While growing up in Randolph, Simmonds used to play at Belcher Park, the home of the new playground. He graduated from Randolph High School in 2004 and eventually became a Boston police officer.
The playground, unveiled in a plan last year but delayed by the pandemic, was a joint effort by Randolph town officials and the Where Angels Play Foundation. The Randolph Town Council donated $20,000 to make the project happen. It tells our children that police work is important work and has great value to it, Randolph Planning Director Michelle Tyler said. And we were hoping that that’s something of a message that kids will pull away from this playground.
RANDOLPH In the fall, a new playground was supposed to be built in Randolph in memory of native son DJ Simmonds, a Boston police officer who was injured during the hunt for the Boston Marathon bombers in 2013 died from those injuries the following year.
But the worsening pandemic scrapped those plans as the nonprofit organization from New Jersey, which was donating the project, could not make the trip and piece the equipment together at Belcher Park in October as planned.
But the Where Angels Play Foundation and Randolph residents will piece together the delayed playground during a two-day project beginning at 9 a.m. May 13 and 14, with a ribbon-cutting planned for 11 a.m. Saturday, May 15.
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In the fall, a new playground was supposed to be built in Randolph in memory of native son DJ Simmonds, a Boston police officer who was injured during the hunt for the Boston Marathon bombers in 2013, and dying from those injuries the following year.
But the worsening pandemic scrapped those plans as the non-profit organization from New Jersey, which was donating the project, could not make the trip and piece the equipment together at Belcher Park in October, as planned.
But the Where Angels Play Foundation and Randolph residents will piece together the delayed playground during a two-day project beginning at 9 a.m. May 13-14, with a ribbon-cutting planned for 11 a.m. Saturday, May 15.
Bob Michelson
Special to the Journal & Sun
Codman Square Health Center (CSHC), a federally qualified community health center located in Dorchester, is seeking to partner with Randolph Public Schools on a competitive grant to establish a school-based health center (SBHC) at Randolph High School.
The Health Resource Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued a competitive request for proposals to expand school-based centers, and Codman Square Health Center wants to apply for one of these two-year grants to establish one at Randolph High School, according to Randolph Town Planner, Michelle Tyler.
Randolph Town Council unanimously approved sending a letter of support, 8-0-0, with councilor Christos Alexopoulos not present during the vote.
Bob Michelson
Christopher M. Pellitteri is taking a job the next town over.
Pellitteri, who was the Holbrook DPW superintendent the last three years, now will head the DPW in Randolph. The town council approved Town Manager Brian Howard s choice earlier this month. This was a decision that is the best for myself and my family, Pellitteri said. I enjoyed working for the residents of Holbrook and look forward to doing the same for the residents of Randolph. I see this position in Randolph as a new challenge for me.”
He will start his official duties for the vacant position May 4, although Howard said he expects he will try to stop in to get up to speed before that date.