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this community. I have been
through the budget process. I
believe that I am the only candidate in this race with that level
of experience.”
Deveau said the one thing he
is most proud of is co-founding
“Eastie’s Elves,” an effort that
has resulted in thousands of
children enjoying gifts during
the holiday season.
Deveau was asked about
residents’ health concerns related to Logan Airport and what
can be done to address them.
“In terms of the health study,
I was involved in that during my
time in Sen. Petruccelli’s office
and to be frank it took too long
because it was held up during
the Romney Administration.
“I think we can do better. I
don’t think it was as comprehensive as it could be. I don’t
think it’s as comprehensive as it
should be.”
Deveau said if elected, he
would file legislation to create
another health study.
CAMILO HERNANDEZ
Camilo Hernandez talked
about the realization of “The
American Dream.”
Hernandez said he decided
to move to the United States 20
years ago following the death
of his father.
“The last words [of my
father] were, ‘invest in people,
invest in people, invest in people.’’’
A former professional tennis
player in Colombia, he came
here seeking a good education.
He earned degrees in business
administration and television
production.
Hernandez said he volunteered for a year in Tenacity,
a statewide program that promotes tennis and literacy. He
eventually took a part-time
position with Tenacity.
Hernandez helped open up
the Piers Park Sailing Center to
a larger number of East Boston
youths. Following his success
there, he became an aide to
City Councilor Sal LaMattina,
a position he held for five years.
“I am running for state
representative in East Boston
because I want to bring the
American dream back because
we deserve it – that’s why I’m
running for state representative.”
Hernandez was asked about
his support of granting drivers’ licenses to undocumented
immigrants.
“It’s a safety [issue] first. We
need to know who lives next to
you. We need to know who’s
here. The second thing is revenue. We need that money. That
money needs to be circulated
around the community.”
Hernandez also said that
immigrants need access to higher education. “That’s why I’m
proposing drivers’ licenses.”
ADRIAN MADARO
Madaro highlighted his local
roots, his educational background and his service as chief
of staff to former state representative Carlo Basile.
“I am born and raised in the
community over in Eagle Hill.
My mother, Debra Cave, grew
up on Webster Street down
Jeffries Point and my dad is an
immigrant from Italy.
“I went to Boston Latin
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School for high school, Tufts
University for college, and it
was when I was a senior at Tufts
that I began working for Rep.
Carlo Basile at the Statehouse.
I went back to Tufts and got a
master’s degree in public policy
and urban planning. It’s been
a very interesting ride working
for the rep.”
Madaro said he grew up
“steeped with the ideas of
community activism and civic
engagement.” He said he
founded a fellowship for youth
at East Boston High School
called the Mario Umana Public
Service Fellowship that provides youth with public service
internships with elected officials and leaders of non-profit
organizations.
Madaro said he would work
to bring a top-notch, state-ofthe-art senior center to East
Boston.
He was asked about ways
to unite long-time East Boston
residents, an under-represented
immigrant class, and developing young, professional residents.
“That’s part of what makes
East Boston special, our diversity in the community. I do
see myself as the only candidate who can build the bridges
between the three East Bostons.
You have old East Boston – I
was born and raised here. My
mom has deep roots in this
community and I understand
the needs and desires of old
East Boston well. New East
Boston – I’m a young, educated
professional who just happens
to be born and raised in East
Boston. And for the immigrant
community, I’m a first-generation American, my dad being
an immigrant right from Italy
so I understand those struggles
as well.”
JOANNE POMODORO
Pomodoro used the forum
to introduce herself as the
Independent candidate for the
seat. She will compete against
the Democratic nominee in
the March 31 general election.
“I’m asking people to be objective and listen openly. I know
you have your loyalties to your
candidates but I just like people
to be open minded and give me
a chance.
“I would like to follow in the
footsteps of the amazing Carlo
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JOE RUGGIERO
Joe Ruggiero spoke about
his life as a small business
owner in Orient Heights where
he and his father operate the
Ruggiero Funeral Home. He
also highlighted the impact
he has made in the community with his involvement in
non-profit organizations, youth
and senior programs.
“I went to Savio Prep and
after Savio Prep, I decided to
pursue the family business and I
went to Mount Ida College and
got a degree in Business and
Funeral Management.”
Ruggiero said he decided five
years to become “an active participant in East Boston.”
“We have a lot of great
institutions and some great
non-profits here. I felt that
getting involved was more
than just sitting on a board or
writing a check. It was about
getting active and being really
hands-on to try help people in
the neighborhood.”
Ruggiero said he also reached
out to seniors and other small
business owners to talk about
some of the services available
to them in East Boston.
Ruggiero said he worked at
Suffolk University in government affairs and community
affairs. He said the university is developing a partnership
with East Boston that will bring
Suffolk athletics and scholarships and funding to East
Boston High School.
Ruggiero was asked how he
would fully engage residents
in the community process for
future developments.
“As a state representative, it
is crucially and vitally improvement to make sure that all of
our residents are heard. I will
have no problem standing up
in front of the Zoning Board
of Appeals and going against a
project that City Hall thinks is
a beneficial project. I have no
problem if the direct abutters
and the stakeholders in the area
feel that way. I think we need
to do a better job of listening to
the community.”
LOU SCAPICCHIO
Scapicchio spoke proudly
about his East Boston roots,
his participation in the legal
profession and his service in the
United States Army.
Scapicchio graduated from
Savio Prep, Suffolk University
(with a degree in Criminology)
and Suffolk University Law
School. He passed the bar
examination in 2008.
“One of the things I’m most
proud of is that right after high
school I enlisted in the United
States Army.
“I’m very proud of that
because I come from a very
long history of service. My family, with their roots here in
East Boston, has been totally
committed to public service.
I have very deep roots in this
community.
“And that’s why I decided to
get in to this race. I’ve had the
chance to receive so much from
East Boston. This is the chance
for me to give back.”
Scapicchio said he spent 4 ½
years on active duty as a Judge
Advocate General (JAG) attorney and that experience allowed
him to travel throughout the
country and learn about the
operations of various municipal governments. Scapicchio
serves as the legal counsel to
the Chelsea Soldiers Home.
He was asked what concerns
from veterans he would bring
to a discussion with the federal
delegation.
“I don’t think it’s any
secret at all how poorly the
Department of Veterans’
Services on the federal level has
operated. From working with
veterans and from seeing the
ways that government – during
the drawdown of the numbers
of troops after 10 years of war
– the way that the government
got to that, a lot of times it
was on the backs on shoulders
who served for a long period
of time.
“The first thing I would say
[to the federal delegation] is
that they need to get on to
Massachusetts’ level with their
concerns for veterans’ services.
I do think we set a great example.”
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With 7.5 feet of snow falling
in East Boston in the last three
weeks small businesses that rely
on foot traffic, pick ups and
deliveries are feeling the hurt.
Food shops in Eastie are
the backbone of the community and are always a favorite alternative to cooking at
home. Many places last week
abandoned delivery service as it
became too difficult for drivers
to pull over, park, and deliver
the food to the front door.
A call to places like the New
Saigon Restaurant for delivery
were shot down.
"Pick up only, we are sorry
we just can't do deliveries," the
person answering the phone
there said last Thursday.
However, others like Dough
East Boston refused to throw in
the towel.
"We have been getting customer's cell phone numbers
and then we call them a few
minutes before we get there
so they can just grab the food
from the car, pay us and head
back inside," said co-owner
Michael Sanchez. "It has been
working well. There's been
some bumps in the road. The
other night we called to say
we were outside and the guy
said "I have no pants on". I
was told him "dude you better
get some pants on and grab
your food because I can't park
anywhere". So I had to drive
around for a few minutes until
he called me back dressed."
A lot of food businesses that
make a good amount of their
money and revenues during the
lunch hour rush are trying to
be creative
However, with virtually no place to park or even
pull over along Eastie's side
streets and main drags, businesses like Carlo's Catering on
Bennington Street have been
getting creative.
Carlo's hung a banner
that reads, "Can't Park? Call
Curbside Delivery, 617-5670058".
"It's been real rough," said
Stevie Carlo. "Some people
take the chance to park out
front, some have been calling
and have us run the food out.
We are trying to reconfigure
some things and do some things
different to make it work. It's
hard though because all these
storms have been over the
weekend so you lose a whole
day just trying to dig out and
get up and running."
Carlo warned that he's seeing the trickle down affect.
"It gets slow then I have
to lay some workers off for a
few weeks then they are not
spending money elsewhere in
the community," said Carlo.
"We always plan for the slow
season. January was good but
after the storms hit people
just are not having parties and
ordering catering because they
know people can't really get
around. It's lightened up across
the board but we'll hang in
there and weather the storm."
East Boston businesses are feeling the economic fallout from the
last three major snow storms in less than a month that dumped
over 7 ft. of snow on the neighborhood. Places like Carlo's Catering are offering curbside delivery to keep their regular customer
base coming back for more.
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The new design will include
a reorganization of parking to
improve access for businesses, new traffic signals at key
intersections, shorter pedestrian
crossings, and additional trees
and landscaping. The design
will be finalized after a yearlong community process. The overhaul of Central
Square was part of a wider
Transportation Action Plan
for Eastie. Several other initiatives were part of the plan
like creating safer pedestrian
crossings at several locations
including the Umana School
on Border Street and along
Condor Street. There’s a plan
to eliminate cut-through traffic
on Bayswater Street, a redesign of the Saratoga Street and
Chelsea Street intersection as
well as coordination with private developments adjacent to
Central Square.
In addition, the city is
expanding the Resident Parking
Program in East Boston in an
effort to prevent commuter and
airport parkers from monopolizing the limited on-street parking spaces in the neighborhood. In fall 2008, the parallel
parking on Sumner Street was
replaced by angle parking to
provide approximately 60 new
spaces for residents.
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the positive energy that pervades the health center.
“My takeaway from this
week is that everyone really likes working here. I’m so
thrilled to be in a place where
the morale is good and people
are happy to work together
and care for our patients," said
Dr. Fantes. "The health center
is growing and has such fabulous energy and momentum
to make changes with the goal
of always trying to better serve
our patients. The energy is contagious.”
Prior to joining EBNHC,
Dr. Fantes held positions on
both US coasts and overseas.
As General Medical Officer
at the Naval Hospital Camp
Pendleton in California, Dr.
Fantes provided the 5th Marine
Regiment with all primary
care needs. For three years
she served as an Emergency
Department Physician at Naval
Hospital Okinawa in Japan,
a small community hospital
that serves as the referral center of the Pacific and the only
American military emergency department on Okinawa,
affording Dr. Fantes significant
experience treating trauma and
acute medical illness.
Returning to the US, Dr.
Fantes worked in Rhode Island
as a family physician in Naval
and private clinics as well as the
Providence Community Health
Center, where she served as
Associate Medical Director.
Most recently, Dr. Fantes was
the Epic Ambulatory Physician
Lead at Lifespan Corporation
in Providence.
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
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Boston working around the clock to deal with record snowfall
By John Lynds
Mayor Martin J. Walsh personally manned the Mayor's
Hotline during the last storm-fielding phone calls from East
Boston residents and taking
down addresses that needed
more attention for snow removal.
"I encourage Boston residents with snow related problems or questions to call my
hotline at 617-635-4500," said
Walsh on a Facebook post
with a picture of him manning
the phones. "We have nearly 600 pieces of equipment
clearing snow from Boston's
streets. We will get to every
single street in every neighborhood as quickly as possible."
Walsh announced that the
City of Boston has secured
additional resources from
Connecticut, New York City
and the National Guard to
assist Boston’s Public Works
Department (PWD) in ongoing snow removal operations.
The City has secured two
additional 135 ton per hour
snow melters from New York
City. The melters arrived on
Thursday and the City is currently surveying locations in
East Boston for snow removal. A 350 ton per hour melter
is continuing to operate at the
Tide Street snow farm, and an
80 ton per hour melter is operating at the Franklin Park
location.
The Boston Public Works
Department (PWD) overnight
Monday removed 1,200 truck
loads of snow from Eastie
and other Boston's neighborhoods. PWD crews have been
working around the clock to
remove what has been a historic amount of snow in the
City of Boston. The City has
removed over 17,000 truckloads of snow since the first
winter storm at the end of January. Boston received a total
of 16 inches of snow in the
most recent snow that ended
on Monday, for a total of 7.5
feet since January 23. Boston
is closing in on the most snow
for a season in recorded history (107 inches).
From the start of this snow
season to today, Boston
PWD has plowed 283,254
miles of roadway, put down
over 74,000 tons of salt, and
plowed for 168,231 hours.
The City has secured the
following equipment to assist
with snow removal: 16 tri-axle dump trucks; 5 skid steers
(BobCat); 8 front end loaders;
and 3 backhoes.
In addition, the National Guard has deployed 10
guardsmen and supplied five
bobcats from Joint Base Cape
Cod.
PWD is currently using utilizing ten snow farms across
the City and is working to secure additional snow farm locations to increase the City’s
capacity to store snow once
it is removed from the streets
and neighborhoods.
Mayor Walsh has also issued the following safety tips:
Please help your neighbors and do your part to assist during this snow event by
clearing sidewalks and shoveling out hydrants.
Have a contractor check the
roof to see if snow needs to be
removed. If roof snow can be
removed from the ground with
the use of a snow rake, do so
with caution. Avoid working
from ladders and be mindful
of slippery surfaces.
Shoveling snow requires
significant exertion, please be
cautious and pay attention to
symptoms. Stop if you feel
chest pain, shortness of breath,
lightheaded, nauseous/vomiting. Call 911 if those symptoms do not resolve quickly
when you stop exertion.
Carbon Monoxide poisoning is a concern during winter
weather, especially with the
use of generators Residents
should be sure to use their
home heating systems wisely
and safety, and have a working carbon monoxide detector
on each floor of your home.
Call 911 immediately if you
suspect Carbon Monoxide
poisoning.
Sitting in a car while idling
can be deadly if the tailpipe is
blocked. Do not let children
sit in an idling car while shoveling. Clear any household
exhaust pipes of snow. For ex-
Mayor Martin Walsh personally manned the Mayor's Hotline and fielded questions from residents
regarding snow removal operations in Eastie and throughout the city.
ample, gas exhaust from heating system or dryer.
Remember to keep catch
basins and fire hydrants clear.
Snow piles can make navigating intersections dangerous
for walkers and drivers, please
take extra care when turning
corners with snow piles that
might limit visibility.
If you see a person in need
of shelter, of it there is an
emergency, please call 911.
Please check on neighbors,
especially the elderly and disabled.
If you are walking in the
street, remove your headphones, so you can hear traffic.
For those with questions
or concerns, help is available
through several channels. The
Mayor’s Hot Line (617-6354500) will be running with
extra staff around the clock
for the next two days and the
City’s social media and mobile technology strategy will
be in full effect throughout the
storm. Residents can tweet @
notify boston with a question
or concern, and use the Citizens Connect app to report
issues.
John Lynds can be reached
at [email protected]
Crippled MBTA causes headache for commuters and lawmakers
By John Lynds
Tempers were running high
on the rails Tuesday morning
on the Blue Line. At Maverick Station commuters already
frustrated with several MBTA
closures during the record
breaking winter storms pushed
and shoved to make it onto an
already packed train. With a
fight almost breaking out on
one Blue Line car commuters
are victims of a broken system.
As of Tuesday the MBTA
reported that 16 out of its 72
Blue Line cars were out of service and it would take about 30
days to fully restore all lines.
While one side on Beacon
Hill will say it is a management issue others will argue
the state has kicked the can
down the road for far too long
and it has now become a revenue issue.
Senators like Anthony
Petruccelli say there is not
enough revenue provided for
the MBTA to do the job that
everyone expects them to do.
While it has become a reform versus revenue argument
there are documented reports
that show the MBTA needs
billions of dollars in improvements and upgrades.
However, there is no ap-
petite among members of the
House and Senate that live outside the MBTA's service zone
to take on the revenue issue.
With a majority vote needed to
pass any meaningful change,
the majority in the state legislature live outside the MBTA
zone.
Petruccelli said no matter
how many reforms there are
there is a greater need now for
more revenue.
"With most of my constituency relying on the MBTA
I am very angry and frustrated by this major disruption in
service," said Petruccelli. "My
colleagues and I have over
the years done many reforms
and increases in various taxes
to provide much needed new
revenue not only for MBTA
but all of MassDOT. Moving
forward it is my opinion more
reforms and new revenues are
needed for the MBTA to provide the kind of services that
its users demand and deserve.
I look forward to working in
the months ahead with my
colleagues to provide those
solutions. I hope the appropriate legislative committee
will have an oversight hearing to get some answers as
to why these problems have
occurred."
Mayor Martin Walsh
seemed just as frustrated.
"The MBTA has faced incredible difficulties over the
past few weeks due to the
historic amount of snowfall
and increasingly cold weather, coupled with an aging
system," said Mayor Martin
Walsh last Friday.
Walsh said closures to the
T have posed an incredible
hardship to workers and people living throughout Eastie
and the rest of Boston.
City Councilor Sal LaMattina echoed the Mayor's
frustrations. With thousands
of workers and young professionals in his district relying on the T to get to jobs
downtown LaMattina said
the closures have uncovered
a bigger problem that needs
to be addressed.
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"In East Boston we are
geographically isolated from
the rest of the city so the T
is very important to our residents," he said. "In my district there are thousands of
hotel workers, young professionals, people who work in
the restaurant industry that
need a reliable train system.
It was bad enough that we
saw record breaking amounts
of snow over the past three
weeks but being unable to
make it to work and bring
home a paycheck only added
to the frustration."
The problems over the
past three weeks that forced
several closures led to the
resignation of embattled
MBTA General Manager Dr.
Beverly Scott effective April
11.
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PUBLISHER: Debra DiGregorio
EDITOR:: Cary Shuman
PUBLISHER EMERITUS: John A. Torrone
THE WINTER OF OUR
DISCONTENT
Although the temperatures have been below zero with wind
chills even colder, tempers have been rising among just about all of
us as the snow and our frustrations continue to pile up.
Yes, life is difficult in the city, where parking spaces are non-existent, tickets are being issued, cars are being towed, traffic is a
nightmare, and city workers are being overwhelmed by the sheer
volume of snow.
However, getting angry at our neighbors, fellow motorists, and
city employees will do nothing to make the snow go away or make
life any easier. Reports of fights, acts of vandalism, and so forth
should have no place among civilized persons.
The opening lines of Shakespeare's Richard III -- "Now is the
winter of our discontent" -- although having a different context
than the actual weather, have never been more appropriate to our
circumstances, even to those of us who well-remember the legendary Blizzard of 1978.
We urge all of our fellow Greater Bostonians to take a deep
breath, grin, and bear it, as we always have when faced with whatever adversity Mother Nature has thrown at us.
In just a few weeks, all of this will be nothing but a memory,
unless we act rashly and commit acts that will have consequences
long after the last bit of snow has melted.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Experience
To the Editor:
That was my biggest takeaway from the Candidates' Forum held last Wednesday at Sacred Heart Church. There are a
lot of great individuals running
for State Representative – all
of whom love East Boston. But
this election isn't about who
loves East Boston the most. It's
about who has the experience to
be able to get the job done. And,
it is clear that Ed Deveau is that
candidate with the most experience both in the community and
at the State House.
Ed spent over a decade in the
State Legislature as Sen. Anthony Petruccelli's Chief of Staff.
He ran important committees,
including the Committee on
Community Development &
Small Business and the Committee on Financial Services and
knows the legislative process inside out. This will be especially
important in the upcoming budget process this April.
Here in East Boston, Ed has
been a pillar of the community – serving on the East Boston Athletic Board, past Vice
President of the Salesian Boys
& Girls Club, and Chair of the
Constitution Beach Association. Most importantly, Ed co-founded Eastie's Elves, a fundraiser
that has provided local kids with
toys and food during Christmas
for the past 11 years.
In this election for State Representative, I'm voting for the
candidate who I know will deliver for East Boston – Ed Deveau.
Stephanie Scopa
I support Adrian
Madaro
To the Editor:
It is with great pleasure that I
announce my support for Adrian
Madaro as State Representative
for East Boston. I know with all
my heart that Adrian is someone
who already does and will continue to look out for the people
of Eastie.
Adrian is someone who affected my life personally in the
greatest way possible. Several
years ago, Adrian and Ernani
DeAraujo created then Mario
Umana Fellowship Program.
The program was created specifically for East Boston High
School students. After an extensive application process, two
students are awarded the fellowship and placed on a paid internship for the summer at a certain
area of public service. This past
summer, I was fortunate enough
to be one of these recipients. I
spent the entire summer working under Chief Probation Officer Thomas Tassinari at the East
Boston District Court. Throughout the time I worked there,
Adrian served as an enormous
mentor to me and brought me to
numerous meetings with politicians and the people that make
East Boston so great. Because of
Adrian, I was able to gain a great
insight into the political arena
and what it truly means to work
for your neighborhood.
For the past four years, Adrian has served as Chief of Staff
for State Rep Carlo Basile. I witnessed first hand how hardworking Adrian is. No matter where
he is or what time of the day,
Adrian is always doing something. Whether it is an phone
call from a concerned citizen
or a fundraiser that needs extra
help, Adrian is always there and
ready to give his all.
My personal experience with
Adrian is not an isolated incident. You can ask anyone from
East Boston and they will tell
you Adrian is a person who goes
above and beyond for his neighborhood and the people of it. I
ask you to join me and please
consider Adrian Madaro while
you are voting for our new State
Representative this spring. Thank you. Thomas Travers
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Forum
Meeting scheduled for Orleans St. hotel plan
By John Lynds
Paul Roiff, a hotel developer
and
restauranteur
known for Mistral, a French/
Mediterranean bistro, Mooo
Steak House, the 2000 renovation of the 1903 Beaux Arts
building to create the luxury
hotel XV Beacon and The Inn
at St. Botolph is set to bring
his vision for the property at
175 Orleans St. to the neighborhood.
Roiff, and his partners
Jonathan and Dominic Serra,
will present their plans to the
Jeffries Point Neighborhood
Association during the group's
monthly planning and zoning subcommittee meeting on
Wednesday, February 18 at 7
p.m. at the Jeffries Point Yacht
Club.
Roiff's Heath Management
plans to develop a 150 room,
loft -style hotel on Orleans
Street near Eastie's waterfront.
The project, dubbed Loftel
Boston, plans to renovate 175
Orleans St. into a six-story,
modestly priced hotel. The proposed project will breathe new
life into a long-standing eyesore that has been vacant for
years,” according to a letter
of intent filed with the Boston
Redevelopment Authority.
"A great deal has transpired
since our initial meeting with
the East Boston representatives," said Roiff. "Neighbors
at 156 Porter and the Gumball
Factory expressed their desire
for a much more upscale hotel
with a street presence enhancing
an environment for pedestrian
traffic. They also expressed a
desire for the hotel offer some
benefits to their neighborhood."
Roiff said his team went
back to the drawing board
and studied properties like the
Hotel Wyeth in Brooklyn, The
Ace Hotel Group and other
such cutting edge properties.
"We removed all the panels
from the building and restored
glazing to all of the non masonry openings," he said. "We
added an additional green roof,
more organic screening and
additional lighting."
Artist rendering of the hotel project.
Roiff said the new plans have
enlarged the restaurant/lounge,
added a coffee/pastry shop on
Orleans St and expanded the
function space overlooking the
Boston skyline which required
an additional elevator and an
additional kitchen.
"We removed the extended
stay component and upgraded interior finishes," he said.
"We attempted to add rooms
on both Frankfort and Orleans
and Porter Streets, but either we
blocked views of 156 Porter or
the rear of the Frankfort Street
buildings."
Roiff said the new plans have
lost some parking but his team
has been speaking with abutters whom they might work
with if the additional parking
is needed.
"We have been meeting with
potential equity participants as
this is a much more expensive
project than originally anticipated," said Roiff. "Even if
the site were not a blight, we
believe what we have proposed
is an architecturally significant
addition to any neighborhood.
The Historic restoration juxtaposed with the glass addition
is handsome and rich. The
street level hospitality should
add pedestrian activity and a
greater sense of safety."
The project will also has a
world class function space overlooking the city that should
bring outside recognition to this
location.
Rioff is considered one of
Boston’s most acclaimed real
estate developers, and known
for pursuing projects that the
real estate “establishment” has
often deemed too daring,
In 1997, together with partners Jamie Mammano and Seth
Greenberg, Roiff built and
became a co-owner of Mistral,
a French/Mediterranean bistro
located in one of his most successful developments, Boston’s
Albert A. Pope Building.
Quickly after the opening,
Mistral was named one of the
“Top 25 New Restaurants in
America” by Esquire Magazine,
“Sexiest Bar” by Food &
Wine, and earned four “Best of
Boston” awards from Boston
Magazine.
His first foray into the luxury hotel world, Roiff renovated
a 1903 Beaux Arts building to
create XV Beacon in January of
2000. In developing the hotel,
Roiff adhered to the vision of a
classic and elegant environment
combined with modern style
that would provide an unforgettable service experience for
travelers, as well as a culinary
destination, The Federalist,
with an atmosphere reminiscent
of the world’s most prestigious
private clubs.
Roiff followed up the success
of Mistral and The Federalist,
which is now Mooo with two
other restaurants, Teatro in
January 2003 and Sorellina in
January 2006, which he owns
in conjunction with Jamie and
The Columbus Hospitality
Group. The latest two additions to CHG is L’Andana in
Burlington, MA which focuses
on Tuscan Wood-Grilled cuisine and The Inn at St. Botolph,
a limited service boutique hotel
& the sister property of XV
Beacon. Serving as president of
Heath Properties, a real estate
development and finance company, Roiff has also served on
the board of directors of a professional software company,
and as a director of Capitol
Bancorp in Boston.
cutline,
An architectual drawing of
the proposed project at 175
Orleans St. The development
team will present plans to the
community during a JPNA
meeting on Monday, January
12 at 7 p.m.
John Lynds can be reached
at [email protected]
Guest Op-Ed
Don't be fooled
By Seth Daniel
Like an annoying alarm
clock that predictably shouts
its tone, late last week and
this week several establishment
lawmakers and transportation
pundits began blaming the
MBTA’s implosion on a lack
of taxes and on the majority of voters who repealed the
automatic gas tax increases last
November.
Don’t be fooled, please.
In the daily newspapers and
on the broadcast news several came out last week to
tell us that the MBTA is just
going to require a dedicated
tax increase. They told us that
years and years of underfunding and deferred maintenance
- so as not to increase taxes or
rider fares - have put us in the
spot we have found ourselves
in, that spot being stuck in
neutral.
Yawn...
One has to grit their teeth at
the audaciousness.
Gritting our teeth as such
statements is exactly what
those of us who know the T
and its excesses and abuses
over the last several years have
to do; those of us who know a
friend or relative who retired
before 50 with a pension that
is greater than the average
Massachusetts worker’s yearly
private sector salary. I know
retired MBTA workers who – if
they live to be 90 – will receive
a pension for twice as many
years as they worked.
There’s the root of the problem.
Some of the facts that have
been put out there this week
are that the number of overall
employees at the T since 2012
has increased by 900 as finances headed southward.
Some policies have begun to
be changed regarding the abusive T retirement and pension
system, but we now hear with
some frequency this week that
the stability of that system –
meaning its unfunded liability
– has grown eight times as large
to near $1 billion.
The T has – to be fair – been
in trouble since the 1990s or
even before. It has been unsustainable for quite some time,
but the recent sin is the major
expansion during former Gov.
Deval Patrick’s tenure in the
face of fiscal instability.
Many forget the drunken exuberance that some
Democrats had nationally for
regional rail after President
Barack Obama was first elected. Even the president, himself,
was giddy about “high-speed
rail” and outlined a major
plan for the expensive mode
of transport – one that we
can all agree sounds great, but
one that most people just don’t
buy into when given the choice
between it and an automobile.
In 2009, the president agreed
to spend a mint in Stimulus
money on rail, and wisely,
some governors in Wisconsin
and Florida rejected the expensive proposition.
All that is like a distant dream
now in Washington, D.C., but
its effects in Massachusetts are
part of what we’re seeing now.
Former Gov. Deval Patrick
was all aboard with the idea
and expanded rail in several
directions – projects that had
been deemed fiscally unsound
in the previous administration.
That brings us to former
Gov. Mitt Romney. Say what
you will about him; he had
his good and bad points in
the Bay State. However, one
thing he saw was that the T
needed a “circle the wagons”
approach. Projects that former
Gov. Patrick readily jumped
into during the high-speed rail
extravaganza were things that
Romney rejected.
So, the T expanded and
expanded and expanded.
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Anyone with all the facts and
figures could have seen with
money leaking like a sieve that
such a policy eventually would
be catastrophic.
Now we’ve seen and lived
the catastrophe that was coming, and the T needs to be cut
off, like an addict that has hit
the end of the line.
Like several alternative
voices out there this week, I
think it’s time for desperate
measures. The T needs to be
put into a receivership situation
– as suggested by the Pioneer
Institute.
We have seen such things
in Chelsea, right next door,
twice. Once for the entire City
government, and another time
more recently for the Chelsea
Housing Authority.
For the most part, it worked.
It will be a mammoth proposition at the T, but someone
with a red pen the size of the
Prudential building - outside of
union strangleholds -needs to
be allowed to come in under
the oversight of the governor to
make wholesale changes.
Firefighters are rescuing
hopelessly trapped commuters
from T trains by breaking windows with axes.
It’s time for those same axes
to be applied to the MBTA.
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
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ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE
Compiled by Cary Shuman
Adrian Madaro
Announces Plan To
Alleviate Parking
Shortage
This week candidate for
State Representative Adrian
Madaro announced several policy initiatives to create
more parking spaces as East
Boston housing development
booms.
“East Boston is fortunate
that investors are creating
much needed housing and
jobs in our neighborhood”
said Madaro. “With that development, however, comes
the challenge of car congestion. South Boston failed to
plan for increased car congestion during its growth and East
Boston can’t afford to make
the same mistake.”
Madaro proposed partially lifting the parking garage
ban in East Boston thereby
enabling private developers
to build garages in presently
industrial areas of the neighborhood, such as next to the
Chelsea Street bridge. “In exchange for lifting the ban, private developers would have to
offer discounted parking spots
to East Boston residents and
allow residents to use the garages during snow emergencies,” said Madaro. The garages would also be required
to have chargers for electric
vehicles and bike parking.
“Parking garages would
help reduce the lack of parking in East Boston, especially during snow storms,” said
East Boston resident Rashaun
Martin. “If in the future car
usage decreases, then the garages could be converted into
other uses like for housing or
business.”
Madaro also proposed exploring the redesign of East
Boston streets for angled parking. “Striping the streets for
angled parking is a more efficient use of space and could
increase parking spots by
30%,” said Boston transportation expert and former East
Boston resident Bob D’Amico. Madaro further pledged to
explore siting smart parking
meters in the neighborhood
business districts to encourage
car turnover. “As your State
Representative, I will work to
solve the current and anticipated parking problems and
will develop creative solutions
to benefit the quality of life of
our residents.”
Adrian Madaro is a graduate of Boston Latin School
and Tufts University where he
also earned a Masters in Public Policy and Urban Planning.
Adrian is an active member of
the East Boston community,
serving as a board member of
the East Boston Neighborhood
Health Center, Vice President
of the YMCA, President of the
Harborside Community Council, Former Vice President of
the Neighborhood of Affordable Housing (NOAH), and
Co-Chair and Founder of the
Mario Umana Public Service
Fellowship.
CELEBRATING WITH
THE SPEAKER
Ed Deveau greets supporters at the Cheverus School Apartments.
Deveau Demands
Answers from MBTA,
Calls for Public
Transportation
Contingency Plan
Ed Deveau, Chair of the
Ward 1 Democratic Committee and former Chief of Staff
to Senator Anthony Petruccelli, has criticized the MBTA
for unacceptable Blue Line
service to East Boston and
demanded that contingency
plans are provided for any future delays.
Deveau said, “East Boston
has more MBTA stations than
most other neighborhoods
in the city. Our community
depends on functional public transportation to connect
residents with where they
work, go to school, and access
healthcare. What has transpired in 2015 is unacceptable. We demand that the MBTA
releases clear contingency
plans for Blue Line transportation in anticipation of delays
caused by disabled trains and
broken tracks and switches.”
"Snow removal crews are
working around the clock and
our residents have demonstrated remarkable patience
during these storms. However, they deserve a public transit system that is both reliable
A R O U N D
Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Robert
A. DeLeo stopped by the new JW Restaurant in Winthrop to wish
good luck to owner Robert Deeb (left) and manager Michael
Montesano (right) at the grand opening celebration. Deeb grew
up in Boston and played high school basketball at Don Bosco Tech
in the mid-1970s when the team was a powerhouse. The Italian
steakhouse restaurant is receiving favorable reviews from diners.
For more information, please visit www.jwswinthrop.com.
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Guest director Meg Taintor
helms Nicolas Billon’s 55-minute, award-winning drama,
“Greenland,” starring Charlotte
Kinder and Dale J. Young,
with Christine Powers and
Gillian Mackay-Smith alternating as Judith, with the
Apollinaire Theatre Company,
Feb. 20 through March 15, at
Chelsea Theatre Works, 189
Winnisimmet St., Chelsea.
Performances:Friday, Saturday,
at 8 p.m.; Sunday, March 8,15, at
3 p.m. Post-performance receptions with the actors are held in
the gallery. Advance tickets, $20;
at the door, $25; students, $15.
Call 617-886-2336 or visit www.
apollinairetheatrecom.
As part of her Wallflower World
Tour, Diana Krall will kick off
her tour on Wednesday, Feb. 25,
at 8 p.m. at the Shubert Theatre,
265 Tremont St., Boston. For
tour tickets, visit www.dianakrall.com/ or call the theater at
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‘Greenland’
and predictable," said Deveau.
This week, Deveau submitted formal comments to the
MBTA Board and Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT). Deveau
has been an advocate for the
completion of the Red-Blue
Line connector – something
the community had been
promised for over a decade. Deveau has also outlined a
detailed plan aimed at bringing comprehensive Harbor
Transportation Service that
would connect East Boston
with Downtown, the North
End, Charlestown, UMass
Boston, and the South Boston
Waterfront.
T H E
Deveau is a lifelong East
Boston resident. For 13
years, he worked for Sen. Anthony Petruccelli as his aide
and Chief of Staff. Deveau
has been actively involved in
the community, co-founding
Eastie’s Elves and an annual East Boston Jimmy Fund
event that has raised over
$30,000 for cancer research. Deveau is the former chair of
the Constitution Beach Association, past Vice President of
the Board of Directors for the
Salesian Boys & Girls Club,
and has been involved in the
East Boston Athletic Board. C I T Y
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February Flapjack
Fling
Mass Audubon’s Ipswich River
Wildlife Sanctuary (87 Perkins
Row, Topsfield) celebrates
the maple sugaring season on
Saturday, Feb. 21, with its
February Flapjack Fling, serving
breakfast at 8:15, 11:15 a.m.
and 12:15 p.m., with the sanctuary’s maple syrup and offering
post-meal tours of the sanctuary’s maple sugaring operation
at 9,10,11 a.m. and 12 noon.
Breakfast fee for adults, $6; children ages 3-8, $4; tours, adults
$10, children, $8; members, $9,
children, $7. Children under 3
in a backpack are admitted free
of charge. Advance registration
is required. Call 978-887-9264
or visit www.massaudubon.org/
ipswichriver.
Maple Sugaring tours
Mass Audubon’s Ipswich River
Wildlife Sanctuary (87 Perkins
Row, Topsfield) welcomes visitors to enjoy and share the
maple sugaring season on onehour guided tours, rain or shine,
Saturdays and Sundays, Feb.
28 and March 1,7,8,14,15, at
10:30a.m., 12:30 and 2:30 p.m.,
culminating with a taste of the
sweet stuff. Foods are for sale in
the barn. Fee: adults, $10; children, $8; Mass. Audubon members, $9/$7. Children under 3
in a backpack are admitted free
of charge. Advance registration
is required. Call 978-887-9264
or visit www.massaudubon.org/
ipswichriver.
PUBLIC
MEETING
320 MAVERICK ST
SMALL PROJECT
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
112 PARIS ST
Paris St Community Center
East Boston MA 02128
PROJECT PROPONENT:
320 Maverick St, LLC
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
This is a public meeting to discuss this proposal comprised of 33 condominium residential units, 4 of
which have been assigned as affordable. The total project area is approximately 39,674 square feet and it
will have 32 off-street, at grade parking spaces (the Proposed Project). The Proposed Project is on a
16,567 square foot lot in East Boston that abuts Massport’s property at Logan Airport.
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**An alternate date of Monday, March 2, 2015 at 6:30pm is planned in the event of inclement weather on
February 24, 2015.
mail to:
phone:
email:
FOR INFORMATION call: 617-569-8792 x15
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Boston Redevelopment Authority
One City Hall Square, 9th Floor
Boston, MA 02201
617.918.4259
[email protected]
BostonRedevelopmentAuthority.org
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Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Giving a Hoot
By John Lynds
While everyone is just
about had it with winter and
everything that comes with it
in East Boston like the inability to find a parking spot, dealing with Blue Line closures
and traffic bans there was one
story that came out of last
week's storm that will bring a
smile to your face.
On February 10 on Webster
Street, resident Alicia McAnulty found an owl stranded on
the street and not moving.
McAnulty took to Facebook, posted a picture of the
owl and asked her neighbors
for advice.
Facebook immediately lit
up with posts from concerned
residents offering advice and
phone numbers that McAnulty could call to help the wild
animal stranded in Eastie.
Many residents warned
McAnulty not to handle the
animal but to call the City of
Boston's Animal Control.
McAnulty took the advice
and within a few hours an Animal Control team was on the
scene to rescue the poor creature. Several other concerned
residents also placed calls to
the department.
McAnulty reported that a
woman named "Patty" from
Animal Control came out,
found that the owl was unharmed and took him to the
department's rehab center for
overnight observation and
then released.
"He opened his wings when
she went to pick him up so she
(Patty) said he may have just
been disorientated and having difficulty because of the
snow," McAnulty reported in
one post.
Residents
congratulated
McAnulty's work getting help
for the owl and called her a
'hero'.
A woman from Boston Animal Control identified as "Patty"
rescues the owl.
An owl was found disorientated on Webster Street on February
10 and received help from a concerned Eastie resident, Alicia
McAnulty.
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Adrian Madaro’s
Education Plan Creates
Pathways to Careers
As State Representative, Adrian will
focus on giving East Boston residents
the educational opportunities to
succeed in well-paying careers.
• Adding more pre-K seats and
advanced work classes
• Creating vocational training
programs that will prepare young
people for future jobs
• Expanding ESL classes as well as
job training and continuing
education programs
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Boston University. The Aquajets were chosen from over 140 Division 1 HS swim teams in the Commonwealth. The AquaJets compete against all 6 year exam and
private schools and were seen as a talented and gritty team that never backs down from any opponent. Pictured (back row l-r) Avery Esdaile, Athletic Dir, BPS, Asst
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US Postal Service retiree
Alfred V. Siciliano, Jr. of
East Boston, formerly of Revere,
passed
away
February 10 surrounded by his
loving family.
Alfred was a retired letter
carrier for the US Postal Service with 32 years service and
a Disabled American Veteran
United States Army 25th Infantry Division.
He was the beloved husband of Karen (Hanlon) Siciliano with whom he shared
51 years of marriage; loving
father of Alfred V. Siciliano
and his wife, Sue and John Siciliano and his wife, Mayrene,
all of East Boston and Jason
Siciliano and his wife, Laurie of Stoneham; cherished
grandfather of Michael, Briana, and Sofia; dear brother
of his twin brother Anthony
of Northbridge and the late
Panteleone Siciliano; devoted
nephew of Phyllis Capuano of
Melrose and Red Terenzio of
Revere and uncle to many loving nieces and nephews.
Funeral arrangements were
by Vazza’s “Beechwood” Funeral Home, Revere. Interment was at Holy Cross Cemetery in Malden. For guest
book:
www.vazzafunerals.
com.
Normand Francis Levasseur
(
Worked for Department of Veteran's Affairs
Normand
Francis Levasseur of East Boston passed away
suddenly
on
Wednesday, February 4 at his
daughter's residence in Maynard. He was 63 years old. Born in Boston on August
17, 1951, the son of the late
Normand and Lillian (Morin)
Levasseur, he graduated from
East Boston High School and
soon enlisted in the United
States Air Force and proudly
served his country from 1970
to 1977.
Normand worked as an information technology associate for years with the Department of Veteran's Affairs. He is survived by his daughters, Ginnine Sarro of Maynard, Stacy Halloran and her
husband, Thomas of Tewksbury, Michelle Dam and her
husband, Matthew of Nahant
and Nicole Levasseur and
her husband, Brian Bishop of
Framingham; five grandchildren and his sisters: Carmen
Getty of East Boston, Rita
Faretra of Peabody, Marylou
Levasseur of East Boston and
Paulette Deery of West Rox-
Of East Boston
Kenneth E. English of East
Boston died on February 15,
He was the beloved husband
of Jane (Briand) English of
E. Boston; devoted father of
Denise M. Masse and her husband, Lawrence of Andover,
Alice A. Atkinson and her
husband, Gregory of Haverhill, Suzanne R. Merullo and
her husband, Peter V. of Winchester and Janelle R. Lovell
and her husband, Wayne of
Wakefield; dear brother-inlaw of Thomas J. Briand and
his wife, Patricia of E. Boston; loving brother of Rose
Lovetere and her late husband, Joseph of Brockton and
the late Joanne Pace and her
husband, Nicholas, William
English and his wife, Leann
and Arlene English; cherished
grandfather of Lawrence R.
III, Kenneth E., Meaghan J.,
Taylor J,., Ryan W., Lauren
D., Hailey J., Gregory G.,
Janie A., Thomas J. Jr, Kenneth M. and William A. Also
survived by many loving nieces and nephews.
His Funeral will be held
from the Paul Buonfiglio &
Sons~Bruno Funeral Home
128 Revere St., Revere on
Friday, February 20 at 10 a.m.
Followed by a Funeral Mass
in St. Joseph~St. Lazarus
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2014 February 22 2015
~1st Year Anniversary~
In Loving Memory of
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Magrath
Funeral Home
bury and by many nieces and
nephews. He was predeceased
by his sister Lucille Jordan
and brothers, Richard Levasseur, George Levasseur and
John Levasseur.
His funeral was held from
St. Michael's Chapel at the
Soldiers Home in Chelsea, 91
Crest Avenue, Chelsea, Interment was in the Massachusetts
National Cemetery, Bourne.
Donations in his memory may
be made to a charity of your
choice. Arrangements were
under the care of Fowler-Kennedy Funeral Home, Maynard, MA. To share a memory
or offer a condolence visit:
www.fowlerkennedyfuneralhome.com
324 Chelsea Street
(near Day Square)
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773 Broadway
Revere, MA 02151
Phone (781) 284-7756
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memoriam
in the Times-Free Press,
please call
781-485-0588
By John Lynds
While Gov. Charlie Baker
is proposing cutting $5 million that would have gone to
grant money for local school
districts for substance abuse
education, the City of Boston
will not be losing out because
it never applied for the grant in
the first place.
As the deadline for applications came to an end over 50
school districts applied for the
grant money but Boston was
not one of them.
"Unfortunately, there is no
consistent way that the state
shares information about grant
opportunities," said Boston
Public School Spokesperson
Denise Snyder. "As a result,
we were very disappointed to
have missed out on this one.
However, it also looks like
no one was awarded the grant
since funding was pulled for
it. Looking ahead, we're collaborating with the city's Inter
Governmental Relations office
to identify operational efforts
help us all stay abreast of Department of Elementary and
Secondary Education (DESE)
opportunities in a timely and
systemic way."
Senator Anthony Petruccelli
who added the $5 million line
item shot back, "Well, 53 other
school districts in Massachusetts saw the advertisement by
DESE. I am hopeful that BPS
will be more vigilant when
grants are being awarded by
DESE."
Over the past two years a
string of drug related deaths
rocked Eastie and drew attention to the current problem
with opiate addiction and addiction to other substances.
The House and Senate's
comprehensive
substance
abuse bill was signed into law
by former Gov. Deval Patrick before he left office. In it
are tools that will form policy
for supporting a continuum
of care and removing barriers
that stand in the way of effective treatment. There is also $5
million for substance abuse education and prevention across
the state.
However, newly sworn in
Governor Charlie Baker, who
was a champion of tackling the
areas opiate addiction crisis on
the campaign trail, now wants
to cut that $5 million line item
for substance abuse counselors. Baker Administration
argued last week that the $5
million was never implemented so it is technically not a 'cut'
because it will keep the current
level of drug counselors.
The $5 million to add more
drug counselors was passed
last year because legislators
like Petruccelli one of the chief
architects of the bill, felt at
current levels drug counselors
needed more help to address
the opiate epidemic affecting
places like Eastie.
1919 - 2014
God saw you getting tired and
a cure was not to be,
so he put his arms around you
and whispered “Come to me.”
With tearful eyes we watched you,
and saw you pass away.
Although we loved you dearly
we could not make you stay.
A golden heart stopped beating,
hard working hands at rest,
God broke our hearts to prove to us
He only takes the best.
We can’t believe a year has
passed. Not a day goes by
that you aren’t loved and
missed by your loving
Michael & Family
Doreen & Family
"Beechwood"
Funeral Home
262 Beach St., Revere • 781-284-1127
Louis R. Vazza ~ Funeral Director
www.vazzafunerals.com
OBITUARIES
All obituaries
and death notices will be at a
cost of $50.00 per paper.
That includes photo.
Please send to
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Solutions to substance
abuse at standstill
Angelina Forti
Vazza
Of East Boston and Maine
Bates and is also survived by
many cherished nieces, nephews and cousins.
Family and friends will
honor Natalie's life by gathering today, Wednesday, February 18 from 4 to 8 p.m. in
the Ruggiero Family Memorial Home, 971 Saratoga St.
(Orient Heights) East Boston
and again at 8:30 a.m. Thursday morning before leaving
in procession to St Joseph St
Lazarus Church, East Boston
for a funeral mass in celebration of Natalie's life at 10
a.m. Services will conclude
with Natalie being laid to rest
in Woodlawn Cemetery. For
complimentary transportation
to visiting hours, please call
617 569 0990. For more information, visit: www.ruggieromh.com
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Danny S. Smith
Natalie Harris
Natalie J. (Montgomery)
Harris of East Boston and
Boothbay, Maine died on February 13.
She was the beloved wife
of the late Ralph E Harris and
Gaetano "Tony"Interbartolo;
devoted mother of Kathleen
Hardaway (Interbartolo) and
her husband, Ronald of East
Boston, Janis Interbartolo of
Taunton and her companion,
Louis Marcaruso of Rhode
Island and the late Michael
Interbartolo; dear sister of the
late Neil Montgomery; adored
grandmother of Christopher
Sawicki, Michael Marzano, Jillian Bates (Sawicki),
Nicholas Interbartolo, Ross
Hardaway and Giana Interbartolo; loving great grandmother
of Nathan Burt, Michael T.
Marzano, Ryan and Natalie
Church, E. Boston, at 11 a.m.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend. Visiting hours
Thursday from 4 to 8 pm. In
lieu of flowers donations in
Kenneth’s name may be made
to: Juvenile Diabetes JDRF,
26 Broadway, NY, NY 1004
or MGH Cancer Center 100
Cambridge St., Suite 1300,
Boston, MA 02114. Interment
will be in Puritan Lawn Memorial Park. For online guestbook and memorial please
visit: www.Buonfiglio.com
Wednesday, February 18, 2015
ASH
WEDN ESDAY
… prayer, reflection,
confession, marked
with the sign of the cross
of Jesus
6:30
Our Saviour’s Lutheran
Church (617) 569-6236
THINK OF IT AS
AN OWNER’S
MANUAL FOR
YOUR MONEY.
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Gove Street Citizens
Association
The Gove Street Citizens
Association (GSCA) that safeguarded the Ward 1, Precinct 2
neighborhood area from 1974
until 2005 is reactivated.
The decision to reactivate
the GSCA is due to the inadequate representation of the
Precinct 2 area created by the
recent increase of small and
large scale project developments. These developments
will have significant impacts
on the everyday life of direct
abutters, area homeowners
and residents, and local businesses
The GSCA will be a proactive sounding board by analyzing both the positive and
negative project designs, the
impacts on surrounding area
buildings and businesses, address parking and traffic concerns, and act to resolve problem issues with developers
and the City prior to final City
of Boston project approvals.
The GSCA will provide
appropriate representation of
abutters, homeowners, and
residents at City of Boston
Zoning Board of Appeal and
BRA Board Project Hearings.
The main goal of the GSCA
is to provide proper transparency of all project issues for
the best project decision making and neighborhood protections.
FIRST MEETING DATE:
Monday, February 23, 2015
TIME: 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
LOCATION: Noddle Island
Community Room situated in
the Massport Rental Car Center located at the end of Porter
Street near the Embassy Suites
Hotel.
Co-chairs: Gina and Jack
Scalcione Call (617)
569-3699 if any questions.
Helping YOU take
center stage postponed
The event scheduled for
Thursday, February 19th at
the Don Orione Home will be
rescheduled to a future date in
April. Safety is our number
one priority. Please be safe and
we will see you in the spring!
JPNA Announcement
The JPNA Planning & Zoning Meeting for February 18th
is scheduled for 7pm at the
Jeffries Point Yacht Club. All
are welcome.
The agenda includes the
Loftel Development, located
at 175 Orleans this is a proposal to rehab an industrial
building into a multi room hotel with a restaurant.
14-16 Geneva Street, Proposal for a new development
with multiple units with parking on the bottom.
176 Webster Street Proposal for new construction of a
back deck
312 Sumner Street, Proposal for a new, 4 family development.
Sean McDonald, Tony C’s Sports Bar & Grill Management Team; Larry Cancro, Senior Vice President of Fenway Affairs; Former Red Sox Player and Brother to Tony
Conigliaro, Billy Conigliaro; wife, Keisha Conigliaro; Pat Moscaritolo, East Boston resident and President/CEO Greater Boston Convention & Visitors Bureau; Jackie
Dempsey, Executive Assistant to the EVP & Senior Advisor to the President/CEO- Boston Red Sox.
East Boston native, Pat Moscaritolo, President/CEO of the Greater Boston Convention and Visitors Bureau, attended the grand opening of Tony C’s Sports Bar & Grill,
now open at Somerville’s Assembly Row; Tony C’s is a baseball-themed venue named after Red Sox legend Tony Conigliaro. Moscaritolo played organized baseball
with both Tony and his brother, Billy, growing up and Billy Conigliaro was among the familiar faces at the Tony C’s grand opening.
Tony C’s Sports Bar & Grill is located at 699 Assembly Row in Somerville and at 3rd Avenue in Burlington and is open daily for lunch, dinner and cocktails from 11am –
1am. For more information, please “like” Tony C’s on Facebook or visit www.tonycssportsbar.com.
A R O U N D
Celtic Family celebration
Natalie MacMaster and her
husband, Donnell Leahy, their
children and dancers, msicians
and singers, perform visions
from Cape Breton and Beyond:
A Celtic Family Celebration,
Saturday, Feb. 21, at 8 p.m. at
the Berklee Performance Center,
136 Mass. Ave., Boston. Tickets,
$28, $37,$42, $48. Visit www.
WorldMusic.org or call 617-8764275.
‘The Beethoven
Journey’
Celebrity Series of Boston presents the Mahler Chamber
Orchestra, with pianist Leif
Ove Andsnes, performing ‘The
Beethoven Journey,’ Sunday, Feb.
22, at 3 p.m. at New England
Conservatory’s Jordan Hall,
30 Gainsborough St., Boston.
Tickets are sold out, but patrons
may be added to the wait list.
Visit www.celebrityseries.org or
call 617-482-6661.
Red Carpet Gala
The stars will shine brightly on
Feb. 22, at 6:30 p.m., at the
black tie Ellie Fund’s19th annual
red carpet gala, Boston’s celebration of film, food, and fashion,
at the Fairmont Copley Plaza,
138 St. James Ave., Boston.
Proceeds support patients undergoing treatment for breast cancer,
by supplying critical services to
them. Honored guest is Jessica
Leip of Ashland. Tickets, $300.
Visit www.elliefund.org/redcarpetgala.
Urbanity Dance
World Music/CRASHarts present
Urbanity Dance, Friday, Feb. 20,
and Saturday, Feb. 21, at 8 p.m.,
at the Institute of Contemporary
Art, 100 Northern Ave., Boston.
Reserved seats, $40; World
Music/CRASHarts members,
$36. There’s a free, pre-performance talk with dance critic
Debra Cash in the lobby, 30 minutes before curtain, and a free,
post-performance Q&A, with the
company on Friday. Call 617876-4275 or visit WorldMusic.
org.
Blue Heron concert
Blue
Heron
Choir
performs Binchois and Du Fay’s
“Ockeghem@600,” on Feb. 21,
at 8 p.m., at First Church in
Cambridge, Congregational, 11
Garden St., Harvard Square,
Cambridge.Doors open at 7
p.m.; pre-concert talk with
Sean Gallagher of the New
England Conservatory starts at
7:15 p.m. Tickets at the door,
$63,$46,$33,$28,$10. Call 617960-7956 or visit blueheronchoir.
org.
‘Terra Nova’
T H E
St., Watertown. Performances:
Fridays,Saturdays, Thursday,
Feb. 26, at 8 p.m.; Sunday, Feb.
22, at 2 p.m. Advance tickets,
$20; at the door, 425; student
rush, $10. Visit flatearth.ticketleap.com/terra-nova/.
‘Shockheaded Peter’
Company One is offering a special
preview event of “Shockheaded
Peter,” featuring Walter Sickert
and the Army of Broken Toys,
Feb. 19, starting with a mix
and mingle at 6:30 p.m., drinks,
at Suffolk University’ Modern
Theatre, and a sneak peek at
the rehearsal. Guests may mingle
with the cast and creative team
then. Visit companyone.org.
Paul Revere House
The Paul Revere House at 19
North Square, North End,
Boston, offers events for
February school vacation, Feb.
18-21:Wednesday, from 10:30
a.m. to 12 noon, family favorite The Revere Family at Work,
Thursday at 11 a.m., Kids-eyeview Tour of the Paul Revere
House. Both activities are limited
to 20 people and require reservations. Children ages 5-11,
$4.50 with accompanying adult.
Friday, Drop-in Colonial Kids
C I T Y
activities, 10 a.m. to 12 noon.
free; doesn’t require reservations.
On Saturday, Vera Meyer performs music on the glass harmonica, 11a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at
the Old South Meeting House,
Museum and Historic Site, 310
Washington St., Boston. Free
with museum admission of $6;
seniors, college students, $5; children ages 6-18, $1, free for Old
South Meeting House and Paul
Revere House museum members.
Call 617-523-2338 or visit www.
paulreverehouse.org.
Hugh and Vusi
Masekela
Spectacle Management presents
South African freedom fights and
musical icons, Hugh and Vusi
Masekela, paying homage to 20
years of freedom and featuring
the country’s freedom songs,
Tuesday, Feb. 24, at 7:30 p.m.
at John Hancock Hall at Back
Bay Events Center, 180 Berkeley
St., Boston. Tickets, $32-$74.
Call 617-531-1257 or visit www.
spectacleshows.com.
Calder Quartet
Celebrity Series of Boston presents Calder Quartet, Friday, Feb.
20, at 8 p.m. at New England
Conservatory’s Jordan Hall,
Flat Earth Theatre performs Ted
Tally’s gripping historical drama,
“Terra Nova,” the story of famosu English explorer, Capt. Robert
Falcon Scott’s, ill-fated expedition, Feb. 20-28, at the Arsenal
Center for the Arts, 321 Arsenal
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‘Nunsense’
Those funny little nuns from
Hoboken are back, but this time
with the Winthrop Playmakers,
Feb. 20, at 8 p.m., Feb. 21,
at 2,8 p.m. and Feb. 22, at 2
p.m. at Winthrop High School’s
Memorial Auditorium, 151
Pauline St., Winthrop. Tickets,
$22; seniors, students children,
$17; group rates also available.E-mail [email protected].
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Tickets, $35. Visit www.celebrityseries.org or call 617-4826661.
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THE EAST BOSTON TIMES-FREE PRESS Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Getting Out
‘Green Porno,Live on Stage’
By Sheila Barth
[email protected]
BOX OFFICE
Our weather is frigid, but
Bostonians delivered a warm,
rousing reception to beautiful
glamour star Isabella Rossellini last Friday night, when
she performed her one-woman show, “Green Porno,Live
on Stage,” at Emerson/Cutler
Majestic Theatre.
If you missed her scheduled Feb. 13-15 performances
at the 221 Tremont St. venue,
don’t be discouraged. You
have one more opportunity to
see Rossellini’s fun, factual
70-minute, multimedia presentation on sexual diversity
among God’s creatures, great
and small, from sky to sea,
and species in-between. Because of Sunday’s blizzard,
Rossellini’s final performance
was postponed to Saturday,
Feb. 21, at 8 p.m. Between you and me, Rossellini could be selling blah
wallpaper and still keep audiences rapt. Wearing a longsleeve, full-length black dress,
accented by a multi-rope
pearl necklace, Rossellini is
mesmerizing, her easygoing
charm and lilting, European
accent enchanting. To get audiences in the
mood, ushers encouraged theatergoers to take (and wear)
animal masks, noses, snouts,
antennae and other comical
animal accoutrements. Although she’s discussing
a serious subject - the sex life
of multitudinous living creatures - Rossellini’s underlying
message is a celebration of
diversity. Her narrative isn’t
strictly biologic, scientific, sociologic, or historic. It’s laced
with mischievous humor, ac-
World premiere of two-act, two-hour play, adapted by
Wendy Lement and Steven Bogart, (who also directs); starring
Sirena Abalian and Steven Barkhimer. Based on Carlo Collodi’s book, “The Adventures of Pinocchio.” Appearing to Feb. 22, at
Wheelock Family Theatre, 180 The Riverway, Boston: Friday
at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Sunday at 3 p.m.; school vacation week
matinees, Feb. 17-20, at 1 p.m.; no evening performance Feb.20.
Recommended for adults, teens and children over 7 years old.
Tickets, $35,$30,$25,$20; Pajama Party Fridays, $15. Call the Box
Office at 617-879-2300, visit [email protected], or www.
WheelockFamilyTheatre.org.
Isabella Rossellini
companied by cartoon-style
videos depicting her in the
form of the creatures she’s
discussing. She also demonstrates their wooing, mating
and sex acts. She also changes genders, shedding her long
dress for black slacks and a
mustache. Later, she dons a
full-size hamster costume.
While discussing their sexual idiosyncrasies, she transforms on screen into a snail,
a starfish, toad, salmon, seal,
dragonfly, spider, bird, worm,
cuttlefish, duck, gorilla, octopus, dolphin, and more. Rossellini wrote the text
with internationally-renowned
writer, Jean-Claude Carriere.
Her 2013 worldwide premiere
with Printemps des Comedi-
ens in Montpellier, France,
garnered an appreciative audience. She is currently touring
internationally. Rossellini has acted in several films and on TV. Born in
Rome, she grew up there and
in Paris. When she was 19, she
came to New York to attend
college,and remained here.
Her beautiful face rivals
her mother’s, Swedish iconic Academy Award winner,
Ingrid Bergman, For many
years, Rossellini, (whose father was renowned Italian director Roberto Rossellini), has
been the international beauty
representative of Lancome
cosmetics.
She barely touches on her
childhood and youth, but fo-
Crossword Puzzle
Across
1 Cookie holders
5 Baseball feature
9 What gears do
13 Lake into which Ohio’s Cuyahoga
River empties
14 Alabama march site
15 Austen novel
16 *Not animated, in filmmaking
18 Rotating cooking rod
19 Grassland
20 Plunked oneself down
21 Disco dance
23 *Like replays that reveal bad calls
27 “Affirmative!”
28 Traveler’s guide
29 Dental fillings
31 “A Doll’s House” playwright
34 __ noire: literally, “black beast”
35 Enveloping glow
38 “I __ Pretty”: “West Side Story” song
39 Doves’ homes
40 Do-it-yourselfers’ buys
41 __-Coburg, Bavaria
42 Like speaking
43 Wee parasites
44 Word with power or reactor
46 “Casablanca” pianist
47 iPhone download
49 *One who can’t function under
stress
53 Mealtime lap item
55 “That feels great!”
56 Org. issuing many refunds
11 Look happy
58 Garden of Eden’s __ of life
12 Can’t stand
59 Where the ends of the starred
14 Rascal
answers are filed
17 Nile dam
63 Emblem of authenticity
22 Italian “a”
64 Proverbial waste maker
24 Brunch staple
65 Movie lioness
25 Neckwear pin
66 Online business review site
26 Santa Clara chip maker
67 Cut with acid
30 Central Washington city
68 Medvedev’s “no”
31 Uncertainties
Down
1 Come together
2 Astrological Ram
3 Opponent
4 “Get it?”
5 Spat
6 Quarterback Manning
7 __, amas, amat ...
8 Ways to get under the street
9 Army meal
10 *Ineffective executive
32 Actress Arthur
33 *Hunk or babe’s attribute
34 ‘90s Russian president Yeltsin
36 Numbered hwy.
37 Barnyard brayer
39 Old buffalo-hunting tribe
43 Like a he-man
45 Kimono accessory
46 One of 50
47 Unable to sit still
48 City of Light, in a Porter song
50 Mars neighbor
51 Goofy
52 Wipe off the board
54 Brown seaweed
57 Whack
60 Cheerios grain
61 Trojans’ sch.
62 Quagmire
cuses on her fascination with
and love of animals. Standing at a speaker’s podium, she uses rudimentary
props at times, then unceremoniously tosses them to the
floor, leaving a heap around
her.
“Do animals feel the way
we do?” she asks. While animals, insects, fish and birds
have a wide spectrum of asexuality, bi-sexuality, homo- and
heterosexuality, human sexual
behaviorists throughout the
ages and in various cultures
disagree on what’s acceptable.
Diversity. Are we so different? she asks. In a post-show Q&A,
ArtsEmerson Artistic Director
David Dower admitted Rossellini’s international fame
is the primary drawing card
to “Green Porno, Live on
Stage”. Audiences are eager to
see her in person.They’re also
surprised and enchanted with
her well-researched show,
which actor Robert Redford
encouraged her to pursue. In
fact, she adapted this stage
version,(translated in English
by Julia Groopman), from her
Sundance Channel series.
Dower said he was thrilled
with the audience’s multipronged reaction and various
views on “Green Porno”. Rossellini’s goal is to get people
talking, thinking, reacting,
and interacting on diversity.
Obviously it works. So if you missed her performance and regret it, don’t
fret. You may still order tickets ($25-$89) for her final
performance, and last Sunday
ticketholders can swap theirs
by calling the Box Office at
617-824-8400 or e-mailing
[email protected]. ‘The King of Second Avenue’
By Sheila Barth
[email protected]
Growing up in an ethnic
neighborhood, I lived near
synagogues and kosher shops,
practicing everyday religious
traditions. A steady stream of
real-life Sholem Alecheim,
Isaac Bashevis Singer relatives and landsmen visited
us. They spoke Yiddish, read
Yiddish newspapers, listened
to Yiddish comedy and music records. We didn’t get to
see New York’s renowned
Yiddish theaters. We didn’t
have to. They spoke animatedly, sang and danced with
great joy and fervor, to lively,
klezmer music.
Also, my family established the first synagogue in
my hometown, Anshe Sfaard,
or sons of the Sephardim. Who knew I had such noble roots, until I saw Robert
Brustein’s one-act, klezmer
musical, “King of Second Avenue”? Like Brustein’s colorful
characters, we had our share
of schnorrers, or spongers,
who shirked work but took
advantage of others’ kind acts
of charity. They even guilted
their wealthier brethren out
of substantial handouts and
financial support.
Such deals you can’t imagine!
And that’s precisely what
Brustein does in this world
premiere of his musical,
based on British-Jewish humorist-writer Israel Zangwill’s 1894 “The King of the
Schnorrers,” which focused
on London’s late 19th century Jews. Brustein changed the
title of his play to “The King
of Second Avenue,” updating
it to the 1960s, and set it in
Manhattan’s predominantly
Jewish Lower East Side. He
focused on former headlining,
out-of-work actors during the
decline and last gasp of Yiddish theater.
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music by Hankus Netsky, appearing with New Repertory Theatre
through March 1 at the Charles Mosesian Theater,Arsenal Center
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18,19, at 7:30 p.m.; Feb.20,27, at 8 p.m.; Feb. 26, at 2,7:30 p.m.;
Feb. 21,28, at 3,8 p.m.; Feb. 22,March 1, at 2 p.m. Tickets, $30-$60;
student, senior, group discounts. Call the Box Office at 617-9238487 or visit newrep.org.
Such a cast and company
Brustein amassed, with impressive credentials like you
can’t even imagine. Led by
Director Matthew “Motl”
Didner, versatile, colorful actor Will LeBow exudes chutzpah and pride as out-of-work,
fast-talking, wheeler-dealer
Sephardic actor, Manasseh
Da Costa, (based on Zangwill’s Manasseh Bueno Barzillai Azevedo DaCosta). He
doesn’t have two dimes to rub
together, but snubs his nose at
Ashkenazi, or European Jews,
calling them “the flotsam and
jetsam of the Diaspora”. That
includes Barney’s bag-toting,
rich Hollywood producer, Joseph Lapidus, who hands out
grab-bag money envelopes to
the bevy of begging actors. Portraying the well-heeled,
easily fooled Lapidus, Jeremiah Kissel comically conveys
his head-spinning frustration
as Da Costa fleeces him out
of his money, his clothes, and
even the 3-lb. salmon Lapidus
is buying for his family Purim
feast. LeBow and Kissel are
super together, especially in
duets, “That’s A New One on
Me,” “Sephardim,” and “The
Endowment Song”. Also, petite star Kathy St. George is
dynamic, with all the right
moves, in her dual roles as a
schnorrer-beggar, and Lapidus’ wife, Rosalie. But Da Costa isn’t done, He
makes sure Lapidus invites
him, his zaftig, but desired
daughter, Dolores, (Abby
Goldfarb) and his friends to
Lapidus’ Purim holiday family feast. Maybe Lapidus’ schmendrick son, Joe Jr., (Alex Pollock) is all excited about the
well-endowed Dolores, but
his mother, Rosalie, isn’t so
thrilled with her unexpected
guests. Instead of giving her
husband a loving peck on the
cheek, she gives him potches
(slaps) on his tush, reveling
in “The Potch Song”. Rosalie
also admits she loves her husband, despite his faults, in her
solo, “True Love”. But she,
too, becomes swayed by Da
Costa’s silver-tongued compliments. Between these slick-talking,
fast-paced swindles, composer Netsky, Music Director-pianist David Sparr, the frenetic
Conservatory Klezmer Band,
and Merete Meunter’s lively
choreography have theatergoers clapping to the beat and
swaying, like they have shpilkes in their seats.
Although Da Costa doesn’t
quite approve of his fellow
schnorrer-actor, Schmuelly, as
a suitor for the lovely Delores,
he likes the divorced, 40-ish,
poor actor - despite Schmuelly’s Ashkenazic roots - and
pulls a few more capers on
Lapidus to insure the couple’s
economic future together. And we see why. Remo Airaldi as the lovable Schmuelly
wins our hearts, too. Ken Cheeseman rounds out
the cast as a schnorrer-actor
and Lapidus’ butler, Wilkinson.
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THE EAST BOSTON TIMES-FREE PRESS Wednesday, February 18, 2015
Boston Brewin stresses the importance
of working together as a community
By John Lynds
Boston Brewin Coffee's
Daniel Cordon, co-owner of
the new coffee shop at Maverick Marketplace that donates
its profits to the Donald McKay School, made a passionate
plea for support on Youtube
this week.
While the coffee shop has
gotten praise for its business
model in the community and
money raising for the McKay School, Cordon said the
community needs to step up
and help make Boston Brewin
the premier coffee shop in the
neighborhood.
"I wanted to tell you where
we are at and what's going
on," said Cordon in his video message. "I understand
this has been the worst winter
in history and I realize it has
wreaked havoc in every ones
life from parking to transportation to work. We at Boston
Brewin have felt it as well. I
wanted to tell you real quick
why I wanted to be in Eastie.
It was not about selling coffee
it was about building relationships and be part of community that is old, that is new,
that is historic. We wanted to
be part of a community that is
real and wanted Boston Brewin to provide a space that's not
going to change the community because that is not our goal
but to help build a community."
In his message Cordon said
Boston Brewin is feeling the
love from Eastie residents
but those who come by every
once in a while to support the
McKay school but venture
further into Maverick Square
to get coffee at a corporate giant need to step up their support.
"If you don't own your community and support local businesses you are going to you
lose them," Cordon warned.
"In this age of consumerism it
is easy to be told what is good
for you and what you want but
the beauty of small business
is that it reflects the desires,
wishes, wants and needs of
the community."
Cordon went on that he
and the team at Boston Brewin have, "answered that call"
but he is frustrated because
he needs the community to
meet him half way so they can
succeed in their mission here
to help the McKay and other
non-profits.
"I am asking for a commitment to own your community
and exercise your voice and
economic power," he asked.
"You have to ask if you want
to shape everything that is in
your community. or be a victim of traditional economics.
I can't want it more than you
want us. If things don't change
we might not be here in a
month. I hope you will give
us the support so we can, in
two or three years time, be entrenched and be the lynchpin
in the community."
Boston Brewin, which
prides itself on being socially conscious, recently raised
close to $1,000 during a
weekend-long benefit for the
Donald McKay School in East
Boston last month.
Boston Brewin Coffee's Daniel Cordon, and Albert Garcia at a recent community event.
The proceeds from the
brunch sales will go directly
into buying supplies for McKay School. The supplies that
need to be purchased include
basic necessities such as paper, pencils, pens, and even
desks and chairs."
Boston Brewin Co-founder Tom Barnes said that his
dream is to be able to get all
705 students at the McKay
IPads.
"We did close to $1,000 in
one weekend, think of what
we are going to do in a year,"
he said. "One of regulars recently came in and gave me
$20 for the McKay School. I
bought him the bag of McKay School Dark Roast-- but
he didn't want to take it. I told
him this is the beauty of our
model. We don't need to do
fund raisers. We don't need
donations that will eventually run out. You're gonna buy
coffee anyway. But if you buy
it from us, we can solve the
problem the McKay School
has with not having enough
Paper and pencils. We give
them all new desks and chairs,
and the latest technology that
we know of."
Boston Brewin Coffee,
known for its socially conscious business model and
serves only 100 percent organic coffee, uses profits to
build and maintain the community they serve and paying
employees a living wage.
Boston Brewin announced
in October it would donate
proceeds to the Donald McKay School as part of its "pay it
forward" business plan.
"We decided to dedicate all
of the profits of East Boston
shop to the McKay School
in East Boston," said Barnes.
"The more coffee we sell the
more money the school will
get. Sound like a no brainer."
Albert Garcia inside Boston Brewin's Maverick Marketplace
location. The team there is asking for more community support
so more can be done to help the Donald McKay School.
Barnes said choosing the
McKay School came about after Eastie resident April Abenza came to shop looking for a
$50 donations so the school
could buy basic supplies.
"To me that was unacceptable," said Barnes. "The
school is two blocks from our
shop, 95 percent of the kids
walk to school so they live
here, this is their home. and
this is where we are doing
business so for us to help the
school and families it was a no
brainer."
This week Boston Brewin
opened up its third location
at Boston City Hall located
on the third floor mezzanine.
During a 4-month trial period
the coffee cart will activate
and enliven this important civic space, welcoming the public and employees to stop by.
Boston Brewin at City Hall
is still in the process on finalizing what non-profit organization will benefit from its sales.
In the running are Zumix, East
Boston's popular performance
arts non-profit and the East
Boston Social Centers.
"By sharing our business
model, we provide the opportunity for people to be real
Bostonians and support their
own community through coffee,” said Barns.
Ed
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2. Work with neighbors and community groups to ensure that all new development is done in a
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5. Improve educational opportunities for all students by reducing class sizes, expanding after school
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