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THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2018

VOLUME XIX- ISSUE 61

Congratulations, Senator Nick

By Rick Winterson The Special Election to fill the First Suffolk District’s State Senate seat, which had been vacated by Linda Dorcena Forry in January, was held on Tuesday, May 1. It is now over, and congratulations are in order for South Boston’s Nicholas “Nick” Collins (Democrat), who became state Senator Nick Collins (D) a s of Wednesday morning.

It was a decisive win for Senator Nick. He captured just over 86% of the 4,700 votes cast. He is a lifelong resident of South Boston, and has been our Representative

in t he C om m on w e a lt h ’s state L egislature for seven years since 2010.

His t wo opponents – A lthea Garrison (8+% of votes cast) and Donald Osgood, Sr. (3+% of votes cast) – received a tota l of 12% of the total votes cast.

The area for which Nick becomes responsible as our state Senator – the First Suffolk District – is bordered on the north by the waters of Boston Harbor and includes the fastgrowing Seaport developments.

South Boston, Dorchester, and Mattapan make up the rest of the First Suffolk District, which is generally to the south.

This District conta ins just over 110,000 registered voters.

In his acceptance speech Tue sd ay e ven i n g , S en ator Nick referred to the historic importance of the First Suffolk District.

He said, “It’s an honor to get the opportune to make it (the First Suffolk Continued on Page 3

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Support the Boston Take Steps for Crohn’s & Colitis on June 9, 2018 This year I am honored to serve as the Executive Council Co-Chair for the 2018 Boston Take Steps Walk for the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation. Last year, Boston Take Steps raised $340,000 for research, education, and programs to benefit the mission of the Crohn›s & Colitis Fou nd a t ion .

Fu r t he r mor e , our walk was the 3rd top Take Steps fundraising event in the country! Nationally, the Take Steps Walk program raises more than $10.5 million annually towards mission-critical research and patient education and support programs. Through our efforts last year, Team Butler Raised Nearly $42,000!

A huge thank you to all, you should know that we were a top 5 Team in the country in 2017)! Many of you now know my wife Sheila’s story and how Crohn’s disease has affected my family throughout the last several decades. Sheila has been battling this horrible disease since she was first diagnosed at the age of 16.

Most re c ent ly, Shei l a under went her 13t h (yes,

you read that right, 13)!

T hat’s 3 intense surgic a l procedures in the last year alone! Unfortunately, as I write this letter, we are preparing for surgery number 14! Witnessing how she suffers every day breaks my heart, however, through it all, she maintains an incredible spirit and is truly an inspiration to me my daughters Haleigh and Hannah, and to our many close family and friends. She is a true warrior, and honestly, the strongest person I have

ever met when it comes to fighting this disease that I have come to hate with a passion!

Add it iona l ly, in 2015, our eldest daughter Haleigh was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease as well. As I said last year, I know that her journey will be completely different than her mother’s given the continued medica l research successes of the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation. Helping to find a cure to this horrible disease has certainly become something that we are very passionate about. You can see how important the Foundation is to me and my family and how important it is for us and the people who suffer from Crohn’s disease to make this event a huge success. Every Dollar Counts! Are you willing to help?

The simplest and most powerful way to get involved is by forming a walk team.

Participating as a company provides great visibility and d i splay s you r c om mu n it y involvement. Participating as a family provides an opportunity to meet thousands of others from the local IBD community, reminding us all that we are not alone.

Given that one in 200 A mer ic a n s a re d ia g nose d with IBD, the chances are unfortunately high that some of your colleagues and/or friends and family are affected. If you are not able to form your own

team, I invite you to join mine (ht tp://on line.cc fa .org /goto/ tea mbut ler2018) a nd wa lk with us on Saturday, June 9, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. (9:00 a.m.

Check-in and 10:00 a.m. Walk Start). This year’s Walk has been relocated to North Point Park, located at 6 Museum Way, Cambridge, M A 02141.

Your support means so much to my family and the 1.6 million Americans who suffer from these lifelong incurable digestive diseases. I am excited to help recruit teams, secure corporate partners and contribute to assisting the Boston Take Steps Walk in exceeding its fundraising goal of $375,000.

Thank you Brian Butler 2018 Executive Council Co-Chair

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Senator Collins District) better.” Among the current issues he mentioned a s importa nt were schools, t he opioid crisis, Boston’s transit systems, and the need for more affordable housing.

Senator Nick ran essentially unopposed in the Democratic Sp e ci a l E le c t ion Pr i m a r y, which was held on April 3. His opponents in Tuesday’s Special General Election both ran as independents. Althea Garrison served in the state House of R epre sent at ive s (t he Fi f t h Suffolk District) in the 1990s; she received 400 votes. Donald Osgood is a Pastor at Gateway

Ministries; he received 150 votes.

No Republicans took part in the Special Election. There will be an official Regular Election this November, so newly elected Senator Nick Collins will soon be running once again for the First Suffolk District’s Senate seat.

Prior to being elected as our state Representative seven years ago, Collins had been active in many areas of public service. He has a reputation for hard work and honesty; he has always supported South Boston’s best interests. A nd Senator Nick is a family man – he and his wife, Family Practitioner Dr. Olivia Liff, have an infant daughter they’ve named Justine.

South Boston Community Development Foundation Bidders Conference and distributions of Round 11 Applications Tuesday, May 8th, 2018 10:30 pm 240 Old Colony Avenue, South Boston Contact Dave Nagle at bosred8@Yahoo.com

REMINDER: The Collaborative’s Derby Day Party The Annual Kentucky Derby Party, a fundraiser for South Boston’s Joseph “Dodo” Nee Collaborative Center, has become a tradition in these parts. Be sure to drop by Barlow’s at 241 A Street in Fort Point this Saturday afternoon, May 5, from 4 until 7 p.m. Post time for the Derby itself – “The most exciting two minutes in sport” – is approximately 6:30 p.m.

There’ll be buffet hors d’oeuvres, lots of good cheer, a free drink on the house, gift certificates, and prizes for those partiers who are “Best Derby Dressed”.

Admission: A very reasonable $20 per person.

You don’t have to be told about the importance of the Collaborative’s recovery work around South Boston. Be sure to dress like a Derby Day fan. See you there

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36th Annual Laboure Spring Reception Honors Fr. Joe White

by Rick Winterson Fr. Joseph M. White is well known in South Boston. A few years ago, Fr. Joe was the Pastor of St. Vincent de Paul Parish at E and West Third Streets.

He’s now the Pastor of the West End’s St. Joseph Parish, but we are still fortunate to see a lot of him around here. Last Thursday evening, April 26, the Laboure Center conferred their 2018 Jack Shaughnessy Service Award upon Fr. Joe at the Laboure’s 36th Annual Spring Reception.

He is a devoted parish priest, who w i l ling ly ser ves our community in a variety of ways.

For a long time, Fr. Joe has worked on the problem of substance abuse, especially ministering to a d d ic t e d people themselves and to their immediate families. In addition to his work and care as a parish priest, in recent years he has served on the Governor’s Council for Addiction. It is Fr. Joe’s strongly held opinion that the current opioid crisis is really a very serious epidemic that affects people of every age, background, and economic level. Just the overdose deaths in Massachusetts from substances like fentanyl prove that. One of Fr. Joe’s major achievements, and perhaps a key reason for the Laboure Center’s recognition of him, was the establishment of the A ARPSS – the “Archdiocesan Addiction Recover y Pa stora l Suppor t Services”. This was the first such Catholic office in the entire country; Fr. Joe now directs it.

T he L abou re’s Spri ng R e c ept ion w a s a joy f u l celebration.

Approximately 400 supporters of Laboure gathered in the stunning fourth f loor atrium of John Hancock Financial on Congress Street in the South Boston Seaport district. Laboure’s Executive Director Jake Bombard thanked

“every single person in this room” for being there to support Laboure. He told an anecdote about how our current society rushes by emergencies, without stopping to ask, “How can I help?” He emphasized that Fr. Joe was just the opposite kind of human being. Mike Shaughnessy presented the 2018 Service Award to Fr. Joe. Mayor Marty Walsh skillfully delivered his own heartfelt remarks about Fr. Joe, labelling him as a compassionate individual, “who was not afraid to rock the boat!” True, indeed.

Fr. Joe’s remarks, in addition to expressing his thanks for the Award, mentioned his family as being a strong, guiding inf luence on his own life – especially his mother, who’s 95 and perhaps was the second oldest participant in the Spring Reception, after Sr. Evelyn Hurley at 103. She is visiting here from Nazareth in Kentucky The final activity of the evening was the sumptuous, elega nt live auction, ably conducted by Tom Tinlin.

Mayor Walsh assisted Tom with items concerning his off ice.

Many performances were up for bid as well – The Bruins, Taylor Swift, Jimmy Buffet, Luke Bryan, and the Dropkick Murphys.

Their lead vocalist, Ken Casey, helped auction that one off, because they’ll be putting on a concert at the House of Blues on St. Patrick’s Day in 2019. Wow! A s the evening closed, South Boston Online spoke with Sr. Maryadele Robinson, who preceded Jake Bombard as the Laboure Center’s Executive Director. She is now working pa rt-time wit h fa milies – children and the elderly - who are dealing with addiction among their own family members. She was delighted with the 2018 Spring Reception, and she feels that Laboure is headed in just the right direction.

Fr. Joe White stands at his mother’s table at the Laboure’s 36th Annual Spring Reception with Mike Shaughnessy, Executive Director Jake Bombard, and Mayor Marty Walsh.

Mayor Marty Walsh, with Sr. Evelyn Hurley (SCN) and “Mr. President”, Bill Bulger, at the Laboure Center’s Spring Reception.

A very deserving Fr. Joe White receives Laboure’s 2018 Jack Shaughnessy Service Award from Mike Shaughnessy and Executive Director Jake Bombard.

Sr. Maryadele Robinson has some good words about how well the Laboure Center is doing. She’s now counseling family members of those suffering from addiction.

A light-hearted auction is conducted by Auctioneer Tom Tinlin (l.), aided by the Dropkick Murphys’ lead singer, Ken Casey.

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Sports Bring out the Passion in Boston Ray Flynn , Former Mayor of Boston and U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican Watching the Bruins hockey playoff hockey game yesterday at the South Boston Yacht Club and later walking to Church and seeing all the bars on Broadway filled to capacity and listening to several long time members of the yacht club giving their play by play assessment of the games highlights, I couldn’t help but be reminded of the special love Bostonians have for sports.

No issue generates more conversation and controversy than sports, from the pro’s to street corner football teams, C.Y.O. baseball, house league hockey or that settlement house basketball does. It seems that everybody has an understanding and opinion of sports.

You might even include handball and men and girls softball. This conversation invariably comes up even while watching a Bruins game, as it did yesterday. It it takes place all over the city. From the Erie

Pub in Dorchester, Eddie Contilli’s Bar in East Boston to Sully’s in Charlestown.

One such intense conversation took place yesterday. If the truth be known, one of my favorite amateur athletes was Nancy Brennan from St Monica Church in South Boston, who became more popularity known as Sister Nancy, the Principal at St. John XXIII High School in Everett. When I had the pleasure of inducting this legendary softball player into the South Boston Sports Hall of Fame a couple of years ago, I told the crowd how Nancy inspired us both on and off the baseball field. Ted Williams, Bobby Orr, Pat Ewing and Johnny Unitas certainly did, but so did Nancy.

But in yesterday’s conversation at the Southie yacht club, some of its members who are from throughout the Greater

Boston area, so we heard interesting stories about many outstanding athletes, who also later became outstanding citizens. No consensus was determined as to who was the best athlete, or the best team, but their was consensus that we all have been fortunate in seeing some pretty remarkable athletes over the years.

One old timer from East Boston at the yacht club was quick to invoke John Varone, Tony Conigliaro and Mark Bavaro, while I was proud to chime in with my friend Sean O Callahan from Charlestown and the 1980 Olympic Gold Medal hockey team, and John Cunniff and Don Gentile from Southie. But the list of Boston neighborhood superstars from the group, was endless, from Mission Hill and the Turner brothers to The great

heavyweight champion of the world, John L. Sullivan from the South End. Sure talking politics is fun in Boston from Jim Curley, John Hynes, John Collins, Kevin White, and Bill Bulger but so is discussing the great Red Sox, Bruins and Patriot teams of years past, but even more interesting, if you really want to join in a spirited conversation about sports, neighborhoods and families, you can’t beat neighborhood bars on a Saturday afternoon while watching the Bruins, Patriots, Red Sox, Celtics on TV and arguing with good friends about who were some of the best neighborhood teams and athletes to come out of Boston. I learned a long time ago, that sports brings us together and brings out the best in Boston. Can’t beat Boston for sports - for players or fans.

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Women in Power: Hopefully. A Leadership Forum at the EMK Institute

By Richard Campbell With all the events that have catapulted women’s issues to the forefront, The Edward M. Kennedy Institute picked a well calibrated moment to have a forum dedicated to women’s leadership. After opening mission remarks by Dr. Mary Grant, President of the EMK Institute, and inspirational words from Victoria Reggie Kennedy, Senator Maggie Hassan gave the morning key note address. She reflected upon Ted Kennedy’s love of Congress, and how important it is to have faith in the future to create change and presented a detailed analysis of the current political landscape for women.

With the ambitious goal of eventually having fifty percent women holding offices in Congress, admittedly, the country has a long way to go. But when one hears the many reasons for balanced representation stated in this forum, it becomes clear that perhaps women are the only ones who can save Congress. Senator Hassan cited statistics about corporate success as women’s presence increased in board rooms, and the across the aisle collaboration that women bring to Congress. She noted the increased political activity of women since the 2016 election “to demand accountability and equality”.

New Hampshire has a very active all female Congressional delegation, but she did not shy away from defining the barriers to women running for national office. Being the second woman in the history of the nation to serve as both a Governor and Senator, she seemed uniquely qualified to cheer younger women on to run for office.

The first panel moderated by Alison King of NBC Boston, covered the bases on everything from equal pay, to equal rights, campaign donations,

the education of girl’s, to the current political atmosphere in Congress. It provided a steady stream of ideas. Rosa DeLauro, the firebrand Representative from Connecticut opened with a story about her fight for equal pay for equal work, and how they lost the bill in the Senate. The senior DeLauro promised she would get the law passed before leaving Congress. She further discussed how politicians are bought and sold by dark money, the disgrace of Citizen’s United, and heavy hand of corporate interests. Representative Katherine Clark gave some interesting input on how to get lobbyist money out of the halls of Congress, by both campaign finance reform and smaller immediate measures. Representative Clark talked about the importance of role models and mentors, and how women can learn early in life to become leaders.

The panel on tracking women’s political participation Dr. Ann Bookman, the Director for Women in Politics and Policy at UMass Boston and Amanda Hunter, Communications Director of the Barbara Lee Family Foundation was moderated by Danielle Kurtzleben, a reporter from NPR. Amanda Hunter made it clear with only 23 women in the Senate, 83 in the House of Representatives, out of 535 members of Congress, that significant traction in elections would be needed to bring women to even nominal levels of representation. Bookman commended the EMK Institute for its educational mission and commented on women in Massachusetts political office. With 25% of the State legislature, women are underrepresented, but she also mentioned on the bright side that six women of color are on the Boston city council, which was until recently the domain of men. All the speakers in this panel connected with the idea that women can shape democracy to be more inclusive, and that historically women’s movements have a record of doing so. Dr. Bookman closed in on the point that she believes that women are creating a “tipping point” under the banner of kitchen sink economic issues as well as human rights advocacy.

Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts Karyn Polito gave the afternoon keynote address starting with the theme of her immigrant family history and how she became involved in Worcester politics. With distinctive

polish she emphasized that women can be leaders in many ways from business to political leadership or education.

She singled out proudly the women mayors in the room. She spoke of having a “compass in life” by gaining an education and serving her community.

Two mayors headed up the final panel of the day: Mayor Yvonne Spicer of Framingham and Mayor Ruthanne Fuller Mayor of Newton. This panel moderated by Lauren Dezenski of Politico really revealed more of the nuts and bolts of how to organize, campaign, and how to hold office as a woman.

These two women offered contrasting views, with Mayor Spicer being an African American woman, coming from an engineering Science background, and Ruthanne Fuller being an outsider not originally from Massachusetts. Mayor Fuller

emphasized that she wouldn’t use political calls in campaigning and raised funds primarily through hand written notes. Mayor Spicer used both calls and letters and jovially remembered wearing out ten pairs of shoes when knocking on doors. It is particularly interesting that Mayor Spicer also ran to have the city of Framingham government incorporated at the same time as campaigning for mayor- quite a feat. The term authenticity was mentioned on a few occasions throughout the day, but these two final women defined the term with their individualistic points of view. This small group of distinguished speakers are a beacon to a brighter future for women in careers of all kinds. It is obvious to anyone who follows politics even remotely, women across the nation are on the run to bring change to America. .

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VSA’s “COOL Schools” at the Condon

by Rick Winterson S out h B oston On l i ne recently heard pf a novel learning program called “COOL Schools” that has been a process for teaching at the James F. Condon School, 200 D Street, since nine years ago.

The Condon School had once been strictly an elementary schoo; a few years ago it transitioned to Grade Levels from K through 8.

The “COOL Schools” program was developed and put to good use at the Condon School by an organization ca lled VSA Ma ssachusetts, which is located on South Street near South Station.

The classroom that South Boston Online visited at the Condon School is a first grade unit of 20+ students. Ms. Mary Hamilton, Sheltered English Immersion, is the class’s teacher.

Hamilton is a true professional, who makes her expectations clear to her students. At the beginning of a school year, she tells them

Condon School teacher Mary Hamilton, Sheltered English Immersion, with Nicole Agois (Hurel), VSA’s Managing Director. that their goal for the oncoming school year will be competence in English – speaking, reading, and writing. She breaks down her expectations into t wo intervals: Effort and hard work occur during the September through December months; after the New Year, language skills and perhaps even enjoyment become the norm. Hamilton calls this “the spring harvest”.

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Michelle McAfee and Sue Lin are two other Condon teachers engaged in similar classwork.

VSA Massachusetts partners with Hamilton during her nine-month school year. The Managing Director of VSA is Nicole Agois (Hurel). Agois is a musician, educator, arts administrator, and disability advocate. She oversees programs that provide arts-integrated instruction to more than 1,500 students. Originally from Peru, she holds a Bachelor of Music from Berklee and a Master’s in Education from Harvard. She has a long, successful track record of educational accomplishments.

Mia Branco, VSA’s Associate Director of Education, was the in-class VSA partner at the Condon on the day that South Boston Online visited. Her

degrees are in Musical Theater (A meric a n Universit y) a nd Education (Harvard). Btanco has developed theater curricula for students of all abilities, along with arts programming for students with autism or the effects caused by emotional; trauma.

The VSA’s “COOL Schools” concept provides all students with a pathway to learning. The word “C.O.O.L .” stands for “Creative Outlook on Learning”.

Young students, in their own classrooms, are asked to sing, draw, paint, write, dance, and act their way into learning. In laypersons’ terms, the use of art in teaching another subject like English seems to “open up” the young students. They become able to take in knowledge; they work together as an entire classroom team. In a complex society like ours, much of our achievement as adults comes from similar teamwork.

And this approach works well. Very well.

In the First Grade class that Hamilton teaches at Condon, this writer watched the VSA’s Branco set up a 30-minute playlet with costumes (veils and wings).

Every student wanted to take part, and of course, it was done in English. The enthusiasm shown, both by Branco and the young Condon students, was remarkable. And they answered questions and discussed the minidrama in English. It was really a novel interview for this reporter.

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The VSA’s Mia Branco, begins the VSA COOL School session in a first grade classroom at the Condon School.

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Earth Day: A Practical Project in South Boston The Round Table, youth from three South Boston projects, the City’s “Love Your Block” grant program, and Earth Day on Sunday, April 22, all came together in a green program that is nourishing, do-ityourself, good for our planet, and only waiting on spring weather (plus a lot of work this summer).

by Rick Winterson You are aware that Sunday, April 22, was Earth Day. Now there is no doubt that our good planet Earth needs help – with pollution, severe storms, global warming, the rising sea levels, rapidly changing weather, and so on. Here’s a local South Boston project that takes a step to help the Earth, and in addition, provides good stuff to eat.

The City of Boston has awarded one of its “Love Your Block” minigrants to The Round Table, a group of youths and their (many) activities founded in 2008 by local resident George Benner. The Round Table is located in a basement space on Sterling Square in the Old Harbor/Mary Ellen McCormack Project on Old Colony by Devine Way. It sponsors a wide range of social, athletic, and community youth pursuits.

One of The Round Table’s community pursuits is gardening.

You might have passed their gardens along Devine Way. They are grouped around the Task Force and Senior Center building, and are approximately 4,000 square feet of vegetable gardens. They grow around two thousand (yes, that’s 2,000!) grocery bags of nourishing produce

each summer. The good news for Earth Day is that the City’s “Love Your Block” mini-grant, which amounts to $3,000, will allow The Round Table to more than triple the size of their vegetable gardens this summer – up to a total of roughly 14,000 square feet. That’s one-third of an acre, which is a lot of veggies. The additional gardens will be located on three plots of ground around the south end of Sterling Square in Old Harbor/MEM. There will be a whole series of benefits from the additional gardens, but first, let’s focus on Earth Day. We talk a lot about global warming.

Well, green plants of any kind – trees, bushes, vegetable gardens, whatever - are our most effective protection against global warming. This is because green plants remove carbon dioxide from the air and give off the oxygen we humans breathe. The more green plants Earth has, the better off it is (and the better off we are!)

In addition, there are youth working together. The new gardens will be planted by young people from three projects: West Broadway Development, Old Colony/Anne Lynch Housing, and the Old Harbor/ MEM Project. Then, there is the fact that green veggies should be a very important part of your diet.

These gardens will provide that, as a part of a national movement called “Urban Agriculture”, which the young gardeners will learn and carry on as adults.

And The Round Table has gardening plans (dreams?) for the future. They plan to build a vegetable stand next to the new gardens in

Existing vegetable gardens along Devine Way will be expanded via “Love Your Block”.

the fall. Then, they would like to build a greenhouse. Can you picture a greenhouse that would provide items in cold weather, like Halloween pumpkins or your flowers for Easter in full bloom?

The work starts ten days from

now. A Stealth Operation will begin to prepare the original gardens on Devine way, as well as turfing up the new gardens by Sterling Square.

Why not think about joining in?

M ay b e e ver y d ay should be Earth Day.

Members of Roundtable are preparing for a “Love Your Block” grant for more gardens.

Do you want the Earth to look like these planets on MEM’s Planet Walk?

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High Tech Smart Manufacturing Experience at BCCE

By Richard Campbell

Running from April 30 th to May 2nd, the Smart Manufacturing Experience at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center presented a huge hightech industry show that filled the hall with robots, digital design equipment, laser technolog y, CAD CAM systems, 3D printing, data analytics, machine tools, advanced microscopes, aerospace manufacturing, virtual reality systems, AI, design software, and knowledge bars with technicians giving demonstrations. As an industry level conference with a price tag going from $600.00 to $800.00 this is an experience designed for industry leaders, and decision makers on the latest technology. The International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) is owned and managed

by AMT, the Association for Ma nu facturing Technolog y.

Big gun Manufacturers like Mazak smart manufacturing, Methods Tools Inc. and Morris a distributor of precision machine tools, laser technology a nd engineering supplies, SME, that promotes advanced manufacturing technology & SME Media, media company specializing in news about adva nced ma nu f ac t u ri ng in America were the major contributors. The supporters of the show are too many to mention, and ranged from Bank of America to Microsoft, Siemens, and Chubb Group. Needless to say… if the millions of dollars of high tech equipment on the f loor didn’t make the point clear: this show is the pre-eminent exhibit of its kind in the United States. By their own account manufacturing supports over 17 million jobs in the United States, with an average salary of $85,000 a year. The country is starved for new talent that can handle high tech equipment. For years the mantra was “we don’t make anything in the United States” but the rise of computer aided technology and advanced technical manufacturing has revived industry in America.

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this show was dedicated to instruments that measure things with extreme accuracy, so that manufacturing can occur with precision. Robots whirred through tasks of high quality control in minutes that years ago would have taken hours of human labor to perform, taking the term multitasking to a whole new level. The precision machining systems were harder to observe in some ways than the measurement tools that had feed back screens showing the difference between the objects observed and the precise model.

We’re talking microns of precision in most cases, and then when you get down to nanotechnology these are measurements and manufacturing on the scale of less than 100 nanometers. I remind our readers: there are 25,400,000 nanometers in an inch, and this sheet of newspaper is about 100,000 nanometers thick.

I was particularly drawn to the laser scanners by Nikon and the microscopes by Keyence and Zeiss. The Nikon CMM scanner creates part to CAD comparisons allowing one to measure the accuracy of a part and how it can be remolded or fixed to be a precise finished part. The field of optical metrology, the science of measuring things with laser light is critical to manufacturing.

These k inds of accurate measurements are important in most manufacturing, but especially in high tech avionics or precision medical equipment.

The Keyence representative gave me a tour of their digital microscope, which trust me is a long way from what we used in

the old days. With the ability to view, capture, and measure things in one device and see the output on a large brightly lit monitor in multi-angle observation and make measurements in real time, it felt very futuristic to operate.

Its high speed and sensitivity CMOS camera was a marvel by itself, but when you add high powered lenses that go from 20X to 2000x magnification in one lens- well now you are talking seeing the world in a whole new way. The stereo microscopes use two separate optical paths to produce a three-dimension view of objects which are often

used in microsurgery, and circuit board manufacturing.

With the Zeiss microscopes used in biological sciences, one can observe cells up close performing functions, with molecular cell biology scientists can perform experiments and record reactions, digitalize specimens, and create virtual slides and send them to a web-based database for analysis. Ho hum, just another day at work for these geeks!

The director y for this show was over 50 pages long, with hundreds of vendors and demonstrations, so in a short article it is only possible to touch some highlights. In booth after booth I encountered people who were super patient in explaining their technolog y, technolog y professionals giving tips and instruction to students with a geniality and depth of knowledge that revea led our nation’s m a nu f a c t u r i n g te c h nolog y prowess. For more information on the Smart Manufacturing E xperience go to: w w w. smartmanufacturingexperience. com/.

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Tynan Happenings On Friday, April 27th we had our floor hockey championship. It was the Golden Knights vs the Predators in a very tight battle. The golden knights started out with a 2-0 lead but the predators came back to tie it 3-3 at the half. Both teams were trading goals back and forth. With 10 seconds left in the game Brayden Buckley scored on a penalty shot and that was all she wrote and the predators won 6-5. For the Golden Knights, Ryan McGarrell had three goals and Jake Greeley had two goals. For the Predators, Brayden Buckley had three goals, Ryan Alexander had two goals, and Liam Long had one goal. It was a great season and the kids had a blast and most of the games were won in the last minutes of the games, which made it exciting. We hope to see everyone for another great season next year. Youth worker: Katie O’Connell took her girls group to Launch Trampoline Park in Norwood followed by Town Spa Pizza. The Girls had a great time and are planning more events like this one soon!

Golden Knights- Blue

Ryan McGarrell

Henry Dinatale

Brayden Buckley

Jake Greeley

Liam Long

Colm D’arcy

Thomas Brooks

Not in picture

Jamali Prince

Harry Minucci

Charlie Millman

Aiden Kineavy

Not in picture

Sammy Flood

Nolan Young

Cailyn Noonan

Aidan Kinneally

Kenneth Killeen

Jayden McQueen

Brody Young

Mason McGarrell

Danny Fox

Percy Dubbuisson

Kyle Greeley

Tafuni Gerald- Graham

Predators- Red Ryan Alexander

SATURDAY, MAY 5, 2018 9:00 AM | Carson Beach

South Boston, MA

Tynan visits Trampoline Park

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South Boston Catholic Academy’s K1 Students in Action!

Making connections to the post office, writing postcards and letters, still life paintings and learning numbers are just a few of the experiences for children to learn through play here at SBCA. K1, in partnership with the Lynch Early Childhood learning project, uses the Opening the World of Learning (OWL) early literacy program in its daily curriculum to develop language, math, science and social studies skills along with social and emotional development. The OWL curriculum builds the personal and social skills required to succeed in a classroom community and to establish positive relationships with peers and adults while addressing standards in a variety of content areas. South Boston Catholic Academy (www.

SBCatholicAcademy.org) is currently enrolling for 2018-2019 School Year. Please call the school to set up a tour at 617-268-2326 or email Mrs. Jamie Brown, Assistant Principal, at j.brown@sbcatholicacademy.org

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AFFORDABLE AND SUBSIDIZED HOUSING OPPORTUNITY Washington Columbia I, Waitlist Opening for 1&2 Bedroom 173 Columbia Rd, Dorchester, MA 02121 Applications are currently being accepted for our 1 & 2 Bedroom waiting list.

Washington Columbia I Apartments is a Section 8 subsidized development.

All units have plank floors, full kitchen appliances and a centralized laundry room.

Rent includes heat & hot water Maximum Income per Household Size (HUD 2018 limits) Household size 1 2 3 4 # of Units Type 55 1 BR 87 2 BR

30% AMI $22,650 $25,900 $29,150 $32,350

AFFORDABLE AND SUBSIDIZED HOUSING OPPORTUNITY Bancroft Apartments Waitlist Opening for All Bedroom Sizes Applications are currently being accepted for our 2, 3, & 4 Bedroom wait lists.

Bancroft Apartments is a Section 8 subsidized development.

Maximum Income per Household Size (HUD 2018 limits) Household size 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

50% AMI $37,750 $43,150 $48,550 $53,900

Rent 30% of Income 30% of Income

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Income Limit 50% AMI 50% AMI

Applications will be available beginning 05/14/2018 You may request an application via email at washingoncolumbiaI@winnco.com Download the application from http://www.infoweb.org/Applications/Winn-WashingtonColumbiaI.pdf

Applications may also be picked up in person from the Management Office 173 Columbia Road, Dorchester, MA 02121 Weekdays: Monday-Friday from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Completed applications will only be accepted in person at the management office or by mail to the address on the application.

Reasonable accommodations made.

Applications will be processed in the order they are received.

Income and Assets limits apply. Use and Occupancy Restrictions apply.

Preferences apply: 6 mobility accessible units

# of Units Type 13 2 BR 30 3 BR 2 4 BR

50% AMI $37,750 $43,150 $48,550 $53,900 $58,250 $62,550 $66,850 $71,150

Rent 30% of Income 30% of Income 30% of Income

Income Limit 50% AMI 50% AMI 50% AMI

Applications will be available beginning 05/14/2018 Applications may be picked up in person from the Management Office 1542 Columbus Avenue, Roxbury, MA 02119 Weekdays: Monday-Friday from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

You may also request an application via email at LiveUrbanEdge@winnco.com

For more info or reasonable accommodations, call WinnResidential (617) 287-9580 / TTY/TDD: (800) 439-2370

Applications must be returned in person or by mail to the management office.

Reasonable accommodations made.

Applications will be processed in the order they are received.

Income and Asset limits apply.

Use and Occupancy Restrictions apply.

Minimum one person per bedroom

For more info or reasonable accommodations, call WinnResidential (617) 287-9580 / TTY/TDD: (800) 439-2370

Public Meeting

63 MELCHER STREET THIRD PDA AMENDMENT MONDAY, MAY 21 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM

300 SUMMER STREET Fort Point Arts Community Gallery Boston, MA 02210

PROJECT PROPONENT: JSIP 63 Melcher, LLC PROJECT DESCRIPTION: Public Meeting to discuss the proposed Third Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Development Plan for 49, 51, and 63 Melcher Street within Planned Development Area No. 69, in the Fort Point Channel District of South Boston/The 100 Acres (the “Third Amendment”), received by the Boston Planning and Development Agency (“BPDA”) on Friday, April 20th, 2018 from JSIP 63 Melcher, LLC (the “Proponent”). The Third Amendment seeks to acknowledge 3,543 gross square feet of the existing 63 Melcher Street Basement Space for Office and/or Cultural and/or Community use.

AFFORDABLE AND SUBSIDIZED HOUSING OPPORTUNITY WE ARE OPENING OUR WAITLIST FOR ALL BEDROOM SIZES Quincy Geneva II Apartments 200 Columbia Road, Dorchester, MA 02121 94 Affordable Units # of Units Type 18 1 BR 41 2 BR 29 3 BR 6 4 BR

Rent Income Based Income Based Income Based Income Based

Income Limit 50% AMI 50% AMI 50% AMI 50% AMI

Maximum Income per Household Size (HUD 2018 limits) Household size 1 2 3 4 5 6

30% AMI $22,650 $25,890 $29,130 $32,340 $34,950 $37,530

50% AMI $37,750 $43,150 $48,550 $53,900 $58,250 $62,550

Applications are available beginning 05/14/2018

You may request an application via email at QuincyGeneva2@gmail.com Download the application from: http://www.infoweb.org/Applications/Winn-QuincyGeneva.pdf

Applications may also be picked up in person from the Management Office 200 Columbia Road, Dorchester, MA 02121 Weekdays: Monday-Friday from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Completed applications will only be accepted in person at the management office or by mail to the address on the application.

Reasonable accommodations made.

Applications will be processed in the order they are received. mail to:

phone: email :

AISLING KERR

Boston Planning & Development Agency One City Hall Square, 9th Floor Boston, MA 02201 617.918.4212 aisling.kerr@boston.gov

CLOSE OF COMMENT PERIOD: 6/5/2018

BostonPlans.org

@BostonPlans

Teresa Polhemus, Executive Director/Secretary

Income and Assets limits apply. Use and Occupancy Restrictions apply.

Preferences apply: 5 mobility accessible units Minimum 1 person per bedroom

For more info or reasonable accommodations, call WinnResidential (617) 427-4281 / TTY/TDD: (800) 439-2370

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The Law Office of

Paul J. Gannon PC General Practice of Law

Criminal Defense Personal Injury Motor Vehicle Accidents Establishment of Corporations, LLCs Wills & Estate Planning Real Estate Litigation Probate No Charge for Initial Consultation

82 West Broadway South Boston, MA (617)269-1993 pgannon@paulgannonlaw.com

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THE PRINT EDITION

THURSDAY, MAY 3, 2018

Open House Sunday May 6th 12p.m- 2 p.m

197-199 W Eighth Street #3 Asking Price: $799,000

1065 SqFt | 2 Bedrooms | 2 Full Baths | 1 Garage Spot