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Mission Hill Main Streets 8th Annual Community Picnic, 2-5pm, Sat., Aug 30, Sheehy Park. MHMS needs volunteers to assist with this event. Info: Christine@missionhillmainstreets.org/427-7399
Meet the Democratic Candidates Night, state senate candidates, Dianne Wilkerson (in-cumbent) and Sonia Chang-Diaz; US Senate candidates John Kerry (incumbent) and Ed Reilly; state Rep. Jeffrey Sánchez; and City Councilor Mike Ross on behalf of Democ-ratic presidential candidate Barak Obama, have been invited to the Ward 10 Democratic Committee Candidates' night, Mon., Sept 8, 6:30-8:30pm, Parks Community Building, Mission Park, 2 New Whitney St. Info: Galen Gilbert, 935-1667.
Mission Hill Road Race, a 5k road race and walk to benefit the Kevin W. Fitzgerald Park. Registration-$8, day of race-$20. Sat., Sept 20, registration opens 8:30am, walk starts 9:30am, run starts 10am, Kevin W. Fitzgerald Park, St. Alphonsus St. Info: 566-6565.
Business as Usual: New Video from China, presents work by Cao Fei and Yang Fudong, two of the most prominent video artists working in contemporary China. Videos portray the emergent new Chinese middle class. Aug. 18-Sept. 27, MassArt, Sandra and David Bakalar Gallery, 621 Huntington Avenue. Info: 879-7333.
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Aug. 22, 2008
Senator challenged in Sept. 16 election
The race for the local 2nd Suffolk District state Senate seat likely will be decided in the Sept. 16 Democratic primary election.
Eight-term incumbent Dianne Wilkerson is facing a challenge from Jamaica Plain activist Sonia Chang-Diaz. In 2006, Chang-Diaz also ran against Wilkerson, winning Mission Hill but losing district-wide.
Chang-Diaz and Wilkerson are both progressives with nearly identical political views. Virtually the only debated issue, both in 2006 and now, is Wilkerson's decade-long history of financial scandals. Last month, Wilkerson acknowledged that she violated campaign finance reporting laws in 2000-04 and agreed to pay a $10,000 fine. [See related article.]
Teen charged with shooting 7-year-old
A Hyde Park teenager has been charged with firing the stray bullet that wounded a 7-year-old boy during a June 30 shootout on Tremont Street.
Richard Penha, 18, pleaded innocent to multiple charges, including assault with intent to murder. He was held on $75,000 bail after his arraignment last month. He was also wounded during the shooting.
The 7-year-old victim was identified as Brandon Guerrero by Caeli Bourbeau, a family friend and Guerrero's Little League coach. Guerrero is reportedly recovering from the gunshot wound.
Rethinking Calumet Square
Resident does urban design pro bono
Steve Nutter has a problem with Calumet Square and a plan to deal with it—a plan that has generated the interest of City Councilor Mike Ross and the Community Alliance for Mission Hill (CAMH).
The Square, at the intersection of Calumet and St. Alphonsus streets, is too big, he said. "It's a giant piece of asphalt in the middle of the neighborhood."
Currently, a rounded edge on the southwest side of the intersection, where Calumet Street turns left create a large asphalt triangle. That encourages speeding and makes for a tricky pedestrian crossing, Nutter said.
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