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RBG donates to HealyField Garden project

JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

Development lull notexpected to continue locally


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West Roxbury and Roslindalehave seen a huge uptick in develop-ment in the past three to four years –more development in these pastyears than District 6 City CouncilorMatt O’Malley has repeatedly saidhe’s seen in the last 20 years.

However, it seems like the streamof projects and proposals haveslowed down recently.

Many say they see it as only a

short-term slowdown in the twoParkway neighborhoods, and resi-dents should not expect the lull tocontinue. Local developer GaryMartel, who worked on several pro-posals in West Roxbury andRoslindale, said he is just looking foravailable properties.

“I don’t think going it will con-tinue to slow down, I think it’s justa lack of available properties,” hesaid. “I’ve got my eye on a couple

The Roslindale Business Group(RBG) donated $1,000 to the HealyField Community Garden project onMonday during a ceremony at theHealy Field.

The gardening project was set uporiginally about seven years ago toprovide Roslindale residents with anarea where they can grow their ownfood and educate children on the im-portance and intricacies of home gar-dening. RBG President John Malley

said they were very happy to supportthe project with the funds they raisedfrom the recent Roslindale Fall Fest.

Project organizer Greg Murphysaid they have already raised $28,463for the garden and, while there’s stilla long way to go, he said the end isfinally in sight.

“We’re working with the BostonParks Department, there’s a final sche-matic design signoff they need to ap-prove, but we’re pretty close,” he said.

The development boom in West Roxbury seems to have slowed down, but that's notgoing to last.

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Incumbents sitting prettyJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

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The 2017 election is overand done in Boston, and in-cumbents took back theirseats handily in this year’scontest.

Boston Mayor MartyWalsh defeated challengerand District 7 City CouncilorTito Jackson with 70,125votes to 36,433. A total of108,265 ballots were cast,with 707 write-in votes.Walsh said in statements thathe is grateful to the City ofBoston and his team.

“We commit once again tobe a city for all of us: to bringopportunity to every commu-nity; to celebrate our immi-grant heritage and welcomeour immigrant neighbors; tolight the way forward for ournation; and to make the great-est city in the world the great-est it’s ever been,” he said.

Walsh campaigned on hispurported achievements in af-fordable housing, schools andcrime, while Jackson heavilycriticized him on these issues.Jackson said Walsh’s ex-tended learned time for theBPS took funds away and re-duced the budgets of manyschools in the area, but Walshsaid the gains outweighed thelosses.

Jackson said the city stillneeds to advocate for morefunding for schools, as it is aninvestment in the future of thecity.

“What this is about is thevoice of the young people inthe City of Boston becausewhen they walked out ofschool and did something thatmost adults wouldn’t do,which is stand up for publiceducation,” he said. “When itgets cut, regardless of whocuts it, regardless of whetheror not we like the person cut-ting it, this is about fully-funding the Boston PublicSchools and full valuing theyoung people in the City ofBoston,” he said. “We don’tcall the young people an ex-pense, they are an asset to theCity of Boston.”

In Jackson’s soon to beformer District 7, Kim Janeytook the seat with 4,940 votesagainst Rufus Faulk with3,852 votes. A total of 8,901votes were cast with 109write-in votes.

“I’ve spent my entire lifeand career fighting for us,”

she said.In District 1, Lydia

Edwards, former Deputy Di-rector for Housing Stability,won the district againstSteven Passacantilli 6,897 to6,168 in a close race to takeover for current councilorSalvatore LaMattina. A totalof 13,081 votes were cast with17 write-in votes.

“Thank you to all of oursupporters who madetonight’s victory in East Bos-ton, Charlestown, and theNorth End possible. I couldn’thave done this without you,”she said.

In District 2, currently va-cant after councilor BillLinehan vacated his seat earlyto pursue private consulting,son of former MayorRaymond Flynn EdwardFlynn also had a close racewith 7,458 votes against

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh celebrated his reelection on Tuesday amongmany supporters and city officials.

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The Massachusetts Water Resource Authority said it is nearing completion of work on the water pipe re-placement project in Hyde Park and the Parkway.

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MWRA nearly done in WR, Hyde ParkJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The Massachusetts WaterResource Authority (MWRA)announced recently that theyare nearing completion of the

pipe replacement on theEnneking, Dedham and WestRoxbury Parkways on the bor-ders of Hyde Park, Roslindaleand West Roxbury.

The replacement project,called the Southern Extra High

Redundancy and StorageProject, currently has threeseparate construction contractsthat will provide more water


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Nov. 11, 1918: peace and mystery

My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

The world rejoiced on Nov.11, 1918: an armistice wassigned, ending World War I,which saw the deaths of 9.7million soldiers and 10 millioncivilians.

While most of the world re-joiced in the signing of thepeace treaty, for one Pennsyl-vania family, whose son wouldspend his later years in Ply-mouth that same date markeda tragedy and, for the rest ofAmerica, what could be a mys-tery.

Remember the end of themovie “Silkwood,” when thetitle character’s car was forcedoff the road? That movie, fea-turing Meryl Streep, KurtRussell and Cher, was basedon the actual life of KarenSilkwood, a metallurgy workerat a plutonium processing plantin Cimarron, Okla. When shestarts to raise awareness of realviolations that put herself andcolleagues at risk and receivescorporate pushback, she con-tacts a New York Times re-porter.

On her way to a rendezvouswith him with incriminatingevidence, she dies when her caris mysteriously forced off theroad. No paragon of virtue her-self, this union activist had hername smeared both before andafter her untimely death becauseof her refusal to remain mumabout safety violations at the hugeKerr-McGee facility. The High-way Patrol was never able toidentify the operator of the other

car in this suspicious happening.There is sort of another paral-

lel to the life of this whistle-blowerbecause it ended in the same way -with a mysterious one-vehicle carcrash.

It seems that Alvin Boyer, amachinist and an engineer whofounded his own company, pat-ented numerous small items justafter the turn of the century. A fanof auto racing, Boyer most signifi-cant inventions never achievedpatent status, because it wouldhave changed the automotiveworld.

That invention mixed waterand gasoline and yield 45 milesto the gallon, an unheard ofnumber of mpg’s in the WorldWar I period (but not to ownersof Priuses and other hybrids to-day).

After water was pumped outof the car’s radiator and forced

it into a special tank over themanifold, the scalding liquidwas injected with a secretchemical catalyst that permit-ted - and this tests credibility- gas and water to mix.

Excited by favorable testresults in an Olds, a Pullman,a Maxwell, a Firestone-Co-lumbus and a Ford, Boyerhired a patent attorney.

It seems that one refineryoffered him $50,000 to keepthe invention off the market,a huge amount of money inthose days. But Boyer refusedthe payout because he wantedhis invention to improvemileage and consequentlylessen expenses for all driv-ers.

All of this would come to,literally, a crashing end on thefirst Armistice (now Veter-ans’) Day.

Out for a ride with hissons and having picked up ahitchhiking sailor on a clearday, Boyer was abiding by the25 mile per hour speed limitwhen his 1916 Ford suddenlyjerked to one side because thesteering will mysteriouslydid. Boyer died in the over-turned car, which had beentested just before the lethalride and was found to be inperfect working order.

Application for the patentnever occurred. Did the speci-fications all go the grave withBoyer and/or was hisattorney’s integrity compro-mised? We’ll never know.

of sites now, and a couplemore down the road.”

Martel said he’s trying toset up meetings with propertyowners before anything goeson the market, which is typi-cally the way he operates.

“I like to make things hap-pen before they hit the generalmarket as far as my acquisi-tions because I can work up abetter deal,” he said. “I’ve justbeen around longer than mostother people. I’m working onother sites now to get themunder agreement in the SpringStreet, Centre Street andWashington Street corridors.There is just not a lot on themarket yet, but I can foreseethe same type of developmentproposals coming up in thefuture.”

WalkUP Roslindale co-founder Matt Lawlor saidthey’ve been advocating forbetter development inRoslindale, and he doesn’tforesee much of a slowdownanytime soon. The BostonZoning Board of Appeals justrecently approved the devel-

opment of 878 South St.,which would put in nine newunits where a four-storefrontbuilding currently stands.

Lawlor said that advocacyin the neighborhood is themost important thing, espe-cially with this project, as it hasbeen in community meetingsfor more than two years.

“I actually spoke at the hear-ing in support of the project,”he said. “We felt like the pro-posal was a lot better than whatit is currently.”

Lawlor said Roslindaleworks to make proposals bet-ter and he feels that in this par-ticular instance and in manyothers, the community outreachhelped to make a project thatwould improve the neighbor-hood. Development can be atouchy subject in the Parkway– as it can be in the rest of thecity – but Lawlor said workingtowards development everyonecan live with is beneficial to all.

“Certainly there are peoplewho are concerned about devel-opment in the neighborhood,but as WalkUP, YIMBY (yes in

my backyard, as opposed toNIMBY) it is part of what wedo and we want to support gooddevelopment as it comes ourway,” he said.

West Roxbury Neighbor-hood Council (WRNC) VicePresident Stephen Smith saidactual construction in theneighborhood has slowed aswell. Though construction hasstarted on 100 Weld St., the1789 Centre St. developmenthas had its land cleared andother projects are starting, buthe said ZBA appeals haveheld up some construction.

“A number of projectshave been improved by theZBA, like the old IHOP (80-unit apartment building for1235 VFW Pkwy.) site, butnothing has happened in overa year to it so there could be aproblem on getting it fi-nanced,” he said. “Others arehaving their ZBA decisionsappealed such as theArmstrong Labs (425LaGrange St.) and theAllandale Woods (64Allandale St.) proposals.”

For many years, there has been little in the way of sus-pense or shock when it comes to Boston’s local elections.This year was different.

Well, of course there were pundits and educated observ-ers who prognosticated things before they unfolded. The re-election of Mayor Marty Walsh was anti-climactic. Ed Flynnrepresenting Southie? His road to the Council was a longtime coming (and ultimately deserved), but his surnamecertainly helped his odds this year more than it has in thepast.

Consider the true game changer: six women of color wereelected to the City Council.

However, let’s step back a bit and look at the Mayor’srace. Tito Jackson had a good showing, and hopefully willretain a role of prominence and importance in Boston poli-tics. He ran up against a longtime truism of Boston politics:it is incredibly challenging to unseat an incumbent Mayor.

As the reign of Mayor Menino showed (aside from hisconsiderable skill set), Boston voters usually crave consis-tency. Despite occasional talk to the contrary, we seldomact on “throw the bums out” rhetoric. We seek steady handsfor a steady ship.

It cannot be understated or forgotten, however, that Walshsorely tested the idea that winning the first election was thehardest part of being a long-term mayor. His bungles weremany; the recovery landings shaky. Two years ago we wouldhave forcefully argued in favor of a one-term departure witha mere four words: “Teamsters,” “Olympics,” and “GrandPrix.”

Walsh has recovered since then, stopped being enticedby the hollow prospect of a big, quick win for the city and/or his legacy, and buckled down on matters of importanceto everyday life. We remain skeptical and critical, yet hope-ful he stays on track throughout a new term.

As for the newly-diversified City Council, there is muchto be enthusiastic about, and a bit of needed caution.

The good: this is an elected body that more closely re-sembles the demographics of the city. The “old Boston”evolved into a minority-majority city and its governance tooslowly, incrementally adapted. This election gave that tran-sition a big push.

Representing all people of all diverse backgrounds is im-portant for our city’s future. For too long, too many havehad too few voices at the table.

However, let’s not fall into the trap of letting social jus-tice rhetoric replace what is practical and best for the city.The new council must focus on solving problems and meet-ing needs, not just appealing to whatever soapbox issueemerges. Yes, the white males of the council need to heedthat advice as well.

Diversity can bring much needed debates and necessarycreativity, but also unproductive distractions. Maximize the firsttwo; resist the third.

This is an executing time for Boston. Congratulations to allwho won on Tuesday night, incumbents and challengers alike.


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and reliability to Dedham,Westwood, Norwood,Stoughton and Boston.

Each of the three contractshave been split, and Boston(Contract 6454 Section 111)was the first to start construc-tion.

“They’re all part of one bigpipe essentially,” MWRA rep-resentative Ria Convery said.

Convery said the originalpipe was built in 1954, andthough the adjoining commu-nities of Canton and Stoughtonare also served by an offshootthis pipe (called Section 77),the loss of that pipe would re-sult in a rapid loss of service.

She said the contract itselfends in 2018, but the job essen-tially will be done when it’sdone.

It varies day to day howmuch pipe they can put in; thecontract completion date is inAugust, but we think they couldbe done sooner if the weatherholds up,” she said. “They’vebeen working at a good clip, buteven if they get it all done be-fore the winter sets in the pav-ing wouldn’t start until the

spring.”The Boston contract for the

project called for 11,000 linearfeet of 36-inch diameter pipe tobe laid primarily in the Depart-ment of Recreation andConservation’s (DCR) StonyBrook Reservation. Converysaid they currently have 9,360feet of pipe laid and will con-tinue to work. Currently, thework on Enneking is nearlycomplete and the road nomi-nally in service, but work iscontinuing on the DedhamParkway, and will have to re-habilitate certain sections of theBoston Water and SewerCommission’s pipe there. Theyare also working to start pres-sure testing and disinfection onthe pipes there.

Convery said the pressuretest and the disinfecting wouldtake a decent amount of time.After that, then they could be-gin a full repaving of the road,something residents and theiralignment systems should belooking forward to.

“It’s just a time-consumingprocess, but once they’re sure itworks they’ll come back in the

spring and start the repaving,”she said.

Convery added that theweather is always an issue.

“It was 60 on Monday and 30on Tuesday, I mean this is NewEngland,” she said. “It also de-pends on what’s under the groundand how quickly they can pushthe pipe in.”

The first contract, specificallyfor the work in Boston, wasawarded to P. Gioioso & Sons,Inc. $11.7 million. The companyis also on tap for the Contract7504, which will go throughStony Brook on the Dedham sideof the Stony Brook Reservationand install 10,000 linear feet ofpipe. The contract his project re-quired permitting for twoMassDOT bridges, includingMother Brook, along the route,and was awarded with a total bidamount of $17.2 million. Workhas started and is expected to becompleted by Nov. 2019.

The third contract will gothrough Dedham as well, with7,100 feet of pipe going throughthe southern portion of Dedhamand into Westwood crossingunder MBTA railroad tracksand Route 95. The contract willbe advertised for December ofthis year.

Michael Kelley’s 6,950 votes.A total of 14,458 ballots werecast with 50 write-in votes.

“From my family to you,thank you District 2,” he said.“We ran a great positive cam-paign and the people spoke to-night. I promise, I will workhard for you every day.”

Incumbents took hometheir seats in the other districtraces, with Josh Zakim beat-ing Kristen Mobilia in District8 with 3,995 votes against her1,936. In District 9, MarkCiommo beat Brandon Bowserwith 4,672 votes to 2,911.

Incumbents also took therace in the At-Large race, withMichelle Wu, Ayanna Pressley,Michael Flaherty and AnnissaEssaibi-George handily takingthe win. Wu came in with64,978 votes, Pressley with57,479, Flaherty with 51,621and Essaibi-George with45,524. Althea Garrison andDomingos DaRosa were thetwo challengers to go overdouble digits, with Garrisontaking 18,239 votes and DaRosataking 11,634. William King took8,756 votes and Pat Payaso took6,113.


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Members of the Rose's Bounty Food Pantry will be on hand during the faith service to show the communityexactly what goes into the work they do.

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Stratford Street Church hostinginterfaith Thanksgiving service


The Stratford Street UnitedChurch will be hosting its first-ever Interfaith ThanksgivingDay Service on Nov. 20 at 7p.m. to highlight the season ofgiving in the neighborhood.

The service is designed tobring more awareness to WestRoxbury’s only food pantry,Rose’s Bounty, for which therewill also be an open housewhere residents can learn moreabout what the pantry does inthe community.

Rev. Abigail Henrich saidshe’s worked on events like thisin the past, but when she firstcame to West Roxbury this yearshe said she felt her experiences

were definitely something thatcould be utilized by the church.

“So I’m new to this churchin West Roxbury, but I’ve beena pastor for 15 years and beenin Dedham and Walpole mostof those years,” she said. “I’venoticed there wasn’t a Thanks-giving service and, in my mind,giving thanks is a really easything for religious and nonreli-gious people to get behind.”

Henrich said she’s reachedout to several of the otherchurches in the neighborhoodto get more residents involvedwith the pantry. She said theopen house will show the com-munity what is needed and whatcould be improved with Rose’sBounty.

“We felt these two things

went so well together,” shesaid. “I’m always doing stufflike this; I like to build commu-nity, and I’m very much inter-ested in justice issues and forme food is a major justice is-sue. There’s no reason that anyAmerican should be hungry inmy mind. It’s a necessity andso for me making sure thatpeople have good and healthyfood is a justice issue which I’mreally proud of.”

Henrich said access to freshand healthy food is also ex-tremely important to the pan-try, and while it is not alwayspossible, she said they do agreat job in providing as muchfresh food as they can.


“The food pantry works really hard to make sure people gethealthy staples,” she said. “They work with the Boston Food Bankso they get fresh vegetables, eggs, milk and cheese as opposed to‘okay, here’s a box of food other people don’t want.’”

Henrich added they try to make as much choice available aspossible to make sure residents can get what they need.

“Choice is always limited to what we have, but they workreally hard so that when families come there are cereals theirkids like,” she said, adding they also work to get residents othernecessities as needed. “We try to make sure we always have dia-pers, it’s not always easy because there are so many sizes, butthey work really, really hard at that. If there’s a mother in with ababy, they always try to let them know.”

Residents are encouraged to bring or drop off any nonperish-able food to the church for the pantry. For more information, goto stratfordstreetunitedchurch.org.

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The Stratford Street Church has not held a Thanksgiving event in thepast, but the new Pastor said she wants to change that.

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Local firefighter Jorge Diazsaid he’s well aware of the can-cer risks his job entails, and saidthis year he decided to do some-thing about it.

“The Boston Fire Depart-ment deals with its membersbeing diagnosed with canceralmost on a daily basis,” Diazsaid. “What better way to raisemoney than to get firefighterstogether and play? I have beena Boston Firefighter for sixyears; we are all too familiarwith the Fire Department’s on-going battle with cancer. Wehave lost too many brothers andsisters to cancer and we cannotstop fighting back. Raisingfunds for cancer research is agreat way to help find a cureand stop losing our loved onesto this devastating disease.”

The first ever Fast AttackCharity Basketball Tournamentwill take place on Sunday, Nov.19 at 9 a.m. at the ArchdaleCommunity Center on 125Brookway Rd. in Roslindale.Diaz said he has a personal con-nection, as his father was diag-nosed with stage 4 lung cancerabout three years ago.

“We were at the BostonMedical Center and the doctorstold us to start getting all thefuneral arrangements in orderand make sure everything isready when he goes because hedoesn’t have much time,” hesaid. “We transferred him to theDana-Farber Cancer Institute

and they said that was non-sense, they had a few morethings to try. After two years ofbasically being bedridden, he’sup and driving and doing thingshe wasn’t doing before.”

Diaz said he was so grate-ful that he started looking forways to help Dana-Farber domore, and he came up with theFast Attack Charity BasketballTournament. He said becauseDana-Farber was able to helphim and his dad, he wants themto help as many people as pos-sible.

“I try to donate as much as Ican, so I came up with the tour-nament,” he said. “I don’t likejust asking people for money,so I’d rather give them some-thing to do.”

Diaz said he also wanted theevent to work towards commu-nity building. He said the eventwill be family friendly and

hopes to have more than eightteams face off in a single-elimi-nation challenge.

“You’re not only donatingto Dana-Farber, but you’re get-ting in time you can share withyour coworkers against otherdepartments,” he said. “I wantit to create a friendly rivalrybetween the departments, makesure they have a good time andhave the tournament grow yearafter year. I’m just trying toraise as much money as pos-sible. Dana-Farber has done alot for me and a lot for a lot ofother people. I can’t do much,but I’m trying to do some-thing.”

Diaz said he’s working tomake the day a good time foreveryone, saying that if the kidsaren’t big basketball fans thenthey would have other activi-ties to take part in.

“I’m going to have someone

Resident Jorge Diaz is starting the first-ever firefighter basketball tour-nament to raise funds for cancer research.

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there to entertain them whiletheir parents play,” he said.“We’re going to have a 50/50raffle, the Red Sox donated anautographed picture of BrockHolt, and I’m still working toget donated items. I’m stillbrainstorming ideas for kids’activities too.”

Diaz said he’s reached outto 20 departments so far andmay reach out to the Boston

EMS and Police Departments,to give the tournament an extralittle piece of rivalry betweenthe teams.

“Eventually I would like toexpand to figure out how toexpand from outside the cityand have the state come in, butI’m taking small steps for now,”he said.

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The car has a streamlined look with a wide front grille opening to let air into the engine compartment.All the usual safety features and advanced technology options are included, such as blind spot detectionwith rear cross-traffic alert, LED daytime running lights, ABS, multiple air bags, 17-inch alloy wheels andtires, dual exhaust, heated mirrors with turn signal indicators, power moon roof, projector automaticheadlights, supportive 10-way powered driver’s seat, leather-wrapped D-cut steering wheel with leather-wrapped shift knob, a remote start for cold mornings or hot summer days, heated front seats (highlyrecommended in New England), a 7-inch multifunction center touchscreen, plus more.

The car drives and handles like a more expensive vehicle. There is ample power right from a stop. Thetransmission is smooth, as is the suspension, which alleviates all the road imperfections. There is plenty ofbody insulation to eliminate tire road noise on course asphalt. The car seats four adults in comfort, five ifneeded. EPA: 25 city, 35 highway, combined estimate 28 MPG. The bottom line is that this is a qualitymidsize car with the best warranty on the planet for a MSRP price of $26,210. The car is built in Alabamaand both the engine and transmission are also built here in the USA.

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

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Buses and student transportation are not up to snuff according to theBoston City Council.

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City Council rebukes BPStransportation claims


The Boston City Councilhad some tough words forthe Boston Public Schools(BPS) Transportation De-partment last week after theysay savings promised in theFiscal Year 2017 budgethave not been realized.

The BPS Transportationbudget for the 2017-18school year was $104 mil-lion, and the BPS promiseda savings of $10 million. The2018-19 school year budgethas risen to $116 million fort ransporta t ion. At-LargeCity Counci lor AnnissaEssaibi-George said she is

calling a hearing with BPSto figure out the discrepancy.

“During this most recentprocess for the FY18 budget,there were some things thattook us by surprise and oneof those items was that thecity and the school depart-ment didn’t realize the sav-ings that we had anticipatedas a council within the trans-portation portion of the bud-get,” she said. “I think it’sincredibly important to re-view the budget, especiallywith the schools being sucha large item of the city’s bud-get and, in particular, thetransportation budget is sucha large item.”

BPS recently told the

Bulletin that they are ontrack for a savings of $3-5million from the MIT imple-mented system of algorithmsand bus route changes thathad also helped to reducebus delays. Essaibi-Georgesaid the new system has notgone far enough.

“I will note, and I thinkmost of us have seen themost recent reports that oneout of 10 school buses islate, arriving to school everyday and as a recent partici-pant in attendance sympo-sium for the BPS, I knowhow important it is for our

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Residents were encouraged to take apart as many pumpkins as possibleto help facilitate the decomposition process.

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Smashing pumpkinsfor compost


Last Saturday saw pumpkinguts fly to help the City of Bos-ton reduce waste and raiseawareness on the importanceof composting.

The City of Boston and theMassachusetts Ecovation Cen-ter held a pumpkin smashingsession in conjunction withCity Soil on American LegionHighway on Saturday. Resi-dents picked up baseball batsand did what is normally con-sidered vandalism, but it wasall for a good cause.

City Soil Director BruceFulford said the event was tohelp raise awareness more thananything else.

“It’s awesome and it’s great,

and the quantity of pumpkinsgetting smashed make a smallamount of better quality com-post, richer, more nutritious forthe plants, but it’s the kind ofcommunity engagement that’sreally important to let the com-munity understand this re-source,” he said. “It’s a lot offun, it’s educational, and theweather cooperated fabu-lously.”

Susan Cacino, the City ofBoston’s Recycling Directorsaid though the nitrogen pro-vided by the pumpkins willgive the compost a bit of aboost, the event will help thecity to get to zero waste byraising awareness of the needto reduce the waste stream.

“In the fall it’s mostlyleaves that get picked up for

leaf and yard waste collection,which is mostly a brown ma-terial for high carbon, but thepumpkins represent a nitrogenmaterial which is a nice addedingredient which will help ac-celerate the decompositionprocess because it’s balancingout the carbon,” she said.“We’re trying to build aware-ness about the city’s ZeroWaste Plan, and we’ve got toraise awareness about how toreduce waste in the city andeventually eliminate it.”

Fulford said he was reallyhappy to facilitate the eventwith the city, and said he thinksit will go a long way to help-ing to reduce the waste streamand get more ideas into theprocess.

“So what we want to do, as

a number of cities and coun-tries around the world do, isthey integrate their municipalcomposting with educationand community engagement,so this is a really good eventthat the city has brought to thisproject and we’re just helpingout,” he said.

City of Boston Superinten-dent of Waste Reduction RobDeRosa said they are currentlystarting work on the 2019waste collection and disposalcontracts, and they want to tryto get curbside pickup forcomposting for this upcomingcontract.

“We’re in the infancystages of it right now, becausethe contracts expire in 2019, soright now we’re right in the ex-ploratory phase,” he said. “Wehave a consultant to help thecity look into zero waste plan-ning... They’ll come up withsome ideas to have a more glo-bal perspective. We kind of getset in our ways here and thatwill help us to come up withsome new ideas.”

DeRosa said they’ve comea long way in waste reduction,citing the examples of the yardand leaf waste pickup that nowtakes place every fall.

“We added four weeks toleaf and yard waste collectionin 2014, we put a complete banon yard waste (in the regulartrash stream), we used to basi-cally just collect it and throw

it in the trash, but our currentmayor, Mayor Marty Walsh,said nope, it’s got to go whereit’s supposed to go and he toldus to leave it on the curb andthat’s what happened,” DeRosasaid. “We’ve seen the volumesincrease over the past fewyears quite a bit.”

Resident Kyle Davis said itwas his first time out at theEcovation Center, but he washappy to see so many having agood time and letting off a bitof steam. He said he’d love tocome back and learn more.

“It’s great, it’s good to seepeople come out and let outsome of this week’s rage onsome pumpkins, it’s really agreat site,” he said.

Boston’s Chief of StreetsChris Osgood said the programis a great example of how thecity can work with public andprivate composters to make abetter, cleaner and more pro-ductive city.

“We’re very fortunate tohave collaboration between theCity of Boston and City Soilto take organics out of the resi-dential waste stream and returnthem to compost and put themto things like community gar-dens in the city,” he said. “We’rehappy to support this event thatboth highlights one element oforganic waste for this time ofyear, which is pumpkins, andbring to the site here and allowthem to become compost.”


“After that there are construc-tion drawings, and we’re deal-ing with a landscape architec-ture firm and, hopefully, itgoes out to bid by the end ofthe winter time.”

Organizer Sue Ronstromsaid the city has been coop-erative for the project, and thecommunity has put a greatdeal of support behind it aswell.

“The Parks Departmenthas been very supportive ofthe whole idea, they allowedus to use the land and so wehave the official sign off fromthem which is amazing. We’vebeen working with them and(District 5 City CouncilorTim) McCarthy to push for-ward on this, and thegrassroots effort came alongto make this happen,” shesaid. “They’ve been veryhappy to put something in thispark, especially with the hous-ing here and the density ofRoslindale.”

She added they wanted todo their own contracting anddesign so they could move theproject along faster and getthe garden to the communityas soon as possible.

“If we go through our owncontracting we don’t have togo through the city’s service,

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The new garden space will hopefully start construction in the springand host about 40 plots for residents.

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The Roslindale Business Group donated $1,000 of its earnings for the Healy Field Community GardenProject as well as many other local organizations.

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which would take a lotlonger,” she said. “They mightmanage it all for us, but whoknows how long that wouldtake? We’re just going to man-age it and contract it out our-selves.”

Murphy said the gardenwill help to provide access togardening plots they may nothave in the dense and shad-owed areas of Roslindale.

“The schematic design hasapproximately 40 to 45 plotsin it, which means that, atminimum, there will be roomfor 40 individuals or fami-lies,” he said. “We’re alsogoing to have children’s gar-dens, and there’s some localschool programs that want tohave access... All told, I don’tknow how many people willget their hands in the dirt, butif you count the kids it willprobably be close to 100.”

Malley said for theRoslindale Fall Fest itself, theRBG thought it went verywell, but they’re always look-ing to improve and raise morefunds. He said the fest helpedmany other projects and ini-tiatives in the neighborhood.

“We always want to im-prove it and make things dif-ferent,” he said. “We’re goingto try to get the Emerald So-

ciety, which was booked thisyear, but (McCarthy’s Chiefof Staff) Lee Blasi is going toget right on that and book itfor next year so we can keepit all together.”

He said this year’s fest wasbigger and better than ever.

“Overall, it went reallywell, the food truck sold morethan 300 meals and we had120 pumpkins with the pump-kin decorator, so it was agood t u rnou t , ” he s a id .“ We r a i s e d a b u n c h o f

money and we’re also giv-ing money to the BostonP o l i c e To y D r i v e , t h eRos l inda le Food Pan t ryand we s t i l l h ave somem o n e y w e ’ r e s a v i n g a sother things come up.”

Malley said they are onlya young group within thecommunity, but they want towork to make sure they canhelp out as soon as help isneeded.

“It’s nice to have a littlebit of money in the charity

account so when people say‘hey do you have somemoney for this or that’ we canhelp,” he said. “We’re only acouple of years old so wenever have any money in ourbank account, so we’re tryingto make sure we do.”

For more information onthe Healy project , go topa t ron ic i ty.com/pro jec t /healy_field_community_garden#!/. For more information on theRBG, go to facebook.com/roslindalebusinessgroup/.

Boston services for Veterans Day

The City of Boston will bein full celebration of its U.S.Armed Service members for theweekend of Nov. 11, with a slewof events all over the city.

The City of Boston will behosting its annual Veterans DayParade, followed immediatelyby the Veterans for Peace Pa-rade. Both kick off at the cornerof Boylston and Tremont Streetsstarting at 1 p.m. There will bean assortment of local militaryunits, ROTC groups, honorarymilitias, marching bands, veter-ans organizations and the 54th

Regiment of Massachusetts, outof Hyde Park.

In West Roxbury, the Gar-dens at Gethsemane are hostingseveral local Boy Scouts ofAmerica Troops for a Flag Re-tirement Ceremony from 10 a.m.to 1 p.m., also on Nov. 11. Thou-sands of American flags will beburned in accordance with theregulations governing properdisposal of the Old Glory. Formore information, please con-tact Eunice Davis, Family Ser-vices Director of The Gardensat Gethsemane at 617-325-0186or [email protected].

Also in West Roxbury, the

Deutches Altenheim GermanCentre will be hosting its an-nual Veterans Day remembranceceremony and unveil the latestinstallation of its Wall of Honoron Saturday, November 11 at 10a.m. Guest speakers will pay trib-ute to the men and women of theUnited States Armed Forces.Admission is free and refresh-ments will be served.

In Jamaica Plain, the MidwayCafe will be hosting a Hardcoreand Punk Veterans Day Benefitfrom 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. South Bos-ton resident Keith Brooks startedthe tradition of doing a benefitevery year to help out his fellowvets.



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DEATHS ANDERSON

Therese “Doris” Of WestRoxbury, Mass., formerly ofWest Hempstead, N.Y. was bornMarch 14, 1932 in her belovedGermany and passed away onOct. 31, 2017. She was the cher-ished daughter of Franz XaverBauer and Therese Bauer, de-voted wife of Lawrence Ander-son, a dear sister to MariaSchoenberger and caring God-mother to Heide Alexa Anthony.She is survived and adored by herloving daughter, Petra AndersonTeicholz. Funeral was from theRobert J. Lawler and Crosby Fu-neral Home, 1803 Centre St.WEST ROXBURY. A Mass ofChristian Burial was celebratedin The Holy Name Church. Inter-ment was private. In lieu of flow-ers, donations may be made inDoris’ name to Angell Memorial,350 South Huntington Ave., Bos-ton, MA, 02130 www.mspca.orgLawler & Crosby Funeral Home.

CATINELLA

Giovanna “Joanne” (DiSciullo)Longtime resident of WestRoxbury formerly of Fallo, Italy,passed away on Nov. 2, 2017. Be-loved wife of the late CarmineCatinella. Devoted mother of Jo-

seph Catinella and his wifeMarybeth of Scituate, EleonoraPowers of West Roxbury and herlate husband Eddie Powers, Rob-ert Catinella and his wife Mary ofMaynard, and Tina Gobbi and herhusband Lawrence of Franklin.Loving Nonna of Joe, Elizabethand her fiancé Donny Casey,Lauren, Brian, Loreto, Lindsey andher husband Mark Hannon, andMarco. Also survived by many lov-ing nieces and nephews. Longtimeactive parishioner of St. JohnChrysostom Church. Funeral wasfrom the P.E. Murray - F.J. Higgins,George F. Doherty & Sons FuneralHome 2000 Centre St. WestRoxbury. A Funeral Mass was inSt. John Chrysostom Church, WestRoxbury. Interment was at St.Michael Cemetery, Roslindale.Expressions of sympathy may bemade in Joanne’s memory to St.John Chrysostom Church 4750Washington St. West Roxbury, MA02132.

CHIASSON

Gerald R. Of Roslindale, Nov.3, 2017. Beloved husband of thelate Marie (Ballaera) Chiasson.Devoted father of Jeri-LynneChiasson and her partner PatriciaFoster of Roslindale and StephenM. Chiasson and his wife Diane ofRoslindale. Grandfather of Nicole,Stephen II, and Michael. Great-grandfather of Brayden. Brother ofLucille Carnivale of Dedham andRobert Chiasson of Norwood. Alsosurvived by several nieces andnephews. Jerry was a retired lettercarrier for the Wellesley Sq. Post

Office. Funeral from the George F.Doherty & Sons Wilson-CannonFuneral Home, 456 High St.,DEDHAM. A Funeral Mass was inHoly Name Church. Interment wasin Blue Hill Cemetery, Braintree.Expressions of sympathy may bemade in Jerry’s memory to the Ital-ian Home for Children, 1125 Cen-tre St., Jamaica Plain, MA 02130.

DiRUSSOGloria A. (Tomassetti) Of West

Roxbury, formerly of Dedham andBrooklyn, N.Y., Nov. 2, 2017. Be-loved wife of the late Erasmus“Ray” DiRusso. Cherished motherof Joanna DiRusso of WestRoxbury. Loving cousin of IreneBecker of Dedham. Loving aunt ofAurora Sassano of YorktownHeights, N.Y. and Louise Meccaof Las Vegas, Nev. Gloria startedher professional life as a solo tapdancer in the major venues in Bos-ton and up and down the east coastas well as Montreal and Toronto.Along with her husband, Ray, theystarted dancing schools in NYCwhich trained budding dancers inballet, tap, and ballroom. Aftermoving back to Dedham where shehad been raised to care for her par-ents, she became a highly regardedmake-up artist in the top depart-ment stores in Boston, includingthe now defunct Filene’s, NeimanMarcus, Saks Fifth Avenue andBloomingdales. Later in life, shereturned to her first love, teachingtap classes to adults in WestRoxbury. Gloria was a fervent dailymass attendee at the 4 o’clock massat St. Theresa’s Catholic Church inWest Roxbury where they all re-member her for her stylish and wellput together outfits every day. Forthe last five months of her life,Gloria resided at Newbridge on theCharles in Dedham. Funeral wasfrom the Robert J. Lawler &Crosby Funeral Home, 1803 Cen-tre St., WEST ROXBURY. A Massof Christian Burial was celebratedin St. Theresa of Avila Church. In-terment was at St. Michael Cem-etery.

GRIFFINBeatrice M. “Bunny”

(Haggerty) Oct. 27, 2017, Lifelongresident of West Roxbury and pa-rishioner of St. Theresa Parish.Beloved wife of the late JosephGriffin. Loving aunt of MichaelMurray and his wife Kathleen ofWest Roxbury and John Murray ofWrentham. Also survived by manygrandnieces and grandnephews.Funeral Mass was in St. TheresaChapel. Interment was at St. Jo-seph Cemetery.

HARRINGTONJohn T., M.D. Dean Emeritus

Tufts University School of Medi-cine John T.Harrington, M.D., 80,of West Roxbury and the Hum-mocks, Portsmouth, Rhode Island,

passed away peacefully on Oct. 31,2017. He is survived by his wifeof 57 years, Gertrude R. (Trudy)Harrington. He leaves behindseven children and their spouses,Trudy and Andy Becker ofBlacksburg, Va., Kathleen andAndrew Clark of Houston, Texas,Daniel Harrington of WestRoxbury, Ann and Mike Murphyof Westwood, John and BethanyHarrington of Wellesley, Mark andDeanna Harrington of Houston,Texas, and Tim and KellyHarrington of West Roxbury, and21 grandchildren. In addition, heleaves two brothers, the HonorableEdward F. Harrington of Needhamand Portsmouth, R.I., and DanielT. Harrington, M.D., of Fall River,Mass. Born and raised in FallRiver, son of the late John J.Harrington and Elizabeth C.Harrington, John attended B.M.C.Durfee High School Class 1954,graduated from Holy Cross Col-lege in 1958, and Yale UniversitySchool of Medicine in 1962. Fromearly on, he considered studyingmedicine because, as a young boy,John had been stricken with rheu-matic fever (a particularly fright-ening illness in the 1940s), whichsparked an interest in medicine anda vocation that placed the valueand care of each human being atits center. These core teachingswere at the heart of the educationhe received at Holy Cross in the1950s, and he would never leavethem behind. An internship andresidency in internal medicine atthe University of North Carolinain Chapel Hill (1962-1965) fol-lowed, and allowed John to beginto study his specialty, nephrology,in which he would build his career,and indeed come to shape the field.Further postgraduate training as aClinical and Research fellow inMedicine at Tufts Medical Centerin the nephrology division (1965-1968). Across a career that spanneddecades, Dr. Harrington wouldlater serve as Chief of GeneralMedicine at Tufts Medical Center,Chair of Medicine at Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Member of theEditorial Board of New EnglandJournal of Medicine, editor ofNephrology Forum in Kidney In-ternational, author of countlessscholarly articles and several im-portant medical monographs. From1994-2002, he served as Dean ofthe Medical School at Tufts Uni-versity. World-renowned as a kid-ney doctor, Dr. Harrington was alsoa teacher and mentor to students,young doctors, and colleagues, andten times won teaching awardsfrom the graduating classes at TuftsMedical School. He was Professorof Medicine at Tufts Universitysince 1979. Dr. Harrington lovedIrish literature, the Red Sox and thePatriots. He introduced a love ofpoetry to his family, especially thepoems of Seamus Heaney. Mostlyhe loved his family and their homeat the Hummocks in Portsmouth,R.I,, where he summered from thetime he was four years old. Count-less summers saw him sailing hismuch loved Carpe Diem (all thesailboats across the years werenamed this) and treating his fam-ily to sailing adventures and esca-pades from Mount Hope Bay toFogland to Block Island. Hequahogged in the Cove at Spec-tacle Island with his parents, hiswife, his children, and his grand-children for over 70 years. A Fu-neral Mass was celebrated onMonday, Nov. 6 in Holy NameChurch. Interment was Tuesday,Nov. 7 at St. Patrick Cemetery, FallRiver. Remembrances in Dr.Harrington’s memory may be madeto Holy Name Parish, 1689 Cen-

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Around the Neighborhood CITYWIDE

COPLEY SQUARE TREELIGHTING NOV. 27

Mayor Martin J. Walsh, theBoston Parks and Recreation De-partment, and The Friends ofCopley Square welcome the holi-days with the annual Copley SquareTree Lighting on Monday, Novem-ber 27, from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m.

The free event will feature ap-pearances by NECN’s JennyJohnson, Santa Claus, and Rudolphalong with musical performances bythe Boston Children’s Chorus, theBoston Pops Brass Quintet, andBerklee College of Music studentsBritani Washington and SamRobbins.

The Old South Church bell willtoll when the tree is illuminated.Light refreshments will be providedby local businesses New EnglandCoffee, DAVIDsTEA, DASANISPARKLING, HP Hood LLC, andNew England Dairy & Food Coun-cil. The Fairmont Copley Plaza willhost a family reception immediatelyfollowing for all in attendance. Thereception will include cookie deco-rating, photos with Santa and treatsfrom the Fairmont Copley Plaza.

Even more festivities will takeplace in and around Copley Squareon Nov. 27. The Boston Public Li-brary and The Catered Affair willhost a Storytime and Candy CaneTea at the library from 3:30 p.m. to5 p.m. The tea is free but reserva-tions are required by calling (617)859-2272.

For additional informationplease call the Boston Parks andRecreation Department at (617)635-4505. To learn more about TheFriends of Copley Square, pleasev i s i twww.friendsofcopleysquare.org.

WEST ROXBURY/ ROSLINDALE

FREE DROP-INHOMEWORK HELP

Boston Public Library locationsoffer free after-school homeworkhelp and mentorship provided bytrained, high achieving high schoolstudents. Homework Help is avail-able Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,and Thursday afternoons between

3:30 and 5:30 p.m., through May24. Open to students in grades K-8.No registration is required. Programis not available on Boston PublicSchool holidays, early-release days,or long weekends.

Homework Help mentortrainings provided by HarvardUniversity’s Public School Partner-ships Team, the developers ofSmartTalk, a program that uses re-search-based tools, strategies, andresources to support students duringhomework time. Located at the WestRoxbury Branch of the Boston Pub-lic Library, 1961 Centre St., WestRoxbury.

ESL CONVERSATION GROUPOn Monday, Nov. 13 at 6:15 p.m.,

practice speaking English with otheradult ESL learners and new Englishspeakers in an informal and friendlygroup setting. Groups are led by a na-tive English speaker. If you have ques-tions about these groups, please call617.859.2446 or [email protected]. Located at theWest Roxbury Branch of the BostonPublic Library.

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUPOn Wednesday, Nov. 15 at 10:30

a.m., join our book discussion group!We will be reading H is for Hawk byHelen MacDonald. Our meetings takeplace in the Lecture Hall and begin at10:30 a.m. New members are alwayswelcome. Join our membership listfor up-to-date information via e-mail.Located at the West Roxbury Branchof the Boston Public Library.

ONE-ON-ONECOMPUTER ASSISTANCE

Wednesday, Nov. 15, 3-4 p.m. West Roxbury Branch of the BostonPublic Library

Click to add this event to yourcalendar One-On-One Computer As-sistance Wednesdays from 3-4 p.m.Please call 617-325-3147 to reservea 30-minute informal session witha librarian. Bring your device or usea library laptop (library card…

UNITED CHURCH HOSTS ACOMMUNITY WIDE SER-VICE OF THANKSGIVING.

Co-Pastors Rev. Abigail A.Henrich and Rev. Enid Watson willhost, along with other area religious

leaders, a service of thanksgiving atthe Stratford Street United Church,home of West Roxbury’s food pan-try, Rose’s Bounty on Nov. 20 at 7p.m. Everyone, regardless of reli-gious identity, to gather with neigh-bors to give thanks is welcome. Par-ticipants are encouraged to bringnonperishable food to support thefood pantry.

After the thanksgiving servicethere will be a food pantry openhouse. The community gathered isencouraged to learn more aboutRose’s Bounty, the year old foodpantry housed at the Stratford StreetChurch, 77 Stratford St., WestRoxbury, MA 02132. (617)323-4950. http://www.stratfordstreetunitedchurch.org

44TH ANNUAL WILLIAM S.CONLEY THANKSGIVINGDINNER

On Thanksgiving Day the Ex-alted Ruler, Richard Disalvo and theBoston Elks #10 invite all seniorcitizens to the 44th ThanksgivingDinner at the lodge located at 1Morrell St. West Roxbury behindthe West Roxbury VA Hospital.Doors open at 11 a.m. and dinnerswill be served at noon. FREE! ForMeals to go, get in touch withETHOS at 617-522-6700.

SANTA SCAMPER5K ROAD RACE

Race Day Registration andPre/Post Race Festivities Regis-tration and pre/post race festivi-ties at the Irish Social Club, 119Park St. in West Roxbury, justa block from the race start/fin-ish. Our Race Day Logisticspage will keep you up to date!Race Course Start/f inish atParkway Community YMCA.Rolling course thru the WestRoxbury neighborhood of Bos-ton. Chip timing. On Dec. 10,2017 the 5K will start at 11a.m. The Kids Run at 10:15a.m.

The Parkway Running Club(PRC) of West Roxbury, Mass.has hosted an annual SantaScamper 5k road race since1994. This race raises moneyfor the Boston Globe SantaFund, a charity to support chil-dren of need in Massachusetts.

VETERANS DAY PRO-GRAM AT DEUTSCHESALTENHEIM

Deutsches Altenheim willhold its annual Veterans Day re-membrance program on Satur-day, Nov. 11 at 10 a.m. Pleasejoin us at 2222 Centre St. inWest Roxbury as we pay tributeto the men and women of theUnited States Armed Forces.Admission is free and refresh-ments will be served.

HOLY NAMECHRISTMAS BAZAAR

On Saturday, Nov. 11 from 9a.m. to 3 p.m. 535 West RoxburyParkway, Parish Hall Get a jumpstart on your Christmas shoppingwhile having fun with family andfriends. On Saturday, Nov. 11,

tre St. West Roxbury, MA 02132or Tufts University School of Medi-cine Development Office, 136Harrison Ave. Boston, MA 02111.For directions and guestbookwww.gormleyfuneral.com WilliamJ. Gormley Funeral Service 617-323-8600.

MANGANO

Pauline (Coronella) longtimeresident of West Roxbury passedaway Nov. 2, 2017. Beloved

wife of the late John F. Mangano(Ret. BFD). Devoted mother ofJohn Mangano Jr. and his wifeElisa of Foxboro and StevenMangano and his wife Charleneof Walpole. Loving grandmotherof John III, Kristen, Nicole, andMichael Mangano. Pauline wasinvolved with the West Roxburyand Dedham Councils for Aging.Funeral Service was in the P.E.Murray - F.J. Higgins, George F.Doherty & Sons Funeral Home2000 Centre St. West Roxbury.Interment was at St. JosephCemetery, West Roxbury.

WALSHMary E. “Betty” Of West

Roxbury, Oct. 26, 2017. Be-loved mother of CatherineMcKay of West Roxbury andTheresa McKay of Cambridge.Devoted grandmother of KylePetran of Cambridge. Sister ofBenjamin Walsh of South Caro-lina, Eleanorose Vachon of NewHampshire, Margaret Woods ofWilmington, Evelyn Lowney ofWalpole, Kevin Walsh of Colo-rado and the late Lawrence andJohn Walsh and Joanne Ciaco.Also survived by many nieces

and nephews. Funeral was fromthe William J. Gormley FuneralHome, 2055 Centre St., WESTROXBURY. A Funeral Mass wasin St. Theresa Church. Intermentwas at Mt. Benedict Cemetery.

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Commonwealth of MassachusettsThe Trial Court

Probate and Family Court DepartmentSuffolk Division Docket No.SU16P2910EA

CITATION ON PETITION Suffolk Probate and Family CourtFOR ORDER OF COMPLETE24 New Chardon StreetSETTLEMENT Boston, MA 02114

617-788-8300

Estate of: Ruth G. Hogardt

A Petition for Order of Complete Settlement has been filed by:Donald R. Hogardt of Needham Heights, MA

requesting that the court enter a formal Decree of Complete Settlement including theallowance of a final account and other such relief as may be requested in the Petition.

You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at theCourt. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorneymust file a written appearance and objection at this Court before: 10:00a.m. onthe return day of 12/13/2017.

This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a writtenappearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file atimely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objectionswithin thirty (30) days of the return day, action may be taken without furthernotice to you.

Witness, Hon. Joan P Armstrong, First Justice of this CourtDate: November 01, 2017

Felix D. Arroyo, Register of Probate

West Roxbury/Roslindale Bulletin, 11/09/2017

Commonwealth of MassachusettsThe Trial Court Probate and Family Court

CITATION ON PETITION FOR DOCKET No.SU17P2332EAFORMAL ADJUDICATION

Estate of: Gayle Beverly Luciano Suffolk Probate and Family Court24 New Chardon St.

Date of Death: 07/30/2017 Boston, MA 02114617-788-8300

To all interested persons:A Petition for Formal Probate of Will with Appointment of Personal Representativehas been filed by:

Daniel P. Luciano of North Attleboro, MArequesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief asrequested in the Petition.The Petitioner requests that:

Daniel P. Luciano of North Attleboro, MAbe appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety onthe bond in an unsupervised administration.

IMPORTANT NOTICEYou have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the

Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorneymust file a written appearance and objection at this Court before: 10:00a.m. onthe return day of 12/07/2017. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline bywhich you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to thisproceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followedby an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return day, actionmay be taken without further notice to you.

UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER THEMASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE (MUPC)

A Personal Representative appointed under the MUPC in an unsupervisedadministration is not required to file an inventory or annual accounts with theCourt. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding theadministration directly from the Personal Representative and may petition theCourt in any matter relating to the estate, including the distribution of assetsand expenses of administration.

WITNESS, Hon. Brian J. Dunn, First Justice of this Court.Date: October 30, 2017

Felix D. Arroyo, Register of ProbateHyde Park Bulletin, 11/09/2017

Commonwealth of MassachusettsThe Trial Court – Probate and Family Court Department

SUFFOLK Division Docket No. SU17C0105CA

NOTICE OF PETITION FOR Suffolk Probate and Family CourtCHANGE OF NAME 24 New Chardon St.

Boston, MA 02114617-788-8300

In the Matter of: Adam James KehoeOf:

To all person interested in petition described:A petition has been presented by Adam K. Kehoe requesting that:

Adam James Kehoe be allowed to change his/her/their name as follows:Valentina Isidora Paz

IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUSTFILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT AT: Boston

ON OR BEFORE TEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM) ON:11/23/2017WITNESS, Hon. Brian J. Dunn, First Justice of this CourtDate: October 20, 2017

Felix D. Arroyo, Register of ProbateBoston Bulletin, 11/09/2017

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Commonwealth of MassachusettsThe Trial Court Probate and Family Court

INFORMAL PROBATEPUBLICATION NOTICE DOCKET No.SU17P2254EA

Estate of: Caroline Lander Suffolk DivisionAlso Known As: Caroline R. Lander/Caroline Rolls LanderDate of Death: August 24, 2017

To all persons interested in the above-captioned estate, by Petition ofPetitioner Jeffrey B. Lander of Westfield, MA

a Will has been admitted to informal probateJeffrey B. Lander of Westfield, MA

has been informally appointed as the Personal Representative of the estate to servewithout surety on the bond.

The estate is being administered under informal procedure by the PersonalRepresentative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervisionby the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, butinterested parties are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the PersonalRepresentative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, includingdistribution of assets and expenses of administration. Interested parties are entitled topetition the Court to institute formal proceedings and to obtain orders terminating orrestricting the powers of Personal Representatives appointed under informal procedure.A copy of the Petition and Will, if any, can be obtained from the Petitioner.

West Roxbury/Roslindale Bulletin, 11/09/2017

kids to be on time for schoolevery day, not rushing in atthe last minute as they won’tbe prepared for their aca-demic studies for the day,”she said.

District 7 City CouncilorTito Jackson said this is thelatest in a series of misstepsfor the BPS TransportationDepartment.

“We’ve been mis ledagain. Folks came to thisbody and told us that wewere going to save $10 mil-lion last year, and we weretold this year that we weregoing to have savings and weknow that not only do we nothaving savings, we haveworse service,” he said, add-ing that just last year theBPS took seventh and eighthgraders off the BPS transpor-tation system to be moved bythe MBTA, like high schoolkids currently are. “We havean increase in cost with lessservice to our youngpeople.”

Jackson also pointed outthat the MIT process wasimplemented without any in-put from the public.

“The process that oc-

curred with the MIT imple-mentation, families were notincluded and communitieswere not included,” he said.“By the way, the bus drivers,the people who actual lydrive the buses were not ac-tually to the table on this is-sue.”

Jackson said that thereare currently constituentswho have had to move dueto unforeseen circumstances,and the bus roster doesn’tkeep up. He said one con-stituent was displaced byfire and now has to takesomewhat extreme action toget her child to school everyday.

“We now have a constitu-ent who Ubers her child toschool every day; she can’tafford it, but she’s doingwhat she has to do,” he said.“We can’t delay.”

District 5 City CouncilorTim McCarthy said he washappy the ci ty partneredwith MIT for the increasedefficiency, but felt that forhis district in Roslindale andHyde Park, there is a glaringproblem that seems to be aroot for all the issues cur-

rently facing the BPS Trans-portation Department.

“I was happy that the ad-ministration went forwardwith MIT to try to alleviatea problem that’s been hap-pening since 1974,” he said.“I would also argue that onein 10 buses are late becausethey’re t ravel ing f romReadville to East Boston,and we talked about this atthe last hearing. Literally,from the Readville Yard, youcould probably kick a soccerball into Dedham; it is theworst spot you could possi-bly have a bus yard. I tdoesn’t make any sense totransport 300 buses fromthere.”

McCarthy said the busesalso add to the congestion inthe area for everyone andcan make more than studentslate for their appointments.

“I have a ton of trafficproblems in my area, and Iknow that everybody hastraffic problems,” he said.“We have 300-plus buses;that’s 300-plus drivers driv-ing their cars into the yard,and that’s 300 buses leaving,several trips a day back andforth and then they all leaveagain. We’re talking about2,000 trips coming through-out neighborhood.”

At-Large City CouncilorMichael Flaherty said hest i l l sees problems withBPS’ check of the bus ros-ters. While the district saidthey have been making im-provements to their roster sys-tem and have eliminated doz-ens of stops from many routes,he said there are still busesstopping to pick up studentswho have notified the BPS thatthey are no longer taking thatbus.

“I witnessed firsthand be-cause my children attend theBPS; you get the notice justbefore school starts as towhether or not you want totake advantage of school trans-portation and you clearly letthem know that you don’t, andyet my kids were on the list forthe entire school year,” he said.“It’s completely wasted.”

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