yde Park Bulletin · 2020. 6. 11. · dents of Hyde Park outside of the ERNA felt they were not notified during the discussions. While the Burger King has been approved, Helena Tonge

The Shops at Riverwood Plaza ran into a bit of controversy, and now owner Todd Finard and residents areworking to open lines of communication between he and the community.

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1785 Columbus Ave. The brick façade indicates the floors dedicated toHorizons for Homeless Children.

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ERNA reviews RiverwoodPlaza, fireworks

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The East River Neighbor-hood Association (ERNA) metvirtually on Monday, June 8,and facilitated a conversationbetween residents and ToddFinard, the owner of the Shopsat Riverwood.

The shopping plaza, lo-cated around 870 River St., hadbecome an area of contentionrecently when a Burger Kingfranchise came to town. Resi-dents of Hyde Park outside ofthe ERNA felt they were notnotified during the discussions.While the Burger King has

been approved, Helena Tongeand other residents are lookingto form a Hyde Park Commu-nity Advisory Board in order tobe able to include more resi-dents in future developmentdiscussions.

Tonge said they are cur-rently putting together a com-munity survey that lists differ-ent initiatives and asks neigh-bors to rank in terms of whatthey are most interested in orconcerned about.

“We’ve just finished puttingtogether the survey and an

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As construction begins againin Boston, Jamaica Plain devel-opment projects are slowly com-ing back to life - the new EglestonSq.firehouse and Tempo at 3193Washington Street for example,and on May 14 the new class-rooms and offices of Horizonsfor Homeless Children at 1785Columbus Ave.

The seven-story, $34 millionbuilding lurched to a halt twomonths ago, but on May 14, thewoman-owned, Brookline-based

Kaplan Construction Companypulled a $6 million permit to buildout the two floors for Horizons,the largest tenant in the building;the second and third floors willinclude child care, classrooms,play areas and offices.

CEO Kate Barrand explainedto The Bulletin just how hard thelast two months have been forthe families served by Horizons.

“It was very challenging toclose in mid-March when wewere asked to,” she said. “It putthe families, who are already fac-

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About 60 people gathered back in December to celebrate the signing of the Boston Wetlands Ordinance,inspired in part by the Roslindale Wetlands.

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Roslindale Wetlands improvementsfeatured at Task Force meeting

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The Roslindale WetlandsArea, located next to theArnold Arboretum is one ofBoston’s many Urban Wilds,a space set aside for conser-vation of our city’s naturalbeauty. On June 9, BostonParks and Recreation hosteda virtual meeting with the ar-chitectural firm they have re-tained to do work on restor-ing the wetlands. CrowleyCuttrell, LLC, discussed a va-riety of issues they hope towork on.

One large issue is invasive

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species, which are unfortu-nately prominent throughoutthe wetlands. Japanese knot-weed is a particular problem,due to its being a nuisance atthe Coniston Street entrance,making it unwelcoming. On apositive note, the wetlandshas had relatively little intru-sion by phragmites, which areespecially difficult to remove.

Parts of the wetlands areahave asphalt debris, whichmay be due to streets withinthe wetland that have nowbeen taken off the map. Onthe north side, there is urbanfill, which means dirt mixedwith debris used to increase

the elevation of the site. Ur-ban fill is often contaminatedby pollutants such as arsenicand lead. The firm stated itwould like to remove this filland restore it to the naturalstate.

They will also be focusingon how to improve the enjoy-ment and use of the land byresidents and tourists. A sur-vey of 132 area residentsfound that most people visit-ing the wetlands area arewalking there from theirhomes.

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HPNA confronts ISD – again

The proposed 20-unit building for 11 Dana Ave. in Hyde Park is facing more opposition from Hyde ParkNeighborhood Association members.

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At its meeting on June 4, theHyde Park Neighborhood As-sociation (HPNA) discussedtwo projects where theInspectional Services Depart-ment (ISD) was contactedabout what was believed to beunlawful construction activity.

The first is the ongoing sagawith the 11 Dana Ave. devel-opment. President Jim Kirkersaid that several emails wereexchanged between himselfand ISD Commissioner DionIrish asking that construction be

halted until the appeal filed byan abutter with the ZBA hasbeen heard.

“(ISD) accepted that,”Kirker said. “They said that itshould be stopped.”

Kirker added that he learnedthe developer did not have aCOVID-19 construction plan inplace, even though an ISD in-spector he spoke with told himthat there was one. A stop workorder was issued on May 20.

“We found this out throughthe Commissioner, actually,” hesaid. “So they stopped it, andthey went back a few days laterand they backfilled what they

had already done."Before the COVID-19 pan-

demic in March, the crew alsowas found doing constructionof the site, and a stop work or-der had been issued. The con-struction crew was given per-mission to do backfill and cov-ering up the rebar to protect theneighboring house.

The developer was con-tacted on June 1 asking aboutthe project’s status; saying thatthe construction workersneeded to go back to work. At4:52 p.m. on June 1, Irish re-

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The Pine Street Inn is oneof the City of Boston’s largestand most comprehensivehomeless shelters, and staffsaid they have been workingthroughout the COVID-19 pan-demic to keep their clients andothers safe.

Currently, the Inn owns andoperates 35 housing locationsin Boston and Brookline for

The Pine Street Inn has had to work under extraordinary circumstances because of the COVID-19 pan-demic.

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Pine Street Inn takes advancedprecautions during outbreak

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950 men and women experi-encing homelessness. Whilethe pandemic has hit manypopulations hard in the city,those experiencinghomelessness may have thetoughest gauntlet to run. Shel-tering in place isn’t really fea-sible and, as a result, BostonMayor Marty Walsh an-nounced that the city would beexpanding to a former hospitalin Brighton at 1515 Common-wealth Ave. to provide 70 ad-

ditional beds for the city’shomeless to help ease the bur-den.

Director of EmergencyShelters at Pine Street JoshO’Brien said adapting to thepandemic was a challenge atfirst, but they were able to getthrough it.

“Early on, we had a num-ber of weeks of fire drill-likeactivity, but the last few weeks

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email we will put out to neigh-borhood association leaderswithin 1.2 miles of RiverwoodPlaza. Part of that survey is ask-ing neighbors if they would liketo see a community advisoryboard represented by one mem-ber of each neighborhood asso-ciation located within 1.2 milesof Riverwood Plaza, so thatway there’s a collective voicein advocacy in decision makingand that information gets dis-persed into the wider commu-nity so that you (Finard) have abetter understanding of whatthe community is looking for.”

Finard said he currently hasthree parcels that could be de-veloped, and in one of them,he’s had interest from three res-taurants looking to do businessin the plaza, which werePopeyes, Taco Bell and Rais-ing Cane’s. He said RaisingCane’s, which currently has alocation around the BostonUniversity Agganis Arena inAllston, is his strongest con-tender, but he said he came toget feedback from residents onthe issue.

“The purpose of my askingfor a little airtime with the com-munity was not to run two orthree restaurants by you, vote,pick one and go with it,” hesaid. “I’m looking for advice.I’m hearing certain componentsthat would resonate when wego back and look at our leasingsheets to see who’s out there...We’re all talking and I thinkthat the process you would liketo see of pulling this advisorygroup together, I think I can behelpful with that to attend meet-ings and participate in meet-ings, just as I told you I wouldbe.”

Finard said, however, theimpact on retail from theCOVID-19 pandemic has hit

'CONGRATULATIONS’TO MAYOR WALSH

To the Editor: At a recent press

conference making it soundlike the Boston Police had ahand in the death of GeorgeFloyd, Mayor Marty Walshcalled for change. Mycongratulations to MayorW a l s h , h e g o t h i schange. He and his rubberstamp city council have madeBoston a sanctuary city for il-legal aliencriminals. He eagerly em-braced GovernorBaker’s unconstitutional de-crees, and added a few of hisown that forced Houses ofWorship and, businesses inBoston to shut down -many ofthem never toreopen while Antifa, trashed

our downtown. He took theside of the looters over one ofthe best police departments inthe country.

H e w h o l e h e a r t e d l ysupports the policies of theovert racist Suffolk CountyD.A. Rachael Rollins whogives criminals a “Get Out ofJail Free” card, called the po-lice murderers, and has doneher best to set back race rela-tions to the days of forcedbusing. He will soon reach hisAgenda 21-2030 goal of a car-bon neutral Boston becausedowntown Boston, and itsneighborhoods will resemble awar zone with boarded up win-dows and abandoned building. The “new normal” that he talksabout will be perpetually scaredmasked people, and boarded upwindows-Walsh Windows.

The people who create jobs,pay property taxes, work,play, and make life bearable inthe city will vote with their feetand move out leaving it to thelikes of Antifa, BlackLives Matter, and the ChineseProgressive Association ofBoston.

Again, Congratulations toMayor Walsh. He got hischange.

Hal Shurtleff West Roxbury

SYSTEMIC RACISMDOES EXIST

To the Editor:I am not sure white su-

premacy is all that it is madeup to be but I do believe thatthere is such a thing as systemic

East River continued from page 1retail and dine-in restaurantshard. He said he had about 14different options of apparel,home goods, food and restau-rants before the virus hit.

“I’m a big boy and I took arisk by starting this shoppingcenter and it has not gone well,”he said.

ERNA President BarbaraHamilton also said by unitingthe neighborhood groups, itwould not only allow them toadvocate for more funding tothe proposed rehabilitation ofthe Doyle Playground with theMassachusetts Department ofConservation and Recreation(DCR), but also with advocatewith Finard himself and any res-taurants that come in. She alsosaid Riverwood should not bethe only focus of the AdvisoryGroup.

“I don’t want us to just fo-cus on Riverwood Plaza. Ifyou’re serious about having animpact on the development, letit be on the development inMattapan that we also have animpact on, as well as ClearySquare,” Hamilton said. “Upuntil the establishment ofBurger King, people were goodwith what was happening atRiverwood Plaza. The Good-will, the Price Rite, the BostonMedical, so I just want to becareful with having impact. Yesyou can have your voice, but wealso don't want everybody im-pacting on what’s going on inour mile-and-a-half.”

District 5 City CouncilorRicardo Arroyo, District E-18of the Boston Police Depart-ment (BPD) Community Ser-vice Officer Paul Broderick andMayor’s Office of Neighbor-hood Services Hyde Park Liai-son Bryan Flynn all addressedrecent community concernswith excessive fireworks in the

neighborhood and across thecity.

“It’s been out of control.Why, I don’t know,” Brodericksaid. “We’ve tried to identifycertain areas that it’s mostprevalent or we’ve gotten themost calls for.”

He said they are putting to-gether a list of areas hit hardestrecently by fireworks andwould be putting in extra pa-trols. He said during the usualfireworks season, Fourth ofJuly, they hire extra patrol carsand have in the past logged hotspots. He said they will be us-ing that information from pre-vious years to coordinate re-sponse.

“It causes a lot of trauma,there’s a health issue aroundthese fireworks too,” residentMarilynne Smith Quarcoo said.“I’ve called several times in thelast few nights because theyhave a pattern going and it goesuntil 2 a.m. some nights.”

Broderick and other resi-dents chimed in that it can belater than that.

Arroyo said he’s been advo-cating for more patrols, alongwith his fellow City Council-ors. Flynn said fireworks havebeen ONS’s most numerouscomplaint lately.

“Not just in Hyde Park butcitywide,” he said. “The Mayorbasically wants us to let someof the community leaders knowhe’s very upset about it. It canbe intrusive for residents withchildren, pets have very sensi-tive hearing too and it’s one ofthose thing where it’s the maincomplaint I’ve been getting re-cently.”

He said Walsh has beenmeeting with BPD Commis-sioner William Gross to “nipthat in the bud.”

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My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

While anti-racism marchersin Boston stream to and fromthe Common, the State House,City Hall, Nubian Square, theMonument, Holy Name Ro-tary, and Roslindale Square,they are quick to mention thenames of those tragically madefamous in 2020—GeorgeFloyd, Breonna Taylor, andAhmaud Arbery, as well as aboy receiving notoriety in 1955,Emmet Till. However, theyseldom, if ever, utter the nameof Michael Donald of Mobile,Alabama: the last citizenlynched in the United States.

In 1981 the 19-year-oldwas beaten and hanged froma tree and had his throat slit bythe Ku Klux Klan, as he walkedhome from a store: it was aretaliatory murder of a randomblack because of a hung juryin a court case involving thedeath of a police officer. Fourperpetrators of the lynchingcaught by the police weretried: one was executed, an-other given a life sentence fortestifying, one died before thetrial was completed, and theother was convicted as an ac-complice.

The physical act of lynch-ing, as routinely perpetrated bythe Ku Klux Klan, involved apiece of rope with a noose atthe end as well as a sturdy treebranch. Any movie goer—ac-tually television goer—who hasseen “Roots” and “The Auto-biography of Miss JanePittman" —might recall thehorrifying scenes in which thenight riders dragged off blackmen to be lynched.

Lynchings were donemostly to men whom a portionof the general populace de-spised. Sometimes they weredragged from jails even beforetrials were held; other timesthey were removed forciblyfrom their homes.

One of the most stirringaccounts to which I have everbeen privy involved a dozen ofus 20-year-old guys listening toan aged Josephite priest morethan a half century ago recall-ing how he was taken out for asudden ride by the KKK to theback-country woods for estab-lishing a Catholic church forblacks in Wilmington, NorthCarolina. There is no need tosay how riveted we were lis-tening to his account as well asto say how different the out-

come was for him in that helived to talk about it.

One of the last times theword “lynching” appeared fre-quently in the press was in1991 as Supreme Court JusticeClarence Thomas nomineeused it as part of the phrase“high-tech lynching” to de-scribe his questioning by sena-tors.

The most extensive study oflynching was performed byTuskeegee Institute—from thesame Alabama town thattrained the famed TuskeegeeAirmen. The study involvedresearching 4,743 lynchingsfrom 1882 to 1968. The 3,446black victims accounted forabout 73% of the deaths; theother 1,297 victims were white,accounting for the remaining27%.

The study appears not to ad-dress the groupings for the nu-merous Mexicans and Ameri-can Indians who were alsolynched, as well as biracial vic-tims.

Mississippi holds the dubi-ous distinction of leading with581 lynchings, with 79% beingperformed in the South. 99%of the perpetrators—in spite ofthe great crowds witnessing thehangings in a circus-like atmo-sphere—were never captured.

From 1882 until 1986 Con-gress has tried to pass anti-lynching laws 200 times; theyhave failed every time to makeit a federally punishable offenseas the ultimate—or is it the lowpoint?—of a hate crime. Hope-fully no lynching ever occursagain in our country, but it mightbe nice to have on our bookssuch a law as currently backedby three senators, two Demo-crats and a Republican.

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Roslindale Cares is a part of Roslindale Is For Everyone, and is working to help residents facing financialissues during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Roslindale Cares askingfor more community supportJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The Roslindale Mutual AideNetwork, also known asRoslindale Cares(RoslindaleCares.com), is ask-ing residents to continue to stepup during the COVID-19 pan-demic.

Organizer Larry Bayer saidwhile they have been able toraise $10,000 in total from earlyApril to help more than 130families, the need continues to

grow.“We’re very proud of that,

and proud of the fact that everysingle penny that comes in getsdispersed,” Bayer said.

Bayer said residents are en-couraged to donate either byVenmo @RoslindaleCare-Maor by writing a check toRoslindale Is for Everyone,Roslindale Cares’ parent group,and mailing it to RISE c/oSharon Sabin, 95 Bourne St.,Jamaica Plain 02130.

“The need is still great and

I think people really aren’t backto work just yet, and so peoplethat needed it two months agoare still needing it,” Bayer said.“I think the food banks havebeen overwhelmed and we’rejust trying to do our little part.”

Bayer said originally, theyhad a list residents put theirnames on asking for aid andvolunteers signed up to delivergroceries, diapers and othersundries.

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sponded via email that, “aftercareful consideration, we havedecided to lift the stop work or-der.

“However, what we did findout is that ISD did not informthe developer that the projectwas under appeal, and that anywork they do is at risk,” Kirkernoted. This means that theycontinue to work, but if theproject has in fact violated thezoning code, as the group con-tends, it can be torn down.

One of the main contentionsof the 11 Dana Ave. proposal iswhat the plans say is a base-ment. A basement must be morethan 35 percent below grade,but the area is only four feetbelow grade. The HPNA assertsthat the garage is technicallypart of the first floor. First-floorparking is forbidden in a Neigh-borhood Shopping-2 district(NS-2). In an NS-2 district, onlycommercial development is al-lowed on the first floor.

“We have in place a motionto go to court if the appeal isheard,” Kirker said, “becausewhat I don’t want to happen isthat when the appeals start –

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Wetlands continued from page 1HPNA continued from page 2and we don’t know when theyare going to start – is that theycan say, ‘Well, we have it 97percent completed. You can’ttell us to tear it down.’”

The concern is that thebuilding would set a precedentfor other projects regarding thegarage design, which the pro-posed Dempsey’s project al-ready is using.

Mimi Turchinetz asked ifCity Councilor At-LargeMichelle Wu, who was in atten-dance, could put pressure onISD “to do their jobs.”

“I would love to help,” Wusaid. “We’ll make sure to fol-low up. I will try to get a holdof them ASAP.”

A new issue Turchinetzbrought up was a similar issueat 147 West St., which is a sitethat had previously been usedto park taxicabs and as an autorepair shop. She said the landwas sold to Feeney Bros.,which received an emergencypermit to fix a barrier wall. Thisis similar to the March situationwith 11 Dana Ave.

She contacted Irish becausethe company is not complyingwith Article 69, the Hyde Parkzoning code, as well as aCOVID-19 safety plan.

“What is happening now isthat they have trucked in 20truckloads of fill,” she ex-plained. “They are not comply-ing with the stop work order.What it looks like they are do-ing is preparing a flat parkinglot.”

According to the code, therewould have to be environmen-tal mitigation work done andgreenspace added, even if it’s

used as light-industrial use.“I reached back out to Irish

today and said, ‘Do something,because they’re getting readyto pave this thing,’” she said,noting the paving companywas there on the day of themeeting.

“It’s the same fact patternas 11 Dana Ave.,” Turchinetzsaid. “They’re basically say-ing, ‘Screw you, Hyde Park’,and it’s intolerable. Pave para-dise and put up a parking lot.”

Abutter Tish Gardner saidthat she has been trying to findout the zoning for the propertyfrom the City, to no avail.However she said she receivedan email at 5:06 p.m. that daythat a stop work order was is-sued.

“It’s depreciating the neigh-borhood,” she said. “They putin a 20-foor retaining wall andunderground plumbing. Every-body around there is a resi-dent.”

Gardner said she spokewith Feeney Bros. to workwith them to see if a variancecould be sought to change theproperty from residential zon-ing.

“We would like nothingbetter than housing there,”she added.

Dave Vittorini from Wu’soffice looked up the zoningand found that one lot of theproperty is zoned light indus-trial and the other is zonedmultifamily. He said he wouldlook into the issue the nextday.

Kirker said he plans on in-viting Irish to address theHPNA meeting next month.

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The wetlands area is usedthroughout the year, even inthe winter. One main com-plaint was the frequentlymuddy trails. About 50 per-cent of respondents said theirvisits would be improved ifthe muddy trail problem wasfixed, and 17 percent saidthey were interested in a por-tion of the trail being wheel-chair accessible.

Jessica Brown, AssociateArchitect, proposed a smallwheelchair accessible looptrail through the meadowstarting at Coniston Street, alocation which already hasflatter and higher ground;making it a better potential lo-cation for an accessible trail.She also proposed moving theparts of the trail that getmuddy to a drier location, orreplacing the trail with step-ping stones, a boardwalk, orother solutions that wouldmake the water less of an is-sue.

Residents would like tosee the loop trail completed,as of right now, it is incom-plete. Boston Parks and Rec-reation Urban Wilds DirectorPaul Sutton noted that someof the land in the wetlandsarea is privately-owned, in-cluding one parcel owned bya Masonic Temple in Mon-tana, which makes complet-ing the loop more difficult.Designer Anna Curtis-Healdmapped out a route that stayson city property and does notgo directly behind the yardsof the homes on Eldon Street.This would involve having a

boardwalk across the largewetland on the northern end.There was previously at onetime a boardwalk, built afterthe completion of the EldonStreet houses, but it has sincedrifted away from the shore.Another suggestion wouldbe to also add a trail alongthe way of one of the pre-viously mentioned formerroads, Morrison Street, onthe southern end. This planwould also involve a board-walk, which Brown notescan be expensive.

One further project issignage improvement. Thefour entrances either havepoor or little signage cur-rently. While interpretivesignage within the wetlandsarea may be undesirable,as i t would detract f romn a t u r e , t h e r e a r e o t h e rsigns that could be postedat entrances, such as a trailmap or s igns remindingp e o p l e a b o u t m o s q u i t oa n d t i c k s a f e t y. B r o w na l s o s u g g e s t e d a d d i n gs igns tha t de l inea te theb o u n d a r y b e t w e e n c i t yproperty and private prop-e r t y, l o c a t i o n s w h e r et h e r e h a v e n o t b e e nfences and fences are notdesirable but that the citywould like to remind visi-t o r s t o b e m i n d f u l o fneighboring plots.

If you have any commentsor concerns, you can emailPaul Sutton [email protected]. Thenext meeting will be held intwo or three months.


racism. I saw it growing up in Lower Roxbury. I saw it in thefolks who ran B.H.A. I lived in Orchard Park as a kid when ad-ministrators created two separate “projects;” one “project’ forwhite residents and another project in the rear for black residents.This B.H.A. policy ended in 1958 when I was 10 years old. Ifthat is not systemic racism, I don’t know what is.

Seven years later, 1965 I saw it again. This time in the townof Natick. My brother, myself and two black friends took a rideto Natick to see friends who lived there. We weren’t off the bus15 minutes before a cruiser stopped us and asked us why wewere there. We started to say something but he wasn’t listening.He told us to leave town, waited at the bus stop to make sure wegot on the bus. I was so angered by what happened and why ithappened. He was surely less concerned about my brother andme and more concern about our friends with us. All four of uslaughed at what had happened but it really was far from funny. Ittook me 25 years to return to that town. I have always resentedwhat happened to us that long-ago day.

I believe we are a much better country today than back in1965. Are we perfect yet? Hardly. Racism is still with us andtoday it is much more invisible. However, watching the video ofthat police officer seemingly oblivious to what he was doing youknow racism is still a deadly contagion.

I understand why folks were angry and wanted to peacefullyprotest the ugliest of that unarmed guy on the ground who hadless than nine minutes to live because of actual evil person stand-ing over him.

We need to work together all of us regardless of race, color,ethnicity, gender, gay or straight to do what Dr. King sought over50 years ago that all of us should be judged not by the color ofour skin but by the content of our character.

If we can reach this plateau, we can be one people indivis-ible with justice for all.

Sal GiarrataniEast Boston

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“Since then people havebeen donating a lot throughVenmo too or writing a checkand we’ve been able to give giftcards to Stop & Shop and theRoslindale Village Market andTarget so people can buy theirgroceries,” he said.

Right now, Bayer said theyalso have several volunteerscoordinating relief efforts in theneighborhood, many of whomthey have met or interacted withbefore.

“We have a bunch of work-ing groups around finances,tech support and outreach to the

community and groups workingon engagement too, and we’vefound that there hasn’t been abig distinction between thosewho are donating their time andthose who are receiving aide,”he said. “We’re trying to giveeveryone a voice in the commu-nity, and so it’s not just peoplesaying ‘here’s money for you,’but they also have a voice inhow the organization is run andwhat decisions are gettingmade. Everyone has somethingto contribute and everyoneneeds a voice in the organiza-tion.”

Bayer said it’s been anamazing thing to see the com-munity rally around those inneed and get it done for theirfellow neighbor.

“It’s been such a communityeffort and there’s more than adozen people who are puttingin time and effort,” he said. “Itwas originally the idea ofSharon Sabin and EmilyFeamen, and they have done allthe website and things like thatand maintain it too.”

For more information onhow to donate and volunteer, goto Roslindalecares.com/

RISE has been bringing residents together on local community issues since it started, and has been helpingresidents since the start of the pandemic.

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BEDARDRichard E. of West Roxbury,

formerly of Roxbury and HydePark, June 1, 2020. Beloved hus-band of Kathryn I. (Finneran)Bedard. Loving father of Leo T.Bedard and his wife Margaret ofNorfolk, Jon Paul Bedard and hiswife Shara of West Roxbury, andRobert F. Bedard and his wifeKristin of Newton and WestYarmouth. Devoted grandfatherof Richard, Robert, Leo T.,Steven, Olivia, Lucas, and Ethan.Loving brother of YvonneMartel, Jean Powers, and the lateValeria, Joseph, Leo, Roger,Paul, Loretta and Anita. In lieuof flowers donation may be madein his memory to The AmericanDiabetes Association,www.diabetes.org Funeral ser-vices will be private.

BONNERMary H. Age 95, Lifelong

resident of West Roxbury, passedaway on June 1, 2020, atBrigham & Womens Hospital.Beloved daughter of the lateWilliam and Helen (Greenan)Bonner. Devoted sister of the lateWilliam, John, and ThomasBonner. Loving aunt of KathleenSwift of Charlotte, NC., PatriciaBonner of Shrewsbury, DianeRobinson of Worcester, LindaKane of Westborough, GayleBonner of Wakefield, JanetFiloramo of Wakefield, NancyBonner of Plymouth Meeting,PA., Karen Colangelo ofStoneham, William Bonner ofWakefield, and Linda Lambert ofPheonix, AZ. Also survived bynumerous great nieces and neph-ews. Devoted friend of the lateRuthie O’Donnell. Mary workedat Bank of Boston for 45 years,initially as an entry level clerk,she worked her way up to VicePresident of Human Resources.Upon retirement she devoted herlife to caring for others. Maryenjoyed traveling with her life-long friends. Interment St. Jo-seph Cemetery. Flowers are wel-come or if you wish a donationmay be made in Mary’s memoryto the Fisher House Boston P.O.Box 230, South Walpole, MA02071. Arrangements by P.E.Murray - F.J. Higgins, George F.Doherty & Sons Funeral Home,West Roxbury.

CHAN

Yui Man passed away May23, 2020. Beloved husband of OiLing Wong. Devoted father ofMan Wai “Emily” Chan and herhusband Yeung of Needham, andYuk Lun Chan of Quincy. Lov-ing grandfather of Ian Chan and

Ella Chan. A private visitationwas held at P.E. Murray - F.J.Higgins, George F. Doherty &Sons Funeral Home 2000 Cen-tre St. West Roxbury on Wednes-day, June 3rd. Burial at GardensCemetery, West Roxbury. Ar-rangements by P.E. Murray - F.J.Higgins, George F. Doherty &Sons Funeral Home, WestRoxbury.

CREEDONEvelyn Ruth (Shiner) Born

November 3, 1928, died June 3,2020. Wife of the late Robert J.Creedon, married for over 50years. Daughter of the late Teresaand Joseph Shiner. Sister of Jo-seph E. Shiner, Teresa E. Shiner,Mary Jane Carney, Joy Nazarian,Jacqueline Bardasz and the lateAnna Mae Shiner, Dorothy Burr,Raymond Shiner, Marilyn Ruma.Evelyn also leaves behind manynieces and nephews. Evelyngrew up in Dorchester andgraduated from Roxbury Memo-rial High School. She worked forEmployers Liability Insurancefor many years following. Evieand Bob resided in WestRoxbury for over 40 years andenjoyed being a part of theircommunity. She was an activemember of St. Theresa’s Churchin West Roxbury. A Mass ofChristian Burial will be cel-ebrated in St. Theresa of AvilaChurch West Roxbury on Thurs-day, June 11, at 11:30 AM. In-terment St. Joseph Cemetery.www.lawlerfuneralhome.com

CURRANWilliam Bill was 72 when he

died on Tuesday, May 26, 2020unexpectedly. He was born inHyde Park, the second son of S.Joseph (Joe) Curran and HelenJ. Curran (O’Brien) of HydePark. He is survived by his twobrothers: Stephen J. Curran(Kathryn) of Chatham, MA andJames F. Curran (Mary) ofMarshfield, MA, as well as threenephews: Jonathan S. Curran(Kathleen) of Cohasset, MA,Peter G. Curran (Sarah) ofBlairstown, NJ and Sean M.Curran of Providence, RI. Billgraduated from Hyde Park HighSchool Class of 1966 and Suf-folk University. He was em-ployed by several different com-panies including Lotus Develop-ment and Lottero and Mason, anelectrical engineering firm inBoston. However, Bill’s real lovein life was children of all ages.He volunteered as a religiouseducation instructor at Most Pre-cious Blood Church in HydePark. For a number of years, Billvolunteered at the Hebrew Re-habilitation Center in Roslindale,MA. As a doting uncle, he en-joyed playing tag and “hide andseek” with his three nephews. Hewas an active and lively partici-pant at the family gatherings withhis O’Brien and Curran cousins.Bill was a kind, gentle and sen-sitive man, who enjoyed writingpoetry and limericks, tellingjokes and engaging in conversa-tion with anyone and everyonehe met, friends and strangersalike. He liked to participate ingroup activities and outings withhis many friends in his earlieryears in Hyde Park and for thelast 11 years in Brookline and

Boston. Bill will be rememberedfor his curiosity and expansiverecall of facts as he enjoyed thenightly challenges from AlexTrebek on “Jeopardy”. To sharea memory, please visitbartlett1620.com Bartlett Fu-neral Home in PLYMOUTH,MA is handling the necessaryarrangements. A Celebration ofBill’s Life will be scheduled inthe future when it is safe to havea gathering of his family andfriends. Donations may be madein Bill’s memory to the charityof your choice or to St. Mary ofthe Assumption, 5 Linden Place,Brookline, MA 02445. BartlettFuneral Home 338 Court StreetPlymouth, MA 02360.

FALANGAConcetta (Palladino) Passed

away on June 1, 2020 at the ageof 107. Concetta was the belovedwife of the late Charles Falangaand the dear daughter of the lateAngelo and Jennie (Mogavero)Palladino and stepmother to thelate Sophie (Malone) Palladino.She was the dear sister of thelate Mary Pizzano and her latehusband Albert, Edith Palladino,Helen Mcleod, Rose Giambusso,Felix and Anthony Palladino. Sheis also survived by many nieces,nephews, grandnieces, andgrandnephews. Concetta ownedand operated a restaurant withher husband for many years andlater worked as a Pastry Chefat the Prudential in Boston. AMass of Christian Burial will becelebrated at 11 AM on Tues-day, June 9, at Holy NameChurch, 1689 Centre Street,West Roxbury (close friendsand family welcome, limited at-tendance). In lieu of flowers, do-nations in her memory may bemade to St. Jude Children’s Re-search Hospital, 501 St. JudePlace, Memphis, TN 38105. En-tombment will be private at SaintMichael Cemetery. JosephRusso Funeral Home.www.Russofuneralhome.com617-325-7300.

MITCHELLRose A. (Saunders) of Hyde

Park passed away peacefully onJune 6, 2020. Beloved wife ifAllen F. Mitchell. Dear sister ofVelecia Saunders of Milton,Wendall Saunders, Jr. ofHolyoke, and Damien Saundersof Springfield. Also survived bymany loving nieces and neph-ews. Funeral from the John J.O’Connor & Son Funeral Home,


ing difficulties, in a terrible spot.”“Experiencing homelessness,

they were bringing their kids intoa world of child care and rou-tine every day; the stuff thatprovides a good, high qualityclassroom life six-to-eighthours a day.

“Not only that,” Barrandsaid, “but 80 percent of theirnutrition comes to them dailyat Horizons... Now they thenfind themselves in a quarantine,in a shelter with other fami-lies.”

Barrand explained thatmany families they serve werealready in tough shape beforethe pandemic, working longhours at low-paying jobs whileexperiencing homelessness.

“Their existence was frag-ile to begin with, and then theirjobs went away. They had tobuy more for their families. Weprovided diapers, for instance.The cost of diapers is high,”Barrand said.

“It was absolutely amazinghow we turned into a verticalorganization in a very short or-der to teaching remotely. Wehave 60 teachers. They pro-

New Horizons continued from page 1vided music, circle time andreading books. They stayed intouch almost daily. They pro-vided supplies and continued tobe the family advocate. Fami-lies couldn’t leave the shelter.So food was delivered.

“Ninety-five of our fami-lies are food insecure,”Barrand said, “so we providedaccess to groceries, sometimesgift cards.

“We have 1,000 volun-teers,” Barrand said. “A bunchof bright people in a tough situ-ation. We didn’t wait. We dis-tributed activity kits, children’stablets in the shelters. We hadlong play sessions.”

Looking to the future,Barrand frankly didn’t knowhow Horizons would operate.

“We’re trying to understandthe health and safety standards[issued on May 18] by the De-partment of Early Educationand Child Care,” Barrand said.

“We’re hoping that we canreopen on June 29, but at a sig-nificantly reduced capacity,”she said. “But we don’t quiteknow how many kids we cantake back, 30 percent to 60 per-

cent? We aren’t sure. They’llhave to spread out. We’ll doas much as we can as fast aswe can.

“We know that all the playsessions will remain remote,”she said.

Kaplan Construction willbegin work on June 12,Barrand said, and expects tobe completed in March 2021.The building permit was issuedon October 19, 2018.

“It’s an amazing facility,”she said. “ State-of-the-artchild-care on the secondfloor. Pre-school on the top,third floor. The big glassramp from the sidewalk iswhere families will enter.The top floor will be infants,toddlers and pre-school. Itwill open out on the roof deckplaygrounds over the ga-rage.”

The building as a wholewas designed by Embarc Stu-dio. The new early childhoodcenter will consolidate threeexisting childcare centers intoone and serve 225 childrenranging in age from twomonths to five years.

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RICCHIUTI

Lillian A. “Dolly“ alsoknown as “Ricco” of WestRoxbury, formerly of BromleyPlace Jamaica Plain, died peace-fully on June 3, 2020. Lovingand devoted daughter of the latePeter and Maria (Colatrella).Loving sister of the late Anne,Angelina, Fred, Marty, Venduro(Rudy), Ernie, Dominic (Sonny),Mary and Rose. Also Survivedby many loving nieces, nephews,grandnieces and nephews, aswell as many good friends whoselives she touched in many ways.Dolly had a beautiful voice andloved to sing, entertaining sol-diers in canteens during WW II.A very jovial person, she enjoyedconversation and was extremelyproud of her heritage. Funeralwas from the William J GormleyFuneral Home, 2055 CentreStreet, WEST ROXBURY onTuesday, June 9, 2020 at 9:00a.m. followed by a Mass ofChristian Burial in St. Theresa of

Avila Church at 10 o’clock. In-terment St. Michael’s Cemetery,Roslindale. In lieu of flowers,donations in Dolly’s memorymay be made to St. JudeChildren’s Research Hospital,501 St. Jude Place, Memphis TN38105 or at stjude.org. For direc-tions and guestbook, please visit:gormleyfuneral.com

ROBERTS

Eugene R. “Richie” of HydePark, June 1, 2020. Beloved sonof the late Richard P. Roberts andMarie Agnes Johnson. Lovingbrother of Philip Roberts Jr. of

Deaths continued from page 8Bryant, TX, the late MargaretBicchieri, Janet Roberts, RoyRoberts and Cecil Roberts. Alsosurvived by his great niece MeganSacco of Nashua, NH, many othernieces, nephews and friends atMAB Community Services. Richie will be missed for hisnever ending whit and loving witand loving nature. Services willbe private. For online guestbook,pemurrayfuneral.com. Funeralarrangements by P.E. Murray-F.J.Higgins, George F. Doherty &Sons Funeral Home, WestRoxbury.

TREMENTOZZI-WAREAnn Marie of West Roxbury,

June 5, 2020. Beloved wife ofRobert P. Ware. Loving daughterof Salvatore Trementozzi andAnne Coluccino. Cherished sis-ter of Karen Garibaldi of WestRoxbury and James Trementozziof Somerville. Devoted step-mother of Jenn, Tom, Cassandra,Samantha, Kate and Melissa.Also survived by nieces, Lisa andSarah. Funeral Services private.

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have felt more like a ‘new nor-mal,’” he said. “Our guests andstaff have adjusted into somenew routines to keep eachother safe and healthy. I thinkthe biggest factor holding ustogether as a work team andindividually, as front line work-ers, is the commitment wehave to our mission and thedesire to support each other inour work. Being present andkind to our guests and eachother drives us every day, shiftafter shift.”

Director of the Women’sInn at Pine Street Caitia Per-ron agreed, and said that at first,organizing response was some-what of a puzzle.

“There were so many ques-tions and very few answers,”she said. “How to keep peoplesafe; how to accomplish socialdistancing, how to get PPE.There was lots of fear andanxiety, and so many details tothink about. The staff had tomanage both the guests, as wellas their own lives – kids athome or elderly parents; per-sonal lives were upended. Butthe camaraderie is really strong,

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.

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Pine Street continued from page 3and this has brought out the bestin the staff. We have had tokeep a sense of humor to getthrough this, and eating junkfood has helped.”

Vice President of Market-ing and Communications Bar-bara Trevisan said once PineStreet began testing in its shel-ters in April, they had a posi-tive rate of around 32 percent.

“We recently retested manyof our guests, after implement-ing a variety of protocols in-cluding social distancing, andthe new positive rate was 4percent, indicating the successof these measures,” she said.

Currently, Trevisan said themain goal is maintaining ser-vice. She said everyone hashad access to the same bedthey had previously, and theorganization is not taking anynew guests.

“Anyone who presents atthe shelter for the first time isput in contact with staff whowill work with them to findother alternatives,” she said.“Pine Street Inn has remainedopen throughout the pan-demic. We have been fortu-nate to secure a dorm fromSuffolk University for about240 men and women who

have come from Pine Streetand the city’s shelters. Weknow that we cannot go backto overcrowded shelters andare looking for another build-ing where these guests canstay and continue to maintainsocial distancing. Our largergoal is to secure permanenthousing for all those who arehomeless.”

O’Brien said the Inn canbe an emotional hothouse atthe best of times, so, at leastthey were prepared for thatduring the pandemic.

“Every day, there are arange of emotions at the PineStreet’s shelters,” he said.“Each guest is unique and hastheir own story and lived ex-perience. Most guests arehopeful, kind and grateful;also supportive to each otherand staff when emotions runhigh or we run into collectivechallenges. Overall, the feel-ing is that we are experienc-ing this emergency together,facing the same hurdles andunderstanding each other bet-ter than we ever have be-fore.”

Perron said fear of the vi-rus made testing difficult ini-tially, but staff were able tocoach guests through the pro-cess and get back on track.

“There was a lot of fearand anxiety initially, and manyof our guests deal with men-tal health issues, so it waseven more challenging forthem,” she said. “People areless anxious now – we’vebeen able to do more testing,and the latest results havebeen really good – no one inthe Women’s Inn tested posi-tive. Now the women are readyto get back to work on secur-ing housing; that was put onhold because of this crisis."



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