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Boys and irls Clubs of Boston Board Chair ana Smith and ayor artin alsh cut the ceremonial ribbon on the new attapan Teen Center Saturday. (Banner photo)

New teen center opens in former Mattapan library Yawu Miller When the new Mattapan Library opened its doors on Blue Hill Avenue in 2009, civic leaders in the neighborhood hailed the building as a vast improvement over its predecessor, a smaller, aging building that sat tucked away on a nearby side street.

Almost immediately, teens began flocking to the new library after school, stretching the capacity of the building, recalls neighbor David Lopes, a member of the Wellington Hill Neighborhood Association.

“We needed a place for kids to hang out,” he said. “We don’t want kids just out on the streets.”

A year ago, the Boys and Girls

Clubs of Boston stepped in to help meet the Mattapan teens’ needs, embarking on a $2.6 million renovation of the old library building that transformed it into a state of the art teen center.

Saturday, elected officials and neighborhood residents gathered at the Hazleton Street building to cut the ribbon on the new Mattapan Teen Center, which will serve an estimated 175 youths a day. The renovated space, which retained many of the neoclassical details from the original library building, has been updated with a performing arts space with seating for 75, a recording studio, a computer lab and a kitchen. The central feature is a a large, central lounge area with built-in high-backed couches,

which, as Mayor Martin Walsh noted, were in use Saturday.

“When you come through the front door, the first thing you see is young people talking to each other,” Walsh observed. “We need to create more great spaces like this.”

Beyond the lounge area, a fuchsia-colored wall perforated with rectangular transom windows stretches to the top of the barrel-vaulted roof. Beyond the wall is the performance space, with a small stage backed by a large Palladian window that splashed the small auditorium with late afternoon sunlight.

There Walsh, other city and state officials gathered to cut a teen center, continued to page 8

While there is no path to citizenship for the remaining 6 milLike many immigrants watch- lion undocumented immigrants, ing President Obama’s announce- Obama said he would scrap the ment on immigration reform, controversial Secure CommuniRenata Borges Teodoro had split ties program, which required local feelings. law enforcement agencies to detain “I know it’s going to help a lot immigrants after arrests for Immiof people, but it’s hard when you gration and Customs Enforcement know there are a lot of people officers. That program was part of being left behind,” she said. an enforcement push under the In Teodoro’s case, many of those Obama administration that led to people were in the same room at the deportation of more than 2 the offices of the Student Immi- million immigrants — more degration Movement of Massachu- portations than during any other setts, where she serves as Lead presidential administration.

Coordinator.

The Mas“ S o m e sachusetts people were “The ideal would be state police so excited and and mayors of wanted to call something that gives cities includtheir families,” people permits to ing Boston Teodoro said. and Somer“Others cried work and a path to ville have alright on the ready opted citizenship. There are spot. It’s really out of Secure a hard moment people who have lived Communities. for all of us.”

O b a m a ’s In what is here for most of their executive widely seen as lives.” order came an imperfect after years of — Torli Krua c o n g r e s s i o solution to the nation’s imminal wrangling gration probduring which lem, Obama used his executive Republican lawmakers blocked powers to grant temporary status Democratic proposals to proto as many as 4.4 million of the 11 vide amnesty for undocumented million immigrants said to be in immigrants. the United States without docuState Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry mentation, providing them with a said the executive order should be path to citizenship. seen as an initial step in a tough Among those eligible are people political environment. who came to the United States as “It’s going to be tough, going children under the age of 16 before into this new congressional ses2010, parents of U.S. citizens or sion,” she said. “There have been green card holders, spouses of a lot of changes. This was the way workers here on HB 1 visas, which for him to begin the conversation.” typically allow them to work in Obama’s executive order highhard-to-fill U.S. jobs and students lights the unequal nature of impursing degrees in technology, sci- migration reform. While during immigration, continued to page 7 ence and engineering.

ayor ni es proposed commission on blacks Sandra Larson City Council members reacted indignantly last week to Mayor Martin Walsh’s veto of a proposed new Commission on the Status of Black Men and Boys in Boston that District 7 Councilor Tito Jackson had been championing for the past 10 months.

The proposal, sponsored by Jackson and endorsed by the Council in unanimous votes last February and again in October, would establish a 21-person panel to advise the mayor on meeting the needs of males of

color from early childhood to adulthood. Jackson urged fellow members to keep up the fight.

“I’m disappointed today, and I ask that this body step forward and do the right thing,” Jackson said during the Council’s Nov. 19 meeting, in which Walsh’s Nov. 13 veto letter was formally received. “This is not a fight of politics; this is based on principle.

It was the right thing to do when we started in February, and it’s still the right thing, whether or not it is vetoed.” veto, continued to page 13

City Councilor Tito ackson argues for a proposed city Commission on the Status of Black en and Boys at the City Council s o . meeting. ayor alsh has etoed the proposal. (Banner photo)

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Stories from Roxbury’s elders evoke bygone era Sandra Larson Nine community elders stood up at the Dudley Branch Library one evening last week to tell the stories only they can tell. From multi-generational extended family dinners, to adventures in Paris and in the elegant jazz clubs of a bygone Boston, to a generation’s childhood games — Pick Up Sticks, Jacks, Red Rover —participants in the Roxbury Elder Storytelling Project plumbed their memories to illuminate past moments bitter and sweet.

Phyllis Janey told of 1950s Sunday afternoons at her grandmother’s large brownstone house in the South End, playing with her girl cousins while the adults were up front “talking about the South.”

Standing calm and poised before a seated audience, Janey described West Canton Street life at that time: the iceman who gave the kids chips of ice, the vegetable man selling collard greens and cabbage, and children gathering in the evening.

“In the summertime, the street would fill with children as soon as it started to get dark. We’d play hide-and-seek ... Red Rover ... 1-2-3 red-light, ” she recalled.

“I don’t know where all the kids would come from, but the street would just fill up.”

James Raynor has fond memories of family dinners on Walpole Street (now Saint Cyprian’s Place), where four generations gathered.

got up and told stories,” she said.

“What I told the group is, other people can come and write your story. Other people can record your story. But they cannot tell your story. You are the primary source.”

Some of the new “tellers” surprised Stephens by telling a different story at the event than she expected.

“Ultimately, it was their choice,” she said. “I gave them the tools and let them decide. I talked about props, and prompts. ... I felt confident that if I could get them in the room and get them to trust me, we would have a great show.”

And, the show went off without a hitch. All nine told their stories, and the evening’s audience included both old and young, from fellow elders and middle-aged sons and daughters to one participant’s 10-week-old great-granddaughter.

A group of middle school girls from the Dudley Library’s cooking class baked cookies for the event, and show included sets of live music by “The Phoenix Trio,” a string trio of local middle- and high school girls.

“Everybody loved it,” Stephens said. “One of the three little girls who made the cookies came up to me at the end and said, ‘I really liked the stories.’

I could have hugged that girl!

They sat all evening and listened to the stories.”

Stephens said her goal is always to make a program an inter-generational experience.

“A lot of times young people don’t have time to sit and listen to stories of elders — and elders don’t have opportunities to tell stories to their grandchildren. It’s just not a part of the American fabric anymore,” she said.

“This is something that’s lack- performer and storyteller and ing now,” he said. “It was a cornu- funded by a grant from the Felcopia of good will, happiness and lowes Athenaeum Trust Fund of food.” the Boston Public Library. Over Cicily O’Bryant recalled set- seven weeks, sessions were conting up countless “bean suppers” ducted at the Dudley Library by for an NAACP educational group Stephens and visual artist Ekua when her husband, the late John Holmes, who guided participants D. O’Bryant, was working to raise in creating memory collages. money for student scholarships.

Stephens said her role was not Others spoke of adventures, only to instruct the student-elders, first jobs and career dreams. drawing on her storytelling and Gerry Godding told tales of acting expertise, but to build trust late-night waitress shifts at the Hi and offer a safe environment.

Hat and the Pioneer after-hours “Different people had different club, including the heady experi- levels of insecurity, but they all ence of receiving a $100 tip from Sarah Vaughn.

As an inquisitive 4-year-old, Helen Greer Guilford’s visits to hospitals where her ill brother was being treated set her on the path to a career in nursing. In her story, a puzzled little girl asks endless questions, over time learning to distinguish nurses’ ranks by their blue or white dresses, black or white stockings, “funny little upside down caps” and capes. The little girl grew up, left home for nursing school in 1949 and is still working today.

The Roxbury Elder Storytelling Project was initiated and coor- Participants in the Roxbury Elder Storytelling Project stand together on stage after sharing their individual stories at the Dudley Library dinated by Valerie Ste- Nov. 20. (l-r) Helen Greer Guilford, James Raynor, Gerry Godding, Barbara Perryman, Mae Peeples, Aziza Bey, Cicily O’Bryant, Daniel Janey. phens, a longtime Boston Not shown: Phyllis Janey. (Photo by Michael Bryant Photography)

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City eyes Radius hospital to house detox programs Yawu Miller Last week, when Townsend Street resident Jed Hresko saw a sedan with the city’s Department of Public Health insignia parked in the lot next to the shuttered Radius Hospital, he knew there was something to the rumors the city was looking to house homeless people displaced from the Long Island shelter in Roxbury.

Messages flew back and forth on social media and Roxbury residents began calling officials in City Hall.

By Thursday, neighborhood residents got the whole story. The

and Interim Public Health Commissioner. “Whether the programs were sited at Radius or another site, we would be transporting people from a referral site to the program.

This would be a closed campus.”

The Radius Hospital facility, formerly the Jewish Memorial Hospital, would be used as a temporary replacement for the facilities that housed treatment beds at the city’s Long Island homeless shelter.

For years much of the city’s homeless population has used the facilities in Long Island, boarding buses from downtown Boston and Melnea Cass Boulevard to spend

of the overnight guests, the state’s chronic shortage of treatment beds has hit the city particularly hard, especially in light of what many describe as an ongoing heroin epidemic in Massachusetts.

Among the consequences of the Long Island closure is a profusion of homeless people in Dudley Square, many in need of substance abuse treatment and mental health counseling, according to Dudley Square Main Streets Executive Director

Joyce Stanley.

“It’s at least tripled,” she said.

“There are folks here all day. I came out of my office the other day and had somebody laying on the stairs.

At the same time, another man was passed out in Dudley Station.”

The persistence of inebriated and undomiciled men and women in the Dudley Square, as well as in and around the half-dozen so-called sober houses — state sanctioned, but largely unregulated and unsupervised rooming houses for ex-convicts who served time for drug or alcohol-related crimes — has left many in Roxbury wary of any efforts to accommodate more homeless people in the neighborhood.

“People do make decisions to buy property based on safety,” said Hresko, who lives a block away

from the Radius site. “For the city to come and put this here is going to upset a lot of people.”

“It’s a little different than a homeless shelter,” said Ward 12 Democratic Committee co-Chairwoman Victoria Williams. “It’s certainly something the community would want to meet with city officials and hear about. There has to be a community process before anyone signs on the dotted line.”

Nguyen said BPHC would work with community groups, the city’s Office of Neighborhood Services and local elected officials before coming to a decision on where to site the services. He said it will likely take between three and five years to re-build the bridge to Long Island.

“We’re looking for a longer-term temporary solution,” he said.

“There has to be a community process before anyone signs on the dotted line.”

— Victoria Williams

Boston Public Health Commission is considering the Radius site, and others, to relocate the 265 treatment beds for substance abuse recovery programs. Participants in the programs would be bused in and out from referral sites and be required to stay on the premises at all times.

“You can’t walk on or walk out of these programs,” said Huy Nguyen, BPHC Medical Director

the night at the shelter or checking in to one of the eight substance abuse treatment programs that operated there. On Oct. 7, engineers declared the bridge that spans from Quincy to Long Island unsafe, forcing many shelter occupants back on the streets.

Although temporary shelters, including one in a former South End fitness center, have absorbed many

T:10” at the former Radius Specialty Hospital building on Townsend Street as a possible temporary replacement City officials are looking site for in-patient and substance abuse treatment programs displaced from the Long Island shelter. (Banner photo)

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An unwarranted intrusion on parental rights The National Football League has no right to require the players of any team to refrain from spanking their children for discipline. It was shocking to learn that the NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has essentially ordered the Minnesota Vikings to fire their black running back Adrian Peterson for disciplining his son. Peterson used the corporal punishment he learned in his hardscrabble youth in Texas.

All parents have the responsibility to assure that their children do their chores, complete their homework and generally comply with parental directives. For parents of black children, especially boys, there is the additional necessity of protecting them from the dangers of the street. Neighborhood miscreants and biased police officers can create situations that damage the children’s future lives.

Parental concern is well founded. Gun homicides are the leading cause of death among black teens according to a report by the Children’s

Defense Fund. There was a total of 5,740 gun deaths of teens in 2008 and 2009. That amounts to one child or teen every three hours. And another 34,387 suffered non-fatal gun wounds.

A report published by USA TODAY on Nov. 18 found that at least 70 police departments across the country arrest black people at 10 times the rate of all others. Their study showed that 1,581 police departments across the country arrest blacks at a higher rate than what is normal in Ferguson, Mo. Black parents find it difficult to protect their children against these hazards. One tried and true strategy is corporal punishment to induce young boys to respect their parents’ wishes. The temporary discomfort of a spanking is a small price to pay for deterrence from the dangers of the streets.

Those opposed to corporal punishment will obviously object to spanking that is severe enough to be called child abuse, but they otherwise have no grounds to interfere with the family practice of spanking.

City must find a non-disruptive solution to homeless problem Thanksgiving is a terrible time to be homeless.

It is when family members gather and sustain one another with a loving spirit against life’s difficulties. In this season there is a human inclination to help those less fortunate.

Sometimes it’s not so easy to be helpful. The City of Boston provides a shelter for the homeless on Long Island, but now it is inaccessible.

Consequently, the city’s Department of Public Health must find other accommodations.

The problem is that the homeless are often not simply those lacking the funds for rent. Some are addicted to drugs or alcohol, and others have untreated mental difficulties. Consequently, the

Long Island homeless group is also unfortunately a social problem.

A singularly bad idea is to utilize the now closed Radius Hospital on Townsend Street in Roxbury. Shelters provide only a place to spend the night. Come dawn, 200 people would be disgorged into the residential community.

Such a plan would shatter the quality of life in a neighborhood that is battling to resolve its own problems.

Roxbury is not a dumping ground. It has already absorbed the “sober homes” on Washington Street and elsewhere. Roxbury residents oppose the Radius Hospital plan.

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Says CDC violated Process

Today’s Banner reads “Roxbury residents irked by developer’s changes to Bartlett Place.” When I was making my statement at the RSMPOC meeting, “irked” wasn’t the word that came to mind. It was “betrayed!”

Given that David Price said this was a starting discussion regarding the addition of a new school at Monday’s meeting, that statement was disingenuous, knowing that the discussion really started in March of this year!

Nuestra has compounded existing issues of trust in the community and I’m not sure how that trust will be restored. We don’t condone begging for forgiveness after the fact, when you had no intention of asking permission in the first place!

Nuestra has circumvented the process by not continually engaging the community, the oversight committee, or the Bartlett Yard PRC with the kind of transparent updates that keep each informed. Is that really the kind of partner this community deserves?

Who’s being served here, Nuestra or the community?

According the new plan that now

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first phase of development at Bartlett.

Nuestra was sternly warned about this by the BRA board and community and has ignored this warning.

Doesn’t this just prove Nuestra is it for themselves and not for the community?

Will the role of Nuestra CDC be expanding or shrinking in Roxbury in the coming years? Shrinking is an indication that our neighborhood is stabilizing and is better equipped to stand on its own two feet, while an expanding role indicates stabilization work remains. Ideally, stabilization abates the need for any CDC involvement! That should be the model, shouldn’t it?

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OPINION Juror bias the biggest barrier to indicting Wilson and cops who kill

What are you thankful for?

Earl Ofari Hutchinson If, as seems likely, the St. Louis County Grand Jury refuses to indict Ferguson cop Darren Wilson for slaying Michael Brown it won’t be solely because of a weak, ineffectual, half-hearted, and highly selective presentation of evidence by the County prosecutor. It won’t be because of massive counter pressure from Ferguson police and city officials, and police unions nationally to see that Wilson walks, either. The biggest barrier to getting an indictment of Wilson and cops who kill unarmed suspects is the glaring racial and pro-police bias that deeply plagues the jury system, and that includes grand jurors.

One study of grand jury actions against officers accused of deadly force found that indictments against them are almost non-existent. In Dallas, grand juries reviewed 81 shootings involving 175 officers from 2008 to 2012. Yet only one police officer was indicted. In Chicago only one police officer has been charged in an on-duty shooting since 2007. Grand jury indictments of police officers are so rare that when grand juries in North Carolina this year indicted two cops in two separate shootings of in each instance a black male, it made national news.

The typical grand jury consists of 16 to 23 jurors and those jurors are not screened for overt or hidden racial, gender, sexual preference or religious bias. This is far different from criminal court juries. Prospective jurors, particularly in racially tinged capital cases, are sharply challenged by both prosecutors and defense attorneys through oral examination, the use of lengthy questionnaires, and profiles, to root out hidden animus, especially racial animus. The scrutiny of jurors for bias is even more intense when the accused is a police officer and the victim is a young African-American male.

But even then, it’s nearly impossible to ferret out hidden and overt racial bias. Two Penn State University studies on racial perceptions and stereotypes, one in 2003 and a follow-up study in 2008, found that many whites are likely to associate pictures of blacks with violent crimes, and in some cases where It’s an uphill battle to crimes were not committed by blacks they misidentified the per- overcome both pro-police petrator as an African-American. attitudes and negative In a Gallup survey in June, 2014 racial stereotypes. that measured overall confidence in police, the police topped out among the three highest-rated institutions out of 17 tested in terms of public confidence, behind only the military and small business.

Despite overwhelming evidence that police do profile minorities, lie, cheat, and even commit crimes, jurors still are far more likely to believe the testimony of police and prosecution witnesses than witnesses, defendants, or even the victims, especially minority victims. The bias is further reinforced by pro forma instructions that grand jurors are given on how to judge the actions of a police officer who kills. They are told to always view the decision an officer makes to use deadly force through his or her eyes. The jurors in effect are challenged to put themselves in the officer’s shoes when confronted with a supposed potentially life-threatening situation. Was the amount of force used reasonable and necessary to protect their life? Ray Hunt, president of the Houston Police Officers’ Union, drove that point home. He noted that grand jurors empathize with police officers who face life-and-death situations, even if the suspect who is shot does not display a weapon. This is amply borne out in the not surprising fact that even though more than a quarter of the 121 civilians Houston Police Department officers shot in the past five years were unarmed, in the past decade no Houston police officer has been charged in any of the shootings.

It’s an uphill battle to overcome both pro-police attitudes and negative racial stereotypes. Stanford University researchers recently found that even when many whites are presented with evidence that the criminal justice system is loaded with racial bias toward blacks they are more likely to support tough, draconian laws such as three strikes, tough sentencing and increased incarceration.

There are three blacks on the Ferguson grand jury that will decide the fate of Wilson. The presumption is often that having blacks on a grand jury will render them likely to be more willing to be more skeptical about the evidence, witness testimony and the officer’s motives in using deadly force. That may or may not be the case. The evidence that these jurors receive from a prosecutor is no different than that given to the other jurors. If that evidence is selective, and heavily weighted toward the officer, than there’s little likelihood that they will buck the prosecutor or other jurors and dispute the decision to exonerate an officer.

Wilson will likely skip away scot-free and if he does it won’t be because of police clamor for him or a biased prosecutor. It will be because of the bias of the jurors that make up a deeply flawed grand jury system.

Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst.

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I’m thankful for everything. For just being alive.

Barbara Byrd Retired Dorchester

I thank God for being alive.

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That I’m alive. That I woke up this morning.

Education. It’s important.

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My friends and family. And my job, of course.

I’m thankful for having God in my life. I have hope for the future because of my faith.

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Wayne Ysaguirre

Wayne Ysaguirre, president and CEO of Nurtury, has been awarded a fellowship from the Barr Foundation in recognition of his extraordinary contributions to Greater Boston’s children and families in need.

Ysaguirre is a Roxbury resident.

Four times since 2005, Barr has named a class of twelve fellows, making a long-term commitment to each of them and facilitating their connections with one another.

Fellows are selected for their outstanding contribution to Boston and their potential to drive positive change for years to come.

“The Barr Fellowship extends from the Foundation’s commitment to invest in effective, visionary, and collaborative leaders,” says Jim Canales, president of the Barr Foundation. “Barr Fellows are leaders who motivate others, drive change, and produce results.

We couldn’t be more pleased to introduce the 2015 class of Barr Fellows.”

Ysaguirre has served Nurtury

in many roles for over 18 years, starting out as a teacher, and most recently leading Nurtury through a $17.1 million capital campaign to develop, create, and finance the innovative Nurtury Learning Lab in Bromley-Heath Public Housing Development. Nurtury’s mission is to give Greater Boston’s youngest children in need, birth to age five, the opportunity to reach their full potential by investing in school readiness, promoting healthy development, and strengthening families.

“The board of directors and I were very excited to hear of Wayne’s appointment to the fellowship,” says Gayle Slattery, chair of Nurtury’s board. “He is a very talented and innovative leader and we believe that he, Nurtury, and the other fellows will benefit from participation in the prestigious fellowship program.”

The Barr Fellowship includes a three-month sabbatical, the opportunity for global travel, and lead-

ership retreats over three years.

Fellows’ organizations also receive financial support to ensure effective interim management during a Fellow’s sabbatical, to promote organizational development, and for mentoring of emerging leadership.

Founded in 1997, the Boston-based Barr Foundation is one of the largest private foundations in New England, with grantmaking focused on providing quality education, mitigating climate change, and enhancing cultural vitality.

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Celebrate the holidays in Dudley Square Enjoy art, kids events, and special business events in Dudley Square during the month of December. In addition to a Dec. 6 kids’ party and tree lighting at the Dudley Library, there will be events including new owners recreating long term Dudley businesses, a collectible doll and art pop-up shop, and some computer giveaways in stores.

Some of the highlights are: • For middle and high school kids, a spoken word evening at the Haley House Cafe on December 5.

• On December 5, Dr. Earle Williams will be doing a book signing and talk on his book at the Dudley Library, jointly sponsored by A Nubian Notion. This former Roxbury resident chronicles some of the hard times he had on the streets of Roxbury, only to later become a doctor of psychology and forensic science in his own private practice, for Virginia TV stations and as a lecturer at universities.

• Since Dudley is becoming an education and innovation district, there will be a hands-on tech day where youth can come, fabricate and touch technology on Dec. 13.

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much of the 20th century, federal quotas severely limited immigration from African, Asian and Latin American countries and favored the majority white populations of European countries, the current immigration system gives more preference to education and skill level. Nevertheless, inequalities persist for different nationalities.

Cubans who have families in the United States are able to obtain visas and immigrate to the U.S., while Haitians with families here have remained in limbo.

An estimated 110,000 Haitians who have family reunification visas that were approved by the Department of Homeland Security have remained on wait lists for as long as 12 years.

Dorcena Forry said she was hopeful the Obama administration would help expedite the Haitian family reunification program.

Many Liberians who were stranded in the U.S. when their nation became engulfed in a bloody civil war depend on the yearly renewal of their Deferred Enforcement Departure ruling, which allows them to work in the U.S.

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• Also on Dec. 13, there will be a Best Sandwich contest where restaurants let customers and the community decide the winner.

• The Black Gold Doll Club of New England and local artists will have a pop-up art and collectible doll sale on Dec. 6.

• Tropical Foods will be raffling a holiday dinner every Friday.

These events are designed to appeal to the variety of ages and cultures that populate Dudley and the surrounding districts. Dudley merchants want to engage the community in community events and thank them for continuing shop locally.

Dorchester House awarded $12,500 to support food pantry operations The Dorchester House Multi-Service Center was recently awarded $12,500 in grants from Partners HealthCare and Project Bread to support its food pantry operations and food security in the community. Dorchester House works to provide “It’s just a temporary work permit,” says Torli Krua, founder of the Universal Human Rights International nonprofit that advocates on behalf of West African immigrants. “You work, you pay taxes. You live here.”

But those Liberians, many of whom have been in the U.S. since the early 1990s, have no legal grounds to apply for citizenship and live with the understanding that they could be deported if the Deferred Enforcement Departure ruling is not renewed.

“The ideal would be something that gives people permits to work and a path to citizenship,” Krua said. “There are people who have lived here for most of their lives.”

And in 2012 children who came to the United States before 2007 and grew up here without documentation were granted temporary status through the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which Teodoro took advantage of.

But most of her family members were deported, and will not likely benefit from any program advanced by Obama or anyone else in the federal government.

“Deported people are the last thing on anyone’s mind,” Teodoro said. “I know when I’m fighting for immigration reform it won’t benefit me directly.”

support to local individuals and families by providing food resource services.

“These generous grants from Partners HealthCare and Project Bread enable us to continue our goal of providing services to individuals who are facing hardships in the community,” said Dorchester House President and CEO Walter Ramos.

With the grants, Dorchester House will be able to help alleviate hunger in its patient population through two major strategies.

Partners’ donation will support a voucher program for the health center’s food pantry clients. In the summer of 2015, vouchers in the amount of $10 will be distributed to each food pantry client family to be redeemed at the Dorchester House Farmers’ Market.

This will facilitate access to fresh produce and fish, as well as supporting local farmers that provide the goods that are sold at the weekly market.

The Dorchester House farmers’ market, though small and only open 2 hours per week over 14 weeks, reported one of the highest numbers of SNAP/EBT sales in the city. On average, our farmers’ market provides 50 types of fish and produce to 100 customers per day.

In addition, Project Bread has awarded funding to support their food pantry operations. Dorchester House’s food pantry has been operating for over 20 years and services 1,400-1,500 individuals a month. In 2013, the Dorchester House Food Pantry distributed

Real estate developer Anthony Richardson (right) distributed 125 Thanksgiving turkeys at Franklin Park Saturday. Douglas West (left), who received one of the turkeys, stayed on to help with the distribution.

almost 255,000 pounds of food to clients living in Dorchester.

The Project Bread grant will also support the health center’s case managers in helping patients apply for SNAP (food stamp) benefits and connecting patients to food resources while awaiting benefits to commence.

“The goal of Dorchester House’s hunger prevention activities is to screen all patients for

food security and then develop an action plan with patients that directly connect them to the appropriate resources,” explained Michelle Nadow, chief administrative officer at Dorchester House.

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ceremonial ribbon on the center and took in a performance from a teen group calling themselves the Mattapan Teen Center Stomp Crew.

Five years after the new library branch opened, Mattapan is undergoing significant changes, including the construction of a new Fairmount Line commuter rail station and the planned re-development of the site of the former Cody Ford dealership on Cummings Highway.

“Everything is falling into

place,” said state Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry. “There are a lot of new opportunities for Mattapan residents.”

Other officials at the ribbon cutting included state representatives Russell Holmes and Dan Cullinane, city councilors Ayanna Pressley, Charles Yancey and Tim McCarthy and Chelsea City Manager Jay Ash, whom Governor-elect Charlie Baker appointed head of the state’s housing and economic development entity.

Boys and Girls Club CEO Josh Kraft said the Boys and Girls Club became interested in developing a site in Mattapan after they conducted a study four years ago and

found that the neighborhood teens were underserved.

“There wasn’t an abundance of youth programs here,” he said.

“We responded to the request for proposals. We saw that we could serve teens here.”

Kraft noted that 87 percent of the construction workers on the renovation project were people of color, and 85 percent of the subcontractors were minority-owned business. Boston residents made up 65 percent of the workforce.

In addition to the $2.6 million build-out, the Boys and Girls Club invested another $2.5 million in an

endowment to run programs at the center.

“We’re making a compact that we will be here every day for these kids,” said Dana Smith board chairwoman of Boys and Girls Clubs of Boston. It’s a commitment that stretches across generations.”

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Middle class struggles to preserve retirement security Pamela Yip It’s no secret that retirement security is eroding for many Americans.

“Half of today’s working-age households are unlikely to have enough resources to maintain their standard of living once they retire,” according to the National Retirement Risk Index, compiled

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That conclusion is based on very conservative assumptions, according to the index, which measures the share of working-age American households at risk of being unable to maintain their pre-retirement standard of living in retirement.

“The only way out of this box is for people to save more and/or work longer,” the center said.

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He spoke at a session on eroding retirement security at this year’s Annual Scientific Meeting of the Gerontological Society of America,

which brought together the world’s foremost experts on aging.

“Most Americans haven’t experienced significant wage increases for the past 15 or 20 years or so, where health care costs keep going up, where pension coverage is less secure, where the near collapse of our economy was tied to the collapse of housing prices, so that the equity people have in their homes is less,” said Kingson, also a professor at Syracuse University’s Aging Studies Institute.

Many workers are also dealing with the pressures of caregiving, which reduces their income if they take time off to care for their loved one, he said.

“We talk about the primacy and the importance of the care that families give,” but the U.S. is one of the few nations that don’t “have some paid leave for caring for a relative or caring for one’s self,” Kingson said.

It’s critical to preserve and expand Social Security because future generations will need it more than ever, said Nancy Altman, Kingson’s co-director at Social Security Works. They also coauthored the new book, Social Security Works!: Why Social Security Isn’t Going Broke and How Expanding It Will Help Us All (New Press, January 2015).

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There’s a bigger picture to all this.

Income security is a key component of whether people consider themselves middle-class, saidDonald L. Redfoot, senior strategic policy adviser at the AARP Public Policy Institute, who also spoke at the session.

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The increasingly elusive nature of middle-class security can best be illustrated by housing and health care, Redfoot said.

Housing-related expenses — at more than 40 percent — are the biggest expenditures among older adults, he said.

“The Middle Class Security Project found that this basic element of security was eroding as the percentage of 50-plus households who own their homes free and clear declined from 40 to 36 percent [from 2000 to 2009],” Redfoot said.

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What’s more, many workers are facing onerous medical bills, and workers are shouldering

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In addition, workers 50-plus are three times as likely to report a disability.

“A secure middle-class retirement takes a lifetime to build,” Redfoot said. “Events along the way can enable or derail security.”

Pamela Yip, Dallas Morning News aging-issues columnist, wrote this article supported by a Journalists in Aging Fellowship, a collaboration of New America Media and the Gerontological Society of America, sponsored by the Silver Century Foundation.

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Carlos Mencia’s y d e m o on c e f i l d n a

n s p ew e t pe r ec

Colette Greenstein

“I started doing stand-up be because I love making people laugh,” says comedian and actor Carlos Mencia in a recent interview with the Banner. Mencia was born in Honduras, the 17th of 18 children. His parents sent him to the United States when he was about three months old to be raised by his aunt and uncle who were living in a Los Angeles housing project. In his early teens, Mencia moved back home to Honduras because his family didn’t want him getting caught up in gang life in East Los Angeles.

Upon returning to the states, Mencia was promoted to the tenth grade at Garfield High School.

“I was always going to be the kid that went to college to better me and my family in that respect.

I was always a straight ‘A’ student. I was going to get a degree in chemical engineering. A path was written for me,” said Mencia.

His parents expected him to be an engineer, but Mencia had other ideas.

His stand-up career began when he took the stage at an amateur night at the Laugh Factory in Los Angeles. After becoming a regular on the LA comedy circuit, he later landed several gigs on the TV shows Moesha, The Arsenio Hall Show, and In Living Color. Once his parents saw him on television performing stand-up they understood that comedy was what he wanted to do with his life.

In 2002, Mencia headlined “The Three Amigos” tour with fellow comics Freddy Soto and Pablo Francisco, and three years later in 2005, Mencia hosted his own sketch/comedy series on Comedy Central called Mind of Mencia. After Mind of Mencia ended its four-year run, Carlos appeared in three back-toback stand-up comedy specials from 2005 to 2007.

Mencia was open about his time spent out of the public eye. It gave him pause to be reflective.

“I also needed to grow after the Mind of Mencia, go through all the trials and tribulations that I did

as a comedian,” he said. “You know, having seen a friend of mine, Richard Jeni, and Robin [Williams] pass the way they did and taking themselves so seriously in a way. I just had to go through that darkness myself and come out not angry and not vicious and not resentful towards friends or other comedians. I didn’t want to be an angry, resentful comedian, and I’ve seen many. It’s something I didn’t want to do. I needed that transformation for myself.”

His love for stand-up is what brought Mencia back out on the road.

“I realized that there’s nobody out there that does what I do,” he said. “I don’t do what anybody else does. I think in life, standup was never anything I wanted to run away from. I love doing stand-up. I love doing movies.

I love doing TV. But, stand-up wasn’t a vehicle to get to those other places.

Those other places are fun to be in.

They’re interesting … but there’s only once place where I’m actor, director, producer, writer.”

Currently traveling around the country on his C 4 Urself Tour, Mencia is known for not shying away from controversial topics like race and politics.

He’ll be giving his unique perspective on everything from Ebola to current events in his upcoming show at The Wilbur.

“I feel like in America today there’s a lot of static,” he said. “The static seems to separate us more than it does to unify us. The one thing that I can do is make people laugh and at the same time make all of us closer through laughter.”

Carlos Mencia and his C 4 Urself Tour land at The Wilbur this Friday, Nov. 28 at 7:30 p.m.

Tickets: $29; www.ticketmaster. com.

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Area 4, Bogie’s Place serve up simple, delicious food their “secret pizza” and you’ll be happily surprised by the combination of ingredients created by the chef that day.

With a menu that offers everything from a soup of the day to garlic knots with red sauce and pecorino cheese, to their Kitchen Sink Salad filled to the brim with an array of colorful vegetables, to Mac & Cheese with croissant crumb topping and bacon, if your stomach so desires, you can’t go wrong with dining at Area 4.

Plus, you’ll find it’s the perfect place to dine for lunch or dinner with friends in a laid-back and casual atmosphere over generous portions of food. The interior of the restaurant is open and airy, filled with long communal tables that add to the shared experience of food. Area 4 is easily accessible from the Kendall Square T stop, by car or by foot.

Over the Mass. Avenue bridge and into the heart of downtown Boston is a restaurant that offers good, simple food and cocktails.

Tucked away inside JM Curley on Temple Place is a hidden gem called Bogie’s Place that hearkens back to the speakeasies of the 1920s.

Billed as a place for “adults only,” Bogie’s Place boasts an intimate seating for approximately

15 people over tables bathed in candlelight.

The menu leans heavily towards the meat lover with offerings of ribeye, a New York strip, grass fed beef tenderloin and lemon-herb roasted half chicken. If you have a desire for comfort food, then the side of smashed bay new potatoes made with butter, sour cream, scallions, and North Country bacon should satisfy your craving, and if lighter fare is your preference, you can’t wrong with the wedge salad, the roasted mushrooms or the colorful roasted pearl tomatoes.

If you haven’t been to Bogie’s Place make sure to add it to your list. It’s a warm, inviting, and comfortable spot for couples or a small group of friends to get together, have great conversation, and feast on good food.

endall S uare s rea offers wood-fired pi a in a casual atmosphere.

Colette Greenstein From Area 4 in Kendall Square to Bogie’s Place in downtown Boston, Cambridge and Boston’s bursting culinary scene offers a vast array of options for every palate taste.

Located off of Main Street in the hub of Technology Square, Area 4 is touted for their wood-fire and just simply delicious pizzas.

Topped with a variety of ingredients from pepperoni, sausage and mushrooms to fontina cheese, sopressata, and clam sauce, Area 4 offers a slice for every taste bud.

For meat lovers, you can’t go wrong with the A4 Sausage and Banana Pickled Peppers, which includes mozzarella, tomato, pecorino and parsley, and of course the main ingredient, sausage. If you’re really adventurous, order

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Cicely Tyson, Arthur French and Jurnee Smollett-Bell in “The Trip to Bountiful,” presented by ArtsEmerson: The World On Stage through December 7 at the Emerson/Cutler Majestic Theatre. (Photo courtesy of ArtsEmerson)

Cicely Tyson’s ‘Bountiful’ performance a delight Susan Saccoccia As delicate and strong as the actor in its lead role, Cicely Tyson, the wondrous Broadway production of Horton Foote’s classic American play, The Trip to Bountiful is on stage through December 7 at the Emerson/ Cutler Majestic Theatre in Boston.

Presented by ArtsEmerson: The World On Stage, the production, in Boston for its only East Coast engagement, also features Blair Underwood and Vanessa Williams.

But its heart is Tyson, 80, in her role as Mrs. Carrie Watts, who is determined against all odds to fulfill her dream — to make one last visit to her rural hometown, Bountiful, Texas.

In her tiny, bird-like body, Tyson embodies the fragility and strength of Mrs. Watts. Accompanied by a superb cast, including not only actors with star wattage but also a fine six-member ensemble, she is both a precarious and powerful presence. Just as she might be expected to collapse from the obstacles that come her way, she surges with renewed

strength, with a song or dance to rouse spirits. Portraying a woman who is fierce in will and fragile in body, Tyson’s performance celebrates the risks and power of acting itself.

In gentle, profound plays set in his Texas hometown, revered playwright Horton Foote chronicled the lives of ordinary people.

The Trip to Bountiful debuted in 1953 as a live television drama starring Lillian Gish and Eva Marie Saint. Three decades later, in 1985, the film version starred Geraldine Page, who won an Oscar as best actress. After seeing the movie, Tyson told her agent that her dream was to complete her career with such a part.

Nearly three decades later she fulfilled her wish.

In 2013, Tyson returned to Broadway after a 30-year hiatus as Carrie Watts and received Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards for Best Actress in a Play.

Her achievement crowns her long career portraying a host of courageous women, including her landmark lead role in the 1974 TV movie, The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,

which won two Emmy Awards.

As Carrie Watts, Tyson delivers the thrill of watching a great actress in the role of a lifetime.

The Trip to Bountiful has a simple plot that turns on the determination of Mrs. Watts to un-

Transferring his Broadway production intact, Michael Wilson directs the Boston staging with sets by Jeff Cowie, costumes by Van Broughton Ramsey and lighting by Rui Rita. Sharing an umber palette, the period sets and costumes evoke an era when gentlemen wore jackets and ladies were attired in demure but stylish hats and dresses.

With one intermission, the two-hour production unfolds as a series of scenes, each an episode bringing Mrs. Watts closer to Bountiful. Sets are works of stage magic, conjuring a cramped apartment, a bus station suggesting the wider world, an intimate seat for two in the back of a bus (acknowledging segregated seating) suspended in a starry night sky, a cozy local bus station, and finally, a Monet-like landscape with a dilapidated house that is overgrown with brambles and family memories.

The play opens in the jampacked apartment in Houston that Mrs. Watts shares with her dutiful son Ludie (Underwood) and hellish daughter-in-law Jessie Mae (Williams). Ludie is summoning the courage to ask his employer for a raise and trying to keep the peace between these dueling women. An agile Tyson shows the frisky and wily side of her character — leaping with glee and dashing around when Ludie and Jessie Mae look the other way but mugging a slow hobbling walk when they watch her.

She survives Jessie Mae’s

Portraying a woman who is fierce in will and fragile in body, Tyson’s performance celebrates the risks and power of acting itself.

dertake her journey to Bountiful, and her succession of encounters with people along the way, each a stirring give-and-take.

harshness by assorted games, including hide-and-seek. Keeping her pension check out of Jessie Mae’s reach, she also hides her

strength and her dream of escape.

The play and the fullness of her character truly take off when, her pension check packed in her purse, Mrs. Watts sets out for Bountiful.

When they realize she is missing, a worried Ludie and seething Jessie Mae pick up her trail at the city bus station, where they learn she has headed for Bountiful. Observing the fraught couple are passengers in the waiting room, couples and single travelers dressed for travel. Like a Greek chorus of citizens, they are appalled at the brassy behavior of Jessie Mae. Among them is Thelma, a caring and wise young woman who befriends Mrs. Watts and accompanies her on the bus to the next town. Jurnee Smollett-Bell is genuine in the role. Like Mrs. Watts, we are reluctant to part ways with her when she reaches her destination.

Presiding at the local bus station is Roy, a ticket master with a kind soul and the bearded aspect of a Biblical sage. Arthur French is a natural as Roy, who informs Carrie of her town’s losses and the deaths of long-time friends and neighbors.

Mrs. Watts collapses when she hears the news but then springs up, enlisting Thelma and Roy in singing and dancing as she rouses her spirits and resolve. She will sleep on a bench in the darkened station and seek a ride to Bountiful the next morning.

Meanwhile, the town sheriff arrives and arranges for Ludie to come and pick up his mother.

Yet Mrs. Watts persuades him that she cannot return to Houston without fulfilling her dream.

Devon Abner is utterly convincing as the button-down sheriff whose compassion makes all the difference.

Meeting at Bountiful, Mrs. Watts, Ludie and even Jessie Mae come to see each other anew.

Ludie begins to take charge, telling his wife, “We have to live together. Live together in peace.”

An acidic daughter-in-law gains a measure of respect for others.

Tyson’s Mrs. Watts draws all into her journey to Bountiful, including us.

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Councilor-at-Large Ayanna Pressley noted that given recent troubling reports on the state of black and Latino males, including one detailing opportunity and achievement gaps in the Boston Public Schools, it’s all the more important to expand efforts in this area.

“It seems irresponsible and derelict for us, in the wake of these reports, to not want to advance this commission. The problem is so great we need to commit more minds to this, not fewer,” she said.

“We need an effort that is going to stand no matter who is the mayor and who is the president.”

In his veto letter, Walsh expressed support for the mission of furthering the success of men of color, but said the commission would “duplicate and complicate” existing efforts. The Mayor’s Office recently

created a My Brother’s Keeper Advisory Committee, a local version of President Obama’s initiative.

Walsh also cited a technical issue, indicating the proposal overstepped the council’s authority by including council approval of members, putting it “in tension with” a City Charter requirement that members of city boards are to be appointed by the mayor without council confirmation.

Jackson began work on his proposed commission before President Obama’s announcement of the national My Brother’s Keeper effort last February.

District 4 Councilor Charles Yancey joined Jackson in decrying the mayor’s action.

“The administration has had many opportunities to weigh in and could have resolved any concerns before we took a vote,” he said. “I look forward to the vote to override this veto. This body has to stand up for what it believes in.”

District 6 Councilor Matt

LEGAL NOTICE

O’Malley also rose to express disappointment, saying the veto “runs counter to a spirit of collaboration and cooperation.” Noting that the commission members would be unpaid volunteers, O’Malley added, “It certainly seems to suggest that there isn’t a need to do more, to use every tool and every resource [in these serious issues].”

After discussion of the veto, the commission proposal was assigned to the Committee on Government Operations, chaired by Councilor Michael Flaherty, for possible further action. A spokesperson in Flaherty’s office noted that Flaherty “very much supported” the commission proposal, but said it was still unknown when or if a vote on overriding the veto would be scheduled.

In the meantime, the city continues to move forward with the My Brother’s Keeper initiative.

City of Boston Health and Human Services Chief Felix Arroyo, who co-chairs the My

to large airport-related experience shall be provided);

REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

(6) Current level of work with the Authority, and

The MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY (Authority) is soliciting consulting services for MPA CONTRACT NO. AP1518, STORMWATER PERMIT COMPLIANCE SERVICES – LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, TERM ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANT CONTRACT.

(7) Past performance with the Authority, if any.

The scope of work will consist of assisting Massport with its Logan International Airport stormwater permit compliance program pertaining to the current National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) individual permit (MA0000787) that currently has twenty-two (22) co-permittees.

Consultant services will entail 1) all aspects associated with the NPDES permit renewal process including agency negotiations and responses to requests for information; 2) permit compliance management and technical support; 3) engineering design services that may be required during airport capital programs construction/improvement projects; and 4) any other related task that may arise. The total contract amount will be $1,400,000 which will be assigned on a work order basis.

The scope of work will include, but not limited to, the following: 1) Permit renewal: a) evaluate stormwater management and corresponding water quality criteria pertaining to aircraft and pavement deicing; b) conduct calibrated stormwater flow modeling to ascertain stormwater effluent flows and water quality at its various Boston Harbor outfalls; c) assess potential bacterial levels in stormwater effluent; and d) assist in preparation of response letters, requests for information, and meetings with regulatory agencies; 2) Permit compliance management and technical support: a) conduct monthly dry and wet weather outfall sampling which includes primary and airfield outfalls that discharge to Boston Harbor; b) prepare agency data reporting; c) conduct stormwater pollution plan (SWPPP) annual reviews and updates; d) prepare SWPPP training updates; e) perform quarterly comprehensive SWPPP inspections; f) implement sampling and analysis programs necessary to assess potential stormwater impacts including those associated with pavement and aircraft deicing; g) conduct video and dye-testing to assess integrity of storm drainage systems; 3) Environmental engineering design services: a) conduct analysis of new regulations and determine applicability to Massport airport operations and new capital project construction; b) analyze and design infrastructure enhancements for reducing aircraft and pavement deicer chemicals in stormwater; c) review bid documents for construction projects; d) performs analyses, problem-solving, and engineering design services related to pollution control, stormwater treatment, and/or facility Best Management Practices (BMPs); 4) Other stormwater and water quality related tasks that may arise.

The Authority expects to select one consultant, however, the Authority reserves the right to select more than one consultant if deemed in its best interest to do so. The total contract amount is not guaranteed but the Consultant’s total fee shall not exceed One Million, Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,400,000) for a term of five (5) years, or until the contract amount is expended. If more than one consultant is selected, each consultant will be issued a contract in a collective amount not to exceed One Million, Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,400,000).

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. 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.

The Authority may reject any application if any of the required information is not provided: Cover Letter, Insurance Requirements, Litigation and Legal proceedings, SF330 Part IIs for the Prime and every sub-consultant.

The submission shall be evaluated on the basis of:

Brother’s Keeper Boston Advisory Committee with Economic Chief John Barros, declined to comment on whether Jackson’s proposed commission should proceed.

“What I can say is, the mayor is taking this very seriously and has asked myself and John [Barros] to produce results,” Arroyo said in a brief phone interview. “We’ve tried very hard to be inclusive of our colleagues in city government as well.

We’re trying our very best to be as inclusive and open as possible. The solution has to be holistic.”

My Brother’s Keeper is led by city officials and divided into subcommittees that include community leaders, business leaders, and clergy, Arroyo said, noting that Councilor Jackson is also a member. The subcommittees formalized so far are Education, led by Education Chief Rahn Dorsey; Economic Development, led by Economic Development Chief John Barros; Public Safety, co-led by Suffolk Assistant

The Designer Selection Panel process will involve a two-step process including the shortlisting of a minimum of three firms based on its evaluation of the Statements of Qualifications received in response to this solicitation, followed immediately by a final selection of the consultant(s) by the Authority.

By responding to this solicitation, consultants agree to accept the terms and conditions of Massport’s standard work order agreement, a copy of which 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 and comprehensive automobile liability insurance coverage for bodily injury and property damage in an amount not less than $10 million. 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 (8½” x 11”) with 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 including field staff 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 three (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 two (2) sheets (4 pages) of other relevant material not including a two (2) page maximum 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 Thursday, January 8, 2015 at the Massachusetts Port Authority, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, Suite 209S, Logan International Airport, East Boston, MA 02128-2909. Any submission that is not received in a timely manner will 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.

The procurement process for these services will proceed according to the following anticipated schedule: EVENT DATE/TIME Solicitation: Release Date

November 26, 2014

Deadline for submission of written questions

December 8, 2014

Official answers published (Estimated)

December 12, 2014

Solicitation: Close Date / Submission Deadline

January 8, 2015

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 COMMBUYS (www.commbuys.com) in the listings for this project.

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

(1) Current relevant experience and knowledge of each team member (including field staff) for stormwater environmental consultant projects that are comparable in value, complexity and relevance (large airports with complex airfield systems engaged in substantial deicing activities and abutting marine environments);

Opportunity Laws and Regulations, DBE Regulations, Buy America and other Federal and State Laws and regulations as required. All Offerors will be required to certify that they are not on the Comptroller General’s List of Ineligible Contractors.

This project is Federally funded.

Bid Documents and Specifications and other pertinent information may be obtained from the online Materials Procurement Advertisement website. The system gives all vendors the opportunity to download an electronic copy of the Invitation for Bid (IFB) and any addendums. Please use the following link to register: http://www.mbta.com/BCRegister This is a low-bid procurement. Sealed bids in strict compliance with the Specifications and Invitation for Bids are to be submitted on the form(s) provided and/ or stipulated in the bid documents, and are to be received in the Materials Management Office by 2:00pm (Eastern Time), on Tuesday January 28, 2015 to be eligible for consideration. A Pre-bid Conference will be held on Tuesday December 2, 2014 at 10:00 am, at the Vehicle Engineering Department Conference Room, located at 80 Broadway, Second Floor, and Everett, MA 02149. Attendance is optional. A vehicle inspection will follow. Please refer to Section A of the bid documents for more information.

The Authority reserves the right to reject any or all proposal(s), to waive minor irregularities, or to advertise for new offers, as may be deemed to be in the best interest of the Authority.

Frank DePaola Acting Secretary and CEO

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

MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY TRANSPORTATION BUILDING 100 SUMMER STREET BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02116-3975 NOTICE TO BIDDERS Electronic proposals for the following project will be received through the internet using Bid Express until the date and time stated below, and will be posted on www.bidx.com forthwith after the bid submission deadline. No paper copies of bids will be accepted. Bidders must have a valid digital ID issued by the Authority in order to bid on projects. Bidders need to apply for a digital ID with Bid Express at least 14 days prior to a scheduled bid opening date.

Electronic bids for MBTA Contract No. C72CN02, WORCESTER COMMUTER RAIL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, RAIL DE-STRESSING, BOSTON TO FRAMINGHAM, MA, (CLASS 1, GENERAL TRANSIT CONSTRUCTION, and CLASS 3, TRACK WORK, PROJECT VALUE - $2,435,000, can be submitted at www.bidx.com until two o’clock (2:00 p.m.) on December 16, 2014.

Immediately thereafter, in a designated room, the Bids will be opened and read publicly.

Work on the Worcester Line will consist of rail de-stressing operations on Track 2 between CP3 in Alston and CP21 in Framingham. The work shall be performed continuous during weekday midday working hours and weekends until all work is complete and shall be done segmentally between interlockings as shown on the Contract Drawings. The work will be performed while the existing Worcester Line continues to function with normal daily commuter rail service. Rail de-stressing shall include but not limited to cutting welded rail at selected intervals, removing rail anchors and/or clips, heating rail to desired neutral temperature, providing means for the rail to expand, re-anchoring or clipping the rail at the desired temperature, and re-welding the rail.

Bidders attention is directed to Appendix 1, Notice of Requirement for Affirmative Action to Insure Equal Employment Opportunity; and to Appendix 2, Supplemental Equal Employment Opportunity, Anti-Discrimination, and Affirmative Action Program in the specifications. While there is no DBE goal associated with this contract, the Authority strongly encourages the use of Minority, Women and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises as prime contractors, subcontractors and suppliers in all of its contracting opportunities.

Additional information and instructions on how to submit a bid are available at http://www.mbta.com/business_center/bidding_solicitations/ current_solicitations/ On behalf of the MBTA, thank you for your time and interest in responding to this Notice to Bidders

(2) Geographic location and availability of the Project Manager and other key personnel, particularly field staff, to be assigned to the project (permit requires outfall sampling within 30 minutes of discharge following a storm event greater than 0.1 inches);

MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY MATERIALS MANAGEMENT DIRECTORATE

(3) Experience and expertise of sub-consultants, if any, as described in (1) above;

The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is commencing the procurement process for the following:

(4) Previous teaming experience of the prime with sub-consultants on complex airport projects;

IFB# 204-14 The Furnishing and Delivery of 325 – 40 Foot Low- Floor Hybrid and CNG buses in accordance with the Authority’s Bid Documents and Technical Specification No. VE14-041.

(5) Demonstrated ability to perform work on projects that are comparable in value, complexity and relevance (specific examples pertaining

District Attorney Dan Mulhern of the Mayor’s Public Safety Initiative, Chris Byner, executive director of Boston Centers for Youth and Families and Boston Police Superintendent Randall Halstead; Civic Engagement, led by Civic Engagement Chief Jerome Smith; and Research and Data, led by Chief Information Officer Jascha Franklin-Hodge.

Part of the My Brother’s Keeper effort will include working with the Mass Mentoring Partnership in a push to recruit 1,000 new mentors in Boston.

Arroyo urged all interested members of the public to attend an upcoming My Brother’s Keeper summit on Saturday, Dec. 6 at Timilty School from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. In that session, Mayor Walsh will describe his vision and goals for the program and small-group sessions will gather input from community members about how to tackle the obstacles facing black and Latino men and boys.

NOTICE TO OFFERORS

Bidders will be required to comply with all applicable Equal Employment

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority Beverly A. Scott, Ph.D. MBTA General Manager and Rail and Transit Administrator Frank DePaola Acting Secretary and Chief Executive Officer of MassDOT November 21, 2014

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LEGAL NOTICE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS The MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY (Authority) is soliciting professional environmental consulting services for MPA CONTRACT NO. AP1519, FY 2015-2018 TERM AIR QUALITY AND COMPLIANCE SERVICES – AUTHORITYWIDE. The scope of work will include: planning, permitting, air quality emission calculations and regulatory compliance services on an on-call, as needed basis. Due to the complexities of Massport facilities, which include Logan International Airport, Hanscom Field, Worcester Regional Airport, Boston Fish Pier, Conley Container Terminal, and other Boston port properties, it is in Massport’s interest to retain the services of a responsive project team that can function as an extension of Massport’s environmental staff and work collaboratively with Massport staff, tenants, and regulators.

The awarded contract will be for a three year term in a total not-to-exceed amount of $450,000. Project assignments will be issued on a work order basis.

The scope of work will include, but is not limited to the following: (1) Air Quality Permitting and Compliance: Provide compliance assistance, reporting and technical support related to Title V operating permit(s), EPA Boiler MACT compliance, Massachusetts AP source registration, Massachusetts and US EPA Greenhouse Gas reporting, air dispersion modeling utilizing EPA and FAA approved modeling software, preparation of plan approvals and BACT analysis for new and proposed equipment, air quality conformity determinations and on-call assistance in evaluating and solving air quality compliance related issues at Massport facilities as they arise.

(2) Testing: Perform Annual NOx RACT boiler testing on (3) Logan Airport central heat plant boilers in accordance with requirements listed in 310CMR 7.19(13)(c). Perform source emission testing utilizing appropriate U.S. EPA standard test methods for Massport owned equipment such as boilers, generators, snowmelters and other stationary emission sources upon request by MassDEP or US EPA. (3) Airport Related Air Quality Issues: Perform emission estimation and modeling for airport related air emissions. Assist in evaluating what-if scenarios involving future growth projections or proposed operational changes at Massport facilities. Provide assistance in identifying and evaluating feasibility of implementing airport related air quality initiatives. Provide guidance on current and emerging research on topics related to air quality and human health risks pertaining to airports and the aviation industry. Design of air quality monitoring programs and interpretation/evaluation of air monitoring studies.

The awarded contract will be for a three year term in a total not-to-exceed amount of Four Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($450,000). Project assignments will be issued on a work order basis.

The Authority expects to select up to two consultants. However, the Authority reserves the right to select a different number if it is deemed in its best interest to do so. Each consultant shall be issued a contract in an amount up to but not exceeding $450,000.

Each submission shall include a Statement of Qualifications that provides detailed information in response to all evaluation criteria set forth herein and include: proposed project team including an organizational chart, resumes of all team members including field staff, identification of any proposed sub-consultants if applicable, recent history of similar work including details of facilities, equipment and applicable requirements, SF 330 (www.gsa. gov/portal/forms/download/116486) with the appropriate number of Part IIs. M/WBE Certification of the prime and 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 (1) original and nine (9) 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 http://www.massport.com/business-with-mass port/capital-improvements/resource-center for more details on litigation and legal proceedings history submittal requirements.

The Authority may reject any application if any of the required information is not provided: Cover Letter, Insurance Requirements, Litigation and Legal proceedings, and SF330 Part IIs for the Prime and every sub-consultant. The above-mentioned information shall be highlighted in the Cover Letter.

This submission, including the litigation and legal proceedings history in a separate sealed envelope as required shall be addressed to Houssam H. Sleiman, PE, CCM, Director of Capital Programs and Environmental Affairs and received no later than 12:00 Noon on Thursday, January 8, 2015 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.

A petition has been filed by Constance F Marshall of Greenwich, CT requesting that an Order of Complete Settlement of the estate issue including to approve an accounting and other such relief as may be requested in the Petition. For the First and Final Account.

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

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

Date: November 04, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate

EVENT

DATE/TIME

Solicitation: Release Date

November 26, 2014

Deadline for submission of written questions

December 5, 2014

Official answers published (Estimated)

December 12, 2014

Solicitation: Close Date / Submission Deadline

January 8, 2015

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 COMMBUYS (www.commbuys.com) in the listings for this project.

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Marga C. Ferguson Date of Death: 07/02/2012 To all interested persons:

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 12/18/2014. 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: November 14, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

(3) experience and expertise of subconsultants (if any),

NOTICE AND ORDER: Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Minor

(4) Level of expertise with Massachusetts and Federal air quality regulations, permitting and plan approval process.

(5) M/WBE and affirmative action efforts

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(6) past experience working with Massachusetts and EPA regulators on comparable air quality permitting and compliance efforts.

(7) past performance with the Authority, if any The selection will 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(s) by the Authority.

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 and comprehensive automobile liability insurance coverage for bodily injury and property damage in an amount not less than $10,000,000. 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 (8½” x 11”), no acetate covers. Provide (1) original and nine (9) 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.

NOTICE TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES Hearing Date/Time: A hearing on a Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Minor filed on 10/28/2014 by James H. Griffin of Boston, MA will be held 12/18/2014 08:30 AM Guardianship of Minor Hearing Located at 24 New Chardon Street, 3rd floor, Boston, MA 02114 ~ Probation Department.

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.

SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU14P2731GD

Citation Giving Notice of Petition for Appointment of Guardian for Incapacitated Person Pursuant to G.L. c. 190B, §5-304 In the matter of Tomas Colon, Jr. Of Roxbury Crossing, MA RESPONDENT Alleged Incapacitated Person To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by DMH c/o Office of General Counsel of Westborough, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Tomas Colon, Jr. is in need of a Guardian and requesting that Tomas Colon, Sr of Brockton, MA (or some other suitable person) be appointed as Guardian to serve 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 12/18/2014. 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.

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: November 17, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate

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Response to Petition: You may respond by filing a written response to the Petition or by appearing in person at the hearing. If you choose to file a written response, you need to: File the original with the Court; and Mail a copy to all interested parties at least five (5) business days before the hearing.

3.

Counsel for the Minor: The minor (or an adult on behalf of the minor) has the right to request that counsel be appointed for the minor.

4.

Presence of the Minor at Hearing: A minor over age 14 has the right to be present at any hearing, unless the Court finds that it is not in the minor’s best interests.

THIS IS A LEGAL NOTICE: An important court proceeding that may affect your rights has been scheduled. If you do not understand this notice or other court papers, please contact an attorney for legal advice.

Date: November 10, 2014

2) resumes of all proposed personnel, each limited to one (1) page under SF 330, Section E, 3) no more than ten (10) projects showing recent relevant experience, each limited to one (1) page under SF 330, Section F,

Docket No. SU14P2581GD In the interests of Olivia Evelyn Parrish of Roxbury, MA Minor

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

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department

IMPORTANT NOTICE

A petition has been filed by Teresa A. Smith of Brookhaven, MS 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 Teresa A. Smith of Brookhaven, MS be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond.

The submission shall be evaluated on basis of: (1) current level of experience and knowledge of the team for air quality work comparable in scope and complexity, including the project manager, subject matter experts, technical staff and any others proposed for this work.

Docket No. SU14P2697EA

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 12/04/2014. 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.

Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate

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

Docket No. SU12P0640EA

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