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June 7, 2018

Hyde Park BulletinVolume 17, Issue 23

Flower planting in the Squares

Marta Acevedo-Thomas shares a few words with John Harrington, Gardner with the Parks & RecreationDepartment as he waters the flowers she and other volunteers planted in Logan Square.

PHOTO BY MATT MACDONALD

Matt MacDonaldMatt MacDonaldMatt MacDonaldMatt MacDonaldMatt MacDonaldStaff Reporter

This past Saturday andSunday, June 2 and 3, KeepHyde Park Beautiful (KHPB)– working together with HydePark Main Streets – plantedflowers throughout the LoganSquare and Cleary Squarebusiness district.

This project was the latestfor KHPB, which was estab-lished almost exactly a yearago as an anti-litter/pro-neigh-borhood beautification group.

KHPB founder Cathy

Horn – standing with the smallgroup of volunteers who had as-sembled under the Clock inLogan Square before spreadingout – described the project.

KHPB volunteers would berepopulating the large HydePark Main Streets sidewalkplanters with flowers. Theseplanters run from the firehouseon Fairmount Avenue out to theYMCA on River Street anddown to Hyde Park Avenue atCleary Square.

The planters – which werethe subject of last year’s KHPB“Adopt-a-Planter” campaign –

will again be up for adoptionnow that this year’s plantinghas been completed.

“We’ll try to get every-body who adopted last year tore-up for this year, and thenwhatever we can’t get fromlast year, we’ll just try to findnew people,” Horn said.

She went on to explainwhat responsibilities theadoptions – which run oneyear – entail.

“We’re just looking forpeople to commit to taking

MWRA work to becompleted by next week

Work will be ending next week on the MWRA project along the EnnekingParkway and West Roxbury Parkway.

COURTESY PHOTO: MWRA

JefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The Massachusetts Wa-te r Resource Author i ty(MWRA) is wrapping upwork on what i t ca l l sMWRA Water Project 6454.

The project has been onthe books since 2014, andstarted initial constructionin 2016. The project was de-signed as a redundant pipefor res iden ts o f Wes t

Roxbury, Hyde Park ,Dedham, Stoughton ,Westwood and Norwood.

MWRA Community Co-ordinator Jeff McLaughlinsaid they are in the processof the final paving of theEnneking and West RoxburyParkway. He said the pipesare all in, and the gravel be-low the pavement should betotally settled, making for a

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Some recreational “pot-talk” aboutmarijuana establishment at FHNAMattheMattheMattheMattheMatthew Allenw Allenw Allenw Allenw Allen

Staff Reporter

During the most recentFairmount Hill NeighborhoodAssociation (FHNA) meeting,an update was delivered per-taining to where the communityis progressively in terms of its“marijuana establishment,”along with some general infor-mation about how the “Mari-juana Establishment” processworks.

Speaking on behalf of justthe local side of this matter,Hyde Park Liaison Bryan Flynnconducted a brief presentationon it. Rita Walsh and Sergeant Dan MacDonald chat before the May 23 FHNA

meeting at the Police Academy.PHOTO BY MATT ALLEN

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New Era begins as Coreythe Barber takes overMatt MacDonaldMatt MacDonaldMatt MacDonaldMatt MacDonaldMatt MacDonald

Staff Reporter

When Joe Carlevale retiredlast month after 61 years as abarber, it marked the end of aone man neighborhood era.However, as the door swungclosed on his career at the Lo-gan Square Barber Shop, itswung back open for a HydePark native returning home.

Corey McElligott – raisedon Fairmount Hill – has beenbehind the barber chair at theShop for exactly as long asCarlevale has been retired and,during an afternoon lull abouta week into his tenure, tooksome time to chat about his ex-perience so far, and his plans.

“It’s been going good. Ithink for the longest time it’sbeen an old school barber shop,so I have to bring in the youngflair and the modernized hair-cuts, and stuff like that. But it’sbeen pretty good.”

McElligott – tattooed andbuilt like a heavyweight prize-fighter – is sitting near the cashregister with his back to thewindow and the Munie, visiblethrough the glass.

He’s been barbering for thelast five years. Before that, hehad been a roofer for 15, anddescribed how his careerchange came about.

“My buddy had a shop down

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Hyde Park announces 150thAnniversary Street Festival

HP150, the community col-laborative spearheading HydePark’s 150th anniversary cel-ebration, is pleased to announcethe launch of HP150’s Festivalin the Streets. This action-packed event is taking place onSaturday, June 16 from 7 p.m.to 11 p.m. in Logan Square, theheart of Hyde Park. To celebrateHyde Park’s 150th anniversaryas a community, HP150 hasteamed up with local businessesto host a lively block party forthose 21 years of age and older.Attendees will enjoy live music,local food trucks, craft brewer-ies and more, all coming to-gether to create a truly one-of-a-kind event.

Tickets ($10 each) are avail-able at https://hp150festival.brownpapertickets.com/and will also be available forpurchase the night of June 16(cash only at the event). “We’rethrilled to announce the HP150Festival in the Streets and are seton delivering an unforgettableevening complete with top tiertalent and unique attractions,”

said HP150 co-chair ScottSmith. “We look forward tobringing the streets of HydePark to life on June 16, alongwith a number of related eventstaking place in May, June andthroughout 2018.” Supported bya $100,000 donation from theBlue Hills Bank Foundation andthe commitment of several HydePark residents, businesses andcommunity organizations,HP150 promises to be a year-long celebration of Hyde Park’shistory, vibrancy and pride.

For more information on theHP150 Festival in the Streetsand other HP150 celebratoryevents, visit us atwww.hp150.org.

Handicapped placards compoundissues for parking fine increasesJefJefJefJefJeff Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf Sullivf SullivanananananStaff Reporter

The Boston City Council metlast Friday to discuss proposedincreases to 11 parking fines aspresented by Boston MayorMarty Walsh.

The new increases are rel-evant to resident permit parking

from $40 to $60, no parkingzones (Zone A area will be in-creased from $55 to $90 andZone B areas will be increasedfrom $25 to $55), double park-ing (Zone A increased from $45to $75 and Zone B increasedfrom $30 to $55), no stopping orstanding from $75 to $90, load-ing zones from $55 to $90, un-paid meter from $25 to $40, overmeter time limit from $25 to $40,over posted time limited from$25 to $40, and parked in a streetcleaning zone from $40 to $90.

Chief of Streets Chris Osgoodsaid the reasoning behind the in-creases is that his office has beenhearing from residents around thecity regarding illegal parking anda lack of enforcement in that area.

“Over the last four years,we’ve seen a very significantchange to the number of constitu-ent requests through 311,” hesaid. “In 2014, we received 4,469requests from constituentsthrough 311 for parking enforce-ment issues, so four years ago, itwas 4,469; last year, that num-ber had escalated to 36,421.”

Osgood said that one of themain issues they saw keep pop-ping up was that non-residentsare parking neighborhood resi-dent parking areas, and thosewith stickers have been reachingout extensively through 311,which is why they want to in-crease the fines.

“What we looked at when welooked at that significant escala-tion, that fell into a set of buck-ets that we really want to address,there were a lot of concerns formresidents who are coming homeat night and finding people with-out resident parking stickers ontheir neighborhood and wantedan easier way to be able to makesure that when they got home totheir neighborhood in their carthere was a space that would beavailable for them,” he said. “Thesecond large category of constitu-

ent concerns that was raised wasreally in our business districts andaround meters.”

Osgood said the other bigproblem they see within the cityis that parking in the businessdistricts has been choked bythose overstaying their welcomeat or not paying for their meteredspots. He said, again, a way tocombat that and increase trafficto the businesses is to increasethe fines.

“The new fines are part of a$5 million transportation invest-ment around Go Boston 2030and, if enacted, would be in-cluded in the city’s operatingbudget for the fiscal year 2019.The funds would go towardscapital projects, 58 of them, out-lined in Go Boston 2030. One ofthese projects would be focusedon improving bus service in thecity and improving streets andtraffic signals. If approved, thenew fine schedules will be en-acted July 1, 2018.

City Councilor MichaelFlaherty said he was concernedabout the increase in fine sched-ules for metered spaces becauseof the potential for an increase inhandicapped placard fraud. Hesaid that if the metered fines areincreased, scammers would bemore inclined to go to their doc-tor to get a note for a conditionthey may not have and be able topark at any meter all the time andall day, for free. This is an issuehe has been talking about for along time, and has been trying toremove, in that there are nowways to pay for a meter – includ-ing a mobile app – that do notrequire one to stand up to feedthe meter.

“I have severe reservations onthe metered parking side until weaddress the handicapped parkingfraud and abuse,” he said. “Thiswould cause us to lose additional

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Hyde Park Library hosts the Chameleon Arts EnsembleMatt MacDonaldMatt MacDonaldMatt MacDonaldMatt MacDonaldMatt MacDonald

Staff Reporter

On Saturday afternoon,June 2, the Hyde Park Branchof the Boston Public Library(35 Harvard Ave.) hosted theChameleon Arts Ensemble ofBoston for its annual visit.

The one hour family concert– held upstairs in Weld Hall –drew approximately 80 peoplewho were split almost evenlybetween adults, who sat inchairs that filled more than halfof the room, and their smallchildren who either sat withthem or crowded the floor areabetween the seats and the eightmember outfit hosted by HansIndigo Spencer.

The ten piece program –entitled “Songs in BrilliantHues” – featured the perfor-mance of pieces that, asidefrom one by Beethoven, show-cased the work of decidedlymore recent classical compos-ers, most of whom are still aliveand writing.

The last selection of theshow – “Color Wheel” – was,in fact, written by Spencer him-self who – having handed outnumbered chimes in differentpitches to some of the kids –gave brief instructions and thenguided them (using hand sig-nals matching the chimes’ num-bers) as they accompanied andbecame part of the perfor-mance.

“The main thing is to get

kids involved in playing and lis-tening to music of differentkinds within the classicalrealm…” Spencer said after-wards.

In describing the inspirationfor “Color Wheel” to the audi-ence, Spencer had mentionedgoing to the Smithsonian as ateenager and looking at thesolid-color works of MarkRothko. In his program notes,he also cited as inspiration “Ti-betan mandalas whose symme-try encapsulates the universe.”He continued with the goal ofthe family concert:

“…Give them a chance tohear music and make connec-tions between the inspiration ofvisual arts and the inspirationto create music, and to givethem a chance to participate asmuch as possible, both in theconcert – through my compo-sition that involves audienceparticipation – and through thisinstrument petting zoo.”

As Spencer speaks, differentpitched woodwind honks andstringed scratches and – abouthalf the time – recognizableoboe, clarinet, bassoon, violin,viola, and cello sounds are hisbackground accompaniment:the instrument petting zoo thathe had just referred to.

He’s standing in the court-yard located next to thechildren’s section of the library,where each member of the Cha-meleon has taken a spot, madethemselves comfortable with a

child-friendly version of theirinstrument (provided byNeedham Music & Dance), andare making themselves avail-able to any curious child whowants to give any of them a try.

Artistic Director DeborahBoldin is also in the courtyard,and explains the two-part show.

“The idea is that you givekids a chance – in a welcomingsetting – to hear a variety ofinstruments, to hear a variety oftypes of music, and then to ac-tually get their hands on the in-struments that they’ve justheard and feel what it’s like tocreate sound.”

The Chameleon Ensemble –based out of the First Churchin Boston (66 Marlborough St.)– has been in business since1998 and, for most of its exist-ence, has had a children’s edu-cational aspect to its program-ming, which it also brings to theBoston Public Schools.

Everything happeningaround Boldin is the result ofher experience as a student andher involvement – as a flutist –with children’s programs put onby the Baltimore Symphony,some of which involved instru-ment petting zoos in the lobbyof Symphony Hall.

“So I went down there and Iwas helping the little kids try-ing to figure out where to puttheir fingers on the flute andthat just really stuck with me.So – as a complement to hear-ing music – making music just

was a natural fit and came outof that experience.”

Originally putting on thefamily concert at ForsythChapel at Forest Hills Cem-etery, and forced to find a newvenue when the Chapel stoppedholding public events, the Cha-meleon Ensemble found a newhost when Boldin approachedHyde Park Branch Librarian

Mary Margaret Pitts after hear-ing about the Summer Concertsin the Courtyard.

“They’ve been openingtheir doors to us ever since,”Boldin said of the relationshipthat she estimated has been go-ing on for at least 10 years.

“The Library makes a per-

Sally Merriman – bassoonist with the Chameleon Arts Ensemble – sharesa smile with a fledgling player in the courtyard of the Hyde Park Li-brary, where the instrument “petting –zoo” was held.

PHOTO BY MATT MACDONALD

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HERE GOMESTHE JUDGE

Editorial Suffolk County Court to offer ePayfor online payment of criminal feesSuffolk County court users

who owe criminal case fees cannow skip the trip to their localcourthouse and pay online withePay, the Massachusetts TrialCourt’s new web-based pay-ment system. Over 200,000payments were made in personat Commonwealth courthouseseach year will now be able tobe made online with ePay.

ePay will be available forpayment of fees in criminalcases in all eight divisions of theBoston Municipal Court De-partment and Suffolk SuperiorCourt on May 14, 2018.

“People expect to be able tomake court-related paymentsonline-just like they can for mostservices,” says Boston Munici-pal Court West Roxbury DivisionClerk-Magistrate Sean P.Murphy. “ePay is much moreconvenient than having to payfees in person, and doesn’t re-quire taking time off from workto get to the courthouse.”

Court users can use ePay forpayment of probation fees, vic-tim witness fees, or most othercriminal assessments at partici-pating courthouses. Use of ePayvia PayPal or credit cards in-

volves a small convenience feethat goes to processing vendors.

In 2017, nearly three-quar-ter of the Trial Court’s 298,000criminal case payments weremade at the counter by checkor case. As use of ePay grows,court visitors can expect shorterlines to enter their local court-houses and at the counter.

ePay was recently piloted atsix courts and will be rolled outstatewide through June 2018.

For more information,please visit https://www.mass.gove/epay-in-the-courts

My Kindof Town/Joe Galeota

. . . and Shout!On St. Patrick’s Day some 55

years ago, a Water Departmentemployee for the city achievedhis proverbial 18 minutes of famewhen he shouted from the raftersof the old Boston Garden.

His yell occurred during afew moments of awkward si-lence at the farewell for Celticslegend Bob Cousy. When RapidRobert, the name given to Cousyby legendary announcer JohnnyMost, became teary-eyed andspeechless, it was then that JoeDillon - “Snuffy” according tomy neighbor Leo, formerly fromSouth Boston - bellowed “Welove ya, Cooz!” This broke thetension and the 13,909 attendeesbegan cheering again. Thus theplanned 7-minute farewellstretched into a 20-minute one,with No. 14’s sniffling causingit to be cleverly identified as TheBoston Tear Party.

Three weeks ago at Sym-phony Hall, an attendee at a Bos-ton Pops concert featuring a num-ber of John Williams composi-tions associated with StevenSpielberg-directed movies at-tempted something similar.

Let me set the stage, literally.A guest maestro conducted thefirst half of the performance, upto intermission. After the breakit was John William himself - nospring chicken at 85 years of age- who, having been introduced,carefully mounted theconductor’s podium. After sus-tained and rousing applause, asWilliams turned his back to theaudience preparing to raise hisbaton to begin conducting, aSnuffy Dillon impersonator inthose few seconds of respectfulsilence bellowed from one of thebalconies, “We love ya, John!”Unlike the old Garden crowd, noadditional applause ensued, asthe man’s warm declaration offeeling merely hung in the airunanswered.

This raises the question aboutcivility. Was the Boston Popscatcall civil? Did it deserve a re-sponse by him or the fellow-at-tendees? I’m not a regularevening commuter to Mass Aveand Huntington, so I’m not in a

position to judge.All of which segues to eti-

quette at graduations, which pro-liferate during June. Having beento almost a dozen college andhigh school commencement ex-ercises and several dozenmiddle school ones, I notice thatthere frequently seems to be aninverse relationship between thedecibel level of applause/numberof catcalls (“That’s mySamantha!”) and the individualgraduate’s achievement level.

In other words, when thevaledictorian’s and salutatorian’snames are called at graduations,the applause for them seldommatches the level accorded thosewho barely scraped by withenough credits to graduate. Theclapping and the hooting for theart, music, drama, and sciencefair contestants/winners are wellinferior sound-wise to those whochose not to participate.

Interestingly enough, the ap-plause for star athletes is fre-quently no louder or softer thanfor those who were second andthird stringers, thus giving rise tothe belief that at this time all ath-letes, away from their sports ven-ues, are indeed equal.

And so, if you’ve recently at-tended any high or middle schoolgraduations, may you relish theachievements of the graduates forwhom you clapped so vigorously,or even hooted.

LettersSUPPORTROXBURY PREP

To the Editor:I am a longtime

Roslindale resident, the par-ent of two BPS students (8thand 5th grades) and havebeen an active member of thecommunity for more than adecade. I support the newRoxbury Prep High School inRoslindale at 361 BelgradeAve. because I believe thatthe new school will be amuch-needed asset to ourneighborhood and broadercommunity. Roslindale re-mains the only neighborhoodin Boston without a publichigh school — and we are indesperate need of new highschool options that extendbeyond our current examschool and lottery highschool options.

I have lived in the neigh-borhood directly off ofBelgrade Ave. for almost 15years and have been disap-pointed by the slow develop-ment of the neighborhood, allwhile other Roslindale neigh-borhoods, like Roslindale Vil-lage, have come together tomake improvements for thebetterment of the direct andbroader communities — and tothe benefit of its neighbors andthe businesses that rely on it.What’s better than a high-qual-ity school to boost and enricha neighborhood?

I hope that my neighborswill review the proposed siteplan, and take the time to getto know the school, its leader-ship and its high-performingscholars before raising objec-tion. I ask my fellow neighborsto support the new RoxburyPrep Roslindale High School.

These students deserve anew school and I believe thatthey will be a positive addi-tion to our neighborhood.Let’s together make them feelwelcome.

Juli GreenwoodRoslindale

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In our younger, smugger days, we were prone to dis-miss out-of-hand many complaints against the legal sys-tem.

Folks, we rationalized, just don’t understand how thecourt system works: that bail is not intended to be puni-tive; that sentences do have guidelines to follow; andwe can’t just throw away the key for perpetrators oncertain crimes just because they made local headlines.

We still believe most of that. We do, however, find itvery, very hard to defend some recent low-points fromthe world of “justice.”

Let us add our irritation and fury over a case that haslocal politicians and the public fuming.

That case involves a Salem Superior Court judge whoshowed leniency to a heroin dealer brought before thebench. Judge Timothy Q. Feeley sentenced Manuel Soto-Vittini to two years’ probation for possession with in-tent to distribute 15 grams of heroin.

“This was not a drug addict who was dealing to fundhis own addiction, but rather, a person who made someterrible judgments and decisions, but made them forwhat he thought was in the best interest of his family,”a transcript from the hearing says.

The judge, apparently, feared that the man would alsobe automatically deported.

So, let’s get this straight. Setting aside discussionsof how drug possession thresholds work in the legalworld, this man was given leniency because he was al-legedly trying to provide for his family. How many oth-ers behind bars, we ask, were also trying to raise kids(or at least pretending to do so for the sake of conve-nience and legal strategy). Crime is often a last resortfor those trying to keep a family together, but the mo-tivation cannot be treated so cavalierly. They may helptheir family, but at the COST to our families.

Motivation can indeed be an important factor incourt trials, especially murder cases. The “family” card,however, has no business when attached to a drugdealer who was arrested in the midst of an opioid epi-demic. How many other “family providers” might havedied from an overdose through this dealer’s illicittrade? Yes, we are being alarmist. But desperate timesdemand it.

A drug crisis should not be an excuse for mob jus-tice. It should, however, be a warning to the courts thatsentencing needs to take it into consideration. Arrestedfor marijuana possession, who cares? As many as 40bags of heroin: go directly to jail and do not pass go.

Judicial lenience has always been a concern, onethat is often political and either on-target or overstated.There is, however, a modicum of leadership judgesmust show as arbiters between those who are truly try-ing to raise families and those who found a convenientexcuse.

We can certainly expect compassion in sentencing,but not for being caught dead to rights dealing heroin.No matter the amount, that and other crimes affectingentire communities deserves greater scrutiny.

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Boston’s own Junior Damato, “The Auto Doctor” has agreed to field auto repairquestions from Bulletin and Record readers. Please forward your questions to

news@bulletinnewspapers.com and we will do our best to get your questions answered.

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.

Ask The Doctor2018 Honda Accord Hybrid

There is no question that car manufacturers are all building plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles withand without extender engines to extend the vehicle range (which is a big plus on full electric vehicles).Hybrid and electric vehicles were not something I would have recommended in the past. But times havechanged, as have my opinions about these vehicles.

Our test car – a 2018 Honda Accord hybrid was built in May and sent out for press test drives andreviews. I received it with just over 1,000 miles on the odometer.

This Accord hybrid is a great car in every way, starting with the all new design, which includes the lossof the V/6 engine. Available engines are now the 1.5 liter, turbo 4-cylinder with 192 horsepower and the2.0 liter, turbo 4-cylinder with 252 horsepower. When I heard that Honda dropped the V/6 in the newAccord, I was skeptical about the decision, as were a lot of my peers. However, the new turbo powered 4-cylinder engines actually outperform the older V/6 engines while providing better gas mileage and cleaneremissions. Gas mileage averaged 47 MPG and the hybrid battery gauge never went below the ¼ level andwould recharge during my drive to work.

Power and smoothness is amazing as is the firm, but not harsh, ride. It has a center mounted largetouchscreen display that is easy to read, even on sunny days. Front heated seats are firm with multipleadjustments, and there is room for four with comfort. The trunk has a low entry level and is full size. Theoutside design does not have sharp lines or edges; all corners are rounded.

This car is made to drive on either short or long hauls. Honda has done a great job on this hybrid, aswell as on all the new models. If you are thinking of buying a new Accord, test drive the hybrid version –I know you will be as impressed as I was. Base price starts around $26,000 (plus $875 destination fee).

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We’re happy to inform that Hyde Park’s own, AlexanderM. Grant, has successfully earned the rank of Eagle Scout.Alex joined Scouting very young and came up through theCub Scouts ranks, joined Troop 3 Dedham and recently cel-ebrated his Eagle Court of Honor, thanking friends, family,Scout Leaders for helping him down the Scouting trail so hecould attend Boy Scouting’s highest rank of Eagle.

Alex’s Eagle service project evolved into a very large ‘sol-dier care project’ that included but wasn’t limited to gettingdonated items for deployed American soldiers’ enjoyment suchas baby wipes, hand sanitizer, instant oatmeal, gum, trail mix,beef jerky, deodorant, sunscreen, playing cards, athletic socks,lip balms, magazines, paperbacks, DVD action movies, pro-tein bars, sunflower seeds, and oh so much more!

Special thanks goes to the soldiers at Hanscom AFB forhosting over two dozen Scouts, parents and Scout Leaders whodid the drop off at Hanscom AFB and the always-magnificent,Second Lt. Jamecia L. Lazard, USAF Budget Analyst, whogot her office to come in on a weekend so the Scouts’ parentsdidn’t have to take a weekday off to make this HUGE multicardelivery happen.

Alex Grant will graduate from Mary Lyons Charter Schoolin Brighton on June 13 and then attends Wentworth Instituteof Technology in the fall.

Alexander M. Grant

revenue, so serious reserva-tions on the schedule thatspeaks to parking meters untilthat gets addressed, and that’sjust a matter of basic fairness,it’s everyone playing by therules being punished, and oncewe increase the fines, it’s go-ing to increase circling theblock, it’s going to increasehandicapped parking abuseand fraud, and it’s going to de-crease our parking meter rev-enue.”

Boston Transportation De-partment (BTD) Parking ClerkStephen Maguire said a newlaw will go into effect in Sep-tember 2018 to cut down onplacard abuse.

“I sit on a handicappedplacard task force that’s runthrough MassDOT throughthe registrar’s office andthey’ve passed legislation tomake it more difficult for doc-tors to just sign off on placardsand hand them out, like every-one gets a placard, so they arecracking down on the doctorsthat are issuing these plac-ards,” he said.

The new law would finethose who lie on a handi-capped plate application orfalsely report a lost placard$500 for a first offense and$1,000 for ongoing offenses.

Flaherty pointed out thatthe placards themselves aren’treally the issue in the city, butthat they could be required topay the meter just like every-one else.

“That’s a legislative issue,and I believe legislation wasfiled to have that actually hap-pen to make handicapped plac-ard people pay the meters, butI’m not sure how far along thatis,” he said.

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fect venue for this event because it has the two spaces. This is areal gem, this children’s garden here,” she added as she took inher surroundings.

“Feel your body rotating,” Joshua Gordon advises a little girlat the cello. “You’re holding your fingers too far down.”

A little boy squelches a note on the clarinet… then a sheepbaa note. “Yeah! Exactly! Good job!” Kelli O’Connor encour-ages as the boy’s eyes widen in surprise.

Two girls try to get sounds out of reeds, laughing at the noise-maker effects they produce.

Andrea Segar fingers “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star” on a vio-lin as the child chinning the other end of it brings the bow backand forth over the same string, looking very serious.

A clarinet/oboe duet of “Frère Jacques” comes together aftera few false starts.

Rhythmic bursts – distant but still faintly audible to librarypatrons – come down from Weld Hall as William Manley standsbehind a conga as a group of kids facing him get into the basicsof hand percussion and instrumental call and response.

As the instrument petting zoo begins to wind down, Boldingets at its essence.

“For kids, the idea of figuring out how the instrument works –with the guidance of their Chameleon artist – and making somesound and feeling it in their hands, that’s the goal.”

For more information on the Chameleon Arts Ensemble, visitwww.chameleonarts.org or call 617-427-8200.

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care of the planters. So youcome out and you water it peri-odically and pick out the trash,unfortunately, and pick off deadflowers. There’s no more com-mitment to it than that.”

Aside from that, Horn gavean update on KPHB’s upcom-ing participation in the HP150Family Fun Day on Saturday,June 9 from Noon-4 p.m. atKelley Field (25 Turtle PondParkway), where it will have abooth with “games and craftsthat meet our mission”.

These include a recyclingrelay race, make-your-ownbirdfeeders, and make-your-own wildflower seed bombs.“You put seeds into a little clayball and just throw it some-where,” Horn said before giv-ing out a short laugh and con-tinuing, “and then let the flow-ers bloom, hopefully.”

Additionally, she spoke ofKHPB’s affiliation plans withKeep Massachusetts Beautiful(KMB), which had been in pro-cess going into last winter.

“That’s a done deal. So nowwe’re a local chapter of KeepMassachusetts Beautiful.” Asan affiliate, KHPB can nowapply for grants through KMB,which has 501c3 status. Be-cause of this, tax deductibledonations can now also bemade to KHPB.

Beyond that, Horn said thatthey’re a good resource. “Theyhave a lot of knowledge and

experience, so I’m alwaysemailing or calling and askingadvice.”

As she talks, the group hascircled around the planter at thefoot of the Clock as MartaAcevedo-Thomas – proprietorof Pure Joy Flowers (84Fairmount Ave.) and coordina-tor of the weekend’s event –runs through a flower plantingdemonstration.

Although not expresslystated, Acevedo-Thomas’ dem-onstration belies the primarygoal – as volunteer ScottKriscenski mentioned as anaside after delivering a loadfrom Ferrara’s Greenhouse (19Emmett St.) – of “keeping thesethings alive.”

Speaking later, acrossFairmount Avenue from hershop, Acevedo-Thomas pausesto chat.

“I try to get the flowers fromFerrara, because they’re localand I want to support local busi-nesses. So Main Streets givesme a budget and I divide itbased on what we need, and Itry to keep everything here.Like the soil, I bought it fromTrue Value (1206 River St.) in-stead of going to Fall River,somewhere the manufacturertold me to go.”

The plant selection is a mixof geraniums, spike, petunias,licorice, and sweet potato.

“The reason we have theseplants is because they are heat

resistant and they’re just beau-tiful. They do well in the out-side environment,” Acevedo-Thomas explained.

When asked if the sweetpotato can actually be eaten,she started laughing.

“It does have potatoes. Ihave never eaten them, so Idon’t know if they are ornamen-tal or if they are for consump-tion. I would not dare to con-sume them.”

This operation – which ismuch larger than it was last year

– involves groups placing theflowers and other groups actu-ally planting them.

One such pair is AyanaMcCoy and Valencia Rollins.Both found out about thisonline.

“I walk by these planterseveryday because I get the com-muter rail and the bus,” McCoysaid before continuing that shethought it would be nice tobeautify the neighborhood andmeet some of her neighbors.Living nearby, she chuckled

and added another motivation.“I thought it would be cool

to walk by my handiwork.”Rollins – a self-described

“brand new gardener” – waslooking to meet likemindedpeople, but also expressed herhope that there could be somesort of local government spon-sored plantings along TrumanHighway.

“It just would really looknice if there were mass

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Dottie, Ashlyn Melvin, Megan Dineen, and Marta Acevedo-Thomas work together to tend to their flowers onFairmount Avenue near the Firehouse.

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Around the NeighborhoodsCITYWIDE

MAYOR’S COFFEEHOURS CONTINUETHROUGH JULY 11

Mayor Martin J. Walsh’s 19thAnnual Neighborhood CoffeeHour Series continues throughJuly 11 in local parks citywide.

All participants will enjoycoffee and breakfast treats pro-vided by Dunkin’ Donuts andfresh fruit from Whole FoodsMarket. In addition, each familyin attendance will receive a flow-ering plant grown in the city’sgreenhouses as a gift fromMayor Walsh. Residents at theevent will also be eligible to wina raffle prizes from Dunkin’ Do-nuts. Information will be avail-able on City programs from theBoston Public Library, BostonPublic Schools, Boston PoliceDepartment, and Boston Centersfor Youth & Families.

All coffee hours will be heldfrom 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.weather permitting. Dates forthe remaining NeighborhoodCoffee Hours are as follows:

• Tuesday, June 12Fenway Victory Gardens 20 ParkDrive, Fenway,

• Tuesday, June 19 RonanPark 92 Mt. Ida Road,Dorchester,

• Wednesday, June 20 ElliotNorton Park 295 Tremont Street,Bay Village/Chinatown,

• Thursday, June 21Brighton Common 30 Chestnut

Hill Ave, Allston/Brighton,• Tuesday, June 26 Almont

Park 40 Almont Street,Mattapan,

• Thursday, June 28 Christo-pher Columbus Park 110 Atlan-tic Avenue, North End,

• Tuesday, July 10 Lt. Ed-ward Walsh and FirefighterMichael Kennedy Tot Lot 369LaGrange Street, West Roxbury,

• Wednesday, July 11Gertrude Howes Playground 68Moreland Street, Roxbury,

For more information andupdates on possible weather can-cellations, please contact theBoston Parks and RecreationDepartment at (617) 635-4505 oronline at Facebook or Twitter@bostonparksdept.

MAYOR WALSH’S 2018GARDEN CONTEST

Apply Today or Refer aFriend the deadline is- Wednes-day, July 11. Please mail yourapplications with photos to:

Mayor Walsh’s Garden Con-test Boston Parks & RecreationDepartment 1010 MassachusettsAvenue, 3rd Floor Boston, Mas-sachusetts 02118

or apply online: https://www.boston.gov/departments/parks-and-recreation/mayors-garden-contest

PROJECT STEPCELEBRATES 35 YEARSOF OPENING DOORS FORUNDERREPRESENTEDYOUTH

Celebration event to be heldat New England Conservatory’sJordan Hall

Project STEP is pleased toannounce its 35th anniversary asan organization dedicated toopening doors for young musi-cians of color and addressing theissue of minorities beingunderrepresented in classicalmusic. In partnership with theNew England Conservatory

(NEC), a free anniversary cel-ebration concert will be held onSunday, June 10, at NEC’s Jor-dan Hall. The concert will in-clude accompaniments from thestudents and instructors ofProject STEP, students and in-structors at NEC, and OwenYoung and John Ferrillo from theBoston Symphony Orchestra,and special musical guests.

The 35th anniversary event isfree and open to the public, how-ever tickets must be acquired inadvance at https://projectstep35.eventbrite.com.

PARKARTS WATERCOLORWORKSHOPS RETURNIN JUNE

Budding artists ages nine andup are invited to join the BostonParks and Recreation Depart-ment for its popular summer se-ries of ParkARTS WatercolorPainting Workshops during themonth of June at six Boston lo-cations. The series of free work-shops is just one of the many of-ferings of the annual ParkARTSprogram sponsored by Holly andDavid Bruce.

The workshops welcome art-ists of all skill levels to createtheir own greenspace-inspiredmasterpieces with instructionand materials provided. JuleenJones returns as this summer’sfeatured instructor. Ms. Jones hasa BFA in Fine Art fromMontserrat College of Art as wellas a custom painting businesscalled The Artist Touch whereshe transforms rooms with fauxand specialty painting, murals,hand painted furniture, refinish-ing, and more. All classes areheld from noon to 2 p.m. weatherpermitting.

Dates and locations for theworkshops are as follows:

Saturday, June 9 JamaicaPond Boathouse, 507Jamaicaway, Jamaica Plain, Sun-day, June 10 Adams Park, 4225

Washington Street, RoslindaleSquare, Saturday, June 16 Chris-topher Columbus Park, 110 At-lantic Avenue, North End(meetat Rose Garden), Sunday, June17 LoPresti Park, 33 SumnerStreet, East Boston

BOSTON AREA RAPECRISIS CENTERANNOUNCES PUBLICWORKSHOPS TOADDRESS SEXUALHARASSMENT ANDASSAULT

The Boston Area Rape Cri-sis Center (BARCC) is offeringseveral upcoming public work-shops to educate people on howto support survivors of sexualharassment and assault as well asto how to take action to preventsexual violence. BARCClaunched the public series earlierthis year, as #MeToo continuedin the public spotlight and de-mand for BARCC services andtrainings increased.

These free workshops areopen to the public. At the firstworkshop, 25 participantslearned critical bystander inter-vention skills, and attendance atupcoming workshops is ex-pected to grow. Survivors,friends, parents, and significantothers are welcome to learn moreabout self-care, consent, by-stander intervention, and how torespond when someone tells youthey’ve been assaulted.

This is a chance to get an in-side look at best practices in thefield of ending sexual violence—not to mention connect with oth-ers, practice self-care, and more!Workshop topics, dates, andshort descriptions are below.Workshops take place Mondayevenings at the Family JusticeCenter, 989 CommonwealthAve., Boston MA 02215. RSVPat bit.ly/BARCC2018RSVP andshare that you’re going onFacebook at bit.ly/BARCCFBevents.

What Do I Say? Ways to Sup-port Survivors - June 18, 2018,6:30–8:30 p.m. Have you everhad a friend or family membertell you that they’ve experiencedsexual violence and not knownwhat to say? Join this workshopto learn an innovative model forresponding when someone inyour life shares with you thatthey’re a survivor.

ALLSTON/BRIGHTON

BOOKDISCUSSION GROUP

A book discussion groupmeets at the Brighton BranchLibrary on the last Wednesday ofeach month at 11:15 a.m. Thefeatured selection for June 27will be Man’s Search for Mean-ing by Viktor E. Frankl

FREE ANNUAL SKINCANCER SCREENING

Did you know that the mostcommon type of cancer is SkinCancer? More than 1 million

Americans develop skin cancerevery year. Early detection andremoval of skin cancers is thesurest way to a cure. Screeningis performed by St. Elizabeth’sDermatologists. Free parking isavailable in garage B. Please reg-ister online at https://www.semc.org/event/500701/free-skin-cancer-screening orcontact Nina DiNunzio by emailnina.dinunzio@steward.org or at617-789-3147.

Located at St. Elizabeth’sMedical Center Monday, June11, 2018, 5:30 – 8:30 p.m. St.Elizabeth’s Medical CenterWomen’s Health Pavilion St.Margaret’s Building 736 Cam-bridge St., Brighton

ESL CLASSESL Class/An ESL conversa-

tion group meets at 12:30 p.m.every Monday. Come practiceyour language skills in an infor-mal and friendly setting withother new English speakers.Brighton Branch Library/40Academy Hill Road/(617) 782-6032

BEGINNINGINTERNET CLASS

Help is available on a one onone basis to get you started. Callfor an appointment and ask forAlan, Brighton Branch Library/40 Academy Hill Rd./ (617) 782-6032.

HYDE PARK

SUFFOLK COUNTYREGISTRY OF DEEDSOFFICE HOURS

Office Hours are June 12,2018 10 a.m. – noon @ BCYFHyde Park Municipal BuildingCommunity Center RegisterMurphy and members of his staffwill be available to answer ques-tions and concerns about anyRegistry of Deeds matter Infor-mation will be available concern-ing the Massachusetts Home-stead Act. An internet ready com-puter will be available to print aRegistry recorded deed, confirmthe status of a mortgage or checkon any filing. No AppointmentNeeded.

CHESS AND CHECKERSWITH CHARLIE

Children are welcome tocome and learn to play chess orcheckers with Charlie Cleary onSaturday, June 9, 2018, 1 – 4p.m. Sponsored by the Friends ofthe Hyde Park Branch Library.Free to all. No registration re-quired. Located at Hyde ParkBranch of the Boston Public Li-brary 35 Harvard Avenue HydePark, MA 02136

SATURDAY MORNINGBLOCK PARTY

Come play, build, and learntogether at a block party – librarystyle. Playing with blocks pro-vides opportunities to learn about

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DeathsDiCARLO

Lina (Capocci) Of HydePark, May 29, age 84. Belovedwife of Michael of Hyde Park.Mother of Michael P. and hiswife Christine DiCarlo of Bos-ton, Lorraine and her husbandChristopher Kusy of Quincy,Gina DiCarlo of WestRoxbury, Pia and her husbandDouglas Ventola of Westwood,Philip DiCarlo and his wifeJana Wolfova of WestRoxbury. Sister of Mary,Ernesto, Victor, Carmela, Mar-tin and Giulio. Also survivedby 11 grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and nieces andnephews. Funeral was from theCarroll - Thomas FuneralHome, 22 Oak St., HYDEPARK, followed by a Mass ofChristian Burial in Most Pre-cious Blood Church. Intementwas in Mount Benedict Cem-etery, West Roxbury. Forguestbook or obit, please visitthomasfuneralhomes.com

VALENTEAnna (Prata) Of Hyde Park,

formerly of Pontecorvo, Italy,May 27. Beloved wife of thelate Gaetano Valente. Devoted

mother of Benedetto “Ben”and his wife Nancy Valente ofNewton, Maria and her latehusband Clinton Battersby ofNorwood, Angela and her hus-band Steve Lipton of Newtonand Catherine Valente and herhusband John Marchetti ofDedham. Beloved grand-mother of John, Jacob,Arianna, Alexandra, Serena,Andrew, Isabella and Ben-jamin. Beloved daughter of thelate Benedetto and MariaCesira Prata (Nonni) ofPontecorvo, Italy. Beloved sis-ter of the late Tony, John andArmando Prata. Also survivedby many nieces and nephews.Funeral was from the Carroll-Thomas Funeral Home, 22Oak Street, HYDE PARK fol-lowed by a Mass of ChristrianBurial at Most Precious BloodChurch. Entombment was inSt. Michael’s Mausoleum,Roslindale. For directions,guestbook or complete obitu-ary, please visitthomasfuneralhomes.comCarroll-Thomas Funeral Home

WERNIGJames J., Jr. Of Hyde Park,

June 1, 2018. Beloved husbandof of Laurie Diane (Hoyt)Wernig. Loving father of Mary(Wernig) Moser of Beverly,Amy Wernig of Dedham, Ed-ward Wernig of Hyde Park andthe late Shelly Ann Wernig.Devoted son of Doris(O’Halloran) Wernig ofMarshfield and the late JamesJ. Wernig, Sr. Survived by 8grandchildren. Brother of AnnWernig, John Wernig ofMarshfield, and Paul Wernigof Lawrence. Funeral wasfrom the William J. GormleyFuneral Home, 2055 CentreSt., WEST ROXBURY fol-lowed by a Funeral Mass in St.Theresa Church. Intermentwas at Cedar Grove Cemetery.In lieu of flowers, donationsmay be made in his name toFisher House, P.O. Box 230,South Walpole, MA 02071.For directions and guestbookwww.gormleyfuneral.comWilliam J. Gormley FuneralService 617-323-8600

COMMUNITY SENIORSThe Community Seniors

meet the second Tuesday of themonth at St. John’s parish hall,4740 Washington St., WestRoxbury, at 12:30 from Marchthrough December. New mem-bers are welcome to join afriendly group of men andwomen.

Come and enjoy the mosteconomical senior club in thearea. Dues are $7.00 and arecollected on the second Tues-day during the June meeting.

Other activities betweennow and December will in-

clude but not be limited to suchevents as a pizza party, com-plimentary ice cream sundaesocial, Chinese luncheon, anda holiday party in December atthe VFW hall in Dedham. Weoffer a yearly Saint Patrick’sDay party in March to open upthe season, and this year weenjoyed a tasty meal fromTex’s BBQ. Different gusta-tory events are planned fromyear to year. Recommenda-tions from members are wel-comed.

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Keep in mind that eventhough there are a number oflocations in the area being pro-posed for the dispensary spot,nothing has been set in stoneyet for a number of reasons.

Flynn said that EvergreenFarms, the marijuana dispen-sary owners, have been makingsome very preliminary interac-tions with the community’sneighborhood associations re-garding their proposals. How-ever, Evergreen Farms was notobligated to do this at this stage.

“Evergreen has already metwith the other neighborhood as-sociations to look at their pro-posals, which they did not haveto do at this time,” Flynn said.“It was done in good faith.”

This is because the propos-als are to be funneled throughBoston’s Emerging Industry’sDirector prior to being re-viewed by evergreen in anyway, as said by Flynn.

One thing mentioned byFlynn to keep in mind was thatwherever the dispensaries dueend up being placed withinHyde Park, they must be a cer-tain distance apart from one an-other.

“Keep in mind that the dis-pensaries have to be more thanhalf a mile apart when the timecomes,” Flynn said.

Another thing, or things,referenced by Flynn pertainedto some of the logistics in-volved in orchestrating the ac-tual abutters meeting when the

process starts winding downand we get to that point.

“Once we have the abuttersmeeting, which is run by theMayor’s office and the Officeof Neighborhood Services weneed to find a venue to hold themeeting that is larger thanwhere the typical Hyde Parkneighborhood associationmeeting would take place.”

In other Fairmount Hillnews, Boston Police Depart-ment District E-18 Service Of-ficer Paul Broderick reviewedthe police log of the last monththat pertains to the FairmountHill Area aloud to the group.

Over the last month in theFairmount Hill area, there werezero instances of auto theft,zero instances of drug crimeand zero instances of breakingand entering.

However, there were fourincidents of assault and two oc-currences of larceny that tran-spired over the last 30 days.

There was also one instanceof robbery that transpired onApril 23 on 9 Beacon St. ADominos driver was waiting inhis car and was suddenlyrobbed by a young black malearmed with a handgun.

This issue is still under in-vestigation.

Also, in one of the lastmonth’s two cases of vandalismthat transpired in the area, a fe-male had a vicinity carved intoher auto-mobile.

the Cape (where McElligott wasliving at the time) and I was al-ways hanging in there. And I hadthought about it (becoming a bar-ber) before, because I alwayswanted to get out of roofing, butI never really put that muchthought into it.” Continuing withhis story, he quoted his friend.“He’s like, ‘You’re always inhere enough! Why don’t you goand get your damn license andcome work for me!”

A month later, he was in bar-ber school in Fall River.

After getting his apprentice’slicense 10 months later, he be-gan his new career, returning tohis friend’s shop (though hisfriend soon moved to Florida),opened a shop in Sandwich withhis master barber partner, movedout to California for a year, andthen came back East to work inLynnfield. He recently got hismaster’s license.

McElligott explained the pro-fessional freedom this brought.“Once you get the master’s, thatmeans you don’t have to workunder anyone, and you can ownyour own shop.”

Hearing about Carlevale’sretirement plans, someone sug-gested that McElligott see theowner of the building, PatTierney of Tierney Real Estate.

Not knowing what to expect,he got along well with Tierney –who wanted to keep the space asa barber shop – and withCarlevale – who was ready toretire.

McElligott was concernedthat neither George nor Al – thetwo barbers who worked withJoe – wanted to take over. Hewent for it anyways, hedgingwith a six month lease.

He explained his rationale.“Well, I wasn’t going to committo two years if the place is fail-ing, you know what I mean? Be-cause then I’d be stuck.”

As McElligott described it,he’s “basically starting over,”with his customers fromLynnfield, the Cape, and Califor-nia to far away to follow him toHyde Park, and he spoke realis-

tically about starting up his busi-ness in a downtown with its fairshare of shops.

“I’m going to give it sixmonths, you know what I mean.And then – if it works – I’m go-ing to revamp the whole shop andmodernize it a little bit and, youknow, just try to add a little bit offlavor to the shop than is alreadyhere for all the customers, andjust bring a little young blood toit.”

McElligott laughed when toldof Joe’s advice: advertise…which Joe never had to do. Buttake that advice he has, concen-trating – for the most part – onsocial media.

“Everything’s on social me-dia now, anyways. You can putsome flyers up, but people won’teven look at it unless it’s on theirphone,” he explained.

As for the actual haircut endof the business, McElligott de-scribed it as “ever evolving” andcompared the haircuts of hisyouth (boy’s regular, flat top,wiffle) with today.

“You have to keep up with itnowadays because no kid’s go-ing to come in and say they wantthe same haircut.”

He used, as an example, a kidwanting a haircut like Rob

Gronkowski. “Alright, whichGronk? The bald Gronk? Thecrew cut Gronk? The kind of longon the top but bald on the sidesGronk? You know what I mean?You’ve got to keep up with it orelse it will get away from you.”

As McElligott sits by the win-dow, a man with flyers comes inand asks him to post one for aparty that will be held in honorof Joe next Tuesday.

Can he see himself being inthe Shop for as long?

“I think about that. All myfriends that grew up in Hyde Parkare, like, ‘You’re the new Joe,’and I say, ‘Yeah. If I can only bethat lucky.’ That would be thegoal. How long can I be here?”He answers his own question,“I’d like to be here forever.”

A boy walks in with his mom.“New guy, right?” the mom asks.

“Yep.”“Okay. Can you help him

out?” the mom says of her son,standing silently by.

“Absolutely,” Corey replies.“Have a seat, bud.”

Corey can be reached atCorey’s Barbershop on Facebookand @CoreysBarbershophp onInstagram. You can also do it theold fashioned way and call 617-364-9555.

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Corey McElligott puts on the finishing brush touches after finishing ahaircut on a recent Saturday afternoon.

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math and science, pre-readingskills, social skills, and motorskills. Various building blockswill be available including woodblocks, magnetic blocks, KAPLAblocks, soft blocks, and babyblocks. No registration is re-quired. Block Party takes place onSaturday, June 9, 2018 9:30 -11:30 a.m. Located at Hyde ParkBranch of the Boston Public Li-brary 35 Harvard Avenue HydePark, MA 02136

FRIENDS’ ANNUALBOOK SALE

This is the 40th anniversary ofthe Friends’ Annual Used BookSale. Join us at the West RoxburyBranch Library, 1961 CentreStreet, West Roxbury. This salestarted on Tuesday June 5 andends Saturday, June 9 at 1 p.m.

TODDLER TIMEPlease join us for Toddler

Time there will be Songs,fingerplays & stories for ages 0- 2. This event is free and opento the public. Toddler Time takesplace on Wednesday June 13,2018 at 10:30 a.m. - 10:55 a.m.located at Lecture Hall WestRoxbury Branch of the BostonPublic Library 1961 CentreStreet West Roxbury, MA 02132

PRESCHOOL STORY TIMEPlease join us for Preschool

stories, crafts and activities forages 3 - 5. Story time takes placeon Wednesday, June 13, 2018 at11 to 11:45 a.m. Located at in theChildren’s Room West RoxburyBranch of the Boston Public Li-brary 1961 Centre Street WestRoxbury, MA 02132

TRINITY LUTHERANCHURCH AND LITTLEBLESSINGS DAYCAREAND PRESCHOOL

Please join us for VacationBible School. Bible School startson July 29 - Aug. 2, 9 a.m. - noon.Free for Children 3-14 Years old(Must be potty-trained) To Reg-ister: Call/Email Deacon SteveVekasy Stevevkc@Ne.Rr.Com)Or Maria Ruiz(Littleblessings.Maria@Gmail.Com)

617-327-1800 1195 CENTREST. , WEST ROXBURY

HYDE PARK POP WARNERCOWBOYS WELCOMESBACK CHEERLEADING!

Registration for the 2018Football and cheerleading seasonwill be Saturday, June 9, noon-4p.m. at Kelley Field Hyde Parkand Sunday, July 8 10 a.m. -noon at Kelley Field, Hyde Park.Football ages are 5-13 andCheerleading ages are 7-15.Registration Fee $200 1st child,$150 2nd child, $100 3rd childall must be siblings. Additionalinformation or questions pleaseemail hpcowboys@yahoo.com

CELEBRATE HYDE PARK -I REMEMBER WHENLUNCH

In celebration of the 150thbirthday of Hyde Park, pleasejoin Ethos for a sit-down lunch,a photo gallery of historic neigh-borhood pictures, and entertain-ment by Hyde Park’s own Riv-erside Theatre Works. The lunchwill be held on Wednesday, June13, 2018 at the Blue Hills Col-laborative, 20 Como Road, HydePark from 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. Doorsopen at 10:30 a.m. The I Remem-ber When Lunch is offered at nocharge, but seating is limited andreservations are required. ToRSVP: 617-477-6695 Reserva-tions taken on a first come, firstserve basis. Adults only, please

5TH ANNUAL URBANARTS FESTIVAL

The 5th Urban Arts Festivaltakes place on Sept. 8, 2018 fromnoon to 5 p.m. located at theMartini Shell Memorial Park on1015 Truman Parkway, HydePark. The festival is free for allages. There will be perfor-mances, artists, games, arts &crafts, give aways, music, ven-dors, spoken word, steam rollermega print. For more informa-tion please emailINFO@SOS617.ORG or call857-719-9467.

BCYF SUMMER CAMPThe BCYF Hyde Park Com-

munity Center is currently ac-cepting applications for summercamp. Camp is for children 7 -12 years old and runs for 6 weeksstarting on July 9. Stop by thecommunity center to pick upyour application today. HydePark Community Center,1179River Street 617-635-5178.

WEST ROXBURYROSLINDALE

NEIGHBOR MEETINGThe meeting will be concern-

ing the proposed high school at361 Belgrade Ave. (former siteof Clay Chevrolet & NTB/Bellevue Commuter Rail stop)

The Greater Belgrade Av-enue Neighborhood Association(GBANA) is hosting an informa-tional meeting to discuss the nextsteps in opposing the plan for an860-student high school at 361Belgrade Ave. If you are one ofthe hundreds who oppose theproposed plan, or if you are newto this issue, we hope you can at-tend. Date: Thursday, June 7,2018 Time: 6:30 p.m. Place: St.John Chrysostom Parish Hall4750 Washington St. WestRoxbury, MA 02132

Please contact: Email:info.GBANA@gmail.com Web:www.GBANA.org

ANIMAL TALKS:MONTHLY PARLORMEDITATIONS ANDCONVERSATIONS ABOUTTHE ANIMALS WE LOVEAND REMEMBER

Animal Talks will be locatedat the Stratford St. UnitedChurch (77 Stratford St, WestRoxbury, MA 02132 — cornerof Stratford St. and AnawanAve.) The topic will be: Medita-tion and Prayer Circle: Remem-bering Our Animals Now inSpirit Part 2: Intuition and Dis-covering Our Animal FamiliarsAnimal Talks takes place on June10, 2018 at 5 p.m. (This is thelast meeting until September.Have a wonderful summer.)

Please contact: KaleelSakakeeny, CPGC & CertifiedAnimal Communicator At:Kaleel@theothermecoaching.com| 617–818–1432 a pet ministrywww.petministryboston.com forpersonal help with loss, visitpetgriefhelp.com

MASS OF ANOINTING ATST JOHN CHRYSOSTOM

St John Chrysostom Parish,4750 Washington St. WestRoxbury is announcing two spe-cial Masses. On Sat June 9 at 11am there will be a “Mass ofAnointing.” If you have achronic illness, are preparing for

surgery or are in need of heal-ing, come and receive the sacra-ment of the Anointing of theSick. Light refreshments will fol-low the ceremony so pleaseRSVP to the parish office at 617-323-4410. On Sunday, June 10at 9:30 a.m. we will recognize allwho are graduating this year.Come and receive a blessing. Allgraduates welcome.

FRIENDS OF THE WESTROXBURY LIBRARY USEDBOOK SALE

Announcing the Friends ofthe West Roxbury Library UsedBook Sale (40th Anniversaryevent!), running Tuesday, June 5to Saturday, June 9. June 5-9 willbe during regular library hoursand Saturday, June 9 until 1 p.m.West Roxbury Branch Library,1961 Centre St. West Roxbury,MA 02132 Get a head start atthe Friends’ Members-OnlyPreview: June 4 at 6 p.m. Youcan become a member thatnight, or online atFriendsoftheWRLibrary.org/join Sale hours: Thursday, June7, 12 p.m.–8 p.m., Friday, June8, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Saturday, June9, 9 a.m.–1 p.m.

LOBSTER DINNER ATST. GEORGE ADULTFELLOWSHIP

Lobster Dinner sponsoredby the St. George Adult Fellow-ship, Friday, June 8 from 5-7p.m. at St. George OrthodoxChurch, 55 Emmonsdale Rd.,West Roxbury. (617) 327-6500. Two Boiled Lobsters,Drawn Butter, Clam Chowder,Baked Potato, Rolls and But-ter, Coffee, Dessert. Donation,Adults, $25.95; Children under12 (1 Lobster), $15.95. FishDinner also available, $15.95.Takeout available. Reserva-tions are a must. Call by June7, (617) 266-0065 or (781)326-6755. If machine answers,please be sure to leave yourname and telephone number.

HEALTH CENTERSEEKING NOMINATIONS

The Greater RoslindaleHealth Organization is seekingnominations for the “HermenaF. Clark Community ServiceAward.” This will be the 20thannual award to be bestowedin October to an individualwho has unselfishly helpedresidents living in Roslindale,West Roxbury or Hyde Park.Examples could include indi-viduals who helped at a localfood pantry, school/churchvolunteers and youth/ elder ad-vocacy. Nominations will beaccepted through June 22,2018. Persons nominating anindividual must write theirname and telephone numberon a letter describing why thisperson is deserving of this rec-ognition so that the AwardCommittee can contact them.Submit nominations to: GRHOService Award Committee,4199 Washington St.,Roslindale, MA. 02131 or fax to617-323- 7870.

SMA FATHERS DEDHAMBENEFIT DANCE SPRINGDRAWING

SMA fathers Dedham Wel-comes you for the Benefit Danceand Spring Drawing which takesplace on June 8, 2018 at 7 to 11p.m. The venue is the Irish So-cial Club located on 119 Park St.,West Roxbury.

Raffle: 1st Prize – RoundTrip to Ireland for two (Restric-tions apply), 2nd Prize –Kitchen- Size Flat-Screen Tele-vision, 3rd Prize – two nights’Stay for two at Cape Cod IrishVillage.

Door Prize: 1 Year Familymembership to Atlantis SportsClub and Spa ($799.00) HiltonHotel, Dedham.

Admission $15.00, Proceedssupport SMA Fathers Mission-ary Work. Music: FintanStanley also appearing: HarneyAcademy of Dancers. ContactPar & Josie casey: 781-329-0530 Father Brendan Darcy,SMA: 781-326-3288.

PLANS ANNOUNCED FORROSSI HIGH REUNION

A reunion for all who at-tended Roslindale High Schoolwill take place on Saturday,Oct. 6 at the Dedham HolidayInn at 55 Ariadne Road inDedham. The reunion will startat 7:30 p.m. and end at mid-night. Graduates of the Class of1968 will be celebrating 50years. Graduates of the Classof 1969 are planning a 49th re-union and graduates of theclass of 1973 will be celebrat-ing 45 years.

Tickets will be e-mailed toeach guest responding. The re-union is limited to 250 guestswhich may prevent tickets be-ing sold at the door. For up-dates on the reunion, go towww.roslindalehighschool.com.

4TH ANNUALROSLINDALE PORCHFEST SATURDAYSEPT. 15

The Roslindale Arts Alli-ance announces that the 2018Roslindale Porch Fest will beheld on Saturday, Sept. 15from 1:30-5:30 p.m., with arain date of Sunday, Sept. 16.This family-friendly eventshowcases local talent all overRoslindale hosted by residentseager to provide their porches,driveways, yards, and gazebosas venues for free musical per-formances. Roslindale PorchFest is free to all, thanks to ourgenerous sponsors. Last year’sevent featured live music at 70 lo-cations across Roslindale, with110 music acts participating instyles ranging from folk to jazz torock to reggae to classical, and acrowd estimated in the thousands.

Registration is now open forboth hosts and musicians at http:// w w w. r o s l i n d a l e a r t s . o rg /porchfest. The registration dead-line is Aug. 1.

Roslindale Arts Alliance -www.roslindalearts.org/porchfest -w w w . f a c e b o o k . c o m /roslindaleporchfest

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From time to time trips and other activities are announcedfrom other sources at the meetings. Call Phyllis at 617-364-2280Louise at 781-326-0086

GO-GO SENIORSGo-Go Seniors Meetings are on the First Tuesday’s of every

month. We are looking for new membership and our annualmembership dues are $8.00. All are welcome. Meetings locatedat the Municipal Building on Hyde Park Avenue at noon in HydePark.

DanversPort Yacht Club on June 25. The cost is $79.00 choiceof backed stuffed chicken or boiled Scrod. Boat Ride toNewburyport. Departs at 9:30 a.m. from Shaws Parking lot inHyde Park. Any questions please contact Joann at 617-323-0071.

Maine Trip: three days and two nights cost is $325.00 a de-posit of $75.00 is required once you sign up for the trip and$120.00 for single occupancy for the trip. Four meals; two break-fasts and two dinners will be provided. The final payment is dueJune 6, 2018. For more information please call Joann at 617-323-0071.

Indian Head Resorts in Lincoln, N.H. on June 18. The cost is$89.00 we depart at 8:15 a.m. from the Shawn Parking Lot inHyde Park. For more information please call Joann at 617-323-0071.

THE VILLAGERSThe Villagers of Roslindale meet on the first Tuesday of the

month in St. John Chrysostom Church Hall, 4740 WashingtonSt., West Roxbury. The social hour is from noon to 12:45 p.m.with refreshments. Our Dues are paid annually and are $10.00per member. All inquiries, please call our President Diane Grallo@ 617-323-8654 or Jean Parrelli @ 617-325-4695

MIL-PARThe Mil-Par Bowling team is looking for new members. If

you would like to join come to Ron’s Bowling Alley any Tues-day morning at 9 a.m. Our meetings will continue to be at theBlue Hills Collaborative Center until renovations are completedat St. Pius X Church Hall.

Seniors continued from page 10much smoother ride movingforward.

“We’re going to beginthis Wednesday paving curbto curb, so the permanent fi-na l paving wi l l s ta r t onWednesday, and it’s goingto run Wednesday to Friday,but quite possibly into nextweek,” he said.

The replacement project,called the Southern ExtraHigh Redundancy and Stor-age Project, will allow foruninterrupted service. Thepipe placement now finish-ing in the Parkway is part ofphase 1 of the project. Thefirst contract/phase 1 wasoriginally slated for an Au-gust completion date, sobarring any problems in thefinal paving, it looks likephase 1 will be completedearly. The Boston contractfor the project called for11,000 linear feet of 36-inchdiameter pipe to be laid pri-marily in the Department ofRecrea t ion andConserva t ion’s (DCR)Stony Brook Reservation.

“It’s a 36 inch pipe andit creates redundancy. Priorto this project one pipe wasinstalled I think in the ‘40sand ‘50s (comple ted in1954), so now what we’redoing is we’re building an-other pipe that will createredundancy,” McLaughlinsaid. “When this new pipe

comes online, you can takethe old pipe offline, reha-bilitate and reinstall that,and then once that is rebuilt,you can put that back intoservice and you have twolines providing service tothe region.”

The or ig ina l p ipestretches from Canton andStoughton , th roughNorwood, Wes twood,Dedham and Hyde Park tote rmina te a t the Wes tRoxbury Parkway. The re-dundant pipe goes from theDedham Corporate Centerthrough Hyde Park to end atthe same area. McLaughlinsaid the MWRA’s capitalplan currently calls for a re-habilitation and re-installa-tion of the old pipe stretch-ing through the towns listedabove, but they have notsettled on a start date. Thereare two more contracts forthe full redundancy project,which wi l l con t inue inDedham. McLaughlin saidthey will continue work onthe Dedham Parkway, andcurrently do not have a setdate for completion.

“That is going to be doneat a later date, basically wehave three contracts; con-tract 1 was entirely in Bos-ton, and contract 2 begins atthe Boston-Dedham line,”he said. “The Dedham Park-way section of the Boston

project will be paved curbto curb, I just don’t have adate at this moment.”

The projected comple-tion date for both contracts2 and 3 is set for the end of2019.

McLaughlin said therehave been issues in the pastwith the old pipe, and ser-vice interruptions, thoughrare, have occurred.

“There’s been a coupleof issues, but nothing ma-jor,” he said. “But it’s madeus take a look at the entiresystem and we like to gowith redundancy and we’vedone th i s on the Nor thShore as well. We’ve lookedat the system throughout thestate, and we’ve prioritizedwhat p ipes need redun-dancy, and this was obvi-ous ly one of them. Youcould have interrupt ionsfrom just a leak, you couldhave a major rupture in oneof the pipes and you couldgo down for quite a longt ime and, having redun-dancy available, you justswitch over to the other lineand no one feels any serviceimpacts.”

MWRA has recen t lystarted a new notificationsystem, so if there are anyprojects any resident wouldwant to keep an eye on, theycan go to mwra.com/up-dates/everbridge/join.html

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plantings along there. It wouldbe a beautiful thing. Otherneighborhoods have it.”

Nearby, Megan Dineen andAshlyn Melvin are followingAcevedo-Thomas.

Dineen has been working atMain Streets since Decemberand relates the ongoing processthat she and Program Coordi-nator Thien Simpson followwith the planters.

“Me and Thien, we’ll takelaps around here and we’ll pickthrough and take out all thetrash, and stuff, when we’re justwalking through town.”

After posting notices forvolunteers, Dineen felt sheshould “probably be here” her-self.

Melvin – whose mom ownsthe Dance Academy (1490River St.) – is a Hyde Park resi-dent, as Dineen is, and gave abrief Hyde Park family lineage,starting with her mom.

“She’s also lived in HydePark her whole life. My dad’slived in Hyde Park his wholelife. Her parents have lived inHyde Park their whole lives…So we just thought that, yeah,it would be good to come dosomething. Make it pretty.”

Melvin added, “I hope thatwhen someone drives down thestreet, that they notice that theflowers are so pretty.”

“Yeah,” Dineen finished. “Ihope they see all of the effortthat’s going into where we live,and stuff, and that they appre-ciate it.”

To find out more aboutKHPB, visitwww.keephydeparkbeautiful.org.

To find out more aboutHyde Park Main Streets, visitwww.hydeparkmainstreets.com.

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