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Gentrification concernsdominate Dudley planOfficials seek to balance development, displacement

At Madison Park,focus on budgetFunding dips with enrollment,true needs unclear, BPS says

The several dozen community activists gathered Monday at the Bruce Bolling Municipal Build-ing to discuss the future of Dudley Square confronted a conundrum that has been vexing city planners across the United States: How to facilitate development in a neigh-borhood without displacing those already living there.

As the meeting got underway, the City’s Chief of Economic De-velopment John Barros urged the participants to seize the oppor-tunity to facilitate development in Dudley Square. There are four major parcels of vacant land the Boston Redevelopment Authority is hoping to put out to bid.

“My fear is that we’re in the third largest building boom in the 400-year history of this city and Rox-bury is going to miss out,” he said.

Yet many of the residents who turned out for the BRA’s PLAN: Dudley meeting peppered Barros and the other city officials with questions about the impact future development in Dudley Square will have on rents in the surround-ing neighborhoods.

“How do we make sure land-lords don’t price us out?” one par-ticipant asked.

Massachusetts Port Authority officials look to a bright future, expecting a continued upsurge in travelers, especially international ones. At a recent media roundta-ble, officials expressed interest in exploring how they can give local communities a greater share of business generated by this traffic.

Passengers are pouring into

Logan Airport. In 2015, Logan handled 33.5 million flyers — an increase of 6 million over 2010, according to numbers presented by Massport officials. As they look ahead, they consider inter-national travelers to be the fast-est-growing group.

International traffic has risen significantly over the past few years. In 2015, Terminal E served more than 5.5 million passengers — up by 11 percent from 2014.

International travel is “growing by leaps and bounds,” José Massó, Massport director of Community Relations, said at the meeting.

Officials expect this trend to continue and have several plans in place to meet demand. Among them: expanding Terminal E with

Many eyes are on Madison Park Technical Vocational High School’s budget as the school seeks to recover after being declared “underperforming” by the state.

Members of Friends of Mad-ison Park say the school’s poten-tial has been stunted by years of resource starvation. While many are excited by the work of new executive director Kevin McCaskill and new headmaster Shawn Shackelford to turn the school around, some say only so much can be done if funding does not also flow.

“Madison shouldn’t be receiv-ing any kinds of cuts. As matter of fact they should be receiv-ing extra money added to the school,” Bob Marshall, member of Friends of Madison Park, told the Banner.

Boston Public Schools offi-cials said in a phone interview that they know the current for-mula for setting Madison Park’s budget falls short and continue to develop an accurate assess-ment of how much the school needs for its operations.

McCaskill expressed confi-dence that even with some cuts in next year’s budget, students will not be affected.

“We’ve hammered out a budget that really is not going to have a detrimental effect on any learning outcomes for students,” he told the Banner.

Unpacking Madison’s budget

Madison Park is predicted to have 870-875 students enrolled next year, a slight dip from this year’s count of 903. School bud-gets are based on enrollment counts and assessment of addi-tional per-student costs, such as the number of students need-ing special education services. With overall numbers dropping, Madison Park is receives less funding and will face staffing reductions.

According to BPS officials, Madison Park’s budget drops from $15.9 million this year to $14.9 million for fiscal year 2017.

Another factor: BPS reduced how much funds it allocates for special education students who have autism or social-emotional impairments. BPS’s Finance Office predicts that 36 per-cent of Madison Park students will have special needs in the

By JULE PATTISON-GORDON

By YAWU MILLER


Will area firms grow as Logan does?Massport talks world traffic, local biz

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Community residents and stakeholders gathered at the Bruce Bolling Municipal Building Monday to discuss the BRA planning process for the Dudley Square area.

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Community members are concerned that Boston’s only technical vocational school gets the funds it needs to continue turnaround efforts.

See MADISON PARK, page 6

See PLAN: DUDLEY, page 6

See MASSPORT, page 10

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BY THE NUMBERS

903 The number of students enrolled at Madison Park Technical

Vocational High School this year

870-875 The number of students predicted

to be enrolled at Madison Park next year

$15.9 million Madison Park’s budget this year

$14.9 million Madison Park’s projected budget for next year

In the wake of the release of Walsh administration emails in which BPS officials discuss school closures, city officials say that there are no concrete plans to close schools.

Rahn Dorsey, the city’s chief of education, told the Banner that the city’s Build BPS planning process, which has been under-way for several months, is the be-ginning of what will be an inclu-sive planning process focused on investment, not closures.

“Build BPS is a capital invest-ment process,” Dorsey said in an interview at the Bolling Building BPS headquarters. “We’re trying to clarify what the vision is for teaching and learning. That’s the thing that has to guide everything we do, whether it’s investments in new buildings, whether it’s bud-geting for the system. Everything we do has to be guided by the vision for teaching and learning.”

‘Shadow process?’The city held its first public

meeting on its facilities plan two weeks ago, days before the

parent group Quality Education for Every Student released emails obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request in which BPS officials discussed plans to close schools.

“Framing the Facilities Master Plan as a response to the recom-mendation to close schools sig-nificantly understates the scope and imperative of the plan, but at the same time, the FMP [facil-ities master plan] is the mecha-nism through which we’ll right-size the district (among accom-plishing other things), so not mentioning it would be to create confusion / shadow processes,” writes Erika Giampietro, special assistant to the superintendent, in a November 2015 email.

Both Dorsey and Mayor Martin Walsh downplayed the emails, which QUEST shared on its Facebook page.

“There’s no plan,” Walsh told the Banner in a brief interview two weeks ago. “Those were just conversations.”

QUEST requested all emails from BPS officials related to the controversial McKinsey & Com-pany audit of the Boston public schools. The McKinsey report

concluded that the school de-partment had 54,000 students in buildings that could accommo-date as many as 93,000 students, and suggested the department could save money by closing and selling school buildings.

In many of the exchanges, BPS and Walsh administration offi-cials express concern about how the report’s findings will play in the court of public opinion.

“I have major concerns about stating ‘sell/lease 30-50 build-ings’ as part of a strategy. It con-tradicts everything I have been saying about the master planning process: and it will obviously serve to fan the flames regarding the charters and the compact,” writes Ramon Soto, Walsh’s di-rector of External Relations and Opportunity Gap Initiatives.

Dorsey stressed that the ongo-ing facilities master plan process will focus on the system’s needs for renovations and construction of new school buildings in cases where existing buildings are fail-ing to meet school department’s needs. The plan also will include strategies for funding construc-tion and renovations.

“We will have to take a look at

what other changes need to be made to the portfolio to facili-tate this investment, but the pri-mary objective is to make sure we modernize Boston’s school build-ings,” Dorsey said.

Dorsey said Giampietro’s re-marks about “right-sizing” the school district was not char-acteristic of any internal con-versations on the McKinsey & Company report or the facilities master planning process.

Broader focusIn his Nov. 7 email response to

Giampietro, Dorsey downplayed the recommendations around school closures.

“The scope of FMP is more than school closures,” he wrote. “Also, the recommendation from the audit is not necessarily a target for the plan.”

The emails have raised con-cerns among parent activists that the BPS system is considering selling off school buildings for a one-time infusion of funds or leasing them to charter schools. In one email, Michael Tooke, a member of Boston Leaders for Education, advocates for under-performing schools to be con-verted to in-district or indepen-dent charter schools.

Dorsey said the faci l i -ties master plan will not take

into considerat ion school performance.

Tooke’s email, sent to Superin-tendent Tommy Chang in March, 2015 – four months before he came on the job – was one of numerous emails Chang received from advo-cacy groups, Dorsey said.

“The superintendent and myself, we get opinions from stakeholders on an ongoing basis,” Dorsey said. “One of the things that Dr. Chang likes to say about education in Boston is that everybody has an opinion. And we hear a lot of them. I would say Mike Tooke is somebody who has an opinion about schools in the same way that QUEST has an opinion. Maybe QUEST’s opin-ion is not the same as Mike’s.

“At the time Mike gave his opinion, Tommy was in the middle of a listening tour. That was one of probably 1,600, if not more, voices Tommy heard about the direction the schools should head in.”

Moving forward, Dorsey said, the school department will con-tinue to solicit input from parents on the facilities master plan. On August 16, BPS will launch its community engagement process. While many parents at a recent meeting said they would be on va-cation at that time, teachers and principals are typically on hand in mid-August to prepare for the start of the next school year.

In a series of ensuing meet-ings, parents will have the oppor-tunity to weigh in on the ques-tion of how school buildings can best fit the educational needs of the city’s students.

“One of things we talked about is clarifying the educational vision for the FMP,” Dorsey said. “We owe the public that. We’re still in the process of developing that. We’re looking forward to working with the public to make sure that it’s something we agree on and that’s clear. I think that agreement will go a long way to-wards people being able to un-derstand the direction and being able to evaluate for themselves the potential impact and efficacy of the initiatives we’re looking at.”

Education chief says nosecrets in BPS planning

By YAWU MILLER

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Rahn Dorsey

Says emails were not indicative of planningon future needs for Boston school buildings

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A coalition of Roxbury groups are making a case for a Dudley-Eliot Square Cultural District — a desig-nation they hope will enhance the neighborhood’s cultural scene. Cul-tural district advocates are in the midst of preparing their case, which will culminate with submitting a formal application to the Massachu-setts Cultural Council this Septem-ber. While energy has recently gal-vanized, the idea of a Roxbury cul-tural district has been under discus-sion for more than a decade, Kelley Chunn told the Banner. Chunn is the principal of Kelley Chunn & As-sociates, which became a consultant on the project this past March.

Securing cultural district status could boost tourism and economic activity, increase residents’ aware-ness of their local offerings, give the neighborhood more control over its narrative and character and ensure that as the development boom plays out, space is kept for the arts, some community members say.

At their third public forum, held at Dudley Library last week, orga-nizers explored some hard questions still to be settled: How does Roxbury want to identify its culture, and, crit-ically, how will a cultural district be governed and financially sustained?

Spearheading the effort to pre-pare a formal application are Haley House, Madison Park Development Corporation and The American City Coalition. The three groups teamed

up in 2015 to join the ongoing dis-cussion and explore practicalities; since then, other organizations have stepped forward in support.

When considering eligibility as a cultural district, the Massachusetts Cultural Council looks for areas with a dense concentration of com-mercial, arts and historical features in a walkable area. Julie Burros, the city’s chief of Arts and Culture, said in a phone interview with the Banner that Boston has no set cul-tural district model, with its two current ones modeling very differ-ent approaches. The Boston Liter-ary Cultural District is organized around a theme and over a large geography, while Fenway Cultural District more focused on highlight-ing existing cultural assets in a part of the neighborhood. The city works with communities on developing cultural districts.

EconomicsToo many of Roxbury’s cultural

assets remain overlooked by tourists and local Bostonians, thus failing to tap into what could be a significant revenue stream, organizers stated in a November 2015 application to the Catalyst Fund for financial support.

“The area’s cultural assets remain relatively unknown to those outside of the neighborhood, and few Bos-tonians, or the millions of annual do-mestic and international tourists and business travelers, visit the neighbor-hood,” the application stated.

Burros noted as well that Rox-bury in particular has a high

concentration of historic sites that are not well known.

“One thing unique to Roxbury is its rich history — it has a lot of his-toric assets that I would say are in need of higher visibility,” she said.

In addition to helping artists, im-proving the promotion and ease of discovery of what the areas have to offer could increase weekend and evening traffic, boosting patronage of local businesses and increasing the vibrancy of the area for both local res-idents and visitors, advocates say.

Defining a neighborhoodWith development interest hot in

all neighborhoods, and the Boston Redevelopment Authority’s PLAN Dudley due to release a plan in August, the cultural planning rep-resents another level on which com-munity members seek to define and shape their neighborhood before outside forces do.

“It’s always better to pick you own name, to brand yourself rather than have somebody else brand you,” Rox-bury resident Rodney Singleton told the Banner in a phone interview.

Through identifying how to pres-ent, preserve and promote the neigh-borhood’s history and art, commu-nity members can have greater con-trol of the narrative. At the meeting, Chunn said that attendees have ex-pressed interest in making African

American culture a theme for the district. The group’s funding applica-tion also states interest in highlight-ing the area’s immigrant populations from Central and South America, the Caribbean and Africa.

Joyce Stanley, executive direc-tor of Dudley Square Main Streets, spoke as an attendee at the meeting, saying that Dudley Square is defined by its diversity.

“When I think of Dudley, I think of how most of my merchants are im-migrants. Everything from Russia, Somali, Korea, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, Jamaica, Nigeria — to me that’s part of the flavor,” she said.

Some of the cultural district effort aligns with projects such as the Boston Jazz Trail and Roxbury Memory Trail. Attendees also sug-gested that areas of note include houses of historical figures, ethnic foods, and memorials for people who have been killed.

Another piece: Keeping artists in the community. With high rental prices in the city, artists struggle both to find a place to live and to secure space to work on their art and show-case it. Chunn said part of tackling this could be ensuring that devel-oper’s linkage funds also go toward

supporting spaces for cultural and artistic uses, not just housing.

Making it happenMany questions remain regard-

ing governance structure, including board size, structure, terms and fre-quency of meetings. One thing that is certain, Chunn said, is that there will need to be committees on mar-keting, programming, event plan-ning and budgeting.

The state cultural district desig-nation comes with a $5,000 seed money grant, but to be solvent, the cultural district will need a contin-ued revenue stream. Grant-writing will be key, Chunn said.

Other districts charge member-ship dues in exchange for network-ing and promotional opportunities, such as inclusion of a company’s logo on their site, or of an artist in a directory. Chunn suggested charging dues on a sliding scale, with large for-profits paying the most and scholarship opportunities to individual students. The recent-ly-created Boston Literary District charges rates that currently range from free to $3,200, she said.

Roxbury’s Dudley-Eliot Squareseeks state cultural district status


See CULTURAL DIST., page 20

ON THE WEBBoston Creates Cultural Plan: http://plan.bostoncreates.org/

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Community members gathered the Dudley Square library to discuss defining, govern-ing and funding a cultural district in Roxbury. Meredith McCarthy of Sasaki Associates, which is donating services to the planning project, presented a mapping tool to help identify cultural assets.

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“I know they charge high fees, but where else are we going

to borrow money?”

Payday loans have been disastrous for many low-income households. The default rate is about 20 percent and many borrow-ers are forced to renew with additional fees. Borrowers could end up with a debt that includes more fees and interest than the orig-inal amount of the loan. Now the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau proposes restric-tions to require that lenders establish the borrower’s capacity to repay the loan.

Corporations and financially sophisticated individuals often borrow money. Debt is a signif-icant aspect of American capitalism. However, there are rules governing the process. One basic principle is that the interest rate ought to be less than the projected percentage of profit from the investment of the loan. Different types of loans will have customary interest rates, such as “the prime rate” that banks charge their most cred-it-worthy customers. The Wall Street Journal prime rate is now about 3.5 percent, a far cry from the rate charged on payday loans.

It was once considered to be imprudent for an individual to create credit card debt to finance consumer purchases, but that princi-ple is now considered to be archaic. In 2015 U.S. consumers amassed a credit card debt of $731 billion, with the average household owing $15,762. The largest personal loan category is for mortgages, $8.25 trillion or $168,614 per household, but real estate is an asset with the potential of increasing in value. Regulators are concerned about the payday loan industry, which has grown to about $46 billion primarily to pay for ordinary living expenses.

The credit card industry developed to assume liability for consumers who wanted to pay by check for goods or services. The retailer had no way of knowing whether a customer really had

sufficient funds in the bank so that the check would be honored when deposited. At the end of the month the customer would receive an invoice from the credit card company for his purchase. It was not necessary to pay the debt all at once. Monthly payments could be made at a substantial rate of interest.

Credit card companies issue their cards to credit-worthy applicants. The payday loan industry has developed to serve those whose credit might not meet the standards of a credit card company. Consequently, the lender requires collateral. So the borrower must arrange for the lender to appropriate his next paycheck if he is unable to pay the outstanding balance of the loan. The term of the loan is only until the next paycheck, usually two weeks.

What usually happens is that the borrower is unable to repay the loan when due so he or she must roll it over, at a substantial fee. A small loan could balloon in size with fees. Annual interest would be in the hundreds. The amount of the loans is small and the fees incurred are often not inappropriate for the administrative time spent, but when calculated on an annual interest basis the rate can soar.

Regulations imposed by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau will only mollify the issue. The real problem is systemic poverty. About 46 million Americans live below the federal poverty levels and about 88 million have no banking relationship. They are therefore required to pay substantial fees for any financial services that they require.

The American banking system does not adequately service those with limited income. Therefore, the Community Development Finan-cial Institutions, a division of the U.S. Treasury, ought to develop a more effective solution.

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Whose land? Whose plan?When you look at the land, its usage

and who owns it, you will find that our people don’t really own that much. We might be more akin to being “share croppers” than home owners because we do not have decision making strength in creating the determinants for what makes for a strong commu-nity, e.g. economic development, no organized community based school/education committee that challenges the curriculum and the lack and need for cultural sensitivity in the BPS.

In the inner city of Boston there is an undaunted presence of beauty and bar-ber shops along with an escalating pres-ence of liquor stores with bright lights

so you don’t miss them and the inven-tory of alcoholic beverages go from the top to the floor with well stocked freez-ers. There is not checks and balances in the area of these type of businesses that really are not the type of wealth creators that we need.

Construction companies from and in our community continues to be over looked and treated unfairly by the CDCs and others even though they are just as qualified to build all over this City as others are doing. The folks at the BRA and the Office of the Mayor know this. There are qualified folks in our community that need the unions and others to become inclusive, hiring more than laborers and do the OJT method

that produces skills. Yet, there are no volumes of vocal

demands because those that claim leadership realize they are more “share croppers” than owners and some think they might lose favor if they protest. We as a People have allowed downtown and their cohorts in our community for years to continue to wage “war” on the dreams and aspirations of our people. We need stronger, truer and focused leadership that will seek to help the people first and not themselves as is the case now. We are on the road to go from share croppers to being nomads. We can challenge, change and control.

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When will the leadership of the Republican Party do their duty to the nation and disavow the candidacy of the wannabe dictator known as Donald Trump?

That question has in fact been looming over them for months, ever since he used all the tricks of demagoguery to destroy the sup-posed “deep bench” of Republican current and former officeholders in the primaries.

Now, it’s staring them — and us all — directly in the face because over the last two weeks Trump has proved he’s not just unfit for the presidency (and any public office) in conventional terms. That was clear long before he began his campaign last June.

No, Trump is now showing the world that he really is a political monster. He’s shown all those Republicans who’ve taken refuge in cynical calculation and tortured logic to endorse him that there is no bottom to his pathological narcissism, no limit to his amorality, no loyalty to the interests of the Republican party itself, and not a shred of commitment to following time-honored traditions of American politics, the rule of law, or the principles of the Constitution.

Trump’s only commitment is to himself: To avoiding facing Hillary Clinton in one-on-one debates during the general election campaign in order to conceal his compete ignorance of policy issues. To obscuring the damning evidence media outlets have been uncovering about his terrible record as a businessman, especially that involving his “Trump Univer-sity” scheme of a decade ago. And to seizing the reins of power so he can establish his vision of the United States of America — a police state.

So: Instead of discussing his policy differences with Clinton, he implies he’ll be making charges of scandalous behavior against them.

So: as law enforcement begins to investigate the mass murder in Orlando and the nation grieves, Trump proposes closing America to all Muslims outside of its borders — and, in effect, stripping Mus-lim-Americans and Muslim nationals inside the U.S. of their rights.

So: still haunted by President Obama’s humiliating destruction of his “Birther” gambit of five years ago, Trump re-arranges the elements of Birtherism to declare Obama sympathizes with the terrorists who would do America and the world harm.

But, in fact, it is Donald Trump who is the traitor in our midst. When you accuse the first black President of the United States of “sympathizing” with America’s enemies, you’ve made common cause with the Ku Klux Klan, and the neo-Nazi, white racist militia and white Christian Identity groups that have been peddling that line since Obama took office.

It’s no wonder those treasonous groups have flocked to Trump’s campaign. Just as violent white racists “enforced” white supremacy at the ground level of the South during the Jim Crow decades, these people will be the vigilante enforcers of a Trump Administration’s war against the media and war against Muslim Americans and other “undesirables.”

A small but growing number of Republican office-holders and conservative pundits have condemned Trump’s practicing a politics of “trickle-down racism” and staining the public discourse with this and that “textbook example(s) of racism.”

But, now that polls show voter reaction to Trump’s rhetoric is threat-ening the GOP’s hold on Congress, some are backing a radical course of action Washington Post conservative pundit Jennifer Rubin suggested in her June 15th column.

Rubin, wrote that Republican leaders should first explain why as conservatives they find Trump an unfit candidate; then demand that both that Trump release his tax returns and that convention delegates be able to vote for whomever they want to. Finally, GOP leaders should publicly welcome any conservative who’d challenge Trump for the nom-ination at the convention.

Rubin herself described this scenario as possible only if “someone of stature” — such as Speaker of the House Paul Ryan — calls for it. She closed her column with these words: “If not, Republicans, please proceed to panic. The election and possibly your party is going up in smoke. And you have only yourselves to blame.”

It is, of course, highly unlikely such an unprecedented open revolt against the party’s presumptive nominee will occur at next month’s Republican Convention, or that it would succeed if it did. What is important, however, is that some with impeccable conservative creden-tials are suggesting it be tried.

That sense of desperation underscores that many Americans, regardless of party affiliation, realize Donald Trump represents a terri-ble presidential-election first: America’s first treason candidate.

Lee A. Daniels, a keynote speaker and author, is writing a book on the Obama years and the 2016 election. He can be reached at [email protected].

Monakatellia Ford has been appointed principal of the F. Lyman Winship Elementary School in Brighton. Ford’s passion for education is deeply rooted in her familial history within public education. Her mother was a BPS educator for 30 years. She began her teaching career at the Young Achievers Science and Mathematics Pilot School. While at Young Achievers, she created an experiential learning envi-ronment focused on student and teacher inquiry while meeting the diverse needs of her students.

As a teacher and teacher leader, Ford’s primary area of focus was the upper elementary grades, where she promoted a positive school culture and facili-tated instructional improvements to support student learning. Her desire to impact a greater number of children in Boston led her to the Dever-McCormack Middle School in Dorchester, where she served as Assistant Principal

for two years. She has served as Interim Principal of the F. Lyman Winship Elementary School for the past year.

Teaching and leading within traditional, turnaround and pilot school settings has provided her with varied experiences that have prepared her to meet the needs of students. Ford’s desire for all children to reach their infinite potential and to eliminate the achievement and opportunity gaps is what continues to drive her work.

Ford is a proud graduate of Boston Public Schools’ Another Course to College. She earned her bachelor of science degree in elementary education from Tem-ple University, master’s degree in elementary education from Cam-bridge College and Certificate of Advanced Graduate Studies in Educational Leadership from Simmons College. In 2013, Ford completed the BPS Aspiring Principals Program.

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What do you think are the most significant changes in Boston now?

A lot of change is happening in Dudley. New buildings. Getting rid of the alco-holics and addicts. It’s changing for the better, but there’s gentrification.

Debra JohnsonCommunity Advocate

Roxbury

They’re cleaning things up and making everything brighter. I like the changes. Hopefully more jobs will open up.

VanessaPatient Observer

Dorchester

What hasn’t changed is there’s still a lot of racism in the schools. I can’t believe how bad it is.

Adthalina RobersonChef

Roxbury

New buildings. They’re modernizing Boston.

Gloris MacklinBus Monitor

Roxbury

As far as Roxbury is concerned, white folks are moving back in. It’s a good thing. Diversity is always good.

DrewSelf-employed

Roxbury

The fares are going up on the MBTA. Everything’s getting more expensive.

Carlena BumpursSecurity Guard

Roxbury

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upcoming school year, the major-ity (59 percent) high-severity. This demographic level is similar to the current school year 2016, where SPED students constituted 37.2 percent of enrollment.

But it is higher than that found at several of the state’s vocational technical high schools. Students with disabilities represented 28.4 percent of the student body at Lynn Vocational Technical In-stitute this 2015-2016 school year, 20.5 percent at Spring-field’s Putnam Vocational Techni-cal Academy and 14.6 percent at Worcester Technical High School.

McCaskill said staffing reduc-tions largely will be in administra-tive positions and through not fill-ing vacancies left by retirements.

“We try to make all cuts as far away from the classroom as we possibly can,” McCaskill said.

Full budget breakdown: $1 mil-lion of Madison Park’s 2017 budget stems from its turnaround status, $0.4 million is from Title 1 funding

and a federal special education grant and $13.5 million from the city’s gen-eral fund, O’Brien said. The amount of city contribution decreased 6 per-cent between FY16 and FY17.

Some targeted new funding is on its way: The state is expected to announce on Thursday a $450,000 culinary arts program grant.

Assessing a voc-tech budget

Prior to 2015, BPS used the same formula to generate Madi-son Park’s budget as it did for other schools, according to WBUR. This practices ignores the high costs of equipment that can be expensive to acquire, as well as the necessity of smaller class sizes for classes in which students use potentially dangerous equipment.

As Dan Ferriera of Massachu-setts Association of Vocational Technical Administrators put it in a conversation with the Banner, “You would not want your child with 30 kids, all of whom have welding torches.” And some in-dividual pieces of equipment can costs as much as $50,000, he said.

Ideally, equipment is regularly

updated or replaced, so that stu-dents train skills that will remain relevant when they enter their ca-reers, he added.

“It behooves us as educators preparing for people for the world of work that they’re working on equipment that they’re going to see out on the job site, not equip-ment that was used ten years ago,” Ferriera said.

Formula falls shortThe state uses a formula to estab-

lish the minimum budget a school needs, which is then underwrit-ten by a combination of state and city funds. How much each party contributes depends on estimates of the city’s ability to pay, given its income and property values. Boston is regarded as a wealthy city and re-quired to supply the majority of this base budget. Once the minimum is achieved, a city may, if it wish, pro-vide schools further funding.

The base-budget formula does acknowledge that vocational tech-nical students need more fund-ing, and allocates an additional $4,100 for each student, accord-ing to Nathan Kuder, BPS deputy

director of finance, in a phone in-terview with the Banner.

But the state’s formula falls short of meeting actual voc-tech needs, Kuder added, and so when the city funds Madison Park, it gives an additional ten percent on top of that budget.

“There is a vocational rate but it’s not adequate for supporting some of the programs at Madison Park,” Kuder said.

That ten percent still may be too low, Kuder acknowledged, given that costs vary widely by different programs and how many students are enrolled in each. For instance, culinary class and a carpentry class will have very different expenses. McCaskill has been working to better determine the costs associ-ated with each program.

Louis Elisa, a member of Friends of Madison Park, said in the past the school has been un-derfunded for both its vocational tech and special education needs.

Across the CommonwealthSome people, such as Friends

of Madison Park’s Bob Marshall, have raised concerns that Madison

Park’s budget is low compared to other voc-tech schools in the state.

However, according to BPS and the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center, the comparison is not that simple. Outside of Boston, voc-tech schools are set up differ-ently: These schools act as their own school districts, handling ex-penses that BPS’s funds centrally for Madison Park and its other schools, such as transportation and employee health care costs.

BPS did not have information on how Madison Park’s budget would look if it incorporated those expenses.

RecruitmentMcCaskill said recruitment is

a key part of growing Madison Park’s budget. The school has ca-pacity for more students and with greater numbers enrolled, it would have the economy of scale to both better support current programs and add programs that are too expensive to provide for just a handful.

Kuder said they are also looking to find the proper sizing of pro-gram and staff ratios.

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That question, along with others about access to jobs for local residents, turned out to be the crux of the conversation during the two hour meeting, held in the School Committee chamber.

While the median income in Roxbury is $35,000 for a family of four, the median income in the HUD statistical area is $94,000. The higher incomes of those outside

Roxbury have made it difficult for local renters and prospective home-owners to remain in Roxbury.

Former City Councilor Chuck Turner was among those advo-cating for new jobs created on city-owned land to pay a mini-mum of $17 an hour — a wage that would provide workers Roxbury’s $35,000 median income.

“If not, why have develop-ment?” he argued. “Development drives up the cost of living.”

Barros and other city officials presented statistics on Roxbury residents they said would help guide discussions of neighbor-hood development plans. The larg-est portion of Roxbury residents – 23.7 percent – are employed in health care and social assistance, with large shares of the population also working in retail, hospitality and food services.

Trinh Nguyen, director of the Mayor’s Office of Workforce De-velopment, described how her agency assisted 20,000 Boston residents obtain access to job and skills trainings. But her presenta-tion was punctuated by pointed comments and questions. How many jobs has her office actually created? Why is the city conduct-ing a study of hiring disparities when those disparities are already well-documented?

The at-times tense atmosphere in the room underscored what many expressed as deep concerns about gentrification and displacement in

Roxbury as rising residential and commercial rents push out longtime residents and businesses.

“Development in Dudley Square could have a dramatically significant impact on Roxbury,” Turner said after the meeting. “The four major parcels due to be developed could stimulate a rise in rents that could make it difficult for people to remain in Roxbury. Fancy buildings and nice restau-rants look good, but they’re a driv-ing force behind gentrification of neighborhoods.”

The planning process includes vacant parcels of land in Dudley Square, along Melnea Cass Boule-vard, Columbus Avenue and Bart-lett Yard along Washington Street. Parcels currently under develop-ment in the area — Bartlett Yard, Parcel 3 and Parcel 9 — promise to bring 1,505 new housing units to the area. The undeveloped Dudley Square parcels, however, have been earmarked for economic de-velopment projects.

Roxbury Strategic Masterplan Oversight Committee member Charlotte Nelson said she agrees with requiring developers to commit to a $17 an hour minimum wage. But as for how to prevent the development in Dudley from caus-ing displacement?

“Right now there is no answer,” she said. “The positive thing is people are expressing what they want for this area. People are hanging in with this planning process.”

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An abandoned industrial prop-erty right by a Fairmount Line stop is expected to transform into a site for mixed-income housing and local jobs. The city recently granted approval to a develop-ment team lead by the Dorches-ter Bay Economic Development Corporation to create the so-called Indigo Block project, located at 65 East Cottage Street in Dorchester’s Upham’s Corner. The property ex-tends about 2.75 acres.

“Our mission is about positive development in the neighborhood, keeping affordable housing and di-verse incomes in the neighborhood, creating jobs for folks in the neigh-borhood and creating economic ac-tivity,” Andy Waxman, Dorchester Bay’s director of Real Estate told the Banner in a phone interview. All those aspects come together in this development, he said.

Joining Dorchester Bay on the project are Boston Capital, Escazú Development, Newmarket Community Partners and Davis Square Architects.

HousingPlans call for 80 units of rental

housing in one six-story building. Of these, 44 will be deed-restricted affordable to those making up to 60 percent of area median income — the equivalent of a monthly rent of $1,200 for a two-bedroom, ac-cording to the Boston Redevelop-ment Authority. The remaining 36 will be designated as affordable to those earning middle-incomes of 70 to 120 percent AMI ($80,000 to

$120,000, Waxman said). Rents for these will be no more than $2,400 for a two-bedroom.

A total of nine condos will be provided, dispersed in four smaller three-story buildings.

BusinessTo generate economic activity, the

project includes a two-story building for light industrial and commercial uses on the ground floor and office space on the second floor. To mini-mize any neighborhood disruption, Waxman said, the focus will be on low-impact, quiet uses, and trucks will use on-site loading bays to avoid

creating traffic. The property will in-clude 86 parking spaces.

While lining up tenants is still a long step away, Waxman said one set of prospects are those busi-nesses that outgrow their space at Dorchester Bay’s Bornstein & Pearl Food Production Center a half mile away, which could relocate to Indigo Block. Other potential tenants that could take advantage of the ground floor space’s high ceilings and shared loading bays include those engaged in small manufacturing, warehouse distribution, high-tech manufactur-ing and food services, according to a BRA notice. The BRA also suggested

architecture firms, contractor’s of-fices, small publishing or printing outlets and artists as potential ten-ants for the office space.

Developers expect to employ 87 construction workers to realize the project, and Waxman said emphasis will be on local hiring.

Public transitThe property, originally belong-

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for the Department of Public Works. But, Waxman said, many residents regarded this as a missed opportu-nity to take advantage of its proxim-ity to public transit.

“There was a big outcry from the neighborhood to say, ‘This is a big transit-oriented site on the Fair-mount Line, it doesn’t make sense to use it as storage’,” Waxman said.

Transit access is a key part of the Indigo Block plan, which in-cludes creating an additional sta-tion entrance. Currently there only is one entrance for the Inbound part of the line at Upham’s, and it involves a narrow walkway with many turns — a danger, especially in the dark, Waxman said.

“Especially at night, you take a turn, you don’t know if someone’s hiding around the corner,” he said.

Visibility will be better at the new entrance, which will be more open and accessible via a path that integrates well with the rest of the site, meaning there will be more casual eyes out, Waxman said. Commuters will walk past a play-ground, security cameras and the other daily passersby.

Making it happenOverall cost of the project is

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Once funding is in place, con-struction is expected to begin by 2018.

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As we finalize the city’s operat-ing budget for the 2017 fiscal year, I wanted you to hear from me directly about our investment in the Boston Public Schools.

Before I get into the numbers, let me be clear about my values. I believe deeply in public education. And I believe our unstinting goals in public education should be to close opportunity and achievement gaps, meet the diverse needs of every student and make our district schools top choices for every family in every neighborhood.

My administration has worked closely with educators and families, as well as key community partners, on long sought-after initiatives, such as expanding high-quality pre-kindergarten, extended learn-ing time, inclusive special educa-tion, wrap-around social services, 21st-century facilities, diverse school leadership and pathways through college and into careers.

We have seen progress as a result, but we’re only just getting started. There’s a long way to go.

That’s the story behind the school budget for the 2017 fiscal year. Our proposal would launch new initiatives and strengthen ex-isting ones with the singular goal of getting every student on a path to success.

But these investments add to a budget that has built up severe inefficiencies over the years — in transportation, in facilities, in per-sonnel and in operations. It’s a real challenge to get transformative new initiatives off the ground while un-dertaking structural reforms that in some cases could take years to unlock savings.

The alternative to this hard work, however, is not acceptable — and given our growing budget pressures, it will no longer be tenable. Each year that we focus only on meeting the growth in current costs, with-out making reforms, is a year we have to postpone transformative improvements.

Those who oppose these re-forms — or who say these improve-ments should wait — are advocating for the status quo. It is a status quo where some four-year-olds get the high quality pre-kindergarten that is proven to close achievement gaps, and others get nothing. It is a status quo where African-American and Latino children are dispropor-tionately tracked away from the highest academic opportunities as early as fourth grade. It is a status quo that does not understand the more than 75 languages BPS fami-lies speak at home. It is a status quo where some Boston middle-school-ers get the shortest school day in the country. It is a status quo where students with disabilities do not get the support they need during crucial transitions into adolescence and adulthood.

It is not a status quo that I will tolerate.

That’s why we have proposed to

increase the Boston Public Schools budget by $18.2 million over FY16, for a total annual investment of $1.032 billion in BPS. Since I took office, we will have increased BPS’ annual budget by $94 million. That expenditure is likely to grow when we reach a new contract agreement with our teachers.

We are justly proud of this invest-ment. Our per-student expenditure is the highest of the 100 largest school districts in the United States, according to the U.S. Census. Look-ing back over the past five years, investment in BPS has increased much faster than other city depart-ments, growing by 25 percent, while public safety departments grew by 20 percent, and all other depart-ments grew by less than 13 percent.

These investments respond directly to the concerns and crit-icisms that have been expressed in the community about BPS for many years. It will bring our most

rigorous curriculum to a more di-verse set of students. It will ensure greater student safety, serve special student populations better than ever before, and introduce unprec-edented operational efficiency, performance accountability, and long-term planning.

Six million dollars more will flow directly into school budgets through weighted student funding. Nine million dollars more is being spent on Special Education and almost $3 million more is being spent in the school-based Bilingual/Sheltered English Immersion program. Staff-ing levels are expected to increase by more than 65, including 32 more teachers, even as enrollment is pro-jected to be flat. We’re adding 200 new prekindergarten seats; a data system to improve parent access to children’s special education plans; and 33 new classrooms at 18 schools.

I look forward to working with the City Council to pass this budget

and strengthen our schools. The bottom line is: we are sup-

porting the people and programs that are working well, and working equitably, for students in BPS. But I will not take the easy way out and expect the status quo to take care of all our kids, when we all know it has never done so.

There’s one more thing I want to address. The notion that we have a sweeping plan to close schools is untrue. The goal of our multi-year BuildBPS process is to create modern, inspiring learning envi-ronments for all our students. To me that means renovations, new buildings and sparkling, creative new classrooms. That means further investment in our schools. If there is any consolidation it will be limited, consensus-driven and designed to upgrade every affected child’s educa-tional experience with logical grade configurations and predictable, easily navigated transitions.

On a related note, I want to debunk the premise behind rumors of widespread closures and other “secret agendas.” No outside audit, and no partnership with any reform organization, commits us to any course of action that is not supported by our community. Re-ports and recommendations are data points, not plans. We receive them with a critical eye and add them to the conversation if they prove helpful.

What carries much more weight are the conversations I have been having for years with parents, stu-dents, teachers and education re-searchers about how to reach our shared goals. Based on this input, I’ve concluded that, rather than tin-kering around the edges, we need to prioritize policies that will set up all our students and all our schools for long-term success.

The status quo has not been good enough. Every decision we make must be consistent with our values of full equity and real opportunity for every child in every community. I’m proud to say that has been the case and will always be the case as long as I am mayor.

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“If it wasn’t for Diploma Plus, I would now either be a drug dealer, a gang member or dead,” said Luis Aponte, a graduate of Charlestown High’s program for high risk stu-dents at a March Boston Public Schools budget hearing. Diploma Plus escaped next year’s budget ax because a private company stepped in to fund it after our city refused. Luis is now a Northeastern Uni-versity student. A five-year-old kindergartener stood in front of the Boston School Committee one week later. She simply said, “Please fund my school.”

This Wednesday, when I am asked to vote on the BPS budget, I will remind myself of their words.

A budget is a value statement.We have a choice. Do we aid

our young Davids, or favor well-heeled Goliaths?

“Here we go,” you might say. “A grandstanding city councilor, trotting out the ‘Oh! The poor children!’ line to score political points.” It’s always a little awk-ward for any elected official to plead that rather than be the stereotypical, do-nothing fat cat, they are actually trying to do the job taxpayers pay them to. But awkwardness aside, as chair of the Committee on Education, I’m supposed to look out for the fam-ilies of the Boston Public Schools. That is why I voted against Bos-ton’s proposed school budget on April 8th, and will do so again until the cuts are rescinded.

Boston stands at a profound crossroads. Either we block the path of prosperity for our young people and their families, or we forge their path anew so they pros-per with dignity.

Three out of four school-aged Boston children call our 125 school communities a second home. The nation’s oldest public school system is their birthright; we are all its guardians.

Though unprecedented wealth abounds, FY17’s proposed budget cuts to the bone what’s left of BPS. We must acknowledge what our

suburban neighbors understand: Striving for a quality public educa-tion is expensive.

Our NAEP scores, the “Nation’s Report Card,” ranks us as one of the nation’s top two large urban public school systems. We have 37 level 1 and 2 schools. Our kinder-garten program surmounts the achievement gap.

Noteworthy, given half our 57,000 BPS students live in households whose first language is not English though testing requires its mastery. One in five students have disabilities. Over 75 percent are economically dis-advantaged, 86 percent are stu-dents of color. Four thousand are homeless. After years of cuts, they already lack basic resources.

BPS is far from perfect. But refusing to fund the looming $26 million-$38 million deficit won’t help. Instead, the City deflects, saying the proposed appropria-tion is the largest in the history of BPS. True: 381 straight years of increased funding. In fact the

City gave former Interim Superin-tendent John McDonough, a de-cades-long veteran of BPS, $38m. Superintendent Chang, who has barely had time to unpack his Lakers jersey during this his first budget cycle, initially got just $13.5 million, then at the very end, a fur-ther $4.68 million.

Of 347 Commonwealth munic-ipalities, 332 have spent more on their education district as a total

percentage of their budget than Boston. Boston hires consulting companies who charge $22,000 a slide to tell us $18,318 per pupil is too lavish a sum to waste on our children. Cambridge proudly spends $27,163. Wellesley, Lexing-ton, Newton, Lincoln, Sudbury, Swampscott, Milton, all have fine, well-resourced schools, with ac-complished well-compensated unionized teachers, mostly women.

Next year, BPS students with autism face an eight percent cut despite increased enrollments. Ele-mentary students with social-emo-tional impairments, or trauma, face a 21 percent cut.

The West Zone ELC that eliminates the achievement gap, Dorchester’s Lee School where one in three students have autism, East Boston’s Guild where 68 percent of students are English language learners, Young Achievers School, even Boston Latin School, all of them will have deep budgets cut.

Several high schools will lose their librarians, and so their accreditation.

Of course more central office cuts are possible. But after years of austerity, we face cutting access to basic transportation, nurses, custo-dians, even toilet paper.

The state’s foundation formula is broken. That is where the long term solution lies. But Boston too must admit that we have $115m in net new revenue. Mayor Menino never had that. A por-tion of the $100m parking fund is available. Capital budgets, not operating budgets, should fund capital projects. The City wants to spend $670,000 to rebrand the BRA instead of funding Roo-sevelt, Brighton High, Manning, Lyndon and Excel High students. We have the money.

Our budget is our value state-ment. If we deny our young people, we surely not only devalue them, we devalue ourselves. Let’s together build a path to dignity for all.


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New destinationsTerminal E will focus especially

on Latin America and Asia, ac-cording to Massó. Massport CEO Thomas Glynn said that the au-thority is exploring offering Jet-Blue service to Haiti.

Officials have their eyes on fur-ther sites as well. Brazil is among Massport’s top three priority des-tinations, Glynn said, with India another hot-target. But such ser-vice hinges on finding an airline based in either country to run the flights, something Massport has yet to achieve.

Depending on how federal reg-ulations go, flights to Cuba could be in the future as well, Massó said.

Business opportunitiesThe authority is interested in

opportunities to bring more of the local community into the eco-nomic activity generated by the airport and its growth, Massó said. These opportunities are not lim-ited to jobs for service workers, but also could include services such as landscaping and snow removal contracted with local providers, Massó said.

Travelers currently bump up against strictly limited parking, which generates a strong demand for access to public transit, taxis and rideshares. While Massport seeks

to add 5,000 more parking spaces, outside transit services will remain critical. Currently 6,300 cabs leave Logan each day, and approximately 3,000 to 8,000 Uber trips are taken each week, Glynn said.

There also is potential for siting businesses. In addition to operat-ing Logan, Massport owns, ground leases or manages nearly 585 acres of waterfront property in South Boston, East Boston and Charles-town, according to the authority’s website, representing further op-portunities for business collabora-tion. Two upcoming additions will feature more Latino businesses, Massó said: La Casa Pedro, a Latin American restaurant coming to the waterfront, and a new Lati-no-owned kiosk.

Massport held a Massport Means Business event in East Boston in April and a Business Diversity Summit at the Seaport Hotel in June to provide informa-tion on how local businesses can get involved with Massport.

Currently, 21 percent of Mass-port employees are minorities, as are 23.5 percent of its 17-member senior staff, according to infor-mation Massport provided to the Banner. Women comprise 32 per-cent of overall employees and 29.4 percent of senior staff.

Local relationsGlynn also highlighted Mass-

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The Massachusetts Department of TransportationInvites you to the

Fourth Construction Update MeetingFor the

Casey Arborway ProjectWednesday, June 29, 2016

Public Information Meeting6:30-8:30 PM

Boston English High School Auditorium144 McBride Street, Jamaica Plain, MA

The purpose of this meeting will be to provide the community with an update on the progress made on the Casey Arborway Project since the first series of construction meetings prior to the Casey Overpass’ closure and removal in the spring of 2015. The meeting will also focus on project’s next upcoming phase and general schedule of activities. All residents, abutters, local business owners, and interested commuters are strongly encouraged to attend.

The Boston English High School is accessible for people with disabilities. MassDOT pro-vides reasonable accommodations and/or language assistance free of change upon request (including but not limited to interpreters in American Sign Language and languages other than English, open and closed captioning for videos, assistive listening devices and alterna-tive material formats, such as audio tapes, Braille and large print), as available. For accom-modations or language assistance, please contact MassDOT municipal liaison, Jim Kersten by phone (857) 368-9041, or by email at [email protected]. Request should be made as soon as possible prior to the meeting, and for more difficult to arrange services including sign-language, CART or language translation or interpretation, request should be made at least ten (10) days before the meeting.

To be added to the project email list, please contact Jim Kersten at (857) 368-9041 or [email protected]

Murray Luke Townsend, Jr., of Middleborough died June 5, 2016 at the Golden Living Center — Oak Hill in Middleborough, Mas-sachusetts. He was married to the late Evelyn Reid Townsend (1919-2014) for 72 years and the father of Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, Murray L. (“Lukey”) Townsend, III, Freder-ick J. Townsend (1956-2006), and David Reid Townsend (d. 1958). Murray was born July 6, 1919, in Indianapolis, Indiana and raised in Greencas tle, Indiana, and Bal-timore, Maryland. He was a son of Murray L. Townsend, Sr., and No-vella Foster Townsend.

After graduation from Freder-ick Douglass High School in Bal-timore, Maryland, he attended Morehouse College in Atlanta Georgia, where he was graduated with the class of 1942. He majored in business and sociology, played football, pursued interests in acting and drama, and was initi-ated into Psi Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity, serving as chap-ter president. During his senior year, Murray was drafted into the army where he served honorably in Italian combat during World War II as an infantry officer with

the 366th Infantry Regiment, re-ceiving the Bronze Star with Oak Leaf Cluster, the Purple Heart, and the combat infantryman badge.

After graduation from Boston University Law School, he was re-called to serve in the Korean con-flict where he received the Silver Star and attained the rank of captain. After his honorable dis-charge, he worked for the United States Postal Service followed by service with the Internal Reve-nue Service’s Alcohol and Tobacco Tax Division (now the A.T.F.), followed by a move to the Small Business Administration where

he specialized in contract compli-ance. He retired in 1981.

Murray met the love of his life, Evelyn, and married her on August 31, 1942 in Philadelphia, Pennsyl-vania. World War II brought the Townsends to Massachusetts (Fort Devens) where they first settled in Boston’s South End, moving to Cambridge, Massachusetts where they lived until moving to Middle-borough, Massachusetts, in 1962. Four children were born of that marriage, two of whom (Frederick and David) preceded Murray and Evelyn in death. They were devoted parents and advocates for their children, especially their son who was diagnosed with Autism in 1960 when very little was known about the causes and prognoses of this condition. Murray and Evelyn were full-time parents until 2001, when their son entered a group home.

Murray L. Townsend, Jr. was a dedicated Christian and churchman and he was active in many aspects of civic, fraternal, and community life. He was baptized at the Peoples’ Baptist Church in Boston, Massa-chusetts, moving his membership in 1949 to the Union Baptist Church in Cambridge. There he served as a

Sunday School teacher, church clerk, and director of the Baptist Youth Fel-lowship (B.Y.F.). He was ordained a Deacon serving on the board until his move in 1965 to the Central Baptist Church (now Meetinghouse Church) in Middleborough, Massachusetts, where he also served significantly.

He was a life member of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity as well as a 50-year member of Union Lodge No. 4, F & A. M. of New Bedford, Massachusetts, where he served two terms as Most Worshipful Master. Over his life he was also affiliated with a wide range of civic and civil rights groups including the Mental Health Association, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Afro-American

Historical and Genealogical Society, and AMVETS to name a few. Please visit the Egger and Ashley Funeral Home website for more details. (www.eggerandashleyfh.com).

Please note that floral trib-utes at the National Cemetery are highly restricted. Therefore, in lieu of flowers, we request that do-nations be made to the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity — Psi Chapter En-dowed Scholarship Fund of More-house College; checks should be made payable to “Morehouse Col-lege” with the scholarship named in the memo line; gifts should be mailed to Morehouse College, Office of Institutional Advance-ment, 830 Westview Drive, SW, Atlanta GA 30314.

Murray Luke Townsend, Jr. 1919-2016

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PUBLIC ANNOUNCEMENT June 20, 2016The SAMH Summer Enrichment Program at Twelfth Baptist Church is participating in the Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided to all eligible children free of charge. Children who are part of households that receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly food stamps) benefits, or benefits under the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR), or Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) are automatically eligible to receive free meals.

Acceptance and participation for the Program and all activities are the same for all regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. This is a closed enrolled site. Meals will be provided at the site as follows:

Twelfth Baptist Church Summer Enrichment Program Breakfast 7:30am - 8:40am

Lunch 12:00 -12:50pm

If you wish to file a Civil Rights program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, found on line at

http://www.ascr.usda.gov/complaint_filing_cust.html, or at any USDA office, or call 866-632-9992 to request the form. You may also write

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Office of Adjudication, 1400 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20250-9410, by fax 202-690-7442 or email at program.intake@usda .gov.

Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at 800-877-8339; or 800-845-6136 (Spanish).

USDA and SAMH Corporation are equal opportunity providers and employers.

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In the knitting yarn world, where muted earth tones reign supreme and colors like “antique rose,” “oat-meal” and “terracotta” dominate catalogues, Diane Ivy’s street art-in-spired colors seem a bit out of place with names like “hot chocolate,” “dy-namite” and “bloody Mary.”

But Ivy is banking on her yarns’ appeal to the looming legions of younger, more diverse knitters and crocheters. Her Lady Dye selec-tion of yarns, launched in 2013, has steadily grown from a part-time pre-occupation to a budding enterprise.

The Hyde Park, Illinois native had been working in the nonprofit sector with stints at City Year and The Boston Foundation’s StreetSafe Boston initiative when her creative urges became too strong to ignore.

“I found my passion to be in the arts,” she said.

She took inspiration for her yarns from street art she has encountered locally and in her travels. The satu-rated, vibrant colors of murals and graffiti are blended together in solid and multi-colored skeins.

“I mix colors people wouldn’t assume go together,” she said.

She often begins a color scheme by photographing a mural, then picking out the colors for her yarns.

“Street art is very bright,” she said. “You can see it from miles away. It’s something people recognize.”

Ivy’s inspiration could come from graffiti in San Juan or a mural in Halifax, like one she photographed while teaching knitting on a cruise to the Nova Scotia regional capital.

Ivy started by dying her yarn in her Jamaica Plain apartment and selling skeins (wrapped bundles) in local stores. She supplemented her income teaching knitting in the Boston area.

But the yarn business wasn’t taking off.

“It wasn’t profitable,” Ivy says. “I was selling it on consignment. I re-alized that in order to grow, I needed to do more trade shows.”

Getting startedIn 2013 Ivy enrolled in an ac-

celerator program, put a business model together and learned how to make a pitch for her venture. Using an Indiegogo crowdfunding cam-paign, she was able to raise enough money to go to the National Needle Arts Association’s annual confer-ence — her first trade show. There, she obtained $10,000 in orders for her yarns from stores.

She also contracted with a sales representative who helped her get her product out to 35 stores in the southeast.

Yarn shops typically place orders with yarn suppliers by advancing cash. That practiced has helped Ivy to scale up to meet the demands of her growing orders.

Ivy also reached out to Glynn

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Diane Ivy markets brightly-colored yarns to the growing segment of younger knitters through her Lady Dye business. Her color schemes are inspired by murals and graffiti she encounters in her travels.

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TIP OF THE WEEKNon-traditional students a ‘new majority’ in college classrooms When most people hear “college student,” they likely envision an 18-year-old who is fresh out of high school. But the student body on America’s campuses has evolved. In fact, according to the National Center for Education Statistics, nearly 75 percent of undergraduate students today could be considered “non-traditional.”

These non-traditional students are often career-changers, entrepreneurs and parents who are balancing the demands of school, work and family life. They want the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate capability and value to employers immediately, not after a few years of learning on the job. These non-traditional students are the “new majority,” and as they pursue the right resources to succeed academically and navigate the responsibilities they carry outside of school, they are reshaping the future of education.

Who embodies the new majority? Students like Thomas Wolfe and Felipe Dugrot — both recent DeVry University graduates who set out to pursue their career goals with a very specific set of criteria in mind.

A father of four, Wolfe worked full time at Sapa Extrusions while taking classes. He earned his bachelor’s degree in technical management with a spe-cialization in business intelligence and analytics management, and is a plant controller at Sapa.

Dugrot, a father of two with a busy schedule, wanted a school that would offer him flexible online courses and the expertise that is essential for a career in technology. He earned his bachelor’s degree in network and communications management and is a solutions support engineer for GE Healthcare.

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Lloyd, managing director at the Boston Impact Initiative, a social investment fund that helps local small businesses scale up. Lloyd helped her refine her busi-ness model. Next, she headed to Stitches Midwest, another import-ant conference for the yarn indus-try. It wasn’t always easy for her to pitch her product.

“I noticed that out of 150 ven-dors, I was the only African Amer-ican,” she said. “The yarn indus-try has a problem of not being inclusive.”

But Ivy sees the current lack of diversity as a competitive advan-tage for her business.

“The fastest growing segment in the yarn market is the 18-34 urban knitter, but a disconnect exists between her and the product offered in local yarn shops which skews older, suburban, and safe,” reads the business pitch on her website. “These knitters cite ‘cre-ativity’ as the number one reason they knit, but can’t readily or lo-cally find a range of yarns to feed that desire. The local yarn shops struggle with building a large loyal base of repeat customers. My busi-ness model will make it easier for retail stores to meet the demands of their customers.”

Sales reps at Stitches Midwest saw Lady Dye’s competitive advan-tage as well. She contracted with agents representing stores in the Pacific northwest, Pacific south,

Midwest and northeast regions of the United States and got her yarns into an additional 30 stores.

Ivy’s short-term goal is to get her yarn into 250 stores across the United States. For that, she says, she will need more space than her kitchen and dining room can provide.

“You need a dye room,” she said. “You need a drying room. Ideally you need an industrial space.”

That space probably won’t ma-terialize in Boston, where the cost per square foot is beyond the reach of manufacturing firms.

“Boston isn’t good for the tex-tile industry,” Ivy said. “People are going to Lowell, Fall River or New Bedford.”

Wherever Ivy ends up dying her wool, she’s sure she’ll be able to tap into a growing market of younger, more diverse knitters.

“Young people want to have fun with their knitting,” she said. “My yarn and my brand is in tune with this demographic.”

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Boston Collegiate Charter School seniors Hector Acosta and Tariq Howell celebrate their graduation after receiving diplomas at the Strand Theatre.

Boston Collegiate graduationI noticed that out of 150 vendors, I was the only African American. The yarn industry has a problem of not being inclusive.”

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Goodwill offers training for work in human services July 5 to Aug. 25

Screenings to register for HELP pro-gram: Wednesdays, 3-4:30 p.m., and Tuesdays and Thursdays, 9:30-11 a.m.

WHAT: HELP (Human Services Employment Ladder Program) is Goodwill’s innovative course for job seekers interested in careers help-ing others. The two month program prepares participants to become entry-level direct support profes-sionals in human services. Students learn the essentials of the field while gaining a significant amount of ex-perience in personal interaction with disadvantaged populations. Students learn the nuts and bolts of direct care including terminology and methods, motivating and managing client be-haviors, maintaining boundaries and identifying career paths. Graduates become qualified to fill the increasing need for caring, professional workers in community residences, shelters, day programs and other human ser-vices settings.

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WHEN: The HELP class runs Monday-Friday, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., from July 5 to Aug. 25. Contact Diane Clarke Delehanty, program coordinator, for more information at 617-541-1243 or [email protected].

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Juneteenth at Museum of Fine Arts

On Wednesday, June 15, the Museum of Fine Arts in collabo-ration with the Epicenter Com-munity held their fourth annual celebration of Juneteenth to cel-ebrate the emancipation of the slaves. Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration memorializ-ing the ending of slavery in the United States. It was on June 19, 1865, that Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed in Galveston, Texas, and announced that slaves were free and the war had ended.

The free event began at 5 p.m. and ended around 10 p.m. Nearly 4,000 people attended the cele-bration which included perfor-mance art, film screenings and a tour of the museum’s artwork by artists of color. Upon enter-ing the museum, the attendees were greeted with performance art from Zimbabwean-American artist U-Meleni Mhlaba-Adebo and live graffiti art by Geo Rodri-guez and Merk Those.

One of the highlights of the evening was the fashion show, which featured fashion designer Alua Aumade, who showcased his Diaspora Neckwear fashion line. Diaspora Neckwear is an apparel brand that incorporates various African-inspired fabrics into its growing line of fashion-forward garments. The concept symbol-izes the idea that although we currently may not be located in the place of our ancestry, we can still acknowledge that ancestry in what we wear.

The MFA festivities also in-cluded a public forum, “The City Talks: Activate,” a panel discus-sion exploring the ways artists use protest art as a means of both survival and inspiration. Guests also were able to view early screenings of short films that will appear at the Roxbury Interna-tional Film Festival this year, the largest New England film festi-val dedicated to films for, by and about people of color .

This was another successful year for the Museum of Fine Arts and the Epicenter Community. If you would like to learn more about them and their upcoming events, visit www.epicen-tercomm.org .

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By Stephanie MillionsWelcome to Boston, Cydney! We are so excited to have you!

Short bio: A born and bred Texan, Washington received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the Uni-versity of Texas at Austin with a double major in govern-ment and history. After graduating college, she accepted a position at the Bastrop Sleep Lab, where she was the chief administrator and head of marketing for over two years. During this time, Washington also was overseeing week-long medical clinics in rural Panama, Peru and Cambodia as a volunteer.

After moving to Washington D.C., Washington began work on a master’s degree in social policy and philoso-phy at the George Washington University. During this time, she also worked as a domestic initiatives intern for Former members of congress as well as a congressional intern on the Hill. She has recently relocated to Somer-ville, where she and her husband live.

Who has been your most influential mentor? I’m a believer in the concept of being able to learn from just about anyone. However, if I had to point to a spe-cific individual or set of individuals, at this particular moment, I would have to say my peers. I’ve probably learned more about the world and myself by learning with people than I ever have by other means. Peers are the ones with whom you can share living knowledge … knowledge that’s only beginning to take form and develop in your mind. That’s such a powerful part of the learning process, and (in my opinion) it’s by far the most influential.

How did you get where you are today? Honestly? An enduring choice to trust myself. Getting to this point is entirely the result of a whole series of choices, many of which had their fair share of risk. It was a kind of risk going to the far corners of the globe, where I didn’t speak the language, to run clinics with people I barely knew. It was a risk to leave all my family and friends in Austin to go to D.C. And coming here, leav-ing the life my husband and I had built in D.C., is a risk. But risk is a part of life and it is only by trusting yourself (and that the risk you’re taking will be worth it) that you can grow and progress.

Where do you see yourself in 5 years? I’ve come to see my role in this sector as being that of a consultant- working full time at a non-profit (or set of non-profits), applying what I’ve learned from my time in business administration in order to translate big ideas into big re-sults for the common good.

What about this city inspires you? The variety and the unformed nature of it, almost like that feeling you get when you’re meeting a new person for the first time! It’s that exciting period of living somewhere when you mind is practically brimming over with questions and seem-ingly endless possibilities. This is that moment for me …when this city could literally be anything for me that I want it to be, and vice versa. That’s truly inspiring.

Finish these sentences:Boston should be … a lot of fun to get to know!Boston could be … a city that does a better job

of keeping more of the brilliance it helps to develop.Boston wants to be … relevant, on its own terms. Boston needs … (re)definition.

Cydney Washington

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Each Friday, Epicenter features a special “where to be” post on their blog to make sure every day of the week has some sort of cultural event to check out. We hope that you all can come out into the community, learn, and commemorate some influential people and events around Boston! Have something coming up that you’d like to see here? Tweet us @epicentercom #WhereToBe

FRIDAY 6.24.16“Confused by Love” Roxbury Int’l Film Festival ScreeningHosted by Confused by Love Film

“Confused … by Love,” returns “home” as the independent romantic comedy makes it’s Rox-bury, Mass., debut in the heart of the Bay State, Boston, Mass., as an official selection of the 2016 Roxbury International Film Festival.

Meet the filmmakers and attend the 18th edition of this exciting film festival. Get your individual ticket and festival pass below and see “Confused … by Love” today.

Synopsis: After only one year, Ferguson and Tiffany Marie Mid-dlebecker’s marriage is suddenly on the rocks. The couple is broke, about to lose their lovely home to sudden foreclosure. Hope, how-ever, comes in the form of Reggie Maxwell, Ferguson’s former best friend, and Jo-Jo, Ferguson ex-girlfriend, who both pop out of nowhere to help Ferguson and Tiffany out. Hidden skeletons and uncomfortable secrets soon begin

to reveal themselves to these four individuals as they do all they can to not only save a home, but their respective relationships as well, before it’s too late.

When: 6:00 p.m.Where: Museum of Fine Arts

Boston, 465 Huntington Ave., Boston, 02115

Purchase tickets: www.mfa.org/programs/film/con-fused-by-love ($11)

SATURDAY 6.25.16 2016 Taste of AllstonHosted by Allston Village Main Streets

19th Annual Taste of Allston — the best event of the year! With around 20 restaurants participating, you are certain to enjoy many yummy treats on a beautiful summer day.

There will be live music, lawn games, and plenty of family-friendly fun, so bring the whole crowd!

This is an indoor/outdoor venue, so the event is held rain or shine. Free parking is available and the site is located right at a bus stop

for the #66 and #86 buses. bike racks and a free bike valet are also available at the venue.

All proceeds benefit Allston Village Main Streets, a non-profit revitalization effort.

When: 12:00 p.m.Where: Murr Center,

65 N Harvard St, Boston, 02134Purchase tickets:

www.eventbrite.com/e/19th-annual-taste-of-allston-tick-ets-25795923301 ($25)

SUNDAY 6.26.16Critical Breakdown: Mother Hip Hop’s Birthday & Black Music MonthHosted by Critical Breakdown

#CriticalBreakdownBoston brings together people of all ages through socially conscious visual and performance art.

Share your talent. Network with fellow artists. Build community.

Open to all ages and free to the public (donations accepted)

For more info contact: [email protected]

When: 6:00 p.m.Where: Hibernian Hall, 184

Dudley St., Roxbury, 02119

MONDAY 6.27.16The Workout — JUNE EditionHosted by KillerBoom Box

A DJ Cypher & Networking Event for Creatives

This month’s Workout features the talents of: VINCE 1, G BIGGZ, BLACKOUT, BIGTUNEZ, RICH-ARD FRAIOLI

About the workout: The Workout is a free monthly event for music

lovers designed to celebrate DJs, and allow them to do what they do best — entertain and expose audi-ences to new music. The Workout is the DJ equivilent of a jam ses-sion by a group of musicians. DJs are unrestricted and free to show-case their talents and skills.

In a cocktail setting with great food and drinks, The Workout features abbreviated sets from a rotating roster of specially selected guest DJs. In addition an “open tables” session allows new and veteran DJs to sign up and share their skills during the night.

Gathering a cross section of patrons, The Workout fosters the growth of a passionate music com-munity. Our guests include area tastemakers, influencers, artists and music lovers relaxing and networking in a setting that is sure to become the go-to destination to experience the best DJs as they “work out.”

RSVP required for admission to The Workout.

When: 7:00 p.m.Where: Laugh Boston, 425

Summer St., Boston, 02210RSVP: www.eventbrite.com/e/

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TUESDAY 6.28.16Studio Sessions: The T PARTYHosted by Company One

Transgress. Transform. Tran-scend. And #PartyWithC1!

Part cocktail hour, part explo-ration of the rehearsal process, Studio Sessions is an opportunity to interact with our productions

prior to opening night. Join the cast of THE T PARTY

at Urbano Project in Jamaica Plain for a night of community, cocktails, and an inside look into how the performance is taking shape.

Free snacks — $5 drinksWhen: 7:00 p.m.Where: The Urbano Project,

29 Germania St., Boston, 02130RSVP: https://docs.google.

com/a/cityyear.org/forms/d/1Dy-F12msbicJvwqg-kI5KrZrCiJH-pOGNSxeJ-Pwi2ge4/viewform

On the web: https://compan-yone.org/production/the-t-party/

WEDNESDAY, 6.29.16Night at Fenway Park featuring “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off”Hosted by Fenway Park

Movie Night at Fenway Park, presented by Mitsubishi Electric

Don’t miss this great evening of family fun featuring the 30th anni-versary of “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off,” the popular ’80s comedy about a teen who feigns illness in order to skip school and spend a carefree day exploring Chicago with his friends. The movie will be featured on the Mitsubishi Electric Diamond Vision center field vid-eoboard at Fenway Park.

General admission tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children 12 and under (free for children 2 and under).

When: 7:00 p.m.Where: Fenway Park, 4 Yawkey

Way, Boston, 02215Purchase tickets: http://m.

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A man in a silver sequined suit roller skates through a crowd of over 1,000 people. Trailing

behind him is a conga line of movers and shakers straight out of “Saturday Night Fever.” Bell-bottoms abound. Afros fly free. Tie-dye experiences an unfortunate renaissance.

This is the third annual Donna Summer Roller Disco, put on by the City of Boston and Together Boston to celebrate the life of the famous diva. Locals and visitors flock to City Hall Plaza every year to dance the night away to the tunes of the ’70s legend. Toddlers dance next to grandparents, teens roller skate with their friends, drag queens flaunt their best platform heels and fringe vests. Organizer David Wedge from Together Boston surveys the party from the DJ booth, smiling approvingly. He says, “The spirit of Donna is alive and well in the city of Boston.”

Summer was born and raised in Mis-sion Hill. When she passed away in 2012, her nephew Robert Grant began raising funds to have a mural put up at her old high school, Jeremiah E. Burke High in Dorchester. His desire to memorialize his aunt led to the creation of the roller disco. Grant couldn’t be happier with the result.

“She was always ahead of her time,” he says. “She would have loved this, it brings together all races, all genders, and all ages.”

Summer was well known for her sup-port of gay rights, even in a time when gay culture was largely hidden from mainstream society. At this year’s disco on Friday, June 17, Walsh set up a con-dolence book for the City of Orlando in light of the recent nightclub shooting. Summer’s message of tolerance resonates more strongly than ever since the tragedy. The line to sign the book was steady all night and Walsh will mail the finished product to the Mayor of Orlando. It was a solemn, but necessary reminder of the in-justices that still need to be fought.

Events like this bring out the true essence of Boston. A collection of un-likely individuals comes together with their best boas and their best moves, to dance the night away with hundreds of their closest friends. The spirit of Donna Summer really was alive in the night. Strangers embraced in front of the Or-lando condolence book, couples kissed to the beat of “Last Dance” and there wasn’t a negative word or an unhappy soul in sight. Aside from dancing and skating, the event featured a special call-in from Donna’s sister Mimi. She said, “I know if she was here she would say, pursue your dreams, love one another, and never stop having faith.”

When acts of violence cause us to ques-tion the goodness of humanity, commu-nity is what pieces us back together. In the name of Donna Summer, and of equality, the people of Boston clasped each other’s hands, put on their best headdresses and hustled like their lives depended on it.

The Donna Summer memorial mural can be seen at Jeremiah E. Burke High School at 60 Washington Street in Dorchester.

Farrah Belizaire has had a busy four years. The Brockton native started the company LiteWork Events in 2012 when she had diffi-culty finding social events tailored to urban professionals. By part-nering with local organizations, Belizaire creates events designed to bring together Boston’s young African American community. At her first event, Belizaire had 30 people attend from a 100-person invite list. Four years later her membership has sky rocketed and she now commands a database of over 2,000 attendees.

Belizaire said, “Outside of networking events I also have themed events so people feel like they can connect with others so-cially and culturally.” One of her most popular themed events is the “SCHOOLED” series, a biannual party with a college theme. This more casual gathering allows guests to celebrate their alma mater while networking with other local grads. If you’re looking for a more pro-fessional vibe, #LiteWorkit is an annual professional development event where seasoned experts in various fields network and offer advice to newcomers.

Celebrate diversityCultural connection is an im-

portant component in the Lite-Work experience. Belizaire ex-plained that in a place like Boston, being black comes in many differ-ent forms. She herself is of Hai-tian descent, but she meets people at LiteWork events from all over the world.

“Even though on the surface we have this shared experience, we’re able to celebrate our differences by bringing together all these cul-tures,” said Belizaire.

Putting on successful events for a large community isn’t easy, and Belizaire operates LiteWork almost exclusively by herself. By day she works on clinical trials for a pharmaceutical company, by night she’s creating a diverse social scene for an often-neglected population. She says the help of interns and scheduled social media blasts allow her to balance her job and her passion.

Far from slowing down, Be-lizaire has big plans for the future. “One thing that I’m inter-ested in pursuing is destination events,” she said. “I’d love to get people out of the Boston area to

DO THE HUSTLEBLOCK PARTY CELEBRATES DONNA SUMMER AND EQUALITY

By CELINA COLBY

PHOTOS: CELINA COLBY

Disco fans gathered at City Hall Plaza for the third annual Donna Summer Roller Disco, sponsored by the City of Boston and Together Boston.

Birthday bashLiteWork celebrates 4 successful years of networking events

By CELINA COLBY

See LITEWORK, page 18



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On Tuesday, June 14, Mayor Walsh formally unveiled “I Am, We Are,” a mural created by stu-dents from Gardner Pilot Acad-emy in partnership with Arts Resource Collaborative for Kids (ARCK). Situated across from Fenway Park, the mural is ex-pected to reach over three million

passersby this year, estimates Sara Mraish Demeter, founder and executive director of ARCK.

“The ‘I Am, We Are’ mural proj-ect is an example of how we build bridges between our youth and the community to enrich the city,” she said during the ceremony.

The mural is a mix of abstract and figurative forms. Identifi-able objects pulled from the stu-dents’ lives such as soccer balls,

faces and animals, are painted on expansive plains of color and texture. Words are sprinkled throughout the work, all with empowerment in mind. “Strong,” “beautiful” and “I am a winner” serve as reminders to the artists that both they and the work they create are important.

“I Am, We Are,” isn’t just about

Community building: Student-made mural celebrates art and diversity

By CELINA COLBY

PHOTO: CELINA COLBY

Students from the Gardner Pilot Academy worked with Arts Resource Collaborative for Kids on this mural near Fenway Park.See MURAL, page 18


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Known the world over for its breathtaking and spectacular shows such as “Varekai – Tales of the Forest,” “OVO,” “Totem,” “Amaluna,” and “O,” Cirque du Soleil has brought its newest and its 35th show, “Kurios – Cabinet of Curiosities” to Boston — now running under The Big Top at Suffolk Downs through July 10.

Two years in the making, from inception to its first live perfor-mance, “Kurios” is written and directed by Michel Laprise, who has been a part of the creative team since 2000. The show, de-scribed via email as an “Amazing acrobatics performed by talented and charismatic artists featured in a Steampunk set and story,” by Amélie Robitaille, the touring pub-licist of Kurios — Cirque’s latest show appeals to all ages and brings out the inner child in all of us.

Kurios is a magical universe set in the Victorian era where the imagination has no boundaries, and all is possible. The show is filled with a cast of unique and colorful characters ranging from The Seeker known as the “Master of the House” and The Curiosista-nians, the inhabitants of an imag-inary country called Curiosistan to Microcosmos, the leader of the group and “the embodiment of technological progress.” There’s also the artist known as Mini Lili who stands just three feet two inches tall and weighs 39 pounds, and is a painter, actress and a po-etess, who represents the uncon-scious mind of Mr. Microcosmos. Mini Lili also just happens to live inside his overcoat.

It wouldn’t be a Cirque produc-tion without a host of imaginative

and awe-inspiring acts such as an aerial bicyclist, an invisible circus, a strongman and a porcelain face doll known as the “Russian Cradle Duo,” underwater creatures who pirouette on a net that covers the entire stage, and an artist who only uses his fingers to tell a story in “Theater of Hands,” just to name a few.

One of the most visually

stunning segments includes four contortionists costumed as deep-sea creatures that embody electric eels in blazing colors of blue, green and yellow. The four perform in a fluid yet fast-paced motion inside the Seeker’s cabi-net, while using a giant Mechan-ical Hand as their platform.

From its humble beginnings of approximately 20 street per-formers in Baie-Saint-Paul, a small town near Québec City in Canada in 1984, Cirque du Soleil has scaled to 4,000 em-ployees, of which 1,300 artists

are from more than 50 different countries. The company has per-formed in front of close to 160 million spectators in more than 400 cities in over 60 countries on six continents.

Meanwhile, “Kurios” fea-tures a cast of 46 artists from 15 different countries including Russia, Poland, Taiwan, France, Ukraine, Greece, Canada, and the United States.

Bayarma Zodboeva, captain of the contortionists, landed her first contract with Cirque on the show “Iris” in Los Angeles in 2011. She began performing pro-fessionally at the age of 16 years old in her native Russia and has been working and training with the three other contortionists in circus school since they were all 10 years of age. This tightknit group who are more like sis-ters have lived and traveled the world together.

Of life on the road, Zodbo-eva says one of the best things “is that you can see the world of course, and see all the beau-tiful places, beautiful countries and meet people and see all the cultures, and how people eat all around the world.” When asked what she hopes that audiences take away when they see Kurios, she said, “the first thing I think is inspiration, kindness and joy, and that anything is possible.”

After Boston, the show heads to Washington, D.C., then on to New York City and Miami before touring North America for an-other year and a half. According to Robitaille, “it will most likely be touring around the world for the next 10 years.”

For those who’ll experience “Kurios” for the first time while it’s in Boston, Robitaille’s advice is to get ready to “get immersed in an uplifting universe where you will believe anything is possible!”

meet professionals in other parts of the country.”

She’s already taking steps to-wards this goal with LiteWork’s first event on Martha’s Vineyard on July 3. Belizaire said she’s already had RSVPs from California, DC, and New York for the sunset party.

On June 26, LiteWork will cel-ebrate four years of success with a six-hour rooftop party at the Hyatt Regency in Cambridge. The $30 ticket price includes cham-pagne, appetizers, and access to hundreds of urban professionals in one place. LiteWorks takes the hassle out of networking, allowing guests to come to an event tai-lored to their demographic rather than searching for similar people at bars and clubs. For Belizaire, bringing people together makes it all worth it. She said, “I think there’s a lot to be said in finding that sense of belonging.”

LiteWorkcontinued from page 16

boosting self-esteem. Demeter de-signed the mural with her students specifically to celebrate their diverse cultural heritage. Racial inclusion is one of ARCK’s biggest goals.

“We use art to empower our students to be global citizens,” says Demeter. “If you engage them early on in creative learning, they will become strong future leaders.”

Artist Mark Cooper, known for his abstract painting and sculpture, came in to help the students create the work. Collaborating with a work-ing creator who has made a career out of his artistic passions shows stu-dents that there are plausible paths for them in the art world.

Integrated approachLaunched in 2011, ARCK works

in underserved schools to pro-vide arts education and creative thinking where it’s not currently funded. Their work goes beyond scented markers and watercolor paints. Demeter says they make lesson plans to incorporate science, design and entrepreneurship. At the Blackstone Innovation School in the South End, an MIT archi-tect visited over a series of weeks to help the students with a design project. Teachers reported that not only did the program engage stu-dents in creative problem solving; it honed their ability to positively interact with adults.

In a world where technology and algorithms run everything we do, it’s refreshing to see an orga-nization that shows students how valuable the arts still are. “I Am, We Are” is a physical reminder of the impact communities have on students. It also allows young people in underprivileged areas to represent their neighborhoods and cultures in a positive way. Mo-ments before revealing the mural, Walsh addressed the crowd of middle school artists around him.

“This mural brings out the cre-ativity of our young people and shows the strength of the diver-sity in the city of Boston,” he said, “We’re very proud of it.”

The mural is on view at 51 Brookline Avenue in between the Yawkey commuter rail station and Fenway Park.

muralcontinued from page 17

Cirque Du Soleil’s ‘Kurios — Cabinet of Curiosities’ a show for all ages

By COLETTE GREENSTEIN

ON THE WEBFor show times and to purchase tickets, visit: www.cirquedusoleil.com/usa/boston/kurios/buy-tickets. For more information about Cirque du Soleil, visit www.cirquedu-soleil.com.

PHOTO: MARTIN GIRARD

Cirque Du Soleil’s “Kurios — Cabinet of Curiosities” performers depict electric eels dancing on a mechanical hand.

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TIP OF THE WEEKGrapes deliver sweet goodnessWidely recognized as portable and tasty, grapes are an easy way to enjoy an extra serving of fruit. But not only are grapes a super snack, they’re a terrific fresh ingredi-ent to enhance any meal.

Yes, with a burst of juicy flavor, fresh grapes can make good-for-you foods taste even better.

Vibrant color, crunch and a light touch of sweetness make them an unexpected but appealing addition to countless dishes.

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EASY RECIPETofu Grape Kebabsn 2 tablespoons minced jalapenon 2 tablespoons reduced-sodium

soy saucen 2 teaspoons brown sugarn 1 teaspoon grated gingern 1 pound firm tofu, cut into 12 chunks n 2 cups green California grapesn 2 cups steamed brown ricen 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro

Heat grill to high.In small bowl, mix jalapeno, soy sauce,

sugar and ginger, and toss. Add tofu and mix.Thread tofu and grapes onto 4 skewers.

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WORD TO THE WISEPomegranate molasses: Pomegranate molasses is made by heating pomegranate juice to evaporate its water, reduce its volume and concentrate its sweet and bitter taste and ripe fruity flavor. You can mix the syrupy molasses into cocktails, add it to salad dressings, marinades, sauces and glazes, or just drizzle it over grilled or roasted meats. Finding a bottle of pomegran-ate molasses used to mean a trip to local Middle Eastern market, but now it’s widely available at all kinds of grocery stores.

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QUIZ ANSWERC. China produces more grapes than any other country.

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Simply soupT his lovely soup, with

leeks, potatoes and sprinkling of fresh

chives, is a variation of vichys-soise, the cold cream soup created by Louis Diat, chef at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in New York and named after his native city. In Mastering the Art of French Cooking, Julia Child included vichyssoise as a version of a leek and onion soup called Potage Parmen-tier, a recipe that lends itself to many additions — from

watercress and turnips to lentils and beans. In the end, it was basically another take on potato soup. Here, it has carrots and celery. The consistency resembles a coarse puree with bits of vegetables, garnished with chives and served hot. If it seems too thin after the half-and-half has been added, simmer uncovered until it’s how you like your soup. It’s a bowl that, according to Julia Child, “smells good, tastes good, and is simplicity itself to make.”

Leek and Potato Soupn 2 tablespoons unsalted buttern 3 cups thinly sliced leeksn 1 ½ cups sliced carrotsn 1 cup sliced celeryn 1 teaspoon dried thymen ½ teaspoon saltn ¹⁄8 teaspoon coarse ground black peppern 1 pound potatoes, peeled and dicedn 4 cups chicken brothn 2 ½ cups watern ½ cup half-and-halfn 2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives

Melt butter in large pot over medium heat. Add leeks, carrots and cel-ery. Cook, stirring occasionally, 10 minutes or until leeks are softened. Sprinkle with thyme, salt and pepper. Toss to combine. Add potatoes, broth and water. Cover, bring to a simmer, lower heat and simmer 20 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Uncover.

When cool enough to handle, process in food processor to a coarse puree. Return to pot. Stir in half-and-half and heat until hot and desired thickness. Serve, sprinkled with chives. Serves 6.

—Recipe by Jean Kressy

RELISH MAGAZINE

BY THE EDITORS OF RELISH MAGAZINE

Boston at largeThe city took its own look at

some of the same questions around funding for artists throughout Boston. In collaboration with civic leaders, residents and members of arts, cultural and business commu-nities, the city released last Friday its Boston Creates Cultural Plan, which outlines goals and short,

mid- and long-term actions to bol-ster arts and culture locally.

Based on community response, researchers identified that major concerns are artists’ and cultural group’s struggles to attain or main-tain affordable housing and work and display or performance space, as well as funding their work. Res-idents also reported difficulty ac-cessing art and culture as well as finding out about events and of-ferings. The Dudley-Eliot Cul-tural District team found a similar

concern, with artists reporting a strong desire for the creation of a database listing artists and their activities.

Short-term steps include an initiative to direct one percent of general borrowing toward public art as part of large city construc-tion or infrastructure projects, to be piloted in fiscal year 2017, which starts in July, and a pilot project under which private com-panies and organizations would allow spare room in their buildings

to be used as rehearsal space. The Boston Housing Authority stated plans to set aside units for artists in redevelopments

Starting in August, artists will be able to apply each month for small grants of up to $1,000 to help them showcase their work, Burros said. In the spring, artist fellowship grants to in the range of $5,000 to $10,000 are expected to open.

The Boston Foundation will provide $500,000 annually for three years in a newly-established

“Catalyze Creativity” pooled fund for artists and small entities engaged in dance and theater. The Barr Founda-tion will contribute $250,000 to the fund’s initial year.

The Boston Creates team con-tinues to look for further solutions. To this purpose, The Boston Foun-dation will fund development of a strategy for providing housing and work space to artists. The report also presents intentions to seek a sus-tainable, designated revenue stream for arts and culture.

cultural dist.continued from page 3

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The MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY (Authority, Massport or MPA) is soliciting a Request for Information for MPA CONTRACT NO. H268-S1, “UPGRADES TO EXISTING AIRFIELD LIGHTING CONTROL AND MONITORING SYSTEMS (ALCMS)” for L.G. Hanscom Airfield (BED), Bedford, Massachusetts and Worcester Regional Airport (ORH), Worcester, Massachusetts.

The Vendor shall meet the following requirements:

• Provide a system in accordance with FAA Advisory Circular 150/5345-56 (current edition) Specification for L-890 Airport Lighting Control and Monitoring System (ALCMS), with advanced monitoring and control, as well as preset failsafe operations.

• Meet Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification for Airfield Lighting Control Systems as set forth in AC 150/5345-53 Appendix 3 Addendum, latest edition at time of submission.

The Authority has prepared a Request for Information (RFI) that describes the Authority’s intention to acquire and install ALCMS at L.G. Hanscom Field (BED), Bedford, Massachusetts and Worcester Regional Airport (ORH), Worcester, Massachusetts and sets forth Evaluation Criteria and other requirements for the RFI. A Supplemental Information Package will be avail-able, on Wednesday, June 22, 2016, on the Capital Bid Opportunities web-page of Massport, as an attachment to the original Legal Notice http://www.massport.com/doing-business/_layouts/CapitalPrograms/default.aspx, and on COMMBUYS (www.commbuys.com) in the listings for this project. If you have problems finding it, please contact Susan Brace at Capital Programs [email protected]

The Supplemental Information Package will provide detailed information about Background Information, Scope of Work, Selection Criteria and Submission Requirements.

Submissions in response to the RFI will generally be evaluated on, but not limited to, (1) the extent to which the points of information and questions presented in the Authority’s RFI are thoroughly and clearly answered, and (2) the extent to which the Vendor’s equipment has been satisfactorily installed in similar situations.

The selection shall involve the short-listing of one or more Vendors based on an evaluation of the Statements of Information received in response to this solicitation. Massport reserves its right to conduct interviews, issue a Request for Proposal or seek product demonstrations if it is deemed necessary or, based on the quality and responsiveness of the submittals, select a Vendor or Vendors for implementation of the ALCMS. By respond-ing to this solicitation, Vendors agree to accept the terms and conditions of the Massport Agreement included as an appendix to the Supplemental Information Package. For this Agreement the insurance requirements will be as set forth in said Agreement. The Vendor 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”). One (1) original and nine (9) copies of a bound document, each limited to no more than 20 sheets (40 pages) of relevant material including a cover letter but not including covers and dividers, shall be addressed to Houssam H. Sleiman, P.E., CCM, Director of Capital Programs and Environmental Affairs and received no later than 12:00 Noon on Thursday, July 21, 2016, at the Massachusetts Port Authority, Logan Office Center, Capital Programs Department, One Harborside Drive, Suite 209S, East Boston, MA 02128. Any submission that exceeds the page limit set here or that is not received by the Capital Programs Department in a timely manner may 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 confiden-tial, 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.

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Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. L1472-C1, FACILITIES II INTERIOR STORAGE ADDITION – FLEET MAINTENANCE PARTS, LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Capital Programs Department Office, Suite 209S - Logan Office Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128-2909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2016, immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will

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NOTE: PRE BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 11:00 AM LOCAL TIME ON THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 2016.

The work includes EXPANSION OF THE FLEET MAINTENANCE PARTS STORAGE ROOM THROUGH SELECTIVE DEMOLITION OF EXISTING WALLS; INSTALLATION OF MASONRY LINTELS, MASONRY WALLS, PARTITION WALLS; RELOCATION OF EXISTING PLUMBING; EXPANSION OF FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEMS; AND INSTALLATION OF LIGHTING AND POWER.

Bid documents will be made available beginning WEDNESDAY, JUNE 22, 2016.

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 & Maintenance and an Update Statement. The General Bidder must be certified in the category of GENERAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION. The estimated contract cost is THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($ 300,000.).

In order to be eligible and responsible to bid on this contract, filed Sub-bidders must submit with their bid a current Sub-bidder Certificate of Eligibility issued by the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance and a Sub-bidder Update Statement. The filed Sub-bidder must be certified in the sub-bid category of work for which the Sub-bidder is submitting a bid proposal.

Bidding procedures and award of the contract and sub contracts shall be in accordance with the provisions of Sections 44A through 44H 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 sat-isfactory 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 $1,000,000. Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insur-ance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details.

Filed sub bids will be required and taken on the following classes of work:

MISCELLANEOUS AND ORNAMENTAL IRON ($33,200.)MASONRY ($24,600.)ELECTRICAL ($21,600.)

The Authority reserves the right to reject any sub bid of any sub trade where permitted by Section 44E of the above referenced General Laws. The right is also reserved to waive any informality in or to reject any or all proposals and General Bids.

This contract is subject to a Minority/Women Owned Business Enterprise participation provision requiring that not less than FIVE PERCENT (5%) 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 respon-sive and eligible.

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 prospec-tive 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 AUTHORITYTHOMAS P. GLYNN

CEO & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

INVITATION TO BID

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

BID NO. DESCRIPTION DATE TIME

*OP-329 Nut Island Headworks Freight Elevator Modernization Project

07/14/16 2:00 p.m.

** RFQ/P Cambridge Branch Sewer Study 07/29/16 11:00 a.m.

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

**To obtain the complete RFQ/P please send email request to: [email protected].

Commonwealth of MassachusettsThe Trial Court

Probate and Family Court Department

SUFFOLK Division DOCKET NO. SU16P1253PM

In the matter of: Rose M. BellRespondent (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 Donna Barboza of Dorchester, MA in the above captioned mat-ter alleging that Rose M. Bell is in need of a Conservator or other protective order and requesting that Donna Barboza 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 07/14/2016. 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 NOTICEThe 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: June 07, 2016

Felix D. ArroyoRegister of Probate



SUFFOLK Division Docket No. SU16P1200EA

Citation on Petition for Formal Adjudication

Estate of Ernest ChislomDate of Death: 12/27/2014

To all interested persons:

A Petition for Formal Adjudication of Intestacy and Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by Charles Davis of Mattapan, MA and Beverly Long of Dorchester, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. The Petitioner requests that Charles Davis of Mattapan, MA and Beverly Long of Dorchester, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in an unsupervised administration.

IMPORTANT NOTICEYou have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 07/07/2016. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return day, action may be taken without further notice to you.

UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE (MUPC)

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

WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court.Date: June 07, 2016







SUFFOLK Division Docket No. SU16C0224CA

In the matter of Wilner Renaudof Mattapan, MA

NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME

To all persons interested in a petition described:

A petition has been presented by Wilner Renaud requesting that Wilner Renaud be allowed to change his name as follows:

John Brown

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 07/14/2016.





SUFFOLK Division Docket No. SU16D0654DR

Divorce Summons by Publication and Mailing

Nembhard, Garth vs. Nembhard, Natalie

To the Defendant:

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

The Complaint is on file at the Court.

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

You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon: Garth Nembhard, 44 Brookledge St., Boston, MA 02121 your answer, if any, on or before 08/11/2016. If you fail to do so, the court will proceed to the hearing and adjudication of this action. You are also required to file a copy of your answer, if any, in the office of the Register of this Court.

Witness, Hon. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court.Date: June 7, 2016




SUFFOLK Division Docket No. SU15P1177GD

Citation Giving Notice of Petition for Removal of a Guardian of an Incapacitated Person

In the Interests of Rose M. BellOf Mattapan, MA

RESPONDENT Incapacitated Person/Protected Person

To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Rose Bell of Mattapan, MA in the above captioned matter requesting that the court: Remove the Guardian of the Respondent

The petition asks the court to make a determination that the Guardian and/or Conservator should be allowed to resign; or should be removed for good cause; or that the Guardianship and/or Conservatorship is no longer nec-essary and therefore should be terminated. The original petition is on file with the 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 and objection at this Court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 07/14/2016. 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 appear-ance 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 attor-ney 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 cannot afford a lawyer, one may be appointed at State expense.





SUFFOLK Division Docket No. SU15P2518PM

Citation Giving Notice of Petition for Removal of a Conservator

In the Interests of Rose M. BellOf Mattapan, MA

RESPONDENT Incapacitated Person/Protected Person

To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Rose M. Bell of Mattapan, MA in the above captioned matter requesting that the court: Remove the Conservator of the Respondent

The petition asks the court to make a determination that the Guardian and/or Conservator should be allowed to resign; or should be removed for good cause; or that the Guardianship and/or Conservatorship is no longer nec-essary and therefore should be terminated. The original petition is on file with the 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 and objection at this Court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 07/14/2016. 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 appear-ance 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 attor-ney 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 cannot afford a lawyer, one may be appointed at State expense.





SUFFOLK Division Docket No. SU16P1252GD

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

In the matter of Rose M. BellOf Mattapan, MA

RESPONDENT Alleged Incapacitated Person

To the named Respondent and all other interested persons, a petition has been filed by Donna Barboza of Dorchester, MA in the above captioned matter alleging that Rose M. Bell is in need of a Guardian and requesting that Donna Barboza of Dorchester, MA (or some other suitable person) be appointed as Guardian to serve on the bond.

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

You have the right to object to this proceeding. If you wish to do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance at this court on or before 10:00 A.M. on the return date of 07/14/2016. 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: June 07, 2016






Estate of Douglas R. PorterDate of Death: 05/06/2016


A Petition for Formal Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by Mary Ellen Hussey of Everett, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. The Petitioner requests that Mary Ellen Hussey of Everett, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve on the bond in an unsu-pervised administration.

IMPORTANT NOTICEYou have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 07/21/2016. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return day, action may be taken without further notice to you.









Estate of Monet Catherine HamiltonDate of Death: 10/31/2015


A Petition for Formal Adjudication of Intestacy and Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by Carlton Troy Hamilton of Mattapan, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. The Petitioner requests that Carlton Hamilton of Mattapan, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in an unsupervised admin-istration.

IMPORTANT NOTICEYou have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before

10:00 a.m. on the return day of 06/30/2016. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an Affidavit of Objections within thirty (30) days of the return day, action may be taken without further notice to you.



WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court.Date: May 19, 2016




SUFFOLK Division Docket No. SU16C0188CA

In the matter of Alyson DeJeanof Roxbury, MA

NOTICE OF PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME

To all persons interested in a petition described:

A petition has been presented by Alyson DeJean requesting that Alyson DeJean be allowed to change her name as follows:

Sufia Alyson DeJean Yusuf Hassan

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 06/30/2016.

WITNESS, HON. Joan P. Armstrong, First Justice of this Court.Date: May 26, 2016


REOPENING OF MRVP TWO BEDROOM WAIT LIST

Notice is hereby given by the Braintree Housing Authority, (BHA) that it will be accepting applications from July 18, 2016 through August 1, 2016 for its two (2) bedroom State-aided MRVP project-based housing program waiting list for units located at Skyline Drive Apartments. Placement on the waiting list will be initially assigned by random order via a computerized lottery. Selection from the wait list will be in accordance with Regulation 760 CMR 5.

MRVP Eligibility Income LimitsNumber of Household Members

Interested persons may apply in person at 25 Roosevelt St., Braintree, 02184 or request an application be mailed by calling (781) 848-1484. Universal applications are available via Internet at www.mass.gov/dhcd or www.braho.org. FAXES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. Applications must be received or postmarked with a date of July 18, 2016 through August 1, 2016. The BHA will not accept applications including (emergency applications) that are hand delivered or postmarked prior to July 18 or after August 1, 2016. The lottery will be conducted once all applications have been entered into the computerized lottery system. EHO

One (1)Two (2)

Three (3)Four (4)

$34,350$39,250$44,150$49,050

Preliminary Applications May Be ObtainedAt The Information Session:

June 20, 2016 - 9 A.M. to 12 P.M.Held at VAMC Brockton, 940 Belmont Street,

Building # 7, 1st Floor Conference Rooms, Brockton, MA 02301

RSVP to AJ Castilla: [email protected] | 857-364-6753

Referrals will be made from Veterans Affairs Medical Center

*Rents & income limits subject to change based on HUD guidelines (HUD.gov). Inquire in advance for reasonable accommodation. Info contained herein subject to change w/o notice.

S U P P O R T I V E H O U S I N G O P P O R T U N I T Y

970 Belmont Avenue -Brockton, MA

30% AMI$18,350

# in Household1 Person

50% AMI$30,500

60% AMI$36,600

AMI = Area Median Income, as of 3/28/16 *rent based on income as determined by PHA contract administrator

Affordable Program Guidelines, Rents & Income Limits*

All Utilities Included In Rent

Rent$908

Apt. SizeEfficiency

14 Affordable Efficiency ApartmentsFor Homeless Veterans

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Applications are available during the application period July 13th – 17th , 2016.To request an application be sent by e-mail, call 617-694-0091.

or e-mail your name, mailing address, and email address to [email protected] during the application period.

Applications may be picked up in person 225 Border Street. Boston, MA 02128:Wednesday – Friday, July 13-15th, 2016 10am - 2pm

Saturday, July 16th, 2016 noon - 4pmLate hours and informational meeting Sunday, July 17th 2016, 3pm - 7pm

Completed applications must be returned by mail postmarked no later than Friday July 29th, 2016 or

In-person by Friday July 29th, 2016.

Selection by lottery.Asset, Use & Occupancy Restrictions apply.

Preference for Boston Residents.Preference for First-Time Homebuyers.

For more information or reasonable accommodations for persons with disabilities, call

Rich Hornblower, 617-694-0091.

Equal Housing Opportunity

Income Restricted Sale Opportunity The Seville Boston Harbor

250 Meridian Street Boston, MA 02128

Income Restricted Units # of Units Type Price Income Limit

1 1Bedroom $162,500 80%1 1Bedroom $162,500 80%

1 2Bedroom $190,500 80%1 2Bedroom $190,500 80%1 1Bedroom $211,600 100%*1 1Bedroom $211,600 100%*

1 2Bedroom $246,600 100%*1 2Bedroom $246,900 100%*

Maximum Income per Household Size (HUD 2016 limits, provided by BRA) * Minimum Income Limits Apply

HH size 80% 100% 1 $54,950 $68,700 2 $62,800 $78,500 3 $70,650 $88,300 4 $78,500 $98,100 5 $84,800 $105,950 6 $91,050 $113,800

Applications are available during the application period July 13th – 17th , 2016. To request an application be sent by e-mail, call 6 1 7 - 6 9 4 - 0 0 9 1 .


Applications may be picked up in person 225 Border Street. Boston, MA 02128:

Wednesday – Friday, July 13-15th, 2016 10am - 2pm Saturday, July 16th, 2016 noon - 4pm

Late hours and informational meeting Sunday, July 17th 2016, 3pm - 7pm

Completed applications must be returned by mail postmarked no later than Friday July 29th, 2016 or In-person by Friday July 29th, 2016.

Selection by lottery. Asset, Use & Occupancy Restrictions apply.

Preference for Boston Residents. Preference for First-Time Homebuyers.







1 1Bedroom $162,500 80%1 1Bedroom $162,500 80%


1 2Bedroom $246,600 100%*1 2Bedroom $246,900 100%*


HH size 80% 100% 1 $54,950 $68,700 2 $62,800 $78,500 3 $70,650 $88,300 4 $78,500 $98,100 5 $84,800 $105,950 6 $91,050 $113,800












Income Restricted Sale OpportunityThe Seville Boston Harbor


Maximum Income per Household Size (HUD 2016 limits, provided by BRA)

* Minimum Income Limits Apply




1 1Bedroom $162,500 80%1 1Bedroom $162,500 80%


1 2Bedroom $246,600 100%*1 2Bedroom $246,900 100%*


HH size 80% 100% 1 $54,950 $68,700 2 $62,800 $78,500 3 $70,650 $88,300 4 $78,500 $98,100 5 $84,800 $105,950 6 $91,050 $113,800












Mishawum Park Apartments will be accepting applications for multiple affordable housing programs such as but not

limited to Section 236, HOME, (HSF) and (HIF) 1, 2, and 3 bedroom family housing. Eligible applicants will be placed on an existing waiting list by lottery, not by the order in which the completed application is received. There are no units available at this time.

Interested persons may apply in person on-site located at:Mishawum Park Apartments, 95 Dunstable St., Charlestown, MAor by downloading the application at PeabodyProperties.com or by phone 617.242.4016 (TTY 711) or 1.800.439.2370

Deliver in person, the completed application to the same address in accordance with these time frames: Applications will be accepted Monday, July 11 and Tuesday, July 12 at 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. and ending Wednesday, July 13, 2016 at 7 p.m. NOTE: Applications will not be sent or received by fax or e-mail. Please note that office hours for Mishawum Park Apartments are: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.

The lottery selection will be held on Wednesday, August 15, 2016 at Noon; you do not need to be in attendance for the selection process since you will be notified of your position on the waiting list.

All applicants must be determined eligible in accordance with the Department of HUD and DHCD regulations. Applicants must meet the family size requirements for a designated bedroom size unit and the income of all family members must be greater than 30% of AMI but less

than the established income limits for 50% of AMI. All utilities are included in the rent and voucher holders are welcome to apply.

AFFORDABLE HOUSING OPPORTUNITY REOPENING WAIT LIST

*Median income levels, rents & utility allowances are subject to change based on HUD guidelines (HUD.gov). Please inquire in advance for reasonable accommodation. Info contained herein subject to change w/o notice.

Income Limits (as of 3/28/16)*:Less than 50% AMI

$34,350$39,250$44,150$49,050$53,000$56,900

HH# 123456

Greater than 30% AMI$20,650$23,600$26,550$29,450$31,850$34,200

AFFORDABLE RENTAL OPPORTUNITYTwo-bedroom one bath apartment

61 Boston Avenue #1 Medford, 02155

Eat-in kitchen, refrigerator, stove, disposal, dishwasher, one off -street parking space, coin operated laundry on premises, storage unit, 1,200 square feet

living space. $1,344 per month, not including utilities, except water and sewer.

Access to public transportation.

Income limits:

Two person household: $47,100Three person household: $52,980Four person household: $58,860

Household asset limit: $75,000

No pets, except service animalsNo smoking

Tenants will be chosen by lottery.Voucher holders are welcome

The apartments are not subsidized.Non-voucher household must have income to pay the rent and utilities.

To request an application please visit the Medford Public Library, 111 High Street or

Medford Community Development, 85 George P Hassett Drive or contact Housing Resource Group, LLC at 781.820.8797

or [email protected]

To be entered in the lottery, completed applications must be postmarked by July 12, 2016.

The lottery will be held in the community room at Medford Fire Station 5,

0 Medford Street at 1:00 p. m. on July 30, 2016.

THE CHELSEA HOUSING AUTHORITY54 LOCKE STREET

CHELSEA, MA 02150Telephone (617) 884-5617 Fax (617) 884-6552

Office Hours 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. (M, T, TH)8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. (WED) 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon (FRI)

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THATAS OF July 11, 2016 THE CHA

WILL OPEN THE WAITING LISTS FORSTATE FAMILY PUBLIC HOUSING

Applicants who apply and meet the lottery deadline are randomly assigned to the waiting list,applications received after the lottery deadline will be accepted, but will not be included in the lottery

and will be processed as standard applicants.

CHA anticipates that the randomization of the waiting lists will be completed by August 31, 2016,and anticipates selecting applicants on or after that date.

You may qualify if your gross family income is less than:

Please note that STATE FAMILY applications for the lottery will only be accepted from Monday, July 11, 2016 to Wednesday, August 10, 2016.

All applications for the lottery must be received no later than 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, August 10, 2016. All applications received after August, 10 2016 at 12:00 p.m. will be processed as standard applicants.

APPLICATIONS ARE ACCEPTED VIA U.S. MAIL, BY HAND DELIVERY TO OUR OFFICE, AND BY FAX

APPLICATIONS WILL BE AVAILABLE AT THE CHELSEA HOUSING AUTHORITY, ON THE CHA WEBSITE www.chelseaha.com OR BY MAIL BY CALLING (617) 409-5310

APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED BEFORE JULY 11, 2016.

Applications for the lottery are being accepted until 12 p.m. on August 10, 2016. All timely applications will be entered into a lottery to determine waiting list placement. Application date will not affect placement on the waiting list.

PLEASE COMPLETE ALL INFORMATION REQUESTED ON APPLICATION. INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE PROCESSED.

If you need assistance or an accommodation (for example a screen reader or sign language interpreter) to complete the forms, contact 617-409-5325. The information is available in alternate format upon request.

PLEASE NOTE: APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED WITHOUT REGARD TO RACE, COLOR, CREED, RELIGION, SEX, NATIONAL ORIGIN, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER INDENTITY, OR MARITAL STATUS.

Total Family Size 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Income Limits $47,450 $54,200 $61,000 $67,750 $73,200 $78,600 $84,050 $89,450

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

For more information and to register for the next Open House please visit our website at

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Commercial General Contractor needs skilled experienced carpenters and construction laborers for positions

available immediately.Applicant must be residents of Boston, have minimum of 5 years’ experience in commercial construction, and own hand tools. OSHA 10 is required.Must be reliable, trustworthy and willing to work hard. Please submit your resume to Project Manager Barry Markham at [email protected].

Positions for masonry work are also available.

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We are looking for employment applications

from individuals in the construction trades who

would like to work in this area.

Fax your resume to 781-821-4201

or email it to [email protected].

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