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Volume 19, Issue 21 MAY 23, 2019

The West Roxbury Neighborhood Council met and talked several largedevelopments in the neighborhood.

PHOTO BY SUSAN KRYCZKA

The new proposal is the same as the one first presented to several neighborhood groups last year.Construction would basically piggy back on construction happening now.

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DCR will be meeting with residents in the coming months to address concerns regarding Walter andCentre.

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WRNC talks Heronand Gardner

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45 Spring St. projectproposes five more unitsJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

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Though there are cur-rently shovels in the groundat the 45 Spring St. locationin West Roxbury, develop-ment company LaRosa hascome back to the communityto ask for an additional fiveunits.

The project has a bit ofconvoluted history. Origi-nally, the 18-unit dual-build-ing was proposed about twoyears ago to the BostonPlanning and Redevelop-ment Authority (BPDA).According to Roche Chris-topher Associates (RCA) Ar-chitects James Christopher,they had wanted to go withthe 18 units, but ran into a

lot of permitting issues.“The sequencing of this

was a little unconventional formost small project review pro-cesses,” he said.

Christopher said the pro-posal received non oppositionand approval from neighbor-hood groups like the WestRoxbury Neighborhood Coun-cil and the Charles RiverSpring Street Neighborhood.Christopher said the developerthen felt the permitting processwas too much and applied forbuilding permits for a slightlysmaller 13-unit building thatwould not require BPDA over-sight, as it would not triggerany requirements for BPDAArticle 80 Small Project Re-view.

“We had spent so muchtime going through the permit-

ting to get the approvalsfrom the city, we couldn’tget to the end, and so wedecided to stop the project,go for the as-of-right andthen once we completed thatwe decided to come back tothe community with SmallProject Review,” Christo-pher said.

The new project will bemore than 20,000 square feetand is going through the Ar-ticle 80 process. It will have28,004 square feet of space,18 units and a small com-mercial space at-grade withthe parking structure. Therewill be one oversized garageentrance at the Shaw’s park-ing lot side of the building.

Christopher said they do

According to the City ofBoston Vision Zero map,there have been around 22motor vehicle crashes at theWalter and Centre Streetsintersection since they begancollecting data in 2015.

The data the city collectsincludes crashes that resultin a hospital visit, and smallincidents that are not re-ported. The State Depart-

ment of Conservation andrecreation reported WalterStreet had 39 crashes be-tween 2009 and 2013, whichput it at a crash rate of .47crashes per million vehiclesentering the intersection.While Boston is a city and thecrash map going back to 2015shows 17,726 such crashesthroughout the city (the gen-eral trend showing these

Over 50 attendees packedthe Area E Police StationMay 21 for the West RoxburyNeighborhood Council(WRNC) Zoning Committeemeeting, questioning the de-velopers of two large projectsslated for construction inWest Roxbury.

WRNC Chairman TonySaroufim opened the meetingstating, “We are here to fa-cilitate a conversation be-tween the neighbors and thedevelopers.” The committeequickly approved six indi-vidual single-family construc-tion projects which cleared

the way for the discussion ofthe 178-197 Gardner St. and11-26 Heron St. projects.

The 178-197 Gardner St.project proposes to build amulti-building residential siteof 96,000 square feet withboth townhouse home-owner-ship units and rental apart-ments. It would be located offthe VFW Parkway nearHome Depot and behind thenewly completed 1235 VFWOak Row project. The newparcels would include 18three-bedroom townhomesfor home ownership and anew mid-rise 70 rental units

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Boston and Massachusettshas long been known to spendthe most on its veterans whenthey come home. And forthose not fortunate enough tomake it back, it also remem-bers those lost in the line ofduty. Dozens of events arescheduled for this weekend tocelebrate those who paid theultimate price in service totheir country. Most promi-nently, the MassachusettsMilitary Heroes organizationwill have placed more than37,000 flags on the BostonCommon in front of the Sol-diers and Sailors Monumentto remember the service mem-bers from Massachusetts whodied in the line of duty. Tofind out more information orwhere you can volunteer overthe weekend, go tomassmilitaryheroes.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Me-morial-Day-2019-Flag-Gar-den-Volunteer-Flyer.pdf.

BRIGHTONIn Brighton, there will be

a Memorial Day Service willbe held at 11:00 am on Mon-day May 27th, at EvergreenCemetery, CommonwealthAvenue, Brighton to remem-ber all veterans especially themen and women from Allstonand Brighton who made thesupreme sacrifice in the ser-

vice of our country. Prayerswill also be offered for thosecurrently serving overseas, fortheir safety and safe return.Celebrant Monsignor James P.Moroney, presiding.

WEST ROXBURYThe West Roxbury VFW

Post 2902 will host its regu-lar Memorial Day Service at9 a.m. on May 27 at the Gar-dens Cemetery at 670 BakerSt. in West Roxbury. Thehonor guard will includeJames Roberts, Robert Ryan,Frank Farry, Richard Walsh,and John Sullivan along withthe Leathernecks Honor Soci-ety. Guest Speakers will in-clude Rev. George Evans,State Sen. Michael Rush andGeorge Moses.

HYDE PARKIn Hyde Park, the Fogg-

Roberts American LegionPost 78 will be hosting itsregular Memorial Day Ser-vices starting at 8 a.m. at itslocation at 56 Harvard Ave.

CITYMassachusetts Fallen He-

roes will be holding its annualMemorial Day remembrances

on May 27 at the Massachu-setts Fallen Heroes Memorialat 85 Northern Ave. The re-membrance will go on all day.

Boston’s Museum of FineArts and the Institute of Con-temporary Art (ICA) of Bos-ton will both be offering freeadmission to active servingmembers of the military onMemorial Day as well.

The nonprofit Boston byFoot will also be offering his-toric tours of the city’s moreRevolutionary past through-out the weekend. Go tobostonbyfoot.org for a list ofupcoming tours.

BROOKLINEThe day’s events will be-

gin at 8 a.m. when a bus willdepart from the American Le-gion and VFW Post at 386Washington St. and travel toceremonies at the WalnutHills Cemetery and then theWalnut Street Cemetery. Thebus will return to Town Hallat 11 a.m., and local veteranswill participate in a small pro-


Letters to the Editor

Beyond Wilson Pickett’s timelineIn 1965 Wilson Pickett en-

thusiastically pined to the mu-sical American nation that hewould “wait for the midnighthour.” It seems that the EncoreBoston Harbor Casino inEverett wants to go way beyondthat time to serve alcohol to itscustomers: it wants its bars tokeep serving until 4 AM.

My dear Irish motherclaimed that nothing good hap-pens in the middle of the night: the only people that should beout are fire, police, and medi-cal people (she forgot abouttruck/cab drivers and railroadstaff). And, for the most part,she was right, judging by thetime of night of most fights,stabbings, shootings, and otherforms of mayhem.

Hearing about crimes in themiddle of the night causes meto wince. Not one to forgive theheinous acts of criminal perpe-trators, I wish that the victimshad been exposed to this seg-

ment of my mother’s preach-ing.

The closing of bars cur-rently takes place at 2 AM——already too late by this oldtimer’s standards. Siding withthe current serving establish-ments, Mayor Walsh does notwant them undermined by thatplace in Everett. It’s badenough that the casino is si-phoning off other service em-ployees with its higher wages(On second thought, there is noharm for transferring employ-ees to follow the money and gowhere the pay scale is higher.) But now the casino wants tojuice up their sorry patrons un-til almost sunrise, hoping thatthey will gamble more.

If the local bars cannot stayopen until 2, why should thecasino? The Mayor is right onthis issue. He’s not looking formore money for the city; he justwants a level playing field.

Furthermore, it’s bad

enough for some Everett resi-dents with the increased traffic;now they have to tolerate ill-behaved gamblers leaving thecasino after the 2 AM last call. Will the patrons be any betterbehaved if they are allowed todrink until just before sunrise?

DEVELOPMENT NEEDSTO BE LOOKEDAT IN TOTALITY

To the Editor:As a resident of Hyde Park,

I would like to address the pro-posed Residences at ReadvilleStation. Although a proponentof reasonable mixed-use devel-opment, I do see issues with thisproposal.

I am concerned about theinfrastructure of Readville andHyde Park. This developmentmay choke the streets and fur-ther deteriorate the Father HartBridge. There are 305 units pro-posed with another approxi-mately 500 proposed forSprague Street, resulting in 800potential housing units alongwith the additional commercialuse. Additionally, with the cri-sis of climate change, we needa green building commitmentand a move to Net Zero build-ings. This proposed develop-ment needs to incorporate sig-nificant green modifications.

Residents are being asked tolook at these projects one byone, instead of through a neigh-borhood-wide lens. We need acomprehensive planning pro-cess for Hyde Park, a vision forwhat we want to see in ourneighborhood. Numerous vari-ances are required for this pro-posal, so there must be compro-

mise with adequate communitybenefits offered before thecommunity agrees to variances.The community must be fullyengaged in this process andwhatever is built here mustmeet the needs of our neighbor-hood.

I am also concerned aboutthe affordability and unit mix.There is a housing crisis forworking families in the city, andwe need additional affordableunits to address that need. I ap-plaud Ad Meliora for includinghomeownership units in thisproposal. However, the unitmix does not reflect the needfor families given the currentproposal provides studios, oneand two BRs and a limitedamount of three BRs.

Residents have asked theBPDA to take a few simplesteps to support community in-volvement in the developmentprocess including a 30-day no-tice period for meetings andnotices provided and distrib-uted in additional languages.Can we incorporate additionalnotice measures into the plan-ning process to expand commu-nity engagement for all resi-dents?

I understand that Hyde Parkmust be willing to accept somenew housing units and workwith the BPDA to fulfill the

needs of a growing city, how-ever we must be fully engagedin a transparent process. InHyde Park we love our “smalltown in a big city”. We do notreject multi-family develop-ments out of hand, but theymust comport with the neigh-borhood. We have a way to gobefore this development fulfillsthe community’s needs. Thankyou.

Mimi Turchinetz, EsqHyde Park

PLEASE SUPPORTROXBURY PREPEFFORTS

To the Editor:As a lifelong Roslindale

resident who believes that pub-lic schools DESERVE our en-thusiastic support, I heartilyapprove of the proposedRoxbury Prep school movinginto my neighborhood!

My family and I weighedthe pros and cons of the pro-posal for about a year, and I amhappy that Roxbury Prep lis-tened to neighborhood con-cerns and tweaked their origi-nal proposal. I haven’t heardanything that makes this pro-posal unworkable, and I amexcited by their plans. I ex-pected the “not-in-my-back-yard” response that typicallymeets any new project, thoughI was horrified at commentsfrom some community mem-bers about “those kids,” asthough they are not our kidsfrom Boston. Students’ needstrump any inconveniences thatopponents may cite.

Despite the fact that this useof the site may cause me some

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My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

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In this edition, in honor of that guy on “Jeopardy who hasbeen so outrageously cleaning up monetarily, we present an-other potpourri of ideas and opinions.

To start with, it seems that there is a movement afoot torename Dudley Square as “Nubian Square.”

Sure. Why not?While something akin to reparations is a frustrating con-

cept, at least from our personal perspective, this is a perfectway to honor a common, and often under-served, demo-graphic.

This neighborhood belongs to the folks who live there.They have a complete right to name their own neighborhood.We owe them at lease that. End of any debate.

IF YOU BUILD IT…The world is praising the death of famed architect I.M.

Pei. As well they should for his contribution to his profes-sional field. Let us not, however, extend that praise to one ofhis monuments of the brutalism style: Boston City Hall.

Simply put, our City Hall is an ugly, off-putting barrier toour seat of local government and all the civic engagement itentails.

Love the architect; hate the building.

EVERYBODY WANTS SOME (POWER)So, everyone wants to run for an at-large seat on Boston

City Council. It is not a surprising development. Given themultitude of problems facing our city, many of these issuesare inoperative for our citizenry.

There is no doubt that racial identity is a catalyst for theidea. Good. As we said earlier, a neighborhood has the rightto name and identify its own community’s racial and demo-graphic identity. Electing its own representative candidatesis a big step in the right direction.

Roxbury and Chinatown have no need or desire to hearabout the struggles faced by Michael Flaherty as his familyponders what to do with too many cars on their property.

There are, thus far, about 65 candidates for the variousposts. It truly is amazing.

Among those running are Ricardo Arroyo, the son offormer Councilor Felix Arroyo, the council’s first Latino mem-ber; and Maria Esdale Farrell of Hyde Park, an educationadvisor to McCarthy.

They, and many others, will face off against a plethora ofballot-seekers.

Choice is a very good thing; and the more the merrier.Folks need direct representation; they should get it; and theyshould demand it at the ballot box.

A field of candidates this large can be a confusing mo-rass. We are confident, however, that voters are up to thechallenge.

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stANNUALMEMORIAL DAY SERVICEWe will always honor and remember

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MONDAY, MAY 27, 2019 AT 9:00 A.M.The Gardens Cemetery

Gardens of Honor Veterans Corner

670 Baker Street, West Roxbury(off the VFW Parkway)

GUEST SPEAKERSLeathernecks Honor SocietyState Senator Michael F. RushChair, Joint Committee on Veterans and Federal Affairs

George MosesThe Gardens Cemetery

Emcee: Bryan Bishop - Commissioner of Military Affairs and Veterans ServicesCity of Sommerville Services

Invocation by Reverend George Evans

Musical Performances by Demetrios Tsaniklides

West Roxbury V.F.W. POST 2092, Richard F. Gormley, Commander, USMC, (Ret.)

Coffee and donuts provided by The Gardens For further information please visit thegardenscemetery.org or call 617.325.0186

AT (617) 361-8400To advertise, call the Bulletin


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Legals

The newly-formed Walk West Roxbury (WWR) hosted awalk audit on May 11 and submitted the results to the public andDistrict 6 City Councilor Matt O’Malley.

The audit details the accounts of about 30 residents, half ofwhich went with WWR on May 11 and the other half did theirown, about how the traffic on Centre Street to Weld Street istoo fast and the street design itself does not help to ensure thesafety of pedestrians or cycling.

WWR member Evan Judd said they met with O’Malley andrepresentatives from the Boston Transportation Department(BTD) on Monday, May 20.

He said the audit was well-received, and he wants the im-provements detailed to be complimentary to a possible road dieton Centre/Spring to be discussed at a BTD meeting in the com-ing months.

“This is the same theme as what’s being proposed at theBusiness District,” Judd said, referring to Centre/Spring.

The major improvements advocating for include narrowingthe lanes on the road from 11.5 feet to 10 or 10.5 feet to helpslow down traffic.

He said they also want to install protected bike lanes withthe street parking on the left side of the bike lane, so the parkedcars will protect cyclists and pedestrians. He said the main thrustof the audit is to change people’s speed by road improvements.

“I think the first place to start is to take measures that areknown to reduce speeds on roads, which include the road diet,”he said. “That changes streets to sizes that are more consistentwith the speed limit.”

The full audit report can be found at: urlzs.com/Yve6A

with 70 onsite parkingspaces.

Joseph Hanley, attorneyfor Peter Davos and the de-velopment team presented theconcept. “Peter is a 35-yearresident of West Roxbury,”said Hanley, noting thatDavos was responsible forthe Oak Row complex whichhas an 80% occupancy rate.“Now we can bring a secondphase. We now want to cre-ate a sense of place. We ap-preciate the chance to comeback.”

The project would providea parking space per rentalunit with the 18 townhomesat 2300 square feet eachequipped with two parkingspaces—one in a garage, oneoutside, in tandem. A shuttlewill also be offered to takeresidents to the commuterrailroad station.

“Where do the guestspark?” asked WRNC mem-ber Judy Settana. Hanleystated they would be allowedto park in any of the openspaces in the general lot.

“If I am guest going there,I have no parking? “wonderedSaroufim. Hanley stated therewould be no lack of parking.

Saroufim asked about traf-fic patterns on the Parkway.Hanley said that the develop-ers were still in the middle ofdoing a traffic study, but theyhad overestimated the amountof traffic created by the OakRow project. Davos offeredthat Spring Street and theVFW Parkway were going tobe redone by the Departmentof Public Works (DPW) atsome point soon. The com-mittee agreed that no votewould be taken at this meet-ing on this project.

The 11-26 Heron St.project generated the mostcomments and questionsfrom those present. Locatedoff Washington Street, it in-volves the construction of 72residential units in two multi-family buildings to be locatedon both sides of the street.The total footage has about78,576 of interior space, with84 parking spaces including48 interior garage parkingspaces in the two buildingsand 36 surface parkingspaces, all accessed fromHeron, a dead-end street.

George Morancy, an attor-ney for the developers, con-ducted the presentation withLucio Trabucco, the archi-tect. “This is a transforma-tional project, almost creatinga mini-neighborhood,” saidMorancy, who admitted thatthere are variances neededfor new multi-family residen-tial uses, and dimensional andother requirements which alsorequire zoning variances.

“What is the advantage ofkeeping it a private way?”asked a committee member,noting that Morancy repeat-edly said the street would re-main a private way, not pub-lic way. Morancy said the citytreats a dead-end street likeHeron as less a priority insnow removal so having it beprivate is an advantage.

Negative comments camefrom some Heron Street resi-

dents. H. Bruce Baldwin said,“I think this is a total over-crowing of our neighborhood.It’s too much. It doesn’t makesense. Traffic is going to beunbearable,” noting that get-ting off Heron Street ontoWashington Street is alreadyvery difficult.

Another local residentsaid, “The buildings are muchtoo big, look-wise, they don’tfit in with the rest of thestreet . The height of thebuildings is so they can lookdown into people’s apart-ments.”

Barry McElroy of 50Heron St. said, “I am at theend of the street and will haveto go down the street everyday to pass the development.I would take a $100,000 hit withthose units going up,” he added,regarding any attempt to sell hisproperty.

But others felt the projectwould improve the street and theneighborhood. One resident,whose family has lived on thestreet for over 107 years said,“This project is going to makethis neighborhood a good neigh-borhood, a beautiful neighbor-hood.”

Representatives from theStonybrook condo complex, thelargest abutting property to thisproject, also support the devel-opment.

Chris Sherwood, anotherneighbor noted, “The cost to re-pair this road has got to be $1million. The city will never do it.There are only five homeownersdown there.” Sherwood sees theproject as a way to get costlystreet repairs completed.

The council decided againthat it would take no vote on theproject at this meeting. At theend of the meeting, Saroufimasked for a show of hands bythe audience as to how manysupported the development. Aclear majority raised their handsto show their support. Despitethis, it appeared that the councilfelt that the project was too largefor the street, with density beinga significant issue.


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Grateful thanks. —E.M.L.

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Grateful thanks. —S.H.

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In gratitude for helping me.—S.H.

crashes going down overthose years) residents havebeen harping on the Walter-Centre intersection since atleast 2006. The only localarea that had more crashes inthat time frame was MurrayCircle at 64.

“When you drive into it,there’s no rhyme or reason tothe intersection,” said thenstate Rep. Jeffrey Sánchez ina 2006 JP Gazette Article en-titled ‘Driven Mad.’ The ar-ticle stated he at that timehelped pass a funding bill fora redesign that then Gov. MittRomney never got around toauthorizing.

“It’s a nasty, nasty inter-section,” Sanchez said at thetime.

DCR, which owns theroad and has jurisdiction overit, even held a meeting in 2015to solicit ideas from residentson how to improve safety atthe intersection. They pointedto many safety concerns atthe time, including a missinglink of sidewalks at the inter-section that still exist today

(on the Walter Street side).According to DCR’s own

report in 2015 (mass.gov/files/documents/2016/10/ou/d c r - c e n t r e s t r e e t -20151007.pdf), the intersec-tion warranted a traffic sig-nal by fulfilling three out offour categories in the FederalManual on Uniform TrafficControl Devices, which in-cludes eight-hour traffic vol-ume, four hour, and one hourtraffic volume. The only cat-egory it did not fulfill was thatof pedestrian traffic. The re-port did state however that

even if an intersection war-rants a signal, it does not re-quire the state put one in.

DCR also stated that therewas “poor geometry” at boththe entrance and exit ofWalter Street to and from Cen-tre. DCR’s report alsoshowed “poor vehicle opera-tions” at the left turning lanefrom Centre to Walter goingsouthbound.

DCR stated, after all this,that it will be hosting a com-munity meeting to solicit feed-back.

“Stakeholders and elected

officials have expressed inter-est in DCR improving the in-tersection of Centre Street andWalter Street. Currently, theagency is in the process of co-ordinating a meeting with abut-ters to ascertain feedback re-garding desired intersection im-provements,” said DCR PressSecretary Olivia Dorrance.“The Department of Conser-vation and Recreation (DCR)manages over 450,000 acres of

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parkland across the common-wealth, including Centre Streetin the neighborhood ofRoslindale that connects theWest Roxbury Parkway to theArborway.”

When asked on any specificimprovements, like signage orsignaling, DCR stated it willlook into suggestions from com-munity members at upcomingpublic meetings to discuss im-provements.


Second Annual Great Grilled CheeseFestival Comes To Hyde Park YMCA

Ariane KAriane KAriane KAriane KAriane KomomomomomyyyyyatiatiatiatiatiStaff Reporter

The second annual GreatGrilled Cheese Festival washeld in the Hyde Park YMCAgymnasium on May 19. De-spite the pouring rain outside,many Hyde Park residents andcommunity members attended.

The festival was afundraiser that benefits theChefs Table Foundation, a“non-profit video production

organization that provides edu-cational cooking shows and of-fers culinary scholarships tohomeless U.S. Veterans andhomeless young adults”.

Co-founder Carol O’Connorexplained that the grilled cheesefestival helps raise money for“culinary scholarships for Vet-erans that are in need and havea passion for culinary arts.”

The organization, founded inWest Roxbury, was set up be-cause the TV show’s live audi-

ence was an almost constantsell out. Co Founder JoeMurphy has said that they ba-sically wanted to do some-thing good with the funds theyraised, and so started thescholarship fund to do that.Now, he said they have puttheir first recipient through theprogram and are looking formore.

Many people bought tick-

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cession leading to the World War Memorial for the main cer-emony.

DEDHAMDedham will once again conduct the annual John A. Barnes,

III Vigil. This year the vigil will start at 7:00 AM on Sunday,May the 26th and run through 7:00 PM on May the 26th, fora total of 12 hours. Members of the elite New England Chap-ter# 9, John A. Barnes, III chapter of the 1730 Airborne Bri-gade Association will once again stand a silent twelve hourvigil at the monument of John Barnes to honor his act ofbravery, sacrificed his life at the young age of 22.

For this act of bravery, John was posthumously awardedour Nation’s highest medal for valor, (THECONGRESSIONALMEDAL OF HONOR). For the lasttwenty three years members of the New England Chapter# 9of the 173D Airborne Brigade Association have stood atwenty-four / twelve hour silent vigil to honor John Barnes’sact of heroism. Attached to this cover sheet is informationabout John Barnes to include his citation for his award ofthe Congressional Medal of Honor. This year will be thetwenty-fourth year that this vigil has been conducted by thelocal chapter# 9 of the 173D Airborne Brigade Associationwho are all combat veterans.

Young residents Maxwell and Adelaide definitely approved of the offerings at the festival, if this photo isanything to go by.

PHOTO BY ARIANE KOMYATI


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

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

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

Ask The DoctorTo the Doctor: I’ve had nothing but problems with the radio in my 2017 Chevy Suburban for the past 2 1/2years. The radio cuts out multiple times while driving, and it’s been in the shop more than five times to befixed. But each and every time I get the truck back, the radio continues to cut out. It’s frustrating that I paid$65,000 for a vehicle and have to use my phone for music. Do you have any suggestions as to what theproblem could be – and how to get it fixed?

From the Doctor: There are a few updates that are dealer downloaded for radio. The problem is the radiois not just a radio anymore, it is a computer processor. If the vehicle is still under warranty ask the dealer toexchange the radio versus just sending it out for service. This is what I would suggest. You may also want toinvolve customer service at Chevrolet with this problem.

To the Doctor: I have a 2009 Chevrolet Traverse and it is the most unfriendly car to do simple maintenanceto, such as changing a battery, a headlight bulb or brake light. To change the battery it’s under the passengerseat – it’s not easy; replacing a headlight you need remove a portion of the wheel well – that’s insane! And toreplace a brakelight, you have to unscrew the light assembly from the outside. Has Chevy made these vehiclesany easier since I bought my 2009 model?

From the Doctor: Vehicles are built in ways I do not understand. Yes, something that should be a simplemaintenance item is not easy. Some vehicle headlight replacements involve removing the front bumper cover,not just the inner fender well. The rear taillight replacement involves removal of the taillight assembly onmore than just your Chevrolet. I am in favor of moving the battery from the hot, under-hood temperatures tounder the floor board or into the trunk. They did move the battery to left front under the computer; to replaceheadlights some have a removable access cover that simply is a 1/4 turn to remove.

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ets online, while others pur-chased tickets at the event.Most attendees heard about theevent through word of mouth.The festival was family friendly,and included cold drinks, des-sert, Roslindale Farmers Mar-ket regular Davey the Clown,face painting, live music, raffles,and an assortment of gooeygrilled cheese sandwiches.There were many types ofgrilled cheese sandwiches tochoose from, including ham andcheese, tomato and cheese,muenster, American, cheddar,and provolone.

Raffle prizes included aRon’s Gourmet Ice Cream giftcard, Papa Gino’s three largepizza passes, four admissionpasses to the movies, a gas grillfrom Home Depot, a $150Roche Bros gift card, and an allyou can eat Tex’s BBQ gift cer-tificate. Bake ‘n Joy (located onComo Rd in Hyde Park) pro-vided desserts for the festival.

“This is a great event forkids,” said community memberAngela Collins, who broughtchildren ages two, seven, 11, and12. “I wish it was a nicer day

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outside, I think more peoplewould have come.”

Volunteer Tamaro Snogreprovided face painting for thekids. She painted anything thekids asked for - dogs, butterflies,tigers, etc. – to the apparentdelight of those seeking her ser-vices.

District E-18 Boston PoliceDepartment Sergeant DanielMacDonald was present at theGreat Grilled Cheese Festival, andsaid it was a great event to bringthe community together.

“I like to support communityevents,” he stated. “This is for agood cause, so I hope we con-tinue to do it.”

The grilled cheese festival willtake place in three more locationsin Boston. On June 2, it will takeplace on 12 South St. in JamaicaPlain. On June 9, the festival willbe held in Adams Park inRoslindale. On June 15, it will takeplace on the St. Theresa’s Churchlawn in West Roxbury. For moreinformation and tickets, visitChefsTableFoundation.org.

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not expect to need zoning relief from the Boston Zoning Boardof Appeals, as the floor-to-area ratio, parking, open space anddimensional requirements – according to his calculations – areall within the zoning of the area.

Residents Michael and Patricia Bernier said they were con-cerned about the increase in units along the Spring Centre StreetCorridor, and felt that this was not helping matters, especiallyin terms of traffic.

“We’ve lived on Alaric for 42 years, right across the streetfrom this,” Patricia said. “We saw the BPDA letter from April23, and one of the paragraphs said, ‘The development team hasa long and diversified history of projects in the City of Boston.The Project was previously presented to several neighborhoodgroups and met with support.’ We were never invited to anymeetings, this is the first.”

Bernier said the first they knew of the project was when theconstruction on the original as-of-right project started in thefall and she had to ask Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Ser-vices West Roxbury Liaison Jack Duggan what was going on,and she said he informed her of the as-of-right project.

“Fine, we know that’s a done deal,” she said.She then brought up a 2018 article in the Bay State Banner

in which Christopher’s connection to his father and currentInspectional Services Department (ISD) Commissioner Will-iam Christopher was brought into question. RCA was foundedby William Christopher, but co-founder Edward Roche andJames Christopher now run it.

“Yes I did read that and I consider the article to be slander-ous,” Christopher said.

Bernier said she still feels that the city is allowing too manyhousing complexes to go up in West Roxbury.

“We’re adding all these units,” she said. “It seems to be thelegacy of the present and past mayoral administration that theywant to jam and ram as much housing into the city as they can.At what point is the city going to say we’re full?”

Bernier also brought up an apartments.com listing for thesite she found. Though the listing does not show the apartmentsto be available, it does show 18 units, even before the BPDABoard of Directors votes on the five unit increase. Christopherpointed out they do not have control over apartments.com anddoes not know where it came from.

Joe LaRosa, the original developer of the project has passedaway, and his wife was at the meeting and said this project wasone of the last things her husband worked on, and though shesaid she wasn’t involved in the process in the past, she wants toget it done.

“I don’t run the business, my husband did and my husbandpassed away on March 4,” she said. “It is the biggest project hedeveloped, and it was just in the very beginning stages of it. Allthat stuff had already happened and I’m just trying to fulfill hiswishes.”

The comment period for the project end on May 29. Go tobostonplans.org/projects/development-projects/45-spring-streetto submit your comments on the project.

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Roslindale's Davey the Clown, famous for his appearences at theRoslindale Farmers Market, took center stage at the festival.

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CITYBarnes Vigil on May 26thIt is time once again to con-

duct the annual John A. Barnes,III Vigil in Dedham, MA. Thisyear we will start the vigil at 7:00AM on Sunday, May the 26th,and run through 7:00 PM, for atotal of 12 hours. Members of theelite New England Chapter# 9,John A. Barnes, III chapter of the1730 Airborne Brigade Associa-tion will once again stand a si-lent twelve hour vigil at the monu-ment of John Barnes to honor hisact of bravery, sacrificed his lifeat the young age of 22.

For this act of bravery, Johnwas posthumously awarded ourNation’s highest medal for valor,( T H ECONGRESSIONALMEDAL OFHONOR). For the last twentythree years members of the NewEngland Chapter# 9 of the 173DAirborne Brigade Associationhave stood a twenty-four / twelvehour silent vigil to honor JohnBarnes’s act of heroism. This yearwill be the twenty-fourth year thatthis vigil has been conducted bythe local chapter# 9 of the 173DAirborne Brigade Associationwho are all combat veterans.

JIMMY FUND 5K & FUN RUNJoin friends and family for the

inaugural Jimmy Fund 5K & FunRun presented by Bayer, Sunday,July 21, 10:00 a.m. Choose be-tween a 3.1-mile run or a half-milefun run, around Boston’s scenicMillennium Park, 300 GardnerStreet, West Roxbury. Registra-tion is $35 for adults and childrenage 13 and older, and $15 for chil-dren ages 3-12. All participantsreceive an online fundraisingpage to help them raise money tosupport their run. Individualswho raise over $100 will receivean official race tech shirt. Raceentry includes admission to thepost-race party, including com-plimentary food and two Harpoonadult beverage tickets for 21+entrants. For more informationand to register visit:www.jimmyfund5k.org.

REGISTRATION OPEN FORPARKS DEPARTMENTSUMMER SPORTS CENTERS The Boston Parks and RecreationDepartment is pleased to an-nounce that the White Stadium,East Boston, and South BostonSports Centers are now openonline for registration.

The Sports Centers offer freesummer camp alternatives to Bos-ton youth who might otherwisehave no opportunity to attendsuch programming. Each loca-tion offers instruction in a num-ber of popular sports from July 8

through August 16. All SportsCenters are offered free of chargeto Boston residents and open toboys and girls ages 7 to 14.

Parents may register their chil-dren for just one week or the en-tire summer. For more informationabout the White Stadium andSouth Boston Sports Centers,please call (617) 961-3084 or email

[email protected]. For more information about theEast Boston Sports Center, pleasecall (617) 961-3085 or [email protected].

Please note that lunch will beprovided but participants mustprovide their own transportationand pre-registration is requiredfor both groups and individuals. For more information or to regis-ter online please go toapm.activecommunities.com/cobparksandrecdepart/home.

REGISTRATIONNOW OPEN FORBOSTON NEIGHBORHOODBASKETBALL LEAGUE

The Boston Parks and Recre-ation Department has announcedthat registration is now open forthe 50th annual season ofBoston’s favorite summer basket-ball league, the Boston Neighbor-hood Basketball League (BNBL),kicking off on Monday, July 8.

BNBL is the oldest municipalbasketball league in the countryserving young men and womenin three divisions each for boysand girls: 13 and under; 15 andunder; and 18 and under.

Encompassing recreation,sports, and community engage-ment, BNBL’s real value is in help-ing make Boston happier andsafer in the summer months byproviding a physical outlet foryoungsters throughout the city. Over 1,500 players on 150 teamswill participate in this year’sleague at 20 sites throughout thecity. BNBL is played at BostonCenters for Youth & Families(BCYF) community centers andselected city parks. The 2019BNBL season ends with thechampionship games played inmid-August.

To register online for BNBLgo to https://apm.activecommunities.com/c o b p a r k s a n d r e c d e p a r t /Activity_Search. BNBL also of-fers a free Pee Wee Developmen-tal Program for boys and girlsages 6 to 11 offered at variouslocations across the city inDorchester, Mattapan,Roslindale, South Boston, WestRoxbury, and Roxbury. This pro-gram teaches young players thebasics of basketball in a fun andnon-competitive setting. Regis-tration for Pee Wee BNBL is done

on-site at the Pee Wee locations. For more information, please

email Charlie Connersat [email protected] orcall (617) 961-3093.WEST ROXBURY /ROSLINDALE

ANNUAL SPRING PLANTSALE Roslindale Green & Cleanwill be holding its annual springplant sale on Saturday, June 8from 10 AM to 1 PM. in the drive-ways of two of our board mem-bers (three houses apart) at 53Prospect Avenue (sun lovingplants) and 5 Sheldon Street(shade loving plants) 4 blocksfrom Roslindale Village.

We’ll be selling plants, at bar-gain prices, from our own mem-bers’ plant divisions, includingperennials, edibles, and shrubs,some decorative garden items andeven some gardening books.Come early for the best selection.

Roslindale Green & Cleanuses all money it makes for con-tinuing to add to, support, andmaintain Roslindale’s greenspaces. Please join us for this funevent.

To donate plant divisions oranswer any questions, e-mail usat [email protected].

BLOOD DRIVE Stop by Weston Centre on June 1st from 9-3for the blood drive to benefit Bos-ton Children’s Hospital. Your do-nation could save a life!

SMA FATHERSBENEFIT DANCE

The SMA Fathers will beholding their annual benefitdance on Friday, June 7th, at theIrish Social Club in West Roxburyfrom 7:00 pm – 11:00 pm. Admis-sion is $15.00 and tickets are avail-able at the door. Raffles and DoorPrize. All proceeds support SMAFathers’ missionary work. Con-tact Rev. Brendan Darcy at (781)326-3288 or Pat and Josie Caseyat (781) 329-0530

THE 26TH ANNUALCORRIB CLASSIC5K ROAD RACE/WALK

The 26th Annual CorribClassic 5k Road Race/Walk Sun-day, June 2, Billings Field,Lagrange Street , West RoxburyStart time 12:00pm sharp. Regis-tration is now OPEN!!! Raceis Sunday June 2! The BestDay in West Roxbury/ParkwayArea! Together, we have raisedover $1M for local youth pro-grams and charities! LagrangeStreet West Roxbury, MA 0213First 500 Pre-registered race en-trants receive T-shirts. Post-racecookout and celebration. Tro-phies and gifts to top divisionfinishers. $30 online, mail, or dropoff at the Corrib Pub. Onlineregistration:www.coolrunning.com

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Sunday June 2, at 10:00 AMBillings Field, Lagrange StreetWest Roxbury 4-12 years of age.First 100 Pre-registered receive T-Shirts. Free to register! Mail reg-istration by May 27 to ; Kids FunRun 195 Stimson St. WestRoxbury, MA 02132.

FAREWELL TO WEST ROXBURY HIGH

A dance for all alumni to cel-ebrate the school is planned forSaturday, June 15 at Moseley’son the Charles in Dedham. Freeadmission from 6 to 11 p.m. There will be a DJ, pizza andsnacks and some entertainment. Cash bar too. Past and currentmembers of the faculty and staffwill be on hand too.

ANNUAL PAULHARRIS DINNER

One June 7th @ 6:00 PM TheParkway Rotary Club will host its

annual Paul Harris Dinner at TheStratford Street United Church,77 Stratford Street, WestRoxbury.

Gather with local communityleaders, volunteers, and citi-zens as we create connectionsacross our community to ad-dress food insecurity in Bos-ton. We will learn together whatfood insecurity looks like: fromhungry children attending theChittick Elementary School, toveterans, to elderly, to themany individuals and familieswho come to Rose’s BountyFood Pantry each month. Wewill also share conversation,meet new people, and celebratethe difference Rose’s Bounty ismaking in our local Parkwayneighborhood.

Tickets at $30 a person andcan be purchased at the doorthe day of the event or from aRotary member. Emai l

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LOBSTER DINNERSponsored by the St. George

Orthodox Church of BostonAdult Fellowship on Friday, June7, 2019, from 5:00-7:00PM at theSt. George Community Center, 55Emmonsdale Road, WestRoxbury. Menu: Two boiled lob-sters, cole slaw, baked potato,dessert and coffee. Price: $25.95.Children under 12, (1 lobster),$15.95. Fish Dinner available,$15.95. Takeout orders will alsobe available. Reservations mustbe made by calling Michel/EvelynEasa (617) 266-0065 or Pat Ayoub(781) 326-6755. (If a machine an-swers be sure to leave your nameand number). Reservations are amust! Deadline forreservations June 6,2019. Friends, neighbors, parish-ioners, all are welcome!

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Kevin M. Of Roslindale,May 18, 2019. Beloved father ofKevin T. of Pembroke andMichael J. of Marshfield. De-voted grandfather of CiaranMichael Craven. Loving son ofthe late Thomas F. and BarbaraCraven. Brother of James ofRoslindale and the late Tho-mas. Also survived by manyloving family members andfriends. Visiting Hours at theWilliam J. Gormley FuneralHome, 2055 Centre St., WESTROXBURY, Thursday, May 23,from 3-7 pm. Relatives andfriends invited. In lieu of flow-ers, donations may be made inhis name to Dana Farber Can-cer Institute, P.O. Box 849168,Boston, MA 02284-9168 dana-farber.org For directions andguestbook gormleyfuneral.comWilliam J. Gormley Funeral Ser-vice 617-323-8600.

HANNAAdele (Coury) Of Dedham

and West Roxbury, May 19,2019. Beloved daughter of thelate Eli and Amelia Coury.Dear and devoted wife for 37years of the late Frederick A.Hanna, Sr. Loving mother ofChristine Franz and her hus-band Vincent, Rick (FrederickJr.) and his wife Melissa, andLor i Fernandes . Be lovedgrandmother of Joseph and hiswife Andr ianna , Cour tney,Frederick, and Alinna. Dearsister of the late Charles andAlbert Coury. Also survived byseveral loving nieces and neph-ews. Funeral Service Thursday,at 11:00 a.m., at St. GeorgeAntiochian Orthodox Church,55 Emmonsda le Rd . , Wes tRoxbury. Visiting Hour at theChurch, Thursday, 10-11 a.m.Relatives and friends are re-spectfully invited to attend. Inlieu of flowers, please makecont r ibu t ions in Ade le ’smemory to the Church, or to St.Jude Children’s Research Hos-pital, 501 St. Jude Place, Mem-phis, TN 38105 stjude.org In-terment The Gardens Cem-e te ry. Di rec t ions andgues tbook a tw w w. K f o u r y F u n e r a l . c o mKfoury Keefe Funeral HomeWest Roxbury 617-325-3600.

HESSIONNora Josephine (Kelly) Of

Westborough, formerly of Ja-maica Plain, May 18, 2019. Be-loved wife of the late Henry J.Loving mother of John J. and hiswife Karen of Westborough. De-voted Nana of Molly, Patrick andMaria. Sister of MaureenMcCarthy and her husband Will-iam of Quincy and the lateCornelius Kelly, Margaret Flynn,and Harriet Neary. Also survivedby many nieces and nephews. Fu-neral from the William J.Gormley Funeral Home, 2055Centre St., WEST ROXBURY,Wednesday. Interment St. JosephCemetery. Donations may bemade in her memory toAlzheimer ’s Foundation ofAmerica, 322 Eighth Avenue, 7thFloor, New York, NY 10001 orat alzfdn.org For directions andguestbook gormleyfuneral.comWilliam J. Gormley Funeral Ser-vice 617-323-8600.

McNAMARAWilliam “Billy” Age 76 of

West Roxbury, formerly of Ja-maica Plain and Braintree,passed away at home on May 4thafter a long illness. A 30 plus yearemployee of The Boston Globe,Billy was the son John and Jessie(McDougall). He was survivedby his loving wife, Connie(Duffy), his sister, Anne Breareof Jamaica Plain, his two sons,Matthew (and wife Sharon) ofPortsmouth, RI, and Brian ofNorwell, MA, stepdaughter,Glenna Holland of Portland, OR,and five grandchildren, Caitlin,Marguerite, Cameron, Bridgit,and Cloe McNamara. He waspredeceased by his siblings,Sandra McNamara, Jean Morse,and Jerry McNamara. Billy wasalso survived by many nieces andnephews. A Memorial Mass willbe held on Saturday, May 25th,at 11am, at Saint JohnChrysostom Parish, 4750 Wash-ington Street, West Roxbury,MA. Family will greet anyonewishing to pay their respectsstarting at 10:30am at the church.

NIVENPatricia A. (Cannata) Of West

Roxbury, formerly of Dedham,May 13, 2019. Beloved motherof Valerie Ryberg of Marlboro,Virginia Niven of West Roxbury,

and the late Victoria Niven andMartin M. Niven. Sister of DianeLaPlante of Raleigh, NC, andMichael D. Cannata of Deerfield,NH. Also survived by 11 grand-children, 3 great-grandchildren,and many nieces and nephews.Visiting Hours at the George F.Doherty & Sons Wilson-CannonFuneral Home, 456 High St.,DEDHAM, Sunday, May 26 from4-7pm. Funeral Service in the Fu-neral Home, Monday, May 27 at11am. Relatives and friendskindly invited. Interment private.In lieu of flowers, donations maybe made in Patricia’s memory tothe American Cancer Society, 30Speen St., Framingham, MA01701. Online guestbook and di-rections at gfdoherty.com GeorgeF. Doherty & Sons Dedham 781-326-0500.

PIERCE June M. (Amerena) Long-

time resident of West Roxbury,formerly of Dorchester, passedaway unexpectedly on May 13,2019. Beloved wife of Lloyd J.Pierce for 40 years. Devotedmother of Jillian Pierce of WestRoxbury and Jamie Pierce andher fiancé Paul Connerty of HydePark. Proud “nana” of KeiraConnerty who brought immensejoy and happiness to her life andshe “loved to the moon andback”. Beloved daughter of thelate James (Bob), and JuneAmerena. Dear sister of BobbyAmerena and his wife Felicia ofOrlando FL., and Jean Pancioccoand her husband Dan of Walpole.Dear sister-in-law of Diane Spar-row and Linda Pierce. Loving“aunty” of Nikki and DannyPanciocco. Also survived by hercousins Joanne, Patrick, Jimmy,Cathy, John, Trisha, and Bobbyand many close friends. Formeremployee of Boston Gas Com-pany and FaulknerHospital. Funeral from the P.E.Murray - F.J. Higgins, George F.Doherty & Sons Funeral Home2000 Centre St. West Roxburyon Sunday. Interment private. Inlieu of flowers donations maybe made in June’s memory toJoslin Diabetes Center Devel-opment Office One Joslin PlaceBoston, MA 02215. Arrange-ments by P.E. Murray - F.J.Higgins, George F. Doherty &Sons.


small annoyances, as I live just off Belgrade, a couple of blocksaway, I still support this project because THESE KIDS ARE OURKIDS and we owe them the best resources that we can possiblygive them. It would be extremely hypocritical of us to proclaimourselves supporters of public education but then quibble over afew parking spaces or increased traffic.

I travel by the site every day, whether by foot, bus or car, andBelgrade has really been under utilized for years. I was a patronof Clay Auto before it closed, which opened up this parcel at 361Belgrade Ave, and frankly I’d be happy if they had stayed. Sincesomething else will inevitably open there, I’d rather see a schoolthan more apartments or stores. It is commercial land and well-suited to a multi-story structure, and anything that goes in therewill bring some level of traffic and parking. It seems a smallprice to pay to be able to give public school kids a better facility!

Rozzie hasn’t had a public high school in decades, and nowthat the only public high school in West Roxbury is closing, ourarea deserves to have at least one option for our neighborhoodkids. I appreciate the rigor and high behavioral standards thatRoxbury Prep offers, so I think they would make a great neigh-bor and option for our kids.

It is sad to hear that Roxbury Prep has searched for years fora piece of property to develop, and that they presently make doby using two buildings, miles apart, and without basic resourceslike a cafeteria or gym at either location. Please support theirefforts to find a permanent home for these public school students,and turn this vacant property into a beautiful school which wouldbe an asset for the Roslindale community!

Pam FairRoslindale

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Catholic Memorial Schoolwill host a groundbreaking cer-emony on Wednesday, June 5,2019 at 9 am. President Dr. PeterFolan will host a ceremony withschool administration, membersof the board of directors, currentparents, students, benefactors,and community leaders to markthe beginning of construction onthe school’s Center for Integratedand Applied Learning (CIAL).The new center is set to open inSeptember 2020.

At a total cost of $9.7 million,the project is the largest capitalimprovement project in theschool’s history. The CIALproject will transform anunderutilized administrativewing into a nucleus of21st century teaching, learning,and collaboration. The center willhouse five cutting-edge studioclassrooms as well as collabora-tive workspaces. Utilizing thesestudios, students will learnthrough hands-on experience asthey test concepts, engage in sci-entific discovery, design proto-types, and explore artistic expres-sion. These innovative learningspaces will allow CM to fullyimplement its forward-thinkingcurriculum.

The YawkeyFoundations’ lead gift of $2.5million is the cornerstone of theCIAL project. Additional gifts forthe project have been made byalumni, parents, and friends.MDS/Miller Dyer Spears, an ar-chitecture design firm which spe-cializes in projects that foster in-novation, learning, creativity, andwellness designed the center.Dellbrook | JKS will be the leadconstruction firm on the project.

Wednesday, June 5th at 9 am Program Outline

9:15 am: Opening Prayer –Br. Kirk Phelps, CFC

9:16 am: Welcome – Mr.Michael Costello ‘67, Chairmanof the Board of Directors

9:20 am: President’s Remarks– Dr. Peter F. Folan

9:30 am GroundbreakingCeremony (with members of theYawkey Foundations, ElectedOfficials, Benefactors)

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