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Mass. school evaluations called ‘unfair’
Institute says state doesn’t account for effects of poverty on test scores By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
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Nuestra Comunidad CDC Executive Director David Price (center) leads the ceremonial groundbreaking for the Bartlett Station project.
Developers break ground on Bartlett Station project Plan calls for 60 percent of units to be affordable By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
Bartlett Yard last week was the site of a formal groundbreaking twelve years in the making. Developers, city officials and residents gathered on August 2 at the former MBTA bus yard on Roxbury’s Bartlett Street and Washington Street to celebrate starting construction on two buildings, which will be part of a
larger planned mixed-use housing development. “This is a game-changer for the community of Roxbury,” said Rev. Francisco Tolentino, president of the board of Nuestra Comunidad Development Corporation. The CDC partnered with Roxbury-based Windale Developers on the Bartlett project. The site is intended ultimately to provide 194 rental units and 129 for-sale units, a
15,000-square-foot public plaza intended for artistic and cultural uses and more than 54,000 square feet of retail and commercial space, some of which will be startup space for food and technology businesses. David Price, executive director of Nuestra Comunidad, said the housing will be evenly divided among affordable, middle-income, and
See BARTLETT, page 16
The state’s system for evaluating school quality — and determining when schools are in need of an overhaul — is unfair to those that serve poorer students, according to a Thomas B. Fordham Institute report. Lower-income students tend to have less access to outside resources and supports, and so often perform less successfully on measures of achievement — unless schools can intervene to bridge this equity gap. According to the Fordham Institute, the state Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s ranking system puts too much weight on achievement metrics and too little on student growth. As such, DESE does not distinguish between schools that are successfully doing this equity work yet need more time to get disadvantaged students up to par, and schools that are letting their students fall behind. The system thus is prone to rank schools based on the resources of the population they serve rather than on the quality of their instruction and practices, the
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Fordham report asserts. “Achievement measures are strongly correlated with prior achievement — and given that low-income students tend to enter school far behind their peers, high-poverty schools are likely to fare poorly under such measures, no matter how good the school and its teachers are,” states the report. “Growth measures, however, quantify changes in achievement over time, independent of whether students start as high or low performers; hence they’re less correlated with poverty.”
Dangers of a misplaced turnaround
When low-quality rankings are mistakenly attached to effective schools, it risks triggering a turnaround for that school — which in the Boston Public Schools almost always means dismissing all teachers and asking them to reapply for positions.
See DESE, page 7
Police promotions ruled discriminatory Fed. court upholds its 2015 decision By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
Critics of a police promotional exam scored another point last month when a federal judge ruled that the exam is racially discriminatory. This was the second time U.S. District Court Judge William Young had made that determination. In 2015, the court ruled that the test, used by the Boston Police Department from 2009 to 2015 to determine promotions to lieutenant,
disparately impacts candidates of color and bears little job relevance. At the behest of an appeals court, Judge Young re-examined that ruling. He came to the same conclusion. “The near exclusion of any critical skills and abilities meant that a high score ... simply was not a good indicator that a candidate would be a good lieutenant,” Young wrote in his most recent decision. For six years, the contested exam guided promotions of sergeants to lieutenant. Only 15 percent of lieutenant promotions
during that period included black officers. Meanwhile, the city was 25 percent black, according to American Community Survey 2011-2015 estimates. “Boston is not a post-racial city, and the police department is not a post-racial department,” said Larry Ellison, president of Massachusetts Association of Minority Law Enforcement Officers. After the city was sued, the BPD changed its exams, with the new test first administered in 2014. But results do not show significant improvement around race,
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A federal judge upheld an earlier ruling that the BPD promotion exam has a disparate impact on officers of color.
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YMCA CEO committed to youth development work By SAPHIA SUAREZ
YMCA of Greater Boston CEO James Morton is both a proponent and the product of successful youth development work. The support he received from childhood mentors taught him how impactful youth development work can be, and he credits many of his achievements to them. He made his way to leading the YMCA after practicing law for 18 years and then becoming a high school teacher and coach. Morton’s goal is to make the YMCA of Greater Boston “America’s education YMCA.” He has turned his focus to supporting the children he serves not just physically, but academically. One of the ways he and his team do that is by tackling two major obstacles to closing the socalled “achievement gap” — hunger and summer learning loss. He spoke to the Banner recently about his path and goals.
How did you become interested in youth development work? I am the beneficiary of people who saw in me more than I saw in myself. As a young kid growing up, I had three mentors. I had a teacher, Mrs. Mary Lee, who told me that I was not a slow learner or juvenile delinquent, and that if
I worked hard she would get me out of a class that was set aside for slow learners and juvenile delinquents, as they were identified at that time. I worked hard and she got me out of that class. Then I began to work for an African American small business owner in my community who had a janitorial service. I worked for Mr. Fox from age 13 to 21, off and on. He showed me the value of hard work, and was very supportive of me in a time of great need. He encouraged me to go to college and be a good student in school, and I followed his advice. Thirdly, as I got to high school I knew that I wanted to go to college to prevent things that had happened to my family from happening to other families. In order to go to law school, which at the time I thought was the right profession through which to do that, I would have to go to college. I knew I wouldn’t be able to afford it unless I got an athletic scholarship, so I started to focus on track and field. My coach said to me in my sophomore year, “Jimmy, if you work as hard in the classroom as I see you working on the track, I’ll get you to college.” And so my coach did coach me to college, but not as an athlete — I got to college on the basis of my grades. I graduated from the University
of Wisconsin, then ended up at Northeastern Law, which got me to Boston originally.
What got you from law school to working as the CEO of the YMCA of Greater Boston? I practiced law for 18 years, and then decided that I wasn’t making the kind of difference that I wanted to make, and began to look for another profession. That led me to education. I became a high school history and law teacher and a track coach at the High School of Commerce in Springfield. It was at the High School of Commerce that I had my first opportunity to witness the power of young people transforming their lives with the support of caring adults around them. I was able to be one of those caring adults, and I had this transformative experience. I wanted to do more of that work, so I volunteered at the YMCA of Greater Springfield at a program called Youth & Government, which provided high school students with the opportunity to pretend that they were legislators, lawyers and journalists. I watched them gain confidence in their ability to communicate, both orally and in through their writing. I watched them develop networking skills, and I watched our Youth & Government delegation
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James Morton become one of the best in the commonwealth of Massachusetts, even though our children did not look like the other children in the program, and did not come from the same economic circumstances of most of the other children in the program. Seeing that convinced me that that was the work that needed to be done and the work that I wanted to do. Then the YMCA of Greater Springfield began a search for a new CEO. They asked me if I would consider applying for the position, which I did. I have now been in the YMCA movement for the last 10∏ years [working in Hartford, Connecticut before taking the reins in Boston in 2015].
Why do you think the YMCA in particular is in the best position to prepare young people for their futures? The YMCA is an organization that makes it a priority to serve young people. We believe that our future will be determined by how well we serve young people
in the communities we exist in. In Boston in particular we have the added benefit of having a full-service YMCA in eight of the major neighborhoods. That gives a physical presence, where young people can go and be engaged by our trained youth development staff. So that puts us in a really tremendous position to serve. We’ve made an organizational commitment to youth development. We are part of a network of youth service organizations in Greater Boston. We don’t compete with other youth service organizations, because our only competition in this work is poverty, despair, and hopelessness.
How does the YMCA respond to those challenges you just mentioned? We see those major challenges as being hunger, the achievement gap and youth violence. So we intentionally create strategies to address each of those major concerns. With respect to hunger, we are a part of a network that has enabled us in 2016 to serve more than 523,000 meals and snacks to the children of Greater Boston. Our goal in 2017 is to serve more than 600,000 meals and snacks to children. Many people wouldn’t think of the YMCA as being involved in the mitigation of hunger, but that’s a major commitment that we’ve made as an organization, and we’re very proud to be engaged in that important work. We believe that hungry children can’t learn. Part of our commitment is to make sure that every child has everything they need in order to succeed academically and in school. We believe that the pathway out of poverty is education.
With the rise of college tuition rates, as college becomes less and less accessible for those not in the top 1 percent, has your approach for preparing students for college changed at all? We are fortunate to be in Boston, where our mayor and governor have some strategies about making college access more affordable. I really do believe in the “2 + 2” program, where you do two years of community college, which is extremely affordable, and then transfer into a four-year college to get your four-year degree. I think that’s a viable option for many of our young people. The other response is, college is not for everyone. Young people today can make careers in other professions — carpentry, plumbing, electricity; there are apprenticeship opportunities that are available that young people can pursue, skills and crafts that will also help them earn a livable wage. Our strategy and the way we pursue our work is we’re preparing students for post-secondary education. We help the young people we serve in completing their financial aid applications. Our strategy is to partner with those organizations that already exist in Boston whose purpose is to provide that support. We don’t believe that we have to be the organization that does it all. We do believe that we must find the partners in the community who do that kind of work best, and to connect ourselves with them. We are also working with an innovative firm that is creating an app that will help high school students from ninth grade forward to begin to set themselves up for college and set themselves up to complete all of the applications and the FAFSA in a timely fashion. We’re exploring the opportunities to partner with the developer of that app.
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Ballot measures, gubernatorial, Senate races looming for 2018 By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
A crowded 2018 ballot is shaping up. Progressive favorite U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren faces off against Trump supporters. Democrats line up to challenge Republican Gov. Charlie Baker. Meanwhile, a union-backed proposal raising income tax on the state’s wealthiest residents may sit beside a business-backed measure undercutting it by lowering the sales tax. Progressive referenda boosting support for workers also could appear. The juxtaposition of economic ballot questions and high-profile elections generally draws higher voter turnout. “The big difference between the election in a presidential year and a gubernatorial year is over a million voters that don’t show up,” said John Walsh, senior advisor to gubernatorial candidate Setti Warren and former Democratic Party chair. “Charlie Baker won with [about] 1,044,00 votes. With [roughly] 1,090,00 votes, Donald Trump lost [in Massachusetts.]” Those elections reveal that a million voters who turned out to support Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election stayed home during the 2014 gubernatorial one. With Trump supporters opposing Warren and the millionaires’ tax on the ballot, those formerly-absent Democratic-leaning
voters may turn out this year, Walsh said. Raise Up Massachusetts has secured the Fair Share Act’s presence on the ballot. Nicknamed “the millionaire’s tax,” the measure will increase the tax rate on income over the first million dollars, with revenue directed to public education and transportation infrastructure. The coalition also is working to get an item on the ballot that would gradually increase both the standard and tipped minimum wages to $15 and $9 by 2020. After that, both minimums would be pegged to cost of living increases. Another likely ballot proposal would guarantee employees job-protected paid leave to care for a new child, severely ill or injured family member, or meet needs arising from a family member’s active military service. Employees also would be guaranteed job-protected paid leave to recover from their own serious illness or injuries. Meanwhile, the Retailers Association of Massachusetts is exploring ballot propositions that would cut the sales tax from 6.25 percent down to 5 or 4.5 percent and enshrine an annual tax holiday weekend.
balancing act in a blue state where one-third of voters supported Trump in 2016. According to The Boston Globe, Baker told fundraisers that to win reelection he will need votes from 60 percent of registered independents and 30 percent of Democrats. Meanwhile, the Boston Herald’s Joe Battenfeld argues that Baker also may need to find a way to secure Trump supporters’ votes, given his slim 40,000 vote victory in 2014. That election drew 2.1 million voters. John Walsh noted that in Massachusetts elections, about 1.1 million Republican voters reliably turn out, as do about 1 million Democratic voters. Another million Democratic-leaning independent voters are less predictable. Raise Up’s ballot measures may push progressive issues to the fore and bring out voters who are working class and of color, said Lewis Finfer of Raise Up. Meanwhile, if a sales tax cut makes the ballot, it could aid more conservative and business-focused candidates. Next year also marks the first Massachusetts gubernatorial election with early voting, which could increase voting among those with less flexible schedules, Walsh said. As a result, campaigns that are quick to create a strong presence will be advantaged, he predicted.
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low- to moderate-income people, labor unions and religious groups. He expects the minimum wage and paid family medical leave measures to have reach beyond that core, with the latter especially appealing to middle-class voters and anyone who cannot comfortably afford to take time for maternity leave or to help family in times of emergency. The labor union ballot measures and Sen. Warren’s race are mutually reinforcing — progressive voters rallying to defend Warren likely are more likely to vote for the minimum wage initiative that she sponsored, Finfer said. Melvin Poindexter, of the national committee for the Massachusetts Democratic Party, in a separate conversation agreed that presence of questions advancing paid family medical leave and a higher minimum wage could bolster Warren, who supports them. Pointdexter anticipates a strong showing of female voters of color to support the paid family medical leave, as he said this demographic often is the sole family provider. He also expects communities of color to turn out for the minimum wage increase. “One concern was that this particular election cycle was going to be one that wouldn’t motivate a lot of people to come out,” Poindexter told the Banner. “But a lot of issues currently on the ballot are ones that personally touch people in their day-to-day existence.” Baker has yet to take a stand on these or the Fair Share Amendment, while Poindexter noted that his challengers support a minimum wage increase and paid family medical leave.
Extent of Raise Up’s impact
How many people Raise Up can rally remains unclear, but its 2013-2014 bid to get a higher minimum wage and earned sick time on the ballot engaged about 5,000 volunteers for signature collection and phone banking, Finfer said. (Voters passed the sick time measure, while the Legislature jumped in front of the minimum wage vote with its own proposal). Thus far, Raise Up’s plan calls for phone banking, door-to-door canvassing, and distributing information near polling places on election day.
Business and U.S. Senate
Sales tax cut ballot measures should mobilize business groups, which could thwart Raise Up’s goals, given their historic opposition to minimum wage increases, Finfer said. The measures also may draw voters who favor Warren’s challengers. GOP contender and Trump supporter Rep. Geoff Diehl has highlighted prior efforts to repeal linkage of the gas tax to inflation and spoken against the Fair Share Amendment. He states on his campaign website that transportation reforms are needed before new taxes. Shiva Ayadurai, another Republican candidate and Trump fan campaigning against Warren, generally supports low taxes and opposes corporate tax increases, according to his website. The retailers’ proposed sales cut could nullify the Fair Share Amendment — which aims to supplement current spending — by depleting the overall state budget. In 2016, House Speaker Robert DeLeo said a sales tax holiday weekend could slash $26 million from the state budget.
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would not solve his problem. Trump is furious that Sessions has recused himself from the department’s investigation of Russia’s tampering with the 2016 election for U.S. president. As required by law, Sessions withdrew because of his personal contacts with Russian officials under investigation when he was involved in the Republican political campaign. Trump’s behavior over his alleged involvement with Russian tampering with the election creates a belief that he might have been guilty of some impropriety. Trump fired James B. Comey, the former director of the FBI, because of his refusal to terminate the investigation of the relationship of Trump’s campaign with the Russian government. Trump did this even though the FBI director has a 10-year employment contract to allay presidential interference in the agency’s work. Sessions’ deputy Rod J. Rosenstein then stepped up and appointed Robert S. Mueller III to conduct the investigation. Mueller is so well respected by both parties that Trump will find it difficult to generate the political clout to restrict the scope of Mueller’s investigation. He is protected by the Justice Department regulations which will allow him to be removed from office only for good cause such as misconduct. This intrigue at the White House might seem to be beyond the concern of the average voter, but indeed it is not. There is definitely a move to expand the powers of the president beyond the normal limits of our democracy. Voters should not be indifferent about the ability of a president to oppress racial minorities more readily. Watchfulness and readiness will again be required of those determined to preserve the spirit of democracy, no matter what.
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By EARL OFARI HUTCHINSON Forget all the little teases about this or that NFL team signing Colin Kaepernick before the start of the season. Forget all the supposedly informed talk about some team somewhere signing Kap out of desperation or because they’ve run out of Arena League QBs to go to. And most importantly, forget any notion that the NFL is so image-conscious that it can be shamed into prodding some team to give Kap a shot. It ain’t going to happen. It’s not because the NFL is inherently racist. Or that it’s simply so apoplectic at the thought of one guy taking a knee and somehow desecrating American patriotic values. Or that Kap’s action was so threatening that it and he had to be banned in Boston in perpetuity. Or even that the NFL just had to send a message to the other black players, “Don’t think about opening your yap to back Kap,” or, heaven forbid, speak out on those prickly little issues such as police abuse or racial discrimination. The start and end point to make sense out of why a guy who’s got relatively good stats, played on a championship team and by all counts is a quiet, unassuming, consummate team player is not just unemployed, but seemingly unemployable in the NFL, is — the NFL. Or, rather, the structure of the NFL and who runs it. The NFL is not, and never has been, a democracy. It’s a quasi-militaristic, top-down organization. It’s run by an entrenched elite corps of billionaire owners who set the tone and determine policy for the league. They are called “key owners.” Some of them can trace their NFL family pedigree almost back to the founding of the NFL nearly a century ago. The names are familiar: Art Rooney II of Pittsburgh (Daniel’s son), John K. Mara of the New York Giants and Clark Hunt of the Kansas City Chiefs. Their ranks have been beefed up in the past couple of decades by big-dollar owners, namely Robert McNair in Houston, Jerry Richardson in Carolina, Jerry Jones in Dallas and Robert K. Kraft in New England. They are not young guys. They are not liberal or even moderate Democrats. They are mostly conservative Republicans, some very outspoken Republicans. NY Jets owner, Woody Johnson, has been an unabashed bankroller and enabler for GOP presidential candidates. He served as national finance chairman for Jeb Bush’s presidential campaign. If they are GOP boosters, they are conservative; some are like Johnson who, with his GOP presidential campaigning, is an outspoken conservative. McNair is another example. He kicked in several thousand dollars to the campaign to repeal a ballot initiative in Houston that protected gays and lesbians from forms of discrimination. And Jones could demand that Cowboy players must stand, presumably at rapt attention, during the playing of the national anthem. So, it’s no surprise that 2012 GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney could brag that some of his tight pals are NFL owners. In a real sense, Kap is being held captive not to the racism or petty whims of NFL owners, although a healthy dose of that likely is there, too. He’s hostage to the NFL’s rigid, unbending and unyielding arrogance of power, insular structure and mindset that is virtually immune from any outside influence. The NFL has the muscle to keep their books hush-hush, demand the players play two more games (thus radically increasing injury hazards), knock down every chance it gets to slash the player’s revenue take and withhold guarantees of any long-term health benefits. While the NFL doesn’t have the anti-trust exemption that MLB has, it hasn’t needed it to beat back the challenges. It has something even better. It has the deepest of deep pockets, the political shield of its GOP bent, and a massive fan base that’s second to none. The fan base is no small point when it comes to trying to figure out why Kap is a pariah. The NFL’s fan loyalists don’t want him. They made that clear in everything from informal polls to loud protests and boos when he appeared in their town during last season. Those loyalists are not for the most part African American or Hispanic, they are blue collar and conservative middle class, white football junkies who year in and year out pack stadiums and plop down tens of millions for tickets and assorted NFL paraphernalia. The NFL power brokers have the supreme dominance to enforce their take it or leave it imperium on the players, fans and politicians. And that’s exactly why Kap doesn’t have an NFL job.
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He should be out now. He’s a failure at everything. He’s too self-centered.
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No. I don’t think so. I think he’ll do something to get himself impeached. His supporters will get tired of his antics.
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of the 2016 presidential election, Crossley reported live from Wellesley’s campus, which is also the alma mater of Democratic candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton. A native of Memphis, Tennessee, Crossley learned about Wellesley from a family friend and fellow parishioner at her hometown church. The New England school, which at the time had a predominantly white student body, represented a different community than the one in which Crossley
had grown up. She arrived to find that she was one of just a handful of black students who had been admitted to the school at the end of the turbulent Civil Rights Movement. The decision to attend paid off, and was instrumental in Crossley launching her career in media as a reporter at a Memphis television station. “When I told the general manager that I’d graduated from Wellesley, he was properly impressed. I know that’s what sealed the deal,” said Crossley. Thus began a decades-long career as an award-winning journalist. In addition to hosting “Under the Radar,” which features stories not usually covered by traditional media outlets, Crossley appears weekly on WGBH’s “Beat the Press,” examining local and national media coverage, and “Basic Black,” focusing on current events concerning communities of color. She has contributed to national programs including CNN’s “Reliable Sources,” The “PBS NewsHour” and PRI’s “The Takeaway.”
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CALLIE CROSSLEY Callie Crossley, host of WGBH’s “Under the Radar” with Callie Crossley and a weekly commentator on WGBH’s Morning Edition, has been appointed to the Board of Trustees at Wellesley College. Crossley, an alumna of Wellesley, graduated in 1973 as an English major. In 2013, Crossley was honored with a Wellesley College Alumnae Achievement Award, which recognizes alumnae who have brought honor to themselves and to the college through their outstanding achievements. “I have maintained a close relationship with Wellesley both as a journalist and a speaker on campus, and joining the board at this period in the college’s history, with a new president, is truly an honor and a homecoming for me,” said Crossley. “I’m looking forward to serving with President Paula Johnson as she leads Wellesley into the future.” Crossley was a board member of the Wellesley Centers for Women from 2001 to 2004. On the night
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Advocates rally against housing budget cuts Trump, Republican-led Congress put forward plans for deep budget cuts By SANDRA LARSON
Hundreds of housing advocates from Boston and across the state gathered near Faneuil Hall last week to protest budget cuts proposed by President Trump especially, and Congress to a lesser degree, that would decimate funding for many key housing-related programs. Speakers at the July 31 rally included U.S. Representative Katherine Clark, Mayor Marty Walsh, leaders of housing-focused nonprofits and ordinary residents who spoke of their struggles to attain or keep secure and permanent housing. Programs hanging in the balance as the federal budget process for Fiscal Year 2018 plows unsteadily forward include public housing, Section 8 housing choice vouchers, the Choice Neighborhoods program, Community Development Block Grants (CDBG), which help cities fund housing, community, and economic development projects that assist low and moderate-income residents, and the HOME Investment Partnership (HOME) program that assists in development and preservation of affordable housing. “We have an administration that needs to be reminded every single day that our economy only works when everyone has a chance to participate,” said Clark, a Democrat who represents a swath of communities north and west of
Boston. “When you see the cuts ... they’re not only cruel and callous, but they pose a threat to our economic future and the future of our children and grandchildren.” Drastic housing budget cuts, she said, represent “a recipe for public housing to fall into disrepair and shutter, for our homeless population to increase, and a skyrocketing burden on our already-strapped emergency shelter system.” Walsh called on the federal government to cut through partisanship and help cities help their residents. “We need Washington to understand the impacts of HUD cutting money back on poor people,” he said. “It’s not a Democratic and Republican issue. It’s an American issue. ... Our city and our region rely on support from our federal partners. We need stable affordable housing or all families, and it’s time to move forward and do even more.” The event was part of a national week of action promoted by the National Low Income Housing Coalition to protest the Trump budget and demand that Congress allocate sufficient funding to programs that provide housing and anti-homelessness support. The local rally was organized by Citizens’ Housing and Planning Association (CHAPA), a statewide nonprofit umbrella organization for affordable housing and community development activities.
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U.S. Rep. Katherine Clark speaks during a rally at Faneuil Hall as local elected officials look on. Rachel Heller, CHAPA’s executive director, told the crowd the budget proposals coming out of Congress are better than expected, and certainly better than what the president proposed. “So it’s a ‘yay’ and a ‘boo,’” she said. But more investment is needed, she said. She noted that more than 85 percent of HUD’s current budget goes to renewing housing assistance for people already in their homes. “So when HUD’s resources are cut, or don’t grow with increasing costs,” she said, “it threatens the stability that millions of people have achieved with the help of rental assistance — never mind the more than 100,000 people in Massachusetts who are on Section 8 wait lists right now. How long will they have to wait to get the help they need?” Trump’s proposed budget decreases Dept. of Housing and
Urban Development (HUD) funding 13.2 percent overall. It would eliminate more than 250,000 Section 8 vouchers, eliminate the CDBG program altogether and raise rents for low-income households now receiving federal rental assistance, according to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. The House Appropriations Committee’s proposed HUD budget has cuts less drastic than the president’s budget, but still would cut 140,000 Section 8 vouchers. The CBPP’s state-by-state analysis estimates that in Massachusetts, even the House bill would cut 5,217 housing vouchers. Such reductions in rental assistance would have a ripple effect on efforts to combat homelessness, the CBPP says. On a more positive note, the Senate Appropriation Committee’s bill protects many housing programs. It preserves funding for Section 8 vouchers and many other programs, including CDBG, Homeless Assistance Grants and the Public Housing Capital Fund, and increases funds for some others. However, the Senate Bill still reduces funds for the Choice Neighborhoods program and the Public Housing Operating Fund. Which of these scenarios play out remains to be seen, said Michael Kane, executive director of the National Alliance of HUD Tenants. The House and Senate bills will need to be hashed out and resolved in a Conference Committee,
but there are various “wild cards,” Kane said, such as Sen. Paul Ryan’s budget resolution and alternative proposals, such as the People’s Budget devised by the Congressional Progressive Caucus. While the budget wrangling is supposed to be wrapped up before Oct. 1, the start of the fiscal year, often this does not come to pass, and Continuing Resolutions extend the process. At the rally, speakers expressed urgency. The on-the-ground reality witnessed by advocates and residents is that many assistance programs already are underfunded. They are unable to meet current need, much less withstand cuts. An oft-cited fact from housing advocates, also mentioned on the CBPP site, is that even now, without these new proposed cuts, only one-quarter of households eligible for housing assistance actually receive it. In an interview, CHAPA’s Heller put it bluntly: “The main problem is that the funding is completely inadequate for the need. The House and Senate proposals do not include a lot of the most harmful cuts, but they’re still not at the level needed. ... If we continue on this level, the programs are going to shrink. And we have an increasing need. This is not the direction we can afford to head in.” Nilya Montalvo, director of leadership and community building at Homes for Families, a statewide anti-homelessness advocacy group, spoke early in the rally and sounded an emotional note. “I say to the powers that be: There is no excuse that justifies homelessness, no context in which it’s totally fine to have people living in our streets, no scenario where it’s okay to turn a blind eye and divest,” she said. “We need you to increase and invest. Housing is a human right. ... There is no one that is unworthy of a place to rest their head, wash their face, cook a meal or keep warm when it is cold out.”
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lost when the funds that supported them are then taken away. “The biggest problem with any school that goes into turnaround,” Essaibi-George told the Banner, “is that we flood them with cash so they can basically do anything they’d like to pick up their numbers, and once they pick up their numbers, we walk away from them.”
continued from page 1 Turnaround processes are intended to rapidly bring a troubled school up to speed, but many teachers say the practice of mass staff dismissals, or “excessing,” can be counterproductive. Critics of this approach say it can cause effective teachers to be removed due to their students’ poverty. Martha Boisselle, an award-winning teacher at Brighton High School, was among those dismissed when the school went into turnaround this year. While she ultimately did sign on to return, she said in May that many talented teachers moved on. Matthew Clark, a history teacher at the Brighton, said in a Banner op-ed that the school serves a high concentration of high-need students. Students with special needs constituted 25 percent of enrollment, and English Language Learners represented 41 percent. A number of the English learners were older, recently-arrived immigrants with gaps in their formal education. As such, Clark said, Brighton faces unusually strong challenges to meeting certain achievement measures, and it is more resources, not teacher churn, that would make the difference. To fairly assess schools with high-poverty enrollments, Fordham Institute says the state’s ranking system must put greater emphasis on student growth. However, Liam Kerr, Massachusetts state director of Democrats for Education Reform, argues for keeping the focus on achievement while ensuring more comprehensive resources go to neighborhoods whose schools have worse quality rankings, as well as to the schools
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Teachers were excessed from Brighton High School when it entered turnaround status earlier this year. themselves. According to Kerr, a high emphasis on achievement indictors helps ensure everyone is raised to the same level. “Growth is measuring progress toward a goal, but the goal is more important,” Kerr told the Banner. “I want political leaders, the state, the government, focused on making sure students are hitting the goal.” Kerr does not see a low-quality ranking as punitive or potentially endangering to a school’s performance. Schools that are not meeting achievement expectations need more attention and resources directed not only to the school but
also to programs in the wider community so as to combat any barriers to success, he said. “If you think of what can we do as a society, as a government, to give kids that are starting behind as much chance as we can, school is the place that we as a society have kids for the most amount of time with the clearest responsibility,” Kerr said. “What better case is there than investing in early childhood education, in student health, in safe communities, than having an accountability system that says, ‘Look, there’s a level that’s acceptable and a lot of schools aren’t on it’?” Low achievement is a better
indicator of a school population in need of aid than low growth, Kerr said. Smaller levels of growth at a school could mean it hosts well-served students who are continuing to steadily improve, whereas low-achievement means that, regardless of the reason, students are not at the level they are expected to be. Annissa Essaibi-George, vice chair of the Boston City Council Committee on Education, said that money can be the key to educational improvements, yet too often additional financial support only is provided long enough for a school to pull out of a critically poor-ranking. The improvements may be
Under the federal Every Student Succeeds Act, state departments may create their own school accountability measures and submit plans for Department of Education approval. The Fordham Institute evaluated 16 submitted plans, including the one from Massachusetts, on three evaluation measures. While Massachusetts’ system was rated “weak” on fairness to all schools, Fordham marked it as “strong” on the clarity and transparency of its school quality labels and “strong” on encouraging schools to put focus on advancing all students, as opposed to only getting mid-level achievers to clear a certain benchmark while neglecting high-achievers and those who appear to be very far behind. Under Fordham’s assessment, Colorado and Arizona’s ranking systems were declared “strong” in all categories. According to Essaibi-George, problems of transparency and accuracy still remain. For one, schools are in part evaluated on graduation rates of even those students who transfer out and fail to graduate from a different school. “[The ranking system] doesn’t look at any of the nuances that may be particular to urban districts,” Essaibi-George said.
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Attorney leaves corporate world to open craft brewery ON THE WEB
By SANDRA LARSON
Bev Armstrong, founder, CEO and head brewer of Brazo Fuerte Artisanal Beer, knows her career path is unusual. The Harvard-educated attorney and MBA made a “complete left turn” into entrepreneurship, hanging her shingle as a fulltime craft beer brewer in 2016 following a 15-year stint in the biotechnology industry in such highlevel roles as CFO, general counsel and VP of operations. Along the way, she also took up rugby with a passion, competing semi-professionally for 15 years. Yet, says Armstrong, who recently was selected for a coveted Samuel Adams Brewing and Business Experienceship, there are more similarities than meet the eye. Crafting a high-quality beer requires dedication, passion and more than a little understanding of science, from microbiology and chemistry to thermodynamics. “People think brewing beer is a simple process, but it’s actually very complex,” she tells the Banner. “It offers as much art and science and creativity as you’ll find in any industry, and as many challenges as in biotech. It’s a very underestimated liquid — and industry.” Armstrong’s pursuit of the perfect brew stems from her rugby experience. In the traditional postmatch gatherings, raising a few glasses with the opposing team, she wished for a lower-alcohol but still intensely flavorful beverage — one that would be amenable to sticking around and socializing awhile. Nowadays there’s a term for that: “session” beers, which typically have an alcohol volume percent of 4.5 or less.
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Brazo Fuerte Artisanal Beer Founder and CEO Bev Armstrong (l) with Director of Operations Raylen Dziengelewski at a beer tasting at Cambridge Spirits in Kendall Square, Cambridge. The New York native who dwells now in Watertown took up home brewing about 11 years ago. She started with small batches, shared with friends. She became certified as a beer judge and as a cicerone, a beer expertise similar to that of a wine sommelier. Now, her line of Brazo Fuerte session ales is sold at some 40 Boston area restaurants, bars and stores. Beyond her rugby background and sharp career shift, being a woman — and especially an African American woman — makes her stand out even more among the 5,000 or so craft brewery owners in the U.S. “I’m absolutely atypical in a room of brewers,” she acknowledges. “I’ll go to a conference where there are
10,000 or more people, and there are not very many others — or frankly, no one — like me.” That rarity, she says, has neither hindered nor aided her as she’s worked to craft and publicize her beers. “Showing up with good tasting beer is what’s helped,” she says. “I found that once people figure out you’re serious and you know what you’re doing, they’re incredibly helpful and collaborative.”
Growing a green business
For now, she is a contract brewer, paying to make her beer at a friend’s brewery in New Hampshire. Production volume is small but growing. Her current target is
to reach 500 barrels in the coming year, but she estimates she could easily provide twice as much if she had her own space. She is on the lookout for a location where she can open a brewing facility in Watertown or the nearby Allston-Brighton area of Boston. Brazo Fuerte has one employee so far, Director of Operations Raylen Dziengelewski, who assists with tastings, distribution, marketing and social media. Armstrong likely will hire more people when her own facility is ready to go. Starting a brewing business and building out a brick-and-mortar facility is no small endeavor. A 20barrel system of vessels for milling, mashing, boiling and fermenting grain will require 15 or 16 feet in height and a floor area of 50-by-50 feet. And then there are the kegs, canning equipment and space for storage. In addition, Armstrong has a keen interest in ecological sustainability. Besides eventually having her brewery certified organic, she intends to take measures to minimize energy and water use. A major goal is to have her operation be a “green technology laboratory,” she says. In November, Brazo Fuerte
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signs it’s time to leave your company
By KATE ASHFORD, MONSTER.COM
Sometimes it’s hard to know if you’ve fallen momentarily out of love with your job, or if you’re long overdue a new employer. Monster asked the experts to weigh in with examples of signs that it’s time you should start looking for a new job.
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Dread is your default emotion:
When you hate your job, you’re not doing yourself or your company any favors. So if going to work fills you with anxiety and dismay, take note and don’t write it off as just part of the grind. “If the dread is only alleviated by the fact that you’ve got a vacation coming, or that someday you’ll be happy in retirement,” says Nancy Colasurdo, a writer and life coach in Hoboken, New Jersey, “that’s a flashing neon sign that you’re ready for change.”
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Bev Armstrong, founder of Brazo Fuerte Artisanal Beer, with Jim Koch, founder of Boston Beer Co., in an NECN interview about the 2017 Samuel Adams Beer and Business Experienceship awarded to Armstrong.
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You’ve become the worst version of yourself: Over time, a build-up
of work-related stress can lead to behavior you’d rather not exhibit. “The more frustrated you are in your current role, the shorter your fuse becomes,” says Nicole Wood, CEO and co-founder of career coaching company Ama La Vida. “You may find yourself acting in ways that are completely out of character, shocking and embarrassing.”
a company where new ideas really aren’t supported, that’s going to become frustrating. You’re going to feel really stifled.”
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pany you joined has evolved into a different kind of company since you joined it — or you’ve evolved into a person with different priorities. If a job conflicts with your core values, the emotional and physical strain are sure to surface. “If you really value family, but you’re in a role that’s now demanding for you to travel all the time, and you’re missing recitals and holidays, that’s going to wear on you,” Wood says. “Or if you really value innovation but you work for
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You’ve been there more than a decade: “More than 10 years, you
really run the risk of being thought of as somewhat stale,” says Nancy Halpern, an executive coach with KNH Associates in New York City. “You’re too bought-in to a certain way of doing things.” The other risk of staying too long may be that you feel frozen — your interview and job search skills are rusty, and you feel unable to move on, even if you want to. “Even if you’re not miserable, it’s a really good time to take stock,” Halpern says.
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is on you to own your career and seek out support from your higher-ups. “But if you’re feeling that they’re not personally invested in you or your growth, or you’re not getting support for your initiatives, it’s a sign that maybe things are stalled,” Wood says. “Or maybe there’s just not that next growth opportunity for you to get the success and achievement that you’re trying to push for.” The same goes for the situation if your salary has stalled. If you haven’t had a raise in 18 to 24 months and there’s no raise in your future — or a promotion down the line that would result in a salary bump — you’re better off looking elsewhere. New positions often come with pay bumps.
got a boost when the business plan won Armstrong entry to the Samuel Adams Brewing the American Dream program, which connects up-and-coming food and beverage companies with funding through the microlender Accion. As a further part of that program, Armstrong was singled out for the 2017 Brewing and Business Experienceship, which will provide coaching and mentoring tailored to the brewing industry. One of the first benefits was a scholarship to attend last fall’s “Beer, Bratwurst and Beyond” tour in Germany sponsored by the Pink Boots Society, a nonprofit working to inspire and assist female beer professionals. From all-organic ingredients to names, Armstrong’s products exude personal tastes and experiences. Brazo Fuerte — meaning “strong arm” — is a nickname given to Armstrong by rugby teammates while playing in Spain. Her beers’ names have stories behind them, honoring teammates, friends, dogs. “This is not a manufactured
brand,” she states. “Every single element comes from my heart and from my passion for beer, my love of rugby, my love of dogs.”
Worth the risk
As for advice to would-be brewing entrepreneurs, Armstrong says that while turning this passion into a business brings her joy, it is not something to take on lightly. “It’s an incredibly intricate process, not for the faint of heart,” says Armstrong, speaking of the physical setup along with the federal, state and city licensing hurdles and the overall costs. While she had a bit of a financial cushion after her decades of professional employment, future earnings are an unknown. “It’s definitely still a leap of faith,” she says. “[But] I put a lot of work into understanding the industry and the prospects. I believe that ‘If you make it, they will come.’ It’s an incredible amount of work. I wake up doing beer, I go to sleep doing beer. But if you have a passion, that’s what you prepare for – there’s no quitting time. It’s worth the risk. To make people happy with beer is incredibly satisfying.”
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Civil Disobedience FILMS HIGHLIGHT AMERICA’S HISTORY OF RESISTANCE By CELINA COLBY
The MIT List Visual Arts Center will be screening its “List Projects: Civil Disobedience” through Oct. 29. As advertised, the exhibit presents “a program of documentaries, news footage, citizen journalism and artist’s films featuring moments of political resistance and public demonstration from the 20th century through today.” MIT has been the scene of many protests, especially since the 2016 election. This compilation of films and clips reflects on the importance of artists in those movements as they challenge and confront the abuse of power and social injustice. Throughout the course of each day, “List Projects: Civil Disobedience” progresses through a series of film clips. They are shown in chronological order, from the hunger march of 1931 to the Yemeni Bodega Strike in New York City that occurred in response to President Trump’s immigration restrictions. The program’s purpose isn’t just to expound on the flaws of the current administration, but to show how ingrained protesting and civil disobedience are in our nation’s history. The U.S. was built on resistance. Many of the clips are non-professional, which provides a cultural window into both the filmmakers and the time period. One 23-minute clip from 1969 is an interview with Fred Hampton, leader of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party. The film is eerily prescient as Hampton is asked questions about putting his own safety at risk, just a short time before his assassination. Videofreex, a collective organized around the use of portable consumer video equipment to produce independent media, put the interview together. The camera work is shoddy, zooming in too close to Hampton’s face, sometimes falling off the subject all together, occasionally
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5 questions: Freddy Cole By STEVE DUFFY
While there are certain unmistakable similarities in timbre to his brother Nat, Freddy Cole’s voice is raspier, smokier, even jazzier. His phrasing is far closer to that of Frank Sinatra or Billie Holiday than to his brother. His vocals – suave, elegant, formidable, sometimes spoken and articulate – make him the most respected lyrical storyteller in jazz. Cole’s career continues to ascend as he has moved into the front ranks of America’s homegrown art form, with a style and musical sophistication all his own.
Did you feel it was expected of you to become a musician?
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Freddy Cole: No, I never felt like I had to. I always felt it was a blessing that I had the opportunity to learn to play the piano and become a musician. There is nothing else I would want to do.
Being part of a musical family, you were exposed to some of the most iconic musicians in jazz. Who inspired your career most? FC: There have been so many. I really have been lucky enough to be in the company of such greats as Duke Ellington, Sarah Vaughan and Oscar Peterson. It is really hard to name just one. I like to think that I have gained something from everyone that I have met in my lifetime.
What makes a good jazz song? FC: I believe that jazz can mean something different to different people. You can write or play a song, and you may feel something different than your neighbor. That is the real beauty in music.
Can you describe your playing style and how it has evolved? FC: I have always made sure that I listen to other musicians and take bits and pieces of the things that I have liked, while still finding myself.
What has been the most memorable experience in your musical career? FC: Oh, boy! I still remember the first time I went to Brazil and my album “I Loved You” was recently released. I was surprised that so many people started recognizing me and were so enthusiastic about my music.
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Paula Dofat of ‘Step’ discusses her journey and passion for education IF YOU GO
By COLETTE GREENSTEIN
“It is my divine call. I feel that with everything in me,” said Paula Dofat, the Director of College Counseling at The Baltimore Leadership School for Young Women (BLSYW). “I don’t have the right not to be excellent for all these girls. When I wake up, someone has entrusted a piece of their life to me. Their parents are depending on me. So, I don’t have the right. I have to get up and be 100 percent every day, whether I want to or not.” Dofat and the young women from BLSYW are the subjects of “Step,” the uplifting and feel-good movie of the summer. Directed by Tony Award-winning producer Amanda Lipitz (“The Humans”), the film follows Blessin Giraldo, Cori Grainger and Tayla Solomon, three seniors on the school’s “Lethal Ladies” step team, who are part of the founding class of the charter school. All three young women are chasing their ultimate dream of winning a step championship and being accepted into college. The film also spotlights the tough but loving Dofat, who mentors and guides them as they pursue their higher education dreams. Dofat, who has been working in the educational field for almost 18 years, has traveled a long road to get to this place of personal and professional success. It’s a path she believes she was meant to travel. Her own educational journey was filled with challenges and bumps along the way, similar to those encountered by many of the young women featured in “Step.”
Fox Searchlight Pictures’ “Step” opens at Kendall Square Cinema in Cambridge on Friday.
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Paula Dofat (left) and Blessin Giraldo from the film “Step.” It wasn’t until she reached her 40s that Dofat earned her degrees, which include a Master of Science in nonprofit management from Northeastern University. During a recent conversation with the Banner, she was open and honest about the lack of information and guidance she received during those formative years. With a 2.8 high school grade point average, the potential first-generation college student’s future was uncertain. Her guidance counselor wasn’t interested in helping her and suggested that she go to community college as an option. “That was my counseling,” said Dofat. Despite the lack of support, she did receive a conditional acceptance to St. John’s University, and once there did well, she recalls. “But then I started hopping around to different schools
because I didn’t understand ‘fit.’” As a serial transfer student, she began racking up student loans left and right. “I thought I was getting free money. I had no clue what that meant,” she said. “I was the bestdressed chick on campus, though — not realizing that my $100 pair of shoes would end up costing me $1,000.” Eventually, Dofat dropped out of college, got married and had two children. In the meantime, she had to contend with “a boatload of student loans.” From that point on, she swore, “If I ever got in a position [to do so], I would never let that happen to another student.” She considers her unconventional path of attending six different colleges — including community college, state and Ivy League schools — as a blessing in disguise. It has enabled her to relate better
to her students and to understand what they’re going through financially, academically and emotionally. It took many years, but Dofat learned that higher education wasn’t just about going to Harvard, Yale or Princeton. It was about knowing herself and what she needed, and whether the school she ultimately would attend would be the right fit for her. Now, 20 years later, armed with the knowledge and wisdom culled from her own setbacks and successes, Dofat hopes that she can impart a few lessons to
young women — one of which is “Do your research.” She assigns students the task of researching community colleges, as well as state and Ivy League schools, in order “to make sure that they explore all of their options, and that they don’t miss out on something.” In her many years as an educator, Dofat has come to the conclusion that “we have a whole section of people who are trying to academically ‘Keep up with the Joneses’ and who simply want to go to these name brand schools,” as she calls them. Part of her goal is to change the young women’s mindset about these colleges and universities, and assist them in finding the school that best fits and serves their needs. Of her own college experiences, Dofat said, “I found out that this tiny little college in Connecticut was the best place for me, but I was fighting tooth and nail to get to the Ivy League because I was trying to prove something. Ultimately, I got the best education I think that I could have gotten at the other place. I take nothing away from any school. It’s an individual success journey, and that’s what I want everyone to get, even when they watch this movie: to understand that it’s an individual success journey.”
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continued from page 12 idly panning across the other members, who never speak. But the result is a sense of presence. The absence of professional camera setup and trained journalists makes the tape feel more authentic. We are there in the room with Hampton, sitting on the couch, smoking. We are there in the group of contemporaries asking him how it feels to know he might die at any minute. Because the program runs all day, every visitor experiences a different historical snippet. All art is open to interpretation, but the program is designed to reach every viewer in a different way. The clips chronicle all manner of civil disobedience, protests, marches, formal documentaries, dances and art making. They champion African Americans, gay rights, women’s rights and the basic ability of workers to be able to provide for their families. Additional programming supplements the exhibit, including documentary film screenings every Thursday night and three participatory meditative and art-making workshops with artist Kate Gilbert, beginning Aug. 18.
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Natural endurance
Photographer Robin Radin turns her lens on Franklin Park By CELINA COLBY
Tucked into the tree-lined path along the Fens, the Emerald Necklace Conservancy’s Shattuck Visitor Center has an enthralling series of photographs by Robin Radin called “Franklin Park: An Ephemeral and Enduring Landscape,” on view until December 2017. The pieces, printed oldschool with selenium-toned gelatin silver plates, have a moody, cinematic quality and show Boston’s Franklin Park as it almost never is: empty. The black and white landscapes date from 2004 to 2016, but they seem to span all of time. “Shelter in the Wilderness” looks prehistoric, depicting a messy bramble of sticks that might serve to shelter a human lacking tools or skills. It’s more of an overgrown brush than an intentional structure. Next to it, the manmade walkways of “Schoolmaster Hill” feel more urban and contemporary. Though not true of the planned and constructed urban green space, it feels like the images depict the life cycle
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of the land, from cave dweller to city slicker. Radin has been photographing for over 35 years. She began her career in Boston with a B.F.A. from Tufts University and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, and an M.F.A. from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. She currently serves on the board of the Jamaica Plain Arts Council. In her artist statement, Radin says, “My photographs aim to reveal how urban wilds and parklands can unexpectedly evoke a human presence.” A lush, mysterious landscape titled “Near the Overlook” does just that. Ivy and greenery curated to look natural and messy surround large ancient trees and a lone stone basin. A passerby might turn the corner at any moment and stumble across the naïve lovers of Fragonard’s “The Swing.” There are no people in the image, but it’s easy to imagine where they might be, and what mysterious and glorious lives they might live. Radin doesn’t glorify the park in all her images. “Walking Loop”
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My photographs aim to reveal how urban wilds and parklands can unexpectedly evoke a human presence.” — Robin Radin
PHOTO: COURTESY ROBIN RADIN
Images from Robin Radin’s “Franklin Park: An Ephemeral and Enduring Landscape” at the Emerald Necklace Conservancy’s Shattuck Visitor Center. is one of only two works with figures in them. In the far distance two women wearing exercise gear stroll briskly away from the viewer. A man in a hat and oversized coat with a bag haphazardly slung over his shoulder walks towards the camera. He’s not looking at us; he’s not looking at anything. Around him the trees are dead and skeletal; the greenery has receded against the harsh Boston winter. The unnamed character trudges along, making his way through the barren landscape and the equally barren world. As the exhibit title indicates, Boston’s urban park and its residents look different in different light and under different circumstances, but they always endure.
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n 1 T butter n½ medium yellow onion, minced n 1 cup morels, whole or sliced (Note: You can stretch out your morel supply by adding regular button mushrooms to the morels) n ¼ cup dry sherry or white wine n P inch nutmeg n Z est and squeeze of one quarter lemon n ¼ cup heavy cream n Salt and pepper to taste
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The morel mushrooms of summer are here. These charming growths upon the forest floor look like gnomes from a magical land, creatures that would have fabulous stories to tell if only they could talk. But cooking is the only way to hear them, and too many people are intimidated, don’t even give it a shot. And then there are the fearless chefs who add morels to already busy dishes, where nobody will taste them. That kind of attitude will get you in trouble if you’re out actually trying to find a morel, a practice that consists of wandering through a burned forest (most commercially harvested morels are from burns), up and over blackened ridges, trying to avoid getting bopped on the head by a standing burned tree — called a widow maker — that may decide to fall. I’ve been chased by moose, lost, become dehydrated and run out of food, all while hunting mushrooms. A measure of caution is surely warranted with morels, both in the field and in the kitchen. The flavor must be coaxed out gently, with butter, onions and wine, and little else. At first bite the earthly origins are clear. A morel tastes of all things forest, with hints of decaying wood, deer poop, minerals and moss. The story they would tell would be a complex tale, of morel spores everywhere, deep in forest floors, waiting for a fire to sweep through the trees above so they can fruit prolifically. Cooked properly, morels are the great outdoors incarnate, wild and bold, like the crew of mushroom pickers I joined in Alaska in 2006. It was the summer after 6 million acres burned along the Taylor
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Melt the butter in a heavy-bottomed pan. Add onion and fungus. Cook together until onions are translucent and the morels start to give up their moisture — about 10 minutes. At the slightest hint of a dry pan add sherry, and more butter if it needs it.
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Don’t be intimidated by morels — they might look like gnomes from a magical land, but they’re just delicious mushrooms.
Highway between Tok and Chicken. Many of the things that went down at Camp Happy Mosquito — and in the blackened forests, brown rivers and smoky saloons in the vicinity — will have to remain where they occurred in order to protect the guilty. So how about this idea instead. Go buy some morels that somebody else picked, ideally straight from the picker, for a taste of wild forest distillate. Pump some money into an industry that runs on hard work, sweat and risk, and depends on healthy forests — as buying wild salmon supports conservation in coastal watersheds. This time of year, wild morels are available at farmers markets throughout the west, and grocery stores everywhere. When you have your morels in hand,
Add nutmeg, zest and a squeeze of lemon. Cook a moment and add the cream. Cook 5 more minutes, season with salt and pepper, and serve.
this is what you should do with them. What you serve them with doesn’t really matter. You could toss them with noodles or heap them alongside meat or vegetables, or atop a hunk of good bread, which should be involved so that every last drop of sauce can be enjoyed to the max. And when the season ends and we’re left with dried morels, they can be easily rehydrated and cooked the same way. Heat up some water or stock, about a quarter cup at a time, and when it starts to simmer pour it on the morels. Toss and cover. If they absorb all of the liquid, repeat, tossing them gently whenever liquid begins to pool. Wait an hour, adding as much liquid as they will take. Contact Ari LeVaux at flash@flashinthepan.net.
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Bartlett
continued from page 1 market rate pricing, with units capped at different income levels within each bracket. The entire 323 units are set for completion in 2023. During the project’s first phase, developers are constructing a building containing 60 rental units, of which 32 are affordable to those making up to 60 percent of Area Median Income, six for those making up to 70 percent AMI and 22 priced at market rate. There also will be a ground-floor grocery store. Negotiations are underway with prospective grocery store tenants, as Nuestra seeks a firm that can provide healthy food at accessible prices. A second building will provide 16 condos, of which one will be affordable for those making up to 80 percent AMI, one for those making up to 100 percent AMI and fourteen set at market rate. The condo building will provide 16 parking spaces. More affordability could come. Kensington Investment Company has proposed providing affordable units at Bartlett to fulfill the Inclusionary Development Policy obligations triggered by its planned several-hundred unit condo building on 45-47 Townsend Street in Roxbury. KIC plans submitted to the Boston Planning and Development Agency propose providing 45 affordable home ownership units at Bartlett. Price told the Banner that should this plan receive BPDA and community approval, enacting it would not mean constructing any new units. Instead, KIC financing would be used to convert market-rate condos already included in the Bartlett designs into affordable homeownership opportunities.
PHOTO: COURTESY NUESTRA COMUNIDAD DEVELOPMENT CORP.
(above) An early rendering shows the building that will house rental apartments and a grocery store. (below) City Councilor Tito Jackson praised the development for its high percent of non-market rate housing. Price said he anticipates the condo building to open in June 2018 and the rental and grocery building to open in October 2018.
Financing
The total Bartlett project costs $184 million. Kirk Jackson of the Massachusetts Department of Transportation said the state allowed the developers to defer payments on the land, but could not go so far as to provide the land for free because properties are an asset that MassDOT uses to generate revenue for its work. The project has a long list of funders, with the first development phase receiving about $19 million in loans and equity
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Community impact
While large developments often raise fears that surrounding
rents will skyrocket and long-time residents be pushed out, many speaking at the groundbreaking heralded Bartlett Station as an opportunity to provide current community members with new assets. City Councilor Tito Jackson said
the project marks an instance of Roxbury receiving the same attention that other parts of the city enjoy, and praised it for going beyond the standard requirement that 13 percent of onsite units be affordable. “Two-thirds of what’s going to happen here is for the people in our community,” Jackson said. “This is about our neighborhood and our community being respected.” Sheila Dillon, director of the Department of Neighborhood Development, said it is critical for Boston to keep pushing creation of affordable housing, otherwise “we’re going to lose people.” Many speakers during the groundbreaking ceremony took time to comment on the intensive community involvement in shaping development plans. While tensions had at times run high, the result, they said, was a project truly for the people. Michael Miles, project review committee co-chair, said the final project is shaped around desires for local wealth generation, including local business opportunities and mixed-income housing. Tolentino said Roxbury already has a strong supply of affordable housing and praised this project for providing units available to higher earners, which would allow local families to remain after their incomes increase. Windale’s Arnold Johnson said the project also brings income to the community. Bartlett developers seek high levels of local and minority participation: Currently 40 percent of contracting is with minority-owned business enterprises and developers aim to reach 50 percent. Local retailers are expected to rent portions of the commercial space and 57 percent of contracting is with Boston residents thus far.
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continued from page 1 and recent hirings raise questions from civil rights watchdogs. This year, five officers were promoted to sergeant, all of them white. “The outcomes of the [sergeant] test raises serious concerns,” said Ivan Espinoza-Madrigal, executive director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice. The police force continues to be mainly white in a city primarily of color, with retirements expected to exacerbate the imbalance.
Lieutenant promotion
The U.S. District Court ruled that the 2008 lieutenant exam does not appear to predict job readiness. The written portion of the exam reflects critical reading interpretation and written expression skills more than judgment, quick decision making, oral communication, aptitude at
counseling subordinates and interpersonal skills. Espinoza-Madrigal said the city has appealed rulings requiring it to address the discriminatory impacts of the exam, and that it remains to be seen if the city will once again fight the ruling. “We were deeply disappointed to see that instead of trying to address the discrimination that is affecting diversity in the police department, the city was trying to abort any remedy discussion and proceed only with an appeal,” Espinoza-Madrigal said. “We see the [Walsh] administration defending discriminatory practices that have been challenged since the Menino era.” Implications of the contested 2008 lieutenant exam extend to sergeant promotions as well — both exams are largely the same, BPD spokesperson Mike McCarthy told the Banner in 2015. MAMLEO’s Ellison said the test tends to favor people with a firm grasp of theory and memorization over
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3 pages classifieds people with practical experience and understanding of the nuance and complexities of on-the-ground situations. The written test requires knowledge of technical, infrequently-used information that is not tailored to the work of officers in Boston, he said. For instance, there have been questions about fireworks, which are only dealt with once a year on July 4th, and on policies on smoking inside a police vehicle, whereas the bulk of local police work involves issues such as motor vehicle accidents and shootings. “There may be a question like, ‘What’s the significance of the seventh letter of a VIN number on a car?’” Ellison said. “As an investigator of 30 years, I can’t tell you what that is, because I don’t
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deal with that regularly and most people don’t, and it’s not a thing you need to know immediately. Knowing that doesn’t determine if you’re a good supervisor.” Ellison said BPD’s sergeant promotion process also raises questions, in part, because those who score well on the exams are not immediately promoted, but rather sent to four to six weeks of training. That suggests that the training, more than one’s exam score, determines success in the role. “Those people don’t just become promoted and go out on the street to start commencing their duties. They go to the academy to learn how to do the job,” Ellison said. “You could probably yield the same results or better if you just sent people to the
The most recent sergeant hiring cycle raised eyebrows. Ellison said the exam was administered over three days, allowing those who took the test on a later day to garner information on it from their friends. He also noted that it is more typical to promote ten people than five. The BPD told Fox 25 News that three white people were next on the list for promotions and no person of color made the promotion list until the next grade. Typically the BPD administers a new sergeant exam every two years, creating a fresh list of candidates qualified for the promotions. However, Ellison said that in this case, they have been informed that current exam results will be the basis of sergeant promotions for at least 3.5 years. He alleges that the police have been known to promote off the list until they reach a high concentration of minorities, then call for a new test.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division
Docket No. SU17P0831GD
Citation Giving Notice of Petition for Appointment of Guardian for Incapacitated Person Pursuant to G.L. c. 190B, §5-304 In the matter of Yolanda Waters Of Roxbury, MA RESPONDENT Alleged Incapacitated Person To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Tairah Waters of Roxbury, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Yolanda Waters is in need of a Guardian and requesting that (or some other suitable person) be appointed as Guardian to serve on the bond. The petition asks the court to determine that the Respondent is incapacitated, that the appointment of a Guardian is necessary, that the proposed Guardian is appropriate. The petition is on file with this court and may contain a request for certain specific authority. You have the right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 08/31/2017. 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: July 25, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division
To all persons interested in a petition described: A petition has been presented by Kurtis L Grant requesting that Kurtis Lee Grant be allowed to change his name as follows:
Wilkin Odalis Soto
vs.
Sofia Colon
To the Defendant: The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for Divorce requesting that the Court grant a divorce for irretrievable breakdown. The Complaint is on file at the Court.
WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: July 28, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division
Docket No. SU17D1429DR
Divorce Summons by Publication and Mailing Nathalie De La Rosa
vs.
Hector Ramirez-Reyes
To the Defendant: Hector Ramirez-Reyes The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for Divorce requesting that the Court grant a divorce for irretrievable breakdown. The Complaint is on file at the Court. An Automatic Restraining Order has been entered in this matter preventing you from taking any action which would negatively impact the current financial status of either party. SEE Supplemental Probate Court Rule 411. You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon: Sherry V Smith, Esq., Greater Boston Legal Services, 197 Friend St., Boston, MA 02114 your answer, if any, on or before 10/05/2017. If you fail to do so, the court will proceed to the hearing and adjudication of this action. You are also required to file a copy of your answer, if any, in the office of the Register of this Court. Witness, Hon. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: July 26, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division
DOCKET NO. SU17P1371PM
CITATION GIVING NOTICE OF PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF CONSERVATOR OR OTHER PROTECTIVE ORDER PURSUANT TO G.L c. 190B, §5-304 & §5-405
You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon: Wilkin Odalis Soto, 545 Blue Hill Avenue, #4, Dorchester, MA 02124 your answer, if any, on or before 09/21/2017. If you fail to do so, the court will proceed to the hearing and adjudication of this action. You are also required to file a copy of your answer, if any, in the office of the Register of this Court.
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.
SUFFOLK Division
Docket No. SU17C0338CA In the matter of Kurtis Lee Grant of Boston, MA
NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME
SUFFOLK Division
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 08/18/2017. 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.
Docket No. SU17P1370GD
Citation Giving Notice of Petition for Appointment of Guardian for Incapacitated Person Pursuant to G.L. c. 190B, §5-304 In the matter of Alena White Of Boston, MA RESPONDENT Alleged Incapacitated Person To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Benjamin Healthcare Center in the above captioned matter alleging that Alena White 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 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 08/17/2017. 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: July 10, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate
In the matter of: Alena White Respondent (Person to be Protected/Minor) Of: Boston, MA
An Automatic Restraining Order has been entered in this matter preventing you from taking any action which would negatively impact the current financial status of either party. SEE Supplemental Probate Court Rule 411.
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IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT AT BOSTON ON OR BEFORE TEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM) ON 08/31/2017.
To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Benjamin Healthcare Center of Boston, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Alena White is in need of a Conservator or other protective order and requesting that (or some other suitable person) be appointed as Conservator to serve Without Surety on the bond.
Witness, Hon. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: July 18, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate
Witness, Hon. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: July 7, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate
Kurtis Lee Martin
Docket No. SU17D1618DR
Divorce Summons by Publication and Mailing
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Docket No. SU17D1323DR
Divorce Summons by Publication and Mailing Latroy Jones
vs.
Charel Jones
To the Defendant: The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for Divorce requesting that the Court grant a divorce for irretrievable breakdown of the marriage pursuant to G.L. c. 208, Section 1 B. The Complaint is on file at the Court. An Automatic Restraining Order has been entered in this matter preventing you from taking any action which would negatively impact the current financial status of either party. SEE Supplemental Probate Court Rule 411. You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon: Latroy Jones, 78 Bragdon St, #1, Roxbury, MA 02119-1176 your answer, if any, on or before 09/21/2017. If you fail to do so, the court will proceed to the hearing and adjudication of this action. You are also required to file a copy of your answer, if any, in the office of the Register of this Court. Witness, Hon. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: July 24, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department
draws, complete with new piers, fenders, and abutments. A new signal Control Tower will be constructed along with new mechanical and electrical systems to control the draws and integrated with the railroad signal system. These improvements will be made while maintaining existing commuter rail line service.
The Category of Work is: General Building Construction
Bidder’s attention is directed to Appendix 1, Notice of Requirement for Affirmative Action to Insure Equal Employment Opportunity; and to Appendix 2, Supplemental Equal Employment Opportunity, Anti-Discrimination, and Affirmative Action Program in the specifications. In addition, pursuant to the requirements of Appendix 3, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Participation Provision, Bidders must submit an assurance with their Bids that they will make sufficient and reasonable efforts to meet the stated DBE goal of 5 percent.
And the following Filed Sub-Bids: Masonry; Miscellaneous and Ornamental Iron; Roofing and Flashing; Painting; Fire Protection; Plumbing; HVAC; Electrical
SUFFOLK Division
Docket No. SU17W1260 Summons By Publication Paula Vaz, Plaintiff v. Victor M. Rivera, Defendant
To the above named Defendant: Victor M. Rivera A Complaint has been presented to this Court by the Plaintiff Paula Vaz is seeking a Complaint To Establish Paternity. You are required to serve upon Paula Vaz — whose address is 24 Dewey Street, Dorchester, MA 02125 — Phone # 617-849-2255 your answer on or before 5th day of October, 2017. If you fail to do so, the court will proceed to the hearing and adjudication of this action. You are also required to file a copy of your answer in the office of the Register of this Court at Boston. Witness, Joan P. Armstrong, Esquire, First Judge of said Court, this 28th day of July, 2017. Terri Klug Cafazzo, Register Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division
Docket No. SU16D2621DR
Divorce Summons by Publication and Mailing Beth Reed
vs.
Edward Reed
To the Defendant: The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for Divorce requesting that the Court grant a divorce for irretrievable breakdown of the marriage. The Complaint is on file at the Court. An Automatic Restraining Order has been entered in this matter preventing you from taking any action which would negatively impact the current financial status of either party. SEE Supplemental Probate Court Rule 411. You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon: Beth Reed, 108 Adams St, #3R, Dorchester, MA 02122-1223 your answer, if any, on or before 09/28/2017. If you fail to do so, the court will proceed to the hearing and adjudication of this action. You are also required to file a copy of your answer, if any, in the office of the Register of this Court. Witness, Hon. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: July 28, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate
Bidders will affirmatively ensure that in regard to any contract entered into pursuant to this solicitation, minority and female construction contractors will be afforded full opportunity to submit Bids and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin in consideration for an award. Additional information and instructions on how to submit a bid are available at http://www.mbta.com/business_center/bidding_solicitations/current_solicitations/ On behalf of the MBTA, thank you for your time and interest in responding to this Notice to Bidders Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Brian Shortsleeve Chief Administrator and Acting General Manager of the MBTA August 7, 2017 NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS - CLASSIFIED LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE DIVISION OF CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT & MAINTENANCE Electronic Bids submitted in the format furnished by the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance (DCAMM) and clearly identified as a bid will be received through DCAMM’s E-Bid Room at www.bidexpress.com/ businesses/10279/home no later than the date and time specified and will forthwith be publicly opened. Sub-Bids at 12:00 Noon: September 6, 2017 General Bids at 2:00 PM: September 20, 2017 Every Filed Sub-Bidder must be certified by DCAMM in the category for which they bid.
Edison on First 621 East First Street, South Boston, MA 02127 www.621EastFirstLottery.com 4 Income Restricted Units
#Bedrooms
Square Feet
Percent of Median Income
List Price
1
718
80%
$179,600
1,019
80%
$214,300
6:30 – 8:30 PM Symphony Plaza East 334 Mass Ave, Boston, MA 02115
2
1,019
100%*
$277,100
3
1,636
100%*
$315,100
Carol W. Gladstone COMMISSIONER The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority is seeking bids for the following: BID NO.
DESCRIPTION
DATE
TIME
WRA-4420
Temporary Flow Monitoring and Data Collection for Various MWRA Wastewater Sites
08/23/17
3:00 p.m.
OP-344
Nut Island HVAC Insulation
08/30/17
2:00 p.m.
Cottages at Depot Crossing 162 South Road, Bedford, MA 01730
Applications accepted through 10/6/17, 1 p.m. Lottery: October 24, 2017 at 7:00 pm Bedford Town Hall
Application and Lottery Information: Housing@Sudbury.Ma.US
Sudbury Housing Trust, Lottery Agent 278 Old Sudbury Road, Sudbury, MA 01776, 978-639-3387
*Minimum income floors apply
Income Limit 80% Boston AMI and Asset Limits Use and Resale Restrictions Apply
Maximum Income Limit Household size
80% AMI
100% AMI
1
$57,900
$72,400
2
$66,200
$82,750
3
$74,450
$93,100
A team of consultants has been hired to select a preliminary design for the retrofitted station. It includes lead structural engineer Thornton Tomasetti and lead architect DHK Inc, both of Boston. It is anticipated that modifications to the station, associated with construction and final build out, will have an impact on the existing streetscape in the area. The MBTA has allocated approximately $5 million for the design of the station. The construction cost is anticipated to be approximately $45 million, which is proposed to be funded by a Capital Funding Request starting in the 2019 Fiscal Year.
4
$82,700
$103,400
5
$89,350
$111,700
6
$95,950
$119,950
Households may request an application to be sent by email or mail from: Monday, August 14, 2017 – Wednesday August 23, 2017 through the following methods: To complete the application online, please visit: www.621EastFirstLottery.com To have a hard copy of the application sent to your mailing address, please call: 617-209-5226 Applications will also be available in person on the following dates and times:
The work consists of replacing the Drawbridge on the Newbury/Rockport line over the Annisquam River in Gloucester, Massachusetts. The existing single two-track moveable draw will be replaced with two new single-track movable
In order to access bid documents and submit bids through DCAMM’s E-Bid Room potential bidders must first be verified by DCAMM’s Bid Room and then register with the E-Bid Room vendor. Instructions on the processes can be found on DCAMM’s website www.mass.gov/dcamm/bids or contact DCAMM’s Bid Room at (617) 727-4003 or bidroom.dcamm@state.ma.us
Unit offered via lottery 1 Restricted Three-Bedroom Detached Unit $197,400
2
Electronic bids for MBTA Contract No. H62CN03, REPLACEMENT OF GLOUCESTER LINE OVER ANNISQUAM RIVER CARRYING NEWBURYPORT/ ROCKPORT COMMUTER RAIL LINE GLOUCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, CLASS 1 GENERAL CONSTRUCTION ($50,000,000.00)and CLASS 4C – MOVEABLE BRIDGES ($50,000,000.00)- PROJECT VALUE – $54,457,000.00, can be submitted at www.bidx.com until two o’clock (2:00 p.m.) on September 12, 2017. Immediately thereafter, in a designated room, the Bids will be opened and read publicly.
Bid documents for this project may be accessed or downloaded at no cost to potential bidders exclusively through DCAMM’s E-Bid Room https://www. bidexpress.com/businesses/10279/home One hard copy set is also available for viewing in DCAMM’s Bid Room located at One Ashburton Place, 1st Floor, Room 107, Boston, MA during normal business hours.
Affordable Homeownership
Thursday, August 24th, 2017
Electronic proposals for the following project will be received through the internet using Bid Express until the date and time stated below, and will be posted on www.bidx.com forthwith after the bid submission deadline. No paper copies of bids will be accepted. Bidders must have a valid digital ID issued by the Authority in order to bid on projects. Bidders need to apply for a digital ID with Bid Express at least 14 days prior to a scheduled bid opening date.
Minimum rates of wages to be paid on the project have been determined by the Commissioner of the Department of Labor Standards. These rates are incorporated into the bid documents.
Income Restricted Homeownership Opportunity
Symphony Station Accessibility Project
MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY 100 SUMMER ST., SUITE 1200 BOSTON, MA 02110 NOTICE TO BIDDERS
A Pre-Bid meeting will be held on August 22, 2017 @ 10:00 AM at the Archives, located at 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA. All attendees shall meet in the lobby of the Archives.
REAL ESTATE
Public Information Meeting
This project is scheduled for 274 calendar days to substantial completion. Scope: Expansion of the climate-controlled secure archival storage capacity of the State Archives at Columbia Point in Dorchester – adding two interstitial floors (25,000 s.f. each) for climate controlled secure archival vaults, a new interior ramp at the main entrance lobby & other miscellaneous upgrades for accessibility compliance.
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For more information, please contact Nathaniel Cabral-Curtis, the project’s public involvement manager, at ncabral-curtis@hshassoc.com or by phone at 617-348-3336. The meeting location is accessible. To request language or access accommodations, please contact MassDOT’s director of Civil Rights at 857-368-8580, TTD/TTY 857-368-0603, Fax 857-368-0602 or by email at MassDOT.CivilRights@dot.state.ma.us.
E.C.C: $4,482,296
To access and bid on Event(s) please go to the MWRA Supplier Portal at www.mwra.com.
The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
As part of the MBTA’s System Wide Accessibility Program, the MBTA is studying how to provide full accessibility to Symphony Station on the Green Line. This study includes the design of four new elevators, along with significant station modifications consisting of raising boarding platforms, new egress points at the platforms, a renovated station lobby, and reconditioning of the currently non-functioning restrooms.
Mass. State Project No. SEC1502 Contract No. HC1 Massachusetts State Archives Building Expansion Boston, MA
Every General Bidder must be certified by DCAMM for the category of work listed below and for no less than the bid price plus all add alternates of this project, if applicable.
for the
LEGAL
Date
Time
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
10:00AM - 2:00PM
Wednesday, August 16, 2017
10:00AM – 2:00PM
Thursday, August 17, 2017
3:00PM - 7:00PM
Friday, August 18, 2017
10:00AM – 2:00PM
Saturday, August 19, 2017
10:00AM - 2:00PM
Location: Boston Public Library - South Boston Branch 646 East Broadway, South Boston
HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY 6 AFFORDABLE CONDOMINIUM UNITS TO BE SOLD BY LOTTERY TO ELIGIBLE HOMEBUYERS Whitney Farm, Whitney Farm Drive, Sherborn, Ma (1) 2-Bed, 1-1/2 Baths Condominium Unit $187,600; 1200 Apprx SF (4) 3-Bed, 1-1/2 Baths Condominium Units $207,400; 1750 - 2200 Apprx SF (1) 4-Bed, 1-1/2 Baths,Condominium Unit $222,400; 1800 Apprx SF Max income:
1 Person - $54,750 2 Persons - $62,550 3 Persons - $70,350 4 Persons - $78,150 5 Persons - $84,450 6 Persons - $90,700 7 Persons - $96,950 8 Persons - $103,200 Asset Limitation $75,000, as defined in application packet Other Restrictions Apply
Completed applications must be returned by the deadline — remit by mail only (unless completed online): Postmarked no later than August 30, 2017 Maloney Properties, Inc., Attention: 621 East First Lottery, 27 Mica Lane, Wellesley MA 02481
Applications and Information Packet with additional details at: Sherborn Public Library Sherborn Town Hall 3 Sanger St (Temp Location) Board of Selectmen’s Office
Selection by lottery. Asset, Use & Resale Restrictions apply. Preference for Boston Residents. Preference for Households With at Least One Person Per Bedroom. Preference for First-Time Homebuyers. For more info or reasonable accommodations, call Maloney Properties, Inc. at 781-943-0200 | U.S. Relay 711 | Email: EastFirst@maloneyproperties.com
Or Write To: JTE Realty Associates, LLC, P. O. Box 955, North Andover, Ma.01845 Or e-mail: whitney@jterealtyassociates.com MAILING ADDRESS MUST BE PROVIDED 978-258-3492
Equal Housing Opportunity
Application Deadline Received by 8/29/2017
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BANNER CLASSIFIEDS REAL ESTATE PINE OAKS VILLAGE PHASE 3 300 LEIGHTON’S LANE HARWICH, MA 02645 Please call (508) 432-9623 NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR WAIT LIST Apartment community designed for 62 & over
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Affordable Rental Housing Opportunity / Selection by Lottery - 1 , 2 & 3 Bedroom Apts. Rents*: 92 North Main Street West Boylston, MA 01583
1 BR Contract Rent 2 BR 4 # of Apts. 14 80% Gross Rent $1,275 $1,530 Utility Allowance $111 $142 Net Rent $1,164 $1,388
Applications available beginning 8/7/17 thru 10/6/17 at • West Boylston Town Hall, 140 Worcester Street, Board of Selectman/Town Administrator, 2nd Floor • Beaman Memorial Public Library, 8 Newton St., West Boylston or E-mail 92NorthMain@peabodyproperties.com; or by phone 508.726.9966 (TTY 711) Mail completed application to: Peabody Properties, Inc., c/o 92 North Main Lottery, 536 Granite Street, Braintree, MA 02184 or email to 92NorthMain@peabodyproperties.com Deadline: Postmarked by October 6, 2017
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3 BR 2 $1,768 $174 $1,594
Income Limits: #HH 80% AMI 1 $47,600 2 $54,400 3 $61,200 4 $68,000 5 $73,450 6 $78,900 AMI = Area Median Income, as of 4/14/17
*Rents, income limits & utility allowances based on HUD guidelines & subject to change. Please inquire in advance for reasonable accommodation. Info contained herein subject to change w/o notice.
A large multi-family apartment community in Somerville, MA is looking to fill several vacant positions. The property is near public transportation and close to other neighborhood amenities. The company offers very competitive salary and benefits. There are opportunities for advancement within the organization.
➥ Greet all visitors, answer phones, process work orders for residents, and direct visitors. The position includes clerical office work and data entry and requires good communication skills. This is a faced paced office with a variety of tasks. Please fax your resume to the attention of the Property Manager (617) 625-3741 or email TWhitecloudrogers@firsthartford.com.
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Features such as…... • Scenic views of Revere’s beachside community • Plenty of space for indoor relaxation • Emergency Response Person living on site, on call • On site laundry facilities and air conditioning • Large community room with many social events Rent is based on 30% of income (income limits apply) to qualified seniors 62 and older and to younger persons, must be at least 18 or older, who are mobility impaired requiring the special design features of accessible units.
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➥ Small breakfast and lunch café looking to hire a full-time cook. The position is Monday through Friday only from 7:30am to 2:00pm. Must be flexible and able to multi task and work independently . Tasks include cooking, menu preparation, ordering supplies and foodstuffs. Please fax your resume to Lynne at (617) 625-3741 or email LBooth@firsthartford.com.
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Located a short distance from Revere Beach, this active senior co-op is on an MBTA bus route, and is within walking distance to shopping, banks and medical professionals.
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Friendly Garden Co-op Apartments where member residents have a voice in the management of the property, has large studio and one bedroom apartments.
➥ We are looking for an energetic person to join our property maintenance team in a multi-family apartment environment. Duties include hallway cleaning, trash removal, and snow removal during the winter. This position offers excellent opportunities for advancement. The successful candidate should be capable of lifting 50lbs. Please fax your resume to the attention of Bob at (617) 625-3741 or email TWhitecloudrogers@firsthartford.com.
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The mission of the Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation (the “NDC”) is to build a cohesive and resilient community in Codman Square and South Dorchester, develop affordable housing and commercial spaces that are safe and sustainable, and promote economic stability for low and moderate income residents of all ages. Job Summary: Under general direction of the Executive Director, this position facilitates fund raising research, implementation of our Community Investment Tax Credit (CITC) campaign through support of major donor identification, communication and cultivation. Undertakes grant (proposal) writing and development. Responsible for all aspects of proposal writing/production, review and editing, working closely with all levels of staff on a program, departmental, agency-wide and/ or special initiative basis. Develop collateral materials such as agency annual reports, newsletters, etc., in support of communication and donor identification and cultivation. Develop informational pieces designed to keep Codman Square donors and other constituents abreast of Codman Square’s work events and initiatives, working in coordination with web and social media site developers. Participate in CITC Campaign Committee meetings. Plan funder/major donor events. Maintains donor databases, including DHCD online CITC database and develops tracking protocols and supports reporting on donations and grants. Submit resume and cover letter with salary requirements by August 31, 2017 to: Executive Director, Codman Square NDC, 587 Washington St, Dorchester, MA 02124 or to katrina@csndc.com. No calls please.
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Boston, MA
The Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, Inc. (METCO), the largest and best known voluntary school desegregation program in the United States, seeks a Chief Executive Officer. Established in 1966, the METCO program was designed to provide the opportunity for children from racially-imbalanced schools in Boston and children from isolated suburban schools to learn together in an integrated public school setting. Over the last half century METCO has aided the graduation of more than 100,000 alumni and supported 3,289 students annually from Boston and Springfield with more than 30 suburban school districts from across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Throughout its history, METCO has provided students with a strong academic foundation, as well as an environment rich in cultural, educational, ethnic, and racial diversity. In addition, it strives to increase diversity and reduce racial isolation in the receiving districts so that the students from different backgrounds can learn from one another in meaningful ways. The METCO program also provides an opportunity to develop deeper understanding and cooperation between urban and suburban parents and other citizens in the Boston and Springfield metropolitan areas. After almost 45 years of success at the helm, departing Executive Director, Jean McGuire has made the thoughtful and deliberate decision to step down from her role in order to make room for the next generation of METCO leadership. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO), a newly created position, will report to a 21 member Board of Directors comprised of alumni, local leaders in the field of education, and superintendents. The CEO will be expected to work with the Board and other stakeholders to refine the strategic direction of METCO and lead the day-to-day functions of the organization. The CEO will be responsible for a yearly operating budget of approximately $1.3 million and a 16 member staff. This leadership position requires a person who combines a passionate commitment to K-12 education, demonstrated leadership experience, and deep knowledge of non-profit operations. The new Chief Executive Officer will enjoy the enthusiastic support of the Board, who are looking forward to a new era of accomplishments, spearheaded by a new leader. METCO has engaged the services of Isaacson, Miller, a national executive search firm, to aid it in this critical recruitment. All inquiries, nominations, and applications should be directed in confidence to: Monroe “Bud” Moseley, Donna Cramer and Emily Buehrens Isaacson, Miller Inquiries: 617-262-6500 www.imsearch.com/6293 Electronic submission of materials is strongly advised. METCO is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is in compliance with Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended, Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. It employs without regard to sex, race, color, national origin, religion, age, handicap or status as a disabled or Vietnam era veteran.
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