1. education
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This week on
Charlestown Live
dren and athletes in training centers. You can check out her web
site at www.barebonesyoga.com.
This week’s Charlestown Live
The show can be seen live on
program will feature host Abby
Thursday, January 8th at 6:30 pm
Gray with guest Karen Fabian, ceron BNN-TV’s Boston’s Comcast
tified and registered Yoga teacher
Channel 9, RCN Channel 15 or
and founder of Bare Bones Yoga. on the web at http://www.bnntv.
The ladies will be discussing how
org/ The program is repeated on
to get started with a yoga practhe same channels and web site on
tice in the new year and touch
Saturdays at 8 pm and Mondays
on Karen’s new book, “Stretched:
at 10:30 am and current and preBuild Your Yoga Business, Grow
vious programs can be seen on
Your Teaching Techniques,” that
Youtube’s The Charlestown Live
was published in July 2014 and
Channel.
currently available on Amazon. Karen, a resident of Charlestown, CLLC Learning Center
is a regular contributor to sev- to re-open Jan. 26th
eral online publications, including DoYouYoga. Her academic
The Charlestown Lacrosse &
background is in Physical Therapy,
Learning Center will re-open it’s
Rehabilitation Counseling and has
Learning Center starting Monday,
a Master’s Degree in Health Care
Jan. 26th. The Learning Center is
Administration. She teaches adult
located at 14 Green St. and will be
classes in Boston, as well as chil-
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offering after school homework
help, tutor, clubs, and other educational services free of charge. We have some great volunteers
lined up to help your kids, but
please bear with us during our
re-building as we will not have
the capacity just yet to offer all
of the educational programs that
we would like. For more information, please email Reed Catlin
at cllcexecutivedirector@gmail.
com or visit our website (www.
charlestownlacrosse.com)
Volunteers still Needed
at Charlestown Lacrosse
& Learning Center
The Charlestown Lacrosse &
Learning Center is looking for educational and athletic volunteers
to start in the new year. The
lacrosse program is always looking
for extra coaches and the learning
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speakers, and general educators. Any community members, young
& old alike, that would like to
help in any capacity, please email
Reed Catlin at [email protected] for more information! Final Days for Lacrosse
Registration and Open
House January 8
Spring Lacrosse registration through the Charlestown
Lacrosse & Learning Center is
ending soon!!! No one likes paying late fees, so the CLLC will be
hosting an in-person registration
and Lacrosse information session
tonight from 6-9 PM. Come one,
come all and learn the CLLC’s
approach to teaching the great
game of Lacrosse to a diverse
group of boys and girls from ages
5-15 years old. New players are
always welcome regardless of skill
level and scholarships are available
if needed. Please visit our website
(www.charlestownlacrosse.com)
for more information and to register online today!!!
Fiber Arts Workshop
at
the Charlestown Branch
Library
On Tuesdays from January 6 to
March 24
at 4:00-5:00 pm.
The
Eliot School from Jamaica Plain
will be teaching a Fiber Arts class
in Charlestown. Participants
will weave and construct potholders and keepsakes as well
as learn about the use of fiber
arts in diverse cultures. This
program is suggested for ages
6-9 and restricted to ages 4-11
only. Registration is required; to
register, please contact the children’s librarian, Laura Miller,
at [email protected] or 617-2421248.
Hearing on Soley
Street Demolition at
City Hall
The Boston Landmarks
Commission is holding an
Article 85 Demolition Delay
Hearing for 6 Soley Street in
Charlestown on Tuesday,
January 13th, at 6:35pm at
Boston City Hall, Room 900.
Whole Foods Benefit
Day – 5% to Warren
Prescott School
On January 14th, Whole
Foods Charlestown will host
a 5% day benefiting the HarvardKent Leadership & Scholarship
Partnership. The HarvardKent Leadership & Scholarship
Partnership helps make the
dream of college a reality for the
children of the Harvard Kent
Elementary School by awarding
college scholarships and providing mentoring and educational
resources. On January 14th,
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Whole Foods is generously contributing 5% of their proceeds to
the Harvard-Kent Leadership &
Scholarship Partnership.
FriendshipWorks
services available to
Charlestown
Qiu Ruan receives
degree from Tufts
More than 3,000 students
graduated from Tufts University
on May 18, 2014 during a university-wide commencement ceremony with public policy expert
Anne Marie Slaughter as the
speaker.
The graduates from the School
of Arts and Sciences and the
School of Engineering included:
Qiu Ruan of Charlestown,
MA, with a Bachelor of Science
Tufts University, located on
three Massachusetts campuses in
Boston, Medford/Somerville, and
Grafton, and in Talloires, France,
is recognized among the premier
research universities in the United
States. Tufts enjoys a global reputation for academic excellence
and for the preparation of students as leaders in a wide range
of professions. A growing number of innovative teaching and
research initiatives span all Tufts
campuses, and collaboration
among the faculty and students
in the undergraduate, graduate
and professional programs across
the university's schools is widely
encouraged.
ABCD Winter
Emergency Campaign
Action for Boston Community
Development runs a Winter
Emergency Campaign with indi-
Joy of Old
collecting donations for
St. Francis House
St. Francis House, the largest
day homeless shelter in Boston,
is currently in need of used or
new winter hats, gloves, mittens
and scarves for men and women.
Also, boots or winter- type shoes
for men and women would be
greatly appreciated.
Members of the Charlestown YMCA staff and teen leaders club prepare to deliver toys to children on December 24,
2014. Shown from left are Michael Letchfield, Mary Holland, Alek Estrada, Jason Bianchi, Rachel Channen.
The Charlestown YMCA teen leaders club organized a toy drive to support children living in the Dennis McLaughlin
House. Through the generous donations of the Y members and local community, the children living in this shelter
were able to have a happier holidays.
Please consider dropping off
these items at the Joy of Old, 85
Warren St, weekends only. Your
donations are not only helpful but
these items will have another life.
Learn-to-Play-Hockey
and Scrimmages
Charlestown Youth Hockey will
be starting its Winter offering of
Micro Hockey this week. This
instructional hockey program is
designed for boys and girls that are
five years (born in 2009) or older,
who have played little organized
team hockey. Only basic skating skills are necessary. The program will run on Sunday mornings
through March 15th with instruction from 10:00 – 11:00am and
scrimmages from 11:00 – 11:45am. Scrimmages will include teams
from neighboring learn-to-play
hockey programs. Space is limited.
To register, go to WWW.CYHA.
COM and click on the WINTER
MICRO HOCKEY tab. Email
questions to MICROHOCKEY@
CYHA.COM. Best Wishes to all for a
Happy & Healthy
New Year!
Avanti Shoe - Winter Hours
Mon - Fri 7:30AM - 5:30PM
Saturday 9AM - 3PM
Childrens’ Shoes always on sale
Shoe repair - Repair of Leather goods
Keys made - Shoe care items
Avanti Shoe Repair
233 Main St.
617-242-2554
avantishoerepairs.com
John H. Sawyer Funeral Home
329 Bunker Hill St. 617-242-2455
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FriendshipWorks is seeking
elders in Charlestown who may
need help getting to and from
medical appointments, with
a project or simply to have a
friendly visit. FriendshipWorks
offers services free of charge to
elders who may not have a support network to care for them.
FriendshipWorks does not provide transportation to medical
appointments, but does offer volunteer escorts for assistance at
doctor’s offices or hospital visits.
Charlestown seniors and potential volunteers can call 617-4821510 for more information or
visit www.fw4elders.org. For 30
years FriendshipWorks volunteers
have provided support and assistance to elders in Boston and
Brookline. viduals and corporate donors contributing warm coats, boots, comforters as well as funds to help the
hundreds who call every day with
“fuel emergencies” because they
are out of oil or have had their
utilities shut off. Additionally the
ABCD Adopt-A-Family program
matches donors with some of
Boston’s most vulnerable and
impoverished families – helping
fulfill wish lists with items of
basic need and holiday gifts for
children. This program is on-going throughout the year. For more
information on the ABCD Winter
Emergency Campaign and the
ABCD Fuel Assistance program
visit www.bostonabcd.org.
Applications for fuel assistance and information on all our
energy programs are available at
ABCD’s downtown office and
any of its Neighborhood Service
Centers, or by calling the ABCD
Fuel Assistance Hotline at 1-617357-6012. Information is also
available by visiting www.bostonabcd.org For a list of ABCD neighborhood
locations
please
visit: http://www.bostonabcd.
org/service-centers.aspx
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Downtown View
TOWNIE TIDBITS
Disruption or consequences?
By Karen Cord Taylor
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Disruption was 2014’s trendy cliché.
A new idea comes along and, poof, out
with the old. Business school types are
enthralled. New technology and new ideas
are part of the disruption.
But some businesses and industries
are vulnerable, sometimes because they
haven’t taken certain developments into
account.
Take coal. It is hard to listen to West
Virginians complain about too much regulation, too much belief in climate change
and too many jobs lost. They have been
disrupted by cheap natural gas and the
promise of wind and solar power. But
coal has been going out of fashion since
London banned most coal burning, first in
the 1950s and then more so in the 1990s.
Few people want to live downwind from a
coal-burning plant. Few want to live with
the polluted rivers and soil that coal mining and burning brings.
Nevertheless, it is easy to sympathize
with long-time coal boosters and climate
change deniers. Their livelihoods are disappearing; their way of life is going. Their
unimaginative leaders have fanned their
complaints instead of helping them invent
new industries and find creative solutions.
Downtowns in many communities were
also vulnerable. It wasn’t just that shopkeepers’ merchandise was more expensive
than that sold by Walmart. Too many of
those shopkeepers were offering out-ofdate goods, little variety and unkempt
environments. Too many towns demolished retail buildings to build parking lots
so there were fewer shops of any kind to
attract buyers. Walmart didn’t have to do
much to disrupt such town centers.
Now we’ve got taxi drivers complaining about Uber, and it sounds like coal and
town centers all over again.
I’ll confess I know little about Uber.
I’ve never called one up on my cell phone.
I don’t have an opinion on how much Uber
should be regulated, if it is regulated at all.
But I do know taxis. They are as vulnerable as coal and town centers. There are
not enough of them at many hours of the
day. Residents of the Charlestown Navy
Yard or the upper slopes of Beacon Hill
who call a taxi say they never come. Even
though the hybrid Toyotas are more comfortable than the old Ford Victorias, they
are still cramped. The electronic screens
on the back of the front seat are annoying.
Unlike New York City taxis, more than
half of Boston taxis have no rules posted,
no telephone numbers to call with a problem and no driver identification. Let’s not
even discuss the driver’s annoyance if you
pay by credit card. Finally, again unlike
New York City, Boston taxis have no light
indicating if they are free to pick up a fare.
With service such as this, no wonder
this industry is being disrupted.
The taxi industry, however, has made
changes in the recent past that show it
could clean up its act.
Drivers now seem to have more of “The
Knowledge” about how to get around
Boston. In the last few months, I have had
to instruct few drivers about how to get to
where I wanted to go. Twenty years ago, I
had to guide almost all of them.
The airport taxis are better managed.
When our children were young, we encountered drivers who cursed and pounded the
steering wheel because we were headed to
downtown Boston rather than Lexington,
where they expected such a family as ours
to live.
The cabs are cleaner and no longer
smelly. They have been painted white—not
as eye-catching as New York’s, but at least
a gesture toward helping people identify
them as they cruise around. Several years
ago there was a driver who played the
trumpet as he drove. Thank goodness he
and other crazies have left the industry.
Most drivers, however, talk on their
mobile phones, confusing passengers who
think they are talking to them. More
annoying, is that while on the phone,
drivers can’t hear the passenger or pay
attention to traffic.
There are problems besides Uber that
the taxi industry faces. The Boston Globe
exposed many of those last spring.
But the reason Uber is a threat to taxis
is not because of the problems the Globe
unearthed. Nor, for many people, is it that
Uber might be cheaper. Like the status-quo
defenders in coal-producing states, the taxi
industry seems blind to conditions they
have caused.
Cab drivers need to stop trying to get
regulators to impose rules that will last
only until the next new idea comes along.
Instead they should provide better service
and create new incentives that will keep
customers loyal.
Karen Cord Taylor is a newspaperwoman
who now works from her home. Past columns
are posted on www.bostoncolumn.com. You can
reach Karen at [email protected]
Myles’ Musings
By Myles Striar
“To Each His Own”
With normalization now begun,
The Cubans will think we’re from Mars,
Because of our tolerance for guns
And intolerance for cigars.
By Sal Giarratani
CHARLESTOWN--PUERTO RICO
CONNECTION
My Irish grandparents from West Cork
arrived in Charlestown separately back in
the first few years of the 20th century. Both
settled in St. Mary's Parish and eventually married in 1907 at the parish church.
My grandmother was a widow when she
might my Grandpa Harrington and together
they had six children and my grandmother
had two from her first marriage. They
lived around Rutherford Ave., Harvard and
Devens Street.
One of my uncles was named Joseph
Patrick Harrington and they all went to St.
Mary's School.. My mother's family moved
to the "country" in the 1920s and the
"country" meant the City of Malden, a few
miles up Route 99.
My Uncle Joe enlisted in the US Navy
shortly after the Japanese attacked Pearl
Harbor like many of his Townie buddies
did. If you grew up in Charlestown, the
Navy seemed the right branch of the service
to join.
He ended up getting assigned to the
San Juan Naval Base in Puerto Rico and
thus started the rest of his life's journey and
met his soul mate by the name of Blanca
Gonzales. They were married during the
war and settled in Rio Peidras outside San
Juan. After his military service in the war,
he joined the US Customs Service. He never
returned to his Massachusetts roots and
loved both Puerto Rico and its people and
culture.
I had four first Paul, Eileen , Christine
and Karen who were Puerto Rican-Irish and
they had two first cousins, myself and my
brother Dominic who were Sicilian Irish..
The Harringtons from St. Mary's Parish
truly assimilated into an All-American family like so many others of that generation.
I always remember my Uncle Joe
around January since he passed away at age
64 this month 37 years ago. Recently on
New Years Eve my cousin Karen called me
from her Florida home to inform my that
her sister Chris, my cousin had passed away
after a three-year battle with breast cancer
at age 61.
The last time I spent time with my
Uncle Joe was back in August of 1977 a
few months before he passed. He came
back to visit his sister my mother and was
still depressed from the passing of his wife
in February 19 I truly believed he died
from a broken heart. My family was so
glad for his Charlestown visit that summer
and he seemed happy to come home to his
family roots. He was surprised how good
Charlestown still seemed after his long
absence.
You can take the boy out of Charlestown
but you can't take the Charlestown out of
the boy. He died a proud Townie and that I
will remember forever.
I also remember my Aunt Blache and
my cousin Christine and will keep all in my
prayers as we can learn from it as we start
a new year of life. I will also remember
Charlestown's motto that the past is prologue and learn from i as we start this new
year of life.
My mother Mary Giarratani with her brother
Joe Harington and his great Puerto Rican tan
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Boston joins Revere and Somerville in filing lawsuit against MGC
By Seth Daniel
The filing also criticized the
hearing that was held by the
MGC two years ago relating to
the Host Community claim held
by Boston due to the Horizon’s
Way access issue.
MGC Commissioners heard
both sides of the argument, and
in the end dismissed the argument
wholeheartedly and asked Boston
and Wynn to go back and work
out differences offline. That didn’t
happen, though, and Boston was
eventually deemed a Surrounding
Community rather than a Host
Community. A Surrounding
Community Agreement (SCA)
was never inked between Wynn
and Boston, though.
On Monday, Boston said it was
re-inserting its right to be a Host
Community – calling the MGC
hearing on the issue a “manipulation” and a “mock hearing.”
“Fearful that Boston voters
would reject Wynn’s proposal
due to public safety and traffic concerns, the Commission
improperly barred Boston’s citizens from exercising their statutory right to vote,” read the
complaint. “During the gaming
licensing process, Boston repeatedly asserted that it was a host
community, which prompted the
Commission to conduct a hearing
to determine Boston’s legal status.
The Commission manipulated
the outcome of the hearing by
withholding documents from the
City that had direct bearing on
Boston’s host community status,
advocating on behalf of Wynn,
and deliberating and predetermining the outcome outside the public
hearing context, in violation of
the Open Meeting Law and the
Gaming Act. As a result of the
mock hearing, the Commission
rejected Boston’s assertion of host
community status and declared
Boston to be merely a surrounding community, with no right to
vote. During the hearing, the City
challenged the validity of Wynn’s
application on the grounds that
Wynn did not have a viable site
for its casino and was legally
unsuitable under the Gaming Act.
Absent a viable casino site, Wynn’s
application could not proceed and
the issue of Boston’s status as a
host community was moot.”
Boston bases most of that argument on the idea that the land
deal in Everett is fraudulent and,
thus, does not give Wynn and
actual gaming establishment – as
required by the Gaming Law.
Another cornerstone of the
Boston complaint on Monday
were flaws in the MGC’s protections instituted for Charlestown.
The complaint said the City concluded those protections were not
adequate.
(Mayor’s Office Photo by Isabel Leon)
Mayor Martin Walsh announced that the City of Boston has filed a civil
complaint against the Massachusetts Gaming Commission in connection
with the proposed resort casino in Everett and Boston.
“The Commission nevertheless
imposed nominal traffic mitigation conditions on Wynn that fall
far short of the statutory requirement,” read the complaint. “As
to the impacted neighborhood of
Charlestown, the City has expended considerable resources over
many years to develop plans to
transform the Sullivan Square area
from a major traffic thoroughfare
into a walkable, pedestrian–friendly neighborhood. The City’s principal objectives are to diminish
traffic congestion, eliminate gridlock, and improve public safety in
this area. The Commission’s traffic
mitigation conditions are wholly contrary to the City’s planned
use of its streets in Charlestown.
The Commission was required to
impose conditions that would mitigate traffic. This necessitated the
imposition of conditions requiring
Wynn to re-route casino traffic
away from Rutherford Avenue
and Sullivan Square. Instead, the
Commission imposed conditions
that will do nothing to prevent
the exacerbation of existing congestion by introducing thousands
of additional vehicles to the area.”
City Councilor Sal LaMattina
said: "I support Mayor Walsh's
lawsuit against the Wynn Casino.
From the beginning, we've had
concerns about Sullivan Square
and Rutherford Ave and Wynn
has yet to sit down with us and
work out an agreement to mitigate the projected traffic problems
and other impacts. We will continue to advocate for the people
of Charlestown. They were denied
an opportunity to vote, yet will be
bear the brunt of the impacts more
than any other neighborhood. We
cannot stand by and allow this to
happen, so I applaud the Mayor's
efforts and will continue to stand
by him". The complaint went on
to read that by going ahead with
the Wynn planned casino, it would
create an “intolerable traffic crisis”
in Charlestown.
Rep. Dan Ryan said: "Marty
pledged he'd fight for Charlestown
as a candidate and has continued that fight as Mayor. We
are all working hard to protect
Charlestown's interests on multiple fronts particularly along the
Rutherford Ave/ Sullivan Square
corridor."
The suit will now wind its way
through Suffolk Superior Court, as
are the other two similar suits from
Revere and Somerville.
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The City of Boston joined
Revere and Somerville in filing a
lawsuit against the Massachusetts
Gaming Commission (MGC) in
Suffolk Superior Court asking the
court to vacate the license agreement given to Wynn in Everett by
the MGC last November.
A cornerstone to the argument
is the impacts on Charlestown.
The 74-page filing by Boston
brought up issues ranging from
the problematic land ownership
situation in Everett, casino site
access, traffic in Charlestown,
what was referred to as “mock
hearing” two years ago on
Boston’s Host Community status
and many other issues going back
to the beginning of the entire process involving Wynn.
Boston Mayor Marty Walsh
said he has been working diligently with Wynn to negotiate a
fair agreement that benefits the
people of Boston, but has been
unable to reach an agreement that
accurately represents the impact
to the City.
“We have spent an enormous
amount of time and sustained
effort on the casino issue over
the past year since this is something that impacts every single
one of our residents,” Walsh said
at a press conference Monday
that announced the filing. “We
have understood from day one
the complexity of this issue as
it relates to the City and it has
always been our belief that Boston
is a host community. Our priority is to protect the people of
Boston and ensure the safety of
our neighborhoods. It is clear to
us that this is the best way to
move forward for Charlestown,
the City of Boston and the entire
Commonwealth.”
Wynn officials and the MGC,
however, have repeatedly told a
different version of the events –
noting that they tried to sit down
with Walsh several times before
the awarding of the license, but he
did not show up or contact them.
Wynn officials told that to the
MGC numerous times during
deliberations last November,
prompting the MGC to work
out special provisions to benefit
Charlestown and the traffic situation in Charlestown just prior to
awarding the casino license.
On Monday, the MGC said it
hadn’t read the full complaint, but
had addressed issues raised at the
press conference numerous times
already.
“During the past year, we
have addressed the issues the
City raised at [Monday’s] press
conference - multiple times in a
public and transparent manner,”
said MGC Spokesperson Elaine
Driscoll. “The Commission
believes that we have reviewed
these issues thoroughly, objectively and fairly, and that exhaustive
review helped lead to the decision to award the Wynn license
with appropriate conditions. The
Commission continues to believe
that our resolution was appropriate but also fully understand
that parties who are disappointed
in our decisions may want to test
that belief through litigation.”
The City of Revere filed a lawsuit in October shortly after the
awarding of the license, calling for
the licensing decision to be vacated. Revere has filed numerous
briefs and letters in the interim on
that case. The City of Somerville
just filed a lawsuit last month on
nearly the same terms.
One of the issues raised by
Walsh was the issue of access to
the casino site, which was raised
two years ago and dismissed by
the MGC after a two-hour hearing.
Boston believes there is no
access point to the casino except
by Horizon Way, which is halfway in Everett and halfway in
Boston.
Meanwhile, Wynn has been
in the process of negotiating an
alternate access site that is entirely
in Everett and runs through the
MBTA Maintenance Yard facility
property.
That land sale is still in the
works of the state procurement
process, and Wynn has an agreement to buy the land for $6 million cash from the MBTA. That
process began with the MBTA in
September, and has been protested
by owners of Suffolk Downs and
by the City of Revere.
Securing that site has been a
key piece of the puzzle for Wynn
in preventing Boston from claiming host status. In Monday’s suit,
Boston claimed that the process
of securing that land hadn’t happened quickly enough.
“Wynn has planned to develop
a casino on a parcel of land located in Everett and in Boston known
as the former Monsanto Chemical
Site,” read the filing. “Due to
the location of the casino site,
the City of Boston will bear the
lion’s share of the traffic, environmental, and public safety harms.
Wynn disputed that access to its
site would be through Boston,
promising the Commission that it
would obtain access through adjacent property in Everett owned by
the MTBA. Wynn, however, has
failed to obtain access through
Everett within 60 days of the
award of the license – as required
by law – leaving the sole access to
the site through Boston.”
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Fresh & Local
Cooking at home
by Penny Cherubino
Many New Year’s resolutions revolve around ways to get
healthier, save money, or learn
new things. Cooking more at
home and eating out less can be a
step to all those goals. This week
I’ll share a few kitchen tips and
tricks to help you cut clean up
time, waste less food, and make
cooking more fun.
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Less Stress
I’ve been rereading Michael
Ruhlman’s books lately. In
Ruhlman’s Twenty, the first of
20 techniques he recommends
you learn to be a good cook is
THINK. He asks his readers to
stop and think as they step into
the kitchen. This is a great way to
reduce the stress of meal preparation.
Run through what you want
to do in your mind. Make sure
you have all the ingredients for
your recipe. Get your equipment
out and prepare everything you’ll
need for the actual cooking.
In professional kitchens, this
is called “Mise en place.” It’s the
reason a restaurant can pump out
hundreds of great meals in a few
hours and why a great cook can
coordinate a meal so that everything is ready at the same time.
Less Waste
If you don’t use the food you
buy, let it spoil, and then throw
it out, you won’t save money by
cooking at home.
To cut food waste, take the
THINK technique one more step
backwards. Before you decide
what to make or compile your
shopping list, check your refrigerator and pantry. What do you
already have on hand? What
needs to be used before it becomes
food waste? Do you have space
in your refrigerator or freezer to
store leftovers if you make a big
batch of something?
Blue Cook’s Tape
I know, other people call it
“Blue Painter’s Tape” but since
I use it to keep track of food, I
call it Cook’s Tape. It’s a trick I
picked up from restaurant kitchens where it is essential to rotate
Easy clean up tip: Tape a plastic bag over the switches on your food processor and other appliances to keep that
hard-to-clean area spotless as you work.
product and get a quick inventory
of the prep work to be done.
If I open a carton of stock or
a jar of roasted peppers, the date
is added with a strip of blue tape
before I pop the item into the
fridge. When I freeze meals or
ingredients, they are labeled with
blue tape. It stays on well in the
freezer and is easy to remove.
I also use it to tape a plastic bag
over the switches on my food processor and meat grinder when I’m
MAKE YOUR
RESOLUTION STICK
AT THE Y!
using them. It’s easy to operate
the switches (even with messy
hands) through a thin bag and it
keeps food out of the electronic
connections and makes the appliance much easier to clean.
Observe Great Cooks
Anytime I observe great cooks,
I learn something. With so many
open kitchens in restaurants
today, you have the opportunity
to see the organization and work
flow that the professional kitchen team uses to make your meal.
Of course, there are TV shows
and online videos designed to
show you how to do anything
from clean fish to make cheese.
But, the best way to learn is
to watch someone in action in
an unedited, unplanned, natural
setting.
There is nothing like learning
to make pie crust by standing
next to a great baker and feeling the texture as the mixture
comes together. So take every
opportunity to learn on a oneto-one basis from anyone who
has something they do very well
that you would like to do better.
Do you have a question or
topic for Fresh & Local? Send
an email to Penny@BostonZest.
com with your suggestion.
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Born July 8, 1946
Nine years have passed since you've been gone, but forever we
mourn. Remembering you is easy, we do it everyday, it's the
heartache of losing you that will never go away. Your love for
your family was true, you did so much for all of us,
we will always remember you.
Lovingly Remembered and Sadly Missed
By Your Family
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PA G E 7
WINTER IN THE RAINFOREST COMES TO THE NAVY YARD
Photos & Story by Marianne Salza
Charlestown residents explored the rainforests of Central and South
America and Africa during “e”-inc.’s Winter in the Rainforest program
on Dec. 13. Families and children traveled through activity stations,
learning about water cycles, participating in arts and crafts, and going
on a scavenger hunt through the simulated lush canopy of trees.
“I think it’s great,” said Andrew Thai, Director of Education.
“This is our inaugural program and we are thrilled so many families
are coming. They seem to stay for hours trying all the activities. Our
purpose here is to open up our headquarters space to our community
so that any local child can come and enjoy the rainforest activities for
the upcoming weeks.”
Children engaged in animal adaptation activity games such as
becoming a chimpanzee cracking open nuts with a rock over a tree
stump, and pretending to be an opossum playing dead to avoid predators. They became experts on rainforest animals like toucans, snakes,
and butterflies that thrive in rich, biodiverse rainforests around the
world. Children also learned how rainforest trees soak up nutrients
from the soil and grow very tall as they compete for the sun. They created handmade papers trees while learning how trees grow buttresses
for stabilization in the wind.
Visit “e”-inc., located at 114 16th St., in the Charlestown Navy
Yard, to learn more about rainforests on Dec. 20 and during First
Night, Dec. 31, from 12-4pm.
Kiana Vaz played an opossum pretending to be dead to
scare off would be predators, holding the position for 4
min. and 52 seconds
Ava and Fay Fortunado coloring rainforest animals
Give Locally
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Many Charlestown Charities
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E-Inc. intern, Anna Luhrmann, constructing paper rainforest trees with
Lakeya Bozeman, Monica Thyme, and Trinity Jones
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Charlestown Against Drugs buys new
coats, hats and gloves for Charlestown
children in need. This year, they have over
350 children who need coats. The
average cost to sponsor a coat is $30, but
any donation is welcome and can be
sent to CHAD 40 Warren Street,
Charlestown, MA 02129
[email protected]
CONSIGNMENT
Harvest on Vine Food Pantry serves over
200 families per week and over 400 each
holiday. A holiday meal is $35 per family.
Make a donation to Harvest on Vine by
sending a check to Harvest on Vine, C/o
Parish Office, 46 Winthrop Street,
Charlestown, MA 02129 or contact them
to volunteer regularly.
The Kennedy Center has an adopt a
family or make a donation for holiday
list for children in need.
Contact Kennedy Center at 23A
Moulton Street, Charlestown, MA
Boys and Girls Club
Buy a wreath or tree at the High
Street location of the Boys and Girls
Club during their sale this next
month.
Friends of the Library Calendar will
be selling calendars for $5 each at
the library, and Joy of Old support library programs. Used books can
be donated to the Little Free
Libraries.
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[email protected] Teamsters 25 is also collecting new
toys and gently used coats.
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Paul S. Calantropo & Co. Serving Boston for over 36 years
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Elderly Shut-Ins receive a basket every
year from Townie Santa. The
committee has ordered gift certificates
for groceries along with basic toiletries
and several holiday gifts.
contact [email protected]
to PO Box 54, Charlestown, MA 02129
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In one square mile, over 45 percent of our residents live below the
poverty line and many working families are struggling to meet all their basic
needs. Fortunately, there are many wonderful not-for-profits who work to
serve them and you can help your neighbors this season and throughout
the year!
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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
J A N U A RY 8 , 2 0 1 5
Mayor Walsh names Brian Golden Comcast partners with YMCA to open tech centers
Thanks to a recent $11,000
as permanent Director of the BRA grant
from the Comcast
Black
Brian Golden was recently
named permanent director of the
Boston Redevelopment Authority
(BRA) and Economic Development
Industrial Corporation (EDIC).
Having served as acting director since last January, Golden will
continue to lead the efforts to
reform and modernize the agency,
which has already undergone a significant transformation in the last
11 months. He has been with the
agency since 2009, having served
previously as executive secretary
for four years.
“Brian has shown a deep understanding of the issues affecting
growth in Boston,” Mayor Walsh
said. “He has given me confidence
that we can move ahead with deep
reforms to the BRA, while still
driving development forward. So
today I’m pleased to announce I’m
appointing Brian Golden to be the
permanent director of the Boston
Redevelopment Authority. Brian
will work hand-in-hand with businesses and communities to make
development in Boston work for
everyone.”
Golden said, “I am deeply honored that Mayor Walsh has asked
me to continue to lead this agency
through a critical juncture in our
history. The staff of the Boston
Redevelopment Authority and
Economic Development Industrial
Corporation has played an essential role in building one of the
greatest cities, not just of America,
but of the world. Despite all of our
shared successes, it’s also obvious
that certain aspects of our operation are ripe for improvement. Our
goal is to create an agency that is
reflective of the world class city it
helped to build, and I’m excited for
the job ahead.”
Golden has led a sweeping
effort to reform the agency since
January, and he has overseen a
flurry of changes in the wake of
KPMG’s performance review.
Much of this work has focused on
increasing the level of transparency
and accountability with regard to
how the agency conducts its core
mission of planning and economic
development.
“These will always be contentious issues, but even when there
is disagreement, and perhaps more
so when there is disagreement, we
must be transparent and honest
in all areas of our work,” Golden
added.
To this end, several new policies have been approved by the
BRA/EDIC Board of Directors in
recent months to improve transparency and accountability during
the Article 80 development review
process. A new website launched
late last year provides much better access to public documents
and information, and developers
are now required to submit project proposals and accompanying
updates through an online system.
All BRA/EDIC board meetings are
now streamed live on the BRA’s
Web site, and meeting agendas and
memoranda are available to the
public in advance of the monthly
meetings.
Working with Walsh’s administration and Chief of Economic
Development John Barros, Golden
has introduced a wave of new
leadership to the authority, including a new chief of staff, director
of development review and policy,
acting general counsel, director of
communications, compliance program manager, controller, and lease
administrator. This past spring,
the BRA/EDIC board of directors
approved reforms to the vacation,
sick leave, and compensatory time
policies to produce savings.
An independent review of the
agency’s Planning Division is
expected to in January. The consultant will review the management
practices, mission, and structure of
the division in order to recommend
changes for improving workflow,
predictability, and transparency in
the planning process.
A team comprised of leasing,
legal, and finance staff is actively
reviewing all leases that the BRA/
EDIC is party to in order to ensure
compliance and to collect revenue
in a timely manner. New lease
management software that is being
implemented will help provide better accountability over these agreements in the future.
While there has been an intense
focus on improving operations at
the agency, the BRA/EDIC has
also helped to facilitate a tremendous amount of investment in
Boston this year. As of the end of
November, over 8.4 million square
feet of projects, totaling nearly $3
billion in development, had been
approved by the board.
Golden is a graduate of Boston
Latin School, Harvard College, the
College of William & Mary’s Law
School and the United States Army
War College. He was elected four
times to the Massachusetts House
of Representatives, where he originally met then-Rep. Walsh. Golden
has held several senior government
posts at the local, state and federal
level.
Foundation, the YMCA of Greater
Boston is establishing three regional technology centers, featuring
Chromebooks, at the Charlestown,
Roxbury and Waltham YMCAs.
The Chromebooks will be shared
with other nearby YMCAs and
expect to engage more than 250
youth.
“Many of the teens we serve live
in households where their families
do not own a computer and we
hear stories of the teens we work
with trying to complete homework
assignments on their phone,”
said Joseph Gaeta, the YMCA’s
Association-wide Director ofTeen
Programming. “This grant will
allow our Ys to provide teens with
access to computers for homework
assistance and college applications,
while also teaching them important job and life skills needed for
today’s tech-savvy world.”
In addition to homework assistance, these technology centers will
also allow the Y to offer key youth
development programs such as
cyber bullying and resume writing
to more youth as well as introduce
new programs such as website
YMCA members, Alex and Alejandro work with YMCA staff member
Yihra Peltra learning computer skills.
design, job search courses, long
distance web-pals and scholastic
prep classes.
The YMCA of Greater Boston
is the state’s leading nonprofit committed to strengthening
communities. Every day the Y
works with thousands of men,
women and children to make sure
that everyone, regardless of age,
income or background, has the
opportunity to learn, grow and
thrive. With 13 branches in and
around Boston, the Y partners
with 250 organizations to meet
unique needs of the communities
it serves. The Y is committed to
youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility.
School Committee (from pg. 1 )
educator workforce while
offering school leaders and teachers the opportunity to select the
best people for every classroom,
and the continued implementation of a much-improved educator evaluation and professional
development system. There is still
so much more to do. I appreciate the confidence shown by the
members in voting me to another
term. We are grateful for the leadership of Mayor Walsh and look
forward to continuing to work
with him and his team, as well
as with Interim Superintendent
John McDonough, to eliminate
achievement and opportunity
gaps and ensure every student has
access to the very best education
possible.”
O’Neill, a Boston Public
Schools graduate and resident
of Charlestown, has served on
the Committee since July 15,
2008.He is an Executive Vice
President, Financial Services of
451 Marketing in Boston, with
more than 25 years of experience
in marketing, banking and insurance.
Hardin Coleman was elected Vice-Chair. A resident of
Kenmore Square, since 2008 Dr.
Coleman has served as Dean of
the School of Education at Boston
University. He has served on the
Boston School Committee since
July, 2013. As Vice-Chair, Dr.
Coleman will be called on to
run Committee meetings in the
Chair's absence.
The Boston School Committee
is the governing body of the
Boston Public Schools, responsible for defining the vision, mission
and goals of BPS, establishing and
monitoring the annual operating
budget, hiring, managing and
evaluating the Superintendent,
and setting and reviewing district
policies and practices to support
student achievement.
Also Monday, Mayor Walsh
held a swearing-in ceremony for
new member Regina Robinson
and appointed Jeri Robinson to
a full four-year term. The other
members of the Committee are
Meg Campbell and Michael
Loconto, and the Citizens
Nominating Panel is soliciting
applications for a vacant seat.
Applications, which are due
January 20, are available in the
“quick links” section of bostonpublicschools.org. Members are
appointed by the Mayor to serve
four-year terms.
The Committee meets twice
a month. Except where indicated, all meetings are held on
Wednesdays at 6 p.m. in the
Edward Winter Chambers, 26
Court Street, Boston. The next
meeting is scheduled for January
14. For a full 2015 schedule of
School Committee meetings, visit
www.bostonpublicschools.org/
Page/253.
Obituaries
Diane Gans
Of Charlestown
Diane T. Gans of Charlestown
passed peacefully on January 3
after a long illness. She was 54
years old.
Mrs. Gans was predeceased
by her parents Paul and Frances
Dineen and is survived by her
partner, Steve Holly, daughter
Jaclyn, granddaughter Grace, son
Joshua and his wife, Jamie-Leigh.
Diane will be deeply missed
and forever loved.
Services will be held on
Saturday, January 10 at 10 a.m.
at St. Mary's Church, 55 Warren
Street, Charlestown in the downstairs chapel.
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CITY
‘Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike’
The Huntington Theatre ushers in the new
year now through Feb. 1, with Tony Awardwinning Broadway comedy, “Vanya and Sonia
and Masha and Spike,” at the 264 Huntington
Ave., Boston theater. Showtimes: Fridays, at
8 p.m.; at 8 p.m.; Jan. 6,8,13,15,20,27, also
Jan. 21,22,29, at 7:30 p.m.; Jan.7, at 7 p.m.;
Jan. 14,28, at 2 and 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Jan.
10,17,24,31, at 2 and 8 p.m.; Jan. 11,18,25, at
2 and 7 p.m.; Feb. 1, at 2 p.m. Days and times
vary. Check also for related events. Tickets start
at $25; discount rates for seniors, subscribers,
BU community, students, military with valid
ID, and 35 Below. Call 617-266-0800 or visit
huntingtontheatreorg.
‘Morality Play’ The Sandra Feinstein-Gamm Theatre at 172
Exchange St.,Pawtucket, RI, presents “Morality
Play,” Tony Estrella’s stage adaption of Barry
Unsworth’s best-selling novel, through Feb. 1,
2015. the play is a provocative comedy, set in
1361 New England, when a mute girl is sentenced to be hanged for the murder of a little
boy; and an itinerant group of actors weave
the murder into their morality play, attempting
to solve the crime. For more information and
tickets, call 401-723-4266 visit www.gammtheatre.org.
‘Midsummer’
Apollinaire Theatre Company kicks off its new
season with David Greig and Gordon MacIntyre’s
95-minute, one-act, two-person romantic comedy play with songs, “Midsummer,” performed
through Jan. 11, at Chelsea Theatre Works,
189 Winnisimmet St., Chelsea. Brooks Reeves
and Courtland Jones star. Showtimes: Friday,
Saturday, at 8 p.m.; Sunday, 3 p.m. There’s
a post-show reception with the actors in the
Gallery. Tickets:$25 at the door; advance tickets, $20; students, $15. Call 617-887-2336 or
visit www.apollinairetheatre.com.
Live Nation concerts
Live Nation’s latest line-up includes Adore
Delano, performing Jan.7, at Brighton Music
Hall, Allston, followed at the hall by Expanding
Man/Loveless/Senor Happy, Jan. 8, and Kawehi,
Jan. 9; Aerosmith Tribute Band, Draw the Line,
Jan. 10. The Devil Makes Three performs Jan.
10 and A$AP Ferg & YG, Jan. 12, at House of
Blues, Boston; and WALE’s at Paradise Rock
Club, on Jan. 11. For more information, visit
LiveNation.com.
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discriminated against in your effort to buy a home or to rent an apartment, we urge you to call the
Fair Housing Center of Greater Boston at 617-399-0491.
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‘A Future Perfect’
Guy Fishman and Ian
Watson
SpeakEasy Stage Company presents the world premiere of former
Huntington Playwriting Fellow,
Ken Urban’s one-act, 90-minhute
comedy. “A Future Perfect,” Jan.
9 through Feb. 7, starring award
winners Marianna Bassham and
Nael Nacer, at the Roberts Studio
Theatre, Stanford Calderwood
Pavilion, Boston Center for the
Arts, 527 Tremont St., South End,
Boston. Performances:Wednesday,
Thursday, at 7:30 p.m.;Friday, 8
p.m.; Saturday, 4,8 p.m.; Sunday, 3
p.m.; also Jan. 13 ,at 7:30 p.m.,Feb.
5, at 2 p.m.Tickets start at $25;
discounts for seniors, students, and
ages 25-under. For tickets and/or
more information, call 617-9338600, visit www.SpeakEasyStage.
com or www.BostonTheatreScene.
com. ‘Chalk’
Black
Walt McGough’s intense, science
fiction fable, “Chalk” headlines
Fresh Ink Theatre’s new season,
Jan. 9-24, at Boston Playwrights‘
Theatre, 949 Comm. Ave., Boston.
Performances:Friday, Saturday,
at 8 p.m.; Thursdays, and also
Wednesday, Jan. 21, 7:30 p.m.;
Jan. 10 and 24, at 3 p.m. There’s
a post-show social, Jan. 10; date
night, Jan. 21 (buy one ticket,
get one free, and free concessions
package); Playwright’s Night, Jan.
15, 22, with Tootsie Pop talkback.
Admission, $20; 3 p.m. performances online,420 or Pay What You Can
at the door; groups of eight, $5 off.
Visit freshinktheatre.orgo r web.
obationtix.com/trs/pr/941621. ‘The Best Brothers’
Daniel McIvor’s 90-minute, oneact comedy, “The Best Brothers,”
Handel & Haydn’s principal cellist
Guy Fishman and fortepianist Ian
Watson perform Beethoven’s cello
sonatas for fortepiano and violoncello, variations, and a piano sonata, Sunday, Jan. 11, at 3 p.m. at the
magnificent Shalin Liu Performance
Center, 35 Main St., Rockport. Dr.
Teresa Neff leads a pre-concert
talk at 2 p.m., free of charge, to
ticketholders. Tickets,$19-$34.Call
978-546-7391 or visit www.rockportmusic.org.
No Turning Back
Oberon events. Oberon artist-in-residence Speakeasy Circus performs Jan. 7,8,14-17, at the 2 Arrow St., Harvard
Square, Cambridge club. There are acrobats, jugglers, burlesque dancers and aerialists performing to electroswing
and jazz music in this all-new version of the club’s hit show. Tickets, start at $25. Prime Cut Production presents
“Pulp Friction: A Quentin TaranTEASEno Burlesque, Jan. 11 and 23, at 9 p.m. (tickets from $10); followed by the
club’s monthly The Big Quiz Thing, Jan. 12 and Feb. 2, at 8 p.m. Admission is free of charge. For tickets and/or
more information, visit cluboberon.com.
makes its East Coast premiere Jan
8 through Feb. 1 at Merrimack
Repertory Theatre’s Nancy L.
Donahue Theater, 50 E. Merrimack
St., Lowell, starring Michael
Canavan and Bill Kux. A postshow reception is held Jan. 11.
Tickets, $20-$60; check for senior,
student, military, group and other
discounts, performance times, and
special related events. Visit www.
mrt.org or call 978-654-4678. ‘Orlando’
Catherine LeClair, John Davin,
Woody Gaul and John Kinshert perform with Wellesley College student
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Edwards twins
Edwards twins Anthony and
Edward return to Stoneham
Theatre (395 Main St., Stoneham),
Jan. 8-11, (Thursday at 7:30 p.m.;
Friday, Saturday, 8 p.m.; Sunday,
at 6 p.m.) with the Fancy Dancers,
performing their Las Vegas-style
show, and featuring their spot-on,
uncanny impersonations of mega
stars Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler,
Stevie Wonder, Celine Dion, Ray
Charles, Andrea Bocelli, and countless others. VIP seats, $60; premi-
Comedy Night
It’s Comedy Night at the Firehouse
Center for the Arts at Market
Square, Downtown Newburyport,
featuring headlining stand-up comics Tony V, Doug Blay and Jeff
Keon, Friday, Jan. 9, at 8 p.m. All
seats $20. Call 978-462-7336 or
visit www.firehouse.org.
um, $50; standard, $45. Popular
Scullers
motivational
Kellylee Evans performs Jan. 8
and Linda Eder, Jan. 9 and 10, at
Scullers jazz club, Doubletree Suites
by Hilton Boston-Cambridge, 400
Soldiers Field Road, Boston. Call
617-562-4111 or visit www.scullersjazz.com.
speaker
Loretta
LaRoche also headlines, Jan. 9-11,
at 2 p.m. ($60/$50/$45). For performance times, tickets and more
information, call 781-279-2200, or
visit stonehamtheatre.org.
CNC elects officers; welcomes new member for 2015
CHARLESTOWN GYM HOCKEY
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Elisabeth Yancey and alumna Vicky
George in Sarah Ruhl’s adaptation
of Virginia Woolf’s “Orlando,” Jan.
8-10,15-17,22-24,29-31, Feb. 2, at
7 p.m.; Jan. 11,18,25, Feb. 1,at 2
and 7 p.m. at the college’s Ruth
Nagel Jones Theatre. Tickets, $20;
students, seniors, 410. Reservations
are required. Call 781-283-2000.
Firehouse Center for the Arts at
Market
Square,
Downtown
Newburyport, presents Warren
Miller Entertainment’s latest
ski-snowboard film, “No Turning
Back,” Saturday, Jan. 10, at 3 and 7
p.m. Tickets, adults, $12; members,
seniors, students, $9. Call 978-4627336 or visit www.firehouse.org.
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Bryan's Pals - Frankie McLaughlin, Keegan
Beliveau
MPTA - Joseph Neilon, Cole Tucker
Zume's - Harry Jackson, Mason Fisher
On Tuesday, January 6, the
Charlestown
Neighborhood
council voted in its officers and a
new member.
Tom Cunh was re-elected as
Council Chair. Other officers
include , first vice-chair David
Whelan, second vice-chair, Peggy
Bradley. Judy Brennan returns as
secretary and Bill Galvin is returning treasurer.
In the precincts, Tara Lally was
voted in as the new representative
for Precinct 6. Returning members
are: Precinct 1 - Judy Brennan,
Precinct 2 – David Whelan,
Precinct 3 – Bill Galvin, Precinct
4 – Ed Zacharias, Precinct 5 –
Richard McCarthy, and Precinct
7, Katelyn Kelly.
Councilors at Large are
Barbara Babin, Peggy Bradley,
Tom Cunha, Ed Grace, Amanda
Reinfeld, and Erin Sullivan
There is an at-Large position
open for a Charlestown resident
who is interested in serving the
neighborhood.
Contact any
member of the Council or visit
www.charlestownneighborhoodcouncil.org for more information.
Residents (continued from pg. 1)
recognized forum.
To that end, Levesque, Rebecca
Love, Terra Lally, State Rep. Dan
Ryan, Councilor Sal LaMattina
and Wynn official John Tocco
have turned to the state Office
of Public Collaboration to help
employ a moderator. Official
moderators have to be registered
with the office, and Levesque
said they have had eight responses with four qualified. They are
working on a short list of two
persons right now, she said.
She said the February meeting won’t entail any major decisions other than figuring out how
everyone can come together and
work together.
“The goal is to have all of
Charlestown working together in
one wonderful fashion so we can
work most efficiently and effectively with Wynn,” she said. “If
we can come out of this with some
unified voice for Charlestown…
that could make us much more
powerful and effective. It would
not be easy for Wynn to divide
and conquer. As much as possible,
I want to work amicably with
the Wynn people so that all of
Charlestown, not just some, can
get what they want.”
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Wynn purchases Monsanto site for $35 million
By Seth Daniel
The controversial land deal
on lower Broadway in Everett
slated to hold the new Wynn
casino passed papers on
Monday, with Wynn purchasing
the former Monsanto Chemical
property for $35 million from
FBT Everett. On Tuesday, City of Everett
leaders had planned to celebrate
the milestone at a gathering on
the property, but the extreme
cold weather drove the celebration indoors.
Numerous members of
Everett United, as well as elected
officials and a herd of Boston
news media members crowded the Council Chambers for
the jovial ceremony – where
Mayor Carlo DeMaria gave
Wynn’s Bob DeSalvio a new
curbside trash bin as a gag gift to
welcome them as new property
Acquisition means the company now hits the ‘go’ button
owners in the City.
The DeMaria referenced the
Lower Broadway Planning process that started in 2008 and how
the Wynn project unexpectedly fit
right into those plans. He said it
has been a long road, but one that
he’s glad the City took.
“A lot of people weren’t on
board at first,” he said. “There
was a lot of hesitation in the city
about a casino. Many on the City
Council were questioning it. My
wife and I had long conversations
about it every day…I wanted to
build something great for the city
and soon this became a no-brainer. At one point, [former] Gov.
[William] Weld took me aside and
told me I had to do it and he
laid out the reasons why. He was
right.”
DeSalvio said there was nothing
City official that was skeptical
of it. With his determination and
effort, he united the city.”
Wynn now has full ownership
and control over the property and
company officials said that clears
the way for site cleanup and construction to move forward. That
will likely take place after permitting is completed in the next few
months.
Wynn officials in a press release
on Monday said the purchase was
the most significant advancement
on the project since being awarded
the license last September.
Added DeSalvio, “Today, we
hit the ‘go’ button and we’re not
stopping until a spectacular Wynn
Resort with a new waterfront public park for all to access and enjoy
is completed.”
The long-vacant property has
over its SCA and ended up on the
losing end of that ruling – and
stated publicly that it was very
unhappy with Wynn. On the flip
side, though, Malden negotiated happily and successfully with
Wynn and touts its SCA.
All of that seems to be the
background for the refusal of the
check on Wednesday.
The Mayor’s Office didn’t
immediately return a request for
comment to the Patriot-Bridge.
However, Councilor Sal
LaMattina said he supports the
move and believes the $1 million
check is an outrage.
“The mitigation package for the
Charlestown community should
be equal to the package awarded
to East Boston, if not better,” said
LaMattina. “East Boston was due
to receive $18 million annually.
The $1 million is a slap in the
face to the people of Charlestown.
They will be impacted more than
any other neighborhood and they
deserve the same if not more than
the $18 million that East Boston
would have received annually.”
Tom Cunha, chair of the
Charlestown
Neighborhood
Council (CNC), went on record
saying, “I have no problem with
the City of Boston turning down
the first round of mitigation
money until the litigation between
the City of Boston and the MGC
has played out.”
The package of $56 million
minimum on Boston's behalf was
imposed by the MGC to cover
impacts from the Wynn project,
including traffic mitigation for
Sullivan Square in Charlestown.
Wynn agreed to the package and
it was then included in the project's licensing agreement.
The Boston/Sullivan Square
mitigation package includes:
·$1 million upfront payment
·$24 million in total annual
payments to the City of Boston
·$25 million toward a longterm traffic solution for Sullivan
Square in Charlestown
·$6 million in short-term
Sullivan Square traffic mitigation
In addition, up to $20 million
in fees may be assessed by the
Commission if the project fails to
meet its traffic projections – which
brings the potential total to $76
million.
The package also includes a
commitment by Wynn to spend
at least $15 million in annual purchasing from Boston businesses
and $225 million over the term
of the license. The company will
also hold vendor and career fairs
in the City of Boston, to educate
and attract future construction
and operational vendors, and to
appeal to potential resort employees who live in Boston.
Seth Daniel can be reached at
[email protected] and John
Lynds can be reached at john@
eastietimes.com
Walsh (continued from pg. 1)
Other uses for the money were
to be for staffing and other public safety initiatives related to
increased vehicular and pedestrian traffic, and improvements to
facilitate water transportation in
the Boston Harbor.
"We believe the $56 million
package for Boston, which is primarily dedicated to Charlestown
traffic solutions, will be critical in solving the decades-long
problems of Sullivan Square,”
said Bob DeSalvio, president of
Wynn Everett. “The package
is comprehensive in that it also
includes vendor and employee
commitments consistent with our
other Surrounding Community
Agreements. This initial payment,
so closely following the acquisition of our land parcel, is still
another step that keeps us on
track to make our 5-star resort a
reality.”
The meat of the check controversy lies in the fact that Boston
has no Surrounding Community
Agreement (SCA), which is what
prompted the MGC to work out
the package prior to the licensing
award as Charlestown was left
with few specific protections from
casino-related impacts.
Wynn officials and Everett
Mayor Carlo DeMaria have
repeatedly said that Wynn tried
to negotiate an agreement with
Boston, but were frequently stood
up or had meetings cancelled at
the last minute. DeMaria indicated at a press conference on
Tuesday in Everett that Steve
Wynn himself tried to negotiate
with Boston Mayor Marty Walsh
– with no results in the end.
“They should have participated
in the Surrounding Community
Agreement process and they
didn’t,” DeMaria said. “I know
Mr. Wynn went to talk to Mayor
Walsh and I know members of
the group have tried to meet with
Boston too. I don’t get it.”
Wynn officials were hesitant
to publicly address the issue at
the same press conference on
Tuesday, but have been on the
record before the MGC in saying
they have made many efforts to
work with Boston and have gotten
little cooperation.
Boston, however, has a completely different story and has said
that Wynn did not negotiate in
good faith with the City. Mayor
Walsh said such on Monday in
announcing a lawsuit against the
MGC. Boston also contends that
it is a Host Community and not a
Surrounding Community.
It has also denied that Wynn
has tried repeatedly to meet with
its representatives, a fact that
Wynn officials, once again, wholeheartedly refute.
Wynn does have a rocky past in
negotiating with some surrounding communities, as Chelsea had
to go to arbitration with Wynn
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Mayor Carlo DeMaria welcomes
a large crowd to the Council
Chambers Tuesday afternoon for a
short ceremony to official welcome
Wynn to Everett – as they are officially the property owners of the
former Monsanto Chemical site.
been and continues to be the
source of a great amount of criticism about the Wynn project.
On Monday – the same day
the sale was finalized – the City
of Boston filed a lawsuit against
the Massachusetts Gaming
Commission (MGC) under the
auspices, partially, that the state
had been defrauded by the land
deal.
The genesis of those complaints arise from the allegation
that Revere businessman Charlie
Lightbody had been a one-time
partner in FBT Everett, but was
barred from ownership rights
due to the regulations set by the
MGC. He had alleged that he
was out of the partnership before
Wynn began negotiations on the
property, but an MGC investigation showed cause for pause as to
whether that had happened.
There is currently a case in
state and federal court related to
Lightbody and some other owners
about whether or not they misled
investigators and committed wire
fraud in the deal.
Through all that, though, the
MGC had always contended that
Wynn Resorts was not aware or
a party to any of those situations.
The MGC went so far as to require
the owners of the property to
reduce their price from $75 million
to $35 million in light of the controversy. They also required the
partners to sign an affidavit that
stated no “unspoken” or “secret”
partners would gain from the sale
of the land.
The federal and state cases are
still working their way through
both levels of court.
Black
that could stop Wynn from developing the resort now that the land
had been purchased and cleared.
“With this land transaction and
our arrival, nothing gets in our
way from moving forward,” he
said. “We look forward to getting started with remediation. We
know how important that clean up
is to you. We know how important it is for you to reconnect with
the waterfront. We’re going to
be taking the next six months
to make sure that site is cleaned
up and we’re coming out of the
ground this summer and opening
late 2017.”
Incoming State Rep. Joe
McGonagle said he was one who
was skeptical, but no more.
“A few years ago, the mayor
came to me with this dream of
his,” said McGonagle. “I was one
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Local Coldwell Banker helps in toy drive
Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
The
Coldwell
Banker
Residential Brokerage office in
Charlestown is pleased to once
again join with Bernie & Phyl’s
Furniture to collect toys as part of
The Home for Little Wanderers’
Big Wishes Gift Drive. Big Wishes
is one of the Boston area’s oldest
and largest toy drives, supporting
children and families who are living in at-risk circumstances and
are served by The Home’s programs across Boston and Eastern
Massachusetts.
Coldwell Banker Residential
Brokerage and Bernie & Phyl’s
Furniture encourage neighbors
throughout the community to
drop off new, unwrapped toys at
the Coldwell Banker Residential
Brokerage office located at 2
Thompson Square and any Bernie
& Phyl’s store in Massachusetts.
The Coldwell Banker office and
Bernie & Phyl’s are accepting
donations now through Monday,
December 15, 2014.
“The Home works hard to help
vulnerable children and families
who are facing some of the most
difficult times in their lives. We
are hoping to make the holidays
more joyous for them by collecting
as many toys and other gifts as
possible,” said Susan Collins, sales
manager of the Coldwell Banker
Residential Brokerage office in
Charlestown. “We appreciate the
community’s assistance in helping
to make the holiday wishes of
thousands of children come true.”
The Home needs gifts for children ranging in age from birth to
22-years, with an urgent need for
gifts for the 14- to 18-year-old
teenagers in its care. To help meet
the challenge of providing suitable
holiday gifts for the teens that The
Home serves, Coldwell Banker
Residential Brokerage and Bernie
& Phyl’s also welcome donations
of gift cards. Gift cards from major
retail stores, as well as online
retailers for personal care items,
electronics and sporting goods are
particularly welcome.
To learn more about how to help
The Home this holiday season,
including how to pledge a gift from
a child’s personal wish list or shop
from a general list and have the gift
delivered free of charge directly
to The Home’s Toy Room, please
visit www.thehome.org/bigwishes.
About Coldwell Banker Residential
Brokerage
Coldwell Banker Residential
Brokerage is the largest residential
real estate brokerage company in
New England. With 4,000 sales
associates and staff in approximately 80 office locations, the
organization serves consumers in
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New
Hampshire and Maine. Coldwell
Banker Residential Brokerage is
part of NRT LLC, the nation’s
largest residential real estate
brokerage company. For more
information, please visit www.
NewEnglandMoves.com.
About The Home for Little
Wanderers
For more than 200 years, The
Home for Little Wanderers has
earned a reputation for doing
whatever it takes to strengthen
vulnerable families and keep children safe in their communities,
even when they don’t have fam-
ily support. Serving children and
youth from birth to 22, The Home
makes a positive impact on over
7,000 lives across Boston and
Eastern Massachusetts each year
through a network of behavioral
health services, therapeutic residential, special education, adoption and foster care. Additionally,
a number of innovative programs
provide specialized assistance to
youth transitioning to adulthood
from state systems of care. We continuously measure the impact of
our work to develop and enhance
our programs. We never give up on
children. And we don’t let children
give up on themselves. For more
information, visit www.thehome.
org.
About Bernie & Phyl’s Furniture
Bernie & Phyl’s Furniture is a
privately owned furniture retailer
based in Norton, Massachusetts.
The family run business currently has eight stores in New
England: Braintree, MA; Hyannis,
MA; Nashua, NH; Natick, MA;
Raynham, MA; Saugus, MA;
Warwick, RI; and Westboro, MA.
Bernie & Phyl’s Furniture received
the prestigious Comcast Spotlight
Hall of Fame Award at the 2014
Family Business Association
Awards for Massachusetts. The
award is presented to a business in
recognition of its good corporate
citizenship, longevity, excellence
and achievements. Bernie & Phyl’s
was also the recipient of the Better
Business Bureau Local Torch
Award for Excellence in 2011,
2009, 2007, and 2004, which is
given to companies that embody
the highest ethical standards.
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Pictured at last year’s toy drop-off are Pat Villani, president of Coldwell
Banker Residential Brokerage in New England, and Joan WallaceBenjamin, president and CEO of The Home for Little Wanderers.
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B E A T
POLICE/COMMUNITY MEETING: Meet the police & discuss public
safety issues on the  third Tuesday of every month at the police station,
20 Vine Street, at 6:30 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].
Breaking and Entering –
Residence – Day
12/22/14 – A victim on
Crystal Place reported that he
heard a loud thud and, upon
investigating, observed two large
cracks in his door.
He then heard footsteps and
saw a white male crouched in his
doorway. The victim attempted
to push the suspect out, at which
time the suspect brandished a
handgun and threatened him.
The suspect then fled the scene.
Officers were given a description of the suspect, and a short
time later, he was apprehended.
The suspect was positively identified as the man who broke into
the victim’s home.
A second home on the street
was also broken into, and as a
result of that investigation, the
suspect will also be charged in
that break-in.
Auto Theft
12/22/14 – A victim on
Constitution Road stated in the
parking area, he left his car running to go pay a bill.
At that time, a black male
jumped in the vehicle and drove
away. Unable to leave the parking lot, the suspect abandoned
the vehicle and began to walk
away.
The suspect kept an eye on
the victim as responding officers
stopped him. The suspect was
then placed under arrest.
Breaking and Entering - NonResidence
12/22/14 - Officers responded
to Main Street for a reported
breaking and entering.
Upon arrival, police spoke
to the proprietor, who stated
unknown person(s) had entered
her place of business through the
back door, setting off a motion
alarm.
The suspect(s) attempted to
open the cash register, but was
unsuccessful and only damaged
the cash draw.
Detectives will investigate the
incident.
Assault and Battery
12/25/14 - As a result of a
fight on Austin Street, an individual will be summonsed to
Charlestown Court to face an
assault-and-battery charge