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Fenway’s own “Maestro” bringing music to local parks this summer
By Kaileigh Higgins Weekdays you can catch Ricardo Slevira walking along Queensbury Street with his violin on his back and a skip in his step on his way home from teaching at Boston Latin School. Slevira, a longtime Fenway resident better known to his students as “Maestro,” has spent most of his career sharing his [...]
Longtime Fenway Resident Moving On…
Cenester Brown – Image byMatti Kniva Spencer BY MATTI KNIVA SPENCER Cenester Brown, a 30-year resident of the West Fens, is embarking on a new journey. Brown has found a new home in Norwood, closer to her job at Rugged Bear Company Outer Kids clothing store, in Norwood, where she has worked as a data [...]
Newcomer Nan Fuller Knits Herself into Fabric of the West Fens
Nan Fuller Models Some of HerCreations at the Peterborough SeniorCenter – Image by Matti Kniva Spencer BY MATTI KNIVA SPENCER The Peterborough Senior Center, located at 42 Peterborough Street and one of West Fenway’s hidden treasures, provides its clients with fullfilling activities and skilled people to introduce them. One such person is Nan Fuller, a [...]
Street Name Honors Family’s Quiet Philanthropy
Mary Hemenway, painted by JohnSinger Sargent in 1890. Image fromjohnsingersargent.org BY ELIZABETH GILLIS What do a sugar plantation in Cuba and ladies’ feathered hats have to do with the Fenway? Augustus Hemenway, Sr., worked his way up from a sparse childhood to owning eight large ships. He also owned a Maine township from which he [...]
Canada Geese – Used to Be Endangered Species
Canada Geese Starting the Digestive Process for Manufacturing Goose Poop.Photo taken near the War Memorial in July 2009 by Scott Grover BY STEPHEN BROPHY We have one of the most beautiful parks in the country running through the middle of the neighborhood, but in the past few decades a flock of Canada geese has settled [...]
Clydesides – September 2009
Clyde Whalen, enjoying life at the Peterborough Senior CenterImage by Matti Kniva Spencer By Clyde Whalen The big difference between radio and television deals, not in sound, but in sight. On radio you don’t have to worry about how you look. In television you do. On radio the audience can’t see what physical mistakes you [...]
Woody Woodward, Rainbow Warrior
BY MARGARET E. WITHAM Her Chinese name was Dola…the Chinese version of Donna, but she was Woody to many, especially the folks at the Women’s Lunch Place. She made sure the guests got the coffee urn she had somehow acquired. She always lent a hand by transporting donated items from the Fenway Friends of the [...]
Remember Buzzie – Rename His Square
“Buzzie” Buswell, from My Company, by Carol Judson Swann, published in 1918 by Katherine Greenough Recently, Reverend Larry Showalter of the Ruggles Baptist Church called to ask if I knew anything about the sign in front of the church stating that the intersection of Park Drive and Beacon Street is “Elmer N. Bushwell Square”. I [...]
Happy Birthday, Clyde!
Clyde Whalen, enjoying life at the Peterborough Senior CenterImage by Matti Kniva Spencer MAKING UP JOKES, MAKING PEOPLE SMILE…By Mikhail Khazin (For Clyde Whalen’s 90th birthday) At his respectable age Clyde Whalen hasn’t stop working, communicating, being friendly with people, being actively involved in many life problems of the Fenway neighborhood, of Boston and the [...]
PCAs – Helping People, Needing Help
By Daniella Iervolino John Kelly and Maureen Cancemi have lived in Boston since 1982 and 1993 respectively, both with severe disabilities that inhibit their ability to get around the city. They are part of a Personal Care Attendant (PCA) Program that provides them with help they need to accomplish everyday activities. “What Maureen and I [...]