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Rally-goers and counter-protesters directly confronted each other at the Sept. 15 Back the Blue Rally in West Roxbury.PHOTO BY JEFF SULLIVAN

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Organizer Tony Federico chose theday after the Boston PreliminaryElection on Sept. 15 to host a Backthe Blue rally at the West RoxburyRotary.

A counter protest was also heldby Solidarity Against Hate Boston,and the two groups clashed, to saythe least. Several scuffles took placebetween the two groups and severalpeople – from both sides – were ledaway by police, as motorists, localsand about half a dozen photographersand reporters looked on.

The rally started with Federicosetting up a PA system and playingsome music as rally-goers stood withflags – many supplied by Federico outof his truck – asking drivers to honkto support the police. The Back theBlue rally-goers stood in front of thepolice station while several counterprotesters stood directly on the rotaryholding signs with slogans like “BlackLives Matter” and “All Lives Won’tMatter Until Black Lives Matter.”

Federico only had this to say.“I’m kind of busy right now,” he

said.About 20 minutes into the rally,

counter protesters from the Solidar-ity Against Hate group moved to di-rectly confront the rally. Federicogarnished several loudspeakers andturned on their siren setting as slo-gans went back and forth. “BlackLives Matter,” “All Lives Matter,”“Patrick Rose, overtime, no money forBPD crime!,” “All Cops Are Bas-

tards,” and several obscenities con-cerning President Joe Biden could bebriefly heard over the sirens.

Screaming matches and pushingfights permeated the crowd in frontof the District E-5 Station of the Bos-ton Police Department (BPD).Beforethe rally reall got going, some localresidents said before the rally reallygot going why they came.

“We just got to support our police,”said former BPD Detective and WestRoxbury resident Joanne Foley, add-ing she went to the last Back the BlueRally. “There really haven’t been anyproblems. It’s usually quite peaceful.”

It should be noted that while about

60 or 70 people were at the event,including police officers in case any-thing went wrong, the scrum in frontof the station involved no more than20 or 25 people on either side. About40 people total were in the lively pro-test and counter protest.

West Roxbury resident JoyceBuckley came out also to support thepolice.

“I understand their view, but theyhave to understand my view,” shesaid. “There’s no reason why wehave to get yelled at. If they wantpeople to listen to them, you have to

Slogans went back and forth between the two goups during the rally.PHOTO BY JEFF SULLIVAN

Two dramatic changes were an-nounced at the Sept. 13 virtual monthlymeeting of the Stonybrook Neighbor-hood Association (SNA).

The most significant came near theend of the meeting when JenniferUrhrane gave an update on the status of10 Stonley Rd., a 45-unit, four story resi-dential building that SNA opposed fortwo years.

“Now we hear the development teamhas folded it into the (Jamaica PlainNeighborhood Development Corpora-tion) JPNDC,” she said. “There’s nochanges. They’re just shifting theaffordability numbers. It will be turnedinto a 100 percent affordable building.It’s something very different.”

What it means is a transfer and ulti-mate sale of a fully approved private sec-tor multi-family residential building to anon-profit social housing agency.

The owners of the proposed Ever-green Farms retail marijuana dispensaryheld a community meeting via Zoom onThursday, Sept. 9, to describe the estab-lishment they plan to open at 883 HydePark Ave.

“If you’ve followed our story, you’veprobably heard some of this before,”Armani White said. “But we’re excitedto just be back.”

Co-owners Sean Berte and White,two lifelong Boston residents who bothwere previously negatively impacted bythe war on drugs, have used their experi-ences to advocate for marijuana legal-ization and economic empowerment forthose impacted by the stigma of pot ar-rests. White had been arrested twice formarijuana possession, while Berte wasincarcerated in federal prison for eightmonths for growing marijuana at his

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ACA discusses 500 West, parkingJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The Allston Civic Associa-tion (ACA) met on Sept. 15 anddiscussed a proposal from ArdoGarabedian, the owner at 500West St.

McDermott, Quilty &Miller Attorney Joseph Hanleyrepresented Garabedian duringthe meeting, which was sort ofa pre-file meeting before theBoston Planning and Develop-ment Agency (BPDA) Article80 Large Project review publicprocess starts, just to kind of geta feel for what the communitythinks of the idea of the six-story complex. Hanley said hisclient has been “part of thecommunity for decades.”

“(Garabedian) has been theowner of the Irving Gas Stationat 500 Western Ave. and the feepay parking which has been atthe site for a number of yearsand accommodates parking forthe health center and for con-struction vehicles with all thiswork that’s been going on in theneighborhood,” he said. “Wewould suggest that this has sortof helped to get cars off thestreet.”

Hanley said open space andpublic realm are main focusesof the residential project.Hanley said they have beenworking with the communityand have considerably reducedthe original project presentedearlier this year. He said the unitcount came down from 159units to 114, the gross squarefootage was reduced from173,359 square feet to 110,842,the height is down from 70 feet/seven stories to 65 feet/six sto-ries and they reduced the lotcoverage from 84.8 percent to59.9 percent, in order to providemore open space.

“We’re looking at providinga lot of public realm, we’re atsix stories and we’re also ex-cited that we’re able to provide30 feet of sidewalk setbacks fora local convenience store andcoffee shop,” he said. “

Project Architect fromHendren Associates GerryHendren said they have createda public park on RichardsonStreet at 4,130 square feet.

“It’s considerably largerthan what we’d call a pocketpark, so we just called it a regu-lar park,” he said.

Hendren added that two ofthe units are at street level, withthe convenience store/coffeeshop, and there will be artistunits with space so they candisplay their work.

Landscape Architect fromVerdant Landscaping, KatyaPodsiadlo, said the added set-back for the site will allow forwider sidewalks than recom-mended by the Boston Com-plete Streets program. She saidthe added bonus to this is treesafety due to the fact that themain thing that kills street treesis a lack of width for them togrow once they reach maturity.

“We’ll have a four-and-a-half-foot wide furnishing zonefor street trees, which is widerthan the radius developmentzone for street tree plantings,”she said. “We’ll also have bikeracks along that furnishing zoneand we’ll have a nine-foot widepedestrian space behind that.”

She added that while theplanting zone will be four feetwide, the actual soil layer, someof which will be under the side-walks, will be about six orseven feet in most spaces.

Some ACA members wereconcerned about the added traf-fic the project could create,though Hanley did say there

will be 140 bicycle storagespaces for the building.

ACA member Pat Centolasaid she was happy about theadded greenspace proposed fora project in Lower Allston.

“Am I dreaming this?” shesaid with a laugh. “It looks veryvery nice.”

She said, however, nearbybuildings have had issues withtrash sitting around on the pub-lic street before it gets takenaway, and she asked about whatthe plan is for trash pickup.

“We have an internal systemthat’s a little bit longer thanmost so haulers don’t have topick up the trash on the site,they don’t have to pick it up onthe street,” Hanley said. “Thecommercial haulers will be ableto come in, circulate in theparking garage area and get thetrash so it doesn’t need to bebrought out to the street.”

Centola said she also foundissue with the overall design ofthe back of the building.

“It looks like it’s not fin-ished on the back,” she said.

Hanley said they will still beworking on that as the devel-opment process continues.

ACA member ChristineVarriale said she agreed that thebuilding’s design is not attrac-tive, and felt that the 1.3 spacesper unit (148 spaces) is toomuch. She said a nearby build-ing is only using about two-thirds of its parking with a simi-lar ratio.

“So they have a third of theirparking spaces empty, and theirnext building is a .4 parkingratio because people are just not

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Letters to the EditorA Brighton guy finally comes home

My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

Last Friday, a dank day toend the week, the remains ofFirst Lieutenant ThomasRedgate returned home to beburied at St. Ignatius Church,straddling the Brighton-New-ton border. A phalanx of Bos-ton motorcycle officers andState Police, the cadre of sol-emn, meticulously uniformedArmy representatives, and alarge number of veteransstood in silence as his casket,removed from the hearseamidst the crisp, synchronizedmovements of the UnitedStates Army, was draped withthe Stars and Stripes beforeentering the church.

Redgate had been listed as“unaccounted for” since De-cember 11, 1950. A presump-tive finding of death was is-sued on December 31, 1953.

Born in Medford but raisedin St. Col’s in Brighton, heprobably died on November27, 1950, when his Army unitwas attacked on the easternside of the infamous ChosinReservoir, indeed the locationwhere so many more of hisArmy and Marine buddiesbreathed their last in brutallyfrigid temperatures.

A Boston Public Schoolsgraduate—Brighton High—young Redgate was called toactive duty in April of 1944.

He served his country as anairplane and engine me-chanic. Following his dis-charge, he enrolled at BostonCollege, before reenlisting inthe Army in the fall of 1948. The 24-year-old was deployedto Korea in August of 1950 asa forward observer in AbleBattery, 48th Field ArtilleryBattalion, 7th Infantry Divi-sion.

In 2018, North Korea’sKim Jong-un, in an uncharac-teristic peaceful move (for le-verage at a later time?) trans-ferred boxes of Americans’ re-mains to President Trump. Two years later in April of2020 the U.S. Army Casualty

Office reported a DNAmatch. But because ofCOVID the burial had to bedelayed.

The framed picture of“Uncle Tommy” remained onthe mantle of the family homefor decades.

Amidst the funeral rites ofthe Roman Catholic Churchand the burial traditions of theU.S. Army, Redgate was laidto rest some 70 years after hisdisappearance. The gentle,eloquent presider—a non-Je-suit whose name I forgot—re-minded congregants of thepurpose of the aromatic in-cense at the end of Mass as herevered the casket with thethurible: it rises up as ourprayers do and it obscures thereasons why tragedy hap-pens. I couldn’t help but thinkhow its smoke also resembledthe tragic fog of battle, ofwhich combat soldiers speak—not unlike the acrid clouds thatcharacterized the finals hours ofso many at the Chosin.

Thanks, Tom, for your ser-vice to our country: you and somany others made the ultimatesacrifice and gave your last fullmeasure of devotion when Iwas just a 5-year-old kid ask-ing my parents on Forest HillsStreet what is all this talk aboutKorea.

MAKE YOUR OWN DECISIONTo the Editor:For members of Boston’s black community, the results of the

September 14 mayoral preliminary election were not what wasexpected. With acting Mayor Kim Janey in office, there seemedto be hope that Boston would elect not only its first woman, butits first mayor who was black.

However, with four strong women running for mayor, the deckseemed somewhat stacked against Janey. While the two eventualcandidates will now go on to face each other in November, thereare many in Boston’s black community and in political circleswho think all is not lost if the black community stays activelyinvolved in the mayor’s race going forward. Will black votersdemand the two mayoral candidates address their concerns andwill the candidates’ answers satisfy this large voting block, manyof whom are frustrated by the September 14 voting results?

Both Michelle Wu and Annissa Essaibi-George are candidatesof color and can either or both of them win over a block of votersnow without a black candidate in the race?

There are some in the black community who think it is pos-sible to see the BlackVote galvanize around either of the twofinalists in the race for mayor, while others seemed worried bythe potential of many black voters sitting out the final.

I will be watching the candidates closely to see what strate-gies both of them take. Will the final election be close or a blow-out? I’m thinking somewhat close. I see both campaigns takinglittle for granted. Wu’s base is progressive and Essaibi-George atad left of center but less progressive. I see Wu, I think ElizabethWarren or Ayanna Pressley. I see Essaibi-George, I think MartyWalsh or Tommy Menino. Two different visions, one city.

However, going into the future the Black Vote in Boston willneed to get better at Politics 101. Almost from the get go of thismayoral campaign, I saw electoral trouble with two strong Afri-can-American women running against each other and splittingthe vote each needed to make it past September. Both of thesecandidates had a right to run but each knew the risks of splitting


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On Sept. 14, Boston held itspreliminary election for Bos-ton City Council. District 6had 18,484 votes cast. KendraHicks, of Jamaica Plain, re-ceived 9,236 votes, and MaryTamer, of West Roxbury, re-ceived 7,984 votes.

They will be both on thegeneral election on Nov. 2. Athird candidate, Winnie Eke ofWest Roxbury, only received1,188 votes and thus did notmake it to the final election.There were also 76 write-invotes cast.

Both Hicks and Tamer saidthey are looking forward totalking to as many voters aspossible as they go into the fi-nal stretch of the campaign.They also both said they arelooking to continue MattO’Malley’s work with theBuilding Energy Reporting

and Disclosure Ordinance(BERDO), which requireslarge buildings to report theiremissions, if passed. In June,O’Malley, who wrote the origi-nal BERDO, introduced a newordinance, the Building Emis-sions Reduction and Disclo-sure Ordinance (BERDO II),which would require the larg-est 4 percent of buildings tomeet increasingly aggressiveemissions targets, reaching netzero by 2050.

Seventy percent ofBoston’s carbon footprintcomes from its buildings, andthe largest 4 percent of thebuildings contribute to half ofsaid carbon footprint.

Tamer said her first prior-ity if elected would be treesand shade cover.

“A full audit of trees, “shesaid.

She said she also wants thecity to hire five full-time ar-borists (currently, Boston only

has one). She noted that thereare parts of District 6 whichhave many street trees, andparts which have none.

“I’m very concerned aboutthe environment and climatechange,” she said, adding that“all new developments shouldinclude landscaping andtrees.”

She said she wants to knowwhere there are empty treepits, and where there are sap-lings that need support.

She also said she wantsBoston Public Schools (BPS)to have more recycling, and formore mandatory recycling forinstitutions throughout thecity. Tamer also suggested thecity add curbside compostpickup in addition to the al-ready existing curbside gar-bage and recycling pickup,which was an initiativeO’Malley had been pushingfor years.

“How do we work to re-

duce packaging?” she asked,and spoke highly of PolkadogBakery in Jamaica Plain,which allows customers to re-fill dog treats using their ownbags.

Tamer is also concernedabout schools. “We have 33schools in the bottom 10 per-cent of the state, which educate17,000 children,” she said.

She said she thinks as a citycouncilor she can make an im-pact on schools, because thecity council controls the ap-proval of the city budget, andschools are one-third of thatbudget. She worked for theBoston Charter Alliance from2015-2017, and was a memberof the Boston School Commit-tee from 2010-2013. Both sheand Hicks are BPS alumnae

and have sent their children toBPS schools.

Tamer mentioned as wellthat she would really like to seea senior center in District 6,with programming and activi-ties, which she said voters shehas talked to are interested in.The Roche Center, in WestRoxbury, and Curtis Hall, inJamaica Plain, do currently of-fer some senior programs.

Hicks said her first priori-ties would be education, af-fordable housing, and environ-mental justice.

“Expanding [BERDO] fur-ther is part of my policy plat-form,” she said. “We want touse some of those financial re-sources to support small busi-

a vital voting block while the two candidates whomoved on to November didn’t have the sameworries.

In the preliminary, I was supporting actingMayor Kim Janey. I saw her as the best candi-date for the job. I still think she was. Now, I haveanother decision to make going toward the No-vember 2 election.

I do hope Janey stays politically active. Shehas a voice that needs to speak out and needs tobe heard. I saw her grow in the months she took

the reins at City Hall which is why I don’t re-gret voting for her.

The bottom line for November 2 is to re-search the candidates running for mayor. Askquestions, demand answers and choose whichcandidate speaks to your concerns. Never letsomeone else choose for you. Either we run thegovernment or it runs us. Government is ourbusiness. Stay involved.

Sal GiarrataniEast Boston


paying for those spaces and so how do you think you’ll fill theseparking spaces?” she asked.

Hanley said the parking will be broken up into two categoriessince it’s a mixed-use building.

“Point-six-five is the ratio we’re proposing for the residentialportion of the building,” he said. “That .65 is also appropriate forthe size of these units. We’re not doing a compact site; we’redoing the exact opposite. We’re looking to do good-sized unitsand we know by the data that the larger the units are the morelikely that parking is needed.”

He said the second tier of parking is for public fee-pay park-ing in an area that has a lot of commercial and construction park-ing needs.

Varriale pointed out that there are “thousands” of parkingspaces going into buildings at Western Avenue.

“We don’t need your one-to-one parking ratio when we al-ready have Nexus with 700 parking spaces that they’ll let resi-dents use during snow emergencies, you don’t have to do that,”she said.

Hanley pointed out that many construction workers are nowusing the street parking on the adjacent Richardson Street to park,and that this will help alleviate that use.

Some residents said they felt the traffic generated by the sitewill be problematic as well.

“Traffic on Western Ave is problematic at times now,” saidCarolyn Campbell. “I can’t even fathom what it will be like withthis development.”

Many residents said they were concerned that so many build-ings were going up on Western Avenue and there was not an overallstudy to see what impacts this could have on the neighborhood.But there is an overall development impact study happening nowconducted by the BPDA. Go to https://bit.ly/3AovdTu for moreinformation on that.

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Election continued from page 5Police Rally continued from page 1nesses and small landlords to retrofit their businesses as well.”

“I’ve been very strong on labor,” she said, noting that of the10 union endorsements in the race, nine of them have gone toher. She really wants to ensure construction jobs “go to peoplein the city.”

The current city council just voted to include a non-bindingreferendum question about an elected school committee on theNovember ballot.

“I’m really excited about that,” Hicks said. “It puts us in abetter position to make decisions for the city.”

A June poll published by Suffolk University and the BostonGlobe found that only 6 percent of residents supported the cur-rent totally mayor-appointed school committee. Boston votedto remove the elected school committee in 1989, which wentinto effect in 1992.

Hicks won the four Ward 10 wards located in District 6, aswell as the seven Ward 11 wards. In Ward 19 she won precincts1, 3, and 4-9, and in Ward 20, Precinct 1. Tamer won Ward 19Precinct 2, and Ward 20 Precincts 3, 5 - 7, and 10 - 20 (Theother Ward 20 Precincts are located in District 5).

be respectful. Earlier therewas a woman who was withBlack Lives Matter, and shewas standing with us.”

Another West Roxburyresident, who asked not to beidentified, said she felt the ag-gression was coming onlyfrom counter protesters.

“I may not agree withthem, they may not agree withme, but that’s no reason as towhy they can’t be civil dur-ing protests ,” she said.“They’re vicious.”

It should be noted that onerally-goer swung a flag at thecounter protesters, and sev-eral part icipants startedphysical altercations on eitherside.

Roslindale residents Eliza-beth and Vinnie Fieg came outto show support for the BlackLives Matter movement.

“I believe in police reformand I think we have a lot rea-sons why that’s needed, andI think the last year-and-a-half has put a spotlight onthat,” Elizabeth Fieg said.“It’s concerning when peoplehaven’t learned that lesson orfeel like there’s any need tohave a reckoning or reconcil-

ing of our country’s history.”Jamaica Plain resident

Ann Philbin has been comingto the West RoxburyProgressives Vigil since itstarted and just wanted tocontinue her support for ra-cial justice.

“I just wanted to makesure there was a message forBlack Lives Matter out here,”she said. “I heard they werecoming here to create a pres-ence here for Back the Blue.”

Resident and WestRoxbury RoslindaleProgressives leader Rev.Rachel Poliner said she cameout as a neighbor – not as arepresentative of theProgressives Group – to“bear witness if somethingawful happened.”

“I’m not sure it was evergoing to be an evolved con-versation,” she said. “Thequestion for us ( theProgressives group) was ‘Doyou want to bring more atten-tion to something awful or doyou want the awful thing tonot get attention? Do youwant to give it oxygen or notgive it oxygen?’ So somepeople choose the ‘Let’s getin their faces and make noise’option, which is the counterprotesters that are there now.Some of us did things like callour state rep.”

Poliner added she felt badfor the BPD who had to workall overtime during the prelimi-nary election the day before.

“As I understand it, the po-lice know full well this is notto honor them,” she said. “Af-ter all, they’re exhausted fromcovering the election for a fullday yesterday.”

The West Roxbury

Roslindale Progressivesstarted hosting vigils for ra-cial justice in support of BlackAmericans who have sufferedinjury and death at the handsof police, particularly duringthe summer of 2020. Theyheld a vigil every week dur-ing the height of that summer,and this year have held vigilsevery fourth Monday. Thegroup’s next vigil is scheduledon Monday, Sept. 27 from5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Formore information, go to https://bit.ly/3lys0ug.

District 6 City Council can-didate Kendra Hicks was alsoat the event, but stayed awayfrom the fray. She said shecame out to bear witness.

“The folks at the policedepartment have also figuredout that this is not in supportof them,” she said. “I’m herebecause I want people inWest Roxbury and District 6to know that we’re not goingto stand for this.”

The previous Back theBlue rallies had a much big-ger turnout, and Hicks saidshe felt that was because ofthe pandemic and that theconversation has not beengetting a lot of public airtime.

“There are a lot of peoplehere from West Roxbury whocame to show the folks herethat they’re not allowed tocome into their neighborhoodand just stir it up,” she said.“I think the discourse aroundpolicing and community polic-ing is really important, and Ithink people have found otherways to support that work in-cluding building policy, doingthe organizing work or seek-ing out other alternatives.People are doing that work.”

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According to the JPNDC the devel-opers, Brooksted LLC, were notified ofan interest to buy on Aug. 26, 2021.

Michael Rogers from Rep Liz Malia’soffice, who was on the call, said theJPNDC notified the representative oftheir interest too.

“It sounds like it’s a good thing,”Rogers said.

There was no further discussion orreaction on this change of ownership.

Ten Stonley Rd. was not a good thingto the SNA from the day it was first pre-sented to them on May 13, 2019 as a four-story rental building designed by Embarcthat would replace the Mello Fuel depotfacing Brookley Road.

The most significant part of the de-velopment that strongly appealed to theBoston Planning and DevelopmentAgency (BPDA) Board when it votedunanimously to approve it on Dec. 19,2019 was the ten, self-financed afford-able apartments; four set aside as groundfloor artist live-work units.

As reported at length by The Bulle-tin, the SNA opposed the building heightand density right up until a final arbiterzoning hearing that the association de-manded was held on Feb. 13, 2021.

Urhrane organized an oppositionemail campaign, the scale of which im-pressed the Zoning Board of AppealsChair Christine Araujo enough to voteno; she was in the minority and the Boardvoted in favor.

But site work seemed to stall and TheBulletin heard rumors as early as Novem-ber 2020 the development team, MatthewZahler and Jeff Glew of Brooksed LLC,was having difficulty financing the $14.2million development with its high num-

ber of affordable units and the pandemic-influenced increase in construction costs.

In a statement to the press on Sept.14, 2021 JPNDC stated, “Stonley-Brookley will consist of 45 permanentlyaffordable income-restrictedhomeownership units.”

“Traggorth Companies LLC has ex-ecuted an Option to Purchase Agreementwhich will allow the TCLLC to purchasethe property late in the year from the cur-rent owner Brooksted LLC.”

“When the sale is concluded the saleprice will be made public record and dis-closed.”

The JPNDC will form a partnershipwith Traggorth, “under which the twocompanies will acquire and developStonley-Brookley.”

“Traggorth has over 12 years experi-ence focusing on difficult-to-develop ur-ban infill projects.”

The press fact sheet breaks thehomeownership prices down to 15 at 80percent Area Median Income (AMI, oneperson earning less than $66,500), 17 at100 percent AMI and 13 units at120 per-cent AMI.

A one-bedroom unit would sell for$202,900 at 80 percent AMI.

JPNDC will apply for city funds onSept. 24, 2021 and plans to start construc-tion in mid 2022.

According to the BPDA, a Notice ofProject Change has not been filed byBrooksted LLC and added in a statement,“Assuming these changes [affordability]are the only revisions, the BPDA wouldlikely facilitate a BPDA-hosted publicmeeting to review possible project up-dates as well as Board action acknowl-edging change of ownership.”

On a related development forJPNDC, it received BPDA approval onSept.13 for 14-18 Cheney St. at GroveHall about which The Bulletin has re-ported.

This includes 59 units of senior-sup-portive housing replacing a parking ga-rage. BPDA board member TedLandsmark said he was very happy thatthe renderings by architects Icon andGarland Enterprises were faithful to thedemographics of the neighborhood.

Fred Vetterlein reported on the sec-ond change: the SWC Park extension onwhich he has been working for six years.

One of the four community benefitsnegotiated by SNA in 2015 for 3521-3529Washington St. (the Vita and Extra SpaceStorage) was an extension of the South-west Corridor Park from where it endedat English High School behind the stor-age building and 45 Burnett to ForestHills.

The developer SSG agreed to con-tribute $100,000 in two installments to theBPDA for the design and constructionon this long and narrow link of I-95 resi-due land owned by the MBTA.

Vetterlein admitted that after what hesaid were years of no response from theDepartment of Conservation and Recre-ation (DCR), he has concluded that theproject is too big.

He suggested a new revitalized com-mittee that includes others in JamaicaPlain outside of SNA to build a dog park,bikeway and walkway behind the self-storage building and connect them to thesitting park and community gardenopened on June 30,2021.

That was built with an $80,000 con-tribution as another one of the commu-nity benefits from SSG.

Vetterlein showed a slide of a dead-end pathway from the sitting park to the

fence line of the proposed dog park/walk-way.

“There’s the connection. There’splenty of room for a dog park,” Vetterleinsaid. “It’s 287 feet long and 51 feet wide.Everyone is talking about dog parks. Thisis really a big spot and it’s a great con-nection to the new [Burnett] park andthe SWC park at English High School.”

Vettetlein suggested a wider planninggroup be formed including the BurnettStreet garden group and the friends of JPDog Park.

“There’s 500 people on the dog parkFacebook page.”

“The money is there,” Vetterlein said.“Money isn’t the problem. It’s getting theplans done.”

He suggested that State SenatorChang Diaz and State Rep. Liz Malia writeto the DCR commissioner, although headmitted that MassDOT needs to trans-fer the land first. (Staff from both electedswere on the call.)

Vetterlien showed a June 2, 2016 let-ter on the screen that quoted a DCR offi-cial stating “planning for this SWCP ex-tension can’t begin until the land nowowned by the MBTA could be moved intoDCR through a care and control agree-ment.”

Vetterlein quoted from an undatedBPDA agreement he showed on thescreen approving the community benefitsbut added, “The BPDA states that ‘if con-struction does not commence within tenyears the agency shall have the right toreallocate all or a portion of the funds ifthe SWC park extension payments.’”

Vetterlien said that the 10 years be-gins when The Vita, self-storage buildingand 45 Burnett get final ISD approval.

“The 10 years haven’t started yet,” hesaid, “until the buildings get signed off on.The money is not in the [BPDA] fund yet.”


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CORRIB ROAD RACEOn Sat. Sept 25 from 3-8 The Corrib Restaurant

patio will be open for Corrib Road Race Preregistra-tion. Spitler racing systems will be there from 3-6 togive out bib numbers and t-shirts will be available atthat time for pick up by the first 500 pre registeredrunners.

BOSTON BLOOMS WITH DAFFODILS The City of Boston announced that the Boston Parksand Recreation Department will distribute over15,000 daffodil bulbs for planting on public wayscitywide. The effort is part of the “Boston Bloomswith Daffodils” beautification initiative, started in2011.

Individuals, civic associations, church groups,sports leagues, scout troops, open space advocates,and parks friends are encouraged to sign up to par-ticipate. Last year, over 100 community groupsplanted bulbs in neighborhoods across the City.

Those interested in participating may fill out aform online at boston.gov/boston-blooms. The onlineapplication form will remain open until late Septem-ber on a rolling basis. Due to limited supply, groupsare not guaranteed bulbs, but the Parks Departmentwill strive to accommodate all requests. The applica-tion deadline is September 30.

The plantings will take place in approved loca-tions on the weekends of October 30 and November6. The Parks Department will contact interestedgroups and provide bulb pick-up instructions anddates. Groups and individuals are asked to use theirown tools.

The Boston Parks and Recreation Department en-courages volunteers to take photos of their groups onplanting days and share them via social media usingthe hashtag #BostonBlooms.

For more information on “Boston Blooms withDaffodils,” and to stay up to date with news, events,and improvements in Boston parks, call 617-635-4505or follow our social channels—@bostonparksdept onTwitter, Facebook, and Instagram.

JOB OPPORTUNITY ATFAIRMOUNT INDIGO CDC

Fairmount Indigo CDC Collaborative is seekingto hire two Community Organizers for climate justiceadvocacy in the greater Dorchester/Hyde Park areaof Boston.

They are seeking individuals who have connec-tions to the communities who reside in this region andexperience with grassroots organizing. If you wouldlike to find out more information or ways to supportplease reach out to Kendra Beaver, the Climate JusticeCoordinator: [email protected] | 617-533-9565

PARKWAY LITTLE LEAGUEParkway Little League is announcing registration

and tryouts for the 2021 season for Majors Divisiononly. The final tryout will be held on Saturday Sep-tember 25. If your son/daughter resides or attendsschool within the Parkway Little League boundariesand is born between 9/1/2009 and 8/31/2012 they are

family’s second home in Maine.They became friends while ad-vocating for Question Four in2016, which legalized the sale ofmarijuana in Massachusetts andillustrated people’s changingviews on cannabis use.

This meeting, which wasonly attended by five people,was the latest step on their jour-ney to open the shop. They re-ceived a permit to sell marijuanafrom the Boston CannabisBoard (BCB) earlier this year.They were approved as a supermajority economic empower-ment team after each beingdeemed a certified economicempowerment applicant.

They must receive approvalfrom the state’s Cannabis Con-trol Commission (CCC) andregister as a business in Boston.Berte said he expects to open inDecember once the process iscompleted.

Berte, a Roslindale residentand former firefighter, andWhite, an activist from Roxbury,have been working for nearlyfive years to realize their dreamof opening a retail cannabis dis-pensary. They have attendednumerous community meetingssince they first presented theirproposal in 2018 to open theshop at the site of the formeroriginal Serino’s retail store andmost recently La Ronde deMarie Claire Early LearningCenter across from the CVSplaza.

There was an initial chal-lenge by Harvest, LLC. to openanother cannabis retail and pro-duction facility less than 500feet away, but it was denied bythe BCB.

“Because of our advocacy, itreally set people like us up totake advantage of this upcom-ing market,” White said. “We

have big plans for the shop.”White described those plans,

such as prioritizing the hiring oflocal residents. Twenty peoplewill be hired in the first twoyears, with rates starting at $17per hour.

“We really want to match thefabric of the community and putdiversity at the forefront,” hesaid. The goal is to hire 70 per-cent people of color, 30 percentwomen, 10 percent veterans,five percent people from theLGBTQ community, and fivepercent people with disabilities.They plan to advertise in localpublications and participate injob fairs as well as work withgroups such as the Black Eco-nomic Council of Massachusetts(BECMA).

Once the business is estab-lished, White said Evergreenplans to set up a program forothers who want to start in thisindustry as a way of giving backto the community.

During a presentation, Whiteshowed copies of letters of sup-port from Acting Mayor KimJaney when she was a districtcouncilor, former District 5 CityCouncilor Tim McCarthy, theHyde Park Neighborhood Asso-ciation (HPNA), the former pas-tor of the Blue Hills Collabora-tive, and a letter of non-opposi-tion from current District 5Councilor Ricardo Arroyo.

“We take very seriously thelevel of support that we have,”he said. “And we plan to stickto what we’ve committed to andwant you to hold us accountablefor that.”

Berte said the facility willserve clients 21 years of age andolder. A preliminary parkingstudy he cited showed that 60percent street parking was avail-able during the busiest part of

the day. In addition, Berte saidhe has an agreement with neigh-boring Kery Auto Service tolease 10 parking spaces. Peoplewill not be allowed to come intothe store if they are blockingneighbors’ driveways.

Security cameras will moni-tor the property and will belinked with the local police sta-tion. They “will be pointed inevery direction seven days aweek, 24/7,” Berte said. Thereare internal cameras as well asexterior lighting.

There will be three identifi-cation checks: one upon en-trance, once to go past the se-curity desk, and a final time atthe point of sale. The productswill be stored in a secured vault.Nothing will be able to be seenfrom the outside of the shop.

“We’re from the communitythat made this our home,” Bertesaid as he explained why thebusiness is a good fit. Every-thing that was said to him andWhite in years of communitymeetings has been taken intoconsideration in the design andoperation of the proposed dis-pensary.

Jim Kirker, the former presi-dent of the HPNA, expressed hisongoing support for the busi-ness.

“It’s been a long road, andI’m really proud of you,” hesaid.

Kirker asked if Berte andWhite have thought about ex-panding the operation.

“I would be foolish to say wewouldn’t consider expanding,”Berte said. “At the moment,we’ve got to concentrate on get-ting [the business] open and op-erational.”

Berte said he will apply tothe CCC the day after the meet-ing, which will start the reviewprocess with the Boston Plan-ning and Development Agency(BPDA).


Deaths

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.

—S.G.H.

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.

—M.S.B.

SINKLERMona Rose Of Hyde Park,

died on September 15, 2021.Beloved mother of Tina Sinkler,Tamara Sinkler, Tanya Ram andRobert Corey Sinkler. She alsoleaves behind a host of familyand friends who will miss herdearly. Visitation will be on Fri-day, September 24th 10-11AM inthe Dolan Funeral Home, 1140Washington Street,DORCHESTER LOWERMILLS. A Funeral Service willfollow at 11AM. Interment inOak Lawn Cemetery. Mask Re-quired. For online guestbook,please visitwww.dolanfuneral.com

SULLIVANBarbara J. Of West Roxbury

and formerly of Roslindale,passed away peacefully on Sep-tember 8, 2021. Beloved motherof Reina Adair of Jamaica Plain.Funeral from the William J.Gormley Funeral Home, 2055Centre St., WEST ROXBURY.Interment private. In lieu of flow-ers, donations in her memorymay be made to the GiffordSchool, 177 Post Rd., Weston,MA 02439. For directions and

guestbook, please visit:gormleyfuneral.com William J.Gormley Funeral Service 617-323-8600.

WALSH

Catherine M. Walsh, 98,West Roxbury, passed away af-ter a long illness on September17, 2021. She was a resident atthe Brush Hill Care Center inMilton. Catherine was born in1923 on Upton Street in theSouth End of Boston to Catherineand Michael Walsh. She had oneolder brother, Thomas Edward. Together, they explored the

neighborhood, made friends,rode the pony, and fed their ca-nary one Hershey Kiss eachnight. She is survived by niecesKatherine Morvay and DorothyWalsh Haviland, and WilliamHaviland. After graduation fromGirls High School, she went towork at the First National Bankof Boston, where she remaineduntil her retirement. A longtimeresident of West Roxbury andMarina Bay, she enjoyed thesingle life, travelling, swimming,sunbathing and the occasionalround of golf. Known for hersewing skills, she kept an im-maculate home. Woe to theperson who mussed up thebathroom! Visitation will befrom 8:30 – 9:30 am on Fri-day, September 24, 2021 atThe Robert J. Lawler &Crosby Funeral Home, 1803Centre Street, West Roxbury,to be followed by a Mass ofChristian Burial at St. Theresaof Avila Church at 10:00 am. Interment is at St. Joseph’sCemetery, West Roxbury. Inlieu of flowers, donations canbe made to the Greater Bos-ton Food Bank or PlannedParenthood.

Prayer to St. JudeMost holy apostle, St. Jude Thaddeus,faithful servant and friend of Jesus, thename of the traitor who delivered yourBeloved Master into the hands of Hisenemies has caused you to be forgotten bymany, but the Church honors and invokesyou universally as the Patron Saint ofHopeless cases and of things despaired of.Please pray for me who am so miserable.Make use I implore you of that particularprivilege accorded to you to bring visibleand speedy help where help is almostdespaired of. Come to my assistance in thisgreat need that I may receive theconsolations and help of Heaven in all mynecessities, trials and tribulations,particularly (here make your request) andthat I may bless God with you and all theelect forever.I promise you, O blessed St. Jude, to be evermindful of this great favor and I will nevercease to honor you as my special andpowerful patron and to to gratefullyencourage devotion to you.In thanksgiving for many answered prayers.

—S.G.H.


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REAL ESTATETriple Decker in Roslindale 6 ,1 bedroom apts, front and rearporches. Ideal investment or owner occupant. By owners $2,500,000 617-327-2900

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eligible to tryout for the Majors Di-vision. Pleasevisit parkwaylittleleague.org for allregistration and tryout information.

BIKE RIDE FROMWEST ROXBURYTO THE NORTH END

Saturday, Oct. 2, 2021 from3:00 – 5:00 (Rain Date: Oct. 16).Meet at Holy Name Rotary on Cen-tre St. Distance: 8.8 miles one-way.Return on your own by bike or byT. Casual relaxed ride. All are wel-come. The ride will follow bikelanes and paths (75% protected)Questions contact:[email protected]

FREE QIGONG CLASSFOR STRESS RELIEF!

Sunday September 26th at10:00 am - Millennium Park, 300Gardner Street, Boston. Qigong isa mindful health practice used todevelop the body and mind. Adultsof all ages and physical abilities arewelcome. No prior experience re-quired. Relax * Restore * Rejuve-nate. Presented by Human Harmo-nies, West Roxbury, 617-327-5100.Follow us on Facebooka t w w w . F a c e b o o k . c o m /

humanharmoniesWR for localevents.

NEPONSET RIVER CLEANUPTO BE HELDTHIS SATURDAY

The Neponset River Water-shed Association (NepRWA),along with an extraordinary groupof partners, is sponsoring the annualNeponset River Fall Cleanup on Sat-urday, September 25th from 9 am-12 pm with work sites in Canton,Dorchester, Hyde Park, Mattapan,Milton, Norwood, Quincy, andWalpole.

Volunteers of all skill levels andphysical abilities are needed to helpwith this important event. Join foran hour or the entire time – every bithelps!

Pre-registration is required atwww.neponset.org/cleanup2021. Ifyou have any questions, please con-tact NepRWA cleanup coordinator,Meghan Slocombe [email protected] or 781-575-0354 x308.

All volunteers are asked to meetat their pre-assigned site and to wearmasks when they are unable to main-tain social distance to six feet.

Please bring water, sunscreen,

hats, work gloves, appropriate foot-wear (no sandals), a mask, and workclothes that can get dirty. Childrenunder the age of 12 must be accom-panied by an adult.

FULLER VILLAGEANNUAL CRAFT FAIR

1372 Brush Hill Road, Milton onSaturday, Sept 25, outdoors from10:30 AM - 2:30 PM. RAIN DATE- SAT. OCT 2. 30 Quality crafttables! Huge Raffle! Great GiftItems!

Miracle PrayerDear Heart of Jesus, in the past Ihave 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.

—M.S.B.


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