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Progress, setbacks for immigration reform Nate Homan

tion purposes,” Patrick said during a meeting with ethnic media. “If President Obama’s vow last that charge is dismissed, we don’t week to push through immigration hold that person if they are undocreform by executive order under- umented. If they have charges elsescores the deep divisions in Con- where, then we will inform ICE.” gress over the issue.

Patrick said that he is disapIn Massachusetts, local officials pointed with the Legislature’s inincluding Boston Mayor Martin action on key immigration reform Walsh and Somerville Mayor measures. He has sent represenJoseph Curtatone have both sig- tatives from his administration to naled their dissent with the federal testify on behalf of the Trust Act, Secure Communities Act, pledg- which sets guidelines for honoring to ban local police from de- ing ICE immigration detainers, taining immigrants solely because the Safe Driving Bill, which would of suspicions about their immigra- allow all residents to become tion status, as trained, lirequired by the censed and inSecure Comsured regardmunities Act. less of immigraThe Secure We want the people tion status and Communities the In-State Act is a Home- who are going to be on Tuition Bill, land Security our roads to be certified which allows program de- that they know what illegal immisigned to feed grants to pay f i n g e r p r i n t s the rules of the road tuition as well. a n d o t h e r are. And that’s what a None of forms of iden- license is.” those measures tification of inhas been apdividuals who by the — Deval Patrick proved are arrested by Legislature. local police dePatrick partments to spoke about isImmigration suing licenses and Customs Enforcement. ICE to Massachusetts drivers, regardmay then issue an immigration de- less of their immigration status, as tainer, an order to hold detainees a matter of public safety. while the agency checks their im“The issue around driver’s limigration status. censes has nothing to do with Gov. Deval Patrick opposed the doing favors for anyone,” he said.

Secure Communities Act until it “We’re talking about law enforcebecame a federal mandate in 2012. ment. We’re talking about fundaBut he said state police will not mental public safety issues. We detain suspects based on their im- want the people who are going migration status. to be on our roads to be certified “When we learn that a person that they know what the rules of is charged with a state crime by the the road are. And that’s what a listate police, they are fingerprinted cense is.” and that information is sent to the When asked about illegal immigration, continued to page 18 federal government for identifica-

Gov. Deval Patrick speaks during the signing of the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, a law aimed at protecting caregivers from employer abuse. (Governor’s Office photo)

Gov. signs law protecting domestic workers’ rights Nate Homan Elected officials and labor activists gathered at the State House last week to mark the signing of the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights, which extends basic work standards and labor protection to an estimated 67,000 nannies, caregivers, housekeepers and home workers in Massachusetts.

Natalicia Tracy, Executive Director of the Brazilian Immigrants Center in Boston said that the passing of this bill hit close to home for her. “I was practically enslaved for two years,” she said. “I was brought to the U.S. as a nanny at 17 with the promise to go to school, learn about a new culture and start a new life. I found myself working seven days

a week for $25 a week, cooking, cleaning and taking care of children.”

The law guarantees that domestic workers get breaks and rest time for meals, work evaluations and termination notices. It also lays out their duties and state laws regarding what deductions employers can take out for food and lodging.

It also ensures basic workplace standards like 24 hours off once a week, guaranteed maternity leave and protects workers from discrimination, sexual harassment, illegal charging for food and board, unlawful eviction for live-in workers and from retaliation for asserting wage violations.

Massachusetts joins New York, California and Hawaii in passing

domestic workers labor protection legislation.

“Domestic workers represent an important segment of our workforce and are important to the Massachusetts economy,” Gov. Deval Patrick said during the bill signing. “This bill ensures they have the same basic workplace rights that we guarantee other workers in Massachusetts.”

Tracy first got involved as a domestic workers advocate during the summer of 2010, after New York passed its own Domestic Workers’ Rights Bill.

“A lot of women experienced similar events and traumas working in homes,” Tracy said. “I feel the bill of rights will help workers have the tools to maintain a workworkers, continued to page 20

Police put focus on diversifying recruits Yawu Miller

Boston Police Superintendent-in-Chief William Gross, Commissioner William Evans and Mayor Martin Walsh during a swearing-in ceremony for new police officers. Just 11 of the 63 new officers were people of color. (Banner photo)

When the newest class of police officers was sworn in two weeks ago, the command staff on the stage — Superintendent Lisa Holmes, Superintendent-in Chief William Gross and Commissioner William Evans — showed the diversity of the police brass.

The recruits showed a different trend. Just 11 of the 63 new officers were people of color.

Holmes, who heads the police academy, told the Banner the class, which was recruited last year and

began training in December, was made up almost entirely of military veterans who by state law are placed at the top of the list so long as they score at least 70 on the Civil Service exam.

The high concentration of mostly-white veterans undermined what Holmes said was an unprecedented effort to recruit a diverse pool of candidates last year, using billboards, posters, MBTA ads, newspaper and radio ads and outreach to community groups. police, continued to page 12

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Roxbury church renovated with help from N. Carolina

A delegation from a church in North Carolina visited the Timothy Baptist Church in Roxbury to help with renovations to the nearly 100-year-old building.

Shanice Maxwell In an age where heightened levels of self-sufficiency, self-reliance and “selfies” are the norm, selfless work can appear to be a rarity. But for two groups of Southern Baptists, the exact opposite is true.

A team of 46 volunteers recently traveled from First Baptist Church in Southern Pines, North Carolina to Timothy Baptist Church in Roxbury to assist with renovations to the historic church building.

“We take an annual youth choir/youth group mission trip each summer and they wanted to go to Boston this year,” said Benny Edwards, 51, minister of music and mission team chaperone. “The youth minister and I came up in March and in-

terviewed several sites that we thought would be possibilities for our youth to be able to make a difference, and Timothy Baptist was [it], so we had 39 youth and seven adults here working.”

For this group of Carolinians, in grades seven through 12, giving back is not only the right thing to do but a way a life; something that at an early age, they’ve found to be fulfilling and rewarding.

“We meet people who really have a need and after we’ve finished [a] project, the appreciation you see on their faces and the joy it brings them is pretty fulfilling,” said David Ivey, 18, mission team volunteer.

Timothy Baptist Church has been a community gem since its inception in 1967. Located in the historic Fort Hill section of Roxbury, the 47-year-old church

occupies a building erected in the early 1900s that formerly belonged to the Trinity Lettish Evangelical Lutheran Church.

Timothy Pastor Rev. Larry Green Sr. expressed gratitude for the help from the First Baptist mission.

“We’ve been so blessed to have the mission group from Southern Pines join in with us on the work we’ve been doing,” he said.

“Within their group, which is a music youth group that sings and plays bells, there are three contractors who have come to do a whole scope of things. They extended our pulpit, added new youth choir stands, stripped and shellacked our floors, removed and garnished our pews, built an altar that will be re-carpeted, converted the balcony, painted in our lower sanctuary, and scraped and sanded the baptism pool.”

Green described the work as a sort of extreme makeover for Timothy Baptist Church that came at a time when the congregation has been undergoing spiritual changes.

“We’ve been in a spiritual transformation process for some time now,” he commented.

“We’ve gone through a number of inventories to identify our spiritual gifts and where we need to be in terms of being a transformational church for God. We found out that we’re very high in prayer but we’ve decided to work on

worship, mission mindedness and relational intentionality.

“This work falls right in line with relational intentionality because we’re deliberately being relational and intentional about establishing relationships with people in our community, in our faith, in other states and so on.”

The Timothy Baptist congregation are no strangers to mission work themselves — their missionaries give dinners to sick and handicapped people and support a child in Africa with money for basic necessities. They sent 15 members to help out at Camp Edwards following the aftermath of

of Neighborhood Services, who donated funds and supplies.

“We’ve been all over and there really is a need for mission work like this, said Edwards, the First Baptist chaperone. “For me, watching the kids grow in their faith as they use their hands physically, as they use their voices musically to make a difference in the lives of people or an institution that provides ministry opportunities for children, youth or adults in their own setting is awesome.

“And certainly we’re inspired by the work and ministry Timothy is doing here. In some ways it be-

“We meet people who really have a need and after we’ve finished [a] project, the appreciation you see on their faces and the joy it brings them is pretty fulfilling.”

— David Ivey, 18 Hurricane Katrina, and most recently helped send a youth leader to Brazil to take part in mission and ministry work there.

Enthused TBC members of all ages joined the Carolinians in completing the recent rennovations.

TBC members said the Southern Pines mission team couldn’t have come at a more opportune time and that long-lasting relationships were formed.

Support from other local and sister churches, friends, partners and community organizations has been fantastic, Green said, singling out Kaira Fox, Roxbury Coordinator for the Mayor’s Office

comes an extension of First Baptist Church Southern Pines because we’ve had this partnership; so the lives we touch here we would never touch but our work here enables the church to touch many more lives for the kingdom.”

“It’s important for us as believers to do this kind of work because we’re showing God’s grace,” said Reid Batton, 18, mission team volunteer. “God blesses us and we’re able to give back to those who are in need of something we already have. I love it.”

Phase one of the renovations is complete, but there more renovations needed, according to Green.

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Carnival enthusiasts get glimpse of ‘14 costumes Yawu Miller Deejay Shawn Noel’s outdoor sound system blasted soca tunes loud enough to make conversation on Seaver Street impossible. Stretched across the porch of Rudy Osborne’s two-story house was a large banner announcing Zulu Nation as the theme for D’Midas International’s 2014 Caribbean Carnival presentation.

The banner, and the party in the paved-over corner lot of Seaver and Erie streets, marked somewhat of an unofficial opening of carnival season ­— the first major band launch of this year’s carnival season.

The purpose of the event is to showcase the carnival costumes and theme and to persuade carnival enthusiasts to put down a deposit for a costume and join the band.

While some carnival participants go from mas camp to mas camp, comparing costumes to decide which band to join, D’Midas has a critical mass of devotees who return summer after summer to enlist in the band. For the D’Midas faithful, the band launch is just another party.

Count Diane Joseph among the faithful.

“From the time I could walk, my mother has been in different mas camps in Boston,” said Joseph, a sophomore at Salem State College. “When I came to D’Midas in 2008, Rudy welcomed me with open arms.”

By 2012, Joseph was leading the

band’s children’s section. This year, she helped organize the band launch and modeled one of the Zulu Nation costumes.

The Zulu Nation theme is a bit of a departure for D’Midas, which in past years has opted for more colorful presentations. This year’s costumes feature more zebra and leopard prints, silvers and gold accents, cowrie shells and, of course, feathers.

“Feathers are a big part of carnival,” Joseph noted.

Among the costumes sitting on bent-wire forms, Joseph points out a white one with red and black accents.

“You can’t be a Trinidadian band without red, white and black,” she said.

Boston’s Caribbean Carnival has its roots in the Trinidad carnival, a traditional pre-Lent celebration that takes place in February. The Boston carnival was founded by Trinidadian American Ken Bonaparte Mitchell in 1973.

In its early years, the Carnival procession marched through the South End en route to City Hall Plaza. Since the 1980s, Carnival has taken place in Roxbury with the parade route following Warren Street from Martin Luther King Boulevard to the intersection of Blue Hill Avenue and Columbia Road.

Bands are judged by a panel flown in from Trinidad on their costumes and performance.

Many of the bands that march in Boston’s carnival also attend carni-

The D’Midas International mas camp (Banner photo)

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While the carnivals themselves are the culmination of months of work, after a short while in a mas camp, it becomes clear that the work itself is a form of entertainment.

Osborne’s spread includes a paved-over corner lot that abuts his house, a garage that’s been converted into a workshop and a larger outdoor workshop with a roof constructed of plywood and blue plastic sheeting to protect the band’s large costumes from the elements.

During the band launch, the area was converted into an outdoor party space, complete with a deejay spinning soca, trays of hot food and an assortment of beverages befitting the festive atmosphere.

“Every night in the summer we’re here all hours,” said Joseph.

“We do everything together. We eat, we drink.”

“I’m drinking juice,” she added quickly.

While the D’Midas camp was heating up, a new band called Mirage was also holding its band launch on Dakota Street in Dorchester.

Mirage is a break-away group from IMas, which split off from Cumm Cross Production.

The new bands are a good sign for carnival, according to Michael Smith, an electrical engineer whose Boston Carnival Village website has a comprehensive listing of Boston’s carnival bands, information and events.

Diane Joseph models a costume for D’Midas International’s 2014 presentation, Zulu Nation, during the group’s official band launch. The event helps carnival participants decide which band to join. (Banner photo) “People can’t stay married for very long because everybody has a different idea about what they want to do in carnival,” he said. “We’re seeing new bands. I think its going to be very colorful.”

Smith also noted an increase in the number of Trinidadian live bands booking shows in the Boston area this summer and a profusion of deejays, several of whom took turns deejaying during the band launch.

While deejay Shawn Noel fired up the crowd, Joseph suited up in a Zulu-themed warrior costume, complete with speak and shield, and prepared for the presentation. And as spectators signed up to play mas with D’Midas, Joseph’s workload for the summer expanded.

But the prospects of long nights attaching rhinestones and cowrie shells to costumes doesn’t phase her.

“I’ve always been into this,” she said. “There was never a part of my life when I didn’t want to do this. It’s my culture.”

Boston’s Caribbean Carnival will be held on Saturday, August 23. The Kiddies Carnival will be held August 17 at White Stadium in Franklin Park and the King and Queen show will be on August 21 at the Reggie Lewis Center.

The Worcester Caribbean Carnival will be held August 24; Cambridge’s carnival will be held September 7.

For live entertainment listings and other carnival-related events, visit www.bostoncarnival.org.

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Income inequality: A Continuing American Problem The Fourth of July is the time to reflect upon the inspiring words of the Declaration of Independence — “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Now the nation’s growing income inequality has created a sense of economic unfairness that deprives Americans of their happiness.

Such deliberation was especially poignant this year because it is also the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. One had to wonder why it took the nation 188 years to abide by the spirit of its Great Declaration. Even more compelling is to understand the political strategy that induced the U.S. Congress to outlaw racial discrimination in employment, education and places of public accommodation.

Whites had accepted the social system enunciated in 1848 by Sen. John C. Calhoun of South Carolina.

“The two great divisions of society are not the rich and poor, but white and black,” he stated on the Senate floor. “And all the former, the poor as well as the rich, belong to the upper class, and are respected and treated as equals.” Consequently, whites have generally come to believe that they are innately superior to blacks.

However, life has changed from the agrarian days of Sen. Calhoun. In the modern, industrial America of today, “upper class” is a term more restricted to the beneficiaries of the “American Dream.” Achievement of the wealth resulting from this privilege has eluded more whites than the media record usually acknowledges.

Poverty is often viewed as a black affliction because the percentage rate for blacks who are poor is higher than whites. However, the actual number of whites living in poverty in America is twice the number of blacks, 26.2 million to 13.0 million, according to research by the Kaiser Family Foundation. And the percentage of whites and blacks who have ever received food stamps is equivalent to their relative

percentages in poverty, according to a study by the Pew Research Center.

Whites are also now benefitting from other programs once considered to be especially for blacks.

Now that a college education is considered to be essential for a prosperous future, more whites are attending colleges and universities that were originally established for blacks. Only 40 percent of the students enrolled at Lincoln University in Missouri are African American and 82 percent of the students at West Virginia’s Bluefield State College are now white. The color of the students at HBCUs is changing.

The nation’s growing income disparity has caused many white Americans to wonder whether they are truly privileged. Workers’ wage rates have been relatively flat since the 1970s. According to a 2011 study by the Congressional Budget Office, the income of the top 1 percent of households increased by 275 percent between 1979 and 2007. The gain has been less than 40 percent for the middle class.

There is a strong sense among both blacks and whites that the economic system is unfair. Some whites express their disdain by joining the Tea Party.

Others find the Occupy Movement more to their liking. Still others simply utilize programs to aid the indigent regardless of race. Polls indicate that a majority of Americans want the income disparity problem resolved.

The irrepressible campaign for civil rights for blacks in the 1950s created a national crisis. A coalition of white and black organizations was formed to heal the country and force policy makers to live up to the nation’s highest tenets. This effort resulted in the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.

America faces another critical challenge today, the establishment of economic equality. Only the effort of another multi-racial coalition will be effective in developing the sense of economic fairness that is now so elusive.

LETTERSto the Editor

Recalls lesser-known casualty of Civil Rights Movement

In this fiftieth year since the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed by President Lyndon Johnson and a thousand students went to Mississippi via “Freedom Summer” to help African Americans register to vote, there have been numerous celebrations of noble deeds done and commemorations of those who (in Lincoln’s words) “... laid so costly a sacrifice upon the altar of freedom.” Three martyrs that come immediately to mind from that year are James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner who were lynched near Philadelphia, Mississippi in June 1964. They were part of “Freedom Summer” and their murders triggered a national outrage.

Less well known from that summer was the murder, in rural Georgia, of Lt. Colonel Lemuel A. Penn, a decorated World War II veteran who was returning to his home in Washington,

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He and his colleagues were not a part of “Freedom Summer,” but were doing what today might be called “driving while black.” However, in the depraved minds of those who killed him, a Black man with an out-of-state license plate and driving through their area was committing a capital crime deserving

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We must remember that Lt. Colonel Penn’s murder was one that was publicized and the perpetrators brought to justice even if they could only be convicted on federal civil rights charges. Many other victims’ names were known but to God, friends and families.

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OPINION The Supreme Court’s Relentless War Against President Obama Earl Ofari Hutchinson

In a C-SPAN Interview in April, 2013, Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas was asked pointedly his thoughts about President Obama. The characteristically terse, and guarded Thomas simply said, “I shook hands with him at the inauguration to be polite but I’ve had no in depth conversation.” He did not elaborate. But there was no need. He made it clear that any interaction with Obama was solely “to be polite.” Thomas along with the four other justices has virtually turned the number 5 to 4 into a fine art. That’s the now reflexive vote of the five high court judges against any and every Obama administration position, initiative, or piece of legislation that’s challenged and that winds up before the court.

The much talked about recent Hobby Lobby ruling in which the five held that privately-held corporations can refuse on religious grounds to cover the cost of contraceptives for its employees was typical. It’s a blow to Obama’s Affordable Care Act, gives more power to corporations, and opens the floodgates wide to using religion to torpedo anything corporations don’t like. The ruling is the standard template for the five justices’ war on Obama. The five has ruled thirteen times that Obama has allegedly badly abused his constitutional authority in decisions, appointments, and court appeals. Their rulings have little to do with executive abuse since many of the cases were routine appeals. They simply undergird the GOP’s shrill war whoop that Obama is a serial constitutional usurper.

This was just a warm up drill in the court’s war on Obama. The heavy duty stuff is the court majority’s rulings in the big ticket issues of voting rights, affirmative action, corporate and property rights, and union and environmental protections. The court has ruled against him in more than 60 percent of these cases. In more than a dozen cases in the last two years the vote against him was 5 to 4. Past presidents have generally gotten most of what they want from the high court. According to Adam Winkler, UCLA constitutional law professor, on average they presidents have won about 70 percent of the cases the court’s decided that their administration backed. Obama is not even close to that number.

It’s a blow to Obama’s Thomas tipped his and the other Affordable Care Act, four’s hand when he attributed the inauguration hand shake solely to gives more power politeness. But he and the other four to corporations, and have been anything but polite in their opens the floodgates determined assault on Obama. Their wide to using religion assault has had little to do with the law, and everything to do with politics and to torpedo anything ideology. Their decisions put bluntly corporations don’t like. against him are blatant partisan political pandering. Thomas and the other four justices were appointed by Republican presidents. The other four justices that almost always back the Obama administration in their votes on court cases were appointed by him or other Democratic presidents.

It’s much more, though, than a case of the justices voting their party labels.

In decades past, many Democratic and Republican appointed justices have scrapped party loyalties and based their legal decisions solely on the merit of the law, constitutional principles and the public good. But Thomas and the other four are judicial horses of a different color. The tip-off that they’d likely vote their ideology rather than the law came from George W. Bush. On the presidential campaign trail in 2000, Bush was asked if elected what kind of judge he’d look for and nominate. He didn’t hesitate. He pledged to appoint “strict constructionists” to the court and specifically named Thomas, Antonin Scalia and William Rehnquist as the judges that perfectly fit that description. By then the three had already carved out a hard line niche as three of the most reflexive, knee jerk, reactionary jurists to grace the court in decades. Their votes to torpedo, water down, eviscerate or erode rights on all issues from abortion to civil rights were so predictable they could have been mailed in.

Thomas has taken that even further and has been the court’s first openly public recluse by refusing to utter a peep during any of the oral arguments before the court. But then there’s not much need since his anti-Obama votes are already guaranteed. The rare times that Obama has won victories have been much less than met the eye. In the court’s ruling that invalidated the Defense of Marriage Act and in declining to rule on the California’s Proposition 8 voter approved ban on gay marriage, the rulings were on the narrowest of grounds and in both cases there was no mention of the constitutionality or not of same sex marriage.

Even then the wins were narrow. Thomas and three of the reflexive anti-Obama conservatives voted to uphold DOMA. He and two of the others voted in the minority to uphold Prop 8.

The Supreme Court ended the 2013-2014 session as it has nearly every other session since Obama took office in 2009 by taking every opportunity to escalate its war on him. It’s a war the court will wage without end against him and any other moderate Democrat that sits in the White House.

Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst. He is a frequent political commentator on MSNBC and a weekly co-host of the Al Sharpton Show on American Urban Radio Network. He is the author of How Obama Governed: The Year of Crisis and Challenge. He is an associate editor of New America Media. He is the host of the weekly Hutchinson Report on KPFK-Radio and the Pacifica Network.

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Tufts Health Plan announced that Tanisha Nesmith, manager of support and continuous improvement, has been selected as a YMCA Achiever for 2014. The YMCA Achievers program selects diverse business and community leaders for their outstanding performance in the workplace and dedication to their communities. Tufts Health Plan has been involved with the YMCA Achievers program since 2007.

“Tufts Health Plan extends our sincere congratulations to the 2014 Y Achievers who will complete a year of service mentoring and supporting young men and women as they strive to create greater opportunities for themselves,” said Lydia Greene, Tufts Health Plan’s vice president of human resources and diversity and member of the YMCA Achievers board of commissioners. “The YMCA Achiever program provides educational enrichment and career awareness activities for Greater Boston youth. Many of these youth are left to navigate the college process by themselves and these Tufts Health Plan employees,

along with many others, will help to prepare these young men and women for college and a career. We are so very proud of their commitment to community service and to the youth of Greater Boston.”

As a participating company, Tufts Health Plan nominates high-potential employees and donates 40 hours of paid time off for their Achievers to

volunteer with local youth programs that help thousands of Boston-area inner-city teens learn more about educational and professional opportunities. Previous year’s Achievers from Tufts Health Plan gave their time to activities such as beautifying schools and community centers, mentoring students, leading choirs and teaching martial arts.

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Black, Latino lawmakers cite gains in state budget Nate Homan The Massachusetts Legislature passed the fiscal year ’15 budget with increases to many policies and programs supported by Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus members.

State Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz described the budget signing as an across-the-board agreement where no angle of public policy went untouched.

“We covered everything from education, public safety, public transit, healthcare, to bridge and road maintenance,” Chang-Diaz said. “My main focus was on education. Improving education is the core to addressing poverty and opportunity. Our Chapter 70 program received $100,000 more than last year.” Chapter 70 is the program that provides state aid to support local elementary and secondary schools. The program saw a 2.3 percent increase from last year’s $4.3 billion to $4.4 billion.

While this may not be cause to “dance in the streets,” Chang-Diaz said, this shouldn’t go unnoticed or uncelebrated. Line items like early education for children ages 3 to 5 was also a victory.

“We know that the earlier children start with education, the more they get out of it,” ChangDiaz said. “It’s also a relief from a huge barrier for parents to find and hold employment knowing that their children are being watched

and cared for while learning.”

There are still thousands of children on waiting lists for early education, but Chang-Diaz stressed that improvement efforts are heading in the right direction.

Other important line items included $7.5 million in improvements to the Massachusetts Rental Voucher program, which helps poorer people stay in their homes and shelters throughout the Commonwealth.

“This shows our commitment to people who are struggling or are homeless,” Chang-Diaz said.

We’re seeing a spike in homelessness and the passing of this line item shows that we don’t look at people as numbers and statistics.”

Representative Russell Holmes was pleased with the broad scope that the bill reached.

“On a local level, I was pleased to see the $10,000 improvements for the fire systems, ceilings and other basic needs for the Sportsmen Tennis Club on Blue Hill Ave,” Holmes said. “Other organizations also received funding, like the Boys and Girls Club and the Lewis D. Brown Peace Institute. These programs are essential for black and Latino communities.

Our approach is on the ground in addressing the most important issues like housing, education and violence prevention on a ground level.”

“Overall, we were pleased to see some growth for these lines

items from last year,” said Sibu Malaba, executive director of the Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus. “We could have always done better. One example that sticks out especially is the youth programs for youth violence program Safe and Successful Youth, which earned $600,000 more than last year. We initially wanted a higher number, but overall we were satisfied with the increase.”

“I think it went well for the community. Each of us had ad-

vocated for something in the 600 pages of line items,” Holmes said.

“I think this shows our values. I specifically am proud of our work on the Shannon Grants, which received a $12 million increase from last year. That is a crucial program in order to curb youth violence.”

Shannon Grants began in 2006 as a means to combat gang violence through youth prevention, intervention and reintegration programs as well as supervised outof-school programs and activities.

Other victories included a $2.2 million increase in state aid to the public libraries, specifically branch libraries throughout Massachusetts. The Teen Pregnancy Prevention program saw a modest $14,000 increase from the previous year, which aims to keep young people in school and out of more expensive state systems. The

YouthWorks program saw a $1.2 million increase from last year.

This program aims to provide young people with jobs in order to prevent crime related incomes.

The Black Caucus championed these priorities in the budget along with other civil rights line items from Mass Legal Assistance and Mass Rental Assistance and a $200,000 increase for adult education and workforce development for tens of thousands of adults.

The Mass Mentoring Partnership Inc. line item saw a $50,000 increase for programs that help young people develop better academic performances and workforce skills while boosting self-esteem and social competence to increase the odds of graduating high school and attending college.

The budget now awaits a signature from Governor Deval Patrick.

VietAID executive director Nam Pham, Dorchester House director of patient relations and outreach Mary Truong, and Bessie Tartt Wilson Initiative for Children president Marie St. Fleur, all of Dorchester, join Boston Water and Sewer Commission executive director Henry Vitale of Jamaica Plain (right) for an elegant evening in the Kelleher Rose Garden at the June 19 Rose Garden Party hosted by Mayor Martin J. Walsh and Ms. Lorrie Higgins in the Back Bay Fens. (Jon Seamans photo)

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The Truth About Commonwealth Charters Students, parents, and taxpayers deserve schools that work for all…

1. True public schools educate all types of students. Commonwealth Charter schools do not.

2. True public schools enroll and keep students at all grades. Commonwealth Charter schools do not.

3. Though set up as laboratories of innovation, to date charter schools have offered few innovations.

4. The ratio of children who have special needs and who are English Language learners at Commonwealth Charter schools is far less than that in the BPS. 5. True public schools do not push out or counsel out students just prior to MCAS season. Nor do they evict students just prior to graduation.

6. Commonwealth Charter schools drain limited resources that could be better spent on our entire school population, not just a select few.

The students who are most disadvantaged and most costly to educate remain in urban districts while scarce resources are being drained from their budgets.

All children deserve equity and access to a quality education.

(*BPS students, too, have more severe special needs on average than those students in Commonwealth Charter schools.)

Our state aid is down more than $60 million over 12 years...

1. In FY 15, Chapter 70 will account for 11% of the district’s funding, down from 31% fifteen years ago. Although Commonwealth Charter schools serve only 13% of the Boston student population, they get over 50% of the Chapter 70 state aid. Keep the city’s resources in public schools that educate and welcome all students.

2. Our schools require more resources to maintain and to provide adequate services to all children. BPS parents shouldn’t have to resort to bake sales to keep their art teacher or their physical education teacher.

Instead of lifting the cap we ought to require current charter schools to educate all students and fill empty seats from their wait lists. True public schools fulfill the needs of a democratic society.

Commonwealth Charter schools do not.

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Gov. Patrick announces $83 million in funds for affordable housing

SPRINGFIELD – Monday, July 7, 2014 – Gov. Deval Patrick announced $83.6 million in funding to create 24 affordable housing projects across the state, building on his administration’s commitment to improving housing infrastructure to support growth and opportunity throughout the Commonwealth.

In all, the projects will create 1,328 units of housing and over 2,000 jobs.

“Affordable housing helps to generate jobs, grow local businesses and strengthen our communities,” said Governor Patrick.

“Government’s role is to help people help themselves, and sustainable affordable housing will create growth and opportunity in our communities that will last for generations to come.”

Since 2007, the Patrick Administration has invested over $1 billion in state and federal resources to create 24,000 units of housing, of which approximately 22,000 are affordable.

Last week, Governor Patrick released his Fiscal Year 2015

Capital Investment Plan, which builds upon the Administration’s successful efforts to stimulate job creation and support long-term economic growth by making record level investments in higher education, innovation and infrastructure projects.

The FY15 Capital Plan continues to make investments in low-income housing development, including increased levels of funding for programs that support the production and preservation of affordable housing for low-income families and individuals, as well as community-based housing for clients of the Department of Mental Health and Department of Developmental Services.

“Providing quality housing to those who need it must be a priority,” said Congressman Mike Capuano. “I commend the Patrick Administration for its commitment to creating housing for families most in need.”

In November 2012, Governor Patrick announced the Commonwealth’s goal of creating 10,000 multi-family housing units per year. By creating this type of housing, which is attractive to young families and individuals, Massachusetts is better prepared to keep the skilled, young workforce employers are seeking.

Last fall, Housing and Economic Development Secretary Greg Bialecki accepted a national “workforce housing” award from the Urban Land Institute, recognizing the Patrick Administration’s leadership in pursuing a strategy to increase the supply of housing needed, and in the places

needed, for its workforce.

Along with creating new housing, the Administration has made significant investments in the Commonwealth’s public housing stock, by preserving and improving the 46,000 housing units in the system through increased capital funding, increased operating subsidies and changes in management of those resources.

“Housing is the cornerstone to economic success in the Commonwealth,” said Undersecretary of the Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) Aaron Gornstein.

“Through key initiatives and collaborations across state government and with our local partners, we continue to ensure a stable and robust housing market for our neighbors and our communities. Expanding and preserving affordable housing opportunities for families and seniors with modest incomes is especially important.”

Several Boston area developments are among those receiving funding.

75 Amory Avenue, Boston, is a new construction project located in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood and sponsored by Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation (JPNDC).

DHCD will support the project with federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits, federal HOME funds and state bond subsidies; the City of Boston also will support the project. When completed, 75 Amory Avenue will offer 39 affordable units for families, with eight units reserved for households earning less than 30

percent of area median income.

RTH Riverway, Boston, is a new construction project in the Longwood Medical Area and sponsored by Roxbury Tenants of Harvard (RTH). DHCD will support RTH Riverway with federal and state Low Income Housing Tax Credits, federal HOME funds and state bond subsidies; the City of Boston also will provide funds to the project. When completed, the project will include 60 affordable units for families, with 14 units reserved for households earning less than 30 percent of area median income.

Whittier-Lyndhurst-Washington, Boston, is a combination preservation, historic re-use, and new construction project located in the Dorchester neighborhood and sponsored by Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation. DHCD will support the project with federal Low Income Housing Tax Credits, federal HOME funds, and state bond subsidies; the City of Boston also will support the project. When completed, Whittier-Lyndhurst-Washington will offer 44 affordable units for families, with 13 units reserved for households earning less than 30 percent of area median income.

Port Landing, Cambridge, is a new construction project located in Kendall Square sponsored

by Capstone Communities and Hope Real Estate. DHCD will support the project with Housing Stabilization Funds, Commercial Area Transit Node Program Funds, Affordable Housing Trust Funds; the City of Cambridge will also support the proj-

ect. When completed, the project will include 20 affordable units for families, with two reserved for households earning less than 30 percent of area median income.

Walsh announces Boston Fire Commissioner appointment Mayor Martin Walsh announced that he will appoint Chief Joseph E. Finn as the next Commissioner/Chief of the Boston Fire Department. Chief Finn will assume the duties from current Interim Commissioner/ Chief John Hasson.

“Deputy Chief Finn possesses a broad and impressive understanding of the Boston Fire Department, including personnel, public safety, and administration,” said Mayor Walsh. “Interim Commissioner/Chief Hasson has shown exceptional leadership and I’m grateful for his service as he passes the torch to Chief Finn. Chief Finn’s experience and leadership style, along with his commitment to diversity and fairness, will help move our Fire Department into an even more successful era of service to the people of Boston.” continued to page 18

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C A N D I D AT E S F O R S TAT E W I D E O F F I C E

Charlie Baker

Donald Berwick

Martha Coakley

Evan Falchuk

Mark Fisher

government can partner with cities and towns to ignite their communities and create jobs.

her J.D. from the Boston University School of Law. Coakley lives in Medford with her husband, retired police Deputy Superintendent Thomas F. O’Connor, Jr., and their Labradors, Jackson and Jefferson.

Coakley has been a national leader in addressing the economic crisis by holding big banks accountable and keeping people in their homes, protected civil rights as the first Attorney General to successfully challenge the Defense of Marriage Act, tackled fraud and corruption, championed major initiatives to address the costs of health care and energy, and recovered hundreds of millions of dollars back for the Commonwealth’s taxpayers.

Coakley is a passionate advocate for public safety, bringing justice to victims of crime and their families while implementing innovative prevention programs in our schools and communities.

Mark Fisher

Donald Berwick

Steve Grossman

Governor Charlie Baker

Charlie Baker, 57, was raised in Needham. He attended public schools and is a graduate of Harvard College. He earned an MBA from Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. He resides in Swampscott with his wife Lauren and

Jeff McCormick

three children: Charlie, AJ, and Caroline.

Baker’s plan includes improving upon jobs, schools and communities within the commonwealth.

He plans to make state government more affordable, accountable and business friendly, make sure schools ensure opportunity for every child by closing the achievement gap and also make sure state

Donald Berwick, 67, of Moodus, Connecticut obtained his B.A. from Harvard College, where he graduated summa cum laude.

He has called Massachusetts home for decades – first as a student, then as a pediatrician, a teacher, and a CEO. Don and his wife Ann reside in Newton.

Berwick is running for Governor because he believes Massachusetts should recommit to passing the moral test—to a government guided by the progressive values of social justice, equality and compassion.

Martha Coakley

Martha Coakley, born and raised in North Adams, was part of the first female class to attend Williams College, and received

Evan Falchuk

Evan Falchuk, 44, is a successful entrepreneur. Falchuk earned his J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Law School, and is a Phi Beta Kappa alumnus of Lehigh University, where he earned his B.A. in History. He served for 13 years on the executive leadership team of Boston-based global health care company Best Doctors, Inc. He played a lead role in helping grow the company, named to Inc. Magazine’s list of Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America, from nine employees to over 600.

Falchuk led Massachusetts citizens in launching Massachusetts’ new United Independent Party.

On June 23, 2014, Evan became the first candidate to earn a slot on the November 2014 Election Ballot, as the United Independent Party candidate for Governor. Falchuk’s vision for this new third party is based on the principles most of us share: Everyone is equal, everyone’s civil rights must be protected – AND the Commonwealth must spend taxpayer money wisely.

Mark Fisher was born in 1958 and grew up in Westfield. He graduated from Hartford State Technical College in 1979 with an A.S. degree in Nuclear Engineering Technology. He is the owner of Merchant’s Fabrication in Auburn, a metal manufacturing facility.

Today he resides in Shrewsbury with wife Margaret Mary O’Brien.

Fisher plans to restore integrity in the government by keeping promises that have broken in the past including the removal of tolls on the Mass Turnpike, ensuring the temporary income tax rollbacks to 5 percent and also ensuring the sales tax rollbacks to 5 percent. Fisher also plans enforce immigration laws and save billions annually in local aid.

Steve Grossman

A graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Business School, Steve Grossman lives in Newton. He and his wife Barbara have three sons, David, Ben, and Josh, and four grandchildren.

Grossman said he is running for governor to bring the people of Massachusetts proven leadership and dynamic economic growth that leaves no one behind.

He is committed to using the full potential of the Treasurer’s office to protect the public’s money, help create jobs, boost small businesses, and bring new standards of transparency and disclosure to state government.

Jeff McCormick

Jeff McCormick, 52, from Upstate New York, graduated from Syracuse University with a BS in Biology, studied molecular genetics, and earned an MBA in Finance. He lives in Boston with his wife Christie and three children.

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C A N D I D AT E S F O R S TAT E W I D E O F F I C E

Lt. Governor Leland Chueng

Son of immigrant parents, Leland Chueng, grew up in Cambridge and graduated with a Masters in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and an MBA at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He currently resides in Cambridge with his wife, Yin, and their infant daughter Lela Marie.

Cheung is running to carry on Deval Patrick’s vision and invest in education and infrastructure.

With his experience in the private sector, to his accomplishments in Cambridge as City Councilor and also with the work he has done with Governor Patrick in expanding the innovation economy, he plans to make sure the economy will benefit everyone in the commonwealth.

Steve Kerrigan

Steve Kerrigan, 42, was born and raised in Lancaster. His father worked as a lineman for the Massachusetts Electrical Company and his mother served as the Mary Rolandson Elementary School secretary. In 1989 he graduated from St. John’s High School in Shrewsbury, and went on to earn his bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland in 1993. He currently resides in his hometown of Lancaster with his partner, Jacob Watts.

As Lieutenant Governor, Kerrigan said he plans to continue the path of progress and reform begun by Governor Deval Patrick and Lt. Gov. Tim Murray and bring a new vision, focus and unmatched expertise to this important role in state government.

Leland Chueng

Steve Kerrigan

Mike Lake

Karyn Polito

He will also revamp the office of Lieutenant Governor and make it into an ombudsman for residents, business leaders and local officials.

in Shrewsbury where she lives today with her husband and two children. She began in local government as a board member and has since expanded her work to state level, holding a state representative seat in 2001 and going

on to file her first major legislature initiative in 2003 as well as serving on the campaign chair for Michael Sullivan.

Since losing the 2010 race for Treasurer, Polito has worked to promote her ties with GOP’s

conservative right. She now runs alongside Charlie Baker and plans to empower commonwealth residents by improving upon jobs within the community and ensuring opportunity and advancement for everyone.

Mike Lake

Mike Lake was born and raised in Melrose. He was the first in his family to attend college and went on to graduate from Northwestern in 2002, completing five majors. Lake sits on several boards, including: Action USA, Future Boston Alliance, Neighborhood of Affordable Housing as well as others. He currently serves as President and CEO of Leading Cities.

Lake said he believes in the fundamentals of what he calls the “Massachusetts Promise,” a promise of economic and social justice that comes with high-quality education, job creation and strong communities. He said he plans to make the Promise a reality by improving public education, working to create jobs that pay a livable wage and fighting to make communities safer.

Karyn Polito

Polito, 47, was born and raised

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Applications were made available online and Holmes, working with then-Sgt. Detective Norma Ayala Leong, helped candidates fill out applications and offered waivers for the $100 application fee.

“Quite a few of the people I helped got waivers,” Holmes said.

Because the test is administered by the Civil Service Commission,

mission’s exam. Cities and towns are allowed to place conditions on hiring. In Boston, police officers must live in the city for no less than one year before they are hired.

Holmes said the department undertook its efforts to help diversify the pool of recruits at a time when fewer people -- white or black -- are applying for work with the department.

“Law enforcement jobs are not as popular as the used to be,” Holmes said.

“People feel more comfortable with people who look like them, somebody they feel can relate to them,” she said. “We need a pool that reflects the communities we serve.”

— Lisa Holmes Holmes does not have figures on how many of those the department reached out to actually took the exam.

Hiring of police and fire fighters in Massachusetts is administered by the Civil Service Commission and based on test scores from the com-

For decades, the department’s hiring practices were subject to a consent decree, stemming from a 1974 court ruling that found a pattern of discrimination against black and Latino job applicants. Under the consent decree, the department was required to consider one black

or Latino applicant for every white applicant considered. For each applicant -- black, Latino or white -not hired, the department was required to give a written explanation to attorneys for the NAACP. The department was required to work under the consent decree until the percentage of black and Latino officers working for the department matched their percentages in the city’s population.

In 2004, a judge ruled that the percentages of blacks and Latinos in the department matched their percentages in the city’s population and removed the consent decree.

While the numbers of black and Latino officers hired has been on the decline since 2004, Holmes says the department is committed to maintaining diversity in its ranks.

“People feel more comfortable with people who look like them, somebody they feel can relate to them,” she said. “We need a pool that reflects the communities we serve.”

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Holmes, who became an officer in 1985, said police work can lead to a fulfilling career.

“Every day is different,” she said. “You really get to do a lot of good for people. You get to help people in ways you never thought possible. You effect change in people’s lives.”

In related news, the City Council last week held a hearing on an ordinance proposed by at large Councilor Michael Flaherty that would expand the residency requirement for police recruits from one year to three. Police Commissioner William Evans and then-acting Fire Commissioner John Hasson testified on behalf of the ordinance last week and seven councilors have signed on as co-sponsors.

The ordinance also received support from Larry Ellison, the president of the Massachusetts Association of Law Enforcement Officers, and Rayshawn Johnson, president of the Boston Society of

Vulcans, an organization of black and Latino fire fighters.

“This ordinance maintains the intentions of the residency preference while providing opportunities to more local, long-time Bostonians who have either grown up in the city or are better acquainted with the neighborhoods we have,” Flaherty said in a statement sent to the Banner. “Additionally, there have been concerns over the years about the lack of diversity within public safety jobs and that issue will be addressed by this ordinance.”

District 7 Councilor Tito Jackson said Flaherty’s ordinance would help make the police department more responsive to the community’s needs.

“It’s critical that officers know the community, are culturally competent and understand the city of Boston,” Jackson said. “We need to fight to make sure police officers are a reflection of the diversity of the city of Boston.”

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Brian “Astro” Bradley

The Astronomical Kid Comes of Age

Kam Williams Brian “Astro” Bradley was born on August 26, 1996 in Brownsville, Brooklyn where he started rapping as at an early age. At 14, he successfully auditioned for Season 1 of the reality-TV series “The X-Factor” by performing a song he wrote called “Stop Looking at My Moms.”

Astro finished 7th overall in the competition, whose judges included Simon Cowell and Paul Abdul, and was subsequently signed to a contract by Epic Records. Here, he talks about making his acting debut as the narrator and co-star of “Earth to Echo,” a sci-fi adventure very similar to “E.T.”

Do you still live in Brownsville?

No, I live in Bed-Stuy, near Marcus Garvey [Elementary School].

What interested you in making the jump from music to movies?

I haven’t abandoned music. I’m still doing the music thing. I was 15 when I read the script for “Earth to Echo.” I thought it was amazing, and I couldn’t think of turning it down.

It’s awesome for a kid from Brooklyn to have an opportunity to be on the big screen. And I had a great experience learning what the movie business is like. So, I’m glad I did it.

About 9, but I’ve been into music wasn’t an issue. Did you enjoy people share?

I loved “Earth to Echo.” It since I was 3.

Positive energy. When you that? reminded me a lot of “E.T.” think positively, you attract posiexcept with cell phones, Yeah, I never even thought about Who would you say are tive people.

I’m on a mission to texting slang and state-of-the- primary musical influences? that. And I don’t think anybody else be successfulIf and I’m positive all The legends: Biggie, Nas, Jay-Z, on the set ever focused on it either. the time, then more positive people art gadgets like eyeglasses It’s 2014, man!

Tupac, Snoop, Wu-Tang Clan, guys with video cameras. will come around me, and we’ll help I think that was producer Andrew of that caliber.

What was the last book you each other. If you’re negative, you’ll Panay’s mission, to bring that nostalfind yourself surrounded by negative read?

Do you enjoy watching sci-fi gic film back, but to update it with a people. That’s why guys like Jay-Z RZA’s book, “The Tao of Wu.” films?

2014 spin. and other successful people strive.

Did director Dave Green give you any advice about how to act in front of the green screen opposite special effects that would be added later?

He gave all of us advice about ways we could portray our characters better. But as far as the special effects, I got more help from the visual effects team. It was definitely weird to act opposite emptiness, and later see the space filled on the screen by this little alien.

What’s going on with you musically? I know you have a new EP called “Computer Era” coming out.

Yeah, I’m going to put the EP out soon, though I’m not rushing it. I’m taking my time since I don’t have a due date. I’m going to drop the first video from it really soon, but I’m not going to say when.

At what age did you start rapping?

Yeah, but I really prefer comedies. And I recently started watching some kung fu movies like “The 36th Chamber of Shaolin” which I enjoyed because of the symbolism and what it teaches you. As far as science-fiction goes, I’d watched a few films, but now that we completed “Earth to Echo,” and I see how amazing it is, I plan to watch a lot more sci-fi.

What would you says is the main message of “Earth to Echo?”

I think it represents friendship!

Echo might be an alien, but it symbolizes something that brings you and your friends together. Echo just happens to be an alien, and it took all of us united to save him. We weren’t the coolest kids in the neighborhood, but when we came together on his behalf, we felt like giants who had conquered the world.

They didn’t focus on the fact that your character, Tuck, is black in the movie. So race

That’s a really good one. I’m very into reading lately, especially books that are beneficial, spiritually.

What was the last song you listened to?

I don’t want to sound corny, but the last song I listened to really was “88,” one of the songs on my upcoming EP.

What’s the biggest difference between who you are at home and the person we see on the red carpet?

Not much. I’m pretty much the same person. I’m just quieter at home listening to my music. Red carpets aren’t really my scene, so I try to get off the carpet as soon as possible. It’s cool doing it for “Earth to Echo,” but it’s weird doing the red carpet for other events when people don’t know me, and I have to stand there while the fans are all screaming for someone behind me.

What key quality do you believe all successful

They’re positive and they attract other positive people who enable them to go further.

With so many classic films being redone, is there a remake you’d like to star in?

No, I think the classics should be left alone. But if I had to remake one, I’d pick “Space Jam.” I heard they’re trying to remake “Juice,” but I feel you need to leave certain movies alone. I hope they don’t mess with “The Last Dragon” because that’s such a great movie. I don’t mind sequels, but I don’t like seeing a classic remade. It’s really unnecessary.

What advice do you have for anyone who wants to follow in your footsteps?

Don’t follow in my footsteps.

Create your own path. And master your own craft, whatever it is, writer, actor, singer, rapper… Make sure you spend time perfecting being you, and eventually you’ll succeed.

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Justin Robinson on his new album, “Alana’s Fantasy” I’d been working on, like Thelonious Monk’s song “Eronel,” which is actually deceptively harder to play than most people think. Like a lot of Thelonious Monk’s music, you listen to it and say, “Oh, this is a great tune, I should play it!” But then you start practicing it and working on the phrases and you realize his compositions are really hard.

Have any new technologies influenced the way you perform?

Justin Robinson Nick Antoine Justin Robinson is a jazz saxophonist and flutist. Robinson established himself as a child prodigy when, while still a teenager, he began running after-hours jam sessions at the renowned Blue Note Jazz Club in New York City in the late 1980s. He released his debut album, “Justin Time,” in 1991, which featured saxophone legends such as Bobby Watson and Gary Bartz. Robinson has shared the stage with such greats as Diana Ross, Abbey Lincoln, and the Dizzy Gillespie All-Star Big Band, and currently tours

with trumpeter Roy Hargrove.

His newest album, “Alana’s Fantasy,” comes out today under the Criss Cross Jazz label.

What was the artistic vision for “Alana’s Fantasy?”

I am fortunate to have had the chance to record for a label that has allowed me a lot of freedom. As long as no one is wasting time in the studio, the label pretty much gives you complete license. Basically, I just want to tell my story and hope in the process of doing it that I create work that people can enjoy.

We tried to choose songs that I’m close to and also some tunes

Not really. However, technology has allowed me to have my entire [musical] library with me at all times, which is really invaluable. So now, if I’m in the mood to listen to Charlie Parker and then Billie Holiday, Dinah Washington, or Sonny Rollins, I have everything at my fingertips. Having those things on your iTunes or on YouTube provides so much motivation, there’s always something to listen to.

What do you make of the up-and-coming musicians in the industry?

I know some of the young guys who are out doing their thing.

There are guys like Sullivan Fortner and Jonathan Batiste, who I think are very special musicians,

but it’s like any other industry — you can find all spectrums of the rainbow. So you’ll find the great musicians and then there are always going to be guys who you listen to who and you say, “This is not my cup of tea.” But that can be said about any genre of music in any era.

How has jazz changed since you came on the scene?

There are fewer jazz clubs, for one. And the addition of jazz programs in so many universities is another change. These are big differences from my era. My generation learned, basically, the way a boxer learns boxing … from the masters, but also from taking some beatings. Clifford Jordan used to come down to my jam sessions at the Blue Note and challenge me all the time and George Coleman walked in on my first and only gig at Bradley’s. I don’t think those kinds of experiences happen as much now.

I do think some of the younger generation has been taught a little differently, conceptually, from the way I learned how to play. We took private lessons with guys like Frank Wess and now some of the universities have these masters as adjunct professors. From that perspective, it’s great that younger players have such access to great musicians.

Is it harder for new artists today to become great with so few opportunities for those types of experiences?

Yeah. I think one of the lessons I really appreciated from the early 90s era was that you were actually

playing in front of people. There’s a big difference from being in the practice room and honing your craft just through study, and actually applying it in real time. It’s just like if you’re an athlete. Nothing can replace the intensity of an actual game. You know, you can train as much as you want, but until you actually get into the ring, you don’t really know where you stand.

And I think that that’s always the best way to work on your deficits.

It’s important to be in uncomfortable situations sometimes.

You were close friends with the late Dwayne Burno, who plays bass on this album.

How did Dwayne influence you as a musician and as a person?

I was a little older than Burno, but his work ethic, passion and love for music was something that always inspired me. He was the type of guy who would even memorize stuff from liner notes on record albums. When I think about a pure musician, he’s one of the guys out of my generation that first comes to mind. He played with some of the most important musicians of the twentieth and twenty-first century, there’s no question about it. I feel blessed to have played with him and, more importantly, to have known him as a person. He was probably one of the most genuine individuals that I’d ever crossed paths with.

And I loved him for that.

Have no fear.

Meditate without care and progress steadily.

You will be uplifted and will not fall.

The Lord of the universe will do all your work.

— Swami Muktananda

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International bands shine at Montreal jazz festival

Melbourne Ska Orchestra

Vintage Trouble

Colette Greenstein It was an exhilarating and music-filled two days at the Montreal International Jazz Festival, where an abundance of talent and a richness of music from burgeoning artists prevailed.

Despite heat and humidity, thousands of music lovers in all shapes, colors and sizes flocked to the streets surrounding the Quartier des Spectacles to see and hear musicians from around the globe.

Representing the United States on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings at the free, outdoor concerts were first-time performers Los Angeles quartet Vintage Trouble and Lady, comprised of R&B singer Nicole Monique Wray and her band. Hailing from New York was the band The London Souls, and jazz saxophonist Darius Jones accompanied by the trio Tarbaby led by bassist Eric Revis.

Vintage Trouble, who came together in 2010, unleashed a mixture of soul, funk and R&B before a crowd of several thousand people at Scène TD on the Place des Festivals. Led by vocalist Ty Taylor (a cross between James Brown and Wilson Pickett), the

band’s energetic hour-long set was reminiscent of a church-revival, only without the hallelujahs and amens. Taylor glided across the stage, to the enthusiasm of the audience, singing songs of love and heartbreak as sweat poured down his face. The Godfather of Soul himself — James Brown — would have surely been proud. Taylor’s raw energy was perfectly matched by his smooth-as-silk bandmates: guitarist Nalle Colt, bass player Rick Barrio Dill and drummer Richard Danielson.

As Vintage Trouble’s set was coming to a close, Lady graced the Scène Bell stage, which was just a stone throw’s away from the group. The R&B chanteuse and former Missy Elliott protégé sang R&B songs combined with classic Motown soul to the delight of the international audience.

On Wednesday night, as a light summer breeze finally arrived on day seven of the festival, it was time for some international heat and music from the group Mokoomba, out of the Victoria Falls region of Zimbabwe. The sextet, who has been around since 2001, performed an energetic, fun, and uplifting show in their

native tongue of Tonga. Their distinct musical style, which fuses “ethno-jazz, traditional Tonga rhythms, Sahara blues, hip hop and salsa,” excited the crowd and had the audience dancing and smiling all along the esplanade.

Following Mokoomba, less than one block over on the Scène Loto-Quebec stage, The London Souls played for the first time at the jazz festival with their distinctive rock/funk/soul sensibility.

From there, it was time for a bit of modern jazz by alto-saxophonist and composer Darius Jones, who brought together jazz and music lovers alike with his passionate play.

And, rounding out the night or maybe it was kicking off the night, for a second performance of ska music at 11 p.m., was the 30-piece Australian group, Melbourne Ska Orchestra. Front man Nicky Bomba led the charge with getting the show started and the crowd hyped up on the main stage. The impressive band blew the audience away with their skyhigh energy, scintillating horns and playful spirit. With Melbourne Ska Orchestra’s electric performance and thousands of

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BOSTON scenes Charlie’s Sandwich Shoppe in the South End of Boston, closed after 87 years of business. Charlie’s was the iconic place that served everyone from plumbers to presidents, and served people of color when others in the area would not. A legend to be found now only in history books.

(Don West photos)

A forum, “Standing Our Ground: Civil Rights, Justice & the Law,” was held at the Museum of African American History featuring Charles Ogletree Jr. as moderator and Michael Curry, Avi Green and Mariama White-Hammond as panelists. This Millennium Conversation was commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act. (Don West photos)

"Tailored," a style and vendor showcase event, was held at BoMA restaurant in Boston's South End July 2. Attendees enjoyed great food, as well as quality chat time with stylist/style blogger Vanessa Lundy (pictured at right) to discuss their style needs, wants and must-haves for professional & leisurely attire and the option of booking a closet consultation.

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Community Calendar Thursday July 10

ParkARTS Neighborhood Concert Series The Boston Parks and Recreation Department is proud to announce the 2014 ParkARTS Citywide Neighborhood Concert Series presented by title sponsor Eastern Bank in parks citywide. ParkARTS neighborhood performances are outdoor summer concerts presented free of charge in local City of Boston parks. The concert series begins at 7pm on Thursday, July 10, with Midnight Crew sponsored in part by Northeastern University at Edna V. Bynoe Park, 50 Orchard Park, Roxbury, followed by Jack Columbo + Friends sponsored in part by Brighton Main Streets at 7pm on Thursday, July 17, at Brighton Common, 30 Chestnut Hill Ave., Brighton Center. The ParkARTS Citywide Neighborhood Concerts continue at 7pm on Thursday, July 31, with the Soul City Band sponsored in part by the Dorchester Park Association at Dorchester Park, 2180 Dorchester Ave., Dorchester; at 5pm on Sunday, August 3, with Jazz at the Fort featuring the Jaleel Shaw Quartet sponsored in part by Berklee College of Music at Highland Park, 58 Beech Glen St., Roxbury; and at 7pm on Tuesday, August 19, with the Sugar Babies Band sponsored in part by Roslindale Village Main Streets at Fallon Field, 910 South St., Roslindale. All ParkARTS neighborhood performances are free of charge. For more information or a full schedule of events, please call please call 617635-4505 or visit the Parks Department online at www.cityofboston/ parks or www.facebook.com/ bostonparksdepartment.

Artists in Residence Craft Workshops The Boston Parks and Recreation Department’s annual ParkARTS program, sponsored by Holly and David Bruce. From East Boston to West Roxbury, children ages three to ten can enjoy watercolor painting, mask and jewelry making, treasure bottle creations, and more at the Artists in Residence Craft Workshops.

The workshops are from 9am-12 noon in parks across the city. Participation is free and all materials are provided, but young children must be accompanied by an adult. July 15, 22: Town Field, Dorchester and Christopher Columbus Park, North End. July 29, August 5, 12: Ronan Park, Dorchester and Walker Playground, Mattapan. July 16, 23: Mt. Pleasant Street Park and Roxbury and Hynes Playground, West Roxbury. July 30, August 6, 13: Marcella Park, Roxbury and Mozart Park, Jamaica Plain. July 10, 17, 24: Peters Park, South End and Rogers Park, Allston/ Brighton. July 31, August 7, 14: Ringgold Playground, South End and Shubow Park, Allston/ Brighton. July 11, 18, 25: Amatucci Playground, Hyde Park and Doherty Playground, Charlestown.

August 1, 8, 15: Dorothy Curran Playground, Moakley Park, South Boston and East Boston Stadium, East Boston. Groups of six or more should make prior arrangements by calling the Boston Parks Department at 617-635-4505. For information on this and other ParkARTS programs, please call the Boston

Parks and Recreation Department at 617-635-4505, visit www.face book.com/bostonparksdepartment or www.cityofboston.gov/parks or follow @BostonParksDept.

Friday July 11

Splash Dance Parties Friday, July 11 at Doherty Park, Charlestown; Wednesday, July 16 at Hynes Playground, West Roxbury; Wednesday, July 23 at Mt. Pleasant Street Park, Roxbury; Wednesday, July 30 at Mozart Park, Jamaica Plain; and Friday, August 8 at Dorothy Curran Playground at Moakley Park, South Boston. Bring the children to the park to cool off in the spray features and try some tasty treats. Listen to music while playing games and dancing in the parks. 12-1pm. City of Boston ~ Mayor Martin J. Walsh ~ Boston Parks & Recreation Department.

Free of charge. Boston celebrates the 18th anniversary of ParkARTS. Events and event dates and times are subject to change. 617-6354505, www.cityofboston.gov/ parks, www.facebook.com/Bos tonParksDepartment, @Boston ParksDept and @SummerBoston.

Sunday July 13

History & Gardens of the Back Bay Fens Take a guided walk through a historic landscape. Sunday, July 13, Saturday, July 19, and Sunday, July 27: 11:00 am-12:30 pm. Tours start and end at the Shattuck Visitor Center, 125 The Fenway, Boston, unless noted otherwise. All tours are free and led by Emerald Necklace Conservancy docents. For detailed descriptions of the tours, please visit www.emeraldnecklace.org.

Tours are cancelled for extreme weather. Updates will be posted on the homepage of our website.

Tuesday July 15

Tuesday Evening Garden Stroll Last stroll of the season! This leisurely one-hour walk guides you through the Kelleher Rose Garden and the historic Victory Gardens in the Back Bay Fens. A perfect antidote to the workday!

6-7pm. Tours start and end at the Shattuck Visitor Center, 125 The Fenway, Boston, unless noted otherwise. All tours are free and led by Emerald Necklace Conservancy docents. For detailed descriptions of the tours, please visit www.emeraldnecklace.org.

Tours are cancelled for extreme weather. Updates will be posted on the homepage of our website.

Wednesday July 16

Jean-Michel Cousteau Lecture Jean-Michel Cousteau, among the most recognized ocean advocates on the planet, will give a free public lecture about the state

of the ocean, whales and our common responsibility to protect the ocean for future generations.

6-8pm at Faneuil Hall in Boston, Massachusetts. The lecture is being held in conjunction with the historic 38th Voyage of the whaleship Charles W. Morgan to Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary off Provincetown, Massachusetts. Seating is limited; tickets must be reserved. For additional information about the event and to reserve tickets, go to www.nmsfocean.org/jmc-lecture.

Wednesday Night Concert Series R&B, funk, and soul music legends Tavares perform at the Dorothy Curran Wednesday Night Concert Series on City Hall Plaza July 16 at 7pm. The series continues July 23 with Beatlejuice, August 6 with Stardust and the Decades of Dance Party, and closes August 20 with Charlie Thomas’ Drifters. For more info call the Boston Parks and Recreation Department at 617-6354505, visit www.facebook.com/ bostonparksdepartment, or go to www.cityofboston.gov/parks.

Magical Environments “Magical Environments” Family Art Workshops – FREE! July 16, 23, 30, August 6, 13. 5:45-7:30pm. Jamaica Plain Community Center (Curtis Hall), 20 South St. Families Creating Together offers FREE multi-generational workshops for children ages 6-12 with and without disabilities and their families.

Explore magical environments through visual arts, storytelling, book-making. Spanish translators. Wheelchair accessible.

Register for two, three or all five workshops; pick the dates best for you! FCT is a program of Community Service Care/Tree of Life Coalition. To register and for more information call 617-522-4832 or email edwardpazzanese@gmail. com by July 14.

Upcoming Second Annual Boston Urban Art Festival Save Our Streets, Inc. (SOS) is hosting the Second Annual Boston Urban Art Festival on July 19 at Martini Shell Memorial Park, 1015 Truman Parkway, Hyde Park. The Urban Arts Festival is a FREE event to display and encourage the arts within the Boston community and promote positive creative outlets among its youth to prevent violence, all while supporting local Boston artists. From 12-6pm there will be family-friendly events including children’s games and activities like sack races, dodge ball, painting and more. The Boston police and fire departments have been invited as well to speak and run activities for the children.

From 1-6pm there will be live performances from Boston locals including some bands, spoken word, dancers and more. Visual artists will also be in attendance, creating canvases and various other art mediums on site. The purpose of hosting Boston’s first Urban Arts Festival is to create more opportunities for local resi-

dents to become involved in their community. This will help to position Boston’s youth toward something positive and constructive.

For more information, please visit www.sos617.org.

Roxbury Rocks Music Festival After an after noon of free music on the plaza from 1-4pm featuring amazing local talent, The Ron Murphy Group will continue the musical conversation as the finale, for the first annual Roxbury Rocks music festival on Saturday, July 19 in the Theater of the Media Arts Building of Roxbury Community College. We will also recognize and honor four outstanding community members. Media Arts Building at Roxbury Community College, 1234 Columbus Ave., Roxbury. Free and open to the public general seating. Wheelchair Accessible.

Info: Call 617-541-5380.

Free Fun Fridays Danforth Art Danforth Art is participating in the 5th annual Free Fun Fridays program sponsored by the Highland Street Foundation. On Friday, July 25, Danforth Art will open its doors, from 10am-5pm, at no cost to visitors and offer a wide variety of free art activities for children and adults. Free Fun Fridays is a program that includes 60 museums and cultural venues across Massachusetts. Each Friday this summer, there will be six venues open for free. For the full program schedule and to learn more about Free Fun Fridays, please visit: www.highlandstreet.org.

FIGMENT Boston For one weekend every summer, FIGMENT Boston transforms the Rose Kennedy Greenway into a large scale collaborative arts experience — and then it’s gone! Free, family–friendly, and open to all, FIGMENT is an explosion of creative energy, a celebration of participatory art and a culture where everything is possible. In addition to the daytime festivities during the weekend, FIGMENT After Dark returns to Dewey Square for a second year! Everyone is invited to enjoy a free dance party with live DJ’s and fire spinners — the perfect centerpiece to the weekend’s interactive fun. Saturday July 26, 11am-11pm and Sunday July 27, 11am-6pm, FIGMENT After Dark: Saturday July 26, 6-11pm. The Rose Kennedy Greenway is a mile-and-a-half of contemporary parks in the heart of Boston. www.rosekennedygre enway.org. More info: FIGMENT Boston website: boston.figment project.org.

Ongoing Call and Response: Creatures, Real and Imagined Imagination reigns in Creatures, Real and Imagined, where visitors will encounter images that mix reality and fantasy. There are traces of truthful representation in tandem with elements that appear altogether otherworldly.

Let your imagination run wild at FAM all to be discovered in Call and Response: Creatures, Real

and Imagined. The Fitchburg Art Museum, 25 Merriam Parkway, Fitchburg, 978-345-4207, www.fitchburgartmuseum.org.

Museum Hours: Wednesday-Friday 12-4pm, Saturday & Sunday 11-5pm. On the First Thursday of every month, the Museum is free to the public from 3-7pm.

Admission is free for: FAM Members, children under 12, Fitchburg State University and Fitchburg Public School students, faculty and staff, Fitchburg Residents of Ward 4B, AAM & NEMA Members +1, Active Military and their family, Corporate Members’ and their employees & family. General admission: $9 for adults, $5 for seniors (62+), $5 for students (13+). Through August 24.

Free Summer Scene Program at Marcella Park Hawthorne Youth and Community Center invites you to participate in free instructional programs for 5-70 year olds at Roxbury’s Marcella Park through August 28. Our lineup includes Mondays: Tennis — 5-6pm for 6-10 year olds; 5-8pm for 11 year olds-adults. Tuesday and Thursdays: Soccer/Rox 6:30-8:30pm, Hawthorne Walkers 6:30-7:30pm.

Wednesdays: 6-8pm basketball for all ages. Fridays — Everybody Does Double Dutch! 5:30-8:00pm on July 11, 23, August 8.

Everybody Dances! Series 5:308:00pm: Line Dancing — July 18; Afro Cuban — August 1; Hip Hop — August 15. Contact us at hyccroxbury@hotmail.com or 617-427-0613 for registration forms or information.

Franklin Park Line Dancing Every Wednesday evening 6:30-7:30 through September.

Outdoors in front of the Franklin Park Golf Clubhouse, One Circuit Drive, Dorchester. Cancelled if raining. Have fun while getting fit — anyone can do it! Wear sneakers and bring a water bottle. Led

by Mz. Rhythm and her friends from the Boston Rhythm Riders.

For more information: www. franklinparkcoalition.org / 617442-4141.

Franklin Park Tai Chi Every Thursday at 12:30pm through September. Spend your lunch hour learning this ancient practice with Master Heg of the Roxbury Tai Chi Academy. Especially suited for elders and all who are looking to gain strength and balance. Wear loose clothes and bring a water bottle. Outdoors next to the Franklin Park Golf Clubhouse, One Circuit Drive, Dorchester. Cancelled if raining. For more information: www. franklinparkcoalition.org / 617442-4141.

Franklin Park Yoga Every Saturday morning at 10am through Labor Day. All levels encouraged to join Linda, the Wellness Warrior, on Schoolmaster Hill. Bring a mat if you have one, there’ll be plenty for those without. Wear comfortable clothes and bring a water bottle.

Cancelled if raining. Look for a sign midway along the main park road or go to www.franklinpark coalition.org for more information & directions.

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immigrants attending school and paying tuition, Patrick said that offering a helping hand to Dreamers and entrepreneurs would boost economic interests on a national and local level alike.

“There are undocumented young people who are paying for in-state tuition here in Massachusetts. I wish that the tenor and tone and the quality of debate was different in this country and in the Commonwealth. It is not the same to say ‘we should fix our immigration laws’ as saying ‘violating

the laws doesn’t matter.’ It does matter. We have ranges of degree in how we respond.

“It’s about the students from foreign lands that come here to start a business and can’t stay because they can’t get an H-1B Visa.

It’s any number of our own businesses who are trying to compete in the global economy and can’t move talent around in their own enterprises or recruit talent so broadly in the U.S.” Many advocacy groups and legislators are in favor of the Trust Act, which would prohibit the Boston Police from detaining illegal immigrants for deportation unless they are convicted of a serious crime.

Gabrielle Farrell, Spokesperson for the City of Boston from Mayor Martin Walsh’s office issued a statement regarding Walsh’s stance on the Trust Act. “As a son of immigrants, Mayor Walsh has seen firsthand the struggles of people arriving to this country, trying to make a life.

Since January, the Boston Police Department has been working closely with Mayor Walsh’s Office of New Bostonians to develop safe and fair detention policies and efficient uses of public safety resources. The BPD has earned the trust of immigrants in the City of Boston. Mayor Walsh supports the Trust Act, and the City’s Corpora-

tion Counsel will review the details of Councilor Zakim’s proposal to ensure successful implementation.”

Both the MIRA Coalition and

and can happen anywhere under the Secure Communities.”

Shannon Erwin, State Policy Director of the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy

“The Trust Act would help restore community trust in police and rebuild residents’ willingness to share information about crime.”

— Shannon Erwin the Comitan de Vecinos support the Trust Act for similar reasons.

Joana Dos Santos of the Comitan de Vecinos in Fitchburg said that they hope to work with the new Fitchburg police chief in order to prevent the city from detaining immigrants with no criminal charges.

“People think that these things happen in Boston or other places that are far away,” Dos Santos said. “We’re out there trying to educate people that this is happening in their backyards.

This happened in Leominster

Coalition said, “The Trust Act would help restore community trust in police and rebuild residents’ willingness to share information about crime. It would also protect our state and local police from liability arising from detaining persons without probable cause in violation of the Fourth Amendment.”

President Barack Obama has indicated that he will use executive power to enact change in immigration policy, however details as to what he may mean remain vague.

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Sandi Bagley of Dorchester (left) and Kelley Chunn of Roxbury enjoy the beautiful surroundings of the Kelleher Rose Garden in the Back Bay Fens during the Rose Garden Party fundraising gala hosted by Mayor Martin J. Walsh and Ms. Lorrie Higgins on June 19. The annual event benefits a year-round series of free arts, cultural, fitness, and science-based programs offered by the Boston Parks and Recreation Department.

In March 2014, Walsh announced the selection of FACETS management consulting firm to identify the permanent Commissioner of the Boston Fire Department. FACETS conducted a nationwide search following a multi-phase process, including information gathering, engaging with stakeholders and the community, recruiting and vetting of qualified candidates nationwide, and creating a short list of candidates for selection by Walsh. The final list of candidates was presented for consideration in early June.

Finn has been a member of the Boston Fire Department since October of 1984 and has risen through the ranks of the department. In 2001, he was promoted to Deputy Chief of Personnel, responsible for recruitment, selection and hiring, as well as contract enforcement, employee assistance, and discipline. He was appointed based on the findings of the O’Toole Commission, and was charged with implementing the Commission’s recommendations related to disparity of treatment towards members. He initiated and trained the first team of investigators to examine harassment and discrimination allegations, and trained firefighters to become mediators to achieve conflict resolution among staff.

Since 2005, Finn has served as a Division Commander, in charge of all administrative functions, fire ground operations, hazardous materials, and technical rescue responses in Division One. In his 30 years with the Boston Fire Department, Deputy Chief Finn made significant contributions to the department, including establishing an EMT training program that increased the number of EMTs on the Boston Fire Department by 50 percent, and assisting in the development of state regulations for the use of semi-automatic external defibrillators, and of legislation that made the Fire Service a major partici-

pant in the delivery of Emergency Medical Services.

Finn has served as a committee member on the Mayor’s task force for the integration of Boston Emergency Medical Services into the Boston Fire Department, and a committee member for the Massachusetts Human Resource Division in the development and implementation for a entry-level firefighters test. He has worked on numerous planning committees for high profile events for the department, including the 2004 Democratic National Convention.

Finn holds numerous certifications, including: Massachusetts Continuing Legal Education Inc. in labor law and laws involving discrimination; National Incident Management System certified in Incident Command System (ICS) 100, 200, 700, 800; Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service certified in ICS 300,400; and Department of Justice certified for managing terrorist and large-scale incidents. He also holds numerous certificates related to fire service training from OSHA, Homeland Security, and the National Fire Academy’s extension program.

Finn served in the United States Marine Corps. from 1979 to 1982. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Northeastern University in 2008, graduating magna cum laude.

Finn will be formally sworn in within the coming weeks.

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Student loans weigh on revent college graduates Ben Novotny LONG BEACH -- When film student Chris Reyes talks about the $430 he pays each month toward his student loan, he uses the movie Jaws as a metaphor.

“It’s like a shark that takes a chunk out of me every month,” said Reyes, who graduated from California State University, Long Beach last year owing over $45,000 in student debt. “I haven’t eaten out at a restaurant in a really long time.”

Reyes has managed to scrape by with a part time job at bookstore, while he looks for a second job to help cover his bills, including his student loan payments. “I knew I would have to get a second part-time job once I started at Barnes & Noble,” said Reyes, who began working at the

sional women’s basketball team in Georgia rather than pursue a graduate degree.

“If I got to grad school, I’m going to have to take out another loan, and I don’t want to even get into that because I haven’t even paid off my current student loans,” said Bush. “I could make six figures playing basketball overseas, and that sounds more promising to me than working at a retail store for a little over minimum wage.”

A market survey conducted by the real estate website Redfin found that a significant number of prospective first-time homebuyers – 16 percent – said student loans were preventing them from buying a house, while 33 percent said student debt delayed them from purchasing a home for one or two years.

using that money to build a business with her siblings.

Maritza Reyna, who specializes in education loans at Consumer Credit Counseling Services of Orange County, believes that some students might be causing themselves harm by taking out higher loans than they need.

“A lot of students actually take out more money for unnecessary purchases, like a new bed for their dorm,” said Reyes. “So they take out more for little luxuries versus using the money just for their tuition and their books.”

Reyna also advises recent college graduates to budget their expenses and to have an estimated figure of how much they owe every month.

“Even if you defer payments on your loan, the interest will keep occurring, so the more you defer the bigger your loan grows,” said Reyna.

However, some college graduates, like Bronson, have put off

paying down their student loans, simply because they can’t afford it.

“The interest is probably incurring as we speak,” said Bronson, who recently got a job doing video work for the L.A. Kings. “Right now it’s just affecting me mentally, but I believe that someday it will affect me physically as well.”

Ben Novotny is a student reporter at VoiceWaves, a youth-led community news outlet dedicated to deepening the coverage of community health-related issues in Long Beach, California. VoiceWaves is a project of New America Media, supported by a grant from The California Endowment.

“My parents kept telling me that if I get a college degree, I’ll get a job because that’s what happened in their generation, but now that’s not the case.”

— Tatiana Bush chain store last summer.

Reyes is not alone. Outstanding student debt across the United States has reached $1.2 trillion according to Forbes, and is increasing at a faster rate than mortgages and auto loans. Seventy-one percent of 2013 college graduates had student loan debt, with an average of $29,400 per borrower, and more than half of Californians have student debt with an average of $20,000, according to data compiled by the Institute for College Access and Success.

“My parents kept telling me that if I get a college degree, I’ll get a job because that’s what happened in their generation, but now that’s not the case,” said Tatiana Bush, a recent graduate of UC Irvine. “There are so many more hurdles that we have to jump through than in past generations. We have more things we have to add to our resume in order to even be seen.”

Because of her student loans, Bush has decided to join a profes-

“I haven’t been in a situation where I would be looking for a house, but I’m fearful for that day to come,” said Nathan Bronson, an alumni of San Francisco State University who owes $30,000 in student loans.

Bronson believes that the student debt crisis has made people of his generation more skeptical about going to college.

“From my standpoint, I don’t really see the people who got college degrees having much more of an advantage than people that just have a high school diploma,” said Bronson.

Yet according to Georgetown University, more than six out of ten jobs will require a college degree by 2018.

“Sometimes I question whether or not I should have taken out student loans in order to get my degree,” said Nancy Alocer, who studied anthropology at UC Davis and now pays $500 a month towards her student loans. Without her student debt, Alocer says she would be

Thousands of fans packed City Hall Plaza for a live viewing of the USA World Cup match against Germany hosted by Mayor Martin Walsh. (Mayor’s Office photo by Jeremiah Robinson)

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place with respect and dignity, where they have rights spelled out.

There were no laws for domestic workers before this. It wasn’t even recognized as real job. We had no representation. Workers didn’t know what to ask for before the

bill.”

Tracy said that many complaints and concerns poured into the Brazilian Immigrant Center from women in particular. They had experienced similar workplace mistreatment, sexual harassment and privacy invasions while working in people’s homes.

“Once we got a sense of how many people were affected by

LEGAL NOTICE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS The MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY (Authority) is soliciting consulting services for MPA CONTRACT NO. A289-S3/S4, CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS INSPECTION / TESTING, LOGAN AIRPORT, WORCESTER REGIONAL AIRPORT, HANSCOM AIRFIELD, LOGAN EXPRESS BUS TERMINALS & MARITIME PROPERTIES. The Authority is seeking qualified multidiscipline consulting firms/teams, with proven experience to provide professional services including laboratory services to perform construction materials testing and inspection in support of the Authority’s construction program. The Consultant shall demonstrate its ability to manage costs effectively and shall be experienced in providing similar on-call services. 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, complete laboratory, field and plant inspection capabilities related construction materials inspection and testing.

The scope of work shall include, but not be limited to the following: (1) Bituminous concrete, (2) Portland cement concrete; (3) soils; (4) structural steel and welding; and (5) coatings. Such inspections shall be performed in accordance with ASTM, FAA, AASHTO, AWS, NACE, ACI, PCI, NETTCP and/or other appropriate specifications and standards. All testing and inspections shall be done under the direction and management of the Authority’s QA Manager. The Consultant shall be required to provide vehicles and operators with appropriate insurance coverage and shall be capable of being licensed and badged to allow for access to all of the Authority’s facilities.

The contract will be work order based, and Consultant’s fee for each work order shall be negotiated; however, the total fee for the contract shall not exceed $500,000.

Each submission shall include a Statement of Qualifications that provides detailed information in response to the evaluation criteria set forth below and include Architect/Engineer & Related Services questionnaires SF 330 (www. gsa.gov/portal/forms/download/116486) with the appropriate number of Part IIs. M/WBE Certification of the prime and/or subconsultants shall be current at the time of submittal and the Consultant shall provide a copy of the M/WBE certification letter from the Supplier Diversity Office, formerly known as State Office of Minority and Women Business Assistance (SOMWBA) within its submittal. The Consultant shall also provide an original and nine copies of litigation and legal proceedings information, signed under the pains and penalties of perjury, in a separate sealed envelope entitled “Litigation and Legal Proceedings”. See www.massport.com/ doing-business/Pages/ CapitalProgramsResourceCenter.aspx for more details on litigation and legal proceedings history submittal requirements.

these problems, we began going to churches and local events, talking to people and organizing.”

Tracy said that advocating for household workers is still a growing movement, but the signing of the Bill of Rights was a step in the right direction.

“This law will be able to educate employers and workers alike about rights, respect and dignity

so people can have better quality of life. Happy workers are better workers. It is a win/win for all.”

Tracy credited Massachusetts AFL-CIO President Steve Tolman with opening the doors for the Domestic Workers’ Bill of Rights.

“Without their help, this would not have happened in such a quick and efficient way.”

The procurement process for these services will proceed according to the following anticipated schedule: EVENT

DATE/TIME

Solicitation: Release Date

Wednesday, July 9, 2014

Deadline for submission of written questions

Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Official answers published (Estimated)

Wednesday, July 30, 2014

Solicitation: Close Date / Submission Deadline Wednesday, August 6, 2014 Times are Eastern Standard Time (US).

Questions may be sent via email to CPBidQuestions@massport.com subject to the deadline for receipt stated in the timetable above. In the subject lines of your email, please reference the MPA Project Name and Number.

Questions and their responses will be posted on Capital Bid Opportunities webpage of Massport http://www.massport.com/doing-business/_layouts/ CapitalPrograms/default.aspx as an attachment to the original Legal Notice and on Comm-PASS (www.comm-pass.com) in the listings for this project.

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. AP1507-C1 FY15-17 TERM INTERIOR BUILDING REPAIRS, BOSTON, BEDFORD & WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Capital Programs Department Office, Suite 209S - Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128-2909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 2014 immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly.

Sealed filed sub bids for the same contract will be received at the same office until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 2014, immediately after which, in a designated room, the filed sub bids will be opened and read publicly.

NOTE:

PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 1:00 PM LOCAL TIME ON TUESDAY, JULY 22, 2014.

(1) current level of experience and knowledge of the team for similar projects, particularly the Project Manager,

The work includes PROVISION OF ALL EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS, LABOR AND SUPERVISION NECESSARY TO REMOVE AND/OR INSTALL INTERIOR PARTITIONS, HUNG CEILINGS, CABINETS AND INTERIOR PAINTING AT LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, WORCESTER REGIONAL AIRPORT AND HANSCOM CIVIL AIRFIELD AND BOSTON MARITIME FACILITIES ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS OVER A TWO (2) YEAR PERIOD.

(2) geographic location and availability of the Project Manager, resident inspectors and other key personnel to be assigned to the project,

Bid documents will be made available beginning WEDNESDAY, JULY 09, 2014.

(3) experience and expertise of subconsultants,

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

The submission shall be evaluated on basis of:

(4) demonstrated ability to perform work with minimal disruption to facility operations, (5) cost management and scheduling capabilities, utilizing iPad, iPhone, iCloud calendar, or web enabled smart phone with QR code reader (free app).

(6) M/WBE and affirmative action efforts, please indicate the proposed % of M/WBE participation (7) current level of work with the Authority, (8) past performance for the Authority, if any, The selection shall involve a two-step process including the shortlisting of a minimum of three firms based on an evaluation of the Statements of Qualifications received in response to this solicitation, followed immediately by a final selection of the consultant by the Authority. The Authority reserves the right to interview the firms prior to final selection, if deemed appropriate.

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

Submissions shall be printed on both sides of the sheet (8 1/2” x 11”), no acetate covers. Ten (10) copies of a bound document and one PDF version on a disc each limited to: 1) an SF 330 including the appropriate number of Part IIs, 2) resumes of key individuals only each limited to one (1) page under SF 330, Section E, 3) no more than ten (10) projects each limited to one (1) page under SF 330, Section F, 4) no more than 3 sheets (6 pages) of information contained under SF 330 Section H addressing the evaluation items (except for the litigation and legal proceedings history), and 5) no more than 2 sheets (4 pages) of other relevant material not including a 2 page (max.) cover letter, SDO certification letters, covers, dividers, and other required information.

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, August 6, 2014, 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.

In order to be eligible and responsible to bid on this contract General Bidders must submit with their bid a current Certificate of Eligibility issued by the Division of Capital Assessment Management and Maintenance and an Update Statement. The General Bidder must be certified in the category of GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. The estimated contract cost is NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, ($900,000.00).

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

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

A proposal guaranty shall be submitted with each General Bid consisting of a bid deposit for five (5) percent of the value of the bid; when sub bids are required, each must be accompanied by a deposit equal to five (5) percent of the sub bid amount, in the form of a bid bond, or cash, or a certified check, or a treasurer’s or a cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the Massachusetts Port Authority in the name of which the Contract for the work is to be executed. The bid deposit shall be (a) in a form satisfactory to the Authority, (b) with a surety company qualified to do business in the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Authority, and (c) conditioned upon the faithful performance by the principal of the agreements contained in the bid.

The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and a labor and materials payment bond, each in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract price. The surety shall be a surety company or securities satisfactory to the Authority. Attention is called to the minimum rate of wages to be paid on the work as determined under the provisions of Chapter 149, Massachusetts General Laws, Section 26 to 27G, inclusive, as amended. The Contractor will be required to pay minimum wages in accordance with the schedules listed in Division II, Special Provisions of the Specifications, which wage rates have been predetermined by the U. S. Secretary of Labor and / or the Commissioner of Labor and Industries of Massachusetts, whichever is greater.

The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance and Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of ONE MILLION DOLLARS, ($1,000,000.00). Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details.

Filed sub bids will be required and taken on the following classes of work: LATHING AND PLASTERING PAINTING ACOUSTICAL TILE

$320,000.00 $116,000.00 $262,000.00

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

Massachusetts Jobs with Justice Executive Director Russ Davis said that this ruling helps corrects unfair labor practices like the exclusion of farm workers and domestic workers from labor laws enacted in the 1930s. “It’s righting a historic wrong that excluded workers of color, partly because of a racist opposition at the time,” Davis said.

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

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

Complete information and authorization to view the site may be obtained from the Capital Programs Department Office at the Massachusetts Port Authority. The right is reserved to waive any informality in or reject any or all proposals.

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NOTICE OF BID ELEVATOR RENOVATION BROOKLINE HOUSING AUTHORITY Walnut Apartments – 22 High Street Brookline, MA The Brookline Housing Authority (BHA), 90 Longwood Ave, Brookline, MA, hereinafter referred to as the Awarding Authority, invites sealed bids for the Elevator Renovation Project at 22 High Street, Brookline, Massachusetts, in accordance with the project documents prepared by Syska Hennessy Group, Inc. The Project Consists of: Elevator Renovation/Modernization of two overhead traction passenger elevators, and related work in elevator areas.

The Work is estimated to cost $527,000.00 Bids are subject to 24 CFR 85.36 and to M.G.L., Chapter 149, § 44A-J, and to minimum Federal/State wage rates as required by the U.S. Department of Labor under the Davis-Bacon and related Acts (‘Davis-Bacon Wage Determinations’).

ALL GENERAL BIDDERS must be certified by the Division of Capital Asset Management (DCAM) in the following general bidder category of work: ELEVATORS, and must submit a current DCAM Certificate of Eligibility and a signed Update Statement (CQ3).

THIS PROJECT IS BEING ELECTRONICALLY BID AND HARD COPY BIDS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. The bids are to be prepared and submitted at www. biddocsonline.com. Please review the instructions in the bid documents on how to register as an electronic bidder.Tutorials and instructions on how to complete the electronic bid documents are available online (click on the “Tutorial” tab at the bottom footer).

GENERAL BIDS will be received until: 12:00 PM, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 6, 2014 and publically opened forthwith.

ALL BIDS shall be submitted electronically online at www.biddocsonline.com no later than the date and time specified.

General Bids shall be accompanied by a bid deposit that is not less than five (5%) of the greatest possible bid amount and made payable to the BROOKLINE HOUSING AUTHORITY. Bid Forms and Contract Documents will be available on or about July 9, 2014 at www.biddocsonline.com (may be viewed electronically and hard copy requested) or at Nashoba Blue, Inc., at 433 Main Street, Hudson, MA 01749 (978-568-1167).

There is a plan deposit of $25.00 per set (maximum of 2 sets) payable to BidDocs ONLINE, Inc. Deposits may be electronically paid or must be a certified or cashier’s check. This deposit will be refunded for up to two sets for general bidders and for one set for sub-bidders upon return of the sets in good condition within thirty days of receipt of general bids. Otherwise the deposit shall be the property of the Awarding Authority.

Bidders requesting Contract Documents to be mailed to them shall include a separate check for $40.00 per set for UPS Ground (or $65.00 per set for UPS overnight), payable to BidDocs ONLINE, Inc. to cover mail handling costs.

All questions regarding the technical specifications are to be forwarded in writing to: Syska Hennessy Group, Inc., c/o Janet Moore, CEI/QEI, Associate Partner, 2067 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02140 (Email: jmoore@syska.com).

A PRE-BID SITE VISIT will be held on THURSDAY, JULY 17, 2014 at 10:00 a.m.

Interested parties should report to the Walnut Apartments, 22 High Street, Brookline, Massachusetts. All interested bidders are requested to attend since access to the building at other times may be limited.

The Contract Documents may be obtained by electronic media at: BidDocsOnline 433 Main Street Hudson, MA 01749 (978)568-1167 www.biddocsonline.com Contract Documents may be viewed at: Project Dog 18 Graf Road, Suite #8 Newburyport, MA 01950 (878) 499-9014 www.projectdog.com Reed Construction Data 30 Technology Parkway, Suite 500 Norcross, GA 30092 (800) 901-8687 www.reedconstructiondata.com MHC / Joseph Merrit & Co 17 Everberg Road – Unit C Woburn, MA 01801 (781) 430-2008 www.merritgraphics.com BROOKLINE HOUSING AUTHORITY Patrick Dober, Executive Director

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LEGAL NOTICE INVITATION FOR BID PEST CONTROL SERVICE CONTRACT MEDFORD HOUSING AUTHORITY

INVITATION TO BID The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority is seeking bids for the following: BID NO. WRA-3885

DESCRIPTION Three Year Contract to Supply Alkaline Battery Packs to Support ADS/Flowshark Meters

DATE 07/21/14

TIME 11:00 a.m.

WRA-3886

Super Slope Commercial 07/22/14 Rotary Mower (per Specifications)

12:00 p.m.

6877

VFD Additions Secondary 08/14/14 Oxygen Reactor Batteries A, B and C Deer Island Treatment Plant

2:00 p.m.

To access and bid please go to the MWRA Supplier Portal at www.mwra.com.

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY SOLICITATION FOR CONSULTANT SERVICES FEDERALLY-FUNDED PROJECTS MBTA CONTRACT NOS. Z96PS09-12 The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is soliciting Certified Public Accounting (CPA) Services for work necessary to perform detailed audits of selected Professional Services and Construction Contracts.

The services being sought will provide for the pre-audit evaluations, cost incurred audits, and/or “agreed upon procedure” post audits of Architect/ Engineer/Consultant Contracts to determine the reasonableness of the cost of all charges. Each respondent shall emphasize their ability to perform contract audits using Part 31 of the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) as audit criteria; submit their general experience in public and/or government auditing; and their professional qualifications and references. Included in the evaluation process will be the verification of credentials and stated experience as well as the overall determination regarding the competitiveness and reasonableness of each respondent’s rate(s).

The Medford Housing Authority invites sealed bids for a PEST CONTROL SERVICE CONTRACT. BIDS FOR PEST CONTROL SERVICES will be received until 2:00 PM July 31, 2014 at the Medford Housing Authority at 121 Riverside Avenue in Medford, MA 02155 at which time they will be publicly opened. Deliver bids in two envelopes, an outer mailing envelope, and an inner envelope clearly marked “Bids for PEST CONTROL SERVICES.” This one-year contract, (with a renewable option for an additional year) for PEST CONTROL SERVICES includes: an initial servicing of all units, (845 total) and then monthly servicing as specified. This service contract uses an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach with tenant and housing authority involvement. The estimated cost is $66,000 per year.

Specifications will be available Monday, July 14, 2014 after 10 AM by email to Bernie Kirstein at bkirstein@medfordhousing.org, or in hard copy from the Medford Housing Authority at 121 Riverside Ave., Medford, MA, 02155.

There is no charge for bid documents. There are no filed-sub-bids.

A walk-thru will be held Wednesday 10 AM July 23, 2014. Attendees meet at 121 Riverside Avenue, Medford, MA. All bidding procedures included in M.G.L. c.30.B, Section 39M, c. 149, 24 CFR 85.36 and the provisions of Instructions to Bidders shall be strictly adhered to.

The bid proposal must be accompanied by a bid surety in an amount no less than 5% of the total bid (Total of years one and two). Bid surety must be in the form of a certified check or bank draft, or a bid bond made out to the Medford Housing Authority. Company or personal checks will not be acceptable. Bid Surety of all but the 3 lowest bidders will be returned within one week of the bid opening. Bid surety of the three low bidders will be returned upon final approved execution of the contract.

Questions to Bernie Kirstein by email at bkirstein@medfordhousing.org or telephone: 781-396-7200 Ext.140.

This contract will be Federally Funded. The DBE Participation Goal for this contract will be 10%.

The Medford Housing Authority reserves the right to reject any and all bids or parts therein if it is in the public interest to do so.

The complete request for qualifications can be found on the MBTA website.

Please use the following link:

For Section 3 contract questions only, please contact Barbara Fleming at (781) 396-7200 Ext. 108. Ms. Fleming will be available for questions regarding Section 3 compliance immediately following the job site inspection.

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.

Richard A. Davey Mass DOT Secretary & CEO

Beverly A. Scott, Ph.D. General Manager and Rail & Transit Administrator

By submitting a bid, the bidder warrants that he or she has examined the site and bid documents; that the bid documents are adequate; and the required result can be produced as written. No increase in the contract sum nor claim for damages due to delay will be permitted as a result of the contractor’s failure to accomplish any or all of these requirements.

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE DIVISION OF CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT & MAINTENANCE (DCAMM)

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department

Sealed proposals submitted on a form furnished by the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance (DCAMM) and clearly identified as a bid, endorsed with the name and address of the bidder, the project and contract number, will be received at the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance, One Ashburton Place, 1st Floor, Room 107, Boston, MA 02108, no later than the date and time specified and will forthwith be publicly opened and read aloud.

SUFFOLK Division

General Bids before 2:00 PM: August 27, 2014

To all interested persons:

This notice is for three to five contracts bid in accordance Chapter 9, Section 49 of the Acts of 2011.

A petition has been filed by Crystal C Haynes of Dorchester, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order of testacy and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. And also requesting that Crystal C Haynes of Dorchester, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve With Corporate Surety on the bond.

Mass. State Project No. IFM1404 JOB ORDER CONTRACT – IFM METRO BOSTON REGION (Brookline, Milton, Quincy; Boston, Revere, Chelsea, Winthrop, Cambridge, Everett, Malden, Somerville, Watertown) Job Order projects under this Contract may include alteration, conversion, maintenance, and/or repair (as defined in the Contract Documents) of state buildings and facilities located in the following cities and towns: Brookline, Milton, Quincy (located in Norfolk County); Cambridge, Everett, Malden, Somerville, Watertown (located in Middlesex County); Boston, Chelsea, Revere, Winthrop (located in Suffolk County).

There will be a Pre-bid Meeting on July 23, 2014 @ 10:00 AM at the McCormack State Office Building, 1 Ashburton Place, Boston, 21st Floor, Conference Room 3.

Each Job Order task will have an estimated cost of construction of not more than $100,000. Total of all Job Orders tasks performed by a Contractor under an awarded Contract may not exceed $1,000,000 subject to terms of the Contract Documents. Job Orders will be priced based on Bidder’s Contractor’s Coefficient(s) multiplied by applicable Unit Prices in the Contract Documents.

Minimum rates of wages to be paid on the project have been determined by the Director of the Department of Labor Standards under the provisions of the Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 149, Sections 26 to 27H. Wage rates are listed in the contract documents.

Each general bid must be secured by an accompanying bid deposit of $5,000 in the form of a bid bond, in cash, a certified, treasurer’s, or cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company made payable to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

The bidding documents may be examined at the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance Bid Room, One Ashburton Place, 1st Floor, Room 107, Boston, MA 02108 Tel (617) 727-4003. Copies may be obtained by depositing a company check, treasurer’s check, cashier’s check, bank check or money order in the sum of $100.00 payable to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. No personal checks or cash will be accepted as deposits. Refunds will be made to those returning the documents in satisfactory condition on or before September 11, 2014 (ten business days after the opening of General Bids) otherwise the deposit shall be the property of the Commonwealth.

DCAMM DOES NOT MAIL PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS. Messenger and other types of overnight pick-up and delivery services are the agents of the bidder and the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance assumes no responsibility for delivery or receipt of the documents. Bidders are encouraged to take advantage of a rotating credit plans and specifications deposit program initiated by the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance to encourage the easy accessibility of documents to contractors.

Carole Cornelison COMMISSIONER

Docket No. SU14P1091EA

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of C Vincent Haynes Date of Death: 07/06/2003

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 07/31/2014. 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 date, action may be taken without further notice to you.

The estate is being administered under formal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but recipients are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration.

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

Date: June 27, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate

Maximum Contract term is two years (including extensions). Time for completion of individual projects will be determined by DCAMM for each individual job order.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department Docket No. SU14P1520EA

SUFFOLK Division

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

Docket No. SU14P1562EA

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Shelton Jean-Laurent Date of Death: 07/06/2013 To all interested persons: A petition has been filed by Emmanuella Casseus of Hyde Park, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order of testacy and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. And also requesting that Emmanuella Casseus of Hyde Park, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond.

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 08/07/2017. 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 date, action may be taken without further notice to you.

The estate is being administered under formal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but recipients are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration.

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

Date: June 26, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

DOCKET NO. SU14P1551PM

In the matter of: Estella County Respondent (Person to be Protected/Minor) Of: Mattapan, MA CITATION GIVING NOTICE OF PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF CONSERVATOR OR OTHER PROTECTIVE ORDER PURSUANT TO G.L c. 190B, §5-304 & §5-405

AA/EOE

CLASSIFIED LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

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

Date: June 27, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Jerry Burton Date of Death: 09/01/2013 To all interested persons: A petition has been filed by Gregory Burton of Dorchester, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order of testacy and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. And also requesting that Gregory Burton of Dorchester, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond.

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 07/31/2014. 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 date, action may be taken without further notice to you.

The estate is being administered under formal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but recipients are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration.

To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Kenwin County of Hyde Park, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Estella County is in need of a Conservator or other protective order and requesting that (or some other suitable person) be appointed as Conservator to serve Without Surety on the bond.

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

You have the right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 07/31/2014. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to file the written appearance if you object to the petition. If you fail to file the written appearance by the return date, action may be taken in this matter without further notice to you. In addition to filing the written appearance, you or your attorney must file a written affidavit stating the specific facts and grounds of your objection within 30 days after the return date.

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

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

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

Date: June 26, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU14P1550GD

Citation Giving Notice of Petition for Appointment of Guardian for Incapacitated Person Pursuant to G.L. c. 190B, §5-304 In the matter of Estella County Of Mattapan, MA RESPONDENT Alleged Incapacitated Person To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Kenwin County of Hyde Park, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Estella County is in need of a Guardian and requesting that Kenwin County of Hyde Park, 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 Respondant is incapacitated, that the appointment of a Guardian is necessary, that the proposed Guardian is appropriate. The petition is on file with this court and may contain a request for certain specific authority.

You have the right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 07/31/2014. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to file the written appearance if you object to the petition. If you fail to file the written appearance by the return date, action may be taken in this matter without further notice to you. In addition to filing the written appearance, you or your attorney must file a written affidavit stating the specific facts and grounds of your objection within 30 days after the return date.

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

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

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

Date: June 26, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department Docket No. SU14P1521EA

SUFFOLK Division

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Agatha F Marsman Date of Death: 07/09/2011 To all interested persons: A petition has been filed by Cheryl Marsman of Dorchester, MA and Janice Marsman-Mills of Lawrenceville, GA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order of testacy and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. And also requesting that Cheryl Marsman of Dorchester, MA and Janice Marsman-Mills of Lawrenceville, GA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond.

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 07/31/2014. 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 date, action may be taken without further notice to you.

The estate is being administered under formal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but recipients are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration.

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

Date: June 25, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU13P1151PM

Citation Giving Notice of Conservator’s Account In the matter of: Dollie Flakes Protected Person/Disabled Person/Respondent Of: Mattapan, MA To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, you are hereby notified pursuant to Rule 72 of the Supplemental Rules of the Probate and Family Court, that the First account(s) of Mae Flakes of Mattapan, MA

and Martha Mauser of Ipswich, MA as Conservator of the property of said Respondent has or have been presented to the Court for allowance.

You have the right to object to the account(s). If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 07/24/2014. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to object to the account(s). If you fail to file the written appearance and objection by the return date, action may be taken in this matter without further notice to you, including the allowance of the account(s).

Additionally, within thirty days after said return day (or within such other time as the Court upon motion may order), you must file a written affidavit of objections stating the specific facts and grounds upon which each objection is based and a copy shall be served upon the Conservator pursuant to Rule 3 of the Supplemental Rules of the Probate & Family Court.

You have the right to send to the conservator, by registered or certified mail, a written request to receive a copy of the Petition and account(s) at no cost to you.

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

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

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

Date: June 24, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate

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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS PROBATE COURT CASE NO. SU13P1901PM

91 Clay Street Quincy, MA 02170

To all persons interested in the estate of Virginia D. Nelson of Boston, in said County — a mentally ill person — a person under conversatorship.

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A petition has been presented to said Court for license to sell at — private sale — public auction — certain real estate of said Virginia D. Nelson for investment — and praying that the petitioner may become the purchaser of said real estate.

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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 24th day of July, 2014, the return day of this citation.

Witness, Joan P. Armstrong, Esquire, First Judge of said Court, this 24th day of June, 2014.

Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate

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