Dorchester Reporter

By Katie trojano

reporter Staff

The four-and-a-half-

hour-long documentary

lm “City Hall,” which

has as its focus munic-

ipal government as ad-

ministered in the City of

Boston by Mayor Martin

Walsh and his associ-

ates, had its broadcast

premiere last week on

GBH. With his 45th lm,

Frederick Wiseman, a

native of Boston and an

accomplished artist with

many acclaimed docu-

mentaries to his credit,

undertook to show how a

city government touches

upon almost every aspect

of its citizens’ lives.

“Even in a film of

four and a half hours

it is impossible to show

everything,” Wiseman

told the Reporter in

an interview. “Some of

the sequences show the

mayor working with his

cabinet, others involve

meetings on affordable

housing or homelessness

or are examples of the

work of the police or

re departments or are

examples of community

meetings or the work

of building inspectors,

garbage collectors, pub-

lic health inspectors, or

the departments that

deal with birth, death,

marriage, or parking

tickets.”

He added: “All of these

activities are meant to

suggest the wide variety

of ways city government

affects the life of the cit-

izens of Boston.”

When he rst started

thinking of making a lm

about a city hall in spring

2018, Boston was one of

several municipalities

Wiseman considered for

his focus.

“I wrote letters to a

number of City Halls,”

he said. “Some of them

didn’t reply, some of

them turned me down.

he just thought that ev-

ery child should have a

present at Christmas,”

explained his mother,

Dawn.

And do some-

thing he has: For the

last 11 years, Mark

has organized a holi-

day season toy drive in

his community. This

year, of course, offered

a special challenge: The

pandemic’s effects on

the economy presented

obstacles to fundraising

efforts, and he knew

that the extraordinary

circumstances meant an

even greater need for the

Christmas toys he had

been delivering for more

By Daniel Sheehan

reporter Staff

In recent weeks, neigh-

bors of Garvey Play-

ground in Neponset and

those passing by have no-

ticed that the park is at

the nal stages of a com-

prehensive $5.1 million

renovation project that

has seen the grounds

transformed by an em-

erald articial turf eld,

reworked landscaping,

new play structures, and

other features intended

to make it a more acces-

sible community asset.

The city’s Parks com-

missioner, Ryan Woods,

said that he has been re-

ceiving positive feedback

about the “long overdue”

project, which is about

95 percent done save for

some nishing touches

that will be applied

once warmer weather

returns in the spring.

Residents will be able

to access the park once

fencing is removed ear-

ly next month, he said.

“This project has been

driven by the needs and

wants of the community,

and to see that we’ve

made this much progress,

and to be getting this

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the centerpiece of a recent comprehensive $5.1 million rehab project.

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A “City Hall” conversation – Mayor Walsh talks about his growing-up years in Boston, telling Michael

Curry, onetime president of the Boston branch of the NAACP, that as a pre-teen during the busing

controversies he didn’t understand what was going on at the time. He added that people need to learn

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An artist looks at what’s going on

behind Boston City Hall’s façade

Optimism reigns

as rst Covid-19

vaccine doses are

rolled out locally

Murphy’s Mission:

Christmas toys for

those less fortunate

Frederick Wiseman captures

Mayor Walsh & Co. in action

(Continued on page 11)

By Daniel Sheehan

reporter Staff

When he was seven

years old, Neponset’s

Mark Murphy heard the

news that a Toys for Tots

trailer had been broken

into. “He was upset and

wanted to do something;

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State houSe

newS Service

Retired teacher Shirley Nolan raised her arms

aloft after receiving her rst Covid-19 vaccine shot,

exclaiming, “Hallelujah.” Nolan was the rst resident

of Boston’s Edgar P. Benjamin Healthcare Center

to get the shot, a moment publicized by state health

ofcials as efforts began Monday to vaccinate long-

term care residents in Massachusetts.

The coronavirus has exacted a tragic toll on long-

term care centers both in the state and nationally

and the risks faced by their residents and workforce

have placed the facilities near the front vaccine

rollout line.

In Massachusetts, where long-term care fatalities

account for 60 percent of the 12,110 Covid deaths

logged so far, the Baker administration’s vaccine

distribution timeline puts long-term care, rest homes,

and assisted living facilities in the rst phase, as

the second demographic eligible for the shots after

health care workers involved in pandemic response.

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Boston Police have cir-

culated an image of two

people whom they want

to question in connection

with a Dec. 18 attack in

South Boston that left a

young man with serious

stab wounds. The victim

has characterized the

assault as a hate crime.

The incident occurred

around 10:45 p.m. in the

area of West Broadway

and F Street.

Anthony Crumbley,

25, told news outlets

that he was attacked

because he is gay and

that he was in a coma for

four days. Anyone with

information regarding

the individuals shown in

the acompanying image

is asked to contact Dis

trict C-6 detectives at

617-343-4742.

•••

A 28-year-old Dorches-

ter man was arrested on

gun charges after he ed

from his vehicle during

a trafc stop in Codman

Square last Wednes-

day (Dec. 23) evening.

Boston Police say Sha-

quone Cazeau took off

running and tossed a

handgun along the way

after ofcers stopped his

vehicle for “traveling

with excessive tint” near

Washington Street and

Talbot Avenue.

After a pursuit through

neighboring streets and

backyards on Ashmont

Hill, police say they lost

sight of the suspect on

Brent Street, but later

found him hiding behind

a home on Ocean Street.

Police say they found a

loaded Taurus handgun

on Lithgow Street and

charged Cazeau for il-

legal possession.

The Boston Planning

and Development Agen-

cy has approved a series

of building permits for

the $200-million Dot-

Block development in

Glover’s Corner. Given

that development on

Dec. 16, construction

at the nearly four-acre

site between Dot Ave

and Hancock Street is

expected to begin in the

first quarter of 2021,

said Diana Pisciotta, a

representative for the

developers, Samuels and

Associates and Winter

gold, LLC.

“As of right now,

there’s nothing new on

the site, but if we start

to move forward with ac

tual construction, I think

January or so could be

within the realm of pos-

sibility,” said Pisciotta.

The project will in

clude 488 housing units

in 4 buildings – up from

the 362 originally envi

sioned for the site. The

complex will include

about 30,000 square feet

of neighborhood-focused

retail space and more

than an acre of public

space. Revised plans

also include a 345-space

underground garage;

the original plans called

for a 5-story, 450-space

above-ground facility.

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Planning & Development planning

and zoning sta will host two virtual

meengs — Jan. 13 and Jan. 15— to

review the dra Coastal Flood Resilience

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the meeng. Zoom links for the meengs

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info.

Hancock Street Civic Associaon will

meet virtually on Tues., Jan. 5. Volnay

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Sculpture Stroll on Thurs., Dec. 31 from

1 p.m.- dusk on Boston’s waterfront.

Count down to 2021 with over a dozen

ice sculptures hosted by businesses and

cultural sites across the waterfront. Learn

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By reporter Staff

High school juniors

in Suffolk County are

invited to apply for a

new paid internship

program in the ofce of

District Attorney Ra-

chael Rollins that also

serves as a memorial

to the slain prosecutor

Paul R. McLaughlin. A

scholarship in his name

has been set up to fund

the program, which will

pair each student with a

mentor within Rollins’s

ofce for two months.

McLaughlin, an as-

sistant DA who lived

in West Roxbury, was

assassinated as he left

a train station near

his home in 1995. His

killer was a leader of a

Dorchester street gang

that McLaughlin had

been assigned to pros-

ecute.

“I never had the priv-

ilege of working with

Paul, but more than 25

years after his murder,

his passion for justice

and second chances still

stand as an inspiration

to all of us,” Rollins

said. “Paul’s legacy lives

on in the work that we

are doing here at the

Suffolk County District

Attorney’s Ofce, at the

Dorchester youth center

that bears his name, and

now with the McLaugh-

lin Scholarship.”

McLaughlin Scholars

who go on to higher ed-

ucation will also receive

nancial assistance from

the DA’s ofce, Rollins

said. An online infor-

mation session will take

place on Jan. 6. For

more information or to

apply for the scholarship,

please visit suffolkdis-

trictattorney.com/schol-

arship. The deadline to

apply is Feb. 5, 2021.

Rollins launches scholarship program

in memory of a murdered prosecutor

Greater Ashmont Main

Street has announced

the appointment of its

fourth executive direc-

tor, Jeanne Dasaro.

Dasaro has 15 years

experience as a social

entrepreneur, artist,

and community builder.

Since 2010, Dasaro has

served as the founder of

the Wonder Women of

Boston network which

helps women leaders,

artists, and professionals

of diverse backgrounds

connect with and sup-

port each other. In 2013,

Dasaro served as the

Innovator-In-Residence

at Wentworth Institute

of Technology.

Most recently, she

served as executive di-

rector of the Art Connec-

tion, working to create

access to original works

of visual art in every

Boston community. Ad-

ditionally, Dasaro was

the launch and opera-

tions manager at Quincy

Yoga & Massage.

Having lived in

Dorchester for 15 years,

Dasaro said she has

an appreciation for the

size and diversity of the

neighborhood.

“I’ve lived in the Polish

Triangle, I’ve lived on

Jones Hill, and I’ve also

lived in St. Mark’s and

Ashmont, so I’ve had

an opportunity to live

in quite a few neighbor-

hoods across Dorches-

ter,” said Dasaro. “For

me, it has everything I

need. It’s a very neigh-

borhood-centric neigh-

borhood, so even though

it’s a big neighborhood

there are all these mini

neighborhoods within

– it’s like hyperlocal

pride.”

Dasaro is lling the

vacancy left by former

Executive Director Jenn

Cartee, who will be

available as a consultant

during Dasaro’s first

weeks. Dasaro has yet

to meet with the board

about their collective

vision for the upcoming

year, but said she’s “ex-

cited” about getting to

work and will rst look to

maintain the community

programming that has

proved successful in past

years, namely the Ash-

mont Farmers Market,

the Dot Jazz Series, and

the annual Bike & Brew

celebration.

“Some of those changed

a little bit this year be-

cause of Covid, and we’re

still uncertain about

what’s going to happen

in 2021 because of Covid,

but we will absolutely

look at how we can keep

those important commu-

nity connection points...a

lot of the work in light of

Covid will continue to be

helping small businesses

get support in the form

of PPP loans, economic

disaster loans, and mak-

ing sure the district stays

operating and vibrant.”

– DANIEL SHEEHAN

Graphic lays out DotBlock structures

Paul R. McLaughlin

Slain while on duty

Dasaro will

head up

Ashmont

Main Street

Jeanne Dasaro

A January start

Courtesy Greater

Ashmont Main Street

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wBur reporter

“We’re gonna start spraying.”

That’s an ofcer’s quote pulled from

Boston police body cam footage from

May 31 — when a massive, peaceful

demonstration in response to the police

killing of George Floyd devolved into

chaos in the city. After the ofcial

march ended, clashes broke out be-

tween police and protesters, and some

damaged and stole from various stores

along city streets.

The Suffolk County District Attor-

ney’s ofce recently released more

than 60 hours of body cam footage

to lawyers for four protesters facing

criminal charges: three for disorderly

conduct, and the fourth for assault and

battery with a dangerous weapon — a

water bottle.

The lawyers shared the footage with

WBUR. Portions of the videos were

rst published on the online news site

The Appeal.

WBUR reviewed one of the videos for

this story, recorded over an hour and

23 minutes by a single unidentied of-

cer. The video relates the rst-person

perspective of the ofcer, who is on a

bicycle and often with several other

police on bicycles. The ofcer is seen

navigating an evening that, the video

shows, often turns tense — even vio-

lent — with police dodging projectiles

and getting screamed at by protesters.

“Move back!” a group of ofcers

chants in unison at several protesters,

the video shows. “Spray them!” replies

one of the ofcers.

At various points in the video, of-

cers are seen deploying pepper spray

against protesters. In some of those

moments, ofcers appear to issue warn

ings to protesters rst, and at others,

they appear not to communicate that

they intend to use their weapons.

It’s not all confrontation. The ofcer

stops at one point to help an injured

protester — and at another, explains to

an elderly man why police are taking

an aggressive stance.

“When they start throwing stuff, our

job is to clear the crowd, for the safety

of everybody,” the ofcer wearing the

body cam says.

“It just seems so aggressive,” the

unidentied man says. “It’s not pretty,”

the ofcer replies.

Some city councillors say the body

cam footage reinforces their earli

er calls to place new restrictions on

the use of weapons like tear gas and

rubber bullets. Last week, the Boston

City Council passed an ordinance to

regulate how these weapons are used

to control crowds. The law would force

police to give warnings before using

either tear gas or rubber bullets,

announce what weapons they plan to

deploy, and give people a chance to

disperse.

Police also would have to warn

protesters that ofcers plan to use

pepper spray, wait two minutes, and

repeat the warning. That would then

give protesters another two minutes

to disperse before weapons could be

discharged.

The rules would only apply to sit

uations involving 10 or more people.

Violations would be subject to a min-

imum of a ve-day suspension, and

a maximum of discharge from the

department.

Councillor Ricardo Arroyo says the

goal isn’t to ban these weapons. “If they

nd ... that they need this after they’ve

tried all forms of de-escalation — which

is what they say they already do in

their manual — this requires them to

give a warning to say, ‘We are going to

use this specic weapon,’ ... and then

it gives people two minutes to leave,”

Arroyo said.

The measure awaits a decision by

Mayor Marty Walsh.

The pepper spray and riot gear ordi

nance comes as the mayor has indicated

he supports a separate initiative to

create a watchdog ofce to review po-

lice activity — an ofce advocates say

could review body cam footage from

the May 31 protests. A spokesperson

for the mayor says Walsh has concerns

the proposed council rules could lead

to police using more lethal weapons.

A Boston police spokesperson

pointed WBUR to a statement from

Commissioner William Gross to the

city council. Gross said the ordinance

sets an “impossibly high burden” to

doing police work in real time, making

it “ill-suited to restore peace during

episodes of crowd violence.”

Councillor Andrea Campbell wrote

the ordinance with Arroyo. Campbell

— who’s running for mayor — says the

city needs a law to govern the use of

crowd-control weapons. “The depart-

ment says they have policies in place

to restrict the use of these weapons.

That wasn’t necessarily clear to us,”

said Campbell, “ So we said, ‘If you do,

we want to codify that so it’s part of

the public record. And, so folks know

exactly what that policy is.”

Walsh is expected to make a decision

on the ordinance in the days ahead.

The measure passed the Council 8-5,

meaning if the mayor vetoes it, pro-

ponents will have to persuade one of

ve councillors who voted against it to

change his or her mind.

This article was originally published

on Dec. 24 by WBUR 90.9FM. The

Reporter and WBUR share content

through a media partnership.

A protester has saline administered to him after he was pepper sprayed by

Boston police on School Street after the Black Lives Matter rally at the Mas-

sachusetts State House on May 31. Jesse Costa/WBUR photo

Councillors: Body cam footage shows need for pepper-spray rules

dotnews.comPage 4 THE REPORTER December 31, 2020

much feedback, there’s

a good sense of pride

that we did right by the

community,” said Woods.

The revamped space

reflects a number of

the community’s hopes

that were aired during

a series of public meet-

ings. The facility is an-

chored by a new arti-

cial turf surface, a nice

replacement for the old,

often uneven and ood-

prone grass baseball di-

amond and playing eld.

“Throughout the commu-

nity process we heard a

want and need for arti-

cial turf and for lighting,”

said Woods. “By having

articial turf, you can

play if it rains, so the

games can still take place

in inclement weather. It

also extends your season;

if there’s no snow, you

can start using turf elds

much earlier, in March or

December, for example.

And the addition of the

lights will extend the

time you can play.

“In the past,” he add-

ed, “some ag football

leagues would bring in

rental lights and pay

all this money. So the

need was there, and

with the incorporation

of the turf eld it was

important to have state-

of-the-art lighting.”

Some other sugges-

tion-driven modifica-

tions include a new

walking loop around

the park, additional

bleacher seating, an

updated street hockey

rink with new fiber-

glass boards replacing

the plywood ones, and

new playground areas

and structures for both

younger and older kids.

The new basketball

court, turf eld, and rink

now all have lighting

xtures and scoreboards.

Several new trees and

other plantings on the

fringes of the park and at

the nearby Devine Rink

are part of recent Parks

Department initiatives

to make the neighbor-

hood greener and cooler

– and, by the way, create

more of a natural barrier

blocking particulate and

noise pollution from the

Southeast Expressway.

“In every single project

we’re doing, you’re go-

ing to see us increasing

the canopy,” explained

Woods. “Because of all

the benets trees bring

health-wise, between

water retention and pro-

viding shade, that kind of

thing is becoming stan-

dard in all of our projects.”

As for parking, 20 spots

have been added to

the Devine Rink lot,

which has regularly not

had enough spaces to

provide for park users.

Woods said the city also

installed a dog park in

an area of the space that

in the past has had a lot

of “negative activity.”

That section has been

positively programmed

with features to attract

dog walkers and kids.

According to Woods,

the wide-scale changes,

representing the first

substantial renovation

work done to the park

since the mid-2000s, x

chronic shortcomings

that have persisted at

the park for decades.

“Drainage issues that

have been around since

the ‘70s are nally being

addressed,” he said. “The

way the Parks Depart-

ment in past adminis-

trations had done stuff

is they would address

individual components

of a park one at a time.

When you do it piecemeal

like that, there are cer-

tain areas that continue

to get neglected, so when

you’re able to incorporate

all the systems — drain-

age, lighting —and do

it all at once and do it

right, we felt we had to

take that opportunity.”

Woods, a Savin Hill

native, said McCon-

nell Park was his go-to

spot growing up, but

he acknowledged that

Garvey holds a spe-

cial significance for

him and a lot of folks

in the neighborhood.

“Garvey Park is such a

focus piece for the com-

munity. It’s where they

came together in the

aftermath of the mara-

thon bombing to show

support for the Martin

family. It’s great to see

these much-needed ren-

ovations finally come

through...Our hope is

that this is a park that

the kids in the neighbor-

hood will have pride in.

“This will be their

home eld for baseball,

lacrosse, and ag football

programs, and so when

other kids come in, these

kids from Dorchester will

take pride in having a

home field that looks

great.”

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The Boston union representing

stagehands, IATSE Local 11, launched

a GoFundMe campaign over the week-

end to support its members, with the

goal of collecting $100,000 in contribu-

tions. As of 5 p.m. Monday, 45 donors

had contributed a total of $10,450.

The union said that the fundraiser

aims to ease nancial burdens on the

900 stagehands, or 99 percent of its

membership, who are unemployed be-

cause of the cancellations of live events

during the Covid-19 crisis, and that

donations will go directly to support

Local 11 families “during the longest

work stoppage in IATSE history.”

“There is nothing my members want

more than to get back to work putting

on the events that our community

loves, but until we can do that safely,

these workers and families need help,”

business manager Colleen Glynn said

in a statement.

- KATIE LANNAN

SHNS

People

Reporter’s

News about people

in and around our Neighborhoods

At the Dorchester

Hist

orical Society, we

are in the process of a

two-year-long project

to commemorate the

100th anniversary of

World War I and the cit-

izens of Dorchester who

served in that conict.

The biographies are

posted in the Society’s

blog. Following is the

story of Harold Grant

Mitten, excerpted from

the Society’s full presen

tation.

He was born at home,

at 37 Folsom Street in

Dorchester, on Aug. 2,

1895, to Quebec-born

George A. Mitten and

his Lowell native wife,

Nellie Frances (Weeks)

Mitten. George and

Nellie were married in

Lowell in 1891. They

had seven other chil-

dren, all born in Boston,

with Harold their third

child after William in

1891 and Olive in 1893.

William, like Harold,

served in World War I.

George was a provi

sions dealer, co-owning

with his brother, John,

the Mitten Brothers

store at 1351 Washing-

ton Street in the South

End. They advertised

“Provisions, Poultry,

Game in season, Fruits,

Vegetables and Canned

Goods of all descriptions

… The most fastidious

buyer will nd meats,

or other articles suited

to his needs at this es

tablishment.”

By 1910, the Mittens

were living at 12 Cham-

blett Street. In June of

that year, Harold grad-

uated from the Phillips

Brooks School on Perth

Street.

He was inducted into

the army in Boston

seven years later, on

Sept. 8, 1917. He was

22, and reported that he

had been employed as a

machinist, working for

the William Hall Com-

pany of Wollaston, Mas-

sachusetts, makers of

“cutters, dies, jigs, etc.”

He left for France two

weeks later, arriving in

Saint Nazaire on Oct.

5. He was promoted

to corporal on Dec. 6.

According to family

sources, he was a radio

operator. His engage-

ments included the

Aisne-Marne offensive,

July 18 through Aug. 4;

the Saint Mihiel offen-

sive Sept. 12 through

16; and the Meuse-Ar-

gonne offensive Oct.

18 through November

11. He returned home

in the spring of 1919,

and was discharged at

Camp Devens on April

28, 1919.

In 1922, he married

Agnes Louise Wellbrock

of 223 Boston Street.

They had four children,

George A. (1925-1991),

Mary Elizabeth (1925-

2005), David Vincent

(1930-2002), and Harold

Wellbrock (1932-1944).

Harold worked for

the Boston Police De

partment for over 40

years. He was appointed

to the force on Dec. 6,

1919, shortly after the

Boston Police Strike

of September 1919.

He was assigned to a

number of stations and

posts: to Fields Corner

in 1926; to Charlestown

(1928) as a sergeant in

command of a newly

formed “liquor squad”

during Prohibition; to

the South End (1932) as

a lieutenant; and to the

Harbor Division (1948).

He retired on Nov. 15,

1961.

Agnes died in 1972,

and Harold on Feb. 20,

1989, age 93, after a

short illness. Mass was

said for him at Saint

Margaret’s Church,

Dorchester.

The archive of these

historical posts can be

viewed on the blog at

dorchesterhistoricalso

ciety.org.

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By Katie trojano

reporter Staff

The Lenny Zakim

Fund has been seeking

out and supporting local

organizations that are

dedicated to achieving

social and racial justice

since 1995. Zakim, the

longtime out-front head

of the Anti-Defamation

League locally in the

last quarter of the 20th

century, launched the

fund 25 years ago as a

public charity after he

was diagnosed with a

rare form of cancer

The fund works to

support organizations

through grant alloca-

tion, management as-

sistance, fundraising,

and more through the

hands-on engagement

of a volunteer board of

directors. Many of the

organizations funded

are based in Dorchester

and Mattapan or work

to benet local residents,

including New England

United for Justice, Im-

migrant Family Ser-

vices Institute Inc., and

Ground Mixed Martial

Arts.

Eric Esteves, a Rox-

bury resident and ex-

ecutive director of the

Lenny Zakim Fund, said

his experience with the

organization has come

“full-circle. My intro

duction to the fund was

many years ago, when I

served on the board of

an organization called

Project Hip-Hop, which

was funded by the Lenny

Zakim Fund,” he told the

Reporter. “I was part of

an organization that was

funded and now I’m the

person kind of in charge

of the organization.”

A philanthropist, edu-

cator, artist, community

advocate, and technolo-

gist, Esteves previously

served as Director of

the Social Innovation

Fund at The Boston

Foundation. He joined

the Zakim Fund last

December.

He also previously

served as a consultant

for Root Cause, Harvard

Business School’s Inter-

personal Skills Develop-

ment Lab, and the Bos-

ton Impact Initiative.

In 2019, he co-directed

LeadBoston, an expe-

riential professional

development program

focused on socially re-

sponsible leadership,

based at YW Boston.

“Lenny Zakim was

very active against

bigotry and discrimi

nation,” said Esteves.

“The fund grew out of

his activism. Unfortu-

nately, he passed away

from cancer, but the

fund has continued his

work battling discrim-

ination, hate, and rac-

ism. Achieving social

change and equity in

our communities re

quires building bridges

between grassroots or

ganizations, the people

they serve, donors, vol-

unteers, and community

leaders.”

The fund supports

organizations as far as

outside of the city as

Lawrence, Gloucester,

Worcester, and Med-

ford, but the majority

of them are located in

Greater Boston. Es-

teves said the fund is

focused on inviting in

and funding grassroots

organizations. “We’ve

also supported leaders

and activists,” he added.

Each year, applicants

are encouraged to apply

for funding. “We try

to cast a wide net and

make the application as

simple as possible. Then

we have members who

read the applications

and make nal decisions

Zakim Fund marks 25 years of funding positive change

Stagehands Union fundraising

for unemployed members

An IATSE member emphasizes her

position.

in the beginning of each

year,” said Esteves.

“We are unique in that

we have to fundraise in

order to know if we hit

our goal. Sometimes we

end up being able to give

out more.”

Esteves said the lead-

ership team has had to

maneuver their efforts

during the pandem-

ic, but were able to

raise emergency fund

ing. “Pretty early on we

had an event that we had

to cancel. We got checks

out to people quickly

and then launched an

emergency fund. And,

fortunately, folks were

able to raise funds for

that,” he said.

Looking ahead, Es-

teves is committed to

continuing to keep bur

nishing Zakim’s lega-

cy. “Our goals for next

year are to make sure

that we still fulll our

mission of social, racial,

and economic justice,”

he said.

dotnews.comPage 6 THE REPORTER December 31, 2020

By Bill walczaK

reporter columniSt

“Auld Lang Syne,” the Robert Burns

poem that is sung at the end of the year,

tends to be sung in a maudlin way, often

with sadness and some liquor. Though

our experience with the virus and the

recent election may make us want to

forget that 2020 ever happened, it has

certainly been a time that we will always

remember.

I was going through some photos on

my phone last week, and I came across

one from 2017 showing me and of one

of my closest friends, Bob Tarrant, who

died in early April of Covid-19, at Yankee

Stadium. I chuckled as I remembered

why I was there.

Bob and I were very close from an

early age, and went to elementary and

high school together. We grew up in

New Jersey, and he stayed there when

I came to Boston for college. We both

were Yankee fans in the era of Mickey

Mantle, known to all as “the Mick,”

who was thought by his fans to have

supernatural powers. I switched my

allegiance to the Red Sox during the 1975

World Series. Unlike most Bostonians,

I don’t hate the Yankees, except when I

have a conversation with avid Yankee fans like Bob.

The story of the photo stems from an argument

that Bob and I had over who had won the Heidi

Bowl. For those of you who don’t know what I’m

talking about, the Heidi Bowl refers to an infamous

1968 football game between the NY Jets and the

Oakland Raiders that went longer than planned.

In the last minute of play, with Oakland down, the

NBC network decided to leave the game to show the

scheduled children’s movie “Heidi,” about a Swiss

orphan girl and her family.

The decision led to an enormous number of

telephone calls to NBC by fans curious to nd out

who had won the game. Amazingly, the Raiders

had scored two touchdowns in the last minute to

win, which resulted in so many angry calls to the

network that all 26 of the phone line switchboard

fuses were blown out. Many years later, Bob said

that Oakland had won; in my mind, the Jets had

won, and they had. The bet was that whoever was

wrong would buy tickets to a Yankees/Red Sox game

at the winner’s stadium.

We both wore our colors, and though I got some

catcalls at Yankee Stadium, people were generally

in good humor. A woman in front of us wore a shirt

with a drawing of Babe Ruth in a Yankee uniform

giving the nger with the words ,“Hey Boston” writ-

ten above. She posed for a photo and then took the

picture of Bob and me.

Bob was a very smart and generous man. In St.

Cecelia’s Elementary School, he was voted the most

likely to be a US Senator as he gave speeches for

the eighth- grade student council election that had

the teachers and students marveling at his abilities.

He graduated near the top of our high school class

without even trying. Eventually he became a reg-

istered nurse, working in intensive care wards of

metropolitan NY hospitals. He retired a few years

ago and spent much of his time as a volunteer for

the St. Vincent DePaul Society, a Catholic charitable

organization that helps those in need.

In early March, the head of the Society asked Bob

to do a nurse visit for an elderly man associated with

the charity who had come down with odd symptoms.

He visited the man twice, and then took him to the

emergency room, where he was released because

his symptoms didn’t match up with what Covid was

thought to be at the time. A few weeks later, the

elderly man and his wife died of the coronavirus,

and their adult children came down with it. As did

Bob, who had gotten a large dose of the virus from

spending several hours with the elderly man.

At the hospital, they gave him hydroxychloroquine,

the Trump-recommended medicine that wound up

not having any useful purpose in dealing with Covid.

To be fair, the medical world had no effective way to

treat the disease this early in the pandemic. With

his oxygen levels dropping, Bob died a few days

before Easter, just one death out of the more than

335,000 we have seen since February.

I’m sure millions of Americans know of someone

who has died of Covid, and they all have stories.

In my view, the number of deaths is an unneces-

sary tragedy. Bob would likely be alive today if our

government took Covid as seriously as many other

countries did. Our government resisted masks, failed

to produce a workable test, and gave out confusing

messages about the virus that they knew were wrong.

President Trump knew in January that Covid-19

could be as bad as the 1918 Spanish Flu, which

killed 50 million people worldwide and 675,000 in

the United States. He told Bob Woodward on Feb.

7 that he knew it was deadly and that it was spread

by breathing. Yet he continued to insist that it was

under control, telling Woodward, “to be honest with

you, I wanted to play it down because I didn’t want

to create a panic.”

While the dangers were being hidden from us, the

virus spread like wildre, killing at least 130,000

Americans who would have lived had the president

acted sooner and implemented widespread public

health precautions designed to protect our nation.

Bob and I were supposed to get together on March

22 to see a play, but it was canceled along with ev-

erything else. Had the pandemic crisis hit just two

weeks later, I would have met up with him right

around the time he became infected.

I’ll be singing “Auld Lang Syne” sadly this week,

remembering my close friend Bob, and with hope

that 2021 will be a year we will want to remember.

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Editorial

My pal’s cup was lled with kindness

Red Sox cap in place, Bill Walczak relaxes with his pal, and

Yankees fan, Bob Tarrant at Yankee Stadium in 2017.

To the Editor:

Thanks for your [Dec. 17] editorial about Bruce

Seals, who taught sportsmanship and athletics

to generations of Dorchester kids. My children, So-

phia and Aleksandr, were lucky to have his support

when they played basketball and oor hockey at the

Colonel Marr Boys and Girls Club.

I was in awe how he managed to have a private

chat with so many kids during each game. He had

words of encouragement for those who were unsure

on the courts and guidance for those who were going a

little astray out there. And when he invited a kid to

a chat in his ofce, I’m sure they were nervous, but

he was guiding them to be their best selves.

And he remembered all their names. He always

did all this quietly; it was between him and each

young person.

He was a memorable person who helped so many

kids go forward. Bruce Seals led a big life.

Lew Finfer

Dorchester

Letter to the Editor

Bruce Seals led a big life

Bruce Seals: Guided kids “to be their best selves.”

Our mayor, Martin J. Walsh, is on the super

short-list of potential picks for Secretary of Labor

in the Biden-Harris administration. The job would

be very hard to pass up. Sources familiar with the

mayor’s thinking about it say he is likely to accept

the position if it’s offered.

Last week, Politico published a story that oated

Walsh as Biden’s personal favorite for the Labor

post— “he denitely wants Marty Walsh,” one

unnamed source told the news site, adding that

many prominent national union ofcials have been

lobbying on behalf of their union brother.

But the Politico piece also threw up a big caution

ag: Walsh’s whiteness, which could prove a liability

depending on how Biden and Harris round out the

rest of their cabinet. Politico posited that if Walsh is

the eventual choice, he may be among Biden’s nal

appointments, probably much closer to the Jan. 20

inauguration date.

The timing and circumstances— from this perch—

would seem to favor a Walsh appointment. The mayor

is one of the most high-prole municipal leaders in

America. He is the subject of a four-hour Frederick

Wiseman documentary that is highly favorable and

streaming on demand not only here in Boston and

New England, but also nationally. The mayor has

also been a frequent guest on national news pro-

grams in the context of the coronavirus crisis and

has acquitted himself very well on the bigger stage.

And, of course, Biden, who presided at Walsh’s last

swearing-in, does seem to have a genuine fondness

for the Dorchester Democrat.

And, while it’s still possible that other leading

Massachusetts political gures will get recruited into

roles on the Biden-Harris team, so far it has been

just John Kerry, the former senator and Secretary

of State, who has heard his 617-cell buzz for a new

role: Special Envoy for Climate.

Of course, there’s the question of whether the

mayor would accept a post. It depends on whom you

ask these days. Rep. Russell Holmes, who this week

withdrew his own name from a contest to replace

outgoing Speaker of the House Bob DeLeo, doesn’t

think Walsh will leave for D.C. in any event.

“I still fall in the camp that I don’t think he’s

leaving,” Holmes told the Reporter’s Katie Trojano

this week. “When I’ve talked to him, it still seems

like he wants to nish the Long Island Bridge, do

something about Mass and Cass, and I just know

there are some things that, leaving the city, he

would feel he would be leaving undone,” Holmes

said this week. “I really do believe that [he] is here

for another four years.”

The representative from Mattapan added that he

himself has “no desire to run for mayor anytime soon.”

Staying in Boston would require Walsh to defeat

two strong challengers in City Councillors Michelle

Wu and Andrea Campbell, at least one of them in

head-to-head fashion, in next year’s election.

Councillor Annissa-Essaibi-George, who could

very well be a candidate for mayor herself in 2021

if Walsh does not run again, said this week that the

pace of the mayor’s race — so far—has been extra

sluggish due to Covid restrictions.

But, she noted, it’s also difcult to gain traction

on a well-funded, popular, and incumbent mayor

who has earned strong marks for managing the city,

particularly through the hellscape of 2020. As she

puts it: “The mayor doesn’t get nearly enough credit

for making some very difcult decisions under very

difcult circumstances.”

For his part, the mayor declined comment when we

sought his take on a potential move to the nation’s

capital. The next week or so should tell the story.

- Bill Forry

Secretary Walsh?

It’s a real possibility

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Back in June, when

the City of Boston was

wrestling with its scal

2021 budget under the

nancial strain of the

coronavirus pandemic,

Mayor Walsh declared

that municipal layoffs

were off the table.

Now, six months later,

Walsh has apparently

stayed true to his word.

Despite making

roughly $65 million in

cuts to its original bud

get proposal, the city

has neither laid off nor

furloughed any workers

since the crisis began,

according to budget

director Justin Sterritt.

In fact, the city’s total

headcount is expected

to increase from about

17,700 employees last

January 2020 to approx

imately 18,030 employ-

ees in January 2021.

Early in the pandem-

ic, staff cuts and fur-

loughs hit other cities

and towns in nearly ev

ery region of the state as

local ofcials attempted

to balance their budgets

under Covid constraints.

“We’ve been really

steadfast in our desire

to limit layoffs and

limit any service re-

ductions,” Sterritt said.

“And frankly, I think

we’re probably one of the

few cities or few major

cities in the country

that’s been able to do

that.”

The $3.61 billion bud

get approved by the

City Council represents

about a 3.4 percent

increase over spending

in fiscal year 2020,

according to ofcials.

To trim spending,

Boston instituted a six-

month hiring freeze for

non-essential positions,

which Sterritt said will

be extended through the

end of this scal year on

June 30, 2021. Ofcials

also limited overtime

in certain departments,

cut spending on travel

and equipment purchas-

es, and delayed the city’s

bond sale to the fall, he

said.

The $404.2 million po

lice budget is down about

2.4 percent compared to

scal 2020, partly due to

the reallocation by the

mayor of $12 million in

overtime funds to other

departments to address

what he called the public

health issue of racism.

The city has added

positions in some areas,

Sterritt noted, including

nurses, social workers

and custodians in the

school system, as well as

some positions related

to environment, public

health, and economic

development.

On the public health

side, Sterritt said, the

city made a “consid-

erable investment” in

neighborhood trauma

teams - groups of social

workers and clinicians

that respond to trauma

incidents. Some long-

term positions were also

created in the Public

Health Commission us-

ing part of the reallocat-

ed police overtime funds.

In total, about 330 full-

time equivalent posi-

tions were added in this

year’s budget, according

to the city, including 279

in the school system,

four in the Public Health

Commission, and 47 in

other city departments.

Jim Durkin, legis

lative director for the

American Federation

of State, County and

Municipal Employees

Council 93, which rep

resents government

employees across New

England, said city work-

ers have been pleased

with the level of support

Walsh’s administra-

tion has provided them

during the crisis.

He said Walsh has

shown “great respect

and appreciation” for

public sector employees.

“Because they’re needed

on the job, our members

haven’t had the luxury of

sheltering safely in the

connes of their home,

but the Walsh adminis-

tration has worked with

us to make sure they’re

as safe as possible,”

Durkin said. “We’re

never going to be able

to eliminate risk, but by

working with the mayor

and his team, we’ve been

able to reduce the risk of

exposure.”

Pam Kocher, president

of the Boston Municipal

Research Bureau, said

the city has beneted

from several years of

revenue growth partly

spurred by new develop

ment, which helped the

city avoid staff cuts that

have impacted some

other major metropoli-

tan areas. Boston ended

scal 2020 with a $15.3

million budget surplus,

marking the city’s 35th

year of producing a

surplus.

“So coming into this

difcult situation for city

government, for the com

munity, for businesses

in the city, Boston came

into it positioned quite

strongly financially,”

Kocher said. “So that has

denitely made a real

difference for the city.”

Although the city

was able to balance its

budget without cutting

staff, it has not been im-

mune to the effects of a

pandemic-era economy.

Because the state has

allowed businesses to

delay payments of local

taxes such as the rooms

and meals tax and hotel

tax until April 2021, of-

cials are working with

limited information

around local revenues,

Sterritt said.

And with the state

facing another surge in

cases that has prompted

Gov. Baker to roll back

some reopening guide-

lines, he said revenue

from businesses like

hotels and restaurants

will likely continue to be

affected. The city’s scal

2021 budget anticipates

that excise collections

will fall by roughly $38

million, or nearly 19

percent, according to the

Research Bureau.

“It’s denitely an area

of concern, an area that

we’re a little less in-

formed on than we nor-

mally would because the

state has delayed those

excise taxes,” Sterritt

said. “But we’re certain-

ly monitoring that as a

potential area of risk.”

However, more than

70 percent of the city

budget comes directly

from property taxes,

a revenue source that

has inspired a bit more

optimism among offi

cials during this period.

Kocher explained that

because there is a lag

between assessment

and payment of proper-

ty tax bills, any decline

in that area would not

emerge immediately.

But it typically takes

an extended economic

downturn to signicant-

ly impact property tax

revenue, she said.

The remainder of the

city’s revenue comes

from state aid, which

is expected to remain

level this year at $464.2

million, and local re

ceipts such as interest

on investments, fines

and fees, licenses and

permits and departmen

tal revenue, which are

projected to decline by

about 1.2 percent. Total

revenue is estimated

at $3.6 billion for scal

year 2021.

Going forward, Kocher

said, Boston is still fac-

ing unforeseen expenses

due to the pandemic, and

it will be important for

the city to make the most

of its federal CARES

Act funding and FEMA

reimbursements to help

reduce the economic

impact of the crisis on

residents. The amount

of funding the city is

receiving from external

sources such as grants

has increased by roughly

20 percent from scal

year 2020 to scal year

2021, according to the

Research Bureau.

Sterritt said the city’s

first concern will be

keeping services intact.

“We’ve sort of made a

priority of basic city

services,” he said, “and

that’s why we’ve sort of

focused our planning

efforts over the last sev-

en years to put us in a

position to be successful

when times are not as

good.”

Meg McIntyre wrote

this article for the State

House News Service.

Boston added jobs, avoided layoffs in face of the pandemic

December 31, 2020 THE REPORTER Page 9

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Through a partner-

ship with the US Centers

for Disease Control

and Prevention, CVS

and Walgreens are

administering vaccines

to nursing home and

assisted living residents,

with the pharmacies

handling scheduling and

coordination of on-site

clinics, supply ordering,

data reporting, and cold

chain management of the

vaccines.

Ofcials at the state’s

coronavirus command

center said this month

that they expected be-

tween 40,000 and 60,000

doses of the Pzer/Bi-

oNTech vaccine to be

shipped to CVS and

Walgreens for skilled

nursing facilities in Mas-

sachusetts.

As of last Tuesday,

before the long-term

care vaccination cam-

paign began, 35,618

people in Massachu-

setts had received their

rst of the two vaccine

doses, according to the

Department of Public

Health. Many of those in

the rst wave to be vac-

cinated are health care

workers, including men

and women who work at

facilities in Dorchester.

Staff at the Harvard

Street Neighborhood

Health Center received

doses of the Moderna

vaccine on Christmas

Eve. Stan McLaren,

president and CEO of

the health center, was

the rst person to be

vaccinated.

“There’s been a lot of

mistrust in my commu-

nity, and some workers

in the healthcare eld,

and a lot of it has to do

with history,” McLaren

said. “I want to show that

I believe the vaccine to

be safe, and I would not

ask my employees to do

something I would not

do myself.”

Daniel Driscoll Nepon-

set Health Center also

received the Moderna

vaccine last week and

began its “phase one”

rollout by vaccinating

30 staff members on

Wed., Dec. 23. The

effort — led by the cen-

ter’s practice manager,

Jildaysi Gomes, and

nurse manager Jilaine

Morales, RN, will contin-

ue over the next month,

according to the CEO of

Harbor Health Service,

Chuck Jones.

“In phase one of the

roll-out we are vac-

cinating staff in ac-

cordance with DPH

guidelines,” Jones told

the Reporter. “We look

forward to welcoming

the community to receive

the vaccine in phase two

and three, in early 2021.”

Cardinal Sean O’Mal-

ley announced on Mon-

day that he had received

the rst of two doses of

the Moderna vaccine on

Dec. 24 at St. Elizabeth’s

Medical Center in Brigh-

ton. In a statement, the

76-year-old O’Malley

said Dr. Joseph Wein-

stein, chief physician

executive of Steward

Health Care Network,

had noted “that I qual-

ied for the Covid vac-

cine” and offered to fa-

cilitate the inoculation.

“With recognition of

the importance that all

persons be vaccinated

when possible, I was

very happy to receive this

invitation,” the cardinal

said. “I am grateful to

have been in line for the

vaccine and encourage

all people to be vacci-

nated as the opportu-

nity is presented, as an

important action of care

and concern for our loved

ones, our communities

and our nation.

The archdiocese said

O’Malley is scheduled to

receive the second dose

in January. The ongoing

rst phase of vaccina-

tion has been limited to

health care workers and

long-term care residents

and staff. In a recent

MassINC Polling Group

survey of 1,180 Mas-

sachusetts residents,

36 percent said they

would like to take the

vaccine as soon as it’s

possible for them to do

so, with 47 percent say-

ing they wanted to wait

until either a few people

they know or many oth-

er people get the shot

rst. When the results

are broken down by age,

45 percent of people age

60 and over said they

wanted the vaccine as

soon as possible.

More than 10,000 new

cases of COVID-19 were

identied in Massachu-

setts over the Christ-

mas holiday weekend,

and 2,156 people were

hospitalized with the

respiratory disease as

of Sunday, according to

Department of Public

Health data. One hun-

dred new deaths report-

ed Sunday and another

46 on Saturday brought

the pandemic’s death

toll here to 11,852 since

March 20, a gure that

rises to 12,110 when

deaths among people

with likely Covid-19

cases are added.

Michael P. Norton of

State House News Ser-

vice and Bill Forry of the

Reporter contributed to

this article.

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Fortunately for me,

Joyce Linehan, chief of

policy for the mayor, had

seen and knew some of

my movies, and she liked

the idea.”

Once Wiseman’s con-

cept was approved, he

set up camp in City Hall,

sat in on ofcial meetings

on numerous topics,

and followed Walsh on

his often-frantic public

appearances schedule.

His filming technique

for the project, he said,

was similar to that of his

other works.

“I don’t do any research

before the shooting be-

gins because I consider

the shooting of the lm

the research. Since I

don’t stage any events,

I like to be prepared to

shoot, because if I wasn’t,

something spectacular

could be going on and I

might miss it,” he said.

The filming began

in the fall of 2018, and

carried through winter

2019, concluding with

the mayor’s State of the

City address in Boston

Symphony Hall.

By the time he had

nished shooting, Wise-

man had accumulated

104 hours of rushes, i.e.,

unedited, raw visual and

sound footage. “It takes

me six to nine months

to edit all these selected

sequences into a usable

format,” he said. “When

I have all of the so-called

candidate sequences ed-

ited in close to nal form,

I begin the rst assembly

of the structure,” he said.

“When the lm is n-

ished, I go back and look

at all the rushes again to

make sure that there’s

nothing I left out that

might be useful given

the choices I made. Then

the lm’s nished. And

to counteract my depres-

sion I start to look for

another subject.”

The Local Angle

One of the standout

scenes in the lm centers

on a meeting between

community residents

and the proponents of a

proposed medical mari-

juana store in Dorchester

that is required by law.

“From my point of view

that’s a very import-

ant sequence because it

raised so many issues

of importance to the

community.’’ said Wise-

man. “It is an illustration

of the complex issues

involved when someone

wants to open a cannabis

store. Some of the issues

raised are: the necessity

of the store, the effect on

the community, parking

problems, selling canna-

bis close to a school, the

hostility of different com-

munity groups toward

each other, etc.”

City Hall’s Linehan,

a lifelong Dorchester

resident, said that Wise-

man’s “thing” is that “he

reveals the humanity in

America’s institutions. It

seemed to me that if we

were to open our doors

to him in the same ways

that other institutions

have before us, that that

same thing might come

through. It really ended

up being everything that

I could have hoped for in

that it illustrates really

beautifully the dignity

and nobility of public

service,” she told the

Reporter.

“I found that the most

moving sequences were

those that involved some

of the frontline workers

in City Hall,” she added.

“It’s positively poetic but

it also says a lot about

how despite what might

be happening around

us, the city has to work

because people depend

on us to do that.”

John Barros, a Dorches-

ter native and the city’s

chief of Economic Devel-

opment who appears in

the lm a few times, said

he was “impressed” with

it, noting a long sequence

in which he talked about

immigrant-owned small

businesses and income

inequality at a commu-

nity meeting held at

VietAid in Dorchester.

“I feel that working

as a public servant and

working for the city, it’s

all about community

engagement,” he told the

Reporter. “That meeting

was about doing busi-

ness with the city, about

making sure that people

get their fair share and

that we’re giving people

as much information as

possible about how you

can do business with

the city.”

“Also,” he said, “it’s

recognizing that we’ve

heard from people that

it’s hard, it’s not easy, and

we’re trying to address

that. We want to do busi-

ness with more people

of color, women-owned

businesses, and we want

local folks and busi-

nesses— particularly

immigrant-owned— to

be a part of how the city

spends its money.”

Barros offered this dis-

tinction: “If it’s difcult

for a native speaker to

navigate our consumer

system, then just rec-

ognize the additional

layer of difficulty for

immigrants to do that.”

A Study in Contrast

One recurring theme

in the lm is affordable

housing. A particularly

signicant scene, said

Wiseman, concerned

a meeting where city

ofcials discussed how

an attempt to appeal the

Fair Housing Act by the

Trump Administration

could affect municipal-

ities and threaten civil

rights. “The staff mem-

ber who talked about

it gave a very clear and

eloquent explanation

of the consequences of

the Trump policy,” the

lmmaker noted. “It was

also an indication of the

competence of the staff

people working on the

issue.”

He added: “The con-

trast between Boston

city government and

our federal government,

the Trump presidency,

which is fortunately

about to be over, is

enormous. Mayor Walsh

represents everything

that Trump isn’t – good,

honest, competent gov-

ernment, offering people

services and trying to

deal with serious prob-

lems of housing, hunger,

health and all the myriad

issues that the city has

to cope with on a daily

basis.

“Obviously, all the

problems aren’t resolved.

Some are more easy to

resolve than others but

the basic point is that a

good-will effort is being

made by employees of

a city government that

cares about its citizenry.”

He continued: “In the

Trump Administration,

this effort was not made.

There was an almost

complete collapse of the

accepted contractual

norms between the fed-

eral government and the

citizens.”

“City Hall” begins and

ends with sequences

showing the city’s 311

call workers answer-

ing phones. The view-

er hears every type of

complaint or question

residents are asking,

and gets a feel for the

range of emotions the

city workers encounter

on a daily basis when

answering calls that

never stop coming.

Wiseman said he chose

to use those scenes to

open and close his lm

because they “literally

shows that there’s a

hotline that anybody

can call and get advice,

or have their complaint

listened to, or responded

to, and that’s an import-

ant part of the service

that City Hall is offering

to the residents. At a

more abstract level, this

suggests a wide range

of problems for City

Hall; there’s no aspect

of human behavior that

the city doesn’t have to

deal with in one way or

another.

“I wanted to show

that demands for city

services are constant,”

he said. “Requests are

made for city assistance

day and night every day

of the week, month, and

year. People have a need

for city services. City

government touches all

aspects of our lives more

than any other govern-

ment, state or federal.”

Wiseman nishes his

commentary with a terse

summary of the 270 or

so minutes of lming

that “City Hall” takes

up: “It gives examples

of the social contract be-

tween citizens and their

government. The city is

providing the services

the citizens need and

request and are paying

for with their taxes.”

•••

“City Hall” has been

screened at lm festivals

worldwide, including the

Venice Film Festival,

the Toronto Interna-

tional Film Festival,

the New York Film Fes-

tival, IDFA, and others.

More information about

Frederick Wiseman and

his lms can be found at

Zipporah Films (zippo-

rah.com).

(Continued from page 1)

lower your property taxes.

Mayor Martin J. Walsh

You may be eligible for tax exemptions that can

save you money. For more information about

this and other resources you may qualify for,

visit www.boston.gov/benefits or call 311.

An artist looks at what is going on behind City Hall’s façade

In charge: Frederick Wiseman, shown below, at right, captures Mayor Walsh & Co. in action.

Photo courtesy of Zipporah Films

John Ewing photo

December 31, 2020 THE REPORTER Page 11

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than a decade of holiday

seasons.

“It was denitely dif-

ferent,” said Murphy,

a 17-year-old student

at The Cambridge

Matignon School. “There

are a lot of people out

of jobs right now, so it

was tougher to ask for

donations. We had to

think of more creative

ways to raise money.

The [kids] needed it this

year more than ever.”

One of his team’s most

successful fundraising

efforts came in the form

of “football squares,” a

Patriots-themed raffle

whereby people could

donate $5 to buy one

or more squares on a

numbered grid, with the

nal scores determining

a winner at random.

That popular initiative

raised the bulk of funds,

with Murphy’s school,

sports teams, and family

members chipping in to

round out the fundrais-

ing efforts.

In total, Murphy raised

around $3,500, allowing

him to donate 425 toys to

ABCD, the local nonprof-

it with which he partners

each year to distribute

the toys.

Once the money was

raised, Murphy and his

younger brother Michael

spent three hours at the

store, lling carriages

with a variety of toys

for kids of all ages from

babies to teens. Deliv-

ering the gifts to ABCD

knowing that they will

brighten the holidays for

needy children makes

the whole operation

worthwhile, said Mur-

phy.

“The most reward-

ing part is knowing

you’re giving these kids

a chance to open some-

thing on Christmas,

when they might not

usually get to,” he said.

The Murphy family

had been planning to

host a larger fundraising

event such as a Fun Run

or charity sports match

this year, but saw those

plans scuttled by the

pandemic. Next year,

they hope to host a larger

community event and

meet their goal of 500

toys.

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Docket No. SU20P1226EA

ESTATE OF:

CHARLES MATTHEW JAKOWICZ

DATE OF DEATH: June 7, 2020

SUFFOLK DIVISION

To all persons interested in the above

captioned estate, by Petition of Petitioner

Elizabeth A. Jakowicz of Dorchester, MA.

Elizabeth A. Jakowicz of Dorchester, MA

has been informally appointed as the

Personal Representative of the estate to

serve without surety on the bond.

The estate is being administered

under informal procedure by the Personal

Representative under the Massachusetts

Uniform Probate Code without supervision

by the Court. Inventory and accounts are

not required to be ﬁled with the Court, but

interested parties are entitled to notice

regarding the administration from the

Personal Representative and can petition

the Court in any matter relating to the

estate, including distribution of assets

and expenses of administration. Interested

parties are entitled to petition the Court

to institute formal proceedings and to

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the powers of Personal Representatives

appointed under informal procedure. A

copy of the Petition and Will, if any, can

be obtained from the Petitioner.

Published: December 31, 2020

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MASSACHUSETTS

THE TRIAL COURT

PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT

INFORMAL PROBATE

PUBLICATION NOTICE

Docket No. SU19P0226EA

ESTATE OF:

TIMOTHY DANIEL MULLEN

a/k/a: TIMOTHY MULLEN or

TIMITHY MULLEN

DATE OF DEATH: December 28, 2018

SUFFOLK DIVISION

To all persons interested in the above

captioned estate, by Petition of Petitioner

Tony Depalma of Randolph, MA, a Will

has been admitted to informal probate.

Tony Depalma of Randolph, MA has been

informally appointed as the Personal Rep

resentative of the estate to serve without

surety on the bond.

The estate is being administered

under informal procedure by the Personal

Representative under the Massachusetts

Uniform Probate Code without supervision

by the Court. Inventory and accounts are

not required to be ﬁled with the Court, but

interested parties are entitled to notice

regarding the administration from the

Personal Representative and can petition

the Court in any matter relating to the

estate, including distribution of assets and

expenses of administration. Interested

parties are entitled to petition the Court to

institute formal proceedings and to obtain

orders terminating or restricting the powers

of Personal Representatives appointed

under informal procedure. A copy of the

Petition and Will, if any, can be obtained

from the Petitioner.

Published: December 31, 2020

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overload for pets. Bright

lights, shiny objects,

trees inside the home,

new sounds and smells

can make pets both anx-

ious and curious about

the abrupt change in

their surroundings.

The Animal Rescue

League of Boston shares

these ve tips for keeping

all the furry members

of your household safe

during the holiday fes-

tivities:

Decorate with

care. Ribbons and tinsel

are especially attractive

and hazardous to cats.

Holiday plants like mis-

tletoe, holly, lilies, and

poinsettias can cause

vomiting, upset stom-

ach, and blisters in your

pet’s mouth.

Secure your tree.

Your frisky pet won’t be

the rst to topple over a

6-foot r! Support your

tree with a sturdy stand

and wires to prevent tip-

ping, should they decide

to make a leap for it. For

your canine companions,

consider surrounding

the base with a baby gate

and hanging fragile or-

naments higher on your

tree. Also, watch for tree

water spillage that might

contain fertilizers and

other toxic chemicals.

Menorah or can-

dle placement. Avoid

placing the menorah,

or lit candles, anywhere

your pet can reach or

on a surface that can be

toppled over.

Watch out for wires.

Chewing on electrical

cords can cause severe

oral burns and even

fatal shocks for cats and

dogs. Secure cords with

plastic casing you can

nd at a hardware store,

or cover with a bit-

ter-tasting, non-toxic

product from your local

pet supply shop.

Plan your pet’s meal

around yours. This will

keep your pet occupied

and will make them less

likely to try and partake

in your holiday. Common

holiday foods that can be

toxic to our pets include:

turkey skin, poultry

bones, mushrooms, on-

ions, grapes, raisins,

certain types of nuts,

raw dough, chocolate,

and dairy products.

Planning on adopting a

pet for a family member

or loved one? Please

don’t make it a surprise!

Bringing a new pet into a

home is a huge decision

and commitment, and

the entire household

should be involved in the

process. There should

be a conversation to see

if the person not only

wants a pet, but also

what type of pet would

best suit their lifestyle

and living situation.

Yes, the puppy with

the big red bow around

its neck is a great image,

but if you really want

to get a pet as a gift, I

would recommend giv-

ing a stuffed animal as

a placeholder until the

recipient is ready to take

the next steps.

If you’re spending your

holidays with a new

pet, then you’ve already

received the best gift!

Please keep these tips in

mind so we can all have a

safe, happy, and healthy

holiday season.

Dr. Edward Schettino

is the president and CEO

of the Animal Rescue

League of Boston, and

has a doctorate in Vet-

erinary Medicine from

the Cummings School

of Veterinary Medicine

at Tufts University. Pet

questions? Email ARL

at [email protected].

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William Clapp House, 195 Boston Street

Lemuel Clap House, 199 Boston Street

James Blake House, 735 Columbia Road

The Dorchester Historical

Society is always looking for

photographs and high school

yearbooks from Dorchester’s

past.

Due to the pandemic, the Society is

closed to the public at this time.

NOTICE

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article and updates to existing zoning, followed by Q&A and comments.

The same presentation and content will be covered at the meetings on

January 13th and 15th. We will take comments on the draft Resilience

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Translation and interpretation services can be made available upon

request by reaching out to chris.busch@boston.gov at least a week in

advance of the meeting.

mail to: Chris Busch

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Boston, MA 02201

phone: 617.918.4 451

email: chris.busch@boston.gov

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region.

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COLLINS, John J.

“Bud” of Somerville, 90.

Husband of the late Car

ole M. (Leahy) Collins.

Father of John J. Collins

Jr. and his wife Linda of

North Attleboro, Lisa M.

Poirier and her husband

Paul Lindmark of Lyn

nfield and Rita-Marie

Auble and her husband

Michael of Burlington.

Grandfather of 5. Brother

of Jeremiah “Jerry” Col

lins and his wife Irene

“Renee” of Abington and

the late Cornelius “Fran

ny” Collins and his late

wife Mary, the late Thom

as “Tom” Collins and his

surviving wife Ruth of

Dorchester and the late

Edward “Ed” Collins and

his late wife Silvia. He is

survived by many nieces

and nephews. Contribu

tions in his memory can

be made to The American

Heart Association, PO

BOX 417005, Boston,

MA 02241. John was a

U.S. Navy. Prior to his

retirement, John was

the Senior Vice President

of Information Systems

for the former Boston

Gas Company, where he

worked for over 35 years.

CONNOR, Mary J.

of Dorchester, 98. Born

and raised in Dorchester,

Mary was a bookkeeper

for the Commonwealth

of Massachusetts for 38

years. Daughter of the

late John and Mary (Con

boy) Connor. Sister of

Ethel T. Connor and the

late Catherine Cameron,

Helen Lohan, Joseph

Connor, Roger Connor,

Thomas Connor and John

Connor. Mary is survived

by many nieces and neph

ews. Donations in Mary’s

memory may be made to

Catholic Television, P.O.

Box 9196, Watertown,

MA 02471.

DOHERTY, John

K. “Jack,” 72, of North

Quincy, formerly of

Dorchester. Jack leaves

behind the love of his life

Maria D’Innocenzo. Son

of the late Edward and

Marion Doherty. Brother

of Nancy and the late

Dennis Kilduff od Mil

ton, Edward and Sheila

Doherty of Hingham,

Paul and Ann Doherty of

Dunedin, FL, Tricia and

Jack McCarthy of Marsh

eld, Elizabeth O’Brien

of Weymouth, Barbara

and Steve Canavan of

Weymouth, and Tom

Doherty of Buzzards Bay.

Also survived by many

loving nieces, nephews,

and friends. US Marine

Corps veteran.

DRISCOLL, Bridget

(Mahoney), 91, of Ken

mare Co. Kerry Ireland,

Dorchester, Plymouth

and Quincy. She was

the wife of the late John

J. Driscoll, Jr. Bridget is

survived by her children

and their spouses, Shawn

and Mary Driscoll of

Milton, Maureen and

Kevin Coakley of Plym

outh, Danny and Kim

Driscoll of Quincy, and

Kathleen and Peter Van

der Graaf of Hudson, NH.

She was predeceased by

her daughter Patricia

Murphy and her hus

band Dennis. She is sur-

vived by her seventeen

grandchildren and was

Great-Nana to 8. Bridget

is also survived by her

sister, Frances McKenna

of Dorchester and her

like-a-sister sister-in-law

Ann Mahoney. She was

predeceased by her broth

ers John in Dorchester,

and Geoffrey and sisters

Margaret Downey and

MaryAnn O’Sullivan in

Ireland. Contributions

in Bridget’s memory

can be made to the John

Adams RCF (Resident

Council Fund/Activities

Program), 211 Frank

lin Street, Quincy, MA

02169.

LYNCH, Mary, 83,

of Dorchester. She is

survived by her cousins,

Margaret Lynch, Nor

well, Lorraine Lyons,

Weymouth, and Robert

Lynch, Alpharetta, GA.

She will be laid to rest

with her mom and best

friend, Mary Jeffrey.

MOORE, Garvin Jr.

of Peabody, 93. Husband

of Nancy (Hammond)

Moore, father of Judi

anne Gillis of Danvers,

his son, James Moore of

Dorchester, his 2 grand

children. A 34-year em-

ployee of Raytheon and

U.S. Navy Veteran.

MILTON, Jesse, 95,

born in Selma, Alabana

to the late Richard and

Flora Milton. He was

the second eldest of nine

children. Husband to

the late Allice D. Milton.

Jesse was also preceded

by 4 brothers: Richard,

Fred, Dave and Leon;

one sister-Evelyn Coo

per; one grandson-Artis

Townsend; and many

other in-laws, nieces,

nephews and friends. Jes

se leaves his son-Joe Pen-

doris; his sisters-Laurine

Rucker and Claudia Mil

ton; his brother-George

Milton; grandchildren,

great grandchildren and

great-great grandchil

dren many which are

located in North Carolina

and Georgia.

MULLIN, Brian of

Dorchester, formerly of

Inishmore, Aran Islands,

Co. Galway, Ireland.

Husband of Mary E.

(McDonagh). Father of

Sean and Michael, Bri

an and Teresa, Ann &

Enda, and Kevin and

Michele. Grandfather of

5. Brother of Pat and the

late Mary and John. Also

survived by many nieces,

nephews, and friends. He

was a strong advocate

for the laborers union,

retiring from the local 223

after 33 years of service.

Donations in memory of

Brian may be made to

Beth Israel Deaconess

Hospital – Milton.

MURPHY, Joseph

M. in Quincy, formerly

of Dorchester. Son of Pa

tricia Denien of Quincy.

Brother of April Knowl

ton and the late Mi-

chael Hayes. Nephew of

Thomas Murphy, his wife

Asmae and their family

of Dorchester, Maureen

Murphy of Quincy, Mary

Murphy of Taunton, and

the late John, Michael

and Therese Murphy.

Uncle of Unity and Jack

son Knowlton. Grandson

of the late Mary and John

Murphy.

O’CALLAGHAN,

Margaret Mary (Jol

ley) in Natick, former-

ly of Dorchester. Wife

of the late Michael F.

O’Callaghan. Mother of

Michael O’Callaghan

and his wife Laura of

Northbridge, Patricia

O’Callaghan of Natick,

Timothy O’Callaghan

and his wife Diep of Sut

ton. Grandmother of 5.

Sister of the late Thomas

and John Jolley. Daugh

ter of the late Michael and

Beatrice (Corbett) Jolley.

She is also survived by

many brothers and sis

ters-in-law, and nieces

and nephews. Peggy

worked as a controller for

John Hancock Insurance

Company in Boston for 9

years, and part-time for

the Town of Natick in

Food Services for many

years after starting a

family in Natick. Dona

tions in memory of Mrs.

O’Callaghan may be

made to the charity of

your choice.

ROSENTHAL, Irene

Ann (Sydell), born in

1950 in Boston and raised

in Dorchester and Brigh

ton. Predeceased by her

mother Frances Sydell

(Spunt) and Paul Ken

neth Sydell, as well as her

sister Elaine Burroughs

and her husband Marc

Rosenthal. She is remem

bered by her children

Allison Ostroff (Jona

than), David Davis (Lee)

and Steven Rosenthal

(Michelle), as well as her

sister Beverly Scheuer,

sister and brother-in-law

Betsy and Richard Weis

sel, and 5 granddaugh-

ters. In Irene’s memory,

donations could be made

to the Alzheimer’s Asso

ciation, alz.org and the

ASPCA, aspca.org

RYAN, Timothy P. in

Marsheld, formerly of

Dorchester, suddenly, 52

years. Husband of Kim

berly M. (Garnett) Ryan.

Father of Colleen M. Ryan

of Dorchester, Brendan

F. Ryan of Marsheld,

Maggie R. Ryan of New

York, NY, and the late

Molly Clare Ryan. Son

of the late Robert V. and

Jo-Ann M. (Carroll) Ryan.

Nephew of Alice Ryan

Korzeniowski of Hing

ham and Margie (Carroll)

Corcoran of Manomet.

Survived by several cous

ins and any dear friends.

Tim was a graduate of BC

High Class of ‘86, Suffolk

University Class of ‘90,

and he received an MBA

from Babson College.

Tim was the Director of

Performance and Attri

bution for Liberty Mutual

Investments in Boston.

He was a past president

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of the CFA Institute and

member of the CAIA. Do

nations in Tim’s memory

may be made to the Great

er Boston Food Bank, 70

South Bay Ave., Boston,

MA 02118, www.gbfb.org

SCOLLINS, Edward

J., 79, of Norwood. Hus

band of the late Carol A.

(Travers) Scollins. Father

of Paula F. Curley and her

late Husband Charles Z.

of Norwood, Kristin A.

Gillette and her husband

Michael of Norwood and

Edward J. Scollins, Jr.

and his wife Lisa of Wren

tham. Brother of Helen

Cronin of Acton. Son of

the late Edward F. and

Helen (Grifn) Scollins.

Grandfather of 7. Also

survived by many nieces

and nephews. Edward

was a member of the

Port Norfolk Yacht Club

in Dorchester for many

years. Donations may

be made in his name to

Rettsyndrome.org 4600

Devitt Dr., Cincinnati,

OH 45246.

SETALSINGH, Mon

ica V. of Mattapan, 100.

Monica was born in West

morland, Jamaica and

lived in Jamaica until she

migrated to the United

States in 1968. She is the

wife of the late Edward

Setalsingh. Mother of

Karlene Robinson-Fran

cis of New York, Errol

Setalsingh of Boston,

Karrol Setalsingh of Mil

ton, Rohan Setalsingh of

Boston and the late Irone

Setalsingh. Stepmother

of Daniel Setalsingh,

Elaine Julal, Cocheta

Setalsingh, Barbara Se

talsingh and Joan Wilson.

Mother-in-law to Leera

Setalsingh of Milton.

Sister of Beryl Thomas

of Tampa, Fl. and the

late Esther Woodley.

Grandmother of 18. Great

grandmother to 27.

SINGLETON, Gerald

D., 87, of Dorchester.

Son of the late Theo

dore Linwood Singleton

of Wilmington, North

Carolina and Helen Sele

na Daniels of Halifax,

Nova Scotia, Canada.

He worked at Suffolk

Superior Courthouse

until his retirement in

2006. He is preceded by

his wife of sixty one years,

Jacqueline G. Singleton

and four children: Gerald

D. Singleton III, Glenn

Singleton, Rodney Single

ton, and Renita Brodie,

granddaughter Larissa

Robinson of Pennsyl

vania, and all but one

sibling. He leaves be

hind his remaining two

children, Pamela and

Lisa (James), 10 grand

children: 9 great-grand-

children: and 1. great-

great-grandchild. One

sister Velma and a host

of family and friends.

SOUTHWORTH,

Barry Joseph, 71, of

Mansfield. Born and

raised in Boston to Eu

nice Ohrt of Dorchester

and the late Ralph J.

Southworth. Barry was

a real estate investor and

worked for Home Mar

ket Foods for 32 years.

Husband to Gail (Cline)

Southworth. Father to

Thomas Barbato (wife

Ann) of Hanson, Sharon

Magnuson of Plymouth,

Barry J. Southworth Jr.

(Laura, partner) of Man

chester, NH; and stepfa-

ther to William Becksted

(wife Katja), Genevieve

Becksted-Muske (hus

band Shawn) and Jason

Becksted (wife Brenda)

all residing in Ports

mouth, NH. Grandfather

to 10. Brother of Kath

leen Connell Southworth,

William Southworth, Mi

chael Ohrt, Thomas Ohrt,

Gerard Ohrt and Judith

Kyousky and the late

Christine Cass, James

and Robert Southworth.

Barry is also survived by

several nieces and neph

ews. Donations may be

made in Barry’s memory

to the National Kidney

Foundation, Finance De

partment, 30 East 33rd

St., New York, NY 10016.

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