By Andrea SalisburySTAFF WRITER

Mike Rush says his background as a teacher,experience in the U.S. Navy and the eight yearshe’s spent as the representative for the 10th Suf-folk District has prepared him for his newestventure: running for the state Senate.

“Nobody forces you to run to office. You doit because you love it,” the Democratic candi-date for Sen. Marian Walsh’s seat said Thurs-day, Aug. 26 during a meeting with GateHouseMedia reporters and editors. “It’s morning, noon

Rush says he can ‘getmore done’ in the Senate

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Friends, familycelebrate JuJu

GREENIDEAS, 6

Planet Dedhamencourages residents to bike more

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By Matt CookSTAFF WRITER

Michael Walsh, a Westwood attorney who hasnever served in political office, said last Fridayhe’s getting a lot of support in his run for stateSenate from “the anti-incumbent vote.”

“People are tired of the way things work onBeacon Hill,” he said. “People perceive part ofthe problem as those that are in office.”

Walsh met Friday afternoon with editors andreporters from the Westwood Press and oth-er GateHouse Media papers. He’s running to

STATE SENATE

Walsh, Rush vie for nomination

STAFF PHOTO BY JIM WALKERMichael Walsh, a Westwood

attorney, is running for Senate.

STAFF PHOTO BY JIM WALKERState Rep. Mike Rush is running for Senate.

Walsh running to ‘restoresome faith in government’

WALSH, PAGE 14 RUSH, PAGE 14

CURRAN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CENTER

‘Where it all starts’

By Edward B. Colby, Keith Ferguson and Steve RyanSTAFF WRITERS

A 22-year-old Dedham manwanted on a warrant by Wal-pole Police was arrested lastThursday afternoon followinga multi-town manhunt endingin Dover center.

Walpole Police said JohnBoyle, of Dedham, was part ofa group of five or six youngmen that beat an East Streettenant and his friend in Wal-pole center on June 5 with abaseball bat during an at-tempted robbery.

By Edward B. ColbySTAFF WRITER

The new principal of theCurran Early ChildhoodEducation Center says

the biggest challenge of teach-ing the youngest of students ismaking sure that their firstday is smooth.

“The challenge is that forsome kids it’s their first timeaway from Mom and Dad, soyou want to make sure thatthey’re emotionally comfortableand happy to be at school,”Jessica Hammond says. “Thefirst day there’s a lot of tears, be-cause it’s their first time away

New principal says she is excited for first day of school

HAMMOND, PAGE 11

MULTI-TOWN MANHUNT

Policecatchman inDover

PHOTO BY DONALD ROCKHEADDedham Parks and Recreation Director Anthony “JuJu”Mucciaccio receives a plaque during his retirement partyat the Dolan Center on Common Street in Dedham on Sunday, Aug. 29. For more pictures and our Q&A with JuJu,turn to page 2.

STAFF PHOTO BY DAVID GORDONNeedham Police officersstand watch in Needham lastThursday during a manhuntfor John Boyle, of Dedham.

MANHUNT, PAGE 14

By Edward B. ColbySTAFF WRITER

As President Obama prepared to addressAmericans from the Oval Office about the with-drawal of combat troops from Iraq, Mac D’A-lessandro was on the rhetorical attack in Dedham,highlighting the high costs of a war he said “we nev-er should have been in, but we are in, thanks tothe votes of people like Congressman Lynch.”

“$751 billion in Iraq over the last seven and a halfyears. That’s $2.3 billion from the taxpayers in the9th Congressional District,” D’Alessandro said, or

9TH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT

Mac: End funding to warLynch defends vote, says cuttingoff cash wouldn’t be responsible

PHOTO BY DONALD ROCKHEADDemocratic candidate for Congress, Mac D’A-lessandro speaks in Dedham, last Tuesday. Armyveteran Carl Lundquist listens as D’Alessandrotalks about his stance on the wars in Iraq andAfghanistan. MAC, PAGE 11

PHOT0S BY JOHN TARANTINOCurran Early Childhood Education Center principal Jessica Hammond, left, sits with new student Nate Chaplin and his mom,Kristen, last Monday at the Sprague Street school.

Dedham residentfaces assault chargesin Walpole beating

“There’s a lot offun things that

they’re going to doat school. They’re

meeting theirfriends, they’re

meeting teachers,they’re learning

new songs.”Jessica Hammond

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Sgt. John Carmichael saidthe group jumped the twoaround 1:30 a.m. outside theEast Street apartment whenthey were walking back from 7-Eleven. Police said the groupthen beat the men when they re-fused to hand over their keys.

A pair of Dedham teens –Kyle F. Carroll, 19, and KieranBoyle, 18 – were identified al-most a week after the beatingand arrested by Dedham andWalpole police.

Walpole Police Chief RichardStillman confirmed Kieran andJohn Boyle are brothers. They atone point lived in Walpole, ac-cording to court records.

Stillman said police identifiedJohn Boyle from witness state-ments, through detective workand a photo array shown to thevictims. A warrant was issued forJohn Boyle’s arrest in Junecharging him with assault andbattery with a dangerousweapon, attempted murder,

conspiracy and attempting tocommit a crime.

“It took awhile,” Stillmansaid.

Carmichael said police re-ceived numerous tips on JohnBoyle’s whereabouts throughoutthe summer, but he continued toevade apprehension.

“We were looking for himpretty extensively,” Carmichaelsaid.

The police search for JohnBoyle came to an end last Thurs-day when a Wellesley officerstopped him on Rivard Road inNeedham, police said.

The chase started in Need-ham, police said, when the carJohn Boyle was riding in wasstopped around noon for a traf-fic violation on Great Plain Av-enue near Trout Pond Lane.

Needham police said JohnBoyle hopped out of the carand ran off, but the woman dri-ving the car identified her pas-senger as John Boyle.

The traffic stop prompted amassive search involving officersfrom several area towns, a statepolice helicopter, the Metro-

politan Law Enforcement Coun-cil and police dogs. Officers in-volved in the manhunt worebulletproof vests and were seencarrying automatic rifles.

“I picked up a dog and as Iwas driving on Walnut (Street),at the intersection of MarkedTree Road, there was an un-marked cruiser and a plain-clothes officer with a rifle waswaving for me to get out,” saidRob Nager, who operates Deca-dent Dog, a dog-walking service.“Police were rushing around,telling people to get out.”

A Dover resident spottedJohn Boyle trying to leave thearea in another car and alertedauthorities, police said. Officerssaid Boyle tried to run off againwhen officers approached butfailed to escape the secondtime.

Counts of failure to stop forpolice and driving without a li-cense are being tacked on to hiswarrant charges. Police say hewas also wanted for a probationviolation out of Norfolk SuperiorCourt in Dedham.

He’s slated for arraignment in

Wrentham District Court onSept. 21. He is being held in Nor-folk County jail without bail.

Police said Boyle’s criminalrecord is extensive.

On Sept. 16, 2008, policesaid, John Boyle stole three ri-fles and a handgun from a Ded-ham house but a woman whosensed something was wrongspotted him standing outside thehouse.

Trying to make his escape inthe 2008 incident, John Boylelater stopped his car on a Rte.128 on-ramp and threw theguns into the bushes, but policeretrieved the guns, and he waseventually arrested in Need-ham, police said.

Carmichael said he’s glad JohnBoyle is finally off the streets.

With three of the suspectsinvolved in the June beatingarrested, police said they areworking to identify the others in-volved.

Since the crime is under in-vestigation, Carmichael said hecouldn’t comment on how de-tectives planned to find the lasttwo or three men.

MANHUNTFrom Page 1

replace state Senator MarianWalsh (no relation), who is notseeking reelection to representthe Suffolk and Norfolk District.His opponent in the Sept. 14 De-mocratic primary is state Rep.Michael Rush, of West Roxbury.

If elected, Walsh said, hewould serve a maximum of 12years.

“I’m not looking to make thisa career,” Walsh said. “I’m look-ing to go in, do good things forpeople, try to restore some faithin government that people seemto have lost, and then get out.”

Walsh ran as an independentfor Norfolk County Commis-sion two years ago, finishingfourth in a field of four.

“This time I’m running as aDemocrat for two reasons,”Walsh said. “One, is you find outthe hard way that independentsare not yet going to be elected inMassachusetts…You have to picka party if you’re going to beelected. And because, for themost part, even though I’ve beenlisted as unenrolled, I’ve alwaysvoted Democratic.”

Despite his anti-incumbentmessage, Walsh said he would beable to work with incumbents inthe Senate.

“You have to know when tocompromise; you also have toknow when to stand up and becounted,” he said. “I’ve neverhad a problem with getting alongwith anyone.”

Walsh listed the main concernshe has been hearing from resi-dents within the district: jobs andthe economy, health care and ed-ucation.

As a small business ownerhimself, Walsh said, he under-stands the problems people arefacing in this economy.

“There’s been months this yearthat I haven’t taken a paycheckfrom my business in order tokeep the lights on, to have mysecretary’s salary paid, to stay upwith the bills. That’s just thetype of economy it is,” he said.

To save small businesses,Walsh said, people need to“change the way they think” andstart patronizing locally ownedbusinesses more often.

“If everyone just changed theirroutine one day a week, then thatwould really help small busi-nesses survive,” he said.

It’s also important to get banksto “open up a bit,” Walsh said. Forexample, he said, a businessowner he recently represented inNeedham had to close after 30years because he wasn’t able toqualify for a small loan of$25,000 or $30,000.

Even those who qualify forbank loans are finding theprocess of getting the moneytakes “an enormous amount oftime,” Walsh said.

Banks also need to “open thepurse strings” for larger enter-prises like the Westwood Stationproject in Westwood, Walsh said.He called for tax incentives tolarger banks for loaning money.

“It costs the taxpayers nothingfor a tax incentive and I thinkthat what we would get back injobs, what we would get back inincome tax, what we would getin sales tax, because peoplewould have the money to startspending again, would be defi-nitely the way to go,” he said. “I

think that that’s what needs tohappen.”

The state legislature has beenineffective in job creation, he said.

“The only thing that the leg-islature brought to the table totalk about jobs was casinos, andthey let it fall through the cracks,”Walsh said. “They didn’t do any-thing this time around to try tocreate jobs.”

Walsh advocates a system inwhich small businesses can jointogether to share health carecosts. He wants to “even theplaying field” for health carecosts between small and largebusinesses.

“Why can’t we all be ‘busi-nesses’ instead of ‘small business’versus ‘large business’ and spreadit out evenly so that the cost iseven?” Walsh said. “There’s somegreat disparity, and it’s killingsmall businesses.”

Walsh noted the cost for healthinsurance for his secretary in-creased recently from $1,300per month to $1,800.

On education, Walsh, a fatherof six, three of whom are now inpublic schools, said, “I think thateducation is obviously extreme-ly important. I think we’re goingthrough difficult times and try-ing to find the middle groundsomewhere between charterschools and public schools.”

Walsh has a son with dyslex-ia and a daughter with a peanutallergy, he said, “all things that af-fect families and work their wayinto education.”

“I think those are areas that Ican help that some of the otherlegislators who don’t have chil-dren are not quite in tune withthose things,” he said.

Walsh, who grew up in Dorch-ester, lived in West Roxbury for11 years before moving to the Is-lington neighborhood of West-wood four years ago. He leftBoston mainly so his childrencould attend public school inWestwood, he said.

“The different dynamic that Ibring to this Senate seat is I grewup in the city and I now live in thesuburbs, and I have the per-spective of both sides that needto be represented in this uniquedistrict,” Walsh said. “…The peo-ple in Hyde Park, the people inRoslindale, the people in WestRoxbury, all the way to Norwood,Dedham and Westwood, theywant to know that their interestis going to be protected andthat someone will speak up forthem, and I think that I can bringthat perspective much morethan any other candidate in thisrace, and that includes the Re-publican.”

Republican Brad Williamswill face the winner of the De-mocratic primary in November.

On Rush, Walsh said he canonly say what people have toldhim on the campaign trail.

“When I tell people that I’mrunning, their biggest complaintis, ‘I have reached out to him sev-eral times and he has not re-turned by phone call,’” Walshsaid. “Now, I can’t speak to that.I am not in his district.”

For his part, Walsh said, hewants to be able to talk with res-idents of the district and heartheir concerns.

“To this day, I think the biggestproblem that you find with politi-cians is they’re not listening,” hesaid. “They might be talking toyou, but they’re not hearingwhat you’re saying.”

and night. It’s 7 days a week, 365days a year.”

Yet, the new father and WestRoxbury native said he is pre-pared to take the next step.

“I’d like to take what I learnedon Beacon Hill,” he continued,“and take that to the Suffolk andNorfolk district.”

Rush will face his Democra-tic opponent, Westwood attor-ney Michael F. Walsh, in theSept. 14 primary for Sen. Mar-ian Walsh’s district that in-cludes Norwood, Westwood,Dedham and West Roxbury.Earlier this year, Walsh an-nounced her decision not to runfor another term. She leaves theseat after 17 years.

Michael Walsh has been out-spoken about asking to debateRush before the primary. Rushsaid he would not say no to any“any formalized, sanctioneddebates.”

“Going to Dunkin’ Donutsand (having) a street brawl de-bate,” he said, “I don’t think any-one benefits from it.”

Looking back at his eightyears in the state House ofRepresentatives, Rush said he’sbrought a high level of energyto the job and a drive to becomepart of the community heserves.

“I am one piece of a largerpuzzle of a great communitythat helps people out whenthey are in trouble,” he saidabout the West Roxbury neigh-borhood. Rush explained thatif someone gets sick, residentscome out of the “woodwork tofundraise and help them out.That spirit exists; that’s how Igrew up.”

Upon entering the StateHouse, Rush said his numberone issue was improving thepoor condition of five stateproperties: the VFW Parkway,West Roxbury Parkway, StonyBrook Reservation, BelleviewHill Park and Brook Farm.

“I went to the State Houseeight years ago, wanting to getthese areas fixed up,” Rush said,adding that when he got therehe found more legislators whowere trying to do the same forland in their districts. “Thestate wasn’t keeping up thestate park properties.”

Working with other legislators,Rush formed a State Parks Cau-cus, on which he serves as chair-man, and got the funding to im-prove the conditions of the parks.

“I’ve been a pretty ferociousadvocate for the last eight yearsin terms of state parks,” hesaid. Rush serves on the JointCommittee on Environment,Natural Resources and Agri-culture.

Pointing to a local park, Rushsaid he recently toured West-wood’s Hale Reservation, whichis privately held, with state Rep.Paul McMurtry, D-Dedham,and was “in shock and awe” ofthe grounds and ropes course.

Rush said looking back at histime in the House of Repre-sentatives, his proudest mo-ment was when he workedwith state Sen. Marian Walsh,Boston Mayor Thomas Meninoand City Councilor John Tobinto get the funds to repair the icerink now known as the RocheArena in West Roxbury.

“One of the happiest dayswas the day we cut that ribbon.Everyone did their part,” hesaid “It is about teamwork andnot about egos … To get to thatpoint, there was no ‘I.’ There isno ‘I’ in the Legislature.”

If elected, Rush said, he plansto continue this system of work-ing with local elected officials toget things done for the districtand work as a “consensusbuilder.”

“Far too often ego gets inthe way of good public policyand just getting the work done,”he said, pointing to the casinobill.

Rush, who admitted he hasonly been to Foxwoods twice,said he voted for the houseversion of the casino bill that in-cluded casinos and slots at thetracks, because it would createjobs. He said, based on thenumbers presented to him, thebill would create 10,000 tem-porary construction jobs and15,000 permanent jobs.

“And based on the knowledgethat I got, (they) are pretty de-cent jobs,’ he said. “And theconstruction industry is dyingout there.”

By not passing the casinobill, Rush said, the ones wholose are those seeking a job inthe construction business.

Rush voted against the salestax increase and said he sup-ports 40B, but said the programneeds to be rehabbed to betterhelp the people it serves.

Rush said he spends part ofhis time helping his constituentsfind jobs and listening to theirconcerns. What he’s found onthe campaign trail are the con-cerns remain the same no mat-ter where you live.

“I don’t feel the issues changebecause you are crossing theCharles River,” he said andadded that when he was run-ning for his current seat, he did-n’t know a lot about Brooklineuntil he started. “The big pictureissues, I don’t think are that dif-ferent in terms of a lot of theday-to-day issues that makeDedham Westwood and Nor-wood uniquely different fromWest Roxbury and Hyde Park… I would tell you I am stilllearning, I am still listening. ButI take the approach that if I amfortunate enough to be electedas senator I will partner with theelected officials.”

Rush said he came to theState House as a school teacherand has found “that much of theteaching aspect I did before Icame to the House of Repre-sentatives still exists. I see myrole largely as a teacher as anelected official.”

It is time, he said, to move to“get more done,” which is pos-sible in the Senate.

One thing Rush said he hopeswon’t change if he is elected asstate senator, is his work withschool children.

Pointing to a stack of lettersfrom West Roxbury school chil-dren, Rush explained that everyyear he invites all the studentsfrom his district to the StateHouse for a tour. He said thatif he can inspire one student togive back as a public servant,“then I am doing the best job alegislator can do.”

Dedham Transcript editorAndrea Salisbury can bereached at 781-433-8322 orasalisbu@cnc.com.

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RUSHFrom Page 1

Dedham Board of Selectmen “Town Hall to Your Neigh-

borhood” meetings are onceagain making their way to youover the next several months.

It is our intention to haveyour town officials, includingthe board of Selectmen as wellas department heads at eachprecinct meeting to informyou relative to what is takingplace particularly in yourneighborhood and, in general,throughout the town.

Should there be an issue ofconcern to you, please feel freeto call any member of the Boardof Selectmen. It would be ourpleasure to assist you.

Due to unforeseen circum-stances, it is possible themeeting schedule posted be-low may change. Please referto the town’s website or callthe town administrator’s officeto confirm the date of eachmeeting.

We look forward to servingyou at your precinct meeting.Please note the schedule below.

Sarah E. MacDonald, Chair-man

James A. MacDonald, Vice-Chairman

Carmen E. DelloIaconoMichael L. ButlerPaul Reynolds

Meeting ScheduleMonday, Sept. 13 at 7 p.m.Precincts 5 & 7 – Greenlodge

School, 191 Greenlodge St.

Monday, Oct. 4 at 7 p.m.Precincts 1 & 2 – Great

Meadow Hall in the Carl J. &Ruth Shapiro CommunityCenter at NewBridge on theCharles, Great Meadow Road

Monday, Nov. 8 at 7 p.m.Precincts 3, 4 & 6 – Oakdale

School, 147 Cedar St.

TOWN HALL TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD

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