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LITTLE LEAGUE MVPs
Resident advocacy results in reversal of
‘highway up the hill’ on Allston Street
By Seth Daniel
Photo by Marianne Salza
Co-MVP Award recipients, Noel Gallagher and Hayden Groh, showing off
the hardware during the Charlestown Little League Banquet on Monday,
Oct. 24, at the Knights of Columbus Hall. The League honored several
young people and teams from last summer’s season. See more photos on
pages 6 and 7.
Sullivan Sq. underpass closed this weekend
The Boston Public Works
Department announced today that
the Sullivan Square Underpass will
be closed for routine maintenance
this weekend. No traffic will
be allowed to use the underpass
from 9 PM on Friday, October 28,
through 6 PM on Sunday, October
30.
The maintenance to be performed is in preparation for the
upcoming winter and is intended
to improve safety and minimize
the incidence of unscheduled traf-
fic interruptions. The work to
take place includes the replacement of guard rails, the repair
of concrete and street lights, and
the cleaning of drainage structures
that will help to prevent flooding.
The Sullivan Square Underpass
connects Rutherford Avenue with
Alford Street and directly effects
traffic in both Charlestown and
Everett. Drivers are encouraged
to seek alternate routes away from
this area as traffic congestion is
expected in the general vicinity.
CNC COMMUNITY CORNER
Candidates sought for seats on CNC
The Charlestown Neighborhood Council (CNC) will be conducting its
At-Large election to fill seven seats on the CNC. Prospective candidates
are asked to collect a minimum of 25 signatures from any Charlestown
resident 18 years of age and older to secure a spot on this year’s ballot.
Once completed, nomination papers must be mailed to Charlestown
Neighborhood Council, PO Box 397, Charlestown, MA 02129 and
postmarked no later than October 28, 2016. Nomination papers and
instructions can be found on the CNC website or secured from any
current CNC member. Packets will also be available at the Charlestown
Library on Main St. The At-Large Election will be held on November
19, 2016, 10:00 AM-2:00 PM at the Boston Police Station A-15 on Vine
St., Charlestown. (CNC CORNER Pg. 5)
Currently, Allston Street traffic flows in the direction from
Medford Street to Bunker Hill
Street, the only street that goes up
the hill. As of November 1, for
90 days, traffic will flow in the
direction from Bunker Hill Street
to Medford Street.
“BTD has taken a number of
steps over the past several months
to alleviate the traffic related concerns of Allston Street residents,”
said BTD Commissioner Gina N.
(Allston St. Pg. 3)
Spirits of Charlestown tell a unique
story; give a voice to the voiceless
By Seth Daniel
History is a way of life in the
present of Charlestown, and there
are lots of people who know volumes about the life and times of
residents of the Town in periods
gone by.
But few have actually talked to
them.
That’s where Charlestown’s
MaryLee Trettenero comes into
the picture, leading her annual
October tours of historical sites
in Charlestown through the eyes
and experiences of a psychic tours known as the ‘Spirits of
Charlestown’ walking tour.
Trettenero’s popular tours are
informed by her psychic abilities
and her abilities as a medium, and
she said she uses those abilities to
see energy imprints of previous
events and also to talk to those
spirits from the past. Already, she
has given a few tours this month,
but she has three tours coming up
this weekend, including Oct. 28
at 7:30 p.m., Oct. 29 at 7:30 p.m.
and Oct. 30 at 2 p.m.
The walking tour starts in City
Square and proceeds to John
Harvard Mall, the Training Field,
the Bunker Hill Monument and
ends at the Warren Tavern.
“I go to these historic sites and
the tour is based on me going
to those sites as a psychic and a
medium and talking to the spirits and feeling the energy there,
which is like an imprint of history on the place,” she said. “The
John Harvard Mall has a lot of
energy, and I’ve picked up during
the time period of the Battle of
Lexington and Concord and the
Battle of Bunker Hill there was a
two-month period of time where
there was a fair amount of violence
because I picked up that there was
a full-fledged field hospital on the
Mall. After some research, I found
Isaac Foster was the head of the
hospital department for the colonies…He lived on the corner of
Main Street where there is a dry
cleaner now.”
Trettenero has conducted the
tours four years now, and they get
a great response - and sometimes
even some voices that speak to her
during the tour.
“I’m amenable to tuning in to
what’s happening during the tour
too,” she said. “If they were there
initially to give me the information,
they will be there now as well. In
fact, I’ve had requests to listen for
the spirits during the tour and see
what they say about the tour. Once
they told me, ‘This is why we did
this tour for you because we want
you to be interested.’"
Many of her experiences, however, are valuable because they
encompass her interpretation of
energy imprints or conversations
with spirits who are everyday people. Those people interpret history
through a different set of eyes than
one might typically experience. It’s
those common man or woman
accounts that give her clues and
set her tour apart as particularly
interesting.
For instance, she’s spoken with
slave girls and women simply
sweeping their steps.
“When I go around, I have conversations with some of them,” she
said. “One was an older woman
who was from England. She was
just sleeping her steps and telling
about her experiences in the war
years. I do believe I have had Dr.
Joseph Warren before and there
was one time I had Abigail Adams
in the 3 Cranes Tavern. The spirit
will give you clues about who
they are. Abigail Adams said she
was a woman dressed in finery,
so the question was, what was
a woman of finery doing in the
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Allston Street is one of the narrowest streets on the back side of
the Town.
It’s also one of the most used
cut-throughs for drivers, and as
residents have watched a growing
number of cars speed up the big
hill to Bunker Hill Street - they
began to hit a breaking point,
even if the cars were nowhere
close to braking.
After quite some time of complaining to City Hall and calling
for some sort of traffic reconfiguration, residents and the overall
neighborhood won much-needed
changes to the street that, until
now, was simply the "highway up
the hill."
This week, the Boston
Transportation
Department
(BTD) and the Mayor’s Office
of Neighborhood Services (ONS)
announced that a 90-day trial
program will be implemented on
Allston Street effective on Nov.
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street.
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T H E C H A R L E S T O W N PAT R I O T- B R I D G E
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OCTOBER 27, 2016
editorial
HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY HALLOWEEN
Halloween will be observed this Monday, and that means that scores of children and
others will be roaming our streets during the early-evening hours as they go about their
ritual of trick-or-treating in our neighborhoods.
It is up to each one of us to be extra-observant if we are operating a motor vehicle
during this time period in order to ensure that a tragic situation does not occur.
Safety is the watchword for everyone both behind the wheel of a car on Halloween
night and for those who are on the streets as well. Common-sense must prevail when
traversing our thoroughfares on foot, especially if we have young children in tow who
are over-eager to get to their next stop in the pursuit of candy.
In addition, parents of teenagers must be strict in laying down the rules about trickor-treating or late-night revelry, especially given that Halloween falls on a school night.
Halloween does not permit parents to abdicate their responsibilities to ensure that
their teens understand they must be home at a reasonable hour and that they are not to
engage in mischief.
We wish all of our readers a safe and happy Halloween.
TOWNIE TIDBITS
By Sal Giarratani
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NO NEED FOR ANY HERO
WORSHIP
I enlisted in the United States Air
Force right after graduating from Boston
English High School and lately when I go
to public events, someone at the podium
is always asking veterans in the audience
to stand and everyone starts clapping
for them like conquering heroes. I don't
know any vet who calls himself a hero.
I joined up to avoid getting drafted like
most of my friends. We didn't do it to be
heroes. We did it because if drafted we
could end up in the Army or even worse
the Marines. I remember being at Boston
Army Base ready to be sworn into the Air
Force as US Marines recruiters were scanning the place to 'draft" Marines off the
floor. I started limping like all my friends.
I was thinking about the above
because it is almost Veterans Day and it
was 50 years ago in November 1966 that
I arrived at Lackland AFB in San Antonio,
Texas more afraid than courageous.
Back when I was 14 years old my
next door neighbor lived an 83 year old
guy who went up San Juan Hill with
Teddy Roosevelt and then re-enlisted for
duty in World War I. When I called him
a hero, he stopped me. He said the real
heroes are always dead heroes. He's the
guy that says real heroes weren't the John
Wayne kind,
they were mostly frightened
and did their
jobs and hoped
to live and talk
about it. Like
he was with me.
I still think
that old guy
was a hero for
loving his country and risking his life for it. He didn't
think so. Real heroes don't go around
gloating. They just thank God they are
still alive to tell their stories when the time
is right.
Anyone who puts on a military uniform to serve their country is a hero but
few have time to call themselves heroes
because they survived battle and military
life. They know the real heroes are those
who gave up their lives so others like
themselves could live. They real heroes are
never around to thank.
I don't need people clapping for me.
I want people to live their ordinary lives
helping others in need. I haven't the time
to be a hero, it gets in the way of my life.
c harlesTown
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OP/ED
Why I am Yes on 2
By Marty Walz
If all you know about Question 2, the
ballot question that would lift the cap on
public charter schools, is what you’ve seen
on TV – chances are good you’re confused
about how to vote.
As the author of the current charter school law when I was a state
Representative and House Chair of the
Education Committee, I’m voting yes and
ask you to do the same.
Here are the facts. Voting yes on
Question 2 would allow more public charter schools to open in the nine cities where
new charters can’t open today because
of an arbitrary cap imposed by state law.
Boston is one of those nine cities. The
ballot question has no impact on the 342
cities and towns not near the cap. But, for
these nine cities, it would mean that more
children would have more access to a
world-class public education.
A vocal minority of charter school
opponents are doing their best to convince
voters that charters drain money from
public schools. This is nothing more than
a scare tactic. What the TV ads don’t say:
charter schools are public schools, and, as
with all public schools, the taxpayer funds
allocated for a child’s education follow the
child to whatever public school is educating him or her.
Moreover, a recent report by the nonpartisan Boston Municipal Research
Bureau confirmed that charter schools are
not causing Boston Public Schools’ budget
pressures. In fact, the BPS budget increased
25% in the past six years. With an annual
budget over $1 billion, BPS spends more
per pupil than any of the 100 largest
school districts in America.
Teachers unions have provided 99%
of the funds for the campaign against
Question 2. Rather than doing what’s best
for kids, they are motivated by self-interested adult-focused policies that protect a status quo that is failing to serve
too many children. Public charter schools
prove what’s possible academically with
low income and minority children.
A recent Brookings Institution report
underscores this point. It said “charter
schools in the urban areas of Massachusetts
have large, positive effects on educational outcomes. The effects are particularly
large for disadvantaged students, English
learners, special education students, and
children who enter charters with low test
scores.”
Public charter schools in Massachusetts
are held accountable for students’ academic achievement in ways traditional district
schools are not. If a charter school does a
poor job educating students, the state shuts
it down – as it should. In contrast, the
state can’t force local school committees to
close chronically underperforming district
schools that are robbing kids of a quality
education – a particularly acute problem
in cities. Too often the schools carry on,
generation after generation, providing a
poor quality education.
No wonder tens of thousands of
Massachusetts students are on waiting
lists for high-performing public charter
schools, including 12,000 in Boston alone.
Parents desperately want better schools for
their children, yet the existing cap on charter schools is blocking the establishment of
more great schools.
We hear how Massachusetts has the
best schools in the nation. True enough,
yet this bragging masks a problem: the
large, persistent achievement gaps our
state has failed to close for children of
color and those from low-income backgrounds. Massachusetts has the third
largest achievement gap based on family
income in the nation, and it is growing
larger. In contrast, public charter schools
narrow these stubborn gaps, especially for
urban low income and minority children.
Created by liberal Democrats in the
state legislature in 1993 to give parents
better educational choices, charter schools
are now a source of controversy within the
Democratic Party as two key constituencies are on opposites sides. While teachers
unions oppose charters, minority voters
overwhelmingly support their expansion.
Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton, Deval
Patrick, Speaker of the House Robert
DeLeo, two other House Education
Committee Chairs, Patricia Haddad and
Alice Peisch, and many other Democrats
support children’s access to high quality
charter schools.
I’ve devoted much of my career to
improving district schools. Ideally, Boston
Public Schools would rank as every family’s first choice. Until that day, we should
honor families and their desires for better
options for their children. Question 2
maximizes opportunity for students and
advances equity, which fulfills our moral
obligation to meet their educational needs.
Marty Walz, a Democrat, served as
State Representative for the 8th Suffolk
District from 2005-2013.
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OCTOBER 27, 2016
PA G E 3
CSAC to change name to The Charlestown Coalition
By Seth Daniel
With more than enough abbreviated organizations in the Town
and the state, the former CSAC
is moving to something much
simpler.
The Charlestown Substance
Abuse Coalition (CSAC) has been
in existence as an umbrella organization under the auspices of
Mass General Hospital community benefits for years, but this
month - during Recovery Month
- they are rolling out their new
name and logo.
Staring now, they will the The
Charlestown Coalition.
“We are really changing our
name for two reasons,” said
Sarah Coughlin of the Coalition.
“First, substance abuse isn’t used
any longer in the addiction services community and we didn’t
Allston St.
want that in our name. Second,
we want to broaden our mission
for working in the community.
We started our work on addiction
issues and now we want to focus
on the overall health of the community, whether that’s addiction,
trauma, violence and health living. We want to focus on making
Charlestown the healthiest community it can be.”
The name change was something that came from the community.
Earlier this year, CSAC put
out the call for submissions to
help them find a new name. They
had hundreds of submissions, but
settled on a submission from John
Killoran.
His idea was to simplify things
and use a name that didn’t require
abbreviations.
“He said there are so many
organizations out there that have
complicated names and abbreviated letters that we should
make it simpler and easier,” said
Coughlin. “We agreed.”
The structure of the organization will not change, she said, but
simply the name and logo.
The new logo was designed by
Bonnie Evans, who said it was a
collaborative process.
“All the members of the team
from the Charlestown Coalition
had great ideas and a real vision
for the way they want their foundation represented,” she said.
“We wanted to show growth and
community and the best representation of that was a tree, but we
couldn’t leave out a little bit of
the familiar place as home…The
team members are true visionaries
and inspirations. It was an honor
to work with them."
(continued from pg. 1)
have worked diligently to come
up with a solution. “We all have
a lot invested in our street and
we all are very happy with this
solution…We have been working
with the City on this a number of
years and are happy our voices
were finally heard. We are happy
that we have the support of City
Hall and that we have the support
of the greater neighborhood too."
Prior action taken by BTD to
improve conditions on Allston
Street include:
•New crosswalk installed on
Allston Street at Bunker Hill
Street
•Stop signs installed on Allston
Street at Bunker Hill Street
•20 mph signs installed on
Allston Street
The Charlestown American Legion
J.W. Conway Post 26 Scholarship Committee
is accepting applications.
Criteria For Scholarship Consideration:
* Charlestown Resident * Open to all Accredited College
Undergraduate students only * Must be the child or grandchild of
a Veteran * More than one eligible child in a family may apply
* Please provide us with a 500 word essay explaining your goals
for the future and what Veteran’s Day means to you.
* All applications including the essay must be typed.
Include name address, phone # and email(applicant and parents),
as well as the college you are, or will be attending.
Completed applications must be received by the Charlestown
American Legion Post 26 no later than November 7, 2016.
Applications should be sent to:
J.W Conway Bunker Hill Post 26
P.O. Box 290376
Charlestown, MA 02129
Scholarship will be selected on November 11, 2016 at
the Charlestown American Legion Post 26.
•Slow signs posted on Allston
Street
•No Trucks or Buses Over 2
1/2 Tons signs posted on Allston
Street
•No right Turn 7 AM - 9 AM
and 4 PM - 6 PM sign posted on
Medford Street at Allston Street.
A public meeting was held on
Tuesday, Sept. 13, where local
residents discussed the issues with
Charlestown ONS Coordinator
Chris Breen and BTD Manager of
Constituent Relations and Social
Media Carla Tankle.
The 90-Day Trial Program is a
result of that forum.
“A lot of the concerns we’ve
had and that were expressed at
the forum were about speeding,”
said McCabe. “Allston Street is a
hill and drivers tend to hit the gas
when they turn onto the street. By
the time they get to the plateau,
they’re going 30 mph on a street
that is too narrow for that kind of
speed. We have a narrow street,
more than other streets, which
is why we only have parking on
one side. The street has really
become a throughway of people
just trying to get from point A to
point B…This is really not about
convenience. It’s about the safety
of our street."
Drivers are advised that BTD
Operations Division staff will
be changing a number of traffic
and parking regulation signs on
Allston Street, Bunker Hill Street
and Medford Street to coincide
with the upcoming change.
Community members are
asked to direct questions or comments to [email protected]
and [email protected].
Boston water and
sewer Commission
In Your
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Charlestown
Golden Age Center • 382 Main Street
Tuesdays, 11 am –1 pm • NOVEMBER 29 & DECEMBER 27
C
ome meet with Boston Water and
Sewer staff in your neighborhood and learn
how to properly dispose of FOG (Fats, Oils,
and Grease).
Bring this ad and get a free grease can lid
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You can also pay your water bill with a check or money
order, talk about billing or service problems, and more.
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Pour grease into a covered disposable
container and put it into the trash.
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Fiandaca. “We are pleased to
have had this opportunity to collaborate with the community on
this upcoming action, and we
look forward to implementing
the trial program and watching
for results.”
Residents who have tirelessly advocated for change due to
concerns about traffic volumes
and speeding cars were also quite
happy.
“There are a lot of residents
who have lived here a long time
and there are also a lot of people
like me who are newer to the
street and have made our homes
here with the intention of raising our kids here,” said Marney
McCabe of Allston Street, one of
about five or six neighbors who
The Charlestown Coalition, formerly CSAC, officially unveiled its new name
and new logo during Recovery Month activities. The structure of the organization will stay the same, but they will not longer be known as CSAC. John
Killoran, pictured here, was the winner of the naming contest, opting for
something simple.
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Spirits (continued from pg. 1)
Tavern because they didn’t like
women of finery in taverns. It
turns out Abigail and her husband
were patients of Dr. Warren, so
maybe that is why they were there.
It’s kind of hard to know why they
go where they go.”
For the slave girls, Trettenero
said it was a part of history she
was clued into that many may not
think of during the Revolution in
Charlestown.
“I sat in the park by the 3
Cranes stones and immediately
heard the voices of slave girls,”
she said. “They told what things
were like during the war and how
they were treated. It turns out that
one of the owners, Robert Long,
and another owner did have slave
girls. It’s on record. Long comes
across as treating them well, but
the other man did not treat them
well at all…The thing about some-
thing like that is it gives a voice to
the voiceless in history. It doesn’t
change history, but it adds to our
understanding."
Trettenero said she comes from
a long line of psychics, including her mother and grandmother.
Growing up in the Midwest, her
mother talked about it often and
even used telepathic energy to get
the kids home before the days of
cell phones. Her father did not
like it at all, she said, so they had
to pretend not to be interested
when he was around. After trying to walk a “normal path” in
the hotel industry for some time,
Trettenero eventually turned
to her skills full-time and has
written books as well, including
‘We’re Still Here: the Secret
World of Bunker Hill’s Historical
Spirits’ - which is what the tour is
based upon.
Anyone who would like to
be a part of one of the tours
this weekend can get tickets
online at EventBrite (Spirits
of
Charlestown
Haunted
Historical Ghost Tour Tickets
28271304232), or by calling her
at (617) 785-0306.
TAKING CARE OF PAUL REVERE PARK
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Aha!
Seeds are like kids—
they use energy to grow...
Members of the Charlestown Dogs group busied themselves recently with
filling holes and re-seeding grass at the Paul Revere Park, a popular place
for dogs and dog owners to congregate. CharlestownDogs has also done
similar work at the Bunker Hill Monument to correct the holes that dogs
dig. The effort is part of an overall effort by the growing group of dog
owners to promote responsible dog ownership as the canine population
explodes in the Town.
N OVEM B ER 9 TH
A benefit for
the new children’s
environmental museum
coming soon to the
Charlestown Navy Yard.
Nov.9
6 pm -1O pm
114 16 th StREEt, SUItE 1O3O
ChARLEStOWN NAVY YARD
At Kingsley, students follow their curiosity, ask questions,
try new things, and grasp new concepts. COME TO AN
OPEN HOUSE–AND HAVE YOUR OWN “AHA!” MOMENT.
OPEN
HOUSE
KINDERGARTEN AND ELEMENTARY AT KINGSLEY
December 1, 8:45-10:15am
617-226-4927 | www.kingsley.org
www.einc-action.org
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Wynn Boston Harbor to begin sign ups for special loyalty cards
By Seth Daniel
Local residents will have first
crack at getting special status from
the Wynn Boston Harbor in the
company’s loyalty card program,
with sign ups for the ‘Red Card’
program beginning next week and
continuing with local events.
Wynn announced this week that
they would hold the first informal
sign up at the 8/10 Restaurant in
Everett on Nov. 3 from 6-9 p.m.
There will be other events in the
coming months, including a sign
up event expected in Charlestown,
but the inaugural event will take
place on Nov. 3.
A special perk will be that
anyone who signs up at any of the
early sessions for the Red Card
will enjoy special status as an
“Inaugural Member,” according
to Greg John of Wynn Boston
Harbor.
Right now, those signed up for
Red Card would get e-mails about
special offers, discounts on trips
to Las Vegas, sweepstakes events
in Las Vegas and construction
updates on the Everett facility.
Once the opening of the casino
Safety tips for Halloween
trailing materials or tails long
enough to cause falls.
· If a child is wearing a mask
instead of make-up, make sure
the eye holes are large enough to
see through clearly.
· Children should carry a flashlight or glow sticks; costumes
should be bright-colored or have
reflective tape to highlight them.
· Children under 12 should
always be with an adult. It’s best
to take little ones out early. If
older children are going out without you, go over the ground rules
first and set a curfew.
· Remind youngsters to cross
at crosswalks or corners as
more children are hit by cars on
Halloween than any other single
day.
For more information on
Halloween Safety, contact your
local fire department or look at
the Department of Fire Services
website at www.mass.gov/dfs,
click on Halloween Safety, or call
the Public Fire Safety Education
Hotline at 1-877-9-NO-FIRE.
CNC Corner (continued from pg. 1)
The monthly meeting of Charlestown Neighborhood Council
will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, November 1 at the Knights of
Columbus Hall, 545 Medford Street. All are welcome. The agenda
is as follows:
Chair Correspondence
Presentations by the MWRA on water rates and our City liaison
Open Floor for Charlestown Residents
Committee Reports
Public Safety - Report on October meeting with BPD
Basic Services
Development - Report on One Charlestown public meetings
Transportation - Report on Boston Transportation Dept public
meeting on Sullivan Square & Rutherford Ave.
Elections - Seven At-Large CNC positions to be held on Nov. 19
Spaulding-CNC Community Fund - Second year plans
ing for permanent cards, he said.
He added that Red Card members in Las Vegas or those who
sign up after the opening will not
be able to qualify as ‘Inaugural
Members.’
Red Card team members Rita
Eliseo and Rebecca Burley will
be on hand to sign people up on
Nov. 3. One only needs a driver’s
license to prove their age. It will
be scanned in and one has to provide an e-mail address and then
the benefits will start coming.
The event will have food and
drinks for those who attend.
Already, Wynn Boston Harbor
placed a Red Card display at the
TD Garden last week for the new
Bruins and Celtics seasons so that
fans will be able to know about
the new loyalty program sign ups.
For the first time ever, registered Boston voters can vote at any early
voting location from Monday, October 24 – Friday, November 4 in the
City, including City Hall. Pick a time and place that is best for you.
Voter registration deadline is October 19.
MON. OCT. 24, 2 p.m. – 8 p.m.
East Boston, Orient Heights Yacht Club
Chinatown, Metropolitan Condominiums
South End, Harriet Tubman House
Boston City Hall (9 a.m. – 8 p.m.)
SAT. OCT. 29,
12 p.m. – 6 p.m.
TUES. OCT. 25, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Boston City Hall
South Boston,
Condon School
WED. OCT. 26, 2 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Dorchester,
Lower Mills Library
East Boston,
Heritage Apartments
Dorchester, Dorchester House
Dorchester, Codman Square Library
Hyde Park, Municipal Building
Boston City Hall (9 a.m. – 8 p.m.)
Dorchester,
Grove Hall Community Center
Mattapan,
Mildred Ave Community Center
THUR. OCT. 27, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Boston City Hall
West Roxbury,
West Roxbury Library
FRI. OCT. 28, 2 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Jamaica Plain, Curtis Hall
Kenmore/Fenway, Boston Arts Academy
Allston/Brighton, Honan Library
Boston City Hall (9 a.m. – 8 p.m.)
Roxbury,
Bruce Bolling Municipal Building
MON. OCT. 31, 2 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Allston/Brighton,
Jackson Mann School
Charlestown, Harvard/Kent School
Bay Village, Benjamin Franklin Institute
of Technology
Roxbury, MLK Tower
Boston City Hall (9 a.m. – 8 p.m.)
TUES. NOV. 1, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Boston City Hall
WED. NOV. 2, 2 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Dorchester, Strand Theatre
Mattapan, Morning Star Church
Roslindale, Roslindale Community Center
Boston City Hall (9 a.m. – 8 p.m.)
THUR. NOV. 3, 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Boston City Hall
Back Bay,
Copley Square Library
Voters may also apply for an early
voting ballot by mail; the deadline
for applications is 12:00 p.m. on
November 4. If early voting ballots
are not returned during the early
voting period, they must be returned
to City Hall, Room 241, by 8 p.m. on
November 8.
If you miss the early voting period,
you can still vote on Tuesday,
November 8 at your assigned
voting location.
FRI. NOV. 4, 11 a.m. – 5 p.m.
Jamaica Plain, Back of the Hill Apartments
Mission Hill, Tobin Municipal Building
Allston/Brighton, Veronica B. Smith Senior Center
Boston City Hall (9 a.m. – 5 p.m.)
Learn more at boston.gov/early-voting • #VoteEarlyBoston
Call 311 • [email protected]
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State Fire Marshal Peter J.
Ostroskey offers fire safety tips
for celebrating Halloween including using battery-operated tea
lights in pumpkins instead of candles. More children are injured
by cars than fire on Halloween,
so it’s important for children
to learn and practice pedestrian safety and for drivers to use
extra caution. Drive more slowly
and watch for children who may
forget to cross at corners and use
crosswalks.
Reminder:
Be
Careful
with Halloween Costumes,
Decorations and Trick-orTreating
· Use a small flashlight or battery-operated tea light in pumpkins instead of a candle.
· Make sure your home is welllit inside and out and that there is
a clear path to your door.
· Keep decorations like cornstalks away from heat sources
and lit candles.
· Be sure all parts of costumes
are labeled flame retardant.
· Costumes should not have
gets closer, Inaugural members
will likely be invited to special
events and a special opening party.
There will also be extra perks such
as additional points for the Red
Card and other such special items.
John said there would be
temporary cards issued without
names and bearing the ‘Inaugural
Member’ status. Those cards can
be turned in after the 2019 open-
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OCTOBER 27, 2016
CHARLESTOWN LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL BANQUET
Photos and story by Marianne Salza
The Charlestown Little League Baseball held an awards banquet on
Oct. 24 at the Knights of Columbus Hall to congratulate the teams on
an excellent season. Coaches, who were proud of their teams' growing
confidence, celebrated the young players for the hard work, time, and
effort they put in throughout the year. Athletes, who are always thrilled
to play the game, were recognized for their outstanding sportsmanship,
reliability, and encouragement toward their fellow players.
The Pirates rookie baseball team with Coach Gray MacLetchie.
Black
The Eagle Elevator Cardinals AAA baseball team with Coach Mike Lynch.
The Red Sox AAA baseball team with Coaches Max Gomez, Gray MacLetchie, and Cathy Reese.
The Jenny’s Pizza major league baseball team with
Coach Nelson.
The Babe Ruth senior league baseball team with Coach
Kevin Kelly.
The Century 21 Reds AAA baseball team with Coach Nelson.
Dave Cahill, Field
Marshall, with The John
Curtis Sportsmanship
Award recipient, Tommy
Williamson.
Coach John Chisholm
with his son, Teddy
Chisholm, winner of
the 2016 John McGill
Unsung Hero Award.
The 11 and 12-year-old All Star Team with Coaches
Jason Gallagher and Leo Boucher.
The Teamsters major league baseball team with Coach John Chisholm.
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CHARLESTOWN LITTLE LEAGUE BASEBALL BANQUET
The Boys and Girls Club major league baseball team with Coach Jason
Gallagher.
The Phillies rookie baseball team with Coaches Max Gomez and John Sutich.
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The Red Sox AAA baseball team with Coaches Max Gomez, Gray
MacLetchie, and Cathy Reese.
The Veterans Memorial Hall Cubs rookie baseball team with Coach Tim Rath.
The Chad A’s AAA baseball team with Coaches John Collier and Mike
Doe
The Eagle Elevator Cardinals AAA baseball team with Coach Mike
Lynch.
The 2016 Little League Champions, the McCarthy Brother’s team, with Coaches Andy Groh, Leo Boucher, and Tim
Donovan.
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OCTOBER 27, 2016
Neighborhood Round Up
The 31st annual
Monument Square
Halloween Parade
Thank you to the Charlestown
community for making Halloween
2016 a safe, fun and memorable holiday for trick or treaters,
including young and old, from all
of our neighborhoods.
We live in a special, historic one
mile community.
Charlestown Open
House hosted by Mayor
Martin J. Walsh
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On Wednesday, November 16th
from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM at the
Harvard Kent Gym (First Floor),
the Mayor will essentially be moving City Hall to Charlestown for
two hours. The meeting will have
a development and transportation
focus, in which residents can go
up to City Officials face to face
and ask questions about specific
upcoming projects and proposals
directly, as well as leave comments
and walk away with information
sheets detailing timelines and more.
In addition, other various departments will also be in attendance
so that constituents can see all the
services available now and in the
future. This meeting will allow
the people of Charlestown to see
different agencies working together and give them a broader outlook at the future of Charlestown
as a whole, from projects both
in development and those that
are ongoing. The Mayor will be
there, there will be refreshments
and more. Come out, see the near
future of Charlestown, gain information from City Departments,
ask questions, leave comments,
walk away a more involved and
informed resident.
Legion Scholarship
accepting applications
On Monday October 31 the
club closes at 6:00pm.
The Charlestown American
Legion J.W. Conway Post 26
Scholarship Committee is accepting applications. Criteria For
Scholarship Consideration:
Applicant
must
be
a
Charlestown Resident and child or
grandchild of a veteran. Open to all
Accredited College Undergraduate
students only.More than one eligible child in a family may apply.
Apply by submitting a 500 word
essay explaining your goals for the
future and what Veteran’s Day
means to you. All applications
including the essay must be typed.
Include name address, phone #
and email(applicant and parents),
as well as the college you are,
or will be attending. Completed
applications must be received by
the Charlestown American Legion
Post 26 no later than November 7,
2016. Applications should be sent
to: J.W Conway Bunker Hill Post
26, P.O. Box 290376, Charlestown,
MA 02129. Scholarship will be
selected on November 11, 2016 at
the Charlestown American Legion
Post 26.
Game Day FundraiserBenefit for the Kennedy
Center
Charlestown Boys &
Girls Club News
Please support the club by
eating at the local Ninety Nine
Restaurant throughout October.
On Thursday October 27 we
host our Annual Haunted Hallway
starting at 6:00pm for members in
Grades 1 – 7.
Also we host our Halloween
Bash for 3rd-7th Graders from
6:00-7:30pm that evening.
On Friday October 28 we host
our Halloween Bash for 1st & 2nd
Graders from 6:00-7:30pm.
CHARLESTOWN GYM HOCKEY
WEEKLY STANDINGS
W
Bryan's Pals
5
Duce 2
2
MPTA
2
Zume’s
2
10/22/16
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3
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3
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Players of the week 10/22/16
A-1 / Zume's - Justin Lynch, Michael Wilshere
Bryan's Pals - Michael Ahearn, Ryan O'Shea
Duce 2 - Nathan Mainey, Maya Castro
MPTA - Liam Donahue, Scarlett Jones
Players of the week 10/15/16
A-1/Zume's - Johnathan Cannizzaro,
Rachael MacCormack
Bryan's Pals - Jaiden Smith, L J Surette
Duce 2 - Eddie Hudson, Dylan Cobb
MPTA - Brooke Tucker, Luke Nolan
Sunday, October 30 from
12:30 to 4:30p.m. at The Warren
Tavern, watch the Pats take on
the Bills for a good cause. Tickets
are $25 and include free apps and
cash bar and a lot of fun. For tickets visit kennedycenter.org/tavern,
call Crystal Galvin 617-241-8866
x1352 or email [email protected]
Scholarship
Opportunity for
Veterans, their Children
and Grandchildren
Memorial Hall Abraham
Lincoln Post will be offering three
$1,000 scholarships. Veterans,
their children or their grandchildren who attend a tuition school
are eligible. The sponsor must
present a copy of form dd214. All
eligible students’ names will be
collected on or before November
3rd. The three recipients will be
drawn at random at the Annual
Veterans Dinner. Sponsors must
be present to win. If you have any
questions regarding the scholarships, contact Bill Boyle at 617645-3279.
Pancake Breakfast
planned on Nov. 13
Annual Pancake Breakfast
for the Charlestown Lions Club
Sunday, November 13 from 9-12
noon.
Admission is $5.00 and children under 5 years old are free.
It will be held at the Knights
of Columbus Hall 545 Medford
Street Come join family, friends,
and neighbors to honor our veterans, and those who serve their
community for pancakes, sausage,
pastries, coffee and juice. There
will be great raffles and wonderful prizes! Yum! Pancakes!
Halloween Harvest
Festival Oct. 29
Head down to the corner of
Bunker Hill and Main Streets
for a fun time for the kids. The
Annual Gardens for Charlestown
Halloween Festival will be held
on Saturday, October 29th from
10a.m. to 1p.m. The $10 admission includes a goody bag, face
painting, craft table and carnival games. There will be pony
rides for $5 from 10:30a.m. 12:30a.m. and the Bake Sale
table will be selling cider donuts,
coffee and hot cocoa. Costumes
are encouraged but not required.
Head down to the corner of
Bunker Hill and Main Streets for
a fun time for the kids.
Fundraiser for "e"Inc
Join the fun at “e”Inc.’s
Shakin’ for Science fundraiser on November 9th. The
event runs from 6-9PM at the
“e”Inc. Environment & Science
Discovery Action Museum at 114
16th Street, Suite 1030 in the
Navy Yard. There will be food
and drinks, an auction and dancing with music by Karson from
Mix 104.1’s The Karson and
Kennedy Show. Tickets are $25
in advance or $30 at the door.
RSVP online by heading over to:
Shakinforscience.eventbrite.com.
The New England Arts
Group presents “A
Beautiful World”
An exhibit of vibrant original
fine arts paintings, collages, photography, art jewelry and prints
of artwork - Featuring award
winning artists’ interpretations
of famous “lost art”. The show
will include the art of Ryssette
Berrios, Lelio Nicholas, and Paul
Ferragamo, Charlotte Liu, John
Corvino, Felix Berrios, Sam Liu
and Dina Hanley. Opening reception and silent auction on Friday
November 4th, gallery hours 6 to
9 PM. Refreshments and music.
Saturday and Sunday hours
1 to 5 PM. Admission is free.
Wheelchair accessible.
Annual Veterans Dinner
on November 3
The Annual Veterans dinner will be held on November
3 at the Knights of Columbus
in Charlestown. Doors open at
6:30 for cocktails and dinner will
follow at 7:30 and all Veterans
and their guests are invited. If
you plan on attending the dinner,
please call Wally Southern at 617
312 0816 so we can get an accurate headcount.
This year, thanks to Jack Alves
and the Boston Foundation, we
will be offering three $1,000
scholarships. Veterans, their children or their grandchildren who
attend a tuition school are eligible
to enter. If you have any questions
regarding the scholarships, contact Bill Boyle at 617-645-3279.
Our annual 50/50 fundraiser will kickoff next week. We
only sell 200 tickets so the winner gets $5000.00 to help make
Christmas shopping so much easier! The drawing will be held at
9:30pm on November 16th at
The Warren Tavern on Main St in
Charlestown. All the funds raised
help support our various activities
such as the Veterans Dinner, our
Outreach Program, Support for
iPods for Wounded Veterans and
much more. Please contact Rich
Brennan at 617895-7869
Haunted Historical
Tours continue
Discover the Spirits of
Charlestown with a guided walk
through the Town’s haunted past
with Mary Lee Trettenero, author
of We’re Still Here: The Secret
World of Bunker Hill’s Historical
Spirits. Evening tours on October
28 and 29. For tickets visit
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/
spirits-of-charlestown-haunted-historical-ghost-tour-tickets-28271304232
Mammography Van
coming to Charlestown!
The MGH Charlestown
HealthCare Center is pleased
to announce that Dana-Farber’s
Mammography Van will be coming to Charlestown to provide
mammograms for women ages
40 and over on November 1,
from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The
Van will be parked at the Bunker
Hill Mall. Please register by calling 617-724-9642. When their
breast cancer is found early, many
women go on to live long and
healthy lives.
Grief Recovery After
Substance Passing
support group (GRASP)
The GRASP group meets from
6-7pm on the third Tuesday of
the month at MGH HealthCare
Center, 73 High Street - Peggy
Carolan-Bolognese Conference
Room (2nd floor). The next meeting will be on November 15. For
more information, contact program facilitator Shannon Lundin
617-320-9058 or smlundin@
partners.org
Free senior coffee hour
Whole Foods has a free Senior
Coffee Hour on the first Friday
of each month from 9:30 – 10:30
a.m. Stop by for complimentary
coffee and pastries.
Abraham Lincoln
Post No. 11 Veterans
outreach
The veterans outreach program
offers assistance and information to
all veterans. Call 617-747-7494 or
617-877-2820
If you have an event that you
would like to have published in the
Neighborhood Round-Up please
email to
[email protected]
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St. John’s Episcopal Church to celebrate its 175th Anniversary
St. John’s warmly invites all in
the community of Charlestown
to a Service of Thanksgiving
and Rededication on Sunday,
November 6 at 4pm, at St. John’s
Church, 27 Devens Street. The
parish, founded in 1840, consecrated the new church on
November 10, 1841, and it is
now the oldest church structure in
Charlestown.
The Rt. Rev. Bishop Alan M.
Gates, Bishop of the Episcopal
Diocese of Massachusetts, will
preside and preach, and lead the
parish in a service of rededication.
A reception will follow in the
Parish House.
And, on Saturday, November
12th, the annual Harvest Fair will
be held in the Parish House from
10 am to 2 pm, with a Turkey
Dinner served from noon to 2 pm.
For more information see: www.
stjohns02129.org, or contact the
church office: 617-242-1272.
St. John’s Episcopal Church,
located at 27 Devens Street, is a
welcoming Christian community
serving persons in Charlestown
and surrounding communities.
Sunday worship services are at
8 am and 10 am, with nursery
care and children’s programming
provided at the 10 am service,
and Coffee Hour following. The
Rev. Thomas Mousin serves as the
Rector of the parish.
DONATES TO HARVARD KENT
OPEN
HOUSE
October 6, 9:00–11:00 a.m.
October 17, 6:00–7:30 p.m.
November
9
November 9, 9:00–11:00 a.m.
9:00-11:00
OPEN HOUSE
Toddler – Grade 6
MGH Institute of Health Professions donated more than $500 worth of
supplies to the Harvard-Kent Elementary School on October 19.
The MGH Institute’s Staff Council Community Service Committee organized the drive at the Navy Yard health sciences graduate school. Donated
items included crayons, markers, No. 2 pencils, notebooks, arts and craft
supplies, construction paper, glue sticks, colored pencils, and two cases of
copy paper – essential supplies that help teaches educate their pupils.
“We are thrilled that the staff at the MGH Institute was able to make such
a generous donation of supplies to our students and staff,” said HarvardKent School Principal Jason Gallagher. “It will make a huge difference
in our classrooms.” “The MGH Institute is committed to being a good
neighbor in Charlestown,” noted the Institute’s Elizabeth Pipes, who coordinated the drive along with Steve Ciesielski, Val Grande, Amanda Tarbet,
and Kathy Zuluaga. “Our health care students regularly have clinical
placements at the Harvard-Kent, and others help out during our annual
Community IMPACT Day of service each September, so it is gratifying to
participate in the IHP’s efforts to make a difference in the lives of these
pupils.”
Admission includes:
goody bag, free carnival games,
craft table & face painting
Pony rides $5 from 10:30 - 12:30
Bake Sale - Cider donuts,
coffee & hot cocoa
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For more information on group training
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• SEPTEMBER
24 - 27
Gardens for Charlestown at the corner of Bunker Hill & Main Sts
ymcaboston.org/grouptraining.
Costumes encouraged but NOT required
Burbank YMCA
617.523.7577
•
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WHAT IS GROUP TRAINING?
Saturday, October 29th For
(tickets for sale on site until 12:30PM)
•
YMCA GROUP TRAINING PROGRAMS
Halloween Harvest Festival
kids!
One Park Street and 67 Brimmer Street
MOTIVATION
SUPPORT
SUCCESS
Gardens for Charlestown presents
10a.m. - 1p.m. $10 per child
•
Guidance from program start to end
Offered in small groups of 3, 4, or 5 and
large groups of 6 or more
YMCA OF GREATER BOSTON
CHARLESTOWN YMCA
150 Third Avenue Charlestown, MA 02129
ymcaboston.org/charlestown
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Joyful, engaged learning ... right around the corner.
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POLICE/COMMUNITY MEETING: Meet the police & discuss public
safety issues on the last Wednesday of every month at the police station,
20 Vine Street, at 6:00 p.m., 2nd floor, community room.
POLICE RELATED INFO: Contact the District A-1 Community Service
Office at 617-343-4627.
REPORT DRUG DEALING: Contact the District A-1 Confidential Drug
Line at 617-343-4879.
CHARLESTOWN POLICE STATION: Contact at 617-343-4888.
RESERVE THE COMMUNITY ROOM: Contact Christine Vraibel at
[email protected].
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the designation “D,”
indicating a Planned
Development Area
2.5
(“PDA”) overlay district
to approximately
70,569 square feet
(approximately 1.62
acres) of land generally
bounded by Cambridge
Street to the north,
Due
Rutherford Avenue and
Mon
10/24
property addressed as
Mon
10/24
24 Cambridge
Street
to the east,
a paved
Mon
10/24
right-of-way
known
Mon
10/24
as D Street to the
Mon
10/24
south, and
existing
Mon
buildings10/24
fronting on
Spice Street
to the
Mon
10/24
west. Said Development
Plan would allow
for the construction
of a new four-story
building containing
approximately 103,000
square feet of Gross
Floor Area, including
approximately
125 dwelling units
and parking for
approximately 97
vehicles; the renovation
of the Graphic Arts
Finishers Building to
include approximately
38,000 square feet
of Gross Floor Area,
including approximately
46 dwelling units,
approximately 2,500
square feet of groundfloor commercial
space and parking
for approximately 16
vehicles.
A copy of the petition,
a map of the area
involved and the
Development Plan
may be viewed at the
office of the Zoning
Commission, Room
916, Boston City Hall,
between 9 AM and 5
PM any day except
Saturdays, Sundays, and
legal holidays.
For the Commission,
Kathleen R. Pedersen
Executive Secretary
10/27
Charlestown
LEGAL NOTICE
COMMONWEALTH
OF MASSACHUSETTS
THE TRIAL COURT
PROBATE AND
FAMILY COURT
Vandalism
10/21/16 – A victim on
Medford Street reported when
she returned home, she saw that
someone had drawn crude pictures on her front door. The
victim further stated there have
been prior acts of vandalism to
her home.
Larceny from a Building
10/21/16 – A victim on Main
Street reported someone stole his
wallet from his office. No further
information was available at that
time.
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Docket No.
SU16P2128EA
Estate of:
Ruth Marie
Trometer
Date of Death:
August 4, 2016
To all persons interested
in the above captioned
estate, by Petition of
Petitioner Stephen B.
Nichols of Somerville,
MA
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T H E C H A R L E S T O W N PAT R I O T- B R I D G E
OCTOBER 27, 2016
CLERGY VIEWPOINT
Two things one never talks about
By Rev. James Ronan - Pastor, St. Mary-St. Catherine of Siena
Did you ever wonder where
that “rule” came from? You know
the one that says one should never
talk about religion and politics.
Usually the statement is prefaced
by something like, “They Say…”
Who is the “THEY? I think it is
a really bad piece of advice and
find that in most instances I do
not follow it. For one thing, being
a priest, people often want to talk
with me about religion. And this
year, the buzz about presidential
candidates for the election is certainly causing lots of talk among
all kinds of folks and I believe that
is a good thing.
Maybe the idea is that both of
these issues can be very personal
and folks ought not to discuss
their personal feelings, values,
ideas and experiences about God,
prayer, faith and religious practices and history; same about politics. But I wonder, why? Are we
ry when we are in dialogue with
one another. Pope Francis teaches
we all need to foster a “culture of
encounter” wherein dialogue is the
norm.
Remember the gospel story of
two friends walking down the
After the meeting, Barnat said
they are having their landscape
architects and transportation
engineers take a quick look at the
area to see what they can come up
with. She said they do really want
to see something creative happen
under the Bridge.
“We are having our landscape
architects and transportation engineers analyze the area, and we’re
looking forward to working with
the City and MassDOT to see if
there are opportunities to activate
space under the Tobin Bridge for
the benefit of the Charlestown
neighborhood,” she said.
Meanwhile,
the
new
CharlestownDogs group has
chimed in as well, having been
calling for an official dog park to
be put under the Tobin since the
group formed last year.
"CharlestownDogs is an
active stakeholder in the consideration of any open space in
Charlestown,” said Chris Lovell
of CharlestownDogs. "In support
of all residents of Charlestown,
we seek to increasingly recognize
the importance of reserving open
space for all our residential use
including dogs and dog owners.
The areas under the Tobin are
one of several places where dog
areas should be a consideration.
We welcome the conversation and
consideration.”
they invite Him into their lives –
to stay the night and dine with
them in the inn.
Choosing to share our beliefs
with others, with deep respect,
humility and courtesy is a gift we
can offer one another. Not only
might it bring some light and hope
to another, it will likely bring the
same to you! The most precious
gift you have been given is your
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of the conversation, but was not
on the tour last summer. He said,
informally, that he could see some
benefits to using the dead space.
“I’d love to explore opportunities for using the space under
the bridge,” he said. "There are
some jurisdictional issues that
would have to be worked out
among several government entities that control property under
there. But, other cities have done
some incredible things with bridge
space. Manhattan has a restaurant
under the interstate near the old
Fulton Fish Market. Washington
D.C. had tennis and basketball
courts under the bridges in my
neighborhood when I lived there.
There are great possibilities. If the
community can come up with a
good plan for the space it will
make it a lot easier to bring the
government agencies that control
the land into the conversation.”
At the IAG meeting, One
Charlestown’s Sarah Barnat
brought up the subject.
“Would you all like to see that
area under the Bridge activated?”
she asked. “We would too. I think
that’s something we can get started sooner rather than later.”
That came after IAG member Bill Kelly noted that One
Charlestown should push the
state to make it safer and better lit
under the bridge.
“That’s really underutilized
space and we should have something happening there,” said Kelly
last week.
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Emmaus has been famous for centuries and still speaks to us today.
The two disciples, talking about
their faith and their confusion,
their uncertainties and the times
discover that Christ is in their
midst. They discover Him when
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ashamed about our positions on
such matters? Are we afraid we
will offend another if we speak
of such things? Certainly a key
element in such conversations
must be mutual respect; all of us
have a right to be respected and
a responsibility to be respectful
in our conversations about matters that are personal and perhaps very sensitive. But wouldn’t
our community be a better and
healthier place if democrats,
republicans and independents as
well as Protestants, non-Christians and Catholics could all sit
and talk together?
I believe that within our community and beyond we need to
foster such tolerance and openness to one another. We have the
potential of being more completely the melting pot and the rainbow
that describes out national history
as well as our ecclesiastical histo-
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T H E C H A R L E S T O W N PAT R I O T- B R I D G E
OCTOBER 27, 2016
Under the Bridge
Residents seek to re-use land under Tobin
By Seth Daniel
Photo by Joe Prezioso
The space under the Mystic/Tobin Bridge is currently being used for heavy-machinery storage, but may residents
and the One Charlestown developer would like to see it used for creative public space like under the Expressway in
the South End. This week, the state signaled they have been on a tour of the space and are open to doing something
there.
The dead spaces under the
Mystic/Tobin Bridge have long
been reserved for a lot of nothing.
Few people ever wanted to be
caught there after dark and it was
considered an area to drive by and
not look too closely at - for fear of
what one might see. Nowadays, it
is mostly innocuous land covered
with gravel from Vine Street to the
far end of Chelsea Street where the
Little Mystic heads to the sea.
Dump trucks, salt piles and
state-owned equipment dot the
landscape.
But nowadays with every
square inch of land being eyed for
programming and positive uses,
many are looking to other communities like Chelsea and the South
End - which have worked proactively with the state to use land
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under the Tobin and under the
Expressway for parks and public amenities. For the past few
years, quiet calls have come out
to look at using the space under
the Tobin in Charlestown for
the same creative and practical
purposes.
This month, that idea is
being shifted into overdrive
with the beginning of the public
process on the redevelopment
of the Bunker Hill Housing
Development, a project known
as One Charlestown. That project - which creates 13 new city
blocks and adds 2,200 market
rate housing units to 1,100 existing public housing units - abuts
the Tobin and the dead space
underneath. At public meetings
last week, the developer and
members of the Impact Advisory
Group (IAG) expressed major
interest in activating the space.
This week, the Patriot
Bridge learned that the state
Department of Transportation
(DOT) has already begun working with One Charlestown and
other state departments to think
about programming under the
bridge.
“The area under the full length
of the Tobin Bridge is a combination of Massport, State, and City
of Boston-owned property,” said
MDOT spokesperson Jacquelyn
Goddard.
"Representatives
from MassDOT’s Office of Real
Estate and Asset Development
have engaged in preliminary
discussions with the City’s designated developer of the One
Charlestown project and participated in a site tour of that project in late summer. The developer and City expressed interest
in upgrading and maintaining
the area, including parking and
other improvements. MassDOT
representatives told the developer that we would be interested
in working with the developer
and City to improve the area,
with the understanding that
any activity may not adversely
affect Tobin Bridge operations.
The developer agreed to prepare
ideas and schematics following
further discussions with the City
and neighborhood. MassDOT
has not yet received any further information but MassDOT
looks forward to continued conversations with all stakeholders
including members of the public.”
State Rep. Dan Ryan said
he looks forward to being part
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