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Roxbury rents rising rapidly

By YAWU MILLER

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Architect David Lee leads a discussion with (left to right) Beverly Johnson, Greg Janey, Latoya Baskin, and Ken Guscott at the Long Bay Management office in Grove Hall.

Black-led team aims to build in Dudley Sq. New building to include offices, retail space and residential units

By YAWU MILLER

The opening of the new Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building has significantly changed the face of Dudley Square. There’s a new Tropical Foods supermarket and other commercial projects are in the development pipeline, but none are as ambitious as the retail, office and residential development project being planned by a team of African American developers led by Ken Guscott.

The Long Bay Management founder is putting up funds and a large parcel of land for the development, which the team plans to build on the site currently occupied by the One United and Citizen’s Bank branches. Guscott, who owns the bank building, an adjacent retail building, and the offices behind, says the project will be the largest of its kind in Roxbury.

In a city where major real estate developments are dominated by white-led firms, Guscott says his

effort is unique for its concentration of people of color in leadership roles.

“The team we have here at the table are people who have more than 10 or 15 years of experience,” he said during an interview with the developers last week. “Most of the time, we don’t get a first chance at a major development project. This is group led by black professionals.”

Seasoned team

Guscott’s team includes his brother Cecil, a co-founder of Long Bay Management, and his daughter Lisa; Bevco CEO Beverly Johnson, who is managing the Article 80 permitting process, community engagement and public financing; project feasibility advisor Tom Welch, who does cost projections; Greg Janey, CEO of Janey Construction Management, which is working in a joint venture with Gilbane Building Company as the general contractor; architect David Lee of the firm Stull and

Lee; and Deborah Bernat, who is handling marketing.

Development team members said they would determine the square footage and height of the building after they have had community meetings and met with elected officials and other stakeholders. Johnson said they have had initial meetings with the city’s Chief of Development John Barros.

“We’re keeping him informed,” she said.

The new building will be constructed on land owned by Long Bay Management bordered Washington Street, Roxbury Street, Shawmut Avenue and Marvin Street. The building will retain the neoclassical limestone façade of the bank building, and some of its interior. A glass atrium will connect the current bank structure to the adjacent retail and office space on Roxbury Street. Long Bay owns land, currently being used for parking lots, behind the Sargent Prince building. Office space, apartments and condos will be sited where the lots currently are, facing Marvin Street and Shawmut Avenue. Parking would be provided under the new building.

Jenaya Nelson was intrigued by the Craig’s List advertisement for a three-bedroom apartment in Roxbury for just $1,575 a month. She took an application for Clayton Palmer’s third-floor unit on Crawford Street in Grove Hall, competing with about 30 other families for a rare shot at an affordable rental in Roxbury.

Nelson, a construction worker who is in the midst of a divorce, is in the process of selling her Hyde Park

home and re-entering the rental market at a time when low vacancy rates and rising home values is putting a squeeze on tenants in Boston.

“It’s scary coming back into the market,” she said. “The prices are so high. I have three little ones.

Paying $2,000 a month for rent is too much.”

While $2,000 a month may be too high for many long-time Boston residents, it’s now the norm for a three-bedroom apartment in Roxbury. With real estate

See RENTS, page 7

Charter advocates file lawsuit to lift cap

By ELIZA DEWEY

The debate on charter schools heated up last week when three prominent Boston-area attorneys signaled their intent to file a lawsuit against the state, charging that the current statewide cap on charters violates students’ civil rights by limiting their access to quality education. Education activists, however, are questioning the claim that the

charter cap constitutes a civil rights violation, pointing to what they say is a two-tier educational system that charter school expansion could potentially make worse.

Heshan Berents-Weeramuni, a parent with two children at the Mary Curley elementary school in Jamaica Plain, says it makes him angry that the issue is being framed by those behind the lawsuit as a civil

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St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast — see page 10

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State Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry emcees the annual St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast while Mayor Martin Walsh and U.S. Rep. Stephen Lynch look on.

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Walsh sees Hub Olympics bid as city planning opportunity Says public funds will cover cost of infrastructure improvements, not construction of Olympic venues

By ELIZA DEWEY

Boston’s bid for the 2024 Olympics has spurred a range of reactions — vigorous debate, excitement, skepticism and opposition.

Mayor Martin Walsh is hoping for another outcome: long-range city planning.

In a roundtable meeting with journalists last week, Walsh spoke about how he hopes the push for the games, whether or not it is ultimately successful, will help spur infrastructure and development improvements that will benefit the city in the long term, as its backers claim.

“The taxpayer money that goes into an Olympic bid doesn’t go into the Olympics,” Walsh said. “It goes into infrastructure.”

Walsh pointed to the MBTA, which has struggled through years of delayed maintenance, and insisted that there evidently “hasn’t been that catalyst” to get the process moving and that the various players involved need the “urgency of a date” to get started.

In addition to the MBTA, Walsh cited a potential renovation of White Stadium in Franklin Park and modular housing units at the Olympic Athlete’s Village — which organizers say could be sited at UMass Boston — which

would be moved later to different parts of the city to increase the housing stock. That would help combat rising rents that are squeezing working families across the city, Walsh said.

To support his argument, Walsh referenced New York’s experience planning for its 2012 Olympic bid, saying that while the city ultimately lost the bid, the planning process helped spur development that transformed the area at the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge into a waterfront park.

Need for planning

Olympics opponents remain unconvinced by this argument.

Chris Dempsey, co-chair of the volunteer organization No Boston Olympics, says that an Olympic “conversation” will not have the catalyzing effect the mayor claims on any of the three kinds of investment — private, public, or private-public partnerships.

Dempsey says private streams of capital are already flowing into the city “at an unprecedented rate” without the Olympics due to Boston’s attractiveness to investors. On the public funding side, Boston 2024 says on its website that taxpayer dollars related to the Games will “be confined to roadway, transportation and infrastructure improvements, most of which are already

planned and are needed with or without the Olympics.”

Dempsey argues that this promise could mean that the games actually “lead to less investment in the long term” because boosters already have told elected officials they do not need new revenue, thus removing the main factor spurring investment in public works projects.

As for public-private partnerships, Dempsey claims that externally-imposed deadlines such as the arbitrary 2024 date “cut both ways,” sometimes causing elected officials and public agencies to make hasty decisions that do not fit within any broader planning framework.

Dempsey says that an urban planning process guided by an outside body like the International

Olympic Committee “does force you to build some stuff, but not the stuff you need,” something he describes as a fundamental concern. He argues that if Boston hosted the games, the IOC would ensure that a stadium and Athlete’s Village were built but would have no reason to apply the same pressure for other projects that the city promised the public.

By contrast, Dempsey points to the resident-led process in Boston that stopped construction of the once-planned inner belt highway in 1969. Due to community action, the space eventually was converted into the Southwest Corridor Park that runs through Jamaica Plain, Roxbury and the South End. “We are not nearly so cynical as to think the IOC is needed,” Dempsey said.

James Conway, a Cambridge native who served as a Policy Fellow in the Office of Chicago Mayor Richard Daley during the summer of 2009 when that city was bidding on the 2016 Summer Olympic Games, raised similar concerns. Conway said that in his experience, “the community and the IOC have opposing goals for the event” – the IOC views it as a two-week event while the community views it as a long-term investment. As a result, Conway says, Daley “had to pull back from

those community improvements to match the IOC’s strict requirements,” ultimately resulting in public backlash.

Public views

“When push comes to shove, the IOC and its priorities always win when a city is trying to get the games,” Conway concluded.

Currently, Olympics organizers propose using Franklin Park for equestrian events, the Boston Common for volleyball, and Widett Circle — the industrial area between the exit 18 on ramp on I-93 and Dorchester Avenue — for a temporary Olympic stadium.

“All these are proposed venues,” Walsh said. “One thing that’s clear – if they use any of our parks, they’ll be restored to state-of-the-art condition.”

Residents of Boston have several opportunities in the next few weeks to weigh in on the debate.

Boston 2024 will have its next Community Advisory Group public meeting on March 24 at 6:30 PM at the UMass Dartmouth Main Auditorium in Dartmouth. The Mayor’s office is also holding public meetings on the Olympic bid. The next two are March 31 at 6:30 PM at Harvard Business School and April 28 at 6:30 PM at Roxbury Community College.

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Dorch. business lab seeks start-ups

By ELIZA DEWEY

A new resource will soon be available for enterprising individuals living near the Fairmount Corridor Commuter Rail Line. The Fairmount Innovation Lab, a business lab aimed at growing creative industries in the communities connected by the MBTA’s Fairmount Indigo Line, is accepting applications for its LaunchPad initiative.

The Fairmount Indigo Line is a commuter rail line running from South Station to Readville that passes through parts of Dorchester, Roxbury, Mattapan and Hyde Park.

The LaunchPad is a competitive program that will provide ten startups with a four-month immersion in business and financial training, access to a collaborative workspace and a community of entrepreneurs, multiple networking opportunities and support from expert mentors.

At the end of that time, each business will pitch its idea to community members, investors and other stakeholders. Expert mentors are identified through a partnership with MassChallenge and expected to provide advice on business model development, marketing, finance, legal issues, technology and other business issues.

Cross-sector focus

Eligible start-ups can come from a wide range of creative industries: advertising, architecture, culinary arts, fashion, film, research and development, app and game design and more.

Applications are due March 31 and can be accessed at www.lab584. org. The first round of start-ups

will be announced in April and will start in May. The LaunchPad is just one of the Fairmount Innovation Lab’s initiatives. The Lab also runs a non-competitive “business incubator” that is meant to serve as a hub for entrepreneurial development in the creative industries. It offers ongoing workshops, weekly office hours for more personalized consulting, free legal assistance for businesses through a partnership with Harvard University, regular networking opportunities and access to grants and loans. The incubator is available to anyone who has a business in the Fairmount Corridor.

The Fairmount Innovation Lab, located in Uphams Corner, was created by local entrepreneur Liora Beer, who also is the founder and director of Artmorpheus, a nonprofit organization that seeks to support artists and creative entrepreneurs. Beer has a long history of launching creative ventures in Dorchester, including an open market pilot program in Uphams Corner that provided local artisans and food entrepreneurs with a place to sell their products. Before her time in the non-profit world, Beer spent a decade overseeing business development projects for the City of Boston.

Beer is passionate about art as a community resource. “The creative industries are a huge economic driver,” she says. “Most people are not even aware of that.”

Although Artmorpheus is the main entity behind the Innovation Lab, it was created in partnership with the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative, Design Studio for Social Intervention, and the City of

Boston/Main Streets. The Lab also is backed by a number of funders: the Boston Foundation, Kresge Foundation, Surdna Foundation, and the Barr Foundation.

The Lab also is a part of the broader Fairmount Cultural Corridor, an initiative seeking to create a thriving arts and cultural scene along the Fairmount Commuter Rail Line.

Moving forward

The FCC project is a “placemaking initiative” that started in Uphams Corner and has since expanded to the Four Corners area, using strategies such as public art installations to celebrate local traditions and enhance

community livability.

While these various projects’ connection to a commuter rail line may strike some as odd, it reflects a broader push from various community groups and city offices to use the Fairmount Indigo commuter rail line to guide development in the abutting communities. The Fairmount line previously had only five stations between South Station and Readville, including stops at Uphams Corner and Morton Street that were rebuilt between 2005 and 2007. However, despite these station improvements, a 2012 city document described the Fairmount Indigo line as bypassing “large sections of predominately lower-income urban neighborhoods that have endured the environmental impact of the train without enjoying the benefit of access to it.”

Since then, stops have been added at Talbot Ave, Four Corners and the Newmarket/South Bay shopping center. An additional station planned for Blue Hill Ave near Mattapan Square is slated to break ground this November and be completed by December 2017.

The new stations have elicited a wide range of public reactions.

Some have welcomed the development as part of the answer to overarching concerns about social inequality that has long plagued Boston’s low-income communities of color. Others raise opposition to the Mattapan station plan in particular, due to concerns about the impact that construction might have on the foundations of nearby homes and what they see as a community development process that is too MBTA-driven.

Boston policemen receive Hero’s Award

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The Boston Police Foundation’s Hero Award which is the honor presented to the officer/officers who display the highest levels of courage and calm in the face of the gravest levels of danger and disorder was presented to Officer Terry Cotton (left) and Detective Harry Jean. In August of 2013, Cotton and Jean were shot in the line of duty after confronting an armed felon during a drug investigation.

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Systemic injustice The recently published U.S. Department of Justice report on the Ferguson, Mo. police department was shocking even to tough law and order conservatives. In a democratic government, the criminal justice system ideally treats all citizens equally. The converse approach is to use the power of prosecution to subjugate the underclass. The report clearly establishes that the white controlled government in Ferguson persecutes black citizens even though they are the majority population.

DOJ investigators discovered racially insulting e-mails circulated as jokes by government employees, and police records of arrests of blacks without warrants or probable cause. Nonetheless, the conclusions of the DOJ report were not based on anecdotal information. An analysis of statistical data confirmed that the Ferguson police and the courts have continually denied black citizens their constitutional rights.

While one-third of Ferguson residents are white, blacks accounted for 85 percent of traffic stops, 93 percent of arrests, 90 percent of tickets and 95 percent of those jailed for more than two days. Those charged by the police with jaywalking, a discretionary violation, were 95 percent likely to be black.

A jaywalking violation was the reason for the confrontation between Michael Brown, the unarmed 18-year-old black youth who was killed, and his assailant, the white police officer, Darren Wilson.

The 86-page report set forth sufficient evidence to sustain lawsuits against the police and other branches of government in Ferguson. Remedies are already underway to mitigate damages. The state appellate court has already assumed control of the

town judicial system. It is anticipated that there will be a number of lawsuits for the violation of constitutional rights.

Damages that might be assessed could force the town and the county to disgorge the revenues they raised from persecuting blacks. The primary objective of this discrimination of blacks was to require them to contribute their funds to the general coffers.

The system amounted to disguised taxation of poor blacks.

The DOJ report concluded that the police department and the courts operated to generate revenue rather than to secure public safety. From 2010 to 2014 the percentage of revenue funds from fines and forfeitures almost doubled, from 12 percent to 23 percent of the total. Once again it becomes clear that the motivation for the abuse of African Americans is the economic advantage of those in power. That is what slavery is all about.

One must wonder how blacks tolerated such oppression when they are 67 percent of the population. Is the political system structured to minimize the impact of the black vote, or is the conduct of blacks in Ferguson a classic case of slave mentality?

Critics of the report assert that the DOJ failed to include as part of the offending black population, residents from neighboring towns. However, the racial bias of law enforcement is indicated by the fact that black motorists are twice as likely to be stopped and searched even though searches of whites were more likely to discover contraband.

Racial discrimination in Ferguson is demeaning to blacks and is now a national embarrassment.

Judging by news coverage of the governor’s budget, it seems like Baker is doing the best he can with limited resources. He was able to raise funding for some areas, like education, but paltry 3 percent increases can’t possibly keep pace with the rising costs of health care and energy. One can only hope that with a new Senate president, the Massachusetts political establishment can finally have an honest, open conversation about taxes.

As Jim Braude pointed out in a Boston Globe op-ed, the state’s flat tax system means that lower-income people are going to be paying

a greater share of their income in taxes than are wealthy people.

That’s not fair. It’s also clear to anyone who’s been paying attention over the last ten or so years that the revenue the state is taking in is not sufficient to fund the level of state-supported services our state aspires to provide.

We want to have better schools.

We want roads that don’t beat up our cars’ suspensions and bridges that won’t fall apart when we cross them.

We want an MBTA system that we can depend on when we need it the most — during snow emergencies when driving is impossible. We want a social safety net that helps working

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families through tough times. The biotech companies, high tech firms and information technology companies that are helping drive the economy businesses want well-educated, well trained workers, and are willing to pay higher taxes to get that workforce. If they weren’t, they could move to New Hampshire or South Carolina.

It’s time our political leadership had an honest conversation about what kind of state we want, and how we plan to pay for it. It’s time to talk about taxes.

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Early education and care and out-of-school programs vital to children’s lifelong learning

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Why do you think blacks so often receive unequal treatment from law enforcement?

By WAYNE YSAGUIRRE Preparing our children for a lifetime of learning requires accessibility to high-quality early education and care programs as well as a consistent, qualified workforce. Great educators are the key to improving outcomes for children. We know that, and it starts at birth, not in kindergarten.

The existing career pathway for our early educator workforce is unsustainable. With an average salary range of $21,000-$25,000 and a turnover rate of 30 percent in our early learning and out-of-school programs, it becomes increasingly challenging to retain high-quality educators. Too many skilled teachers either leave early education for district K-12 schools that pay higher salaries or leave the field entirely.

The state Department of Early Education and Care (DEEC) has long recognized the need for a career ladder to define professional growth in early education and out-of-school time, and its potential to remedy the inadequate compensation of educators in this field.

In Massachusetts, there are more than 8,800 early education and care community-based programs employing over 40,000 people, with revenues of $1.5 billion. A meaningful investment in centers providing this elemental foundation for children is long overdue.

In Boston, early education and care programs like Nurtury serve thousands of young people, provide employment to educators and give many parents the opportunities to work. They create a strong foundation for young children to absorb the literacy and math skills and develop the social and emotional competence that can propel them to success in school and beyond.

However, despite all of the evidence that high-quality early education and care programs play a critical role in child development and successful long-term outcomes, our state’s commitment to early education continues to fall short.

Governor Charlie Baker’s spending plan for the upcoming fiscal year, while providing new funding for the Department of Children & Families and for K-12 schools, misses the mark when it comes to recognizing early education programs as fundamental toour education system.

Over the past 15 years, state spending on early education and care has dropped by $114 million. At the same time, state spending on K-2 schools has more than kept pace with inflation, and Baker’s budget adds $105 million in new money for schools.

Regrettably, this drop also coincided with a growing body of research that demonstrates that children’s brains develop rapidly from birth to age five.

Studies consistently show that children start learning at birth and that high-quality early education and care programs have a significant impact on all who participate. Disparities in cognition and health can become evident as early as nine months in low-income children compared to their higher-income peers. The achievement gap starts for these children long before they enter kindergarten.

Children who participate in high-quality early education programs have better outcomes in educational attainment and careers. Children from low-income families are less likely to repeat a grade, require remedial services, engage with the criminal justice system, and are more likely to complete high school and graduate from college. In addition, they will pay more in taxes and require less health care spending The “Put Massachusetts Kids First” coalition is a group of more than two dozen early childhood education and out-of-school programs working to help shape public policy within this crucial segment of the state’s education system. We’ve launched a multi-year campaign to invest in our children through enhanced quality in early education and school-age programs, which includes developing a well-qualified and compensated educator workforce. It is time to align our action with our rhetoric. Our investments should reflect our priorities. A healthy society must prioritize its children.

Early education and school age programs need to ensure that all of their educators and administrators are registered and/or updated in the DEEC Professional Qualifications Registry and meet existing standards. Those are already in place, and they ensure that educators and administrators are held accountable.

A renewed commitment is needed to put our youngest children on the right track. Strengthening early education and care should be an integral part of the Commonwealth’s long-term plan to invest in human capital to support growth and quality goals. It’s up to the Governor and Legislature to make this a priority.

Our next generation of workers, innovators and leaders is crucial to our long-term vitality as a state. If we are to thrive, we must invest in a high quality educator work force and expand access to early education and care in underserved communities.

Wayne Ysaguirre is president and CEO of Nurtury and a member of the Put MA Kids First Coalition

Probably because of stereotypes, we get singled out.

Anthony Barbosa

I think it’s conditioning from over the years. They see young people as being a threat.

It’s a stereotype that blacks are up to no good. They think we’re always committing a crime.

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Joseph Alford

I think there’s a long history of African Americans being portrayed as dangerous people that has leaked into the minds of police officers.

Police officers are racists. Every time you’re in a white neighborhood, they look at you like you’re a criminal.

Because that’s the way police are trained. They see black communities as their target.

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TIFFANY WATKINS AHERN The Baker-Polito Administration announced Tiffany Watkins Ahern as the Director of the Governor’s Washington, D.C. Office.

“We are very pleased to welcome Tiffany into the administration,” said Ryan Coleman, legislative director. “She brings a wealth of experience both at the federal and state level, and I know that she will be a great addition to the Governor’s staff.”

“I’m proud to join Governor Baker’s team in Washington to keep a pulse on federal and congressional initiatives that support this administration’s agenda to make Massachusetts a better place to work, live and go to school for families across the Commonwealth,” said Tiffany Watkins Ahern.

Tiffany Watkins Ahern was the Northeast Regional Political Director for the Republican National Committee. Prior to that, she served as Director of Government Affairs for the Puerto Rico Federal Affairs Administration.

She previously has held positions with Marco Rubio for U.S. Senate, Orr Associates, the U.S. Department of Education, Jim Talent for U.S. Senate, the BushCheney Re-Election Campaign, the White House Office of Public

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Labor activists urge support for higher wages Launch next phase of campaign: push for personal care attendants

By ELIZA DEWEY

A group of home care professionals and labor advocates met at the 1199 SEIU headquarters in Dorchester last week to generate steam for their push for a $15 hourly wage for personal care assistants.

The group is part of the #WageAction Coalition, the local offshoot of a nation-wide push for higher wages in a variety of industries known as the Fight for $15 movement.

While Fight for $15 started in New York among fast food workers lobbying major employers such as McDonalds for a higher hourly wage, the movement has since spread across the country and expanded to a broader spectrum of professions, including hospital workers, taxi drivers, and airport workers.

Strategies utilized by movement leaders range from a new $15 minimum wage in Seattle to recent workplace-specific contract negotiations at health care facilities in South Boston, Lynn and Everett, says Jeff Hall, Communications Director for 1199 SEIU United Healthcare Workers East.

Last week’s Dorchester event focused specifically on home care aides (also called Personal Care Attendants or PCAs) who provide

assistance for elderly and disabled people with tasks such as showering, cooking and home maintenance.

The panel included a number of PCAs (both SEIU members and non-union workers), a hospital employee who makes more than the desired $15 wage but said she wanted to support her colleagues’ efforts, and one woman who utilizes the services of a home care assistant. The speakers emphasized home care workers’ devotion to the job, often describing close personal relationships with their clients.

Olivia Richard, the woman with a PCA, spoke about when her assistant came to work even on one of the worst snow days this winter.

“I was floored when she showed up at my door, right on time,” Richard said. “She walked!” She added emphatically, “You guys are woefully underpaid for what you do.”

A growing need

The event attracted a number of elected officials: city councilors Tito Jackson, Josh Zakim and Stephen Murphy, and state representatives Dan Hunt, Evandro Carvalho and Dan Cullinane, who received panel recognition for a bill he recently introduced that would raise wages for home health care aides.

As she introduced Cullinane, Veronica Turner, executive vice president of 1199 SEIU United

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Personal care attendant Jean Abreu, of Dorchester, Sergio Goncalves, of New Bedford, a board member for the Boston Center for Independent Living, and City Councilor Tito Jackson joined labor activists who gathered last week to discuss the prevalence of poverty wages in area hospitals, nursing homes, and home care programs.

Healthcare Workers East in Massachusetts, emphasized the strong affinity the group had for him.

“You’re gonna take some heat [for your bill],” she joked. “But you’ve got a strong back, and we’ve got your back.”

Cullinane said the issue was “about more than $15 an hour,” stating it was also a matter of values. He also said his interest in the issue was driven by the sizeable growth of the home health care industry and the potential for state cost savings “for people to be able

to age in their home.”

A February report by the National Employment Law Project indicates the number of home care jobs in the United States is projected to grow five times faster than jobs in all other occupations.

That report also notes that for the past decade, states have been shifting long-term care models away from institutions such as nursing homes and toward home care, generating significant intergovernmental savings.

Jackson underscored his support for the union’s efforts. He said he recently heard some people “questioning what unions have done for Roxbury” and pointed to earned sick time and a “livable wage” as answers to that question.

“I am on your side because you have been on the side of the people of my community,” he said.

Decent pay

Event organizers were not shy about the fact that the effort was heavily union-led — besides being held at the 1199 SEIU headquarters and introduced by Turner, they screened a movie that included an audio clip from a Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. visit to an 1199 SEIU office during which he claimed that he considered himself “a fellow 1199-er,” a line that brought some cheers from the audience.

However, despite the obvious union handprint, the #WageAction Coalition comprises both union and non-union

members, including some of those who spoke on the panel.

The split between union and non-union workers reflects the two categories of home health aides. There are 35,000 who work within the MassHealth Personal Care Attendant program. They have been members of 1199 SEIU since 2008 and currently earn $13.38 per hour. They begin negotiations with the state-appointed Quality Home Care Workforce Council this summer.

Another 20,000 home care aides are employed by private home care agencies and reportedly earn anywhere between the minimum wage and $11.25, according to Jeff Hall, the 1199 SEIU communications chief. Two larger Boston area private agencies are Medical Resources Home Health and Intercity Home Care. Hall notes, however, that the two worker categories overlap somewhat because some MassHealth employees may work a second job for a private agency to earn more money.

The pay gap between the two groups of home care assistants was highlighted by panel member Kirsis Nina, who addressed the audience in Spanish through a translator. She works for a private agency and said she makes $10.65 per hour and was surprised when she learned her union counterparts earned an hourly wage of $13.38.

She added, however, that neither amount was enough to live on, which was why she was adding her efforts to the push for a $15 rate.

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I’m seeing my people being pushed out of Roxbury. We have some reasonable landlords, and then we have predatory landlords who are doubling rents in the first re-negotiation of the lease.”

— Tito Jackson, District 7 City Councilor

rents

continued from page 1 values and rents rising rapidly in the Greater Boston area, Roxbury renters now must compete with those priced out of other neighborhoods. But next to the rental markets in Jamaica Plain, South Boston and the South End, Roxbury’s rents are still a bargain.

The average montly rent for all apartments in the Greater Boston area was $2,403 in December 2014, up from $1,839 in December 2010. For two-bedroom apartments, the average was $2,519. Yet in Roxbury, the average rent for a two bedroom apartment over the last six months has been $1,654.

The average wage earner in Roxbury — bringing in $34,000 a year — would only be able to afford a rent of $940 a month, according to the commonly-used formula that pegs affordable housing costs at one-third of annual income. But in Boston, more than half of all renters pay more that 30 percent of their income on rent, according to a study by Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies.

In fact, more than a quarter spend more than 50 percent of their income on rent, the study found.

Palmer, a long-time landlord whose Crawford Street three-bedroom drew dozens of prospective tenants with its $1,575 rent, says collecting a high rent is not as important to him as finding a tenant he is comfortable with.

“I’m not going to gouge,” he said. “I know I could get a lot more.

For me it’s about having a family I like here. This is my home.”

A landlord’s market

Roxbury has just over 4,900 owner occupants, and not all of them are disinclined to gouge. But owner occupants aren’t the only landlords in Roxbury. Corporate real estate firms, who buy multifamily homes at auction with cash, have driven up rents appreciably, according to City Life/Vida Urbana organizer Maria Cristina Blanco.

“City Life has seen an expansion within our membership of speculation in the rental housing market, leading to huge rent increases,” she said.

The rent hikes by corporate owners recently caught the attention of District 7 City Councilor Tito Jackson, who held a hearing on corporate landlords last year.

“I’m seeing my people being pushed out of Roxbury,” he said.

“We have some reasonable landlords, and then we have predatory landlords who are doubling rents in the first re-negotiation of the lease.”

Because the federal Section 8 rental assistance program pays just $1,800 for a three-bedroom, those lucky enough to hold a rental voucher often have difficulty finding an apartment in Boston.

“We unfortunately counsel clients to look outside the city — Attleboro, Fall River, Brockton. Rhode Island, sometimes, depending on their income,” said Tabitha Gaston, director of Housing and Homelessness Prevention at Action for Boston Community Development. “Rents are extremely high in the city. Rents have gone up, and now you have college students moving into Roxbury.”

But Gaston’s clients, many of

BY THE NUMBERS

$2,403 $1,839 $2,519 $1,654 $1,800 30 50

The average montly rent for all apartments in the Greater Boston area in December 2014.

The average montly rent for all apartments in the Greater Boston area in December 2010.

The average for twobedroom apartments in Greater Boston.

The average rent for a two bedroom apartment in Roxbury over the last six months.

Amount the federal Section 8 rental assistance program pays for a three-bedroom.

In Boston, more than half of all renters pay more that 30 percent of their income on rent. more than a quarter of Boston renters spend more than 50 percent of their income on rent. whom grew up in Boston, want to stay in the city to live close to their jobs and family members. Sometimes they get lucky.

“You can find a two-bedroom for $1,200 to $1,400,” she said.

“Usually it’s something that’s in horrible condition. Sometimes elderly people will charge you $1,100 for a three-bedroom. But there are very few of them.”

The Boston Housing Authority, which also administers mobile Section 8 vouchers, has had better luck placing voucher holders in Boston, with 67 percent of the 2,436 applicants finding apartments in the city. Of the 793 applicants who find housing outside of Boston, the majority ended up in outlying cities, including Lynn with 82 former Bostonians, Randolph with 82, Quincy with 63 and Brockton with 60.

The agency, which funds its vouchers at 110 percent the Fair Market Rent rates set by the Federal Department of Housing and Urban Development for its vouchers, gives its renters a leg up over others, offering a maximum of $2,047 for a three-bedroom apartment, provided utilities are included.

Market forces

For renters who don’t have vouchers, the market is even tougher.

With one-bedroom apartments in Roxbury advertised for as much as $1,400 and two-bedroom apartments for as much as $2,200, rental prices are putting a squeeze on the largely working-class population.

Even apartments built as affordable housing can be pricey. In the Jackson Commons building under development by the Urban Edge Community Development Corporation, a two-bedroom apartment ranges from $1,275 to $2,337 a month, with rents set at 30 percent of individual or family income.

Just across the street, at 225 Centre Street, rents for a two-bedroom go as high as $2,850.

Former City Councilor Chuck Turner says the black community could become weaker, if Roxbury — and Boston — see a net reduction of black families.

“The reality is that we’re in a free market system where stagnant wage growth doesn’t allow stability in this housing market,” he said. “The danger is that if could continue to weaken our ability as black people to build a foundation for future generations.”

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continued from page 1 rights issue. He describes charter schools as having “gotten rid of all the bad test-takers” and creating the kind of learning environment where children with special needs or behavioral issues are expelled. The suspension rate in Boston charter schools — 17.3 percent — is nearly three times the 6.2 percent suspension rate in the city’s district schools.

Berents-Weeramuni says people should focus on fixing the district school system instead of creating a “new system that’s publically funded but privately run.”

He also emphasizes that while charter school proponents often use the concept of choice to make their case, his freedom of choice is being lost in the conversation.

“I don’t feel I’m trapped in a school,” he says. “I’m trying to defend it. We don’t have a voice in this, but stuff is being done in our name that we don’t agree with.”

Berents-Weeramuni’s concern about how charter schools affect his choice to keep his child in the district school system stems from the way that charter schools affect school funding allocations. When a child leaves a traditional public school to go to a charter school, the amount of funding that would have covered his expenses in the district school goes with him. The state is required by law to partially reimburse the school district for this loss of funding, but the Legislature did not allocate funds to do so in 2013 and 2014, fueling concerns about the effectiveness of the current reimbursement scheme.

Odette Williamson, a mother who has one child in the Boston Public Schools and another in a

charter school, shares many of Berents-Weeramuni’s concerns. Williamson says she doesn’t see it as an either/or stand-off between the types of schools. She thinks much of the rhetoric of charter and choice “doesn’t reflect the reality that some people choose a public school.” She says that she chose to send her daughter to a charter school because it seemed like the better longterm solution for her. But she also was glad she could keep her son in the district school because a charter’s model, especially the strict disciplinary environment, would not be a good fit for him.

Education equity

Williamson says while she’s happy to have the choice of a charter school available, she’s opposed to lifting the state’s charter cap because of the net effect that would have on the overall quality of the district schools and the civil rights of students there.

“Before you expand, you need to think about how expanding charters will impact kids in district schools who really need those resources,” she says.

Williamson also is opposed to the manner in which proponents of lifting the cap now approach the issue, calling a lawsuit a “blunt instrument” to achieve education reform. She says that going to court subverts the democratic process of making collective decisions.

“Why not build your base of support and build the argument?” she asks of those filing the lawsuit.

However, Marc Kenen, the Executive Director of the Massachusetts Charter Public School Association, is emphatic that because charters are “schools of choice,” it’s a mistake to critique them as causing a twotier education system. He also points

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As for the question of discipline, Kenen says, “our schools don’t

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make any apologies” for a school environment that he terms successful. He emphasizes that most student suspensions are in-school, effective at correcting student behavior, and do not lead in any significant number to longer-term issues such as highly disciplined students eventually dropping out.

Complex challenge

The wide range of attitudes toward charters has created a complex challenge for elected officials to navigate. Last year, a compromise bill was drafted following discussions between charter school proponent state Rep. Russell Holmes and state Sen. Sonia Chang-Diaz, co-chair of the Legislature’s Joint Education Committee. Chang-Diaz expressed reluctance to expand the number of charter schools without first addressing how the move would affect district school funding.

The compromise bill would have tied the state’s charter school cap increase to full state reimbursement for districts losing students to charters. However, in the end the bill failed by a Senate vote of 26 to 13.

Rep. Holmes told the Banner this week that while he hadn’t yet obtained all the details on the proposed lawsuit, he thought it was a “very appropriate” way to “continue the conversation,” given the longstanding nature of the debate and the need for answers. He said he stood by his position that the cap should be lifted and tied to state reimbursement, as stipulated in last year’s failed bill.

Holmes also cited recent

conversations with constituents who were particularly concerned about the need for quality high schools, an ongoing problem that charter schools could help address.

Chang-Diaz told the Banner that the lawsuit represented how “people are trying to find solutions to a terrible problem … of thousands of kids in both district and charter systems going without an adequate education.”

However, she posed her own question for those leading the lawsuit: “How is the situation this lawsuit describes different from the child who applies to multiple highly-selected schools in the BPS lottery and doesn’t get a spot in any of those? Why does one deserve our attention more than the other?”

Chang-Diaz added that as the discussion moves forward this year, she hopes a solution is found that does “right by students in both systems: charter and district,” a prospect she described as “very possible.”

Rahsaan Hall, the Deputy Director of the Lawyers’ Committee for Civil Rights and Economic Justice, told the Banner that while the group does have concerns about the proposed lawsuit, they would have to wait to see the specific nature of the complaints before commenting further. He said the Lawyers’ Committee hopes to discuss the matter directly with the plaintiffs and the Attorney General, although a meeting among the parties has not yet been scheduled. Requests for comment from the Boston NAACP were not returned by press deadline.

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(left) Photographers Bill Brett and Don West with copies of each other’s photo books on prominent Irish and black Bostonians. (right) State Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry shares a light moment with New England Patriots owner Bob Kraft as Gov. Charlie Baker and Mayor Martin Walsh look on.

Dorcena Forry leads festivities at St. Patrick’s Day Breakfast Event better reflects diversity of present-day Boston

By YAWU MILLER

The black-and-white photos outside the Convention Center ballroom highlighted prominent politicians from years past: former Senate President William Bulger, former Mayor Kevin White, former Gov. William Weld.

But at the head table and in the audience, the annual Saint Patrick’s Day Breakfast reflected the more chromatically-diverse reality of present-day Boston, with 1st Suffolk District Senator Linda Dorcena Forry hosting the affair for the second year since she claimed the honor, reserved for the holder of that seat since the 1970s.

Along with notable city and state politicians at the head table, including Gov. Charlie Baker, Senate President Stan Rosenberg and House Speaker Robert DeLeo, were Suffolk County Sheriff Steve Tompkins, city councilors Ayanna Pressley, Tito Jackson and Charles Yancey, and state representatives Russell Holmes and Jeffrey Sanchez.

For many years, former state Sen. Royal Bolling Sr. was the sole black elected officials to attend the

annual event, recalls former state Rep. Marie St. Fleur, who began attending the breakfast after her election in 1999.

“This is an opportunity for everyone to celebrate a culture that was part of Boston’s formation, just as black culture has been,” she said. “The fact that we call can come together and enjoy each other’s food and music bodes well for the future of Boston. You didn’t used to see this.”

Inclusion, bad jokes

Also in attendance was Samuel Hurtado, a community organizer with South Boston en Accion, an organization that represents the neighborhood’s Latino community of about 3,000.

“This is the first time we’ve been invited,” he said. “We’ve been in South Boston for many years, but we’ve never been invited.”

Others at the event included Lawrence Mayor Daniel Rivera, Lawrence state Rep. Marcos Devers and Cambridge City Councilor Dennis Benzan.

As has been the custom in previous years, many of the politicians’ jokes fell flat. Dorcena Forry

and Baker elicited laughs with a pre-recorded skit that featured them waiting for a bus in South Boston, only to be picked up by outgoing MBTA General Manager Beverly Scott, who warned Baker to fasten his safety belt.

Baker got a few laughs with his announcement that his administration has “deployed the National Guard in a search-and-rescue mission for a missing fisherman in New Bedford,” a reference to his famously unsubstantiated campaign trail anecdote about a fisherman whose sons had forgone college scholarships to help make ends meet.

Baker ended on another tack, invoking the memories of neighborhood residents who fought and died in the American Revolutionary War and in Vietnam.

St. Patrick’s Day falls on the same date as Evacuation Day, when Gen. George Washington’s forces erected cannons in present-day South Boston to force the British to end their siege of Boston.

“Today is all about bad jokes,” he said. “And there have been plenty of them. It’s also about honoring those who have sacrificed for their country.”

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Selma, Ala. now has a black mayor. Those who travelled there this month in remembrance of “Bloody Sunday” were assured a friendly reception. That was not the case 50 years ago when civil rights campaigners dared to walk across the Edmund Pettus Bridge and confront stormtroopers. Even now, a billboard to honor the founder of the Ku Klux Klan was visible from the bridge to remind those at the recent event that bigotry is still alive and well in Alabama.

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INSPIRATION

AT A GLANCE

This proposal for transforming Morrissey Boulevard and Harbor Point over the next 100 years draws inspiration from the topographic and land-use patterns of 1600s Boston. At that time, Mill Creek linked Mill Pond, to the north, with Boston Harbor, to the south (see historic map). By controlling the changing water levels in Mill Pond’s tidal basin, Mill Creek powered its adjacent mills with its rush of water between the pond and the harbor, thereby sustaining industries in Boston’s bustling port city.

“RESILIENT LINKAGES” – This proposal

APPLICATION / CONCEPT

attempts to balance the immediate pres-

ns that could be highlighted in this evolving ng new streets. The Calf Pasture Pumping the Massachusetts State Archives could ben opportunity to integrate new landmarks into

hoods by combining colonial-era urban design mix creates new forms of urban habitation, rban form for generations to come.

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SITE PLAN HYDRO ENERGY

Urban Fabric

Urban Catch Basins

Morrissey Canal

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GENERATIVE PLAN

URBAN DIAGRAMS PHASING

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HYDRO ENERGY

Morrissey Boulevard has only two roads feeding Columbia Point. So we propose a network of streets, like the Back Bay or South End, to allow cars multiple Columbia Point access routes. This would shave two lanes off Morrissey and straighten its path from the Roundabout to Pattens Cove. Morrissey’s profile could now accommodate bike and pedestrian lanes and tree-lined greensward borders.

New advances in capturing energy from hydro sources create a diversity of turbines suitable for this site: instream hyrdrokinetic power (of many types), tidal turbines, VLH turbines, Wave Energy Converters, old-fashioned water wheels, etc. Whether anchored to the canal basin’s walls or the pylons supporting new bridges, many locations can accommodate a mix of technologies suitable to the site’s fluid dynamics. These technologies will be celebrated as part of new public spaces whenever possible.

NOT A “BRIDGE TOO FAR” – CONNECTING UMASS TO DORCHESTER

We propose several new bridges connecting UMass-Boston to Dorchester, making the campus less remote from the mainland. These bridges support groynes, too: capped with breakwaters, the groynes extend perpendicular to shore, slowing the water, allowing Neponset River sediment to collect between them instead of in the canal.

Over time, saltmarshes will form naturally around the groynes. Where the water flows more forcefully, turbines are anchored to the bridge supports for more hydropower generation. The bridges eventually become an armature for more floating architecture tethered to them like townhouses strung along Back Bay’s Commonwealth Avenue.

This is how a new, more resilient urban fabric can evolve organically over time.

See WATER, page 14

PERSPECTIVES

To help funnel water into the new canal, while creating a new waterfront amenity linked to Carson Beach, a “New Harbor” is carved out of the Bayside Expo Center site, creating valuable new frontage for housing and other uses, and potentially an Olympic Village. “Floating Architecture” can be tethered to the new harbor’s marina-like fingers. Non-floating buildings are raised high above its boardwalk.

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HIGHLIGHTING LOST HIDDEN GEMS – COLUMBIA POINT ICONS / NEW AND OLD Despite its erratic layout, Columbia Point contains architectural icons that could be highlighted in this evolving urban plan by realigning access roads and view corridors and carving new streets. The Calf Pasture Pumping Station, the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum, and the Massachusetts State Archives could become visual anchors when viewed from newly defined roadways. An opportunity to integrate new landmarks into Columbia Point’s network of public spaces and uses also exists.

SUMMARY This proposal fulfills a new need for more resilient Boston neighborhoods by combining colonial-era urban design patterns and precedents with new hydrokinetic technologies. This mix creates new forms of urban habitation, where water actively generates sustainable energy, urban life and urban form for generations to come.

PERSPECTIVES

RELOCATING MAJOR LAND USES / OWNERS – SWAPPING LAND – SWAPPING WATER In 1950, Boston College High School moved from the South End to Columbia Point. It could thus relocate onto a newly configured Columbia Point within the next 100 years, considering how many parcels of land are in play. The recently purchased Boston Globe is rumored to be selling its property, which would provide significant housing, commercial or institutional development opportunities. Similarly, the Bayside Expo Center has undergone many facelifts and ownership changes. This proposal assumes that, over the next 100 years, the occupants of buildings along Morrissey Boulevard could be relocated into new, improved resilient structures through creative land/water swaps. The geometry and dimensions of proposed buildings and infrastructure is preconfigured to accommodate different phasing scenarios.

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PHOTOS COURTESY OF BOSTON LIVING WITH WATER

SECTIONAL AXONOMETRIC SECTIONAL AXONOMETRIC

A POINT ICONS / NEW AND OLD

Urban Fabric

As storm levels rise more frequently, the lower canal level cannot contain water exclusively. So its three large basins provide additional water containment capacity of more than 25 million gallons each. Gates and sluices along the canal and between the basins regulate water levels between each basin until optimum equilibrium is found.

After floods, water is pumped up to higher levels using energy stored from the hydrokinetic turbines. These basins otherwise support urban agriculture, native cordgrass, and local edible saltmarsh plants: glasswort, sea blite, beach plum, wild rice, etc. Community gardens occupy the higher levels of the basin’s terraced topography, while native species dominate lower levels (up to 30 feet deep).

TRANSVERSE SITE SECTION

Columbia Point. It could thus relocate onto a ring how many parcels of land are in play. The rty, which would provide significant housing, e Bayside Expo Center has undergone many the next 100 years, the occupants of buildings esilient structures through creative land/water rastructure is preconfigured to accommodate

We propose a new water system of canals, basins, harbors and breakaways to cut through Columbia Point, linking Old Harbor (to the north) to Savin Hill Cove and the mouth of the Neponset River (to the south). The system is organized along a new canal (Morrissey Canal) with regularly positioned sluices to let water flow freely between these two bodies of water. Turbines are strategically located to capture the flow of water as an energy-generating force as water levels change throughout the day, as well as when major storms enter Boston Harbor. Located 15 feet below a realigned Morrissey Boulevard, the new canal basin features walkways, paths, bridges, and other public amenities, creating a rich environment for recreation. Within the basin, a deeper canal cut channels water during all seasons.

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PPING LAND – SWAPPING WATER

URBAN DIAGRAMS

A forward-looking planning sure for development in Fort Point with the competition called Boston Living long-term understanding that the area will with Water has turned its attenbe prone to regular flooding in the future. tion to the rising sea level and The plan would establish a new, elevated highlights the importance the street grid and require developers to inteUrban Catch architecture, design and urban grate supportive infrastructure for sea level Morrissey Blvd Morrissey Canal Basins planning industry will have in rise into their projects, which could then URBAN ARMATURE ensuring the city’s survival. The be linked to form fully-functional, neighborkaways to cut through Columbia Point, linking message eponset River (to the south). The systemis is pretty clear — it’s hood-scale infrastructure. oned sluices to let water flow freely between going to be sink or swim for many ture the flow of water as an energy-generating ajor storms enter Boston Harbor. Located 15 of Boston’s critical economic and “WATER DISTRICT” – This proposal atures walkways, paths, bridges, and other the basin, a deeper business canal cut channels hubs. water 2014 2020the entire base and infra2030 would raise Sparked by climate change structure of the 100-acre neighborhood by ARMING AND NATIVE SPECIES stats that highlight a 12-inch approximately 12 feet, matching the raised ontain water exclusively. So its three large barise insluices Boston Harbor sea water elevation of historic Summer Street and million gallons each.

Gates and along ch basin until optimum equilibrium is found. levels in the last century and creating a resilient development area to ed from the hydrokinetic turbines. These baal edible saltmarsh plants: glasswort, sea blite, predict about a five-foot rise by serve as a model urban waterfront district vels of the basin’s terraced topography, while 2100, the Boston Living with for the 21st and 22nd centuries.

ND CONQUER Water competition tapped some of the world’s brightest architec“THE HYDROKINETIC CANAL” (RIGHT) we propose a network of streets, like the CANAL – THE NEW URBAN ARMATURE s routes. This would shave two lanes off Morture and design minds to figure A NEW CANAL:-- MORRISSEY This proposal for transforming Morrissey e. Morrissey’s profile could now accommodate out a way to help Boston prepare Boulevard and Harbor Point over the next for what promises to be chronic BOR 100 years draws inspiration from the topoflooding in at least 30 perfront amenity linkedfuture to Carson Beach, a “New graphic and land-use patterns of 17th cenable new frontage for housing and other URBAN CATCH BASINS – MIXING COMMUNITY FARMING AND NATIVE SPECIES cent of the city. tury Boston. A new system of waterways n be tethered to the new harbor’s marina-like Kicked off last fall and led would be created to increase Columbia ES CAPTURINGby ENERGY Mayor Martin Walsh’s staff, Point’s resilience to climate change, Thefor this Boston Harbor Association, MORRISSEY BOULEVARD ersity of turbines suitable site: ingenerateREVISITED sustainable energy, and provide - DIVIDE AND CONQUER bines, Wave Energy Converters, old-fashioned Boston e pylons supportingthe new bridges, many loca- Redevelopment Auan expanded, improved public realm. A fluid dynamics. These technologies will be thority and the Boston Society new Hydrokinetic Canal is this urban plan’s of Architects, the competition THE NEW HARBOR – LINKED TO THE OLDE HARBOR centerpiece.

SS TO DORCHESTER received submissions from 50 hester, making the campus less remote from teams from eight different counakwaters, the groynes extend perpendicular llect between them instead of in the canal.

MILLS – HYRDROKINETIC TURBINES CAPTURING ENERGY tries.

Recently, a jury narrowed MODERN DAYON THE WEB re the water flows more forcefully, turbines are The bridges eventually become an armature down the entries to nine finalists BOSTON LIVING WITH WATER ung along Back Bay’s Commonwealth Avenue. y over time. who will compete for a $20,000 www.bostonlivingwithwater.org

GENERATIVE PLAN

Today Boston’s circumstances and scale are different, but its same core land-use principles can be applied to the Morrissey Boulevard District, while adding opportunity to Columbia Point’s evolving urban fabric. We propose a new system of waterways to increase Columbia Point’s resilience to climate change, generate sustainable energy, and provide an expanded, improved public realm. A new Hydrokinetic Canal is this urban plan’s centerpiece.

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in Dorchester and the 100-acre neighborhood of Fort Point.

However, as Senior BRA Architect and Boston Living with Water lead John Dalzell attests, the main point is to start collecting architecture and design concepts that can save the Boston of our children and our children’s children from being swallowed by the sea.

continued from page 13 grand prize to be awarded in June. The prize is funded by the Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management and the Barr Foundation.

Competition organizers narrowed the focus on three distinct areas of the city that each present a different challenge — a building, an entire neighborhood and a large piece of city land. These sites were Prince Building in the North End, Morrissey Boulevard

Future resilience

It’s not just about staving off the flood — a large wall or dike could do that. The point is to envision a better Boston, one

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that thrives with more sustainable and environmentally-sound city design.

“We are asking the best people to give us their thoughts, to tell us what will be the best path forward,” said Dalzell. “What we have are very futuristic visions but some are very pragmatic and that is what we are looking for … We are looking for feasible solutions, things that can be implemented.”

The Living with Water competition yielded some unique and cutting-edge ideas. It highlighted the kind of innovative thinking that could put the city — already known as a hub of architecture and design, thanks to area worldclass colleges and universities — on the forefront of showing how cities can address rising sea levels.

From the “The Prince Building Piers” submission that envisions streetscapes surrendered to the sea in a new urban seashore, to the “Water District” proposal that suggests raising the entire base and infrastructure of Fort Point by about 12 feet as a new model urban waterfront, to “The Hydrokinetic Canal” project that suggests transforming Morrissey Boulevard and Harbor Point with a new system of waterways that would increase resiliency to climate change and generate sustainable energy, all the final projects showcase groundbreaking thinking applicable throughout Boston.

While many residential neighborhoods face a perilous future,

the economic impact of rising water levels is critical to the city’s survival as well.

Dalzell pointed to the one-time fury of Hurricane Sandy to illustrate the impact of sea water on a major metropolitan area. While the physical damage was astronomical, the economic impact was worse. Some estimate that as many as 60 percent of the businesses that did not reopen within two weeks of the storm closed permanently.

Not just surviving

Dalzell said Boston’s businesses need to remain competitive in the future in the face of rising sea level and climate-driven threats, not just survive and struggle through a bad situation. The only way to do that is to plan ahead.

Gretchen Schneider Rabinkin, director of civic design for the Boston Society of Architects, points out that even for the winning proposal the prize money does little to cover the cost of the amount of time the teams put into their submissions. But from a professional view, it allows them to further pursue crucial environmentally-driven concepts.

She said there is little doubt the competition participants see the potential in this kind of work as cities all over the world face climate change challenges. Those that understand how to address these issues are in increasing demand now and will continue to be.

Ellen Watts, founder of Boston-based architecture firm Architerra and a finalist with its “Water District” proposal, said her firm focuses on sustainability and environmentally responsible building. The competition was an extension of what they already do, but also a real chance to stretch their imagination.

“There is no question that green design, resiliency planning and sustainable advancement is not just a good idea. It is essential and with it will come business opportunities,” Watts said.

“I have to say when we started our firm in 2004 that did not seem self-evident … but that is starting to evolve and we are seeing that already.”

Alan Mountjoy, a partner at the large architecture, planning and design firm NBBJ, which has offices all around the world including in Boston, led the team for the “Resilient Linkages” proposal and called the efforts important for staff development.

His team was able to get a better understanding of how environmental factors such as rising sea water levels can drive project design. NBBJ currently is doing more of this work in other parts of the world, but relished the chance to turn the focus back to a home office in the U.S. “It was an opportunity for us to improve our understanding,” Mountjoy said. “Everybody is going to have to be involved in this in the future.”

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Capathia Jenkins, Nathan Lee Graham, Ken Robinson, Shayna Small and Rema Webb in the Huntington Theatre Company production of George C. Wolfe’s “The Colored Museum.”

The Colored Museum Satire served up with wit, insight

By SUSAN SACCOCCIA

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elirious and at moments devastating, the Huntington Theatre Company’s revival of “The Colored Museum,” by two-time Tony Award winner George C. Wolfe, would be worth seeing for the verve and finesse of the cast alone. But the production, on stage through April 5 at the Avenue of the Arts/BU Theatre, renders the wit, style and satire of this 1986 show with an up-to-the-minute edge.

When Wolfe, a consummate theater artist and truth-teller, created this pioneering show, his career had not yet begun its ascent. But soon after, awards and recognition came for writing and staging powerful shows such as Savion Glover’s “Bring ‘da Noise, Bring in ‘da Funk;” his musical about jazz musician Jelly Roll Morton, “Jelly’s Last Jam;” and “Spunk,” a jazz rendering of Zora Neale Hurston stories that kept their rage intact.

The production’s director and choreographer is Billy Porter, who won multiple awards, including a Tony, for his portrayal of Lola in the Broadway musical “Kinky Boots.” Porter brings a sensibility for multi-media spectacle that suits the show and Wolfe’s highly specific stage directions, which call for an all-black cast and use of projections and recorded music, with the sole exception of a percussionist.

Porter’s staging orchestrates sets by Clint Ramos, Zachary Borovay’s projections, costumes by Anita Yavich, lighting by Driscoll Otto, with sound design by John Shivers and Kevin Kennedy and music by Kysia Bostic.

The show opens with a spare set — a crate — out of which 300 years of African-American history will spill in a fast-moving, intermission-free hour and 45 minutes.

Posing on pedestals like exhibits in a wax

museum, the show’s characters come to life in brief vignettes. Percussionist Aikili Jamal Haynes weaves in and out of scenes, summoning with his drums a communal spirit across time.

A pert hostess in a pink mini-dress, Shayna Small welcomes the audience aboard the Celebrity Slaveship, announcing that “shackles must be worn at all times.”

In the next scene, the magnificent Capathia Jenkins is an Aunt Jemima figure in her bright plaid smock and head wrap over a vat.

She hosts “Cookin’ with Aunt Ethel,” and with a great blues-belting voice introduces the secrets of “colored cuisine.”

Next steps

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Another show-stealer, Rema Webb, partners with the elegant Nathan Lee Graham as the ultimate urbane couple, against a backdrop of Ebony magazine covers.

Aretha Franklin’s immortal “Respect” introduces a scene between two wigs who quarrel over which of them should be worn by their owner — Graham — who is about to break up with a boyfriend. As Smalls insists on her smooth cap and Jenkins argues for her wild Afro, their verbal battle crests in cacophonous excess.

Style and attitude trump heartache in Graham’s portrayal of a cross-dressing diva in a bar named the Bottomless Pit. Ken Robinson plays a soldier whose marksmanship takes a misguided turn. In another scene, he is a man in a business suit who is discarding his past. As Smokey Robinson croons “My Girl,” he hurls keepsakes into a trash bin that include his first Afro comb, a signed photo of Stokely Carmichael, and albums by the Temptations and Stevie Wonder.

Sending up the anguished son in Lorraine

On the phone from Chicago where he is on tour with the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Dorchester native Kirven Douthit-Boyd, a principal dancer with the company, spoke of new turns in his life and career.

Two years ago, Kirven Boyd married fellow Ailey principal dancer Antonio Douthit, and the couple will leave the company this fall to become co-directors of the dance program at the Center of Creative Arts in St. Louis, MO. When the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performs from March 26-29 at Citi Wang Theatre, its 45th visit with the Celebrity Series of Boston, Kirven Douthit-Boyd’s performances will mark his farewell hometown engagement with the company. He will perform in all five shows from Thursday through Sunday.

Back in May 2009, Douthit-Boyd spoke with this newspaper about becoming a dancer with the Ailey Company, which he joined in 2004 at age 19 as its youngest member, and his hometown circle of support. He began his formal dance training as a member of the first four-year graduating class of the Boston Arts Academy and also studied dance at Boston Youth Moves, a pre-professional dance program for teenagers.

“The combination of the Boston Arts Academy and Boston Youth Moves got me where I am now,” Douthit-Boyd said then. “Everyone expected so much from me. So I expected more from myself.”

Hansberry’s 1959 play “A Raisin in the Sun,” Robinson plays Walter-Lee-Beau-Willie in “The Last Mama-on-the-Couch Play.” Jenkins, the Mama, wears a floral dress that matches the couch and wallpaper of her apartment, which overlooks shabbier tenements next door. As her son enters, Mama insists that he wipe his feet, no matter how defeated he feels by the “Bossman” who “is wiping his feet on me.”

When Walter curses, Mama mimes a slap and Robinson in slow motion crumples to the floor.

Webb is hilarious as his wife, a self-absorbed New Age princess, and Small is assured as his sister, an affected Julliard graduate.

The debonair Graham, again in tux, narrates the vignette, which also mocks the relentless high spirits of some Broadway

Where he is heading now, six years later, as a dance educator will draw on what he learned as an aspiring student as well as his rich stage experience.

“I feel passionate about doing this,” says Douthit-Boyd. “I think now is a great time to make this transition in my career. I could dance a lot more years, but I think it’s important to leave on a high note. I’ve gotten so many great opportunities, I’ve been trusted with a lot of work, and I’ve grown a lot and learned a lot. I want to share that while I’m in this space of my life.”

The dance program at COCA, the region’s largest multidisciplinary arts institution, offers classes for students of all ages and levels of dance, from beginners to pre-professionals; and runs two

See MUSEUM, page 18

See DOUTHIT-BOYD, page 18

Capathia Jenkins as Aunt Ethel in the Huntington Theatre Company production of “The Colored Museum.”

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The Blues Project premieres at Boston’s ICA Theater Tap ensemble thrills audiences with contemporary, complex presentation

By SUSAN SACCOCCIA

Turning the intimate theater of the Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston into the happiest place in town last weekend, contemporary tap ensemble Dorrance Dance along with Toshi Reagon and her band BIGLovely performed the Boston premiere of their sensational show, “The Blues Project.”

Their Thursday through Sunday stay, a presentation by World Music/CRASHarts, included post-performance talks by company founder and artistic director Michelle Dorrance and her dancers and musicians, whose collaborative production explores the give-and-take power of tap and blues traditions.

Thursday night, Dorrance and her fellow performers wasted no time getting down to the thrills.

From opposite ends of the stage, two bands of dancers moved toward each other like a single organism. Crossing the floor’s chevron stripes of light, they then parted into complex quartets of movement and sound. The band, on a platform behind the dancers, responded with currents of propulsive rhythm.

“The Blues Project,” which

premiered to rave reviews at Jacob’s Pillow in July 2013, explores the interplay of tap and blues, each a form that thrives on calland-response improvisation and each endowed with a heritage well suited to both individual and communal expression. The endless versatility of their intermingling was on display.

Performing with Dorrance were eight members of her company: fellow Blues Project choreographers Derick Grant and Dormeshia Sumbry-Edwards, as well as Megan Bartula, Christopher Broughton, Karida Griffith, Claudia Rahardjanoto, Byron Tittle and Gabe Winns.

Each was expressive of the range within the tap tradition, strengths that the choreographers capitalized on by mingling improvisational solos with ensemble formations.

Dorrance, Grant and Sumbry-Edwards share fealty to master hoofers of swing and bebop eras as well as an appetite for the new.

And in Reagon, a virtuoso folk and blues musician, Dorrance found a collaborator who shares her affinity for the timeless power of the blues. In the program notes, Dorrance writes that Reagon “wields music the way I want to wield tap

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Dorance Dance premiered “The Blues Project” Thursday through Sunday at the Institute of Contemporary Art. dance — by manifesting the spirit of the great American traditions.”

Recognizing tap dancers as fellow musicians who sing with their feet, Reagon challenged the choreographers to create movement before she composed music for the show.

With deft lighting by Kathy Kaufmann and costumes by Andrew Jordan — mainly shirtless vests for the men and short dresses for the women — the

well-staged production employed oak flooring to magnify the music of the dancers’ feet.

At times, Reagon and her band propelled the dancers into extended currents of motion, and at other times, they provoked a change in tempo or mood. Reagon’s acoustic guitar solos and vocals invoked introspective moments. With a yearning falsetto, she sang her bluesy “Ballad of the Broken Word” and “Black Man

over the Ocean,” an evocation of the Middle Passage inspired by an afternoon on a Caribbean beach.

Her band members were percussionist Allison Miller, electric guitarist Adam Widoff, electric bassist Fred Cash and violinist Juliette Jones. Miller turned out a thrilling solo that echoed the dancers’ drilling, drumming feet.

Jones joined the dancers on the

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dance companies, one devoted to jazz and another to ballet.

“This relationship we’re taking on in St. Louis is something we’ve been building for years,” says Douthit-Boyd, 30. During annual breaks from the Ailey touring season, the couple have been guest choreographers at COCA where Antonio, 34, a St. Louis native, trained as a teenager.

“We’re going to bring something completely different to the program,” says Douthit-Boyd.

“We’re very fortunate in St. Louis, where the amount of support for dance is great, and the knowledge of the field we have will be a great asset in how we train dancers and help them in their careers.”

Douthit-Boyd brings to his new role the same openness to opportunities that has served him well throughout his career.

“I have a lot of friends in the field of dance,” he says. “I’ll be able to call on them to work with kids and give them different opportunities than they’re experiencing now.

Kids never know what they’re capable of until you show them.”

Douthit-Boyd and his husband look forward to bringing change to the program’s dance training, which puts dancers’ relationships with their bodies first.

“Once we change it, and structure it in a different way,” he says, “we can bring in classical, modern or jazz experiences that breed a different kind of dancer. It’s

shows. Pining for the cheer of an all-black show in which “everybody is happy,” Mama says, “Nobody ever dies in an allblack musical.”

Webb is terrific as French émigré and singer Lala, who claims artistic lineage with expatriate French singer Josephine Baker. When mysterious letters threaten to reveal a murkier past, she protests, “My clothes are too fabulous! My hair is too long! My accent too French!”

“The Colored Museum” is often described as a forerunner to the 1990s TV satirical sketch series “In Living Color,” with the Wayans brothers and Jim Carrey. But this pioneering show, which Wolfe first staged in 1986, has more in common with “Forbidden Broadway,” which parodies Broadway hits

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with such finesse that the sendups are as entertaining as the original shows.

While every bit as entertaining as these satirical reviews, unlike these shows, “The Colored Museum” also packs the occasional punch. Wolfe’s true targets are a tendency in black entertainment toward obligatory uplift that denies pain as well as the individual agony of denying one’s own self.

Guided by party-going Topsy (Webb), the finale offers an apotheosis, a gathering of immortals — Ella, Louis, the Duke, Malcolm X, Angela Davis and more — at a party “way-way uptown…between 125th Street and infinity.” Topsy says, “I been thinking we gave up our drums.

But, naw, we still got ‘em. I know I got mine…And everything I need to get over in this world is inside here, connecting me to everybody and everything that’s ever been.”

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Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater’s Kirven Douthit-Boyd. important for kids to first learn how their bodies work. Every body is different.”

Asked what it means to leave the company at the peak of his career, Douthit-Boyd says, “Of course I will miss the stage. But Ailey is not an easy job. The touring and all the different kinds of repertory we do have been rewarding, but also very physically demanding and challenging. I’m happy to have had all this at the capacity I did. I do feel it’s OK to leave this behind now, especially because I have other career ambitions for what I want to do, many, many years from now. What we’re

doing at St. Louis is an enormously great career opportunity for both of us.”

Acknowledging an abiding tie with the company, Douthit-Boyd adds, “I want to always have a connection with Ailey.”

Reflecting on his career as an Ailey principal dancer, Douthit-Boyd says, “The trust of the artistic staff to take on all the different roles I’ve had is what has been the most rewarding. I’ve built my career up to a place where they feel I can handle these roles. Not a lot of dancers get to feel that in their careers, and I’m very excited and happy that I’ve gotten to this point.”

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drilling feet.

At times, the dancers swung their arms wide as their metal shoes, used as precision instruments, swept, scraped, pounded, rippled or slid across the floor. Or with arms and torsos rigid, they would move just legs and feet, echoing tap’s ancestral cousin, Irish step dance.

Most pleasing of all were solos by luminous and longlegged Dorrance, whose fierce intensity passed up the pretty in favor of the sublime.

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For the past year and a half, Roxbury Community College has conducted a self-study of its own effectiveness, addressing the Commission’s Standards for Accreditation. A team of peer evaluators will visit the institution to gather evidence that the self-study is thorough and accurate. The team will recommend to the Commission a continuing status for the institution. Following a review process, the Commission will take the final action.

The public is invited to submit comments regarding the institution to: Public Comment on Roxbury Community College Commission on Institutions of Higher Education New England Association of Schools and Colleges 3 Burlington Woods Road, Suite 100 Burlington, MA 01803-4514

LEGAL Road, Medford, MA. RFP’s will be due by 04/08/15 @ 10:00 a.m.

The work performed under this contract is subject to the requirements of Section 3 of the MHA and the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1968.

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

Docket No. SU15P0348EA

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Robert J. McKillop Date of Death: 05/13/2014 To all interested persons: A petition has been filed by Maribel Pomales-Bunch of Hyde Park, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order of testacy and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. And also requesting that Maribel Pomales-Bunch of Hyde Park, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond.

You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on 03/26/2015. 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 date, action may be taken without further notice to you.

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

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

Date: February 23, 2015 Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

E-mail: cihe@neasc.org

Docket No. SU15P0373GD

Public Comments must address substantive matters related to the quality of the institution. The Commission cannot settle disputes between individuals and institutions, whether those involve faculty, students, administrators, or members of other groups. Comments will not be treated as confidential and must include the name, address, and telephone number of the person providing the comments. Comments must be received by April 15, 2015.

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

Roxbury Community College’s Self-Study 2015 was written for the Commission and the team of peer evaluators who will visit in April. The version of the self-study posted here omits information about individual employees and some lengthy appendices. The self-study contains many direct links for the visiting team. Other readers should be aware that some links will work for them (those to the college website or other public web spaces), while links to Moodle or FX, internal password-protected portals, are accessible only to the visiting team of evaluators. The self-study is fully comprehensible in itself. We hope you find it interesting.

To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Ethos Inc. of Jamaica Plain, MA and Coreen Thomas of New Bedford, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Selina Thomas is in need of a Guardian and requesting that Coreen Thomas of New Bedford, MA (or some other suitable person) be appointed as Guardian to serve on the bond.

Visit http://www.rcc.mass.edu/images/pdf/Accreditation/RCCPublic_ NEASC_SelfStudy_022515_final.pdf to read RCC’s reaccreditation self-study.

Questions should be directed to Lorita Williams, Vice President for Advancement and Community Engagement, e-mail: Lwilliams@rcc.mass.edu Medford Housing Authority Request for Proposals (RFP) The Medford Housing Authority (MHA) is requesting proposals for the Modernization of Two (2) Hydraulic Elevators at the Weldon Gardens Development. Qualifying firms must provide full basic services including investigation and initial design through preparation of contract documents, bidding and construction contract administration. The person charged with this project, including project management, must be an Architect or Engineer registered in MA. The Construction Estimate cost is: $300,000.00. The estimated total not to exceed fee (Basic Services + Reimbursables + Consultants) is $35,000.00.

RFP’s can be obtained from the Medford Housing Authority, 121 Riverside Avenue, Medford, MA, 02155. Copies may be picked up during regular business hours, or by downloading from www.medfordhousing.org after March 25, 2015 and all addenda will be posted on this web site as well. A pre-bid conference will be held on Wed., 04/01/15, @ 10:00 a.m., at 35 Bradlee

In the matter of Selina Thomas Of Mattapan, MA RESPONDENT Alleged Incapacitated Person

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

You have the right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 04/02/2015. 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.

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

Date: February 25, 2015 Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate

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LEGAL

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

DOCKET NO. SU15P0374PM

In the matter of: Selina Thomas Respondent (Person to be Protected/Minor) Of: Mattapan, MA

objection thereto, a copy to be served upon the fiduciary pursuant to Mass.

R. Civ. P. Rule 5.

WITNESS, Joan P Armstrong, Esquire, First Justice of said Court at Boston this March 4, 2015.

Felix D. Arroyo

Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department

CITATION GIVING NOTICE OF PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF CONSERVATOR OR OTHER PROTECTIVE ORDER PURSUANT TO G.L c. 190B, §5-304 & §5-405 To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Ethos Inc. of Jamaica Plain, MA and Coreen Thomas of New Bedford, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Selina Thomas is in need of a Conservator or other protective order and requesting that Coreen Thomas of New Bedford, MA (or some other suitable person) be appointed as Conservator to serve Without Surety on the bond.

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

You have the right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 04/02/2015. 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.

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

Date: February 25, 2015

Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate

LEGAL

SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU15D0211DR

Divorce Summons by Publication and Mailing Ilda Depina-Daniel

vs.

James Daniel

Docket No. SU15P0396EA

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication

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Estate of Thomas Edward Fennell Date of Death: 01/25/2015

A petition has been filed by Melanie S. Fennell of Brockton, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order of testacy and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. And also requesting that Melanie S. Fennell of Brockton, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond.

You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on 04/02/2015. 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 date, action may be taken without further notice to you.

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

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

Date: February 26, 2015 Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department Docket No. SU15C0083CA In the matter of Jace Jeremiah Lewis of Mattapan, MA NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME To all persons interested in a petition described: A petition has been presented by Jermeaka Thomas requesting that Jace Jeremiah Lewis be allowed to change his name as follows: Jace Nasir Thomas 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 04/16/2015.

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

Date: March 6, 2015 Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

An Automatic Restraining Order has been entered in this matter preventing you from taking any action which would negatively impact the current financial status of either party. SEE Supplemental Probate Court Rule 411.

You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon: Ilda Depina-Daniel, 55 Lawrence Ave. #8 Dorchester, MA 02121 your answer, if any, on or before 05/07/2015. If you fail to do so, the court will proceed to the hearing and adjudication of this action. You are also required to file a copy of your answer, if any, in the office of the Register of this Court.

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

Date: February 23, 2015

Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate

REAL ESTATE Hingham Affordable Housing One 1 Bedroom Condo Price: $124,500

Beals Cove Village 4 Beals Cove Road, Unit H OPEN HOUSE: Sunday, March 29, 2015 1:00—3:00 p.m.

Public Information Meeting 6:30, Wednesday, April 1, 2015 Hingham Town Hall, 210 Central St Application Deadline April 27, 2015

Assets to $75,000

MAX INCOME

1st Time Homebuyer

1—$47,450 2—$54,200

For Info and Application: Pick Up: Hingham Town Hall, Town Clerks Office or Public Lib. Phone: (978) 456-8388 Email: lotteryinfo@mcohousingservices.com Application available online at: www.mcohousingservices.com

To all interested persons:

SUFFOLK Division

The Complaint is on file at the Court.

To the Defendant:

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

The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for Divorce requesting that the Court grant a divorce for irretrievable breakdown of the marriage pursuant to G.L. c. 208, Section 1 B.

Docket No. SU02P1348 NOTICE OF TRUSTEES ACCOUNT

To all persons interested in the estate of Avery Byfield, of Boston, Suffolk County.

You are hereby notified pursuant to Mass. R. Civ. P. Rule 72 that the first through the sixth Amended account(s) of Maura L. Sheehan, Esq. as TRUSTEE (the fiduciary) under the Avery J. C. Byfield OBRA 93 Trust has been presented to said Court for allowance.

If you desire to preserve your right to file an objection to said account(s), you or your attorney must file a written appearance in said Court at Boston on or before the 14th day of May, 2015, the return day of this citation. You may upon written request by registered or certified mail to the fiduciary, or to the attorney for the fiduciary, obtain without cost a copy of said account(s).

If you desire to object to any item of said account(s), you must, in addition to filing a written appearance as aforesaid, file within thirty days after said return day or within such other time as the Court upon motion may order a written statement of each such item together with the grounds for each

PLEASE NOTE: HUD issued new income limits effective 3/6/15 for both of these programs.

Tax credit rents are based on the new income limits

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The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority is seeking bids for the following:

DATE REAL ESTATE

BID NO.

DESCRIPTION

WRA-2432

Furnish Two (2) Chesterton Mechanical Split Seals or Equal with Two (2) Enviro Spiral Trac Seals for North Main Pump Station, Deer Island Treatment Plant

3/14/05

TIME 11:00 a.m.

Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service, Waste and Water Grants and Loan program. Special attention should be paid with respect to the (U.S.D.A.) requirements for Bids.

REAL ESTATE

All bids for this project are subject to applicable bidding laws of Massachusetts, including General Laws Chapter 30, Section 39M as amended. Attention of bidders is particularly called to the requirements as to conditions of employment to be observed and minimum wage rates to be paid under the contract as determined by the Department of Labor and Workforce Development under the provisions of the Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 149, Section 26-27D, inclusive, as amended.

91 Clay Street

Wollaston Manor

Ashland Woods Apartments

Sealed bids will be received at the offices of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority, Charlestown Navy Yard, Document Distribution Office, 100 First Avenue, First Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02129, up to the time and date listed above at which time they will be publicly opened and read.

Quincy, MA The Bidder agrees that this bid shall be good and may not be 02170 withdrawn for a period of thirty (30) working days, Saturdays, Sundays and legal holidays excluded after the opening of bids.

Senior Living At It’s Best

The Owner reserves the right to waive any informality in bids or to reject any or all bids if deemed in the best interest of the Town of Blackstone.

A senior/disabled/ handicapped community TOWN OF BLACKSTONE, MASSACHUSETTS

SECTION 00020 INVITATION TO BID

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

Sealed Bids for the construction of the Elm Street Sewer Improvements for the Town of Blackstone, Massachusetts, will be received by the Department of Public Works at the office of the Department of Public Works, 15 St. Paul Street, Blackstone, Massachusetts until 10:30 a.m. prevailing time, on March 29, 2005 and at which time and place said bids will be publicly opened and read aloud.

0 BR units = BSC $1,027/mo Group, Inc. Boston, Massachusetts 1 BR units = $1,101/mo All utilities included.

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BOSTON WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION

15 Apartments Reserved as affordable for those who qualify INVITATION FOR BIDS Call Sandy Miller, with these income 3,065 limits: The scope of work includes furnishing and installing approximately linThe Boston Water and Sewer Commission by its Executive Director invites

Manager ear feet of 8-inch gravity sanitary sewer main with all appurtenances; fursealed bids for CONTRACT # 04-308-001, Property WATER MAIN RELAY AND nishing and installing approximately 8,135 linear feet of Income 10-inch gravity sanSEWER/DRAIN REHABILITATION IN ALLSTON/BRIGHTON, CITY PROPER, Maximum Limits itary sewer main with all appurtenances; furnishing and installing approxiHYDE PARK AND JAMAICA PLAIN. Bids must be accompanied by a bid Person $48,800 Persons mately 4,100 linear feet of 1 6-inch PVC gravity sanitary sewer3 service con- $62,750 deposit, certified check, treasurer’s or cashier’s check, or in the form of a Program nections and all appurtenances, furnishing and installing approximately 315 $69,700 bid bond in the amount of 5% OF BID payable to andRestrictions to become theApply. proper2 Persons $55,800 4 Persons linear feet of 4-inch and 3,475 linear feet of 6-inch sanitary sewer force ty of the Commission if the bid, after acceptance, is not carried out. The bid main with all appurtenances, furnishing and installing fully functional sanideposit is to be returned only when all stated conditions of the Contract docContemporary One Bedrooms andFacility Two(CCF), Bedrooms tary sewer pump stations located at the Corrosion Control umentAvailable! are carried out. In addition, a performance bond and also a labor and Quickstream crossing, Fire Station, and Mill River crossing with all appurtematerials payment bond, each of a surety company qualified to do business ‫٭‬100% Smoke Free ‫٭‬Washers & Dryers in apartments nances, standby generator housed within a prefabricated building at the under the laws of the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Executive Quickstream and Mill River pump and installing bitumiand each in the sum of 100 % OF THE CONTRACT PRICE, must be ‫٭‬Spacious Floorstations; Plansfurnishing ‫٭‬Balconies *FitnessDirector, Center nous concrete trench pavement (permanent); water system reconstruction submitted within the time specified in the Contract document. Bids must be (Add Alternate 1); miscellaneous drainage improvements (Add Alternate 3); submitted on the forms obtained from the Purchasing Manager, Boston Brand New Renovated One-Bedroom $1,103 Two-Bedroom Rent: furnishing and installing associated Rent: manholes, paving, project wide mainteWater and$1,292 Sewer Commission, 980 Harrison Avenue, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA Apartment Homes nance of traffic and other appurtenances required to complete the Work as 02119, and must be submitted in sealed envelopes to the Purchasing Resident is responsible for be water and sewer costsManager and allclearly utilities specified in the Contract Documents.

Work must substantially complete marked BIDS FOR CONTRACT # 04-308-001, WATER MAIN Stainless Steel Appliances within 1153 days of the Notice to Proceed. The estimated cost of the projRELAY AND SEWER/DRAIN REHABILITATION IN ALLSTON/BRIGHTON, CITY New Cabinets ectApplications is $4,500,000.00.

PROPER, HYDE PARKattention AND JAMAICA PLAIN. Bids willKitchen be publicly opened and may be obtained by contacting Corcoran Management Company, read at the office of the Purchasing Manager on THURSDAY, MARCH 24, Hardwood Floors Ashland Woods at 781-884-1940 or TTY 800-439-2370 until May 7, 2015 Bid Security in the form of a BID BOND, CASHIER’S, TREASURER’S, OR CER2005 AT 10:00 A.M. There will be a non-refundable charge of $25.00 for Updated Bathroom TIFIED CHECK issued by a responsible bank or trust company is required in each set of contract documents taken out. If the bidder neglects to bid on the amount of five of picked the bidup price payable to the Town Library, of each66 and everyStreet, item, itAshland may lead to the Custom rejection Accent of the bid. rate of WallThe Painting Applications maypercent also be at the Ashland Public Front Blackstone. wages paid to mechanics, teamsters, chauffeurs, and laborers in the work to Free Parking from March 30th until 3:00PM on May 14,be2015 performed under the contract shall not be less than the rate of wages in Contract Documents may be examined at the following locations: the schedule determined by the Commission of Free LaborWi-Fi and Industries in lobby of the Preference will be given to disabled households in need of accessible Commonwealth, a copy of which schedule is annexed to the form of contract Modern Laundry Facilities BSC Group,apartments.

33 Waldo Street, Worcester,for Massachusetts 01608 to herein. Copies of said schedule may be obtained, without cost, Preference households with at leastreferred one person F.W. Dodge Division, McGraw-Hill Information Services Co., Boston, upon application therefore at the office of the Executive Director. Before per bedroom Massachusetts commencing performance on this contract, the contractor shall provide by Town of Blackstone, Department of Public Works, 15 St. Paul Street insurance for the payment of compensation and the furnishing of all other Applicants may visit the Ashland VFW, 311 Pleasant St. when management be availBlackstone, Massachusetts benefits under will Chapter 152 of the General Laws (The Workmen’s Compensation so called) to all persons to be employed under this conable to assist them on the following dates: April 27, 29, 30 and May 1st fromLaw, 10AM—4PM Contract Documents may be obtained at the office of the BSC Group locattract and shall continue such insurance in full force and effect during the 888-842-7945 and on Massachusetts, Tuesday, April 28th from 10AM and ed at 33 Waldo Street, Worcester, 01608, from 9 a.m. to 12to 6PM term of this contract. Attention is called to Chapter 370 of the Acts of 1963, noon and 1 to 4 p.m., upon payment of a deposit $100.00 the formtoof2PM. which must be strictly complied with. No bid for the award of this project will Saturday Mayof2nd fromin 10AM a check payable to the Town of Blackstone. Any unsuccessful bidder or nonbe considered acceptable unless the Contractor agrees to comply fully with bidder, upon returning such set within the time specified in the Instructions the requirement of the Minority Employee Utilization Requirement as set to Bidders and in good condition, willwill be refunded payment.April Contract in Article VIII of the Contract and the Utilization of Minority and Women An informational session be held his Tuesday, 28th atforth 6pm at Ashland VFW Documents will be mailed via USPS to prospective bidders upon request and Owned Business Enterprises as set forth in Article X of the Contract. Included receipt of a separate non-refundable check payable to BSC Group, Inc. in the with the Contract documents are copies of the Bidder’s Certification Resident selection based and on amailing lottery which will be held on May 27th and at 10AM Ash- Report. Each Contractor must complete, amount of $25.00 to coverishandling fees.

Statement Weekly at Utilization sign and fileat with his bid the Bidder’s Certification Statement. Failure to do land VFW. Deadline for applications is 3PM on May 14th The selected contractor shall furnish a performance bond and payment bond so will result in rejection of the bid. The Weekly Utilization Reports shall be Corcoran Grandview Rd, Suitein 205, in amount at least equal to one Management hundred percent Company, (100%) of the100 contract price submitted accordance with section 8.2 (ii) and (iii) of the Contract. Failure as stipulated in Section 00700 GENERAL CONDITIONS of these specificato date. comply with the Minority Employee Utilization Requirement may result in Braintree, MA 02184 or postmarked by that Call 617-261-4600 x 7799 tions. Anticipated funding for this project will be from the Unite States imposition of the sanctions set forth in section 8.2 (f) and (g) of the Contract.

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LEGALS The Executive Director reserves the right to reject any and all bids, or any item or items of the bid, and to waive technical defects which are not of a substantive nature if the Commissioners should determine that it is in the best interest of the Commission to do so.

REAL ESTATE LEGAL NOTICE

Affordable Rental Housing Concord, MA CITY OF SOMERVILLE OFFICE OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PUBLIC NOTICE

Brookside Square at 50 Beherrell Street

The City of Somerville is requesting comments on the City’s One-Year Action Plan for the period of April 1, 2005 to March 31, 2006 for the Community Eight Rental Units, 2 ADA units Development BlockAffordable Grant Program, the Emergency Shelter Grant Program and the HOME Program, which are funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). This document will be available for 1BR Units: $1,236 per month public review andFour comment from Friday, February 11, 2005 to Monday, Units: $1,374 per month March 14, 2005 Four at the 2BR Mayor’s Office of Strategic Planning & Community Development (SPCD), 3rd Floor, Somerville City Hall during normal business hours and at the front desk of the Main Branch of the Somerville Public Library. Information Session: March 30, 2015, 7:00 pm,

Concord Town House, Monument Square, Concord MA 01742

Anyone wishing to submit public comment should send their written comments to Meredith Smith, Director of Finance, SPCD by fax 617-625-0722 Applications accepted through: 1:00PM or email msmith@ci.somerville.ma.us by 4:30May p.m. 5, on2015 Monday, March 14, 2005. Anyone having general questions regarding the proposed 2005 One Year Action Plan should contact SPCD at 617-625-6600 x2500.

Maximum Income: 80% of area median income

Joseph A. Curtatone Minimum Income: No more than 35% of an applicant’s Mayor

gross income can be spent on rent REOPENING OF WAITING LIST

Application and Information: Housing@Sudbury.Ma.US Notice is hereby given by the Braintree Housing Authority that on March 15 and March 16, 2005 applications will be available for its one (1), two (2) & 278 Old Sudbury Road, Sudbury, MA 01776, 978-639-3373 three (3) bedroom State-aided MRVP project-based housing program and three (3) bedroom Chapter 705 Family Housing Program. Placement on the waiting list will be assigned by random order (lottery).

MRVP Eligibility Income Limits 705 Family Housing Eligible Income Limits Number of Household Members Number of Household Members Affordable Housing One (1) $18,620BellinghamOne (1) $46,300 Two (2) $24,980 Two (2) $52,950 Two 3 Bedroom Single Family Homes Three (3) $31,340 Three (3) $59,550 Price: Four (4) $37,700 Four$208,200 (4) $66,150 Five (5) $44,060 Five (5) $71,450 Six (6) $50,420 Six (6) $76,750

1141 South Main Street and Benelli Street

Application will be available from 9:00am – 4:00 pm on March 15 and March OPEN 16. Interested persons may applyHOUSE: in person at 25 Roosevelt Street, Braintree or obtain an application by mail by calling 1141 South Main Street(781) 848-1484. Faxes will not be accepted. Applications must be received or postmarked no later Saturday, April 11, 2015 from 10:00 a.m.

—12:00 including p.m. than APRIL 19, 2005. The BHA will not accept applications (Emergency Applications) that are hand delivered or postmarked after April 19, 2005. The lottery will be held at 10 am on April 27, 2005 in the community building at 25 Roosevelt Street, Braintree.

The Braintree Housing ASSETS TO $75,000 Public Information Meeting Authority will close the MRVP family project based waiting list for one, two & Units by lottery 6:30, Tuesday April 7, 2015 three bedrooms and the 705 three (3) bedroom Family Housing Program Municipal Center, Mechanic wait list on March 16,10 2005 at 4pm.St. EHO

Application Deadline May 9, 2015

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Call for current income guidelines Joseph T. Cefalo Memorial Complex 245 West Wyoming Avenue, Melrose, MA 02176 Call our Office at (781) 662-0223 or TDD: (800) 545-1833, ext. 131 9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday through Friday for an application

By: John F. Flynn Purchasing Manager

For Rent:

MAX ALLOWABLE INCOME 1 person household: 2 person household: 3 person household: 4 person household: 5 person household: 6 person household:

For Rent:

$48,800 $55,800 $62,750 $69,700 $75,300 $80,900

ONE BEDROOM THREE BEDROOM APARTMENT For Info and Application:DUPLEX Available in quiet Municipal Center, Working fireplace, 2 Pick Up: Bellingham Town Roxbury neighborhood. baths. All GE appliClerk Office and Public Library Building(978) is well mainances. Master bath Phone: 456-8388 Email: lotteryinfo@mcohousingservices.com tained with only three has marble tile floor apartments. Renter and whirlpool bath.

Application available online at: www.mcohousingservices.com responsible for heat, hot Building opposite water and electricity. beautiful quiet park.

OAKS VILLAGE PHASES 1 AND 2 Please PINE contact: Please contact: 61 JOHN NELSON WAY, HARWICH, MA 02645 Sharif Khallaq, Sharif Khallaq, SAAK Realty SAAK Realty ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR PLACEMENT ON WAIT LIST 2821 Washington St. 2821 Washington St. Pine OaksMA Village is sponsored by MidCape Church Homes Roxbury, Roxbury, MA Inc. Phase 1 is an apartment community designed for elderly 617.427.1327 617.427.1327 (62 and over) persons. Phase 2 is designed for elderly (62 and over) and also for disabled persons who may be under 62.

Phase 1 is subsidized by the HUD Section 8 Program. Phase 2 is subsidized by the USDA Rural Development Rental Assistance Program. Most residents pay 30% of their adjusted annual income for rent. Some residents may pay more than 30% based on availability of subsidy and on income.

PHASE 1 INCOME LIMITS: 1 Person 2 Persons

VERY LOW $30,100 $34,400

PHASE 2 INCOME LIMITS: 1 Person 2 Persons

VERY LOW $30,100 $34,400

LOW $44,750 $51,150

Rudy Crichlow, CRS 617-524-3500

Pine Oaks Village Phases 1 and 2 are beautifully landscaped communities close to beaches, shops, doctors, churches, police and fire stations and public transportation. All units are ground level. Pine Oaks is• aSelling non-smoking community.

Buying • Relocation

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Gables University Station Affordable Housing Lottery Westwood, MA

Government Affairs Manager The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), the regional planning agency for Metro Boston, seeks a Government Affairs Manager (hereafter, Manager) to help achieve the public policy goals of its long-range regional plan, MetroFuture. This is an opportunity to work in a dynamic, inter-disciplinary, and innovative environment to build a more sustainable and equitable future for metropolitan Boston. For further detail on MAPC and its government affairs work, see www.mapc.org.

Six 1BRs @ $1,251*, Eight 2BRs @ $1,387* No Utilities included except water and sewer Gables University Station is a 130 unit apartment building on 95 University Avenue. 14 of the units will be rented to households with annual incomes not exceeding 80% of AMI adjusted for family size as determined by HUD. Gables University Station shares community amenities with Gables II University Station (such as clubhouse area with a pool, lounge, conference room, and fitness center) however only the affordable units at Gables University Station are available through this lottery. The affordable units at Gables II University Station will be available through a separate and distinct lottery in the near future. Please see the Info Packet for more details.

Maximum Household Income Limits are: $48,800 (1 person), $55,800 (2 people), $62,750 (3 people), $69,700 (4 people) A Public Information Session will be held at 6 pm on April 7th, 2015 at the Westwood Public Library Community Room (660 High St).

Completed Applications and Required Income Documentation must be delivered, not postmarked, by 2:00 PM on May 12th, 2015.

The Lottery will be held on June 2nd at 6 PM in same location as the info session above.

For Details on Applications, the Lottery, and the Apartments, or for reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities, call 617.782.6900 (press x1 then x 3) or go to: www.s-e-b.com/lottery

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Applications and Info Packets also available at the Westwood Main Library on 660 High Street (Hours: M-W 10-9, Th 1-9, F 10-6, Sa 10-5, Su 2-5)

RECEPTIONIST/CLERK AFFORDABLE RENTAL OPPORTUNITY One newly renovated two-bedroom apartment 297 Main Street #1, South Medford 02155 Refrigerator, electric stove, garbage disposal, dishwasher, microwave, one parking space, coin operated laundry on premises, 699 square feet living area, $1,250 per month not including utilities except water and sewer.

Access to public transportation.

Tenant will be selected by lottery.

In order to qualify, total household income cannot exceed the following maximum income limits per household size: One person household: $39,540 Two person household: $45,180 Three person household: $50,820 Four person household: $56,460 Voucher holders are welcome.

To request an application and information packet, please contact: Housing Resource Group, LLC at 781-820-8797 or hrgllc.alwan@yahoo.com or visit the Medford Public Library, 111 High Street Monday – Thursday 9:00 a.m. – 9 p.m.

Friday, 9:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m., Saturday, 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Tenant will be selected by lottery on Saturday, May 9, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. at the Medford Public Library.

Completed applications must be returned to the Housing Resource Group, LLC Four Raymond Street, Lexington, MA 02421 postmarked by May 5, 2015.

An information meeting will be held at the Medford Public Library, 111 High Street on Saturday, April 11, 2015 at 12:00 noon.

North Attleborough Housing Authority (NAHA) seeks staff replacement for retiring personnel. This position requires comprehensive knowledge and skill in common office administration software, as well as public service patience with people of differing cultures, income-levels, education-levels, and logic. Computer skills and the ability to learn new software are required.

Also required is the ability to manage time between routine tasks while providing counter-service to walk-in clients. Applicant must be willing to assist NAHA colleagues in their duties when needed. Applicant should have 3-5 years’ experience in customer service AND formal education certificate or degree beyond high school. Public housing experience and multi-lingual skills are preferred. Some travel may be required for training and meetings.

For copy of full job description please email dan@northattleborohousing.org NAHA is a medium-size housing authority with heavy dependence on staff reliability, so benefits are as generous as possible. Hourly wages are based upon DHCD rates ($15.44 / hour for 37.5 hours a week).

Letter of interest and resumes must be received by 12:00 noon March 30, 2015.

Send to: Dan Ouellette, North Attleborough Housing Authority, 20 S. Washington Street, North Attleborough MA 02760

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CONCORD-CARLISLE REGIONAL SCHOOL DISTRICT

VACANCIES 2015 - 2016 Elementary METCO Bus Monitor/Tutor – 40 hours/week, school year, Bachelor’s degree required Salary: $23.63 – $29.50 per hour depending on experience Building Services Supervisor (Head Custodian) – 40 hours/week, full year Salary: $20.77 - $27.62 per hour depending on experience

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Middle School Library Assistant – 30 hours/week, school year, Bachelor’s degree required Salary: $22.09 – $27.57 per hour depending on experience High School Building Service Worker (Custodian) Second Shift 40 hours/week, full year Salary: $18.13 – $22.42 per hour depending on experience plus shift differential Interested candidates please apply online at:

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Primary Duties: The Manager will work closely with other staff at MAPC, state agencies, local officials, community groups, businesses, and institutions to advance MAPC’s policy agenda in Metro Boston. The Manager oversees MAPC’s legislative team, which advocates for a wide range of bills and budget items at the State House to advance smart growth and regional collaboration. The Manager will play a lead role in identifying areas for advocacy, and developing and implementing strategies to accomplish MAPC’s legislative agenda. The Manager will provide legislative and advocacy support for the Massachusetts Association of Regional Planning Agencies (MARPA), the Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance, Transportation for Massachusetts, and other allies.

Qualifications: MA in public administration, public policy, planning, politics or related field and four years of progressively more responsible related experience preferably in a public policy arena, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Broad knowledge of state, local and federal government functions, including a general understanding of municipal governance and finance, transportation, land use planning, and/or related fields.

This is a full time position with an excellent state employee benefits package. Starting salary will range from $65,000 to $75,000 depending on qualifications and experience. Position open until filled. Candidates must have legal authorization to work in the USA and a valid driver’s license and/or the ability to arrange transportation to meetings in different parts of the region. MAPC is an EOE/AA employer. We are committed to creating a diverse workforce and encourage applications from minority group members, women, persons with disabilities, veterans, and others who may contribute to the agency’s diversity. This position is exempt from the provisions of the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act. SEE COMPLETE JOB AD ON MAPC Web site (www.mapc.org); (Jobs at MAPC), AND APPLY AT LINK SHOWN THERE. Please attach cover letter, resume, writing sample, and and three professional references. Posted 3-11-15.

Thomas E. Hauenstein, Operations Manager.

Hoyle, Tanner & Associates, Inc. is a growing, employee owned, mid-size national consulting engineering firm with offices in the Northeast, Florida and U.S. Virgin Islands. We are providing opportunities to professionals who share our commitment to provide innovative, collaborative and sustainable engineering and planning solutions to the challenges our clients face, while enhancing the communities in which we work and live.

RESIDENT ENGINEERS: We are currently seeking multiple Resident Project Representatives with experience ranging from 1 to 30 years for the observation of bridge, roadway, and utility construction. Familiarity with NHDOT and/or MaineDOT material specifications, testing and documentation requirements a must. NETTCP, ACI certifications are a plus. Must have a high School diploma and BSCE or Associates Degrees preferred.

Survey experience a plus. NHDOT Local Public Agency (LPA) Certification or ability to obtain is required for some positions.

(Career Code MJL10315/TMC10315/TMC20315) BRIDGE ENGINEER LEVEL I: Self-motivated team player with up to four (4) years of experience in bridge and structural engineering to join our dynamic, growing team in our Burlington, VT office. Responsibilities include design and preparation of State agency and municipal bridge projects including construction observation and administration. Experience or training in steel and concrete design required, timber and prestressed concrete a plus. Experience or training in STAAD, Merlin-Dash, RCPier, Geomath or comparable software a plus. Individual should possess a BSCE degree (Masters preferred) and EIT registration or ability to obtain. (Career Code JAO10315) BRIDGE ENGINEERING INTERN: Motivated and energetic intern to join our Bridge and Structures Group in Manchester, NH. Responsibilities include assisting engineers with bridge design projects, quantity calculations, hydraulic analysis, CADD plan preparation and limited field work. The preferred candidate will be entering their fourth year of their B.S.C.E. coursework with an anticipated graduation date of May 2016, E.I.T. and coursework in structural engineering such as concrete, steel, timber and foundations preferred. Anticipated start date in May 2015 with flexible work schedule of 0 – 40 hours per week.

(Career Code STJ10315) Send cover letter and resume citing Career Code to: HOYLE, TANNER & ASSOCIATES, INC., 150 Dow Street, Manchester, NH 03101 or e-mail jhann@hoyletanner.com. Please visit www. hoyletanner.com for more.

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Gala GNEMSDC 40 TH ANNIVERSARY AWARDS

SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 2015

Join the GNEMSDC as we celebrate 40 years of Minority Business Development and Supplier Diversity.

2015 Awards Gala Keynote Speaker:

Governor Charlie Baker Commonwealth of Massachusetts Honoring 2015 President ’s Award Recipient:

Joset Wright-Lacy NMSDC President

Throughout the past 40 years, the GNEMSDC has connected thousands of MBE’s with our Corporate Partners and each other. On this special evening, we will be honoring some of the best business achievements in Supplier Diversity. Don’t miss your opportunity to connect with business leaders from across New England and to be a part of a great event.

BOSTON CONVENTION AND EXHIBITION CENTER 415 Summer Street, Boston, MA 02210 5:00 PM Cocktail Reception 6:30 PM Dinner and Awards Presentation Black Tie Preferred

For more information and to register for the event, please visit gala.gnemsdc.org or call 888-874-7114 GNEMSDC.org Ce r t ify | D evelop | Connec t | Advo c ate