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THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 23, 2021

VOLUME XIX- ISSUE 74

September is Recovery Month (Everywhere)

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es, September is Recovery Month, both nationally and around the world. It has been observed each September for the last 32 years, so that everyone realizes substance abuse is a very severe problem, both in America and globally. Just couple of dates to fix in your mind: MOAR (the “Massachusetts Organization for Addiction Recovery”) will host a “Recovery Month Celebration” at the City Hall Plaza on September 28; International Recovery Day will occur on September 30 – the last day of the 2021 Recovery Month.

The 2021 Recovery Month theme, “Recovery Is for Everyone” means that no one is alone in Recovery – help, support, and even a lot of good friends are all available in Recovery.

In this column, South Boston Online will emphasize the importance of Recovery efforts everywhere. But we’ll try

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to keep our Recovery message local to South Boston as much as we possibly can. First, we’ll mention that on Monday, the Boston Globe published a column on their editorial page they called “America’s Other Pandemic”.

They referred specifically to the record number of opioid overdose deaths last year in the U.S. (93,000 died – three times the number of U.S. traffic deaths in 2020). This is certainly a pandemic all by itself, and unlike COVID-19, there isn’t a vaccine to stop it from happening again – year after year.

It’s likely you have seen or read about the so-called Ma ss/Ca ss a rea, which is where Massachusetts Avenue and Melnea Cass Boulevard meet. It’s just a 15-minute walk down Southampton from Continued on Page 2

Congratulations to all the 3rd Grade children of South Boston Catholic Academy and the Gate of Heaven and St. Brigid Parishes Religious Education Program who received their First Holy Communion on Saturday, September 18, 2021 at Gate of Heaven Church. The celebrants at this Mass were our Pastor, Father Casey, our Parochial Vicar, Father Boyle and Monsignor Bergin.

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Mass/Cass is happening right next door to our own neighborhood, and no off icial seems able to do a ny thing about it.

In addition, the recovery facilities on Long Island have long been closed because the Long Island Bridge was demolished.

The delay in reopening Long Island is totally due to politicians arguing with each other about a new bridge. “We can’t get there because the bridge fell in.”

Doesn’t that sound like a line from an old-fashioned, blackand-white movie? Something must be done to bring back Long Island as a (very) effective addiction treatment facilit y.

On the strongly positive side, South Boston is f illed w it h e x t remely suc c e ssf u l resources for treating substance abuse and addiction.

Our local, highly skilled

Mass/Cass? Nope. Andrew Station at Night. organizations are fully aware that addiction is a mental problem as well as a physical illness. They offer t wo-pronged programs, both mental and physical, which are essential to recovery. And please remember during the final days of this September that Recovery may often need to be a spiritual journey as well. That’s an integral part of the program called Alcoholics

Anonymous (A A, for short); A A focuses much of its efforts on its members’ human spirits as a pathway out of addiction.

A nd ple a se remember that a human being in the coils of substance abuse needs to be helped.

Often, she or he requires professiona l assistance. Simply “Shutting Them Off ” is not an effective way to fight their addiction.

R e c over y t a ke s t i me, patience, and lots of love. That may mean a dose of what people ca ll “Tough Love”, but it’s love nevert heless.

Above all, understand that help is available around here in South Boston, especially during the Recovery Month of September. No one is alone in their journey into Recovery. And we assure you, “Recovery works!”

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Deconstruction of the Edison Power Plant to Begin

by Rick Winterson

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uesday evening, a ZOOM meeting bega n, which concerned the major project at 776 Summer Street. This ZOOM meeting explained the first onsite step, called “Deconstruction”, in developing the property where the Edison Power Plant now sits – at the 776 Summer Street address , from the Dedicated Freight Corridor near the Reserved Channel, and extending around the corner of East First Street. The developer of this property is Hilco Redevelopment Partners (HRP), who acquired the property five years ago.

The property to be developed was once called the Edison Power Plant, or just “the Edison”. L Street Station was another name it had.

South Boston Online will refer to it as HRP’s development or as “776 Summer Street”, the address of the site.

HRP is intentionally calling the first phase of their project “Deconstruction”, because they want to emphasize that it will be done very slowly and cautiously, with great care.

The safety of both the surrounding neighborhood and HRP’s onsite workforce will be first and foremost in HRP’s deconstruction planning.

It will be carried out much more slowly and carefully than the usual demolition work on new buildings.

For example, no explosives will be used, and no “drops” of materials or structures will be allowed.

Everything will be placed on the ground level carefully with the right equipment; all debris will be removed from each section of the deconstruction site as it is generated.

According to the ZOOM information from HRP, the deconstruction operations will last for 20 months – until about mid-year in 2023. HRP has broken this down into seven separate steps. These steps range from site set-up (like erecting scaffolds), Regulated Materials Abatement (like asbestos control and safe removal), preservation

of some existing buildings, and eventually, final grading of the entire site. The original coal storage area will be deconstructed in the first few months.

The #7 bus stop on L/Summer Street will be kept open during deconstruction.

However, the sidewalk along the east side of Summer Street (next to the HRP site) will be closed to pedestrians from the First Street stoplight, almost all of the way to the stoplight at the Dedicated Freight Corridor. For maximum safety, pedestrians should make it a point to cross Summer Street only at these lights. Later on in the 20-month deconstruction, sidewalks along the Power Plant side of First Street will also be closed.

In addition to safety considerations, HRP spoke about onsite rodent control, noise level compliance, dust abatement (with water sprays), and even vibration that could possible affect onsite and offsite structures nearby. In addition to their own environmental consultant, HRP is employing an independent consultant as a site reviewer – GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc. from Norwood – as well as agreeing to keep their site open to unannounced reviews by the appropriate City and State agencies.

At the close of the presentation, District 2 City Councilor Ed Flynn voiced both his concerns and a challenge to HRP, referring to damages to neighborhood health from the original power plant and insisting that there should be no severe neighborhood impact from this project. Specifically, he insisted on daily, not bi-weekly, rodent control. Rep. David Biele echoed Flynn’s comments and added his concern about nearby Massport and its longshoremen. Councilor-atLarge Michael Flaherty emphasized the need for HRP to communicate for sure (“We’ll be watching.”).

Sout h Boston Online has subscribed to regular information from HRP and the 776 Summer Street development.

We will attempt to update

you as the deconstruction progresses. If you want to ask environmental questions yourself, log onto LStreet@gza.com.

In an emergency, call 617517-5235. There are employment

opportunities with HRP at 776 Summer Street also. Get in touch with Mass Fallen Heroes about their Veteran’s Edge program or with Building Pathways for information on apprenticeships.

NOTICE OF COMMUNITY UPDATE GREEN STRATUS CORP Notice is hereby given that Green Stratus Corp will hold a virtual meeting on October 14, 2021 at 6:30 PM relative to its proposal to site a Cannabis Establishment at 558-560 Dorchester Avenue in South Boston. This meeting will be held in accordance with the Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission’s Administrative Order Allowing Virtual Web-Based Community Outreach Meetings. A copy of the presentation will be made available at least 24 hours prior to the meeting by visiting GreenStratusCorp. squarespace.com.

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Boston Microgreens: This Business is Literally Growing

By Ginger DeShaney

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here are a lot of growing businesses in South Boston, but only one is an actual farm.

“I feel like it would be cool for more people to know [about the farm] because this is something really unique and special in Boston and in the city,” said Boston Microgreens cofounder and CEO Oliver Homberg. “It’s the most central production farm in Boston.”

After growing microgreens in his South End apartment to provide for a handful of local restaura nts, Oliver decided to expand the business into a space at 416 W. Broadway.

He grows 75-plus varieties of microgreens based on what his restaurant customers want. “ We are a c u s tom urba n fa rm,” Oliver sa id.

Oliver provides microgreens to more than 50 restaurant customers; he is actively serving 35, eight of which are in South Boston. “We work with a lot of great restaurants,” he said.

“Ever ything gets delivered by us … from seeds to wa lk-in cooler,” Oliver said. “We want to control everything about our products.

“It’s a very direct relationship from the farm to the chef, no middle man, which is what allows us to do all the customizability, and all the availability …”

Chefs can get the greens still growing in their trays or harvested into clamshells.

You can’t get more farm to table than this, unless you have a restaurant on a farm, added

Oliver, 26, a Northeastern graduate who studied international relations with a focus on sustainable development.

Oliver and his staff plant ever y weekday and har vest twice a week. Their microgreens include cilantro, dill, chives, chervil, basil, herbs, kale, edible f lowers, even root veggies such as carrots (the stem and leaves are harvested), and so much more.

Boston Microgreens also does custom blends for its customers.

“You can grow anything into a microgreen,” Oliver said.

Grow i n g t i me s r a n ge from 7 days to 30 days, but usually around 2 weeks, he said.

“Ever y pla nt ha s it s own formula, from the day that it’s planted to the day t hat it’s ha r ve sted,” sa id pla nt ma nager Ella Sears.

“Technically it’s the same seed as if you were to grow the full plant, but we’re just growing the first growth of it,” she said.

T he a lmost 3 -yea r-old urban farm has 2,000 square feet in a steel and brick frame building that houses seven other business types, including an early learning center, cafe, yoga studio, utilities company, and pizzeria.

Oliver had all the electrical and plumbing put in as well as a new f loor and AC unit.

He uses renewable electricity.

He also saves water because it’s recirculated; they built automated watering f lood tables. Every tray sits in its own irrigation system. They installed LED lights that are very efficient and don’t give off a lot of heat.

Maintaining a clean growing environment is crucial, Oliver

said, meaning no pollution or pesticides touch the plants.

Oliver and his cofounder Matt Alto, who is no longer part of the business, started out in their apartment after hearing about microgreens.

“We saw it on YouTube, ‘Grow microgreens in your apartment.’

It couldn’t have been more spelled out for us,” Oliver said.

There’s been a lot of trial and error in growing his business. “That’s how we learned this,” he said, noting he’d also reached out to other farms, jumped on online forums, even talked to seed distributors.

“When you’re doing it, that’s the best research,” he said.

Now, he of fer s his k nowle d g e by c on su lt i n g for farms all over the world, from Miami to Madagascar.

“It’s nothing new but I’d like to think that what we did was a modern and very customizable and ver y customer ser viceorientated approach to that model ... using underutilized urban space to create high amounts of food and ingredients in a really sustainable way.”

The fa rm grows more t h a n 10,0 0 0 pou nd s of product a year -- when you’re talking microgreens, that’s a lot of product! -- which goes out direct ly to customers within 5 miles of the farm.

During t he pa ndemic, Boston Microgreens started what Oliver is calling a microgreen CSA with its nutrition salad mix deliver y program. The mix i nc lu d e s s u n f lowe r, pea shoots, broccoli, ka le, radish, beet, Swiss chard, and

buckwheat. It’s crunchy, juicy, and super healthy. “That is the cat’s pajamas,” Oliver said.

People can order a onemont h sub s c r ipt ion (one box a week) for $45, which includes free delivery to your home on Tuesday or Friday.

The greens are harvested in the morning and come straight to your door. “You cannot get fresher than that,” Oliver said.

“It’s grown with a lot of love; it’s not machine harvested. Everything is picked by hand, seeded by hand, cut by hand, measured by hand.”

The farm also offers tou rs/t a st i ng s.

Oliver has also started a network of decentralized farms, partnering with other groups that are creating their versions of Boston Microgreens that will grow and distribute for Boston’s network but also grow for their own communities.

Boston Microgreens provides “a great opportunity for people to connect with their food,” Oliver said, noting when you go to a supermarket, you don’t know where that produce comes from or the process it went through.

“It’s a nice opportunity to walk down the block and come down to a beautiful vibrant farm space and see the food growing.”

To book a tour or order the salad mix, head to https://www. microgreens.boston/ Instagram: https:// www.instagram.com/ bostonmicrogreens/ Facebook: https://www.facebook. com/bostonmicrogreens

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Fort Will Open for Tours Sunday

Just a friendly reminder from last Saturday’s Street Festival: Fort Independence on Castle Island will be open for guided tours this Sunday, September 26, between 12 noon and 3 p.m. (the tours take approximately 45 minutes; the afternoon’s last tour departs from the sally port at 2:15). These tours will continue from 12 to 3 on Sunday, October 3 and on Columbus Day weekend, when the Fort will hold tours on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, October 9, 10, and 11 (also from 12 noon to 3 p.m.).

We hope to see you there. After Columbus Day, Fort Independence will be closed for the winter.

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The 140th and 141th – Two Evacuation Day Banquets in One

by Rick Winterson

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homas E. (“Tommy”) McGrath is thinking, for sure. He’s the President of the SBCA, the South Boston Citizens’ Association. We’ll quote the SBCA’s slogan, stating that it is, “The Nation’s Oldest Civic Organization”. The SBCA was founded in 1880 – 141 years ago.

As you know, the pandemic forced the cancellations of both the 140th and 141st SBCA Banquets. In the past, these Banquets have always occurred shortly before Evacuation Day on March 17, the same date as St. Patrick’s Day. So Tommy came up with the idea of holding two Banquets at once last weekend on Friday, September 17, instead. And it worked!

The Banquet Hall at the Convention Center over on Summer Street echoed with the music of Curragh’s Fancy; the head table filed in; corned beef and cabbage was served.

Guests ranged from Governor Baker to City officials to SBCA leaders from years past – especially 2020 and the first half of 2021. Gov. Baker praised the SBCA to the skies, describing the organization

Tom McGrath, President of the SBCA, Maura Doyle, Gov. Charlie Baker and City Councilor At-Lare Michael Flaherty.

Chief Marshal Susan McDonough honored for her multi-year Parade role

BPD’s George Billotte (center) honored for his 37 years of community service.

as “exemplary”. And it certainly is.

Maura Doyle’s remarks from the Chair were greeted with much laughter.

Thomas E. Smith was awarded the Tynan “Profile in Courage”. The Moakley Award went to Sean O’Brien (it was accepted for him by Brian Clougherty). The Henry Knox Award went to Greg Hill. Cheryl Itri accepted her McCormack Award with graceful

words, “My life at the Neighborhood House has been a joy.” After receiving the 2020/2021 Shamrock Award, Bobby McGarrell recognized everyone else at the Banquet, one at a time.

Both Christina Andrade and Susan McDonough were recognized for their roles on Parade Day. George Billotte received a plaque recognizing his 37 years as a Boston Police Officer.

Councilor Flaherty and SBCA Pres. Tommy McGrath honor Southie’s Christina Andrade.

The Evacuation Day “cadre” at the SBCA Banquet – Ed, Bernie, Tom, Ray.

The SBCA Shamrock Award for 2020-2021 joyfully received by Bobby McGarrell.

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Fall Arrived Yesterday

by Rick Winterson

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other Nature will have her way, no matter what. She adorned our evening sky with a brilliant, full Harvest Moon at 8 p.m. on Monday evening.

Then the Fall Season kicked in Wednesday afternoon at 2:21 p.m. EDT. Cool Fall weather will be late this year because of global warming effects, but perhaps we can still enjoy the foliage as the rest of September passes us quietly by. Perhaps!

You see, by way of contrast, a great deal happened earlier in this month of September, 2021.

In-person schooling began in Boston once again.

Colleges opened. Thousands of move-ins took place. Just after Labor Day, America’s Medal of Honor recipients held an unprecedented Fourth Annual

Convention in Boston and South Boston. Midway through the month, South Boston honored its Vietnam veterans, living and dead, with the 40th Rededication of the Vietnam Memorial in Medal of Honor Park.

That same weekend, the Fallen Heroes Memorial was the site of a nameby-name remembrance of the 317 military personnel from Massachusetts, who had perished in the Middle East since 9-11.

The 20th Anniversary of 9-11 itself took place two Saturdays ago, along with services and ceremonies of remembrance.

We h ave not forgot ten.

On Tuesday, September 14, we voted to have Michelle Wu and Annissa Essaibi George run it off, so we can see which one of them will become Mayor of Boston. On the same day, in the Primary race for City Councilor-at-Large seats, South

Boston’s Michael Flaherty came in first by a 2,500 vote margin.

T he Pat s a re muc h improved. Mac Jones works!

And it appears the Sox are playoff bound. WBZ Radio celebrated its 10 0t h A nniversa r y on

September 19. Congratulations!

Now and then, leftover hurricane weather might have dampened our spirits a bit, but all things considered, September has been quite a month so far.

The Harvest Moon climbs over the tree line along Old Harbor.

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It’s 2021! The South Boston Street Festival Is BACK!

by Rick Winterson

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he South Boston St reet Fe st iva l returned last Saturday.

Yes, our Street Festival is BACK! And the 2021 Festival was quite an event. According to Donna Brown, Executive Director of the South Boston Neighborhood Development Corporation (the SBNDC), 5,000 or more people took part from 11 ‘til 4 last Saturday. Karen Stanley was the key person in arranging the event, for which she received a citation from the City. Mike Shaw, with his wife Molly and son Joey, received this year’s Tom Butler Award for his support of local small businesses. Sincere thanks are due to the Festival’s dozen sponsors, led by the City of Boston Credit Union and its CEO, Neil Gordon.

Most especially, we are grateful to an incredible slate of Festival volunteers and

participants, who “made it all happen”.

Nearly a hundred participating businesses and South Boston non-profit organizations exhibited. There was non-stop entertainment on two (yes, 2) stages, in front of the Library and Stop & Shop. And we’ll say again that the crowd of those attending numbered in the thousands, maybe, 5,000 or more.

Notable exhibitors included Sal’s, Stop & Shop, and The Sausage Guy – no one went hungry. South Boston’s many fine artists-on-display included the Fort Point Arts Community (fpac) for the first time, arranged by Executive Director Kelly Pedersen. Costumed actors included pirates, fairy tale ladies, and Sesame Street characters. Entertainers included Houston Bernard’s country group, Guilty Pleasure, The Buckley Brothers, Late Risers Dixieland, the Ultimate Self Defense Center, the Woods School of Irish Dance, and Miss Linda’s Dancers. Many listeners

Mike Shaw, receiving this year’s Tom Butler Award for his support of local small businesses. jumped to their feet and danced all day long – the music really worked.

South Boston Online wants to devote a paragraph the Thomas Park Band, who have become South Boston’s iconic cover entertainers. The pandemic had placed the Band firmly on the sidelines for the last year and a half. We saw their first return gig at The Lawn on D two weekends back. And they absolutely wowed the crowd last Saturday at the Festival because they are better than they used to be – the Thomas

Park Band spent the last 18 months in one, long rehearsal. The Band’s members are Mike Hayes (keyboard, guitar), Billy Dooley (bass, vocals), Joe Tobias (drums, Band management), Paul Eastman (vocals), and P.D. Rogers (lead guitar, vocals). Of course, they sang “Sweet ol’ South Boston … I’m comin’ home to you.” Paul concluded their Festival gig last Saturday vocalizing from the top of a nearby National Guard vehicle. He didn’t miss a beat. Or a note.

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Congratulations to the First Holy Communion Class of 2021

Congratulations to all the 3rd Grade children of South Boston Catholic Academy and the Gate of Heaven and St. Brigid Parishes Religious Education Program who received their First Holy Communion on Saturday, September 18, 2021 at Gate of Heaven Church. The celebrants at this Mass were our Pastor, Father Casey, our Parochial Vicar, Father Boyle and Monsignor Bergin.

Thank you to our great teachers at South Boston Catholic Academy and in the Parish Religious Education Program, who helped prepare the children for this very special day. Special thanks to all the wonderful families, the Principal at South Boston Catholic Academy, Dr. Civian and the Religious Education Coordinator, Mr. Hebert for the work they do through the year to ensure that everyone is ready for this Sacrament and to all who helped make this special day possible. May God Bless all these wonderful children and their families!

“We do not go to Holy Communion because we are good; we go to become good” -John Bosco

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An ADDENDUM

South Boston is very fortunate in possessing beaches that are completely squeaky clean – mile after mile of them, along every beachfront and shoreline we possess here. But like anything else, they need to be kept bright and clean with a fair amount of effort. Clean recreation areas don’t “just happen”; they need work – sometimes a lot of it.

Even after Labor Day has gone by.

Anyhow, we just wanted to give you a look at what is required now and then to keep our beaches (like) totally pristine.

In the September 9 edition of South Boston Online, we might not have been completely clear in our article headlined “Colin’s Joy Project Playground Opens”.

Colin’s Joy Project funded a much-needed upgrade to the equipment in the playground, making it suitable for ages 2 to 5 to play on safely. This equipment is situated within the Lori A. Miller Tot Lot (see photo), which is located in Medal Of Honor Park. We apologize for any confusion.

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