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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
MARCH 19, 2015
Neighborhood Round Up
This Week on
Charlestown Live
This week’s Charlestown Live
program will feature host Billy
Boyle with guest Will Thomas,
Headmaster at Charlestown High
School.
The show can be seen live on
Thursday, March 19th at 6:30 pm
on BNN-TV’s Boston’s Comcast
Channel 9, RCN Channel 15 or on
the web at http://www.bnntv.org/
The program is repeated on the
same channels and web site on
Saturdays at 8 pm and Mondays
at 10:30 am. Current and previous
programs can be seen on Youtube’s
The Charlestown Live Channel.
Girl’s Softball
Registration
Black
The Charlestown Girls Softball
will be holding registrations for
the upcoming spring and summer seasons. Instructional spring
league for ages 6,7 and 8 years old.
Spring and Summer teams for ages
10 and under to 18 and under. All
new players must provide a copy
of their birth certificate. Contact
Jack Schievink @ 617-201-4507
or charlestowngirlssoftball@gmail.
com
Little League
Registration starts
March 24
Registration for the 2015 season for Rookie Ball, AAA, majors
and seniors will be held at the
Charlestown Community Center
on Tuesday, March 24th from 6:30
til 8pm as well as on March 31st
and April 7th at the same times.
Please visit the website at http://
www.leaguelineup.com/welcome.
asp?url=charlestown-l-l for information about our programs and
for registration forms. Noted TED Talk
Speaker to Present
at
MGH Institute of
Health Professions
Actress, comedian, and writer
Maysoon Zayid will give a rendition of her well-known TED
Talk “I got 99 problems....palsy is
just one”, on March 25 beginning
at 5:30 p.m. on the Charlestown
Navy Yard campus of MGH
Institute of Health Professions.
Zayid, a Palestinian-American
born with cerebral palsy, afterwards will participate in a panel
discussion that includes health
care professionals with disabilities
and experts on disability access,
regarding opportunities and challenges for people with a disability
to succeed in the health professions
as well as access quality health
care. The free public event, which
will be held in Room 305 in the
Catherine Filene Shouse Building,
36 1st Avenue, Charlestown, is
part of the graduate school’s E.
Lorraine Baugh Faculty Scholar
Lecture series.
Abutters Meeting on 15
Mount Vernon St addition
The Mayor’s Office of
Neighborhood Services is hosting
an abutters meeting for 15 Mount
Vernon Street to discuss a proposal
to erect an addition of a 32 square
foot kitchen bay to the first floor
of unit 1; small deck and stairs to
grade; construction of a two car
garage at the rear of the property
accessed from Prospect Street with
new pavers and landscaping at the
yard between the existing house
and the proposed garage. The
meeting will be held at 6pm on
Tuesday, March 24th, at 15 Mount
Vernon Street. For more information, please contact Tom McKay,
Charlestown Liaison, at thomas.
[email protected] or 617-6353549.
Healthy Grocery Tour at
Whole Foods March 31.
Learn how to shop the aisles
and buy healthy food on a budget. On Tuesday, March 31 from
12-1PM, take a tour of the Whole
Foods market, get tips and tricks
for chopping for healthy food on
a budget. Co-sponsered by CAPE,
Whole Foods, The JFKennedy
Center and Kids Cooking Green.
Limited spaces available, call
Rosanne 617-501-9213 or email
[email protected] to register.
Boys and Girls Club
Hours and Summer
Program Registration
Regular hours for the Boys and
Girls Club are Monday - Friday
1:30-6PM for ages 6-8, for ages
*9-12 1:30 -8PM. All parents of
members 9 – 12 years are invited
to the Spring Evening Program
Open House on Thursday April 2
at 6pm to sign up for evening programs. The Teen Center for ages
13-18years is open Mon-Thursday
1:30 – 8:00 pm, Friday 12:00 –
8:00 pm and Saturday 11:00 am
– 4:00 pm.
Registration is open to current members for our upcoming
Summer Programs. Applications
are available at the club. All
summer programs will operate
Monday to Friday for 7 weeks
from July 6 to August 21, 2015.
Summer Camp Hours will be –
9:00am to 4:00pm with extended
hours of 8:00am to 5:30pm for
ages 6 years (and entering first
grade in September) to 12 years.
The Teen Summer Program Hours
will be 9:00am to 4:00pm for 13
& 14 years. The Teen Summer
Evening Program will run 5:00
to 9:00pm for 13-18 years. Please
call the club at (617) 242-1775 for
more information.
Annual Spring Art
Exhibit this weekend
The Artist's Group of
Charlestown 11th Annual Spring
Art Exhibit is currently on view
at the StoveFactory Gallery at 523
Medford St., Charlestown. The
exhibit features over 50 different
works by twenty four local artists.
Gallery hours are Saturday March
21 and Sunday March 22 from
11am-5:00pm. All visitors have
the opportunity to vote for their
favorite work of art with The
People's Choice Award contest, the
winner will be revealed on Sunday
March 22nd.
Founded in 1997 by a small
group of resident artists to promote awareness of, and participation in the visual and related arts.
Membership is open to artists and
those who want to further the arts.
More information can be found
atwww.artistsgroupofcharlestown.
com
Street sweeping
postponed
The Boston Public Works
Department today announced that
posted residential street sweeping
will be postponed in neighborhoods with March street sweeping
until streets are cleared to the
curb and gutters are free of ice
and snow. In order for streets to
be properly swept, a thaw and
large scale melting must occur.
The Public Works Department will
notify residents once streets are
clear enough for street sweeping
to resume.
The
City's
Daytime
Neighborhood Street Cleaning
program currently runs from April
1 through November 30 for all
neighborhoods except the North
End, the South End, and Beacon
Hill. The daytime program parking restrictions are not in effect
during the months of December
and March except in the North
End, the South End, and Beacon
Hill.
In the event that Public Works
decides to cancel street sweeping and parking enforcement for
weather related reasons, notifications will be sent out by e-mail
to NO-TOW subscribers or you
may contact the Mayor's 24 Hour
Hotline for updated information at
617-635-4500.
On Dean's List at
Boston University
Three Charlestown residents
have recently been named to
the Dean's List at Boston
University for the Fall semester.
Students recognized for this
honor include: Andrew Quan,
Marinaliz C. Reynoso, and Jenny
Trinh.
Each school and college at
Boston University has their own
criterion for the Dean's List, but
students generally must attain a
3.5 grade point average (on a 4.0
scale), or be in the top 30 percent
of their class, as well as a full
course load as a full time student.
Local students earn
degrees from Boston
University
Boston University awarded academic degrees to 1,664 students in
January 2015.
Local students receiving degrees
were William F. Machado, Master
of Business Administration in
Business Administration and
Management; Ryan C. O'Connell,
Bachelor of Science in Management
Studies, Cum Laude; Thomas
M. Hanover, Master of Science
in Leadership; Alexandra D.
Varsanofieva, Master of Business
Administration in Business
Administration and Management,
Honors.
Founded in 1839, Boston
University is an internationally recognized institution of higher education and research. Consisting of
16 schools and colleges, BU offers
students more than 250 programs
of study in science and engineering, social science and humanities,
health science, the arts, and other
professional disciplines, along with
a number of multi-disciplinary
centers and institutes integral to the
University's research and teaching
mission. With more than 33,000
students, BU is the fourth-largest
private university in the country
and a member of the American
Association
of
Universities
(AAU), a nonprofit association of
62 of North America's leading
research-intensive institutions.
Palm Sunday Concert
to celebrate St. Mary’s
Woodberry and Harris
Organ
To mark the last concert on its
historic Woodberry and Harris
organ before a multi-month restoration, St. Mary-St. Catherine
of Siena Parish has arranged to
showcase the instrument in an
unusual concert themed to the
spirit of Holy Week.
Three distinguished organists, Jonathan Wessler, Tom
Sheehan, and Peter Sykes, will
offer music from a variety of
sources with vocals from one
of Boston’s favorite baritone
Robert Honeysucker. The free
concert will take place on March
29 at 3 p.m. St Mary’s Church
is located at 55 Warren Street in
Charlestown.
McIsaac running for
Neurofibromatosis
Stephanie Ward McIsaac
will be running the 2015
Boston
Marathon
for
Neurofibromatosis Northeast
Boston. She is hosting a fundraiser on March 21,2015 at the
Warren Tavern at 7pm.
And if you can’t make the
event you can donate online
at https://www.crowdrise.com/
NFINCNEBoston2015/fundraiser/stephaniemcisaac BCYF invites Y-O-U
to Boston’s Annual
Citywide Spelling Bee All are invited to cheer on
26 Boston youth from across
Boston as they compete in Boston
Centers for Youth & Families
(BCYF) annual Citywide
Spelling Bee on Saturday, March
21st at 10:30 a.m. The Bee will
be held at the BCYF Mildred
Avenue Community Center/
School in Mattapan and is
sponsored by the Boston Bruins
Foundation with travel support
from JetBlue. A packed house
of family, friends and spectators is expected to cheer on the
youth down to the final word. . The 26 participants in the
BCYF Bee won a qualifying Bee
at their Boston school earlier
this year. Over 3000 Boston
youth took part in the qualifying
bees. The winner will receive
an all-expenses-paid trip to the
Scripps National Spelling Bee in
Washington, D.C. in May. The
Scripps Bee is the nation’s largest
and longest-running spelling bee. 3
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Neighborhood Round Up
School children from all over the
country converge on Washington
D.C. every May to compete in the
national bee. The one and only
winner from Massachusetts was
in 1939.
Lent at St. MarySt. Catherine of Siena
Stations of the Cross on Fridays
at 3PM with Holy Hour at 4PM.
(Parish Ctr., 46 Winthrop) Lenten
Prayer & Reconciliation Svc. on
Thur., Mar. 26 at 7PM (St. Mary
Church, 55 Warren). Confession
on Wednesdays at 7PM. (Parish
Ctr.)
“Math in the Real
World” program at the
CLLC
Charlestown Boys &
Girls Club News
Due to increased enrollment
at the Club we currently have a
waitlist for 6 – 10 year olds for
our after-school program. As of
January 1, 2015 our policy is club
members must be at least 6 years
old and registered in first grade. Friendship Club is an EEC
(Early Education and Care)
licensed program for 52 children
and is open to school aged children aged 5 years & 6 months
and registered in Kindergarten to
12 years. If you are interested
in registering your child for this
program please contact Krishna
Foran at (617) 516-5500.
Pics in the Parks
photography sessions
Mayor Martin J. Walsh and
the Boston Parks and Recreation
Department invite Boston residents to participate in the free Pics
Nurse & CNA Job Fair,
Friday March 27th from 10-2,
545 Medford Street Charlestown
MA 02129. Including leading
Boston Hospitals to National
Companies and an Innovators
Corner where leading healthcare
technology companies are exhibiting their breakthrough innovations in healthcare to a nurse
networking station. This is an
event not to miss. Register today
at HireNurses.com.
Meghan Doherty seeks
Boys & Girls Club
marathon sponsors
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 center is looking for
tutors, homework helpers, foreign language 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! Meghan will be running her
second Boston Marathon in
honor of Ryan “Duce”Morrissey.
To sponsor her run, please visit
https://www.crowdrise.com/
ctown2015bostonmarathonteam/
fundraiser/meaghandoherty
Ice Skating
NEW and On-going WINTER
Learn-To-Skate classes for children, ages 4 ½ and up, and adults
at the local ice rinks in Cambridge
and Somerville.
Classes at the Simoni Rink, on
Gore Street in Cambridge, start
Saturday, February 28 at 2:00pm. Classes at the Veterans
Memorial Rink, 581 Somerville
Avenue in Somerville, are on
Sundays at 4:00pm. Use hockey, recreational or figure skates. Beginner, intermediate
and advanced classes are available. For information and to register, call Bay State Skating School
at 781-890-8480 or visit online at
www.BayStateSkatingSchool.org.
Celebrating 46 years!
HireNurses hosting
Nurse & CNA Job Fair
Fiber Arts at the
Charlestown Library
On Tuesdays from through
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 617242-1248.
Volunteers Needed at
Lacrosse and Learning
Center
Singers Wanted
A group of friends who meet
weekly in Charlestown to sing
16th and 17th century part
music is looking to expand so
that we might tackle a more varied range of pieces. If interested,
contact Bob Hill bobhill1937@
yahoo.com.
Register for programs
at the Kennedy Center
The Kennedy Center is accepting applications for their educational programs. Head Start
openings at 23A Moulton Street
in Charlestown. Toddler and
preschool openings at Child
Focus Centers at Bunker Hill
Community Limited openings
available! Please contact our
Boston Light on Little Brewster Island in Boston Harbor, America's first
lighthouse and the last staffed U.S. Coast Guard Light Station in the country, has been a way-shower for safe navigation into the port of Boston since
1716. A keeper from Boston Light will present an illustrated talk on the
lighthouse's 300 years of service at Charlestown Branch Library, 179 Main
St. on Monday, March 30 at 6:30 p.m.
For more information, call the Charlestown Branch Library at 617-2421248.
Enrollment Department now at
(617) 617-241-8866 ext. 1339 or
[email protected] for
more information .
Michael P Quinn
Scholarship Applications
are available
The Michael P. Quinn
Scholarship is an award of six
thousand ($6,000.00) for the
recipients first year of college.
Applications can be picked up at
Guidance Dept. at Charlestown
High, Boston Latin, Boston Latin
Academy. Application deadline is
April 8, 2015.
The below requirements must
be met, to apply for the 2015
Michael P Quinn Scholarship
Must be a resident of
Charlestown for the past four
years. Graduate with the Class of
2015 If you have any questions
regarding the scholarship, please
call Ronan J FitzPatrick at 617242-5493.
Charlestown
Waterfront meeting
The Charlestown Waterfront
Coalition meets at Building 114
at 7 p.m. on the first Wednesday
of the month.
Free senior coffee hour
Whole Foods has a free Senior
Coffee Hour on the first Friday
of each month from 9:30 – 10:30
a.m. Stop by for compli mentary
coffee and pastries.
Abraham Lincoln Post
#11 Veterans outreach
The veterans outreach program
offers assistance and information to
all veterans. Call 617-7477-7494 or
617-877-2820
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would like to have published in
the Neighborhood Round-Up
please email to [email protected].
The City of Boston reminds you:
The legal drinking age is 21.
Thanks for not providing
alcohol to teens.
Proudly sponsored by The Patrón Spirits Company.
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Math in the Real World is a
new educational club for 4th, 5th
and 6th grade boys and girls who
want to have fun with Math! The
idea is for the students to understand math concepts clearer when
they are thought about in a context of things that happen every
day. When we start tracking the
math in our life, we start to see
all kinds of things and discover a
deep appreciation for math. The
program will run for 5 straight
Thursday afternoons (March 19
& 26, and April 2, 9, & 16)
from 2:30-4pm and each class
will cover a certain theme such as
“Baking/Cooking” or “Financial
Literacy.” To explore these and
other themes, please email [email protected]
or call (617) 242-1813 for more
information and to sign up. Unfortunately, there is a maximum capacity of 10 students.
in the Parks photography sessions
taking place on select Sundays in
March and April from 2 p.m. to
3 p.m.
Individuals of all ages and skill
levels are welcome to bring their
cameras and participate in these
informal sessions led by a photography instructor. Participants
will learn techniques for taking impressive photographs of
Boston’s scenic parks as well as
be given a theme to focus on each
Sunday. Select photos may be
chosen for an exhibit at Boston
City Hall.
Dates and locations are as follows:
March 22
The fort at Highland Park, 58
Beech Glen Street, Roxbury
March 29
The Playstead at Franklin Park,
25 Pierpont Road, Dorchester
April 12
Lagoon Bridge, Boston Public
Garden, 4 Charles Street, Boston
For more information please
visit the Boston Parks and
Recreation Department at www.
facebook.com/bostonparksdepartment or www.cityofboston.
gov/parks.
Participants must
bring their own equipment and
can register via email by contacting [email protected].
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MARCH 19, 2015
Engaged Charlestown residents, Wynn schedule more meetings
By Seth Daniel
A host of sub-group meetings last week between Engaged
Charlestown Residents and Wynn
Everett has developed into a
host of other meetings scheduled
around transportation and the
environmental remediation of the
casino site.
One of the most critical meetings that has been borne out of
last week’s process is a transportation meeting focusing only
on Sullivan Square this coming
Tuesday, March 24. It will be
in the cafeteria of the Schrafft’s
Building and will go from 7-9 p.m.
“That will be specifically on
Sullivan Square short-term plans,”
said coordinator Lynne Levesque.
“That will happen three days
before the SFEIR comments are
due, so we’re hoping to get as
many people as possible there.”
Comments on the Wynn
Supplemental Final Environmental
Impact Report (SFEIR) are due
All three suspects arraigned
in shooting of Ryan Morrissey
By John Lynds
Black
The two other suspects arrested last week in connection with
the November murder of Ryan
Morrissey outside a Charlestown
convenient store in November
were arraigned in Charlestown
Municipal Court last Wednesday.
The third suspect had already
been arraigned last Tuesday for his
alleged role in the murder.
Danilo Soto, 21, of Dorchester
and Alexander Soto, 18, of
Charlestown on charges of murder and armed assault with intent
to murder.　At the request of
Assistant District Attorney Mark
Hallal, both men were ordered
held without bail.
The man who allegedly drove
the men from the scene, Julio Baez,
24, of Charlestown, was arraigned
on identical charges last week and
ordered held without bail.
Hallal told the court that Danilo
Soto and Alexander Soto, who
are not related, walked by a Main
Street convenience store at approximately 9:30 p.m. on Nov. 5 and
observed a group of people standing outside the store.　A few minutes later, the two men walked
back to the area of the store.
By that time the individuals initially standing outside had entered
the store and Morrissey and his
19-year-old companion had exited.　Danilo Soto and Alexander
Soto brandished firearms as they
walked past the two young men
and opened fire, striking both victims.
The two assailants fled on foot
on Salem Street, where they entered
the backseat of a gray Acura operated by Baez, who struck a vehicle parked on Salem Street as he
drove the alleged shooters from the
scene, prosecutors said.
Both victims were transported to
Massachusetts General Hospital,
where Morrissey succumbed to his
injuries on Nov. 9.
Despite claims to Boston Police
detectives that they were not in
Charlestown on the night of Nov.
5, cell tower records place Danilo
Soto and Alexander Soto in the
area of the shooting immediately before and after the shooting,
prosecutors said.　Both men’s fingerprints were
located on the rear doors of the
gray Acura.　Baez, whose mother
was the vehicle’s registered owner,
acknowledged during an interview
with investigators that he was
operating the vehicle on the night
of the shooting.
Danilo Soto was represented by
William White, Alexander Soto by
Steven Sack, and Baez by Joseph
Perrullo.　All return to court April
15.
"I thank Mayor Walsh, Boston
Police Commissioner Evans and
District Attorney Conley for their
commitment and perseverance
during this investigation," said
Charlestown Rep. Dan Ryan. "A
few months back they asked a
heartbroken and grieving neighborhood for patience and understanding as investigators worked
to ensure that a strong case was
built and a suitable arrest was
made. So far, our justice system
has properly run its course. The
Morrissey family needs the continued support of their neighbors
and friends as this process moves
forward".
In a statement to the
Charlestown Patriot Bridge
Charlestown City Councilor Sal
LaMattina said, "My thoughts go
out to the Morrissey family in the
wake of the arrest of their son's
killer. Nothing can replace the loss
of their son but I hope that they
can feel some sense of closure that
he has been caught and that justice will finally be served. I'd also
like to applaud the Boston Police
Dept. for a job well done. They
refused to stop until the suspect
was found".
John Lynds can be reached at
[email protected]
March 27. It is believed that the
City might have new information
available at the meeting on March
24 about the long-term plans for
Sullivan Square also.
Another important meeting coming out of the March 9
Environmental and Health subgroup was what is believed to be a
detailed plan from Wynn on their
remediation plans. That will come
at a meeting on Monday, April 6,
from 7-9 p.m.
“The upstart of that meeting
on Monday with Health and
Environment was that there will
be another meeting with Wynn
on Monday, April 6, just for
Environment and Health,” she
said. “It will focus on their remediation plan and what they plan
to do with removing the contamination on the Mystic River site.”
That issue, most at the meetings
agreed, is the one that will be coming sooner rather than later.
Already, Wynn has commenced
to doing boring work to measure the extent of the environmental contamination. Trucking out
the contamination is expected to
begin some time this summer, and
many are curious - though don’t
yet know - just where the truck
route will be located.
That is one question that is
expected to come up at the meeting on April 6.
Finally,
the
Economic
Development and Jobs subgroup
met on Tuesday, March 10, and
discussed the opportunities and
jobs that will be available.
There will be no immediate meetings scheduled on that
topic just yet, but a Trade Union
Expo will be held at Everett High
School on Saturday, May 9. All
the trades will be there to speak
with Charlestown residents about
construction apprenticeships and
opportunities that will be available during the construction. period.
Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley heads toward the 26th floor of Boston’s John Hancock tower as
part of last year’s Ginormous Climb, a vertical charity run supporting the Children’s Advocacy Center of Suffolk
County. The CAC serves young victims of abuse, neglect, and sexual exploitation across Boston, Chelsea, Revere,
and Winthrop. Volunteers raised $55,000 last year and hope to deliver $75,000 after this year’s event, which will
take place on March 28.
Charlestown resident part of new Kane's Donut location
Patriot-Bridge Staff Report
Kane’s Donuts, the 60-year-old
family run Saugus bakery known
for its cult-like following of fans
across America and long list of
national awards, announced this
week the opening of the region’s
first handcrafted donut store—
Kane’s Handcrafted Donuts—in
the signature building of Boston’s
downtown financial district,
International Place.
Located at 90 Oliver Street,
Kane’s Handcrafted Donuts
marks the first new Kane’s location since the bakery opened in
1955.
Charlestown resident Greg
John said he is a partner in the
handcrafted donut venture and is
excited for the prospects at One
International Place.
For years, Kane’s Donuts
has earned national accolades,
including being named Top
10 Donuts In America by Bon
Appetit Magazine, America’s
Best Donuts by Travel & Leisure
Magazine, Donut Paradise by The
Travel Channel, The World’s Best
Donuts by Saveur Magazine and
Best of New England by Yankee
Magazine.
Travelers are known to visit
Kane’s at 3:30 a.m. so they can
take donuts on early flights out
of Logan Airport, celebrities ask
for Kane’s when filming in Boston
and regulars line outside the store
each morning for their fix of
Kane’s Donuts and coffee. The
family run business is known for
its happy, friendly service that
embodies the company’s tagline
of “Donuts Are Love”.
“You can’t possible have a
Kane’s Handcrafted Donut and
not smile and be happy. There
are no conflicts or frowns over
a Kane’s Donut; our donuts are
love,” said Chef Paul Delios,
co-owner and manager of Kane’s
along with his four siblings. All
grew up baking Kane’s Donuts
after their parents bought a bakery in a remote neighborhood in
Saugus, MA, decades ago. “Our
family has always been amazed
at the letters we get from people
and the visitors who take a cab
or uber to Saugus because they
heard how wonderful and unique
our donuts are. Moving to Boston
makes it easier for all to enjoy
what we lovingly make.”
The Boston location is elevating the storied Kane’s Donuts to
a higher level by using all-natural, high-quality ingredients
that are sourced locally (when
possible) to create sumptuous
uniquely flavored donuts that
are hand-stuffing and hand-finishing on site, in view of guests.
Kane’s Handcrafted Donuts will
also offer Kane’s world-famous
hubcap-sized coffee cakes and signature Kronuts. A special blend of
Peet’s Coffee will also be served at
Kane’s Handcrafted Donuts.
The owners have received
requests
from
California
to Bermuda to ship Kane’s
Handcrafted Donuts after the
Boston location opened.
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Walsh outlines efforts to clean-up trash buried in snow on city streets
Mayor Martin J. Walsh recently outlined the City of Boston’s
efforts to continue snow recovery
efforts and to clean-up the trash
left behind from the unprecedented
amount of snow Boston received
over a 30-day period. Last week alone, Boston’s
Public Works Department’s overnight street sweeping crews have
removed over 50 tons of trash
from the streets of Boston, and the
Mayor has approved 20 hokeys,
who will begin on Monday to
assist in trash removal efforts. Beginning on April 24, the
Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood
Services will lead the annual
“Boston Shines,” recruiting volunteers to tackle cleaning the
streets of Boston one neighborhood at a time for three consecu-
tive weekends. In Charlestown,
BostonShines will take place on
May 8 and 9.
“This year, it’s more important
than ever for us to come together
as one community to assist in the
monumental task of cleaning up
our neighborhoods,” said Mayor
Walsh. “I encourage all of our
residents to get involved in Boston
Shines as Boston continues to
recover from the historic amount
of snow we received.” In 2014, the Office of
Neighborhood services, working
with partnership organizations,
completed 295 projects in neighborhoods throughout Boston.
Neighborhood Services liaisons
are currently working with community members to identify projects for this year’s effort. The
Morrissey Basketball Tourney
starts Friday at St. Clement
Black
The First Annual Ryan
Morrissey Basketball Tournament
will start this Friday. Morrissey
was a local youth , hockey player
and student at St. Clement High
School who was killed in a random
shoooting last November on Main
Street. The schedule is as follows:
Friday March 20
5:45- Robert Taylor VS Lynn
6th
7:00- Saint Rays VS Saint
Clement 5th
8:15- Robert Taylor VS
Charlestown 6th
Saturday March 21
8:00- Wilmington VS Lynn 6th
9:15- Charlestown VS Saint
Clement 8th
10:30Wilmington
VS
Charlestown 6th
11:45- Somerville VS Arlington
8th
1:00- Saint Rays VS Chelsea 5th
2:15- Arlington VS SC 8th
3:30- Medford VS SC 7th
4:45- Somerville VS Lynn 8th
Sunday March 22
8:00- Somerville VS Medford7th
9:15- SC VS Lynn 7th
10:30- Lynn VS Charlestown
8th
11:45- Saint Clement VS
Chelsea 5th
1:00- Somerville VS Lynn 7th
Ryan Morrissey
2:15- 6th Grade Championship
3:30- 5th Grade Championship
4:45- 7th Grade Championship
6:00- 8th Grade Championship
RULES
Two 16 Minute Halves
Any player with 5 Fouls in a
game is disqualified
Double bonus at 10 fouls
3 timeouts per team
No pressing when winning by
20 points or more
All games will be played at Saint
Clement High School 579 Boston
Avenue Medford MA.
Admission for spectators will
be five dollars for adults and three
dollars for children.
Call the Police Department at
617-343-4627
for a free security check of your
home.
Mayor’s Office hopes to expand
volunteer opportunities this year
while focusing on four service
areas: physical service, university
engagement, youth development
and uniting neighbors and communities. The Public Works Department
last week began District Yard
street sweeping through major
roadways and arteries. Posted residential street sweeping is postponed in neighborhoods with
March street sweeping until curbs
and gutters are free of ice and
snow. On February 11, Public Works
began proactively surveying roads
to fill potholes following the
heavy use of salt and snow removal equipment used on roads as a
result of the snowstorms. Since
then, 500 tons of hot top has been
used to fill more than 2,100 potholes. With the snow continuing to
melt, Boston’s Parks are expected to be ready for spring. The
Parks and Recreation Department
are continuing to monitor athletic
fields for spring sports and will
be communicating to the public
through social media and working with permit holders.
Over the course of 30 days,
Boston experienced a historic
amount of snow fall: •1 billion cubic feet of snow
fell on Boston’s streets last month
- more than twice the amount of
dirt moved during all 15 years of
the Central Artery Tunnel Project.
•PWD plowed 295,000 miles
of roadway—roughly 12 trips
around the earth.
•PWD removed over 35,000
truckloads of snow from city
streets.
•PWD melted 50,000 tons of
snow at our farms.
•In addition, over 110,000
calls were received at the Mayor’s
Hotline.
•The Boston Public Schools
were closed for 8 days, while
keeping 14 community centers
open for free childcare.
•Together, the Boston Police
and Inspectional Services department gave more than 1,100 rides
to nurses and emergency workers.
•The Boston Fire Department
answered over 7,500 calls—46
percent more than the same period last year. The City’s homeless
shelters have been open around
the clock, offering daytime services and sheltering more than
600 guests each night.
BRA (from pg. 1 )
the Monument Area of the
Navy Yard was once used a hub
of maritime chain manufacturing
in the area.
The development team plans to
build a five-level, 180,000 sq. ft.
hotel development encompassing
the entire current structure on site
and adding an additional level on
the rear of the building.
According to plans approved
by the BRA there will be approximately 230 hotel rooms within
the hotel, with an associated hotel
lobby area, conference rooms,
pool, fitness center, 6,000 sq. ft.
restaurant, and historical exhibit showcasing the building’s prior
industrial uses.
“The developer will construct
within the existing footprint of
the vacant building to create several interior floors as well as an
additional floor on one side of
the property,” wrote the BRA in
its ruling. “The hotel, designed by
BH&A Architects, will manage
approximately 200 off-site parking
spaces for guests with the help of a
valet parking service.”
A critical component of the
hotel redevelopment is the historical exhibit area located within the
lobby atrium.
In 2014, the developer commissioned a study in consultation with
the Boston
National Park Service to determine the historically significant
pieces which should remain on-site
and be included in the exhibit. The
study determined that 38 machines
were of significance, with some
pieces being the only remaining in
the world.
According to plans the exhibit
will allow visitors and guests at the
hotel to view 38 pieces of historical
machinery owned by the United
States National Park Service, and
retained onsite as an interpretive
Artist's drawing of the outside of teh building.
exhibition.
According to plans these pieces
will be on display in the atrium/
lobby space in areas where the
public can visit and view the history of the building. The ground
floor space will open up to the
atrium and allow visitors to experience what was termed “the
cathedral of industry”, and gain
an understanding of the monumental space as it was when fully
operational from 1904-1973.
With the project being located
within the Historic Monument
Area of the Navy Yard Navy
guest and visitor parking will
be fully accommodated off-site
in the existing Boston AutoPort
area of Charlestown by way of
valet attendants. A parking space
rental agreement has also been
discussed with the owners and
operators of the AutoPort, and
the Proponent has been assured
there is ample available supply to
meet the needs of the hotel and
restaurant use.
The hotel building has been
designed to historical design
guidelines, as agreed to by five
parties who hold an approving
vote on the projects final design.
The BRA, the National Park
Service, Philadelphia (regional
office), National Parks Service,
Boston, Massachusetts Historical
Commission,
and
Boston
Landmarks Commission will all
meet to agree on the changes
necessary for redevelopment to
occur.
John Lynds can be reached at
[email protected].