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Residents wary about BakerStreet Market redevelopment

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While plans are extremely preliminary, this is what the owners of Baker Street Market presented to residentson Thursday at an abutters meeting on the project.

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The bad news is Doyle’sclosed; the good news is thatit has a new owner and“some reimagined Doyle’s”will replace it.

That was the messagecommercial broker PeterGori brought to the JamaicaPlain Neighborhood CouncilHousing Committee on Feb.18.

“It’s a fantastic corner,”he said.

Ziba Cranmer of HalifaxStreet agrees but for differ-ent reasons; she’s part ofSave Doyle’s Café whichpopped up after word got outin October that the fabledpub was shutting down.

Her fear is that Doyle’s

will become “a dense marketrate housing only for develop-ers.”

“This is the living room ofour society.” Cranmer said.“It’s a beloved tavern. A thirdplace outside of home andwork.”

She said that the loss ofDoyle’s was a loss of a placeto gather.

The storied back room,Cranmer said, “created com-munity cohesion. We need topreserve this local gem.”

She said that 2,500 peoplesigned a petition to saveDoyle’s; many were collectedduring the Nov. 6 auction ofthe contents of the old pub.

“These back rooms are go-ing away,” she said.

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About 20 residents and of-ficials’ representatives gatheredat the cafeteria of CatholicMemorial High School onThursday, Feb. 28, to discuss aproposal from the owners of theBaker Street Market in WestRoxbury.

Located specifically on 419-421 Baker St., the proposal isto raze the current structure,add three stories, an at-gradeparking garage and 24 condo-minium units. Attorney andformer Suffolk County DistrictAttorney Daniel Conley, repre-senting owners Louie andKatherine Dakoyannis, said thecouple will also demolish thehouse at 421 Baker St. to make

more room for the structure. Headded the commercial aspect ofthe building will remain un-changed.

“Louie grew up across thestreet and his parents still livethere,” he said. “His dad is 91.Louie grew up in that house andthen went to Catholic Memo-rial just like I did. The cafete-ria here looks pretty much thesame except for the new furni-ture and modern technology.They bought the building 23 or24 years ago and at the time theconvenience store operationwas run by someone else andthey leased it out. Kathy ac-quired the store about a decadeago and has since been runningthat.”

Conley and Boston Mayor’sOffice of Neighborhood Ser-

vices West Roxbury represen-tative Jack Duggan bothstressed that these are prelimi-nary meetings to get feedbackfrom residents. No plans havebeen filed for the project.

“We wanted to make surewe talked to the communityfirst,” Duggan said.

Louie Dakoyannis said cur-rently they are are havingtrouble keeping the store in theblack, which is why he wantedto redevelop the parcel. Conleyadded that the family plans tomove into one of the condosonce construction is complete.

“The property is hard tohold on to and maintain,”Dakoyannis said. “We’ve beenapproached by an awful lot of

The Deutches AltenheimSenior Living Center, alsoknown as the German Centre,is hosting an Elder ScamAwareness lecture on Tuesday,March 10 at noon at its WestRoxbury location.

The seminar, headed byAmada Senior Care PresidentLaura Lynn Morrissey, will fo-cus on the myriad of threatsfacing seniors in moderntimes, and will feature a free

lunch.“This is meant for the com-

munity, basically to help educatefamily, friends and seniors onhow seniors can protect them-selves,” she said. “This is a hugeissue nationwide, it’s a $36 bil-lion a year problem... And that’s

The German Centre in WestRoxbury is hosting a seminar andforum next week to educate resi-dents young and old about newscams.

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The bar at Doyle’s with glassware and other items from the historicpub for sale.

PHOTO BY: RICHARD HEATH

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These back rooms don’t pro-duce a lot of revenue, Gori said.

“The space today is too big,”he said.

Gori is managing partner ofBoston Commercial Realty Part-ners and lives in Jamaica Plain.

He said he’s very active inhistoric preservation; he hasbeen on the board of theBostonian Society.

“I sold the Goddard House[2015]. That’s why they [theBurkes] hired me.” He said heworks for the sellers.

“Gerry Burke hired me inSeptember,” he said, “He’sowned Doyle’s for 35 years.

“He put the property on themarket just before Thanksgiv-ing. We had six offers,” Gorisaid. “We’ve identified a buyerbut we’re not yet ready to namewho that is. He’s done otherprojects in JP.”

“There is absolutely a restau-rant component in the redevel-opment. One of the require-ments of the sale is a re-imag-ined Doyle’s restaurant.”

The redevelopment will alsoinclude housing, he added.

Gori said the property is inthree parcels totaling over25,000 square feet; the Doyle’sbuilding dating to 1887, the two-family wood frame house at3476 Washington St. at GartlandStreet and the Williams Streetparking lot behind the kitchen.

“We don’t know yet the sizeof the project,” he said. “The oldhouse will be torn down. Therewill be restaurant in a large partof the old Doyle’s, that’s whatthe seller requires.”

Nothing can be built eitheron top of the building or higherthan one story on the building’ssite because it sits on a 20 by 16foot brick culvert built in 1906for Stony Brook.

According to Cranmer, in2005 the Boston Water andSewer Commission deeded theculvert land to Eddie Burke withthe condition that nothing couldbe built over it. The culvert runsunder the long bar in the maintaproom.

Gori admitted that a “re-imagined Doyle’s is difficult todo.”

“It will require at least a mil-lion dollars to rehab,” he said.“The infrastructure has beenneglected and a new kitchen willhave to be built; a significantinvestment.”

The restaurant is also nothandicapped accessible.

“To make restaurants workis incredibly expensive,” Gorisaid. “And this is a very tightspot.”

Gori said there would be ad-ditional retail on WashingtonStreet at the back room location.

“The gathering space can bein the second room,” he said, butrepeated that he doesn’t knowyet the size of the project.

Gori added the liquor li-cense was sold.

“And that’s a great ques-tion,” he said. “You justcan’t go out and buy a li-cense and hope for a tenant.”

He doesn’t know who therestaurant operator would bebut said they could purchasea beer and wine license,

“A neighborhood re-stricted license; that wouldcost $125,000,” Gori said.

A source knowledgeablein historic preservation andadaptive reuse put it in per-spective for The Bulletin.

“Apartments or condoscould probably subsidize aportion of the carrying costs[of the Doyle’s building] be-cause the historic portion isto be a restaurant. This couldcover insurance, taxes anddebt service. It will requirea lo t of the res taurantowner’s financial contribu-tion.”

One scenario is the buyercreates a commercial condofor the restaurant space andsells the responsibility to aninvestor or res taurantowner.” The source predictsthat the developer will stopat nine units of housing toavoid having to absorb thecosts of affordable units.

The Stonybrook Neigh-borhood Associat ion hasnever met a building overthree stories that they likedso negotiations over the den-sity and height required tokeep a tavern might open upconflicts among the SaveDoyle’s group and the neigh-bors, many of whom are thesame people.

Gori repeated to The Bul-letin that the next steps arestill in the planning stage.

“The project has not beenfully conceived or designed,and we are some ways fromthe BPDA filing,” he said

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Anna's Pals holds different events all throughout the year, like this ca-sino night hosted at St. Theresa's in 2019.

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

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

—B.T.L.

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

—B.T.L.

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

—B.T.L.

Anna's Pals packingfull calendar for 2020


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The local West Roxbury-based charity Anna’s Pals willbe hitting the streets this springand summer with a slew ofevents to help the group raisefunds to assist families in need.

Founder and President KrisJerome said the charity wasstarted after her daughter Annawas diagnosed with an aggres-sive form of Leukemia thesummer before her freshmanyear at the Boston LatinSchool at age 14. Kris said shefaced the disease and its treat-ment with strength and dignity,even declining a gift from theMake a Wish Foundation be-cause she felt she was fortu-nate enough already to havethe friends and Pals who stuckwith her in her most dire times.

Now that Anna has lost herbattle with cancer, Jerome saidshe’s making sure that kind-ness and strength lives on inAnna’s Pals. The group raisesmoney for pediatric cancer re-search and other treatmentsfocused around children.

The group will be hostingcomedian Christine Hurley onFriday, March 13 at 7 p.m. atthe Knights of Columbus at5250 Washington St. in WestRoxbury. Jerome admitted thatshe has not seen Hurley liveyet, but that’s not because of alack of trying.

“People rave about her, andI’ve tried to see her a coupleof times and every time tick-ets were sold out,” she said. “Iknew she was definitely a hotcommodity.”

Jerome said this was thefirst time the group decided tohave a comedy night.

“We were just thinking wehadn’t had an event in a whileand it was time to do some-thing different,” she said. “Wejust figured we would try tosee if people who have beengood to us in the past wouldlike to come to a comedy showat the Knights of Columbus.”

Further out, the group’s an-nual Blood Drive for the Bos-ton Children’s Hospital is tak-ing place on May 30 in frontof West on Centre from 9 a.m.to 3 p.m. This year marks the

fifth the group has beenfundraising for children andchildhood disease research,and Jerome said as someonewho has experienced the treat-ment for Leukemia, she knowshow many blood transfusionsjust one person needs.

“It became very apparenthow much the Children’s Hos-pital needed blood, so we dothis once a year to help theother kids who are struggling,and not just with Leukemia ei-ther, for everybody,” she said.“And the Children’s Hospitalwas just a clear choice, every-body knows somebody who’schild or had a child who’s beentreated there, whether it’s fora broken arm or other injuries,because Boston Children’s iscrucial to our community.”

Jerome said the bus willpull up to West where residentscan have blood drawn and thenrejuvenate themselves insidethe restaurant.

“West is very good to us,and the people who donategive back to West too,” shesaid.

Way out in the sunny monthof June, Medium MarybethSheehan will join the group atWest on Centre on the 11thstarting at 6 p.m. Jerome saidwhile she can understand whysome might be skeptical re-garding mediums and speakingwith those who have passedon, she said that most peoplewho have gone to one ofSheehan’s readings come backconvinced.

“People always say thatthey are skeptical until they ac-tually have an experience witha medium,” she said. “Andthat’s fair, sometimes they canbe like the ones on TV, like theLong Island Medium wherethey feed off the crowd and arefor entertainment purposes,but there are some people whoare certainly gifted with theability to communicate withpeople they can’t see. Forsomeone who’s lost a child,having a medium be able to letthem know their loved one isokay can be really healing forpeople.”

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A joy of parenting andgrandparenting:

dandlingTWO VERSIONS OF BOSTON

To the Editor:I would like to know how

recent city rents are showingsigns of stabilization. I didread a Boston Herald newsstory that stated, “Rentalprices are still on the rise inBoston but are slowing –‘good news’ for tenants and asign that efforts to ramp upbuilding is starting to satiatesome of the demand for hous-ing, officials and expert said.”

Mayor Walsh added, “Thestabilization of rents acrossour neighborhoods demon-strates our housing plan inaction.” I must say, I searchfor all this so-called goodnews. Just because more

housing is being built haslittle effect on neighborhoodrents. Just look at East Bos-ton, South Boston,Dorchester, North End,Charlestown or anywhere elsein the city where rents aresoaring to the stratosphere.But the problem is the morethat’s built the steeper therents go as the real estate val-ues of the neighborhoodskeeps rising. Housing con-struction is not helping mod-erate rent in the city and thenew supply is working in thedirection of helping to satisfydemand.

Look at all thatSmartGrowth housing nearMBTA or commuter rail sta-

tions. How much of it is mod-estly priced and how many af-fordable units are in them andjust who defines the term “af-fordable?”

Our elected officials needto stop talking nonsense ortrying to believe what they’resaying. The forecast isn’t thatbright as Boston seems to beheaded for two Bostons, onefor the wealthy and one foreveryone just trying to survivein an ever-more expensivecity. Meanwhile, the middleclass, regardless of race,packs and moves as fast asthey can. The more thingschange, the worse things get.

Sal GiarrataniBoston, MA

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My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

Many of us parents andgrandparents, as well as thosein other relationships with ba-bies such as aunts, uncles, sib-lings, godparents, cousins, andneighbors, did not know thatwe’ve been dandling little onesfor years.

The word “dandling” wasexplained to me in a priest’sblog when he referenced thebook of Isaiah: “For thus saysthe Lord: I will extend prosper-ity to her like a river, and thewealth of the nations like anoverflowing stream; and youshall nurse and be carried onher arm and dandled on herknees. As a mother comfortsher child, so I will comfort you. . .” [Some biblical translationssay, “. . . fondled on her lap.”]

The revered pastor emeritusof Brighton’s St. Ignatius ofLoyola Church, Reverend BobVerEecke, S.J., went on to saythat he did not know what “dan-dling” meant although most ofhis Jesuit brother priests towhom he posed the question,did. To dandle is to move upand down in one’s arms or onone’s knee in affectionate play.

When first heard, it soundslike “dangle,” which whendone to an infant would be puretorment—to hold him/her up bythe arms, possibly pulling themout of their socket(s). But ifyou’ve got a handle on dandle,you understand that a dandledchild is gently but firmly sup-ported around the torso andunder the arms: it’s a wonder-ful way to love and entertain ayoung ‘un. They do not seemto get tired of the repetition, dayafter day, week after week, aslong as it’s not hours at a time.

Where is all discussionabout dandling going? As thedecades pass by, the realizationbecomes more focused therethat many incarcerated peoplehave not experienced the lov-ing and ethical upbringing thatmost non-felons have had: maybe they were not lovinglydandled during their early years

as much as they should havebeen by their fathers and moth-ers. Here on our terra firmajudges and juries are not ex-pected to weigh their upbring-ing in deciding guilt and pro-nouncing sentences, but itseems a sure thing—somemight want to call it a meta-physical certainty—that fromHis heavenly throne our Makerwill take all these items intoconsideration on JudgmentDay. Many like to think thatthere will be extended mercybestowed on robbers,pedophiles, car thieves, van-dals, rapists, bullies, murderers,perjurers, forgers, scam artists,and other such charactersfrowned from riding the rails inthe gospel song “This Train IsBound for Glory” because oftheir deprived upbringing;many like to think that suchpersons will not be gambolingacross Elysian Fields and GreenPastures in the next life, but ifthey’re to be judged partially,if not fully, on their exposureto morality by parents and oth-ers who raised them, they mightnot be responsible for their hei-nous acts, even conceding thatthey had free will.

When you enter beyond thePearly Gates, be sure to lookaround and see if my predictionabout their inclusion and pres-ence comes true.

Parks & Recreation Departmentoffers Youth Umpire Training Program

The Boston Parks and Rec-reation Department invitesteens ages 15 to 18 to take partin its Umpire Training Programbeginning May 5. Participantslearn to umpire in a hands-on,classroom environment and onthe field throughout the springwith instructor Bill McCallumof the New England BaseballUmpire Club (NEBUC).

The Umpire Training Pro-gram provides a fun way foryoung adults to learn leader-ship, responsibility and ac-countability. Whether a highschool athlete or not, becominga junior umpire in a local LittleLeague program offers teens away to grow their self-esteemand gain experience in a fun,educational setting.

Upon completion of the

training, participants are guar-anteed summer employmentthrough the Department ofYouth Engagement and Em-ployment working as umpiresin the Mayor’s Cup BaseballTournament and BostonCitywide Baseball League.

The classes will be held atthe Boston Parks and Recre-ation Department headquarterson the third floor at 1010 Mas-sachusetts Avenue in Roxburyon Tuesday and Thursday eve-nings for eight weeks begin-ning May 5. Games will be atMoakley Park in South Bos-ton.

This opportunity is open toBoston teens eligible for em-ployment through the Depart-ment of Youth Engagementand Employment’s

SuccessLink program. Candi-dates must turn 15 on or be-fore July 6, 2020, and cannotturn 19 on or before August 14,2020. Applicants must be full-time residents of the City ofBoston.

The deadline for applica-tions is Friday, April 24. In or-der to apply, applicants mustfirst sign up at https://successlink-boston.icims.com/j o b s / i n t r o ? h a s h e d = -435683065 and select the um-pire program. The second stepis to fill out an applicationavailable by emailing programmanager Charlie Conners [email protected].

For a more in-depth expla-nation of this program and pro-gram expectations, please call(617) 961-3093.

Free Indoor Golf Clinics begin March 23The Boston Parks and Rec-

reation Department is offeringfree indoor golf clinics at localCommunity Centers for bothbeginners and experiencedplayers who want to brush upon their skills before they hitthe links.

The clinic series is sixweeks long with registration ona first-come, first-served basis.The first hour of each clinic isthe Junior Session (ages 7 to17), the second hour is theAdult Session (18 and up).There is a maximum of 25people per session; all otherswill be placed on a waiting list.

Equipment is provided, butyou may bring your own clubs.Clinicians are highly qualifiedgolf instructors. To register,please contact the sites directly.The clinic schedule is as fol-lows:

Mondays starting March 23

BCYF Leahy Holloran 1 Worrell Street,

Dorchester (617) 635-5150 Junior Session: 5 p.m.Adult Session: 6 p.m.

BCYF Ohrenberger 175 West Boundary Road,West Roxbury (617) 635-5183 Junior Session: 6 p.m.Adult Session: 7 p.m.

Tuesdays starting March 24

Salesian Boys & Girls Club of East Boston 150 ByronStreet, East Boston (617) 567-6626 Junior Session: 5 p.m.Adult Session: 6 p.m.

BCYF Charlestown255 Medford Street,Charlestown (617) 635-5169Junior Session: 6 p.m. AdultSession: 7 p.m. Wednesdaysstarting March 25

BCYF Tynan650 East Fourth Street,

South Boston (617) 635-5110Junior Session: 6 p.m. AdultSession: 7 p.m.

Colonel Daniel MarrBoys & Girls Clubhouse

35 Deer Street, Dorchester(617) 288-7120 Junior Session:6 p.m. Adult Session: 7 p.m. Thurs-days starting March 26

BCYF Jackson-Mann500 Cambridge Street, Allston

(617) 635-5153Junior Session: 5 p.m. Adult Ses-sion: 6 p.m.

Fridays starting March 27

BCYF Perkins155 Talbot Avenue, Dorchester

(617) 635-5162 Junior Session: 6p.m. Adult Session: 7 p.m.

BCYF Quincy885 Washington Street,

Chinatown (617)635-5129 Junior Session: 5 p.m.Adult Session: 6 p.m.

For more info, please contactJennifer Widener at (617) 961-3047 [email protected].

Letters to the Editor


Boston ZBA approves twoproposals for the Parkway


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The Boston Zoning Boardof Appeals (ZBA) met lastweek and discussed two pro-posals facing the WestRoxbury Parkway.

The Board heard from andvoted in favor of residentMichael Moran, one of theowners of 19 Blueview Circlein West Roxbury, near theStony Brook Park in Hyde

Park. The proposal is to razethe existing single-familyhome and erect a new 2.5-story building in its place.The proponents are seekingrelief for insufficient lotfrontage.

“So we have a little over49 feet of frontage, but be-cause of the location of thatcul-de-sac as you can see, it’sa very unique lot, but becauseof that cul-de-sac we have 49feet when 60 is required,” he

said. “However, we do havea 17,604-square foot lot.”

Boston Mayor’s Office ofNeighborhood Services WestRoxbury representative JackDuggan said the Mayor’s Of-fice is in support and that noneighbors went to the sched-uled abutters meeting. Theplan received unanimoussupport from the WestRoxbury Neighborhood


City council considers different parking fine criteria

Last week the Boston City Coun-cil met for its regular meeting to dis-cuss and oversee grants, programs andlegislation.

Most notably, At-Large City Coun-cilor Julia Mejia introduced a hearingorder to work out how the city couldissue parking tickets based on the in-come of the alleged illegal parker.Mejia said the idea came from per-sonal experience.

“When I was lucky enough to gethired in this position, I realized that Ihad $159 worth of tickets that I neededto pay,” she said. “Let me tell you Iwas in shock, and I didn’t want to startthis job owing a debt to the city, so Iscrambled up a little bit of change andpaid my debt to the city. But it wasduring that process that started think-ing about those who did not have theresources I had.

“What happens when you’re strug-

gling to handle all your finances,you’re deciding whether you’re goingto pay a parking ticket or put food onyour table,” she said. “Not that I’mhere to breaking any laws or challengethe system, but I do think we have anopportunity to really explore how wecan make parking tickets a little morereflective of the financial situationsthat a lot of our residents are facinghere in the City of Boston today.”

Mejia said the system could workby the alleged violator bringing in in-come tax documents to be able to payon a sliding scale, or figuring out otherways of basing the penalty on income.Mejia did not mention whether or notfines would be increased based on anindividual’s relatively high income.

District 1 City Councilor LydiaEdwards said she’s not convinced yetwhether one should have parkingticket fines reduced because of in-come.

“But I do think that we should seehow this is impacting individuals,” shesaid. “I think one balancing act is theticket not tow program. I think hav-ing your car towed especially impactspeople who are impoverished.”

Edwards added that the private na-ture of tow companies can add signifi-cantly to the financial burden of some-one who experiences a tow.

“This is an issue I think we needto analyze. “I had a case where awoman who was living in a sheltercouldn’t afford Boston insurance andso her car wasn’t registered here.

Then the city put a boot on her car.That was the only income she had, shedrove for Lyft and was trying to raiseenough money to get her kids back.So here is an example of the city pil-ing on to someone.”

Edwards also discussed the trans-action fee residents have to pay if theyare paying a ticket online.

“I don’t like that, I don’t like hav-ing to pay to pay,” she said. “We’repaying a fee to pay a fee. I wonder ifthat’s really a fair and equitable wayto pay for those things.”

Edwards also thought an interest-free payment plan would be a goodidea.

“I think there are ways we couldlook at that,” she said.

District 4 City Councilor AndreaCampbell said she has personallyhelped residents pay tickets after theyshowed her they were not able to pay.

“These are folks who are willingand would pay if they could, but havesomething happening in their livespersonally where they are unable topay,” she said. “I think we can get re-ally creative for those particular con-stituents to come up with differentways to pay, whether it’s an interest-free payment plan, volunteering somesort of community service or some-thing like that. The fact you have con-stituents showing up here, I think inone case we had one woman make therounds to all of our offices in tearsbecause she could not afford to payand even had documentation to prove

that is troubling. She was laid off.How do we work with folks who wantto do the right thing but are financiallyunable to do so.”

District 6 City Councilor MattO’Malley said he was hesitant regard-ing fines based on income. However,he brought up a pilot plan a few yearsago the city tried out in Charlestownwhere vehicles towed for parking dur-ing street cleaning time would be is-sued a $90 fine instead of a $40 fineand a $120 tow.

“So, by increasing the violationschedule for parking in a street clean-ing block of time, and removing thetow fee, we actually saved tax payers,those who would fall victim to that asignificant amount of money,” he said.

O’Malley said he recognized thatit is very difficult to be poor in theCity of Boston, but he said a betterapproach might be looking at some ofthe causes as it relates to public trans-portation.

“Looking at better and more cre-ative ways to deal with parking and tosupport our business districts, analyz-ing certain metered parking in certainareas, looking at alternate ways oftransportation such as an increasedbike network, bike shares, electricscooters and multi modal vehicles aswell are some ways to deal with this,”he said. “The thing that gives mepause as it relates to income adjustedticketing is the enforcement piece andhow we would make that determina-tion. It does seem extremely difficult.”


Correction In last week’s WestRoxbury/Roslindale Bulletin, thestory on page 1 entitled “Asheson Fat Tuesday” was incorrectlycredited to have been written byJeff Sullivan. Matt MacDonald infact wrote the article. We apolo-gize for the error.

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Brook Farm in West Roxbury has long been an inspiration to local artists and a prime location for localbirdwatchers and photographers.

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Council to decide on $20k inCPA funding for Brook Farm


The Boston City Councilmet at its regular meetinglast week and started thehearing process for severalCommunity Preservation Act(CPA) projects including forBrook Farm in WestRoxbury.

“Ninety-one projectsacross the city have beenfunded totaling $42 million,and with this new round offunding, the CPA will havegenerated $67 million for131 projects devoted to af-fordable housing, historicpreservat ion and openspace,” said GovernmentOperations Chair and At-Large Ci ty Counci lor

Michael Flaherty said. “Bro-ken down by category, wehave nine housing projectsfor over $15 million, thereare 16 historic preservationprojects at $3.4 million andthere’s 50 open spaceprojects at $5.1 million.”

Flaherty said the hearingson each category will begin


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COMMUNITY MEETINGABOUT BCYF CURLEYCOMMUNITY CENTER

Please join Boston Centers forYouth & Families, and the City ofBoston’s Public Facilities Depart-ment to continue the discussionabout upcoming renovations to theBCYF Curley Community Centerin South Boston on Wednesday,March 18 at 6 p.m. This meetingwill share schedule updates, a pre-sentation showing design progressand updates on the relocation ofsome of the center’s program-ming.

The Walsh Administration’s in-vestment in the center will includea $15 million dollar major renova-tion of the existing building thatsupports re-programming the inte-rior space and provides resilientprotection from future sea level rise.

The meeting will be held atBCYF Curley Community Center,M Street entrance, 1663 ColumbiaRoad, South Boston.

BOSTON WOMEN, INC. 10THANNUAL ‘WOMENAMONGST US’ TEA ANDAWARDCEREMONY

On Saturday, March 21st, Bos-ton Women, Inc. will honor fourprominent women at its 10th annualWomen Amongst Us Tea andAward Ceremony. This year’s re-cipients are Fredie Kay - Founderand President of Suffrage 100MA,Alice Palumbo - World War II Ma-rine, Sally Glora – former City ofBoston Auditor, and MonalisaSmith – President of Mothers forJustice and Equality.

The event will feature high tea,guest speakers, and musical enter-tainment from Riverside TheaterWork’s Sweet Harmony. Join the‘Women Amongst Us Tea’ on Sat-urday, March 21st, from 12:00 to3:00 p.m., at Granite Links GolfCourse, 100 Quarry Hills Drive,Quincy, MA 02169. Tickets are

$50 and must be purchased in ad-vance. Reserved tables of eight andsponsorships are available. For tick-ets and information, visitwww.BostonWomen.org, call 617-968-6577 or [email protected].

UPCOMING EVENTSAT FRANKLIN PARK ZOO

- Get ready for a wild party!Lion brothers, Dinari and Kamaia,are celebrating their 11th birthdayon March 7 and you’re invited tojoin in on the fun.

- On March 14 join the St.Patrick’s Day celebration, completewith green-themed animal enrich-ment.

- Dance and limbo your waythrough the Tropical Forest at the21+ event on March 21!

ALLSTON / BRIGHTON

23RD ANNUAL TASTE OFALLSTON WILL BE HELDSATURDAY JUNE 20, 2020!

Our annual Taste of Allston,which highlights the delicious res-taurants of Allston and also the di-verse business mix, will be held onJune 20th! There will be live mu-sic, lawn games, and plenty of fam-ily-friendly fun, so bring the wholecrowd! Early Bird Tickets to go onsale in March!

HYDE PARK

FRIENDS OF THEHYDE PARK LIBRARY

Annual Meeting on Saturday,March 28 at 1:30 pm

Business meeting and Electionof the Directors. Plus special rec-ognition of John P. Thomson(1923-2019), The Friends’ 1stPresident.

City Councilor Ricardo ArroyoReception to follow. Weld Hall,

Hyde Park Library, 25 HarvardAve., Hyde Park

For more information,[email protected] orwww.friendshplibrary.org

BOSTON WARD 18 TOELECT DELEGATES TODEMOCRATIC STATECONVENTION

Registered Democrats inBoston’s Ward 18 will hold a cau-cus on Saturday, March 7, 2010 at10:00am at the Hyde Park Munici-pal Building, 1179 River Street,Hyde Park, MA to elect delegatesand alternates to the 2020 Massa-chusetts Democratic State Conven-tion.

The caucus is open to all regis-tered and pre-registered Democratsin Boston’s Ward 18. Pre-registeredDemocrats who will be 16 by Feb-ruary 15, 2020 will be allowed toparticipate and run as a delegate oralternate. Boston’s Ward 18 canelect 53 delegates and 8 alternatesto the Convention.

Youth, minorities, people withdisabilities, and LGBTQ individu-als who are not elected as a delegateor alternate may apply to be an add-on delegate at the caucus or atwww.massdems.org.

Those interested in getting in-volved with Boston’s Ward 18Democratic Town Committeeshould contact Rob Consalvo,Ward Committee Chair,[email protected].

JAMAICA PLAIN

FAMILIES CREATINGTOGETHER

FREE PERCUSSION ANDDRUM CIRCLE with award-win-ning teaching artist Cornell Coley!Friday, March 20 and Friday, April3 from 6:00 – 7:30 pm at The Guild,260 Washington St., Dorchester, ahealing, arts-centered venue.www.theguild.works. Children,youth and family members are in-vited to explore exciting rhythmsand songs from the Caribbean, Af-rica and Brazil, using drums andpercussion instruments to tell sto-ries from these lands. Don’t missthe follow-up live concert forfriends and families featuring mu-sic from the workshops at The

Guild on Saturday, April 18 at 3 pm.All are invited to join in with themusicians! This program is pro-vided in collaboration with Fami-lies Creating Together, a programof Community Service Care/Treeof Life Coalition in Jamaica Plain.To register go [email protected] or call8 5 7 - 9 1 9 - 3 3 1 4 .www.familiescreatingtogether.org

FALLS PREVENTIONCLASSES FOR 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. It is offeredat no charge. Those using a cane orwalker will also benefit from thisprogram – it is a great class to helpimprove your balance and self-con-fidence.

Location: Springhouse SeniorLiving, 44 Allendale Street in Ja-maica Plain

Day and Time: Thursdays,10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Class Dates: March 5th – April23rd, 2020

For more information or to reg-ister for this workshop contact AnnGlora at 617-477-6616 [email protected]

WEST ROXBURY /ROSLINDALE

WR FRIENDS OF ROSIE’SPLACE MARCH 28COMMUNITY DINNER

Save the Date!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.Michael Oliver, Director ofFundraising at Rosie’s Place, willjoin us and share how your supportmakes a difference.

Gift certificates, gift baskets,sports items, and more will beraffled during silent and live auc-tions. You can also try your luck ata 50/50 auction. Wonderful items forreasonably priced bids will be yoursto take home. Our friend and neigh-bor, Beth Germano, will be the Em-cee for the evening. As many of youknow, Beth is an Emmy award win-ning reporter with WBZ-TV.

In addition, we are very fortu-nate to have a wonderful eveningof music thanks to DJ Corey Rateauand Michael O’Neill, MCO Pro-ductions in Brighton.

The dinner will be held at St.George Antiochian OrthodoxChurch, 55 Emmonsdale Road,West Roxbury. The church is handi-capped accessible and a short walkfrom several MBTA bus routes.Tickets for the event are $30 perperson and includes dinner and bev-erages. To reserve your place, makechecks payable to WRFORP andreturn to WRFORP, P.O. Box320076, West Roxbury, MA 02132or go to our websitewestroxburyfriendsofrosiesplace.org.Questions? Contact Doris Corbo(617) 327-5902.

WEST ROXBURY LIBRARYPoetry Contest for All AgesThe Friends of the West

Roxbury Library presents the 31stAnnual Poetry Contest for AllAges. Submissions are due by Fri-day, March 20. This year’s themeis “Space.” Awards ceremony to beheld on April 30 at 6:30 pm at theWest Roxbury Library. Poems canbe submitted either by email [email protected];by mail to Poetry Contest, WestRoxbury Branch Library, 1961Centre St, West Roxbury, MA02132; or delivered by hand to thepoem drop box in the WestRoxbury Library.

Learn more about the contest atwww.friendsofthewrlibrary.org

READ IT AND MEET!Book discussion on Stories

from the Shadows by Dr. JimO’Connell on Tuesday, March 24at 7 pm at the West on Centre, 1732Centre St, West Roxbury. (authorwill not be present) Sponsored bythe Catholic communities of WestRoxbury, Roslindale, Jamaica Plainand Hyde Park. Adults of all faithsinvited to share thoughts on thiscollection of stories from Dr.O’Connell’s 30 years of caring forthe homeless in Boston. Book avail-able from amazon.com and is alsoin the Boston Public Library sys-tem. Registration is required to re-serve a seat at West on Centre. Con-tact Mary Campion at 617-323-4410 [email protected] registration fee but we ask thatyou bring a $5 gift card to DunkinDonuts on the day of the event tosupport Dr. O’Connell’s ministry.

PARKWAY YOUTH SOCCERLEAGUE IS ACCEPTING AP-PLICATIONS Parkway Youth Soccer League isaccepting applications for the 2020season. Games begin in April.There will be 2 seasons, spring andfall, played at Millennium Park,West Roxbury. Applications may bedownloaded and printed 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’s Bar-

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Apartment for RentRoslindale - 1 bedroom, no utilities, no pets, firstand last months rent. $1500. 617-325-9682

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

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

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

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

Grateful Thanks—E.E.P.

The owner of the house here on Blueview Circle is looking to demolishthis small structure and put a larger home in its place.

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The Boston Public Schools (BPS) recently issued a Requestfor Proposals (RFP) for an admissions assessment for its threehigh schools that require an exam as one part of the admissionscriteria. The “examination schools,” Boston Latin Academy,Boston Latin School, and John D. O’Bryant School of Math-ematics and Science all serve students in grades 7-12. The goalof the new RFP is to ensure a fair test that is aligned to Massa-chusetts curriculum standards, is bias-free, and measures studentknowledge and readiness for a rigorous high school curriculum.Securing a new test is the district’s next step forward in further-ing equitable access to the exam schools, particularly for Blackand Latinx students who have historically been underrepresented.

“It’s important that any student who wishes to attend one ofBoston’s exam schools is well-prepared and has an equitable path-way to do so,” said Mayor Walsh. “We have made significantprogress in recent years to expand access to the test for examschools, and this RFP is another opportunity for BPS to continuethat important work.”

The exam is available to all Boston residents in grades 6, 8,and 9, including students who are not currently enrolled in a BPSschool. BPS provides the admissions exam to interested studentsfor these three schools. Due to the current vendor contract end-ing, BPS began the process of developing a new RFP last schoolyear, which is required by law in order to contract with an orga-nization for the admissions exam.

“Creating more equitable opportunities for students to get agreat education is one of our most important priorities,” said BPSSuperintendent Brenda Cassellius. “We believe the new RFP willhelp level the playing field for students seeking admission to ourexam schools by offering a test that actually assesses student’sknowledge of content they’re taught in class and has been rigor-ously reviewed to ensure it is free of bias. This is a good nextstep in our efforts to make sure our exam school student body isrepresentative of all the students BPS serves.”

BPS has taken several steps over the years to increase equi-

Council Zoning Subcommit-tee. District 6 City CouncilorMatt O’Malley’s representa-tive Shannon Murphy alsosaid their office was in sup-port of the proposal.

Also discussed during theZBA meeting was 37 ColbergAve. in Roslindale. The ZBAunanimously approved theproject. The proposal is tochange use from a two-fam-ily to a three-family and con-form to the property’s exist-ing condit ions. AttorneyAdam Rogoff said his clients,Pandeli and Natasha Sevi,came to the U.S. from Alba-nia in 2004, has been using itlike a three-family for theirown family only, and havebeen paying taxes on thehouse as if it was a three fam-ily (since 2011).

“Now they are in a posi-tion where their family hasmoved on, and they havemuch of their finances tied upin this house so it would beundue hardship for them tonot rent this property,”Rogoff said, even after ZBAChair Christ ine Araujopointed out financial hard-ship is not a condition forgranting zoning relief.

“But it is very much a fac-tor for my clients,” saidArauo.

The violat ions on theproperty include insufficientlot area, excessive FAR,three-unit buildings in thetwo-family sub-district areforbidden and insufficient

usable open space.Rogoff said they deferred

at the last scheduled meetingfor more precise dimensionaldata, specifically the FARnumbers on the property. Hesaid the idea is to take the topfloor for a third unit at 938square feet, allowing use ofspace underneath the kneewall towards the corner of thetriangular roof.

“It would have a kitchenand two means of egress andit would it allow a use of thethird floor that is consistentwith, and I know this is not amajor factor for you, but con-sistent with many other

houses of the neighborhoodthat have that same thirdfloor,” Rogoff said.

ONS Representative forRoslindale, JosephCoppinger, said the Mayor isin support of the proposal,along with District 5 CityCouncilor Ricardo Arroyo’srepresentative Hank Cohen.Several abutting residentsalso came to speak in sup-port.

“He did receive a lot ofsupport from his direct abut-ters as well as people sur-rounding the neighborhood athis community meeting,”said Coppinger.

No one spoke in opposi-tion to the project.


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Architect for the project at the Baker Street Market Lucio Trabucco goes over the layout of the site's currentconditions.

PHOTO BY JEFF SULLIVAN

builders who want to try tobuild on this because affordablehousing is a consideration hereby right.”

The variances for this cur-rent proposal include excessiveheight (42 feet proposed with35 feet allowed), insufficientrear yard setback and parking(one space for one unit when1.5 spaces per unit is calledfor).

Residents were more con-cerned about traffic, however,and resident Maria Losurdopointed out what she saw as abig problem in the plan. Cur-rently, customers of the marketcan pull into a parking lot fromBaker Street and exit onto Ver-mont Street, which is a one-wayheading towards Baker Street.The current plan calls for anentrance/exit on VermontStreet, meaning customers willhave to go all the way aroundthe block to enter the parkinglot, at least legally. She saiddrivers going down Vermontthe wrong way is already a con-cern. She said currently manycustomers park on the street,which she feels makes drivingon Baker far too narrow. Resi-dent Kevin Todd said heagreed.

“This is the most narrowspot on Baker Street, it’s verydangerous just crossing now asa pedestrian,” he said.

Resident Alexa Docute saidshe’s concerned with the den-sity of the proposal.

“It just feels a little bit suf-focating,” she said. “There’s noother property like this, whichis right up against the propertylines... My comment is that I’mnot a big fan of it being so farback to the property lines. I getmixed use, but this is too much.I’m going to have homeownerswho are literally going to bestaring into my backyard and I

have this fear that (drivers inthe parking garage) are goingto step on the gas instead of thebrake and go flying right intomy yard.”

Local resident, President ofthe Charles River Spring Val-ley Neighborhood Associationand member of the WestRoxbury Neighborhood Coun-cil Stephen Smith said hewanted to see significant reduc-tions in the density of the pro-posal.

“I just don’t want you toplay games, you need to scalethis down considerably fromwhere you are,” he said, add-ing that he doesn’t want to seewhat he calls a shell game,where a developer will take outtwo units, say they’ve reducedit and expand the size of theremaining units to keep thebuilding and massing exactlythe same.

Resident Peter Starkey saidhe was concerned that a multi-unit building would change thecharacter of the neighborhood,and Todd said he agreed.

“Before you know it, thesezoning variances are settingprecedent,” he said.

Residents also said they feltmost people would have twocars, but Conley, who said helives right on Corey Street, saidhe takes the MBTA CommuterRail now after years of havinga Boston Police Department cardrive him into Downtown ev-ery day.

“I love it, it takes about 30minutes door-to-door,” he said,adding when he was driven itcould take up to an hour to goeight miles.

He added many youngpeople are using other methodsof getting around, including hisown children who he said havelittle or no interest in getting acar and instead use public tran-

sit and ride share services likeUber and Lyft.

“I made the mistake of tell-ing them they could use mycredit card to use Uber and theytook that to heart, which I seeevery month on my bill,” hesaid with a laugh.”

Dakoyannis addressed traf-fic concerns, but said it’s justthe signs of the times.

“Unfortunately, this city’sgoing to grow and we don’town the street parking,” he said.“I’ve been here my whole life

and when I was a kid, nobodywas on the streets in WestRoxbury. Since then the popu-lation has increased and there’smore cars. Have you been onCentre Street after 4 p.m.? It’simpossible to get down... I un-derstand the concerns of theneighborhood, I really do. If Isold this to a builder they wouldnot care about what anybodyhas to say about it, they woulddo what’s within their rightsand not listen to anybody. Thatparcel is not affordable with the

businesses that are there and thetaxes that are involved; we’reforced into this.”

Dakoyannis added that anytime a concerned resident wantsto talk about the proposal withhim they should come down tothe store and they can have acup of coffee to hash it out.

Again, Conley stipulatedthis is very early in the processand the proposal is likely tochange before it starts an offi-cial zoning and developmentprocess.

la ter th is year and theprojects would then have tobe officially approved by theCouncil.

A total of $20,000 is re-quested for Brook Farm,which includes an archaeo-logical dig and landscapeimprovements. The proposalis from New Brook Farm,which has taken over certainaspects of historical preser-

vation, education and out-reach for the s i te . The$20,000 will specificallyfund an initial archaeologi-cal investigation to see whatcan be dug up, the removalof invasive plant species,and the stabilization of ex-isting foundations.

Several landscaping andbeautification elements areincluded in the $20,000 aswell, including improvingaccessibility through install-ing bicycle racks, a path, as-sociated signage, and the in-troduction of a demonstra-tion garden and gatheringarea.

The historic Brook Farmsite in West Roxbury hasbeen the subject of manytalks and lectures in theneighborhood for decades,but it’s rare that the site getsany interest for archaeologi-cal s tudy. On Monday,March 2, the West RoxburyLibrary opened its annualexhibition called Focus onBrook Farm, which show-

cases art and artifacts basedaround the site. The exhibi-t ion wil l cont inue unt i lMarch 27 and will be openduring regular library hours.

Contr ibutors includeBruce Wilson, Jessica Mink,Nancy Young, Wilf redHolton, Tim Gilmartin, Rob-ert Guinto, Justin Guinto,Eileen McEnaney, KathyHanley, Barbara Kibler, Wil-liam Korn, and GretchenDietz. For a look at past ex-hibi t ions , go to ht tp: / /n e w b r o o k f a r m . o r g / p r o -grams/focus-on-brook-farm/

Brook Farm was origi-nally set up as a social ex-periment in the 1840s byUnitarian minister GeorgeRipley and his wife SophiaRipley. It was inspired by theideals of Transcendentalism,a philosophy based in NewEngland that extolled pro-gressive ideals of runningsociety. The experimentlasted seven years and gar-nered the interest of notedpeople of the time includingNathaniel Hawthorne andRalph Waldo Emerson( though somet imes in anegative light).

The New Brook Farm fo-cuses on education and rais-ing awareness of the site byhosting tours, workshops,lectures and hands-on activi-ties.


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Elder Scam continued from page 1just the scams and the fraud youhear about, there’s a multiple ofthat that never gets reported.The reasons can be obviousfor those who know many se-niors; they’re proud and maybe embarrassed to admit thefraud or they might not evenknow the true extent of thatfraud.”

Nigerian Princes aside,scammers are using ever moreadvanced methods to scammoney from residents everyday, and seniors can be moresusceptible to some of thesemethods. The fake kidnappingis one seen often in Bostonand Massachusetts.

“That happens more oftenthan people are aware andthat’s one of the things we’regoing to be talking about nextweek,” Morrissey said.

She said Amada actuallyhad a woman who did market-ing for them and wasscammed by a perpetratorwho used this particularmethod. She got a call late onenight from someone claimingto have kidnapped a familymember. Making it all theworse was she had just losther husband.

“She ended up wiring$15,000 before she told any-body, and that’s someonewho’s super close to us,”Morrissey said. “The main ob-jective of the talk is going tobe getting people to under-stand the scope and preva-lence of elder exploitation andto identify it and address itbefore it happens. At the sametime, we need to all be sensi-tive to the fact that we as ayounger generation, well wecan’t behave like ‘I told youso,’ we need to be empatheticand encourage seniors to talkabout this if it’s happening tothem.”

Morrissey said there aremany, many other types ofscams, but they all fall intothree categories: trust abuse,fraud and caretaker abuse.Fraud is one of the methodsthat can be filed under the Ni-gerian Prince scam of the2000s. You get a messagefrom someone who wants togive you a boatload of money,but for some reason can’t getit to you without a substantialfee of a couple thousand dol-lars or access to your bankaccount. What’s a couplethousand dollars next to sev-eral million? Morrissey saidthis is still very common, butcan run into much more cleverterritory. She said perpetratorswill read the obituaries of re-cently deceased persons andcall their widows or widow-ers saying their deceasedloved one owed them a debtthey are now responsible for.

Caretaker abuse is anotherhuge problem, Morrissey said,mainly because it can be hardto litigate. She said it doesn’thave to be a registered nurseand it can even be a familymember. She pointed out thatfamily members who are des-perate for money may threatentheir grandparent or parentwith the prospect of a nursinghome and extort money.

“It even happened to AndyRooney,” she said. “He’s avery high-profile case of elderexploitation by his family andfriends over a period of de-cades where he eventually tes-tified to the Senate Commit-tee several years ago beforehis death. Even with all themoney in the world he couldnot protect himself.”

She said registered nursesor home health aides can takeadvantage too, and she saidthe main thing is to keep valu-

ables and money in a safeplace. She said Amada hasdeveloped a new programcalled Truelink Financial,where a debit account is setup and controlled by the fam-ily so that if a home healthaide has to run errands, buyfood or other essentials thosepurchases can be controlled ormonitored.

For more information onthe upcoming talk, go toh t t p s : / /www.germancentre.org/news/3-10-20-elder-scam-aware-ness/

fundraiser will take place on June 15, culminatingin the third annual Anna’s Pals Golf Tournament atthe George Wright Golf Course.

“They’re really awesome for letting us do this ev-ery year,” she said. “It’s never a serious game, wedon’t usually have a lot of serious golfers, it’s justpeople who want to support Anna’s Pals and have areally fun day. Prime will also donate a car for ahole in one, and we usually have some vacations forprizes and all registrants get an Anna’s Pal GolfTournament T-shirt and some promotional gifts aswell.”

For more information on these and other upcom-ing events, go to Annaspals.org.

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St. Jude’s NovenaMay the Sacred Heart of Jesusbe adored, glorified, loved andpreserved throughout theworld, now and forever. Sa-cred Heart of Jesus pray for us.St. Jude, worker of miracles,pray for us. St. Jude, helper ofthe hopeless, pray for us. Saythis prayer 9 times a day. Bythe 9th day your prayer will beanswered. It has never beenknown to fail. Publicationmust be promised. Thank youSt. Jude. My Prayers were an-swered.

In gratitude for helping me.—B.T.L.

ASSTLIANIDSBtlim of West Roxbury, Feb-

ruary 28, 2020. Dear and devotedwife of the late Costy Khoukaz.Loving mother of Maha Khoukazof Michigan and her late husbandFouad Bikndi and Mouna Khoukazand her husband Jacqu Bekandy ofWest Roxbury. Cherished grand-mother “Teta” of George, Costy,George and Sandy. Great-grand-mother of Javino, Jakoby, Natalia,Zyah and Dominic. Dear sister ofthe late John Asstlianids, YorgieAsstlianids, Mary Samman andAlbria Wartin. Also survived bymany loving nieces and nephews.Funeral was from the Kfoury KeefeFuneral Home, West Roxbury. Inlieu of flowers, contributions inBtlim’s memory may be made tothe Cathedral. Interment Mt.Benedict Cemetery, West Roxbury.Guestbook and other informationavailable atwww.KfouryFuneral.com KfouryKeefe Funeral Home WestRoxbury 617-325-3600.

DeMUTHRobert J., died February 20, 2020after a brief battle with cancer. Sonof the late Henry J. and Mary(Dempsey) DeMuth. Beloved hus-band to his wife of 53 years, Rose(Giletti) DeMuth of Corinth, TX,formerly of Westwood, MA. De-voted father to his children, Rob-ert J. DeMuth of Corinth, TX,Karen A. (DeMuth) Freedle andher husband James of Savannah,TX and Kenneth J. DeMuth and hiswife Jillian, of Walpole, MA. Lov-ing grandfather of Kevin, John, andJuliet DeMuth of Walpole. Robert(Bob) was a longtime employee ofPolaroid Corp. in Norwood, MA.He worked as a Master Electricianand was a member of the Interna-tional Brotherhood of ElectricalWorkers Local 103. He was a de-voted Catholic and embodied theteachings of the Catholic Church.Bob loved to travel the world withhis wife and spend time with hisfamily. Funeral was from the Will-iam J. Gormley Funeral Home,2055 Centre St., WESTROXBURY, on Saturday, February

29th. Interment St. Joseph Cem-etery. For directions andg u e s t b o o k ,www.gormleyfuneral.com WilliamJ. Gormley Funeral Service 617-323-8600.

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Helen M. (McCarron) ofRoslindale, February 28, 2020.Beloved wife of the late Joseph J.Jurewich. Loving mother of JoanneM. Dodge and her late husbandSteven of Indialantic, FL; Karen J.Simoneau and her late husbandArthur of Lowell; Judith A.Rockwell and her husband Rich-ard of Mansfield. Also survived by5 grandchildren, 4stepgrandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren. Sister of the lateMarjorie Crivell, CharlesMcCarron and Robert McCarron.Visiting Hours at the P.E. Murray-F.J. Higgins, George F. Doherty &Sons Funeral Home, 2000 CentreStreet, WEST ROXBURY, Friday,March 6, from 4-7pm, followed bya Prayer Service at 7pm. Relativesand friends kindly invited. Inter-ment private. Expressions of sym-pathy may be made in Helen’smemory to Cystic Fibrosis Foun-dation, 220 North Main St., Natick,MA 01760. For directions andguestbook, pemurrayfuneral.comP.E. Murray-F.J. Higgins George F.Doherty & Sons West Roxbury 617325 2000.

LOUGHNANEVirginia M. (Spicer) of West

Roxbury, formerly of Medfield,February 29, 2020. Beloved wifeof the late William E. Loughnane.Loving mother and mother-in-lawto John and his wife MaureenLayden, Meg and her husbandSeumas Soltysik and son Billy allof West Roxbury, MA. Virginia isalso survived by so many whoselives she touched including her life-long friend, Dottie Ford, as well asfamily friend, Doug Musto and

many generations of loving pets.A former executive secretary atDriscoll Insurance Agency in Bos-ton, she was very active through-out her life working on local schooland political issues to improve thelives of her neighbors. She willmiss opening day but her devotionto the Red Sox will always remain.She lived her life finding joy in anymoment and was truly happiestwhen all dear to her were gathered- “the most important thing is thatwe are all together.” Donations inher memory should be made toCatholic TV. A Funeral Mass willbe celebrated in St. Susanna’sChurch, 262 Needham St.,Dedham, on Friday, March 6, at9:00am. Relative and friends areinvited to attend. Interment Mt.Benedict Cemetery. Lawler andCrosby Funeral Home. 617-323-5600.

MCCANN

Patricia A. (Garrity) of WestRoxbury, formerly of JamaicaPlain, passed away on February 23,2020. Beloved wife of the late LeoJ. McCann. Devoted mother ofMaureen Heffernan and her hus-band John of Norwood, JamesMcCann and his wife Elaine ofDedham, Kevin McCann and hiswife Ann Marie of Norwood, andBrian McCann and his wife Susanof Norton. Loving grandmother ofJoseph, Steven, and RyanHeffernan, and Jason Meaghan,Mary Kate, Zachary, and BrigidMcCann. Great-grandmother ofRyan, Aidan, and BrendanMcCann and Collin and TylerHeffernan. Sister of the late Mary,James, John, Thomas, and DanielGarrity, and Margaret Smith. Alsosurvived by many nieces and neph-ews. Longtime secretary and alsofaithful parishioner at St. JohnChrysostom Church. Funeral wasfrom the P.E. Murray - F.J. Higgins,George F. Doherty & Sons Funeral

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Exam Test continued from page 9table access to the examschools. This school year, thedistrict administered the en-trance exam to BPS sixth-gradestudents in their home schools.This change allowed studentsto take the test in a familiar en-vironment and have the testadministered by educators theyknow. Previously, students tak-ing the entrance test had totravel to one of a handful oftesting locations on a Saturdaymorning. Next year, BPS willadminister the exam in-schoolfor both sixth-grade and eighth-grade students.

BPS has also addressed eq-uitable access and student rep-resentation at the exam schoolsby creating and expanding theBPS entrance test prep pro-gram, Exam School Initiative(ESI), which focuses on serv-ing Black, Latinx, EnglishLearner, and economically dis-advantaged students. With thesupport of Mayor Walsh and theBoston Latin School Associa-tion, the ESI program expandedfrom serving 400 students in2014 to serving 775 in 2019. Inaddition, the BPS Office ofOpportunity Gaps overhauledthe direction of the program in2017 and made importantchanges to ESI recruitment thatresulted in enrollment shifts.While in the summer of 2014,45% of ESI students wereWhite, in 2019 almost half(49%) of ESI students wereLatinx or Black.

BPS has also expanded

communication efforts to in-form families about the examschool admissions process.This includes multilingualemails and automated and per-sonal phone calls to parents/guardians. In 2016, BPS de-creased the number of forms ofidentification that students arerequired to possess to take theISEE from two to one. Previ-ously, a requirement of twoforms of identification, such asa social security card or birthcertificate, presented a barrierto some students’ participation.

“BPS is committed to ensur-ing equitable access to rigorouslearning environments for allour students, and has workedfor many years to increase thediversity of our exam schools,”said Boston School CommitteeChairperson Michael Loconto.“We began offering free testpreparation courses a numberof years ago, and earlier thisschool year we began in-schooladministration of the entranceexam for sixth-graders and freeT passes for grades 7-12 tominimize transportation barri-ers. As we continue to look atother ways to increase accessto advanced academics acrosshigh schools, this search for anew assessment is another im-portant step forward.”

To develop the RFP, BPSparticipated in an extensiveprocess that included inputand recommendations from aninternal working group, aswell as community feedback,

with the goal of ensuring theRFP results in an assessmentthat tests students on materialthey have learned in school.BPS is asking all interestedvendors that submit a pro-posal to demonstrate their as-sessment is aligned to Massa-chusetts state learning stan-dards and is bias-free.

All three exam schools ac-cept new students for grades7 and 9. The O’Bryant Schoolalso accepts a limited numberof new students for grade 10.The exam school admissionsprocess will remain un-changed with admissions de-cisions continuing to be deter-mined by a combination ofexam scores and grade pointaverages (GPA). Families ofstudents not currently en-rolled in BPS are also re-quired to confirm Boston resi-dency.

For those already partici-pating in test prep programs,BPS encourages parents tospeak with the provider to en-sure the materials are appro-priate for the student’s gradeand aligned to Massachusettsstate curriculum standards.The best test prep is daily at-tendance in school and learn-ing grade-level reading andmath.

More information on the BPSexam schools, including instruc-tions to request a copy of the Re-quest for Proposals, can be foundhere. BPS aims to award the newcontract to a vendor in June 2020.

Home, 2000 Centre St. WestRoxbury on Thursday, February27th. Interment St. Joseph Cem-etery. In lieu of flowers donationsmay be made in Patricia’s memoryto DanaFarber.org, Dana FarberCancer Institute 10 BrooklinePlace West, 6th Floor, Brookline,MA 02445. Arrangements by P.E.Murray - F.J. Higgins, George F.Doherty & Sons, West Roxbury.

McCULLOUGHJoan M. (McSweeney) In East

Walpole, formerly of WestRoxbury and Co. Kerry, Ireland onFebruary 28, 2020. Beloved wifeof William McCullough. Lovingmother of Linda Maher and herhusband John, John McCulloughand his wife Michele all of Walpoleand the late Brian McCullough.Adored nana of Aisling, Amanda,Liam, Sean, Neave and Grace.Dear sister of Eileen Power, DenisMcSweeney, Donal McSweeney,Mary Lucid all of Ireland, and thelate Michael, Dermot, Maurice andPatrick McSweeney. Sister-in-lawof Margaret McCullough and AnnMcCabe. Also survived by manycherished nieces and nephews.Funeral was from the GormleyFuneral Home, 2055 Centre St.,West Roxbury. Interment TerraceHill Cemetery, Walpole. Retiredemployee of the GTE Company,Needham. In lieu of flowers dona-tions in memory of Joan may bemade to the Alzheimer’s Associa-

tion of Eastern Mass., 309 WaverlyOaks Rd., Waltham, MA. 02452www.alz.org. For directions andguestbook please visitwww.gormleyfuneral.com WilliamJ. Gormley Funeral Service 617-323-8600.

MONTANANorma L. (Fralli) of Roslindale

and Manomet, February 28, 2020.Beloved wife of the late Robert J.Montana (BPD ret.). Lovingmother of Anne Mclaughlin andher husband Frank of Plymouth,David Montana of Holbrook, LorriMahoney and her husband Paul ofNewburyport and Robert Montanaof Roslindale. Cherished grand-mother of Kristin and Mike Chase,Sean Mahoney, Sam and TanyaMahoney, Maggie and MattBarretto, Tony Montana andLauren Montana. Great-grand-mother of Lucy Mahoney. Devotedsister of Doris Jenks and the lateMarie Dinwiddie. Also survived bymany nieces and nephews. Funeralfrom the Robert J. Lawler andCrosby Funeral Home, 1803 Cen-tre St., WEST ROXBURY, onThursday, March 5, at 9:00am. AMass of Christian Burial will becelebrated in St. John ChrysostomChurch at 10:00am. Relatives andfriends are invited to attend. Inter-ment Massachusetts NationalCemetery, Bourne, Thursday, at1:00pm. In lieu of flowers, dona-tions may be made in Norma’s

name to American Heart Associa-tion, PO Box 417005, Boston, MA02241-7005, www.heart.orgLawler and Crosby Funeral Home,617-323-5600.

SMITHElizabeth “Betty”

(Prendergast) Age 92, of WestRoxbury, formerly of Mission Hill,February 28, 2020. Beloved wifeof the late Joseph E. Smith. Lov-ing mother of Kathleen Juliano andher husband Michael of Waltham,Marylou McCarthy and her hus-band Mike of North Attleborough,Joseph E. Smith, Jr. of Leland, SC,Carol McLean and her husbandLenny of West Roxbury, and Tho-mas Smith and his wife Rudie ofAttleboro. Loving grandmother ofJames, Susan, Sean, Christopher,Julie, Mark, Jaclyn and Daniel.Great-grandmother of Ava, Justinand Mia. Also survived by manynieces and nephews. Betty was aproud member of the USO, enjoyedbeing with family, playing bingo, tripsto Foxwoods Casino and dancing.Funeral was from the William J.Gormley Funeral Home, 2055 Cen-tre Street, WEST ROXBURY, onWednesday, March 4, 2020. In lieu offlowers, donations in Betty’s memorymay be made to the USO, P.O. Box96860, Washington, DC 20077 or atuso.org/donate/donate-in-honor For di-rections and guestbook, please visitgormleyfuneral.com William J. GormleyFuneral Service 617-323-8600.

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ber Shop in Roslindale. Parkway Youth Soccer is in

its 42th season. Children born be-tween Jan 1, 2005 and Dec. 31,2015 are eligible to play in the regu-lar league. High school studentsborn between 2002 and 2004 areeligible to play in the Senior Divi-sion. Applications received afterFeb. 28 depend upon availability ofspace. For more information, con-tact 617-962-4271.

CALL FOR ARTISTSThe deadline to apply is Sun-

day, March 29, 2020. Local artistsencouraged to apply! Applicantsare not required to be West Roxburyresidents. All media, 2D, and 3Dart accepted for consideration.

Step 1: Submit your applicationand upload photos of your artwork.Artists may submit up to five piecesof art for consideration in their ap-plication.

Step 2: Pay your $10 applica-tion fee online on our secure SquareStore or mail a check to WestRoxbury Main Streets at 1842 Cen-tre Street, West Roxbury, MA02132.

Step 3: WRMS will notify youby email if your work is selectedby early April. Selected artists arerequired to sign an art waiver, dueupon acceptance into the pro-gram.

If you have questions, pleaseemail [email protected] or call617-325-6400. Follow ourFacebook page and sign up forour e-newsletter for updates andmore information.

PARKWAY CONCERTORCHESTRA - MARCH 8

Parkway Concert Orchestracontinues its 75th anniversaryseason with ‘Sounds of the Sym-phony Orchestra’ on Sunday,March 8 at 3:00 p.m. at HolyName Parish Upper Church, 1689Centre Street, WestRoxbury. Music Director ThomasKociela will conduct a lively pro-gram including the first move-ment of Schubert’s Symphony inC major, selections from Elgar’sEnigma Variations, music from‘Hamilton’ and ‘The Sound ofMusic’ and the finale fromTchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 4.The program will feature MoisesCarrasco in Giovanni Bottesini’sDouble Bass Concerto No. 2 inB minor.

To enhance your concert ex-perience, the performance fea-tures a pre-concert talk (from 2:35to 2:50) with Resident Conduc-tor Brian Bell.

This concert is presented byHoly Name Enrichment Programand is sponsored by Vogt RealtyGroup in memory of Gene andAnn Vogt. During intermission,the audience will have a chanceto meet and learn about the or-chestra instruments at an instru-ment petting zoo. Concert admis-sion is free. Doors will open at2:30 p.m. For moreinformation, please call 617-792-4277, visit the orchestra’s web sitea t h t t p : / /

www.parkwayconcertorchestra.org/content/2019Season/19-20 or visitus on Facebooka t w w w. f a c e b o o k . c o m /parkwayconcertorchestra.

THE VILLAGERSThe Villagers of Roslindale

meet on the first Tuesday of eachmonth from 12-3 at St. JohnChrysostom Church Hall, 4740Washington Street, West Roxbury.

Social hour is 12-12:45 with re-freshments followed by a meeting,raffles and bingo. Occasional daytrips and dinners are planned. Ourdues are $10.00 per member paidannually. All inquiries, please callDiane Grallo at 617-323-8654 orJean Parrelli at 617-325-4695.

PARKWAY LITTLE LEAGUEREGISTRATION ANDOPENING DAY PARADE

Calling your future All Stars! Registration is currently underwayfor the 2020 Parkway Little Leaguespring season, which will kick offwith the 68th annual Opening Dayparade on Saturday, April 11th. Players aged 4-12 who live or at-tend school within the Parkwayarea are eligible to participate. Early registration is encouraged toavoid late fees and to guaranteeyour spot. For more informationand to register online please visith t t p s : / /www.parkwaylittleleague.org to-day. Additional questions can beemailed [email protected]. Register now for another excitingand fun season down at the com-plex!

PARKWAY BABE RUTHREGISTRATION ANDTRYOUTS

Parkway Babe Ruth is lookingforward to their 51st Season withBabe Ruth in the Parkway area. Players age 13 -16 are eligible tocontinue their baseball after com-pleting Little League. Final tryoutsfor the upcoming 2020 Season willbe held on March 28th and 29thfrom 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. at WestRoxbury High. Anyone interestedin playing must register at https://w w w. l e a g u e l i n e u p . c o m /formpreview.asp?sid=343224062&url=pbrl&FormID=98056. Additional information can reachu sat [email protected] orvia our website https://w w w. l e a g u e l i n e u p . c o m /welcome.asp?url=pbrl

“THE UNIQUENESS OF THEIRISH GARDEN” WITHKARIN STANLEY.

The Evening Garden Club ofWest Roxbury - Wednesday, March11, 2020 at 7 PM at The ElksLodge, 1 Morrell St, West Roxbury,MA. We request a non-member do-nation of $7.00.

Join us for an exploration of theIrish garden through the centuries.Warm currents of the Gulf Streamcreate a broad palette of zones nur-turing an extraordinary range ofplants and historic gardens forwhich Ireland is famous. Ms.

Stanley illustrates beautifully howIreland claims its place on the worldgardening stage. Join us and sharean evening enjoying this stunningvisual and informative tour.

About Our Speaker: Ms.Stanley, an Irish-born artist, sculp-tor, poet and writer has lived in theUnited States for over thirty yearsnow. Originally a knitwear designerinterested in textures, fibers, pat-terns and symbolism. A passionateobserver of the changing landscapein Ireland and Scotland, her inter-est in Celtic archaeology, Mega-lithic art, the influence of the Artsand Crafts Period naturally ex-panded to include garden designand its history. She is a graduate ofthe Landscape design program atRadcliffe College. Learn moreabout Karin Stanley and her inter-ests atKarinStanley.com.

Doors open for meeting, sign-in & light refreshments at 6:30 PMWe welcome all and hope to greetyou there. THIS LECTUREQUALIFIES FOR MASS. MAS-TER GARDENER EDUCATIONCREDITS

FREE PRESENTATION ATTHE DEUTSCHESALTENHEIM

Deutsches Altenheim will behosting two free presentations inMarch. The community is invitedto join us.

* Tuesday, March 10 @ 12:00noon: ELDER SCAM AWARE-NESS – Seniors all too often fallvictim to exploitation. This work-shop is designed to help you recog-nize scams and schemes directed atseniors today. Join us to learn howwe can work together to create ablanket of protection for ourselvesand those we love. This is a can’tmiss presentation with (free!)lunch.RSVP Required: 617-325-1230 or [email protected].

* Thursday, March 26 @ 5:30pm: MEDICAL MARIJUANA-HEALTH RISKS & BENEFITS –Medical marijuana is in the newsdaily with many claims about whatit can do for people with all types ofillnesses and symptoms. Dr. JohnHalpornof Brigham & Women’sFaulkner Hospital will sharehisperspective on the use of mari-juana as a medication and reviewmethods of use, benefits, harms, andfuture developments. A light dinnerwill be served.

Deutsches Altenheim is locatedat 2222 Centre Street, West Roxbury.

ROSLINDALE GREEN& CLEAN

On Thursday, March 12th at7:00 PM, Roslindale Green & Cleanbrings you the latest in our annualseries of winter escapes to the gar-dens of summer. Join us for this Arm-chair Garden Tour that begins andends in warm comfort at RoslindaleHouse, 120 Poplar Street, just acouple of blocks from the Square.

Called, “a breath of summer nearthe end of winter”, it will include apresentation and discussion of im-ages from the stunning Terra NostraBotannical Garden in the Azores aswell as other places in those beauti-ful Atlantic islands.

It’s free and light refreshmentswill be served. For more informa-tion - [email protected].

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