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Protesters block traffic in front of the Old State House in the intersection of Congress and State streets. (Banner photo)

Hub food workers strike as part of national action Nate Homan Nine people were arrested as hundreds of fast food workers in Boston went on strike as part of a nationwide effort to raise wages and secure benefits for some of the lowest paid workers in the U.S. Across the country, fast food employees and labor activists are demanding $15 an hour, paid sick time, paid vacation, better health care and the right to unionize.

Striking workers in Boston expressed frustration with wages they say are below the cost of living.

“We start off at $8; we’re supposed to get raises that aren’t being given, no sick time, nothing,” said Popeye’s Chicken worker Eric Whatley, who commutes from

New Bedford to Roslindale for work. “I’m fed up. We work hard and deserve more recognition for it. There are a lot of people who are afraid of striking. I’m not worried about it. I’ll find something better. I’m tired of this.”

There are at least 42,000 fast food workers in Boston, working for an average of $9.30 an hour according to information put out

by MassCoalition. The minimum wage in Massachusetts is set to go up from $8 to $9 on Jan. 1, 2015, increase to $10 an hour on Jan. 1, 2016 and again increase to $11 an hour on Jan. 1, 2017.

But advocates, activists and local politicians say that those increases are not enough to live on and they aren’t coming fast enough

for workers struggling to get by.

McDonald’s, Burger King, Dunkin Donuts, Popeye’s Chicken and other restaurants’ employees gathered in Downtown Crossing at the Irish Famine Memorial to hold a march through the streets.

The rally moved from the Irish Famine Memorial to the corners of Washington and Milk streets, where protesters sat in the middle of the street as a form of civil disobedience. A large banner dropped out of the window of a building across the street from the restaurant reading “Fight For $15,” which drew cheers from the large crowd.

Protesters blocked street traffic and stormed into a McDonald’s strike, continued to page 9

running from Moreland Street to the Newmarket Business District, There are few hard statistics to a cluster of three tracts along the flesh out the existence of gentri- Orange line from Roxbury Crossfication in Roxbury. Median sales ing to Jackson Square and the prices in the neighborhood have Grove Hall area between Quincy been driven down by the high Street, Humboldt Avenue, Blue number of foreclosure sales, and Hill Avenue and Seaver Street. nobody’s tracking displacement “If the market is left to itself of renters. and developers are left to their Perhaps the clearest indication own devices, Roxbury could turn of change in Roxbury is in the into the South End,” said Nues2010 Census, which counted the tra Comunidad Community Dewhite population in the histori- velopment Corporation Executive cally black neighborhood nearly Director David Price. “Roxbury double the population in the 2000 is in much better shape than the count, growing from 5.5 percent South End was 30 years ago.” to 9.6 percent.

The moveWhile the ment of black population in renters and Roxbury grew owners from from 49,795 Roxbury is a t o 5 6 , 8 2 7 , “The real question is classic case of the black pergentrification, centage of the can the 4,900 people according to population de- who own continue to Price. clined from 62 “The espercent to 52 own in Roxbury.” sence of genpercent. trification is — Dan Richardson displacement,” And that was before the he said. “It’s the neighborhood’s loss of longhousing market term residents.” recovered from The black the 2008 real community in estate market crash. Now, with Boston originally grew on the single family homes selling for north side of Beacon Hill in the more than $500,000 and a red- 18th and 19th century. Beginning hot rental market, there’s a gen- in the early 20th century, blacks eral consensus among civic lead- began moving into the South End. ers, real estate professionals and There, many blacks bought brick affordable housing activists that row houses, maintaining many as Roxbury is at the very least in the multi-family homes. early stages of gentrification.

In the 1930s, blacks began That conclusion was bolstered moving into Roxbury. Over the by a study released earlier this next four decades, the center of year by the First National Bank of the city’s black population shifted Cleveland that identified Boston from the South End to Roxas the fastest-gentrifying city in bury, spreading out into parts of the country and identified three Dorchester and Mattapan. By the census tract areas in Roxbury as 1970s, Roxbury’s Jewish, Italian gentrification, continued to page 20 at-risk for gentrification: a tract

Food incubator plant opens on Quincy St. Sandra Larson The Bornstein & Pearl Food Production Center officially opened this week with a festive celebration that included openair food sampling, facility tours, a speaking program and a 30-scissors ribbon-cutting.

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, state Sens. Linda Dorcena Forry and Sonia Chang-Diaz, City Councilor Tito Jackson and representatives of the federal Environmental Protection Agency and

Housing and Urban Development were among the speakers, along with the private funders and nonprofit leaders who collaborated to bring the project to fruition.

“This is truly a great project,” said Walsh. “We’re expecting to see in the first few years alone 150 jobs on this site. But it’s more than the numbers. It’s helping people bring their dreams to reality. It’s going to change lives. This project tells the story of how we’re growing our economy across our city. food, continued to page 14

Cutting the ribbon on the new Bornstein & Pearl Food Production Center are Rick Musiol, Citizens Financial Group; Mayor Martin Walsh; Lori Bornstein; Gerri Pearl; and state Senators Linda Dorcena Forry and Sonia Chang-Diaz. (Don West photo)

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New website for Rox. master plan oversight committee Sandra Larson The Roxbury Strategic Master Plan Oversight Committee has launched a new website, along with Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts, to provide the Roxbury community with updates and information about local development activity, upcoming meetings events, and community resources and the Roxbury Strategic Master Plan itself.

Though the website was designed over the past six months, longtime RSMPOC chair Darnell Williams said that in a way, establishment of the site has been a 10 year journey.

“We started in 2004. There has always been this strident cry of ‘how can we do a better job of informing Roxbury citizens?’” said Williams. “We figured we could launch a vehicle for people to access everything in a straightforward, transparent way.”

The Oversight Committee was formed to ensure that development of Roxbury land parcels proceeded in accordance with the 2004 Roxbury Strategic Master Plan, forged over years of work by community residents, community organizations and city officials. The Oversight Committee’s 15 members comprise local residents and other stake-

The Roxbury Master Plan Oversight Committee website is designed to give residents easy access to information on development projects in the neighborhood.

holders such as representatives of business, nonprofits, and neighborhood associations. Members were appointed by former Mayor Thomas Menino from a pool of candidates nominated by the Roxbury Neighborhood Council and elected officials.

The “Opportunity Roxbury” site was developed with the help of The American City Coalition.

The Boston nonprofit used its own funds to hire a web developer and provided staff at no charge to refine the site, working with committee members and a small number of community members to upload content and devise a user-friendly interface, according to TACC associate Ronette Seeney.

The new website lists current members and their affiliations and includes a calendar of RSMPOC regular meetings and working sessions. Generally, regular meetings are held the first Monday of each month at 6 p.m. at the Dudley Branch Library, 65 Warren Street. Working sessions are held on the third Monday each month at Central Boston Elders Services, 2315 Washing-

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ton Street. Both meetings and working sessions are open to the public, and meeting notes are to be posted regularly to the website.

Some meeting notes are available on the site now, though so far only from meetings up to fall of 2013. Williams said he expects more up-to-date notes to be available in 30 to 45 days.

The site’s Community Resources page includes agendas and handouts from recent RSMPOC meetings and links to BRA project review guides, Roxbury maps and data, Boston’s Inclusionary Development policy and other information. A Frequently Asked Questions page includes a form for site visitors to send in their own questions.

Attendees leaving the RSMPOC’s Sept. 8 meeting expressed a mix of positive reactions to the new website and desired improvements and additional features.

“It’s a great start,” said Kai Grant. “But they need to have two-way communication.”

Community members Bridgette Wallace and Albert Willis, who said they gave input to the website creators during the later stages of development, also expressed a wish for the site to have a more interactive public forum.

“It’s a tool for folks to get engaged, folks who can’t come to every meeting,” said Wallace, but she would like to see an “op-

portunity gap” section in which residents could communicate concerns.

Willis added, “There should be a discussion forum, where residents could interact with committee members. As it is, nothing happens between [RSMPOC] meetings.”

While community members say they value RSMPOC meetings as a way to hold developers accountable to both committee members and residents, some complain about the seemingly endless process of developer foot-dragging, in which some appear repeatedly before the committee with little demonstrated progress toward turning plans for a vacant parcel into reality. Other attendees have felt rebuffed when only a short time at the end of meetings is allotted for community input.

Williams is quick to defend the work of committee members, whom he stresses are volunteering their time for “the love of community, and dedication to a process.”

Norman Stembridge, one of RSMPOC’s co-chairs, said he believes the committee is “slowly but surely” fulfilling its mission to oversee the implementation of the Master Plan.

“It’s not the Innovation District. It’s not the Back Bay. It’s not Downtown,” Stembridge said.

“Things take a little longer here.”

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5:30 pm: Open House 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm: Information Meeting

Location: Mattapan Branch Library 1350 Blue Hill Avenue, Mattapan, MA 02126 Meeting Purpose MBTA General Manager Dr. Beverly Scott along with the Blue Hill Ave Station project team will discuss the details of the contract schedule, pre-construction survey process and station design/construction.

This meeting space is accessible to people with disabilities.

If you need a reasonable accommodation (such as American Sign Language Interpreters, assistive listening devices, handouts in alternate formats, etc.) and/or language assistance to fully participate, please contact Kelley Chunn at 617.427.0046 or Infobluehillavestation@gmail.com, before September 11th. Such accommodations will be provided free of charge.

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Plans underway for rehab of Eliot Burial Ground, parks Nate Homan Big improvements are coming to historical and natural sites in Roxbury.

The administration of Governor Deval Patrick announced a $450,000 investment in three parks and open spaces in Roxbury. The projects are funded through the administration’s Signature Urban Parks initiative to improve the historic Eliot Burying Ground near the heart of Dudley Square, the Buena Vista Urban Wild and the Puddingstone Gardens.

The Eliot Burying Ground, also known as the Eustis Burying Ground, dates back to 1630 and is the first burial ground in the town of Roxbury, one of the first six villages established in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630.

Many of the streets in Dudley Square were laid out during the first years of the settlement. Back then, the Eliot Burying Ground was situated on the only road to Boston, which gave the town an advantageous location for trade and strategic military positioning.

Historic Burying Grounds Program Director Kelly Thomas noted that while there are many similarities between burial grounds in Boston and Roxbury, the history of the Roxbury site reflects the distinctive intimacy of life in the small village.

In her letter on the Boston Parks and Recreations Dept. website, Thomas writes about the evocative imagery of the past

landscape and history of the Eliot Burying Ground.

“When I visit the burying ground, I can imagine the soldiers hiding behind the gravestones while being cannonaded by the British ‘Regulars’ stationed about 1,000 yards away down Washington Street,” Thomas wrote.

“I can almost see the original geography of the Shawmut Peninsula: The narrow muddy ‘Boston Neck,’ the dike near where Harrison Street is now located running along Northampton Street holding back the tidal waters and locals collecting shellfish in the tidal flats where BU Medical Center and the Southeast Expressway now exist.”

Buried in the grounds are the Rev. John Eliot, governors Thomas and Joseph Dudley, and Massachusetts Chief Justice Paul Dudley along with 35 tombs, 18 of which have aboveground monuments. The burial ground was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 25, 1974.

The rehabilitation initiative dedicates $182,000 to repairing the fences and walls around the grounds, asphalt pathways and historical information signs.

“This is part of our land conservation program and a chief part of the program is improving urban parks and open spaces in Roxbury,” Assistant Secretary at Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs Stephanie Cooper said.

“These three sites are on the list

of the city’s desired projects because the community wanted to see these resources go to preserving the many important locations in Roxbury.”

Energy and Environmental Affairs Project Manager for Urban Parks Energy and Environmental Affairs Sam Carson said he hoped these rehabilitation programs would bring more people to Roxbury.

“This ground was opened the year

the city was founded,” Carson said.

“The process is very delicate and requires specific equipment in order to improve and preserve the site.”

Puddingstone Park Urban Wild, located at the corner of Seaver and Normandy streets, was first cleared and transformed into garden space about 50 years ago after local residents pushed to maintain the open space. Volunteers came together to plant trees and shrubs in May of 2003. But locals say that more work is needed in order to restore and beautify the site. Of the many improvements needed, better public access ways, pathways, drainage and erosion control are at the top of the list for the site.

The Buena Vista Gardens, also known as the Warren Gar-

dens, include a 50-foot rock cliff in a 1.5-acre urban wild. This area has been long neglected with inadequate public access points and overgrown grass and shrubbery.

The EEA hopes to turn this site into a public recreation site for picnics and community events.

“We want to provide a place for people to sit and relax,” Cooper said. “Buena Vista is the only natural clearing in Roxbury for people to go to sit and relax and take in the spectacular views.”

The state has set aside a total of $143,000 for the Puddingstone renovation and $175,000 for the Buena Vista Gardens. The EEA is set to begin these projects this fall and complete them by the Spring of 2015.

State funds will fix the stone walls, fencing and paths in the The Eliot Burial Ground in Dudley Square. (Banner photo)

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Good news in the battle against poverty As the school year begins, there is a noteworthy decline in a factor that contributes substantially to high school dropouts. The incidence of teenage pregnancy has been declining for the past two decades. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the birth rate for teens 15-19 years old was 26.6 births per 1,000 in 2013. That was 57 percent less than the rate of 61.8 births per 1,000 in 1991.

During this period, the birth rate for black teens declined by 63 percent. This is an important economic development because about 90 percent of teen mothers are unmarried, and only about 40 percent graduate from high school. Consequently, a great number of young mothers lack the educational skills to provide for themselves and their newborn.

The CDC research found that it costs taxpayers about $1,700 per year for each child born to a teenage mother. The decline in births saved about $12 billion

in government costs in 2010. Efforts to prevent unplanned teen pregnancy have not yet succeeded in reducing the rate in the U.S. to that of other industrial nations. Japan, Switzerland and Denmark have teen birth rates under 5 per 100,000. Even with the reduction, eight states in the U.S. still have rates above 40 per 1,000.

In a society that has lost its ethical bearings, it seems impractical to rely on moral assertions to prevent teenage pregnancy. A more effective strategy might be to educate young girls into a profound awareness of their self-worth and provide an education program so they will be self-sufficient. With a heightened awareness of promising employment opportunities, perhaps they will be encouraged to postpone motherhood.

Despite the progress, we still have a long way to go to meet the international standards.

“Motherhood can wait!!!”

The math is simple: Entitlements decline with the growth of good-paying jobs When analyzing the issues confronting those living in poverty, it is sometimes difficult to distinguish between cause and effect. As William Julius Wilson pointed out in his 1987 book, “The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, the Underclass, and Public Policy,” this is a problem faced by both liberals and conservatives.

A common belief of conservatives and some economists is that government programs such as Section 8 housing, food stamps, unemployment insurance and Medicaid provide such generous benefits that many citizens are encouraged to remain unemployed.

While there are indeed some freeloaders who would delight in such indulgence, studies indicate that employment provides a sense of self-worth for most people. However, having a job might be a luxury that some people cannot afford in a period of stagnant wages.

With the minimum wage so inadequately calibrated to the cost of living, it might be wise for

someone at the entry level salary to refuse employment in favor of the more bountiful government benefits. That would be a wise economic decision.

Some might argue that such a citizen should pursue an entrepreneurial solution, but not everyone has the disposition to follow that course.

What then is the responsibility of the much touted job creators? What special benefits can they expect from the government if they are unable to create jobs and pay their employees a living wage? The expectation that underpaid employees could receive Earned Income Tax Credits to compensate for inadequate wages places the financial burden on the general taxpayers.

Harvard economist Edward L. Glaeser proposes a sound policy. Those on benefits should continue to receive enough of a payment to assure that their income will be greater by being employed. It is good to remember that those on entitlement benefits know how to do the math.

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A hell of a job

I came to America running away from war and political unrest. With my home country of South Sudan caught up in an endless conflict, I wanted peace more than anything. So I came to America, the land of opportunity. I’ve found security and I’m grateful. But for almost two years at Logan Airport, I, along with over 1,500 contracted service workers, have worked under hellish conditions.

So last week I decided to quit. I couldn’t handle it anymore. Why? The low pay – $8 an hour. It was so low that I had to rely on food stamps to get by. Without benefits – no sick time or vacation – it was impossible for me to take care of myself when I was sick or try to improve my life by going to school. And the lack of respect — I dealt with insults and intimidation that were hurtful and humiliating.

I’ve carried heavy baggage before but this load was too much to handle.

Airport workers perform essential duties to make the gateways to our cities safe and welcoming. We clean terminals and aircrafts, push wheelchairs, handle baggage, check tickets and work to keep airports safe and secure. But to cut costs,

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the airlines have outsourced thousands of jobs that once belonged to their own employees. To replace them, airlines hire lowbid contractors, often irresponsible ones, creating a race to the bottom for wages and benefits.

I spent 11 years living in a refugee camp in Kenya, but there at least I always had the hope of something better. Between having my hygiene questioned and going to work when I was sick just to make ends meet, life at the airport felt unbearable. Sometimes I think that working for G2 Secure Staff at Logan Airport was worse than living in the camp.

Thankfully, the office of Massachusetts’ Attorney General is taking action.

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OPINION Fast food workers need a real break today Earl Ofari Hutchinson A couple of generations of school kids have grown up on the catchy McDonald’s advertising jingle, “You deserve a break today.” But during every working moment of those years McDonald’s workers have gotten anything but a break when it comes to working hours and worse, their wages for those hours. The Bureau of Labor Statistics in a wage survey found that hands down a fast food worker is the poorest paid of any worker in the country. The average pay for fast food workers is barely 9 bucks an hour. Many, however, make closer to the obscenely low $7.25 hourly minimum wage. This averages out to about $15,000 a year. That’s below the federal poverty level for a family of two.

The stock argument from the National Restaurant Association and legions of other business groups is that slinging burgers at McDonald’s or Burger King is mostly for kids, immigrants, or unskilled workers, and for them it’s a boon since it’s their first entrance into the labor force. This is a myth. According to the BLS, the average age of fast food workers is now closer to 30 than the teeny bopper age. The wholesale shrink of jobs in manufacturing and the financial industries, the economic downturn, and outsourcing have driven thousands of adults, many of them once middle class and with skills, with few other job options into fast food jobs. Many of them have families, mortgages, and ballooning health and child care expenses. Fast food jobs are hardly just the proverbial soda pop and pocket change money once commonly thought of as for teens. And there’s not much chance that most fast food workers can ramp up their pay since fast food eateries are loath to pay workers for overtime.

Fast food worker organizing groups are demanding a pay hike to $15. But whether it’s that amount or a raise to anything that remotely approaches a living wage, the biggest obstacle to a hike is an outlandish myth and the perception of who a minimum wage hike will help.

That’s especially the case with fast food workers. The GOP and many business groups have sold the false The GOP and many notion that a hike in the minimum wage is a huge job killer. It has business groups have been so effective in its hard sell that President Obama and Con- sold the false notion gressional Democrats have repeatthat a hike in the edly been stymied and frustrated in every effort they’ve made to boost minimum wage is a the minimum wage nationally.

You’d have to go back more than huge job killer. four decades, to 1968, to find the last year that the minimum wage actually kept pace with inflation for workers.

House Speaker John Boehner in a pithy, horribly simplistic, but effectual retort to the cry for a minimum wage increase, said, “When you raise the price of employment, you get less of it.” Boehner and Congressional Republicans cherry pick a few dated studies and some anecdotal employment figures in some low wage, low unemployment states such as North Dakota to make the case that the minimum wage hurts the economy. At first glance, that seems compelling enough. But it ignores other low wage states that have boosted the minimum wage and where there’s been no plunge in employment, or wholesale flight of employers from those states to low wage states that won’t boost their minimum wage a penny higher than the federal minimum wage.

Then there’s the perception that a boost in the minimum wage for workers, especially fast food workers, will solely benefit the chronically poor. This muddles the issue and it becomes a political flash point. With few exceptions, in years past, talk of poverty was not just missing from the nation’s political plate, but was a dirty word. The existence of millions of poor in America flew in the face of the embedded laissez faire notion that the poor aren’t poor because of the hyper concentration of wealth, or worse, any failing of the system, but because of their personal failings. Surveys bore this out. Even many among the poor were as apt as many of those in the middle-class, and the well-to-do, to self-debase themselves for their poverty. They blame it on their misfortune, bad luck, lack of education and skills, or alcohol and drug problems. These are certainly reasons why some fall into poverty or remain chronically poor.

They, however, are at best peripheral to the real cause of the poverty rise, and that’s the control by a relatively handful of the bulk of the nation’s income, resources and productive wealth.

Giving fast food workers a decent living wage would not in and of itself reverse the gargantuan income inequality that’s become a national embarrassment. And it certainly wouldn’t cause a company such as McDonald’s that racked up over $5 billion in profits in 2013 to come crashing down. But it would give hope, incentive and meaningful financial boost to thousands of workers in that industry, and an overall gain for the economy through their increased spending. This is the real break that fast food workers need.

Earl Ofari Hutchinson is an author and political analyst.

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Why do you think wages are so low in the United States?

In order to maintain the status quo in the class system as we know it, there has to be a bottom tier. It’s about maintaining the class system so there’s very few people with a lot of money.

Because workers accept it. If they would stand up, they could change things.

The rich decided 30 years ago to drive wages down to Brazil levels.

They knocked the working class down. It was their solution to declining profits.

Bethany Serota Attorney Roxbury

James Young Retired Roxbury

Jed Hresko

Our country has lost touch with reality. I respect the minimum wage people who are protesting for $15 an hour. That wouldn’t be doing us a favor. That would keep us up with the cost of living.

The people who are in the higher class are getting what they want and they’re not worried about the low wage workers who are keeping the economy going. If we stand up and vote, we’ll get better wages.

It’s mostly African Americans who are paid low wages. They don’t want them to excel. As long as African Americans don’t know their rights, they’ll stay where they’re at now.

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Ron Harper

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Rahn Dorsey

Rahn Dorsey has been appointed Chief of Education for the City of Boston. The newly-created position is reflective of Mayor Martin Walsh’s campaign promise to implement a long-term strategy based on equity, access, accountability, transparency, and collaboration among all educational platforms in the City of Boston.

“Rahn Dorsey will be an exceptional addition to my cabinet. He shares my vision for this position creating a bridge between City Hall and all facets of education, from colleges and universities, to BPS, to parochial and private schools, to adult continuing education,” Walsh said.

As the Chief of Education, Dorsey will be responsible for Boston’s education landscape and tasked with crafting and executing an education agenda for the city. From early childhood education, to kindergarten, to junior high, to higher learning institutions, to educations for seniors, Dorsey will implement the mayor’s vision for academic

excellence across the city — including nontraditional and traditional practices.

Since 2009, Rahn Dorsey served at the Barr Foundation as Evaluation Director, leading development and implementation of data monitoring and evaluation frameworks for Barr’s investments. Prior to Barr, Rahn gained over 15 years of experience as a program evaluator and researcher with Moore and Associates and Abt Asso-

ciates. During these years, his work spanned public policy, education, community change and public health issues.

Dorsey currently sits on several Boston and New England boards and community organizations such as: The Black Philanthropy Fund, Boston Afterschool and Beyond, Third Sector New England, Bethel A.M.E. Church, The Boston School Quality Working Group, and Project Hip Hop.

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Mayor Walsh announces the departure of Dr. Barbara Ferrer

Search committee composed of BPHC board members and others to be established Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced this week that Dr. Barbara Ferrer will step down from her position as Executive Director of the Boston Public Health Commission and will accept a new role as chief strategy officer with the Kellogg Foundation. For more than half of her 25-year public service career, Ferrer has led the city’s work to improve the health of all residents, particularly those most vulnerable.

Ferrer served first as its deputy director of BPHC, and has served as executive director since 2007.

Under her leadership, Boston has seen improvements in childhood obesity rates, a decrease in asthma rates in public housing, a decline in smoking rates, and a significant decline in the infant mortality rate for black infants.

During her time as the executive director, Ferrer has secured federal and state funding to support critical public health infrastructure and community based programs, with over $35 million awarded in the last year alone. Ferrer’s commitment to make timely public health data accessible to the city’s healthcare and public health institutions as well as to residents has led to the development of evidence-based programs that allow for progress to be measured.

“Barbara Ferrer has been a vital member of our city’s leadership

team,” Walsh said in a statement.

“She has made countless contributions and has played an instrumental role directing initiatives that have improved every aspect of health in Boston — from decreasing infant mortality rates to improving access to substance abuse treatment.”

“It has been a tremendous honor to serve under both Mayor Menino and Mayor Walsh as the Executive Director of the Boston Public Health Commission,” Ferrer said.

“I am proud of what the BPHC staff, our partners, and the city, have accomplished with and for Boston’s residents. I know that I leave the Commission in a strong position to continue its important work.

A formal search committee will be established following Dr. Ferrer’s departure on October 3, 2014. The committee, co-chaired

by BPHC Chair Dr. Paula Johnson and Dr. Howard Koh, will be composed of BPHC Board members as well as non-board members. During the search process, Dr. Huy Nguyen, medical director for the Commission, will serve as Interim Executive Director.

Boston Local Food Festival

What better way to celebrate the start of fall than at an event that highlights local food from across New England? The Sustainable Business Network of MA and 100 local vendors from Massachusetts and New England are celebrating the 5th Annual Boston Local Food Festival on Sunday, September 14, 11am-5pm on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. The Boston Local Food Festival is a free and zero waste event positioned as New England’s

largest one-day farmers market and celebration of local food.

The festival will take place on the Rose Kennedy Greenway in downtown Boston by Faneuil Hall and the Aquarium T stop. It will feature chef demos, do-it-yourself demos, a seafood throwdown, a family fun zone, and more.

Mayor to conduct city-wide audit of every street in Boston Mayor Martin Walsh announced NEW (Neighborhood Engagement Walks) Boston, a comprehensive audit of every street in every neighborhood across Boston.

Starting September 15, representatives from the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services will begin walking the 850 miles of city streets across Boston, in an effort to assess each neighborhood in great detail.

The findings will be shared in a “forward-facing story map,” continuing the Mayor’s pledge for increased transparency and accountability in City government.

“This is the first step in revitalizing our work with Neighborhood Services,” Walsh said.

“Our ONS reps are outstanding, but I want them to know every inch of the area that they represent and the best way to do that is to get on the ground and in the weeds. By combining technology and grassroots engagement, we can — for the first time in our history — truly assess every piece of this city, to better serve the people in our neighborhoods.”

ONS representatives will survey every part of their respective neigh-

borhood on the ground, evaluating infrastructure challenges, identifying constituent concerns through conversations, and cataloging issues facing each neighborhood.

NEW Boston will be a cross-departmental effort, with ONS representatives working closely with the city’s Inspectional Services Department, Public Works Department, Transportation Department, and Parks Department, among others.

ONS representatives will be equipped with connected tablets and data will be gathered utilizing mobile technology through existing apps such as Citizens Connect and City Worker. This is another step forward in Mayor Walsh’s pledge to upgrade infrastructure through technology, enabling ONS and the city to respond to issues effectively and in real-time, with greater transparency and accountability. The data from NEW Boston will be compiled by Department of Innovation and Technology (DoIT), and will be shared with the public through a web-based story map. The map will show the routes that have been covered, highlight the issues that ONS has identified, and display the progress of resolving each issue.

This audit will begin on Sept.

15, with a goal of completion by the end of the year. At the close of this audit, each ONS representative will generate a neighborhood report outlining their findings, to be shared with the public and presented to neighborhood associations.

The ONS representatives leading NEW Boston include:

• Allston/Brighton – John Laadt (617-635-2678, john.laadt@ boston.gov) • Back Bay, Beacon Hill, Fenway, Kenmore, Mission Hill – Shaina Aubourg (617-635-2679, shaina. aubourg@boston.gov) • Charlestown – Thomas McKay (617-635-3549, thomas.mckay@ boston.gov) • Chinatown, Leather District/ Downtown Crossing – Denny Ching (617-635-3891, denny. ching@boston.gov) • Dorchester – Alec Bonelli (617635-4819, alec.bonelli@boston. gov) • East Boston – Corinne Petraglia (617-635-2681, corinne.pe traglia@boston.gov) • Hyde Park, Roslindale – David McNulty (617-635-4830, david. mcnulty@boston.gov) • Jamaica Plain – Jullieanne Doherty (617-635-4855, jul lieanne.doherty@boston.gov) • Mattapan, North Dorchester – Farid Dessources (617-6352677, farid.dessources@boston. gov) • Mid-Dorchester – Flavio Daveiga (617-635-1880, flavio.dav eiga@boston.gov) • North End, Waterfront, West End – Nicole Leo (617 6354987, nicole.leo@boston.gov) • South Boston – Eric Prentis (617-635-2680, eric.prentis@ boston.gov) • South End, Bay Village – Jordan Deasy (617-635-4517, jordan. deasy@boston.gov) • Roxbury – Kaira Fox (617-6353296, kaira.fox@boston.gov) • West Roxbury – Chris Rusk (617-635-4818, christopher. rusk@boston.gov)

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Mayor outlines safety plans for 8th graders riding MBTA Nate Homan Mayor Martin Walsh discussed the city and state’s plans to accommodate the more than 2,000 8th graders who will now be riding public transportation to school in a press conference at the Maverick Blue Line station in East Boston last week.

Walsh stood alongside Boston

Public Schools Interim Superintendent John McDonough, Boston Police Commissioner William Evans, MBTA General Manager Beverly Scott and MassDOT Rail & Transit Division/ MBTA CEO Sean M. McCarthy to talk about student safety.

Walsh told the crowd that this was his first beginning of the school year as mayor and com-

mented on the amount of work and coordination starting a school year requires.

“We’re excited to start this school year,” Walsh said. “We’ve had so many conversations and so many plans on how we can make our schools the best they can be.

The work that goes into starting a school year and coordinating services is absolutely incredi-

Mayor Martin Walsh speaks to reporters about plans to keep 8th graders riding the MBTA to school safe. Joining him are MBTA General Manager Beverly Scott and Police Commissioner William Evans. (Banner photo)

ble. Today is an example of how our city works with the state, the MBTA, and police.”

McDonough expained that BPS is slated to save $2 million by teaming up with the T to transport 8th graders to and from school. But more importantly, McDonough said that this measure was agreed upon in order to improve the educational options for students.

“We know that as our beforeand after-school programs expand, students need more options,” McDonough said. “As we embarked on this expansion, we realized we have an incredible opportunity to be very deliberate in collecting resources for safety, service and educational opportunity. That has been our mission this year and the result is a partnership built on cooperation and community engagement. This has been a phenomenal effort from the Boston Police Department, the MBTA, the Mayor’s Office, the BPS and our non-profit partners.”

McDonough said 685 students and parents have requested to opt into the program, while 241 have requested to opt out.

Walsh said that learning to ride the T is a vital part of growing up in the city, and that school and city officials have studied the bus routes and upgraded all of the public safety infrastructure around the T. “This is a great learning experience for our young people to learn about responsibility,” Walsh said. “I think often times, we don’t give our young people enough credit for doing the things they do in the city.”

Shuttle services from certain T stops have been activated in order to get students where they need to go, and teams of 50 BPS workers along with City Year workers and police departments will be at major T stops wearing bright blue vests so students can ask them for help if needed.

“We are confident that the right planning has been done and the right supports are in place in the city,” Walsh said. “We’re going to be listening to feedback from parents, students, teachers and administrators about their experiences. We have heard the need for an MBTA youth pass, and now, the 7-day MBTA pass gives students more flexibility to do sports, extra curricular activities and still have a way to get home.”

Scott said that this new program was nowhere near the first time the T has transported large numbers of BPS students.

“We have the privilege of serving them every day and we

will continue to make this a successful program for everyone involved,” Scott said. “This is the highest essence of public service.

It’s about partnerships, collaboration, coordination, and at the heart of it we are all about people and communities. All of these kids are our kids. This is a community working together to get this right.

We are trying to create the transit generation.”

McCarthy said that there won’t be any additional buses or trains needed to transport the students.

He and his team have plotted out locations for pre-positioned yellow buses in case there is an issue with the T buses arriving on time.

“Over the last few weeks, we’ve seen to it that our front line staff has received proper training to handle this new segment of our ridership, to use common sense, aware of any issues going on and to report any issues right away,” McCarthy said. “We’re prepared and we’re excited. The MBTA is a safe and reliable mode of transportation.”

Deputy Chief of the MBTA Police Kenneth Green said providing security for BPS students on the T is nothing new to the department.

“We have advised our officers that they need to be patient with the young students as some may get lost, disoriented, lose their passes,” Green said.

“We will beef up our numbers on patrol in the morning and in the evenings. As complicated as you may feel that this is for us, it is just as complicated for these kids and we want them and their parents to know that we are here to help create a safe environment for them to get to and from school.”

MBTA Police, BPS Police and BPD have teamed up in a program called Operation StopWatch, where their objective is to increase public safety presence at key T stops, including Ashmont, JFK/ UMass, Fields Corner, Forest Hills, Downtown Crossing and Ruggles during the morning and evening commute.

Operation StopWatch began in the 2008-2009 school year as an effort to reduce juvenile crimes and protect students from other riders if need be. It aims to reduce crime by convening local law enforcement, youth services and school administrators.

“We’ll be out there protecting the crosswalks and the bus routes as well as train stations,” Commissioner Evans said. “We addressed the principals from the BPS and we acknowledged a lot of effort in this. The students will be safe under this program.”

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on Washington Street, chanting, “hold the burgers, hold the fries!

Make our wages supersize!” Patrons left the restaurant while police prevented anyone else from going in. The protesters left peacefully when the manager asked them to leave.

Hundreds of protesters marched down to State and Congress streets in the Financial District, where the same group of nine protesters sat with a large banner reading “Whatever It Takes,” blocking traffic in the middle of the intersection. These nine protesters were arrested and charged with disturbing the peace.

“People are willing to do whatever it takes to have our voices heard,” said Theresa Jordan, a Burger King employee.

Prior to the fast food walk-outs, personal care assistants held their own rally on the steps of the State House petitioning for a living wage and union representation before joining the fast food employees in marching through the streets.

Tourists stood across the street or sat in Duck Boats and took pictures as the crowd chanted, “Fight for $15.”

Carlita Suarez, executive council member for 1199 SEIU and personal care attendant and Karen Chen of the Chinese Progressive Association translated the speeches in Spanish and Chinese respectively.

“In the most recent budget, legislators acknowledged the great importance of homecare workers and homecare assistants by allocating an additional $6.1 million to the homecare budget,” Becca

Guttmann of 1199 SEIU said.

“Now it is our job to ensure that this money actually gets into the hands of the workers who so need and deserve it.”

Several legislators were on hand to lend support to last week’s rally.

“You can tell what people care about by the way they spend their money,” said state Sen. Pat Jehlen.

“We pay people who work on our cars more than we pay people who care for senior citizens and disabled folks. I see how little people in this line of work are paid and it’s outrageous. We give our corporations $25 million in sale tax holidays and the $6 million allocated for these workers is pitiful in comparison.”

There are roughly 32,000 Personal Care Assistants in the Greater Boston Area, 85 percent of whom are women.

“Many PCA workers are in their 60s, 70s or 80s because they cannot retire,” Jehlen said. “I have been in contact with someone who is in their 80s caring for someone who’s 102. There is something very wrong with that system.”

Personal Care Assistant Kilra Hilton cares for the daily needs of an elderly woman in Boston and said that PCA workers can earn anywhere from $9 to $11 an hour.

“We were inspired by the success the Market Basket workers had with their protests and decided to join in on the fast food strike to let people know that we deserve fair pay,” Hilton said. “If people can’t care for their elderly or disabled loved ones, don’t they want the best quality care from a caregiver? We do way more than $15 an hour’s worth of work.”

Hilton said that she cares for one individual, but some workers

care for as many as four different people a day, seven days a week without paid vacation or sick time, and no reimbursement for travel expenses.

“I work as a personal care attendant,” Ruthella Logan-Cruz said.

“The very thing that we as PCAs need to survive, we are denied. Our job is to care for people who want to stay in their homes if they can’t maneuver throughout the daily act of living. I’ve been doing this work since I was 16. My mother came here as a domestic worker from Trinidad. She and my father made incredible sacrifices for me and my six siblings, and watching her work in this field inspired me to get involved.”

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Black voters in South face obstacles, loss of protection Freddie Allen Despite major advances to access to the ballot box nearly 50 years after the passage of Voting Rights Act of 1965, blacks, living primarily in the South and Southwest, continued to face challenges at the ballot box, according to a National Commission on Voting Rights report.

“Though protection under the Voting Rights Act has produced significant gains, African Americans are continually subjected to

new threats to their full enfranchisement,” stated the report.

“The ongoing protection of the Voting Rights Act is vital to the inclusion of this community.”

Last summer, the United States Supreme Court invalidated the Section 4 coverage formula in the Voting Rights Act that required jurisdictions with a demonstrated history of voter discrimination to “preclear” any changes in voting laws with the Justice Department of a federal court. The ruling effectively neutered Section 5 of the VRA.

“Four states formerly covered

by Section 5 of the VRA — Texas, Louisiana, South Carolina and Georgia — rank as the worst offenders,” according to the report.

The study found that, when it comes to voting discrimination, Texas was the worst state in the country, “including multiple statelevel violations.”

Last August, Attorney General Eric Holder filed a lawsuit against Texas over a restrictive voter ID law that went into effect after the Shelby decision, and also sought to

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Following the Shelby v. Holder ruling, civil rights lawyers have increasingly used Section 2 of the VRA to defend voters’ rights across the nation, but the report acknowledged the limitations of Section 2 lawsuits.

“While Section 2 provides important and considerable safeguards against discrimination, it does not provide the same level of protection that Section 5 afforded minority voters,” stated the report. “Section 2 litigation is often complex and can be slow, time-consuming, and expensive,” especially for poor, minority voters with access to limited resources.

Under Section 5, covered jurisdictions had to prove that new laws didn’t create added hardships for poor and minority voters. Section 2 reverses that burden of proof, placing it squarely on the shoulders of the voters and civil rights lawyers.

Since the Shelby v. Holder decision, new, controversial voting laws have been passed, forcing civil rights and Justice Department lawyers to expend resources battling over whether those laws hurt thousands of voters.

The report covered a number of forms of voter discrimination, including minority vote dilution, voter challenges and intimidation, felony disenfranchisement, voter purges and restrictive photo ID requirements.

“The findings show that contrary to the court’s assertion voting discrimination is still rampant and that states and localities previously covered by Section 4 and Section 5, the [Voting Rights Act] provisions struck down by the court, continue to implement voting laws and procedures that disproportionately affect African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans and Native Americans voters,” said Barbara Arnwine, president of the National Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law. From 1995-2013, redistricting changes made up 58 of 113 Section 5 preclearance denials, the report said.

“Redistricting plans that dilute minority voting strength typically submerge minority voters in overpopulated districts, divide minority population concentrations to prevent them from comprising the majority of a fairly-drawn district (“fragmentation” or “cracking”), or unnecessarily over concentrate them in a minimal number of districts (“packing”),” stated the report.

Robert Kengle, co-director of the Voting Rights Project at the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, said that redistricting is the reallocation of political power and there is always a temptation to make minority voters the pawns in that process.

“Whether you’re talking about disputes between political parties or disputes between incumbents or one faction or another it’s tempting to dilute minority voter strength to achieve your political

goals,” said Kengle.

Kengle added: “Sometimes it’s just as simple as saying, ‘We don’t want minority voters electing candidates,’ and the district lines are drawn to prevent that.”

Jurisdictions that pass plans are usually more discreet today than they were in the 1960s or 1970s, but when you look at the results, sometimes the results are very similar, observed Kengle.

Leon Russell, the vice chairman of the NAACP Board of Directors called redistricting ‘a partisan tool.’

“For legislatures that are dominated by one particular party, it’s that party that usually draws those lines to protect its political power,” said Russell. “If you can control who votes and where they vote, you can control the power.”

Following the Shelby decision, the Justice Department made severe cuts to its federal observer program.

“The federal observer program provided an important deterrence against voter discrimination with 10,702 observers deployed from 1995-2012,” the report said.

Kengle said that federal election observers serve multiple purposes and one of the most important purposes doesn’t result in litigation. Election officials often request federal election observers from the Justice Department to calm tense situations when there have been concerns about claims of voter intimidation or other misconduct at the polls.

Election observers monitor the polls “not so much with an eye toward bringing a lawsuit, but rather allowing people to vote without concerns for intimidation,” said Kengle, adding that, in recent years, observers have documented compliance with the language minority provisions of the Voting Rights Act. Federal observers also keep an eye on the voting process on the ground and take notes in a way that attorneys or other election observers are not able to do, said Kengle, who worked in the Voting Section at the Justice Department for about 20 years and supervised election coverage.

Losing that monitoring power will be a huge loss for minority voters, said Kengle.

“Blacks are conscious of the history that produced the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and all the sacrifices that people made so that act could become law,” said Arnwine.

Arnwine disagreed with the majority decision in the Supreme Court Shelby County case that concluded that the rise in black voter turnout and the number of minority elected officials signaled that the Section 4 pre-clearance formula in the VRA was outdated and that voter disenfranchisement was largely a problem of the past.

Arnwine sees it differently, noting that increased black voter turnout doesn’t mean that it’s easier to vote, “it means that people are more determined to vote.”

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School department backs off Dearborn charter school plan Nate Homan School department officials changed their tune on the seemingly inevitable transformation of Roxbury’s Dearborn STEM Academy to an in-district charter school in fall 2015. Instead, BPS officials, parents of students, advocates and neighbors are heading to the drawing boards to come up with an effective academic improvement plan.

“We have been hearing from the community that there’s a lot of energy behind changing the school for the better,” Boston Public Schools Chief Communications Officer Lee McGuire said.

“It’s a collaborative process.

The superintendent wants to take the energy to make a plan to dramatically change the outcome of the student’s performances.”

The initial plan called for partnering Dearborn with the Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School group as a preventive measure to keep Dearborn from reaching Level 5 status. The decision to keep Dearborn in the BPS system came after BPS Interim Superintendent John McDonough told community members that he had recommended going forward on the in-district charter move.

While BPS officials have backed off the in-district charter proposal, Dearborn is not out of the woods yet. McGuire said that BPS data shows a small improvement in student performance at Dearborn, but it is not enough to stave off a state takeover. By skipping the September 17 deadline to present the in-district charter plan for fall 2015, the Dearborn could be taken over by the end of this month.

“We still need to do something very quickly to improve student outcomes,” McGuire said. “A state takeover is still a very real concern. Everyone in the Dearborn community understands the risk and the urgency at hand. The risks have not changed with this decision, neither has the need to make significant and immediate

progress. But we share their enthusiasm and their commitment.”

The Boston City Council held an Education Committee meeting in Grove Hall on Wednesday evening, attended by Mayor Martin Walsh, who showed up unannounced.

“I spoke with Superintendent McDonough about the concerns I had heard from community members and we decided to slow down the process and go back to process more feedback and information,” Walsh said. “People who were at the meeting last week were very enthusiastic and we’re going to need their cooperation. I made it clear that I think this is a risky move to keep Dearborn from becoming an in-district charter. I have a lot of concerns over the potential takeover from the state, so we have to work quickly to implement changes. All of the options are on the table, and hopefully a good solution comes of this.”

Councilor Tito Jackson said that this was the first time a sitting mayor walked into a City Council meeting in his memory.

Walsh said that preventing the state from taking over the school, which is slated for a $70.7 million demolition and reconstruction, is something he and the community agree is worth fighting for.

“We’re looking at a large presence behind us,” McGuire said.

“Our goal is to harness the energy from our community and come up with a bold strategy to show the state. I’ve never seen a meeting like this where people were so happy to hear that we were listening to them. So many people in the room volunteered to help in any way possible. It demonstrates positive action towards school.”

McGuire said that the proposal to turn Dearborn into an in-district charter came about in July, but meetings yielded tepid input from community members. McGuire said that talking about the transformation as a reality was an effort to add a sense of urgency to the conversation.

“The mayor and superintendent wanted to have room to maneuver and show community the

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severity of the situation at hand,” McGuire said.

“We weren’t seeing the community outpouring we’re seeing today back in July. We can’t be successful without community cooperation and energy. But we are facing a serious risk. Judging by the way the state handled other takeovers last year, they could move in at the end of this month.

If we don’t act, the state is guaranteed to take over.”

McGuire said that the Elihu Greenwood School and English High School are two examples of two schools that teetered on the edge of charter status, but successfully partnered with Blueprint Schools Network, which brought in tutors and teacher support. McGuire said that similar measures are being considered, among other options in order to shore up the Dearborn from within.

“I think that what we’re seeing is a consistent message from people pushing to help Dearborn succeed,” McGuire said. “People felt that the solution should be one created from within the com-

munity. There’s a new headmaster at Dearborn and a fantastic teaching staff all on the same page.”

Walsh stressed the importance of continued community input on the fate of the Dearborn. He said that he believes that the state will hear out the proposals to prevent a charter takeover, but he said he has gone before them to advocate for schools that were taken over despite his opposition in the past.

“I commend the community members for standing up for what they believe in,” Walsh said. “I love to see how passionate they are about the school and I want to harness that passion. I think it will prove to be a very successful school.”

Mayor Martin Walsh, joined by newly appointed Education Chief Turahn Dorsey, speaks with 6th grade students at the Mildred Ave. School in Mattapan. (Mayor’s Office photo by Jeremiah Robinson)

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HEALTH OTC drugs: Safe when taken correctly Karen Miller

Read the drug facts label carefully Misuse of over-the-counter, or OTC drugs, has not received the same amount of attention as prescription drugs but they are far from harmless. Part of the problem is that doctors are taken out of the process. Consumers instead diagnose their own problems, and then self-medicate — all without the benefit of any professional medical advice.

Indeed, OTC drugs are readily available for all to use, but that does not mean that all should readily use them.

It is a common misperception that OTC drugs are not powerful and therefore do not require the same attention to detail as prescription medications.

Not so.

Many OTC drugs were at one time available only through a provider’s orders. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regularly evaluates the safety of prescription drugs and their ability to transition from prescription-only to OTC status.

Since 1976 the FDA approved that transition for more than 700 products, according to the FDA’s Prescription to OTC Switch List.

Some drugs that have made the switch are well known: the antihistamines Claritin-D and Zyrtec and the acid reducer Prevacid 24 HR. Also, ibuprofen, a common pain killer, got its walking papers 30 years ago.

There’s one catch though.

That switch and the resultant ease of access did not necessarily reduce their potency.

But how can an untrained person make such an important medical decision? The FDA weighed in when it mandated in 2002 that all OTC drugs carry a universal “drug facts label” that clearly lists each drug’s active ingredient, uses, warnings, directions for taking, inactive ingredients and other information.

That means a consumer should be able to determine what the drug contains, if it treats the complaint, how to take it, what to watch out for and even how to store it.

That answers the question for one drug and one illness. Taking multiple OTC drugs or combining OTC with prescription drugs is another issue.

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Take acetaminophen for example. Acetaminophen, a pain and fever reducer, is the active ingredient of several medications, both prescription and OTC. The current maximum daily dose is 4,000 milligrams, and prolonged excessive use can result in liver damage. Because acetaminophen overdoses have contributed to numerous emergency room visits, hospitalizations and deaths each year, the FDA asked drug manufacturers to limit the strength of acetaminophen in prescription combination drug products to 325 mg per tablet or dosage.

That tackles the problem with prescription drugs, but a similar request was not applied to OTCs. Tylenol especially is tricky be-

cause of its many products with varying potencies of acetaminophen. For instance, each pill of Tylenol Extra Strength contains 500 mg of the drug versus 325 mg for regular strength.

In addition, dozens of other non-prescription drugs, such as Coricidin contain acetaminophen. If a person does not keep an eye on how much he or she is taking, it is easy to surpass the recommended daily maximum — even on OTC drugs.

Cough syrups present another sort of problem. When taken in excess, cough syrup can cause hallucinations, which partially explains why teenagers are using it for cheap highs.

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without consequences either.

Researchers found that St. John’s Wort — used for depression — could decrease the effectiveness of some medications used for HIV/AIDS and other serious illnesses. Black cohosh, which women take for hot flashes, causes some drugs to stay in the system too long or move

any product that changes the way your body works or treats a condition is a drug and requires monitoring.

The bottom line is that if your physician has not recommended a particular OTC it is advisable to seek advice from a pharmacist who can determine from your symptoms, medical history

out too quickly, which reduces their effectiveness.

A practical way of viewing all OTC drugs, including vitamins and herbal supplements, is that

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We’ve salvaged a spot from the neighborhood’s past and turned it into an economic opportunity for the future.”

Developed by a consortium of nonprofits working in collaboration with the Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation, the Bornstein & Pearl Food Production Center is expected to create new jobs for community residents and serve as an incubator for new community-based food businesses.

DBEDC led the $15 million redevelopment effort, in partnership with CropCircle Kitchen, to transform the former Pearl Meats manufacturing facility into a 36,000-square-foot multi-tenant, light industrial business center.

The facility includes a large shared-use commercial kitchen plus cold and frozen storage for start-up and growing food businesses managed by CropCircle Kitchen, plus separate food manufacturing spaces for individual businesses ready to graduate into their own dedicated kitchen space. A commissary kitchen will serve the various food preparation needs of food trucks, restaurants, and institutions.

The ribbon-cutting day mood was solidly celebratory, with community leaders expressing unabashed satisfaction and pride in the culmination of a monumental collaborative process.

“Made in Dorchester!” said DBEDC Board President Daryl Wright to applause from the seated crowd.

“Making things reflects a level of knowledge, vision, resources and grit that can’t be described if you haven’t made something,” Wright continued. “Walking by this revitalized facility, a place where we’re producing healthy food, growing local businesses, and creating jobs for local people, lifts me up. We can make things of value in our community. So let’s imagine this label: Made in Dorchester.”

The Bornstein & Pearl facility is part of a comprehensive, $100 million redevelopment of Quincy Street between Blue Hill Avenue and Magnolia street. Adjacent to the center are 129 new and renovated Quincy Heights apartments.

The redevelopment project was spearheaded by Dorchester Bay, United Housing Management, Nuestra Comunidad Community Development Corporation, the Quincy Geneva CDC, Project RIGHT, DSNI, CropCircle Kitchen, the City of Boston, along with a collection of 27 public and private funders.

The project was a model of local and diverse hiring. Jeanne DuBois, executive director of Dorchester Bay EDC announced that over 50 percent of the construction workers came from the neighborhood, 60 percent were minorities and 19 percent female. The project’s split of 51 percent union and 49 percent nonunion allowed for more local hiring, she said.

At one time the vacant former meat factory had been considered as a site for housing, but local residents expressed a preference for economic development and jobs.

City Councilor Tito Jackson spoke to that in his turn at the podium, as he lauded the wealth building opportunity of local entrepreneurship.

“Affordable housing is critical, but housing is made affordable based on how much you make,” Jackson said. “On this space, we

have an opportunity to build strong local businesses that can take us to that next level.”

Before and after the formal program, visitors toured the renovated facility. Some spaces are still empty, while others are already loaded with gleaming new kitchen equipment.

Alex Bourgeois of Alex’s Ugly Sauce greeted visitors in his new 1,400-square-foot production space. Standing near a table laden with jars of hot pepper sauce in progress, he explained that he began producing sauces at CropCircle Kitchen’s smaller Jamaica Plain location three years ago, but had outgrown that space. “[The new space] really lets us move in a different way,” he said.

“We couldn’t have done it without CropCircle, in J.P. and now here.

There’s so little commercial food production space in town. Here, the space is ready — all you have to do is buy the equipment.”

Bourgeois also benefits from the “communal” atmosphere of the shared facility, he said, and is able to use temporary seasonal help from the local residents CropCircle Kitchen trains in food production.

Outside, a dozen food producers proudly displayed their wares, offering samples from cookies and honey-sweetened dark chocolate to salsa, pommes frites, chicken, Haitian “pikliz” and Argentinian empanadas. Sgt. Silta and Officer Marrero of the Boston Police Department served Pearl hot dogs and J.P. Lick’s ice cream from the BPD’s “Operation Ice Breaker” mobile food truck.

Roxbury resident Kai Grant offered samples of the Fort Hill Jerk Chicken she and her husband Christopher will be making in the new center’s shared kitchen space. The couple has been testing the market and perfecting their “authentic Jamaican” recipe since 2011 and are thrilled to move into a new space as they prepare to start a takeout business.

“The building of this Pearl facility couldn’t have come at a better time,” Grant said. “We’re able to scale up because of this wonderful kitchen, just a mile away from our home.”

Making a glorious September day even sunnier for Fort Hill Jerk Chicken was the surprise announcement by Paul Grogan of The Boston Foundation that the emerging company has just been awarded a $3,000 working capital grant.

Jen Faigel, who assisted the Pearl facility project early on as an economic development consultant and is now interim executive director of CropCircle Kitchen, credited DBEDC’s DuBois with the courage to overcome the doubts of many potential funders.

Some questioned the idea of reusing the old facility and suggested tearing it down to create housing, Faigel said. “But Jeanne — a crazy visionary — said ‘no, there must be a way, let’s make this happen.’ And we slowly but surely figured out a way to convince a whole lot of you to write checks.”

Faigel said CropCircle Kitchen, formed in 2009, has already helped 100 people start food businesses that employ more than 300 people.

The new facility will eventually hold 50 businesses and 150 employees.

“Imagine those businesses populating the empty storefronts of Blue Hill Avenue,” she said.

“That’s why we’re here, to create economic opportunity. When you give people a chance, they do amazing things.”

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Nia Holloway’s musical legacy prepares her for role of Nala in the Lion King

Colette Greenstein Music and dance were a part of Nia Holloway’s life since she was a toddler in Atlanta, Georgia. Holloway is the granddaughter of “Disco Diva” Loleatta Holloway, whose vocals were featured on the 1991 single Good Vibrations by Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, as well as being an accomplished singer in her own right with the 1977 single Hit & Run and 1980s Love Sensation.

Holloway’s great grandmother is the “Soul Singer” Sylvia Shemwell of the renowned backup group The Sweet Inspirations (originally founded by Cissy Houston), who sang background vocals for Elvis, Wilson Pickett, Jimi Hendrix, Aretha Franklin, and The Bee Gees.

Inspired by her grandmother Loleatta, who set the bar high for her, Holloway began training in ballet, jazz, and hip-hop at the age of five years old. Interestingly enough, Holloway’s great grandmother Sylvia Shemwell also began singing at the age of five.

The gifted performer knew she wanted to be an entertainer at a very young age.

“I was always surrounded by entertainers in my family and the feeling I got whenever I did a talent show or even just singing for my family was amazing,” says Holloway.

She started going to auditions and participated in school plays and musicals at the age of nine. Her first play was 101 Dalmatians when she was in the fifth grade and she says, “I proudly shared the role of Cruella de Vil with my younger sister Audrey.”

After performing throughout Atlanta for several years singing the national anthem for a variety of local sports teams, Holloway’s first big break came when she appeared at the Apollo Theater in Harlem. She made three appearances on the amateur competition show Stars of Tomorrow and won twice.

In 2012, at the age of 17, Holloway’s life changed dramatically. She landed the role of Nala in Disney’s national tour of The Lion King, the youngest actor to ever play the role of “adult Nala” in its 17-year history.

When she found out that she got the part, Holloway said it was “amazing” and “an honor and extremely humbling” to land the coveted role.

Much like the character Nala in The Lion King, who has to embark on a journey and leave her family, Holloway too has had to leave her home in Atlanta, her parents and her two younger sisters. The talented actress and singer lives by a personal mantra of “no fear” to guide her. When asked what this means to her, Holloway replied that it means “to do whatever you want.”

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Don Lemon earns respect for reporting on race issues Kam Williams CNN’s Don Lemon has anchored and reported many breaking on-the-scene news stories, including the George Zimmerman trial, the Boston marathon bombing, the Philadelphia building collapse, the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, the Colorado Theater Shooting, the death of Whitney

Houston, the inauguration of President Barack Obama, the death of Michael Jackson, Hurricane Gustav in Louisiana, and the Minneapolis bridge collapse.

In 2009, Ebony Magazine dubbed Lemon one of the 150 most influential blacks in America. Furthermore, he has won an Edward R. Murrow award for his coverage of the capture of the Washington,

D.C. snipers, and an Emmy for a special report on real estate in Chicagoland.

Lemon earned a degree in broadcast journalism from Brooklyn College where he currently serves as an adjunct professor, teaching and participating in curriculum designed around new media.

Here, he talks about CNN’s coverage of the recent shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.

wasn’t as if I’d injected myself into the story. We were standing where we’d been instructed to stand, and he came around the corner and shoved me when I just happened to be doing a live shot on The Situation Room. I don’t think that made me part of the story. It was more that everyone was watching when news was breaking live around me.

KW: Were there any teachable moments for you as a journalist covering the aftermath of the Michael Brown shooting?

DL: I think there’s always a lesson you can learn from any situation.

In this case, I learned how tightly people hold onto their beliefs. And, here, people had really strong be-

liefs about this story on both sides.

People supporting the officer felt Michael Brown did something wrong. Those supporting Michael Brown said the cop did something wrong. There was very little that you could do to convince either side otherwise, or simply to be objective and not jump to conclusions. So, if you were just reporting the facts, and said “Michael Brown did this…” you’d be challenged by his supporters asking, “How do you know that?” By the same token, if you said, “Witnesses say the cop did this…” the officer’s supporters would challenge you with “Well, how do you know that?” It reconfirmed that I have to be objective Lemon, continued to page 17

Kam Williams: Do you think your ability to report from Ferguson, Missouri was adversely affected by your almost becoming a part of the story like when you got shoved or punched by that racist cop or when rapper Talib Kweli put you in the awkward position of having to defend CNN’s coverage on the air?

Don Lemon: Well, I don’t know if I became part of the story. I just think we had so many resources devoted to it that we were way ahead of the competition. So, everyone tuned in to CNN, and they were watching us. [Regarding Talib Kweli] I’m not the only one on the air who’s been put in a position of defending our reporting. If someone comes on and criticizes it, we’re there to tell them the truth. [Regarding Officer Dan Page] I got pushed by an officer live on television, but that was just me doing my job. He pushed me, so it

CNN reporter Don Lemon (r) interviewing Dorian Johnson, attorney for the family of slain 18-year-old Michael Brown. (Theo R. Welling photo)

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in my reporting and allow viewers to read into it whatever they want.

So, the teachable moment for me was a reminder that I just have to state the facts.

KW: Are you satisfied that CNN has covered the Michael Brown case objectively, devoid of bias and sensationalism?

DL: Absolutely! My answer is “yes” and I’m so happy that Aaron asked this question because that means that people are paying close attention.

So, it’s incumbent upon us not only to be objective but to be passionate about our reporting… meaning wanting to be there… wanting to tell the truth… and wanting to tell the story from all sides.

KW: A crowd control police officer overtly referred to protesters as “animals” on CNN. Is that sound bite an accurate reflection of the state of relations between Ferguson’s police officers and the African-American community?

DL: I can’t answer that because I’m not a resident of Ferguson. I can only tell you what, from being there, people are saying to me. And I know that there are some good officers in the Ferguson Police Department, and then there are some bad ones, just as in any police department around the country. But I don’t know if someone calling protesters “animals” is an accurate reflection of the Ferguson Police.

You’d have to ask the police and the people of Ferguson. I know they have issues with the department. That’s what you saw playing out on television. They are passionately distrustful of the police. Many people are. There’s a disconnect between the police and the community. And so that’s a question that’s better answered by those who live there.

KW: Has the court of public opinion already outweighed any opportunity for Officer Wilson to voice his rationale for shooting Michael Brown so many times?

DL: No, I don’t think it’s outweighed his rationale. The officer is yet to tell the public and the media what he did. I’m sure he’s already spoken with investigators. What everyone else is really waiting on is to hear his side of the story. But he can do that at any point. So, if anyone feels there’s been some bias in the reporting of the story that’s because only one side is telling their story. The officer hasn’t told his story in the first person. In the beginning, the Ferguson Police gave a version. Then they turned it over to St. Louis County. And then there’s an alleged friend of the police officer who called a radio station to tell her side of the story. But that’s really been it. So, you haven’t heard much from the officer’s side. However, you have heard from witnesses on the scene who have a lot to say about what they saw happen to Michael Brown. So, if you don’t have the officer or someone speaking on his behalf, how do you tell his story? You can’t.

KW: In your opinion, was there a sufficient threat against the police for them to don riot gear, use teargas and make such a show of deadly force?

PH: I don’t know about a sufficient threat, but I do know there were agitators in the crowd. We saw some

of them. Come on! We saw people get shot in front of us. I wasn’t at every scene that turned into a violent situation, but I did see protesters instigating in some instances.

Still, the overwhelming majority of people said they were doing nothing but exercising their right to protest and to march on the street when all of a sudden they came up against a heavy police presence pushing them out of the way. I take them at their word that this was true. The police said to us that we didn’t see everything that’s going on... that people were throwing bottles of water and urine at them, and that when something’s flying through the air they have no idea whether it might be a Molotov cocktail. So, while I might

tend to agree with the conventional wisdom that it looks like an overly-militarized presence, just judging from the optics of it, I would nevertheless take both sides at their word, because I’m not the police and I wasn’t in the crowd 100% of the time. I think there was some instigating by police, and I think there was some instigating by some of the people who were out in the crowd.

KW: How has all the looting affected the public perception of the Mike Brown case? Did the optics of that serve to divide the country along color lines?

DL: I think in a way it distracted us from the real issues: first, the killing of Mike Brown and,

secondly, the police’s relationship with certain members of the community. When you saw people stealing, that changed the narrative of the story. But it also showed how upset people are. I think you’d be hard-pressed to go back in history and find any sort of major change achieved without some sort of upheaval. Even during the peaceful, non-violent Civil Rights Movement, something would break out. There are often people in a crowd who will do things they’re not supposed to, even during the celebration of winning the Stanley Cup, the World Cup or the NBA championship. We see it all the time. It was no different in Ferguson. But

it doesn’t suggest that the people there are different from anyone else. It’s just that there were a few agitators in the crowd. And yes, I do think it did take our focus off of what’s really important.

KW: Have you been the victim of a profile stop by police?

DL: I have had interaction with police officers, yes. What man of color hasn’t? That’s the reality. I was also detained for “shopping while black.” Listen, I live in America. If I live in this country, things are going to happen to me, especially as a black man.

I’ve talked about my experiences before, but I don’t really want to be the story.

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“You can’t be afraid to lose, to take risks,” she added. “You have to have no fear in your heart. This is what I carry with me.”

She’s also been able to find a kinship with the role of Nala. Holloway says that Nala is the epitome of “no fear.”

“She’s extremely strong. I love playing the role because I see a little of Nala in me.”

To another actress the role of Nala may seem daunting but Holloway has remained grounded due to the influence of her family, and especially what she’s learned first-

hand from her grandmother.

“She was a superstar in her own right. She traveled the world for 40 years and accomplished so many things and touched millions of people with her talent,” Holloway says of her grandmother.

“Even through all of this she remained humble. When she would come back from being on tour and seeing all of these amazing places she was still just our grandmother.”

Holloway adds, “She always made it a priority for me and my family to know that even with accomplishments and recognition, you never forget where you come from and who you really are. I think that’s the strongest advice any entertainer could have and

I’m glad it was my grandmother who showed me this by example throughout her life.”

Disney’s The Lion King is now playing at the Boston Opera House through October 12. Tickets are currently on sale and may be purchased through an authorized ticket seller found only at Ticketmaster 866-870-2717, and by visiting www.LionKing.com. Tickets will also be sold at the Boston Opera House Box Office, 539 Washington Street, Boston, MA (Monday through Friday, 10am to 5pm).

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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and Irish residents had fled to the suburbs, leaving Roxbury a majority-black neighborhood.

As the South End continued to gentrify through the ’80s and ’90s, Roxbury remained fairly stable, with reliably low real estate values and a large supply of affordable units. Currently, 45 percent of Roxbury residents have rental subsidies — many, but not all, in large subsidized developments like Warren Gardens, Academy Homes and Orchard Gardens.

Although the high percentage of subsidized rents in Roxbury may seem like a hedge against gentrification, currently 41 percent of units in the South End are subsidized, yet that neighborhood is widely considered gentrified.

Price notes that gentrification could happen much more quickly in Roxbury. Of the neighborhood’s 21,522 residences, just 4,993 were owner-occupied in 2010. With a high percentage of fixed-income seniors living in Roxbury, those units could turn over quickly.

“The real question is can the 4,900 people who own continue to own in Roxbury,” said longtime Roxbury resident Dan Richardson.

“There are not many older folks who want to hang in and do what it takes to stay in a house that’s too big.”

Richardson’s Humboldt Avenue home is not particularly close to a rapid transit line and is relatively far from the city’s hospitals and colleges. Yet it is one of the three

Roxbury areas identified as ripe for gentrification in the First National Bank of Cleveland study. Its stock of well-maintained stately Victorian-era homes has attracted a smattering of hipsters, young urban professionals and speculators.

While the average African American family with a family income between $60,000 and $90,000 can afford a home in the $300,000 range, single-family homes throughout Roxbury are now selling for $500,000.

“No one who lives here can buy a house at that price,” notes Rodney Singleton, who is active in Roxbury development issues. “That’s why we have a problem with gentrification in Roxbury.”

The high cost of housing in Roxbury is not immediately reflected on real estate tracking websites. On Trulia, of the ten single-family homes listed in the 02119 Roxbury zip code, six were in foreclosure and one was a deed restricted affordable home.

Housing activists say many of the homes in foreclosure are being snapped up by speculators who are flipping them, earning handsome profits.

“There are always going to be people looking to get something for nothing, and real estate is the easiest way to do that,” Richardson commented.

Along with home sale prices, rents in Roxbury are also on the rise.

An 850-square-foot, three-bedroom apartment on Williams Street in Dudley Square is listed for $2,950. A two-bedroom apartment on Washington Street in Egleston Square is listed for $1,950.

“I have a client who has a Section 8 voucher and wants to live in Roxbury,” said real estate broker Kensley Dimmott. “I haven’t found any two bedrooms for $1,400 yet. You can still find them, but it’s a lot tougher.

There’s not a lot of inventory. And when you have inventory, landlords can get $2,000 for a two bedroom.”

While there are no reliable statistics, Roxbury residents say they’re seeing many longtime tenants forced out of the neighborhood by the rising rents.

“People who are not getting a subsidy, they better have a good paying job,” says retired housing activist Joan Miller, who lives in Academy Homes. “Or they need to have two jobs. Gentrification is happening.”

New housing strategies

While there is near-universal agreement that gentrification is happening in Boston, there’s little consensus on how best to respond.

Many in Roxbury fit into one of two camps — those who think the neighborhood has too much affordable housing, and those who think Roxbury needs more.

Price occupies a narrow middle ground, calling for subsidies for moderate-income homebuyers earning between $60,000 and $90,000 a year. Those buyers can afford housing in the $300,000 $350,000 range, Price says. But land acquisition costs often make it impossible to build housing units for less than $400,000.

Among the ideas Price is floating are public subsidies for homebuyers in the form of $50,000 loans.

The Menotomy Weatherization Program is accepting sealed proposals from contractors for heating system efficiency modifications including repairs, cleaning, tuning and burner/system replacements for the HeartWap (HWAP) Program as well as accepting proposals from asbestos abatement contractors. The service area is Arlington, Cambridge, Lexington, Belmont, Somerville, Watertown and Waltham. The accepted proposals will be for the HeartWap Program years: October 1, 2014 through September 30, 2016. Requests for information for the Heartwap Program may be made to Michael DiNicola at 781-316-3434. 0r mdinicola@town.arlington.ma.us. All proposals must be in our office – The Menotomy Weatherization office at 20 Academy Street, Suite 202, Arlington, MA 02476 – no later than Tuesday, September 30, 2014 All proposals are subject to price negotiation. The Menotomy Weatherization Program reserves the right to reject any and all proposals deemed best for the Program. Small and minority firms are encouraged to apply. This advertisement is subject in all respects to the terms and conditions of the invitation to bid.

To the above named Defendant: A Complaint has been presented to this Court by the Plaintiff, Yolanda White, seeking a Complaint to Establish Paternity.

You are required to serve upon Yolanda White — plaintiff — whose address is 3 Powellton Road, Dorchester, MA 02121 your answer on or before October 2, 2014. If you fail to do so, the court will proceed to the hearing and adjudication of this action. You are also required to file a copy of your answer in the office of the Register of this Court at Boston.

Witness, Joan P. Armstrong, Esquire, First Justice of said Court at Boston, this 18th day of June 2014.

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department Suffolk Probate and Family Court 24 New Chardon Street Boston, MA 02114 (617) 788-8300 Docket No. SU09P0694EA

Citation on Petition for Order of Complete Settlement of Estate Estate of Arthur J Hamilton Date of Death: 08/19/1987 To all interested persons: A petition has been filed by Samuel Johnson of Roxbury, MA 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 Amended First and Final Account.

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 09/25/2014. 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.

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

Date: August 21, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department Docket No. SU14W1466 Summons By Publication Yolanda White, Plaintiff v.

Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate Court

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department

An Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer.

SUFFOLK Division

“The city could make a soft loan that doesn’t have to be repaid until the house is re-sold,” he said.

“If a developer is selling a home for $400,000, it could write down the loan to $350,000.

Price also advocates for public land to be made available for free to developers who agree to build moderate-income housing. In addition to the large swaths of publicly-owned land on Melnea Cass Boulevard and Columbus Avenue in Lower Roxbury, there are dozens of vacant city-owned parcels on and around Blue Hill Avenue.

“There’s at least a million square feet of publicly-owned land,” he said. “And there are developers who specialize in building on small parcels.”

Both Price and Singleton have advocated a housing strategy for Roxbury that prioritizes a balance

Henry Collins, Defendant

TOWN OF ARLINGTON REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

SUFFOLK Division

A three-bedroom apartment on Williams Street in Dudley Square is advertised for $2,950. This block is one of a few in Roxbury that were majority white in the 2010 Census. (Banner photo)

SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU14P2065EA

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Sonia Theresa Pinnock Date of Death: 03/12/2014 To all interested persons: A petition has been filed by Harold B Phillips of Hyde Park, MA and Darlene Pinnock of Glenn Dale, MD and Jumaada A-K. H. Smith of Boston, 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 Harold B Phillips of Hyde Park, MA and Darlene Pinnock of Glenn Dale, MD and Jumaada A-K. H. Smith of Boston, 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 10/09/2014. 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: August 29, 2014 Ann Marie Passanisi Register of Probate NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS CLASSIFIED LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

of market, affordable and moderate-income housing. In crafting a request for proposals for the Bartlett Yard project on Washington Street, Singleton and other project review committee members called for each of the three income levels to occupy a third of all units developed at Bartlett, a commitment Price agreed to adhere to.

That same 1/3, 1/3, 1/3 formula has become somewhat of a mantra among housing activists who weighed in on the Walsh administration’s transition team meetings. The Walsh administration is expected to release its plan for housing and development in Boston later this month. While Walsh administration officials have not leaked any details, housing activists are eagerly awaiting the plan.

“In Roxbury, it will make all the difference,” Price said.

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 & 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.

General Bids at 2:00 PM:

OCTOBER 7, 2014

Every General Bidder must be certified by the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance for the category of work and for no less than the bid price plus all add alternates of this project.

The Category of Work is:

ELECTRICAL

Mass. State Project No.

DCP1340 Contract No. HC1

Massachusetts Information Technology Center UPS System Replacement Chelsea, Massachusetts E.C.C: $3,943,504 This project is scheduled for 737 calendar days to substantial completion and in general includes: UPS system replacement in an existing critical facility data center and the upgrade of two (2) restrooms to meet state accessibility requirements. All work required to replace UPS system will be done in place while keeping the facility online during construction. The work will be done in two (2) phases.

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 form portion of specification book.

Each general bid and sub-bid proposal must be secured by an accompanying deposit of 5% of the total bid amount, including all alternates, 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 & 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 OCTOBER 22, 2014 (ten business days after the opening of General Bids) otherwise the deposit shall be the property of the Commonwealth.

WE DO NOT MAIL PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS. Messenger and other types of pick-up and delivery services are the agents of the bidder and the Division of Capital Asset Management & 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 & Maintenance to encourage the easy accessibility of documents to contractors.

Carole Cornelison COMMISSIONER

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

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS CLASSIFIED LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

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

General Bids at 2:00 PM:

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

Every General Bidder must be certified by the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance for the category of work and for no less than the bid price plus all add alternates of this project.

This Project bid in accordance with M.G.L. Chapter 30 Section 39M. Mass. State Project No.

DDS1405 Contract No. HC1

Sewer Main Replacement – Fernald Development Center Waltham, Massachusetts E.C.C: $512,400 This project is scheduled for 60 calendar days to substantial completion and in general includes: The project consists of a sewer main replacement, the cutting and capping of water service in Waverly Oaks Road, cutting and capping of water service from an above-ground water tower and the draining of the water tower. The pre-bid meeting will be held on Friday, September 19, 2014 @1:00 pm, Fernald Development Center, Power Plant, 200 Trapelo Road, Waltham, Massachusetts. Contact Bill DuLong, 617-727-4050 x31369.

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 form portion of specification book.

Each general bid proposal must be secured by an accompanying deposit of 5% of the total bid amount, including all alternates, 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 & 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 $50.00 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 OCTOBER 3, 2014 (ten business days after the opening of General Bids) otherwise the deposit shall be the property of the Commonwealth.

WE DO NOT MAIL PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS. Messenger and other type of pick-up and delivery services are the agents of the bidder and the Division of Capital Asset Management & 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 & Maintenance to encourage the easy accessibility of documents to contractors.

Carole Cornelison COMMISSIONER MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. AP1512-C1 FY15 AVIATION TERM MISCELLANEOUS IRON REPAIRS, BOSTON, BEDFORD AND 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, OCTOBER 1, 2014 immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly.

NOTE: PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 11:00 A.M. LOCAL TIME ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2014.

The work includes PROVISION OF ALL EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS, LABOR AND SUPERVISION NECESSARY TO MAKE STRUCTURAL STEEL AND ARCHITECTURAL IRON REPAIRS; FABRICATION OF MISCELLANEOUS METAL ITEMS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: RAILS, LADDERS, FRAMES AND SUPPORTS AT LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, WORCESTER REGIONAL AIRPORT AND HANSCOM CIVIL AIRFIELD ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS OVER A ONE (1) YEAR PERIOD.

Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details.

INSTALLATION OF NEW TIMBER PILES, REPLACEMENT OF BUOY MOORING CHAINS AND HARDWARE.

No filed sub bids will be required for this contract.

Bid documents will be made available beginning MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2014.

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).

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 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

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. AP1410-C1, FY15-17 AUTHORITYWIDE TERM WELDING & METAL FABRICATION, BOSTON, BEDFORD AND 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, OCTOBER 1, 2014 immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly.

NOTE: PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 10:30 A.M. LOCAL TIME ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2014.

The work includes PROVISION OF ALL EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS, LABOR AND SUPERVISION NECESSARY TO MAKE STEEL REPAIRS AND TO FABRICATE IRON TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS OVER A TWO (2) YEAR PERIOD. WORK UNDER THIS CONTRACT WILL BE LIMITED TO NONBUILDING RELATED REPAIRS. Bid documents will be made available beginning WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2014.

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 estimated contract cost is FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($550,000).

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 TEN MILLION DOLLARS, ($10,000,000.00). 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.

Bid documents will be made available beginning WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2014.

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).

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 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.

The estimated contract cost is NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($90,000).

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.

Bidding procedures and award of the contract and sub contracts shall be in accordance with the provisions of Sections 44A through 44J 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 TEN MILLION DOLLARS ($10,000,000). Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. AP1513-C1, FY15-17 WATERFRONT REPAIR TERM CONTRACT, SOUTH BOSTON AND EAST BOSTON, 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 021282909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2014 immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly.

NOTE: PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 10:00AM LOCAL TIME ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2014.

The work includes VARIOUS WATERFRONT REPAIRS, ON AN AS-NEEDED BASIS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO INSTALLATION, MAINTENANCE AND REMOVAL OF SPILL CONTAINMENT BOOMS, RETRIEVAL AND DISPOSAL OF FLOATING DEBRIS, EXTRACTION AND DISPOSAL OF DAMAGED TIMBER OR TIMBER DEBRIS, SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF NEW TIMBER FENDERS, SUPPLY AND INSTALLATION OF NEW TIMBER CURBS, SUPPLY AND

The estimated contract cost is $750,000.00.

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 $10,000,000. 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.

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

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. L1305-C1, REHABILITATION OF RUNWAY 4R – PHASE I, LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EAST BOSTON, 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, OCTOBER 1, 2014, immediately after which, in a designated room, the proposal will be opened and read publicly.

NOTE: PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 10:00 A.M. LOCAL TIME ON THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2014.

The work includes: PAVEMENT MILLING, WARM MIX ASPHALT INLAY, BITUMINOUS CRACK REPAIRS, IN-PAVEMENT LIGHT ADJUSTMENTS, SAWING AND SEALING JOINTS, PAVEMENT MARKINGS, AND RUNWAY GROOVING. Bid documents will be made available beginning WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2014.

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 estimated contract cost is SEVEN MILLION SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($7,750,000).

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 TEN MILLION DOLLARS ($10,000,000). 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.

This contract is subject to a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise participation provision requiring that not less than TEN POINT ONE PERCENT (10.1%) of the Contract be performed by disadvantaged business enterprise contractors. With respect to this provision, bidders are urged to familiarize themselves thoroughly with the Bidding Documents. Strict compliance with the pertinent procedures will be required for a bidder to be deemed responsive and eligible.

This Contract is also subject to Affirmative Action requirements of the Massachusetts Port Authority contained in Article 84 of the General

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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.

A Contractor having fifty (50) or more employees and his subcontractors having fifty (50) or more employees who may be awarded a subcontract of $50,000 or more will, within one hundred twenty (120) days from the contract commencement, be required to develop a written affirmative action compliance program for each of its establishments.

Compliance Reports - Within thirty (30) days of the award of this Contract the Contractor shall file a compliance report (Standard Form [SF 100]) if: (a) The Contractor has not submitted a complete compliance report within twelve (12) months preceding the date of award, and (b) The Contractor is within the definition of “employer” in Paragraph 2c(3) of the instructions included in SF100.

The contractor shall require the subcontractor on any first tier subcontracts, irrespective of the dollar amount, to file SF 100 within thirty (30) days after the award of the subcontracts, if the above two conditions apply. SF 100 will be furnished upon request. SF 100 is normally furnished Contractors annually, based on a mailing list currently maintained by the Joint Reporting Committee. In the event a contractor has not received the form, he may obtain it by writing to the following address: Joint Reporting Committee 1800 G Street Washington, DC 20506 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

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. AP1410-C1, FY15-17 AUTHORITYWIDE TERM WELDING & METAL FABRICATION, BOSTON, BEDFORD AND 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, OCTOBER 1, 2014 immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly.

NOTE: PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 10:30 A.M. LOCAL TIME ON TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2014.

The work includes PROVISION OF ALL EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS, LABOR AND SUPERVISION NECESSARY TO MAKE STEEL REPAIRS AND TO FABRICATE IRON TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS OVER A TWO (2) YEAR PERIOD. WORK UNDER THIS CONTRACT WILL BE LIMITED TO NONBUILDING RELATED REPAIRS. Bid documents will be made available beginning WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2014.

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 estimated contract cost is FIVE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($550,000).

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 TEN MILLION DOLLARS, ($10,000,000.00). 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.

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 MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. L892-C3, HEATING PLANT AND TERMINAL E SUBSTATION UPGRADES, LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EAST BOSTON, MA., 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, OCTOBER 15, 2014 immediately after which, in a designated room, the proposal 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, OCTOBER 1, 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 11:00 AM LOCAL TIME ON THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 18, 2014.

The work includes select demolition and replacement of 5 kV and 15 kV switchgear and 5 kV generators in the Central Heating Plant Substation, replacement of double-ended East Substation in Terminal E, HVAC upgrades to five Terminal E substations and 400 Hertz Ground Power upgrades to select Terminal E aircraft gate bridges.

Bid documents will be made available beginning WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2014.

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.

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 Asset Management and Maintenance and an Update Statement. The General Bidder must be certified in the category of GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. The Contract consists of a Base Bid and Six (6) Add Alternates. The estimated contract cost for the Base Bid is SIX MILLION DOLLARS ($6,000,000). The estimated contract cost for the Base Bid and all Six (6) Add Alternates is SEVEN MILLION THREE HUNDRED TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS ($7,310,000).

In order to be eligible and responsible to bid on this contract, filed Sub-bidders must submit with their bid a current Sub-bidder Certificate of Eligibility issued by the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance and an Update Statement. The filed Sub-bidder must be certified in the sub-bid 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

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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 TEN MILLION DOLLARS ($10,000,000). 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: HEATING, VENTILATING, AND AIR CONDITIONING Base Bid Estimate = $315,000 Base Bid + Add Alternates Estimate = $980,000 ELECTRICAL Base Bid Estimate = $5,520,000 Base Bid + Add Alternates Estimate = $6,120,000 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.

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 NonSegregated 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

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Applications returned by mail or in person must be sent to Villa Victoria, 640 Tremont St, Boston, MA 02118.

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All developments have existing waitlists. Placement on these waiting lists will occur by lottery and State Preferences will apply. The lottery will take place on October �, ���� at �:�� �� at �� West Newton Street, Boston, MA �����.

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