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Volume 18, Issue 51 DECEMBER 20, 2018

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Boston Mayor Marty Walsh joined the party at the new building to cel-ebrate the donation.

PHOTO BY JEFF SULLIVAN

Members of the Boston Opera Collaborative toured several res-taurants and stores last week to the joy of hundreds.

PHOTO BY JEFF SULLIVAN

Some residents were not too pleased about the proposed changes to the 920 American Legion Highwayproject proposed by City Realty.

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1235 VFWdonates $20k toParkway Hockey

JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

Tony’s brings operato neighborhood

JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

Some MHC members say NIMBYto City Realty development

MarMarMarMarMary Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambony Ellen Gambony Ellen GambonStaff Reporter

City Realty presented ascaled-down version of theirdevelopment plan for theirparcel at 920 American Le-gion Highway at the MountHope Canterbury Neighbor-hood Association (MHC) onThursday, December 13. Theteam, led by Josh Fetterman,the director of project devel-opment for City Realty, de-creased the number of apart-

ments from 85 in the originalproposal to 52.

Some of the more than 30residents who attended the meet-ing adamantly objected to thedevelopment, titled “The Resi-dences at Cummins Highway”,citing its size, storm water drain-age issues and traffic impact.

“How does this help ourneighborhood at all?,” askedcommunity activist JohnSullivan. “What value does itcreate?”

“It creates housing,” said

Fetterman. “This will providejob creation and ongoingbuilding management.”

Sullivan replied that thedevelopers should buildsomething of a smaller scale,such as an eight-unit complex.

“You are asking for amountain when you should beasking for a small apartmentbuilding,” he said.

The site, located at theStop & Shop plaza at Ameri-

Public officials, Parkway Youth Hockey (PYH) and the develop-ment team behind the 1235 VFW Pkwy. building came together lastweek to celebrate a $20,000 donation to the local hockey organiza-tion.

Developer Peter Davos said he worked with PYH as part of thecommunity benefits package he developed with the city for the build-ing.

“We just came up with a number that worked for the economicsof the whole process, and we made an offer and the higher godsaccepted it,” he said. “It’s a great local program and it has a longtradition and history. It’s locally coached, and I like the fact that therink has been on that Parkway for more than 40 years.”

Davos added he had a personal connection to the Roche Ice Arena,located a few hundred yards from his new building.

“I used to swim at the pool next door,” he said. “The long-termgoal here was to take a commercial, light industrial area and, withthe addition of Millenium Park, really create a neighborhood center-

About 20 to 30 residentspacked Tony’s Meat Market inRoslindale for a free perfor-mance from the Boston OperaCollaborative (BOC) onThursday, Dec. 13.

The night featured severalItalian and English perfor-mances; some classics andsome centered around the holi-day season. TonyDeBenedictus and his wifeDeborah said his love of the artform started when he was asmall child in Italy, and he’sbeen bringing the art to

Roslindale for about six years.“Let me put it this way, I

love opera and my wife sug-gested we throw a Christmasparty and we bring in some op-era singers,” he said. “I wasvery happy about that idea.Some people like opera but Ilove opera and I love Italianoperas the best. Without Ital-ian operas there would be noopera houses in the world.”

The tradition has becomepart of the holiday landscapein Roslindale, andDeBenedictus said he’s happyto see others enjoying his pas-sion.

“Why not?” he asked. “You

make your living in theneighborhood so, you know,enjoy it!”

DeBenedictus was notidle during the performanceas he still took orders whilethe singers reverberated offof his store’s walls and win-dows.

“Of course I’m work-ing!” he said. “It’s in myblood. Tony’s Market issomething I created 55 yearsago, and I love to get up inthe morning and comehere.”

Residents Frank

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Families in Need gearingup for Christmas deliveries

It's that time of year again, this year. For 28 years now, the Families in Need program has served theresidents of the Parkway and beyond, bringing the communities together to deliver hundreds of turkey din-ners and necessities to those in need. While founder Mary Mulvey Jacobson has passed on, her legacy – nowpermanent in the Mary Muvley Jacobson's Families in Need Program moniker – continues this year. TheThanksgiving delivery of dinners was a huge success even now in the program's 28th year, and on Dec. 20 at9 a.m., the Christmas deliveries are set to roll out. The program will take any volunteer willing to help for thedeliveries, and works with the Roche Brothers and the District E-5 of the Boston Police Department to makesaid deliveries. The BPD and the Parkway YMCA also helps to select those families who could use a littlehelp during the holiday season, and Evergreen Eatery in Jamaica Plain is hosting a giving tree allowingresidents to purchase gifts for a few families especially in need this season. Santa Claus will be also bemaking an appearance there from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. this Saturday and Sunday to help.

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What about Mary?

In 1906 songwriterGeorge M. Cohan so elevatedthe name “Mary” becausethat word designated theloves of his life——both hismother and his wife. But inthe last several decades Maryhas fallen into disfavor.

There are wonderful

For it is Mary, MaryPlain as any name can be

But with propriety, society will say MarieBut it was Mary, Mary

Long before the fashions cameAnd there is something there that sounds so square

It’s a grand old name

variat ions of Mary: MaryLou, Maryanne/Marianne, Marie, Maria,Mary Kay, and MaryJo withvarious popular songs andsingers paying homage to atleast four of them———Ricky Nelson, HarryBelafonte, Dean Martin

(among others), and WestSide Story/The Sound of Mu-sic, respectively.

In 2017, according to onecurrent website, the nameranked 126 in the UnitedStates, with 2,281 occur-rences, while 1921 saw73,982 occurrences, althoughit was not top ranked thatyear. In 1880 and 1961 it wasranked #1. Will it ever makeany sort of a comeback suchas Emma and Jane havedone?

List how many “young”people you know blessedwith this name. Don’t sayMary Pickford, who was bornbefore the turn of the century

or Mary Martin, born 1913. Mary Travers of the legend-ary Peter, Paul, and Maryfolk trio and Mary TylerMoore come to mind, butthey were both born in 1936,while even Mary Wilson ofthe Supremes was a WorldWar II baby. Mary Hart ismuch younger, having beenborn in 1950; MarySteenburgen, an actor in herown right but also known asTed Danson’s wife, was bornthree years later. Millennialswill, of course, point to MaryJ. Blige, although she is 47years old.

In 1998 the Farrelly broth-ers entitled their raucous

comedy, “There’s SomethingAbout Mary,” although ac-

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Blanchard and Shirley Ransom saidthey’ve come out almost every year forthe performance.

“We’ve been coming to this sinceits inception,” Ransom said. “It’s oneof the best things all year.”

BOC representative CarleyDeFranco said they’ve been workingwith DeBenedictus for years and loveto bring their art out to the community,and she said they try to expand theirhorizons when it comes to operas.

“It’s just really fun. I know thatDeb and Tony like the Italian greats,the Puccini’s the Rossini’s, so I try tomake a program based on what theylike and what they like to see,” shesaid. “It’s kind of like a greatest hitsprogram, but also we have Handel’s

Messiah and Christmas standards tohopefully bring a variety to the shop-pers.”

DeFranco said they also justlaunched a new initiative of 10-minuteoperas and other programs calledBook the OC.

“It’s exactly what it sounds like,”she said. “It’s BOC roster artists forhire, and right now I think we havethree different courses on our menu.We’re offering our Opera Bites, whichis our 10-minute operas; we’re offer-ing a program of jazz and musical the-ater and then we’re also offering a 35-minute Cole Porter review, so if you’reinterested in having any of that at aparty, you can go on the web site andinquire about that.”

Deb DeBenedictus said they’vebeen to operas all over the world, andsaid at a recent BOC performance atthe Turtle Swamp Brewery in JamaicaPlain she was blown away.

“Absolutely the best,” she said.“We really hope that somebody inRoslindale can host something likethat because they need a good sizespace to do it.”

DeFranco said the acoustics wereinteresting for the event.

“We actually had the orchestra ina lifted loft space, and so we had themonitors there,” she said, adding thatthey actually put the singers up closeand personal to the audience during acafe scene. “We want to have intimate,sometimes immersive performances,

always with a small audience so theycan see the actors up close and per-sonal.”

Deb DeBenedictus said she alwayshas a great time getting the event to-gether.

“The BOC is super, and my husbandis like a kid in a candy store,” she said.“It’s great working with them.”

Residents Diane Brandon andSteve Chiasson said they’ve come tothis before because they like to sup-port the local businesses inRoslindale.

“And the music andl of courseTony,” said Brandon.

“This is unique, you don’t see thisanywhere else in the city,” saidChiasson.

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Olayiwola named poet laureateMayor Martin J. Walsh re-

cently announced PorshaOlayiwola has been appointedas the City of Boston’s newPoet Laureate, a role she willformally begin on January 1,2019.

“Porsha’s eagerness to en-hance the City of Bostonthrough poetry, along with hercommitment to increasing ac-cess to the arts in every neigh-borhood, make her an incred-ible asset,” said Mayor Walsh.

“I’m excited to see her visionof how we can use arts to fa-cilitate inclusive and welcom-ing conversations across theCity come to life over the nextfour years.”

A Jamaica Plain resident,

Olayiwola is the Artistic Direc-tor at MassLEAP, a literarynon-profit organization in Mas-sachusetts serving youth artists.She also co-founded The HouseSlam, a poetry slam venue atthe Haley House Bakery Caféin Roxbury that offers a freepoetry slam and open micevents twice a month.

“I am eager and humbled toserve as Boston’s Poet Laure-ate,” said Olayiwola. “I am ex-cited to work directly with writ-ers across the City’s poetryspectrum to provide resourcesand build bridges between cre-ative communities. With theCity, I am looking to establisha youth Poet Laureate program,develop residential andworkspace for writers andweave poetry into the everydaylives of Bostonians. Please lookout for me in a library, class-room, lecture hall, City Hall,living room or street corner inthe years to come!”

The Poet Laureate program,established in 2008, is a way tohighlight literary arts and pro-mote a citywide appreciationfor poetry. The Poet Laureate’schallenge is to inspire deeperengagement in the written andspoken word, while acting as anadvocate for poetry, languageand the arts. The Poet Laureateis charged with raising the sta-tus of poetry in the everydayconsciousness of Bostonians,which she does by attending

public readings, civic functions,and poetry events. The PoetLaureate serves a four-yearterm.

“What a pleasure to knowthat the Boston Poet LaureateProgram will be in good handswith the deeply thoughtful andsplendidly dynamic PorshaOlayiwola,” said current PoetLaureate Danielle LegrosGeorges. “Her willingness totake on challenging subjectmatter and to carve out newspaces of discourse for poetry-along with her rootedness inspoken-word literary traditions-make her an especially excitingand necessary new Laureate forBoston.”

Olayiwola has receivednumerous recognitions andawards, including beingnamed the 2014 IndividualWorld Poetry Slam Cham-pion and 2015 National Po-etry Slam Champion. In2018, she was named byGK100 as one of Boston’sMost Influential People ofColor.

Originally from Chicago,Olayiwola moved to Bostonin 2010 following thecompletion of her bachelor’sdegree in African AmericanStudies from the Universityof Illinois. She is currently anMFA Candidate at EmersonCollege, and has a full-lengthcollection of poetry forthcom-ing in 2019 with Button Poetry.


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Parkway Youth Hockey reps said they want to work with FMC and the Roche Center Ice Rink to build astation to help players improve their aim.

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piece. Hopefully, with the nextphase, we can complete thatgoal.”

Davos said they have startedfilling the apartments and are al-ready about 50 percent full.

“We’re waiting for the afford-able units to move in in late De-cember or January,” he said.

PYH President Mike O’Briensaid they were excited about thefunds and what they could usethem for to improve the program.

“We want to leave a lastingpiece for the kids, so we’re actu-ally thinking about a practiceshooting area,” he said. “We’regoing to work with the rink to tryto build it off the ice and allowthe kids to shoot the puck andpractice.”

O’Brien said the practicearea, if constructed, would beinside the rink.

“It would be a great thing

(practice area) to leave to the kidsof the program, because our kidshave already come through andwe want to leave something forthe future,” he said.

O’Brien said the one-time giftwould be a great help, but thecommunity already cares a lotabout the program.

“We give out scholarships forhockey and we never turn any-one away,” he said. “So we wantto build something, infrastructurewise, at the rink to leave for thekids to improve their game. Pe-ter is very nice and accommodat-ing, and it’s a beautiful buildingand, aesthetically, it makes thearea look great compared to theIHop that used to be here or theempty lot.”

O’Brien added they are look-ing forward to working withDavos, the incoming managementcompany and the residents of the

building in the future.“This is probably the biggest

one-time gift we’ve ever got,” hesaid, adding they are already look-ing ahead to the season. “TheMayor’s Cup is next week. That’sthe most exciting time of the year.It’s the high point of the season,the kids get to play in college ven-ues, the Mayor honors the win-ners and they do a great job. As acoach in the league, that is the highpoint of the season. It’s across thecity; everybody gets ready to stokethose cross town rivalries.”

PYH Coach Jim Donahue saidhe’s happy to see local businessowners like Davos support theprogram.

“I mean, we’re trying to givekids an alternative to the moredevious things in life and keepthem focused on something ath-letic,” he said. “They’re not infront of their computers playingFortnight. You can’t keep every-body out of trouble, but the oddsare better with us.”


MHC continued from page 1

can Legion Highway andCummins Highway, would needseven variances because theproperty is in two different zon-ing districts, Fetterman ex-plained. In some cases, the de-velopment only slightly exceedsthe zoning code in its currentproposal.

“The development is in asingle-family unit district as wellas a multi-family unit district,”he said. “For example, it is incompliance for the multi-familyresidence, but not for the singlefamily. For the FAR (floor arearatio), we should be at 1.0, andwe are at 1.28.”

The building will be six sto-ries high and 69 feet, 11 inchestall. The lot size is 39, 106square feet and a gross squarefootage of 49,910 square feet. Itwill include 61 parking spacesand one bicycle parking spaceper unit. There will be a semi-automatic parking system whichuses a fob and a sliding stacker.

The building height, sideyard, rear yard and single-fam-ily use are the main variancesneeded for the project to go for-ward.

After meeting with MHC afew times this year, the teamdetermined that there should bea single vehicular entrance to thebuilding on Cummins Highway,rather than a second one onAmerican Legion Highway.

The proposed building wasreduced by 38, 807 square feetfrom the original proposal pre-sented in 2016. The floor arearatio (FAR) was reduced by0.98. Open space, a key compo-nent of this plan, was increasedby 405 square feet per unit, to atotal square footage for the

project of 16,510 square feet.To beautify the area and help

with air quality issues, the teamtalked about introducing moreplantings and consulting with anarborist.

State Rep. Russell Holmessaid he “wanted a guarantee”that the team would addresswater drainage issues, which heexplained were not well handledwhen the Stop & Shop plaza wasredeveloped several years ago.

“I assume you will addressthe water issue,” he said. “Thewater is flowing downhill.When the Stop & Shop plaza gotrebuilt, all of the water gotdumped on Wilmot.”

MHC member MaureenBonafine said that traffic wasanother concern that she felt wasnot taken into account. “Youhave to be here at night to seethe traffic,” she said. “And withfunerals. And snowstorms. Andyou’re building on top of aquarry.”

Several residents of WilmotStreet said they were concernedthat developing the plot will dis-turb the water table.

Although some residentswere angry about the proposal,Holmes commented that the de-velopment would be an im-provement to the current site.

“He will spend hundreds ofthousands of dollars and his timeinvesting in the property,” hesaid. “But I am looking for aguarantee that you are going toimprove the water situation.”

“I would still like to see youpromoting home ownership,”MHC co-chair Lisa Beatmansaid. She added that the projectwill disturb some of the century-old trees that guard the

neighborhood’s environmentalcanopy.

“We switched architects,”project attorney Jeff Drago saidof the building redesign and theaddition of the open space.“That’s what slowed the processdown. We really tried to put alot of thought into it.”

The team eventually willhave to apply for the zoningvariances and go for a less in-tensive Article 80 process thanthe larger project would haveentailed.

In other news, RoslindaleOffice of Neighborhood Ser-vices liaison Joe Coppinger an-nounced the implementation ofthe plastic bag ordinance in gro-cery stores in an effort to helpthe environment.

“Larger chain stores, likeStop & Shop and Shaw’s, willnow charge at least five cents abag,” he said. “Starting in April,it will affect stores that are10,000 square feet and under.Then, later on, it will impactstores smaller than that.”

Caroline Kimball-Katz fromCity Council President AndreaCampbell’s office talked abouta new concept being discussedin the City Council called aMunicipal ID. “The Council islooking into it,” she said. “Ifyou don’t have a driver’s li-cense, or you don’t have an IDbecause you are homeless or ayoung person, it may preventyou from receiving benefits youare entitled to. Thirty-five per-cent of Bostonians would beable to take advantage of this.”The next meeting will be onJanuary 10 from 6 to 8 p.m. atthe Home for Little Wanderers,780 American Legion highwayin Roslindale. The Home forLittle Wanderers will be pre-senting a proposal.


Letters continued from page 6a just foreign policy, and con-versations with the families ofthe disappeared and murdered.

I saw how the US border isbecoming more militarized asthe US army installed barbedwire and a second fence alongthe border to create a restrictedspace. I learned how the USBorder Control has been re-sponsible for many deaths inthe Sonoran Desert. Their“chase and scatter” techniques,often using helicopters, havecaused migrants to get lost anddie. The Border Patrol has alsodestroyed water and food leftfor the migrants by humanitar-ian aid workers. Human re-mains found in the desert oftenshowed lack of water as a causeof death. I also heard the criesof women who had lost lovedones. My ears still ring from alitany sung to remember over ahundred people found dead inthe border area last year.

My time at the border wasone of many emotions. I wasangered at the policies of myown government. I felt deepsorrow for those who have suf-fered and been killed. HoweverI also experienced much hopein solidarity with the manyother activists, young and old,working to speak truth topower. Many shelters havebeen set up on both sides of theborder to help refugees. I wasmoved by the way residents ofthe border area help with food,

water, and medical attention.Educating ourselves about whatis happening is critical. I can-not claim to be ignorant of themany human rights violationsin Latin America and on theborder and I feel compelled towork to stop the violence. Iwould like to see our border asa bridge that connects people,rather than a wall that excludesthem. I believe that together wecan do this.

Maria TerminiRoslindale

PEOPLE NEED TOCHOOSE SCHOOLLEADERS

To the Editor:As I read of the move by

some in Boston to directly electmembers of the Boston SchoolCommittee I, like many criticsof the current appointed board,believe it is time for an electedschool committee again and re-place the current mayoral-ap-pointed board because themembers of this board too of-ten only amplify the mayor’swishes.

The original idea of anelected Boston School Com-mittee often frustrated folks dueto the political nature of ourcity. In 1983, Bostonvoters switched from 5citywide members to a hybridsystem, three citywide mem-bers and nine district members,all still elected.

In 1992 during the FlynnAdministration, the electedschool board was abolished andreplaced with mayoral-ap-pointed members. This was ap-parently done to eliminate poli-tics from the running of theschool system and, what mostof us discovered, was thatwhether the board is elected orappointed, politics still remainsstrong in all decision making.

I thank City Council’s Edu-cation Committee chairAnnissa Essaibi-George forpushing a discussion on this is-sue of real voter accountability.Like City Councilor MattO’Malley, I too question whyBoston voters are the only vot-ers statewide who do not electtheir school committee mem-bers. Like John Drew, ABCDpresident, I too question whyBostonians are not worthy ofelecting their school committeemembers.

As someone who ran unsuc-cessfully twice for a seat on theBoston School Committee(1977 and 1983), I believe Bos-ton voters in general, andschool-age parents in particu-lar, are more than capable ofelecting good voices to repre-sent their many needs for theirchildren in the system. Eitheryou believe in peoplemaking wise choices or youdon’t believe in our democraticrepublic where the people arethe government.

Just because something hasbeen around 26 years doesn’t

mean we can’t make improve-ments by allowing ‘We thePeople’ to elect our voices ingovernment, even in the Bos-ton School Department.

Sal GiarrataniEast Boston

MR. SHURTLEFF’SLETTER ON THE MARK

To the Editor:Thank you for printing Mr.

Shurtleff’s thoughtful letter. Itraveled to China in the yearfollowing the TiananmenSquare massacre of June 4,

1989. At that time they wereconfiscating bibles of any Chris-tians entering the country. I wasprivileged to talk to many youngChristians who had protestedagainst the communist govern-ment, the same governmentwhich is still persecuting Chris-tians today. So I hope that Bos-ton City Hall will allow for thegreat displays and informationthat Mr. Shurtleff described inhis letter to the editor.

“Tricorn” Tom MoorBoston Historian and

Teacher


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AHERNJohn F. “Jack” of West

Roxbury and Needham passedaway on December 2, 2018 inFlorida surrounded by family. Ser-vice in the spring. Details to fol-low.

FURDENDaniel J. of West Roxbury,

December 13, 2018. Belovedbrother of Margaret M. Curran ofWest Roxbury, Eugene W. Furdenof Sebec, ME, and the late John R.Furden and Ann M. Barden. Alsosurvived by many nieces and neph-ews. Funeral from the William J.Gormley Funeral Home, 2055Centre St., WEST ROXBURY. In-terment St. Joseph Cemetery. Re-membrances in his memory may bemade to St. Theresa Parish, 10 St.Theresa Ave. West Roxbury, MA02132. For directions andg u e s t b o o kwww.gormleyfuneral.com WilliamJ. Gormley Funeral Service 617-323-8600.

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Popponesset Beach, died peace-fully surrounded by his loving fam-ily on December 12, 2018. Be-loved husband of Maryellen(Daly). Loving father of Lauren M.Hurley and her husband BillyMcCallum of Squantum andMichael G. Hurley of Weymouth.Cherished brother of Maureen A.Holland and her husband John ofFoxboro and Denise M. Petersonand her husband William ofMashpee. Glenn is also survivedby a large devoted family andfriends. Glenn was a longtime em-ployee of Boston Gas and proudunion member of Local 12003. Hewas a late U.S. Army veteran of theVietnam Era. Funeral from theWilliam J. Gormley Funeral Home,2055 Centre Street, WESTROXBURY. Interment private. Inlieu of flowers, donations inGlenn’s memory may be made toMissionary of Charity, 401 QuincyStreet, Dorchester, MA 02125. Fordirections and guestbook, pleasevisit: gormleyfuneral.com WilliamJ. Gormley Funeral Service 617-323-8600.

JACKSONEllen L. (Hanson) of West

Roxbury, December 9, 2018. Be-loved wife of Walter F. Jackson.Loving mother of Donald W. Jack-son of Chicago and Deborah Jack-son Jraitiny of West Roxbury. De-voted grandmother of Miller,Aedan, Ronan, and the late Liam.Sister of Donna Carey ofRoslindale. Funeral from the Wil-liam J. Gormley Funeral Home,2055 Centre St., WEST

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KILMAINCharles E. Jr. Age 77, of South

Weymouth formerly of WestRoxbury, passed away peacefullyon Monday, December 10, 2018.He is survived by his loving wifeCarol and four devoted children,Charles III (wife) Michele, KarenPatriquin, Matthew (wife) Angela,and Kevin. He deeply loved andenjoyed his grandchildren: Kylie,Matthew, Erin, Lyndsay, Katie,Mark, Emily, Nora, Josh, Mason,Maggie, and Mary. He also leaveshis loving sister Mary Jo Kilmainand several cousins, nieces andnephews. Charlie was a lifetimemember of the Knights of Colum-bus and served in the nationalGuard for 6 years. He enjoyedcoaching parkway soccer (espe-cially the little ones) which he didfor many years. His favorite pas-times were spending time with hischildren and grandchildren andfollowing the N.E. Patriots. Fu-neral from the Robert J. Lawler andCrosby Funeral Home, 1803 Cen-tre St., WEST ROXBURY. Inter-ment St. Joseph Cemetery. In lieuof flowers donations may be madein Charlie’s name to theAlzheimer’s Association P.O. Box96011 Washington, DC 20090-6011. www.alz.org Lawler &Crosby Funeral Homewww.lawlerfuneralhome.com617-323-5600.

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Gerald A. Of Cambridge andWest Roxbury, December 13,2018. Beloved son of the lateCharles and Dorothy (Smith)O’Leary. Devoted brother of thelate Paul O’Leary and his surviv-ing wife Irene of Sharon, Charles“Butch” O’Leary and his wife Janeof Venice, FL, Patricia “Patsy”Lawrence and her husband Paul ofDedham, and Francis “Brother”

O’Leary and his fiance Maureen ofMedford. Also survived by manynieces, nephews and cousins. In-terment St. Joseph Cemetery. Inlieu of flowers, donations may bemade in Gerald’s memory to theSalvation Army, 402 Massachu-setts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139.For directions and guestbook:pemurrayfuneral.com P.E. Murray- F.J. Higgins George F. Doherty& Sons West Roxbury 617 3252000.

SALVATOPalmina “Pam” (Martignetti)

Passed away on December 8, 2018,formerly of Boston’s North End,Roslindale, and Hyde Park. Be-loved wife of the late StephenSalvato. Devoted mother of AnnaDoheny and her husband Michael,Sylvia Nogueira and StephanieRomero. Loving grandmother ofStephanie Holleran and her hus-band Ryan and Peter Romero.Great-grandmother of Gia MarieHolleran. Sister of the lateNicolina, Frank, Joseph, Gloria,Ralph, Arthur Martignetti, EsperiaFischer, Beatrice Repucci andAntonetta Merigan. Interment inSt. Michael Cemetery, Roslindale.For complete obituary please visitwww.Russofuneralhome.com

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John “Jack” J. Sr. of Norwoodformerly of Jamaica Plain passedaway on December 14, 2018 after abrief illness. Son of the late Dr. Pe-ter Weiss and Mary (Anderson)Weiss. Beloved husband of Anne M.(Norton) Weiss for 57 years. De-voted father of John J. Weiss Jr. ofNorwood and Thomas P. Weiss andhis wife Debora of Norton. Lovinggrandfather of Christian J. Riley andChad I. Riley. Brother of Peter F.Weiss Jr. of Norwood and the lateMary Elizabeth Weiss and JanetFitzGerald. Also survived by manynieces and nephews. Graduate ofMission Church High School. Re-tired Manager after 40 years forVerizon Telephone Company. Mem-ber of the Local IBEW, Boston andthe Telephone Pioneers of America.Longtime parishioner and usher ofSt. Catherine’s Church,Norwood. Funeral from the P.E.Murray - F.J. Higgins, George F.Doherty & Sons Funeral Home 2000Centre St. WEST ROXBURY. Do-nations may be made in Jack’smemory to St. Vincent de Paul C/OSt. Catherine’s Church, 547 Wash-ington St. Norwood, MA 02062. TheWeiss family would like to expresstheir gratitude to the Norwood Emer-gency Responders and the eveningstaff at the Norwood Hospital Emer-gency Room for their kindness andconsideration.


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In honor of Martin LutherKing Jr. Day, Franklin Park Zoowill offer free admission onMonday, Jan. 14, 2019 from10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Pleasenote: Last admission will be at3:30 p.m. At Franklin Park Zoo,guests are invited to write mes-sages of hope and peace on themural that will be located withinthe Tropical Forest Pavilion. Thisis a wonderful opportunity to

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The Ohrenberger Commu-nity Center Preschool is a child-oriented program in which a va-riety of learning centers encour-age exploration, experimentationand discovery. Classroom cen-ters include block building,games, art, science, literature,and music. The use of the gym-nasium, playground and mobileequipment allows daily program-ming for active play. The dailyschedule also includes time forgroup activities, stations, indoorand outdoor play, story time,crafts, free play, baking and dailysnacks. The program is designedto provide a warm, supportiveenvironment and a balanced pro-gram of activities which will fos-ter a child’s emotional, social,physical, and intellectual devel-opment. The program is offeredfrom September through June,9:00 am – 1:00 pm for 3 & 4 yearolds (child must be 3 years oldby September 1st). Five, threeand two day programs are avail-able. Children must bring theirown brown bagged lunch. Formore general program informa-tion, call Grace at 617-635-5183.If interested in registeringfor the program, please [email protected] January 12th.

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Life, My Health: Chronic Dis-ease Self-Management Program(CDSMP) is an informative, in-teractive workshop, designed foradults who live with the dailychallenges of one or more ongo-ing health conditions. It will givepeople with chronic conditions(such as high blood pressure, ar-thritis, heart disease, cancer,

asthma, etc.) and/or theircaregivers the knowledge andskills needed to take a more ac-tive role in their health care. Theworkshop is offered at no chargeand the book, Living a HealthyLife with Chronic Disease is pro-vided for each participant. Work-shop meets 1 day per week for 6weeks at the BCYF OhrenbergerCommunity Center, W. 175Boundary Road in West Roxburyon Wednesdays from 10:00 a.m.– 12:30 p.m. Class dates: Janu-ary 9th thru Feb. 13th, 2019.

Technology Tutoring - Pro-gram for Seniors Student volun-teers from The Roxbury LatinSchool give seniors an introduc-tion to computers or smartphones in their state-of-the-artcomputer lab. This program al-lows the senior to work one-on-one with a student to learn basictechnology skills. If you areworking on a laptop or tablet athome, you may bring that withyou. If you would like to learnmore about your smart phone,bring that too! Seniors with alllevels of experience are welcometo participate in this program,from beginners on up! Technol-ogy Tutoring meets for one hour,once a week for 6 weeks and isoffered at no charge at theRoxbury Latin School, 101 St.Teresa Ave. in West Roxbury onTuesdays from 3:15 to 4:15 p.m.Start Date: mid-January 2019.

TAI CHI CLUBFOR SENIORS

Calling all former and currentTai Chi participants! New Tai ChiClubs are about to begin. Tai ChiClub will run through the wintermonths. This is not Tai Chi in-struction. It is a program for thosewho have taken the Tai Chi forSeniors workshop and would liketo practice weekly with an instruc-tor taking place at the BCYFRoche Family Community Cen-ter on Mondays, from 3:00 – 4:00p.m. starting on January 7,2019.For more information or toregister for this workshop con-tact Ann Glora at 617-477-6616or [email protected]

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tress Cameron Diaz hardly fitthat word because of her ageat the time of the filming.

Without resorting to classlists I think that I’ve had onlyone Mary whom I recall in 40years of education. A friendof mine who teaches at Bos-ton College also has had onlyone Mary (Fall of 2000) inhis 20 years of classes, butshe went by her non-Marianmiddle name Emmie.

So, isn’t it fitting at thistime of year that the nameMary is on so many people’slips——and I’m not talkingabout the new Ms. Poppins orGeorge Bailey’s wife (playedby Donna Reed) in the FrankCapra Christmas classic, “It’sa Wonderful Life?” Duringthese last weeks of Decemberit’s hard to talk about man-gers, shepherds, wise men,inns, stables, donkeys, andBethlehem without invokingher name——yes, a name forthe ages no matter how farout of popularity it goes.

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