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Senate holds fares down, approves oversight for T Vote on MBTA budget seen as compromise with Baker admin.

By YAWU MILLER The Massachusetts Senate’s vote to approve an MBTA control board and nix other measures advanced by Gov. Charlie Baker and House leadership was a mixed blessing for the state’s public transit riders, advocates say.

The budgets advanced by the Baker administration and the House feature cuts to the MBTA operating budget, lift caps on MBTA fares and free the agency from compliance with a state law that some say inhibits privatization of services. The Senate budget maintains funding for the operating budget, keeps caps on fares and preserves the Taxpayer Protection Act. “It’s actually a good thing that you have so many stakeholders engrossed in a public conversation about transportation and developing a foundation for an MBTA that is an asset to a vibrant economy,” said Joshua Ostroff, outreach director for the advocacy group Transportation for Massachusetts.

The push for MBTA reform comes on the heels of system-wide failures precipitated by crippling winter storms in February and March that exposed longstanding vulnerabilities in the T system — 40-year-old rail cars, the absence

of snow-removal equipment and antiquated track switches that were ill-prepared to withstand ice and snow.

“It was a stress test, and we failed,” said state Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry.

In the weeks that followed the system shutdown, MBTA General Manager Beverly Scott resigned and Baker ousted the MBTA’s board. Now, with a fiscal control board to oversee the agency’s finances, Baker is poised to push through reforms.

“Establishing a focused, dedicated group of experts to diagnose and fix the problems of the MBTA is an important first step toward creating the world-class transit system the Commonwealth deserves and I am pleased the Senate acted on this measure tonight,” Baker said in a press statement.

If past efforts are any indication, the Baker administration could use help with diagnosis of MBTA problems. Last week critics panned a special report released last month by the gubernatorial special review panel, citing numerous flaws.

While the report concluded that the 39 percent of revenue the MBTA collects from fares is low compared to cities

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Organizers with the group Youth Justice and Power Union staged a silent funeral procession through Boston last week to call for more city-funded youth jobs.

‘Funeral’ mourns lack of city-funded youth jobs Organizers question City Hall priorities

By ELIZA DEWEY

See MBTA, page 9 Youth organizers staged a ‘funeral’ procession for youth jobs in downtown Boston last week to criticize the lack of significant funding increases in the city’s budget for summer and yearround employment — a flatline that they said reflected misplaced priorities on the part of City Hall when compared to increases in the

city’s police budget.

“We’re not getting enough youth jobs, and we’re getting a lot of youth violence,” said Peaches Perez, an organizer with the convening group, Youth Justice and Power Union. “So [the ‘funeral’] is to symbolize both the loss of youth jobs and the youth we’ve lost.”

The group issued a statement before the march that contrasted the funding for the two city departments, both of which come

in direct contact with many of the city’s young people.

“In the fight for youth jobs and liberation, police have never been the solution to our communities’ problems and never will be,” the statement said. “City-funded youth jobs levels have been frozen for the past five years, while the police budget has continued to rise, showing that the City prioritizes investing in a department that hurts and arrests young people over opportunities for

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Report: On track to 53,000 homes Experts cite opportunity, challenges

By ELIZA DEWEY

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While the governor and legislative leaders have approved plans for a fiscal oversight board for the MBTA, there are no plans as yet to tackle the $6 billion in estimated maintenance needs for the system.

Over the past month or so, Bostonians have been challenged to imagine themselves 15 years in the future as Mayor Martin Walsh pushes forward with several ambitious planning processes for the city. One of the most important

question for many Bostonians is where they will live in the year 2030, when Boston celebrates its 400th birthday and which the mayor has chosen as the measuring stick for city planning efforts.

The mayor tossed an important element into the conversation last week when he released the first progress report tracking the city’s

performance on his housing goals.

Walsh first presented his housing plan in October 2014 in his report, “Housing a Changing City: Boston 2030.” That’s when he committed to creating 53,000 housing units by the year 2030.

Boston housing experts who spoke with the Banner this week hailed the city’s efforts and pointed to areas that in their view would

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Kneading social capital with B.R.E.A.D. group

By ELIZA DEWEY

When people speak about the future of Boston, they often refer to its rise as an innovation and technology hub facilitated in large part by an influx of outsiders. One new group is seeking to place the reins for the city’s future squarely in the hands of its younger residents and transform the future by addressing key social issues that still divide the city.

Boston’s Racial Economic Activated Dialogue — riffing off the metaphor of “breaking B.R.E.A.D. together” — is a new grassroots group formed last November by local activists Leora Rifkin, Justin Springer, Roxanne Longoria and Erin Anderson. They want to foster rich conversations on social issues and help forge stronger human connections across digital and city-wide divides. “[B.R.E.A.D.] is a collaborative creating platforms that target urban millenials and youth to drive more conversations of value,” says Justin Springer. “We’re not talking about ‘Did you see Beyonce’s dress last night?’ We’re talking about ‘Did you notice the rent is going up in Boston’ or ‘Did you notice that all these schools are being closed?’”

Leora Rifkin, who originally convened the four founders, says the emphasis is on furthering the work that other groups before them have started.

“We are trying to work collaboratively and enhance what’s already happening here [in Boston],” she says. “This is how we want to see the city functioning. We’re asking, ‘How are we creating spaces at tables for people to participate?’”

Thus far, the group functions as a host for community discussion events, the first of which was held last week in Roxbury. They say their target audience is particularly people under 40 years old who are the city’s emerging leaders.

“They’re entrepreneurs, activists, [and] artists who want to be inspired and want a space to genuinely connect with people,” says Springer.

That event had gone well, and she wanted to try and replicate some of that momentum.

“People loved the conversation,” Rifkin said of the 2013 event. “[B.R.E.A.D.] started off with this idea of talking about race, and bringing these conversations into the community. These are conversations people were already having and so [we were asking], ‘How do we really create a community space around that?’”

This time, Rifkin envisioned a community event featuring Benoni Tagoe, a producer famous for his work on the popular webseries The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl and his online financial literacy series, The Bizz Plan. She didn’t know him personally, but she reached out – and to her surprise, he responded positively.

So the four friends got to work putting together the pieces of the event. They each brought their respective skills and networks to the table.

Longoria, as a network coordinator for the Boston Youth Service Network and chair of the Boston NAACP’s young adult committee, emphasized the importance of involving young people in the process.

“Youth entrepreneurship is so important to economic mobility for our youth,” she said. “We’re really excited that young adults are getting together to show youth leadership and entrepreneurship and to be there as a support, because unfortunately in

communities of color and low-income communities, we don’t have that support system. I think it’s important to create a ladder of success around youth.”

The BYSN youth designed the logo for what the four dubbed the “Make B.R.E.A.D.” discussion series and were involved in planning Tagoe’s visit. Many attended last week’s event.

At the Roxbury gathering, Tagoe spoke about his career path.

Throughout the discussion, he traced both his highs — including remarkable financial success early in his career — and his lows — including a devastating financial dive and a struggle with depression — to show how one might navigate the difficulties that come with chasing a dream.

The evening ended with an invitation to audience members to declare their dreams for the future out loud in order to emphasize the importance of involving others in one’s own personal success.

The event was underwritten by a grant from the Boston Foundation.

The food was donated by B. Good burgers, space was provided by the Design Studio for Social Intervention, and Future Boston Alliance hosted a blog series that served as advertising.

Boston takeaways

After the kickoff event, B.R.E.A.D. organizers took Tagoe on a whirlwind tour of Boston, which included speaking engagements at

the Dearborn Middle School and Jeremiah E. Burke High School and social events hosted by Future Boston Alliance and the NAACP. Tagoe said the trip, although short, made a big impact.

“This is the first time that, in just four days, I was just entrenched in the culture of ‘We are really trying to build up our community more so than just building up ourselves,’” he said, reflecting on his trip. “What they’re doing is really special, and a lot of cities across America don’t have communities like this. I think Boston has something really special.”

Tagoe plans to start a venture linking Boston to LA in the field of entertainment and the arts — something he said occurred to him while on the trip. His hope is to connect Bostonians talented in the arts and media production to professionals in LA who can help them expand their network.

“The idea is not to necessarily take people away from Boston, it’s to essentially to link Boston to LA, so that when they make these contacts and get these resources, they can come back to Boston and bring it back to their communities,” he said.

While the idea is still in the concept stage, Tagoe said he plans t omake progress on it by the end of the year.

Launchpad for unity

In its current form, B.R.E.A.D. is a community aimed at urban youth and millenials that seeks to foster discussion, networking and connection-building with an emphasis on not just professional development, but also social change.

Their mission statement speaks to the group’s core values: “B.R.E.A.D focuses on the belief that our community is more than

Story of an idea

The group first came together last fall when Rifkin reached out to Springer, Longoria and Anderson, whom she knew from previous work in Boston’s activist scene. In 2013, she organized a talk in Boston on racial issues that was hosted by Baratunde Thurston, author of the satirical memoir, How to Be Black.

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sufficient and capable of becoming prosperous, serving and benefiting ourselves. We believe it is possible to name the strengths we do have and to share these strengths in a mutually beneficial way to help each of us grow and prosper, but only if we create space to collectively nurture our human connections.”

“Unity in this city has been missing for many years,” says Springer.

“Boston has always been different, small circles, and we’re just trying to find a way to make it one big circle, where everyone’s working together and communicating.”

Although the group’s name emphasizes conversations centering on racial and economic themes, Springer adds that the need for greater human connection also arises from our increasingly digital world.

“We live in a social media world where you can go on the train, and most of the time people are just in their phones,” he said. “So when I go on the train, some times I try to have conversations with people I don’t even know.”

Next steps

B.R.E.A.D. is still in its early stages and figuring out where to head next.

While so far it has functioned with event-specific funds and doesn’t have an operating budget, they are looking to grow more. Tagoe, for one, has expressed interest in helping the group secure financing for future events.

Beyond event-hosting, they also plan to create media content to continue thought-provoking discussions beyond the walls of a given event space.

“It’s about creating content, consistently,” says Springer. “We want to align the B.R.E.A.D. brand with other brands….we want to spotlight businesses, entrepreneurs and nonprofits that are doing great work in Boston.”

They are clear that the main point is to take the connections fostered through the group and put them to greater use.

“There’s an action component to this,” says Rifkin. “It’s yet to be clearly defined, but one thing we need to be thinking about is, as we’re thinking about nurturing our potential as individuals, ‘How are we utilizing that privilege and power to come together collectively?’”

She adds that the conversations are just the starting point for achieving the group’s goals of addressing racial and economic inequality.

“We have to build up social capital of everyone,” she says. “A lot of time we are able to get better jobs by the people that we know… We all need a diversity of relationships to increase our social capital and our wealth and our knowledge.”

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Vets, officials pay homage in Mattapan Memorial Day ceremony Highlight role of black veterans who made sacrifices for country

By ELIZA DEWEY

As the nation paused this weekend to observe Memorial Day, a group of veterans and elected officials gathered at Mount Hope Cemetery in Mattapan to pay homage to those who died while serving in the military. Among them were key members of Boston’s African American veteran community, including two key groups – 60+ Veterans, a Roxbury-based veteran’s group, and the 54th Regiment, a historical reenactment group that honors one of the nation’s first African American military units in the Civil War. Charles Yancey, the only elected official at the ceremony, described veterans as not only protecting the nation, but also helping to shape its growth.

“We have come a long way,” he said, noting that Boston’s new Commissioner of Veterans’ Services, Giselle Sterling, is the first woman and the first Latina to hold the position.

“The United States was established at a time when it suffered from its original sins of exploitation, racism, slavery and sexism.

So when I say we’ve come a long way, I mean it … I want to thank our veterans for that.”

He added a note about the role of marginalized groups in the military.

“African Americans, people of color and women have fought in every war this country ever engaged in,” he said. “They fought with valor and respect — and very often, that respect was not returned [when they came home] … In spite of that, people of color joined their white colleagues on the front lines to fight for this country … We have them to thank for the liberties we have today.”

He added a political note: “So how do people stay home on election day?”

He cited the low turnout in the last municipal elections to emphasize that, as he saw it, too many people took for granted the freedoms and civil liberties enjoyed in the United States.

Historically, the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment was an African American unit that fought for the union side in the civil war. Today, the organization remains as a collection of historical re-enactors who want to make sure that legacy lives on.

“We are here to keep history alive,” Saddiq says of the 54th members.

Saddiq is also on the board of the group 60+ Veterans, first founded by nine Korean War veterans in 1987 out of a desire to learn more about the postwar VA benefits. They have continued to meet weekly with a membership of approximately 30 men and women.

Saddiq, who is 41 years old, is by far the youngest in the group (the group’s name is a reference to the age group of its original founders).

He first became involved after he met one of its members, Gilland McGuire, while Saddiq was living in a homeless shelter, one of the nearly 50,000 American veterans who are homeless on any given night.

The two men became friends, and McGuire saw something special in Siddiq. He invited the younger man to join him for a 60+ Veterans meeting. “[McGuire] said, ‘I want to invite you to this group because I think you can help them,’” said Saddiq. Once he met the members, he felt instantly at home.

“I thought, ‘These are a bunch of my uncles,’” he said.

He stuck around for another nine months or so, mostly listening and

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City Councilor Charles Yancey spoke at a Memorial Day ceremony Sunday in Mattapan’s Mt. Hope Cemetery. learning from them, while an idea percolated in his mind.

“I kept asking myself, ‘How do I put myself in a position to better serve them?’” he said. He realized that it would help the organization over time if it had a more formal structure so that its membership and legacy could live on for generations. Since then, Saddiq has been immersed in helping the group with the legal paperwork to register as a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization — a process they hope to complete by next month. 60+

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Some of those present at the ceremony represented some of the city’s key groups for veterans of color.

Khalil Saddiq, a Georgia native who now lives in Boston, is a member of two main organizations: the 54th regiment and 60+ Veterans.

Veterans recently elected its new board to guide the organization once the change is made official.

Just as Saddiq gave to the organization, he also gained from it when the other vets helped him to find a home. One member is a real estate agent and rented an apartment to Saddiq and another veteran at an affordable price.

In addition to seeking nonprofit status, the group has seen other changes take place. Benny White, the group’s newly elected secretary, said that the organization’s membership currently is changing with the passing of some of the older members who fought in World War II and the Korean War. The group’s leadership is now shifting to its Vietnam War veterans.

Still, three members of the Tuskegee Airmen remain, part of the legendary team of African American pilots who fought during World War II.

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Alan Nelson, Benny White, Mary-dith Tuitt, Khalil Saddiq and George Magazine attended the Memorial Day ceremony on Sunday at Mt. Hope Cemetery.

After the ceremony, Sterling spoke with the Banner about the significance of Memorial Day to her mission as the city’s chief of veterans’ services.

“For me, the biggest thing was recognizing my brothers and sisters in arms who made the ultimate sacrifice,” she said. “For many people this day is just synonymous with the beginning of summer, and people forget too quickly.”

While Sterling is new to the

position — she was appointed in April after being named interim Commissioner in January — she said the transition has been eased by the support she has received.

“The support from the vets is unimaginable,” she said. “It’s a tight community.”

She said she is currently focused on two main efforts — to support the city’s Veterans of Foreign Wars branches as they experience a drop in membership due to their aging population, and to end homelessness among veterans by the end of 2015 — an aggressive goal first set

by Mayor Walsh last year.

Although that deadline is fast approaching, Sterling said the VA has made significant progress.

“We are on track [to meet it],” she said. “The biggest thing is [the goal of ] coming to a functional level of zero — there will always be homeless veterans coming to the city, but we want to make it a rare and brief occasion, and get people connected with housing quickly.”

The VA is working on the issue in partnership with the Department of Neighborhood Development and a host of nonprofit organizations, chief among them the New England Center for Homeless Vets.

The 60+ Veterans’ group will host a luncheon on June 13 in honor of its 25th anniversary. The event will be open to the public. To purchase tickets, please contact Khalil Saddiq at 781-518-1538 or k.o.saddiq@gmail.com.

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Bernie Sanders candidacy pushes Democrats to left The political campaign has begun to elect the successor to President Barack Obama. It is still much too early to engage the interest of the voters, and the decisive election is not until November 2016. But before then, the candidacy of Sen. Bernie Sanders should arouse considerable press coverage. While most campaigns are between Democrats and Republicans of varying stripes, Sanders is an avowed democratic socialist who is running as a Democrat.

Most Americans have little understanding about socialism. However, the plutocrats understand it very well. Socialism is the economic philosophy most diametrically opposed to capitalism. With the excessive disparity of personal wealth and income in the nation, people are likely to be attentive to Sanders’ political comments.

Although the pundits predict that he has little chance to move to the White House, it is nonetheless likely that conservatives will still attack his views aggressively.

Simply stated, the objective of a socialist economy is to maximally benefit the citizens rather than enrich the business owners. Under private enterprise, it is believed that businesses operating in a free market will produce the greatest benefits. There

is an ongoing debate in the U.S. and other industrialized democracies about what is the proper balance between rugged individualism and citizens’ entitlements.

In Western European countries, depending on their cultures, the governments provide varying benefits for their citizens.

The Scandinavian countries are known for cradle-to-grave support for the people. The wealthy residents have to accept substantial tax assessments in order to provide those generous benefits.

Included among the benefits are universal health care (19 states in the U.S. have rejected expanded Medicaid), paid vacations and sick leave, free college education, affordable child care for working families, and government pensions similar to U.S. Social Security. U.S. conservatives believe that such generosity will deteriorate the individual’s will to work and frustrate capitalists’ endeavor by reducing the profit incentive.

With Sanders in the race, a broad range of political issues will be debated. It is important for voters of more modest means to remain well-informed. Rejection of support for issues to benefit the public will doubtless be in play.

Baltimore prosecutor sets higher standard for police conduct For many years the police have used excessive force against African Americans without the fear of recrimination. Now that era might be coming to an end. The state’s attorney for Baltimore, Marilyn Mosby, recently obtained a grand jury indictment against the six police officers involved in the death of Freddie Gray who was in their custody. With so many protests against police violence across the nation, these indictments might ignite a change in the public attitude of many whites who have been willing to protect the inviolability of the police.

The district attorney in St. Louis County, Mo. was unable to get an indictment for the shooting of Michael Brown by a Ferguson, Mo. police

officer; the Staten Island, N.Y. district attorney failed to indict a policeman for killing Eric Garner with an unlawful choke hold. In both of those cases, death resulted from the use of lethal force. In the Freddie Gray case, death resulted from negligence and callous disregard for the prisoner’s safety.

Mosby has boldly breached the code that requires prosecutors to excuse police misconduct, but she also has established a higher standard of care for those who are arrested. It is unlikely that police and prosecutors in jurisdictions outside of Baltimore will accept Mosby’s ruling as precedent; however, protestors are now advised to push for higher standards everywhere.

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The Waco biker riot and the lexicon of racism

What do you think of Bernie Sanders’ candidacy for president?

By LEE A. DANIELS

Question: When men (and a few women) belonging to gangs known to law enforcement agencies for criminal behavior explode in a rampage — using guns, knives, clubs, and chains in trying to kill each other, and police officers, too — that leaves nine dead, nearly 200 injured and hundreds arrested, is that a “riot?”

Answer: Apparently not if the overwhelming majority of the gang members are white.

America’s present-day “racial divide” has never been more strikingly displayed than in the refusal of much of the mainstream and conservative media to describe the May 17 biker riot in Waco, Texas as a riot.

The riot, which occurred at a popular restaurant amid dozens of ... words as ‘riot’ and innocent bystanders and, according ‘thug’ are part of the to police, involved members of five lexicon of America’s different gangs, was one of the most continuing racial divide extraordinary outbursts of mass criminal violence in recent memory. that, among other Further, almost immediately after things, individualizes Waco police arrested the bikers, white crime and white rumors swirled that other members flaws while it indicts of the gangs were heading toward the city to both continue the battle all black Americans for against their rivals and carry out the flaws and crimes of death threats made against Waco individual blacks.” police officials.

Yet, scanning the newspapers, the universe of online publications, and the network and cable television news programs, you’d have scarcely come across any description of what occurred in Waco as a “riot.” Nor would you have likely found any reference to the bikers, clad in their distinctively grungy biker garb, as “thugs” — or, as one newspaper reader put it: “murdering thuggish rioters.”

The disparity in coverage did not go unremarked upon on black social media, in a host of progressive publications, and in numerous online reader-responses to mainstream-publication stories. (Many also noted the Waco police responded to the deadly shootout with none of the heavily-militarized equipment and body armor that immediately marked police responses to peaceful protests in Ferguson and Baltimore.)

Indeed, the differences in the language used underscore that the way words and phrases are used to talk about race and racial events has its own meaning. In this instance, it’s that such words as “riot” and “thug” are part of the lexicon of America’s continuing racial divide that, among other things, individualizes white crime and white flaws while it indicts all black Americans for the flaws and crimes of individual blacks. Some years ago a journalist friend of mine described this dynamic as “the chains of collective guilt.”

The phenomenon isn’t new, of course. Once, the lexicon of anti-black collective guilt helped justify the actual chains of Negro slavery and the legalized racism that followed. Now, it’s usually employed in more subtle ways.

Except when it’s not, as in the revealing discoveries over the past two months of racist, sexist and homophobic tweets and e-mails by cops in the police departments of San Francisco, Miami Beach, and Fort Lauderdale, Fla. In each case — all are still in early stages of investigation — police officers, some with long years on their force, were found to have exchanged from dozens to hundreds of social-media messages disparaging with vile slurs blacks, Hispanic-Americans, women, gays and lesbians, Muslim Americans — and, of course, President Obama. Law enforcement co-workers and innocent civilians alike were denigrated along with black criminal suspects. The bulk of the messages in all these instances, from 2010 to the present, focused on black Americans.

The discoveries have led to the resignations of some of the officers, and disciplinary actions, including firing, against the others. Even more important, prosecutors and police officials in the three cities are reviewing cases of defendants in which the officers were involved either as arresting officers or witnesses at trial. In San Francisco, prosecutors already have dropped eight cases connected to some of the officers there.

One Miami Beach cop tried to excuse his behavior by describing it as just part of the police department’s longstanding “culture.” Unfortunately, the same could be said for the mainstream and conservative media’s refusal to use the most accurate descriptions for the Waco biker riot.

It’s those similarities that are worrisome.

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

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I think it’s an attempt to make Hillary more liberal. It’s bad for her overall.

But I’m glad he’s in there.

I’m a big fan of Bernie Sanders. I think his focus on exposing disparities in the United States is the right thing. He’ll push Hillary to the left.

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It brings up a lot of issues that need to be on the table.

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TERRENCE BLANCHARD Berklee College of Music has named world-renowned trumpeter, composer, bandleader, and Blue Note recording artist Terence Blanchard as a visiting scholar in the Jazz Composition department beginning in the fall of 2015. Blanchard will also work in the Film Scoring and Brass departments, and for the Berklee Global Jazz Institute.

“Coming to Berklee feels like I’m coming home. Even though I never went to Berklee, I hang out there a great deal and learn a lot from my friends who went there,” said Blanchard. “Recently, I was guest teaching and was amazed at how much the school has grown and created new avenues for expression. I am really looking forward to joining the faculty and will do my best to add to an already great team of educators.”

“Terence is a triple threat: a composer of the highest order in film and jazz, a widely admired performer, and someone who has devoted himself to teaching and passing the tradition along to the next generation,”

said Berklee President Roger Brown.

“We are excited to have him be part of Berklee.”

In the spirit of his onetime membership in the jazz school of Art Blakey’s Jazz Messengers, Blanchard has mentored several musicians in his bands who have gone on to have significant recording careers of their own.

“My approach to teaching will be what it’s always been,”

Blanchard added. “Helping students find that individual musical personality inside them and giving them the tools to expand and develop their own ideas into bigger forms of musical exploration.”

New Orleans native Terence Blanchard is a four-time Grammy Award-winner. His acclaimed recordings include The Heart Speaks, Bounce, Flow, A Tale of God’s Will (A Requiem for Katrina), and Magnetic – which marked his return to Blue Note after eight years composing and performing works for film, as well as releasing a series of CDs for Concord.

Blanchard is a prolific film composer with more than 50 scores to his credit. He has written the score for every one of director Spike Lee’s films since 1991, including Jungle Fever, Malcolm X, Clockers, Inside Man, and Hurricane Katrina documentary When the Levees Broke.

He also recently scored WWII drama Red Tails for producer George Lucas, and the Kevin Costner film Black Or White.

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NEWSBRIEFS Sheriff, department prepare to kick off second annual summer enrichment program The Suffolk County Sheriff ’s Department is gearing up for its Second Annual Suffolk County Sheriff ’s Department Summer Enrichment Program for the young people of Suffolk County.

The initiative, created by Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins in 2014, provides summer jobs for Suffolk County teens interested in pursuing a future career in law enforcement. The Summer Enrichment Program (S.E.P.) provides paid internships for 20 high school juniors and seniors who have expressed the desire to learn more about the inner-workings of our legal system while also acting as a means of fostering positive relationships between Suffolk County youths and uniformed officers.

Participants of the program are given insight into the world of law enforcement through job shadowing, weekly presentations by members of law enforcement, roundtable discussions, law enforcement-related field trips, and educational tours. Last year’s S.E.P. brought in representatives from the Federal Bureau of Investigations (F.B.I.), U.S. Marshals, Massachusetts State Police, Boston Police Department, Suffolk County District Attorney’s Office and Norfolk Superior Court, each of which provided members of the Summer Enrichment Program with the opportunity to learn about multiple agencies and network with people from their particular fields of interest.

The program runs three days a week for seven weeks, beginning on July 6th and ending the week of August 17th. Participants will earn CPR certification and a certificate of completion, as-well-as transferable job skills that they can utilize in their future careers.

Applicants of the program take part in a competitive interview process, and only mature and professional candidates with a genuine interest in law enforcement are considered for employment.

Speaking about the impetus behind the program’s inception, Sheriff Tompkins expressed his expectations for the upcoming class of interns.

“This program was conceived with several purposes in mind,”

said Sheriff Tompkins. “Along with the opportunity that it presents to connect young people with positive role models to help them along in their desire to become law enforcement professionals, I also wanted to put our money where our mouths are and provide the prospect of summer employment. Too often we hear about the need for more job opportunities for our young people, particularly during the summer months when schools are closed and youth violence is typically on the rise. This program is an example of what we can do to be part of the solution.”

For more information about the Suffolk County Sheriff ’s Department Summer Enrichment Program, contact Lieutenant Abe Ayuso at (617) 704-6652 or aayuso@scsdma.org.

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Walsh kicks off city’s participation in innovative global urban resilience initiative Mayor Martin J. Walsh last week joined 100 Resilient Cities (100RC) — pioneered by The Rockefeller Foundation — to kick off the process of developing a comprehensive resilience strategy that will enable the city to better survive, adapt and grow no matter what kinds of chronic stresses and acute shocks it experiences. The workshop brought together local officials and civic leaders, as well as engineers, architects, economists, faith leaders, academics and urban planners from around the city to participate in discussions on shared priorities and the essential elements for our preparedness plans.

Boston’s initiative includes a unique focus on social resilience.

Forty years after school desegregation, Boston remains a city affected by divisions of race and class that undermine community cohesion. Gaps in health, educational and economic outcomes are evidence of how these fissures weaken resilience. The goal of the 100RC Initiative is to find ways to infuse the principles of resilience into all aspects of local planning, ensuring the city’s ability to weather and recover from the physical, social and economic crises that are increasingly prevalent in the 21st century.

In the months following today’s workshop, the city will continue to engage those stakeholders, resilience experts and 100RC

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staff in drafting the plan. As part of the process, Walsh is seeking applicants for the position of chief resiliency officer for the City of Boston to ensure Boston’s resilience strategy incorporates and responds to the overarching issues facing Boston, including racial and socio-economic inequity, the lack of affordable housing, unemployment and underemployment, violence, climate change, flooding and terrorism.

The position is funded through 100RC. The CRO will report directly to the Mayor and will support the development of a resilience strategy and policy discussion in the city that includes an assessment of our social resilience opportunities and challenges. The CRO will also work with external stakeholders towards a shared vision on economic development, transportation, housing, climate change and the arts. Boston residency is required for this position. Interested applicants can apply at the City of Boston’s website: http://www.cityofboston. gov/ohr/careercenter/

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Karyn Polito announced that in response to the governor’s May 12th request, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has made low-interest Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDLs) available for Massachusetts small businesses and private non-profits impacted by this winter’s historic and unprecedented snowfall and freezing temperatures.

“The impact of unprecedented temperatures and snowfall is still being felt on main streets throughout the Commonwealth where extreme weather and crippled public transportation hindered day-to-day operations and the ability of customers and employees to get to work, frequent their local businesses or provide critical services,” Baker said. “As we continue to work with state and federal disaster officials and pursue public transit reforms, these low-interest loans are key to providing economic recovery assistance to Massachusetts’ small businesses and non-profits.”

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“After an especially trying winter with record snowfall and freezing temperatures, many of our small businesses and non-profits are still struggling to make up for the lost opportunities and activity,” said Lt. Governor Polito. “We encourage those who are eligible to pursue the resources being made available by the Small Business Administration to aid in the recovery of the economic vitality of our cities and towns across the Commonwealth.”

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continued from page 1 be particularly challenging as the mayor forges ahead to reach the 53,000 threshold.

Report highlights

The report showed that the city was on track with the mayor’s goals for total housing and low-income units. The latter was bolstered by last week’s announcement of nearly $39 million in city funding to support affordable housing developments across Boston.

The city did not do as well regarding the creation of middle-income housing nor the construction of senior housing or student dormitories, although the report noted progress on both fronts. The city authorized construction of 284 new units of low-income senior housing (89 percent of its target rate) and 2014 set a record for the number of dormitory completions.

Last week’s progress report is meant to be the first of many. In addition to quarterly reports, an end-of-the-year annual report will be forthcoming.

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Gail Latimore, executive director of the Codman Square Neighborhood Development Corporation, said she thought progress on housing thus far was encouraging.

“I’m pleased it’s moving forward,” she said. “It’s a good start.”

She said the difficulty is in securing enough financing to reach the mayor’s goals.

“Financial resources are a concern,” she said. “The resources at the public level have diminished significantly — federal, state, etc … [We’re looking at] expanding those resources, maybe through some form of public-private partnerships. But to make it affordable, you always have to have public financing. And that’s the problem, there’s a limit to how much exists.”

Challenges aside, Latimore said, the mayor’s focus on housing production opens doors for significant changes.

“This is an opportunity to be like a learning lab for equity development,” she said.

She cited the 1987 South End Neighborhood Housing Initiative plan as an example of a city effort that had aggressively tried to address issues of affordable housing and equitable development.

That plan promoted an affordability standard for projects built on city-owned land that split evenly into three parts: one-third low-income, one-third moderate income and one-third market rate. It also called for giving preference in the developer selection process to minority-owned businesses, community development corporations and joint ventures with such groups.

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Jeanne Pinado, chief executive officer of the Madison Park Development Corporation, also said she welcomed the city’s effort.

“I do think it’s really important to set goals. That’s what drives the city toward doing what they need to do,” she said. “They ought to be applauded for [that].”

She also underscored what she said was one of the bigger challenges in building affordable housing: creating homes for middle-income families, which the mayor’s report noted had lagged behind its quarterly goal.

“I’m not surprised that middle income housing is the toughest,” she said. “There are subsidies for low-income [housing]. The money is there [from federal and city sources], it’s just a matter of getting access to sites and completing the public approval process. … And for market rate housing, there’s a huge demand, and it’s profitable for developers to build it.

That leaves the middle — why would a developer focus on the middle?”

She then cited the Inclusionary Development Project Fund, administered by the Boston Redevelopment Authority, as one tool in a limited arsenal. Developers can pay into the fund to get around affordability mandates from the city.

“It’s been a struggle to finance middle income housing in Roxbury without some kind of public subsidy,” she added. “The Inclusionary Development Project Fund is the only tool we have — and it’s probably not enough.”

She said she thought one possible model to address the issue might be found in the upcoming Related Beal development at Parcel 1B located in Bulfinch Triangle, which will include 239 units of affordable and workforce residential development.

Related Beal says the project will be the largest affordable and workforce unit residential project constructed in downtown Boston in more than 25 years. Construction is slated to begin in December and expects to wrap up by 2017.

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MATTAPAN STATION SALE COMMUNITY MEETING June 9th, 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM

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All members of the public are invited to attend an update meeting on the MBTA’s planned sale of the commuter parking lot located next to Mattapan Red Line Station. The purpose of this meeting will be to provide the Mattapan community with an update of the MBTA’s intentions for this sale, along with a comprehensive briefing on the property itself and the MBTA’s formal process for property dispositions.

Mattapan Station’s parking lot, which consists of approximately 2.48 acres of land, is currently one of the more underutilized parking facilities on the MBTA system. The MBTA will seek to ensure that any development at the station will continue to provide for safe and efficient station operation and maintenance, pedestrian and vehicular access, bus circulation and a minimum of 50 commuter parking spaces.

To encourage public participation in this exciting opportunity, the MBTA will host a public meeting on June 9th from 5:30pm-7:30pm at Mattapan Branch of the Boston Public Library at 1350 Blue Hill Avenue.

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Worker-owned firm turns trash to cash CERO cooperative processes recycling, compost for restaurants

By MARTIN DESMARAIS With its recycling and composting business, Cooperative Energy, Recycling and Organics, known as CERO Cooperative, has dedicated its efforts to creating green jobs in the local food economy. The effort is something its leaders view as for the Boston community, but now CERO is asking the community to show its support — with cash.

In the new climate of crowdfunding and crowdsourcing, CERO is using what is known as a Direct Public Offering to raise the money it needs to back the business. Once approved through compliance regulators, a DPO opens the doors to non-accredited investors or anyone who wants stock in the company for putting money into it.

While CERO’s founders, a group of Dorchester, Roxbury and East Boston worker-owners, have been developing the recycling business since 2013, the business started operations in October 2014 and has hit the ground running.

The company takes waste from Boston restaurants and grocery stores, and then sorts it for recyclable materials and organic food waste for composting. Company officials estimate in its first year it will divert more than 1,000 tons of organic food waste from landfills and incinerators and return it to the food chain as composted soil for area farms.

CERO’s customer base includes America’s Food Basket, Northeastern University, the Daily Table and food business incubator CommonWealth Kitchen. Those companies account for 50 percent of the six tons of trash CERO is recycling each week.

Yet, as the customers rave, banks and lenders — as any small

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Minimum investment amount for CERO’s DPO percent The return per year that CERO stock is targeted to produce The number of investors in the DPO CERO has so far business owner knows — shake their heads “no” at the low-dollar loan amount CERO needs to continue to grow the business. The $350,000 CERO is seeking does not offer enough profit to traditional lenders for them to care.

But the Boston community certainly seems to. So far CERO has raised about $250,000 through its direct public offering. With an early June end date set for the DPO, CERO’s leaders are hopefully they can hit the target. Either way, the community has given the business the financial capital that banks and lenders would not.

“For us, a quarter of million dollars from investors in the community is a great vote of confidence,” said Lor Holmes, a CERO worker-owner who manages the organization.

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Those who invest in CERO receive stock in the company that is targeted to produce a 4 percent return a year. The minimum investment is $2,500 and CERO has about 50 investors so far in the DPO. According to Holmes, the money raised to date is enough to move forward with the business, but the additional capital will be used to fuel growth.

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CERO worker and owner Josefina Luna during a pickup at America’s Food Basket. Workers in background are America’s Food Basket employees.

She does point out, however, that CERO is not a nonprofit organization — the goal is to be a profitable and sustainable business.

“We are set to break even in year three and we are on target for that,” Holmes said.

Aside from the environmental benefits of reducing trash and putting organic waste back into the food loop — as compost for farms — CERO’s main selling point to customers is that it can save them money.

Since Boston does not pick up commercial trash, restaurants and grocery stores, for example, have to pay. The cost is tied directly in to weight so any trash that CERO can eliminate through recycling ultimately reduces the load and saves money.

Holmes said CERO cuts most of its customers’ trash bills in half.

“Anybody who is in a food-related business, generally their waste stream is 50 percent compostable,” Holmes said. “Once you take what is compostable out of the trash you would be surprised about

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how little there is — assuming you are recycling plastic and glass.”

The company charges customers a fee for pickup, which typically is around $50 for a ton of waste.

Commercial waste management companies often charge several hundred dollars or more to pick up a similar amount.

Sustainable jobs

What could ultimately be the key to success for CERO, though, is that the company is in the right place at the right time as the clamor for sustainable businesses and green jobs continues to rise throughout Boston. The talk increasingly is about transitioning to a different kind of economy — one that is more friendly to people and the planet.

“At CERO we are really happy to be playing a part in developing a green, sustainable and local economy,” Holmes said.

In fact, the company vision is not just about recycling and composting, but also energy production, remanufacturing and urban

agriculture.

Holmes began her work at CERO as a paid startup manager to get the business off the ground, through a grant that helped her to do so. But her passion for the businesses was such that she stayed on even after the grant money expired, becoming a worker-owner like the other founders.

Currently, CERO has five worker-owners, a board of directors and six employees doing commission sales work to get customers.

Tim Hall, one of the founding CERO worker-owners, calls his colleagues social entrepreneurs.

In his vision, CERO is taking environmental action and turning it into economic opportunity by providing jobs.

“This is not just about compost and recycling it is about including people that have been left out of this economy,” Hall said.

Hall would love to connect with the City of Boston to start a pipeline for formerly incarcerated workers or unemployed people from low-income areas.

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continued from page 1 including San Francisco (76 percent) and London (90 percent).

But as Boston Globe columnist Robin Washington pointed out, the report’s authors compared the entire MBTA system — trains, commuter rail, buses, boats, The Ride — to the subway component of other cities. By including all modes of transit in London, San Francisco and other cities the authors used in their analysis, the ratio of fares to revenue was comparable.

The report also was panned for including vacation time, jury duty, military service and other planned absences in its accounting of the MBTA’s absenteeism rate. Similarly, the report’s contention that $2.2 billion in capital funds allocated to the MBTA have gone unspent failed to mention that the funds were earmarked for specific projects, including the planned expansion of the Green Line through Somerville.

One aspect of the report with which transportation advocates agreed was the $6 billion price tag on maintenance projects and capital expenditures needed to restore

the MBTA’s functioning. That number includes replacement of 40-year-old rail cars, as well as updating signaling and other vital components of the system that failed during the winter storms.

“It is going to take billions in investment to deal with the backlog of maintenance and expand the

MBTA’s capacity for the future,” says Ostroff, who cautions that the T should plan to expand its capacity to anticipate growth in the region. “Our population is increasing.”

Without a well-functioning public transit system, businesses, schools and the state economy will

falter, Ostroff says.

“There is no statewide and regional economy without a well-functioning T that is affordable, reliable, safe and convenient.”

Dorcena Forry echoes calls for MBTA investment, noting that her 1st Suffolk Senate District is heavily public transit dependent, with service from the Red Line,

Fairmount Line, Silver Line, numerous bus routes and commuter rail and boat service.

“We all rely on the T,” Dorcena Forry said. “For me, the transportation infrastructure is a big concern. We in the Boston delegation will continue to support investment in the T. I’m hopeful that this is a first step.”

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Comic diva extraordinaire Meow Meow stars in An Audience With Meow Meow at Art Emerson.

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ourteen productions, a celebration of Latino theatre, the return of South African theater company Isango Ensemble, a greater female presence on stage and unique voices from artists around the globe are just some of the highlights in the 2015/2016 ArtsEmerson season: The World On Stage.

Arts Emerson’s new season which begins September 19 and runs through next May, presents a range of rich programming that includes September’s Mr. Joy, a play from resident artist Daniel Beaty. It’s a reflection on a Harlem community’s transformation following an attack on a Chinese-American resident named Mr. Joy. In October, the theatrical-cabaret show An Audience with Meow Meow debuts, and in November, Isango Ensemble’s production, uCarmen / A Midsummer Night’s Dream, hits the Cutler Majestic Theatre stage.

In a recent phone interview, Polly Carl, creative director for ArtsEmerson, said there are two things about the upcoming season that stood out for her and made her really excited.

“One, is they’re some great, great strong women in the season.

It’s really an impressive cast of strong women performers,” she said. “I’m kind of blown away by that. There’s Meow Meow, there’s Tangela Large in Mr. Joy, there’s Evelina Fernandez in Premeditation, there’s Valerie Vigoda in Ernest Shackleton, there’s uCarmen. It’s really an impressive showing for the importance of women in our profession. I feel that’s a struggle often.”

She goes on to add, “The other thing I’m really hyped about is that we have a long-term partnership with the Latino Theatre Commons in this country. It’s a relationship that began in HowlRound which also lives in the Office of the Arts. HowlRound helped facilitate a Latino festival and Latino plays in LA, so two of the shows are direct results of that work and those partnerships.

That’s Premeditation and Daughter of a Cuban Revolutionary.

I’m really happy to see that work come from LA and give Boston audiences a chance to see it.”

“HowlRound is a series of communication platforms that

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Terrence Partridge learned to cope with sensory overstimulation through the trombone and now performs with jazz bands and classical orchestras.

Bass Clef Bliss an inspiration PHOTO: MIKE RITTER

David C. Howse, Associate Vice President at Emerson College and Managing Director of the Office of the Arts and ArtsEmerson; Polly Carl, Creative Director for ArtsEmerson and Director of the Office of the Arts’ other flagship program, HowlRound; and David Dower, Vice President of the Office of the Arts and Artistic Director for ArtsEmerson.

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connect theater artists globally,” describes Carl. In the collective there’s a sharing of resources through an online journal, a live streaming television channel, and a new play data map.

“Ideally, it’s a place where the theater comes together on a global level for conversation and knowledge sharing,” she says.

Old and new

Carl, who arrived at Emerson College in 2012 along with David Dower, artistic director for Arts Emerson, have had a long history in the world of theater, including 13-year collaboration. Prior to Emerson, they both worked at Arena Stage, a not-for-profit regional theater based in Washington, D.C., with Dower as director of artistic programs and Carl the associate artistic director.

Because of their long-standing partnership, collaboration and their work in the theater, they’ve been fortunate to see a lot of shows and to interact with a lot of different artists.

“If you look at the season it’s both a reflection of the travel and scouting that we do for the work, and it’s also a reflection of relationships we have with artists,” notes Carl.

One of those relationships includes a partnership with Company One and Summer Williams. Williams will be directing the Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’ play titled An Octoroon described as “an exhilarating, booby-trapped slave-era production on race.” This will be ArtsEmerson’s second collaboration with the Boston theater company.

“They’re a great partner for us because they’re really engaged in a similar kind of conversation with their community. The conversations they’re having parallel ours in a way so this is a particularly good fit to do Octoroon with them,” says Carl.

In March, ArtsEmerson will present Three Sisters, a retelling of Chekov’s masterpiece from the Maly Drama Theatre of St. Petersburg, Russia. In April, the Chilean

company Teatrocinema presents Historia de Amor, “a twisted and violent tale with the grit and imagery of a graphic novel.” The season ends in May with the production of Premeditation from Los Angeles’ Latino Theater Company.

In short, there’s something for everyone.

“I feel like that is a real strength of our programming. You’re not going to all 14 shows but there’s going to be one, two, three or four things that are really relatable to you,” Carl says.

When asked about his hopes for the coming season, Dower says “We are really pushing the envelope on the international part of our mission, asking people to take a chance with us on different forms and different languages.

So we are preparing to make that leap easier for folks, making the texts available, creating book clubs and pre-show conversations, meeting the artists, and then hosting spaces for discussion after these incredible adventures at the theater. We want to inspire a discussion around difference, inclusion, and the power of art to transform us and our city. The shoes are the prompt, the provocation. It’s what surrounds them.

That is the point.”

Mother and son’s adjustment to autism chronicled in biopic

By KAM WILLIAMS Before Terrence Partridge turned 2, his parents first noticed delays in the development of age-appropriate social skills. In fact, he actually began to regress soon thereafter, as words he was using began to disappear from his vocabulary.

It would be a couple more years before his parents received the devastating diagnosis that their son was autistic. Unfortunately, the marriage would not last, as is so often the case with families touched by autism, and the burden of raising Terrence would fall entirely on his mother Therese’s shoulders.

Since early intervention can be critical in a child’s prognosis, he was lucky she committed herself to giving him the love and support of more than two parents. His mother resolved to become an expert in autism, since it can manifest in myriad ways, making what might be

viable treatment for one child totally inappropriate for another.

Musical interest

In Terrence’s case, he exhibited an early interest in music, and is among the one in 10,000 people blessed with perfect pitch. Recognizing his talent, his mother proceeded to cultivate it with the help of Louise Titlow, Terrence’s trombone instructor.

Under his patient teacher’s tutelage, the boy blossomed into a promising prodigy. He would one day play in San Diego’s New Youth Classical Orchestra as well as jazz in a combo led by trumpeter Gilbert Castllanos.

Louise Titlow modestly describes her student’s seemingly miraculous achievements with, “All it takes with Terrence or any autistic child is a little bit more love, a little more time, and a little more faith.”

She says, “He can be an angel of healing self-expression through music, and heal others as he’s uplifting himself.”

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young people to be leaders.”

The group says the funding for the SuccessLink youth jobs program (previously the Boston Youth Fund’s HOPELINE) has not been increased in a substantive way in five years. The YJPU group is calling for an increase in the city’s youth jobs budget to $9.6 million.

An organizer with the group clarified in an email to the Banner that while there has been one recent increase in funding, it went to cover the increase in the state’s minimum wage, rather than expanding the number of jobs available which the group seeks.

The BYF has provided employment opportunities for Boston youth at non-profit organizations across the city for more than twenty years. It is managed under the city’s Department of Youth Engagement and Employment.

YJPU led a group of about one hundred young people and youth advocates from Park Street station through the streets of downtown, ending at City Hall. They walked in silence with mock caskets painted with the words “RIP Youth Jobs” and signs calling for more investment in youth programs.

At City Hall, they split into two groups. The first staged a sit-in outside the building for five minutes to symbolize the five years without a funding increase, while the second went to Mayor Martin Walsh’s office and staged a similar sit-in. Because it was close to 5:00 on Wednesday, the sit-in did not disrupt much foot traffic except for a few city staff members leaving the office for the day.

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(left) Students and activists convened at Park Street station last week before heading on a silent ‘funeral’ procession to protest a lack of more robust funding for city-sponsored youth jobs. (right) Students from Boston Latin School and UMass carry a mock coffin painted with the words “RIP Youth Jobs.”

In addition to the funding issue, youth organizers also want the age range for SuccessLink expanded to cover 14- to 19-year-olds. Mayor Walsh previously expanded the program’s eligibility to include 18-year-olds.

Contract for youth

The group points to a contract that Mayor Walsh signed during his campaign at a youth forum on October 16, 2013 that included commitments similar to what they are pushing for now. These include the age expansion and a

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request for increased funding that would generate 5,000 summer jobs. The group told the Banner that they wanted the 5,000 jobs to come from city funding in addition to the roughly 6,000 private sector jobs that the city coordinates through public-private partnerships.

The break-down in numbers between jobs created through strict public funding and jobs leveraged through public-private partnerships appears to be a main sticking point. The mayor’s office responded to the Banner’s request for comment on YPJU’s demands with a statement emphasizing the role of such public-private partnerships in creating youth jobs.

“In 2014 alone, the mayor’s Summer Jobs Program, including public and private sector partners, provided over 10,000 youth jobs,” said mayoral deputy press secretary Juli Hanscom via email. “While local government is a leader in these efforts, the private sector also plays a major role in providing young people with meaningful employment experiences, and a productive, safe working environment. We appreciate the commitment of our private sector partners, and continue to engage new companies to cultivate young talent in the City.”

While the total of 10,000 jobs touted by the Mayor’s Office sounds much larger than what YPJU is calling for, the difference lies in how many of those jobs

come directly from city funding versus public-private partnerships.

“The mayor’s FY16 budget includes an increase in funding to maintain the more than 3,300 youth summer jobs funded directly by the City with this year’s increase in minimum wage,” Hancsom said in her email statement. The YJPU organizers want to see that 3,300 number increased to 5,000.

A seat at the table

At the Wednesday march, the YJPU group also called for a direct sit-down meeting with the mayor, in keeping with the October 2013 contract.

The group said they have reached out to the Mayor’s Office multiple times to schedule an appointment but so far have not been able to sit down with him personally. They said they had meetings with two of his staff members but that they wanted to meet with the Mayor himself.

“We’ve tried to hold meetings with the mayor,” said Ziquelle Smalls, an organizer with YJPU. “We get meetings with city councilors. Unfortunately, we just get [the mayor’s] front desk.”

Another organizer with the group clarified via email that while the mayor did sit down earlier this year with some of YJPU’s partner groups — Boston Student Advisory Council and Youth Organizers United for the Now Generation — for an introductory meeting to discuss education, his office had not

responded to at least five requests from YJPU to meet with them on youth jobs specifically.

The Mayor’s Office confirmed for the Banner that the group did not have a scheduled appointment with the mayor on the day of the ‘funeral’ march. When marchers went to his office anyways to stage their sit-in, a staff member at the front desk said that the mayor was not there. The group opted to provide their contact information to another staff member, Yvonne Ortiz, who said the mayor’s office would follow up with them about the possibility of scheduling a future meeting.

The matter of personal meetings with the mayor is significant to the YJPU group because the same October 2013 contract includes a commitment from Walsh to “meet with leading youth organizers of Boston within the first month of my term, and after that every three months, so that I make sure youth play a key role around youth policy, particularly as it relates to jobs, education, and transportation.”

Smalls said the group had met in person with several city councilors, including Ayanna Pressley, Tito Jackson, Charles Yancey, Matt O’Malley and Michelle Wu. As they wrapped up their sit-in on Wednesday, the activists signaled their intent to continue the conversation.

“We’re going to hold [the Mayor] accountable,” said Roy James Daley, an YJPU organizer on Wednesday. “We’ll be back.”

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Sealed General Bids for MPA CONTRACT NO. L1281-C3, AIRFIELD WIDE SNOWMELTING SYSTEM UPGRADE – PHASE I, AT LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02128-2909, will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Capital Programs Department Office, Suite 209S, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128-2909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 17, 2015 immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly.

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PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT OFFICE, SUITE 209S, LOGAN OFFICE CENTER, ONE HARBORSIDE DRIVE, EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02128-2909 AT 10:00 A.M. LOCAL TIME ON TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 2015.

The work includes DEMOLITION AND DISPOSAL OF EXISTING DIESEL FIRED SNOWMELTER AND INSTALLATION OF NEW OWNER SUPPLIED GAS FIRED SNOWMELTER. SPECIFIC ITEMS OF WORK INCLUDE REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL OF EXISTING SNOWMELTER AND INFRASTUCTURE INCLUDING FUEL TANK AND MELTING PIT; CONSTRUCTION OF NEW SNOWMELTER INFRASTRUCTURE; UTILITY CONNECTIONS; SNOWMELTER INSTALLATION AND COMMISSIONING. Bid documents will be made available beginning WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2015.

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

The estimated contract cost is SEVEN HUNDRED SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($765,000).

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

The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and a labor and materials payment bond, each in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract price. The surety shall be a surety company or securities satisfactory to the Authority. Attention is called to the minimum rate of wages to be paid on the work as determined under the provisions of Chapter 149, Massachusetts General Laws, and Section 26 to 27 G, inclusive, as amended.

The Contractor will be required to pay minimum wages in accordance with the schedules listed in Division II, Special Provisions of the Specifications, which wage rates have been predetermined by the U. S. Secretary of Labor and /or the Commissioner of Labor and Industries of Massachusetts, whichever is greater.

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

This contract is subject to a Minority/Women Owned Business Enterprise participation provision requiring that not less than FIVE AND SIX TENTHS PERCENT (5.6%) of the Contract be performed by minority and women owned business enterprise contractors. With respect to this provision, bidders are urged to familiarize themselves thoroughly with the Bidding Documents. Strict compliance with the pertinent procedures will be required for a bidder to be deemed responsive and eligible.

This Contract is also subject to Affirmative Action requirements of the Massachusetts Port Authority contained in Article 84 of the General Requirements and Covenants, and to the Secretary of Labor’s Requirement for Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Opportunity and the Standard Federal Equal Opportunity Construction Contract Specifications (Executive Order 11246).

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

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

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NOTICE TO TRADE CONTRACTORS REQUEST FOR TRADE CONTRACTOR QUALIFICATIONS The MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY is soliciting Statements of Qualifications from TRADE CONTRACTORS interested in performing work for L1346-C2, TERMINAL E RENOVATION ENHANCEMENTS, LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. The Authority is seeking Qualification Statements from Trade Contractors who have a demonstrated experience in the construction and implementation of similar work in terms of scale and complexity as required for Terminal E Located at Logan International Airport. In accordance with Massachusetts construction manager at-risk requirements, MGL Chapter 149A Section 8, Qualification Statements are being requested from trade contractors capable of performing the following classes of work: Waterproofing, Damp-proofing and Caulking, Tile, Terrazzo, Acoustical Ceilings, Resilient Floors, Painting, Fire Protection, Plumbing, Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, Electrical.

The proposed project shall include no more than 100,000 SF of new addition space and the renovation of 150,000 SF existing space, located at Terminal E, to accommodate new airline service providers and their fleet of aircraft.

The construction duration for this phase is approximately twenty (20) months. The estimated value of work to be performed by trade contractors is as follows:

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of Qualifications received in response to this solicitation, followed by an Invitation to Bidders that will only be issued to the prequalified trade contractors. A Prequalification Committee consisting of four representatives, one each from the Designer and the CM at Risk and two Massport staff.

This Prequalification Committee will be conducting a qualifications-based evaluation of submittals received from interested trade contractors in order to identify prequalified trade contractors who will be invited to respond to a written Invitation to Bidders. Please note that the Authority is not utilizing this process to prequalify subcontractors who are not trade contractors which shall be done separately in accordance with MGL C149A, Section 8, subsection (j).

Qualification Statements shall be evaluated in accordance with the following criteria; (1) Management Experience; (2) Project References including a Public Project Record and (3) Capacity to Complete including a demonstration that the contractor has the financial stability and long-term viability to successfully implement the Project. A Supplemental Information Package that discusses these Evaluation Criteria and the Prequalification Process in more detail as well as any other requirements for the Qualification Statements will be available to interested parties beginning May 28, 2015, by contacting Susan Brace at 617-568-5961 or via email at sbrace@massport.com A Project Briefing will be held on Wednesday, June 10, 2015, at 9:00 AM in the Capital Programs Department, Logan Office Center, 2nd floor, 1 Harborside Drive, East Boston, MA. Attendance at the briefing is not mandatory, however, it is strongly encouraged in order to best familiarize your firm with the project details and the prequalification process.

Seven (7) copies of a bound document each limited to 20 sheets (40 pages), exclusive of covers and dividers and resumes which shall be limited to one page, shall be printed on both sides of the sheet (8 ½” x 11”) and shall be addressed to Mr. Houssam H. Sleiman, P.E., CCM, Director of Capital Programs and Environmental Affairs, and received no later than 12:00 Noon on Thursday, June 25, 2015, at the Massachusetts Port Authority, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, Suite 209S, Logan International Airport, East Boston, MA 02128-2909. Any submittal that exceeds the page limit set here or that is not received in the Capital Programs Department by the above deadline shall be rejected as non-responsive.

Questions regarding this RFQ shall be submitted in writing and directed to cpbidquestions@massport.com with the Project name and number included in the subject line of the email.

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR INVITATION TO BID The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority is seeking bids for the following: BID NO.

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*WRA-4050

Purchase of Four (4) Flood Barrier Doors

06/09/15

12:00 p.m.

*WRA-4046

Supply and Delivery of Sodium 06/10/15 Hydroxide Deer Island Treatment Plant

2:00 p.m.

*S538

Continuous Emissions Monitoring System Service

2:00 p.m.

**OP-285

Fire Protection Sprinkler System 06/25/15 Service

06/11/15

2:00 p.m.

The Pre-Bid Conference and site visit will be on 6/4/15 at 10:00am at 190 Harvard St. Brookline, MA. For an appointment call Akil Alexander at 617308-8118 The Contract Documents may be seen, but not removed at: Nashoba Blue Inc. 433 Main Street Hudson, MA 01749 978-568-1167 Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU15P1091EA

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Edith Williams Also known as: Edith Marie DeVaughn Williams Date of Death: 12/12/2014 To all interested persons: A petition has been filed by Geraldine Grice of Mattapan, 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 Geraldine Grice of Mattapan, 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 06/11/2015. 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: May 12, 2015 Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU15P1159EA

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication

*To access and bid on Event(s) please go to the MWRA Supplier Portal at www.mwra.com. **To obtain Contract Documents on Compact Disc (CD) email request to MWRADocumentDistribution@mwra.com.

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

The Brookline Housing Authority, the Awarding Authority, invites sealed bids from General Contractors for the Renovation of Entry Halls, Replacement of Doors and Ceiling Repairs at the Col. Floyd Apartments in Brookline, Massachusetts, in accordance with the documents prepared by Buck, Smith & McAvoy Architects, Inc. dated April 30, 2015.

The Project consists of: Repairing all unit ceilings & skim coat the screw plates.

Replacing apartment entry & bathroom doors with associated hardware.

Painting the interiors of stair halls (Some under base bid & some by alternate #1).

Replacement of hardware on rear egress doors by alternate #2.

Touch up painting to select exterior entries by alternate #3 Skim coat ceiling with veneer plaster and apply a finished coat of paint by alternate #4.

The work is estimated to cost $$350,000 (including all alternates).

Estate of Rory Wingham Date of Death: 12/05/2014 To all interested persons: A petition has been filed by Kyle Wingham of Sidcup, Kent, UK 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 Kyle Wingham of Sidcup, Kent, UK 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 06/18/2015. 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: May 18, 2015 Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate

Bids are subject to M.G.L. c.149 §44A-J & to minimum wage rates as required by M.G.L. c.l49 §§26 to 27H inclusive.

General bidders (pre-qualified) must be certified by the Division of Capital Asset Management and Maintenance (DCAMM) in the following category of work — General Building and must submit a current DCAMM Certificate of Eligibility and signed DCAMM Prime Update Statement (Form CQ 3).

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

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

Filed Sub-bids for the trades listed below will be received until 6/11/15 at 2:00 and publicly opened, forthwith online.

Filed sub-bidders must be DCAMM certified for the trades listed below and bidders must include a current DCAMM Sub-Bidder Certificate of Eligibility and a signed DCAMM Sub-Bidder’s Update Statement.

SUBTRADES SECTION 09900- PAINTING All Bids should be submitted electronically online at www.biddocsonline.com and received no later than the date and time specified above.

Deposits may be electronically paid or must be a check. This deposit will be refunded for up to two sets for general bidders and for one set for sub-bidders upon return of the sets in good condition within thirty days of receipt of general bids. Otherwise the deposit shall be the property of the Awarding Authority.

Additional sets may be purchased for $30.

Docket No. SU15P0209GD

In the interests of Kayshawn Amari Barrett of Roxbury, MA Minor

General Bids will be received until 6/18/15 at 2:00pm and publicly opened, forthwith online.

General bids and sub-bids shall be accompanied by a bid deposit that is not $258,000.

Waterproofing, Damp-proofing and Caulking less than five (5%) of the greatest possible bid amount (considering all alterTile $1,007,000. nates), and made payable to the Brookline Housing Authority.

Terrazzo $1,135,000.

Acoustical Ceilings $34,000.

Bid Forms and Contract Documents will be available for pick-up at www.bid Resilient Floors $64,000. docsonline.com (may be viewed electronically and hardcopy requested) or at Painting $411,000.

Nashoba Blue, Inc. at 433 Main Street, Hudson, MA 01749 (978-568-1167).

Fire Protection $1,427,000.

Plumbing $2,700,000.

There is a plan deposit of $30 per set (maximum of 2 sets) payable to Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning $10,804,000.

BidDocs Online Inc. Electrical $10,700,000.

The Authority is implementing this project in accordance with MGL Chapter 149A, Sections 1 thru 13. This selection of trade contractors conforms to MGL Chapter 149A, Section 8, subsections (b) to (k) inclusive. This Request for Qualifications (RFQ) will be utilized to prequalify trade contractors capable and experienced in the construction of parking garages and terminal buildings. The Authority shall utilize a two-step process including the prequalification of trade contractors based on an evaluation of the Statement

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

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NOTICE TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES Hearing Date/Time: A hearing on a Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Minor filed on 01/29/2015 by Patricia Barrett of Roxbury, MA will be held 06/26/2015 08:30 AM Review Hearing Located at 24 New Chardon Street, 3rd floor, Boston, MA 02114 Probation Department.

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Response to Petition: You may respond by filing a written response to the Petition or by appearing in person at the hearing. If you choose to file a written response, you need to:

File the original with the Court; and Mail a copy to all interested parties at least five (5) business days before the hearing.

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

4.

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

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

Date: April 17, 2015

Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate

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The estimated contract cost is NINE HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($950,000.00).

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

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

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

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

Bid documents will be made available beginning WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2015.

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

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

The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance and Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000.00). Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional

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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. AP1529-C1, FY 2016-18 NONAIRSIDE PAVEMENT REPAIRS - TERM CONTRACT, MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY FACILITIES, BOSTON AND BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Capital Programs Department Office, Suite 209S, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128-2909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2015, immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly.

NOTE:

PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 11:00 AM LOCAL TIME ON TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 2015.

The work includes EXCAVATION, PAVEMENT SAW CUTTING, BITUMINOUS CONCRETE PAVEMENT PATCHING, MILLING, AND OVERLAY, CURB SETTING, CASTING ADJUSTMENTS AND STRUCTURE REMODELING, CONCRETE PAVEMENT AND SIDEWALKS, PAVEMENT MARKINGS, MAINTENANCE OF TRAFFIC, AND OTHER INCIDENTAL WORK ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS.

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

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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1, 2 and 3-bedrooms apartments available. Apartments are located in Framingham, MA. Moderate-Income Guidelines Apply Open enrollment period: June 1, 2015 – July 31, 2015 For lottery application forms and submissions: Email MABlueSkies@avalonbay.com, call 508-875-0808 or visit (on or after June 1st): Avalon Framingham, 40 Riverpath Drive, Framingham, MA 01701 Application forms may also be submitted via Fax: 508-875-1818

Applications pick-up from City Hall, 95 Pleasant St., Gardner, MA or online PeabodyProperties.com; or by phone 508-430-PINE (7463) Mail completed application to: Peabody Properties, Inc., c/o 30 Pine Lottery, 536 Granite St., Braintree, MA 02184; or email to 30pine@peabodyproperties.com; or fax: 781-794-1001 Deadline: Postmarked by 7/20/15 Info Session - 6/23/15 - 2 & 6PM Lottery Drawing - 8/6/15 - 2PM Both events held at Gardner Historical Museum 28 Pearl Street, Gardner, MA

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$850+ $783 $975+ ** $1,294 $1,206 **

60% 50% 60% 30% 60% 50% 30%

10 2 30 6 4 1 2

Heat & Hot Water Included **Sec.8 units administered through RCAP Housing Authority

Income Limits (as of 3/6/15)*: #HH 30% AMI 50% AMI 60% AMI 1 $18,400 $30,650 $36,780 2 $21,000 $35,000 $42,000 3 $23,650 $39,400 $47,280 4 $26,250 $43,750 $52,500 5 $28,410 $47,250 $56,700 6 $32,570 $50,750 $60,900

*Rents & income limits based on HUD guidelines & subject to change. Please inquire in advance for reasonable accommodation.

Info contained herein subject to change w/o notice.

* Avalon Framingham Residents are responsible for gas, electric, water/sewer, phone, and cable utilities.

Additional Fees for pets and premium parking may apply.

Voucher holders are encouraged to apply.

Household Maximum Income Limits 80% Program One Person: $48,800 | Two People: $55,800 | Three People: $62,750 Four People: $69,700 | Five People: $75,300 | Six People: $80,900 Seven People: $86,450

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Program Restrictions Apply.

3BR Single Family Homes for $198,600

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Monthly Rents (80% Program)* 1 Bedroom: $1,259 | 2 Bedrooms: $1,394 | 3 Bedrooms: $1,545

Parker Hill Apartments

All affordable homes will be at least 1,544 (and may be up to 1,932 sqft, not including an unfinished basement) and have 3 bedrooms, 1.5 to 2 bathrooms, central A/C, Energy Star windows, and garage parking for at least one car. The first affordable homes were made available in April 2015.

This is an opportunity for the 7 remaining affordable Single Family Homes being built at The Pines in Dighton, MA. These 7 homes will be sold at affordable prices to households with incomes at or below 80% of the area median income.

DORCHESTER/ MILTON 1st Class Office Space Corner of Gallivan Blvd and Washington St ample parking.

$1500/mo. heated

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The Maximum Income Limits for Households are as follows: $44,950 (1 person), $51,350 (2 people), $57,750 (3 people), $64,150 (4 people), $69,300 (5 people) and $74,450 (6 people) Rates and Income Limits May Change With or Without Notice. Apartments contain FHA compliant features for persons with disabilities. AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

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SENIOR LIVING AT ITS BEST! Affordable senior apartments located on the beautiful grounds of Admiral’s Hill in Chelsea, this active senior housing co-op is within walking distance to shopping, banks, churches, and is on the MBTA bus line.

Will be accepting applications for placement on the waiting list for housing from June 1, 2015 to August 31, 2015 Neptune Towers is a project based Section 8 community, income restrictions apply

Features such as: • Scenic view of the Boston skyline • Plenty of space for outdoor relaxation • Transportation to Stop & Shop • New beauty parlor, shops & a flea market close-by • Well-maintained library • Emergency response person always available Social activities include: Bingo, Luncheons, Holiday Parties & More!!

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(Directly off West Street SW of the intersection of Route 27 and West Street) Medfield, MA 02052

BRAND NEW AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS 1 bedroom starting at $995* 2 bedroom starting at $1,176* 3 bedroom starting at $1,345* *INCOME RESTRICTIONS APPLY The Parc at Medfield offers the ultimate in amenities including a luxurious clubhouse, fitness center, business center with computers, playground and community garden. Spacious apartment homes feature ceramic tile, wood flooring, washers and dryers available, decorator designed kitchens with silestone countertops and are wired for cable TV, internet and phone.

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Lead Instructors (Mon – Fri: 7am - 3pm) Bachelor's Degree and two (2) years of experience, required.

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The Central Transportation Planning Staff (CTPS) of the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) is seeking a manager for its MPO Certification Activities Group. This individual will be responsible for managing the MPO’s 3C planning process and related activities and programs.

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Reasonable accommodations made on request Applications must be submitted or postmarked by no later than August 31, 2015

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Applications will be available for current and future vacancies: SETH I: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 bedroom apartments SETH II: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 bedroom apartments

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Criterion Child Enrichment, a private non-profit corporation that specializes in developmentally appropriate programs and services for young children and their families, is seeking:

Speech Language Pathologists Occupational Therapists Physical Therapists Developmental Specialist Pediatric Registered Nurses Social Workers Psychologists Full Time, Part Time and Fee-for-Service positions are available at our Early Intervention Programs throughout Massachusetts.

Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree with two (2) years of experience and a current MA license, required.

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