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District 4 candidate Andrea Joy Campbell embraces supporters during her victory party last week at the Blarney Stone in Fields Corner. Campbell supporters credited a strong grassroots campaign for her victory over longtime incumbent Charles Yancey.

Election upsets reveal new city voting trends White conservative voter influence seen waning

By YAWU MILLER

After the polls closed last Tuesday and the results began rolling in, the story of two upstart challengers defeating the city’s two longest-serving city councilors dominated news coverage —as well it should have.

Back in April when Andrea Joy Campbell announced her challenge to the 32-year reign of District 4 Councilor Charles Yancey, many political insiders

viewed the bid as a long shot.

And when Anissa Essaibi-George announced her second bid for an at-large seat on the council, pundits said the low turnout in a non-mayoral election year would favor incumbents.

So when Campbell and George won decisive victories, with the latter bumping 19-year veteran Stephen Murphy in a five-way race for the four at-large seats, the news media zeroed in on themes including the growing clout of women in local politics and the

generational divide between the youthful campaigns of the upstarts and those of the older candidates they defeated.

Another compelling story emerges in the voting patterns that for the last few election cycles have revealed a city in the midst of significant political change. For the third straight electoral cycle, at-large Councilor Ayanna Pressley was the top vote-getter, relying on a base that extends from

See ELECTION, page 10

By JULE PATTISON-GORDON

Boston’s middle class is growing and if more housing does not become available, it also may be leaving. The latest report on the mayor’s housing plan — released last month — found the city building middle income housing at 85 percent of the speed needed to reach its 2030 goals.

“The challenge really is, [in Roxbury] we’re not getting middle-income housing because developers can’t make any money producing it, yet that’s by and large what we need the most,” said Roxbury resident Rodney Singleton.

The city defines middle class as households earning $50,000125,000. As housing prices soar and wages stagnate, middle income families face the risk of being forced out of their neighborhoods or the city entirely. Between 2011-2012, the city’s median rent rose by 13 percent, wrote David Price, executive director of Nuestra Comunidad, on the community development corporation’s website.

The city aims to create 20,000

new units by 2030, with a fifth of them deed-restricted. The remaining 16,000 units are for placement on the open market in areas deemed middle-income affordable.

Homes evade the middle class

In many neighborhoods, rents are out of reach.

Only 9 percent of 2013 rental listings were affordable to families making $50,000. Even for families making $90,000 that number rose to only 65 percent, according to Boston 2030’s Oct. 2014 report.

Roxbury residents seeking to buy homes in their neighborhood face unattainable prices, with market price homes at $400,000 and up, Singleton said.

He anticipated an increase in gentrification and a squeeze-out of the middle class.

“Folks who are in the middle aren’t going to be able to qualify for subsidized units and they won’t be able to afford the market rate units,” Singleton said.

See MIDDLE INCOME, page 8

$30M more state spending on MBEs Supplier Diversity Program expands

By JULE PATTISON-GORDON

Patty Bruce and other representatives of small and diverse businesses managed tables at the gym-turned-exhibition-center at Roxbury Community College’s Reggie Lewis Center last Thursday. Bruce was networking at the Massachusetts Supplier Diversity Regional Series event on behalf of Bay State Envelope, a printing services company owned and operated by women. The turnout for

this exhibition, she said, was significantly higher than the last such event she attended, and she was able to get many promising sizeable prospects.

Bruce credited the high attendance to the expansion of the state’s supplier diversity program benchmarks, announced by Governor Charlie Baker the day before.

“With Baker’s announcement last night, there’s three times the turnout of the last meeting,” she said.

Baker expanded the minimum percent of state government

spending designated for Massachusetts-based small businesses, Minority-owned Business Enterprises and Women-owned Business Enterprises; a streamlining of the certification processes and new certifications to acknowledge businesses owned by veterans, LGBT people and people with disabilities.

Women and minorities get $60 million boost

This marks the first expansion of MBE and WBE state procurement and discretionary spending benchmarks in four years.

See DIVERSITY, page 13

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Governor Charlie Baker announced benchmark increases, streamlined certification and new diversity categories for the state’s Supplier Diversity Program.

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Community weighs in on Washington St. planning Affordability, displacement are focus during second meeting in BRA planning process ByYAWU MILLER

Jamaica Plain activists and Boston Redevelopment Authority representatives entered the Boston English High School cafeteria Nov. 4 with a tall order — plotting the future of a mile-long stretch of Washington Street in the face of rising rents, sky-high real estate values and an abundance of vacant and under-utilized land.

The challenges facing the area have been underscored by the contentious recent public review process around 3200 Washington Street in Egleston Square. A sixstory, 76-unit apartment building is slated to go up on the site of the former Economy Plumbing and Heating Supply, a development that has sparked protests from affordable housing activists.

In April, the Boston Redevelopment Authority announced Plan: JP/Rox, its planning process for the Washington Street corridor between Jackson Square, Egleston Square and Forest Hills. BRA officials say the plan for the corridor will be incorporated into Boston 2030, the agency’s citywide planning process.

Through the Washington Street

corridor planning process, residents and city officials can change zoning in the area, creating guidelines for new development. While the area currently has a mix of housing, retail and light manufacturing, new zoning regulations could dictate new allowable land uses as well as set guidelines on the height and density of new buildings.

BRA Senior Planner Marie Mercurio said the JP/Rox planning process will take nine months.

“By next summer we hope new zoning amendments will be in place,” she said.

In the first meeting, held in October, residents voiced concerns about maintaining the affordability of rents, preserving affordable housing, curbing the displacement of longstanding businesses and making sure development happens in an environmentally sustainable way.

Last week at English High, several dozen community residents engaged in a brainstorming session, discussing ideas about how to maintain the economic diversity of the residents and businesses in the area.

While most of Jamaica Plain has seen widespread displacement of low-income residents, the

Washington Street corridor still has a degree of income diversity, city officials noted. Of the 2,579 housing units in the area, 18 percent are income-restricted affordable rentals and 29 percent are owner-occupied.

In addition, 22 percent of the renters in the area are paying more than 35 percent of their income on housing costs.

Of the 6,118 residents living in the area, 34 percent are Latino, 33 percent white, 24 percent African American and 4 percent Asian. Four percent of homeowners are elderly.

Many residents said that the area’s income mix and racial diversity could soon fall prey to displacement.

“I certainly want to see a community that supports people at different economic strata, a community that maintains the diversity — cultural and linguistic — that’s here now,” said longtime Jamaica Plain resident Alvin Shiggs. “My fear is that this will turn into what I call a middle- or upper middle-class ghetto. We need mixed-income housing. We need a place where small businesses can survive. I think we have an opportunity to do something different in Egleston Square.”

Devin Quirk, director of operations at the Department of

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The BRA’s Plan: JP/Rox process is looking at zoning for future development in an area between Jackson Square and Forest Hills.

Neighborhood Development, said the city may consider strategies to maintain income diversity, including offering income tax abatements for owners who keep their rents affordable, providing land for development corporations to build affordable housing, and a neighborhood resident preference for new affordable units.

“There are some challenges to that, but we’re looking into it,” Quirk said.

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Community residents participate in a Spanish language brainstorming session during the BRA’s Plan: JP/Rox meeting held last week at Boston English High School.

Among the incentives the city is considering to bring in more affordable housing is a provision that would allow developers to exceed height restrictions in exchange for the construction of additional floors.

Attendees broke into subgroups to discuss different aspects of development in the Washington Street corridor, including encouraging cooperatively-run businesses, rooftop urban gardening, affordable housing land trusts and programs to protect existing small businesses.

Many in the room advocated forcefully for affordable housing.

Members of a coalition of groups calling for affordability for all new units in the area brought catered food to the event and distributed information packets about affordable housing.

Gabriell Paye, a member of City Life/Vida Urbana, said the pace of displacement in the Egleston Square section of Jamaica Plain is increasing.

“Every week we get five to ten new people who are losing their homes to foreclosure and eviction,” she told the Banner.

Abdul Hussein, who grew up in Jamaica Plain and now lives with his parents and siblings in Lynn, says he fears the same displacement he saw in the Hyde Square section of JP will happen in the Egleston Square area.

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MA’s broken public records laws targeted by pending reform bill

By JULE PATTISON GORDON

Iván Espinoza-Madrigal suspected that a Boston Police Department method of testing for cocaine use among its officers —by examining their hair — produced far more false positives when evaluating blacks’ hair. Espinoza-Madrigal is executive director of Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice, and his organization is helping plaintiffs make their case.

To better understand the implications of the hair test, he wanted to find out how many people had taken the test, how many had failed it and who administered them. He sent a public records request to the police.

And waited.

Weak laws and even weaker enforcement allow public records requests to languish for months, information to be redacted without proper cause and records to be offered only for prohibitively expense fees.

Many like Espinoza-Madrigal are hoping a reform bill now at the House Ways and Means Committee will change all that.

Neglected requests

Espinoza-Madrigal sent his public records request in December 2014. Six months later he sent a follow-up, repeating the query.

Almost a year after the original request, he has received no reply to either message.

“The city, by not responding, can effectively deny us access to

information that would be highly relevant to this litigation,” he said.

Public records

Any member of the public is supposed to be able to view a variety of state documents under public record laws.

“Public records are about getting the information we need to hold the government responsible.

If we don’t have them, we don’t really know what has transpired in our name,” said Pam Wilmot, executive director of Common Cause, a nonpartisan organization focused on government reform.

By many accounts, these laws are broken in Massachusetts.

The Center for Public Integrity, a Washington D.C.-based nonprofit news organization, conducted a 2015 State Integrity Investigation.

In the category “Public Access to Information,” Massachusetts was ranked as 40th in the nation.

Massachusetts’ public record laws have not been updated since the 1970s, when the idea of putting records online would have been science fiction.

Footing the bill for accountability

In some cases, fulfilling a public records request is as easy as a town administrator forwarding the last meeting’s notes. Other times, the request can entail hours of searching, compiling and reviewing records and redacting personal, sensitive or otherwise protected information.

Currently, these processing fees and records copy costs are passed on to the organization or individual making the request.

The cost can reach $5,000 to $10,000, said Espinoza-Madrigal.

“For small nonprofit organizations, like the Lawyers Committee, paying those kinds of duplication costs and production expense is extraordinarily burdensome and creates a killing effect on our ability to access records,” he said.

In some cases, the fees may be inflated to discourage requesters.

The Boston Globe cites an instance in which an attorney requested to see the state police’s database of Breathalyzer test results. Even though he was asking for a digital copy, the attorney was told he would have to pay $2.7 million to cover printing costs and staff fees, an amount later dropped to $1.2 million. Other states had given him similar records for free.

However, Geoff Beckwith, executive director of Massachusetts Municipal Association, said real costs are incurred and someone has to fund them.

If requesters do not pay for the fulfillment of their records requests, that cost is passed on to the local government and from there to taxpayers. This may take the form of increased taxes or reduction in services, as staff put off other tasks to work on request, he said.

“There are a lot of small communities out there with limited or part-time staff,” Beckwith said “A request that will take 20 hours

or 30 hours to complete, unless there’s flexibility [on completion deadlines], would essentially force them to drop everything else, and they work on a lot of other duties and services.”

That flexibility now exists, but proposed reforms look to enforce clear timelines.

Attorney’s expenses

In cases where the agency does not respond to or denies a records request for seemingly unreasonable cause, it can be contested in court. But even when requesters win cases, they are responsible for their attorney’s fees. This means individual citizens incur a financial burden for ensuring the law is upheld, said Espinoza-Madrigal.

It also may prevent individuals from taking the matter further. “[Average citizens] don’t have the money to hire an attorney outof-pocket to hold the agency accountable to public law,” he said.

“The average person is not going to spend the money.”

Only two other states do not provide attorney’s fees, said Wilmot.

Talk of timelines

Espinoza-Madrigal said ignoring requests has become a way of unofficially denying them.

“Many agencies have been ignoring requests that are submitted or delaying access to records for many, many months,” he said.

Meanwhile, Matthew G. Feher, legislative chairman and member of executive committee for the MA Municipal Lawyers Association, said that reform to current laws should avoid too-strict timelines.

Not all requests take the same amount of time or labor to fill, he said, so flexibility is needed.

“A one-size fits-all cookie-cutter law is not going to work,” Feher said.

Weak enforcement

There is lengthy precedent for allowing agencies to get away with sloppy compliance with public records law.

“Weakness in enforcement helps agencies like the Boston Police Department keep information hidden away from public view and keep operations in shadows,” said Espinoza-Madrigal.

The attorney general is charged with enforcing public records compliance, if requested to do so by the Supervisor of Public Records.

“That has not happened in my memory,” said Wilmot. “Attorneys general have, at least since 2002, stopped really enforcing the Secretary’s orders.”

She said that there has been some improvement under the current attorney general.

Reform ahead

A bill filed by State Rep. Peter Kockot and State Sen. Jason Lewis this summer contains a host of reforms.

It would restrict the amount charged for filling record requests, impose penalties on agencies that ignore requests and assign attorney fees to local officials for lawsuits they lose.

Agencies and municipalities also would have to appoint someone to handle requests and make online copies of records available.

Currently the bill is with the House Ways and Means Committee.

“We’re the cradle of liberty and should be setting an example for the rest of the country rather than falling behind,” said Wilmot.

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Hold the police accountable Do citizens have the right to require a high standard of professional performance from the metropolitan police? Undoubtedly, the FBI director, James B. Comey, would concede that the people have that authority. However, according to his comments in a recent University of Chicago Law School speech, he would impose restrictions to limit public oversight.

Comey claimed that the monitoring and harsh criticism of the police have induced them to avoid responding appropriately to situations requiring police attention. Comey believes that this has caused an increase in crime.

According to a New York Times report on his speech, Comey said “I don’t know whether that explains it [rise in crime] entirely, but I do have a strong sense that some part of the explanation is a chill wind that has blown through American law enforcement over the last year.” Public reaction to the speech was generally hostile.

Much of the criticism of Comey’s statement is its insensitivity to the families of the victims of police violence. He seems willing to accept a substantial level of police violence against citizens in order to induce the active participation

of the police force. Comey’s tolerance of less transparency as provided by videos and body cameras probably results from the fact that much of an FBI agent’s work is undercover.

Omitted from his comments was any strong assertion by Comey that the police are required to abide by the law, even when enforcing the duty of compliance on others.

Years ago the job of a police officer was underpaid, but now in major cities the salary levels are substantial. In 2014 in Boston one police captain earned $416,000 and became a member of the 1 percent. Seven other officers earned more than $300,000 and 58 more had incomes greater than $250,000. Citizen taxpayers have the right to expect the highest standard of performance from those with such high incomes.

Any police officers who are reluctant to perform their duties because of fear of criticism should find another kind of work. At the salary levels now available to the police, citizens can no doubt recruit and train a competent police force that understands their primary duties as public servants.

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Changing of the guard There is a constant level of frustration for serious public servants. They have goals and objectives in mind that continually stay just beyond reach. In our democratic system of government, even the President of the United States lacks the authority to implement by his sole power many of the programs he would like to see.

During his 32 years as a Boston City Councilor, Charles Yancey sought numerous improvements in the community. With a bachelor’s degree from Tufts University and a master’s degree from Harvard University, Yancey well understood the importance of higher education. He pushed for modern libraries in his district and every year had

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a successful program to provide books for youngsters in order to encourage reading.

Under Boston’s strong mayor system, city councilors have little clout to push through programs. For 32 years Yancey served his constituents as best as he could. It was not the time in history for him to gain the mayor’s office that would have enabled him to implement the ideas and proposals he had envisioned.

Now a new generation of representation has been elected to the Boston City Council.

As Yancey departs with distinction, it is wise for the community to welcome Andrea Joy Campbell, who will confront those frustrations in office anew.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Contract employees Allowing businesses to replace every employee with a contract employee means the business can now face no consequences for their actions. We only need to look to North Dakota for evidence.

North Dakota is currently going through an oil boom and a Houston based Oil Company named Oasis Petroleum rushed to become the first major player in the game.

Despite having full authority over

the site, including monitoring well conditions, pressure data, and progress in real-time, Oasis contracted every single worker on the rig through a subcontractor that had little experience working with oil. Because they had no employees to double check their work, Oasis sent wrong information to the well and the consequence was inevitable: The pressure rose too high and it exploded, killing one person and horrifically maiming another.

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What happened to Oasis? Well, because they had no direct employees on the ground, they were found not be legally liable for the accident in any way, shape, or form. No money from the company was paid out to any of the families affected.

Contract employees can be a good cost-saving measure, but they should not be used as a human shield to guard companies’ profits.

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White Conservatives’ Minstrel Tradition

What do you think has been the impact of the Black Lives Matter movement?

By LEE A. DANIELS

Ben Carson, now at the top of the polls of Republican Party voters, is in serious political trouble, as his wacky and right-wing views on numerous issues draw more scrutiny and critical pieces of his “inspirational” back-story are being challenged as partial or complete fabrications.

A looming question now is: What more of this political game of truth and consequences regarding Ben Carson is yet to be played? Carson has pushed back hard against the stories in the media — using the standard conservative “victimology” gambit that the “liberal media” is out to get him because he’s a black conservative.

But in fact, it’s readily apparent it’s the GOP establishment that wants Carson gone — since he has no chance of gaining the nomination — so it can fully focus next on pushing Donald Trump out to clear the path for their favorite, Florida Senator Marco Rubio (Bye, Jeb Bush!).

Nonetheless, it’s still worth exploring why Ben Carson’s near lilywhite base of supporters have found him so appealing, and why he was, up to this point, so useful to the GOP as a whole.

Conservative pundit Jonah Goldberg recently supplied a partial — and revealing — answer. Writing in the National Review Online, one of the conservative movement’s Bibles, Goldberg asserted that because both of Carson’s parents were black Americans and he grew up “in Detroit, the son of a very poor, very hard-working single mother,” he could be considered “even more authentically African-American than Barack Obama, given that Obama’s mother was white and that he was raised in part by his white grandparents.”

Got it? Ben Carson is a graduate of two elite educational institutions, Yale College and the University of Michigan medical school, who forged a career as a world-renowned neurosurgeon. Barack Obama graduated from two elite educational institutions, Columbia College and Harvard Law School, before rising through the dense thicket of local, state and national politics to the Presidency of the United States.

But to Jonah Goldberg, what makes Ben Carson, with his extraordinarily elite credentials and experience “even more authentically black” than Barack Obama, with his extraordinarily elite credentials and experience, is the race and economic status of their respective parents.

I, for one, can’t wait for Goldberg to explore whether Carly Fiorina is a “more authentic” white woman than Hilary Clinton, or Ted Cruz a more authentic Latino-American than Marco Rubio. And, of course, Goldberg must tell us which of the white male candidates in both parties embodies the “more authentic” qualities of white American male-hood.

Goldberg’s pathetic gambit unmasks two particularly important dynamics in today’s conservative politics. One is that white conservatives have never forgiven Barack and Michelle Obama — and the large cohort of high-achieving black Americans of the post-1960s they directly represent — for not joining the paltry number of black conservatives in drinking the Republican Kool-Aid. In fact, Goldberg was echoing the ludicrous claim made earlier in October by media baron Rupert Murdoch.

Indeed, all black conservatives — Herman Cain, for example, the white conservatives’ black idol of the 2012 presidential primary cycle — get that gushing “blessing” from white conservatives at one time or another. It’s part of their payment for thinking in lockstep with white conservative rhetoric.

This longstanding tradition of conservatism is the political equivalent of blackface minstrelsy. For what is a “minstrel” in American terms but a caricature created to confirm the biases of its creator and its audience — whether the face behind the minstrel mask is white or black.

Of course, there have always been black Americans with conservative views that ranged from moderate to extreme. But the purpose of the political cohort know as “black conservatives” is to express views hostile to black advancement that white conservatives either don’t want to say directly or provide a “black face” in order to avoid the charge of racism.

(More recently, the GOP also has applied the dynamics of political minstrelsy to obscure its reactionary stance on women’s issues as well.

For example, what else could Sarah Palin’s addition to the McCain ticket in 2008 be classified as but a minstrel act?)

Jonah Goldberg’s laughable assertion, and the GOP’s atrocious record of electing black candidates to office, underscore that white conservatives still look upon “their blacks” as pawns in their war against the overwhelming majority of black Americans who don’t feel the need to seek their favor and don’t worry about being “authentically black” because, in all their infinite variety, they are.

Lee A. Daniels’ new collection of columns, Race Forward: Facing America’s Racial Divide in 2014, is available at www.amazon.com.

It has raised awareness. It’s changed interactions somewhat. But there’s still going to be cops who get away with things.

Jesse

Bellman Roxbury

There’s been much more awareness of the problem. I think it’s been a good thing.

Arthur Jackson

It’s increased awareness of a longstanding problem. It’s more out in the open with cell phone cameras and videos.

Stephen Spencer Outreach Counselor Roxbury

I don’t think anything has changed.

Leonard Brown

Not much has changed. It’s just being publicized more.

B. Aikens Chef Roxbury

There’s been more awareness of the issue.

Myles

Retired Roxbury

Retired New Jersey

and solicited new donors, secured the organization’s first six-figure foundation grant and developed new components of the agency’s signature annual breakfast, exceeding its revenue goals each year.

Prior to Casa Myrna, Rosenblatt ser ved as director of stewardship and events at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and director of donor relations at Brandeis University in Waltham.

At the MFA, she oversaw a newly created team to design and implement more than 50 donor events per year and craft customized stewardship plans for the Museum’s most generous donors. At Brandeis, Rosenblatt managed a team of Donor Relations staff to steward more than 1,500 alumni and friends on more than 900 endowed funds, created and managed donor recognition events and supported the president on fundraising activities during the University’s capital campaign that raised more than $800 million. Rosen-

blatt’s 11-year tenure at Brandeis also included corporate and foundation relations and major gifts work.

Rosenblatt received a Bachelor of Arts in Human Services from Northeastern University and a Master of Social Work degree from Boston University.

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RAQUEL ROSENBLATT Raquel Rosenblatt has joined The Dimock Center as vice president of Institutional Advancement. Her responsibilities include strengthening relationships with individual, corporate and foundation donors, partnering with and supporting the President and CEO and the Board of Directors in reaching annual fundraising goals, overseeing donor events, including the signature Steppin’ Out and managing a team of four Development and Communications staff.

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as required by state law every three years. Preliminary assessment notices will be mailed the week of November 16. The following public disclosure period allows taxpayers the opportunity to review their preliminary assessment with an assessor prior to the state Department of Revenue’s final certification: Monday November 16 - Friday November 20 8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., Boston City Hall, Room 301

Monday November 23 - Tuesday November 24 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Boston City Hall, Room 301 On these dates, property owners will have the opportunity to review their FY 2016 preliminary assessments by: n Visiting the Assessing Department at Boston City Hall, Room 301; n Calling the Taxpayer Referral and Assistance Center between 9AM and 5PM at (617) 635-4287; or

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n Visiting the Assessing Department on the web atwww.cityofbos ton.gov/assessing While preliminary assessments are included in the disclosure notices that will be mailed to taxpayers the week of November 16, the assessments are also available online at www.cityofboston.gov/assessing. By following the revaluation links, taxpayers may submit an online contact form with questions about their FY 2016 assessment directly to the Assessing Department.

After certification of the new values by the state Department of Revenue, the new assessed values will be indicated on the FY 2016 Third Quarter real estate tax bill to be issued by the Collector-Treasurer at the end of December. The FY 2016 assessments will be based on the value of the property as of January 1, 2015, and will reflect the market conditions in each property’s immediate area on or before that date. Market activity occurring after January 1, 2015, will be reflected in the FY 2017 assessment.

In FY 2016, assessments reflect a strong market for real estate, with most neighborhoods exhibiting signs of appreciation over the prior year.

As a result, many homeowners will see an increase in their assessment.

However, with Proposition 2½ limiting the annual growth of the City’s tax levy, assessments will cause a decline in the property tax rate that will mitigate, in part, tax bill increases.

Tax Assistance Programs The City of Boston offers a number of tax relief programs to qualified homeowners. The residential exemption, in particular, can provide substantial savings to taxpayers that owned and occupied their homes as of January 1, 2015. A residential exemption is an amount of assessed value that is exempted from taxation by recommendation of the Mayor and vote of the City Council. Last year, qualified taxpayers saved $1,880 on their tax bills.

Taxpayers who receive the residential exemption for FY 2016 will see the exemption value indicated on the Third Quarter tax bill. The deadline to file for the residential exemption for FY 2016 is April 1, 2016.

In addition, the City offers personal exemptions to those taxpayers who are elderly (over age 65), surviving spouses (widow/widower), minor children of deceased parents, blind, disabled veterans with a service-connected disability, and certain members of the National Guard. Each exemption has eligibility requirements, such as age and

certain income restrictions. Taxpayers who receive a personal exemption for FY 2016 will see the exemption amount indicated on the Third Quarter tax bill. Taxpayers who believe they may qualify for a personal exemption have until April 1, 2016 to apply. The lone exception is the National Guard exemption, which has a filing deadline of February 1, 2016.

The City also offers a tax deferral for those elderly homeowners whose current expenses make the continued ownership of their home difficult. To qualify for FY 2016, taxpayers must be age 65 or older and have an income of less than $57,000 per year. The amount of the deferred taxes, plus interest accruing at a rate of 4% per year, must be repaid when the property is sold or upon the passing of the owner.

More detailed information on tax assistance programs can be obtained by calling the Taxpayer Referral and Assistance Center at (617) 635-4287.

Mayor signs ordinance banning replica handguns in public spaces Mayor Martin J. Walsh this week signed an ordinance banning replica handguns in public spaces throughout the City of Boston. Effective immediately, this ordinance is aimed at increasing public safety by making residents aware of the danger of replica handguns and increasing the dialogue about the consequences of replica handguns with Boston’s young people.

“It is up to us to work together as a community on every angle of the gun issue to keep our neighborhoods safe,” said Mayor Walsh.

“The safety of Boston’s residents and visitors is a top priority, and I am proud to sign this ordinance banning replica handguns in public spaces which will help us in our larger mission of raising community awareness and engagement to remove replica firearms from the hands of our youth.”

To date, the Boston Police Department (BTD) has recovered over 150 replica handguns in connection with crimes. Given the authentic look of many of the replica handguns on the streets, residents and even police officers have a difficult time determining what is a real firearm versus an imitation firearm.

“Replica guns have become a big issue for us. We all too often encounter young people who are

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Documentary captures stories of families who shaped Roxbury

By JULE PATTISON-GORDON

Wadi Muhammad was up until 3 a.m. putting the final touches on a documentary trailer that was five months in the making. For the Roxbury native, it was a project close to the heart: a film that would preserve the stories of his neighborhood that did not make the history books.

With a $2,000 grant from the Grove Hall Trust and a handful of volunteers, Wadi Muhammad launched the Roxbury Legacy Project in July 2015. Working with his team, he set out to collect photos and record accounts of some of the families who have helped shape the community for generations.

Last Wednesday, the sixth floor of the Bolling Building was filled with these families. They mingled and examined photo displays, before sitting down to slam poetry, speakers and the trailer’s unveiling.

In the 14-minute film, voices of residents recalled the tumultuous ’60s and ’70s in Roxbury, their love of the community and their dreams for its future.

Immortalized history

Roxbury has been long heralded as the “Mecca of the black community.” But as gentrification increases, some long-term residents fear that identity and history will disappear.

“It’s a mecca but we’re losing something. If Roxbury’s the Mecca there needs to be a mark,” said Reverend Michael Haynes in the film. Haynes is pastor of the 12th Baptist Church, the church where he came to know Martin Luther King, Jr. Wadi Muhammad says his documentary is a step along the way to keeping the community’s history alive.

Spreading the stories

The project seeks to remind new residents that Roxbury means

more than just a zip code or short commute time and bring them into the community’s narrative and rich culture.

“Part of goal is to educate new folks coming in, to bridge the gap and make community,” said Wadi Muhammad.

Newcomers may be familiar with prominent historical figures like Louis Farrakhan, Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, but not the stories of families who have been important in the community for generations.

“Everyone knows MLK and Farrakhan, but not other individuals and families who helped stabilize the neighborhood after riots and urban renewal,” he said. “You don’t know about the Sister Virginias, the Hyman family, the Haynes.”

Interviewees include members of the Janey family of Janey Construction. The family is a fixture: They have owned the same home on Townsend Street for over seven decades and three generations of Janeys have been leaders in one of the oldest black churches in the community, said Wadi Muhammad.

Another interviewee is Sylvalia “Val” Hyman III, member of the board of directors for the antipoverty agency Action for Boston Community Development as well as Tent City Corporation, a land trust focused on combating homelessness and preserving neighborhoods. (“The guy’s been on every single board in Roxbury,” said Wadi Muhammad).

History was not restricted to reflections on the past; it was being made through the creation of the film as well. Denine Wilson, one of the documentary’s photographers and Wadi Muhammad’s cousin, comes from Cambridge. At first, she said, she had no context for the locations and buildings she was photographing, but learned about them from

listening to the interviews.

“I’m looking forward to keeping in touch with the Roxbury community,” she said.

Guiding the future

Alongside celebrating the work of residents to shape their community, the event also called for a reaffirmation of that drive and involvement going forward.

Sydney Janey runs a design company in Roxbury and hails from the family running Janey Construction. She told event attendees that participating in community meetings about land development was a powerful way to have a say in Roxbury’s future.

The legacy of Roxbury also rests on its children, said several speakers, and in the youths’ active participation.

“I want my children to know we contributed and they must contribute,” said Sister Virginia Morrison, executive director of Neighborhood Development Corporation of Grove Hall. “We do live in a village and we

have a responsibility.”

In many families, children have built on their parents’ commitment and contribution to the community. Latifa Ali is the founder of Circle the City, an open streets festival. She said she was inspired by her mother Jacqueline Muhammad, who launched an arts and culture festival in the 1980s.

Wadi Muhammad said he hoped to encourage people to leave their own legacies.

“Everyone in this room has a legacy, a story to tell,” he said.

Future filming

The Roxbury Legacy Project has far more footage than was possible to include in the trailer.

Wadi Muhammad said he hopes to produce a full-length documentary, continue collecting stories and find ways to make them accessible to those interested in Roxbury’s history.

The next step is to meet with documentary and community stakeholders. Ideas under discussion include making materials available through event screenings or as part of Boston Public Library’s digital archives, along with working with youths from Press Pass TV to gather more

stories and turn the materials into documentaries.

Lasting landmark

The second goal of the Legacy Project is to draw attention to Grove Hall Main Street’s Heritage Trail and efforts to immortalize Roxbury history in the form of physical landmarks in the neighborhood, said Wadi Muhammad.

Landmarks could take the form of plaques identifying where Malcolm X grew up or other historical events.

The naming of a building also can be key to preserving memories of notable figures for the next generation.

“If you have the opportunity to name a building, name it after your family, so kids who walk down the street can say, ‘That’s a black person,’ and it builds a sense of pride,” Sister Virginia said.

Sister Virginia worked with Robert Hector on creating a memory trail from Grove Hall to Dudley Square. She said they plan to create a digital app that would provide audio narration on the history of neighborhood sites as people walk by them.

ON THE WEB VIEW Roxbury Legacy Project’s trailer: https:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=oP_PFXBhUVU

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Why the shortage?

Building housing is expensive.

The two ways developers combat this are to sell units for as much as possible to reap the highest profit, or offer them at low-income affordable prices and recoup their losses by taking government subsidies.

Middle-class housing often falls into the gap in between.

Most funds Boston gets from the federal government are designated for housing that serves people making up to 80 percent of the Area Media Income, according to Price.

There are other subsidies that could be leveraged to maintain and promote middle-class housing. But with limited resources at its disposal, the city often focuses those dollars toward subsidizing low-income affordable housing.

“One challenge is, do you use those subsidies and public endowments only for low-income or to support middle income as well?” said Joe Kriesberg, president and CEO of Massachusetts Association of Community Development Corporations.

Offering subsidies also often entails additional administrative costs, such as monitoring to ensure subsidized rents stay at the proper level, Kriesberg added.

A well-stocked market

With limited funds for subsidies, city officials hope that increasing market supply will reduce demand enough to keep housing prices relatively stable.

“There’s some thought that if we produce enough of it, it

softens demand enough to moderate future increases. But it’s hard to predict housing markets very far into the future,” said Kriesberg.

To cool the market the new units will need to roll out quickly or the competition among home-seekers for limited stock will continue to push prices up.

“If we get enough new supply online quickly enough, that could keep the inflation down,” said Kriesberg.

The mayor’s plans calls for permitting 200 private market units per quarter and 50 deed-restricted units.

Last quarter, the city exceeded both its quarterly and units-todate permitting goals for deed-restricted units. It created 1,237 such units between 2014 and Sept. 30, 2015. For private market units, the city met its quarterly goal but fell short of its overall goal of 3,800 permitted by Sept. 30, making only 2,772 by that date.

Not everyone agrees that more housing would bring affordability within middle-class reach.

“The idea that building more housing is going to reduce the rents on existing housing stock seems like wishful thinking in my mind,” Richard Thal, executive director of Jamaica Plain Neighborhood Development Corporation.

Thal said that unless the units are retained with permanent middle-income affordability, he expects prices to continue rising.

Price’s view was that while increasing the number of units on the market might help alleviate housing pressure in the city, it is unlikely to stop gentrification in affected neighborhoods. “ There is a valid argument for building unrestricted housing across the city, but in

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Build low, sell low

There may be alternative methods for containing prices.

Marc Draisen, executive director of the Metropolitan Area Planning Council, said one way

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to keep housing prices down is to reduce construction costs. This would give the city space to discuss lowering sales prices with the developers.

“If developers can keep prices down, a lot will be willing to reduce sales price of the rent,” Draisen said.

Ways this can be done include cutting frills: making less-intensively designed units, smaller units, slightly cheaper materials and few to no parking spaces.

“It costs a lot of money to build parking spaces, especially to build structured parking and even more for structured, underground parking.”

Draisen added that for construction located near transport hubs, parking may be unnecessary.

Price said Nuestra Comunidad is exploring a new funding model with its co-development of Bartlett Place. Incorporating a grocery store on the residency’s ground floor qualified the project for the New Markets Tax Credit, something typically used for commercial developments but available to any mixed-used development with a commercial component, he said.

A critical solution, Draisen said, is increasing density.

“When you build more units, you achieve economies of scale,” he said. “Sometimes the only way to keep [unavoidable construction] costs low is to build more units.”

While many residents call for single-family units or townhouses, the solution lies in big buildings with multi-family housing, said Draisen. He added that residents

who object to the idea of density often appreciate the end-result, if the building is designed and maintained well.

“They complain about the plan, they don’t usually complain about the result,” he said. “We have to have some bigger buildings or we are never going to get to the total [units in the mayor’s housing plan].”

Employment angle

The housing market drama comes from prices rising far faster than wages. Louis Elisa, executive secretary and director of port development at Seaport Advisory Council, said another way to tackle the housing issue was to put focus on increasing access to good wages so that families could afford even those high prices.

“If people have access to jobs of a well-paying nature, the issue of middle class housing becomes moot,” he said.

Innovation

In October, Mayor Martin Walsh’s administration launched its Housing Innovation Lab, charged with finding creative solutions for meeting the demand for middle class housing. The Lab’s managers are in an information-gathering stage, after which they plan to run small scale tests for reducing home construction, purchase and maintenance costs.

“No city in the United States has solved the middle income housing challenge yet,” Walsh said in a press release. “I want Boston to be the first.”

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continued from page 1 Hyde Park through Mattapan, Dorchester and Roxbury.

While candidates of color have traditionally relied on that center city electoral base, the outcome has flipped from a decade ago, when Michael Flaherty repeatedly led in citywide ballots relying on the traditionally Irish American voting base on the periphery of the city in West Roxbury, the Neponset and Savin Hill sections of Dorchester, South Boston and Charlestown.

The center city electoral base of blacks, Latinos, Asians and progressive-leaning whites, which electoral strategists have referred to as the hole in the donut, has grown at the same time the white electoral base on the periphery has declined. Nowhere has the expansion of voters of color been more palpable than in Hyde Park, the neighborhood that once served as Murphy’s electoral base.

“There has been a major influx of folks from the Caribbean, African Americans and Latinos who were priced out of Jamaica Plain,” said Suffolk County Sheriff Steve

Tompkins, who has campaigned extensively throughout Boston and Suffolk County. “The demographics have changed dramatically.”

In Ward 18, which corresponds closely to Hyde Park’s boundaries, Pressley won with 34 percent of the vote, garnering 4,021 votes — the highest total of any ward in the city. Flaherty and Murphy came in with 19 percent of the vote, garnering 3,190 and 3,116 respectively.

The vote totals in Hyde Park closely resembled those in Roxbury’s Ward 12 and Dorchester’s Ward 14, wards where Pressley garnered 36 percent of the vote and Murphy came in last with 12 and 13 percent of the vote.

In the wards and precincts that Irish American politicians have traditionally used as an electoral base, including Wards 6 and 7 in South Boston, Flaherty held a commanding lead. He garnered 33 percent of the vote in Ward 6 and 30 percent in 7 for a total of 3,550 votes. Pressley brought up the rear in those wards with just 14 percent in Ward 6 and 12 percent in Ward 7 for a total of 1,549 votes from Southie.

While the voting patterns in South Boston have changed little over the decades — Irish American

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District 4 City Council candidate Andrea Joy Campbell addresses supporters during her victory celebration at the Blarney Stone restaurant. politicians Murphy and Flaherty still led in votes received there — what has changed is that this neighborhood, along with select conservative voting precincts in Dorchester, represent a smaller share of the total vote. One of the city’s largest wards — Ward 20 in West Roxbury — has broken away from South Boston and the conservative Dorchester precincts.

There, it was Michelle Wu who led in polling, with 23 percent. Essaibi-George, Flaherty and Pressley followed. Murphy came in last there, with just 16 percent of the vote.

Tompkins said the shift away from reflexive support for Irish-American politicians in West Roxbury reflects a broader change in Boston.

“Folks who are voting are paying attention,” he said. “It’s not identity politics. People are paying attention to issues and they want to hear from folks who are running for office. It doesn’t matter whether you’re black or white, it’s about education, affordable housing and crime. If you don’t have a position on these issues, you’re going to lose.”

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Former state Democratic Committee Chairman John Walsh, who volunteered on Andrea Campbell’s campaign, echoed Tompkins’ assessment.

“It’s not about name recognition, ethnic identity or your address,” he said. “It’s not that those things are not a factor, but they’re less significant. Grassroots, faceto-face politics is how you win.”

Campbell’s landslide victory, with 60 percent of the vote, mirrored her win in the preliminary.

While Yancey had raised little money and by all accounts had not

campaigned for the preliminary, his initial loss seemed to jolt him into campaign mode. His campaign volunteers said they had more than 100 volunteers, and Yancey himself knocked on doors in the Dorchester district he has represented for more than three decades.

Yet his campaign eschewed more modern techniques, such as identifying likely supporters in the weeks before the election and using phone calls, door-knocking and rides to turn them out on Election Day. While little more than 7,026 voters cast ballots in the election, Yancey’s campaign seemed to be targeting the entire district with campaign mailings and robo-calls that went out to all 42,000 voters there. Yancey’s campaign reportedly did not obtain the Voter Activation Network list most campaigns use to target likely voters until a few weeks before the election.

“The old guard doesn’t know how to run a campaign,” said Calvin Feliciano, who volunteered with the Yancey campaign.

In contrast, Campbell’s campaign had already reached out to the district’s “super voters” — those who vote in every primary and general election — and Campbell had met many of them. Her campaign manager, Katie Prisco-Buxbaum, said campaign volunteers knocked on more than 22,000 doors in the district. Campbell left hand-written notes for voters who were not home.

Tompkins said Campbell’s campaign victory points to a changed electoral landscape.

“Times have changed,” he said.

“You can’t campaign the way you did even three years ago.”

Tompkins said social media may likely play a larger role

in contemporary campaigns than older techniques like mass mailings.

“Even seniors are plugged into social media,” he said.

Tompkins, a Campbell supporter, said volunteers did use time-honored tactics, holding 14 standouts for Campbell. (Standouts are when campaign volunteers gather at busy intersections or public transit stations holding signs in support of a candidate).

But those actions were then broadcast on social media, increasing their visibility exponentially.

But the most important ingredient in a winning election, Tompkins said, is voter contact.

“If I’m one of those long-time incumbents, I’m going to make sure people know that I understand their issues and that I’m working for them,” he said.

While voting patterns have changed, John Walsh noted that a new pattern of low turnout in local elections could have disturbing implications.

“Turnout is a real challenge for us,” he said. “We have to get to a point where we’re getting more people to the polls. Control of the Senate didn’t go to the Republicans based on popular support for their issues. It turned on who didn’t turn out [to vote].”

Citywide, voter turnout on Nov. 3 was just 13.6 percent. Ward-byward, turnout varied from 15 percent in Roxbury’s Ward 12, to 17 percent in Ward 18 in Hyde Park and Ward 6 in South Boston.

“People are more interested what’s happening in 2016,” said Cheryl Crawford, executive director of the voter mobilization organization MassVOTE. “It’s a presidential election. But you can’t change the city if you don’t vote in local elections.”

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The government’s start-up czar — U.S. Small Business Administration Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet — was in Boston last week furthering efforts to help U.S. veterans start companies, but also to chat about the state of entrepreneurship and remind all about the cash the SBA can help pump into needy small businesses.

The visit was also opportune as it highlighted recently released numbers that showed Massachusetts had a landmark year in loans to small businesses, and its best year ever for loans to black and Latino business owners.

Massachusetts also continued its status as one of the best places to pick up small loans to get businesses off the ground — in SBA lending programs the state is No. 1 in low dollar loans of less than $50,000 and No. 2 on loans less than $150,000. These low dollar loan amounts are those most often cited by small businesses as crucial to expansion and growth, but at the same time the hardest to obtain from banks and traditional lending sources. The SBA, and its Massachusetts office in particular, have reaped much praise for the ability to get these important small loans to fledging companies.

Contreras-Sweet began her Nov. 3 day-long visit to the area in Waltham at the headquarters of email marketing company Constant Contact to expand the Boots to Business: Reboot program, a twopart training program for veterans that provides participants with an overview of how to start a business and an introduction to resources available to support entrepreneurship. The SBA already helps about 200,000 veterans a year with small business loans — $1 billion in 2015 alone — but with 20 million veterans in the country the organization is trying to ramp up efforts to connect with more of them.

Above, the Massachusetts SBA District Office loan programs provided 2,591 loans for $645 million in its fiscal year 2015. Below right, SBA Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet visits Greentown Labs in Somerville. Below left, SBA Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet.

Contreras-Sweet called veterans “a vast talent pool with tested skills that makes them natural business leaders.” According to the SBA, veteran businesses employ 5.8 million people and generate $210 billion in annual payroll.

For SBA loan programs, of which there are many targeting different kinds of businesses and sectors, veterans are part of the “underserved” category, including

black-owned businesses and Latino-owned business.

The SBA’s biggest loan program is its 7(a) Loan Guarantee Program, which helps businesses that have difficulty getting loans from banks or traditional lenders. This category is where Massachusetts

shines in its ability to help underserved communities.

All told, Massachusetts SBA loan programs doled out $645 million in just over 2,500 loans in the last year — the most in years. The

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continued from page 11 biggest “underserved” rise was in the American Indian category up from four loans in 2014 fiscal year to 14 in 2015. Black/African American businesses had a record year with 64 loans. Latino businesses also set a new standard with 124 loans. Asian American and Pacific Islander also had a record 177 loans.

SBA Massachusetts District Director Robert Nelson credited the rise to increased efforts by his office to connect with underserved business, as well as a fee waiver program

that saved Massachusetts business owners $1.2 million in fees on loans and made access to loans even easier.

“The fee waiver incentive for borrowers continued helping entrepreneurs that need small dollar loans realize their dreams, while our underserved markets continued gaining awareness and access to SBA programs,” said Nelson.

As part of her trip to Boston, Contreras-Sweet also visited two local spots for small business innovation — Greentown Labs in Somerville and the Harvard Innovation Lab — but her comments at the MIT EmTech Conference in Cambridge reiterated the SBA’s efforts

to reach out to entrepreneurs of all walks of life, reflected in Massachusetts’ increased loan numbers to underserved businesses.

Innovation and diversity

At one of the world’s innovation hubs, Contreras-Sweet referenced the SBA’s Small Business Investment Research program, known as SBIR, which provided 85 grants for $26.8 million in the last year for companies developing new innovations in a variety of sectors, and its ability to connect with diverse businesses that are often overlooked by traditional investors and venture capitalists.

“The program does a far better job than the private sector when it comes to allocating capital to women and minorities. In our country today, less than 3 percent of VC funding goes to women and less than 1 percent goes to African Americans or Hispanics. These are not impressive statistics,” Contreras-Sweet said. “SBIR, on the other hand, is color blind and gender neutral. You will be judged on your science and your vision and not your race or your gender.”

Acknowledging the general concern that government help often brings unwanted delays and obstacles, Contreras-Sweet said the SBA

— and the government — must help clear obstacles for small businesses to succeed, not create them.

“We are looking to invest in the best and the brightest and then get of the way,” Contreras-Sweet said.

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continued from page 1 The benchmark for MBE’s rose from 6 to 7 percent of agency spending; for WBE’s it moved from 12 to 13 percent.

“When we moved the 1 percent, we’re talking about additional $30 million for folks of color and women [each],” said State Rep. Russell Holmes.

Benchmarks refer to the amount of state spending that goes to businesses in each diversity category, regardless of whether the businesses is the general contractor on a selected bid.

A large business that does not fit the benchmark categories — for instance, is primarily owned by white, straight men — can win a state contract and fulfill the supplier diversity quotas by subcontracting to small businesses or those with diverse ownership.

“We’re trying to incentivize all businesses, including minority- and women-owned, to subcontract with diverse businesses,” said Bill McAvoy deputy state purchasing agent and legal counsel for the state’s Operational Services Division.

Contracts sized manageably

More minority-owned businesses may become the primary names on bids.

Traditionally, MBE’s have received fewer opportunities and so have stayed small. To put more jobs within such businesses’ reach and help them grow, the city now is focusing on breaking down single large contracts into several smaller ones, Holmes said.

“Let’s say, for example, you have a contract to clean ten buildings across

Jean McGuire, METCO Executive Director, is welcomed into ABCD Hall of Fame at the organization’s Community Heroes Celebration on Nov.6 at the Boston Marriott Copley Place.

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the city. We can unbundle that so it is manageable for more small business.

Instead of ten on one, we can put it as five contracts, two on each, to allow businesses to build capacity and grow over time,” he said.

Certification barriers drop

In order to qualify for the diversity spending dollars, businesses have to attain certification attesting that they do, indeed, fit the diversity categories. Until now, this has meant filing a 42-page application with the state, even for businesses already certified with the city or respected regional or national organizations.

This daunting amount of paperwork, especially burdensome to the small businesses the Supplier Diversity Office seeks, deterred many qualified candidates, said Holmes.

“I understand that people were not going through the effort of what it takes to get certified,” he said. “We’re talking about small business owners just trying to get

their contract done and go on to the next projects — the size and workload to get the application down was certainly blocking out lots of folks.”

Now the administration has trimmed 25 pages from its application and has made partnerships with other organization whose certifications it will accept.

On and after January 1, 2016 MBE applications approved by the Greater New England Minority Supplier Development Council and WBE applications approved by the Center for Women and Enterprise will be accepted by the state. Next year the state also will recognize MBE’s and WBE’s certified with the city.

“More successful MBEs can clearly reduce the wealth and income gap for their owners and their employees. The Council, along with our MBDA Center here in Boston, are excited about working with the Commonwealth to eliminate barriers to economic development for MBEs,” said Peter

Hurst, President and CEO of the Greater New England Minority Supplier Development Council in a press release.

Greater accountability

The state will refine its methods to ensure that a business qualifying for multiple diversity designations is not double counted. For instance, spending that goes to a business owned by a black woman should be counted either under the MBE or the WBE benchmark spending, but under not both.

When businesses apply for a bid, they may be considered under any diversity categories in which they are certified. However, under the new system, the administration will assign to businesses unique identifiers in its databases, said Holmes.

Any business selected and counted toward agency spending under one benchmark will not be considered under other benchmarks for that particular bid.

Additionally, there will be greater record-sharing on where

spending goes. Holmes said that on a quarterly basis the governor will provide the Black and Latino Caucus with lists denoting which MBEs are receiving benchmark spending and how much.

LGBT, veterans and people with disabilities get a share

For the first time, the state is certifying businesses owned by people with disabilities and people who identify as LGBT. The focus is on nurturing these businesses and boosting their ability to fulfill contracts over two to three years before creating benchmark spending for them.

Two and half years ago the state set aside a 3 percent benchmark for businesses owned by service-disabled veterans. Only 64 such Massachusetts businesses are registered with the federal government’s VetBiz certification, presenting deep challenges to achieving the spending goal. To better enable the requirement, all veteran-owned businesses are being folded into this benchmark.

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ronx-born actress and singer Jeannette Bayardelle, who performed her one-woman play “SHIDA” last November at the American Repertory Theatre, is back in the Bay State in the role of Deloris Van Cartier in the five-time Tony-nominated musical “Sister Act.” The musical is playing through Sunday at the North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly.

Bayardelle is thrilled about playing the role made famous by Whoopi Goldberg.

“I’ve been wanting to play Deloris for so long,” she tells the Banner, speaking by phone the day after the start of the North Shore run. “I’ve never met Whoopi Goldberg. That’s a dream of mine. She’s been my mentor from a distance and I would love to meet her.”

Bayardelle also starred in the revival production of “Hair” on Broadway, and received an NAACP award for “Best Lead Actress in a Musical” for her role as Celie on the first national tour of “The Color Purple,” another role Goldberg has played.

“I always wanted to be a part of ‘Sister Act,’” Bayardelle says.

“When I got the opportunity to audition I was just so excited. I feel like the character of Deloris is closest to my personality. She wants to be a star. She wants to be a performer. She’s witty. She’s funny. I have so much fun playing her.”

As the lead in “Sister Act,” Bayardelle knows she has to set the tone for the rest of actors. She radiates positivity and makes sure she “keeps it nice, light and fun, but professional” at all times, she says.

She knows how lucky she is to have this opportunity.

In 2008, she suffered a severe pulmonary embolism in her lungs while on tour with “The Color Purple,” flying from New York to Portland. She initially

felt sick and couldn’t breathe.

Once the plane landed, she was rushed off to the hospital and doctors discovered that she had clots in both lungs. Bayardelle pulled through and is now healthy. Knowing that she’s received another shot at life, she refuses to let fear stop her from achieving any of her dreams.

Despite having only two weeks to “put the show up” for its regional run, Bayardelle feels relieved, happy and blessed.

“I’m thankful for the team we have,” she says. “Our director Kevin Hill is amazing. He’s a visionary. He put this thing together. It blows my mind what were able to accomplish.”

The actress is also bursting with pride in the cast.

“Everyone is so lovely and talented. I’m just grateful for each and every person on that stage.”

She especially praises her costar Ellen Harvey, who stars as Mother Superior. “This woman is so amazing,” she says. “I love her. I love playing opposite her.

She makes it easy.”

When asked what her favorite scene in the musical is, Bayardelle says it’s the last song that they sing before the curtain call, where everyone comes out with glittery outfits and is out and singing.

“That always gets to me,” she says, “because that’s the moment that I feel like ‘Wow, I’m doing what I love.’ These are great people. I’m just blessed and I don’t want to take it for granted.

I don’t want to take anything that I do for granted. I have to live in this moment. In this moment, I’m with these cast members and we’ve told this story and all is well with the world.”

Alice Walker won the Pulitzer Prize and the American Book Award for her third novel, “The Color Purple,” which was made into an internationally popular film by Steven Spielberg. Her other best-selling novels, which have been translated into more than two dozen languages, include “By the Light of My Father’s Smile,” “Possessing the Secret of Joy” and “The Temple of My Familiar.”

Her most recent novel, “Now Is the Time to Open Your Heart,” was published in 2004. Walker is also the author of several collections of short stories, essays and poems as well as children’s books.

Her work has appeared in numerous national and international journals and magazines.

An activist and social visionary, Walker has been a participant in most of the major movements of planetary change, among them the Human and Civil Rights Movement in the South, the Hands Off Cuba Movement, the Women’s Movement, the Native American and Indigenous Rights Movement, the Free South Africa Movement, the Environmental and Animal Rights Movement and the Peace Movement. Her advocacy on behalf of the dispossessed has, in the words of her biographer, Evelyn C. White, “spanned the globe.”

Here, Walker talks about “The

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Memphis-born playwright Katori Hall puts the focus on seven black women in a Memphis beauty parlor/ boarding house during the final days of World War II in “Saturday Night/Sunday Morning,” now playing at the Lyric Stage in Boston.

Hall’s earlier play, “The Mountaintop,” about a fictional encounter between Martin Luther King, Jr. and a hotel maid on the night before his assassination at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, won Britain’s Laurence Olivier Award for “Best New Play” in 2010, making Hall the first African American woman in history to win the award.

Much like the women in “Saturday Night/Sunday Morning,” the playwright grew up getting her hair done on many a Saturday morning by a woman named Miss Mary who owned a beauty

shop/boarding house not far from her grandmother’s home, giving Hall a front-row seat for both the “beauty stuff drama” and the “boarder stuff drama,” she says.

“People were coming in, asking Miss Mary for change, asking Miss Mary to borrow money, asking Miss Mary to do the impossible,” Hall says, speaking to the Banner recently.

The Memphis native held onto all that she witnessed and heard as a child growing up in that environment. She was inspired by those experiences, she says, but also has a “different lens” for this play.

“I really wanted to look at the end of World War II, at black women’s stories during that time,” she says. “I just haven’t really seen that story. There’s not even a lot of scholarship surrounding black women’s lives during WWII. I decided it was a great opportunity to do that through a play.”

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Hall was a journalist and actress before becoming a playwright.

“Journalism was my first learning opportunity on how to create characters and also how to create authentic speech patterns for my characters,” she says.

During one summer she interned at The Boston Globe and realized, she says, how important it was for her to be authentic, to put down on the page, literally, what people were saying.

“Boston people have a very specific accent and dialect. It’s almost like they’re speaking their own language,” she notes. “I always feel like if you can capture the witticisms and the lilt and the sayings of a particular community, that you’re way in to the psychology

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Katori Hall of your characters or of a people.

I would say journalism was my first window into the soul of humanity.”

Hall has written several other plays, including “Hurt Village,” set in a real-life Memphis housing project. The play centers on 13-year-old aspiring rapper, Cookie, and her mother, Crank.

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“With theater, because it’s so transient, it’s something that happens in a very specific place, at a very specific time, for a very specific audience, and changes from night to night,” Hall says.

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continued from page 15 Color Purple,” the book, the movie and the play, which is back on Broadway, beginning with preview performances on Tuesday, November 10 at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 West 45th Street).

The show will officially open on Thursday, December 10.

How did you originally feel about “The Color Purple” being adapted to film?

Are there other works of yours that you would like to see on the silver screen?

Alice Walker: I was skeptical. I’d never seen a film out of

Hollywood especially that had people of color in it that i respected absolutely. Yes, but I’d want the screen to think of itself in another color than that of money. Couldn’t resist that one!

“Possessing the Secret of Joy” would make an amazing film and help the healing of the peoples of the world, many who suffer because of female genital mutilation without knowing they’re affected, since they themselves might not have been cut. And it would make an absorbing story of how human beings can search out the origins of their misfortunes and sufferings and begin healing themselves, whether

movies are made about them or not.

Do you have plans to continue the story of Celie in a “Color Purple 2”?

AW: I prefer to write a family of novels, rather than sequels.

In this case, “The Color Purple,” “The Temple of My Familiar,” and “Possessing the Secret of Joy” comprise that family. Celie and shug, now happily married, before it was “legal” of course, appear in “the temple of my familiar.”

What was the key motivation for “The Color Purple”?

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novel. I lived with them when I was an 8 year-old. It also intrigued me that my grandfather was married to my step-grandmother but loved someone else.

I was struck writing the novel to realize that many things change, but rarely the heart.

What would you say is the primary difference between womanism and feminism?

AW: There is a full definition of womanist in “In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens.” It is a word that is imaginatively re-fashioned from African-American culture where to be “womanish” as a child was to be somewhat willful, in the sense of being fully awake, aware, and committed to speaking your truth.

Womanist women are committed to our collective survival. Loving our sons and daughters, our communities, and working with others to increase prosperity and health, but from a position of dignity and equality. A true womanist honors the feminine, especially mothers and the earth, and could never truly accept being mislabeled a “guy.”

What do you most want women in the diaspora to take away from your collection of essays, “In Search of Our Mothers’ Gardens”?

AW: Whatever helps them grow closer to who they really are. Gathering up all their ancestral sorrows and joys and walking onward in appreciation and light. Having some sense of our freedoms being deeply longed for by countless generations of black women who

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AW: American society is incredibly twisted and unwell. At this point I would suggest withdrawing from it as much as possible. This will take many meetings of like-minded folks to figure out how this is done. I’m not suggesting seceding from the union physically, as was attempted in the sixties when the Republic Of New Africa tried to take over five Southern states, but psychically; we must find a way to raise our children in a better environment than American mainstream culture offers. It’s possible America has no heart to change. You might read the inexpressibly important book by Edward E. Baptist “The Half Has Never Been Told,” about slavery as the foundation of modern capitalism, to understand the evil upon which our so-called “civilization” rests, and how little this has changed. It seems likely that a diet of greed over countless generations has made many Americans heavy with soullessness. And they’re happy to be that way. Take a look at certain presidential hopefuls.

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Goat Cheese and Pecan Bites n 1 pound soft goat cheese n 2 teaspoons cracked black pepper n ½ cup toasted Fisher pecan halves, chopped n Zest from two lemons n 3 tablespoons chopped flat-leaf parsley Break up and mix the goat cheese with the black pepper in a medium bowl. Divide into 24 pieces of about 2 teaspoons each and roll into balls.

Combine the pecans, lemon zest and parsley in a medium bowl until well blended. Roll the goat cheese balls in the pecan mixture. Arrange on a serving platter. Refrigerate until ready to serve. Take them out 15 minutes before serving so they soften a little and drizzle with a little olive oil, if desired.

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perfect side dish for your Thanksgiving spread, Spinach and Gruyere Gratin is a creamy spinach casserole blanketed in a layer of cheese-coated bread crumbs.

Gratin is a French cooking technique that couldn’t be easier to do. The filling (anything from fruit to potatoes to leafy vegetables like the spinach in this recipe) is layered in a shallow baking dish with milk and seasonings, then it’s topped with a shower of buttery bread crumbs and baked until golden brown.

In this recipe, panko steps in for the usual dry bread crumbs, resulting in a topping that’s crunchy and coarse, a nice contrast to the creamy spinach.

Spinach and Gruyere Gratin n 2 tablespoons butter, divided n 1 large onion, finely chopped n 3 large garlic cloves, minced n 1 ½ tablespoons all-purpose flour n 1 teaspoon salt n 1 ½ cups whole milk n 3 ⁄4 cup shredded Gruyere cheese n 4 (10-ounce) packages frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry n 1 cup panko bread crumbs n ¼ cup grated Parmigiano Reggiano cheese

Melt butter in large pot over medium heat.

Add leeks, carrots and celery. Cook, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes or until leeks are softened. Sprinkle with thyme, salt and pepper. Toss to combine. Add potatoes, broth and water. Cover, bring to a simmer, lower heat and simmer 20 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Uncover.

When cool enough to handle, process in food processor to a coarse puree. Return to pot. Stir in half-and-half and heat until hot and desired thickness. Serve, sprinkled with chives. Serves 6.

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THURSDAY JOLLEY FUN, LAUGHTER YOGA CLUB November 12, Dudley Library community room, 63 Warren St., 6:30-7:30pm.

Please bring water. Every one welcome.

Laughter yoga (Hasyayoga) is a practice involving prolonged voluntary laughter.

Laughter yoga is based on the belief that voluntary laughter provides the same physiological and psychological benefits as spontaneous laughter. Laughter yoga is done in groups, with eye contact and playfulness between participants. Forced laughter soon turns into real and contagious laughter (Wikipedia).

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“ECLECTIC EXPLORATIONS” CONCERT, MIT Aardvark Jazz Orchestra: Eclectic Explorations, Saturday, November 14 at 8pm, Killian Hall, MIT, 160 Memorial Dr., Cambridge. Free Admission. Information: 617-452-3205. An array of Mark Harvey originals from the lively blues Merry Go Round to the multi-stylistic No Walls to the premiere of Tritonology. Enjoy wide-ranging sounds and styles of progressive jazz with a special presentation of FiLmprov Cha Cha Cha!, animated film by Kate Matson with improvised soundtrack. Presented in conjunction with MIT’s class, 21M.342, Composing for Jazz Orchestra.

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13

GEORGE CABLES, GUEST ARTIST AT HARVARD UNIVERSITY

George Cables, who “belongs in the pantheon of the greatest jazz pianists” (Victor L. Schermer, All About Jazz), will be a guest artist at Harvard University, sponsored by the Office for the Arts at Harvard’s Learning From Performers program and Harvard Jazz Bands conducted by Yosvany Terry, Visiting Senior Lecturer of Music and Director of Jazz Bands, and Mark Olson, Director, Harvard University Bands and Associate of the Department of Music. During his residency Cables will participate in two events open to the public: Friday, November 13, 4pm: A Conversation with George Cables moderated by Ingrid Monson, Quincy Jones Professor of African American Music. Leverett House Theatre, Mill Street, between Plympton and De Wolfe Streets, Cambridge. Admission free SUDOKU (tickets or RSVPs not required); seating is first-come, first served, subject to venue capacity.

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2 8 6 Concert with the Harvard Jazz Bands and guest artist George Cables, Lowell Lecture Hall, Kirkland Tickets $10, students and seniors $8, available through the Harvard Box Office at the Smith5Campus 6 9Center 8 in2Harvard 3 7Square, 1 4 1350 Massachusetts Ave., www.boxoffice.harvard.edu; or by calling 617-496-2222 (phone and online orders subject to service 8 2 7 6 1 4 9 5 3 fees). For more information, visit the Office for the Arts website or call 617-495-8676.

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63 1 4 6 9 7 5 8 3 5 4 61 72 89 53 4 1 2 9 3 8 at2 617-5667 6 1 84 ments ary contexts, including Turkey and Egypt; the Harvard Kennedy School. Co-spon5 7 9 3 4 8 1 6 2 5 6 7 9 2 3 4 8 1 1689, extension 238 81 47 96 TO 2 or4 Massachusetts 5 3 8 29 41 56 37 8 9 3 1 8 6 4 7 9 5 32 CONCEPT 35 8 22 1 91 6 47 5 76 its intersection with digital culture; and sored with the Ash Center. Wednesday, CATWALK Department of Conservation and 9 1 4 7 3 5 2 8 6 9 7 1 2 4 66 1 58 7 25 8 94 3 3 its purpose in an era of privatization. The 93 82 75HANUKKAH 4 1 5 3 6 2 7 5 1 8 53 Are 64 you 72 a19teen58 who 2 6learn 6 9 8 7 4 61 FAMILY November 18, 4pm, Foyer, Ash 7 93 3wants 44 8 1to 29 to Recreation at 781-485-2804, exten7 2 8 9 6 4 3 1 5 8 2 5 4 9 13 4 71 3 59 2 86 6 7 Forum will take place at the List Center, Center for Democratic Governance and CELEBRATION design and sew your own clothes?

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carrying these fake guns and even though they are fake, the public and police don’t know they are,” said Commissioner William B. Evans.

“Our goal is to make the city the safest place it can be and this ordinance will help remind the public and residents of the dangers these replica guns present.”

The ordinance will allow BPD to confiscate replica firearms and require the owner to pick up the confiscated replica firearm in person at the district station. If a replica handgun is confiscated from someone under the age of

18, BPD will notify the parent or guardian that the minor was found with a replica handgun in a public space, and the parent or guardian will have the option to retrieve the replica firearm. BPD will not release a replica handgun directly to the minor.

“Mayor Walsh deserves tremendous credit for his leadership on the issue of replica firearms. He is absolutely correct that these imitation guns endanger both our city’s young people and our police officers and have no place at all in public spaces,” said State Representative Dan Cullinane, who has filed legislation on replica guns at the State House. “It is unnecessary and irresponsible

for manufacturers and retailers to make and sell imitation guns which by sight cannot be differentiated from a real gun. No one, especially not a police officer with the burden of making a splitsecond decision, should ever have to guess if a gun is real. I applaud Mayor Walsh for his action on this important public safety issue and I look forward to working with the Mayor and my colleagues in the legislature to make meaningful change on this issue of imitation firearms statewide.”

“They call these gun toys, but they are not toys when put in the wrong hands and used to commit crimes,” said District 3 City Councilor Frank Baker. “I see very few

reasons for anyone to buy a replica hand gun. We have seen too many violent incidents this year and this ordinance is one step toward ensuring the safety of our communities.”

The Mayor’s Office of Public Safety Initiatives and the BPD have been actively engaged in local communities to change the trajectory of those involved in violence.

Working side by side with a large cross section of city, social service and community based agencies, a wide variety of opportunity-driven initiatives have been established, including career pathways into the trade unions and other private sector jobs and a partnership with John Hancock, YouthConnect and the Office of Public Safety to

identify those 11-14 year-olds must vulnerable to become involved in high risk behavior.

Erratum In the Nov. 6 edition of the Banner, the article ‘Committee pushes back on student housing plan,’ the Banner reported that the Feldco Development team is planning to build student housing for Northeastern University.

The development plan calls for university housing for students from all area colleges. Feldco has not met with Northeastern and Northeastern has not endorsed or in any way supported the student housing plan.

BANNER CLASSIFIEDS LEGAL PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY SOLICITATION FOR CONSULTANT SERVICES FEDERALLY-FUNDED PROJECTS The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is soliciting services to provide professional engineering services on a task order basis to advise and consult, on a minimum notice, quality engineering, consultation, and assistance for the MBTA’s Water Transportation Service managed by the MBTA Railroad Operations Directorate.

Services will include a comprehensive list of areas which may be identified as requiring consultant expertise and assistance on matters of general transportation service and operations planning, new technologies, Commuter Boat services and all related planning, design, and engineering services necessary to support the Railroad Operations Directorate and Commuter Boat Service.

This project is funded by Local, Federal and State funds.

This contract will be State and Federally Funded. The DBE Participation Goal for this contract will be 3%.

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

Please use the following link: http://www.mbta.com/business_center/bidding_solicitations/current_solic itations/ This is not a request for proposal. The MBTA reserves the right to cancel this procurement or to reject any or all Statements of Qualifications.

Stephanie Pollack Mass DOT Secretary & CEO Francis A. DePaola, PE General Manager MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. AP1603-C1, FY2016-2018 TERM MECHANICAL CONTRACT, ALL MASSPORT FACILITIES, BOSTON, BEDFORD, WORCESTER, BRAINTREE, WOBURN, PEABODY, AND FRAMINGHAM, 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, DECEMBER, 16, 2015, immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly.

Sealed filed sub bids for the same contract will be received at the same office until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2015, 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, LOGAN OFFICE CENTER, ONE HARBORSIDE DRIVE, EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS AT 10:00 AM LOCAL TIME ON THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2015.

The work includes PROVISION OF LABOR, MATERIALS, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES TO REMOVE, RELOCATE AND INSTALL MECHANICAL AND PLUMBING COMPONENTS AT ALL MASSPORT PROPERTIES, ON AN AS NEEDED/ON CALL BASIS. THE DURATION FOR THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE FOR A TWENTY-FOUR (24) MONTH PERIOD EFFECTIVE UPON THE NOTICE TO PROCEED. Bid documents will be made available beginning THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2015.

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 Assessment Management and Maintenance and an Update Statement. The General Bidder must be certified in the category of HVAC.

LEGAL 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.

Filed sub bids will be required and taken on the following classes of work: PLUMBING

$425,000.00

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

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).

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

IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT AT BOSTON ON OR BEFORE TEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM) ON 11/27/2015.

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

Date: October 26, 2015 Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU15P2517EA

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Annie Esther Baldwin Date of Death: 07/26/2015 To all interested persons: A Petition for Formal Probate of Will and Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by Gloria Watts of Taunton, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. The Petitioner requests that Gloria Watts of Taunton, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in an unsupervised administration.

IMPORTANT NOTICE You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 11/19/2015. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return day, action may be taken without further notice to you.

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.

UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE (MUPC) A Personal Representative appointed under the MUPC in an unsupervised administration is not required to file an inventory or annual accounts with the Court. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding the administration directly from the Personal Representative and may petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration.

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.

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

Date: October 20, 2015 Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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

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

DESCRIPTION

*WRA-4129

Purchase of One (1) New Diesel 11/24/15 Powered Crew Cab, DRW with Hydraulic Gate Valve

12:00 p.m.

*7338

Quabbin Power and Security Improvements

12/03/15

2:00 p.m.

**7058

RFQ/P Deer Island Treatment 12/11/15 Plant Switchgear Replacement Design and Engineering Services During Construction (ESDC)

11:00 a.m.

DATE

TIME

**To obtain the complete RFQ/P MWRADocumentDistribution@mwra.com.

please

email

request

to:

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

Docket No. SU12C0190CA In the matter of Elder Antoine of Mattapan, MA

NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME To all persons interested in a petition described: A petition has been presented by Elder Antoine requesting that Elder Antoine be allowed to change his name as follows: Elder Bartley

Docket No. SU13P2153EA

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Myrtha Lee Clemons Also known as: Myrtha Clemons Date of Death: 09/06/2010 To all interested persons:

*To access and bid on Event(s) please go to the MWRA Supplier Portal at www.mwra.com.

The estimated contract cost is ONE MILLION, SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($1,700,000.00).

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 a Sub-bidder 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.

LEGAL

A Petition for Formal Adjudication of Intestacy and Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by John H. Clemons of Roxbury, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. The Petitioner requests that John H. Clemons of Roxbury, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in an unsupervised administration.

IMPORTANT NOTICE You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 11/27/2015. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return day, action may be taken without further notice to you.

UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE (MUPC) A Personal Representative appointed under the MUPC in an unsupervised administration is not required to file an inventory or annual accounts with the Court. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding the administration directly from the Personal Representative and may petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration.

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

Date: October 21, 2015 Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate

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

Docket No. SU15P2629EA

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication

To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, an amended petition has been filed by Gina D. Tillotson-Cordy of Lynn, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Rose M. Bell is in need of a Guardian and requesting that Gina D. Tillotson-Cordy of Lynn, MA (or some other suitable person) be appointed as Guardian to serve on the bond.

The petition asks the court to determine that the Respondant is incapacitated, that the appointment of a Guardian is necessary, that the proposed Guardian is appropriate. The petition is on file with this court and may contain a request for certain specific authority.

Estate of Karon L. Harris Also known as: Karron L. Harris Date of Death: 10/18/2006 To all interested persons: A Petition for Formal Adjudication of Intestacy and Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by Joseph E. Harris, Jr. of Milton, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. The Petitioner requests that Joseph E. Harris, Jr. of Milton, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in an unsupervised administration.

IMPORTANT NOTICE You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 11/27/2015. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return day, action may be taken without further notice to you.

UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE (MUPC) A Personal Representative appointed under the MUPC in an unsupervised administration is not required to file an inventory or annual accounts with the Court. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding the administration directly from the Personal Representative and may petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration.

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

Date: October 26, 2015 Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate

You have the right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 12/10/2015. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to file the written appearance if you object to the petition. If you fail to file the written appearance by the return date, action may be taken in this matter without further notice to you. In addition to filing the written appearance, you or your attorney must file a written affidavit stating the specific facts and grounds of your objection within 30 days after the return date.

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

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

SUFFOLK Division

Senior Living At It’s Best

Section 8 subsidized housing for elderly and handicapped.

1&2 bedroom apartments, some wheelchair adapted. All apartments have fully appliance kitchens, wall-to-wall carpeting. A/C tiled baths, recessed patios and more. Modern 12 story building located on bus line, steps away from Central Public Library. Apartments available on an open occupancy basis. Waiting list maintained. Call for an application and eligibility requirements weekday mornings.

Minorities are encouraged to apply.

SMOKE FREE

Equal Housing Opportunity Handicapped Accessible

# of Units

0 BR units = $1,027/mo 1 BR units = $1,101/mo All utilities included.

Call Sandy Miller, Property Manager

#888-691-4301

888-842-7945

Waitlist remains open for 1&2 bedroom units.

3 BEDROOM WAITLIST IS CLOSED AND HAS A 1.5 YEAR WAIT AT THIS TIME. 2 Bedroom 80% units available for immediate occupancy.

Rental Amounts and Minimum and Maximum Income Limits as of 1/1/2015 4

5

6

50% $782

1BD Min Max

$25,170 $31,350

$25,170 $35,800

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

$931

2BD Min Max

N/A

$30,210 $35,800

$30,210 $40,300

$30,210 $44,750

N/A

N/A

80% $1,161

1BD Min Max

$31,351 $46,100

$35,801 $52,650

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

$1,386

2BD Min Max

N/A

$35,801 $52,650

$40,301 $59,250

$44,751 $65,800

N/A

N/A

Type (#BRs / Loft / Studio)

Price

% Income

1

1 Bedroom

$173,900

Up to 80%

1

2 Bedroom

$203,600

Up to 80%

1

2 Bedroom + Den

$203,600

Up to 80%

1

2 Bedroom + Den

$262,700

100%*

1

2 Bedroom + Den

$262,700

100%*

1

3 Bedroom

$299,700

100%*

* Minimum income limits apply.

Program Restrictions Apply.

311 Lowell Street Andover, Massachusetts 01810

3

6 Moderate Income Affordable Units

A senior/disabled/ handicapped community

Two Bedrooms Starting at $2200

2

25 Highland Avenue, Somerville, MA (617) 628-2119

Moderate Income Affordable Homeownership Opportunity The Armory Condominiums 380 Bunker Hill Street, Charlestown, MA 02129 www.ArmoryLottery.com

91 Clay Street Quincy, MA 02170

Brand New Renovated Apartment Homes

1

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Burton F. Faulkner Tower

CITATION GIVING NOTICE OF PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF CONSERVATOR OR OTHER PROTECTIVE ORDER PURSUANT TO G.L c. 190B, §5-304 & §5-405

HAMILTON GREEN APARTMENTS

Household Size

DOCKET NO. SU15P2518PM

Wollaston Manor

Stainless Steel Appliances New Kitchen Cabinets Hardwood Floors Updated Bathroom Custom Accent Wall Painting Free Parking Free Wi-Fi in lobby Modern Laundry Facilities

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Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate

REAL ESTATE

Parker Hill Apartments

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

Date: November 05, 2015

In the matter of: Rose Mary Bell Respondent (Person to be Protected/Minor) Of: Mattapan, MA

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

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

To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Gina D. Tillotson-Cordy of Lynn, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Rose M. Bell is in need of a Conservator or other protective order and requesting that Frank Grimaldi, Esq. of Cambridge, MA and Gina D. Tillotson-Cordy of Lynn, MA (or some other suitable person) be appointed as Conservator to serve With Corporate Surety on the bond.

In the matter of Rose Mary Bell Of Mattapan, MA RESPONDENT Alleged Incapacitated Person

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You have the right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 12/10/2015. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to file the written appearance if you object to the petition. If you fail to file the written appearance by the return date, action may be taken in this matter without further notice to you. In addition to filing the written appearance, you or your attorney must file a written affidavit stating the specific facts and grounds of your objection within 30 days after the return date.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department

Docket No. SU15P1177GD

Citation Giving Notice of Petition for Appointment of Guardian for Incapacitated Person Pursuant to G.L. c. 190B, §5-304

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

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

Date: November 05, 2015 Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate

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

LEGAL

Maximum Income Limit HH size

Up to 80%

100%

1

$55,150

$68,950

2

$63,050

$78,800

3

$70,900

$88,650

4

$78,800

$98,500

5

$85,100

$106,400

6

$91,400

$114,250

Applications will also be available in person on the following dates and times Date

Time

Monday, November 30th

10:00AM - 2:00PM

Thursday, December 3rd

3:00PM - 7:00PM

Saturday, December 5th

10:00AM - 2:00PM

Households may request an application be sent by email or mail from November 30th – December 14th through the following methods: Visit: www.ArmoryLottery.com Email: Armory@maloneyproperties.com Call: 617-209-5250 In person application location: St. Francis Bishop Lawton Hall, 313 Bunker Hill Street Charlestown, MA 02129 Completed applications must be returned by mail Postmarked no later than December 21st Mail to: Maloney Properties, Inc. Attention: Armory Lottery 27 Mica Lane, Wellesley MA 02481

Tenants pay for Electricity only – Utility Allowances are as follows: 1BR - $49; 2BR - $65; 3BR - $80

Selection by lottery. Asset, Use & Resale Restrictions apply.

Preference for Boston Residents. Preference for households with at least one person per Bedroom.

Preference for First-Time Homebuyers.

*Minimum income requirements do not apply to Section 8 Voucher holders. All utilities, except electricity are included in rent. Voucher holders are eligible. Applications are available at the property daily between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday – Friday or call Lisa Perez @ 978-623-8155, TTY:711 or 800-439-0183.

For more info or reasonable accommodations, call Maloney Properties, Inc. 617-209-5250 or email: Armory@MaloneyProperties.com www.MaloneyRealEstate.com Equal Housing Opportunity

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Home Ownership Opportunity

6 AFFORDABLE SINGLE FAMILY HOMES High Point Estates, 70 Adams Rd, (North) Grafton TO BE SOLD BY LOTTERY (2) 3 Bed/2.5 Bath- $187,400 2000 sf. Apprx.

(4) 4 Bed/2.5 Bath $205,100 2000 sf. Apprx.

Max Income 1 Person - $46,100 2 Persons - $52,650 3 Persons – $59,250 4 Persons - $65,800

5 Persons – $71,100 6 Persons - $76,350 7 Persons - $81,600 8 Persons - $86,900

Other Restrictions Apply Info Session – Grafton Middle School, Cafeteria 60 North St. 12/15 6PM-8PM Open House – 97 High Point Dr., Model Home 12/20 Noon-2PM Applications at: Grafton Library, 35 Grafton Common Grafton Town Hall, Selectmens’ Office Or Write To: JTE Realty Associates, P. O. Box 955, No Andover, Ma. 01845 Or e-mail: hpoint@jterealtyassociates.com MAILING ADDRESS MUST BE PROVIDED 978-258-3492 Deadline Rec’d by: 12/30/2015

The Slate at Andover 50 Woodview Way, Andover, MA

1BRs @ $1,119*, 2BRs @ $1,334*, 3BRs @ $1,530* *Rents subject to change in 2016. Tenants will pay own Gas Heat, Gas Hot Water, Electricity (including cooking).

Property pays for Water and Sewer The Slate at Andover is a 224 unit rental apartment community located in Andover. 56 of these apartments will be made available through this application process and rented to households with incomes at or below 80% of the Area Median Income. Please see www.LiveAtTheSlate.com for more details on the development and the units.

MAXIMUM Household Income Limits: $46,100 (1 person), $52,650 (2 people), $59,250 (3 people), $65,800 (4 people), $71,100 (5 people), $76,350 (6 people) A Public Info Session will be held on Nov 16th, 2015 at 6:00 pm in the Activity Room in Memorial Hall Library (2 North Main Street, Andover) Completed Applications and Required Income Documentation must be received, not postmarked, by 2 pm on January 5th, 2016 The Lottery for eligible households will be held on January 25th, 2016 at 6 pm at the same location as the info session (see above).

For Lottery Information and Applications, or for reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities, go to www.s-e-b.com/lottery or call (617) 782-6900x1 and leave a message. For TTY Services dial 711. Free translation available. Applications and Information also available at the Memorial Hall Library in Andover on 2 North Main St (M-Th 9-9, Fri-Sat 9-5, Sun 1-5)

HELP WANTED Part Time Drivers Easy Commute to South Boston

Company seeks part-time drivers for local work delivering cars.

Different shifts available 30+hours plus available but not mandatory. Great job for retirees and others looking for part-time work.

Hiring now for following shifts: Day Shifts: 7:30am - 5:00pm, 9:00am-6:00pm, 4:00pm-12:30am, 7days a week Overnights: Midnight - 8:00am on Thurs., Fri., Sat., Sun. and Mon. Early Shift: 5:00am-1:30pm Wed. and Thurs.

The Job: We supply the workforce for rental car agencies to move their cars from location to location. Do not need own car, some walking required. Our South Boston office has free parking and is Red Line T accessible at Broadway and Andrews Sq. Easy commute from the South Shore and downtown. We require a clean driving record (you must supply a recent copy from the registry) and 5 YEARS DRIVING EXPERIENCE REQUIRED. No DUI’s. Background checks are performed. Lots of work available. $9.00 – 10.00 per hour to start. Come by and fill out an application at New England Auto Delivery, 380 Dorchester Ave, South Boston. Office hours from 8AM - 4PM, Mon-Fri, other times by appointment. Email at jobs@neautodelivery.com for information or call 617-269-3800 x 103 and ask for Chris.

Project Hope Teacher, Adult Basic Education 32 hrs/week for 45 weeks Working collaboratively with the Education Team, you will provide quality group, learner-centered instruction to low-income adult women enabling them to reach their educational goals and achieve self-sufficiency.

HELP WANTED

Teen Empowerment is in search of an individual to join our team of program coordinators in Boston. Teen Empowerment believes that the voices and energies of youth are essential to positively transforming inner city youth culture and establishing peaceful communities. Our mission is to empower youth and adults as agents of individual, institutional, and social change. In our youth organizing program, Teen Empowerment employs urban youth, ages 14 to 21, to work every afternoon to identify the most pressing issues in their community and develop and implement a strategy to positively impact those issues, helping to lower rates of crime and violence and increasing levels of positive participation among their peers in community life.

The Program Coordinator is passionate

about working with young urban leaders, grounded in community organizing, a creative thinker and self-motivated, and an activist for just and inclusive systems. We seek someone who is motivated to engage young people from the Boston communities of Dorchester, Roxbury, and Mattapan to realize and actualize their fullest potential as agents of positive social change within their communities.

Additional skills required for this position include group facilitation, event planning, and public speaking. Experience in the performing and/or visual arts a plus.

This is a full-time, 40 hour a week salaried position with benefits.

Some evenings and weekends required. Salary is $30-40,000 commensurate with experience.

Please submit cover letter and resume to: Samantha Hale at samantha@teenempowerment.org by Nov. 30th. No phone calls.

A full job description can be found at teenempowerment.org.

Dana Hall School, an independent school for girls

grades 5-12, seeks a founding 5th grade teacher for August 2016. Successful candidates will embrace an interdisciplinary curriculum, integrate instructional technology and employ a variety of pedagogical approaches to meet individual learning needs. Applicants should be fiercely positive, interested in developing a stimulating and creative learning environment, and committed to academic excellence. Responsibilities include teaching all four major content areas to a class of 12-14 girls.

Dana Hall welcomes candidates who contribute to and are committed to diversity and multicultural educational practices.

This new program is a unique opportunity for a motivated and passionate educator.

Cover letter and resume should be submitted to hr@danahall.org.

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Healthcare CAREER? Project Hope, in partnership with Partners HealthCare is currently accepting applications for a FREE entry level healthcare employment training program.

Program eligibility includes: • • • • •

Have a high school diploma or equivalent Have a verifiable reference of 1 year from a former employer Pass assessments in reading, language, and computer skills Have CORI clearance Be legally authorized to work in the United States

For more information and to register for the next Open House please visit our website at www.prohope.org/openhouse.htm or call 617-442-1880 ext. 218.

Using the Curriculum Frameworks as a guide, you will design and deliver creative lesson plans and teaching materials based on students’ needs for Pre-HiSet Reading, Writing and Math. Other duties include maintaining an appropriately organized classroom, assessing and monitoring student progress, developing and maintaining individualized lesson plans, and conducting individual student meetings.

Qualifications: n Minimum of four years’ experience teaching adult learners n Ability to adapt your teaching style and materials to the individual needs and learning styles of the students n Experience working with homeless, low-income women and diverse populations n Superior listening, oral and written communication skills n Excellent organizational, record keeping and computer skills Compensation $32,000 annually. This is a 32 hour per week position which works 45 out of 52 weeks.

Interested candidates should send cover letters and resumes to: pcomfrey@prohope.org Project Hope values diversity in its workforce and candidates from a wide range of backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Field Interviewers The University of Michigan Survey Research Center (SRC) is part of the nation’s largest academically-based social science and research organization. SRC is seeking part-time field interviewers in the Boston, MA area to work on the prestigious Health and Retirement Study (HRS).

HELP WANTED

Field interviewers will make face-to-face visits to screen selected households for eligible respondents and will conduct lengthy in-home interviews with selected adults, taking physical measures and biomarkers including grip strength, saliva, and blood samples.

Highly qualified interviewers will have good computer skills, have reliable transportation with insurance (mileage is reimbursable), be comfortable working in a variety of neighborhoods, and be available to work up to 30 hrs/ week primarily during evenings and weekends.

SUBSCRIBE TO THE BANNER call (617) 261-4600 • baystatebanner.com On The Rise, Inc. (OTR) is a dynamic, Cambridge, MA-based non-profit founded in 1995 that serves women in crisis and homelessness throughout the region.

Safe Haven Manager The Safe Haven Manager (SHM) is responsible for the operation of On The Rise’s Safe Haven and Street Outreach Programs, including program management and coordination, program development and evaluation, and collaboration and community outreach. She directly supervises a team of 4 Community Advocates whose work is primarily focused on homeless women. She manages the overall day-to-day operations of Safe Haven and Street Outreach Programs, overseeing and ensuring top-quality community and on-site direct services. For a more detailed job description, please refer to our website www.ontherise.org.

How to Apply: Please send your resume and a cover letter to: edyerulin@ontherise.org

The pay rate for the Boston, MA is $17.00/hr. with the potential to receive an additional $3 per hour if meeting all performance and production standards.

Interviewers who test as proficient with conducting interviews in English and Spanish may receive an additional $2/hour. Successful completion of home study sessions and in-person training are mandatory for employment.

To learn more about this exciting opportunity and apply, please visit recruit.isr.umich.edu.

The University of Michigan is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer.

Adjunct Faculty/Lab Assistant Opportunity:

ADJUNCT INSTRUCTOR – EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (EMT/EMS) Lab Assistants teach lab skills within a specific discipline to a diverse student population on our main campus in Worcester and/or at additional satellite locations within our service area. Courses may be assigned for days, evenings or weekends, and responsibilities include instructional preparation, assessment of student performance and assistance to students.

Requirements/Minimum Qualifications: (1) Associate’s Degree; (2) Certification in EMT-B, EMT-Advance or EMT Paramedic; (3) CPR Instructor; (4) One year experience as an EMT; (5) Working knowledge of Massachusetts OEMS (Office of Emergency Medical Services) Statewide Treatment Protocols and National Core Curriculum; (6) Ability to teach day, evening or weekend classes in more than one campus location.

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Interested candidates should visit our website www.QCC.edu/human-resources for a complete job description, requirements and application procedures. Applicants for these MCCC unit faculty positions must apply online for consideration.

QCC is an equal opportunity affirmative action college supporting diversity.

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Maintenance Aide

Community Relations Coordinator On The Rise, Inc. (OTR) is a dynamic, Cambridge, MA-based non-profit founded in 1995 that serves women in crisis and homelessness throughout the region.

The Bridgewater Housing Authority is seeking to fill a temporary FT 40 hr/wk position with NO BENEFITS. Must have knowledge of basic plumbing, carpentry, electrical and painting for minor repairs. Position includes grounds work, snow removal, and some heavy lifting. On call duties required.

Must have valid driver’s license, good driving record and possess a vehicle. Must pass a favorable CORI. Application and job description available at the office located at 10 Heritage Circle, Bridgewater, MA between 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

No phone calls please. Applications must be received no later than 11/20/2015 by 4:00 p.m. EOE

This full-time, exempt employee reports to the Director of Development & Communications, supervises a Special Events Intern and stewards 300+ volunteers and in-kind donors. The Community Relations Manager will work a full-time weekday schedule, plus one Saturday per month and occasional evening and weekend hours.

Responsibilities include: Community Outreach & Education; Volunteer & In-kind Resource Management; Event Planning & Fundraising; Communications & Marketing Requirements: A Bachelor’s degree plus three to five years related work experience in areas of community relations, customer service, marketing, volunteer management, event planning, public relations, public speaking, or fundraising is required.

For a more detailed job description, please refer to our website: www.ontherise.org How to Apply: Please send your resume and a cover letter to: edyerulin@ontherise.org

United Housing Management is currently seeking the

professionals below. Please forward resumes no later than November 20, 2015 to 530 Warren Street, Dorchester, MA 02121 or fax to 617-442-7231.

Assistant Property Manager: Experienced in the management of a Section 8 development for a minimum of three years. Responsibilities include the full range of property management functions, but not limited to recertification, and tenant relations - COS certification and Tax Credit experience are required. Candidate must be self-motivated and possess excellent communication, organizational skills – bilingual English/Spanish is a plus. Transportation is a must.

Occupancy Specialist: The ideal candidate will have 3 years of experience in Tax Credit and Section 8 Housing. (COS) certification is required - Tax Credit experience is a plus. Candidate will maintain the waiting list of applicants for housing; strong organizational skills and attention to detail are required – bilingual English/ Spanish is a plus. Transportation is a must.

Maintenance Technician: Experienced in two or more phases of building maintenance repairs including boilers, HVAC, electrical, plumbing, carpentry, plastering, locks; must be dependable and self-motivated with excellent customer service skills. Will be required to provide scheduled nights and weekend’s coverage bilingual English/Spanish is a plus. Transportation is a must.

United Housing Management LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Senior Regional Transportation Planner

Project Hope

Job Readiness Instructor 40 hrs/week

Working collaboratively with the Workforce Development and Employment Programs team, the Job Readiness Instructor will be responsible for classroom activities for Employer Partnership clients to improve employment readiness. The instruction will include customer service, soft skills and basic computer instruction.

Responsibilities include preparation and delivery of curriculum for trainings offered to participants; provide instruction in study skills and employment readiness by motivating and counselling students in areas of behavior, training, personal problems or study habits; promote the development of career success standards by modeling appropriate behaviors and mentoring students when necessary; perform routine data entry and document retention tasks as required.

Qualifications n BA or BS in Human Services or related field n Knowledge of and experience in workforce development with a focus on low income community members and/or homeless families n Experience teaching hard and soft skills to adult learners n Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Email applications and Internet n Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to encourage job seekers n Ability to communicate with both community members and employers n Self-starter, resourceful, team player with ability to manage multiple programs Interested candidates should send cover letter and resume to: pcomfrey@prohope.org.

Project Hope values diversity in its workforce and candidates from a wide range of backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Experienced Property Manager Growing, property management, company looking for experienced manager, with ten-plus years of experience in property management field, to provide effective, professional oversight for a diverse property located in Boston, Massachusetts.

Ideal candidates are industry professionals with qualifications that include exceptional knowledge and experience with local and federal government/agencies housing regulations, Section-8, and HUD regulations. Experience with cooperative housing, a plus.

Solid knowledge and experience in preparation, development, review and monitoring budgets and critical financial statements.

Computer proficient, experienced with Microsoft Office and Yardi software.

In addition, the well-qualified candidate possesses expert managerial abilities that include exceptional oral and written communication skills, excellent leadership, and organizational interpersonal skills working effectively with clients, residents, staff, and co-workers and with resident groups. Bachelor’s degree in Business or related fields preferred.

Compensation is commensurate based upon experience, plus an excellent benefits package that includes one hundred percent employer paid healthcare insurance.

Please send resumes to: propmgmtprofessional@gmail.com.

Graphic Designer Watertown ad agency seeks talented Graphic Designer. 5-7 years experience in print and online.

Duties include: conduct place-based and regional studies that combine transportation and land use recommendations to advance smart growth goals of mixed-use development near transit with streetscapes that are walkable and bikable. The Senior Planner will be expected to work collaboratively with other staff as both a project manager and in providing task specific planning to support the work of other project managers and departments. The position also participates in regional and state-wide working groups and supports MAPC’s work with the Boston Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO).

Qualifications: Candidates must have a Bachelor’s degree plus 10 year of relevant experience, or a Master’s degree plus 6 years relevant experience, in transportation planning, city/regional planning, engineering, public policy, or a related field. Ideal candidates would have experience with regional transportation planning, corridor studies, combined land use and transportation planning, transit oriented development, parking planning, public meetings, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, and working with state or local government.

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MAPC is an EOE/AA employer. MAPC takes pride in the diversity of its workforce and encourages all qualified persons to apply. SEE COMPLETE JOB AD AT www.mapc.org (Jobs at MAPC) AND APPLY AT LINK SHOWN THERE. Please attach a cover letter and resume. The position is open until filled. Posted 11-4-15. Barbara Wooten, Manager of Human Resources.

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