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Brighton Main Streetscelebrates 20 years

More than 100 residents came out on Friday for the 20th annual Brighton Main Streets Gala to raisemoney for community programming in the neighborhood.

PHOTO BY JEFF SULLIVAN

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The Brighton Communitycame out on Friday, Nov. 9 tocelebrate the contributionsmade in 20 years by theBrighton Main Streets (BMS)to the Brighton business com-munity.

The night came with aRoaring 20s theme, with flap-pers and peacock feathers aplenty. The night also featureda mock casino where residentswould bet with fake money tohelp raise funds for the BMS

and the community. BMS Ex-ecutive Director Liz Sullivansaid she was amazed and heart-ened by the turnout.

“We are pleasantly sur-prised with the turnout,” shesaid. “I’ve been in here all dayand I did not know it was pour-ing out until I hugged someonewith a wet jacket. The weatheris usually a factor in these things,but I think we’re getting a lot ofsupport for our 20th.”

Sullivan said the themecame about because theywanted to offer something spe-cial to the neighborhood one

wouldn’t normally see.“So when we started talk-

ing about our 20th anniversarywe thought about a few dif-ferent things that would be fun.The Roaring 20s just kind ofstuck out because we wantedthe casino element, and wewanted to have an experiencethat would really draw peoplein and have a good crowd,” shesaid. “We thought the casinoalong with the speakeasy feelwould help. There’s a lot ofsecurity here, you had to say

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The Green St.-Eglestoncommunity negotiates

with City Realty

Josh Fetterman and Jay Walsh of City Realty at the Oct 22 meeting atwhich CRM agreed to negotiate.

PHOTO BY RICHARD HEATH

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Most developers in JamaicaPlain invest in one buildingsuch as Berkeley Investmentsat 3200 Washington Street.

City Realty(CRM) has in-vested in a whole corridorfrom Green Street to EglestonSquare with multiple projects;multifamily buildings at 3193Washington Street and 197Green Street, storefronts suchas 3152-3160 WashingtonStreet and property manage-ment such as at 26 SchoolStreet and 435 Walnut Avenue.

This has caused consterna-tion among an assortment ofcommunity groups in that cor-

ridor. For four years demon-strations and protests led byCity Life have called out un-verified allegations of evic-tions and rent increases by CityRealty targeted at what CityLife maintains are Latino fami-lies and businesses.

In an unusual move, CityRealty agreed on October 22to meet regularly with a groupof eight to ten residents andstrive for consensus on fourobjectives: Minimize displace-ment, maximize affordability,respect tenants and communitybenefits.

City Realty is also willingto set up a $30,000 trust fund

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City Council considers speedreduction once again

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Representatives from theBoston Public School (BPS)held their sixth communitymeeting to discuss theBuildBPS Phase II ProposedFacilities Plan 2018-2027.

A largely skeptical audienceof approximately 65 people at-tended the Nov. 8 public meet-ing held at the Hyde Park Com-munity Center.

Leading the BPS presenta-tion was Laura Perille, InterimSuperintendent; Rob Consalvo,

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Interim Superintendent Laura Perille spoke about upcoming changesthe district is looking at in the area's schools.

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The Boston City Councilmet on Tuesday, Nov. 13and discussed reducing thecitywide speed limit evenfurther from the 25 mph al-ready in place.

In 2017, the c i ty ap-proved a reduction in thecitywide speed limit from 30mph to 25 mph, exceptwhere otherwise posted.

District 2 City CouncilorEd Flynn, District 3 CityCouncilor Frank Baker andAt-Large City CouncilorMichelle Wu sponsored thehearing.

“In my opinion, it is stilltoo fast,” said Flynn. “I of-fered a 12-point plan for

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safer streets in South Bos-ton this summer, includingtraffic-calming measureslike speed humps, raisedcrosswalks , road d ie t s ,speed boards, curb exten-sions and greater enforce-ment. I was pleased that theDepartment of Transporta-tion announced in a commu-nity meeting it would enactthese measures along with20-mile-per-hours zones inthe South Boston ActionPlan.”

Flynn said he would liketo start a dialogue aroundthe merits of a 20 mph speedlimit in Boston, unless oth-erwise posted. Flynn said heis open to the idea of just

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The Boston City Councilmet on Tuesday, Nov. 13 anddiscussed reducing thecitywide speed limit even fur-ther from the 25 mph alreadyin place.

In 2017, the city approveda reduction in the citywidespeed limit from 30 mph to 25mph, except where otherwiseposted.

District 2 City CouncilorEd Flynn, District 3 CityCouncilor Frank Baker andAt-Large City CouncilorMichelle Wu sponsored thehearing.

“In my opinion, it is still toofast,” said Flynn. “I offereda 12-point plan for safer

streets in South Boston thissummer, including traffic-calming measures like speedhumps, raised crosswalks,road diets, speed boards, curbextensions and greater en-forcement. I was pleased thatthe Department of Transpor-tation announced in a commu-nity meeting it would enactthese measures along with20-mile-per-hours zones inthe South Boston ActionPlan.”

Flynn said he would like tostart a dialogue around themerits of a 20 mph speed limitin Boston, unless otherwiseposted. Flynn said he is opento the idea of just having re-duced speeds at relevantzones in the city, if a full 20mph speed limit is not fea-

sible.Baker said he’s all for a

20 mph speed limit through-out the city.

“Taking the speed limitfrom 30 to 25 was a goodstep; I always thought i tshould have been 20 but, fur-thermore, I believe this dis-cussion here today is as muchabout the speed limit as it isabout what we’re doing forredesign, Safe Streets andthose kinds of things,” hesaid. “I’ve got to be honest,I’m a little taken aback thatChief [of Streets Chris]Osgood isn’t here and [Com-missioner of the Departmentof Transportation (BTD)]Gina Fiandaca isn’t here. I’mmore than taken aback.”

At-Large City CouncilorMichael Flaherty said in aninterview with WGBH onWednesday morning thatwithout increased enforce-ment, it’s somewhat of amoot point to keep reducingthe speed limit. According tostatistics from the state, tick-eting and enforcement forspeeding in the city actuallywent down by half, from boththe State Police and the Bos-ton Police Department, from2016 to 2017, 2017 being theyear the 25 mph restrictionwas put in place.

District 6 City CouncilorMatt O’Malley, in whose dis-trict last week there was afatal pedestrian car crash onStimson and WashingtonStreet in West Roxbury, saidhe believes the best way toreduce fatalities is to getmore cars off the street andencourage more multi-modaltransportation methods.

Director of Planning at theBTD Vineet Gupta said thatthey consider street design asthe department’s first methodof increasing safety in thecity, and is currently workingon “priority corridors”on LStreet in South Boston,Kneeland Street inChinatown, Mattapan Square,Tremont Street in the SouthEnd and Roxbury and BeaconStreet.

“We will continue to iden-tify priority corridors in neigh-borhoods that haven’t beenaddressed yet,” he said. “Wewill continue to expand our

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My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

Left-over tidbits from Election DayAs a poll worker, I truly ad-

mire Boston’s election process. It is to be highly commendedbecause of the care and preci-sion that goes into insuring vot-ing fairness in the city’s 254precincts. There is also the te-dious built-in redundancy toprevent mistakes from occur-ring at the precinct level.

Handicapped voters are ac-commodated in a number ofways: no one can claim—un-like possibly in other states andassuredly in other countries—that some disability thwartstheir ability to vote. My Irishgrandmother, who would havebeen in today’s society deemedlegally blind from the diabetes-caused loss of one eye and im-paired vision in the other, hadno such accommodation; herfrail, cane-based walking wasnot accommodated in her vot-ing years. Yes, the city cur-rently goes to great lengths toensure handicapped voters’ability to vote.

Voters not fluent in Englishare given so much opportunityto understand the directions andthe referenda issues——notjust in Spanish but in other lan-guages common to the Bostonarea if they ask to use the ma-chinery given by the state thatis available in each precinct. They can lay no claim that thevoting process is reserved for

the English-speaking commu-nity only. I wonder how myItalian grandparents ever suc-ceeded in voting: did they haveto bring their children to thevoting areas with them andhope that none of the wordingwas that complicated for theirEnglish-speaking children toread to them?

Kudos to the creative Ad-vanced Placement (AP) Gov-ernment teacher at one of thecity’s exam schools: thisteacher arranged for some ofhis/her students to work thepolls and see democracy at itsprimeval roots. The highschool senior assigned to ourprecinct was not old enough to

vote but from early morninguntil long after the sun had setshe worked as industriously asany adult. Her method of deal-ing with voters was way be-yond her years, as she affablygreeted them and made smalltalk with their accompanyingchildren. Indeed, she got to seefirst-hand not only the voting,but also to observe how appar-ent irregularities are addressed.

As one who has her eyeson the political process in thefuture, she will take steps, ifelected in future elections, toaddress down-to-earth needs. It is so disappointing to hearfrom her about the conditionsof lavatories in her school,ranging from closed ones tothe absence of toilet paper. And it is so disappointing tohear how her high school caf-eteria does not address theneeds of vegetarians and thosestudents suffering from peanutallergies.

Regardless of party affilia-tion in these regards, the futurecannot come soon enough forher and for me, too. Is there apolitician or school administra-tor out there who, emulating theefficiency of the Election De-partment, can address suchpressing, personal needs with-out waiting for the 2020 elec-tion?

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To the Editor:Piggy-backing off your Edi-

torial of last week, “the surpris-ing number of unchallengedDemocrats means that no matterhow popular Baker may be, thelocal Republican Party still hasplenty of work ahead if it seeksto be a ballast against an other-wise solidly “Blue” state.

Given that MATrumpCampaign manager, GeoffDiehl’s, chief attack on Elizabeth

Warren was that she only had“eyes for higher office,” thus put-ting Massachusetts last ... I wasdeeply hurt and disappointed thatthe Mass Dems, Mayor Walsh,and our local Ward 20 allowedall of Centre St. and every otherpolling place in West Roxbury toturn into a parade-like campaignad for that guy (and all the uglyhatefulness he represents). Iknow for a fact that the MassDems invested many $100 thou-sands into staff and materials intoan awesome months-long, door-

2-door canvassing effort in WestRoxbury.

Nonetheless, it surely mademe feel like the Mass DemocraticParty considered me and myneighbors as just more “fly-overcountry” [like those who electedTrump] that we didn’t need vi-sual clues and support from Sena-tor Warren to ask for our vote.DO BETTER Mass Dems !!

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We might have less of a problem with so-called “disruptive”companies if they were not so…well…disruptive.

The ride-sharing service Uber — no matter how convenientand appreciated it may be by its fanbase — swept into the areaby, essentially, upending the decades of laws, regulations and bestpractices demanded of taxi cab companies. It still riles us up thata company, solely by nature of having an “app,” can decide that itis somehow above the law and more deserving of a helping handthan an established industry.

Uber, however, is an upstanding citizen compared to the apart-ment-and house-sharing service Airbnb, a San Francisco-basedcompany that has been aggressively feuding with city and stateofficials. The company, reeling from Boston’s efforts to imposesome regulatory controls and consumer protections, has now fileda lawsuit in U.S. District Court. The root of that lawsuit againstthe City: the laughable accusation that its First Amendment rightshave been violated.

Airbnb is seeking a court-ordered injunction to prevent theCity from imposing a $300-per-day fine on those who use theservice and advertise, what a new ordinance deems, as an ineli-gible short-term rental. That ordinance is slated to hit the bookson Jan. 1.

Boston’s crackdown comes amid reports that as many as 2,000rental properties (including entire buildings), notably in Chinatownand the Back Bay, are being pulled from the marketplace to in-stead be offered up on Airbnb as hotel alternatives. The forth-coming City ordinance allows only owner-occupied single-family,two-family, and three-family homes to offer units on the site,capped at 120 days a year. Investor-owned properties are ineli-gible.

Here, from the lawsuit, is Airbnb’s beef: “The City of Bostonhas enacted an Ordinance limiting short-term residential rentalsby hosts. But it goes much further than that. The Ordinance alsoenlists home-sharing platforms like Airbnb into enforcing thoselimits under threat of draconian penalties, including $300-per-vio-lation-per-day fines and complete banishment from doing busi-ness in Boston.

“Boston’s heavy-handed approach, however, crosses severalclear legal lines and must be invalidated,” the company adds.

The ordinance, for example, compels Airbnb to enter into un-defined “agreements” with the City that will require Airbnb totake down listings posted by third-parties “and prevent whateverscope of listings in whatever manner Boston dictates — or elsebe barred from Boston altogether.” It also forces home-sharingplatforms like Airbnb to “actively police third-party content ontheir websites by penalizing the design and operation of their plat-forms and restricting and imposing severe financial burdens onprotected commercial speech.”

In addition to allegedly chilling free speech, the company ar-gues that the demand violates the Communications Decency Actand the Stored Communications Act, laws that protect online busi-nesses, notably social media interests, from illicit material postedby third parties to their service without their knowledge.

In strict legal terms, the lawsuit has a fair chance of success.The problem, however, is that focusing on free speech concernswill likely dominate a debate that should be argued in a far differ-ent arena. The real problem here isn’t advertising; it is the erosionof Boston’s already ridiculously limited and expensive housingmarket.

Going out of town for a few days and hope to rent out yourapartment? Great. That is a perfect way to use a site like Airbnb.But when those rentals become little more than an investment strat-egy and an effort to run a makeshift “hotel,” then the City has alegitimate concern and must step in.

The bottom line: city officials have a responsibility to protect itsresidents and do what it can to encourage affordable housing. Airbnb,for all its innovation and potential benefits, is a threat to both.


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Deutsches Altenheim hostsVeterans Day remembrance

About 100 residents came out for the annual Deutsches Altenheim Veterans Day Service in West Roxbury.PHOTO BY JEFF SULLIVAN


The Deutsches Altenheim heldits annual Veterans Day remem-brance on Nov. 11 with a speak-ing program, breakfast and a sa-lute from the local VFW post.

VFW Post 2902 Commanderand Lord Mayor of WestRoxbury Richie Gormley pointedout the importance of supportingveterans throughout the year.

“My post members in theback, this morning we were hereearly and we visited the patientsupstairs,” he said. “Two of themare members of the post, andwe’re here to help veteransthrough the whole year, not justtoday.”

The post Honor Guard thenproceeded outside to give a for-mal salute to veterans.

U.S. Army Veteran and Vet-erans Health Administrationmember Brendan Kemp said re-membrances like the one at theGerman Center remind him per-sonally of why he got into the VAin the first place.

“This commemoration is al-ways special for those of us inthe Department of Veterans Af-fairs,” he said. “We are dedicatedto serving the needs of 20 millionmen and women living today whohave served in our nation’s armedforces.”

Kent said the VA is looking tomodernize its system to be ableto better serve veterans in the fu-ture.

“Implementation of the Mis-sion Act, is a landmark achieve-ment of Congress that will fun-damentally transform VAhealthcare by consolidating all ofthe VA’s Community Care effortsinto one program that is mucheasier for veterans, their family,VA employees and communityproviders to navigate,” he said.“We are replacing our aging elec-tronic health record system, mov-ing to the same system utilized bythe Department of Defense, mod-

ernizing our appointment system,automating our disability claimsand payment systems and con-necting the VA to the DOD, pri-vate health providers and privatecitizens.”

Kent added that the VA’s mis-sion goes all the way back toPresident Abraham Lincoln, andhe said the VA is continuing thatmission.

“Service must be justly rec-ognized by a grateful nation, thatwe have a commitment thosewho have born the battle,” he said.“With the support of the presidentand Congress, we at the VA helpthe nation pay its debt to thosewho have fulfilled citizenship’shighest duty... We are working on[VA Secretary Robert] Wilkie’spriorities at the VA to better serveveterans of all generations.”

State Sen. Michael Rushpointed out a strange incongruitywith the services provided by theMassachusetts State Legislaturefor veterans and the legislature’spopulation of veterans.

“Massachusetts has the verybest benefits for our veterans andtheir families of all 50 states,” hesaid. “That did not happen be-cause the legislature is full of vet-erans, quite the opposite. Wehave the fewest number of vet-erans serving in the Massachu-setts State Legislature sinceWorld War II. I just want you tothink of that, we have the verybest services for our veterans,their families and our Gold StarFamilies, yet we have the fewestnumber of veterans since WorldWar II serving in the legislature.So that speaks volumes for eachand every one of you, becauseyou have demanded absolutelythat the veterans of the Common-wealth are treated with dignity andthe respect that they are entitledto.”

Air Force Lt. Col. ChristopherVoehl said that in his time in theU.S. Armed Forces, he has beento dozens of countries, includingKorea, Saudi Arabia and Turkey,

and one thing that that travel hasallowed him to do is to make hon-est connections with the peoplethere.

“I met some really nice people,honestly, people who I still call myfriends to this day,” he said. “Icurrently fly airlines around theworld and I go back to theseplaces and I still have these samefriends. I’d like to put a little bitof humanity on the fact that whenpeople are deployed, yes it’s asacrifice and yes they are awayfrom their families and friends, butwhat we’re really trying to do isbring people together and bringthem to a point where they’re notarguing and they’re not fighting.Sometimes we’re right when wego to war and sometimes we’rewrong, and it’s important forpeople, through their politicians, toquestion that, and it’s importantto question why we’re in certainareas.”

Keynote Speaker, U.S. Armycommand Sergeant MajorMichael Murphy said he felt thatthe sacrifice made by veteranswas not in the actual fighting it-self, but in the hearts of each sol-dier when they left their homesto head overseas.

“Many veterans, includingmyself, have experienced warfirst hand and have engaged inmany combat operations,” hesaid. “I have been deployed nu-merous times in different parts ofthe world during my 32 years ofservice. Contrary to popular be-lief, the worst part was not fight-ing, nor was it the bombs burst-ing all around me. It was havingto leave my family behind. I’msure many veterans and theirfamilies can attest that the sepa-ration is always the hardest.”

Deputy Commissioner ofBoston Veterans Services Rob-ert Santiago said that the sacri-fice born by U.S. servicemenand women is that of love, andhe continues to serve to this day.

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CVS Health Offering Free WellnessScreenings in Boston

CVS Health is kicking offits annual Project Health cam-paign at CVS Pharmacy loca-tions in the Boston area withfree health and wellnessscreenings.

A total of 24 Project Healthevents will take place locallythrough mid-December inmulticultural communitieswith a large number of unin-sured or underinsured Ameri-cans.

Project Health offers an ar-ray of free comprehensivehealth assessment screenings,including blood pressure,Body Mass Index (BMI), glu-

cose and total cholesterolscreenings, which can helpdetect risk for chronic condi-tions like diabetes, hyperten-sion, and heart disease.

Project Health events,which will be held on Thurs-day Sunday in rotating storesacross the Boston areafrom November 1 through De-cember 16, are open to every-one and do not require an ap-pointment.

Once screened, patientshave access to on-site consul-tations with bilingual nursepractitioners or physician as-sistants who will analyze re-

sults and refer patients whorequire additional medical careand follow up to no-cost orlow-cost medical facilitiesnearby or to their primary carephysician.

For a full calendar ofProject Health eventsin Boston, visit www.cvs.com/p r o j e c t h e a l t h ( i nS p a n i s h : w w w. c v s . c o m /proyectosalud).

Speed Limit continued from page 1having reduced speeds atrelevant zones in the city, ifa full 20 mph speed limit isnot feasible.

Baker said he’s all for a20 mph speed limit through-out the city.

“Taking the speed limitfrom 30 to 25 was a goodstep; I always thought i tshould have been 20 but, fur-thermore, I believe this dis-cussion here today is asmuch about the speed limitas it is about what we’redoing for redesign, Safe

Streets and those kinds ofthings,” he said. “I’ve got tobe honest, I’m a little takenaback that Chief [of StreetsChris] Osgood isn’t here and[Commissioner of the De-partment of Transportation(BTD)] Gina Fiandaca isn’there. I’m more than takenaback.”

At-Large City CouncilorMichael Flaherty said in aninterview with WGBH onWednesday morning thatwithout increased enforce-ment, it’s somewhat of amoot point to keep reducingthe speed limit. According tostat is t ics from the state ,ticketing and enforcementfor speeding in the city ac-tually went down by half,from both the State Policeand the Boston Police De-par tment , f rom 2016 to2017, 2017 being the yearthe 25 mph restriction wasput in place.

District 6 City CouncilorMatt O’Malley, in whose dis-trict last week there was afatal pedestrian car crash onStimson and WashingtonStreet in West Roxbury, saidhe believes the best way toreduce fatalities is to getmore cars off the street andencourage more multi-modaltransportation methods.

Director of Planning atthe BTD Vineet Gupta saidthat they consider street de-sign as the department’s firstmethod of increasing safetyin the city, and is currentlyworking on “pr ior i tycorr idors”on L Street inSouth Boston, KneelandStreet in Chinatown,Mattapan Square, TremontStreet in the South End andRoxbury and Beacon Street.

“We will continue to iden-t ify priori ty corridors inneighborhoods that haven’tbeen addressed yet,” he said.“We will continue to expandour efforts.”

Gupta also went into theSlow Streets program, whichselects five or fewer neigh-

borhoods off main arteryst reets and uses t raff ic-calming measures to reducespeeding cut-through traffic.Gupta addressed Flynn’s pro-posal for a 20 mph speed re-duction in areas where thereare elderly populations andday care centers , but hewanted to see if the citycould do it without going tothe Massachuset ts Sta teHouse to get a law enacted.This process has historicallybeen hit or miss when itcomes to the City Council, assome Home-Rule Petitionshave just sat on the State-house floor for years.

“We can do that in spe-cific areas, as you know wealready have 20 mph inschool zones which is imple-mented a t school zonesthrough the (BTD)Commissioner’s orders, andwe can do that at other lo-cations as well,” he said.

Gupta said the processwould be working closelywith the district councilorsand going to analyze thesites.

“That would be huge ifwe were able to accomplishsomething like that,” Flynnsaid.

Resident and Director ofOrganizing at the Boston Cy-cl is ts Union Eliza Paradpointed out that the data isnot always complete. Shecited a recent incident wherea cyclist was hit in a hit andrun in the Fenway and died inthe hospital two days later. Shesaid because of the way inci-dents are recorded, that incidentdid not make it into the city’sVision Zero Data, or any otherdata regarding fatal crashes forthat matter.

“We know that those sortsof deaths are occurring, thatserious injuries are occurringbut they are not captured,” shesaid. “We need to get the dataright, and we need to improveour streets based on that datain an equitable way that gets toall the districts across the city.”


efforts.”Gupta also went into the

Slow Streets program, whichselects five or fewer neigh-borhoods off main arterystreets and uses traffic-calm-ing measures to reducespeeding cut-through traffic.Gupta addressed Flynn’s pro-posal for a 20 mph speed re-duction in areas where thereare elderly populations andday care centers, but hewanted to see if the city coulddo it without going to theMassachusetts State Houseto get a law enacted. Thisprocess has historically beenhit or miss when it comes tothe City Council, as someHome-Rule Petitions have justsat on the Statehouse floor foryears.

“We can do that in specificareas, as you know we alreadyhave 20 mph in school zoneswhich is implemented at schoolzones through the (BTD)Commissioner’s orders, andwe can do that at other loca-tions as well,” he said.

Gupta said the process

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would be working closely withthe district councilors and go-ing to analyze the sites.

“That would be huge if wewere able to accomplish some-thing like that,” Flynn said.

Resident and Director ofOrganizing at the Boston Cy-clists Union Eliza Paradpointed out that the data is notalways complete. She cited arecent incident where a cyclistwas hit in a hit and run in theFenway and died in the hospi-tal two days later. She said be-cause of the way incidents arerecorded, that incident did notmake it into the city’s VisionZero Data, or any other dataregarding fatal crashes forthat matter.

“We know tha t t hosesorts of deaths are occur-ring, that serious injuriesare occurring but they arenot captured ,” she sa id .“We need to get the dataright, and we need to im-prove our streets based onthat data in an equitableway that gets to all the districtsacross the city.”

(Left to right) Cheryl Schondek, Vice President of Food Acquisition and Supply Chain at The GreaterBoston Food Bank and Jen Brogan, Spokesperson for Stop & Shop paused for a photo during Stop &Shop’s Turkey Express donation of more than 7,000 turkeys to The Greater Boston Food Bank. Stop &Shop is donating more than 21,000 turkeys to food banks and hunger relief agencies this holiday season.

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THE CHEFS’ TABLESERIES

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Thanksgiving Dinner: wethink of comfort, warmth, Au-tumn and of course Turkey!

The Chefs’ Table Series cel-ebrates Thanksgiving withVerrill Farm, located in Concord,Massachusetts. Executive ChefKevin Carey shows co-host JoeMurphy how to roast a 19lb. tur-key; how to make stuffing anda unique way to display the tur-key and stuffing on the Thanks-giving table. Chef Kevin offerssome great tips on how long tocook a turkey and the best wayto slice it. Jennifer Verrill, co-owner of Verrill Farm preparestwo traditional Thanksgivingpies: Pumpkin Pie and ApplePie. Kelsey Roth, certified cice-rone explains to Jennifer Verrillwhy he chose Saison,Ommegang Hennepin for thecraft beer pairing of the Thanks-giving Turkey.

Carol O’Connor, co-host, in-terviews Chef Kevin Carey onthe grounds of Verrill Farm todiscuss his culinary experience,what is it like to work at VerrillFarm and many of his dishes.The Chefs’ Table Series® is pro-duced by the 501(c)3 non-profitChefs Table Foundation whosemission is to support U.S. Vet-erans and underprivilegedyoung adults in need with a cu-linary arts education.

For more information aboutChefs Table Foundation andThe Chefs’ Table Series® TVshow, please visitwww.chefstablefoundation.org.

If you are interested in at-tending a live taping and dinner,contact co-host/chef JoeMurphy at 617-645-9043

ELKS ANNUALTHANKSGIVING DINNER

The Boston Lodge of Elkswill be holding their AnnualThanksgiving Dinner on theholiday Thursday ,November22nd at the Lodge home OneMorrell Street in West Roxbury.Doors open at 11:00 AM and acomplete turkey dinner will beserved at 12 Noon. Entertain-ment and door prizes for all. Noreservations are necessary. Formore info please call DinnerChairman Andy Schell at 857-719-4938.

BNN ANNUAL MEETINGTuesday November 27, 2018.

BNN members and those think-ing of becoming members areinvited to the BNN Annual Meet-ing. It will be held here at the BNN Charles J. Beard II MediaCenter at 3025 WashingtonStreet, Egelston Square, Boston,MA 02119. Please RSVP toJanice Holman at 617-708-3200or [email protected]

COPLEY SQUARE TREELIGHTING NOVEMBER 26

Mayor Martin J. Walsh, theBoston Parks and RecreationDepartment, and The Friends ofCopley Square welcome the holi-days with the annual CopleySquare Tree Lighting on Mon-day, November 26, from 5 p.m.to 6 p.m. The free event willfeature appearances by MayorWalsh, NECN’s Jenny Johnson,Santa Claus, and Rudolph alongwith musical performances byvocalist Mark “Sing” Robertson,the Boston Children’s Chorus,the Boston Pops Brass Quintet,and Berklee College of Music’sown Natalie Daniela CastroDiaz. Light refreshments willbe provided by Drake’s Cakes,KIND Snacks, HP Hood LLC,and the dairy farm families ofNew England and Must Be TheMilk. The Fairmont Copley

Plaza will host a family recep-tion immediately following forall in attendance. The receptionwill include cookie decorating,photos with Santa and treatsfrom the Fairmont Copley Plaza. For additional informationplease call the Boston Parks andRecreation Department at (617)635-4505. To learn moreabout The Friends of CopleySquare, please visi twww.friendsofcopleysquare.org.

DON BOSCO REUNIONA reunion for al l Don

Bosco Technical High gradu-ates and staff takes place onSaturday, Nov. 24 at theNorwood Elks Club. Memo-rial Mass at 4 p.m. and dinnerand socializing follows. Senda check for $47 payable to JimHager at Jim Hager, 13 New-ton Drive, Gorham, ME04038. [email protected] to payby Pay Pal. A final headcountis needed by Nov. 15th.

ALLSTON / BRIGHTON

AMERICAN LEGIONVETERAN SERVICEOFFICER

Tuesday afternoons from12:30 pm – 4:00 pm, By walk-in or appointment. Call Paul at(617) 909-0207

American Legion serviceofficers provide expert assis-tance, free of charge, to all vet-erans and their families.While the majority of workinvolves application for VAdisability benefits, these com-passionate professionals alsoprovide information, referralsand resources on education,employment and business, deathbenefits and other important top-ics.

Brighton Marine Health Cen-ter, First Floor, Building 2, 77Warren St, Brighton

PROGRAMS AT THEBRIGHTON LIBRARY

That’s Amore! Vocalist WillMcMillan and pianist JosephReid perform the songs of HarryWarren November 17 Saturdayafternoon at 2 pm/BrightonBranch Library/ 40 AcademyHill Road/(617)782-6032 Mr. Warren is truly one of theunsung heroes of Hollywood’sgolden era. He had more hitrecords—42 songs!

On “Your Hit Parade” thanany of his peers such as IrvingBerlin, Cole Porter and theGershwin Brothers. Some ofhis standards include “JeepersCreepers,” “We’re in theMoney,” “Chattanooga ChooChoo,” “I Only Have EyesForYou,” “Lullaby of Broadway,” “You Must Have Been a Beauti-ful Baby,” “42nd Street,” “That’sAmore,” and “At Last.”

Join us for an afternoon brim-ming with joyful rhythm and har-mony.

All are welcome!

LOVE LETTERSMeredith Goldstein—author

and advice columnist for theBoston Globe. November26, Monday evening at 6:30 pm/Brighton Branch LibraryLOVE LETTERS is a daily dis-patch of advice to the lovelornwritten by Meredith Goldstein inthe Boston Globe on Tuesdays,Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.

Come hear Ms. Goldsteintalk about her career as an ad-vice columnist and how it in-spired her two recent books,Can’t Help Myself: Lessons andConfessions from a Modern Ad-vice Columnist and her youngadult novel, Chemistry Les-sons—the story of a teen sciencewhiz who tries to crack thechemical equation for lastinglove and instead wreaks havocon herself and the boys in herlife.

All are welcomeHank Phillippi Ryan, Best-

selling Mystery Author and In-vestigative Reporter for Boston’sWHDH TV/ December 10,Monday Evening at 6:30 pm/Brighton Branch Library/40Academy Hill Road/ (617) 782-6032

Hank Phillippi Ryan is on-airinvestigative reporter forBoston’s WHDH-TV winning34 EMMYs and dozens morejournalism honors. The authorof 10 nationally bestselling mys-teries, Ryan is the recipient ofhonors that include twoAnthonys, two Macavitys, the

Daphne, and the Mary HigginsClark Award. Her novels are Library Journal’s Best of 2014,2015 and 2016.

Hank’s newest book is thepsychological thriller, TrustMe—named one of the BestThrillers of Summer 2018 byNew York Post, Book Bub,PopSugar and CrimeReads.

Join us as the multitalentedRyan discusses her career andher latest novel.

All are welcome.

BEGINNINGINTERNET CLASS

Mystified by the net? Don’tknow how to surf? Help is avail-able on a one on one basis to getyou started. Call foran appointment and ask for Alan.Brighton Branch Library (617)782-6032

ESL CONVERSATIONGROUPS

Two ESL conversationgroups meet at the Brighton Li-brary;: One on Monday eveningat 6:15 pm; The other on Tues-day afternoon at 1 pm. Comeand practice your language skillsin an informal and friendly set-ting with other new Englishspeakers. Brighton Branch Li-brary

HYDE PARK

ANDERSON TREELIGHTING

The Anderson Tree Lightingwill be, on November 25, 2018,from 2- 6 pm.

CRAFT FAIRFuller Village Craft Fair 1372

Brush Hill Rd Milton, Saturday,November 17 from 10 AM - 2:00PM 30 quality craft tables. Homebaked goods, knitted chickensweaters, huge raffle, free admis-sion. Holiday shopping headstart!

LGBTQ- PINKWEDNESDAY

Please join us for a socialgathering of the LGBTQ com-munity on Wednesday, Novem-ber 19. We meet at the FairmountGrille at 81 Fairmount Ave inHyde Park at 7 PM for a casualget together. Pink Wednesdayhappens on the third Wednesdayof the month. All are welcome.

HYDE PARK LIBRARYSaturday, November 17 1:00

pm – Chess with CharlieTuesday, November 20 2:300

pm – Teen Anime ClubSaturday, November 24 9:30

am – Saturday Morning BlockParty 1:00 pm – Chess withCharlie

BROOKWOODCOMMUNITY FARMTHANKSGIVING SALE

Sunday, November 18 11-2 - Locally Grown Veggies forBoston’s own Junior Damato, “The Auto Doctor” has agreed to field auto repair

questions from Bulletin and Record readers. Please forward your questions [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.

Ask The DoctorA Smart Car for You?

The Smart car has been around for many years as a gas-powered, small commuter car, either as acoupe or a convertible. Move forward to today and the Smart car is electric only and it’s not for every-one. It has a limited range on the electric charge, less than 100 miles – with an average of around 75miles. This is a commuter car for persons with a less than 60 miles back and forth combined commute.

The Smart Car can be found at select Mercedes dealers’ showrooms. Parking is easy in the smallest ofspaces. The car has a firm ride and seating room is more than you would expect. Yet, the Smart car hasall the options including heat and A/C, heated seats and steering wheel, and additional insulation in thedoors and floor. The additional insulation also cancels out wind and road noise. A panorama roof, 7-inch touchscreen, cruise control, rear-view camera, sport package, LED lighting as well as interiorambient lighting are all available. The Smart car is the only electric convertible car in production.

Recharging the car battery can be done either with a conventional 120-volt plug (this can take 17 to 21hours for a full charge); or the 204-volt system, where an 80% charge takes 2.5 hours and full chargetime is only 3 hours. The 204-volt system is the way to go for at home or office charging. The electricpower is instant from a stop to full speed and passing power is more than ample.

The car makes a perfect second car for a lot of people with short commutes. Multiple body colorconfigurations can be selected by the owner. This can truly be an owner-selected special car.

Pricing on the base coupe starts out at $23,900 and the cabrio starts at $28,100 (destination fee is$750). Optional packages can put the cabrio over $30,000. The bottom line: this is a great, smallcommuter car that is easy and fun to drive. Just remember, it does require a battery recharge to keep itpowered up and keep the fun going!



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Mattress Firm Stores Host Toy Drivefor Boston-area Foster Kids

All Mattress Firm stores inBoston are kicking off the sea-son of giving with their annualToy Drive for the Mattress FirmFoster Kids initiative. Benefit-ting the Boston foster care com-munity, Mattress Firm is re-questing new toys, books andelectronics to help spread theholiday cheer. Now throughSunday, Dec. 16, 2018 duringnormal store hours, Mattress

Firm will accept new, un-wrapped toys and monetarycontributions for foster childrenand families in need. All pro-ceeds will be donated toChildren’s Services of Roxburyat the end of the drive.

Mattress Firm Foster Kids,a program of The Ticket toDream Foundation, hosts sixdonation drives per year to col-lect essential items and raise

funds to help thousands of lo-cal foster children. Donationsfrom each drive are distributedto local nonprofit partner orga-nizations.

Mattress Firm store loca-tions accepting new, un-wrapped toys and donationsNow through Sunday, Dec. 16during normal store hours AllMattress Firm locations in theBoston area.

Boston’s Christmas Tree arrives Nov. 20

Boston’s Christmas Tree ar-rives November 20 Theannual gift of an evergreenChristmas tree from NovaScotia will arrive by police es-cort at Boston Common at ap-proximately 11 a.m. on Tues-day, November 20. This yearcommemorates 101 years offriendship between NovaScotia and the people of Bos-ton after our city providedemergency assistance whenHalifax, Nova Scotia’s capital,was devastated by a wartimeexplosion in 1917.

Boston’s official 2018Christmas tree is a 46-footwhite spruce tree donated byRoss McKellar and TeresaSimpson from Oxford, markingthe first time Nova Scotia’s an-nual Christmas tree gift to Bos-ton has come from CumberlandCounty. The tree will be cel-ebrated at a public cutting cer-emony at 10:30 a.m. on Thurs-day, November 15, and later thetree will stop in Truro and

Halifax, Nova Scotia. Therewill be a final public farewellat Halifax City Hall on Novem-ber 17 before the tree begins itsjourney by truck to Boston. Inaddition, Nova Scotia is donat-ing smaller trees to Rosie’sPlace and the Pine Street Inn.

“Our Christmas tree light-ing is more than a holidayevent, it is a celebration of thelasting bond of friendship be-tween our city and NovaScotia,” said Mayor Martin J.Walsh. “Thanks to Ross andTeresa for providing this giftthat will be the centerpiece ofour holiday lighting display onBoston Common, taking a placeof honor as Boston’s officialChristmas tree to be enjoyed byresidents and visitors alike.”

On November 20, the offi-cial 2018 Christmas tree will beescorted by the Boston PoliceDepartment beginning around10 a.m. from Billerica viaRoute 3 South to Route 128North to Interstate 93 South to

Sullivan Square to RutherfordAvenue over the Charlestownbridge and will weave throughdowntown Boston on NorthWashington, New Chardon,Cambridge, Tremont, Boylston,and Charles Streets to enterBoston Common at the cornerof Beacon and Charles Streetsat approximately 11 a.m.

Boston Parks Commis-sioner Chris Cook, an officialNova Scotian town crier, SantaClaus, and local schoolchildrenwill greet the tree at its finaldestination near the BostonVisitors Center at 139 TremontStreet. The tree will be lit atapproximately 7:55 p.m. onThursday, November 29, as theCity of Boston’s Official TreeLighting is celebrated on Bos-ton Common from 6 p.m. to 8p.m.

The 77th annual Tree Light-ing on Boston Common issponsored by the Boston Parksand Recreation Department,title sponsor The Province ofNova Scotia, Jumbotron spon-sor JetBlue, and presentingsponsors Exelon, the Coca-Cola Company, and Bank ofAmerica with additional sup-port provided by WCVB-TVChannel 5, Magic 106.7 FM,and the Boston Globe. For fur-ther information, please call theBoston Parks and RecreationDepartment at (617) 635-4505or visit us on Facebook.

The annual Christmas Tree Lighting will take place on Nov. 20 at the Boston Common. The tree itself willarrive at 11 a.m.

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to be used for projects that fallbelow the Article 80 review tomaintain affordability.

Since May, the EglestonSquare Neighborhood Asso-ciation (ESNA) has been thefacilitator of three, well-at-tended community meetings.The goal of these three unad-vertised meetings has been tolearn City Realty’s plans andpractices.

ESNA said at the Octobermeeting that it wanted toschedule next steps in workingtogether to resolve issues.

Alvin Shiggs is co-chairwith Carolyn Royce of ESNA.

At the Oct. 22 meeting, heasked Jay Walsh, representingCity Realty, if he could agreeto on-going negotiations.

“I’m committed to doingwhat I can,” said Walsh. “Ihope this pertains to other de-velopers and developmentstoo.”

Yet until CRM and ESNAreach consensus, CRM willface resistance with its futuredevelopment plans.

This was made clear at theAug. 7, Jamaica Plain zoningcommittee meeting about athree-story, three-unit buildingat 3247 Washington Street.

Robin Barnes of RobesonStreet, a City Life member, ac-cused CRM of pushing outneighbors.

“It’s disrupting the commu-nity to make a profit,” she said.

Helen Matthews of CityLife requested that the boarddefer the vote until CRMmeets with ESNA.

Committee chair DaveBaron was opposed to

Matthews' request, “I feel CityRealty is being held hostage,”he said. “No one is being dis-placed [at 3247 WashingtonStreet].”

The Zoning Board of Ap-peals unanimously approved3247 Washington at its Oct. 30meeting; Councilor O’Malleywas in support but with the ca-veat that CRM continue tomeet with ESNA.

The BPDA sponsored ahearing on October 25 of a fourstory, 23-unit apartment build-ing CRM proposes to build at197 Green Street. City Lifeprotesters demanded that theprocess be stopped until CRMsatisfactorily resolved tenantissues at its Egleston Squarerental properties.

According to ESNA, thefirst small group meeting withCRM will be held Nov. 19, butit could not say who the smallgroup members were or howthey will be selected.

CRM has over the last twoyears acquired about six two-family houses and convertedthem into three units; two oth-ers recently proposed are at 97West Walnut and 15 BancroftStreet.

The complaint is that CRMis skirting the city’saffordability requirements bybuying small properties.

Marie Turley of Union Av-enue is concerned about thistrend.

“I’ve been on the JP zoningcommittee for 30 years,” shesaid on Oct. 22. “I’ve neverseen the number of multipleunits coming before us. Con-verting twofamilies to three

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Helen Matthews of City Life argues that City Realty practices speculation.PHOTO BY RICHARD HEATH

families on small lots likeSheridan Street.”

CRM’s property manage-ment practices have long beena hot topic for City Life.Matthews asked about tenantoccupancy at CRM’s proper-ties.

“Can you give us an updateon the rent increases at 11Minton Street, 46 SheridanStreet and 53 Rockvale?” sheasked. “How many are still liv-ing there since you bought thebuilding How many left be-cause of rent increases?”

Josh Fetterman is projectmanager of CRM.

“We have leases and leaseagreements,” he said. “We willbe happy to bring our landlord-tenant attorney to the nextworking group meeting . We

want to close out landlord-ten-ant issues before it becomes afight. We work on an individualbasis.”

George Lee and Matthewsaccused CRM of speculation byselling 3171-3175 WashingtonStreet. They want CRM to sellthe building to Urban Edge orJPNDC so they can build 33fully affordable units.

“ We’re up to working withthese organizations,” Fettermansaid “Send us someone to con-tact. Whether we can sell for$300,000 is another discussion.We’ll see what the numbersare.”

Fetterman admitted thatCRM made mistakes when itbought the 3152 -3160 Wash-ington Street business block inApril 2014.

“Maybe we didn’t think ofthe impact we were having,” hesaid. “We took a more corpo-rate approach. We’re changingthings about dealing with ten-ants.”

Fetterman said the paymentbenefit would be tied to theirprojects.

“We can fund a specific pro-gram,” he said. “We can makea payment every time we go tothe zoning board. You can counton us to support this commit-ment moving forward.”

Scott Shear of BrooksideAvenue Neighborhood Asso-ciation has been critical ofCRM, but he had to be honest.

“I just want to thank you”he said. “This is fairly signifi-cant. A dramatic step thatyou’re willing to acknowl-edge.”

Public Meeting

@BostonPlansBostonPlans.org

Teresa Polhemus, Executive Director/Secretary

123 Antwerp StreetJosephine Fiorentino Community Center

Allston, MA 02134

Monday, November 266:00 PM - 8:00 PM

NEXUS at the Allston Innovation Corridor

Project Proponent:King Street Properties

Project Description:Proposed redevelopment of approximately 4.3 acres of land at 250-280 and 305 Western Avenue. The sites currently contain an auto body shop along with industrial and auto-related uses and other uses. The Project includes the construction of three new buildings containing approximately 539,400 square feet of laboratory/

1,900 sf of civic/art space. The Project also will include approximately 884 parking spaces.

mail to: Gerald Autler

Boston Planning & Development Agency

One City Hall Square, 9th Floor

Boston, MA 02201

phone: 617-918-4438


Close of Comment Period:

12/7/2018


Calendar continued from page 8your Thanksgiving Feast!Brookwood’s annual sale in-cludes pre-ordered HarvestBoxes, Turkeys & Pies! Go towww.Brookwoodcommunityfarm.orgAdded fun this year, kids activi-ties, free warm drinks, self-guided scavenger hunt and more!

Apple Pie Class With ChefClare Garland, Sunday, Novem-ber 18 2:30-4:30 Makeyour own perfect pastry crust andtake home a delectable unbakedapple pie! Learn from pastry chefClare Garland from the AshmontGrill. Ages 14+

Register atwww.Brookwoodcommunityfarm.orgBrookwood Community Farm 11Blue Hill River Road, Canton/Milton

JAMAICA PLAIN

OUR LADY OF CEDARSCELEBRATION

The parish family of OurLady of the Cedars of LebanonChurch in Jamaica Plain, proudlyannounces the Gala Celebrationof the Founding of “The OldestMaronite Parish in NorthAmerica.” We cordially invite allparishioners and friends to joinus on Sunday, December 9, 2018at 11 am for a Pontifical DivineLiturgy of Thanksgiving. BishopGregory Mansour, bishop of theEparchy of St. Maron of Brook-lyn will officiate. It will be fol-lowed by a Grand Banquet in ournewly renovated, Richard Cardi-nal Cushing Maronite Commu-

nity Center. A memory book isbeing planned, and we ask all pa-rishioners to search your photoalbums for any pictures taken atthe Church. Please include wed-dings, baptisms, first commun-ions, Palm Sundays and othersocial events. We would like toshare all of those precious mo-ments of our history. For ques-tions and more details, pleasecall the recory at 617-522-0225.We look forward to welcomingyou to Our Lady of the Cedars ,your spiritual home.

WWI MOBILE MUSEUMVisit theMobile Museum at

Springhouse on November 29 &30!

“Lest We Forget,” a travelingexhibit commemorating the cen-tennial anniversary of World WarI is coming to Springhouse!Based in Texas, the World War IMobile Museum is a travelingexhibition of original artifactscomposed of twelve sections de-picting different themes, includ-ing trench warfare, photographicand cinematic treatment of thewar and Christmastime on thebattlefield. More than 200 arti-facts and photographs are pre-sented, including numerous per-sonal items used by soldiers, oneof the first battlefield movie cam-eras and an authentic trenchingtool like those used to dig morethan 25,000 miles of trenchesduring the war. “When Iwas visiting the National WorldWar I Museum in Kansas City, Irealized that senior adults are thelast direct descendants of WorldWar I veterans and decided tocreate a mobile museum to bringthese artifacts to them whereverthey live,” said Keith Colley, cu-rator and owner. “We’re findingpeople of all ages are drawn tothe exhibit. Our hope is to keepthe memory of World War I andits veterans alive, which is whywe called it ‘Lest We Forget,’ a

phrase that comes from a speechdelivered by President WoodrowWilson after the war ended.”

The WWI Mobile Museum isopen to the public. Come visit:Thursday, November 29th be-tween 10:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. orFriday, November 30th between10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. While ad-mission is free, we ask that visi-tors bring a toy to donate to theHome for Little Wanderers BigWishes Holiday Toy Drive.

CHRISTMAS BAZAARThe Poor Clare Nuns will

hold their annual Christmas Ba-zaar on Saturday November 17,2018 from 9 am to 3 pm at TheMonastery of Saint Clare, 920Centre Street, Jamaica Plain, MA02130.

23RD ANNUAL TASTE OFJAMAICA PLAIN ESAC’s

23rd Annual Taste of JamaicaPlain, on Thursday, November15, 2018 from 6 p.m. – 10 p.m.at a new location, Our Lady ofthe Annunciation Church, 7VFW Parkway in WestRoxbury. Join us for anotheryear of delicious food, fun andfriends featuring the best of thelocal culinary scene. Tickets areon sale now atwww.esacboston.org foodsamples - silent auction - enter-tainment - cash bar For moreinformation: 617-534-2555

NIGHT OFREMEMBRANCEAND LIGHT

Friday November 23rd 7-9pm. Join us as we circle JamaicaPond and light one another’scandle, in memory of lost lovedones. Enjoy hot chocolate andcookies at this family friendlyevent. Rain or Shine! Sug-gested donation: $5/candle Ja-maica Pond, Jamaica Plain, MA

WEST ROXBURYROSLINDALE

ELKS ANNUALTHANKSGIVING DINNER

The Boston Lodge of Elkswill be holding their AnnualThanksgiving Dinner on theholiday Thursday ,November22nd at the Lodge home OneMorrell Street in West Roxbury.Doors open at 11:00 AM and acomplete turkey dinner will beserved at 12 Noon. Entertain-ment and door prizes for all. Noreservations are necessary. Formore info please call DinnerChairman Andy Schell at 857-719-4938.

WRMS Holiday Market &Mayor’s Trolley Tour FridayNov 30th 5-8pm @ Hasting St.Lot

BLOOD DRIVESaturday, November 17th

from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm at theHoly Name Parish Hall, 525West Roxbury Parkway, WestRoxbury, MA. A photo ID is re-quired.





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Chief of Staff; John Hanlon,Chief of Operations; andNathan Kuder, Deputy Chief Fi-nancial Officer. All four tookturns explaining the plan.

The core of the plan includes12 new schools or major trans-formations to be completed orunder construction by 2027;new or expanded buildings inneighborhoods with high studentneed and low current access; in-creased investments district-widefor all school buildings; and a pre-dictable and transparent buildingand capital planning process thatwill allow opening a new schoolevery 1-2 years after 2027.

The plan also includes phasingout middle schools entirely overtime to create K-6/7-12 or K-8/9-12 schools and the previously an-nounced closing of West RoxburyAcademy and Urban ScienceAcademy (USA).

Perille said there are more chil-dren than available seats in HydePark. This means some studentstravel further distances from hometo attend school. To mitigate this,plans for Hyde Park include a newK-6 elementary school, the IrvingMiddle School would be renovatedto become a K-6 school. Additional7th and 8th grade spaces will beneeded in 7-12 schools. Perille em-phasized that changes with an in-dividual school impact a wholearea as it has a ripple effect ofmoving students to other schools.

“We are talking about a full arcof a 10-year master plan,” shesaid. “It is complicated and multi-staged.” She said the plan mustbe viewed in its entirety and it willbe reviewed and adjusted beforemoving forward.

Perille acknowledged the needto repair, upgrade, and maintain fa-cilities. “This is something thatBoston has not been in the habitof doing.”

Many students transition to anumber of different schools in theirK-12 experience which also needsto be reduced. “While it is a build-ing plan, it is also about patterns,pathways, access and equityacross our system.”

Parents expressed fear thatthe current plans would signifi-cantly disrupt student success byconstant building, moving, andclosing schools, or taking too longto fix the current problems plagu-ing the system.

One parent spoke about prob-lems at the Channing ElementarySchool, “We are two months intothe new school year and we stilldon’t have before and afterschool care in our school becausethe program that was supposedto come in and do it found thereare high levels of lead in the build-ing, so I am very concerned thatthe after school programs seemto have higher standards for ourschool than BPS does.” “I wasalso told there is bottled water in

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many of our schools because ofconcerns about lead piping,” sheadded.

Consalvo acknowledged thatthe issues with Channing wereknown, but that day-care centersmust meet different guidelinesand they were working with themon an interpretation of that. “Iwould love to follow up with youon that,” he said to the Channingparent.

Harneen Chernow, a parentwith two children in BPS, addedan additional comment about thelead issues in school water. “Anykid who is drinking water with toohigh a lead count is unaccept-able.”

Chernow spoke on the slatedclosure of West Roxbury Acad-emy and Urban Science an-nounced in October. “What I amconcerned about is closures… theyoung people who are being toldnow that in their senior year theyare going to have to start in brandnew schools…they have to findnew teachers for colleges refer-ences, brand new communities,brand new after-schoolactivities…they are somehow acausality of this experience.”

The BPS team respondedthat the issues with the WestRoxbury complex were due todeferred maintenance. Shortterm repairs were implementedin the fall, but long term, the build-ing could not be renovated to al-low for continued occupancy.Perille acknowledged that theclosing is “incredibly difficult andpainful.”

Another Course to College(ACC), a college preparatory highschool located in Hyde Park, didreceive praise from parents as amodel for the system, however, ithas been burdened with frequentrelocations in the past two de-cades.

Attendees described howBPS circumstances, facilities,systems and rules seem to dic-tate where their children go toschool, not the desires of parentsor consideration of what is bestfor students.

Nichole Mitton, the mother ofsix children, all who have gone toBPS, expressed frustration overthe school system and herchildren’s experience. Describ-ing her son, she said, “Had Iknown that ACC would take himthree years ago, I would have hadmy son leave USA (WestRoxbury) to go to ACC. Thatshould have been our choice. Myson dropped out of school… youguys are not looking at this from ourperspective.”

Speaking from personal experience,a former ACC student remarked, “Ev-ery parent and student should have achoice of where they go to school.”

The next BPS community meet-ings will take place during the week ofNov. 12.


the password at the door.”Sullivan said the support

from the community also cameabout in the sheer number ofvolunteers for the event, thoughshe admitted that the night isfun for them as well.

“So our volunteers enjoyour parties, as we only havethem on a short shift and theycan enjoy their evening, get adrink ticket and gamble withsome funny money,” she said.“Everyone likes to do differentthings, so we have differentopportunities for people.”

The funds raised for theevent go directly into the Com-munity Engagement, with thepremiere sponsor New Balancepaying for the event itself.

“Our overhead is coveredwith grants from the City ofBoston, and every bit of money,whether its a drink ticket, entryfee or sponsorship, it goes di-rectly into community pro-gramming,” she said.

BMS Board President ChrisParisi said the event came to-gether amazingly well.

“We’ve been working onthis for probably six monthsnow,” he said. “This is afundraiser so we were reallylooking at a way to try to giveback, which is the purpose ofthe BMS. Helping to give backto the community, strengthen-ing the business district, bring-ing people in from outside ofBoston, keeping the neighbor-hood clean and all the things

they’ve been missing up inMain Streets.”

Parisi said he’s lived inAllston Brighton since hestarted studying at Boston Col-lege in 1980, and became BoardPresident just last year.

“I loved the community andthe neighborhood so I decidedto stay,” he said. “This is just agreat community and a greatneighborhood.”

The night also featured pho-tos on the wall from theBrighton Historical Society ofthe neighborhood from the turnof the century.

“You’ve got the Red LineTrolley up there for God’s sake,that was retired in the 1960s,”he said.

Residents Nancy and MikeO’Hara said they love to comeout and support Brighton asthey have been residents therefor decades.

“I’m a member of theBrighton Board of Trade andI’m here to support BMS and Iwork for the Providence House,an assisted living facility inBrighton and that’s why I’mhere,” Mike said. “I also don’tmind making my way throughthe tables there and having afew cocktails!”

Allston Brighton Commu-nity Development CorporationPresident Tony D’Isidoro saidhe’s glad to see such a strongturnout for the community, es-pecially since the neighborhoodis facing a lot of challenges in

the business community.“There are a lot of empty

storefronts and a lot of turnover,due to a lot of different issuesand you also have all these new[housing] developments takingplace where a lot of the busi-nesses are migrating to thesenew buildings and it puts addi-tional pressure on the tradi-tional Main Streets to perform,”he said. “I love this event, theturnout is great and I don’t rec-ognize a lot of people so that’sa good sign.”

Residents Ryan Lind andJoseph Danilchuk said theywork for Rockland Trust inBrighton and they came outbecause they love supportingthe neighborhood.

“We do a lot of communitywork for BMS, and it’s nice forfolks to see a community bankthat still knows people,” Lindsaid.

Danilchuk said he loves theneighborhood, and he saidgrowing up in Medford, henever knew what Brighton hadto offer.

“I typically never crossedthe river to Allston andBrighton, we have Cambridgeand Somerville, it’s kind of likean equal counterpart, but work-ing in Brighton I got to seethere’s tons of restaurants andbusinesses and everyone allkind of knows each other,” hesaid. “It’s like a big family ofpeople in Brighton, it’s awe-some.”

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“It profoundly changes our character and redirects our life,”he said. “I can honestly say that the time I spent in service as asailor in the U.S. Navy were some of the best days ofmy life, and even after retirement, I still serve. Onething I’ve noticed while working at the Office of Vet-erans Services, is that veterans don’t ask for much.They don’t want to be put in a special class, but ben-efits are a mere drop in the bucket for the financial andhuman cost of war. While not all veterans have servedin war, all have expressed a willingness to fight whencalled to.”

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facilities that this project is meantto replace. Here is what I havelearned: Roxbury Prep hasserved students and families inthe Boston area for nearly 20years. In this time, 78% ofRoxbury Prep alumni have goneon to matriculate at a 4-year col-lege (as of 2014). The roughly-600 students currently enrolledat Roxbury Prep High School at-tend classes at two rented facili-ties – one in Hyde Park and theother in Roxbury, located over 5miles apart from one another – adisruptive and un-sustainablesituation. Many of us can re-call the challenges of our ownhigh school experiences, as wellas the importance of stability inthose crucial formative years.What strikes me as being thecritical element of this buildingproject is that this organization –and this community – has achance to provide a terrific groupof students with not just a greatfacility, but with a home for theireducational experience wherethey have the chance to form last-ing bonds and pursue achieve-ment in all its forms. This orga-nization has worked continuallyand successfully to address theconcerns of our community, andthe time has come for all of us –

including our elected officials –to focus on making this dream areality. The promise of a greateducation is one we make to allchildren, and this communityshould leap at the chance to keepthat promise.

Erik JohnsonWest Roxbury

QUESTION 3MISLED VOTERS

To the Editor:We the have-nots, good and

decent people, are being pittedagainst each other by the haves(three individuals of who ownmore wealth together than all ofthe people in the bottom half ofthe United States populationcombined.) Here is just one ex-ample of how the very rich di-vided-and-ruled us with a ballotquestion in Massachusetts No-vember 6—Question 3.

Big Money (using the BostonGlobe and the liberal radio sta-tions) inundated us with the mes-sage that if one didn’t vote “Yes”(to keep the 2016 “bathroom”law) then one was a“transphobic” bigot. So lots ofpeople voted “Yes” because goodand decent people don’t want tobe a bigot against transgenderpeople. The people who voted

“Yes” did not realize what ex-actly they were voting for. Theydidn’t realize that a “No” votewould have left the earlier 2014law against businesses discrimi-nating against transgender peoplein place. They were told, on thecontrary, that a “No” vote was avote to repeal a law that made itillegal to discriminate againsttransgender people. They didn’tknow that a “No” vote wouldONLY eliminate the absurdity in-troduced by the new 2016 law,which says that if a woman in apublic-access shower or lockerroom tells an adult with malegenitalia in that room to leavethen she (the woman!) can befined $50,000 and sentenced toone year in jail.

The people who DID knowwhat a “No” vote would do—eliminate an absurdity—were theones who listened to conserva-tive media such as WRKO talkradio (also controlled by BigMoney).

Liberals who got their infor-mation from the liberal mediaheard only that the people whodisagreed with the “bathroom”law were bigots who thought thattransgender people were sexualpredators. Liberals didn’t knowthat the people who disagreedwith the law simply thought thatwomen in a public-access showeror locker room had a right to thecustomary gender-privacy thatthose facilities have offered in thepast, and that this had nothing to dowith thinking that transgenderpeople are sexual predators.

The result of this Big Moneymedia manipulation was that lots ofgood and decent liberal peoplethought that good and decent con-servative people were horrible big-ots, and the latter thought that theformer were idiots who wantedwomen to have to be naked in frontof adult strangers with male genita-lia in a public-access shower orlocker room.

If Big Money (to whom the poli-ticians are beholden) wanted a non-controversial common-sense bath-room law that virtually every-body—transgender people andnon-transgender people, liberals andconservatives—would have sup-ported, they could have easily writ-ten one. All it would have had to sayis that adults (and children past pu-berty) with male genitalia (whetherborn with them or not) use the public-access facilities designated for males,and vice versa for those with femalegenitalia, AND that private (for one-person-only) facilities must be pro-vided for any person who does notwish to use the multi-person facilitythat the law allows them to use. PE-RIOD!

The reason such a common-sense law was never written is be-cause it would not have advancedthe actual aim of Big Money, whichis to divide-and-rule the have-nots.

John SpritzlerBrighton

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