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Tentative agreement reached after 18 months of negotiation By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
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Socaholics masqueraders fill Warren Street with colors as part of their 2017 theme, “Toxic: beautiful but deadly.”
Boston Caribbean culture on display during Carnival Boston Socaholics takes top masquerade band honors By KAREN MORALES
Revelers of all ages celebrated Caribbean culture this past weekend in the best way they knew how: dancing in the streets and masquerading as whimsical characters. Locals and visitors to Boston set aside the previous weeks’ political frustrations and gathered together to blare soca
music, show off their beaded, feathered and glittered costumes, and maybe even indulge in a few libations. As is tradition, masquerade bands compete against one another in a brilliant show, parading up Warren Street and Blue Hill Avenue as onlookers cheer and take photos in adoration. The two dominant competing mas bands were Socaholics and
Soca & Associates. The former band’s theme was “Toxic: beautiful but deadly,” represented through dangerous but captivating animals and creatures. The latter followed the theme of “Through the Looking Glass,” an ode to revealing your true colors despite what the mirror may show. Just before the parade’s 1 p.m.
See CARNIVAL, page 16
After contract negotiations that dragged on for a year and a half, members of the Boston Teachers Union and city officials have reached a tentative agreement. Mayor Martin Walsh and the heads of the BTU, Boston Public Schools and Boston School Committee made their announcement last Thursday during an event at Boston University. Not all points of contention are put to rest in the contract, but officials said it was important to settle what they could now and begin the school year with a contract in place. A major element of the agreement is increased paraprofessional staffing. BPS will hire additional substitute paraprofessionals who can provide one-on-one support to high-needs students or teach them in substantially separate environments, according to a BPS spokesperson. Another piece of the agreement ensures that in times of layoffs and other staffing flux, positions serving students with autism or emotional needs remain held
by paraprofessionals who have specific expertise in those areas, instead of going to those with seniority, said a BPS official. Jessica Tang, BTU president, praised the agreement. “I am thrilled we were able to come to an agreement and it was great to work with everyone and think of how we could get to ‘yes’ with supporting our students,” Tang said. “The agreement prioritizes and improves upon key supports for our students and will help to attract and retain highly-qualified teachers.” Other elements of the agreement include a pay raise, expanded eligibility for parental leave, minimum school nurse staffing standards, more flexible hiring processes and new faculty focused on implementing restorative justice discipline practices. The contract has a relatively short span, only two years — this past year, retroactively, and the coming year until September 2018. The prior contract had a six-year scope. Officials said discussion would continue on the unresolved items.
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Neighbors clash over housing sale Landmark designation bid may block deal By JULE PATTISON-GORDON
Highland Park’s 88 Lambert Avenue has become the center of a heated dispute. The owners are longtime community members who seek to downsize by selling the property. Their efforts were stalled when a group of neighbors petitioned the city, stating concern that a new buyer might remove historic structures. Now the Boston Landmarks Commission
has declared interest in the site, preventing any demolition during a waiting period. The site went on the market in the fall of 2016 with a $2.9 million asking price. This year, the owners accepted a developer’s offer with the sale still unclosed by Banner press time on Tuesday. But news of the plan alarmed several local residents who say they believe the would-be purchaser has a bad track record. These residents said they fear the developer
could downgrade quality of life by crowding in too many new units on the 0.6-acre lot or that he might demolish an 18th-century mansion. “I appreciate it’s his [the owner’s] piece of property, but we have to live with it when he’s gone,” neighbor Rodney Singleton told the Banner. “He’s ultimately trying to get the best sales price [by building it up].” Meanwhile, Rober t Patton-Spruill, who owns the property with his wife, says personal
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With the census in peril, what will it take to right the ship? By ANNA CHALLET, NEW AMERICA MEDIA
The 2020 Census is off to a rocky start, with crucial preparations already delayed or falling to the wayside, largely a result of inadequate funding from Congress. Some of the nation’s oldest civil rights organizations, while fearing the worst, say there’s still time for Congress and the Trump administration to turn things around — but the window is “closing fast,” according to Vanita Gupta, the president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights. “We’re increasingly worried that the administration and Congress have not prioritized support for a fair and accurate census, and that ill-advised decisions in the next few months will further erode the chance [for success],” Gupta
said on a nationwide press call for ethnic media. “There’s really too much at stake to ignore the growing threat to a successful census,” she says. “Being undercounted in the census deprives already vulnerable communities of fair representation and vital public and private resources … The health and well-being as well as the political power of all the diverse communities in America rest on a fair and accurate count.” The consequences of a botched census would ripple across the country, affecting everything from funding levels in education and health care, to redistricting and the implementation of the Voting Rights Act. Data from the census is used to allocate resources for all kinds of services nationwide, from hospitals to transportation. “A good census is a sound
investment in everything we hold dear in this country — a representative democracy, government and elected officials that are accountable to the people, and business and industry investment to drive economic growth, good jobs, and innovation,” says Terri Ann Lowenthal, former staff director of the House Census and Population Subcommittee, and now a consultant to the Leadership Conference Education Fund. Lowenthal says that the 2020 Census is facing a “confluence of unprecedented factors” amounting to “a perfect storm.” The Census Bureau’s prior director, John Thompson, resigned in May of this year, and the agency is “facing a leadership vacuum at a time when it is faced with critical decisions” on its methods and use of resources, according to Gupta.
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Members of the Soca & Associates masquerade band dance on Warren Street during Boston’s Caribbean Carnival.
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We have seen immigrant families opting out of participating in programs in which they have any kind of contact with government, including health care programs and school lunch programs. As a result we believe it will be even more difficult to encourage these immigrant populations to participate [in the census].” — Arturo Vargas
In addition to the nomination of a “qualified, non-partisan candidate to lead the Census Bureau,” Gupta says the agency is in dire need of more adequate funding. Lowenthal says that funding for the 2020 Census has been so far “insufficient, uncertain and frequently late.” Following the 2010 Census, Congress for the first time set a cap on census costs. The Census Bureau was directed to spend no more on the 2020 Census than it did on the 2010 Census; following that, says Lowenthal, Congress “shortchanged the census in annual funding bills throughout much of this decade.” Lawmakers later decided that the 2020 Census would in fact receive less funding than the 2010 Census. Congress failed to allocate sufficient funds in 2017, according to Lowenthal, and now the Trump administration has requested far less funding in 2018 than the Census Bureau needs, she says. As things stand now, there will be fewer than half as many temporary census takers in the 2020 Census as there were in 2010. “The window of opportunity to right this ship is closing fast,” says Lowenthal. But, she says, “Congress can demonstrate leadership by adjusting the budget cuts upward in advance starting this fall for the next three years.” The lack of adequate funding has already had real consequences, says Arturo Vargas, the executive director of the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials Educational Fund.
The Census Bureau failed to complete a Spanish-language test census that was planned for Puerto Rico, and is also failing to test and implement methods for more accurately counting people in remote and rural areas. The agency also won’t be testing certain local outreach and messaging strategies to get people to complete their census forms, Vargas says. Outreach strategies have become more crucial among some marginalized communities. “We know that there is increasingly a climate of fear among immigrant communities and immigrant households,” he says, due to the current political atmosphere and an uptick in anti-immigrant rhetoric under the Trump administration. “We have seen immigrant families opting out of participating in programs in which they have any kind of contact with government, including health care programs and school lunch programs,” says Vargas. “As a result we believe it will be even more difficult to encourage these immigrant populations to participate” in the census. Indeed, it’s groups like “people of color, low-income families, people with disabilities, and limited English proficient individuals” who would be most affected by an inadequately funded census, according to John C. Yang, the executive director of Asian Americans Advancing Justice. “Any gap in testing and any gap in discovering deficiencies” in methodology, he says, would have the greatest impact on these communities.
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Arroyo fired in midst of MCAD investigation By YAWU MILLER
Mayor Martin Walsh fired Chief of Health and Human Services Felix G. Arroyo last week amid an investigation into allegations of sexual harassment. Arroyo’s firing came after an employee in one of the departments he oversees filed a complaint with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination alleging Arroyo harassed her on the job, then grabbed her by the back of the neck after she threatened to complain. Arroyo has denied the allegations. “We are disappointed in [the mayor’s] decision,’’ Arroyo spokeswoman Collette Phillips told the Boston Globe. “Felix is adamant that these allegations are baseless
and retaliatory and will continue to fight to clear his name and is looking forward to fully cooperating with the MCAD.” The Walsh administration had suspended Arroyo July 27 after the MCAD complaint was filed. Walsh did not disclose his grounds for firing Arroyo. “That would be considered a personnel matter,” said Walsh administration spokeswoman Laura Oggeri. Some have cautioned against a rush to judgement in the case, noting that the MCAD investigation, and a criminal investigation being conducted by the Boston Police Department, are ongoing. “I am awaiting to hear all sides, before passing any judgment on any and all parties involved,” wrote El
Mundo President and CEO Alberto Vasallo, III on his Facebook page. “I believe it’s the prudent thing to do.” District 7 City Councilor Tito Jackson, currently running against Walsh for the mayor’s seat, has been sharply critical of Walsh in his remarks to news media outlets, questioning why Arroyo wasn’t fired earlier in the four weeks that the administration conducted its internal investigation. Other councilors, commenting in a Globe article, referred to the allegations as “disturbing” and some praised the courage of the alleged victim. “Victims who bravely speak out and take action deserve our respect and support as they empower others not to be afraid,’’ said Council President Michelle Wu.
“The allegations I read in the news are disturbing.” The complainant named Arroyo, his chief of staff Ilyitch Nahiely Tabora and Walsh in her complaint, alleging that she was demoted when city officials transferred her to another department. Walsh told reporters the woman was transferred at her own request. “It was a lateral move,” Walsh was quoted in MassLive. “Same salary, same job title. This was not a demotion. This was making sure that she felt safe until this investigation was completed.” MCAD spokesman H Harrison said the agency is actively investigating the complaint. The investigation may take as long as 20 months to complete.
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Slavery can’t be edited out of U.S. history America has a serious problem with the loyalty of its citizens. When school begins, students in elementary schools across the country will usually start the day by saluting the flag and pledging allegiance to the United States of America. But the Charlottesville violence, purportedly regarding Confederate monuments, demonstrated to the nation that there is another perspective abroad that is alien to the fundamental American principle that “all men are created equal.” After the organized racist and anti-Semitic violence in Charlottesville, many Americans became aware for the first time of the dynamic influence of the Confederacy that initiated America’s Civil War. Reliable journalistic reports established that there are an estimated 1500 statues, monuments and plaques as tributes to those who were prominent figures in the Confederate states and the Civil War against the U.S. government. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas, the first seven states to join the Confederacy, all had previously become members of the United States of America, pursuant to Article IV of the U.S. Constitution. Consequently, the violation of the allegiance owed by these states to the U.S., together with the decision to levy war against the U.S., is a classic case of treason. It is incredible that government institutions have so extensively sanctioned memorials
to honor those whose conduct was unquestionably traitorous. According to Becky Little of History.com, citing a report by the Southern Poverty Law Center, “these monuments are spread over 31 states plus the District of Columbia — far exceeding the 11 Confederate states that seceded at the outset of the Civil War.” Little also quotes Mark Elliot, a history professor at the University of North Carolina, Greensboro, as having said, “The vast majority of [Confederate monuments] were built between the 1890s and 1950s, which matches up exactly with the era of Jim Crow segregation.” It is reasonable to conclude that for the most part Confederate memorials have been created less to preserve history than to keep alive the spirit of racial and religious bigotry. The Germans have demonstrated an entirely different approach to curtailing the reemergence of a historical era that they now distinctly disapprove. Neo-Nazis are not tolerated in Germany. A group of marchers with swastika flags would be arrested. There are severe laws against inciting hatred. Violations could earn severe jail sentences for the perpetrators. Governors and mayors, like the bold Mitch Landrieu of New Orleans, must remove from public lands those Confederate-era statues and memorials that are little more than symbols of hatred and bigotry.
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By EARL OFARI HUTCHINSON Three recent reputable post-presidential-election surveys tell a horrible reality. That is that Bernie Sanders’ backers helped elect Trump. According to the surveys, from 6 to 12 percent of Bernie Sanders’ supporters voted for Trump. This made the difference in his razor-thin election victory. Many scream foul. They counter with five arguments to this. Let’s debunk them. One, Trump got almost 10 percent of the black vote, so why not blame them? Those votes were in heavily black, and traditionally heavily Democratic areas. Clinton handily won the vote in those areas. Trump’s black vote there was inconsequential. Two, Democrats stayed home in large numbers. They did in comparison to their turnout for former President Obama in 2008 and 2012. However, Clinton still won the popular vote. This was proof that more than enough Democrats went to the polls to elect her. The problem was not their lackluster turnout, but where their votes were concentrated. They weren’t in the three states, Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, that ultimately tipped the election to him. Three, eligible voters didn’t vote. True, millions of eligible voters don’t vote. But the assumption is that the bulk of the non-voters if they did vote would vote Democrat. There’s no proof of that. So, in effect, their stay at home was a wash for both the GOP and the Democrats. Four, the Sanders-voting Democrats were not loyal Democrats but voted for Bernie solely because of his appeal on jobs, slamming Wall Street, and single-payer health care. This is pure sophistry to say they weren’t Democrats and then leap to the claim that they somehow instantly converted to Trump’s banner. The fact is they voted for Sanders as registered Democrats, period. Five, Clinton ran an arrogant, muddled campaign, especially in the battleground states. This is Monday Morning quarterbacking. Clinton practically camped in Pennsylvania, and as far as Wisconsin and Michigan, it was the job of state Democratic party committees to put boots on the ground there to mobilize, energize, and get Democrats to the polls on Election Day. That’s exactly what the Republican committees in those states did. The blame for that failure lay with the Democratic state committees, not just with Clinton’s campaign. The signs were certainly there that a lot of Sanders’ backers would vote third party, write his name in, or simply stay home on Election Day. They made that amply clear with their relentless hector and harangue of Clinton as a war mongering corporate shill and rock-solid beltway politician. Clinton even got hit with protests by the Sanders diehards at some of her campaign stops. However, not voting, writing in Sanders’ name, or voting third party is one thing, but voting for Trump is something far different. Some of them undoubtedly voted for him because they couldn’t stomach Clinton no matter how great the danger of putting Trump in the Oval Office. Whatever the reason, it added up to a Trump win. Now the real question is did Democrats learn lessons from this defection to Trump? One lesson is that as rotten as Trump has been in the Oval Office, this is not enough to wipe away the anger, dissatisfaction, and fed-up with corporate dominated politics-as-usual from Trump’s Sanders voters. Those voters still must be mobilized to believe that a Democratic presidential candidate will fight to extend Sanders’ program. That means a Democrat who will crack down on Wall Street, reinstate the Glass-Steagall firewall on the banks, fight for hardnosed regulations on the financial industry, and even demand, as Sanders did, that the big banks be broken up. The Democratic party must convince them that its candidate will fight to slap a hefty tax bill on the wealthy and major corporations and call for a single-payer health care plan. The second lesson is that the Democrats must figure out a way to duplicate the passion and fervor that Sanders instilled in his backers by moving close to his positions on Wall Street, the banks, and health care to make them show up on Election Day in 2018 and 2020. Trump and Sanders showed in their own way that a presidential candidate can have a seemingly radical program or no program at all and still fire up millions and get them to go to the polls. The brutal reality is that many of Sanders’ backers to the eternal embarrassment of Sanders and the Democrats did help put Trump in the Oval Office. And it could happen again, if the lessons from that aren’t learned.
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Affordable housing. I feel like the community is changing and it’s become less diverse because there’s no affordable housing. People are moving to Brockton, Lynn, Attleboro.
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More parks and places for kids to play. All the empty lots are being replaced by buildings. Kids need more space.
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More businesses need to help the community and give back. It doesn’t seem like the community benefits from the businesses here.
More peace rallies. We’ve got to get the word out. People are trying to increase racism here.
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Do more for the homeless. Once they closed the Long Island shelter, they should have had a plan in place. Our kids go to school and see homeless people and drug addicts. I’ve never seen so many here.
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The city government should acknowledge that the African American community is being denigrated. The city needs to accept our culture.
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Massachusetts education system and spent more than 12 years at VIP Child Care, Inc., as a site director/support service specialists. Prior to that, she served ten years with Metropolitan Council for Educational Opportunity, Inc. (METCO) as a director for Cohasset and Belmont. During the late ’70s and early ’80s she worked for Boston Public Schools as a library and reading paraprofessional. While with VIP Child Care, Inc., Jones oversaw staff, pro-
viders, budget allocations and regulation compliance and provided support for linear programs, including accreditation programs, community partnerships and transportation. With METCO, she developed and managed the annual budget and coordinated diversity awareness and multicultural activates. She also oversaw development projects as they applied to staff, parents and students. In addition to ABCD, Jones volunteers with Generations Inc., a literacy program with the Boston Public Schools, and she is a site team leader at the Pauline A. Shaw Elementary School in Dorchester. She also is an information volunteer assisting patients for the Dana Farber Cancer Institute. Jones is an ordained deacon for the Ebenezer Baptist Church and holds a bachelor’s degree in human service management from Lesley University and a master’s in education administration from the UMass Boston.
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YVONNE JONES The board of Action for Boston Community Development (ABCD) has elected Yvonne L. Jones as the new chair of the board of directors for 2017-2018. The nonprofit supports low-income residents in the Boston and Mystic valley areas to transition from poverty to stability and further advancement. A member of the board since 2005, Jones has served as vice chair for ABCD’s executive committee and chair of ABCD’s elder service committee. She was a 2002 recipient of the ABCD Community Service Award and represented Dorchester on the Dorchester Neighborhood Service Center Advisory Board. “Yvonne Jones is a nurturer and advocate for Dorchester and other communities of Boston. Her background experience with children and deep concern for the elderly highlight the humanitarian within,” said John J. Drew, ABCD president and CEO. “This leadership role is a natural for her.” Jones previously worked in the
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financial circumstances make selling soon imperative. He said he has been trying to work with neighbors to enact some protective regulations in advance of selling that would restrict the site’s use. The extensive property features an 18th-century seven-bedroom mansion, garages, a carriage house and two small ponds. It was once the home of Henry Hampton, the founder of the film production company Blackside, known for works such as “Eyes on the Prize,” an award-winning civil rights movement documentary series. After an Aug. 22 meeting, the Boston Landmarks Commission approved a demolition delay. Patton-Spruill says this means he is blocked from making changes to any part of the property, not just the mansion, while the research is conducted to determine if any of the site is historically significant. By rendering the property temporarily undevelopable, the Landmarks Commission delay could scare off his selected buyer and thus essentially lock away all the money he invested in his property, he says. “That means at least three more months I have to carry a building I can’t afford to live in,” Patton-Spruill told the Banner “I have lost my freedoms of ownership completely. I can’t replace a window without their approval first.”
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Patton-Spruill told the Banner that he had received offers from dozens of prospective buyers, and had accepted an offer from developer
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Owner Robert Patton-Spruill proposes including a deed restriction protecting the property’s mansion, while allowing the brick garages to be demolished to clear space for new housing units. Joe LaRosa. Speaking to the Banner on Tuesday, he said the deal had been made prior to the Landmark Commission’s delay and he suspected it would now fall through. Some community residents opposed the sale because they mistrusted the property’s future under LaRosa. Area resident Jon Ellertson says LaRosa has a reputation for making low-quality, densely-packed housing and disregarding community concerns. “He’s shown no interest in preservation, only interest in building as many densely-designed low-quality houses as he can,” Ellertson said. “It’d make a big difference if the buyer was one whose track record was of working with a particular community to see what the community’s vision is for the property. “ Ellertson says that LaRosa bulldozed a nearby Greek revival house after promising to preserve it. Another nearby LaRosa property has become home to loud,
late-night student parties that it sometimes require police interventions to shut down, Ellertson added. Singleton expressed similar wariness on allowing LaRosa to own 88 Lambert Avenue. “It is a valuable piece of history that should not be torn down,” Singleton said. “In the hands of Joe LaRosa, we have no confidence in anything.” Patton-Spruill told the Banner on Tuesday that he selected LaRosa because he was the only prospective purchaser willing to build “as of right” — that is, not seek zoning variance. As such, LaRosa would be limited to constructing a lower number of units on the property. “LaRosa was the only one willing to buy as of right and not overbuild,” Patton-Spruill said. “That’s why he was the final choice.” Singleton provided the Banner with a series of emails from this
April on which he was cc’d. According to the email exchange, Ellertson told Patton-Spruill he was concerned about LaRosa, stating “We have for the record seen Joe LaRosa say one thing for the public record and do the opposite.” In the emails, Patton-Spruill responded that he understood the wariness toward LaRosa but that the developer’s offer allowed him to shed the costs of a large house and acquire sufficient funding to move his grandmother into assisted living on a desirable timeline. “We understand why there is a lack of trust with him [LaRosa],” Patton-Spruill stated in an April 24 email. “We have honestly done our best in getting the property shown to everyone that was interested and able to make a purchase of this size.” In an earlier email also on April 24, Patton-Spruill stated, “I am aware of the communities [sic] problem with him and I wish he wasn’t the one to step up to the plate, but he does have the best offer and is willing to allow me … to get my grandmother situated in a new spot.” Patton-Spruill told the Banner he intended a deed restriction to protect the mansion house from demolition. In one April 24 email, he stated he told LaRosa he would “need to make a plan to keep the Big House and rebuild the barn,” and that “he [LaRosa] seems open to it.”
Unwanted density
Patton-Spruill said he wanted to protect against overcrowding of units onto the site by seeking an as-of-right developer. He anticipated six units would be permitted under current zoning, should the site’s garages be demolished. Patton-Spruill told the Banner he had presented various plans over the years, that included higher unit counts. Some residents said they believe as many as 14 units are intended for the site. “I wish Robert Patton-Spruill all best — I’d love for him to make all the money he can on his property — however, to suggest taking a site with a single and opening it up to where someone could put 14 townhouses there is not something the neighborhood could warm up to,” abutter Daniel Cruz told the Banner. Ellertson said that he has not seen site plans but doubts six units could fit with sufficient off-street
parking and setback allocations. Singleton also said he regards six units as overbuilding and that he does not believe the mansion will be safe from demolition. Patton-Spruill told the Banner he presented his vision in a community meeting on Aug. 18. He said 15 people attended, of whom ten remained to vote on the proposal. At the end of the meeting, 9 people voted in favor of a plan to demolish the brick garages while maintaining the wood frame carriage house, and one person abstained. Four days later, during a meeting with the Landmarks Commission, residents called for historic investigation, thus halting and potentially derailing his proposal. A petition initiating such a meeting required signatures of ten registered Boston voters.
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Patton-Spruill told the Banner that for decades he invested the profits from his filmmaking into purchasing and rehabilitating boarded up degraded houses in the area, in order to help improve safety and life in the neighborhood. He and his wife, Patti Moreno, were awarded Discover Roxbury’s Puddingstone Awards in 2015 for helping preserve the neighborhood. Patton-Spruill says when he bought 88 Lambert Avenue in 2002 it was run down and a site of some illegal activity. “88 Lambert Ave was a wonderful property, but absolutely no money had been spent on maintenance and care of it,” he said. “I spent a million dollars preserving it and now, because it looks so nice because I spent so much on it, they say it’s a landmark.” Now that his kids are in college, his parents have passed away, and his grandmother needs to move into assisted living, Patton-Spruill said the house is too big and too expensive to maintain and that he needs to tap into this asset to afford assisted living for his grandmother. He says he feels blindsided at being subjected to a historical preservation bid as a homeowner outside of a historic district, and regards the bid as misguided. “They’ve effectively put me in a position where without working my behind off and struggling, I could easily go bankrupt because my largest asset doesn’t have a title anymore,” Patton-Spruill said.
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Charter school advocates seek alliance with former adversaries By YAWU MILLER
This year’s sleepy municipal election season is a far cry from the raging ballot question battles of 2016, when a measure on charter school expansion galvanized local voters and attracted millions of out-of-state dollars in campaign contributions. For many, the bitterly-fought dispute over charter expansion was not just a matter of whether charter schools are effective, but whether the state could afford the cost without starving district schools. That ballot question focused attention on the manner in which the state funds schools, which causes charters to compete with district schools for the same limited pool of education dollars. At that time, many charter advocates argued against the idea of increasing the pool of state education funding through a tax increase. “We’ve been throwing billions of dollars at public education for decades and not getting results,” pro-charter Great School Massachusetts Coalition director Shane Dunn said in a public forum. Now, with a ballot initiative that would generate public education funding directed both to charter and district schools likely to appear on the 2018 ballot, leaders of organizations funded by charter school advocates are sounding a different tune. Three corporate-funded education reform groups — Democrats for Education Reform Massachusetts, Massachusetts Parents United and Stand For Children — are seeking to join the unionbacked Raise Up Massachusetts coalition that is behind the Fair Share amendment. The Fair Share Amendment, better known as the “millionaires’ tax,” proposes to raise a projected $2 billion for public education and transportation by levying a special tax on all income over $1 million. The potential entry of these groups into the fray has caused some controversy within the coalition, which includes the Massachusetts Teachers Association, Service Employees International Union and an alliance of community-based organizations that worked against Question 2 last year. “A lot of resources that could have gone into the Fair Share Amendment went into fighting Question 2,” said an activist who works on the millionaires’ tax initiative. Lewis Finfer, an organizer with the Raise Up Massachusetts Coalition, said the coalition has not finished discussing the groups’ interest in the Fair Share Amendment. “We’re trying to figure out how to respond as a coalition,” he said. Democrats for Education Reform Massachusetts Director Liam Kerr points out that his organization has consistently supported increased funding for education. “We want more money for schools,” says Democrats for Education Reform State Director Liam Kerr. “We just want it to be spent well.”
But the irony of groups like DFER, which funneled millions of dollars of funding from wealthy Wall Street investors in support of Question 2 last year, now supporting the Fair Share Amendment hasn’t escaped Maurice Cunningham, associate professor of political science at UMass Boston. “Millionaires in New York are paying groups to support a tax on millionaires in Massachusetts,” he said. “It doesn’t really add up.”
Unabated money flows
The dilemma facing the Raise Up Massachusetts Coalition underscores the shifting dynamics affecting the state’s educational landscape. Question 2 supporters spent $19.5 million on the failed bid to expand charters with more than 80 percent coming from out-of-state contributors. Question 2 was rejected by 62 percent of voters. But the resounding defeat of the ballot question has not completely stanched the funding from pro-charter corporate donors. In the wake of the 2016 defeat, two new organizations and one longstanding group recently have begun to rally parents and teachers, with some of the same actors: n The newly-formed Massachusetts Parents United has an executive director, Keri Rodrigues, who served as statewide director of the Great Schools Massachusetts pro-Question 2 campaign. She also is on the advisory committee of Democrats for Education Reform Massachusetts. Last year, DFER funneled thousands of dollars into the campaigns of pro-charter school candidates. MPU has received funding from the Walton Family Foundation and Longfield Foundation, both of which backed Question 2. n Boston Education Action Network. The organization launched this year and is staffed by Teach for America’s initiative, Leadership for Education Equity. Some of its funding comes from Strategic Grant Partners, an organization that directed millions of dollars from out-of-state donors into Great Schools Massachusetts’ Question 2 campaign. n Massachusetts Stand For Children. Although active for more than 10 years, the group lost many members and local affiliates when it pivoted from general education and took money from corporate contributors to advance a ballot measure that would have ended teacher tenure in Massachusetts. With a January WBUR/ MassINC poll showing public support for the Fair Share Amendment at 77 percent, the measure could be a win-win for charter supporters, expanding the education pie while at the same time potentially building the bases of education groups planning to work on it.
Big picture: Declining support for charters
In addition to Question 2’s decisive defeat last year, shifts in public opinion, in part fueled by national events, may be helping spur pro-charter groups to join forces
with their one-time opponents. Last week, a poll released by EducationNext — a journal co-sponsored by Stanford’s Hoover Institution, Harvard Kennedy School’s Program on Education Policy and Governance, and the Fordham Institute — revealed a drop in nationwide public support for school choice, a euphemism for charter schools. Its survey sample of more than 4,200 respondents showed that between 2016 and 2017, support among both Democrats and Republicans dropped steeply, from 51 percent to 39 percent, a 12-point reduction. Indeed, the push to expand charters in Massachusetts, coupled with controversial charter expansions in cities like Detroit, New Orleans and Chicago, have precipitated a backlash that last year saw the Movement for Black Lives and the NAACP call for a nationwide moratorium on charter expansion. Adding fuel to the fire: The polarizing rhetoric of President Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos, his controversial education secretary, has charter proponents scrambling for cover. “The rhetoric we hear from the Trump people, ‘Choice is good, and school districts are bad,’ sets us back a decade,” Robin Lake, director of the Center on Reinventing Public Education, told journalist Richard Whitmire, who blogs on The 74, a website funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation and other corporate education reform funders.
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The Fair Share Amendment could bring additional funding for public schools, both district and charter. The Massachusetts education groups’ activism, including the push to work on the millionaires’ tax, suggests that local corporate education reformers may be ready for a change in strategy, according to Jennifer Berkshire, education editor at Alternet and co-host of the education-focused podcast, “Have You Heard?” “What you see in other parts of the country is a shift,” Berkshire said. “Corporate ed reformers understand they need buy-in from parents.”
Other agenda items?
The emergence of the new education organizations funded by charter school backers has some questioning whether the groups will work on a legislative push to expand charters. In the days following the November 2016 defeat of Question 2, former state Rep. Marty Walz, who supported the ballot measure, suggested
that the legislature could pass a law to allow charters to expand in areas where the state deems district schools to be failing. Democrats for Education Reform’s Liam Kerr said his organization has no specific legislation in mind for charter expansion. “We’re not taking the lead on anything,” he said. Kerr is supporting a push to increase the state’s foundation budget — which dictates the minimum funding level for Massachusetts schools and helps determine how much state aid districts receive. He served on an advisory council to the state’s Foundation Budget Review Commission, which issued its final report to the Legislature in October 2015. “It’s a really interesting, complicated time for school reform,” he said. “Now we have a lot more in common with the people who were ‘no’ on 2.”
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Before going into effect, the agreement must be ratified by the BTU and approved by the Boston School Committee. It goes before the Committee in early September. The Boston Teachers Union represents 10,000 members, including teachers, paraprofessionals, social workers, nurses, librarians and related service providers, Tang said. Members have been working without a contract since August 2016.
Staffing, tests and conflict resolution
Educators and city officials have agreed to establish a minimum standard per-school nurse staffing level. The minimum is set at 0.5 nurses per school, meaning that each school has a full-time nurse spending at least half of his or her time on site, although how those hours are allocated is flexible. Most schools already have above minimum staffing, a BPS spokesperson said, but this is the first time the contract states a per-school standard that must be maintained regardless of individual student population size. This standard will be implemented in 2018-2019, while BPS commits to hiring additional nurses during the 2017-2018 year. Also under the contract, three schools will receive a full-time faculty member dedicated to implementing restorative justice practices, which are aimed at mediating discipline cases by helping students identify and reflect on the causes and impacts of misbehavior and make up with those they have harmed. The district also will appoint a restorative practices coach to coordinate with the on-site faculty and central office and to organize professional development. Another item: Tang said many BTU members are concerned about over use of punitive, highstakes testing. In order to find better alternative assessment measures, the parties agreed to establish a joint labor commission on the topic, which will include students, parents, union members and district leaders. Kindergarten class sizes are among the debated items not resolved in this agreement.
Pay and benefits
Pay had been one major sticking point, but now both parties have agreed to a 2-percent pay raise that
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I’m really encouraged by the direction this contract is pointing. Schools will have nurses and cleaner facilities. My kids … will be in a place that does not emphasize over-testing and does emphasize restorative justice. This is the kind of school I want my child to go to.” — Melanie Allen
“I am thrilled we were able to come to an agreement and it was great to work with everyone and think of how we could get to ‘yes’ with supporting our students. The agreement prioritizes and improves upon key supports for our students and will help to attract and retain highly-qualified teachers.” — Jessica Tang will retroactively apply to this past year, and a 3-percent pay raise applied to this year. Bachelor’s-degree-holding paraprofessionals working toward a master’s degree will see salary boosts after completing a certain number of credits, BPS Superintendent Tommy Chang said. The BTU also had fought to grant early-career teachers access to the paid parental leave policy. Now teachers and paraprofessionals in their second and third years will be eligible. A class of professionals known as applied behavior analysts, who have been seeking to join BTU for a while, now will become part of the union, Tang said. Additionally, some money held in the teacher leadership fund will be redirected toward supporting educators who wish to implement innovative practices or hold best practices hearings.
Hiring process
Under the contract, BPS will be freer to hire outside its current pool of teachers and paraprofessionals to fill openings. Currently when filling a post, principals must select from a list of candidates already in the system, and can bypass internal applicants only if the job requires a special skill — and then must pay the new hire an extra bonus for that skill, amounting to a $1,250 stipend. The agreement drops this requirement, and with it, drops the stipend pay, thus saving half a million dollars, BPS officials estimated. Paraprofessionals and teachers also can now be hired earlier in the school year, a practice credited with bringing in high-quality educators.
One unresolved piece is how to handle tenured teachers who do not receive placement in a classroom of their own. While they wait for assignments, they continue to be paid and tend to take on support roles. Then-BTU president Richard Stutman told the Banner in March that the union wants assurances that any of these unassigned but highly-rated teachers — those who have been rated as “proficient” or “exemplary” — quickly receive full-time roles. Meanwhile, BPS has sought the right to terminate such unplaced teachers.
Long time coming
Tensions over the prolonged negotiations flared earlier this year as BTU members in March accused the city of sexism for quickly signing a new contract with the male-dominated police unions, while talks with the female-dominated BTU stretched on. The union sought an intervention by the state mediators to spur a faster conclusion to discussions. With an agreement now tentatively reached, members of the negotiating parties expressed optimism. “I’m really encouraged by the direction this contract is pointing,” Melanie Allen, a BTU contract negotiating team member, parent, and Hernandez K-8 School teacher, told reporters. “Schools will have nurses and cleaner facilities. My kids … will be in a place that does not emphasize over-testing and does emphasize restorative justice. This is the kind of school I want my child to go to.”
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Clartiza Abreu co-founded Latinc to provide the kind of mentoring and professional connections she struggled to find when she first emigrated from the Dominican Republic.
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When software developer and information technology specialist Claritza Abreu first came to the U.S., she felt lost. She arrived from the Dominican Republic with the skills and degree worthy of a good job, but without the personal and professional connections to find one. Now, many years later, Abreu’s resume boasts a long list of highlevel positions, and she is looking to smooth the way for other Latino individuals, whether they are recent immigrants, college graduates or others. In early June, Abreu launched Latinc, a career-oriented social networking site and app tailored for the Latino community. “I’ve been doing mentoring on a one-on-one basis, trying to help people,” Abreu said, “and I thought, ‘Can I do something more massive?’” She found her answer in Latinc, whose structure she describes as a convergence of Facebook and LinkedIn “It is the first and only mobile app for Latino professionals to connect,” Abreu said. “It’s for professionals but more interactive and socially oriented. We wanted people to develop closer relationships for them to support each other in their professional careers.”
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It is the first and only mobile app for Latino professionals to connect. It’s for professionals but more interactive and socially oriented. We wanted people to develop closer relationships for them to support each other in their professional careers.” — Claritza Abreu
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The app and website are offered in Spanish and English, and there are plans to expand into Portuguese and French. Featured online trainings are not currently tied to accreditation programs, but talks are underway with colleges and other organizations to explore such a move. Thus far, the platform is U.S.only and focuses particularly on an audience of Latino millenials, which Abreu notes currently make up the largest minority group graduating from college. The firm’s revenue model is similar to other social media, with dollars coming in from advertising, company memberships, premium membership and job postings.
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What you’d do: Working under the supervision of physical therapists, PTAs help patients who are recovering from injuries and illnesses regain movement and manage pain. What you’d need: An associate degree What you’d make: $26.75 per hour
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What you’d do: Also known as radiographers, you would perform diagnostic imaging examinations,
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What you’d do: Job duties are similar to that of any teacher, where you create and carry out lesson plans and test and grade the work of your students. What you’d need: A bachelor’s degree in addition to experience student-teaching What you’d make: $23.01 per hour
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What you’d do: Sell various types of insurance to customers, sometimes traveling to meet with clients. What you’d need: A high school diploma or GED is all you’ll need to score this job, but expect some onthe-job training when you start. What you’d make: $20.96 per hour
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FILM REVIEW
‘Crown Heights’ recounts real-life miscarriage of justice
MJ Rodriguez as Oona and the ensemble in “Burn All Night.” PHOTO: EVGENIA ELISEEVA
By KAM WILLIAMS
BurnAllNight OBERON MUSICAL FEEDS A NEED FOR ESCAPE By CELINA COLBY
“Burn All Night,” in its world premiere at the American Repertory Theater’s Oberon stage on Arrow Street in Cambridge, speaks to anyone who has wandered the messy, difficult path of growing up. The immersive musical, playing until Sept. 8, loosely follows four young creatives in New York City on the eve of a series of world-ending earthquakes. Directed by Jenny Koons (“A Sucker Emcee,” “In This Moment”) and choreographed by Tony nominee Sam Pinkerton (“Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812”), the story starts traditionally enough. Bobby, played by Lincoln Clauss, boards a bus to New York, leaving his claustrophobic suburban life behind. Clauss strikes the perfect chord of naivety and perseverance in his actor-wannabe character. Bobby meets up with his long-lost childhood friend Holly (Krystina Alabado), an artist-turned-advertising executive. The plot that follows, full of romance, recreational drugs and the confusing trappings of coming of age, is almost less important than the feeling given to the audience. Much of the storyline occurs at clubs and parties during nights of wild escape. And that’s exactly what this is. “Burn All Night” at once illustrates our need to escape our problems while providing the
PHOTO: EVGENIA ELISEEVA
Ashley LaLonde and the cast of “Burn All Night” warm up before rehearsal.
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events/show/burn-all-night opportunity to do so. Audience members can stand on the dance floor and participate actively in the show, busting moves with the cast and letting the electronic beats of Teen Commandments wash over them. At the start of the performance, M.J. Rodriguez, of “Transgendered Part I: The Women,”
invites the audience to “be with us, dance with us and drink with us.” Though an escape, “Burn All Night” is a very of-the-moment piece. The most vivid parallels exist between our imploding political situation and uncertain environmental future and the apocalyptic tune of the show. But the culture is there as well. The ensemble, diverse in gender, race and personality, reflects a contemporary world fighting to be inclusive. These “kids”
See BURN ALL NIGHT, page 15
In the spring of 1980, Colin Warner (Lakeith Stanfield) was wrongfully accused of murder on the streets of Brooklyn by a 15 yearold juvenile delinquent (Skylan Brooks) who picked him out of a photo lineup provided by the police. That supposed “eyewitness” testimony was the only evidence linking Warner to the crime, but it didn’t prevent a jury from convicting the 18-year-old in spite of a credible alibi and the absence of a motive, weapon or connection to the victim. Soon, he was sent up the river where he began serving a life sentence for a crime he didn’t commit. Truth be told, the only thing Warner was guilty of was being born poor and black in the inner city, which meant he was very vulnerable to a criminal justice system totally indifferent to the plight of an innocent, indigent, African-American defendant. And he would very likely have merely wasted away behind bars forever were it not for the commitment to his cause of his BFF (Nnamdi Asomugha). Lucky for Colin, Carl King would remain obsessed with reversing the miscarriage of justice even after his appeals ran out and his attorneys, family and other friends had given up hope. Written and directed by Matt Ruskin, “Crown Heights” is a riveting courtroom drama which recounts the events surrounding the shameful case. We watch Carl settle on his career as a paralegal with the goal of one day exonerating his lifelong friend. We also see the toll that that devotion would take on his marriage. Fortunately, Carl did ultimately get Clarence Lewis to recant his testimony and admit that he’d lied under oath for
See “HEIGHTS,” page 15
AT A GLANCE “Crown Heights”: Excellent (4 stars) Rated: R for profanity, sexuality, nudity and
violence Running time: 94 minutes Production Studio: Washington Square Films Distributor: Amazon Studios
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Central Flea market highlights Afro-centric talent nonprofit information booths, food By CELINA COLBY trucks and graffiti art performances. Michael Monestime, executive director of the CSBA, said in a stateBy day, Lynae Brayboy, M.D. ment, “We wanted to make it 100 works at Women & Infants’ Ferpercent authentic to Central Square. tility Center in Providence, Rhode We wanted something for everybody Island. By night, she makes ster— regardless of age, race or class.” ling silver hair accessories via a Though less impactful than Dudley’s bygone wax-casting process for Black Market, Central Flea is a big her side business Bijouterie Bougupgrade from SoWa’s increasingly ere. On Saturday, Aug. 27, she was gentrified weekly offerings. selling her wares for the first time Secondhand vendors and at Boston’s newest vintage and armakers alike are encouraged to partisan market, Central Flea, located ticipate, resulting in a wide array in Cambridge’s Central Square. of merchandise, from vintage fishBitjouterie Bougere accessoerman sweaters and antique coke ries feature intricate designs and bottles to homemade honey and the sturdy construction of artisan rows of freshly painted canvases. craftsmanship. Brayboy chose to Since March, Sarah Palmer, a work in silver because of its weight, which helps reduce hair shrinkage, Boston-based oil painter, has contributed to those canvases at the and its antibacterial and anti-inmarket. Her intimate portraits in flammatory properties. black and white often depict family She says she began making and friends. She shows off her favorpieces for African American ite piece, a painting of her daughter, women as a celebration of their with pride. “I’m hoping to capture culture and often-contested hair. the essence of their life,” she says. Her catalog includes hair beads Palmer’s father was an artist and of multiple sizes, along with painting is a way for her to honor his braid cuffs and discs, each with memory while pursuing her creative a unique, but subtle pattern. “It’s passions. She describes selling her kind of a grown up version of work at the market as empowering. braids and beads,” Brayboy says. “It’s nice to know you can make a Central Flea, organized by New living doing what you love,” she says. England Open Markets and CenCentral Flea runs again Sept. tral Square Business Association, 24 and Oct. 29 at 95 Prospect St., is held once a month to celebrate Central Square. Interested venlocal urban and Afro-centric artdors can apply at any time and ists, makers and entrepreneurs like spaces run as low as $40 for a 10 Brayboy. In addition to shopping, x 10 tent. the all-day event features live music, bt Half Page AD Bay State Banner 17.qxp_Layout 1 8/14/17 1:50 PM Page 1
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set the scene even more so than the main characters. They’re constantly on cell phones, taking selfies, texting and, as one kid proclaims, using their electronics as a way to “be alone when I can’t be alone.” Rodriguez slays as an unofficial narrator, physically and musically moving the show along. Marquis Johnson deserves a mention as well, for having hips more honest than Shakira. When the apocalypse strikes, almost no one is where they want to be. Their affairs are not in order. Their wrongs haven’t been righted. Bobby and Holly never fully resolve their issues and there’s no pretty bow tied on the plot at the end of the show. Likewise, when the lights come up — and they always do — we pick up our baggage on the way out.
‘Heights’
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PHOTO: CELINA COLBY
Artists display their wares at Central Flea in Cambridge’s Central Square.
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orange juice and a candy bar. Too bad, that it took over 21 years to clear Colin’s name. The film is a sobering indictment of the legal system that’ll leave you wondering how many other Colin Warners might be incarcerated by a heartless prison-industrial complex routinely doling out a color-coded brand of criminal justice.
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continued from page 1 start time, Silleta Davis was lined up behind Socaholics’ carnival truck, with a massive Queen’s costume in tow. “I won second place in the Queen competition,” she said proudly. She was crowned first place Queen of the Carnival last year. Marquis Knight, another Socaholics masquerader, held up the Barbadian flag as he proceeded down M.L.K. Jr. Boulevard and stayed in character the whole time, holding a regal pose as he paused for pictures. The late August sun beat down on the scene as family and friends
of masqueraders regularly refilled their loved ones’ water bottles. Those more entrepreneurial-minded lined up along the sidewalks selling homemade food to the crowd. Governor Charlie Baker, Mayor Martin J. Walsh, and City Councilor Tito Jackson helped kick off the parade by cutting the starting-line ribbon. The parade officially ended three hours later, but the festivities continued on at private gatherings and after-parties. In light of the months of anticipation and preparations leading up to Carnival, it only makes sense that masqueraders would want enjoy the celebration for as long as they can — until next year.
AT A GLANCE
PHOTOS: CHRIS LOVETT
(above) Spectators and masqueraders mingle during Carnival. (below) Members of a Haitian band use drums and improvised horns and percussion instruments.
2017 CARIBBEAN CARNIVAL WINNERS King and Queen Competition Queen Category: 1st place: T. Dacia Shillingford Compas of Socaholics; portrayal of “Aquila Eagle” 2nd place: Silleta Davis of Socaholics; portrayal of “Venemous Viper” 3rd place: Vanessa Black of Soca & Associates; portrayal of “Flight of Fantasy“ King Category: 1st place: Derick Sealy of Socaholics; portrayal of “King of the Reef” 2nd place: Sherland Alfred of Soca & Associates; portrayal of “Hephaestus Lord” 3rd place: Jamaal Hunte of The Virgin Islands Movement; portrayal “The Wolf-Law of the Jungle” Band of the Year: Socaholics 2nd place: Soca & Associates 3rd place: Branches
PHOTO: CHRIS LOVETT
(above) Mud-colored paint is a popular theme with some bands.(below) Costume jewelry completes the look.
PHOTOS: KAREN MORALES
(above) A scorpion-themed costume underscores the venomous nature of the Socaholics 2017 theme. (below) Siletta Davis dances as the Socaholics queen.
PHOTO: KAREN MORALES
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TIP OF THE WEEK 4 ways to spice up a salad You decide to eat healthier, and plan on having a salad each day for lunch or dinner. But by the end of the week, you’re tired of salads and dreaming of more exciting meals. Use these four tips to spice up your greens: Ditch the bland lettuce: Choose a mix of greens, like arugula, endive, spinach and shredded purple cabbage to add a variety of textures and flavors. Make it filling: Proteins like meat or beans, and fats like avocado, will keep you full longer. For a topping with added crunch, the National Peanut Board suggests toasting and chopping peanuts. Add some tang: Lemon juice or chopped green onion will add an unexpected burst of flavor. Don’t forget the sweetness: Fresh or dried fruit will ensure your salad is anything but boring.
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Crowd Cow lets consumers claim shares Thanks to a new startup created by Joe Heitzeberg and Ethan Lowry (co-founder of Urbanspoon), those people who have the desire to learn where their meat comes from can through the crowdfunded Crowd Cow. Crowd Cow is an operation for individual cows from independent ranchers, where cows are sold one at a time. Consumers can claim their share by becoming a “steak-holder” from premium steak samplers to 10-pound packs of ground beef.
SAFE EATING 3 steps to safe food preparation Eating healthy is more than just fruits and vegetables, it’s also about ensuring the food you do eat is prepared in a safe manner. Follow these tips from realsimple.com. Wash your hands and food preparation surfaces for at least 20 seconds with warm water and soap. If you are away from such options, apply an antibacterial hand sanitizer instead. Avoid cross contamination by placing grilled food on a new, clean plate and washing the old one that had raw meat on it. You should also be sure to cook beef, chicken and fish on different sections of your grill. Be sure your food is cooked thoroughly. The USDA’s food temperature guidelines can help you determine the temperature at which your food is ready to serve. — Brandpoint
TASTE OF TRAVEL
One with nature The summer flavors of the picturesque state of Utah BY CHARLENE PETERS, MORE CONTENT NOW
Summertime in Utah is when snow fanatics disband and the weather seduces kayakers, mountain bikers, hikers and glamping enthusiasts. East of Salt Lake City, the Wasatch Range provides a picturesque backdrop to Park City. My first impression of its Main Street, with its profusion of 19th-century structures built during the area’s silver mining boom, was that it’s a main street on steroids. The uphill climb to explore its many retail shops, restaurants and bars left me panting, so I gratefully succumbed to the city’s handy, free shuttle bus. The bus led me two miles up and down hills to the entrance of The Peaks Hotel, where I checked in for two relaxing nights. Main Street summoned me at dinnertime, where I perched at an open-window seat inside a restaurant named and located at 350 Main. The essence of summertime was translated through citrus vinaigrette splashed over orange slices, raspberries and garden-fresh salad. From my spectator’s seat, I sipped my Whispering Angel rosé and immersed myself in watching the parade of vacationing families, couples and locals strolling past. My reverie was broken by an amazing plate of corn-on-the-cob served on a bed of orange-red Romesco sauce and chartreuse topping. So colorful! The topping was a creamy basil aioli that sent my taste buds swooning as I chomped row after tasty corn row. I swore right then and there to forever coat my corn-on-the-cob at home using this delicious recipe. Two days later, I headed northeast toward Idaho, through Evanston, Wyoming, to Garden City. Intriguingly, this destination is known for its raspberry shakes in locations throughout Raspberry Square. I sampled a shake at Zipz, and like
PHOTOS: CHARLENE PETERS
Framed by the Wasatch Range and Bear River Mountains, Bear Lake spans 20 miles and runs from Utah into Idaho. North Beach is in Idaho and the best spot to rent a kayak for some laid-back paddling in the limestone-stained turquoise water.
Basil Aioli on corn on the cob at 350 Main.
BASIL AIOLI Courtesy of 350 Main, Park City n 2 cloves garlic n ¼ cup packed basil leaves n ¹⁄8 cup lemon juice n 1 egg yolk n ¼ tablespoon salt n ¼ cup EVOO n ¼ cup canola oil n 1 tablespoon ricotta cheese n 1 pinch micro-greens Puree the basil leaves and garlic in the lemon juice in a blender. Add salt and eggs and slowly drizzle in the oils. Top with crumbles of ricotta and micro-greens.
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all the shakes in the area, it was made with thick, soft-serve ice cream meant to be devoured by spoon. Aside from raspberries, authentic to Garden City is Bear Lake. The lake’s premier beach is about a 20-minute drive from Conestoga Ranch; North Beach is actually over the Utah border in Idaho. The beach attracts kayakers, stand-up paddle boarders, jet-skiers and motorboaters seeking a spacious body of water whose color is reminiscent of the Caribbean but whose setting is of mountains and woods full of wildlife, including cranes, mountain lions, black bear, deer and elk. The best way to experience all that Garden City has to offer is to become one with nature, and Conestoga Ranch offers the ultimate in “glamping.” With plenty of opportunity to hike, bike and swim, you’re sure to work up an appetite. On ranch property at Campfire Grill, Chef Vince Liberato serves up locally-sourced beef and pork, the latter smoked from a whole pig. His pork chop with deep-fried Brussels sprouts is a must-try for dinner.
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Cruz cuts ribbon on renovated affordable development By YAWU MILLER
In a city of more than 272,000 housing units, the renovation of the 87 units in the Wayne at Columbiahousing development may seem inconsequential. But elected officials and heads of both city and state agencies came to the ribbon cutting of the newly-renovated, seven-building affordable housing development. Cruz Companies President and CEO John Cruz joined Mayor Martin Walsh, state Housing Secretary John Ash and state Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry for the ceremonial
event held on the Blue Hill Avenue portion of the development outside Mattapan Square. “The redevelopment of Wayne will help preserve affordable housing for the next generation of Boston’s inner-city residents,” Cruz said. The renovation comes as the mayor seeks to create 53,000 new units of housing by 2030 to keep up with demand from the city’s growing population. “We have 30,000 new people living in the city,” Walsh said. “We have to continue to meet the demand.” As part of that push, developers have built 1,380 new units affordable
to low-income renters or buyers and 2,000 affordable to middle-income renters or buyers. Thus far, more than 4,000 have been preserved, among them, the 87 units in the Wayne at Columbia development, which occupies seven buildings in Roxbury, Dorchester and Mattapan.
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Cruz Companies acquired the scattered–site affordable housing development more than 30 years ago and conducted renovations. “Inner-city housing after more than 30 years needs a rehab,” said Cruz Companies Vice President
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Danny Cruz. “There’s a lot of traffic in the buildings.” Cruz Companies completed the renovations, installing new roofs, kitchens, baths, energy efficient windows and doors, plumbing, flooring, masonry, paint and security systems. The project employed 258 workers logging 71,000 hours, with more than 80 percent workers of color and 65 percent Boston residents. Additionally, 72 percent of the firms with which Cruz contracted were owned by people of color. The renovation was completed with the support of the Mayor’s Department of Neighborhood
Development ($900,000) and the Massachusetts Department of Housing and Community Development ($2,500,000). MassDevelopment provided more than $20 million in tax-exempt bonds, which were purchased by Eastern Bank (60 percent) and Cambridge Trust Company (40 percent) to provide construction and permanent financing for the transaction. The Wayne at Columbia development is part of a larger 53-building, 349-unit scattered-site development the Cruz Companies are redeveloping.
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A Design Public Hearing will be held by MassDOT to discuss the proposed Blue Hill Avenue and Warren Street Traffic Signal Improvements project in Boston, MA. WHERE:
Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts (ULEM), 2nd Floor 88 Warren Street Boston/Roxbury, MA 02119
WHEN:
Tuesday, September 12, 2017 @ 6:30 PM
PURPOSE: The purpose of this hearing is to provide the public with the opportunity to become fully acquainted with the proposed Blue Hill Avenue and Warren Street Traffic Signal Improvements project. All views and comments made at the hearing will be reviewed and considered to the maximum extent possible. PROPOSAL: The proposed project consists of improving safety and operations for all users; i.e. bicyclists, pedestrians, and motor vehicles and transit users. The project will connect traffic signals along the Blue Hill Avenue and Warren Street corridors to the Boston Transportation Department (BTD) Traffic Control Center at City Hall, allowing real-time adjustments of traffic signal timing for operational and incident management. Although bicycle and pedestrian accommodations are presents along the corridor, the existing non-compliant wheelchair ramps and pedestrian crossings will be reconstructed. A secure right-of-way is necessary for this project. Acquisitions in fee and permanent or temporary easements may be required. The city is responsible for acquiring all needed rights in private or public lands. MassDOT’s policy concerning land acquisitions will be discussed at this hearing. Written views received by MassDOT subsequent to the date of this notice and up to five (5) days prior to the date of the hearing shall be displayed for public inspection and copying at the time and date listed above. Plans will be on display one-half hour before the hearing begins, with an engineer in attendance to answer questions regarding this project. A project handout will be made available on the MassDOT website listed below. Written statements and other exhibits in place of, or in addition to, oral statements made at the Public Hearing regarding the proposed undertaking are to be submitted to Patricia A. Leavenworth, P.E., Chief Engineer, MassDOT, 10 Park Plaza, Boston, MA 02116, Attention: Roadway Project Management, Project File No. 606134. Such submissions will also be accepted at the hearing. Mailed statements and exhibits intended for inclusion in the public hearing transcript must be postmarked within ten (10) business days of this Public Hearing. Project inquiries may be emailed to dot.feedback.highway@ state.ma.us This location is accessible to people with disabilities. MassDOT provides reasonable accommodations and/or language assistance free of charge upon request (including but not limited to interpreters in American Sign Language and languages other than English, open or closed captioning for videos, assistive listening devices and alternate material formats, such as audio tapes, Braille and large print), as available. For accommodation or language assistance, please contact MassDOT’s Chief Diversity and Civil Rights Officer by phone (857-368-8580), fax (857-368-0602), TTD/TTY (857-368-0603) or by email (MassDOT.CivilRights@dot.state.ma.us). Requests should be made as soon as possible prior to the meeting, and for more difficult to arrange services including sign-language, CART or language translation or interpretation, requests should be made at least ten (10) business days before the meeting.
Bidders’ attention is directed to Appendix 1, Notice of Requirement for Affirmative Action to Insure Equal Employment Opportunity; and to Appendix 2, Supplemental Equal Employment Opportunity, Anti-Discrimination, and Affirmative Action Program in the specifications. In addition, pursuant to the requirements of Appendix 3, Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) Participation Provision, while there is no Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) goal associated with this contract, the Authority strongly encourages the use of Minority, Women and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises as prime consultants, subconsultants and suppliers in all of its contracting opportunities. Bidders will affirmatively ensure that in regard to any contract entered into pursuant to this solicitation, minority and female construction contractors will be afforded full opportunity to submit Bids and will not be discriminated against on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, age, or national origin in consideration for an award. Additional information and instructions on how to submit a bid are available at http://www.mbta.com/business_center/bidding_solicitations/ current_solicitations/ On behalf of the MBTA, thank you for your time and interest in responding to this Notice to Bidders Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Steve Poftak Interim General Manager of the MBTA August 29, 2017 ADVERTISEMENT FOR BID The Arlington Historical Society, Arlington, Massachusetts, Owner, request bids for structural sill replacement at north elevation of main block of house. Repair of framing members connected to existing sill in replacement location. Repointing of interior face of foundation at area of sill replacement. Painting exposed framing in repair section of basement with boric acid. Replacing wood gutter at second story of east elevation of main block. Reattaching and connecting wood downspouts to gutter. Installing drywell and drain pipe connecting back to new boot for south downspout. Replacing boot and cleaning drainpipe at north downspout. Sistering a broken rafter in attic of main block. Add alternates to the project include brick chimney repointing, painting the complete north elevation, painting the east elevation of the main block of the Jason Russell House and removal of two trees including grinding stumps. The Jason Russell house is listed in the State and National Registers of Historic Places and is listed in the Massachusetts State Building Code as a House Museum. The project is being partially funded with a grant from the Massachusetts Preservation Projects Fund through the Massachusetts Historical Commission. All work must be performed in accordance with the documents prepared by Design Associates Inc., and Simpson, Gumpertz and Heger, Inc., and meet the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties. State law prohibits discrimination. Awarding of this contract is subject to Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity guidelines. A copy of the bidding documents may be obtained by emailing the architect at patrick@design-associates.com. A pre-bid meeting will be held at the Jason Russell House at 7 Jason Street, Arlington, MA, on TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, at 3 PM. Bids shall be evaluated on the basis of price, previous experience with similar types of construction projects, ability to perform the work in a timely manner, and references. All bids must be delivered to the architect’s office, 1035 Cambridge Street, Suite 18B, Cambridge, MA prior to 3 PM, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, to be eligible for consideration. All grant funded work must be completed by JUNE 30, 2018. Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department
In case of inclement weather, hearing cancellation announcements will be posted on the internet at http://www.massdot.state.ma.us/Highway/ JONATHAN GULLIVER ACTING HIGHWAY ADMINISTRATOR
PATRICIA A. LEAVENWORTH, P.E. CHIEF ENGINEER
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Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Anita T. Andrews Date of Death: 05/31/2017 To all interested persons: MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY 100 SUMMER ST., SUITE 1200 BOSTON, MA 02110 NOTICE TO BIDDERS
A Petition for Formal Probate of Will with Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by Sheila M. Grant of Randolph, 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 Sheila M. Grant of Randolph, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in an unsupervised administration.
Electronic proposals for the following project will be received through the internet using Bid Express until the date and time stated below, and will be posted on www.bidx.com forthwith after the bid submission deadline. No paper copies of bids will be accepted. Bidders must have a valid digital ID issued by the Authority in order to bid on projects. Bidders need to apply for a digital ID with Bid Express at least 14 days prior to a scheduled bid opening date.
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 09/21/2017.
Electronic Bids for MBTA Contract No. R44CN01- RED LINE TEST TRACKBOSTON, MA, CLASS 1 - GENERAL TRANSIT, $15,000,000 & CLASS 3 TRACK WORK - $15,000,000, PROJECT VALUE - $25,457,000.00, can be submitted at www.bidx.com until ten o’clock (10:00 a.m.) on September 28, 2017. Immediately thereafter, in a designated room, the Bids will be opened and read publicly. The scope includes the replacement of the existing freight rail Seaport Track with transit rail along the South Boston Haul Road, connection of the test track to Cabot Yard, and construction of a new 166-ft. x 30-ft. Vehicle
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
WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: August 10, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department Suffolk Probate and Family Court 24 New Chardon Street Boston, MA 02114 (617)788-8300 SUFFOLK Division Docket No. SU17P1652EA Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Mattie Lee Cunningham Date of Death: 05/17/2017 To all interested persons: A Petition for Formal Adjudication of Intestacy and Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by Ama K. Cunningham of Boston, MA and Kowmarcus Cunningham of Birmingham, AL requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. IMPORTANT NOTICE You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 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. WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: August 21,2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division
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Citation Giving Notice of Petition for Appointment of Guardian for Incapacitated Person Pursuant to G.L. c. 190B, §5-304 In the matter of Carol Bernier Of Mattapan, MA RESPONDENT Alleged Incapacitated Person To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Yionel J. Torres of Mattapan, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Carol Bernier is in need of a Guardian and requesting that Yionel J. Torres of Mattapan, MA (or some other suitable person) be appointed as Guardian to serve Without Surety on the bond. The petition asks the court to determine that the Respondent is incapacitated, that the appointment of a Guardian is necessary, that the proposed Guardian is appropriate. The petition is on file with this court and may contain a request for certain specific authority. You have the right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 09/26/2017. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to file the written appearance if you object to the petition. If you fail to file the written appearance by the return date, action may be taken in this matter without further notice to you. In addition to filing the written appearance, you or your attorney must file a written affidavit stating the specific facts and grounds of your objection within 30 days after the return date. IMPORTANT NOTICE The outcome of this proceeding may limit or completely take away the above-named person’s right to make decisions about personal affairs or financial affairs or both. The above-named person has the right to ask for a lawyer. Anyone may make this request on behalf of the above-named person. If the above-named person cannot afford a lawyer, one may be appointed at State expense. WITNESS, Hon. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: August 07, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate
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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: Roosvaldo Renfort, 32 Havelock St Apt.3 Dorchester, MA 02124 your answer, if any, on or before 10/26/2017. 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: August 18, 2017 Terri Klug Cafazzo Register of Probate
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FALL RIVER HOUSING AUTHORITY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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The Edward J. Collins, Jr. Center for Public Management, at the University of Mass/ Boston is accepting applications for the position of Executive Director for the Fall River Housing Authority. Tenants will be selected by lottery. *Preference for BRA Certified Artists. Applications are available during the application period of September 11–20, 2017. To request an application be sent by e-mail, e-mail your name, mailing address, and e-mail address to application@athensstreet.com or call 860-416-1970 during the application period. Applications may be picked up in person from Second Street Associates, LLC Boston, MA 02201: Wednesday–Friday, September 13–15, 9am–5pm; Saturday, September 16, 11am–7pm; Sunday, September 17, 9am–5pm. Completed applications must be returned to Second Street Associates, LLC, 516 Second Street, Unit #43 South Boston, MA 02127. Postmarked by September 27th, 2017.
The Fall River Housing Authority is a public housing agency managing 5,000 units of Federally-aided and State-aided conventional and rental assistance housing, as well as a CFP and other grant funding. The Executive Director will be responsible to the Board of Commissioners for general supervision over the administration of the Authority’s business; fiscal affairs; planning, directing and coordinating low income housing programs; supervision of personnel; assuring Authority compliance with all State and Federal Laws, Rules and Regulations; promoting a sound public housing philosophy within the community; and any other responsibilities as determined by the Board of Commissioners.
The candidate should meet the following requirements:
A Master’s degree, with five (5) or more years of experience with low income or assisted housing programs preferred, and demonstrated skills in leadership, supervision and management; or
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A Bachelor’s degree in Public Administration, Business Administration, Economics, Finance, Social Sciences, or related concentration, with ten (10) or more years of experience with low income or assisted housing programs preferred, and demonstrated skills in leadership, supervision and management. Certification as a Public Housing Manager (PHM) from a HUD approved organization or Certification as a Massachusetts Public Housing Administrator (MPHA) is required, within one (1) year of hiring.
Qualifications and Skills:
*Demonstrated leadership skills. *Considerable knowledge of the principles, theory and methods of management. *Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff members and community leaders. *Ability to prepare and issue clear and concise instructions, both orally and in writing. *Working knowledge of governmental regulations, especially those issued by DHCD and HUD. *Excellent communication and supervisory skills. *Excellent negotiation skills. *Experience with state and federal public housing preferred, but not required. *Experience supervising staff of at least ten (10) for a minimum of one (1) year.
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The salary for this position is determined based on experience and in accordance with the FRHA’s annual budget as approved by the Fall River Housing Authority Board of Commissioners and DHCD and HUD guidelines. A profile of the Fall River Housing Authority, prepared by the Collins Center, job description and instructions for applying for this position are available at www.umb.edu/cpm/executive searches. Applications are preferred electronically. Please send your resume with a cover letter addressing the job requirements to the e-mail address: recruitment.umb@gmail.com. Fall River Housing Authority Executive Director must be in the subject line. Applications should be submitted by September 20, 2017. The FALL RIVER HOUSING AUTHORITY is an EEO (Equal Opportunity Employer) Leonard Aguiar, Chairman, Fall River Housing Authority
For TTY Services dial 711. Free translation available. Applications and Information also available at the Ashland Public Library on 66 Front St. (Hours: Monday from 3-8. Tuesday – Thursday from 10-8. Friday from 10-6. Saturday from 9-4. Sunday Closed).
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ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF FINANCE The Community Economic Development Assistance Corporation (CEDAC) seeks an Associate Director of Finance to join our finance team. The Associate Director of Finance is responsible for the agency’s day-to-day internal fiscal management, loan portfolio administration, and administration and reporting for funding contracts. The position assists senior management and program staff with financial matters as necessary, and supports the effective communication of financial information throughout the agency. Our ideal candidate has 5-10 years related experience, including progressively more responsible experience in financial management of a nonprofit or quasi-public corporation, preferably one with lending functions, and has demonstrated ability in financial analysis and controls, contract administration, and management of corporate operations. See https://cedac.org/about/job-openings/ for a full position description. Submit resume and cover letter to Director of Finance & Operations, CEDAC, 18 Tremont Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02108 or to careers@cedac.org. CEDAC is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We encourage applications from candidates from diverse backgrounds and cultures.
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