Uphams Corner News Index
Recent News
Jose Mateo Ballet - Unbridled thru March 2
Comfort Station up for Development
Boston's Curry on National NAACP Board
Letter to Editor - Rainbow
Letter to Editor - Traffic Signals
Winter Photos from Nantasket Beach
Snow Photos from Cohasset MA
Snow Photos from Nor'Easter
Jackson Market Hit by Drunk Driver
Blue Hill Ave / Cummins Hwy WAG Meeting
Prior Issue #91
Eyewitness Account of Bus Accident
Gifts of Gratitude - New Publication
Elderly Woman Hit by MBTA Bus 2/10/14
UC Westside 2/11/14 - Summary Report
Police Report UC Westside 2/11/14
Calling on MA to Pass Single-Payer
Improvement Association Meeting 2/13/14
Posted: February 18, 2014
Boston NAACP Michael Curry Elected to
National Board
The National Board of Directors for the NAACP has notably hosted many of the architects of the Civil
Rights Movement.
On Saturday, February 15, 2014, during the
NAACP's Annual Meeting in
New York City, Attorney Michael Curry, President of the Boston NAACP
was elected to the National Board of Directors.
Michael
will be the first representative from the Boston Branch and the New
England Area in over 35 years.
Posted: February 18, 2014
Letters to the Editor - MBTA Bus Accident
Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 2:19 PM
I thought I'd share with Uphams Corner News a picture I took (and added arrows
& words to) to show the problem with the walk lights at Dudley &
Columbia. One of the biggest problems is that that walk lights are on when there's moving traffic.
I've posted this on facebook and tried
tweeting it at the City. Trying to disseminate it until someone takes
action.
Deidra MacLeod
Loan Officer
Dorchester Bay EDC
Note: To view photo, click here
Letters to the Editor - Rainbow Apparel
Mon Feb 17 09:35:57 2014
The stores at 745 and 749 Dudley Street
have the worst reputation in keeping the surroundings of their stores clean
and tidy. Store 749 (Rainbow) is offensive to the Virginia
St residents by storing their trash next to the
side walk. Both businesses (L&M Bargain and Rainbow) let the weeds
grew as tall as trees.
The property owner, Mark Salzberg, is responsible for maintaining both
properties. Until 2014, he refused to shovel snow from in front of
L&M Bargain but this year has relented. As for Rainbow, the
sidewalk in front of their business the full length to Virginia
St is left to be trampled by pedestrians.
On the other hand Upham's Corner code enforcement, and the Mayor's Hot line are
not effective at all. Neighbors have called both and NOTHING is being
done. We don't need lip service, we need actions from the city of Boston
to do their job efficiently, and effectively.
Shemiram Fabian
Read Article on Rainbow Apparel
Jackson Market hit by Drunk Driver 2/15/14
 On Saturday, February 15, 2014, a drunk driver with NY plates,
allegedly failed to make a turn onto Dudley Street and crashed into
Jackson Market, at 728 Dudley Street in Uphams Corner, doing
considerable damage to the front of the building.
On site at 8:30am
were the owner and a representative from United Housing to work out a
plan on how to handle the repairs, expected to take at least one month.
Posted: February 15, 2014
Prior Issue #91
Eyewitness Account of MBTA Bus Accident
 On
Monday morning, February 10, Max MacCarthy, walking along Columbia Rd
heading towards his office, suddenly found himself seconds from a
tragic accident.
The noise and the screams told him instantly that a
pedestrian had been
hit by a bus.
He and the crowd that quickly gathered served as a
volunteer team helping out until the police and medics arrived. Max
took note of the many details - the
sequence of events and how the emergency was handled and was willing to
share his story.
Posted: February 11, 2014
Gifts of Gratitude - Spiritual Reflections
 "Gifts
of Gratitude" is a multi-faceted artistic publication by Nancy
Conrad.
The theme reflects Nancy's life-long journey of contemplating
her relationship with God and reflects her love of poetry, photography and story telling.
Consisting of 24 reflections, the book invites the reader on
a journey of spiritual discovery.
"Read each story," the author states, "as if God
were opening your heart to hear a
message. Then listen."
"May we walk in love, and may God walk with
us - always."
Posted: February 14, 2014
MBTA Bus Strikes Elderly Woman 2/10/14
On Monday, February 10, 2014, an MBTA bus struck an elderly woman in
the Uphams Corner neighborhood of Dorchester. EMT's transported the
woman to Boston Medical Center in serious condition.
T police cordoned
off the crime scene, tested the driver, and brought in both homicide
and accident reconstruction teams. The driver, highly distraught, was
taken to a hospital for treatment.
Posted: February 11, 2014
Westside Neighborhood Meeting 2/11/14 - What Happened?
The
Westside Neighborhood's February 2014 meeting began with the police
report and included a presentation by Georgia Titonis, head librarian
Uphams Corner branch.
Bob Haas, president, discussed the St.
Kevin's development project based on a letter he received from the
developers. He stated he is willing to share select portions of
the letter but was unwilling to share copies with the community.
Posted: February 11, 2014
Police Report for UC Westside 2/11/14
 The
police report covered 45 incidents from 1/14/14 to 2/10/14 including
motor vehicle incidents, theft, domestic disputes and other fights and
arguments, fraud and several business-related incidents including
getting locked in CVS and someone breaking into the Citizens
Bank.
Of concern is the high level of broken car windows as the
same problem is occurring on Jone's Hill. C-11 police suggested a window replacement company was doing this on purpose.
Posted: February 11, 2014
Calling for Single-Payer Health Care in Massachusetts
 Access to health care is a basic human right but is not treated that
way. Even with the passage of the Federal Governments ACA, Affordable
Care Act, we remain a country where the economics of health care is
based on the profit motive.
Our neighbor, the state of Vermont, has
passed a single-payer system, Green Mountain Care. Likewise,
Massachusetts has the opportunity to pass a single-payer system via HB
2127. We call on our legislators to respond appropriately.
Posted: February 8, 2014
Help the Friends of the Uphams Corner Library -
Donate a Board Game
The Friends of the Uphams Corner Library is asking for your help.
They are joining with Commercial Free Childhood.org to participate in
the annual week-long event, "Screen Free Week," May 5-11, 2014
The Friends are asking the community to support the event by participating or
donating lightly used board games.
Posted: February 8, 2014
Excellent Food Justice Workshop
Great Photos
 We
can feel proud of the youth who put on the food justice workshop,
called "Food for Thought," at the Dudley Greenhouse. At least 25
people attended from preteen through adult.
Quite amazing the knowledge these "kids" passed on to the food justice students in attendance.
Great photos on Facebook. Article covering the event coming out soon.
Posted: February 8, 2014
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