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Candidates John Barros, top left, Andrea Campbell, top right, Annissa Essaibi George, bottom left and Michelle Wu, bottomright.

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Buddy Scollins, friends, family and government officials all joined in the dedicationceremony at the corner of Weld and Centre Streets.

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Two of the benefits of the Watermark development are new sidewalks on Amory Streetand the SW Park and crosswalks.

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JPNC debates communitybenefits of 265 Amory St.

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The City of Boston dedicated the cor-ner of Centre and Weld Streets to thelate great William R. Scollins on Aug.6.

Scollins, known to his friends as Bill,ran the Scollins Drug Store at 1420 Cen-tre St. for 40 years, from the 1930s tothe 1970s, with his son Buddy Scollins.

District 6 City Councilor MattO’Malley opened the ceremony and de-scribed how his parents actually met atScollins Drug.

“I would not be here without Scollins

Drugstore,” he said. “Yes, it was apharmacy, but it was more of a com-munity center. It was where peoplecame together.”

He added that when his grandfa-ther needed to fly to California fora wake and couldn’t pay for theticket, Bill Scollins lent him themoney, and how if a family neededfood and couldn’t afford it, Billwould tell them to put it on his tabat the supermarket across the street.There was also initially anotherdrugstore across the street, and the

Four of the five mayoral contendersshared their views on numerous issuesimpacting Boston’s future at a virtualforum hosted by the Hyde Park Neigh-borhood Association (HPNA) on Thurs-day, August 5.

Several local organizations cospon-sored the 90-minute event, including theBelnel Family Neighborhood Associa-tion (BFNA), the Friends of the HydePark Library, the Hyde Park Board of

The last meeting of the Jamaica PlainNeighborhood Council (JPNC) before itsthrice-delayed election now scheduledfor Aug. 21 went out with a bang on July27 in a lively debate over community ben-efits of the 265-267 Amory St. develop-ment.

The current neighborhood councilwas elected on April 28, 2018 with 18members; only eleven people are on the2021 ballot with current chairman KevinRainsford not seeking reelection.

Neither is Carolyn Royce, the activehousing committee chair who served onthe council for over seven years.

The JPNC is distinguished by itsrapid turnover of members, but the2018 council had perhaps the most at-trition in its 35-year history.

Seven members resigned and twowere fired for non-attendance; fourwere appointed to fill vacancies for theterm, but two apparently have declinedto gather the signatures to be on theballot.

In addition, Lindsey Santana, themayor’s office liaison to Jamaica Plainsince November 2019, left and was re-placed a month ago by TiffaniCabellero.

In her last appearance as council

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The new venue is named for the song former Boston Mayor Marty Walsh campaigned to make the officialrock song of the state.

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Boston Landing requestingmarquee for Roadrunner venue

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The Boston Planning andDevelopment Agency(BPDA) held a public meet-ing recently to gauge supportfor a digital sign at the NewBalance development area.

Keith Craig of NB Devel-opment Group said the newsign would be placed at thetrack and field building underconstruction at the south sideof the complex at 71 Guest St.

“Electronic signage is aunique definition under theBoston Zoning Code andwould require a zoning vari-ance to allow it,” he said.“What we’re asking for at thetrack and field building is anilluminated marquee. It’s a21st century electronic sign tochange the name and date forthe music venue piece of thisproject. It’s at street level, it’sstatic – not dynamic – and it’snot for advertising.”

Craig reiterated that thesign will be static, as residentswere concerned that it mightbe a flashing sign that coulddisrupt quality of life for lo-cal residents.

“It’s not a dynamic signand so there’s not meant to beany moving objects, anyflashing lights,” he said. “It’sstatic, it’s not advertising, it’sreally meant to showcase thenext act or event in a verysimple fashion.”

He said the building itselfis multi-purpose for track andfield, basketball and volley-ball, with about 25,000 squarefeet of ground-floor retail.“On the eastern side of thebuilding is where we have atwo-level music venue that iscalled Roadrunner,” he said,adding that Roadrunner refers

to the Jonathan Richman andthe Modern Lovers song aboutMassachusetts that formerBoston Mayor and State Rep.Marty Walsh advocated tomake the state’s official rocksong. “It’s a partnership withthe Bowery Presents andAEG.”

The venue will have a ca-pacity of 3,500 patrons andtake up about 50,000 squarefeet. The song lists local land-marks, like the Stop & Shopand Route 128, and was aboutRichman’s father. He said hisfather traveled the local re-gion as a traveling salesmanand the song documented histravels.

Craig said COVID-19pushed the full project’scompletion date back toMarch of 2022. The sign willlook like a normal marquee,for all intents and purposes,but it will have a digital com-ponent that will allow thevenue to change dates andbands depending on who isplaying on what night. It willbe 11 feet off the ground andbe about three feet wide by 20feet long.

“That’s simply for the abil-ity to identify the name anddate of any event going on atany given night,” he said. “It’sa 21st century sign that makesit so you don’t have people onladders changing the name ev-ery day.

Craig said they’ve heardsome comments on the projectas a whole, mostly concerningopen space at Boston Land-ing.”

“We have 16 acres of builtarea that includes property,streets and sidewalks, andwhat we tried to do all along,and we’ve pretty much kepttrue on this is that there are1.7 acres – about 10 percent

of those 16 areas – is publicly-accessible hardscape andgreenspace,” he said. “Wehave at-grade space and, upthe stairs on the terrace, wehave space as well that peopleare welcome to use.”

Resident John Cusack saidhe was fully in support of theproject change.

“It makes sense and I don’tfind it to be anything obtru-sive and I think it’s an appro-priate use for the venue,” hesaid.

To look at the full projectdesign and scope, go toBostonplans.org/projects/de-velopment-projects/boston-landing


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It was somewhat of a re-mote beach on Cape Eliza-beth in southeastern Maine,just a few miles outside of thecity of Portland. On the ap-proach road, I saw various noparking signs posted. I hadbeen inured my whole life bysuch approaches to then see-ing “Resident Parking Only”or hefty beach prices for non-residents. But neither ofthese was at the beginning ofthe beach parking lot: I wasastonished. A parking spacewas found and hours werespent reading and watchingyoung children under theeyes of their caring parentsfrolicking on the cove beachand in its placid waters in aNorman-Rockwell-like set-ting. Do you know of anysuch beach in our vast met-ropolitan area (outside of theDCR shoreline) without pro-hibitions/charges to non-resi-dents? If you do, it’s a well-kept secret. Greater Bostoncoastal communities havegone to great lengths to keepus outsiders from accessingand soiling their beaches. Aware that the small numberof allocated parking spacesfor out-of-towners fills upfast, this summer Gloucester,blessed with a sizable Catho-lic Italian and Portuguesepopulation whose faith isbased on loving neighbor asthyself, has posted ResidentOnly Parking signs on resi-dential roads even furtheraway from Good HarborBeach; such signs used to beat somewhat of a distancebefore this summer, and nowthe signage is even moreso—with a $75 fine waitingfor offenders.

It’s particularly disturb-ing that Scituate, described

as the most-Irish town inAmerica with 70% of itspopulation of Irish lineage,subscribes to the only-for-us-residents philosophy. Undoubtedly aware of howtheir Irish Catholic ancestorswere first treated in Bostonby the wealthy WASPs, thecurrent residents treat out-siders with similar disdain.

Adjacent South Shoretowns, also with heavilyCatholic populations, lookthe other way when re-minded of love-your-neigh-bor-as-yourself command-ment. The justification isthat outs iders t rash thebeaches and thwart atten-dance by local residents. Hmmm. And just for therecord, at the aforemen-tioned beach on this hotsunny July day there werenot dirty diapers and othertrash strewn on the beach byany of the beachgoers,townies or otherwise, nor wasthere was a waiting automo-bile line to access parkingbecause of the presence ofout-of-towners. It was, to saythe least, a sight to behold.

3 DUBIOUS DISTINC-TIONS FOR BOSTON

To the Editor:Boston is ranked 6th in the

country for worst heat islands.Researchers at Climate Central,an organization that focuses onthe impacts of the climate cri-sis, analyzed urban heat islandfactors in 158 cities in theUnited States and ranked thetop 20 for worst urban heat.Read more at: https://un ive r sa lhub .com/2021 /boston-6-worst-heat-islands

Research by ApartmentGuide finds that the top threecities with the most rodent in-festations are Philadelphia(18.90%), Boston (18.38%)and Washington, D.C. . Hmmmm, democRAT has therat built-in right in. Read thedetails at: Msn.com/en-us/money/realestate/boston-rat-problem-massachusetts-capital-is-second-highest-for-rodent-in-festations-in-us-study-says/ar-AAN0FsH?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531

And believe it or not, thesuperintendent of schools hasnot been licensed for two yearsnow because she failed to takean exam. Acting Mayor Janeythinks it’s a ho-hum. Now thisshines a very bright light on theneed for exam schools! (Heh,heh, heh) So how many Bos-ton towns has the super livedin now? Moving every yearmust be very distracting.

Kirby BoyceBoston

BULLETIN GOT ITWRONG ON 1905-1911CENTRE

To the Editor:The August 5, 2021 article

“ZBA grants Willet developersmore time” inaccurately char-acterized the status of CAD’sproposed development of 1905-1911 Centre Street, and wewrite to correct the record andto provide additional informa-tion and input supplied by thecommunity regarding the pro-posed development.

In a June 24 meeting withBPDA Director Brian Goldenand senior aides, arranged at

our request by Councilor MattO’Malley, the steering commit-tee of the Highland Neighbor-hood Civic Association(HNCA) learned that the CADproposal for condos at 1905-11Centre Street will not be ap-proved, as most recently pro-posed (the developer may re-vise their proposal in thefuture).Director Golden indi-cated that this proposal is notgoing anywhere, and contraryto the August 5 Bulletin article,there was no discussion of mov-ing it to another location.

BPDA’s decision was basedon the nearly unanimous oppo-sition from the community andelected officials (notably,Councilors Matt O’Malley andMichael Flaherty, State Repre-sentative Ed Coppinger andState Senator MichaelRush).During the discussionwith BPDA staff, we also gotthe impression that they sharedmany of our concerns and criti-cisms.

We fervently thank the hun-dreds of community memberswho took the time to voice theirfeelings about the proposeddevelopment by attending theBPDA’s public hearings, sub-mitting comments during theBPDA open comment periods,attending the May 1 rally, orotherwise providing input to theSteering Committee, BPDA,and/or elected officials.Ourvoices were heard!

While awaiting a possiblenew (further modified) pro-posal from the developer,HNCA developed and circu-lated an online survey to gatherresidents’ opinions about theproposed development andideas for its improvement.Within days, 172 respondentsparticipated. 65% felt ‘verynegative’ about the proposeddevelopment, 16% were ‘some-what negative’. Very few (<5%) of respondents felt ‘verypositive’ about the develop-ment, as proposed. This levelof non-support is consistent withinput given during the BPDApublic comment periods, and thereasons cited in the survey fornot supporting the proposal re-flect the spectrum of reasonssubmitted to the BPDA.

Regarding specific concerns,respondents indicated that theproposed building would be toobig for the lot size (72%), tootall at 4 stories (65%), that thebuilding’s architecture/designwouldn’t fit into the businessdistrict (66%), that there weretoo many condo units (57%).

Respondents felt the devel-opment did not have enoughparking or would lead to toomuch traffic (about 50%),seemed to violate zoning regu-lations (specifically regardingheight and setback standards;

56%), indicated that the pro-posed commercial space wastoo small (33%), 25% of respon-dents were concerned that thedeveloper refused to install heat-ing/cooling/appliances usingclean (renewable) energysources, needed to help meet thecity’s goal of carbon neutrality.Though the BPDA had officiallysought public comment on thedeveloper’s specific proposal,HNCA wanted to learn how resi-dents and local businesseswould actually like to see prop-erty developed. 61% supportedthe restoration/reuse of theKeith House (perhaps for officesand some community use); 44%liked the idea of restoration/re-use of the former bank building(perhaps for some commercialuse); 42% liked the idea of amini-park in that location(which the Centre St. businessdistrict and abutting residentialneighborhood notably lack);35% indicated a preference forcommercial space only 29% pre-ferred a smaller condo buildingwith more commercial space,26% desired a community cen-ter; only 12% expressed a pref-erence for a smaller condo build-ing.

The survey revealed signifi-cant interest in rehabilitation andre-use of the historic (circa1850) woodframe Keith House:22% were ‘extremely inter-ested’, 16% ‘very interested’,and 28% ‘somewhat interested’.There was less interest in pre-serving the former “Brutalist”style bank building: 9% were‘extremely interested’, 6% were‘very interested’, with 24%‘somewhat interested’.

As the Boston LandmarksCommission has designatedboth properties as ”significant,”an HNCA subcommittee is nowexploring options for their pres-ervation and potential re-use(and we would welcome addi-tional community volunteers tohelp; if you have any interestand/or experience with historicpreservation, please contact usat [email protected]).

If you did not have a chanceto respond to the survey orwould like to submit furthercomments, please email us [email protected].

Again, the HNCA SteeringCommittee sends its most sin-cere thanks to the communityfor its vigorous participationin this process thus far—withcertainly more discussion tocome as we continue to workwith the City and private de-velopers on ways this prop-erty can enhance the CentreSt. business district!

Nancy Kressin and PaulHorn

Highland NeighborhoodCivic Association

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The Roslindale Parade is a mainstay of the neighborhood, going back decades. And LANA has been askedto take a bigger role in its after-party at Fallon Field.

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The Longfellow AreaNeighborhood Association(LANA) met in a virtual for-mat recently, and discussed thegroup’s inclusion in the afterparty for the Roslindale Paradeat Fallon Field, now set to re-turn for Oct. 3 this year.

During that discussion,LANA member Rachel Youngoutlined what she andRoslindale Parade OrganizerTom Donahue considered forthe group’s participation in theafter party. Also it was notedthat Donahue was looking toease up off the reins of the pa-rade next year.

“Tom would like LANA totake over everything at the endof parade event next year,”Young said.

Traditionally, about four orfive LANA members wouldvolunteer to help clean up atthe after-party and distributefood, whereas taking over theafter-party event itself wouldrequire a lot more organizationbefore the event. Young said

Donahue has traditionallytaken care of that and walkedher through how that works.

Young said in the past, for-profit businesses would pay tohave booths at the after-partyand organizers would use thosefunds to pay for insurance andpermits. Donations from resi-dents would also be sought,and anything left over wouldgo to providing entertainment.

“It seems to me that themost work for the parade endevent is the insurance and per-mitting, and (Donahue) is will-ing to walk us through that,”she said. “The day of the eventis really not that much work,but reaching out to the city tomake sure we have the stageand the multiple permits youneed for the end event, it’s thatplanning I think that is thecommitment.”

Member Sue Forti said shebelieves this would require thework of a full-fledged subcom-mittee, and that the LANABoard would not have the timeto take on the organizationalcommitment needed to pull offthe after-party. She said they

would have to discuss it morein depth later.

“I would say that on thepart of some of us on the board,there are some great reserva-tions about taking on a biggerrole,” she said. “We don’t havea budget for even cheap insur-ance and I don’t want to getjust cheap insurance. There aremany issues before we take onmore, and it would really al-most need to have a commit-tee where that is their job tocover the parade.”

Young and Forti agreedthough that LANA should

reach out to other local neigh-borhood groups to help lightenthe load.

“It is the Roslindale Paradeafter all,” Forti said.

Any resident or business in-terested in helping at thisyear’s parade after-party canreach out to LANA at https://longfellowarea.com/contact-us/

Young said for this year atleast, the Roslindale Paradeafter-party at Fallon Field willhave a stage, entertainers, lawnand field games, two ice creamtrucks and the promotional

tables for businesses.“It’s lots of fun. You get to

see all your neighbors and it’sa nice way to give back,” shesaid. “It looks like what LANAwill be doing is helping withset up, which is very minimal.We’ll need someone to comein in the morning and organizethe table set up, to set up what-ever we do – lawn games andwhatever food we want to handout this year. I think this year,what with COVID-19 and all,popcorn is not the best idea but


we can do prepackaged popcorn and snacks or something likethat. And then we’ll just need a point person to help Tom withwhatever happens at the end. Usually he’s got everything cov-ered.”

Young said they will only need about five volunteers to helphand out popcorn and monitor the lawn games.

“Because if you don’t monitor the lawn games, people willjust walk away with all the stuff,” she said.

The group also discussed what they’re calling the 25th An-niversary of LANA Plus One, as last year was the 25th anni-versary of the group. However, there was no way to celebratebecause of COVID-19. Young said they are currently brain-storming ideas on how to celebrate this year, including at theparade after-party and/or throwing a bash of their own. Ac-cording to member Deb Beatty Mel, the decision on whatthe Boston Planning and Development Agency (BPDA) willdo with the parcel at 108 Walter St. – where the RoslindaleWetlands Task Force (a subsidiary of LANA) was able togarner support to pressure the city into purchasing and pre-serving the wetlands there – should be by Labor Day of thisyear.

Members at the meeting agreed that celebrating that de-cision – which will include affordable housing along withpreserving the wetlands under a Conservation Restriction inperpetuity – would be a great focal point for the group’saccomplishments.

The Board agreed to discuss the celebration in the com-ing weeks. The next LANA Board Meeting will be its an-nual meeting on Sept. 13.

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Rose’s Bounty needs yourhelp distributing for veterans


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The Rose's Bounty Food Pantry runs several programs to help those inneed and is now branching out to help more veterans.

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Rose’s Bounty is currentlycollecting and distributingneeded items to the city’s mostvulnerable veterans, and theorganization could use yourhelp.

If you are interested in do-nating, email

[email protected] todrop itemsoff. A full list ofitems will be published at thebottom of this article.

Rose’s Bounty DirectorDarra Slagle said the items arenothing too expensive. Actu-ally, used items of most kinds– like pots and pans, laundrybaskets, can openers or fluffyblankets (Slagle stipulated that

only a reasonable level of fluffis required) – would be ac-cepted. She said many of theveterans they are looking tohelp are just trying to get backon their feet after experiencinghomelessness or mental illness.

Slagle said this originallystarted as a monthly giveawaybefore the pandemic hit, but hasnow ballooned into a weekly

distribution. She said they workwith the U.S. Department ofHousing and Urban Develop-ment (HUD) and the VeteransAdministration SupportiveHousing (VASH) program(known collectively as HUD-VASH).

“We’ve been working withthem for years providing boxesof food to the veterans and wewere doing that on a once-a-month basis,” she said. “Oncethe pandemic hit, we starteddoing emergency boxes everyFriday, along with our regular

monthly distribution,” she said.“I always told them that wehave a lot of resources if there’sanything the veterans need.”

Slagle said HUD-VASH isoften looking to help settle vet-erans who have recently expe-rienced homelessness or men-tal illness in new housing, butsome of the items that othersmay take for granted wheneverthey move somewhere can beexpensive or difficult to find.

“They have difficulty find-ing some items they can’t get


The district would allow lodging companies to essentially pool theirresources to attract more customers to the city.

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Council warming to tourismdistrict idea with Cambridge


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Rose’s Bounty continued from page 6with their regular resources,” she said. “So Ijust thought, we can get things through theGreater Boston Food Bank, some cleaning sup-plies and soap and that sort of thing and weoften get donations of lotions or things likethat, and so we just came up with a list ofthings the veterans need when they’re set-tling into their new homes.”

Slagle said they’ve already collectedenough of the less expensive items like soap,lotion, paper towels etc.

“We just had a case where I needed a wel-come box to be fulfilled and we used all thebasics we had, but there were several items

we didn’t have and those ran over $100, justpicking up those items,” she said.

Items needed now are: laundry baskets,mops and buckets, brooms and dustpans,shower curtains and shower rings, bath andtub mats, bath towel sets, dish towels andsponges, can openers, ice cube trays, hang-ers, ice cube trays, fluffy blankets, kitchenutensils , cutting boards, mixing bowls, bakingdishes, pots and pans.

Again, email [email protected] to ar-range to drop them off. For more information onRose’s Pantry, check out the group's website atStratfordstreetunitedchurch.org/food-pantry.html

The Boston City Councilmet with industry representa-tives on Aug. 9 to discuss thecreation of a Boston-CambridgeTourism Destination MarketingDistrict (TDMD).

The TDMD would basicallybe a fund for member organiza-tions to contribute so that thedistrict can market itself on alarger scale. It will allow mem-ber hotels to collectivize andreach markets they might nototherwise be able to.

Martha J. Sheridan, Presi-dent and CEO at Greater Bos-ton Convention & Visitors Bu-

reau (GBCVB), gave an over-view. She said the TDMD wouldbe a great help in getting the in-dustry back to where it was in2019, and that it was on theminds of the hotel industry evenbefore the pandemic.

She said pre-pandemic tour-ism was the third largest indus-try in the state, and had an eco-nomic output of $22.6 billion inthe Greater Boston area. For thestate, she said it generated $850million in taxes.

She said they had 82.5 per-cent occupancy in 2019, withrevenue per available roomcoming in at $215 per night.Sheridan said the year to dateoccupancy up to and including

June is 29.2 percent. “That, asyou can see, is a huge drop.

“The hotels are bleedingmoney versus 2019,” she said.“We do not have our fullcomplement of visitors on thehorizon coming back for severalyears to come. We do need thesefunds to help jumpstart us to-ward recovery.”

Sheridan said they are pro-jecting to end the year at 41 per-cent occupancy, and will end2022 with 66 percent.

“Why is this important?” shesaid. “It’s all about ourworkforce. Our associates arewhat make the tourism industryin Boston, in Cambridge, inMassachusetts so successful.Pre-pandemic Massachusettssaw one in every 10 workers

employed in the hospitality in-dustry. We provide flexible andaccommodating employmentopportunities and it is one of themost diverse workforces in theCommonwealth. And in 2020we lost 47 percent of thosejobs.”

The simple point Sheridansaid she was trying to make wasthat if Boston and Cambridgeleave things the way they are,other local areas will be compet-ing “fiercely” for the tourismmarket share when the pan-demic finally lets up completely.

“Every one of my friends inthis industry across the countryis going after the same visitorsand it’s a smaller pool of visi-tors,” she said. “Industry expertsare forecasting not a one-or-two-year recovery, not a two-or-three-year recovery, but a four-to-five-year recovery. Invest-ment is key for us to stay com-petitive in that five-year win-dow. So we must activate now

to help bring tourism back to itsprevious state.”

The TDMD will allow theGBCVB to create a committeethat would oversee a fund thatlocal hotels and businesses willdonate to. The District Manage-ment Committee (DMC), ac-cording to the ordinance filing,will determine how funds arespent within local programs.The assessment will be deter-mined by 1.5 percent of the to-tal hotel’s checkout rate. Thefunds will be required for mem-bership and the DMC will as-sess how much each membershould pay. There will be 15voting committee members andtwo at-large non-voting mem-bers.

The funds are slated for spe-cific programs or initiatives togenerate area brand awareness,engage with local media to fa-miliarize publications both with


Scollins Dedication continued from page 1proprietor of that store said hewould put Bill out of business.In the end, that store was theone that closed down. Resi-dents attributed this not to anydirect agressive effort fromScollins, but rather just be-cause people seemed to pre-fer how friendly and welcom-ing Bill was.

He sponsored a local soft-ball team, the Scollins Cow-boys, and he would call up hisfriend who worked at Fenway

Park to get the local teenag-ers who worked at the phar-macy a summer job. DuringWWII, when many of the lo-cal boys were off in Europe,he gave them a set of keys tohis car, so that if one of themcame home and needed a carthey could use his. He and hiswife Kathleen would write tenletters a week to those over-seas. About 13 neighborhoodboys died during the war.

Buddy Scollins was present

at the dedication. “My father was my men-

tor. He taught me the value ofcommunity and relationships,the true meaning of generos-ity and selflessness. As youheard today, Bill Scollins, mydad, was the ultimate Scoltab.He could pretty well cure any-thing that ailed you, one wayor another,” he said.

The Scoltab was ScollinsDrug’s generic pain reliever,bought by hungover young

people after the so-called11:30 a.m. ‘bum’s matinee’mass at Holy Name. BuddyScollins was wearing abowtie, and someone askedhim, ‘Did your dad wearbowties?’ “Always,” he said.“And a little off kilter.”

He was known not just forhis generosity but also for hisfriendliness and talent at me-diation.

“Bill Scollins understoodthe power of communicationand mutual understanding,”said his granddaughter SusanScollins Roche.

She told the story of whenSacred Heart church was try-ing to raise money to build aparochial school by hosting acarnival. The Boston Policeshowed up and shut it down.The priest, Msgr. EdwardMurray, was understandablydistraught, and then someonesuggested calling up BillScollins. Bill then called upthe police captain and invitedhim, the two police sergeantswho had shut the carnivaldown, and Murray over towork things out, and soon af-ter the carnival reopened.

O’Malley also spoke aboutthe fun the young people whohung around the drug storehad, sharing stories his father

told him. “When Ford came out

with the Mustang, down at theRoche Center, it was a cardealership, they had Mustangcars with the fences aroundthem, like they were in a pen.They also had a life-sizedplastic horse. One night aftera couple of Scollins boys, per-haps were in Flynn’s, after-wards, went up, and the nextmorning that horse appearedon the top of Scollins’ phar-macy,” he said.

He then offered anotherstory about his aunt, a teen-aged Catholic school girl,working behind the counter.

“A man came in and askedin a hushed tone, 'Do you sellprophylactics?' Maureen hadno idea what the word meant,so she yelled ‘Hey Buddy, dowe sell prophylactics?’ Thecustomer turned beet red, andBuddy could’ve qualified forthe Olympics in the amountof time he sprinted from theback of the pharmacy to thefront.”

In addition to O’Malley,At-Large City CouncilorsMichael Flaherty, MichelleWu, and Anissa EssaibiGeorge were present.

Representatives from theMayor’s office, At-LargeCity Councilor Julia Meija’soffice, State Sen. MichaelRush’s office, and State Rep.Ed Coppinger’s office werealso present. Resolutionsfrom the Boston City Coun-cil, the Massachusetts Houseof Representatives, and theMassachusetts State Senatewere presented in honor ofBill Scollins. Local musicianDan Meyers provided musi-cal accompaniment on thebagpipes.Prayer to the Blessed Virgin

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member and housing committeechair, Royce asked the councilto sign off on a letter which criti-cizes the Watermark Develop-ment plans for 265-267 AmoryStreet because it has not suffi-ciently consulted the commu-nity and that it does not includean affordable unit in the ninecondominium residential build-ing.

The project includes a three-story headquarters for YouthEnrichment Services (YES)and four-story, nine-unit condo-minium building, both designedby Embarc.

These are on the edge of anentrance to the Southwest Cor-ridor Park that Watermark plansto enhance as part of its com-munity benefits.

Royce opened her remarkson a positive note.

“There’s lot to like aboutthis project,” she said. “We’repretty excited about the YESbuilding, but Watermark needsto finish the process with theneighbors.”

Both the Brookside andBrewery neighborhood asso-ciations have opposed the resi-dential building as being tootall; they want a three-storybuilding.

JPNC continued from page 1Royce seemed at odds with

the neighborhood. She wantedmore density and an increasednumber of units.

“There’s no affordability.That’s a problem for the com-mittee. It comes in as nine units,just under ten. It’s in a densitybonus site.

“They’re [Watermark] ask-ing for variances in a densitybonus-area. It’s an outstandingissue in that neighborhood.

“The housing committeewants some adjustments to addaffordability but Watermark isproposing a different set of ben-efits. They have a differentmeans of benefits that theywant to provide.”

Watermark is proposing towaive their development feethat they say would be$100,000 and contribute$100,000 to the Jamaica PlainDevelopment Corporation forits Equity and Prosperity Cen-ter campaign. In addition, Wa-termark would widen theAmory Street sidewalk and addnew walks at the SouthwestCorridor Park.

Royce was also unhappywith the Boston Planning andDevelopment Agency (BPDA).

“There’s a funny process

with the BPDA,“ she said. “Theproject manager [Ebony DaRosa] won’t extend the com-ment period and she is propos-ing that the project go beforethe BPDA board in August.”

“We haven’t submitted ourletter yet and it can’t go to theBPDA without more agreementfrom the neighbors,” Roycesaid.

In a message to The Bulle-tin on Aug. 2 the BPDA stated:“the BPDA is not planning totake the project to the board inAugust in order to allow addi-tional time to discuss the out-standing concerns.”

Max Glickman is anothermember not seeking reelection.

“The committee is not mon-etizing the value of the ben-efits,” he said.

“The developer is puttingmore than affordability withother benefits. All that stuffadds up.”

Council member Peg Prebleadded it up.

“This cash donation [to theJPNDC] feels like a bribe,” shesaid. “The cash donation is tomake us feel good about thebuilding.”

Committee member andzoning committee chair DaveBaron had his concerns.

“I’m uncomfortable withgiving money, whether it’s tothe Jamaica Pond Associationor Stonybrook NeighborhoodAssociation,” he said. “They’reinvolved with the approval pro-cess. But JPNDC is not in-volved with the approval pro-cess.

“I’m on the fence on this,”he said. “I really don’t want tosupport this letter. It’s still nineunits. It doesn’t trigger a den-sity bonus. There’s a lot of goodwith this project.”

Council member SamanthaMontano is senior organizer forJPNDC and said she would notvote.

“But the JP neighborhoodcouncil created this densityproblem by not approving den-sity,” she said. “The councilalways approves a low numberof units in projects - like thesenior supportive housing - be-cause they want to support theneighbors.”

Outgoing chair KevinRainsford called for a vote onthe housing committee letter.“It’s up to us to interpret whatdensity bonus means,” he said.

Nine voted in favor, includ-ing Baron, and two opposed.The letter to the BPDA wasapproved.

Speaking with the Bulletinthe next day Lee Goodman ofWatermark said he has met withthe Brewery neighborhoodthree times and would meetagain on July 29.

“We have 88 letters of sup-port on file at the BPDA,” hesaid. “It’s hard to tell who’s infavor in the Brewery group be-cause all the opposition is fun-neled through one person:

Claire Rundelli.“It’s offensive to call a con-

tribution to JPNDC a bribe,”Goodman said.

“We are not required to doan affordable unit on thisproject. We elected to offer asubstantial community benefitpackage without being askedto,” he said.

Goodman listed six benefitsincluding waiving the develop-ers fee, a contribution toJPNDC, new crosswalks andsidewalks on both AmoryStreet and the SWC park atEvy’s Tea and correcting theroad ponding at Amory Street.

“Taken all together thisadds up to more than the$400,000, the equivalent of anaffordable unit,” he said “Thesidewalks alone cost $200,000.

“I’ve gotten calls asking meto give the $100,000 ofJPNDC funding to the cityhousing trust fund, but I re-fused,” he said. “It will not goto Jamaica Plain, but out toother neighborhoods.”

Dave Baron and Peg Preble both disagreed with the cash donationbut for different reasons.

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Trade, Hyde Park MainStreets, Keep Hyde Park Beau-tiful, Southwest Boston CDC,the Ward 18 Democratic Com-mittee, and the WestFairmount Hill CommunityGroup (WFHCG). More than80 people attended to hear thecandidates answer questionscollected by HPNA membersranging from development toclimate resiliency to smallbusiness support.

City Councilor At-LargeMichelle Wu, District 4 CityCouncilor Andrea Campbelland John Barros, the city’sformer chief of economic de-velopment, participated for theentire forum, with CouncilorAt-Large Annissa EssaibiGeorge joining about halfwaythrough. Acting Mayor KimJaney was unable to attend dueto a death in the family.

“As we know, thinkingabout this election, we knowit’s like no other electionwe’ve seen in a long time,”said HPNA president MimiTurchinetz. “It really reflectsincredible diversity. Whoevergets elected will make history,and it’s incredibly exciting.”

The preliminary electionwill be held on September 14,which will narrow the field tothe top two contenders for themayor’s seat in the final elec-tion on Nov. 2.

The candidates stressedtheir leadership experience.Barros began his service at age14 as a community organizerthrough the Dudley StreetNeighborhood Initiative to ad-dress the alarming asthma rate,closing down transfer stationsand working with local busi-nesses. The two keys hestressed are neighborhood in-volvement and municipal part-nership to address issues of cli-

Mayoral Forum continued from page 1mate resiliency, development,safe neighborhoods and smallbusiness sustainability.

Campbell is a six-year vet-eran of the City Council, pre-viously serving as its presi-dent. She hopes to address in-equities in housing, food ac-cess and quality schools in aleadership style that is “boldand courageous.”

Wu, also a past councilpresident, has represented thecity for eight years. Althoughshe never expected to run foroffice as a daughter of immi-grants, she said she felt com-pelled to take action as shesought solutions for hermother, who had suffered frommental illness.

Candidates discussed howthey would address the pan-demic and equity issues.

“So many of the ways inwhich we’re talking about thepandemic having had an im-pact actually were already thechallenges that our communi-ties were facing long beforethe virus,” Wu said, notingskyrocketing housing costs,coastal flooding and publicschool needs.

“There’s no question forme that it starts with having acity vision that Boston will bea city that is a anti-racist,”Barros said. He highlighted aunified approach to addressingissues including police re-forms, education and bridgingthe wealth gap.

Throughout her answers,Campbell stressed that “Bos-ton is a tale of two cities”brought sharply into focus dur-ing the pandemic. She was ableto become a successful attor-ney and leader while her twinbrother died while in prisonawaiting trial. Campbell saidshe “has always led with a ra-

cial equity lens,” institutingtraining for councilors on racialequity.

Supporting Hyde Park’ssmall businesses was anothercritical topic, as the commu-nity has seen stores close andrestaurants fail. A question fo-cused on what policies the can-didates have instituted or planto implement within their first90 days in office.

Barros, a small businessowner, noted that 23 percent ofBoston’s small businesses re-main shuttered.

“As chief of economic de-velopment, I stood up six fundsthat provided direct financialassistance for small busi-nesses,” he continued. Hewould direct federal funds tosupport small businesses aswell as channel more moneyinto the city’s Main Streetsprogram.

“One of the reasons Ijumped into the mayor’s racewas because of, frankly, thelack of more investment insmall businesses,” Campbellsaid. “The city has the abilityto change the landscape ofbusinesses run by people ofcolor and small businesses justby the contracts itself.”

She also started the vacantlot initiative in her district,which has brought forth re-quests for proposals (RFPs)on 30 vacant lots. She wouldexpand this citywide to acti-vate 100 vacant lots.

Wu said she has imple-mented policies that supportsmall businesses, including theAcoustic on Main ordinance toencourage foot traffic and an

ordinance on equity in con-tracting. She would fill busi-ness vacancies with local en-terprises in her first 90 days.

All of the candidates werein support of the city purchas-ing Crane Ledge Woods on theHyde Park-Roslindale border.However, Essaibi George wasthe one candidate to stressthat the property is privatelyowned, and that it may not beavailable for purchase from itsowner, the Jubilee ChristianChurch, with whom she hasspoken.

Barros noted he previouslycreated the largest urban landtrust in the country and be-lieves that it is “absolutely do-able.”

Campbell said the cityneeded “to be more proactiveand less reactive” in purchas-ing private properties for pub-lic recreation or housing op-portunities.

“It’s painful to have thisconversation across the citytime and time again,” Wu said,“where we see important com-munity treasures at the vergeof being lost. I know what atreasure this space is.”

Wu added that she visitedCrane Ledge several yearsago and saw the woodland andpanoramic vistas of the cityfirsthand, calling it “a little bitof paradise.” She alsostressed that it is in a climatejustice community.

All of the candidates saidthey would declare the climatecrisis as “a state of emer-gency.” Wu said she put to-gether the city’s first GreenNew Deal. Barros said hewould create a resident dis-placement fund for those im-pacted by storms, as well as

improve stormwater manage-ment and create powermicrogrids. Campbell notedthat “the city has alreadyfailed” her district in address-ing the climate crisis by notincluding Mattapan in city cli-mate maps, where parks areneeded.

Essaibi George stressedher work on education policyas well as addressing the cri-ses of homelessness, mentalhealth challenges and addic-tion. She had previously led acouncil committee on the lastthree issues, but said it hadbeen dismantled by then-coun-cil president Janey.

Another hot question wasabout the Zoning Board ofAppeal (ZBA) and its issu-ance of variances on numer-ous projects.

Barros called for a rezon-ing of Boston that “would notleave everything in the handsof the ZBA.” Campbellstressed that every neighbor-hood needs a plan that wouldbe codified in the zoning code.Wu described the current zon-ing process as “the most com-plex, opaque, political develop-ment approvals process any-where in the country” and haspushed for a major reform ofthe Boston Planning and De-velopment Agency (BPDA).Essaibi George said thereneeds to be “a better job atmaster planning our city as awhole.”

HPNA also is hosting a CityCouncilor At-Large forum atthe Hyde Park CommunityCenter on Thursday, August 12at the Hyde Park communityCenter at 6 p.m. It is planned tobe broadcast on Facebook Liveat press time.


DEATHSGILL

Patricia A. (Moynihan) passedaway after a long illness sur-rounded by her family on August1, 2021. She leaves behind herhusband Kevin Gill, son KevinGill, II, parents John & MaryMoynihan, brother Jack & ErinMoynihan, niece MaeveMoynihan, nephew Jake Moynihanand numerous family members &friends that she cared for. She alsoleaves behind a legacy of daycarechildren for whom she loved,adored, and are proud of. In lieuof flowers, donations are asked tobe sent in her memory to The DanaFarber Cancer Institute. Funeralfrom The Robert J. Lawler &Crosby Funeral Home, 1803 Cen-tre St., WEST ROXBURY. Inter-ment will be private.www.lawlerfuneralhome.comLawler & Crosby Funeral Home617-323-5600.

HARZBECKERJoseph J. of West Roxbury, for-

merly of Lexington, died Thursday,August 5, at the age of 87. Joeleaves his best friend and the loveof his life of 63 years, his wife,Anne (Lansing); he is the father ofJoseph J., Jr. of West Roxbury andSusan C. Harzbecker of WestRoxbury; cherished grandfather ofDaniel Edelston of Westwood. Joewas predeceased by his siblings,Helen, Robert, June, Marion, andFrank, and is survived by manynephews and nieces. Joe, born inBoston, the son of the late Robertand Helena (Briscoe) Harzbecker,shared a special bond with hisgrandfather, Franz Harzbecker. Joewas a track star at Jamaica PlainHigh where he was elected the“best-dressed’ in his graduatingclass! He graduated from North-eastern University with a degree inbusiness and retired from Travel-ers Insurance. Joe, who was an avidRed Sox fan and longtime admirerof Ted Williams, enjoyed readingand, as a true people-person, lovedto schmooze with his many friends.Joe was a family man who lookedforward to family vacations at YorkBeach, ME. Even when some daysbecame difficult, Joe expressedgratitude for his blessed life. Joewas a man of deep faith and a dailycommunicant at Holy NameChurch where he was a Eucharis-tic Minister, served on the ParishPastoral Council, was the co-founder and President of the H.N.Retirees, and a weekly moneycounter. In his retirement, Joe wasthe election captain of Ward 20,Precinct 19, served as Treasurer ofthe Hyde Park Historical Society,was a member of the West RoxburyHistorical Society, and PGK of theKnights of Columbus Council 94-Lexington. Funeral from The Rob-ert J. Lawler and Crosby FuneralHome, 1803 Centre St., WESTROXBURY. The Family willgather in the funeral home at 10:30am on Thursday, August 12, fol-lowed by the Mass of ChristianBurial at 11:30am, in Holy NameChurch, 1689 Centre St., WestRoxbury. Burial in the NewtonCemetery, 791 Walnut St., NewtonCentre. In lieu of flowers, dona-tions can be made in Joe’s memoryto Doctors Without Borders USA,P.O. Box 5030, Hagerstown, MD21741. Due to the rising CovidDelta variant please wear a mask.www.lawlerfuneralhome.comLawler & Crosby Funeral Home617-323-5600.

MORAHANMichael “Noel” of West

Roxbury, formerly of JamaicaPlain and Co. Roscommon, Ire-land, August 1, 2021. Beloved hus-band of the late Deborah C.“Abbie” (O’Connor). Loving fa-ther of Michael and his wifeTheresa of Holbrook, Richard andhis wife Eileen of Weymouth,Maureen Vegnani and her husbandMark of Norton, Patricia Whiteand her husband Joseph ofRoslindale, Bernadette Romansand her husband Michael ofWeymouth, and DebbiePrendergast and her husband Johnof Melrose. Grandfather of 11grandchildren. Brother of JosephMorahan and his wife Nancy ofRoslindale and the late BrianMorahan, Thomas Morahan,Marie Nolan, and Betty Meehan.Also survived by many nieces andnephews. Funeral from the WilliamJ. Gormley Funeral Home, 2055Centre St., WEST ROXBURY. In-terment St. Joseph Cemetery. Inlieu of flowers, donations inmemory of Noel may be made tothe American Liver Foundation,188 Needham St., Newton, MA02461. For directions andg u e s t b o o k ,www.gormleyfuneral.com WilliamJ. Gormley Funeral Service 617-323-8600.

PIRRONEDorothy, Born April 30, 1931

in Newark, New Jersey and re-turned to God’s loving hands onAugust 2, 2021. Predeceased byher parents Edward and LydiaGosselin; husband Joseph C.Pirrone; brother Edward Gosselin;and son John Pirrone. She is sur-vived by her daughter KatherineJohnson and husband Don ofOrmond Beach, FL; daughterAnne-Marie Riley and husbandHenry of Dallas, TX; and son Jo-seph D. Pirrone and wife Judy ofWest Roxbury, MA. Loving grand-children Jacqui Burnett and hus-band Jim of Longmont, Colorado,Wendy Johnson of Ormond Beach,FL, Jennifer Burrows and husbandJohn of Dorchester, MA, Joseph E.Pirrone and wife Ashley of Natick,MA, Vanna LaBreck of Norwood,MA, and Alexis Pirrone of OrmondBeach, FL; and her loving great-grandchildren Harden, Peyton andAinsley Burnett, Jack Burrows andAubrey Rose LaBreck. Also sur-vived by her brother DonaldGosselin and his wife Marilyn ofDedham. A Funeral Mass was cel-ebrated Monday, August 9th in St.John Chrysostom Church, 4750Washington Street, West Roxbury.For guestbook,gormleyfuneral.com William J.Gormley Funeral Service 617-323-8600.

ROTHJohn E. “Jack” of Hyde Park

and Marshfield, July 29, 2021.Beloved husband of the late MaryL. Roth (Nickell). Loving father ofKaren M. May and her husbandJohn Sarno of Hyde Park, John E.Roth, Jr. and his wife Alena of Sa-lem, MA, and Mark J. Roth andhis wife Debra M. of Dedham.Devoted grandfather of Matt,Sam, Nick, Erika, Chris, Patrick,Kevin and John Sarno, Jr. Deargreat-grandfather to Estefani andAmelia. Also survived by his lov-ing sister Alice Robb ofWilmington and many nieces andnephews. Jack was a proud mem-

ber of IBEW Local 103 for 65years and he will be most notablyremembered for his leadership assuperintendent for GuzovskyElectrical Corp. Funeral from theWilliam J. Gormley FuneralHome, 2055 Centre St., WESTROXBURY, Thursday, August12th at 9:00 A.M., followed by aFuneral Mass at St. JohnChrysostom Church at 10:00o’clock. The Funeral Mass will belive streamed for those who wouldlike to attend but are not able.L i n k :www.stjohnchrysostom02132.orgFor directions and guestbook,www.gormleyfuneral.com Will-iam J. Gormley Funeral Service617-323-8600.

TERRUSOJane Kathryn, Age 79, passed

away peacefully on Monday, Au-gust 2, 2021, surrounded by herloving and grateful family. Janewas born August 16, 1941, inHyde Park, the only child of asteel worker Edward Baldwin, anda stay-at-home mom, MaryReagan Baldwin. Jane attendedBoston College and studied Soci-ology, where she was introducedto her husband, Eugene Sullivan,Jr. Jane worked for Blue CrossBlue Shield in Boston and soonafter, began to start her family ofsix children. Later in life, Janemarried John Terruso, Sr. Theymade many memories and en-joyed adventures together. Knownas a vibrant, warm, and highlycompassionate soul, Jane wasdeeply loved and valued by herfamily and friends. She was ad-mired for her steadfast guidanceand quiet strength. Jane cultivateda strong family bond. It is throughher example that her childrenlearned what it really means to pri-oritize family and she leaves alegacy that many will model. Janewill be remembered for her lovefor dancing and music, her natureto embrace the moment and mostof all, her laughter. Jane was com-mitted to serve. She volunteeredat organizations, such as Breadand Roses, and she generouslyserved as a Eucharistic Minister.Jane embodied compassion, em-pathy and wisdom and dedicatedher time to those in hospice. Janeis survived by her husband of 26years, John J. Terruso of HudsonNH; children and spouses, EugeneSullivan III and wife, PamelaSullivan, Kim Reddy and hus-band, John Reddy, James Sullivanand wife, Elizabeth Sullivan,Kathleen Sarver-Glejzer and hus-band, Paul Glejzer, DeboraGreenblatt and husband, JoshGreenblatt and Danielle Sullivan;stepchildren, John Terruso, Jr. andspouse, Kristine, Steven Terruso,and Christina Terruso; grandchil-dren, Peyton and Noah Sullivan,Mikayla, Cameron, and ShaneReddy, Jack and Ruby Sullivan,Jake and Jessica Sarver and CasiGlejzer, and Jonah and KathrynGreenblatt. Funeral from TheDracut Funeral Home, 2159Lakeview Ave., DRACUT, MA.Interment will be held privately.In lieu of flowers, donations maybe made to St. Jude Children’s Re-search Hospital, 501 St. JudePlace, Memphis, TN 38105 or toSt. Mary Magdalen Parish, 93Lakeview Ave., Tyngsboro, MA01879. For directions and onlinecondolences, visitDRACUTFUNERALHOME.COM


the local landmarks and the les-sor-known destinations, orga-nize media events, expand so-cial media activities, participatein trade shows and partner withairlines to incentivize planners,tour operators and internationalmedia.

Sheridan said 70 percent ofthe hotels in Boston and Cam-bridge with 50 or more roomsvoted to approve the TDMDformation.

Executive Director of ArtsBoston Catherine Peterson saidher nonprofit organization pro-vides research, marketing, au-dience building programs andnetworking for 165 arts organi-zations and festivals. And sheconcurs the industry is hurting.

“These 165 cultural organi-zations have been devastated bythe pandemic,” she said. “Theirearned income has come to ahalt over the last 18 months withno in-person performances, andthey’ve lost, just the nonprofitones, they’ve lost over $376 mil-lion.”

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Around the NeighborhoodROAD TO WELLNESS 5K WALK/RUN

Join us Saturday, September 11, at 9am at 55Dimock Street, Roxbury for The 7th Annual Road toWellness 5K Walk/Run. Empowered by The DimockCenter, HoodFit, and the Boston Athletic Association,The Road to Wellness 5K Walk/Run inspires fitness& celebrates community. Embrace your journey. Walk.Run. Have fun. To learn more about this FREE com-munity event and the free weekly summer trainingsleading up to it, visit www.roadtowellness5k.com. Registration is open now! The Walk/Run coursewinds through the historic Roxbury community, start-ing and ending at The Dimock Center. Free for indi-vidual community members; Health and wellness fes-tival and entertainment, Kids’ Fun Run.

WESTERLY BURIAL GROUNDPRESENTATION

THE WEST ROXBURY HISTORICAL SOCI-ETY is holding this learning initiative on Saturday,September 18, at 2pm at the Westerly Burial Ground.The presentation was written by Bob Murphy and will

be delivered by Sandi Serkess. We will meet outsidethe burial ground on Center Street, next to Walgreens,at two o’clock and learn about its inhabitants! Comeone, Come all! Bring a friend or two. Free and opento the public.

The Westerly Burial Ground (also knownas Westerly Burying Ground) is anhistoric cemetery on Centre Street in the WestRoxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.Established in 1683, it is Boston’s seventh-oldestcemetery, and where the first settlers of the WestRoxbury area are buried. It was enlarged in 1832,and 1844, and its last documented burial was in1962.[ Eight American RevolutionaryWar veterans are buried there as well as fifteenveterans of the American Civil War. The cemeterywas added to the National Register of HistoricPlaces in 1987.

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Peterson said that while agood portion of the populationis showing up at many of thecurrent offerings – like the liveshows at Fenway – many are notready to come back yet.

“About 20 percent of audi-ences say they won’t return un-til 2022, and that’s pre-Deltavariant,” she said.

And so Peterson said the ad-ditional reach of the TDMDwould help bring more of thosewilling audiences to organiza-tional members.

District 1 City Councilor LydiaEdwards, whose district includesthe hotel-rich North End, said thatit’s great to see the Downtownneighborhoods represented dur-ing the meeting, but she pushedthe need for more tourism andhotel infrastructure beyond thoseareas, as Boston is more than justthe Downtown.

“The tourism industry needsto get beyond Downtown Bos-ton, it needs to get into local neigh-borhoods, it needs to get intoplaces not just on the Waterfront

and that’s a commitment youmade, and that’s a commitmentyou followed through on,” shesaid, noting that the 70 percent ofhotels included in the TDMD arenot completely Downtown-based.

Sheridan said her organizationwill be able to include more partsof Boston, as well as more citiesand towns in the Greater Bostonarea after the first five years ofthe district’s creation. District 3City Councilor Frank Baker saidhis district includes a myriad oftourist locations, and he’s happyto see an expanded reach forthese marketing initiatives.

“I have a Frederick LawOlmsted Park, I have a presiden-tial library, I have a replica of thesenate, I have burial grounds dat-ing back to the 1600s, and we nowhave Little Saigon – which we’vebeen working on for a few yearsnow, and so that’s music to myears,” he said. “We’re still in dis-cussions with the Strand abouthow we revitalize that too. I likethe local option. That’s goodnews.”


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