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25-story Dudley Square tower to bring nightlife, biz opportunities By JULE PATTISON-GORDON and YAWU MILLER BANNER PHOTO
Vietnam veteran Tony Molina speaks at the Puerto Rican Veterans Memorial in the South End during a Memorial Day observance.
Brighton staff dismissals spark questions on policy Some see money, politics the driving decisions By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
Brighton High School slipped into turnaround status in February, and, like many schools in the same position, informed all staff save for custodians and cafeteria workers that they would have no guarantee of employment in the following year. They would have to reapply to their jobs if they wanted
to remain. Ultimately, many educators, including high rated ones and nearly all teachers of color, were not rehired at Brighton.
Excessing talent
The logic behind the “excessing” of staff may be to free a school to release any teachers seen as contributing to the school’s downgraded status or to replace teachers performing at an adequate level
with teachers seen as able to go above and beyond. However, some teachers say that the practice is not always used to students’ advantage. For one, excessing teachers who receive top marks on teacher evaluations puts the school at risk of losing its best teachers. Martha Boisselle is an awardwinning teacher and among those
See BRIGHTON, page 6
Late developer Ken Guscott’s dream of a soaring tower in Dudley Square took a step forward as the development team filed papers to begin a public review process with the Boston Planning and Development Agency last Friday. The 25-story Rio Grande Tower is expected to enliven the area with nightlife, new shops and commercial space. Members of the development team sat down with the Banner last week to talk plans.
Jumpstart for Dudley
Lisa Guscott, who is leading the project, said her father, who died in March, envisioned that the tower would restore to Dudley Square the lively activity he remembered from his youth. “He wanted to see [Dudley] come back to what it was before he went off to war in World War II,” Lisa Guscott said. “Dudley was very vibrant.” Beverly Johnson, project manager, said the residential piece will
ensure there is a critical mass of people out in the evenings to support night life. “[It will bring] folks who are out in the shops in the evening, getting dinner, going to entertainment spots. You’re talking about a Dudley with more of a 24/7 energy and dynamic, as opposed to an 8-to-5 dynamic, which is what you have now,” Johnson said. “It’s really going to transform the face of Dudley and make it more of a destination spot, not just for locals but at some point, also for tourists.” David Lee, of the project architects Stull & Lee, said in a Banner phone interview that he expects the units primarily to serve young people drawn by the easy transit access and proximity to employment centers, as well as older longtime community members looking to downsize to a home easier to maintain while staying in their community and near their family and social networks. He echoed others in noting that retail and commercial space also
See GUSCOTT TOWER, page 7
Candidate disputes ‘spoiler’ label E. Boston man makes bid for mayor By YAWU MILLER
Of the seven people who pulled nomination papers to run for mayor in Boston, media attention has focused on two perceived front-runners: incumbent Mayor Martin Walsh and City Councilor Tito Jackson. The nomination papers were due last Tuesday, and the field of seven was whittled down to three, the other four having failed to submit the required 3,000 valid signatures of registered Boston voters.
Though lacking in funds and name recognition, the self-described dark-horse candidate, Joseph A. Wiley of East Boston, may play an outsized role in the mayor’s race — not because of his ideas or political convictions, but by virtue of his very presence.
Who is he?
Wiley, who was born in Roxbury and graduated from Boston English High School in 1966, has kept a fairly low profile during his decades in Boston. He attended UMass Boston, then studied
acting in San Francisco, where he lived for a year-and-a-half. He moved back to Boston during the 1970s, then lived in Manhattan from 1981 until 1994, working in real estate and customer service. Today, he lives in East Boston and works in customer service for a health insurance firm. “I see public service as an extension of customer service,” he said. “Your job in public service is to help people.” This is not the first time Wiley has considered a mayoral run. In 2009, he pulled nomination papers, hoping to run against
See WILEY, page 17
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Joseph Alphonse Wiley of East Boston made the ballot for the 2017 race for mayor.
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BPS criticized on special ed, English learners budget By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
Members of the public pushed back against the proposed Boston Public School budget during public testimony at a city council hearing last week. The Monday night hearing centered on BPS’ efforts to serve special education students and English language learners — and its continued ability to do so under the proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2018. Parent and community activists made it clear they believe the budget will only widen equity gaps.
When is an increase a cut?
Under the FY18 proposal, the overall BPS budget will increase by a few percentage points. Critics of the budget say that the increase is too small to keep up with needs or compensate for years of slim funding. One of those dissenting voices is Mary Battenfeld, a BPS parent and member of the parent group Quality Education for Every Student. “An increase doesn’t necessarily mean an increase,” Battenfeld told BPS officials. “You put us in a hole last year and we haven’t been able to climb out.” Battenfeld has a child at Boston Arts Academy, which has a larger budget this year than the previous one. Regardless, the school is slated to lose one of its two Advanced Placement classes unless BAA receives a grant bringing financial support from outside, she said. Across the district system, student needs have risen, Battenfeld said, noting that there are 7,000 more English language learner students now than a decade ago. Need for nursing services also may be rising. During the hearing, City Councilor Ayanna Pressley said she was told anecdotally by school nurses that the number of students with complex medical challenges is increasing. The driver appears to be families immigrating to the U.S. for its quality hospitals. Karla Estrada, deputy superintendent of student support services, special education, English language learning and socioemotional learning, said BPS officials have noted such a trend. Estrada confirmed that while every school
has a nursing presence, the nurse is not always at the school for the entire day, and said that in general, any change that would improve a school’s ability to respond quickly to medical needs is helpful. Carolyn Kain, chair of the Boston Special Education Parent Advisory Council (SpedPac) said that students without disabilities are more likely to leave standard BPS schools to attend exam schools or non-BPS options such as charter schools. As such, as BPS’ student population ages up, it increasingly comprises students with special needs. During the hearing, Cindie Neilson, interim assistant superintendent of special education at BPS, noted that students with disabilities make up 19.5 percent of the BPS student population.
Assessing a budget
Last year, the city decreased the per-pupil funding allocated to students with autism and socioemotional needs. As a result, student-to-teacher ratios increased, with many schools bumping up the size of these classes by one student. That per-pupil cut was not restored this year. Battenfeld said that parents have noted the strain of greater class sizes, while Kain noted that even this increased class size is below the maximum limit set by the state. Kain also said that per-pupil funding is not the full picture. Under the weighted student formula, schools receive an amount of money to educate a child based on their grade level and disability type. Individually, students also may be provided with certain services specific to their needs, such as speech therapy, occupational therapy and music therapy. Those services are separately funded outside of the per-pupil allocations. “A child with special needs gets a base amount, but the critical thing about BPS is they then fund those support services separately,” Kain said. BPS officials say the district provided an additional one-time $300,000 to the special education department to help should unanticipated needs arise due to the weighted student formula
reduction. Neilson said that funding was used to supply paraprofessionals for students in inclusion classrooms. Other uses of the fund included providing resource room teachers, social worker coordinators and substitutes. Estrada also cautioned against focusing too deeply on the special education budget, stating that it does not represent the full package of supports offered to children. For instance, students impacted by trauma may be aided through collaborations with or referrals to external community resources. “Special education is one piece of it, not the full support BPS provides,” Estrada said. Others said budget shortcomings were evident outside of special education as well. Jessica Tang, organizing director and president-to-be of the Boston Teachers Union, said she recalled a situation in which a student found she did not have the four years of foreign language required by a college because her high school had not offered them. Tang charged that district policies have exacerbated funding issues, and that BPS officials need not hunt for efficiencies and areas to trim but instead should proactively identify new sources of revenue so as to stop deficits being an annual occurrence. “The budget is not adequate,” Tang said. Parent Kristin Johnson said the extent to which teachers rely on outside fundraising to afford supplies indicates the size of the gap between budgets and needs. She said there have been years of deficits and the cumulative impact is being felt. “Whether the reductions are due to budget changes or fluctuations in enrollment, costs do not go away. They’re either shifted elsewhere or result in detrimental impacts to classroom learning,” Johnson said. DonorsChoose.org is an online fundraising site for public school teachers. According to Johnson, between fiscal year 2013 and fiscal year 2016, donations made through the site to Boston public schools increased six-fold, from $77,000 to $500,000, suggesting teachers are increasingly relying
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on outside fundraising. Even this increased level of donations does not seem to be filling budget gaps. In fiscal year 2016, BPS teachers asked for more than $1 million in donations to afford supplies, but only 49 percent of projects received funding. While 520 projects were funded, bringing in approximately $495,000, another 450 projects totaling $520,000 were not.
Disparate impact
Johnson noted that the Donors Choose donations tend to be concentrated in affluent neighborhoods, suggesting that budget strain exacerbates existing wealth gaps, with those with fewer means less able to donate to nearby schools. Charting online donations by ZIP codes, Johnson found that the most Donors Choose contributions were collected in higher-income neighborhoods such as the Back Bay, South End and Downtown. There, local schools received what amounted to an extra $77 to $123 per pupil in donations. However, schools such as Madison Park, Fenway High and the O’Bryant received on average only an extra $3.81 per student, and schools such as the Tobin, Mission Hill and Chittick received no donations via the site. “Austerity budgets year after year mean schools teaching affluent children will be more adequately supported, while schools teaching black, Latino and low-income [students get less],” Johnson said. In an April blog post, Johnson noted that the schools most hit by budget cuts due to declining enrollment serve populations that disproportionately comprise low-income and minority students
and students with disabilities. For instance, 60 percent of schools receiving these cuts have a greater share of student with disabilities than district-average, and 72 percent have more students regarded as high needs. Battenfeld suggested that cuts hitting special education students harder counts as disparate impact and could be legally problematic. Compared to demographics of the overall BPS population, the population of students with disabilities is disproportionately black. BPS officials state that while 34.8 percent of BPS students are black, 40.7 percent of those with disabilities are black. Black students also comprise 48 percent of students whose disability is emotional impairment.
Pre-K: Not universal yet
Early education is one measure expected to help close equity gaps and BPS superintendent Tommy Chang has announced plans to roll out universal pre-kindergarten. The BuildBPS facilities master plan needs to respond to one problem, Estrada pointed out: There is insufficient space in some parts of Roxbury and Mattapan to site new pre-K seats. Colin Rose, assistant superintendent of opportunity and achievement gaps, said as well that some slots for pre-K, which is not mandatory, go unused in areas such as Grove Hall. Rose said that families may be more encouraged to enroll their children if the schools make using pre-K more convenient, such as by offering before- and after-school care for working parents otherwise unable to easily make drop-off and pick-up times, or offering wraparound services.
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Voting rights conflicts continue African Americans were delighted when President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act on Aug. 6, 1965, only five months after the “Bloody Sunday” protest on Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama. People thought that the battle for suffrage was finally over. The job now was to get blacks enrolled as voters and see that they turn out on Election Day. But another impediment to the development of black political power has emerged — redistricting that vitiates the black vote. Also of concern are changes in the Voting Rights Act that make it easier for states to impose rules that affect the black vote. In the 2013 U.S. Supreme Court case of Shelby County v. Holder (133 S.Ct. 2612) many jurisdictions are no longer required to obtain preclearance before changing their voting rules. North Carolina took advantage of the change in the law and proposed revisions that were challenged by the Obama administration as well as by civil rights groups. The new rules were found to be acceptable in the state courts but the ruling was overturned upon appeal to the three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. The U.S. Supreme Court later decided not to hear the case upon appeal. Consequently, while supporters of black voting rights won this case, the opinion has little value as precedent for future cases, especially since all five sections of the proposed law were extreme and “disproportionately affected African Americans.” The identification requirements of the new rules “retained only those types of photo ID disproportionately held by whites and excluded those disproportionately held by African Americans.” They cut back
early voting from 17 to 10 days. They ended same-day registration and banned counting votes cast in the wrong precinct. Even more damaging would be the establishment of voting districts in which the black vote is dispersed so broadly that even a substantial turnout would not increase black political strength. The strategy of devising political districts in a way to increase the vote of one party and reduce another usually causes the districts to be distorted in shape. Elbridge Gerry, the Massachusetts Governor in 1812, was a master of politically devised redistricting. The process has come to be known as gerrymandering. Republicans have employed gerrymandering so effectively that they now control 66 percent of the nation’s statehouses. In Gill v. Whitford, a Wisconsin case before the U.S. Supreme Court, a threejudge panel of the Federal Court of Appeals has ordered the Wisconsin Legislature to redraw the district map for the state assembly because the map they have approved was gerrymandered in a way to violate the Equal Protection Clause of the plaintiff. There is little doubt that Republicans will continue to use gerrymandering to minimize the impact of the black vote. The U.S. Supreme Court will probably determine in its fall session the limits on political redistricting. It appears that the battle to maximize the impact of the black vote is not yet over. Voter registration is a conflict in the South that has cost many black lives. During the Memorial Day period, blacks should acknowledge the lives that have been lost in the battles within the United States to assert the right to vote of all citizens.
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By MICHELE DAVID Twenty-four million people — a number greater than that of the populations of Florida or New York — 24 million people live in your neighborhood, worship with you, attend school with your children, sit next to you at the cafe. Some of them sit alongside you in the waiting room of your doctor or dentist. These are the 24 million people who stand to lose their health care if the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is repealed and replaced by the Republican health plan proposal, as estimated by the Congressional Budget Office. They daily shoulder important functions within your community and at your workplace. As a physician, I know many of these 24 million men, women and children; I care for them; I laugh and cry with them; I partner with them to ensure that they are healthier than before we met. I am able to provide care for some of these 24 million people because the ACA gave physicians and other health care providers access to them, offering them a route into the health care system that had previously been closed. If that access disappears, I know quite well that most of these people are likely to become sicker, and to die prematurely. If the effort to repeal the ACA is realized and 24 million people lose their health insurance, we will be doing harm. Great harm. Regardless of your politics, providing people with health insurance is a good for them and for our country. I became a doctor above all to be able to care for patients, to promote health and to alleviate suffering. ON THE WEB And then, above all, I pledged an Join the 20 Million Campaign: oath: to do no harm. I do not prehttps://20millioncampaign.com tend that the ACA is perfect; we have borne witness to the fact that it is not. The fervent voices urging one point or another on every side have left us all-too-familiar with the range of deeply-held positions that animate supporters and detractors. What can be lost in this debate, however, is the voice of the 24 million people who would be largely excluded from health care in our country without the ACA. Some things can develop in parallel while waiting for redress; the benefits that accrue with timely health care are not among them. Health is too important, America is too important, and healthy Americans are too important for any of them to be figured into political football. Providing healthcare for all Americans will continue to require a course that integrates moral and ethical practices and beliefs. We remain the only major, industrialized nation that treats health care as a commodity, rather than as a basic human right. As a commodity, health care — and health itself — can be reduced to a budget byline, or seen as a staple, rather than as a matter of justice. I choose to believe in the solidarity and resiliency of Americans. I choose to believe that empathy can be apolitical. I choose to believe that our country, including our lawmakers, will not allow 24 million human beings of all ages to be stripped of their health care coverage. I am calling for a compassionate approach to health care legislation, one that keeps the needs of 24 million Americans front and center, one that expedites and extends health care benefits for them and for others. If, instead, we allow politics and rhetoric to siphon the nation’s health care efforts through a political spigot of half-truths and innuendo, 24 million American friends, neighbors, and loved ones will suffer. You will still see them everywhere — except in our waiting rooms — and that one single exception will affect our nation’s development, reach and productivity across every aspect of life. As with all new legislation pointing toward a higher standard of life for our citizens, we do need eyes and minds focused on ways to improve the ACA; we do not need to repeal it and wait for some future opportunity to start the ball rolling toward better access to care all over again. As a physician, I cannot allow this harm to transpire — not to the 24 million, not to the fabric of American life — because I took an oath.
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Providing healthcare for all Americans will continue to require a course that integrates moral and ethical practices and beliefs. We remain the only major, industrialized nation that treats health care as a commodity, rather than as a basic human right.”
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No. Some people may lose their jobs, but the rich will get richer. The Republican party will be fine.
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Of course. Everything has to go through Congress. Voters will give them hell. Rich people are a minority in this country. There are enough Democratic voters to make a difference in the next election.
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our schools because they are at the heart of our democracy.” Two others also were honored. Juan Cofield, president of the New England Area Conference of the NAACP, received the MTA Friend of Labor Award. Cofield chaired the Save Our Public Schools coalition. The MTA President’s Award was given to Donna Bivens, former director of the Boston Busing/ Desegregation Project at the Union of Minority Neighborhoods. In a statement provided by the MTA, Jackson, Bivens and Cofield were recognized for their “commitment to social justice, labor and public education.” MTA President Barbara Madeloni also noted that “the three honorees provided invaluable guidance and support during a turbulent and difficult year for public education.” The statement called out Jackson’s contribution to students and public schools in particular: “The Friend of Education award was presented to Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson, another passionate voice during the ‘No on 2’ cam-
paign in favor of justice and fairness for students and public schools.” Jackson, the son of two community activists, was elected to the Boston City Council for the first time in 2011. He was one of two co-sponsors of the resolution that the council passed last August expressing opposition to Question 2. Jackson is also chair of the council’s Special Committee on the Status of Black and Latino Men and Boys, and serves on a number of other committees.
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TITO JACKSON The Massachusetts Teachers Association (MTA) awarded the MTA Friend of Education Award to Boston City Councilor Tito Jackson on Friday, May 19. The award ceremony took place at the MTA’s 172nd annual meeting of delegates in Boston. The MTA represents 110,000 members in more than 400 local associations throughout Massachusetts. Jackson is chair of the Boston City Council’s Education Committee, and was recognized as a tireless supporter of the students, educators and parents of the commonwealth’s public schools. “I am extremely grateful to the teachers of Massachusetts for such an honor,” Jackson said. “Massachusetts has the best public schools in the country because of our educators. But looking after some of our most vulnerable students, our teachers toil often without the support they deserve, often in conditions neither they nor their students deserve. At the city, state, and national levels, we must always protect, not cut and undermine,
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continued from page 1 told to reapply to her job at Brighton. Though she wanted to stay, the uncertainty of employment prompted her to send resumes elsewhere. Boisselle received her pink slip from Brighton the day before she received the Boston Municipal Research Bureau’s prestigious Shattuck Public Service award in 2016, and she also was one of six finalists for the 2017 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year Award. While in the end she did sign on to return next year, many qualified teachers did not, she said. Some of those educators took jobs outside of the Boston Public Schools district entirely. “We have national board-certified teachers at this school. Four Boston Educators of the Year. The math teacher of the year,” Boisselle told the Banner. “We have so many really strong teachers in this school. All of them were excessed. Many of them are not coming back next year. … We’ve lost a lot of talented teachers.” Mass excessing is not required for schools that reach Level 4, but is common. BPS Superintendent Tommy Chang said in a February school committee meeting that excessing has been implemented at all BPS Level 4 schools to date. The school superintendent has the authority to ask all staff to reapply for jobs, and then the principal and a school site subcommittee comprised of stakeholders such as parents and teachers’ union members decides who is rehired, said BPS spokesperson Dan O’Brien. In some ways, the practice of requiring teachers to reapply also is encouraged on a higher level. Schools entering turnaround may apply for any of four types of federally-funded School Redesign Grants if they comply with certain requirements. One SRG type requires, among other steps, that the applicant school dismiss its principal and rehire no more than 50 percent of existing staff. A second SRG model does not require excessing, but rather implementation of evaluation systems and removal of any teachers who prove ineffective despite after having been offered sufficient opportunities to improve. O’Brien said that the philosophy
is that a turnaround school needs rapid improvement and “excessing staff allows the district to consider applicants from inside the school, inside the district, and outside the district for each position and to select the best-qualified candidate to serve in every role.” Teachers are not the whole picture in a turnaround. The Local Stakeholder Group for Brighton High includes among its members teachers, a student, a parent, a member of the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education and of the Boston School Committee, as well as representatives from the city government, local hospitals, higher education and Boston Private Industry Council. The group reviewed data, gathered feedback from stakeholders and developed turnaround plan recommendations, which they outlined in a letter to Chang last year. They recommended the federal model that calls for replacing the principal, but not necessarily replacing teachers, and implementing strong evaluation systems, stating that “This model will allow BHS to evaluate and build on strengths of the existing faculty and maintain a faculty with appropriate ESL [English as a Second Language] licensure and SEI [sheltered English immersion] endorsement.” The stakeholder group stated in the letter that increases in the intensity of students’ needs, coupled with decreasing funding due to lower overall enrollment, had created budget strain. In school year 20142015, Brighton High enrolled 989 students of whom about 88 percent of students were low-income, 20 percent special education and 39.7 percent English Language Learners. The local stakeholder group recommended an array of changes. These included enhanced professional development and improved teacher-student relationships, as well as a variety of supply and student support improvements, such as better access to computers, increasing family engagement, adding psychologists and social worker staff and providing the school with more resources.
Ulterior motives: Trimming the budget?
A teacher may be excessed due to turnaround status or other causes such as school closure or
the elimination of the program or class they teach. When this happens and the educator is not rehired, newer “provisional” teachers simply do not have their contract renewed and become unemployed. Tenured teachers who are not rehired are kept on the BPS payroll. If these teachers cannot find placement at a different school, they may be assigned to substitute teaching or other work. “Imagine receiving 30 years worth of proficient-exemplary evaluations [the highest possible], but then not getting placed in a school. Where you have expertise in working with students with trauma and then are being asked to file papers all day,” Jessica Tang, Boston Teachers Union organizing director, said during a city council hearing. “This is a real story, real teacher.” Handling of excessed teachers is a sticking point in the contract negotiations between the BTU and the city. According to a BTU press release, the school department proposes providing excessed teachers with one year of full pay, after which their wages would be reduced to the level of a substitute or paraprofessional. If the excessed educator does not receive a teaching position selection within one or two years, they would be terminated. Under existing law, there does not appear to be a time limit for retaining tenured teachers who are without permanent positions and providing them with their current salaries. These teachers are placed in non-permanent position within the areas they are licensed for, according to O’Brien. Tang suggested that BPS may be willing to risk losing highly-ranked teachers because it does not necessarily want them back. She charged that BPS often uses excessing not to remove sub-par or misaligned teachers, but rather to shed seasoned educators who come with higher paychecks “This is not about bad teachers wasting district funds, this is about discriminating against ‘proficient’ and ‘exemplary’ teachers because it is cheaper to hire a new teacher,” Tang said. “This practice flies against research which shows that high needs students need experienced teachers. …The district created this mess in order to save funds.” O’Brien says this is not the case,
although the budgets for BPS’s turnaround schools are not expansive enough to support an above-average concentration of teachers at the higher end of the pay scale. “The number one priority is to hire teachers who will best serve the needs of the students in their given schools,” he said in statement. “These two schools [Brighton and Excel] are budgeting for new teachers based on ‘average salaries,’ which means they are including teachers at the higher and lower ends of the salary scale. BPS is not engaging in a practice of excessing teachers for cost reasons.”
Power play?
Despite concerns by some that older teachers are being forced out, others at Brighton see older teachers becoming entrenched and teachers who have new ideas being pushed out instead. Some excessed Brighton teachers also believe they were not rehired due to intra-school politics. A handful of black staff spoke with the Banner and requested not to be named because they are seeking new jobs and fear retaliation will interfere with ability to receive placement. All of them have worked between one and four years at Brighton. According to the educators, those who were rehired belong to an inner clique of teachers. They say that members of the group also run many powerful organizations within the school such as the school site council and the internal leadership team. Group members are friends outside of school and were part of a book club together, one teacher said. “They just control everything,” said another educator. While brief initial interviews were offered to existing staff, several of the black educators said those interviews felt more pro forma than genuine considerations of their abilities. “I think they had an agenda of who they wanted to bring in already,” added another teacher. An educator who had received a proficient-exemplary ranking questioned her removal. “I didn’t have anything to do with the school being a turnaround. I’ve been here less than five years,” she said. “We’re not the reason the school’s in a turnaround.” One of the black teachers
proposed that schools as a matter of course rehire all teachers who received high marks on their evaluations: “Why not hire back exemplary or proficient teachers, instead of taking a chance on new teachers going in? The point of the [evaluation] system was to weed out who wasn’t doing well.”
Change at Brighton?
Several of the black educators said they believed the school suffered from many staff members who were not culturally competent or aware of how to connect with students and respond to incidents of trauma. Some said the in-group teachers at the school had been there for too long and had not refreshed their skills or kept up with changes in the student population, and so were disconnected. Several of the black educators said they saw potential for a turnaround staff change to bring real reform, should those who were entrenched be removed and a truly independent headmaster with no prior ties to the school be introduced. Only one teacher who identifies as black was rehired, the teacher said. Meanwhile, according to BPS data, the student population was 48.5 percent black during 20142015. The teacher said that several provisional black teachers will have contracts expire at the end of June. In other cases, she said, black staff members’ positions were not reposted. Another teacher said that after she realized the in-group would remain in influence, she withdrew her application, disillusioned that there would be real change.
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Boisselle said a member of the school’s hiring committee told her that some strong candidates have declined offers to work at Brighton due to its turnaround status. She believes there is a stigma against teachers with a turnaround school on their resume. Additionally, working at a turnaround can be grueling, Boisselle said. Teachers must take on many extra hours and are in landed in a work environment where most of the staff is new, meaning there is no clear culture and everyone is still learning to adjust.
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will invigorate the area. “It’ll bring a lot of new activity to the square with robust retail activity on lower floors…[And] with over 200 apartment units, it’ll have people coming and going all day and late into the evening, which, along with other activities, will energize that part of the city,” Lee said.
Inside the tower
The tower will include 211 residential units (46 condos and 165 rental apartments); about 23,000 square feet of retail space, including banks already on the site, and 28,000 square feet of commercial office space, according to Tom Welch, financial advisor on the project. The project goes beyond city requirements by designating 20 percent of rental units as affordable: Of the 165 rental units, 10 will be affordable to those making up to 80 percent of Area Median Income and 30 to those making up to 70 percent AMI. Of the 46 condos, two will be affordable to those making 70 percent of AMI and four to those making 100 percent AMI, Welch said. The affordable units all will be on-site and mixed among market-rate offerings, Johnson said. Banks already there will remain, and new retail is expected to include cafes and shops, although no specific tenants are arranged yet, Lee said. The tower also models a new kind of development that takes advantage of the Dudley Station transit hub. Parking for residents and employees is still under discussion, but currently is expected to be located within walking distance at an off-site lot shared by other buildings. Lee said due to the ready provision of public transit, the project can have a very low ratio of parking spots, potentially at 0.3 or 0.4 spaces per unit. Welch said the development’s price tag is not finalized, but he estimated it will cost $143 million to complete the project. AFL-CIO investments support the residential and commercial pieces, with
condos supported by sales. Article 80 filing has made the project official enough to attract more financers, he said. One boon to the project is the high cost of land in the city is not an issue: Ken Guscott and his brothers acquired the site in the early 1980s, Welch said.
Breaking the mold
The project stands apart as a massive black-led development that models how a transit-oriented development sited in an urban area can be done, Lisa Guscott said. Part of the impact is just showing that such a project is possible, she said. “I know this project will put Boston on the map nationally, just in terms of what we’re doing in an urban area,” she said. “Something of this magnitude, I don’t know if it’s been done anywhere else in the country.” “This is a newly emerging development concept and we’ll be at the forefront of it,” Johnson said.
Beyond the tower: Capacity building
Ken Guscott’s legacy goes beyond developing physical buildings: he also opened doors for black businesses and professionals to develop. Johnson said that Ken Guscott envisioned the project as a wealth-creation opportunity via both the economic stimulation provided by activity in the completed tower and the expanded opportunities for those engaged in its creation. He believed that the assembled development team would be able to lead and launch similar projects in the future, she said. Deborah Bernat, who is handling marketing, said her involvement gives her a hard-to-attain opportunity to transition into working with towers and other new types of construction. Johnson, too, said the tower expands her future opportunities. “How often is it that an African American woman gets the opportunity to be project manager for a project of this magnitude?” Johnson said. “Benefits will come to my reputation for having managed this project. There are
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(above) A rendering of the Rio Grande building with the Bruce Bolling Municipal Building in the foreground. (below) Team members Ricky Thompson, Deborah Bernat, Greg Janey, Lisa Guscott, Ryan Hutchings, Beverly Johnson, Chuck Eisenberg and Thomas Welch. opportunities yet to come that I believe will be based on what I’m doing [here].” Greg Janey’s Janey Company was contracted for the construction and Janey brought on Gilbane Building Company as a partner taking on the majority of the financial risk. This is the third project the two firms have collaborated on, with each one increasing Janey Company’s capacity to become the majority partner. Janey said that Ken Guscott was crucial in growing Janey Company from a firm that worked on small restaurants, small commercial renovations and residential renovations to one that can handle a job of this size. Guscott introduced Janey to financing and development partners, built relationships and sought out Janey for engagement on significant jobs. The tower project also will provide new jobs during its creation.
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Janey said he expected that 800 to 1,000 construction jobs will be created over the course of the development, and Lisa Guscott said that there will be an emphasis on engaging women in those positions. “We want those kids from Madison Park, when walking by, to see black men and women [working on the site],” she said.
The development team went through a community engagement process two years ago and will re-engage the community during the post-filing review process, Johnson said. Janey and Lee said they expect it will take about two years to build the tower, and Lee anticipated breaking ground this fall.
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Trump admin. budget could pose challenge for local government By YAWU MILLER
The Trump administration released a budget last week that proposes deep cuts to federal programs and taxes on the rich while increasing spending on the nation’s military — a controversial move that earned him praise from his base of conservative supporters and condemnation from Democrats and progressives. In Massachusetts, where federal funding accounts for nearly a quarter of the state budget, the Trump administration’s proposed budget would cut an estimated $1 billion out of the $40 billion state budget, affecting spending in areas including housing, education, infrastructure, food stamps and health care. The Banner spoke with Congressman Michael Capuano, who represents the 7th Congressional District, which includes much of Boston, Cambridge and Milton as well as Chelsea, Everett, Randolph and Somerville.
The Trump budget proposed deep cuts to many programs your constituents depend on. Do you think Americans are paying attention to his proposals? Michael Capuano: I hope so. People need to pay attention. The reality does not necessarily match
the rhetoric. That’s what they’re finding out with this, and across the board — on infrastructure, on immigration — the rhetoric is easy. Anybody can say what they want to do. But this administration hasn’t come close to accomplishing anything they promised they would do.
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This is so broad and so deep, it will impact pretty much everything that the federal government does which has some impact on many of the things that the average person accepts as normal.” — Michael Capuano
This is a classic example. They promised they would repeal and replace Obamacare and keep all the stuff that you would like. They haven’t even come close. They’re going to go out of their way to hurt millions of Americans if this law becomes effective. I don’t think it
will. However, we still have an administration that can undermine the current law by not funding it. We’re not out of the woods, no matter how you look at it.
How might this play out in Massachusetts? MC: Every city and town will be affected, by the cuts that are proposed, if they’re adopted. That’s part of the fight we’re having. This is so broad and so deep, it will impact pretty much everything that the federal government does which has some impact on many of the things that the average person accepts as normal. It’s over a billion dollars’ worth of cuts to the commonwealth. We would have a hard time absorbing that. Even if we could do it for one year, could we do it continuously?
How might this budget affect Americans’ view of the Republican agenda? MC: It won’t hit home, unless it gets adopted. Then it will hit home hard and fast, but it will be too late to do anything about it. I think an awful lot of Americans are waking up every day and realizing they’ve been bamboozled.
Do you think Americans support increased military spending? MC: I think everybody supports a strong military. So do I. The
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Michael Capuano question is never whether we have a strong military. The question is using the money wisely to have the right military that is appropriately strong. Do we really need to have extra planes in the sky that we already control? No country in the world can compete with us in the sky. Do we need extra ships that even the navy says they don’t need or don’t want? Those are the questions we need to ask. We already have the strongest military in the history of mankind. We need to keep it that way. I have no problem with that. But that doesn’t mean you just throw money at it.
How do Americans feel about tax cuts for the rich? MC: It’s hard to say. In Massachusetts, people have seen through the lie of so-called supply-side,
trickle-down economics — that if you give tax cuts to the rich, they’ll spend more money in your neighborhood. We’ve heard that for too long. We’ve never seen it work. That doesn’t mean the other side is going to stop. They’re going to keep saying the same old nonsense. People in Massachusetts know that doesn’t work. The rest of the country has woken up to that. Everybody loves the rhetoric of cutting taxes. Everybody does. That’s across the board. And the Republicans are real good at using that. But to be a responsible public servant, you have to tell the truth: that taxes are needed to provide the services people want. If you’re not willing to pay for something as a society, you can’t have it. Tax cuts will always be on the table. Taxes are a good piñata.
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Planning continues on rehab for Lenox/Camden public housing By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
The wheels of change turn gradually onward at the Lenox/ Camden public housing site. The two Boston Housing Authority properties include 357 units between them — 285 units at Lenox and 72 at Camden — and are due for an array of upgrades. The minimum list of property improvements includes better ventilation, new roofs, new boilers, new domestic hot water, new energy star windows, improvements to
sidewalks and common areas, landscaping, accessibility improvements, new signage and masonry repointing as well as a level of bathroom and kitchen upgrades “to the greatest extent possible where needed,” according to BHA officials. Residents will be able to remain in units during the renovations and will not be displaced. The exact shape of plans hinges on financing and need assessments. The Lenox/Camden rehabilitation plans were formally initiated when BHA officials issued a request for proposals in the
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summer of 2015. Last year, the selected developer, Beacon Communities LLC, started meeting with residents, assessing the building conditions and planning out the full scope of upgrades. This process is still underway. “There’s no hard schedule yet at this point,” said Kate Bennett, deputy administrator for planning and sustainability. The extent of the work still is being determined and the financial strategy finalized. She estimated that the earliest construction may begin is at the end of 2018. Funding holds sway over that timeline as well. Rehabilitation costs are estimated at about $100,000 per unit. The Camden units are state-funded, so may not qualify for some federal financial
supports. Under an earlier idea being floated, the property would become mixed-income, with market-rate units added. The aim of that plan was for the higher rents on the market-rate units to subsidize rehabilitation of affordable units. However, Bennett said that idea now seems unlikely, as assessments suggest the market-rate apartments would not bring in sufficiently high rents to make the initiative worthwhile. The Lenox portion of the development is federally-funded, and the BHA has applied for the Rental Assistance Demonstration program of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development. Receiving this RAD designation is expected to provide stronger funding options. Currently, the property is in a queue to receive the status. Bennett said she expects the RAD designation to come through later this year, but it is unsure exactly when, and that uncertainty is one factor making the Lenox/Camden timeline
harder to settle. Last week, BHA officials sought approval from the city council to get exemption from certain stateset contracting and procurement bidding process requirements. Seeking this relief is a matter of course for BHA on projects that use private developers for construction, and the exemption would not impact developers’ requirements to engage minorities and women for certain amounts of work hours. “It’s a critical milestone to moving forward to get that relief,” Bennett said. “It’s a very restrictive, expensive process that we seek release from when a private developer is going to do the construction work.” The housing authority has received such an exemption on more than ten other redevelopment projects. Mayor Martin Walsh filed a home rule petition calling for this exemption, and the city council assigned the matter to committee last week.
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(l-r) Robert Redd, Bantaré Solutions vice president, and Ibrahima Barry, Bantaré Solutions founder and CEO, visit with Moroccan cosmetic oil and soap supplier Lancine Sidibe and his wife and business partner Samorah Halima during a trip through North Africa and West Africa this past spring.
An economic bridge to Africa Local importers bring African products to U.S. retailers, consumers By SANDRA LARSON
A local import/export business has connected with an African distributor to bring African natural skin products to Boston for sale in stores and salons and directly to consumers through an online store. If all goes well, says Boston-based Bantaré Solutions, the venture will be a win-win situation, lifting the economic prospects of African producers while helping to create and expand Boston-area small businesses and employment through sales of the high-end products. Bantaré’s vice president, longtime Roxbury resident Robert Redd, says the company’s name comes from a Fulani word meaning “sustainable growth.” Incorporated in 2016, the firm is starting to import soaps, moisturizers and facial masks containing vegetableand mineral-based ingredients like argan oil, eucalyptus and ghassoul, a Moroccan natural clay. “We have a completely organic argan oil,” Redd says. “It’s hard to find 100 percent organic and natural oil that hasn’t been diluted.” Bantaré Solutions founder and CEO Ibrahima Barry had previously engaged in consulting with African businesses on how to grow and compete internationally, especially in areas of e-commerce and tapping
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the United States market. His attention turned to the natural cosmetic oils that have been extracted and used in Africa “since the dawn of time,” as he says, and are key ingredients in many cosmetics marketed in France and other countries. The U.S. cosmetics sector is expected to be a $90 billion market by 2020, Barry notes, and growth potential is particularly high in the all-natural market segment. “People are moving away from chemical-based ingredients,” he says. One of the consulting relationships Barry built was with a Moroccan cosmetic supplier whose products are sold in Europe, Dubai and Japan, but had not been sold in the U.S. In examining why, Barry identified impediments such as language barriers and unfamiliarity with U.S. regulations. A native of Senegal in West Africa who arrived in Boston as a
student 20 years ago, Barry’s familiarity with African culture and languages combined with American know-how and connections paved the way for introducing the products to the U.S. Now, the supplier has granted Bantaré exclusivity in U.S., Canadian and Latin American markets. “This is almost unheard of, to sign an exclusive contract with a start-up company,” Barry says.
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Besides product quality, Barry values the supplier’s fair trade practices, including his work with local cooperatives of women who farm, extract and produce argan oil. “We work for a win-win situation,” Barry explains. “The women get a good return on their effort, the supplier does good in the community and also employs Moroccan residents who are students and
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Products have been sold to a few local small businesses such as salons, Barry says, but at this point, most are in the hands of business owners and individuals who will try out the products so they can sell or recommend them confidently. A larger shipment is due to arrive in June, by which time the firm’s e-commerce website will be up and the company will be in full forward motion. A third partner, Abdou Thiaw, handles the firm’s accounting and finances. And who are the end customers Bantaré Solutions aims to serve? “Everyone,” says Barry without hesitation. “Anyone interested in looking and feeling good. These products cross ethnic
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mayoral field to two candidates before the November 7 election. In Boston’s preliminary elections, blacks have tended to vote in lower numbers than whites. In the 2013 mayoral preliminary, for instance, when Marty Walsh and John Connolly emerged as finalists from a field of 12 candidates, the predominantly-black Dorchester-Mattapan Ward 14 saw turnout of 25.6 percent. In the predominantly-white West Roxbury Ward 20, turnout was 48.8 percent – nearly double. If that pattern persists and the predominantly black wards and
precincts that make up Jackson’s base turn out in low numbers in the Sept. 26 preliminary election, Jackson may appear weak, which could affect his ability to secure funding, endorsements and other support in the final six weeks of the race. That scenario could play out well for the Walsh campaign. On the other hand, Jackson’s campaign could boost turnout in communities of color, as could those of the 12 candidates so far certified to run for the Roxbury-based District 7 council seat and those of other candidates of color in the
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Regardless of which candidate benefits from his run, Wiley says he plans to use his mayoral campaign to advocate for more affordable housing, better schools and better public safety. He does not yet have a campaign manager, nor has he raised money or put together a team. He says he’s
Public Meeting
THURSDAY, JUNE 8
100 E NEWTON STREET
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Goldman School of Dental Medicine, Classroom 302 Boston, MA 02118
PROJECT PROPONENT: Boston University Medical Center PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Task Force meeting on the proposed BUMC Dental School Project. The renovation and expansion plan for the Project provides for a total of approximately 126,100 square feet of Gross Floor Area at the Project Site. The Project includes a new addition of approximately 41,900 GFA to the existing 84,200 GFA facility, and the renovation of approximately 53,100 GFA of the existing facility, with 31,100 GFA of existing space to remain.
Wiley’s candidacy forces a preliminary election to narrow the
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currently working on a website. As for the specifics of his platform, he says that can be ironed out once he’s in office. “Do I have all the answers?” he said. “No, I don’t. But somebody once said a leader recognizes what he or she doesn’t know and seeks out someone who does. A leader doesn’t go into office with all the answers.” As for the asymmetrical nature of the race – Wiley had $4,600 in his account as of May 15; Jackson, $96,538 and Walsh, $2,945,482 – Wiley says money won’t necessarily win the race. “This race won’t be won by who has the largest bank account,” he said. “It should be run on ideas and the direction people want to take this city in the next ten years.”
Although anyone is welcome to attend Task Force meetings and listen to the discussion, the public meeting immediately following this meeting at 6:30 PM, is the more appropriate forum for the broader public to provide feedback about the project.
Men’s Health Summit 2017
Building Healthy Families One Man at a time! June 24th, 2017 n 10:00am-1:00pm
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Begin your healthier life today! There will be a keynote speaker, panel discussion, recognition of health champions from diverse backgrounds and workshops including a fitness session in our gym.
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Public Meeting ROXBURY STRATEGIC MASTER PLAN OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE MONDAY, JUNE 5
65 WARREN ST
6:00 PM - 7:45 PM
Dudley Branch Library Roxbury, MA 02119
PROJECT DESCRIPTION: The Roxbury Strategic Master Plan Oversight Committee (RSMPOC) was developed to oversee projects that fall under the Roxbury Strategic Master Plan. Since last year’s launch of PLAN: Dudley Square the RSMPOC meetings also include progress reports on the initiative. All meetings are open to the public and community input is desired. RSMPOC meetings are held in the evening the first Monday of the month at the Dudley Branch Library at 65 Warren Street. PLAN: Dudley Square workshops are typically every third Monday of the month, location varies. Please come join your neighbors and the City of Boston to help shape the future of the neighborhood! To find out more information or subscribe to email updates for the latest event notifications, please visit bit.ly/theRSMPOC or bit.ly/PlanDudley.
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More than 50 college-bound student athletes, including seven from the inaugural BASE Freshman Year program, gathered in Roxbury Saturday night to celebrate this year’s graduating class at The BASE. Members of the Class of 2017 were joined by family members, alumni, and BASE staffers in a College & Career Night ceremony that featured prominent guest speakers and personal remarks by several graduating seniors. Keynote speaker Makeeba McCreary, Managing Director and Senior Advisor of External Affairs for Boston Public Schools, spoke about leadership and the qualities that define it at its best. One thing she’s learned over the years, McCreary said, “is that great leaders know what they stand for.” These individuals have the capacity not only to inspire others to follow them, she said, but also to “take people where they didn’t know they wanted to go.” McCreary cited BASE founder Robert Lewis Jr. as a model of “what leadership, looks like, smells like, feels like,” as she put it. Urging graduates to “find your north star,” she encouraged them to focus on what’s truly important in life and not on what might seem easy or popular to do. “People are waiting for you to lead them,” McCreary told her young listeners, to widespread applause.
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When Construction Comes Artist Abigail Deville installing her piece “Sarcophagus Blue” (2017) for the Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African and African American Art’s new exhibition “Harlem: Found Ways.”
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The up-and-coming singer recently performed at SXSW
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Emerging artist QUIÑ recently performed at SXSW Fader Fort and earlier this year debuted her video for “MATH.” The softspoken singer with power pipes is creating her own sound on her own terms.
When did you realize you had the talent to sing?
Cooper exhibit highlights Harlem gentrification
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hrough July 15, Harvard’s Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African and African American Art analyzes the history and changes in a historic neighborhood in “Harlem: Found Ways.” Anchored by two photo series by Dawoud Bey, created 40 years apart, the exhibit highlights the gentrification that’s changing Harlem’s identity as a famed black culture capital. Bey’s first photo series, “Harlem, USA” (1974-1979) shows a very different neighborhood than “Harlem Redux” (2015-2016). The original series features black and white photographs of Harlem’s artistic and socially rich community. “A Boy in Front of the Loew’s 125th Street Movie Theater” (1976) shows a young boy with dark, wide sunglasses leaning against a railing in front of the theater’s ticket window. He’s relaxed, confident and comfortable. He confronts the viewer directly, not aggressively, but as someone in his own territory. Thirty-nine years later and two streets up, Bey shot “Young Man, West 127th Street.” The “Harlem Redux” series is all in color, an artistic choice that expresses the substantial changes
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Above, “Young Man, West 127th Street,” by Dawoud Bey. Below, (l-r) photographer Dawoud Bey, Harvard Professor and Hutchins Center Director Henry Louis Gates Jr., Ethelbert Cooper Gallery of African and African American Art Director Vera Ingrid Grant and London art gallery owner Amar Singh attend the Opening Night celebration of the Cooper Gallery’s new exhibition “Harlem: Found Ways” in Cambridge.
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since the nostalgic, black-andwhite days of the earlier series. The man mentioned in the title is far back in the middle of the frame, hard to spot amidst myriad construction materials. Bright orange barriers, forest green dumpsters and blunt warning signs clutter the frame. The construction alone is an indication of the ongoing gentrification, but the distanced figure, anonymous with his back to us and his hood up, also suggests an emotional distance and loss of identity. “Gentrification is currently destabilizing a number of once majority black communities in this country, causing significant demographic shifts and population displacement while also erasing traces of those communities’ significant African American social and cultural history,” says Bey. He’s drawn to photography as an artistic medium because of its truth-telling reputation. Certainly photographs can be manipulated, and often are, but there’s an initial trust in what the eye sees.
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QUIÑ: I always knew I could sing. I would sing with my mom in the church choir and I sang with my high school choir. As I got older, I realized that I had to do something about it. I made a bet with myself to make a career out of my singing and songwriting.
You describe your sound as Fantasy Soul. Can you describe it? Q: I never wanted to be placed in one musical box. The fantasy of my music comes from the universal where I live and the soul part is because the songs and music I write come from the depths of my soul. I love that as an artist I can spread my wings musically and fly wherever I want. My sound has no rules.
Has your Latin roots played a role in your music career? Q: It really hasn’t. My dad is Puerto Rican and mom is Mexican. I don’t even know if I am from this planet [laughs]. I am still figuring it out as I go. I just know that I love to sing.
Who would be your ideal duet partner? Q: I have no one specific in mind. I love working with artists who have the same passion as me. Also, I love singing with my friends.
What can fans expect to see/hear at your show? Q: I will be performing songs from my new EP “Galactica” along with some new stuff from my current project. I am trying to create a bigger story with these two albums. I hope that everyone who attends has a great time and enjoys the music.
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‘From the Inside Out’
Artists and the ACLU join forces to fight mass incarceration By CELINA COLBY
“United yes we can, divided is a funeral, we got work to do,” sang out Foundation Movement members Ernesto “Eroc” Arroyo-Montano, Optimus Browne and Jonathan Gramling at last Friday’s “From the Inside Out: Reflections After Incarceration” event at Black Market in Roxbury. Foundation Movement sang to a packed house amid cheers from the audience. Organized by Arroyo-Montano and the ACLU of Massachusetts, the night was an unforgettable celebration of community and artistic spirit. Black and white portraits by Arroyo-Montano and printed by Hakim Raquib lined the walls of the space, featuring influential community members. In his portrait of former political prisoner and activist Kazi Toure, Arroyo-Montano,
director of Cultural Organizing at United for a Fair Economy, photographs the social justice titan from below, giving him presence and gravity that nicely balance his playful smile and the “Set Captives Free” poster behind him. The evening also included performances by Pedro Picasso, youth arts coordinator at IBA Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción, local poet Amber Aliyah Rasool and musician Toussaint the Liberator, among many others. Tina Williams read a poem by Massachusetts politician and community organizer Mel King. Toure attended and spoke at the event, as did many others included in the exhibit. Among the guests and speakers were Andrea James, founder of Families for Justice and Healing; William Morales, commissioner of Boston Centers for Youth and Family;
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Rahsaan Hall, director of the ACLU racial justice program; and Carl Williams, an ACLU attorney. The speeches centered on how to reform the justice system to end mass incarceration. According to the ACLU website, Massachusetts displays a wider disparity in the number of incarcerated people of color than the national average. An equally troubling problem is the lack of preparation for life after confinement. The ACLU reports 98 percent of incarcerated people will return home, but there are very few resources available to help them readjust, or to help rebuild the communities impacted by mass incarceration. Though the subject matter was heavy, the event was uplifting, targeting solutions and positive change rather than a list of grievances. Looking out over the crowd, as people from all areas of the city connected over art, music and local Jamaican food, ACLU attorney Carl Williams said, “This is what Boston looks like.”
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(above) Jahari Toure Ortiz with a photo of his father, Kazi Toure. (below) Photographer Eroc Arroyo-Montano greets Tina Williams in front of her portrait.
19TH ANNUAL ROXBURY INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL • JUNE 22 - JULY 1, 2017 INDIVIDUAL TICKETS AT: http://www.mfa.org/programs/series/the-roxbury-international-film-festival PASSES, DAAM TIX, HIBERNIAN HALL & INFO AT: Roxburyinternationalfilmfestival.com OPENING DAY FILMS! JUNE 22ND On the Line: The story of Metco • Body and Soul: An American Bridge Tear the Roof Off: The Untold story of Parliament Funkadelic
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MOVIE REVIEW
Recluse comes to regret bringing good samaritan home in ‘Black Butterfly’ By KAM WILLIAMS
Paul (Antonio Banderas) is the literary equivalent of a one-hit wonder. The flash-in-the-pan enjoyed a short-lived success, thanks to the best-seller he published while still in his 20s. Back then, he became the toast of the town when the popular tome was adapted to the big screen, even though the movie bore no resemblance to his book besides having the same title. But that was decades ago. Now, all the money’s gone. The hangers-on have disappeared, too, and so has his wife (Alexandra Klim). As of late, he’s turned into a recluse, living alone in the mountains of Colorado in a rundown cabin he can no longer afford to keep up. He fritters away most of his days drinking at a desk in a darkened room, praying for the inspiration to produce another masterpiece. Unfortunately, he’s suffering from such a terrible case of writer’s block that all he ever types are the words “I am stuck” over and over again. Upon bottoming out with little hope of recovering, Paul admits to himself that it’s time to sell the house. So, he lists the property with Laura (Piper Perabo), an attractive realtor he hires more for her looks than her expertise. After all, he knows he’s her very first client. His judgment proves even worse when it comes to making friends. He decides to bring back to his place the Good Samaritan (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) who saved him from a trucker with road rage. Only after Paul agrees to let the stranger crash for a few days does the guy reveal that he “just got out of prison and ain’t never goin’ back.” Might this be the creep responsible for the recent rash of murders in the area? Unfortunately, Paul’s located in an isolated spot in the woods without any internet, TV or cell phone service. Nevertheless, the plot thickens with the unannounced arrival of several visitors, including Laura, a
delivery boy (Nicholas Aaron) and a cop (Vincent Riotta) looking for a missing mailman. Thus unfolds “Black Butterfly,” an English-language remake of “Papillon Noir” (2008), a French film featuring the same basic premise. Directed by Brian Goodman (“Sal”), this compelling
suspense thriller slowly ratchets up the tension only to unravel during the denouement thanks to a humdinger of a twist.
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Paul (Antonio Banderas) and Laura (Piper Perabo) in “Black Butterfly.”
COMING TO HALEY HOUSE BAKERY CAFÉ: Thu Jun 1 - Fulani Haynes’ Jazz Collaborative presents Jazz By Any Means Necessary, 7pm Thu Jun 8 - Outside the Box Productions presents LIFTED, 7pm Thu Jun 9 - The House Slam, 6:30pm Thu Jun 15 - AiLi! Live (Outdoor)
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Put your ear to the ground. Those who resist are not forgotten.
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THE STATE OF SIEGE
continued from page 19 Though Bey’s work is central to the exhibit, work by artists Abigail DeVille, Glenn Ligon, Howard Tangye, Nari Ward and Kehinde Wiley fill out the installation. DeVille created a small boat filled with disembodied limbs, rising gracefully and upside down from the boat’s bottom. The piece, named “Sarcophagus Blue,” nods both to a history of physical oppression through capture and control, and to a future of shared risks: “We’re all in the same boat.” The exhibit is especially applicable in a Boston struggling with its own gentrification problems. With luxury condos rising on every block and little affordable housing to offset it, Bey’s lone figure lost amidst construction debris feels harshly relatable.
THÉÂTRE DE LA VILLE - PARIS :: FRANCE
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From the author of Citizen comes a new play exploring the state of our racial imagination. MAR 7 - 18
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Stand up to the face of fear. DEC 19 - 20
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He’s the prince. She’s the rebel. MAY 3 - 6
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Breakfasts are big in Big Sky Country
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“Amazing the things you find when you bother to search for them.” — Sacagawea
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acagawea was a Lemhi-Shoshone squaw and master communicator among Native American populations during the 19th century. She was influential in helping the Lewis and Clark Expedition reach its mission objectives to explore Montana, then part of the Louisiana Territory. That same wilderness, in and around Greenough, Montana, is where my own exploration took me in March. The Resort at Paws Up was hardly roughing it; this Blackfoot River is, in fact, a “glamping” option savored by summertime guests who love to slumber in tents and fly-fish along the pristine waters. Wintertime offers the opportunity to snowmobile, snowshoe and cross-country ski while sleeping in a luxury lodge a few miles from the river. There’s plenty of space for every type within the property’s 37,000 acres. Two full-service restaurants on resort exemplify the elements of ranch life under the Big Sky. No table looks alike at Pomp, where my eye was drawn to a tableau of
taxidermy. Endless options of steaks and game are featured on the resort’s menus, and themed weekends are plentiful. I was lucky enough to be at Paws Up for a few meals at which Merry Edwards and her partner Ken Coopersmith presided. Edwards is acclaimed nationally as “The Queen of Pinot Noir.” At the first of two dinners, I opted for an irresistible first course of scallops and main dish of sea bass that set the stage for the guest of honor’s sauvignon blanc. At the second dinner, a vertical flight of pinot noirs were sipped by a group of oenophiles gathered in Hereford Pen, a transformed cattle auction site at Paws Up that’s been transformed into a rustic yet upscale event space. At breakfast, when a strapping Montana cowboy with a smile that rivals sunrise endorses the Gnarly Burger, I don’t care what it is — I’m having what he’s having. I happily ordered the recommended burger at Trough. “Yeehaw!” Email Charlene Peters at siptripper@ gmail.com.
Sure, it can be dangerous to reach for food any time we’re stressed. But what if we made an effort to eat foods with nutrients proven to help us relieve that stress? Food & Wine suggests trying these foods the next time you’re feeling anxious: 1. L eafy green 6. Blueberries 7. Pistachios vegetables 2. Turkey breast 8. Dark chocolate 3. Oatmeal 9. Milk 4. Yogurt 10. Avocado 5. Salmon
FUN FACTS Fast facts about hot dogs
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The Gnarly Burger at Trough. The challenge of this breakfast taste sensation is in devouring the entire portion.
Gnarly Burger n 12 pieces brioche, sliced thick n 1 quart French Toast Batter* n 12 oz. Maple Bacon Mascarpone** n 2 lbs. bulk ground pork sausage n 2 lbs. ground bison n 6 eggs
*French Toast Batter n 2 cups heavy cream n 2 cups whole milk n 2 cups eggs, whipped n 1 tablespoon cinnamon n ½ cup orange juice n 1 tablespoon allspice n 1 tablespoon vanilla extract Mix and place in large bowl, dredge brioche in batter and cook in large skillet on medium heat with whole butter. Cook toast to golden brown on both sides.
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** Maple Bacon Mascarpone n 2 cups chopped, cooked bacon n 1 cup mascarpone n 1 cup cream cheese n ½ cup maple syrup Mix together and spread on brioche toast, approximately 2 oz. on top “bun.” Mix bison and pork sausage in mixer with dough hook attachment. Form into 6 oz. patties and sear in large cast iron skillet. Season lightly with salt and pepper, to taste. Cook egg to your liking and place on top of burger in between the two brioche slices. Once assembled, slice burger in half and place on plate. Serves 6. — Courtesy Ben Jones, Resort at Paws Up
From picnics to festivals to parties, hot dogs are a favorite summer food for many. Whether you like yours with all the fixings or just topped with mustard, here are some facts from the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council: n The southern United States eats the bulk of all hot dogs each year. n Residents of New York City purchase more hot dogs at retail outlets than any other city in the country ($101 billion worth). n The council estimates Americans consume 20 billion hot dogs a year. That works out to about 70 hot dogs per person each year.
EASY RECIPE Trail mix isn’t just for hikers Trail mix, while great for outdoor enthusiasts, is not always healthy for a lifestyle that doesn’t involve hiking up a mountain. Here’s a healthy trail mix you can make yourself: n 1 cup raw almonds n 1 cup raw pecans n ½ cup raw sunflower seeds n ½ cup raw pumpkin seeds n 1½ cup dried dates or any unsweetened dried fruit This simple recipe is loaded with protein and vital nutrients and antioxidants. If you’re really craving something sweet, throw in a few dark chocolate chips for good measure. — Brandpoint
FOOD TECH New gadget can help you avoid gluten If you are looking to avoid gluten while enjoying a meal out, a new gadget named Nima, can steer you clear. Nima is a portable sensor that can quickly detect whether the food on the plate in front of you contains gluten. It detects food that contains at least 20 parts per million of gluten protein, which is in adherence with the FDA’s gluten-free requirement of less than 20 parts per million. The Nima is available for preorder at nimasensor.com. — More Content Now
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LEGAL 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).
MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY 100 SUMMER ST., SUITE 1200 BOSTON, MA 02110 NOTICE TO BIDDERS Electronic proposals for the following project will be received through the internet using Bid Express until the date and time stated below, and will be posted on www.bidx.com forthwith after the bid submission deadline. No paper copies of bids will be accepted. Bidders must have a valid digital ID issued by the Authority in order to bid on projects. Bidders need to apply for a digital ID with Bid Express at least 14 days prior to a scheduled bid opening date. Electronic bids for MBTA Contract No. W90CN01, ON-CALL PARKING/PAVING SERVICES, SYSTEMWIDE, PROJECT VALUE - $27,650,000.00 (CLASS 2 – GRADING, DRAINAGE & SITE DEVELOPMENT, VALUE - $5,000,000.00), can be submitted at www.bidx.com until ten o’clock (10:00 a.m.) on June 20, 2017. Immediately thereafter, in a designated room, the Bids will be opened and read publicly. Work consists of providing construction-related services on an on-call basis to support routine and urgent parking and paving repair/reconstruction needs of the Authority as well as new paving and associated work elements. Work is anticipated to be performed throughout the MBTA service area in Massachusetts and will primarily consist of typical parking lot maintenance and repair work, paving of existing and proposed access roads, bus maintenance areas, bus stops and ancillary facilities. Bidders’ attention is directed to Appendix 1, Notice of Requirement for Affirmative Action to Insure Equal Employment Opportunity; and to Appendix 2, Supplemental Equal Employment Opportunity, Anti-Discrimination, and Affirmative Action Program in the specifications. In addition, pursuant to the requirements of Appendix 3, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Participation Provision, Bidders must submit an assurance with their Bids that they will make sufficient and reasonable efforts to meet the stated DBE goal of ten percent (10%). Bidders will affirmatively ensure that in regard to any contract entered into pursuant to this solicitation, minority and female construction contractors will be afforded full opportunity to submit Bids and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin in consideration for an award. Additional information and instructions on how to submit a bid are available at http://www.mbta.com/business_center/bidding_solicitations/ current_solicitations/ On behalf of the MBTA, thank you for your time and interest in responding to this Notice to Bidders Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Brian Shortsleeve Chief Administrator and Acting General Manager of the MBTA May 26, 2017 MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA CONTRACT NO. L1242-C2, FY18-20 AIRFIELD PAVEMENT REPAIRS TERM CONTRACT, LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Capital Programs Department Office, Suite 209S, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128-2909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2017 immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly.
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 PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY SOLICITATION FOR GENERAL ENGINEERING CONSULTING SERVICES FOR GARAGES AND PARKING FACILITIES The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is soliciting General Engineering Consulting Services for Garages and Parking Facilities Services. The services may include but not be limited to Program Management (PM) and General Administration Services; Condition Assessments; Feasibility Studies; Design Phase Services; Construction Phase Services, Construction Management (CM) Oversight Services and other GEC Services as may be assigned. An amount of $15,000,000.00, with $5,000,000.00 available for up to three selected consultants, has been budgeted for this solicitation. This project will utilize Federal and State Funds. The DBE Participation Goal is four (4%) percent for federally funded projects. The complete request for qualifications can be found on the MBTA website. Please see the following link: http://www.mbta.com/business_center/bidding_solicitations/current_ solicitations/ This is not a request for proposal. The MBTA reserves the right to cancel this procurement or to reject any or all Statements of Qualifications. Stephanie Pollack MassDOT Secretary & CEO
Brian Shortsleeve Chief Administrator and Acting General Manager
MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. AP1804-C1, FY18-20 AUTHORITYWIDE TERM DOOR REPLACEMENT, 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 02128-2909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 2017, immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly.
The Brookline Housing Authority (BHA) seeks a provider of Section 8 HQS/ Inspection Services. An electronic copy of the RFP is available on the BHA website at http://brooklinehousing.org/Business&EmploymentOpportunities. html. Interested parties should submit their intention to respond in writing no later than June 15, 2017, 4:30 PM to Carlos Hernandez at chernandez@ brooklinehousing.org. Inquiries or requests for modifications regarding this RFP will be accepted in writing until June 15, 2017, 4:30 PM to Carlos Hernandez at chernandez@brooklinehousing.org. The proposal deadline is June 29, 2017, 4:30 PM Proposers responding to this RFP must submit the service proposal and fee proposal in clearly labeled separate sealed envelopes to Carlos Hernandez, Director of Subsidized Housing & Applications, Brookline Housing Authority, 90 Longwood Ave, Suite 1, Brookline, MA 02446. MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. AP1801-C1, FY18-20 AUTHORITYWIDE TERM CAULKING/SEALANT REPAIRS, 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 02128-2909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 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 11:30 A.M. LOCAL TIME ON WEDNESDAY, JUNE 7, 2017. The work includes PROVISION OF LABOR, INCIDENTAL MATERIALS, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES TO MAKE CAULKING/SEALANT REPAIRS INCLUDING ASSOCIATED CONCRETE REPAIRS AT ALL MPA FACILITIES ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS OVER A TWO (2) YEAR PERIOD. Bid documents will be made available beginning WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 2017.
Bidding procedures and award of the contract and sub contracts shall be in accordance with the provisions of Sections 44A through 44J inclusive, Chapter 149 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Bidding procedures and award of the contract and sub contracts shall be in accordance with the provisions of Sections 44A through 44J inclusive, Chapter 149 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
This Contract is also subject to Affirmative Action requirements of the
Section 8 HQS/Inspection Services
Bid documents will be made available beginning WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 2017.
Bid documents will be made available beginning WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 2017.
The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance and Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of $10,000,000. 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.
BROOKLINE HOUSING AUTHORITY REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS
In order to be eligible and responsible to bid on this contract General Bidders must submit with their bid a current Certificate of Eligibility issued by the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance and an Update Statement. The General Bidder must be certified in the category of WATERPROOFING. The estimated contract cost is SIX HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($650,000).
In order to be eligible and responsible to bid on this contract General Bidders must submit with their bid a current Certificate of Eligibility issued by the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance and an Update Statement. The General Bidder must be certified in the category of DOORS & WINDOWS. The estimated contract cost is THREE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($350,000).
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.
MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
The work includes PROVISIONS OF LABOR, INCIDENTAL MATERIALS, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN MANUAL PASSAGE DOORS ON AN AS-NEEDED BASIS OVER A TWO (2)-YEAR PERIOD AT ALL MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY AVIATION AND NONAVIATION FACILITIES LOCATED AT BOSTON, BEDFORD, AND WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.
The work includes CRACK FILLING; PAVEMENT PATCHING; ADJUSTMENT OF UTILITY STRUCTURES; COAL-TAR AND ASPHALT EMULSION SLURRY SEAL; SEALING OF PCC PAVEMENTS; JOINT, CRACK, AND SPALL REPAIR OF PCC PAVEMENT; MILLING; REHABILITATION OF TAXIWAY AND RUNWAY IN-PAVEMENT LIGHTS; BITUMINOUS AND PORTLAND/HYDRAULIC CEMENT PAVING; GROOVING; PAVEMENT MARKINGS; PAVEMENT MARKINGS REMOVAL; AND ON-CALL REPAIR OF AIRFIELD PAVEMENTS.
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.
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.
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.
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 $5,000,000.
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.
NOTE: PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 10:30 A.M. LOCAL TIME ON TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 2017.
NOTE: PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) IN THE BID ROOM AT 9:30 AM LOCAL TIME ON THURSDAY, JUNE 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.
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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 TEN MILLION DOLLARS, ($10,000,000.00). Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details. No filed sub bids will be required for this contract. This Contract is 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).
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 TEN MILLION DOLLARS ($10,000,000.00). Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details. No filed sub bids will be required for this contract. This Contract is 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
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Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. AP1709-C1, FY2018-2020 HIGH VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL MAINTENANCE TERM CONTRACT, LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EAST BOSTON, MA; L.G. HANSCOM FIELD, BEDFORD, MA; WORCESTER REGIONAL AIRPORT, WORCESTER, MA AND ALL MARITIME FACILITIES, will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Capital Programs Department Office, Suite 209S, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128-2909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 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 A.M. LOCAL TIME ON TUESDAY JUNE 13, 2017. The work includes PROVISION OF LABOR, INCIDENTAL MATERIALS, TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE REMOVAL, REPAIRS, RELOCATION AND INSTALLATION OF ELECTRICAL MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT FOR AND TO THE ELECTRICAL MEDIUM VOLTAGE DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM (5KV THROUGH 15KV) INCLUDING SWITCHING EQUPMENT, AND FEEDER CIRCUIT CABLES AT THE AUTHORITY’S PROPERTIES. Bid documents will be made available beginning THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 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. In order to be eligible and responsible to bid on this contract General Bidders must submit with their bid a current Certificate of Eligibility issued by the Division of Capital Asset Management and an Update Statement. The General Bidder must be certified in the category of ELECTRICAL. The estimated contract cost is NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($900,000). Bidding procedures and award of the contract and sub contracts shall be in accordance with the provisions of Sections 44A through 44J inclusive, Chapter 149 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A proposal guaranty shall be submitted with each General Bid consisting of a bid deposit for five (5) percent of the value of the bid; when sub bids are required, each must be accompanied by a deposit equal to five (5) percent of the sub bid amount, in the form of a bid bond, or cash, or a certified check, or a treasurer’s or a cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the Massachusetts Port Authority in the name of which the Contract for the work is to be executed. The bid deposit shall be (a) in a form satisfactory to the Authority, (b) with a surety company qualified to do business in the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Authority, and (c) conditioned upon the faithful performance by the principal of the agreements contained in the bid.
LEGAL 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.
No filed sub bids will be required for this contract. 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
Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. AP1719-C1, FY 17-19 PERIMETER FENCE REPAIRS – TERM CONTRACT, ALL AUTHORITY 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 02128-2909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 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 A.M. LOCAL TIME ON THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 2017. The work includes PROVISION OF LABOR, INCIDENTAL MATERIALS, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT, AND SERVICES TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN ALL PERIMETER FENCE SYSTEMS AT THE AUTHORITY’S PROPERTIES AS REQUIRED FROM TIME TO TIME ON AN “AS NEEDED/ON CALL” BASIS FOR A TIME PERIOD OF TWENTY- FOUR (24) MONTHS. Bid documents will be made available beginning THURSDAY, JUNE 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 ONE HUNDRED FORTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($145,000.00) 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
Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate
Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department Docket No. SU16P1156GD
SUFFOLK Division
In the interests of Francisco Yadiel Ocasio-Perez of Boston, MA Minor NOTICE AND ORDER: Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Minor 1.
NOTICE TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES Hearing Date/Time: A hearing on a Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Minor filed on 05/20/2016 by Maria Delcarmen Hernandez of Boston, MA will be held 06/14/2017 08:30 AM Guardianship of a Minor Hearing Located at 24 New Chardon Street, 3rd floor, Boston, MA 02114 ~ Probation Department.
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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:
No filed sub bids will be required for this contract.
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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Presence of the Minor at Hearing: A minor over age 14 has the right to be present at any hearing, unless the Court finds that it is not in the minor’s best interests.
This 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.
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. Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate
Date: May 23, 2017
Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department
MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Docket No. SU16P1157GD
SUFFOLK Division
In the interests of Jaynice Nikole Lorenzo Perez of Boston, MA Minor NOTICE AND ORDER: Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Minor LEGAL NOTICE
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MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY 10 PARK PLAZA BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02116 Public Announcement of Request for Letters of Interest for Rail Bridge Replacements Design Build Project Contract No. H91CN01 The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (the “MBTA”) hereby solicits Letters of Interest (LOI) from firms or teams (the “Design Build Entities”) interested in providing Design Build (DB) services for the Rail Bridge Replacements Design Build Project (the “Project”) in Melrose, Lawrence, Lynn, Wellesley, Weston and Somerville, Massachusetts under MBTA Contract No. H91CN01. The Project is being procured using a two phase, best value DB procurement process pursuant to M.G.L. c. 149A, s. 14, et seq. and consistent with the MBTA’s Design Build Procurement Procedures. The MBTA intends to enter into a DB contract with the best value Design Build Entity identified through a two phase selection process including a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) with a subsequent Request for Proposals (RFP). The RFQ will be utilized to identify qualified Design Build Entities to submit a proposal pursuant to Section 19 of M.G.L. c. 149A. The best value selection criteria detail will be provided in the RFP. Respondents to this request for LOI will receive future notifications of the RFQ’s availability and its amendments. Project documentation and instructions for submitting a Letter of Interest are available on the MBTA website. http://www.mbta.com/business_center/ bidding_solicitations/current_solicitations/
NOTICE TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES Hearing Date/Time: A hearing on a Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Minor filed on 05/20/2016 by Maria Hernandez of Boston, MA will be held 06/14/2017 08:30 AM Guardianship of a Minor Hearing Located at 24 New Chardon Street, 3rd floor, Boston, MA 02114 ~ Probation Department.
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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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Presence of the Minor at Hearing: A minor over age 14 has the right to be present at any hearing, unless the Court finds that it is not in the minor’s best interests.
THIS IS A LEGAL NOTICE: An important court proceeding that may affect your rights has been scheduled. If you do not understand this notice or other court papers, please contact an attorney for legal advice.
Stephanie Pollack MassDOT Secretary and Chief Executive Officer
Brian A. Shortsleeve Acting MBTA General Manager
Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate
Date: May 23, 2017
Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
Docket No. SU17P0730EA
SUFFOLK Division
Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department
MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
Date: May 11, 2017
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). 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.
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 TEN MILLION DOLLARS ($10,000,000). 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.
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SUFFOLK Division
Docket No. SU16P1862GD
In the interests of Andrew L. Geneus Romelus of Mattapan, MA Minor NOTICE AND ORDER: Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Minor 1.
NOTICE TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES Hearing Date/Time: A hearing on a Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Minor filed on 08/19/2016 by Esperance Mengual of Mattapan, MA will be held 07/03/2017 08:30 AM Motion Located at 24 New Chardon Street, 4th floor, Boston, MA 02114-Courtroom 1.
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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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Presence of the Minor at Hearing: A minor over age 14 has the right to be present at any hearing, unless the Court finds that it is not in the minor’s best interests.
THIS IS A LEGAL NOTICE: An important court proceeding that may affect your rights has been scheduled. If you do not understand this notice or other court papers, please contact an attorney for legal advice.
Estate of Carol Irene Silva Date of Death: 01/17/2017 To all interested persons: A Petition for Formal Probate of Will with Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by Linda M. Silva Thompson of Freeport, NY and Raul F. Silva of Newton, 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 Linda M. Silva Thompson of Freeport, NY and Raul F. Silva of Newton, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in an unsupervised administration. IMPORTANT NOTICE You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 06/29/2017. 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. WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: May 19, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate
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Divorce Summons by Publication and Mailing Jennifer Collins
Docket No. SU16P0853EA
SUFFOLK Division
Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Marilyn V. Keeley Date of Death: 11/12/2014
A Petition for Formal Adjudication of Intestacy and Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by Patricia M. Keeley of Quincy, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. 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 06/22/2017. 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. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: May 22, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate
Emmanuel Collins
To the Defendant: The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for Divorce requesting that the Court grant a divorce for Irretrievable Breakdown.
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: Jennifer Collins, 6 Gould St., Apt. B, Brighton, MA 02135 your answer, if any, on or before 06/30/2017. 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: April 25, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department Docket No. SU17D0954DR
SUFFOLK Division
Divorce Summons by Publication and Mailing Cristabel Bonilla
vs.
Fausto Villegas Deni
To the Defendant: The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for Divorce requesting that the Court grant a divorce for IRRETRIEVABLE BREAKDOWN.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department
vs.
The Complaint is on file at the Court.
To all interested persons:
The Complaint is on file at the Court.
Docket No. SU17D0891DR
SUFFOLK Division
LEGAL 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: Cristabel Bonilla, 2886 Washington St., Roxbury, MA 02119-1176 your answer, if any, on or before 07/13/2017. 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: May 4, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division
Docket No. SU17D1025DR
Divorce Summons by Publication and Mailing Kennish K. Sanon aka Kennisha K. Sanon
vs.
David Nathan Sanon
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: Kennish K. Sanon, 34 Codman St., Dorchester, MA 02124 your answer, if any, on or before 07/20/2017. 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: May 11, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate
An Automatic Restraining Order has been entered in this matter preventing
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One, Two and Three Bedroom Apartments 1 Gurney Street, Roxbury Crossing, MA 02120
40 One, Two & Three Bedroom Apartments | Income Restricted Transit Oriented / Non-Smoking / Elevator Building Voucher Holders Encouraged to Apply
60% AMI LIHTC Units Monthly Rent 30% AMI Section 811 Non Elderly Disabled Monthly Rent 30% AMI Homeless Set aside w/ Sec 8 PBV Monthly Rent 30% AMI Community Based Housing (CBH) Monthly Rent
Maximum Income per Household Size at 60% & 30% of Area Gross Median Income (AGMI)
1 - BR
2 - BR
3 - BR
5 $1,094 2 30% 0 N/A 2 30%
17 $1,303 1 30% 3 30% 1 30%
7 $1,498 0 N/A 2 30% 0 N/A
HH Size
60% AGMI
30% AGMI
1
43,440
21,700
2
49,680
24,800
3
55,860
27,900
4
62,040
31,000
5
67,020
33,500
6
72,000
36,000
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LIHTC Units: one 2 BR fully accessible and sensory adapted; one 3 BR fully accessible; Section 811 (PRA) Units: one 2 BR full y accessible; CBH Units: two 1 BR and one 2 BR - fully accessible and sensory adapted.
Applications available June 1 through June 15, 2017 Applications may be requested:
Informational Meetings June 5, 2017 at 6:30PM ACDC Community Room 38 Oak Street Boston, MA 02111
By calling: (617) 209-5225 Online: www.onegurneystreet.com OR In person on the following dates and times at:
June 6, 2017 at 6PM Maria Sanchez House Community Room 30 Gurney Street Roxbury Crossing, MA 02120
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Saturday, June 3, 2017
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One Gurney Street c/o Maloney Properties, Inc. 27 Mica Lane, Wellesley, MA 02481 Selection for apartments will be by lottery October 2017 Occupancy
Reasonable accommodations and free language assistance available. Preference for households requiring mobility features, Boston residents and homeless individuals and families. For assistance, please call (617) 209-5225 | US Relay 711 Proudly Managed by:
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St. Kevin’s Residential
35 Bird Street 516 Columbia Road
Uphams Corner Residential
530 Columbia Road Dorchester, MA 02125
25 apartments are available under a Tax Credit Program. Resident responsible for heat, hot water, and electric. Maximum income limits for tax credit apartments are as follows:
St. Kevin’s Residential Apt. Size 1 Bedroom 2 Bedroom 3 Bedroom
Uphams Corner Residential Apt. Size 1 Bedroom 2 Bedroom 3 Bedroom
Rent - % 50% $803 $946 $1,078
Rent - % 60% $990 $1,171 $1,336
Household Size 1 2 3 4 5 6
Rent - % 60% $1,038 $1,237 $1,421
Household Size 1 2 3 4 5 6
BR Size
Rent**
% Income
5
Studio
$1,086
70%
4
1 Bed*
$1,267
70%
1
2 Bed
$1,448
70%
1
3 Bed
$1,630
70%
*One ADA Mobility Unit **Minimum income limits apply Maximum Income Limit HH size
Up to 70%
HH size
Up to 70%
Max. Income Limits 50% 60%
1
$50,700
4
$72,400
2
$57,950
5
$78,200
$43,440 $49,680 $55,860 $62,040 $67,020 $72,000
3
$65,200
6
$84,000
$36,200 $41,400 $46,550 $51,700 $55,850 $60,000
35 apartments are available under a Tax Credit Program. Heat and Hot Water provided. Maximum income limits for tax credit apartments are as follows: Rent - % 50% $853 $1,015 $1,165
11 Income Restricted Rental Units # of Units
Max. Income Limits 50% 60%
$36,200 $41,400 $46,550 $51,700 $55,850 $60,000
$43,440 $49,680 $55,860 $62,040 $67,020 $72,000
Applications Available for Tax Credit Apartments In Person: Management available to assist applicants 6/12/17, 6/13/17, 6/15/17, 6/16/17 and 6/17/17 10AM to 4PM and Wednesday 6/14/17 10AM to 6PM At: Uphams Crossing Management Office - 530 Columbia Road, Dorchester, MA, 02125 Via Mail: by calling 781-884-1951 or TTY 800-439-0183: From 6/12/17 until 6/21/17 Corcoran Management Company: Attention Uphams Corner Residential & St. Kevin’s Residential Completed MUST BE EITHER HAND DELIVERED TO UPHAMS CROSSING MANAGEMENT, 530 COLUMBIA ROAD, DORCHESTER, MA 02125 NO LATER THAN 5:00PM ON JUNE 21, 2017 OR POSTMARKED NO LATER THAN JUNE 21, 2017. Wait lists remain open after the lottery. Applications received after the deadline will be placed on the post lottery waiting list Selection by lottery. Use and occupancy restrictions apply. Disabled households in need of accessible apartments have preference for 4 accessible apartments. Preference for households with at least one person per bedroom. Completed applications must be postmarked and mailed to Uphams Crossing Management 530 Columbia Road, Dorchester, MA, 02125 St. Kevin’s Residential & Uphams Corner Residential offer free translation services
Households may request an application be sent by email or mail from June 5th – June 15th through the following methods: Visit: www.Trac75Lottery.com Call: 617-209-5407 Applications will also be available in person on the following dates and times: Date
Time
Monday, June 5, 2017
10:00AM - 2:00PM
Tuesday, June 6, 2017
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Thursday, June 8, 2017
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Friday, June 9, 2017
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Saturday, June 10, 2017
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Location: 75 Braintree Street, Boston, MA 02134 Completed applications must be returned by the deadline– remit by mail only: Postmarked no later than June 22, 2017 Maloney Properties, Inc. Attention: Trac 75 Lottery 27 Mica Lane, Wellesley MA 02481 Selection by lottery. Asset, Use & Occupancy Restrictions apply. Preference for disabled household for ADA mobility unit. Preference for Boston Residents. Preference for Households with at least one person per bedroom. For more info or reasonable accommodations, call Maloney Properties, Inc. 617-209-5407 or email: Trac75@MaloneyProperties.com www.MaloneyRealEstate.com Equal Housing Opportunity
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The Pleasant Hill Baptist Church of Dorchester, Massachusetts is seeking a part-time Administrative Assistant. The Administrative Assistant responsibilities are as follows: n Monitors the overall operations of the church’s day-today operations. n Work closely with the pastor, trustees, church staff and other ministries to ensure that all facets of the church’s needs and requirements are being adequately addressed. n Will follow established procedures for ensuring that all administrative functions are operating in an efficient and effective manner. n Will work with the Board of Trustees to institute procurement, personnel, payment and contracting policies are followed in order to enable the church to meet all obligations and responsibilities promptly. n The Administrative Assistant is directly responsible to the Pastor. Requirements: n The ability to communicate clearly, courteously and effectively. n The demonstrated ability to communicate orally and in writing. n Interpersonal and organizational skills. n The ability to effectively manage/coordinate simultaneous projects, and successfully prioritize multiple tasks with good judgment. Please mail your résumé to: Pleasant Hill Baptist Church P.O. Box 155, Dorchester, MA 02121
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