yde Park Bulletin · March 15, 2018 The Bulletin Page 3 Roslindale Egg Hunt returning to Healy Field Jeff Sullivan Staff Reporter After a quick relocation, the Roslindale Village

Storm shopping: impulse or strategy?

Residents cleared the shelves before Tuesday's storm at the Hyde Park Stop & Shop on Truman Highway.PHOTO BY MATT MACDONALD

Matt MacDonaldMatt MacDonaldMatt MacDonaldMatt MacDonaldMatt MacDonaldStaff Reporter

With the recent spate ofstorms to hit the city over thepast days and weeks, familiarpatterns – semi-forgotten inwhat has been a relativelymild winter – have re-estab-lished themselves midwaythrough March: mutteringabout the weather forecast,making alternative plans, andstocking up on food.

Regarding that last pattern,the image of the impulse storm

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A customer inspects the bread aisle at the Hyde Park Stop & Shop onMonday night before the storm.

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Roslindale Wetlands Task Forcemeet to discuss protecting wetlands

The RWTF met on Monday to discuss how they can better protect theRoslindale Wetlands Urban Wild.

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JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The Roslindale WetlandsTask Force (RWTF) met withthe Longfellow Area Neigh-borhood Association (LANA)on the night of March 12 todiscuss how could protect theRoslindale Wetlands UrbanWild area.

The meeting came asFeeney Brothers once againhas come to develop the areaof 104-108 Walter St. Theproblem is that while 104Walter is already a single fam-ily home, the developers wantto combine 104-108 and build

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Attorney General citesBoston Planning andDevelopment Agency

Baker Streetapartments approved

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On Feb. 28, 2018 the Attor-ney General’s office found theBoston Planning and Develop-ment Agency guilty of onecount in a five-count complaintthat it violated the Open Meet-ing Law at its March 2,2017vote adopting Plan JP/Rox.

At one of the rowdiest pub-lic hearings in recent memory,the BPDA board voted 4-1 toadapt the Plan JP/Rox guide-lines.

City Life/Vita Urbana andits ally Keep It 100 For Real Af-fordable Housing (formerlyKeep It 100 Egleston) held a

Police escort people from the BPDA meeting room leaving empty seats.PHOTO BY RICHARD HEATH

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sleep- in at City Hall before thevote and jam-packed the meet-ing hall with angry people op-posing Plan JP/Rox.

Unhappy with the vote,Keep It 100 decided to declareit invalid and on March 31,2017 sent a letter to the BPDAalleging that the Board violatedthe Open Meeting law in fiveinstances.

Filed by Lisa Thompson andRuth Rickenbacker, both fromJamaica Plain, they alleged thatthe BPDA violated the OpenMeeting law by

1. Failing to post proper no-tice.

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While last week the BostonZoning Board of Appeals(ZBA) approved RichardOlstein’s plans to put up 60apartments near Baker Street inWest Roxbury (in a project for-merly known as 270 Baker St.),more development meetingsare also on the horizon.

The ZBA unanimouslyvoted to approve the proposalfor 60 apartments across fromthe Catholic Memorial ballfields in West Roxbury with 90parking spaces both dividedbetween two buildings. Theproject originally had an accesspoint on Baker Street in theplan, but residents fought the

idea during meetings with theBoston Planning and Develop-ment Agency (BPDA). The ac-cess point will now go throughthe parking lot connected toVFW Parkway.

“The property is currentlyaccessed off the VFW Parkwayacross an easement across twoparcels that are in front of it,this parcel does not front on theParkway but is accessed acrossthe Parkway and will continueto be accessed in the sameway,” said Olstein during thehearing.

Dennis Quilty, ofMcDermot Quilty and Miller,said that was done because ofcommunity concern in terms of

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Shamrock Splash raises over $50K for beach programmingJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

While it wasn’t as frigid aslast year or as icy as the yearbefore, more than 150 braveand hearty Massachusettsresidents came out on Sundayto support Save the HarborSave the Bay (SHSB) for theseventh annual ShamrockSplash polar plunge.

The fundraising event re-ceived more than $50,000 forthe organization to help beachprograms across the BostonHarbor beaches, includingCarson Beach in South Bos-ton where the event was held.The event also supported theBoston Centers for Youth andFamily (BCYF), and Commis-sioner William Morales saidgetting Boston youths out tothe beach and out of theirneighborhoods always helpsto broaden horizons and getkids interested in saving theirown natural resources.

“We’ve been a partnersince the beginning, and wehave kids who, unfortunately,feel like their locked in their

communities. They believethat their reality is in fourblocks, and it’s very importantto kind of become blockbust-ers,” he said. “And it’s impor-tant to get the kids out andhelp them to figure out whatlife it all about. So some of theprogramming that SHSB hasprovided for us and the kidsthat opportunity to show themthat Boston is more than whatthey live within their fourblocks.”

SHSB Director BruceBerman took part in theplunge and thanked all the“brave souls” who joined himin the water. He also thankeda contingent of Revere BeachPartnership members whomade it out to Southie.

“They asked me to remindyou that Revere is America’sfirst public beach and it’s animportant part of our life inthis region,” he said.

Revere BeachPartnership’s Carol Haneysaid there’s a reason thatBerman remembers their or-ganization so much, in thatshe pushed him in the water

Hundreds of residents came out on Sunday to cheer on brave swimmers in the 2018 Shamrock Splash tobenefit Save the Harbor Save the Bay.

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when this event first startedwhen he was admittedly alittle timid about jumping in.

“I’ve been doing this sinceits inception about sevenyears ago,” she said. “It’s be-cause I firmly believe in whatSHSB has been doing and hasdone for the beaches and I’mreally interested in thebeaches. I’m on the beachescommission and I just wantthese beaches to be what theywere and SHSB has done a lotfor that.”

Haney admitted that while

it might have been a littlewarmer on Sunday than inyears past, it’s still not a dayat the beach.

“Last year was brutal, thisyear if we didn’t have a windit wouldn’t that bad,” shesaid. “They’re all bad, let metell you, there’s never a goodone!”

Resident James Guiod –sporting an outfit of sham-rock green – said he cameout because of his involve-ment with the MassachusettsWater Resource Authority

Advisory Board.“This is kind of showing

our partnership with SHSBbecause we’re another orga-nization with environmentalconcerns,” he said. “Last yearwas my first year and it wascold, but this year I’m very ex-cited, you can stand outside thistime.”

Resident David Kruger saidhe came out because it was just afun thing to do and a good cause.

“We’re just trying to make itan annual thing, it was cold butit was fun,” he said.

CorrectionIn last week’s West Roxbury/Roslindale Bulletin, it was incorrectly statedthat the owners of West Roxbury Motors, Gerald Nasif and JosephMoussalli, sold their business to developers after Mr. Nasif was subpoe-naed. According to Gerald Nasif, the sale of the property took place beforeany subpoenas were issued. Also, according to Moussalli, he bought ErnestNasif's house for $1.05 million, not $1.2 million as was stated.

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Roslindale Egg Hunt returning to Healy FieldJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

After a quick relocation,the Roslindale Village MainStreets (RVMS) announcedthat this year, the 24th annualRoslindale Egg Hunt will bereturning from Fallon Field toHealy Field at 11 a.m. onMarch 31.

RVMS Executive DirectorAlia Hamada Forrest said theyare also ramping up their eggcount this year.

“This year we have 10,000eggs prepared, so in the pastwe’ve had 6,000, but we’veseen this event grow every yearand there are more and morepeople so we got more eggsjust for that reason,” she said.

Forrest said this is her thirdEgg Hunt in Roslindale andshe said it’s an amazing timefor the community and thekids.

“It is probably the mostphotogenic event that we dobecause the eggs are all pastelcolors and they fill a wholefield,” she said. “It’s 10,000eggs in a field with a bunch ofyoung kids wearing their Eas-ter outfits. It’s a very warmcommunity event, even whenit’s not warm out. You see allyour neighbors there for thatone-hour event.”

Though Forrest said Fallon

Field wasn’t a bad spot, shefelt that some of the childrenlost their way there.

“We used Healy two yearsago and we really liked it,” shesaid. “The hope is that the kidsactually stay in the field andkids don’t get lost as much be-cause at Fallon Field there’sthat big hill and I saw kids justend up at the playground. AtHealy, everybody’s just morevisible and there’s bathroomaccess at the Flaherty Pool,which is ideal.”

Forrest said that if there isstill snow cover at Healy, theywill place most if not all of theeggs in local Roslindale busi-nesses for the kids to collectas their parents shop. Sheadded there still should be atleast some eggs in the shops ifthe event occurs as planned.

“There will also be someeggs in businesses for post-egghunt fun if the kids want tocontinue,” she said.

Forrest added that the egghunt is a boon for local busi-nesses regardless, as the WestRoxbury, Dorchester andBrighton Egg Hunts are usu-ally held on the same day.

“There are people whocome from all over Boston andbeyond and they do what’snow called the Egg Hunt Cir-cuit,” she said. “They hop fromBrighton to Roslindale to West

Roxbury or Dorchester, sothere are families that do theHop Along and we’re part ofthat stop, so we see a bunch ofnew faces every year. We liketo use that exposure to promoteour businesses, and we havesome great sponsors this year,like A Plus Realty has providedsome awesome face paintersfor the last three years. Thegreat Glenn Williams will beemceeing the event, which isalways fun and we’ll be man-aging the bunny hop and eggtoss games that will happen af-ter the egg hunt, so it will be agreat time.”

Forrest also said that theevent would never be able tohappen without the help ofRoslindale Parade PresidentTom Donohue, who helps themobtain permits and licensing forthe task of distributing 10,000eggs across the field.

“He’s been a very activevolunteer since the beginning,”she said. “Without him, thisevent would not happen, he’sthe reason why this event issuch a success.”

Sponsors for the event in-clude the Green T Coffee Shop,the Sacred Heart School, theTremont Credit Union,Sebastian’s Barber Shop and Sa-lon and the Committee to ElectState Representative JeffreySanchez.

More than 10,000 eggs will be placed at Healy Field on March 31 forthe egg hunt, an increase of 4,000.

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Editorial Four Green Fields, Fields ofAthenry, and Danny Boy

My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

During this St. Patrick’s Dayweekend many a Guinness willbe hoisted to toast many thingsIrish. The objects of the toastsmay have been long-since de-parted Irish gathering placessuch as Jamaica Plain’sKilgariff’s on Green Street orthe Triple D’s (Devlin,DeCourcey, and Devlin) onSouth Huntington Avenue or tomodern Irish food emporiadowntown, or to those in theneighborhoods. Or maybe thehonorees of the toasts may ac-tually be persons such as JamesMichael (no last name neces-sary here), other politicians, orjust plain other people. Or thetoast may merely be to Irishculture.

With banjoes flailing thisweekend, there will be lots ofmerriment in the songs butthere are three songs whosecontent bring no joy to thosewith short memories and hencevery little, if any, 5-string banjoaccompaniment.

“Four Green Fields” is ac-tually an allegory. It can referto the divvying up of Irelandinto four provinces years ago,with one (the North) being keptunder British rule. When inter-preted literally, the song isabout a fine old woman whosefour sons go off to war to fightthe British. No matter how thesong is interpreted, it ends onan upbeat thought

“But my sons have sons, asbrave as were their fathers

My fourth green field willbloom once again,” said she.

In “The Fields of Athenry,”thought by some to have beenwritten in the 1880’s, it refersto the Great Irish Famine and afictional Irish husband/father.Sentenced to be transported toAustralia’s Botany Bay forstealing food for his starvingwife and children, Michaelcalls to his wife, lamenting howmuch he will miss the low ly-ing fields of Galway. He ad-mits to pilfering Trevelyan’scorn, which is a reference to ahighly placed British adminis-trator, who in his hate for the

Irish rivaling that of OliverCromwell was supposed tohave said that “the judgment ofGod sent the calamity [the po-tato famine] to teach the Irish alesson.”

And then there is “DannyBoy.” A mistaken few think ofit as Scottish because of its ref-erence to pipes (bagpipes). Butthe song does have a Britishconnection, when an Englishlawyer’s Irish sister-in-law,having heard the melody in aColorado coal mine, sent him acopy of the tune, to which hecomposed the lyrics. Then hisestablished lyrics were evenchanged to suit the needs of theBritish soldiers in WWI, therebyleading some to think of it as aBritish song.

Like “Four Green Fields,” thesong can be interpreted on morethan one level. It could be par-ents merely saying a sad goodbyeto a son as part of the Irishdiaspora or, worse, bidding adieuto a son heading off to war. Per-haps it could be a girl leaving asweetheart.

There are many other Irishsongs that at first and erroneousglance may seem maudlin. Butfar from it, these songs evokemelancholy because of the tragichistory of imprisonment, famine,and death imposed on a wholenation, including my belovedIrish ancestors from Kerry.

Happy St. Patrick’s Day.

THE COMMUNITYCANNOT TAKEANYTHINGFOR GRANTED

To the Editor:I would like to clarify a few

points addressed in JeffSullivan’s March 8 Bulletin ar-ticle, “Roslindale Wetlands un-der proposed developmentagain”. That article reportedthe owner-developer’s renewalof its early 2000s proposal tobuild up to six two-family con-dominium structures on twocontiguous, front-to-back par-cels at 104-108 Walter Street.The original proposal drewoverwhelming community op-position. In October of 2005Mayor Menino personally in-formed the community at a lo-cal event that the proposal had

been withdrawn. His promisewas unambiguous. The pro-posal was dead and buried.Nothing would ever be built onNos. 104-108.

This mayoral bombshellwas based on his discussionswith the developer, the FeeneyBrothers, and the promises hesecured from it. He affirmedthat neither housing nor any-thing else would be built on108 Walter Street, a landlockedrear parcel abutting theRoslindale Wetlands. No. 108is located directly behind 104Walter Street, which fronts onthe street. The Mayor addedthat nothing other than a newgarage would ever be added toNo. 104, which is the site of apreexisting single familyhouse.

The Mayor had an addi-tional important announce-ment concerning a thirdFeeney Brothers property, aseparate and distinct 1.09 acreinterior lot directly beyond 108Walter. To wit: he had secureda deed from the Feeneys con-veying this vacant land to theCity. Although disappointed,the Feeneys had conceded in2003 that this third lot waslargely if not entirely wetlands.They agreed that it wasunbuildable and thereforecommercially worthless. Allparties had been aware of thatfact for some two years on theevening of the Mayor’s an-nouncement.

That verdict on this thirdpiece of land was based on theconclusions of an engineeringfirm hired by the Feeneysthemselves. The City andcommunity groups requestedand received this informationand supporting materials in2003. But one man’s trash isanother man’s treasure. Andin this case this land was acommon sense and appreciated

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Look, no one can argue that three major storms in barely amonth is business as usual (and, sadly, one or two may still beon the way later this month). It certainly seems that we have arecent trend of all our winter storms piling on just as we startthinking about spring.

We also have nothing but praise for the hardworking menand women who are working nearly around the clock to repairdowned power lines and restore power to those who lost it.Nothing we say should reflect on their efforts.

Something, however, needs to be done in an attempt to re-build and strengthen our utility infrastructure so that future powerlosses are neither so common, nor so prolonged.

As of Wednesday morning, more than 140,000 customers inMassachusetts were still without power, according to the Bos-ton Globe. The third nor’easter in two weeks left more than240,000 households powerless at some point during the storm.

A major complication, apparently, is that high winds, the hall-mark of a nor’easter, preclude the use of bucket trucks whenmaking repairs. Wind gusts may still complicate matters for daysto come.

What we need to do, and it is long overdue, is to embark ona comprehensive study of blizzard preparedness. ‘Oh, great,’you may say, more studies. The reality, however, is that cities,towns, and the state are all throwing money away each winter.

Is there anything we can do to either reinforce power lines oreven bring them underground?

Why are seawalls so easily damaged when seas get rough?Why did the state waste (at least it seems like a waste) $3

million on new sand for the South Shore’s coastline, when thisstorm very quickly blew it all away?

Are new building restrictions needed in coastal areas, andeven inland locations where flooding is perpetual?

Are schools reviewed for the safety of their premises to atleast try to ensure that there are no roof collapses or other high-priced damage?

Rather than ticket and whine about un-shoveled sidewalks,cities and towns need to understand that not everyone is ca-pable of the task and dispatch teams to assist the elderly anddisabled.

These are all issues that arise every winter and it seems ab-surd not to plan for them.

In the meantime, we leave you with some great advice fromthe Town of Norwood’s Light Department:

Always have an adequate supply of flashlights and batterieson hand. Candles, if used, should never be left unattended.

If you own an outdoor grill make sure you have access to it.If you lose power you can use it for cooking as well as for boil-ing water. (Do not bring the grill into your house to use it as itmay cause a fire.)

Call the Police Department if you need to locate the nearestemergency shelter.




RUFF hosting fundraiser, planningdog park grand opening


Responsible Urbanites for Fido is hosting a small fundraiser next week to help support the maintenance andprogramming the group provides.

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The dog park advocacygroup Responsible Urbanitesfor Fido (RUFF) announcedrecently they will be holding afundraiser at Shake the Tree inthe North end on March 19, andthey are also planning theirgrand opening for the NorthEnd Dog Park at the DeFillippoPlayground for sometime inApril.

“We are hosting a smallfundraiser at Shake the Tree,and 20 percent of the proceedsof the night will go towardsRUFF,” said RUFF co founderand President Leslie Horn.

“The owner is hosting us withsnacks and drinks and also araffle, which she has also gen-erously offered to donate.”

The while the dog park it-self has been opening sequen-tially for a few years now,Horn said they still need morefunds for day-to-day opera-tions. The park is a state-of-the-art facility that providesdoggy bags for owners and aseries of off-leash play areasfor the dogs. It also has a per-meable surface to allow fordrainage of liquid dog wasteand has received positive feed-back from most of the neigh-borhood. Horn said they wereable to build the park mostlyfrom private donations.

“The park was 90 percentpaid for through private fund-ing, mostly grants. But we heldmany small and medium sizefundraisers in the past fewyears to contribute to the ef-fort,” she said. “This is a asmall-scale fundraiser but weare of the mindset that everypenny helps.”

Horn said there also a fewtweaks they have to make tothe park before the grand open-ing, set for April 28.

“Most of our pastfundraising was 100 percentfor the build of our dog park,”she said. The park is now builtwith some minor items to becompleted in April for ourGrand Opening for April.”

Horn said though there aresome items they want to con-

tinuously provide for four-legged patrons and their own-ers, and they still need somefunds to do that every year.

“We currently supply dogwaste bags in five locationsthroughout the North End in-cluding within our park,” shesaid. “Additionally, our fundsgo towards the park build,maintenance, which is not cov-ered by any of our grants andeducational events for mem-bers.”

Horn said even a very smallfundraiser for the dog park canreally help them with main-taining the area and providingprogramming for residents.

“We are extremely small soeven a fundraiser like thismakes a big difference. Forexample, a case of dog wastebags costs us roughly $144 perorder,” she said. “This winterwe supplied seven cases - sojust over $1,000 in waste bagsfor members. Money we raiseon Monday evening will go to-wards this and other efforts forthe park.”

Horn said that they havenot confirmed a lot of theevents set for April 28th’sgrand opening, so she said tostay tuned to their web site atruffboston.org/.

“The Grand Openingshould be a blast, we just needto finish a few large items inthe park which are weather de-pendent,” she said. “So I don’twant to confirm too much tillwe check those boxes off.”

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BPD camera program works, but it's going to be expensiveJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The Boston City Councilmet with representatives fromthe Boston Police Department(BPD) and community stake-holders on Monday to discussthe recently released study onthe BPD’s body worn camerapilot program that came to anend in September of 2017.

According to BPD Commis-sioner Billy Evans, the resultshave been good, but he said heis concerned about the cost offull implementation.

“From an organizationalstandpoint, it’s all positive,” hesaid. “The only negative is thatthe officers, when they’re infoot pursuit, they lose the cam-eras, sometimes when they’rein fights, they get ripped offtheir body, but other than that,things have gone real well. Ithink year to date, we have38,200 videos that we’ve got-ten in that year. Forty six hun-dred hours of footage for themost part, and at least two casescomplaints brought against of-ficers was cleared by viewingthe video, It’s been good toback officers also for frivolouscomplaints.”

Evans said for the year, theyhad 12 fewer complaints of useof excessive force citizens,which he said is not significantfor 12 months and seven fewercounts of use of force ascounted by the officers them-selves.

“We don’t really have aproblem with use of force in thedepartment, back in 2011 therewere 80 complaints of exces-sive use of force from citizens,and in 2017 we just had 21, soit’s steadily declining over theyears, anyone complainingabout excessive force in theBPD, and also with citizens’complaints,” he said. “Back in2013 we registered 360, lastyear we had 211, so you can seewithout the body cameras, ournumbers in the behavior com-plaints department has signifi-cantly gone down. This mostlikely only improve that as thisstudy has shown, but I come inhere right from the get go, Idon’t think Mayor Walsh andmyself have really opposedthis, the biggest question al-ways has always been howmuch is it going to cost.”

The study was conducted byNortheastern University and itsDirector of the School of Crimi-nology and Criminal JusticeAnthony Braga. Braga said thebody worn camera pilot waslaunched in five districts andthe Youth Violence StrikeForce, and he said the pilot wasa randomized experiment withrandom allocations of camerasthroughout those five districtsand another control group with-

out cameras.“Which is considered the

gold standard for programevaluation,” he said.

He said they had 100 cam-eras, and said they selected of-ficers work the day shifts andafternoon shifts, and said thetwo groups were chosen basedon their similar characteristicsin terms of age and sex etc., butalso for average number ofcomplaints and excessive use offorce complaints filed againstthem in the past.

“So we were able to receivethat apples to apples compari-son,” he said.

Evans said his major con-cern with outfitting all officerswith cameras is that of the of-ficers’ use of their own discre-tion. He brought up the ex-ample of Las Vegas, which hasinstituted a body camera pilot,and he said the results were atbest, mixed.

“Officers wore the camerasand what happened was thatcomplaints in I think use offorce came down a little bit butwhat went up was the amountof arrests and the amounts oftickets written,” he said. “Ittakes away a lot of the discre-tion where officers used to beable to probably give kidsbreaks on something and whatthey found in Las Vegas is theamount of arrests went up be-cause officers are on video andI think sometimes they’re com-pelled where they could havegiven someone a break thatthey’re going to have to makean arrest.”

Deputy Superintendent ofthe BPD Information ServicesGroup said that the cost of fullimplementation would be about$5 to $7 million in the first year.

“Now some of those costscould go down, we will negoti-

ate with vendors, but this isbased on the high level estimatesand quotes that we’ve receivedfrom some of the vendors outthere,” he said. “Some of thesecosts are recurring, others arefirst-year implementation costs,so depending on what kind ofdeal we get from whatever ven-dor, we’re probably looking atbetween $5 to $7 million on ayearly basis moving forward fora full implementation.”

Daley said they could alsophase in the program and rampup from there to lower the costimpacts.

Chair of the NAACP Officeof Legal Redress Rachel Rollinssaid that her organization is ask-ing for full implementation im-mediately and said that thoughthere can be instances of discre-tion among officers withoutcameras as Evans said, there isone piece of that that needs tobe addressed in terms of staff-ing.

“We really need officers thatreflect the community, that theyreflect the rich and diversecommunities of Boston,” shesaid. “We also ask that there bepolicies in place that determinewhen the cameras are turned onand off and there’s transparencyand citizen oversight.”

American Civil LibertiesUnion of Massachusetts RacialJustice Director Rashaan Hallsaid that since his organizationreleased their 2014 report,Black, Brown and Targeted, hesaid they strongly urged theBoston Police Department toadopt a body worn camera pro-gram.

“It was particularly disturb-ing when that report was re-leased that showed racial dis-parities in who was stopped, in-terrogated, observed andfrisked by the BPD, despite

only making up 24 percent ofthe city’s population, blackpeople made up 63 percent ofthose police civilian interac-tions and we felt it was appro-priate at that time that the de-partment adopt body worn cam-eras,” he said. “Certainly by nostretch of the imagination arethey a panacea, but they are avaluable tool to increase trans-parency and accountability.”

Hall said that incidents likethe one a few weeks ago where

Body worn cameras are expensive and BPD Commissioner Evans sayshe's still not convinced they're necessarily worth it.

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a black Boston youth was ques-tioned by police on camera.Many in the community felt thatthe police officer’s actions wereat least over the top and at mostcould also have violated theyouth’s constitutional rights.

“While there’s a tension be-tween community and policeofficers, we can really get to theheart of why people are lesswilling to engage with policewhen we see videos like that,”he said.


Running the race, embracing the future, shedding the pastMatt MacDonaldMatt MacDonaldMatt MacDonaldMatt MacDonaldMatt MacDonald

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A member of the 54th Regiment Re-enactors makes an announcement at a recent Hyde ParkBoard of Trade meeting regarding “In Camp at Readville: A 3D Exhibit Installation by the 54thRegiment Re-enactors.”

The exhibit, which runs from March 15 through April 27 at the Menino Arts Center (26Central Ave., Hyde Park) visually brings to life – through a mock camp pitched in the maingallery, period artifacts, photos, and participating members of the 54th Re-enactors – 1863Camp Meigs.

The regiment – made famous through the Augustus Saint-Gaudens relief sculpture facingthe State House at the top of Beacon Hill, and through the 1989 film “Glory” – was the firstAfrican-American regiment organized in the Northern states during the Civil War.

The opening reception will be held on Friday, March 16, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. There willalso be a children’s reception on April 19 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Admission is free.

“In Camp at Readville” is presented in conjunction with Hyde Park’s 150th anniversaryyear.

Photo and Text by Matt MacDonald

Hyde Park resident Bryant Hollins running the 2017 BAA Half Marathon. He will be running in nextmonth's Boston Marathon after a serious bout of cancer.

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This upcoming Patriots’ Day,the 122nd Boston Marathon willgo off as scheduled with runnersof all abilities making their wayto the city on their own unique26.2 mile journeys.

For all of them the stories ofhow they came to run this raceare just as unique and contain –in many cases – just as manytwists, turns, ups, downs andchallenges as this famous route.

Bryant Hollins, of HydePark, will be one of those run-ners, and his crossing of the StartLine in Hopkinton and – if allgoes well – the Finish Line onBoylston Street will representthe successful completion of notonly the race, but also of – in asymbolic way – a far more dif-ficult course.

“There’s a lot behind thisrunning of the Marathon.There’s a lot behind it, yeah.”

Hollins sits at his kitchentable as he talks, calling into theliving room for his two youngdaughters Jada and Laila tocome in and introduce them-selves and, later on introducinghis adult son Teron.

Hanging from a peg on thewall behind him are the bibs andmedals earned from entering andfinishing a small handful ofraces in 2017.

If all had gone according toplan, this chapter of his storywould have been closed a yearago. That is when he hadplanned to run the race, trainingfor it with his brother Charlesin the second half of 2016.

It had been an awful year forBryant, who – by August – hadlost his father and divorced his

wife. It got worse when he re-ceived a call from his doctor tell-ing him that he had prostate can-cer.

Choosing to get through therest of 2016 and to enjoy theHolidays with his family,Hollins waited until February of2017 to have surgery.

Immediately afterwards, hekept thinking about all that hadhappened in the prior year.

“How do I put this behindme? How do I move forward inmy recovery?”

Lying in bed two weeks af-ter surgery, he got up to pull hissneakers on “just with the inten-tion of going outside to walkaround a little bit.”

Instead, he found himselfputting on his running clothes,then stretching, then...

“I started running. I did aForrest Gump thing. I was just,like, running.” He ran throughthe neighborhood on his famil-iar one mile circuit and, gettingback home, went around again.

Exhausted but otherwise suf-fering no ill effects, he went outagain the next day, running anextra mile and feeling better forit. He ran another two miles onthe third day.

“At that point, I started chart-ing my path as to how I was go-ing to make it to the 2018 Mara-thon. I had no idea. It’s a toughthing to do.”

The prior year, he’d had theopportunity to officially runthrough sponsorship providedthrough his brother’s companybut had to pass on it after gettinghis diagnosis, but in 2017 he wason his own.

Increasing his training regi-men, he finished the Boston Ath-letic Association (BAA) 10K in

June.“I knew that I was on my way

to the Marathon. I just had noidea how I’d be able to get a bib.”

Reaching out to charitableorganizations for the opportunityto officially run to raise funds,Hollins was unsuccessful but, bythat point, he was so committedto the idea that he was telling ev-eryone that he would be runningthe Marathon in 2018.

The race had taken on a spiri-tual significance, with his beliefthat his running of it would pro-vide him the ability to “shedaway any of those conditionsfrom my past and brightly moveinto the future.”

Just after running the BAA

Half Marathon, Hollins got hisbib.

Working as a senior projectmanager in the IT Division ofBlue Cross Blue Shield, he askedaround and was immediatelyconnected with one of thecompany’s non-profit partners:Playworks New England.

At around the same time,Hollins was slowed by an injurythat has kept him out of serioustraining and in therapy since latefall but – only a month away fromthe day of the race – he needs torun again.

Hollins’ plan is to get up to10-15 miles “comfortably” be-fore the Marathon “and then theother 11 miles, 12 miles... That’s

where the mental toughnesscomes in.”

But, for now, he sounds opti-mistic and motivated.

“This is something that I haveto do. I have to do it in order forme to move on and, at the sametime, there’s no better organiza-tion for me to do this with thanPlayworks.”

For more information aboutBryant Hollins, visitw w w . c r o w d r i s e . c o m /bryanthollins1.

To contact Bryant Hollinsemail [email protected].

For information aboutPlayworks New England, visitwww.playworks.org/communi-ties/massachusetts.



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AMERICAN SONGS WITHA RUSSIAN ACCENT

Boris Fogel performs 20th cen-tury hits. April 14, Saturday, 2 pm./Brighton Branch Library/40 Acad-emy Hill Road/(617) 782-6032.Renowned Russian concertmaster,Boris Fogel treats us to a vocal andpiano performance of 20th centurysongs. Come hear works byGeorge Gershwin, RichardRodgers, Glenn Miller and others.All are welcome.

KIWANIS STAR SINGINGCOMPETITION $1000GRAND PRIZE!

The Allston-Brighton KiwanisClub is hosting its tenth annual“Kiwanis Star” Talent Show to ben-efit local charities.

WHEN: Saturday at 7:00 PM,April 7, 2018 WHERE: Saint Jo-seph Preparatory High School Au-ditorium (located at 617 CambridgeStreet in Allston, MA) CelebrityJudge Panel will select the winnersat the event. Runner up wins $250,third place $100. Auditions to Se-lect 13 Finalists for the Show

WHEN: Saturday, March 17,9:30am-noon and 1:00-3:00pm

WHERE: Abundant GraceChurch Office 640 WashingtonStreet, Suite 204, Brighton (Locatedin the Presentation School Founda-tion Community Center acrossfrom the Oak Square YMCA; ac-cessible by the 57 and 64 buses;parking lot off Tremont Street)

Contact: Email Dave Hill [email protected] to sign upfor an audition on March 17.

COST: AUDITION FEE IS$20, PAYABLE IN CASH at thetime of the audition. Your fee helpsus to raise money for charities thatserve local children. Auditions arelimited to 5 minutes and perform-

ers should bring their own music—CD, iPod, or instrument (CD playerwill be available) if they desire mu-sical accompaniment during theiraudition.

HYDE PARK

TEEN ANIME CLUBJoin us for current favorites and

other classic titles streaming online.We can also watch feature lengthfilms. There are hundreds of titlesonline so come and chose what youwant! Bring your favorite snacksand enjoy the show with otherfriendly Otaku. Teen Anime Clubtakes place on Thursday, March 15,2018, 2:30 – 5:30pm. Located atMenino Hall Hyde Park Branch ofthe Boston Public Library 35Harvard Avenue Hyde Park, MA02136

SATURDAY MORNINGBLOCK PARTY

Come play, build, and learn to-gether at a block party – librarystyle. Playing with blocks providesopportunities to learn about mathand science, pre-reading skills, so-cial skills, and motor skills. Vari-ous building blocks will be avail-able including wood blocks, mag-netic blocks, KAPLA blocks, softblocks, and baby blocks. No regis-tration is required. The Block Partytakes place on Saturday, March 17,9:30 – 11:30am. Located at theHyde Park Branch of the BostonPublic Library 35 Harvard AvenueHyde Park, MA 02136

EASTER EGG HUNTThe Boston Police Department

Area E-18 & the BCYF Hyde ParkCommunity Center invites you tojoin us for an Easter Egg hunt, Sun-day, March 25th from 12:30-2:00pm (egg hunt to begin promptly at1:00 pm). Hop on down to the com-munity center for an egg hunt,spring activities, light refreshmentsand FUN! 1179 River Street, res-ervations required please call 617-635-5178 or [email protected] byMarch 19th. Event is for children 9and younger.

WEST ROXBURYROSLINDALE

WEST ROXBURY POETRYCONTEST

The theme this year is listening.All poetry submissions due March28, 2018.Awards ceremony is May3, 2018 at 6:30 PM. This event isOngoing through Wednesday,March 28, 2018. Located at theWest Roxbury Branch of the Bos-ton Public Library 1961 CentreStreet West Roxbury, MA 02132

Award categories includegrades K-8, high school, adults, andseniors. Questions? [email protected]

FALL TRIP TOFATIMA, LOURDESAND BARCELONA

St. John Chrysostom’s Parish,4750 Washington St., WestRoxbury, announces a new trip forFatima and Lourdes to be sched-uled this fall, with an included jour-ney to Barcelona, Spain. It will bebooked through the Collette Gate-way. An informational presentation

will be given in the Parish Center at4740 Washington St. on Monday,March 19 at 6 p.m. The trip isscheduled from October 14-23.

For more information, pleasecontact Fr. John Carroll at 617-323-4410 or [email protected]

WR FRIENDS OF ROSIE’SPLACE MARCH 24THCOMMUNITY DINNERSAVE THE DATE!

Get ready to have some fun andsupport a worthy cause! The WestRoxbury Friends of Rosie’s Place(WRFORP) will hold its 16th an-nual Spring Community Dinnerfund-raiser on March 24th.

The Community Dinner ben-efits Rosie’s Place, a sanctuary forpoor and homeless women, theRoslindale Food Pantry, and pro-vides summer camperships forhomeless and needy children. Arepresentative from Rosie’s Placewill join us and share how your sup-port makes a difference. Gift cer-tificates, gift baskets, sports items,and more will be raffled duringsilent and live auctions. You canalso try your luck at a 50/50 auc-tion. Wonderful items for reason-ably priced bids will be yours totake home. Our friend and neigh-bor, Beth Germano, will be theEmcee for the evening. As manyof you know, Beth is an Emmyaward winning reporter withWBZ-TV.

In addition, we are very fortu-nate to have a wonderful eveningof music thanks to MCO Produc-tions in Brighton. The dinner willbe held at St. George AntiochianOrthodox Church, 55M

Emmonsdale Road, WestRoxbury. The church is handi-capped accessible and a short walkfrom several MBTA bus routes.Tickets for the event are $30 perperson and includes dinner andbeverages. To reserve your place,make checks payable to WRFORPand return to WRFORP, P.O. Box320076, West Roxbury, MA02132 or go to our websitewestroxburyfriendsofrosiesplace.org.Questions?

Contact Doris Corbo (617)327-5902. The WRFORP is a non-profit all volunteer organization.We are so fortunate to have somany loyal supporters. We lookforward to having you join us onMarch 24th for a good time for aworthwhile cause.

PARKWAY YOUTH SOCCERLEAGUE IS ACCEPTINGAPPLICATIONS

Parkway Youth Soccer Leagueis accepting applications for the2018 season. Games begin inApril. There will be 2 seasons,spring and fall, played at Millen-nium Park, West Roxbury. Applica-tions may be downloaded andprinted from the‘parkwaysoccerwestroxbury’ siteon Google. Applications may alsobe picked up at the Roche FamilyCenter, Phil’s Barber Shop in WestRoxbury, Elie’s Barber Shop inWest Roxbury and Sebastian’sBarber Shop in Roslindale.

Parkway Youth Soccer is in its40th season. Children born be-tween Jan 1, 2003 and Dec. 31,2013 are eligible to play in the regu-lar league. High school studentsborn between 2000 and 20021 areeligible to play in the Senior Divi-sion. Applications received afterFeb. 28 depend upon availability ofspace. For more information, contact617-962-4271.


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DeathsMAHAN

Theresa M. 58, of WestRoxbury, formerly of Miltonand Jamaica Plain, died sur-rounded by her family March5, 2018 at Seasons Hospice inMilton after a long illness. Be-loved wife of Michael A.Spinello; loving mother ofMeghan C. Kates and her hus-band Jesse of New York, Tho-mas J. Carey and his wifeBonnie of West Roxbury, andGrace M. Carey of Chicago,Ill.; loving stepmother ofMichael J. Spinello and hiswife Katie of Milton, andNicholas M. Spinello and hiswife Sarah of Westwood. De-voted grandmother of Dylan,Ryan, Daisy Grace, Michaeland Olive. Sister of Jeanne M.Mahan of Worcester, John L.Mahan of Milton, Julianne M.Wich of New York, Maureen E.Mahan of Mansfield, JenniferM. Golden of Quincy andPatricia M. Welsh of Mansfield.Also survived by many niecesand nephews. Daughter of thelate John M. and Elizabeth A.(MacDonald) Mahan. Funeralwas from the William J.Gormley Funeral Home, 2055Centre St., WEST ROXBURY,followed by a Funeral Mass inSt. Ignatius Church, ChestnutHill. For directions andg u e s t b o o kwww.gormleyfuneral.com Wil-liam J. Gormley Funeral Ser-vice 617-323-8600

PALUMBORichard A. “Richie” Of

West Roxbury, February 27,2018. Father of Michael,Jonathan and Marc Palumbo.Beloved son of Pasqualina(Cutone) Palumbo of WestRoxbury and the late AntonioPalumbo. Loving brother of SalPalumbo and Ana of Saugusand Diane Bellanti and her hus-band James of Norwood. Alsosurvived by nieces and neph-ews. Member of Local 103IBEW, Boston. Funeral wasfrom the P.E. Murray - F.J.Higgins, George F. Doherty &Sons Funeral Home, 2000 Cen-tre St., WEST ROXBURY. AFuneral Mass was in St.Theresa of Avila Church, WestRoxbury. Entombment was atSt. Michael Cemetery,Roslindale. For directions &g u e s t b o o kpemurrayfuneral.com. P.E.Murray - F.J. Higgins GeorgeF. Doherty & Sons WestRoxbury 617 325 2000

SMIGLIANIMargaret (Andreasse)

Passed away peacefully in herhome, surrounded by her fam-ily on March 8, 2018. Belovedwife of the late AnthonySmigliani, sister of the lateAnna Palladino, survived byher brother John Andreasse ofAvon. Loving mother of Andreaand her husband Paul Micheliof Mansfield, MichelleSmigliani of West Roxbury,Karen and her husband GenoMastro of Mansfield, Anetteand her husband Tom Coyne ofWest Roxbury, Donna and her

husband Steven Rabb ofSharron, proud second motherto Phylisan Palladino and herhusband Bob Mudge of NJ,Mario Palladino and his wifeBarbara of Bridgewater, KatieMcGuire and her husband Artieof Marshfield. She was adoredby her sixteen grandchildren,two great-grandchildren, fivegrand pets and many nieces,nephews and friends.

Visiting hours were held inthe Robert J. Lawler andCrosby Funeral Home, 1803Centre St., WEST ROXBURY.A Mass of Christian Burial wascelebrated in the Holy NameChurch. Interment was atFairview Cemetery. In lieu offlowers donations may be madein Margaret’s name to St. JudeHospital, 501 St. Jude Place,Memphis, TN 38105.www.stjude.org Lawler andCrosby Funeral Home

TOBINKathleen A. (Fulton)

(Loubier) 66, of Stoughton, for-merly of Brockton and HydePark, peacefully on March 8,2018; wife of Michael J. Tobin;mother of Renee Loubier ofBrockton, Noelle Gardner of E.Bridgewater, Jennifer Gray &her husband John of East Ha-ven, CT, Brianne Loubier ofRaynham, & the late David O.Loubier Jr.; grandmother ofDonald, Jordan, Emilia & Lily;stepmother of Kevin Tobin ofCoventry, RI & Brian Tobin of

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RWTP bringing Disco Alley and riskJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The playground advocacygroup Roslindale Wants toPlay (RWTP) is hosting sev-eral events in the comingmonths to advocate for betterplay opportunities forRoslindale children.

Firstly, the group discus-sion from Anji Play advocateand Roslindale residentLawrence Cohen has beenpostponed due to this week’sstorm. The talk was originallyscheduled for Tuesday, March13, but will now occur inApril or May. Cohen’s AnjiPlay format, originally devel-oped by Chinese educatorCheng Xueqin, tries to helpchildren create their own for-mat for play while introduc-ing an element of risk.

RWTP co founder AdamRogoff said Cohen’s ideas onAnji Play and how it could beintroduced in Roslindalecould really help to enrich thelives of children in the neigh-borhood.

“He’s a natural resource

for us,” he said. “Anji Play fo-cused very much on kids cre-ating their own infrastructurefor play as they do and col-laborate and involve them-selves and it does involve el-ements of risk in it. He’s wit-nessed it in China a numberof times and is really very ex-cited about it and he’s goingto share a bit about what Anjiplay is, what’s he’s learnedabout it and how it could beintegrated in America.”

Rogoff said Anji Play in-volves playground elementsthat can be manipulated by thechildren using them. He saidit’s like life-sized Legos, butwith actual bricks.

“It’s not like Americanplaygrounds, which are fo-cused on everything beingfixed in place,” he said. “Thiswould have everythingunfixed. It allows the kids tobuild bridges andladders...The typical Ameri-can approach is to eliminateall elements ofunpredictability and thingsthat a kid could potentiallyhurt themselves with even if

they use it in the correct way.”Rogoff said the risk of pos-

sibly getting hurt is there, butsaid it helps to build thechild’s sense of accomplish-ment and pride. He said thisis what happened to his nearsix-year-old daughter whenshe first tried to tackle theslide at Fallon Field. He saidshe had to work herself up tothe challenge of climbing theropes to reach the nearly 25feet in the air required to ac-cess the slide entrance.

“When she did it for thefirst time, she was just incred-ibly proud of herself and itwasn’t like a threshold shecrossed and once she did it shewould never be afraid of it,she frequently finds herselfapprehensive, but every timeshe does it there’s a tremen-dous amount of pride aroundthat mastery,” he said.

Rogoff said they are alsohosting a new event on April6 and 7 from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.on the alley off of South Streetin Roslindale Square heading

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2. Holding the hearing in aroom too small to accommo-date everyone

3. Permitting recording themeeting without making the re-quired announcement.

4. Improperly removingmembers of the public from themeeting room and denying ac-cess to empty seats.

5. The vote was inaudiblefrom the audience.

This was later supple-mented by an eight-page docu-ment with a frame-by-frameanalysis of the BPDA video ofthe hearing showing peoplebeing removed from the hallwith allegations that these werelargely people of color. CityLife also videotaped the hear-ing.

Assistant Attorney GeneralKevin Manganaro wrote theruling letter to BPDA GeneralCounsel Renee LeFevre.

“ We find that the Board didnot violate the Open MeetingLaw with respect to many of theallegations. However we findthat the Board violated theOpen Meeting Law by failingto admit members of the publicto fill empty seats in the meet-ing room… we now considerthe complaint ... to be re-solved.” Ruth Rickenbacker,one of the two plaintiffs, is a26-year-old communicationscoordinator who lives on HydePark Avenue in Forest Hills.

“ I’m a supporter of Keep it100,”she said.“The BPDA wasout of line, people of color weresingled out for removal.”

Rickenbacker said she at-tended some of the Plan JP/Roxworkshops.

“ This [JP Rox] is funda-mentally about displacement,”she said.“You can’t trust them[BPDA].”

She arrived late to thecrowded hall outside the meet-ing room and could not get in.

“ A security officer at thedoor let people out but wouldnot let people in;he never letanybody in.”

“ In conversation withKeepIt100 we decided to file acomplaint. The BPDA was dis-rupting the democratic pro-cess.”

In a March 5 press release.KeepIt100 for Real AffordableHousing spokesperson My’KelMcMillen demanded that theBPDA not repeat such actionsin the future.

“ It wasn’t fair to the peopleinside and it wasn’t fair to thepeople outside not allowed tocome in,”he said. He vowed tokeep fighting. “Although theyare going to try and silence outvoices but fear only wins if youallow it to.”

But KeepIt100 plans no ac-tion on the heels of the rulingand McMillen is pessimistic.

“ It’s a slap in the wrist,”hesaid in a phone conversation on

March 5. “It won’t change any-thing.”

Rickenbacker was more op-timistic.

“I’m disappointed that onlyone violation was counted,”shesaid.“It should’ve been allcounts. It was very evident thatpeople of color were discrimi-nated against.”

“ But more importantly,”sheadded.“The BPDA knowswe’re watching them and hold-ing them accountable and won’tgo away. This is what gives mehope,”

In a statement to The Bulle-tin, The BPDA admitted itfailed to allow people into thehearing room.

“ We take very seriously thedecision that finds that theBPDA failed to admit commu-nity members to fill empty seatsafter the Boston Police Depart-ment took action in what theydetermined to be a public safetymatter. The BPDA prioritizescreating an inclusive and wel-coming environments for alland we are working with the At-torney Generals office for guid-ance and best practices in theevent a similar situation occursat a future BPDA- sponsoredmeeting,”

It wasn’t for lack of tryingthat the hearing room was over-crowded. In response to thecomplaint the BPDA wrote thatit anticipated a very large crowdand sought to find a larger hall,but City Council chamberswere unavailable and the meet-ing room at 26 Court Street toosmall. As The Bulletin noted, theBPDA also added more chairsto the existing eighty in themeeting room and set up a tele-vision monitor in the hall.

Between the jeering and

shouting in the meeting hall, thefrequent evictions of speakersconsidered out of order, and thepounding and chanting outside,it was difficult to hear testimonyor board member questions. Thevote was taken so quickly overthe shouting in the audience thatfew in the meeting hall heard it.The Bulletin got confirmationonly by asking a BPDA staffperson.

Nevertheless, as the AttorneyGeneral stated, in the video ofthe hearing the vote was clearand audible.

The Attorney General closedthe case but Plan JP Rox is notclosed in Jamaica Plain. In re-sponse to the Attorney Generalruling, Representative Liz Malia– never warm to Plan JP/Rox –could only say in a statement:

“I look forward to seeing theBPDA follow the law in the fu-ture.” To the consternation ofthe Jamaica Plain NeighborhoodCouncil, in February the BPDAsaid that the zoning review pro-cess of Plan JP Rox- legally en-forcing the guidelines- wouldbe delayed until a transporta-tion study of the boundary areais completed.

Neighborhood Councilmember and Egleston Squareresident Carolyn Royce toldThe Bulletin that the real im-pact of Plan JP/Rox is gettinglost.

“The noise of the protestsand the fine points of the OpenMeeting laws are obscuring thekey issue which is housingcosts,”she said.

“ For me the AG’s rulingand the memory of the raucousprotests of the BPDA meetinglast March serve as yet anotherreminder of the basic question‘Where will people live?’”

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Stoughton; sister of JackieGolabek & her husband Georgeof Canton, Diane Nepini ofWirtz, Virginia, Michael Fulton& his wife Tara of Milton, &John McNair of Sarasota,FL. She also leaves manynieces, nephews, extendedfamily & friends. Funeralwas from Waitt Funeral

Deaths continued from page 10Home. Funeral Mass was atSt. Edith Stein Church andburial was at Holy SepulchreCemetery, Stoughton. In lieuof flowers, memorial giftsmay be made to SeasonsHospice or Dana-FarberCancer Institute. Visitwww.waittfuneralhome.comor call 508-583-7272.


six dwellings with two hous-ing units a piece. RWTF mem-bers are concerned as the 108is a landlocked parcel, cut offfrom the street, and is withinthe 100-foot buffer of the wet-lands behind.

There is about 1.09 acreswetlands behind 108 Walterthat RWTF members say isunbuildable and was gifted tothe city by Feeney back in2005, and RWTF members at-test that Feeney’s engineerssaid the area was unbuildableas well, when they originallytried to develop the propertiesin the early 2000s. LANABoard member Caterina Tostesaid that the meeting was sup-posed to have representativesfrom Feeney to come and talkabout the group’s proposedplans, but they decided not tocome to the meeting.

“This is not to be a presen-tation and a conversation onwhatever that project was or isgoing to be, this is going to bean informational session we’renot going to get into the dirtydeeds of what could be com-ing,” she said.

RWTF member Jim Taffwent into the history of the par-cel, which he said started in

2001 when residents first sawsurveys out on the land.

“Back in 2000 or 2001thereabouts people living onthe perimeter living of the wet-lands saw some men with somesurvey sticks taking measure-ments and wanted to knowwhat was going on,” he said.“We found out the propertyhad been sold and there was aplan to build some structuressome housing.”

Taff said that after years oforganizing, protesting andspeaking with then MayorThomas Menino, they finallywon out to keep the area un-developed, but with one ca-veat: no binding agreementwas made.

“ “The Mayor met withFeeney and they decided theyweren’t going to build.(Menino) never told us how hedid that it was the subject of alot of speculation at the timebut he said they weren’t’ go-ing to build anything and theywere never going to build any-thing in perpetuity... The back1.09 acres went to the city.That’s the thing we got thisland for the wetlands it hasnothing to do with those othertwo parcels, they made a sepa-

rate agreement with theFeeneys, but he made a prom-ise based on the promise thatthe Feeeny’s made which wasa promise to the community.”

Taff said that while no newplans are on the table from theFeeney’s (since the Bulletin’sprevious article on the subject)they want to start organizingwith the community now tohelp clean up and advocate forthe wetlands there. RWTFmember Deborah Mel. said thewetlands there really help withkeeping flood waters in checkand it would be a huge detri-ment to the surrounding neigh-borhoods if that buffer is lostto concrete foundation.

“The plan is keep every-body informed and get every-one involved by helping out insome way or just discoveringthe space if you haven’t beenout there before or lately,” saidMel. “After a rain storm it’sespecially interesting to goback there and see how muchwater is retained and how thatarea is acting like a naturalsponge and handling all thatoverflow so your basementdoesn’t have to.”

Mel said they have in thepast organized cleanups forlittle and invasive species, aswell as putting in new nativeplants. Though it was said thatthe group could work withBoston Shines this year to geta neighborhood cleanup for the

area, the invasive species in thearea – mainly Japanese Knot-weed – would need more con-sistent care as it grows backvery quickly. Residentsthrough the Boston ShinesCleanup could be a good start-ing point, but they need moreresidents to continuously helpmaintain the area.

“If you do organize acleanup, I’ll pay for pizza andwater for afterwards,” saidDistrict 5 City Councilor andChair of the council’s Commit-tee on Environment andSustainability Matt O’Malley.

Resident and member ofthe Friends of the AllandaleWoods Tony LaCasse said thebest thing they can do now ismap out where exactly and le-gally the boundaries of thewetlands are.

“One of the things that I waswondering is the wetlands de-lineations, which can be some-times very contentious,” hesaid. “The Massachusetts De-partment of EnvironmentalProtection (DEP) can help de-termine that by plant types andsoil characteristics and it’s beenused successfully for the 64Allandale site for which we’resuing the city for.”

Resident Alan Wright saidone of his concerns is that thearea around the abandoned barnthere is that much of the soil wasimported and is fill from othersites, which he said can be un-stable, especially if built uponfor condos. He said this addedwater along with the predicted

increase in rainfall from climatechange would spell serious floodrisks for area residents.

“I think that fill soil creepsinto where they want to build,”he said. “If you have more wa-ter, we’ll begin seeing morewater coming off of Weld Streetthrough the yards and into thewetlands.”

Taff emphasized the need foryounger generations to get in-volved, especially with thecleanup initiatives.

“We have hauled awayenough stuff in the past to fillthis building, but I’m 71 and Ican’t do that anymore,” he said.“There is a crop every spring ofglass that comes up from below,there’s still an engine block outthere and I think a trailer.”

Taff also wanted to makesure residents knew where hewas coming from and invitedany area resident, in Boston orotherwise, to come out and seethe wetlands there.

“We were always veryconscious that although weknew we would be chargedwith this we didn’t reasonablepeople to say we’re a bunchof NIMBY’s (not in my back-yard),” he said. “That’s whythat we did that work that Idescribed earlier and workedwith the city to build that trailthere, we want everybodyfrom all over to come into ourbackyard and enjoy this re-source.”

For more information onthe Roslindale Wetlands, goto roslindalewetlands.org/.

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Residents at the Hyde Park Stop & Shop were packed in tight prepping for Tuesday'sstorm.

PHOTO BY MATT MACDONALD

shopper – cart piled up with enough milkand non-perishables to outlast a naturaldisaster of Biblical proportions – is apopular one.

Is this, however, reflective of the waythings actually are? Stop & ShopSpokesperson Phil Tracey would argueotherwise.

“Everyone has a strategy and it’s nota panic anymore,” he said late last weekduring the down time between snow-storms. “I give our shoppers all thecredit in the world because they comeinto the store, they’re planning for – po-tentially – a few days, they know whatthey need, and they’re not in a panic.”

Tracey chose to focus on – ratherthan the basic milk and bread buyers –parents preparing for being at home withthe kids for a day or two. “What they’redoing is buying rotisserie chicken andpre-made sandwiches and meals... andmeats for sandwiches, cheese for sand-wiches...”

“Turkey.” It’s Monday at 6 p.m. anddeli clerk Dion Thompson – on his wayout the door of the Stop & Shop locatedat 1025 Truman Parkway in Hyde Park– stops by the customer service counternear the check out lines to say helloand muse a little on his just finished shift.

He’s been busy for all of it, andpoints over to the deli to prove it. Thenumber on LED sign above it reads 197:the official customer count so far. Itmight be the busiest day that Thomp-son can remember and he’s ready tobeat the snow home, but not beforesharing the most popular cut of the day:turkey.

Store Manager Fitzgerald Iyamabowalks over after being paged to thecounter. He has been in Hyde Park forjust over a year. “It might be one of thebigger ones,” he said, referring to thepre-storm rush. “Certainly bigger thanthe last couple.”

Over his shoulder, the checkout linescrowd out nearly to the aisles, bendingto allow passersby a little room. “It usu-ally happens in waves,” he continues.“We had many, many customers lastnight, and all day today was busy.”

The crowd has picked up since myfirst visit at 4 p.m. and the milk and eggsare beginning to deplete, though thebread is still holding on.

As Iyamabo described it, orders areput in for the next day, with close at-tention paid to the forecast and adjust-ments made accordingly. By 8 p.m., themilk has been restocked, though thepickings are getting a little slim in thebread aisle.

“We consider what we do a serviceto the community. I find it very reward-ing.”

Over Iyamabo’s 20 years at Stop &Shop, and having been through manystorms and observed many shoppers,his opinion fit closely with that of Tracey.However, he did comment on “the factthat people buy so much food – espe-cially ice cream – in a snowstorm,knowing that they might lose power.”

When informed that – in a pinch –the food could always be buried in thesnow, Iyamabo nodded his head andstarted chuckling. “That’s true. I’vedone that before!”

CorrectionIn the March 8, 2018 edition of the Hyde Park Bulletin, the photo accom-

panying the page 1 story on the Haitian Artists’ Assembly was taken by SteveMorris.


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addition to what is now an al-most 10 acre urban wild. It isimportant to understand, how-ever, that the 2005 conveyanceof this land to the City was aseparate and distinct matterfrom the no-build agreementwith which it coincided in time.The Mayor was a man of hisword, and we certainly accepthis account of the promises theFeeneys made to him, andthrough him to the community.Moreover, the developer had al-ready publicly pledged muchearlier that it would drop its ef-forts to build if the communityopposed its proposal.

And that is exactly whathundreds of residents and sev-eral neighborhood groups did.Among the latter were theLongfellow Area Neighbor-hood Association and theRoslindale Wetlands TaskForce. All objected to cram-

Letters continued from page 4ming this construction onto toolittle land, and land that was sounsuitably located right alongthe wetlands edge. And theyvisibly and dramatically dem-onstrated that point of view byturning out in large numbers forpublic forums on the issue, andwith their phone calls, petitions,and signs blanketing the neigh-borhood. We believe it was thislevel of community engage-ment and determination that ledto the Mayor’s “October sur-prise”.

Shortly thereafter, as re-ported in the March 8 article,the neighborhood groups didindeed ask administration offi-cials to obtain from the devel-oper a conservation restrictionon 104-108 Walter consistentwith its promises to the Mayorand the community. This wasa “belt and suspenders” ap-proach to giving the parties’

expressed intentions and prom-ises some additional legal teeth.The City responded that thiswas unnecessary and that theFeeneys’ remaining land wasinadequate in size and configu-ration for any future resurrec-tion of their proposal in anyform. Perhaps that will proveaccurate. Evidently the Feeneysdo not agree, because history isrepeating itself. Hence thecommunity cannot take any-thing for granted.

We are hopeful that the cur-rent city administration willhonor the promise made by itsinstitutional predecessor, andthat it will work with theFeeney Brothers and the com-munity toward a permanent al-ternative to building on thisland.

Jim TaffRoslindale Roslindale

Wetlands Task Force

towards Taft Hill. The newevent, called Disco Alley, willbe working with Roslindalesound man Glenn Williams tocreate an interactive disco withLED lights embedded in thewalkway, a disco ball anddisco music to create a newplay space there.

“Disco Alley is a reflectionof an emerging interest of oursto create serendipitous experi-ence of play along thestreetscape for pedestrians, be-cause doing so – besides en-gaging people with play – it al-lows pedestrians to find the ex-perience of walking along thesidewalk to be more enjoy-able,” he said. “Which we ex-pect will also reinforce thebusinesses and increase theamount of people you’ll see onthe sidewalk which reinforcescommunity and the morepeople on the sidewalk and notin their cars means more of thedynamic of community. We areexcited about doing this discoand it’s he first of several ideasthat we hope to roll out in thenext year or so.”

Rogoff also said thegroup’s second annual BuildZone event for April 28 and 29respectively. The event allowschildren to build their ownauto-kinetic structures similarthe one at the Boston ScienceMuseum. Called ArchimedeanExcogitation, the idea is to al-low children to learn physicsand construction firsthand, andlast year attracted hundreds tothe site of what is now slatedto become the RoslindaleBrewery. This year, they arehosting the event at theRoslindale Substation.

“We had such an incredibleresponse when we did it lastyear and we’re excited to tryit again this year,” Rogoff said.

RWTPcontinued from page 10Commonwealth of Massachusetts

The Trial Court – Probate and Family Court DepartmentSUFFOLK Division Docket No. SU17C0573CA

NOTICE OF PETITION FOR Suffolk Probate and Family CourtCHANGE OF NAME 24 New Chardon St.

Boston, MA 02114617-788-8300

In the Matter of: Meredith R DoumasOf: Boston, MA.

To all person interested in petition described:A petition has been presented by Meredith R Doumas requesting that:

Meredith R Doumas be allowed to change his/her/their name as follows:Anna R Murphy

IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUSTFILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT AT: Boston

ON 04/05/2018WITNESS, Hon. Brian J. Dunn, First Justice of this CourtDate: March 8, 2018

Felix D. Arroyo, Register of ProbateBoston Bulletin, 03/15/2018

Commonwealth of MassachusettsThe Trial Court – Probate and Family Court Department

Docket No. SU17D2821DR

DIVORCE/SEPARATE SUPPORT SUMMONSKatherine Abreu vs. Angel Abreu

Suffolk Probate and Family Court, 24 New Chardon St., Boston, MA 02114617-788-8300

To the above named Defendant:You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon: Katherine Abreu, 865

American Legion Highway #6I, Roslindale, MA 02131 a copy of your answer tothe complaint for COMPLAINT FOR DIVORCE FILED 12/29/17 which is herewithserved upon you, within 20 days after service of this summons upon you, exclusive ofthe day of service. If you fail to do so, the Court will proceed to the hearing andadjudication of this action. You are also required to file your answer to the complaintin the office of the Register of this Court at the above named court either beforeservice upon plaintiff or plaintiff’s attorney or within a reasonable time thereafter.

Witness, Hon. Brian J. Dunn, First Justice of this Court.March 1, 2018

Felix D. Arroyo, Register of Probate CourtWest Roxbury/Roslindale Bulletin, 03/15/2018

Commonwealth of MassachusettsThe Trial Court Probate and Family Court

INFORMAL PROBATEPUBLICATION NOTICE DOCKET No.17P1861

Estate of: Geraldine Ann Cassidy Murphy Suffolk DivisionAlso Known As:Date of Death: January 05, 2015

To all persons interested in the above-captioned estate, by Petition ofPetitioner George Murphy of Boston, MAGeorge Murphy of Boston, MA

has been informally appointed as the Personal Representative of the estate to servewithout surety on the bond.

The estate is being administered under informal procedure by the PersonalRepresentative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervisionby the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, butinterested parties are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the PersonalRepresentative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, includingdistribution of assets and expenses of administration. Interested parties are entitled topetition the Court to institute formal proceedings and to obtain orders terminating orrestricting the powers of Personal Representatives appointed under informal procedure.A copy of the Petition and Will, if any, can be obtained from the Petitioner.

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Commonwealth of MassachusettsThe Trial Court – Probate and Family Court Department

SUFFOLK Division Docket No. SU18P0089GD

CITATION GIVING NOTICE OF PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OFGUARDIAN FOR INCAPACITATED PERSON PURSUANT TO

TO G.L. c. 190B, §5-304

In the matter of: Winston D McNeil RESPONDENTOf: Mattapan, MA. Alleged Incapacitated PersonTo the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by

Angie R Sanders of Dorchester, MAIn the above captioned matter alleging that Winston D McNeil is in need of a Guardianand requesting that(or some other suitable person) be appointed as Guardianto serve Without Surety on the bond.

The petition asks the Court to determine that the Respondent is incapacitated, thatthe appointment of Guardian is necessary, and that the proposed Guardian isappropriate. The petition is on file with this court and may contain a request forcertain specific authority.

You have the right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or yourattorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00A.M. on thereturn date of 04/12/2018. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date bywhich you have to file the written appearance if you object to the petition. If you failto file the written appearance by the return date, action may be taken in this matterwithout further notice to you. In addition to filing the written appearance, you or yourattorney must file a written affidavit stating the specific facts and grounds of yourobjection within 30 days after the return date.

IMPORTANT NOTICEThe outcome of this proceeding may limit or completely take away the above-

named person’s right to make decisions about personal affairs or financial affairsor both. The above-named person has the right to ask for a lawyer. Anyone maymake this request on behalf of the above-named person. If the above-namedperson cannot afford a lawyer, one may be appointed at State expense.

Witness, Hon. Brian J. Dunn, First Justice of this CourtMarch 01, 2018

Felix D. Arroyo, Register of ProbateHyde Park Bulletin, 03/15/2018

SALE OF REAL ESTATEUNDER GLM 183A:6

By virtue of a Judgment and Order of the Boston Municipal Court, West RoxburyDivision (Docket No. 1706CV0246) in favor of the Trustees of The Village at ClearySquare Trust against Carlos Rosario establishing a lien pursuant to GLM 183A:6 onthe real estate known as Unit 21A of The Village at Cleary Square Condominium forthe purpose of satisfying such lien, the real estate will be sold at Public Auction atTwelve (12:00) o’clock P.M. on the Twenty-Ninth (29th) day of March, A.D. 2018 at21A Business Terrace, Hyde Park, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts 02136.The premises to be sold are more particularly described as follows:

Description: The condominium unit known and numbered as Unit 21A, with a mailingaddress of 21A Business Terrace, Hyde Park, Boston, Massachusetts 02136, (the“Unit”), in the condominium known as The Village at Cleary Square (the“Condominium”) located at 54-64A Business Street and 2-33 Business Terrace, HydePark, Boston, Massachusetts 02136, created pursuant to Master Deed dated as ofApril 1, 2005 and recorded with the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds in Book 36794,Page 211, as amended by First Amendment to Master Deed dated June 29, 2005 andrecorded with the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds in Book 37434, Page 126, bySecond Amendment to Master Deed dated February 14, 2006 and recorded with theSuffolk County Registry of Deeds in Book 39341, Page 225, and by Third Amendmentto Master Deed dated November 17, 2006 and recorded with the Suffolk CountyRegistry of Deeds in Book 40839, Page 116 (the “Master Deed”).

The premises are conveyed subject to all easements, restrictions, building and zoninglaws, agreements, rights of way, and encumbrances of record to the extent in forceand applicable, including without limitation a certain Notice of Activity and UseLimitation dated March 29, 2005 and recorded with the Suffolk County Registry ofDeeds in Book 36794, Page 170. The premises are also conveyed subject to and withthe benefit of the terms and conditions of (a) the Master Deed, (b) the CondominiumDocuments (as defined below), and (c) Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 183A.

The Unit is shown on the Master Floor Plans of the Condominium recorded with theMaster Deed and on the Unit Plan of the Unit (the “Plan”), which is attached [ ] asExhibit A [to the Quitclaim Deed recorded with the Suffolk County Registry of Deedsin Book 43642, Page 54], and which contains a verified statement of a registeredarchitect in the form required by Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 183A, Sections8 and 9.

The premises are conveyed together with (a) an undivided 2.824 percentage interestin both the common areas and facilities of the Condominium and the organization ofunit owners through which the Condominium is managed and regulated, and (b) suchother rights and easements appurtenant to the Unit as may be set forth in any documentgoverning the operation of the Condominium, including, without limitation, the MasterDeed, the Declaration of Trust dated as of April 1, 2005, and recorded with the SuffolkCounty Registry of Deeds on April 4, 2005, in Book 36794, Page 314, and anyadministrative rules and regulations adopted pursuant thereto (all of which arehereinafter referred to as the “Condominium Documents”).

The Unit is further conveyed with the exclusive right and easement to use ParkingSpace No. 39 as described in the Master Deed and as shown on the Site Plan of theCondominium recorded with the Master Deed.

The Unit shall be used for residential purposes only.

Terms of sale: A deposit of ten thousand dollars ($10,000.00) by certified or bankcheck will be required to be paid by the purchaser at the time and place of sale. Thebalance is to be paid by certified or bank check at the office of Schofield Law Group,LLC, 20 Park Plaza, Suite 1115, Boston, Massachusetts 02116 within thirty (30) daysfrom the date of sale. Deed will be provided to purchaser for recording upon receipt infull of the purchase price. In the event of an error in this publication, the descriptionof the premises contained in the Quitclaim Deed recorded with the Suffolk CountyRegistry of Deeds in Book 43642, Page 54 shall control.

Other terms to be announced at the sale.

The Trustees of the Village at Cleary Square Trust, Lienholder, by their attorneys:Schofield Law Group, LLC, 20 Park Plaza, Suite 1115, Boston, Massachusetts 02116,(617) 557-4545.2018

Hyde Park Bulletin, 03/15/2018


traffic. Residents at past com-munity meetings had seriousproblems with the additionaltraffic facing students from CMcrossing the street. Residentsadded that due to a bridge goingover the Needham CommuterRail Line, it would be very diffi-cult for vehicles exiting the prop-erty off of Baker to see oncom-ing traffic.

“So after a number of meet-ings we decided to do away withthe Baker Street entrance andcome and go from the VFW Park-way which people found morepalatable,” said Quilty. “Just foran example of what changes weremade, when this started out in2014, the proposal was for 156units, and today it’s at 60 whichresulted from our last (ImpactAdvisory Group) meeting, and we

Baker Street continued from page 1had Catholic Memorial on board,we had Parkway Little League onboard, we had the IAG memberson board for that number and theparking that was provided.”

Abutter Arthur Dineen spokein opposition to the project be-cause of additional traffic and hisbelief that the developers have notbeen good neighbors and does notthink they would be in the future.

“They’re not maintaining itnow,” he said. “The neighborhoodthey’re putting this in is basicallyone-family homes and they’reputting 60 families in an area thattraditionally has been commercialgoing as far back as I can remem-ber. It adds nothing to the neigh-borhood in terms of any ben-efit and it’s going to take awayfrom the entire neighborhoodin many ways.”

Also for West Roxbury, ameeting is coming up nextweek for March 20 at 7 p.m. atthe Boston Center for Youthand Families Roche Commu-nity Center on 1716 CentreStreet for the 23-52 Willet St.

Extension. The proposal is for29 single -family homes onWillet Street, which is mostlya paper street. The project willencompass eight acres be-tween Washington and ThrushStreets.

West Roxbury will also soon be seeing a meeting for 29 single-family homes on Willet Street in the comingweeks.

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In Roslindale, the 289 WalkHill St. development for 106rental units (approved by theBPDA in May of last year) hassorted out its parcel and titleissues and will be starting con-struction soon.
