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The Friends of Savin Hill Park held its 38th annual Savin Hill Park cleanup up this past Saturday. The cleanups have been essential to the restoration of the top five acres of the park, with each year achieving an incremental improvement. This year, a group from the Patten’s Cove area asked to be part of the cleanup. Boston’s parks are well known in the world of urban parks,
By Daniel Sheehan, Reporter Staff
April 22, 2021
Daniel Sheehan, Reporter Staff
The Walter Baker sign sits on top of an administrative building in Lower Mills. Dan Sheehan photo
A campaign to re-light the sign atop the former Walter Baker Chocolate factory in Lower Mills is nearing the final stages of its fundraising phase, setting the wheels in motion for a project that would restore the iconic symbol of the neighborhood in a matter of months.
Terry Dolan, president of the Lower Mills Civic Association, told the Reporter this week that the re-illumination project – an idea years in the making that this year was finally made possible by funds from the Community Preservation Act – could be completed as early as this summer or fall. Re-lighting the sign, which sits on top of an administrative building erected in 1919, would restore a central part of the village’s identity, said Dolan.