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New edu-activist groups gear up Boston Education Action Network hosts panel, preps to expand work

By JULE PATTISON-GORDON

Boston Education Action Network is one of the newer groups on the city’s education policy scene. Formed in 2016, BEAN comprises educators, parents, students and community members who may not have a direct involvement in school — for instance, financial workers with an interest in education, or those involved in housing policies, whose work tangentially affects education, said Mariel Novas, a BEAN leader and founder.

The fledgling organization has raised some concern because it draws support from Teach For America’s political action branch, which also fueled money into ballot campaign efforts to lift the Massachusetts cap on charter schools. However, BEAN members say they operate independently, and BEAN has no official stance in charter expansion debates.

Now, after a summer of gathering in people’s homes, BEAN is gearing up to play a larger role in Boston’s public education landscape.

In an event held in downtown’s Old South Church on Monday, a panel of leadership from charter schools, pilot schools and Boston Public Schools shared ideas on how to recruit and retain teachers of color. Many panelists said doing that requires making schools comfortable and culturally supportive places for teachers, hiring early and presenting

teaching as a desirable career choice. Panelists also addressed efforts to improve student socioemotional support. Some speakers said meeting basic needs comes before academics and several underscored the value of establishing trusting, positive relationships with students’ families early on. This way, staff can better comprehend the context of students’ lives and have a positive rapport to ease any challenges and difficult conversations that may emerge later in the year. The final BEAN priority issue that was discussed Monday: How Boston’s housing strain impacts school segregation.

Monday’s event drew about 100 people. Most identified themselves as community members, while a handful said they were teachers, parents or school leaders.

Who is BEAN?

A team of former and current teachers founded BEAN in 2016. By the end of that year, they selected three focus goals.

The leadership team comprises 13 people, and BEAN’s listserv is in the range of 400 to 600 members, BEAN leader Mariel Novas told the Banner.

Novas emigrated from the Dominican Republic as a child and attended BPS. Now she works for Teach for America by day.

BEAN relies on philanthropic support from Leadership for Education Equity (LEE), the political action branch of Teach for

See BEAN, page 16

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Jody Rose, executive director of New England Venture Capital Association, discussed data presented in a report unveiling at the ICA. With her, right to left: Marcela Garcia of The Boston Globe; Carlos Santiago, state commissioner of higher education; and Juan Lopera, Tufts Health Plan vice president of business diversity.

Latino growth drives city’s economic future Latinos are Boston’s fastest-growing sector, report says

By JULE PATTISON-GORDON

Latinos are Boston’s future, according to a new report released by the Boston Indicators Project of The Boston Foundation and the Boston Planning and Development Agency. They are the city’s fastest-growing group, comprising 20 percent of Boston’s 2015 population and 31

percent of its children.

From 1950 to 1980, Boston’s population was in a slump, as was its economy. Then in 1980, numbers picked up as the Latino population expanded, accounting for 92 percent of the city’s population growth between 1980 and 2015.

With Latinos now representing a large portion of Boston’s youth, they’ll be the ones driving the economy as baby boomers retire,

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and they’ll be the face of Boston in years to come, said speakers at the report’s unveiling at the Institute of Contemporary Art last week.

See LATINO REPORT, page 8

Developers build affordable homes City gives construction firms land, subsidies

By YAWU MILLER

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Mayor Martin Walsh tours Renee Omolade’s newly-built Trull Street home in Dorchester.

The gray single-family home on Dorchester’s Trull Street with its tidy back yard is a world away from the Castle Square development in which Renee Omolade grew up, but for the last month and the foreseeable future, Trull Street is her home.

Omolade bought her home through the city’s Neighborhood Homes Initiative, a program through which the Department

of Neighborhood Development has identified 250 parcels of cityowned land for housing construction. Hers is one of the first 69 units built through the program.

Last week, Mayor Martin Walsh and other city officials toured several of the homes, including Omolade’s.

“Trull Street has a lot of homeowners,” he told Omolade of her new neighborhood of single- and two-family homes. “It’s really solid.

People have been here a long time.”

Omolade’s new two-bedroom home, painted in two shades of

dark gray with white trim around its black-framed windows and doors, features a steeply gabled roof that fits in nicely with the older Victorians on the side street, which intersects with Hamilton Street near Upham’s Corner.

Under the Neighborhood Homes Initiative, private developers build on the lots using DND funding to help keep the costs affordable for first-time homebuyers. One-third of the homes built through the Neighborhood Homes Initiative are deeply affordable, one-third are moderately

See NHI, page 6

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Youth-led summit hits climate justice themes

somewhere else. They were being called refugees and looters, and left alone with no water and no food. People wondered why they didn’t just leave. [But] they didn’t have the resources to get out.”

She perceived an overlap between the problems she was working on in Boston’s communities of color and the potential devastation of environments and neighborhoods worldwide as weather extremes became more common.

“I realized these weren’t two separate problems,” she recalled.

“They were deeply related — and everything I cared about would get worse if we didn’t do something about climate change.”

White-Hammond concluded by challenging the teens to be “courageously creative.” She emphasized that whatever they chose to be — scientists, artists, lawyers, teachers — they all would have a role to play in tackling environmental problems and creating a just society.

“The work we need to do requires you to work together,” she told them, “and to do things in ways we have never imagined.”

After the keynote, participants dispersed to visit exhibitor tables and attend workshops such as forestry and climate change, renewable energy and getting involved in food justice activism.

Danielle Augustin, a 9th-grade BLS YouthCAN member heading into a “Climate, Racism and Capitalism” workshop, said she was inspired

by White-Hammond’s speech.

“I thought it was amazing that she used her pain to make a positive impact,” she said.

Exhibitors included Sierra Club and local initiatives like Boston GreenFest and the city of Boston’s Greenovate program. Jerry

By SANDRA LARSON

A youth-led climate and sustainability summit last month brought hundreds of Boston area young people together to learn and share information about climate change impacts and potential solutions from energy innovation to eco-entrepreneurship to political activism.

The 11th annual YouthCAN Climate and Sustainability Summit, organized by the Boston Latin School Youth Climate Action Network (BLS YouthCAN) in partnership with the MIT Technology and Culture Forum, was held May 13 at the MIT Stata Center in Cambridge.

The day-long event, free and open to the public, drew some 240 youth representing at least 38 public and private schools in Greater Boston and surrounding suburbs.

While some workshops covered climate change impacts in New England and cool innovations in energy, the overarching themes of the day were youth activism and social justice.

“The goal is always to educate as many people as possible about climate change and to get them to feel they can take action on climate change,” Susan Tang, a 10th-grade YouthCAN leader, told the Banner.

“In addition, [this year] we helped people see connections they may not have seen before between

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Rev. Mariama White-Hammond delivers the keynote speech at the BLS YouthCAN Climate and Sustainability Summit on May 13. The annual summit’s 2017 focus was youth activism and social justice related to climate change. climate change and other movements. We felt we could start a coalition where the climate change part of social justice could get together with other movements like Black Lives Matter.”

Rev. Mariama White-Hammond, minister for ecological justice at Bethel AME Church and former executive director at Project HIP-HOP, delivered a rousing keynote address.

“The change we are looking for is going to come from your generation, not mine,” she told the young people. “You see the challenges. You are the ones we’ve been waiting for.”

A rapt audience listened as White-Hammond described how she came to connect climate and

social justice issues. She spoke first of her own teen years, when it seemed that environmental problems were pretty well taken care of after the atmospheric ozone hole was addressed. At that time, it felt more important to deal with violence and juvenile justice issues in her own neighborhood. But as an adult running Project HIPHOP in 2005, in one summer she grieved the loss of a much-loved teen to violence and watched the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

“The storm itself was scary,” she said, “but even more disturbing was what happened after the storm. People who had lived their whole lives in America were treated like they were from

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Spatch, a Northeastern University student and inventor of the freelance-rap-creation game Vers, taught attendees how to rap about climate change and social justice.

Youth organization exhibitors included Teen Empowerment, Girl Scouts working with Mass Green Network, the New England Aquarium ClimaTeens and the Boston Student Advisory Council, a citywide body of elected student leaders co-administered by Youth on Board and the BPS Office of Engagement. BSAC youth have been working with science teachers, headmasters and other adult stakeholders to push for a climate curriculum in Boston Public Schools.

The event began with entertainment from the BLS Step Squad and Blest Energy band members Nadia and Cita-Light.

BLS YouthCAN was a U.S. Green Building Council 2017 “Best of Green Schools” honoree.

In addition to the annual climate summit, the group was noted for its efforts in the installation of a 28-panel solar array and 350 trays of vegetation on the school’s green roof. In addition, water bottle filling stations have been placed throughout the school, a zero-sort recycling program has reduced waste by 50 percent, and the group helped implement a lighting retrofit that saves an estimated $33,000 in energy costs annually.

YouthCAN student leaders will be conducting tours of the BLS features when the USGBC’s Greenbuild conference comes to Boston this November.

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Legislators probe costs of Safe Communities Act

By JULE PATTISON-GORDON

Advocates and opponents of the Safe Communities Act turned out for a State House hearing last Friday, where they filled the room to overflowing. The act is a response to President Donald Trump’s deportation efforts and Muslim registry rhetoric. It is aimed at providing greater protections for undocumented immigrants who have not committed crimes.

If implemented, the act would extend statewide a prohibition against local government participation in creating a registry of individuals based on protected characteristics, such as Muslim faith; block local police from being deputized as immigration enforcement agents; and ensure due process rights for those detained in state or local facilitates on civil immigration violations.

The most contentious points of debate centered on elements that prevent state, local or campus police participation in immigration enforcement activities stemming solely from an individual’s immigration status.

The measure also prevents these officials from providing the federal Homeland Security department with incarceration status information on a person in custody for any cause other than a serious violent felony.

During the hearing, starkly different viewpoints emerged.

Advocates said passing Safe Communities ensures that civil rights are protected for all; safeguards communities’ economies, public safety and public health; and preserves the integrity of families that have undocumented members living peaceably.

Opponents said the act hamstrings law enforcement by limiting its ability to communicate with a federal agency; allows perpetrators of a civil violation to avoid the consequences; and could make it more difficult to shut down criminals who are undocumented.

Some said it would be too restrictive to provide federal agents with detainment information only on serious violent criminals.

Supporters of the bill sought to clarify that under the act, if federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency asked state

police to detain someone suspected of having overstayed their work visa, state police could not do so — but if ICE asked them to detain someone suspected of having information about a murder and that person happened to be an immigrant, state police could comply.

Big names weighed in on the debate. Gov. Charlie Baker stated in a press release that the act would roll back measures that keep dangerous convicted criminals off the streets. The executive director of the ACLU of Massachusetts, meanwhile, said in a statement that the act would prevent waste of state and local resources on pursuing people who are not safety threats. During testimony, law enforcement officials and state legislators came down on both sides.

Concrete policy aside, whatever passes will shape the climate of Massachusetts, and testimony at times grew emotional. An elevenyear-old boy from Thomas Edison Elementary said he fears that without the act, his hard-working parents may be deported before his three-year-old sister is old enough to remember them. Meanwhile, a Melville woman said her 22-year-old son was hit and killed by a drunk driver who turned out to be an undocumented immigrant with a record. While law enforcement’s normal procedures had failed to prevent the accident, she said deportation would have.

Safer or not?

Those advocating for the passage of Safe Communities say that without the act, immigrant victims and witnesses to crimes are less willing to report crimes or assist in police investigations for fear that they will be racially profiled or that engagement with police will result in their or a family member’s deportation.

Opponents of the act said there already exists a special type of visa granted to victims of serious abuse who aid in the crime’s investigation or prosecution. But act advocates shot back that recent examples demonstrate that this U-Visa is not sufficiently effective. They point to the account of a domestic abuse victim in another state who was deported upon reporting the crime. In a local case, an

immigrant went to meet with his Boston-based employer about workers’ compensation after breaking his leg on the job, only to find ICE agents waiting. Perpetrators of sexual, domestic and labor abuse are especially likely to remain uncaught, advocates said, as vulnerable people fear reporting them, which in turn makes the commonwealth less safe for everyone.

Emmanuel Lusardi, liaison for immigrant affairs for Cambridge, noted that reports of sexual assault dropped 25 percent in Los Angeles’ Latino community since Trump came into office, and that the LA police chief believes the drop reflects a decline in disclosure, not a decline in assault incidents.

Lawrence Rep. Juana Matias said the Safe Communities Act can work for law enforcement.

She pointed to a recent major drug bust in her city, which has had a Trust Act in place since 2016.

“Our immigrant community members, both documented and undocumented, served as critical witnesses” and provided important information to the investigation and prosecution, Matias said.

Somerville Mayor Joe Curtatone credited sanctuary city status as one driver of the 50-percent drop in crime since Somerville adopted the status in 1987. In response to some opponents’ fears

that immigrants who are criminals would better be able to hide under Safe Communities, Curtatone said the act instead turns more lights on the shadows by allowing immigrants to help police capture criminals, whom law-abiding immigrants do not want to be part of their communities either.

Rep. Marjorie Decker and others clarified as well that the Safe Communities Act does not protect criminals from normal justice. It only prevents targeting otherwise law-abiding residents from prosecution based exclusively on their immigration status.

“If you break the law, there is no sanctuary. If you hurt someone else, there is no sanctuary,” Decker said. “This is about ensuring people who every day are doing their best, doing their jobs, contributing to our community, making safe decisions for themselves and their families, are not having their families ripped apart.”

Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz noted that being in the country without legal status is a low-level offense: It is simply a civil violation, as is speeding.

Meanwhile, opponents such as Bristol County Sheriff Thomas Hodgson said the bill would block potentially useful lines of communication with the federal government and make it easier for immigrants who commit crimes to return to local communities instead of being sent to their countries of origin. Moreover, he argued that that restricting custody-information-sharing with ICE to cases of serious violent felony only is too limiting and would leave out perpetrators of offenses that can be tried as misdemeanors, such as

assault and battery on a pregnant woman and possession of child pornography.

The sheriff also said he believes that even excluding incidents in which they are perpetrators, undocumented immigrants drive up crime rate, because they are a population vulnerable to be taken advantage of, and thus ready victims for native-born offenders.

“By having more people here illegally, we have more crimes, whether they’re victims or perpetrating them, we’re exposing our communities to more crimes,” Hodgson said.

Legality?

Some questioned whether it is legal to detain someone for ICE if the person already has completed their sentence, had their sentence dismissed or has paid bail and been released pretrial.

Re-confining them could count as arresting someone twice or as detaining them without probable cause. Some Safe Communities advocates said leveraging deportation against any undocumented immigrant appears to be a onesize-fits-all punishment that does not always match the severity of the offense.

Community and economic well-being

The act’s impact extends to education, economics, public health and climate, said activists. Education activists said students cannot focus when afraid of losing their parents to deportation. Curtatone said fears of deportation stop people from seeking medical care and from going out and patronizing businesses.

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Established 1965

Maintain Boston Latin’s academic standards Boston Latin School is recognized as one of the nation’s most academically rigorous public schools. Bostonians are understandably proud of Latin School, the first public school in the nation.

Unfortunately, the number of African Americans who are admitted each year is less than the proportionate share of the city’s black population. Some errant reformers have suggested that the problem could be resolved by making the admissions requirements easier.

Such a destructive proposal could be offered only by those who have no experience surviving Latin School’s academic demands. The dropout rate for those who have passed the admission test is high.

Years ago it was anticipated that only one-third of those who entered in the seventh grade would graduate. It makes little sense to simplify admission without also remedying the rate of losses through academic attrition.

According to reports, of the 646 students who were enrolled in 2015 in the Exam School Initiative to prepare for the entrance exam, 21 percent were black and 26 percent were Hispanic. That is almost twice the percentage in the previous year. However, there was no substantial increase in black and Hispanic

admissions. But that should come as no surprise. The most that the Exam School Initiative can do is familiarize students with the style of the exam. Extensive reading over the years and a commitment to learning inculcated at home, together with strong teaching in grammar school. give students the tools to ace the exam.

However, while Asians constitute only 8.8 percent of the school district population, they are 29 percent of the students enrolled in Boston Latin School. This advantage has not been achieved because Asians are more affluent and can better afford private tutors, as some reformers have suggested. Research data indicate that the household income between Asians and African Americans is comparable.

The data also establish a high educational attainment among Asians, with 46.7 percent having bachelor’s degrees or higher. Only 18.4 percent of African Americans are at that level. Perhaps an enhanced awareness of the value of education is enough to motivate Asian youth to aspire to attend Latin School. At any rate, it is time to find a strategy for better attendance of blacks rather than to pursue a remedy to improve diversity that would denigrate the value of one of Boston’s treasures.

Free speech revisited There seems to be confusion among some Americans about what constitutes freedom of speech in the nation. The issue arose because at least 10 students who had been admitted to Harvard University have had their acceptance revoked. They had apparently authored racially or sexually offensive memes on a social media site. The Harvard administration decided that such conduct disqualified them for admission.

Critics assert that Harvard’s action constitutes a violation of the right of free speech. Hardly. While revocation of acceptance is a severe consequence, it is never too early for the young to learn that every individual must assume

responsibility for their statements. In the past, comments attracting censure were usually made on the radio, in print or in the public square. Now social media, which are generally accessible, have led to a loss of privacy, and created another hazard because of the public’s fascination with technology.

The Russian invasion of the country’s election process demonstrates that privacy is readily invaded. Citizens and institutions have the right to react adversely to publicized comments.

Publishers must properly identify the authors of comments, and those wishing to remain anonymous must evade the long reach of technology.

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By EARL OFARI HUTCHINSON Why do we get so worked up over the n-word?

TV host Bill Maher intemperately uses the n-word. Then a pack of black celebrities and academics feverishly debate the propriety of it. And then everyone within and outside of earshot is off to the races, endlessly chattering about it. I’ve seen this so often that it’s almost ritual. A white celeb, politician or, in the case of Maher, a talk show host, tosses out the word and the public’s blood pressure rises. The debate over it gets especially heated among blacks. Some defend it. Some rail against it.

I remember a few years back during yet another round of hot debate on the word there was a momentary national campaign by black activists to ban its use. There was even a website that hawked T- shirts, DVDs and exhorted blacks, especially young blacks, to solemnly pledge not to use the word or patronize anyone who puts out products that use the word. Presumably, that was aimed at rappers — and a popular comic strip writer — who turned the n-word into a lucrative growth industry.

The anti-n-word campaigners then and now are both right and wrong in assailing the n-word.

There’s no disagreement that the term hurled by white bigots is vile, offensive and hate-filled. And that it has caused much personal pain and suffering. But that’s where agreement ends. Many rappers have made a mighty effort to stand the word on its head, and take the hurt out of it.

Their effort has some merit, and is not new. Dick Gregory had the same idea some years ago when he titled his autobiography “Nigger.” Black writer Robert DeCoy also tried to apply the same racial shock therapy to whites when he titled his novel “The Nigger Bible.” Richard Pryor, before his epiphany on its use, for a time made the term practically his personal national anthem.

Though words aren’t value neutral and are often used to promote hate, they in themselves don’t trigger racial violence or psychologically destroy blacks. The n-word did not stir the century of Jim Crow violence, segregation, disenfranchisement and poverty that blacks suffered. That was done to preserve white political and economic power, control and privilege. But even in those days, when a white person, especially a celebrity, athlete or public official, slipped and used the word or made any overt racist reference, black outrage was swift and ferocious. The NAACP even pushed Merriam Webster dictionary to purge it.

The word in and of itself is not a code sign for discrimination, or a trigger to commit racial violence. The outcry, however, pointed to the double standard that far too many blacks apply to whites. In the past, a small band of activists waged war against the use of the word by blacks.

They have been the exception. Blacks have been more than willing to give other blacks who use the word a pass. The indulgence sends the subtle signal that the word is hardly the earthshattering, illegitimate word that many blacks and whites brand it to be.

Maher didn’t publicly say it, but he probably could have, and that’s that his black friends routinely use the word. A hip hop record producer who weighed in on the controversy partially backed him up and said that the word had lost some of its sting since white hip hoppers use the word and do mean any offense by it. It was self-serving ploy by a defendant grasping to paint himself as bigotry-free. But the point was a good one.

That’s not the only reason the n-word debate is suspect. Put bluntly, don’t we have more important things to call about? Trump and all he represents, failing inner city public schools, the near depression level unemployment among young black males, the more than 1 million blacks who pack America’s jails, the surging homelessness numbers of which blacks make up a disproportionate share, the wholesale assault on public education and affordable health care, the gut of voting rights, civil rights, and labor protections, and the continuing cycle of crime and violence, hopelessness and desperation that wracks some poor black communities.

Yet, there are few impassioned panels, pulsating websites, marches and demonstrations by blacks demanding action on these crisis problems.

Then again, it’s just much easier and more fun to generate passion and heat over a word than to generate passion and heat over real crisis problems. Putting Maher and the n-word on trial won’t change that.

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Though words aren’t value neutral and are often used to promote hate, they in themselves don’t trigger racial violence or psychologically destroy blacks. ”

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It shows what the real makeup of Boston will be under the city’s 30-year plan. It’s not adding any capital to the bank accounts of any current residents.

It’s good in a way. But we need more housing for the elderly and the disabled. There needs to be more affordability.

I think it’s not practical, based on the income of the people who live here. It seems like they’re catering to a high-income group. It’s difficult to find living quarters in Boston.

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It’s gentrification. I’m not sure who can even afford what they’re building.

Right now I feel as if it’s not really benefitting Roxbury, Dorchester and Mattapan. It’s benefitting the high income brackets. It’s gentrification.

I think it’s amazing. It’s a push for the future. I just wish it could be more for the community than attracting people from outside.

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with our lending partners.”

Prior to being promoted, Boye was a loan acquisition analyst at MassHousing since 2013.

Before joining the agency, she was a training consultant for the National Community Reinvestment Coalition in Washington, D.C. from 2011 to 2014. She was a senior mortgage advisor at Mount Washington Bank in Boston from 2004 to 2011.

Boye has a master of science degree in business ethics and compliance from New England College of Business, a juris doctorate from Suffolk University Law School and a bachelor of arts degree in international business and marketing from the University of Massachusetts, Boston.

MassHousing (The Massachusetts Housing Finance Agency) is an independent, quasi-public agency created in 1966 and charged with providing financing for affordable housing in Massachusetts. The agency raises capital

by selling bonds and lends the proceeds to low- and moderate-income homebuyers and homeowners, and to developers who build or preserve affordable and/ or mixed-income rental housing.

MassHousing does not use taxpayer dollars to sustain its operations, although it administers some publicly-funded programs on behalf of the Commonwealth.

Since its inception, MassHousing has provided more than $20 billion for affordable housing.

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NATASHA Z. BOYE Natasha Z. Boye has been promoted to MassHousing’s HomeOwnership Business Development team where she is a relationship manager working with the agency’s business partners to foster homebuying opportunities for Massachusetts residents. In her new position, Boye, of Boston, will be working with lending partners who originate MassHousing home mortgage loans, nonprofit agencies that provide homebuyer education and other consumer services, and realtor associations, in Boston and on the North Shore.

“Natasha brings experience, energy and enthusiasm to our mission of providing quality, affordable home mortgage products to lower- and moderate-income residents in Massachusetts,” said MassHousing Executive Director Tim Sullivan.

“Her depth of knowledge of the mortgage industry makes her uniquely qualified to develop and enhance our relationship

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affordable and one-third are market-rate. The homes range in price between $294,000 and $425,000.

They are affordable to households with a combined income between $60,000 and $100,000 a year.

The homes are built in accordance with DND’s standardized building plans, which were vetted by community groups and are intended to fit in with the look of existing neighborhood homes. The designs are pre-approved by the Inspectional Services Department – a provision that helps builders

get through the construction process more quickly.

In some areas, like Trull Street, the city owns single parcels of developable land on which a new home is built. In other areas, like on Harold, Waumbeck and Crawford streets, the city owns multiple parcels that are being developed by a single developer — in that case, the Roxbury-based Windale Development.

The large and small parcel configurations allow the city to provide opportunities for large and small development firms.

On Harold Street, Walsh and other city officials toured one of the 16 single- and two-family

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“We’re going to bid on some more of these,” Johnson tells Walsh.

“We’d love to see you bid on some packages,” the mayor responds.

Back on Trull Street, Omolade says she heard about the Neighborhood Homes Initiative through the Boston branch of the NAACP. “So, what do you think of the program?” Walsh askes her.

“It’s an excellent program,” she says. “It is hard to qualify. A lot of people make too much money.

That’s the challenge. But it offers a tremendous opportunity to young people if they do it at the right time.”

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ACCIDENTAL ADDICTION: JUST ONE PILL TOO MANY All addiction is accidental, explained Dr. Zoe Weinstein, director of the Inpatient Addiction Medicine Consult Service at Boston Medical Center, home of the Grayken Center for Addiction Medicine. “No one intends to become physically dependent on a substance, and then have cravings, compulsive use and negative consequences in his or her life.”

But the dependence can sneak up on you. Some drugs affect what’s called the brain’s reward system, which releases a chemical called dopamine. This system controls the sensation of pleasure and motivation, and compels a person to repeat certain behaviors that bring gratification, such as eating a satisfying meal or spending time with family and friends. Overstimulation of the system, however, causes a “high” that can induce an individual to take the drug again and again.

With repeated use of the drug, the brain eventually stops responding to the flood of dopamine and no longer produces the intense original high. In turn, that causes the individual to take more of the drug to retrieve that initial pleasure. That’s how substance use and addiction take hold. The desire for a better high can be persistent, which raises a challenge to recovery. Because of changes that have occurred in the brain, some people relapse and return to drug use even after years of abstinence.

Certain medications are more apt to produce these results. Controlled substances such as opioids, amphetamines and barbiturates, have a higher risk of causing physical dependence and addiction, said Weinstein. These drugs are commonly used for the treatment of pain, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, anxiety and panic attacks.

Although controlled substances are most likely to cause physical dependence, certain over-thecounter drugs have misuse potential as well, explained Weinstein.

For instance, cough or cold medications contain ingredients that may produce euphoria, or even hallucinations in quantities greater than the recommended dose. “These medications are more typically misused by teens,” she said.

Some people may be of higher risk for addiction, especially when using opioids for pain. The Opioid Risk Tool was developed to help assess characteristics that might lead to addiction. The risk factors cited are family and personal history of substance use disorder, the existence of psychological disease, such as depression or schizophrenia, and age between 16 and 45 years. Females who suffered preadolescent sexual abuse may also be at risk.

Further complicating the issue is that some people might not even be aware they have a substance use problem. That’s why the

Addiction Consult Service at BMC provides such a valuable service.

The Service is designed to help patients who are hospitalized for other reasons but found to be addicted. The program initiates medication-assisted treatment for their addiction during hospitalization and then helps patients transition to outpatient treatment programs.

Research has shown that the Inpatient Addiction Consult Service reduced emergency department visits by approximately 30 percent and readmission rates for high-risk patients by roughly 40 percent.

The crisis of substance use has taken its toll. In 2016, approximately 2,000 deaths in Massachusetts were attributed to unintentional or undetermined opioid-related overdose deaths, according to a report from the Massachusetts Department of Public Health. The socio-economic impact of use of illicit drugs costs the country $400 billion for health care, lost work productivity and crime, as determined by the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

In Massachusetts, measures have been taken by health professionals and the legislature to curb the epidemic. As an example, effective in March 2016, state law requires that initial opiate prescriptions be limited to a 7-day supply for outpatient users. Pharmacists dispensing such substances are required to keep an accurate record

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of the transaction, including name and address of the purchaser, as well as the strength and quantity of dosage dispensed. Doctors and dentists are advised to screen and counsel all patients about the risk of addiction and dependence with any controlled substance. “Providers must continuously weigh the risk and benefit of prescribing any substance with risk [potential], and should be able to identify and treat

addiction if and when it develops,” Weinstein said.

The $25 million gift from the Grayken family will help advance BMC’s mission to continue the Addiction Consult Service and other programs designed to curb the opioid epidemic in Boston. The BMC Grayken Center for Addiction Medicine will play a key national role in research, treatment, training and prevention of substance use disorder.

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“You can really make the argument, ‘No Latinos, no Boston renaissance,’” said Paul Grogan, CEO and president of The Boston Foundation. “That growth in population has been absolutely indispensable to the growth and vitality that the city exhibits today.”

High-level Latino professionals at the event, which was hosted by the Latino Legacy Fund, said that Boston and Massachusetts Latinos represent underutilized talent. Facilitating Latinos’ educational attainment, improving their access to job and career growth opportunities and forming more robust and interconnected Latino-led networks, they said, are key measures to help ensure the vitality and wellbeing of this growing sector and to pave the way for continued city and state economic growth.

Barriers to advancement

In Suffolk County, Latinos comprise 14 percent of the workforce, own 10.4 percent of Boston’s privately-held firms and account for $9 billion in economic output, according to the report. Despite these statistics, Latino-owned businesses on average make less in sales and have fewer (if any) paid employees compared to non-Latino owned businesses. Latinos disproportionately work in lower-paying industries, such as food preparation with median annual salaries of $31,000 for full-time work. They are underrepresented in some higher-wage sectors such as business and finance, which carry $92,000

median annual salaries.

Likely reasons for these disparities, the report says, are language barriers and the fact that Latinos are less likely to have college degrees or high school completion than non-Latinos. Only 19 percent of Latinos have bachelor’s degrees or higher, compared to 50 percent of non-Latinos. Boston jobs increasingly demand higher education, and even in jobs without such requirements, already applicants with higher degrees compete against those without. Additionally, a quarter of Latinos do not speak English well or at all, according to the report. Speakers at the ICA event told anecdotes of medically-trained individuals relegated to cleaning roles at hospitals because they lacked the necessary English capability to use their full skills.

Education and opportunities

Carlos Santiago, state commissioner of Higher Education, said solutions include investing more in funding and strengthening community colleges, given that 70 percent of Latinos attend public higher education institutions, and providing need-based student financial aid. Education approaches also need to shift to acknowledge changing realities such as needs for homelessness services and day care, he said, and educational institutions need to recruit and retain Latino faculty at all staff levels. In addition, greater support needs to be provided to first-generation college attendees to help them navigate where family knowledge falls short, and investments must be made early in the education pipeline to prevent achievement gaps that are often evident among

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Aixia Beauchamp of the Latino Legacy Fund spoke at the event. incoming college students.

“We’re going to see nearly 25 percent of our labor force retire within the next 10 years,” Santiago said.

“The traditional college-going white population is in decline. Latinos are growing, yet we’re not investing in them to succeed in all levels.”

Reiner Moquete, CEO of Advoqt Technology Group, said another issue is that students too often graduate high school unprepared to apply skills to real-world problems.

Small businesses cannot afford to spend time training new hires up to full effectiveness, he said.

“As a small business owner, that’s unsupportable. I can’t wait a year or two for someone to ramp

up,” Moquete said.

He recommended educational approaches that focus on hands-on learning, as well as encouragement for students to attain industry certifications after high school.

Other initiatives mentioned include programs targeted to common need areas such as industry-specific English language training and training for immigrants to get their professional licenses recertified in America, said Alejandra St. Guillen, director of the mayor’s Office of Immigrant Advancement. Marybeth Campbell, CEO of SkillWorks, noted from the audience that it can be effective to provide training on the

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Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Jim Rooney says his organization seeks to provide financial training to small businesses and to help support and grow diverse small firms by building supplier connections between small businesses and larger ones.

Engaging and keeping Latino talent

Jody Rose, executive director of New England Venture Capital Association, said those companies that report difficulty in finding diverse talent too often are relying only on their traditional search methods. Her organization recruits black and Latino talent out of colleges, two-year programs and coding boot camps for jobs in science and technology. Yvonne Garcia, senior vice president of investment and manager services at State Street Corporation and national president of the Association of Latino Professionals for America, said effective recruitment approaches may include partnering with Latino alumni associations; tailoring outreach efforts to match different sectors’ habits, for instance using social media to reach youth; holding one’s firm to clear goals and metrics; and employing strategies such as refusing to make a hire unless a diverse slate of candidates has been considered.

There also is a difference between recruiting talent and retaining it. The latter requires demonstrating career path opportunities, including offering professional development opportunities and role models in high-level positions.

Bob Rivers, Eastern Bank chair and CEO, noted that having Latinos on the firm’s board provides new perspectives on how to find diverse talent and on services that would best meet needs of potential clients from Latino communities.

Businesses are taking heed of Boston’s changing demographics.

Tufts Health Plan’s vice president of business diversity, Juan Lopera, said his company’s vitality requires being able to relate culturally to the city’s fastest growing sector, addressing Latinos’ specific needs and effectively targeting marketing to them.

Some Latino professionals said also that Latinos need to come together more consciously, create networking opportunities with each other where possible and take advantage of chances to act as mentors.

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Roxbury Homecoming celebrates longstanding friendships The idea for Roxbury Homecoming came during a funeral in 1996.

“We realized that we always get together at funerals or tragic occasions,” organizer Evelyn Thorpe told the Banner in a 1998 interview. “Everybody always talks about ‘yeah, we should get together’ but nobody ever does anything about it.”

Thorpe and a core group of folks made connections through old networks of what were in the 1940s and 1950s called “gangs” but were really more like social clubs.

In the first year they drew a crowd estimated at 2,000 people. Since then, the organization has grown steadily, drawing Roxbury residents and expatriates from across the country.

This Saturday, June 17, families, gangs and other groups stake out spaces with tents, awnings and chairs. Grills, coolers and tables laden with food and drink provide refreshments. Deejays spin classic soul and disco past. Walking through the gatherings, held in Franklin Park, is like an openair reunion that spans decades of Roxbury history.

Generations of Roxbury’s daughters and sons reminisce about the neighborhood in which they came of age and the people, places and institutions that made it special. Many artifacts from

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Founded 20 years ago, the Roxbury Homecoming celebration brings Roxbury’s daughters and sons from across the country to Franklin Park for barbeques, music and a celebration of friendship.

Roxbury’s past, like the hulking steel elevated Orange Line that ran through Dudley Station, are long gone. Gone too are whole sections of Roxbury, like the Madison Park neighborhood that was razed during urban renewal. Although Dudley Square is making a comeback, many at the Reunion recall the days when the busy shopping hub included a movie theater, Woolworths and a train, bus and trolley depot.

By 1999, organizers of a Boston Juneteenth celebration sought to combine the commemoration of

an announcement ending slavery in Texas with the reunion. Although some refer to the Roxbury Reunion as Juneteenth, it’s clear that for most who turn out the day is about the Roxbury experience.

For this year’s celebration, expect to see the same old gangs and tents of friends celebrating the ’50s, ’60s, ’70s and ’80s. Expect to see some candidates, too. With contested City Council and mayoral races, Boston’s political class will likely be out and about. But, as always, it’s Roxbury history that will occupy center stage.

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Notable Roxbury residents who made their mark in history H. Carl McCall grew up in Roxbury. He went on to Dartmouth College and later became the first African American to win statewide office in New York when he was elected state comptroller in 1993. In 2002, he ran unsuccessfully for governor of New York, losing to incumbent Republican Gov. George Pataki.

Harry J. Elam grew up in a three-decker on Elbert Street. he first attended the Henry L. Higginson School and subsequently was accepted at the prestigious Boston Latin School, graduating in 1940.

After serving in World War II, he attended Boston University and

Boston University School of Law. He became the first black judge appointed to the Boston Municipal Court and went on to serve a five-year term as the first Chief Justice there. In 1983, Governor Michael Dukakis appointed him to serve as an Associate Justice of the Massachusetts Superior Court.

Judge Elam retired from the judiciary in 1988.

During his close to 20 years on the bench, he served as Chairman of the Affirmative Action Committee of the Trial Court of the Commonwealth, introducing strategies to bring diversity to all of the Commonwealth courts.

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He was also one of the founders and first president of the Massachusetts Black Judges Conference and was one of the charter members of the National Judicial Council (Organization of Black Judges in the United States).

The “First Lady of Roxbury,” Melnea Agness Cass grew up in Boston before being sent to St. Frances de Sales Convent School, a Catholic school for black and Indian girls in Rock Castle, Virginia, where she graduated in 1914 as valedictorian. Back in Boston, she worked tirelessly as a volunteer, helping women register to vote after the 19th Amendment

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was ratified in 1920. Over the decades, she helped form the Boston local of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, was a founder and charter member of the Freedom House and was the only female charter member to Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD), which assisted people who lost their homes to urban renewal efforts. In the early years of the Bay State Banner, Cass contributed a column to the paper.

David Nelson, the first black federal district court judge in Massachusetts, grew up on Munroe Street, along with his brother J.D. Nelson, proprietor

of Rhumbline Advisers, the third largest black asset management firm in the nation, according to Black Enterprise.

Clifton R. Wharton was America’s first black Foreign Service Officer. When posted to Rumania in 1958, he became the first black to head a diplomatic mission to a European country. President John F. Kennedy later appointed Wharton ambassador to Norway. His son, Clifton Wharton Jr., attained even greater achievements. As president of Michigan State University, he became the first black to head a white university. As CEO of TIAACREF, he became the first black to head a Fortune 500 Company.

Detroit native Malcolm X spent his formative years in Roxbury, working behind the counter of the Townsend Drug Store on the corner of Humboldt Avenue.

Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan grew up on Shawmut Ave. in Lower Roxbury and graduated from Boston English High School.

Pioneering black journalist William Worthy graduated from Boston Latin School and Bates College in Maine and went on to hold many first-and-only black distinctions, including as an early CBS News correspondent and Nieman fellow at Harvard in the 1950s.

Born in Roxbury 1925, Roxbury native Roy Haynes began playing drums professionally in 1945, playing with many of the most talented luminaries in the jazz world, including Lester Young, Charlie Parker, Sarah Vaughn and John Coltrane. He has recorded scores of records as a leader and sideman and continues touring and performing to this day.

Another great jazz drummer Tony Williams grew up on Munroe Street in Roxbury and landed his first major gig at the age of 15 with alto saxophonist Jackie McLean, whom he played with at the Lower Roxbury jazz club Connolly’s. After touring with McLean, Williams joined Miles Davis’ groundbreaking quintet with Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock and Ron Carter.

From the 1970s through his passing in 1997, he performed and recorded as a band leader playing jazz and jazz-rock fusion.

Roxbury native Danny Holgate conducted and arranged for Cab Calloway for two decades. His Broadway credits include, musical director and arranger for “Eubie!” and “Bubbling Brown Sugar.”

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A long, proud history of honoring Roxbury’s past Editor’s note: Blacks began moving into Roxbury in sizeable numbers in the 1930s.

But for the prior 300 years, the Puritan settlement and later Town of Roxbury had few black inhabitants.

Blacks have, nevertheless, embraced the history of the neighborhood in its fullness. The following is a look back at Roxbury’s historic landmarks from an 1895 book written just 37 years after the town was annexed by Boston.

Historic pride and preservation efforts in Roxbury are hardly a new trend. More than 100 years ago, an impressive volume, “Picturesque Boston Highlands (Roxbury), Jamaica Plain and Dorchester,” offered an 1895 account of many areas that had then already endured as Roxbury landmarks.

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(above) The seal of the town of Roxbury, which was originally founded as a Puritan settlement in 1630. (below) A parting stone marker, noting the distance to the old State House.

Roxbury resident Paul Dudley installed the markers on colonial-era roadways throughout the Greater Boston area.

Eustis Street Burial Ground

The final resting place for Rev. John Eliot, the Warrens, the Dudleys and many other of Roxbury’s founders and leading citizens is one of the oldest cemeteries in New England. It also includes 400 to 500 veterans of the French and Indian War. The Eliot Burial Ground, also known as the Eustis Street Burial Ground, had its first burial in 1633. The 1895 account mentions the oldest gravestone then standing dated to 1653. True history buffs may wish to see if it has lasted another hundred years.

The 1895 history, written just a few years following Roxbury’s annexation to Boston, reflected what was already lingering resentment to annexation in its derision of the poor upkeep of the burying ground. “The present condition of this hallowed spot is a disgrace to the wealthy and cultured’ city within whose jurisdiction it now lies,” the text read, “and an indirect disgrace to the entire commonwealth of Massachusetts...”

“As the matter stands,” the tract continued, “the people of Roxbury are blamed for a grievous fault for which the city government of Boston is responsible. When Roxbury was an independent city it took good care of this historic ground.”

Having made its denunciation, the book went on to explain that Roxbury residents had taken the affair “into their own hands...to arrange it so that desecration will proceed no further...”

In 1974, the cemetery was declared a National Historic Site and nine years ago another revitalization was underway, sponsored by the Boston Parks and Recreation Department and the Boston Landmarks Commission, and, as in the last century, with significant input from local residents.

“What’s unique about it is that it’s there,” historian and state Rep. Byron Rushing said at the time in a Banner report. “It was the first cemetery in Roxbury. There were others and they [were] moved.

“It’s probably in the best condition of any of them,” he continued.

“Anyone who wants to see a historic cemetery in Boston should go there.”

Washington Street

“This is the longest street in the world,” the “Picturesque” book boasted unabashedly. “It being 44 miles in length. For many years, it was the only thoroughfare connecting Boston with the mainland, for ancient Boston was almost an island, it being entirely surrounded by water and by impassable salt marshes, flooded at high tide.”

Whatever the merit of the longest-in-the-world claim (two Western Avenues, one in Chicago and one in Los Angeles, run some 40 miles all within the city limits; the local entry goes through many different communities and another state before its terminus in Providence, Rhode Island) Washington Street is certainly one of this area’s oldest — already in 1631 a

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The First Church of Roxbury in John Eliot Square sits on the site of the original 1632 First Church of Roxbury. Built in 1804, it is the fifth meeting house built on that site.

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by President Washington in 1789.

Roxbury High Fort

The 1895 entry related that “the first regular fort built by the patriots when they began the siege of Boston” was located on the Bradlee estate, on the corner of Highland and Cedar streets, then and still so named. On Fort Street, it continued, the side of the fort is marked by the Roxbury Standpipe, which today is often confused as being part of the fort itself. Observant visitors then and now will notice an inscription on the standpipe: “On this eminence stood Roxbury High Fort, a strong earthwork, planned

by Henry Knox and Josiah Waters, and erected by American Army, June 1775, crowning the famous Roxbury lines of investment at the Siege of Boston.”

In a diversion from its account

of physical landmarks, the 1895 text also included a commentary on social changes in the area, namely, that of public drunkenness. “Strong liquors were much more commonly used in Colonial days than they are now,” the book explained, “but our ancestors discriminated strongly between use and abuse.”

To illustrate just now seriously the colonial forebears took public drunkenness, the book quoted the sentence given one Robert Coles on March 4, 1633: “For drunkenness by him committed at Rocksbury he shal be disfranchised, were about his necke & soe to hang upon his outward garment a D made of redd clothe & sette upon white, to contynue this for a yeare and not to leave it off at any time when he comes amongst company under penalty of XL shillings for the first offence and V pounds for the second, & after to the punished by the courte as they thinke meete; also he is to weare the D outwardes and is enjoyed to appear at the next Generalle court & to contynue there until the court be ended.”

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continued from page 1 America. Novas said this largely takes the form of aid, such as training on how to be organizers and assistance securing event and meeting space. BEAN’s main expenses are food for meetings, she said, adding that BEAN acquires free use of meeting space via its members’ networks. BEAN operates independently, and LEE supports creation of similar organizations nationwide, Novas said.

Some view the new group with wariness. Maurice Cunningham, associate professor of political science at the University of Massachusetts, writes on WGBH’s MassPoliticsProfs blog that Strategic Grant Partners helped fund LEE’s opening. In fiscal year 2015, Strategic Grant Partners gave LEE $150,000 and the promise of $550,000 in order “to help launch organizations in Massachusetts.” Cunningham notes that Strategic Grant Partners is the same group that built Families for Excellent Schools, which in turn fueled money into Great Schools Massachusetts, the heavy-spending ballot campaign committee that advocated to lift the cap on charter schools.

LEE’s board members count among them the children of several underwriters of charter expansion in Massachusetts. This includes the daughter of former New York mayor Michael Bloomberg — who gave $240,000 in support of Question 2 — and Steuart Walton, whose parents collectively contributed $1.8 million to advance Question 2.

BEAN has not taken an official stance on the charter school cap and says it seeks to bring together members of all types of schools.

In its spring 2017 newsletter, BEAN members celebrated joining advocacy on aiding homeless children (an area that received a specific allocation in the FY18 budget and has been a priority of City Councilor Annissa Essaibi-George) for the 10 Boys program and for the Excellence for All program championed by BPS superintendent Tommy Chang.

Novas said upcoming plans include forging partnership with existing education groups, including reaching out to Women Educators of Color and BPS’s Opportunity

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There are very few people in or around the district who don’t recognize that there are too few guidance counselors. It’s very agreed upon. We just want to be another voice that’s pushing for it.”

— Sarah Iddrissu, E4E policy associate

and Achievement Gap Taskforce along with 18 other organizations.

BEAN currently is surveying the environment so it does not replicate work already underway by groups with similar goals. Thus far BEAN has met one-one one with members of organizations who can make introductions, both to raise awareness of BEAN and attract more members, Novas said. Focus has been on raising awareness via word of mouth.

Novas said the inspiration for BEAN came from a sense that while there are groups elevating the voice of parents, teachers and others, there was not one group bringing all these voices together.

She said that BEAN seeks to ensure that more voices than just those of teachers or just those of

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parents are being heard, although each of those stakeholders need to be included as well.

“How do we make sure it’s not just the same people setting the agenda in Boston?” Novas said.

Giving feedback to BEAN organizers at the end of Monday night’s event, panelists overwhelming recommended the next event be structured for deeper conversation on each issue item.

Educators for Excellence

Along with providing LEE with funding in fiscal year 2015, Strategic Grant Partners also furnished Educators for Excellence with $350,000 and the promise of $2.15 million to come in order “to help launch organization in Massachusetts,” Cunningham

states. Educators for Excellence’s young Boston branch did not take a stance on Question 2.

E4E has yet to establish partnerships with other educator activists groups, Sarah Iddrissu, E4E policy associate, told the Banner.

It positions itself as a vehicle for mobilizing educators’ voices to weigh in on policy and currently is

focusing efforts on increasing provision of school guidance counselors to bolster trauma services.

“There are very few people in or around the district who don’t recognize that there are too few guidance counselors,” Iddrissu said. “It’s very agreed upon. We just want to be another voice that’s pushing for it.”

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Low interest rates, a strong economy and the turn of the seasons are all causing the real estate market to heat up.

More homes on the market bring more competition to buy the inventory that is out there. And one way to stand apart from other buyers who are vying for their dream home is to take steps to improve your credit score now.

With limited time, you may think there’s nothing you can do to improve your score. While you can’t make dramatic jumps in just a couple months, there are several steps you can take that may influence your score to increase enough to get you prequalified for the loan you want.

Keep in mind, lenders will pull your scores from all three major credit bureaus (Equifax, Experian and TransUnion), so it’s wise to check your credit report from each of them. Once you have your reports in hand, you can take steps that may have a positive impact on your scores.

Step 1: Check for errors. A credit report gives a comprehensive list of your lines of credit and payment history.

The first step is to review your credit report for errors and take steps to make corrections, including past and present names, loan amounts and credit cards in your name.

Step 2: Don’t miss a payment.

Creditors are interested in seeing how you manage credit, and the consistency of behavior counts. You should always pay at least the minimum amount due on bills on time every month. An easy way to ensure you don’t miss a payment is to sign up for automatic bill pay when available.

Step 3: Lower credit utilization levels. Credit utilization is the ratio of a credit card balance to the credit limit. If your balance is $5,000 and your credit limit is $10,000, then your credit utilization for that credit card is 50 percent. In general, a good credit utilization is less than 30 percent, so if you have a higher ratio, consider using your tax refund to pay down this debt.

Step 4: Don’t close old credit cards. If you have a credit card that is no longer used but was previously paid off on time each month, don’t close the account. Not only is this good for your credit utilization ratio, but it also is another indicator you’re a responsible candidate for a loan.

Step 5: Don’t apply for new credit. Avoid applying for any new credit, such as an auto loan or a new credit card account, between now and the time you will close on a home purchase. Lenders considering your loan application request your credit score from one or more credit bureaus. And these lender “inquiries” are recorded with one or more of the three national credit bureaus, which may lower your credit score by 10 to 20 points.

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TECH TALK Apple’s smart speaker to be available in December Not to be outdone by Amazon and Google, Apple has announced it will enter the home smart speaker market with its HomePod. Apple announced the Siri-powered smart speaker has a built-in “musicologist” that See BIZ BITS, page 20

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Eastern Bank Chairman and CEO Bob Rivers, Business Equity Initiative Executive Director Glynn Lloyd and President Quincy Miller during a meeting at Darryl’s Corner Bar.

Banking on local business Eastern Bank growth fund targets minority-owned firms

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Studies from the Brookings Institute and the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston in recent years detailed and solidified Boston’s status as the city with the widest wealth gap in the United States, prompting soul searching among business and civic leaders.

For Eastern Bank Chairman and CEO Bob Rivers, the wealth gap revelation was a call to arms of sorts.

“The business community owns that,” he said during this week’s kickoff event for the bank’s Business Equity Initiative. “It’s time for the business community to step up.”

Through the new initiative, Eastern Bank is stepping up with a $10 million growth fund aimed at providing loans to build the capacity of businesses owned by people of color.

“We decided we would focus on blacks and Latinos coming out the gate because that’s where the gap is the greatest,” said Glynn Lloyd, executive director of the Business Equity Initiative.

The 2015 Federal Reserve “Color of Wealth” report found that while white households have a median wealth of $247,500, blacks and Dominicans’ median wealth is close to zero. Because small businesses are widely seen as the engines of the United States economy, Lloyd says, investing in them can help increase incomes in the communities where they’re located. Currently, minority-owned

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Many business owners can pick up the phone, make a call and get a lifeline, [but] minority businesses don’t have that same strength of networks. We want to help them build those networks.”

— Glynn Lloyd, executive director of the Business Equity Initiative

businesses receive less than 2 percent of all venture capital in the United States.

Eastern Bank’s investment in the businesses will come with technical assistance from strategic advisers the bank will employ.

The advisers will assess small businesses, create strategic master plans and help the businesses execute the plans.

“It’s a technique that works well in the private equity world,” Lloyd said. “The difference is that private equity firms have a controlling interest.”

Lloyd said the advisers have a background in private equity and will work with the initiative at discounted rates. Eastern Bank will pick up 80 percent of the cost for the advisers, with the small businesses paying 20 percent. As the participating businesses execute their strategic growth plans, the advisers, who will work on average eight hours a week with them, will bring in specialists to help with areas such as website

development, marketing, analytics and legal work.

“We think this is a method that’s proven,” Lloyd said. “The fact that we’ll have strategic advisers embedded with the companies will help mitigate some of the risk in our growth fund.”

Early stage investing

In order to qualify for the Business Equity Initiative, businesses must have minimum annual sales volume of $800,000, be located in Eastern Massachusetts or southern New Hampshire and have a demonstrated capacity for growth.

Examples of growth include a construction company building its bonding capacity to take on larger projects or a tech firm scaling up to supply a large health care network.

For small businesses to grow, Lloyd says, they typically need to satisfy five criteria: the right people in place; a good strategy; the ability to execute that strategy; access to markets; and access to

capital. The Business Equity Initiative will help participants satisfy those criteria and help business owners build up the social capital they need.

“Many business owners can pick up the phone, make a call and get a lifeline,” he said, “[but] minority businesses don’t have that same strength of networks.

We want to help them build those networks.”

The program’s first cohort will include 15 businesses. Next year, Lloyd says, that number will grow to 30.

Lloyd stresses that the initiative is a philanthropic endeavor, not simply a means of driving more business to the bank. “It doesn’t matter whether you bank with Eastern,” he said.

Ultimately, the measure of the success of the Business Equity Initiative will be how well the businesses grow.

“We want to see the companies double in size,” Lloyd said.

“It will generate job creation. It’s all the things that happen when you have healthy businesses in our community. This really models how anyone who is investing philanthropic dollars into economic development can have a greater impact in this city.”

Ultimately, Rivers says, helping the business community serve people of color will help improve the long-term economic wellbeing of the city.

“We believe that supporting minority business is not only the right thing to do, it’s the smart thing to do,” he said.

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MONEY TALK

You don’t need a bunch of money to achieve the ‘American Dream’ There are many would-be homeowners out there that have been misled about their ability to afford a home in Boston. We have some of the highest real estate prices in the country and the misconception that you can’t purchase a home without 20 percent down has led a lot of people away. Here are five mortgage programs that require significantly less out of pocket money.

Mass Housing Home Mortgage

Mass housing loans is a statefunded program to help homebuyers within Massachusetts. Mass housing allows buyers to purchase a home with a minimum of 3 percent out of pocket. The big benefit of mass housing is that you do not pay PMI on these loans. The downside to mass housing, is that there are income qualifications and you do have to take a first-time home buyers course to be eligible for the loan.

FHA Mortgage Loans

FHA (Federal housing administration) home loan programs are probably the most popular throughout the country for individuals who are not capable of placing a 20 percent down payment. The FHA loan program allows for a 3.5 percent down payment and a minimum credit score 580. If you’re purchasing a home for $400,000 the down payment or an FHA loan would be roughly $14,000, opposed to $60,000 if 20 percent was required. You do however pay a little more for the ability to put less down. An FHA loan requires you to pay PMI (or

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private mortgage insurance).

This is insurance the government makes you pay for not having a loan to value of 80/20. Once your home appreciates, or your debt is paid down to a point we are mortgage is 80 percent or less of your home’s value, you can refinance out of the FHA loan and remove the PMI requirement. Another positive of the FHA program, is that it allows family members to help you contribute to your down payment.

203K HomeLoans

A 203k loan is similar to an FHA loan with an added bonus.

The 203K loan allows you to borrow additional funds to make repairs to the property you purchase. For example, you can purchase a home for 300,000, and borrow an additional 30,000 for a kitchen and bathroom makeover.

5 percent Down Conventional Mortgage

There are also conventional mortgage programs that allow for a 5 to 10 percent down payment.

There are no homebuyers courses, income restrictions or PMI to pay, that you may receive a slightly higher interest rate.

VA (Veterans Administration) Home Loans

VA helps Service members, Veterans, and eligible surviving spouses become homeowners.

VA does not require a down payment to purchase a home. If your income qualifies you can finance 100% of the cost of your home.

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House of the gods Reginald Jackson exhibit visualizes Yoruba tradition

By CELINA COLBY

PHOTO: T. CHARLES ERICKSON

Richard Prioleau, Nancy E. Carroll, Eric T. Miller, Annie Golden and Laura Latreille star in “Ripcord.”

‘Ripcord’ A

By SUSAN SACCOCCIA

softly-lit lavender bedroom in an upscale assisted living residence is the opening scene in the highly entertaining Huntington Theatre Company production of David Lindsay-Abaire’s comedy “Ripcord,” on stage through July 2 at the Calderwood Pavilion of the Boston Center for the Arts in the South End. Two queen beds dominate the room, and indeed, two queenly women reside here, locked in combat over turf. Driving the play is their vow: Relentlessly cheerful Marilyn will move to another room if Abby succeeds in making her angry. And if Marilyn manages to frighten the aloof, antisocial Abby, she will take over Abby’s window-side bed. Their game leads to increasingly cruel pranks.

Directed by Jessica Stone and running about 90 minutes with a 10-minute intermission, this fast-moving production takes the play’s single-minded focus and drives it hard. Yet although the plot is simple and the play’s characters are, for the most part,

HUNTINGTON THEATRE PRODUCTION ON STAGE AT CALDERWOOD PAVILION THROUGH JULY 2

cartoon-thin, the production delivers a touch of nuance and a bit of wisdom along with a gleeful comic punch. Keeping the play from becoming formulaic or sentimental is the production’s strong cast and terrific staging.

Boston native Lindsay-Abaire won the Pulitzer Prize for his play 2007 “Rabbit Hole” and the Huntington’s 2012 production of his satire about Southie, “Good People,” was a big hit. In “Ripcord,” produced in 2015 at the Manhattan Theatre Club, the playwright explores the nuttiness that takes over when people are stuck in roles that lock out others.

Take Abby. Shut into herself, her mouth frozen into a frown, she wears plain brown and black outfits. Food tastes like sand to her and rather than talk to people, she prefers to read books on her e-tablet. She wants the bedroom to herself and for several years, under previous management, she had her way, without paying extra for a private room. Nobody could stand staying with her.

But Marilyn, her new roommate, loves

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Photographer Reginald Jackson has a display of works on paper at the Museum of the National Center of Afro American Artists in conjunction with the “Black Gods Live: Work of Stephen Hamilton” exhibit. “Orisha Domains Series” features dreamy, edited landscapes, the sort of natural destinations controlled and inspired by the gods of Hamilton’s exhibit. The series is a result of Jackson’s close study of West African religious practices and how they continue to emerge in and impact the lives of African Americans today.

A few pieces feature lush, verdant landscapes in greens, yellows and blues. These hues mirror the robes of the gods in the neighboring exhibition. Many of the landscapes are dark and dense. Harsh thickets cover murky waters, the mirrored images merging at the center to bar the viewer from stepping further into the image.

The Orisha are associated with different actions, often referred to as “domains.” Jackson offers weather as an example of an Orisha’s domain. The gods also are meant to exemplify different facets of human personality. Perhaps the darker landscapes are reflections of the darker traits.

The contemporary images have the highly-edited quality of a video game alternate reality. Though the domains in the Yoruba cosmology are areas the gods control, Jackson’s images equally look like spaces inhabited by the divine.

Each image appeals to a different

www.huntingtontheatre.org/season/2016-2017/ripcord the room for its light and view of the park, and assures Abby that she is not going anywhere else. Shrill with cheer and attired in bright paisleys, she has equally loud and energetic offspring. “They’ll do anything for me,” says the ever-smiling Marilyn, with a touch of menace. Her son excitedly shepherds the ladies into a skydiving adventure and her daughter, outfitted in jeans and boots, eagerly takes her mother’s side in battle, with her long-suffering husband as an accomplice.

Buffering the two adversaries is Scotty, a kind staff member who aspires to be an actor. He invites the women to his gig portraying a butler at a haunted house (Halloween is coming up). Marilyn happily snaps up a $12 ticket. Abby reluctantly

See “RIPCORD,” page 23

See JACKSON, page 23

ON THE WEB To learn more about Reginald Jackson and the “Orisha Domains Series,” visit:

ncaaa.org.

PHOTO: CELINA COLBY

A photograph from the “Orisha Domains Series” by Reginald Jackson.

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Dancing in the streets Eighty diverse performers take over Harvard Square

By CELINA COLBY

Tatianna Haynes of the contemporary Haitian dance group Jean Appolon Expressions swings her hips to heavy drumbeats in the Sanctuary Theatre. Together with partner Jean-Sebastien Duvilaire, she raises her arms to the sky, rocking back and forth with powerful steps. Their emotive dance style is a mix of traditional Haitian folkloric steps and contemporary choreography. JAE was one of 80 troupes to perform at Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre’s Dance for World Community on Saturday June 10 in Harvard Square.

The annual all-day festival highlights the diversity of the

Boston dance community with performances of dance styles from all over the world. The spectrum of bodies, ages and movement perpetuates Jose Mateo’s dictum that anyone can dance.

Five stages hosted performances in and around the Sanctuary Theatre and the surrounding section of Massachusetts Avenue.

Each troupe had 30 minutes to showcase their talents, though many stayed to support their fellow artists.

JAE’s mission is to educate their audiences on the history and cultural traditions of Haiti. In their World Community piece the soundtrack featured a voiceover about an immigrant’s disillusionment with America. The dance reflected disappointment and then hope, as the choreography went from slow sweeps to broad, powerful movements. JAE attributes the popularization of Haitian dance moves in contemporary culture to the research of modern dance icon Katherine Dunham.

Following JAE, KS Dance Studio paid homage to Africa. The Hyde Park-based group teaches ages three to adult. Their goal

PHOTO: COURTESY JOSE MATEO BALLET THEATRE

A troupe performs during the Jose Mateo Ballet Theatre’s Dance for World Community event. is to help students embrace and understand their culture through movement. The mostly young performers at World Community danced with abandon, thriving off the attention of the crowd.

In addition to the performances, the festival featured dance lessons, food vendors and “Advocacy Way,” a street full of booths with information about local nonprofits and activist

groups. The festival was free and open to all viewers, advocating accessibility to the arts.

For Jose Mateo, founder of Jose Mateo Ballet School, the festival is an opportunity to celebrate the diversity that isn’t always transparent in the field. He says that especially with ballet, dancers who don’t fit into specific physical and racial specifications are discouraged from working toward

professional careers. Dance for World Community works to break down these stereotypes.

Next year will be the tenth anniversary celebration of the festival and Mateo has plans for a yearlong cultural celebration. He says, “It’s all about talking with people in the community to show that dance does connect to social issues. There’s still so much work that needs to be done.”

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Annie Golden (left) and Nancy E. Carroll in “Ripcord.”

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continued from page 21 follows suit, only to curry favor with Scotty. She has pressed to intervene on her behalf and ask the residence manager to move Marilyn to another room.

Taking the role of Abby is the ever-superb Nancy E. Carroll, who can convey longing or disdain with a flick of her eyes. In “Good People,” she played Dottie, an amusingly self-absorbed landlady who made toys out of Styrofoam cups.

As the hard-working Marilyn, Annie Golden is most enjoyable as her character starts showing her wiles. Eric T. Miller turns Abby’s estranged son into a character we care about, and while he is on stage, “Ripcord” becomes a different play. Ugo Chukwu gives Scotty

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continued from page 21 personality trait, the luminous, the vindictive and the powerful.

Although the images aren’t crafted for a specific god, it’s easy to place one in each space. One dark, rocky sepulcher features jagged edges and violent carvings. This might be the domain of Ògún, who presides over iron, fire, hunting, politics and war.

Oya, an Orisha associated with wind, lightning, fertility, fire and magic, at the opposite end of the spectrum, would prefer the sumptuous seaside landscape with rich blue water and green shores.

Many of the Orisha are associated with nature and natural phenomena, and Jackson welcomes viewers to see how many gods they can spot in the series.

Jackson currently serves as professor emeritus of communications at Simmons College, and founder and president of Olaleye Communications. He received his M.F.A. and B.F.A. from Yale University. An activist as well as an artist, Jackson is a member of the Boston Pan-African forum and several other organizations to promote civic and social development.

“Orisha Domain Series” will be viewable during the Museum of the NCAAA’s Juneteenth celebration on Monday, June 19.

the right mix of amiability and playfulness. Laura Latreille and Richard Prioleau are fun to watch as Marilyn’s play-to-win daughter and her compliant mate.

With sets by Tobin Ost, costumes by Gabriel Berry, lighting by David Weiner, sound design and original music by Mark Bennett, choreography by Misha Shields, and projections by Lucy Mackinnon, this production’s staging delivers an array of tricks and treats, from conjuring a haunted house and a fabulous sky-diving episode

to light-hearted musical interludes that evoke the tonic power of theater to cast people in different roles and other selves. Just watch otherwise-stiff Abby join the lord of the haunted house in a sinuous mambo.

The production teases out the secret at the heart of the play: that in enacting our everyday selves, we are not so far off from the world of theater; and, if given a chance, life — primarily other people — can draw us into new and better roles.

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A salt on the senses Salt-crust technique brings out food’s flavor

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It’s one thing to know salt makes food taste better. It’s another to understand that every single bite of food, from oatmeal to steak Oscar, is a culinary opportunity to be optimized with the right amount of salt.

There isn’t really any other food or flavor enhancer about which you could say that.

That isn’t to say that salt must always be added, because some food contains its own.

But in the absence of salt, food would be relatively bland.

Salt doesn’t as much change or add flavor as make food taste more like itself. A tomato tastes more vivid. Corn is not only sweeter but more complex. Meat tastes not only richer but juicier.

Too much salt can obscure the flavor of the food. When all you can taste is salt, something is wrong.

Restaurant and processed foods are usually salted to the hilt, but all too often, homecooked meals end up undersalted. This is not just a rookie move. Experienced cooks are guilty of this. I’ve been scolded for it myself, in fact, more times than I should admit.

I’m fortunate enough not to have high blood pressure, so my thoughts on salt are all about flavor, taste and culinary success.

For those with healthy blood pressure, evidence exists that there is no correlation between sodium intake and cardiovascular disease or stroke. This case has been pretty

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TIP OF THE WEEK Enhance the taste of kale In the past few years, kale has become incredibly popular for one simple reason: It’s really healthy.

Even kale lovers admit, though, it has a rough texture and a bitter taste. One way to make kale more palatable is through the process of “massaging” the kale.

To do this, tear the leafy part off the stem, toss in some lemon juice, a splash of vinegar and some olive oil, then knead the kale for two to three minutes with your hands. This will break down the fibers, soften the leaves and enhance the flavor.

EASY RECIPE A sweet and healthy dessert

It isn’t necessary to build a replica of one of the seven Wonders of the World. I like to saltcoat and bake mediumto-large vegetables like potatoes and carrots.

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solid since about 2011. Nonetheless, organizations like the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association are still pushing for lower salt intake across the entire population.

Baked, salt-crusted stuff

Here is a recipe for baking things with a salt crust based on a technique I learned by studying the work of Alain Ducasse, the French chef who famously abandoned animal-based cuisine in favor of cuisine vegetal.

Ducasse once enclosed a beet within a pyramid of sea salt and baked it. When the beet was done, it was extracted from the rockhard salt with a hammer.

It isn’t necessary to build a replica of one of the seven Wonders of the World. I like to salt-coat and bake medium-to-large vegetables like potatoes and carrots as well.

But I am a bit spooked by sea salt these days, however, thanks to a recent report that found 15 of 16 samples of sea salt collected around the world were contaminated with microplastic residue from trash floating in the ocean. The only type of sea salt that’s guaranteed to be free of such residue would be salt that is mined from ancient sea beds, like the Real Salt brand mined in Utah. Kosher salt

works just as well in this dish, too.

Mix a half-cup of salt with a splash of water, just enough so that you can mix it into the consistency of a snowball. Place a potato or carrot or beet onto a baking dish and pack the salt atop and around it. Bake at an appropriate time and temp for the veggie in question. For a large potato, an hour at 300 should do. Forty-five minutes for a beet or a carrot. Let the dish cool before extracting the veggie from the rock-hard coating of salt.

The potato can be served with typical fixings like butter, bacon or chives, if you wish. But first, take a taste of just plain potato. The salt will have permeated the flesh, accentuating its potato-ey essence. Salted, not salty, the baked potato is quietly elevated to something wonderful.

For the carrot, remove it from the salt crust, slice, and serve with balsamic vinegar and a drizzle of olive oil. The skin, salty and cooked bitter, provides a nice contrast to the sweet juicy soft flesh inside, while the balsamic adds its own sharp, fruity sweetness.

Serve the beet with balsamic as well, after busting it from its shell and slicing.

Ari LeVaux writes a syndicated weekly food column that’s appeared in more than 50 newspapers in 25 states. Ari can be reached at flash@flashinthepan.net.

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Desserts can still be sweet, delicious and yes, even nutritious. The secret lies in a three-part combination: Fruit, cheese and nuts. Here is a traditional recipe that harkens back to a time when sugar and chocolate weren’t so readily available: n Halve and hollow several pears. n Place them right-side up and roast them at 400 degrees for 10 minutes. n Take them out and sprinkle gorgonzola and almond slivers on top and serve.

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LEGAL LEGAL NOTICE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

The MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY (Authority) is soliciting consulting services for MPA CONTRACT NO. AP1314-S6, FY18-20 LOGAN AIRPORT BRIDGE AND TUNNEL INSPECTIONS, GREATER BOSTON, MA. The Authority is seeking qualified multidiscipline consulting firms or teams, with proven experience to provide professional services related to the inspection of bridges and tunnels on an on-call, as needed basis. These services are expected to be provided at Massport-owned property in East Boston and South Boston, MA. The Consultants must be able to work closely with the Authority and other interested parties in order to provide such services in a timely and effective manner.

The consultants shall demonstrate experience in bridge and tunnel inspections and have the ability to provide work zone safety, prepare bridge inspection reports, and prepare recommendations for maintenance and repair of the structures. The consultant shall also have the ability to prepare cost estimates, specification, and sketches to be included in bridge and tunnel repair contracts. The work may also include an inventory and inspection of existing roadway and bridge sign structures.

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.

The Authority expects to select as many as three qualified consultants.

However, the Authority reserves the right to select a different number if it is deemed in its best interest to do so. Each consultant shall be issued a contract in an amount not to exceed Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars ($800,000). The services shall be authorized on a work order basis.

The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance and Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of $1,000,000. Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details.

A Supplemental Information Package will be available, on Wednesday, June 14, 2017 on the Capital Bid Opportunities webpage of Massport http://www. massport.com/doing-business/_layouts/CapitalPrograms/ default.aspx as an attachment to the original Legal Notice, and on COMMBUYS (www.commbuys.com) in the listings for this project. If you have problems finding it, please contact Susan Brace at Capital Programs SBrace@massport.com The Supplemental Information Package will provide additional information about the Scope of Work, Selection Criteria and Submission Requirements.

Filed sub bids will be required and taken on the following classes of work:

HEATING, VENTILATING, AND AIR CONDITIONING $420,000.00 ACOUSTICAL TILE

$114,000.00 PAINTING $ 60,000.00 PLUMBING $ 44,000.00 ELECTRICAL $154,000.00 FIRE PROTECTION SPRINKLER SYSTEMS $ 50,000.00

By responding to this solicitation, consultants agree to accept the terms and conditions of Massport’s standard work order agreement, a copy of the Authority’s standard agreement can be found on the Authority’s web page at www.massport.com. The Consultant shall specify in its cover letter that it has the ability to obtain requisite insurance coverage.

The Authority reserves the right to reject any sub bid of any sub trade where permitted by Section 44E of the above referenced General Laws. The right is also reserved to waive any informality in or to reject any or all proposals and General Bids.

This submission, including the litigation and legal proceedings history in a separate sealed envelope as required shall be addressed to Houssam H. Sleiman, PE, CCM, Director of Capital Programs and Environmental Affairs and received no later than 12:00 Noon on Thursday, August 3, 2017 at the Massachusetts Port Authority, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, Suite 209S, Logan International Airport, East Boston, MA 02128-2909. Any submission which is not received in a timely manner shall be rejected by the Authority as non-responsive. Any information provided to the Authority in any Proposal or other written or oral communication between the Proposer and the Authority will not be, or deemed to have been, proprietary or confidential, although the Authority will use reasonable efforts not to disclose such information to persons who are not employees or consultants retained by the Authority except as may be required by M.G.L. c.66.

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. L1025-C9, LOC THIRD FLOOR RENOVATION, ONE HARBORSIDE DRIVE, 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, JULY 26, 2017, immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly.

Sealed filed sub bids for the same contract will be received at the same office until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 2017, immediately after which, in a designated room, the filed sub bids will be opened and read publicly.

NOTE: PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT SUITE 209S – LOGAN OFFIC CENTER, ONE HARBORSIDE DRIVE, EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02128-2909 AT 10:00A.M. LOCAL TIME ON THURSDAY, JUNE 22, 2017.

The work includes THE SELECTIVE DEMOLITION, CONSTRUCTION, AND FINISH REPLACEMENT OF 19,000 S.F. ON THE SOUTH PORTION OF THE THIRD FLOOR AT THE LOGAN OFFICE CENTER. THE GENERAL SCOPE OF WORK INCLUDES REMOVAL OF TWO BATHROOMS CURRENTLY OUT OF ORDER, RECONFIGURING FIVE OFFICES INTO EIGHT; THE ADDITION OF THREE NEW OFFICES AND 4 NEW CONFERENCE ROOMS; RECONFIGURING AN EXISTING KITCHENETTE; AND REPLACEMENT OF ALL FINISHES THROUGHOUT THE SPACE INCLUDING CARPET AND RESILIENT FLOORING, PAINT, AND CEILING. NEW LIGHTING WILL BE PROVIDED IN SELECT LOCATIONS, SUCH AS THE CONFERENCE ROOMS AND KITCHENETTE, WITH EXISTING FIXTURES BEING REUSED FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE SPACE AND UPDATING CONTROLS THROUGHOUT. THE HVAC SYSTEM WILL BE RECONFIGURED TO SUPPORT THE RECONFIGURED SPACE, WITH NEW VAV BOXES, DUCTWORK, AND THERMOSTATS TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL CONTROL TO THE OCCUPANTS. A NEW ELECTRICAL CLOSET AND PANEL WILL BE ADDED TO SUPPORT THE MODIFIED HVAC SYSTEM. Bid documents will be made available beginning THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 2017.

Bid Documents in electronic format may be obtained free of charge at the Authority’s Capital Programs Department Office, together with any addenda or amendments, which the Authority may issue and a printed copy of the Proposal form.

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 & Maintenance and an Update Statement. The General Bidder must be certified in the category of GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. The estimated contract cost is ONE MILLION, SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTEEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,715,000).

In order to be eligible and responsible to bid on this contract, filed Subbidders must submit with their bid a current Sub-bidder Certificate of Eligibility issued by the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance and a Sub-bidder Update Statement. The filed Sub-bidder must be certified in the sub-bid category of work for which the Sub-bidder is submitting a bid proposal.

Bidding procedures and award of the contract and sub contracts shall be in accordance with the provisions of Sections 44A through 44H inclusive, Chapter 149 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

A proposal guaranty shall be submitted with each General Bid consisting of a bid deposit for five (5) percent of the value of the bid; when sub bids are required, each must be accompanied by a deposit equal to five (5) percent of

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This contract is subject to a Minority/Women Owned Business Enterprise participation provision requiring that not less than THREE AND EIGHT TENTHS PERCENT (3.8%) of the Contract be performed by minority and women owned business enterprise contractors. With respect to this provision, bidders are urged to familiarize themselves thoroughly with the Bidding Documents. Strict compliance with the pertinent procedures will be required for a bidder to be deemed responsive and eligible.

This Contract is also subject to Affirmative Action requirements of the Massachusetts Port Authority contained in the Non Discrimination and Affirmative Action article of Division I, General Requirements and Covenants, and to the Secretary of Labor’s Requirement for Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Opportunity and the Standard Federal Equal Opportunity Construction Contract Specifications (Executive Order 11246).

The General Contractor is required to submit a Certification of Non Segregated Facilities prior to award of the Contract, and to notify prospective subcontractors of the requirement for such certification where the subcontract exceeds $10,000.

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 LEGAL NOTICE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS The MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY (Authority) is soliciting consulting services for MPA CONTRACT NO. A302-D11, FY18-20 TERM ENGINEERING SERVICES. The Authority is seeking multiple qualified multidiscipline consulting firms or teams, with proven experience to provide professional services including planning, design, and construction related services including resident inspection on an on-call, as needed basis. These services are expected to be provided at any Massport owned or operated aviation and maritime facilities including Boston-Logan Airport, L.G. Hanscom Field, Worcester Regional Airport, Conley Terminal, Flynn Cruiseport Boston, and other South Boston waterfront properties to name a few. The Consultant must be able to work closely with the Authority and other interested parties in order to provide such services in a timely and effective manner.

The consultant shall demonstrate experience in several disciplines including but not limited to Civil, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Protection, Geotechnical, Waterfront engineering, Architecture, Vertical Transportation, Landscape Architecture, Code Compliance, Cost Estimating, Construction Phasing, and Sustainable Design.

The Authority expects to select three (3) consultants. However, the Authority reserves the right to select a different number if it is deemed in its best interest to do so. Each consultant shall be issued a contract in an amount not to exceed one million five hundred dollars ($1,500,000). The services shall be authorized on a work order basis.

A Supplemental Information Package will be available, on Wednesday, June 14, 2017 on the Capital Bid Opportunities webpage of Massport http://www. massport.com/doing-business/_layouts/CapitalPrograms/default.aspx as an attachment to the original Legal Notice, and on COMMBUYS (www.commbuys.com) in the listings for this project. If you have problems finding it, please contact Susan Brace at Capital Programs SBrace@massport.com The Supplemental Information Package will provide detailed information about Scope Of Work, Selection Criteria and Submission Requirements.

By responding to this solicitation, consultants agree to accept the terms and conditions of Massport’s standard work order agreement, a copy of the Authority’s standard agreement can be found on the Authority’s web page at www.massport.com. . The exception to this standard agreement is the insurance requirement of $1,000,000 of professional liability and $10M of commercial general liability. The Consultant shall specify in its cover letter that it has the ability to obtain requisite insurance coverage.

This submission, including the litigation and legal proceedings history in a separate sealed envelope as required shall be addressed to Houssam H. Sleiman, PE, CCM, Director of Capital Programs and Environmental Affairs and received no later than 12:00 Noon on Thursday, July 27, 2017 at the Massachusetts Port Authority, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, Suite 209S, Logan International Airport, East Boston, MA 02128-2909. Any submission which is not received in a timely manner shall be rejected by the Authority as non-responsive. Any information provided to the Authority in any Proposal or other written or oral communication between the Proposer and the Authority will not be, or deemed to have been, proprietary or confidential, although the Authority will use reasonable efforts not to disclose such information to persons who are not employees or consultants retained by the Authority except as may be required by M.G.L. c.66.

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR LEGAL NOTICE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS The MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY (Authority) is soliciting consulting services for MPA CONTRACT NO. A388-S1, GIS CONSULTING SERVICES, ALL MASSPORT FACILITIES, BOSTON, BEDFORD, AND WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS. The Authority is seeking qualified consulting firms or teams, with proven experience in providing on-call geographic information systems (GIS) services and the technical support needed for the implementation, integration, maintenance, and ongoing development of the Authority’s GIS program. The Consultants must be able to work closely with the Authority and other interested parties in order to provide such services in a timely and effective manner.

The Authority expects to select three (3) consultants. However, the Authority reserves the right to select a different number if it is deemed in its best interest to do so. Each consultant shall be issued a contract in an amount not to exceed $500,000.00. The services shall be authorized on a work order basis.

A Supplemental Information Package will be available, on June 15, 2017 on the Capital Bid Opportunities webpage of Massport http://www.massport. com/doing-business/_layouts/CapitalPrograms/default.aspx as an attachment to the original Legal Notice, and on COMMBUYS (www.commbuys.com) in the listings for this project. If you have problems finding it, please contact Susan Brace at Capital Programs SBrace@massport.com The Supplemental Information Package will provide detailed information about Scope of Work, Selection Criteria and Submission Requirements.

By responding to this solicitation, consultants agree to accept the terms and conditions of Massport’s standard work order agreement, a copy of the Authority’s standard agreement can be found on the Authority’s web page at www.massport.com. The Consultant shall specify in its cover letter that it has the ability to obtain requisite insurance coverage.

This submission, including the litigation and legal proceedings history in a separate sealed envelope as required shall be addressed to Houssam H. Sleiman, PE, CCM, Director of Capital Programs and Environmental Affairs and received no later than 12:00 Noon on July 20, 2017 at the Massachusetts Port Authority, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, Suite 209S, Logan International Airport, East Boston, MA 02128-2909. Any submission which is not received in a timely manner shall be rejected by the Authority as non-responsive. Any information provided to the Authority in any Proposal or other written or oral communication between the Proposer and the Authority will not be, or deemed to have been, proprietary or confidential, although the Authority will use reasonable efforts not to disclose such information to persons who are not employees or consultants retained by the Authority except as may be required by M.G.L. c.66.

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR INVITATION TO BID The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority is seeking bids for the following: BID NO.

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*To access and bid on Event(s) please go to the MWRA Supplier Portal at www.mwra.com. **To obtain bid documents please email request to: MWRADocumentDistribution@mwra.com Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU17P1014GD

Citation Giving Notice of Petition for Appointment of Guardian for Incapacitated Person Pursuant to G.L. c. 190B, §5-304 In the matter of Eileen Daniel Of Roxbury, MA RESPONDENT Alleged Incapacitated Person To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Department of Mental Health c/o Office of Westborough, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Eileen Daniel is in need of a Guardian and requesting that Vivian McDuffy of Huntsville, AL (or some other suitable person) be appointed as Guardian to serve without surety on the bond.

The petition asks the court to determine that the Respondent is incapacitated, that the appointment of a Guardian is necessary, that the proposed Guardian is appropriate. The petition is on file with this court and may contain a request for certain specific authority.

You have the right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 07/13/2017. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to file the written appearance if you object to the petition. If you fail to file the written appearance by the return date, action may be taken in this matter without further notice to you. In addition to filing the written appearance, you or your attorney must file a written affidavit stating the specific facts and grounds of your objection within 30 days after the return date.

IMPORTANT NOTICE The outcome of this proceeding may limit or completely take away the above-named person’s right to make decisions about personal affairs or financial affairs or both. The above-named person has the right to ask for a lawyer. Anyone may make this request on behalf of the above-named person.

If the above-named person cannot afford a lawyer, one may be appointed at State expense.

WITNESS, Hon. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court.

Date: June 02, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate

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WITNESS, Hon. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court.

Date: May 11, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate

Citation Giving Notice of Petition for Removal of a Guardian of an Incapacitated Person In the Interests of Eileen Daniel RESPONDENT Incapacitated Person/Protected Person

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Department of Mental Health of Boston, MA in the above captioned matter requesting that the court: Remove the Guardian of the Respondent.

The petition asks the court to make a determination that the Guardian and/ or Conservator should be allowed to resign; or should be removed for good cause; or that the Guardianship and/or Conservatorship is no longer necessary and therefore should be terminated. The original petition is on file with the court.

You have the right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 07/13/2017. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to file the written appearance if you object to the petition. If you fail to file the written appearance by the return date, action may be taken in this matter without further notice to you. In addition to filing the written appearance, you or your attorney must file a written affidavit stating the specific facts and grounds of your objection within 30 days after the return date.

IMPORTANT NOTICE The outcome of this proceeding may limit or completely take away the above-named person’s right to make decisions about personal affairs or financial affairs or both. The above-named person has the right to ask for a lawyer. Anyone may make this request on behalf of the above-named person. If the above-named person cannot cannot afford a lawyer, one may be appointed at State expense.

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Docket No. SU17P0973EA

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Agustina Michaelson Date of Death: 11/21/2016 To all interested persons: A Petition for Formal Adjudication of Intestacy and Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by Jamaica Plain Health Group, LLC of Jamaica Plain, 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 Jacqueline S Williams of Laurel, MD be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve With Corporate 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 07/12/2017. 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.

WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court.

Date: June 02, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate

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.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department

WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court.

Date: May 31, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate

SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU17P1011EA

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Susie Bell Alston Also known as: Susan Singletary, Susie B Alston Date of Death: 09/14/2014

SUFFOLK Division

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 07/14/2017. 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: June 02, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

Estate of Debra A Hill Date of Death: 03/11/2017 To all interested persons: A Petition for Formal Adjudication of Intestacy and Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by Dana Hill of Mattapan, 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 Dana Hill of Mattapan, 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 06/27/2017. 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 16, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS SALE OF REAL ESTATE UNDER M.G.L. c. 183A:6

Docket No. SU17P0948GD

Citation Giving Notice of Petition for Appointment of Guardian for Incapacitated Person Pursuant to G.L. c. 190B, §5-304 In the matter of Duc Tram Of Mattapan, MA RESPONDENT Alleged Incapacitated Person To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Vero Health and Rehabilitation of Mattapan, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Duc Tram is in need of a Guardian and requesting that Velma J Brinson of Mattapan, MA (or some other suitable person) be appointed as Guardian to serve on the bond.

The petition asks the court to determine that the Respondent is incapacitated, that the appointment of a Guardian is necessary, that the proposed Guardian is appropriate. The petition is on file with this court and may contain a request for certain specific authority.

You have the right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 06/22/2017. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to file the written appearance if you object to the petition. If you fail to file the written appearance by the return date, action may be taken in this matter without further notice to you. In addition to filing the written appearance, you or your attorney must file a written affidavit stating the specific facts and grounds of your objection within 30 days after the return date.

IMPORTANT NOTICE The outcome of this proceeding may limit or completely take away the above-named person’s right to make decisions about personal affairs or financial affairs or both. The above-named person has the right to ask for a lawyer. Anyone may make this request on behalf of the above-named person.

If the above-named person cannot afford a lawyer, one may be appointed at State expense.

For title see Deed to Tantura, LLC dated December 1, 2003 and recorded with the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds in Book 33397, Page 77.

In the event of a typographical error or omission contained in this publication, the description of the premises contained in said Unit Deed shall control.

TERMS OF SALE: 1. A non-refundable deposit payable in cash, certified or bank check in the amount of $5,000.00 for the Unit shall be payable at the Auction.

2. The balance of the purchase price is to be paid within thirty (30) days of the auction.

3. An Auctioneer’s Release Deed will be issued to the purchaser, upon payment of the balance of the purchase price, within thirty (30) days of the auction. The Deed shall convey the premises subject to, and with the benefit of, all restrictions, easements, improvements, outstanding tax titles, municipal or other public taxes, assessments, liens, or claims in the nature of liens, and existing encumbrances of record senior to the lien hereby being satisfied, whether or not reference to such restrictions, easements, improvements, outstanding tax titles, municipal or other public taxes, assessments, liens or claims in the nature of liens or encumbrances is made in the deed.

4. Additionally, and not by way of limitation, the sale shall be subject to and with the benefit of any and all tenants, tenancies, and occupants, if any.

5. No representation is or shall be made as to any amount of taxes due and outstanding.

6. The successful bidder shall pay the future condominium common charges commencing with the date of the auction.

7. No representation is or shall be made as to any other mortgages, liens, or encumbrances of record.

8. No representation is or shall be made as to the condition of the Premises or the Condominium. The Premises shall be sold “as is.”

9. Other items, if any, shall be announced at the sale.

10. The sale is subject to and in accordance with the Judgment and Order, a copy of which may be obtained from the seller’s counsel, Attorney Laura White Brandow, Marcus, Errico, Emmer & Brooks, P.C., 45 Braintree Hill Park, Suite 107, Braintree, MA 02184, (781) 843-5000.

17 FORT AVENUE CONDOMINIUM TRUST, By its Board of Trustees Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

By virtue of a Judgment and Order of the Suffolk Superior Court (Civil Action No. 14-1059E), in favor of the Trustees of the 17 Fort Avenue Condominium Trust against Tantura, LLC, establishing a lien pursuant to M.G.L. c. 183A:6 on the real estate known as Unit E of the 17 Fort Avenue Condominium with a street address of 17 Fort Avenue, Roxbury, Massachusetts for the purposes of satisfying such lien, the real estate is scheduled for Public Auction commencing on June 30, 2017 at 12:00 NOON at 17 Fort Avenue, Roxbury, Massachusetts. The premises to be sold are more particularly described as follows: DESCRIPTION: Unit: E. Percentage Interest: 7.37 Post Office Address: 17 Fort Avenue, Unit E, Roxbury, Massachusetts 02119.

The Unit is located in the 17 Fort Avenue Condominium created by Master Deed dated May 31, 1988 and recorded with Suffolk County Registry of Deeds in Book 14879, Page 117 in accordance with the provisions of G.L. c. 183A, and is shown as Unit E on a plan recorded with the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds in Book 14893, Page 231, which is a copy of a portion of the plans filed with the Master Deed and to which is affixed a verified statement in the form provided for in G.L. c. 183A, Section 9.

The Unit is conveyed together with the listed percentage interest (a) in the common areas and facilities of the Condominium, as described in the Master Deed, and (b) in the 17 Fort Avenue Condominium Trust, recorded with the said Registry of Deeds in Book 14879, Page 133.

The Unit is to be used only as a garage and uses accessory thereto permitted from time to time by the Zoning By-Laws and expressly permitted by the Trustees in accordance with the provisions of the 17 Fort Avenue Condominium Trust.

The Unit is subject to the provisions of G.L. c. 183A, the Master Deed and Condominium Trust recorded with said Deeds in Book 14879, Page 133, and any by-Laws and Rules and Regulations from time to time adopted thereun-

Docket No. SU17P0958EA

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication

To all interested persons: A Petition for Formal Adjudication of Intestacy and Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by Patricia Riddick of Boston, 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 Patricia Riddick of Boston, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in an unsupervised administration.

Docket No. SU17P0957EA

der, all as may be amended of record.

Estate of Norman J Hill, Jr. Date of Death: 02/04/2017 To all interested persons: A Petition for Formal Adjudication of Intestacy and Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by Dana Hill of Mattapan, 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 Dana Hill of Mattapan, 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 06/27/2017. 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 16, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU17P0956EA

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Barbara A Hill Date of Death: 01/06/2017 To all interested persons: A Petition for Formal Probate of Will with Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by Dana A Hill of Mattapan, 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 Dana A Hill of Mattapan, 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 06/27/2017. 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 16, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate

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DOCKET NO. SU16P2430PM

In the matter of: Monica A Nixon Respondent (Person to be Protected/Minor) Of: Roxbury, MA CITATION GIVING NOTICE OF PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF CONSERVATOR OR OTHER PROTECTIVE ORDER PURSUANT TO G.L c. 190B, §5-304 & §5-405 To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Lorelie Nixon of Lutz, FL in the above captioned matter alleging that Monica A Nixon is in need of a Conservator or other protective order and requesting that Lorelie Nixon of Lutz, FL (or some other suitable person) be appointed as Conservator to serve With Personal Surety on the bond.

IMPORTANT NOTICE The outcome of this proceeding may limit or completely take away the above-named person’s right to make decisions about personal affairs or financial affairs or both. The above-named person has the right to ask for a lawyer. Anyone may make this request on behalf of the above-named person.

If the above-named person cannot afford a lawyer, one may be appointed at State expense.

Witness, Hon. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court.

Date: June 01, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate

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The petition asks the court to determine that the Respondent is disabled, that a protective order or appointment of a Conservator is necessary, and that the proposed conservator is appropriate. The petition is on file with this court.

Housing Case Manager Care Coordinator The Case Manager will provide assistance to families experiencing housing instability. S/he will assess needs, link them to services, and provide follow-up services for stability.

Qualifications: • 3-5 years of housing search and/or case manage ment experience • Proven ability and experience working successfully with high risk families, communities, and culturally diverse populations.

• Bilingual (Spanish) required.

Please send cover letter and resume to Peggy Comfrey: pcomfrey@prohope.org

Re The American City Coalition (TACC) is a The American City Coalition (TACC) is a 501(c)3 non-profit based in Dudley in 501(c)3 Dudley Squarenon-profit that adheres to abased plan dependent on emergentSquare strategy. that adheres to a plan dependent on emergent strategy.

The Senior Associate will develop, support, andwill strengthen TACC’s ongoingsupport, projects fo- and The Senior Associate develop, cused on mixed-use, mixed-income development, community planning, and economic development.

TACC’s projects on Tostrengthen apply: send your resume and cover letterongoing to erin_oconnell@tamcc.org, with focused the subject line “Senior Associate: Economicmixed-income Development.” Please visit tamcc.org/employment mixed-use, development, for a full list of duties and qualifications.

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community planning, and economic development. include: and cover letter to To apply: sendResponsibilities your resume n Maintain strong relationships with: communityselection, financial feasibility, financial erin_oconnell@tamcc.org, with the cost subject based organizations, city and state agencies, structure, funding commitments, estimates, line mixed-income housing advocates and developers. establishment ofDevelopment." project pro forma, “Senior Associate: Economic Qu n Prepare responses to: RFP/RFQs; site analysis and due diligence, and community benefits.

Please visit tamcc.org/employment for rea Qualifications: full inlist of finance duties and Ma 5 or more years ofaexperience real estate or development and aqualifications.

Master’s degree in a related field.

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