

Despite this setback, theBoston Housing Authority(BHA) awarded 106 project-based vouchers to Pine Streetin August 2020.

In January, after a long ne-gotiation, Jamaica Plain NDCand New Atlantic Developmentbought the garage and restau-rant building at 3371 Washing-ton St. from City Realty for$2.155 million, a rare openmarket acquisition by a socialhousing agency.

JPNDC/New Atlantic pro-poses a 39-unit senior support-ive housing residence with alive in manager that it describedat the Dec. 8 BPDA sponsored

virtual public meeting.It wasn’t COVID-19 but a

lawsuit that stopped BostonCommunity Ventures frombuilding its approved, five-story, 45-unit building nextdoor at 3375 Washington St.

Soon after receiving zoningapproval, a lawsuit by a groupof Green Street renters wasfiled on June 15, 2017 seekingto stop the development because it allegedly would aggra-vate gentrification.

Although dismissed in Sep-tember 2018, the original $18million construction cost hadincreased enough to make theproject untenable and in March2020 BCV asked for and re-ceived a two-year extension ofits zoning approval.

More successful was 125Amory St., the BHA propertysold to JPNDC and The Com-munity Builders in 2015.

Two years aftergroundbreaking in 2018, all199 low-income units havebeen completely renovated andupdated and at present 12 newlow-income units are beingbuilt out on the ground floor.It is being financed by $37 mil-

lion in tax-exempt bonds. BHAholds the ground lease for thesix-acre property around theseven-story 125 Amory build-ing and will provide project-based vouchers.

Using the value of the land,BHA negotiated the sale ofproperty around the buildingfor three new buildings total-ing 350 units.

The first is under construc-tion by Urban Edge at 137Amory St., a four-story, 62 unitincome-based building de-signed by Icon Architects.

Two controversial residen-tial buildings developed byCity Realty - standing likebattle field markers - are eithercompleted or underway, 3193Washington St. (“Moxie”) and197 Green St.; both faced vo-ciferous opposition by the pop-up group Keep it 100%Egleston and City Life from2016 – 2018.

Both designed by Embarc,both are substantially the sameas first proposed.

“ M o x i e ” ( a k a“Stonybrook”) is a five-story,39–unit, condominium build-ing directly above 34Havorford (construction ofwhich had to be coordinateddue to the tight shared prop-erty line).

The work stoppage slowedup completion but Moxie issubstantially completed and itsunits began being marketed inAugust.

The foundation for 197Green St. is underway for the

four-story, 23-unit building de-signed by Paula Claridge ofEmbarc.

Waiting for zoning ap-proval is 3326 Washington St.,a four-story, 43-unit compactliving residence developed byPrimary that received BPDAapproval on Nov. 12. De-scribed at length by The Bul-letin, the unique terracedbuilding with a ground floorhistory gallery was designedby Primary; Spalding-Tougiasis the architect of record.

Cheryl Tougias also de-signed 114-120 Brookside Ave.for Scott Johnson, a four-story,nine-unit condominium build-ing that is close to completion;marketing of the units began inSeptember.

In the wings for 2021, two,large housing/commercial de-velopments were announcedlate in the year.

On Nov. 20, 2020 BobHarrington of BMS Paper Inc.filed the project notificationform for a six-story, 51-unitresidential building to be builtover a grocery store; his restau-rant supply business will re-main in the same place at 3390Washington St. DavidO’Sullivan is the architect.

On Oct. 1, Lee Goodman ofWatermark hosted an on-sitepublic meeting to discuss hisplans for a 32-unit residentialbuilding, grocery and restauranton the closed Doyle’s propertyto be designed by Elaine Scales.No BPDA notification has beenfiled yet.

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Food Coop continued from page 3Services Department (ISD)showed up to her house andstated that she needed to shutthe program down, and couldnot be operating a “business ina residential zone.”

Another volunteer dis-cussed the issue with a city of-ficial and was told they couldcontinue operating. After a fewweeks, ISD visited again andleft a note on Stanton’s door.

“The Health Departmentwas like if you don’t shut down,you’re facing a $1,000 fine forevery day you operate or youface jail time. It was really frus-trating,” stated Stanton. Shesaid she emailed back and forthwith the Health Department.

“They had a really patron-izing tone. Like, ‘oh we knowyou want to help people, youwant to be nice to try to becharitable, but why don’t you

join up with like the YMCA orother programs that are al-ready operating like in a le-gitimate way?’ and I think thatpart of it really angered me be-cause I’m not trying to benice, I just think people havea right to access food,” she ex-plained. Stanton stated thather ultimate goal would be toend hunger in Roslindale.

A few weeks ago, the Bos-ton Globe published a frontpage article titled “An under-ground food pantry in Bostondraws needy families, and thecity’s disapproval,” bringingthese issues to light.

After the Boston Globe ar-ticle was published, the ISDresponded to the community.“While we appreciate andsupport individuals and orga-nizations’ efforts to helpneighbors in need during this

challenging year, we encour-age everyone to ensure com-pliance with all applicablecodes for the health and safetyof everyone. In response tocomplaints about improperlystored food, food left out inthe elements, and zoningregulations, an ‘order to cor-rect’ was issued after severalvisits. As in all cases, ‘ordersto correct’ is a part of a reme-dial compliance process. TheDepartment, and the Mayor’sOffice of Food Access, is cur-rently in communication withorganizers of this operation toassist them in achieving com-pliance, as we have done withother organizations,” the ISDresponded after backlash fromthe community. ISD claimedthat on several occasions the“owner was found to be stor-ing perishable items outside in

Novena to St. JudeOh Holy St. Jude Apostle and Mar-tyr, great in virtue and rich inmiracles, near Kinsman of JesusChrist faithful intercessor of all whoinvoke your special patronage in timeof need, to you I have recourse fromthe depths of my heart and humblybeg to whom God has given suchgreat power to come to my assistance.Help me in my present and urgent pe-tition. In return I promise to makeyour name known and cause you tobe invoked. Say three Our Fathers,three Hail Marys and three Glorias.Publication must be promised. St.Jude pray for us and all who invokeyour aid. Amen. This must be said fornine consecutive days. This Novena hasnever been known to fail.

—S.G.H.

the elements without the re-quired refrigeration and stor-age in accordance with Fed-eral Food Code and the StateSanitary Code and that in-spectors have found improperstorage of food creating po-tential harborage for rodentsand wildlife.”

Volunteers from theRoslindale Collective said theyare currently working with thecity to find a permanent homefor the Friday program. It istemporarily in the Bates El-ementary School Parking Lot.

“We are now working withcity offices and are very hope-ful we can continue operatingas before, but with the holidaybreaks, we have not gotten afinal resolution. We will keepthe community informed if thestrategy changes and if moredirect action and communica-tion to public officials isneeded,” one volunteer stated.“All of the food distributed is

from established retail loca-tions that give food that meetsall quality and labeling stan-dards imposed by Federal,State, and local laws and regu-lations, but are considered notmarketable due to appearance,age, freshness, size, surplus.To be blunt, we are not‘dumpster diving’—this is anestablished relationship withfood companies. Healthy veg-etables, bread, and proteinsources are provided - whichare critical to health (mostnon-perishable foods arehigh in sodium). Precau-tions have been taken tolimit Covid exposure for allpar t i c ipan ts and vo lun-teers.”

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Elizabeth “Izzy” (Kahaly) of Mansfield, formerlyof Roslindale, December 27, 2020. Dear and devotedwife of the late Anthony T. Attaya. Loving mother ofKaren T. Vartanian and her husband Kenneth ofWashington, Samuel G. Attaya and his wife Janiceof Walpole, Cheryl A. Deeb and her husband Paul ofNorth Easton, Gale M. Habeeb and her husbandJames of North Easton, and Richard A. Attaya andhis wife Kim of Mansfield. Cherished “Tata” of 12grandchildren and “Big Tata” of 19 great-grandchil-dren. Dear sister of Shirley Bezreh of Arlington andthe late Olga Taksery and George Kahaly. Also sur-vived by many loving nieces and nephews. Due toCovid 19 restrictions, Funeral Services will be pri-vate. Contributions in Elizabeth’s memory may bemade to Our Lady of the Annunciation Cathedral, 7VFW Parkway, West Roxbury, MA 02132 or to toSt. Jude Children’s Research Hospital 501 St. JudePlace, Memphis, TN 38105www.stjude.org.Guestbook and obituary available atwww.KfouryFuneral.com.

BURKESarah E.

“Sally” ofR o s l i n d a l e ,passed away onDecember 30,2020. Beloveddaughter of thelate Alice(Moore) andJames Burke(Ret. BPD).Dear sister ofK a t h r y nBerardi and herhusband Johnof Roslindaleand the late James C. Burke and his surviving wifeFrances of West Roxbury. Loving aunt of Ryan,Kaitlin, Sarah, and Emily Berardi, and James F.Burke. Great aunt of Julianna Berardi. Former man-ager of the Sacred Heart Church Color Guard. Sallywas an administrative assistant Beth Israel Hospital,Boston. Funeral from the P.E. Murray - F.J. Higgins,George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral Home 2000 Cen-tre St. West Roxbury on Monday, January 4th. Inter-ment New Calvary Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, do-nations may be made in Sally’s memory to St. Vincentde Paul Society at Sacred Heart Church 169 CumminsHighway Roslindale, MA 02131. For onlineguestbook pemurrayfuneral.com. Arrangements byP.E. Murray - F.J. Higgins, George F. Doherty & SonsFuneral Home, West Roxbury.

CUSICKJoan (Harris Anderberg) Age 90, lifelong resi-

dent of Boston and West Roxbury, died on January2nd after complications from a fall. She is survivedby her daughter Lynne (Anderberg) Millican of WestRoxbury, sister Barbara Tripp of Marshfield, brotherJohn Harris of West Roxbury, and 2 nieces and 3nephews. A proud patriot, she served as Lt. JG in theNavy during the Korean War, and subsequently ob-tained a Master’s degree in education and had a ca-reer as a 1st grade school teacher in the town of Can-ton. Visiting Hour on Thursday, January 7, in the Rob-ert J. Lawler & Crosby Funeral Home, 1803 CentreSt., WEST ROXBURY, from 11:00 am to 12 noon.A Graveside Service will be held at Mt. BenedictCemetery, West Roxbury. In lieu of flowers, dona-tions may be made in Joan’s memory to the WoundedWarrior Project, woundedwarriorproject.org Forcomplete obituary, go towww.lawlerfuneralhome.com Lawler & Crosby Fu-neral Home 617-323-5600.

DUGGANEdward C., 69, of Roslindale, on December 26.

2020. He leaves his twin brother Dennis, ofRoslindale and his sister Julie of West Reading.PA. He was the beloved uncle of Emilie DugganMartin of Temple, PA and Neva Duggan-Hicks ofDorchester. Eddie was a graduate of Boston LatinSchool and the College of the Holy Cross, where hemajored in history. His encyclopedic knowledge ofhistory was rivalled only by his amazing internal da-tabase of sports statistics. From the time he was astudent at Holy Cross until recently, he worked aspart of the press box crew during football season. He

worked for many years as a taxi driver for VeteransCab in Newton and for Newton Yellow Cab. He wasa devoted son to his widowed mother, helping herwith all of her activities as she grew older. He was ahelper to all of his family members. Eddie dearly lovedhis nieces, and provided them with opportunities theywould otherwise not have had growing up. He alsocared for a succession of rescued cats, starting withone that wandered into the dorm during his last yearat Holy Cross. Eddie was assisted mightily in his fi-nal months by his neighbors David Foster and NiaLewis and by his cousin Eileen, among others. In lieuof flowers, donations in Eddie’s memory can be madeto the Animal Rescue League of Boston, 10 ChandlerStreet, Boston MA 02116.www.lawlerfuneralhome.com

KANEThomas F. of theL o n g f e l l o wH o u s e ,Roslindale, for-merly of Ja-maica Plain andMission Hill,passed away onDecember 29,2020. Belovedhusband of the“love of his life”the lateK a t h e r i n e(Gavin) Kane. Loving son of the late John and Anne(Griffin) Kane, originally from County Galway, Ire-land. Devoted brother of Mary Merner and her latehusband Cornelius of West Roxbury, Robert Kane andhis wife Mary of West Roxbury, Barbara Murphy andher husband John of Roslindale, Anne T. Barry andher late husband John of Dedham, and the late JohnKane and his late wife Lucille, Michael Kane and hislate wife Cathy, Martin Kane, and Philip Kane. Alsosurvived by many loving nieces and nephews. U.S.Army, Korean War Veteran. Longtime dedicated em-ployee of the City of Boston. In lieu of flowers, thefamily asks that donations may be made in Tom’smemory to the Oncology Department at Brigham andWomen’s Hospital 116 Huntington Ave, Third Floor,Boston, MA 02116 or online at bwhgiving.org. Foronline guestbook pemurrayfuneral.com. Arrange-ments by P.E. Murray - F.J. Higgins, George F. Doherty& Sons Funeral Home, West Roxbury.

KENNEYEdward P. “Jake” Deputy Fire Chief, B.F.D. (Ret)

of West Roxbury, unexpectedly, December 27, 2020.Devoted husband and best friend of the late CathleenM. “Cassie” (Connors). Loving father of Edward P.Kenney and his wife Kimberly of Haverhill and MaryEllen Miller and her husband John of North Billerica.Cherished grandfather of Brian and Eric Kenney ofQuincy and Jake P. Miller of Brighton. Belovedbrother of Leo and the late James, Helen Forrester,John, William (BFD), Ann Campbell, Virginia Padden,Mary Carey, and Lawrence Kenney. Also survived bymany nieces and nephews. US Navy Veteran. A pri-vate Funeral Mass will be celebrated in St. JohnChrysostom Church. Services are private due toCOVID-19 restrictions. Donations in his memory maybe made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital,www.st.jude.org For guestbook,www.gormleyfuneral.com William J. Gormley Fu-neral Service 617-323-8600.

McMANUSJoan C. (O’Shea) of West Roxbury, passed away

peacefully in the comfort of her loving family on De-cember 29, 2020. Beloved wife of 65 years of the lateJohn J. McManus. Loving mother of Kevin and hisgirlfriend Mary, Michael, John, Jr., and his girlfriendDenise, and Stephen and his wife Gretchen. Cherishedgrandmother of John Patrick and his wife Tessa,Katelyn, Ryan, Stephen, Dylan, Melissa, Meghan,Lauren and Caroline. Great-grandmother of Maeve.Dear sister of Marion Pickett of Norwood and thelate Charles and James O’Shea. Also survived by manyloving nieces and nephews. Funeral from the Will-iam J. Gormley Funeral Home, 2055 Centre Street,WEST ROXBURY. Interment Mt. Benedict Cem-etery. In lieu of flowers, donations in Joan’s memorymay be made to Cops for Kids with Cancer, https://

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copsforkidswithcancer.org For di-rections and guestbook, pleasevisit gormleyfuneral.com WilliamJ. Gormley Funeral Service 617-323-8600.

McNEILMary Joan of West Roxbury,

passed away peacefully on De-cember 31, 2020, at the age of 85.She was the beloved daughter ofthe late Hugh and Rose(MacFarlane) McNeil. Dear sisterof the late James McNeil and hiswife Eileen, Barbara McNeil andHugh McNeil and his wife Leonie.Loving aunt of Kathryn and Su-san McNeil of Mansfield; WilliamMcNeil and his wife Corina ofBuzzards Bay; Christine Purkisand her husband Arthur ofOtisfield, Maine; LauraWiessmeyer and her husband Ed-ward of Weymouth and KathleenCoughlin and her husband John ofWhitman. Also survived by manyloving great-nieces and nephewsand one great-great-niece. Marywas a proud lifelong Bostonian.She was a graduate of Holy Trin-ity High School in Roxbury. Aftergraduation she began working atJohn Hancock where she retiredafter many years of service as aHuman Resources Administrator.Funeral from the William J.Gormley Funeral Home, 2055Centre Street, WEST ROXBURY.The family would like to thankGerburg Wulf, M.D. and KatrinaHanscom, N.P. along with the en-tire oncology care team at BethIsrael Deaconess Medical Centerfor the exceptional personalizedcare and the attention given toMary over the years. In lieu offlowers, donations in her memorymay be made to the Division ofHematology/Oncology, Office ofDevelopment, BIDMC, 330Brookline Ave., Boston, MA02215. https://www.bidmc.org/give For and guestbook, pleasevisit: gormleyfuneral.com WilliamJ. Gormley Funeral Service 617-323-8600.

MULLIGANWilliam James of West

Roxbury, formerly of Swinford,County Mayo, Ireland, passedaway January 2, 2021. Born Feb-ruary 7, 1925 the son of the latePeter and Mary (Henigan)Mulligan. Beloved husband of 61years to his best friend Barbara(O’Flaherty) Mulligan. Loving fa-ther of Karen Mulligan and herpartner Edward McDonagh ofWest Roxbury and WilliamMulligan and his wife Poppy ofStoughton. Cherished grandfatherof James and Kevin Keeley ofWest Roxbury and CaellaMulligan of Stoughton. Dearbrother of Margaret Mulligan ofAustralia and the late Michael,Philomena and Matilda Mulligan,Frances Walsh and Ann Fahey. Hewas the brother-in-law of MichaelWalsh and the late Julia Mulliganand Laurence Fahey. Also survivedby many loving nieces and neph-ews. Relatives and friends arekindly invited to attend Visitationin the William J. Gormley FuneralHome, 2055 Centre Street, WESTROXBURY, on Friday, January 8,2021 from 8:30 a.m. from 9:30a.m. A private Mass of ChristianBurial will be celebrated in St.Theresa of Avila Church at 10o’clock. To live stream,www.sttheresaparishboston.com

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Interment St. Joseph Cemetery.Bill’s family would like to thankthe staff at the Hebrew Rehabili-tation Center for their exceptionalcare. In lieu of flowers, donationsin Bill’s memory may be made toSt. Theresa Church, 10 St. TheresaAvenue, West Roxbury, MA02132 or by visiting the churchwebsite. For directions andguestbook, please visit:www.gormleyfuneral.com Will-iam J. Gormley Funeral Service617-323-8600.

PORZELT Michael G. of Roslindale, re-

cently retired from the SuffolkCounty Sheriff’s Department,passed away January 3, 2021, sur-rounded by his loving family aftera short battle with cancer. Belovedhusband for 44 years to Mary(DiStasio) Porzelt. Loving fatherof Kerri Saracino & her husbandMark of East Longmeadow, Stacyof Roslindale, and Michael Jr. &his wife Rachael of Walpole. De-voted Papa to Morgan, Jeffrey,Elyse, Keagan, Leah, Addison,and Savannah. He is also survivedby his sisters Eileen Williams,Marianne Anderson & her hus-band Doug, and Patricia Swain ofLake Worth, FL. Son-in-law ofPaul and the late Frances DiStasioof Roslindale. Also survived bymany in-laws, nieces, nephewsand cousins. Michael was prede-ceased by his parents Andrew &Rosemarie (Gagne) Porzelt ofLake Worth, FL. Sisters AnneWolensky of Fort Lauderdale, FL.and Michele McLean ofReadville. Funeral from the P.E.Murray-F.J. Higgins, George F.Doherty & Sons Funeral Home,2000 Centre St. West Roxbury. In-terment private. In lieu of flowersexpressions of sympathy may bemade to St. Jude Children’s Re-search Hospital, 501 St. Jude Pl.Memphis, TN 38105. For direc-tions and guestbook,pemurrayfuneral.com.

SCACCIA

Sandra K. Beloved daughterof the late Glenn and Alice King,sister of the late Glenda SueMetzer and of Mary Alice Elamand Glenn King, Jr., wife ofAngelo, mother of Michael, An-drea, and Aimee, along withAndrea’s husband, Kevin, cher-ished grandmother of Kayla,Ronan, Ava, Ella, Conal, Noah,and Lila passed from this world onChristmas Day. She carried herspirit with her but left behind somany memories of kindness andwarmth for her family, friends, andall others who knew her. Born inCarrizozo, NM, Sandra pursued aNursing career, a profession ofservice to humanity which wouldcover the width of the UnitedStates and the breadth of life frombirth to death. Caring for some ofsociety’s most vulnerable, in ma-ternity and geriatrics, her mission

was always to treat others as shewished to be treated, with love andcompassion, and she stayed faith-ful to that purpose to the very end.Angelo, Michael, Andrea, andAimee would like to thankSandra’s medical team, the manydoctors and nurses who workedselflessly and happily for one oftheir own. We also would like tothank our extended kin and all kin-dred spirits who have held Sandra,and us, in their thoughts andprayers. Your genuine sorrow hashumbled us and provided comfortas we continue to reflect upon thereach of Sandra’s soul in the sto-ries and tears that together we haveshared. In lieu of flowers, or chari-table donations, our family asksyou to consider preserving a fewmoments to live as she did. Be stilland listen patiently - with all ofyour heart- to the ones you trulylove. In the quiet of their hearts,you will hear all that you need. Beat peace my Love, my mother, mygrammie, my sister, and my friend.You most certainly have earned it.For online questbook, please visitthomasfuneralhomes.com Carroll-Thomas Funeral Home, HydePark 617-361-3216.

SCHMIDT

Richard F. Age 88, of Boston,died peacefully on December 28,in the company of his family.“Dick” was a life-long resident ofRoslindale and the beloved hus-band of the late Eleanor “Ellie”(Mahoney) Schmidt with whomhe shared 52-years of marriage. Itwas Ellie who gave him his fam-ily nickname of “Chuck” in refer-ence to his robust chucky-cheeks.He is survived by his 5 children:Rick and his wife Janice (Harpin)Schmidt of Brookline, BarbaraSchmidt of Roslindale, Michaeland his wife Wendy (Murley)Schmidt of Dedham, DianeSchmidt of Roslindale, and MarkSchmidt of Roslindale. Dick wasan adoring grandfather to Hayley,Heather, Anna, Grace and Chris-topher Schmidt. Son of the lateJoseph and Anna (Hoehner)Schmidt, Dick lived his entire lifeon Sherwood Street in Roslindale,where his quick wit and wry com-mentary on absolutely everythingwill be deeply missed by his neigh-bors. Dick served in the U.S. Armyin Labrador during the Korean Warand was a graduate of BurdettBusiness College where he stud-ied business administration. Dickspent his early career with theHarry Miller Marine HardwareCompany, rising to the position ofSenior Vice President. He laterenjoyed a 25-year second careeras the office manager forSchmidt’s Landscaping Services.According to his granddaughter


Heather: “Papa claimed to ‘knownothing about nothing’. Thosewho knew him knew that wasn’ttrue. Papa taught us to be humbleand always remember where youare from. Don’t take yourself orlife too seriously, laugh often andbe the reason people smile whenthey need it most. He taught us theimportance of taking care of oth-ers; that a listening ear and an openheart are all that you need. Heshowed by example how a manshould love a woman. I think Papanew a little about everything andif you were lucky enough to knowhim, I think you’d agree.” Privatefamily services and internment willtake place in the National Cem-etery, Bourne, MA. A celebrationof Dick’s life will be arranged in2021, when his many friends, fam-ily and neighbors can safely gather.In lieu of flowers, his family re-quests donations in Dick’smemory be sent to the charity ofyour choice. Please visit theguestbook atwww.lawlerfuneralhome.com toshare your thoughts on DickSchmidt. Lawler & Crosby Fu-neral Home 617-323-5600.

SHAWJohn of West Roxbury, Decem-

ber 25, 2020. Beloved son of Lori(Curran) Shaw and the late Will-iam “Billy” Shaw, BPD. Lovingbrother of Lauren Shaw of Dallas,TX, and the late Kerriann Shaw.Also survived by many lovingaunts, uncles, cousins and friends.A Graveside Service was held atMount Benedict Cemetery, 409Corey St., West Roxbury, on Tues-

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Deaths continued from page 9day, January 5th, 2021. A Celebra-tion of John’s Life will be held ata later date. In lieu of flowers, re-membrances in memory of Johnmay be made to Care DimensionsHospice, 75 Sylvan Street, SuiteB-102, Danvers, MA 01923 orwww.CareDimensions .orgwww.lawlerfuneralhome.com

SILTA Samil of Hyde Park, Decem-

ber 30, 2020. Beloved husband ofJoan (Leahy). Loving father ofTerri Pfannenstiel and her late hus-band Travis of Ft. Myers, FL andSamil T. Silta (B.P.D.) and his wifeAmy of Needham. Grandfather ofHannah, John, Ryan, and Ellen.Brother of Julia Santo and her hus-band Ken. US Army Veteran. Fu-neral Services private. Forguestbook, please visitwww.gormleyfuneral.com Will-iam J. Gormley Funeral Service617-323-8600.

SULLIVANWilliam J. Jr. “Sully” of

Roslindale, passed away too soonafter a fight with cancer on Decem-ber 31, 2020. Beloved husband ofMary Kadzis Sullivan and devotedfather to Sean, Suzanne, andLaura. Bill’s family was a corner-stone of the Parkway communityand includes his sister Pat Barryand her husband Kevin ofMiddleborough, Clare Sullivan ofDedham, and Kathleen Sullivan ofJamaica Plain. Predeceased by hischerished parents, WilliamSullivan Sr. and Frances Sullivan,and his sister Barbara Sullivan. Billloved, and is loved, by his large

extended family. Bill built an in-credible 36-year career with hisFedEx family. His many accoladesreflect his leadership and workethic. More important are the re-lationships he created as a seniormanager. He was a mentor whoknew everyone’s name and helpedmany people while there. AtFedEx, Bill spearheaded the chari-table giving causes Can Share,Operation Warm Coat, and ACSDaffodil Days. Bill was a superfanof his 3 children throughout life.He coached his two daughters inbasketball on the court and in thestands. He travelled near and farto cheer his son on the ice rink andthe cross country course. He rel-ished watching them grow andsucceed in life. Bill gave his chil-dren everything: a loving home,the best education, and lifelongmemories. Bill was happiest withhis family, his wife of 34 years,and his friends. Whether it be ona beach-side vacation or arounda backyard fire. His famous nick-names and catch-phrases live onin his loved one’s minds. His un-paralleled spirit lives on in ourhearts. A Mass of Christian Burialwas celebrated in The Holy NameChurch, West Roxbury on Tues-day January 5, 2021. TheSullivans will host a celebrationof life Bill deserves in summer2021 when we can gather safely.In lieu of flowers donations canbe made in Bill’s name to theGreater Boston Foodbank.w w w . g b f b . o r gwww.lawlerfuneralhome.comLawler & Crosby Funeral Home617-323-5600.

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Prayer to the Blessed Virgin(Never known to fail!)

Oh, most beautiful flower of Mt.Carmel, fruitful vine, splendor ofHeaven, Blessed Mother of the Sonof God, Immaculate Virgin, assist mein this necessity. Oh Star of the Sea,help me and show me herein you aremy mother. Oh Holy Mary, Motherof God, Queen of Heaven and Earth,I humbly beseech thee from thebottom of my heart to succor me inmy necessity (make request). Thereare none that can withstand yourpower. Oh Mary, conceived withoutsin, pray for us who have recourse tothee (three times). Holy Mary, I placethis cause in your hands (threetimes). Say this prayer for threeconsecutive days and then you mustpublish and it will be granted to you.

—M.D.A.

Prayer to the Blessed Virgin(Never known to fail!)

Oh, most beautiful flower of Mt.Carmel, fruitful vine, splendor ofHeaven, Blessed Mother of the Sonof God, Immaculate Virgin, assist mein this necessity. Oh Star of the Sea,help me and show me herein you aremy mother. Oh Holy Mary, Motherof God, Queen of Heaven and Earth,I humbly beseech thee from thebottom of my heart to succor me inmy necessity (make request). Thereare none that can withstand yourpower. Oh Mary, conceived withoutsin, pray for us who have recourse tothee (three times). Holy Mary, I placethis cause in your hands (threetimes). Say this prayer for threeconsecutive days and then you mustpublish and it will be granted to you.

—S.G.H.

DEAR HEARTOF JESUS!

In the past I have asked formany favors. This time I ask forthis special favor. (Mentionfavor). Take it dear heart ofJesus, and place it within yourown broken heart where yourfather will see it. Then in hismerciful eyes it will becomeyour favor not mine. Amen.

Say for 3 days, promise publicationand favors will be granted.

Grateful Thanks—M.D.A.

Miracle PrayerDear Heart of Jesus, in the pastI have asked You for manyfavours. This time, I ask youthis very special one (mentionfavour). Take it, dear Heart ofJesus, and place it within Yourown broken heart where YourFather sees it. Then, in Hismerciful eyes, it will becomeYour favour, not mine. Amen.Say for three days, promisepublication and favour will begranted.

—S.G.H.

Novena to St. ClareAsk St. Clare for three favors,1 business, 2 impossible. Saynine Hail Marys for ninedays, with lighted candle.Pray whether you believe ornot. Publish on the ninthday. Powerful novena. Say“May the Sacred Heart ofJesus be praised, adored,glorified, now and forever,throughout the whole world.Amen.” Your request will begranted, no matter howimpossible it may seem.

—S.G.H.

royo.“Most of the incidents here,

whether it was guns fired orpeople shot, have to do with afeud going on with Wood Ave.in Mattapan/Hyde Park andBeech St./Stony Brook,” Of-ficer Eddie Roach from Area E-5 explained. “There was onemember of Beech St. who wasshot and killed several weeksago. It’s all tied in together.”

On Nov. 10th there was ashooting at Beech St. Anotherincident occurred at BeechlandCir. when there were shots firedon Oct. 23, and shell casingwere found on the scene.

Residents mentioned otherincidents, including one on July14, where a 14-year-old wasfound wearing an ankle brace-let with a loaded gun at theWashington-Beech develop-ment. On July 31, a man wasshot in the head outside ofNick’s pizza shop on Washing-ton St.

Roach acknowledged thatthese are the most shootings peryear the area has seen in a de-cade. E-5 typically has four on

average, while eight occurredin 2020.

“The vast majority of gunviolence - and some of themembers live in Hyde Park -has to do with that feud,” hesaid.

He added that some cases arestill part of ongoing investigations,including one person who wasshot in the cheek and another shotin the abdomen.

Officer Paul Broderick fromArea E-18 said that there were anumber of shootings over the pastcouple of months. There was ashooting on Nov. 1 when a victimsaid he was walking to his car at144 Readville St. On Nov. 12 at18 Mt. Calvary Rd., a person “saidhe was in his motor vehicle andhe thought he was shot.” On Nov.15 at 84 Rosewood St. someonewas shot in the foot. At 18 ChurchSt., a person was shot on Nov. 16and subsequently passed.

On Dec. 9, at 1037 River St. aperson was shot while driving amotor vehicle, according toBroderick. At 10 Ellis St., a per-son was shot and died on Dec. 13.Police have stepped up their ac-

tivity in that area.Broderick mentioned that one

Wood Ave. gang member was ar-rested recently at the Woburn Jake& Joe’s shooting.

One resident asked aboutshootings at the Fairmount hous-ing development in Hyde Park thisfall. There have been extra patrols,according to Sgt. Daniel Keane.

Several people asked about awoman who was set on fire thispast week. The audience was toldthat she was not an area residentand that she was thrown out of acar. It is believed to be a domesticincident.

“The papers reported 80 per-cent burn marks, but it was con-tained to her lower extremities,”Broderick said, noting she is stillalive and that the incident remainsunder investigation.

Despite the number ofshootings, which are up, for E-18,overall crime is down 27 percent,Broderick noted.

Residents wanted to stop theviolence before the police neededto respond. They called on theirCity Councilors for interventionstrategies at a time when manypeople are urging for thedefunding of the police depart-ment.

“We did some work in reallo-cating about $12mil of the over-time budget last year,” saidEssaibi George, noting $2 millionwent to hiring social workers andmental health clinicians who workwith BPD on the BEST team.

She also explained that muchof the gang activity is being com-mitted by adults in their 30s, notby youth.

“For sure, our police officersand our police departments areunder-resourced, over-stretched,

and well under capacity in whatwe’re asking them to do, day inand day out,” Essaibi Georgeadded.

The pandemic has hit the de-partment as far as retirement andpeople who have taken COVIDleave, Arroyo said, as well aspeople in mental health ser-vices.

“I wanted more money –to be frank - going towardprevention, going towardtreatment facilities, goingtowards mental health,” Ar-royo said. “As this pandemichas been going on, a lot offolks have been having aharder time mentally.”

Members also asked aboutthe new Mayor’s Office ofPolice Accountability.

Everyone involved agreedthat these forums should beheld perhaps every othermonth.


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