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Home in sight for Dot Food Co-op Lack of store stands in way of vision By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
With plans forming for a brickand-mortar location in the Bowdoin-Geneva neighborhood, The Dorchester Community Food Co-op is close to becoming fully fledged. A grocery store presence out of which to sell a broad menu of healthy food was always the goal of the Co-op’s founder, but difficulty attaining space limited operations thus far to seasonal pop-up programming. This has included a winter farmers’ market in Codman
Square, nutrition and recipe education events held on August Fridays in Bowdoin-Geneva, and the like, according to Darnell Adams, the Co-op’s project manager. “[If we get the retail space] we come from being an idea that was started by community members … to an actual viable bricks-andmortar store. It’s what we were always focused on and trying to get to,” Adams told the Banner. “This changes it from an idea and a project to a living, breathing store.”
See FOOD CO-OP, page 20
Political targeting seen in activists’ detainment By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
Demonstrators marched in front of the John F. Kennedy Federal Building on Monday morning, in advance of and during a bond hearing held inside the building that afternoon for three immigration activists. Zully Palacios, Enrique “Kiké” Balcazar and Alex Carrillo all are
members of a Vermont-based workers’ rights advocacy group, Migrant Justice, and are themselves unauthorized immigrants. Palacios and Balcazar were stopped and taken into Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody on March 17 — an unusual move given that two have no criminal records, notes their lawyer. Carrillo was
See IMMIGRANTS, page 6
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Students protest school budget cuts outside the Bolling Building while American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten (second from right) looks on. Weingarten came to Boston to support the Boston Teachers Union as its leaders seek to negotiate a new contract with the city.
School Committee passes BPS budget Students vow to take funding fight to city council By YAWU MILLER
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Lymarie Deida and her 4-year-old daughter rallied outside the JFK Federal Building to call for the release of her husband, Alex Carrillo. When Carrillo was picked up by ICE on March 15, “I thought I had died,” Deida recalled.
The Boston School Committee last week voted 5-2 to approve a controversial 2018 budget that includes $13 million in cuts to 49 schools. Their decision followed testimony from students, parents and teachers who protested the cuts. The school committee vote capped a series of at times contentious community meetings in which students and other public education activists pressed school officials to stop cuts to already struggling schools. “How are you going to say
we need to help Level 4 schools and then take money away from them?” challenged student Luis Navarro, speaking during last week’s meeting.
More is less
Boston Public School Superintendent Tommy Chang told school committee members and the audience in the Bolling Building that the budget now includes an additional $1.25 million to soften the impact of cuts and that more money could be added to the school budget before classes resume in September. He also noted that more than 70 percent of students will attend
classes in schools that are seeing increased funding. Some schools with declining enrollments are receiving large cuts due to a funding system that allocates dollars on a per-pupil basis. Brighton High School is receiving a cut of more than $1 million, the John W. McCormack middle school is seeing its budget cut by more than $900,000 and Madison Park Technical Vocational School is receiving a cut of more than $700,000. Other schools that have increased enrollment are receiving increased funding. But even students at schools
See BPS BUDGET, page 9
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Puerto Rican debt crisis enriches CEO charged with fixing it, protesters say By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
Last week, a small team of protestors marched in Newton Center outside BayBoston, a financial services private equity firm whose owner, they say, has lined his pockets through helping create Puerto Rico’s debt crisis, before becoming appointed one of the handful of people charged with reconfiguring the island’s finances, and now is profiting from providing high-interest loans to impoverished citizens who have few other options. The man in question is Carlos Garcia, owner of BayBoston, chair of the Caribbean Financial Group, member of Puerto Rico’s Fiscal Control Board and a former top executive at Santander Bank. As a Control Board member, Garcia shares responsibility for implementing measures to resolve the debt crisis — wielding an authority that supersedes that of elected officials. Demonstrators call for him to step down from the Control Board, given what they say are egregious conflicts of interest.
Fiscal Control Board
The Control Board approved a ten-year fiscal plan in midMarch with measures that include capping Medicaid benefits, privatizing some public assets, slashing public pensions by 10 percent, furloughing tens of thousands of government workers and teachers and eliminating Christmas bonuses. According to
NBC News, the board members promised to ensure pension cuts do not push anyone below the federal poverty line. In response to Control Board urging, the island’s government also declared in early March that it would seek to reduce expenses by closing and selling more than 300 public school buildings and stripping more than $300 million from the University of Puerto Rico’s budget. “Almost four million Americans are fleeing [their homes in Puerto Rico] to come here to better opportunities,” said Damali Vidot, Chelsea city councilor at-large and city council vice president, during last week’s demonstrations. According to Otoniel Figueroa-Duran, an organizer of the demonstration, conflicts of interest color the Control Board’s efforts and their actions reflect that the wellbeing of those living in the American territory is not their top priority. “The Fiscal Control Board is not responsive to the people of Puerto Rico but to the banks,” Figueroa-Duran said. “That’s why it’s pushing to close schools, hospitals — because they do not care about the people. Working families should not bear the brunt of this disaster.” Given the powers of the Control Board, its members could choose to change or scale back the plan even though it has been approved, according to Figueroa-Duran.
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Profiting off a growing crisis?
Garcia served as an executive of Santander, before in 2009 leaving for a time to head Puerto Rico’s Government Development Bank. While here, he issued COFINA bonds on behalf of the government. These were a new kind of municipal debt used to refinance existing bonds and secured by regressive sales and tax receipts. Essentially, they directed sales tax revenue to repay bondholders, instead of directing it to shoring up public services, a move demonstrators criticized in a Dec. 2016 protest. Among the banks hired to issue these COFINA bonds and paid hefty underwriting fees to do so was Santander bank. Demonstrators also questioned the financial logic behind many COFINA bonds issued. According to a report from the Hedge Clippers and Committee for Better Banks, in Garcia’s first year at the Government Development Bank, Puerto Rico passed a law permitting the treasury secretary to refinance debt without consideration of whether it would save the government money. In 2011, Garcia then returned to Santander — a move some say
Otoniel Figueroa-Duran spoke outside BayBoston in Newton Center during a protest of the role the firm’s owner played and is playing in profiting off Puerto Rico’s debt crisis and the response to it. suggests that while working for the government he set himself up for private profit. A separate Santander executive took over the GDB from Garcia. Garcia since has been named to the Fiscal Control Board charged with righting Puerto Rico’s economy, and which has instituted austerity measures. Demonstrators such as Councilor Vidot say appointing someone who seems to have profited off exacerbating the government’s financial straits to now control the island’s financial future represents a dangerous conflict of interest. “People here have a direct hand in creating debt in Puerto Rico and now are responsible for how its debt is repaid,” Vidot said.
Profiting off austerity?
Now attention is turned to Garcia’s role in Caribbean Financial Group (CFG), a firm that offers small, unsecured personal loans. These are just the kind of loans that poor individuals with limited options — such as members of the Puerto Rican populace turned destitute under the debt crisis and austerity measures — would turn to, and they are offered at predatory interest rates, demonstrators say. Many of CFG’s loans appear designed to extract further wealth from the populace. Caribbean Financial Group, also known as CommoLoCo, advertises online personal loans with interest rates of about 25 percent over four years,
according to the recently-updated Hedge Clippers-Committee for Better Banks report. In one anecdotal account cited in the report, a prospective borrower discovered CFG loans offered at interest rates of up to 49 percent. Puerto Rican law imposes no limit on the interest rates that can be charged on small, unsecured personal loans. Garcia appears to stand to profit. According to his personal financial interest disclosure, he could be rewarded with a special bonus from CFG if the firm attains a certain level of expansion in Puerto Rico, the Hedge Clippers-Committee for Better Banks report states. “He [Garcia] is personally involved in directing and raising money for a predatory lender that targets Puerto Ricans,” the report states. Garcia also is CEO of BayBoston, a limited liability corporation, and stated in his disclosure that its purpose is investing in CFG, according to the Hedge Clippers-Committee for Better Banks report. He did not disclose the salaries he draws from CFG or BayBoston. Meanwhile, in the U.S., Garcia has local ties — including serving on the Hyde Square Task Force. Myriam Ortiz, executive director of The City School, said involvement in useful local organizations gives Garcia an air of respectability belied by his impact in Puerto Rico. Ortiz told demonstrators, “Garcia is the face of the Puerto Rican crisis.”
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‘Keeping the train moving:’ an activist’s fight for housing Planning & Development Agency’s controversial Plan JP/Rox meeting, a protest in Hyde Park over a real estate developer’s plans to renovate its apartments and increase the rent. If the just cause eviction law was in place, tenants would have “a bit longer to stay in apartments,” Johnson explains, “and it would give the city knowledge of who the bad actors are in Boston, arbitrarily raising the rent.”
By AMY POLLARD
It’s Thursday morning and Dorchester is alive with commuters — workers in orange jackets and hard hats, businesswomen in suits, a nun in full habit, the occasional twenty-something hipster. Walk further away from the Ashmont T stop, however, and it becomes harder to imagine Dorchester as the hub of upscale housing that developers have proposed. Sidewalks are crumbling. Garbage litters the alleyways between old auto shops, barbershops and laundromats. Newspapers and trash bags tumble into the street. But local advocates worry gentrification is coming. It’s a process that Darnell Johnson, coordinator at Right to the City Boston (RTC), confronts every day. “I don’t remember fighting for Louisville in the way I fight for Boston,” says the 43-year-old Kentucky native. “Here, it’s territorial.” Johnson spends his days in a weathered brick building a few blocks north of the Fields Corner Red Line station. The RTC Boston office, shared with the social justice group New England United for Justice, feels more like a house, with wood floors, a hallway and a kitchen. It gets a lot of natural light. A “History of Rent Control in Boston” poster runs the length of the hallway, with blue, pink and yellow sticky notes showing key legislation on rent stability, rental inspection, condo conversion and other housing issues since 1977. In the conference room, where Johnson spends much of his time, a map of Boston’s wards and precincts hangs opposite a painting of a woman speaking into a megaphone, the words “Pass Just Cause Eviction” rolling out. These decorations remind Johnson every day of the issues at stake in his work. Dorchester, the largest of Boston’s 23 neighborhoods, faces a surge in property owners selling to real estate developers who then renovate the units and increase the rent, hoping to court Boston’s growing class of students and young professionals. Such development dramatically changes neighborhood communities and often pushes long-term tenants out of their homes.
Social justice education
Johnson’s interest in the politics of displacement began during his undergraduate years at the University of Louisville, where he worked with the Fairness Campaign, an LGBTQ rights coalition that pushed to include sexual orientation and gender identity in the Kentucky civil rights code. After graduating in 1997, he spent ten more years organizing with the Fairness Campaign and then started working with Jobs with Justice in Kansas City, Missouri. He doesn’t remember the exact moment he was drawn to social justice work but in many ways it was in the cards all along. “My mom always said I was the one who tore the toys apart to try to put them back together again,” he says. He’s also seen the devastating effects of displacement up close. “I have family members who have gone through evictions and been displaced and lost their jobs,” he recalls. “I also have gay friends who have been beaten because of their sexuality.” Johnson will talk your ear off about race, class and gender,
Commitment to service
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Darnell Johnson (center) holds a bullhorn during an affordable housing demonstration in Dorchester last year. Johnson heads the Right to the City Coalition, a group of organizations working on preserving affordability in Boston’s housing market. especially his experiences as a black man from Louisville, a city sharply divided along racial lines. Actually, he’ll talk your ear off about a number of things: cooking, theater, music. Johnson was a performing arts major, and it shows. He speaks with natural rhythm; he often pauses for effect. His voice is calm and unassuming but at any given moment he’ll break into an exuberant laugh that fills the room. “He always does his work with a smile,” says Noemi “Mimi” Ramos, 35, who works with Johnson as organizing director of New England United for Justice. “I think people feed into his energy, which is why they come into the work.”
Nonconformist
Johnson is tall, but you wouldn’t know it from the way he casually leans back in his chair and sips his coffee, every so often adjusting his glasses. His hair is short nowadays. He used to wear dreads down to his shoulders, but has since cut them off. “Just walking down the street, I was perceived differently than with my short hair,” he says. “My hair, signaling a class separation, a difference from people, a safety issue!” With or without his dreads, Johnson has never been particularly good at conforming. He tried to work a retail job, make money and live the American dream, once. Burned out after attempting to expand a local chapter of the Kansas Organization for State Employees (KOSE), he took a job at a men’s clothing store, declaring, “I’m not doing social justice work no more.” But he couldn’t keep his mouth shut. The low wages and lack of health benefits led him to clash with the company. He quit after two years and moved to Boston to join RTC in 2014. RTC Boston brings six grassroots organizations together in the fight against gentrification and displacement: City Life/Vida Urbana, Chinese Progressive Association, New England United for Justice, Boston Workers Alliance, Alternatives for Community and Environment and Neighbors United for a Better East Boston. As RTC Boston coordinator, Johnson provides tools, resources and aid
to these organizations. Together, they’re currently pushing for the Jim Brooks Community Stabilization Act, named after the late civil rights activist Jim Brooks. The bill would replace the current no-fault eviction law with a just cause eviction law, requiring landlords to provide a reason for eviction and to notify the City of Boston, enabling the city to collect data and inform tenants of their rights.
“It’s a lot of relational work, as well as just keeping the train moving,” says Johnson, who did an “e-blast” that morning, communicating with 3,000 people across the city about door-to-door canvassing efforts. He rattles off a list of actions that member organizations led in March: a sit-in at Mayor Marty Walsh’s office for affordable housing, a rally against the Boston
Not everyone welcomes the bill, which was debated for six hours at the March 6 city council hearing. Critics, largely real estate and landlord associations, argue that just cause eviction is rent control, which was banned in Massachusetts in 1994. They also claim that the bill would hurt small landlords already pressed for resources. But Johnson keeps moving forward. If there’s one thing he has learned about housing justice advocacy, it’s that the train never stops. He tries to relax outside of work, listening to live music or playing classical piano. Lately, he’s been cooking more, in particular trying to master his mother’s fried chicken recipe, letting it sit long enough to fully cook. But he’s impatient. The chicken always burns. And there’s always another meeting to attend, another street to canvass, another funder to call. “I was raised in a house of service — service to my church, to my community. I always tell folks, ‘This is my ministry,’” he says. “Opening my mouth and being a spokesperson for the marginalized community. I just don’t know any other way.”
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The people matter Citizens in civilized countries around the world expect their governments to provide universal health care that is both affordable and effective. However, conservatives in the U.S. think such a policy is damaging to the vitality of the republic. They fundamentally believe that for the state to become involved in the business of health insurance is a major step toward socialism. While the phobia of creeping socialism is a primary reason for conservatives’ protests, there are other objections. The idea that the affluent will be taxed to pay for someone else’s doctor’s bill is offensive. There is a general reluctance to pay income taxes. It was not until ratification of the 16th Amendment in 1913 that it became constitutional to levy income taxes. Even taxes for worthwhile purposes are difficult for many to accept. As life in America becomes increasingly more complex and citizens are more reliant on one another, conservatives still choose to support the illusion of rugged American individualism. There are few Americans living off the grid and hunting for their food. Now we are all interdependent whether or not some are willing to acknowledge it. During his campaign for president Donald Trump promised to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which he derisively referred to as Obamacare, and he would do it in the first 100 days. Trump also offered empty assurances that the new health plan would be even better than the ACA. It would provide for insurance for more Americans at less cost. That was nothing new. Republicans had consistently expressed their disdain for Obamacare since it was passed on March 23, 2010, seven years ago. However, Republicans had never
developed an alternative plan. Consequently, when Trump won the election, which was a surprise to most Americans, there was no alternative plan to offer for approval. The Republican plan became to repeal the ACA now and create its replacement later. That was a tactically absurd approach for an issue as complicated as health care. It was massively rejected by Americans. Despite the incessant criticism and opposition to Obamacare by conservatives, an estimated 20 million Americans had been added to the rolls of the insured. The prospect of losing health insurance induced voters to protest at the town meetings of their congressional representatives and to join the opposition to the proposed health plan. Even though the Republicans have a majority in the House of Representatives with the solid vote by the Democrats in opposition, Trump was unable to repeal Obamacare. Fortunately, Trump’s proposal failed. Actually, it was another Trump fraud. Rather than being a legitimate effort to improve America’s health care, it was a transfer of wealth to insurance companies and high net worth taxpayers. According to an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), 24 million citizens would be uninsured by 2026. Higher premiums would benefit the wealthy and save less money on the national debt. Citizens should remember the date — Friday, March 24, 2017. That is the day that an aroused and committed public opposition of citizens successfully defeated the president and other politicians who attempted to revoke deserved public entitlements by artifice. The people should remain alert because other Trumpian frauds are likely to be revealed.
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By EARL OFARI HUTCHINSON The media and D.C. police and city officials were hammered for allegedly ignoring the plight of more than a dozen missing black and Latina girls in Washington D.C. Community activists chalked the seeming indifference up to racism. The outcry triggered a spate of news stories on the missing girls, angry denials from the police that they were asleep on the job in trying to find the girls, and lots of stats that purported to show that there’s been no major uptick in the number of missing persons in the District, and certainly nothing that points to any conspiracy to nab, traffic in or murder young black females. The pushback against the charges of murder and conspiracy is almost certainly right. However, it doesn’t answer the perennial question about how black female lives versus the lives of white females in distress are viewed and treated. The disparity in the number of black kids missing, and how their disappearance is treated, is glaring. According to FBI figures, African American children make up 42 percent of non-family abduction. Yet, one would be hard-pressed to find Amber Alert tweets and their pictures plastered on freeway alert signs. The media is no better. A 2010 Pace University study compared reporting by race and gender on several major news stations between 2005 and 2007. Predictably, it found that black kids were almost invisible in news coverage. The issue of what victims get covered and ignored exploded as a major racial crisis issue when several cities were hit with a wave of serial murders of black women during the 1980s. The shout was that the murders went on with no public warning, media coverage and seemingly scant police action for years. Police and prosecutors each time bristled at the charge that they are less diligent when it comes to nailing serial killers who kill blacks than whites. In Los Angeles, which had a serial killer roaming on the loose in the 1980s killing scores of mostly poor black women, officials pleaded that they were under-staffed and lacked the resources and technology to make a swift arrest when the killings began. There was some truth to that then. But since then there’s been a tremendous advance in the use of computer matches and forensic and DNA testing. This has helped police quickly zero in on likely suspects. In Los Angeles, police officials went further and set up special task forces to track down the killer. But that still begs the question that lurks underneath the case of D.C.’s missing girls: That far too often police and city officials do not see victims in inner city neighborhoods as the type of women who reflexively ignite police and public outrage. There are reasons, troubling reasons, for this. The long-running serial killing saga underscores the great threat of murder and criminal violence to many black women. Homicide ranks as a major cause of death for young black females. A black woman is more likely to be raped and assaulted than a white woman. While the media at times magnifies and sensationalizes crimes by black men against white women, it ignores or downplays crimes against black women. Then there’s the drug menace. Nearly half of the women behind bars in America are there for drug-related offenses; the majority are black. Some of the suspected serial murder victims, and in some instances in the case of D.C.’s missing girls, had a rap sheet for drug use and trafficking, or simply hailed from troubled homes. This was repeatedly mentioned in press accounts of the victims; they easily fit the popular public and media profile of the druggedout, derelict black woman. There’s also the notion that these women are dangerous women. The police slayings of black women in some cities, the upswing in violent crimes by women, and Hollywood films that show black women as swaggering, trash-talking, gun-toting, and vengeful stoke public jitters about these women. One in four women is now imprisoned for violent crimes, and half of them are black. Black girls are hardly exempt from this negative image and typecasting. The proactive steps taken by D.C. police, city officials and the Congressional Black Caucus, which has called for federal intervention in the hunt for the missing girls, are welcome and much needed. It has certainly made the public much more aware of the peril that many black girls and women face on the streets. Part of that peril is the possibility of being the victim of violence. Unfortunately, it took an outcry and an ugly and embarrassing media spotlight on the missing girls to make their disappearance a national issue. Now, the task is to make sure that public concern about what happens with their lives remains a national issue.
Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst.
Yes. They need to stop the people who are infiltrating the country.
Of course we can. We are America. It will be difficult, but we have weapons and allies.
No. The president we have right now can’t win anything.
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Can it? Yes. Will it? No. America is founded on terrorism. It implements a terrorist mentality wherever it goes as it builds its empire. A lot of what it uses are mechanisms of terrorism.
If America really wants to eliminate terrorism, it should start by revoking the nonprofit status of the KKK.
No, because it’s not a conventional war, a war you can win. We’re dealing with identity. You can’t win. You can only try to contain it.
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GABY QUINTERO Archipelago Strategies Group (ASG) today announced it has hired internationally recognized journalist and human rights activist Gaby Quintero to help the firm continue its growth into emerging digital and multicultural markets. “With more than a decade of experience in the U.S. and South America, Gaby is a perfect addition to our multicultural marketing team,” said ASG’s founder and CEO Josiane Martinez. “Our business is helping clients succeed by connecting them with diverse audiences that have more power than ever before.” Quintero formerly served as editor and co-host of Claro Americas’ Red Más Noticias,
managing a team of 30 international correspondents in 22 countries for Colombia’s mostwatched cable news program. A longtime human rights activist, Quintero recently helped lead Venezuelan Women in Action’s campaign to amplify the voices of gender violence survivors and bring their stories to the United Nations. At ASG, Quintero will manage client accounts, generate cutting-edge, digital media content, and engage communities in multiple languages. She holds a B.A. from Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Caracas, Venezuela and a masters degree in international relations from Pontificia Universidad Javeriana in Bogotá, Colombia.
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Marchers called for the release of three Vermont activists who face deportation. Demonstrators say the activists have positive impact on their communities and suspect their detainment by ICE must be politically motivated.
picked up a few days earlier while en route to a court hearing at which prosecutors were due to dismiss a 2016 misdemeanor charge. Throughout the rally, organizers made clear that they believe the detainments are intended as political retribution and intimidation for speaking out on immigrant and workers’ rights. “It is particularly galling when they [ICE agents] go after community leaders and human rights defenders who get on their register because they stood up for their rights,” said a board member of Migrant Justice. She told the gathered protestors, “ICE is trying to is trying to break the spirit of the community and the spirit of organizing and human rights.” Palacios, a 23-year-old from Peru, was detained on charges that she overstayed her visa by about 8 months. A petition letter prepared by Migrant Justice and addressed to ICE Field Director Todd Thurlow describes her as “an outstanding community activist and human rights defender … an important figure in her community.” Balcazar, 24, emigrated to the U.S. from Mexico without authorization and his status was known to ICE for several months, according to his lawyer. Both were involved in Milk With Dignity, a campaign aimed at improving workplace conditions for dairy farm workers. Balcazar also had served as a member of the Vermont attorney general’s task force on immigration issues. On March 17, after they left the Migrant Justice office in Burlington, Vermont, Palacios and Balcazar were taken into custody by ICE. Their detainment followed on the heels of a March 15 incident in which ICE agents picked up Carrillo, a 23-yearold Mexican immigrant and Migrant Justice member, while he was traveling to a court hearing. Carrillo’s wife, Lymarie Deida, a U.S. citizen, rallied in Boston with her four-year-old daughter. “The day they took my husband,
I thought I had died,” Deida told demonstrators. “I thought I could not speak.” A few days later, she lost her fear, she said. She urged the crowd to keep defending human rights. “All these people are detained for thinking and speaking that their rights matter — and they do,” Deida said. “Free Alex,” she added. “My daughter and I need him at home.” The Migrant Justice letter petitioning for release of Palacios and Balcazar had attained approximately 10,000 signatures by Monday morning, according to Will Lambke, Migrant Justice spokesperson, and demonstrators continued to collect signatures during the rally. Protestors said they aimed to make their dissent clear to the judge who would be conducting the bond hearing, and make evident to the federal administration that such alleged political targeting will not be tolerated. “What happened in Burlington is happening across the country. It is political retribution for organizing work. … New tactics of intimidation are being seen under this administration,” said Carlos Rojas, an organizer with Moviemiento Cosecha. “We have to show this plan will backfire on them.” Many also sought to counter narratives associating immigrants with crime, and chanted that any deportation is a human rights violation. José Norman, a friend of Balcazar and Carrillo, said he and many immigrants simply came to the U.S. for the opportunities to support their families that were not available in their home countries. “As immigrants, we come here not to do harm to anyone, but to do hard work for our families,” Norman said, his words translated from Spanish. Later that day, the judge set a $2,500 bond each for Palacios and Balcazar, and they were released on bail. Meanwhile the judge denied Carrillo bail due to the dropped 2016 misdemeanor charge against Carrillo of driving while under the influence. Monday’s hearing does not address deportation proceedings against the activists.
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Per-pupil school funding widens some equity gaps Basic educational needs not guaranteed in current system well-rounded education, as well as challenging efforts to make school a safe place for traumatized children.
By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
With the new Boston Public Schools budget making cuts at 49 schools, many are questioning whether the current per-pupil funding system actually improves equity. Due to declining enrollment, many struggling schools are having their resources cut. In some cases, this is due to fewer parents choosing to select the schools when their levels drop, thus causing per-pupil funds to dwindle. But in other cases, the school continues to perform, yet receives a slashed budget. The John W. McCormack Middle School is one example of a school losing students — and funding — due to a district policy change, not anything within its own control. The district redesigned its enrollment structures so that instead of five elementary schools feeding students into the McCormack Middle, only four do. Enrollment dropped and its next budget plunged by approximately $1 million, or about 21 percent. Neema Avashia, a grade 8 civics teacher at the McCormack, says that cuts are producing losses or continuing a failure of BPS to provide funding for programs teachers deem an essential part of a
McCormack’s losses
The problem with the weighted student funding system in its current form, Avashia says, is that when money is allocated entirely based on enrollment, there is no safeguard to ensure that every school always will be able to afford a full-time nurse, library, guidance counselor and other basic educational needs. “Just because you have fewer than 400 students doesn’t mean you don’t need a nurse full-time because [now] kids only get sick in the morning,” Avashia said. “There still are children here. Lots of children. And there are things they should have as part of their education, even if there are not as many children as last year.” Under the budget cuts, staff members are struggling to maintain offerings that teachers regard as critical to education. Chorus and band classes will be dropped. BPS already does not provide the school with enough to afford a library; staff had to crowdfund to create one and will continue to rely on outside generosity and volunteers to maintain it. While many middle schools
offer social studies and science only every other day or only for half the year, teachers at McCormack believe year-round daily classes are a critical part of a wellrounded education. However, budget cuts translate to staffing cuts and will put more of a strain on this practice; instead of being taught by designated subject-specific teachers, science and social studies now will be taught by teachers who are spread between multiple subject and/or grades, Avashia said. McCormack also relies on outside fundraising in order to offer a yearly trip to New York, something Avashia said often is an eye-opening experience that fosters middle school-aged children’s developing independence and expands their world knowledge. For many kids, it is their first time outside Boston or away from home without their parents. She notes that all these were options provided to her as a child in a rural, working-class community but without fundraising to supplement the city-provided budget, would be out of reach for children in wealthy Boston. “I grew up in rural West Virginia, and in rural West Virginia, we had a school library [and]… a trip to D.C. every year. I’m not saying these are things you only get in an affluent suburban
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Neema Avashia is a grade 8 teacher at McCormack Middle School. The McCormack, which already must rely on fundraising in order to have a library and annual trip, will have its budget slashed by $1 million, or 21 percent. community,” Avashia said. “These are essential elements of the education of young people. This stuff isn’t optional. This is what education should be and we should be thinking of how we fund that.”
Children with trauma
The budget cuts throw barriers in the way of initiatives known to help traumatized children feel
safe, Avashia said. The school already relies on grants and volunteers to establish and maintain its library, including providing furniture, books and staffing. Beyond educational resources, the library also provides a safe space for children coping with trauma.
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continued from page 8 “Part of the impetus behind creating a library is to create a safe space that would help kids calm down and know they’re safe and welcomed, and where they could be connected and supported within the space,” Avashia said. One item indefinitely stuck in the idea phase due to lack of funding: a cafeteria redesign intended to eliminate environmental trauma-triggers for a student body that was nearly 92 percent low-income in school year 20132014, according to BPS data. Schools can be aggravating environments for traumatized children, who tend to be hyper attuned to their surroundings and on guard for threats, Avashia said. Classic institutional structures, in which sounds reverberate and fluorescent lighting intensify and induce stress in children, make it difficult for them to feel safe and learn. To remedy this, McCormack contracted an architect to draw up cafeteria renovation plans, but despite having the design and strong interest in the project, the school lacks the funds to make it happen. “If a kid’s trauma is being triggered every time they’re in the cafeteria, how do they learn after that?” Avashia said. “We’ve got to think of how we create spaces that nourish kids’ souls and emotions while also nourishing their bodies. … We know work that needs to happen and have people very interested in thinking with us about it, but nobody has money.” The school has no expectations
of providing this under BPS’s budget and is exploring grants, Avashia said.
Zero-sum funding
The weighted school funding formula was an initiative aimed at ensuring equity — in theory, all students would be allocated the money they need and it would follow them. Recently, however, many have argued that this does not go far enough. During last week’s Boston School Committee meeting, Ayele Shakur, co-chair of the Opportunity and Achievement Gaps Task Force, presented testimony cosigned by other co-chairs Jeri Robinson, School Committee member, and Sam Acevedo, associate pastor at León de Judá Church. “By using the current weighted student funding formula as its foundation, the [school year 2018] budget systematically disinvests in the district’s lowest performing schools that have the greatest needs,” Shakur said. One issue is that the weighted formula does not provide sufficient funding for students with high needs, such as English language learners and students with disabilities, Shakur said. The problem is exacerbated because BPS traditionally sends high-need students to the same schools, and as such the combined underfunding hits them hard. Without the financial ability to meet students’ needs, the schools’ performances slip. This in turn deters parent selection and causes enrollment-tied funds to drop, further depleting the ability to support current pupils, she said. “Under the current funding formula, BPS creates policies that
lead to under-enrollment, and then penalizes schools for this under-enrollment,” Shakur said. “The district’s lowest performing schools are forced to make drastic cuts year after year as enrollments plummet, until they are ultimately starved out of existence.” Kim Janey, senior project director of Massachusetts Advocates for Children, said it could be worth exploring adding funding weights based on particular schools, not solely based on student categories. “Do we need to give greater weights? Do there need to be some weights geared toward schools, not just students? These are all the kinds of things that can be up for discussion,” Janey said. Similarly, Shakur in her testimony suggested that funding plans should acknowledge the school’s contexts along with the students’ contexts — specifically, taking into account the school’s performance level.
Assuring basic needs
Shakur and Avashia proposed establishing a base level of educational offerings guaranteed at every BPS schools, with funding assured to provide them. For instance, all schools should expect to have enough money for a library, full-time nurse and guidance counselor, Avashia said. During her testimony, Shakur proposed securing funding for enrichment classes, wraparound services and strong teachers. “Beyond the state foundation budget, there should be a city foundation budget where every school is guaranteed some set of foundational resources,” Avashia said.
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receiving budget increases, such as Excel High School — due to get a $60,000 bump — protested the cuts. “Why is Brighton losing money?” questioned Excel High School student Trinity Kelly. “Are you planning to close it? Mayor Walsh, where are you?” City Councilor Tito Jackson, who is running against Mayor Martin Walsh in this year’s election, said the city has not allocated enough funding to the schools. “The mayor simply did not give you enough money,” Jackson said. “This is an irresponsible and unconscionable budget you should not pass because it harms the most vulnerable students.” The budget includes $25 million in new funding and nearly $20 million in new programs, including $15 million for extended learning time at 39 schools. Chang said this funding represents a 3.9 percent increase over last year, when $20 million set aside for collective bargaining with unions representing BPS workers is included. Jackson called it dishonest to include the collective bargaining figures, which will not be part of the budget if no agreements are reached with the unions. The budget will go before the Boston City Council for a vote before it is finalized. Last year, councilors initially rejected the school budget, prompting the Walsh administration to allocate millions more. School Committee member Miren Uriarte, who along with Regina Robinson cast a vote against the budget, questioned the
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million: The Boston Public Schools budget includes $25 million in new funding. million: The BPS budget includes nearly $20 million in new programs. million: The budget includes $15 million for extended learning time at 39 schools tight funding for schools in what she said is an era of relative prosperity in Boston. “This has been particularly painful for me,” she said. “Part of the reason is that this is not a year of fiscal crisis. The argument that there is not enough money simply doesn’t ring true to me.” Citywide Parents Council co-chairman Heshan Berents-Weeramuni said this year’s budget is the latest in a string of underfunded budgets. “Over the past several years, the Boston School Committee has passed budgets that have repeatedly harmed and dispersed our low-income and vulnerable students,” he said, reading from a statement issued by the group. “Budget cuts related to the student assignment system and weighted student funding disproportionately impact Level 3 and 4 schools by divesting money away from schools that need the resources the most.” Following the school committee vote, several students said they plan to continue advocating for more funding. “We’re going to find a way to push the City Council to vote no,” said Dorchester Academy student Fania Joseph, a member of Youth Organizers United for the Now Generation.
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A former youth worker, Domingos DaRosa founded a property maintenance business in 2015 during that winter’s abundant snow storms.
When life gives you snow... Property maintenance company rose from 2015 blizzards By SANDRA LARSON
Remember the winter of 201415, when Boston saw 110 inches of snowfall, most of it walloping the city in January and February? While that season may have brought merriment to the sledding set, it presented plenty of headaches for commuters, shopkeepers and homeowners struggling to keep sidewalks clear and monitoring roofs and gutters anxiously as layers of dense snow piled up. For Domingos DaRosa, the record-breaking winter also sowed the seeds for a new business. “Sometimes opportunities come to you, and you just gotta recognize when they do,” says DaRosa, who started DaRosa Property Maintenance LLC in 2015. The 39-year-old father of four had been helping his parents, neighbors and friends for years with snow removal and other odd jobs. When those extraordinarily snowy months hit, his phone started ringing. “I got calls about ice dams, water leaks in roofs, snow-related issues,” says DaRosa. The timing was right. He had been unemployed for a few months after leaving a 21-year stint at the city of Boston’s Centers for Youth and Families, where he also was active in SEIU Local 888. “I went ahead and ran with it.” He purchased snow blowers
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and gathered some helpers, mostly family members. Within two weeks, he says, he had customers across eastern Massachusetts — Taunton, Easton, Billerica — all through word-of-mouth referrals. Helped along with $20,000 from his mother (“I want my inheritance now,” he told her, “so you can see what I do with it.”), he invested in tools and a truck, formalized a limited liability company (LLC), and was on a new path as a business owner.
Low overhead
The business has expanded into property maintenance and repairs — from landscaping and groundskeeping to masonry and “hardscaping” — and general contracting for remodeling and light demolition work. DaRosa Property Maintenance clients include private homeowners and condominium associations. In addition, he has a few contractors who subcontract pieces of their projects out to
him. He enjoys the work he gets through referrals from Ethos, a Jamaica Plain-based nonprofit that offers services for area seniors, including home repair assistance. “I’m a community person,” says DaRosa. “I love my city, I love meeting and helping people. If I can meet someone and make a few bucks at the same time, I’ll take it.” DaRosa arrived in Boston from Cape Verde at nine months old. While his family lived on the Dorchester/Roxbury line, he feels he grew up in the whole city, roaming across neighborhoods and making friends all over. At Madison Park High School he focused on automotive mechanics, and in his 20s he earned an associate’s degree in applied science from Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology. He first considered an automotive business but decided the overhead costs would be too high from the start. With the property maintenance business, he can keep overhead down by not having a shop space
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and by accumulating expensive tools gradually. Larger equipment like mini-excavators can be rented per job. “I would recommend that to everyone — renting equipment helps cut expenses,” he says. “I don’t have to worry about storage or loans for equipment or repairs, which is a big thing on heavy machinery.” DaRosa’s business is still small enough to operate out of a home office in Hyde Park. He has no permanent staff yet; he hires people on a project-by-project basis when he needs an extra set of hands or skills.
Continued ambition
He has not sought designation as a minority business enterprise (MBE), which could provide expanded opportunities on government-funded contracts. “I’m kind of old fashioned. Never take a hand unless you need a hand,” he says. “Like every other immigrant who established himself by hard work and honor, little by little I will build a client base until I can have a staff.” As if raising a family and growing a business that requires him to
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Marie St. Fleur, St. Fleur Communications St. Fleur Communications is a boutique public affairs group specializing in community engagement and grassroots outreach. Based in Boston and serving clients across the country, the firm, founded by Marie St. Fleur works with individuals, community groups and associations in the public and private sectors, providing workforce development and building strategic partnerships. The first Haitian-American elected to state office in the United States, St. Fleur brings over 30 years of leadership to the fields of early education, workforce development, public policy, criminal justice and human rights. St. Fleur is the former CEO and President of a state-wide nonprofit. She spearheaded the formation of the influential Put MA Kids First coalition, securing increased investment in early education and care in Massachusetts for two consecutive fiscal years. St. Fleur served as chief of advocacy and strategic investment for the city of Boston. She served as the state representative for the 5th Suffolk District in the Massachusetts State House for 11 years starting in 1999. There, she led the establishment of the Department of Early Education and Care. St. Fleur was the first woman to serve as vice chair of the powerful House Ways
and Means Committee. She launched St. Fleur Communications in 2016.
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Closing the opportunity gap remains a passion of mine. Creating a bridge between education and employment is my focus. Timing is everything. My children are grown. I can take this calculated risk to broaden my experience beyond public service and the nonprofit sector. St. Fleur Communication allows me to continue to do work that matters, collaborating with others to create new solutions, and have greater control of my time and income.
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be available 24/7 don’t keep him busy enough, DaRosa coaches a Pop Warner football team and volunteers with youth at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Dorchester and in a “Football for Fun” program at a local schoolyard. His ambitions don’t end with entrepreneurship. He is planning a run for at-large city councilor, banking on the wide network he developed during his school years and his decades working with city youth. “One of my favorite movies is ‘Field of Dreams.’ It basically sums it up — you have to do something in order to get a reward in the end,” he says. “Everyone thought he was crazy, and at the end of the day his vision came to life.”
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La Fábrica Central Grand Opening
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A great time was had by all at the recent Grand Opening of La Fábrica Central, the new Spanish Caribbean restaurant and live music spot in Cambridge’s Central Square. The restaurant is co-owned by Dennis Benzan, Nivia and Hector Piña.
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1: Musicians from Zahili Gonzalez Zamora Quartet; 2: Paola Ferrer with fiancé Camilo Atehortua; 3: Former State Senator Warren Tolman speaks; 4: Dennis Benzan, co-owner of La Fabrica and former Vice-Mayor and City Councilor of the City of Cambridge; Denise Simmons, current President of City of Cambridge; La Fabrica Executive Chef Ciovanna Huyke; David P. Maher, current City Councilor for the City of Cambridge; and Timothy J. Toomey, Jr. current City Councilor of the City of Cambridge; 5: David Altman, Bart Simonian, Alex Rodriguez – Attorneys at Altman and Altman; 6: Chef Carlo Marini and Operations Manager Emanuel Billalobos; 7: Zhaili Gonzalez Zamora; 8: Gloria Velasquez, owner of design firm IMAGIX with Nivia and Hector Piña.
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‘Tickling Giants’
Independent film highlights humor, activism By CELINA COLBY
Sara Taksler’s independent film “Tickling Giants” screened recently in a special event at the Kendall Square Cinema. The documentary tells the story of Bassem Youssef, a surgeon in Egypt who noticed during the 2011 protests of President Hosni Mubarak that the content on the news didn’t reflect what he saw on the streets. He began an internet show satirizing the political situation, and it quickly became a popular network program. On “The Show,” Youssef shed light on Egyptian authority and politics through humor. The content has been compared to Jon Stewart’s work on “The Daily Show,” and Stewart appears in the film. However, Youssef broadcast to an audience of 30 million, compared to Stewart’s two million in the United States. Despite the similar content, Youssef was operating with much higher stakes: The honesty that delighted audiences brought censorship and arrest warrants from the authorities.
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On her website introducing the film, Taksler says, “‘Tickling Giants’ is about a guy who is just telling jokes, and yet his voice is so much louder and more articulate than the people a few blocks away who are shooting each other.” The film reveals the power of humor and of the everyday citizen. “The Show” was nonviolent protest on an enormous scale. In the turbulent political conditions of the United States, this story of speaking up is more powerful than ever. Creating the film came with its own risks. Taksler was shooting in Egypt in a time when government censorship was frequent and dangerous. She says, “The core idea in ‘Tickling Giants’ is to leave people inspired by a team of ordinary people that risked their own comfort and, by doing so, found a way to be heard and to influence change.” And get out of her comfort zone, Taksler did. She took most of the b-roll footage on a point-and-shoot camera from a moving vehicle. She refrained from mentioning her trip to Egypt on any social media until the filming was complete. At its heart, “Tickling Giants” isn’t about a superstar comedian,
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hristal Brown’s troupe INSPIRIT will be performing “The Opulence of Integrity” at The Dance Complex through April 2. Brown’s first production with an all-male cast draws inspiration from the life and legend of Muhammad Ali. The four-movement show reflects on Ali’s work as an activist and his experience as a public martyr, using elements of boxing, hip-hop, martial arts and modern dance. More than just a show about an athlete, “Opulence” is a rumination on black masculinity. Working with an all-male cast has been a significant departure for Brown. Initially INSPIRIT was an all-female troupe who worked primarily with feminist content. It was the birth of Brown’s son that sparked a change in thought. Now more than ever she been contemplating the barriers that come with the term “black male.” “I think the piece serves to give a kaleidoscope view of what black masculinity means,” says Brown. “It’s important to see a cast of all black men on the stage.” Brown says that she sees the potential for greatness in everyone around her and here she explores what brings that potential out in certain people. In addition to the intricate choreography, the show features a score by Farai Malianga, a Zimbabwean-American composer who fuses a series of musical styles from traditional West African beats to ’70s funk. The piece was originally born out of Brown’s collaboration with another composer, jazz musician Fred Ho. While being treated for cancer at Beth Israel here in Boston, Ho asked Brown to collaborate with him on a piece honoring Ali. The performance debuted in 2012 and though Ho passed, Brown continued with that inspiration. “I began to forge my own ideas about his life, his legend and his activism,” she says. See “OPULENCE,” page 16
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For more information and to purchase tickets for “The Opulence of Integrity,” visit: www.dancecomplex.org.
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Sandi Clark, chairwoman of the SAACC says, “This isn’t just African American history, it’s American history. I think it’s important every day.” The organization’s theme this year is African American athletes. Their upcoming exhibits will center on Jesse Owens, Muhammad Ali, Jack Johnson and others.
A road-trip guide to the coastline arts scene
Sanctuary Arts
From Portsmouth, Sanctuary Arts in Eliot, Maine is only a 15minute drive. Owner and founder Christopher Gowell created the arts school and studio space in 1996 inside an old Methodist church. The expansive property
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Eight figures crafted in cement and bronze stand around the vault, representing the contemporary community and their acknowledgement of Portsmouth’s African heritage. Around the park’s outer railing are 110 tiles designed in collaboration with the local middle school. This kind of community engagement in the arts spreads throughout the city. For more information on the burial ground you can head to the Seacoast African American Cultural Center on Middle Street. Its whole third floor exhibit, opening in April, will be dedicated to artwork created by local students and inspired by the burial ground and the area’s black history.
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YOUR WORLD ON STAGE MUSIC
Just an hour’s drive from Boston lies a cultural font of African American history and art. The New England seacoast offers fresh seafood, quaint accommodations and a cultural history older than “Carpenters” by Jacob Lawrence. any other in the country. For a weekend getaway, start standing back to back. The male in Portsmouth, New Hampshire figure represents the first enslaved where you’ll find the 24-stop person brought to Portsmouth in Black Heritage Trail, marking 1645; the female figure represents historically and culturally signifMother Africa. They are divided icant locations around the city. by, and fused with, a large granite Though some of the stops simply rectangle, a symbol of industry denote where slaves lived, the Afand colonization and the New rican Burial Ground on Chestnut Hampshire state rock. Street is a sharp and moving reThe brick Petition Line guides minder of the black town members you through the park, bearing the who shaped early New England. inscription of a 1779 document Though the initial burial ground written by and petitioning for the has been paved over, a park with a freedom of 20 slaves. Past the artist’s memorial created by artist Jerome statement and manicured bushes Meadows stands in its place. lies a reburial vault sealed with a Titled “We Stand in Honor mosaic Sankofa symbol. The vault of Those Forgotten,” the memoholds the exhumed remains of the rial park begins with two lifeburial size bronze figures in bas-relief, Baystate Banner 2017 ad FINAL.qxp_Layout 1 ground’ 3/20/17s former 1:27 PMoccupants. Page 1
features a large, light-flooded teaching room, a series of basement studios, Gowell’s own studio and residence, a foundry and a sculpture garden. The space reverberates with positive energy, and artistry sprouts from every corner. The former church pews were repurposed into a built-in shelving unit, and local artists created new stained glass in homage to the building’s original purpose. Sanctuary Arts offers six to 12 classes a year in a variety of media. Gowell teaches the sculpture seminar.
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“Opulence” also features the use of projection and spoken word in the form of quotes from Ali’s canon. It’s a full sensory experience. This week’s performances are preceded by a week-long residency by Brown at The Dance Complex. Brown is offering two master classes, open dialogues about the work and other opportunities to engage with the
company. On Saturday, April 1, a pre-show dialogue will be facilitated by Peter DiMuro, executive director of the Dance Complex. Students from Boston Arts Academy, Brookline High School and Cambridge Rindge and Latin High School will perform their own pieces inspired by Ali prior to each weekend show. Brown encourages viewers of all interests to come see the high-energy production. She says, “It’s just as much athletic as it is artistic.”
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“The Show” host Bassem Youssef interviews subjects in Cairo.
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speaks volumes about freedom of speech and truth in the media, an ever-present topic these days. Taksler says, “We are all faced with giants — people who abuse their power. It is up to us to decide how to stand up to that.”
COMING TO HALEY HOUSE BAKERY CAFÉ: Thu Mar 30 - Sumner and Linda McClain’s Stories Celebrating Life: “The Songs of our Grandmothers,” 7pm
Further north, the beachside town of Ogunquit has served as inspiration for painters, sculptors and sketchers since it was settled in 1641. The Ogunquit Art Association is Maine’s oldest art association and has been fostering local talent since 1928. Get to know local Maine talent at the Ogunquit Museum of American Art (OMAA), which boasts both beautiful art and a beautiful view of the ocean, overlooking Perkins Cove. The museum has only a few galleries, but the grounds and ocean view are worth the visit. Sculpture and site-specifc installations grace the lawns. Richard Haynes, artist and former board member of the OMAA, says his artistic career took off on the seacoast. A native of Charleston, South Carolina, his vibrant crayon creations depict African Americans at work and play. “Artists are cultural makers and cultural keepers,” he says. “My work is as an anthropologist and an artist.” Most notable in the OMAA collection is an offset lithograph by Jacob Lawrence titled “Carpenters.” Flat planes of bold color depict three black men in overalls at work sawing sheets of wood. The simple style conveys powerful emotion as one man stands with his head down, bracing himself against a table. He pauses for a moment in his work, exhausted, a sharp contrast to his industrious counterparts. Newly appointed Executive Director Michael Mansfield comes to Ogunquit from the Smithsonian American Art Museum. One of his biggest plans for the museum is an increased dose of diversity. “This site has given us a great perspective,” he says. “It’s a departure point of American creativity. I’m really eager to develop a program that connects with a diverse group of artists around the world.” The arts extend beyond gallery walls in this culture haven. Local hotspots like Clay Hill Farm, Meadowmere Resort, Jonathan’s Ogunquit and M.C. Perkins Cove feature live music by local artists. This year the Ogunquit Playhouse will celebrate 85 years of seasonal productions of world and national premieres and timeless classics. For an area of the country founded by Puritans, the seacoast has a lot to offer in way of African American art. As Haynes says, “New England is the place where I found the arts.”
Thu Apr 6 - Fulani Haynes’ Jazz Collaborative presents Jazz By Any Means Necessary, 7pm Fri Apr 7 - Dinner & A Movie: By Blood, 6pm (tickets on BrownPaperTickets.com)
ON THE WEB Portsmouth Black Heritage Trail:
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Thu Apr 13 - Outside the Box Productions presents LIFTED, 7pm
Seacoast African American Cultural Center: http://saacc-nh.org
Fri Apr 14 - The House Slam, 6pm
Sanctuary Arts: www.sanctuaryarts.org Ogunquit Art Association:
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Ogunquit Museum of American Art:
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A Parisian feast
Saying ‘au revoir’ to the City of Light
Best first fruits and veggies for babies With so many foods available, it can be difficult to know which are best for baby’s first tastes. La Leche League International recommends these fruits and vegetables for infants: n Bananas cut into slices and then quartered n Unsweetened applesauce or tiny apple chunks softened in the microwave n Finely chopped plums, peaches, pears and apricots, gently cooked if necessary n Avocado diced into small, bitesize pieces n Baked or boiled sweet potatoes cut into tiny chunks n Mashed white potatoes n Finely chopped or mashed baby carrots, green beans, peas and squash
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uring a year spent living out a classic dream, I developed a love/hate relationship with Paris. Yes, its history, fashion, food and scenery stole my heart. But, at the same time, the reality of wading through bureaucratic red tape to obtain a visa, unlocking my SIM card to change mobile phone providers and opening a French bank account can be compared to an Olympic sport. My petite Parisian apartment in the 15th arrondissement with 75 winding stairs (and no lift) may not have been ideal, but it offered a fabulous close-up view of the Eiffel Tower from two windows. Endless walks in search of the city’s historic landmarks, obvious on a map but always farther than expected, provided my cardio. Nothing in my American lifetime had prepared me for the rigors and challenges of living in Paris. But on the plus side, it didn’t take long for me to learn which boulangerie, produce, wine and cheese shops were open on which particular day. Wine purchases were a breeze, with five options around the corner. I settled in nicely. A year later, I turned in my apartment keys and treated myself to a spectacular au revoir to Paris. As I stood on the rooftop Skyline Bar at Meliã Paris La Défense on my last night’s stay, I gazed, still awestruck by the distant view of the architectural silhouettes to which I’d become accustomed. The Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triumph, Sacre Coeur and Champs-Élysées below had become set scenes in my everyday life. Yes, I had become comfortable with my Parisian lifestyle, with its crusty, warm baguettes and cornucopia of farm-fresh cheeses easily accessible. On my last full week, I headed to a more affordable location on the outskirts of Paris, yet still within Metro city limits. I spent my final days indulging in all things rich and delicious as part of my Meliã luxury experience. First stop and relatively new to the Parisian landscape was The Fondation Louis Vuitton. This Frank Gehry-designed structure is a spectacular mélange of metal and glass forged into the shape of a ship. Inside, each gallery space was like a rabbit hole designed to alter one’s mindset, from Andy Warhol portraits to a series of millennial dancers on film, projected in a room purposely overheated to recreate the atmosphere of a dance club. The Fondation’s signature restaurant, Le Frank, presented each dish in calculated yet artful designs, in homage to the architectural legend. Rising above the prior evening’s Champagne hangover acquired during a dinner of octopus at my hotel’s Le Miroir restaurant, my appetite was restored once I savored a gazpacho puree at Le
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Macaroons at Maison Georges Larnicol in St-Germain, Paris PHOTO: CHARLENE PETERS
Octopus dinner at Miroir PHOTO: MELIA PARIS LA DEFENSE
Frank, abundant with (detoxifying) garlic chunks. I soldiered on to do justice to the next course, cod with sea foam, mashed pomme and onions sliced like fettuccini. From Fondation Louis Vuitton, a stroll through the trendy Marais district — plus about five hours of walking to the heart of the Gold Triangle on Winston Churchill Avenue — provided me with an appetite for dinner at the Mini Palais. Its otherworldly cheese popovers, a coupe de Champagne, saumon rôti aux épices, petits pois au lard fume and a glass of Saint-Emilion Grand cru transported me to the grandeur of a certain time and place. Also on my short list of “must do’s” before leaving Paris was a chocolate tour in St. Germain des Prés — a gastronomic feast for the senses, beginning with a taste of pistachio imported from Iran, followed by vanilla from Madagascar and ethereal chocolate made in Venezuela. I also sampled Kouign Amann cake, with its crispy interior and rich caramel topping. With the departure clock ticking, I took a final peek inside the cathedral of Notre Dame and Sainte-Chapelle in Ile de la Cité before lunch at Au Bougnat, which will be a must-stop for any future visits.
Charlene Peters is a passionate explorer of indigenous dishes throughout the world. She can be reached at siptripper@gmail.com.
Octopus & Vegetable a la Plancha and Chickpeas with Smoked Paprika
Serves 4 n 4 cups chickpeas n 1 onion n 1 carrot n ½ tsp. smoked paprika n ¾ cup olive oil n 5 pounds frozen octopus n ½ tsp. agar-agar (algae gelatin) n 1 bunch baby carrots n 1 bunch green asparagus n 8 baby turnips n 2 leeks n Chives Soak the chickpeas the day before in some warm water. Once they have been soaked, start cooking them in some warm water with the onion and carrot for 2 hours and 30 minutes over medium heat (or 25 minutes in a pressure cooker). Once cooked, strain them, then blitz them with some paprika and olive oil to produce a smooth cream. Season with salt and pepper.
Wash the octopus under running water. Cook in boiling water for 45 minutes. Once cooked, remove from water and cool. Keep a liter of the cooking liquid and add the agar-agar. Bring the liquid and agar-agar to boil for 2 minutes, and then cool down in the fridge. For the vegetables a la plancha (cooked on a griddle), wash, peel and cook the baby carrots, asparagus, turnips and leeks separately. Take 4 deep plates and add some jelly. Place the plates in the oven at 150°F. While the plates warm, cook the octopus legs and the vegetables in a frying pan or ideally, à la plancha. Cut the octopus in large pieces, warm up the chickpeas and place in the center of the plate. Add the vegetables and then the octopus before dusting with smoked paprika powder and chives. Drizzle with some olive oil to finish the dish. — Courtesy Le Miroir, Meliã Paris La Défense
SWEETS Surprising facts about Easter candy If you’re counting the days until you can bite into that chocolate bunny, you’re not alone. (This year, Easter is on April 16.) Here are four surprising facts about Easter candy from the National Confectioners Association: n More than 88 percent of Americans eat the ears of a chocolate bunny first. Seven percent eat the feet first and 5 percent eat the tail first. n Most Americans (52 percent) prefer filled chocolate bunnies and eggs over hollow ones. n Brand names are important, as they influence 71 percent of Americans’ candy purchases. n When buying seasonal candy/ chocolate, nearly 65 percent believe it should feature seasonal packaging and colors, such as pastels for Easter.
HEALTHY SNACKS Ice cream without the guilt As more people seek healthier alternatives to their favorite foods, fruit-based substitutes are gaining popularity. One option is “nice cream,” an ice cream substitute that is easy to make at home. All you need is two ripe bananas and a blender. Simply slice the bananas, freeze and blend until smooth. Want to jazz up your nice cream? Popsugar.com suggests blending or topping with chocolate, cherries or nuts. — Brandpoint
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Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the Boston Parks and Recreation Department invite Boston residents to participate in the free Pics in the Parks photography workshops taking place on select Sundays in April from 3-4pm. Individuals of all ages and skill levels are welcome to bring their cameras and participate in these informal sessions led by a photography instructor. Participants will learn techniques for taking impressive photographs of Boston’s scenic parks as well as be given a theme to focus on each Sunday. Select photos may be chosen for an exhibit at Boston City Hall. Dates and locations are as follows: April 2 — Millennium Park (main entrance), 300 Gardner St., West Roxbury; April 9 — Jamaica Pond Bandstand, 507 Jamaicaway, Jamaica Plain. For more information please visit the Boston Parks and Recreation Department at www. facebook.com/bostonparksdepartment or www.boston.gov/parks. Participants must bring their own equipment and can register via email by contacting mavrick. afonso@boston.gov.
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FREE FAMILY COOKING CLASSES There are free cooking demos for adults accompanied by one or two children at the Dudley Branch of the Boston Public Library (65 Warren Street in Roxbury). The classes will be taught by a Haley House Chef of the Take Back the Kitchen Program on Mondays: April 3, 10, and 24, 5:30-7pm. Families can sign up for one, two, or all three. Please register before April 8. By contacting Linda at 617-448-5512 or TakeBackTheKitchen@HaleyHouse.org. The classes are funded by the Fellowes Athenaeum Trust Fund of the Boston Public Library (fellowestrust@yahoo.com).
TUESDAY MY LIFE, MY HEALTH My Life, My Health: Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP) is an informative, interactive workshop, designed for adults who live with the daily challenges of one or more ongoing health conditions. It will give people with chronic conditions (such as high blood pressure, arthritis, heart disease, cancer, asthma, etc.) and/or their caregivers the knowledge and skills needed to take a more active role in their health care. Participants will learn different methods for managing pain, fatigue, and other symptoms, discover better nutrition / exercise choices, and find more productive ways to talk with healthcare professionals and family about their health. This FREE workshop was developed by Dr. Kate Lorig and her colleagues at Stanford University’s Patient Education Research Center. The book, Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Disease is provided for each participant. Location: Adams Street Library, 690 Adams St. in Dorchester. Day and Time: Tuesdays from 1-3:30pm. Dates: April 4-May 9. For more information or to register for this work-
SPRING RENEWAL CLAY WORKSHOP April 5, 12, 19, 26, at 5:307:30pm with light supper at 5:30pm provided FREE OF CHARGE by Families Creating Together at Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry, 10 Putnam St., Roxbury. For directions go to www.uuum.org or call 617-318-6010. With celebrated teaching artist Wendy Ellertson, you will work with clay to make coil, pinch pot, or slab containers to plant seeds and bulbs and hold spring flowers! A few clay creatures may appear…After firing, paint with colorful glazes to welcome spring. Children (ages 5 – 13 with and without disabilities), parents, grandparents and friends welcome. Presented in English, Spanish and American Sign Language upon request. Wheelchair accessible. FCT is a program of Community Service Care/Tree of Life Coalition. To register and for more information call 617-522-4832 or email familiescreat ing@gmail.com. Additional information at www.familiescreatingtogether.org.
FREE COOKING DEMOS FOR SENIOR CITIZENS The Dudley Branch of the Boston Public Library (65 Warren Street in Roxbury) is offering free cooking demos for seniors, taught by Chef Fulani of the Take Back the Kitchen Program at Haley House. Each class has a focus: April 6: COOKING ON A BUDGET, April 13 & 20: SWAP THE SALT – SPICE IT UP, April 27: SMART SHOPPING. All classes run from 1-2:30pm. Sign up for one, two, or all three. Please register before April 8 because space is limited. To register, call 617-448-5512 or email TakeBackThe Kitchen@HaleyHouse.org. The classes are funded by the Fellowes Athenaeum Trust Fund of the Boston Public Library (fellowestrust@yahoo.com).
UPCOMING CCC HISTORY HIKE Registration required. Email Maggi.Brown@ state.ma.us for meeting place.The Civilian Conservation Corps lived and labored in the Blue Hills from 1933-1938.We’ll hike to the CCC Camp off Randolph Avenue in Quincy and look for traces of their past and marvel at their legacy. Saturday, April 8 from 1-2:30pm, 1.5 hours.
BLACK DOLLS ON PARADE AT DUDLEY LIBRARY Free Event at the Dudley Branch Library: The Annual Black Dolls on Parade at Dudley Library, 65 Warren St., Roxbury. Saturday, April 8 from 12:30-3pm. Families are invited to join us for doll-making activities, readings and games at the annual Black Dolls on Parade at Dudley Library. The event features an incredible collection of dolls and books from the collectors of the Black Gold Doll Club of New England. Refreshments will be served.
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Moderate walk, some hilly terrain, 3 miles. Walk from the Donovan School to Ponkapoag Trail and return via Madden Road. Meet at the Donovan School on 123 Reed St. in Randolph. Saturday, April 1 at 1pm. The Southeastern Massachusetts Adult Walking Club meets each weekend on either a Saturday or Sunday, usually at 1:00 pm, for recreational walks. This club is open to people of 16 years of age and older, and there is no fee to join. Walks average 2 to 5 miles. New walkers are always encouraged to participate. The terrain can vary: EASY (mostly level terrain), MODERATE (hilly terrain), DIFFICULT (strenuous & steep). Walks will be led by a park ranger or a Walking Club volunteer leader. The Walking Club meets at DCR sites across Southeastern Massachusetts. Some DCR sites charge a parking fee. For more parking fee info, visit: http://www.mass.gov/eea/agencies/dcr/massparks/ passes-and-fees/parking-fees.html.
This annual event is sponsored by Black Gold Doll Club of New England and Friends of Dudley Library. For more information, contact: Joyce Stamps - Jastamps65@ yahoo.com.
PEEK-A-BLUE HIKES FOR PARENTS AND TOTS Tuesday, April 11, 11am - 12pm, meet at Houghton’s Pond main parking lot at 840 Hillside Street in Milton. Calling all parents and tots! Join the Friends of the Blue Hills for a new season of Peeka-Blue Hikes for parents and tots. Enjoy a kids and parents scavenger hunt, complete with prizes for all! Complimentary water, juice and snacks too. Hikes will then be offered every other Tuesday morning throughout the season. For more information and 2017 dates, visit www. FriendsoftheBlueHills.org/peekablue.
FAIRY HOUSE BUILDING WORKSHOP It will soon be that time of year when magical woodland creatures reappear in New England’s fields and woods. In order to welcome back the local elf and fairy community, the Boston Parks and Recreation Department will be co-hosting their fourth annual Fairy House Building Workshop with the Franklin Park Coalition on Thursday, April 20, from 10am - 12noon at Schoolmaster Hill in Franklin Park. Local children and families are invited to help by building homes for them. Spring is the best time to build fairy houses, experts say, providing the magical creatures with shelter for the coming summer months and the flitting season that begins in late May. This free family event will include storytelling, books from ReadBoston, plant education from the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, and scavenger hunts with the Appalachian Mountain Club’s Outdoors Rx program. Children are encouraged to wear their favorite fairy and elf costumes to encourage their tiny guests to alight in Franklin Park. Natural materials will be provided, and youngsters are welcome to explore their surroundings to find natural elements such as sticks, stones, and leaves to adorn their fairy houses. Schoolmaster Hill is located on Circuit Drive between the William Devine Golf Course Clubhouse and Shattuck Hospital. For more information, please call the Franklin Park Coalition at 617-442-4141, the Boston Parks and Recreation Depart-
ment at 617-961-3047, or visit online at www.cityofboston.gov/parks or www. facebook.com/bostonparksdepartment.
ONGOING SCARLET THREAD Simmons College presents a solo exhibition: Scarlet Thread, a feminist alphabet in mixed media by Lauren Gillette from through April 13 at the Trustman Art Gallery, located on the fourth floor, Main College Building, 300 The Fenway in Boston. A reception will be held on Thursday, March 16 from 5-7pm, with a snow date of March 23. Lauren Gillette has fashioned an alphabet with multi-media narrative quilted panels of an alternate “herstory”. Women of doubtful reputation, such as Eva Peron’s or Helen of Troy’s biographies are upended from their traditional telling. The irreverence and seriousness of Gillette’s recasting of our collective mythological, fictional and lived history is her way of bearing witness to “the Hester Prynne drumbeat going on around me.” As a conceptual artist, Gillette chooses fabric for her support of the text and drawings to solicit our desire to touch, while her notorious subjects and with their non-normative sexual antics and correspondent public shaming are anything but cozy quilts. The Scarlet Thread project was supported by the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation Artist Advancement Grant. Trustman Gallery hours are 10am - 4:30pm, Monday through Friday. The gallery is free, open to the public and wheelchair accessible. For more information, contact Marcia Lomedico at 617-521-2268, or visit the Trustman Art Gallery website at www.simmons.edu/ trustman and visit us on Facebook.
COYOTE ON A FENCE Can you be innocent though proven guilty? Inspired by actual events, Coyote on a Fence tells the story of two men living on death row under vastly different circumstances. Young Bobby Reyburn is a likable, illiterate member of the Aryan Brotherhood who committed a horrific crime. John Brennan is an educated, arrogant writer whose crime may actually be deemed a favor to society. Who deserves to die? With language both powerful and precise this timely and provocative play raises the question whether one can be sentenced to death but worthy of life. All tickets to all performances are Pay-What-You-Can, and at each show donations of new and gently loved children’s books will be collected for local charities. The show runs through April 15 (Thursdays at 7:30pm, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, and Sundays at 5pm) at First Church Boston, 66 Marlborough St., Back Bay, Boston. Hub Theatre Company of Boston, Inc., www.hubtheatreboston.org.
THE COOPER GALLERY 2017 SPRING EXHIBITION Diago: The Pasts of This Afro-Cuban Present on view: Through May 5. Opening Reception: February 1, 6pm. Visit coopergalleryhc.org/upcomingexhibition for more information. Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African & African American Art, Hutchins Center, 102 Mount Auburn St., Cambridge. Open Hours: Tuesday-Saturday, 10am - 5pm. Closed: Sunday, Monday, and on official Harvard University holidays.
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How will immigration policy affect the undocumented? By ELENA SHORE NEW AMERICA MEDIA
When it comes to Trump’s changes to immigration policy, m a n y i m m i g r a n t s h av e a common question: Who is affected and what do the changes mean for them? It’s a question that Martha Ruch, staff attorney at Asian Americans Advancing Justice-Los Angeles says she hears constantly from her clients. Since taking office, Trump dramatically expanded the definition of who can be prioritized for deportation. Immigration attorneys say that under the expanded definition, nearly any undocumented immigrant could be considered a target. The first thing to understand, Ruch said, is what undocumented means. “Visa overstayers, as well as people who came without a visa, are undocumented,” Ruch explained on a recent national press call organized by New America Media and Ready California. Legal immigrants, especially those who have criminal issues or travel internationally, may want to check with an attorney to find out their options and risks, Ruch said. U.S. citizens are not generally going to be affected, Ruch said. “Citizens are not deportable, including naturalized citizens,” she said.
How safe are DACA recipients?
The arrest and detention of several Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients
has raised questions about how safe DACA recipients are from deportation. DACA, which was launched by President Obama in 2012 through an executive order, provides access to a work permit and temporary protection from deportation to qualifying young undocumented immigrants who came to the country as children. Currently, the DACA program remains in effect. However, the program could be terminated at any time. It’s unknown what Trump will decide to do on DACA. A leaked draft executive order, which has not been signed, proposed to end the program, allowing work permits to expire on their own. Trump himself has said he would treat Dreamers “with heart.” Meanwhile, in Congress, attempts to create a more permanent program for Dreamers are in the works, though they haven’t gotten much traction with DACA still in place. Although DACA recipients aren’t considered a priority for deportation, they can be detained by ICE — and have their DACA revoked — if they fit any of the current priorities for deportation, such as being a gang member. In the case of Daniel Ramirez Medina in Seattle, the DACA recipient was arrested when immigration officials came looking for his father. Ramirez has been detained for more than a month after officials accused him of being a gang member. “That’s the wrinkle in his case,” said Mariam Kelly, senior immigration attorney and DACA program supervisor at Community
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Legal Services in East Palo Alto. Kelly said that in the past, her office was encouraging people to apply for DACA. Now, she said, they have put a pause on initial DACA filings. For those who want to renew DACA, they are encouraging people to get an in-depth consultation with a qualified immigration attorney. Attorneys can go over the risks and the unknowns to help clients make informed decisions about whether to renew. For example, Kelly said, they ask whether the client has had contact with law enforcement — before or since getting DACA. Any arrest, especially related to gangs, drugs or a DUI, can have immigration consequences. Immigration attorneys are not recommending that individuals apply for or travel under advance parole through DACA at this time.
right to remain silent, the right to not open the door to agents without a warrant signed by a judge, and to not sign anything they don’t understand or that isn’t true. Third, make a plan. All families and individuals should have a plan in case of an emergency. Keep the number of a qualified immigration attorney with you, in case you need to call. Have a plan for who would take care of your children or elders
in your family if you are unable to. Let your children’s school know who is allowed to pick them up, and keep medical and emergency contact information on file so your family can access them. Finally, Ruch said, communities should stay informed. “Arm yourself with information,” she said. “Talk amongst yourselves. Organize with your communities. Don’t let the fear rule you.”
Author gives talk on race at Emerson
Steps you can take now
Immigration experts say there are steps that all families can take to assert their rights and plan for the future. First, get an immigration consultation with a qualified immigration attorney. This will help you to understand your legal options and see if you might be eligible for a more permanent immigration benefit. To avoid fraudulent service providers, go to a trusted community organization, make sure you confirm the attorney’s credentials and ask for a written contract and a receipt for any payments. Second, know your rights. Everyone, regardless of their immigration status, has certain Constitutional rights. These include the
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(l-r) Boston Poet Laureate Danielle Legros Georges, Boston Chief Resilience Officer Atyia Martin, and author and MacArthur “Genius” Fellow Claudia Rankine at the Emerson/Cutler Majestic Theatre, where Rankine delivered her talk “On Whiteness” on March 24.
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Thank you to the Boston community Have you ever donated to Goodwill and wondered what happens to your donations? You aren’t alone – many people have asked this question. Donations to Goodwill advance our mission of helping people with barriers to self-sufficiency to achieve independence and dignity through work. Last year, we served nearly 7,800 individuals in our job training, career services, and youth programs. In 2016, you donated more than five million pounds of goods to Goodwill, including nearly three million at our headquarters at 1010 Harrison Avenue in Boston. That made it our busiest donation center and we are very grateful. We hope you will continue to donate clothing and household goods in 2017. For information about Goodwill, please visit www.goodwillmass.org. Thank you for donating and supporting Goodwill!
Joanne K. Hilferty President and CEO Morgan Memorial Goodwill Industries
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Architect’s rendering of Viet-Aid development at 191-195 Bowdoin Street.
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The Dorchester Food Co-op has been named preferred tenant for retail space at 191-195 Bowdoin Street, in a development by the Vietnamese American Initiative for Development, Inc. (Viet-Aid). The project, recently approved by the Boston Planning and Development Agency, also will feature 41 affordable residential units, with construction slated to begin in 2018. The Co-op would receive a 6,057-square-foot space. At present, the Co-op has a nine-person board and 556 owner-members, who each pay a onetime cost of $100 to join and gain one share, Adams said. To reduce barriers to membership, the Co-op
allows permissive payment schedules, with some members paying in $5 installments. Ownership of a share grants the member one vote in businesses decisions such as board member elections and bylaws. To maintain equal say, no member can attain more than one share or vote, Adams said. While members receive a dividend based on profits, Adams is the sole staff member.
Mission and history
The Co-op was officially incorporated in 2012, the product of meetings among community members from several neighborhoods who were interested in increasing access to more food choices and healthy options, Adams said. That year, the Co-op launched the Codman Square
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winter farmers’ market (it has since handed off operations to the local neighborhood association and health center) and Bowdoin-Geneva Fresh Friday events in August, featuring local food and nutrition advice. In 2013, the Co-op nearly received space at the same location — 191 Bowdoin Street — under then-developer Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation. Ultimately those plans fell through.
What’s in a store?
To reach its full envisioned impact, the Co-op needs a store, Adams said, where they would sell local food to the extent possible. Where certain food products are not available for a good price in immediate vicinities, the store will look increasingly further out to purchase, and will not avoid importing goods such as bananas that do not survive in New England climates, she said. “We do have a mission to use as many local providers as possible,” Adams said. Ultimately, purchasing would be up to the general manager, who will have to be hired along with an estimated 15-person staff to run the store. Including pre-development costs, getting a store up and running will cost about $2 million, Adams said, with $1.85 million of that yet to be raised. She said the Co-op will seek grant funding, membership investment and low-interest loans. Speaking to the Banner in February, Davida Andelman, a longtime Bowdoin-Geneva resident who has been involved in the Co-op since its creation, said she envisioned the Co-op also as a generator of living-wage local jobs. She added that she believed it would generate further commercial activity without being in direct competition with existing small grocery stores and bodegas. “Some folks are feeling that a food co-op is really not a particularly good use for the commercial piece [of the development] and some of the thought is, we have a number of small grocery stores,” Andelman said at the time. “But the Food Co-op has never looked at trying to put other grocery-type uses out of business. The Food Co-op looks at itself as being an enhancer in the commercial district.” It is still early in the process, Adams warned, with conversations needed to solidify details and zoning yet to be decided. Both the Co-op and developer Viet-Aid have yet to secure funding, she said.
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LEGAL ZONING HEARING
The Zoning Commission of the City of Boston hereby gives notice, in accordance with Chapter 665 of the Acts of 1956, as amended, that a public hearing will be held on April 12, 2017, at 10:15 AM, in Room 900, Boston City Hall, in connection with Map Amendment Application No. 697 and a petition for the approval of the Development Plan for Planned Development Area No. 112, Tremont Crossing Development, Roxbury (“Development Plan”), filed by the Boston Redevelopment Authority d/b/a Boston Planning & Development Agency. Said map amendment would amend “Map 6A/6B/6C, Roxbury Neighborhood District,” by adding the designation “D,” indicating a Planned Development Area (“PDA”) overlay district to approximately 353,780 square feet of land generally bounded by Tremont Street to the northwest, Whittier Street to the northeast, Downing Street to the southeast and the Whittier Street Health Center, the Madison Park Technical Vocational High School and the John D. O’Bryant School of Mathematics and Science to the southwest. Said Development Plan would allow for the construction of up to 2,235,272 square feet of residential, office, retail, museum and garage uses. A copy of the petition, a map of the area involved and the Development Plan may be viewed at the office of the Zoning Commission, Room 916, Boston City Hall, between 9 AM and 5 PM any day except Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays. For the Commission, Kathleen R. Pedersen Executive Secretary
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Central Square Station: The Work includes but is not limited to replacement of an existing elevator and elevator hoistway which extends from the Red Line inbound platform up to grade at Central Square. Adjacent to the elevator at the platform level, the existing elevator machine room and equipment will be replaced with new construction. Included is mechanical, electrical, communications and plumbing work to support the design. Site work includes replacing paving adjacent to the new headhouse as shown on the drawings. Bidders’ attention is directed to Appendix 1, Notice of Requirement for Affirmative Action to Insure Equal Employment Opportunity; and to Appendix 2, Supplemental Equal Employment Opportunity, Anti-Discrimination, and Affirmative Action Program in the specifications. In addition, pursuant to the requirements of Appendix 3, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Participation Provision, Bidders must submit an assurance with their Bids that they will make sufficient and reasonable efforts to meet the stated DBE goal of 15 percent. Bidders will affirmatively ensure that in regard to any contract entered into pursuant to this solicitation, minority and female construction contractors will be afforded full opportunity to submit Bids and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin in consideration for an award. Additional information and instructions on how to submit a bid are available at http://www.mbta.com/business_center/bidding_solicitations/ current_solicitations/ On behalf of the MBTA, thank you for your time and interest in responding to this Notice to Bidders
Plaintiff BOLA RASAQ
Brian Shortsleeve Chief Administrator and Acting General Manager of the MBTA
J. Joseph Garrahy Judicial Complex, Providence/Bristol County, One Dorrance Plaza, Providence RI 02903,*(401) 458-3200 Attorney for the Plaintiff: Bola Rasaq Address of the Plaintiff’s Attorney or the Plaintiff: 938 Douglas Avenue, Providence, RI 02908 Address of the Defendant: 81 Fayston St., Apt. 5, Dorchester, MA 02121 TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDANT: You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon the Plaintiff or the Plaintiff’s attorney, whose name and address appears above, an answer to the complaint which is herewith served upon you. Under the Rhode Island Family Court Rules of Domestic Relations Procedure, your answer must be in writing and filed with the court within twenty (20) days after service of this Summons, complaint, Language Assistance Notice, and all other required documents, exclusive of the date of service. A copy of your answer should also be forwarded to the Plaintiff’s attorney. Failure to answer may result in a judgment by default against you for the relief requested in the complaint. Under the Family Court Rules of Domestic Relations Procedure, your answer must state as a counterclaim any related claim you may have against the Plaintiff. Failure to do so may prohibit you from making such claim in any other action. TO THE ABOVE-NAMED DEFENDENT:
This Summons was generated on 3/7/2017.
March 24, 2017
/s/ Ronald J. Pagliarini Administrator Clerk
MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY 100 SUMMER ST., SUITE 1200 BOSTON, MA 02110
Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department
NOTICE TO BIDDERS Electronic proposals for the following project will be received through the internet using Bid Express until the date and time stated below, and will be posted on www.bidx.com forthwith after the bid submission deadline. No paper copies of bids will be accepted. Bidders must have a valid digital ID issued by the Authority in order to bid on projects. Bidders need to apply for a digital ID with Bid Express at least 14 days prior to a scheduled bid opening date.
Work consists of renovations, upgrades and an addition to the Wellington Carhouse including MEP/FP, new roofing, new track pit, roadway and utility work and machine equipment. Bidders attention is directed to Appendix 1, Notice of Requirement for Affirmative Action to Insure Equal Employment Opportunity; and to Appendix 2, Supplemental Equal Employment Opportunity, Anti- Discrimination, and Affirmative Action Program in the specifications. While there is no DBE goal associated with this contract, the Authority strongly encourages the use of Minority, Women and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises as prime contractors, subcontractors and suppliers in all of its contracting opportunities. Bidders will affirmatively ensure that in regard to any contract entered into pursuant to this solicitation, minority and female construction contractors will be afforded full opportunity to submit Bids and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin in consideration for an award. Additional information and instructions on how to submit a bid are available at http://www.mbta.com/business_center/bidding_solicitations/ current_solicitations/ On behalf of the MBTA, thank you for your time and interest in responding to this Notice to Bidders Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Brian Shortsleeve Chief Administrator and Acting General Manager of the MBTA
SUFFOLK Division
In the matter of Ramona G. Aguiar Of Mattapan, MA RESPONDENT Alleged Incapacitated Person
NOTICE TO BIDDERS Electronic proposals for the following project will be received through the internet using Bid Express until the date and time stated below, and will be posted on www.bidx.com forthwith after the bid submission deadline. No paper copies of bids will be accepted. Bidders must have a valid digital ID issued by the Authority in order to bid on projects. Bidders need to apply for a digital ID with Bid Express at least 14 days prior to a scheduled bid opening date. Electronic bids for MBTA Contract No. R32CN02, ORANGE LINE TEST TRACK IMPROVEMENTS, BOSTON, MA, CLASS 1 – GENERAL TRANSIT CONSTRUCTION & CLASS 3 – TRACKWORK, PROJECT VALUE - $5,785,353, can be submitted at www.bidx.com until two o’clock (2:00 p.m.) on April 26, 2017. Immediately thereafter, in a designated room, the Bids will be opened and read publicly. Work consists of approximately 2.8 miles of track and 3rd rail rehabilitation along the existing MBTA Orange Line Test Track from Wellington Station to the tie into the North Bound track south of Community College Station. This also includes 3rd rail heater installation along with associated cases, foundations, conduit and cabling. See Specification 01010 Summary of the Work for detailed description of work. Bidders attention is directed to Appendix 1, Notice of Requirement for Affirmative Action to Insure Equal Employment Opportunity; and to Appendix 2, Supplemental Equal Employment Opportunity, Anti- Discrimination, and Affirmative Action Program in the specifications. While there is no DBE goal associated with this contract, the Authority strongly encourages the use of Minority, Women and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises as prime contractors, subcontractors and suppliers in all of its contracting opportunities. Bidders will affirmatively ensure that in regard to any contract entered into pursuant to this solicitation, minority and female construction contractors will be afforded full opportunity to submit Bids and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin in consideration for an award.
On behalf of the MBTA, thank you for your time and interest in responding to this Notice to Bidders
To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Samantha E. Aguiar of Chelsea, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Ramona G. Aguiar is in need of a Guardian and requesting that (or some other suitable person) be appointed as Guardian to serve on the bond. The petition asks the court to determine that the Respondent is incapacitated, that the appointment of a Guardian is necessary, that the proposed Guardian is appropriate. The petition is on file with this court and may contain a request for certain specific authority. You have the right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 04/20/2017. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to file the written appearance if you object to the petition. If you fail to file the written appearance by the return date, action may be taken in this matter without further notice to you. In addition to filing the written appearance, you or your attorney must file a written affidavit stating the specific facts and grounds of your objection within 30 days after the return date. IMPORTANT NOTICE The outcome of this proceeding may limit or completely take away the above-named person’s right to make decisions about personal affairs or financial affairs or both. The above-named person has the right to ask for a lawyer. Anyone may make this request on behalf of the above-named person. If the above-named person cannot afford a lawyer, one may be appointed at State expense. WITNESS, Hon. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: March 20, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division
Brian Shortsleeve Chief Administrator and Acting General Manager of the MBTA
Electronic proposals for the following project will be received through the internet using Bid Express until the date and time stated below, and will be posted on www.bidx.com forthwith after the bid submission deadline. No paper copies of bids will be accepted. Bidders must have a valid digital ID issued by the Authority in order to bid on projects. Bidders need to apply for a digital ID with Bid Express at least 14 days prior to a scheduled bid opening date.
NOTICE AND ORDER: Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Minor
March 27, 2017 1.
INVITATION TO BID
NOTICE TO BIDDERS
The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority is seeking bids for the following: BID NO.
DESCRIPTION
DATE
TIME
*7504
SEH Pipeline Section 111 – Dedham North
04/20/17
2:00 p.m.
**F245
RFQ/P Revenue Bond Consulting Engineer
04/28/17
11:00 a.m.
Electronic bids for MBTA Contract No A90CN03, VERTICAL TRANSPORTATION IMPROVEMENTS, HARVARD/CENTRAL STATION, CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS, (CLASS I, GENERAL TRANSIT CONSTRUCTION AND CLASS 7 - BUILDINGS - PROJECT VALUE – $7,103,678.00), can be submitted at www.bidx.com until two o’clock (2:00 p.m.) on April 26, 2017. Immediately thereafter, in a designated room, the Bids will be opened and read publicly.
*To access and bid on Event(s) please go to the MWRA Supplier Portal at www.mwra.com.
Harvard Square Station: The Work includes but is not limited to replacement of an existing elevator and elevator hoistway which extends from the Red Line central mezzanine lower level up to the plaza in Harvard Square. Adjacent to the elevator at the Red Line level, the existing elevator machine room and equipment will be replaced with new construction. Included is mechanical, electrical, communications, fire alarm and plumbing work to support the design. Site work includes replacing paving adjacent to the new headhouse as shown on the drawings.
STATE OF RHODE ISLAND AND PROVIDENCE PLANTATIONS
**To obtain the bid documents MWRADocumentDistribution@mwra.com.
please
request
to:
FAMILY COURT SUMMONS — COMPLAINT FOR DIVORCE OR DIVORCE FROM BED AND BOARD Civil Action File Number P20170017
Docket No. SU16P2502GD In the interests of Exaviar Eliel Medina of Mattapan, MA Minor
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY 100 SUMMER ST., SUITE 1200 BOSTON, MA 02110
Docket No. SU16P2774GD
Citation Giving Notice of Petition for Appointment of Guardian for Incapacitated Person Pursuant to G.L. c. 190B, §5-304
MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY 100 SUMMER ST., SUITE 1200 BOSTON, MA 02110
Additional information and instructions on how to submit a bid are available at http://www.mbta.com/business_center/bidding_solicitations/ current_solicitations/
March 30, 2017
Defendant SEAN BURNETT
You are hereby ordered to appear at the court location listed above for the following hearings: APPEARANCE DATE: TIME: Nominal Hearing 04/25/2017 09:00AM
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Electronic bids for MBTA Contract No. R32CN03, Wellington Carhouse Expansion and Improvement Project, Medford, Massachusetts – Project Value - $82,350,041 (Class 1 – General Transit Construction & Class 7 – Buildings - $30,000,000), can be submitted at www.bidx.com until two o’clock (2:00 p.m.) on April 25, 2017. Immediately thereafter, in a designated room, the Bids will be opened and read publicly.
vs.
Case Type Nominal Divorce Complaint
NOTICE TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES Hearing Date/Time: A hearing on a Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Minor filed on 11/03/2016 by Belkys Espinosa of Boston, MA will be held 04/05/2017 08:30 AM Motion Located at 24 New Chardon Street, 3rd floor, Boston, MA 02114 ~ Probation Department.
2.
Response to Petition: You may respond by filing a written response to the Petition or by appearing in person at the hearing. If you choose to file a written response, you need to:
File the original with the Court; and Mail a copy to all interested parties at least five (5) business days before the hearing.
3.
Counsel for the Minor: The minor (or an adult on behalf of the minor) has the right to request that counsel be appointed for the minor.
4.
Presence of the Minor at Hearing: A minor over age 14 has the right to be present at any hearing, unless the Court finds that it is not in the minor’s best interests.
THIS IS A LEGAL NOTICE: An important court proceeding that may affect your rights has been scheduled. If you do not understand this notice or other court papers, please contact an attorney for legal advice. Date: March 16, 2017
Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate
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LEGAL
Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department Docket No. SU17D0195DR
SUFFOLK Division
Divorce Summons by Publication and Mailing Marie Lyseda Pierre
vs.
Pierre Richard John
To the Defendant: The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for Divorce requesting that the Court grant a divorce for irretrievable breakdown. The Complaint is on file at the Court.
Witness, Hon. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: March 13, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department Docket No. SU16C0541CA
SUFFOLK Division
In the matter of Ugaso Abdi Hussein of Boston, MA NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME To all persons interested in a petition described: A petition has been presented by Ugaso Abdi Hussein requesting that Ugaso Abdi Hussein be allowed to change his/her/their name as follows:
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Adeline Way—Acton, MA 248 High Street Public Information Meeting 6:30, Thursday, April 13, 2017 Acton Town Hall—Room 204 Application Deadline May 10, 2017
WITNESS, Hon. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: March 16, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department Docket No. SU08P1123Gl1
SUFFOLK Division
Citation Giving Notice of Petition to Expand the Powers of a Guardian In the Interests of Frank Ward Of Boston, MA RESPONDENT Incapacitated Person/Protected Person
Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division
The petition asks the court to make a determination that the powers of a Guardian and/or Conservator should be expanded, modified, or limited since the time of the appointment. The original petition is on file with the court. You have the right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 04/13/2017. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to file the written appearance if you object to the petition. If you fail to file the written appearance by the return date, action may be taken in this matter without further notice to you. In addition to filing the written appearance, you or your attorney must file a written affidavit stating the specific facts and grounds of your objection within 30 days after the return date.
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The outcome of this proceeding may limit or completely take away the above-named person’s right to make decisions about personal affairs or financial affairs or both. The above-named person has the right to ask for a lawyer. Anyone may make this request on behalf of the above-named person cannot afford a lawyer, one may be appointed at State expense. WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: March 02, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department
The petition asks the court to determine that the Respondent is incapacitated, that the appointment of a Guardian is necessary, that the proposed Guardian is appropriate. The petition is on file with this court and may contain a request for certain specific authority. You have the right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 04/13/2017. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to file the written appearance if you object to the petition. If you fail to file the written appearance by the return date, action may be taken in this matter without further notice to you. In addition to filing the written appearance, you or your attorney must file a written affidavit stating the specific facts and grounds of your objection within 30 days after the return date. IMPORTANT NOTICE The outcome of this proceeding may limit or completely take away the above-named person’s right to make decisions about personal affairs or financial affairs or both. The above-named person has the right to ask for a lawyer. Anyone may make this request on behalf of the above-named person. If the above-named person cannot afford a lawyer, one may be appointed at State expense. WITNESS, Hon. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: March 06, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department Docket No. SU17P0425GD
Citation Giving Notice of Petition for Appointment of Guardian for Incapacitated Person Pursuant to G.L. c. 190B, §5-304 In the matter of Joseph A. Brown Of Dorchester, MA RESPONDENT Alleged Incapacitated Person To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Department of Mental Health (Boston) of Westborough, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Joseph A. Brown is in need of a Guardian and requesting that (or some other suitable person) be appointed as Guardian to serve on the bond. The petition asks the court to determine that the Respondent is incapacitated, that the appointment of a Guardian is necessary, that the proposed Guardian is appropriate. The petition is on file with this court and may contain a request for certain specific authority. You have the right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 04/20/2017. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to file the written appearance if you object to the petition. If you fail to file the written appearance by the return date, action may be taken in this matter without further notice to you. In addition to filing the written appearance, you or your attorney must file a written
Docket No. SU16D0913DR
SUFFOLK Division
Divorce Summons by Publication and Mailing
In the matter of Samuel Addison Of Boston, MA RESPONDENT Alleged Incapacitated Person To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Boston Medical Center Corp of Boston, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Samuel Addison is in need of a Guardian and requesting that Marlene Messina of Natick, MA (or some other suitable person) be appointed as Guardian to serve on the bond.
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To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Ethos, Inc. of Jamaica Plain, MA and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center of Boston, MA in the above captioned matter requesting that the court: Expand the powers of a Guardian of the Respondent.
Docket No. SU17P0410GD
Citation Giving Notice of Petition for Appointment of Guardian for Incapacitated Person Pursuant to G.L. c. 190B, §5-304
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WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: March 7, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate
SUFFOLK Division
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The outcome of this proceeding may limit or completely take away the above-named person’s right to make decisions about personal affairs or financial affairs or both. The above-named person has the right to ask for a lawyer. Anyone may make this request on behalf of the above-named person. If the above-named person cannot afford a lawyer, one may be appointed at State expense.
Ugaso Bashir Hashi IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT AT BOSTON ON OR BEFORE TEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM) ON 04/06/2017.
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affidavit stating the specific facts and grounds of your objection within 30 days after the return date.
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: Marie Lyseda Pierre, 2 Monponset St., Apt. 1, Hyde Park, MA 02136 your answer, if any, on or before 05/25/2017. 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.
Delores Duboyd
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Edward N. Duboyd
To the Defendant: The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for Divorce requesting that the Court grant a divorce for irretrievable 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: Saranya Suresh, Esq., Dhar Law LLP, One Constitution Center, Suite 300, Charlestown, MA 02129 your answer, if any, on or before 05/18/2017. 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. Witness, Hon. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: March 16, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate
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seeks a community-oriented, organized person as Executive Director of our Quaker residential community of 21 people. The Executive Director will lead the House as a center for Quaker living, learning and social action. S/he lives in the House and serves as the chief public voice of BHFH, building relationships and partnerships with other organizations in service to the broader community. BHFH is expanding its public role in these challenging times and needs a visionary leader.
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Open House: Saturday, April, 22, 2017, 11:00—1:00 p.m. Meet at 116 Rantoul Street. Appl. Consultations avail. Public Information Meeting 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 18, 2017 Beverly Public Library 32 Essex Street, Barnet Gallery Application Deadline May 19, 2017 Smoke Free. Pets Allowed. Units by lottery.
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