The Alewife

La Tremouille blasts Taber's praise of Galluccio

by Robert La Trémouille

[The author is a co-chair of the Friends of the White Geese and was a 2005 candidate for city council.]

Thank you for the interesting editorial supporting a strikingly destructive zoning change for which you give Councilor Galluccio, credit.

Regrettably, I understand that the city council passed this outrage last night.

This proposal is outrageous because of fine print on top of fine print which is kept secret.

Increasing yard requirements is a flat out lie when the fine print says that the City Manager’s appointees can ignore the yard requirements. It gets worse because the City Manager’s appointees have contempt for zoning protections that responsible members of the community cherish and the City Manager’s appointees routinely wipe out these enivironmentally protective because the City of Cambridge has contempt for the environment.

The design review provisions which were sneaked into the zoning ordinance by the city council and city manager has provisions which allow the planning board to IGNORE those zoning protections at the whim of irresponsible developers. And the planning board ROUTINELY ignores such protections.

Those protections should be only ignored by variance, that is, only if the developer is denied use of the property if he/she cannot get the variance. The design review provisions (and similar provisions in comparably complicated other parts of the zoning ordinance) turn variances into special permits. And a special permit is exactly the opposite of a variance. The developer is allowed to ignore zoning protections unless you can prove otherwise.

The cutoff point for this outrageous destruction of our zoning protections is reduced from approximately the size of the Inn at Harvard in Harvard Square to about half its size (numbers not exact).

The Inn at Harvard building is the most successful recent building in Harvard Square. Harvard did not want that grass. Harvard did not want those trees. Harvard wanted that building right out to the lot line, and the Planning Board routinely grants such outrages.

You praise Galluccio. On the grounds that you give for your praise Galluccio, I condemn him and I condemn the rest of the people associated with this continuing series of outrages.

Civic Geography by David Taber

Civic geographers take note, zoning changes are in the works to give North Cambridge residents significantly more say in the future shape of the neighborhood.

At the end of last year, City Councilor Anthony D. Galluccio proposed the ordinance that defines Business-A zoning be amended to reduce the threshold for which proposed development will require a Project Review Special Permit, including a traffic review study, from 50,000 square-feet to 20,000 square-feet.  He further proposed that in Massachusetts Avenue north of Porter Square, which is the city's sole BA-2 district, the height limit for development be reduced from 45 feet to 35 feet and that the side yard setback for properties that abut residential lots be raised from 10 feet to 20 feet.

David Taber

The word around town, or at least at public hearings on the amendments, is that Galluccio is, undoubtedly, cooking with gas.

Check this out from the minutes of a Jan. 8 ordinance committee meeting, for example:

"Ruby Parker, Warwick Park, spoke in support of the amendment because it would provide better transition to the residential area and thus better protection of the neighborhood community."

Adam Ried, also of Warwick Park, is very grateful for the proximity of shops and transit, according to the minutes. "He believes that this petition, which would soften the transition between the businesses and the residential areas, would be beneficial.  He urged adoption of the amendment."

Civic Geometry by David Taber

Recently a mystery was solved for me

I was talking to North Cambridge Stabilization Committee clerk Michael Brandon about the former Rounder Records complex on Massachusetts Avenue just north of Linear Park.

As we reported last month, developer Greg Cohen recently purchased the Rounder site with the hope of, among other things, redesigning the small plaza on the southwest-side of the site to create a public space that is congenial to pedestrian accessible retail.

“Maybe this will be the vibrant crossroads we were expecting Trolley Square to be,” Brandon said.

The veil was lifted from my eyes.

I have been covering North Cambridge zoning and development issues for close to a year now, and most of what I had fallen into a familiar formula of community activists and concerned residents, with inconsistent support from the city, struggling to oppose sloppy efforts by developers to circumvent zoning ordinance.

There has been an air of desperation to the proceedings - defensive actions by the community where the best possible outcome is things staying the same.

But apparently I had been missing half of the story until now.

Capuano: Iraq is key

by Nikki Gloudemann and David Taber

The congressman for North Cambridge spoke at the Jan. 26 contributors meeting of The Alewife held at the back table of Porter Square Books about Iraq and changes in Washington.

“There are two options for Iraq: level it or leave it,” said Rep. Michael E. Capuano, D, North Cambridge. “Unless you’re willing to do what’s necessary to win a fight, you shouldn’t enter it.”

Capuano said today in Washington the conflict in Iraq is the only issue congressmen are talking about amongst themselves.

Capuano said he is not against military action. “I am not a pacifist. I believe there is an appropriate use of military force.” He said he did and continues to support US force in Afghanistan, and acknowledges that no matter what is done, troops could need to be sent back to Iraq in five to 10 years.

Rep. Michael E. Capuano

The only time America did resort to the leveling strategy was during WWII, when the US was honestly and legitimately threatened, he said.

“The only way you are going to beat an insurgency is to level the block, but it speaks well of America that we don’t usually do that,” he said.

Although he voted against the decision to invade Iraq, the congressman said felt the president and his team should be given the benefit of the doubt and a reasonable amount of time to execute his program. “It was the only appropriate thing, to see what was going to happen next.”

Before his party became the majority, the congressman said he had positioned himself as a bridge to moderate and conservative members, helping them come around to an anti-war stance. Now, he is trying to have more of a balance between bridge and push.

One place Capuano has become more aggressive in his opposition to the war in Iraq is in the Progressive Caucus, he said.

Developments by David Taber

New eatery, not luxury condo, to replace Ristorante Marino; City Council to reconsider downzoning 

Raftery: Unreasonable for NCSC to act as neighborhood's shadow government

The Cambridge Licensing Commission voted unanimously Oct.26 to approve the transfer of Ristorante Marino's liquor license to a local restaurateur who planning to open a new Italian eatery, named Bam-Bachi, at the same location.

“'Bachi' means kiss in Italian and 'Bam' I think is just a nice word,” Gary Strack, co-owner and head chef of the Central Kitchen said.

The prefix is a nonsense word and has no meaning in Italian, Strack said at hearing before the  Licensing Commission on Oct. 24.

George H. Katis of Stone River Properties, who attended the hearing, is planning to purchase the restaurant and lease it to Strack, pending approval of the liquor license transfer by both the City of Cambridge and the State-run Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission, he said.

For years area residents have been frustrated by the management of the restaurant and, at the same time, feared that the property would be sold to residential developers who would take advantage of the sites unusually permissive spot zoning to build high rise luxury condominiums,  said Michael Brandon, clerk of the of the North Cambridge Stabilization Committee.

Strack said that he hopes to be through with the approval process, to  have completed cosmetic renovations and be open for business with in six months.

“You can never tell how long these things are going to take,” he said.

Strack met with North Cambridge residents at a meeting hosted by the committee, a week before the hearing, and area neighbors were generally pleased with what they heard, Brandon said.

“There is no doubt that the consensus of the neighbors who have met with us is that this is a great opportunity to remedy an operation that has been problematic,” he said.

Despite their enthusiasm, the stabilization committee did not immediately endorse the transfer, Brandon said.

Firenze, Brownsberger square off

Paper sponsors 24th Middlesex District Candidates' Night

by David Taber

Neighborhood voters joined campaign volunteers and candidates Sept. 28 for the paper's Candidates' Night for the 24th Middlesex District seat in the state legislature held at the Masonic Hall in Porter Square.

"Both candidates did good preparation and gave good answers. They didn't dodge any questions and there was a good sized crowd," said Baratunde R. Thurston, the political satirist, who moderated the debate between M. Elizabeth Firenza, the Republican, and William N. Brownsberger, the Democrat.

Throughout the evening, Firenze, a former vice president in the information technology department at the State Street Bank, repeatedly said that her experience in the  private sector and her party affiliation would contribute to increased balance on Beacon Hill."More complete and thoughtful decisions can be made when ideas are debated among people with unique and diverse perspectives."

Firenze said 87 percent of the legislature are Democrats, 75 percent are men, and 30 percent are defense attorneys.

Candidates to replace State Rep. Anne Paulsen, D, North Cambridge, M. Elizabeth Firenze, the Republican, and William N. Brownsberger, the Democrat.

Brownsberger, a three-term Belmont Selectman and defense attorney, said that his public service experience and understanding of the issues make him the superior candidate. He has also served as an assistant state attorney general and teaches course on public health law and drug use at Harvard University.

In the hour-long debate, much of the discussion centered on issues important to North Cambridge, including questions to the candidates about their committment to encouraging the state to maintain the public space over which it has stewardship -- including MacCrehan pool, public housing units at Jefferson Park and the pedestrian crossing on Alewife Brook Parkway.

Brownsberger said that the state has allocated $75,000 to improving the crossing of the Alewife Brook Prkway and that he is committed to making sure the money is spent and spent effectively.

He also said he would be a hands-on representative."I will be present on the state's properties in the district on a regular basis looking for issues and seeking out citizens for their feedback."

Artist Loft Launch Saturday

by David Taber

Despite construction delays, a North Cambridge based furniture maker will host an open house in Oct. 7 to begin showing the artists lofts he is building in an old factory building on Harvey Street that also houses his woodshop.

"Everyone smirks when I say this, but it is taking longer and costing more than I planned.  Of course who's ever heard of a construction project taking longer or costing more than expected," future landlord Michael O'Shea said.

At one point during a guided tour of the building, he ducked into a small, dark room with unfinished walls and started spinning around.

Michael O'Shea

"The the washer and dryer will be here, the toilet will be here, the sink will be here, and the bathtub will be here.  That's everything you need for a bathroom, I think," he said

The completed project will have seven units, ranging in size from 600 to 1,000 square feet, where artists can live and work - as well as a communal space on the second floor, where residents can exhibit their work and host events, he said.

He is going to encourage his tenants to display their work in the space, which he described as an 'allee', on a regular basis, he said.

Each unit will include one full floor with a full kitchen and bathroom and an open half-floor loft, he said.

Pemberton neighbors express angst

Important private meeting Thursday between developer, neighbors

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by David Taber

Pemberton corner neighbors held their first planning meeting on Sept. 5 to plan their response the proposed construction of a four-story condominium on the site where Pemberton Market now stands.

“What they are trying to build is way too big,” said Adam Ried of Warwick Park, who is a co-coordinator of the ad hoc neighborhood group.

Louise Parker also of Warwick Park, who is coordinating the group along with Ried, said that about 50 people attended the meeting and that she knew of about 10-to-20 people who were unable to attend due to scheduling conflicts.

Most of the attendees were from streets adjacent to the corner - Rindge Avenue, Fairfield Street, Warwick Park, and Pemberton Street - and some were from across Massachusetts Avenue, Parker said.

“A great deal of concern was expressed about the development,” she said.

The meeting was closed to the press.

The plan under discussion would replace the Pemberton Market building at 2180 Massachusetts Ave. with an almost 63-foot structure containing ground floor retail space and fifteen residential units on the three upper floors, said Linda M.  Haar, a consultant representing the project.

It is being put forward by descendants of the grocery store's original proprietor Nicholas Mudarri.  Mudarri opened the grocery, then called The Avenue Spa, in 1926.  It has been owned and operated by the family for the last 80 years, Haar said.

Haar said that the families main goal is to keep the grocery open.  The building has fallen into disrepair over the years and recent architectural and engineering analyses  have concluded that it would be unfeasible to attempt to rehabilitate it, the consultant said.

Including the residential units is the only way to make the construction of a whole new building economically viable, she said.

New Alewife toll booth opens today

by David Taber

The MBTA re-opened the eastern toll booth today  at the Alewife T-stop with new gates equipped the new Charlie pass terminals.

"We met with the city manager, city councilors, and state representatives, they had been voicing concerns about rider safety, and we took their advice," said Joseph P. Kelly, the deputy general manager of the MBTA, who led July 21 morning walking tour of the re-made facility.

"And you did more than we asked for," said Nancy B. Schlacter, assistant to Cambridge City Manager Robert W. Healy.

The MBTA invited public officials and concerned citizens for the opportunity to highlight their proactive response to safety concerns raised by neighbors when the transit authority announced plans to reduce the station’s night staff last month.

A crowd of about 20 people, including area residents and a diverse array of city and state officials accompanied Kelly around the station.

The transit authority had planned to reduce staff levels at the terminus of the Red Line when they installed their new automated Charlie Ticket ride payment system later this month, Kelly said.

But they reversed their decision after review, he said.

New Alewife T-stop toll booth opens Thursday

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Brownsberger opposes development of Alewife silver maple forest

by David Taber

Belmont Selectman and Democratic candidate for state representative announced June 22 if elected he will work to preserve 15 acres of silver maple forest abutting North Cambridge’s Alewife Reservation.

“This site should be preserved as an important urban wild,” said William N. Brownsberger, who is an attorney.

Belmont rejected a proposal by Pennsylvania based O’Neill Properties, which owns the land at the intersection of Route 2 and Acorn Park Drive, to build luxury condominiums there in 2004, Brownsberger said.

But the developer has gone over the town’s head by filing a new proposal under section 40b of Massachusetts zoning law, which allows development regardless of local zoning codes if 25 percent of the units built are used for affordable housing, the candidate said.
According to their proposal, available at town.belmont.ma.us, O’Neill plans to build 300 units on the land.

In addition to being detrimental to the environment, it is an inconvenient place to build housing, Brownsberger said.

“It is isolated.  It’s not part of any neighborhood,” he said.

“Its out of the town’s hands really.   The developer goes to the zoning board, which can rule on select items, but the zoning board can only set conditions.  And if the developer decides that they are to onerous, they can appeal to the state,” Brownsberger said.

Ellen Mass, President of Friends of Alewife Reservation, said that the O’Neill plan would require the clear cutting of seven acres of the silver maple forest that currently resides on his property.
John R. Walker, who sits on the Board of Directors for Friends of Alewife said the fifteen-acre forest is a significant part of the reservation’s over one hundred acre wetland ecosystem because it is three feet above the floodplain.

“Certain kinds of wildlife depends on having a dry place to live and a wet place to forage,” Walker said.

Mass said 19 identified species of mammals currently make the uplands forest their home.

Attic fire displaces four Norris St. renters

by David Taber

A two-alarm electrical fire early evening Wednesday in the attic apartment of 17 Norris St. sent four from two apartments  looking for a new home.

Residents of attic apartment were sitting in their back yard enjoying the balmy breezes when a passing neighbor told them smoke was pouring out of their windows, said Rachel L. Kohn, who lived in the bottom floor apartment with her fiancé, David.

“We smelled it, but we thought the neighbors were burning leaves,” she said.

The neighbor, K. D. Mernin of Rice Street said she had been walking home from the park with her son at around 5:30 p.m. when heard the fire alarm going off as she passed the house.

“I went around to the back to investigate and I saw they were in the backyard, so I started shouting,” she said. “Smoke was already creeping down the eves.”

None of the four occupants were seriously injured, but David said that he had been treated with oxygen for smoke inhalation after attempting to combat the blaze with a fire extinguisher. “I ran upstairs and there was smoke pouring out of the wall.”

The fire started in the attic’s rear bathroom, said John J. Cotter, the deputy chief of the city’s Fire Department’s Division 2.

Six fire engines, four ladder trucks an emergency rescue truck and two squads of fire fighters and a representative from inspectional services were on the scene, he said.

One of the  attic tenants, Maureen S. Capillo, said all the tenants are in their mid and late twenties.

Capillo said she is staying with friends from her church and that her three co-tenants are also staying with friends.

“You can print this in The Alewife: I do not know if I will live in North Cambridge again, but I will miss Norris Street.  The community has been wonderful,” she said.

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Churchill Ave. resolved; City suspends stay

by David Taber

The Cambridge Historical Commission voted unanimously at its June 1 meeting to accept a proposal by a Roslindale-based developer to rebuild the 148 year-old North Cambridge house he  demolished in March.

"The proposal calls for three units, one which replicates the original structure and two that conform to the same style," said Charles M. Sullivan, executive director of the commission.
Developer Albert J. Benedetti had applied for a renovation permit for the building but had not secured a demolition permit.

The decision suspends a two-year stay of construction the commission imposed in April after area residents informed officials that the house at 56 Churchill Ave. had been demolished, Sullivan said.

The commission must approve the demolition of any structure over fifty years old, said William B. King, the commission chairman.

Sullivan said that approving the proposal gives the Commission oversight on how the project will proceed.

"After two years the owner is free to do what he wants. What we would have gotten would not have been as good as this proposal," he said.

Campbell H. Ellsworth of Cambridge architecture firm Ellsworth Associates, which Benedetti hired to design the new building, said that formal architectural and structural designs will be taken back to the historical commission in the course of the permitting process.

"What the Commission approved was a schematic plan, he has to submit drawings that show that the structure will be a replica and not a cartoon," said Sullivan.

Benedetti said that Cambridge attorney James J. Rafferty and Ellsworth had developed the new plans. "I am pretty much leaving it up to them."

Rafferty said Benedetti hired him to represent him before the Commission after the construction stay was issued April 8.

"I put Mr. Benedetti in touch with Mr. Ellsworth who is a local architect who knows the community. I referred him to Ellsworth because of the high regard I have for him and the work that he has done in Cambridge," he said.

Ellsworth said that he was pleased to be part of the team and that the new design is better than the design Benedetti had initially proposed for his renovations. "I think I did a great job."

"The bottom line is that this is a great design. It will be an asset to the community," he said.

At  their May 22 Cambridge City Council put forward a resolution asking City Manager Robert Healy and relevant department heads to determine if a failure of city oversight allowed the demolition to happen, City Councilor Craig A. Kelley said.

The resolution requests that the city managerto determine the status of the partially demolished building at 56 Churchill Ave.  and the process by which it was partially demolished without appropriate approvals, he said.

Kelley, who proposed the resolution, said he is hoping to get a clearer understanding of what happened from the city manager’s report.

"I don’t know enough about what happened right now to ask specific questions. Hopefully we can figure out a way to make sure this doesn’t happen again," he said.

A World Cup of Joe

by David Taber

When the World Cup kicks off June 9, it will be on the flat screen television at the neighborhood’s newest coffee shop and Red Sox fans will have to accept their place on the pecking order.

“The U.S in the World Cup versus the Red Sox is like the Grand Prix versus Starbucks,” said Peter Georgiou, the owner of the Grand Prix Café at 2257 Massachusetts Ave.

A Red Sox fan, he said the only thing that would preempt the Red Sox would be a Grand Prix auto race or the U.S playing World Cup soccer.

He moved to North Cambridge when he was 17, and became a frequent customer at The Coffee Connection in the Galleria Mall, and then at Café Paradiso in Harvard Square. “I liked both places but when I finally got around to opening my own shop, I created a place that I would go, and this is it, basically.”

“I came to this country from Greece when I was seven. My mother would send me back every summer to learn the culture and the language. All of my grandmother’s friends and my uncle’s friends, my father’s friends, we would all hang around in coffee shops. So its part of my heritage,” he said.

For all the coffee he drank, one cup eluded him, he said. The late Speaker, Thomas P. “Tip” O’Neill Jr., was a regular at the Sunny Corner Farm store, Geogriou worked at through college.

“Tip O’Neill used to come there almost every Sunday to pick up his paper, He always kept telling me we were going to go out and have a coffee one day, unfortunately he passed away before that.”

In their conversations, he said he learned that O’Neill was personally more conservative than his national reputation. “He was a gentleman. He was a big man with an equivalent reputation. He was really a very down to earth gentleman.”

When the Speaker passed away, his widow, Mildred “Millie” O’Neill, sought out Geogriou. “She told me that Tip had always talked about me and wanted to take me for that cup of coffee or a dinner,” he said.

“She apologized to me for him and asked me to come to the funeral, which I did right here at St. John’s,” he said.

Before he opened his own coffee house, Geogriou said he had to have the right man and the right beans.

Caretaker home timeline

[Information taken from report by Sarah L. Burks to Cambridge Historical Commission re: D-1058, 56 Churchill Ave.]

Compiled by David Taber

Alewife Photo by Neil W. McCabe

Mid 1600’s- Road to fish weirs at Alewife brook laid-out. Sections later renamed Churchill Ave, Matignon Ave.

1851- City Almshouse and 32-acre ‘poor farm’, where “Alms House residents cultivated a variety of crops for their own sustenance and for sale to Cambridge markets” built at intersection of Churchill and Matignon.  Almshouse inmates quarry stone for the building from existing ledge on property.   

1858- House at 56 Churchill Ave. built by John Sargent on property known as Teele’s ledge, which he purchased from Ammi C. Teele.  House constructed from stone Sargent quarried from future site of Matignon High School.

1860- Sargent sells house and quarry to City of Cambridge.  House becomes residence of quarry foreman and “subsequent employees” of the almshouse.

1883-1917- House occupied by William Maloney, who throughout the years served as teamster and gateman at the almshouse and then as foreman of almshouse offal production department.

1899- Having accounted for over 25 percent of the overall income of the almshouse in the 1880’s and 1890’s, almshouse quarry is shut down due to complaints from nearby Somerville residents.

1917- House at 56 Churchill briefly occupied by Thomas Maloney, William Maloney’s son, who served as watchman at the almshouse.  Subsequently occupied by Jeremiah J. Shea and his wife Hannah. Shea was foreman at the almshouse (by then called the City
Home).

1900-1920-Many almshouse buildings taken down by city, farm abandoned, land sold off for development. 

1920’s- State run orphanages and mental hospitals along with cash grants for poor relief, replace almshouse system, remaining elderly residents at City Almshouse moved to new city facility on Concord Avenue (now Neville Manor).

1927- Almshouse and adjacent property including poor farm, quarry and house at 56 Churchill, sold to Archdiocese of Boston.

1928- Almshouse remodeled to serve as parish school

1946- Matignon High School built.

2005- Archdiocese sells sub-divided parcel, including house at 56 Churchill Ave., to Albert J. Benedetti.

March 2006- Benedetti demolishes house a 56 Churchill Ave.

CHC stays caretaker home construction two years.

by David Taber

Alewife Photos by Neil W. McCabe

The Cambridge Historical Commission at its April 8 meeting voted unanimously to issue a two-year stay of construction against a developer for his illegal demolision of  a 148-year old building at 56 Churchill Ave.

“We do not usually have to face the consequences of failure to abide by the statute,” said William King, the commission chairman.   

According to a CHC report, written by Sarah L. Burks, a CHC staffer, Cambridge Inspectional Services issued a stop work order against developer Albert J. Benedetti March 10 for conducting a demolition without a permit. 

A resident of Churchill Avenue had informed the CHC two days earlier that the house that had stood at 56 Churchill Ave.  since 1858 was razed to the ground, the Burks report said.

Under city statute, before a demolition permit is issued for any building over 50 years old, the CHC must determine whether the has ‘Preferably Preserved’ status, King said.

The status amounts to a de facto design review, he said.

Benedetti had secured a permit in February to conduct extensive renovation on the house, but according to the Burks report, as of March 8, the remaining fabric of the building included only the first floor portions of the north (front) and east walls, three floor beams, four windows, and an aluminum hood over the front entrance.

The demolition delay ordinance, which Cambridge adopted in the 1980’s, states if, prior to the issuing of a demolition permit, the CHC finds that it would be preferable to preserve a property they have the power to halt construction for up to six months and until all city permits have been granted, King said.

In cases where developers fail to come before the commission, the CHC has the power to block construction on the property in question for up to two years, he said.

The commission has issued two-year stays, four or five times within the last 25 years, said Charles Sullivan, the commission’s executive director.

Benedetti’s original renovation proposal, filed with the city in January, called for the removal of the roof and entire second floor and the addition of  a new full height second floor and new roof with the gable end facing the street, the Burks report said. 

Sullivan said he was not happy the renovation proposal was not flagged as requiring demolition before his renovation permit was issued. 

“They did not require a demolition permit to remove the roof and the question is, why not?” he asked.

King said he was disappointed that the definition of demolition seems to have changed in the last few years.

“Previously, the removal of one full plane of a structure has constituted demolition," he said.

“I have been disappointed in the last three or so years because the building department appears to have altered the definition of demolition,” he said.

“There is not a full, comprehensive definition of demolition,” said Ranjit Sinaganayagam, the city’s inspectional services director.

Removing a roof used to be considered demolition, but it changed because people remove roofs for various reasons, because of water damage and other things, he said.

Singanayagam said as he understood it, the renovation permit was for interior work only.

Regardless of what permit he should have been required to acquire, testifying before the CHC, Benedetti said he never intended for the house to be demolished. 

“I was running around on Saturday and Monday.  I got there on Tuesday morning and that’s how I found it,” he said.

“I was so disappointed because I just wanted to renovate it.  The bank didn’t give me enough money to take this building down,” Benedetti said.

The blame belongs to the Pinto construction company, who he had subcontracted the renovation work too, he said.

“You are saying Mr. Pinto made decisions without you?” Sullivan asked.

Churchill Ave. caretaker's house shell game

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