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The Corrib Pub in West Roxbury celebrated the season a bit early with State Sen. Michael Rush at hisannual St. Patrick's Day Breakfast on Sunday to the delight of hundreds. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh andDistrict 6 City Councilor Matt O'Malley were on hand. The pub will be hosting a St. Patrick's Dayparty on March 17 and will be serving corn beef and cabbage starting on Thursday.

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Couple looking to opencannabis R&D Site

The new business license will allow the owners of 612 Hyde Park Ave.to start working on new products.

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JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

Mattapan husband and wifeteam Leah and Sieh Samuraare looking to open up a re-search and development officeat 612 Hyde Park Ave. inRoslindale for cannabis prod-uct creation and testing.

The site, a small blue build-ing sandwiched in between anauto shop and a residentialbuilding, would be essentiallyfor cooking and producingproducts, and they said nogrowing or selling of productwould be allowed under the li-cense they are seeking.

“It’s a real small facility, sowe look forward to workingwith the community and mak-ing products,” said Leah.

The couple were able to usea business accelerator grantfrom Sira Naturals to get theirfirst product off the ground,and are working with the com-pany, formerly out of MilfordMassachusetts, to get this fa-cility operating to begin creat-ing products such as infusedsalves and lotions. Their firstproduct, Purient BedroomCannabis, hit the shelves twoweeks ago and Sira Naturals

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CSO Ed Roach gives the police report. WRCIA co-president MartyKeough observes.

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About a dozen WestRoxbury Civic and Improve-ment Association (WRCIA)members discussed their con-tinuing concerns about speed-ing and pedestrian safety withArea E 5’s new police captain,Therese Kozmiski, at the meet-ing on Monday, March 11 at St.Stephen’s Church.

“I’ve always been on thestreet, and I’ve worked in al-most every precinct,” saidKozmiski, a Brighton native.“I’ve always worked in a dis-trict, so I know the challengesof working in a neighborhood.”

One of Kozmiski’s priori-ties is getting new speed limitsigns posted along WashingtonStreet in the Grove Street areaapproaching Dedham.

“I have been working withthe Transportation Departmentto get better signage,” she said.“I have ideas about getting thesolar ones like you see in sub-urban communities. They are

really, really good.”She added that traffic and

pedestrian safety have been herparamount concerns, especiallysince the death of MarilynWentworth last month.Wentworth was killed when shewas struck by a vehicle at theintersection of Hastings andCentre Streets. It was the thirdpedestrian death in the area in

less than a year.“We’ve already had three

deaths here,” one resident said.“There was a young girl and anelderly gentleman, too.”

There was good news inthis part of West Roxbury,Kozmiski noted. Burglaries have

WR resident runningBoston Marathon

West Roxbury resident DinaVargo said she’s run six mara-thons in the past, but the realbig one has eluded her for years,that is, until now.

“I’ve only done some mid-sized cities and it’s been a funway to see different places, butI think everyone wants to doBoston, it’s like the feather inthe cap of all marathoners,” shesaid. “I mean it’s the historicmarathon and you have to doBoston, every runner has to. Forme, the timing was finally rightand so here we are.”

Vargo is running to raisefunds for Metro Housing Bos-ton, a company working on theground to raise money for resi-dents in need of affordablehousing. The nonprofit wasfounded in 1983 and works to

keep people housed in theGreater Boston Area. It hasraised millions for preventativeservices and representation ofresidents, and has had a teamevery year since 2006. Thoseteams have raised a combined$431,000 in 13 years, and Vargosaid she wanted to do her part.

“I wanted to run the mara-thon for them because I knowhow important it is,” she said.“I work in the affordable hous-ing industry myself, but not onthe deep grassroots level theydo, so for me it was a naturalconnection. If I was going to runfor a charity, I was going to runfor Metro Housing Boston.”

Vargo said after training andrunning six marathons, that partof the deal at least isn’t so diffi-cult anymore.

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Council looks at use of publicways, 5K's and street fairs

JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The Boston City Councilheld a hearing last week to dis-cuss rules and´ ´ regulationsregarding public, private and non-profit uses of public ways in thecity.´

The problem comes, accord-ing to District 8 City CouncilorJosh Zakim, as an increase inevents which make use of pub-lic land or rights of way (blockparties, road races or parades)makes some areas of the cityinaccessible too many times forresidents to reasonably adjusttheir schedules.

“There’s been a proliferationof fundraisers, walks, parades –some political in nature whichobviously no one could havepredicted after 2016,” he said.

Zakim said he wants to knowthe framework of approval forthese types of events and howresidents are notified. He said hewanted to focus on how newevents that residents of the areamight not be aware of are ap-proved and advertised, if at all.

Neighborhood Associationof the Back Bay (NABB) mem-ber Elliot Laffer said the disrup-tion in the Back Bay can be aserious problem if you live thereand have necessary chores orerrands to do. He said the lackof notice on some of the smallerand less well-known events canalso create unnecessary prob-lems in his neighborhood.

“When you have them forwhat seems like almost everyweekend, for people who needthe weekends to do errands theycan’t do during the week it canbe very challenging,” he said. “Iremember I was coming homeone evening when there was oneof these 5K road races and I hadto sit a block from my house foran hour waiting for the street toclear and I didn’t even know itwas coming, and I’m usuallyvery informed about this sort ofthing.”

Laffer said there is a need formore of these events to beevenly distributed around thecity and not just in the BackBay.

“While we’re a beautifulneighborhood, we’re not theonly beautiful neighborhood,” hesaid.

Boston Mayor’s Office ofTourism, Sports and Entertain-ment Director KennethBrissette said during the hear-ing that permits approved by thePublic Event Committee (PEC)are required for any event seek-ing to use public land owned bythe city, including roads.

“Whether that event is freeor not, open to the public or in-vitation only, it doesn’t matter,”

he said. “It is still necessary toapply.”

He said in 2018 the PECoversaw the permitting of 568public events in the City of Bos-ton.

“That’s throughout the en-tire city,” he said. “In 2017, thePEC oversaw the permitting of545 public events throughout theCity of Boston.”

Brissette said his officeguides applicants through theprocess but does not issue anypermits. He said various publicinstitutions, like the BostonTransportation Department(BTD), the Boston Police De-partment (BPD) the Boston FireDepartment (BFD) or the Bos-ton Public Works Department(BPW) must approve these per-mits.

Brissette said the PEC alsotakes a look at the upcomingschedule to make sure there arenot too many events scheduledin a brief period of time. He saidthat list is on hand any timesomeone makes an application.

“When we come to a meet-ing, we have an Excel spread-sheet of all events that are hap-pening in the city, whether it’sthe Red Sox, the Celtics, theBruins, any concerts at the Gar-den, any concerts at Fenway, allParks events and anything thatwe do,” he said.

Brissette said that they ac-tually put a hold on new eventsafter Sept. 15 because they al-ready have too much going on.

“So we monitor that and wefigure out whether a particularrace is feasible,” he said. “Since2014, we have not added anynew additional events onComm. Ave. with the exceptionof a few one-offs that we did.”

Zakim said notification canbe an issue. He said the updatesthe BTD puts out for traffic ad-visories is useful, but he’s con-cerned that it’s usually the firstnotification he sees for a par-ticular event in District 8. Hesaid he’d like to see more co-operation with the Office ofNeighborhood Services so

these events could be includedin the office’s weekly newslet-ters as well as a notificationsystem for all the neighborhoodassociations in each particulararea. Brissette said this wassomething he would look into.

Chief Engineer for the BTDEdward Hesford said for anystreet closure, there is alwaysa plan in place.

“The BTD, well we’re al-ways formulating the trafficmanagement plans and the op-erational plans for a safe event,in coordination with the BPD,BPF, EMS, etc., so we have anice working committee in spe-cial events,” he said. “There’sa lot of thought that gets put inwith this, the whole team putstogether that plan relative toroadway detours, impacts, etc.,that potentially could comeabout and we want to keep thecity open and viable.”

Brissette said the applicationprocess is different for everytype of event, but it always in-cludes a site plan for the areadesignated for the event, insur-ance for any event on publicproperty, designs for any tem-porary structures and review byall relevant departments beforepermits are issued.

He said once they have allthose permits they need, theywill go to licensing for final ap-proval for an entertainment li-cense or a special event license.He said for a road race, BTDCommissioner Gina Fiandacahas to sign off on the idea ofthe event even before any per-mits are applied for.

Boston Parks and Recre-ation Director Chris Cook saidin 2018, 4,084 permits were is-sued by the department, andthat 1,351 were for adult ath-letics, 991 were for youth ath-letics, 194 were for weddingsand 17 were closings related toconstruction and renovations ofthe parks. He did point out thateach permit was not necessar-ily tied to one event, like a littleleague could pull one permit foruse of a field for a full season.

District 8 City Councilor Josh Zakim


Is this any way to run a city?

My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

$684,000$677,000$577,000$536,000$494,000

Staggering numbers, right?They’re even more stagger-

ing when one realizes that theseare the 2018 salaries of the topmoney-makers receiving andthen endorsing City of Bostonpaychecks. They are all policeofficers, who were reinstatedand allowed to collect back pay,probably due to the kindness ofmediators who enjoy reinstating“wronged” employees. Also,last year there were two salariesof other police officers nettingmore than $250,000 each.

I wonder if any of these re-cipients will have to redeemcans for nickels or cut couponsfrom newspapers. Nah, not achance.

If such people are being re-instated by benevolent arbitra-tors, perhaps more scrutinyshould be given as to why theywere laid off in the first place:

were the offenses egregious oronly seemingly so? Or maybereview the qualifications of thearbitrators.

If the city treasury had nocontrol of these payments, itcould have exercised more con-trol of the buy-out of the formerschool superintendent’s con-tract, which netted TommyChang a whopping $450,000. And was there any oversight ofa fire department employee’snetting $260,000 and a buildinginspector’s pulling in $10,000less?

To those of us on fixed in-comes, those struggling on Med-icaid, those grimacing at havingto throw an extra quarter in aparking meter for another 4 min-utes, or those pining for an ex-tra dollar for a tip when servingmeals, the above people, in ef-fect, had hit the lottery jackpotbut, regrettably, at our expense: they’re making money off ourbacks, as our rising real estatetaxes and rents reflect the city’sreluctance and/or inability torein in expenses. But if theyworked for Fidelity, Gillette,

State Street Trust, and other pri-vate companies, more power tothem; we would have no basisto begrudge their salaries, out-side of pure envy.

Last year the city’s payrollwas $1.7 billion, a huge 8.2%increase of $129 million over thepreceding year. Ah, would thatthere be a plethora of municipalbelt-tightening, indeed a lost artin these days when the city cof-fers are open for grabbing.

Letters to the Editor

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PROGRESSIVES ANDPLASTIC BAGS

To the Editor:A recent letter writer sang the

praises of Boston’s city councilfor being “progressive” con-

cerning the plastic bag ban. Letme challenge the “progressives”on the City Council and in theneighborhood: Ban JohnHenry’s plastic bags as well.

The Boston Globe not only

uses plastic bags for its homedelivery of its daily paper, it usesthe plastic bags for its advertise-ments that it delivers unsolicited

BUY YOUR WAY INEditorial

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The scandal du jour, and one that has Boston shar-ing the national spotlight, is a pay-for-placement schemethat allowed the rich and famous (emphasis on theformer) to cut ahead of other students for considerationat prestigious colleges and universities.

Among the 50 people accused of the crime are ac-tresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, and fashiondesigner Mossimo Giannulli. They, and others, paid be-tween $200,000 and $6.5 million to secure admissionsfor their kids. Among the schools targeted by the per-petrators and a Boston-based for-profit college coun-seling firm were Yale, Stanford, and Georgetown.Among the feats of trickery used were fabricating top-tier athleticism (via the magic of Photoshop) to enticecoaches and athletic directors and hiring “proctors” totake entrance exams for the would-be students.

In a sad world of war and political divisiveness,Collegegate (ok, we just made up that nickname) is theperfect, gossip-worthy story to come along: it has shal-low, cheating celebrities; millions of dollars; and a rea-son to rage about unfair systems that have it in for “thelittle guy.”

We do need to ask, however, why these crimes area reason for all that aforementioned “rage”?

Let’s think this through: wealthy parents open up theirbank account to ensure that their sub-academic off-spring can attend college. How is that any different fromstandard operating procedure?

College is a business. Like all businesses, despiteprotestations of self-importance and attestations of so-cietal improvements, these institutions exist to makemoney. Like any company in a capitalistic world, theseschools are in a near-constant state of expansion, and



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Dina Vargo

“I have a $7,000 fundraisinggoal, which is pretty intense,”she said. “I think I’m over half-way right now, but it’s actuallymuch harder for me than train-ing for the marathon. I knowhow to train, but besides hittingup my friends for donations?”

Vargo said she’s linked upwith another member of herteam to do trivia events and anauthor to talk at the Massachu-setts State Library in the StateHouse. Vargo is an author her-self and discussed her book, theHidden History of Boston.

“I’ve learned so much andmet a ton of great people,” shesaid.

She added that despite herpast experience with mara-thons, she’s still also looking forideas to help improve her train-ing, which is why she startedboxing at the West RoxburyBoxSmith gym.

“It’s just a great way towork your core and get thosemuscles you don’t always butprobably should concentrateon,” she said.

Vargo said she started thebook after working her other jobrunning offbeat tours of the city,and also wrote ‘Wild Women ofBoston’ in the same vein. Shesaid a lot of the stories from thetours gave her ideas for the book.

“Right now I’m working ona tour, which will be the eighthone and we’re doing True Liesand False Facts,” she said. “I

specialize in offbeat tours, so it’snot so much like the FreedomTrail, but different sorts of sto-ries. This tour will have stories,some of which are true andsome of which are false, andthe people who participate getto choose what they think is trueand it’s almost like a trivia com-petition. We get together andhave a party and give out prizesto people who guessed best.The stories are just so bizarre

and as they say, the truth isstranger than fiction. There arejust so many oddball things herein Boston.”

She acknowledged that put-ting many of the true stories inher book may be somewhat ofan advantage.

“Just read the books and youwill get some clues,” she said witha laugh.

To donate to Vargo’s bid, goto http://bit.ly/dinaruns.


Franciscan Children's hosts mental health talk at Holy Name SchoolAriane KAriane KAriane KAriane KAriane Komomomomomyyyyyatiatiatiatiati

Staff Reporter

Patricia Coffey, the MentalHealth Education ProgramManager at FranciscanChildren’s Hospital inBrighton, came to Holy NameParish to give a presentation onMarch 7. Her lecture coveredmental illness, specifically inchildren, fact vs. fiction regard-ing mental health, common di-agnoses, consequences of un-treated mental illness, and howto destigmatize conversationssurrounding mental health.

Coffey explained that men-tal health is a very complex is-sue. “There is not one defini-tive cause,” she stated. Biologi-cal, psychological, social, andfamilial issues can all contrib-ute to mental illness. “Whyshould we focus on kids?Twenty percent of youth havea mental health diagnosis, fiftypercent of all mental illnessbegins by age 14, and seventyfive percent by age 24.”

Coffey discussed key factsabout mental illness. One factis that people with mental ill-ness are more likely to be vic-tims of violence - they are vic-timized at four times the rate ofthe general public. “It is not acharacter flaw, and we need totalk about mental illness thesame way we discuss othermedical diagnoses, like canceror diabetes,” stated Coffey.

She also discussed commonmental illness diagnoses in chil-dren - anxiety, depression, andattention-deficit hyperactivitydisorder (ADHD). Symptomsof depression in children in-clude prolonged sadness orfeelings of emptiness, guilt,restlessness, difficulty concen-trating, changes in sleeping oreating patterns, loss of interestin activities, withdrawal fromfriends and family, andthoughts of death or suicide.

“Parents often ask me,‘How come I can barely get myson [who has been diagnosedwith ADHD] away from videogames? How come he can fo-cus on video games, but not onother tasks?” Coffey explainedthat children with ADHD oftenhave trouble switching fromtask to task, rather than havinga problem with focusing.

It can often be difficult toidentify mental illness in chil-dren; this is due to the fact thatsome children may lack verbalability to explain thoughts orfeelings. The presentation ofmental illness symptoms can bedifferent for each child.

“It is important for parentsto be within reach for theirchild. They should be receptive,and not say things like ‘It’s justa phase’,” stated Coffey. Reach-ing out to a doctor or pediatri-cian is also important. Commontreatments include counseling,therapy, cognitive behavioral

therapy, and psychiatric medi-cation.

School failure, substanceabuse, and criminal justice in-volvement are some of themany consequences of un-treated mental illness. Fifty per-cent of teens with a mental ill-ness drop out of high school.

Coffey also discussed youthsuicide. “A common myth isthat talking about suicide cre-ates a suicidal ideation amongyouth,” she stated. “This is notbacked up with any evidence.”

Suicide is the second lead-

ing cause of death for youthages 10-19. LGBTQ youth arefive times more likely to at-tempt suicide compared to het-erosexual youth. When discuss-ing suicide, it is important to bedirect, listen and be supportive,and know when you shouldconnect with a professional.

It is important todestigmatize conversationsabout mental illness. When dis-cussing mental health, oneshould use respectful language(say “she is living with bipolardisorder” rather than saying

Mental Health Educator at the Franciscan Children's Hospital Patricia Coffey spoke about the misconcep-tions around children's mental health last week at Holy Name in West Roxbury.

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“she is bipolar”) and eliminateusing slang or negative terms.Remember that a mental illnessdoes not make someone less ofa person or define who they are.

Franciscan Children’sserves children and adolescents(ages 5-22) with complex medi-cal, mental health and educa-tional needs. They provide in-patient care, acute residentialcare, and outpatient care. Foradditional mental health re-sources for teens and parents,visit FranciscanChildrens.org/MHresources.


Around the NeighborhoodCITY

BOSTON PRIDEBoston Pride’s 2019 Spring

Open House on April 9 BostonPride will host its Spring OpenHouse on Tuesday, April 9 at 6:30p.m. at the Boston Pride Office andinvites all members of the com-munity to attend. At the event,Boston Pride’s Community Fundrecipients will be announced. Since2016, Boston Pride has awardedover $50,000 to 35 local grassrootsorganizations, supporting its mis-sion of promoting social justice forthe LGBTQ community. The win-ner of the Boston Pride 2019Theme Logo contest will also beannounced. The 2019 Pride Pa-rade Grand Marshal Dale Mitchell,Marshal Ava Glasscott and Hon-orary Marshal Chris Harris (post-humous) will be recognized andthe 2019 Pride theme, ”LookingBack, Loving Forward” will beformally introduced.

In addition, Boston Pride boardmembers will present a previewof 2019 Pride Week celebrations.Learn more about Boston Pride andhear about what’s in store for2019, including volunteer oppor-tunities. Refreshments will beserved. The event is free and opento the public. Tuesday, April 9,2019 @ 6:30 p.m. at the BostonPride Office, 12 Channel Street,Suite 503. Boston, MA

Like us on Facebook and fol-low us on Twitter @BostonPrideand Instagram @Boston.Pride

BNN NEW WORKSHOPSBasic Field Production and Edit-ing Workshop

Monday, April 1, 2019 - Mon-day, May 13, 2019

Learn to tell a story using themedium of television in this work-shop that combines field produc-

tion training and Final Cut Pro ed-iting in a single track. Mondays andWednesdays from 6-9 p.m. for 6weeks.

Basic Radio Studio ProductionWorkshop

Tuesday, April 2, 2019 -Thursday, April 11, 2019

Learn the basics of using theWBCA 102.9 FM radio studio tocreate your own programmingand help other producers with theirproductions in 4 sessions. Tues-days and Thursdays 6-8 p.m. for2 weeks.

BASIC TV STUDIOPRODUCTION WORKSHOP

Monday, April 15, 2019 -Wednesday, May 22, 2019

In twelve sessions, learn thebasics of using the CommunityTV Studio to create your ownprogramming and to help otherproducers with their produc-tions. Mondays and Wednes-days 6-8 p.m. for 6 weeks.

WEST ROXBURY /ROSLINDALE

IRISH NIGHTSt. John Chrysostom Par-

ish will host an Irish Night onSaturday, March 16 at 5:30 pmin the parish center. Dinner iscorned beef and cabbage withentertainment from local Irishdancers. All from the commu-nity are invited. Tickets are$15 a person and $25 a fam-ily. You can purchase tickets inthe parish office. Please call 617-323-4410. 4750 Washington St.West Roxbury

MARCH MHCMNEIGHBORHOODASSOCIATIONMONTHLY MEETING:

Thursday, March 14, 2019,6:00 - 8:00 pm (We meet the 2ndThursday of each month)

Home for Little Wanderers, 780American Legion Hwy., Roslindale- Room 310 (Enter the buildingusing the main front entrance)

FREE MOVIE NIGHTThe Stratford Street United

Church will show Mary PoppinsReturns on a Big Screen FreeMovie Night for the Community!Stratford Street United Church willshow Mary Poppins Returns onour 20 foot movie screen at #77Stratford Street in West Roxbury,for everyone and anyone. Childrenare especially welcome. We havechairs, but feel free to bring yourown lawn chairs, bean bags, pil-lows or blankets. Popcorn andother snacks will be served. 77Stratford Street, West Roxbury,MA, Friday, March 22nd at 7:00pm, doors open at 6:30 pm.

PSA ROSLINDALE ARTSALLIANCE FUNDRAISER

The Roslindale Arts Alliance(RAA) and CSz Boston announcean exciting upcoming event inRoslindale. On Saturday April 6,ComedySportz will perform at theRozzie Theatre. The event is be-ing planned to raise funds for theRAA and It’s All About Arts “YouthArt Scholarship” program. In ad-dition to the performance there willbe a silent art auction and raffles.A portion of the ticket sales will

go to the fundraiser. Event takesplace from 5-6:30pm and is locatedat the Rozzie Theatre, 5 BasileStreet, Roslindale. ComedySportzis appropriate for all ages. Formore info visit roslindalearts.org.For info about It’s All About Artsvisit facebook.com/TalkArts/

To purchase tickets and learnmore about ComedySportzvisit https://www.cszboston.com/calendar-of-events/?edid=126570

To donate to the fund or forsilent art auction or raffle, callJanice at 617-710-3811. ThankYou.

ROXBURY PREP MEETINGAND SITE VISIT

The Bellvue NeighborhoodImprovement Association wantsto hear from ALL of the RoxburyPrep Parents and Students!What do YOU think the newRoxbury Prep High Schoolshould look like? We will walkthe 361 Belgrade Ave site, soyou can see what is being pro-posed. Please join us: March 20at Boston Police E-5 6:30 p.m.to 8:30 p.m. We want to hear yourVOICE!

NEW LEARN-TO-SKATECLASSES FOR AGES 4 TO 18IN WEST ROXBURY RINK

New classes start at the JimRoche Arena, 1255 VFW Pkwy.on Sundays at 4:00 p.m. for 7weeks. Get 7 classes for theprice of 6. Use code WR5. Of-fer expires at 5 PM on March 3rd.

For information and to regis-ter, call Bay State Skating Schoolat 781-890-8480 or visit online atwww.BayStateSkatingSchool.org.

WR FRIENDS OF ROSIE’SPLACE APRIL 6THCOMMUNITY DINNER

Save the Date!Get ready to have some fun

and support a worthy cause! TheWest Roxbury Friends of Rosie’sPlace (WRFORP) will hold its 17thannual Spring Community Dinner fund-raiser on April 6th.

The Community Dinner benefitsRosie’s Place, a sanctuary for poor andhomeless women, the Roslindale FoodPantry, and provides summercamperships for homeless and needychildren. A representative from Rosie’sPlace will join us and share how yoursupport makes a difference.

Gift certificates, gift baskets, sportsitems, and more will be raffled duringsilent and live auctions. You can also tryyour luck at a 50/50 auction. Wonder-ful items for reasonably priced bids willbe yours to take home.Our friend andneighbor, Beth Germano, will be theEmcee for the evening. As many ofyou know, Beth is an Emmy awardwinning reporter with WBZ-TV.

In addition, we are very fortunateto have a wonderful evening of musicthanks to MCO Productions in Brighton.

The dinner will be held at St. GeorgeAntiochian Orthodox Church, 55Emmonsdale Road, West Roxbury.The church is handicapped accessibleand a short walk from several MBTAbus routes. Tickets for the event are$30 per person and includes dinner andbeverages. To reserve your place,make checks payable to WRFORP andreturn to WRFORP, P.O. Box320076, West Roxbury, MA02132 or go to our websitewestroxburyfriendsofrosiesplace.org.Questions? Contact Doris Corbo(617) 327-5902.FREE ENGLISHCONVERSATION CLASSES

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Council to look once again at homeless veteransJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

Almost three years since BostonMayor Marty Walsh’s action plan toend veteran and chronichomelessness announced that chronicveteran homelessness was ended, At-Large City Councilor Althea Garri-son wants to readdress the issue.

Garrison said despite the work thecity is doing, she wants to take it fur-ther. She said currently there areabout 1.4 million veterans in theUnited State considered by the fed-eral government to be at risk ofhomelessness due to poverty, a lackof support networks and substandardliving condit ions. She said shewanted to hold a hearing to ascertainthe job the city is currently doing andto work with the Veterans Adminis-tration Hospital to improve the situ-ation.

“While the VA has spent manyyears trying to address veteranhomelessness, it remains to be seenhow effective their programs havebeen, given the number of veteransliving on the street in Boston rightnow,” she said.

Garrison said they should be look-ing at connecting all of Boston’s vet-erans to support programs and net-works to reduce the chances of vet-erans becoming homeless. Accordingto the government, a chronically-homeless person is someone who hasbeen homeless for at least 12 con-

secutive months, but that doesn’tmean veterans, single adults andfamilies aren’t experiencinghomelessness. According to the Cityof Boston’s recent homeless census,the city housed 181 families last yearalone, dropping the homelessnesspopulation by 3 percent. The city hashoused more than 921 veterans sincethe program started in 2015, but Gar-rison said many conditions, like posttraumatic stress or wounds frombattle, can make it difficult for vet-erans to hold down a job, which iswhy she wants to increase services.

Boston, according to the censusdata, is the exception to what’s go-ing on in the state. According to a2018 report by the U.S. Departmentof Housing and Urban Development,the number of homeless veteranswent up 15.5 percent in the state forthe first time in five years.

District 2 City Councilor and vet-eran Edward Flynn said Boston hasbeen able to increase housing for vet-erans through several programs andorganizations like Caritas Communi-ties and the Brighton development atthe Brighton Marine Health Center(102 veteran-only housing units tobreak ground in the spring) are help-ing to alleviate those pressures, but hesaid the city can always do more.

Also during last week’s meeting,At-Large City Councilor AnnissaEssaibi-George called for a hearing ina late file matter to assess the safetyof patrons at nightlife settings, after

the abduction and murder of JassyCorreia.

“The current environment demon-strates the need for the City of Bostonto take a more proactive role in main-taining public safety in night life set-tings,” she said. “On Sunday, Feb. 24,a young mother exercised her right togo out at night and celebrate her birth-day, but instead she was taken fromus by a senseless act of violence. Aswe mourn the loss of Jassy, it is im-portant to recognize that she is one ofthe many victims of violence. Just lastmonth, a young woman, OliviaAmbrose, was kidnapped across thestreet from City Hall at Hennessy’sbar. The only difference is we wereable to find her alive.”

Essaibi-George said the councilshould look at how it can help to ad-dress the culture of violence againstwomen prevalent in American societyand how to educate residents of thecity on how to hold nightclubs andperpetrators accountable.

In other news, District 7 CityCouncilor Kim Janey and District 1City Councilor Lydia Edwards calledfor a hearing regarding a biannual re-view of the Boston Employment Com-mission and the Boston Residents JobsPolicy (RJP) in order to schedule thefirst biannual review.

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Louis Age 84, of OrmondBeach, Florida, formerly of SouthDaytona, Florida, Plainville andHyde Park. March 7, 2019. Fa-ther of Betty Lou Parker ofNorton. Brother of Ann “Honey”Sarto of Dedham, Frances“Frannie” Fish of Easton, Flo-rence “Flo” Dwyer of Hull andthe late Vera Alberto, Rosalie“Dolly” MacDonald and MaryLongval. His Funeral Service willbe held on Thursday, March 14that 11:00 A.M. at the Norton Me-morial Funeral Home, 19 ClappSt. (off Route 140, Taunton Ave.)NORTON. Burial with MilitaryHonors will follow at the Massa-chusetts National Cemetery inBourne at 1:00 P.M. Visitationwill be held prior to the FuneralServices, beginning Thursdaymorning at 10:00 A.M. at the Fu-neral Home. Due to the limitationof flowers allowed at the NationalCemetery, please consider a do-nation in Louis’s memory to theNew England Center and Homefor Veterans, 17 Court St., Bos-ton, MA 02108. For completeobituary, please visitnortonmemorial.com

AMBIELHorst Friedrich Age 79, of

West Roxbury, died on February20, 2019. Horst was a man whoenjoyed simple pleasures. Themost important things to him werehis home, and his family. Born inLudwigshafen, Germany, toDaniel F. and Lieselotte Ambiel,Horst was a talented soccerplayer, and trained as a mechanicin Mannheim. He immigrated tothe US in 1959, and became a citi-zen in 1965. He was happily mar-ried to his beloved Isbell for 52years. She predeceased himMarch 2018. He is survived bytheir daughters, Ann M. Ambielof West Roxbury, and ChristinaDonald (husband Colin) ofDundee, Scotland. He is also sur-vived by his sisters, HanneloreLaQua and Waltraud Barriere ofArizona, and their children, andgrandchildren. In addition to hisimmediate family, he is survivedby his sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Mildred and Ronald Arntzof Westwood, MA. Horst workedas a mechanic and bus driver forSansone Motors. He later workedin the Transportation Departmentfor the Boston Gas Company inWest Roxbury for 27 years, andwas a proud member of the 12003Steelworkers’ Union. Horst wasa sports fan. He enjoyed horseracing, baseball, soccer, footballand hockey. He was quick tolaugh, and always had a twinklein his eye. He made friends eas-ily, and will be dearly missed. AMemorial Service to celebrate hislife will be held at The GardensCemetery in West Roxbury, onSaturday, March 16, at 1:00 pm.In lieu of flowers, the family re-spectfully requests donations toone of the following organiza-tions: Good Shepherd Commu-nity Care, 90 Wells Avenue, New-ton, 02459; Springhouse, 44Allandale Road, Jamaica Plain,02130; or Rose’s Bounty, 77Stratford Street, 02132. The fam-ily gives special thanks to the staffat Springhouse, Good Shepherd

Community Care, and membersof Stratford Street United Church,who provided so much love andcare. Schlicht und einfach wardein Leben, treu und fleissigdeine Hand.So vieles hast du unsgegeben, nun ruhe sanft und habeDank. Folsom Funeral Home.www.folsomfuneral.com

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Seana Kimberly, 30, ofMarshfield, formerly ofRoslindale passed away fromcomplications of asthma on Feb-ruary 16, 2019 surrounded by herloving family. She leaves behindher sons Anthony, 12, Cameron,10 and Slater, 2. She is survivedby her loving parents PaulaMacIsaac Harris of Marshfield,formerly of Roslindale andMichael Harris of Marshfield,formerly of Jamaica Plain towhom she meant the wholeworld. She is also survived by hersister Tara Nevins of East Bostonas well as many aunts, uncles andcousins. Seana was born August28, 1988. Her greatest joy in lifewas being a Mom to her boys. Shewas so loved and will be missedby many. She is pre-deceased byher grandparents Gloria andGerald MacIsaac of Roslindaleand Mary and Christopher Harrisof Marshfield, formerly of Ja-maica Plain. A Mass of ChristianBurial was celebrated on Friday,February 22, 2019 in St. Mary ofSacred Heart Church, Hanover.Interment Couch Cemetery,Marshfield. Arrangements byWilliam J. Gormley Funeral Ser-vice. In lieu of flowers, donationsmay be made to the Seana HarrisMemorial Fund. https://w w w . g o f u n d m e . c o m /5 j i e p w g & r c i d = r 0 1 -1 5 5 0 5 4 5 3 9 7 6 6 -4cd8ecaef6024771&pc=ot_co_campmgmt_w

JACKSONEdward H. Of West Roxbury

and West Harwich, March 4,2019. Beloved husband of Janice(Healy) Jackson. Devoted fatherof Edward P. Jackson of Boston,Kerry A. Foley and her husbandJoseph of West Roxbury, MichaelG. Jackson of Dedham, and KevinJ. Jackson of Stoughton. Grand-father of Thomas, Jack, Matthew,Kaylee, and Braelyn. VietnamVeteran, U.S. Navy. Studied atNortheastern University. Memberof the Winthrop Knights of Co-lumbus and the Cranberry ValleyGolf Club, West Harwich. Salesmanager for Air Purchases Inc. ofBurlington for 34 years. A FuneralMass was held on Friday, March9, in St. Mary’s Church, Dedham.

Interment in St. Joseph’s Cem-etery, West Roxbury. In lieu offlowers, donations may be madein Edward’s memory to theAlzheimer’s Association, 309Waverley Oaks Rd., Waltham,MA 02452. Online guestbook atgfdoherty.com George F. Doherty& Sons Dedham 781-326-0500

McCARTHYEllen Lee Of West Roxbury,

formerly of Mission Hill, March6, 2019, after a long battle withAlzheimer’s disease. Daughter ofthe late Anne and CharlesMcCarthy. Loving sister ofCatherine and Robert Dawson ofMedford, the late Mary Duffy andher husband George Duffy ofWeymouth, John and MarieMcCarthy of Stoneham, Jamesand Judy McCarthy of Hyannis,Charles McCarthy and his wifeTheresa Fitzgerald of Roslindale,and Gerard and TheresaMcCarthy of Plymouth. Survivedby her godson Kevin Duffy, andhis fiancee Stephanie Cameron ofEaston, and her niece ElizabethRoosevelt and her husband Brianof Marshfield, her nephews JamesDawson and wife Tiffany ofBillerica, John McCarthy ofStoneham, Stephen McCarthy ofNorth Carolina and Brad Dawsonof Medford. Survived by her part-ner and best friend Diane Joyce,who lovingly and tirelessly func-tioned as the primary caretaker forEllen throughout her illness. Adedicated lifelong educator in theBoston Public Elementary SchoolSystem, former long-term direc-tor of the Early Learning Centerat the Jackson Mann School inBrighton and finally as principalof the Alexander Hamilton El-ementary School in Brighton.Special thanks to all the profes-sionals, nurses, aides, etc. whoseefforts allowed her family to careand provide for Ellen in her home.Thank you to the Joyce family,Phillip, Judi and Jennifer for yourlove and support. A Funeral Masswas held on Monday, March 11that St. John Chrysostom Church,4750 Washington Street, WestRoxbury. Interment MountBenedict cemetery. Donations inEllen’s memory may be made tothe Seasons Hospice & PalliativeCare, One Edgewater Drive, Suite103, Norwood, MA 02062-4674.Lawler and Crosby FuneralHome. 617-323-5600

MONTGOMERYRichard Boyd Born June 6,

1941. Died March 2, 2019. Be-loved son of the late Samuel BoydMontgomery and the late Jane(Flood) Montgomery. He spenthis professional career in HumanResources Administration. Hewas a retired Commander in theUnited States Navy Reserve. Heresided in West Roxbury, MA. Heleaves his wife, Geraldine (Sousa)Montgomery, his daughter, Sarah(Montgomery) Tomlin and herhusband, Brian Tomlin, his sonBenjamin Charles Montgomeryand his wife, Kazuko Montgom-ery, his sister Carol (Montgom-ery) Donaldson and her husband,John Anthony Donaldson, severalnieces and nephews and several

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MOOREPaul P. Of Hyde Park, March

1st, age 65. Beloved husband ofthe late Christine A. (Wilbur). De-voted father of Gardner P. Mooreof Hyde Park, and Julianna A.Moore of Bangor, Maine. Brotherof Thomas and Evelyn, also sur-vived by many nieces and neph-ews. Funeral Services are privateat the family’s request, with a Me-morial Service to be announcedat a later date. For guestbook andfull obituary, please visitthomasfuneralhomes.com

OLIVERHarold Lee Of Roslindale,

age 81, passed away on March 8,2019. Beloved husband of Sally“Sue” (Wong) Oliver. Devotedfather to Lori and her spouse LeeOliver of Worcester, Linda andher spouse Wayne Chiappini ofCarver, Harold Oliver ofBridgewater, Leslie and her sig-nificant other Edward Hendersonof Rockland and David Oliver ofRoslindale. Most loving Papa, tohis youngest grandson Vinny, 9grandchildren, 12 great-grand-children, and survived by severalnieces and nephews. Lee was adedicated hard worker, he tookpride in everything he did. He en-joyed spending time with his fam-ily, telling old stories, working onhis garden, listening to Elvis andgoing to the beach. To fulfill hiswishes, his family will be havinga “Celebration of Life” on Thurs-day, March 14, 2019, from 4:00to 7:00pm. Relatives and friendsare invited to attend at the RobertJ. Lawler and Crosby FuneralHome, 1803 Centre St., WESTROXBURY. In lieu of flowers,donations may be made in Lee’smemory to Dana-Farber CancerInstitute P.O Box 849168 Boston,MA 02284 or via dana-farber.org/gift

PALTERSusan Susan Palter, aged 67,

passed away on Friday, March 8,2019 after a courageous battlewith cancer. Beloved daughter ofBarbara (Leverant) and the lateSamuel Palter. Cherished sister ofMona Palter, Gary Palter and LisaKrosnick and her husband Steven.Loving aunt of Rebecca and Sa-rah Krosnick. Lifelong and de-voted Red Sox fan. Susan lovedher family, friends, teaching andher students. She was much loved

in return and will be greatlymissed by all. Services for Susanwill be held at Stanetsky Memo-rial Chapel, 1668 Beacon Street,BROOKLINE on Thursday,March 14th at 12:30 PM. Inter-ment to follow at Custom TailorsCemetery, 776 Baker Street, WestRoxbury, MA. In lieu of flowers,donations in Susan’s memorymay be made to Dr. Joyce Liu’sResearch Fund at Dana-FarberCancer Institute, 10 BrooklinePlace West, 6th Floor, Brookline,MA 02445. Stanetsky MemorialChapel 617-232-9300www.stanetskybrookline.com

REPUCCINicholas P. Of Hyde Park,

passed away peacefully on Febru-ary 28, 2019, surrounded by hisloving family. Beloved husband ofthe late Dorothea M. (Currie)Repucci. Loving father of KarenRepucci of RI, and Cindy Jonesand his son-in-law Mark, ofCarver. Dear brother of PatriciaPicardi of Peabody. Cherishedgrandfather of Courtney, Nicholas“Nick”, Adam, Mason, and 1 lov-ing great-grandson Jordan. Alsosurvived by several nieces, neph-ews and friends. Late employee ofBoston City Hospital and RocheBros West Roxbury. Committalservice private.www.Russofuneralhome.com

THURMJennifer L. “Jennie” Of West

Roxbury, March 6, 2019. Cher-ished daughter of Mary-Ellen(Driscoll) Thurm and the late GilThurm. Beloved sister of MichaelThurm and his wife Erin Hurneyof West Roxbury, and JeffreyThurm of London. Loving aunt ofStella and Finnegan. Dear grand-daughter of the late Frank and SisDriscoll, and Leo and RosalindThurm. Also survived by many

loving aunts, uncles and cousins.In lieu of flowers, contributions inJennie’s memory may be made toPlymouth Nursing and Rehab, 123South St., Plymouth, MA 02360,or to Dana-Farber Cancer Institute,450 Brookline Ave., Boston, MA02215. Jennie’s family is gratefulto her caregivers throughout herlife, especially those at the Ply-mouth Nursing and Rehab. Inter-ment will be private. Guestbookavailable atwww.KfouryFuneral.com KfouryKeefe Funeral Home WestRoxbury 617-325-3600

VOZZELLALorraine “Rainy” (Owen) Qui-

etly and peacefully departed thislife surrounded by her loving chil-dren on Saturday, March 2, 2019,at Washington Hospital, Fremont,CA. Beloved wife of the lateTheodore “Ted” Vozzella. Lovingmother of Donna Skelley and herhusband Randy of Livermore, CA,Deborah Martin of Franklin, MA,Theodore Vozzella and his wifeLea of Canton, MA. She alsoleaves her five precious grandchil-dren, Ashleigh Martin Polvado,Michael Vozzella, GregorySkelley, Christopher Martin, andMarina Vozzella, and her twogreat-grandchildren, Corey Martinand Lola Grace Polvado. Beloveddaughter of the late William H. andAgnes M. Owen, and stepdaugh-ter of the late Eleanor Owen. Shewas the much loved sister of thelate Eleanor Sifferlen, DorothyOwen, and Barbara Owen. Sister-in-law of Henry Vozzella and hislate wife Verna of Sharon, andNatalie and Arthur Robicheau ofWest Roxbury. She also leavesmany cherished nieces and neph-ews. Lorraine was born June 9,1932 in Boston, MA. She attendedthe public schools of Dorchester,MA and was a graduate of

Dorchester High School. Mrs.Vozzella was an active member ofthe Church of St. Gerard in Can-ton, MA. As a result of her gener-ous spirit and outgoing personal-ity, she was loved by many. Shewill be remembered for her loveof entertaining and cooking,whether it be her summers onCape Cod, or weekends by thepool in Westwood, MA. Her in-fluence will forever remain in thelives of all who knew her. We willalways remember the compassion-

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“My goal is to improve yourquality of life,” she said. “Mymain concern is to keep yousafe. I just want to improve theroadway itself and to keep thespeed down.”

A couple of residentsstressed that drivers not onlyspeed late at night, but also be-fore and after school. This alsohappens on Centre St.

“They are going at least 40,”one person said. “But whenthey get to Dedham, the speedlimit changes to 25.”

Resident Mario Durso sug-gested that, to combat thespeeding on Centre St., an is-land be created to narrow theroad.

WRCIA co-president MartyKeough added that pedestriansneed to be vigilant when theyare crossing the streets.

“Sometimes you see peoplecrossing the street, and the lighthas changed,” he said. “Theyare either looking at their cellphones or staring off intospace.”

Other neighbors advocatedfor stop signs and speed limitsigns on private ways feedinginto Washington Street.

City officials also addressedthe speeding and traffic issue.

Jack Duggan, the mayor’sliaison from the Office ofNeighborhood Services, dis-cussed the Vision Zero pro-gram. The program will beimplemented to redesign road-ways to increase visibility, re-duce speed and increase safetyfor pedestrians as well as dif-ferent types of vehicular trans-

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“We can’t even get them todrive 25,” one of the dozen resi-dents in attendance said.“That’s ridiculous.”

Shannon Murphy, the WestRoxbury liaison for City Coun-cilor Matt O’Malley added thatthe councilor hosted a success-ful community meeting con-cerning traffic issues attendedby about traffic and safety con-cerns about two weeks ago.

“That was the best commu-nity meeting I ever attended,”one resident said. “I really feltlike we were being heard.”

Some concerns raised thatDuggan and Murphy said theywould address included thepossibility of additional cross-walks and signage.

“We only have one majorcrosswalk at Grove St., and it’sdiagonal,” said KathyMerageas.

Regarding crosswalks,Murphy noted that they onlycan be placed where there arecurb cuts so they can be acces-sible.

“The problem with signageis that people request it, and weput it into BTD,” she said.“Then others complain that itis too much.

Despite the speeding furor,Boston Police Department Dis-trict E-5 Community ServiceOfficer Edward Roach therewere only seven robberies re-ported in the WRCIA area.

“On Feb. 11, at the DedhamWholesale Tire, four tires werestolen,” he said. “At 225 Par-tridge St., a victim with a cam-era caught someone stealing apackage.”

Roach added that “the bestprotection for package deliveryis to use an Amazon locker orto have it delivered to a neigh-bor who will be home.”

In addition, a cell phone wasstolen out a person’s sneakersat the West Roxbury YMCA onFeb. 17.

In a separate theft from theY, “someone broke a combina-tion lock and stole a wallet anda pair of sweatpants and used acredit card to make purchases,”Roache said.

Electrical equipment wasstolen from Rockingham Rd.on Feb. 26. On March 8, therewas a larceny on Partridge St.of credit cards.

“There was also a reportof a lost or possibly stolenproperty on Cass St . ,”Roache said. “The purchasernever got the package, but itwas reported that it was de-livered. But typically if youget the date, the companywill replace the package.”

Roche noted that, in thedistrict over the past decade,part one crimes such as thesehave been at a “double-digitdecrease every year for thepast ten years.”

When you think of that,it’s really impressive,” hesaid.

Noting the closeness to St.Patrick’s Day, Murphy in-vited the group to joinO’Malley to attend his IrishFlag Raising Event at BostonCity Hall. This event will be-gin with a reception on Thurs-day morning, March 14th at11:00 AM in the PiemonteRoom (Located on the 5thFloor), followed by the IrishFlag Raising at 1:00PM onBoston City Hall Plaza.

“The guests of honor in-clude representatives of theconsulate general of Irelandin Boston, Consul GeneralFionnuala Quilan, and ViceGeneral Aoife Budd,” shesaid. “There will also be liveperformances from AnnieCheevers and Mack Geiss,dance performances from theMary Heavey-Quinn Acad-emy of Irish Dance, a capellaperformances by BostonLatin School Treble Choirand Boston Latin SchoolWolftones, and instrumentalperformances from the Bos-ton Police Gaelic Column.”

In other news, Keough an-nounced that there will beelections for new officers atthe next WRCIA meeting. Heand co-president TimmySullivan have decided to stepdown once their terms end.“I’ve been doing this forthree years, and I really loveit,” Keough said. “But I havea family, and it’s time forsome new blood.”

He praised Sullivan forhis technological expertise,gett ing the WRCIA aFacebook page and beingdedicated to the group.

There will be no Aprilmeeting. The next meetingwill be on Monday, May 13at 7 p.m. at St. Stephen’sChurch in West Roxbury.

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Chief Executive MichaelDundas said it is already doingvery well in their stores.

“It’s doing very well andit’s only been a week,” he said.“It’s been an honor for for meto work with these two in justthe last six months. We hadthis accelerator program andwe only took in three groups...Leah and Sieh were, I think,the first to be accepted.”

The couple said they wouldnot require nearly as many de-liveries as a retail shop, wouldhave very few staff and no loudsignage. Leah said they wouldhave only enough product onsite to facilitate their infusionprojects, which would be keptin a locked pharmacy cage.

“We would also have elec-tric locks, off-site monitoredalarms, exterior lighting, anight vision cam with fill cov-erage, video access monitoringand recording and motion sen-sors,” she said.

Sieh said they would becreating recipes essentially togive to wholesalers to produce.

“We’ll be using the officefor planning and recipe refine-ment to produce craft whole-sale products,” he said. “We’llalso be using it for communityrelations, public relations,wholesale distribution trainingand education.”

The couple used a map dur-ing their presentation thatshowed the location is morethan 500 feet from the Homefor Little Wanderers and theBrooke Charter School, andmore than half a mile from theproposed retail shops at 883Hyde Park Ave. and the newly-proposed 721 American LegionHwy. retail shop.

“It’s really an adult inter-section, you’ve got a liquorstore there, a gas station andan auto repair shop,” Sieh said.

Sieh also said the smallstaff and scope of the proposedbusiness would not really af-fect traffic. He said they’vebeen using the office now forthree years for other parts ofthe business and their non-profit company.

“We know the site reallywell, I mean we’ve been strug-gling to get the snow and ice

out of there in this last storm,but we’ve been doing it and weknow the neighbors reallywell,” he said. “We’ve heardno added concern. I mean,we’re not going to have deliv-ery trucks pulling up all thetime and I just want to reiter-ate, this is not a store, this is aplace where we report to inorder to build products.”

The pair said they would beworking on installing a venti-lation system as well to limitthe nuisance of odor, and asthey will be cooking they willbe installing filters and vent fanssimilar to those one might findin a restaurant.

They said they would alsobe updating the look of thebuilding during the renovation.

For the license, the pair aregoing through the process un-der the economic empower-ment application, making themone of about 120 applicants.Sieh said they are grateful forthe boost from the state.

The cannabis prohibitionhas been miserable, and atragic failure due to greed andignorance,” he said. “This isjust my opinion, but if you havetime I’ll defend it vigorously.”

Leah said she has beenworking in the nonprofit sec-tor for about 20 years now asa certified tech trainer , work-ing for the Urban League, theUnited South End Settlementsand the WIC Center inRoxbury. Sieh said he first sawthe potential for cannabis help-ing people when he returnedfrom serving in Iraq in Opera-tion Iraqi Freedom and Opera-tion Enduring Freedom in2004. He said he returned tothe United States with posttraumatic stress and chronicback pain.

“I had some medicinal can-nabis from my wife Leah andit radically changed my life,”he said.

The couple said they wantto address the damage of thedrug war by helping to movesmall business along in theircommunity.

“This has made our neigh-borhoods violent with the drugware, it’s made people distrusttheir healthcare system and

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Business owners Sieh and Leah Samura presented their plan forthe small site last week.

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even their law enforcement,”he said. “People like myselfcan see the prohibition as amiserable failure and some-thing we have to proactivelydismantle and take apart, be-cause even after legalization,the stigma endures.”

Residents did not speak inopposition to the proposal,however one resident askedhow the couple came up withthe idea of Purient BedroomCannabis and if it actuallyworks.

“It’s been 23 years we’vebeen together, just come talkto me,” Leah said, with a laughfrom the crowd.

Open House

@BostonPlansBostonPlans.org

Teresa Polhemus, Executive Director/Secretary

248 Spring Street

Elks Lodge

Boston, MA 02132

Wednesday, March 27

5:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Roxbury Preparatory Charter High School at 361 Belgrade Avenue

Project Description:

Please join the BPDA and Proponent for an Open House, as follow-up to the two previous Public Meetings regarding the proposed Roxbury Preparatory Charter High School project at 361 Belgrade Avenue. Additional information on the Open House will be available on the BPDA’s website at the link below.

For more information please visit:

http://www.bostonplans.org/projects/development-projects/roxbury-preparatory-charter-high-school

mail to: Aisling Kerr

Boston Planning & Development Agency

One City Hall Square, 9th Floor

Boston, MA 02201

phone: 617) 918 - 4212

email: [email protected]


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to every home in Boston. Many of these bags end upon the streets littering ourneighborhood, and if the“progressive” narrative istrue, end up with its plasticshopping bag colleagues kill-ings whales in the PacificOcean. After this is done,the “progressives” can workon banning plastic straws,plastic water bottles, the in-ternal combustion engine, thesingle family home, and lib-erty.

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this growth requires rev-enue. Tuitions keep spik-ing and assorted fees keepmultiplying. For largerschools, even those withgenerous f inancial a idpackages, endowments to-tal in the tens-of-billions ofdollars.

We can illustrate ourpoint simply. A wealthyfamily wants their aca-

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demically ungifted kid togo to their alma mater, sothey hype their status as a“legacy,” capped off witha large donation for a li-brary wing, planetarium,science lab, etc. That pro-spective student will sonhave an admission’s letterin their mailbox, and thewhole process is both le-gal and common among

rich folks (see: Bush andTrump).

Yes, the whole admis-sions process is a scamfrom the get-go. If youdon’t hail from wealthystock, then start dribblinga basketball. The other ex-press lane to most schoolsis to excel at a sport (be itfootball, baseball, basket-ball, field hockey, golf orsynchronized swimming)and be willing to earn theinstitution notoriety andmoney while you toil underNCAA rules.

As for the testing thatleads to the admissionsprocess, it too is Big Busi-ness. Heck, we wouldn’tbe surprised if there werekickbacks from the #2pencil people to muscle outthe #3 competition.

Yes, there is somethingnoble about higher educa-tion, but don’t for a sec-ond lose sight of the moun-tains of cash made from is-suing sheepskins and tas-seled hats. No collegesseem to have knowledgeor involvement with thepay-to-play admissionsprocess that is at the heartof the recent controversy,but their legal businessplans are not really thatmuch different.

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The Highrock SW BostonChurch is offering a series offree Free English ConversationClasses on Saturdays from 3:00 -4:30 p.m. at the Roslindale Commu-nity Center, 6 Cummins Hwy,Roslindale. Classes are for non-na-tive speakers to practice their En-glish skills and learn about differentactivities, such as going to the doc-tor and applying for a job. Classeswill run through June. For more in-formation [email protected].

ST. PATRICK’SCELEBRATION WITH THEFENIAN SONS TO SUPPORTTHE MARK BAVISLEADERSHIP FOUNDATION

Saturday, March 30, 2019, 7:00pm – 12:00 am at the Irish SocialClub, 119 Park Street, WestRoxbury

Mark Bavis was on Flight 175on September 11, 2001. The fam-ily and friends of Mark Bavis es-

tablished a foundation in Mark’sname to preserve his memoryand to perpetuate the principlesby which he lived every day. TheMark Bavis Leadership Founda-tion was created to help deserv-ing young men and women ex-cel in their quest to improvethemselves, their school or theircommunity. Proceeds from thisevening will be specifically des-ignated for a scholarship for astudent from the Parkway area.Live Music by The Fenian Sonsand Nolan Donato. Irish StepDance Performance by TheHarney Pender Keady School OfIrish Dance. Door Prize,Raffles, and Silent Auction.Tickets $20 in advance. $25 atthe door. Mark (617) 438-2964Dave (781)771-3880

PARKWAY IN MOTIONSCHOLARSHIPS - MAY 15DEADLINE TO APPLY

Providing academic schol-

arships to students in theParkway area has been a long-term goal of Parkway In Mo-tion since their inception in1998. Thanks to the generos-ity of the community, theyhave distributed $70,000 inscholarships since 2014.

On March 30th, ParkwayIn Motion will award the 5thAnnual Michael Kennedy Me-morial Scholarship valued at$5,000 for students in grade6-8 and Parkway pride schol-arships for K-5 grade stu-den t s , va lued a t $1 ,0000each. If you are interestedin sponsor ing a Pa rkwayPride scholarship for 2019-2029 academic year, pleasee m a i [email protected] 2019, Parkway In Motionis introducing their SummerE n r i c h m e n t S c h o l a r s h i pProgram. This program pro-vides financial resources tostudents entering grades 3-8 in the Parkway community

so that they can participatein the summer enrichmentlearning experience of theirchoice. Students may apply forfunding for camps in the areasof music, art, mathematics,dance, language, robotics,sports , science, andmore. Learn more atwww.parkwayinmotion.org/scholarships.

HEAR YE! HEAR YE!THE WEST ROXBURYHISTORICAL SOCIETYWEST ROXBURY BRANCHLIBRARY

Saturday, March 30, 2019 @2:00 - Mel Simons will be re-galing us. He will do the audioclip trivia quiz: playing voicesof famous Bostonians past andpresent. We will have to guessthe owner of the voice! It’s alot of fun!

Come one, Come all! Bringa friend or two. Free and opento the public Please like us onFacebook: facebook/West

Roxbury Historical Society QUES-TIONS? COMMENTS? RSVPSandi [email protected]

GARDENING LECTURE —“TRANSFORMING YOUR PER-SONAL SPACE: FROM BACK-YARD TO GARDEN”

Hosted by The Evening GardenClub of West Roxbury. Please join usat the Elks Lodge, 1 Morrell St., WestRoxbury, on Wednesday evening,March 13th, for this informative talkby award-winning local landscapedesigner Sally Muspratt. “A privategarden space,” says Muspratt, “is onewhere you feel you can be your trueself, whether others can see you ornot.” Attendees will learn ways toseparate and join public and privatespaces, as well as techniques for cre-ating privacy in residential gardens.Doors open for sign-in and light re-freshments at 6:30 PM on the 13th;the lecture runs approximately 7:00 –8:30 PM. No reservations required –a $7.00 donation is requested at thedoor.

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