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Hub rents force out city’s elders

S. End, Chinatown, hard hit as luxury units displace tenements

By SANDRA LARSON

At United South End Settlements’ Harriet Tubman House, neighborhood elders dropping in for the senior lunch program on a June day had plenty to say about “a bunch of changes” they’ve seen over the years.

“This right here used to be a nightclub,” said “Spider” Edwards, 85, recalling the old Hi-Hat club where Count Basie and other jazz luminaries played in the 1940s, one of many clubs in this area where the South End meets Lower Roxbury. The former Louie’s Lounge down on Washington Street is now an apartment building, added Luther Flynt, a South End dweller for some 70 years.

Flynt rented on W. Springfield Street for 35 years, he said, up to 1999, and the price was reasonable — “not sky high, like it is now.” The men agree that rents started going up when “other folks” moved in over the past few decades. And the area has most definitely shifted from black to white, they said.

“It’s changing. It’s changing every day. People don’t want to live in the suburbs anymore,” said Flynt.

Former South End neighbors have left for more affordable areas like Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan, and even Brockton, outside Boston, said James Banks.

“Financially, they force you out,” he said. “You have to live within your means, so you move.”

At a nearby table, Barbara

THE ELDER EXPERIENCE OF GENTRIFICATION Part 1 of a 2-part series Part 2 will publish in next week’s Banner.

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percent: One quarter of the city of Boston is affected by gentrification.

Incomes of the top 5 percent of Boston residents are15 times higher than those of the bottom 20 percent. th Boston ranks fourth in the nation in income inequality

Randolph, 85, spoke of growing up in an era when the South End was full of low-cost apartments for families, and plenty of rooming houses serving those at the lowest rungs of the economic ladder.

Her childhood street, W. Rutland Square, housed mainly African American families like hers.

But 15 or 20 years ago, “people wanted to buy,” she said, and longtime owners sold multi-family buildings and decamped to other neighborhoods such as Roxbury and Dorchester.

“It’s not like they were forced out,” she said, “but at the time a lot of older people weren’t able to keep up with repairs and maintenance. They sold the buildings for $300,000 or so, and moved to other areas.”

Randolph lives in a Columbus Avenue housing cooperative now, so her monthly rent remains affordable. She feels lucky that she’s been able to stay in

See ELDERS, page 9

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State Sen. Linda Dorcena Forry speaks during a press conference denouncing the Dominican Republic’s planned expulsion of Haitians, and Dominican-born descendants of Haitians. The expulsions, due to begin in August, could cause a humanitarian disaster.

Local officials denounce D.R.’s planned expulsion Hundreds of thousands to become stateless

By ELIZA DEWEY

In the wake of a growing crisis for people of Haitian descent in the Dominican Republic, a collection of Massachusetts elected officials stood in front of the state house Tuesday to call for action on the issue. The group was led by state senator Linda Dorcena Forry of Dorchester, the state’s only elected official with Haitian roots.

“The current government of the Dominican Republic has recently implemented a series of new naturalization laws specifically aimed at ridding the country of Dominican citizens of Haitian descent,” said Senator Forry in a statement.

“Hundreds of thousands are at risk of being deported out of their homeland.”

The Dominican Republic recently announced a requirement that undocumented migrant

workers register their presence in the country by June 17 or risk deportation. The vast majority of migrant workers in that country are of Haitian descent. The migrants’ Dominican-born offspring also are at risk for deportation because of a controversial 2013 ruling from the Dominican high court that stripped them of their citizenship. In total, tens of thousands of

See HAITI, page 13

Confederate flag comes under fire

Obama joins calls to take the flag down

By YAWU MILLER

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Longtime South Enders socialize at the United South End Settlements senior lunch program. (l-r) “Spider” Edwards, James Banks, Luther Flynt.

When Bree Newsome, a 30-year-old activist from Charlotte, North Carolina, scaled the flagpole at a Confederate Civil War memorial next to the South Carolina State House, grabbed the Confederate battle flag, descended and was arrested, the bold move signaled a shift in the long-simmering battle over the

controversial symbol of the slaveholding Confederacy.

Within the space of a week, a parade of prominent politicians denounced the flag, including President Obama, Republican South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, and prominent South Carolina Democratic and Republican lawmakers.

“For many, black and white, that flag was a reminder of systemic oppression and racial

subjugation,” the president said, delivering a eulogy for the Rev. Clementa Pinkney, one of the nine killed by Charleston church shooter Dylan Root June 17. “We see that now. Removing the flag from the state’s capitol would not be an act of political correctness. … It would simply be an acknowledgement that the cause for which they fought, the cause of slavery, was wrong.”

Those denunciations were preceded by numerous

See FLAG, page 8

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Main Streets marks 20 yrs. of business improvements

By YAWU MILLER

In the early days of the Main Streets program, the organization’s work of revitalizing neighborhood business districts was challenging. In Dudley Square, much of that work revolved around fighting for services.

“Getting all the utilities into the Dudley area was a big thing,” recalls Fred Fairfield, a longtime Dudley Main Streets board member and property owner.

In one meeting with a Boston Edison official, Fairfield, a master electrician, and Ken Guscott, an engineer, outlined very clearly the electrical upgrades needed to properly power the buildings in the area.

“He said we were asking for a Cadillac system for a Buick neighborhood,” recalls Dudley Main Streets Executive Director Joyce Stanley.

The Boston Edison official was fired, and upgrades were made to the electric, gas, and water and sewer systems, thanks to the persistence of the merchants, area residents and other stakeholders who came together under the leadership of the Dudley Square Main Streets organization. That was 20 years ago.

The Main Streets program, an initiative of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, focuses on revitalizing commercial districts.

Then-Mayor Thomas Menino, who had helped Hyde Park secure a Main Streets designation from the Historic

Trust, entered into a partnership with the organization, which led to the creation of Boston Main Streets.

Each Boston district has an executive director who helps businesses collaborate on improvements, coordinate promotional events and securing resources from state and federal government organizations.

Last week, the Dudley Square business boosters joined representatives from the other 19 Main Streets organizations throughout Boston at the Strand Theater to celebrate the 20-year anniversary of

the program’s roll-out in Boston.

More than 400 people filed into the Upham’s Corner theatre building for the celebration, during which Mayor Martin Walsh and Citizen’s Bank Massachusetts President Quincy Miller announced the bank’s $100,000 grant to the Boston Main Streets Foundation.

The foundation will distribute the funds to Main Streets organizations for promotions and marketing.

“This $100,000 award from the Citizens Bank Foundation reflects our belief that the strength of

our company is directly tied to the strength of communities we serve,” said Miller. “Our investment will help build on the achievements the Main Streets districts across the city have made in fostering small business development and making our neighborhoods more vibrant.”

Dudley businesses look back

Few Main Streets districts in Boston have seen more momentous changes than those that have swept through Dudley Square over the last 20 years. Back in 1995, when Joyce Stanley opened Dudley Square Main Streets, the square had few ground floor vacancies, but the upper stories of many of the major buildings had long been shuttered.

Then, as public investment

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Boston Main Streets Senior Business Manager Bik Ng, Citizens Bank Massachusetts President Quincy Miller, Boston Main Streets Director Stephen Gillman, Dudley Main Streets Director Joyce Stanley and board member Fred Fairfield enjoy a moment during the Boston Main Streets 20th anniversary celebration at the Strand Theatre in Dorchester.

rolled into Dudley, including millions in funds from the city’s Enhance Economic Empowerment district, major buildings came back to life. Fairfield tapped the federal funds to rehabilitate the long-vacant former Roxbury Boys Club building, which now houses federal offices. On the other side of Roxbury Street, the upper floors of the Sargent Prince building were converted into studio apartments, Paladio Hall’s upper floors became office space and the Dartmouth Hotel was renovated into apartments.

In Dudley as in Boston, the efforts of Main Streets organizations have paid off, according to Stephan Gillman, program director for Boston Main Streets.

“People see more of a community in Main Streets districts,” he said.

“The businesses themselves are part of a community. Many of them used to think they were out by themselves. Now they see themselves as working together. And the Main Streets directors are a catalyst.”

The improved districts have brought in more shoppers, and in turn, more businesses, according to Gillman. City-wide, the main streets districts now have a 95 percent occupancy rate – a far cry from the 50 percent vacancy rates many districts had 20 years ago.

Still, as is the case in Dudley Square, where beauty supply stores and discount retailers have long dominated the streetscape, bringing in the optimal mix of businesses remains a challenge.

“You have to convince the landlords that certain businesses are better for the district,” Gillman said. “You want folks to be able to walk out their door and get what they need in a two-to five-block radius. That’s the ideal.”

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Youth organizers hold 2nd jobs protest in Mayor’s office Youth organizers argue that private sector investment in youth jobs, while beneficial, does not have a large enough impact on the overall issue.

In a statement to the Banner, the group called the mayor’s securing of private sector jobs “an important step,” but said that such companies added fewer than 100 jobs per year.

“It is important that Mayor Walsh pressure companies, but the number of jobs that results is small compared to the press coverage that he gets for his efforts,” the statement reads.

“Private job placements and state funding will not add 4,000 jobs to allow 14,000 youth to work,” the statement said, stressing again their desire for greater city funding.

By ELIZA DEWEY

Youth organizers advocating for more city-funded youth jobs staged their second protest in about a month in the Mayor’s office last week, temporarily crowding his front office.

“The mayor put in $270,000 for 200 youth jobs and that’s lower than what we were asking,” said Peaches Perez, an organizer with the group Youth Justice and Power Union, explaining the reason for their continued protest on June 23.

Mayor Walsh announced the youth jobs increase last week while attending the U.S. Conference of Mayors in San Francisco. In an email statement to the Banner following the protest, mayoral spokesperson Bonnie McGilpin pointed to those investments and emphasized the mayor’s commitment to the issue.

“Under his leadership, in 2014 the Mayor’s Summer Jobs Program through public and private partnerships provided over 10,000 jobs and the mayor has been working everyday to reach that same goal,” she said.

The organizers, however, said that they were frustrated with what they said was a minor increase in jobs that would not satisfy the need.

They claim that the city needs at least 14,000 job slots to match the number of young people looking for work.

The group settled on the 14,000 number, which they called a conservative estimate, through a variety of calculations they shared with the Banner. One calculation argues that if the age limits for SuccessLink applicants were expanded to include 14- and 19- year olds and they applied in the same ratio as the current 15-18 age group, the total number of SuccessLink applicants would be about 13,500.

Another calculation pointed to Center of Labor Market Studies data that claimed about 60 percent of Massachusetts teens want to work – which would translate to at least 21,000 young people in Boston.

The city’s youth jobs are funded through a mix of city, state and private funding, with the majority of funding coming from municipal coffers.

The protest in the mayor’s office was the second such sit-in staged by the group in a matter of weeks.

The previous sit-in, held on May 20 and also covered by the Banner, was silent, lasted for just five minutes, and included fewer people. This time around, the group was higher in number – approximately 40 young people in all – and made a point to be loud and stay longer.

This time, the group sat in the mayor’s office for about 40 minutes,

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Youth organizers with the group Youth Justice and Power Union held a sit-in in the Mayor’s office on June 23. They are calling for more city investments in youth jobs. chanting phrases such as “The youth united will never be defeated!” and “If we don’t get it, shut it down!”

This protest brought the chief of security for City Hall, Sgt. Daniel Keeler, to the room to address the group’s noise level.

The group of young people stressed that the point of their protest was to be disruptive to business-asusual, and erupted into chants and singing. An increasingly frustrated Keeler responded by recording a video of the group with his phone, although it was not clear for what purpose.

The group did agree to leave by the end of the business day, and were on their way out the door by about 4:55 PM. The Banner checked with Keeler about whether it was an issue of fire safety, but he said it was not.

“It’s disruptive, you can hear it through the building,” he said.

When asked for comment on the protest itself, McGilpin responded, “City Hall is open to all, and residents are welcome to express their opinions within City Hall. ”

who are rejected from jobs who being who they are,” they said, adding that was an issue that they identified with.

Some other mayoral staffers who declined to give their names briefly met with leaders from the group after the protest.

Carlos Rios, a 21-year-old with the group, said he thought the mayor’s recent touting of his youth job numbers while at the mayor’s conference in San Francisco was “to basically make his image look good” and said the numbers were not anywhere near what was needed to have a significant impact.

Pushing public dollars

As previously reported in the Banner, an ongoing point of contention between the group and the mayor is the role of the private sector in youth job creation – a point of

some contention between the mayor and the youth organizers.

McGilpin stressed the importance of private partnerships in her email to the Banner.

“While local government is a leader in these efforts, the private sector also plays a major role in providing young people with meaningful employment experiences, and a productive, safe working environment,” she said. “The mayor appreciates the commitment of the city’s private sector partners, and will continue to engage with new and existing companies to cultivate young talent in the city.”

Walsh’s call for greater private sector involvement in youth job creation is ongoing. In his statement on the matter last week, he called for interested parties to contact the city at summerjobs@boston.gov.

Ongoing issue

The conversation on the matter is ongoing. The YJPU group met with the mayor last week. Youth organizers expressed some frustration about that meeting.

“In our meeting, Mayor Walsh said he doesn’t want to take from one area, like the $324 million for police, and put money into another area, like youth jobs,” the group said in a statement. “Mayor Walsh talked about how his priority is violence, but it’s funny to focus on violence and not all the causes of violence.”

However, they said they were “tentatively hopeful about the future,” as long as the Mayor continued to meet with them.

McGilpin added a similar nod to the future.

“The mayor met with the group just last week, and looks forward to working with them in the future in order to discuss additional ways to secure summer jobs for youth,” she said in an email to the Banner.

A personal matter

For many of the youth organizers, the matter of youth jobs was personal. Organizer Douana Offie said that work was a way for her to support her family.

“Watching my mom suffer as a single mom was hard,” said the 17-year-old from Dorchester.

“When I got my first job at age 14 as a camp counseler, I gave my first paycheck to her so she could pay bills and buy groceries.”

For Ziquelle Smalls, a 19-year-old organizer with the group, it was personal for a different reason.

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Obamacare: Health insurance for all Americans

In a dispositive 6-3 opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court recently rescued 6.4 million Americans in 34 states from the loss of their health insurance. The Affordable Care Act (ACA), derisively referred to as Obamacare by its opponents, included language that would deny benefits to those otherwise eligible but who had purchased their insurance from the federal marketplace instead of state-owned exchanges.

Opponents of the ACA took advantage of this legislative glitch in an attempt to damage the successful implementation of the act by substantially reducing the number of beneficiaries. However, the majority of the court concluded that the strict interpretation of the language would produce a result at odds with the intention of the legislative history established during the ACA’s passage.

Although some conservative purists will argue that their opposition to the ACA is philosophical, the evidence is building that

racism might be at its root. There is considerable opposition to any program that is believed to be beneficial to blacks. Social Security survived political opposition to its enactment because of two factors that excluded blacks. It did not cover agriculture or domestic service, two major employment groups for blacks, and back in the 1930s the abbreviated longevity of blacks greatly limited the number who would reach retirement age.

It is no accident that only one state of the Confederacy, Arkansas, has chosen to accept the entirely federally-funded opportunity for expanded Medicaid. Whites object to the possibility of benefiting blacks, even if poor whites also are helped. The massacre in Charleston, S.C. should indicate that race relations in America are on a perilous course.

Whites always have focused on the perceived deficiencies in blacks. It is now time for serious self-inquiry by whites.

Meaning of Texas’ Juneteenth lost in Boston There are so few celebrations to unite African Americans that anyone who criticizes such an occasion is seen as the equivalent of the Grinch who stole Christmas. However, some holidays help to fashion the culture of a group, so the leaders have a responsibility to assure that the symbolism is positive. There is some question as to whether the Juneteenth celebration meets that standard.

Abraham Lincoln was determined to end slavery, but as president he lacked the constitutional authority to do so. However, as Commander in Chief of the Union Army he was authorized to end slavery as a military tactic to weaken the states of the Confederacy. By executive order, Lincoln issued a proclamation that slavery would be abolished on Jan. 1, 1863. This decree applied only to those states and sections of the states that joined the Confederacy in the Civil War after Apr. 12, 1861. That included the original Confederate states of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina and Texas, as well as Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee and parts of Virginia. Slavery was

still permissable elsewhere in the slave states.

News of Lincoln’s proclamation travelled throughout the Confederacy but never was enforced in Texas until Maj. Gen. Gordon Granger and Union troops landed in Galveston on June 19, 1865. There had been an almost 2½-year delay in the implementation of Lincoln’s proclamation in Texas. Even so, June 19, 1865 did not mark the end of slavery everywhere in the country. The abolition

by Lincoln’s proclamation still applied only to the Confederacy.

On June 19, 1865, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, parts of Missouri and Virginia were still thriving as slave states. It was not until the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified on Dec. 6, 1865 that slavery was legally abolished everywhere in America.

Juneteenth was originally a celebration for Texans. Efforts to extend it beyond the Lone Star State create a historical conundrum. The date that should be celebrated for the legal abolition of slavery in America is Dec. 6, 1865, for the ratification of the 13th Amendment.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Hears historical echo in Obama speech President Obama’s eulogy for Rev. Clementa Pinckney reminded me of Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address.

Like Lincoln, he felt that the grieving families, their comforters, and an audience of millions who saw — and would see — his tribute, deserved something more uplifting than an oration. The

jolting pain of the massacre conjoined with the righteous indignation over the Confederate battle flag, so closely associated with the alleged killer, demanded spiritual empathy with the mourners. It demanded a “sermon” from “Reverend President,” as one of the AME Bishops good-naturedly called him after his speech. Moreover, when he sensed the inspired mood of

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his audience, like many African American clergy, he led the congregation in singing the powerful hymn, Amazing Grace.

As Lincoln did 150 years ago, President Obama spoke to a nation divided over the essence of the Confederate battle flag.

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Pride, prejudice and the Confederate flag

Why do you think people still fly the Confederate flag?

By ROBERT FIKES JR.

Five days after the shocking murder of “The Beautiful 9” in a Charleston, South Carolina church, Paul Butler, a black law professor at Georgetown University who earned degrees at Yale and Harvard, caught people completely off guard when during a radio interview he responded to a representative of the Daughters of the Confederacy who said that though she was against the Confederate flag being so prominently displayed in South Carolina, she believed the flag honored her (white) ancestors of whom she was proud. Butler stunned listeners when he calmly but pointedly retorted: “I have no respect for your ancestors. As far as your ancestors are concerned, I shouldn’t be a law at Georgetown. I should be a slave. That’s why they fought that war. I don’t understand what it means to be proud of a legacy of terrorism and violence. Last week at this time, I was in Israel.

The idea that a German would say, you know, that thing we did called the Holocaust was wrong, but I respect the courage of my Nazi ancestors. That wouldn’t happen. The reason that people can say what you said in the United States is because, again, black life doesn’t matter to a lot of people.”

On the heels of Butler’s remarks, Congressman James Clyburn appeared on MSNBC reiterated that his considerable research had uncovered the truth about the Confederate flag wavers: that its supporters are ignorant of the fact that the flag to which they are so emotionally attached, happy to fly above government buildings, and feature prominently at Klan rallies and other “good ol’ boy” events, was not the official flag of the Confederate States during the Civil War, but rather an elongated version of the battle flag of the army of Northern Virginia adopted by diehard losers of that bloody conflict. Not that this technicality would matter much to a hateful, fearful, ignorant population clinging to the romantic myth of a glorious past and dedicated above all else to, as the refrain of a one popular song goes, “Keeping the niggers down.”

To outsiders it remains inconceivable how the most articulate latter-day defenders of the flag could pretend that displaying it has simply been a matter of regional pride; that their venerable ancestors were principally concerned with preserving states’ rights — the cruel system of slavery being of little or no consequence to them. And there is another, seldom-mentioned aspect of celebratory Confederate flag waving: blatant, shameless, unconscionable disregard the flag wavers have long exhibited in regards to the sensitivity of African Americans — those directly affected by the nightmare of slavery and racial segregation — parading the flag in public spaces as another demonstration of their power and control, and to hell with what blacks felt about it. This particular brand of arrogance, among other things, has been emblematic of white racists and their apologists.

Or, as President Obama recently expressed it at a memorial for the victims of racist violence in Charleston, “For too long we were blind to the pain the Confederate flag stirred in many of our citizens. It’s true, the flag did not cause these murders,” he asserted, “(but) we all have to acknowledge the flag has always represented more than just ancestral pride. For many, black and white, that flag was a reminder of systemic oppression and racial subjugation. We see that now.”

The President then uttered something no other American president had ever been bold enough to confront white Southerners with about their Civil War ancestors. He said, “The cause for which they fought — the cause of slavery — was wrong.” Immediately following the Charleston massacre, businesses, politicians, and assorted institutions rushed to disassociate themselves from a flag made even more infamous by a 21-year-old Confederate flag-waving madman. Sadly, it took a century and a half for them to do the right thing.

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The cause for which they fought — the cause of slavery — was wrong.”

It’s their tradition. They grew up with that. A lot of the older generations are tied to the old ways.

Racism. They fly it because they can get away with it.

Racism. It’s their prerogative to fly it if they want to. But it’s ignorant.

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It’s their constitutional right. The law protects them. They’re stuck in the 1920s.

They’re re-living the past. At least the older ones are. They have a hatred for blacks that’s part of their history.

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MAKEBA MCCREARY Dr. Makeeba McCreary has been appointed chief of staff to Boston School Superintendent Tommy Chang.

McCreary has spent 20 years in the educational policy field. She has designed and managed philanthropic investment for global brands such as Nike Inc., Jordan Brand, National Boys and Girls Clubs of America, and Darden Inc. Additionally, she has built multi-sector, collective impact models throughout the nation focused on driving resources into underserved communities with a priority commitment to youth and families.

Dr. McCreary’s early career was spent in direct service organizations working with youth. In addition to working with students, she has designed, programmed and supported team-problem solving with urban public school teachers in order to reduce the disproportionate special education designation of black and Latino children, particularly boys.

McCreary received her B.A. from the University of Massachusetts Boston, an M.Ed. from Harvard University and an Ed.D. from Teachers College, Columbia University.

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Boston2024 tries again with bid 2.0

New plan details venues, Dot changes

By ELIZA DEWEY

The group behind the thus-far troubled bid for the Olympic games released an updated version of its proposal Monday at a press conference held at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, adding more details about venues, expected costs and revenues, and long-term legacies the group said the games would leave in their wake.

The group behind the bid, Boston2024, dubbed the plan “Bid 2.0,” in contrast to what they released publicly in January, which the organization referred to as a “proof of concept” – sometimes to the chagrin of residents who said

they wanted more information about what, exactly, they were being asked to sign onto.

In presenting the update, Boston2024 chairman Steve Pagliuca cast the report as the result of an exhaustive process.

“It’s not perfect, but this thing has been looked at by a lot of people,” he said, referencing the Brattle Group consulting firm that is analyzing the bid and the city’s Office of Olympic Planning, established in April and funded by Boston2024.

“We engaged with opponents – sometimes successfully, sometimes unsuccessfully,” he added, eliciting some chuckles from apparent Olympic backers in the room.

The plan includes several key

updates: wide-ranging plans for the creation of new neighborhoods at Widett Circle and Columbia Point, the respective sites of the proposed stadium and athlete’s village; an expressed desire for tax breaks for the Widett developers to facilitate the stadium construction; and a call for transit improvements, including upgrades to the Red and Green lines, improvements at Broadway and JFK/UMass stations, and a reconstruction of Dorchester’s Kosciuszko Circle near the old Bayside Expo Center.

Improvements to the MBTA have long been a topic folded into Olympic discussions. When the bid was first made public in January, Boston2024 said publicly that while they would like to see improvements to the public transit system, the games would not require such projects.

On Monday, presenters sought to cast such improvements as required for commuters’ sake, whether or not the games came to Boston.

Boston2024 CEO Rich Davey pointed to a slide with projected ridership trends on the MBTA in 2024, showing expected high rates of crowding, calling it the future “without the Olympic Games.”

The group has steadily been introducing new venue locations across the state over the past weeks leading up to Monday’s report release, including moving sailing from Boston Harbor to New Bedford and shooting sports from Long Island in Boston Harbor to Billerica.

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Boston2024’s COO Erin Murphy, CEO Rich Davey, co-chair Stephen Pagliuca, and games architecht David Manfredi address the press at the release of ‘bid 2.0’

On June 11, the group announced the selection of Harambee Park – otherwise known as Franklin Field – to host the

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Boston2024 co-chair Stephen Pagliuca introduces ‘bid 2.0’ of the Olympic bid at a press conference Monday games’ tennis events, in partnership with Sportsmen’s Tennis & Enrichment Center.

The plan includes the construction of three stadiums on the land, two of them temporary.

A permanent stadium seating 2,500 people would stay behind in the wake of the games, according to current plans.

Boston2024 documents also outline other permanent updates to the park, including a dog park, a bocce court and a track.

Boston2024 spokesperson David Wedge told the Banner by email that the plans were developed through meetings with Sportsmen’s Tennis and Enrichment Center, the Boys and Girls Club, and Representative Russell Holmes. He added that members of the Franklin Field Elderly Neighborhood Association and Franklin Field Family Association had been briefed on the plans.

Wedge said the footprint of the permanent new venues would take up roughly 3.5 acres, or about 7 percent of the park, not counting the existing tennis facilities, which would be upgraded, and the existing Boys and Girls Club.

A statement from Boston2024 Chief Operating Officer Erin Murphy added, “Our current proposal would result in millions in private investment in the park, including new tennis courts, a new permanent stadium and upgrades to the park’s sprawling green space. We have been clear, however, that nothing has been finalized and there will be a robust community review process to determine how best to enhance the park and leave a lasting legacy after the Games.”

Games architect David Manfredi emphasized at the press conference that the original plans nearby Franklin Park had also changed – most notably the reversal on an earlier proposal to

build a permanent pool there.

“We learned from neighbors how important Franklin Park is,” he said. “There is no proposal for any permanent facilities at Franklin Park.”

Shortly after Monday’s presentation, the Franklin Park Coalition released a statement that remained noncommittal while noting remaining concerns: “FPC appreciate the dialogue and progress that has been made toward addressing question and concerns about the 2024 bid.

That said, the Olympics stand to benefit powerful people and entities with little or no connection to the park or the surrounding community. Major sporting events in other cities have left negative legacies of financial disaster and vacant facilities afterwards. FPC needs concrete assurances that this will not be Franklin Park’s fate, given the history of chronic underinvestment and misuse.

While FPC has no opinion on the Games as a whole in Boston, as the longtime advocates for Franklin Park, FPC’s membership must have a key voice in any decisions about new or high-impact activities in the park, including the Olympics. Until FPC has the opportunity to further assess Boston2024’s impact and get answers to outstanding questions, we are unable to support or oppose the Olympic proposal for Franklin Park.”

Opposition group No Boston Olympics also released a statement soon after the press conference, stating in part: “We applaud Steve Pagliuca for offering a complicated proposal on a tight deadline, but the bid makes clear in a variety of ways that Boston 2024’s masters continue to be the International Olympic Committee and the private interests that will benefit from the proposal, not the taxpayers of Massachusetts.”

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Watchdog agencies sound the alarm on fraud, scams

By GLENN REEDUS NEW AMERICAN MEDIA

One in 10 Americans have been ripped off by consumer scams, according to the Federal Trade Commission. And for African American and Latinos, the odds are even higher that an unscrupulous wheeler-dealer has separated them from their money.

That was part of the message federal, state and local consumer protection officials shared with about 75 community activists, nonprofit agency representatives and journalists at a forum at Columbia College in Chicago, earlier this week.

Blacks, Latinos targeted

“The nation is awash in a sea of fraud,” stated Steven Baker, director of the FTC’s Midwest Region. Like a disease, he and other panelists said, fraud ignores racial, educational and geographic boundaries, but often targets more vulnerable groups.

Baker and other panelists at the FTC’s community and media briefing titled, “Spotting and Avoiding Scams in Our Community,” recounted stories of victims who had six-figure incomes, college degrees and professional backgrounds, as well as those living with lower incomes.

Debt-collection scams focus more on African American consumers, Baker noted. African Americans lead the nation among those without traditional bank accounts for checking or savings, according to a 2013

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) study. As a result, blacks rely more often than other groups on payday loans and check-cashing services with excessive fees, as well as risky financial avenues.

The FDIC report showed 20.6 percent of African Americans do not have bank accounts, compared to 17 percent of Latinos and only 3.6 percent for whites.

Some Latinos don’t file complaints when they have been cheated because they are undocumented, “but we don’t care about that,” one of the panelists noted. All of the speakers stressed that their agencies focus on crimes and are not concerned with the immigration status of the person filing the complaint.

Debt-collection, tech and other scams

Debt-collection scams lead the list of those targeting African Americans, Baker noted.

The FTC’s research shows the number of tech-support scams have doubled in the last year.

Baker said computer users will get a pop-up telling them there is a problem with their computer and they should immediately pay a fee to have an anti-spyware program installed remotely.

In reality there usually is not a problem and the scammers install spyware and record the user’s keystrokes, in turn getting access to bank account information and passwords.

Prizes and sweepstakes scams run a close second, where someone is notified he or she won something

but need to forward money to claim that prize. Baker noted that Publishers Clearing House has a team whose primary job it is to make it clear to callers they have not won already when there may be confusion.

A massive problem affecting consumers is robocalling, according to Baker. These automated calls try to convince a listener that his or her credit-card interest rate can be lowered.

Maria Guerra Lapacek, who heads Chicago’s Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection, explained two of the top scams targeting city residents are home repairs and reverse mortgages.

African-American and Latino homeowners who were charged exorbitant interest rates for mortgages have benefitted from two lawsuits filed by the Illinois Attorney General’s office, said Assistant Attorney General Cecilia Abundis.

She said last year her office received about 22,000 fraud complaints, a majority of them involving consumer debt or identity theft.

Reiterating that nearly anyone can be a target of a scam. Abundis sharing that she nearly fell for a deceptive telephone pitch, herself. A common ploy that is getting traction involves calls to recent graduates offering to combine their student loans into one at a lower interest rate for only a modest fee. She cautioned that federal and private loans can’t be combined and too many learn this after paying the requested fee.

A representative of the United States Postal Inspection Services

on the panel said African Americans have a 17 percent higher occurrence of being defrauded than white consumers.

Things consumers can do

Steve Bernas, of Chicago’s Better Business Bureau, said consumers can help themselves protect against scams by regularly checking their bank statements and getting their free credit report every year from annualcreditereport.com He also warned against a growing scam of callers telling individuals they owe an Internal Revenue Service debt that must be paid immediately. “The IRS never phones you, if you owe them money. They always send a letter,” Bernas related.

Jennifer Leach of the FTC, recommended that whenever consumers are contacted about a deal that leaves them suspect, they should “stop and talk about it.” She said it “slows” the

scammer who wants you to act immediately on what they are saying, not think about it.” Scammers are professionals and good at finding the vulnerability. “They also threatening people with deportation or police action,” she said.

In addition, scammers rely on people being embarrassed about being taken advantage of and choose not to report it. Representatives from the agencies at the briefing concurred that preventing more fraud requires individuals to report attempted scams, as well as those who were victimized.

The Chicago briefing was one of five being facilitated by New America Media. Others have been held in Los Angeles, Seattle and Atlanta with another schedule in Cleveland in July. The program aims to increase awareness of scams and agencies that can help consumer in ethnic communities through their own media.

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“Amandla!” was the cry of the day by school kids, elected officials, school administrators and sponsors as they unveiled the Nelson Mandela plaque at Madison Park High School, renaming Building 4 the Nelson Mandela Physical Education Complex.

anti-Confederate flag petitions, essays and columns posted on social media. The flag was thrust into the media spotlight by images uploaded by Root and the white hate groups that inspired him, images in which the Confederate battle flag was a near-constant presence.

The anti-flag fervor was further stoked by visuals of the U.S. and South Carolina flags flying at half-mast to mourn the deaths of the nine victims of Root’s shooting while the Confederate flag flew at full height.

The flag has been a divisive symbol in the South since the early 1960s, when legislators chafed at federal desegregation laws

dismantling the decades-old Jim Crow laws. As the flag flew over state houses and public buildings in the deep South, it underscored Southern defiance to the North, echoing the attitudes that led to succession and war a hundred years earlier.

Local controversy

The Confederate flag has sparked controversy in Massachusetts, as well. Back in the 1960s, Walpole High School sports teams adopted the nickname The Rebels and began using it as an emblem. The school stopped using the symbol in 1994, but a Confederate battle flag painted on plywood overlooks the school’s sports fields planted on the property of a 1969 Walpole High graduate.

While southern whites have defended the flag as part of their heritage, many southern blacks say they see the flag as a symbol of whites’ stubborn defense of slavery and black subjugation.

“For far too long, white supremacy has dominated the politics of America, resulting in the creation of racist laws and cultural practices designed to subjugate nonwhites,” said Bree Newsome, in a statement released to the news website Blue Nation Review. “And the emblem of the confederacy, the stars and bars, in all its manifestations, has long been the most recognizable banner of this political ideology.

It’s the banner of racial intimidation and fear whose popularity experiences an uptick whenever black Americans appear to be making gains economically and politically in this country.”

All the internet petitions and political grandstanding in the world, however, has yet to bring down the Confederate flag flying in front of North Carolina’s state house in Raleigh. Decades of southern defiance — of the North and of the African American residents of the state — flows from flag protection by state law, as is the case in South Carolina.

The only way to legally lower or remove the flag from its perch there is through a majority vote of the state legislature. There is not even a rope-pulley system, a common feature on most flag poles, to raise or lower the flag.

‘Fight with all vigor’

So Newsome and a band of anti-racist activists decided a white man and a black woman would team up to bring the flag down. Newsome’s job was to don a climbing harness and shimmy up the pole to cut the flag loose.

She did so, above the objections of state police officers, who waited for her to descend, then took her into custody.

In the days that followed, Newsome has become a social media folk hero. Supporters have donated more than $112,000 for Newsome’s legal defense. In her press statement, she pledged to continue to fight white supremacy.

“It is important to remember that our struggle doesn’t end when the flag comes down,” she said. “The Confederacy is a southern thing, but white supremacy is not. Our generation has taken up the banner to fight battles many thought were won long ago. We must fight with all vigor now so that our grandchildren aren’t still fighting these battles in another 50 years. Black Lives Matter.

This is non-negotiable.”

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continued from page 1 the South End, where most of her needs are within walking distance.

But she’s watched with dismay as “fancy expensive restaurants” have popped up and family-owned and longstanding establishments have faded away. She listed a few that have gone: Braddock Drug, Charlie’s Sandwich Shoppe, a funeral parlor, and Concord Baptist Church, whose Warren Avenue building is being turned into condominiums after the church relocated to Milton.

She suspects newcomer pressure to quash a longstanding Sunday tradition of churchmember parking in the center of Columbus Avenue helped force the church out.

“Money talks. It’s a shame,” she concluded.

Documented gentrification

A 2013 Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland analysis ranked Boston as the most rapidly gentrifying U.S. city, with one-quarter of the city’s population affected. Other research ranks Boston fourth in the nation in income inequality, with incomes of the top 5 percent 15 times higher than those of the bottom 20 percent.

Concern by housing advocates often centers on gentrification’s negative ramifications for firsttime homebuyers and lower- and middle-income renters. And in ethnic enclaves like Chinatown, residents fear the dilution of unique neighborhood culture.

But on the ground, its effects vary by street, by block, by individual tenant or homeowner, and longtime resident or newcomer.

For elders with deep neighborhood roots, the experience of gentrification can be complex. There may be a sense of unease as different types of neighbors appear.

Older tenants may be at sudden new risk of displacement or even homelessness, and may undergo price shock if they’re thrust into the rental market after decades in one apartment. Those in senior centers or housing cooperatives may barely notice rising prices.

Meanwhile, for those whose early sacrifices netted them eventual home ownership, high prices can be a golden opportunity to cash in, move south and enjoy a secure retirement.

40 years on the air

‘Everyone speaks my language’

Kam Tong Wong and her husband came from China to Boston in 1951 and settled into a Chinatown apartment without hot water, heat or a refrigerator. She worked at a Kneeland Street garment factory and he worked as a restaurant cook, and the couple scrimped and saved for nearly 20 years before buying a three-family row house on Harrison Avenue.

The price was about $40,000, she recalls.

Now 81, Wong still calls the building home. Her tenants help her out with the building while enjoying lower rents than they would find elsewhere. Wong knows the building is worth a lot more money now — the building next door was sold in 2013 for $900,000, and another on a nearby street went for $500,000, displacing some elderly tenants — but Wong said she has no intention of selling.

“Of course I want to stay here.

This is my community. Everyone speaks my language,” she said,

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Jose Masso (center in hat) is surrounded by family and colleagues as he cuts the cake in celebration of his 40 years producing and hosting the Afro-Latino music program “Con Salsa” on WBUR 90.9 FM.

speaking through a Chinese interpreter in her small, pink-walled kitchen.

But when her grown children inherit the house, she thinks they will sell it, as they live in other cities with families of their own.

The next generations don’t want to live in Chinatown, she said, because a lack of parking makes it too hard to drive to their jobs.

For Wong, many of the changes in Chinatown have been positive.

She lived through the days when the loud click-click-click of prostitutes’ high heels on the sidewalk (she demonstrates the sound effect, jabbing her finger into the

arm of her chair) kept her awake at night. She is glad her street is cleaner and safer now.

Yet Wong also noted with some rue how the area has transformed around her.

“There used to be more families in Chinatown. Now, with the new buildings, there are more single people,” she said. “Also, because I’m older, it’s hard to get to know the young people. Everyone used to know each other. They were my neighbors, and I also knew them at the factory. Now it’s very different.”

While the South End is known far and wide as a textbook example of gentrification already out of the

gate, and activists in Chinatown are fearing the loss of its low-income Chinese people as luxury towers proliferate around it, other areas of Boston are grappling with earlier stages of transformation, and hope there’s still time to slow things down. Part II of this series will highlight the experiences of elder residents in Jamaica Plain and Roxbury.

Sandra Larson wrote this article through a Journalists in Aging Fellowship, a collaboration of New America Media and the Gerontological Society of America, with support from AARP. This story is part of a series on housing challenges for low-income seniors.

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A recent report found Boston ranks high among its urban peers with respect to a robust startup environment. That’s largely due to an open network between city institutions and entrepreneurs, as well as access to needed financial capital to get off the ground.

The report, “Innovation That Matters: How City Networks Drive Civic Entrepreneurship,” examines what cities can do to promote the growth of new ventures in industries that matter most to society, such as education, energy, health and local government services. Author Patrick McAnaney, an economic research analyst, says the purpose of his research is to “understand how civic sector startup ecosystems have developed, what challenges actors in these ecosystems currently face, and what more can be done to increase startup activity in ways that benefits society.”

The research was sponsored by Washington D.C. incubator 1776, with support from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Leveraging private sector entrepreneurial activity in the public interest is a theme that Mayor Marty Walsh and his economic development chief John Barros have been promoting for some time. The 1776 report provides evidence for dissenters that the city’s efforts are making headway.

There’s more. U.S. Small Business Administration Executive Director Maria Contreras-Sweet was in Boston recently to kick-off a new startup support program that streamlines the license and permitting process. Small business support organizations dot the city’s economic landscape. Boston officials go out of their way to connect with and listen to entrepreneurs of all types, from all sectors.

That’s exactly what Innovation That Matters praises as part of a startup mentality and entrepreneurial values.

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Many people laud the tech sector’s strong startup ecosystem. In

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That means moving away from highly–regulated, static thinking — a major reason why health-care systems continue to cost more and can’t handle demand, why public schools often underperform and most local governments face constant budget cuts. New approaches promise a brighter future.

“Innovation That Matters” concentrates on eight U.S. cities — Austin, Boston, Chicago, Detroit, New Orleans, New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. — to discern best practices other cities might apply. The site-specific inquiry included roundtable discussions with local officials, entrepreneurs and investors to discuss a city’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and challenges.

The report concludes that, first and foremost, building a stronger civic startup ecosystem means building and maintaining an open network for forging partnerships, collaboration and idea sharing.

As author McAnaney writes,

“We find that fluid, open networks are the most important element in fostering vibrant communities of civic entrepreneurship because they connect diverse stakeholders within an industry and bridge cultural gaps to allow for effective collaboration. Driving innovation that matters in highly regulated industries requires enabling connections between broad groups of people and institutions to break down networks and promote network growth.”

The report presents five ways to strengthen a city’s civic startup ecosystem: n 1. Establish system connectivity: Connect local actors — for example, startups, civic institutions, investors, regulators and corporations. Foster a collaborative community that understands the value of entrepreneurial innovation and is not afraid of risk. n 2. Embrace the friction: Encourage and foster competition within the ecosystem, which enables startups to put their best product forward. Recognize the inevitable conflicts of interest between incumbents and newcomers.

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Create information that discloses the current state of civic institutions’ operations.

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ON THE SCENE: SKYLAB OPEN HOUSE On Tuesday, June 24th, SkyLab held its first Open House reception at the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal building to introduce its various programs being offered to the community, including an entrepreneur summer camp for BPS high school students, upcoming business development seminars and an Entrepreneurship Boot camp planned for the fall.

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n 5. Unlock hidden capital: Connect a community’s existing assets with the startup community to drive further innovation in civic entrepreneurship.

The report finds that Boston and San Francisco rank high on most of these metrics. Boston, San Francisco and New York are the only cities with established entrepreneurial support networks already in place. And San Francisco and Boston are the only cities that have established across-the-board avenues for connecting startups to financial capital.

But it’s not just the money that matters.

“We support entrepreneurs with a constant flow of people who are intrigued by interesting new ideas.

The idea of creating an ecosystem of support is not to just provide services and pathways to investment for the entrepreneurs, but to bring together people who can effectively support each other,” said Gilad

Rosenzweig, executive director of Dudley Square-based startup accelerator Smarter in the City. “Initiatives such as ours, or efforts by the city, are essentially making important connections that can then spark or develop businesses.”

Kevin Wiant, executive director of the Venture Café, which operates District Hall in Seaport, the Roxbury Innovation Center and business innovation events in Kendall Square, also acknowledges the importance of a connected startup ecosystem.

“We believe that innovation and entrepreneurship is a social process that is fueled by conversation, collaboration and storytelling. The startup process is also accelerated when there is supportive and nurturing environment in place to assist entrepreneurs through the challenges that they will face,” he said. “Venture Café strives to build out an ecosystem of players that provides this supportive structure of connections. We reach out to groups across the private, nonprofit and government sectors to construct this community.”

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continued from page 1 people could be affected by the new policy.

In the wake of the deadline’s passing, the Haitian prime minister last week declared that his country was suffering from a humanitarian crisis, saying that as many as 14,000 people have crossed the border into Haiti.

The Dominican government has declared its immigration policy to be a sovereign matter and countered that deportations are not slated to begin until August. But human rights observers say many Haitians and Dominicans with Haitian heritage are being coerced into fleeing the country. The Dominican government has opened euphemistically-termed “welcome centers” to detain people of Haitian descent prior to deportation.

Speaking at the press conference, U.S. Rep. Michael Capuano said what is happening in the Dominican Republic mirrors what is happening in the United States.

“We’ve been fighting the same issue in the United States for years,” he said. “Mass deportations are simply wrong.”

Capuano noted that the gross domestic product in the Dominican Republic is ten

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“People are there for a reason. They are simply trying to make a living. They were welcomed by employers. Now they’re being pushed out by the government.”

Forry organized the press conference to call on the Dominican Republic to reverse its policy and announce that she and her colleagues will soon file a joint resolution in the Massachusetts House and Senate to denounce the Caribbean nation’s actions.

“The Dominican Republic should reverse this policy immediately and clearly state that it will not target Dominicans of Haitian descent for this heartless action,” she said.

Cambridge City Councilor Dennis Benzan, who filed a similar ordinance in Cambridge, said he was not yet ready to call for a boycott on the Dominican Republic, saying that it would adversely affect the lowest-paid people in the Dominican economy.

Capuano, too, said the U.S. government should exhaust all diplomatic avenues before considering “other levers.”

“It is my hope that the Dominican government will come to their senses,” he said.

The local officials who attended the press conference also included state representatives Russell Holmes and Dan Cullinane and City Councilor Tim McCarthy.

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By COLETTE GREENSTEIN

J

azz vocalist and songwriter Somi didn’t intend to write an album when she left New York for Lagos, Nigeria in 2011. “I think people assumed that I moved there specifically to go and write. I think I wanted a change.

I had gone through some big personal changes and shifts in my life that can get quite sobering. I lost my father,” says the East African chanteuse by phone to the Banner.

“When you go through something that weighted and personal and intimate, it’s sobering. Those big life changes are sobering in a certain way — at least on my own journey.

They are, to my own perspective.

They have been. I just wanted to set the way, to have a chance to heal my heart and to be still, and to see what happened once I had the chance to do so,” she says.

While in Lagos searching for quiet, one of Somi’s former NYU graduate advisors offered her the opportunity to attend an international teaching artist–in-residence program just underway. She decided to try it out for seven weeks, to see if it would work. “It gave me a chance to kind of look around and gave me a soft landing,” Somi says.

Initially, she was going to stay for 15 months, but ended up living in Nigeria for 18 months.

African grooves

During that year and a half in Lagos, the Illinois-born singer (whose parents emigrated from Rwanda and Uganda) wrote the critically-acclaimed album, The Lagos Music Salon. Released in 2014 on Sony’s OKeh Records, the album landed at #1 on the iTunes Jazz Chart, #1 on the Amazon Jazz Vocal Chart, and #1 on the Amazon Pop Vocal Chart.

A fusion of jazz, soul and pop tinged with African grooves, beats and melodies, the 18-track album also features two duets—one with Angelique Kidjo and the second with Common. The song Lady Revisited reunites Somi with friend Kidjo, with whom she has opened

See SOMI, page 16

Somi

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Dancer Stephen Boss co-stars in Magic Mike XXL

By KAM WILLIAMS

Born in Montgomery, Alabama on September 29, 1982, Stephen Boss was always spinning and staying in motion as a child, which is how he earned the nickname “tWitch.” After studying dance at Southern Union State Community, he made his Hollywood debut in Season 3 of the reality TV series “So You Think You Can Dance” and was runner-up in the Finals in Season 4.

He parlayed that television success into a film career, appearing in Hairspray, Blades of Glory, Stomp the Yard 2 and, most notably, several installments of the Step Up franchise: Step Up Revolution, Step Up: All in, and Step Up 3D. And since April of 2014, he has been featured on “The Ellen Degeneres Show” as a guest DJ. tWitch is married to his “So You Think You Can Dance” costar, Allison Holker.

Here, he talks about his latest outing opposite Channing Tatum and Jada Pinkett Smith in Magic Mike XXL.

KW: So, what interested you in Magic Mike XXL? StB: I had never worked with anybody doing the film before, which was great. And then when I heard that they were doing a sequel, I just put it out there that I was going to be a part of it. And I was excited.

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Behind-the-scenes with Bravo TV’s Married to Medicine The show’s Dr. Simone Whitmore completed her residency in Boston

By COLETTE GREENSTEIN

“You’re either a doctor or married to a doctor” is the premise of Bravo’s Atlanta-based reality series, Married to Medicine, now in its third season. However, each of the six women— Dr. Jacqueline Walters, Dr. Simone Whitmore, Dr. Heavenly Kimes, Toya Bush-Harris, Quad Webb-Lunceford, and Lisa Nicole Cloud—all are accomplished in their own right.

Speaking recently with Whitmore and Webb-Lunceford by phone, the Banner learned a little bit more about two of the players.

Dr. Simone Whitmore has an undergraduate degree from Spelman College and went on to earn a medical degree from East Tennessee State University. From there, she came to Boston, where she completed her four-year residency training in Obstetrics and Gynecology at Boston Medical Center in 1997. Looking back on her time in the city, she has “lots of good memories of Boston, the Cape, Martha’s Vineyard.” So much so that she recently returned to Boston for a family vacation.

In addition to being a board-certified OB/GYN,

IF YOU WATCH Married to Medicine airs on Bravo on Sunday nights at 9pm ET/8pm CT. Follow Dr. Simone on Twitter @ABSOLUTELYQUAD and Quad @DRSSWHITMORE.

Whitmore also runs the medical practice North Perimeter OB/ GYN in Duluth, Georgia. The married mother of two boys also is a speaker on women’s health issues and leadership. That’s important, she says, because even with the challenge of juggling her career, family and the TV series “… speaking on women’s health issues, educating the public, especially educating African American women will always be important to me.”

Quad Webb-Lunceford, Whitmore’s castmate, was born and raised in Memphis, Tenn., and graduated from Nashville’s Tennessee State University.

Webb-Lunceford later worked in medical sales for ten years before marrying psychiatrist Dr. Gregory Lunceford in 2012. The budding television personality includes “businesswoman and entrepreneur” in her resumé. “When we all started this, we had no idea the journey it was going to take us on but for me, I always go into any situation with a positive plan and

outcome,” she says.

Indeed, during season two of Married to Medicine, Webb-Lunceford launched Picture Perfect Pup, a puppy couture canine clothing and luxury brand. She was inspired by her two dogs Khloe and Kar’rie, so the business was a perfect outlet for her passion for fashion and dogs. Picture Perfect Pup is just the beginning of building a brand, Webb-Lunceford says. “The plan that I came in was never to just be a reality star. It’s to kind of take a moment and make it blossom and build it to an empire.”

Community, family values

With Atlanta as the base, Webb-Lunceford believes she’s in the right place for living out her dreams. “There’s something about the tenderness and the sweetness of Atlanta, where they’re very open to new ideas. I think entrepreneurship is the gold standard here.

They’re so many people, while they are educated they still go into business for themselves.”

Married to Medicine certainly has afforded the two women numerous opportunities. Whitmore has appeared on the daytime television series The Doctors and Webb-Lunceford recently completed her first movie called My First Love, co-starring Pooch Hall, Gabrielle Dennis and Carl Anthony Payne, which aired on BET. She’s looking to continue acting and recently signed with powerhouse agency Creative

viewers will see her more involved in the fashion arena and with her canine couture business. “You’ll see a lot also with Picture Perfect Pup going on to the next level.

You’ll also see Canine Companions for Independence, which is a national organization that utilizes canine support dogs to help disabled senior citizens, children and adults,” she says.

She goes on to add, “There’s so much more to me than what you see on television. You only get a chance to see a small portion of who I am. My heart is golden.”

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As far as viewer expectations for season three of Married to Medicine, Whitmore says there’ll be a lot of drama but “you will see a community event, you will see a trip to the Bahamas. We really offer it all. We show what it’s really like raising a black family in America, because everyone on the show is married. Most of the families are raising children. We offer a wide range of things to the public, not just drama. You see a lot with our show.”

As for Webb-Lunceford,

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... just to understand that it’s not just about our locality whether we live in an African city or a western city but just what we choose to do when we choose to recycle. We’re actually impacting somebody else across the globe ...

— Somi

Somi

continued from page 14

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Somi

in the past and whom she considers a “big sister”. Rapper, actor and now an Academy Award winner, Common joins Somi on the track When Rivers Cry. The song “is really kind of a reflection on Africa’s green policy and do we or don’t we have them, and what’s our past, future and present circumstance environmentally,” the singer explains. The track also is a tribute to environmentalist and 2004 Nobel Peace Prize winner Wangari Maathai, who passed away in 2011.

When Somi wrote When Rivers Cry, she really wanted an MC because that’s how she heard the rhythm. It was “very hip hop driven,” she says. “…Common brought a global perspective to the storyline, just to understand that it’s not just about our locality, whether we live in an African city or a western city but just, what we choose to do when we choose to recycle. We’re actually impacting somebody else across the globe and even when we choose not to,

we’re impacting somebody across the globe. I really wanted to make it a conversation that transcended geography.”

The singer, who has been touring both in the U.S. and around the globe since the beginning of the year promoting The Lagos Music Salon, performs tonight (July 2nd) at the 36th Annual Montreal International Jazz Festival. This is her second appearance at the world-renowned music festival, where she made her debut in 2009. “I might do a couple of older songs just for some of the people who supported me at a distance from Canada over the years since my last time there but mostly I’ll be sharing the work from my latest record.”

Somi is very happy with the album and her personal journey in making The Lagos Music Salon. “I think it’s going to be a moment that I’ll always look back at in my life, I least I hope it is, and I’m so proud of that courage and also the work that came out of it as a result. Nigeria is a cultural giant and I was just excited to have a chance to tap into that.”

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tWitch

continued from page 14 KW: Editor/Legist Patricia Turnier asks: How would you describe the character you are portraying?

StB: Malik is the guy that kind of inspires Mike to mind his p’s and q’s in order to be able prove that he’s still a top notch dancer.

KW: How do you prepare differently to play a stripper than to play the street dancer in Step Up or the fraternity step dancer in Stomp the Yard 2?

StB: Well, a lot of it has to do with the choreography. Once you’re on set with the extras who are ready to throw dollars and excited that you’re actually taking your shirt off it’s pretty easy to get into character. Our choreographer, Alison Faulk, helped tremendously to make sure we were still bringing it.

KW: When you’re cast alongside so many other great dancers, what do you have to do to stand out and put your personal mark on a movie?

StB: Honestly, by just getting down the only way that I can, which I think I did with my first solo team. That was basically me free-styling. And when I freestyle, that’s just the way that I dance. Nobody else dances like that. So, I think that’s enough, doing me to the fullest.

KW: What message do you think people will take away from the film?

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StB: [Laughs] It depends on what message you are open to

taking. There’s the underlying buddy theme to this film about taking a road trip with your boys for your last hurrah, and having a good time and being open for anything. There are a lot of unexpected twists and turns and relationships formed due to unforeseen circumstances that actually work out for the better.

in school, but it was an asset, for sure. And yes, I continue to dance quite a bit and it remains very hard for me to sit still today, especially when music is playing. I had trouble in school because I didn’t want to focus. Honestly, I would have rather been dancing.

KW: It was great seeing you with your wife on the finale of Dancing With The Stars last season. How do you make your schedules work, since you are both in the entertainment industry?

KW: What do you see as the ideal trajectory for where you would like your career to go from here: mostly dance, mostly acting, or a continuation of both?

StB: Well, we just make it work. It’s a day-to-day process.

Sometimes, we’re like ships passing in the night. But on a lot of other occasions, we’ve been fortunate to wrap projects at the same time. When she finished “Dancing with the Stars” this past season, it just so happened she wrapped the same day as “The Ellen Show.” So, both of us then had a couple of weeks off together. So far, it’s been great! It’s been working out.

StB: I would prefer mostly acting, but I would like to still like to be in the dance world, as well. I’ve been studying acting in preparation for the next opportunity where a role comes along that isn’t attached to a dance component. When it comes to dance, TV shows like “So You Think You Can Dance” and “Dancing with the Stars,” give you a platform to start and expand a dance business beyond your physical likeness, meaning I don’t necessarily have to be there for the operation to flourish.

KW: We all got nicknames when we were young. How do you feel about keeping yours?

KW: How have you enjoyed being a guest DJ on Ellen? Do you really pick the music, or just play it?

StB: I don’t mind it at all, because it’s a part of my being. It’s become part of my persona, when it comes to dance.

StB: It’s so much fun. I pick the music but, of course, Ellen has her say in terms of what she wants to hear. We have an incredible time. If you come to a taping of the show, you’ll see how much fun it is.

KW: Has the “tWitch” activity level for which you were nicknamed persists to this day? Was it ever a problem for you in school, or was it possibly an asset?

KW: What was your best career decision?

StB: It was definitely a problem

StB: To never stop.

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Savory starters on the grill When most people think of the rich, smoky flavor of barbecue on the grill, they’re thinking of a slab of meaty ribs or a plump, juicy chicken basted with their favorite sauce. This summer, wow your friends and family by extending your barbecue prowess to other menu items, such as appetizers.

As any barbecue aficionado will tell you, the secret is in the sauce. A smoky, sweet blend like you find in KC Masterpiece Barbecue Sauce is the perfect combination of rich tomato sauce, molasses and spices to guarantee a delicious meal.

Another way to enhance grilled foods is by using wood chips or planks along with charcoal to build on the grill’s natural smoky flavor and infuse other rich tastes, such as hickory or apple. Scatter dry chips directly on the coals and wait for them to begin smoking before placing food on the grill. Keep the lid closed while cooking to create a stronger smoky flavor.

The appetizer recipe below combines the best of barbecue sauce and seasoned wood flavors for an easy and unique starter.

Smoking the goat cheese adds depth that perfectly complements the sweetness of the barbecue sauce and apricot preserves.

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EASY RECIPE

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wo of our favorite ingredients are featured in this simple recipe: smoked Gouda cheese and fresh green peas. Gouda cheese, which originated in the town of Gouda in the Netherlands, is one of the world’s most popular cheeses, accounting for about 50 percent of the world’s cheese consumption. Most often made from pasteurized cow’s milk, the cheese is semi-hard, creamy, nutty and sweet. Smoked Gouda gets its unique taste from a turn in a brick oven

stoked with hickory chips.

It’s typically harder than unsmoked Gouda.

And while we’re talking about two variations of Gouda, let’s review two variations of green peas: frozen and fresh. Sure, they’re the same food, but the taste of fresh peas is worlds apart from the peas you find in the freezer section. Search for plump, bright green pods available now in the grocery or at farmers markets, and spend a meditative moment or two at your kitchen table quietly shelling peas.

Smoked Gouda Green Pea Risotto The cheese imparts richness and keeps the texture of this pea risotto extra creamy. This feeds a crowd.

Leftovers can be formed into patties, dusted with flour, and pan-fried into delectable risotto cakes. n 3 cups water n 4 cups vegetable broth n 2 tablespoons butter n 1 medium onion, diced n 1 medium shallot, diced n 2 garlic cloves, minced n 1 /2 teaspoon salt n 1 /2 teaspoon white pepper n 3 1/2 cups arborio rice n 1 cup white wine n 3 cups shelled fresh green peas n 2 cups shredded smoked Gouda cheese Combine water and vegetable broth in a sauce-

pan. Bring to a simmer. Keep warm.

Melt butter in a large saucepan. Add onions and shallots; sauté 2 minutes. Add garlic and sauté for another minute. Add salt and white pepper. Add rice, and stir until all the grains are coated. Cook 2 more minutes, allowing the grains to toast. Stir in white wine, a little at a time, until it is absorbed.

Ladle in warm broth mixture, a few spoonfuls at a time. Stir until all liquid is absorbed.

Continue adding broth mixture, about 1/2 cup at a time, cooking until absorbed before adding more liquid. Active cooking time is 30 minutes.

After 20 minutes, add peas. During the last minutes of cooking, fold in the Gouda. Taste for seasonings, adjust, and serve. Serves 10.

— Recipe by Nancy Vienneau.

Photo by Teresa Blackburn.

Please note Haley House Bakery Cafe will be closed from Mon June 29 through Sun July 5 for sprucing and improvements.

Celebrating one year of the House Slam at Haley House Bakery Cafe

6:30-10:30pm

Haley House Bakery Cafe - 12 Dade Street - Roxbury 617 445 0900 - www.haleyhouse.org/cafe

n 1 cedar plank, soaked in water for at least an hour n ½ cup apple or pecan wood chips, soaked in water and drained n 1 10.5-ounce goat cheese log n ¼cup KC Masterpiece Kansas City Classic barbecue sauce n ¼ cup apricot preserves n 1 baguette cut into ½-inch thick slices Set up two-zone fire for indirect grilling by situating charcoal on only one side of grill, leaving other side void. Heat grill to 225 degrees.

Sprinkle wood chips on heated charcoal. Place soaked plank on void side of grill and place goat cheese on top of plank. Cover grill.

While cheese is smoking, combine barbecue sauce and apricot preserves.

Mix well.

Using insulated gloves, remove cedar plank with cheese from grill. Place cheese on serving platter and top with apricot barbecue sauce. Serve with baguette slices or crackers.

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WORD TO THE WISE

Join us on July 10 for The Year of the Slam!

Outdoors (weather permitting) in our parking lot

Cedar Planked Goat Cheese

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Floating islands: An elegant cold French dessert, the poetically termed floating islands is made from quenelles of poached Swiss meringue floated in a pool of light egg custard and drizzled with caramel. The quenelles are made from stiffly whisked egg whites and sugar that are formed into wispy dumplings, then dropped into boiling milk to poach.

— Cookthink Note: On a recent Food page, in the centerpiece “Creole cooking,” the first sentence should have stated that Louisiana Creole is the food of the city, not the country. We apologize for the error.

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THURSDAY THESE ARE OUR CHILDREN TOO A film by Amir Dixon a movie screening and discussion for parents and families of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT), and questioning children, teens, young adults of color and their allies.

July 2, 6-8:30pm, The Black Box Theater, Codman Square Health Center, 637 Washington St., Dorchester. Meet and connect with other parents and families of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT), and questioning children, teens, young adults of color and their allies.

Light refreshments will be provided free and confidential HIV testing available.

All are welcome! For more info contact parent@fenwayhealth.org. These Are Our Children Too is a documentary filmed by Amir Dixon that explores the lives of five young LGBTQ people of color who share their stories of defining family — traditional and chosen. The film illustrates the importance of building community as a form of resistance & survival. Free.

TUESDAY FAMILY ART WORKSHOPS Our Neighborhoods & Stories: FREE Family Art Workshops! July 7, 14, 21, 28 from 5:30-7:30pm with free light supper at 5:30. Jamaica Plain Community Center (Curtis Hall), 20 South St., Jamaica Plain. Families Creating Together offers four FREE multi-generational workshops for children ages 6-12 with and without disabilities and their families. Children create favorite neighborhood places using cardboard constructions, collage, painting, clay and recycled materials… and share stories of places and neighborhoods. Presented in English & Spanish with ASL interpreters (if requested). Led by creative teaching artist team. Wheelchair accessible. Register for two, three or four workshops.

FCT is a program of Community Service Care/Tree of Life Coalition. To register and for more information call 617-522-4832 or email mfcabrera53@gmail.com. Additional information at:www.families creatingtogether.org.

UPCOMING WOMPATUCK STATE PARK Moderate Walk, 4 miles. Explore the glacial rock fields of Wompatuck in a less explored area of the park as we make our way to Burbank Boulder, Wompatuck State Park’s largest glacial erratic.

Meet in front of the Wompatuck State Park Visitor Center at 204 Union St. in Hingham. Saturday, July 11, 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.

BLUE HILLS RESERVATION Easy walk; level terrain, 1 mile. Walk through Brookwood Farm. Walk through the fields and follow the looped trail through the property. Meet at the Brookwood Farm parking lot at 11 Blue Hill River Road in Canton. Sunday, July 12, 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.

PARKARTS CITYWIDE NEIGHBORHOOD CONCERT SERIES The Boston Parks and Recreation Department is proud to announce the 2015 ParkARTS Citywide Neighborhood Concert Series presented in partnership with Hot 96.9, Metro PCS, and Berklee College of Music from July 14 to August 2 in parks citywide. ParkARTS neighborhood performances are outdoor summer concerts presented free of charge in local City of Boston parks. The concert series begins at 7pm on Tuesday, July 14, with the blues sounds of Ricky “King” Russell at Brighton Common, 30 Chestnut Hill Ave., Brighton, followed by Swingin’ in the Fens featuring the Patrice Williamson Group at 7pm on Wednesday, July 15, at Ramler Park, 130 Peterborough St., Fenway (rain date July 22). The ParkARTS Citywide Neighborhood Concerts continue at 7pm on Thursday, July 16, with the Soul City Band at Hynes Playground, 502 VFW Parkway, West Roxbury; 7pm on Wednesday, July 22, with the Soul City Band at McConnell Park, 30 Denny St., Dorchester; 7pm on Thursday, July 30, with Zili Misik at Adams Park, 4225 Washington St., Roslindale; and 5pm on Sunday, August 2, with Jazz at the Fort featuring the Bill Pierce Collective at Highland Park, 58 Beech Glen St., Roxbury. All ParkARTS neighborhood performances are free of charge. For more information or a full schedule of events, please call please call 617-635-4505 or visit the Parks Department online at www.cityofboston/parks or www.face book.com/bostonparksdepartment.

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JULY 4, 2015

FREE COMEDY SHOW

ImprovBoston celebrates the birthplace of freedom with free laughs on Saturday, July 4. The nonprofit comedy arts organization is opening its doors to the community for a patriotic evening of complimentary comedy. The entire roster of Saturday shows is free to the public including the family friendly comedy shows Family Show and All Access Improv, the completely improvised Mainstage, and the Independence Day themed sketch revue Comedy, America! As a 501(c)3 theater serving the community through laughter, ImprovBoston believes in the power of laughter to bring diverse audiences together. The selection of shows audiences can see for free on Independence Day include Family Show, All Access Improv, ImprovBoston Mainstage, Comedy, America!, Battle Royale, Before Bed: Fairy Tales for the Hardly Awake, The Draw and LaughterRisk*. Free tickets may be reserved online in advance or at the SUDOKU Easy door. Please visit improvboston.com to view our list of performances for Friday, July 4 and reserve a ticket free of charge.

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BANNER CLASSIFIEDS

LEGAL MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. L1063-C1, EXPANDED USE OF SHIP HEIGHT RADAR DETECTION – RUNWAY 27, LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Capital Programs Department Office, Suite 209S, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128-2909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2015, immediately after which, in a designated room, the proposal will be opened and read publicly.

NOTE:

PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 9:00 A.M. LOCAL TIME ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2015.

The work includes: SITE EXCAVATION, CONCRETE PAD FOUNDATION, DUCTBANK IN TURF, ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION, FIBER OPTIC INSTALLATION, INSTALLATION OF PREFABRICATED SHELTER, INSTALLATION OF RADAR SITING TARGET. Bid documents will be made available beginning WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2015.

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

The estimated contract cost is SEVEN HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($700,000).

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

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

The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance and Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of TEN MILLION DOLLARS ($10,000,000). Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details.

This contract is subject to a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise participation provision requiring that not less than FIVE AND TWO TENTHS PERCENT (5.2%) of the Contract be performed by disadvantaged business enterprise contractors. With respect to this provision, bidders are urged to familiarize themselves thoroughly with the Bidding Documents. Strict compliance with the pertinent procedures will be required for a bidder to be deemed responsive and eligible.

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

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

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

Compliance Reports - Within thirty (30) days of the award of this Contract the Contractor shall file a compliance report (Standard Form [SF 100]) if:

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The Contractor has not submitted a complete compliance report within twelve (12) months preceding the date of award, and

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The Contractor is within the definition of “employer” in Paragraph 2c(3) of the instructions included in SF100.

The contractor shall require the subcontractor on any first tier subcontracts, irrespective of the dollar amount, to file SF 100 within thirty (30) days after the award of the subcontracts, if the above two conditions apply. SF 100 will be furnished upon request. SF 100 is normally furnished Contractors annually, based on a mailing list currently maintained by the Joint Reporting Committee. In the event a contractor has not received the form, he may obtain it by writing to the following address: Joint Reporting Committee 1800 G Street Washington, DC 20506 Complete information and authorization to view the site may be obtained from the Capital Programs Department Office at the Massachusetts Port Authority. The right is reserved to waive any informality in or reject any or all proposals.

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. W212-C1, RECONSTRUCT TAXIWAYS ‘A’ AND ‘B’, CONSTRUCT HAUL ROAD, DUCTBANK FOR CATEGORY III LANDING SYSTEM AND RUNWAY 11 PAPI, WORCESTER REGIONAL AIRPORT, 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, JULY 22, 2015, immediately after which, in a designated room, the proposal will be opened and read publicly.

NOTE:

PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE WORCESTER REGIONAL AIRPORT, AIRPORT DIRECTOR’S OFFICE, 2ND FLOOR, TERMINAL BUILDING, 375 AIRPORT DRIVE, WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, AT 9:00 A.M. LOCAL TIME ON THURSDAY, JULY 9, 2015.

The work includes: SITE EXCAVATION, DUCTBANK IN TURF, PAVEMENT RECLAMATION, WARM MIX ASPHALT, PAVEMENT MARKINGS, RUNWAY GUARD LIGHT INFRASTRUCTURE, TAXIWAY CENTERLINE LIGHT INFRASTRUCTURE,

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equipment/systems and installation of a new automatic temperature controls system.

Bid documents will be made available beginning WEDNESDAY, JULY 1, 2015.

A Pre-Bid meeting will be held in the lobby of the Massachusetts State Archive located at 220 Morrissey Boulevard, Boston, MA on Tuesday, July 14, 2015 at 10:00 AM.

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 TWO MILLION, NINE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($ 2,900,000).

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

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

The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance and Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of TEN MILLION DOLLARS ($10,000,000). Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details.

This contract is subject to a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise participation provision requiring that not less than TEN AND THREE TENTHS PERCENT (10.3%) of the Contract be performed by disadvantaged business enterprise contractors. With respect to this provision, bidders are urged to familiarize themselves thoroughly with the Bidding Documents. Strict compliance with the pertinent procedures will be required for a bidder to be deemed responsive and eligible.

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

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

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

Compliance Reports - Within thirty (30) days of the award of this Contract the Contractor shall file a compliance report (Standard Form [SF 100]) if:

(a)

The Contractor has not submitted a complete compliance report within twelve (12) months preceding the date of award, and

(b)

The Contractor is within the definition of “employer” in Paragraph 2c(3) of the instructions included in SF100.

The contractor shall require the subcontractor on any first tier subcontracts, irrespective of the dollar amount, to file SF 100 within thirty (30) days after the award of the subcontracts, if the above two conditions apply. SF 100 will be furnished upon request. SF 100 is normally furnished Contractors annually, based on a mailing list currently maintained by the Joint Reporting Committee. In the event a contractor has not received the form, he may obtain it by writing to the following address: Joint Reporting Committee 1800 G Street Washington, DC 20506 Complete information and authorization to view the site may be obtained from the Capital Programs Department Office at the Massachusetts Port Authority. The right is reserved to waive any informality in or reject any or all proposals.

Minimum rates of wages to be paid on the project have been determined by the Commissioner of the Division of Occupational Safety under the provisions of Sections 26 and 27, Chapter 149 of the General Laws. Wage rates are listed in the contract form portion of specification book.

Each general bid and sub-bid proposal must be secured by an accompanying deposit of 5% of the total bid amount, including all alternates, in the form of a bid bond, in cash, a certified, treasurer’s, or cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company made payable to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

The bidding documents may be examined at the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance Bid Room, One Ashburton Place, 1st Floor, Room 107, Boston, MA 02108 Tel (617) 727-4003. Copies may be obtained by depositing a company check, treasurer’s check, cashier’s check, bank check or money order in the sum of $50.00 payable to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. No personal checks or cash will be accepted as deposits. Refunds will be made to those returning the documents in satisfactory condition on or before AUGUST 20, 2015 (ten business days after the opening of General Bids) otherwise the deposit shall be the property of the Commonwealth.

WE DO NOT MAIL PLANS AND SPECIFICATIONS. Messenger and other type of pick-up and delivery services are the agents of the bidder and the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance assumes no responsibility for delivery or receipt of the documents. Bidders are encouraged to take advantage of a rotating credit plans and specifications deposit program initiated by the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance to encourage the easy accessibility of documents to contractors.

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

DESCRIPTION

DATE

TIME

**OP-273

Elevator Maintenance Services at Various Authority Facilities

7/30/15

2:00 p.m.

**6904

Deer Island Fire Alarm System Replacement – Design and Engineering Services During Construction

7/31/15

11:00 a.m.

*WRA-4065

Alcatel Microwave Radio/ Communication Equipment

7/14/15

2:00 p.m.

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

COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS EXECUTIVE OFFICE FOR ADMINISTRATION AND FINANCE DIVISION OF CAPITAL ASSET MANAGEMENT & MAINTENANCE (DCAMM) Sealed proposals submitted on a form furnished by the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance (DCAMM) and clearly identified as a bid, endorsed with the name and address of the bidder, the project and contract number, will be received at the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance, One Ashburton Place, 1st Floor, Room 107, Boston, MA 02108, no later than the date and time specified and will forthwith be publicly opened and read aloud.

Sub-Bids at 12:00 Noon:

JULY 23, 2015

*Every Filed Sub-bidder must submit a valid Sub-bidder Certificate of Eligibility with its bid and must be certified by the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance in the category of sub-bid work for which they bid.

General Bids at 2:00 PM:

AUGUST 6, 2015

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

The Category of Work is:

HVAC or MECHANICAL SYSTEMS

Mass. State Project No.

SEC1301 Contract No. HC1

State Archive Building – HVAC Upgrade Boston, MA And the following Filed Sub-Bids: Electrical.

E.C.C: $777,900.00 This project is scheduled for 240 calendar days to substantial completion and in general includes: The work of this contract consists of replacing existing vault space HVAC

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Docket No. SU15P1289EA Estate of Sofia Cieplik Date of Death 01/12/2015

INFORMAL PROBATE PUBLICATION NOTICE To all persons interested in the above captioned estate, by Petition of Petitioner Alois A. Cieplik of Pepperell, MA a will has been admitted to informal probate.

Alois A. Cieplik of Pepperell, MA has been informally appointed as the Personal Representative of the estate to serve without surety on the bond.

The estate is being administered under informal procedure by the Personal Representative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but interested parties are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. Interested parties are entitled to petition the Court to institute formal proceedings and to obtain orders terminating or restricting the powers of Personal Representatives appointed under informal procedure. A copy of the Petition and Will, if any, can be obtained from the Petitioner.

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS CLASSIFIED LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

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

Docket No. SU15P1421EA

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication Estate of Moye Howard, Sr. Also known as: Moye Howard Date of Death: 01/05/2015 To all interested persons: A petition for Formal Adjudication of Intestacy and Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by Moye Howard, Jr. of Dorchester, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order of testacy and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. The petitioner requests that Moye Howard, Jr. of Dorchester, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in an unsupervised administration.

IMPORTANT NOTICE You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 07/16/2015. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return day, action may be taken without further notice to you.

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

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

Date: June 16, 2015 Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate

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In the matter of: Edith L. Williams Respondent (Person to be Protected/Minor) Of: Mattapan, MA CITATION GIVING NOTICE OF PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF CONSERVATOR OR OTHER PROTECTIVE ORDER PURSUANT TO G.L c. 190B, §5-304 & §5-405 To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Heneritta Williams-Gerald of Lynn, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Edith L. Williams is in need of a Conservator or other protective order and requesting that Heneritta Williams-Gerald of Lynn, MA (or some other suitable person) be appointed as Conservator to serve Without Surety on the bond.

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 07/16/2015. 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.

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Neptune Towers Apartments Will be accepting applications for placement on the waiting list for housing from June 1, 2015 to August 10, 2015 Neptune Towers is a project based Section 8 community, income restrictions apply Applications available at the office or by request to: Neptune Towers 130 Neptune Blvd., Suite 108E Lynn, MA 01905 Attention: Occupancy Specialist Tel: 781-595-6300 Fax: 781-599-1560 TTY: 800-439-2370 Reasonable accommodations made on request Placement on the waiting list determined by lottery Applications must be submitted or postmarked by no later than August 10, 2015

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Eight 1BRs @ $1,235*, Eighteen 2BRs @ $1,348* Utilities not included. Tenants will pay own Gas Heat, Gas Hot Water, Electricity (including cooking), Water and Sewer

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

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

Tidewater at Salisbury is a 210 unit rental apartment community. 26 of these apartments will be made available through this application process. Unit features include granite kitchen and bathroom countertops, stainless steel kitchen appliances, walk-in closets, ceramic bathroom floors, one covered parking spot, in unit washer and dryers and private balconies. The property is a luxury community offering one and two bedroom apartment homes located within walking distance to Salisbury Beach, restaurants and shops. Tidewater at Salisbury offers their residents a swimming pool, state of the art fitness center, clubhouse and outdoor grilling area. This luxury community is located close to interstates 495, 95 and the Newburyport Commuter Rail station. Please see www.TidewaterAtSalisbury.com for more details on the development and the units. Smoke Free Community.

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

Date: June 12, 2015

Felix D. Arroyo Register of Probate

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

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Completed Applications and Required Income Documentation must be received, not postmarked, by 2 pm on August 26th, 2015. The Lottery will be held on September 8th at 6 pm at the Tidewater at Salisbury Leasing Office.

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For Lottery Information and Applications, or for reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities, go to www.s-e-b.com/lottery or call (617) 782-6900 (x1 then x7) and leave a message. Applications and Information also available at Salisbury Town Hall (Planning and Development Office, 5 Beach Road) and Salisbury Public Library at its temporary location on 167 Elm Street, Route 110, in the Rangeway Plaza. Library Hours (M, W, Th 10-6, Tu 12-8, closed on Fri, Sa, Su)

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@baystatebanner Olmsted Place 161 South Huntington Ave, Jamaica Plain MA Affordable Housing Lottery 37 New Affordable Apartments For Rent # of Units

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Rent* (and number of units)

Income Limit for each unit

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Studio

526 to 564

$915 (1), $1,068 (2), $1,221 (1)

60% (1), 70% (2), 80% (1)

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1BR

655 to 796

$1,068 (3), $1,246 (13), $1,424 (3), $1,602 (3), $1,781 (1)

60% (3), 70% (13), 80% (3), 90% (3), 80% to 100% (1)

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2BR

916 to 1,042

$1,221 (1), $1,424 (5), $1,628 (1), $1,831 (2)

60% (1), 70% (5), 80% (1), 90% (2)

1

3BR

1,323

$1,602

70%

*Rent is subject to change when the BRA publishes the annual rents.

The Maximum Income Limits for Households for the 60% AMI units are as follows: 1 Person - $41,350; 2 Person - $47,300; 3 Person - $53,200; 4 Person - $59,100 The Maximum Income Limits for Households for the 70% AMI units are as follows: 1 Person $48,250; 2 Person $55,150; 3 Person $62,050; 4 Person $68,950; 5 person $74,450; 6 person $80,000 The Maximum Income Limits for Households for the 80% AMI units are as follows: 1 Person - $55,150; 2 Person - $63,050; 3 Person - $70,900; 4 Person - $78,800 The Maximum Income Limits for Households for the 90% AMI units are as follows: 1 Person - $62,050; 2 Person - $70,900; 3 Person - $79,800; 4 Person - $88,650 The Maximum Income Limits for Households for the 100% AMI 1BR unit are as follows: 1 Person - $68,950; 2 Person - $78,800 *Income Limits subject to change when the BRA publishes the annual Income Limits From July 14th to July 24th applications can be requested by phone (617.782.6900) or email (seb.housing@gmail.com). Applications may also be picked up at the Jamaica Plain Branch of the Boston Public Library (12 Sedgwick Street, Jamaica Plain) Tuesday July 14rd (1 pm to 6 pm) and Thursday July 16th (4 pm to 8 pm) and Saturday July 18th (10 AM to 2 PM) Completed Applications can be dropped off to SEB Offices between 10 AM to 4 PM on August 3rd and August 4th.

The deadline for application drop off at the SEB Office is 4 pm on August 4th, 2015.

Completed applications can also be mailed to the SEB Office but must be postmarked by August 4th, 2015.

The SEB Office is on 165 Chestnut Hill Ave #2, Brighton, MA 02135.

Subscribe to the Banner call: 617-261-4600

Selection by lottery.

Asset, Use & Occupancy Restrictions apply.

Minimum income limits apply.

Disabled households have preference for 5 accessible and 2 hearing-impaired units.

Preference for Boston Residents.

Preference for Households with at least one person per bedroom.

Olmsted Place is a smoke free community For more information or reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities, call 617.782.6900

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Brookline Housing Authority

2 & 3 Bedroom Family Waiting Lists Opening Applications will be accepted for our two and three bedroom family public housing waiting lists between July 16 and Aug 14. Eligible applicants will be placed in a random order on the appropriate existing list. This means it makes no difference if you are the first application received on July 16 or the last application received on August 14. The wait for a unit will vary depending on your priority/preference status and the number of vacancies in our developments.

How to get an application: Beginning July 16 applications will be available to download on our website at www.brooklinehousing.org.

Applications are also available at our office located at 90 Longwood Ave Ste 1, Brookline, MA 02446. Office hours for applications will be Monday - Friday 9 am-3 pm. Special office hours for Aug 14 will be 9 am – 1 pm.

You may request an application by email to apps@brooklinehousing.org OR you may call our hotline at 617-277-1885, leave your name, address and phone number and an application will be mailed to you. Remember to speak slowly, clearly and spell your name and/or street if necessary.

Maximum Household Income by family size:

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Natick Public Schools is looking for a qualified individual to assist with supplemental academic enrichment and to serve as a liaison between the students, school, parents and METCO Director. Visit our website to submit an online application. See job description on our website at www.natickps.org EOE

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ALL applications must be submitted no later than Aug. 14, 2015. Only ONE application per household will be accepted, any duplicates will be combined into one application. If submitted in person or by email to: apps@brooklinehousing.org the application must be submitted no later than 1:00 PM. Applications submitted by US mail must be postmarked no later than August 14, 2015.

No applications will be accepted BEFORE 9:00 am Thursday, July 16 No applications will be accepted AFTER 1:00 pm Friday, August 14 EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

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HELP WANTED

METCO, Inc. needs a full-time

Program eligibility includes: • • • • •

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

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

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Send a Cover Letter, Resume and three current references to: John M. Shandorf, Associate Director METCO, Inc., 40 Dimock Street, MA 02119 Or email to: Jshandorf@metcoinc.org Deadline Date: July 15, 2015

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR The Concord Housing Authority (CHA) is seeking qualified applicants for its Executive Director to oversee the daily management and operation of 76 units of State Elderly public housing; 28 units of State Family Housing; 18 units of Federal Family housing; 8 units of 689; 85 Section 8 Vouchers; and 6 locally owned units.

Bookkeeper Steps To Success

Steps To Success (STS) is a Brookline-based non-profit program that works with low-income youth in the Brookline public schools to prepare them for college and beyond. STS is seeking a part-time, contract bookkeeper or bookkeeping service for approximately 15 hours per week.

Job Duties Include n Pay invoices and prepare checks and deposits. n Coordinate with contracted payroll service. n Prepare Income and Expense Statement, Balance Sheet, Variance Reports, and other reports. n Reconcile accounts that are operated in collaboration with partner organizations.

Qualifications n 3+ years relevant experience, preferably with non-profit organizations. n Proficiency with Quickbooks and Microsoft Office. n Demonstrated ability to provide timely and accurate accounting and reports. n Desire to work for a successful, mission-based non-profit. n Strong client references.

How to Apply Submit a brief cover letter with proposed hourly compensation rate, a resume, and a client list with contact information to jobs@brooklinehousing.org. Deadline: July 7, 2015, 4:00 p.m.

Full job description and more at http://stepstosuccessbrookline.org/bookkeeper/ No phone calls please.

Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer

Minimum requirements include a Bachelor’s Degree or four years’ experience in public housing, community development or similar experience; strong management skills including prior supervisory experience overseeing a staff of 3 or more employees; demonstrated competence in planning and fiscal management in housing, including grant procurement, new unit development and maintenance, personnel and administrative management systems; prior experience in managing new property development and capital projects preferred; evidence of strong computer and written and verbal communication skills; knowledge of laws regulating Federal and State housing programs; demonstrated experience and sensitivity working with people of various socio-economic and diverse backgrounds; and skill in fostering positive working relationships with various financial, municipal, state and federal agencies including the local housing board to which the Executive Director reports.

Candidate will be bondable and have Public Housing Manager Certification, or be able to obtain within one year. Valid driver’s license and proof of insurance required. Salary is commensurate with experience and education within DHCD and HUD Guidelines for 37.5 minimum work hours/week. The position includes health, vacation, and sick leave benefits. CHA is an EEO/AA employer. The deadline to submit a cover letter and resume is no later than July 15, 2015 at 1:00 p.m. Please address the envelope to: Chair, Board of Commissioners Concord Housing Authority 34 Everett Street Concord, MA 01742

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Government Affairs Specialist The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC), the regional planning agency for Metro Boston, seeks a Government Affairs Specialist to help further the public policy goals of the agency and implement the legislative components of the long-range regional plan, MetroFuture. The Government Affairs Specialist is a core member of MAPC’s legislative team, which advocates for a wide range of issues with legislators on Beacon Hill, and on occasion, on federal issues.

Duties include developing the agency’s legislative agenda; the Specialist will also help provide legislative and advocacy support for the Massachusetts Association of Regional Planning Agencies (MARPA), the Massachusetts Smart Growth Alliance, Transportation for Massachusetts, and other allies. In addition, managing and coordinating the activities of MAPC’s Legislative Committee; preparing and drafting testimony and correspondence to legislators; meeting with legislators and legislative staff; as well as Administrative responsibilities.

Qualifications include: BA in public policy, planning or a related field and four to six years of progressively more responsible related experience preferably in a public policy arena, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. State House experience strongly preferred.

Excellent written and oral communication skills are required. Broad knowledge of state, local and federal government functions, including a general understanding of municipal governance and finance, land use planning or related fields is a plus.

Compensation and benefits consistent with experience and based on MAPC’s personnel policy. Salary range from $48,000-$58,000, depending on experience. MAPC employees receive an excellent state employee benefits package, including group health insurance.

PLEASE SEE COMPLETE JOB AD AT www.mapc.org (Jobs at MAPC) and APPLY AT LINK SHOWN THERE. Please attach a cover letter, resume, writing sample and three professional references. The position is open until filled. Candidates must have legal authorization to work in the USA and a valid driver’s license and/or the ability to arrange transportation to meetings in different parts of the region. MAPC is an EOE/AA employer.

MAPC takes pride in the diversity of its workforce and encourages all qualified persons to apply. Posted June 24, 2015. Thomas E. Hauenstein, Operations Manager.

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