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Hundreds of residents, both in support of and opposed to Roxbury Latin's latest proposal, came out tomake their voices heard at the three-hour meeting.

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Residents voiced their concerns with traffic, safety and access to theschool during the meeting.


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More than 400 residentspacked the hall of the Our Ladyof the Annunciation MelkiteCatholic Church in Roslindale onWednesday, Jan. 30 to hear thelatest proposal from RoxburyPrep. representatives.

The plans for a new highschool at 361 Belgrade Ave., thecurrent site of Clay Auto andNational Tire and Battery. Pro-ponents for the new school,owned by Uncommon Schools,outlined their new proposal,which shrunk the building byabout half. The original proposalhad a building size of more than90,000 square feet, while thenew submission has 49,520square feet. The size of the schoolpopulation was also reduced,from about 860 students to 562.

The building has lost a flooras well, going to two to three sto-ries from three to four. Accord-ing to development attorney Jo-seph Hanley, the project is going

to be funded by debt financing andphilanthropic funds.

Hanley said they listened tocommunity input and, because ofthat, reduced the size of the build-ing and increased parking for staffand special events to 76 parkingspaces, some outside and some ina garage.

“Which is far in excess ofwhat the zoning code requires,and is also much more than thelast three charter schools approved

in the City of Boston,” he said.Howard Stein Hudson Traf-

fic Engineer Michael Littmanwent over the traffic implica-tions for the site, and said theyare working with the MBTA tomake sure that start and endtimes for the school day coin-cide with the Needham Line.The site is directly adjacent tothe Bellevue Hills Commuter

1725 Hyde Park Ave.enters BPDA process

Official BPDA meetings for the project will be scheduled locally in thecoming coming weeks.

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The Boston Planning andDevelopment Authority recentlyannounced it has received aProject Notification Form(PNF) from the developers of1717-1725 Hyde Park Ave. inReadville.

The project, more colloqui-ally known as Residence atReadville Station, is currentlylooking for 305 units, and wouldbe nestled in a corner betweenthe Father Hart Bridge onMilton Street and Hyde ParkAvenue. The PNF calls for bothcondominiums and rental units,and is slated for 221 garageparking spaces. There is also4,200 square feet of restaurantand retail space planned for the

ground floor.The project will have to go

through the BPDA’s Article 80Large Project Review process,which means, as a project withmore than 50,000 square feet onits plans, the city will form anImpact Advisory group (IAG)made up of residents chosen bythe city, have more public meet-ings than the Article 80 SmallProject Review process and in-cludes an independent trafficstudy from Howard SteinHudson.

According to that study, thegroup collected traffic data in2017, at peak hours hundreds ofcars are using the Hart StreetBridge, for instance 567 ve-hicles in the peak a.m. hour

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ZBA approves40 Mt. Hood Road

Jamaica Plain Zoning Committeerefuses City Realty presentation

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In an unprecedented moveat its Jan.16 meeting, the Ja-maica Plain NeighborhoodCouncil (JPNC) zoning com-mittee voted against allowingCity Realty to present a pro-posal.

City Realty (CRM)camewith its attorney and architectas scheduled to describe andseek approval for a change inoccupancy from a two familyto a four family residence at 95-

97 West Walnut Park.But CRM no sooner set up

when committee member MaxGlickman made a motion todeny CRM to be heard because,he said, it had not yet satisfiedthe demands of the EglestonSquare Neighborhood Associa-tion (ESNA) to improve itsbusiness practices.

At its Nov.13 meeting,ESNA said it had no objectionsto the change of occupancy.

However, in a Jan.13 letterto the zoning committee, ESNAsaid it is not in support of the

project.“We do not support the zon-

ing variances for 95 -97 W.Walnut Park City by City Re-alty.” the letter read. “City Re-alty does not have a good trackrecord regarding its treatmentin the ESNA neighborhood…asdeveloper and landlord.”

The letter went on to statethat City Realty had offered noproposals to change its prac-tices of what ESNA alleges are“ tenant displacement, harsh

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The Boston Zoning Boardof Appeals (ZBA) approvedthe 40 Mt. Hood Road projectin Brighton on Tuesday.

The project consists of a1.7-acre site, currently a 74-room hotel in three separatebuildings. The new project in-cludes a 165,310 ft single resi-dential building with 151 resi-dential units, including a mixof rental and condominiumunits. The project will alsohave 204 parking spaces anda public realm improvementof about 10,000 square feet oflandscaped space lining theproperty at Egremont andMount Hood Road.

There will be six studioapartments, 88 one-bedroom

units, 41 two bedrooms units,six three bedroom units andthree town house units.

The project has severalzoning variances the ZBAgranted, including lot area foradditional units is insuffi-cient, floor to area ratio is ex-cessive, the height is exces-sive, the usable open space isinsufficient and the front andrear yard setback on bothroads is insufficient.

Attorney for the projectrepresenting 1650 Common-wealth LLC,Jared Eigermanof Reuben, Junius and Rose,said despite early growingpains with the project, manyresidents ended up supportingit after changes they made

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Menino Arts Center hosting localartists, Curry students, on Saturday

Hyde Park residents and Curry College students are getting ready toshow off their pieces at Saturday's reception at the MAC.

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The Menino Arts Center(MAC) in Hyde Park opened itsdoors to a new exhibition onFeb. 1, and will be hosting a re-ception this Saturday, Feb. 9from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The event marks the open-ing of two exhibits, Art of ThisWorld, a Curry College SeniorArt exhibition, and the Steam-roller MEGA Prints, created byartists in Hyde Park.

The MEGA Prints exhibitionfeatures the work of 41 residentartists that went to press in Sep-tember at the Martini Shell Parkon the Truman Parkway duringa community celebration of the150th anniversary of Hyde Park.The artists brought their platesto have them pressed onto pa-per to create dozens of pieces.The actual pressing was done bya steamroller.

“We had the steamrollerfrom Dannon Paving, who gen-erously contributed their time tothe event as well,” said MACTeacher and Co-Founder SasjaLucas. “It was an all day eventand the steamroller supersizedabout 18 prints that we made.”

Lucas said the concept wassimple. Residents carved outtheir plates with a chisel fromeither wood, high-density fiber-board or linoleum to create a

design.“Some were realistic and

some were completely non rep-resentational,” she said. “Theywere all different varieties andthe paper gets placed on top ofit with a blanket and a piece ofwood and the steam roller goesover it. Because the pieces wereso big, it take about six peopleto create each print.”

Lucas said she reached outto MAC partners in the commu-nity to solicit artists, which in-cluded students from the An-other Course to College HighSchool.

“I organized classes of ninthgrade students with their teacherHillary Crane Stern. She al-

lowed me to teach the class onhow to make linoleum plates,and the students in that class allmade one-foot squares of endan-gered species,” she said. “Thatwas their theme, and we printedit as one huge print.”

She said they also reachedout to the Blake Estates seniorliving residence for more artists.She said the MAC hosts what itcalls a mobile arts programthere, in which they send teach-ers to the center to run classesin watercolors, drawing or any-thing that piques the residents’interest.

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West Roxbury residentKristen Fennell will be takingon the Boston Marathon thisyear to help provide funding forthe Greater Boston YMCA. The trip comes full circle forFennell, who now works at theHuntington YMCA. She said,however, she grew up at the Yon Centre Street, now known asthe Parkway YMCA.

“I grew up on BellevueStreet and, like a lot of kidsthen, I did the swimming andthe summer camps at the Park-way Y,” she said. She saidfast forward to her mid 20s andshe started teaching cycling ata Boston Sports Club wheresomeone recommended thatshe go teach at the Parkway Y.

“And it turned out one ofmy best friend’s dad was on theboard there for awhile,” shesaid. “I didn’t realize he was onthe board until I started work-ing there. I started teachingthere once a week in additionto other gyms”. Working atthe Huntington Branch as theDirector of Healthy Living, sheoversees the fitness classes,personal training, diet classesand more.

“Basically, anything re-lated to healthy living,” shesaid. “If I hadn’t had that Park-way experience, I would nothave known it was right fit forme.” Fennell said she loves

running and has run a totalof 11 marathons to date, in-cluding two Boston Mara-thons. ShHowever, shedidn’t love running at thebeginning. “I hated it,”she said. “I loved softball. Iwas a pitcher and therewasn’t a whole lot of run-ning in that, so I just startedrunning one day thinking Imay end up needing to runfor my life.” She said shestarted off with 5K races,but then amped it up in afashion surprising even toher. “I was at a friend’sfundraiser and a couple ofguys were running in theChicago Marathon to raisemoney for military families.They raised a bunch ofmoney and wanted me tojoin them,” she said. “I toldthem I had just run 8 milesfor the first time, and I didn’tthink I could do another 18.”

She ultimately agreed tojoin them, with only twomonths to train. During hertraining for that first marathon,the guys who got her involvedwere injured. “I ended upgoing all by myself!” she saidlaughing. “When I first did it, Ididn’t think I would ever do itagain, but just 24 hours later, Iwas itching for my next mara-thon. It’s such a cool feeling.”

Fennell said she’s runningfor the YMCA in the BostonMarathon for the first time,having run for other charities in

the past. “A lot of peopledon’t realize the YMCA is anonprofit charity,” she said. “Abig portion of the services comedirectly from the money raiseby Boston Marathon Runners.It helps us give free member-ships in the summer to localteens, all those different classeswe offer like the achieversclass, which helps prepareyoung students who might nothave thought they were bound

Long time Parkway Y supporter KristenFennell will be running her third Bos-ton Marathon for the Greater BostonYMCA this year. COURTESY PHOTO

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BRAWLING AND BALLING

Letters to the Editor

With thanks to the recentlydeceased Jacqueline Steiner

My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

When living out of state fora number of years, I always feltmore than a touch of pridewhen some radio station/jukebox/concert performer wouldplay the Kingston Trio’s“Charlie on the MTA,” co-writ-ten by Steiner and BethLomax. The song, officiallyand originally entitled “MTA,”referenced the section of Bos-ton, in which I was born andraised. Thus the Kingston Trioput Jamaica Plain (as well asRoxbury and Chelsea, both ap-pearing in a later verse) onto thenational map, and not for any-thing bad as today’s mass kill-ings do.

While Irish music is repletewith tender songs pining aboutsmall villages left years ago byemigrants, American music hasnot, for the most part, popular-ized too many small places, asopposed to well-known cities,to whom much attention hasbeen paid.

First of all, a number of geo-graphical locations referencedin Americana are purely madeup: Atticus Finch’s Maycomb(“To Kill a Mockingbird”);Clarksville in the Monkees’song about the last train; AndyGriffith’s Mayberry; Amity Is-land in “Jaws”; Fonzi andPinky Tuscadero’s InspirationPoint in “Happy Days”; andRiver City (Iowa) in “The Mu-sic Man.”

Charlie handed in his dime at the Kendall Square stationAnd he changed for Jamaica Plain

When he got there the conductor told him, “One more nickel”Charlie couldn’t get off of that train!

But the Tallahatchie Bridgein Greenville, Mississippi, isreal, made musically famousbecause of Billy JoMcAllister’s jump. While“Southie’s My Hometown” isa favorite play only locally,Merle Haggard put Muskogee,Oklahoma, on the United Statesmap, as did Waylon Jenningsfor Luckenback, Texas. Singer(as opposed to actor) GeorgeHamilton put Abilene, Kansas,on the national radar, althoughmany think it references themuch larger Texas city as the“prettiest town I’ve ever seen.”

On television DickVanDyke and Mary TylerMoore put suburban NewRochelle, NY, in televisionviewers’ consciousness.

The movies are a veritabletrove of previously little-known geography. Holcomb,Kansas, was put on the mapdue to Truman Capote’s best-seller, later made into a movie,“In Cold Blood.” And howmany of us heard of Cape Fearbefore the Gregory Peck movieput it in our consciousness? “Field of Dreams” putDyersville, Iowa, in the publicconsciousness. Sparta, Missis-sippi, is home to “In the Heatof the Night.” The Tennesseetown of Dayton, though notspecifically mentioned in themovie, became known becauseof the Scopes Monkey Trial in

the Spencer Tracy classic “In-herit the Wind.” MadisonCounty in Iowa became famousbecause of the movie with ClintEastwood and Meryl Streep, asthe former is a photographerfocusing, literally, on thebridges there. In 1988 JuliaRoberts’ “Mystic Pizza” el-evated the popularity of thatConnecticut seaside town.

Lastly, if you’re planning togo to Florida this winter to es-cape the polar vortex and Bos-ton cold and your travel agenthas you land in Fort Lauder-dale, you might want to thankConcetta Rosa MariaFranconero (aka ConnieFrancis) for putting that townon the national list. Sixty-eightyears ago last month MGM re-leased the movie “Where theBoys Are,” based on the hitsong by her, one year after TheKingston Trio released theirpaean to our subway system.

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LACK OF SENIORHOUSING NEEDSTO BE ADDRESSED

To the Editor:Thank you so much for the

article detailing how very dif-ficult it is for some middle in-come seniors to remain in theircommunities in the City of Bos-ton-communities that they loveand don’t want to leave-afterthey no longer can maintaintheir homes and they recognizethat the need and the time todownsize has come. Middleincome seniors have littleavailable active 55 and olderhousing options as they arewedged between income eligi-bility senior housing and inde-pendent/assisted living/skilled

nursing facility housing. While this article may be en-lightening to some, for othersit is a reality that we have ex-perienced.

The senior housing optionsfor middle income active 55and older adults in my formercommunity, 02132, are lack-ing. West Roxbury has one ofthe highest elderly populationsin the City of Boston. Howwonderful it would be if someof the new development takingplace in this community couldreflect the demographics of thecommunity. How many othermiddle income seniorhomeowners would like to selltheir homes and be able to buy/rent in an elevator condo build-

ing for seniors?This lack of market rate se-

nior housing is a challenge thatneeds to be addressed. Beingable to remain in the commu-nity in which they have livedfor many years is a quality of lifeissue for many seniors. Couldsome of the new constructionslated for this community andother communities in Boston befor middle income active 55 andolder persons. Could it be on thebus line for seniors that don’tdrive? Could it not betownhouses as stairs can beproblematic. Maybe all of thisis to much to ask, but I don’tthink so. It is so important foreveryone, including the elderly,to maintain as active a lifestyleas possible and to be able to en-gage socially with neighbors,friends and community.

Thank you, Mr. Galeota forbringing to light this lack ofsenior housing.

Helen FoleyBoston

This is why we can’t havenice things.

For the six time, the New En-gland Patriots have won the Su-per Bowl, doing so in a game thatmanaged to be low key, low scor-ing, and yet, somehow, nail-bit-ing. Paired with the previousWorld Series victory by the RedSox, it was the latest notch in ourcollective belt.

A cause for celebration? Youbetcha. Around these parts, thatmeans a weekday parade of‘Duck Boats” throughout Down-town Boston.

To be honest, Boston (despiteits reputation) holds no mo-nopoly on binge drinking beinga part of nearly any celebration.Why should a parade be any dif-ferent, especially when the tar-get audience of exuberant foot-ball fans?

Nevertheless, at the risk ofhectoring or preaching, it doesworry us to see thousands pour-ing into the city first thing in themorning, hitting bars by 8 a.m.,and fully blitzed by 10.

And where there is booze, es-pecially on an occasion we usedto derisively call “amateur hour,”stupidity tracks in parallel to therise in blood alcohol level.

The Boston Police Depart-ment did an exemplary job keep-ing the peace under these tryingcircumstances. To be fair, mostof the crowd, estimated at about1.5 million, was buzzed but be-haved. There was only a tickmore than a dozen arrests.

Ahh, but among those arrestswere a group of men, many cladin Patriots jerseys, who came toblows in the North End. A videoof the brutal altercation is cur-rently hogging bandwidth on theInternet.

According to the Boston Her-ald, which spoke to a witness, thefight came down to an ancientphilosophical quandary. The mewere “taunting each other overwho was tougher.”

The newspaper reports onebystander as noting that accusa-tions were hurled about one ofthese cretins accusing another ofbeing “fake tough.”

Seriously, you idiots, can wejust for once not live up to theterrible stereotype this city has?We are not actually living in“Good Will Hunting” or “The

Boondock Saints.” You some-how decided the commonality ofcheering your champions shouldwarrant chest-thumping brutality.

Other stereotypes are of amuch less violent sort, but stillgive us a black eye.

“Banned in Boston” may nolonger be a real thing when itcomes to lascivious materials, butit lives on in the polar oppositeof pornography: zoning bylaws.

Well, the bylaws are not re-ally the problem so much as thefolks who weaponize them.

The latest “if you build it, theywill yell” incident involves plansto open a Chick-fil-A onBoylston Street in the Back Bay.Zoning approvals are now inhand, so the battle against the fastfood restaurant is waged on po-litical grounds.

Progressives (to be broadwith our description) despise thechain because its owner, a de-vout, right wing Christian, is pro-life and opponent of gay rightsand same-sex marriage. In fact,critics say (to rather mushy deni-als from the company) the com-pany, through a charitable arm,donates to anti-cay causes.

We fully expect to see boy-cotts, if not physical protests,when the chain finally opens inBoston. In fact, its arrival is all-the-more notable because it wasonce banned from our city by thelate, great Tom Meninio.

The former Mayor had this tosay at the time: “Chick-fil-Adoesn’t belong in Boston. Youcan’t have a business in the cityof Boston that discriminatesagainst a population… We’re notgoing to have a company, Chick-fil-A or whatever the hell thename is, on our Freedom Trail.”

It was an idle threat given aninevitable First Amendmentbattle, but the chain did cool itsexpansion plans until now.

Where that leaves us now isthat a company that pays betterthan most of its fast foodpeersand has great food will be-come a political cause. Sure, manyof the elderly owner’s views are un-settling and wrong-headed. But dothese views translate into actual dis-crimination on the chain’s properties?

Prepare yourself, no matter whatthe groundhog says, for even morethan six weeks of annoying, localpolitical invective.

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Holy Name Parish School hostsfundraiser for service trips

On Saturday, Feb. 2, theHoly Name Parish Schoolheld a fundraiser for its 2019service trip to help rebuildhomes in Houston.

Youth Minister Will Reinsaid they’ve been doing thefundraiser to support the pro-gram for more than a decadenow, and this is the first timethey’ve had a cornholetournement.

“We do a big fundraiserevery year, but we switch it upever few years,” he said.

“Our youth group has dif-ferent service opportunitiesthroughout the year, and theyhave different service tripsthey do,” he said. “We offerabout four to six service op-portunities monthly, includingserving at food pantries,homeless shelters and differ-ent places throughout thecity.”

These places include help-ing as buddies for the JasonRoberts Challenger BaseballLeague, working with Rose’sBounty Food Pantry, Habitatfor Humanity, cleanup activi-ties for tornado victims inSpringfield and dozens ofother local and not so local or-ganizations.

Rein said they offer ser-vice trips to areas in theUnited States hit by naturaldisasters.

“Historically it’s beenNew Orleans, but this year itsHouston Texas and we’re

leaving in a couple of weeks,”he said.

Volunteer Susan Scannellsaid she went out on servicetrips in the past, includingNew Orleans.

This year, the kids are go-ing to spend a week in Hous-ton helping hurricane victimsand they’ll work the entireweek during their Februaryvacation,” she said. “Last yearI was one of the parent volun-teers and the kids worked in ahouse doing tiling. We alsodid volunteer work at a horsefarm designed to help at-riskkids and we went and helpedclean out the stalls. There’sanother woman who runsGloria’s Garden in the cityand she creates this beautifulgarden in a tough area.Shetakes city kids and helps themlearn how to grow things. It’samazing.”

Scannell said the kids learna lot while they’re there, andshe said it’s amazing to seethem grow, both individuallyand as a team.

“The Houston trip will beall construction. They alwayscome back with an apprecia-tion for what they have andthey really get to know eachother. They get an opportunityto speak to these people andhear their stories. When wewere in New Orleans we wentto the 9th Ward and spoke to awoman who was one of the firstthree girls to integrate in theschool system after desegrega-tion. Her name is Leona Tate,and she has a museum wehelped her with.”

Scannell said both she andthe kids were amazed at the sto-ries she told of what it was liketo be one of the first to enterdesegrated schools in New Or-leans. Leona Tate, TessiePrevost & Gail Etienne came tobe known as the McDonoghThree. Scannell said it helpedto open the students’ eyes to theworld around them.

“They all had interestingstories to tell and the kids

learned a lot from the peoplethey worked with and thepeople they worked for,” shesaid.

Parent and SolicitationsChair Kelley Santangelo saidthey went to Washington D.C.one year and almost exclusivelyworked at a homeless shelter.

“They went to schools too,and they’ve also been to Mis-sissippi,” she said.

Residents Kevin and An-drea Cloutier said they cameout just to play cornhole andsupport the school.

“Our kids started going toschool here recently,” Kevinsaid. “We knew people organiz-ing it and we thought we’d sup-port it. Maybe when our kidsget to that age they’ll get in-volved in the service trips, it’scertainly something nice tosee.”

Resident and volunteerMoira O’Brien said she’s beenback and forth to New Orleansover the years and she’s alwayssurprised by the amount ofprogress the city has accom-plished.

“We started this maybe nineor 10 years ago. My oldest sonis 23 now and he went on thefirst one closer to when Katrinahit,” she said. “My oldestdaughter just went back last yearand the transformation of NewOrleans is great to see and theyhad a very fulfilling time.”

Resident Scott Bortolottosaid his kids have gone on thetrips and he’s very impressedwith the setup.

“I went last year and I’m go-ing again this year,” he said.“It’s a great trip, the kids getalong well,they work hard andthey feel good. Every night wehave a roundtable discussionand they get to reflect on theirday and how it affected them.”

For more information onhow you can donate and helpthe kids reach their goals, reachout to Holy Name by phone at617-325-4865 or email [email protected]

About 100 residents came out to support the Holy Name Youth Servicetrip to Houston this year.





Around the NeighborhoodCITY

ICE SKATING NEW WINTER

Learn-To-Skate classes for chil-dren, ages 4 to 18 are starting at theNewton Daly Ice Rink, onNonantum Road. Classes start Sat-urday, February 9th at 1 p.m. &Sunday, February 10th at 1 p.m. for8 weeks. Classes are also availableat 11 area rinks. Use either figure,recreational or hockey skates. Be-ginner, intermediate and advancedclasses taught by professional in-structors. For information and toregister, call Bay State SkatingSchool at 781-890-8480 or visitonline atwww.BayStateSkatingSchool.org.

ALLSTON / BRIGHTON

MURAL CLUB: STREET ART& COMMUNITY

Mondays 4:00–5:30pm Feb. 4- April 29 (except Feb. 18, March18, and April 15)

Grades 6–8 Learn about street art, your

community, and yourself throughthe Harvard Ed Portal’s MuralClub: Street Art & Community!Allston-Brighton students in grades6–8 will spend 10 weeks workingwith two instructors: an interna-tional street artist and educator anda student at the Harvard GraduateSchool of Education. Students willgain skills including drawing, paint-ing, and drafting, and will create apublic mural that represents themand their community. The club be-gins February 4 and will culminatein a celebration and viewing of thestudents’ work at the MentoringShowcase on May 3.

BRIGHTON LIBRARYNOTICE OF TEMPORARYCLOSING

Beginning Friday February 8 at5 p.m., the Brighton Branch of theBoston Public Library will be tem-porarily closed for a boiler replace-ment project. The branch will re-open on Monday, February 25 at12 p.m.

HYDE PARK

WINTER PROGRAMS ATTHE BCYF HYDE PARKCOMMUNITY CENTER

Senior Coffee Hour: Join useach Friday morning from

10:00am- 11:30am. Drop by thecommunity center for an opportu-nity to socialize with others, enjoyrefreshments and participate in ac-tivities. On Friday, January 25th wewill have a guest presentation fromBoston Water and Sewer Commis-sion.

Freelance Players: Calling allactors ages 8 -13 years old, theFreelance Players, a non-profitmusical theatre company, is offer-ing a spring session at the commu-nity center. They Hyde Park Troupewill meet on Tuesdays from 4:00-6:00pm from February 5th – May10th. For more information con-tact Freelance Players at 617-274-6065 or [email protected].

After school Tutoring: Tutoringfor students in grades 2 – 6. Ourprogram is offered Tuesday,Wednesday, & Thursday from 4:00-6:00pm. A new Session will bestarting January 22nd. Contact usfor more information 617-635-5178.

MENINO ARTS CENTERHOSTS CURRY COLLEGEAND STEAMROLLER MEGAPRINT EXHIBITIONS INFEBRUARY

The Menino Arts Centerproudly announces two upcomingexhibitions: - “Art of ThisWorld,” a Curry College Senior Artexhibition -

“Steamroller MEGA Prints”exhibition by 41 Boston area art-ists The exhibitions will run fromFebruary 1 - March 1, 2019, withan opening reception on Saturday,February 9, from 1 - 3:30 p.m. Theexhibitions and reception are freeand open to the public at theMenino Arts Center, 26 CentralAvenue, 2ndfloor, Hyde Park, MA02136. Normal gallery hours areThursdays from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.;Fridays from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.; dur-ing scheduled workshops andevents; and by appointment.

“Art of this World” is the2nd annual exhibit featuring CurryCollege’s Senior Studio and DesignMajors. The 11 students in the ex-hibit will be showing recent workin a variety of media, includingpaintings, drawings and digitalprints. This exhibition is a wonder-

ful opportunity for theCurry students to be able to presentwork at a professional gallery.

The “Steamroller MEGAPrints” exhibition will feature 18super-sized prints, some as large as40” x 72”, showcasing artworkmade by over 41 artists. The artistscome from Hyde Park and manyother neighborhoods of Boston,and they range in age from juniorhigh school students up to senioradults. The wood cuts and linoleumcuts were printed by steamroller atthe Urban Arts Festival, held in Sep-tember 2018 in celebration of HydePark’s 150th Anniversary.

More info on the MAC and theHPAA at http://www.hpaa-mac.org.

JAMAICA PLAIN

FALLS PREVENTIONFOR SENIORS

Many older adults experiencea fear of falling. People who de-velop this fear often limit their ac-tivities, which can result in physi-cal weakness, making the risk offalling even greater. A Matter ofBalance: Managing ConcernsAbout Falls is a program designedto reduce the fear of falling and in-crease activity levels among olderadults. Classes run for 8 weeks andinclude fun videos, group discus-sion, a safe surroundings survey,and mild exercise to increasestrength and flexibility. A Matter ofBalance: Managing ConcernsAbout Falls is offered at no chargeand anyone from any neighborhoodmay attend. For more informationor to register contact Ann Glora at617-477-6616 [email protected]

Location: Springhouse SeniorLiving, 44 Allendale Street in Ja-maica Plain Day and Time: Thurs-days from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Class Dates: February 22nd –April 11th, 2019

WEST ROXBURY /ROSLINDALE

IRISH NIGHTSt. John Chrysostom Parish will

host an Irish Night on Saturday,March 16 at 5:30 pm in the parish

center. Dinner is corned beef andcabbage with entertainment fromlocal Irish dancers. All from thecommunity are invited. Tickets are$15 a person and $25 a family. Youcan purchase tickets in the parishoffice. Please call 617-323-4410.4750 Washington St. WestRoxbury

PARKWAY YOUTH SOCCERLEAGUE IS ACCEPTINGAPPLICATIONS

Parkway Youth Soccer Leagueis accepting applications for the2019 season. Games begin inApril. There will be 2 seasons,spring and fall, played at Millen-nium Park, West Roxbury. Appli-cations 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 inits 41th season. Children born be-tween Jan 1, 2004 and Dec. 31,2014 are eligible to play in theregular league. High school stu-dents born between 2001 and 2003are eligible to play in the SeniorDivision. Applications receivedafter Feb. 28 depend upon avail-ability of space. For more infor-mation, contact 617-962-4271.

YMCA SPRING SWIMREGISTRATION OPENSFEB. 11

To prepare young people toswim safely this summer, registra-tion opens Feb. 11 for the YMCAof Greater Boston’s Early SpringAquatics session. Lessons duringthe seven-week program, whichruns Feb. 25 through April 14, areavailable for swimmers of all agesand are tailored for individual ex-perience levels so young peopleare ready for the summer andknow how to swim. Y lessons fo-cus on preparing swimmers for allaspects of the water experienceand life by teaching skills in thesefive focus areas: personal safety,personal growth, stroke develop-ment, water sports and games andrescue. Participants are placed ina level based on age and ability tohelp meet the developmental needsof each swimmer. Beginner swim-mers are required to wear instruc-tional flotation devices to helpthem swim in the correct body po-sition and improve their arm andleg motions while remainingafloat. Registration for non-mem-bers runs through Feb. 24. Feesvary by class. Participants whoregister prior to the program’s startdate will save $10. To learn moreabout the Early Spring Aquaticsprogram, go to your local Y orvisit: www.ymcaboston.org/swim. Since 1909, the YMCA hasbeen “America’s Swim Instruc-tor.” The YMCA of Greater Bos-ton is an accessible communityresource that encourages lifelongenjoyment of swimming andteaching the necessary skills toprevent drowning.

ANIMAL TALKSThe next Animal Talks will be

Sunday February 10th, 5 – 6 pmat Stratford Street United Church,77 Stratford St. West Roxbury,MA 02132 . The topic will be:

Can our animals really read ourminds? Animal Talks is an ani-mal-focused meditation, discus-sion and reflection on the animalswe love and remember. They arerun by Kaleel Sakakeeny, AnimalChaplain and Credentialed PetGrief Counselor. Animal Talksmeets every 2nd Sunday of themonth. All our welcome!

MOVIE NIGHT FOR KIDSAT GO WEST — FEBRUARY28TH — GROWNUPSINVITED TOO

Please pencil Thursday, Feb.28th into your calendars. Here atGo West, we’ll show a moviestarting at 5:30, for kids, in oneroom; and we’ll provide wine andbeer and conversation in otherroom(s). Food, too. More detailsto come, about everything. Fornow, please save the date…thanks!

WEST ROXBURY BICYCLECOMMITTEE MEETING

Feb. 13th, 6:30-7:30, RocheCommunity Center 1716 CentreSt. Initial organizational meetingof the West Roxbury BicycleCommittee. This is a neighbor-hood bicycle advocacy commit-tee that will work on questions ofbicycle infrastructure and safetyin West Roxbury. This commit-tee will be a sub-committee of theBoston Cyclists Union. All arewelcome.

FRIENDS OF THE WESTROXBURY LIBRARYANNOUNCES BOOKSELECTION FOR 2019WEST ROXBURY READS

The Friends of the WestRoxbury Branch Library has se-lected These Truths, a History ofthe United States by Harvard his-torian Jill Lepore for its commu-nity-wide read event, “WestRoxbury Reads.” Dr. Lepore willdiscuss These Truths on April 11at the West Roxbury Branch Li-brary, 1961 Centre Street, WestRoxbury. The event starts at 6:30pm with a reception and book salefollowed by Lepore’s talk andbook signing. The event is freeand open to the public.

The book examines Americanhistory through the lens of the“self-evident truths” as written inthe Preamble of our Declarationof Independence. It has garneredpraise from critics and readersalike. NPR’s Michael Schaubwrote “Jill Lepore is an extraor-dinarily gifted writer, and TheseTruths is nothing short of a mas-terpiece of American history.”The book was published in Sep-tember 2018 and is available atthe West Roxbury Library.

In announcing the selectionof the book, Gwynne Morgan,co-chair of West Roxbury Readsstated, “We chose ‘TheseTruths: A History of the UnitedStates’ as the centerpiece of our2019 West Roxbury Reads se-ries because Dr. Lepore, besidesbeing an eloquent writer, high-lights themes which still chal-lenge the U.S today: racism, im-migration, technology, press andreligious freedom, and the cru-cial need to understand civicsand history.”

In addition to the author talk,“West Roxbury Reads” willpresent a series of eventsthroughout the month of Aprilrelated to the themes discussedin the book. A full schedule ofthese events will be announcedin early February.

Boston’s own Junior Damato, “The Auto Doctor” has agreed to field auto repairquestions from Bulletin and Record readers. Please forward your questions to

[email protected] and we will do our best to get your questions answered.

Junior Damato began servicing vehicles in 1969. He owns a 10-bay auto repairservice center in Hyde Park and an 8-bay center in Middleboro. Junior is anASE-certified Master Technician, ASE-certified L-1 and ASE-certified Natural Gas.

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The power from the 4-cylinder engine was less than I would have liked and there is someengine noise under moderate acceleration. The interior layout is user friendly with a large,multifunction touchscreen and the front heated seats are very comfortable. There is room fortwo adults in the rear. Entry level is low to allow us shorter people ease to enter and exit. Therear tailgate door opens left to right, not up and down. This design makes it very easy to loadand unload items into the vehicle. Fold down the rear seats for additional cargo room.

The AWD traction was excellent during the recent snowstorm. The smaller size makes iteasy to drive and to park in tight spaces. The Ecosport drives and handles more carlike thanlike an SUV. The ride is smooth and handling is very sharp – the car goes where you steer it.At highway speeds, there is very little wind noise.

This is a crossover vehicle that is truly a multifunction vehicle. Ford has made this a veryaffordable vehicle, with the base FWD starting at $19,995. The top-of-the-line Titaniummodel lists at $27,610 (destination fee: $995). EPA rating: 23 city, 29 highway MPG.


court cases against tenants,property maintenance, exces-sive rent increases and otherissues.”

None of the three signato-ries of the letter could bereached before deadline toverify these allegations.

Zoning committee memberand Forest Hills resident JerryO’Connor voted against themotion, which passed 10 to 3with one abstention; the fullneighborhood council ratifiedthe vote at its Jan.22 meeting.

Speaking later with TheBulletin, O’Connor said, “Eachproponent should get a reason-able opportunity to state its casebefore the public comments andmotions are made,” he said.“This is followed 99.99% of thetime. Omitting to observe thisprocedure might leave thecouncil open to criticism.”

Steve Lussier is a long timemember of the council zoningcommittee and he voted to ab-stain.

“I couldn’t believe it,” hesaid the next day. “Right out ofthe gate, Max made a motionto deny a hearing. If a propo-nent comes with his attorneyand his architect, he pays themto be there. He should be heard.I thought it was very unfair.”

Marie Turley is anotherlong time zoning committeemember. She thought that com-mittee chair Dave Baron shouldhave instead asked CRM to

withdraw their proposal ratherthan call a vote.

“But Dave wanted to gohome, it was nine o’clock,” shesaid. “So we voted. But therewas no practical alternative.City Realty has a huge footprintin Jamaica Plain. They’re skirt-ing affordability requirementsby adding units. They’ve added29 units of housing in JamaicaPlain. Their business model israpacious, disruptive to tenants.They empty buildings. I cast myvote for no more variances un-til they sign an MOU withESNA.”

Speaking with The Bulletinafter the meeting, Glickmanexplained his motion.

“Developers as big as CityRealty, that do as much busi-ness in the community, alsohave to show how they willbenefit the community,” hesaid. “ At this point, I think CityRealty has not earned the rightto be heard. Until ESNA tellsus that progress has been made,I’ll move to refuse to hear vari-ances requests from City Re-alty.”

There were five oppositionemails submitted to the zoningcommittee, none from EglestonSquare or West Walnut Park.

One was from IreneGlassman who lives onWenham Street in Forest Hills.

“City Realty has been a ma-jor driver and major perpetra-tor of displacement in our

neighborhood, “she wrote.“CRM is simply sitting at thetable to give us lipservice…basically just continu-ing to spit on the community.Please hold CRM accountableand defer the vote.”

95-97 West Walnut Park isone of four houses CRM ownsunder its subsidiary Lolastar onWest Walnut Park and BragdonStreet.

In a statement to The Bulle-tin, a spokesperson for CRMsaid the building- built in 1930-was in bad condition.

“Any accusations of dis-placement of the tenants at 95-97 West Walnut Park is mis-guided,” he said. “When we pur-chased the building we found it

in extreme disrepair and raisedsignificant concerns about thesafety of anyone living in thebuilding… a recent catastrophicpipe burst made it impossible foranyone to continue to safely livethere… until it has undergonetotal renovation.”

“We were ready and willingto share our proposal with theJPNC zoning committee and tohave a discussion with them…on the planned project… wewere certainly disappointed thatthey chose to let vague, anony-mous accusations about ourproperty management practicesprevent us the opportunity toeven discuss the project.

“In recent meetings withESNA we have been asked tocodify the long standing policywe have of working with exist-ing tenants in properties we ac-

City Realty continued from page 1quire and we are currently put-ting in writing the best practiceswe have been operating underfor years.

“… once we get past thenebulous accusations of the par-ticulars of how we do business,they will understand that we arestrongly positive members of thecommunity. Frankly there is nolandlord or developer who en-gages as intensely with the com-munity on development projectsas we do.”

The next day, January 17,CRM and its construction man-agers met for over an hour withESNA at its request to reviewthe building schedule and foun-dation work for 3193 Washing-ton Street, the five story, 40-unitapartment building CRM iserecting at that tight MontebelloSt corner.

Father Paul MacDonaldwith a cake and his ordina-tion photo this past Sunday,Feb. 3 at St. John's. He cel-ebrated a Mass of Thanks-giving on the occasion of the60th anniversary of his or-dination and was honored ata luncheon in the parish hall.

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DeathsALBANESE

Frances C. “Frannie” OfPlymouth, MA, formerly ofRoslindale, MA, age 90passed peacefully in her sleepon February 1, 2019. Wife tothe late Joseph Albanese. Be-loved mother of Joseph“Joey” Albanese of Plymouth,MA, and Thomas “Tommy”Albanese of St. Petersburg,FL. Daughter of the lateGiuseppe and Giovanna(Raffoni) Briguglio. Sister tothe late Joseph, Yolanda(Russel), Andrew, and MaryBrigulio, and Elena(Harrison) Brigulio and herhusband Carrol Harrison. Fu-neral from The Robert J.Lawler & Crosby FuneralHome, 1803 Centre St.,WEST ROXBURY on Friday,February 8, at 10:30 am. AMass of Christian Burial willbe celebrated in St. JohnChrysostom Church, 4750Washington St., WestRoxbury at 11:30 am. Rela-tives and friends are invited toattend. Visiting Hours in theFuneral Home on Thursday,February 7, from 4:00 to 8:00pm. Interment St. MichaelCemetery. For complete no-t i c e ,www.lawlerfuneralhome.comLawler & Crosby FuneralHome 617-323-5600

CASEYWilliam G. Of Roslindale,

age 90, passed peacefully onJanuary 31, 2019, after a longillness. Loyal husband of 59years to the late Joan CurleyCasey, and dedicated son ofthe late Grace and John Casey.Devoted father of William andhis wife Laura, Joan Yetmanand her husband William,James and his wife Janet,Catherine Ryan and her hus-band Mark, Susan Flinn andher husband Christopher,Nancy Gagnon and her hus-band Edward, Timothy andhis wife Katherine, and

Patricia Lewis and her hus-band Henry. Cherished by his15 grandchildren and 5 great-grandchildren. Brother to thelate Daniel, John, James, andGrace Sullivan, and survivedby his brothers, Gregory, Leo,and Richard. Bill was anArmy veteran, worked at Bos-ton Edison for more than 35years, and was an avid golferand a long-time member of theGeorge Wright Golf Course.Funeral from the Robert J.Lawler and Crosby FuneralHome, 1803 Centre St.,WEST ROXBURY, Thursday,February 7, followed by a Fu-neral Mass in the Holy NameChurch at 10 o’clock. Rela-tives and friends invited to at-tend. Lawler and Crosby Fu-neral homewww.lawlerfuneralhome.617-323-5600

da CRUZDavid Of West Roxbury,

passed away peacefully onJanuary 20, 2019. Loving sonof the late Armand andBeatrice (Cruz). David is alsosurvived by many dedicatedfriends and caretakers. AMass of Christian Burial washeld on Monday, February 4,2019 in St. Theresa of AvillaChapel. Interment private. Forguestbook, please visit:gormleyfuneral.com WilliamJ. Gormley Funeral Service617-323-8600

DeVINCENZOMaria Rosa Passed away

peacefully on February 2,2019 at the age of 92. Mariawas born and raised in WestRoxbury, daughter of the lateDonato and Maria(Costantino) DeVincenzo, sis-ter of Salvatore and sister-in-law of Maria, who both pre-deceased her. She is survived

by 5 nephews: Donald, Henry,Anthony, Nicholas and Ed-ward, and 2 nieces: MariaChristina and Lisa. Also sur-vived by 2 great-nephews, 7great-nieces, and 4 great-great-nieces.

A Roslindale High School’43 graduate, Maria workedmany years in The BostonGlobe’s classifieds depart-ment; after retiring, she vol-unteered at the Faulkner Hos-pital. Services at the GormleyFuneral Home, 2055 CentreStreet, WEST ROXBURY onThursday, February 7. Rela-tives and friends kindly in-vited to visit from 11 a.m. -12 p.m.; service at 12 noon;interment private. In lieu offlowers, donations in Maria’smemory may be made to theMSPCA Angell MemorialHospital in Jamaica Plain.William J. Gormley FuneralService 617-323-8600

DOUGHTYMargaret V. “Peggy”

(Bowe) Of Roslindale, Janu-ary 26, 2019. Beloved wife ofthe late Richard H. Doughty,and mother of KathleenCodyrachel and her compan-ion Michael J. Kennedy, Sr. ofWolfeboro, NH, FrancisDoughty and his wife Lauraof Wendell, Richard J.Doughty of Roslindale,Gerald T. Doughty and hiswife Patricia of Winchester,NH, and Lydia and her hus-band Robert Harris ofBelmont. Devoted Nana ofMichael, Thomas, Hannah,and Caleb. Peggy was prede-ceased by seven brothers,Stanley, Gerald, William,Phillip, Patrick, Joseph, andJohn, and two sisters, GeorgieMartin and Carole Robar. Sheis survived by her brothers,Donald, Richard, and RobertBowe, and her sister, Mary

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Corliss. She is also survivedby numerous nieces andnephews. A Funeral Masswas celebrated in the HolyName Church, 1689 CentreSt., West Roxbury, on Satur-day, February 2, 2019. Do-nations may be made inPeggy’s name, to the Na-tional Autism Association,One Park Avenue, Suite 1,Portsmouth, RI 02871.Lawler and Crosby FuneralH o m ewww.lawlerfuneralhome.com617-323-5600

GRADY

Margery A. (Callahan) ofNorwood February 3, 2019.Beloved mother of ErinGrady Fernandez of Athol,Shaun and his wife Amy ofNorwood and Ryan of Bos-ton. Devoted Nana of Devin,

Emily, Antonio, Isabella, AvaRose and Zachary. Lovingsister of Maryellen Loiaconoof Millis, Maureen Dewey ofNorwood, Michael Callahanof West Roxbury, JosephCallahan of Roslindale,Joanne Tripp of Walpole,James Callahan of Dedham,John Callahan of Needham,Richard Callahan ofMedfield and Henry Stainesof Dedham. Also survived byseveral nieces and nephews.A Funeral Service will beheld on Saturday, Feb. 9, at10 o’clock in the Robert J.Lawler and Crosby FuneralHome, 1803 Centre St. WestRoxbury. Visiting hours Fri-day 4pm – 8pm. Relativesand friends respectfully in-vited. Interment St. JosephCemetery. www.lawlerfuneralhome.com.

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Stephen “Stevie” Of HydePark in Roslindale, December26, 2019. Beloved son of thelate John and Jennifer(Molonia) Silipigno, and lov-ing brother of Leo Silipigno,the late Pauline Schepis,Jennie Lepere, Lillian Hayes,Frank, Joseph and AnthonySilipigno, also survived bynumerous nieces and neph-ews. Waking Hours and Fu-neral Services will be private.

TINGLOFBruce W. Of Hyde Park,

formerly of Canton, passedpeacefully on February 3, atthe age of 85. For completenotice, please visit ,thomasfuneralhomes.com.Carroll-Thomas FuneralHome


1725 HP continued from page 1turning left from Hyde Park Av-enue, and 691 vehicles turningright from Milton Street/Neponset Valley Parkway. Forp.m. peak hours, it’s a little less,but there were 494 and 644 ve-hicles recorded for those sameturns. The entire report, whichcan be found on pg. 147 of thePNF, can be found by going tobostonplans.org/getattachment/dc050818-1455-4bb6-b1a7-c918ddfab94f.

According to the trip genera-tion summary by Howard SteinHudson, there would be an in-crease of 109 private vehicletransit trips generated by thisproject in the a.m. peak hour and127 for the peak p.m. hour. Fora full day, there would be an ad-ditional 1,582 private vehicletrips generated, whereas for thefull day, 454 trips by public tran-sit are predicted (42 of which arepredicted for the restaurant/retailspace).

The PNF states the buildingwill also include “other publicrealm improvements,” as well asonsite bicycle storage for 305 bi-cycles. Also according to thePNF, the project’s proximity tothe Readville Commuter RailStation makes the developers be-lieve that most of the residents atthe site will take public transit,“mitigating traffic impacts.”There is no parking on Hyde ParkAvenue or Milton Street next tothe site. However, according tothe map provided in the PNF,

there are no parking regulationson the adjacent Neponset ValleyParkway or most of the nearbysingle-family housing.

The building itself is set for60 feet with six stories, and wouldbe a wood frame construction.The proponent, AD Meliora LLC,is seeking variances for multifam-ily use, exceeding the maximumfloor to area ratio of 2.0, and go-ing almost double the allowableheight of 35 feet.

In other Hyde Park develop-ment news, the Boston ZoningBoard of Appeals approved anapplication from Lewis Crespo toerect a new three-family house at30 Arlington St. Requested vari-ances for the project include in-sufficient screening, insufficientparking, three-family is forbidden,insufficient lot size, insufficientadditional lot area per unit, exces-sive floor to area ratio, number ofallowed stories is exceeded andinsufficient open space.

The site would also be subdi-vided to create a new parcel wherethe existing single family home isnow. The shrinking lot size meansan existing home would no longerbe in compliance with the zoningif the new home was built. How-ever, the ZBA approved the de-sign after representatives from theMayor’s Office of NeighborhoodServices and District 5 City Coun-cilor Tim McCarthy went onrecord in support and detailedsome neighborhood support forthe project.

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The new building will have 50 car spaces for use by the local commu-nity when and if they are needed.

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through the developmentcommunity process. He saidthey will be providing park-ing spaces to several abut-ting businesses.

Mayor’s Office of Neigh-borhood Services Represen-tative Connor Newman saidhis office supported theproject.

“They went through anextensive community pro-cess, they had three ImpactAdvisory Group (IAG)meetings, met with directabutters, met with commu-nity and religious leaders inthe area, and they receiveda favorable vote from theBrighton Allston Improve-ment Association on Aug.2,” he said. “They also in-creased the percentage of af-fordable units to 16 percentand worked with the BostonCivic Design Commission toprovide funds to a shuttleservice that a number of de-velopments in the area arecontributing to that will re-duce the number of cars onthe road and alleviate thetraffic issues we’re facing inthe area.”

ZBA member AnthonyPisani said he was concernedabout the shuttle service.Newman said the shuttleroute has not been workedout yet, but it will ultimately

end up in Boston Landing.“They’re working with the

MBTA to ensure that therewill be a drop off area for theshuttle service,” Newmansaid, and also added that thedevelopers for Mt Hood haveentered into a memorandumof understanding to pay forthe shuttle service for at leastfive years.

Pisani said he was con-cerned troubled that the actualcost of the service and whateach developer has agreed topay has not been established.

“Every project that comesforward to us makes a state-ment that we have an arrange-ment with this and no onedoes the math,” he said.

Eigerman said in theBPDA’s Large Project Reviewit is memorialized that theremust be a $20 monthly pay-ment per dwelling unit to help

pay for the shuttle.“So that will be put into

the Transportation AccessPlan Agreement and the co-operation agreement,” hesaid.

Other public benefits thedevelopment offered in theirproject notification form in-cluded the establishment ofnew open space and streettrees and other streetscapeamenities. The project isscheduled to complete con-struction by 2021.

Max Mansour, speakingin support of the project andrepresenting the MountHood Condo Association,said because of a parkingagreement they reached withthe developer. About 50spaces will be available tothe nearby Jewish templeand Mansour’s condo build-ing.


LegalsRail Station on that line, and hesaid it is expected that 25 percentof the student population will takethe commuter rail to the school.He said there are also four busstops close to the school whichwould provide transportation to65 percent of students as well. Hesaid the remaining percentage ofstudents would use a kiss and rideturnaround at the termination ofAnawan Street to the north of thesite.

One issue of contentionamong some of those at the meet-ing was the disbelief that theschool could enforce a ban on stu-dents driving themselves to schooland parking in the neighborhood.Former Boston RedevelopmentAuthority member MichaelDonlin said he’s concerned thatmany students who have carswould just drive. However,Hanley pointed out that studentsgoing to Catholic Memorial arealready documented as taking thecommuter rail to school.

“We know students take thecommuter rail and we’re going toencourage them to do so,” he said.

Other residents said they feltmany students would get ridesfrom their parents and cause ex-cessive traffic in the area.

“I have to say as a resident ofBellevue Hill, we’ve seen whenthere are projects in the area andthe West Roxbury Parkway backsup and people cut through ourneighborhood, speeding throughto the point where we’ve had toput in stop signs. That’s taken careof some of the problem but not allof it,” said resident Diane Handy.“You have 600-plus pedestriansand commuters and one of my ma-jor concerns is how is that goingto affect access into BellevueHill?”

Littman said when they did theoriginal traffic study of the area,they looked at the major intersec-tions, but not every street withina defined radius.

“We don’t have the resourcesto study 50 different intersectionsfor everybody’s direct commute,”he said. “There were four to eightseconds of additional (anticipated)delay at some of the intersectionswe studied, but you have to re-member a lot of these problemsare existing conditions that ourproject is not necessarily going tomake worse.”

Handy said she was also con-cerned that the kiss and ride onAnawan could back up into theWest Roxbury Parkway, and an-other resident who said she livedon Anawan where the turnaroundcurrently is, added she has beenblocked into her driveway in thepast by delivery trucks for theNTB store. She said she was con-cerned with an increase in dropoff traffic from parents that couldexacerbate the problem.

Hanley said they would havemarked off areas at the turnaroundwith signs stating no standing orvehicles are allowed to block thedriveways. Audible groaningfrom some in the crowd was ob-

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The development team for Uncommon Schools and the BPDA presentthe revised plans for the school.


vious.Resident Rachel Young said

she had trouble reconciling theopposition to the project. She out-lined the current Dearborn Schoolproposal off of Dudley Square,pointing out it has no open space,no off street parking and little ac-cess to public transit. The dif-ference is there is a good deal ofcommunity support for it, eventhough it’s in a much denser area.

“What accounts for this differ-ence, why do we sanctionDearborn and condemn RoxburyPrep? It’s not about traffic, it’s notabout the location, it’s about themindset of the community and itsfair-mindedness,” she said, to agood deal of booing from someresidents. “Our city is growingand we need more schools and inthe last decade new schools and,in some instances, multipleschools have been built in everyneighborhood in the city exceptours (Roslindale). We all chose tolive next to a large underdevel-oped lot zoned for education, andthere is a good reason it is zonededucational. It’s because munici-pal planners recognized it was agood place for a school.”

Another resident pointed outthere is already a school nearbyblocking traffic and causingproblems.

“My commute is severely im-pacted by the Holy Name ParishSchool, but for some reason thatdoesn’t appear to be problematic,”said Tad Lawrence. “When I sitin traffic there I am happy to seethe crossing guard stop me and letthe children of Boston crosssafely... These children deservethe same courtesy from all of us.”

One teacher said she had con-cerns about potential traffic de-lays being more important thanconcerns for the students.

“I’m confused as to how toexplain to my children and stu-dents that somehow traffic thatadds minutes to your day is some-how more important than the for-mative years of their’ lives,” shesaid.

Greater Belgrade AvenueNeighborhood Association ClerkMichael Levesque said he is con-cerned that much of the plan forthe students getting to and fromschool relies on the MBTA, andthe fact that the school has not

been able to work out an agree-ment with the MBTA on movingbus stops to accommodate the stu-dents or a schedule for theNeedham Line they can bank on.

“That’s not concrete and theyadmit they haven’t worked it outyet,” he said.

Members of GBANA alsopassed out a flier detailing what theysaw as problems with RoxburyPrep’s school model. These in-cluded an excerpt from a 2014 Bos-ton Globe article detailing theschool’s high suspension rate at thetime and an excerpt from the CivilRights Project web site that statedRoxbury Prep suspended Latinos atthe rate of 44.7 percent, one of thehighest rates in the country.

When one resident came for-ward to voice these concerns,BPDA representative Aisling Kerrstopped him, saying the discussionfor the meeting was dedicated to thedevelopment project being pre-sented only.

There will be a more detailedmeeting on traffic impacts at thesame location on February 13 at6:30 p.m.


Letters continued from page 4WRIGHT IS ALL WRONG

To The Editor:Alan Wright (Roslindale) is

wrong on the environment,John Birch and Hal Shurtleff.Mr. Wright hits all talkingpoints flawlessly. Never mindthe majority of them are wrong.His claims on Birch andShurtleff demand correction forthe record.

Not that it matters. Thedamage is done. Bulletin Newsreaders have moved on with afalse narrative. Ignorance trulyis bliss.

Wright is a big governmentman. He is fully on board withany regulation handed downfrom on high. Tactical in his useof those who are “environmen-tally concerned citizens”. In-stantly he polarizes Americans.A plastic bag ban has nothingto do with protecting the envi-ronment. It is governmentmuscle shaking down busi-nesses and taxpayers.

The John Birch Societydoes NOT dabble in conspiracynor are they an “isolationist or-ganization”. They educateAmericans and support ourmost basic of rights. AsShurtleff pointed out McCarthywas correct and WAS exoner-ated by the Venona Secrets pub-lication in 1995. The size andscope of Federal Gov’t todayshould be enough proof. In factWright continues his falseclaims about the Heartland Inst.Has Wright read anything fromBirch or Heartland? Does heknow anything about thesegroups other than what he hasbeen told from others who arealso incorrect?

“Conservative organiza-tion” Evil. “Koch Brothers”Evil. “largest fossil fuel pro-cessing plant” Evil. If that isWright’s opinion that is fine.However, his bigotry and intol-erance is laid out for all to see.Talk about dog whistles!

The website Wright men-tions is “good”. His opinion onthe bag ban “good”. More regu-lations and laws “good”. Onlypay attention to this one thing.Pay no attention to this otherthing. And by all means. DONOT make up your own mind!Wright decries the pushbackfrom Conservatives on socialmedia. How dare they use the1st Amendment to educateAmericans and present oppos-ing views! Throw in that racistFox News for good measuretoo.

I know Hal very well. Halhas been a returning guest onmy podcast for years. He hasintroduced me to many peoplewho in turn have come onto mypodcast. He has helped expandknowledge of our Constitution,our Founders and our history tothousands. Wright’s letter saysmore about his disrespect forfellow Americans than it doesabout being an “environmen-tally concerned citizen”. He

seems upset that Hal has beenwriting letters about Agenda21. (What is Wright’s issuewith people exercising their 1stAmend?) I doubt that Wrighthas researched Agenda 21 as indepth as Shurtleff has. Shurtleffhas spent years working on this.

Sorry Mr. Wright. The Con-stitution is specifically writtento limit government. The Con-stitution doesn’t make law. It ISthe Law! Our Founders warnedof foreign entities supersedingour Constitutional processes.The UN actually IS influencinglocal communities and forcingpeople to do things they do notwant to do. Many communitieshave Agenda 21 Draconianlaws already restricting privateproperty owners from a multi-tude of things. According toWright this is perfectly fine.

Finally, the actual reason forthis thread: Plastic bags. Thereis no such thing as “single use”.I re-use plastic bags for lots ofthings. Then I recycle them.That’s the whole point of recy-cling. So something can be RE-USED. If a community wantsto combat trash then enforcelittering laws. Start finingpeople. People are slobs.Worcester (my town) is a trashdump. I manage properties. Ispend 30-45 minutes every dayjust picking up trash. Everyday! It’s not the fault of thetrash or the companies that pro-duce the product I pick up. It’sthe person tossing it onto thestreet. Enforce the law!

And before you start com-plaining about the cost of en-forcing the law Worcester hasroughly 78,000 people. Let’ssay 60,000 buy city bags at $8for a ten pack. That’s shy of halfa million dollars every otherweek. Where is all this moneygoing? Why is there still trashall over the place?

Paying for our city trashbags was going to reduce trashin the environment. It didn’t.Mandatory recycling was goingto reduce trash in the environ-ment. It didn’t. But banningplastic bags will?

Christopher Maider CEOThe M&P Conservative

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DEVELOPMENT IS OUTOF CONTROL

To the Editor:As someone who has seen

the obvious over-developmentof housing units in my own EastBoston neighborhood down atits waterfront which is turninginto a little Manhattan withhigh end high rise housing, thissituation has resulted in theconstant changing of hands ofexisting housing. The neighbor-hood has experienced a popu-lation boom and much moreexpensive housing prices.Travel through East Boston andmostly you will see housinggoing for seven digits.

If you don’t already own

property in this city, soon youwill have no alternative but tomove somewhere, anywhereelse. Recently, I saw two hous-ing proposals for Dorchesterneighborhoods. One I readabout in the Sunday Globe is aDot Block proposal near SavinHill by Hancock and Pleasantstreets. Four buildings and 488units and a fraction of them aredesignated affordable. Andthere is also limited off streetparking. In the end all I see ismore gridlock and congestionfor the existing surroundingneighborhood. Sounds like agreat deal for property develop-ers, but for everyone else, goodluck to you.

However as bad as this DotBlock concept goes, thingsseem far worse further downDorchester Avenue by AshmontStation where according to astory in CommonWealMagazine, there is a 5-storyapartment complex with over50 units. It comes with lots ofamenities, except the plansdon’t include any off streetparking because the place willbe next to Ashmont Station. Iguess both City Hall and thedeveloper must believe thewhole world takes the MBTA.

Where does anyone think allthe new cars generated by thishousing project will be parkedbecause they’ll be more cars inthe neighborhood? I would saymaybe as close to 70 new ve-hicles trying to find limitedparking on the street.

Boston seems so intent onbuilding its way out of theboom, but eventually the boomwill end and we will be left withall these newadditional vehicles clogging upthe works.

What created this obsessiondown at City Hall not just withthe ever-growing BuildingBoom but the need to grow itspopulation? Seems there aremany who won’t be satisfieduntil Boston reaches 800,000people like it was in 1950. Wedon’t have to go on buildingsteroids to be a great city, wealready are. The more we build,the less great will become.There will be no room for any-one to move.

Sal GiarrataniEast Boston

Due to the amountof letters to the edi-tor received thisweek for andagainst the RoxburyPrep proposal, theBulletin has chosento run the articleabout the hearing.We will print the let-ters next week.


for linoleum cutting and therewere eight Blake Estates resi-dents who participated and cre-ated plates for the steamroller,”she said. “We wanted to be asrepresentational to the commu-nity as possible, that was the in-tent of the Hyde Park Arts Com-mittee, to coordinate an arts eventfor the HP150.”

Lucas said the MAC is pre-paring for several new spring gal-leries after this one, which will runthe entire month. She said theywill be hosting work from a juriedexhibition of their members andthen the next month they will beshowing work from the students

MAC Art Show continued from page 2of the Channing ElementarySchool.

“In April, we have a membershowing at the City Hall Gallery,”she said.

Curry College Fine Arts Pro-fessor Laurie Alpert said this is thesecond year the school’s art pro-gram is teaming up with the MACto get their students out in the com-munity.

“It’s always been important tome to get the students off cam-pus, and for them to be able toactually show their work offsomewhere else is such a great op-portunity for them,” she said. “Imean one of my students last year

sold a piece, which was very ex-citing. As a professional artist, Ican tell you it doesn’t happen toooften. I was jealous she sold apiece!”

Alpert said the pieces will bethe students’ penultimate workbefore they start their seniorproject, scheduled for exhibitionin the spring. She said it will be acombination of the studio anddesign majors from the Fine Artsprogram.

“They chose the work andpieces and we thought it wouldbe nice to show them off andwhat’s really nice about this yearis we have more space,” she said.

“Last year they were in the smallgallery, as there was a calligraphyshow in the large gallery, so thisyear they were able to put in morepieces.”

Alpert said the gallery will fea-ture 11 seniors from the program

showing a variety of media, in-cluding paintings, drawings andprints.

More info on the MAC andthe Hyde Park Arts Associationcan be found at http://www.hpaa-mac.org.

Fennell continued from page 3

for college... and even just things like providing a meal tostudents in the afternoon they might not have otherwise got-ten. We’re able to provide that at all 13 branches.” Fennelladdesaid she still comes home to the Parkway. “My momstill lives on that street, she said. “I try to get a workout in,it’s just such nice brand new facility.”

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