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A brazen gang that had brought drugs and violence to the Bowdoin/Geneva area for more than a decade wasn’t going to let a perma-nent police post near its headquarters stop its activities: Members kept right on using the three-family house on Hendry Street for selling drugs and storing guns.

According to an affida-vit filed in federal court, it was only when the city’s Inspectional Services

Division boarded up the house for code violations on Aug. 27 that the gang finally moved elsewhere – to Woodward Avenue in Roxbury, where they set up shop with the Wood-ward Avenue Gang, with which it had long cooperated.

And according to the affidavit, written by Boston Police Detective Martin O’Malley, who specializes in anti-gang work, there was a rea-son police stationed a cruiser at the end of the dead-end street but didn’t make arrests: Police and federal agents were in the middle of a nearly 18-month inves-tigation that culminated

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Jessica Pabón is ob-sessed: She has spent the last 11 years studying and writing about female graffiti artists.

Her interest in the topic began with her thesis while she was studying at the Univer-sity of Arizona, and has since morphed into her dissertation – “The Art of Getting Ovaries: Female Graffiti Artists and the

Politics of Presence in Graffiti Subculture.”

As a 17-year-old freshman, Pabón was required to visit the women’s research center as part of a class assign-ment. There she learned about the contributions that women have made throughout history –

and about how often those contributions went unacknowledged.

“It was like I had been blinded,” Pabón said in a recent interview. “I don’t remember ever learning much about what women did. Once I learned that they did stuff, and learned how

institutionalized that lack of knowledge was, I said ‘enough.’ ”

From there, Pabón, now 33 and a PhD candi-date in the Performance Studies Department at New York University, set a personal goal to enhance recognition of the accomplishments made by women in a subculture in which they largely have been marginalized. “Women

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The city’s school de-partment is putting three plans in front of the advisory committee that has been tasked with the student as-signment overhaul. The options, all of which would eliminate the three-zone model that buses schoolchildren across the city, include a 10-zone model and two “home-based” plans.

Under the 10-zone model, parents would see three to fourteen choices on top of citywide options. Dorchester and Matta-pan, neighborhoods that are currently in the East

Zone, would be split up between five zones. For example, Lee Academy on Talbot Avenue would share the same zone with schools in Jamaica Plain; the Mattahunt School would share the same zone with schools in Roslindale; and the Chittick School would be in the same zone as Hyde Park schools. Most of Dorchester and some of Mattapan, like the area around the Mildred Avenue School, would be in one zone.

The first “home-based” model creates a list of schools for each student based on the family’s

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City officials are declaring a program focused on improving three-deckers a success, pointing to figures that show more homeown-ers than investors are purchasing the iconic houses. The three-decker market is stabilizing, Department of Neigh-borhood Development Sheila Dillon told the Reporter in noting that 51 percent of the homes had been bought by homeowners last year.

Home values and sales prices have also increased, with three-deckers selling at a

median price of $375,000 at the end of the 2012, up from a $330,000 price in 2011.

Boston boasts an estimated 9,000 three-deckers, a distinct type of home once popular across the city with lower-class residents, immigrants, and mill workers. The city’s im-provement program, also known as the “3D Club,” currently has 280 members, Dillon said. Membership in the club offers entrée to classes, hardware stores, and re-tail establishments. The program also provides funds for owners to fix

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Missing 12-year-old found in everett squareA missing 12 year-old Dorchester boy triggered a citywide search on Tuesday

until he was located that night after he called his mother from the KFC in Edward Everett Square. Leland Corning, a 12-year-old with Asperger’s who had been missing since 8:30 a.m. on Glenway Street, was taken home after an evaluation by EMTs.

Gun ‘accident’ wounds girlfriend; man heldA woman suffered life-threatening injuries when shot in the head around

10:15 a.m. Sunday at 6 Arbutus St. Jeremy Harrison, 28, was arrested on charges of unlawful possession of a firearm and failure to properly secure a firearm with a minor present, police say, adding he could face additional charges. Harrison works as a streetworker for the city of Boston. Harrison was ordered held pending a $50,000 bail at his arraignment on Tuesday. Assistant Suffolk County District Attorney Dana Pierce said the woman remains in critical condition but that doctors are now expressing some hope she will live.

dorchester historical society offers ‘railroad suburb’ talk, book launch

The Dorchester Historical Society will gather this Sunday afternoon for a free illustrated talk by Andrew Saxe titled “The Ascent and Revival of the Railroad Suburb,” on the history and architecture of the houses of 18th and 19th century Dorchester. The event will also include the launch of a newly-republished diary of Alice Stone Blackwell that captures events in Dorchester between 1872-1874. The event will take place at the Carpenters Center, 750 Dorchester Ave. Copies of the book, priced at $20, will be available at the Jan. 27 event, in the Dorchester Historical Society’s gift shop, and at the Harvard Book Store.


With Mayor Thomas Menino by her side, US Sen. Elizabeth Warren offered her support last week for three gun control proposals that are likely to be filed in the Senate this week: an assault weapons ban; the closing of loopholes in background checks on gun buyers at gun shows and through private sellers; and a clear statement marking gun trafficking as a federal crime.

The newly elected Warren, in a press conference on Friday with Menino at the city-owned Parkman House, said 6,000 children have been lost to “gun violence” over the last two years, an average of eight children a day. “If eight children a day were dying from a mysterious virus, as a country we would bring all of our resources to bear to stop that,” she said. “We would say we are determined to find out everything we can about the causes of that virus and to do everything we can to reduce its impact and to eliminate it. We are losing our children to a deadly scourge of gun violence.”

The Cambridge Democrat, who was born in Oklahoma, said she grew up in a family that used guns and she learned to shoot one in grade school. “But no one needs military grade assault weapons and no one needs Rambo-style high capacity magazines to protect a family or to hunt game,” she said.

Lawmakers at the state and federal level have sought to tighten gun control measures after the December massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut where a gunman killed 20 children.

A longtime gun control advocate, Menino co-chairs the Mayors Against Illegal Guns coalition with New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg and has repeatedly called on President obama to deploy political capital and put forth a gun control plan. Obama laid out his proposals last week, includ-ing universal background checks and a ban on military-style assault weapons.

At their meeting, Warren and Menino also expressed interest in a Beacon Hill proposal aimed at reducing gun violence by requiring owners to have insurance on their guns.Yancey shifted to tourism committee; Jackson given reins of new tech panel

City Councillor Charles Yancey has been given the chairmanship of a committee usually reserved for rookies and City Councillor Tito Jackson has been tapped for a new committee focused on technology, according to committee assignments for 2013.

Yancey, who as District 4 Councillor represents parts of Dorchester and Mattapan and frequently criticizes the Menino administration, had chaired the Environment and Human Rights Committee last year when he presided over a fireworks-filled hearing in De-cember on the racial make-up of city departments. District 8 Councillor Michael Ross is taking over the environment committee’s chair this year while keeping his job as chair of the Public Safety Committee, accord-ing to a list of committee assignments obtained by the Reporter.

District 3 Councillor Frank Baker, who also represents parts of Dorches-ter, is the chairman of the Post Audit and Oversight Committee, which Yancey chaired in 2011. A freshman councillor, Baker held the Arts, Film and Tourism Committee chair last year. District 7 Councillor Jackson, who lives Grove Hall, will chair the new Committee on Global Opportuni-ties and Innovation and Technology. In a statement, Jackson said the “committee will develop Boston’s standing internationally as a leader in technology, innovation, and culture by strengthening relationships with foreign governments and overseas entities.”

Other members of the new committee include Councillors Rob Consalvo, Matt o’Malley, Ayanna Pressley, Baker, Ross, and Yancey.

Committee leadership remains largely unchanged, with Consalvo and O’Malley staying atop the Hous-ing Committee and Government Operations Committee, respectively. Councillor-at-large John Connolly also will continue to helm the Educa-tion Committee, which will, he said in statement, tackle “our ongoing efforts aimed at pushing the school depart-ment to reform the school assignment system, to put a comprehensive quality school plan into action, to develop a long-term school facilities plan, to improve STEM education and vocational education programs, and to increase dual language and inclusive school options for our English language learners and students with disabilities,” according to a statement from Connolly.on WBZ, Menino talks fundraising, campaigning, and another term

Mayor Menino says he still has an appetite for another four year term. “No, my appetite is not less,” Menino told WBZ-TV’s Jon Keller in a sit-down at the city-owned Parkman House on Beacon Hill where Menino is recuperating after his recent lengthy hospital stays. “Just that I was – I can’t raise money from a hospital bed. I was in the hospital from October to January, so I wasn’t able to raise any money.” He added: “I don’t want to be an elected official like some who just sit there and take the glory. I want to make a difference in the city.”

The mayor raised $3,350 in the first half of January, bringing his war chest to $650,145.24, according to the state Office of Campaign and Political Finance.

When asked how he will make the decision to make another run, Menino said, “I just want to make sure that I just have the drive to do it. I mean, you know, I’ve been through a lot in the last eight weeks and I just want to be out there. I’m dying to get back out in the streets.”

In the taped interview, which aired on Sunday, Keller asked the mayor if he needs to be mobile and keep an “intense schedule” in order to be an effective mayor. “I don’t have to be that, you know -- my schedule is backbreaking, really,” Menino said. “And everybody recognizes that. Do I have to do that still? You know, I would think it’s an obligation. I made a commitment to the people of Boston that I’d be out there working hard every day and that’s why I do it. I enjoy it …You know, some elected officials, they get elected, you never see them again. Me, I want to be there every day, shaking their hands.”

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The Boston Fire Department reports firefighters responded to 50 Freeport St. on Monday for what turned out to be a three-alarm fire at the Logan Furni-ture Store and warehouse. There were no injuries and the cause of this fire is under investigation.About two hours later, 12 people were forced out of 16 Estella St. in Mattapan when a two-alarm fire broke out around 2 a.m. The Red Cross was called in to help residents find new loadings for the night. one firefighter suffered burns, the department says, adding that the fire caused an estimated $500,000 in damage and that its cause also remains under investigation.

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The mayor and the senator

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Andrea Cabral’s top spokes-man has taken over as the sheriff of Suffolk County. With Cabral signing on as Gov. Deval Patrick’s public safety and homeland security secretary, she and Steven Tompkins, chief of external relations at the Suffolk County sheriff’s office, were sworn into their offices at the State House on Tuesday by Gov. Deval Patrick, who called Tompkins the “right man at the right time.”

Tompkins said he grew up in Harlem in a family that was on public assistance. “I went through that school of hard knocks, and here I am standing with the governor be-ing sworn as sheriff,” he said. After Patrick administered the oath of office, Tompkins smiled broadly and bumped fists with his eldest son. He previously held communications jobs at Dimock Community Health Center, AT&T, and the Fed-eral Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).

The Suffolk sheriff, one of fourteen in Massachusetts, oversees the largest sheriff’s department in the state, which includes the County Jail, the County House of Correction, and the Civil Process Divi-sion, according to the office’s website.

Tompkins took a leave of absence from Cabral’s office in order to work on US Sen. Eliza-

beth Warren’s 2012 campaign as a senior adviser. He is also listed as the chair of Michelle Wu’s bid for a City Council At-Large seat. Wu attended the swearing-in, as did Roger Lau, a Warren campaign aide who was appointed her state director.

Tompkins will fill out the rest of Cabral’s term, with an election slated for 2014, when it is expected he will run for the office.

Patrick called Tompkins a “dedicated public servant.

At the press conference that followed the swearing-in, the governor acknowledged the slot is a “political job.” He declined to delve into who else was considered and the candidates’ law enforcement background. “I think we have the right guy,” Patrick said.

Cabral was appointed in December, and Patrick ad-ministration officials were tightlipped about potential successors in the weeks be-tween her appointment and her swearing-in.

In its announcement of Tompkins’s appointment, the administration included quotes from supporters, including Boston Police Com-missioner Ed Davis, Boston NAACP President Michael Curry, UMass Boston Chancel-lor Keith Motley, and District 6 Councillor Matt O’Malley. “I think that the transition will be seamless and I am looking forward to working with Sheriff Tompkins,” Davis said.

According to the Suffolk County sheriff’s website,

Tompkins’s department cre-ated two programs, including an inmate re-entry program focused on vocation skills and “The Choice Program,” in which corrections officers volunteer to work with middle and high school students.

A graduate of Boston Col-lege, like Cabral, and holder of a master’s degree from UMass Boston, the new sheriff lives in Hyde Park with his wife and two children. He also serves on the board of trustees for Roxbury Community College.

A new sheriff checks in; Tompkins ‘right man atright time,’ says Patrick of Cabral’s successor

Governor Patrick swears in new Suffolk County Sheriff Steven Tompkins as Andrea Cabral, center, looks on.Gintautas Dumcius photo


home address, according to the school depart-ment, and each student will have at least six choices. That will also include schools within a mile of the student’s home, along with city-wide options.

The second “home-based” model would similarly create a list of schools, providing each student with nine choices.

The 27-member edu-cation advisory commit-tee, appointed by Mayor Thomas Menino last year, was expected to discuss the models last night at Suffolk Univer-sity. A vote is likely to occur in early February, with Superintendent Carol Johnson taking the final plan to the seven-member School Committee.

Parents and others will get a chance to weigh in at a community meeting scheduled for Monday, Feb. 4, at 6 p.m. at Orchard Gar-dens K-8 School. The Albany Street school has

recently served as a set piece for elected officials, including Gov. Deval Patrick, who sought to highlight gains the school has made in closing the achievement gap among its students.

The 57,000-student system has experienced a wave of change over the last four years, as school officials switched to a funding formula centered on students, closed nine schools they called low-performing and increased the num-ber of K-8 schools to 25 from 14.

But the three zone set-up has remained in place for over 20 years, and is a frequent source of frustration for parents.

Under the new plans, two of which eliminate zones entirely, “sibling preference” will stay intact, according to the school department, and “younger siblings of current students will be able to select the school their older sib-ling already attends.” The changes that are approved will go into

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Assignment panel to get 3 optionsfor school placements

effect for students in the 2014-2015 school year, according to a depart-ment note blasted out to parents on Tuesday afternoon.

In all three proposals, Dudley Street Neighbor-hood Charter School and UP Academy Charter School of Dorchester,

formerly the Marshall School, and the Hernan-dez School in Roxbury, will become city-wide schools. High schools would remain city-wide, while middle schools will become “feeders” from elementary schools.

The process of over-hauling the student assignment plan kicked off after Menino’s 2012 state of the city address,

in which Menino said students should go to schools closer to home in order to build stronger community ties. The advisory committee, chaired by Boston Uni-versity’s Dean Hardin Coleman and former School Committee member Helen Dajer, has met frequently but has made slow progress as school department

officials have provided reams of data, aca-demics have provided complex algorithms for assigning students, and elected officials and parents have offered their own designs.

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up their properties or to buy a home.

According to a DND map laying out its assis-tance to homebuyers and owners, ten rehabilita-tions had been completed in Dorchester as of this month, with more than 20 others under way. In Mattapan, six rehabs had been completed and ten more were being worked on. “In the last year we assisted 80 homeowners and city has put in a little over $1 million in this effort,” Dillon said.

Gail Hoyte, who owns a Fairmount Street three-decker with her husband Frankie, is one of those homeowners. Her son stumbled onto the program online, and Gail, who has owned the three-decker for sixteen years, decided to apply. “It was beginning to get a little run down,” said the Trinidad native, who ended up getting the back porch fixed up, the roof replaced, and a splash of new paint on the property.

She and her husband

were first drawn to the house when they came to view a three-decker across the street from their current residence. “It just had to us a presence,” she said. “It’s a corner house, an extra piece of land, and at-tracted us. It was old but we loved it when we saw it.”

Hoyte said the work on

her house was completed in six weeks during last August and September, adding that she has rec-ommended the program to her friends. “My house looks beautiful on the street,” she said.

Dillon said a mem-bership survey will be released in the spring, so members can say what training they found

useful and which retail establishments they want to receive discounts from. Dillon called the program the “brainchild” of Mayor Thomas Me-nino. “It was a response to him driving around the neighborhood and not being pleased about how the triple-deckers looked,” she said.


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Monday, January 28, 3:30 p.m. – Homework Help; 4 p.m. – BTU Afterschool Homework Help.

Tuesday, January 29, 11 a.m. – Preschool Story Time; 3:30 p.m. – Homework Help.

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Through the end of Black History Month, the Mayor’s Gallery on the fifth floor of City Hall will be displaying a selection of works by the late South End leg-end Allan Rohan Crite. Dubbed by the Boston Globe as “the dean of African-American art-ists in New England” and “the granddaddy of the Boston art scene,” the amazingly prolific Crite produced a huge number of paintings, drawings, and prints over the course of nearly a century.

Locally, his works are in the permanent collections of the Mu-seum of Fine Arts, the Athenaeum, the Boston Public Library, Har-vard’s Fogg Art Museum, and the Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Art. Even more impressive is that other pieces are perma-nent parts of national collections like those of the Museum of Modern Art, the Smithsonian, the Corcoran Gallery of American Art, and the St. Louis Museum of Art.

The artist received the 350th Harvard University Anniversary Medal among his many

accolades. His South End townhouse is now known as the Allan Rohan Crite Research Institute and Museum, and the nearby intersection of Columbus Avenue and West Canton Street was named Allan Rohan Crite Square in 1986.

Crite is perhaps best remembered for his teeming street scenes, primarily of the South End and Roxbury, but a few also from Dorches-ter. (While he was working in Dot for the federal Geodetic Survey, he did the charming “The School Outside the Office Window” [1945], depict-ing the view from the window of his third- floor office to the first floor of an adjacent school with a glimpse of students at their desks.)

Jackie Cox-Crite, the artist’s widow and keeper of the flame, had the challenge of selecting for the show a little more than a dozen pictures from the roughly 100,000 images he made during his lifetime. “He was drawing right up until two weeks before for his death at age 97,” she recalls.

Cox-Cri te ’ s main purpose was to show the versatility of her late husband. “If you

walk into the show, you might think that you were seeing the work of 13 different artists,” she said. “He wasn’t just a watercolorist from the South End. He worked in many media and styles …though his fundamental theme was always the

neighborhoods.”In this show the neigh-

borhood motif is repre-sented by a picture of the Charlestown Navy Yard, where he worked as a draftsman for 30 years. A 1978 black and white self-portrait shows his skill with lithography.

A devout Episcopalian, Crite often referred to himself as a “liturgical artist.” This strain of his work is characterized by his pencil drawing “Jesus, Mary and Joseph with John, Elizabeth and Zachariah,” which represents his penchant for imagining biblical figures as African Ameri-cans in inner city neigh-borhoods doing things like riding the Orange Line. In a similar vein, “Bambara Ancestral Figures” (1977) places traditional African fig-ures in a contemporary urban environment.

The exhibit also fea-tures a portrait of Crite by Ted Charron, on loan from the Massachusetts Hall of Black Achieve-ment at Bridgewater State Library, where Crite, who died in 2007, was the posthumous 2010 inductee. For more information, call City Hall at 617-635-2368.

Mayor’s Gallery offers saluteto artistry of Allan rohan Crite

“Jesus, Mary and Joseph with John, Elizabeth and Zachariah” pencil drawing by Allan Rohan Crite.


Bubbles’s BirthdaysAnd special occasions

By BARBARA mcdonouGh

Gold was discovered at Sutter’s Mill in Cali-fornia on Jan. 24, 1848. The Gottfried Krueger Brewing Company sold the first beer in cans on Jan. 24, 1935. Scottish poet Robert Burns was born on Jan. 25, 1759. Pres. John Kennedy held the first televised presidential news conference on Jan. 25, 1961, five days after being inaugurated as the 35th president. Apple’s MacIntosh Computer went on sale on Jan. 25, 1984, at $2,495. The Howard Johnson’s Restaurant on Morrissey Blvd. burned to the ground on Jan. 25, 1981. The Phantom of the Opera debuted on Broadway on Jan. 26, 1988, 25 years ago. Pres. Ronald Reagan made a surprise visit to the Erie Pub in Adams Village on Jan. 26, 1983. The best football players from the AFC and NFC will play in the Pro Bowl in Honolulu, HI, on Sun., Jan 27. The Dorchester Historical Society was founded on Jan. 27, 1843.

The Challenger Disaster, during which six astronauts and Christa McAuliffe, a civilian teacher, were killed, happened on Jan. 28, 1986, 74 seconds into the shuttle’s flight. Edgar Allan Poe published his most famous poem, “The Raven,” on Jan. 29, 1845. The Beatles gave their last public concert on Jan. 30, 1969, on the roof of their Apple Studios in London. Thirteen Irish Catholics were killed by British soldiers during a civil rights march in Bogside, Derry, on Jan. 30, 1972, now known as “Bloody Sunday.” Scotch Tape went on sale for the first time on Jan. 30, 1930. “The Lone Ranger” aired for the first time on WXYZ Radio in Detroit, on Jan. 30, 1938.

Celebrities having birthdays are: Neil Diamond, 72 on Jan. 24; Yakov Smirnoff, 62 on Jan. 24; Ellen De Generes, 55 on Jan. 26; Mikhail Baryshnikov, 65 on Jan 27; Alan Alda, 77 on Jan. 28; Tom Selleck, 68 on Jan. 29; Oprah Winfrey, 59 on Jan. 29 and Gene Hackman, 83 on Jan. 30.

Those celebrating their birthdays are John Morrissey, Lauren Walsh, John Carroll, George Mooney, Carol Fallon, Sarah Doherty, Diane (Cheney) Bird, Quinn Carver, Alan Duffy Jr., Thomas Murphy, Margaret (Brett) Hastings, David McDonald, and Marie Costello.

Also observing their birthdays are Tom Finneran, Dan Burke, Theresa Simi, Theresa Mazzone, Eileen Burke “Jr.,” Christine Keough, George Wallace, Patty Foley, Timothy Gillis, James Keefe, Nicholas Blaney, Honey De Young, Daniel Roche, and former Atty. Gen. Robert Quinn.

Those celebrating a wedding anniversary are and Gregory and Sarah Ashe (their 47th).

Reporter’sNews about people

in & around our NeighborhoodsPeople

On the evening of Thursday, January 17 at Merengue Restaurant in Roxbury, the Metro-politan Boston Housing Partnership (MBHP) proudly honored and celebrated the 2012 graduates of its Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) program. Speaking at the event to honor the graduates was Rep-resentative Russell Holmes who heaped praise and advice on the 19 graduates of the FSS

program, which connects families who have Sec-tion 8 Rental Assistance with resources and sup-port services to help build assets, enhance educational and career opportunities, and move toward economic inde-pendence.

“I want to say con-gratulations to you all because I know how difficult it is to complete this program,” said Hol-mes. “What I can tell you is that everything in life

is a step, and it’s great to have MBHP and the FSS program helping you to understand the steps toward success. Your success makes it so that other folks behind you believe that it’s possible.”

FSS program par-ticipants work with an MBHP staff member, who assists with needs such as credit repair, transportation, educa-tional workshops, and job training. Partici-pants who are employed have the opportunity to benefit from funds that are set aside in their own escrow account based on the difference between their starting and increased incomes. Graduates from the

program receive their escrowed money, which most often is used to-ward home ownership or higher education. Currently there are 330 participants enrolled in the program. The average increase in yearly income for FSS participants is $13,382 and the average amount in participants’ escrow account is $8,972.

Lawanda Myrick, one of several graduates from Dorchester, has just completed the program after six years and is now looking towards buying a home. “At the time I started FSS, I was young and not really thinking about future goals,” says Lawanda, “but I set goals and worked on them for

the last six years and now I’m graduating, and I have more confidence now. If I didn’t have FSS, I never would have taken any credit repair train-ings, or homeownership classes. I’m in a much better situation now.” She plans on using the escrow money on a down payment for her first home.

Giving the keynote ad-dress of the evening was Geeta Pradhan, Asso-ciate Vice-President for Programs at The Boston Foundation. The Boston Foundation has become a valuable partner with MBHP in expanding the FSS program to families living in the neighborhoods along the Fairmount Corridor.

“I’m sure many times over the course of this program you doubted yourself and thought of giving up” Ms. Pradhan told the graduates. “But you didn’t. You persisted. You bettered yourself through education, job training, and the goals you set for yourself. You’ve created a path-way for your children, your family members, your neighbors, and awoken in them the possibility of something they thought they could never do. The money you saved is wonderful, but the permanent thing you gained is the belief in yourself that you can do it. That’s what will last and will carry over.”

Graduates of MBHP’s 2012 FSS program celebrated at Merengue restaurant in Roxbury.

Representative Russell Holmes celebrates the FSS Graduation with one of his constituents, Lawanda Myrick of Dorchester.

Dorchester’s Jay Freeman, a senior guard for the Brandeis University men’s basketball team, helped lead his squad to a road victory over the University of Chicago last weekend. The Judges overcame a 10-point halftime deficit to win 59-55, improving to 13-2, 4-0 in the University Athletic Association. Free-man, who attended the Taft School, hit two big second half jump shots to help Brandeis battle back from a deficit. Photo courtesy Brandeis University

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Editorial

Making choices on ‘dangerous dogs’By city councilloR RoB conSAlvo

Anyone has the right to own a pet. But everyone has the right to be protected from other people’s pets - especially when what should be “Man’s Best Friend” turns into “Public Enemy Number One.”

In the City of Boston, we continue to have problems with vicious pit bulls wreaking havoc on our city streets. Every year data collected from the city’s animal control department consistently shows that pit bulls attack both humans and other dogs at a far greater rate than any other breed. The statistics simply don’t lie.

Years ago, in order to address the danger associated with vicious pit bulls, I authored an ordinance that doesn’t ban the ownership of pit bulls, but it does require owners to responsibly control their dogs and protect their neighbors and their pets. The ordinance requires pit bull owners to muzzle these potentially dangerous dogs whenever they are on public property. It limits the number of pit bulls a Boston resident can own to two and requires owners to mark all entrances and exits on private property where these dogs are kept, clearly warning that there is a pit bull on the premises. And, equally important, it requires that all pit bulls be spade or neutered to discourage over breeding and to reduce their aggressiveness.

Last year, without consulting any cities or towns, the State Legislature passed a law prohibiting breed specific legislation effectively wiping out Boston’s pit bull ordinance. Our public safety personnel and animal control officers now have one less tool to deal with this explosive situation. This one size fits all approach is bad legislation and is wrong for Boston. Boston, and all local cities and towns, should have the right to decide what works for them to keep their citizens safe. We listened to our constituents, our public safety officials and our animal control experts who all asked for Boston’s very important law controlling pit bulls. State government should do the same.

Recently, I filed two bills for consideration with the Legislature to help reverse this action. The first bill would allow any city or town in the Commonwealth to have breed specific legislation as long as it is

voted on by the local governmental body and is data based. This would allow cities and towns to decide if any breed specific legislation is right for them. The second bill would allow the City of Boston to collect the fines of unpaid animal control violations as part of a person’s property tax or excise tax. Currently, we collect less than 25% of all animal control violations each year. By doing this, we will hold irresponsible pet owners accountable for the actions of their animals as we heard loud and clear that we should be doing.

The Boston City Council doesn’t like to intrude in the private lives of Boston citizens. But when the private choices of residents – like their choice of a pet - intrudes on the public safety, then it’s up to city government to act. Boston is a great city in which to live, work, raise families - and even own pets. But let’s make sure we protect people from some of those dangerous pets – especially when all the evidence suggests this kind of protection is necessary.

Rob Consalvo represents District 5 on the Boston City Council.

By thomAS m. meninoWith your support, in the coming weeks we will

achieve meaningful education reforms that will benefit an entire generation of students and the broader community. Today I am asking for your help so we can move forward together.

For nearly 25 years we have split the city into three sprawling student assignment zones – North, East, and West. Families today are faced with a bewildering set of options with no assurance they’ll get what they asked for. Our schools are better than ever and we do our best to match families with their choices, but too often, children are sent to schools far from home because we couldn’t give them what they wanted. Many families avoid the process altogether.

The Boston Public School Department, working with the community, has come up with a new ap-proach to student assignment – one that emphasizes quality choices, predictability for families, and great schools that are closer to home. The External Advisory Committee on School Choice, which I appointed nearly a year ago, has done incredible work to ensure broad and thoughtful community input, focus on a smart and honest look at school quality, and create a transparent process that has generated lots of great ideas from the community.

The EAC is now updating the public on the “best of the best” models it received this week, which I hope you will explore at bostonschoolchoice.org. These models are based the input of more than 4,000 voices at more than 50 community meetings in the last year, including experts from MIT, Harvard, Boston College and other institutions who have joined the effort.

One option would create ten community-based zones, designed to offer a balance of quality choices no matter where a child lives. This approach would give families lots of options while giving them confidence that their choices will all familiar ones.

The other options are based on an address-based system with no zones, which tailors school choices for each individual student – ensuring every child has high quality choices on his or her list, including schools that are close to home and others that are a little farther away.

All of these options are more fair and more predict-able than what we have today. Families would still have choices – but they would also be empowered

to learn more about their school options years in advance, enabling them to get involved, meet the principal and teachers, and “go deep” with the school community before deciding which ones to pick.

The options would also help us build stronger communities. For too long, we have relied on our vast three-zone system to adjust for changes in population. These sprawling zones also allowed us to place programs that served students with specific types of disabilities or English Language Learners in buildings often far from where these students actually live. We are ready to put these days behind us. Our schools should respond to what children need, and that’s what these proposals would do.

Ultimately, of course, this is a conversation about quality – and the urgent need to make every public school a great choice. When I took office, just one in four high school students earned a passing grade on statewide mathematics tests. Today, thanks to the hard work of teachers, students and families, 86 percent pass on their first attempt. Perhaps most encouraging, 94 percent of today’s parents told us in a survey this spring that their school is a great place for their child to learn.

Superintendent Carol R. Johnson and the Boston School Committee have doubled the number of stu-dents participating in summer learning programs, trained thousands of teachers to help students learn English, added weekly arts and music for 14,000 students, and created new tools for students to give feedback to their own teachers.

Not a single change came easily. We fought hard for each and every reform and there were always voices asking us to do less or slow down. Over the last year I have watched as an extraordinary public process has played out – and our students stand to benefit greatly from this shared effort. Today, I am asking for your support as we take yet another important step our children deserve.

*** The External Advisory Committee on School

Choice invites the community to an update on Mon., Feb. 4, at 6 p.m. at Orchard Gardens K-8 School, 906 Albany St., Roxbury. BPS will present the latest options and the EAC will invite public comment. To learn more and to get involved, visit bostonschoolchoice.org.

Thomas M. Menino is the mayor of Boston.

our children, our schools:The choices are ours to make

Andrea Cabral has been an outstanding Suffolk County Sheriff. The team that she built around her is one that promises to continue to impress now that she has moved on to a new role as Secretary of Public Safety for the Commonwealth.

This week, Governor Patrick chose Steve Tompkins, one of Cabral’s longtime aides, as her replacement. It is a wise and practical appointment and one that should ensure that the sheriff’s depart-ment will continue to function smoothly without much, if any, disruption.

It is true that Tompkins is a savvy and well-connected political operative who was most recently instrumental in the Boston field operation for US Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s winning campaign. Those alliances with top policy makers will serve the sheriff’s department well when Tompkins needs to press his case on budget and policy matters.

But, more importantly, he has also been a high-level member of Cabral’s executive team from Day One and has a hands-on understanding of the sys-tem’s day-to-day operations that trumps any other candidate for the job. When Cabral was appointed to take over the department in 2002, Tompkins was her executive assistant and he helped her navigate the tricky work of assembling a new cadre of talent to run what was then a troubled department. Cabral and her team have brought a decade of stability to the county’s prison system and Tompkins has been a full partner in that turn-around.

Tompkins will need to run for election on his own in 2014 to keep the position. We have every confidence that he will prove himself worthy to fill Cabral’s shoes. – Bill Forry

A pageantfor the ages

The inauguration of an American president is always an impressive and moving event, and this week’s pageant, taking place as it did on Martin Luther King Day, added immeasurably to its histori-cal nature.

The scene showing the nation’s first African American president pausing under the Capitol rotunda for reflection before the bust of ML King was just one of many poignant moments. In the words of the civil rights leader and Congressman John Lewis, there’s a “straight line” between Rev. King’s 1963 “I have a dream” speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and the inaugural of Barack Obama.

Let it be said, too, that Mr. Obama’s selection of Delaware’s Joe Biden to serve as his vice president has proven to be an inspired choice. Back in September 2008, on a campaign stop in Boston, then-Senator Biden told supporters that Obama was “the real deal,” and that he had been assured by his Senate colleague that he would have a significant role in an Obama administration.

The Obama/Biden administration truly has functioned as an efficient team, as evidenced most recently by the VP’s role in fiscal cliff negotiations with intransigent members of Congress.

The nation can celebrate the fact that these two good men continue to hold the highest offices in our government. Let’s keep them in our prayers.

– Ed Forry

Tompkins best pickto fill Cabral’s shoes

Steve Tompkins


Letter to the Editor

THE ANOINTED CHURCH1281-1283 Dorchester Avenue

Dorchester, Massachusetts 02122Telephone: 617-288-8866

Website: www.theanointedchurch.comPASTOR MOSES J. TAYLOR, SR.

“His Lord said unto him, well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy Lord.” (Matthew 25:23)

Every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday evening:

From 4 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. (this is every week)Community, friends and neighbors:

Please come out and get your bread, cakes, cookies and pies, FREE at the address above!

Sunday School 10-10:45 a.m.Sunday Morning Worship 11:00 a.m.Sunday Evening Service 5:30 p.m.Monday Night Testimonies 6-8:30 p.m.Wednesday Night Bible/Prayer Service 6-8:30 p.m.Thursday Night Choir Practices 6-8:30 p.m.Friday Night Mothers Against Guns 6-8:30 p.m.Saturday Fathers Role in the Family 9:45-11:45 a.m.Youth Activities/Ministry 11:45-2:00 p.m.Saturday Seniors Soup Kitchen 1-3:00 p.m.Saturday Choir Practices 4-6:00 p.m.

status quo member makeupof school panel unacceptable

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To the Editor: Our children in the Boston Public Schools are

not failing; the Boston Public School system is failing our children. Last week I filed a Home Rule Petition in an effort to change the City Charter and create three elected positions on the Boston Public School Committee. The purpose of this petition is to create some much needed accountability and transparency on a board that for over two decades has been appointed by the executive branch of city government. The families of Boston need an elected, independent voice on the School Committee.

Boston is the only municipality in the common-wealth that has an all appointed School Committee, and out of 351 cities and towns ranks in the bottom tier on almost all accounts. We have a world-class city and deserve to have world-class performing public schools throughout our city.

I, and my twelve brothers and sisters (and now my own children), attended Boston’s public schools. We have all felt the effects of a school system that has under-performed since the late 1970s.

Like the school committee, its assignment policy has not changed in over 20 years. It is now being reconsidered and the people of Boston deserve a voice as to how our new school districts will be drawn. How the school committee votes to change the assignment policy will impact our public school system and our city for many years to come. If we have elected representation on the School Commit-tee, the people of Boston will be able to hold these members accountable for their decisions during important debates like these.

Critics of my proposal say that the current hand-picked school committee is neither controlled nor politically charged, and that the status quo is just fine. Our school system has operated the same way for 20 years, and by all accounts fails our children year after year. Parents all over the city are crying out for change. We should listen. The status quo is unacceptable!

Frank Baker is the District 3 Boston City Council-lor representing Dorchester and Mattapan. He is the Chair of the Council’s Post Audit & Oversight Committee.

last month with the indictments of 23 alleged members of the Hendry Street Gang and the Woodward Street Gang and a number of their alleged suppliers, buy-ers, and couriers.

O’Malley provides bios of the 30 indicted people, who range from career gangbangers with arrest records dating back to when they were 15 to a Cambridge babysit-ter who was allegedly caught delivering pot. He describes a reign of violence and drugs going back to the 1990s with tentacles that reached across the city, noting that on Dec. 26, two gang members coming out of a late-night meal at a Chinatown restaurant were shot from an SUV, sending one of them to Tufts Medical Center with six fresh bullet holes (four years before, the same gangster had been shot coming out of an after-hours party on Bird Street in Dorches-ter).

Since 2005, Wood-ward and Hendry gang members have been shot 36 times, O’Malley writes, adding the

members indicted this week have “amassed 853 indictments to date” in state and federal government – 33 of them for gun-related charges. One alleged member, Nicholas Otey, continued to arrange crack sales even after he was put in federal prison for parole violations, O’Malley writes.

“Hendry Street mem-bers have been deeply involved in area drug trafficking and gang violence for years,” O’Malley, a former C-11 beat cop who’d been deal-ing with them for years, writes, adding their stronghold was the area bounded by Hancock, Bowdoin, Quincy, and Bellevue streets.

“The house at 37 Hen-dry Street (where targets Victor Scott, John Webbe, Hamilton Lopes, Alexis Hidalgo, and Nicholas Otey conducted drug deals during much of the investigation) was an ad-dress associated with so much drug activity and gun violence throughout the city that, at the direc-tion of the Mayor’s Office, BPD stationed a marked cruiser at the top of the street in an attempt to

curb area crime during the investigation.

“As intercepted calls and surveillance made clear, the Hendry Street gang members targeted in this case continued to operate a thriving drug distribution business out of 37 Hendry Street (where they also stored firearms) despite the constant police pres-ence. 37 Hendry Street was shut down in late August, 2012, for build-ing code violations after inspectors from the City of Boston’s Inspectional Services Division (ISD) were finally able to enter the building. Among other things, that event produced a series of in-tercepts as Hidalgo and his associates frantically sought to get their drugs and firearms out of the building.”

O’Malley writes that they moved to Wood-ward Street. Hendry and Woodward had always been on good terms, he writes: “HSG has long been aligned with Woodward Avenue and, as a result, has also taken on many of Woodward Avenue’s disputes with other Cape Verdean gangs such as Wendover, Draper, and Cameron Streets.”

The two gangs, in fact, began to operate almost as a single unit, pooling resources to “repeatedly purchase kilos of cocaine, thousands of oxycodone pills, and hundreds of pounds of marijuana” for sale in the Boston area. They had a regular $100,000 monthly mari-juana purchase from a source in California, who would deliver the pot to Chicopee, where gang members would pick it up (that source, Maurice Barnett, was himself arrested last week).

In h is a f f idavi t , O’Malley details the record of alleged Hendry leader Alexis Hidalgo, also known as P, Papi-T, Papi-Thing, Light and Frank. Hidalgo, he writes, has a rap sheet that dates to 1996 – when he was 15. By the time he was 17, he had convictions for robbery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, illegal possession of a firearm and ammunition and firing a gun within 500 feet of a building. Jail apparently did not reform him - he since has been convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, assault and battery on a public employee, and

various driving infrac-tions. In all, at the age of 31, he has racked up 25 convictions, many of them for crimes commit-ted while on probation for earlier crimes.

During the investiga-tion, which began in the summer of 2011 when a “cooperating witness” approached police and agreed to help bring the gang down, Hidalgo was recorded making seven crack sales and arranging two others, O’Malley writes.

He describes an inci-dent on Jan. 10 of this year, when Hidalgo was in a Codman Square barber shop and looked out the window to see the area swarming with members of a rival gang, which was not all that surprising given that the shop is near Dorchester District Court. Detectives listen-ing in on wiretaps heard Hidalgo make several calls to minions – and to Jonathan DaSilva, leader of the Woodward gang – in an attempt to get a “ratchet” or gun delivered to him after he went outside to stand in front of the courthouse. Detectives then risked revealing their wiretaps by having uniformed officers respond to the area. On seeing the cops, Hidalgo fled in one of his alleged gang member’s car, leaving his own car behind.

That was the second time detectives felt they had to risk letting their

targets know they were under surveillance. On Oct. 23, investigators heard DaSilva give a sub-ordinate the go-ahead to take out a rival gang member – in the lobby of Roxbury District Court if necessary, O’Malley writes.

The detectives notified uniformed officers, who rushed to the courthouse in time to arrest two members of the Wood-ward Avenue gang and confiscate a loaded 9mm handgun in the glove compartment of their rental car. Luckily for the detectives, DaSilva blamed members of the gang on whose members he authorized a hit for dropping a dime to police. Detectives learned that through another phone call DaSilva made.

These incidents and other descriptions of the investigation that led to last week’s federal indictments are in a 60-page affidavit filed by O’Malley, who notes in that affidavit that he did not include everything investigators found. The probe into the Woodward Avenue and Hendry Street gangs continues, he writes.

Detectives are par-ticularly interested in unraveling the financial underpinnings and deal-ings of a major drug and gun operation so profit-able that gang members thought nothing of drop-ping $10,000 for a table at a musical-awards banquet in Atlanta.


Alexis Hidalgo


PolIcE DISTRIcT c-11 NEwSNon-emergency line for seniors: 617-343-5649.

PolIcE DISTRIcT B-3 NEwSFor info, call B-3’s Community Service Office at

617-343-4717. AShmoNT-ADAmS ASSN.

Meeting on the first Thursday of each month at the Plasterers’ Hall, 7 Fredericka St., at 7 p.m. AShmoNT hIll ASSN.

Meetings are generally held the last Thursday of the month. For info, see ashmonthill.org or call Message Line: 617-822-8178.cEDAR GRoVE cIVIc ASSN.

The monthly meeting, usually the second Tues. of the month, 7 p.m., in Fr. Lane Hall at St. Brendan’s Church.. Info: [email protected] or 617-825-1402. clAm PoINT cIVIc ASSN.

The meetings are usually held on the second Monday of the month (unless it’s a holiday) at WORK, Inc. 25 Beach St., at the corner of Freeport (new meeting place), across from the IBEW; on street parking available; at 6:30 p.m. Jan. meeting cancelled; next meeting, Feb. 11. Info: clampoint.org.

PoPE’S hIll NEIGhBoRhooD ASSN.Neighborhood E-Mail Alert system; sign up at

[email protected] giving your name, ad-dress, and e-mail address. PHNA meetings, usually the fourth Wed. of the month at the Leahy/Holloran Community Center at 7 p.m. The next meeting will be Wed., Jan. 23. Babysitting for members will now be provided during the meetings, thanks to Adrienne Kaszanek. coDmAN SquARE NEIGhBoRhooD couNcIl

The Codman Square Neighborhood Council meets the first Wed. of each month, 7 to 8:30 p.m., in the Great Hall of the Codman Sq. Health Center, 6 Norfolk St. Info: call 617-265-4189. columBIA-SAVIN hIll cIVIc ASSN.

Meetings the first Mon. of each month, 7 p.m., at the Little House, 275 East Cottage St. For info: columbiasavinhillcivic.org.cummINS VAllEy ASSN.

Cummins Valley Assn, meeting at the Mattahunt Community Center, 100 Hebron St., Mattapan, on Mondays 6:30 p.m., for those living on and near Cummins Highway. For info on dates, call 617-791-7359 or 617-202-1021. EASTmAN-ElDER ASSN.

The association meets the third Thurs. of each month, 7 p.m., at the Upham’s Corner Health Center, 636 Columbia Rd, across from the fire station.FREEPoRT-ADAmS ASSN.

The meetings will be held the second Wed. of the month, 6:30 p.m., at the Fields Corner CDC office (the old Dist. 11 police station), 1 Acadia St.GRoom/humPhREyS NEIGhBoRhooD ASSN.

The GHNA meets on the third Wed. of the month, 7 p.m., in the Kroc Salvation Army Community Center, 650 Dudley St., Dor., 02125. For info, call 857-891-1072 or [email protected]. hANcock ST. cIVIc ASSN.

The next meeting is Feb. 21, 2013, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at a place to be announced. Info: [email protected] (new e-mail address.) The next meetings are Mar. 21 and Apr. 18. lowER mIllS cIVIc ASSN.

The monthly meetings are held the third Tuesday of the month (Feb. 19) in St. Gregory’s Auditorium, 7 p.m. Please bring bottles/ cans and any used sports equipment to the meeting for Officer Ruiz. See the web page: dorchesterlowermills.org. mccoRmAck cIVIc ASSN.

Meetings the third Tues. of the month (Feb. 19) at 7 p.m., in Blessed Mother Teresa Parish Hall. Please bring canned goods to the regular meetings for a local food bank. Info: [email protected] or 617-710-3793. mEETINGhouSE hIll cIVIc ASSN.

The meetings are held at 7 p.m., at First Parish Church. Info contact, call 617-265-0749 or e-mail: civic@first parish.com.Info: 617-265-0749 or [email protected] PARk ASSN.

Clean-up of the MBTA Tunnel Cap (garden at Shawmut Station), the first Sat. of the month, from 10 a.m. to noon. The meetings are held at 6:30 p.m., at the Epiphany School, 154 Centre St., Dor.

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If you’ve ever ques-tioned your looks, or wondered if you were “good enough,” Adam Linn’s “American Sexy” could be the book for you.

Linn, a Dorchester native who has been living in New York since 2001, started working on the book in 2009 after writing screenplays. “I’ve just come back around to that,” he said. “Whereas a film takes a ton of people and a ton of money, I really just wanted to write, and a book was the way to go.”

Inspired partly by his experiences as a screenwriter and direc-tor and partly by his experiences growing up in Dorchester, Linn’s book turns a mirror on a society in which no one is ever good enough, and at-tempts to show just how dangerous the pursuit of perfection can be.

“Working in film and TV, the normal stresses of society – Am I good

enough? Am I smart enough? – are just mag-nified 100 times,” Linn said. “And I saw these things as being almost kind of funny. People are kind of broken down into all sorts of pieces of meats. So this idea of a book where this girl who doesn’t think she’s pretty enough and she goes on this show [called ‘Ameri-can Sexy’] and becomes gorgeous but still isn’t happy really came out of that experience.”

After almost four years and numerous drafts, “American Sexy” was born. With the book finally written, however, came a new concern: What kind of response was it going to get?

“I didn’t know what to expect,” Linn said. “The book has some very fantastic elements. [Katie] goes on this show and it’s magical. This is ‘American Idol’ on steroids. I didn’t know how people would react to this element of magic, but it’s fun. It’s

like “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.” And I think adults, readers, we’re all big kids. It’s an adult fairy tale.”

Linn also worried whether he would be able to reach younger readers. “I’m thinking my audience is 35 or older. I mean, I’m 40, and [someone who is] 24 is very young to me,” Linn said. “Can I speak to that audience? I don’t know, but I hope so.”

Linn went on to say

that he gets asked a lot whom exactly the book is for. “It’s not for people who want “GoodFellas.” It’s not that book,” Linn said. “It is a book for anyone who has looked in the mirror and said, ‘Am I pretty enough?’ And the answer is always no, and it shouldn’t be. I think society causes that to be the answer, and I would encourage everyone … If you don’t say yes, no one else is going to say yes.”

Linn jokes that it’s

funny that a guy wrote “American Sexy,” since the people who are in-terested in it are mostly women. But, he says, “This idea of not fitting in, or not being good enough, is a stand-in for not being strong enough, not being pretty enough, and it’s universal.”

Not only is the idea of not fitting in uni-versal, but Linn finds himself relating to his protagonist. “I was at this museum the other day and they were talk-ing about this painter who had a female alter ego and I was thinking

‘My God, I think Katie Blub is my female alter ego,’” he said. “It’s funny to think about that.”

So will readers be seeing Katie again in the future? Linn says there is a possibility, but for now, he just wants to write. “I don’t know if the next book is an “American Sexy” sequel. I don’t know if Katie makes a return, even though I love her so much,” Linn said. “But this is my passion. As long as I can keep going, and I can find an audience, I’ll do more books.”

‘People are kind of broken down into all sorts of pieces of meat.”


I always hope that the new year will bring happiness and good health to all. Our family, however, received some very unhappy news on Jan. 2. We learned, from Virginia, that Hubby’s older brother John had passed away unexpectedly. John, known affectionately as “Scotty” by the members of his family, except for his sister Peg and his brothers Vinnie (“Hubby”) and Jerry, and their families, who still called him John. John joined the Marines at age 18 and served during the Korean War, in which he received a battlefield commission. After serving proudly in the Marines for 24 years, he retired as a Lieutenant Colonel. Following his military service, he worked for, and then retired from, Dominion Power as a security supervisor at the Surry Nuclear Plant.

He was very family oriented and traveled all over the US with his wife of 59 years, Joe (named for her grand-father) Ann. In recent years, John and Joe Ann came to Boston often for family parties and celebrations. Both John and Joe also traveled to the many celebrations of

their five children, their spouses, their seventeen loving grandchildren, and their two beautiful great grandchildren. John and Joe would often warn us that they would be away from their home for a week or so, visiting their kids so we wouldn’t worry if we called and got no answer. John was also very proud of his Irish heritage. (His favorite college football team was, of course, Notre Dame’s Fighting Irish.) When he first went in the service, his fellow service men thought he was Scottish, thus the nickname “Scotty.”

Hubby and I were for-tunate to have flown to Virginia for John’s 80th birthday celebration three years ago July. I will never forget John’s face as he drove into son Pat and daughter-in-law Cathy’s driveway and saw so many of his family there. It was the most wonderful party. We have such great photos from that time.

In recent months, John had to have dialysis. He or Joe Ann, a nurse, would call his sister Peg, who would, in turn, let us know how he was doing, which was a little better until he passed away suddenly on Jan. 2.

Peg, her daughter Terri, Terri’s son, Sgt. Jeffrey Williams, (US Army), John’s younger brother Jerry, his wife Joan, and their daughter Mary, and Hubby and I went to Portsmouth for his wake and funeral. We were amazed that the wake was only one and one-half hours long, un-like our four-hour wakes here in Boston. We were amazed that there was such a crowd during that hour and one-half. John’s funeral Mass was celebrated at the Church of the Resurrection in Portsmouth. We then drove quite a distance to the Albert Horton Memorial Veterans’ Cemetery in Suffolk, VA. (Hubby lost count after seeing 30 cars behind us in the funeral procession.) The military honors’ ceremony was very impressive. There were 12 Marines in at-tendance, the highest in

rank being a Lieutenant Colonel, John’s rank. As we sat under a portico, it was wonderful to watch the ceremony on that beautiful Monday.

Our Boston family sends its deepest sympa-thy to Joe Ann, his wife of 59 years, and to his children: Beth Doloresco and husband Art; Gina Downs and husband Chuck; John Jr. and wife Alice; Michael and wife Johanna; and Pat and his wife Cathy Lockwood. John’s whole family, including the grandchildren, couldn’t have been nicer to their relatives from Mas-sachusetts. We will miss John/Scotty so very much.

*** I must mention that

daughter Sue gave me a new magnet for Christ-mas for our refrigerator. It says: “Ship Me Up to Boston,” which reminds me of the wonderful song performed so well by the Dropkick Murphys. I can’t keep my feet from dancing every time I hear that song.

***I was so glad that I

was in the car waiting for daughter Sue to come out of CVS last Sunday afternoon when I heard Gino Cappelletti

chatting with his former broadcasting buddy Gil Santos on radio station 98.5 FM. (Gil and Gino had broadcast 585 Patri-ots’ games during their 28 years together.) Gino retired from broadcast-ing the games at the end of last season so I was surprised to hear him once again. He was just paying a visit to Gil and left after the first quarter, citing the bitter cold and biting wind. I heard later that Gil is going to be inducted into the Patriots’ Hall of Fame in 2013. Bravo, Gil. Unfortunately for us, his listeners, Gil has now retired, his 36 years of broadcasting the Patriots’ games at an end. Hubby and I were so disappointed as we watched Sunday’s losing game against Baltimore. I must compliment the Patriots, however, for their mostly memorable games this season. They certainly brightened our Sundays and Monday evenings. We hope that they have an even better record next season.

***I want to thank Kathy

Cheney for letting me know that her aunt, Louise Cheney, had passed away on Jan. 3 at age 93. Louise and her husband Stephen lived for many years in the Port Norfolk area. Steve, whose CB radio name was “Miami,” was well known to our son Paul, who was also an avid CB radio operator. I send the sympathy of our whole family to Louise and Steve’s children: Marylou West, Eileen O’Shea, Steve, Terri Slink, and Jea-nette Begley. She was a very well- liked woman.

I was also sorry to read of the unexpected death of William Harty, at age 51, on Dec. 23. William was the son of our Pope’s Hill friends Joe and Mary “Mossy” Harty. (He also went to St. Ann’s School with our daughter Susan.) I send my sympathy to William’s wife Janice and to his children Brittany and Jake. We

also send our Pope’s Hill sympathy to William’s parents, Joe and Mary “Mossy” Harty and to his brother Patrick and sister Jody.

For many years, Mary Fallona was my good friend. A resident of Whitten St., she and her husband Ray ad-opted our Pope’s Hill organization as their own. They loved to go to the police meetings and kept a good eye on their neighborhood. She also loved plants and flowers. Mary passed away on Jan. 7. I send my sympathy to her son Ronald and to her god daughter, Elaine Lynch.

I just happen to see the obit for an old friend, Stuart Manter, whose real estate firm/insurance agency, A.M. Johnson (at 96 Nepon-set Ave.), sold us our first home in Neponset. Stuart passed away on Jan. 3, at age 91. Over the years, we would see him when we went to pay our house insurance at his office. He was always such a gentleman and would come out to chat when he saw us. We knew that he had served as the president of the Dorchester Board of Trade because his real estate office was the address for the DBOT for years. We also knew that he was president of the First American Bank on Columbia Road in Uphams Corner. As I read his obit, I saw that he was in the US Army for three years during World War II. Stuart leaves his daughter Marilyn and son Brad, plus five stepchildren. I know that anyone who knew him would smile when they heard his name. He was so likable. By the way, Stuart was buried in the Cedar Grove Cemetery.

***After the hectic pace

during the Christmas vacation, this seemed like the perfect thought: “God put me on earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now, I’m so far behind, I will never die.”

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OF PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN FOR INCAPACITATED PERSON

PURSUANT TO G.L. c. 190B, §5-304 RESPONDENT

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ThepetitionaskstheCourttodeterminethattheRespondentisincapacitated,thattheappointmentofaGuardianisneces-sary,and that theproposedGuardian isappropriate.Thepetitionisonfilewiththiscourtandmaycontainarequestforcertainspecificauthority.

You have the right to object to this proceeding.Ifyouwishtodoso,youoryourattorneymustfileawrittenappearanceatthiscourtonorbefore10:00A.M.onthereturndateof02/07/2013.ThisdayisNOTahearingdate,butadeadlinedatebywhichyouhavetofilethewrittenappearanceifyouobjecttothepetition.Ifyoufailtofilethewrittenappearancebythereturndate,actionmaybetakeninthismatterwithoutfurthernoticetoyou.Inadditiontofilingthewrittenappearance,youoryourattorneymust file a written affidavit stating thespecificfactsandgroundsofyourobjec-tionwithin30daysafterthereturndate.

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limitorcompletelytakeawaytheabove-namedperson’s right tomakedecisionsaboutpersonalaffairsorfinancialaffairsorboth.Theabove-namedpersonhastherighttoaskforalawyer.Anyonemaymakethisrequestonbehalfoftheabove-namedperson.Iftheabove-namedpersoncannotaffordalawyer,onemaybeappointedatStateexpense.

Witness,Hon.JoanP.Armstrong,FirstJusticeofthisCourt.

PatriciaM.CampatelliRegisterofProbate

Date:January9,2013


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With the arrival of the cold winter months, many of us prefer to stay indoors, sip a cup of our favorite hot beverage, and find excuses for not staying physically active. A recent survey of 5,000 people suggested that about 30 percent of us do not get any exercise at all around this time of the year.

That is not a good num-ber: Regular physical activity improves muscle strength, increases en-ergy, increases mental sharpness, improves the efficiency of heart and lungs, lower blood pressure, helps in weight loss and maintenance of optimum weight. A regular exercise plan of at least 30 minutes per day on most days of the week will help in reduc-ing the risk of several chronic diseases such as overweight and obesity, high blood pressure, high blood cholesterol, heart disease, stroke, and type II diabetes mellitus.

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tions. It is always a good idea to dress in layers, especially for outdoor activity. Wear comfort-able clothing, shoes, and socks. Keep yourself hydrated at all times by drinking plenty of fluids before, during, and after exercising. Warming up before beginning any form of activity helps to improve blood circula-tion and loosen all the muscles.

Staying physically ac-tive doesn’t necessarily mean jogging or running or taking special exercise classes. Several routine tasks that we perform on a daily basis can be a great source of health-boosting activities. Some common examples in-clude:

• Mundane activities like cooking, taking out trash, ironing, vacuum-ing, mopping, shoveling snow, cleaning out the garage, cleaning your closets, playing with your kids, taking your pet for a walk, etc. help to burn those extra calories.

• Getting up from the couch and walking across the room for changing channels on the televi-sion rather of using the

remote. Keep in mind, every little bit counts!

• Parking your car at the farthest end of the parking lot and then walking to the grocery store. When inside, take a walk around various aisles instead of heading straight to the aisle of interest. This not only enables us to remain healthy, but also improves our knowledge of the various products in the store.

• Using stairs instead of elevators.

• Getting off one stop earlier when using the train or bus and then walking the remaining distance to reach your destination.

• Walking while talk-ing on the phone, instead of sitting on the couch.

• Renting exercise videos from public librar-ies and incorporating at

least one of them in your daily routine. A great abdominal workout at all times would be to tighten and hold in your stomach muscles as in taking a deep breath for about 30 seconds and subsequently releasing it. Repeat this for about 10 times.

So, don’t let the arrival of winter dampen your spirit to exercise. Follow the above useful tips to stay active and feel fresh and energetic as we battle the cold weather!

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PROBATE AND FAMILY COURTSuffolk Probate & Family Court

24 New Chardon St., PO Box 9667Boston 02114(617) 788-8300

CITATION ON PETITION FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATIONDocket No. SU13P0094EA

IN THE ESTATE OFNELLIE B. JOHNSON-WHITEDATE OF DEATH: 06/14/2005

Toallinterestedpersons:A petition has been filed by: SandordE.WhiteofBoston,MArequestingthatthe Court enter a formal Decree andOrder of testacy and for such otherreliefasrequestedinthePetition.Andalsorequesting that:SanfordE.WhiteofBoston,MAbeappointedasPersonalRepresentativeofsaidestate toserveWithoutSuretyonthebond.Youhave the right toobtainacopyofthe Petition from the Petitioner or attheCourt.Youhavearighttoobjecttothisproceeding.Todoso,youoryourattorneymustfileawrittenappearanceandobjectionatthisCourtbefore10:00a.m.on03/21/2013.ThisisNOTahearingdate,butadeadlinebywhichyoumustfileawrittenappear-anceandobjectionifyouobjecttothisproceeding.Ifyoufailtofileatimelywrit-tenappearanceandobjectionfollowedbyanAffidavitofObjectionswithinthirty(30)daysofthereturndate,actionmaybetakenwithoutfurthernoticetoyou.Theestateisbeingadministeredunderformal procedure by the PersonalRepresentative under the Massachu-setts Uniform Probate Code withoutsupervisionbytheCourt.InventoryandaccountsarenotrequiredtobefiledwiththeCourt,butrecipientsareentitledtonoticeregardingtheadministrationfromthe Personal Representative and canpetitiontheCourtinanymatterrelatingto the estate, including distribution ofassetsandexpensesofadministration.

Witness, HON. JOAN P. ARM-STRONGFirstJusticeofthisCourt.

Date:January14,2013PatriciaM.Campatelli

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SUFFOLK, ss.THE TRIAL COURTPROBATE COURT

Case No. SU12P0386EATo all persons interested intheestateofPatrickFlaherty,lateofBoston,insaidCounty,deceasedintestate.Apetitionhasbeenpresentedto said Court for license tosell-atpublicauction-privatesale - private - certain realestateofdeceased-andthatthepetitionermaybecomethepurchaserofsaidrealestate.

Ifyoudesiretoobjecttheretoyouoryourattorneysholdfilea written appearance in saidCourt at Boston before teno’clockontheforenoononthe21stdayofFebruary,2013,thereturndayofthiscitation.

Witness, JOAN P. ARM-STRONG,Esquire,FirstJudgeofsaidCourt,this11thdayofJanuary,2013.


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PROBATE & FAMILY COURT SUFFOLK DIVISION

Docket No. SU12D2824DRDIVORCE SUMMONS

BY PUBLICATION and MAILINGJULIA COLON

vs.JOSUE COLON

TotheDefendant:ThePlaintiffhasfiledaComplaintfor

DivorcerequestingthattheCourtgrantadivorceforirretrievablebreakdownofthemarriagepursuanttoG.L.c.208,Sec. 1B.TheComplaint is on fileattheCourt.AnAutomaticRestrainingOrderhasbeenenteredinthismatterpreventingyoufromtakinganyactionwhichwouldnegativelyimpactthecur-rentfinancialstatusofeitherparty.SEESupplementalProbateCourtRule411.

You are hereby summoned andrequired to serve upon: JuliaColon,88 Ocean View Dr., #8, Dorchester,MA02125youranswer, ifany,onorbefore03/14/2013.Ifyoufailtodoso,thecourtwillproceedtothehearingandadjudicationofthisaction.Youarealsorequiredtofileacopyofyouranswer,ifany,intheofficeoftheRegisterofthisCourt.

Witness, HON. JOAN P. ARM-STRONG,FirstJusticeofthisCourt.

Date:January2,2013PatriciaM.CampatelliRegisterofProbate

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTSTHE TRIAL COURT

PROBATE AND FAMILY COURTSuffolk Probate & Family Court

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CITATION ON PETITION FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATIONDocket No. SU13P0111EA

IN THE ESTATE OFFRED E. GASKINS

DATE OF DEATH: 10/31/2011Toallinterestedpersons:A petition has been filed by: DonnaGaskins ofDorchester,MA requestingthat the Court enter a formal DecreeandOrderoftestacyandforsuchotherreliefasrequestedinthePetition.Andalsorequestingthat:DonnaGaskinsofDorchester,MAbeappointedasPersonalRepresentativeofsaidestate toserveWithoutSuretyonthebond.Youhave the right toobtainacopyofthe Petition from the Petitioner or attheCourt.Youhavearighttoobjecttothisproceeding.Todoso,youoryourattorneymustfileawrittenappearanceandobjectionatthisCourtbefore10:00a.m.on02/28/2013.ThisisNOTahearingdate,butadeadlinebywhichyoumustfileawrittenappear-anceandobjectionifyouobjecttothisproceeding.Ifyoufailtofileatimelywrit-tenappearanceandobjectionfollowedbyanAffidavitofObjectionswithinthirty(30)daysofthereturndate,actionmaybetakenwithoutfurthernoticetoyou.Theestateisbeingadministeredunderformal procedure by the PersonalRepresentative under the Massachu-setts Uniform Probate Code withoutsupervisionbytheCourt.InventoryandaccountsarenotrequiredtobefiledwiththeCourt,butrecipientsareentitledtonoticeregardingtheadministrationfromthe Personal Representative and canpetitiontheCourtinanymatterrelatingto the estate, including distribution ofassetsandexpensesofadministration.

Witness, HON. JOAN P. ARM-STRONGFirstJusticeofthisCourt.

Date:January16,2013PatriciaM.Campatelli

RegisterofProbate


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This is the fifth year of the Payless GivesTM Shoes 4 Kids program. Although studies show that prop-erly fitting shoes are important for

children’s health and development, a striking number of children don’t own a pair of shoes that fit. We are working to remedy that here in Massachusetts.

By helping families who may be struggling to provide their children with basic essentials on a daily basis, our Boys and Girls Club, in partnering with the Payless GivesTM Shoes 4 Kids program, hopes to relieve some of the stress parents feel and bring joy to as many children as possible.” Our thanks to the staff at the Upham’s Corner and Field’s Corner stores for their assistance during the promotion.

Teen Summer Jobs - Teen mem-bers are encouraged to register on the

Boston Youth Fund website for the City’s Summer Jobs program during the month of February. For more information please contact Mike Joyce ([email protected]).

February School Vacation - From 2/19 to 2/22 we will be offering a special vacation week program from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. for ages 5-12 Parents must pre-register their children to take part and there is a $20 fee for each child for the week. Breakfast and luch will be served each day. Teen members will enjoy extended hours at no cost. For more information, or to register, please contact Kevin Vo ([email protected]).

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Rockets are glaring all over the sporting map.

We have the Patriots suddenly stripped of the last pretenses of a fading dynasty. Was this the ultimate indictment of Bill Belichick’s alleged genius? He was supposed to win this one. In fact, he badly needed to win this year to curb the growing debate over his flawed legacy, which now intensifies, no doubt to his immense chagrin. He remains out of the money since the disclosure of “Spygate.” Many find that meaningful.

The latest sting won’t be lessened by the fact that the minimizing of the Ravens was clearly dumb. When it was over, Bill Belichick and Tom Brady had to depart the field of failed battle amidst the chaos of the Ravens’ giddy reveling and both the coach and his resident avatar wore the stunned looks that have “end of an era” written all over them in letters big, black, and throbbing.

While it lasted, said era was surely dandy. But nothing lasts forever, eh mates. On the other hand, the avatar’s wife, who, we are constantly reminded, is also the world’s highest paid fashion model, can’t blame this one on the frailties of wretched wide receivers.

Some will find most un-forgiveable the fact that the firm of Belichick & Brady could have spared us the full-flowering of the Age of Harbaugh, but booted it. Maybe in the end we’ll be charmed by the thesis – sure to be relentlessly drummed into the consciousness of the entire Republic from now through the Soupey – that in the triumph of the Brothers Harbaugh, John and James, we have the lat-est lilting manifestation of the American Dream.

Tough sell, in my book, although John, the elder by 16 months, seems more mature than James, who is totally off the wall. That’s mainly why we like John’s Ra-vens over Jim’s 49ers in Soupey XLVII. As for the Big Game’s other major sub-plot, the on-going and quite-lame campaign to redeem that legendary thug, Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis – we offer no comment beyond the affirmation that Mr. Lewis is truly a great football player, for whatever that’s worth. But what happened a decade ago resulting in two homicides and both indisputably and centrally involving Mr. Lewis remains shame-fully unexplained, nor will all the Soupey-hype now on-rushing change that.

On this happy note, we proceed to the An-nual NFL Armageddon. Fortunately there are other diversions, some brighter.

Consider that the NHL is back, and even if hockey’s not your game, you should be happy for those who do love it. Early on the restoration is promising, with high enthusiasm among those some call “the suckers,” those guileless fans who greeted the game’s desperate revival with more of a spirit of forgive-ness than the culprits deserved. They are, both owners and players, entirely unworthy.

Whatever, hereabouts it’s widely seen a joy to have the Bruins back and at first blush the Black and Gold do look gritty and grumpy enough to suggest we may end up conceding that the fruits of that infernal lockout were worth the bloody wait. Maybe!

Meanwhile, we still have Lance Armstrong to kick around. The unveiling of a genuine cad is always a bit of a field day in the moral passion play of sport.

Still further, we have the ongoing and wrench-ing melodrama of the lovesick Samoan line-backer of the erstwhile Fighting Irish whose weepy tale might yet exhaust even survivors of Downton Abbey.

Plus we’ll very soon have – heaven help us – pitchers and catchers reporting in mere days to that steaming hotbed of winter baseball fantasy, Fort Myers by the Gulf.

These are the best of sporting times. Our cup

always runneth over.So given all that juicy

stuff, what comes next in this week’s little dis-course may seem odd (or more so than usual, you might say). But I can’t let the moment pass without some words on four fabulous sporting characters long gone from the headlines who had most in common the timing of their demise.

John Thomas, Earl Weaver, Gussie Moran, and Stan Musial died the same week, reminding us of things we should remember, maybe need to remember. So, we shall.

John Thomas. This region had been produc-ing great athletes for decades in the first half of the 20th century, but few had been young men of color. Then in the late 1950s along came John out of a staunch working class background and city streets, up through Rindge Tech and BU, where he emerged while still a teenager as the world’s finest high jumper.

That he got bested by mere centimeters by the mighty Russians at the Rome and Tokyo Olympiads diminishes his legend not a whit. In the 1970s, John was a colleague at WCVB-TV (Ch 5) where he worked in sales. If his sporting days were long behind him, his achievements were fresh in memory and his humility was refreshing. I can testify that John Thomas bore his fame nicely. He was a gentleman.

Earl Weaver. Some insist he was the greatest manager ever. I was

never sure. Our conver-sations usually ended in the Orioles’ clubhouse with Earl denouncing my idiocy after my having asked a question Earl didn’t want to answer. That he would do so in profanity-laden tirades spouted into a TV camera illustrates how fearsome and fearless Earl could be. He was also very smart. He knew I’d edit out the bad words.

He was thereby high among the most delight-ful cusses I ever met in the world of fun and games; maybe out of it too. He was only 52 when he walked away from baseball, leaving it the poorer, and 82 when he died last week, on a cruise ship, no less. How very like Earl. He once declared, “On my tombstone just write, ‘The Sorest Loser Who ever lived.’ “ I’ll second that!

‘Gorgeous’ Gussie Moran. Which is how she was usually head-lined when her tennis achievements were reported in the highly sexist sports pages of post-war America. It’s the fate that befell too many female athletes in those days, especially if they had a mind of their own and were a bit, shall we say, “brash,”

and Gertrude Augusta Moran, straight from Hollywood, was all of that.

In 1949, she became an international sensation when she dared storm Wimbledon in a styl-ishly tight sun-suit that boldly bared her knees. In no less than the New York Times, then at its stuffiest, screamed the headline: “Gorgeous Gussie’s Lace-Fringed Panties No. 1 Attrac-tion on Wimbledon’s Courts” (unquote). The All-English Club was not amused and much relieved when Gussie got beat in the quarters.

It was, rather pa-thetically, her tennis highpoint. Lost in all the subsequent nonsense was the fact that she could really play the game but never came close to fulfilling her promise. A lifetime of high adventure and poor choices led in the end to abandon and poverty. It was a tale much too typical from those times.

Stan ‘the Man’ Mu-sial. When the legendary Cardinal retired in 1963, Ford Frick, in surely his most lyrical moment as baseball commis-sioner, said of Musial: “Here stands baseball’s perfect warrior. Here stands baseball’s perfect

knight.” It was a helluva measure to be obliged to live up to, but somehow the Man managed this impossible trick for all his 92 years.

In mid-America, where the game remains truest to its roots, he was not only acclaimed the great-est player but the epitome of what one ought to be. Elsewhere, the other two giants of his era – Maestros Williams and DiMaggio – were more highly regarded and too many savants signed off on that thesis even though Stan’s numbers were more impressive overall, and he was the most complete player of the three. He, of course, never complained.

For in the end, he was also the luckiest of the three and he knew it; not only honored by all but truly beloved. It was a happy life Stan the Man long led with such dignity and he left it surrounded by his family and still the glory of his times. Who could ask for anything more?

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“Victorian Dorchester: The Ascent and Revival of the Railroad Suburb,” Sun., Jan. 27, 2 p.m., at the N.E. Carpenters’ Training Center, 750 Dorchester Ave.; enter main lobby from street. Also, “A Young Woman’s (Alice Stone Blackwell) Diary Describing Dorchester Life in the 1870s,” at the Jan. 27 meeting. The headquarters of the DHS is the William Clapp House, 195 Boston St., 02125, near Edward Everett Square. The DHS seeks volunteers and donations to help preserve the society’s artifacts. DoRchESTER BoARD oF TRADE

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A Breast-Cancer Support Group, the second Wednesday (only) of each month, 6:30 to 8 p.m. The Carney’s adult/child/infant CPR and First Aid: instructions every week for only $30. Call 617-296-4012, X2093 for schedule. Diabetes support group (free), third Thurs. of every month, from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Info: 617-506-4921. Additional support groups at Carney: Family Support, Breast Cancer Support, Al-Anon, AA, and Overeaters Anonymous. The next Senior Supper will be held on Wed., Mar. 13. ADAmS ST. lIBRARy

Become a member by sending dues to Friends of the Adams St. Library, c/o M. Cahill, 67 Oakton Ave., Dorchester, 02122. Family membership is $5; individuals, $3; seniors, $1; businesses, $10; and lifetime, $50.coDmAN SquARE NEIGhBoRhooD couNcIl

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Peace Circle, where those affected by violence may speak honestly, the second Tues. of each month (Feb. 12, Mar. 12, Apr. 9, May 14, and June 11), 6 to 8 p.m., sponsored by Beth Israel Deaconess Med. Ctr, the BSHC, and the Louis Brown Peace Institute. Call Janet at 617-296-2075 for info.IRISh PASToRAl cENTRE

Celebration of St. Brigid’s Feast Day, Sat., Feb. 2, in Fr. Lane Hall, beginning at 3 p.m., with activities for the children. Mass at 5 p.m., with dinner at 6 p.m. Dinner is $12 pp, pre-paid, or $15 on the day of the celebration. Send check to the Irish Pastoral Centre., 15 Rita Rd., Dorchester, 02124. The IPC, now located in St. Brendan Rectory, 15 Rita Road, welcomes seniors to a coffee hour each Wed. morning, from 10 a.m. to noon. There will be a speaker each week. Call 617-265-5300 for info. The Music for Memory group meets on the second Wednesday of

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Sunday, Feb. 3, Dennis Curtin; Sun., Feb. 10, Dave Healy; Sun., Feb. 17, Erin’s Melody; and Sun., Feb. 24, Noel Henry’s Irish Showband. The club is located at 119 Park St., West Roxbury. Donation, $10 pp. TEmPlE ShAlom

The worship services are held at the Great Hall Sanctuary in the First Congregational Church, 495 Canton Ave. The temple has relocated; the office, 38 Truro Lane, Milton; the mailing address, P.O. Box 870275, Milton, MA 02187; and the sanctuary, The Great Hall, 495 Canton Ave., Milton. The phone number remains the same: 617-698-3394 or e-mail: [email protected] for info. DIVINE mERcy cElEBRATIoN

The Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy celebrate the Eucharist in honor of Divine Mercy on the third Friday of each month, at St. Ann’s in Dorchester, with Exposition at 6 p.m., Chaplet of Mercy at 6:30 p.m., and Mass at 7 p.m. For further info: call the Sisters at 617-288-1202, ext. 114. FIRST PARISh chuRch

The church welcomes donations of food and clothing for the needy each Sunday. Pot-Luck-Family-Fun-Night, the first Fri. of each month, 6 p.m., in the parish hall. The church is located at 10 Parish St., Meetinghouse Hill.ST. AmBRoSE chuRch

Fr. Paul Clougherty is now in residence at Marian Manor in South Boston. Sovereign Bank is allowing parishioners attending Sunday Mass to park in their parking lot while at Mass. ST. ANN chuRch

Parish Open Meeting, Thurs., Feb. 7, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., in the lower church. Lucky Thousand Drawing, the second Monday of each month in the school cafeteria, at 7 p.m. Voice, piano, guitar, violin, and viola lessons are now available. See the flyers at the rear door of the church. The parish youth choir meets each Tues., from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. ST. BRENDAN chuRch

Thirty-third annual Voyageurs Club Dinner and Drawing, Fri., Feb. 15, 7 p.m., at Florian Hall, Tickets are $150. Men’s clothing is still needed for the Long Island Shelter for the Homeless: shirts, pants, sweatshirts, sweaters, coats, jackets, rainwear, footwear, belts, hats, and white sox. The Food Pantry is in great need of non-perishable food. Please be generous. Blood Drive, Wed., Jan. 16, 2 to 7 p.m., in Fr. Lane Hall, sponsored by SVDP Society and the Red Cross. Warm Hands/Warm Hearts will be collecting mittens, gloves, hats, and scarves through Jan. A basket will be set up in the front of the church. Catholic Schools’ Week, beginning with Mass on Sun., Jan. 27, followed by a School Open House, at 11 p.m. “Catholic Schools Raise the Standards.”ST. chRISToPhER chuRch

The Rosary, each Wed., in Spanish, at 6 p.m. The church is sporting a new roof, thanks to the recent fundraiser. ST. GREGoRy PARISh

Holy Hour for Life, Sun., Jan, 29, 3 P.M. The Prayer Group meets each Wed., 7:30 p.m.; enter by the side door across from the rectory garages. Healing Service, Fri., Jan. 25, 7 to 8:30 p.m., with song, prayer, teaching, Benediction, and Blessing. Blessing of throats, Sun., Feb. 3/ St. Patrick’s Day

Mass and Celebration, Sun., Mar. 17, 10:30 a.m. Mass, with breakfast to follow. (Tickets, $10). Legion of Mary, each Sunday following the 9 a.m. Mass. The Sacrament of Holy Anointing, on the first Sat. of each month, following the 4 p.m. Mass. Those wishing to receive the sacrament should sit in one of the front pews. Adults are invited to join the choir, with rehearsals after the 10:30 a.m. Mass on Sundays. ST. mARk PARISh

A small Food Pantry has been set up by the St. Vincent de Paul Society; come to the rectory on the third Monday of each month from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to receive a bag of groceries. Items needed are toilet tissue, paper towels, cleaners (Ajax, SOS, etc.,) and shampoos, soaps, etc. A Holy Hour, each Monday, from 6 to 7 p.m., in honor of Our Lady of Fatima, in the church. 2013 Tet Celebration (The Year of the Snake), Sun., Feb. 3, at 12:30 p.m., in the church hall, following the 11:30 a.m. Mass. kNIGhTS oF columBuS

Redberry Council #107, Columbus Council #116, and Lower Mills Council #180 merged into a new Dorchester Council #107, with meetings held the second Wed. of each month at the V.F.W. Post, Neponset Ave., at 7 p.m. (earlier starting time). Info: contact Mike Flynn at 617-288-7663.PlAy To lEARN PlAyGRouPS

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Meetings each Tues., 7 p.m., in the white building in the rear of the Grammar School, for boys ages 7 to 14. This is the scouts’ 58th year in the parish! ST. GREGoRy’S 60 & oVER cluB

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A major funding boost for public higher education - part of Gov. Deval Patrick’s sweep-ing spending and tax plans – has University of Massachusetts officials waiting to “see how the budget unfolds” before declaring whether they will keep their promise to freeze tuition rates and fees for two years if the state raises its contribu-tion level to the school. UMass President Robert Caret said he believes the governor “intends”

to balance the state’s contribution with what students and their fami-lies pay to a 50-50 split - something university officials have pleaded with the Legislature to do for some time. If and when that will happen is not yet clear, Caret said. But starting the conver-sation is heading in the right direction, he said. “We have to see at the end of the budget cycle,” Caret told the News Ser-vice in a phone interview. “If half of it is there in the next budget, then we will live up to our end of the budget in the fall of 2013.

We won’t know yet.” This fall the average in-state undergraduate cost of tuition and fees went up from $11,901 to $12,481, forcing the av-erage UMass student to pay $580 more each year. When the UMass Board approved the hike last June, they took the un-usual step of promising to lock in rates and fees for two years starting in the fall of 2013 if the Legislature restored state funding to cover half the university’s education budget within two years. The board approved the increases

despite strong objec-tions from the governor. “Just the fact he wants to get us there is a positive step. We will see how the budget unfolds,” Caret said. Patrick’s plan to increase investments in higher education gets to an even split within four years, according to the admin-istration. University budget writers estimate the school needs $99 million in additional state funding over the next two fiscal years to achieve the 50-50 divide.

The last time the state covered more than half the costs was five years ago. State funding to UMass was cut by roughly 15 percent from 2008 to 2010, during the height of the Great Re-cession, according to the Massachusetts Taxpay-ers Foundation. Since then it has remained flat. In 2008, the state covered 57 percent of the cost of university educational programs, while students paid 43 percent via tuition and fees, according to UMass

spokesman Robert Con-nolly. In fiscal year 2013, the percentages are reversed with students providing 57 percent and the state contribut-ing 43 percent of the $1.35 billion needed for educational programs. “We need help to keep the whole enterprise affordable,” said Caret, whose push for more university funding is echoed by myriad inter-ests seeking to recover from budget cuts during and since the recession.

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Rev. Paul Clougherty, a senior priest of the Boston archdiocese who was in residence at Marian Manor, died on Jan. 6, a month short of the 53rd anniversary of his ordination. He was 80.

Father Clougherty notably spent most of the 1980s at St. Ambrose Parish in Dorchester where, as administrator, he oversaw the rebuilding of the parish church after it had been destroyed by fire on Jan. 24,1984. The following New Year’s Day, Father Clougherty was

appointed pastor, and with the strong support of the parish, he led a church-reconstruction effort that saw a ground-breaking ceremony on Oct. 26, 1985, and a dedication on Sat., Dec. 19, 1987. In 1989, the parish celebrated 75 years and the transformation of its convent into St. Ambrose Family Inn, providing housing for homeless families.

In December 1990, Father Clougherty bid farewell to Fields Corner and became pastor of St. Joseph Parish in Holbrook. His pastorate there ended in 1997, and after serving at Sacred Heart in Weymouth, he retired to Clearwater, Florida, and helped out in parishes there. He celebrated his golden jubilee in February 2010, and returned to Boston in 2011,

where he joined several of his brother priests at Marian Manor in South Boston.

Born in Manchester, NH, on Nov. 10, 1932, he was one of two twin sons of John and Mary (King) Clougherty who later moved their family Boston. Father Clougherty attended St. Peter Grammar School in Dorchester and was a 1950 graduate of English High School. He was ordained on Feb. 2, 1960 at Holy Name Church in West Roxbury and celebrated his first Mass at St. Theresa of Avila Church.

His other assignments as parochial vicar were to St. John in North Chelmsford; Incarnation in Melrose; St. Michael, Lowell; St. Mary, East Boston; and Sacred Heart in Roslindale.

A funeral Mass presided over by auxiliary Bishop Robert F. Hennessey took place on Fri., January 18 at St. Theresa of Avila Church. Father Clougherty’s classmate, the Most Rev. Francis X. Irwin, delivered the eulogy. Interment was in St. Joseph Cemetery in West Roxbury.

KELLEY, Rev. Laurence E. of Scituate passed away on Friday, January 18, 2013 at home at the age of 77. Brother of Francis L. Kelley and his wife Betty of Marblehead and the late Marie McEachern of Scituate, Tom Kelley, Joe Kelley

and Barbara McDonald. Uncle of Peter J. McEachern and P. Gary McEachern, both of Scituate. Also survived by many nieces, nephews and great nieces and great neph-ews. Rev. Kelley was a graduate of Boston College High School, Class of 1952. He was ordained from St.

John’s Seminary in 1960. Kind, gentle, generous, holy, he devoted his life to the Catholic Church and helping others. He enjoyed reading his breviary and loved sailing, boating and fishing. Rev. Kelley was an Air Force Chaplain, with the rank of Colonel, serving from 1971-1995. He traveled the world as a chaplain to give spiritual support and comfort to the military personnel and their families. He was a priest in residence at St. Peter’s, St. Matthews both in Dorchester, St. Ann’s in West Newbury, and St.

Christine’s in Marshfield, as well as several other parishes. Please make a donation in Rev. Kelley’s honor to a charity of one’s choice.

CANTWELL, Gerald J. “Gerry” of Braintree, formerly of Dorchester, at the age of 73. Husband of 45 years to Mary V. (Kenney) Cantwell. Father of Theresa M. “Terrie” Hayward and her husband Mark of Puerto Rico, Marie C. Cantwell and Anne M. Francis both of Stoughton. Son of the late Lawrence E. and Edna (Corrigan) Cantwell. Brother of Mary E. Baker of Braintree and the late Lawrence E. Cantwell. Gerry was born in Boston, grew up in Dorchester and has lived in Braintree for the past 50 years. He was a long time communicant of St. Francis of Assisi Church and former usher at church. He was a Power Staff Supervisor for Verizon where he had worked for 47 years. While working at Verizon he invented the “911” emergency calling system as well as several other innovations. Should friends desire, memorial contributions may be made in his name to MSPCA-Angell, 350 South Huntington Ave., Boston MA 02130.

CoLLINS, Irene A. (Clifford) of Norwood, formerly of Dorchester and Charlestown. Wife of the late Francis J. Collins. Mother of Irene A. and her husband George Hawley of Norwood, Daniel O. and his wife Ellen Collins of Abington. Step-mother of Michael and his wife Mary Collins of Milton, Kathy and her husband George Evans of Dorchester, and the late Ann Walsh of Hull. Grandmother of Owen, Maura, Brendan, Daniel, Michael, Matthew, and Conor. Sister of the late Francis Clifford, Marguerite Graham, and Rita Clifford. Also survived by many loving nieces and nephews. Remembrances may be made to the Alzheimer’s Association, 311 Arsenal St., Watertown, MA 02472 or Tuition Assistance for St. Joseph School, Holbrook.

DeRoSA, John Thomas of Dorchester. Husband of Mary E. DeRosa of Dorchester. Father of Keona DeRosa of Dorchester and John T. DeRosa, Jr. and his wife Lillian of Quincy. Grandfather of Tahteana, Amari and Alyssa DeRosa. He leaves three Sisters, four brothers and a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives and friends.

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LEGAL NOTICES



SUFFOLK, ss.THE TRIAL COURT

PROBATE AND FAMILY COURTNOTICE AND ORDER:

PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN OF A MINORDocket No. SU12P2429GD

IN THE INTERESTS OFJAQUAN R. BARROWSOF DORCHESTER, MA

MINORNotice to all Interested Parties

1. Hearing Date/Time:AhearingonaPetitionforAppointmentofGuardianofaMI-norfiledon12/18/2012byPatriceBarrowsofDorchester,MAwillbeheld02/04/2013 09:00 AM Motion. Locatedat24 New Chardon Street, Boston, MA 02114.

2. Response to Petition: You mayrespondbyfilingawritten response to thePetitionorbyappearinginpersonatthehear-ing.Ifyouchoosetofileawrittenresponse,youneedto:

FiletheoriginalwiththeCourt;andMailacopytoallinterestedpartiesatleast

five(5)businessdaysbeforethehearing.3. Counsel for the Minor: the Minor

(oranadultonbehalfoftheminor)hastheright to request that counsel be appointedfortheminor.

4. Presence of the Minor at hearing:Aminoroverage14hastherighttobepresentatanyhearing,unlesstheCourtfindsthatitisnotintheminor’sbestinterests.

THIS IS A LEGAL NOTICE:Animportantcourtproceedingthatmayaffectyourrightshasbeenscheduled.Ifyoudonotunderstandthis notice or other court papers, pleasecontactanattorneyforlegaladvice.

December20,2012SandraGiovannucciRegisterofProbate





IN THE INTERESTS OFANASIA HEAVEN BARROWS

OF DORCHESTER, MAMINOR

Notice to all Interested Parties1. Hearing Date/Time:Ahearingona

PetitionforAppointmentofGuardianofaMI-norfiledon12/18/2012byPatriceBarrowsofDorchester,MAwillbeheld02/04/2013 09:00 AM Motion. Locatedat24 New Chardon Street, Boston, MA 02114.












IN THE INTERESTS OFNYASIA ANGEL BARROWS



PetitionforAppointmentofGuardianofaMI-norfiledon12/18/2012byPatriceBarrowsofDorchester,MAwillbeheld02/04/2013 09:00 AM Motion. Locatedat24 New Chardon Street, Boston, MA 02114.












IN THE INTERESTS OFLINEIRY ULLOA



Petition for Appointment of Guardian of aMInorfiledon11/06/2012byAdrienneAxelMontanez of Dorchester, MA will be held02/25/2013 09:00 AM Review Hearing.Locatedat24 New Chardon Street, Boston, MA 02114.







November28,2012SandraGiovannucciRegisterofProbate


RepoRteR’s CalendaR

Saturday, January 26• Charter public school citywide showcase, 9

a.m. at 550 Huntington Avenue, Boston. Meet representatives from schools in the Boston area K-12. Charter schools are tuition-free public schools open to anyone in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Call 978-212-5507 or visit charterschoolsboston.com.

• Professional Women of Color Network, Inc. 2013 Membership Kick-Off, 10 a.m. 1350 Blue Hill Ave., Mattapan, MA 02126.

• Franklin Park Snow Festival, 1-4 p.m. at the Golf Clubhouse. Come sledding, try snowshoes, track animal prints in the snow, or build a snowperson. Bring your own cross country skis for a gliding tour of the park at 1:30pm. If you have a sled or snowshoes feel free to bring them, we’ll have plenty to borrow. You can warm up with hot chocolate and board games in the clubhouse. Free, for all ages. Questions? Need directions? franklinparkcoalition.org or 617-442-4141.

Sunday, January 27• Dorchester Historical Society presents a special

program, “Victorian Dorchester: The Ascent and Re-vival of the Railroad Suburb” at 2 p.m. New England Carpenters Training Center, 750 Dorchester Ave.Andrew Saxe has revised his popular talk. Enter main lobby from the street.

• Harvard Glee Club will sing Sunday Solemn High Mass at 10 a.m. at The Parish of All Saints – Ashmont, 209 Ashmont St. All are welcome to attend this special service, in which the two choirs will join forces in singing music by 20th century French composer Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986).

Thursday, January 31• Mattapan Square Main Streets will host its

annual meeting at 8 a.m. at the William E. Carter Post, #16, 1531 Blue Hill Ave. Continental breakfast. Free, donations of $10 p/person encouraged. All attendees will be entered into a drawing to win $25 gift cards to CVS. Keynote speaker is Reginald A. Nunnally, executive director of Massachusetts Supplier Diversity office.

Tuesday, February 12• Community Peace Circle is a time and place

where people who are affected by the violence in our community can come together and speak honestly about what’s going on for them. Meets on the second Tuesday of every month from 6-8p.m .at the Bowdoin St. Health Center, 230 Bowdoin St. Call 617-296-2075.

Wednesday, February 13• Dancing in Dudley, highlighting the golden era

of Irish dance halls in Dudley Square, 7 p.m. Haley

House Bakery Café, 12 Dade St, Roxbury. Susan Gedutis Lindsay, author of See You at the Hall will explore the history of three decades of Irish dancing in Dudley Square. Dillon Bustin, Artistic Director of Hibernian Hall, part of Madison Park Development Corporation will share current programming at the grandly restored Irish Dance Hall. Dancing in Dudley is the second event of the free Roxbury History Speaker Series. Dinner is available for sale from 5p.m. on. For more information call Haley House 617-445-0900 or visit discoverroxbury.org.

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617-788-8300Docket No. SU13P0061PM

IN THE MATTER OF MAVIS MILLER


OF PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF CONSERVATOR OR OTHER PROTECTIVE ORDER

PURSUANT TO G.L. c. 190B, §5-304 and §5-405

RESPONDENT(PersontobeProtected/Minor)

TothenamedRespondentandallotherinterested persons, a petition has beenfiledbyEthos,Inc.ofJamaicaPlain,MAintheabovecaptionedmatterallegingthatMavisMiller is inneedofaConservatororotherprotectiveorderand requestingthatGeorgeMarletteofCohasset,MA(orsomeothersuitableperson)beappointedas Conservator to serve Witout Suretyonthebond.

Thepetitionasks theCourt todeter-mine that the Respondent is disabled,thataprotectiveorderorappointmentofaConservatorisnecessary,andthattheproposedconservatorisappropriate.Thepetitionisonfilewiththiscourt.






Date:January09,2013




617-788-8300Docket No. SU12P2285PM

IN THE MATTER OF ROBERT WACHACK


OF PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF CONSERVATOR OR OTHER PROTECTIVE ORDER

PURSUANT TO G.L. c. 190B, §5-304 and §5-405

RESPONDENT(PersontobeProtected/Minor)

TothenamedRespondentandallotherinterestedpersons,apetitionhasbeenfiledbyBrendaM.WachackofDorchester,MAintheabovecaptionedmatterallegingthatRobertWachackisinneedofaConservatororotherprotectiveorderand requestingthat BrendaM.Wachack ofDorchester,MA (or some other suitable person) beappointedasConservatortoserveWitoutSuretyonthebond.

Thepetitionasks theCourt todeter-mine that the Respondent is disabled,thataprotectiveorderorappointmentofaConservatorisnecessary,andthattheproposedconservatorisappropriate.Thepetitionisonfilewiththiscourt.






Date:January14,2013

LEGAL NOTICES

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Or call Robyn at Metro West Collaborative Development, Inc. at 617-923-3505 x 5.

The soul stirring voices of the Morehouse College Glee Club all male choral ensemble will fill the raf-ters of Boston’s old South Church on Friday, March 15 at 7 p.m. The event is sponsored by the Greater Boston Morehouse College Alumni Association, (GBMCAA), as part of its 40th annual MoreJazz Scholar-ship Weekend.to support four-year scholarships for Boston area high school students. The GBMCAA provides educational development opportunities for Boston-area students through scholarships and mentoring and corporate internship programs and affords alumni in greater Boston a medium for an ongoing relationship with Morehouse College.


have been erased, and I’ve made it my job to make sure those stories get told,” she said.

Using the example of an artist named Ren One, whose work some people claimed was done by her boyfriend, Pabón acknowledged how dif-ficult it is for females to be taken seriously in the world of graffiti. “All of these women have to undergo the same kind of oppressive situation in order to excel as artists,” Pabón said.

Over the years, Pabón has interacted with some 85 female graffiti artists. While each has her own motivation for why she does what she does, it’s the rush that drives these women to risk life and limb for the pursuit of art.

“It’s adrenaline and the self-satisfaction, knowing that you’ve gotten away with it and transgressed all of these conventions,” Pabón said. “It takes a lot of mental and physical risk taking.”

Of course, the women who turn to graffiti writ-ing are well aware that they are breaking the law, straddling a fine line between being a citizen and being a vandal. But many have been doing it for so long that the rush

outweighs the risks. “By the time you’ve

been doing it for 15 years, you can’t stop. It becomes part of their everyday lives,” Pabón said. Not only that, but the women are often out late at night or in inclement weather.

“Most of the time, while the rest of the world is sleeping, these women are out painting. It’s less risky that way,” Pabón said. “Some of them were out during Hurricane Sandy because there were less people on the street. They even go out in snowstorms.”

Too, there is often a cultural difference between female graf-fiti artists in the United States and artists in other countries.

“When I went to Chile and Brazil, these girls paint during the day,” Pabón said. “Large color-ful productions. When you live in Rio, there are bigger problems in that city. The administrators don’t spend millions of dollars trying to clean it up.” Pabón said that she once saw someone ask one of the women she was interviewing to do graffiti on the side of their house.

Some of the women Pabón has dealt with have turned their graf-fiti experience into other ventures. “Most have

somehow flipped what they’ve learned through graffiti into a business,” she said. “These are women who were con-stantly drawing as kids, always creating some-thing. Their parents put them in a painting class, and maybe they went to school for graphic design, or ended up doing advertising campaigns for major corporations.”

Pabón, who is not a graffiti artist her-self, recently spoke at TedxWomen about her work. Tedx talks are independently organized events, but they also typically focus on a local community.

“When you’re an academic and you spend your life behind a com-puter or your nose in book, you don’t expect people to care about what you’re writing about and the people you’re writing about,” Pabón said. “I felt kind of special and it was kind of weird. I don’t consider myself a fancy person and I feel like people who do Ted talks are fancy people. But it was a really humbling experience, to say the least, and it was really fun.”

Pabón said that one of the benefits of the Ted talk was being able to share her work with the women she has inter-

viewed over the years. “It was nice to be able to send the women in my research a link,” Pabón said. “Some of them are waiting and asking when the book is coming out. It was nice to give them something immediate that they could show their people and put on the web and livestream to 15,000 people.”

While Pabón will be defending her disserta-tion this spring – and is having “some kind of weird postpartum thing” now that the project is finally coming to an end -- she isn’t done writing about women and their roles in subcultures. Her next project will be about human beatbox-ing, which is decidedly different from graffiti because it moves from visual to audio aspects. Pabón said she also has another project about being light-skinned and Latino, which is partly inspired by her experi-ence of being Puerto Rican and growing up in Dorchester, largely in the Lower Mills area.

Ultimately, however,

she is hoping to become a university professor so that she can provide

others with the opportu-nities she has been given.


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