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MBTA approves Foxborough pilot Transit advocates say route extension risks Fairmount Line quality, upgrades By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
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NAACP Boston Branch President Tanisha Sullivan addresses reporters during a press conference at City Hall Monday.
Mayor to alt-right: You are not welcome here
Civic leaders call for calm as supremacists plan rally By YAWU MILLER
In a message aimed at white supremacist groups who are reportedly planning a rally on the Boston Common this coming Saturday, Mayor Martin Walsh pledged that city officials would “do every single thing in our power to keep hate out of our city.” Speaking during a press conference in front of City Hall and backed by local and state officials and Boston
civic leaders, neither Walsh nor Police Commissioner Bill Evans would disclose specific tactics they will use to block or contain the planned demonstration, which comes on the heels of a white supremacist demonstration in Charlottesville, Virginia that left one counterdemonstrator dead and sparked concern across the country about a resurgence of white extremism. “Boston does not welcome you here,” Walsh said addressing the rally organizers. “Boston does
not want you here. Boston rejects your message.” The Charlottesville rally featured several dozen so-called “altright” demonstrators from across the country who came to the University of Virginia to protest the planned removal of a statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee. Carrying tiki torches, the demonstrators shouted racist and anti-semitic slogans and clashed with
See SUPREMACISTS, page 18
Advocates continuing a long-running bid to bring rapid, frequent service to transit-starved, low-income areas along the Fairmount Line fear that the MBTA may undermine planned improvements in favor of providing more options to suburbanites, starting in 2019. A Baker administration-supported pilot program to extend weekday commuter rail service to Foxborough would direct eight trains from the Fairmount Line to start their route in the far-flung suburb, before proceeding on to serve their original passengers in Dorchester, Mattapan and Hyde Park. On Monday, MBTA Fiscal Management and Control Board officials voted 4-1 in favor of the pilot, with Monica Tibbits-Nutt opposing. Mela Miles of the Fairmount Indigo Transit Coalition and Rafael Mares of the Conservation Law Foundation spoke with the Banner in separate conversations in the days before the vote. Miles and Mares said that while they do not begrudge any neighborhood getting better transit options, this pilot plan jeopardizes current service and long-promised upgrades to communities dependent on public transit, and favors towns with more options. “The people in the Fairmount corridor, many of them have no other options,” Miles said. “The median income of the Fairmount Indigo corridor is less than $40,000. We have the lowest per capita auto ownership in the city.
This is a transit-dependent community. This is not people who have the option to get out of their cars and get onto a train. … We just want the [MBTA] to keep their commitment and not leave us aside and prioritize the needs of the suburbs over the needs of the urban community.” The MBTA has stated that a Foxborough extension will not impact the current level of service on the Fairmount and that the additional commuters will fill only some of the seats that currently remain vacant. Transit advocates, however, remain skeptical.
Vanishing seats, vanishing trains?
Under an MBTA proposal, empty trains would travel down the Fairmount Line onto the Franklin Line, then head off onto the short stretch of the Framingham Secondary Line, which leads to Gillette Stadium. In the morning, the train would pick up Foxborough passengers, then continue on through the Fairmount corridor, picking up riders en route to South Station. Eight current Fairmount trains and one Franklin train would be directed to extend their run out to Foxborough. The plans unleashed concerns that any mishap on the Foxborough-to-Boston stretch will spell delays or loss of service for the original Fairmount riders before any even have a chance to board. For Fairmount Line passengers, the wait between trains is 40
See FAIRMOUNT, page 9
Politics and culture in Dominican fest Candidates press for community’s votes By YAWU MILLER
From Hyde Square to Franklin Park, thousands lined the parade route of the Dominican Festival parade Sunday morning as the annual event returned to Roxbury from downtown. The festival was relocated to Roxbury’s Clifford Park from City Hall Plaza, a move that brought the event back to neighborhoods that are home to the highest concentrations
of Dominicans in the city. Beauty queens, dancing troupes and tricked-out cars constituted the bulk of the parade, but with city elections just weeks away, elected officials were prominent as well. The mayoral race brought out large contingents of supporters of both Mayor Martin Walsh and City Councilor Tito Jackson. Yet the numerical discrepancy between Jackson’s two dozen supporters and Walsh’s army of several dozen underscored the
disparity of resources between the two campaigns. As Walsh supporters gathered on Centre Street, volunteers grabbed T-shirts from a cardboard box while mulling their choice of campaign materials — wood-handled fans with the mayor’s name, cardboard Dominican flags with “Martin J. Walsh, Alcade (mayor)” printed on the reverse as well as an abundance of buttons and stickers. The Walsh campaign, which benefits from a war chest of more than $4 million, also seems to
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District 7 City Councilor Tito Jackson, who is running for mayor, greets spectators during the Dominican Festival parade.
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Man freed after 38 yrs wrongfully imprisoned By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
A man was released from prison last week after spending nearly four decades locked up for a crime that he always maintained he did not commit. Frederick Clay was 16 when he was accused of murdering a cab driver. Now at age 53, he is free. Flawed investigational practices and evidence standards led to Clay’s conviction for a 1979 murder in Roslindale’s Archdale public housing development. On Tuesday last week, the conviction was vacated in a Suffolk County court. Clay’s conviction rested on two eyewitnesses. One was a developmentally delayed 24-year-old with the mental age of ten, according to information from the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS). The witness initially said he could not make out the murder suspects he viewed at night from the window of his second-story apartment. The police on the case repeatedly showed the witness a photo array of suspects, and told him they were fairly certain who the guilty parties were and that they were depicted in the array. The police also told the witness that if he helped them, the city would pay to relocate him and his family out of the projects where he had just witnessed the murder. The second witness provided vague suspect descriptions that altered after police subjected him to hypnosis — a practice now largely discredited, according to the CPCS. Some statements from witnesses also better described other potential perpetrators, who
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Frederick Clay were not investigated. In addition, Clay was right-handed, while the shooter was left-handed. At the time of trial, Clay was 18 and was tried and convicted as an adult. Throughout the case and his 38year incarceration, Clay maintained that he was innocent — something a prison board once cited as the reason to deny him parole.
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Clay may not be the last person to suffer a wrongful conviction, but organizations are working to identify and right such wrongs. Proposed legislation could make their work easier. Tucked within a division of the state’s public defender’s office is the Innocence Program, a unit dedicated to investigating and defending those who may have suffered wrongful convictions. Lisa Kavanaugh, Innocence Program director, served as Clay’s attorney and filed
for a new trial, along with co-counsel Jeff Harris of Good, Cormier, Schneider and Fried. The Innocence Program examines cases throughout Massachusetts. Its team comprises a director, an attorney, a paralegal and a part-time investigator. The state currently pays salaries for most of the employees, and the team continually applies for federal grants to support needs, such as hiring of additional investigators and experts to work specific cases, said Kavanaugh. The Innocence Program is also a member of the broader Innocence Project network. Among the challenges the program faces is difficulty tapping public resources. The court is required to supply financial aid for assembling wrongful conviction arguments, but qualifying for that money requires demonstrating there is a strong case for a new trial — which essentially is the work the aid is needed to support, Kavanaugh said. Another issue is that the Innocence Program only hears of cases when an individual files a request with the organization, or if an attorney refers the case. That requires the attorney or individual to be aware of new scientific thinking or procedures that could invalidate the case against the convicted, and to be aware of the Innocence Program. When Clay was incarcerated, this resource did not exist, and he spent almost two decades without an attorney looking at his case, Kavanaugh said. She learned of Clay’s plight through happenstance and unusual channels — she ran into a reverend friend of a
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friend who was familiar with Clay from prison visits.
Becoming proactive
A bill sponsored by Sen. William Brownsberger, An Act to Establish a Forensic Science Commission, would call upon the state to handle more of the work of identifying questionable cases, rather than relying on individuals seeking out help. An independent commission would be charged with investigating and auditing the forensic science, technique or analysis used in a criminal matter in any cases where new investigation is deemed useful or where any of the procedures used or the conduct in the case have been called into question. For instance, when new science emerged debunking the use of hypnotism on witnesses, a case such as Clay’s that involved hypnotism would have to be reviewed. This commission would meet four or more times a year and include among its membership several people appointed by criminal justice organizations, as well as people with scientific expertise in fields such as forensics, cognitive bias and statistics. To give the commission independence, the scientific members would have no ongoing connection to government forensic labs. “[This legislation] removes the issue of chance — the chance that you’ll end up with a lawyer who is aware that this is an issue, or that you even have the wherewithal to ask for a lawyer,” Kavanaugh said, noting that language barriers and mental health issues are especially likely to prevent someone from knowing they can ask for help. “[The bill also] takes responsibility on a systemic level for these types of issues when they occur.”
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parole. You’re let out with a pat on the back and whatever money you have in your pocket. ” In one way, Clay is lucky — before he was exonerated, he was due to be paroled, and the post-release program he had selected agreed to admit him for at least six months, despite his change in status. While that program focuses on some of the emotional aspects of transitioning back into society, other supporters have come forward to volunteer assistance on life practicalities such as teaching Clay to drive, open a bank account and obtain and learn to use a cell phone. The parole program may also help connect him with job training resources. In Massachusetts, those who are wrongfully convicted of a felony have a right to seek compensation from the state of up to $500,000. However, the process for attaining this is often more complicated than getting the conviction overturned: They must prove not that the vacated conviction was flawed or insufficient, but rather that they are definitively innocent. There also is a strict timeline for bringing suit, according to the New England Innocence Project, a nonprofit representing people in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Vermont. Even when people managed to win some compensation, they rarely if ever receive the full amount provided for under the law, and it may not arrive for years while they wage their legal case to receive it, Kavanaugh said.
Making compensation attainable
An Act Updating the Wrongful Conviction Compensation Law, sponsored by Sen. Pat Jehlen, targets the problem of barriers to compensation and support. Under the proposal, claimants with promising cases would be provided with supports without having to wait for the trial’s completion. Such claimants would get $50,000 and may also receive support for emotional and physical needs and free educational services from public colleges or universities. Kavanaugh said the bill is a critical step. “You don’t just put your life on hold for the two years it takes to litigate a compensation suit,” she noted. Jehlen’s bill also calls for wrongful conviction records to be expunged, not merely sealed, and for the state to pick up legal fees for those who win their cases.
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City policy garnered affordable units for Boston, but few in Rox Of 1,737 private-developer-made units, less than 1 percent were in Roxbury By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
Private firms have been spurred to create almost 1,740 affordable housing units in Boston, thanks to the city’s Inclusionary Development Policy. But less than 1 percent of those units have been built in Roxbury, according to a recent Boston Planning and Development Agency report. Since its establishment in 2000, the IDP has helped the city increase overall affordable housing stock. Under the policy, developers of buildings with 10 or more units who seek zoning relief or to use land owned by the city must create a number of units affordable to moderate- and middle-income households. They can fulfill this requirement by designating a percentage of on-site units as affordable, building a higher percentage of affordable units off-site, paying into an affordable housing fund or enacting some combination of these options. While developer-created IDP units have largely skipped Roxbury, these trends could be shifting as developers now turn attention to Boston’s outer neighborhoods. According to the city’s latest permitting numbers, released in July,
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69 percent of new permit applications have been for developments outside of the downtown core, with many units expected to be moderately priced.
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in recent years: Annual commitments increased from about $8.5 million before 2015 to about $17.6 million after, according to the BPDA report.
Between 2000 and 2016, developers have fulfilled IDP requirements by building 1,737 units on- or off-site. Sixty-seven percent of these have been rental. However, of all units created, only eight have been in Roxbury. Roslindale and Mattapan also received scant amounts: nine units and 19 units, respectively. The neighborhood netting the highest number of onor off-site developer-created IDP units is South Boston, which, with 403 units, represents 23 percent of the total. Developers who cashed out to satisfy IDP requirements, instead of building some affordable units, have contributed about $96.8 million under the policy. These funds subsidized about 1,070 completed affordable units in various parts of the city. IDP collections have risen
According to the BPDA report, the IDP is valuable for targeting a kind of housing rarely supported. “It is one of the only resources for addressing moderate to middle-income households being priced out of Boston’s real estate market,” the report states. In January 2016, Mayor Martin Walsh’s administration revised the IDP policy. These adjustments increased the off-site unit requirements and cash-out rates on developers who built in areas with higher home sales prices. BPDA project manager Phil Cohen said in December 2015 that the intention was to encourage construction, especially of middle-class housing, in the outer neighborhoods less frequented by developers. The policy changes also aligned with goals of increasing overall affordable housing stock in the city, and the BPDA report states IDP has been helpful in increasing the amount of affordable housing present in the downtown core. Under the adjustments, off-site construction and cash-out amounts were increased on developers building in the expensive downtown and waterfront neighborhoods. Developers experienced the same hike in off-site requirements and
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a lessened rise in pay-out amounts if they sited projects in the neighborhoods of Allston, Brighton, Charleston, Jamaica Plain or Mission Hill or in the waterfront part of South Boston. Meanwhile, IDP requirements remained the same for Roxbury, Dorchester, East Boston, Hyde Park, Mattapan, Roslindale and West Roxbury. At the same time, the BPDA also made a change to reduce the depth of affordability on rental units in the latter outer neighborhoods, under certain conditions. Whereas before developers had to make units available to those earning up to 70 percent of Area Median Income, now developers could provide their IDP units for those making up to 100 percent AMI, should the developers make a valid argument that this is necessary for the financial feasibility of the project. Even with this change, affordability levels for IDP housing remain set at a lower level than in the early years of the policy, when most IDP units were provided at 80 percent AMI, 100 percent
AMI, and 120 percent AMI, states the BPDA report. Under the current form of IDP, most affordable rental units are set at 70 percent AMI (affordable to a two-person household earning up to $57,950), 80 percent AMI (up to $66,200 for a family of two) and 100 percent AMI (up to $83,100 for a family of two). Funds contributed by developers have been used, in conjunction with other affordable housing resources, to support housing at deeper levels of affordability — 47 percent of IDP-supported units were at set at 60 percent AMI, and 18 percent were set at 30 percent AMI. The Walsh administration sees increasing overall housing stock as the key to improving affordability. The city’s latest report includes some positive hints: Rents on pre2011 housing stock in areas outside the downtown core declined by 5 percent between 2015 and 2016. City officials intend to extend IDP requirements further to cover projects not requiring zoning exemptions, according to the BPDA report.
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Psychiatrists gone mute Political opponents are often harshly critical of one another. It is not uncommon for one to assert that the policy proposals of the other are crazy. But with Donald Trump in the White House the criticism has become more personal. Some believe that Trump is psychologically deranged, but strangely enough, competently trained psychiatrists are unwilling to speak openly on the matter. The Founding Fathers apparently did not believe that American citizens would be foolish enough to elect a crazy man as president, so no provision for that was made directly in the Constitution. And it is a strength of the democracy that it is difficult to remove a president once he is elected. Such provision is Section 4 of Article II of the Constitution states: The President … shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors. Some Democrats urge impeaching Trump but it is unlikely that will happen without evidence of violations uncovered in the Robert Mueller investigation. Another provision, the 25th Amendment of the Constitution, ratified in 1964, allows for the removal of a president who is no longer capable of performing his duties. Since Trump can show up for work
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And the children shall lead them… Jamaica Plain teenagers from Jackson Square have demonstrated to us all the advantage of vigilance and persistence. In an effort to raise funds for construction of a local recreation center, they uncovered a secret treasure trove. The owners of TD Garden promised in 1993 to raise funds annually to finance recreation projects in exchange for state-owned air rights,
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By EARL OFARI HUTCHINSON It was hilarious and telling to see No. 45 Trump tweet that he condemns “all that hate stands for” following the racially-fomented violence by white nationalists in Charlottesville, Virginia. The hilarity is that one would have to reach back to presidential candidate George Wallace in 1964, and maybe toss in GOP presidential candidate Barry Goldwater, to find someone who aspired to sit in the Oval Office who so blatantly, nakedly and shamefully pandered to racial bigots to snatch the office as Trump did. His broadsides against Hispanics, Muslims, immigrants, blacks and women are almost the stuff of political legend. They need not be repeated here. Now, here’s what’s telling about his supposed condemnation of hate. He carefully and calculatingly did not utter the words “white” and “nationalists” or “alt-right” in his phony denunciation. He did not call out and lambaste any one organization or leader that precipitated the racial violence in Virginia — and that included the KKK, which brazenly said it would be there. He was certainly not tongue-tied when it came to pillorying Black Lives Matter for their alleged racism and egging on violence against police. Even more telling, he lumped the counter protesters against the white nationalists in the same hate-mongering boat together. Trump deftly sent yet another clear signal that when it comes to stoking racial hate and fomenting racial violence, there’s no difference between a white nationalist true believer and those who stand against what they stand for. Then again, Trump is just following a well-worn template that the GOP has used for ages when it comes to a racist crack, dig, slur or in this case a racist —and very violent —march by white racists. The ploy goes like this: Issue a pious, indignant statement denouncing the racist quip or act while at the same time being careful not to make any connection between the racist actions and the GOP. During the campaign, for instance, Trump refused at first to reject former Klan Kleagle David Duke’s endorsement, nor any other support from the Klan. But he then proceeded to stare down a supporter wearing a Klan-lettered T-shirt at a campaign rally. Trump was simply following the “shame on you for being an open racist but not the racism” script. Trump learned from the GOP masters on this score. In 2010, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell flatly refused several direct, angled and nuanced efforts to discuss racism in the tea party. McConnell’s none-too-subtle refusal to weigh in on the issue was in direct response to the NAACP’s resolution demanding that the Tea Party speak out —and speak out loudly —against the racists among them. Long before the NAACP stirred debate on Tea Party racism with its resolution, a legion of Democrats, civil rights leaders and even an online petition from an advocacy group begged the GOP to speak out against its naked bigots. No go. The GOP would cut its throat if it denounced its racists and racism and really meant it. The shouts, taunts, spitting, catcalls, Obama as Joker posters, n-word slurs, Confederate and Texas Lone Star flag waved by some Tea Party activists — and the deafening silence from GOP leaders during Obama’s early years in office — was and still very much is an indispensable political necessity for the party. GOP leaders have long known that blue collar and a significant percent of college-educated, white male voters who are professionals can be easily aroused to vote and shout loudly on the emotional wedge issues: abortion, family values, anti-gay marriage and tax cuts. They whipped up their hysteria and borderline racism against the Affordable Care Act — and, by extension, Obama. These are the very voters that GOP presidents and aspiring presidents —Nixon, Reagan, Bush Sr. and George W. Bush, McCain and Romney —and an endless line of GOP governors, senators and congresspersons have banked on for victory, and seize and maintain regional and national political dominance. The GOP banks on them again in 2018 to keep congressional and state offices control. It’s no coincidence that the “alt-right” and white nationalist movement has become, big, bold and violent in the last few years. It cut its teeth and honed its attacks on Obama. It then quickly found and latched tightly onto the move by some Southern cities and states to remove the insulting and odious, racist Confederate statutes and monuments and other relics that, for a century and a half, have rubbed slavery in the face of the nation. Trump is no fool. He knows that politically, the loudmouths who spew “alt-right” garbage have the quiet ear of legions, and those are the exact legions that he and the GOP count as their shock troops to maintain their political edge.
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If there are people here who believe in that, they’ll join. There are some voters here who voted for a certain man who’s caused a lot of trouble. He’s who we should be concerned about. That said, I’d hate to see it here.
I hope none. I have confidence that the police department can keep order and not favor either one of the groups.
I don’t think they’ll have much of an effect. There’s racism everywhere, but this is a diverse city. I don’t think there’s much tolerance for white supremacists.
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A lot. Maybe fights will break out. They’re aggressive people. I don’t think many people will support them, though.
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JANELLE WOODS-McNISH Dorchester resident Janelle Woods-McNish will fly to South Africa in September to compete for the international Mrs. Universe crown. Woods-McNish holds the title of Mrs. North America Universe and is a national spokesperson for Children of the Night, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit committed to rescuing children from human trafficking and sex exploitation. The international Mrs. Universe pageant celebrates its 40th anniversary in Durban, South Africa this year and seeks to highlight concerns and areas for positive change around the world. The event’s theme is “Empowering Women, Creating Change.” The 2017 competition features 84 married women from ages 25 to 45 who represent 80 nations worldwide. All competitors are working to enhance their local communities through charity
work, business development and global trade opportunities. They will merge their global reach in support of Dare2Care, a charity initiative that seeks to improve the lives of children. A celebration and send-off for Woods-McNish is scheduled for August 17 at The Blarney Stone Restaurant in Dorchester. The
event supports her personal cause — raising awareness of human trafficking and child sex exploitation. At the event, Woods-McNish will launch her new children’s book, “Grandma’s Crown: The Story of Queen Janelle” with proceeds to benefit Children of the Night. Woods-McNish oversees community involvement initiatives at Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Foundation, where she is the director of giving and service. She leads initiatives across New England and oversees, promotes and implements employee volunteer opportunities and fundraising for charitable causes. A graduate of Texas A&M University, she also received a master’s from Boston College and an MBA from Simmons College. She lives in Dorchester with her husband, Hansley, and nineyear-old twins, Jasmine and Sheridan.
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enjoy the support of city workers who were sprinkled throughout the mayor’s contingent. As mayor, Walsh also got the designated prime spot at the front of the parade, where he greeted supporters. Along with Walsh, at-large City Councilor Anissa Essaibi-George and District 6 (Jamaica Plain, West Roxbury) Councilor Matt O’Malley marched at the head of the parade in their official capacities as elected officials. “Boston wouldn’t be the city that it is today without its immigrant communities,” Walsh told the Banner. “The Dominican parade is a great celebration of diversity and heritage that I look forward to every year.”
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The Jackson campaign swag included his signature white T-shirts, buttons, stickers and palm cards. The $350 entrance fee for marching in the parade — and the extra $50 for driving a vehicle — put a larger dent in Jackson’s war chest, which at $84,608 (in the July 31 reporting period) is less than onefortieth of the mayor’s cash stash. But Jackson views that as a worthy investment, because the parade represents an excellent opportunity to get in front of voters during a stretch of the campaign season that has seen little in the way of policy debate. “We’re getting great reception for talking about the rising costs of rents across the city and the massive gentrification in Boston,” Jackson said. “This city needs to
have an anti-violence plan in place so we can deal with the 30 percent increase in shootings, and we need to invest in our public schools, not cut their funding.” Despite hotly contested races in Districts 2 (South Boston, Chinatown, South End) and 7 (Roxbury, Fenway, South End, Jamaica Plain, Dorchester), District 7 candidate Jose Lopez was the lone contender to march, accompanied by a dozen supporters, all wearing light blue shirts, and three cars. “There are Dominicans all throughout the city of Boston, including in District 7,” Lopez said. “This is a great opportunity to show them that, as a candidate, I’m taking their needs seriously.” While Dominicans have made political inroads in Massachusetts — securing the Lawrence mayor’s office as well seats on city councils, school committees and in the state’s House of Representatives — much of their political activity remains focused on their home country. Two weeks ago more than 100,000 anti-corruption protesters organized as part of the Marcha Verde movement demonstrated in the streets of the capital, Santo Domingo.
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In Boston, a contingent of several dozen Marcha Verde demonstrators joined the parade, wearing the movement’s signature green T-shirts, including some with makeshift green flags, to show their support for the growing opposition to the ruling Dominican Liberation Party. “We’re everywhere — in New York, New Jersey, in Europe and Spain,” said local organizer Jose Arias. The Boston presence of Marcha
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RCC Students enjoy the welcome back BBQ last fall. This year, student events like this can be held in our new student commons.
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The hard work of winning at Caribbean Carnival By KAREN MORALES
The Boston Caribbean Carnival is a beloved annual tradition filled with pounding soca music, thousands of dancing participants, brilliant colors and unbelievably extravagant costumes. But the period leading up to the joyous celebration is no walk in the park, especially for Socaholics, one of Boston’s biggest masquerade bands. Andrea Mercury, who founded Socaholics with her husband Ken, describes in detail the kind of work necessary to create such a fantastic and vibrant display at Carnival. “Our team is made up of 10 dedicated members who work on making the costumes,” she said. “And we all work full-time jobs so by the time we get back from work, we continue on until one or two in the morning.” Every year, the band makes 200 to 300 costumes to perform in, with this year having the biggest turnout of over 300 dancers. “Especially coming down to the last month of Carnival, we end up having 16- to 18-hour days,” said Mercury, who works as an accountant for a law firm. The costume production usually starts at least seven months in advance, but the creative process is constant. “When Carnival season ends in August, we take a month to relax, but when October comes around, we start thinking about what we’re going to do,” said Mercury. Mercury, who was born in Barbados, started Socaholics in 2011
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At the end of the day, it is a lot of work, but once you see it on the road, you know everything was worth it. You see everyone happy and having a great time and your creation comes together and flows.” — Kieran Prescott
as a T-shirt band. Just a year later, it launched its first costume line. Kieran Prescott designs the adult costumes and Ingrid Gitten designs for kids. At Carnival, competing masquerade bands (referred to as mas bands) are judged on their costumes and presentation. The best presentations follow a coherent and creative theme. Socaholics’ theme this year is Toxic: beautiful but deadly. Band members construct and assemble the costumes at their mas camp, or costume workshop. Often located in a bandleader’s backyard, mas camps are lively and buzzing with labor and people socializing. Ken Mercury, a contractor by trade, constructed a large shed in which band members sew, glue and staple the feathers, rhinestones, streamers and glitter
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Andrea and Ken Mercury bend wire used in carnival costumes at their Dorchester home, where they have established a mas camp, a kind of workshop for carnival bands. that make carnival costumes shine in the August sun. On the front porch of their Dorchester Victorian, Ken bends wire frames that will support some of the band’s more ambitious designs. With just a few weeks left until Carnival, Prescott, who works in mortgage operations for a bank, is busy making costumes for the elite section of the band that will be playing vixens. Vixens are known as seductive but untrustworthy. Prescott has been designing for Socaholics since 2013. He came up with the idea of calling the section “elite” because it only has eight dancers. “It’s the section you see first when the band comes up and they have the most exaggerated costumes,” he said. The band has five other sections with up to 60 players. Each section will be masquerading as different creatures or humans. “I wanted to present things of the world that are beautiful but deadly or poisonous in some way,” said Prescott. The other five sections will be playing the mandarin fish, the viper snake, zoanthus coral (colorful but contains toxins) and the nymph. “The costumes are pretty much made to portray what we are playing,” said Mercury. “For example, the viper section is orange, made with snake-like material. Prescott said he is a big fan of feathers, rhinestones, patterned fabric and, this year in particular, chains. “All of the costumes this year have chains on them,” he said. The 29-year-old head designer, who has been making costumes since he was 12, designs the prototype of each costume while the rest of the team mass produces it. “Joining Socaholics was my first year designing my own section,” said Prescott. “It was a fresh new band and I knew I could help take it to the next level since I was new, too.” Each section has a section leader, but separate from that, there is a King and Queen of each band. “They choose to play it themselves,” said Mercury. “It’s the most extravagant costume, which costs a lot of money. But once they go big like that it, they love playing it.” The Queen and King costumes are so large, they require wheels and steel frames for the dancers to dance with them.
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Volunteers with Soca and Associates use glue guns to affix rhinestones, sequins and other adornments to carnival costumes.
Those playing mas in the largest costumes are entered in the King and Queen competition held on the Thursday before Carnival. The Kings and Queens of each band dance, show off their costume, and portray what they’re playing. Whoever wins is awarded money and trophies. “And bragging rights,” said Mercury. “They can say, ‘I’m the Queen or I’m the King of Carnival.’” Silleta Davis is this year’s Socaholics Queen. She has been with the band since it started and has grown close with the team. “We bicker, we fight, argue, cry, laugh — everything together,” she said. Working as a part-time Uber driver, Davis loves everything about Carnival. “The dancing in the street, the music,” she said. “To me, it’s kind of like being free.”
At the end of the day, it is a lot of work,” said Prescott. “But once you see it on the road, you know everything was worth it. “You see everyone happy and having a great time and your creation comes together and flows,” he said. At last year’s Boston Caribbean Carnival, Socaholics won band of the year. Mercury describes it as her happiest Carnival memory. “I accomplished my initial dream, that’s what I do this for,” she said. The band is especially proud to have won because they were the first Barbadian band to win in Boston, as well as the youngest, having only started five years ago. “After all this work, you want to win. That’s everyone’s goal and we did it,” said Mercury. Now, Socaholics has its sights on doing it again.
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minutes to an hour — and that’s if they run on time. Because there is only a single-lane track running to Foxborough, if a train breaks down or is delayed, there’s no ability to run a second train, so those delays would be passed on up the line, Mares and Miles said. If a train breaks down, most Fairmount riders would have to find buses or be stranded, Miles said. She also said delays are likely, given that trains on the Franklin Line have exhibited less reliability than those on the Fairmount. Another objection is that train seats may fill up before they reach the Fairmount stretch, thus pushing original riders to stand in the aisles while counterparts from mostly white neighborhoods sit. The MBTA officials asserted in a Monday presentation that the anticipated additional 150 riders per weekday boarding at Foxboro Station would fill only a portion of the seats that currently go vacant. However, these projections do not account for planned Fairmount improvements to make the line more appealing and tenable to local riders, including the completion of the Blue Hill Avenue station. At the Monday meeting, FMCB officials voted to monitor crowding and reliability of trains during the pilot. While the pilot has been billed as economic stimulation, connecting to job opportunities around Foxborough, proposed scheduling is shaped around bringing Foxborough commuters to work in Boston, not the other way around, Tibbits-Nutt, the dissenting voter,
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MBTA Fiscal Management and Control Board members Brian Lang, Joseph Aiello and Monica Tibbits-Nutt during Monday’s meeting. The FMBC voted 4 to 1 to enact the Foxborough extension pilot. sought rapid-transit-level fre- potential damages both to the curquency with trains arriving every rent service of the Fairmount Line 15 minutes and the ability to pay and the greater vision.” fares using Charlie Cards — and thus utilize monthly and weekly Footing the bill link passes and enjoy free transThe Foxborough pilot is slated fers. Improving payment services to begin in spring 2019 and run for means providing Charlie Card 11.5 months. It is anticipated to cost readers to conductors or other $1.2 million, and bring in $459,000 — Rafael Mares train staff, and increasing fre- from new ticket sales and parking quency means introducing shorter revenue. The Kraft Group will protrains that can stop and start vide up to $217,000 in assistance said. Trains would run empty to departs at 1:25 p.m. more quickly. But if more riders as well as 500 parking spaces at “I’m confused about who we’re are expected, given the extension, Gillette Stadium, from which the Foxborough before starting their day’s trips. Only one ride serves trying to serve here,” Tibbits-Nutt shorter trains may fall out of favor, T could collect revenue. This leaves those trying to reach Foxborough said at the meeting. Mares said. the T’s net cost at $524,000. in the morning, departing from “There is a risk to that vision of In a recent blog post, Mares South Station at 6:24 a.m. and ar- Promises deferred? having shorter trains, which was proposed the Foxborough pilot riving at Foxboro Station at 7:30 While advocates are raising pretty close to being accomplished,” include a requirement that ima.m. Additionally, while workers their voices to defend current Fair- Mares said. “The current proposals provements such as frequency could leave South Station at 3:30 mount service, they also have long being considered by the [MBTA] and fare-paying be implemented p.m. or 6:30 p.m. to go home, stated that operations at present Fiscal Management and Control on the Fairmount line, benefitting the last train leaving Foxborough are insufficient. Advocates have Board pose significant risks and both sets of riders.
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TECH TALK Amazon launches social network Millions of people already shop for millions of items on Amazon, but now those shoppers can be connected through Amazon’s new social network app. Amazon recently launched its social network app, Amazon Spark, to let users upload images of themselves using products or just products. Other users can view those images and follow links to purchase the displayed item. Although See BIZ BITS, page 13
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(above) Iris Lizbeth Aguilar, Katherine Maldonado, Karolyn Jimenez and Nestor Fajardo present a business idea at Babson College. (below) Ann Zacarian, Denise Korn, Jennifer Bailey, Robert Consalvo and Lauren Fraher offer advice to young entrepreneurs.
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Students get advice from experts as part of ¡Emprende! By KAREN MORALES
Students from Boston high schools presented five business ventures at Babson College to a panel of judges and an audience of mentors, teachers, family, and supporters last week. These young entrepreneurs happen to be English Language Learner students who were trained in creative problem solving, critical thinking, marketing, design and coding throughout the previous five weeks. The curriculum was a part of a program called ¡Emprende!, which translates to “launch” in English. ¡Emprende! operates in partnership with the Verizon Foundation and Sociedad Latina. The 25 rising sophomores were mentored by five Babson College students and taught by two BPS teachers. At the venture presentation, each team described a problem, how their business would solve that problem, what resources they would need to fund their business and their marketing strategy. Their judges were: Jennifer Bailey, professor at Babson College; Rob Consalvo, Boston Public Schools chief of staff; Lauren Fraher from First Republic Bank; Denise Korn, founder of Youth Design; and Ann Zacarian from Greater Boston Food Bank. The panel provided feedback and scored each team on their idea and presentation performance.
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Entrepreneurship can be about helping the community and solving problems for the world. I never thought about business in this way.” — Katherine Maldonado
A representative from Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz’s office also was present to award the students certificates of achievement for completing the course. One group of ¡Emprende! students pitched their idea for NuChildren, a nonprofit after-school program for children ages 8-14 centered around nutrition and
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solving problems for the world,” said Maldonado. “I never thought about business in this way.” Another venture presented to the judges was Tu Cultura, a Boston restaurant and smart store that would use technology to better enhance customer shopping experiences. Students Victor Rivera, Franchesca Moreta Lara, Chrisly Arias, Nayelie Acevedo and Darianny Tejeda emphasized sale of food items from around the world for shoppers that desire cuisine from their native countries. Innovating Business was created by Rima Begum, Lwamba Loochi, Mohamed Dia, Derianny
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FCRA, employers can’t look at the following information when performing background checks on job candidates: n Bankruptcies after 10 years n Civil suits, civil judgments and arrest records after seven years from date of entry n Paid tax liens after seven years n Accounts placed for collection after seven years n Any other negative information (except criminal convictions) after seven years There are a couple big caveats though, says Paul Stephens, director of policy and advocacy at consumer group Privacy Rights Clearinghouse. The law only applies to background checks performed by an outside company; in other words, companies are exempt from FCRA’s standards if they conduct background checks in-house. The restrictions also don’t apply
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And then there was Minute Market, pitched by Deondre Rodriguez, Desir Lawins, Katerin Ramirez, Luis Fajardo and John Remo Gene. Minute Market is a user-friendly app platform that would seamlessly integrate grocery shopping and product delivery. The group said their venture would be perfect for busy single parents or persons with disabilities who have trouble navigating large stores.
logos and business cards using the online program Canva. “A lot of people don’t know what it really means to be an entrepreneur and there’s a misconception that it’s not accessible,” said Flye. “These types of skills are useful in other jobs and aspects of life too,” he added. Alexandra Oliver-Dávila, Executive Director of Sociedad Latina said, ¡Emprende! is a real pathway for students interested in entrepreneurship.” “The program is conducive for the type of learning an ELL student benefits from because it’s a hands-on project based approach that engages students,” said Oliver-Dávila. For the past three years, ¡Emprende! ran as a school-year program with 250 students enrolled. This was the first year it was offered as a summer course. Sociedad Latina, a citywide organization focused on supporting the unmet needs of youth and families, currently has 170 students enrolled in seven summer programs with 83 percent of them identifying as ELL.
New skills
Some of the participants of ¡Emprende! have only been learning English for a year. According to Andrew Flye, one of the program’s educators, the course was taught entirely in English, with extra support available if needed. Flye, who teaches at Boston International Newcomers Academy, said that the Babson mentors helped design the courses. “We wanted to integrate both new technology and staple business skills,” he said. Students learned basic HTML and CSS coding to create websites for their ventures, and as well as how to design business
Will my speeding ticket show up?
Employers can see your driving records when performing a background check. But having a few speeding tickets or car accidents shouldn’t hurt your job candidacy — unless the job requires driving. There are some exceptions.
Does a background check include a credit check?
While it’s illegal in some states for employers to view a job applicant’s credit history, companies are generally allowed to see a candidate’s credit report before extending a job offer. However, your credit history most likely won’t impact whether you’ll be hired. “Unless you’re applying for a financial position, where you’ll
have access to the business’s financial instruments like a company credit card, your credit won’t really matter to an employer,” says Jeff Shane, president at Allison & Taylor, a professional background-screening firm based in Rochester, Michigan.
Will a workers’ comp claim show up?
Workers’ compensation records are public records in some states. However, employers can’t check on someone’s workers’ compensation history until after the company has made the person a job offer, says Shane. Even then, most companies won’t pull that information. “The Americans with Disabilities Act has specific protections for job applicants that make most employers fearful to even run a workers’ compensation check,” says Dawn Standerwick, chair of the board of directors at the National Association of Professional
Background Screeners.
Is my criminal record included in a background check?
“Every employer is unique, and every business creates its own policy for evaluating criminal records,” says Standerwick. Moreover, “employers are most concerned about anything that might directly affect their business,” says Shane.
How to mitigate negative information
If you suspect there’s something in your past that really could hurt your chances for employment, consider hiring a reference-checking company to do a background check on you before you apply for a job; that way, you can learn what information employers might find. If you learn that there is a black mark on your background check, the best course of action is to address the issue before the employer runs a check.
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COME ONE, COME ALL Local immigrant stories become murals By CELINA COLBY
When Alex Castillo immigrated to the United States from the Dominican Republic in 1996, he never imagined how successful he would be. Not only is he the owner of Digitech Electronic Solutions in Roslindale — an image of his face is on the side of a building. Castillo was chosen recently to be a part of the City of Boston’s art initiative “To Immigrants With Love,” which celebrates local immigrant stories via murals in Roslindale and East Boston. The campaign was inspired by the “I Am An Immigrant” national campaign of the same name. In addition to running Digitech, Castillo works with Fujitsu, the fifth largest IT service provider in the world, which hired him right out of school. Although juggling both jobs is challenging, he loves the work. “A guy coming all the way from the DR and being in this position, it’s really cool,” he says. The tech guru’s likeness, painted by artist Jerome Jones, is on the side of Atlas Liquors on Hyde Park Avenue. He wears a simple black polo and stares directly at the viewer with a proud, content smile. The background is a rich red and a large, green flower frames Castillo’s face. Above his head floats the inscription “Siempre serán bienvenidos en la ciudad de Boston” (You are always welcome in the city of Boston). The mural also pays
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George Lopez entertains troops overseas By KAM WILLIAMS
George Lopez’s multi-faceted career has encompassed standup comedy, TV series, feature films, hosting and guest appearances on television. For two seasons, he starred on TBS’ “Lopez Tonight,” a late-night television talk show. Previously, he co-created, wrote, produced and starred in the groundbreaking sitcom “George Lopez,” which enjoyed a six-season run on ABC. The series remains a hit with viewers, in syndication both on broadcast stations and cable’s Nick at Nite. In 2006, George received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In addition, Time magazine has named him one of the 25 Most Influential Hispanics in America. Here, he talks about his new movie, “I Am Battle Comic,” a concert film about a tour he and 13 other comedians took overseas to entertain troops stationed in Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait and Bahrain.
What interested you in “I Am Battle Comic”? I don’t remember ever crying so much while watching a standup comedy film. It was really moving. George Lopez: That project is amazing. I’ve known [co-star] Don Barnhart forever, and Bob Kubota, Jordan Brady and all those other comedians, a long, long time, too. In the movie, they talk about Bob not being successful after almost 30 years in the business. But you know what? If you’re going to war zones to entertain the troops, you are successful. The culture may put
See LOPEZ, page 16
See MURALS, page 16
ON THE WEB For more information about the artists and subjects of the murals, visit: www.boston.gov/departments/
immigrant-advancement/immigrants-love
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George Lopez PHOTO: COURTESY OF KATHERINE COPELAND
Entrepreneur Alex Castillo’s likeness adorns a wall in Roslindale as part of the City of Boston’s art initiative, “To Immigrants With Love.”
ON THE WEB To see a trailer for “I Am Battle Comic,” visit: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e9Jg0-tOJ8
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The color of life: Stephen Hamilton revives African textile traditions By CELINA COLBY
In the polished lobby of 290 Congress Street hangs a 30-foottall African textile mural. Created by artist Stephen Hamilton in collaboration with nine Boston teenagers, the project revives and celebrates traditional West African indigo dyeing techniques. “A lot of us in the Americas don’t think about how African cloth is made,” says Hamilton. were brought to the Americas, they “The idea of this project is to retook the knowledge of indigo dyeing claim those artistic traditions.” with them. According to NPR, profHamilton worked with his its from indigo outperformed those teen collaborators for four of sugar and cotton in the 1700s. months, teaching them the Even the original American flag dyeing, weaving and embellishwas made from indigo textiles. ing processes. He explains that Slave owners began trading indigo dyeing is a significantly more laborious process than used human bodies for fabrics in that for other dyes. But in the end, the seductive blue. While dyeing was a mode of financial empowerdye becomes more brilliant and permanent than its counterparts. ment for African women, it only generated money for American History is just as important slave owners.“The knowledge of as artistry in Hamilton’s workprocessing indigo was exploited shops. “I wanted them to feel the in slaves for generations,” says connection to Africa,” he says. “I Hamilton. “Its permanence and wanted them to be able to touch brilliance were part of the reason it and experience it.” was such a valuable cash crop.” Indigo represents life in the Now, he’s taking that tradition Yoruba tradition and holds both back. spiritual and cultural weight. Hamilton grew up in Roxbury But there’s a darker side to this and says he frequented A Nubian brilliant color. Notion in Dudley Square to look at a When enslaved African people bt Half Page AD Bay State Banner 17.qxp_Layout 1 8/14/17 1:50 PM Page 1
book of works by black artists. This early exposure to traditional African art informed his artistic path going forward. He traveled to Nigeria to study for nine months at the Nike Center for Art and Culture, where he learned these art forms. The textile mural sings with power and pride. Its mammoth scale makes it impossible to ignore. Smaller textiles are sewn together to make the full height of the piece, underscoring unity among the creators who all contributed a bit of themselves to the project. The artwork’s placement tells a story as well. In the sleek lobby of the financial district office, “Stitched Into Memory” disrupts the corporate landscape and demands to be seen. Like indigo did for Yoruba tribes, the mural breathes life into its unfeeling surroundings of steel and chrome.
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Artist Stephen Hamilton’s 30-foot installation in the lobby of 290 Congress St. blends together textiles made with traditional West African techniques.
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homage to Louis White, a Russian immigrant in the early 1900s who opened the market, which eventually became a liquor store. His grandson, Louis Fine, still runs the place. Together, the businesses owners represent past and present, along with the continued success of local immigrants. Castillo says Roslindale’s “compassionate culture” has helped him build his business. “Most of my customers are from the area,” he says. “The community has been very supportive.” Across town, the East Boston mural features two people: Carmello Scire, a Sicilian immigrant who founded a catering business still run by his grandson, Steve; and Veronica Robles, an activist and community educator who immigrated from Mexico in 2000. The Roslindale mural will be fully completed this week, while work on the East Boston mural, located on the side of Dr. Dental, is still underway. Through hard work and a strong community, Castillo has found happiness and success in Boston. He believes the “To Immigrants With Love” project will inspire its viewers. “I hope people won’t give up on their dreams,” says Castillo. “I have been fighting for this, and I hope others see that they can fight, too.”
a superficial value on celebrity, and associate success with fame. But success really has much more to do with your character and behavior beyond the limelight. It’s not only successful, but honorable, for those guys to go over there to entertain the troops in such dangerous conditions.
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How do you tweak your standup act when performing for G.I.’s?
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Boston’s “To Immigrants With Love” art initiative has reproduced images of local immigrants in murals in Roslindale and East Boston.
GL: It has to be clean, and there are certain subjects you need to avoid, like jokes complaining about how hard your own life is, because their lives are at risk 24/7. But it’s pretty easy to make the adjustment. Normally, the number one worry of any standup comedian is, “How am I going to do?” But that doesn’t matter when you’re performing on a military base in a war zone. Your just showing up is greatly appreciated. That’s an unspoken standing ovation. Since I had the TV shows, I’ve been getting a lot of letters from soldiers asking for autographed pictures or this and that. And I’ve always sent stuff to them. So, when I show up in person, they can’t believe I’m there, and they’re so appreciative of that, that there’s no need to worry about how much I make them laugh.
Has there been any soldier you really connected with? GL: Sure. One from years ago was a corporal serving in Afghanistan, named David Wheat. He’d been burned over 90 percent of his body after being ejected from a tank and landing in a pool of fuel. I went to visit him while he was recuperating in the hospital. He was burned worse than anyone I’ve ever seen. I gave him my email and we’ve stayed in touch ever since.
Do your visits change the mood of the soldiers you entertain? GL: Of course, by taking them away from themselves for a couple of hours or so. During that time, they’re not thinking about how dangerous their situation is, people they miss back home or lost comrades. The show is an escape, much like going to the movies.
What did you take away from going on these tours? GL: That’s a great question, because the country is so divided today, not only racially, but between the right and the left. I get a ton of messages from right-wing people who don’t like my ethnicity or my political views. But before this current administration, no one ever told me they didn’t think I
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The poster for “I Am Battle Comic.” was funny. What I take away from performing for the troops is that their service gives me the freedom to express myself in whatever way feels right for me.
The country is so divided and internet trolls have become so snarky and hateful, I wonder where the world is headed. GL: I’ve been doing standup for 38 years, and I’ve never seen it like this. Freedom is supposed to mean being able to express yourself. But now, inside this freedom ball, you have people pointing fingers, which is actually anti-freedom and anti-American. I get hostile messages every day on Instagram, like “Go back to Mexico!” How am I going to go back to Mexico. I’m not from Mexico. But I never started hearing stuff like that until a couple of years ago. And I get it every day now.
That’s so sad. GL: It’s amazing that someone needs to take time out of their life to wish me bad. And they don’t seem to be able to separate humor from reality or to look any deeper than the immediacy of whatever that message is.
Did you have a role model who, when you were young, made you believe that the sky was the limit? GL: Yeah, my high school baseball coach, Steve Marden. When I quit the team my senior year, we went nose-to-nose. He called me a quitter and told me I’d never achieve anything in life, because I was a quitter. Then, when I was an aspiring standup comic, it dawned on me that he was right. And years later, I went back to the school to apologize to him for wasting his time. I said, “You were right, and I had to come and tell you I’m sorry, because I did eventually understand what you were trying to teach me.” He appreciated it, and would call me whenever he saw me on TV, and ask, “How’s my 3rd baseman!”
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TIP OF THE WEEK These foods might be giving you insomnia The study of which foods interfere with sleep is an inexact science, but most experts agree it’s best to stop eating or just eat lightly 2 hours before bedtime to avoid acid reflux and other indigestion related to lying prone. Possible food culprits, according to MayoClinic.org: garlic and n Chicken, pork and beef spicy foods n Alcohol n Fatty foods n Dark n Crudites chocolate n Sugar n Tomatoes, onions, n Oranges
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GARLIC makes it GOOD TOUM n 1 cup of fresh, freshly peeled garlic. Cut the scabs off the clove bottoms. n 2 teaspoons salt n½ cup fresh-squeezed lemon juice n 4 cups olive oil
A ‘mayo’ that goes with everything
HEALTHY EATING Boost your brain power with these foods A 2015 study published in JAMA International Medicine found that supplementing the Mediterranean diet with additional servings of olive oil and nuts enhances memory and information processing. Here are some foods that promote brain health, as reported by AARP: n Olive oil, green tea, leafy greens n Beets, tomatoes, avocados n Fish, blueberries, grapes, coffee, dark chocolate
FOOD FUN Awesome ice cube tray ideas Ice cube trays can be used to make a variety of items in your kitchen. Here are some surprising uses from livingly.com: Dried fruit and nut chocolate bites: Fill each slot with melted chocolate, top with fruit and nuts, let set and enjoy bite-sized pieces. Fruit juice cubes: Fill your tray with fruit juice instead of water and freeze. Use for flavored waters or top with Champagne. Garbage disposal fresheners: Freeze vinegar and a slice of lemon in trays for an instant refresher to your garbage disposal. Chicken stock: Freeze leftover chicken stock for future use. Each cube equals about one ounce.
EASY RECIPE Frozen yogurt pops to the rescue When temperatures rise, sometimes the only food that sounds appetizing is a frozen treat. Use this recipe from Betty Crocker to create a delicious, easy snack that you and your kids will love. n 2 containers (6 oz each) vanilla yogurt n 2 cups cut-up fresh fruit of your choice n 1 tablespoon honey Place all ingredients in blender and cover; blend until smooth. Divide mixture among six (5 oz) paper cups. Cover cups with foil, and insert craft stick into center of each pop. Freeze about 6 hours or until frozen. — Brandpoint
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arlic season is upon us, which means that last year’s garlic will be on sale alongside the new crop. Don’t be fooled by a sale price; squeeze each head you buy. It should be as hard as a baseball. If not, there is probably a green sprout inside each clove. There are so many things worth doing with fresh garlic, there’s little need for extra motivation. But I’m going to share something that I just learned, a recipe for a garlic sauce that is so much better than you or anybody else deserves to eat. A glorious sauce that seems to defy the laws of physics, as well as the culinary universe. I first encountered “Garlic Sauce,” as it was labeled, a few blocks away from my parents’ house on the west side of Boston, where there are a few blocks of what we call the Armenian area. At a Lebanese-owned Armenian market called Arax, I found this sauce that handles and tastes like mayo. It’s called toum, a word that can be used interchangeably in Arabic to mean both garlic and the special crème in question. And, as can happen with other condiments — as mayo does with me — the condiment itself becomes the reason to eat the food it’s ostensibly there to flavor. Mayonnaise is an emulsion, a mixture of oil and lemon juice or vinegar that won’t easily separate. This stable bond is brokered by yolk, a powerful
emulsifier. Toum is an emulsion as well, between oil and lemon, brokered by the emulsifier garlic. When, at the Armenian store, I read the ingredients of “Garlic Sauce,” I felt like an archaeologist discovering some important artifact at a flea market. Getting information from the staff on how it was made was like pulling teeth, but I at least walked out of there with its real name. And the sauce itself, which was as glorious and versatile as I expected. Some people add egg whites, mashed potatoes, bread, flour, corn or potato starch, and other thickeners to their toum. I do not. I keep it oldschool, in the original Mediterranean tradition. The sauce will improve anything that goes in your mouth, including grilled food, barbecue, fish, chicken, pizza, pasta, vegetables, even soup. It’s a great marinade, too. Once you’ve got your toum you can do anything. Mix some with tahini and yogurt, and toss with sliced cucumbers, minced mint, a sprinkle of cumin and a squeeze of lemon for a refreshing summer salad. This recipe will last a month or longer in the fridge. Except, well, it won’t last long at all.
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Make sure all utensils are dry, and don’t let water touch any of the ingredients. Add the salt and garlic to a dry food processor and pulse four times, about five seconds per pulse. Scrape down the garlic with a spatula. Run the food processor again until it’s all stuck on the sides, and scrape it down one last time. Now, turn the processor to “on” and leave it there. Add a half cup of oil, slowly, in a very thin stream. Then add two teaspoons lemon juice, and another half cup oil, slowly, also in a thin stream. Then two more teaspoons lemon juice, and another half cup oil, and another two teaspoons lemon juice, etc. Continue this cycle until the oil and lemon juice are done, speeding up incrementally with each pour of oil. The mixture will get progressively fluffy, until the processor is nearly full of this fabulous substance. Transfer to a container and let it cool in the fridge, covered with a paper towel to avoid condensation dripping into the toum, which would cause it to separate. After it’s cool, cover it, and let it sit overnight before using.
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counter-demonstrators, causing injuries. Saturday, an Ohio man with ties to extremist groups plowed his Dodge Challenger into a crowd of counter-demonstrators, killing one and injuring 35. Further stoking the fire, President Donald Trump denounced “the egregious display of hatred, bigotry and violence on many sides,” in remarks to the press Saturday, failing to single out white supremacists as the aggressors and instigators of Saturday’s violence. After two days of widespread condemnation, including from prominent Republicans, Trump Monday issued a more strongly-worded statement denouncing the KKK, neo-Nazis and white supremacists. Walsh denounced Trump for having been shamed into denouncing neo-Nazis.
“This was never a ‘many sides’ issue. This is a right and wrong issue,” Walsh said Monday. “We heard the rhetoric at those campaign issues. We heard the silence this weekend. Don’t hand hatred a megaphone and pretend you can’t hear it.” Prior to speaking to the news media Monday, Walsh and Commissioner Evans met with a group of civic leaders to discuss the city’s response to the Saturday rally and planned counter demonstrations, which may bring thousands to the Boston Common. NAACP Boston Branch President Tanisha Sullivan, who attended University of Virginia, which abuts Charlottesville, said the white supremacist march and ensuing violence do not square with her experience of the city. “It’s hard to see people attempting to pull that city apart,” she said. “I think there will be attempts to do this in Boston. What I’m praying for is that we’ll stand together as a
community and not let that happen.” District 7 City Councilor Tito Jackson also called for unity in the face of the planned rally. “Let us use these dark times as an opportunity to spread the light of our shared humanity,” he said in a message posted on his Facebook page and emailed to news media outlets.
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While flyers for the march have been posted on social media and organizers have contacted local news media, no one has yet reached out to police or city officials for a permit, Commissioner Evans noted. Walsh said the city’s first line of defense will be to stop the white supremacist groups from demonstrating, but would not elaborate on how the city would achieve that objective. Evans stressed that police would keep the white supremacist demonstrators apart from what
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will likely be a substantially larger counter-demonstration. “We’re often as police officers sort of thrust in the middle of protecting groups that we don’t necessarily agree with,” he said. “That could be the case on Saturday when this particular group wants to come to the Boston Common.” Police response, Evans said, will include so-called public order platoons waiting nearby on buses as well as undercover officers among the demonstrators. He stressed that officers will act swiftly if laws are broken. “We will not tolerate any acts of violence, any vandalism or misbehavior,” he said.
When asked whether he planned to attend the counter-demonstration, Walsh said he would. “We don’t view it as a counter-protest,” he said. “We view it as solidarity with the people of Virginia, to stand with them against hate and racism. If there is to be a march or a protest on Saturday, we will stand with them.” Baker, who was criticized for not attending the women’s march in January or any of several anti-Trump demonstrations, was less committal about attending a solidarity demonstration. “I actually don’t know what’s on my calendar Saturday, but if I can come, I will come,” he said.
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Representative has been filed by Sally Anne M. Swasey of Windham, ME requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. The Petitioner requests that Sally Anne M. Swasey of Windham, ME be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in an unsupervised administration.
Representative has been filed by Roberta Currier McGrail of Hanover, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. The Petitioner requests that Roberta Currier McGrail of Hanover, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in an unsupervised administration.
IMPORTANT NOTICE You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 09/06/2017. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return day, action may be taken without further notice to you.
IMPORTANT NOTICE You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 09/14/2017. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return day, action may be taken without further notice to you.
UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE (MUPC) A Personal Representative appointed under the MUPC in an unsupervised administration is not required to file an inventory or annual accounts with the Court. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding the administration directly from the Personal Representative and may petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration.
UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE (MUPC) A Personal Representative appointed under the MUPC in an unsupervised administration is not required to file an inventory or annual accounts with the Court. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding the administration directly from the Personal Representative and may petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration.
WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: July 26, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate
WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: August 03, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate
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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: Ingrid Perez, 223 West St, Hyde Park, MA 02136, 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 Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division
Docket No. SU17P1629EA
Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Alma Cora Elizabeth Mooney Date of Death: 02/04/2017 To all interested persons: A Petition for Formal Probate of Will with Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by Paulea Mooney-McCoy of Dorchester, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. The Petitioner requests that Paulea Mooney-McCoy of Dorchester, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve on the bond in an unsupervised administration. IMPORTANT NOTICE You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 09/14/2017. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return day, action may be taken without further notice to you. UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE (MUPC) A Personal Representative appointed under the MUPC in an unsupervised administration is not required to file an inventory or annual accounts with the Court. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding the administration directly from the Personal Representative and may petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration.
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS PROBATE COURT Case NO. 17E0258PP
SUFFOLK ss.
To Alvin Godfrey Sr., of Boston in the County of Suffolk, and Debra Madrey of Boston in the County of Suffolk, and Ditech of Boston in the County of Suffolk, and to all other persons interested. A petition has been presented to said Court by Kimberly Godfrey of Boston in the County of Suffolk representing that she holds as tenant in common an undivided part or share of certain land lying in Boston in said County of Suffolk, and briefly described as follows: A certain parcel of land with the building thereon, situated in that part of Boston formerly called Roxbury, in the county of Suffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, comprising the westerly half of lot 16, shown on a plan of “warren land” so called, recorded with norfolk deeds at the end of book 163, and being bounded and described as follows: SOUTHERLY by MORELAND Street, Thirty (30) Feet; WESTERLY by Lot 15 on said plan, One Hundred (100) Feet; NORTHERLY by Lot 10 on said plan, Thirty (30) FEET; and EASTERLY by the easterly half of said lot 16, being land now or formerly of Henry Kelley, One Hundred (100) Feet. Being the same premises conveyed to us by deed of Maurice Colman, et ux, dated November 13, 1953 and recorded with Suffolk Deeds in Book 6914, page 407. setting forth that she desires that — all — the following described part — of said land may be sold at private sale for not less than $600,000.00 dollars and praying that partition may be made of all the land aforesaid according to law, and to that end that a commissioner be appointed to make such partition and be ordered to make sale and conveyance of all, or any part of said land which the Court finds cannot be advantageously divided either at private sale or public auction, and be ordered to distribute the net proceeds thereof. If you desire to object thereto you or your attorney should file a written appearance in said Court at Boston before ten o’clock in the forenoon on the 7th day of September, 2017, the return day of this citation.
WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: August 2, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate
Witness, Joan P. Armstrong, Esquire, First Judge of said Court, this 4th day of August, 2017.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department
Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department
SUFFOLK Division
Docket No. SU17P1549EA
Terri Klug Cafazzo, Register
SUFFOLK Division
Docket No. SU17P1576EA
Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication
Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication
Estate of Joan Swasey Date of Death: 03/28/2017
Estate of Catherine A. Currier Date of Death: 11/10/2016
To all interested persons:
To all interested persons:
A Petition for Formal Adjudication of Intestacy and Appointment of Personal
A Petition for Formal Probate of Will with Appointment of Personal
LEGAL NOTICE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS The MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY (Authority) is soliciting consulting services for MPA CONTRACT NO. A389-D1, FY18-20 MARITIME TERM, ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING SERVICES, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. The Authority is seeking qualified multidiscipline consulting firms or teams, with proven experience to provide professional services including planning, design, and construction related services including resident inspection, on an on-call, as needed basis. These services are expected to be provided at various Massport’s Maritime facilities, including Conley Terminal, Flynn Cruiseport Boston, Boston Fish Pier as well as other Massport’s waterfront facilities. The Consultant must be able to work closely with the Authority and other interested parties in order to provide such services in a timely and effective manner. The consultant shall demonstrate experience in several disciplines including but not limited to Architectural, Civil, Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Protection, Geotechnical, Waterfront engineering, Vertical Transportation, Landscape Architecture, Code Compliance, Cost Estimating, Construction Phasing, and Resident Engineering. The Authority expects to select two consultants. However, the Authority reserves the right to select a different number if it is deemed in its best interest to do so. The consultant’s contract shall be in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000. The services shall be authorized on a work order basis. A Supplemental Information Package will be available, on Wednesday, August 16th 2017 on the Capital Bid Opportunities webpage of Massport http:// www.massport.com/massport/business/bids-opportunities/capital-bids as an attachment to the original Legal Notice, and on COMMBUYS (www.commbuys.com) in the listings for this project. If you have problems finding it, please contact Susan Brace at Capital Programs SBrace@massport.com The Supplemental Information Package will provide detailed information about Scope Of Work, Selection Criteria and Submission Requirements. By responding to this solicitation, consultants agree to accept the terms and conditions of Massport’s standard work order agreement, a copy of the Authority’s standard agreement can be found on the Authority’s web page at http://www.massport.com/massport/business/capital-improvements/ important-documents/. The Consultant shall specify in its cover letter that it has the ability to obtain requisite insurance coverage. This submission, including the litigation and legal proceedings history in a separate sealed envelope as required shall be addressed to Houssam H. Sleiman, PE, CCM, Director of Capital Programs and Environmental Affairs and received no later than 12:00 Noon on Wednesday, September 27th, 2017 at the Massachusetts Port Authority, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, Suite 209S, Logan International Airport, East Boston, MA 02128-2909. Any submission which is not received in a timely manner shall be rejected by the Authority as non-responsive. Any information provided to the Authority in any Proposal or other written or oral communication between the Proposer and the Authority will not be, or deemed to have been, proprietary or confidential, although the Authority will use reasonable efforts not to disclose such information to persons who are not employees or consultants retained by the Authority except as may be required by M.G.L. c.66. MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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BANNER CLASSIFIEDS LEGAL
LEGAL
REAL ESTATE
PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT
experienced Trade Contractors submit Trade Contractor Statement of Qualifications Forms to the DCAMM Bid Room no later than 12:00 PM, Thursday, September 7, 2017.
INCOME RESTRICTED HOMEOWNERSHIP OPPORTUNITY
MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY SOLICITATION FOR CONSULTANT SERVICES MBTA CONTRACT NO. X20PS01 The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is soliciting services for Green Line Train Protection System (GLTPS) Engineering and Program Management Services. Services may include but not be limited to design reviews, test and inspections; project management; configuration management; wayside installation contract RFP support; administration of warranty. This contract will utilize Federal and State Funds. The DBE Participation Goal is nine-percent (9.0%). The complete request for qualifications can be found on the MBTA website. Please use the following link: http://www.mbta.com/business_center/bidding_solicitations/current_solicitations/ This is not a request for proposal. The MBTA reserves the right to cancel this procurement or to reject any or all Statements of Qualifications. Stephanie Pollack MassDOT Secretary & CEO
Steve Poftak Interim General Manager
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE DIVISION OF CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT & MAINTENANCE Request for Qualifications for Trade Contractors Site Electrical North Point New Maintenance Facility Cambridge, MA Mass. State Project No. DCR1110 DC1 The Commonwealth of Massachusetts, through its Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance (DCAMM), requests that qualified and
REAL ESTATE Affordable Homeownership
Cottages at Depot Crossing 162 South Road, Bedford, MA 01730
Unit offered via lottery 1 Restricted Three-Bedroom Detached Unit $197,400 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 Income Limit 80% Boston AMI and Asset Limits Use and Resale Restrictions Apply
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Tenant Selector/MRVP Rep. The Braintree Housing Authority is seeking a qualified individual for the full-time position of Tenant Selector - Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program Representative. This position entails processing housing applications, maintaining state-aided wait lists, leasing units, recording rent payments, and administering the MRVP Program. Position requires ability to multi-task and work independently. Knowledge of state-aided housing regulations helpful. Experience working with people of various socio-economic backgrounds. Starting Salary is $41,000. Excellent benefits. Please submit a cover letter and copy of your resume to Braintree Housing Authority Attn: Executive Director 25 Roosevelt Street, Braintree MA 02184 or lmurphy@braho.org. EOE/Affirmative Action Employer
SCOPE: The project is a new DCR maintenance facility which currently includes a building containing approximately 35,000 SF that will contain a high bay vehicle storage/maintenance area for approximately twenty vehicles; small equipment and parts storage; specialty repair area; and office space. There are several exterior material storage, vehicle parking and staging, and fueling operations that will also be developed on the approximately five acre parcel. This Request for Qualifications (“RFQ”) is the first phase of a two-phase procurement process as set forth in MGL Chapter 149A. DCAMM, through its Trade Contractor Prequalification Committee, is prequalifying firms interested in providing public Trade Contractor services on this Public Construction Manager at Risk (“CM at Risk”) Project for the construction of the North Point New Maintenance Facility through this RFQ process. Trade Contractor Statement of Qualifications Forms from interested Trade Contractors are sought for the following category of work: Site Electrical ($350,000). Only prequalified firms will be permitted to submit bids for the categories of work in which they were prequalified. The Construction Manager is Commodore Builders. The Request for Qualifications may be downloaded from http://www. commbuys.com or DCAMM’s E-Bid Room at https://www.bidexpress.com/ businesses/10279/home Or copies may be obtained by contacting the DCAMM Bid Room, One Ashburton Place, Boston, MA 02108, 617-727-4003, bidroom.dcamm@state.ma.us on or after Wednesday, August 16, 2017. Commonwealth of Massachusetts Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance Carol W. Gladstone, Commissioner
Affordable Rental Housing Opportunity / Selection by Lottery - 1 , 2 & 3 Bedroom Apts. Rents*: 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 Info Session: 8/22/17 | 2 & 6 P.M. Lottery Drawing: 10/18/17 | 11 A.M. Both events held at West Boylston Town Hall, 140 Worcester Street
121 PORTLAND STREET, BOSTON MA 02114 7 Income Restricted Units # of Units bedrooms
Price
Income Limit
2
1
179,600
Up to 80%
2
1
239,000
80-100%
1
2
214,300
Up to 80%
2
2
277,100
80-100%
Maximum Income per Household Size (2017 limits, provided by BRA) HH size
80%
100%
1
$57,900
$72,400
2
$66,200
$82,750
3
$74,450
$93,100
4
$82,700
$103,400
5
$89,350
$111,700
6
$95,950
$119,950
Applications are available during the application period for 11 days, from 8/28/17-9/8/17
REAL ESTATE
92 North Main Street West Boylston, MA 01583
FORECASTER 121
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.
HELP WANTED Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corp. Grant Writer and Major Donor Cultivator July 2017
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.
To request an application be sent by e-mail, call 617.242.0080 or e-mail your name and complete mailing address to affordablehousingforecaster@gmail.com Applications may also be picked up in person at 192 Friend Street (Sales Office), Boston, MA 02114 for the following five (5) days: Day/Date
Hours
8/29/17
12-4
8/30/17
12-4
8/31/17
3-7
9/1/17
11-3
9/2/17
10-2
Returned applications must be postmarked no later than 9/14/17. Mailed to Pizzuti Development, 50 Terminal Street, BLDG 1, Management Office, Charlestown, MA 02129 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 information or reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities please call 617.242.0080 Equal Housing Opportunity
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Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) has an immediate opening in its Boston office for a half-time (0.5 FTE) Program Assistant.
The position provides a wide range of general and legal administrative support to CLF’s Senior Fellows Program (SFP), which was launched in the summer of 2016 to engage “unaffiliated” lawyers and other professionals (i.e., those transitioning into retirement or out of a career break) in highlevel pro bono work. Working with the Director of the SFP, the Program Assistant will develop and maintain a lasting organizational framework for the program, including systems for candidate recruitment and selection, volunteer onboarding and engagement, and documenting and publicizing the program’s impact. For more information about this position; please visit our site: www.clf.org