THE PRINT EDITION
THURSDAY MAY 5, 2022
VOLUME XIX- ISSUE 74
Growing Kindness: Volunteers Prepare Mother’s Day Plants
Revised Michael Joyce Memorial Playground Plan
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he Depa r t ment of Conser vation a nd R e cre at ion design team for the Michael Joyce Memorial Playground in Marine Park presented its revised – and final – plans in a public meeting last week. The revisions, which were made based on feedback the team received from residents at previous meetings and comments, still faced pushback from a handful of residents on the call, especially with regard to noise. Danielle Mellett, a landscape architect for DCR and project manager, said DCR has been working with the McGrath family in memory of their son, Colin, through the Colin’s Joy Project and the Colin’s Creativity Squad to renovate the playground in a more inclusive and accessible footprint. According to R icardo Austrich, a landscape architect
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with BSC Group, the updated plan removes the community gathering space, reconfigures and reduces the number of picnic tables, upgrades the lighting and its placement, paves the existing dirt paths for better accessibility, preserves existing trees and adds trees, combines the two playgrounds into one space and fences it in, and moves its location. Many of these revisions address reducing the potential for nighttime gathering at the park, which was a concern of residents at previous meetings. The reconfigured playground integrates the 2-5-year-old and 5-12-year-old sections into the same space “so that parents can actually look at all their children within one zone. So we believe it’s a safer and better kind of arrangement,” Austrich said. The new playground is
By Ginger DeShaney
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he mot herdaughter duo of K aren O’L ea r y and Nichole Mik shenas are regulars at the Lynch Campaign Mother’s Day Pla nt Night. Karen has been volunteering for this a nnua l event for 21 ye a r s. “It’s f u n,” s a id t he Southie resident. “It feels like we’re doing something good.” A room full of volunteers
Karen O’Leary, right, of South Boston and her daughter, Nichole Mikshenas, prepare plants at the Lynch Campaign Mother’s Day Plant Night. gathered at Plumbers Local 12 Union Ha ll in Dorchester last night to wrap foil around 7,000 pla nts a nd prepa re t hem for delivery to seniors across the area. “This is great,” Congressman
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