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Lawmakers shoring up voter rights laws Martin Desmarais

discriminatory voting measures and federal preclearance.

Civil rights advocates — inThe bill updates the coverage cluding the NAACP — have been formula by making all states and scrambling since last June when jurisdictions eligible for coverthe U.S. Supreme Court struck age formula based on voting viodown Section 4 of the Voting lations in the last 15 years. States Rights Act of 1965 and delivered and jurisdictions that have had a a serious blow to protections for clean record over last 15 years black voters in the United States. would not be subject to coverBut they got a boost earlier this age. It also calls for greater transmonth when legislation was in- parency in elections so voters are troduced in Congress to restore made aware of changes, though, it some of the protections of the does include some provisions for Voting Rights Act. states to enact reasonable photo The bill, known as The Voting identification laws.

Rights Amend“Through ment Act of months of ne2014, is the gotiation and “Our sole focus first biparticompromise, san effort in throughout this entire Congressmen C o n g r e s s t o process was to ensure Sensenbrenrespond to ner and Cothat no American the “Shelby nyers and I C o u n t y v . would be denied his have agreed on Holder” Su- or her constitutional a bipartisan and preme Court bicameral prodecision in June right to vote because posal to restore that freed nine of discrimination on the protections states as well as the basis of race or of the Voting several counRights Act that ties and other color.” were weakpolitical juris— Patrick Leahy ened by the Sudictions from preme Court’s Voting Rights decision last Act restrictions that required summer,” Leahy said. “Our sole changes in voting laws to be sub- focus throughout this entire projected to federal preclearance. cess was to ensure that no AmerThe nine states (Alabama, Alaska, ican would be denied his or her Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, Mis- constitutional right to vote because sissippi, South Carolina, Texas and of discrimination on the basis of Virginia) had been restricted due to race or color. We believe that this prior voting violations and evidence is a strong bipartisan bill that acof discrimination. complishes this goal and that every The Voting Rights Amend- member of Congress can support.” ment, introduced by Senate JudiThe NAACP came out to recciary Committee Chairman Pat- ognize the efforts of Congress in rick Leahy, D-Vt., U.S. Rep. Jim introducing the Voting Rights Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., and U.S. Amendment, but called for even Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., tougher provisions. voting, continued to page 10 aims to restore protections against

Gov. Deval Patrick, here with Secretary of Health and Human Services John Polanowicz, is calling for increased funding for education and human services in his fiscal year 2015 budget. (Banner photo)

Gov.’s budget prioritizes education, human services Martin Desmaras Gov. Deval Patrick is calling for increased support for education, human services and health care in his fiscal year 2015 budget.

But critics are concerned that the lack of new state tax revenue puts a chokehold on the budget’s ability to make significant new investments, and most funding levels are still less than the pre-recession numbers.

“This budget is a balanced, responsible budget that supports our growth strategy of investing in education, innovation, and infrastructure to create jobs and opportunity in the near term and strengthen our Commonwealth

in the long term,” Patrick said in a statement. “I am proud of the progress we have made by working together and governing for the long term over the past seven years. Let’s continue this work, inspired by our shared commitment to leave to others a better Commonwealth than we found.

In that spirit, I look forward to working with the Legislature on this budget.”

Patrick’s budget proposes $204.9 million in increased education funding. Highlights include a $100 million increase in funding for kindergarten through high school, a $15 million increase to provide more early education programs and

$68 million more for funding higher education.

According to Patrick, his budget proposal will increase employment opportunities and help people find jobs in the state’s growing industries. It earmarks $141 million more for transportation related work and $25 million to support growth in the life sciences sector.

In the area of health care, Patrick’s budget proposal offers the most impact in the area of human services that support state residents and continues the efforts the state has made to expand access to health care for individuals and working families. budget, continued to page 6

Some campaigns slow to hire blacks Yawu Miller

Gubernatorial candidate Juliette Kayyem has a diverse campaign staff with black and Asian staff. Statewide candidates are increasingly looking to make inroads in communities of color early on. (Banner photo)

While the Democratic primary is still nearly nine months away, the gubernatorial race is going full throttle for Democratic Party activists, with campaigns phoning potential delegates on a race to secure the party nomination during the June convention.

With many of those campaigns, delegates in the black community will be getting calls from African American or Latino campaign workers — but not all of them.

Attorney General Martha Coakley has no blacks on her staff. Nor has businessman Joe Avellone.

The lack of black staff doesn’t sit well with veteran campaign activists.

“I don’t see how a candidate can think they can even engage communities of color if they don’t have campaign staff with people of color,” says Ward 15 Democratic activist Sandi Bagley. “It’s something we look for.” campaigns, continued to page 11

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Henriquez appears before House Ethics Committee Yawu Miller Jailed state Rep. Carlos Henriquez returned to the State House in handcuffs twice in the last week to appear before the House Ethics Committee — the first step in the Legislature’s process to strip him of his seat.

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whether he plans to resign.

Ed Cook, one of the co-signers of the Ward 15 letter, said Henriquez’s six months of jail time will leave the district without representation at a critical time.

“I’m not judging Carlos’s guilt or innocence, but he will be absorbed in defending himself for

If he continues to represent us while he’s incarcerated, then we will have no voice in the budget, we will have no voice in planning for our district, no voice who people can go to with ideas for the district.”

— Ed Cook either of the one-hour closeddoor sessions, but Henriquez’s attorney, Stephanie Soriano-Mills, met with reporters outside the committee meeting Friday to confirm that Henriquez maintains his innocence and plans to appeal his conviction.

Also last week, the co-chairs of the Ward 15 Democratic Committee sent House Speaker Robert DeLeo a letter requesting that the Legislature expedite a special election to replace Henriquez.

But Henriquez has not said

months if he appeals,” he commented. “During that time he will be unable to represent the district in any sort of meaningful way. If he continues to represent us while he’s incarcerated, then we will have no voice in the budget, we will have no voice in planning for our district, no voice who people can go to with ideas for the district.”

Henriquez has not said whether he plans to step down.

DeLeo and Gov. Deval Patrick have both called on him to do so.

Henriquez was sentenced this

month to two-and-a-half-years with six months in prison on two counts of assault and battery. The six-person jury found him not guilty of a third count of assault, one of larceny and one of witness intimidation. The charges stemmed from a July 2012 incident where Henriquez met with Katherine Gonzalves in a rental car near her mother’s house in Arlington.

Henriquez has denied the charges and maintains his innocence. His attorney, Stephanie Soriano-Mills, says that if Henriquez appeals the verdict, the appeal process may take longer than the six months he’s due to serve in prison.

While Henriquez contends with the Ethics Committee, activists in his district are rumored to be planning for a special election. So far, just one potential candidate has gone public, Karen Charles, the chief of staff at the state’s Department of Telecommunications and Cable.

Cook said the most important thing for residents of Henriquez’s district is to have representation as soon as possible.

“If Mr. Henriquez were to put the needs of his district ahead of his own, we would be free to have a special election and elect someone to represent us,” he commented.

State Rep. Carlos Hendriquez is currently serving his term from prison, while appealing his conviction for assault and battery. (Banner photo)

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Designer follows passion into new academic role

Denise Rush puts her 25 years of work as an interior designer to work as director of undergraduate admissions at Boston Architectural College’s School of Interior Design.

(Banner photo) Martin Desmarais Denise Rush, the director of undergraduate interior design at Boston Architectural College’s School of Interior Design, reflects back over 25 years in her field — an uncommon career choice for a young black girl growing up in Grand Rapids, Mich. — and says the advice she gives her students is to follow their passion.

“If you have a passion for something, you find a way to achieve that goal. Whether or not people look like you are not,” said the 52-yearold Rush. “For me it was not a driving force that I needed to have someone look like me, inspire me.”

“If this is what you want to do then just keep going,” she added.

“Find your passion is the key. Find your passion and just pursue it.”

For Rush, that passion was always art and creating. As a child she said she loved playing with Legos, she loved the creative process and took a lot of art studies in high school. But she was also driven to do well academically and was strong in math and science.

Combining the two led her to architecture. While in high school, she was able to get some experience at architecture firms to give her some exposure to the industry.

This led her to a junior college and a pre-architecture program.

However, what she realized was that her design interests were

not really satisfied with talk of structure and building design.

She said she started to wonder what happens when you get to the inside of buildings and couldn’t find the answer to this with traditional architecture.

“I heard about interior design and how it was related to architecture and what the focus was, so I actually had to transfer, I had to change my school, because there was no path where I was at to go to an interior design program,” Rush said. “So I changed my school and was accepted to Michigan State. They had an accredited interior design program and I have never regretted it. I love shaping the interior space. I love being related to an architecture component. I have always, for the most part, worked in architecture firms doing interior design.”

Rush graduated from Michigan State in 1984 with a bachelor’s degree in interior design. She then went on to work at a number of architecture firms, including as a director and project manager in the offices of Perkins + Will in Chicago and the SmithGroup in Detroit, and as head of interior design at TowerPinkster in Grand Rapids.

Rush said many people may think of interior design as just decorating someone’s home, but she emphasizes it is much more than that. Rush has spent much of her interior design career working

in the commercial sector designing the interior spaces in office buildings, schools and hospitals, though she has done residential work as well.

According to Rush, decoration is just one aspect of what interior design does. The craft also focuses on shaping the volume of interior space, aesthetics and what she calls the “built environment” or how the space in buildings is used.

“It is really dealing with the built environment and how people interact with not only their built environment but, if it is an office, the office furnishings and things of that nature beyond the aesthetic,” Rush said. “There is usually a great deal of explanation that has to be done for people that think all interior designers do is decorate.”

Rush has worked in a lot of hospitals and says that these projects can get very specific taking a look at “the psychology of colors” that should be used depending on the type of patients. For example, she explained that she has worked on cardiac wards where the doctors asked for vibrant colors to help stimulate the patients recovering from heart surgery.

She has also done some residential interior design. “I like doing both. I have done some residential work in my private practice. It is really different from the commercial angle of things,” Rush said.

Eventually, though, Rush also started to get into academia,

spending time as the visiting interior designer at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign, and as an adjunct faculty in the interior architecture program at Columbia College Chicago.

She joined the Boston Architectural College in January last year. Located on Newbury Street in Back Bay, the college offers undergraduate and graduate programs in architecture, interior design, landscape architecture and design studies. Students at the college work fulltime in their fields and also take classes, so most of the classes are at night.

The typical student takes at least five years to finish a degree.

As director of undergraduate interior design, Rush said she loves having a hands-on role in helping others find their way into a field that has captured her passion for so long.

“I find I love teaching, so I truly get a joy of seeing my students every semester not knowing the topic of the class and just seeing them develop their skills,” she said. “It is really challenging.

There is a lot of information to learn so you can design a space that functions because many times you might have a pretty picture or pretty project board, but if I look at the layout, it might not be workable. So teaching those skills to make them good designers is a lot of fun. I enjoy that.”

At the start of this school year, Rush was part of implementing a new school-wide curriculum school at the college. “That was very interesting and exciting,” Rush said. “We are just really focused on giving the students real world experience in the classroom when we can. I have had real clients approach me and I have in-

corporated that into the classroom where the students actually get to create a design solution.”

Rush’s foray into education has also given her some time to reflect back on the path that got her into interior design and she hopes she can impart this experience on to others.

“The design process — creating always interested me — so if there are children out there that are creative and they like making things happen or drawing something or putting something on a blank piece of paper they should look at creative careers and there are a number of creative careers.

If they really like building things, architecture and design, landscape architecture, those are great careers for doing that — thinking of an idea and seeing it come to shape. I love walking into a building where I have designed an interior and it is a pretty cool feeling,” Rush said. “If a child in whatever stage of creativity they are at, if they find that they have that kind of passion, hopefully adults around them can help guide them to creative careers. That was the case for me.”

While the architectural field, from her experience, hasn’t ever had a strong presence of African Americans, she said that has never held her back. Rush is a member of the National Organization of Minority Architects and has spoken at events for the group.

However, she is also a member of International Interior Design Association and has been a member of the American Society of Interior Designers, which she said are organizations with very few minority members.

“I didn’t see a lot of ‘me’ in meetings but still, if this is what you love to do, those types of things don’t hinder you,” she said.

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Toward power at the polls The recent decision of the Pennsylvania court to strike down the new voter ID law is inspiring.

It should remind blacks that the drive for voting rights has begun anew.

North Carolina has become the poster child of the eight states that have established in 2013 more restrictive voting rights for future elections. The others are Arkansas, Indiana, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Tennessee and Virginia. Civil libertarians have to remain alert to efforts by conservatives to impose unreasonable restrictions on access by citizens to the polls.

The North Carolina Legislature has approved, among other measures, reductions in early voting, strict voter ID provisions, and the elimination of same-day voter registration. According to an analysis of the November 2012 election, African Americans were 23 percent of registered voters in North Carolina, but they were 29 percent of early voters, 34 percent of those without state-issued IDs, and 41 percent of those who registered on Election Day. It is clear from the data that the intention of the North Carolina statute was not to make voting easier and more accessible. The Department of Justice, the North Carolina NAACP and the ACLU have all filed suit to have the election changes ruled to be in violation of the Civil Rights Act. The judicial process for achieving this is more difficult since the U.S. Supreme Court has found Section 4 of the Act to be unconstitutional.

Once again, African Americans must battle to secure voting rights in some jurisdictions. This battle began when freed slaves became citizens with passage of the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and were granted the right to vote in 1870 by the 15th Amendment.

Those in power in the South during the Jim Crow era had no intention of permitting blacks to vote and assume control of the government.

In many counties and in some states the majority population was black. In South Carolina in 1870, 59.4 percent of the residents were black and in Mississippi, 54.1 percent were black. In Alabama and

Louisiana the count was too close to assure political victory for the plantation owners.

The prospect of becoming politically marginalized induced the sons of the Confederacy to resort to dehumanizing oppression to keep blacks away from the polls. The freed slaves had no choice for survival but to accept the fear and humiliation. Despite the danger, there was always a demand for black suffrage in the South from 1870 on.

Progress was slow until the Civil Rights Movement began to mobilize in the 1950s. While the Civil Rights Act of 1957 did not generate much enthusiasm or attention, it proved to be a significant stratagem in ending voting discrimination.

It established the Civil Rights Division within the Department of Justice. The FBI under J. Edgar Hoover had not been very effective in prosecuting racial discrimination offenses.

Voting rights became a major focus of the Civil Rights Movement. On March 7, 1965, John Lewis led 600 protestors on a march from Selma, Ala. to Montgomery. On the Edmund Pettus Bridge they were viciously attacked by state and local police with tear gas, clubs, dogs and water hoses. International publicity of the event was a national embarrassment. On Aug. 6, just five months later, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act. Last June 25, in a 5-to-4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the case of “Shelby County v.

Holder” that Section 4 of the Voting Rights Act is unconstitutional. That section required states and voting jurisdictions with a history of discrimination to submit any proposed change in voting rules for approval by the attorney general or the federal court. Now it is more difficult to challenge questionable changes in the voting laws.

Once again blacks and civil libertarians must challenge rules that restrict the voting rights of the poor, the elderly and minorities. But this time it will not be necessary to face the physical danger and threats of the Jim Crow era. It should be a priority in 2014 to secure what heroic elders have so valiantly achieved.

LETTERSto the Editor

Fifty years of change

Next fall freshmen will enter college 50 years after IBM introduced the System/360 computer and President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Even those of us who can remember those events find it most difficult to fathom the profound technological and social changes the country has experienced in five decades. It is humbling to reflect on those changes.

In 1964, IBM introduced the System/360 mainframe computer with 64K bytes of memory, a clock speed of about 1.5 MHz and ranging in price from $133,000 up to around $5 million. Today a typical laptop computer has 30 or 40 million times more memory, is a thousand times faster and costs less than $1,000!

In July of that same year, President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 which outlawed most forms of racial discrimination in public accommodations.

This rendered unlawful (but didn’t eliminate) “colored” and “white” water fountains and toilets and other forms of blatant racial exclusion. This was essentially the death knell for Jim Crow, although “Bloody Sunday” in Selma, Ala., on March

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7, 1965 was yet to come as was the U. S. Supreme Court decision of “Loving v.

Virginia” in June 1967 that invalidated anti-interracial marriage laws in more than 20 states. Today we have an African American president of the United States, born in 1961, who is the product of an interracial marriage and who, in 2008, carried five of the states that prohibited his parents’ marriage when he was born.

If our country could advance technologically and socially from “then” to “now,” what can’t we do? A typical laptop today has more computing power than most major companies and universities had 50 years ago. We may also add the Internet to today’s technology. To those young social “out-

siders” needing a role model today, there is President of the United States Barack Obama who was president of the Harvard Law Review and winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009.

Whatever one’s views, I don’t think there are many who would like to take us back to 1964. Hence, we should examine how these changes were realized and who were the main energizers of these conveniences and opportunities. In so doing we might show our appreciation by making optimal use of their examples and bequests as we try to educate and inspire young people most in need of both.

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OPINION Faithful to the King mission in our time by the Honorable Charles R. Stith

Speech given at the 44th Annual Martin Luther King Breakfast, sponsored

by Union United Methodist Church and St. Cyprian’s Episcopal Church.

Five months ago we commemorated the 50th anniversary of Dr. King’s historic “I Have a Dream Speech.” Last week we celebrated what would have been Martin Luther King Jr.’s 85th birthday. If we really want to honor the memory of the man and movement we need to meet the challenge of making a more inclusive America in our time.

Several areas in which diversity is lacking are high tech, health care and higher education. These are the lynchpins of the economy of the future. Boston is leading the way. According to a Brookings Institution Report: “since 2002, the city of Boston has been ranked number one (1) in the world in science and technology and number four (4) in patent applications. In 2011, Boston was ranked the most innovative city in the world.” Boston is at the epicenter of the new economy. If we don’t get diversity in this sector in Boston right, then we can’t expect the country to get it right.

In a recent Boston Globe op-ed by Edward Glaser, a Harvard economist and director of the Rappaport Institute for Greater Boston, he noted “individuals who worked in finance, insurance, and high skilled services in Suffolk County earned an average of $138,000 … while the median household income in the zip code around Dudley Station is $27,000.

This contrast is not only defined in dollars and cents. Think about it this way. The innovation economy is a global economy, which by definition means it is a mobile economy. The next time you’re at the airport, Logan or any airport, look around and see who’s traveling and who’s not. Then you’ll know who’s playing and who’s not in the global economy.”

Over the years, and during the most recent mayoral campaign, there was a lot of talk about the importance of integrating trade unions.

And, that is important. At the state and national level there is a push to raise the minimum wage. That is also important. But if we fail to be intentional about making diversity work in high tech, health care and higher education we will But if we fail to be have closed off the opportunity to intentional about making minority families to become a part diversity work in high of America’s mainstream. tech, health care, and Eight out of 10 of the top emhigher education we ployers in Boston are hospitals or institutions of higher education. will have closed off the Mass General has 15,000 employ- opportunity to minority ees, Beth Israel Deaconess 8,500, families to become a part Brigham and Women about the of America’s mainstream. same. Harvard business and medical schools employ approximately 4,600 people, and my institution, Boston University about 8,300. These are areas of growth in the 21st century global economy. Unless we get diversity right in these areas we will relegate African Americans and other people of color to the economic margins for another millennium.

Beyond the economic impact there is the societal impact of these institutions on our common life, particularly in higher education. There are over 200,000 students enrolled in Boston area colleges and universities. How are we going to prepare them to contribute to making a better world when the institutions they attend don’t look like the world?

There is something to the old adage “out of sight, out of mind.” Boston has a history of incubating leadership such as W.E.B. DuBois, Solomon Carter Fuller, Edward Brooke, Angela Davis, Desiree Rogers, Ronald McNair, Deval Patrick, Shirley Jackson, Barack Obama, Ken Chenault, and the man whose birthday we celebrate today Martin Luther King Jr. Today, what interest or intent do institutions in this area have to attract and cultivate the next generation of such leaders? What’s the plan? In the ‘80s and early ‘90s, Boston University Medical School, through a program that was led at one time by recently departed Dr. Kenneth Edelin, graduated more African American physicians in America than only two schools — Howard Medical School and Meharry Medical School (both of which were founded specifically to train African American physicians.) What’s the plan? What’s the plan to attract the next generation of professors and mentors like Howard Thurman, Shirley McBay, Evelyn Higginbotham, Ken Edelin, Derrick Bell, Peter Gomes, Alvin Poussaint and Carl Adams. These institutions (and the country) were made better by the contributions of the likes them. What’s the plan?

Of the changes I’ve seen in Boston over the last 40 years, change came because there were conscious decisions to change. There were agents and advocates for change — from downtown to in-town, among those who sat in boardrooms to those that pushed brooms.

If we’re going to be faithful in the moment it starts with a consensus and commitment and then comes the concrete plan. To paraphrase an old adage, and say it differently, “where there’s a will,” you can find a way. There are a lot of smart people in Boston and Massachusetts (particularly in these sectors). We can figure this out. We can bridge the divide. We can get this done. It is what we must do if we are going to be faithful in the moment.

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What do you think can be done to reduce income inequality in the United States?

It certainly has to start from the government level. People have to study how the lack of education and lack of access are at the heart of the matter.

You have to raise people’s wages.

Things are more expensive now than 10 years ago. Rent is too high, gas is too high, but the minimum wage is still the same.

They need to create more good-paying jobs. Affordable housing is also a big factor for a lot of people. They need to create more housing.

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Minimum wage needs to go up so people working low-end jobs can meet their needs.

I think the minimum wage should be raised.

We need to create more good-paying jobs and bring more businesses into the community.

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Brooke Woodson

Madison Park Development Corporation, a community-based, nonprofit organization focused on developing affordable housing for low and moderate income residents, has hired Brooke Woodson as vice president of programs.

In his role at MPDC, Woodson will oversee operations at Hibernian Hall, government and media relations and organizational administration.

For the last 20 years, Woodson served as director of the City of Boston’s Small & Local Business Enterprise Office where he managed the city’s contract compliance program for business and construction employment opportunities. He was responsible for the second largest certification agency in the Commonwealth with a database of over 1,000 businesses. He also served as director of the Boston Employment Commission, which oversees the Boston Residents Jobs Policy. He also served as chief of staff to the late City Council President Bruce

C. Bolling.

“Brooke’s background and expertise will allow us to expand our community economic development work in Roxbury,” said MPDC CEO Jeanne Pinado.

“I am excited to be joining MPDC, which is an exemplary organization doing outstanding work in so many fields,” said Woodson. “As someone whose family comes from Roxbury, I truly appreciate MPDC’s work in rebuilding the community and I look forward to helping it

move to even greater heights.”

Woodson is a graduate of Boston University with a master’s degree in Urban Affairs. He received his bachelor’s degree from Northeastern University. He currently resides in Boston with his wife and son.

MPDC, founded in 1966, is dedicated to creating quality, mixed-income housing, and to promote the renaissance of Dudley Square as a thriving neighborhood business district recognized as a center of commerce and culture.

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Family advocates have applauded Patrick’s proposed $32.6 million increase for the state’s troubled Department of Children and Families. Though only a 5 percent increase, it is estimated that the money will help reduce caseloads per social worker and allow the DCF to hire as many as 150 new social workers and staff. Critics still point out that, even with the increase, DCF’s funding is still less than what was earmarked in 2009.

Michael Weekes, president and CEO of the Massachusetts Council of Human Service Providers, which is the state’s largest human service trade association, said that the most significant budget item for human services is an over $150 million increase in funding for the Community Residential Services for the Developmentally Disabled. This increase would increase the annual budget from $847 million to over $1 billion.

“There is no doubt that the biggest highlight is the additional investment the government made in the individuals with developmental disabilities,” Weekes said. “That is the largest additional investment to that community in nearly 30 years.”

According to Weekes, other positive highlights in the budget include: $25 million in funding for salary rate reviews for human services workers and $15 million to implement “Raise the Age” legislation signed by Patrick in 2013 that

changes juvenile jurisdiction laws to support the rehabilitation of young people through the age of 18.

A big concern for Weekes in Patrick’s budget proposal is the minimal increase in funding for the Department of Mental Health, which he said does not even keep up with the cost of running the program.

“I am concerned we are not seeing the money there we need for child and adolescent services and adult services in the Department of Mental Health — if those proposals go through there will be less money to fund services, there will be some clients that will lose services,” Weekes said.

According to Weekes, about 200 children and families, as well as 250 adults, could lose services as a result of Patrick’s proposal.

“That is not a good thing because for many children and families this is the safety net. If they can’t get services from here it is unlikely to get it any place else,” Weekes said. “They have no place else to go and that is what we should all be concerned about, eliminating services to people in the community that are the most vulnerable.”

He is also very discouraged by a 3.6 percent cut in funding for the Employment Services Program, which helps support employment services for people with disabilities.

He points out that people with disabilities have the highest rate of unemployment and the state’s efforts are making a difference in this area, but will flounder without the necessary funding.

Overall, Patrick’s budget proposal increases state spending 4.9 percent from 2014 to $36.4 billion, which he says is in line with the projected tax revenue growth of 4.9 percent.

Noah Berger, president of the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, said that the biggest challenge faced in the state’s budget is that without a substantial increase in new tax revenue there is not enough money to make investments that can have a long-term impact.

Berger said the state is still struggling with the impact of tax cuts that reduced the tax rate on wage and salary from 5.95 percent to 5.3 percent, cut the tax rate applied to dividend and interest income from 12 percent to 5.3 percent and doubled the value of the personal tax exemption. The combined effect of these three cuts is a loss of $3 billion in annual revenue to the state.

“The long-term challenge for the Commonwealth is that living with the effects of the tax cuts and not having the revenue needed to make investments in our people and the economy is not going to be easy,” Berger said.

According to numbers from the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, the state faces a gap of approximately $514 million between ongoing revenue and the cost of maintaining current services and commitments.

Patrick’s budget overcomes this gap by using one-time revenue from sources including reserve accounts, the sale of gam-

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House GOP may advance immigration reform plan Griselda Nevarez Recent remarks by House Republican leaders indicate the GOP is preparing to move forward with immigration reform legislation that includes a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants currently living in the United States.

In an interview with Telemundo’s “Enfoque” on Sunday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman

said. “That is the part that is difficult to bring together, but we’re working on it.”

He said a path to legal status would enable undocumented immigrants “to live here, work here, travel to and from their home country” as well as “own a business, pay their taxes.” But before that can happen, he said some enforcement measures — like an electronic employment verification system and an entry-exit visa

stead, he said the document is meant to “galvanize” the kind of support that’s necessary to pass immigration reform legislation in the House.

“We’re trying to find a way to give the members of the House a way to see how all these things would work in our step-by-step

approach,” he said. “And we think one way to do that may be to put forward a set of principles.”

Some immigration reform advocates say they see these remarks by Goodlatte and Boehner as “a promising first step from the House GOP.” However, they say many questions still remain about policy specifics and about when legislation with a path to legal status will be introduced.

Lynn Tramonte, deputy director of America’s Voice, said “it’s encouraging” to see the House Republican leaders moving forward with immigration reform but noted that “it’s been a long

time coming.”

“The good news is there is widespread acknowledgment that it won’t be immigration reform without addressing with the 11 million aspiring Americans,” Tramonte said. “But principles are not enough — we need legislation.”

“They’ve been promising proposals for months and only giving us sound bites,” she continued.

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Robert H. Carter: pioneering black pharmacist, entrepreneur trade. Carter’s parents were able to find work in New Bedford, his mother as a seamstress and his father as a baker.

Only a year and a half after settling into their new home at 26 Chancery St. with Carter’s older sister Ann Elizabeth, his father died of cholera, l e a v ing the child’s mother and uncle, Richard Carter, to raise him.

Robert Carter attended New Bedford High School, where he was one of only 10 enrolled African American students. As a teenager, he worked as a drugstore delivery boy for New Bedford pharmacist William P. S. Cadwell. One cold winter afternoon after school, he was shoveling snow in front of Cadwell’s Drugstore, at 49 Purchase St., when, to his surprise, he found a wallet containing $400 — a large sum of money in those days. Instead of keeping the cash and remaining mum about his new discovery, he turned the wallet over to his employer. His boss knew the wallet’s owner, George Howland Jr., the first president of the New Bedford Five Cents Savings Bank, and returned it to him.

Cadwell made note of Carter’s honesty, and when the teenager graduated from New Bedford High School in 1866, he rewarded him with a two-year apprentice-

ship in pharmacy. Carter immediately began his pharmaceutical career under Cadwell’s tutelage.

He was paid $2.00 a week for the first six months, $2.50 a week for the next six months, and $4.00 a week for the last 12 months. At that time, pharmacists themselves manually composed or compounded all drugs. Carter diligently studied a textbook on the compounding of medicines and mastered his trade by the age of 21.

On July 8, 1869, he married Parthenia M. Harris, a 20-yearold hairdresser from Norfolk, Va. Their wedding ceremony was performed by Reverend Richard Vaughn at the Second Baptist Church in New Bedford. Parthenia gave birth to six children: Robert Lindsey, on May 4, 1871; Estelle May, on Dec. 15, 1873; Charles, on Oct. 15, 1875; George Thomas, on Feb. 19, 1878; Caroline, on Sept.

17, 1881, and Parthenia, on Oct. 30, 1885.

The couple’s first child, Robert Lindsey Carter, became a physician and practiced in Boston briefly. In 1901, he maintained an office at the Music Hall Building, while residing at 329 Columbus Ave. in the South End. Robert H. Carter worked for William Cadwell through the year 1872. The following year, E. H. Chisholm employed him as a

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Anthony W. Neal Robert H. Carter is believed to be the first African American certified pharmacist in Massachusetts. During a period from 1869 to 1907 he owned drugstores in New Bedford and Boston. Back then drugstores did not have a huge inventory of prefabricated drugs as are available today at CVS, Rite Aid or Walgreens.

Pharmacists had to be able to formulate medications for doctors’ prescriptions.

Carter was born in New Bedford on Jan. 12, 1847, the second of three children. His parents Sarah (Taylor) Carter and Robert H. Carter Sr. were free Virginians, but they decided to improve their lot in 1846 by moving to New Bedford from Alexandria, Va. — a major port and market in the slave

pharmacist. During this period, Carter and his family lived at 66 Purchase St., where his wife, Parthenia, ran a successful hair care business.

In 1876, the Carters moved to 135 Purchase St. There, the pharmacist established his first drugstore. In an advertisement he placed in the New Bedford Evening Standard Times on Nov. 11 that year, Carter vowed to give his “personal attention to the compounding of physicians’ prescriptions.” He assured potential customers, “All medicines dispensed can be relied upon, both for quality and the accuracy with which they are prepared.” Carter added, “With close application to my business and a careful interest to the wants of my customers, I shall strive to gain for my store a first-class reputation. A share of the public patronage is respectfully solicited.”

The Massachusetts Board of Registry in Pharmacy was established in 1885. Carter had at least three consecutive years of practical experience as a pharmacist by then, qualifying him for board certification without the requirement of taking an examination. Consequently, the board certified him as a registered pharmacist on Jan. 5, 1886, making him, undoubtedly, the first African American certified pharmacist in Massachusetts. According to the 1880 U.S. Census, there were only 18,697 African Americans in Massachusetts.

Carter owned a drugstore in New Bedford for 20 years — the first 13 years on Purchase St., then seven on Kempton St. Between 1896 and 1897, he ventured out to the Boston area, and became active in community affairs. He attended a reception and

banquet at Odd Fellows Hall in Cambridgeport on Jan. 21, 1897 in honor of attorney Clement G. Morgan after he became the first African American elected to the Cambridge Board of Aldermen.

The 1898 directory for Cambridge listed Robert H. Carter as a druggist, doing business at 111 Harvard St. By that time, the Carter family had moved to 393 Northampton St. in Roxbury. Around 1901 the pharmacist established an apothecary, Robert H. Carter & Co., at 1443 Tremont St. in Roxbury.

His company remained in business until about 1905. Carter and his family had returned to his hometown by 1906, as that year’s New Bedford directory listed him as a “drug clerk” conducting business at 1 Pleasant St. Carter kept a notebook or “formulary” containing 119 of his handwritten entries for compounding medicines, potions, insect and animal poisons, and various household substances. Included in those entries are compounds for toothache drops, cough syrup, pain killers, bug and moth poison, rat poison, and silver and brass polish.

Carter was a founding member of the Massachusetts Pharmaceutical Association, as well as a member of the Boston Druggist Association and Booker T. Washington’s National Negro Business League. A Mason of the Prince Hall Grand Lodge, he became a Junior Grand Warden of the brotherhood in December 1895.

He was also an Odd Fellow and a member of the Knights of Pythias.

Carter died of tuberculosis at his home, at 71 Foster St., on Jan. 13, 1908. He is buried at Oak Grove Cemetery in New Bedford.

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voting

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“The NAACP appreciates that the U.S. Congress has made a bipartisan effort to update the Voting Rights Act, however we have serious concerns about the ability of some provisions in this bill to protect voters from discrimination at the polls,” said Lorraine Miller, interim president and CEO of the NAACP. “As the nation’s oldest and largest grassroots civil rights organization we have the responsibility to ensure that any proposed legislation is in the best interest of our members, our community and our country. Participation in our democracy should be unfettered

and all votes should be properly counted. From the exceptions for voter ID laws to decreased preclearance coverage to increased reliance on costly litigation, there are essential revisions and amendments to this bill that must take place to ensure all voters have fair and equitable access to the ballot box.”

The NAACP has been active in calling for Voting Rights Reform.

Earlier this month, on Jan. 10, the organization held a tele-town hall to discuss the need for Congress to update the Voting Rights Act. The town hall, which was hosted by a coalition of civil, human, environmental and labor rights groups, drew 23,000 participants.

Speakers included NAACP head Miller, Communications Workers

of America President Larry Cohen, Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune, La Raza President and CEO Janet Murguia, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Executive Director Rea Carey, Greenpeace Executive Director Phil Radford, American Sustainable Business Council Co-founder and CEO David Levine and U.S. Student Association President Sophia Zaman.

“The voices of today’s speakers will not be enough. It is up to you who are listening in your communities to raise your voices and demand immediate action. 2015 marks the 50th year of the Voting Rights Act that has protected our vote. Let’s make sure our democracy is not just repaired by 2015, but also made stronger,” Cohen said. “We re-

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authorized the Voting Rights Act only a few years ago with a sweeping bipartisan majority. We owe it to all those that fought relentlessly for voting rights to make sure Congress acts once again.”

“When our country has been at its worst, our communities have joined together to fight for our livelihoods. It is time to bind our individual voices and collective strength again today. The Supreme Court’s ruling on the Voting Rights Act left the door open for Congress to recommit itself to protecting the fundamental right to vote by ensuring all citizens, no matter their race, have equal and unfettered access to the ballot box,” said Brune. “We have to make sure Congress answers America’s call to action.”

For civil rights and voting rights advocates, it is a crucial time for reform as the battle over changing voting laws has heated up since the “Shelby County v. Holder” Supreme Court decision.

North Carolina is one state to introduce new voting measures since the Supreme Court’s decision, passing a new voter ID bill last August that was signed into law by Republican Gov. Pat McCrory and has been lambasted by critics for its potential to exclude minorities, the poor and the young from the voting process. The law requires a government-issued voter ID — a driver’s license, passport, veteran’s ID or a tribal card. It also eliminates sameday registration as well as early registration for those who will be 18 on Election Day and resticts early voting. The U.S. Justice Department filed suit against North Carolina in late September claiming the voter ID law is an illegal form of discrimination against minorities.

On Jan. 16, Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court Judge Bernard

McGinly struck down the state’s voter ID law requiring voters to show photo identification at the polls in another instance of the voter rights war raging across the country.

The Pennsylvania law was actually passed by the state in 2012, but barred from enforcement that same year due to a series of temporary injunctions and the state’s inability to counter evidence showing lack of access to the proposed identification.

“This court holds that the photo ID provisions in the Voter ID Law violate the fundamental right to vote and unnecessarily burden the hundreds of thousands of electors who lack compliant photo ID,” Judge McGinley said in his ruling.

“Further, a substantial threat still exists to the franchise of hundreds of thousands of registered electors, and uncounted qualified electors, despite respondents’ unfettered ability to continue, strengthen, and clarify voter education efforts and to provide compliant ID to the hundreds of thousands of electors who lack it.”

The NAACP, which has been supporting efforts to shoot down the voter ID law in Pennsylvania, was quick to applaud the ruling.

“This decision helped end our three-year long fight to protect the rights of voters in Pennsylvania,” said Jotaka Eaddy, NAACP voting rights director. “This court recognizes that unnecessary barriers to the ballot box are counter to the principle this nation holds most dear — that all citizens should have free and unfettered access to the ballot box. The NAACP, Pennsylvania State Conference, ACLU, and other plaintiffs have worked tirelessly for this moment and we hope to repeat this victory across the nation.”

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In many ways, it was Coakley’s failed 2011 bid for the Senate that reinforced the need for engaging communities of color in statewide elections. Heavily favored to win, Coakley did no outreach in Boston’s black community. Although 95 percent of those who cast their ballots in Boston’s most heavily black wards voted Democratic, turnout in the black community was low. Coakley lost to underdog Scott Brown, who relied on an energized suburban and rural base.

For his two years in the Senate, Brown became a rising star in the Republican Party. Coakley, on the other hand, became a cautionary tale.

“Her failure to run a campaign sent ripples through the national Democratic Party,” Democratic activist Louis Elisa said.

In 2012, former Massachusetts Democratic Party chairman John Walsh acknowledged the party erred in taking the black vote for granted during the Coakley/ Brown campaign.

“It was a terrible mistake,” he said during a forum. “But we corrected it this year.”

That year, Elizabeth Warren’s

Gubernatorial candidate Don Berwick’s paid staff include four blacks, one Asian and one Latino. (Banner photo)

campaign to unseat Brown featured African American, Latino and Asian staff in prominent roles. Warren made frequent appearances in Roxbury and communities of color across the state and her campaign ran a vigorous get-out-the-vote effort.

In Boston’s heavily black wards, Warren drew more than double the votes Coakley received there in her 2010 campaign.

“I think candidates have come to the realization that people in the inner cities can provide the swing vote,” says Democratic activist Sarah Ann Shaw.

Gov. Deval Patrick also relied on a diverse campaign staff for his 2012 re-election victory, as did Ed Markey in his 2013 special election campaign for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Secretary of State John Kerry.

With black political operatives making gains in recent elections, black Democratic activists are looking more closely at the staffs of the current crop of Democratic candidates.

“If Coakley wants to be successful, I would hope she would take a page from Warren’s book,” Bagley said.

Coakley said her campaign will be focused on hiring people of color in the coming weeks.

“We got into this race late,” she said. “We’re still pulling our team together. We’re working really hard to make sure our campaign will reflect the diversity of the state.”

In raw numbers, the campaign of Harvard Medical School Professor Don Berwick has the most people of color on staff, with four African American, one Latino and one Asian. Former Homeland Security official Juliette Kayyem has two African Americans and one Asian.

Treasurer Steve Grossman’s campaign staff has one African Ameri-

Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley has no African Americans working on her gubernatorial campaign. (Banner photo) can, one Cape Verdean, one Latino, one Indian and one Pakistani.

Avellone’s campaign spokesman, Tom Jackson, says his campaign is working on diversifying its ranks.

“Bringing on people of color is a priority for us,” he said.

Democratic caucuses The first test for the Democratic campaigns will be securing commitments from delegates to the state convention.

The delegates, who will be elected in ward caucuses beginning next week, will go to the state convention in June where each will back a candidate for the party’s nomination for governor.

While only one candidate will leave the convention as the nominee, any candidate who earns at

least 15 percent of the vote will still be on the ballot.

With five democratic candidates in the race so far, all five could make it to the ballot. And, if phone calls are any indication, they’re all trying.

“Phone calls are coming from all candidates,” says longtime party operative Louis Elisa.

“They’re going through their lists. They’re calling anyone who’s ever been a delegate.”

Any voter registered as a Democrat can attend a caucus meeting and run for election to be a delegate. The caucuses are scheduled between Feb. 8 and Feb. 22. For information about the caucus in your ward, city or town, visit the state Democratic Party site: http:// massdems.org/2013/12/04/findyour-2014-caucus/.

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NBC Latino shuts down: failed experiment or test?

Marisa Treviño Last November when NBC announced they were shutting down NBC Latino, their Latino-focused news site and entry into the crowded online competition for Latino readers/viewers, a spokesman for NBC said the closure of the site and funneling of readers to the main network news site: “will allow its content to reach a much larger audience and it will further enhance NBC News’s commitment and ability to cover news and issues that matter to the Latino community.”

Some in the Latino community mildly voiced their objections but there was no viral campaign demanding NBC rethink

their decision.

The overall feeling from those I spoke with, who were aware of the announcement, was that it couldn’t be a bad thing to have Latino news included on the main news site rather than segregated on a separate one, under a less-visited domain.

The trouble is no one understood, nor continues to understand, that a site focused on Latinos means Latinos, in essence, control the conversation.

As someone who was among the first to enter the online news space for Latino-centric content, I know how different editorial decisions are made in an environment that is focused on one demographic. The only time

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Mad River Theater’s production of “Everybody’s Hero: The Jackie Robinson Story” will be at Hibernian Hall in Roxbury on Feb. 4. Bottom: Mad River Theater Works actor Steven Rice stars as Jackie Robinson. (Photos courtesy of Hibernian Hall).

Kassmin Williams Ohio-based performance troupe Mad River Theater Works is making its way to Roxbury to kick off black history month with “Everybody’s Hero: The Jackie Robinson Story” at Hibernian Hall on Feb. 4.

The play follows historical figure Jackie Robinson from age 18 through his time in the military and throughout his trials and tribulations as the first black baseball

player in Major League Baseball.

“We’re excited to be able to present the story,” said Madison Park Development Corp. Communications Manager Angel Babbit Harris. “Jackie Robinson, overall, is such an important figure in history.”

MPDC has hosted Mad River annually for the past six years as a way to honor black history month and educate youth in the community on significant moments in history.

Mad River Theater Works, originally called Little Miami Theater Works, was founded in 1978 and performed original plays based on Ohio history. Today, Mad River Theater Works travels nationally performing original plays and plays based on historical figures and facts.

According to the mission statement of the performance troupe, its aim is to create original music for its performances and tackle “complex urban issues from a non-urban point of view.”

“Just like most of our productions, Mad River comes in and they have a minimal set,” Harris said. “They rely a lot on music and really imagination to set the scene and they do a phenomenal job with the musical aspects of the play.”

Harris said she still finds herself humming the tunes from last year’s play about Rosa Parks.

For this year’s performance, MPDC is partnering with Roxbury organization The Base, a program that provides athletic and educational opportunities for student athletes through baseball training and by helping students plan and set goals for success.

The Base founder Robert Lewis Jr. has committed to filling some of the seats at the performance with some of the youth in his program, as well as youth in other community programs he supports.

For Lewis, the opportunity for Boston youth to learn what he refers to as “America’s history” instead of the common term “black history” doesn’t come enough.

“We don’t do enough sharing of history to our young folks,” Lewis said.

Lewis saw a golden opportunity with Mad River’s Boston performance to provide a history lesson to the youth in his program and some in other programs.

“With me launching this new program that’s dealing with baseball as tool for academic success for our young folks, what better opportunity than to bring some of our young folks where there’s going to be this play talking about the life and values and virtues of Jackie Robinson,” Lewis said.

Lewis said it should almost be a no-brainer for other community organizations to get youth in their programs involved when these types of performances happen in

the neighborhood.

“These are jewels that we get,” Lewis said. “These are privileged opportunities and I think us adults that do this type of work in our communities, we need to make sure our young folks are getting access to every opportunity.”

While it may seem obvious why an organization that uses baseball as a platform would take an interest in the performance, Lewis said it’s not Robinson’s success as a baseball player that he’s most interested in.

“Too many folks put an emphasis on the extraordinary baseball achievements of Jackie Robinson and not as many on his the achievements of Jackie Robinson as a civic leader,” Lewis said.

Mad River Theater Works will hold two performances of “Everybody’s Hero: The Jackie Robinson Story” on Feb. 4 — one for schoolaged children at 10 a.m. and a performance for adults and families at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students and seniors.

There are also group rates available.

To purchase tickets for the upcoming performance, visit hibernianhall.org.

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Luciana Souza revels in bossa nova at Harvard

Grammy Award winner Luciana Souza, one of the top bossa nova singers, performed at Harvard University’s Sanders Theater last Saturday as part of the Celebrity Series of Boston. (Bob Wolfenson photo) Kevin C. Peterson Bossa nova emerged as a musical form in South America during the 1960s as Brazil’s answer to the vibrancy of American jazz.

Luciana Souza, who performed

to an enthusiastic audience at Harvard University’s Sanders Theater last Saturday night, is perhaps the music’s reigning queen — a brilliant interpreter of rhythm, tune and vocal phrasing.

Like jazz, bossa nova is rooted

in African polyrhythmic tonal stylings that emphasize persistent attention to complex beat patterns, contrapuntal exchanges, and constant and inventive phrasing. Souza’s effortless poetic sense and voice provides a rich portal

into the harmonic beauty of the music.

Her quartet opened on fire with “Filhos De Ghandi,” a quickly paced performance that utilized heavy doses of percussion and American “scat” as a means of producing a driving, emotive sound which was reminiscent of music created by Oumou Sangare or Safif Keita of Mali, West Africa.

Bossa nova requires enormous vocal skills and technical knowledge of musical instruments that allow for lifting songs from mere pedestrian renderings into modal arrangements that depend heavily upon a full-bodied imagination and masterful ingenuity. The evening’s performances did not disappoint.

On stage with Souza was Lionel Loueke on guitar, a native of Benin, West Africa, who possess a clear, complex and aggressive style; Gregoire Maret on harmonica, of Geneva Switzerland, who reminds American listeners of Stevie Wonder’s soulful harmonica playing; Massiimo Biolcati, of Stockholm, performing with verve and confidence on bass; and Houston-born drummer and composer Kendrick Scott, whose talents are now gaining him the attention he deserves as a highly gifted contributor to the modern jazz idiom.

Widely known for employing literature as the architecture for her works, Souza has based two previous albums on poems written by Boston’s Elizabeth Bishop and Pablo Neuruda.

She is also a follower of Amer-

ican trumpeter and lyricist Chet Baker.

“I grew up listening to Chet Baker … he was an important part of my development,” Souza told the Harvard audience. “My heart slows [when listening to him].”

Baker’s influence was palpably clear as Souza performed “The Thrill is Gone,” where her smooth and sliding vocals exuded exacting moodiness, even melancholy. “The Book of Chet,” is an album worth hearing and which Souza has dedicated to her musical inspiration.

“A Pebble,” was performed with propulsive, mesmerizing effects, and employed an opening “call and response” instrumental between Loueke and Maret.

“Aquelas Coisas,” was at one time raucous and declarative and at another times diaphanous and ethereal — featuring playful, improvised exchanges by Kendrick and Souza.

“Ouidah” and “True North” put on display Souza’s abilities at capturing the minds and sensibilities of her listeners — transporting them, alternatively, to tangible bright musical vistas or into deep valleys of memory where remorse or rapture might reside.

Born in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in the late 1960s, Grammy winner Souza is not new to the Celebrity Series of Boston, which produced her recent concert at Harvard and previous performances for her here. She is also a graduate of Berklee College of Music, where she earned a bachelor’s degree in jazz composition, and has served on the college’s faculty as well.

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UgandaProject spreads word with award-winning musical Colette Greenstein In 2005, what began as a simple invitation from a group of friends in Los Angeles to volunteer in Uganda over the summer became a life-changing trip for then 23-yearold Griffin Matthews. His experiences led him to found UgandaProject, an organization that supports teen education in the African country and has also developed the musical “Witness Uganda,” which is coming to Harvard’s Loeb Drama Center next month.

According to Matthews, a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University in his hometown of Pittsburgh with a bachelor’s degree in musical theater, his trip to Uganda almost didn’t happen.

“I was a struggling actor and I didn’t have any money and didn’t think I could go,” he said, but his friend in Los Angeles set out to raise money for the trip and collected enough for him to go along. “They raised more than they expected and a friend said we can buy your ticket, and so I went.”

Call it destiny.

On that fateful first day, “I stepped off the plane and didn’t expect it to be so beautiful,” said Matthews.

Amidst the background of the beautiful rolling green hills, Matthews met a group of orphaned teenagers and listened to their stories and struggles, and found himself going back the next day, and the next, to hear more, until his six weeks were up and it was time to return to the

(l-r) Matt Gould and Griffin Matthews developed the musical “Witness Uganda” to tell the story of the founding of UgandaProject and inspire others to help.

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“I knew going on that trip would change my life and it would be a deeper appreciation,” Matthews said.

“When I left Uganda, I didn’t know how I was going to get back. It was emotional. I never had that feeling before.”

Armed with a renewed sense of purpose Matthews set out to help and to bring hope to the teens who so inspired him on that first trip.

When he arrived back in New York City, he started a nonprofit called Be The Change Uganda (later renamed UgandaProject), to help raise money to send the teens to school. In the beginning, the organization only supported about six students between 17 and 20. They had completed primary school and some middle school and with the organization’s help were able to attend what is known as a boarding school in Africa — the common next step in education there.

To support the organization, Matthews began raising money by throwing loft parties in New York City.

“People would throw in a couple of dollars at a time and we were lucky if we collected $500 in an evening. At the time, the yearly budget was about $20,000. So we had to throw a lot of loft parties,” he said.

Fast forward to the year 2008, The Great Recession hit the U.S. and

“Witness Uganda” cast members rehearse for the upcoming run of the musical at Harvard University’s Loeb Drama Center. (Jimmy Ryan photos) Matthew’s ability to raise money to keep the kids in school was failing.

Enter Matt Gould, composer, lyricist and music teacher. Matthews and Gould met through mutual friends.

“Because of my two years in the Peace Corps in West Africa, I was anxious to meet others in the theater community who had spent time in Africa. We hit it off immediately — personally and artistically — and we both had similar ideas about aid work and American responsibility abroad,” said Gould.

Then, destiny struck again.

“Witness Uganda,” a documentary musical, was born on a walk on Lenox Avenue between 113th and 114th Street in New York City in 2008, according to Gould. “I suggested writing a musical about the organization as a way to raise funds.

Griff thought it was a terrible idea,” he said. “That was how it started.”

Since its creation by Gould and Matthews, “Witness Uganda” has touched many lives across the globe — young and old, white and black, gay and straight. Based on Matthews’ experience, the musical is about a

young man named “Griffin” from New York City, who volunteers for a project in Uganda and finds himself on a journey that will forever change his life.

The upcoming production at Harvard uses Luganda (the music of Uganda) in the retelling of the story and is staged by Tony Award-winning director and American Repertory Theater Artistic Director Diane Paulus. It exposes the challenges confronted by American aid workers and the complex realities of trying to change the world.

Prior performances of the show have been very well received and it was awarded the 2012 Richard Rodgers Award for Musical Theater, which was created in 1978 for the development of the musical theater, specifically for works by composers and writers who are not established in the field. The musical has also received the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers’ Dean Kay Award and Harold Adamson Awards.

It has been performed in at events including The Lido Investment Symposium in Beverly Hills, The Rattlestick Theatre New Play Festival in New York City and the Uganda Summit Series in Lake Tahoe. It has also been performed in Uganda.

“I never knew it was going to be a musical. I began building music around the interviews. We’re part of a generation that wants to do good that wants to do something for humanity,” Gould said about “Witness Uganda. “It’s meant to teach, to inspire, to help.”

And that’s what the show has done.

It has inspired others to help, to believe, to dream. For example, a young girl named Emily living in Arcadia, Calif., was inspired to help Mary, one of the students in UgandaProject after seeing “Witness Uganda.” Over the course of a summer, Emily raised over $2,000 to send Mary to nursing school. In the summer of 2013, Mary was the first female student to graduate from nursing school in Kampala, Uganda. As Matthews said, “the show was always meant to impact the kids’ lives.”

And Matthews’ thought on what he wants people to take away from the show? He hopes that people walk away feeling inspired and feeling like change is possible.

“I’m just a guy who went to Uganda. You can do it too. There’s no hero. We’re just people trying to figure it out. They can make change and they can be changed,” he said.

The American Repertory Theater at Harvard University presents “Witness Uganda,” created by Matt Gould and Griffin Matthews and directed by ART Artistic Director Diane Paulus. The production will begin performances at the Loeb Drama Center on Feb. 4 and will run through March 16. To purchase tickets, call 617-5478300 or visit AmericanRepertoryTheater.org.

For more information on volunteering with UgandaProject, visit www.ugandaproject.com

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Community Calendar Thursday January 30

Super Foods & You 3:30pm - use these healthy “SUPER” foods to get you feeling better and keep you healthy this winter. Nutritionist Molly Warner will introduce Super Foods: Packed with nutrients, easy on your wallet, and sure to help boost your energy, make you feel better, and improve your health.

Come taste a “SUPER” yummy winter soup and other tasty snacks. www.bpl.org. Uphams Corner Branch of the Boston Public Library, 500 Columbia Rd, Dorchester ~ 617-265-0139.

Forum discussions, “My Life Touched by Art,” supported by a grant from the Cambridge Arts Council and the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a public agency.

The program is free and open to the public. Cambridge Forum is recorded and edited for public radio broadcast. Cambridge Forum, 3 Church St., Cambridge, www.cambridgeforum.org.

Thursday February 6

Sunday Song Starting at 7pm, at First Baptist Church, St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 633 Centre St, Jamaica Plain, the “Sunday Song” concert series presents “Está Verão” — it’s summer in Brazil!” Tickets are $10 at the door. For more information go to www.axisen semble.com and www.catherine bent.com.

Sacre Rouge Simmons College presents Sacre Rouge, an exhibit of mixed media by Susan Montgomery and paintings by Richard Whitten from February 3 – March 6 at the Trustman Art Gallery, located on the fourth floor, Main College Building, 300 The Fenway in Boston.

A reception from 5-7pm will be held on Thursday, February 6. The exhibit and reception are free and open to the public (closed February 18). Entwining the sacred with the profane, the art of Susan Montgomery and Richard Whitten astounds with their virtuosity in service to the imagination. Red — the color of passion, power, and blood has been an art historical touchstone. These artists employ all of these red visions and more as they manipulate our expectations of space, time, and convention. Susan Montgomery and Richard Whitten both controvert and make use of images we associate with the sacred. Their secularization and alteration of iconography asks questions about order, chaos, and societal choices, beauty, and memory. Trustman Gallery hours are 10am - 4:30pm, Monday through Friday. The gallery is free, open to the public, and wheelchair accessible. For more information, contact Marcia Lomedico at 617-521-2268, or visit the Trustman Art Gallery website at www.simmons.edu/trustman.

Wednesday

Upcoming

STOLEN ART: Art Security Expert Anthony Amore at Cambridge Forum On Wednesday at 7pm Cambridge Forum hosts art security expert Anthony Amore of the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in conversation with conservator Ingrid Neuman of the Rhode Island School of Design, as they discuss “Stolen Art” and the special risks that theft poses for works of art. What is it like to track down stolen works of art?

Anthony Amore discusses the crime of art theft and the ways that the intangible value of the stolen art affects efforts to locate and retrieve it. Conservator Ingrid Neuman joins the conversation to explore the threat that theft poses to the physical materials — the paint and canvas, the stone and clay — that art is made from.

What makes stealing art different from other kinds of theft? How does the art itself change the way its caretakers-the security expert and the conservator-approach their jobs? This program is part of the series of Cambridge

Ebony and Ivy: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America’s Universities Talk by Prof. Craig Steven Wilder, MIT February 10, 7pm at First Parish Church, 3 Church St., Harvard Sq. Sponsored by Revolution Books. A 2006 report commissioned by Brown University revealed that institution’s complex and contested involvement in slavery — setting off a controversy that leapt from the ivory tower to make headlines across the country. But Brown’s troubling past was far from unique.

In Ebony and Ivy, Craig Steven Wilder, a rising star in the profession of history, lays bare uncomfortable truths about race, slavery, and the American academy. Many of America’s revered colleges and universities — from Harvard, Yale, and Princeton to Rutgers, Williams College, and UNC — were soaked in the sweat, the tears, and sometimes the blood of people of color. The earliest academies proclaimed their mission to Christianize the savages of North America, and played a key role in white conquest. Later,

Friday

January 31 Got Talent Youth Showcase Matt Parker presents: in partnership with the Perkins Community Center 2014’s kick off Got Talent Youth Showcase. Location: the famous Lee School Auditorium, 155 Talbot Ave, Dorchester. Doors open at 5:30pm, show starts at 6pm. General Admission $3. Media partner Tayla Andre from Big City Radio 101.3fm. For more information or to inquire about performances: ithinkinspired@gmail. com or 617-230-8178/617-5486468.

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the slave economy and higher education grew up together, each nurturing the other. Slavery funded colleges, built campuses, and paid the wages of professors.

Enslaved Americans waited on faculty and students; academic leaders aggressively courted the support of slave owners and slave traders. Significantly, as Wilder shows, our leading universities, dependent on human bondage, became breeding grounds for the racist ideas that sustained them. Ebony and Ivy is a powerful and propulsive study and the first of its kind, revealing a history of oppression behind the institutions usually considered the cradle of liberal politics. $5 donation requested. For more information or to reserve tickets contact: Revolution Books, 1158 Mass.

Ave., 2nd fl. Cambridge, info@rev olutionbookscamb.org, http://rev olutionbookscamb.org.

Lunchtime Lecture Simmons College’s Lunchtime Lecture series continues on February 12 at 12:30pm in the Gallery with Simmons College Professor of Spanish Delores Peláez.

The title of her talk is “Red: A Colorful Connection to Power and Phantasy.” The lecture is free and open to the public. Trustman Gallery hours are 10am - 4:30pm, Monday through Friday. The gallery is free, open to the public, and wheelchair accessible. For more information, contact Marcia Lomedico at 617-521-2268, or visit the Trustman Art Gallery website at www.simmons.edu/ trustman.

Black Heritage Event Meet the “faces of freedom”!

Be transported by MLK’s prophetic words! Be uplifted through songs of trials & triumph! Miss Velma DuPont & The Toward Victory Company present “Toward Victory,” (the African-American historical saga in drama, dance, poetry & music). Performances will be Sunday, February 16 at 4pm at Ebenezer Baptist Church, 157 West Springfield St., Boston (South End) and on Sunday, February 23 at 4pm at Charles Street AME Church, 551 Warren St., Roxbury. Free parking! Reception!

Free-will offering. For more information, contact Ms. Scott: 508528-6326 / lcgmed@msn.com.

Fun and Games in the 1700s Wednesday, February 19 and Friday, February 21, 10:30am

– 12pm. For middling sorts of families, like the Reveres, it did not matter that Colonial Boston contained few toy stores, for they could rarely afford such luxuries.

Instead, children ingeniously turned to common household items for toys, games, and entertainment. Discover many adaptive uses for objects found in both historic and modern homes as you play games known and loved by generations of children. During a tour of the Revere House, children (and adults) search for beans, a thimble, straw, pieces of cloth and then try their hands at Snail, Jackstraws, and Beast-FishFowl and other popular colonial amusements. Participants will leave with directions for playing these and other games at home.

Each presentation is limited to 20 people. Reservations are required and may be made by calling the Revere House at 617-523-2338.

Fee: $4.50 for children ages 5-10, and accompanying adults.

Price includes admission to the Revere House. On the Freedom Trail, in Boston’s historic North End, the Revere House was home to patriot and silversmith Paul Revere from 1770 to 1800.

Revere left from the house in 1775 to begin the ride that Henry Wadsworth Longfellow immortalized in the poem, Paul Revere’s Ride.

Built c. 1680, the Revere House is the oldest house in downtown Boston. For further information about the Revere House, please visit www.paureverehouse.org ParkSCIENCE Children’s Festival Thursday, F e b r u a r y 2 0 , 10am - 2pm. William Devine Golf Course Clubhouse, 1 Circuit Dr., Dorchester. Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the Boston Parks and Recreation Department invite families to the Franklin Park Golf Course Clubhouse for the ParkSCIENCE Children’s Festival. The free Festival will provide fun during February school vacation week with indoor and outdoor activities including science experiments and activities, sledding and snow shoeing, arts, crafts, games, and more. For further information, please call 617-635-4505.

Petticoats at the Revolution Thursday, F e b r u a r y 2 0 , 12:15pm. Join us to hear a remarkable story of tea and Revolution from the woman who rode through life with Paul Revere.

Actor and storyteller Joan Gat-

turna as Rachel Revere tells of the Boston Tea Party, the Midnight Ride and the Siege of Boston through the eyes of a woman who kept the home fires burning while her husband fanned the flames of rebellion. The character of Rachel Revere was developed with assistance from the staff of the Paul Revere House. Included with admission: $6 for adults, $5 for seniors & college students, $1 for children (6-18); free for Old South Meeting House and Paul Revere House members. Old South Meeting House, Museum & Historic Site, 310 Washington St., Boston.

Ongoing Tuesday Recitals at King’s Chapel King’s Chapel announces t h e T U E S D AY N O O N H O U R RECITAL programs for JANUARY 2014. Historic King’s Chapel is located in downtown Boston at the corner of School and Tremont Streets. Hailed by residents and visitors alike as a treasure in the midst of a bustling city, this year-long series features a wide range of programming from classical to jazz and more! Admission to the Noon Hour Recitals is by suggested donation of $3 per person; the donations are given to the performing musicians.

Programs begin at 12:15pm and last approximately 35 minutes; for more information, please call 617-227-2155.

Solidarity Works: Politics of Cultural Memory Solidarity Works explores how art and architecture can act as vehicles for community making, both real and imagined, and generate a sense of solidarity in contexts of conflict and crisis. Critical reflections on Islamic architecture and the politics of cultural memory are presented through multiple thematic clusters. Bridging art, architecture and history, Solidarity Works presents work in a variety of media, including textile, furniture, architectural sculpture, video, audio and networked productions. Featured is Aksamija’s prayer space design at the Islamic cemetery in Altach, Austria, winner of a 2013 Aga Khan Award.

Wolk Gallery, MIT School of Architecture + Planning. Through March 21. For more information visit http://sap.mit.edu/resources/ galleries/wolk_gallery/.

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OBITUARY

Paul Samuel James, Lorraine Lynette Bolling, 51, 87, founder, president music, political enthusiast of Solar Electrical Construction

Paul Samuel James, 87, was founder and president of Solar Electrical Construction Corp., and its sister company, Eastern Seaboard Engineering. Solar was a prime electrical contracting firm established in 1964 that did business for over 30 years. The largest African-American owned electrical construction firm in New England at its peak, Solar employed over 100 union employees. James held many leadership positions in the industry, many a first for an African American, including as president of the National Electrical Contractors Association and director level positions at IBEW. He also served on the Boston Chamber of Commerce executive committee and was appointed to the board of trustees of Bridgewater State College.

James took a stand for women and minorities at Bridgewater when he resigned from the board citing unfair hiring practices during their search for several executive level vacancies. At that time, over 70 percent of the students at the college were women.

After gaining the support of then Gov. Michael S. Dukakis to monitor the selection of the new administrators and assurances that

the college would follow affirmative action guidelines he withdrew his resignation.

James served in the U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1947, during which he learned the electrical craft.

Because of his fair complexion and sparkling blue eyes James’ race was not apparent, which allowed him to pursue an electrical apprenticeship while in the Navy, otherwise not open to blacks at that time. He left the Navy with the rank of Electrician’s Mate 2nd class and went on to found Solar.

During its lifetime, Solar completed notable projects that include JFK Library, Prudential Center, Neiman Marcus, Marriott at Copley Place, Harvard University dorms, several Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority stations and Roxbury Community College.

James was a pioneer not only in his field, but he also broke many color lines — he was one of the first black men to move his family to the all-white community of Braintree, Mass.

In addition to his business involvements, James was a generous supporter of Sportsman’s Tennis Center, Lena Park Community Development Center and Dimock Community Health Center to name a few.

The very proud father to five children, and one of 12 siblings, James’ family was most important to him. He treasured summer family time on Martha’s Vineyard, court time at Sportsmen’s Tennis Center and family trips near and far. His competitive spirit was manifest in his love of tennis, pinochle, photography and being the best-dressed man in town.

He leaves a host of nieces, nephews, grandchildren and his long-time companion who will all miss him dearly.

Donations in lieu of flowers may be made to the Sportsmen’s Tennis & Enrichment Center, 950 Blue Hill Ave., Dorchester, MA.

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Lorraine Lynette Bolling, born on Jan. 24, 1962, died unexpectedly on Jan. 15 from diabetes-related complications. She was the youngest of 12 children born to the late Senator Royal L. Bolling Sr. and his wife, the late Thelma (Greene) Bolling.

She was a lifelong resident of Boston.

From an early age, Lorraine Bolling enjoyed the yearly political campaigns of her father and brothers, Royal Jr. and Bruce. Always a family affair, She joined her 11 siblings during each “campaign season” and never tired of gathering ballot signatures, speaking on behalf of her father and brothers at community events, and working the polls each election day.

Bolling had a remarkable talent for instant recall of special events, anniversaries, birthdays and family milestones. As the family historian, she very much appreciated the significance of Sen. Royal L. Bolling Sr., Rep. Royal L. Bolling Jr. and

Boston City Council President Bruce C. Bolling, receiving national recognition, as the first father and sons to serve simultaneously in three different legislative bodies.

She was a jazz and gospel music aficionado and was well versed in the full spectrum of these American art forms. She was a devoted supporter and listener of National Public Radio. She often telephoned into the WBUR jazz and talk radio programs and was an honorary member of the WBUR family. She was a consummate storyteller, often drawing on her extensive knowledge of Massachusetts politics, current events and music. She was fluent in French. Using her language interpreter skills, Lorraine volunteered tirelessly and provided critical information, comfort, encouragement, and hope to many Boston families, grief stricken by the 2010 Haitian earthquake.

She “met no strangers” and many lifelong friendships developed from the moment of, “Hi, I’m Lorraine Bolling. What’s your name?”

Her love for animals led her dad to once boast with pride, “We never went to an animal shelter to adopt our family dogs and cats - our pets always seemed to find their way to Lorraine.” She shared her sweet spirit with so many, always had a ready smile, and especially enjoyed laughing at her self-described, “corny jokes.” Her life’s legacy is one

of love, kindness, strength, compassion, forgiveness and hope.

Bolling is survived by her siblings, Royal L. Bolling Jr. and his wife, Marion; Blair, AwRa, Yom, Carolyn Bolling Hayes, Deborah, Charlene Bolling Holloway; and her husband, Ronald; Andrea, and sister-in-law, Joyce Ferriabough-Bolling. In addition to her parents, she is pre-deceased by her sisters Rhonda and Diane, her brother, Bruce C. Bolling, Sr., and brothers-in-law, David Mayo and William Hayes. She was pre-deceased by her mentor, Karmu. She leaves a host of relatives and friends to celebrate her memory. She enjoyed special relationships with her aunt, Gloria Greene, and cousins, Launa Johnston and Mark Bolling.

Her life was enriched by her “baby brother,” Eddie Nelson, longtime friend and confidante. She leaves her “adopted son,” Claude Diallo, pianist and composer, to continue the jazz music she so loved.

In lieu of flowers, please make donations in Bolling’s memory to the Animal Rescue League of Boston, 10 Chandler Street, Boston, MA 02116, www.arlboston.org/donate or WBUR Radio Station, 890 Commonwealth Avenue, 3rd Floor, Boston, MA 02115, www. wbur.org . Arrangements provided by Davis Funeral Home of Boston; to post a sympathy message visit, www.DavisOfBoston.com

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

Docket No. SU13D2598DR

Divorce Summons by Publication and Mailing Annette Johnson

vs.

Alexander Johnson

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

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

3.

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

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

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Date: November 18, 2013

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

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court

You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon: Annette Johnson, 162 Seaver St., #17, Dorchester, MA, 02121 your answer, if any, on or before 02/20/2014. If you fail to do so, the court will proceed to the hearing and adjudication of this action. You are also required to file a copy of your answer, if any, in the office of the Register of this Court.

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Docket No. SU14C0015CA In the matter of Maria Esther Rivera of Dorchester, MA

NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME To all persons interested in a petition described: A petition has been presented by Maria E Rivera requesting that Maria Esther Rivera be allowed to change her name as follows: Miss Victor IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT AT BOSTON ON OR BEFORE TEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM) ON 02/20/2014.

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

Date: January 16, 2014 Patricia M. Campatelli Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department

In the matter of Mohamed Abdullahi Jama of Roxbury, MA

Estate of Francis D. Williams Date of Death: 09/26/2013 To all interested persons: A petition has been filed by Valerie Williams-Holmes of Edison, NJ requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order of testacy and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. And also requesting that Valerie WilliamsHolmes of Edison, NJ be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond.

You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on 02/13/2014. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return date, action may be taken without further notice to you.

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

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

Date: January, 14, 2014 Patricia M. Campatelli Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department Docket No. SU13P0462PM

SUFFOLK Division

NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME

Citation on Petition for Order of Complete Settlement of Estate

To all persons interested in a petition described:

Estate of Mary A Dubard

A petition has been presented by Mohamed A Jama requesting that Mohamed Abdullahi Jama be allowed to change his name as follows: Dahir Mohamud Noor IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO, YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILE A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT AT BOSTON ON OR BEFORE TEN O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM) ON 02/20/2014.

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

Date: January 15, 2014 Patricia M. Campatelli Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU13P1903GD

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NOTICE TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES Hearing Date/Time: A hearing on a Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Minor filed on 08/13/2013 by Milagros Santiago of Roxbury, MA will be held 02/10/2014 09:00 AM Guardianship of Minor Hearing Located at 24 New Chardon Street, 3rd floor, Boston, MA 02114 ~ Family Service Office.

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

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

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

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

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

Date: January 17, 2014

A petition has been filed by Velma J. Brinson of Mattapan, MA requesting that an Order of Complete Settlement of the estate issue including to approve an accounting and other such relief as may be requested in the Petition. For the First and Final Account.

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 02/13/2014. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return date, action may be taken without further notice to you.

Patricia M. Campatelli Register of Probate

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

DOCKET NO. SU14P0055PM

In the matter of: Ethel Lee Sanford 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 Ethos, Inc. of Jamaica Plain, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Ethel L Sanford is in need of a Conservator or other protective order and requesting that Deidra Pride of Dorchester, MA (or some other suitable person) be appointed as Conservator to serve Without Surety on the bond.

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

You have the right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 02/13/2014. This day is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline date by which you have to file the written appearance if you object to the petition. If you fail to file the written appearance by the return date, action may be taken in this matter without further notice to you. In addition to filing the written appearance, you or your attorney must file a written affidavit stating the specific facts and grounds of your objection within 30 days after the return date.

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

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

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

Date: January 13, 2014 Patricia M. Campatelli Register of Probate

To all interested persons:

PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT MASSACHUSETTS BAY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY SOLICITATION FOR CONSULTANT SERVICES FEDERALLY-FUNDED PROJECTS MBTA CONTRACT NO. K78PS01 The Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority is soliciting professional services for the MBTA South Coast Rail Project, Program Management, Preliminary Design and Construction Management Services Project.

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

Date: January 14, 2014 Patricia M. Campatelli Register of Probate

Services will include but not be limited to design development up to 30% design including data collection, surveying, geotechnical investigation, stakeholder coordination, environmental permitting, right of way taking plan preparation, commuter rail station design, layover facility design, architectural plan development, structural design, site civil design, grade crossing design, traffic signal design, track design, commuter rail operation simulation, bridge design, and construction phasing plan development.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department

This contract will be state funded. While there is no DBE goal associated with this contract, the Authority strongly encourages the use of Minority, Women and Disadvantaged Business Enterprises as prime consultants, subconsultants, and suppliers in all of its contracting opportunities.

In the interests of Angelo Luis Lugo of Roxbury, MA Minor NOTICE AND ORDER: Petition for Appointment of Guardian of a Minor

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

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication

Docket No. SU14C0005CA

SUFFOLK Division

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Docket No. SU14P0073EA

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

Date: December 5, 2013 Patricia M. Campatelli Register of Probate Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Trial Court Probate and Family Court Department

Patricia M. Campatelli Register of Probate

Shanntone T. Green of Boston, MA on 01/16/2014 will be held 03/07/2014 09:00 AM Guardianship of Minor Hearing Located at 24 New Chardon Street, 3rd floor, Boston, MA 02114 — Family Service Office.

SUFFOLK Division

Docket No. SU11P2625GD In the interests of Naliyah Kate Green of Roxbury, MA Minor

NOTICE AND ORDER: Petition for Resignation or Petition for Removal of Guardianship of a Minor 1.

NOTICE TO ALL INTERESTED PARTIES Hearing Date/Time: A hearing on a Petition to Resign as Guardian of a Minor or Petition for Removal of Guardian of a minor filed by

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

Please use the following link: http://www.mbta.com/business_center/bidding_solicitations/current_solicitations/ This is not a request for proposal.

Richard A. Davey Mass DOT Secretary & CEO

Beverly A. Scott, Ph.D. General Manager and Rail & Transit Administrator

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MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. AP1411-C1 FY14-15 TERM INTERIOR BUILDING REPAIRS, BOSTON, BEDFORD & 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, FEBRUARY 26, 2014 immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly.

NOTE: PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 11:30 A.M. LOCAL TIME ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2014.

The work includes PROVISION OF ALL EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS, LABOR AND SUPERVISION NECESSARY TO REMOVE AND/OR INSTALL INTERIOR PARTITIONS, HUNG CEILINGS AND CABINETS AT LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, WORCESTER REGIONAL AIRPORT AND HANSCOM CIVIL AIRFIELD ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS OVER A ONE (1) YEAR PERIOD. Bid documents will be made available beginning THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2014.

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 NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($90,000).

Bidding procedures and award of the contract and sub contracts shall be in accordance with the provisions of Sections 44A through 44J inclusive, Chapter 149 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

A proposal guaranty shall be submitted with each General Bid consisting of a bid deposit for five (5) percent of the value of the bid; when sub bids are required, each must be accompanied by a deposit equal to five (5) percent of 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 ONE MILLION DOLALRS ($1,000,000.00). Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details.

No filed sub bids will be required for this contract.

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

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

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

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. AP1409-C1 FY14-16 TERM PAINTING CONTRACT, AVIATION & NON-AVIATION PROPERTIES, BOSTON, BEDFORD & 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, FEBRUARY 26, 2014 immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly.

NOTE: PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 11:00 A.M. LOCAL TIME ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 04, 2014.

The work includes LABOR, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS FOR SURFACE PREPARATION AND PAINTING AT ALL MASSPORT PROPERTIES ON AN ON-CALL, AS-NEEDED BASIS OVER A TWO-YEAR PERIOD. Bid documents will be made available beginning THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 2014.

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

In order to be eligible and responsible to bid on this contract General Bidders must submit with their bid a current Certificate of Eligibility issued by the Division of Capital Asset Management and an Update Statement. The General Bidder must be certified in the category of PAINTING. The estimated contract cost is ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS $100,000.

Bidding procedures and award of the contract and sub contracts shall be in accordance with the provisions of Sections 44A through 44J inclusive, Chapter 149 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

A proposal guaranty shall be submitted with each General Bid consisting of a bid deposit for five (5) percent of the value of the bid; when sub bids are required, each must be accompanied by a deposit equal to five (5) percent of 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 ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000.00). Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details.

No filed sub bids will be required for this contract.

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

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

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

LEGAL NOTICE REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS The MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY (Authority) is soliciting professional services for MPA CONTRACT NO. A263-S5 INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE CONSULTING SERVICES. The Authority is seeking a qualified Consultant to provide asbestos, lead, PCB and mold abatement and other Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) type services on an on-call, as-needed basis.

Services may include but shall not be limited to: identification of the presence of asbestos, lead and PCB containing materials and mold; providing recommendations for the most appropriate course of action; preparation of plans and specifications for abatement work; and inspectional services including any necessary air monitoring during abatement work. The work may be performed at any or all of the Authority’s facilities including but not limited to Logan International Airport, Hanscom Field, Worcester Airport, Port of Boston and other Maritime facilities. The Consultant must be able to work closely with the Authority and other interested parties in order to provide such services in a timely and effective manner.

The Authority expects to select one consultant. However, the Authority reserves the right to select a different number if it is deemed in its best interest to do so. The Authority shall issue one contract in an amount not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000.00). The services shall be authorized on a work order basis.

Each submission shall include a Statement of Qualifications that provides detailed information in response to the evaluation criteria set forth below and include Architect/Engineer & Related Services questionnaires SF 330 (www.gsa.gov/portal/forms/download/116486) with the appropriate number of Part IIs. The Consultant shall also provide an original and nine copies of litigation and legal proceedings information, signed under the pains and penalties of perjury, in a separate sealed envelope entitled “Litigation and Legal Proceedings”. See www.massport.com/doing-business/Pages/ CapitalProgramsResourceCenter.aspx for more details on litigation and legal proceedings history submittal requirements.

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The Authority may reject any application if any of the required information is not provided: Cover Letter, Insurance Requirements, Litigation and Legal proceedings, Proposed M/W/DBE (when applicable), SF330 Part IIs for the Prime and every sub-consultant.

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY

Each Submission shall be evaluated on the basis of:

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. M394-C2, CONLEY TERMINAL DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDOR & BUFFER OPEN SPACE – PHASE 1, 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, FEBRUARY 19, 2014 immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly.

NOTE: PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD ON-SITE AT THE FORMER COASTAL OIL SITE LOCATED AT 900 EAST FIRST STREET, SOUTH BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS AT 11:00 AM LOCAL TIME ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2014.

The work includes CONSTRUCTION OF APPROXIMATELY THIRTEENHUNDRED FEET OF A PAVED ACCESS ROAD INCLUDING SITE PREPARATION, IN-SITU REMEDIATION OF CONTAMINATED SOILS, GRANITE CURBING, SITE UTILITIES, SECURITY FENCING AND CAMERAS, INSTALLATION OF APPROXIMATELY THIRTEEN-HUNDRED FEET OF PRECAST CONCRETE NOISE BARRIER/ RETAINING WALL SYSTEM ON A COMBINATION OF DRILLED SHAFTS AND SPREAD FOOTINGS. Bid documents will be made available beginning WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2014.

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 $9,727,000.

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 ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000.00). Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details.

This contract is subject to a Minority/Women Owned Business Enterprise participation provision requiring that not less than SIX AND THREE TENTHS PERCENT (6.3%) of the Contract be performed by minority and women owned business enterprise contractors. With respect to this provision, bidders are urged to familiarize themselves thoroughly with the Bidding Documents. Strict compliance with the pertinent procedures will be required for a bidder to be deemed responsive and eligible.

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

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

(1) current relevant experience for similar projects, (2) experience, geographic location and availability of the Project Manager and other key personnel, (3) experience and expertise of subconsultants, if any, (4) previous teaming experience of the prime and its sub-consultants, (5) cost management capabilities, (6) familiarity with Massport facilities, (7) current level of work with the Authority, if applicable (8) past performance for the Authority, if applicable and (9) M/W/DBE and affirmative action efforts.

The selection shall involve a two-step process including the shortlisting of a minimum of three firms based on an evaluation of the Statements of Qualifications received in response to this solicitation. The shortlisted firms shall be ranked and a final selection shall be made by the Selection Panel.

Massport reserves the right to conduct interviews of the shortlisted firms, if deemed necessary. If so, a final selection shall be made by the Selection Panel following the interviews.

By responding to this solicitation, consultants agree to accept the terms and conditions of Massport’s standard work order agreement, a copy of the Authority’s standard agreement can be found on the Authority’s web page at www.massport.com. The Consultant shall specify in its cover letter that it has the ability to obtain requisite insurance coverage.

Submissions shall be printed on both sides of the sheet (8 1/2” x 11”), no acetate covers. Ten (10) copies of a bound document and one PDF version on a disc each limited to: (1) an SF 330 including the appropriate number of Part IIs, (2) resumes of key individuals only each limited to one (1) page under SF 330, Section E, (3) no more than ten (10) projects each limited to one (1) page under SF 330, Section F, (4) no more than 3 sheets (6 pages) of information contained under SF 330 Section H addressing the evaluation items (except for the litigation and legal proceedings history), and (5) no more than 2 sheets (4 pages) of other relevant material not including a 2 page (max.) cover letter, SDO certification letters, covers, dividers, and other required information.

This submission, including the litigation and legal proceedings history in a separate sealed envelope as required shall be addressed to Houssam H. Sleiman, PE, CCM, Director of Capital Programs and Environmental Affairs and received no later than 12:00 Noon on Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at the Massachusetts Port Authority, Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, Suite 209S, Logan International Airport, East Boston, MA 02128-2909. Any submission which is not received in a timely manner shall be rejected by the Authority as non-responsive. Any information provided to the Authority in any Proposal or other written or oral communication between the Proposer and the Authority will not be, or deemed to have been, proprietary or confidential, although the Authority will use reasonable efforts not to disclose such information to persons who are not employees or consultants retained by the Authority except as may be required by M.G.L. c.66.

The procurement process for these services will proceed according to the following anticipated schedule: EVENT DATE/TIME Solicitation: Release Date

January 22, 2014

Deadline for submission of written questions Noon Official answers published (Estimated)

February 19, 2014 by 12 February 26, 2014 by 5 PM

Solicitation: Close Date / Submission Deadline March 5, 2014 by 12 Noon Times are Eastern Standard Time (US).

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.

Questions may be sent via email to CPBidQuestions@massport.com subject to the deadline for receipt stated in the timetable above. In the subject lines of your email, please reference the MPA Project Name and Number.

Questions and their responses will be posted on Capital Bid Opportunities webpage of Massport http://www.massport.com/doing-business/_layouts/ CapitalPrograms/default.aspx as an attachment to the original Legal Notice and on Comm-PASS (www.comm-pass.com) in the listings for this project.

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY THOMAS P. GLYNN CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

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MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY

or amendments, which the Authority may issue and a printed copy of the Proposal form.

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. AP1408-C1, FY14-16 NONAIRSIDE FENCE REPAIR – TERM CONTRACT, MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY FACILITIES 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, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2014 immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly.

NOTE: PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 11:00 A.M. LOCAL TIME ON TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2014.

The work includes PROVISION OF LABOR, INCIDENTAL MATERIALS, TOOLS, EQUIPMENT AND SERVICES TO REPAIR AND MAINTAIN ALL FENCE SYSTEMS AT ALL PROPERTIES UNDER THE CONTROL OF THE AUTHORITY EXCEPT AIRPORT PERIMETER FENCES LOCATED IN BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS AS REQUIRED FROM TIME TO TIME ON AN “AS NEEDED/ON CALL” BASIS, FOR A TIME PERIOD OF TWENTY FOUR (24) MONTHS. Bid documents will be made available beginning THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2014.

Bid Documents in electronic format may be obtained free of charge at the Authority’s Capital Programs Department Office, together with any addenda

The estimated contract cost is SEVENTY FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($75,000).

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.

Parkview Place Workforce Housing, South Weymouth, MA One 3BR Townhome $320,000

Applications due by 2 pm on March 10th, 2014 www.WhitmanHomes.com AND www.SouthField.com Parkview Place is now being built in the newly redeveloped South Weymouth Naval Air Station. Workforce Homes have the same specs as typical market-rate homes but are offered at a discounted price (nearly $70,000 off market value) to eligible households through a lottery process. The resale restriction (i.e. discounted price) on these homes is removed after 5 years and the home is then worth full market value without any restrictions!

The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance and Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000.00). Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details.

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

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

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

Moderate Income Restricted Apartments in Chelsea, MA

NEW! 4 Studio Apartments 1 One Bedroom Apartment

On-site parking, in home W/D, fitness center, on bus lines, storage space, on-site management & 24-hour emergency maintenance Projected occupancy: Winter 2014

Monthly Rents: Studio $1,053 | 1 Bedroom $1,088 *Effective 12/18/2013, Revised FY 2014.

Subject to change.

The Biltmore shows excellent value for the price with over 1,500 sq ft and a country sized kitchen complete with pantry and dining area, expansive family room, main level laundry, all bedrooms on upper level, nice foyer entrance, mudroom with coat closet, cozy balcony off the dining area, 2 car garage, basement with storage available or finishing options. Please go to www.WhitmanHomes.com for more info on floorplans, specifications and neighborhood details.

Max. Monthly Gross Annual Income Limits: 1 person $47,450 | 2p $54,200 *HUD published effective 12/18/2013, Revised FY 2014.

Subject to change annually.

Income Limits based on household size:

All applicants must meet the community’s Resident Selection Plan criteria.

MAX MIN:

$79,044 (1), $90,336 (2), $101,628 (3), $112,920 (4), $121,954 (5), $130,987 (6) $47,450 (1), $54,200 (2), $61,000 (3), $67,750 (4), $73,200 (5), $78,600 (6)

Completed Applications and required Income Documentation must be delivered, not postmarked, by 2 pm on March 10th, 2014. The SouthField Welcome Center will be the location for a public Info Session on February 11th at 6 pm and the Lottery on March 19th at 6 pm. For Lottery Information and Applications for the lottery, go to www.s-e-b.com/lottery or call (617) 782-6900 and Leave A Message. Applications and Information also available at the SouthField Welcome Center on 223 Shea Memorial Drive in South Weymouth (Monday-Friday 10-5, Sat+Sun 11-5). Details on the Townhomes can be found at WhitmanHomes.com.

Applicants will be chosen through a lottery.

Applications will be taken until 2/9/14.

Applications must be fully completed and received by 2/9/14.

Please mail or drop off your completed application to: Gerrish Compliance, 88 Gerrish Avenue Chelsea, MA 02150 Lottery will be held on 2/10/14.

For more information on the lottery and to receive an application: CALL: (888) 238-2168 | TDD: CALL 7-1-1 E-MAIL: BOXDISTRICT@HALLKEEN.COM

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THE COMMONS AT SOUTHFIELD HIGHLANDS South Weymouth, MA

www.TheCommonsAtSouthField.com • www.SouthField.com The Commons at SouthField Highlands is the first apartment community to be introduced to the planned community of SouthField located in South Weymouth at the former location of the Weymouth Naval Air Station.

The Commons at SouthField Highlands will offer studios, one-bedroom, two-bedroom, and three-bedroom apartment homes in buildings that personify the South Shore’s picturesque way of life. Interior features and finishes include distinctive Berber carpeting, private washers and dryers, and ceramic tile. Community amenities include a workout center, seasonal swimming pool, community room, indoor parking and an easy walk on intimate, pedestrian-friendly streets to the on-site commuter train into Boston. In keeping with SouthField’s “green” vision, the apartment homes will be constructed using eco-friendly building standards from the U.S. Green Building Council under its Leadership in Energy Efficient Design requirements.

Please go to www.SouthField.com for more information on the SouthField planned community.

Workforce Apartments for Households Under 120% AMI Studios @ $1,400 • 1BRs @ $1,650 • 2BRs @ $1,950

Household Size

Minimum Income Limit 80% AMI

Maximum Income Limit 120% AMI

1

$47,450

$79,044

2

$54,200

$90,336

3

$61,000

$101,628

4

$67,750

$112,920

5

$73,200

$121,954

6

$78,600

$130,987

Completed Applications and Required Income Documentation must be delivered, not postmarked, by 2 pm on March 10th, 2014. The SouthField Welcome Center will be the location for a public Info Session on February 11th, 2014 at 7 pm and the Lottery on March 19th, 2014.

For Lottery Information and Applications for the lottery, go to www.s-e-b.com/lottery or call (617) 782-6900 And Leave A Message. Applications and Information also available at the SouthField Welcome Center (Monday-Friday 10-5, Sat+Sun 11-5).

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

$375/mo. $695/mo. $1000/mo. $1395/mo. heated

OWNER

617-835-6373 Brokers Welcome

WATCH FACTORY LOFTS Affordable Housing Lottery Waltham, MA

www.WalthamWatchFactory.com www.princetonproperties.com

7 New Affordable Apartments 1BRs @ $1,234/mo 2BRs @ $1,358/mo Rent does not include any utilities The historic Watch Factory, located along the Charles River in Waltham, Massachusetts, is being adapted into a vibrant mix of office, residential and retail use with riverfront amenities. There are 67 apartments being development in the third phase of the project. 7 of these apartments are reserved for individuals and families who qualify for this affordable housing program.

100% Smoke Free community, Fitness Center on site, Pets welcome (breed restrictions apply), Washer/Dryer in each apartment, half a mile from Waltham MBTA Station, Access to Charles River walking and bike paths, nearby Moody Street’s many dining and entertainment options

Wollaston Manor 91 Clay Street Quincy, MA 02170

Senior Living At It’s Best

A senior/disabled/ handicapped community 0 BR units = $1,027/mo 1 BR units = $1,101/mo All utilities included.

Call Sandy Miller, Property Manager

#888-691-4301

Program Restrictions Apply.

The Maximum Income Limits for Households are as follows: $47,450 (1 person)

$54,200 (2 people)

$61,000 (3 people)

$67,750 (4 people)

A Public Info Session will be held on February 12th, 2014 at 6:00 pm at 119 School Street in the first floor of the Waltham Government Building Auditorium Completed Applications and Required Income Documentation must be received, not postmarked, by 2 pm on March 11th, 2014 The Lottery for eligible households will be held on March 20th at 6 pm.

For Lottery Information and Applications, or for reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities, go to www.s-e-b.com/lottery or call (617) 782-6900x2 and leave a message. Applications and Information also available at the Waltham Public Library on 735 Main St (M-Th 9-9, Fri-Sat 9-5, Sun 1-5)

Parker Hill Apartments The Style, Comfort and Convenience you Deserve!

Heat and Hot Water Always Included Modern Laundry Facilities Private Balconies / Some with City Views Plush wall to wall carpet Adjacent to New England Baptist Hospital Secured Entry, Elevator Convenience Private Parking Near Public Transportation and much more ...

Available 1 bedroom $1600 Call Today for more details and to schedule a visit...

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AFFORDABLE HOUSING LOTTERY FOR ELEVEN AFFORDABLE APARTMENTS

Six 2-bedroom units

(each approx. 650 Sq. Ft.) (One 2-bedroom unit is accessible)

Five 1-bedroom units

(1 approx. 380 Sq. Ft., And 3 approx. 400 Sq. Ft.)

Nahum Hardy Residences

CHELSEA APARTMENT

4+ bdrms Newly renovated, 2000+ sq ft apt in 3 fam, no smkng/pets, hrdwd flrs, eat-in kit, pantry, lg master bedroom, din and lv rm, laundry rm, enclosed frnt/bck prchs, off street prkng, T access, min to Bost.

Sec 8 OK

51 Lake Street, Waltham, Ma

617-283-2081

Applicants must be 62 years of age or older certain exceptions apply to Eligible Tenants Definition

Affordable unit rents

One-bedroom units – $1,084 PER MONTH (includes utility allowance) (based upon1 person occupancy) Two- bedroom units – $1,227 PER MONTH (includes utility allowance) (based upon2 person occupancy)

Must be income eligible at or below the following income level: 1 person

$47,150

2 person

$53,900

3 person

$60,650

DUDLEY GREENVILLE APARTMENTS ***New Construction*** Projected occupancy Spring 2014 205-213 DUDLEY STREET, ROXBURY, MA 02119

Also Available Two and Three Bedroom Handicap Accessible Apartments

Located near Dudley Square convenient access to shopping, public transportation, Longwood Medical Area and Downtown Boston

A lottery informational meeting will be held on: Wednesday, January 29, 2014, 6:30 p.m., Hardy School, 51 Lake Street, Waltham

A lottery drawing will be held on: Monday March 24, 2014, 2:00 p.m., City Council Chamber, City Hall, 610 Main Street, Waltham For questions contact the housing division at 781-314-3380 Applications and information for interested persons will be available at the following locations: • Waltham City Hall, 610 Main Street, Waltham, Ma • Waltham Public Library, 735 Main Street, Waltham, Ma • Waltham Housing Division, 119 School Street, Waltham, Ma • Waltham Housing Authority, 110 Pond Street, Waltham, Ma • or online at www.city.waltham.ma.us/housing-department Applications Must Be Submitted To: Nahum Hardy Residences Affordable Lottery Program

For Elders 62 & Older

Dalrymple School 46 Grovers Ave Winthrop, MA 02152 *conversion of historical elementary school into 27 units of affordable housing for elderly residents* Developer: EBCDC, Inc. d/b/a Metro Management # of Units

Type

Rent

% of Income

23

1 BR

Contract Rent

30%

4

0 BR

Contract Rent

30%

Maximum Income Limits per Household Size Household Size

30 %

50%

1

$19,800

$32,950

2

$22,600

$37,650

Applications may be picked up in person at: Winthrop Senior Center 35 Harvard Street Winthrop MA, 02152 Wednesday March 5th to Friday March 7th 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Or picked up in person or by telephone at: Metro Management Company 201 Sumner Street, East Boston, MA 02128 (617) 567-7755 Located just across from the Maverick T stop on the Blue Line.

Weekdays, March 3rd to March 7th, 9:00 am to 4:30 pm.

Evening hours, Thursday March 6th 6pm-8pm Saturday, March 8th, 9:00 am-12:00 pm Deadline for completed applications at the Metro Management address above: In person by 4 pm Friday March 28, 2014 or mailed and postmarked by that date SELECTION BY LOTTERY Use and Occupancy Restrictions apply. 5 units have a preference for households needing wheelchair accessible units. 3 units have a preference for households whose income meets 30% Income limits or less Projected Occupancy Summer 2014 For more information or reasonable accommodations call Jeff Buono, Metro Management 617-567-7755 Equal Housing Opportunity

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Property Amenities Include: Heat/Hot Water Included On Site Laundry Room Elevator Access Off Street Parking Community Room Available 24-hour Emergency Maintenance

EOE/AA

MS & 2 yr exp; or BS & 5 yr exp. MCTS certification.

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TYPE

1 BR

2 BR

3 BR

Monthly Rent (Subject to change)

$1019

$1,217

$1,403

*Handicap accessible units available 1- (2br unit) 2- (3br Unit) (These units have a preference for disabled households requiring wheelchair accessibility.)

Applications may be obtained Monday –Friday 8:30AM4:30PM At 757 Shawmut Ave, Roxbury, MA 02119 Or via mail please call 617-445-8338 x0

AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY

5+ years experience running Total Stations and Data Collectors.

Experience with Carlson Survey software, Leica equipment and GPS desirable.

Salary commensurate with experience ($18-$22/hr.)

Email resume to: engr.resumes@gmail.com

BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE (BI) DEVELOPER

CURRENTLY ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS FOR One, Two and Three Bedroom Apartments

The City of Waltham housing division will be conducting the following as part of the lottery program:

An open house at hardy residences will be held for interested applicants: Wednesday, January 29, 2014 from 5 to 7 p.m.

Survey Instrument Person

Household Asset/Income limit restrictions apply: Household Size 60% Max Income 1 Person $39,540 2 Persons $45,180 3 Persons $50,820 4 Persons $56,460 5 Persons $61,020 6 Persons $65,520 **Voucher Holders welcome and not subject to minimum income requirements** Requests for reasonable accommodations regarding the application process or to request an application by mail Contact (617) 445-8338 or TDD: 1-800-439-2370.

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Dudley Greenville Apartments is an equal housing opportunity Professionally Managed by WinnResidential

SENIOR STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING MANAGER Hoyle, Tanner & Associates, Inc. is an employee owned, mid-size national consulting engineering firm with offices in the Northeast, Florida and Virgin Islands.

Our multi-disciplined work setting offers opportunities to take ownership of your career and growth potential. Our Portsmouth, NH office location offers a great work environment in a New England seacoast community. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, coupled with the opportunity to work on exciting projects that will challenge you and provide a great career opportunity.

Hoyle, Tanner & Associates, Inc. We are currently seeking a Senior Structural Professional Engineer with 15 to 20 years of project management, design and business development experience.

The successful candidate will have the ability to manage projects independently and oversee our structural engineering team in Portsmouth, serving architects, builders, and municipalities for the building sector including commercial, municipal, educational, recreational, industrial, and medical facilities throughout Northeast, Florida, and USVI. BSCE and PE required. Strong Revit, BIM and AutoCAD preferred. (Career Code WRD10114) If you are interested in applying for this position, please send resume and cover letter citing career code to: Hoyle, Tanner & Associates, Inc., 100 International Drive, Suite 360, Portsmouth, NH 03801, or e-mail sfournier@hoyletanner.com or fax 603-431-8067 Visit our website at www.hoyletanner.com for more information and exciting opportunities.

AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

www.hoyletanner.com

Personal Care Homemaker (Temporary) Monday-Friday 8:00 am. – 3:00 pm.

Individuals needed to assist formerly homeless elderly men and women with personal care and household services. Must be certified (60-hour personal care homemaker training, including training of universal precautions and infection control, as required by Executive Office of Elder Affairs and the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission). High school degree preferred.

Must have 3 years of experience. Competitive salary.

Respond: Hearth, Inc., 1640 Washington Street, Boston, MA 02118 Fax: 617/369-1566 or Email: pjones@hearth-home.org