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House sets sights on criminal justice reform Black and Latino Caucus members take lead role in shaping legislation By KAREN MORALES and YAWU MILLER
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District 7 City Councilor Tito Jackson speaks to reporters in Dudley Square on the eve of Tuesday’s election.
Jackson’s mayoral bid raised issues of equity
Challenge failed to beat power of incumbency By YAWU MILLER
Mayor Martin Walsh’s victory in the Nov. 7 election came as no surprise to most observers. With slim odds of beating an incumbent mayor and with Walsh enjoying a $4 million war chest, Jackson, who never had more than $101,000 on hand, was outgunned. But through his challenge to the sitting mayor, Jackson has
pushed tough conversations on race and economic inequality in a city of 673,000 where most residents no longer can afford the rising cost of housing. The conversation, held in campaign forums, the two debates between Jackson and Walsh and in the city’s news media, forced Bostonians to take a hard look at their city. Jackson is the first African American to make it past a mayoral preliminary since the 1983
contest between former state Representatives Ray Flynn and Mel King. In that race, the city’s black community lined up behind King, but was ultimately defeated by a much larger white electorate. While in the 1983 race battle lines were formed between the city’s racially divided neighborhoods, this time around Walsh made the city’s black community
See JACKSON, page 10
Members of the Legislative Black and Latino Caucus are backing a House criminal justice reform bill they say would repeal some mandatory minimum sentences, give youthful offenders and others better opportunities to seal and expunge their criminal records and put limits on the use of solitary confinement in state prisons. Speaking to reporters in the State House office of House Ways and Means Chairman Jeffrey Sánchez, the lawmakers said the legislation, crafted with their input and that of criminal justice reform advocates, will have far-reaching consequences in communities affected by crime and incarceration. “This is a monumental piece of legislation,” Sánchez said. “This is very personal for a lot people. There’s been a lot of people in our community who have been subjected to real challenges in the criminal justice system and this is a way to try and repair those injustices.”
Good chance of passing
The reforms are not as far-reaching as the legislation approved Oct. 27 by the Senate, but the Black and Latino Caucus members said it has a good chance of obtaining the 81 votes needed to pass the 160-member House. “We’re asking every Republican in the House to vote on this bill,” said state Rep. Russell Holmes. “If we ask for too much, we won’t pass this.” Sánchez said the legislation
may need to withstand a veto by Governor Charlie Baker, who has not commented on the reforms passed by the Senate. “We still don’t know where the governor stands on these issues,” Sánchez said. The legislation establishes a process for expunging certain juvenile and criminal records for young adults ages 18–21 without a waiting period, not including cases of deaths, sexual violence, or dangerous weapons. Sánchez said the provisions for expungement will provide many in Massachusetts with a second chance at finding gainful employment and housing. “This is the first time ever there is expungement language proposed anywhere. I’m personally ecstatic about it,” he said.
Amendments may be filed
Neither the Senate bill nor the bill being advanced in the House contain language mandating that police departments compile and make public data on police stops of pedestrians and motorists by race. Such provisions have been sought by Black and Latino Caucus members. Rep. Byron Rushing said Caucus members will have the opportunity to file amendments, including one requiring disclosure. “We’re getting ready for the debate on this bill as a Caucus,” Rushing said. “This certainly touches on all our priorities. We have to look at the details and make decisions about whether we want to attempt to amend this.” Rep. Evandro Carvalho said
See REFORM, page 6
Haitian TPS holders seek extension Trump to decide fate of thousands of workers By KAREN MORALES
The Temporary Protected Status of an estimated 5,000 Haitians living and working in Massachusetts is under threat from President Trump and the Department of Homeland Security. The Trump administration is expected to decide by Nov. 23 whether to terminate or to extend TPS for 58,000 Haitians who legally live and work in the U.S.
The TPS program allows immigrants from countries devastated by natural disasters or other factors to remain in the U.S. for a limited time. Without an extension, Haitians here under TPS would have to return in January to their homeland, which is suffering still from the effects of a 2010 earthquake, cholera epidemic and other natural disasters, including Hurricane Matthew in 2016. Last Sunday, Haitian-Americans United, Inc. hosted a rally
at the St. Angela Merici Church in Mattapan to call on Governor Baker and the Massachusetts congressional delegation to urge President Trump to extend TPS for Haitians and other immigrants. The event was supported by the 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East group. HAU and their partners are requesting an 18-month redesignation for Haitian TPS holders living in the U.S. “[TPS holders] have earned this protection,” said at-large City BANNER PHOTO
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At-large City Councilor Ayanna Pressley rallies with Haitian-Americans United, Inc.
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Housing planned for Dudley could boost businesses By YAWU MILLER
When the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building opened its doors in 2015, many in the Dudley Square area hoped the shiny new building and its hundreds of employees would help revitalize Roxbury’s commercial and public transit center. To some extent, the building has been successful in that endeavor, bringing in Boston Public Schools staff and housing food, retail and service businesses in its ground-floor retail spaces. But as daylight fades and workers depart the area, the commercial district loses its vitality. That may change, as more than 400 housing units permitted and under construction in the Dudley Square area come into being. The new housing projects, undertaken by local community development corporations and development firms, promise to bring a mixture of affordable and market-rate housing to the area, potentially increasing the number of people in the area after dark, and the number of people with sufficient disposable income to keep businesses thriving.
Struggling to stay open
The current lack of commercial activity in the evening has led to two potential setbacks for the square. The Dudley Dough pizza shop, located in a space abutting the lobby of the Bolling building, announced last month it will close by the end of the year. Next door, the Tasty Burger franchise, too, is rumored to be planning to exit. In a community meeting earlier this year, Dudley Dough manager Luther Pinkney cited a lack of patrons during the evening and the high concentration of residents lacking disposable income as challenges for area businesses. “I’m troubled by the idea that Dudley Dough and Tasty Burger are not financially feasible,” said Fort Hill resident Rodney Singleton in an interview with the Banner.
Rio Grande
Chief among the proposed developments in Dudley Square is the 25-story, 236-unit Rio Grande tower, a project proposed by a majority black team. The Washington Street tower will be sited directly across from the Dudley Station bus terminal on land owned by the Long Bay Management Company. The developers of the project are calling for retail and entertainment space on the ground floor, office space and residential apartments, 80 percent of which will be market rate.
Bartlett Place
Just outside the square at the site of the former Bartlett Yard
MBTA bus maintenance facility, Nuestra Comunidad is constructing 102 of an eventual 323 units of new housing as part of its Bartlett Place project, which will include rental and owner-occupied units. In the first phase, 32 units will be affordable to renters earning up to 30 percent of the area median income. Nuestra Comunidad Executive Director David Price says the nonprofit’s aim is to construct a development in which one-third of the units are affordable, onethird moderately affordable and one-third market rate. “Each building will be a different mix,” he said. “We’re trying to get a spread of incomes.”
2451 Washington Street Condominiums
Across from the Area B police station, developer Clayton Turnbull is constructing a four-story, 16-unit condominium development with 7 affordable units. Units will have one, two or three bedrooms.
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(above) The Tasty Burger and Dudley Dough restaurants in Dudley Square will soon be closing. (below) The development team advancing the Rio Grande tower are planning 236 residential units in the 25-story building.
Madison Tropical Parcel 10, Building C
As part of its development of Parcel 10, along with the already-open new Tropical Foods store, Madison Park Development Corporation is renovating the grocer’s former building, constructing 37 new residential units, including 20 affordable units built with Inclusionary Development funds from the Belvidere/Dalton luxury tower currently under construction in the Back Bay.
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Melnea Hotel and Residences
Just across Melnea Cass Boulevard on Washington Street, the Melnea Hotel and Residences will include 50 residential units, in addition to 108 hotel rooms. That building is currently under construction.
Other parcels
In addition to the projects currently underway, the Boston Planning and Development Agency is in various stages of planning the disposition of other large parcels of land in the area. These include Parcel 8, which is bounded by Harrison Avenue, Melnea Cass Boulevard and Washington Street; The Blair Lot, the former site of the Blair’s Foodland Supermarket, which is currently used as a municipal parking lot and Parcel B2; and the former site of the Area B police station. While the administration of Mayor Martin Walsh has suggested a commercial use for those parcels, throwing them into its proposal for sites to attract a Boston Amazon headquarters last month, Price notes there’s been some debate on how they should be used. “There’s a school of thought that says it should all be commercial, because we need jobs,” he noted. “But we also need housing.”
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No compromise on freedom Political pundits have cautioned citizens about Trump having so many generals in key positions in his administration. Top military personnel are often the perpetrators of coups in politically unstable countries. However, African Americans have expressed little criticism of the policy until the recent dissatisfaction with Trump’s chief of staff, Gen. John Kelly. Perhaps the reason for the acceptance of the generals by blacks is that racial diversity in the military has become a national standard. In 1948, three years after the end of World War II, President Harry S. Truman issued the now historic Executive Order 9981 stating that “there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons of the armed services without regard to race, color, religion or national origin.” As a consequence, the military became the nation’s largest equal opportunity employer. While the national policy did not immediately cure every bigot suffering from ingrained racial discrimination who entered military service, it certainly limited the opportunities to be openly hostile. There was some hope that Gen. Kelly would mollify Trump’s racial attitudes, but it seems that Kelly has become an enabler. In response to journalists seeking clarity on the administration’s racial opinions, Kelly seems to support the Alt-right. Trump generated considerable opposition when he allowed that there was a substantial number of honorable people marching in support of the racially inspired Charlottesville demonstration on Aug. 12. The demonstrators were openly hostile to blacks, Jews and immigrants. Kelly confirmed that it was reasonable to conclude bigots were
acceptable when he stated on a Fox News TV program that Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was “an honorable man who gave up his country to fight for his state.” Kelly went on to state further that “men and women of good faith on both sides made their stand where their conscience had them make their stand.” He concluded that the “lack of an ability to compromise led to the Civil War.” What an erroneous and insensitive remark, especially from a person raised in Boston, the capitol of the anti-slavery movement. In 1820, Massachusetts allowed the independence of its territory now known as the State of Maine as part of the Missouri Compromise. The notion was to maintain the balance of slave and free states in the U.S. Congress. The loss of Maine was a concession of the people of Massachusetts. Even before that, Article I of the U.S. Constitution permitted slave states to include three-fifths of the number of slaves in the enumeration of Congressmen to the House of Representatives. This is another concession to slave states since slaves are essentially property and have no political persona. The compromise to eliminate slavery in Washington, D.C. in 1850 established that slaves are mere chattel. It required slave owners to be financially compensated for the loss of their property. The fundamental question, however, is whether or not the nation will allow slavery. There is no room for compromise on the status. In 1865, the United States ratified the 13th Amendment that confirms “Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude … shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.” Kelly has to understand that there can be no compromise on the fundamental issue of freedom.
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By EARL OFARI HUTCHINSON There really isn’t much of a surprise in the recent poll conducted by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health that found that a majority of whites feel they are getting the short end of the stick on discrimination. Trump cynically, but masterfully, mined that feeling among many whites of being racially put upon and rode it into the oval office. No matter how outrageous, wacky, and bizarre his stay there has been since, millions of his backers still support him. That’s not likely to change. They did not scream their lungs out for him at campaign rallies and during the debates because of his political erudition. They did it because his signature slogan, “Make America great again” was the near textbook code slogan for taking back all the things — affirmative action, civil rights protections, Obama administration job and spending initiatives, and an expansion of government programs for minorities — that supposedly shoved whites to the bottom of the political and economic barrel. That race lurks perilously just beneath the surface with any Trump backers is beyond dispute. To many, the equation is that government programs equal hand-outs to undeserving blacks and the poor. That in turn equals money snatched from the pockets of hard-working whites. This is just a recycling of the old, so-called angry white male. The term was coined by political analyst and then GOP strategist Kevin Phillips during Nixon’s presidential campaign in 1968. Nixon stoked the fury of blue-collar, white, rural voters with his slam of the Democrats for coddling criminals, welfare cheats and fostering a culture of anything goes permissiveness, and of course, big government Great Society pandering to the poor. The crude, thinly disguised code words and racial cues has worked. The tag of law and order and permissiveness became a staple in the GOP attack playbook for the next four decades. With tweaks and refinements, Reagan, Bush Sr. and W. Bush used it to ease their path to the White House. In the mid-1990s, Newt Gingrich and ultra conservatives recycled the strategy to seize Congress, and to pound out an agenda that made big government, tax-and-spend Democrats, and soft-on-crime liberals the fall guys for everything wrong with America. It touched a familiar nerve with many whites. The volatile mix of big government and economics that can whip frustrated, rebellious, angry whites into a tizzy far better than crude race baiting, magnificently for a reason that goes beyond race alone. Many blue-collar white males do perceive that they are losing ground to minorities and women in the workplace, schools, and in society. Right-wing populism, with its mix of xenophobia, loath of government as too liberal, too tax-and-spend and too permissive and a killer of personal freedom has been the engine that powered Reagan and Bush White House wins, and of course Trump. The other major issue that has driven the fear that whites are losing ground to minorities, and thus discriminated against, is immigration. Trump made immigrant bashing a big cornerstone of his campaign because he knew that this would touch a sore nerve among many whites. It fed into their deep fear that hordes of illegal immigrants were flooding this country and swiping tens of thousands more jobs from them. This was a classic wedge issue that, once layered over with the scare and scapegoating of Muslims, fed the notion that minorities, especially those here illegally and those who might be potential terrorists, were being given kid-glove treatment by a black president, Obama, and for a time, a liberal Democratic-controlled Congress. There’s also the widespread notion that everything from historic voting rights protections to affirmative action are relics of a long bygone racist past and should be summarily dumped in the historic dust bin. Trump and the GOP have sold a wide body of the public that to continue to fight for these supposedly unnecessary relics is just a self-serving, greedy grab by the much rivaled “civil rights establishment” to protect its racial turf, and feather its own nest. Those hurt most by this supposedly are whites. So, the poll on whites and discrimination ties directly into other polls and surveys that show that a significant number of whites support white nationalism, will fight tooth and nail to protect Confederate monuments, and will lustily boo black NFL players who take a knee during the playing of the national anthem. And, even more deadly, they lambast civil rights groups and Black Lives Matter for daring to protest police violence. This is the Trump era with a vengeance, in which a president tells whites they are the underdog and he’s there to stop the alleged hemorrhaging from minorities against them. Who, then, can really be surprised that many whites believe this?
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One of the reasons is that civics was removed from the Boston Public Schools over 20 years ago. People are also constantly hearing from the media that turnout will be low.
Voter turnout is low because of the lack of outreach. There’s not enough media attention on the races and candidates lack funding to air their platforms.
I think a lot of people assume the big changes are in Washington, D.C. They don’t realize that change starts at the local level. People need to put more emphasis on local politics.
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Because the politicians haven’t been living up to their word. People get discouraged.
People feel disenfranchised. People don’t think their vote makes a difference. I don’t know why. I’m out here every time.
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LINDA WHITLOCK The Massachusetts Women’s Political Caucus is proud to announce that Linda Whitlock will receive the group’s coveted Abigail Adams award at their 30th Annual Award ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 16 at the Fairmont Copley Hotel. A leadership advisor and professional director, Whitlock has won widespread accolades for a strong record of effective management, corporate and non-profit board leadership, and public service. She serves on the board of Cambridge Trust Company, as chair of its Corporate Governance Committee. She is a member of the Red Sox Foundation, and served on the President’s Advisory Committee at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. She is an immediate past President and CEO of Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston. She has been an active participant on more than 20 corporate and non-profit boards, including the boards of the Boston Stock Exchange; two Bain Capital portfolio companies; Brandeis University;
the Museum of Afro-American History; Boston Children’s Chorus; and other leading companies in the real estate, financial services, arts and culture, biopharmaceutical, and education sectors. She has been recognized as a Distinguished Bostonian by the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce, a Shattuck City Champion by the Boston Municipal Research Bureau, a Woman of Valor by the Anti-Defamation League, among numerous honors bestowed by the top business and civic institutions in the region, including the Boston Business Journal, Boston Magazine and Big Sister Association. She is a member of The Boston Club’s Corporate Advisory Committee, Women Corporate Directors, Women Leading Change, the Boston Women Leaders Network, and the Boston Library Society. A top national fundraiser for Hillary for America she co-chaired the MA Finance Committee for the 2016 presidential campaign.
She was Co-Chair of Obama Victory Trustees during the 2012 presidential campaign and was Associate Finance Director for the Dukakis for President campaign in 1988. MWPC’s Abigail Adams awards honor women who by their work and example contribute to women’s empowerment.
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continued from page 1 he will file an amendment to eliminate mandatory minimum sentences for drug crimes committed in so-called school zones — a 300foot radius around school buildings — that triggers an automatic 2 ½-year sentence. Prosecutors favor the law because the threat of the long sentences it carries gives them leverage to force defendants to plead guilty to lesser charges, eliminating the need to go to trial. “The school zone is the most impactful of the mandatory minimums,” Carvalho told the Banner. The House will debate the criminal justice reform bill next week for two days, Sánchez said. It will then go into a conference committee where House and Senate members have the opportunity to iron out the differences between their bills. The bill will not likely come up for a vote in the House before the Legislature takes its holiday recess. “I expect the members of the conference committee will work hard to get this done as quickly as possible,” Sánchez said. While Black and Latino Caucus members have been advocating criminal justice reform legislation for several years, House and Senate Leadership began the process of crafting legislation earlier this year by acting on a report from the Council of State Governments, a national organization led by state officials. That group’s Massachusetts affiliates proposed legislation aimed at reducing recidivism and paring down the state’s prison population through measures including reducing
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State representatives Byron Rushing, Frank Moran, Chynah Tyler, Jeffrey Sanchez, Carlos Gonzalez, Evandro Carvalho, Jose Tosado, Russell Holmes and Bud Williams in Sanchez’s office. sentences for good behavior and increasing funding for anti-recidivism programing in prisons. Criminal justice reform advocates fought vociferously for more comprehensive reforms to keep people out of prison, including the elimination of mandatory minimum sentences. At one point, activists with the Jobs not Jails coalition marched out of a CSG meeting and demonstrated outside. During the January Martin
Luther King Breakfast in Boston, state Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz took legislative leadership to task for moving too slowly on comprehensive criminal justice reforms. The Senate bill passed last month represented the first concrete victory for criminal justice reform advocates, and advocates are hopeful the House will follow suit. “We are pleased preliminarily that the House has put out a comprehensive criminal justice reform
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bill addressing many areas of a big broken system,” said Lew Finfer, executive director of the Massachusetts Communities Action Network, a member of the Jobs Not Jails Coalition. “Currently there are serious problems, with too many people with drug addiction going to prison instead of treatment, great racial disparities on who goes to prison, [and] recidivism,” he said. Finfer said the coalition would likely advocate for amendments to increase the threshold for a felony conviction from the $750 in the House bill to the $1,500 in the Senate bill and would continue to push for the elimination of mandatory minimum sentences. One significant difference between the Senate and House bill is that the latter moved two drugs — carfentanil and fentanyl — to Class A status, and strengthened the current Fentanyl trafficking law by changing the threshold amount from 10 net grams of fentanyl to 10 grams of a mixture containing fentanyl. There is also an added minimum penalty of three-and-a-half years for distributing the drugs. Making it the strongest law in the nation for trafficking carfentanil if passed, the legislation would establish a penalty for anyone who knowingly traffics the drug in any amount by imprisonment for
three-and-a-half years to 20 years. “It makes sense for us to do something to state, ‘We know you’re killing people,’” said Sánchez in reference to carfentanil traffickers. “Their disregard for human life is profound.” The House legislation built upon CORI reforms that would make applying for jobs, housing and professional licenses more accessible for people with criminal records. The bill reduces the wait time to seal a conviction from 10 years to seven years for a felony and from five years to three years for a misdemeanor. It also allows a conviction for resisting arrest to be sealed. “The sooner ex-offenders find employment, the less likely it is for them to commit another crime,” said Sánchez. Another noteworthy part of the House bill would increase humane treatment of inmates held in solitary confinement by setting limits on the length of time individuals can be held in solitary and prohibiting the use of segregation for pregnant women and juveniles. Also proposed in the bill are data collection initiatives to evaluate policy changes, the ability to reduce or waive fines and fees based on “substantial financial hardship” and the requirement that a person’s financial resources be taken into account when setting a bail.
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Criminal justice reform activists lobby for bill passage Jobs not Jails movement garners support with State House rally By KAREN MORALES
On the first day of November, several days after the Senate passed a comprehensive criminal justice reform bill, supporters of the legislation rallied and lobbied in the Massachusetts State House to continue the bill’s momentum in the House. The fervent event was organized by EPOCA, or Ex-Prisoners and Prisoners Organizing for Community Advancement, as part of their Jobs not Jails movement. “This reform bill will reduce the number of people who are unjustly sent to prison,” said Elena Letona, executive director of Neighbor to Neighbor. “And the majority of those people are black and brown.” The current reform bill, as passed by the Senate, will repeal mandatory minimum sentences for some drug offenses; raise the age of criminal majority to 19; eliminate fees for indigent defendants and license suspensions for offenses not related to driving; allow access to showers, books and mental health evaluations for solitary confinement prisoners; raise the threshold for charging someone with larceny from $250 to $1,500; and redirect savings from expected reduction in state’s prison population towards drug treatment, job training and rehabilitation for those leaving prison. According to the bill, these changes would be retroactive, giving some minor drug offenders a chance for early release. Activists are also fighting to include CORI reforms, such as permitting people with sealed CORIS to say “I have no record” when applying for occupational licenses and housing after records are sealed. Under the current law, only people who are applying to jobs can do this. As the bill is taken up in the House, proponents of the bill are preparing to face more conservative opposition from state representatives. Governor Charlie Baker proposed in August longer sentences for drug dealers who sell products that kill users. This amendment was altered to include only traffickers selling large amounts of drugs like the synthetic opioid fentanyl and heroin. “Petty dealers and drug addicts themselves can count as traffickers,” said Calvin Feliciano, political director for SEIU 509 in a phone call with the
Banner. “Many times a drug addict supporting their own habit can be caught with 11 packets of something and be charged as a drug trafficker, and that is one of our concerns.” The late Jafet Robles, a community organizer for Neighbor to Neighbor from Springfield, was honored at the rally. His memory incensed and motivated the criminal justice reform advocates even more, his death a symbol of a failing criminal justice system. He was found shot and killed at a park in Chicopee. His mother, Noemi Arguinzoni-Jimenez, spoke to the rally crowd about the last time she saw her son, a father of four, while spending time with him and her grandchildren at the park. “Just hours later, at that very same park, his life was taken away,” she said. “I want us to celebrate his life, and his passion for his community and criminal justice reform,” said Arguinzoni-Jimenez. “Justice reform is about [solving] the greater cycles of poverty and homelessness.” Also joining the cause is Adam Gomez, Springfield city councilor and a member of Neighbor to Neighbor. Gomez was charged as an adult for marijuana possession when he was 17 years old. “I was forced to plead guilty and had to serve the mandatory 2 year sentence,” he said. “I lost my license and financial aid to college.” Years later, in 2015, Gomez joined Neighbor to Neighbor in an 80-day campaign to stop the development of a mandatory alcohol treatment center in Springfield, what Gomez described would be “like a jail.” The campaign was successful in blocking the alcohol treatment center and Gomez ran for city council that same year. “Criminal justice reform is about getting people back to work,” said Kevin Lynch, a member of EPOCA. “[Reforming CORI] eliminates the need for so many social services because you’re letting people obtain the skill sets they need to succeed.” SEIU 509’s Feliciano said, “Opponents of the bill think you need to be able to sentence people to 10 years for drug crimes to keep people safe. They use scare tactics.” But moving people towards treatment would, “actually solve the problem,” Feliciano said, “as opposed to sweeping people up and sending them to jail.”
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City of Boston gives $2 million for rec center Jackson Square plans for yearround ice-rink and sports facility By KAREN MORALES
For the last 20 years, community activists in Jackson Square have been working to bring to the neighborhood a central place for teens to play, learn and work. After Mayor Martin Walsh administration’s contribution of $2 million towards the project this month, that dream is only $6 million away from reaching its funding goal of $30 million. Urban Edge, a community organization in Egleston and Jackson Square, is the main developer of the Jackson Square Recreation Center, a two-story, 75,000-square foot facility equipped with an icerink and artificial turf. At a press event last Wednesday, Natasha Dunker, executive director of Urban Edge, said the idea for the recreation center is rooted in the historic founding of the organization. “The same activists that stopped a highway from plowing through this neighborhood 40 years ago came together to make Urban Edge,” she said. “Although successful in stopping the highway,” she continued, “they could not stop parcels of land from being emptied to make room for it.” Once those parcels were up for grabs 20 years later, Urban Edge joined with other community
partners to use the space for a recreation center, said Dunker. With her 11-year-old son by her side at the podium, Dunker emphasized the need for safe and enriching opportunities for teens, especially after a shooting involving a minor occurred in the neighborhood just the night before, said Dunker. “I heard gunshots last night as I was going to sleep,” said Dunker, who lives just a few blocks away from the center’s designated location. “I woke up to learn that a 16-year-old boy was killed.” “The recreation center is not a cure-all for gun violence in Boston, but the need for it keeps getting highlighted,” she said. Walsh, at the press event about the funding for the new center, said, “The recreation center will be a safe place where kids can just be kids.” He added that with 26,000 youth living within a one- and-ahalf-mile radius of the proposed center, the project will have a significant impact in the community. Regarding the aforementioned shooting involving a 16-year-old, Walsh said, “The thing is, we have too many guns on the streets of Boston, too many guns on the streets of urban America.” Urban Edge CEO Frank Shea said that the project benefitted greatly from the input of the neighborhood’s young people, either
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a place to spend time after school. “We have always felt like there is something missing because there is no recreation center accessible and close to us,” Ahmed said. “Kids in Jackson Square have a right to a recreation center just as much as kids in the Suburbs do. I’m looking forward to [having a place where]
people can be themselves, learn how to ice skate, play soccer on the turf or get homework help.” As for the remaining funding needed, Dunker said they’re looking to the private sector to provide it. “We’re hoping to have a groundbreaking next summer,” she said. “It’s a very aggressive timeline.”
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Mayor Martin Walsh and supporters. Walsh’s campaign workers say they knocked more than 150,000 doors.
itself an electoral battleground, with the mayor’s campaign appealing for votes in the District 7 wards and precincts Jackson represents in City Hall. On the first day nomination papers became available in May, both Walsh and Jackson campaigned in Dudley Square — the heart of the community — standing no more than 20 yards from each other as they collected signatures. As the race progressed, Walsh deployed teams of volunteers and paid canvassers to collect signatures, knock on doors, identify supporters and turn them out to the polls. His campaign wasn’t shy about drawing from the vast pool of more than 16,000 city workers. In March, then-Chief of Staff Dan Koh sent an email to city employees inviting them to march in the Pride Parade with Walsh. Many who accepted the invitation marched with campaign signs, according to DigBoston. Jackson’s substantially smaller base of volunteers drew from his District 7 constituents and a group of activist Boston Public School parents angered by a series of budget cuts to schools during the four years of the Walsh administration. His preliminary election wins in Roxbury’s wards 12 and Jamaica Plain’s wards 11 and 19 reflected these bases of support.
Demographic shifts
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A major difference between Boston in 2017 and at the time of the 1983 mayoral campaign is that Boston has become a majority-people-of-color city, with whites making up only 47 percent of the population. In 1983, whites dominated, with people of color making up little more than a quarter of the city’s population. The Latino population has more than doubled, while high rents in formerly working-class strongholds that turned out in force for Flynn in 1983 have forced out many of the Italian-American and Irish-American voters, pushing down vote totals in those neighborhoods. Politics, too, have changed substantially since 1983. That change began with Flynn, who appointed blacks and Latinos to head large city agencies — significant positions with overseeing staff and a budget. Laval Wilson was the city’s first black school superintendent. Doris Bunte was the first black woman to head the Boston Housing Authority. Felix D. Arroyo headed the city’s Personnel Department. While few blacks or Latinos command budgets or staff in the Walsh administration, they occupy key positions in his administration. Unlike during the 1983 campaign, blacks, Latinos and Asians are campaigning on Walsh’s behalf in significant numbers, making multiple voter contacts with an organization that dwarfed Jackson’s.
Walsh has worn a mantle of progressive politics, launching initiatives such as a Boston My Brother’s Keeper initiative that convenes youth and youth workers for conversations about issues confronting black and Latino teens and young men. His administration earlier this year issued a Resilient Boston plan, aimed at addressing issues of systemic inequality in the city.
Issues of inequality
Jackson struggled to keep social justice issues front and center during this year’s campaign. An absence of mayoral forums before the Sept. 26 preliminary made that task even more difficult. In his candidacy, Jackson highlighted issues of inequality — the city’s production of new housing unaffordable to those living here, a police force that bears less and less resemblance to the city’s diverse population, and the mayor’s cuts to the city’s schools, which prompted protests and two student-led school walk-outs last year. In the two mayoral debates, both held in October, moderators raised those issues as well as questioning Walsh’s record on the city’s failed Olympics bid, his decision to keep on the city’s payroll two members of his administration who were indicted by a federal grand jury, and his apparent unwillingness to implement bodyworn cameras for police officers. In what was perhaps the most significant challenge to the Walsh administration’s record on racial equity, the NAACP Boston Branch issued a scathing report detailing how the mayor has failed in his first term to live up to campaign promises to make the city more inclusive, citing data provided by Walsh’s own administration that show little to no progress in the areas of economic development, education, affordable housing and city staffing.
Against the odds
In the end, Walsh’s army of volunteers and paid campaign staff overwhelmed Jackson’s shoestring operation. The multiple voter contacts, endorsements from black elected officials and Latino activists and the name recognition that comes with being mayor all proved too much for Jackson’s campaign to overcome. From the beginning, Jackson’s bid to unseat Walsh was a long shot. No sitting mayor has been voted out of office since 1949, when acting Mayor John Hynes defeated James Michael Curley, who ran for re-election from prison. The lasting legacy of this election likely will be the far-ranging conversations over racial inequity and income inequality that Jackson pushed as part of his campaign. Whether those issues move from conversation into action over the next four years will depend on the resolve of elected officials and the city’s civic leadership.
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A cohort of EparaTodos entrepreneurs in Lawrence celebrates success and cash awards.
SBA grant helps EforAll expand Spanish-language programs By SANDRA LARSON
At Entrepreneurship for All, the first step for someone with a business idea is to enter one of the pitch contests offered four times a year in its locations in Lawrence, Lowell, New Bedford, Fall River and Lynn. Standing up and pitching an emerging idea before judges and an audience could be a scary prospect for anyone, but perhaps even more so for those typically underserved by business accelerator programs. Such underserved groups, including immigrants, unemployed people, people of color and women, are the types EforAll works particularly hard to recruit, says CEO David Parker. “We listen to ideas from anyone, but where we offer extra value is in our very concerted efforts to reach would-be entrepreneurs who don’t feel confident even getting started with an idea — people who lack confidence, or lack a local network,” Parker says. For immigrants, for instance, there is a host of challenges that make them feel less-than-ready to go forward with even the best of ideas. “There’s a lack of knowledge of how the U.S. business system works —permitting, registering, setting up bookkeeping. Someone new to our country might not know these things,” Parker says. “And it’s so hard to get a
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You have to challenge yourself to do something you haven’t done before. Sharing the idea is necessary to get advice, get support and get others involved.” — David Parker
business started if you don’t know anybody.”
Pitching: scary but rewarding
When speaking to groups in the cities and communities EforAll seeks to serve, he invites them to come explain their ideas at a community pitch contest in front of a friendly audience. “The judges aren’t jerks,” Parker explains. “It’s like ‘Shark Tank’ but without the teeth. Our judges are trained to always encourage, always be positive. We’re in the business of encouraging people to start a business.” Pitching is hard, he acknowledges, but adds, “You have to challenge yourself to do something you haven’t done before. Sharing the idea is necessary to get advice, get support and get others involved.” Some of the contestants in these free pitch sessions win prizes
— maybe enough cash to help get a website up, or to make a prototype — and all of them can go on to apply to EforAll’s accelerator programs, in which small cohorts of entrepreneurs receive a year of training and support, including an intensive 12-week initial session.
Growth and expansion
EforAll started in 2010 as the Merrimack Valley Sandbox, a project under UMass Lowell with initial funding from the Deshpande Foundation. The mission was to build a community-based entrepreneurial ecosystem where people and institutions from across the community get involved and encourage entrepreneurship. The Sandbox began in Lowell and Lawrence, expanding to New Bedford and Fall River in 2014 and Lynn in 2016. The organization became a full-fledged 501(c)(3)
In Lawrence, the majority of residents are native Spanish-speakers. To serve them better, EforAll launched EparaTodos, the Spanish-language version of the accelerator. Now, a $50,000 grant from the U.S. Small Business Administration is helping expand EparaTodos to Lynn, a city whose population is roughly one-third Latino. Funding for the EparaTodos expansion is from the SBA’s Growth Accelerator Fund Competition, which aims to focus attention and funding on gaps in the entrepreneurial landscape. EforAll was one of 20 businesses nationally to receive a grant, according to the SBA, and the only awardee in Massachusetts.
Diversity and success
Of the people who end up in EforAll’s accelerator programs, 70 percent have been women; 50 percent people of color; 40 percent immigrants; and 60 percent previously unemployed, says Parker. And there’s a reason for these results. “These are the folks we reach out to in our marketing efforts,” he says, “whether it’s through partners, going to farmers’ markets or craft fairs, making presentations at organizations that serve these populations in some way.”
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continued from page 12 EforAll’s accelerators run twice each year. The next sessions are already filled and set to begin in December, and the following sessions will run in summer 2018. Participants are selected through a twostage review process. They are not required to live in the city in which the program is located, though for the initial three months, they must
be able to attend twice-weekly meetings at the program site and connect with program mentors weekly. And what happens after the accelerator program? EforAll reports that so far it has seen 254 graduating entrepreneurs create 431 jobs. The new companies have generated $9.9 million in annual revenues and raised $11.4 million in capital. Some 83 percent of the program participants from the accelerator’s first seven years are still in business. Companies started by EforAll
entrepreneurs span more than 70 sectors, from apparel and automotive to water and wellness, with a sizable number in the food, technology and service industries. Stalin Cortorreal, a civil engineer, was among the first EparaTodos cohort in Lawrence in 2016. The training helped him start his own home improvement contracting company, SGA Contracting, LLC. “It was a big help,” he says. “The good thing is, they put you in contact with the people you need to know.
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They find you mentors that help you get the information you need.” For Cortorreal, mentors included a lawyer and people in the contracting business. “They help you visualize what you actually need,” he explains. “At the beginning I didn’t even have my construction supervisor license, and they advised me to get that. So I went through that process. At the end of my program, I had all the licenses and permits I needed.”
For now, Cortorreal continues to work at his fulltime engineering job while getting his own venture off the ground. He remains part of the EforAll community, talking with new program participants about their problems and dreams and what they can learn from EforAll and from their fellow trainees. “EforAll is a place you’re going to achieve your dreams,” he says. “Everybody has a dream and everybody helps each other.”
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Next generation MCAS helps ensure students’ success Education secretary cautions against judging new test on students lower scores By JAMES PEYSER
Parents around the state are receiving MCAS results, and may be wondering ‘What happened to my child’s scores?’ Improvements to state standards and an upgrade of the 20-year old test have led this year’s score reports to look different than in the past, but there’s no need to panic. Last spring, students in grades 3-8 took a new test, developed with the active participation of Massachusetts teachers that raises expectations for student achievement as they progress from one grade to the next and prepare for post-secondary learning once they graduate from high school. The so-called “next-generation” MCAS asks students to think critically, solve problems, and show their work to demonstrate real understanding. Tests don’t prepare students for academic success, teachers do. But tests send important signals to educators to help them build curriculum, adjust instruction, and provide individualized supports.
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country, approximately one-third of our public high school graduates going on to Massachusetts public colleges are not ready for college-level work, particularly in math. They are forced to take remedial courses, eating up their financial resources, and in many cases ultimately leading them not to complete their studies. This is unacceptable. The path to this new assessment was years in the making, and would not have been possible without collaborative effort of over 300 experienced public school teachers from around the state, who understand best what students need to know and be able to do. Overall, the Massachusetts public education system is a tremendous success story. At the same time, we recognize we have more work to do. The next generation MCAS exam will play a critical role in helping our schools ensure that all students, regardless of zip code, have an opportunity to build productive careers and fulfilling lives here in Massachusetts.
achievement has dropped, but that’s just not the case. Student achievement this year is undoubtedly similar to last year; what’s changed is the test and the scoring. It’s like trying to compare apples to oranges. This year’s results will not impact school accountability ratings, and the new assessment will be phased in for 10th graders. Current 10th graders did not take the new test. The Class of 2023 will be the first group to take the new test, incorporating new performance standards, which will affect graduation requirements. Some people will wonder how only half of our students can be Meeting Expectations when the Commonwealth’s public schools are ranked number one in the nation. The fact is that this outcome is consistent with national assessments of Massachusetts students. More important, although we outpace the rest of the
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MCAS test has done nothing to improve school quality By LISA GUISBOND, FAIRTEST
widen our already large test score gaps and increase the focus on narrow standardized tests? Surveys of public attitudes toward education over time show a consensus about what we want our children to get out of school. I speak to different kinds of audiences, and I always ask what people want their children to get out of school. I get consistent answers: that they will make friends and learn how to get along with different kinds of people, that they will develop a lifelong love of learning and will learn how to collaborate, cooperate and resolve
to quality and equity? Instead of swapping one bad exam for another, now is the perfect time for Massachusetts to explore better alternatives to narrow standardized tests. We could implement an assessment system using projects and portfolios that measure deeper learning. Most important, communities must discuss what they want children to get from school so we can develop and use assessments and evaluations to achieve those ends. Time for a new direction, not just a different test.
conflicts. Parents and community people want children to be exposed to art, music and literature and learn how to think critically about the great issues facing our communities and the world. No one ever says they send their child to school to learn how to take standardized tests in math and reading. Isn’t it time we listen to 25 years of evidence showing that our test-based accountability system is perpetuating a “charade,” as Harvard Professor Daniel Koretz calls it? Isn’t it time we abandon the idea that we can test our way
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Results from the new MCAS exam show that more than half of Massachusetts students scored below a new, arbitrary “meeting expectations” level in most grades and subjects. Disproportionately, these will be urban youth of color. Unfortunately, this will create more pressure to focus on increasing test scores, particularly at inner-city schools. That will inevitably narrow curriculum, take the joy out of learning and harm students. State education officials say the new MCAS exam will tell parents whether their children are on track for success and ready for college. The new MCAS combines the national PARCC test with the old MCAS. But a 2015 Mathematica study commissioned by state Education Secretary James Peyser found that neither PARCC nor MCAS accurately measured college readiness. Scores accounted for only 5 percent to 18 percent of the variation in first-year college grades. There is no reason to believe MCAS 2 is any better at predicting future success. Secretary Peyser and other education policymakers boast that Massachusetts students are first in the nation. That’s true. But it’s not true that Massachusetts’ schools rose from mediocrity to top-notch because of MCAS. Even before the high-stakes MCAS, Massachusetts students ranked at or near the top. There has been improvement, but that is because of greater spending and a funding formula aimed at creating equity between rich and poor districts. Yet Peyser continues to pretend our test-driven system will do what it has failed to do in more than two decades: ensure no students are denied a good public education because of their zip code. African-American and
Latino communities, English language learners and students with disabilities bear the brunt of the damage caused by our testbased accountability system. Test misuse has led to school takeovers, disruptive turnaround processes, closures and privatization. For example, the Mattahunt was closed for poor test scores, over the passionate objections of the school community. (The low scores were largely due to testing children in English when they were just beginning to learn the language.) The community’s carefully considered and concrete proposals to improve the school were ignored. Meanwhile, the state Foundation Budget Review Commission found our funding formula is out of date and inadequate. Massachusetts underfunds our schools by $2 billion a year. Too many Boston students see the results in large class sizes, lack of counselors and nurses, filthy bathrooms and more. So why are we adopting an expensive new exam indicating over half the students don’t “meet expectations” instead of marshalling and focusing resources and support on the schools and districts with the greatest needs? Surveys show that most Americans think there is too much focus on standardized testing. A recent poll found “little support for standardized testing in contrast to the deep interest in testing by policy makers.” There is ample evidence that the overuse and misuse of standardized testing in recent decades has done real damage to educational quality and equity. It has narrowed and dumbed down curriculum and created an atmosphere of anxiety and fear that inhibits learning. The Boston students we work with are all too aware of these problems. Why, then, are we adopting a new, harder exam that will exacerbate these problems,
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(l-r): Wesley T. Jones, Vienna Carroll, Michael Bryan star in “3/ Fifths’ Trapped In a Traveling Minstrel Show.” PHOTO: DAVID MARSHALL
SLEEPING WEAZEL PRODUCTION SHINES HARSH SPOTLIGHT ON RACIAL POLITICS By CELINA COLBY
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hrough Saturday, Nov. 11, Sleeping Weazel presents “3/Fifths’ Trapped In a Traveling Minstrel Show” at the Calderwood Pavilion at Boston’s BCA. If you can see only one show in the remainder of 2017, this should be it. Writer James Scruggs wrenches the audience out of their comfort zone and into the hilarious, haunting and tragic center of the lives of two black men, framed through a minstrel show. Right from the start the show shocks. Three actors enter the stage. Wesley T. Jones and Michael Bryan both are in blackface with the exaggerated makeup and garish costumes of minstrel performers. Their ringleader, Vienna Carroll, wears the same costume but without the makeup. “I can’t say enough about the bravery
these actors have,” Scruggs says. “When they first put on the blackface, I asked myself if I had gone too far.” The first half of the show illustrates the experience of black men through overthe-top minstrel show activities, including a game show called “Who Stole it Best,” wherein the contestants listen to a song and have to identify from which black artist it was appropriated. The second half, after an unexpected twist, devolves into a courtroom scene. The audience is asked to judge contemporary court cases like the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. This juxtaposition allows the company to illustrate both the long history of racial oppression and the current day application of it. The minstrel makeup may have changed, but it still lives. Actor Carroll says, “We’re still doing stereotypes. They may not be in blackface but they’re still stereotypes. And our grandchildren are
still going to look at them through the lens of shame and guilt.” “3/Fifths’ Trapped In a Traveling Minstrel Show” is uncomfortable and confrontational. And it should be. In one scene, Jones mouths along to an eloquent recording of James Baldwin arguing for civil rights, while Bryan mouths along to a recording of Trump spouting racial ignorance. The juxtaposition would seem heavy-handed if it didn’t ring so true. The Sleeping Weazel show is a theatrical culmination of every Internet argument in the past year. The production uses video, comedy, theatrics and audience participation to drive home the absurdity and the horror of our current racial politics. Hours after the final bows have been taken, the cast’s opening chant resonates: “Our mere existence ignites your hate, while our culture you appropriate, reality is subjective, and perverted.”
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Irma Thomas, Blind Boys of Alabama perform By SUSAN SACCOCCIA
The Preservation Hall Legacy Quintet wasted no time getting down to business Friday night at Berklee Performance Center as the first of three powerhouse acts in a concert presented by World Music/CRASHarts that also showcased another homegrown New Orleans icon, Irma Thomas, and a revered gospel group, the Blind Boys of Alabama. What these musicians all have in common are African American musical traditions rooted in their communities — the churches, celebrations and clubs; fluency in these traditions’ many musical veins, including blues, soul, jazz, gospel and R&B; and decades of experience, awards and industry accolades. Grammy-winning singer “Soul Queen” Irma Thomas has been recording and performing for six decades. The Blind Boys, now in their seventh decade, have won five Grammy awards. The quintet, containing alumni of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, bring music honed in their venerable Crescent City home, Preservation Hall. All this mastery was on full display in the concert, as the musicians served up a tasty Creole musical brew and demonstrated the power of that gumbo to move hearts and lift spirits. Each act performed for about a half-hour and then returned to join one another’s sets during the 90-minute concert, a tight touring show entitled “The Heart and Soul Queen of New Orleans.” Throughout the concert, the
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PHOTO: RICK OLIVER
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Boston Ballet program reflects talents of Finland Company to perform ‘Obsidian Tear’ and ‘Fifth Symphony of Jean Sibelius’ By SUSAN SACCOCCIA
The Boston Ballet begins its 2017– 2018 season with a majestic program that has Finland as its theme. Coinciding with the 100th anniversary of Finnish independence from the giant at its border, Russia, the program presents the North American premiere of Wayne McGregor’s “Obsidian Tear” and the world premiere of Jorma Elo’s “Fifth Symphony of Jean Sibelius.” Its focus reflects the talents and Finnish roots of two native sons within the Boston Ballet, Artistic Director Mikko Nissinen and Resident Choreographer Jorma Elo, as well as the gifts of two revered Finnish musicians, contemporary composer EsaPekka Salonen and Jean Sibelius (1865–1957), regarded as the father of Finnish music. Finland is a small country in population — with less than six million people — but large in unspoiled geography of alpine tundra, forests and lakes, and at the top in global indices that track human rights, prosperity and quality of life. The music of Salonen and
Sibelius is ardently conducted and performed, with the superb Boston Ballet Orchestra led by guest conductor Daniel Stewart, musical director of the Santa Cruz Symphony, handpicked by Salonen for the premiere. The program, on stage through Nov. 12 at the Boston Opera House, begins not with a dance performance, but instead, with a richly textured orchestral performance of “Finlandia,” (1900) a symphonic poem by Sibelius that evokes the landscape of Finland. A love song to a country in which individualism and collective good are hallowed values that coexist in harmony, the soaring symphonic poem has a hummable melody at its heart that has itself become a hymn. The first of two ballets on the program is “Obsidian Tear,” a co-production with the Royal Ballet in London, where it received its world premiere on May 28, 2016. The Boston Ballet added another McGregor work, “Chroma,” to its repertoire in 2013, and its performances of the ballet that year and in 2015 won rave reviews. The new ballet’s title evokes a black volcanic rock, obsidian, used in surgical tools for its
PHOTO: ROSALIE O’CONNOR, COURTESY BOSTON BALLET
Boston Ballet in Jorma Elo’s “Fifth Symphony of Jean Sibelius.” hardness as a cutting instrument, and the dual meanings of “tear” — the act of ripping apart and the emotional release of tears. The rock’s lustrous black surface is echoed in the ballet’s black costumes and McGregor’s spare set, dominated by a black backdrop. The nine men who perform “Obsidian Tear” wear costumes that bare their chests and arms. Eight wear black body suits chosen by Katie Shillingford. Only
one is in different attire — widelegged red pants in a vaguely Orientalist style that resemble the pantaloons worn by turbaned men in a European Romantic era painter’s image of a harem. Deft lighting by Lucy Carter illuminates the floor as a white frame for the red and black palette of the costumes, and marks transitions between the two segments of the ballet by momentarily transforming the floor into a
band of blue light. The first segment is performed by two men, the dancer in red pants and another clad in black, to the haunting Salonen composition “Lachen verlernt,” a violin solo exquisitely played by Christine Vitale. With pirouettes and leaps that are both lyrical and athletic, the man in black seems to court the
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Strangers in Boston Photographer Jourdan Christopher captures the city’s unseen moments By CELINA COLBY
On Thursday, Nov. 2, Boston-based photographer Jourdan Christopher debuted his first solo exhibit at Craft and Caro in the Seaport District. The exhibit features his series “Strangers in Boston,” a curated selection of black-and-white portraits, many of them taken covertly as Christopher roamed the city. Christopher grew up in Memphis, but he captures the highs and lows of every day Boston life like a native. “Strangers in Boston” revels in the little moments that go unnoticed and unappreciated. “I think the reminder to pay attention to the details is so important,” says Christopher. “So much is happening so fast. You blink and Trump is President. We need to open our eyes.” The artist’s primary themes for the series are gentrification, age disparities and activism. On the political narrative, there are several photographs of protests. In one image, a black man stands in front of a marching crowd at a Black Lives Matter protest. The man engages directly with the viewer, in a moment of calmness despite the chaos around him. His
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arms are extended on either side of him like a crucifix. He will not let you look away. “Activism has been a large part of my life,” says Christopher. “You can’t be a true street photographer and not feel something about what you’re seeing.” Trains also play a sizable part in the series. They represent a transitory state of mind. Passengers are going somewhere, but that time on the bus or the train is a period of limbo. Christopher captures passengers in a cognitive suspension, shut off for the duration of the ride. Though portraits dominate the exhibit, the series contains some evocative landscapes as well. In them, the viewer becomes the stranger, trespassing on Boston soil in an attempt to see it in a new way. Christopher says he never goes out to shoot with a specific subject in mind, but waits for the moment to seize him. “There’s so PHOTOS: COURTESY JOURDAN CHRISTOPHER
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Jourdan Christopher’s “Strangers in Boston” captures the complexity of the city’s residents during unguarded moments.
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musicians spoke of their music and performed with warm camaraderie toward one another and the audience.
Preservation Hall Legacy Quintet
PHOTO: CAMERON WITTIG
The Blind Boys of Alabama and make you feel good.” Indeed they did. Carter began with a poignant solo rendition of “Almost Home,” the title song of the group’s latest album, released in August, a suite of semi-biographical songs that follows the ensemble from its start in the late ’30s. With the raw power of his worn and weathered voice, Carter conjured the sad memory of arriving at his boarding school when he was just 7 years old. “I thought the world had ended when that train pulled away,” Carter sang, backed by Ladson’s muted piano accompaniment. “I was just a little boy scared and alone.” Another standout in a memorable set was the ensemble’s rendering of the hymn “Conference
Table,” backed by the Preservation Hall Legacy Quintet. Leading all was Paul Beasley, a tall man with a lordly crown of thick hair and a liquid falsetto. Gesturing like a preacher, Beasley guided the musicians in the repetition of the chorus, “There will never be any peace until God is seated at the conference table.” Gaining force with each repetition, including one round with a euphoric tenor sax solo by Johnson, the chorus climaxed with a sensational crescendo. A tide of brass, percussion and vocals rose in unison as Beasley reached for the sky with his outspread arms and soaring voice.
next song, “Wish Someone Would Care,” in five minutes, venting her anger at a man back in 1964, Thomas volunteered that she was now age 76. “I see you counting on your fingers to figure out my age,” she said, laughing, to a man in the front row. “I’ve got nothing to hide.” Moving from a song about cluelessness in matters of the heart (“You Don’t Know Nothin’ About Love”), Thomas concluded with a rousing version of “(You Can Have My Husband but Please) Don’t Mess With My Man,” saying that her man and her husband were now the same guy. The Blind Boys returned to the stage for a roof-raising finale. Carter summoned the audience to its feet to join all the musicians in a rousing rendition of “If I Had A Hammer.”
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The Preservation Hall Legacy Quintet opened the show with the deliriously infectious “Hindustan,” which featured solos that introduced each member and concluded with a cacophonous, old school jam. The ensemble’s youngest member, reed-player Calvin Johnson, delivered a strong bop-inflected soprano sax solo that evoked another New Orleans native son, Sidney Bechet (1897-1959), whose early soprano sax recordings drew this instrument’s lyricism into the canon of jazz. Trumpeter Gregg Stafford took the lead in “Just A Little While,” telling the audience that it demonstrates the Crescent City’s tradition of a brass band funeral march, and sang and played his way through a high-energy solo. Later, in “Bourbon Street Parade,” through a series of vocal and trumpet growls, Stafford gave a tip of the hat to the founding father of New Orleans jazz, Louis Armstrong. And in a long and mighty solo, percussionist Joe Lastie, Jr. created a smooth tornado on his drums. Showing off his instrument’s big, deep voice, trombonist Frederick Lonzo took the spotlight in “Basin Street Blues,” making his horn ripple and drone as he lowered himself to the floor, demonstrating with his body the ever-lower register of his notes, until, without any interruption in his horn-playing, he was on his back, pointing out his fancy striped socks. During his descent, Lonzo breathed into his instrument to make balloon-like notes that mimicked the sound of a fighter plane taking a dive, antics abetted by Johnson, who mimed a pilot at the controls, and Stafford, who said, “I hear the sound of World War II.” Sustaining showmanship of a different kind, keyboardist Peter Levin provided fine organ and piano accompaniment and compelling solos throughout the concert.
introduced Irma Thomas, who stepped out looking handsome in a black gown. Creating an easy conversational rapport with the audience, Thomas said that although she hadn’t been “in these parts” for a long time, she still remembered Helen, a waitress at Charlie’s Kitchen in Harvard Square, “who could remember every order for a table of six without writing anything down.” She hoped that someone would drop by and tell Helen that Irma Thomas was asking for her. Thomas presented a somewhat autobiographical set, making wise and humorous comments as she introduced songs she has written of her experiences with love at all stages of her life. “Love don’t change … but people do,” was the rueful message of her first selection. Saying she’d written the
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Celebrity Series gears up to celebrate 50 years of Alvin Ailey in Boston By CELINA COLBY
PHOTO: ROSALIE O’CONNOR, COURTESY BOSTON BALLET
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continued from page 19 man in red, whose solos convey a searching individuality with semi-ritualistic movements such as wide arcs and spirals. The two men circle one another, mirror one another’s movements, connect and separate, intertwine and then unwind with a fluidity that is marvelous to watch. The lyrical and athletic blend of McGregor’s choreography continues in the second segment, in which the nine-man ensemble performs to Salonen’s “Nyx,” a symphonic composition with passages of clanging metal and ominous drum rolls inspired by its namesake, a Greek goddess of the night. Now the man in red becomes a character, a figure isolated, taunted and attacked. One
dancer in black also emerges as a primary character, his costume’s black armband suggesting the traits of a Gestapo-type militant. Although at moments verging on melodrama, the choreography mainly succeeds at distilling the primal power plays among humans as they bond, part, fight and compete in pairs, groups or packs; and renders these interactions in a ballet that is both disturbing and beautiful. The dancer in red is led up into a high point in the darkness, his back to the audience, and is hurled off. Among the remaining dancers, the push and pull for control escalates, until the dancer with the black armband also dives into darkness. Bringing luminous joy to the stage is the finale, a world premiere of Elo’s “Fifth Symphony of Jean Sibelius,” performed to
a beloved Sibelius composition, “Symphony No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 82,” which, says Elo, is “like hearing your national anthem.” Sibelius presented the completed symphony in 1919 to a newly independent Finland that had just elected its first president. Boston Ballet Orchestra’s rendering brings out the piece’s heroic brass passages and shimmering impressionistic evocation of Finland’s landscape, echoed in the earth tones of Yumiko Takeshima’s costumes, the radiant lighting by Mark Stanley, and Elo’s delicate but strong choreography, which with a quicksilver flow of angles and curves creates intricate lattices and recurring circular patterns, as if mimicking the formation of life itself on a cellular level. The sublime music fully inhabits the dancers’ bodies in this mesmerizing ballet.
In 2018, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its first performance in Boston, at the John Hancock Hall as part of the Celebrity Series of Boston. The Celebrity Series has an extensive celebration program planned for the 2017-18 season, beginning with a symposium in the same hall, highlighting the history of Ailey in Boston along with the history of Roxbury community activist and arts educator Elma Lewis. Celebrity Series president Gary Dunning says, “Alvin Ailey is the one artist and company we’ve shown more than anyone else in our 70-year period. We wanted to take the celebration beyond the stage.” The December symposium will be free and open to all, as will all of the celebratory programming except for the ticketed Ailey performance in March. Panelists include Judith Jamison, Alvin Ailey veteran, muse and former artistic director; Barry Gaither, Director and Curator of the Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists and a contemporary of Elma Lewis; and Shaumba-Yandje Dibinga, founding artistic & executive director of the Roxbury-based OrigiNation Cultural Arts Center. Callie Crossley, host of WGBH’s “Under the Radar with Callie Crossley,” will moderate. Elma Lewis and Alvin Ailey ran on parallel tracks. She was a founder of the National Center for Afro-American Artists and the
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Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts, both in Roxbury. Just as Alvin Ailey was bringing African dance to the national and then global stage, Lewis was reinforcing the importance of African and African American art here in Boston. In fact, Lewis founded the NCAAA the same year Alvin Ailey premiered in Boston. Today it remains the largest independent black cultural institution in New England. Dunning’s love of Ailey’s work began when he saw his first Ailey production in a small theater at Princeton University when he was 19 years old. “The company came from a very specific source, the Afro-Caribbean tradition, but has mass appeal,” says Dunning. “The joy of live performance, the collective shared experience, offers a powerful anecdote to isolating world trends.” In addition to the December discussion, Ailey company members will do residencies at Boston-area schools in January, conducting master classes and workshops. “We like to introduce students to the joy of expressing narrative through dance,” says Dunning. For the general public, former Ailey company member Nasha Thomas will be teaching the “Revelations” choreography in two February workshops. People of all dance experience levels are welcome. The annual ticketed Alvin Ailey performance will run March 22–25, 2018.
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fall in silence’ came to him one afternoon. “We’re all on the tree of life,” he explains. “We’re all falling, and I might be so concerned with myself that I don’t notice you’re falling right next to me.” In this series, Christopher captures the other leaves, looking outside himself at other journeys and encouraging us to do the same.
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twists In a large roasting pan stir together oil, sugar and cinnamon. Add pretzels; toss well to combine. Bake uncovered in a 300 F oven for 30 minutes, stirring twice. Spread on waxed paper to cool. Store in an airtight container. Makes 12 cups.
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It’s been a year since the Impossible Burger finally made its debut, after five years of buzz. From the beginning, the Redwood City, Calif.-based Impossible Foods, which makes the plant-based burger, had vowed to do what many considered the impossible: create a faux patty that was indistinguishable from the real deal. A desirable veggie burger is a legit culinary holy grail. The patty is built from a protein-heavy base of wheat, coconut and potato-based ingredients. Crucially, it also contains a plant ingredient that tastes almost exactly like animal blood. This secret weapon is called leghemoglobin, and it tastes like hemoglobin, the thing in animal blood that carries oxygen to cells. Leghemoglobin is short for “legume-hemoglobin,” and is produced in special nodules on the roots of legume plants like peas and beans. Since we don’t usually eat the roots of legumes, the FDA is waiting on certain safety tests before declaring the Impossible Burger safe to consume. Impossible Foods says the results are in, and clear: no safety risk. When I first heard about Impossible Burger and leghemoglobin, I went to a neighbor’s garden and, with permission, harvested some pea plants. I located some nodules on the roots; they were pink inside. As I washed them, I wondered if they tasted like blood. And they did. That big metallic flavor. Impossible Burger isn’t yet available in stores, and the
roll-out has been slow. About 50 restaurants, including Umami Burger and Momofuku, have been licensed to serve the meat substitute. My first taste came recently at the Clover Food Lab in Harvard Square, the first vendor in New England to sell it. The fake meat came in the form of a meatball sub. The Impossible Burger balls were mixed with egg and parsley, and presumably bread crumbs and whatever else they put in meatballs, and baked in tomato sauce. They were good meatballs. Amazing meatballs. Tasty meatballs. But most importantly of all, they were without question meatballs, and meatballs don’t have to tap dance. Alas, most of us don’t currently live within striking distance of an Impossible Burger outlet. Nor do most of you live within striking distance of tasty animals that can be legally harvested, without taking a negative toll on the environment. So for the moment, most aspiring herbivores remain stuck in the familiar spot between various flavors of mush, some of which can be quite tasty. Today’s recipe is one such mush, an adulterated version of a red lentil curry from the book “Plenty More” by Yotam Ottolenghi. If food like this were my only source of protein, I’d probably be OK.
Ari LeVaux writes Flash in the Pan, a syndicated weekly food column that’s appeared in more than 50 newspapers in 25 states. Ari can be reached at flash@flashinthepan.net. Follow him on Twitter at @arilevaux
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If food like this red lentil curry were my only source of protein, says Ari LeVaux, I’d probably be OK.
Red lentil curry n Start with the meditative process of preparing chile oil. On low heat, saute a small shallot, an inch of ginger and garlic, all sliced, and one star anise, a quartered tomato or tomato paste, and whatever kind of chile you’ve got. I used Thai red chile, jalapenos and these weird peppers from the market, and cooked in sesame oil. n Then start with a few tablespoons of oil but add another half-cup, and keep on lowest heat for at least a half-hour. Then strain. The original recipe called for rape seed oil, aka canola oil, and curry powder that I skipped. n Next, prepare something green. The recipe calls for blanched peas. I had Romanesco and kale belly buttons, so I sauteed them with soy sauce, butter and garlic, and served as finger foods to dip into the soup. The kale hearts really hung onto it. n For the soup, slice a medium or large onion end to end, as thinly as possible, and cook in oil until clear. Add two or so tablespoons of Thai red curry paste (minding the overall heat tolerances of your audience).
Cook for a moment, then add several fat sticks of fresh lemongrass. n First, pound the lemongrass with a rolling pin, then peel off the tough outer leaves and add them whole. Mince the remains of crushed tender lemongrass hearts. n Stir-fry, and then add three kafir lime leaves and a cup of lentils. If you don’t have lime leaf and lemongrass that’s OK as long as you have good red chile paste, which should contain both of those. n Add three cups of water and cook on low with the lid on for about 15 minutes, until lentils are soft but water hasn’t completely steamed away. n Fish out the lime leaves and any obvious lemongrass parts, blend it all with a submersible blender, then add a cup of coconut milk and two tablespoons each of soy sauce and lime juice. Bring to a simmer briefly. n Garnish with your greens, and perhaps cilantro, and some of your chile oil, and serve with a swagger. It is, after all, a fact that they will wow at this dish.
BREAKFAST Tips for a better breakfast Want to amp up your breakfast? Simply follow these tips: Plenty of protein: Protein is an important building block for the body, helping support bones, muscles, cartilage, skin and blood, according to Eggland’s Best. Try adding protein-packed foods to your breakfast, such as meat, beans, nut butters and eggs. Fresh produce: Add lettuce and sliced peppers to your egg sandwich. Top your oatmeal with chopped peaches or favorite seasonal fruit. Become a mix-master by blending smoothies in endless combinations to satisfy taste buds. — Brandpoint
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Councilor Ayanna Pressley as she made an appearance at the rally on Sunday. “We should be a country that offers refuge.” S t at e R e p r e s e n t at i v e Bill Driscoll Jr. also offered support. “As someone that represents Randolph, a community that’s strengthened by immigrants, it breaks my heart to see people in fear,” Driscoll said.“I’ll do everything I can, to take the message to our congressional delegation whose doing a great job to continue the temporary protected status. I will also add my voice in for permanent protected status.” Besides reasons of compassion and safety, failure to extend TPS could have negative economic effects. “The loss of employment authorization for these populations would adversely impact several key industries where TPS recipients make up a significant amount of the workforce [in] construction, food processing, hospitality, and home healthcare
services,” reads an Oct. 26 letter by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The State Department says conditions have improved enough for TPS holders to return to their home countries. But those at the rally disagreed with that assessment. “As we speak, Haiti is still confronting some enormous challenges due to calamities that took place over the past eight years,” said Rev. Dieufort Fleurissaint, Chairman of HAU, referring to the 2010 earthquake that killed close to 300,000 people and displaced about 1 million. The cholera epidemic that broke out soon after the earthquake has infected some 100,000 people. Faith Andris, Miss Teen Haiti International 2017, offered words of solidarity. “I may be an American, but I do have family who are TPS holders,” she told rally attendees. “After the earthquake, they came here with TPS, trying to get a better life for their families. ... They already have a job, they’re already getting ready to get their credit to buy a house. But seeing that it might be taken away from them really hurts me.”
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The Handel and Haydn Society returned to the First Church in Roxbury for the Every Voice free community concert in partnership with the Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry.
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a labor and materials payment bond, each in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract price. The surety shall be a surety company or securities satisfactory to the Authority. Attention is called to the minimum rate of wages to be paid on the work as determined under the provisions of Chapter 149, Massachusetts General Laws, Section 26 to 27G, inclusive, as amended. The Contractor will be required to pay minimum wages in accordance with the schedules listed in Division II, Special Provisions of the Specifications, which wage rates have been predetermined by the U. S. Secretary of Labor and/ or the Commissioner of Labor and Industries of Massachusetts, whichever is greater.
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. A288-C9, FY 17-19 INTERIOR & CURBSIDE SIGNAGE, TERM CONTRACT, ALL MASSPORT FACILITIES, BOSTON, BEDFORD, AND WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Capital Programs Department Office, Suite 209S, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2017, immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly. NOTE:
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The work includes: “ON-CALL, WORK ORDER” BASIS OVER A TWO-YEAR PERIOD. WORK INCLUDES REMOVAL OF EXISTING SIGNAGE; FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION OF NEW SIGN PANELS, BOXES, AND FRAMES; REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING SIGN PANELS; AND MODIFICATION (IN PLACE) OF EXISTING SIGN PANELS. WORK TO BE INSTALLED ON EXISTING SUPPORTS (HANGARS, POSTS, ETC.), EXCEPT WHERE OTHERWISE SPECIFIED. Bid documents will be made available beginning THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2017. The estimated contract cost is EIGHT HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($850,000.). Bid Documents in electronic format may be obtained free of charge at the Authority’s Capital Programs Department Office, together with any addenda or amendments, which the Authority may issue and a printed copy of the Proposal form. A proposal guaranty shall be submitted with each General Bid consisting of a bid deposit for five (5) percent of the value of the bid; when sub bids are required, each must be accompanied by a deposit equal to five (5) percent of the sub bid amount, in the form of a bid bond, or cash, or a certified check, or a treasurer’s or a cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the Massachusetts Port Authority in the name of which the Contract for the work is to be executed. The bid deposit shall be (a) in a form satisfactory to the Authority, (b) with a surety company qualified to do business in the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Authority, and (c) conditioned upon the faithful performance by the principal of the agreements contained in the bid. The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and a labor and materials payment bond, each in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract price. The surety shall be a surety company or securities satisfactory to the Authority. Attention is called to the minimum rate of wages to be paid on the work as determined under the provisions of Chapter 149, Massachusetts General Laws, Section 26 to 27G, inclusive, as amended. The Contractor will be required to pay minimum wages in accordance with the schedules listed in Division II, Special Provisions of the Specifications, which wage rates have been predetermined by the U. S. Secretary of Labor and / or the Commissioner of Labor and Industries of Massachusetts, whichever is greater. The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance and Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of $1,000,000.00 Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details. This Contract is also subject to Affirmative Action requirements of the Massachusetts Port Authority contained in the Non Discrimination and Affirmative Action article of Division I, General Requirements and Covenants, and to the Secretary of Labor’s Requirement for Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Opportunity and the Standard Federal Equal Opportunity Construction Contract Specifications (Executive Order 11246). The General Contractor is required to submit a Certification of Non Segregated Facilities prior to award of the Contract, and to notify prospective subcontractors of the requirement for such certification where the subcontract exceeds $10,000.
MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. M495-C1, REFRIGERATED STORAGE CONTAINER STORAGE IMPROVEMENTS, CONLEY TERMINAL, SOUTH BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Capital Programs Department Office, Suite 209S, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 021282909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2017, immediately after which, in a designated room, the proposal will be opened and read publicly. NOTE: PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE LARGE ADMIN CONFERENCE ROOM OF CONLEY CONTAINER TERMINAL, 700 SUMMER STREET, BOSTON, MA 02127, ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2017, AT 10:00 AM LOCAL TIME. ALL ATTENDEES MUST BRING A VALID DRIVER’S LICENSE, US PASSPORT, OR TWIC TO OBTAIN ENTRY TO CONLEY TERMINAL. PLEASE ARRIVE AT LEAST 1/2 HOUR EARLY TO OBTAIN SECURITY CLEARANCE PRIOR TO ENTRY. The work includes CONSTRUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY TWO ACRES OF NEW ASPHALT PAVEMENT, WITH CONCRETE RUNWAY GRADE BEAMS FOR RUBBER TIRE GANTRY CRANES, ON FORMER COASTAL OIL SITE FOR CONTAINER STORAGE; AND CONSTRUCTION OF NINE REFRIGERATED CONTAINER RACKS (OPEN STEEL-FRAMED STRUCTURES) ON CONCRETE PAD FOUNDATIONS ON CONLEY TERMINAL. THERE IS AN ADD ALTERNATE FOR A TENTH REFRIGERATED CONTAINER RACK. THE PROJECT SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDES: SITE PREPARATION AND DEMOLITION; EXCAVATION AND EMBANKMENT; MANAGEMENT AND DISPOSAL OF CONTAMINATED SOILS; WARM MIX ASPHALT PAVEMENT; CONCRETE GRADE BEAMS; HIGH-MAST SITE LIGHTING; WATER, ELECTRIC AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS INFRASTRUCTURE; SIGNAGE; PAVEMENT MARKINGS; STRUCTURAL STEEL FRAMED REFRIGERATED CONTAINER RACKS; AND MISCELLANEOUS METALS. Bid documents will be made available beginning WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2017. Bid Documents in electronic format may be obtained free of charge at the Authority’s Capital Programs Department Office, together with any addenda or amendments, which the Authority may issue and a printed copy of the Proposal form. The estimated contract cost is EIGHT MILLION, FOUR HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($8,400,000.00) The estimated Add-Alternate cost is FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($500,000). A proposal guaranty shall be submitted with each General Bid consisting of a bid deposit for five (5) percent of the value of the bid; when sub bids are required, each must be accompanied by a deposit equal to five (5) percent of the sub bid amount, in the form of a bid bond, or cash, or a certified check, or a treasurer’s or a cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the Massachusetts Port Authority in the name of which the Contract for the work is to be executed. The bid deposit shall be (a) in a form satisfactory to the Authority, (b) with a surety company qualified to do business in the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Authority, and (c) conditioned upon the faithful performance by the principal of the agreements contained in the bid. Bidders must submit a Buy American Certificate with all bids. Bids that are not accompanied by a completed Buy American Certificate must be rejected as nonresponsive. The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and
The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance and Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000.00). Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details. This contract is subject to a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise participation provision requiring that not less than SEVEN AND ONE HALF PERCENT (7.5%) of the Contract be performed by disadvantaged business enterprise contractors. With respect to this provision, bidders are urged to familiarize themselves thoroughly with the Bidding Documents. Strict compliance with the pertinent procedures will be required for a bidder to be deemed responsive and eligible. The Recipient, in accordance with the provisions of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (78 Stat. 252, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000d to 2000d-4) and the Regulations, hereby notifies all bidders that it will affirmatively ensure that for any contract entered into pursuant to this advertisement, disadvantaged business enterprises will be afforded full and fair opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, or national origin in consideration for an award. This Contract is also subject to Affirmative Action requirements of the Massachusetts Port Authority contained in Article 84 of the General Requirements and Covenants, and to the Secretary of Labor’s Requirement for Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Opportunity and the Standard Federal Equal Opportunity Construction Contract Specifications (Executive Order 11246). The General Contractor is required to submit a Certification of Non Segregated Facilities prior to award of the Contract, and to notify prospective subcontractors of the requirement for such certification where the subcontract exceeds $10,000. A Contractor having fifty (50) or more employees and his subcontractors having fifty (50) or more employees who may be awarded a subcontract of $50,000 or more will, within one hundred twenty (120) days from the contract commencement, be required to develop a written affirmative action compliance program for each of its establishments. Compliance Reports - Within thirty (30) days of the award of this Contract the Contractor shall file a compliance report (Standard Form [SF 100]) if: (a) The Contractor has not submitted a complete compliance report within twelve (12) months preceding the date of award, and (b) The Contractor is within the definition of “employer” in Paragraph 2c (3) of the instructions included in SF100. The contractor shall require the subcontractor on any first-tier subcontracts, irrespective of the dollar amount, to file SF 100 within thirty (30) days after the award of the subcontracts, if the above two conditions apply. SF 100 will be furnished upon request. SF 100 is normally furnished Contractors annually, based on a mailing list currently maintained by the Joint Reporting Committee. In the event a contractor has not received the form; he may obtain it by writing to the following address: Joint Reporting Committee 1800 G Street Washington, DC 20506 Complete information and authorization to view the site may be obtained from the Capital Programs Department Office at the Massachusetts Port Authority. The right is reserved to waive any informality in or reject any or all proposals. MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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a bid deposit for five (5) percent of the value of the bid; when sub bids are required, each must be accompanied by a deposit equal to five (5) percent of the sub bid amount, in the form of a bid bond, or cash, or a certified check, or a treasurer’s or a cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the Massachusetts Port Authority in the name of which the Contract for the work is to be executed. The bid deposit shall be (a) in a form satisfactory to the Authority, (b) with a surety company qualified to do business in the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Authority, and (c) conditioned upon the faithful performance by the principal of the agreements contained in the bid.
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. AP1811-C1, FY18-20 TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND CONTROLS MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS, LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EAST BOSTON, AND SEAPORT DISTRICT, SOUTH BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Capital Programs Department Office, Suite 209S, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 021282909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 6, 2017, immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly. NOTE: PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 10:00 AM LOCAL TIME ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2017. The work includes ON-CALL MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR SERVICES FOR TRAFFIC SIGNALS AND TRAFFIC CONTROL DEVICES FOR A PERIOD OF THREE YEARS; REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENT OF IN-PAVEMENT LOOP DETECTORS, VEHICLE DETECTORS, VEHICLE COUNTING STATIONS, AND ELECTRICAL POWER SOURCE EQUIPMENT THAT SUPPLY THESE STATIONS; AND CONFIGURATION, CONTROLS, AND COMMISSIONING OF TRAFFIC COUNTING EQUIPMENT BY OTHERS. Bid documents will be made available beginning WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2017. Bid Documents in electronic format may be obtained free of charge at the Authority’s Capital Programs Department Office, together with any addenda or amendments, which the Authority may issue and a printed copy of the Proposal form. The estimated contract cost is FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($500,000.). A proposal guaranty shall be submitted with each General Bid consisting of a bid deposit for five (5) percent of the value of the bid; when sub bids are required, each must be accompanied by a deposit equal to five (5) percent of the sub bid amount, in the form of a bid bond, or cash, or a certified check, or a treasurer’s or a cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the Massachusetts Port Authority in the name of which the Contract for the work is to be executed. The bid deposit shall be (a) in a form satisfactory to the Authority, (b) with a surety company qualified to do business in the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Authority, and (c) conditioned upon the faithful performance by the principal of the agreements contained in the bid. The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and a labor and materials payment bond, each in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract price. The surety shall be a surety company or securities satisfactory to the Authority. Attention is called to the minimum rate of wages to be paid on the work as determined under the provisions of Chapter 149, Massachusetts General Laws, Section 26 to 27G, inclusive, as amended. The Contractor will be required to pay minimum wages in accordance with the schedules listed in Division II, Special Provisions of the Specifications, which wage rates have been predetermined by the U. S. Secretary of Labor and / or the Commissioner of Labor and Industries of Massachusetts, whichever is greater. The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance and Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of $1,000,000. Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details. This Contract is also subject to Affirmative Action requirements of the Massachusetts Port Authority contained in the Non Discrimination and Affirmative Action article of Division I, General Requirements and Covenants, and to the Secretary of Labor’s Requirement for Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Opportunity and the Standard Federal Equal Opportunity Construction Contract Specifications (Executive Order 11246). The General Contractor is required to submit a Certification of Non Segregated Facilities prior to award of the Contract, and to notify prospective subcontractors of the requirement for such certification where the subcontract exceeds $10,000. Complete information and authorization to view the site may be obtained from the Capital Programs Department Office at the Massachusetts Port Authority. The right is reserved to waive any informality in or reject any or all proposals. MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. A288-C8, FY 17-19 EXTERIOR AND ROADWAY SIGNAGE, TERM CONTRACT, ALL MASSPORT FACILITIES, BOSTON, BEDFORD, AND WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Capital Programs Department Office, Suite 209S, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2017, immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly. NOTE:
PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 9:00 A.M. LOCAL TIME ON WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2017.
The work includes: TERM CONTRACT FOR EXTERIOR AND ROADWAY SIGNAGE AT ALL MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY FACILITIES LOCATED AT BOSTON, BEDFORD, AND WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ON AN “ON CALL, WORK ORDER” BASIS OVER A TWO-YEAR PERIOD. WORK INCLUDES REMOVAL OF EXISTING SIGNAGE; FABRICATION AND INSTALLATION OF NEW SIGN PANELS, BOXES, FRAMES, FOUNDATIONS, AND SUPPORTS; REMOVAL AND REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING SIGN PANELS; AND MODIFICATION (IN PLACE) OF EXISTING SIGN PANEL MESSAGING. WORK TO BE INSTALLED ON EXISTING SUPPORTS (WALLS, COLUMNS, OVERHEAD, POSTS, ETC.) OR ON NEW POST SUPPORTS WHERE SPECIFIED. Bid documents will be made available beginning THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2017. The estimated contract cost is FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($ 450,000.). Bid Documents in electronic format may be obtained free of charge at the Authority’s Capital Programs Department Office, together with any addenda or amendments, which the Authority may issue and a printed copy of the Proposal form.
The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance and Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of $1,000,000.00 Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details. This Contract is also subject to Affirmative Action requirements of the Massachusetts Port Authority contained in the Non Discrimination and Affirmative Action article of Division I, General Requirements and Covenants, and to the Secretary of Labor’s Requirement for Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Opportunity and the Standard Federal Equal Opportunity Construction Contract Specifications (Executive Order 11246). The General Contractor is required to submit a Certification of Non Segregated Facilities prior to award of the Contract, and to notify prospective subcontractors of the requirement for such certification where the subcontract exceeds $10,000. Complete information and authorization to view the site may be obtained from the Capital Programs Department Office at the Massachusetts Port Authority. The right is reserved to waive any informality in or reject any or all proposals. MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE DIVISION OF CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT & MAINTENANCE Request for Qualifications for Ten (10) Trade Contractor Packages Masonry; Miscellaneous and Ornamental Iron; Waterproofing, Dampproofing & Caulking; Roofing and Flashing; Resilient Floors; Painting; Fire Protection Sprinkler System; Plumbing; HVAC; Electrical North Point New Maintenance Facility, Cambridge, MA Mass. State Project No. DCR1110 DC1 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, through its Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance (DCAMM), requests that qualified and experienced Trade Contractors submit Trade Contractor Statement of Qualifications Forms to the DCAMM Bid Room no later than 12:00 PM, Tuesday, December 5, 2017. SCOPE: The project is a new DCR maintenance facility which currently includes a building containing approximately 36,000 SF that will contain vehicle parking, a maintenance bay, storage spaces, offices & conference rooms, locker rooms and shower. This Request for Qualifications (“RFQ”) is the first phase of a two-phase procurement process as set forth in MGL Chapter 149A. DCAMM, through its Trade Contractor Prequalification Committee, is prequalifying firms interested in providing public Trade Contractor services on this Public Construction Manager at Risk (“CM at Risk”) Project for the construction of the North Point New Maintenance Facility through this RFQ process. Trade Contractor Statement of Qualifications Forms from interested Trade Contractors are sought for the following categories of work: Masonry ($78,020); Miscellaneous and Ornamental Iron ($84,675); Waterproofing, Dampproofing and Caulking ($60,288); Roofing and Flashing ($184,500); Resilient Floors ($122,610); Painting ($96,078); Fire Protection Sprinkler System ($177,995); Plumbing ($303,250); HVAC ($609,755); Electrical ($914,739). Only prequalified firms will be permitted to submit bids for the categories of work in which they were prequalified. The Construction Manager is Commodore Builders. The Request for Qualifications may be downloaded from http://www. commbuys.com or DCAMM’s E-Bid Room at https://www.bidexpress.com/ businesses/10279/home Or copies may be obtained by contacting the DCAMM Bid Room, One Ashburton Place, Boston, MA 02108, 617-727-4003, bidroom.dcamm@state.ma.us on or after Wednesday, November 8, 2017. Commonwealth of Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance Carol W. Gladstone, Commissioner
LEGAL Stephanie Pollack MassDOT Secretary & CEO INVITATION TO BID The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority is seeking bids for the following:
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MBTA CONTRACT NO. X72PS01 The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is soliciting Design & Construction Phase Services for the station improvement project. The Scope of Services includes, but is not limited to: Feasibility Surveys/ Analyses; Multi-disciplined Engineering (i.e. Civil, Structural, Electrical, Mechanical); Architecture; Environmental Approvals and Permitting; Security Design; Vertical Transportation; Contract Management Assistance; Scheduling; Quality Control/Quality Assurance; Construction Systems and Methods; Construction Planning; Construction Staging and Constructability; Construction Cost Estimating; Design Phase Services; and Construction Phase Services. The conceptual level construction cost estimate for the proposed improvements is $30,000,000. The duration of this contract will be five (5) years. This project will utilize State and Federal Funds. The DBE Participation Goal is 16 percent.
In order to be eligible and responsible to bid on this Contract, General Bidders must be pre-qualified by the Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT), and submit with their bid a copy of the current pre-qualification certificate issued by MassDOT. General Bidders must be certified in the classification of SIGNING – STRUCTURAL.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division
Docket No. SU17P2321GD
Citation Giving Notice of Petition for Appointment of Guardian for Incapacitated Person Pursuant to G.L. c. 190B, §5-304 In the matter of Junior Chin 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 Junior Chin is in need of a Guardian and requesting that Department of Mental Health (Boston) of Westborough, MA (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 12/07/2017. 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. Brian J. Dunn, First Justice of this Court. Date: October 25, 2017
Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate
Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department Docket No. SU17P0606EA
SUFFOLK Division
Citation on Petition for Sale of Real Estate by a Personal Representative Estate of Mary Katherine Burlinson Date of Death: 01/22/2017 To all interested persons: A Petition for Sale of Real Estate has been filed by Joseph F Burlinson of Easton, CT requesting that the court authorize the personal representative to sell the decedent’s real estate at a private sale. IMPORTANT NOTICE You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 12/05/2017. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return date, action may be taken without further notice to you. WITNESS, HON. Brian J. Dunn, First Justice of this Court. Date: October 31, 2017
Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate
Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department
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SUFFOLK Division
Divorce Summons by Publication and Mailing Luisa Santiago
vs.
Juan M Abreu
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: Luisa Santiago, 2020 Columbus Ave Roxbury, MA 02119-1176 your answer, if any, on or before 12/07/2017. 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. Brian J. Dunn, First Justice of this Court. Date: October 12, 2017
Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate
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To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Sharise R Quarrles of Boston, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Lorriane S Quarrles is in need of a Guardian and requesting that Sharise R Quarrles of Boston, MA (or some other suitable person) be appointed as Guardian to serve on the bond.
In the interests of Briana Suero Campusano of Boston, MA Minor
SUFFOLK Division
Docket No. SU17P2275EA
Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Joyce Susan Lewis Date of Death: 07/30/2017 To all interested persons: A Petition for Formal Adjudication of Intestacy and Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by Charmaine Alleyne of Medford, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. The Petitioner requests that Charmaine Alleyne of Medford, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve on the bond in an unsupervised administration. IMPORTANT NOTICE You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 11/29/2017. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return day, action may be taken without further notice to you. UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE (MUPC) A Personal Representative appointed under the MUPC in an unsupervised administration is not required to file an inventory or annual accounts with the Court. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding the administration directly from the Personal Representative and may petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration.
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 11/23/2017. 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.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division
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. Brian J. Dunn, First Justice of this Court. Date: October 17, 2017
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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.
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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.
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Counsel for Parents: If you are a parent of the minor child who is the subject of this proceeding you have a right to be represented by an attorney. If you want an attorney and cannot afford to pay for one and if you give proof that you are indigent, an attorney will be assigned to you. Your request for an attorney should be made immediately by filling out the Application of Appointment of Counsel form. Submit the application form in person or by mail at the court location where your case is going to be heard.
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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.
Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate
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.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division
Docket No. SU17P1085GD
Date: September 7, 2017
REAL ESTATE
Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate
REAL ESTATE
Docket No. SU17D2154DR
Divorce Summons by Publication and Mailing Myrthlene Smith
vs.
The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for Divorce requesting that the Court grant a divorce for irretrievable breakdown.
9 WILLIAMS STREET RENTAL HOUSING 9 Williams Street, Roxbury, Ma 02119 Type
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: Myrthlene Smith, 88 Wensley St. Boston, MA, 02120 your answer, if any, on or before 12/07/2017. 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: September 28, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division
Affordable Rental Housing
Elvis Smith
To the Defendant:
Docket No. SU17P2225EA
Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Annie Coy Date of Death: 11/01/2012 To all interested persons: A Petition for Late and Limited Formal Testacy and/or Appointment has been filed by Brenda Coy of Roxbury, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. The Petitioner requests that Brenda Coy of Roxbury, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve on the bond in an unsupervised administration. IMPORTANT NOTICE You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 11/20/2017. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return day, action may be taken without further notice to you. UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE (MUPC) A Personal Representative appointed under the MUPC in an unsupervised administration is not required to file an inventory or annual accounts with the Court. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding the administration directly from the Personal Representative and may petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. WITNESS, HON. Brian J. Dunn, First Justice of this Court. Date: October 16, 2017
Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate
Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division
NOTICE TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES Hearing Date/Time: A hearing on a Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Minor filed on 05/25/2017 by Wendy A Suero-Jackson of Grovetown, GA will be held 12/01/2017 08:30 AM Guardianship pf Minor Hearing Located at Suffolk Probate Court, 24 New Chardon Street, Boston, MA 02114.
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IMPORTANT NOTICE
WITNESS, HON. Brian J. Dunn, First Justice of this Court. Date: October 18, 2017
Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate
NOTICE AND ORDER: Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Minor
Docket No. SU17P2221GD
Citation Giving Notice of Petition for Appointment of Guardian for Incapacitated Person Pursuant to G.L. c. 190B, §5-304 In the matter of Lorriane S Quarrles Of Boston, MA RESPONDENT Alleged Incapacitated Person
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Use and Occupancy Restrictions Apply Applications may be requested by email at 9williams@winnco.com or picked up during the following dates and times at: 207 Dudley Street Roxbury MA 02119 (Management Office) Reasonable accommodations made Applications available: Monday-Friday 10/16/17 – 10/27/17 & Monday 10/30/17 Hours: 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Saturday 10/21/17 Hours: 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. AN INFORMATION SESSION WILL BE HELD AT 464 TREMONT STREET BOSTON MA (Castle Square Apartments Community Room) THURSDAY OCTOBER 19, 2017 6PM-8PM Applications will be available at the information session. For more information or an application to be sent by mail or alternate means, call Madison Park Management Office during the application period of 10/16/17 to 10/30/17. Phone: 617-445-8338 Deadline for completed applications to be in the Lottery is: In person at the Management Office by 4:00pm 11/10/17 or mail postmarked by 11/10/17 SELECTION BY LOTTERY Two units have a preference for persons with mobility impairment. Preference for households of at least one person per bedroom. Maximum Income Limits by Household:
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WAITLIST OPENING NCDF will be accepting applications for the one (1) bedroom waiting list at Casselman House located at 195 Sumner Street in Newton Centre, MA.
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Constitution Co-op where member residents have a voice in the management of the property, has large studio and one bedroom apartments. Located in beautiful City Square, this active senior co-op is on an MBTA bus route, and is within walking distance to shopping, banks and medical professionals. Features such as… • Scenic views of historic Charlestown • Plenty of space for indoor relaxation • Emergency Response person living on site, on call • On site laundry facilities and air conditioning • Large community room with many social events • Resident Service Coordinator Rent is based on 30% of income (income limits apply) to qualified seniors 62 and older, and to younger persons who are mobility impaired requiring the special design features of accessible units Call 1-800-225-3151 WWW.CSI.COOP
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DIRECTOR OF PROGRAMS The Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry (UUUM) is seeking candidates for the full-time position Director of Programs. The UUUM is one of the oldest social justice organizations in the country. Visit our website at www.uuum.org for more information. Key elements of the role include: n Internal management of UUUM programs, which include a domestic violence shelter, job readiness program for DV survivors, and youth programming. n Supervising program managers and other program-support staff. n Ensuring programmatic excellence, including setting standards, and tracking outcomes. Job Requirements: n Identification with the mission and vision of the UU Urban Ministry. n Committed to inclusion and diversity. n At least 5 years of experience in domestic violence services or youth programming. n Master’s Degree preferred. Competitive Salary and Benefits. To apply, please send your resume and cover letter by Dec 1, 2017 to Monique Veale, at mveale@uuum.org.