Efforts to slow down driving in Dorchester have increased in intensity over the last few months with speed hump installation being prioritized across the neighborhood. Bowdoin-Geneva and the Hancock Street Triangle are the latest named as key areas where a new program will focus on quick fixes and long-term changes to enhance safety for drivers and pedestrians.
Just as maddening to residents of our neighborhood is the lack of support by our city government – in this case, the Zoning Board of Appeal (ZBA), district Councillor Frank Baker, and At-large Council members Michael Flaherty, Erin Murphy, Julia Mejia, and Ruthzee Louijeune – in a matter involving a ZBA hearing held to consider the request of a developer to excuse eight zoning
Q. What do you get when you put together a boy from a French dairy farm and a girl from the Midwest? A. Vivian and Elisa Girard. I first ran into Vivian as he was coming out of the Viet Aid building after voting in 2008. I was handing out campaign literature and, typical of him, he wanted to know who I was and why I was doing it. We exchanged contact information and I began a