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Roxbury voters backed Clinton
Dearth of black voter support for Sanders mirrors nation-wide trend By YAWU MILLER
In a pattern that has been repeated at the national level, voters in Boston’s predominantly black and Latino neighborhoods voted overwhelmingly for former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in last week’s Democratic primary, giving her margins as high as 80 percent in some precincts while white voters backed Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders in larger number. Citywide, Clinton won 57 percent to 41 percent for Sanders. While more than 50 percent of Boston residents are people of color, in Massachusetts as a whole, whites make up 83 percent of the
population. Accordingly, statewide results were much closer, with Clinton claiming a 50 percent share of the 1.2 million votes cast in the Democratic primary and Sanders willing 48.7 percent. Clinton’s wins, concentrated in and around the state’s largest cities, turned largely on the heavy support she won from black and Latino voters. In Lawrence, a city that is more than 70 percent Latino, Clinton won by a 70 percent margin. In Boston’s predominantly black Ward 12, Sanders won just 29 percent of the votes to Clinton’s 70 percent. But in Ward 6, which is sited in the predominantly white
See PRIMARY, page 20
Council cautious on BRA urban renewal request By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
The Boston Redevelopment Authority appeared before the city council during a recent public hearing to request a ten-year extension of its urban renewal powers, set to expire in April. City councilors were largely lukewarm to the proposal. Urban renewal comprises several powers, the most controversial of which is the ability to seize land by eminent domain. In an attempt to combat years of mistrust engendered in many communities subjected to urban renewal, the BRA spent the past year conducting
community outreach to build support for their request. In Dec. 2015, the BRA board of directors unanimously voted to seek extension and in Feb. 2016, Mayor Martin Walsh threw his support behind them, urging councilors to vote for the extension.
Urban revenue
Brian Golden, director of the BRA, presented urban renewal as an important driver of the city’s economy and funder of its public services. Golden told the council that renewal powers are critical to
See URBAN RENEWAL, page 16
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Councilor Michael Flaherty (left) questioned city and BRA representatives. Councilor Bill Linehan (right) convened the hearing.
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Youths poured across Boston Common in a student-organized protest that called for better funding for BPS.
BPS mass walkout: Kids protest cuts Students testify at state charter cap lift hearing By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
Thousands of Boston Public School students walked out of school on Monday and marched on the State House to protest the expected budget shortfall that would cause cuts to classes, teachers and programs. Students from schools throughout BPS came together, chanting slogans such as “Student power!” and “No education? No way!” Estimates put BPS’s budget shortfall at $38-50 million. “Because we don’t have the right to vote, this [protest] is our way,” Isabelle Doerre, a sophomore at Boston Latin School, told the Banner. She said some of the favorite teachers at BLS are
in their first year, making them likely to be cut. Luisa DaSilva, a grade 10 student at Community Academy of Science and Health, said the school likely will lose its guidance counselors, student government and basketball team. “We have a lot riding on this [budget decision],” she said. Approximately 35 students broke away to join an ongoing Joint Committee on Education hearing on a bill that would raise the charter cap, while the rest of the students marched to Faneuil Hall to demonstrate before the mayor and governor at a press conference.
Cap lift costs
Students Savina Tapia and Edward Tapia spoke before the
Joint Committee against a proposal to raise the cap on charter schools. The proposed bill — An Act to Allow Fair Access to Public Charter Schools — would allow the state Board of Elementary and Secondary Education each fiscal year to approve up to 12 additional Commonwealth charter schools and/or additional seats. The bill would allow for additional enrollment at charter schools that could comprise up to 1 percent of total statewide public school enrollment in a given year. Charter school expansions draw funding from district schools, and many at the hearing said that proposals to increase charter seats at a time when BPS
See WALKOUT, page 6
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Charter waitlists: Cap effect overstated? By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
The dispute over charter waitlists heightened last week as Citizens for Public Schools, a public education advocacy organization that opposes lifting the charter cap, issued a new assessment of the demand for charter schools. CPS asserts that the actual number of students who seek charter seats and would have greater access to them if the cap is lifted is vastly lower than that cited by charter proponents. Soon after, State Auditor Suzanne Bump and the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education weighed in. The number of children waiting to get into charter schools continues to be a rallying cry for proponents of lifting the cap. “More than 34,000 kids” are on waitlists for the states’ charters, according to “Fact Check: Public Charter Schools in Massachusetts,” a website launched by a group of charter proponents including Race to the Top Coalition, the Massachusetts Charter Public School Association, the Boston Charter Alliance, the Massachusetts High Tech Council and Great Schools Massachusetts. According to Citizens for Public Schools, if the cap is lifted, the actual number of students with greater access to charter seats is vastly smaller than that: only 15,000 students. The Office of the State Auditor also said in its statement that the waitlist counts issued by DESE are likely too large by at least several thousand entries, but did not estimate what a more accurate count would be. “We believe that over-statement of the waitlist [count] persists,” OSA’s statement said. When the Department of Secondary and Elementary Education released the 34,000 figure last month, it cautioned that the number likely overstates demand.
Unused seats
According to Citizens for Public Schools, if the cap was lifted, approximately 20,000 of the 34,000 waitlisted students are not enrolled at charters for reasons unrelated to the cap. This, CPS’s report states, is either because the seats exist and have not been filled, or because the seats could be created under the current cap, but have not yet been. “If [these students] were not
offered seats in charter schools, it is either because DESE has not approved as many seats as the current cap permits, or because charter schools have not filled their vacant seats,” CPS’s analysis states. A contributing factor: Charter schools are not required to fill all empty seats, should a student leave the school. It was not until 2010 that the state required charter schools to backfill empty seats, yet this law did not apply to all seats, said Hareen Chernow, former member of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education. Charter schools now are required to admit students to fill empty seats through the first half of their grade span, and high schools are required only to backfill grade 9. The schools do not have to fill vacancies after Feb. 15, she said. However, a likely larger factor is that some schools are still growing. When permission is granted to create a new charter school or expand an existing one, the charter school’s administrators may choose to add one grade each year, gradually building up to the full enrollment level allowed. In this case, the actual enrollment at the school may fall below its stated “maximum enrollment,” because the latter number reflects all possible seats, including those that have yet to be created. In its statement, the state auditor’s office said that 45 Commonwealth charters seem to be operating below their authorized full capacities. The statement acknowledged that this could be because during a school’s early years, it may not have built up enough to serve its full capacity and that, if this the case, waitlist counts at those schools reflect seats already provided for under the current cap. The OSA estimated there may be approximately 4,000 “unused” seats at charter schools. “If those 45 Commonwealth charter schools are operating at less-than-full capacity while still reporting waitlists, waitlist counts could theoretically be reduced,” the statement read.
waitlist numbers provided by DESE include not just students waitlisted at Commonwealth charters, but also student waitlisted at in-district Horace Mann charters. In the words of State Auditor Suzanne Bump’s office “mixing the two is misleading.” Lumping the two waitlists together obscures the demand for a spending cap lift, because it would not affect the Horace Mann waitlists. CPS reports that Horace Mann schools account for 2,700 waitlist entries. Dom Slowey, media contact for Massachusetts Public Charter School Association, said several districts have hit their charter seat limit. This includes Boston, Holyoke, Fall River, Cambridge, Somerville, North Adams, Greenfield, Malden and Lawrence, he said, adding that Chelsea does not have enough room under it to make adding a school there viable. He said the exact size of the waitlist is not as important as the indication that there is strong demand for more charter seats. “There are still tens of thousands of kids on the waitlists. It’s still hell for most parents, because
ON THE WEB CPS analysis: http://www.citizensfor publicschools.org/charter-schools/docu mentation-supporting-cps-statement-on-char ter-school-waitlist-numbers/ Auditor’s statement: http://www.mass. gov/auditor/docs/issues/030416-charterschools.pdf?platform=hootsuite DESE charter counts/cap limits: http:// www.doe.mass.edu/charter/factsheet.pdf Boston Foundation Study: http://eco nomics.mit.edu/files/9248 they have very limited chance of getting their kids into charters, because there are very few seats and there are caps preventing the growths of charters,” he said. According to a MASPC press release, more than 13,000 children have entered there names for approximately 1,400 seats in this year’s charter lottery.
Accepting admission
In its report of waitlist numbers, DESE warned that the figure is likely higher than actual demand. This is in part because some schools retain students on their waitlists for multiple years, without requiring demonstration of continued interest, DESE’s report stated. DESE also noted that presence on a waitlist does not indicate a student will necessarily choose to accept admission. The Boston Foundation studied sixth and ninth graders who
applied to charter schools between school year 2009-2010 and SY 2012-2014. According to the study, about two-third of the middle school applicants accepted at a charter schools chose to attend, and about 40 percent of high school applicants chose to accept charter schools’ admission offers. The report suggested that one reason students may not take up the offers is that those who were accept from the waitlist may receive the admission offer after they have already made plans to attend another school and do not desire to change at that point. “Late offers may contribute to low acceptance rates, as many families have already accepted another option,” the report states. In the Boston Public School system, children can enter up to three waitlists for their top-choice schools. The Boston Foundation study reported that while 85.6 percent of the students who were offered admission off the waitlist for their first-choice BPS school accepted the offer, only 20.1 percent of waitlisted students accepted admission offers from charter schools. Former ESE board member Chernow noted that it is difficult to determine the significance of the charter waitlist numbers— whether is 34,000 or 15,000 — without information on how they compare to waitlists at BPS schools.
Protesters urge ‘Be a champ not a chump’ at MBTA fare rally
District caps
There is a cap limiting the amount each district can spend on Commonwealth charter schools — essentially restricting the number of seats the schools can offer. The
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TRU protesters, dressed as boxers representing solutions that fill the MBTA budget gap without raising fares, urge the FMCB to “be a champ, not a chump” and vote against fare increases.
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Boston considers more diversified, connected transit future ON THE WEB
By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
The team behind Imagine Boston 2030 issued a report last week that outlines the four goals that will guide its citywide planning. They are: “provide quality of life in accessible neighborhoods; drive inclusive economic growth; promote a healthy environment and adapt to climate change; and invest in infrastructure, open space and culture.” Woven into all of these is the question of transportation. As the city considers how to further these goals, it will need to make important planning decisions around mobility. The report, “Guiding Growth: Towards an Inclusive City,” identifies the need to connect residents with locations of economic or educational opportunities, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide reliable transit to all neighborhoods. “You can bring things closer to where people are living now, bring residential opportunities closer to where jobs and education opportunities are or make it easier to get there through infrastructure investments,” said Sara Myerson, executive director of Imagine Boston 2030. Imagine Boston continues to gather resident feedback and assess needs and wants as it brings greater specificity to its vision. Future actions will involve identifying strategies and funding sources.
Boston’s cars
Currently, traffic in the city slows by an average of about 15 percent during peak times, according to a report by Go Boston 2030, a transit-focused planning initiative that is coordinating with Imagine Boston 2030. On highways such as I-93 and Route 1, morning commute slows by as much as 60 percent, the Go Boston report stated. As Boston grows, managing traffic could become a major concern. In April 2010, there were approximately 198,000 passenger vehicles registered in Boston, according to a Massachusetts Vehicle Census conducted by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council. This amounts to approximately 0.78 vehicles per household,
Guiding Growth Report: http://imagine. boston.gov/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/ Guiding-Growth-Towards-an-Inclusive-City.pdf Go Boston 2030 currently works closely with the MBTA, Brown said, and several MBTA members are on its team.
Interconnected neighborhoods
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Mayor Martin Walsh announced new city planning goals at a kick-off event for the Imagine Boston 2030 Street Team (right). The ten-person group is charged with soliciting community member’s wants for the future. MAPC Data Services Director Tim Reardon said. At the same time that Boston’s population is growing, the average household size is declining, according to the Walsh administration’s “Housing a Changing City: Boston 2030” report. If the vehicle-to-household ratio remains constant, the effect on the roads could be significant. By 2030, the city is expected to have 20 percent more households, according to “Housing a Changing City.”
Demand for options
The growing population and household counts could portend a greater crush of cars on the road. But, some said, the city could head this off by facilitating alternative travel options. “There is a lot of pent-up interest in biking or walking,” said Rafael Mares, vice president and director of Healthy Communities and Environmental Justice for the Conservation Law Foundation. He said that young people have showed lower interest in driving, a trend that could be tapped into if opportunities are provided. “Fewer and fewer young people are getting driver’s licenses,” he said. “Driving is declining faster than Boston is growing,” Go Boston 2030’s latest report states, adding that individual driving rates dropped 10 percent in the
last decade. Goals set forth by Go Boston call for increasing the number of commutes taken by public transit, bicycle and by foot, and halving the number of commuters who drive alone to work.
Low-car mentality
According to its “Guiding Growth” report, Imagine Boston 2030 is exploring strategies to “improve bike, pedestrian, bus and train mobility, better connect Boston’s neighborhoods and encourage Bostonians to take more trips on public transit.” One way the city can work toward transit goals is by assuming in its development plans that people will be using diverse transportation methods — not just cars, Alice Brown, project manager for Go Boston 2030, said. In part, this can mean building sufficient sidewalk space and timing crosswalk lights to allow frequent pedestrian movement. The city also can create protected bikeways and build off-road cycle paths. Designing projects that presume people will get there by car often has the effect of making it so, Reardon said. “If we’re building a new development predicated on people driving to it, then we’ll have more traffic,” he said. Reardon pointed to a proposed construction at Tremont Crossing
that would have an 800-car parking lot: “That’s the kind of land use that will generate a lot of traffic in the area. It’d be possible to put other land use there and create far less parking because it is one of most accessible areas in the city.” In locations where public transit options are available nearby, developers could encourage people to use it by buliding less parking, he said. “[Planning for 2030] is not just about how many people and how many households, but how we’re building for that,” he said.
Public transit
Although the city does not control the MBTA — and thus subways, buses and drivers — it does control the streets the buses go down, and can allot space on the roads and time traffic lights to improve their service. To promote public transit, the city can designate separate bus lanes or queuing boxes at intersections to allow buses to get ahead of the line, Reardon said. Other options include traffic signals that prioritize buses. Speaking at an event last week announcing Imagine Boston’s goals, Mayor Martin Walsh said restoring late night services to the MBTA “will be vital to 2030,” and said now is a time to consider how to strengthen and increase ridership on the T.
The Guiding Growth report also cited a need for better connecting neighborhoods. In many cases, Mares said, someone taking public transit has to go downtown and then back out in order to get to an adjacent neighborhood, and many low-income areas and communities of color lack sufficient transportation. While the city has yet to make any concrete plans, Brown said, some ideas for better linking neighborhoods have been suggested or could be drawn from other cities. Brown said she had heard a suggestion for introducing shuttles that would link areas of Roxbury and Jamaica Plain — for instance between destinations such as a grocery store and a library. Another idea: Features could be introduced to improve the experience of walking between neighborhoods. For instance, Brown said, PLAN Dot Ave tackles the stretch of Dorchester Avenue Corridor between Andrew and Broadway. While the path is only a mile long, it can feel like two or three to someone walking, because the area is industrial and not a welcoming atmosphere, she said. Inclusion of stores, benches, parks and other amenities along the way could change that tone she said. There are plans in place to change zoning so that it is easier to diversity land use and make it more engaging. State Rep. Russell Holmes, cochair of the Go Boston 2030 advisory committee, said his planning focus is on targeting existing “transit deserts” and resolving inequalities for the people who currently live in the city, before those predicted to move into the city over the next 14 years. Go Boston 2030 is expected to release its recommendations this August, Holmes said. Imagine Boston 2030 is scheduled to begin drafting strategies in May.
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Corporations: Inanimate criminals Americans do not readily accept the idea that a corporation is a person. A corporation does not breathe and eat and think like a human being, but over the years, U.S. courts have attributed more human rights and qualities to corporations. This legal device suits the wealthy who own the capital stock of corporations, but progressives have begun to challenge the concept. In the beginning, one of the reasons for incorporation was to facilitate commerce. At the time of the industrial revolution, business titans had to put all of their assets at risk. This liability also made it difficult to raise capital. Establishing a business enterprise as a corporation solved several problems. First of all, only the assets of the business would be at risk and not the personal wealth of the principals. Secondly, the issuance of shares of stock could easily determine the ownership interests of the principals. As time went by, the courts gave corporations more rights, including some of the 14th Amendment protections formerly available only to living and breathing human beings. Court cases arose regarding the proper jurisdiction for corporations and the improper seizure by the government of corporate property. Two recent cases have extended the anthropomorphization of the corporation to levels that many Americans consider to be excessive. In Citizens United v. FEC, the U.S. Supreme Court held that corporations have the same constitutional right as human beings to exercise free speech and contribute to political campaigns. In Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, the U.S. Supreme Court even extended a corporation’s First Amendment rights. The court held that corporations could act on the religious opposition of its owners and refuse to provide contraception coverage to their employees as
required by the Affordable Care Act. While all of these attributes of the corporation as created by the courts seem to be excessive to many people, there is one characterization that is patently unjust. In the financial and business world, corporations are found to be in violation of regulations or even guilty of criminal activity. But a corporation is a legal fiction, incapable of doing anything. Only its shareholders or employees can carry on its business affairs. Nonetheless, the perpetrators are not found to be employees of the offending corporation but rather the corporation itself is guilty. The penalty for such offenses is usually a fine. The fines are not trivial. According to a CNBC report a year ago, banks and financial institutions paid more than $150 billion in penalties, fines and settlements in 2015. The charges include fraud, money laundering, tax evasion and corrupt mortgage investment. Yet, with violations of this magnitude, not one bank CEO has been made to do the perp walk, in handcuffs, out of the executive suite. Not one has been branded as a felon. Not only are the offending executives not criminally charged, they earn lavish salaries for their services to the bank. And the multimillion dollar fines are paid from funds that should go to pay dividends to investors. It is good to remember that all of those who own stock are not fabulously wealthy. Many working people save their money in investment funds to provide for their retirement. The wealthy can use the corporate shield to protect them from personal liability for criminal conduct. However, the less affluent can have their opportunities destroyed because of criminal records for petty offenses. America has to remedy its discriminatory criminal justice system. A first step is to limit the legal concept of the corporation. The nation’s focus should be on the rights and welfare of real human beings.
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Erratum In the March 3 story, Parcel 8 expected to move this year,” the Banner erroneously cited Nuestra Comunidad as the developer of Parcel 3. Nuestra Comunidad is, in fact, developing Bartlett Yard.
Parent pressure With students, parents and teachers from the Boston Pub-
lic Schools demonstrating with increasing frequency, I think it’s safe to say Boston’s Mayor Marin J. Walsh is facing an important leadership test. So far, his response to the pleas and protests has been to dig in his heels. Whether the budget cuts ultimately amount to $30 million or $50 million, Walsh is acting like the political pressure he’s been
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What do you think of Donald Trump’s lead in the Republican primaries?
By LEE A. DANIELS Donald Trump is steaming toward the Republican Party’s presidential nomination, scattering in his wake the campaign wreckage of the GOP establishment’s once-celebrated paladins, Jeb Bush, Chris Christie and Marco Rubio — and perhaps the GOP itself. And, while he’s at it, he’s vilely trashing the “old-fashioned” conventions of decency of language that once especially characterized contests for the Presidency — leading Rubio and Ted Cruz into ugly verbal brawls better suited for red-light district street corners. Last week the Republicans’ last two presidential nominees, Mitt Romney and John McCain, denounced Trump. But even that won’t stop Trump from marching into this summer’s Republican Party convention in an extremely favorable position. That’s because the fundamental force behind Trump’s takeover of the GOP isn’t Trump but the voters supporting him. Would it be appropriate at this point to dust off that old metaphor “barbarians at the gate?” Actually, “barbarians” have had charge of the GOP for decades. In fact, it’s their trashing of numerous traditions of American politics, along with several conservative-engineered Supreme Court decisions, that have enabled Trump and his mob, with their far cruder manners, to be hollering now for the old barbarians’ heads. What the latter didn’t realize these past eight years was that in spending so much energy building an indiscriminate united front against President Obama, they let into their very small “Big Tent” several different forces that began to shred steadily that tent’s canvas walls. That point was starkly illustrated by several distinct but related events leading up to and including the March 1 Super Tuesday primaries. Chris Christie’s stunning endorsement of Trump, coming just weeks after Christie was lambasting him on the campaign trail, seemed to bespeak not only his own excruciating humiliation but the party’s weakness, too. Trump showed just how much things have changed on primary night. Along with the smiles and light-hearted bantering with the media he displayed at a news conference at his palatial Florida estate came unmistakable signs that his meanness and dictator-like impulses are becoming more and more pronounced. Then, the target was Paul Ryan, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the party’s 2012 vice-presidential nominee, and a man who clearly plans a future run for the White House. Earlier that day Ryan had criticized Trump’s despicable evasion during a Sunday television talk show interview of forthrightly condemning the Ku Klux Klan. The ludicrous episode had garnered substantial media attention and driven at least one Republican Senator and Representative to announce they wouldn’t vote for Trump if he wins the nomination. Ryan weighed in on their side, saying anyone who “wants to be the nominee of the Republican Party ... must reject any group or cause that is built on bigotry.” That night, Trump, asked by a reporter for a response, was belligerent. “Paul Ryan,” he declared, “I don’t know him well, but I’m sure I’m going to get along great with him. And if I don’t, he’s going to have to pay a big price. OK?” Trump didn’t explain why he took offense at Ryan’s stating a would-be presidential candidate shouldn’t be accepting endorsements from racists. Nor exactly what the “big price” Ryan would be paying if he ever dared cross “President” Trump. But it’s likely that, first, Trump was declaring that his election victories meant that now he, not Ryan nor Mitch McConnell, the Senate Majority Leader, is the true head of the party. Secondly, Trump wanted to squelch any further focus on his relationship to overt white supremacists because he knows that bigotry is the fundamental basis of his appeal. The “old” Republican racism was couched in code words and phrases. Trump’s campaign, however, from its beginning has been awash in overt expressions of racism and, increasingly, a menacing sense of barely-contained violence. It’s true America’s never had a major-party candidate like this. But for all of Trump’s posing as a “populist,” he has the same attitude toward his supporters as the segregationist Democrats of the Jim Crow era did toward their constituencies. That is that the only group he holds in more contempt than black Americans, Mexicans, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, Jewish Americans, Muslim Americans, veterans who fought in Southeast Asia and in the Gulf War, First Nations peoples, Chris Christie, Democrats, and the Republican Party itself, is them.
Lee A. Daniels’ collection of columns, “Race Forward: Facing America’s Racial Divide in 2014,” is available at www.amazon.com.
I think we’re all doomed. He’s racist, and I think he will be the next president. The question is how many of his followers are as evil as he is.
I think people must not be thinking clearly. He’s definitely not for the poor and the middle class. He’s just saying what he’ll do. He’s not telling people how he’ll do things.
I’m not too pleased with that. He’s not a good candidate. Listen to the way he talks. I don’t think he can run the country.
Roland Murray
Marjorie Smith Cameron
Melissa Wright
Cook Roxbury
If he’s president, I’m packing my bags and leaving. He doesn’t treat people well. He doesn’t like black people.
Margaret Nursing Dorchester
Business Owner Brockton
He doesn’t like African Americans. Why should anyone vote for him?
Lena Douglas Chef Roxbury
Secretary Roxbury
I think his lead is based on his wise cracks. He never says what exactly he’s going to do. The folks who are voting for him are just as racist as he is.
Drew
Self-Employed Dorchester
IN THE NEWS
SHAUN BLUGH & LAUREN JONES Mayor Martin J. Walsh last week announced the appointments of Shaun Blugh as director of Growth Strategies and Lauren Jones as director of Business Strategy under the Economic Development Cabinet. Blugh’s responsibilities as director of Growth Strategies will include creating and executing a comprehensive strategy to attract new businesses in emerging industries across Boston’s diverse neighborhoods and pursuing new business leads, among others. Blugh joined Mayor Walsh’s administration in December 2015 as the city’s first chief diversity officer. In this position, he released the first-ever Workforce Profile Report to transparently examine the racial and gender makeup of Boston’s municipal employee base, and led the Diversity and Inclusion Team in their work to diversify city leadership, staff and members of boards and commissions. Blugh also
worked on developing a diversity dashboard that builds on the information made available in the Workforce Profile Report. Prior to joining the city, Blugh worked for the IMB Development Corporation. At IMB, Blugh conducted research on various industry sectors across the country in his role as director of Due Diligence. As director of Business Strategy, Jones will be focused on retaining existing businesses, engaging the Boston business community and working in partnership with the director of Growth Strategies to strengthen Boston for growth as a place to do business in the national and international markets. Jones started with the Economic Development Cabinet as deputy director of Business Strategy and served as an important member of the team that worked with General Electric. Over the past two years, Jones
has led key initiatives for the Walsh administration, including the Mayor’s Summer Jobs Program, the development of the Mayor’s Mentoring Movement to recruit 1,000 mentors for Boston’s youth and the successful passage of banning smokeless tobacco in Boston parks. She continues to provide a lead role in the execution of President Obama’s ‘My Brother’s Keeper’ (MBK) Initiative in Boston. Before joining the City of Boston in January 2014, Jones worked in state government for over six years, including in business and workforce development roles.
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continued from page 1 faces stark budget shortfalls raises questions about priorities. Edward Tapia, a student at Excel High School, told the Banner that roughly 200 students from his school had turned out to protest the approximately $500,000 cut to his school. Excel’s expected loses include a computer lab, computer science, a program for students with disabilities, all three deans and the student support services provided by them, as well as every elective class. There is an emotional effect, too, he said: “There are teachers we love. Most of them are getting cut.” Savina Tapia, student representative to the Boston School Committee and a senior at Boston Latin Academy, told the committee that it would be irresponsible to approve the bill while current schools are not fully supported. “[BPS schools] deserve to be fully funded, instead of having more charter seats added to the district,” Savina Tapia told members of the committee. “My voice is one of hundreds that want to be heard.” According to City Councilor Tito Jackson, who testified that morning, the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s recent decision to approve an additional 1,028 charter school seats in Boston will draw an estimated $18 to $20 million from BPS next year. BPS is also responsible for transporting children to charter schools — something that currently costs the system about $14 million, he said. Jackson predicted that if
charters continue to expand, there could come a point at which the entirety of the state’s Chapter 70 funding contribution goes to charter schools. “We could hit a point where Boston will not receive any Chapter 70 money for our traditional public schools,” he said.
Students discouraged from participating
Organized by students, the walk-out was publicized on social media last Friday. In an email sent that same day BPS officials told parents that students would be marked “absent” for any classes missed. At East Boston High School, student Tabrina St. Cyere said administrators and substitute teachers sat at desks in front of the building’s side entrances to block students from leaving. An 18-yearold senior, St. Cyere said she was able to sign herself out, but even then, a teacher attempted to block her from leaving, putting his arm in front of her. “A lot of my friends who are 17 and 16 couldn’t sign themselves out,” she said. Standing outside Faneuil Hall, where Walsh and Gov. Charlie Baker had just held a press conference, St. Cyere said she does not think Boston Public Schools can sustain more budget cuts. “BPS is rough as it is,” she said. “We don’t have text books for most of our courses. Teachers have been photocopying text books, but they stopped supplying paper, because it costs too much.”
Walsh on charters
That morning, Mayor Martin Walsh told the committee that
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state needs to do its share of bearing the costs. He asked for the state to provide three years of transitional funding for students who leave BPS for charter schools: 100 percent the first year, 50 percent the second and 25 percent in the third year. “I remain an ally of charter public schools and I support raising the cap,” Walsh added. “[But] this petition will not let charter schools grow sustainably.”
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Boston Public School students rallied at Boston Common protesting cuts to their schools (above) and marched to the State House (below). Right: Student demonstrators continued to Faneuil Hall, where some confronted Mayor Martin Walsh and Gov. Charlie Baker.
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Mayor announces five bps schools will participate in children’s savings account pilot Mayor Martin Walsh announced that the Children’s Savings Account (CSA) program will launch at five Boston Public Schools in fall 2016, giving families the opportunity to create a long-term savings plan for college, post-secondary education and training. The five schools are part of a learning cohort to help the city design a universal roll out in fall 2019, and this pilot phase will allow the city to troubleshoot before the full launch. “One of the most important things we can do for our children in the City of Boston is put them on a pathway to success by bridging education and financial opportunities, and planning in advance for their future,” Walsh said. “A Children’s Savings Account is a tool that every family should have access to and I am thrilled to launch this pilot program to help level the playing field for students of all backgrounds and make their dreams
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Like any new leader, Darla Pires DeGrace, president and CEO of the Boston chapter of the National Black MBA Association, is using her early time on the job to assess her organization and figure out how to best serve her constituents — in this case the group’s several hundred members. “As the premier organization for black professionals in Boston, it is our responsibility to ensure members are getting what they pay dues for and more,” said DeGrace. Another main focus is helping the association’s corporate and education partners diversify their talent pool, as well as making a concerted effort to build stronger connections to the local community. In an organization that has been around for over four decades, there is strong value in new leadership taking a fresh look at how things are done, as embodied by DeGrace’s efforts since taking over in January. The Boston chapter is one of 46 chapters of the National Black MBA Association, which was started in 1970 as a nonprofit organization of minority MBA graduates and students, business professionals, entrepreneurs and community leaders. The national association has more than 9,000 members across its chapters and works with 300 corporate partners. It has also dished out $5 million in scholarships to youth and minority students in an effort to increase access to graduate and business education.
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The number of members across chapters of the National Black MBA Association. The number of corporate partners working with the National Black MBA Association. million: The amount of scholarship money dispersed to youth and minority students.
The National Black MBA Association’s Leaders of Tomorrow program has served 8,000 students since 1991. percent: The amount of LOT participants that go on to college. million: The amount of money in scholarships handed out by the LOT program. percent: DeGrace will work to support the Boston chapter’s commitment to grow membership by a minimum of 25 percent in 2016. percent: The leadership team is on track to surpass the 25 percent goal in the first quarter of the year, achieving 18 percent growth more this year than during the same time period last year.
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Darla Pires DeGrace became president of the Boston chapter of the National Black MBA Association in January.
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As the premier organization for black professionals in Boston, it is our responsibility to ensure members are getting what they pay dues for and more. … We have to continue raising the bar of what we offer not only for our members but for our partners as well.” — Darla Pires DeGrace
Growth targets
DeGrace will work to support the Boston chapter’s commitment to grow membership by a minimum of 25 percent in 2016 while retaining existing members. The leadership team is already on track to surpass that goal in the first quarter of the year, achieving 18 percent growth more this year than during the same time period last year. With nearly 200 paid members and thousands of prospective members on its mailing list, the association is not only converting new members but also seeing a bump in retention which speaks directly to the perceived value of membership, according to DeGrace. She is eager to survey members, corporate and community partners to ensure the chapter is meeting expectation. “We have to continue raising the bar of what we offer not only for our members but for our partners as well,” she said. The Boston chapter hosts a series of professional development, leadership and networking programming meetings
throughout the year. Members are served through six channels of engagement: career, community, education, entrepreneurship, leadership and lifestyle. They also have access to a national network of diverse businessmen and businesswomen across the country. It all sounds good on paper, but DeGrace said members and potential members have to feel it is worth the $150 price tag for professional members and $75 for student members. DeGrace would love to be able to expand the reach of her organization, not just for growing members but also engaging more young students and young professionals.
Leaders program
The national association does have a stalwart offering in this regard in its Leaders of Tomorrow program. The Boston chapter is one of 30 chapters that run a LOT program, which provides academic enrichment, leadership development and scholarships to high school students. All told, the
LOT program has served 8,000 students since 1991, with 95 percent of its participants going on to college and $3.5 million in scholarships handed out. In honor of the 25th anniversary of LOT, the Boston chapter has launched a $25,000 fund-raising campaign to generate scholarship money for program alumni in Massachusetts. The aim is to reach the target by the end of this year. “The goal is to give out more than we have given out in the past,” DeGrace said. Typically, LOT scholarships have been in the $500 to $1,500 range, which she believes can be increased by the fund raising. And while $25K for the 25th anniversary of the program has nice symmetry for this year, DeGrace said the association does not want to stop there. “We want to keep raising more money year after year and set aside scholarship funds for our future MBAs,” she added. The LOT program can also serve as the future lifeblood of
the association as the students involved can go on to college and be student members and then be supported on through to MBAs. The Boston chapter has a great success story in this regard. The president before DeGrace, Gary Morton, was the first LOT program graduate to head up the chapter. Like Morton, DeGrace also has a history with the National Black MBA Association, having served on the advisory board, as director of university relations and most recently as vice president of administration before earning the presidency.
Committed to diversity
DeGrace juggles her volunteer work on the Boston chapter board with her full-time role at City Year as director of national diversity recruitment and strategic partnerships. She spent the majority of her 16-year career in the higher education sector, helping schools to diversify their student bodies. In addition, she is a licensed esthetician and entrepreneur who successfully launched the Brow and Lash Boutique on Newbury Street in Boston. A native of Cambridge, she has business administration and management degrees from Emmanuel College and Simmons College. DeGrace has seen the value of being part of the National Black MBA Association — she credits her involvement with helping her get her current job at City Year — and ultimately her goal as president is to make sure many more see the value as well. “The networking and what people do for you and how they vouch for you and help you grow and learn is so valuable,” she said.
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Easing height restrictions in exchange for the creation of affordable housing units, micro units in Roxbury and community land trusts are among the ideas being considered by the Mayor’s Housing Innovation Lab to lower the cost of home construction for middle income Boston residents. While construction of highrent luxury units has continued apace in Downtown Boston and in neighborhoods with high real estate values, the city’s inventory of moderately-affordable housing has not kept up with demand, adding pressure to Boston’s overheated real estate market. Members of the Mayor’s Housing Innovation Lab want real estate developers to create prototypes of new models of housing construction and design to make housing more affordable for individuals and families earning between $50,000 and $125,000 a year. For several months, lab members have been meeting with builders, neighborhood residents, city officials and other stakeholders to solicit ideas. “A lot of ideas and solutions need to come together to make change,” said Marcy Ostberg, program co-manager for the Lab. “Boston is a very diverse city. We need to try a number of ideas across the city.” The Mayor’s Housing Innovation Lab is a collaborative effort between the Department of Neighborhood Development and
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Housing Innovation Lab staff Sabrina Dorsainvile, Marcy Ostberg and Office of New Urban Mechanics co-founder Nigel Jacobs discuss ideas for cutting construction costs in Boston. the Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics. The project was funded by a grant from Bloomberg Philanthropies, one of 20 made to cities around the world to encourage innovation in designing and implementing new programs. “Solving the middle income housing challenge is among the biggest challenges we face today,” Mayor Martin Wash said in a statement released to the media. “The Housing Innovation Lab is bringing a new way of thinking about these issues to the city, and I’m appreciative of the time and energy that they have put into this work.” The team aims to test prototype projects in Roxbury and Jamaica
Plain as soon as May of this year. As part of Plan: JP/Rox — a BRAled planning process that includes Jackson Square, Egleston Square and Forest Hills — the team already has floated the idea of easing height restrictions to allow builders to add more units in exchange for the inclusion of a higher percentage of affordable units. The team also is considering easing restrictions on allowable sizes of apartments, to allow socalled micro units in Boston neighborhoods. The current regulations call for a two-bedroom apartment to include 900 square feet of living space. Lab team members have not established a new threshold
for the proposed micro units. “We’re looking for architects and builders to pilot new ideas to make small units more affordable,” Ostberg said.
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Community land trusts, where nonprofit entities develop permanently-affordable owner-occupied housing, are a third option the group is exploring. So far, Dudley Neighbors, Incorporated is the only land trust in Boston that has developed deed-restricted housing on a large scale. A challenge for future land trusts is that land acquisition costs are much higher than they were in the 1980s and ’90s
when DNI acquired vacant parcels through eminent domain powers granted it by the city. Other solutions under consideration include the idea of a firsttime homebuyer portal — a website that would provide how-to information for prospective homebuyers in Boston, including a location guide to help people better understand the merits of the city’s diverse neighborhoods. While millennials have been moving to Boston in high numbers, attracted by the city’s growing tech sector, they have concentrated in a handful of downtown neighborhoods. “We want to disperse growth throughout the city,” Ostberg said. The group’s work comes as the city’s Metropolitan Building Trades Council has announced a new unit that will work for reduced wages on affordable housing projects in a bid to lower the average $400,000-per-unit cost of building new housing in Boston and its surrounding cities and towns. “We need more housing in this region,” Brian Doherty, head of the Metropolitan Building Trades Council, told The Boston Globe. “There’s a big challenge in front of us and we want to be part of the solution.” While construction wages generally make up the largest component of the cost of building in Boston, the cost of land comes second. While the city’s Department of Neighborhood Development will sometimes discount the sale of public land, the agency does not give land to to affordable housing developers for free, said spokeswoman Lisa Pollack.
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preparing large, complicated projects — especially in downtown areas — to the point where developers then can proceed. Developers may be scared away if they have to navigate those legal, economic and political complexities on their own, he said. Such development, said Golden and city Chief of Economic Development John Barros, fuels Boston’s economy, paying for public goods such as education and public safety “More than half of the new revenue coming into the city every year is a result of significant new development,” Golden said. “That’s where growth in the city budget comes from. That’s where we pay for police, fire, education.” During public testimony, Joe Bamberg, senior project manager at the Boston Housing Authority, credited urban renewal with allowing for quick movement on projects necessary to meet federal Department of Housing and Urban Development grant deadlines.
Vanishing restrictions
Ten percent of Boston’s land is subject to urban renewal powers, and while noting that some residents had requested expanding or shrinking the affected area, Golden said any boundary changes would be complicated. The reason: As urban renewal domains are altered, agreements over land use within them may be affected, and the BRA has not sufficiently analyzed its records to assess the potential impact.
When the BRA transfers parcels to private ownership, the authority may impose stipulations about the land’s use — for example, an affordable housing requirement. In some of these agreements, the stipulations come with a lifetime — for instance 40 years — but in the vast majority, Golden said, the restrictions exist only so long as the site continues to be in an urban renewal area. According to Janet Carlson, first assistant general counsel for the BRA, 90 to 95 percent of the land dispositions agreement restrictions would expire with urban renewal. The BRA does not know what the effect of this loss will be. In some cases, the restrictions may no longer be necessary; in others, new mechanisms may need to be established to maintain them, Golden said. The BRA has files on all the LDA parcels but only now is starting to organize them in a way that allows for their analysis, Carlson said. The process, Golden said, will take two years. “It involves a substantial amount of staff time and resources, both of which we are prepared to invest over the next two years to accomplish this task in regard to boundaries,” Golden said. “[We] need a full and accurate understanding of the land that the Boston Redevelopment Authority actually owns and what can be done within it and what limitations are on it. To that end we’ll begin by creating a comprehensive inventory of all our assets.” Several councilors rebuked the BRA for failing to provide information about the impact of these changes — something the councilors said would play a key role in
their judgment of the extension request.
Two vs. ten years
Four councilors — Tito Jackson, Ayanna Pressley, Josh Zakim and Council President Michelle Wu — said that the case for a tenyear extension was not compelling. However, Pressley expressed interest in including Mattapan under urban renewal’s boundaries, and Wu and Zakim said they could support a two-year extension. “From my perspectives there is a strong reason why the legislation for urban renewal was written with an expiration data and a sunset clause,” Wu said. “These tools can create additional opportunities and increased economic development, but they also supersede community feedback in a lot of cases, and they have in the past.” She proposed a shorter extension, with a task force or commission created to monitor the process and receive regular reports. “I believe this is the only way for the council to responsibly extend urban renewal,” she said. Golden warned against a short extension, saying it may create too much uncertainty for developers, whose projects often take many years. “The notion of the BRA only having these tools available in two year increments is a real problem because it clouds the development horizon. If someone’s talking about building a half-million dollar development and there’s a possibility that those tools will not be there two years hence, it could have a chilling effect,” he said.
Perpetual powers?
When the BRA was granted
urban renewal powers in 1949 as part of a federal program to stimulate redevelopment after World War II, such powers were intended to be temporary. In 2005, facing expiration of these powers, the BRA sought and received a ten-year extension. At the time, the reauthorization process was largely seen as hustled through with minimal chance for public input or city council review. In 2015, the BRA secured a yearlong extension. Councilors Michael Flaherty questioned if the BRA, at any point, anticipates it will no longer need the powers, or if it will request extensions every decade. “Does the BRA envision a day when urban renewal will no longer be needed?” Flaherty asked. Golden acknowledged that not all areas need to be continually subject to urban renewal powers, and said that if the BRA returns to the council in ten years asking for power extensions, it will be with a “radically different proposal.” In its request, the BRA seeks extension over 14 of the 16 areas currently affected. A fundamental question arose over the whether urban renewal is a tool to have access to and deployed only when it becomes clear that development goals cannot be completed without it, or a default tool to have ever-ready in case need for it arises. During public testimony, the president of the North End /Waterfront Residents’ Association charged that the BRA needs to create both a strategy and vision, and then determine what powers are necessary: “Why not plan first and reauthorize later?” Golden, however, said that it is
critical to have the powers so the BRA is equipped to take advantage of any opportunity. “If we have these tools, we use them on a continual basis to affect positive development,” he said. “If you take them away, if they lapse or sunset and large projects are knocking on our door … they may need one of these tools and we won’t have them, and that’s our concern.”
Separate stances
During public testimony, construction and hospitality workers credited urban renewal with providing them jobs. Representatives of large institutions — including the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Boston City Lights Performing Arts School — and the real estate sector spoke in support of the urban renewal process, as well. However, members of neighborhood associations, including those from the South End, North End/Waterfront and Bay Village, opposed a ten-year extension. Some said the powers no longer were needed or that they did not trust the BRA to use them appropriately. The BRA will need the support of seven council members for the extension to pass. While some opposed such a move, Councilor Frank Baker said difficulty getting a large project underway inspired him support urban renewal as a useful development tool. “I’m leaning toward supporting this,” he said. “I think we need this tool.” Councilor Bill Linehan, chair of the Committee on Planning and Development, which convened the hearing, said he was undecided.
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‘We must live … ’ Maly Drama Theatre presents Chekhov’s ‘Three Sisters’ Masha (Ksenia Rappoport), Irina (Elizaveta Boyarskaya), and Olga (Irina Tychinina) in Maly Drama Theatre production of “Three Sisters” PHOTO: IKTOR VASSILIEV
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he grave and beautiful production of Anton Chekhov’s play “The Three Sisters,” by the Maly Drama Theatre of St. Petersburg, Russia, suited the Cutler Majestic Theatre in Boston, where ArtsEmerson hosted the company’s five performances last week.
Anton Chekhov (18601904) wrote the play in 1900, just three years before the opening of the ornate rococo theater. Handsomely restored by Emerson College, the theater is the creation of a different area, like the way of life portrayed in the play. Chekhov lived during turbulent times in Russia. Stratified by extremes of wealth and poverty, his country was poised for massive change. The three sisters, Masha, Irina, and Olga, inhabit a world that is passing away. Unlike their feckless brother and his mercenary wife, the sisters
cling to their ideals as well as their longing to leave their provincial town and return to their childhood home in Moscow. Years before, their widowed father, an army general, moved them to the provinces, where he headed an army brigade. Now that he has died, the sisters plan to sell the family house and move to Moscow. But fate intervenes and their dreams elude them. Even the brigade that has been their bulwark against loneliness will soon be dispatched to another part of Russia. Performed in Russian with English subtitles, the
three-hour production of Chekhov’s tragicomedy was directed by Lev Dodin, artistic director of the Maly Drama Theatre. In the program, Dodin notes Chekhov’s attention to the “tragic discrepancies between our yearnings and reality.” He points out that Chekhov writes in “the universal language of loss” and renders “the stern tone in which life speaks to us.” In Dodin’s staging, just as in Chekhov’s script, even the smallest details are telling. Alexander Borovsky designed the period costumes and spare set. A wall with windows forms a stage-filling silhouette of a manor house that from a distance looks strong and intact. But when it moves to the front of the stage in the closing minutes of the play, its surface looks frayed and peeling — as
vulnerable as the lives of its original owners. The sisters wear the dresses specified by Chekhov in his script: Irina, the youngest sister, age 20 as the play begins, wears a white dress; Masha is outfitted in a black dress; and Olga, the oldest sister, wears the blue official garb of a teacher. Most of the men are attired as military officers. Lighting by Damir Ismagilov and dance coaching by Yuri Vasilkov are indispensible to this staging of Chekhov’s play, which has little action but plenty of talk. The superb cast moves about a lot both on stage and in the aisles and performs a great deal of physical acting. The actors embody the quirks and flaws of their characters while performing in a sublime ensemble that renders
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Aunjanue Ellis currently stars as Miranda Shaw, the director of an FBI base who oversees the training of a new group of recruits, on the ABC-TV drama “Quantico.” And she recently appeared on BET’s epic series “The Book of Negroes” for which she received a Television Critics’ Choice Award nomination for Best Actress in a Movie or Limited Series. Ellis also has starred in numerous movies, including “The Help,” where she played Yule Mae Davis, the maid arrested for allegedly stealing a ring. In the James Brown biopic “Get On Up,” she portrayed Vicki Anderson, acknowledged by Brown in his autobiography as probably the best singer he ever witnessed. Earlier in her career, she starred opposite Denzel Washington in “The Taking of Pelham 123,” and opposite Samuel L. Jackson in “The Caveman’s Valentine.” She shared a SAG Award nomination for her role as Mary Ann Fisher in “Ray” and received an NAACP Image Award nomination for her performance as a medical student in “Men of Honor.” Ellis’ additional film credits include “Romeo and Juliet in Harlem,” “Ed’s Next Move,” “The Express,” “Freedomland,” “Lovely & Amazing,” “A Map of the World,” “Notorious” and “The Volunteer.” She made her motion picture debut in Jim McKay’s Sundance Film Festival hit “Girls Town,” opposite Lili Taylor.
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continued from page 17 importance to each part — even a momentary comic touch. On stage for just a minute or two, the loutish doorman Ferapont (Alexander Koshkarev) disrupts a family portrait, chomping food as he stomps through the middle of the posed group At first, the women’s intensely emotional facial expressions and gestures seem odd; but soon they feel natural, suiting a play that makes characters’ inner lives visible. Embraces are fierce and couples drop to the floor as if in a ballet. When Masha’s husband and sisters unwrap her grip on her departing lover, her arms snap crosswise on her chest and she resembles a corpse. The play opens as the family prepares to celebrate the name day of Irina (Elizaveta Boyarskaya). She and Olga (Irina Tychinina) speak of their hopes for a new life in Moscow, where they will work and serve others. Among their guests is the tipsy army doctor Chebutikin (Sergey Kuryshev), a doting old friend who loved their mother. In one of the play’s moments of gentle satire, Irina earnestly tells him, “And if I don’t get up early in future and work…then you may refuse me your friendship.” Chebutikin responds tenderly, “I’ll refuse, I’ll refuse.” Adorned with a pyramid of black curls that matches her dress, Masha (Ksenia Rappoport)
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Family and friends pose for a group portrait in Maly Drama Theatre production of “Three Sisters.” is seated in a window, silently reading a book. Posing in profile, she rests in a pool of light, like a figure in a Vermeer painting. When she does stir, Masha reveals herself to be the quirkiest of her sisters, and the one with the sharpest lines. Greeting the gracious Lieutenant Tuzenbach (Oleg Ryazanzev), an idealistic baron,
and his nasty companion of much shorter stature, Captain Soleni (Stanislav Nikolskiy), Masha recalls the old days when all of the brigade’s officers would attend their parties and says, “today there’s only a man and a half.” Later, talking to the toxic Soleni, Masha simply addresses him as “you very awful man.” Of
her brother Andrey’s love interest, Natasha, who will soon be his wife, Masha says, “You should see the way she dresses! Quite prettily, quite fashionably too, but so badly!” Assuring her sisters that their beloved brother is not in love, Masha says, “After all he has taste, he’s simply making fun of us.”
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But Andrey, a baby-faced Alexander Bikovsky, does marry the manipulative Natasha (Ekaterina Kleopina), and by act four, four years later, he has mortgaged the family house that was to be an inheritance shared with his sisters to bail himself out of debt. Masha’s husband, the high school teacher Kuligin, is at first a comical figure, whose present to Irina is his book, a 50-year history of the school. When she tells him he has already given it to her, he promptly gives it to one of the officers. Sergey Vlasov conveys his character’s doltishness and later, his compassion. A newcomer to the naming day celebration is Vershinin, lieutenant-colonel in charge of the battery. Igor Chernevich brings out the tragic gravitas of Vershinin, who becomes Masha’s lover. By the last act, the crass Natasha, now Andrey’s wife, has taken over the house, evicted the family’s beloved nanny, forced Olga and Irina to share a bedroom, and announced her plan to cut down the avenue of fir trees that ring the property. Deprived of their inheritance, the sisters will not return to Moscow. Masha’s lover has left with his soldiers, and Irina’s would-be husband has lost his life in a senseless duel. Olga takes the nanny into her home and resigns herself to a life as a teacher in the town. Irina will leave and pursue a life of service to others. Masha says, “We remain alone, to begin our life over again. We must live... we must live....”
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and Music”? Do you know anyone suffering from Alzheimer’s?
continued from page 17 On television, she starred in “Abducted: The Carlina White Story” and garnered a second NAACP Image Award nomination for her portrayal of Candy Carson in the made for television film “Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story.” Aunjanue has appeared as a series regular on “The Mentalist,” “High Incident,” “ERing” and “Justice.” Though born in San Francisco, she claims the small Mississippi town of McComb as her home. There, Ellis’ grandmother raised her on a farm that has been in the family for generations. “My mother gifted me with my particular kind of radical imagination,” she reflects, “and my grandmother gave me the tools to execute it.” But it was not until she was a student at Tougaloo College that Ellis would discover the stage. That led her to transfer to Brown University, where she received her Bachelor of Arts degree in African American Studies, while also training as an actor. She went on to receive a Master of Fine Arts degree from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. Here, she talks about her latest outing as a New Orleans street singer suffering from Alzheimer’s in “Of Mind and Music.”
Aunjanue Ellis: It was a New Orleans story, first and foremost, and my romance with that place is deep and enduring. And yes, my Aunt Mae had Alzheimer’s. My mother has Parkinson’s disease. So, neurodegenerative diseases have defined our family life. It was free therapy for me to be able to explore the living pain of it as an actor.
How did you prepare to play Queenie? AE: One of the symptoms of Parkinson’s is intermittent dementia. So my mother’s
AE: I had never played anyone like her before. What was most challenging was playing the age which meant a long time in makeup, and being consistent with her manner. I hope that people will watch the movie and start a needed conversation about the woes and rewards of caregiving for someone who has the disease. And also I hope it spurs an urgency to cure it.
AE: Thank you. I loved working with Nate on the film. He is such a generous director, producer and acting partner. I am so proud to be a part of it. The night of the screening was magic. And while I had no expectations, I had an inkling that something remarkable would happen.
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continued from page 1 neighborhood of South Boston, Sanders won 46 percent of the vote, winning higher percentages in the mostly working class precincts there. Sanders also won 49 percent of the vote in Ward 11, which includes many heavily white progressive
and Latino precincts. Similar preferences were reflected throughout Massachusetts, particularly in white progressive strongholds such as Northampton and Amherst, where Sanders won with 62 percent and 66 percent, respectively.
Black voters matter
At the national level, Clinton has relied heavily on black voters,
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winning a slew of Southern states while Sanders has been racking up wins in the North. Black support became a decisive factor in the South Carolina primary, where she won 86 percent of the black vote, allowing her to seize 54 percent of the overall vote. Suffolk County Register of Probate Felix D. Arroyo, who endorsed Sanders, attributed Clinton’s decisive victory to name recognition among blacks “For many of us, Hillary has high name recognition,” he said. “Sanders was an unknown entity.” While Clinton received endorsements from prominent black elected officials, including at-large City Councilor Ayanna Pressley
and Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins, Arroyo was the sole Boston-based elected official to throw his support behind Sanders. Clinton also sewed up endorsements from Massachusetts mayors, including Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, and the Massachusetts Congressional delegation, with the exception of U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren. That institutional support underscores the relationships Clinton has been able to build in the 23 years since her husband Bill was elected president in 1993. “Clinton has met more mayors and elected officials than Sanders ever could,” Arroyo noted. Clinton has opened a formidable
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Boston city league champions in basketball are the Fenway High girls (above) and New Mission boys. Playoff and championship games were played at Madison Park on Feb. 17-18. The state tournament began the first week of March. Both teams hope to contend for a state title. mail to:
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lead in the race, with 671 delegates and 458 super delegates, to Sanders’ 476 delegates and 22 super delegates as of Monday
Leftward shift
Whether or not Sanders wins, Democratic activists say Sanders has managed to push Clinton on key issues. “She was right-of-center,” said longtime Democratic Party activist Louis Elisa. “If Bernie hadn’t brought up issues of equity, they wouldn’t be as much of an issue in this campaign.” Both Sanders and Clinton have come out against the controversial Three Strikes laws enacted in many states that trigger life sentences for people convicted of three felonies. Clinton, who supported her husband’s omnibus crime bill, has backed away from the policies the bill codified, many of which are seen as having contributed to the nation’s growing prison population. Arroyo urged Sanders’ supporters to remain engaged in the presidential race, regardless of the outcome of the nominating process. “Whichever of the two wins is 100 percent better than any of the Republican candidates,” he said. “I urge the people who have been fighting for Sanders not to stay home.”
Turnout strong
Voter turnout in Massachusetts was close to the 2008 presidential primary, in which Clinton beat Barack Obama statewide, but lost Boston. Turnout was high, with 1.3 million ballots cast. In Roxbury’s Ward 12, last week 3,812 people voted, versus 3,825 in 2008. Of the 55 people who voted in the Ward 12 Republican primary, 31 voted for billionaire Donald Trump, 16 for Ted Cruz and 6 for Ben Carson.
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Sealed General Bids for MPA CONTRACT NO. L811-C1, TAXIWAY B REHABILITATION AND OTHER MISCELLANEOUS AIRFIELD IMPROVEMENTS, LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Capital Programs Department Office, Suite 209S - Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128-2909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30, 2016, immediately after which, in a designated room, the proposal will be opened and read publicly. NOTE: PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 9:00 AM LOCAL TIME ON THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 2016.
LEGAL irrespective of the dollar amount, to file SF 100 within thirty (30) days after the award of the subcontracts, if the above two conditions apply. SF 100 will be furnished upon request. SF 100 is normally furnished Contractors annually, based on a mailing list currently maintained by the Joint Reporting Committee. In the event a contractor has not received the form, he may obtain it by writing to the following address: Joint Reporting Committee 1800 G Street Washington, DC 20506 Complete information and authorization to view the site may be obtained from the Capital Programs Department Office at the Massachusetts Port Authority. The right is reserved to waive any informality in or reject any or all proposals. MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The work includes BITUMINOUS CONCRETE MILLING AND WARM MIX ASPHALT PAVING INCLUDING LIGHT ADJUSTMENTS, LIGHT CONVERSIONS AND PAVEMENT MARKINGS; REMOVAL OF EXISTING PAVEMENTS, CONCRETE ENCASED LIGHT BASES AND CONDUIT; CONSTRUCTION OF NEW FULL DEPTH AIRFIELD PAVEMENTS INCLUDING DRAINAGE, EDGE LIGHTING, SIGNAGE, GRANULAR BASE, TOPSOIL AND SEED. Bid documents will be made available beginning WEDNESDAY, MARCH 9, 2016. Bid Documents in electronic format may be obtained free of charge at the Authority’s Capital Programs Department Office, together with any addenda or amendments, which the Authority may issue and a printed copy of the Proposal form. The estimated contract cost is ELEVEN MILLION, SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($11,700,000.00). Bidding procedures and award of the contract and sub contracts shall be in accordance with the provisions of Sections 44A through 44H inclusive, Chapter 149 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A proposal guaranty shall be submitted with each General Bid consisting of a bid deposit for five (5) percent of the value of the bid; when sub bids are required, each must be accompanied by a deposit equal to five (5) percent of the sub bid amount, in the form of a bid bond, or cash, or a certified check, or a treasurer’s or a cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the Massachusetts Port Authority in the name of which the Contract for the work is to be executed. The bid deposit shall be (a) in a form satisfactory to the Authority, (b) with a surety company qualified to do business in the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Authority, and (c) conditioned upon the faithful performance by the principal of the agreements contained in the bid. Bidders must submit a Buy American Certificate with all bids or offers on AIP funded projects. Bids that are not accompanied by a completed Buy American Certificate must be rejected as nonresponsive. The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and a labor and materials payment bond, each in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract price. The surety shall be a surety company or securities satisfactory to the Authority. Attention is called to the minimum rate of wages to be paid on the work as determined under the provisions of Chapter 149, Massachusetts General Laws, Section 26 to 27G, inclusive, as amended. The Contractor will be required to pay minimum wages in accordance with the schedules listed in Division II, Special Provisions of the Specifications, which wage rates have been predetermined by the U. S. Secretary of Labor and / or the Commissioner of Labor and Industries of Massachusetts, whichever is greater. The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance and Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of $10,000,000.00. Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details. No filed sub bids will be required for this contract. This contract is subject to a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise participation provision requiring that not less than TEN PERCENT (10%) of the Contract be performed by disadvantaged business enterprise contractors. With respect to this provision, bidders are urged to familiarize themselves thoroughly with the Bidding Documents. Strict compliance with the pertinent procedures will be required for a bidder to be deemed responsive and eligible. This Contract is also subject to Affirmative Action requirements of the Massachusetts Port Authority contained in the Non Discrimination and Affirmative Action article of Division I, General Requirements and Covenants, and to the Secretary of Labor’s Requirement for Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Opportunity and the Standard Federal Equal Opportunity Construction Contract Specifications (Executive Order 11246). The General Contractor is required to submit a Certification of Non Segregated Facilities prior to award of the Contract, and to notify prospective subcontractors of the requirement for such certification where the subcontract exceeds $10,000. A Contractor having fifty (50) or more employees and his subcontractors having fifty (50) or more employees who may be awarded a subcontract of $50,000 or more will, within one hundred twenty (120) days from the contract commencement, be required to develop a written affirmative action compliance program for each of its establishments. Compliance Reports - Within thirty (30) days of the award of this Contract the Contractor shall file a compliance report (Standard Form [SF 100]) if: (a)
The Contractor has not submitted a complete compliance report within twelve (12) months preceding the date of award, and
(b)
The Contractor is within the definition of “employer” in Paragraph 2c(3) of the instructions included in SF100.
The contractor shall require the subcontractor on any first tier subcontracts,
LEGAL SUFFOLK Division
Docket No. SU15D2235DR
Divorce Summons by Publication and Mailing Siah, Vonyee N.
vs.
Ezeh, Alexander C.
To the Defendant: The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for Divorce requesting that the Court grant a divorce for irretrievable breakdown of the marriage pursuant to G.L. c. 208, Section 1 B. The Complaint is on file at the Court. An Automatic Restraining Order has been entered in this matter preventing you from taking any action which would negatively impact the current financial status of either party. SEE Supplemental Probate Court Rule 411. You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon: Vonyee N. Siah, 367 Massachusetts Ave. Apt. 1, Boston, MA 02115 your answer, if any, on or before 03/31/2016. If you fail to do so, the court will proceed to the hearing and adjudication of this action. You are also required to file a copy of your answer, if any, in the office of the Register of this Court.
BROOKLINE HOUSING AUTHORITY REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
Witness, Hon. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: January 26, 2016
A. IT SUPPORT SERVICES
Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate
B. NETWORK UPGRADE INSTALLATION The Brookline Housing Authority (BHA) seeks one or more providers of ongoing Information Technology (IT) Support Services and a one time Network Upgrade & Installation. An electronic copy of the RFP is available on the BHA website at http://brooklinehousing.org/Business&EmploymentOpportunities. html. Inquiries or requests for modifications regarding this RFP will be accepted by email only until March 24, 2016 at 10:00 a.m. The proposal deadline is April 1, 2016 by 2:00 p.m. to Desirée Ladd via email only to dladd@brooklinehousing.org. The BHA reserves the right to make multiple awards and to reject any proposals and waive any informalities if in the public interest to do so. INVITATION TO BID The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority is seeking bids for the following: BID NO.
DESCRIPTION
DATE
TIME
WRA-4191
Purchase of One (1) New Diesel Powered Truck (per Specifications)
03/22/16
12:00 p.m.
WRA-4192
Purchase of Portable Gas Monitors (per Specifications)
03/22/16
12:00 p.m.
6454
Southern Extra High Pipeline Section 111 (Boston)
04/14/16
2:00 p.m.
To access and bid on Event(s) please go to the MWRA Supplier Portal at www.mwra.com. LEGAL NOTICE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS The MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY (Authority) is soliciting consulting services for MPA CONTRACT NO. A308-S2, PROGRAM, PROJECT AND DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM – SOFTWARE. The Massport Capital Programs and Environmental Affairs Department is seeking qualified vendors who can provide the Department with the capital program, project and document management software to manage and track capital projects. This software must meet the requirements set forth in this RFI, and must be flexible and scalable in order to meet the Department’s future financial planning, implementation and reporting needs with regard to construction projects and capital improvement programs.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division
Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Sidney Bernard Scott Date of Death: 02/11/2013 To all interested persons: A Petition for Formal Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by Jenell Scott of Pawtucket, RI requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. The Petitioner requests that Jenell Scott of Pawtucket, RI be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve on the bond in an unsupervised administration. IMPORTANT NOTICE You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 03/31/2016. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return day, action may be taken without further notice to you. UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE (MUPC) A Personal Representative appointed under the MUPC in an unsupervised administration is not required to file an inventory or annual accounts with the Court. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding the administration directly from the Personal Representative and may petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: February 22, 2016 Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate
The Department is seeking a system that will support the real-time business activity for planning, controlling and monitoring of capital construction projects. A Supplemental Information Package will be available, on Wednesday, March 09, 2016, on the Capital Bid Opportunities webpage of Massport http://www. massport.com/doing-business/_layouts/CapitalPrograms/default.aspx as an attachment to the original Legal Notice, and on COMMBUYS (www.commbuys.com) in the listings for this project. If you have problems finding it, please contact Susan Brace at Capital Programs SBrace@massport.com The Supplemental Information Package will provide detailed information about Scope Of Work, Selection Criteria and Submission Requirements. This submission, including the litigation and legal proceedings history in a separate sealed envelope as required shall be addressed to Houssam H. Sleiman, PE, CCM, Director of Capital Programs and Environmental Affairs and received no later than 12:00 Noon on Thursday, April 28, 2016 at the Massachusetts Port Authority, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, Suite 209S, Logan International Airport, East Boston, MA 02128-2909. Any information provided to the Authority in any Proposal or other written or oral communication between the Proposer and the Authority will not be, or deemed to have been, proprietary or confidential, although the Authority will use reasonable efforts not to disclose such information to persons who are not employees or consultants retained by the Authority except as may be required by M.G.L. c.66. MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department
Docket No. SU13P0872EA
SUFFOLK ss.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS PROBATE COURT DOCKET NO. 15P0124
To all persons interested in the estate of Mary M. Williams late of 7 Haley Street Roxbury, MA in said County of Suffolk, deceased intestate. A petition has been presented to said Court for license to sell a private sale public auction - certain real estate of Mary M. Williams late of 7 Haley Street Roxbury, MA in the County of Suffolk, and praying that the petitioner Alfreda Love may be come the purchaser of said real estate. Described as follows: A certain parcel of land with building and improvements there on now numbered 7 on Haley St. in that part of Boston, county Massachusetts formerly Roxbury, being shown as plot 18 on plan by Aspinwall & Lincoln, Civil Engineer. Recorded with Suffolk deeds Book 2447, page 19, bounded and described as follows: Southeasterly, by said Haley Street fifty (50) feet, Norheasterly by lot 17 as shown by said plan (83) eighty-three, Northwesterly by land now or formerly of H.B. Clemension and by lot 21 as shown on said plan fifty (50) feet and Southwesterly by lot 19 as shown on said plan eighty-three (83) feet containing 4150 square feet of land. If you desire to object thereto you or your attorney should file a written appearance in said Court at Boston before ten o’clock in the forenoon on the 14th day of April, 2016, the return day of this citation. Witness, Joan P. Armstrong, Esquire, First Judge of said Court, this 4th day of March, 2016. Felix D. Arroyo, Register.
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS PROBATE COURT CASE NO. SU15E0133PP
To Patrick Smith of Boston in the County of Suffolk and to all other persons interested. A petition has been presented to said Court by Dolores Michel of Boston, in the County of Suffolk, representing that she holds as tenant in common undivided part or share of certain land lying in Boston, in said County of Suffolk, and briefly described as follows: A certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon being at present numbered and known as 71 Norwell Street, Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts and described as follows: The land with the building that may exist thereon situated in that part of said Boston called Dorchester, and being lot E on a plan by Toomey-Munson & Associates, Inc. entitled “Subdivision Plan Norwell Street” dated August 17, 2004, and recorded in the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds at the end of Book 35300, numbered seventy-one (71) in the numbering of said Norwell Street, and containing four thousand nine hundred eighty-three (4,983) square feet more or less, according to said plan. Said interest is conveyed in said premises subject to and with the benefit of restrictions, easements, rights of way, and conditions of record, if any there be, insofar as the same are now in force and applicable. Setting forth that she desires that — all — the following described part — of said land may be sold at private sale for not less that $400,000.00 dollars and praying that partition may be made of all the land aforesaid according to the law, and to that end that a commissioner be appointed to make such partition and be ordered to make sale and conveyance of all, or any part of said land which the Court finds cannot be advantageously divided either at private sale or public auction, and be ordered to distribute the net proceeds thereof. If you desire to object thereto you or your attorney should file a written appearance in said Court at Boston before ten o’clock in the forenoon on the 7th day of April, 2016, the return day of this citation.
To all interested persons: A Petition for Formal Adjudication of Intestacy and Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by Charles Flucas of Weymouth, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. The Petitioner requests that Charles Flucas of Weymouth, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve With Personal Surety on the bond in an unsupervised administration. IMPORTANT NOTICE You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 04/07/2016. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return day, action may be taken without further notice to you. UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE (MUPC) A Personal Representative appointed under the MUPC in an unsupervised administration is not required to file an inventory or annual accounts with the Court. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding the administration directly from the Personal Representative and may petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: February 25, 2016 Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department
Divorce Summons by Publication and Mailing
Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division
Docket No. SU16P0036EA
Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Nannie B. Anderson Also known as: Nannie Beatrice Anderson Date of Death: 02/01/2015 To all interested persons: A Petition for Formal Adjudication of Intestacy and Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by Dana Laasanen on behalf of Vero Health of West Roxbury, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. The Petitioner requests that Jonathan J. Davey of Quincy, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve With Personal Surety on the bond in an unsupervised administration. IMPORTANT NOTICE You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 03/24/2016. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return day, action may be taken without further notice to you. UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE (MUPC) A Personal Representative appointed under the MUPC in an unsupervised administration is not required to file an inventory or annual accounts with the Court. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding the administration directly from the Personal Representative and may petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: February 16, 2016 Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division
Docket No. SU16P0412EA
Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Mary Ruth Smith Date of Death: 03/13/2015
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Affordable Rental Lottery To re-open wait list Asher’s Path One Carleton Drive, Mashpee We have six 1-bedroom units set aside for persons at 30% or below of AMI. Rent is $415 including heat and hot water. This lottery is for waiting list establishment only; We do not currently have any units available. Applications available at: n Mashpee Housing Authority n Asher’s Path Apartments n www.Mashpeehousing.org
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INCOME RANGES ARE AS FOLLOWS: 1 PERSON: $9,960 - $18,400 2 PEOPLE: $9,960 - $21,000
Docket No. SU15D0755DR
SUFFOLK Division
Witness, Joan P. Armstrong, Esquire, First Judge of said Court, this 17th day of November, 2015. Felix D. Arroyo, Register.
Mathurin, Jean Gesnel
To the Defendant: The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for Divorce requesting that the Court grant a divorce for IRRETREIVABLE BREAKDOWN. The Complaint is on file at the Court. An Automatic Restraining Order has been entered in this matter preventing you from taking any action which would negatively impact the current financial status of either party. SEE Supplemental Probate Court Rule 411. You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon: Evena Mathurin, 14 Irwin Ave. #1, Roxbury, MA 02119 your answer, if any, on or before 05/12/2016. If you fail to do so, the court will proceed to the hearing and adjudication of this action. You are also required to file a copy of your answer, if any, in the office of the Register of this Court.
Application Deadline for the lottery is Friday, March 25, 2016 at noon Lottery will be held on Thursday, April 7 at 5:30 PM. You do not have to be present for the lottery but are welcome to attend. The lottery will be held at Mashpee Housing Authority, 7 Job’s Fishing Road, Mashpee, MA. All applications must be returned in person or by mail to: Ashers’ Path Apartments, 1 Carleton Drive, # 131, Mashpee, MA 02649. E-mail or faxed applications cannot be accepted. Incomplete applications cannot be accepted. Completed applications will be entered into the lottery to establish a waiting list and any applications received after the date of the lottery will be added to the end of the list. Mashpee Housing Authority will provide reasonable accommodation and/or language assistance if needed. Persons with disabilities may ask for the application in large print type, or other alternate formats.
Witness, Hon. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: February 26, 2016
Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate
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Affordable Rental Housing Opportunity Selection by Lottery - 1 , 2 & 3 BR Apts. 151 Peirce Street - Middleborough, MA Applications available beginning 3/7/16 at: • Middleborough Public Library, 102 N. Main St.; • Middleborough Housing Authority, 8 Benton St.; • Middleborough Town Clerk’s Office, 20 Center St. #C; • Middlebury Arms Apts., 89 East Grove St. or online ShoeShopPlace.com; or by phone 781.794.1000 (TTY 711) Info Session: April 7, 2016 | 4PM & 6PM Lottery Drawing: May 18, 2016 | 3PM Middleborough Public Library 102 N. Main St., Middleborough
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Rents*:
# of Program Type Apts. Type Rents 1BR 4 60% $941 2BR 14 60% $1126 2BR 4 PBV Rent** 30% 3BR 2 60% $1298 3BR 1 PBV Rent** 30%
Heat & Hot Water Included in Rent **Resident rent share determined by South Shore Housing
Income Limits (as of 3/6/15)*: #HH 1 2 3 4 5 6
30% AMI $18,400 $21,000 $23,650 $26,250 $28,410 $32,570
60% AMI $36,780 $42,000 $47,280 $52,500 $56,700 $60,900
Mail completed application to: Peabody Properties, c/o SSP Lottery, 536 Granite St., Braintree, MA 02184; or email to shoeshop@peabodyproperties.com; or fax: 781.794.1001 *Median income levels, rents & utility allowances Deadline: Postmarked by May 5, 2016 are subject to change based on HUD guidelines (HUD.gov). Please inquire in advance for reasonable accommodation. Info contained herein subject to change w/o notice.
# of Units
Type
Rent*
Income Limit
18
Studio
$1,068
Up to 70%
13
1BR
$1,246
Up to 70%
4
2BR
$1,424
Up to 70%
1
3BR
$1,602
Up to 70%
*Rent is subject to change when the BRA publishes the annual rents. The Maximum Income Limits for Households for the Moderate Income Units (70% AMI) is as follows: 1 Person-$48,250*; 2 Person-$55,150*; 3 Person-$62,050*; 4 Person-$68,950*; 5 person-$74,750; 6 person-$80,000 *Income Limits subject to change when the BRA publishes the annual Income Limits From March 22nd to March 28th applications can be requested by phone (617.782.6900) or email (seb.housing@gmail.com). Applications may also be picked up at the South Boston Branch of the Boston Public Library (646 East Broadway, South Boston) Tuesday March 22nd (1 pm to 6 pm) and Thursday March 24th (4 pm to 8 pm) and Saturday March 26th (10 AM to 2 PM) Completed Applications can be dropped off to the SEB Office between 10 AM and 4 PM on April 6th and April 7th. The deadline for application drop off at the SEB Office is 4 pm on April 7th, 2016. Completed applications can also be mailed to the SEB Office but must be postmarked by April 7th, 2016. The SEB Office is on 165 Chestnut Hill Ave #2, Brighton, MA 02135. Selection by lottery. Asset, Use & Occupancy Restrictions apply. Minimum income limits apply. Disabled households have preference for 5 accessible units. Preference for Boston Residents. Preference for Households with at least one person per bedroom. Hub25 is a smoke free community For more information or reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities, call 617.782.6900
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The Central Transportation Planning Staff (CTPS) of the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) is seeking a GIS Programmer / Analyst to conduct spatial analysis and produce cartography to support regional transportation planning, develop data sets used for specific projects and for general reference, develop software tools to process spatial and tabular data, and build web applications to make data available to the public.
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Morning Show Producer Greater Media Boston’s Country 102.5 is building a new morning team, and we are searching for the right producer to join this team! Qualifications include the ability to work with high profile talent and to help with interaction with a passionate country audience. Fast paced production skills required. Responsibilities include creating compelling local and national entertainment from pop culture and lifestyle stories. Social media skills are a top priority, including Face Book, Twitter, Instagram, etc. Do you have an active local contact “go to” list? You’ll need it! Position is not for the faint of heart. Experienced team player. Send your resume and air check to Mike Brophey, Program Director, at mbrophey@greatermediaboston.com. ~ No phone calls, please! ~ Greater Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer
This is a great opportunity for someone that can get the job done with a positive attitude in a supportive environment. Essential Functions • Ensure that all required paperwork for move-ins, move-outs, renewals, recertification and internal transfers is processed in accordance with all federal/state/local regulatory requirements • Perform regular audits of site files to ensure compliance • Responsible for maintaining regulatory compliance at the local portfolio Education • Boston Housing Authority Hope 6/LIHTC experience preferred but not required • High School Diploma or equivalent • Proficiency with Microsoft Office software, Yardi experience a plus Job Requirements Excellent communication skills Strong work ethic & positive attitude Attention to detail and ability to multi-task Send resumes to: Bsundai@winnco.com A COMMUNITY OF QUALITY PROVIDED BY WINN RESIDENTIAL, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
Community Impact Officer and Asset Management Officer Massachusetts Housing Investment Corporation (MHIC) seeks two skilled and motivated professionals to join our team. We invest capital in community development projects that meet our key objectives, including our objectives of increasing, sustaining and supporting minority-owned businesses and minority workers.
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Country 102.5/WKLB FM is looking for an outgoing sales assistant. Responsibilities include working directly with salespeople to develop PowerPoint proposals and promotional packages; typing copy, pitches, and other various correspondences; maintaining media sales kits, support materials, and other duties assigned by Sales Managers. Ideal candidate must be creative, organized, and have excellent interpersonal skills, the ability to juggle multiple tasks with great follow-through, and work well under pressure. Must be proficient with Microsoft Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel, Word and Photo Editor, have at least 2 years office experience, and a college degree. Prior media industry experience is a plus. Position is full time and includes benefits. Qualified applicants send a cover letter and resume to: hrjobs@greatermediaboston.com ~ No phone calls, please! ~ Greater Media is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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The Community Impact Officer will ensure that all MHIC-financed projects maximize minority-owned business (MBE) and minority worker participation. The Officer will work with our customers to establish MBE and minority employment goals as well as tracking and reporting systems, under the guidance of the Director of Investment. They will work alongside our investment officers as they underwrite development projects, and will collaborate with other MHIC staff, including our asset management team, as they review project compliance over time. The Asset Management Officer will manage a portfolio of Low Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC) and New Market Tax Credit (NMTC) investments, as part of our eight-person Asset Management Department. Under the supervision of the Director of Asset Management, the Asset Management Officer will oversee the compliance and performance of assets included in their portfolio, and will provide technical assistance as needed. Please submit a cover letter indicating which position you are interested in, along with a resume to: Ann L Silverman Consulting, mhicjobs@gmail. com. For more information and a full position profile, see www.mhic.com. MHIC is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
Are you a Property Management professional seeking new opportunities? Are you looking to enter the property management industry? If so, please consider joining the Maloney Properties team. We are looking for talented individuals to fill the following openings: Title • Live-In Responder • Assistant Property Manager • Maintenance Technician • Social Media Assistant – PT • Maintenance Technician • Custodian – PT • Maintenance Superintendent • Maintenance Technician • Night Auditor - PT • Maintenance Technician
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