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Protesters at a Roxbury march last week organized by Mass Action Against Police Brutality. A second march in Mattapan organized by We Are The Ones and Pan African Alliance happened on Saturday.
From Baltimore to Boston, a unified cry for justice Groups march against profiling, police violence By ELIZA DEWEY For a few brief moments on Saturday, all traffic stopped and everything was quiet at the intersection of Morton Street and Blue Hill Ave in Mattapan. Protesters organized by two grassroots groups, We Are The Ones and Pan African Alliance, had joined hands and formed a large circle stretching around the intersection. “This is what community looks like,” one of the organizers proclaimed from the center of the circle. “It looks like everything on
pause for one moment….to love each other.” The Saturday march was one of two demonstrations last week organized by activists to express solidarity with protesters in Baltimore and draw parallels between the police killing of Freddie Gray there and other abuses of police power in Boston and nationwide. Although charges were filed last Friday against the six officers involved in Gray’s death, rally attendees at both marches emphasized that the issue extended beyond any one individual legal case. At a rally on Wednesday, protesters spoke out against what
they said was a pattern of impunity for police officers who use deadly force against people of color. “Until the cops are held accountable, this is not going to stop,” said Nikia Ramsey, sister of Burrell Ramsey-White, who was fatally shot in Boston by a police officer in 2012. “Justice is bringing these people to justice by a jury of their peers – and that’s us.” The officer in the Ramsey-White shooting was cleared of wrongdoing by the Suffolk District Attorney’s office in 2013, but
Allege ISD chief’s former firm gives developer inside track By YAWU MILLER When real estate developer Joe LaRosa invited neighbors to review a project he planned for 145-147 Cedar Street last year, neighbors were worried that his planned teardown of a two-family home to build a six-unit building would fall into a familiar pattern of overly dense and poorly constructed houses they say he has built throughout Roxbury. “His renderings were awful,” said Highland Park neighborhood activist Rodney Singleton. “The houses he has built in this neighborhood are cheap. They’re shabby construction. They’re not in keeping with the fabric of this neighborhood.” Less than a year later and with no significant changes to his development plan, LaRosa began construction, unleashing a wave of complaints — chief among them, that the architectural firm LaRosa hired, Roche-Christopher Architecture,
LLC, has ties to its founder William “Buddy” Christopher, now commissioner of the city’s Inspectional Services Department. ISD Spokeswoman Lisa Timberlake said Christopher left the firm last year before he was appointed commissioner in May. “He severed all ties with that firm last year,” she said. “He filed full disclosure forms at the City Clerk’s office.” Christopher’s son James Christopher now is managing the firm. While Christopher may be in compliance with state ethics laws, abutters say his ties to the firm conflict with his role as enforcer of the city building code that they say LaRosa often violates. “From our point of view, it’s a conflict of interest,” Singleton said. “It just smells bad.” Neighbor Joyce Stanley says she sent a letter of complaint about Christopher’s apparent connection to the project.
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City elections: slow boil or DOA? Sans mayoral race, candidates push turnout By ELIZA DEWEY Conventional wisdom says that municipal elections in years without a mayoral race are slow and sleepy affairs. But that hasn’t stopped a wide range of candidates from throwing their hats in the ring for the city council races this year. And there may be enough topics on Bostonians’ minds this year to drive up interest. “Because there’s so many things going on, including the Olympics and questions about how that will affect Roxbury, I
think you’re going to see people show interest,” said Woody Vainqueur of the RoxVote Coalition, a nonpartisan coalition that works to increase voter turnout and civic engagement in Roxbury. Vainqueur added that the issue of the games gambit connected to bigger issues. “Housing concerns stem out of [the Olympic issue], jobs issues stem out of that,” he said. “Any candidate….should definitely ensure housing is what they’re talking about. That’s the need.” Cheryl Crawford, Executive Director of MassVote, said the difficult winter may also have reminded people of the importance
that municipal government plays in their daily lives. “Our numbers [in communities of color] over the years have been low,” she said. “But you saw how in certain communities they dealt with snow and trash removal versus other communities that are less diverse…More attention is paid to communities with higher [voter] turnout.” All 13 incumbents are up for re-election this year. The candidates for the at-large seats are: incumbents Michelle Wu, Ayanna Pressley, Stephen J. Murphy and Michael F. Flaherty, as well as Annissa Essaibi
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Cedar Street resident Rodney Singleton says developer Joe LaRosa’s planned sixunit development is too dense for this site, half of which is occupied by a puddingstone outcrop.
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Rox. residents not really buying Olympic promise By ELIZA DEWEY
Roxbury community members took to the mic at a public meeting last week on the city’s Olympic bid, voicing a general view that ranged from gentle skepticism to sharp concern. While some residents supported the plan as a chance to bring potential investment to the area, the overall sentiment at the city-sponsored meeting was that Boston2024, the group behind the Olympic push, has not answered enough of residents’ questions for them to hop on board just yet. Residents raised the same concerns about transparency and public process that have dogged Boston2024 since January, as well as issues more specific to Roxbury: residential displacement and the desire for a concrete plan to include minority business owners in games-related contracting. The meeting was the fourth city-sponsored meeting on the Olympic proposal, and featured Boston2024 CEO Rich Davey, city representative John FitzGerald of the BRA, general counsel Paige Scott Reed, Olympic rower Tracy Brown, and Corey Dinopoulos, a Dracut native who first started promoting a Boston Olympics as part of a passion project several years ago.
Many residents tied their qualms to painful memories of other times when large-scale, topdown planning in Boston was not kind to many of the city’s black residents. Sarah Ann Shaw, the former WBZ-TV reporter who lives in Roxbury, said she was concerned the Olympic gambit sounded too much like the city’s experimentations
with urban renewal from the 1960s to the 1980s, when the city used eminent domain to seize and raze large swaths of residential land. “I’m just concerned, having lived through that, that we are not being sold something that happened in Washington Park [an urban renewal area],” she said. “We are still suffering from urban renewal.” Other residents linked the
project to contemporary concerns about displacement, a topic that has gained considerable attention as the area has seen significant economic development and the expansion of local universities like Northeastern.
Displacement fears
“People, read between the lines,” one audience member implored his neighbors as he reached the microphone. “What is happening [in this city] is gentrification, and Boston 2024 is just another way to speed it up.” “They moved us out of the South End,” another man said, addressing the panel. “I see your benefit, but I
don’t see no benefit for the people. All I know is, everywhere we’ve been, we’ve been bamboozled. We’ve been hoodwinked.” Mayor Walsh has stated publicly that he will not allow the use of eminent domain – by which the government seizes private land for development – in order to facilitate the bid. FitzGerald said that he heard audience members concerns about displacement loud and clear. “I’m completely with you on this issue,” he said. “I rent now. I wish I could buy!” He added a personal note almost identical to what audience members repeatedly expressed: “I don’t want to be priced out of my city.” Paige Scott Reid, Boston2024’s general counsel, said the group took their concerns seriously. “There have been worries about displacement. Part of the answer is available housing – making sure affordable housing [stock] increases,” she said. “We are putting together a group to look at other cities and mitigate that threat.” Boston2024 has emphasized that the construction of housing units for the athlete’s village – proposed for Dorchester’s Harbor Point – would help address the city’s housing crunch by adding a significant number of units to the market’s supply. A specific plan on the housing issue has not yet been released. Officials said options include keeping the units there to essentially create a new neighborhood or moving the housing units – which Boston2024 says will be easy to transport – elsewhere in the city. They have said repeatedly that the housing units could fit into Mayor Walsh’s
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Former T manager calls for coordinated transit planning By YAWU MILLER The massive snow drifts that shut Boston down are long gone, but former MBTA General Manager Beverly Scott’s passion for the state’s public transit system seems no less apparent than it was during the Feb. 10 press conference when she delivered an animated defense of the public transit workers and the system that ground to a halt under the crushing weight of the winter storms. To some, the MBTA’s system failure exposed the effects of decades of delayed maintenance that have forced MBTA workers to make do with 40-year-old rail cars that lack replacement parts. Others saw the MBTA’s breakdown as symptomatic of ineffective management. Scott, however, sees the episode as an opportunity for a deeper conversation in Massachusetts about the state’s transit needs. “I really hope that what comes out of this unprecedented winter event would not be a race to blame,” she said in an interview with the Banner. “The one thing that’s clear is that this capital city, this region and this commonwealth won’t work without the T.” That fact was driven home, as many commuters were forced to stay home, crippling and shutting down businesses throughout the region. Other lessons emerged from reports that have come out in the aftermath of the T failure.
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The agency lacks a budget for preventative maintenance, and has no functioning diesel-powered snow removal cars, according to a report Scott commissioned from the American Public Transportation Association.
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Scott says that beyond the analysis of what went wrong and proposed fixes for the agency, the MBTA needs to be part of a comprehensive plan that includes all of the state’s transportation agencies and modalities, including airports, highways, water shuttles and pedestrian walkways. “What’s missing is a true vision and coherent plan, backed up by committed people,” she said. “That is different from a list of projects. A vision must be backed up by coherent and accountable plans. If our vision is to be mediocre, if our vision is to keep saying we’re the oldest in the nation, if our vision is to keep going along to get along, we’re not going to have an excellent transit system.” Former Gov. Deval Patrick took steps to modernize the state’s administration of its transportation infrastructure, consolidating the administrations of public transit, aeronautics, highway and the Registry of Motor Vehicles into one agency, a move Scott says was a step in the right direction. “We in public transportation have been way too siloed,” she said. “We’re all trying to do the same thing – support the state in moving
people, goods and services.” Under MassDOT, the state’s transportation entities share staff and services, including legal, marketing and personnel. The consolidation was a step in the right direction, says Eric Bourassa, director of the Transportation Division at the Metropolitan Area Planning Council. “The MassDOT consolidation has brought the T under the direct
oversight of the Governor and enabled better coordination between the T and MassDOT planners,” Bourassa said in a statement emailed to the Banner. “Consolidating or coordinating the short- and long-term capital planning would be an improvement. Overall, the T needs substantially more investment to its state of good repair program and basic maintenance of the system. These funds will have to come from outside the money currently available to the T, likely in the form of additional state resources.” In spite of the gains made by consolidation, Scott cautions that the MBTA has been hampered by what she says is organizational
instability that has resulted in the agency fielding four general managers over the last 10 years. “The public has a lack of confidence in government,” she said. “If you have secretaries changing and boards changing, public confidence will suffer. Everybody wants accountability, but if you’re constantly changing the script, you can’t evaluate the effectiveness of what you’re doing.”
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While there has been extensive analysis of what has gone wrong at the MBTA, there has been little
See SCOTT, page A14
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Former MBTA General Manager Beverly Scott says the state should coordinate its public transit planning with other modes of transportation, businesses and housing groups.
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No justice, no peace In a despotic government, the criminal justice system provides a means for those in power to enhance their authority by subjugating the people. Consequently, a prerequisite of democracy is the requirement of equality for all before the law. In defiance of that standard, the U.S. criminal justice system has been abusive of blacks for decades, and that is one of the reasons for the Freddie Gray rebellion in Baltimore. The citizen’s first contact with law enforcement is with the police. Prior to 1968, the police had no authority to stop and frisk a citizen unless they had probable cause to make an arrest. Then in the case of Terry v. Ohio, the U.S. Supreme Court gave the police the authorization to pat down anyone reasonably suspected of being armed. This open door led to the erosion of individual rights. In New York City, where records were kept, the annual number of stop and frisks climbed to 685,724 in 2011. Of that number, 53 percent of the victims were black and 34 percent were Latinos. More than half were youth between the ages of 14-24. With the change in municipal government in New York, the number of stop and frisks has declined. However, that invasion of personal rights is common across the country. It is humiliating and embarrassing to be stopped by a policeman and required to raise your arms to facilitate a personal search. At least when the incident is over the citizen can walk away. The African American males who are arrested, tried and convicted, then sentenced to lengthy jail terms, are not so fortunate. According to a 2013 report by the Sentencing Project of Washington, D.C., “African American males are six times more likely to be incarcerated than white males and 2.5 times more likely than Hispanic
males. If current trends continue, one of every three black American males born today can expect to go to prison in his lifetime…” To many conservatives, this is a natural reflection of their erroneous perception of the greater criminality in the black community. The so-called “war on drugs” has seen an enormous growth in imprisonment for drug violations. That population has grown from 41,000 in 1980 to almost a half-million in 2007. While African Americans were on average only 13 percent of drug users from 1999-2005, they constituted 46 percent of those convicted for drug violations. In fact the National Institute on Drug Abuse published a 2012 study that found that white students were more likely to have used illegal drugs, yet black youth were arrested for the offense at twice the rate of whites. Black residents of Baltimore are certainly aware of the “driving while black” phenomenon. Studies indicate that the incidence of traffic stops and fines against black drivers are disproportionate. This is just another form of racially discriminatory law enforcement. According to the 2010 U.S. Census, blacks are overrepresented in Maryland prisons and jails. While blacks are 29 percent of the state’s residents, they constitute 68 percent of the incarcerated population. The death of Freddie Gray while in the custody of the Baltimore police has triggered violence in the city, but there is certainly an extended history of racial discrimination in law enforcement across the country that is sufficient to foment such a response. Blacks in Baltimore are also aware of the deaths of Walter Scott, Michael Brown, Eric Garner and Trayvon Martin. Under the circumstances, the violence of the popular response in Baltimore could have been even greater.
When I think of April, I always remember back to an April 50 years ago in 1965 when the Rev Martin Luther King Jr. came to Boston to hold a march from Roxbury to the Boston Common. I lived in lower Roxbury at the time on Harrison Avenue and still remember making eye contact with him from my living room window. I remember the summer of 1965 not because of the Civil Rights Act or the Edmund Pettus Bridge, but because of an incident I experienced one hot sum-
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Baltimore and the dynamic of racial déjà vu
What do you think it will take to stop police from abusing black people?
By LEE A. DANIELS
“It is one measure of the depth and insidiousness of American racism that the nation ignores the rage of the rejected — until it explodes ... The wonder is that here have been so few riots, that [black Americans] generally are law-abiding in a world where the law itself has seemed an enemy.” Those words weren’t written about our current crisis in Baltimore. They were written 50 years ago by the famed black psychologist Kenneth B. Clark in his September 5, 1965 New York Times Magazine article discussing the stunning black uprising in the Watts neighborhood of Los Angeles. Clark’s article about what was then seen as a shocking event underscores this about the present: It seems like déjà vu all over again. Are we talking about what the “crisis” in Baltimore has revealed? Or the crisis that was revealed a decade ago in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina? Or the crisis revealed by the Watts rebellion, or those in scores of other black ghettos that erupted throughout the late 1960s? Are we talking about the culture of racist exploitation and violence that pervades the police department in Baltimore? Or the police department in New Orleans? Or Ferguson, Mo.? Or .... name a city or town. Are we talking about our alarm at the sense of dispossession among Baltimore’s black poor that Freddie Gray’s death in police custody exposed? Or among the black poor in New Orleans in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina? Or in the wake of the riots that swept parts of Los Angeles a quarter-century ago after the first Rodney King Trial? Or, yes, back to Watts in 1965, and Harlem the year before that? What the crisis in Baltimore has exposed once again is the continual “racial crisis loop” of American society. It’s that repeating dynamic that gives the sense of having seen this entire scenario before. And we have — because it’s rooted in the age-old struggle over whether black Americans should actually be allowed to exercise the rights of American citizens. For most of the four-century existence of blacks and whites on these shores, the answer to that question was: no. The Civil War ended slavery. But it quickly became clear that white Americans would resist black Americans exercising their rights of citizenship. In fact, precisely because blacks “proved” again and again they were more than equal to the responsibilities of citizenship, their rights were under challenge, in the North as well as the South, all the way into the middle of the twentieth century. The civil rights victories of the 1960s and blacks’ success in taking advantage of them didn’t end the dynamic of anti-black racism. Instead, along with the opening of mainstream America to blacks, it provoked another round of efforts to deny blacks their American rights. That’s why blacks’ ultimate political success — President Obama’s election and re-election — has provoked a fierce racist reaction championed by the Republican Party. It’s vitally important to match both the personal and political reaction against Obama, on the one hand, with, on the other, both the current caught-on-video and the deeply researched revelations of police violence against black citizens in Baltimore and elsewhere. For they’re among the voluminous evidence that reveal the fortunes of both well-to-do blacks and poor blacks are under siege. The institutional and political resources devoted to creating and maintaining a sizeable class of poor black people whether in populous urban centers like Baltimore or small cities and towns like Ferguson become obvious at moments like this. But we also shouldn’t forget that the striking success of blacks playing “smart politics” with their vote — that fundamental marker of citizenship — is what provoked the Supreme Court conservative majority’s to strike down the most important clause of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 in order to aid Republican efforts to block black Americans’ (and other Democratic-leaning voting blocs) right to vote. That’s another example of why today’s blacks (and their allies) are right to have a sense of racial déjà vu at this moment — and why they’ve got to use that as inspiration to forge a successful response for the present and future.
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What the crisis in Baltimore has exposed once again is the continual ‘racial crisis loop’ of American society”
Lee A. Daniels’ new collection of columns, Race Forward: Facing America’s Racial Divide in 2014, is available at www.amazon.com
We need to build trust between the police and the community. It’s sad what’s going on. It’s modern-day lynching.
It will take a sustained, organized effort to continue to identify the root causes and push for solutions.
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They need to stop assuming, first and foremost. And they need more extensive training. They need to understand who we are, who they’re dealing with. Ask questions first.
Listening to us more. They need to pay attention to our community. Instead of judging us, get to know us. They think we’re all criminals. We’re hard-working people.
Lewis Grant
Black people need to get together and vote.
George
Retired Fall River
Black people need to stop abusing each other. Black people ain’t got no respect for themselves. That’s why they refer to each other using the n-word.
Tyron Hester
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the United States Marine Corps. In 2000 she completed basic training at Parris Island, South Carolina and was soon after trained as a Field Radio Operator with deployments to Kandahar, Afghanistan; the Philippines; Guam; Diego Garcia and Okinawa, Japan. Sterling was honorably discharged in 2004 and was awarded the Good Conduct Medal, Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service
Medal, and the National Defense Service Medal. Sterling also previously worked as a Special Event Coordinator for El Mundo Newspaper, and as a Charitable Campaign Coordinator for Action For Boston Community Development, Inc. The first daughter to be born in the United States to Dominican parents, Sterling is a graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Lowell and resides in Boston’s historic North End.
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GISELLE STERLING Mayor Martin J. Walsh has appointed Giselle Sterling commissioner of Veterans’ Services for the City of Boston. She will be the first Latina and first woman to hold this position. Sterling has served as interim Commissioner for the department since January 16, 2015. “Giselle is an effective leader and I’m pleased to make permanent her appointment as Veterans’ Services Commissioner,” said Mayor Walsh. “Her commitment to advocacy and serving our veterans is invaluable to our community and our city, and I’m pleased she’ll continue serving with us in this capacity.” “I am grateful to Mayor Walsh for this opportunity to serve Boston veterans,” said Sterling. “It is my honor to work for the men and women who have worn the uniform for our country.” Sterling joined the City of Boston as a Community Relations Specialist in March 2012. Prior to that Sterling served in
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NEWSBRIEFS Boston Delegation Elects New Chair The state Legislature’s Boston Delegation last week elected Representative Evandro Carvalho (D – Dorchester) as its Chairman for the upcoming legislative session. He succeeds Representative Nick Collins (D – South Boston) who was elected as chairman of the Boston Delegation in 2013. Rep. Collins was appointed as vice chairman of the Committee on Personnel and Administration earlier this year. “It was an honor to serve as chairman of the Boston delegation,” said Collins. “Over the last few years, my colleagues and I have worked together on many budgetary and legislative issues that impacted citizens throughout the City of Boston and across legislative districts. I am grateful for the support of my colleagues who elected me Chairman last session and I look forward to working with Rep. Carvalho and his staff as he carries the torch through the next session.” “Thank you to the members of the Boston Delegation for their support. I am excited to take on this new responsibility,” said Carvalho. “I am looking forward to working with my colleagues in the Boston Delegation to tackle the important issues facing the City of Boston.” The Boston Delegation is composed of the 21 State Representatives and Senators whose districts include the city of Boston. The Boston Delegation holds informational briefings for members, as well as organizing members on behalf of policies and funding that supports the City of Boston.
Charlene’s Hair Salon to close its doors after 38 years Charlene’s Hair Salon will be closing its doors after 38 years of service. From the opening of her first salon on April 4 of 1977 in the Mass Pike Towers on Tremont Street, to an enterprise that at one time included locations in Brockton, Cambridge and Boston, Charlene’s Hair Salon has been on the ‘cutting edge’ of stylish hair care in the Greater Boston Area. Born in Roxbury, Charlene Carroll has earned a reputation as a respected and honored African-American business owner; throughout her career mentoring and educating many of today’s salon owners. Her customer list included sports stars, media personalities and high-powered corporate clients but she always took time to provide complimentary hair care services to women served by The Home for Little Wanderers, Rosie’s Place and Goodwill Industries. Over the years, her hair care knowledge was sought by many global hair companies including Soft Sheen, Dudley Products and Revlon where she contributed to product development. Once featured in Black Enterprise Magazine for the earning power of her business, her styling expertise has taken her around the world teaching and competing on the platform in Beijing, Frankfurt, Rio de Janeiro, Tokyo, Paris, Milan and London. Since 1999, Charlene’s has been located at 53 Humboldt Avenue in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston.
On closing her doors, Carroll stated, “It’s been an honor and a privilege to have met and served thousands of clients throughout the years. I will miss operating my business, but I am excited to start the next chapter of my life. Charlene’s Hair Salon has been a wonderful family-owned business giving me the unique opportunity to work side by side with my husband and children, and provide great opportunities for my extended family”.
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that material from the Massachusetts Archives relating to the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln will be on display at the State House on Wednesday, April 15, the 150th anniversary of that event. The public is invited to Doric Hall in the State House to sign a book of remembrance in honor of the 15th President of the United States and to view the archival material displayed
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George of Dorchester, Chrissanta C. Rudder of South Boston, and Bryan D. Fuller of South Boston. Of the newcomers in the atlarge race, George, who is running for the seat for the second time after a fifth-place finish in 2013, ranks closest to incumbents in terms of financial resources. According to filings with the Massachusetts Office of Campaign and Political Finance, she has raised $33,265 since she announced her candidacy in December 2014. This places her among the likes of Pressley and Murphy, both of whom have current campaign account balances around $35,000. The at-large candidate with the largest coffers by far is Michael F. Flaherty Jr., who currently has $94,932 on deck, according to the latest OCPF filings. Michelle Wu’s coffers stand at $6,509. In Mattapan, four candidates are vying for the District 4 seat: incumbent Charles Yancey, Andrea Campbell, Jovan Lacet and Terrance Williams. As the Banner previously reported, Campbell has gained attention from political observers who think she presents a viable challenge to longtime incumbent Yancey.
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Clarence Cooper, the president of the Caribbean American Political Action Committee, said he predicted District 4 turnout this year would be dampened somewhat by the fact that there is no mayoral candidate, but that he thought it would be higher than other non-mayoral voting years.
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Nevada legislator and candidate for Congress Lucy Flores (2nd from left) addressed room of young Massachusetts Latinas enrolled in the Chica Project, a mentorship program. With her are Chica Project founder Nurys Carmargo, Doug Chavez, and city councilors Ayanna Pressley and Tito Jackson.
Cooper, who has endorsed Yancey, said the uptick would happen because “Campbell will bring her supporters, and also incumbent candidate supporters who usually sit back…will be invigorated.” Crawford said that the perception that the District 4 race is more contentious than the others will help drive turnout. “There’s some buzz about that particular race,” she said. “We’re hoping that by the candidates going out door knocking, they will
increase turnout.” Campbell has shown an apparent strong ability to fundraise. Her campaign account has $29,581 while Yancey’s has $10,589 — roughly the same amount as a few weeks ago in a previous Banner story on that race. Lacet does not yet have financial data listed with the OCPF. Williams currently has a campaign bank balance of zero. Meanwhile, the District 7 race has attracted a range of candidates with a wide variety of professional
backgrounds: incumbent Tito Jackson, former state representative and frequent political candidate Althea Garrison, local radio station founder Charles Clemons Jr., Kevin Dwire, and veteran and community activist Haywood Fennell Sr. Jackson has a current balance of $11,750, including a large boost in deposits – $10,846 – made in early April. Garrison, who served in the Massachusetts legislature from 1993 to 1995 and has run several
times for state legislature and city council, has registered at different times as a Democrat, Republican and Independent. She filed a 2014 year-end financial report in January that showed a zero balance and $95,338 in liabilities. Dwire and Fennell have not yet filed information with the OCPF and Clemons currently has a campaign account of $362. Boston will hold elections for city council on November 3, 2015. The filing deadline for candidates is May 19, 2015.
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Jerk chicken gurus go big Couple with locally legendary recipe seeks to expand to in-home restaurant By ELIZA DEWEY
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Gov. Charlie Baker greets business boosters at the SBA’s Massachusetts District Office during a celebration of Small Business Week.
Gov: small biz key to Mass. economy Small firms create half of Mass jobs By MARTIN DESMARAIS Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker had a strong message for the state’s small businesses in celebrating Small Business Week — he knows how important they are for the success of the state’s economy and he will do everything in his power to continue to support their growth. While speaking at the annual awards ceremony of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Massachusetts District Office on May 4 in Framingham, Baker acknowledged that small business is responsible for adding half of the new jobs in the state and admitted that any new administration would be remiss to ignore the economic necessity of small business growth. That’s not an unusual message to hear from a new governor, considering the venue and the audience — the SBA event honored the state’s top businesses with awards ranging from “Small Business Person of the Year” to “Woman-Owned Small Business of the Year” — but one thing that Baker certainly can claim is he knows firsthand how to back small business expansion. His lengthy business background includes a stint as CEO of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and executive in residence at General Catalyst Partners, a Cambridge investment firm that backs small business startups. A graduate of Northwestern’s
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If you spend enough time with folks like this you really just start to believe that anything is possible.” — Gov. Charlie Baker
Self-described “jerk-loving duo” Chris and Kai Grant of Roxbury knew a good thing when they had it. Eighteen years ago, the couple scored a secret jerk chicken recipe from Chris’s mother and began cooking the Jamaican dish for family and neighborhood gatherings. Soon, their chicken was legendary among neighbors, inspiring them to take their product to market. After conducting market research and building their customer base, they launched Fort Hill Jerk Chicken LLC in 2011. Now the Grants, who have been married for 23 years and have four children, are looking to the next frontier. They have been working for the past four years on a plan to open a full service restaurant in their home in Fort Hill by spring 2016. Kai says the couple envisions the project as a trailblazer in the neighborhood that will help encourage the development of a more vibrant local restaurant scene. “We want to be the watering hole that Roxbury doesn’t have,” says Kai. “We want to kick it off... [But] we don’t want it to be the only game in town. We would actually prefer to have multiple places around. We want to add to the landscape.”
Home cooking Kellogg School of Management, Baker also served as secretary of Administration and Finance. Baker’s time at General Catalyst Partners opened his eyes to the power of enterprise. He said he was wowed by how individuals could come in with an idea and figure out how to turn it into a product, and then a business with customers. “It was amazing to me how big people thought when they came in and talked about these ideas,” Baker said. “If you spend enough time with folks like this you really just start to believe that anything is possible.” He tied in this experience with the National Small Business Week theme of “Dream Big. Start Small.”
Aspire and grow
For Baker, these kind of big-thinking, small business entrepreneurs that will change the economic landscape. He points to companies such as travel website Kayak and web-marketing firm Hubspot as examples of small businesses that he saw start small in Boston and grow to be worth over $1 billion.
They did not get there by thinking small. Baker points to the convergence of growing entrepreneurial ambition and rapidly evolving technology as key factors in the small business rise. Far be it for any young entrepreneur not to think big, but easier access to technology means big dreams can become reality in unprecedented ways. “The great thing about where technology has gone over the course of the past 10 or 15 years is that it has leveled the playing field in ways that nobody ever thought it could to make it possible for small businesses to compete with just about anybody,” Baker said. This squares with the idea that small businesses are the real “disruptors” in most industries — small startups come to market, shake up thinking and approaches to servicing or providing products and wrest away market share from those who once dominated. “That is, in fact, most of the time where the regeneration of business and enterprise and new
They plan to have their restaurant, dubbed Fort Hill Bistro, open six days a week with dinner and brunch offerings. They plan to operate out of the first floor of their home and on their deck, hosting a total of 48
seats. Grant says they will aim to be as locally-sourced in terms of food and staffing as possible – including a goal to be CORI-friendly, a model that Grant credits another local spot, Haley House, for trailblazing. The restaurant’s concept will expand upon their current focus on jerk chicken by creating a fusion between British West Indian and American cuisine — Chris has British Jamaican roots, and Kai’s heritage is British Guyanese. Menu items will include dishes like jerk chicken and waffles, braised oxtail and hamburgers. They plan to include entertainment as well, including some TVs for sports games, projectors for occasional movie nights, and performances from live bands. The couple also is gearing up to apply for a full liquor license, with the hopes of serving cocktails named after famous streets and historic landmarks in the neighborhoods.
License limits
Last summer the city council passed a law that will expand Boston’s number of liquor and beer/wine licenses by 75 over the next 3 years. All of the new licenses are required by the law to go to areas that are currently underserved by restaurants and bars, such as Dorchester, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Mattapan and Roxbury. However, Jean Lorizio, Executive Secretary of the Boston Licensing Board, told the Banner that so far the board has not received any applications from Roxbury for the new licenses. She said that at the moment,
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Chris and Kai Grant of Roxbury
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continued from page A10 ideas come from — small players, new players, who see an opportunity and have the guts and the vision, the determination and the perseverance to see it through and to make something of it,” Baker said. “Some of the most ingenious people I have met over the course of my long and checkered career in the public and private sectors have been those small business folks who just find a way — over and over and over and over again.” Baker pledged that his administration already is hard at work with a number of initiatives that he thinks
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there are two licenses left. Grant says the process of filling out all the required paperwork with the city has not been as arduous as one might think. “Under the Walsh administration, it has been so much easier to navigate and understand the process of opening a restaurant,” she says. “It’s so different from four years ago, when we were like a
will continue to ensure the success of the state’s small businesses. Notably, he has undertaken a complete review of all the state’s business regulations with an aim to eliminate complex and burdensome regulations that slow down the pace of development. Critics have claimed these efforts actually play into the hands of big business, but Baker strongly disagrees. “Really big enterprises can always find the structure and the overhead to deal with compliance issues,” Baker said. “I think regulatory review is about small enterprises, small business across every sector of the economy that don’t have the tools and the pinball being passed around from person to person. It’s like night and day.” The couple plans to open up next spring. Grant says she hopes the space will serve as not just a restaurant, but also a community gathering space. “It’s about community and breaking bread together,” Grant says. “We want a place where people can watch a Pats or a Red Sox game together. You don’t get to do that here – not in Roxbury. Why not? We’re Boston too!”
infrastructure, most of the time, to deal with truly complicated regulatory environments.” Reduce this complicated regulatory environment and you create more opportunity for small businesses. Baker is also working with the legislature to create a Main Street development fund to support the growth of local small business and, specifically, keep them in the communities from which they come and serve. “A lot of Main Streets in and around Massachusetts could benefit significantly from a state and local partnership around rebuilding Main Streets,” Baker said. “It is the small businesses, in many cases,
that bring those streets back to life and create the kind of vitality and foot traffic and otherwise that is so critical to creating that sense that we are in fact going someplace.” Lastly, Baker lauded the state’s status as the U.S. leader in “low-dollar loans” — or loans for less than $150,000. The state also leads the way in loans to business owners from underserved communities. He said this capital support for small businesses must remain strong and the state will do everything it can to make sure it does. Baker is not the first to credit small businesses for helping the country emerge from the most recent recession — most economic
pundits say so — but he wants to let everyone know he is firmly in this camp. In fact, he says, that the migration away from a reliance on small business may have been part of the problem that led to the country’s economic downfall in 2008 to begin with. Count on small business, he says, because it will deliver. “Small businesses sell to people they know. The people who work for small businesses know the people who run small businesses. It is a face-to-face type relationship that is built on trust, perseverance and in many cases commitments to very similar ideals. It is what makes small business great,” Baker said.
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CNR MA To Host Outreach Event Building Relationships With Minority and Women Owned Business Suppliers A Forum To Engage and Promote Partnerships
CNR MA Corporation, the MBTA’s rail car manufacturer for the Orange Red Line Car Procurement Project, is hosting an outreach event to meet with suppliers who are Minority and/or Women owned. CNR MA is particularly interested in speaking with suppliers in the following areas: Electronic components, Connectors, Interior, Cabinet Driver Desk, and Multi-purpose Driver Control Desk. This event will focus on the following topics: - Scope of Work - M/WBE opportunities - Mentoring opportunities Interested subcontractors must register by emailing Lydia Rivera at lydriv@verizon.net. Include company name and the names of those attending. (Pre-registration (including Identification) is required to gain access to location.
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Chicken offerings from Fort Hill Jerk Chicken, a Roxbury family-owned take-out service. FHJC seeks to expand to a full restaurant by next spring.
The event is scheduled for: Monday, May 18, 2015 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. CNR MA Office 100 Summer Street, Boston, Ma 02110 29th floor CNR MA, a Massachusetts corporation that is a joint venture of China CNR Corporation and CNR Changchun Railway Vehicles Co., was recently awarded a contract from the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority to design and manufacture 284 Orange and Red Line vehicles. The contract includes the purchase of 152 new Orange Line vehicles and 132 new Red Line vehicles. Sample of the Subcontractor opportunities include: Battery Box Interior Liners and Parts Signaling Wayside Equipment Metal Fabrication Emergency Evacuation Ladder Holster Controller Cab Control Cabinet Electrical Cabinet Assembly Earth Terminal Connector/ Junction Cable/Wiring Box Brackets and Fabrications Cable Connectors Electrical Box Assemblies
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continued from page A1 “I haven’t received an answer,” she said. “No response. We’re concerned because of LaRosa’s track record. We don’t trust him. We’ve seen what he’s done in other parts of the neighborhood. I’d like some oversight from the city.” While developers are not always required to obtain approval from abutters when constructing or renovating a building, they are if their project is determined to be out of compliance with zoning codes. Typically, developers who wish to build with greater density, fewer parking spaces or greater height than what is allowable must demonstrate that they have community support before obtaining a variance from the Zoning Board of Appeal. The Inspectional Services Department determines whether or not a developer must appear before the Zoning Board of Appeal. At 145-147 Cedar Street, ISD determined that LaRosa could build as-of-right — without obtaining a variance — even though neighbors complained to ISD that LaRosa’s proposal for six units on a lot that currently has a two-family home was at variance with zoning for the site. Although the lot is 15,000 square feet, Stanley says
more than half the lot is taken up by a puddingstone outcrop that is not buildable. Whether or not ISD is tallying buildable space in its calculations for the number of units on a lot remains an open question, according to Stanley. “ISD never answered that question,” she said. “We asked them in a meeting and in letters. I never got an answer.” If LaRosa’s use of Roche-Christopher does, indeed, give him an edge in his dealings with City Hall, it would not be the first time he’s used inside connections.
Cozy relationship
For more than four years, LaRosa listed then-Zoning Board of Appeal Chairman Joseph Feaster as his attorney for projects appearing before the board. While Feaster recused himself during votes on LaRosa’s projects, the developer seemed blessed with an uncanny ability to secure board approval of variances from the city’s building code, over the objections of abutters. Feaster stepped down from the zoning board in 2004, after Roxbury residents complained both about numerous zoning and code violations they said LaRosa committed, along with his frequent zoning board victories. In 2005, Feaster was cleared of any wrongdoing by
the State Ethics Commission. Roche Christopher Architects, LLC has performed design services for projects throughout Boston, including the downtown area, South Boston and Dorchester. Roxbury appears to be new territory for the firm. Roche Christopher also provided design services for Boston Property Development, a firm that is bidding for the right to develop a city-owned lot at 280-290 Warren Street. Roxbury residents who turned out for an April community meeting to review competing bids for the development project panned the firm’s proposed design for that property. Louis Elisa sought intervention from the Inspectional Services in 2008 after LaRosa erected a building on Seaver Street that Elisa claims did not have proper set-backs from surrounding houses. Echoing Rodney Singleton’s comments, Elisa suggested Christopher’s firm’s involvement with the developer doesn’t pass the smell test. “Any hint of there being a conflict of interest should be avoided, especial since LaRosa has been such a pariah in this community,” he said. “Given Christopher’s relationship with the firm, they should step back, just to keep it clean and avoid any hint of a conflict of interest.”
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from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. near the portrait of President Lincoln. Featured in the exhibit is a telegram sent from Washington on April 16, 1865 regarding the assassination, and an April 27 telegram to Gov. John A. Andrew from Secretary of War Edwin Stanton announcing the capture of John Wilkes Booth, the assassin. There is an April 17 telegram inviting Gov. Andrew to the funeral services in Washington, D.C. The exhibit includes the letter Gov. Andrew sent to Mrs. Lincoln, and both a handwritten text and published version of the Governor’s April 17 message regarding the assassination. There is a Senate resolution ordering that arm bands be worn in memory of the assassinated President. Also on display will be the 1860 Electoral College results for Massachusetts and an 1861 document signed by Lincoln.
Olympics hearing scheduled for April 21st at 1:30 pm at Boston City Hall Boston City Council President Bill Linehan announced details last week on the next four hearings to be held by the Special Committee on the 2024 Olympics. The hearings will focus on the following topics: n The International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) 2020 Agenda n Facilities n Boston’s 2030 Effort
n Financials The Special Committee on the 2024 Olympics held its first hearing, which lasted four plus hours, in March. Based on the first hearing, the committee feels that subsequent due requires additional hearings. The Committee has scheduled the next hearing on Tuesday, April 21st at 1:30 pm in the Iannella Chamber at Boston City Hall. Dates for subsequent meetings have not yet been finalized. The April 21st hearing will focus on the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) 2020 Agenda regarding Boston’s 2024 bid. The IOC implemented the 2020 agenda, which consists of 40 reforms that call for a more sustainable model for how the Games can be planned and executed. The 2020 agenda changes the bidding process by inviting potential candidate cities to present a project that fits their sporting, economic, social and environmental long-term planning needs. The Special Committee on the 2024 Olympics will hold the hearing to review the 2020 agenda and ensure that the IOC’s agenda aligns with Boston’s position as an international city as well as Boston’s goals for the future. If Boston’s 2024 bid is selected, then each neighborhood in the city will be affected differently. The second 2024 Special Committee hearing will focus on facilities of the 2024 Games to address possible impacts on the specific neighborhoods of Boston. The hearing on facilities will explore the pros and cons of site selection and a process for development of venues if awarded the 2024 Games.
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Interaction Institute for Social Change President Ceasar McDowell delivers the keynote address at Urban Edge’s 41st annual meeting last week in Jackson Square.
The third hearing will focus on ensuring the Boston 2024 bid coincides with the Boston 2030 effort, Boston’s long-term plan for the future of Boston, using Boston’s 400th birthday to build a framework for future growth and operations of the City while measuring our success and shortfalls. Ultimately, hosting the 2024 Olympics feasibility relies heavily on being
aligned with Boston’s 2030 effort. Lastly, the fourth hearing will take a closer look at finances, examining in depth the costs of the 2024 Games. How the games will be funded and the expected costs have been addressed in a general sense; however, as the bid moves forward, a more specific financial review is needed to ensure the 2024 Games are successful for the City of Boston.
By holding these four hearings, the Special Committee on 2024 Olympics intends to flush out key aspects of proposing a bid to compete for the 2024 Olympics. Boston is bidding for the 2024 Olympics to be the Boston Games. The Boston City Council believes these forums will be extremely valuable for Boston regardless of whether or not Boston hosts the games.
BOSTON WATER AND SEWER COMMISSION 2015 ANNUAL NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS
Boston Water and Sewer Commission (BWSC) annually provides its customers with information about meter reading, billing, service termination and customer rights. This is a summary of the information contained in the 2015 Annual Notice which can be viewed in its entirety at www.bwsc.org or requested by contacting the Commission’s Customer Service Department at (617) 989-7800. The Commission’s Billing, Termination and Appeal Regulations can also be found on the Commission’s website or by contacting the Customer Service Department at (617) 989-7800.
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AUTOMATED METER READINGS. Water meters are read daily by BWSC’s automated meter reading system and are used to calculate water consumption for billing purposes. If a meter reading cannot be obtained, your account will be billed using an estimated meter reading based on previous usage and will be adjusted automatically when an actual meter reading is obtained. METER TESTING. Meter tests are available upon request. All meter tests are performed according to accuracy standards set by the American Water Works Association. For information on meter test fees or to request a meter test, contact the BWSC Customer Service Department at (617) 989-7800. WATER METERS. BWSC maintains a program for the replacement of broken, missing or damaged water meters and meter transmission units. For more information, contact the BWSC Customer Service Department at (617) 989-7800. REFUNDS. If you have a credit on your bill, you may have the amount applied to future bills, transferred to another account, or request a refund. For more information, contact the BWSC Customer Service Department at (617) 989-7800.
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Vietnam War 40 years later: Capitalism trumps ideology By ANDREW LAM NEW AMERICA MEDIA Forty years have passed since the Vietnam War ended, and a parade was staged in Ho Chi Minh City, formally Saigon, to commemorate that date. Yet despite the fanfare debates rage on both sides of the Pacific as to who really won and who lost that war. While the hammer and sickle and Uncle Ho’s image may still adorn T-shirts it sells to foreign tourists, Vietnam’s heart throbs for all things American, especially Apple. In 2014, in fact, Vietnam became its hottest market. In the first half of the 2014 fiscal year alone, iPhone sales tripled in this country, far surpassing sales growth in India and China. But it is not just iPhones, of course, that exemplify America’s powerful presence in Vietnam 40 years after the war ended. Facebook entered Vietnam’s market four years ago and at one point was adding a million signups a month. As of October, it had 30 million users, and that’s out of 40 million Vietnamese who have access to the Internet. On television too, America has managed to seduce its former enemy. One of the country’s favorite shows is “Vietnam Idol” (in addition to “The Voice of Vietnam” and “Vietnam’s Got
Talent”). You don’t need to understand Vietnamese to follow the plot. A rural teenager appears; she’s nervous, full of selfdoubt. When she sings, however, we hear a golden voice. Judgesswoon. Soon, a few weeks later, she has been transformed, grows in confidence and beauty. See her studied gesture of shyness, the chic skirt, the professional hair and makeup and the flawless performance. From corporate investments to tourism, from military engagements to products, from social media to entertainment media, from the Vietnamese-American expats who return in droves to invest heavily in their homeland to a horde of Vietnamese foreign students coming to the U.S. for a much coveted American education, Vietnam is falling quickly back into America’s orbit. In 2014 the U.S. overtook the European Union to become Vietnam’s largest export market, buying nearly $29 billion worth of goods, and it sold more than $5.5 billion worth of products to Vietnam. Last October, to deepen ties, Washington eased a ban on weapons sales to its former enemy, mainly to upgrade Vietnam’s naval defenses. It also performed its fifth joint military exercise with the Vietnamese military, despite China’s objections. China has reasons to be nervous. It now
claims 90 percent of the South China Sea, all the way to Borneo, amid international protests. This vast stretch of water provides shipping lanes for more than half of world trade. And for the U.S. alone in 2012, an estimated $1.2 trillion worth of goods transited through it. Under that sea, too, lie untold oil pockets and natural gas, the stuff that could make or break an empire for the next 100 years. But by claiming control over this international body of water, Beijing is spurring a warming of relations between the U.S. and Vietnam. Much of that cozy relationship can be attributed to Hillary Clinton who, as secretary of state, visited Hanoi in July 2012. “Clinton’s visit paved the way for the establishment of the US Vietnam Comprehensive Partnership, which was formally laid out a year later in Washington at the July 2013 summit meeting between U.S. President Barack Obama and Vietnamese President Truong Tan Sang,” noted The Diplomat, an Asia-focused news website. How important is this breakthrough? Very. Less than a decade ago, Hanoi had considered China as its strategic ally, but not anymore. Vietnam is asking to buy more weapons from the U.S. so it can defend itself from China. Clinton, who’s
running for president in 2016, considers the Pacific region the top priority. In “America’s Pacific Century,” an essay written for Foreign Policy in 2011, she noted, “One of the most important tasks of American statecraft over the next decade will … be to lock in a substantially increased investment — diplomatic, economic, strategic and otherwise — in the Asia-Pacific region.” All this is to say Vietnam will continue to be a big blip on America’s radar for years to come. But beyond geopolitics, the Vietnamese have for decades been fascinated with America, thanks in large part to Vietnamese-Americans. An unexpected but crucial consequence of the Vietnam War was the subsequent mass exodus of its people in the aftermath. The largest, wealthiest and most educated Vietnamese overseas population now resides in North America, and in the post–Cold War period, they began to exert powerful influences in Vietnam’s economic and cultural life. Remittances sent from the Vietnamese Diaspora average about $12 billion a year, that’s almost double compared with the average $7 billion annually sent by international donors. On top of remittances, however, “overseas Vietnamese have invested in about 2,000 projects, generatingabout $20 billion annually” notes the Voice of Vietnam, the national radio broadcaster. The combination of overseas Vietnamese remittances and investment amounts to about 18 percent of Vietnam’s GDP. What this means on the ground is that a sizable
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continued from page A3 conversation about how to pay for the needed repairs. “You have to have more than the T’s needs on the table,” Scott says. “You have to consider what it’s going to require to fix things and how we’re going to pay for it. It’s a fact that we have serious disinvestment in the system. You can debate whether it’s $4 billion or $9 billion, but the fact remains we have to plan to pay for it.” Scott also says the MBTA could think differently about how it raises revenue. Under one scenario that has worked with other transit agencies, the state could quantify the value MBTA service adds to businesses, nonprofits, housing developments, office parks and other developments, then assess a fee. The city of Atlanta has funded its streetcar line with fees charged to the downtown business district. The MBTA has the added advantage of substantial land holdings. “The MBTA is the second-largest property owner in the commonwealth,” she said. “There are ways to capture revenue from that. The key to improving public transit in Massachusetts is to make it part of a broader conversation, Scott said. “We want to reduce greenhouse gasses. We want to cut vehicle traffic. You have to line up housing, transportation and everything if you want to have those outcomes. That’s the kind of bigger thinking that a transportation system can’t do on its own.” The problem of disinvestment at the MBTA is symptomatic of a
population of Viet Kieu — Vietnamese expats, former boat people and their children — now wield considerable leverage in their homeland. From opening wine shops to creating startups, from running high-tech companies to working as executives for major foreign companies in Vietnam, from starting art centers to making movies or teaching at universities, expats have become active agents in changing Vietnam’s destiny. Epitomizing the trend is Henry Nguyen, 41, who fled Vietnam as a child with his parents and spent months in a refugee camp in Thailand. Eventually he became a Goldman Sachs associate in Virginia. Now he is back in Vietnam, famous for bringing McDonald’s, Pizza Hut and venture capital to his homeland. To top it off, the former boat person who became an U.S. entrepreneur married the daughter of Vietnam’s prime minister in 2006. The war “forced people who shared common values and culture to pick sides,” Nguyen told Reuters recently. “It’s kind of like a tragicomedy.” Tragicomedy, indeed. The 6000 or so marchers who walked about downtown Saigon to celebrate North Vietnam’s victory over the capitalistic South and its imperialist U.S. ally 40 years ago, also marched by an array of Starbucks, McDonald’s, KFC and Burger King and Apple stores that line the streets. Military victories aside, it sort of gives the spectator an idea as to who is actually winning the peace. Andrew Lam is editor at New America Media
broader trend in public infrastructure not just in Massachusetts, but across the country. In the decades since the U.S. built the interstate highway system, public investment in transportation has plummeted to about half the rate of investment in European Union countries, according to an analysis of International Monetary Fund data conducted by the Economist magazine last year. “We’re batting a D+,” Scot says. “We have to invest to remain competitive. We have to do it. We can’t rest on the laurels of the past.”
Moving forward
While Scott remains passionate about the public transportation, she plans to work on the human side of the nation’s transportation infrastructure. She is launching a nonprofit organization aimed at training high school and college students for jobs in the nation’s transportation and energy infrastructure. “The skills you need as a lineman or worker in the electrical grid are the same as you need running the signal system at the MBTA,” she said. “You can’t just pick people off the streets for these jobs.” Scott pointed out that with a third of the MBTA’s workforce eligible for retirement in the next five years, the agency will need to replace a substantial segment of its workforce. “We don’t have a plan for who’s going to take their place,” Scott said. To remedy the situation, she plans to develop curricula for students in vocational high schools, community and four-year colleges. Her nonprofit will be called Introducing Youth to American Infrastructure Plus. Once it is incorporated a pilot project will follow.
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Awareness through art Colombian-Belgian artist focuses on environmental issues By COLETTE GREENSTEIN
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olombian-Belgian painter and sculptor, Geneviève Maquinay and French Brazilian designer Anne Fontaine share a common passion for nature and the environment. Both women teamed up to protect and restore the Brazilian Atlantic forest through the annual celebration of Forest Day 2015 or Mata Atlântica Day, which was held last month. Fontaine exhibited Maquinay’s art sculptures from April 15-30 in the Anne Fontaine store located in The Heritage On The Garden in Boston. On the last day of the showing on April 30, 50 percent of the proceeds from all sales in all 60 Anne Fontaine stores worldwide were donated to the Anne Fontaine Foundation. The Foundation’s mission is to contribute to the reforestation and protection of the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest — Mata Atlântica — and to raise awareness of environmental issues through art and fashion. Maquinay and Fontaine met three years ago and immediately bonded over their shared passion for nature and for the environment. “[With] Anne as a designer and me as an artist, we agreed with the idea of raising environmental awareness through art and fashion. And because
Anne is from Brazil and I’m from Colombia we found we had many things to tell. So, this was really the starting point for the collaboration,” said Maquinay in a recent phone interview with the Banner. Fontaine, who was born in Rio de Janeiro and spent the first 20 years of her life in Brazil and close to nature, created the Anne Fontaine Foundation in 2011. According to the Foundation’s website, the Mata Atlântica forest is one of the richest forests in terms of biodiversity, but also one of the most threatened. It used to cover an area of more than 1,360,000 km2. Today in Brazil, only 7 percent of this area remains intact. Both Anne and Geneviève share a strong commitment for the environment and are passionate about raw, organic, and recycled materials.
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ON THE WEB For more information on Caring For Colombia or The Anne Fontaine Foundation, visit their websites at: www.caringforcolombia.org and www.annefontainefoundation.org. For more on Geneviève Maquinay’s art, go to www.genevievemaquinay.com.
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Colombian-Belgian painter/sculptor Geneviève Maquinay created and installed her sculptures in the Anne Fontaine store located in The Heritage On The Garden for the 2015 Forest Day celebration in the new Boston boutique.
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Comedian stars in Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 with Kevin James By KAM WILLIAMS Throughout her career, comedian and actress Loni Love has brought audiences into hysterics with her witty satire and hilarious stand-up. Through her tireless pursuit of excellence, Love has now found herself at the top ranks of the comedy hierarchy. When not busy circumnavigating the globe on the stand-up circuit, she co-hosts The Real, the popular, daytime talk show on Fox-TV. She’s also an author, having released her first book last year, “Love Him or Leave Him, but Don’t Pick Up the Tab,” a part-memoir, part-relationship advice opus. Growing up as a latchkey daughter of a devoted, role model mom in Detroit’s Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects, Love always had an unparalleled work ethic. Working on the General Motors assembly line in high school, she found a passion for electrical engineering which landed her a scholarship to Prairie View A&M University in Texas. It was there that she first took to the stage and fell in love with stand-up comedy, routinely getting gigs throughout college. Upon graduation, she landed an engineering job in California and headed west to pursue her dream. After feeling out the Los Angeles comedy club scene and becoming a regular at the legendary Laugh Factory, Love reached full steam in 2003 when the electrical engineer by day/ stand-up comedian by night was chosen for the comics showcase at HBO’s U.S. Comedy Arts Festival in Aspen. Soon thereafter, she won the Jury Prize for Best Stand-Up and was a finalist on CBS TV’s revival of Star Search.
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Nick Kroll leads ensemble comedy Adult Beginners By COLETTE GREENSTEIN Known for his colorful and crazy characters ‘Fabrice Fabrice’ and ‘Bobby Bottleservice’ on his Comedy Central television series Kroll Show, comedian, actor, writer and producer Nick Kroll makes the transition to leading man in the film Adult Beginners. Going from a comedic to a dramatic role, Kroll (who recently spoke with the Banner) said, “My goal in whatever project it is, whether it’s a crazy character in a TV show or a more grounded character in a movie, is to always create a three-dimensional character. The basic tools are the same. It’s just a question of levels; tuning the dial up or down. It was really fun and exciting to be able to do something new and stretch my legs a little bit.” Kroll, who created Kroll Show, can also be seen on the FXX series The League, in which he stars as the character Ruxin. In 2013, Kroll received the Just For Laugh’s Breakout Comedy Star of the Year award in addition to being named to Variety’s 10 Comics to Watch. He’s recently been named to Billboard’s Next Gen comedy issue and GQ Magazine’s 15 Funniest People Alive. Kroll also has appeared in the films Little Fockers opposite Ben Stiller, Dinner for Schmucks with Paul Rudd, and Date Night opposite Steve Carrell and Tina Fey.
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Nick Kroll and Rose Byrne play brother and sister in Adult Beginners. Adult Beginners centers on Jake (Kroll), a young entrepreneur who abruptly leaves Manhattan and lands at his pregnant sister’s (Rose Byrne) home for three months in the suburbs after his business crashes and burns, only to end up becoming the nanny to his three-year old nephew Teddy. Directed by Ross Katz, who produced Sofia Coppola’s Lost in
Translation, the film is a tender and sweet dramedy that explores sibling relationships, what it means to be an adult and what it means to start all over again. Kroll, who originated the story, worked on the film for a couple of years with writers Liz Flahive and Jeff Cox, with Rose Byrne in mind for the role of Jack’s sister Justine. Kroll,
who knew Byrne a little bit from working together on the 2010 comedy Get Him to the Greek, where she played Russell Brand’s girlfriend, approached her about the character. “My sister role was kind of the most important thing. You have to start there and we went to Rose first,” said Kroll, on casting her for the film.
After seeing her in the 2011 monster hit Bridesmaid, Kroll was blown away by her performance. “We thought she would be someone who could handle the comedy and the drama and everything in between.” Like Kroll, the Australian
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Her comedic flair and entertaining presence landed Love a role in Soul Plane alongside Tom Arnold, D.L. Hughley, and Snoop Dog. On the small screen, she’s starred in her own halfhour special for Comedy Central, and has also been seen on the channel’s Premium Blend, Weekends at the DL, and Chocolate News. Love’s very own one-hour special entitled Loni Love: America’s Sister aired on Comedy Central to rave reviews. Here, she talks about her
latest outing as Donna Erricone opposite Kevin James in Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2.
Kam Williams: What interested you in Paul Blart 2? Loni Love: I loved the script. I love the process of it’s being a family-friendly movie that also has action. And I also like the fact that the character I’m playing is the only mall cop that can actually fight. I thought the picture was really cute
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and I’m just really glad to be a part of it.
KW: I loved your appearance on Joan Rivers’ show, In Bed with Joan Rivers? LL: Thank you!
KW: The two of you were hilarious playing off each other. But there was one moment that gave me goose bumps. That was when she said, “If you ever need a Jewish doctor, mention my name. I could drop dead in any of the original 13 colonies, and there’d be a doctor to revive me.” LL: We joked so much that day, and a lot of people have asked me about it. Her passing is such a tragedy, but we do have our memories of her. The thing people don’t know is that after that interview, she took so much time with me. She spent the whole day with me. I was really amazed by her, and I felt very honored. But it was just a very creepy, weird coincidence that she joked about that.
KW: Why did you go from engineering to comedy? LL: Because I was the worst engineer in the United States of America. [Laughs] No, I started doing stand-up in college, but I promised my mother that I would finish my engineering
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degree first. When I got a job in L.A., I started doing engineering, during the day, and stand-up, at night. Then, I got laid off in 2002, and never looked back.
KW: You still stayed busy. Besides acting and stand-up, you found time to write your relationship advice book, “Love Him or Leave Him, but Don’t Get Stuck with the Tab” and to host Café Mocha Radio. Where do you find all the time? LL: One thing Joan taught me was to never turn any gigs down. In this day and age, you have to multi-task to have a career and to get the exposure that you want. Through doing Café
Mocha Radio, I was actually able to interview President Obama and the First Lady. Things I would never have dreamed of have happened to me because if I can schedule it, I’ll do it. I was raised in the Brewster Projects in Detroit, and my mom taught me to work hard. So, when I was offered an opportunity to publish a book, I hunkered down and wrote it. I’ve been a touring comic for over a decade, and to get a chance to be on a talk show every day is a comic’s dream come true. So, all the things I’ve done in the past was training for what you see today, which is really to just be an entertainer.
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With a strong care for the environment, artist Geneviève Maquinay is keen about working with recycled materials: pieces of wood and stones; strings and textile; glass and scraps of metal. Both Anne and Genevieve share a strong commitment for the environment and are passionateaboutraw, organic, and recycled materials.
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Maquinay uses recycled materials such as pieces of wood and stones, strings and textile, glass and scraps of metal in her sculptures. From a young age, Maquinay always liked to paint and sculpt. “I found inspiration in the beauty of the tropical landscapes
in Colombia and South America,” said the artist. She traveled a lot in her youth throughout Latin America and also around the world, and seeing the landscape was one of her favorite adventures. She’s always been in love with nature; especially with flowers, butterflies and birds. Maquinay, who studied fine art in Colombia, left when she was 19 years old. She continued
her studies in Belgium and in Italy graduating from the renowned Art School of La Cambre in Brussels, which is known for its architecture and visual arts school. But, Colombia was always in her heart. “When I was already abroad I wanted to do something for my country,” she said. “At that moment, Colombia was in a lot of difficulties and most of the things
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that were hard for me were that there was a lot of kidnappings going on.” So, she and her husband, who had emigrated to the U.S., settled in New York and co-founded the non-profit organization Caring For Colombia in 2004 with a group of Americans and Colombian ex-patriots who were concerned about the country’s growing socio-economic issues. The foundation’s mission is to empower vulnerable communities through health, education and the arts. “With the work that we are promoting, we see there is a difference. When we go there and meet the people in our project you see that we have been able to change their lives. That is very important to me,” said Maquinay.
actress is the youngest of four and they connected on what those sibling relationships are like and “how complicated and nuanced they can be,” Kroll said. They sent her the script and she said “yes.” “It’s not always the case that the first person you offer, the perfect person in your mind, to have the person in the movie say yes.” Byrne recommended her boyfriend and actor Bobby Cannavale for the role of her husband Danny. Coincidentally, Kroll and writers Flahive (who had written for Cannavale on the Showtime series Nurse Jackie) and Cox had written the part of the husband for Cannavale. “His character originally was named Bobby and it was by coincidence that she [Rose] was like ‘I think he’d be great for it,’ ” Kroll recalled. Once Byrne and Cannavale were locked in, Kroll was able to use his personal network to cast the rest of the movie, which include Saturday Night Live’s Bobby Moynihan, comedians Mike Birbiglia, Joel McHale, Jason Mantzoukas, and The Good Wife actor Josh Charles. The comic-actor, who hasn’t had a lot of time to do stand-up comedy in the past year or so, has been successful in making the transition from comedy to drama. He attributes it in part to his versatility. “I think it’s fun for me as a performer to just be able to be versatile. There’s no part of me that’s like ‘now, I’m a serious actor.’ An ideal career to me is a diverse one.” Adult Beginners is in theatres nationwide, available on Video On Demand and on iTunes.
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n the herb garden, sage or salvio, as it’s called by botanists, is a favorite culinary perennial. Despite the temptation to sprinkle it lavishly over food, take care when adding it as it has a strong and pungent flavor. In the kitchen, the rule of thumb for substituting fresh herbs for dried is three parts fresh leaves for one part dry. It’s a good proportion to keep in mind and works well for milder herbs, like thyme and chives. For stronger flavors, such as sage and rosemary, cooks should use their discretion. Here, a couple of tablespoons of chopped sage is about right. Adding more, even as a last-minute garnish, would be too much of a good thing.
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brown on both sides, about 5 minutes. Transfer to a clean plate. 3. Add onion, carrots and mushrooms to pan. Cook, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes or until mushrooms are lightly browned. Return chicken to skillet. Sprinkle with sage and pour broth mixture over top. Reduce heat, cover and simmer 15 minutes or until chicken is cooked through. Serves 4. — Recipe by Jean Kressy
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Ebonie Woolcock, MD, MPH and Kraft Practitioner providing care at Bowdoin Street Health Center By PARTNERS HEALTHCARE Ongoing professional development is essential for success in any career. This is especially true for people who aspire to be leaders. That’s why Partners HealthCare and the Kraft family collaborated to create the Kraft Center for Leadership and Training in Community Health. The Kraft Center aims to help develop the careers and leadership skills of excellent physicians and nurses who are committed to improving the health of our communities. Ebonie Woolcock, MD, MPH is currently a practitioner in the Kraft Center for Community Health Program and is working at the Bowdoin Street Health Center in Dorchester. Upon completing her residency at Boston Medical Center, Ebonie was certain that she wanted to remain in the Boston area and work in the field of public health. “I was born and raised in Dorchester and I have always had a strong desire to serve the community that raised me,” says Ebonie. An attending physician who served as a mentor at Boston Medical Center had mentioned the Kraft Program to Ebonie, but it wasn’t until she chose to work at Bowdoin Street Health Center that she realized it
made perfect sense to pursue the opportunity. The team at Bowdoin Street also strongly encouraged Ebonie to pursue the Program, which made the process easier as well. Ebonie is glad that she did— “The Kraft Program is what allows me to do just what I had hoped to do. I get to work in the community health centers I went to growing up. And I get to be the face I didn’t get to see growing up. I not only look like my patients, but I was also raised in the same neighborhoods they were.” As a Kraft Practitioner, Ebonie is able to further her education, while also providing leadership on a specific project that addresses a particular need in the community. Ebonie is familiar with the challenges a family can face with pregnancy—Ebonie’s own mother gave birth to her as a teenager. For her project, Ebonie is caring for expectant mothers who are patients at Bowdoin Street and extending their care beyond the standard health care services. Along with the basic provision of care, Ebonie is also improving the financial literacy of her patients. “There are many different things about parenthood that can overwhelm a new mom—including finances,” says Ebonie. “We hope to help our patients learn to budget, find ways to afford their new expenses, and
also plan for the future. Financial education is important for the healthy life of both the mother and the child.” The work that Ebonie is doing is essential for the health of the community—she identified a need specific to the population she serves and is working to meet that need. Her participation as a Kraft Practitioner is what enables this work. “Kraft has allowed me to take time out of seeing patients to address a need that will make a difference in families’ lives, says Ebonie. Kraft has also been a vital part of Ebonie’s continuing education: “It has also helped me further my education through both school and through connecting with other Kraft physicians and nurses participating in the program. The opportunity to share about our experiences in community health centers is an education in and of itself.” “Ebonie Woolcock is a great example of what Partners and the Kraft family had in mind when establishing the Kraft Center for Community Health,” says Matt Fishman, Partners HealthCare Vice President for Community Health. “Her familiarity with and dedication to her patients at the health center are outstanding. And her commitment to learning and using the leadership skills necessary to work with patients to
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Ebonie Woolcock, MD, MPH, is currently working as a Kraft Practitioner at Bowdoin Street Health Center. make progress on their core needs is what truly makes a difference in the health and well-being of the whole community.” Since its founding in 2011, the Kraft Center for Community
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Left, Andrea Alleyne of Mattapan and her family support Unify Boston to make sure our teachers reflect the diverse communities they serve. Right, Juan Gomez of Dorchester & family signing up for Unify Boston. advocates debate what’s best for our kids. These debates – particularly when it comes to issue of charter schools – divide parents who actually want the same thing: a quality school in their neighborhood, a school where their child can succeed at the highest level. Our communities don’t need more division. We need unity. And that’s what Unify Boston is about. Parents from every neighborhood are coming together around three core principles: 1. Give every child access to an
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continued from page A2 long-term housing plan, released last October, that calls for 53,000 additional housing units by 2030. Indeed, earlier this year, Boston2024 issued a series of commitments, including one to create “thousands of affordable housing units.” During the question-and-answer period, one audience member recalled that promise and pressed for more specific details. FitzGerald said it was too early to promise exact numbers. “You’re asking me to put a guarantee on a plan that has not been produced,” he said. Davey added that details were forthcoming. “What we will put out later this summer is a detailed plan.” He added the information would be made public “way in advance” of a vote on the matter.
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Another focus of the night was the question of how many minority- and women-owned businesses would benefit from the games. Louis Elisa, a longtime Roxbury civic leader, likened the challenge faced by Boston 2024 to Boston’s bid to host the Democratic convention in 2004. “To win that, we had to show we are inclusive [in terms of racial diversity],” he said. “I’m hopeful if you’re trying to win, you put together a winning team.” A particularly illustrative moment came during a tense backand-forth between panelist Paige Scott Reed and former state Senator Diane Wilkerson. Prior to the exchange, Scott Reed and others on the panel had invoked Wilkerson’s name to signal their communication with leaders in the black community on issues of diversity and inclusion. During the audience discussion, Wilkerson approached the mic. “You’ve heard my name six times tonight from this panel,” she said. “You would think I’m involved, but I’m not.” Turning to the panelists, she said, “The conversations have been an attempt to get people to agree with what you already decided to do.” What followed was ten minutes of intense exchange between Wilkerson and Scott Reed. Wilkerson criticized the Boston2024 team for lacking a specific plan, especially since similar diversity targets have been met before as a part of other city planning. When Scott Reed raised the point that she had been on the job for just two months, Wilkerson said that Davey and John Fish, who have championed the city’s bid, should have made diversity goals more central to the operation since day one. “You can’t win the referendum without the support of Roxbury, Dorchester and Mattapan,” Wilkerson said. “And you can do it – by doing the right thing. But I’m not volunteering. If we do it as a volunteer, you won’t respect it.” Scott Reed said that more details on a plan for diversity within the Boston2024 bid would be
forthcoming. “We haven’t left the commitment,” she said. In a conversation with the Banner after the meeting she added, “The faster we can recruit, the faster we can move ahead.”
Community process concerns
The night also brought some rebuke from the crowd about how the bid process has unfolded in a sort of chicken-and-egg manner: audience members expressed frustration that they were expected to form an opinion on a contest that still included so many unanswered questions, while panelists insisted that the whole point of the community meetings was to gather ideas that could be used to craft answers to those questions. One man expressed his wariness to get involved in something that might end up as just a bunch of broken promises. “Many of us want opportunities,” he said. “But we don’t want to just eat up what’s in front of us and then ask, ‘What was that?’ And it feels good, but all I hear is, ‘We’re gonna do some stuff.’ And I have no more clarity [about the bid] than I did months before.” The BRA’s FitzGerald said he understood the frustrations of community members who felt the information about the plan was still too incomplete. “It’s difficult to present a full plan to the community,” he said. “We want to hear from you first.” He added a personal note: “I hate coming before you guys and saying ‘I don’t know.’” Audience members pushed back on Boston 2024’s argument that the group’s plans were still a workin-progress or that the organization really cared as much about community input as it claimed. At one point, FitzGerald said the group was still in the conceptual phase. “We haven’t made any decisions.” Shaw, the former WBZ reporter, quickly retorted, “Yes you have – you’ve hired staff!” Her response was met with claps from the audience. Although the Olympic endeavor was made public in January, the planning process goes back several years. A volunteer exploratory committee including Dan O’Connell, now-chairman of Boston2024 John Fish, the Patriots’ Bob Kraft, and former governor Mitt Romney was formed in early 2013. By the end of that year, a Beacon Hill feasibility committee was formed with the help of legislation from state Senator Eileen Donoghue. Still, panelists used some positive comments and suggestions for ideas from some audience members to focus on what bidders have said is essentially a city planning exercise. Following an audience comment about the possibility of creating a direct transit line from Dudley to Mattapan Square, FitzGerald praised the generation of such ideas. “That’s what gets me excited,” he said. “These are the ideas that are going to come out of this [process], whether we get the bid or not.”
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as essential parts of any effort to address racial inequality. Along the way, organizers passed out small pieces of paper to onlookers watching from front porches and store fronts, each of which contained quotes from famous black figures such as Huey P. Newton and Nina Simone. As marchers passed a group of young people from the Mattapan Teen Center cleaning up a land plot near Simco’s hot dog stand, they paused to pick up trash for a few minutes and give the young people a chance to speak to the group. The teens were participating in the Boston Shines initiative that had community members out cleaning the streets across the city on Saturday. One young person took the opportunity to give an impromptu speech. “We’re out here cleaning up to show that we really are doing something,” he said. His words echoed a theme that was prevalent in comments at both marches, where many people expressed frustration at Baltimore media coverage from the past week that had often labeled young black men as thugs.
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Protesters with Mass Action Against Police Brutality march through Roxbury and the South End last Wednesday improvements, Jackson said, is an emphasis over the past twenty years on a community policing model that emphasizes relationship-building with citizens. He referred to the recent case of Angelo West, whom police shot and killed after West shot an officer in the face during a traffic stop. Jackson says that the police investigation in that case was “the
“The Boston police are far from perfect,” Jackson said. “This is an ongoing relationship – something people have to work on. We are not beyond reproach.” Ron Sullivan, a professor at Harvard Law School who specializes in criminal law, said that he sees many parallels across police-community relations in American urban centers. He cited an October 2014 American Civil Liberties Union report that showed a high rate of police stops of young black and Latino males in Boston. Sullivan added that insufficient data compounded the issue. “The data is extremely noisy,” he said. “There is no national database for police-involved deaths…. [and] FBI data is incomplete. There is no requirement that jurisdictions supply information to the database.” Still, he reserved praise for Boston Police commissioner William B. Evans, whom he says is doing “incredible work” in examining issues of implicit racial bias in policing.
model” of what should happen – “In every case of a fatality [they should] act swiftly, with transparency, and get the information to the community as soon as possible,” he said. Following West’s fatal shooting, police publicly released the video of the incident– the first time local prosecutors had done so before an investigation was complete.
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The Saturday march that started in Mattapan emphasized self-love and community support
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MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY
MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY
LEGAL NOTICE
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS
REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS
Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. AP1523-C1, FY 15-17 AUTHORITYWIDE GLASS AND GLAZING REPAIRS, BOSTON, BEDFORD, AND WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Capital Programs Department Office, Suite 209S, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128-2909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2015 immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly.
Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. AP1516-C1, FY15-17 PUMP & MOTOR SERVICE AND MAINTENANCE, 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, MAY 27, 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 A.M. LOCAL TIME ON THURSDAY MAY 14, 2015.
NOTE: PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 10:00 A.M. LOCAL TIME ON THURSDAY, MAY 14, 2015.
The work includes PROVISION OF LABOR, MATERIALS, TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT TO MAINTAIN, REPAIR AND REPLACE GLASS SYSTEMS ON AN “AS NEEDED” BASIS OVER A TWO YEAR TERM AT ALL MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY AVIATION AND NON-AVIATION FACILITIES LOCATED IN BOSTON, BEDFORD, AND WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.
The work includes PROVIDE ALL LABOR, TOOLS, TESTING, EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS TO SERVICE, MAINTAIN AND REPAIR WASTEWATER, STORMWATER, CONDENSATE AND OTHER PROCESS PUMPS, MOTORS AND CONTROLS OF VARIOUS EQUIPMENT MANUFACTURERS FOR ALL MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY FACILITIES IN BEDFORD, CHARLESTOWN, AND BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.
The MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY (Authority) is soliciting consulting services for MPA CONTRACT NO. L1354, CENTRAL HEATING PLANT UPGRADE, LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. The Authority is seeking qualified multidiscipline consulting firm or team, with proven experience to provide professional services including planning, study and preliminary design and business case development services to survey and review existing mechanical equipment, steam, high temperature and chilled water systems, energy costs and evaluate future capacity requirements. The Consultant must be able to work closely with the Authority and other interested parties in order to provide such services in a timely and effective manner.
Bid documents will be made available beginning WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2015.
Bid documents will be made available beginning WEDNESDAY, MAY 6, 2015.
In order to be eligible and responsible to bid on this contract General Bidders must submit with their bid a current Certificate of Eligibility issued by the Division of Capital Asset Management and an Update Statement. The General Bidder must be certified in the category of DOORS AND WINDOWS.
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 THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($300,000.00).
The estimated contract cost is ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY-FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS ($174,000.00).
A proposal guaranty shall be submitted with each General Bid consisting of a bid deposit for five (5) percent of the value of the bid; when sub bids are required, each must be accompanied by a deposit equal to five (5) percent of the sub bid amount, in the form of a bid bond, or cash, or a certified check, or a treasurer’s or a cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the Massachusetts Port Authority in the name of which the Contract for the work is to be executed. The bid deposit shall be (a) in a form satisfactory to the Authority, (b) with a surety company qualified to do business in the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Authority, and (c) conditioned upon the faithful performance by the principal of the agreements contained in the bid.
A proposal guaranty shall be submitted with each General Bid consisting of a bid deposit for five (5) percent of the value of the bid; when sub bids are required, each must be accompanied by a deposit equal to five (5) percent of the sub bid amount, in the form of a bid bond, or cash, or a certified check, or a treasurer’s or a cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the Massachusetts Port Authority in the name of which the Contract for the work is to be executed. The bid deposit shall be (a) in a form satisfactory to the Authority, (b) with a surety company qualified to do business in the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Authority, and (c) conditioned upon the faithful performance by the principal of the agreements contained in the bid.
The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and a labor and materials payment bond, each in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract price. The surety shall be a surety company or securities satisfactory to the Authority. Attention is called to the minimum rate of wages to be paid on the work as determined under the provisions of Chapter 149, Massachusetts General Laws, Section 26 to 27G, inclusive, as amended. The Contractor will be required to pay minimum wages in accordance with the schedules listed in Division II, Special Provisions of the Specifications, which wage rates have been predetermined by the U. S. Secretary of Labor and / or the Commissioner of Labor and Industries of Massachusetts, whichever is greater.
The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and a labor and materials payment bond, each in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract price. The surety shall be a surety company or securities satisfactory to the Authority. Attention is called to the minimum rate of wages to be paid on the work as determined under the provisions of Chapter 149, Massachusetts General Laws, Section 26 to 27G, inclusive, as amended. The Contractor will be required to pay minimum wages in accordance with the schedules listed in Division II, Special Provisions of the Specifications, which wage rates have been predetermined by the U. S. Secretary of Labor and / or the Commissioner of Labor and Industries of Massachusetts, whichever is greater.
The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance and Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of TEN MILLION DOLLARS ($10,000,000). Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details.
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 Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details.
This Contract is also subject to Affirmative Action requirements of the Massachusetts Port Authority contained in the Non Discrimination and Affirmative Action article of Division I, General Requirements and Covenants, and to the Secretary of Labor’s Requirement for Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Opportunity and the Standard Federal Equal Opportunity Construction Contract Specifications (Executive Order 11246). The General Contractor is required to submit a Certification of Non Segregated Facilities prior to award of the Contract, and to notify prospective subcontractors of the requirement for such certification where the subcontract exceeds $10,000.
This Contract is also subject to Affirmative Action requirements of the Massachusetts Port Authority contained in the Non Discrimination and Affirmative Action article of Division I, General Requirements and Covenants, and to the Secretary of Labor’s Requirement for Affirmative Action to Ensure Equal Opportunity and the Standard Federal Equal Opportunity Construction Contract Specifications (Executive Order 11246). The General Contractor is required to submit a Certification of Non Segregated Facilities prior to award of the Contract, and to notify prospective subcontractors of the requirement for such certification where the subcontract exceeds $10,000.
Complete information and authorization to view the site may be obtained from the Capital Programs Department Office at the Massachusetts Port Authority. The right is reserved to waive any informality in or reject any or all proposals.
Complete information and authorization to view the site may be obtained from the Capital Programs Department Office at the Massachusetts Port Authority. The right is reserved to waive any informality in or reject any or all proposals.
MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
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The consultant shall demonstrate experience in several disciplines and including but not limited to, HVAC, Mechanical, Energy Modeling, Electrical, Plumbing, Structural, Code Compliance, Cost Estimating, Construction Phasing, Sustainable Design, Resiliency, and Business Case Development. The contract will be work order based, and Consultant’s fee for each work order shall be negotiated; however, the total fee for the contract shall not exceed $1,500,000. A Supplemental Information Package will be available, on Wednesday, May 6, 2015, on the Capital Bid Opportunities webpage of Massport http:// www.massport.com/doing-business/_layouts/CapitalPrograms/default.aspx as an attachment to the original Legal Notice, and on COMMBUYS (www. commbuys.com) in the listings for this project. If you have problems finding it, please contact Susan Brace at Capital Programs SBrace@massport.com The Supplemental Information Package will provide detailed information about Scope Of Work, Selection Criteria and Submission Requirements. By responding to this solicitation, consultants agree to accept the terms and conditions of Massport’s standard work order agreement, a copy of the Authority’s standard agreement can be found on the Authority’s web page at www.massport.com. The Consultant shall specify in its cover letter that it has the ability to obtain requisite insurance coverage. This submission, including the litigation and legal proceedings history in a separate sealed envelope as required shall be addressed to Houssam H. Sleiman, PE, CCM, Director of Capital Programs and Environmental Affairs and received no later than 12:00 Noon on Thursday, 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 submission which is not received in a timely manner shall be rejected by the Authority as non-responsive. Any information provided to the Authority in any Proposal or other written or oral communication between the Proposer and the Authority will not be, or deemed to have been, proprietary or confidential, although the Authority will use reasonable efforts not to disclose such information to persons who are not employees or consultants retained by the Authority except as may be required by M.G.L. c.66. MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR INVITATION TO BID The Massachusetts Water Resources Authority is seeking bids for the following: BID NO.
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RFQ/P Upgrades to Chelsea 05/29/15 Screen House Engineering Services During Construction and Resident Engineering/Inspection Services
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RFQ/P Nut Island Odor Control, 06/05/15 HVAC and Energy Management Systems Evaluation
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Alewife Brook Pump Station Rehabilitation
2:00 p.m.
06/11/15
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To obtain Contract Documents send request to the MWRA’s Document Distribution Office at MWRADocumentDistribution@mwra.com.
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division
Docket No. SU14C0382CA In the matter of Karvens Oliver Glirolle of Mattapan, MA
IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT AT BOSTON ON OR BEFORE TEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM) ON 05/21/2015.
lawyer. Anyone may make this request on behalf of the above-named person. If the above-named person cannot afford a lawyer, one may be appointed at State expense.
WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: April 17, 2015 Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate
WITNESS, Hon. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: April 14, 2015 Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate
Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department
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NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME To all persons interested in a petition described: A petition has been presented by Carline Felix requesting that Karvens Oliver Glirolle be allowed to change his name as follows:
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In the Interests of: Jessica A. Johnson Of Boston, MA RESPONDENT Incapacitated Person/Protected Person
IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT AT BOSTON ON OR BEFORE TEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM) ON 05/21/2015. WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: April 17, 2015 Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division
Docket No. SU14C0383CA
In the matter of Kemarr Kendrick Michel of Mattapan, MA NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME To all persons interested in a petition described: A petition has been presented by Carline Felix requesting that Kemarr Kendrick Michel be allowed to change his name as follows: Kemarr Kendrick Felix
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To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Precolia Burwell of Roxbury Crossing, MA in the above captioned matter requesting that the court Expand the powers of a Guardian of the Respondent. The petition asks the court to make a determination that the powers of the Guardian and/or Conservator should be expanded, modified, or limited since the time of the appointment. The original petition is on file with this court. You have the right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 06/18/2015. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to file the written appearance if you object to the petition. If you fail to file the written appearance by the return date, action may be taken in this matter without further notice to you. In addition to filing the written appearance, you or your attorney must file a written affidavit stating the specific facts and grounds of your objection within 30 days after the return date.
The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for Divorce requesting that the Court grant a divorce for irretrievable breakdown of the marriage under G.L. c. 208, Section 1 B. The Complaint is on file at the Court. An Automatic Restraining Order has been entered in this matter preventing you from taking any action which would negatively impact the current financial status of either party. SEE Supplemental Probate Court Rule 411. You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon: Steven Saul Greenzang, Esq., 7 Claflin Path #2, Brookline, MA 02445 your answer, if any, on or before 06/18/2015. If you fail to do so, the court will proceed to the hearing and adjudication of this action. You are also required to file a copy of your answer, if any, in the office of the Register of this Court. Witness, Hon. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court. Date: April 3, 2015
Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate
IMPORTANT NOTICE The outcome of this proceeding may limit or completely take away the above-named person’s right to make decisions about personal affairs or financial affairs or both. The above-named person has the right to ask for a
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Citation Giving Notice of Petition to Expand the Powers of a Guardian
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- 20 HOURS PER WEEK: The Groveland (MA) Housing Authority seeks an executive director/housing manager to direct a small PHA with 58 federally-assisted elderly/ disabled units and 3 state-aided family units. Current staff includes a full-time maintenance technician, a part-time maintenance technician and a secretary (part-time). Two years’ experience in housing, community development, public administration or a closely related field. Knowledge of the principles and practices of housing management, finances and maintenance systems in public or private housing. Written and verbal communications skills required. Willingness to work with people of various socioeconomic backgrounds. Must be bondable. Professional certification as a Public Housing Manager from a HUD approved organization desired and may be substituted by certification as a property manager or similar classification by a nationally recognized housing or real estate organization, or by certification as a MPHA of a DHCD-approved Massachusetts Public Housing Administrator Certification Program. Federal housing program experience is desired. Two-year full time post-secondary education in a related field may substitute for up to one year of experience. Compensation is in accordance with state Executive Director salary schedule. Submit cover letter and resume to Executive Director Search Committee, Groveland Housing Authority, 10 River Pines Road, Groveland, MA 01834 by 1:00 P.M. on May 21, 2015.
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Executive Director The Norfolk Housing Authority, Norfolk, MA, is seeking a Ad #:applicant to oversee 22881-6 qualified the daily management and operation of 64 units ofBay 667-1State elderly housing and 20 units Publication: Banner of 705-1 The Executive Director reports to a Run family Date:housing.05/07/15 five member Board of Commissioners. Minimum requireSection: HWyears Healthcare ments include at least two of experience in housing management, community development, administraCost: $200.00 + $125public internet tion, or a closely related field. Knowledge of the principles Size: 2 col x 2.5 inches and practices of housing management, finances, and maintenance systems is also required. Computer proficiency is needed, and a knowledge of PHA or other related software is a plus. Written and verbal communication skills are needed, as well as a willingness to work with people of various socio-economic backgrounds. Certification as a MPHA from a DHCD approved Massachusetts Public Housing Administrator Certification Program is desired, or must be able to obtain within one year. The applicant must be bondable and pass a Criminal History screening. Salary is commensurate with experience and education within the Department of Housing and Community Development’s Executive Director Salary Schedule guidelines. The minimum number of work hours per week is 25 and must be worked during normal business hours. A full range of benefits, including retirement, health care, paid vacation and sick leave will be available. Applicants should submit a cover letter, outlining their specific qualifications along with resume to: Search Committee, c/o Norfolk Housing Authority, P.O. Box 293, Norfolk, MA 02056, or to norfolkha33@gmail.com, no later than May 29, 2015. The Norfolk Housing Authority is an EEOAA.
Central Boston Elder Services is seeking to employ Bilingual Care Managers to work with elders in our Home Care Program. Responsibilities: The Bilingual Care Manager will interview elders (in their native tongue) for home care services to determine eligibility in home, hospital, nursing home, or other appropriate location. Conduct initial and periodic assessments within required time frames of elders’ physical, social, emotional and environmental status to determine needs. Complete all home visits and paperwork within guidelines of EOEA regulation and Agency policy. Qualifications: we are seeking individual who are able to speak fully fluent verbally and written in English and in one of the following foreign languages: Spanish, Russian, Somalian, Chinese, Haitian/ Creole or Portuguese Creole. Excellent skills in observation, assessment and problem-solving. Strong organizational skills, including the ability to manage time effectively to meet deadlines. Ability to handle diverse responsibilities and work independently. Good interpersonal skills, including the ability to relate with clients, administration and the ability to collaborate in an interdisciplinary context. Effective advocacy skills, including understanding and sensitivity to cultural issues of the target client population. Basic knowledge of community resources and programs and the ability to empower elders in improving their quality of life. Ability to work in urban, multi-ethnic and multi-racial neighborhoods. To Apply: Please send resume and cover letter to: hr@centralboston.org or fax 617-277-5025. Central Boston Elder Services Human Resources Department 2315 Washington Street Boston, MA 02119
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SATURDAY WALKING TOUR: HISTORIC TREASURES OF THE BACK BAY FENS What do a 17th-century Japanese Temple Bell, a historic bridge made of Roxbury puddingstone, and a tree once thought extinct have in common? They all reside in the Back Bay Fens. Learn about these and other treasures on a guided walking tour of the Back Bay Fens that is sure to bring out the history detective in you! Saturday, May 9, 11am - 12:30pm and Sunday, May 17, 1-2:30pm. For more information: www.emeraldnecklace.org/ calendar/events/may-is-historic-preservation-month/.
HIDDEN COLORS 3, THE RULES OF RACISM Greater Boston Association of Black Social Workers presents a documentary film and discussion: Hidden Colors 3, The Rules of Racism. Saturday, May 9, 12:15pm 4:30pm, Mattapan Branch Library, 1350 Blue Hill Ave., Mattapan. Admission is free.
UPCOMING BLUE HILLS RESERVATION Moderate walk, hilly terrain, 3 miles. Headquarters Path to Doe Hollow Path and return via Bugbee Path. Meet at the Houghton’s Pond main parking lot on 840 Hillside St. in Milton. Sunday, May 17, 1pm. The Southeastern Massachusetts Adult Walking Club meets each weekend on either a Saturday or Sunday at 1:00 for recreational walks. This club is open to people of 16 years of age and older, and there is no fee to join. Walks average 2 to 5 miles. New walkers are encouraged to participate. The terrain can vary: EASY (mostly level terrain), MODERATE (hilly terrain), DIFFICULT (strenuous & steep). Walks will be led by a park ranger or a Walking Club volunteer leader. Occasionally, the Walking Club meets at other DCR sites. Some DCR sites charge a parking fee. The rangers recommend wearing hiking boots and bringing drinking water on all hikes.
for elementary school aged children through adults. This program is part of the Boston Public Library’s We Are One: Mapping America’s Road from Revolution to Independence initiative. The character of Rachel Revere was developed with the assistance of the staff of the Paul Revere House in Boston. Wednesday, May 27, 4pm. www.bpl.org, Uphams Corner Branch of the Boston Public Library 500 Columbia Rd., Dorchester, 617-265-0139.
BOSTON BOOK FESTIVAL The Boston Book Festival, celebrating the power of words, announces the full programming for its inaugural free kids’ festival HUBBUB: CREATIVE COMMOTION FOR KIDS, to be held Saturday, June 20, in Boston’s Copley Square. Including activities for kids and families of all ages, Hubbub offers a full day of fun-filled creativity, inventiveness, and exploration such as an author presentation by Mo Willems, workshops with Mitali Perkins, Esh Circus Arts, Urbanity Dance, and much more. Most events are free. There are a handful of presentations that require complimentary online registration. For more information visit www.bostonbookfest.org.
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More than just for pasta sauce, the major culinary herbs have been used as herbal remedies for thousands of years. Learn herbal recipes based around rosemary, sage, thyme, oregano, and more. Danielle Laberge is an herbalist practicing and teaching in the Vitalist tradition at the Commonwealth Center for Holistic Herbalism in Brookline. Her website is located at www.growinghabits.com. Thursday, May 7, 5:30pm. Supplies are limited; pre-registration is required. Maximum of 30 participants. To register, please visit the branch or call Elise at 617.265.0139. www.bpl.org. Uphams Corner Branch of the Boston Public Library, 500 Columbia Rd., 617-265-0139.
that continued to define what it means photographs, and other work product to be Cuban. Still Running offers an addifor thousands of landscapes around the tional collection of works by some of the continent. artists that formed part of Grupo Antillano (Leonel Morales, Herminio Escalona, BCNC QUINCY SUMMER Julia Valdés, Clara Morrera), and younger YOUTH PROGRAMS Cuban artists who have continued in LEAP (Leadership, Enrichment, Arts Prothe tradition of Afro-Cuban art. Gallery gram) is a six-week program for rising Easy website: www.multiculturalartscenter. SUDOKU 9th grade youth. Youth will have fun and org/galleries/. FREE and open to the 6 8 9 7 5 1 4 3 2 meet new friends. The program is FREE public. Multicultural Arts Center, 41 2nd 7 at no 1 cost 2 and 4 will 3 provide 6 8enrichment 5 9 St., Cambridge. Regular Gallery hours: activities, fieldtrips, project-based 4 3 5 8 9 2 1 6 and 7 Monday-Friday, 10:30am - 6pm. 8 educational 4 3 5workshops 1 9 on7leadership 2 6 and transition to high school. Youlead Summer 5 2 1 6 7 8 9 4 3 SUMMER SATURDAYS is a six-week program for high school 9 youth 6 (9th-12th 7 2 grade). 4 3 This 5 program 8 1 AT PAUL REVERE HOUSE Special events on Saturday afteris FREE at no cost and youth can 1 5 6 9 2 4 3 7 gain 8 noons (1:00-3:00) in May will community service hours, learn about 2 9 4 3 8 7 6 1 5 feature craft demonstrations, historical leadership, public speaking, meet new 3 friends, 7 8and 1work6 on 5community 2 9 projects. 4 talks, live music, and more in the Paul Revere House courtyard, weather perJuly 6 - August 14, 12-5pm, BCNC 6 8 9 7 5 1 4 3 2 mitting. Included with admission to the Quincy (Boston 7 1Chinatown 2 4 3 6 8Neighborhood 5 9 4 3 5 8 9 2 1 6 7 museum: adults $3.50, seniors and Center Quincy), 275 Hancock St., Suite 8 4 3 5 1 9 7 2 6 college students $3, children ages 5–17 200, Quincy (Across 5 2 1 6from 7 8 North 9 4 3Quincy 9 6 7 2 4 3 5 8 1 High School — next to McDonalds in $1. Members and North End residents 1 5 6 9 2 4 3 7 8 9 4 3 E-mail 8 7 6 Catalina 1 5 North Quincy).2 RSVP: Tang admitted free at all times. The Revere 3 7 8 1 6 5 2 9 4 House is open daily 9:30am - 5:15pm. 19 at catalina.tang@bcnc.net or call 617770-0091. North Square, Boston. GHNS #2496
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2
GHNSGHNS #2499#2501
GHNS #2499
GHNS #2498
7
1
GHNS #2499
GHNS #2497
GHNS #2496
6
5
GHNS #2497
GHNS #2497
GHNS #2498
GHNS #2496
SUDOKU
GHNS #2499
4
9
1
3
8
2
5
6
7
1
5
4
8
6
7
3
9
2
1
5
4
8
6
7
3
9
2
3
8
9
1
4
6
7
5
2
3
8
9
1
4
6
7
5
2
6
95 31 46 12 73 88
7
2
6
3
5
74 48 89 25 16 97
1
5
7
9
1
28 59 37 66 82 44
3
9
4
1
9
4
8
2
7
5
6
3
4 9 1 3 8 2 5 6 7 5 2 6 9 3 4 1 7 8 2 5 86 2 447 78 691 99 135 37 2856 86 22 47 794 61 983 15 375 8 118 76 3 5923 17 6832 94 4714 29 1558 6 768 3 53 1 62 9 44 2 5 2
3
6 3 5 7 4 8 2 1 9 9 7 64 9 571 21 386 83 452 12 9379 64 97 51 235 36 846 42 168 3 244 85 2 6367 94 1458 73 3689 51 2214 9 857 2 67 9 18 7 39 5 1 7
5
9
1
1
2
5
3
6
8
4
5
1
6
2
3
4
8
9
5
6
2
6
8
1
7
3
9
7
4
9
3
5
2
6
3
5
7
2
4
1
8
GHNS #2502
4
3
6
9
1
8
7
1
8
2
7
9
4
5