Letter: 'Submitting a rental assistance application is like sending it into a black hole'
First, in Massachusetts, there is a law against income source discrimination which prevents any landlord or corporation from refusing to accept a rental subsidy. Next, one must apply for a rental subsidy such as the Section-8 (federal) or the MRVP-mobile (Massachusetts Rental Voucher Program - Mobile.) One can receive "local preference" from a local housing authority in your city or town, providing the authority has taken up its dual role: administrating local public housing and administrating local rental subsidies. One can apply for section-8 on a centralized list where other applicants are subjectively put ahead of you, making the wait twenty-plus years. According to Lawyers for Civil Rights in Boston, "Here in Massachusetts, submitting a rental assistance application is like sending it into a black hole..."Ann KarnofskyHopkinton
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October 08, 2021 12:56 UTC
Texas GOP sends bill barring trans athletes from sports teams to full House for vote
Ahead of Wednesday’s hearing, several LGBTQ and allied groups rallied outside the Texas State Capitol to protest the proposed bill. Participating organizations included the Human Rights Campaign, the Transgender Education Network of Texas, Equality Texas, ACLU of Texas, Texas Freedom Network, and Lambda Legal. “The Texas Legislature’s persistence in pursuing legislation that harms transgender youth reveals their perverse priorities,” Human Rights Campaign Texas State Director Rebecca Marques said in a statement. Nearly 4,000 of those “crisis contacts” were transgender youth. A bill in Idaho barring transgender students from competing in women’s sports was blocked by a federal judge last year.
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October 08, 2021 11:48 UTC
TSMC and Sony considering joint chip factory, Japan gov’t to help -Nikkei
TOKYO (Reuters) – Taiwan’s TSMC and Japan’s Sony Group Corp are considering jointly building a chip factory in Japan, with the government ready to pay for some of the investment of about 800 billion yen ($7.15 billion), the Nikkei reported on Friday. Both Sony and TSMC declined to comment, while Denso was not immediately available to comment. TSMC, the world’s largest contract chipmaker and major Apple Inc supplier had said in July that it was reviewing a plan to set up production in Japan. TSMC has been concerned about the the concentration of chipmaking capability in Taiwan, which produces the majority of the world’s most advanced chips. Japanese officials are also worried about the supply chain stability of its industries, with a global chip shortage forcing automakers to cut production.
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October 08, 2021 11:00 UTC
Evergrande creditors fear imminent default as concerns shake sector
[nL8N2QP1H5]A group of bondholders have enlisted investment bank Moelis & Co and law firm Kirkland & Ellis to advise them. “We all feel that an imminent default on the offshore bonds is or will occur in a short period of time,” Grisel said on a call with bondholders on Friday. Trading in its Evergrande Property Services Group unit was also halted. China’s state-backed Global Times https://www.reuters.com/business/china-evergrande-share-trading-halted-hong-kong-2021-10-04 said Hopson Development was to acquire a 51% stake in Evergrande Property for more than HK$40 billion ($5.1 billion), citing other media reports. The advisers for offshore Evergrande bondholders had reached the developer on Sept. 16, but had not received any assurance from the developer, demanding more transparency.
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October 08, 2021 05:10 UTC
Lincoln-Sudbury football wins without most fans in the stands following fireworks incident
Attendance at the Lincoln-Sudbury football game on Thursday was limited. “We didn’t have the big crowd that we usually have,” L-S senior captain Nolan O’Brien said. “So for the most part we really just had each other.”Why couldn’t students and other fans attend the football game on Thursday? In the final quarter of L-S’s football game against visiting Fitchburg last Friday, someone set off a rogue firework display behind the visitor’s bench. “We'll be able to share new rules next week in time for the next home games.”“It will be great to have a normal week next week,” O’Connell said.
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October 08, 2021 03:45 UTC
WATCH: Lincoln-Sudbury football beats rival without most of its fans in the stands
WATCH: Lincoln-Sudbury football beats rival without most of its fans in the standsAfter a fireworks incident on campus forced Lincoln-Sudbury to limited the amount of fans for Thursday's football game, the Warriors went on to beat A-B.
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October 08, 2021 03:45 UTC
Tennis-Murray reunited with wedding ring, stinky shoes
(Reuters) – Andy Murray was “back in the good books” with his wife on Thursday after his wedding ring and stinky shoes were returned to him. Murray said on Twitter that his shoes reeked so badly in his car that he decided to leave them under the vehicle outside his hotel in California overnight to air them out. Murray, who married Kim Sears in 2015, said in a video posted on Instagram that the ring had been returned after he made calls to hotel security. “They still absolutely stink but the shoes are back, the wedding ring is back, and I’m back in the good books.”Three-time Grand Slam champion Murray faces France’s Adrian Mannarino in the first round of the Indian Wells tournament in Southern California on Friday. (This story refiles to remove extraneous word in first paragraph)(Reporting by Rory Carroll in Los Angeles; Editing by Peter Rutherford)
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October 08, 2021 01:30 UTC
Fantastic Five high school players from Wednesday, October 6
Senior captain and right side Sophia Piekarski had two kills, two aces, two assists and three digs, while sophomore setter Kate Julian posted 19 assists, two aces and a dig. Brennan Jones, Blackstone Valley TechJones scored three goals as the BVT boys soccer team (9-0-1, 6-0-1 CAL) defeated Keefe Tech, 5-2, to clinch the Colonial Athletic League (Large School). Girls SoccerAMSA 5, Assabet 0: Junior Nina Francois-Saint-Cyr scored two unassisted goals as AMSA (6-4, 6-1 Colonial Athletic League) blanked Assabet. Field HockeyASHLAND 2, MEDWAY 2: Sophomore Ayla Hallock scored the tying goal on a stroke with no time remaining as Ashland (5-3-1, 2-2-1 TVL) tied Tri-Valley League foe Medway. For the Clockers, junior outside hitter Taylor Simpson had seven kills, junior setter/opposite Cici Labbe had six kills) and junior outside hitter Cassie Marrella had five kills.
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October 07, 2021 20:48 UTC
Area police departments are going pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
The pink patches that many area police departments are wearing are not a brand-new fashion choice, but a way to raise awareness for breast cancer. Police departments throughout MetroWest and Greater Milford are taking part in the Pink Patch Project for October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness month. Since then, the annual movement has raised more than $1 million nationwide for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. “This year we chose the National Breast Cancer Foundation Inc. as our charity,” said Hudson Police Chief Richard DiPersio, in a press release. Pink patches and pink coins will also be for sale.
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October 07, 2021 16:39 UTC
Bicyclist flown to hospital after collision with car on Glen Road in Wayland
WAYLAND — A bicyclist was flown to a Boston hospital Thursday morning after a collision with a car on Glen Road, police said. The woman’s condition was not known, but the injuries did not appear to be serious, acting Police Chief Sean Gibbon said. At about 8 a.m., she came to the crossing on Glen Road when she appeared to ride her bike into the side of a vehicle. “She hit the car and landed on top of the windshield,” Gibbons said. The driver of the car was uninjured but shaken up, Gibbons said.
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October 07, 2021 16:07 UTC
'Fired up': Audit says Framingham schools fall short in Title IX compliance
FRAMINGHAM — School Committee Chairman Adam Freudberg called an external audit that delved into the district's treatment of female student-athletes “scathing.”"I'm really fired up right now. During a committee meeting on Wednesday night, school officials dove into a 56-page audit conducted by TNG: High School Title IX Consulting Services. Spear said he felt the Title IX investigation process was designed for colleges. Conduct a yearly Title IX review, which will include a survey on student athletics participation, staff training around Title IX compliance. The district has already hired Saundra Edwards as the new manager of diversity and inclusion with oversight of Title IX compliance.
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October 07, 2021 15:50 UTC
Red Hot Chili Peppers are coming to Detroit next year with the Strokes and Thundercat, you know, as a treat
click to enlarge Photo by Clara BelzaryRHCP — with John Frusciante — are headed to Detroit with the Strokes and Thundercat in 2022. "The 32-city tour in support of their forthcoming album kicks off next June in Spain and will visit Detroit's Comerica Park on Sunday, Aug. 14. For the Detroit date, though, we'll be treated to performances by indie rock pioneers the Strokes and funky guitar virtuoso Thundercat , both of whom released records in 2020. The newest set of dates, however, will mark the first trek with newly reinstated guitarist and cosmic solo artist John Frusciante in over 13 years. Tickets go on sale Friday, Oct. 15 at 10 a.m. and can be purchased via tigers.com/rhcp, as well as at the Comerica Park box office.
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October 07, 2021 15:45 UTC
Born Perfect tackles conversion therapy through puppets and Patton Oswalt
Conversion therapy, despite having been widely discredited, is still legal in 30 states. The LGBTQ rights organization Born Perfect has released a short film, told through puppets, to satirize the ineffective and harmful practice. “Together, we can end conversion therapy once and for all.”“Every year, thousands of LGBTQ youth are subjected to the harmful practice of conversion therapy,” Born Perfect notes in the film. Together, we can end conversion therapy once and for all.”See what conversion therapy looks like through Bobby’s eyes. “Conversion therapy today doesn’t look like it did five years ago or even 18 months ago.
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October 07, 2021 15:22 UTC
Ashland senior Tyler Wilson doesn't mind flying under the radar on Clockers golf team
HOLLISTON — Tyler Wilson was just seven years old when he first picked up a golf club. "My whole family really got me into it," said Wilson, the Ashland High golf team's senior captain, following the Clockers' 215-239 loss to Dover-Sherborn. "I'm just here to score," Wilson said. "I score my score, they score their score and we just play well." That ability to rebound from hole to hole is what makes him so consistent for the Clockers.
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October 07, 2021 15:00 UTC
Heirs of billionaire Brazilian banker Safra close to deal, sources say
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Alberto Joseph Safra and his family are close to an agreement over the will of his father, Brazilian billionaire banker Joseph Safra, that could avoid litigation over an almost $15 billion fortune, two sources with knowledge of the matter said on Tuesday. He argued in court that he had been disinherited, a characterization disputed by his mother Vicky Safra, administrator of Joseph Safra’s state, according to a document filed with the court. Brazilian newspaper O Estado de S. Paulo first reported the ongoing negotiations between Alberto and his family. Alberto resigned from Banco Safra’s board of directors in November 2019, after a dispute with his younger brother David. Before challenging his father’s will in court, Alberto had disagreed with dividend policy at the family’s holding company.
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October 07, 2021 13:41 UTC