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For weary
Floridians,
more dire
warnings

Evacuations rise as
hurricane intensifies
into fearsome storm
By Patricia Mazzei
and Elisabeth Parker
nEW yORK tIMEs

MIaMI — Weary floridians on Monday steeled themselves for a second major hurricane in two weeks, wrestling
with anxiety about whether to leave their
homes and where the storm might go as
the rapidly intensifying Hurricane Milton
took aim at much of the state’s battered
gulf coast.
the vulnerable tampa bay region, a
metropolitan area that is home to more
than 3 million people, faced mass evacuations of low-lying communities that were
flooded only days ago by the devastating
storm surge of Hurricane Helene. Evacuation orders extended south along the
coast, where Hurricane Ian made landfall
in 2022, killing about 150 people.
Milton, which formed as a tropical
storm saturday afternoon, grew from a
category 1 to a category 5 hurricane over
a few hours Monday morning. forecasters expect it to weaken somewhat before
making landfall Wednesday somewhere
between naples and cedar Key, with possible storm surge of up to 12 feet.
although floridians were suffering
from hurricane fatigue, the fresh memories of Helene, Ian, and Hurricane Idalia,

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During a ceremony on Monday at the Nova memorial near Kibbutz Reim in southern Israel, attendees embraced among relatives and
supporters of those slain last Oct. 7, as Israelis marked the first anniversary of the deadly attacks in their country.

Jews reckon with a crushing legacy
One year after Oct. 7 attacks, heartbreak lingers, as do painful reminders of bigotry
By Mike Damiano

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gLObE staff

Trump leads;
no, Harris is
in front; no . . .
With polls, confusion
reigns; critics point to
quality, methodology
By Tal Kopan
gLObE staff

WasHIngtOn — vice president Kamala Harris leads donald trump by 3
percentage points in Michigan. Or maybe
it’s by 1 point. Or maybe trump leads by
2. Or 4. It depends on the poll.
Which raises the question: Why is
there so much variation?
big picture, this fall’s election is shaping up to be a very close race, and polls
reflect that. but there is an explosion in
the number of polls — and, importantly,
the style of polls — out there, making for
a confusing picture for voters trying to
glean a sense of how things will shake
out.
there are a few reasons for the variation, pollsters say. One is simply that
some poor quality polls are to blame for
throwing things off. another explanation
is that polling firms are having to make
some educated guesses about how the
electorate will look in november, and
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A Palestinian man viewed a road lined with rubble in the Shujaiya
neighborhood of Gaza City on Monday.

caMbRIdgE — It had been almost exactly a year since the
first time that members of the Harvard Jewish community
gathered in front of Widener Library to support one another
and mourn the victims of the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel.
some of the stories they told from the steps on a damp
Monday evening — while at least 200 people held candles and
Israeli flags and draped their arms
around one another — were eerily simi- War spreads
lar to those that could be heard last fall. Israel pounded
southern Lebanon
yet again, they called for the return of
and struck back at
hostages who were taken by Hamas
Hamas in gaza. A3.
and its collaborators. charlie covit, a
Harvard sophomore, told the story of
two grandparents who recently traveled to the Israel-gaza
border to scream for the return of their grandson, Edan alexander, a 20-year-old from new Jersey.
but this year there was also a new thread laced through the
speakers’ remarks, a sense that Oct. 7 and the war in gaza it
sparked have unsettled life for Jews here. speaking from the
steps, Eric nelson, a Harvard government professor, said it
was a small mercy that his grandfather, a Holocaust survivor,
had not lived long enough to see Oct. 7. He was grateful, he
OCTOBER 7, Page A4

A new landscape on New England campuses

College students lament a plunge in
diversity since affirmative action ruling
By Omar Mohammed
gLObE staff

pROvIdEncE — brown University sophomore Eliana Rivas Marte worried how the campus might change after the supreme court banned raceconscious admissions a year ago. this
fall, her fears were realized when the

class of incoming freshmen included
significantly fewer students of color.
“It was very jarring, honestly, but
not surprising,” Marte, who is from
boston and studying economics and
education, said on a recent cloudy afternoon on this picturesque campus,
which saw the number of students

from historically underrepresented
groups plunge 9 percentage points
from a year ago. “affirmative action
was so important in ensuring that students of color were entering universities like the Ivy League’s, like brown.”
brown is among several top universities in new England to report
sharp declines among students of color, particularly those who identify as
black and Hispanic, enrolling this fall.
colleges such as yale and prince-

Their work leads to possible cures — and Nobel prize
By Robert Weisman and Emily Sweeney
gLObE staff

and Izzy Bryars
gLObE cORREspOndEnt

JEssIca RInaLdI/gLObE staff

It took awhile for Victor Ambros to get the word about his Nobel, but once he
did, he celebrated with his wife, Rosalind “Candy” Lee, in Worcester.

two Massachusetts research scientists were awarded the nobel prize in Medicine on Monday for their discovery of tiny
building blocks, called microRna, that control the cellular activity of plants and animals and have helped spawn a growing
cluster of drug discovery activity in Massachusetts and beyond.
the award — science’s most prestigious
— will be shared by gary Ruvkun, a professor of genetics at Harvard Medical school
and a member of the Mass general Research Institute in boston, and victor ambros, a professor of natural science at the
Gary Ruvkun
University of Massachusetts chan Medical
school in Worcester.
their findings are being used at pioneering companies such
as alnylam pharmaceuticals to deactivate genes that contribute
to cancers, heart disease, and other disorders.
at a news conference Monday morning, Ruvkun credited the
researchers in his MgH lab and their collaborators for creating
NOBEL PRIZE, Page A10

ton have fared better so far. Higher
education experts say it’s too soon to
draw long-term conclusions based on
the new data.
but interviews with students at
brown, the Massachusetts Institute of
technology, and amherst college revealed deep unease about the future
of diversity on campuses, especially at
elite institutions.
the students fear that fewer stu-

Patriots safety
Jabrill Peppers
was arraigned
Monday for allegedly choking
a woman before
forcing her from
his apartment,

court records
state. C1.

The Georgia
Supreme Court
reinstated a law
that prohibits
abortions beyond six weeks
of pregnancy

while it considers an appeal to
a lower court
decision. A2.

Boston officials
have no current
plans to expand
a rat birth control experiment
citywide. B1.

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The Nation
Ga. Supreme Court
restores abortion
ban after six weeks

Daily Briefing

Will review
an appeal that
expands access

By Christina Morales
nEw YoRk timES

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A GRAND SLAM MARSHAL — tennis great Billie Jean king was introduced monday by Ed morales,

president of the tournament of Roses parade, as the grand marshal of next year’s 136th Rose parade in
pasadena, Calif. king, who turns 81 next month, was greeted by a shower of confetti on the lawn of
tournament house as “philadelphia Freedom,” the hit song Elton John wrote for her, blared.

Department of Justice launches evaluation of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
the Justice Department has
launched a historic federal
review of the 1921 tulsa Race
massacre, one of the worst incidents of racist terror committed against Black americans in
US history.
the department plans to
release a report by the end of
the year that will analyze the
massacre “in light of both
modern and then-existing civil
rights law,” assistant attorney

general for Civil Rights kristen Clarke announced monday.
the federal examination
comes more than 103 years after the tulsa Race massacre
began on may 31, 1921. over
the course of two days and
nights, white mobs attacked
residents of the all-Black community of greenwood, a neighborhood in tulsa so prosperous it was called Black wall
Street.

the mobs killed as many as
300 Black people, destroyed
hundreds of homes and businesses, and left more than 35
square blocks of greenwood
scorched by fires. historians
say white mobs dropped
homemade bombs on the community, making it the first US
city attacked by air.
the exact number of Black
people killed by white mobs
during the massacre is un-

known, Clarke said. and no
white person was charged or
convicted in the deaths or injuries in the massacre.
the potential impact of the
Justice Department’s review
would be limited, Clarke acknowledged. there were no
federal hate crime laws at the
time, and the statute of limitations in some cases expired
long ago, she said.
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Gun owner in Michigan sentenced
DEtRoit — a man whose
loaded, unlocked shotgun was
used in the accidental death of
his 5-year-old grandson was
sentenced monday to more
than three years in prison for
violating michigan’s new gun
storage law.
“this tragedy was 100 percent avoidable,” Judge Robert
Springstead said. “all you had
to do was listen to the people
in your life that were telling
you to put these loaded guns
away.”
Braxton Dykstra was shot
and killed on april 1 when a 6year-old cousin got access to a
shotgun at karl Robart’s home
in western michigan’s newaygo County. Braxton’s 8-year-old
sister witnessed the shooting.
in august, Robart pleaded

no contest to violating michigan’s gun storage law, one of
the first significant convictions
since the law took effect in February.
Firearms must be locked up
when children are present. the
consequences for a violation
depend on the details and
whether someone is wounded
or killed.
Robart, 62, will be eligible
for parole after 38 months under the sentence ordered by the
judge. a similar case against
his wife remains pending.
Braxton’s father, Domynic
Dykstra, acknowledged that
his son’s death wasn’t “done
maliciously.” But he added that
most deaths involving drunken
drivers aren’t malicious, either.
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Former houston
police officer gerald
goines (center)
listened to closing
arguments during the
sentencing phase of
his felony murder
trial on monday in
houston. goines was
found guilty last
month of murder in
the 2019 deaths of a
couple, Dennis tuttle
and Rhogena
nicholas, during a
raid of their home.

Two more arrests in attack on ex-mayor
nEw YoRk — a man and a
woman were arrested in an assault on former new York governor David paterson and his
stepson, police said.
paterson, 70, and his stepson, anthony Sliwa, 20, were
attacked around 8:30 p.m. Friday while they were walking in
manhattan’s Upper East Side.
they were treated for minor injuries, police said.
the 40-year-old man arrested monday was charged with
gang assault and assault, a police spokesperson said, while
the 34-year-old woman was
charged with gang assault.
their arrests came after two
boys aged 12 and 13 were arrested Saturday on gang assault
charges in the attack.
Describing the assault at a

news conference Saturday afternoon, paterson said he and
Sliwa had fought off a group of
people after Sliwa quarreled
with some of the attackers earlier in the evening.
“i got punched in the face a
couple times, and i got
punched in the shoulder,” paterson said.
paterson said he suffered
bruises and some pain to his
head. Sliwa received a cut lip
that required five stitches, paterson said.
paterson, a Democrat,
served as governor from 2008
to 2010, assuming the post after Eliot Spitzer resigned in a
scandal involving sex workers.
paterson was new York’s
first and only Black governor.
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Chicago mayor names new school board after entire panel resigns
ChiCago — Chicago mayor
Brandon Johnson named members of a new school board on
monday, batting away criticism
of the move days after all seven
members resigned amid an escalating fight over control of the
public schools in the nation’s
third-largest city.
During a news conference at
a South Side church, Johnson
introduced six new school
board members and said he’d
name a seventh at a later date.

he said that although the new
members are technically nominees who are still being vetted,
it’s a formality and they could
remain after the board triples in
size in January.
“i’m confident that these
new candidates will work to
lead CpS into the world class
school system that our children
deserve,” Johnson said.
Johnson has been trying to
oust the district’s CEo, pedro
martinez, who was named to

the job in 2021 by Johnson’s
predecessor, lori lightfoot.
Johnson, a former Chicago
teachers Union organizer, has
clashed with martinez, including over how best to close gaps
in the district’s nearly $10 billion budget. martinez has refused to resign.
Rather than step into the
fray, all seven board members
announced Friday that they
would resign.
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Residents disrupted a news
conference as Chicago
Mayor Brandon Johnson
introduced six nominees to
Chicago’s school board.

the georgia Supreme Court
on monday reinstated a state
law that prohibits abortions beyond six weeks of pregnancy
while it considers an appeal to a
lower court decision that had
briefly allowed greater access to
the procedure.
the law, called the living infants Fairness and Equality act,
or the liFE act, was set to take
effect again at 5 p.m. monday.
Six justices agreed in full
with the majority ruling, and
another only in part. one justice
did not participate and another
had been disqualified from participating in the case.
when the US Supreme Court
over turned Roe v. wade in
2022, states were left to regulate
the rules around abortion. Since
then, about 20 s tates have
banned or restricted the procedure, effectively ending the
practice in the South. many lawsuits have been filed to challenge those new standards.
on Sept. 30, Judge Robert
C.i. mcBurney of the Fulton
County Superior Court overturned the georgia law because
he found that it violated the state
Constitution, which he wrote
protected the rights of “a woman
to control her own body, to decide what happens to it and in it,
and to reject state interference
with her health care choices.”
the judge’s decision allowed
the procedure to continue in
georgia up to 22 weeks of pregnancy, giving women in the
state and across the South a
short window during which
they could obtain an abortion
past six weeks. many women do
not even realize they are pregnant at six weeks.

after mcBurney ’s ruling,
many clinics in georgia began
offering medical and surgical
abortions up to about 11 or 12
weeks of pregnancy. one clinic,
the Feminist women’s health
Center in atlanta, has performed the procedure until 22
weeks.
Republican state officials
were angered by the lower
court’s decision and moved to
immediately appeal it.
“we commend the court for
granting our request to allow
the liFE act to once again take
effect, and we will continue to
defend the laws and the Constitution of the State of georgia,”
said Chris Carr, georgia's Republican attorney general.
on monday, Justice John J.
Ellington, who only par tly
agreed with the majority, wrote
in a six-page dissent that the
right course would have been to
continue to suspend the sixweek ban while the appeal was
being considered.
“the state should not be in
the business of enforcing laws
that have been determined to violate fundamental rights guaranteed to millions of individuals
under the georgia Constitution,” he wrote.
without providing explanation, the state Supreme Court
left in place the lower court’s
block on a separate provision
that allows prosec utors to
broadly obtain the medical records of women who have had
abortions.
abortion providers said they
would maintain their challenge
to the six-week ban.
“we still believe in a georgia
where we all have the right to
decide whether or not to have
children and raise those children in safe, sustainable communities,” said monica Simpson, the executive director of
SisterSong women of Color Reproductive Justice Collective,
the plaintiff in the case.

US justices decline
to intervene in cases
of emergency in Texas
By Ann E. Marimow
and Caroline Kitchener
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the Supreme Court on monday refused to require doctors in
texas to perform certain emergency abortions when the procedure would conflict with the
state’s strict abortion ban.
the justices left in place a
lower-court ruling that rejected
the Biden administration’s
claim that federal law requires
access to emergency abortion
care even in states that restrict
the procedure.
as is common when the
court refuses to review a lower
court decision, the order, issued
on the first day of the Supreme
Court’s new term, did not explain the justices’ reasoning.
there were no noted dissents.
the court’s action comes just
months after the justices intervened in a similar case in idaho
and reflects continued fallout
and confusion from its decision
in 2022 to overturn Roe v. wade
and eliminate the nationwide
right to abortion after nearly 50
years.
in the idaho case, the just i c e s i n Ju n e t e m p o r a r i l y
cleared the way for emergency
room doctors to terminate pregnancies without being subject to
prosecution under that state's
abortion ban. at the time, abortion rights groups and medical
experts called the idaho decision a preliminary victory that
did not settle the broader question of whether a federal emergency-care law preempts strict
state abortion bans.
in both idaho and texas, the
Biden administration has asserted that the federal law — the
Emergency medical treatment
and labor act — mandates
emergency abortion care when

it is the only treatment that can
save a pregnant woman’s life or
prevent serious harm to her
health, including conditions
short of death such as organ failure or loss of fertility.
the Biden administration
first turned to the law known as
Emtala in late 2021 as a way
to try to ensure access to abortion in limited situations. in July
2022, after the Supreme Court
overturned Roe, the administration told hospitals receiving
medicare funds that emergency
room doctors must terminate
pregnancies in some circumstances, even if a state’s law bars
the procedure. hospitals that do
not comply face penalties of up
to $120,000 per violation.
the state of texas successfully sued the Department of
health and human Services in
District Court to block federal
enforcement of that policy, accusing the administration of exceeding its authority by implementing it without the required
process. the US Court of appeals for the 5th Circuit upheld
the decision in January, finding
that the texas ban on abortion
does not conflict with Emtala.
the court said the federal law
does not require any particular
care and never requires pregnancy termination.
“Emtala does not mandate
medical treatments, let alone
abortion care, nor does it preempt texas law,” the judges
wrote.
alexis mcgill Johnson, president of planned parenthood
Federation of america, responded to the court’s action by saying
the justices had, for a second
time this year, “punted on clarifying that existing federal law
applies to everyone, including
those who are pregnant.”

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One year later, Israel faces 4-front war

Gaza, Lebanon
are targets; Iran,
Yemen also loom

By Matthew Mpoke Bigg,
Bilal Shbair,
and Euan Ward
nEw YoRk timES

israel’s military kept up its
strikes on two fronts monday,
with an intense barrage on
southern lebanon and a retaliatory attack targeting Hamas in
the southern gaza Strip, a sign
of how significantly the fighting
has spread in the year since
Hamas’s cross-border assault.
As israelis commemorated
the oct. 7, 2023, attack that led
to the war in gaza, Hamas
launched a rare rocket attack at
tel Aviv, saying it was targeting
“the depths of the occupation.”
the rocket strike did little damage, and hours later, israel responded with what it said was
an attack on the rocket launcher
that had fired the projectiles.
israel also sent more troops
to l ebanon to suppor t the
ground invasion there that it began last week with the stated
goal of stopping the militant
group Hezbollah from firing
rockets across the border.
And on a separate front, the
military said it had intercepted
a missile fired at israel by the
Houthi militia, which is based
in Yemen, about 1,000 miles
away.
the scope of that military activity against the groups — all of
them backed by iran — made
clear how the fighting has
broadened a year after Hamas
led the attack on israel. About
1,200 people were killed and
more than 250 taken hostage
that day.
in addition to the invasions
of gaza, where more than
40,000 people have been killed,
largely by israeli airstrikes, and
of lebanon, Prime minister
Benjamin netanyahu of israel
has vowed to retaliate against
iran for firing nearly 200 missiles at his country oct. 1.
israel’s ferocious air and
ground war in gaza has largely
destroyed Hamas’s main military units, according to experts,
but the group remains capable
of directing rockets toward israel, and they are sometimes able
to penetrate the country’s air
defenses. the rocket fire monday appeared intended to show
that Hamas retains a military
capability despite the israeli onslaught.
it was not clear if it had been
timed to coincide with the oct.
7 anniversary but Abu obeida, a
spokesperson for Hamas’s military wing, said in a statement
on the group’s website monday
that Hamas would continue

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Smoke billowed from the
site of an Israeli airstrike
that targeted the southern
Lebanese village of
Rmadiyeh on Monday. At
left, emergency personnel
responded after a rocket,
apparently fired from Gaza,
hit Kfar Chabad Tel Aviv on
Monday.

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fighting a “long, painful and extremely costly war of attrition”
for israel.
Four projectiles fired from
gaza fell in open areas in central israel, and one was intercepted, according to the state
broadcaster, kan, which reported that one woman was slightly
injured and that Ben gurion
Airport stopped flights for a
time.
israel’s military said its fighter jets had struck the rocket
launcher used to fire at israel
from the area of khan Younis, a
city in southern gaza that israeli forces invaded in December in
an attempt to crush Hamas.

months later, they returned to
try to crack down on a resurgence of the militants.
During the strike in khan
Younis, “secondary explosions
were identified, indicating the
presence of weapons,” the israeli military said in a statement.
there was no independent confirmation of the claim.
A new York times correspondent in Bani Suhaila, a
town just east of khan Younis,
witnessed an airstrike hitting an
area about 300 yards from
where he was standing. Families fled on foot carrying their
belongings after the strike, the
correspondent said.

the military also said it had
struck a launcher in northern
gaza from which projectiles
were fired toward israel. the
military did not say whether the
projectiles landed in israel, and
Hamas did not comment on the
claim.
when israeli forces first invaded northern gaza in october
2023, they told residents to
evacuate. on monday, they did
so again, directing civilians in
large parts of the area to leave
because of an impending military operation.
much of the Palestinian enclave lies in ruins, and virtually
all of its population of 2.2 mil-

lion has been forced to flee their
homes, and many have fled
multiple times.
“i feel like they are tossing us
around from one place to another,” said Saher Abu Dagheem,
one northern gaza resident affected by the israeli evacuation
order. “they don’t consider our
lives,” said Dagheem, 38, a resident of Jabalia.
last week, israel followed up
on its assassination of Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan nasrallah,
by sending tanks and troops
over the border into lebanon.
lebanon’s state-run news agency on monday reported intense
israeli airstrikes in southwestern lebanon, where the israeli
military issued new evacuation
warnings for more than two
dozen towns and villages.
the israeli military said it
was hitting Hezbollah targets. A
number of strikes hit the Dahiya, a densely packed cluster of
neighborhoods adjoining Beirut, where acrid smoke has
been thick after waves of bombardment in recent days.
later, the military said it had
struck more than 120 Hezbollah targets in southern lebanon
within an hour.

Vigils, protests around the world mark Hamas attack

Repercussions of
Oct. 7 violence
dominate news
By David R. Martin,
Tassanee Vejpongsa,
and Justin Spike
ASSoCiAtED PRESS

nEw YoRk — Commemorations and protests unfolded
across the world on monday to
mark the anniversary of the
oct. 7 Hamas attack on israel,
an assault that sparked a war
that has devastated Hamasruled gaza, fueled hostilities
and bloodshed in other mideast
lands, and ignited protests and
divisions in far-flung countries.
those divisions were visible
in new York, where a crowd
gathered for an evening remembrance ceremony in Central
Park even as a blocks-long column of pro-Palestinian protesters marched through midtown
manhattan.
Hamas militants' surprise
cross-border attack last year
killed about 1,200 people. Another 250 were taken hostage;
around 100 remain in captivity,
with many of them feared dead.
the attack, on a major Jewish
holiday, shattered israelis' sense
of security and left the world
facing the prospect of a major

conflict in the middle East.
israel responded by waging a
war against the Hamas militants in gaza, where the fighting has killed more than 41,000
people and displaced around
1.9 million. the conflict has
spread in the region, where israel now also is fighting Hezbollah militants in lebanon, facing
escalating threats from Yemen’s
Houthi rebels, and contending
with a mounting conflict with
iran, which backs Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis.
the Hamas-israel war also
has spurred demonstrations
and stirred tensions in many US
locales, including college campuses and major cities.
in new York, protesters
spread a large Palestinian flag
on a street near the new York
Stock Exchange early monday
afternoon, while a smaller
group of counterprotesters held
an israeli flag. the pro-Palestinian group grew as it marched
through manhattan streets, at
one point holding a banner that
read “war begets war” on the
steps of the new York Public library.
Associated Press journalists
saw several people being taken
into police custody at various
points in the march. Police said
multiple arrests were made; no
further information was imme-

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A staffer lit candles for victims of the Hamas attack on
Israel at the Israeli embassy in Beijing on Monday.
diately available.
meanwhile, new York’s mayor and governor were among
those expected to attend the remembrance ceremony in Central Park.
At Philadelphia's weitzman
national museum of American
Jewish History, Ellie Solomon
was among a group of high
school students who viewed an
exhibition about the tribe of
nova music festival in Re'im, israel, where hundreds were
killed.
“i feel like that really could
have been me there,” said Solomon, who attends the Pingry

School in new Jersey. many festival attendees were close to her
age, she noted.
“they all had very full lives,
like lots of life ahead of them,
just like we do," she said, adding
that “it’s important for us to remember them and honor them
because they didn’t deserve anything that happened to them.”
governor Josh Shapiro of
Pennsylvania also toured the exhibition, saying that he hoped it
gave visitors “an understanding
of what really happened.”
“i think that in some segments of our society, we don’t
have that knowledge,” said Sha-

piro, a Democrat. He added that
he hoped visitors emerged
“more tolerant, a bit more understanding, and more committed to finding peace in our society and peace across the globe.”
the nations of Europe, home
to many Jewish and muslim
communities, have sought to
tamp down both antisemitic
and anti-muslim sentiment.
the german chancellery in
Berlin was adorned monday
with a yellow ribbon commemorating the israeli hostages taken by Hamas, around 100 of
whom remain in captivity, with
many of them feared dead. the
names of the people killed and
kidnapped in the attack on israel were read out in front of the
Brandenburg gate.
Chancellor olaf Scholz said
to germany's "dear friends in israel" that "we feel with you …
we stand beside you." Speaking
to a conference in Hamburg,
Scholz also pointed to the suffering of Palestinians in gaza.
in italy, Premier giorgia
meloni, who has voiced strong
support for israel, visited the
main synagogue in Rome. She
reaffirmed israel's right to defend itself, while insisting that
the country respect international law and lamenting the devastation unleashed by israeli forces in gaza.

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Separatists claim
responsibility for
Pakistan attack
kARACHi — A Pakistani separatist group claimed responsibility for a late-night bombing
that targeted a convoy with Chinese nationals outside the country’s largest airport, killing two
workers from China and wounding eight people, officials and
the insurgent group said monday.
the attack by the Baloch liberation Army outside the airport
in the southern port city of karachi was the latest deadly assault on the Chinese in Pakistan
and came a week before islamabad is to host a summit of the
Shanghai Cooperation organization, a security grouping founded by China and Russia to counter western alliances.
the explosion, which the
separatist group said was the
work of a suicide bomber, also
raised questions about the ability of Pakistani forces to secure
high-profile events or foreigners
in the country. Among the
wounded were also police officers who were escorting the convoy when the attack happened.
Pakistani news channels
broadcast videos of flames engulfing cars and a thick column
of smoke rising from the scene.
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Climbers rescued
from Himalayan
mountain peak
two climbers, one American
and one British, were rescued
from a Himalayan mountain after being stranded for three
nights at nearly 20,000 feet, indian officials said.
the climbers, michelle
Dvorak and Fay manners, were
rescued on Sunday after an earlier attempt failed, according to
a statement from the government of the indian state of Uttarakhand. the women used a
pager on thursday to alert that
they were stranded on the
Chaukhamba iii mountain in
Uttarakhand, saying that their
luggage, which included food
and equipment essential for the
climb, had fallen into a ravine.
“without these, they could
neither go up nor come down,”
the Uttarakhand government
statement said.
manners said a falling rock
had severed the rope they were
using to haul their luggage.
the women were stranded at
19,734 feet, according to the Uttarakhand government. At that
altitude, the body begins to deteriorate and long-term survival is
impossible, according to scientists.
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Former president
of Philippines
seeks new position
mAnilA — Former
Philippines president Rodrigo
Duterte registered monday to
run for mayor of his southern
home city despite his legacy over
his brutal antidrug crackdown
that the international Criminal
Court is investigating as a possible crime against humanity.
Duterte, 79, filed his papers
before the Election Commission
in Davao city, where he had
served as mayor for about two
decades before winning the
presidency in 2016. His son —
incumbent Davao city mayor Sebastian Duterte — would run as
his vice-mayor in next year’s
elections, officials said.
more than 6,000 people,
mostly poor drug suspects, were
killed under a massive police-enforced crackdown against illegal
drugs that Duterte oversaw
when he was president, according to government pronouncements. But human rights groups
say the death toll is considerably
higher and should include many
unsolved killings by motorcycleriding gunmen, who may have
been deployed by police.
Duterte has denied condoning extrajudicial killings.
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Russian missile attack strikes near Ukrainian airfield

Base has been
regularly attacked
since early 2022
By Constant Méheut
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KYIv, Ukraine — a Russian
missile attack struck near a major Ukrainian military airfield
monday morning, officials from
Ukraine said, part of a broad
campaign of assaults by moscow aimed at degrading
Ukraine’s military infrastructure and wearing down its air
defenses.
In a rare acknowledgment
that a military base had been
hit, the Ukrainian air force reported that a Kinzhal hypersonic missile, which can travel several times the speed of sound,
hit near the Starokostiantyniv
air base in western Ukraine.
I n S e p t e m b e r, R u s s i a
launched drone and missile attacks on Ukrainian cities and
towns every day according to
the country’s military, a pattern
of attacks that has continued in-

to october.
Ukraine did not disclose the
extent of the damage caused by
the missile hit near the base,
which has been regularly attacked since Russia’s full-scale
invasion began in early 2022.
R u s s i a’s d e f e n s e m i n i s t r y
claimed on monday that it had
inflicted damage on infrastructure at two Ukrainian military
airfields, but did not specify
their locations.
Earlier this year, the Kremlin
suggested that Starokostiantyniv would house western-supplied f-16 fighter jets, as the aircraft were en route to Ukraine.
the claim could not be independently verified, and Ukraine has
kept secret where it bases the
powerful jets.
Ukraine’s military said it
struck a major oil terminal monday in Crimea that provides fuel
for Russia’s war effort as Ukrainian President volodymyr Zelensky said the war has entered a
key phase.
Both sides are facing the issue of how to sustain their costly
war of attrition — a conflict that

started with Russia’s full-scale
invasion of Ukraine in february
2022 and that shows no signs of
a resolution.
Ukraine’s General Staff said
on social media that the oil terminal in feodosia, on the south
coast of the Russia-occupied
Crimea Peninsula, has been sup-

volved drones, in what military
experts say is a strategy to probe
and exhaust Ukrainian air defenses before launching more
powerful air assaults involving a
greater number missiles.
Zelensky said Sunday that
Russia had launched about 20
missiles and nearly 400 drones

WAR OF ATTRITION

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr
Zelensky (left) said the conflict
has entered a key phase.
plying the Russian army with fuel and that the strike was part of
an ongoing effort to “undermine
the military and economic potential of the Russian federation.”
Russian-installed authorities
in the city of feodosia on the
coast of the Black Sea reported a
fire at the terminal on monday
morning but did not say what
might have caused it.
Russian air attacks over the
past month or so have mostly in-

in the past week and that the
war is in “a ver y impor tant
phase” as the Ukrainian army
works hard to hold the bigger
Russian forces at bay in the east
while also holding ground in
Russia’s Kursk border region,
which it captured two months
ago.
attacking daily with waves of
drones has two main benefits
for Russia. first, it compels
Ukraine to use up some of its
stocks of missiles to intercept

the drones. Second, it exposes
the location of Ukrainian air defenses by forcing Kyiv’s troops to
fire their weapons to shoot
down the drones, facilitating
moscow’s planning for future attacks.
attack drones are relatively
inexpensive and can cost only a
few thousand dollars to produce. But the missile interceptors sometimes used to shoot
them down are significantly
more costly.
In recent months, Ukraine
has received more air defense
weapons from its western allies,
but its stocks remain limited.
when Russia in the past
launched massive air assaults
combining waves of drones and
missiles, it often managed to
overwhelm Ukrainian air defenses.
to save its limited stocks of
air defense missiles, Ukraine
has increasingly used small mobile groups dispersed across the
country and tasked with shooting down the drones with antiaircraft guns such as the German-made Gepards.

A year on,
a painful
legacy
lingers

Material from the Associated
Press was included in this
report.

American
sentenced
to 7 years
in Russia
Allegedly fought
for Ukraine

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said, that he did not witness the
day that hamas militants and
other terrorists killed more than
1,200 people, including families
in their homes, burned kibbutzim, massacred revelers at a music festival, and took around 250
people of all ages as hostages.
nelson was also glad, he said,
that his grandfather did not witness “the shameful response to
these horrors: the apologetics
for barbarism pouring out of every corner of the world, the orgy
of abuse and violence to which
countless Jewish communities
have been subjected by their
neighbors, the legitimation in
polite society of anti-Jewish libels... and, of course, the gaslighting pretense that none of
this has anything to do with antisemitism.”
Since oct. 7, many Jews and
Jewish communities in Greater
Boston have felt under pressure,
contending with a new reality in
which their identity feels persistently scrutinized, and as signs
of resurgent antisemitism proliferate. Increasingly, Jewish families attend religious services or
send their children to schools
under the watch of private security following a rash of synagogue attacks several years ago
and a sharp increase in bomb
threats in the last year.
as Israel has prosecuted a
war against hamas in Gaza that
has killed more than 41,000 people and provoked a humanitarian catastrophe, cultural organizations and campus groups have
made clear that Zionists — a label that surveys show applies to
the great majority of american
Jews — are not welcome. now,
many Boston-area Jews wonder
if a decades-long age of assimilation and broad societal acceptance is coming — or has come
— to an end.
Jeffrey Bussgang, a 55-yearold venture capitalist, said that
the past year has been the most
unsettled period for american
Jews in his lifetime. the age of
acceptance — when forms of
overt discrimination against
Jews, such as university admissions quotas, faded away and
when it was possible to move
through the world, more or less,
without thinking about one’s
Jewish identity — had seemed to
him like it “would never end in
america.” now, he said, “I’m not
sure. I fluctuate between denial
and resignation.”
the first anniversary of the
attacks also prompted some in
the Jewish community to pause
in reflection. “an Evening of Remembrance & hope,” organized
by Combined Jewish Philanthropies, drew 3,700 people to the
Boch Center in Boston.
Jeffrey Rosenspan, 42, of
walpole, attended the event
with his wife, and mother in law,
to see his 12-year-old son sing
with the Rashi School from Dedham, but also “to support our

Still, each time Ukraine activates its radars to detect drones
and then fires at them, it exposes the positions of its air defense
systems to Russian forces, enabling moscow to map them out
and plan future attacks accordingly.
andrii Cherniak, a spokesperson for Ukraine’s military intelligence, said that Russia had
star ted using a new type of
cheap drone carrying a camera
to identify the location of
Ukraine’s air defenses.
“they identify where our mobile groups are positioned,
where the machine guns are
that can destroy them,” Cherniak told Reuters in July.
ma ny i n U k ra i n e e x p e c t
Russia to launch large-scale
missile attacks on the country’s
energy infrastructure before
winter, as it seeks to plunge
Ukrainians into cold and darkness when subzero temperatures set in.

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People held candles at “An
Evening of Remembrance
& Hope,” which drew
3,700 people to the Boch
Center in Boston on
Monday. At left, Rabbi
Claudia Kreiman of
Brookline said: “No
terrorism is acceptable. It
cannot be excused.”

people.”
“we are here for a peaceful
resolution to the situation in Israel,” said Rosenspan, a real estate investor. “my family believes
peace is the only solution, and
we hope the hostages are returned right away.”
In recent weeks, the war has
widened. following a year of
back-and-forth strikes across Israel’s northern border with lebanon, Israel escalated its fight
with hezbollah, a hamas ally
and fellow militia backed by
Iran. the bombardment has
killed more than 2,000 people,
according to lebanese officials.
Israel has also traded strikes
with the houthis, another Iranbacked militia in Yemen. and
last week it fended off a barrage
of ballistic missiles fired at the
country by Iran.
on Sunday, thousands of
demonstrators gathered near
the Charles River to protest
against Israel. as they marched
down Storrow Drive, they chanted “Globalize the intifada.”
Some pro-Palestinian activ-

ists say intifada chants are a call
for Palestinian liberation. But
many Jews hear something else.
“It means to get rid of all the
Jews,” said Claudia Kreiman, senior rabbi at temple Beth Zion
in Brookline. “It means to use
terrorism as a tool.”
In the context of the IsraeliPalestinian conflict, intifada,
which means uprising in arabic,
is usually a reference to two violent conflicts that began in the
1980s and the early 2000s. the
second intifada included suicide
bombings and mass shootings of
Israeli civilians, as well as deadly
crackdowns against Palestinians
by Israeli forces. Some pro-Palestinian groups in the United
States hailed the hamas attack
last year as the beginning of a
new intifada.
Rabbi Kreiman is not given to
fiery rhetoric. She is, aside from
being a religious leader, a human rights activist who has protested against the far-right government of Benjamin netanyahu in Israel. She wants ceasefires to end the multi-front war.

But she has a red line. a Chilean, american, and Israeli citizen, Kreiman lost her mother in
a 1994 bombing said to have
been organized by hezbollah
militants of a Jewish community
center in Buenos aires. “no terrorism is acceptable,” she said.
“It cannot be excused.”
and yet she, like many Jews,
believes that is precisely what
some americans have done since
oct. 7. “It’s been very hard to
hear and see those who in the
name of human rights and in the
name of social justice and in the
name of liberation have excused
the terrorist attacks of hamas,”
she said.
Jeremy Burton, the head of
the Jewish Community Relations
Council of Greater Boston, put it
more starkly. “People were
marching down Storrow Drive
holding signs calling for the murder of Jews everywhere,” he said,
referring to signs that said “one
Solution: Intifada! Revolution!”
“ there are a lot of public
leaders in this town who are going to look the other way and not

condemn it,” he said.
as the war has continued, fissures have opened up within the
Jewish community. there have
been splits between parents and
children and within groups of
friends. Some who oppose Zionism or are sharply critical of Israel
feel unwelcome in Jewish spaces
where they once belonged.
“we’re working hard to hold
our community together,” said
Rabbi andy vogel of temple Sinai in Brookline. “we’ve got people in the room who are in vastly
different places.”
alex Bernat, a senior at harvard University, said he feels like
he lost a year of his college experience as, he contends, his campus
became inhospitable to Jews, especially those who would not disavow Israel or Zionism, the belief
that Jews have a right to self-determination in their ancestral
homeland. It began when more
than 30 student groups signed a
letter on oct. 7 saying that Israel
was “the only one to blame” for
the unfolding violence.
During the encampment that
harvard protesters created in the
spring, Bernat said that “eliminationist” rhetoric about Israel was
prevalent. Some signs, he recalled, said, “from the water to
the water, Palestine is arab,” referring to the mediterranean Sea
and the Jordan River, which border Israel and the occupied Palestinian territories. “If Palestine is
arab from the water to the water,
what happens to all the Jews
there?” he said.
Tonya Alanez of the Globe staff
contributed to this report. Mike
Damiano can be reached at
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moSCow — a Russian
court on monday sentenced a
72-year-old american in a
closed trial to nearly seven
years in prison for allegedly
fighting as a mercenary in
Ukraine.
Prosecutors said Stephen
hubbard signed a contract with
the Ukrainian military after
Russia sent troops into Ukraine
in february 2022 and he fought
alongside them until being captured two months later.
he w a s s e n t e n c e d t o s i x
years and 10 months in a general-security prison. Prosecutors
had called for a sentence of seven years in a maximum-security
prison.
hubbard, from the state of
michigan, is the first american
known to have been convicted
on charges of fighting as a mercenary in the Ukrainian conflict.
US State Department spokesperson matthew miller said that
it had limited information about
the case as Russia has refused to
grant consular access.
“we’re disappointed, as we
often are, when they refuse to
grant consular access,” miller
told reporters in washington.
“they have an obligation to provide it and we’re going to continue to press for it. we’re looking at the case very closely and
considering our next steps.”
the charges against hubbard carried a potential sentence of 15 years, but prosecutors asked that his age be taken
into account along with his admission of guilt, Russian news
reports said.
arrests of americans have
become increasingly common
in Russia in recent years. Concern has risen that Russia could
be targeting US nationals for arrest to use later as bargaining
chips in talks to bring back Russians convicted of crimes in the
United States and Europe.
also on monday, a court in
the city of voronezh sentenced
american Robert Gilman to seven years and one month for allegedly assaulting law enforcement officers while serving a
sentence for another assault.
according to Russian news
reports, Gilman was arrested in
2022 for causing a disturbance
while intoxicated on a passenger train and then assaulted a
police officer while in custody.
he is serving a 3½-year sentence on that charge.
last year, he assaulted a
prison inspector during a cell
check, then hit an official of the
Investigative Committee, resulting in the new sentence, state
news agency RIa-novosti said.
the United States and Russia in august completed their
largest prisoner swap in postSoviet history, a deal involving
24 people.

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which struck the Gulf Coast
last year, spurred some people
to evacuate for milton even if
they had not done so before.
“our house was just flooded,
and we just started to put it back
together again,” Jeff monsein,
65, said as he boarded up his
home in Davis islands near
downtown tampa on monday
morning.
monsein did not evacuate for
Helene but said he would for
milton. His 85-year-old mother
has Stage 4 cancer and her condominium flooded during Helene, so she moved in with him,
he said. in all, two homes and
four cars were damaged.
Ahead of milton, monsein
tried to wait in line for sandbags,
but it took so long that he gave
up. “it’s an hourly, daily kind of
life right now,” he said.
milton will test storm-recovery operations for Florida and
the federal government with resources strained across the
Southeast because of Helene,
which cut a deadly path from
Florida through north Carolina.
on monday, President Biden
signed an emergency declaration for Florida to facilitate
emergency assistance. milton
threatens to further shake the
state’s insurance market, which
has struggled as private insurers
strain to pay growing hurricane
claims.
And the Federal Emergency
management Agency may be
running out of staff to deal with
the potential devastation.
As of monday morning, just 9
percent of FEmA’s personnel, or
1,217 people, were available to
respond to the hurricane or other disasters, according to the
agency’s daily operations briefing. to put that into context:
over the previous five years, onequarter of the agency’s staff was
available for deployment at this
point in the hurricane season.
Even in 2017 — arguably FEmA’s busiest year in the past decade, after Hurricane Harvey
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Contractors cleaned up debris Monday left by Hurricane Helene in preparation for Hurricane Milton in New Port Richey, Fla.
ma plowed through Florida, and
Hurricane maria plunged Puerto
Rico into darkness — FEmA’s
staffing reserves at this point in
october were 19 percent, more
than twice the levels they are at
now.
the agency said monday afternoon that it is well equipped
to handle the strains. “FEmA is
built for this,” said l eiloni
Stainsby, the agency’s deputy associate administrator for response and recovery.
But FEmA is stretched not
just by the brutal aftermath of
Hurricane Helene, which killed
more than 200 people and destroyed sections of western
north Carolina. its staff is also
responding to flooding and landslides in vermont, tornadoes in
kansas, the aftermath of tropical Storm Debby in new York
and Georgia, and the watch Fire
in Arizona.
And those are just the disasters that were declared in the
past two weeks.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said the state had marshaled fuel supplies, power utility crews, and ambulances. tolls
were suspended along evacuation routes, and certain state
buildings and vacant buildings
could be put to use as added
emergency shelters if places already designated as such filled.
“if we knew exactly where it’s
going to hit, we probably would
evacuate fewer people,” DeSantis
said in a monday news briefing.
“But we don’t know that.”
where milton comes ashore
will serve as something of a dividing line, with the worst of the
storm surge forecast to its south.
in Fort myers Beach, near
where Hurricane ian came
ashore two years ago, teri Cado
and her husband rushed to prepare their recreational vehicle
monday and move off the barrier
island.
they have not yet rebuilt the
home that ian destroyed.
“we’re ok. we’re resilient.

And we are doing everything we
can,” Cado said, pausing briefly.
“ when you are hanging by a
thread, reach a little higher and
there’s a rope.”
Helene made landfall hundreds of miles north, but it still
flooded houses in Fort myers
Beach and spewed sand and debris along the roads. karen
woodson, a town Council member, and her husband lost appliances, flooring, furniture, and
18 inches of drywall in their
newly redone waterfront home
along third Street.
“this is a tough one,” woodson said monday, as the couple
finalized preparations to move
to a hotel on the mainland. “You
just have to compartmentalize
and do what’s best for you in the
moment.”
“i’m good,” she added, “until
somebody hugs me.”
Piles of sand and debris dot
the streets of Fort myers Beach
and other barrier islands and
low-lying communities up the

Gulf Coast, which has prompted
officials to start an urgent, 24hour removal operation ahead of
milton. Piles of debris could take
flight in the new storm if left
along the streets.
Rick Borman, who manages
a condo complex in Fort myers
Beach that is still under reconstruction from ian, said he had
been fielding calls from worried
out-of-town owners. Full-time
residents, he said, have struggled with symptoms of trauma,
especially after Helene.
“it’s like there’s a boogeyman
at the door,” he said.
mental health workers in
Fort myers set up contingency
plans for patients to continue receiving ser vices during the
storm. Dr. Anthony Garcia, a
psychologist and the owner of A
Pe a c e f u l mi n d Co u n s e l i n g
Group, said his team of therapists was equipped with phones
that receive priority service on
satellite signals.
the prospect of Hurricane

milton “obviously stirs the pot
for a community that’s still —
we’re literally still building from
it, and an understandable trigger for everyone, myself included,” he said.
Garcia said treating a patient
anticipating a major hurricane
was far different from therapy
for grief about a past event.
“it’s the unknown,” he said.
“it’s this lingering monster out
there that we don’t know, and
we don’t know what it’s going to
do.”
in tampa, local officials acknowledged that bracing for another storm would be expensive,
difficult, and stressful.
“we are still reeling from Helene,” mayor Jane Castor said.
“And now we have milton on the
way. that isn’t just going to be a
water event, it’s going to be a
surge event, it’s going to be a
rain event, it’s going to be a wind
event.”
more than a centur y has
passed since the tampa Bay region sustained a direct hit from
a major hurricane. Forecasters
and residents hold their breath
every time a storm is on a possible track to hit directly, knowing
that the storm surge could be
catastrophic.
the last storm to land directly was in october 1921, when
the population was only about
120,000 people.
“we are telling people this
will be like the worst hurricane
in their lifetime in tampa Bay,”
said Rick Davis, a meteorologist
at the national weather Service
in tampa.
Erika nowlin, 27, of Pinellas
Park, near St. Petersburg, said
she had never experienced natural disasters growing up in virginia. She moved to the tampa
area four years ago and said she
would ride out the looming hurricane inland, in orlando with
her pets.
Seeing what Helene wrought
made her nervous.
“i don’t expect to stay in Florida” long term, she said. “i don’t
think i can go through that
many hurricane seasons.”

‘Ghost guns’ case has major
implications for industry in flux

Supreme Court
hears challenge
to Biden rules
By Glenn Thrush
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wASHinGton — A small
company operating out of a
warehouse on the edge of a sagebrush airstrip near Carson City,
nev., temporarily halted its operations this summer, which gun
control groups hailed as a major
victory in their fight to stem the
spread of unregulated firearms
in America.
the company, Polymer80,
was for a time the country’s largest manufacturer and online
seller of the components used to
assemble the untraceable homemade weapons known as “ghost
guns.” the weapons fueled a
surge in gun crime after the onset of the coronavirus pandemic
across the country, particularly
in California, according to law
enforcement officials.
Hit by a wave of lawsuits, the
company also struggled to cope
with new regulations imposed
by the Biden administration that
restricted the sale of the components. in July, Polymer80’s embattled owner announced on social media, “we are shut down ...
for now” to evaluate the feasibility of his business model.
on tuesday, the Supreme
Court will consider a challenge,
brought by gun rights groups
and supported by industry leaders, that seeks to invalidate the
Biden administration rules,
which are from the Bureau of Alcohol, tobacco, Firearms and
Explosives. those rules, completed in late 2022, require vendors who sell partly finished
frames of Glock-style handguns
— the pistol grip and firing
mechanism — to treat them like
fully completed firearms subject
to federal regulations.
the case has profound implications: the number of ghost
guns recovered at crime scenes
has fallen since the enactment of
the rules, which mandated the
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Ghost guns are displayed at
the headquarters of the San
Francisco Police
Department, in 2019.
ground checks, according to statistics compiled by law enforcement agencies around the country.
local officials and gun control groups fear that overturning
the restrictions could reverse the
recent improvements. they also
say it could pave the way for a
sweeping expansion of a business they say offers untraceable
weapons to those banned under
federal law from possessing
them: criminals, people with
histories of mental illness, and
teenagers, the victims and perpetrators of some of the most
horrific crimes involving ghost
guns.
“it’s a public safety nightmare,” said Eric tirschwell, the
chief litigation counsel for Everytown for Gun Safety, which
represented two los Angeles
County sheriff ’s deputies who
were shot and seriously injured
in 2020 by a man using a weapon assembled from Polymer80
parts.
“it seems certain the business
will spring back to life if the
court strikes it down,” tirschwell
said. “A lot of companies will
spring back, and new ones will
come into this marketplace.”
Gun rights groups have argued that the components do
not meet the definition of a “firearm” as laid out in the Gun Control Act of 1968, one of the main
laws regulating the industry. in
issuing the rules, the Biden administration has overstepped,
they have said in court filings,
usurping the role of Congress,

which has thus far failed to enact
legislation regulating gun components like the ones sold by
Polymer80.
But local law enforcement
agencies, along with city and
state governments, have contended that the homemade gun
parts and kits contributed to a
deadly spike in the number of
ghost guns used in serious
crimes — a tenfold increase between 2016 and 2022, according
to AtF estimates cited by the
white House.
Ghost guns have become a
scourge in many of the nation’s
biggest cities. in California, the
proliferation of the weapons —
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Trump’s plans could raise costs for most Americans

Analyses also
find they could
increase US debt
By Andrew Duehren
and Alan Rappeport
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WaShIngton — former
president Donald trump’s economic proposals could inflame
the nation’s debt burden while
ultimately raising costs for a
vast majority of americans, according to a pair of new economic analyses that are among
the most in-depth studies to
date of the Republican nominee’s plans.
the Committee for a Responsible federal Budget, a nonpartisan group that seeks lower deficits, found that trump’s various

plans could add as much as $15
trillion to the nation’s debt over
a decade. that is nearly twice as
much as the economic plans being proposed by vice President
Kamala harris.
and an analysis from the Institute on taxation and Economic Policy, a liberal think tank,
found that trump’s tax and tariff
plans would, on average,
amount to a tax increase for every income group except the top
5 percent of highest-earning
americans.
the two new studies differ in
some respec ts. t he budge t
group looked at the cost of both
candidates’ tax and spending
plans over 10 years, while the
tax institute focused on what the
impacts of trump’s tax and tariff
plans would be in 2026. But together they show that trump’s

agenda could be both costly and
regressive by placing a greater
burden on those making the
least amount of money.
over the course of his campaign, trump has floated a flurry of potentially far-reaching
policies, including exempting
certain forms of pay from taxes
and levying broad tariffs on
nearly all imports to the United
States. he also wants to extend
elements of the tax law he enacted in 2017 that are set to expire
after next year.
“It’s almost difficult to come
up with a tax plan that would
raise taxes on most americans,
but still increase the deficit by
hundreds of billions of dollars a
year — and that’s what this
does,” said Steve Wamhoff, the
federal policy director at ItEP.
the CRfB cautioned that its

estimates remain subject to considerable uncertainty as many of
the proposals that trump and
harris have been pitching are
thin on details. It presented
three cost scenarios for each
campaign’s nascent economic
agenda.
on the high end, trump’s
plans would cost $15 trillion
over 10 years, while harris’s
would cost $8 trillion. In a midrange scenario, the former president’s second-term agenda
would cost $7.5 trillion and harris’s plans would cost $3.5 trillion. and at the low end,
trump’s plan would add $1.45
trillion to the debt by 2035 while
harris’s would add nothing,
making it “deficit neutral.”
“Both the Republican and
Democratic candidates for president have put forward cam-

paign plans that would, at best,
maintain the status quo and, at
worst, add tremendously to our
debt and deficits,” the CRfB report said. “Even in the best-case
scenario, neither candidate’s
plan would be sufficient to put
debt on a downward path and
point america toward a more secure and sustainable fiscal future.”
the harris campaign noted
that she has said publicly that
her policies would be paid for
and that the Biden administration has proposed budgets that
would reduce the deficit by $3
trillion.
the trump campaign suggested that the Committee for a
Responsible federal Budget was
misjudging the effect that the
former president’s proposals
would have on the economy.

“President trump’s plan will
rein in wasteful spending, defeat inflation, reduce the burden
of interest costs, and ignite economic growth that fuels federal
revenue so we can make our
economy great again,” said Brian hughes, a senior adviser to
the trump campaign.
a persistent difficulty for
budget forecasters in Washington has been estimating the impact of trump’s plans to exempt
overtime pay and tips from taxation. Many experts have cautioned that the proposals would
encourage more people to classify their earnings as tips or overtime. Whether that happens
could vastly change the cost of
the plans — and potentially reward high-income americans
with the resources to exploit the
tax breaks.

Harris, Trump mark
one year after Hamas
attack on Israel
WaShIngton — former
president Donald trump and
vice President Kamala harris
marked the anpolitical niversary of the
notebook deadliest attack
on Jews since
the holocaust as the presidential candidates approach the final weeks of the campaign during a widening conflict in the
Middle East.
hamas killed 1,200 people,
including 46 US citizens, and
took about 250 hostages during
its surprise attack on oct. 7 last
year. harris described it as “an
act of pure evil.”
She cited the Kaddish, the
Jewish prayer in mourning, to
talk about “our enduring belief
in god, even in our darkest moments.”
harris said she would remain
committed to Israel’s security
and the release of hostages held
by hamas, naming several of
them in her remarks. She also
mentioned a need to “relieve the
immense suffering of innocent
Palestinians in gaza who have
experienced so much pain and
loss over the year.”
Doug Emhoff, the second
gentleman, spoke after harris to
say “this is an incredibly challenging day for Jews around the
world, myself included.”
“today feels just as raw as it
did one year ago,” he said, describing the attack as “seared into our souls.”
on Monday morning, Republican candidate trump visited the new York City gravesite
of Rabbi Menachem Mendel
Schneerson, who led the Chabad-lubavitch movement of orthodox Judaism from 1951 until
his death in 1994.
Wearing a black kippah, or
skullcap, trump left a stone atop

the headstone of Schneerson’s
grave in a traditional Jewish
custom. he was planning later
in the day to speak before Jewish community leaders at one of
his florida resorts in the Miami
suburb of Doral.
President Biden and first lady Jill Biden also hosted a memorial ceremony at the White
house Monday to mark the oneyear anniversary of the attack.
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trump suggests migrants
who murder have ‘bad genes’

Donald trump suggested
Monday that people in the country illegally who have committed
murder and other crimes have
“bad genes,” the latest example
of rhetoric by the former president that dehumanizes immigrants and disparages them in
racial terms.
trump made the comment
during an interview with radio
host hugh hewitt while criticizing vice President Kamala harris’s record on border security.
trump accused her of “allowing
people to come through an open
border, 13,000 of which were
murderers,” repeating a claim
that significantly distorts data
recently released by the federal
government.
“You know, now, a murderer,
I believe this, it’s in their genes,”
trump said. “and we got a lot of
bad genes in our country right
now. they had 425,000 people
come into our country that
shouldn’t be here, that are criminals.”
trump and his allies have
seized on data that Immigration
and Customs Enforcement released last month to Congress,
claiming it shows that President
Biden’s administration has let
free more than 13,000 undocu-

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during a Philos Stand With Israel rally in Washington, D.C., on Monday.
mented immigrants with homicide convictions, among roughly
425,000 with any kind of criminal conviction. however, the data goes back decades, long before Biden took office, and includes convicted criminals who
could be jailed outside of ICE’s
jurisdiction.
after the interview, a trump
campaign spokesperson, Karoline leavitt, said in a statement
that trump was “clearly referring to murderers, not migrants.”
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pac offers $47 to those who
help it find trump voters

Elon Musk is dangling part of
his fortune as part of a potentially expensive arrangement to
identify likely voters for Donald
trump in seven battleground
states.
the super political action
committee founded by Musk,
the billionaire head of tesla and

SpaceX, is circulating a petition
in which voters pledge their support for the first and Second
amendments. and he is offering
$47 for each voter recruited to
sign it.
If recruiters managed to find
1 million people to sign the petition, Musk would be on the
hook for a staggering $47 million.
the petition, which is also
being circulated to Musk’s 200
million followers on his social
media platform X, is meant to
identify voters who are particularly energized, a common listbuilding activity at all levels of
politics. those voters, who have
taken the initiative to sign a petition affirming their conservative views, could then be especially targeted by Musk’s organization, america PaC, to turn out
for trump.
there appears to be no limit
on the number of registered voters that someone can refer, rais-

ing the possibility that the referral program could be gamed.
But the super PaC says that it
will check: “Eligible people may
only list one eligible person as
their referrer. Before payment is
made, america PaC will verify
the accuracy of all information
of the referrer and referee.”
the $47 payment is presumably a nod to trump’s desire to
become the country’s 47th president.
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n.c. voters affected by
Helene likely to see changes

RalEIgh, n.C. — voters in
western north Carolina impacted by hurricane helene’s devastation may see several changes
to how they can cast their ballots in the coming weeks after
the state’s election board approved an emergency resolution
that modifies voting rules.
the resolution unanimously
passed by the north Carolina

State Board of Elections, which
has both Democratic and Republican members, on Monday
comes less than two weeks after
helene destroyed large swaths
of western north Carolina —
displacing residents, damaging
homes, and washing away
roads.
In a critical presidential election that may hinge on which
way the battleground state
swings, that widespread disruption also presents major problems for how residents can cast
their votes by nov. 5.
Still, the board reiterated several times during Monday’s
meeting that it was committed
to ensuring early voting and
Election Day happens on schedule across the state, while also
making sure “no one is denied
the right to vote because of these
logistical problems,” said board
chairman alan hirsch, who is a
Democrat.
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those choices can make for differences in result. and lastly,
pollsters offer a reminder that
there’s only so much one can do
to predict the future; ultimately,
some voters will make up their
minds at the last minute.
“Everyone’s ‘ likely voter ’
model is going to be different,”
said Daniel Cassino, a professor
and director of polling at fairleigh Dickinson University. “this
is why polling is an art and a science. this is the art part.”
By and large, there are some
consistent themes in polling.
the race is close, with harris
and trump often within the
margin of error of polls in swing
states. harris has also made up
significant ground from President Biden’s standing at the time
he left the race in July.
But beyond that, horse-race
polling has been hard to pin
down, with seemingly contradictory results easy to find. the
field of polling has also been in
flux since the 2016 election,
when trump vastly outperformed expectations, while the
subsequent election in 2020
took place at the height of the
CovID pandemic.
the unprecedented nature of

recent election cycles makes
polling that much more difficult,
as pollsters use data from previous elections to predict what the
next will look like.
“this is the fallacy that drives
me the craziest, which is the assumption that the future electorate and the dynamics of the race
are going to look like the past,”
said J. ann Selzer, a well-respected, nonpartisan, Iowa-based
pollster. “there’s a fallacy that
things are the same, and if ever
there was an election that was
not the same as anything ever,
it’s 2024.”
Selzer gave an example from
her own polling to show how the
way that a “likely voter” is defined can make a big difference
in result. In June, trump was
leading Biden in Iowa by 18
points, 50 to 32 percent. In September, his lead had shrunk to 4
points, 47 to 43 percent over
harris. Selzer said one major
change between the two results
was that there was a big shift in
who said they were likely to vote,
particularly among the demographic groups that support
harris, showing how a different
electorate can substantially
change polls.
Some pollsters, however,
don’t survey likely voters at all,

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Polls have varied widely since former president Donald
Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris debated last month.
instead focusing on registered
voters. It’s a different gamble, as
not every registered voter ultimately casts a ballot, but one
that doesn’t require judgment
calls about who will. David Winston, a Republican pollster, argued for using registered voters
because independents and undecideds are more inclined to
make up their minds late,
whereas loyal partisans will
dominate the “likely voter” category earlier in a race.
“I lean toward registered voters,” Winston said. “that is a
clear known universe. ... trying

to predict who’s going to turn
out or not is very difficult.”
another complicating factor
is what’s called weighting, or
mathematically calibrating poll
results after collecting the survey so that the makeup of the
people polled reflects the demographic breakdown of america
or the state in question. It’s necessary to get an accurate sample,
pollsters say, but another step
that can add variation.
Roshni nedungadi’s firm,
hIt Strategies, specializes in
polling less-represented groups
such as voters of color and

younger voters, and she’s concerned that too many polls are
not reaching large enough samples of subgroups to be weighted
properly. her firm is working
w i t h t h e ha r r i s c a m p a i g n ,
though she is not.
“When we look at a lot of the
public polling that’s available,
they aren’t doing that oversampling,” nedungadi said. “and
that’s not say it’s bad polling, because of course they’re doing everything methodologically correct … but there’s some details
that they miss, then, under the
hood.”
the method of contacting
voters also matters a great deal,
as americans have become harder to reach by telephone alone
and online methods of surveying
abound. the gold standard are
still polls that include live interviews, pollsters say, though a variety of methods such as text
message prompts to complete
online surveys are increasingly
mixed in to ensure different demographics are reached.
But some polls aren’t getting
it right, the pollsters agree.
“there’s just a lot of [bad]
polls out there,” said John anzalone, a Democratic pollster
who used to work for Biden. his
firm is working with the harris

campaign but he is not. “Polling
is hard, polling is expensive,
polling takes time, polling takes
the right methodology, and I
would say from what I see, a supermajority of polls do a [bad]
job of all of that.”
So how can americans sort
through polling? virtually all of
the pollsters recommend only
trus ting polls that publish
lengthy methodology statements, even if you can’t understand them, because it shows
transparency. they also recommend checking independent
pollster ratings, such as those
compiled by nate Silver or 538,
and weeding out polls that rely
exclusively on online, opt-in survey respondents. It’s also important to pay attention to the margin of error on surveys, which is
usually much larger when you
look at individual demographic
groups.
But they also recommend not
focusing too much on polling.
“[Even] if I never ran an election result,” Cassino said, “we’d
still find out the winner of the
election at exactly the same
time.”
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US spent $17.9b on
Israel military aid
since last Oct. 7

Many see a lack
of empathy,
support for Israel

Report details
record aid amid
conflict in Gaza

By Katie Glueck
NEw YoRk tImES

DEARBoRN, mich. — one
year after the deadliest day for
Jews since the holocaust, the relentless and escalating violence
in the middle East is threatening the Democratic coalition in
the United States. Arab American voters show signs of abandoning the Democratic ticket,
while some Jews worry about
their future in a party their families embraced for generations.
Nowhere are those tensions
more politically important than
in michigan, a crucial battleground state with a significant
population of Arab American
and muslim voters.
Four years ago, President
Biden won michigan with
strong backing from many of
those Americans. But interviews
this weekend with voters, activists, and community leaders in
the Detroit area suggested that
support for the Democratic ticket has not merely eroded among
Arab Americans and muslims.
In some neighborhoods, it
has all but vanished.
“I personally don’t know anyone who would vote for harris,”
said Imam hassan Qazwini,
who founded the Islamic Institute of America in Dearborn
heights and said he planned to
vote third party this year after
supporting Biden in 2020 in his
personal capacity. Initially, he
said, many muslims hoped that
Vice President kamala harris
would “show some evenhandedness and fairness in handling
the conflict. But unfortunately,
that was wishful thinking.”
many of those voters are outraged by the Biden-harris administration’s support for Israel
as it has waged war in the Gaza
Strip and now in Lebanon. that

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Fatima Klait, 25, a nurse who lives in Dearborn, said she intended to vote third party after
backing President Biden in 2020.
sentiment is intensifying as the
fighting spreads across the middle East less than a month before Election Day — and it is a
warning sign for harris in a
closely divided state.
the discontent is palpable
on the ground in michigan,
which has more than 300,000
residents with middle Eastern
o r No r t h A f r i c a n a n c e s t r y,
though high-quality polling on
Arab American and muslim voters is scant. In nearly two dozen
interviews this weekend with a
range of these voters across levels of religious observance and
familial countries of origin, just
two said they were voting for
harris.
michigan also has a sizable
Jewish community, historically
one of the Democratic Party’s
most loyal constituencies and
one with a wide range of opinions on Israel’s government. After years of speculation over
whether Republicans could expand their support among Jewish voters — they have generally
struggled to do so — some Democrats wonder whether this year
might be different.

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DON LAW

“Given how much oct. 7
woke the Jewish community up
to Jew hatred and rising antisemitism, it has ver y much
hardened some people,” said
Representative haley Stevens, a
michigan Democrat from suburban Detroit, who represents a
large Jewish community and expects most to back harris.
But, she added, “I do know
some more independent-type
voters, and I have heard from
friends with young families, of
friends of theirs who have traditionally voted Democrat, that
they feel a little split.”
If Arab American and muslim voters have found common
ground with both Republicans
and Democrats in the past, for
some in this year’s presidential
election, one of those parties is
off the table.
“most people that I know are
either third-party or trump,”
said Fatima klait, 25, a nurse
who lives in Dearborn and said
she intended to vote third party
after backing Biden in 2020. “I
would rather have us not be involved in Israel whatsoever. But
I do believe that trump would

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do less damage overseas.”
Like klait, Sereene hijazi,
28, is part of michigan’s significant Lebanese American population. hijazi, who had long considered herself a Democrat, she
said she had no interest in former president Donald trump.
But she could not bring herself to support harris, either,
she said, explaining that she
was pained at the idea of USsupplied weapons endangering
members of her family.
For some of harris’s supporters, the idea that muslim or Arab voters would consider trump
at all is incomprehensible.
It was trump, they note, who
blocked citizens of predominantly muslim countries from
entering the United States; who
has a long history of making
racist and inflammatory comments; and who recently
seemed to encourage Israel to
strike Iran’s nuclear facilities.
harris and her campaign
have been conducting outreach
to Arab American and muslim
voters in michigan and beyond.
She met with community leaders while in the state Friday.

wAShINGtoN — the United States has spent a record of
at least $17.9 billion on military
aid to Israel since the war in Gaza began and led to escalating
conflict around the middle
East, according to a report for
Brown University’s Costs of war
project, released monday on
the anniversary of hamas’s attacks on Israel.
An additional $4.86 billion
has gone into stepped-up US
military operations in the region since the oct. 7, 2023, attacks, researchers said in findings first provided to the Associated Press. that includes the
costs of a Navy-led campaign to
quell strikes on commercial
shipping by Yemen’s houthis,
who are carrying them out in
solidarity with the fellow Iranian-backed group hamas.
the report — completed before Israel opened a second
front, this one against Iranianbacked hezbollah militants in
Lebanon, in late September —
is one of the first tallies of estimated US costs as the Biden administration backs Israel in its
conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon
and seeks to contain hostilities
by Iran-allied armed groups in
the region.
the financial toll is on top of
the cost in human lives: hamas
militants killed more than
1,200 people in Israel a year ago
and took others hostage. Israel's retaliatory offensive has
killed nearly 42,000 people in
Gaza, according to the territo-

r y's health ministr y, which
does not distinguish between
civilians and combatants in its
count.
At least 1,400 people in Lebanon, including hezbollah
fighters and civilians, have been
killed since Israel greatly expanded its strikes in that country in late September.
the financial costs were calculated by Linda J. Bilmes, a
professor at harvard’s John F.
kennedy School of Government, who has assessed the full
costs of US wars since the Sept.
11, 2001, attacks, and fellow researchers william D. hartung
and Stephen Semler.
Israel — a protege of the
United States since its 1948
founding — is the biggest recipient of US military aid in history, getting $251.2 billion in inflation-adjusted dollars since
1959, the report says.
Even so, the $17.9 billion
spent since oct. 7, 2023, in inflation-adjusted dollars, is by
far the most military aid sent to
Israel in one year.
the United States committed to providing billions in military assistance to Israel and
Eg ypt each year when the y
signed their 1979 US-brokered
peace treaty, and an agreement
since the obama administration set the annual amount for
Israel at $3.8 billion through
2028.
the US aid since the Gaza
war started includes military financing, arms sales, at least
$4.4 billion in drawdowns from
US stockpiles and hand-medowns of used equipment.
much of the US weapons delivered in the year were munitions, from artillery shells to
2,000-pound bunker-busters
and precision-guided bombs.

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Fentanyl testing strips given out by the Women’s Health Center of West
Virginia in Charleston, W.Va.

Editorial

A paper strip
that can save lives

F

entanyl is one of the most
dangerous illicit drugs on
the black market. So why
has the massachusetts legislature failed to pass a bill
that would make it easier for drug users to detect when their supply is contaminated?
Fentanyl is a synthetic opioid drug
— 100 times more powerful than morphine — that is approved by the US
Food and Drug administration for
pain relief and anesthesia.
the danger comes when it is diverted or produced illegally. While some

did the massachusetts Department of
Public health publish a memo clarifying that no health care provider who
distributes fentanyl test strips can be
subject to professional discipline or licensing consequences.
Broader bills remain pending in the
legislature. one bill, sponsored by
state Senator Cynthia Stone Creem,
would clarify that fentanyl test strips
are not drug paraphernalia and would
eliminate the possibility of criminal or
civil liability or professional disciplinary action. that bill passed the Senate
but not the house.

Surveys have found that users who detect fentanyl
tend to change their behavior, such as by using less
of a drug or using it more slowly.
buyers may seek fentanyl, drugs can
also be contaminated with fentanyl
without the buyer’s knowledge. Drug
dealers add fentanyl to heroin or cocaine because it’s potent and cheap.
But fentanyl can kill.
among the 1,971 massachusetts
residents who died of an opioid overdose in 2023 for whom a toxicology
screen was available, fentanyl was
present in 90 percent of cases, according to the Department of Public
health. massachusetts researchers, in
a collaboration between Brandeis University and the Department of Public
health, regularly test samples of illicit
drugs seized by massachusetts police
forces. in the third quarter of 2024, 72
percent of tested samples contained
fentanyl.
there is an easy way to test for fentanyl in drugs: fentanyl test strips. a
user mixes a drug sample with water,
dips the strip in, waits five minutes,
and reads the result based on the
number of lines that appear. Surveys
have found that users who detect fentanyl tend to change their behavior,
such as by using less of a drug or using
it more slowly.
But under massachusetts state law,
anything used to test an illicit drug
could be considered drug paraphernalia, and its sale is illegal. to be clear, no
one is being arrested for possessing a
test strip. in 2020, several massachusetts police departments, working
with the Department of Public health,
experimented with distributing fentanyl test strips. the federal government
offers grants for public health departments to buy the strips, and massachusetts offers a website where health
providers can buy strips.
But the strips’ murky legal status
hinders access. only this September

as part of larger substance use
bills, the house and Senate each
passed slightly different language
aimed at letting harm reduction programs provide fentanyl testing strips
or other drug testing services. those
bills remain in conference committee.
according to Creem’s office, her legislation would go further than DPh’s
administrative action (or the language
in the omnibus bills). her bill would
let fentanyl test strips be distributed
not only by health care providers but
also by other individuals without concerns about legal liability — for example, police departments, colleges, public health departments, and proprietors of bars and nightclubs.
the bill, if passed, would also let
drugstores and convenience stores sell
fentanyl test strips, making them more
easily accessible. today, for example,
CVS sells a pack of 10 test strips for
$9.99, and they are available at stores
throughout new hampshire, Rhode
island, and Connecticut, but not in
massachusetts.
Julie Burns, president and CEo of
RiZE massachusetts, a nonprofit
working to end opioid addiction, said
the test strips are “a cost-effective, lowthreshold, common-sense intervention,” and the DPh guidance is helpful
to alleviate some confusion around
their legal status. legislation, she said,
would “make it official” and allow
more people to feel secure distributing
them, whether at a syringe exchange
site or a nightclub.
making fentanyl test strips more
widely available is unlikely to encourage more drug use. Rather, it will help
those using drugs know what’s in their
supply — and maybe help keep them
alive until they are ready to seek treatment.

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hen israel invaded
lebanon on oct. 1,
i felt a familiar knot
in my stomach.
throughout my
life, war in lebanon has felt more normal than peace. as a young girl i’d run
around during the coffee hour after
our weekly melkite or maronite liturgy, as members of massachusetts’ lebanese diaspora brooded over the latest
missile fire or car bomb. my father
spent late nights at the local World
lebanese Cultural Union chapter, discussing diaspora action during the
2006 war with israel. Family and
friends have relocated and reoriented
their lives to deal with the uncertainty
that life in lebanon brings.
one of the sweetest moments of my
life was at 16 when, finally, my parents
brought my siblings and me for our
first visit, convinced that the country

They aren’t advocating
for Lebanon — they’re
just finding another
way to protest against
Israel.
had reached sufficient stability. it felt
like every Sunday mass, every lebanese dinner, every story from our
grandparents, Sittee and Jiddoo, was
preparation for that moment when i finally stepped off of that middle East
airlines plane.
Despite building up this mythical
land in my mind — the home of the
Phoenicians, the land where Jesus
walked, the forests of biblical cedars —
it somehow exceeded my expectations.
What a wonderfully impossible place,
where Shiites, Sunnis, Christians, and
Druze coexisted. Where conflict lingers
and resources are scarce but hospitality is never in short supply. Where war
can rage, but so do the Beirut nightclubs.
lebanon is a land of deep beauty
and deep tragedy. that is my lebanon.
But a different lebanon is being
evoked in the protests cropping up
across the United States, especially on
college campuses. and though many
protesters hold the same flag i love
and ask for the same thing i want —
peace in lebanon — i feel an eerie detachment.
that’s because they aren’t advocating for lebanon — they’re just finding
another way to protest against israel.
if they really cared about a free and
peaceful lebanon, where have they
been all this time, as hezbollah and its
sponsor, iran, took over the country
and dragged it into this confrontation
with israel?
hezbollah is the iran-backed terrorist organization and political party that
holds lebanon hostage to the whims
of the islamic Republic of iran. it is the
crown jewel of iran’s “axis of Resistance” which deploys and equips proxy
groups across the middle East to
spread its Shiite revolution and to destroy israel. the suffering that countries like lebanon endure in the process is mere collateral.
many protesters exclusively blame
israel for the tragic violence in lebanon — and even some lebanese join
them — but the truth is that the current conflict was entirely predictable.
Within 24 hours after hamas’s oct. 7,
2023, attack, hezbollah started firing
missiles at israel “in solidarity” with
the Palestinians. in the past year, more
than 60,000 israelis have been displaced from the northern region by escalating rocket fire. no country would
put up with that.

hezbollah’s escalations didn’t start
on oct. 8, 2023. the militia has been
blatantly violating international agreements that were struck after the 2006
war with israel, like Un Security Council resolution 1701, which barred hezbollah from having a military presence
south of the litani River, which sits 18
miles north of the border with israel.
and per Un Security Council Resolution 1559, a resolution my father advocated for with fellow diaspora members, all lebanese militias — including
hezbollah — are supposed to be disarmed. instead, hezbollah has continued to occupy the lands around lebanon’s southern border, armed with
hundreds of thousands of ballistic missiles, courtesy of tehran. hezbollah
supports itself with drug trafficking,
money laundering, and human trafficking.
i love lebanon, but i have never
lived through the constant threat of
conflict that friends and family have
endured. there are many lebanese
who hate hezbollah and see it as the
root of their nation’s problems, along
with the rest of lebanon’s corrupt political factions. But others hate israel
and see the latest israeli incursion as a
threat to their sovereignty. For some,
these groups aren’t mutually exclusive.
and while israel has framed this incursion as a war against hezbollah, many
lebanese are being tragically caught in
the cross fire, including many members of my own Christian community.
to some in lebanon, hezbollah is
seen as a last-ditch option for protection against israel, as they look to their
own country and its failed economy, its
corrupt government, and its absent police. “now that israel started meddling, we have no one else to turn to,”
said Rayan, an acquaintance with
muslim and Christian family who
studies history in Beirut and declined
to give his last name. “Who else is defending us?”
Sami, a Sunni acquaintance who
works in economic development, said
that at least hezbollah can keep israel
away from lebanon’s southern border.
“i don’t feel safe with the israeli army
on my borders so why should i accept
hezbollah to go back [to the litani]?”
Still, both Rayan and Sami believe
that only the lebanese army should
have military power and that wartime
decisions should be decided by the nation’s elected officials. But as the most
powerful political force in lebanon,
even if unofficially, hezbollah protects
corrupt politicians through its own
military and financial power, and has
often assassinated its opponents.
hezbollah has been a blight on the
country. Corruption and economic decay have taken root under its rule, and
to a deadly degree. in 2020, at least
218 people died when a stockpile of
chemicals that were stored unsafely
exploded in the Beirut port, leading to
one of the largest nonnuclear explosions in history. hezbollah is suspected
to have had a large degree of port oversight and has obstructed investigation
efforts.
as long as it remains in power, under iran’s thumb, its ultimate goal is to
destroy israel — not to help lebanon
flourish.
Poet Khalil gibran recognized that
lebanon exists in multitudes, writing
“You have your lebanon and its dilemma. i have my lebanon and its beauty.”
the american protesters choose the
dilemma of hezbollah for the very reason that it stands against israel. But
they have no regard for what it’s done
to my lebanon and all its beauty.
Carine Hajjar is a Globe Opinion
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Marcela García

Beyond Trump-y:
Harris’s delicate balance on immigration

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mmigrant advocates rushed to condemn the news on friday that the
Biden administration will let lapse
the legal status of potentially hundreds of thousands of immigrants
from four countries admitted into the United
States on humanitarian grounds.
was the administration’s decision the latest evidence that shows the Democrats’ and
Vice President Kamala Harris’s politically
calculated move to the center on immigration? Since the hot-button issues of the border and immigration are effectively owned

duce irregular migration from these countries by providing a safe and orderly pathway for up to 30,000 individuals per month.
So far, more than half a million nationals
from the four countries have been allowed
in since october 2022.
Biden has heavily restricted asylum at
the border, much like trump wants to do —
and Harris, too, which represents a shift for
the vice president. But the current administration also launched sponsorship-based parole initiatives to admit certain Ukrainians
and Afghans.

Poll after poll show that the crisis at the border and
immigration policy remain top of mind for voters.
by the Republican presidential nominee and
former president Donald trump, is Harris
trying to close the gap on them and mimic
his policies? is the Democratic presidential
candidate getting trump-y on immigration?
no, yes, and no.
At the risk of pointing out the obvious,
those binary, non-elaborative answers fail to
capture the nuance and complicated nature
of immigration and border policy, which deserve much more than a catchy, simplistic
headline in the final weeks of a presidential
race. Harris rejects the “false choice” between having border security and creating
humane immigration pathways — we can
and must do both, she has said.
Poll after poll show that the crisis at the
border and immigration policy remain top of
mind for voters. trump has adopted extreme
hard-line positions, often dehumanizing people who have been admitted into the country
during the past four years. (Exhibit A: the ridiculous pet-eating claim against Haitians.)
that includes the two-year humanitarian parole program, called CHnV (which stands for
Cubans, Haitians, nicaraguans, and Venezuelans) that Biden will not renew.
Here’s a primer on what the program is: it
allows citizens of Cuba, Haiti, nicaragua, or
Venezuela to enter the United States legally
for up to two years if they have a US-based
sponsor who agrees to provide financial support. the program was meant as a tool to re-

David Bier, director of immigration studies at the Cato institute, praised the program
as a revolution in immigration policy. Bier
told me that he was surprised that the Biden
administration decided not to extend parole
for these four countries because it did re-parole Ukrainians and Afghans.
“there’s some powerful arguments for
extending parole,” Bier said in an interview.
the Biden administration “didn’t cancel the
program. People are still coming into the
country under the program.”
Yet critics of the program, like trump
and his supporters, want to get rid of it because they see it “just as more immigration
on top of illegal immigration, rather than as
an alternative to illegal immigration,” Bier
said. “People are coming either way — would
you rather have them come in a prescreened
manner, where they enter legally with authorization, with the ability to support
themselves, with a potential sponsor to help
them?”
Similar to war-torn Ukraine, the conditions in Cuba, nicaragua, Venezuela, and
Haiti are not any better than they were two
years ago. US authorities can’t even deport
nicaraguans because the country’s authoritarian government doesn’t allow it. while
CHnV was only meant to be temporary, a
bridge for those immigrants to come in legally, it’s hard to see why re-parole is not
warranted.

on the other hand, there’s some criticisms against temporary humanitarian programs that voters have taken to heart. But
they’re not the current administration’s
fault, they’re the fault of Congress.
“the US has come to rely on these shortterm, almost Band-Aid-like solutions like the
parole program,” gil guerra, an immigration policy analyst at the niskanen Center,
said. “Keeping migrants in that perpetual
state of uncertainty, ultimately, over the long
term, isn’t good for the migrants, isn’t good
for the US immigration system.”
the Biden administration also expanded
other programs like temporary Protected
Status to let certain nationals of countries
like Haiti and Venezuela stay, which means
that some citizens of those countries who
were admitted under CHnV can potentially
switch to tPS. Also, Cubans are allowed to
apply for permanent residency under the
Cuban Adjustment Act.
But many, many citizens of those four
countries will be left in a legally vulnerable
position depending on who’s elected president next month. if trump wins, both the
humanitarian parole programs and tPS are
expected to be terminated. if Harris wins,
they will probably survive, which shows the
fundamental schism on immigration and
the border between the two candidates.
“the [CHnV] program has been beneficial,” laurence Benenson, vice president of
policy and advocacy at the national immigration forum, said. “it not only gave people
who are seeking protection and a better life
the chance to come to the US in an orderly
manner and work lawfully, but it also relieved pressure along our border.”
Ultimately, the fate of the programs —
and that of thousands of noncitizens —
hangs on the outcome of next month’s election. it’s clear Harris will be both principled
and pragmatic in her approach to border
and immigration policy. in other words,
Harris is and will be 100 percent nontrump-y.
Marcela García is a Globe columnist. She
can be reached at
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Joan Vennochi

If only other problems in Mass. were
as easy to solve as Nibi the beaver

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hospital. At the same time, how much
— when the word “migrant” was absent
on’t worry, be happy. nithe state will end up paying to clean up
from the polling question. when the
bi the beaver is safe.
the Steward mess is also an issue. As the
poll asked how respondents felt about
i mean that sincerely.
globe has reported, the administration
the state providing emergency shelter
i am happy that, thanks
has already paid $72 million to help
specifically to migrants, 47 percent opto governor Maura HeaSteward meet its payroll and is planning
posed it and 45 percent said they
ley, nibi will be able to stay at the newto pay the new operators hundreds of
strongly or somewhat supported it.
house wildlife Rescue in Chelmsford
millions of dollars over the next three
no surprise then that when it comes
and won’t be released into the wild,
years. that’s a big price tag. But the alto sheltering migrants, Healey has tried
where her rescuers say she probably
ternative to doing that was the complete
to come down somewhere in the middle
would not survive. And i don’t begrudge
by limiting the amount of time that fam- collapse of a hospital network, and that
Healey the cheery headlines that come
was untenable. So a middle ground of
from doing something popular, especial- ilies can stay in shelters. But as Joe Batsaving some, but not all, hospitals betenfeld wrote in the Boston Herald, by
ly when it involves an animal.
came Healey’s best answer.
But nibi’s story does provide
Charlie Baker, Healey’s predean opening to consider what’s
cessor, made a career out of findpopular and easy to do and
ing safe, middle ground, and Heawhat’s not — and where that disley has been trying to follow in his
tinction leaves Healey, which is
footsteps. But these are different
usually somewhere in the midtimes, with more complex and podle.
larizing issues. the middle ground
the now-famous beaver was
is harder to locate. Besides, somerescued two years ago after she
times you should be willing to take
was found orphaned on the side
up unpopular causes and stand up
of a road in Sturbridge. After beto powerful forces. that’s the case
ing nursed back to health, nibi
with the Massachusetts State Poended up liking people more
lice and the various scandals that
than beavers. when the state DiJAnE nEwHoUSE/nEwHoUSE wilDlifE RESCUE ViA AP
seriously undercut that agency’s
vision of fisheries and wildlife
credibility. the most recent and
(or Masswildlife) ordered her
Nibi the beaver
the most troubling involves the
released back into the wild,
death of Enrique Delgado-garcia, a
doing that, she has not directly taken on
more than 22,000 people signed a petiState Police recruit who died following a
the state’s right-to-shelter law, which retion to protect her.
training class that involved boxing. it
quires the state to provide shelter to
As Jane newhouse, president and
took 10 days for state officials to appoint
families and pregnant women. with her
founder of newhouse wildlife Rescue,
a special investigator to look into the
revised policy, Healey is violating the
told the new York times, “i’m blown
matter — much longer than it took to
spirit of the law without calling for its
away by the amount of people who cried
decide what to do about nibi.
demise. Meanwhile, it’s hard to tell exout for nibi, who cried out [to] have this
After receiving a letter from Massactly how strictly the state is enforcing
rectified, and the amount of empathy
wildlife saying it was planning to take
the new shelter policy limits. while
that people had.” Hearing those cries,
nibi away, the rescue center filed for an
Healey doesn’t push as passionately for
Healey intervened and the rest is now
emergency injunction. Before that could
migrant rights as she did when she was
Massachusetts political history. nibi will
attorney general and Donald trump was happen, Healey declared at a press conremain at the shelter as “an educational
ference, “there was talk about releasing
president, she doesn’t want a visible mibeaver.”
grant problem on Massachusetts streets. nibi into the wild and i heard about that
if only less popular causes could be
and said, ‘no, we’re going to pause on
Healey has faced other tough issues,
resolved as quickly and decisively.
that and evaluate what’s best for nibi.’ ”
such as the financial collapse of Steward
take the migrant shelter issue. when
if only that standard could be applied
Health Care. As a result, six former
it comes to public sentiment, Massachuto every decision — and if only the final
Steward hospitals were transferred to
setts voters are very much divided on
result could make everyone as happy.
new owners. But Carney Hospital in
how much nibi-like empathy migrants
Dorchester and nashoba Valley Medical
should receive. in a poll conducted in
Center in Ayer closed after no qualified
March for gBH/Commonwealth BeaJoan Vennochi is a Globe columnist. She
bidders were identified. Healey’s accepcon by MassinC Polling group, 79 percan be reached at
tance of that outcome was highly uncent of respondents said they supported
<PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_EMAIL_ADDRESS>. Follow her
popular in the communities that lost a
the Massachusetts “right-to-shelter law”
@joan_vennochi.

Plastic and personal care products
could pose risks
we were glad to see the globe cover the important public
health issue of rising breast cancer rates (“Breast cancer on
rise, but no sure answers on prevention,” Page A1, oct. 3).
Unfortunately, the article pointed to obesity and declining
fertility rates as possible influences driving the rise in earlyonset breast cancer when research suggests otherwise. in
fact, studies have shown adolescent obesity linked with a
lower risk of early-onset breast cancer. And early-onset
breast cancer rates began increasing long before the baby
boom. further, rates have been going up in almost every
country around the world for the last 30 years, including
those with high fertility rates.
globally, two-thirds of all early-onset cancers are in women, and most of these are breast cancer. women are right to
be concerned about their environment. it is misleading and
paternalistic for an oncologist to advise women that they can
use personal care products without worry when large epidemiological studies have documented that chemicals in products increase breast cancer risk.
Scientists with the Silent Spring institute have documented more than 900 chemicals that may increase breast cancer
risk by damaging DnA or causing cells to make more estrogen and progesterone. these are chemicals used in common
household and personal care products, and almost a third of
the chemicals are in plastics that we use every day.
EMMA RYAn
Researcher
MARY BEtH tERRY
Executive director
Silent Spring Institute
Newton
Ryan holds a master’s in public health in environmental
health sciences. Terry, who holds a doctoral degree in epidemiology, is also a professor of epidemiology (in environmental health sciences) at the Columbia University Mailman
School of Public Health and associate director of population
science at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center.

lobular breast cancer has been
woefully understudied
the article “Breast cancer on rise, but no sure answers on
prevention,” which referred to younger women’s difficulty
getting a breast cancer diagnosis, resonated with us because
our type of breast cancer is hard to find and diagnose. our
lobular breast cancer tumors were growing for years before
being detected. that’s because lobular breast cancer typically
doesn’t form a lump, instead growing in stringy lines that
elude detection by mammograms for years.
Most people have not heard of this troubling breast cancer type, which is also known to recur later and in peculiar
parts of the body. So we feel compelled to talk about it. At up
to 15 percent of all breast cancer diagnoses, it’s more common than ovarian cancer. A total of 6,700 new lobular cases
are projected in Massachusetts this year. But this type of cancer has been woefully understudied, and so far, treatment
options have been limited.
imagine being told that the 7 centimeter tumor that was
not found until it filled your breast might recur in 15 years
but no one knows why. lobular breast cancer needs more research. that is why the lobular Breast Cancer Alliance and
clinicians, researchers, and patients around the world are
declaring oct. 15 global lobular Breast Cancer Awareness
Day.
lAURiE HUtCHESon
Executive director
Lobular Breast Cancer Alliance
Plymouth
DR. MARYAnnE BoMBAUgH
Falmouth
Hutcheson holds a master of science degree in health policy and management. Bombaugh is past president of the Massachusetts Medical Society.

call to readers to mark oct. 7 stooped
to whataboutism for day of mourning
oct. 7 was not the date for the globe to publish reader input
on the “multifront Mideast wars that have been waged since,
and the worldwide protests that followed” the single-largest
massacre of Jewish people since the Holocaust (“Aches, pleas,
cries: Readers turn oct. 7 over in their minds,” letters).
that’s analogous to using the anniversary of germany’s invasion of Poland to seek input on german lives lost in world
war ii, or soliciting opinions about Japanese civilians killed
in the war to mark Pearl Harbor Day. let us have one day to
mourn and to bring the world’s attention back to the hostages without whataboutism.
Even as the massacre was occurring a year ago and before
israel could bury the dead, the Jewish community was verbally assaulted by student groups at Harvard and elsewhere
saying that it was israel’s fault and glorifying the terrorism as
resistance. Hamas killed, raped, kidnapped, and tortured civilians. israelis and Americans are still being held hostage. it
is inconceivable to me that the globe would mark this anniversary in the letters section with anything other than full
condemnation of the barbarism of Hamas.
while there is a time and place to mourn all of the innocent lives lost in the Mideast conflict, oct. 7 was not the day.
AnDREA SilBERt
Harwich

Snl, 1980: the night ‘rock lobster’
dug its fabulous claws in
Re “Snl’s very best and worst music” (Sunday Arts, Sept.
29): i have memories of watching actress teri garr on a talk
show regarding what was then her upcoming “Saturday
night live” hosting gig and how odd she had found the lyrics
of that week’s musical guest.
that episode in January 1980 became a seminal moment
for a young teen who was at the dawn of the best music era
he has ever lived through. it was also the first time many of
us had ever seen and heard the B-52s. the dance they performed for “Rock lobster” would be copied many a night at
the frat parties i would later attend.
BRiAn SAVAgE
West Roxbury

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a work environment where scientific breakthroughs can occur. “the joy of doing genetics
... is the surprises,” Ruvkun said.
“there’s 20,000 genes, approximately, and I know something
a b o u t 5 0 0 , m ay b e 1 , 0 0 0 o f
them.”
Ribonucleic acid, or RNa, is
a molecule that carries instructions to cells on how to produce
proteins. MicroRNa acts as the
controller of this process, which
can go awry and result in diseases if too much or too little
protein is created. Ruvkun and
ambros did their initial research in 1993 in roundworms,
but their findings apply to all
multicellular organisms.
Dr. Jeannie lee, who chairs
the molecular biology department at Mass General, said the
importance of microRNas was
not widely understood at the
time partly because initial research was done on the tiny
worms — which Ruvkun called
“the most bad-ass organisms on
the plant.”
“the amazing thing about
microRNas is that they’re not
just targeting one thing at a
time, they’re actually targeting
a whole network of genes,” lee
said. “It’s a tiny little RNa with a
huge impact on gene expression.”
In a statement Monday, the
Nobel Committee in Sweden cited the scientists for helping the
research community understand a key principle governing
how gene activity is regulated.
their discovery is “proving to be
fundamentally important for
how organisms develop and
function,” said thomas Perlmann, secretary-general of the
committee.
the tousled-haired scientists
spoke at separate press conferences in Boston and Worcester
on Monday — Ruvkun wearing
a green Polo shirt, ambros a
bright Hawaiian print.
ambros, a native of Hanover,
N.H., and an MIt graduate who
has been on the UMass medical
school faculty for 15 years, said
he missed the Nobel Committee’s early morning call because
his phone was off.
Someone ultimately reached
his adult son Greg, in Connecticut, and unable to reach his father, he called ambros’s wife,
Rosalind “Candy” lee, a UMass
scientist and research collaborator. ambros said he was “astonished” when she conveyed the
news and a message from their
son to “pick up the phone when
someone from Sweden is call-

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Gary Ruvkun spoke Monday at Mass General’s Richard B. Simches Research Center after being awarded the Nobel Prize.
ing.”
“I’m hoping that the recognition of this discovery will further stimulate excitement
among young scientists who
study RNa,” ambros said in an
interview Monday, “because
RNa is an amazing constituent
of our cells. Perhaps it will stimulate more people to come into
the field.”
Ruvkun told reporters Monday that he wasn’t accustomed
to news conferences, tv cameras, and the heightened attention that comes with the Nobel
Prize. “It’s a completely different world,” he said. But he said
he’d accompanied a colleague
who’d won a Nobel to Stockholm some years ago and recalled, “they know how to party.”
Ruvkun, a native of Berkeley,
Calif., received his PhD from
Harvard University, was a postdoctoral fellow at Massachusetts Institute of technology,
and became a principal investigator at Massachusetts General
Hospital and Harvard Medical
School in 1985.
ambros and Ruvkun both
worked as postdocs in the MIt
lab of H. Robert Horvitz, who
won the Nobel Prize in 2002.
Horvitz, a biology professor at
MIt and an investigator at the
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, said the Nobel Prize was
long overdue for ambros and
Ruvkun.

”the Nobel isn’t always instantaneous,” Horvitz said Monday. “But I can say that when I
went to Stockholm in 2002, one
of the things I talked about was
their work as being fundamentally groundbreaking. So by
2002 in my mind, it was perfectly clear they ought to get this
prize.”
ambros and Ruvkun “made
truly pioneering contributions
and in very complementary
ways,” Hor vitz said. “ their
whole collaborative effort was a
sort of poster child for what a
collaboration can be. and then,
coupled with all of this, both of
them are brilliant scientists.”
their work underscores the
leading role of public and private Massachusetts research institutions in understanding genetics.
University of Massachusetts
president Marty Meehan cited
the Boston-Worcester collaboration as emblematic of the state’s
global footprint in biomedical
innovation. “It is an example of
what happens when the state’s
world-class institutions work
together,” he said.
on Monday, UMass Chan
Medical School chancellor Michael f. Collins cited the “worldleading” RNa research community that has taken root at the
medical school. Dr. Craig Mello,
a professor of molecular medicine at the school, was awarded
the 2006 Nobel Prize for Medi-

cine, along with andrew Z. fire
of the Stanford School of Medicine in California, for the discovery of RNa interference.
Mello said Monday that UMass recruited ambros at his urging and his own 2006 Nobel
Prize wouldn’t have been possible without ambros. Mello, who
also worked with Ruvkun, said
the two new Nobel laureates
“are incredible human beings,
full of curiosity and a passion
for science.”
MGH officials said research
into the potential of microRNas
for the diagnosis, prognosis,
and treatment of a wide range
of genetic diseases has expanded from the two original papers
published by Ruvkun and ambros more than three decades
ago to 176,000 papers today.
Scientists now believe that
most plant and animal genomes, including the human genome, contain more than 1,000
microRNas, which control protein-coding nucleic acids involved in cellular activity and
diseases. Experimental treatments based on microRNas are
currently in clinical trials for
heart disease, cancer, and neurodegenerative diseases.
Recent Nobel Prizes have also highlighted the centrality of
so-called “messenger RNa” in
understanding genetic causes of
diseases. last year, the Nobel
Prize in Physiology or Medicine
went to Hungarian-american

Katalin Karikó and american
Drew Weissman at the University of Pennsylvania for discoveries that enabled the creation of
mRNa vaccines that were critical in slowing the CovID pandemic.
the Nobel Prize in Medicine
has been awarded 114 times to
a total of 227 laureates since
1901. the prize carries a cash
award of 11 million Swedish
kronor, equal to about $1 million, from a bequest left by the
prize’s creator, Swedish inventor alfred Nobel.
the laureates are invited to
receive their awards at ceremonies in Stockholm scheduled for
Dec. 10, the anniversary of Nobel’s death.
Nobel announcements continue with the physics prize on
tuesday, chemistry on Wednesday, and literature on thursday.
the Nobel Peace Prize will be
announced friday and the economics award oct. 14.
Material from the Associated
Press was used in this report.
Travis Andersen of the Globe
staff contributed. Robert
Weisman can be reached at
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Emily Sweeney can be reached
at <PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_EMAIL_ADDRESS>.
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dents of color could mean classes that lack wider perspectives
from peers who hail from different backgrounds. Some were
concerned about a decline of
community and mentors from
those who share similar experiences.
others worried that if the
trends continue, higher education could harken back to an era
when students of color were excluded from elite institutions.
Clarissa thorne-Disla, a
Brown sophomore from New
York City and a section editor at
the Black publication the Black
Star Journal, said she noticed a
change on campus this fall even
before the enrollment numbers
were revealed.
“Walking around campus,
being near the freshmen
dorms, you could tell there’s
significantly less Black students,” she said.
thorne-Disla said having
more Black and Hispanic students at Brown was important
to show that access at Ivy
league institutions was open to
everyone. She lamented a possible future in which fewer students look like her.
“I guess we’ll just see less of
ourselves around campus,
which is really sad,” she said.
Such concerns extend beyond students of color.
Simon Rosenblum, 19, a
Brown sophomore from Nashville studying physics and mathematics, worried that college
life may become a less rich experience. High grades were typical
at Brown, he said, but what added to the education was the different outlooks about the world
that student diversity brings to

classes.
“there is an abundance of
people with good grades,” said
Rosenblum, who is white.
“that’s not a unique thing, but
perspective is unique. Diversity
is perspective.”
Brian Clark, Brown University’s spokesperson, said the college anticipated there could be
fewer students of color admitted this year following the Supreme Court’s ruling.
“Brown’s commitment to implementing lawful measures to
ensure a diverse, talented applicant pool and enrolled class was
essential in avoiding a more
precipitous decrease in racial
and socioeconomic diversity,”
Clark said in response to the
Globe’s emailed questions.
to help admit more students
of color, Clark said, the university will reintroduce standardized
test scores as part of its requirement for admission that Clark
said will be “interpreted in the
context of a student’s background.” Brown will also ramp
up college pathway programs
and work with communitybased organizations to help attract a more diverse group of
students.
MIt also said the court decision was to blame for a drop of 9
percentage points in its cohort
of first-year students who identify as Black, Hispanic, Native
american, or Pacific Islander.
Naana annan, an 18-yearold MIt freshman from accra,
Ghana, said the ruling last June,
in two lawsuits challenging admissions practices at Harvard
University and the University of
North Carolina Chapel Hill,
made her question whether to
attend college in the United
States.

BaRRY CHIN/GloBE Staff

“It was very jarring, honestly, but not surprising,” Brown
University student Eliana Rivas Marte said about the change.
“It definitely did make me
pause, but I was confident that
it wouldn’t affect enrollment
numbers that much. But unfortunately the opposite of that
happened,” she said.
annan said diversity on campus can help shape a more globally minded student body at institutions such as MIt.
“MIt, it’s an engineering
school. We are making solutions. We are thinking about
how we can make the world a
better place. and the world is
inhabited by so, so many different people and so many diverse
people,” she said. “If they don’t
have a seat at the table, then we
will not be able to account for
them when we are making these
solutions.”
Elise Wingard, a senior at
MIt from Miami studying physics and computer science, found
it “disturbing” that the percentage of students of color, particularly among the incoming Black
freshmen, fell from previous
years. Diversity on campus has
enriched her education, she
said.

“I’ve learned a lot from students from different places
around the world about their
cultures,” said Wingard, who
described herself as mixed race.
“also, just in general about how
they approach problems and
technically solving things. So I
think that’s very important.”
Without affirmative action,
she hopes the university can
find ways to attract more students of color in years to come.
Stu Schmill, MIt’s dean of
admissions and student financial services, acknowledged in a
recent Globe interview that the
decline in the numbers of students of color on the Cambridge
campus raises concern and he
reiterated the school’s commitment to diversity.
“I want to emphasize academic excellence and diversity
coexist,” he said.
at amherst College, adam
Johnson-Hill, a 21-year-old senior, noticed a shift during orientation. the university reported that 38 percent of this year’s
incoming freshman class identified as students of color com-

pared with 47 percent in 2023.
“I was seeing the students
come on campus and there was
a visible decline in the number
of minority students of color,”
Johnson-Hill, who is from New
York City and a leader of the
Black Student Union, said in a
phone interview.
Johnson-Hill said part of
why he enjoyed attending amherst was the guidance and
mentorship he received from a
variety of older students over
the years.
“for future classes, there is
going to be a dearth of that given the fact,” he said.
Michael Elliott, president of
amherst College, said in a letter
to the university last month that
the admission landscape, postaffirmative action, struck “at the
heart of our efforts to build a
diverse learning community.”
He said the institution was
committed to “educating
exceptional students from all
backgrounds.”
amherst has a student body
of about 1,900. Johnson-Hill
said that for some students who
may be coming from other parts
of the country, it can take time
to adjust, making it even more
critical to have a diverse campus.
“When you don’t have people
who look like you, have a similar background as you, it can be
more difficult to build community,” he said. “It helps to have
people that are going through a
similar experience with you or
have gone through a similar experience to give advice.”
Omar Mohammed can be
reached at omar.
<PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_EMAIL_ADDRESS>. Follow
him on Twitter (X) @shurufu.

overdose deaths appear to
be declining sharply in the
United States, a sign that efforts to combat the scourge of
lethal fentanyl may be paying
off even as experts caution that
the toll remains unacceptably
high and could rise again.
Preliminary data compiled
by states and released by the
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention show a 10 percent
drop in deaths during the 12month period ending in april
2024, with about 101,000 people succumbing to overdoses.
Public health officials and
researchers said the decline
could reflect multiple forces,
including widespread availability of the overdose-reversal
medication naloxone, greater
access to opioid addiction treatment, and law-enforcement
crackdowns on illicitly manufactured fentanyl, which had
become the leading killer of 18to 49-year-olds.
Some experts said they suspect the illicit drug supply is
shifting to include less fentanyl
and that fewer people are using
alone as the social isolation of
the coronavirus pandemic has
receded.
and the decline could reflect
a sobering reality: Because fentanyl carved such a deadly path
in recent years, the population
of potential victims has shrunk,
said Daniel Ciccarone, a researcher at the University of
California at San francisco
School of Medicine who studies
street drugs and overdose
trends.
“ the overdose decline is
both welcome and perplexing,”
Ciccarone said.
News of the decrease arrives
during the final weeks of the
presidential campaign, with
fentanyl emerging as a political
flash point. the public health
crisis sparked by the drug has
resulted in hundreds of thousands of deaths in red and blue
states across administrations
from both parties.
former president Donald
trump and Republicans have
tied the fentanyl crisis to the
southern border, blaming President Biden for immigration
policies they say allow Mexican
cartels to flood the country
with the synthetic drug, which
is up for 50 times more powerful than heroin. But officials say
most fentanyl enters the United
States through legal ports of entry, often with US citizens acting as couriers.
for Democrats, border security looms as a political vulnerability. the Biden administration this month enacted new
border restrictions applying to
migrants seeking asylum in the
United States. During a border
visit Sept. 27, vice President
Kamala Harris said stopping
the flow of fentanyl would be a
priority if she is elected to the
White House.
In touting the decrease in
overdose deaths, the Biden
administration points to
record seizures of fentanyl at
p o r t s o f e n t r y, i n c r e a s e d
sanctions on people and
companies tied to the global
drug trade, the capture of
Mexican cartel leaders, and a
pledge from China to curb
export of chemicals used to
make synthetic drugs.
the Biden administration
has provided billions of dollars
to states as part of the
campaign to reduce overdoses
while embracing strategies to
minimize the harmful effects
of drugs on users. Grass-roots
organizations and state health
departments have distributed
millions of doses of naloxone.
the food and Drug
administration authorized
Narcan, a nasal spray version
of naloxone, for purchase
without a prescription. federal
officials have also prioritized
widening access to addiction
treatment, making it easier for
doctors to prescribe the opioiduse disorder medication
buprenorphine.

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Rat birth
control
won’t go
citywide

Stan Grossfeld
as i see it

boston officials say
pilot program needs
further evidence
By Niki Griswold
Globe StaFF

While City of boston officials are
looking into the possible efficacy of using rat birth control to reduce rodent
populations, the administration does
not plan to roll out such a program
citywide in the near future.
administration officials who currently lead the city’s efforts to get rid of
rats told city councilors at a hearing
Monday that although they are open to
the idea, they don’t believe a rat birth
control pilot program in Jamaica Plain
has produced enough convincing data
to demonstrate it’s been effective.
tania Del Rio, the city’s commissioner of inspectional services, said the
city took a look at 311 data from the
time period the pilot was running and
did not find evidence it was working.
“Unfortunately, we didn’ t see a
downward trend. . . . In 2023, we did
have a total of 82 complaints from the
area, versus 2024 where we had 154 so
it’s almost double,” Del Rio said, while
also adding that 311 data is an “imperfect” proxy and might not conclusively
reflect the program’s efficacy.
“Since the product is still in the research and development phase, we
have been observing, monitoring it, because if it proves effective it’s something we should definitely adopt,” Del
Rio said. “at the same time, we want to
be good stewards of taxpayer money,
and if it’s still in that research and development phase, we don’t want to be
kind of the people experimenting on it
if we’ve received mixed reports.”
the city has already eliminated use
of “anticoagulant” rodenticides, which
can hurt pets, children, or wild animals
that eat poisoned rats, except in sewer
traps. officials currently rely on carbon
monoxide and carbon dioxide treatments to suffocate rats in their burrows, which does not pose the risk of
secondary poisoning to any other animal and has proven to be effective, they
said.
alaina Gonzalez-White, director of
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Education
board, chair
violated state
law, AG says
By Deanna Pan
Globe StaFF

the Massachusetts board of elementary and Secondary education violated the open Meeting law in January
when its chairperson invited a panel of
speakers to discuss antisemitism in
schools without public notice, the
state’s attorney general’s office said.
the office of attorney General andrea Campbell concluded last week the
state’s top education governing body
failed to give sufficient notice that a
group of five speakers planned to address board members about antisemitic
bullying at their Jan. 23 meeting. State
law requires public bodies to post a notice that includes topics they intend to
discuss at least 48 hours in advance of
their meetings (excluding weekends
and holidays).
board Chair Katherine Craven said
thursday the board is reviewing the decision with its legal team.
“the board of elementary and Secondary education is committed to ensuring public access to meetings as well
as an opportunity for members of the
public to provide comments on critical
issues impacting our students and
schools,” Craven said in a statement.
the office’s investigation determined
Craven knew almost a week prior to the
Jan. 23 meeting that the group was interested in speaking with the board
about antisemitism. at the time, public
interest in antisemitism had reached a
“fever pitch,” according to Craven, after
two students addressed the board during the public comment portion of its
November 2023 meeting about the rise
of antisemitic bullying in Massachusetts
OPeN MeetiNG LaW, Page B3

“Genesis: An Immersive Light Show” is a kaleidoscope of sound and color. Above, Tasha Minor took it all in at Temple Ohabei Shalom.

let there be light
at a temple in brookline, everything is illuminated, and
viewers are transported via a swirling, cosmic spectacle

So much of the news is bad
these days. It’s downright depressing.
according to a poll by the
2024 american Psychiatric association, 43 percent of adults
say they feel more anxious
than they did the previous
year, up from 37 percent in
2023 and 32 percent in 2022.
the economy, gun violence, and the upcoming election have all increased stress
levels. How would you like to
escape and head way back to
the beginning of time?
It is possible, if only for a
half hour.
“Genesis: an Immersive
light Show” is a spectacle of
sound, light, and color. It captures the first seven days of
time in dazzling, 360-degree
fashion. It has a planetarium
feel as it presents a trippy kaleidoscope of colorful animations put to music.
the show runs thursdays
to Sundays at the temple ohabei Shalom in brookline
through Nov. 30. tickets range
from $19.50 for children ages
5-9, to $24.50 for adults.
eight projectors beam the
unique ever-changing images.
Classical music by Haydn,
Mahler, and offenbach and
original compositions by Ser-

The show aims to capture the
first seven days of time in
dazzling, 360-degree fashion.
It has a planetarium feel as it
presents a trippy
presentation of colorful
animations put to music. The
show runs Thursdays to
Sundays at the Temple
Ohabei Shalom in Brookline
through Nov. 30.

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ROBERT FINCH 1943-2024

He sought truths where the sea met the shore
Writer surveyed cape beaches in thoreau’s footsteps
By Bryan Marquard
Globe StaFF

Mr. Finch’s essays for
newspapers, books, and
radio commentaries drew
comparisons to the giants
of Cape nature writing.

For decades Robert Finch filled journals with
sights and sounds that inspired him during walks
along Cape Cod’s shores from Monomoy Island to
Provincetown’s long Point.
“It was the powerful but undefined character
of the beach itself that drew me,” he wrote in “the
outer beach,” a 2017 book he crafted from nearly
50 years of jottings. “It seemed a space and a place
of nonhuman meaning, and I was determined to
walk until it spoke to me.”
Returning season after season, and admiring
anew the dunes whose contours the wind and
waves refined, he watched nature’s sculptures
take shape and then tower proudly “for the duration of a tide, a moon cycle, a season, and, in rare

instances, for a span of years.”
the atlantic’s autumn storms in 2002 conjured a memorable “tear-shaped sea stack” near
Wellfleet’s Newcomb Hollow beach. Within a few
years it vanished as nature kept chiseling away
like an artist never fully satisfied.
“How can we not see our own condition in
such a phenomenon,” Mr. Finch mused, adding
that “in spite of ourselves, we could not withhold
feeling some affection, and empathy, for this insentient, beautiful, passing form.”
Mr. Finch, whose personal essays for books,
newspaper columns, and radio commentaries
drew praise and comparisons to the giants of
Cape Cod nature writing, died Sept. 30 from complications of Parkinson’s disease. He was 81 and
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inside
tufts suspends
group after rally
tufts University has
placed the campus
chapter of Students for
Justice in Palestine on
suspension for infractions that included a recent call to “escalate”
during a demonstration
that had been planned
for Monday, the oneyear anniversary of the
oct. 7 Hamas-led attacks against Israel, officials said. B2

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student group at
Tufts suspended

UNDER COVER

School cites an
Instagram post
By Travis Andersen
GlobE StAff

photoS bY DAviD l. RYAn/GlobE StAff

it was an umbrella and
raincoat kind of day on
Monday as tourists at the
Granary burying Ground in
boston viewed the historic
area and as parents at the
beacon hill nursery School
on Joy Street lined up with
their strollers to pick up their
children. tuesday is expected
to be partly sunny with a high
range of 65-70 and a low of
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N.H. judge won’t dismiss neo-Nazi group charges
By Nick Stoico
GlobE StAff

A new hampshire judge has
denied a motion to dismiss discrimination charges against
members of the nationalist Social Club-131, or nSC-131, a
new England-based neo-nazi
group, who were accused of intentionally terrorizing and intimidating attendees and a performer at a drag queen story
hour in Concord, n.h., last year.
Merrimack County Superior
Court Justice John C. Kissinger
Jr. last week rejected the white
supremacist group’s claim that
its conduct was protected under
the constitutional right to free
speech. the judge ruled that
freedom of speech rights are not
unlimited and do not allow for
members of the group to violate
new hampshire’s nondiscrimination law.
Kissinger also rejected the
group’s claim that the state attorney general’s lawsuit against
it was intended to “deliver a
message to those who engage in
speech the [attorney general’s
office] dislikes,” writing in the
ruling that discrimination laws
“plainly prohibit the defendants’ conduct as alleged” by

prosecutors.
“this ruling reinforces our
commitment to uphold the rule
o f l aw a n d p r o t e c t a l l ne w
hampshire residents from unlawful discrimination,” state Attorney General John M. formella said in a statement.
formella’s office brought the
allegations against nSC-131,
founder Christopher hood, who
grew up in Malden, and 19 unidentified co-defendants in December 2023, accusing them of
engaging in intimidation tactics
outside the teatotaller Café, an
eatery and venue in Concord, on
June 18, 2023.
William Gens, an attorney
representing hood and nSC131, called the case “a textbook
example of ‘lawfare,’” which he
described as “the weaponization
of the legal process against political or ideological opponents,
particularly by the government.”
prosecutors allege the group
sought to coerce the venue to
cancel its drag story hour event
based on the sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity of the
drag performers.
According to the order, 20
white men dressed in black
shirts, khaki- and tan-colored

pAt GREEnhoUSE/GlobE StAff

Christopher Hood, seen in
West Roxbury District Court
in June 2023, founded the
neo-Nazi group NSC-131.
pants, black face coverings, dark
sunglasses, and baseball hats
showed up outside the café
about 15 minutes before the 11
a.m. story hour was set to begin.
hood, who did not wear a face
c o v e r i n g , a l l e ge d l y m o v e d
through the group as he recorded video.
the men allegedly stood
along the café’s windows holding a banner that read “Defend
White Communities” along with
the group’s name and an lGbtQ+ pride rainbow flag
crossed out in black.
the men also allegedly began chanting, “Sieg heil,” and,
“heil hitler,” while giving the

nazi salute as others shouted
homophobic slurs and comments, according to court records.
the café’s manager decided
to move the story hour to the
second floor and asked the new
hampshire peacekeeping project to send representatives to
help prevent the situation from
escalating. two peacekeepers
and police went to the café, according to court records.
the building’s owner later
arrived and urged police to disperse the group. the owner also
spoke to hood, telling him the
plaza was private property and
that the group had to leave. the
group then moved onto Main
Street and eventually left the area, shortly before the story hour
concluded.
the attorney general’s office
said its civil rights unit “will
continue to pursue the case to
ensure that hood, nSC-131, and
any others involved in the demonstration are held accountable
for their hateful conduct.”
Nick Stoico can be reached at
<PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_EMAIL_ADDRESS>.
Material from the Associated
Press was used in this report.

tufts University has placed
the campus chapter of Students for Justice in palestine
on suspension for infractions
that included a recent call to
“escalate” during a demonstration that had been
planned for Monday, the oneyear anniversary of the oct. 7
hamas-led attacks against israel, officials said.
i n a s t a t e m e n t , tu f t s
spokesperson patrick Collins
said the SJp chapter was
placed on interim suspension
Wednesday, citing a Sept. 30
posting on the group’s instagram page.
“SJp posted an image on
their instagram account depicting individuals with assault rifles, calling for students to ‘Join the Student intifada!’ and ‘escalate’ at an
event scheduled for” Monday,
Collins said.
the group was already facing a “conduct proceeding”
for marching through an academic building on Sept. 12
and blocking the entrance to
another building, Collins said.
he said some of the
group’s privileges had been
suspended before Wednesday
for “ongoing noncompliance”
with campus regulations
around protests.
“SJp failed to meet the requirements from previous disciplinary actions related to
demonstrations the group led
last spring and had already
been placed on a hold, meaning some of its privileges had
been suspended, pending resolution,” Collins said.
the suspension will remain in place until the
group’s disciplinary case is
fully resolved, Collins said.
“During this time, SJp
must halt all activities, events,
and meetings,” he said. “Any
attempt to continue operating
during this suspension will result in serious disciplinary
consequences for both the organization and its leaders.”
on social media, the AntiDefamation league new England praised tufts for taking
action against the group.
“the call to join the ‘student intifada’ and ‘escalate’ is
a call condoning violence,” the
group wrote.
the SJp organization has
faced scrutiny on other Massachusetts campuses as well.

last november, brandeis
University said it would no
longer recognize its campus
SJp chapter, asserting that the
group had “openly” shown
support for hamas terrorists
who attacked israeli civilians
the month before.
Representatives from the
tufts SJp group couldn’t immediately be reached for comment. A spokesperson for the
group told tufts Daily, the student newspaper, that “as evil
and ridiculous as this suspension is, it is nothing compared
to the violence our university
supports in palestine.”
“it is palestinian children
who are being rushed to destroyed hospitals en masse, all
with snipers bullets in their
heads and it is them not us
that we want the focus to be
on,” the spokesperson said.
pro-palestinian and pro-israel demonstrations have
thrown many US campuses
into tumult since hamas attacked israel on oct. 7, 2023,
killing some 1,200 people,
mostly civilians, and taking
hundreds of hostages,
prompting a retaliatory israeli bombing campaign that’s
killed more than 41,000 people in Gaza.
A second front in the war
has since opened up in lebanon, where nearly 2,000 people have been killed since israel ramped up its fight
against hezbollah militants
last month, killing longtime
leader hassan nasrallah and
most of his top commanders
and launching what it says is
a limited ground operation in
southern lebanon.
At tufts, Collins said that
students had ample notice of
the rules.
“A t t h e s t a r t o f t h i s
a c a d e m i c y e a r, tu f t s
University emphasized its
expectations for student
p r o t e s t s a n d a d v o c a c y,”
Collins said. “ We provided
clear guidelines to ensure a
learning environment free
from disruption, while
supporting students’ interests
in speech and demonstration.
As outlined in our August 22
m e s s a g e : ‘A d v o c a c y a n d
protest must not disrupt
university operations, engage
in name-calling or
discrimination, or intimidate
or harass others.’”
Material from the Associated
Press was used in this report.
Travis Andersen can be
reached at
<PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_EMAIL_ADDRESS>.

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operations at WiSDoM Good
Works, the nonprofit running
the pilot program in Jamaica
plain, testified during Monday’s
hearing to share more details
and data from the yearlong pilot, arguing it has actually been
effective at reducing the rat
population in the neighborhood
by 50 to 60 percent. A resident
who participated in the program also testified that while

they initially saw an increase in
rat activity in their yard, about
six months into the pilot they
saw a dramatic decrease in the
number of rats.
but John Ulrich, boston’s assistant commissioner of environmental services who oversees the city’s efforts to eliminate rats, and other city officials
were more apprehensive about
drawing conclusions from the
data, because they are based on
consumption of the birth con-

trol pellets, along with video evidence. to be sure the pellets are
effective, they said, they would
need a better, independent measure of the rat population. the
city is currently working with
Mit to develop a model to predict and map rat activity around
boston, but that project is still
in the works and not yet ready.
Ulrich also noted that in his
conversations with residents in
the Jamaica plain program,
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State’s proposed gun legislation faces a second lawsuit

Bill said to violate
US Constitution
By Chris Lisinski
StAtE HoUSE NEWS SERvICE

the fight over the fate of a
sweeping new gun law expanded to another front late last
week with a second lawsuit
challenging the measure’s constitutionality.
Gino Recchia and the Bellingham gun shop he owns, Mass
Armament, filed a complaint in
federal court Friday, alleging
that sections of the new law updating the definition of assaultstyle firearms run afoul of Second Amendment protections.
the 10-page complaint argued that certain assault-style
weapons are allowed under federal law after Congress in 2004
let a ban expire. Plaintiffs said
restricting access to those guns
in Massachusetts — which has
had its own state-level ban since
1998 — would violate equal pro-

tection, interstate commerce,
and firearms rights sections of
the US Constitution.
Business at Mass Armament
“is, and has been built up, centered around firearms and
large-capacity magazines
banned by the act,” the complaint said, estimating that
about 70 percent of the shop’s
business will be lost under the
new limitations.
It’s the second lawsuit filed
in recent months opposing the
major new law that Governor
Maura Healey signed in July,
which seeks to crack down on
untraceable “ghost guns,” prohibits firearms in some public
places, expands the state’s “red
flag” law that allows authorities
to remove firearms from someone deemed to be a threat to
themselves or others, and more.
Another group of residents
and the Gun owners Action
League sued on Aug. 1, focusing
their complaint largely on the
overhaul of gun licensing re-

quirements. the law requires
Massachusetts residents to obtain a firearms safety certificate,
which involves completion of
live-fire training, to secure a license to carry.
Plaintiffs in that case alleged
the new training requirements
“are impossible to meet at the
present time,” arguing that no
such live-fire training courses
existed and no regulations had
been promulgated.
But about six weeks after
they filed their suit, the outlook
changed.
on Sept. 12, House and Senate Democrats suddenly announced they reached agreement on a mid-year spending
bill and shipped it to Healey
hours later. the final 34-page
measure was packed with additional policy reforms, including
one section postponing the new
firearms safety certificate language until 18 months after the
gun law took effect.
the requirement to pass a

live-fire training course to obtain a license to carry now will
not begin until April 2026, according to Attorney General Andrea Campbell’s office.
Attorneys also pointed to a
Sept. 30 memorandum that the
state Executive office of Public
Safety and Security sent to law
enforcement agencies, licensing
authorities, firearms dealers,
and other parties, which emphasized that local authorities
“should continue to accept and
process applications for [firearms identification cards] and
[licenses to carry] in the ordinary course” until the changes
start.
Campbell’s team on Friday
asked a federal judge for about
another month to produce a formal response to the lawsuit
backed by the Gun owners Action League, writing that attorneys need to work with plaintiffs to figure out how much of
the complaint remains “operative” after the legislative action.

Jim Wallace, executive director of the Gun owners Action
League, said plaintiffs intend to
keep their lawsuit active in the
meantime.
“We need to make sure that
regardless of suspending the
new criteria, are the [police]
chiefs recognizing that the old
criteria are still in place?” he
said. “It seems that [lawmakers]
can change their mind at will
with all of this stuff. It’s very important to keep the lawsuit in
place because they may change
their minds next week.”
Lawmakers did not call attention to their change to the
gun law at the time they unveiled and approved the supplemental budget.
House Speaker Ron Mariano’s office said the provision
sought to amend a drafting mistake in the gun law, which negotiators filed around 6:30 p.m. on
July 17 and the House and Senate muscled through the following afternoon.

the final line of that 115page bill declares that Section
38, which deals with training
for licensed gun sellers, and Section 75, which concerns datacollection about firearms used
in crimes, take effect 18 months
after the remainder of the law.
A line in the September
spending bill changed the gun
law by applying the 18-month
delay to Section 74, not Section
75.
Wallace argued that the apparent error reflects flaws with
the underlying process.
“this thing wasn’t vetted.
the public wasn’t allowed to
give input on the final bill. the
Legislature didn’t even get a
chance to read the final bill before they passed this. Certainly,
the state agencies were not
ready for any of this,” he said.
Gun safety groups have
widely praised the law as a major step forward to keep rates of
gun violence low in Massachusetts.

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original compositions by Sergio
Geval are the soundtrack. If you
go, try to snag one of the beanbag chairs all the way in the
front. then relax and let your
mind wander. It is a soothing
anecdote to the pressures of the
world.
Was it intended to be like
that? “Absolutely,” said Roman
Beranek, creative director at
Projektil, the collective that collaborated on the show that has
toured to a half million people in
Europe. “It brings you in a meditative state, but with modern
technologies.”
Beranek says the team used
3D models of the venue to ensure precise fitting of the visuals
and sound. the projections were
calibrated to match the architecture of the Byzantine and Romanesque-style (1928) domed
temple.
Audience reaction varies, depending on age, Beranek said in
a telephone interview from Zurich. “Children, they just love it
because they try to catch whatever element they see, and then
they run after them,” he said.
“then you have the teenagers
that love to be inside of it and
take portraits of themselves and
use this for social media. And
then you have the adults and seniors that love the culture, art,
and entertainment.”
In Brookline, Michael
Ahearn, a retired North Attleborough resident, brought his
daughter to the show. they both
had fun relaxing in their beanbag chairs and gazing toward
the heavens.
“We were just joking. I said, ‘I
shouldn’t have had the mushrooms before we came,’ but
imagine if you did,” said Ahearn,
laughing.
“the music, the visuals were
stunning,” he added. “It lived up
to that aspect of creation without getting too religious. You felt
like you were traveling. It was
cool the way it transported you.”
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Creators of the light show used 3D models of the venue to ensure precise fitting of the visuals and sound. Projections were calibrated to match the
architecture of the Byzantine and Romanesque-style domed temple. At top, Michael Ahearn of North Attleborough and his daughter enjoyed the display.

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schools.
But the public notice for the
Jan. 23 meeting, posted online
on Jan. 18, made no mention of
bullying or antisemitism, the attorney general’s office said, or
that a panel of speakers would
address the board on those topics. the next day, Craven told
former education commissioner
Jeff Riley that five individuals
wanted to speak at the upcoming meeting and asked whether
the 10 slots for public comment
had already been reserved.
When Riley said he believed
the slots had been taken, Craven
decided to use “her discretion to
extend the public comment period when she invited five individuals to speak on issues relating
to antisemitism in schools,” the
attorney general’s office said.
Craven also agreed to relinquish
some of the meeting time that is
typically set aside for her chair
report.

on Jan. 21, Craven personally called the five individuals and
told them they would be allowed
to speak at the meeting, according to the attorney general’s office.
At the board’s Jan. 23 meeting at the Education Department’s Everett headquarters,
Craven introduced the panelists
by name at the end of the public
comment period. the panel included Andrea Silbert of the Eos
Foundation; Robert Leikind of
the American Jewish Committee; Peggy Shukur of the AntiDefamation League; Dan osborn of the Jewish Community
Relations Council; and former
board member Ruth Kaplan.
“I’ve invited five members of
different groups who I’ve been
talking to since oct. 7 to come
up and specifically talk to us
about some of the things that are
going on out there,” she said at
the meeting, referencing the
oct. 7 terrorist attacks on Israel
by the Palestinian nationalist

group Hamas. She said there “is
a lot of evidence” and “heightened awareness of systemic antisemitism,” and recalled the
board’s daylong retreat on racism following the 2020 murder
of George Floyd, a Black man
killed by a white police officer in
Minneapolis.
Craven asked the panelists,
“Is there something wrong going
on in education in Massachusetts and across the country?”
their presentation, according to
the attorney general’s office, lasted 25 minutes.
Sana Fadel and Faiza Khan
filed separate complaints with
the attorney general in February,
alleging the state board had broken the law. Reached by email
thursday, Fadel declined to
comment on the attorney general’s office’s decision. Khan told
the Globe, in a statement, she
filed the complaint because “it
simply would have been nice
and right for [the state board] to
advertise what was on its agen-

ChaiR KatheRine CRaven

The
agency
failed to
provide
public
notice of an
antisemitism
discussion.

da” so the Muslim community
could tell the board about their
children and students’ experiences, too.
“ the Muslim community
feels terrible about the rise in antisemitism and is itself experiencing Islamophobia,” Khan
said. “It was particularly troubling that [the state board] did
not allow a single Muslim voice
that sought to speak at public

comment that day to do so even
though it was in their power to
do so.”
At the state board’s next
meeting the following month,
Fadel and Khan addressed the
members about anti-Palestinian
racism and Islamophobia during
the public comment period.
the attorney general’s office
received their complaints in
April. As part of its investigation,
the office reviewed a video recording of the Jan. 23 meeting,
the meeting’s public notice and
minutes, and spoke with Craven
in July.
“ there is no dispute that
C h a i r C rav e n w a s aw a r e o f
strong public interest in combatting antisemitic bullying ... this
awareness alone would not require that the topic be included
on the notice of the January 23
meeting unless Chair Craven
reasonably anticipated that the
topic would be discussed,” Assistant Attorney General Matthew
Lindberg wrote in his official de-

termination.
But the panel’s comments,
Lindberg noted, resulted in “extended reflections by other
members of the Board.” Moreover, because Craven anticipated
the panel would be addressing
antisemitism and antisemitic
bullying more than 48 hours before the meeting, those topics
should have been listed on the
public notice, he said.
the attorney general’s office
ordered the state board to immediately comply with the law and
warned that similar violations in
the future may be considered evidence of intent to violate it.
Board members also voluntarily
attended training on the open
Meeting Law. the attorney general’s office declined to order the
board to invite a second panel to
respond to Jan. 23 panel, as requested by the complainants.
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NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE
By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained
in a certain mortgage given by Kathleen A. MacPherson to
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee
for Rockland Trust Company, dated October 9, 2020 and recorded in the Plymouth County Registry of Deeds in Book
53631, Page 45, of which mortgage the undersigned is the
present holder, by assignment from:
Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for Rockland Trust Company, its successors and assigns to NewRez LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage
Servicing, recorded on April 26, 2024, in Book No. 58848,
at Page 115
for breach of the conditions of said mortgage and for the
purpose of foreclosing, the same will be sold at Public Auction at 3:00 PM on October 29, 2024, on the mortgaged
premises located at 16 Border Street, Scituate, Plymouth
County, Massachusetts, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage,
TO WIT:
The land in Scituate, Plymouth County, Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, situated on Border Street, being shown as
Lot 8B on a plan by Stenback & Taylor, Inc., Engineers dated
June 13, 1966, recorded with Plymouth County Registry of
Deeds in Plan Book 14, Page 47 as Plan #458 of 1966.
For mortgagor’s(s’) title see deed recorded with Plymouth
County Registry of Deeds in Book 53631, Page 42.
These premises will be sold and conveyed subject to and
with the beneﬁt of all rights, rights of way, restrictions, easements, covenants, liens or claims in the nature of liens, improvements, public assessments, any and all unpaid taxes,
tax titles, tax liens, water and sewer liens and any other
municipal assessments or liens or existing encumbrances
of record which are in force and are applicable, having priority over said mortgage, whether or not reference to such
restrictions, easements, improvements, liens or encumbrances is made in the deed.
TERMS OF SALE:
A deposit of Twenty Thousand ($20,000.00) Dollars by
certiﬁed or bank check will be required to be paid by the
purchaser at the time and place of sale. The balance is to
be paid by certiﬁed or bank check at Harmon Law Ofﬁces,
P.C., 150 California St., Newton, Massachusetts 02458, or
by mail to P.O. Box 610389, Newton Highlands, Massachusetts 02461-0389, within thirty (30) days from the date of
sale. Deed will be provided to purchaser for recording upon
receipt in full of the purchase price. The description of the
premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the
event of an error in this publication.
Other terms, if any, to be announced at the sale.
NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING
Present holder of said mortgage
By its Attorneys,
HARMON LAW OFFICES, P.C.
150 California St.
Newton, MA 02458
(617)558-0500
26206

MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE
By virtue of and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Pamela J. Sampson
to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for 1-800-East-West Mortgage Company
Inc. dated April 29, 2004 and recorded in Middlesex County
(Northern District) Registry of Deeds in Book 17266, Page
254 (the “Mortgage”), as affected by a Loan Modiﬁcation
Agreement dated February 11, 2011, and recorded at said
Registry of Deeds in Book 24899, Page 30 of which mortgage Deutsche Bank National Trust Company As Trustee
For Residential Asset Securitization Trust Series 2004-A7
Mortgage Pass-Through Certiﬁcates Series 2004-G is the
present holder by Assignment from Mortgage Electronic
Registration Systems, Inc. to OneWest Bank, F.S.B. dated
July 1, 2009 and recorded at said Registry of Deeds in Book
23252, Page 1, and Assignment from OneWest Bank, F.S.B.
to Deutsche Bank National Trust Company As Trustee For
Residential Asset Securitization Trust Series 2004-A7 Mortgage Pass-Through Certiﬁcates Series 2004-G dated July
3, 2017 and recorded at said Registry of Deeds in Book
31278, Page 153, and Corrective Assignment from CIT Bank,
N.A. f/k/a OneWest Bank, N.A. f/k/a OneWest Bank, FSB to
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company As Trustee For Residential Asset Securitization Trust Series 2004-A7 Mortgage
Pass-Through Certiﬁcates Series 2004-G dated June 30,
2020 and recorded at said Registry of Deeds in Book 34338,
Page 200, and Corrective Assignment from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee
for 1-800-EAST-WEST Mortgage Company, Inc, to OneWest
Bank, F.S.B. dated August 13, 2020 and recorded at said
Registry of Deeds in Book 34495, Page 235, for breach of
conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same, the mortgaged premises located at 315 Fiske
Street, Carlisle and Chelmsford, MA 01741 will be sold at
a Public Auction at 10:00 AM on October 29, 2024, at the
mortgaged premises, more particularly described below,
all and singular the premises described in said mortgage,
to wit:
The land situated partly is said Carlisle and partly in Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, on the westerly
side of Fiske Street, and being shown as Lot 5 on a plan of
land entitled “Plan of Land in Carlisle & Chelmsford, Mass.
(Middlesex County)” Scale: 1”=60”, Nov. 13, 1978, Miller &
Nylander Co., Land Surveyors - Civil Engineers, Lexington,
Mass., which plan is recorded with Middlesex North District
Registry of Deeds in Book of Plans 128, Plan 32, to which
plan reference is hereby made for a more particular description.
Containing 6.197 acres according to said plan.
Meaning and intending to describe and convey the premises conveyed the premises conveyed in a Deed dated
5/15/79 and recorded with said Deeds in book 2363, Page
203.
For mortgagor’s title see deed recorded with the Middlesex County (Northern District) Registry of Deeds in Book
2363, Page 203.
The premises will be sold subject to any and all unpaid taxes and other municipal assessments and liens, and
subject to prior liens or other enforceable encumbrances
of record entitled to precedence over this mortgage, and
subject to and with the beneﬁt of all easements, restrictions, reservations and conditions of record and subject to
all tenancies and/or rights of parties in possession.
Terms of the Sale: Cashier’s or certiﬁed check in the
sum of $5,000.00 as a deposit must be shown at the time
and place of the sale in order to qualify as a bidder (the
mortgage holder and its designee(s) are exempt from this
requirement); high bidder to sign written Memorandum of
Sale upon acceptance of bid; balance of purchase price
payable by certiﬁed check in thirty (30) days from the date
of the sale at the ofﬁces of mortgagee’s attorney, Korde &
Associates, P.C., 900 Chelmsford Street, Suite 3102, Lowell,
MA or such other time as may be designated by mortgagee.
The description for the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of a typographical error in
this publication.
Other terms to be announced at the sale.
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company As Trustee For Residential Asset Securitization Trust Series 2004-A7 Mortgage
Pass-Through Certiﬁcates Series 2004-G
Korde & Associates, P.C.
900 Chelmsford Street
Suite 3102
Lowell, MA 01851
(978) 256-1500
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By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained
in a certain Mortgage given by Carlyn Casaday and Donald
Robinson to Sovereign Bank, dated May 2, 2007 and recorded with the Middlesex County (Northern District) Registry of
Deeds at Book 21203, Page 153 for breach of the conditions
of said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing same
will be sold at Public Auction at 11:00 AM on October 29,
2024 at 16 Bowl Road, Chelmsford, MA, all and singular the
premises described in said Mortgage, to wit:
That property, with the improvements thereon, known as
16 Bowl Road, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, MA shown as
Lots on a plan entitled “Plan of Land, Subdivision in Chelmsford, Mass., belonging to Herrick F. Johnson,” dated January,
1955, and recorded with the Middlesex County North District Registry of Deeds in Book of Plans 85, Plan 54, marked
on said plan, “H.F.J., 15,674 square feet,” and bounded and
described as follows:
SOUTHERLY by said Bowl Road, seventy-two and 96/100
(72.96) feet;
SOUTHEASTERLY by a curved arc at the intersection of Bowl
Road with Bethel Avenue;
NORTHEASTERLY by Bethel Avenue as shown on said plan,
one hundred forty-nine and 4/10 (149.4) feet;
NORTHERLY by land of Evelyn MacLeod, marked H.F.J. on
Plan Book 85, Plan 55, ninety (90) feet;
SOUTHWESTERLY by other land of said MacLeod and by land
of Roy Stephenson, et ux, one hundred eight and 92/100
(180.92) feet. Both said MacLeod land and Stephenson land
are marked H.F.J. on Plan Book 85, Plan 54.
Being the greater portions of Lots 172, 173 and 174 as
shown on said plan.
Said Lots contains 15,674 square feet of land, according to
said plan.
Hereby conveying the same premises conveyed to the
grantor herein by deed of Marjorie H. Dionne and Brian W.
Dionne recorded herewith.
Upon information and belief, there is an error in the legal
description attached to the mortgage, wherein the distance
in the last bound should read: one hundred eighty and
92/100 (180.92) feet.
For reference purposes, the subject premises is known as
the greater portions of Lots 172, 173 and 174 on Book of
Plans 12, Plan 4.
The premises are to be sold subject to and with the beneﬁt
of all easements, restrictions, encroachments, building and
zoning laws, liens, unpaid taxes, tax titles, water bills, municipal liens and assessments, rights of tenants and parties
in possession, and attorney’s fees and costs.
TERMS OF SALE:
A deposit of TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AND 00 CENTS
($10,000.00) in the form of a certiﬁed check, bank treasurer’s check or money order will be required to be delivered at or before the time the bid is offered. The successful bidder will be required to execute a Foreclosure Sale
Agreement immediately after the close of the bidding. The
balance of the purchase price shall be paid within thirty (30)
days from the sale date in the form of a certiﬁed check,
bank treasurer’s check or other check satisfactory to Mortgagee’s attorney. The Mortgagee reserves the right to bid at
the sale, to reject any and all bids, to continue the sale and
to amend the terms of the sale by written or oral announcement made before or during the foreclosure sale. If the sale
is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall
be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the
Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. The description of
the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in
the event of an error in this publication. TIME WILL BE OF
THE ESSENCE.
Other terms, if any, to be announced at the sale.
Santander Bank, N.A. fka Sovereign Bank NA fka Sovereign
Bank
Present Holder of said Mortgage,
By Its Attorneys,
ORLANS PC
PO Box 540540
Waltham, MA 02454
Phone: <PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_PHONE_NUMBER>
22-011979

LEGAL NOTICES
WANTED TO LEASE
OFFICE SPACE IN OFFICE
SPACE IN SOUTH BOSTON,
within a half-mile of the
South
Boston
District
Courthouse located at 535
East Broadway
On behalf of the Suffolk
County District Attorney’s
Ofﬁce, the Massachusetts
Division
of
Capital
Asset
Management
and
Maintenanceinvitesproposals
to lease approximately 900 –
1,500 usable square feet of
ofﬁce space in the abovereferenced search area for a
term of 10 years.
Proposals must be submitted
to:
Division
of
Capital
Asset
Management
and
Maintenance
Ofﬁce of Leasing and State
Ofﬁce Planning
One Ashburton Place
15th Floor, Room 1500
Boston,
Massachusetts
02108
or by e-mail to:
leasepropsubmittal.
<PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_EMAIL_ADDRESS>
Proposals must be submitted
by the deadline of October 31,
2024, at 2:00 p.m. Proposals
will be opened at that time.
The RFP can be downloaded
from www.mass.gov/servicedetails/leasing-property-tothe-commonwealth
Under
Requests
for
Proposals
(RFP) to Lease Space, click
on “COMMBUYS” and then
click on “Find It”. You may
also email leasing.dcamm@
mass.gov or call 857-2041355 to request a copy of
the RFP, referencing Project
Number 202404800.
For
further information, email
PM,
debbianne.kennedy@
mass.gov.
This notice is
also available at www.
masspublicnotices.org.

Advance your

If you now are, or recently have been, in the active military
service of the United States of America, then you may be
entitled to the beneﬁts of the Servicemembers Civil Relief
Act. If you object to a foreclosure of the above-mentioned
property on that basis, then you or your attorney must ﬁle a
written appearance and answer in this court at Three Pemberton Square, Boston, MA 02108 on or before November 11, 2024 or you may lose the opportunity to challenge
the foreclosure on the grounds of noncompliance with the
Act.
Witness, GORDON H. PIPER, Chief Justice of said Court on
September 26, 2024.
Attest:
Deborah J. Patterson
Recorder

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PUBLIC NOTICE
Watertown Zoning Board of Appeals Public Hearing:
Wednesday, October 23, 2024, with the meeting starting
at 7:00 p.m. Council Chambers, Administration Building,
149 Main St., Watertown, MA. This is in-person, and with
remote access link on the Agenda 48 hours prior to the
meeting. Please note that the Planning Board is scheduled
to hold a public meeting on Wednesday, October 9,2024,
at 7:00 p.m. to make an advisory recommendation to the
Zoning Board of Appeals.
1 Rosary Drive/Siena Village Condominium, Unit 61-:Petitioner, Stephen P. Corbett (Owner: Dominican Sisters of
Peace, INC)- Requests the Zoning Board of Appeals grant
an amendment to a Special Permit and a Special Permit
Finding to amend the site plans of the entire site by including three new buildings comprising a single family dwelling
and two new detached two-family dwellings in accordance
with §5.01.1 all in the location of the existing convent, to be
demolished (1 Rosary Dr or Condominium Unit 61). The petitioner also requests multiple Variances in accordance with
§9.04 for relief from §5.04 Table of Dimensional Regulations
for the proposed (1) increased northerly side/rear yard
setback of 18’ (existing 17.8’) where 30’/50’ (side/rear) is
required; (2) decreased building coverage of 15.9% (existing
17.8%) where 15% is required; (3 ) decreased impervious
coverage of 52.8% (existing 53.5%) where 35% is required;
(4) increased open space of 47.2% (existing 46.5%) where
65% is required; (5) decreased lot area per dwelling unit of
3,985 SF (existing 4223 SF) where 10,000 SF per dwelling
unit is required (there are currently 59 townhouses and 25
units in the former St Joseph’s Hall, on a 354,736 SF lot,
and the convent which is an exempt use is not considered
a dwelling(s) per the WZO). Located in the CR (Cluster Residential Zoning District. ZBA-2024-13.

MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE
By virtue of and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Richard W. Gula and
Susan A. Gula to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems,
Inc., as mortgagee, acting solely as nominee for Plaza Home
Mortgage, Inc., dated January 19, 2007 and recorded in
Middlesex County (Southern District) Registry of Deeds in
Book 48889, Page 484 (the “Mortgage”), as affected by a
Loan Modiﬁcation Agreement dated March 23, 2012, and
recorded at said Registry of Deeds in Book 62753, Page 569
of which mortgage The Bank Of New York Mellon FKA The
Bank Of New York, As Trustee For The Certiﬁcateholders
OfCWALT, Inc., Alternative Loan Trust 2007-OH1, Mortgage
Pass-Through Certiﬁcates, Series 2007-OH1 is the present
holder by Assignment from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, its successors and assigns
to The Bank Of New York Mellon FKA The Bank Of New York,
As Trustee For The Certiﬁcateholders Of CWALT, Inc., Alternative Loan Trust 2007-OH1, Mortgage Pass-Through Certiﬁcates, Series 2007-OH1 dated May 6, 2011 and recorded at
said Registry of Deeds in Book 56840, Page 522, for breach
of conditions of said mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same, the mortgaged premises located at 190
Conant Road, Weston, MA 02493 will be sold at a Public
Auction at 2:00 PM on November 4, 2024, at the mortgaged
premises, more particularly described below, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, to wit:
A certain parcel of land with the buildings thereon situated
on Conant Road, Weston, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and being shown as Lots C and D on a plan entitled
“Plan of Kendal Green Springs Tract, at Weston, Massachusetts, Dated July 17, 1922, made by F. P. Cutter, C.E.” and
recorded with Middlesex South District Deeds, Book 555,
Page 319, to which plan references is hereby made for a
more particular description of said lots, and containing
30,900 square feet of land, according to said plan.
Being the same premises conveyed to the herein named
mortgagor (s) by deed recorded with Middlesex South District Registry of Deeds in Book 16389, Page 325.
For mortgagor’s title see deed recorded with the Middlesex County (Southern District) Registry of Deeds in Book
16389, Page 325.
The property will be sold subject to the redemption rights
in favor of the Internal Revenue Service by virtue of the tax
lien(s) recorded in Middlesex County (Southern District)
Registry of Deeds in Book 66965, Page 365; Book 67649,
Page 326; Book 67746, Page 59; Book 68053, Page 304 and
Book 69988, Page 259.
The premises will be sold subject to any and all unpaid taxes and other municipal assessments and liens, and
subject to prior liens or other enforceable encumbrances
of record entitled to precedence over this mortgage, and
subject to and with the beneﬁt of all easements, restrictions, reservations and conditions of record and subject to
all tenancies and/or rights of parties in possession.
Terms of the Sale: Cashier’s or certiﬁed check in the
sum of $10,000.00 as a deposit must be shown at the time
and place of the sale in order to qualify as a bidder (the
mortgage holder and its designee(s) are exempt from this
requirement); high bidder to sign written Memorandum of
Sale upon acceptance of bid; balance of purchase price
payable by certiﬁed check in thirty (30) days from the date
of the sale at the ofﬁces of mortgagee’s attorney, Korde &
Associates, P.C., 900 Chelmsford Street, Suite 3102, Lowell,
MA or such other time as may be designated by mortgagee.
The description for the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of a typographical error in
this publication.
Other terms to be announced at the sale.
The Bank Of New York Mellon FKA The Bank Of New York,
As Trustee For The Certiﬁcateholders Of CWALT, Inc., Alternative Loan Trust 2007-OH1, Mortgage Pass-Through Certiﬁcates, Series 2007-OH1
Korde & Associates, P.C.
900 Chelmsford Street
Suite 3102
Lowell, MA 01851
(978) 256-1500
Gula, Richard W., 20-036637

By Adam Sennott
GLobE CoRRESPoNDENt

A Canton man was found
guilty Monday for fatally shooting a 15-year-boy in Dorchester
more than two years ago and a
man who was charged as an accessory to the murder was sentenced to at least three years in
prison, according to prosecutors.
Zontre Mack, 21, was
charged with first-degree murder for the death Curtis Ashford Jr. on July 27, 2022, Suffolk District Attorney Kevin
Hayden’s office said in a statement. He was convicted by a
Suffolk County jury. Sentencing
is scheduled for oct. 23, the
statement said.

Dominick Gavin, 27, of boston, had pleaded guilty on Aug.
20 to a charge of being an accessory after the fact. He was
sentenced to three to four years
in state prison, according to the
statement.
the shooting occurred
around 7:30 p.m. on Ellington
Street. Gavin drove Mack to the
area of Ellington Street, prosecutors said.
Mack left the vehicle and
fired multiple shots at a group
of individuals gathered on Ellington. the group fled but
Ashford was struck while running away, the statement said.
Mack was arrested in october 2022, the boston Globe reported.

boston police located the vehicle driven by Gavin and gathered evidence, including DNA
and fingerprints that matched
Mack, prosecutors said.
Hayden thanked the jurors
for returning a verdict which he
called “a measure of justice
amid a mountain of sorrow” for
Ashford’s family and friends.
“Losing someone so young
to violence is a blow to the entire city,” Hayden said. “but nowhere is Curtis’s loss felt more
profoundly than by his family
and friends, and they will always have our sympathy and
our support.”
Adam Sennott can be reached
at <PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_EMAIL_ADDRESS>.

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claiming to have an interest in a Mortgage covering real
property in Dedham, numbered 22 Booth Road, given by
Marouane Bah to Hanscom Federal Credit Union, dated
February 23, 2021, and registered at Norfolk County Registry District of the Land Court as Document No. 147075
and noted on Certiﬁcate of Title No. 198843, has/have ﬁled
with this court a complaint for a complaint determination of
Defendant’s/Defendants’ Servicemembers status.

and to all persons entitled to the beneﬁt of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act: 50 U.S.C. c. 50 § 3901 (et seq):

Man found guilty in 2022
fatal shooting of 15-year-old

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE.
Notice is hereby given that
PODS Enterprises, LLC, will
sell the contents of certain
containers at auction to the
highest bidder. Auction will
be held online at www.StorageTreasures.com starting
on October 16, 2024 and
ending on October 23, 2024.
Contents to be sold may
include general household
goods, electronics, ofﬁce
& business equipment, furniture, clothing and other
miscellaneous property.

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Mr. Finch explored Newcomb Hollow Beach in Wellfleet in 2017.

Writer-observer Robert Finch dies
uFINCH

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lived in Wellfleet.
Awarded a Guggenheim fellowship in 2018, Mr. Finch published several collections of his
essays and edited or co-edited
popular compilations of nature
writing.
He first visited the outer
beach in 1962 after his freshman year at Harvard University,
when he took a job at a sailing
camp run by his college roommate’s father.
by the early 1970s, Mr. Finch
was back on the Cape for good,
living initially for many years on
land he bought in brewster from
John Hay, the legendary Cape
Cod nature writer who was a
friend and a mentor in more
than just writing.
but his affection for the Cape,
and the outer beach in particular, dated to when he and his college roommate stepped onto
Nauset beach as “a late spring
northeaster strafed the land,
whipping up a wild surf ” one
April morning in 1962.
“When I first beheld that wild
beach, it overwhelmed whatever
anticipations or expectations I
might have had,” Mr. Finch
wrote in “the outer beach.”
Lifting his hands high, he
“began to conduct. I waved my
arms out and in, up and down,
in rough time to the surf’s irregular rhythm.”
that immediate physical connection to his surroundings remained the rest of his life, as did
his wish to coax the music of
finely wrought prose from what
he saw and where he lived.
“I looked up to the sky and
the sun with simple gratitude for
the day, but they shone too
bright and hard and distant,”
Mr. Finch wrote in “Special Places on the Cape and Islands,” a
2003 essay collection. “I looked
down at the grass where I knelt
again, and felt some deep and
ancient response well up in me,
like the flow of water out of these
ponds. the grass whispered beneath me. It said, ‘Here — here.’ "
In a Ju l y 1 9 8 1 Ne w Yo r k
times review of his essay collection “Common Ground: A Naturalist’s Cape Cod,” Christopher
Lehmann-Haupt wrote that “it
takes an eye, obviously, to be the
sort of first-rate nature writer
that Robert Finch proves to be in
‘Common Ground.’ "
Along with being an “acute
observer,” Mr. Finch had a “gift
for language” — turning “gulls at
sundown into ‘white eyebrows
against a velvet zenith,’ " Lehmann-Haupt wrote.
In a second times review

weeks later of that essay collection which Mr. Finch compiled
from his “Soundings” newspaper
columns, Steve Cady placed him
in the company of the Cape’s
foremost chroniclers.
M r. F i n c h , C a d y w r o t e ,
“writes in the contemplative tradition of thoreau’s ‘Cape Cod’
and Henry beston’s ‘the outermost House.’ "
the older of two brothers,
Robert Charles Finch was born
in Newark, N.J., on June 16,
1943, and spent part of his childhood in North Arlington, N.J.
His father, Charles Finch,

‘When I first beheld
that wild beach, it
overwhelmed
whatever
anticipations or
expectations I
might have had.’
RobERt FINCH, in “The
Outer Beach”

worked in a DuPont factory and
was transferred to Parkersburg,
W.Va., when Robert was 12. His
mother, Fritzi Wasserburger
Finch, had attended the Lippel
School of Dance in Newark — as
had her mother, and as did Robert, who was tap dancing on
stage at age 3. Fritzi worked at a
university bookstore after the
family moved to Parkersburg.
Mr. F i n c h w a s a n h o n o r
scholarship student at Harvard,
which let him take a year off after his freshman year. He lived
on the Cape, writing for a Provincetown weekly newspaper in
the winter.
He and Radcliffe College student Elizabeth Wolford married
in 1964 and had two children,
Katy of Portland, Maine, and
Christopher of Wynnewood, Pa.
their marriage ended in divorce
after more than 30 years.
“one of the things the public
maybe doesn’t know is how playful he was,” Katy said. “He always played April Fool’s jokes on
all of us. He really loved slightly
racy jokes. He introduced me to
stand-up comedy.”
After graduating with a bachelor’s degree from Harvard, Mr.
Finch received a master’s from
Indiana University and taught at
oregon State University before
returning to Cape Cod.
He initially was a carpenter
— building his brewster house —
and then worked at the Cape

Cod Museum of Natural History,
along with teaching at colleges
and writing books.
Mr. F i n c h a l s o f o r m e r l y
served on brewster’s Conservation Commission. Chairing the
Land Acquisition Committee, he
helped the town purchase and
preserve hundreds of acres of
land.
At a poe tr y reading , Mr.
Finch met Kathy Shorr, a writer
and radio producer who later
worked at the Center for Coastal
Studies in Provincetown. they
were a couple for years before
marrying about two decades
ago.
For a while they kept a second home in Newfoundland,
which became a book subject for
Mr. Finch.
“What really struck me about
him was the independence of
mind he had,” Shorr said. “there
can be a kind of continuity of
spirit and attitudes among
groups of people. And bob was
always sort of breaking expectations.”
Mr. Finch “was not your usual guy,” said Ike Williams, his
longtime friend and literary
agent. “He thought differently
than a lot of people. He was very
independent-minded and very
strong-minded. He had a lot of
strong opinions, like thoreau
did. I think he had a lot of thoreau in him.”
In addition to his wife,
daughter, and son, and his former wife, of West brewster, Mr.
Finch leaves four grandchildren.
A celebration of his life and
work will be announced.
For about 20 years, Mr. Finch
delivered award-winning commentaries on WCAI-FM, where
his topics ranged from nature to
childhood memories of coal heat
to struggling to remember
words in his late 70s.
Writing essays about Cape
Cod, he once said, helped him
see the world in more expansive
ways.
“I never really looked at nature deliberately before I lived
here, and then I lived here a long
time before I started going to
other places again,” Mr. Finch
told the Globe in 2000.
“ When I returned to my
hometown in West Virginia, for
the first time in 15 years or so, it
was a revelation. I realized I was
seeing that place with eyes I had
developed on the Cape. I was
suddenly aware of its geography,
topography, watersheds. It’s given me those eyes — not a bad gift
at all.”
Bryan Marquard can be reached
at <PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_EMAIL_ADDRESS>.

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By Meredith Goldstein

By Mark feeney

Still have that crush
on my boss
Q. wrote to you many months
ago (maybe even a year) about a
flirty relationship with one of
my female managers at work.
we are very different, including
our age and race. I’m significantly older.
At the time, when I previously wrote to you, I just
couldn’t seem to break through
any of these differences to ignite any romantic interest from
her. I tried and tried — we chatted and gabbled — but it was
just a continuous cycle of innocent flirting.
well, I recently returned to
work from a monthlong summer vacation and she came
sprinting to me with an enormous embracing hug. we held
each other for a quick while
then separated and chatted for
what seemed like an eternity.
And the flirting started all over
again!
I know it’s awkward and
probably against company
rules to date your boss, but do
you think I should try again to
pursue this relationship? If so,
how do I get past the flirting to
something more substantive?
StIll FlIRtING
A. It’s time to let this go.
I mean, I told you that the
last time you wrote in. things
haven’t changed.
She hasn’ t taken it past
friendship. She hasn’t seemed
interested in quality time with
you outside of work. Also, she’s
your boss! that means her job
is on the line. If one of you left
the company, a door might
open, but you’re both still working there.
You mention the hug, as if
that’s a game-changer. Some
people are big huggers, some
are not. You’re looking for signs
here, but I don’t see any.
the only thing you could do

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Vice President Kamala Harris appeared on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on March
15, 2023.

Up close and personal (political, too)
Vice President kamala harris
has been criticized for how few
interviews she’s done since becoming the Democratic nominee
for president. this week, with
less than a month to Election
Day, she seems to be making up
for lost time.
Some of the venues are what
you’d expect. there’s Monday’s
special edition of “60 Minutes.”
Former president Donald trump
originally agreed to do it, then
backed out. Minnesota Governor tim walz, the Democratic
vice-presidential nominee, also
interviewed. (walz did double
duty Monday, with a solo appearance on “Jimmy kimmel
live!”) on thursday harris will
participate in a Univision-hosted
town hall from las Vegas.
Some venues aren’ t what

you’d expect. harris did a 45minute interview with Alex Cooper for her Spotify podcast “Call
her Daddy.”
tuesday’s the big day for harris interviewing. She’ll do live interviews on ABC’s “the View”
and a special edition of “the
howard Stern Show,” on SiriusXM radio. then it’s on to the
Ed Sullivan theater, for “the
late Show with Stephen Colbert.” According to CBS, this will
be harris’s seventh appearance
on the show, though her first
since becoming the Democratic
presidential nominee.
trump was a frequent Stern
guest in the ‘90s and ‘00s. Remember the future president
telling the self-described “king
of All Media” that the struggle to
avoid sexually-transmitted dis-

eases was “my personal Vietnam”? But now Stern is a harsh
trump critic. he endorsed Joe
Biden for president in 2020. As
for Colbert, he hosted Biden
fund-raisers this year and in
2024. harris shouldn’t have to
worry about any curveballs being thrown her way.
If harris really wanted to upend expectations, she might consider another option: Fox News’s
late-night show, “Gutfeld!” true,
she’d lose any home-court advantage, but there’d be an additional upside beside the surprise
factor: reaching more eyeballs.
Improbable as it may seem to
Globe readers (writers, too),
“Gutfeld!” has a higher viewership than Colbert, kimmel, “the
to n i g h t S h o w w i t h Ji m my
Fallon,” and “the Daily Show.”

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You “tried and tried” and
she didn’t respond. Either she
isn’t interested and/or doesn’t
want to do anything to jeopardize her job. She’s your manager.
DANGlEPARtICIPlE

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“… do you think I should try
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— to clear your brain of this —
is to ask another manager (or
hR) about the company policy
on dating. then, depending on
their response, you could put in
an official request to report to
another manager.
If the people in charge say
it’s within the rules to express
interest in someone who isn’t
your boss, you could suggest
plans to this woman once, or
hand your number to her and
say, “If you ever want to go on a
date, let me know.”
But honestly, is it worth all
of that? I’m not so sure.
It sounds like you could use
more social time outside of
work. the monthlong vacation
thing sounds great. Maybe new
hobbies and social groups
would also help.
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Dear Meredith, there’s this
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weird. he’s a nice enough guy,
but he kind of leers at you when
speaking and holds on a little
too long if you shake his hand.
You know the type. It’s never
been a big deal. Recently he returned from a monthlong vacation and greeted me with a long
uncomfortable hug. he kind of
wouldn’t let go. Another couple
of seconds and I was going to
knee him in the onions. we separated, and I tried to make a little small talk while recovering
my composure. I’m sure there
was a little nervous laughter.
Do you think it’s about time I
get hR involved?
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I’m all for love that transcends/overcomes barriers, but
really at the one-year mark if it
was going to happen it would
have happened already. hugging a long-time colleague after
not seeing them for a while is
very accepted in the realm of
friendship, nothing more.
Don’t embarrass yourself, or
risk your job, just be professional, and pursue someone
else.
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looking for an extra scare, according
to staff, tables 212 and 214 are rumored to be haunted. Oct. 24, 5
p.m.-midnight. The Beehive, 541
Tremont St. beehiveboston.com

gLobE CoRRESponDEnt

“We were working in the newsroom late one night” … and we found
14 ways to get into the halloween
spirit across greater boston, whether
you’re looking for a “graveyard
smash” or something that’s more
treat than trick. Up until halloween
proper, here are parties, celebrations,
and haunted happenings that are
sure to delight (and cause a fright).
From parades for the kiddos — and
fur babies — to bar crawls and burlesque, consider this a checklist for
witching hour.

Haunted histories

Spine-tingling screens and
stages

THRILLS AND CHILLS All month
long, the Coolidge Corner theatre
will screen six horror classics by director william Castle, complete with
re-creations of his signature scare
tactics. Castle was as known for his
eccentric nature and low-budget horror films as he was for the promotional gimmicks that got audiences
flocking to theaters. As an homage,
experience the likes of vibrating seats
at “the tingler” (oct. 21), “flying”
skeletons at “Emergo” (oct. 8), and
ghastly sights via “illusion-o” viewing
glasses at “13 ghosts” (oct. 15). Various dates and times, Coolidge Corner
Theatre, 290 Harvard St., Brookline.
coolidge.org
ANCHOR DOWN For the month of
october, the Anchor in Charlestown
is giving their wednesday night movie series a scary spin. Films screen in
their courtyard and include a lineup
of halloween favorites — ranging
from “hocus pocus” (oct. 16) to
“halloween” (oct 30). Wednesdays,
starting at 7 p.m. Free. 1 Shipyard
Park Charlestown. theanchorboston.com
RADIO PLAY what happens when
five guinness book of world Record
holders are the only attendees of a
guinness world Record conference
who don’t get captured by monsters?
Find out in “the guinness Spook of
world Records: A halloween musical
Radio Drama,” an original musical
radio drama written by boston-based
composers Alex Fam and Lucas milliken. “pay what you can” tickets will
go toward supporting the boston immigration Justice Accompaniment
network. Oct. 25, 7-9 p.m. Arlington
Street Church, 351 Boylston St. eventbrite.com

When tiny terrors unite

WOOF Downtown boston’s 10th
Doggone halloween parade will be so
cute it’s frightening. pup parents can
register their in-costume canines to
partake in the parade and win across
categories, such as best Dog and human Duo and Scariest Costume. And,
yes, aspiring dog owners are welcome to attend, too. Oct. 26, noon-3
p.m. Free. Downtown Crossing.
downtownboston.org

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14 things to do to get in
the Halloween spirit
in the Boston area

BURIED old north Church offers
nighttime crypt tours on Friday and
Saturday nights through nov. 2. For
45 bone-chilling minutes, attendees
learn of “fascinating stories about the
people buried in the crypt, colonial
death practices, and the latest archeological discoveries,” according to
their website. more than 1,110 bodies are buried at the site, so there is
plenty of lore to discover. Fridays
and Saturdays starting at 5:30 p.m
and 6:15 p.m. $20. Old North
Church, Freedom Trail. oldnorth.doubleknot.com
GHOULISH RIDE on this frightful
90-minute trolley ride, ghosts and
gravestones of boston will take you
through some of boston’s spookiest
spots. From the allegedly haunted
omni parker house, to the horrific
murder sites of the boston Strangler,
this tour will keep you up all night
long. Daily, $44–$56. 200 Atlantic
Ave. ghostsandgravestones.com

For a high-brow Halloween

thE hYm invEStmEnt gRoUp

TRUCK ALONG Suffolk Downs’
fourth-annual touch-a-truck event is
about to get their trick-or-treat on.
kids can get up-close-and-personal
with their favorite vehicles — including fire engines and police cars —
while filling a sweet treat bag along
the way. Also, music by DJ Ron Furr,
and food trucks from Crepe Shop
boston, Eloti boston, Zack’s ice
Cream, and boston trolley Dogs. Oct.
19, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. The Track at
Suffolk Downs, 525 William F. McClellan Highway. atsuffolkdowns.com.
ON THE COMMON the fourth annual Fall-o-ween Children’s Festival
offers a whole evening of activities
and delights for the whole pumpkin
patch. the free event includes halloween-themed LEgo builds provided by the LEgo Discovery Center,
trackless train rides, a haunted zombie maze, pumpkin bowling, and
family Zumba. plus, live performances by matt heaton, a boston-based
children’s musician, and a story time
with boston public Library librari-

In the mood for some Halloween
fun? Get your costume on and
check out (clockwise, from top
left) SomerStreets Monster Mash
in Somerville, the Doggone
Halloween parade at Downtown
Crossing, Boston Circus Guild’s
Cirque of the Dead in Somerville,
and Touch-a-Truck at the Track at
Suffok Downs.
ans. Oct. 18, 5-8 p.m. Free. Boston
Common on the corner of Charles and
Beacon streets. boston.gov
THE PARTY HAD JUST BEGUN
Drivers, beware: SomerStreets will
take over a portion of Somerville Avenue for its 14th annual monster
mash event. For ghouls and goblins
of all ages, the all-afternoon event
features demos by parkour generations, pumpkin carving, performances from puppeteer harry LaCoste and
good news gus, and a costume parade helmed by the School of honk.
Oct. 20, 2-6 p.m. Free. Somerville Avenue between School Street to Warren
Avenue. somervilleartscouncil.org

ALChEmY viSUAL ARtS

After dark delights

CREEPY CRAWLY grab your boo
and head to Fenway nights for a halloween-themed bar crawl. A $9.99
fee covers entrance to a long list of
Lansdowne mainstays — including
game on, bleacher bar, bill’s bar, Loretta’s Last Call, and Lucky Strike —
as well as nightlife hot spots across
the city. the participating bars will
have drink specials, giveaways, and
an overarching costume contest with
$1,000 cash prizes. Oct. 26, 1 p.m.-2
a.m. $9.99. Various locations. eventbrite.com
LIGHT AND DARK Are you a good
witch — or a bad witch? Find out at
time out market with on-theme
drink and food specials, accompany
drag performances, airbrush tattoos,
and live tarot readings. Oct. 26, 9
p.m.-midnight. Free entry. Time Out
Market Boston, 401 Park Drive.
eventbrite.com
BUSY BOO For one night only, the
beehive becomes “the boohive,”
trading its traditional live jazz for a
devilish burlesque show.And if you’re

BY THE CANDLELIGHT For an elevated — but still eerie — listening experience, head out to brookline for a
Candlelight concert. hear classical
music such as the Funeral march of a
marionette and String Quartet no. 8
in C minor, plus film favorites like the
theme from “beetlejuice,” “the Addams Family,” and “this is halloween,” from “the nightmare before
Christmas.” the music will be played
by the Rasa String Quartet, a bostonbased folk ensemble of four new
England Conservatory graduates.
Oct. 24, 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. $25-$51.
Temple Ohabei Shalom, 1187 Beacon
St., Brookline. feverup.com
GHOSTLY CIRQUE the boston Circus guild’s Cirque of the Dead is back
among the living yet again. the performance has taken place annually
since 2013, including a virtual performance during the CoviD-19 pandemic, and takes on a new story each
year. this year, it follows the 1920s
spiritualist movement, a popular cultural phenomenon that centered
around communicating with the
dead following world war i. the
show is written by guild performer,
writer, vocalist, and choreographer
tim Ellis and directed by Eileen Little. Oct. 24-26 and 31, times vary.
$43.84. Arts at the Armory, 191
Highland Ave #1c, Somerville. bostoncircusguild.com
Times, dates, and ticket prices are
subject to vary. Check with event
websites for the most up-to-date information.
Emily Wyrwa can be reached at
<PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_EMAIL_ADDRESS>.

Norbert Leo Butz on the secrets to playing Bill Belichick
By Meredith Goldstein
gLobE StAFF

when i heard about the FX television series “American Sports Story:
Aaron hernandez,” i had one question
about casting: “Who’s playing Bill
Belichick?”
because in new England, we all
know belichick’s lone facial expression.
that flat no-nonsense literal game face
was a punchline, even featured on
sweatshirts sold at Faneuil hall. So if
you’re an actor, how do you get to the
bottom of the coach’s psyche and portray him onscreen in a way that’s not
dry? or two-dimensional?
norbert Leo butz can explain the
process. the tony-award winning performer, who was the original Fiyero in
“wicked” on broadway (“bridgerton”'s
Jonathan bailey will play the character
in the movie-musical later this year) —
plays belichick in this Ryan murphyproduced story of hernandez, which
airs its fifth episode oct. 8 and was
adapted from a boston globe and
wondery podcast.
butz and i spoke over Zoom — and
he was more forthcoming than
belichick at any patriots press conference i’ve seen.
Q. what did you know about bill
belichick going into this series? Are
you a football fan?
A. i say this with some embarrassment:
my agent called me and said, “hey,
there’s some interest in you in playing
bill belichick in this patriots thing,”
and it was one of those things where it
was like, try to cover the fact that you
don’t really know who they’re talking
about. i was like, “Remind me. Remind
me.” then i was like, “oh, right, the
guy with the cutoff hoodies.” meredith,
i’ll be honest with you, i am not a football fan. well, let me correct that — i’m
a football fan now, but i wasn’t going

of the shoot. … we had to shoot those
[fall scenes] in may in Florida, in 90degree weather.

into this project. Football was a sport i
just didn’t get. i was like, “why would
men the size of refrigerators elect to go
and beat the crap out of each other in
order to score points?” i’ll tell you another anecdote. i was doing a [netflix]
series in Florida called “bloodline,” and
Coach belichick went down to the
[Florida] keys often and fished. one of
my costars [in “bloodline], kyle Chandler, knew Coach belichick because
Coach belichick was a huge fan of “Friday night Lights.” So he actually was
on set one day to visit, and people were
all in a tizzy because bill belichick was
there. i remember being annoyed. ...
Flash forward eight years and, and i
have this offer to play him.
Q. what went into your research? because he didn’t give anyone much to
work with in those press conferences.
A. i started with a couple of biographies on him. one is by David halberstam. i came to see him as much more
multifaceted than those press conferences would have you believe. And in
fact, that stoic, kind of unemotional,
mumbling guy, i thought was a real tell
into who he was. i thought it was very
strategic what he was doing. i thought
it was all — and i think other people
would agree with me — kind of an act
in order to win football games.
Q. i’m thinking of a scene where
belichick is talking to Aaron hernandez at a party, and it’s like his mind
goes elsewhere. he’s no longer engaged
with anything social. it’s like football is
the only thing that can be on his mind.
A. what i was able to finally find in the
guy is that kind of myopic, singularpurpose, zen-like focus he had about
winning football. i was like, “oh. this
is the same in the entertainment business.” it’s a cutthroat industry. there’s
politics galore. the competition is ri-

Q. i saw you’re in the upcoming bob
Dylan feature, “A Complete Unknown,”
starring timothée Chalamet. You get
to play another real person.
A. i got to play this hugely influential
ethnomusicologist named Alan Lomax,
who’s really responsible for bringing
folk music to the American public in
the ’40s, ’50s, and ’60s — a brilliant
guy and an early mentor of bob Dylan.
Alan Lomax was also one of the founders of the newport Folk Festival.

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Norbert Leo Butz as Bill Belichick in “American Sports Story: Aaron
Hernandez.”
diculous. You have to approach it —
[being a] working actor — with this
kind of monk-like calling to the profession. You have to constantly be reaching to be better. my wife and my kids
can’t wait until i’m done with a play
because i’m just so deep in it. And i
was like, “ok, i am like this guy in certain ways.” i can become very fixated
on what’s in front of me. So i saw that
kind of unemotional, sometimes even
callous attitude that he had — it was in
service to this calling. Football was not
a game to him; it was not something
we do to pass the time. it was a religion in certain ways for him.
Q. i imagine it’s more interesting to
people like me, in new England, to
learn how an actor transforms, physically, into Rob gronkowski in this. or
bob kraft. or belichick.
A. Ryan murphy has this special effects, makeup, and hair team that he

has used in all of these productions,
and they are amazing at what they do.
i mean, i have some resemblance [to]
bill belichick. he’s much bigger than
me. he weighs probably 80 pounds
more than me. he’s got that wispy hair.
he’s got much deeper lines in his face.
he has more weathered skin. it was
three to three-and-a-half hours in
makeup every day and then another
hour-and-a-half to get it off.
Q. how many sweatshirts were you
working with?
A. i was heavily layered. he’s not a tall
guy, but he’s just built like a brick
house. i had some Under Armor thing.
i had shoulder padding, kind of manboob padding, stomach padding, another t-shirt over that, and then the
hoodie sweatshirt would come on.
then on top of that would be the coats
and the beanies, and that was, i would
say, without a doubt, the hardest part

Q. my last thought: it would be nice to
walk into a room with the confidence
of bill belichick. based on your research, can you advise?
A. this is what i learned about the guy.
he just knew more, for real, than anybody else in the room about the thing
he was there to do. i don’t know if you
can, like, adopt that belichick attitude.
this is a kid who, from the time he
could walk or talk, was living on football fields with his father, whom he
adored. Learning this one sport. it’s
that malcolm gladwell thing, right?
[that it takes 10,000 hours to become
an expert at anything.] it’s just
[belichick] is so beyond 10,000 hours,
it’s not even funny. That’s why he just
didn’t suffer any fools. that’s why he
didn’t have to be the guy with the loudest voice.
Q. So basically, it’s easier not to have
impostor syndrome when you’re not an
imposter.
A. that’s exactly, exactly right.

Interview was edited and condensed.
Meredith Goldstein can be reached at
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Patriots’
Peppers
arrested

Grousbeck:
‘I put the
Celtics first’
owner on the sale, ring
bling, and what’s next

strangulation, assault
and battery are charges

By Adam Himmelsbach
GLOBE sTAFF

ABu DhABi, united Arab Emirates — Less
than two weeks after the Celtics won their 18th
NBA championship last June, it was announced that the Grousbeck family, which
holds majority ownership of the team, would
be putting it up for sale.
Lead owner wyc Grousbeck has said little
publicly since then, but this weekend he sat
down with the Globe at the st. Regis saadiyat
island Resort for a wide-ranging conversation
in which he discussed the sale process, his relationship with co-owner steve Pagliuca, and
where the franchise goes from here. Responses
have been lightly edited for brevity and clarity.
I understand you won’t talk about specific
details of the sale, but what can you say about
where things stand?
The sale process is gearing up and about to
hit full speed. it took this long for our advisers
to go through the financial and business data of
the team and our whole management team,
and spend enough time to put together offering
books. Now they’re beginning to have discussions with interested parties, and the bidding
process will commence in the next month or so.
the financials aside, what level of importance do you place on also finding someone
you believe would be a good steward for the
franchise?
yes, my father and i feel a responsibility
and an honor to be able to find a great buyer for
the team.
Your family announced that the team is going up for sale for estate and family planning
purposes. A new York Post report said your father’s frustration with ballooning salaries and
luxury-tax bills sparked the decision. What
was your view of that?
we’re a unified team over here. The family
has made its decision, and we’re moving ahead.
What’s a moment you’ll remember most
about your time as lead owner?
The first thing that comes to mind is the parade. i remember going in 2008, and i knew everybody was going to be amazed when they had
their first one, and this one was 10 times better
than i even expected. we were all blown away.
i’ve got videos from the duck boat, and i watch
them. it starts with that.
the sale was announced just over a week
later, so clearly you knew what was coming.
Did you take extra time to really savor the parade, understanding you might not be in the
position in the same way again?
i’m planning to be in this position again, exactly this position as governor going forward
for a while. But i was very easily able to focus
on the moment and just soak it in.
You have said you would like to sell a 51
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Celtics lead owner Wyc Grousbeck says
the sale process will now “hit full speed.”

By John R. Ellement
and Christopher Price
GLOBE sTAFF

By Camilo Fonseca
GLOBE CORREsPONDENT

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With a new contract in hand, Jeremy Swayman takes the reins as the Bruins’ No. 1 goalie.

Kevin Paul Dupont
on HoCKEY

New season,
old questions
The puck drops on the Bruins season Tuesday night in sunrise, Fla., provided hurricane
Milton doesn’t gain control of
the horizontal, the vertical, the
game clock, and the zamboni
steering wheel (that one’s for
you, fans and friends of “The
Outer Limits”).
Just weeks short of a century
since opening for business (Dec.
1, 1924: Bruins 2, Maroons 1),
the shiny new 2024-25 Bruins
are the product of a pricey summer remake that saw general
manager Don sweeney dish out
upward of $90 million on personnel upgrades.
On sunday, sweeney plucked
another $66 million from the
big, fat Jacobs family TD Bank
account to secure goalie Jeremy
swayman’s services for the next
eight seasons. it was a hefty
price to pay, especially for a
stopper who for three seasons
had the security blanket of Linus ullmark at his side.
swayman won’t go it alone
now, but ullmark is gone and he
is the man, the $8.25 million
per annum No. 1 netminding
man, and labels sometimes have

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a way of messing with heads
and performance.
with the 82-game schedule
teed up and ready to go — and
perhaps another Round 1
matchup with the Maple Leafs
awaiting in April? — here are a
few key story lines and observations as the Bruins embark on
trying to win the stanley Cup
for a second time in the last 53
years:
R is Elias Lindholm a legit
No. 1 franchise cornerstone center?
Lindholm is smooth, smart,
professional, and should be an
improvement on a power play
that took a sizeable dip (20 for
116/17.2 percent) in the second
half last season. he is a valuable
addition.
But to answer the question
above, the answer is TBD.
sweeney forked over a sevenyear deal worth $54.25 million
to hire Lindholm, who will be
30 in December. in 11 NhL sea-

sons, he has been steady and
consistent, though never offensively prolific.
Of course, that also would
characterize the careers of Patrice Begeron and David krejci.
Lindholm should deliver at his
top end for 3-4 years before a
falloff, which makes the July 1
commitment look like an overpay. Meanwhile, sweeney and
the scouting staff need to draft
and develop a wunderkind to
step into the No. 1 job. They’ve
been in that hunt for a long
time.
R is Nikita zadorov the franchise’s new Gen zee?
The Boston backline lost
much of its size and profile
when captain zdeno “Big zee”
Chara wasn’t asked to return after the spring of 2020. No one
reasonably can expect the 6foot-6-inch zadorov, 29, to be all
things Chara. Not fair to look for
or ask that from anyone.
however, if he’s going to sing
for the six-year $30 million supper sweeney put on his plate,
the New zee needs to be a consistent, strong, sometimes menon HoCKEY, Page C4

Will Red Sox offseason be different than last?
By Alex Speier

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GLOBE sTAFF

Are there reasons to think this
Red sox offseason will be different?
Last week, team officials vowed it
was time to end a years-long run of
mediocrity and idle Octobers. But on
the surface, the suggestion of a team
in need of getting to the postseason
didn’t sound all that different from
what had been articulated roughly
one year earlier.
“we owe it to our fans to be decisive, aggressive, and clear about the
mandate, which is to get back to
playing baseball in October,” Red sox
president and CEO sam kennedy
said in september of 2023.
Those words were followed by an
offseason whose primary payoff reflected long-term motivations —
most notably, the trade of Chris sale
for Vaughn Grissom. it’s thus fair to
ask why Red sox fans should believe
this winter will be any different.
Certainly, there will and should be
an element of “seeing is believing”

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Red Sox president Sam Kennedy (right) stated plainly: “It’s time to
take that next step. It really is time,” at the season-ending presser.
when it comes to the Red sox taking
a more aggressive stance on upgrades motivated by the coming year
rather than a more distant future.
That said, there were notable shifts
in the tone of the remarks at the
team’s end-of-season press conference that pointed to a more ambi-

tious offseason.
Among them:
EYE on tHE DIVISIon: in press
conferences in late 2023 — first to announce the firing of chief baseball officer Chaim Bloom, then the end-ofyear availability, and again with the
introduction of Craig Breslow as

QuiNCy — Patriots safety Jabrill A. Peppers was arraigned Monday for allegedly choking a woman multiple times and pushing her
head against a wall before forcing her from his
apartment in the middle of the night, according to court records.
Peppers, 29, was arrested at his Braintree
apartment around 4:15 a.m. saturday after a
woman who identified herself as his “on and
off” girlfriend of three years told police he had
struck her, choked her at least six times, and
“took off her clothing and put her outside,” according to a police report.
Peppers pleaded not guilty to charges of
strangulation, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery on a family/household member, and possession of a
Class B substance, believed to be cocaine, according to court records. he was released on
$2,500 bail and ordered to have no contact
with the woman.
in comments to police after his arrest, Peppers denied that he put his hands on the woman’s neck or pushed her into a wall. his lawyer
said the evidence he had reviewed “sheds real
doubt on the allegations.”
The Globe is withholding the name of the
woman as an alleged victim of domestic assault.
The woman told police that she and Peppers were being intimate when her phone
rang, which infuriated him. he ordered her to
leave and began pushing her out of the bedroom.
“when they were by the bedroom’s doorway, Jabrill put his hands on her neck and
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Jabrill Peppers was released on $2,500
bail from Quincy District Court Monday.

Backing for
Brissett not
as vigorous
By Christopher Price
GLOBE sTAFF

while Patriots coach Jerod Mayo has been
steadfast in his backing of Jacoby Brissett as the
starter since the beginning of training camp, it
appears Mayo is starting to step back in his support, potentially clearing the way for rookie
Drake Maye.

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Bloom’s replacement — the sox’ ambitions were measured.
while chairman Tom werner’s
suggestion of an offseason that
would be “full throttle in every way”
overshadowed nearly every other remark for a two-month period, that
phraseology was an exception to
nearly everything else the sox said.
in the same session, werner offered
more measured remarks.
“we know that we have to be competitive next year. we’re going to be
competitive next year,” he said at
Breslow’s introduction. “it is important for us to make decisions that will
not be just effective in 2024 but past
2024. so those are the decisions that
will drive us.”
Last Monday, the sox changed
tone in two ways. The measured notion of being “competitive” has been
replaced by a clearer and more ag-

On a Monday conference call, Mayo provided a lukewarm endorsement of the veteran and
acknowledged the quarterback play “wasn’t
good enough” in sunday’s 15-10 defeat to the
Dolphins.
when asked about Brissett, Mayo said, “i
thought we played well enough defensively and
on special teams to win the football game. As
the quarterback, and he understands this, he
touches the ball on every single play, and we
didn’t win the game or score enough points to
win the game. i think he would echo that same
sentiment, that it wasn’t good enough.”
“we’ve got to play better, man,” Brissett said
after sunday’s game. “There’s no magic thing
that we need to do. we’ve just got to play better.
we’ve got to execute better. we’ve got to play
with good fundamentals better. we’ve got to do
all the little things better.”
Brissett finished 18 of 34 for 160 yards passing. he was sacked twice and hit nine times,
which statistically is par for the course as he
has worked behind an inconsistent offensive
line this season.
Through five games, Brissett has been

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Even a rebuild shouldn’t look this bad
Chad Finn

the uNcoNveNtioNaL RevieW
Welcome to the Unconventional Review, an instant
reaction to standouts, stats, and story lines from the
Patriots’ most recent game . . .
it’s not so much that the Patriots are bad. that
much we expected, and if we’re being totally honest,
it’s necessary for a proper rebuild.
it’s that five games into the season, they’re actually
getting worse. Some bad teams can be kind of fun.
this is turning into the kind of bad team that makes
you wish halftime lasted a little bit longer and the
clock would keep running under all circumstances.
in a flyweight bout of the two lowest-scoring teams
in the nfl, the Patriots lost to the Dolphins at Gillette Stadium Sunday, 15-10.
the Dolphins are bad
largely because they lost
starting quarterback tua
tagovailoa to another concussion in Week 2, and for
some reason didn’t think
to keep a viable backup on
the roster.
the Patriots are bad —
lousy, really — for so many
more reasons, most of
them their own fault.
Some of it is due to attrition; they’ve started four
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left tackles and two centers, and they played withChristian Gonzalez, who had his first
out, among others, safety
NFL interception Sunday, is fast
Jabrill Peppers Sunday.
becoming the Patriots’ best player.
But most of their problems are due to a lack of discipline, poor judgment,
and the inability to make the few plays that are there
for the making.
lack of discipline, you say? how about Keion
White committing 30 yards of penalties on one Dolphins scoring drive? or the Patriots at one point having more penalty yards (89) than passing yards (70)?
or christian Elliss’s brutal third-down pass-interference penalty on a running back on the Dolphins’ lone
touchdown drive?
Poor judgment? how about offensive coordinator
Alex Van Pelt having Jacoby Brissett throw 34 passes
behind his plywood offensive line while running just
19 times — even with Rhamondre Stevenson and Antonio Gibson combining for 141 yards on their 18 attempts?
failure to make plays? the Patriots nearly won the
game in the final moments when Brissett found
Ja’lynn Polk in the back of the end zone for what
looked like a go-ahead touchdown. Upon review, the
touchdown was overturned because of the correct interpretation of a stupid rule — the heel of Polk’s second foot touched out of bounds, and the entire foot
needs to be in. that wasn’t Polk’s fault. Brissett threw
the ball too high, forcing his receiver to leap for it.
for a team with an already slim margin for error,
these Patriots sure figure out creative ways to get in
their own way.
Some further thoughts, upon immediate review …

three players worth watching
Players suggested in the Unconventional Preview:
Antonio Gibson, Keion White, Jaylen Waddle.
Jonnu Smith: one of the lesser frustrations from
this game, but a frustration nevertheless: Smith, a
bust who totaled 539 receiving yards in two seasons
with the Patriots (2021-22), was actually impactful.
Smith entered with just nine receptions for 78
yards in his first season as a Dolphin, but he came
through with five catches for 62 yards, second only to
tyreek hill (six receptions for 69 yards) among Miami

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Jacoby Brissett, who was 18-of-34 passing for 160 yards, was sacked twice and hit nine times in Sunday’s loss to Miami.

pass catchers.
four of those catches — including two on the
game’s opening drive, which ended with a 54-yard Jason Sanders field goal and a 3-0 Dolphins lead —
came in the first half.
But his most important contribution came on the
methodical 15-play, 80-yard touchdown drive in the
fourth quarter, when on third and 5 at the Miami 38,
he caught an 8-yard pass to give the Dolphins a crucial
first down.
Smith had five catches in a game just once in his
Patriots career — in his debut with the franchise in
September 2021, when he had five against . . . the Dolphins.
christian Gonzalez: he has played all of nine
games in his nfl career, but Sunday brought more
evidence that the second-year cornerback is fast becoming the Patriots’ best player, if he isn’t there already.
Gonzalez snagged his first interception of the season in the first quarter. on second and 10 at the Miami 36, he made a smart read on a tyler huntley
short pass intended for odell Beckham Jr. and picked
it off at the Miami 45.
four plays later, Stevenson ran 33 yards for a 7-3
lead.
When Gonzalez was covering him, hill managed
just three receptions for 34 yards. Gonzalez also has
improved as a tackler.
he finished with six against the Dolphins, including a takedown of Waddle after an 11-yard catch on
third and 13 late in the third quarter. the Dolphins
ended up settling for a 47-yard field goal from Sanders
on that possession, with the Patriots maintaining a
10-9 lead.
brenden Schooler: the one decent thing about the
Patriots’ performance was their special teams play.
Yeah, Joey Slye missed a 33-yard field goal attempt
that loomed fairly large late in the game, but he
bounced back to hit a 38-yarder.

Bryce Baringer delivered his usual strong punting
performance — good heavens, we’re at the point
where we have nothing better to do than praise the
punter every week — including a 70-yarder.
But it was Schooler who came through with the
biggest play on special teams, blocking ex-Patriot Jake
Bailey’s punt deep in Miami territory early in the second quarter. isaiah Bolden recovered the rejected
punt at the 23. Schooler provided precisely the kind of
help with field position that this disheveled offense
needs.

Grievance of the game
Did the Patriots take advantage of the field position Schooler gave them? oh no. no, they did not.
instead, they responded with a truly inept possession, which included a holding penalty on Stevenson,
a holding penalty on center nick leverett, and the
Slye missed field goal attempt.
When that “drive” was complete, the Patriots had
twice as many penalties (six) as first downs (three).

three notes scribbled in margins
Predicted final score: Dolphins 19, Patriots 13.
Final score: Dolphins 15, Patriots 10.
Stevenson, who was benched for the first series after fumbling for the fourth straight game in last
week’s loss to the 49ers, finished with 12 carries for 89
yards, that lone touchdown, and no fumbles . . . Dell
Pettus and Jaylinn hawkins, filling in for injured safeties Peppers and Kyle Dugger, combined for 16 tackles
while fulfilling the responsibility of keeping hill and
Waddle from beating them deep . . . Between Rich Eisen on the morning Jets-Vikings game and chris Myers
on this one, we’ve had about enough of former
“Sportscenter” anchors calling play-by-play for the
season.

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At one point in
Sunday’s loss to
the Dolphins,
the Patriots had
more penalty
yards than passing yards. DE
Keion White
(above) had 30
yards of penalties on one
Miami drive.

Chad Finn can be reached at <PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_EMAIL_ADDRESS>.
Follow him @GlobeChadFinn.

NFL Week 5: Backed by Flores’s defense, Vikings are on a roll
Ben Volin
oN footbaLL
the Vikings are the biggest surprise of the
nfl season, racing out to a 5-0 start that almost
no one expected. Most of the attention deservedly
has gone to coach Kevin o’connell and quarterback Sam Darnold, who has finally clicked in his
seventh season to lead the Vikings to the no. 6
scoring offense and a few big wins, including Sunday’s 23-17 victory over the Jets in london.
But another Vikings coach is deserving of high
praise — defensive coordinator Brian flores, the
former Patriot and current nfl pariah whose
unit is one of the best in the nfl.
“flo and those guys, we needed them today,”
o’connell said after the Vikings intercepted Aaron Rodgers three times. “he’s leading that defense at a world-class level, and really impacting
our organization and how we play and how we
win.”
flores’s impressive performance is where we
begin the Week 5 Review:
R flores arrived in Minnesota last year and improved the defense from 28th in points allowed to
13th. this year, the Vikings are no. 4 in points allowed (15.2 per game). And they aren’t playing
slouches. they have taken down San francisco’s
Brock Purdy (17 points), houston’s c.J. Stroud (7
points), Green Bay’s Jordan love (29 points), and
Rodgers (17 points) in the last four weeks.
true to his reputation, flores’s defense is aggressive. the Vikings have the second-highest
blitz rate in the nfl (41.8 percent), and their 94
quarterback pressures are by far the most.
the Vikings lead the nfl with 11 interceptions, and rank top-six in rushing average (no. 2),
completion percentage (no. 6), sacks (no. 2), and
passer rating (no. 3). they have allowed just one
rushing touchdown. linebacker Andrew Van Ginkel recorded his second pick-6 of the season Sunday.

“he holds us to a high standard, and he puts
us in a position to make plays and allows us to
play fast, physical, and play at a high level,” said
Van Ginkel, who played three years for flores in
Miami.
flores, of course, was fired as the Dolphins’
head coach despite going 19-14 his last two years,
because he didn’t get along with ownership and
the front office. But flores and the Vikings are
thriving, while the Dolphins are struggling and
lack discipline under Mike McDaniel.
flores also is making a mockery of all the
teams that passed him over for head coaching opportunities because of his racial discrimination
lawsuit against the league. A smart owner would
look past it next January and hire him.
R Apparently, Rodgers does well only against
the Patriots. his Week 3 win over new England
was his only game this year with a completion
percentage over 61 (77 percent), his only game
with a passer rating over 100 (118.9), and the only game with positive analytics like Expected
Points Added.
otherwise, Rodgers and the Jets are a mess.
he needed 54 attempts to reach 244 yards against
the Vikings, and threw three interceptions for
just the third time in the last 15 years.
the Jets are 2-3, Rodgers is dealing with a low
ankle sprain, and they have a crucial game this
Sunday against the Bills. the Jets may need to
trade for his buddy Davante Adams to help Rodgers feel more comfortable in the pocket.
R three aspects of the Bills game that
shouldn’t surprise anyone:
one, they lost to the texans. the Bills beat up
on bad teams but lose to good ones. Josh Allen
was a machine against the Dolphins and Jaguars
but completed just 55 percent against the Ravens
and 30 percent (9 of 30!) against the texans.
two, Sean McDermott butchered the lategame clock management. it’s basically the defining feature of his eight-year tenure.
And three, the Bills and Allen found a loophole

in the concussion rules to get him back into the
game one play after he slammed his head on the
turf. Allen took a smelling salt but somehow
didn’t receive a full concussion evaluation.
it’s understandable that Allen wanted to get
back in the game. But the Bills and the nfl are
supposed to know better.
R 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan shouldn’t have
let his players and the public know that he wanted to wear white jerseys because of the mid-90s
heat at levi’s Stadium. the 49ers had to wear red
because they didn’t submit their request in time,
then melted down in the second half, blowing a
13-point lead in a loss to the cardinals.
Shanahan should have kept the jersey strategy
to himself. it had to be on the players’ minds during the game.
R for all of the struggling offenses and quarterbacks this year, Week 5 saw an offensive outburst.
Entering Monday night, there had been 49.6
points scored per game, the most this season
(previous high: 45.6).
And there was an explosion of big plays. there
were 11 touchdowns of at least 60 yards, the most
in 12 years. for the first time in nfl history,
there were two 100-yard defensive touchdowns in
the same week. Plus, there were six other touchdowns between 40-59 yards, and Panthers-Bears
had three touchdowns of 30-plus yards. More of
this every Sunday, please.

Rookie Quarterback Watch
R caleb Williams, bears: improved to 3-2 with
a blowout win over the Panthers, and he’s starting
to feel comfortable. Williams had touchdown
passes of 30 and 34 yards, and over his last 10
quarters, he has completed 70 percent of his passes with five touchdowns and one interception.
R Jayden Daniels, commanders: not only does
he have the inside track for Rookie of the Year,
but he’s already getting mentioned as a possible
MVP. Daniels again was a big-play machine in a
blowout win over the Browns, with completions

of 66, 41, and 33 yards, plus runs of 37 and 23
yards. the 4-1 commanders have scored 34-plus
points in three straight games.
R bo Nix, broncos: After a dreadful September,
nix completed 19 of 27 passes for 206 yards, with
two touchdowns, no picks, and a rushing tD in a
big win over the Raiders. like Williams, nix is
starting to throw down the field more, with five
completions of 20-plus yards Sunday.

Quick hits
R Joe flacco is showing why the Browns and
Dolphins didn’t want him — he’s too good. he
threw for 359 yards and three touchdowns in a
shootout loss to the Jaguars, giving the colts
pause about going back to the struggling Anthony
Richardson. flacco would’ve created QB controversies with Deshaun Watson and tua tagovailoa,
too.
R it’s obvious that the Browns should bench
Watson, who ranks bottom-five in most passing
stats and has taken a whopping 26 sacks, the only
QB over 20. But the Browns are sticking with
Watson because of his absurd $230 million guaranteed contract. they’re 1-4 and deserve all the
losses coming their way.
R Joe Burrow has the highest completion percentage (72.3) and passer rating (113.6) ever for a
quarterback on a 1-4 team. the Bengals are really
going to regret that Week 1 loss to the Patriots
come playoff time.
R Pretty savage of Williams and D.J. Moore to
connect for two 30-yard touchdowns against the
Panthers — the team that traded their rights, plus
a lot more, to get Bryce Young, who sat on the
bench Sunday.
R Of course it was Stephon Gilmore who sealed
the Vikings’ win with an interception, giving him
one in all 13 of his nfl seasons. Gilmore boasted
that his list of victimized quarterbacks now includes tom Brady, Peyton Manning, and Rodgers.
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Jabrill Peppers (left) pleaded not guilty to multiple charges, including strangulation.

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pushed her head against a wall,” police wrote
in the report.
As peppers forced her out of his apartment,
she put on a pair of his sweatpants because her
clothing was elsewhere in the apartment, the
woman alleged.
She alleged that peppers followed her into
the building’s stairwell, where he pushed her
down the carpeted stairs, injuring her knees. he
also ripped off the sweatpants she was wearing,
the woman told police. She returned to the bathroom and collected her clothing, police said.
the woman “told officers she was in fear during the incident because she believed that Jabrill
was out of his mind and had a serious expression,” police wrote.
the woman declined to go to a hospital and
was given an ice pack by responding medics, police said. police said they observed scratches on
her knees and that the right side of her face and
forehead was red.
She declined to seek an emergency restraining order against peppers.
During a brief proceeding in Quincy District
Court, peppers’s lawyer, Marc Allan Brofsky, told
Judge Mark Coven he had reviewed video footage that cast doubt on the allegations.
“Despite the fact that this is a case where
there is evidence that I have already seen that
sheds real doubt on the allegations, including
videotaped evidence, my client will not object to
the [stay-away] condition,” Brofsky said.
peppers appeared in court wearing a gray
suit jacket and white collared shirt without a tie.
he spoke only to say, “Yes, sir,” when the judge
asked him to acknowledge the charges he faces.
police said that when they arrived, peppers
stepped out of the apartment shirtless while
holding a jacket. “I know what is going on,” he
said, according to police.
he cooperated as officers put him in handcuffs and told him he was under arrest, police
wrote. While peppers was being booked at the
station, police searched his wallet and found a
small clear plastic bag with white powder inside
it, the report stated.
“It is cocaine,” peppers allegedly said. A field
test confirmed the powder was cocaine, police
said.
During the booking process, peppers said the
woman became angry when he told her he no
longer wanted to be intimate with her. She
“started to argue with him and became angry.
Jabrill stated that he asked [her] to leave his
apartment.”
peppers denied that he put his hands on the

woman’s neck or pushed her into a wall.
“Jabrill stated that he never pushed her head
against the wall and never put his hands on her
neck,” police wrote. he told police she was acting erratically and appeared to be drunk.
“According to Jabrill, [the woman] fell by
herself on the stairs because she was intoxicated,” police wrote. “he denied pushing her down
the stairs, and he said she was making the allegations to destroy his career.”
police said they did not smell alcohol on the
woman’s breath and she did not appear to have
any difficulty speaking with officers.
A hearing was scheduled for nov. 22. Coven
ruled that peppers does not have to attend, at
the request of his attorney. prosecutors did not
object.
peppers did not play in the patriots’ loss to
the Miami Dolphins Sunday in foxborough after
being downgraded to “out” Saturday with a
shoulder injury. he was listed as questionable
during practices on thursday and friday.
on Monday morning, patriots coach Jerod
Mayo was asked about peppers’s arrest on
WEEI’s “the Greg hill Show.”
“he called me that morning,” Mayo said. “I
knew what was going on. We’ve informed the
nfl what was going on, and we’re still gathering
information.”
Asked if peppers was still on the team, Mayo
said, “I don’t think anyone knows the facts. It’s a
process.”
on a conference call with reporters, Mayo
said he addressed the situation with the team
and that peppers was not at the team’s facilities
Monday morning.
”But as we gather information, he can definitely be in the building,” Mayo said. “We don’t
know, we don’t know enough to say he shouldn’t
be in the building.
“We should find out some more information
over the next few days.”
peppers signed a one-year deal with the patriots in April 2022, and has since signed two contracts with the team, the latest being a threeyear extension he inked over the summer. the 5foot-11-inch, 217-pound safety was named a
team captain before the start of the regular season.
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sacked 17 times, third-most in the nfl. he’s
on pace to be sacked 58 times, which would fall
one short of the franchise record. (tony Eason
was sacked 59 times in 1984.) And the patriots
have allowed sacks on 13.29 percent of their
dropbacks, the third-highest number in the
league.
however, Mayo complimented the work of
the offensive line — and may have mildly indicted Brissett’s penchant for holding on to the football too long — by saying it “did a pretty good
job” holding the Dolphins at bay.
“obviously, there was pressure throughout
the day, but there were also some pockets that
seemed pretty clean,” said Mayo, who started the
fifth different offensive line combination in five
games. “You have to marry it all up as you evaluate. the quarterback spot is like the offensive
line: on a per-play basis. But I did think they
showed some fight yesterday.”
Mayo mentioned earlier this year that Maye
was receiving roughly 30 percent of the firstteam work in practice, an atypical percentage for
a backup quarterback. however, Maye’s only
game reps this season have come in a 24-3 loss to
the Jets last month, when he ended up 4 of 8 for
22 yards and a pair of sacks in relief of Brissett.
over the last month, despite the offensive
struggles (the patriots have averaged 8.7 points
per game the last three weeks), Mayo has usually
started the week with a public show of support
for Brissett, saying the veteran will remain the
starting signal-caller.
on Monday, Mayo was more muted.
“My messaging is that every single week — I
should say every single day — we’re all being evaluated,” said the first-year head coach. “And it’s no
different now. that’s kind of how I see it.”
Wide receiver Kendrick Bourne left no doubt
as to how he feels.
“personally, as a receiver, it’s just about getting open the best I can for whoever’s out there,”
he said. “I’ve played with multiple quarterbacks

in my career, and just trying to be the best I can
for the quarterback.
“not trying to point the finger, not trying to
look outside of what I can do, controlling what I
can control. honestly, just trusting Mayo’s and
Eliot [Wolf ’s] belief and process in what we’re
trying to build for the future. So if this is what
they think is best, then I believe in it. So Jacoby’s
our guy, and that’s who I’m riding with.”
the desire from some corners to start Maye,
the third overall pick in the draft, is underscored
by the recent successes of no. 1 pick Caleb Williams in Chicago and second overall choice
Jayden Daniels in Washington. Williams has
thrown five touchdown passes over the last three
weeks as the Bears have won two of their last
three. And Daniels has six total touchdowns
(four passing and two rushing) as the Commanders have jumped to a 4-1 start.
Meanwhile, Maye continues to sit and wait.
“I watch those guys on film,” Mayo said. “I
would say each situation is unique, and so is our
situation. I think you hit it on the head, those
guys, it was a little bumpy at first, Jayden Daniels
aside.
“But those guys are playing at a high level. It’s
natural for fans and for the media to say, ‘Well,
we have a good quarterback waiting in the wings
as well.’ But at the same time, our mentality is
how do we develop him? how do we get the guys
on the field around him to develop? And move
forward from there.”
Mayo was asked if he would discuss with the
coaching staff whether the patriots would consider starting Maye this weekend against the texans.
“We’re in a solution-driven business and we
aren’t playing good football,” Mayo said. “We
have to look at every single unit and every single
player and figure out how we use this roster to go
out there and win games.”
Christopher Price can be reached at
<PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_EMAIL_ADDRESS>. Follow him
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As the men’s college hockey
season was set to get underway,
it seemed fair to wonder how
Boston University would handle
the departures of Macklin Celebrini and lane hutson to the
nhl.
fans got a glimpse of how
things could go this season in
Saturday night’s 5-2 win over
holy Cross, and that’s where the
weekend review begins.
R the Crusaders gave BU fits
in the opening 20 minutes, playing a physical game and clogging up the middle as neither
team scored. the message between periods was to get more
pucks on net, and the terriers
did not waste much time in the
second period when junior cocaptain Ryan Greene scored the
first of his two goals 39 seconds
in.
Six freshmen were in the
lineup for BU, three of which
provided the next three scores.
newburyport native Cole Eiserman’s one-timer from the right
circle on a nice feed from
Greene on the power play was
Celebrini-esque.
Minutes later, it was the most
recent member of the hutson
family to join the terriers to get
on the board. freshman Cole
hutson took off down the left
side, circling around an errant
stick on the ice to create space
from a holy Cross defender,
then took it to the net for the
score. the move evoked memories of older brother lane.
Alex Zetterberg was the third
member of the freshman class to
break through for his first score,
lifting BU to a 4-0 lead 13:43 into the second period.

“I thought the freshmen
played very well,” said BU coach
Jay pandolfo. “obviously it’s
great when you have three freshmen score on their first night. It
was fun to see, but I thought all
of the freshmen contributed
very nicely.”
Both Crusader goals came
from the second line, with Jack
Stockfish and Jack Seymour
each getting their first of the
season.
“In the second period, we got
away from the things we knew
we need to do to beat them, and
they took advantage of that with
the skill they have,” said holy
Cross coach Bill Riga, whose
squad is expected to contend for
the top spot in Atlantic hockey
America. “You can’t have those
lapses against a team with that
many draft picks and that much
talent.”
R pretty strange game at Merrimack Sunday. Stonehill, which
won just once in 34 games last
year, opened the season with a
3-2 win in overtime at lawler
Rink. A combination of injuries
and eligibility issues to its three
goalies forced Merrimack to play
student manager Spencer Marquis in net.
the Maine native had not
played since suiting up for
Brunswick high during the
2019-20 season, but he responded by making 22 saves, and appeared to be on track to get the
win. Stonehill was trailing, 2-1,
late in the third when it pulled
goalie Connor Androlewicz (27
saves) for an extra skater. With
less than 20 seconds remaining,
Merrimack had a 3-on-1 but
turned the puck over. the Skyhawks capitalized, tying the
game with 8.9 seconds left to

send it into overtime.
that’s when former Merrimack forward Devlin o’Brien
scored 38 seconds into the extra
session, firing a rebound past
Marquis.
Merrimack now hits the road
for a two-game series at Minnesota State, and may need to have
Marquis in net again. Stonehill
will play its home opener friday
when it hosts Union at Bridgewater Arena.
R Aydar Suniev had a night in
UMass’ season opener. the
sophomore forward notched a
hat trick as the Minutemen built
a 5-1 lead at Bentley through
two periods, then held off a furious rally by the falcons — who
scored three in the third, including two in the final minute —
before UMass prevailed, 5-4.
fellow sophomore Jack Musa
added a goal, while freshman
Daniel Jencko tallied the first of
his nCAA career.
R With the departures of AllAmericans Ryan Ufko and Scott
Morrow, both of whom signed
pro deals after last season, the
Minutemen had four new defensemen in the lineup. Junior lucas olvestad arrived in Amherst
this fall after two seasons with
Denver, while freshmen francesco Dell’Elce, larry Keenan,
and finn loftus made their debuts.
nick Bochen had a pair of
goals for the falcons .
R After winning just one of its
first five games last season,
UConn was looking to get off to
a better start. the huskies delivered, sweeping Colgate at home.
Jake percival had three goals
and an assist in the series, while
Jake Richard scored once in
each win.

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percent stake initially before
closing the rest of the deal in
2028. Why was it important to
you to maintain ownership beyond the initial sale date?
the family and I have agreed
that we’ll ask the eventual buyer
for this transition period, and it
feels right to me, and we hope
that we can make it happen going forward.
You made it clear you’d be
willing to spend whatever it
took to win a championship. everything is ballooning now,
with a projected salary and luxury-tax bill of about $500 million in 2025-26 . . .
We have never had a capital
call in the history of the Celtics.
the owners just put in the money 22 years ago. It’s been selfsustaining ever since, and it will
be self-sustaining going forward, with no demands for additional capital. the Celtics are a
going concern that is in excellent financial shape.
the way we run the Celtics
business, and the way the fans
and media partners and sponsors have supported us, enabled
us to go forward confidently in
the future without hitting any
rocks in the water.
You said in an interview with
the Globe last June that the
team is losing money. How does
that mesh with your last statement?
We’ve made money in the
past that’s been built up in the
bank account, and we are fine.
You mentioned your ownership group. Co-owner steve Pagliuca has been a key partner
for you. He has publicly stated
that he intends to be part of the
bidding process for majority
ownership. I understand you
can’t comment on that, but how
would you describe your friendship and partnership?
We have a totally open bidding process getting underway.
Steve knows that and accepts it.
he’s been a great partner and
friend for 22 years, and we’re
glad to have him interested.
What do you specifically value about your business relationship and friendship?
We’ve been able to work together, with the other ownership, and we’re still basically all
together after 22 years. All these
guys are limited partners, but
I’ve made a point of consulting

with them and working with
them all the way along, and we
have a happy group after 22
years, which is really not very
common in the business world.
And Steve has been super
helpful. he introduced Danny
Ainge to the mix, which is a hall
of fame moment in our Celtics
history. Steve’s been great, he
continues to be great, but there
are no special rights around the
bid. that’s the way our documents read, that’s the way we
have to play it, so that’s the way
we’re playing it.
I’ve covered the team for almost 10 years, and almost every conversation with you included a mention of Banner 18
and urgency. Will accomplishing that goal make it easier for
you to step away?
Well, [coach Joe Mazzulla]
won’t let us go there. that’s a
logical thing to say. We got Banner 18. But Joe is like, ‘We’re not
even going to mention that going forward.’ Coaches are not going to wear championship stuff.
We’re done with that. I’m trying
to take the cue from Joe, because he’s a great coach. But,
yeah, it’s super satisfying.
Winning this one was almost
harder work than winning ‘08,
because Danny did so much in
‘08. he brilliantly put the team
together and we went from second-worst to top of the heap,
and it was almost like an instant-noodle meal. It just happened so quickly.
I’ve loved it ever since and
will always be thrilled, but this
one was a battle that started in
2013. this was an 11-year battle, and we all pitched in, and we
got there.
How would you assess how
the franchise has developed
since you bought the team 22
years ago?
I just went through a 360 review from, like, 24 people in the
organization. A 360 review is
when a manager gets feedback
from everybody he works with.
And people have really thought
it’s gone great.
this has changed a lot of people’s lives over the last 22 years
and it’s made me really think
about how we’ve all done this together, and how appreciative
and proud I am to have been the
guy who pulled it together and
made the calls along the way. I
feel like the luckiest guy in the
world.

What would you like your
legacy to be as Celtics owner?
I ’ l l q u o t e Jo e . Jo e s a i d ,
‘You’re leaving this team better
than you found it.’ And that was
the goal. the other way of saying
it is I put the Celtics first.
What’s your most indelible
memory from the night you
won the championship against
the Mavericks at TD Garden?
It felt a lot like ’08. It felt like
it was just time. We were up 18
before the half, and payton [pritchard] makes the half-court shot
and puts us up 21. We already
felt great, and then he hit that
shot, and it was like, “oK.”
In ’08, I celebrated at halftime with Steven tyler of Aerosmith and Bill Belichick. And
Belichick told me, “You’re going
to be the champ.” And I was like,
“You’re jinxing us.” And he said,
“nah, nah, you’ve got this.” he’s
hilarious, actually, in private life.
this one, we just all went into the putnam Club at halftime
and said, “there’s a trophy in
the building, and we’re getting
close.” We were walking by the
trophy in the back hallway before the game and I said, “nobody touch it.” But we touched it
later, and we got it.
You mentioned to me earlier
that you and your wife emilia
designed the championship
rings. What was that process
like?
We consulted with a small
group of people. We got some input from several players. So, it’s
a group thing, but it’s really fun
to surprise people when they
open the box on oct. 22, for that
to be the first sight.
What was your goal when
designing it?
our goal was to make it the
biggest ring ever made in Boston, and we succeeded … I
mean, rings have gotten big.
You really can’t wear them anymore; you can just enjoy them.
Any last words?
We couldn’t have done this
without the fans. When Al horford signed here [in 2016], he
said the fans were a big reason,
and that kind of started this
whole thing . . . So, thank you,
and there’s hopefully more to
come.
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reached at
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Swayman could start in opener
By Jim McBride
GLoBE StAFF

FoRt LAUDERDALE, Fla. — the
stick tap was back.
the steady, rhythmic pounding of
Jeremy SwayNotebook man’s ginormous
white goalie stick
off the ice echoed through the FtL
War memorial rink monday afternoon as the Bruins goalie let everyone know he had returned to his
comfort zone.
As Florida battened down its
hatches in anticipation of hurricane
milton’s arrival, the Bruins continued to button up their lineup for
tuesday’s opener against the Panthers. the lineup could include
Swayman, who missed all of camp as
he awaited a new contract.
coach Jim Montgomery had
named Joonas korpisalo his nightone starter, but that was a week ago
when the chance Swayman would be
available seemed remote.
“he has so much great energy
and i thought that that elevated the
practice, and i thought he looked
sharp,” montgomery said. “he’s the
potential goalie [tuesday] night.
We’re undecided.”
that would be just fine with
Swayman.
“i hope so. i would love to,” he
said, adding that, “i feel like i put
myself in a really good position to be
ready to perform when i get my
name called.”
Swayman said he has full trust in
the coaching staff, and he’ll go along
with whatever they decide.
“if they feel like i’m ready, then
they know i am,” he said. “So, that’s
what i want, to let them know and

Panthers thumbnails
(2023-24 statistics)
at Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise, Fla.
R When, where: Tuesday, 7 p.m.
R TV, radio: ESPN, WBZ-FM (98.5).
R Goals: Sam Reinhart 57, Carter Verhaeghe 34, Matthew Tkachuk 26.
R Assists: Tkachuk 62, Aleksander
Barkov 57, Verhaeghe 38.
R Goaltending: Sergei Bobrovsky (3617-4, 2.37), Spencer Knight (played in
AHL).
R Head to head: This is the first of four
meetings. Last season, the Bruins
were 4-0 vs. the Panthers in the regular season but lost to them in six
games in the second round of the
playoffs.
R Miscellany: The Panthers, the reigning Stanley Cup champions, tied for
the league lead with 198 goals against
. . . Reinhart was second in the NHL
with 57 goals and led the league with
27 power-play goals . . . Defenseman
Gustav Forsling led the NHL with a
plus-56 rating.

they do know that which is a great.”
As for his first full practice since
signing his eight-year, $66 million
deal, Swayman looked like he hadn’t
missed a beat. he moved well,
tracked pucks, and looked quick as
he took a “hazing” lap.
As the post-practice stretch was
breaking up, Swayman’s teammates
started pounding their sticks and
chanting his name, imploring their
goalie to go for a solo sprint.
“Just signing and just getting it
over with, so a hot lap was necessary, and it was the fastest lap i’ve
ever clocked, i think. So, i’m excited
about that,” said Swayman, who
blew a kiss in the air as he crossed
the imaginary finish line.
“i think it’s something that [Niki-

ta] Zadorov told him to do, and i
liked that. it was kind of cool, and
i’m pretty sure Sway had his fun
with it,” said David Pastrnak. “he’s a
pretty good skater. We know that
he’s pretty fast actually, for a goalie,
so i’m impressed.”
the practice wrapped up a wild
24 hours for Swayman that included
a three-hour flight Sunday night, the
first extended time he’s spent with
his teammates since the spring. it
was like no time had passed.
“i was welcomed with open arms
and that just goes to show what kind
of team we have here and all these
guys,” said Swayman. “i was talking
to them during the whole process.
Every day i was getting two to three
phone calls and just catching up,
knowing exactly what’s going on
around camp and they all said as
soon as you return, it’s going to be
like nothing. it’s going to be a seamless transition. So exactly what it
was. And again, it’s a blessing.”

No weather delay
Regarding hurricane milton,
which (or is it who?) has its (or is it
his?) sights set on the Gulf coast, the
nhL said the Bruins-Panthers tilt in
Sunrise (on the East coast), remains
on schedule.
“in all cases such as this, we
monitor the weather reports and follow the lead of local authorities,” an
nhL spokesman told the Globe.

opening lines
Barring last-minute tinkering,
monday’s practice lines and pairings
are likely what montgomery will go
with against the Stanley cup champions.

the lines were Pavel Zacha-elias
Lindholm-Pastrnak; brad MarchandCharlie Coyle-Morgan Geekie; Max
Jones-trent Frederic-Justin
brazeau; and Johnny beecher-Mark
kastelic-Cole koepke.
the defensive tandems: Hampus
Lindholm-Charlie McAvoy; Mason
Lohrei-brandon Carlo; and ZadorovAndrew Peeke.
the top power-play unit: mcAvoy, Pastrnak, marchand, Lindholm,
and Zacha; the second group:
Lohrei, Geekie, coyle, Frederic, and
Brazeau.

extra bodies
Forwards Matt Poitras and Riley
tufte and defensemen Parker Wotherspoon and Ian Mitchell also rotated in. Poitras and mitchell wore red
noncontact jerseys . . . montgomery
said Poitras is “day to day,” but will
not play against the Panthers . . .
mitchell had to leave the session early when he was hit in the mouth by
either a stick or puck and was leaking profusely as he skated to the
room . . . the Bruins designated Poitras, mitchell, and defenseman Alec
Regula as “injured nonroster.” . . .
Forward tyler Johnson, who is on a
professional tryout contract agreement, was not at practice . . . Jiri Patera, we hardly knew ye. the goaltender, whom the Bruins claimed off
waivers from the canucks last week,
is headed back to Vancouver after
the canucks turned the tables and
claimed Patera off waivers from Boston monday . . . Fellow goaltender
brandon bussi cleared waivers and
is headed to AhL Providence . . .
Peeke, who grew up a Panthers fan,
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acing (if called for) force on the back
end. the Bruins now have real size
back there, but size alone doesn’t always mean strength, be it physical or
emotional.
Zadorov, who looks like he will
start Game 1 on a no. 3 pairing,
needs to make it miserable for opposing forwards to enter the Boston
end, and overall, remind the opposition bench that there will be no rules
if a knife fight breaks out. Such
nights are few in today’s nhL, but
they can happen, and Zadorov (701
career penalty minutes) will be expected to rise to the occasion. or better yet, keep the occasion from arising.
R Forecheck. Forecheck.
Forecheck. Will that be a defining element of Jim montgomery’s third

year behind the bench?
Sweeney’s budget hires in July
were younger forwards with legs
able to pin the opposition in its own
end — including max Jones, Riley
tufte, and cole koepke. Ditto for
mark kastelic, brought in from ottawa in the Ullmark swap.
it’s a group with speed and a certain, shall we say, outgoing manner
in terms of game persona. t he
forechecking many games last season was out for a siesta along the
boards.
montgomery, along with 31 other
nhL coaches, prefers an up-tempo
approach, one that can lead to successive lines keeping the puck at the
opponents’ end of the ice for big
chunks of time. Yes, they believe
Swayman can stop pucks. they
know, especially if Swayman is going
to be that 55- or 60-game workhorse,

that they’d like to limit the fires he
has to extinguish.
R can captain Brad marchand remain a consistent offensive force?
this story line has been a bit muted, but it’s important, if not vital.
marchand is 36 and building back,
yet again, from offseason surgery (in
fact, three surgeries).
the Li’l Ball o’hate has delivered
11 consecutive seasons of 20 goals or
more — ranked third among current
nhLers (Alex ovechkin, 19 seasons;
Patrick kane, 13).
it’s a club that still very much
needs marchand’s production, along
with his feisty attitude and unrelenting competitiveness. he can still
bring it, though 36 is 36, and he’ll
need some real juice on his opposite
wing to help him maintain his effectiveness.
R Who’s the candidate for a break-

out season?
that would be defenseman mason Lohrei, who had an impressive
half-season in 2023-24, displaying a
rare and delightful courage with the
puck when across the offensive blue
line. that attitude will lead to some
big boo-boos, but man, it can be fun
to watch.
What remains to be seen is how
much rope montgomery affords the
smiling 6-5 redhead. time and score
is always a factor in a player’s decision to take risk, and for now, risk
hasn’ t been programmed out of
Lohrei’s game. the bet here: montgomery allows the kid to run to the
outer limits before he considers taking control of the horizontal and the
vertical.
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How Bruins will fare,
and who will lift Cup
the puck dropped on the 2024-25 nhl
season friday, with the Devils and Sabres
facing off overseas for two games in Prague
as part of the league’s Global Series.
the Bruins will open their season tuesday night in familiar but unhappy hunting
grounds, facing the Panthers in Sunrise,
fla. — the team that has eliminated them
from the last two postseasons.
Can the Bruins get back to the playoffs
and make a deeper run this time? Can the
Panthers defend their first Stanley Cup? is
it finally the year for superstar Connor
mcDavid and the oilers?
the Globe’s hockey writers weigh with
their predictions for the Bruins, plus their
Stanley Cup forecast.

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Nikita Zadorov is known for his physical presence, but the Bruins expect he will contribute on offense.

Zadorov next big thing?
Defenseman provides muscle missing from Bruins’ backline
By Conor Ryan
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What’s one word to describe nikita Zadorov?
Charlie Coyle recoiled at the question.
“oh, God,” said the Bruins center.
“there’s a lot of one words i think
you could use for him.”
there was far from a consensus
among the Bruins regulars who have
shared a bench with Zadorov — or
been on the receiving end of a crushing hit from the 6-foot-6-inch defenseman.
“Presence,” said Elias lindholm,
who was Zadorov’s teammate in Calgary and Vancouver.
“Brutal,” morgan Geekie added.
“huge,” chimed in trent frederic,
who dropped the gloves with Zadorov in february 2023.
“Scary,” one anonymous Bruin declared. “that guy’s [expletive] scary.”
Zadorov’s reputation precedes
him after 11 seasons in the nhl.
Given his imposing frame and propensity for doling out punishment,
the 29-year-old defenseman stands
as one of the most intimidating skaters in the nhl.
“i enjoy hockey overall,” Zadorov
said. “it’s obviously physical. it’s a little bit easier for a guy my size to be
physical and try to close plays, intimidate players, and piss them off and
all that. it’s my role and i’m embracing that.”
Zadorov’s willingness to be a battering ram was one reason the Bruins
handed him a six-year, $30 million
contract on the first day of free agency in July. But it’s far from the only
reason.
“he’s big. he’s mean. he’s angry,”
Charlie mcAvoy said. “he has skill.
he has all the things i think you
need. You have to know when he’s on
the ice. i think that’s someone you really want to have on your team.”
Zadorov may not be a player opposing coaches game plan around in
the same vein as offensive stars such
as David Pastrnak and Connor mcDavid. But the looming dread before
an on-ice meeting with Zadorov is
shared in many dressing rooms.
“he was a guy that we talked
about quite a bit before our game,”
said Bruins forward tyler Johnson.
“Just kind of, ‘hey, you gotta watch
out for this guy. he will hit you.’
“there are times where you might
be coming across the middle, kind of
thinking no one’s on you, and then

he’s skating in, trying to blow you
up.”
Zadorov has surpassed 175 hits in
six of his 11 nhl seasons, including
a league-leading 278 with the Avalanche in 2017-18.
in the battle of attrition that is the
Stanley Cup playoffs, having a skater
capable of tenderizing opposing puck
carriers and policing the middle of
the ice is an asset.
“Every now and then, whether i’m
scrolling on instagram or whatever, i
just see the highlights of him and his
big hits,” Coyle said. “it’s come up so
much lately.”
images of Zadorov launching opponents into the stratosphere,
crunching them into the glass, and
trading right hooks with the likes of
Pat maroon are what comes to mind
when charting the D-man’s impact.
But in his battles with Zadorov,
Geekie remembers the scraps and
shoves along the boards with the
same apprehension as an open-ice
hit.
“he’s not afraid to play a little on
that edge,” said Geekie. “it felt like i
was out against him every time i
went on the ice. it was just no fun.
his stick’s heavy, and he’s a big boy.
So every time you go out there, you’re
getting into a battle.”
“he’s big, he’s mean, he doesn’t
care,” Brad marchand said. “he’s a
predator out there. i absolutely loved
playing against him, and i hated it.”
if there was one thing agreed on
in the Bruins’ dressing room, it was
that a specific highlight defined Zadorov’s unique skill set.
“i think i remember him blowing
some guy up — and taking the puck
and going all the way down and scoring,” Brandon Carlo said.
“he has a really good shot,” lindholm said. “What comes to mind is
probably the playoffs there in [Vancouver] where he snapped a couple
there going down the wall.”
Zadorov’s strength might rest in
his physical play, but he’s far from a
black hole in the offensive zone.
While most big-bodied defensemen
are seen as stay-at-home types, Zadorov can inject some offense.
“i’m not a Cale makar — superhigh iQ and high-skill offensive defenseman,” Zadorov noted. “But i
know my strengths, and i also can
chip in offensively.”
Zadorov has four 20-point seasons in his career, including 2022-23,
when he had a career-best 14 goals

with the flames. he had four goals
and 8 points over 13 playoff games
with Vancouver last spring, averaging 20:09 of ice time.
on a team already featuring gifted
playmaking defensemen in mcAvoy
and mason lohrei, Zadorov doesn’t
need to be the primary offensive conduit from the back.
“i think he’s going to surprise you
with his ability to make plays,” said
Bruins coach Jim montgomery. “i’m
not just saying scoring goals, but
making plays at the offensive blue
line. his hockey sense and his brain
are very good. it’s a lot better than
people give him credit for.”
Zadorov’s mobility might be his
most undervalued asset.
“Big guys that are heavy don’t
usually move that well,” lindholm
said. “So he’s definitely underrated in
that way, where people probably
think you probably can beat him
wide or take him on one-on-one. But
he’s moving really well out there.”
Zadorov’s skating ability also can
help limit the taxing D-zone reps for
his defense partner.
“i think people see size and people just think one thing, right?” frederic said. “i feel like i get it sometimes with fighting. if you fight a lot,
you’re a goon. i know he has that
physical element and the size and everything, but he brings a lot of skill.”
Zadorov’s knack for breaking the
puck out with a clean first pass or
carrying it into the neutral zone
should make life easier for his teammates. But make no mistake, he will
feel his best when he’s making life
miserable for anyone not draped in a
black-and-gold sweater.
“my physical game is not going to
go away,” Zadorov said. “that’s why
i’m in the league. that’s why people
pay me money. that’s why they
signed me. that’s my goal.”
that disposition should make
him a fan favorite on Causeway
Street.
“i’m just looking forward to going
out there and seeing if they’re going
to like me or not,” Zadorov said.
there may not be one word to
sum up Zadorov’s game. But it won’t
take long for a consensus to be
reached on his reception in Boston —
especially after he doles out another
bone-rattling hit on the tD Garden
ice.
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Bruins: 44-20-18, third in atlantic
Remarkably similar to last season’s
mark of 47-20-15, when they finished a
smidge short of eclipsing florida for first in
the division. But the method will be more
defensively based, by necessity. newcomer
Elias lindholm will boost the power play,
but overall, scoring at full strength will
prove to be a bugaboo.
Size and range on the back end, along
with Jeremy Swayman getting the call for
upward of 60 games, will make up for lack
of offensive punch. Even with David Pastrnak delivering 52-52—104, just not
enough scoring.
eastern conference: panthers over
rangers
Bounced in the first round by the maple
leafs, the Bruins will be sitting at home
when the Panthers shred toronto in
Round 2, leaving the leafs still without a
Cup since 1967 (can you believe it?!). the
Panthers get it done with a supporting cast
of ex-Bruins, including tomas nosek, A.J.
Greer, and Jesper Boqvist, in a rematch of
last year’s Eastern final. former BC standout Spencer knight steals the no. 1 job in
the Panther net from Sergei Bobrovsky.
Western conference: stars over oilers
oilers miss out on a return trip to the
Cup final, unable this time to squeeze by
Dallas. Even with Joe Pavelski in retirement, the Stars have plentiful punch up
front, with both Jason Robertson and Wyatt Johnson hitting the 40-40 plateau this
season. oilers still have the game’s biggest
star in Connor mcDavid, but there’s not
enough depth and versatility among the
rest of the forwards to deliver a second consecutive conference tile.
stanley cup final: stars over panthers
in six
the difference, of course, proves to be in
net, with ex-BU stopper Jake oettinger outplaying knight. Was that ever in doubt?
tyler Seguin sips from the Cup for the first
time since being part of the Bruins’ clinching cast in 2011. Great win for Stars Gm
Jim nill, the ex-Bruins winger acquired in
1984 for fan favorite Peter mcnab. (headline: “Bruins get nill for mcnab.”) Dumped
in Round 1, Bruins announce 7.5 percent
increase in ticket prices, and Executive Son
Charlie Jacobs reiterates that the franchise
measures success by Cups — one in the last
53 years.

JiM McBride

Bruins: 48-22-12, wild card

in the return of the Big Bad Bruins, Jim
montgomery’s band of Boston Stranglers
will smother teams on the forecheck and
punish them on the back end. the scoring
will come from the usual suspects (hello,
David Pastrnak and Brad marchand) plus
an unexpected surprise or two (oh hi there,
tyler Johnson and Johnny Beecher).
eastern conference: Bruins over panthers
imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and in few places is that truer than today’s nhl. the Bruins copy the Cats’ blueprint by being oppressive and opportunistic.
Western conference: Golden Knights
over oilers
the local stars (Jack Eichel, noah hanifin) come out in the postseason and help
lead Bruce Cassidy back to the Stanley Cup
final. the oilers, meanwhile, try to figure
out a way to hit the jackpot in Vegas in order to pay Connor mcDavid the bazillions
he has coming to him next summer.
stanley cup final: Bruins over Golden
Knights in six
Vegas can swipe the Bruins’ colors (sort
of), but the original Sixers end up with the
most coveted silver chalice in all the land.
having Jeremy Swayman around to guard
the goods is essential.

Matt porter

Bruins: 45-28-9, third in atlantic
no danger of the Bruins falling out of
the playoff race, even with goalie issues
making for an inconsistent opening
month.
the Bruins got bigger, faster, and better,
and Elias lindholm is a quietly excellent
setup man for David Pastrnak and connective tissue on the power play. tampa Bay
isn’t done yet, and ottawa, Buffalo, and Detroit aren’t quite ready. familiar story in
the Atlantic.

eastern conference: rangers over panthers
igor Shesterkin is a man on a mission,
out to prove he’s worth every bit of the $12
million contract extension he’ll sign at
some point soon. the Rangers ride their
p o w e r p l a y, a b i g l e a p f r o m A l e x i s
lafrenière, and Shesterkin’s Vezina-worthy
netminding and knock the Cats off their
throne.
Western conference: stars over oilers
it would be easy to crown Connor mcDavid and leon Draisaitl the future
champs. Edmonton retained most of the
core from last year’s Cup final run and
added skill on the wings. But Dallas remains the best defensive club in the league,
and Jake oettinger will catch any water
spilling over the dam.
stanley cup final: stars over rangers
in six
Wyatt Johnston fills the hole left by Joe
Pavelski’s retirement and turns the Roope
hintz-Jason Robertson line into the playoffs’ best. oettinger is electric. And tyler
Seguin scores the most memorable Dallas
playoff goal since Brett hull’s skate blade
snaked its way into history.

conor rYan

Bruins: 52-20-10, first in atlantic
After getting bounced by a frantic
forechecking force in the Panthers back-toback years, the Bruins clearly took notes.
nikita Zadorov adds heft to the D corps.
Elias lindholm should spark the five-onfive offense and power play. they have to
sort out some depth on the wing, but the
Bruins are poised to be a tough out this
postseason, especially with Jeremy Swayman back in net.
eastern conference: rangers over Bruins
the Blueshirts are cut from a similar
cloth as the Bruins: speed and snarl up
front, heft and crisp puck carriers on the
blue line, and elite goaltending. Swayman
and the Bruins’ stingy defense help push
them to the brink of another Cup final, but
new York’s scoring depth and a stellar
showing from igor Shesterkin in net put it
over the top.
Western conference: stars over oilers
it’s probably not wise to bet against any
team anchored by Connor mcDavid and
leon Draisaitl — especially with the dynamic duo motivated after a crushing
Game 7 loss to florida. But Dallas has better goaltending, a stronger supporting cast,
and young players ( Wyatt Johnston,
thomas harley) who should take major
steps forward.
stanley cup final: stars over rangers
in six
Johnston, taken just two picks after the
Bruins drafted fabian lysell in 2021, caps
a Conn Smythe run with a hat trick in
Game 6. oooof.

tara sUlliVan

Bruins: 40-26-16, wild card
So much of the hopes hang on the goalie situation. But even with Jeremy Swayman signing, i can’t help but wonder
whether the combination of a late start and
bad feelings infects the season. on the upside, the additions of Elias lindholm on
the front end and nikita Zadorov on the
back end are good, with the Bruins boasting one of the heftiest defensive units in the
nhl.
eastern conference: rangers over devils
the Rangers are out to avenge last
year’s conference finals loss after winning
the Presidents trophy, and the Devils finally got a goalie, acquiring Jacob markstrom
to set up another round in the hudson River battle. toronto won’t be an easy out, but
former maple leafs coach Sheldon keefe
will get the last laugh in new Jersey.
Western conference: oilers over stars
those pesky Panthers will finally stand
down, take their Stanley Cup from last
year, and let someone else make a run.
Seems like just the right opening for a loaded oilers team to break through against a
Stars team that also will battle Colorado all
season.
stanley cup final: oilers over rangers
in five
Connor mcDavid couldn’t bring himself
to take the ice last year to accept the Conn
Smythe trophy after his team’s brutal
Game 7 loss to florida. this year, he won’t
ever want to leaJve the ice, finally able to
etch his name on the best trophy in pro
sports by getting the better of outstanding
Ranger’ goalie igor Shesterkin.

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At NY Yankees 6..........Kansas City 5
Monday, Oct. 7
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gressive goal: Winning the Al East in 2025.
“it’s time to take that next step. it really is
time,” said kennedy. “You really need to build a
roster and have a team that is built to win that
division. that’s where we want to get to.
“We just have to go and do the right things
that put us in that position to push towards 9095 wins.”
in reexamining the grissom deal on the “310
to left” podcast, Breslow said the moves this
winter will be made with different goals in
mind.
“that was a decision that was made with a
longer-term focus in mind as much as 2024,”
said Breslow. “Exclusively looking at the future
is not something that we should be prepared to
do as we embark on this offseason heading into
2025. otherwise, fans would be rightfully frustrated with this continued push-off into the future of the window of contention.
“We can no longer ask our fans to look to the
future, to think about a Red Sox team that’s capable of winning the division and capable of
making a deep postseason run. We have to talk
to decisive actions that we’re taking right now to
put a better team on the field in 2025.”
matuRIty oF tHe CoRe: the Sox proceeded
cautiously last offseason, operating with a “dono-harm” approach to the future beyond 2024.
this offseason, with a number of young players
having proven themselves as big league contributors and four standout prospects in triple A,
the Sox believe they’re in a different spot. As
such, team officials said they’re willing to consider signings and trades that reflect a different
risk/reward calculus.
“in terms of risk-taking and being bold and
being creative and aggressive, [i’ve] had many,
many conversations with [Breslow] and [manager Alex cora], John Henry, tom Werner, and
mike gordon the last couple of weeks, and the
consistent theme — especially from John — has
been building blocks,” said kennedy. “the building blocks are here, and we need to take advantage of that. And that’s what makes it exciting.”
Breslow added that the roster decisions — including whether to have top prospects such as
Roman Anthony or kristian campbell open
2025 in the big leagues — will be informed by a
determination to chase an Al East title.
“it’s time to deliver the team that’s capable of
winning the Al East and making a deep playoff
run,” said Breslow. “if that means that guys who
haven’t yet made their big-league debut need to
be on the team to help us do that, then we have
to be prepared for that. And if it means we have
to be aggressive in bringing players in who aren’t currently in the organization to complement those who are, we have to be open to doing
that as well.”
the accumulation of big league-ready and
nearly big league-ready talent also has changed
the readiness to deal from a potential surplus of
position players.
“there are going to be a lot of really good major league players who aren’t going to realize
their value in Red Sox uniforms, because only
one guy can do that at a time at second base or
shortstop or center field,” said Breslow.
FRont oFFICe stabIlIty: it’s worth remembering that a year ago the Sox were enduring upheaval. they were still interviewing candidates
to replace Bloom and a month from hiring
Breslow. When Breslow was hired, his initial focus was on infrastructure — hiring a new pitching coach and director of pitching at the top of
the list — rather than team-building.
No longer. Breslow has had almost a year in
the organization. on multiple occasions, kennedy said that with Breslow and cora, the team has
trusted leadership in place for the long-term.
Presumably, that means that Breslow is better
positioned to act this offseason and that Sox
owners trust him to make the necessary bold decisions.
Will that mean different moves this offseason? that’s to be determined. But at the least,
Red Sox leadership has articulated a shift in the
direction of winning in 2025 against which their
actions will now be measured.
Alex Speier can be reached at
<PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_EMAIL_ADDRESS>. Follow him @alexspeier.

deTRoiT vS. CLeveLANd
Series tied, 1-1
Saturday, Oct. 5
At Cleveland 7......................Detroit 0
Monday, Oct. 7
Detroit 3...................... at Cleveland 0
Schedule
Wed., Oct. 9 at Detroit................ 3:08
Thu., Oct. 10 at Detroit................6:08
*Sat., Oct. 12 at Cleveland.........4:38

National League

NY MeTS vS. phiLAdeLphiA
Series tied at 1
Saturday, Oct. 5
NY Mets 6...............at Philadelphia 2
Sunday, Oct. 6
At Philadelphia 7...............NY Mets 6
Schedule
Tue., Oct. 8 at NY Mets...............5:08
Wed., Oct. 9 at NY Mets............. 5:08
*Fri., Oct. 11 at Philadelphia......4:08

SAN dieGo vS. LA dodGeRS
Series tied at 1
Saturday, Oct. 5
At LA Dodgers 7.............San Diego 5
Sunday, Oct. 6
San Diego 10...........at LA Dodgers 2
Schedule
Tue., Oct. 8 at San Diego............9:08
Wed., Oct. 9 at San Diego...........9:08
*Fri., Oct. 11 at LA Dodgers....... 8:08
lUkE HAlES/gEttY imAgES

* If necessary

Salvador Perez’s home run sparked a four-run fourth inning as the Royals shut down the Yankees in Game 2.

Royals topple Yankees, tie series
ASSociAtED PRESS

salvador Perez homered leading
off the fourth inning to spark a fourrun rally against Carlos Rodón, and
the Royals beat the
baseball
Yankees, 4-2, at
notebook New York on monday night to even
their Al Division Series at one game
apiece.
Four relievers held New York in
check after an inconsistent Cole Ragans lasted four innings. tommy
Pham, garrett Hampson, and maikel
garcia singled in runs for the Royals.
garcia, moved up from ninth to
first in kansas city's batting order,
had four hits.
game 3 in the best-of-five playoff
is Wednesday night at kansas city,
the Royals’ first postseason home
game since the 2015 World Series.
Yankees star aaron Judge went 1
for 3 with an infield single and is 1
for 7 with four strikeouts in the series. kansas city’s bobby Witt Jr., expected to finish second to Judge in
Al mVP voting, was 0 for 5 with
three strikeouts, dropping to 0 for 10
in the series.
All four Division Series opened
1-1 for the first time since the round
started in 1995.
giancarlo stanton put the Yankees ahead with an RBi single in the
third, but New York went 1 for 6
with runners in scoring position and
is 3 for 19 in the two games.
Ragans allowed just the one run
and three hits, striking out five and
walking four. Winning pitcher angel
Zerpa and John schreiber each followed with a hitless inning before
kris bubic threw two scoreless innings. lucas erceg worked the ninth
for his third save this postseason.
Erceg gave up a leadoff homer to
Jazz Chisholm Jr. and a two-out single to Jon berti but retired gleyber
torres on a grounder to end it with
slugger Juan soto on deck.
Perez, at 34 the only remaining
Royals player from their 2015 World
Series championship, tied the score
when he drove a 2-0 slider into the

Box scores

TiGeRS 3, GuARdiANS 0

RoYALS 4, YANkeeS 2

DETROIT
Malloy dh
Carpenter ph-dh
Vierling 3b
Ibáñez 2b
Keith ph-2b
McKinstry 2b
Greene lf
Pérez rf
Torkelson 1b
Meadows cf
Rogers c
Sweeney ss
Totals

AB
3
2
3
2
3
0
3
4
4
4
3
4
35

R
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
3

H
2
1
2
0
0
0
0
1
0
1
1
1
9

BI
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
3

BB
0
0
2
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
1
0
4

SO
0
0
1
1
1
0
0
1
2
1
1
2
10

Avg.
.667
.333
.286
.000
.000
.500
.167
.200
.000
.286
.200
.143

CLEVELAND
Kwan lf
Fry dh
Ramírez 3b
Thomas cf
JNaylor 1b
Noel rf
Brennan ph-rf
Giménez 2b
Hedges c
Manzardo ph
BNaylor c
Rocchio ss
Totals

AB
4
4
3
3
3
1
1
3
2
1
0
3
28

R
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

H
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
3

BI
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

BB
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

SO
2
1
2
1
0
1
0
2
1
0
0
1
11

Avg.
.286
.286
.167
.143
.286
.000
.000
.167
.000
.000
.000
.286

Detroit......................................................000 000 003 — 3 9 0
Cleveland.................................................000 000 000 — 0 3 0
LOB—Detroit 9, Cleveland 2. 2B—Vierling (1), Pérez (1),
JNaylor (1), Rocchio (2). HR—Carpenter (1), off Clase. DP—
Detroit 2.
Detroit
Skubal
Vest W 1-0
Brieske S 1

IP
7
1
1

H
3
0
0

R
0
0
0

ER
0
0
0

BB
0
0
0

SO
8
1
2

ERA
0.00
0.00
0.00

Cleveland
Boyd
Smith
Herrin
Gaddis
Clase L 0-1
Morgan

IP
4„
1„
„
„
1
‚

H
4
0
0
1
4
0

R
0
0
0
0
3
0

ER
0
0
0
0
3
0

BB
2
0
1
1
0
0

SO
5
2
1
1
1
0

ERA
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
13.50
0.00

Inherited runners-scored—Clase 2-0, Morgan 1-0. IBB—off
Gaddis (Greene). HBP—by Skubal (Noel).
NP—Skubal 92,
Vest 13, Brieske 12, Boyd 72, Smith 25, Herrin 12, Gaddis 11,
Clase 28, Morgan 2. Umpires—Home, Ramon De Jesus; First,
Jim Wolf; Second, Todd Tichenor; Third, Chad Fairchild; Left,
Nick Mahrley; Right, Adam Beck. T—2:42. A—33,650 (34,830).

KANSAS CITY
Garcia 3b
Witt Jr. ss
Pasquantino dh
Perez c
Gurriel 1b
Massey 2b
Pham lf-rf
Renfroe rf
Melendez ph-lf
Hampson cf
Isbel ph-cf
Totals

AB
5
5
4
4
4
2
4
2
2
2
2
36

R
0
0
0
1
1
0
1
0
0
1
0
4

H
4
0
0
1
1
1
1
0
0
2
1
11

BI
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
4

BB
0
0
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
2

SO
1
3
3
2
0
1
2
2
0
0
1
15

Avg.
.556
.000
.000
.250
.333
.429
.286
.000
.333
1.000
.250

NY YANKEES
Torres 2b
Soto rf
Judge cf
Wells c
Stanton dh
Chisholm Jr. 3b
Volpe ss
Verdugo lf
Berti 1b
Totals

AB
3
3
3
4
4
4
3
4
4
32

R
1
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2

H
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
7

BI
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
0
0
2

BB
2
1
1
0
0
0
1
0
0
5

SO
1
2
1
2
0
1
0
0
1
8

Avg.
.167
.375
.143
.286
.125
.250
.167
.429
.250

Kansas City..............................................000 400 000 — 4 11 0
NY Yankees............................................. 001 000 001 — 2 7 1
E—Chisholm Jr. (1). LOB—Kansas City 7, NY Yankees 8.
HR—Perez (1), off Rodón, Chisholm Jr. (1), off Erceg. SB—Garcia (1), Pham (1), Volpe (1). CS—Isbel (1). DP—Kansas City 2;
NY Yankees 1.
Kansas City
IP
H
R ER BB SO
ERA
Ragans
4
3
1
1
4
5
2.25
Zerpa W 1-0
1
0
0
0
1
1
9.00
Schreiber
1
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
Bubic
2
2
0
0
0
2
0.00
Erceg S 1
1
2
1
1
0
0
3.86
NY Yankees
Rodón L 0-1
Hamilton
Cousins
Hill
Holmes
Kahnle
Mayza
Weaver

IP
3„
1‚
‚
„
1
1
„
‚

H
7
1
0
0
2
0
1
0

R
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

ER
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0

BB
0
0
1
0
0
1
0
0

SO
7
3
0
0
2
2
1
0

ERA
9.82
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00

Inherited runners-scored—Hamilton 1-1, Hill 2-0, Weaver
1-0. WP—Rodón. NP—Ragans 87, Zerpa 15, Schreiber 20, Bubic 22, Erceg 14, Rodón 72, Hamilton 13, Cousins 8, Hill 3, Holmes 19, Kahnle 19, Mayza 15, Weaver 4. Umpires—Home, Ryan
Blakney; First, Lance Barrett; Second, Mark Carlson; Third,
Lance Barksdale; Left, Roberto Ortiz; Right, Adam Hamari. T—:
(: delay). A—48,034 (46,537).

tuesday’s games
.............2024.............
Odds
W-L
ERA

Team ...............2024 vs. opp ............... ...............Last 3 starts ...............
rec.
W-L
IP
ERA
W-L
IP
ERA

PHILADELPHIA AT NY METS, 5:08 p.m.
Nola (R)
Manaea (L)

-115
-105

14-8
12-6

3.57
3.47

21-12
23-10

1-1
1-1

13.1
16.2

4.05
5.40

2-0
1-1

18.0
15.2

3.00
5.74

Buehler (R)
+130
1-6
5.38
9-7
King (R)
-150
13-9
2.95
19-12
Team rec. — Record in games started by pitcher this season

0-1
2-0

8.1
20.1

4.32
3.10

0-1
2-0

16.1
19.0

3.31
0.95

LA DODGERS AT SAN DIEGO, 9:08 p.m.

left-field seats. the nine-time AllStar entered 12 for 26 (.462) with
three homers off Rodón, an old Al
central rival when he pitched for the
chicago White Sox.

tigers stun guardians
kerry Carpenter hit a three-run
homer off cleveland's All-Star closer
emmanuel Clase in the ninth inning, and the tigers stunned the
guardians, 3-0, at cleveland in

game 2 to even their Al Division Series at one game apiece.
carpenter connected for a 423foot shot with two outs off clase,
who had not given up a run since
Aug. 30 and led the American
league with 47 saves.
Detroit ace tarik skubal pitched
seven shutout innings, increasing
his postseason total to 13, before the
tigers put together a rare big inning
against the almost unhittable clase.

the intimidating righthander has
dominated hitters all season — he
hasn't blown a save since may — and
was making just his second multi-inning appearance of 2024.
Jake Rogers singled and trey
sweeney hit consecutive two-out
singles. carpenter, who entered an
inning earlier as a pinch hitter,
turned on clase’s third straight slider, sending the ball into the rightfield seats and shocking cleveland’s
rowdy home crowd.
“How about those three two-out
hits?” tigers manager a.J. Hinch
said.
guardians manager stephen
Vogt didn’t regret using clase for
more than one inning.
“Emmanuel has been locked
down all year,” Vogt said. “He’s been
nearly perfect. He’s human, too.
these things are going to happen,
and it’s unfortunate the timing of
when it did, but at the same time
he’s going to have the ball in the
ninth again.
“this is the best closer in the
game for a reason, and they just happened to get him tonight.”
the homer drove in the first runs
of the series for the tigers, who have
been finding ways to win for
months.
Detroit went 31-13 after Aug. 11
to qualify for the postseason, then
stunned the Al West champion Astros in the Wild card Series.
they're at it again and head
home to comerica Park for games 3
and 4 on Wednesday and thursday
with a chance to advance.
After Skubal pitched seven innings and winner Will Vest got
through the eighth, beau brieske
pitched a perfect ninth for the save.
Skubal, who won the Al pitching
triple crown by leading the league in
wins (18), ERA (2.39,) and strikeouts (288), allowed just three hits.
the lefthander dominated the
guardians over the first 4 innings,
striking out eight before Josh naylor
doubled with one out in the fifth for
cleveland's first hit.

SportsLog

Buccaneers set to relocate to New Orleans to avoid Hurricane Milton

JAmiE SqUiRE/gEttY imAgES

bIg smIles FoR kC — Xavier Worthy (left)
scored in the fourth quarter as the Chiefs
stayed undefeated, beating the Saints, 26-13.

the tampa Bay Buccaneers are planning to relocate to the New orleans area to prepare for Sunday’s game against the Saints with Hurricane milton expected to make landfall along Florida’s west
coast. the Buccaneers intend to travel tuesday
and spend the rest of the week out of state instead
of practicing as usual at the team’s training facility
in tampa. milton strengthened into a category 4
hurricane over the gulf of mexico on monday and
could make landfill in the tampa Bay area
Wednesday. the NHl’s tampa Bay lightning canceled monday night’s scheduled preseason finale
against the Nashville Predators. the game initially
was rescheduled from Sept. 27 because of Hurricane Helene, which caused extensive damage in
the region two weeks ago. the lightning open the
regular season at carolina on Friday. there was no
immediate word on whether the team would evacuate to Raleigh, N.c., ahead of the storm.

browns’ Watson settles suit
Browns quarterback deshaun Watson has resolved the latest civil lawsuit filed against him by a

woman claiming sexual assault and battery. the
plaintiff's lawyer, tony buzbee, said in a text message to the Associated Press his client's claim
against Watson has been settled confidentially.
Buzbee had threatened to have his client speak to
the NFl, which had opened an investigation
against Watson. it's not yet known if Watson will
face any further discipline from the league.

Jets’ Rodgers: sprained ankle
Jets quarterback aaron Rodgers has a sprained
lower left ankle but should be able to play against
the Bills monday night, coach Robert saleh said.
Saleh confirmed the injury after Rodgers said following the Jets’ 23-17 loss to the Vikings in london on Sunday that he sprained the ankle while
taking a big hit in the third quarter that left him
clutching his left leg after it turned awkwardly.

Colleges

big step for $2b settlement
A judge granted preliminary approval to the

$2.78 billion legal settlement that would transform college sports by allowing schools to pay
players. US District Judge Claudia Wilken released
an order setting a timeline for a deal that would
put millions of dollars into the pockets of college
athletes, who can begin applying for payment on
oct. 18. A final hearing is set for April 7, 2025, the
day that one of college sports’ biggest moneymakers, march madness, comes to a close with college
basketball’s national title game. if finalized, the
deal would allow the biggest schools to establish a
pool of about $21.5 million in the first year to distribute money to athletes through a revenue-sharing plan. Athletes would still be able to cut financial name, image, and likeness deals with outside
groups.

Hockey ruling in the works
the NcAA Division 1 council is expected to
consider a landmark change in eligibility rules
that would allow canadian Hockey league players
to compete at US colleges, the American Hockey
coaches Association executive director said.

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Wed

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thu

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10/10

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Sat

10/11

10/12

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Sun
10/13

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Mon
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BOYS
SOUTH SHORE
Carver 23..............................Abington 32

fieLd hockey
BAY STATE
Natick 4..................................Brookline 1
Newton North 5...............Framingham 0
Walpole 14..........................Weymouth 0
Wellesley 5.............................Braintree 1
CAPE ANN
Ipswich 2......................................Triton 0
Manchester 1.....................Essex Tech 1
COUNTY
Amherst-Pelham 2.............Hampshire 1
DUAL COUNTY
Acton-Boxboro 3......................Weston 2
Bedford 2................................Westford 0
Concord-Carlisle 5.......Newton South 0
HOCKOMOCK
Attleboro 4...........................Stoughton 0
Canton 4.............................. King Philip 2
Franklin 7...............................Mansfield 0
MERRIMACK VALLEY
Andover 4............................N. Andover 0
Central Cath. 3..................Chelmsford 1
Tewksbury 3...........................Methuen 1
MID-WACH
Leominster 2..........................Oakmont 0
Marlborough 4........................Nashoba 4
Narragansett 1.........................Hudson 1
N. Middlesex 5....... Groton-Dunstable 0
Westboro 3..............................Quabbin 3
PATRIOT
Hanover 5............................Marshfield 0
SOUTHEAST
Durfee 9.................................. Brockton 0
TRI-VALLEY
Dedham 2................................ Medway 1
Dover-Sherborn 1................Hopkinton 0
Medfield 6...............................Holliston 0
VALLEY
E. Longmeadow 6.................Westfield 0
Northampton 1..........Smith Academy 1
NONLEAGUE
Agawam 3................................Holyoke 0
Algonquin 7...............................Auburn 2
Cohasset 4...............................Scituate 0
Doherty 7...........................Shrewsbury 0
Everett 7................................Gr. Lowell 0
Leicester 4.....Bay Path/David Prouty 1
Malden Cath. 6.................Marblehead 2
Monty Tech 5.....................South High 0
Moses Brown (R.I.) 3........Bp. Feehan 1
Newburyport 4................Masconomet 0
Notre Dame (H) 4...................Duxbury 1
Peabody 3..................................Malden 0
Sandwich 2.............................Hingham 0
Seekonk 7...............Wareham/Bourne 0
Tantasqua 2................... Shepherd Hill 1
Waltham 9...................Arlington Cath. 0
Wayland 7...................Digh.-Rehoboth 0
W. Bridgewater 3................Pembroke 1

socceR

wiNSLow towNSoN foR the GLoBe

Wakefield sniper Jack Millward (left) battles Lexington’s Dular Das in Monday’s clash.

HIGH SCHOOL BOYS’ SOCCER NOTEBOOK

Despite player losses,
Wakefield in the hunt
By Mitch Fink
GLoBe CoRReSPoNDeNt

As Mouad Khaja and
Charles Gagne prepared for
their senior season on the
wakefield boys’ soccer team,
the cocaptains grappled with a
question that hung over preseason practice.
After the graduation of seven starters from last year’s
state finalist team, could the
warriors remain a Division 2
contender?
”to be honest, i wasn’t
sure,” said Gagne, who worried
about inexperience and the loss
of talent. Khaja shared the
same concerns.
But the confidence built after a convincing 4-2 win over
Middlesex League rival Arlington in the opener. with a 3-0
victory over woburn the following game, it grew some
more. And the warriors (8-0-1)
still haven’t lost, sitting atop
the ML freedom Division and
at No. 13 in this week’s Globe
top 20.
“if i told you that we were
going to be 8-0-1 through the
first half of the season, i’d be a
liar,” said wakefield coach Matt
Angelo.
Under Angelo’s guidance,
the warriors are playing the
same press-heavy system as
last year. But this season’s
group is leaning into the physical side of the game to help
ease the departure of 10 graduated seniors.
that mind-set draws back
to wakefield’s motto of playing
‘blue-collar soccer,’ which Angelo has drilled into the team
from the first day of preseason
tryouts. that mantra has been
used in years past, too, but this
team has taken it especially seriously.
“we’re really just based on
being blue collar and fitter and
just mentally tougher than
teams,” said junior striker Jack
Millward.
for instance, Gagne, a 5foot-7-inch midfielder, said his
favorite part of playing soccer
is winning headers over those
several inches taller than him.
he’s able to do so consistently,
which he attributes to “wanting it more.”
Angelo has talked about
‘blue-collar soccer’ so much
that his players poke fun at
him, and the slogan has turned
into an inside joke. Nonethe-

Globe Top 20
No.

Rec. Last

1. Newton South

8-0-2

2

2. Concord-Carlisle

7-1-0

3

3. Lowell

11-0-0

6

4. St. John’s (S)

8-2-0

8

5. St. John’s Prep

10-1-0

1

6. Hingham

9-1-0

7

7. Needham

6-3-1

4

8. Oliver Ames

6-0-2

5

9. Weymouth

8-1-2

9

10. Franklin

5-2-1

12

11. Lincoln-Sudbury

4-3-3

10

12. Acton-Boxborough

5-2-1

11

13. Wakefield

8-0-1

13

14. Norwell

9-1-2

15

15. Westford

5-2-1

20

16. Brockton

7-1-2

—

17. Braintree

4-3-3

17

18. Belmont

7-2-3

14

19. Winchester

5-2-2

18

20. Chelmsford

6-1-2

19

less, the mentality has been instrumental to wakefield’s success.
“we may not be the most
skilled team,” Gagne said. “But
what makes us so special is
that any contested ball, any
chance to press, any area
where we can go get one little
win in the game, they just add
up.”
of course, having a potent
offensive threat helps. And
Millward has been just that for
the warriors, tallying 17 goals
and two assists through nine
games.
the central midfielders —
Gagne, plus sophomore Guy
Revah and junior Mhamed
Boukataya — feed through
balls to Millward up front, who
rarely misses a chance in on
net.
“he’s an athletic freak,” Angelo said of Millward, who is
6-4 and also stars for the basketball team. “he’s a clinical
finisher, he’s a student of the
game. he works tremendously
hard.”
tactically, there are plenty
of similarities between this
team and last season’s, which
lost, 1-0 in overtime, to oliver
Ames in the Division 2 final.
Like last year, Angelo wants
his team to play with pace and
intensity, emphasizing the
counter-press to win back the
ball after turnovers. And Ange-

lo (’05), an alum, has continued to draw from the program’s history to motivate his
players.
As he did last season, he has
shown grainy clips from the
1997 state title team to highlight what it would mean to
win it all. As a little kid, Angelo
was a ball boy for the ’97
squad, wakefield’s last to secure the state title.
But the warriors have hardly mentioned last year’s heartbreaking finish, even if the
memory has stuck in the back
of everyone’s mind.
“we’re a completely new
team,” Millward said. “Completely new season, so we’re
not worried about that anymore. we’re just trying to build
ourselves as a team and make a
mark for ourselves this year.”

Corner kicks
R the 22nd ALS Cup finished in dramatic fashion, with
Grady Smith scoring in the final minute to give Newburyport a 1-0 win over Pentucket
Saturday, the Clippers’ thirdstraight cup win. the event
was started by former Newburyport coach David Greenblott in 2002 to honor his
mother and aunt, who both
passed away from the disease.
R top-ranked Newton South
kept the good times rolling after senior captain Nico Bradley
buried a free kick to the bottom
corner to beat framingham,
1-0, in the final minutes Saturday . . . Methuen is in the midst
of a strong turnaround, having
won five straight after a 1-3-0
start. in that span, the Rangers
have outscored opponents,
17-0 . . . Beverly earned an historic win, toppling Masconomet, 3-1, wednesday for the Panthers’ first win over the Chieftains in 25 years. Thomas
O’Neill, Jackson Merritt, and
Connor Sullvan all scored. As
Beverly coach Edgar de Leon
put it, “we were due for a day
in the sun, and this was it.” the
teams are 1-2, respectively, in
the Northeastern Conference . .
. first-year Norwood head
coach John Lochhead earned
his first win in charge when the
Mustangs shut out Bellingham,
2-0, thursday.
Globe correspondent Mike
Puzzanghera contributed to
this report.

BOYS
BAY STATE
Brookline 3..................................Natick 3
Needham 2..................................Milton 1
Wellesley 2.............................Braintree 1
Weymouth 6............................Walpole 1
CAPE ANN
Essex Tech 5........................Amesbury 1
CATHOLIC CENTRAL
Abp. Williams 1.......... Arlington Cath. 0
Card. Spellman 4.....Cristo Rey/Cath. 0
St. Mary’s 6.......................Bp. Fenwick 0
NORTHEASTERN
Danvers 2...................................Saugus 1
Marblehead 1......................Gloucester 0
Masconomet 2...................... Winthrop 0
Swampscott 2.........................Peabody 2
SOUTH SHORE
Cohasset 4.............................Randolph 1
Hull 3...................................Middleboro 2
Rockland 4..............................Mashpee 0
Sandwich 1.............................Abington 1
NONLEAGUE
Arlington 1..........................Watertown 0
Belmont 2............................. Stoneham 0
Boston Int'l. 5............. Excel Academy 3
Bridge.-Raynham 1.....E. Bridgewater 0
Brighton 4.......................Roxbury Prep 0
E. Boston 2................................Chelsea 1
Falmouth 4...............................Foxboro 0
Lexington 1...........................Wakefield 0
Melrose 1..................................Woburn 0
Neighborhood House 4........Snowden 3
Norwell 3....................................Nauset 0
Pentucket 5..............................Whittier 0
Pingree 7...............................Landmark 2
Reading 4...........................Wilmington 0
Rising Tide Charter 6..........Wareham 1
Winchester 2....................... Burlington 0
GIRLS
BOSTON CITY
Boston Int'l. 4....................TechBoston 0
Holland Tech 3......................Snowden 0
CAPE & ISLANDS
St. John Paul II 1.......................Nauset 0
CATHOLIC CENTRAL
Abp. Williams 7.......... Arlington Cath. 0
St. Mary’s 3.......................Bp. Fenwick 0
CATHOLIC CONFERENCE
Ursuline 5.............................Fontbonne 1
COMMONWEALTH
Innovation Acad. 1........Gr. Lawrence 1
Nashoba Tech 2......................Whittier 0
EIL
Pingree 4....................................Winsor 0
MERRIMACK VALLEY
Billerica 1....................................Dracut 0
NORTHEASTERN
Danvers 2...................................Saugus 2
Marblehead 6......................Gloucester 1
Masconomet 8...................... Winthrop 0
Peabody 2.........................Swampscott 0
PATRIOT
Plymouth North 2................Pembroke 0
Silver Lake 2......................... N. Quincy 0
SOUTH COAST
Bourne 2................................Fairhaven 0
SOUTH SHORE
Abington 3.............................Sandwich 2
E. Bridgewater 4........................Carver 0
Middleboro 2...................................Hull 2
Rockland 4..............................Mashpee 3
NONLEAGUE
Arlington 4..........................Watertown 0
Bp. Feehan 4............................Franklin 1
Bp. Stang 3..............Bridge.-Raynham 2
Card. Spellman 6...............Latin Acad. 0
E. Boston 8.............................. Brighton 0
Haverhill 5.............................Gr. Lowell 1
Holderness 2............................Berwick 1
Lexington 2...........................Wakefield 0
Mystic Valley 5.......Pioneer Charter I 0
O'Bryant 4.................................Chelsea 1
Rising Tide Charter 4..........Wareham 0
Wilmington 2...........................Reading 0
Winchester 3....................... Burlington 0
Woburn 1..................................Melrose 0

VoLLeyBALL
GIRLS
BOSTON CITY
Madison Park 3...............English High 1
CAPE & ISLANDS
Barnstable 3.........................Nantucket 0
Dennis-Yarmouth 3...................Nauset 1
Sturgis West 3.....Rising Tide Charter 0
CAPE ANN
Ham.-Wenham 3.........................Triton 0
Pentucket 3.........................N. Reading 1
CATHOLIC CENTRAL
Bp. Fenwick 3.......................St. Mary’s 1
CATHOLIC CONFERENCE
Ursuline 3.............................Fontbonne 0
COLONIAL
Monty Tech 3............ Worcester Tech 0
DUAL COUNTY
Newton South 3.......Concord-Carlisle 0
Wayland 3........................Boston Latin 2
Westford 3................................Bedford 1
Weston 3......................Acton-Boxboro 0
DUAL VALLEY
Nipmuc 3......................Whit. Christian 2
GREATER BOSTON
Chelsea 3...................................Malden 2
Lynn Classical 3........................Everett 0
Somerville 3.....................Lynn English 0
HOCKOMOCK
Attleboro 3...........................Stoughton 0
Franklin 3...............................Mansfield 1
King Philip 3.............................. Canton 1
Oliver Ames 3..........................Taunton 0
Sharon 3......................North Attleboro 2
MAYFLOWER
Diman 3............................... Old Colony 1
Norfolk Aggie 3...................Tri-County 2
South Shore 3........................Blue Hills 0
MERRIMACK VALLEY
Andover 3............................N. Andover 0
Billerica 3...............................Lawrence 0
Central Cath. 3.......................Methuen 1
Chelmsford 3..........................Haverhill 0
Tewksbury 3...............................Lowell 0
NORTHEASTERN
Danvers 3...................................Beverly 2
Marblehead 3............................Saugus 0
Masconomet 3........................Peabody 0
PATRIOT
Pembroke 3................Plymouth North 0
SOUTH COAST
Bourne 3................................Fairhaven 0
Gr. New Bedford 3...........Apponequet 0
Joseph Case 3........Somerset Berkley 0
Old Rochester 3.........Digh.-Rehoboth 0
W. Bridgewater 3...................Seekonk 1
SOUTH SHORE
Carver 3.....................................Norwell 0
E. Bridgewater 3................... Cohasset 0
Mashpee 3.............................Sandwich 1
Rockland 3..............................Abington 0
SOUTHEAST
Brockton 3.................................. Durfee 1
Dartmouth 3....................New Bedford 1
TRI-VALLEY
Bellingham 3..............................Norton 1
Holliston 3................................Dedham 0
Hopkinton 3............................Norwood 0
Medfield 3................................Medway 1
Westwood 3.............................Ashland 0
NONLEAGUE
Cathedral 3.. TechBoston/Henderson 2
Charlestown 3..Neighborhood House 0
Cushing 3.............................Beaver CD 1
Lincoln-Sudbury 3................Needham 1
Milton 3....................Bridge.-Raynham 2
Nashoba 3.................Adv. Math & Sci. 0
Northeast 3...................... Swampscott 2
St. John Paul II 3........Cape Cod Tech 1
Silver Lake 3.......................Weymouth 0
Winthrop 3............................Stoneham 2
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BOYS
BAY STATE
Brookline 104....................Needham 100
Wellesley 153..........................Natick 120
CATHOLIC CONFERENCE
Xaverian 213...............Malden Cath. 258
DUAL COUNTY
Lincoln-Sudbury 51............. Wayland 21
Newton South 45.................Waltham 27
HOCKOMOCK
North Attleboro 154........Stoughton 192
MAYFLOWER
Blue Hills 8.....................Norfolk Aggie 1
MERRIMACK VALLEY
Chelmsford 12........................Methuen 8
Haverhill 16.........................Tewksbury 4
MIDDLESEX
Burlington 47½............ Wilmington 24½
NORTHEASTERN
Beverly 49½.......................Peabody 22½
PATRIOT
Hingham 240........................Scituate 247
TRI-VALLEY
Dover-Sherborn 215...........Medway 246
VALLEY
Agawam 142.............W. Springfield 157
NONLEAGUE
Belmont 49½...................Stoneham 22½
Reading 37½.......................BC High 34½
Westwood 224....................Duxbury 230

Connecticut 2, Minnesota 2
*Oct. 8: Connecticut at Minnesota......8
*Winner plays New York in the finals

college football
STATS/TSN poll
The poll as of Oct. 7, with first-place
votes in parentheses, records, total
points based on 25 points for a firstplace vote through 1 point for 25th,
and last week’s ranking:
Rec. Pts. LW
1. S. Dakota St. (36) ..... 4-1 1,376
1
2. N. Dakota St. (14)..... 5-1 1,346
2
3. Montana St. (6) ........ 6-0 1,309
3
4. South Dakota ............ 4-1 1,220
4
5. Villanova.................... 5-1 1,145
6
6. UC Davis..................... 5-1 1,084
9
7. Idaho........................... 4-2 1,062 10
8. Mercer........................ 5-0 939 11
9. North Dakota ............ 4-2 869
7
10. Abilene Christian...... 4-2 854 16
11. SE Missouri St........... 5-1 840 13
12. Cent. Arkansas ......... 4-2 795
5
13. Tarleton St................. 5-1 717 14
14. Montana..................... 4-2 683
8
15. UIW ............................. 3-2 662 15
16. Illinois St.................... 4-2 532 18
17. William & Mary ........ 4-2 442 12
18. Sacramento St.......... 2-3 404 17
19. URI............................... 4-1 359 20
20. Weber St.................... 3-3 252 35
21. Richmond................... 4-2 229 26
22. Lamar ......................... 3-2 206 24
23. Chattanooga ............. 2-3 166 28
24. No. Arizona................ 3-3 101 25
25. N.C. Central............... 4-2
85 33
Also receiving votes: Florida A&M
67, ETSU 58, McNeese St. 49, So. Illinois
47, Dartmouth 45, Lafayette 37, Stony
Brook 32, UT Martin 27, W. Carolina 26,
Duquesne 25, Nicholls 21, UNH 16, Towson 15, Houston Christian 12, Butler 7,
Harvard 7, Tenn. St. 6, Monmouth 6

FCS Coaches poll
Rec.
1. S. Dakota St. (21) ..... 4-1
2. N. Dakota St. (3)....... 5-1
3. Montana St. (2) ........ 6-0
4. South Dakota ............ 4-1
5. Villanova.................... 5-1
6. UC Davis..................... 5-1
7. Mercer........................ 5-0
8. Idaho........................... 4-2
9. SE Missouri St........... 5-1
10. North Dakota ............ 4-2
11. Tarleton St................. 5-1
12. Abilene Christian...... 4-2
13. Cent. Arkansas ......... 4-2
14. Montana..................... 4-2
15. UIW ............................. 3-2
16. Illinois St.................... 4-2
17. Richmond................... 4-2
18. William & Mary ........ 4-2
19. Florida A&M .............. 3-2
20. Sacramento St.......... 2-3
21. URI............................... 4-1
22. UNH............................. 3-2
23. Weber St.................... 3-3
24. N.C. Central............... 4-2
25. Missouri St. ............... 3-2

Pts. LW
644
1
624
2
600
3
552
4
541
5
504
8
464 11
419 12
404 13
401
6
383 14
332 17
291
7
290
9
288 15
276 19
214 21
197 10
167 22
157 20
139 25
63 16
57 44
52 34
50 27

NfL
AFC
East
W L Pct. PF PA
Buffalo.................. 3 2 .600 28.4 21.2
NY Jets ................. 2 3 .400 18.6 17.0
Miami.................... 2 3 .400 12.0 22.6
New England....... 1 4 .200 12.4 20.4
North
Baltimore ............. 3 2 .600 29.4 25.2
Pittsburgh............ 3 2 .600 18.4 14.6
Cleveland ............. 1 4 .200 15.8 24.2
Cincinnati............. 1 4 .200 28.0 29.0
South
Houston................ 4 1 .800 20.4 22.8
Indianapolis......... 2 3 .400 23.8 24.4
Tennessee............ 1 3 .250 19.8 22.5
Jacksonville ......... 1 4 .200 19.4 28.6
West
Kansas City ......... 5 0 1.000 23.6 17.0
Denver.................. 3 2 .600 19.2 14.6
LA Chargers ........ 2 2 .500 17.0 12.5
Las Vegas ............ 2 3 .400 19.2 26.2
NFC
East
W L Pct. PF PA
Washington ......... 4 1 .800 31.0 23.0
Dallas.................... 3 2 .600 23.4 24.2
Philadelphia......... 2 2 .500 21.5 24.0
NY Giants............. 2 3 .400 17.8 20.8
North
Minnesota............ 5 0 1.000 27.8 15.2
Detroit .................. 3 1 .750 26.0 20.5
Chicago ................ 3 2 .600 22.6 17.0
Green Bay............ 3 2 .600 25.6 21.6
South
Atlanta.................. 3 2 .600 22.2 23.0
Tampa Bay .......... 3 2 .600 25.4 22.8
New Orleans........ 2 3 .400 28.0 19.2
Carolina................ 1 4 .200 16.6 33.0
West
Seattle .................. 3 2 .600 24.4 22.8
Arizona................. 2 3 .400 24.0 25.8
San Francisco...... 2 3 .400 25.2 21.2
LA Rams............... 1 4 .200 18.8 27.8
MONDAY’S RESULT
at Kansas City 26........New Orleans 13
THURSDAY’S GAME
San Francisco at Seattle..................8:15
SUNDAY’S GAMES
Houston at New England......................1
Jacksonvillevs. Chicago*................9:30a
Arizona at Green Bay.............................1
Tampa Bay at New Orleans..................1
Cleveland at Philadelphia.....................1
Indianapolis at Tennessee....................1
Washington at Baltimore......................1
LA Chargers at Denver.....................4:05
Pittsburgh at Las Vegas...................4:05
Atlanta at Carolina............................4:25
Detroit at Dallas.................................4:25
Cincinnati at NY Giants....................8:20
* at London
NEXT MONDAY’S GAME
Buffalo at NY Jets..............................8:15
SUNDAY’S RESULTS
Miami 15.................. at New England 10
Minnesota 23..........................NY Jets 17
at Washington 34.............Cleveland 13
at Jacksonville 37.........Indianapolis 34
at Houston 23.........................Buffalo 20
Baltimore 41........ at Cincinnati 38 (OT)
at Chicago 36.......................Carolina 10
at Denver 34.....................Las Vegas 18
Arizona 24.............. at San Francisco 23
Green Bay 24.................. at LA Rams 19
NY Giants 29...................... at Seattle 20
Dallas 20....................... at Pittsburgh 17
THURSDAY’S RESULT
at Atlanta 36..........Tampa Bay 30 (OT)

chiefs 26, sAiNTs 13

EASTERN CONFERENCE
GP W D L Pts.
Miami ....................... 33 21 8 4 71
Columbus ................ 32 17 9 6 60
Cincinnati ................ 33 17 5 11 56
Orlando.................... 33 15 7 11 52
NYCFC ...................... 33 14 8 11 50
Charlotte ................. 33 13 9 11 48
NY Red Bulls ........... 33 11 14 8 47
D.C. United .............. 33 10 10 13 40
Montreal.................. 33 10 10 13 40
Toronto .................... 34 11 4 19 37
Philadelphia ............ 33 9 10 14 37
Atlanta ..................... 33 9 10 14 37
Nashville.................. 33 8 9 16 33
New England .......... 32 9 4 19 31
Chicago.................... 33 7 9 17 30
WESTERN CONFERENCE
GP W D L Pts.
LA Galaxy ................ 33 19 7 7 64
LAFC ......................... 32 17 7 8 58
Seattle...................... 33 16 8 9 56
Real Salt Lake......... 33 15 11 7 56
Houston ................... 33 14 9 10 51
Colorado.................. 33 15 5 13 50
Minnesota ............... 33 14 7 12 49
Vancouver............... 32 13 8 11 47
Portland................... 33 12 10 11 46
Austin....................... 33 10 9 14 39
Dallas ....................... 33 10 8 15 38
St. Louis................... 33 8 13 12 37
Sporting KC............. 33 8 7 18 31
San Jose................... 33 6 3 24 21

New Orleans (2-3) .... 0 7 0 6 — 13
Kansas City (5-0) ...... 7 9 0 10 — 26
KC — Hunt 5 run (Butker kick), 6:34.
KC — FG Butker 26, 12:39.
NO — Shaheed 43 pass from Carr
(Grupe kick), 8:36.
KC — FG Butker 34, 1:32.
KC — FG Butker 28, 0:06.
NO — Moreau 6 pass from Carr (kick
failed), 14:16.
KC — Worthy 3 run (Butker kick),
11:56.
KC — FG Butker 38, 3:03.
Attendance: 73,592
NO
KC
First downs ............................. 14
28
Total yards............................ 220
460
Rushing-yards....................15-46 39-139
Passing .................................. 174
321
Punt returns......................... 1-10
4-32
Kickoff returns .................... 3-85
3-69
Interception returns........... 1-37
1-0
Comp-att-int ...................20-35-1 28-39-1
Sacked-yards lost................. 1-8
2-10
Punts-avg. .........................4-49.8 1-56.0
Fumbles-lost .......................... 0-0
1-0
Penalties-yards ................... 5-70
6-55
Time of possession .......... 20:04 39:56
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING—NO, Kamara 11-26, Haener 2-11, Ja.Williams 2-9; KC, Hunt 27102, Mahomes 6-22, Steele 5-12, Worthy 1-3
PASSING—NO, Carr 18-28-1-165,
Haener 2-7-0-17; KC, Mahomes 28-39-1331
RECEIVING—NO, Kamara 6-40,
J.Johnson 5-31, Shaheed 4-86, Moreau
2-13, Olave 2-10, Tipton 1-2; KC, Kelce
9-70, Smith-Schuster 7-130, Hardman
4-33, Worthy 3-25, Gray 2-29, Perine 124, Hunt 1-15, Fortson Jr. 1-5
TACKLES-ASSISTS-SACKS—NO,
D.Davis 5-6-0, Orji 7-3-0, Abram 6-1-0,
Saunders 2-5-0, Granderson 2-5-0, Mathieu 2-4-0, Lattimore 4-1-0, Taylor 41-0, Adebo 4-0-0, Bresee 3-1-1, D.Jackson 2-1-0, Foskey 2-1-0, C.Young 2-1-1,
Shepherd 1-2-0, Harris 1-1-0, Jordan 11-0, Ridgeway III 0-2-0; KC, Bolton 65-0, Ja.Watson 5-0-0, McDuffie 3-2-0,
Tranquill 3-2-0, Reid 3-1-0, Conner 21-0, Wharton 1-2-1, Cook 2-0-0, Johnson 0-1-0, Danna 0-2-0, Ch.Jones 0-2-0,
Chenal 1-0-0, Karlaftis 0-1-0, Pennel 01-0
INTERCEPTIONS—NO, Saunders 137; KC, Cook 1-0
MISSED FIELD GOALS—KC, Butker,
51 (Hit Right Upright)

NWsL

NAscAR cup

Also receiving votes: Lafayette 49,
Northern Iowa 47, Dartmouth 32, McNeese St. 31, Butler 27, Jackson St. 27,
Duquesne 24, Stony Brook 21, Harvard
15, Chattanooga 14, Monmouth 10, Lamar 10, So. Illinois 9, W. Carolina 6, ETSU 5, Columbia 4, Nicholls 4, No. Arizona 4, Davidson 1, Drake 1

mLs

W
Orlando
17
Washington 15
Gotham FC 14
Kansas City 13
N. Carolina 12
Chicago
10
Portland
8
Bay FC
9
Louisville
6
San Diego 5
Angel City 7
Utah Royals 6
Seattle
5
Houston
4

L
0
6
4
3
9
11
11
13
10
11
12
14
13
14

T
6
2
5
7
2
2
4
1
7
7
4
3
5
5

Pts GF
57 42
47 44
47 32
46 49
38 33
32 30
28 32
28 27
25 30
22 20
22 27
21 17
20 23
17 15

GA
13
27
18
29
25
31
34
38
32
28
37
35
37
37

Standings are for 31 races through
YellaWood 500, with points, wins, and
top 10 finishes.
Pts.
William Byron..................3,122
Christopher Bell..............3,105
Kyle Larson......................3,100
Denny Hamlin..................3,078
Alex Bowman ..................3,074
Ryan Blaney.....................3,073
Tyler Reddick ..................3,062
Chase Elliott ....................3,061
Joey Logano.....................3,048
Daniel Suarez ..................3,041
Austin Cindric..................3,032

W T10
3 16
3 19
5 15
3 15
1 15
2 14
2 19
1 15
2
9
1
7
1
5

Latest line
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Tuesday
Favorite
Pts.
Underdog
At Liberty............17½................ Fla. Int’l.
Wednesday
At Jax St..............20½... New Mexico St.
Thursday
At J. Madison..... 9½..Coastal Carolina
At La. Tech......... 5 ........ Middle Tenn.
At Western Ky... 19½...................... UTEP
Friday
Memphis............. 7 ...at South Florida
At Maryland.......10 .......Northwestern
UNLV....................19 ........at Utah State
Utah..................... 6½....... at Arizona St.
NHL
Favorite
Line Underdog
Line
At Seattle........-140 St. Louis.........+120
At Florida........-150 Boston............+130
At Utah..............Off Chicago.............Off
NFL
Thursday
Favorite
Pts.
Underdog
San Francisco.... 3 .............. at Seattle
Sunday
At Chicago.......... 2 .......... Jacksonville
At Green Bay..... 5 ..................Arizona
At Philadelphia.. 8½..............Cleveland
Houston.............. 7 ...at New England
Indianapolis........ 1 ....... at Tennessee
At New Orleans. 2 ........... Tampa Bay
At Baltimore....... 6½..........Washington
LA Chargers....... 3 ..............at Denver
Pittsburgh........... 3 ........ at Las Vegas
Atlanta................ 6 ............at Carolina
Detroit................. 3½................at Dallas
Cincinnati............ 3½.........at NY Giants
Monday
Buffalo................. 2½............. at NY Jets

Transactions
MLB
Baltimore: 1B Ronald Guzmán released. P Tucker Davidson refused minor league assignment - free agent.
NFL
Arizona: T Charlie Heck, K Chad Ryland
pract. squad add. WR Zay Jones suspension lifted. WR Zay Jones exempt/
commissioner’s permission list.
Atlanta: TE Armani Rogers pract.
squad add.
Baltimore: RB Chris Collier, DE Yannick
Ngakoue pract. squad add.
Buffalo: DT Branson Deen, WR Tyrell
Shavers pract. squad add.
Carolina: LB Thomas Incoom, DT T.J.
Smith pract. squad add.
Cincinnati: CB Jalen Davis pract. squad
add.
Cleveland: CB Tony Brown II, TE Geoff
Swaim pract. squad add. DT Mike Hall
Jr. suspension lifted. DT Mike Hall Jr.
exempt/commish permission list.
Dallas: DE Carl Lawson, CB Amani Oruwariye pract. squad add.
Denver: LB Levelle Bailey pract. squad
add.
Detroit: LB Cam Gill, DE Al-Quadin Muhammad pract. squad add. CB Erick
Hallett II, K Matt McCrane pract. squad
del.
Green Bay: CB Robert Rochell cut. RB
Andrew Beck pract. squad add. WR Romeo Doubs suspension lifted.
Houston: RB J.J. Taylor pract. squad
add.
Indianapolis: C Will Fries on IR. CB Dallis Flowers cut. RB Evan Hull, CB David
Long Jr., K Spencer Shrader pract.
squad add. CB Gregory Junior pract.
squad del.
Jacksonville: S Matthew Jackson, LB
Tanner Muse, LB Anthony Pittman
pract. squad add. S Andre Chachere
pract. squad del.
Las Vegas: WR Alex Bachman, RB Sincere McCormick pract. squad add.
LA Rams: WR Xavier Smith, CB Ahkello
Witherspoon pract. squad add.
Miami: QB Tim Boyle, CB Nik Needham
pract. squad add.
Minnesota: RB Myles Gaskin, S Bobby
McCain pract. squad add.
New England: C Bryan Hudson, LB
Ochaun Mathis pract. squad add.
New Orleans: C Shane Lemieux on IR. S
Johnathan Abram, LB Isaiah Stalbird, G
Kyle Hergel active/prac. squad.
NY Giants: WR Isaiah Hodgins, RB
Dante Miller pract. squad add.
NY Jets: QB Adrian Martinez, LB Marcelino McCrary-Ball pract. squad add.
Pittsburgh: WR Brandon Johnson, RB
Jonathan Ward pract. squad add.
San Francisco: DT T.Y. McGill, WR
Trent Taylor pract. squad add.
Tampa Bay: LB Markees Watts on IR.
WR Tanner Knue pract. squad add. WR
Cody Thompson pract. squad del.
Washington: CB Kevon Seymour, WR
Brycen Tremayne pract. squad add.
NHL
Anaheim: G Calle Clang sent to minors.
G James Reimer claimed off waivers.
Carolina: RW Jackson Blake to minors.
Colorado: C Ivan Ivan, RW Nikolai
Kovalenko, C Ondrej Pavel to minors.
Columbus: LW James Malatesta sent
to minors. LW Zach Aston-Reese
claimed off waivers.
Detroit: RW Austin Watson signed as
free agent. RW Austin Watson waived.
Edmonton: C Matt Savoie called up
from minors. RW Cameron Wright
signed as free agent.
Minnesota: G Jesper Wallstedt contract extended.
Montreal: LW Lucas Condotta, C Brandon Gignac, D William Trudeau, D Adam Engstrom, D Logan Mailloux, G
Jakub Dobes, LW Joshua Roy sent to
minors.
NY Rangers: C Jake Leschyshyn, LW
Anton Blidh, D Ben Harpur, LW Adam
Sykora called up from minors. LW Adam Edstrom, LW Will Cuylle, D Victor
Mancini, RW Matt Rempe, LW Brett Berard sent to minors.
Ottawa: D Carter Yakemchuk assigned
to junior club.
Philadelphia: LW Oscar Eklind sent to
minors. RW Garrett Wilson released.
Pittsburgh: D Harrison Brunicke assigned to junior club.
San Jose: D Luca Cagnoni, RW Ethan
Cardwell, D Jack Thompson, RW Collin
Graf sent to minors.
St. Louis: LW Zack Bolduc to minors.
Tampa Bay: D Max Crozier sent to minors. C Logan Brown released.
Toronto: LW Steven Lorentz, LW Max
Pacioretty signed as free agent. D
Cade Webber contract extended.
Vancouver: LW Arshdeep Bains to minors. G Jiri Patera claimed off waivers.
Vegas: C Raphael Lavoie, RW Cole
Schwindt claimed off waivers.
Washington: RW Ivan Miroshnichenko
sent to minors. LW Andrew Cristall assigned to junior club. RW Jakub Vrana
signed as free agent.
Winnipeg: C Brad Lambert, RW Nikita
Chibrikov, D Elias Salomonsson sent to
minors.

Premier League
GP W D L Pts.
Liverpool.................... 7 6 0 1 18
Manchester City ...... 7 5 2 0 17
Arsenal....................... 7 5 2 0 17
Chelsea ...................... 7 4 2 1 14
Aston Villa................. 7 4 2 1 14
Brighton..................... 7 3 3 1 12
Newcastle.................. 7 3 3 1 12
Fulham....................... 7 3 2 2 11
Tottenham................. 7 3 1 3 10
Nottinghm Forest..... 7 2 4 1 10
Brentford................... 7 3 1 3 10
West Ham ................. 7 2 2 3
8
Bournemouth............ 7 2 2 3
8
Man. United .............. 7 2 2 3
8
Leicester City ........... 7 1 3 3
6
Everton ...................... 7 1 2 4
5
Ipswich Town ........... 7 0 4 3
4
Crystal Palace .......... 7 0 3 4
3
Southampton............ 7 0 1 6
1
Wolverhampton ....... 7 0 1 6
1
SUNDAY’S RESULTS
Nottingham Forest 1..........at Chelsea 1
Man. United 0................at Aston Villa 0
At Brighton 3......................Tottenham 2

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of Stoughton, Edward (Lori) McFaden
of Worcester and Timothy (Laura)
McFaden of Rochester, NH; and many
nieces and nephews. Family and friends
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of Tijeras, NM; William and his wife,
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Cailyn Lynch of Hudson, NH. Tara
and Cailyn were best friends, sharing
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will remain with Cailyn forever. Tara
is also survived by many wonderful
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as a multitude of friends, especially
Quinn. Visitation will be held at
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Age 90, of Quincy, formerly of
Dorchester, passed away October 4,
2024, with her loving family by her
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County Kerry, Ireland, to the late
Maurice and Hannah (Casey)
Fitzgerald. Beloved wife of the late
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those she leaves behind. A Mass of
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Cissy Houston, Grammy-winning singer,
mother of late superstar Whitney; at 91
By Glenn Rifkin
nEW YoRK tIMES

Cissy Houston, a grammy
Award-winning soul and gospel
star who helped shepherd her
daughter Whitney Houston to
superstardom, died Monday at
her home in newark. She was
91.
Her family announced her
death in a statement, which said
she had been in hospice care for
Alzheimer’s disease.
Mrs. Houston was a gifted
stylist whose powerful voice and
deep faith made her an influential figure in gospel circles for
decades. She won grammy
awards in the traditional soul
gospel category for the albums
“face to face” in 1997 and “He
leadeth Me” in 1999.
Before then, she had been
among the busiest backup singers in the record business, providing vocal support for Aretha
franklin, Elvis presley, and
many others. And for more than
a half-century she was the choir
director for the new Hope Baptist Church in newark, where
she got her start as a singer in
the 1930s.
Mrs. Houston was the matriarch of a singing dynasty that included her daughter, her nieces
Dionne and Dee Dee Warwick
and a cousin, opera star leontyne price. She endured the
deaths of her daughter, who
drowned in a hotel bathtub in
2012, and of Whitney Houston’s
daughter Bobbi Kristina Brown,
who, in an eerily similar tragedy,
was found unresponsive in a
bathtub in her georgia home in
Ja n u a r y 2 0 1 5 a n d d i e d s i x
months later. Whitney Houston
had struggled with addiction for
many years despite her mother’s
intervention.
Unlike her daughter, Cissy
Houston achieved wider fame in
her later years, but she was com-

fortable with that. As she told Jet
magazine in 1998: “A lot of the
things I’ve done have come late
in life, and it’s like a whole new
career starting up. I don’t have
regrets about the way I planned
and lived my life, and I am very
proud of what I’ve become.”
on her own or with her
group the Sweet Inspirations,
Mrs. Houston can be heard singing backup on such hits as
franklin’s “(You Make Me feel
like) a natural Woman,” van
Morrison’s “Brown-Eyed girl”
and Dionne Warwick’s “Walk on
By.”
She was pregnant with her
daughter while recording backup vocals for the Drifters’ “on
Broadway” in 1963, according to
her autobiography, “How Sweet
the Sound: My life With god
and gospel” (1998), written with
Jonathan Singer.
“this was bound to be an interesting child,” she wrote.
Robert Darden, a professor of
journalism at Baylor University
and the author of several books
on gospel music, said Mrs. Houston was “a significant figure not
because she sold a lot of records,
but because of the people she influenced who did sell a lot and
because of her work as a sustainer and nurturer of the gospel
music tradition.”
“ Whitney Houston was
trained by the best,” he continued, in an interview for this obituary in 2015, “and though she
had a once-in-a-lifetime voice,
without the training and influence and experience of someone
like Cissy, who knew everybody
and who could sing in any style,
she would not have achieved
what she did.”
Cissy Houston was born Emily Drinkard in newark on Sept.
30, 1933, the last of eight children of nicholas Drinkard, a factory worker, and Delia Mae (Mc-

Caskill) Drinkard. Her family attended revival-style weekday
services, where they first encountered gospel music.
Cissy (a nickname from childhood) began singing, along with
her siblings, at age 5 in local
churches, and she, her sister
Anne and her brothers larry
and nicky formed the Drinkard
four, a quartet that performed
regularly at the new Hope Baptist Church. the group, renamed
the Drinkard Singers, was featured in a Carnegie Hall performance in 1951 that starred Mahalia Jackson.
Cissy Houston’s marriage to
freddie garland in 1955 ended
in divorce. She later married
John Houston, with whom she
had three children.
In the early 1960 s, Cissy
Houston was a prominent member of the Sweet Inspirations, a
sought-after R&B group that
sang backup on hundreds of
songs for a wide variety of artists
including Wilson pickett, David
Bowie, neil Diamond, and even,
on one song, Jimi Hendrix.
Eager to pursue a solo career,
she left the group in 1969. on
her own she made recordings
and performed at nightclubs, appeared on “the tonight Show”
and, in 1983, joined the cast of
an off-Broadway musical, “taking My turn.”
Reviewing a performance at
the new York nightclub Reno
Sweeney in 1977, Robert palmer
of the new York times wrote:
“With her absolutely majestic
voice, exemplary intonation and
economical, almost self-effacing
phrasing, Miss Houston is a
singer’s singer. to resurrect an
old cliché, she could sing the
telephone book and provide an
uplifting experience.”
Mrs. Houston eventually began devoting most of her time to
raising her children and to di-

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Soul and gospel
singer Mrs.
Houston was an
influence across
the genres for
decades. She and
her daughter,
Whitney (left),
appeared at the
“Keep A Child
Alive Black Ball”
in New York in
2010.

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recting the church choir at new
Hope Baptist. She encouraged
Whitney in her early singing and
frequently brought her into the
recording studio.
As Whitney’s career skyrocketed, the mother and daughter
occasionally performed together; Cissy Houston lent her back-

up vocals to Whitney Houston
hits like “How Will I Know” and
“I Wanna Dance With Somebody.”
Her survivors include her
sons, gary garland, from her
first marriage, and Michael
Houston, as well as a number of
grandchildren and great-grand-

children.
Interviewed by the times in
1983 about her appearance in
“taking My turn,” a musical
about aging, Mrs. Houston described her musical inspiration.
“It’s all coming from inside me,”
she said. “What I feel is what I
sing.”

Marvin Schlachter, record executive who championed disco; at 90
By Clay Risen
nEW YoRK tIMES

Marvin Schlachter, a music
executive who helped launch Dionne Warwick and the Shirelles
in the 1960s and who a decade
later created one of the world’s
most influential disco labels,
bringing acts like Musique and
france Joli to the masses, died
Sept. 19 in Manhattan. He was
90.
His son Brad said the cause of
his death, in a hospital, was intestinal cancer.
Beginning in the early 1960s,
Mr. Schlachter played a crucial
role in the emergence of Black
musicians from genre-based appeal to become a force in the
American music mainstream.
He spent nine years as an executive with Scepter Records, a
new York label comparable in
some ways to Motown in Detroit
(although much smaller). the label brought in Black songwriters, producers, and musicians
and promoted their albums
among white audiences — still
an unusual idea at the time.
Among Scepter’s biggest successes was Warwick, whom the

Mimis Plessas, a
giant of modern
was born nov. 25, 1933, in Man- 1961.
label paired with songwriters to DJs.
He married trudy Weiner in Greek music; 99
If a track caught hold on the hattan and grew up in the East
Burt Bacharach and Hal David.

the Bacharach-David team
wrote many of Warwick’s early
signature hits, including “Don’t
Make Me over,” “Walk on By”
and “Alfie.”
In 1 9 7 6 , Mr. S c h l a c h t e r
founded his own label, prelude
Records, to promote a ne w
sound coming out of the city’s
clubs and underground dance
halls: disco.
Mr. Schlachter did much of
the early talent scouting himself
(he later hired DJ françois Kevorkian to fill that role). He had a
keen ear for the new, combined
with a veteran’s knack for bringing the raw material he found in
clubs like paradise garage and
Studio 54 to radio and commercial success.
At Scepter, Mr. Schlachter
had tended to invest in acts for
the long term. But he understood that the disco scene was
different, demanding novelty
above all else. He employed a
stable of producers at prelude
who would bring in a rotating
set of musicians, mix and remix
tracks, and then push them out

dance floor, Mr. Schlachter and
his business partner, Stanley
Hoffman, would take it to discofriendly radio stations like
WBlS and WKtU in new York.
Among his first hires was patrick Adams, a gifted producer
who made catchy dance tracks
under a variety of stage names.
His first big hit for prelude, in
1978, was “In the Bush” by Musique, which one critic said was
among “the horniest records ever made.” (Adams died in 2022.)
other acts on the label included Sharon Redd, D train,
and Inner life (another Adams
creation). those acts’ infectious
beats and sumptuous strings often lived on for decades in remixes and samples, long after
the artists and even the tracks
themselves had faded into obscurity.
Mr. Schlachter “was an icon,”
Ray Caviano, the president of
powered by RfC, a music promotion company, said in an interview. “they put out hit after
hit after hit.”
Marvin Herbert Schlachter

ne w York neighborhood of
Brooklyn. His parents — Herbert
Schlachter, a furrier, and Bertha
(goldblatt) Schlachter, a milliner
— were both Jewish immigrants
from poland.
He graduated from the City
College of new York in 1955
with a degree in business administration, then spent two years in
the Army.
He returned to new York,
where he found work in the
mailroom at CBS television, after which he was hired as an ad
executive for the music industry
magazine Cash Box.
He was pitching ads to a radio station in 1959 when he met
florence greenberg, an agent
who was promoting her sole client, a group of singers from her
daughter’s high school in passaic, n.J., called the Shirelles.
After the Shirelles were
dropped by their label, Decca,
greenberg decided to start her
own business. She invited Mr.
Schlachter to join her at Scepter,
and he came on board full time
as executive vice president in

1962; among the guests at their
wedding were Scepter acts like
the Shirelles, who led the attendees in the twist.
trudy Schlachter, a photographer, later provided the cover art
for most of the more than 60 records released by prelude.
Along with their son Brad,
she survives him, as do two other sons, Chris and Scott; three
grandchildren; and a brother,
leonard.
Mr. Schlachter left Scepter after nine years to become president of Janus Records, an American branch of the British record
label pye. After a reorganization,
he took over a portfolio of labels
under pye’s successor, gRt, including Chess Records.
In 1976, after the reorganized company failed, he took
some of his recently signed artists with him to prelude.
He ran prelude until 1986, by
which time disco had long since
left the dance floor. But Mr.
Schlachter insisted that it had
simply evolved into new forms
of dance music.

Christopher Ciccone, brother to Madonna
By Alex Traub
nEW YoRK tIMES

Christopher Ciccone, who devoted himself to his older sister
Madonna — living with her,
warning her of impending arrest, and directing her world
tours of the early 1990s — but
who later, after feeling cast
aside, wrote a memoir chronicling experiences that he described as “abuse,” died friday.
He was 63.
the cause was cancer, his
representative, Brad taylor, said
in a statement. He did not specify where Mr. Ciccone died.
After years when it seemed
the siblings shifted between
chilly distance and bitter feuding, Madonna published a statement on social media Sunday
that praised Mr. Ciccone, fondly
recalled the years of their closeness and described a reconciliation before his death.
“ We s o a r e d t h e h i g h e s t
heights together and floundered
in the lowest lows,” she wrote.
“Somehow, we always found
each other again.”
Mr. Ciccone was with Madon-

na from just about the beginning: He choreographed the music video of “Everybody,” her debut single in 1982. He was there
as a backup dancer during her
early club dates. He endured her
shouting as he went along for a
ride to dizzying heights of celebrity.
“In many ways, Christopher
was the most important and
steadfast member of Madonna’s
early inner circle,” Mary gabriel,
the author of “Madonna: A Rebel life,” a biography of the singer, wrote in an email.
the 1991 documentary “Madonna: truth or Dare,” which
chronicled “Blond Ambition,”
features a scene in which Mr.
Ciccone notifies Madonna that
the toronto police intended to
arrest her if she were to grope
herself onstage, as she had done
at other shows.
t he moment is brie f but
seems to reveal a complicated
dynamic. “You shouldn’t have
told me, Chris,” Madonna says
over her shoulder as she walks
away. later, before going onstage, she strikes a more plain-

tive note: “Chris, don’t let them
take me.”
(As it happened, Madonna
did perform what Mr. Ciccone
called “the masturbation scene”
and faced no consequences for
doing so.)
In 2001, Madonna appointed
a different director, Jamie King,
for next world tour, “Drowned
World.” A falling-out between
her and Mr. Ciccone ensued.
“She was my family,” he later
recalled to the guardian. “I
wasn’t close to my other brothers and sisters, I moved out
when I was 18 and moved to
new York.” He felt, he continued, suddenly alone.
In 2008, he became (to use
the term of new York times critic Alexandra Jacobs) one of
many Madonnagraphers, writing “life with My Sister Madonna.” the book reached no. 2 on
the times’ nonfiction bestseller
list.
Mr. Ciccone seemed caught
between the gossipy imperatives
of a tell-all and lingering admiration for his sister. “I am truly
proud that Madonna is my sister

JUlIE MARKES/ASSoCIAtED pRESS/fIlE

Mr. Ciccone (left) with his sister Madonna and director Alek
Keskishian after the premiere of “Truth or Dare” in 1991.
and always will be,” read the
concluding lines of his introduction.
Yet he went on to call her
“Machiavellian,” describe numerous forms of demeaning
treatment and share unflattering stories about her boyfriends
and husbands (Sean penn, Warren Beatty, guy Ritchie).
Christopher gerard Ciccone

was born in pontiac, Mich., in
the Detroit area, on nov. 22,
1960.
In 2016, Mr. Ciccone married
Ray thacker, an actor. In addition to thacker and Madonna,
he is survived by his father, Silvio Ciccone, three more siblings,
Martin, paula, and Melanie, as
well as two half-siblings, Jennifer and Mario.

By Derek Gatopoulos
ASSoCIAtED pRESS

AtHEnS, greece — Mimis
plessas, a beloved greek composer whose music was featured
in scores of films, television
shows, and theatrical productions and who provided the
soundtrack to millions of
greeks’ lives, has died just a
week shy of his 100th birthday.
His death was confirmed Saturday by his wife, loukila Carrer. prime Minister Kyriakos
Mitsotakis paid tribute to Mr.
plessas, writing, “A leading composer, a great scholar and a kind
man has left us.”
Born in Athens on oct. 12,
1924, Mr. plessas began his musical journey at a young age. He
became a piano soloist at state
radio before entering international piano competitions while
still in his 20s. His gift for composition would cement his legacy.
Mr. plessas became a constant presence on greek television, his mild manner and singalong melodies endearing him to
generations. often seated at the
piano, accompanying renowned
greek stars, he was a fixture of
musical moments and celebrations for decades, his music becoming intertwined with the nation’s cultural fabric. His 1969
composition, “o Dromos” (the
Street), remains one of the highest-selling albums in greek history.
He collaborated with a constellation of greek music icons,
including nana Mouskouri,
vicky leandros, giannis poulopoulos, Marinella, and lyricist
lefteris papadopoulos, shaping
the landscape of greek music.
His work defied genre, blending
traditional greek music forms
with elements of jazz and classical, creating an easy-on-the-ear
signature sound — softer than
the hard jangle of many of his
contemporaries.
“His ‘Road’ was rich, full of
melodies that start from jazz and
permeate greek song, as well as
greek cinema,” Mitsotakis said.
“Mimis plessas was unique, just
like the moments he will forever
give us with his music.”
Mr. plessas leaves his wife, a
son, and a daughter. funeral arrangements were not immediately known.

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SJC hears state’s housing lawsuit against Milton
Justices’ ruling could shape the future of Massachusetts’ most ambitious effort in decades to climb out of crisis
By Andrew Brinker and Travis Andersen
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The state’s highest court heard oral arguments
monday on Attorney general Andrea campbell’s
closely watched lawsuit against the town of milton
for rejecting a state housing law.
The arguments before the supreme Judicial
court lasted for about an hour, and spectators
filled up two courtrooms to watch attorneys repre-

senting milton and campbell’s office argue a case
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more multifamily housing.
The sJc’s six justices monday questioned the
attorneys over a set of fairly narrow legal questions, but acknowledged that their ruling will carry

wide-reaching implications.
A ruling in campbell’s favor would speed along
the rollout of a law that is nearly four years old and
aimed at alleviating the state’s devastating housing
crisis, and affirm the attorney general’s authority
to enforce the law in other communities. Any ruling for milton — where voters in February overturned the town-approved mBTA zoning plan —
would likely fuel opposition elsewhere and could

introduce a host of logistical questions that could
complicate the law’s future.
One of the central questions before the sJc is
whether or not campbell has the power to enforce
the law.
As written, the mBTA communities language
— which lawmakers included in a 2021 economic
development bill — does not specifically empower

BREAKING GROUND

HoUsING, page d4

Boomerangs
in Cambridge
to be revived
by nonprofit
More than Words will
reopen the thrift store,
which closed in June
By Dana Gerber
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hAcin + AssOciATEs

A rendering of 55 India St. The developers behind the project have secured $90 million in financing to begin work.

the 55 india condo project is among the first
since coVid to begin construction
By Christopher Gavin

A

gLOBE sTAFF

fter a four-year pause, a project
that would bring a 12-story condo tower to the last open development space along the rose
kennedy greenway is moving
forward.
Boston residential group,
the developers behind “55 india” — the
building envisioned at 55 india st. — say
they’ve secured $90 million in financing to
start construction on one of the first highend housing developments to break ground
in Boston since the cOViD-19 pandemic and
the post-cOViD surge in interest rates.
They plan to start construction this

‘i think that there is an
increasing amount of
interest in the Financial
district, and kind of the
mayor’s interest in
helping this become more
of a 24/7 community.’
curTis kEmEny
Boston Residential Group chief executive

month.
“it feels fantastic to be at this point now
where we have aligned everything in 2024 in
such a way that we can get financed and proceed to the next step,” said chief executive
curtis kemeny.
Featuring a glass facade overlooking the
greenway, the 76,000-square-foot building
on what’s now a parking lot will include 29,
two- and three-bedroom units — including
five affordable artist lofts — and a 4,250square-foot ground-floor restaurant. There
will be 30 dedicated parking spaces at a garage next door, and 30 bicycle spaces.
“Aesthetically, it’s kind of that last piece of
what i think the original planners had in
CoNdo pRoJeCt, page d2

much like the toy it’s named after, the Boomerangs thrift store is on its way back.
more Than Words, a nonprofit that supports
at-risk youth and employs them at its two bookstores in Boston’s south End and Waltham, is
taking over and reopening the central square
location of Boomerangs, which previous operator Fenway health closed in June.
The nonprofit plans to reopen the 563 massachusetts Ave. storefront — to be named Boomerangs by more Than Words — by Dec. 1 at
the latest. The nonprofit is also considering taking over the thrift store’s former Jamaica Plain
location (though not the south End location,
given its proximity to the more Than Words
bookstore).
“We’re going to have a beautiful, curated,
secondhand inventory of clothing and accessories and books and home goods and music that
will, i think, really feel familiar to the legacy of
the Boomerangs store under Fenway health,”
said Jodi rosenbaum, founder and chief executive of more Than Words.
The revival will be more Than Words’s first
venture into full-fledged consignment sales. A
longtime bookstore operator, more Than Words
tried out online clothing sales during the pandemic, rosenbaum said, and later set up a
small area for used apparel in its south End location. The success of this initiative inspired the
nonprofit to consider opening another brickand-mortar outpost focused on clothing.
“We were actually looking at storefronts
when we heard the news that Boomerangs was
BooMeRANGs, page d2

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A child read a book as her mother
shopped at Boomerangs thrift store in
Cambridge in 2013.

Bold types

Development group moves into new chapter

nectar community investments leader aims for combined organization to be a catalyst for growth
By Jon Chesto
gLOBE sTAFF

When Mill Cities Community Investments and the Foundation for
Business equity merged two years ago,
it seemed inevitable that a name
change would come some day.
That day is finally here: The Lawrence-based community development
financial institution is now called Nectar Community Investments.
At the helm remains Glynn lloyd,
who simultaneously ran both organizations as their executive director for a
year or so before bringing them together in 2022. The name nectar is a reference to the fluid that attracts insects
and encourages pollination — in other
words, acting as a catalyst for growth.
Plus, it rolls off the tongue better
than the previous names.
“i could literally save 30 seconds
saying ‘nectar,’ versus the seven words
before,” Lloyd said.
nectar’s balance sheet is around $20
million this year, mostly distributed in

loans, grants, and other assistance to
small businesses and low-income homeowners. Lloyd hopes to more than
double that to $50 million in the next
three years. The group, which bills itself as the state’s first Black-led cDFi,
has so far made two equity investments
— both in businesses owned by people
of color: the Bay state Banner newspaper, and the NXGN Camps — and plans
to pursue others. As a cDFi, the organization pools money from banks, philanthropists, and donor-advised funds and
lends it in economically disadvantaged
neighborhoods.
Lloyd got his start in 1994 by
launching City Fresh Foods, now run by
his brother sheldon lloyd. he
branched into nonprofit work in 2015
by joining Boston Impact Initiative,
and then eastern Bank a year later, as
the bank launched its Foundation for
Business Equity initiative to provide
counseling and mentorship to entrepreneurs of color in Boston. Two years ago,
FBE joined forces with Lawrence-based

mcci.
nectar’s realm of focus now extends
far beyond the merrimack Valley, the
inspiration behind the original “mill
cities” name. But Lloyd said he’s not
abandoning its roots. “We want to double down on our work in Lawrence,
even as we expand into other cities,”
Lloyd said. “There’s something special
in the merrimack Valley.”

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Executive director Glynn Lloyd
hopes to double his group’s
assistance in the next three years.

Dozens of municipalities are expected to debate new multifamily zoning
rules this fall under the state’s mBTA
communities Law. meanwhile, the supreme Judicial court is reviewing a legal case that could prove key to enforcing the ambitious and controversial
law.
With all the melees underway, it’s no
wonder that one of the state’s leading
housing advocacy groups turned to the
business community for reinforcements.

The Citizens’ Housing and planning
Association lined up 11 prominent
business and nonprofit leaders as cochairs of its new “Our massachusetts”
campaign. Their goal: helping yes-inmy-backyard folks get more housing
approved at the local level. The current
focus is on mBTA communities, which
requires towns served by the mBTA to
zone for a certain amount of multifamily housing. But chAPA chief executive
Rachel Heller said the campaign will
continue long after these rules get approved. changing local zoning, after all,
is just a step toward chAPA’s ultimate
goal of seeing 200,000 homes across income levels built by 2030.
Two cochairs have jobs in construction and development: suffolk Construction owner John Fish, and HyM
Investment Group chief executive tom
o’Brien. Other cochairs — such as
MassBio’s Kendalle Burlin o’Connell,
BeCMA’s Nicole obi, the Charles River
Regional Chamber’s Greg Reibman,
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CVS to cut 632 employees who report to Woonsocket
By Alexa Gagosz
gloBE StAff

WoonSoCKEt, R.i. — CVS
health is expected to cut more than
630 employees who report to the
company’s headquarters in Woonsocket, according
to a letter the
company sent to
state officials on
monday.
of the 632 terminations, only
153 work at the Woonsocket headquarters or surrounding facilities.
the remaining 479 affected employees are “outstationed,” which
means they work remotely and report to leaders at the Woonsocket
headquarters, according to the
company’s Worker Adjustment and
Retraining notification notice.
Companies are required by federal law to notify the government of
mass layoffs at least 60 days in advance.
laid off positions include analysts, brokers, software engineers,
directors, associates in technology
and human resources, and others,
according to a breakdown of cut

CVS Health said
the layoffs are
expected to
begin on Dec. 8
and will mostly
affect those in
corporate
positions.

jobs provided to the state by CVS,
which was obtained by the Boston
globe.
At least 70 of the terminated
employees are listed as living in
Rhode island, according to the
company’s letter to the state, while
the rest are scattered across the
country.
layoffs will begin on dec. 8. Employees who will be laid off will receive severance pay and benefits.
the layoffs are part of a $2 billion cost-cutting plan designed to
improve the company’s financial
performance. the reductions will
be companywide; “not isolated to a
single corporate office or state,”
said company spokesman michael
J. deAngelis in a statement to the
globe, and amount to less than 1
percent of the company’s headcount.
Approximately 2,900 employees
will be laid off at CVS in total,
which will primarily impact those
in corporate roles. front-line jobs
in CVS’s retail stores, pharmacies,
and distribution centers will not be
impacted by the reductions, according to deAngelis.

“our industry faces continued
disruption, regulatory pressures,
and evolving consumer needs and
expectations, so it is critical that we
remain competitive and operate at
peak performance,” said deAngelis,
who said the company has closed
open job postings as part of their
cost-savings efforts.
the news comes just days after
Reuters reported that the company
is considering splitting its pharmacy chain and its insurance business.
the report details how CVS could
effectively undo its $69 billion acquisition of insurance company
Aetna, which today generates
roughly one-third of the company’s
revenue. CVS’s board is considering
spinning out two publicly traded
companies.
Aetna, which has long been
headquartered in hartford since its
founding in 1853, was expected to
remain in hartford for at least a decade after the 2018 acquisition. it’s
unclear how many layoffs will impact Connecticut this year, but
when the company cut 5,000 jobs
in 2023, more than 330 directly impacted hartford.

on monday, CVS executives met
with investor glenview Capital
management on how to improve
operations after a long drop in
share value. glenview’s founder
larry Robbins has “established a
large position in CVS,” the Wall
Street Journal reported, and the
company accounts for approximately $700 million of the hedge
fund’s $2.5 billion portfolio. A
spokesperson for glenview said the
hedge fund is not pushing for a
breakup of CVS.
CVS has been immersed in its
plans to fulfill its long-term vision
of transforming itself from a business that simply charges a fee for
service into a “value-based” health
care provider. that model requires
using technology, including electronic medical records, to coordinate care between pharmacists,
doctors, nurses, and hospitals. that
transformation requires considerable capital and reorganization.
While facing industrywide financial challenges, CVS has tried to fulfill its vision of creating an “entirely
new health care concept,” a one-stop
provider that includes its existing

Mass., Hasbro have
been in talks over
possible Boston move
By Alexa Gagosz
gloBE StAff

PAWtUCKEt, R.i. — hasbro
inc. executives, including its chief
executive, and members of mass.
governor maura
healey’s admini s t rat i o n h av e
been discussing
the company ’s
potential relocation from Pawtucket to Boston for
at least six months, according to
emails released in response to a
public records request.
the toymaker has been considering moving its headquarters to
massachusetts, which caught leaders in Rhode island flat-footed,
with governor dan mcKee vowing
his administration would work to
convince the company to remain
in the state where hasbro was
founded a century ago.
Emails first obtained by the
Boston Business Journal outline
how hasbro chief executive Christian “Chris” Cocks and massachusetts Economic development Secretary Yvonne hao met over dinner in early April to discuss a
possible move. in emails to Cocks,
hao noted that lego recently decided to move its headquarters to
the Boston area.
“it would be great to figure out
a permanent home for us in Boston and to build a creative center
for the toys and games industry in
the city,” Cocks wrote in an email
back to hao.
Cocks was first tapped to serve
as chief executive of the company
known for monopoly, mr. Potato
head, and other novelty brands in
early 2022. he confirmed in an
email to employees in September
that while the company’s current
headquarters in Pawtucket is “full
of charm and history,” it is “also
showing its age.” Cocks said in that
same message that any potential

move wouldn’t take place “for at
least 18 months” and that none of
the details are final. Yet hasbro executives have already toured multiple buildings in Boston.
in an email released to the
Journal, hasbro chief legal officer,
tarrant Sibley, told hao that he
and a “large number of our employees” live in massachusetts.
hao later told Sibley and Cocks
that she spoke to healey, who said
she was a “big fan of hasbro’s” and
would be willing to meet with the
company’s leaders.
A Boston globe reporter requested healey’s office also release
the emails sent to the Journal.
officials in massachusetts and
hasbro executives held another
meeting at the Executive office of
Economic development in Boston
on July 22. Ahead of the meeting,
Sibley wrote to hao, and said he
was interested in learning what
the state “might be able to do to facilitate a move to the greater Boston area.” Several state officials
and hasbro executives attended
that July meeting, including hasbro’s chief financial officer and its
vice president of corporate real estate and facilities, Ethan Colaiace.
Colaiace also serves on the
board of the Pawtucket foundation, which has been tasked by
mayor donald grebien of Pawtucket to come up with a pitch to
hasbro’s leaders to remain in the
city. their idea, which was outlined to the globe in an exclusive
interview, includes moving the
toymaker to the site of the former
Apex department store.
the Apex building “is an opportunity for hasbro to play a role
in the re-imagination of downt o w n Paw t u c ke t ,” g a e t a n l .
Kashala, the executive director of
the Pawtucket foundation, previously told the globe. Kashala said
while Colaiace has been a “tre-

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mind for having the greenway,”
Kemeny said.
the site was once home to the
early 19th-century commercial
warehouse designed by architect
Charles Bulfinch, where goods
from around the world were
brought to india Wharf.
that building, however, was
partially demolished in the 1950s
during construction of the elevated central artery through downtown Boston in the 1950s. (All
that’s left of the Bulfinch building
is a facade that was incorporated
into another 12-story condominium complex nearby on Broad
Street.)
A different firm, Boston Residential development, first filed
plans for 55 india St. in 2014, and
won Boston Planning & development Agency approval to put 44
condos there, files show.
five years later, Kemeny and
BRg acquired the still-undeveloped site and amended the project
to its current form. those changes
were approved by the BPdA on
march 12, 2020.

four days later, of course, the
CoVid-19 pandemic brought all
construction in Boston to a halt.
And by the time it resumed, there
was little interest in financing
high-end downtown condos.
in the years since, the downtown housing market has rebounded, but developers have also
had to face rising construction
costs and interest rates — two factors Kemeny attributed to the
project’s delay.
“it’s a very challenging financing environment for any new construction, development really anywhere, but i think, you know, particularly for condominiums,”
Kemeny said. “the big difference
is that money was at 3 percent in
2019 and it’s doubled that now, in
terms of basic kind of construction
financing.”
not just interest rates have
gone up; the cost of many basic
construction materials has
climbed in the last four years too.
that’s one reason the project —
which in 2020 carried an estimated price tag of $72 million, according to BPdA files — will now cost
around $90 million to build.

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Cambridge to be
revived by nonprofit
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canary in the coal mine perhaps
on other projects that might be
able to follow.”
in particular, Kemeny referenced mayor michelle Wu’s aspirations to drive more foot traffic into
the city’s office-dominated downtown, where the local street economy has taken a hit amid the quick
adoption of remote and hybrid
work scenarios in recent years.
through a short-term pilot
program unveiled last year, Wu’s
administration is offering tax
breaks to property owners who
transform their downtown offices
into residential space.
“i think that there is an increasing amount of interest in the
financial district, and kind of the
mayor’s interest in helping this become more of a 24/7 community,”
he said. “now’s the time when
those pieces are beginning to gain
some traction, and will continue
to expand and grow, because the
fundamentals are there now. And
so, we’re excited to be a part of
that agenda.”

closing,” she said. “it has just such an
incredible legacy and reputation and
[was] such a community-centered,
mission-driven, kind of store that we
were like, ‘Wow, we should look into
this.’”
When it was operated by fenway
health, the money that Boomerangs
made was funneled into hiV/AidS
care. now, under more than Words,
the store’s funds will go toward its
mission of offering jobs and other resources to vulnerable 16-to-24-yearolds in greater Boston, such as those
who are entangled in the criminal
justice system, child welfare system,
or are homeless. in fiscal year 2023,
the nonprofit served more than 300
young adults and brought in $3.6
million in earned revenue, according
to its annual report.
the new store will be staffed by
alumni of the more than Words program, with plans to employ two fulltime workers and at least four shift
positions, Rosenbaum said.
“We see this thrift store and the
jobs that we’ll offer for our alums
there as a real tool in helping to provide more runway and opportunities
for young people to have meaningful, supportive work,” she said.
health care provider fenway
health announced earlier this year it
would shutter its three Boomerangs
locations, in Central Square, Jamaica Plain, and the South End. the closures, which affected about 50 employees, were the result of financial
challenges, stemming mainly from
the outsize cost of operating Boomerangs’ dedham warehouse.
“Boomerangs was built with love,
passion, and a sense of community
and so it was a very difficult — yet
necessary — decision to close the
stores,” Jordina Shanks, chief executive of fenway health, said in a
statement. “it truly fills my heart to
see the work we started in the spring
with more than Words come to fruition and see them now take the baton to move the vision of Boomerangs forward.”
for more than Words, since retail
is already its bread-and-butter,
Rosenbaum said the nonprofit is wellequipped to take on the business.
“this is our core competence,”
Rosenbaum said. “We will be able to
leverage our fleet of trucks that are
already out on the road picking up
stuff. We will be able to leverage our
warehouse where our young people
are already sorting books and clothing, and leverage the leadership and
the staff and the deep wisdom of our
young people who’ve already learned
to do some of this at more than
Words and can extend it to Boomerangs.”
As the store prepares to reopen
its doors later this year, more than
Words will be accepting donations of
books, clothing, and housewares at
its South End and Waltham bookstores, as well as drop-off locations
around the region.
“the layout might be a little bit
different, the vibe might be a little
bit different, but i think people can
continue to count on really good
quality and good prices for those
items,” Rosenbaum said. “While different, there is still a mission that is
infused into the ethos of the store
and why it’s there and how it operates and how it’s connected to the
community.”

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mendous source of insight,” he
“recognizes the challenging position [Colaiace] is in.”
hasbro employs approximately
5,500 people globally, with roughly 1,000 based in Rhode island. if
hasbro moved out of Rhode island, it would dramatically shift
Pawtucket’s economic landscape.
Yet grebien was left out of mcKee
and Rhode island house Speaker
K. Joseph Shekarchi’s initial meeting with Cocks on Sept. 19.
grebien finally met with Cocks
on thursday, when Cocks told the
mayor the company was focused
on moving into a more modern
space, and on talent retention and
acquisition.
“they made it clear that we are
still in the running,” said grebien
spokeswoman grace Voll in a message to a globe reporter.
Shortly after the July 22 meeting with healy administration officials, Ashley Stolba, massachusetts undersecretary of economic
foundations, shared a summary of
the incentive programs available
to the company if it were to move
to greater Boston, according to
the Journal. those incentives included tax breaks and other state
programs available to businesses.
in Rhode island, mcKee’s chief
of staff, Antonio “tony” Afonso,
has been tapped by the governor
to run point on keeping hasbro in

Pawtucket, but it’s unclear if anyone from the state has begun conversations around tax credits the
toymaker could be eligible for if it
were to remain in the ocean State.
olivia darocha, a spokeswoman for mcKee, did not respond to
questions asking if hasbro has requested information on incentive
programs for maintaining job levels or remaining in Rhode island.
“At the end of the initial meeting, everyone agreed that the next
step would be for team members
from both hasbro and the State to
have discussions over the next several weeks to get further details
about hasbro’s future needs,” said
darocha in an email to the globe
on oct. 2. “this process is ongoing, and all options are on the table.”
it’s unclear when the mcKee
administration next plans to meet
with hasbro’s executives.
Rhode island commerce Secretary Elizabeth tanner, who first
met with hasbro executives in
february after hearing about the
company’s upcoming cuts to jobs
and local real estate, also declined
the globe’s requests for an interview on the matter.

Hasbro, in
discussing the
possibility of
moving its
headquarters to
Boston, caught
Rhode Island
officials off
guard.
Governor Dan
McKee vowed to
persuade the
company to
remain in the
state where
Hasbro was
founded a
century ago.

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drugstores; in-store primary care
clinics; Caremark, the largest pharmacy benefits manager in the country; and an insurance arm that allows the company to help set prices.
in its efforts to grow, CVS spent
billions to purchase oak Street
health, a senior-focused chain of
health care clinics, and Signify
health, a home care provider.
Caremark has been the company’s most reliable arm in recent
years, but is facing scrutiny from
the federal trade Commission,
which is accusing the company of
driving up the cost of drugs.
in late 2021, executives announced a plan to close 900 stores
in three years to expand primary
care services. the company is in the
middle of its third year of that “strategic closure.”
“We remain focused on our mission — continuing to provide the
exceptional care and support our
patients, members, clients and customers deserve and depend on,”
said deAngelis.

‘I think it’s
a bit of a
canary in
the coal
mine
perhaps
on other
projects
that might
be able to
follow.’
CURtiS
KEmEnY
Boston
Residential
Group CEO

With just 29 units, that translates into some pretty pricey condos, though Kemeny said he is
confident they will sell.
“ i t h i n k [ t h e m a r ke t ] h a s
shown that while the number of
transactions hasn’t been as strong
as it might have been historically,
the dollars associated with those
transactions has gone up significantly as the market has tightened,” he said.
lenders, apparently, agreed.
Kemeny said Bank oZK — an Arkansas-based bank that has
emerged as a powerhouse in postCoVid construction lending — is
providing financing for the project, while hickory CRE lending
and private capital sources are
covering the rest.
the ability to get financial partners on board in 2024 also speaks
to “the confidence in the Boston
market,” especially downtown, the
city’s waterfront, and in the financial district, Kemeny said.
“i think because of the quality
of this particular opportunity,
we’ve been able to attract the financing that we’ve gotten,” Kemeny said. “And i think it’s a bit of a

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Business confidence among Massachusetts improved significantly last month as employers became increasingly hopeful the economy would experience a soft landing, with the
Federal Reserve tweaking interest rates just enough to avoid a recession. the Associated
Industries of Massachusetts business confidence index gained 2.2 points last month, rising to 53.2. that reading, based on a monthly poll of AIM members, is 3.4 points more
than it was a year ago. And it’s well above the threshold of 50 that separates a general
negative outlook, as shown by readings below 50, from a positive one. the September
polling took place before the now-suspended strike by longshoremen on the East and
Gulf coasts and the recent escalation of the Israel-Hezbollah conflict, although the Federal Reserve’s decision to shave the federal funds rate by half of a percent was factored into
the poll. During the time period surveyed, the national employment market remained
strong, and inflation moderated. But employers also agreed that the impending presidential election adds some uncertainty to the economy. — JoN CHESto

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Amazon.com Inc. must face an antitrust suit filed by the Federal trade Commission over
its online marketplace, but a federal judge dismissed some of the agency’s claims tied to
state consumer protection laws. In a decision unsealed Monday, US District Judge John
Chun in Seattle said federal antitrust enforcers offered enough evidence in their complaint
that Amazon’s business practices harm competition. While Amazon said that its practices
are justified, “those arguments are inapt at this stage,” Chun said. However, Chun agreed
to dismiss some claims against the company based on state consumer protection laws.
the FtC sued Amazon last year, accusing the e-commerce giant of monopolizing online
marketplace services by degrading quality for shoppers and overcharging sellers, part of a
broader agency challenge of the power of big technology companies. the Seattle-based
company asked Chun to throw out the complaint, arguing that the agency failed to prove
that the online retailer’s practices hurt consumers. Chun rejected Amazon’s request last
week in a sealed opinion. In the decision unsealed Monday, Chun said a trial scheduled for
2026 will focus on whether Amazon’s conduct violates the law and he will hold a second
proceeding later, if needed, on any potential remedies. — BLooMBERG NEWS

Cryptocurrency firm FtX won court approval to fully repay customers whose digital assets
were locked on the platform when it imploded nearly two years ago, an unusual result that
could net shareholders in Sam Bankman-Fried’s fraud-tainted exchange a slice of $1 billion
in seized assets. US Bankruptcy Judge John Dorsey said Monday he’d approve payments to
FtX customers harmed by Bankman-Fried under a sweeping proposal formulated by advisers who took charge of the exchange after it collapsed. In November 2022, crypto prices
were so low and FtX was in such chaos that advisers initially concluded creditors would
recover only a portion of what they were owed. But customers’ prospects improved substantially during the bankruptcy. In June, the company had $12.6 billion, an amount that
could climb to as much as $16.5 billion after FtX is done tracking down and selling all of
the platform’s assets, according to court documents. the turnaround has been so significant that FtX preferred shareholders could also get some money back. Shareholder payments would come from a portion of the funds seized by the federal government, proceeds
that include roughly $626 million generated from the sale of Robinhood Inc. stock previously owned by Bankman-Fried and FtX cofounder Gary Wang. — BLooMBERG NEWS

A new HBo documentary about the creation of Bitcoin has captivated the digital-asset community, with
speculators creating dozens of memecoins in hopes of
profiting off of the potential revelation of the identity
of the original cryptocurrency’s inventor. the tokens
being created all contain some reference to a man
named Len Sassaman, a cryptographer who passed
away in 2011 and is considered by many to be the
person who will be named as the true identity of pseudonymous Bitcoin creator Satoshi
Nakamoto in HBo’s upcoming “Money Electric: the Bitcoin Mystery.” Blockchain-based
betting platform Polymarket shows that Sassaman is the leading candidate, though the
implied probability that he is Satoshi has dropped on the site to 21 percent from as high
as 68 percent on oct. 3. Memecoins are cryptocurrencies without any utility that have become especially popular in the past year, as blockchains like Solana make it much cheaper
to create and trade the tokens. — BLooMBERG NEWS

A growing number of utilities are resorting to an extreme measure to prevent their equipment from sparking catastrophic wildfires: turning off the power. Electric companies serving about 24 million homes and businesses across the fire-prone US West now have plans
to preemptively cut electricity during dangerous fire conditions, according to an analysis of
data compiled by researchers at Stanford University. the proactive blackouts, however, run
counter to the power companies’ main mission — which is to keep the lights on. And that’s
angering customers and officials. Lawsuits — and the billions of dollars of damage claims
that come with them — are an increasing concern among utilities, said Michael Wara, who
leads the Climate and Energy Policy Program at Stanford University. the companies say
shutoffs are sometimes needed in order to keep communities safe as longer droughts and
more intense heat waves elevate fire risks in their service territories. Many are also changing settings on their power lines running through parched land so they shut down quickly
when branches hit them. that reduces the chances of sparks, but some customers have experienced dozens of outages within a span of a few months. — BLooMBERG NEWS

the spreading of the rally across equity markets into more than just a handful of stocks is
making room for more initial public offerings, according to Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s
global head of equity capital markets. “We have been in a pretty unique market,”
David Ludwig told Bloomberg News in an interview. the veteran dealmaker pointed to stiff competition for investors’ cash from high, risk-free interest rates, as well
as money managers “getting paid to own a small group of mega-cap technology
companies which are growing at scale, investing in AI and returning capital.” “that
made the bar to buy IPos for investors very high,” Ludwig said. Despite IPo volume so far this year falling short of what many were anticipating, Ludwig included, stops and starts in the flow of listings have masked a steadily improving picture
by other metrics. For example, the discount associated with IPos — a measure of how
new listings have been valued compared with their already-public peers — has shrank. It’s
down to roughly 15 percent from 25 percent, Ludwig said. — BLooMBERG NEWS

A team of economists has taken on a central component of the Inflation Reduction Act:
the $7,500 tax credit for US-made electric vehicles. the challenge in evaluating it is that
the policy has sometimes conflicting goals. one is getting people to buy electric vehicles
to lower carbon emissions and slow climate change. the other is strengthening US auto
manufacturing by denying subsidies to foreign companies, even for better or cheaper
electric vehicles. overall, the researchers found that Americans have seen a 2-to-1 return
on their investment in the new electric vehicle subsidies. Before the climate law, tax credits were mainly used to buy foreign-made cars. “What the IRA did was swing the pendulum the other way, and heavily subsidized American carmakers,” said Felix tintelnot, an
associate professor of economics at Duke University who was a coauthor of the paper.
those benefits were undermined, however, by a loophole allowing dealers to apply the
subsidy to leases of foreign-made electric vehicles. the provision sends profits to nonAmerican companies. the paper, which has not been peer-reviewed, was published Monday by the National Bureau of Economic Research. — NEW YoRK tIMES

Markets
Stocks fall, Treasury yields rise
Stocks slid Monday after treasury yields hit their highest levels
since the summer. Friday’s blowout report on US jobs growth
raised optimism about the economy, but also forced traders to
ratchet back forecasts for how much the Fed will cut interest
rates. that sent treasury yields higher. the 10-year treasury
yield rose to 4.02 percent, up from 3.97 percent Friday. the yield
on the two-year treasury rose to 3.99 percent from 3.92 percent
late Friday. oil prices also gained. Brent crude, the international
standard, rose 3.7 percent Monday to settle at $80.93 per barrel.
Benchmark US crude gained 3.7 percent, to $77.14 per barrel.

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subsequently assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. by Federal
National Mortgage Association by assignment recorded in
said Suffolk County Registry of Deeds at Book 46711, Page
61, subsequently assigned to Bana Preservation Corporation, successor by merger to Baybanks Mortgage Corporation by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. by assignment recorded in
said Suffolk County Registry of Deeds at Book 60405, Page
107, subsequently assigned to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. by
Bana Preservation Corporation, successor by merger to
Baybanks Mortgage Corporation by assignment recorded
in said Suffolk County Registry of Deeds at Book 55264,
Page 168, subsequently assigned to U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as
Trustee for LSF9 Master Participation Trust by Wells Fargo
Bank, N.A. by assignment recorded in said Suffolk County
Registry of Deeds at Book 59852, Page 340, subsequently
assigned to Citibank, N.A., as Trustee for CMLTI Asset Trust
by U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as nominee for LSF9 Master Participation Trust by assignment recorded in said Suffolk County
Registry of Deeds at Book 59852, Page 342, subsequently
assigned to Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2017-RP2 by Citibank, N.A., as Trustee for CMLTI Asset Trust by assignment
recorded in said Suffolk County Registry of Deeds at Book
59852, Page 344, subsequently assigned to Greenwich
Revolving Trust by Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB,
not in its individual capacity, but solely as Owner Trustee
by Citigroup Mortgage Loan Trust 2017-RP2 by assignment
recorded in said Suffolk County Registry of Deeds at Book
67263, Page 186, subsequently assigned to Wilmington
Savings Fund Society, FSB, not in its individual capacity but
solely as Owner Trustee of CIM 2021-NR4 by Greenwich
Revolving Trust by Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB,
not in its individual capacity, but solely as Owner Trustee
by assignment recorded in said Suffolk County Registry of
Deeds at Book 67891, Page 136, subsequently assigned to
U.S. Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity
but solely in its capacity as Indenture Trustee of CIM Trust
2021-NR4 by Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not in
its individual capacity but solely as Owner Trustee of CIM
2021-NR4 by assignment recorded in said Suffolk County
Registry of Deeds at Book 70124, Page 19 for breach of the
conditions of said Mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing same will be sold at Public Auction at 12:00 PM on October 22, 2024 at 13-15 Mattakeeset Street, Boston (Hyde
Park), MA, all and singular the premises described in said
Mortgage, to wit:
The land with the buildings thereon, situated in that part
of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and Commonwealth of
Massachusetts, formerly called Hyde park, being shown
as Lot #19 on a Plan of Holmﬁeld by George L. Richardson,
dated May 1894, recorded with Norfolk Deeds in Book 721,
Page 640, and bounded and described as follows: Suffolk
County Book 6171 Page 126
NORTHEASTERLY by Mattakeeset Street, ﬁfty (50) feet;
SOUTHEASTERLY by Lot #18 as shown on said plan, one
hundred one and 49/100 (101.49) feet;
SOUTHWESTERLY by lot #26 as shown on said plan, ﬁfty and
3/100 (50.03) feet;
NORTHWESTERLY by lot #20 as shown on said plan, ninetynine and 6/100 (99.06) feet;
Containing 5028 square feet of land according to said plan.
For my title reference see Deed recorded herewith.
The premises are to be sold subject to and with the beneﬁt
of all easements, restrictions, encroachments, building and
zoning laws, liens, unpaid taxes, tax titles, water bills, municipal liens and assessments, rights of tenants and parties
in possession, and attorney’s fees and costs.
TERMS OF SALE:
A deposit of TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AND 00 CENTS
($10,000.00) in the form of a certiﬁed check, bank treasurer’s check or money order will be required to be delivered at or before the time the bid is offered. The successful bidder will be required to execute a Foreclosure Sale
Agreement immediately after the close of the bidding. The
balance of the purchase price shall be paid within thirty (30)
days from the sale date in the form of a certiﬁed check,
bank treasurer’s check or other check satisfactory to Mortgagee’s attorney. The Mortgagee reserves the right to bid at
the sale, to reject any and all bids, to continue the sale and
to amend the terms of the sale by written or oral announcement made before or during the foreclosure sale. If the sale
is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall
be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the
Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. The description of
the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in
the event of an error in this publication. TIME WILL BE OF
THE ESSENCE.

LEGAL NOTICES

B o s t o n

LEGAL NOTICES

MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE
By virtue of and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in a certain mortgage given by Richard R. McLaughlin
and Maria L. McLaughlin to James B. Nutter & Company,
dated November 13, 2008 and recorded in Plymouth County Registry of Deeds in Book 36538, Page 264 (the “Mortgage”), which was thereafter conﬁrmed by a Conﬁrmatory Mortgage recorded at said Registry of Deeds in Book
36546, Page 147 of which mortgage GITSIT Solutions, LLC
is the present holder by Assignment from James B. Nutter
& Company to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems,
Inc., as designated nominee for Reverse Mortgage Funding
LLC dated March 1, 2018 and recorded at said Registry of
Deeds in Book 50018, Page 20, and Corrective Assignment
from James B. Nutter & Company to Mortgage Electronic
Registration Systems, Inc., as designated nominee for Reverse Mortgage Funding LLC dated October 21, 2020 and
recorded at said Registry of Deeds in Book 53682, Page
260, and Corrective Assignment from James B. Nutter &
Company to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.,
as designated nominee for Reverse Mortgage Funding LLC
dated November 24, 2020 and recorded at said Registry of
Deeds in Book 53882, Page 132, and Assignment from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as
nominee for Reverse Mortgage Funding LLC to Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development dated October 26, 2021
and recorded at said Registry of Deeds in Book 55973, Page
141, and Assignment from Secretary of Housing and Urban
Development to GITSIT Solutions, LLC dated January 26,
2024 and recorded at said Registry of Deeds in Book 58665,
Page 132, and Conﬁrmatory Assignment from Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development to GITSIT Solutions, LLC
dated May 6, 2024 and recorded at said Registry of Deeds
in Book 58891, Page 190, for breach of conditions of said
mortgage and for the purpose of foreclosing the same, the
mortgaged premises located at 50 Melanie Lane, Carver,
MA 02330 will be sold at a Public Auction at 3:00 PM on
October 15, 2024, at the mortgaged premises, more particularly described below, all and singular the premises described in said mortgage, to wit:
The following property in Carver, Plymouth County, together
with any and all improvements now or hereafter situated
thereon.
All of that certain parcel of land with the ﬁxtures and
buildings thereon, including but not limited to a Smart Buy
Model No. 2933, Serial No. T078536, 28’ x 52’ 1997 Marlette
Manufactured Home and furnishings therein situated at 50
Melanie Lane, Carver, Plymouth County, Massachusetts,
more particularly described as Lot 24 on a plan of land entitled, “Revised Lot Location Plan, Meadow Wood Estates,
Carver, Massachusetts, Shorey, Nims & Bartlett, Inc. Consulting Engineers & Land Surveyors, 128 Main Street, Unit
AA, Carver Square, Carver, MA Dated 5/3/95 Scale 1” = 50”
and recorded in Plymouth County Registry of Deeds in Plan
Book 38, Page 432. The Lot is a portion of approximately
25 acres of land located in Carver, Plymouth County, Mass.,
which is owned by Meadow Wood Estates Home Owners
Association, Inc. (Lessor) by virtue of a deed from W & G Development of Carver Limited Partnership dated September
30, 1994, and recorded with Plymouth County Registry of
Deeds in Book 13288, Page 339.
For mortgagors interest, see Notice of Lease, recorded with
Plymouth County Registry of Deeds, Book 36430, Page 176.
For mortgagor’s title see Notice of Lease recorded with
the Plymouth County Registry of Deeds in Book 36430, Page
176 and Corrected Notice of Lease recorded in Book 36644,
Page 68.
PROPERTY BEING SOLD IS LEASEHOLD PROPERTY ONLY,
SUBJECT TO DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, EASEMENTS
AND RESTRICTIONS RECORDED WITH THE PLYMOUTH
COUNTY REGISTRY IN BOOK 13288, PAGE 308 AS AFFECTED
BY FIRST AMENDMENT TO DECLARATION OF COVENANTS
EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS IN BOOK 13957, PAGE 64.
The premises will be sold subject to any and all unpaid taxes and other municipal assessments and liens, and
subject to prior liens or other enforceable encumbrances
of record entitled to precedence over this mortgage, and
subject to and with the beneﬁt of all easements, restrictions, reservations and conditions of record and subject to
all tenancies and/or rights of parties in possession.
Terms of the Sale: Cashier’s or certiﬁed check in the
sum of $5,000.00 as a deposit must be shown at the time
and place of the sale in order to qualify as a bidder (the
mortgage holder and its designee(s) are exempt from this
requirement); high bidder to sign written Memorandum of
Sale upon acceptance of bid; balance of purchase price
payable by certiﬁed check in thirty (30) days from the date
of the sale at the ofﬁces of mortgagee’s attorney, Korde &
Associates, P.C., 900 Chelmsford Street, Suite 3102, Lowell,
MA or such other time as may be designated by mortgagee.
The description for the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in the event of a typographical error in
this publication.
Other terms to be announced at the sale.
GITSIT Solutions, LLC
Korde & Associates, P.C.
900 Chelmsford Street
Suite 3102
Lowell, MA 01851
(978) 256-1500
McLaughlin, Estate of Richard R. and Maria L. McLaughlin,
24-044744

Other terms, if any, to be announced at the sale.
U.S. Bank National Association, not in its individual capacity
but solely in its capacity as Indenture Trustee of CIM Trust
2021-NR4
Present Holder of said Mortgage,
By Its Attorneys,
ORLANS PC
PO Box 540540
Waltham, MA 02454
Phone: <PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_PHONE_NUMBER>
21-002993

MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE
By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained in
a certain Mortgage given by Lee Johansson Jr to Wells Fargo
Bank, N.A., dated September 11, 2009 and recorded with
the Suffolk County Registry of Deeds at Book 45491, Page
22 as affected by a Loan Modiﬁcation recorded on December 8, 2016 in Said Registry of Deeds at Book 57235, Page
33 for breach of the conditions of said Mortgage and for the
purpose of foreclosing same will be sold at Public Auction
at 1:00 PM on October 15, 2024 at 44 King Street, Boston
(Dorchester), MA, all and singular the premises described in
said Mortgage, to wit:
A certain parcel of land situated in the Dorchester District
of Boston and being shown as Lot A1 on a Plan of Land
by Francis A. Cass, dated July 2, 1963, recorded in Suffolk
County Registry of Deeds, Book 7766 End, said parcel is
more particularly bounded and described as follows:
SOUTHERLY: by King Street, forty-six and 50/100 (46.50)
feet;
WESTERLY: by land of owners unknown, according to said
plan, one hundred thirty-ﬁve (135) feet;
NORTHERLY: by land of owners unknown, according to said
plan, forty-six and 50/100 (46.50) feet;
EASTERLY: by Lot B, according to said plan, one hundred
thirty-ﬁve (135) feet;
Containing 6,278 square feet of land according to said plan.
See Deed Recorded Book 39836 Page 110
The premises are to be sold subject to and with the beneﬁt
of all easements, restrictions, encroachments, building and
zoning laws, liens, unpaid taxes, tax titles, water bills, municipal liens and assessments, rights of tenants and parties
in possession, and attorney’s fees and costs.
TERMS OF SALE:
A deposit of TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AND 00 CENTS
($10,000.00) in the form of a certiﬁed check, bank treasurer’s check or money order will be required to be delivered at or before the time the bid is offered. The successful bidder will be required to execute a Foreclosure Sale
Agreement immediately after the close of the bidding. The
balance of the purchase price shall be paid within thirty (30)
days from the sale date in the form of a certiﬁed check,
bank treasurer’s check or other check satisfactory to Mortgagee’s attorney. The Mortgagee reserves the right to bid at
the sale, to reject any and all bids, to continue the sale and
to amend the terms of the sale by written or oral announcement made before or during the foreclosure sale. If the sale
is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall
be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the
Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. The description of
the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in
the event of an error in this publication. TIME WILL BE OF
THE ESSENCE.
Other terms, if any, to be announced at the sale.
Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.
Present Holder of said Mortgage,
By Its Attorneys,
ORLANS PC
PO Box 540540
Waltham, MA 02454
Phone: <PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_PHONE_NUMBER>
22-012757

NOTICE OF MORTGAGEE’S SALE OF REAL ESTATE
Premises: 24 Kensington Drive, Chelmsford, MA 01824
By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained
in a certain mortgage given by Jennifer Noonan and Timothy Collins to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems,
Inc., as Mortgagee, as nominee for 1-800-East-West Mortgage Company, Inc., and now held by Wilmington Trust,
National Association, not in its individual capacity, but
solely as Owner Trustee for BRAVO Residential Funding
Trust 2020-RPL2, said mortgage dated September 30, 2004
and recorded in the Middlesex County (Northern District)
Registry of Deeds in Book 17896, Page 59, said mortgage
was assigned from Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for 1-800-East-West Mortgage
Company, Inc. to Federal National Mortgage Association
by assignment dated July 2, 2015 and recorded with said
Registry of Deeds in Book 29223, Page 75; said mortgage
was assigned from Federal National Mortgage Association
to U.S. Bank Trust, N.A., as trustee for LSF9 Master Participation Trust by assignment dated December 15, 2016 and
recorded with said Registry of Deeds in Book 30809, Page
74; said mortgage was assigned from U.S. Bank Trust, N.A.,
as trustee for LSF9 Master Participation Trust to U.S. Bank
National Association, not in its individual capacity but solely
as trustee for the RMAC Trust, Series 2016-CTT by assignment dated February 20, 2019 and recorded with said
Registry of Deeds in Book 32785, Page 220; said mortgage
was assigned from U.S. Bank National Association, not in its
individual capacity, but solely as trustee for the RMAC Trust,
Series 2016-CTT to Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB,
not in its individual capacity, but solely as Trustee of BCAT
2020-23TT by assignment dated May 28, 2020 and recorded
with said Registry of Deeds in Book 34326, Page 116; said
mortgage was assigned from Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, not in its individual capacity, but solely as trustee
of BCAT 2020-23TT to UMB Bank, National Association, not
in its individual capacity, but solely as legal title trustee for
LVS Title Trust XIII by assignment dated August 6, 2020 and
recorded with said Registry of Deeds in Book 34580, Page
78; said mortgage was assigned from UMB Bank National
Association, not in its individual capacity, but solely as legal
title trustee ofLVS Title Trust XIII to Wilmington Trust, National Association, not in its individual capacity, but solely
as owner trustee for Bravo Residential Funding Trust 2020RPL2 by assignment dated April 26, 2021 and recorded with
said Registry of Deeds in Book 35952, Page 138; for breach
of the conditions in said mortgage and for the purpose of
foreclosing the same will be sold at Public Auction on October 29, 2024 at 03:00 PM Local Time upon the premises,
all and singular the premises described in said mortgage,
to wit:
The land with the buildings thereon situated in Chelmsford, Middlesex county, Massachusetts, being the premises numbered 24 on the present numbering of Kensington
Drive, being shown as Lot 37 on a plan entitled “Kensington
Manor, Plan of Land in Chelmsford, Mass., Owned by Roberts Homes, Inc., January 6, 1959 Joseph W. Moore, Inc., reg.
Land Surveyor,” recorded in Middlesex North District Deeds
in Book of Plans 91, Plan 23 and being more particularly
bounded and described as follows:
NORTHWESTERLY: by Kensington Drive in two courses as
shown on said plan, seventy-eight and 69/100 (78.69) feet
and forty-six and 31/100 (46.31) feet;
NORTHEASTERLY: by Lot 38 on said plan, one hundred
eighty-six and 69/100 (186.69) feet;
SOUTHEASTERLY: by land now or formerly of Thayer, one
hundred twenty- ﬁve (125) feet; and
SOUTHWESTERLY: by Lot 36 on said plan, one hundred,
ninety-three and 48/100 (193.48) feet.
Containing twenty-three thousand, three hundred and
eighty-eight (23,388) square feet of land according to said
plan.
Said premises are conveyed subject to and together with
casements, rights and restrictions of record so far as the
same are now in force and applicable.
Being the same premises conveyed to the herein named
mortgagor (s) by deed recorded with Middlesex North District Registry of Deeds herewith.
The description of the property contained in the mortgage shall control in the event of a typographical error in
this publication.

MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE
By virtue and in execution of the Power of Sale contained
in a certain Mortgage given by Antonio Toirac and Melanie
M. Toirac to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.,
as mortgagee, as nominee for Sovereign Bank, its successors and assigns, dated May 14, 2009 and recorded with the
Plymouth County Registry of Deeds at Book 37215, Page
27 as affected by a Loan Modiﬁcation recorded on January
31, 2020 in Said Registry of Deeds at Book 52294, Page 292
as affected by a Loan Modiﬁcation recorded on June 24,
2022 in Said Registry of Deeds at Book 56956, Page 81, subsequently assigned to Sovereign Bank N. A., its successors
and assigns by Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems,
Inc. (MERS) as nominee for Sovereign Bank N.A. formerly
known as Sovereign Bank by assignment recorded in said
Plymouth County Registry of Deeds at Book 43381, Page
98 for breach of the conditions of said Mortgage and for
the purpose of foreclosing same will be sold at Public Auction at 2:00 PM on October 22, 2024 at 6 Wheeler Avenue,
Scituate, MA, all and singular the premises described in said
Mortgage, to wit:
The land with the buildings thereon situated in Scituate,
Plymouth County, Massachusetts, being Lot 75 on “Plan B
Mann Hill Beach, Scituate, Mass., belonging to John McIntosh dated May 1924, Alfred Milhouse C.E.”, recorded with
Plymouth Deeds in Plan Book 3, Plan 664.
Subject to and with the beneﬁt of all rights, restrictions,
reservations, rights of way, reservations, easements and
encumbrances of record insofar as the same are in force
and applicable.
For title see deed recorded in Book 28091, Page 58.
The premises are to be sold subject to and with the beneﬁt
of all easements, restrictions, encroachments, building and
zoning laws, liens, unpaid taxes, tax titles, water bills, municipal liens and assessments, rights of tenants and parties
in possession, and attorney’s fees and costs.
TERMS OF SALE:
A deposit of TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS AND 00 CENTS
($10,000.00) in the form of a certiﬁed check, bank treasurer’s check or money order will be required to be delivered at or before the time the bid is offered. The successful bidder will be required to execute a Foreclosure Sale
Agreement immediately after the close of the bidding. The
balance of the purchase price shall be paid within thirty (30)
days from the sale date in the form of a certiﬁed check,
bank treasurer’s check or other check satisfactory to Mortgagee’s attorney. The Mortgagee reserves the right to bid at
the sale, to reject any and all bids, to continue the sale and
to amend the terms of the sale by written or oral announcement made before or during the foreclosure sale. If the sale
is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall
be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the
Mortgagee or the Mortgagee’s attorney. The description of
the premises contained in said mortgage shall control in
the event of an error in this publication. TIME WILL BE OF
THE ESSENCE.
Other terms, if any, to be announced at the sale.
Santander Bank, N.A. fka Sovereign Bank NA fka Sovereign
Bank
Present Holder of said Mortgage,
By Its Attorneys,
ORLANS PC
PO Box 540540
Waltham, MA 02454
Phone: <PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_PHONE_NUMBER>
24-004969

For Mortgagor’s Title see deed dated September 30, 2004
and recorded in the Middlesex County (Northern District)
Registry of Deeds in Book 17896, Page 57.
TERMS OF SALE: Said premises will be sold and conveyed
subject to all liens, encumbrances, unpaid taxes, tax titles,
municipal liens and assessments, if any, which take precedence over the said mortgage above described.
FIVE THOUSAND ($5,000.00) Dollars of the purchase price
must be paid in cash, certiﬁed check, bank treasurer’s or
cashier’s check at the time and place of the sale by the
purchaser. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid
in cash, certiﬁed check, bank treasurer’s or cashier’s check
within thirty (30) days after the date of sale.
Other terms to be announced at the sale.
Brock & Scott, PLLC
23 Messenger Street
2nd Floor
Plainville, MA 02762
Attorney for Wilmington Trust, National
Association, not in its individual capacity, but
solely as Owner Trustee for BRAVO Residential
Funding Trust 2020-RPL2
Present Holder of the Mortgage
(401) 217-8701

Public Notice
Relative to Zoning
City of Cambridge, Massachusetts
Ofﬁce of the City Clerk
The Ordinance Committee, comprised of the entire membership of the City Council, will hold a public hearing on
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 at 3:00p.m., on a Zoning Petition by the City of Cambridge Board of Zoning Appeal to
amend the Cambridge Zoning Ordinance in Articles 2.000
and 8.000 with the intent to add a deﬁnition of “dormer”
to Article 2.000 and to amend the requirements related
to adding dormers to nonconforming one- and two-family
dwellings in Section 8.22.1.h.2 in order to allow certain
dormer(s) construction as-of-right.
This public hearing will be hybrid allowing participation
in the Sullivan Chamber, City Hall, 795 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA and remotely via ZOOM. The ZOOM
URL to view the meeting is https://cambridgema.zoom.
us/s/97895847144. If you would like to speak at this
Public Hearing, please register to do so using this URL:
https://www.cambridgema.gov/Departments/CityCouncil/
PublicCommentSignUpForm. You may also email comments to the City Clerk at <PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_EMAIL_ADDRESS>.
To request a copy of the amendment in full, e-mail City
Clerk, Diane LeBlanc at <PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_EMAIL_ADDRESS>.
Copies are also available at the Ofﬁce of the City Clerk,
City Hall, Cambridge, Massachusetts, and online at www.
cambridgema.gov/cdd/zoninganddevelopment/zoning/
amendments.
The City of Cambridge will provide reasonable accommodations to people with disabilities upon request. Please
contact the City Clerk at 617-349-4260 or at DLeBlanc@
Cambridgema.gov.
For the Committee,
Vice Mayor Marc McGovern, Co-Chair
Councillor Paul Toner, Co-Chair

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Beth O’Neill Maloney of the
Kendall Square Association,
and the Massachusetts Business Roundtable’s JD Chesloff
— lead groups whose members
are increasingly seeing housing
as their number one concern.
“Many companies are finding
it very hard to grow here,” said
Eastern Bank’s Bob Rivers, another cochair. “they’re increasingly [expanding] elsewhere because those labor markets are
more vibrant, because their
housing is more affordable.”
CHAPA’s campaign aims to
get prohousing talking points
and materials to supportive residents and businesspeople, while
working with Governor Maura
Healey’s advocacy nonprofit,
One Commonwealth, and other
like-minded organizations to
raise and direct funds for these
efforts. Heller hopes the cochairs can persuade their business contacts and employees to
get involved, too.
nonprofit leaders on board
include Betty Francisco of Boston Impact Initiative, Gladys
Vega at La Colaborativa, and
Mike Kennealy at Boys & Girls
Clubs of Boston. (Kennealy
played a critical role in implementing the 2021 MBtA Communities law as economic development secretary for then-governor Charlie Baker.)
“We’re leveraging our own
networks and influence to help
advocate across different kinds
of communities to make this a
priority,” francisco said. “I don’t
think the everyday person appreciates how dire this issue is.”

Cam Neely gets deal
done with DraftKings

the signing of a new contract
with Boston Bruins goalie Jeremy Swayman isn’t the only new
deal that Bruins president Cam
Neely is celebrating right now.
neely also has lined up Boston sports betting operator
DraftKings as the title sponsor
for his annual “Comics Come
Home” fund-raiser on nov. 2 at

the td Garden to raise money
for the Cam Neely Foundation,
which helps cancer patients and
their families. neely said the
deal came about out on the links
this summer, while he played
golf with draftKings cofounders
Jason Robins, Matthew Kalish,
and Paul Liberman. He didn’t
disclose how much the company
is donating.
neely is still hoping to sell
out Comics Come Home, which
will again be hosted by friend
Denis Leary, and to raise another $1 million for the foundation.
the lineup this year includes
stars with local roots, Lenny
Clarke and Bill Burr, among other comedians. An estimated
14,000 fans will attend.
“It’s just a great collaboration
with draftKings,” neely said.
“they’re getting themselves in
front of a big audience. they’re
[also] just great guys to begin
with, and that’s always a bonus.”

Redstone legacy
honored on NYC
corner

Media mogul Sumner Redstone grew up in Boston but he
made it big in new York. So it’s
only fitting that Redstone, who
died in 2020 at the age of 97,
would get a stretch of road
named after him in times
Square.
last week, Redstone family
members and employees of Paramount Global, the company
that Redstone built, and the
Redstone Family Foundation
gathered to unveil “Sumner
Redstone Way” at the corner of
West 44th Street and Seventh
Avenue. Representatives from
National Amusements Inc., the
norwood-based cinema chain
that has doubled as the holding
company for the family’s controlling interest in Paramount,
also attended.
the new York City Council
approved the street naming in
late 2021, but the area had
largely been covered by scaffolding until now. daughter Shari
Redstone, who recently inked a
deal to sell Paramount to Sky-

dance Media, was front and
center at the celebration. “I
think my dad would be very,
very happy,” she said.

Lynch builds up
blue-collar credibility

Congressman Steve Lynch
told the New England Council
last Wednesday that he worried
about the consequences of a
prolonged East Coast dockworkers’ strike. fortunately, the International Longshoremen’s
Association reached a tentative
deal with their employers less
than 48 hours later and got back
to work.
Speaking while the strike
was still ongoing, lynch talked
about how he just met with
longshoremen on the picket line
at the Conley terminal, in his
neighborhood of South Boston.
lynch, a former union ironworker, said that an extended
strike would wreck havoc on the
country’s supply chain and drive
up inflation, potentially jeopardizing Vice President Kamala
Harris’ chances in the presidential election.
“Yesterday, . . . the cars going
by were all beeping support for
the workers,” lynch said. “But
you know, if you’re paying eight
bucks for a gallon of milk, . . . it’s
not going to be the thumb that
goes [up] as they go by, it might
be another finger.”
later, lynch joked about another blue-collar employer in
Southie — Gillette, which will
soon move blade manufacturing
operations to Andover — when
council president Jim Brett needled the usually clean shaven
lynch about his beard.
“Mike Prentiss is here from
P&G Gillette,” Brett said. “He’s
wondering if you’re boycotting
their products.”
that prompted lynch to
deadpan: “Gillette moved their
razor blade production facility
out of South Boston and I have
not shaved since.”
Jon Chesto can be reached at
<PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_EMAIL_ADDRESS>. Follow
him @jonchesto.

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the attorney general with enforcement. But Campbell’s office
and some legal experts have argued that the attorney general,
as the state’s chief law enforcement officer, has the authority to
enforce laws unless the legislature specifically indicates otherwise, especially when it comes to
issues that are a matter of the
public good, like the housing crisis. the law, they have said, says
communities “shall” draft compliant zoning.
Assistant Attorney General
Eric Haskell, who appeared for
the state on Monday, said the
legislature clearly has authority
to write the laws and create a legal mandate for the new zoning.
“the legislature ordinarily
i n t e n d s i t s m a n d at e s t o b e
obeyed,” said Haskell. “It has expressly assigned enforcement of
state laws to the attorney general.”
Milton’s attorneys have zeroed in on a section of the legislation that outlines several grant
funds that the state can withhold from communities that
don’ t follow the law. losing
those funds, the attorneys argue,
is the legislature’s intended
punishment for noncompliance,
with no further consequences.
“We know that they’re laser
focused on what the remedy
should be, because originally the
statute provided for three sources of grant funding to be withheld if you weren’t in compliance,” Kevin Martin, an attorney
at the law firm Goodwin Proctor
that is representing Milton told
the court Monday. “the legislature went back a couple of years
later and increased that to four.
they’re focused on this issue,
and they’ve decided that weighing all of the different values that
are at stake here, that’s the appropriate remedy. If they wanted
to provide for something more
they could’ve.”
the funds — which include
several infrastructure grant programs — are fairly insignificant;
Many towns haven’t received
large awards from them in years.
Justice Scott Kafker questioned

lAnE tuRnER/GloBE StAff

Milton allowed the construction of a luxury condo adjacent
to the Mattapan Trolley stop at Central Station.
if withholding those grants is an
adequate enforcement mechanism.
“this is a significant piece of
legislation,” said Kafker. “We’re
dealing with one of the biggest
problems in Massachusetts, and
the legislature’s only remedy — if
you don’t combine with their
‘shall’ language — is three minor
grant programs that most towns
haven’t gotten money on.”
the other question the justices focused in on Monday was
whether or not the zoning guidelines developed by the state
housing department were developed legally and are enforceable.
the MBtA Communities legislation is brief — only three paragraphs long — and vague, and
the housing department’s guidelines inform where each town’s
zoning district should be and
how many units it should allow.
Milton’s lawyers argued Monday that the guidelines have significantly shaped what the law
actually means for different
communities, and serve more
like regulations — which state
statute defines as a formal set of
rules that must undergo a formal public hearing process. the
MBtA Communities guidelines
did not, though the state did solicit feedback from cities and
towns. Milton’s lawyers argued
that the MBtA Communities
guidelines go beyond the traditional reach of guidelines, and
should be thrown out. Some of
the justices indulged their argument.
“the point at which Milton,
in your view, violated the statute
was when it didn’t enact a zoning plan by a certain date,” Justice Gabrielle Wolohojian said to
Campbell’s office. “But if the certain date only comes from the
guidelines and the guidelines

need to be done over, then what
is there to enforce against Milton?”
now, both sides will wait for
a ruling. the justices could take
anywhere from a few weeks to a
few months to issue a decision.
Meanwhile, dozens more
communities across Eastern
Massachusetts are set to vote
this fall on MBtA Communities
plans of their own. Most cities
and towns served by the Commuter Rail face a year-end deadline to write their plans — about
75 have already done so — and
some of those are watching the
Milton lawsuit with keen interest.
dissent against the law is
brewing in pockets, and in some
places has overtaken the zoning
process. And Campbell, in a
news conference before Monday’s hearing, made clear that
while she does “not make the decision to sue a municipality
lightly,” towns that do not meet
their deadlines to draft MBtA
zoning plans should expect to
face consequences. the housing
crisis, she said, has become the
state’s most pressing issue, and
no one “should be able to pick
and choose which laws they
want to comply with,” she said.
“our argument is very simple: When the statute says that
covered communities ‘shall’ create a compliant zone, ‘shall’
means ‘shall,’” she said. “We’d
much rather collaborate with
the community than take them
to court ... but when a choice is
made to break the law, my office
will be ready to meet our obligation to enforce it.”
Andrew Brinker can be reached
at <PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_EMAIL_ADDRESS>.
Travis Andersen can be reached
at <PRESIDIO_ANONYMIZED_EMAIL_ADDRESS>.

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ZITS by Jerry Scott & Jim Borgman

CRABGRASS by Tauhid Bondia

PLUGGERS by Rick McKee

DOONESBURY by Garry Trudeau

DUSTIN by Steve Kelley & Jeff Parker

RED & ROVER by Brian Basset

ARCTIC CIRCLE by Alex Hallatt

FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE by Lynn Johnston

CURTIS by Ray Billingsley

RHYMES WITH ORANGE by Hilary Price

ARLO & JANIS by Jimmy Johnson

UNIVERSAL CROSSWORD PUZZLE
TWIST OF FATE BY SHMUEL SCHMELL | EDITED BY TAYLOR JOHNSON
ACROSS

1 Elite NFL player
7 Recedes
11 Some laptops
14 American fashion
designer Ralph
15 “___ & Stitch” (2002
animated film)
16 Turning point for a
ballerina
17 NPR music
performance video
(In this clue’s answer,
unscramble letters 1-7)
20 www.aarp.___
21 “I’m not a fan of
this!”
22 Squashes and
pumpkins
23 Certain bottles of
liquor
26 Degrees held by many
CEOs
27 What a Wisconsinite
might call a bubbler
(... letters 4-10)
31 Felt sore
32 West of Old
Hollywood
33 Mausoleum, e.g.
36 Singer Carly ___
Jepsen
37 Dove, as an eagle
41 Game cube?
42 Fishing platform
44 Hockey legend Bobby
45 Wear away
47 Classic cocktails
made with vermouth
(... letters 4-8)
51 New Zealand bird or
fruit

52 Imposed, as a tax
53 Royal residence
55 Corner key
56 “Aladdin” monkey
59 Publisher of Strands
and Connections
(... letters 10-15)
63 Cunning
64 Tiger’s call
65 Antiseptic element
66 Anonymous last
name
67 Terrier type
68 Swapped

DOWN

1 Voice above tenor
2 Dragon’s den
3 Breathing organ
4 Ask too much
5 Cardinals’ nickname
6 Unrepeated event
7 Yellowstone grazer
8 Pen brand
9 Digital journal
10 California wine
region
11 Certain extinct flying
reptile
12 Pulled parachute
parts
13 Hardens
18 “___ speak” (“In a
way”)
19 Biblical unit of length
23 Service charge
24 “Just play along,
please”
25 Kind of decision
27 Distort
28 Brazilian berry
29 Menacing stare

30 Casual shirt
34 Longish skirt
35 Apiary insects
38 Stir-fry pan
39 Spoken
40 Word after “lie” or
“smoke”
43 Atkinson of “Mr. Bean”
46 Clear (of)

48 Tools for chopping
onions
49 Assert
50 Take a chance
51 Mexican artist Frida
53 Combat vet’s
affliction
54 Furry creature in
“Return of the Jedi”

56 Surrounded by
57 Nota ___
58 Secondhand
60 “Woo-hoo!”
61 62-Down
neighbor
62 State home to a
potato museum:
Abbr.

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G l o b e

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SudOku

Boston’s forecast
TODAY
6 A.M.

WEDNESDAY
NOON

6 P.M.

6 A.M.

HIGH Partly sunny. Winds
65-70 WNW 8-16 mph.
LOW Partly cloudy tonight.
47-52 Winds W 7-14 mph.

HIGH
61-66
LOW
45-50

NOON

THURSDAY
6 P.M.

6 A.M.

Mostly sunny. Winds
W 7-14 mph. Partly
cloudy at night. Winds
WNW 8-16 mph.

SATURDAY

FRIDAY
NOON

6 P.M.

6 A.M.

Mostly sunny; breezy
in the afternoon.
Winds NW 10-20
mph. Clear at night.
Winds WNW 8-16 mph.

HIGH
59-64
LOW
47-52

New England forecast

HIGH
63-68
LOW
52-57

NOON

6 A.M.

Almanac

Moderate

Low

Absent

N.A.

Eastern Massachusetts air quality

Mount Washington (5 p.m. yesterday)

Weather
Drizzle
Visibility
0 miles
Wind
west-northwest at 15 m.p.h.
High/low temperature
40/35
Snow depth at 5 p.m.
0.0”

24 Hr. Precipitation

HIGH
71-76
LOW
48-53

Yesterday’s mold and spore rating.
GOOD

40

MOD.

50

UNHEALTHY

100

150

HAZARDOUS

200

300

For more information on today’s conditions, call the
state hotline at (800) 882-1497 or Massachusetts
Department of Environmental Protection web site
www.state.ma.us/DEP
(valid at 5 p.m. yesterday)

Month to date
0.40”
Norm. month to date 0.89”

Year to date
35.87”
Norm. year to date 32.62”

Climate data are compiled from National Weather Service records and are subject to change or correction.

Forecasts and
graphics provided by
AccuWeather, Inc.
©2024

Temperatures are
today’s highs and
tonight’s lows.

Cities

Tides

A.M.

P.M.

High tides

A.M.

P.M.

High tides

A.M.

P.M.

Boston high
Height

3:22
8.4

3:27
9.5

Gloucester
Marblehead

3:15
3:22

3:21
3:27

Hyannis Port
Chatham

4:42
4:10

4:32
4:08

Boston low
Height

9:19
2.0

9:57
1.2

Lynn
Scituate

3:25
3:21

3:29
3:29

Wellfleet
Provincetown

3:36
3:31

3:41
3:38

3:44

3:07

Plymouth
Cape Cod

3:31

Old Orchard ME 3:04
Hampton

Nantucket
Harbor

4:38

4:28

3:08

3:17

Beach NH
Plum Island

3:18
3:37

3:21
3:47

Canal East
Cape Cod

Oak Bluffs
New Bedford

3:33 3:51
--- 12:20
11:52

3:09

3:12

2:02
3:06

Newport RI

Ipswich

Canal West
Falmouth

High tides

---

3:11

New England marine forecast

 Small craft advisory
 Gale warning  Storm warning

Boston Harbor

Wind

Wind
W 7-14 kts.

Seas
2-3 ft.

Temp
68/50

Martha’s
Vineyard

W 7-14 kts.

2-3 ft.

66/49

Cod Canal

W 8-16 kts.

1-3 ft.

66/48

Nantucket

W 8-16 kts.

2-4 ft.

65/53

Buzzards Bay

W 6-12 kts.

1-3 ft.

67/47

Provincetown

NW 8-16 kts.

2-3 ft.

65/53

East Cape

Seas

Temp

For current Charles River Basin water quality, call (781) 788-0007 or go to http://www.charlesriver.org.

Forecast high and low temperatures and conditions

 Travel delays possible, C Clouds, F Fog, H Haze, I Ice, Pc Partly Cloudy, R Rain, Sh Showers, S Sun, Sn Snow, Fl Flurries, T Thunderstorms, W Windy
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Charlotte
Chicago
Dallas
Denver
Detroit
 Fort Myers

Today

80/60 S
71/47 S
76/54 S
74/49 S
86/63 S
84/53 Pc
67/42 S
82/75 T

Tomorrow
79/58
71/45
75/55
73/52
88/65
84/55
64/43
84/78

S
S
S
S
S
S
S
R

Los Angeles
 Miami
New Orleans
New York City
Philadelphia
 Phoenix
Salt Lake City
 San Francisco

Today

85/61 Pc
86/78 T
85/67 S
68/53 S
70/51 S
108/80 Pc
81/58 Pc
72/56 S

Tomorrow
85/60 S
88/78 R
86/67 S
65/50 S
70/51 S
106/76 Pc
86/61 S
70/55 Pc

HOROSCOPE
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for tuesday,
oct. 8, 2024:
You’re imaginative, creative, and
full of original ideas! You’re also
intelligent and insightful. this
year you can reap the benefits of
your hard work. Expect increased
power. You will be acknowledged,
perhaps with awards, kudos, or
promotions. Bravo!
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
this is a fabulous day to schmooze
with others. People are optimistic
and upbeat. discussions with
partners and friends will be productive and mutually encouraging. Enjoy! tonight: Confusion?
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
this is a fun day for you. You will
charm others, not only casually
but flirtatiously as well. Without
doing anything special, you will
be attractive and alluring! In addition to which, discussions about
your job or your health will be vigorous and positive. It’s a winning
day! tonight: Check your finances.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
A work-related romance might begin today. Certainly, many of you
will have either a casual or intense

ZIPPY “Mental Hygiene” by Bill Griffith

flirtation related to your job, your
health, or a pet. (Maybe a subtle
innuendo with a fellow dog owner.) tonight: Be discerning.
CANCER (June 21-July 22)
‘‘Be still my beating heart.’’ this is
a romantic day for you. However,
it’s also a wonderful day to enjoy
social activities, luncheons, dinner
with a friend, sports events, or
any fun, entertaining diversion.
Meanwhile, plans for home improvements are ambitious. tonight: double-check details.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
this is a wonderful day for those
of you in sales, marketing, teaching, acting, or writing, because all
your communications with others
will be upbeat, positive, and full of
optimism. You’re entertaining big
ideas and your enthusiasm is contagious. tonight: disappointment?
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
this is a flirtatious day for almost
everyone. However, for your sign,
a platonic relationship might turn
romantic. Something will catch
you off guard, and it will be exciting. Meanwhile, financial plans
look promising. tonight: Be clear.
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

 Seattle
Washington
Beijing
 Cancun
Mexico City
Montreal
 Toronto
 Vancouver

Today

64/51 Sh
71/53 S
75/50 S
87/76 R
71/51 C
57/43 Pc
60/42 Pc
62/49 R

Tomorrow
61/48
72/53
72/49
89/72
73/46
56/43
55/40
59/47

Sh
S
Pc
C
C
Sh
Pc
R

this is a great day to make plans
for the future or to create organizational systems. You will also be
interested in intellectual activities
and anything that requires mental
effort. All business and commercial activity will go well today because you are sharp and on top of
things. tonight: daydreams.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
Romance with someone different
or from another culture might
blossom today. You are definitely
attracted not only to different people but also different experiences
today. You want to do something
to expand your horizons. Basically, you feel confident and optimistic. Good stuff. tonight: Check
your money.
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
You are well favored for a second
day in a row because the moon is
still in your sign. Meanwhile, secret romances are taking place for
many of you. (My lips are sealed.)
Group activities and interactions
with friends will be upbeat and
positive. Working with others will
be successful. tonight: Assume
nothing.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
A flirtation with a friend might
surprise you today. In fact, a casual friendship could turn romantic.

 Jerusalem
 London
 Moscow
 Paris
 Rome
San Juan
 Stockholm
 Tokyo

Today

81/62 S
64/54 T
57/41 R
66/56 Pc
73/65 T
93/80 Sh
55/48 R
74/62 R

Tomorrow
82/62 S
61/48 Sh
44/35 C
61/53 R
76/67 C
93/79 Pc
54/49 R
68/62 T

this might take place with a
friend you know or a member of a
group. Meanwhile, discussions
with bosses, parents, and authority figures will be successful.
they’re impressed with your big
ideas and positive thinking. tonight: Escapist fantasies.
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
A flirtation or an attraction with a
boss or someone in a position of
authority might take place today.
Meanwhile, this is a wonderful
day to learn and study. discussions about legal matters or anything related to publishing, medicine, or higher education will be
successful, because you’re not
afraid to think big. tonight: Clarification.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Romance with someone different,
perhaps from another culture,
might begin for some today. others might have an opportunity to
travel for pleasure. Financial discussions, especially about an inheritance or dividing something,
will go well. these discussions will
favor home and real estate. Looking swell! tonight: double-check
all details.
(c) 2024 by King Features Syndicate Inc.

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6 P.M.

Allergies
Source: Asthma & Allergy Affiliates, Inc.
Trees
Weeds Grass
Mold

61°/53°
6:49 a.m.
6:13 p.m.
12:50 p.m.

Yesterday
0.40”
Precip days in October
3

NOON

Mostly sunny and
warm; breezy in the
afternoon. Winds W
10-20 mph. Clear at
night. Winds W 8-16 mph.

Sunshine. Winds WNW
8-16 mph. Partly
cloudy at night. Winds
WSW 7-14 mph.

Yesterday’s high/low
Sunrise
Sunset
Moonrise

TODAY: A mix of clouds and sunshine with showers over
Maine. A few showers will also occur across northern New
England.
TOMORROW: Mostly cloudy and cool into the
nighttime hours with a few showers scattered
across New England.
EXTENDED: Cool Thursday with some
sunshine across the south. Partly to mostly
cloudy across the north Thursday with a
few showers.

6 P.M.

Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every
3X3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. Puzzle difficulty levels: Easy on Monday and Tuesday, more difficult on Wednesday
and Thursday, most difficult on Friday and Saturday. Tips and
computer program at www.sudoku.com.

DAILY BRIDGE CLUB
BY FRANK STEWART
South dealer — Neither side vulnerable
North
♠ 65
♥ KQ985
♦ A873
♣ 92
West
♠ AK2
♥ 10 2
♦ K 10 9 5 4
♣ AK3

East
♠ 93
♥ J7643
♦ J2
♣ J765
South
♠ Q J 10 8 7 4
♥ A
♦ Q6
♣ Q 10 8 4

South
1♠
2♠

West
North
East
1 NT
Pass
2♦
Pass
3 ♠(!)
All Pass
Opening lead — ♣ K

The ACBL’s thrice-yearly “North American” Championships
attract players from all over the world. In a deal (reported
by Barry Rigal) from a match in the Spingold Teams, the
main event at this year’s Summer NABC, West was Jerzy
Romanowski of France. His opponents were from England.
When South opened one spade, Romanowski had a solid
1NT overcall. North passed though he might have risked a
penalty double. East’s two diamonds was a transfer to hearts.
Then South rebid two spades despite his subminimum in high
cards, and North’s raise to three placed more faith in his partner’s bidding than was warranted.
West led a high club, winning. What would you have led next?
Romanowski shifted to the king of diamonds. On the bidding, he was sure that declarer had the singleton ace of hearts,
so it was vital to kill dummy’s entry to the high hearts before
declarer could unblock. Against that defense, South had to lose
five tricks.
Romanowski’s play was a “Merrimac coup,” the sacrifice of a
high card to ruin declarer’s communications.
DAILY QUESTION You hold: ♠ A K 2 ♥ 10 2 ♦ K 10 9 5 4
♣ A K 3. The dealer, at your right, opens one heart. You
double, your partner responds (“advances”) one spade, you bid
two diamonds and partner bids two spades. What do you say?
ANSWER: Your double followed by a bid of two diamonds
promised a hand worth at least 17 points. (With less strength
and a diamond suit, you would have overcalled instead.) Pass.
Your partner has long spades but promises no points. With Q J
9 6 4, 7 6 5, A 2, 5 4 2, he could have jumped to three spades
at his second turn.

ADAM@HOME by Rob Harrell

ROSE IS ROSE by Pat Brady & Don Wimmer

Today’s Sudoku Solution

4 7 6 3 8 5 2 1 9
9 1 3 7 6 2 4 8 5
2 5 8 9 4 1 7 6 3
7 8 5 6 2 4 9 3 1
1 9 4 5 3 8 6 7 2
3 6 2 1 7 9 5 4 8
5 4 9 8 1 6 3 2 7
8 2 7 4 9 3 1 5 6
6 3 1 2 5 7 8 9 4

MOTHER GOOSE & GRIMM by Mike Peters

Today’s Crossword Solution

BIZARRO by Wayno & Piraro