Massachusetts spent lesson health care in 2020 than2019, a result of the pan-demic and the first timesuch spending ever de-
creased. D1.
Police intensified a multi-state hunt for a man whoshot five homeless peoplein New York City and Wash-
ington, D.C., killing two. A2.
By Robert WeismanGLOBE STAFF
Twomonths after Medicare refused to cover
most patients eligible for a costly new Alzheim-
er’s treatment, called Aduhelm, the move has
sparked a battle over how much the federal
health insurance program can afford to pay for
biotech therapies that treat millions of older
Americans.
Some are nowwarning the finances ofMedi-
care, which insures 62.7 million US residents
age 65 and over, may be on a collision course
with a fast-expanding biopharma industry that
has built a business model around charging
sky-high prices for innovativemedicines.
“This was a wake-up call,” said Alicia Mun-
nell, director of Boston College’s Center for Re-
tirement Research, who coauthored a new re-
port on the financial implications of Aduhelm
for theMedicare program.
Citing a debate among scientists over
whether the Alzheimer’s treatment works,
Munnell said, “Medicare dodged a bullet on
this drug because the drug itself was controver-
sial. But the system is set up with no guard rails
and [coming medicines] could become a huge
financial burden.”
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50s flashforward
ByMike DamianoGLOBE STAFF
There’s one blunder sure to
snarl summer travel plans to
Nantucket: forgetful vacation-
ers failing to book ferry reser-
vations months in advance,
then having to scramble to fig-
ure out how to get themselves
— and their vehicles — to the
island.
This year, United Parcel
Service has joined their un-
lucky ranks.
During the early priority
booking window the Steam-
ship Authority makes available
to freight shippers, UPS ne-
glected to request reservations
for its trucks, said James Mal-
kin, a member of the Steam-
ship Authority’s governing
board. By the time the appar-
ent error came to light, ferries
to Nantucket for the busy sea-
son — fromMay to October —
were booked close to capacity
for large shipping trucks.
Now the Steamship Au-
thority and UPS are rushing to
make contingency plans, and
some Nantucket merchants
are starting to panic. Clothing,
UPS, Page A5
An oops by UPS has Nantucket frettingCarrier scurriesto get ferry slotsfor its packages
ERIN CLARK/GLOBE STAFF/FILE
The vehicle ferry is a lifeline for Nantucketers. The Steamship
Authority said UPS neglected to get reservations for the summer.
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EmersonWise, 7, prepared her belongings before heading to Shaw Elementary School in Dorchester last week.
By Mark Landlerand David E. Sanger
NEW YORK TIMES
LONDON — Diplomatic activ-
ity quickened on multiple fronts
Monday as Russ ia ’s war on
Ukraine entered an uncertain
new phase, with Russian Presi-
dent Vladimir Putin’s forces wid-
ening their bombardment of Kyiv
and other cities, hundreds of ci-
vilians escaping the devastated
port of Mariupol, and the United
States warning China over its
deepening alignment with an iso-
lated Russia.
There were no breakthroughs,
either at the negotiating tables or
on the battlefield. But as the hu-
man cost of the war continued to
mount, the flurry of develop-
ments suggested that people were
groping for a way out of the crisis
— or, failing that, for ways to pre-
vent it from mutating into a wid-
er proxy war.
In Rome, President Biden’s top
national security aide, Jake Sulli-
van, met with a top Chinese for-
eign affairs official, Yang Jiechi,
to try to peel away one of Putin’s
few potential allies, after reports
— denied by Moscow and Beijing
— that Russia had sought military
aid from China, and that Chinese
leaders were open to such a re-
quest. Sullivan, a Biden adminis-
tration official said, had ex-
pressed “deep concerns” about
“China’s alignment at this time.”
Ukrainian and Russian offi-
cials held another round of direct
negotiations, adjourning without
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By Matt StoutGLOBE STAFF
WORCESTER — Attorney General Maura
Healey for months kept the Democratic guber-
natorial primary in stasis as she weighed
whether to join the fray. Since she announced,
it’s taken only a few weeks for her to transform
it.
Healey has ridden a long-forming wave of
support to piles of cash, early endorsements,
and significant political capital. The field has
narrowed around her, creating a head-to-head
race with Sonia Chang-Díaz, a progressive
state senator and first-time statewide candi-
date. Longtime admirers who have cheered
Healey’s fast-moving rise within the party have
quickly fallen into her column, giving her
grassroots-level clout.
”I don’t want to sound premature, but it
seems over to me,” said Scott Ferson, who ad-
vised the since-shuttered gubernatorial cam-
paign of Danielle Allen. “Which is weird, be-
cause it’s March.”
Long sought in corners of the party, Hea-
ley’s candidacy quickly solidified into a front-
running campaign, reshaping a primary that
both holds historic possibilities and is sprout-
ing classic tropes of insider-outsider politics
and ideological gamesmanship.
It’s also being closely watched because the
primary winner is viewed as a heavy favorite in
the general election. With Governor Charlie
Baker’s decision to not seek reelection — and
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Residents retrieved belongings from an apartment building in a block
that was destroyed by an artillery strike in Kyiv on Monday,
POINT OF VIEW:
DAN SHAUGHNESSY
‘Brady changed the New
England sports universe.
He was a champion. He
was clutch. He was po-
lite. He was smart and
careful. ... Now he is just
annoying.’ C1.
By James VaznisGLOBE STAFF
Two third-graders at the P.A. Shaw
Elementary School in Dorchester, who
recently read the poem “Cedar Box” by
Nikki Grimes, took a
small cardboard box
slated for recycling
and made a memory
box of their own,
placing inside some
of their artwork. Oth-
e r s t u d e n t s , a t
NAvon’s and Andrew’s invitation, jubi-
lantly added family photos from an
autobiography project and other
items.
That memory box has taken on in-
creasing meaning for the third-grad-
ers as the Shaw community pushes
Superintendent Brenda Cassellius and
the School Committee to honor a
promise made years ago to make it a
full-fledged elementary school instead
of ending at grade 3.
Their plight, according to many
parents, teachers, and education ad-
vocates, exemplifies a troubling reality
across Boston Public Schools: Top offi-
cials through the years have made
many promises about facilities, but of-
SCHOOLS, Page A8
Failing marks on keeping promisesFrequent changes in BPS leadership, shiftin plans create limbo for students, parents
Shaw Elementary teacher Ilene Carver greeted Brenda
Ramsey and her daughter Emerson outside school.
THE GREAT
DIVIDE
Race, class, and
opportunity in
our schools
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GRANDRAPIDS,Mich. —
The trial of fourmen accused of
plotting to kidnapMichigan
Governor GretchenWhitmer
over her COVID-19 restrictions
didn’t resume as scheduled
Monday after someone tested
positive for the virus.
US District Judge Robert
Jonker did not identify the per-
son in his order Sunday, saying
only that an “essential trial par-
ticipant” tested positive over
the weekend. The trial might
resume Thursday.
The trial, which involves 18
jurors, four defendants, and a
raft of lawyers and support
staff, started last week in a win-
dowless courtroom in Grand
Rapids, Mich. The jury heard
some evidenceWednesday and
Thursday before going home
for the weekend.
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Whitmer plot trialdelayed by COVID
CHICAGO—The father of a
3-year-old boy who accidentally
shot his mother to death in a
Chicago suburb has been de-
tained andwill likely face gun
charges, the community’s po-
lice chief saidMonday.
Dolton Police Robert Collins
Jr. said that investigators were
working with prosecutors from
the Cook County State’s Attor-
ney’s office to determine the ex-
act charges, but that there was
no indication that he fired the
weapon or even knew the boy
was holding the weapon at the
time of Saturday’s shooting.
“We do not have anything to
indicate that the dad fired the
weapon, so the avenue we are
pursuing is that the gunwas his
responsibility,” Collins said of
the father, whose name has not
been released. He added that he
expected charges would be filed
byMonday night or Tuesday
morning.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Father faces chargesin toddler shooting
NEWYORK—Ahighly re-
garded 87-year-old singing
coach has a traumatic brain in-
jury after a woman pushed her
to the ground just steps away
from herManhattan apartment
building Thursday night, police
and relatives said.
BarbaraMaier Gustern—
who once coached rock singer
Debbie Harry and the cast of
the 2019 Broadway revival of
themusical “Oklahoma!” —
was shoved from behind and
struck her head on the sidewalk
soon after leaving her home on
West 28th Street in Chelsea at
about 9:30 p.m., police said.
Friends described opening
the lobby door to find her cov-
ered in blood. Emergencymed-
ical responders were called.
Gustern was taken to a near-
by hospital and then trans-
ferred to BellevueMedical Cen-
ter, where doctors performed
emergency surgery to alleviate
brain swelling, her grandson,
AJ Gustern, said.
NEWYORKTIMES
Octogenarianattacked in NYC
Daily Briefing
TheNation
By Peter Hermannand JustinWm.Moyer
WASHINGTON POST
The search for a man who
police say fatally shot two home-
less people and wounded three
others in Washington, D.C., and
New York City intensified Mon-
day with authorities releasing a
video of a person of interest.
“We need everyone to take a
moment to watch the below vid-
eo,” D.C. police said in a tweet,
stressing urgency. Mayors in
both cities pleaded for homeless
residents to seek shelter and
held a joint news conference to
discuss the attacks Monday eve-
ning.
The new video from D.C. po-
lice shows a man walking under
street lamps along New York Av-
enue at about 3 a.m. on March
3, about an hour before police
said a homeless man was shot
and wounded on that same
street in Northeast Washington.
At one point, theman in the vid-
eo appears to be holding some-
thing in his right hand and eat-
ing with his left. He passes by a
lime green bicycle.
Meanwhile, police in D.C.
and New York have been reach-
ing out to unhoused individuals,
passing out fliers with informa-
tion about the attacks, connect-
ing people to shelters and other
services.
New York City Police Com-
missioner Keechant Sewell said
in a tweetMondaymorning that
officers were searching “block-
by-block.” She added, “We will
find him.”
In Washington, the shoot-
ings occurred in Northeast be-
tweenMarch 3 and 9, according
to police. In New York, the two
shootings occurred Saturday,
police there said.
The first incident in Wash-
ington took place at about 4
a.m. March 3. Police responded
to the 1100 block of New York
Avenue NE for the sounds of
gunshots. When they arrived,
they found a man with a gun-
shot wound. The victimwas tak-
en to a hospital for injuries that
were not life-threatening.
The next D.C. incident took
place at about 1:20 a.m. on
March 8, when a shooting oc-
curred near the 1700 block of H
Street NE. Police found a man
with an apparent gunshot
wound, who was later taken to a
hospital with injuries that were
not life-threatening. The victim
told police he had been shot
once in the hands and facewhile
standing on a street corner, ac-
cording to a police report. The
man said he ran south into a
gated construction area scream-
ing for help and heard another
burst of gunshots. Police said
the assailant shot at least five
more times but apparently
missed.
The most recent incident in
Washington happened at about
2:50 a.m. on March 9, police
said, near the 400 block of New
York Avenue NE. A member of
D.C. police was in the area and
witnessed a fire. D.C. Fire and
Emergency Medical Services
came to extinguish it. A further
investigation revealed a man
withno signs of lifewhowaspro-
nounced dead. The victim was
taken to the Office of the Chief
Medical Examiner. An autopsy
showed that he died of stab and
gunshot wounds. Police are in-
vestigating the incident as a ho-
micide. Police said they have not
been able to identify theman.
Joe Mettimano, president of
Central UnionMission, a shelter
near Union Station in D.C., said
the violence was yet another
problem unhoused people have
to battle amid freezing tempera-
tures, hunger, and the ongoing
pandemic.
“Now they have to fear being
murdered,” he wrote in an e-
mail. “Our shelter is open 24/7
to provide a safe place for the
homeless, but not all of these
folks are willing to stay in a shel-
ter; they are the ones most at
risk.”
Advocates say there was a
spike in violence against the
homeless last year, citing some
gruesome attacks in Colorado,
Washington state, andNewYork
City. They expected the trend to
continue in 2022.
Donald Whitehead, execu-
tive director of the National Co-
alition for the Homeless, told
theWashington Post that the in-
crease has been “a criminaliza-
tion of homelessness” that has
created “this culture of people
not being important.”
Last year in D.C., 69 people
died without having a perma-
nent home, advocates said. It
could not immediately be deter-
mined how many of those
deaths were linked to violence.
The administration of D.C.
MayorMuriel E. Bowser, a Dem-
ocrat, has struggled to address
homelessness and has em-
barked on a pilot initiative to
clean up encampments and fast-
track people into housing.
A recent Washington Post
poll found amajority of D.C. res-
idents support those efforts,
though they also gave themayor
low marks for building and
maintaining affordable housing.
In the New York incidents,
the Police Department andMay-
or Eric Adams, a Democrat, told
reporters that amanhadwalked
up to two homeless men sleep-
ing on the street in Lower Man-
hattan and opened fire.
One of themen died; the oth-
er was taken to a hospital, police
said.
The victims in New York
have not been publicly identi-
fied. It's unclear whether police
have been able tomake requisite
family notifications.
In explainingwhy the attacks
in both cities were linked, D.C.
police cited similarities in the
assailant’s actions, the circum-
stances of the victims, and evi-
dence recovered.
In a joint statement issued
late Sunday, Adams and Bowser
said: “The rise in gun violence
has shaken all of us and it is par-
ticularly horrible to know that
someone is out there deliberate-
ly doing harm to an already vul-
nerable population. As our law
enforcement agencies work
quickly with federal partners to
locate the suspect, we are also
calling on unsheltered residents
to seek shelter.”
Five homeless people shot in D.C., NYCPolice searchingfor gunman,release video
SPENCER PLATT/GETTY IMAGES
Police walked by Manny, who is homeless, on a street corner in Manhattan on Monday in New York City.
By Ellie Silverman, KarinaElwood, and Ian Duncan
WASHINGTON POST
WASHINGTON — Police
blocked interstate exits inWash-
ington into downtown on Mon-
day as hundreds of trucks, cars,
and SUVs protesting the govern-
ment’s response to the pandem-
ic rode into the nation’s capital
to start a second week of dem-
onstrations.
Members of the “People’s
Convoy” and thousands of other
motorists encountered severe
backups Monday afternoon
when highway traffic that al-
ready was heavy only worsened
with the convoy’s arrival. The
convoy entered the city via the
14th Street Bridge on Interstate
395 amid a near-standstill, then
continued to Interstate 695 be-
fore crossing the Anacostia Riv-
er and returning to the Beltway.
Eastbound traffic crawled
along a four-mile stretch from
the Potomac River to Anacostia
in the middle of the day. The
D.C. detour represented an esca-
lation in the group's tactics after
an application by convoy leaders
for a nearly two-week permitted
protest on theNationalMall was
partially denied.
“I believe we’re making a
good statement today,” said one
truck driver whose journey was
livestreamed under the account
ZOT on YouTube. “We’re right in
the swamp now and creating a
horrible mess down here.”
Police asked for patience
amid the road closures along in-
terstate exits, saying authorities
were trying to prevent the con-
voy from leaving the highway.
“These rolling road closures
are occurring in real-time as
they are needed, and will be lift-
ed as soon as they are no longer
necessary,” said an alert from
D.C. Homeland Security and
Emergency Management. D.C.
police began to reopen exits at
about 3:30 p.m. as the convoy
departed the city.
On livestreams, truckers said
they never planned to leave the
highway and blamed police for
causing traffic disruptions. Alai-
na Gertz, a D.C. police spokes-
woman, declined to comment on
the decision to block exits, say-
ing the department doesn’t com-
ment on “operational tactics.”
The convoy, a group of truck-
ers and other drivers protesting
pandemic-related health mea-
sures, spent parts of most days
last week looping the Capital
Beltway as a form of protest, but
leaders had avoided bringing
the group into the city despite a
desire from some supporters.
After taking the weekend off
because of a snowstorm in the
region, convoy organizers an-
nounced Monday the group
would resume their Beltway
loop. They left the Hagerstown
Speedway in Maryland at about
10 a.m., but this time with add-
ed plans for a detour intoWash-
ington.
“Today we’re getting right
next to their walls,” said Mike
Landis, a People’s Convoy co-or-
ganizer. “We’re not going to go
in and throat-punch them just
yet, even though I know we
would all love to do that.”
Organizers decided to go
through the city to display “a
bigger presence,” convoy leader
Brian Brase said in an interview.
The detour brought the full
convoy into the District for the
first time since it began Feb. 23
in Adelanto, Calif., en route to
Hagerstown, where itsmembers
have been sinceMarch 4.
Convoy leaders say theywant
to hold lawmakers accountable
for the government’s pandemic
responses, saying they are frus-
trated with vaccination require-
ments for health workers, feder-
al employees, and military per-
sonnel intended to limit the
spread of the coronavirus.
Thoughmany pandemic-related
restrictions at state and local
levels have been blocked or re-
scinded, convoy organizers have
rallied supporters by calling
mandates an infringement on
their freedoms.
A broader range of grievanc-
es has also brought people to the
cause, evident in signs, flags,
and chants from drivers and
supporters in Hagerstown.
Some have expressed far-right
beliefs and misinformation that
equate mandates to slavery,
falsely claim “Trump won,” re-
ferring to the 2020 presidential
election, and repeat QAnon con-
spiracies.
The People's Convoy had also
hoped to hold a nearly two-week
permitted trucker protest on the
Mall starting Monday, but the
application was partially denied
because of other events already
booked during that time frame,
according to National Park Ser-
vice records.
The Park Service was work-
ing with the group on another
date, location, and the condi-
tions for the protest when the
People’s Convoy withdrew the
application Sunday night, ac-
cording to Park Service spokes-
manMike Litterst.
It’s unclear whether the Peo-
ple’s Convoy will again bring its
protest into Washington, D.C.,
or hold a permitted demonstra-
tion in the future.
Police block exits as convoy drives through D.C.Permit for aprotest onMallpartially denied
RICKY CARIOTI/WASHINGTON POST
Supporters cheered and waved as the “People’s Convoy” departed Hagerstown Speedway for
the Capital Beltway on Friday in Hagerstown, Md.
BROOKLYNCENTER,
Minn. — Plans to take down a
memorial at the suburbanMin-
neapolis intersection where
DaunteWright was fatally shot
by a police officer are on hold
after his family complained.
Wright’s mother, Katie
Wright, said she and her hus-
band, Aubrey, will meet with
Brooklyn Center city manager
Reggie Edwardson after Ed-
wards informed them of plans
to take down thememorial.
DaunteWright, was killed
after Brooklyn Center officers
pulled over the 20-year-old
Blackman for having expired li-
cense tags. Kim Potter, the for-
mer police officer who fatally
shotWright, was sentenced last
month to two years in prison.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Wright family balksat memorial plan
TUE SDAY, MARCH 1 5 , 2 0 2 2 T h e B o s t o n G l o b e A3
CAIRO—More than a
dozen United Nations agen-
cies and international aid
groups saidMonday that
161,000 people in war-torn
Yemen are likely to experi-
ence famine over the second
half of 2022, a fivefold in-
crease from the current fig-
ure.
The stark warning came
in a report by the Integrated
Food Security Phase Classifi-
cation, or IPC, ahead of an
annual fund-raising confer-
ence that the United Nations
is hosting onWednesday.
The IPC is a global partner-
ship of 15 UN agencies and
humanitarian organizations
working in Yemen and fund-
ed by the European Union,
the USAID, and UKAID. It
tracks andmeasures food in-
security in conflict-stricken
regions.
The report underscores
the dire situation in the
poorest Arab nation that
plunged into civil war for in
2014, when Yemen’s Iran-
backedHouthi rebels took
control of the capital, Sanaa,
andmuch of the country’s
north, forcing the govern-
ment to flee to the south,
then to Saudi Arabia.
A Saudi-led coalition en-
tered the war inMarch 2015,
backed at the time by the
United States, in an effort to
restore the internationally
recognized government to
power. The war has deterio-
rated largely into a stalemate
and caused one of the world’s
worst humanitarian crises.
“These harrowing figures
confirm that we are on a
countdown to catastrophe in
Yemen, andwe are almost
out of time to avoid it,” said
David Beasley, head of the
World Food Program.
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160,000 Yemenisare facing famine,UN report says
GENEVA—Nearly all the
world’s countries kicked off a
United Nations-backedmeet-
ingMonday aimed at prevent-
ing the loss of biodiversity,
seen as critical to avoiding the
extinction of many vulnerable
species, the emergence of
pathogens like the coronavi-
rus, and the damage to both
lives and livelihoods of people
around the world, Indigenous
peoples in particular.
The two-weekmeeting of
over 190 countries on the Con-
vention on Biological Diversity
will be the last gathering of its
kind before amajor confer-
ence in the comingmonths in
Kunming, China, that will try
to adopt an international
agreement on protecting bio-
diversity.
“We have this one goal,
which is to bend the curve on
biodiversity loss and really to
build that shared future to live
in harmony with nature in the
long term,” the convention’s
executive secretary, Elizabeth
MarumaMrema, said.
Possible diplomatic fallout
fromRussia’s invasion of
Ukraine lurked in the back-
ground, potentially denting
any prospects of global unity
on the issue. Russian delegates
who had planned to attend
had their travel plans canceled
amid the closure of much of
Europe’s airspace to flights
fromRussia after the invasion,
organizers said.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
UNmeeting pushes to preserve biodiversity
Daily Briefing
By Catrin EinhornNEW YORK TIMES
A tree planted for every T-
shirt purchased. For every bottle
of wine. For every swipe of a
credit card. Trees planted by
countries to meet global pledges
and by companies to bolster
their sustainability records.
As the climate crisis deepens,
businesses and consumers are
joining nonprofit groups and
governments in a global tree
planting boom. Last year saw
billions of trees planted in scores
of countries around the world.
These efforts can be a triple win,
providing livelihoods, absorbing
and locking away planet-warm-
ing carbon dioxide, and improv-
ing the health of ecosystems.
But when done poorly, the
projects can worsen the very
problems they were meant to
solve. Planting the wrong trees
in the wrong place can actually
reduce biodiversity, speeding ex-
tinctions, and making ecosys-
tems far less resilient.
Addressing biodiversity loss,
already a global crisis akin to cli-
mate change, is becoming more
and more urgent. Extinction
rates are surging. An estimated
million species are at risk of dis-
appearing,manywithin decades.
And ecosystem collapse doesn’t
just threaten animals and plants;
it imperils the food and water
supplies that humans rely on.
Amid that worsening crisis,
companies and countries are in-
creasingly investing in tree
planting that carpets large areas
with commercial, nonnative spe-
cies in the name of fighting cli-
mate change. These trees sock
away carbon but provide little
support to the webs of life that
once thrived in those areas.
“You’re creating basically a
sterile landscape,” said Paul
Smith,who runsBotanicGardens
Conservation International, an
umbrella group thatworks to pre-
vent plant extinctions. “If people
want to plant trees, let’s also
make it apositive forbiodiversity.”
There’s a rule of thumb in the
tree planting world: One should
plant “the right tree in the right
place.” Some add, “for the right
reason.”
But, according to interviews
with a range of players — scien-
tists, policy experts, forestry
companies, and tree planting or-
ganizations — people often dis-
agree on what “right” means.
For some, it’s big tree farms for
carbon storage and timber. For
others, it’s providing fruit trees
to small-scale farmers. For oth-
ers still, it’s allowing native spe-
cies to regenerate.
The best efforts try to address
a range of needs, according to
restoration experts, but it can be
hard to reconcile competing in-
terests.
“It’s kind of the Wild West,”
said Forrest Fleischman, a pro-
fessor of environmental policy at
the University ofMinnesota.
There is not enough land on
Earth to tackle climate change
with trees alone, but if paired
with drastic cuts in fossil fuels,
trees can be an important natu-
ral solution. They absorb carbon
dioxide through pores in their
leaves and stash it away in their
branches and trunks (though
trees also release carbon when
they burn or rot). That ability to
collect CO2 is why forests are of-
ten called carbon sinks.
In Central Africa, TotalEner-
gies, the French oil and gas gi-
ant, has announced plans to
plant trees on 40,000 hectares in
the Republic of Congo.
But scientists warn that the
plan may be an example of one
of the worst kinds of forestation
efforts: planting trees where
they would not naturally occur.
These projects can devastate bio-
diversity, threaten water sup-
plies, and even increase temper-
atures because, in some cases,
trees absorb heat that grasslands
— or, in other parts of the world,
snow—would have reflected.
Plantingtrees isboominggloballySome fear it mayhurt biodiversity
PROTESTS
IN SUDAN — People
took part in ongoing
demonstrations calling
for civilian rule and
denouncing the military
administration in
Sudan’s capital
Khartoum on Monday.
Security forces opened
fire as protesters in
several cities across the
northeast African
nation marched against
military rule and a
worsening economic
situation, witnesses
said.
TheWorld
By Keith BradsherNEW YORK TIMES
BEIJING — Several of Chi-
na’s largest factory cities have
ordered a lockdown, halting
production of Toyota cars and
Apple iPhones. Theaters, cine-
mas, and many restaurants
have closed in Shanghai. The
northeastern province of Jilin
on Monday banned its 24 mil-
lion residents from leaving the
province or traveling between
cities.
China is grappling with its
largest surge of COVID-19 in-
fections since the coronavirus
first emerged more than two
years ago in central China. Sus-
tained outbreaks in two-thirds
of the country’s provinces are
proving the toughest test yet of
China’s zero-tolerance coronavi-
rus policy.
Even as countries in the
West are now loosening or
abandoning mask mandates
and other measures, Chinese of-
ficials are implementing some
of their most stringent meth-
ods. That is in large part be-
cause China can’t afford to lift
restrictions.
The government has been
concerned about comparatively
lower rates of vaccination
among China’s older adults. The
country also has far fewer inten-
sive care hospital beds com-
pared with its population than
most industrialized countries.
In China’s vast rural areas, hos-
pitals and medical facilities are
often basic, and a major out-
break could quickly overwhelm
hospitals.
The United States and other
Western countries have suffered
far higher rates of infection and
deaths over the past two years
than China and still have higher
rates now. But the seven-day av-
erage rate of new cases in main-
land China, now at 1,584, has
more than quintupled in recent
days.
Formany residents in China,
the rapid spread of the virus has
been unsettling.
“Because of the large num-
ber of cases in a short period of
time, it is inevitable that there
will be some panic all over the
country, and Shanghai is no ex-
ception,” Dr. ZhangWenhong, a
prominent infectious disease
expert in Shanghai, said in a
post on his socialmedia account
Monday.
China has responded to the
current surge in cases by mobi-
lizing its vast Communist Party
apparatus to deploy workers
and resources. In Jilin province,
where many cases have been re-
corded, workers are building
temporary facilities to house
thousands of people who test
positive. Across the country,
workers are corralling and test-
ing millions of citizens every
day. But that testing program is
starting to be overwhelmed.
“We have noticed that there
have been problems such as
long lines and slow test results
at many testing sites in the past
two days,” Lu Taohong, deputy
director of the Shanghai Munic-
ipal Health Commission, said at
a news conference Sunday
night.
China’s virus containment
strategy is focused on moving
quickly to lock down buildings
or neighborhoods. In response
to even a single case, officials
may seal all the entrances to a
store, office building or even
convention center. Everyone in-
side must then stay there for up
to several days as they are tested
for the coronavirus and sent in-
to isolation if their results are
positive.
In Shanghai, many foreign-
owned businesses stockpiled
mattresses last week in case
their employeeswere trapped in
their factories or their offices
this week. Multinationals there
then told their employees to
work from home this week.
In Guangzhou, the munici-
pal government Friday sealed
off the world’s largest conven-
tion center, whichwas holding a
beauty products exhibition. Vid-
eos circulating on Chinese so-
cial media platforms showed
crowds of stranded convention
goers milling around and look-
ing for exits in attempts to
evade the lockdown.
The outbreak’s rapid spread
and the government’s tough re-
sponse have left some residents
worried about the effect of lock-
downs on their livelihoods.
Li Yanhua, a grocery store
manager in Shanghai, was noti-
fied Saturday night that his
neighborhood was locked down
and that residents would have
to be tested for COVID.
“It was all of a sudden, we
are not even prepared — my
family has not enough vegeta-
bles and daily necessities,” Li
said. “My store is closed, but we
still need to pay rent.”
Still, such measures have al-
so been widely accepted as nec-
essary for the good of public
health.
COVID prompts lockdowns in ChinaLargest surgesince start ofpandemic
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Health workers tested those waiting in line at a COVID testing site on Monday in Beijing.
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SAN JUAN—Activists sup-
porting same-sexmarriage in
the Cayman Islands and Ber-
muda received a heavy blow
Monday following a ruling by a
top appeals court in London.
The United Kingdom’s Privy
Council, which serves as the fi-
nal court of appeals for several
islands in the Caribbean, sided
with the government of Bermu-
da, which had fought a local
Supreme Court’s decision to al-
low gaymarriage.
The Privy Council also ruled
that gay people don’t have the
right tomarry in the Cayman Is-
lands based on its Constitution.
“I’m in shock,” Leonardo
Raznovich, a local activist, said.
“The decision is an affront to
human dignity.” He said he
plans to fight the decision.
Caribbean activists had
hoped for a favorable ruling to
help sway public opinion in a
largely conservative region
where colonial anti-sodomy
laws remain on the books and
same-sexmarriage is rarely
considered a right.
“It’s taken us some time to
get here,” said Billie Bryan,
founder and president of
Colours Cayman, a nonprofit
LGBTQ group. “We’ve had to
jump over a few hurdles. It
would definitely act as a beacon
of hope for the entire region.’’
ASSOCIATED PRESS
UK court blocks gay marriage for Cayman Islands and Bermuda
LONDON—Britain’s Su-
preme Court onMonday re-
fused the latest appeal by
Julian Assange, the embattled
WikiLeaks founder,
to prevent his extra-
dition to the United
States.
The announce-
ment was a blow to
Assange, coming just
months after a high
court said he would
be able to appeal a
decision by a lower
court that would al-
low for his extradi-
tion.
The Supreme Court said it
had refused permission to ap-
peal “because the application
does not raise an arguable
point of law.”
Barry Pollack, an American
lawyer for Assange, con-
demned the ruling. “It is ex-
tremely disappoint-
ing that the UK Su-
preme Court is
unwilling to hear an
appeal of an issue
that the UKHigh
Court had already
deemed to be of
great public impor-
tance,” Pollack said.
“Mr. Assange will
continue the legal
process fighting his
extradition to the
United States to face criminal
charges for publishing truthful
and newsworthy information.”
NEWYORK TIMES
Assange loses bid to halt extradition
Julian Assange
faces espionage
charges in the
United States.
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By Steve PeoplesASSOCIATED PRESS
NEWYORK—MarylandGov-
ernor Larry Hogan is planning
trips to Iowa and New Hamp-
shire. Representative AdamKin-
zinger, an Illinois Republican, is
considering a rough timeline for
a potential presidential an-
nouncement. And allies of Repre-
sentative Liz Cheney, aWyoming
Republican, are openly talking
up herWhiteHouse prospects.
More than two years before
the next presidential election, a
shadow primary is already be-
ginning to take shape among at
least three fierce Republican
critics of former president Don-
ald Trump to determine who is
best positioned to occupy the an-
ti-Trump lane in 2024.
Their apparent willingness to
run — even if Trump does, as is
widely expected — represents a
shift from previous years when
“Never Trump” operatives failed
to recruit any GOP officeholders
to challenge the incumbent pres-
ident. But with the 2024 contest
almost in view, the question is
no longer whe ther one o f
Trump’s prominent Republican
critics will run, but how many
will mount a campaign and how
soon they will announce.
Those close to Cheney, Ho-
gan, and Kinzinger expect one of
them, if not more, to launch a
presidential bid after the 2022
midterms. Although all three are
nationally known to some de-
gree, their goal would not neces-
sarily be to win the presidency.
Above all, they want to hinder
Trump’s return to the White
House, at least compared with
2020, when his allies cleared the
field of any Republican oppo-
nents and persuaded some
states to cancel primary contests
altogether.
“It’s there as an option, but it’s
not necessarily because this is all
some big plan so I can be in the
White House,” Kinzinger told the
Associated Press when asked
about his timeline for deciding
on a presidential run. “It’s look-
ing and saying, ‘Is there going to
be a voice out there that can rep-
resent from that megaphone the
importance of defending this
country anddemocracy andwhat
America is about?’ There certain-
ly, I’m sure within the next year
or so, will be a point at which you
have tomake a decision.
“If it’s notme doing anything,
certainly we’ll be all in for who-
ever can represent us,” Kinzinger
said.
Republican primary voters
are expected to have other op-
tions.
Several former Trump loyal-
ists who have emerged as on-
again, off-again Trump critics are
also eyeing the GOP’s next presi-
dential nomination. Among
them: former New Jersey gover-
nor Chris Christie, former vice
president Mike Pence, Florida
Governor Ron DeSantis, and for-
mer UN ambassador Nikki Ha-
ley. But most in this group have
offered Trump far more praise
than criticism, leaving the likes of
Cheney, Hogan, and Kinzinger as
the only consistent Trump antag-
onists in the 2024 conversation.
The range of prospects sug-
gests an openness within the
GOP to move past Trump and
his divisive politics, even as
many Republican voters suggest
they would like to see him run a
third time.
About 7 in 10 Republicans
said the former president should
run again in 2024, according to a
CBS poll last month. Among the
most common reasons cited:
He’s the best GOP candidate and
has the best chance of winning.
Lest anyone question his in-
tentions, Trump told thousands
of supporters Saturday night in
South Carolina, “Wemay have to
run again.” He remains the most
popular figure among Republi-
can voters and plans to use the
upcoming midterms to keep
bending the party in his direc-
tion.
But those close to Cheney,Ho-
gan, andKinzinger insist a signif-
icant number of less vocal Re-
publican voters are eager tomove
past Trump, especially after he
inspired the Jan. 6, 2021, attack
on the US Capitol. After all, 10
Republican representatives voted
to impeach Trump and seven Re-
publican senators subsequently
voted to convict him.
Anti-Trump Republicans line up for 2024 shadow primaryCheney, Hogan,Kinzinger couldlaunch bids
ByMariana AlfaroWASHINGTON POST
WASHINGTON — Virginia
Thomas, the wife of Supreme
Court Associate Justice Clarence
Thomas, for the first time has
publicly acknowledged that she
participated in the Jan. 6, 2021,
“Stop-the-Steal” rally on the El-
lipse that preceded the storming
of the Capitol by a pro-Trump
mob, raising questions about the
impartiality of her husband’s
work.
In an interview with the con-
servative outlet TheWashington
Free Beacon publishedMonday,
Thomas, who goes by Ginni, said
she was part of the crowd that
gathered at the Ellipse that
morning to support President
Trump. Trump was claiming
falsely that widespread voter
fraud delivered the presidency to
Democrat Joe Biden — a false-
hood he continues to repeat.
Thomas said she was at the
rally for a short period of time,
got cold, and went home before
Trump took the stage at noon
that day.
“I was disappointed and frus-
trated that there was violence
that happened following a
peaceful gathering of Trump
supporters on the Ellipse on Jan.
6,” the conservative activist told
the publication. “There are im-
portant and legitimate substan-
tive questions about achieving
goals like electoral integrity, ra-
cial equality, and political ac-
countability that a democratic
system like ours needs to be able
to discuss and debate rationally
in the political square. I fear we
are losing that ability.”
A spokeswoman for the Su-
preme Court did not immediate-
ly respond to a request for com-
ment.
In February 2021, Thomas
apologized to her husband's for-
mer law clerks after a rift devel-
oped among them over her elec-
tion advocacy of Trump and en-
dorsement of the Jan. 6 rally that
led to violence and death at the
Capitol.
The siege by the pro-Trump
mob trying to stop the confirma-
tion of Biden's electoral college
win left the Capitol vandalized
and resulted in the deaths of five
people and injuries to 140mem-
bers of law enforcement.
“I owe you all an apology. I
have likely imposed on you my
lifetime passions,” Thomas
wrote to a private Thomas Clerk
World e-mail list of her hus-
band’s staff over his three de-
cades on the bench.
As an outspoken conserva-
tives activist, Ginni Thomas has
drawn scrutiny to her husband’s
work on the court and his impar-
tiality, most recently in connec-
tion to the Jan. 6 attack and the
House select committee tasked
with investigating the riot.
While Ginni Thomas's activ-
ism has, in multiple instances,
overlapped with cases decided
by her husband, her connection
to the rally that preceded the in-
surrection has reignited fury
among his critics, who say it il-
lustrates a gaping hole in the
court's rules: Justices essentially
decide for themselves whether
they have a conflict of interest.
Thomasadmits tobeing atD.C. rallyJustice’s wifecondemns violence
By Apoorva MandavilliNEW YORK TIMES
Australian regulators have
approved a simple drug combi-
nation as an effective cure for a
form of malaria in children ages
2 to 16, opening the door to ap-
provals in other countries and
heralding a new weapon in the
battle against a deadly disease.
The drug is a single dose of
tafenoquine (brand name
Kozenis), administered along
with the traditional chloroquine
treatment. The approval was an-
nounced Monday by the non-
profit Medicines for Malaria
Venture, which helped develop
the drug.
Tafenoquine, made by Glaxo-
SmithKline, can cure a type of
malaria caused by Plasmodium
vivax, which is most common in
South and Southeast Asia, South
America, and the Horn of Africa.
The drug will be submitted
for approval in nine countries, as
well as to the World Health Or-
ganization, according to George
Jagoe, an executive vice presi-
dent at the Medicines for Malar-
ia Venture.
Malaria is among the deadli-
est of infectious diseases. In
2019, there were 229 million
new infections and 558,000
deaths.
Most of these deaths are in
sub-Saharan Africa, home to a
form of the malaria parasite
called Plasmodium falciparum.
A majority of the fatalities occur
in children younger than age 5.
P. vivax causes up to 5million
malaria infections every year;
children ages 2 to 6 are four
times as likely as adults to con-
tract the disease.
P. vivax can also hide out in
the liver, triggering relapses
months or even years after the
initial exposure. These episodes
can lead to severe anemia, last-
ing brain damage, and death.
“That’s the trademark of
vivaxmalaria,” Jagoe said.
Most treatments, including
chloroquine, are directed at the
blood stage of the parasite, and
so cannot prevent recurrence of
the infection and its associated
symptoms. But tafenoquine goes
after the sleeper colonies in the
liver. In combination with chlo-
roquine, tafenoquine can deliver
what scientists call a “radical
cure.”
“Today, we have a tool to put
a stop to the relentless relapse
both for adults and children —
we are one step closer to defeat-
ing this disease,” David Reddy,
the chief executive of the Medi-
cines for Malaria Venture, said
in a statement.
Researchers evaluated differ-
ent dosages of the drug, based
on weight, for children ages 2 to
15 who weighed at least 22
pounds. The investigators re-
cruited 60 children with P. vivax
malaria from three sites in Viet-
nam and one in Colombia.
The children all got a single
dose of tafenoquine and a course
of chloroquine administered ac-
cording to local or national
guidelines for the treatment of
the active blood stage infection.
About 62 percent of the chil-
dren reported some side effects,
a percentage similar to that seen
in adults and adolescents, the re-
searchers reported. None of the
side effects were severe, al-
though the treatment caused
vomiting in about 1 in 5 of the
children.
At four months, the efficacy
of the treatment in preventing
recurrence was 95 percent, simi-
lar to the efficacy in adults and
older adolescents.
Novel malaria treatment for children gets first approval
BRIAN ONGORO/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE VIA GETTY IMAGES
Unlike the pictured vaccine that prevents infection, a new
treatment seeks to cure children afflicted with malaria.
As former president Donald
Trump continues to tease a fu-
tureWhite House bid, a pro-
Democratic su-
per PAC has ac-
cused him of
violating feder-
al campaign laws by raising and
spendingmoney for a runwith-
out officially filing his candida-
cy.
In its complaint filedMon-
day with the Federal Election
Commission, American Bridge
accused Trump of “illegally us-
ing his multicandidate leader-
ship PAC to raise and spend
funds in excess of Commission
limits for the purpose of advanc-
ing a 2024 presidential cam-
paign.’’ The super PAC says that
includes “payments for events at
Trump properties, rallies featur-
ingMr. Trump, consulting pay-
ments to former Trump cam-
paign staff, and digital advertis-
ing aboutMr. Trump’s events
and his presumptive 2024 oppo-
nent.”
Alleging that Trump has al-
ready privately decided to
mount a 2024 campaign, Ameri-
can Bridge says he was then ob-
ligated to file a candidacy intent
statement within 15 days of re-
ceiving contributions ormaking
any expenditure over $5,000.
‘‘Trump has played footsie
with the Federal Election Cam-
paign Act for months,” the group
saidMonday, noting that the
former president, through his
Save America PAC, has spent
more than $100,000 per week
on Facebook ads “and has con-
sistently raisedmore than $1
million per week— a clear viola-
tion of campaign finance law
and precedent established by
the Federal Election Commis-
sion.”
American Bridge wants the
FEC to compel disclosure of
Trump’s expenditures and fine
him “themaximum amount per-
mitted by law.”
Taylor Budowich, a Trump
spokesman, said the complaint
was withoutmerit and he ac-
cused Democrats of resorting to
“cheap gimmicks.”
Trump isaccused ofcampaignviolations
POLITICAL
NOTEBOOK
“Our country is spiraling into
disaster because of the Demo-
crats’ failures, and instead of re-
versing course to provide need-
ed relief to American families,
they are busy filing frivolous
complaints that have zeromer-
it,’’ he said.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Idaho Legislature OK’s bill to
ban abortion after 6 weeks
The IdahoHouse onMonday
approved a Republican bill that
would ban abortions after six
weeks of pregnancy, becoming
the first state to copy parts of the
restrictive Texas law that has
bannedmost abortions in the
state. The vote was 51-14.
The Idaho Senate approved
the bill earlier this month. The
measure heads to Republican
Governor Brad Little, who has
supported similar abortion bans
but has not commented on this
particular bill, which includes
exceptions for rape, incest, and
medical emergencies.
Idaho’s current law allows for
abortions until a fetus is viable
outside the womb, around 22 to
24 weeks. Another six-week
abortion ban in Idaho has been
stalled since it was passed and
signed by Little last spring, re-
quiring a favorable court ruling
on a similar law elsewhere in the
country before it can take effect.
WASHINGTON POST
Group sues Okla. governor
over birth certificate order
OKLAHOMACITY—A na-
tional civil rights group sued
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt
onMonday over his decision to
prohibit the state from issuing
birth certificates listing a nonbi-
nary option or allowing trans-
gender people to change their
gender designation.
The lawsuit was filed in US
District Court for the Northern
District of Oklahoma in Tulsa by
attorneys for Lambda Legal on
behalf of a transgender woman
and two transgendermenwho
live in Oklahoma. Defendants
include Stitt, interim commis-
sioner of health Keith Reed, and
state registrar of vital records
Kelly Baker.
“Having a birth certificate
that reflects who I am as a hu-
man being is crucial and can
present a basic issue of safety for
me,” plaintiff Rowan Fowler, a
transgender womanwhowants
to correct her birth certificate
that currently indicates that her
gender is male, said in a state-
ment. Stitt spokeswoman Carly
Atchison declined to comment
on the lawsuit.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Democratic suit challenges
lack ofMissouri Housemap
JEFFERSONCITY,Mo. —A
lawsuit filed on behalf ofMis-
souri voters by Democratic at-
torneys is asking a court to in-
tervene in the state’s stalled re-
districting process and draw
newUSHousemaps that can be
used in this year’s elections.
As ofMonday,Missouri was
one of only a few states that had
yet to enact new congressional
districts following the 2020 cen-
sus. The lawsuit contends it’s
unconstitutional to use the
maps enacted a decade ago, be-
cause some districts now have
tens of thousandsmore resi-
dents than others due to popula-
tion shifts.
When districts don’t have
equal populations, votes cast
from districts with fewer people
carrymore weight than those
from heavily populated districts,
according to the lawsuit filed
late Friday in Cole County Cir-
cuit Court by five voters from
overpopulated districts.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Charges against Russian in
Giuliani-tied case unsealed
NEWYORK—ARussian ty-
coon whose name arose promi-
nently in the illegal political con-
tribution case against two asso-
ciates of Rudy Giuliani was
secretly charged with conspiracy
last year in a New York court,
prosecutors revealedMonday.
Conspiracy and illegal cam-
paign contribution charges that
were lodged against AndreyMu-
raviev in September 2020 in
Manhattan federal court were
unsealed by prosecutors who
told a judge that the business-
manwas not in custody andwas
believed to be in Russia.
An indictment returned
againstMuraviev in September
said some ofMuraviev’s money
was used for political contribu-
tions and donations aimed at
launching a business to acquire
US retail cannabis andmarijua-
na licenses, but the source of the
funds was disguised as coming
from the Giuliani associates, Lev
Parnas and Igor Fruman.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
MAKING THE ROUNDS — Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown Jackson met with Senator Patty Murray, Democrat
from Washington, in her office on Capitol Hill Monday. Brown Jackson continued to meet with Senate members ahead
of her confirmation hearings, which begin next week in Washington.
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televisions, hardware, bath-
room tiles, most things that can
fit in a box usually reach the is-
land on a UPS truck.
“It ’s going to put us in a
world of hurt,” said Shantaw
Bloise, business manager at the
Nantucket Chamber of Com-
merce.
UPS is the biggest carrier of
standard deliveries to the
wealthy enclave, Bloise said. “I
can’t imagine how we’ll be able
to function just relying on DHL,
FedEx, and the Postal Service.”
Stephanie Correia, who runs
Stephanie’s, a clothing and
home goods store on Main
Street, said she relies on UPS for
most of her inventory. And in
the summer, when she makes
approximately 75 percent of her
annual profits, it’s essential
those goods arrive. She relies on
UPS for deliveries to her home,
as well.
For an island community 30
miles out to sea, she said, “it’s a
lifeline for business, for home-
owners, for Amazon.”
Failing to make ferry reserva-
tions is practically an unthink-
able error for residents andmer-
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chants, she said.
“You cross your T’s and dot
your I’s,” Correia said. “I’ve been
in business for 26 years, and I’ve
never seen anything like this.”
The Steamship Authority has
a system in place that is meant
to ensure this type of disruption
— first reported by Nantucket
Magazine— never occurs.
Every fall, the authority
sends a packet of paperwork to
freight shippers. The companies
return the paperwork with their
requests for ferry reservations
for their following summer. That
way, spots for the shippers’
trucks can be reserved before
booking is opened to the public
in January.
Last fall, UPS didn’t respond,
Malkin said. When the Steam-
ship Authority reached out to
ask why not, it didn’t immedi-
ately hear back. “Someone at
UPS dropped the ball,” he said.
At some point —Malkin said
he’s not quite sure when — “the
light bulbwent off” andUPS dis-
covered the error and scrambled
to grab whatever reservations
they could. The shipping compa-
ny has secured some summer
slots for its eighteen-wheelers —
the vehicles it uses to transport
deliveries to its Nantucket distri-
bution center. “But they don’t
have what they need,” Malkin
said.
A spokesperson for UPS said,
“UPS has ferry reservations and
is working on other transporta-
tion options to ensure packages
are delivered on time to the is-
land during the busy summer
season.”
Some on the island have a
sense that all will work out in
the end.
“In Nantucket, if you make
enough noise, they deal with it,”
said William D. Cohan, a writer
who owns a house on the island.
“The summer folks are going to
have to get their twee outfits
they ordered from Hermès on-
line.”
Vanessa Moore, a customer
service representative at Nan-
tucket Housefitters, said she is
sure the Steamship Authority
will find a way to solve the prob-
lem. “Usually they’ll put another
ship on” in the case of a schedul-
ing disruption, she said.
But the authority says adding
capacity might not be possible.
“We’re basically at the maxi-
mumnumber of routes right now
in terms of the number of boats
and the number of crew mem-
bers,” said SeanDriscoll, a spokes-
man for the authority. “There
might be a couple of trips here
and there we can add, but not on
any kind of systemic basis.”
“There’s no secret tunnel for
the freight shippers,” he said.
One problem is that traffic to
the island has increased during
the pandemic, with pent-up va-
cation demand combining with
a surge of city dwellers lured by
the chance to work remotely.
“The reservations for this
year exceeded any prior year by
significant percentages,” Malkin
said.
UPS appears not to have a
problem with its ferry reserva-
tions for Martha’s Vineyard,
even though bulk reservations
for both islands are typically re-
quested on the same form.
Driscoll, the authority’s spokes-
man, said that itmay be easier to
resolve a scheduling issue on the
Martha’s Vineyard route, which
has more trips and more boats.
(He said he was speaking gener-
ally because he was not permit-
ted to comment on a specific
customer.)
On Nantucket, disruption in
UPS’s service, if it is not resolved
by May, is expected to hit retail-
ers and households the hardest.
The island’s only hospital relies
on FedEx for supplies. Food, fu-
el, and large shipments, such as
refrigerators, are typically han-
dled by other carriers.
“We get two UPS deliveries a
day,” said Moore, of Nantucket
Housefitters. “Our clients won’t
be getting the tiles for their bath-
room floors.”
Bloise, of the Chamber of
Commerce, said “people are go-
ing to have to get creative.” One
store owner, whose vendors are
based in New York, told Bloise
she is considering bringing her
goods to the island herself.
But creativity can only take
one so far. For tourists who miss
the winter booking rush, there
are workarounds.
“You take the fast ferry and
leave your car in Hyannis,” said
Cohan, the island homeowner.
“But having the UPS guy leave
his truck andwalk onto the ferry
with his packages isn’t going to
work.”
Nantucket merchants fear UPS missed the boat on packages
CRAIG F. WALKER/GLOBE STAFF FILE
UPS, which relies on ferry service from Hyannis, is the
biggest carrier of standard deliveries to Nantucket.
Public healthmeasures to
stop the spread of COVID-19
had an unintended consequence
across Latin
America and
Southeast Asia
in 2020: Den-
gue virus infections were pre-
vented in hundreds of thou-
sands of people, according to a
study published in The Lancet
this month. The research offers
clues for new strategies to com-
bat a dangerous tropical disease
that had been infectingmore
people each year.
The research found amarked
decline in infections fromApril
2020 acrossmany regions where
dengue is spread bymosquitoes;
the study estimates that there
were 720,000 fewer dengue cas-
es globally in the first year of the
pandemic because of restric-
tions onmovement.
“We found really unexpected
net benefits from COVID restric-
tions that are going to help us
better fight dengue in the fu-
ture,” said Dr. Oliver Brady, an
epidemiologist at the London
School of Hygiene and Tropical
Medicine whowas the senior
author of the study.
More than 5million people
were infected with dengue— al-
so known as “breakbone fever”
for the severe joint andmuscle
pain it causes — in 2019.
Brady said that, early in the
pandemic, he and other infec-
tious disease researchers feared
disaster, as resources were di-
verted to COVID-19, and other
disease control measures — such
as spraying formosquitoes —
were interrupted.
School closures, in particular,
appear to have played a key role
in cutting dengue cases. The
main dengue vector, Aedes ae-
gypti mosquitoes, are daytime
feeders. Most dengue-control
programs focus on people’s
houses, spraying to kill mosqui-
toes andmonitoring for stand-
ing water that could breed them,
under the assumption that’s
where transmission happens.
NEW YORK TIMES
Millions likely to fall off
Medicaid after emergency
Asmany as 16million low-
income Americans, including
millions of children, are des-
tined to fall off Medicaid when
the nation’s public health emer-
gency ends, as states face a her-
culeanmission to sort out who
no longer belongs on rolls that
have swollen to record levels
during the pandemic.
The looming disruption is a
little-noticed side effect of the
coronavirus crisis, and it is stok-
ing fears among some onMedic-
aid and their advocates that vul-
nerable people who survived the
pandemic will risk suddenly liv-
ing without health coverage
The unprecedented work
that lies ahead will wind down a
profound, temporary change
Congress made toMedicaid, the
nation’s largest public health in-
surance program, early in the
pandemic.
The first coronavirus relief
law, inMarch 2020, offered
states a bargain to help them
cope with the sudden spurt of
Americans losing jobs and
health benefits that accompa-
nied the worst public health cri-
sis in a century: The federal gov-
ernment would give states extra
money to help pay forMedicaid
if they promised not tomove
anyone off the program as long
as the emergency lasted.
WASHINGTON POST
US Capitol complex takes
steps toward reopening
WASHINGTON—House and
Senate officials are considering a
phased reopening of the Capitol
beginningMarch 28 after shut-
ting down the complex due to
the coronavirus pandemic.
SinceMarch 12, 2020, mem-
bers of the general public have
been restricted from entering
the Capitol complex. Only law-
makers, staff, the credentialed
Capitol press corps, and those
deemed to be official visitors
have been allowed to enter.
OnMonday, staffers for the
House Administration and Sen-
ate Rules Committees, the
House and Senate Sergeants at
Arms, andmembers of the US
Capitol Police discussed a draft
plan for the reopening, accord-
ing to a person familiar with the
meeting whowas not authorized
to speak publicly.
The proposal, which has not
been finalized, lays out a three-
phase plan for reopening the
complex to visitors and the gen-
eral public.
The first phase would begin
onMarch 28. It would allow for
the resumption of staff-led tours,
with a limit of 15 people per
tour. Visitors on official business
also would be allowedwith a 15-
person limit. And Capitol tours
for K-12 students would resume.
WASHINGTON POST
Hong Kong leader says it
can’t achieve strict strategy
Hong Kong is struggling to
get a handle on its worst corona-
virus outbreak since the start of
the pandemic, warning that it
doesn’t have the testing capacity
to carry out the strict strategy
handed down by Beijing.
In themainland cities of
Shenzhen and Shanghai, offi-
cials imposed restrictions on
millions of people within days of
local outbreaks to test every resi-
dent. But Hong Kong’s chief ex-
ecutive, Carrie Lam, noted on
Monday that her city doesn’t
have the same ability.
The difference amounts to
resources and systems of gover-
nance, Lam said. Shenzhen and
Shanghai can test millions of
people a day; Hong Kong’s
health officials can only test be-
tween 200,000 and 300,000 peo-
ple a day.
HongKong, one of the last
places in theworld that are still
trying to get rid of the virus in-
stead of livingwith it, has report-
edmore than 700,000 cases and
4,066 deaths since late January.
NEW YORK TIMES
Four House Democrats test
positive after party retreat
At least four House Demo-
crats have said that they tested
positive for the coronavirus after
a party retreat held last week in
Philadelphia.
RepresentativeMadeleine
Dean of Pennsylvania an-
nounced her positive result on
Monday, Representatives Zoe
Lofgren of California and Kim
Schrier ofWashington on Sun-
day, and Rosa DeLauro of Con-
necticut on Saturday.
All four representatives said
that they were vaccinated and
boosted andwere experiencing
onlymild symptoms. All four at-
tended the House Democratic
Caucus’s retreat in Philadelphia
last week, according to a person
in attendance.
It was the caucus’s first major
in-person event in three years.
NEW YORK TIMES
UK to end all COVID travel
rules ahead of Easter break
LONDON—Britain’s govern-
ment saidMonday all remaining
coronavirusmeasures for travel-
ers, including passenger locator
forms and the requirement that
unvaccinated people be tested
for COVID-19 before and after
their arrivals, will end Friday to
make going on holiday easier for
the Easter school vacation.
The announcement came as
coronavirus infections were ris-
ing in all four parts of the UK—
England, Scotland,Wales, and
Northern Ireland— for the first
time since the end of January.
The number of hospital patients
with COVID-19 is also going up.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
France lifts COVID rules on
unvaccinated, mask-wearing
PARIS— France liftedmost
COVID-19 restrictions onMon-
day, abolishing the need to wear
facemasks inmost settings and
allowing people who aren’t vac-
cinated back into restaurants,
sports arenas, and other venues.
Themove had been an-
nounced earlier this month by
the French government based
on assessments of the improving
situation in hospitals and fol-
lowing weeks of a steady decline
in infections. But in recent days,
the number of new infections
has started increasing again.
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COVID restrictions prevented dengue infections in 2020
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By Max Bearakand Isabelle Khurshudyan
WASHINGTON POST
LVIV, Ukraine — Emptying a
museum is a gargantuan task,
and the entire workforce of the
Andrey Sheptytsky National
Museum in Lviv had been at it
for a week before the final piece
— a century-old portrait of the
museum’s namesake — was tak-
en down, leaving the last of its
walls bare.
Ihor Kozhan, the director of
the grand gallery opposite Lviv’s
opera house, explained the rush.
“There is an egomaniac in
Moscow who doesn’t care about
killing children, let alone de-
stroying art,” he said. “If our his-
tory and heritage are to survive,
all art must go underground.”
Across Ukraine, artists, gal-
lerists, curators, and museum
directors are desperately but
carefully unhooking, wrapping,
and stashing away the country’s
hefty cultural endowment as
Vladimir Putin’s onslaught clos-
es in. Statues, stained-glass win-
dows, and monuments are be-
ing covered with shrapnel-proof
material. Basement bunkers are
crammed with paintings.
As Russian bombardments
have so far been heavier in the
eastern half of the country, two
of Ukraine’s richest cities in
terms of cultural heritage, Lviv
and Odessa, have had the bene-
fit of extra time. Volunteers in
the latter, for instance, took days
to stack hundreds of sandbags
around a monument to the
Duke of Richelieu, a Frenchman
who was one of the cosmopoli-
tan port city’s founders. Just his
head and his outstretched right
arm remain uncovered.
Kyiv and Kharkiv, the coun-
try’s two biggest cities, were
struck early in the war and have
already suffered devastating
losses.
The windows of Kharkiv’s
main art museum have been
blown out , subject ing the
25,000 artworks inside to freez-
ing temperatures and snow for
weeks. The city’s opera and bal-
let theaters were extensively
shelled.
Twenty-five works by one of
Ukraine’s most celebrated paint-
ers, Maria Prymachenko, famed
for her colorful representation
of Ukrainian folklore and rural
life, were burned when Russians
bombed the museum housing
them in a town outside Kyiv.
Other museums in the capital
are boarded up, their works still
inside because those who would
have evacuated them have fled.
“City centers are seriously
damaged, some of which have
sites and monuments that date
back to the 11th century,” Laza-
re Eloundou, the director of the
United Nations’ world heritage
program, told reporters last
week. “It is a whole cultural life
that risks disappearing.”
The deliberate destruction of
a country’s or culture’s heritage
is a considered a war crime, but
UNESCO has not yet canceled
its next summit, which is sched-
uled to take place in Russia.
As Russian troops attempt to
encircle Odessa, the Fine Arts
Museum there has encircled it-
self with razor wire.
“Trust me, it looks really wild
to me, too,” said Kirill Lipatov,
the museum’s director of sci-
ence.
As in Lviv’s museums, the
walls inside are now bare, Lipa-
tov said, but he declined to re-
veal whether its most valuable
works had been evacuated out-
side of the city. Some of the piec-
es were painted inside themuse-
um — an ornate palace dating
back to the 1820s — and have
never left it, including iconic
19th-century Russian works by
Ivan Aivazovsky and Ilya Repin.
“The first thought that came
to mind for me is that a Ukraini-
an museum is protecting Rus-
sian masterpieces from Russian
aggression,” Lipatov said. “I
can’t wrapmy head around it.”
Even as they struggled to be-
lieve it, museum directors also
said their plight was hardly un-
familiar. Ukraine has been
stripped of artwork by invaders
multiple times over the past cen-
tury.
After Russia’s invasion and
annexation of Crimea in 2014,
dozens of works that were locat-
ed on the peninsula were trans-
ferred to Russian museums.
DuringWorldWar II, thousands
of works were taken by Nazi sol-
diers to Germany. A portrait of
Yakov Galkin, the director who
evacuated Odessa’s Fine Arts
Museum during World War II,
hangs in Lipatov’s office.
Saving art was secondary on-
ly to saving lives, many of those
interviewed said, becauseUkrai-
nians’ pride in their culture
serves as a deep well of inspira-
tion for its resistance to inva-
sion. Putin has made it clear
that he considers Ukraine to be
part of greater Russia, a conten-
tion artists here say denies
Ukraine’s distinct heritage.
“With each invasion, some
loss of culture is inevitable,” said
Taras Voznyak, director of the
Lviv National Art Gallery. “Putin
knows that without art, without
our history, Ukraine will have a
weaker identity.”
MU S E U M S T H R E A T E N E D
A besieged nation scrambles to shield its cultural heritage
KASIA STREK FOR THE WASHINGTON POST
An archbishop’s portrait was taken down from the walls in
the Andrey Sheptytsky National Museum in Lviv.
By Mstyslav ChernovASSOCIATED PRESS
MARIUPOL, Ukraine — A
wounded pregnant woman who
was taken on a stretcher from a
maternity hospital that was
bombed by Russia last week has
died, along with her baby, the
Associated Press has learned.
Images of the woman, whom
the AP has not been able to
identify, were seen around the
world, personifying the horror
of an attack on civilians.
She was one of at least three
pregnant women tracked down
from thematernity hospital that
was bombarded Wednesday in
the Ukrainian city of Mariupol.
The other two survived, along
with their newborn daughters.
In video and photos shot af-
ter the hospital attack, the
wounded woman stroked her
bloodied lower left abdomen as
emergency workers carried her
t h r ou gh t h e r ubb l e , h e r
blanched face mirroring her
shock at what had just hap-
pened.
It was among the most bru-
tal moments so far in Russia’s
now 19-day-old war in Ukraine.
The woman was taken to an-
other hospital, closer to the
front line, where doctors tried
to save her. Realizing she was
losing her baby, medics said, she
had cried out to them, “Kill me
now!”
Dr. Timur Marin said Satur-
day that the woman’s pelvis had
been crushed and her hip de-
tached. Her baby was delivered
via caesarean sec t ion but
showed “no signs of life,” he
said.
They tried to save the wom-
an, and “more than 30 minutes
of resuscitation of the mother
didn’t produce results,” Marin
said. “Both died.”
In the chaos after the air-
strike, medical workers did not
get her name before her hus-
band and father took away her
body. Doctors said they were
grateful that she didn’t end up
in the mass graves being dug for
many of Mariupol’s dead.
Accused of attacking civil-
ians, Russian officials claimed
the maternity hospital had been
taken over by Ukrainian ex-
tremists to use as a base, and
that no patients or medics were
left inside. Russia’s ambassador
to the UN and the Russian Em-
bassy in London falsely de-
scribed the images as fakes.
Associated Press journalists,
who have been reporting from
inside blockaded Mariupol
since early in the war, docu-
mented the attack and saw the
victims and damage firsthand.
They shot video and photos of
several bloodstained, pregnant
mothers fleeing the blown-out
maternity ward as medical
workers shouted and children
cried.
The team tracked down
some of the victims Friday and
Saturday after they were trans-
ferred to another hospital on
the outskirts of Mariupol. The
port city on the Sea of Azov has
been without supplies of food,
water, power, or heat for more
than a week. Electricity from
emergency generators is re-
served for operating rooms.
As survivors described their
ordeal, explosions shook the
walls, causing medical workers
to flinch. Shelling and shooting
in the area is sporadic but re-
lentless. Emotions ran high,
even as doctors and nurses fo-
cused on their work.
Another pregnant woman,
Mariana Vishegirskaya, gave
birth to a girl on Thursday. She
recounted the bombing as she
wrapped her arm around her
newborn daughter, Veronika.
Af ter photos and video
showed her navigating down
debris-strewn stairs in her pol-
ka-dot pajamas while clutching
a blanket, Russian officials
falsely claimed she was an actor
in a staged attack.
“It happened on March 9 in
Hospital No. 3 in Mariupol. We
were lying in wards when glass,
frames, windows and walls flew
apart,” said Vishegirskaya, who
has blogged on social media
about fashion and beauty.
“We don’t know how it hap-
pened. We were in our wards
and some had time to cover
themselves; some didn’t,” she
said.
Her ordeal was one among
many in the city of 430,000 peo-
ple, which has become a symbol
of resistance to Russian Presi-
dent Vladimir Putin’s war in
Ukraine.
The failure to fully capture
Mariupol has pushed Russian
forces to broaden their offensive
elsewhere in Ukraine. The city
is a key to creating a land bridge
from the Russian border to the
Crimean Peninsula, which Mos-
cow annexed from Ukraine in
2014.
In a makeshift new materni-
ty ward in Mariupol, each new
birth brings renewed tension.
“All birthing mothers have
lived through so much,” said
nurse Olga Vereshagina.
A third pregnant woman
seen by AP lost some of her toes
in the bombing, and medical
workers performed a caesarean
section on her Friday.
Her baby was rubbed vigor-
ously to stimulate any signs of
life. After a few tense moments,
the baby began to wail.
Cheers resonated through
the room amid the cries of the
girl, who was named Alana. Her
mother also cried and the medi-
cal staff wiped tears from their
own eyes.
C I V I L I A N S
Pregnant woman,her baby die afterattack, medics sayBombardment ofmaternity facilityled to iconic image
EVGENIY MALOLETKA/ASSOCIATED PRESS
In one of the war’s most searing images, emergency workers and volunteers carried an injured pregnant woman last week.
By Karla AdamWASHINGTON POST
LONDON— In the middle of
the night, protesters on Monday
broke into a white stucco man-
sion in central London belong-
ing to the family of a Russian oli-
garch, unfurled a Ukrainian
flag, and declared the property
‘‘liberated’’ and ready for refu-
gees.
The mansion belongs to the
family of Oleg Deripaska, an oil
andmetals tycoon who was add-
ed to the UK sanctions list last
week alongside his former busi-
ness partner Roman Abramov-
ich and five others in the British
government’s most aggressive
crackdown yet on Russian elites
it says have close ties to Russian
President Vladimir Putin.
A spokeswoman for Deripas-
ka, Larisa Belyaeva, said the
house belongs to members of
theDeripaska family rather than
to him personally. She added
that the family was ‘‘appalled at
the negligence of Britain’s justice
system.’’
The occupation ended Mon-
day evening when four protest-
ers who remained on the balco-
ny were arrested after an hours-
long standoff with London’s
Metropolitan Police. But the sei-
zure of the home along what the
tabloids have dubbed ‘‘billion-
aire row’’ reflects an idea floated
by British politicians in recent
weeks to turn palatial properties
owned by sanctioned Russian
elites into effective refugee shel-
ters.
‘‘I want to explore an option
which would allow us to use the
homes and properties of sanc-
tioned individuals for as long as
they are sanctioned for humani-
tarian and other purposes,’’
housing minister Michael Gove
told BBCNews on Sunday.
But the government can’t just
take away the house keys. Ana-
lysts say property seizure is dif-
ferent from applying sanctions
and freezing assets. Sanctioned
oligarchs are allowed to live in
their homes. Gove conceded his
proposal would be legally chal-
lenging, but he said it was some-
thing the UK government was
investigating.
‘‘We are saying, ‘You’re sanc-
tioned, you’re supporting Putin,
this home is here, you have no
right to use or profit from it,’’’ he
said. ‘‘If we can use it in order to
help others, let’s do that.’’
London Mayor Sadiq Khan
echoed that ideaMonday, telling
ITV News that the ‘‘goldbricked’’
London homes of Russian oli-
garchs could be used to help
with the refugee crisis. ‘‘For
some time I’ve been complain-
ing about the number of homes
in our city owned by Russian oli-
garchs close to Putin that have
stood empty gathering dust at a
time when we have a housing
crisis,’’ Khan said.
Finding ways to help support
Ukrainian refugees might go
over well with the British public,
as more than three-fourths of
surveyed Brits say they support
the United Kingdom resettling
some Ukrainian refugees. Brit-
ain has so far granted around
4,000 visas to Ukrainian refu-
gees, a fraction of what other
European countries are doing.
Until now, only those with
family ties to the United King-
dom could apply for a visa. On
Monday, the government
launched a second route, called
‘‘Homes for Ukraine,’’ that will
allow the British public to offer
rooms to any Ukrainian refugee.
More than 43,000 British resi-
dents signed up to take part in
the first five hours of the website
going live.
It would not be impossible
for the British government to
seize the properties of sanc-
tioned oligarchs to help refu-
gees, but there are legal hurdles.
‘‘These assets have been fro-
zen, they haven’t been confiscat-
ed. They still belong to the same
people. They have just been fro-
zen so they can’t be sold,’’ said
Tom Keatinge, director of the
center for financial crime and
security studies at the Royal
United Services Institute, a
think tank based in London.
Oligarchs can be served with
an ‘‘unexplained wealth order,’’ a
power introduced in 2018 that
allows the British courts to com-
pel a target to reveal the sources
of their riches. If the state can
make a case that a property was
purchased with the proceeds of
corruption, then they can seize
the property. This takes time,
money, and lawyers.
Sanctions don’t provide the
due process needed to confiscate
assets, Keatinge said. ‘‘We need
to be very careful we don’t de-
scend into the authoritarian
thuggishness that inhabits coun-
tries where the rule of law
doesn’t exist,’’ he said. ‘‘You can’t
go around expropriating assets
off of people where we claim
they are connected with the Pu-
tin regime. That is not what you
do in a democracy.’’
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CRISIS IN UKRAINE
signs of progress, although
they agreed to meet again Tues-
day. The negotiations unfolded
against a backdrop of thunder-
ous Russian artillery strikes
that led United Nations Secre-
tary-General António Guterres
to declare Ukraine was “being
decimated before the eyes of
the world.”
An uncharacteristically an-
gry Guterres accused Russia of
attacking 24 health facilities
and leaving hundreds of thou-
sands of people without water
or electricity. Having once pre-
dicted there would be no war in
Ukraine, he now warned there
could be a calamitous cascade
of world hunger and food infla-
tion because Ukraine is one of
the world’s foremost grain pro-
ducers.
The impact on civilians, Gu-
terres said, was “reaching terri-
fying proportions.”
In one of dozens of episodes
of violence, a missile slammed
into an apartment block in a
once-tranquil Kyiv neighbor-
hood just after dawn Monday,
when many residents were
asleep.
“We do not have a military
target near us,” said Yuriy Yur-
chik, 30. “We did not think we
ourselves would be a target.”
Yet amid the drumbeat of
horror, there were also glimpses
of resilience. Hundreds escaped
Mariupol by car, according to
the local government, even as a
convoy of vehicles carrying
food, water, and medicine tried
to find a safe path through the
battle that has been raging
around that southeast port city
almost since the war began.
Relatives of those still living in
Mariupol said fleeing seemed to
offer the best, perhaps only,
chance for survival.
“I do not believe the human-
itarian convoy will be a big
help,” said Olexander Kry-
voshapro, a humanitarian ac-
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tivist whose parents were in
Mariupol. “Too many people
are still there. And this once
beautiful, big, and constantly
developing city is now com-
pletely destroyed. It is not pos-
sible to live there anymore.”
An estimated 400,000 peo-
ple are trapped in Mariupol,
which is entering its second
week without heat, food or
clean water. Attempts to reach
the city and evacuate people
have failed day after day amid
heavy fighting. The convoy en
route Monday was carrying 100
tons of relief supplies, officials
said.
Russia has been laying siege
to the city, a major industrial
hub on the Azov Sea, creating a
humanitarian catastrophe that
led the International Commit-
tee of the Red Cross to issue an
urgent appeal for a cease-fire.
“Dead bodies, of civilians
and combatan t s , r ema in
trapped under the rubble or ly-
ing in the open where they fell,”
the ICRC said.
Casualty figures are difficult
to confirm in the conflict. The
United Nations has estimated
that at least 596 civilians have
been killed, but that figure is
considered low because of the
organization’s inability to gain
access to all areas of fighting.
The Ukrainian government
estimated more than 2,500 peo-
ple have died in Mariupol alone
— nearly double the estimate
from just a day earlier.
The hundreds who managed
to get out Monday morning left
in 160 cars and their escape
was kept secret until they were
deemed a safe distance away,
according to Ukrainian offi-
cials. They were still on the
move Monday afternoon, their
exact location and route a se-
cret.
The group was expected to
reach the city of Zaporizhzhia,
where they will be given access
to first aid and accommoda-
tions. If they do get there, it
would offer a glimmer of hope.
With mass graves now being
used to bury the dead in Mari-
upol and international aid
groups warning that large num-
bers of people are on the verge
of starvation, it remains exceed-
ingly difficult to get an accurate
picture of what was happening
there.
The split-screen images of
slow-moving diplomacy and
sudden, brutal attacks on many
civilian targets underscored the
challenges of finding an accept-
able off-ramp for Putin, even af-
ter a campaign that, by nearly
all accounts, has gone far worse
for Russia than expected.
The Kremlin, confronting a
remarkably determined Ukrai-
nian resistance and heavy loss-
es on the battlefield, vowed to
carry out its subjugation of the
country “in full” and on its orig-
inal schedule. (It is unclear
what that schedule is, although
Russia denied, until just before
the invasion, that it had any
p l an t o s end t r oop s i n t o
Ukraine.) Russian officials have
tried to portray their military’s
failure to capture most major
cities in Ukraine as an act of re-
straint.
In Moscow, a state television
employee burst onto the live
broadcast of Russia’s most-
watched news show Monday
evening, yelling “Stop the war!”
and holding up a sign that said
“They’re lying to you here,” in
an extraordinary act of protest.
T h e w o m a n , M a r i n a
Ovsyannikova, worked for
Channel 1, the state-run televi-
s ion channel whose news
broadcast she stormed, accord-
ing to a Russian rights group
that is giving her legal support.
The group also released a video
in which Ovsyannikova says she
is “deeply ashamed” to have
worked to produce “Kremlin
propaganda.”
The news show, “Vremya,” is
among the Kremlin’s flagship
propaganda outlets, watched by
millions of Russians every eve-
ning.
Ovsyannikova was detained
at a small police station at Mos-
cow’s Ostankino broadcasting
center, according to OVD-Info,
an activist group that supports
Russians detained for protest-
ing. More details on her condi-
tion were not immediately
available.
On Monday, Putin spoke
again with Israeli Prime Minis-
ter Naftali Bennett, continuing
Israel’s efforts to mediate. The
90-minute call focused on the
possibility of a cease-fire, a se-
nior Israeli official said, and fol-
lowed a call between Bennett
and Ukrainian President Volod-
ymyr Zelensky on Saturday.
The prospect of China’s in-
volvement in support of Russia,
however, raises the risks of a
conflict that has already threat-
ened to pull in the West. It
would blunt the impact of a
trans-Atlantic campaign to iso-
late Russia, relieving some of
the economic pressure on Putin
and giving him a potential sup-
plier of weapons to counteract
those flowing in to Ukrainian
troops from the United States
and other NATO countries.
“ I t rea l l y r i sks making
Ukraine a proxy conflict in
what could be a broader geopo-
litical competition between
China and Russia on the one
side with the US and its allies
on the other,” said Evan Me-
deiros, a professor of Asian
Studies at Georgetown Univer-
sity and former China policy-
maker in the Obama adminis-
tration.
Clearly, the leak of the intel-
ligence that Russia sought Chi-
na’s help was designed to pres-
sure both sides. It was humiliat-
i n g f o r P u t i n , w h o i s
enormously sensitive to sugges-
tions that he is the junior part-
ner in the relationship between
Moscow and Beijing.
But it also places China in a
hard spot. Just before Russia’s
invasion, Chinese Foreign Min-
ister Wang Yi left no doubt that
Beijing opposedmilitary action.
“The sovereignty, indepen-
dence, and territorial integrity
of any country should be re-
spected and safeguarded,” he
said. “Ukraine is no exception.”
If China providedmilitary or
economic support, it would be
violating that principle and risk
being associated with the car-
nage now underway. The White
House has made clear it would
respond to any effort to bail out
Russia.
“Support of any kind,” said
Biden’s spokesperson, Jen Psa-
ki, “there would be consequenc-
es for that.”
Russia keeps up attacks in Ukraine as two sides hold talks
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A child looked at a soldier while waiting Monday for further transport after crossing the
Ukrainian border with Poland in Medyka. More than 2.8 million refugees have fled Ukraine.
By Gal Tziperman LotanGLOBE STAFF
Ahead of the virtual speech of
President Volodymyr Zelensky of
Ukraine to the US Congress
Wednesday, members of the
Massachusetts delegation spoke
of possible paths to aid for the
country, as it continues to resist
an invasion from Russian troops
that beganmore than two weeks
ago.
Congress members expressed
solidarity with Zelensky and the
Ukrainian people and de-
nounced the bloodshed and de-
struction caused by troops of
President Vladimir Putin of Rus-
sia, but some said it is unclear
whether Putin’s ambitions can
be contained by economic mea-
sures or if military action will be
necessary.
Senator Elizabeth Warren
said the US approach of leaning
heavily on economic sanctions
to discourage an invasion that
“could escalate into full-scale
world war” is new and untested.
“The economic sanctions, for
the first time ever, involve coun-
tries all around the world, and
have cut Russia off from the for-
mal banking system,” the Cam-
bridge Democrat said, speaking
at an unrelated news conference
near the Lower Neponset River.
“This is extraordinary. Nothing
like this has happened before.”
The goal is to make sanctions
hurt enough that Putin feels the
war is no longerworth the effort,
Warren said. She pointed out
that private companies are al-
ready pulling out of business
dealings in Russia. The next
step, she said, might be making
sure Russia cannot use crypto-
currency to work around the
sanctions.
“Three-quarters of all of the
ransomware attacks come
through Russia, so they’re good
at being able to hide money and
use illicit activities for helping
support the economics of the
country,” she said. “This is a real
problem. North Korea has al-
ready been using crypto, for ex-
ample, in order to evade eco-
nomic sanctions around the
world.”
Last week the US Senate ap-
proved $13.6 billion in military
and human i t a r i an a id to
Ukraine as part of a $1.5 trillion
omnibus spending bill. Almost
half of that money, $6.5 billion,
will go directly to the US Depart-
ment of Defense, and the rest
will be spread among other
agencies, like the US Agency for
International Development.
Representative Stephen
Lynch said he was horrified to
see the images coming out of
Ukraine.
“I think it’s a question of how
much slaughter and how much
violence against civilians in
Ukraine the world community
will tolerate,” Lynch said. “I un-
derstand thatUkraine is not part
of NATO, but they are part of the
human race, and there is a wider
and deeper obligation that we
have to protect innocent chil-
dren and families.”
The South Boston Democrat
lauded the Biden administration
for sending aid and resources to
Ukraine without deploying US
troops there.
“But again, things are grow-
i n g wo r s e b y t h e hou r i n
Ukraine,” Lynch said. “And
there’s an ultimate point at
which, I think, either under the
UN banner or the NATO banner,
the free world will be forced to
respond.”
Lynch and Warren made
their remarks near the end of a
news conference at which offi-
cials announced that the EPA
has designated a 3.7-mile stretch
of the Lower Neponset River a
Superfund site.
Representative Lori Trahan
said in a statement Monday that
she hoped to hear updates from
Zelensky on efforts to get civil-
ians who are trapped in cap-
tured cities to safer places, and
more about the condition of
Ukraine’s 15 active nuclear reac-
tors.
“I expect that when President
Zelensky addresses Congress on
Wednesday, we’ll hear the same
message we heard from him a
week ago: Putin is failing, and
the Ukrainian people are more
committed to defending their
freedom and the future of their
democracy than ever before,” the
Westford Democrat said.
Representative Richard Neal,
chairman of the House Commit-
tee on Ways and Means, called
Zelensky and the Ukrainian peo-
ple “inspirations for the world”
and said he was looking forward
to hearing him speak.
“ V l a d i m i r P u t i n h a s
launched a brutal, unprovoked
assault on a free people,” said
Neal, a Democrat from Spring-
field, in a statement Monday.
“The world has witnessed what
has happened and it is atrocious.
There are but a handful of na-
tions that are supporting Vladi-
mir Putin, but the civilized
world is adamantly opposed to
what he is doing.”
Gal Tziperman Lotan can be
reached at [email protected].
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the potential for a Trump-
backed Republican nominee to
emerge in his place — the non-
partisan Cook Political Report, a
national handicapper, called the
governor’s seat Democrats’ “best
pickup opportunity” in the
country.
Both Democrats running
would be barrier breakers as the
first woman to be elected gover-
nor, the first openly gay gover-
nor (Healey) or the first Latina
and Asian-American governor
(Chang-Díaz). The winner
would face one of two Republi-
cans: Geoff Diehl, a Trump-
backed former state lawmaker,
or Chris Doughty, a Wrentham
businessman and first-time can-
didate.
There’s also widespread be-
lief among party activists and
strategists that Healey, a South
End Democrat, will win the par-
ty’s endorsement at its June
convention, where activists and
party insiders weigh in on their
preferred candidates. A candi-
date must win 15 percent of the
vote there to make the Sept. 6
primary ballot, and the one with
the majority of delegate votes
can tout being the party’s en-
dorsed pick.
It would both be a show of
strength against an opponent
courting the party’s most liberal
blocs, and something Martha
Coakley, Healey’s predecessor
and the party’s gubernatorial
nominee in the last open-seat
contest in 2014, failed to do.
“She’s checked every single
box that youwant a campaign to
check at this point,” Mary Anne
Marsh, a Democratic strategist
who is not working with either
campaign, said of Healey. “She
made her name on grass-roots
campaigning, putting together a
statewide organization in a car
driven by [now state representa-
tive] Dylan Fernandes. It’s com-
pound interest, and it’s really
starting to pay off.”
But while her campaign is
long on advantages, it has, to
date, been short on specifics.
Appearing at a Worcester Dem-
ocratic caucus early this month,
Healey emphasized the impor-
tance of investing in mental
health and child care — with lit-
tle specificity of how — during
an almost breathless 90-second
stump speech; hers was the only
statewide candidate address not
to test timekeepers’ two-minute
limit.
It’s in that void, Chang-Díaz
and her supporters argue,
uGOVERNOR'S RACEContinued from Page A1
where the Jamaica Plain Demo-
crat has an opening. Chang-
Díaz, who launched her cam-
paign in June, has quickly
staked out the progressive terri-
tory, pledging to support a sin-
gle-payer health care system, a
fare-free public transit system,
and tuition-free public college.
They are areas where Healey
said she backs more investment
or attention but does not em-
brace Chang-Díaz’s more pro-
gressive pronouncements.
The race has evolved into
one “being definedmore so than
any other race on ideological
terms,” said Ben Downing, a for-
mer state senator who ended his
own gubernatorial bid in De-
cember.
“You have Sonia as the pro-
gressive standard-bearer, the
darling of the liberal activists
and if the election were on Twit-
ter, that is probably the best pri-
mary she can have,” he said.
“And Maura I know would push
back against being described as
more moderate in her messag-
ing or otherwise. But I don’t
think any of us have a clear an-
swer for: on day one, Governor
Healey does . . . what?”
Healey’s deep ties and broad
name recognition have also
made her the race’s establish-
ment candidate. It’s a quirky
narrative shift from just eight
years ago when she first ran for
attorney general as a plucky —
and then formidable — outsider
against a veteran former state
lawmaker.
The anti-establishment angle
is one Chang-Díaz’s supporters
have embraced, too, even if it-
self is somewhat an odd fit. A
seven-term senator, Chang-Díaz
has served in a Beacon Hill
elected office longer than Hea-
ley has.
“She is kind of the outsider.
On paper it just might not look
that way,” said Watertown’s
Democratic Town Committee
chairman Will Pennington. At
the city’s Democratic caucus
this month, Chang-Díaz sup-
porters won 26 of the 27 dele-
gate spots. “Sonia is taking on
the establishment, which for the
activists and delegates in Water-
town, it appeals to them.”
Chang-Díaz’s campaign said
it envisions a path to victory by
“expanding the electorate,” in-
cluding by targeting the roughly
one million voters who showed
up for the 2020 state primary
but did not vote in 2014, a mid-
term year when the governor’s
seat was last open, according to
a memo circulated among sup-
porters.
It also cited other progres-
sive candidates — US Represen-
tative Ayanna Pressley, former
Suffolk district attorney Rachael
Rollins, and Senator Edward
Markey — who won on the
strength of organizing and “run-
ning on their values.”
Chang-Díaz also rejects the
idea that people have been wait-
ing for, and are ready to anoint,
Healey as their gubernatorial
pick, saying it belies what most
voters care about.
“Ultimately, this race is going
to be won by the whole elector-
ate, the people in the state,”
Chang-Díaz said, running down
a long list of obstacles — traffic
congestion, crushing debt, ris-
ing housing costs — for which
residents have long sought solu-
tions. “When you talk about
waiting, that’s the waiting most
voters do. It’s not for X, Y, or Z
candidate for governor. It’s not,
who has beenmaking themoves
and lining up establishment
support to run for governor.”
Democratic voters’ choices
have nevertheless tapered.
Downing, the first Democrat to
officially enter the race last win-
ter, ended his campaign after
struggling to raise enough mon-
ey to sustain a statewide opera-
tion. Allen, a Harvard professor
and first-time candidate, fol-
lowed seven weeks later, la-
menting that the party’s caucus
process pushes out political nov-
ices.
The caucuses, which ran for
several weeks and ended over
the weekend, determine which
party activists will serve as dele-
gates at the June convention in
Worcester.
While the race has thinned,
Healey raised nearly $1 million
in the first seven weeks after she
entered the race, helping push
her campaign account to nearly
$4.3 million by the end of Feb-
ruary —more than 10-fold what
Chang-Díaz had.
In Brookline, Healey’s sup-
porters made up the entire 48-
person slate of delegates, said
Cindy Rowe, the town’s Demo-
cratic Committee chairwoman.
Over the weekend, Healey re-
portedly swept the delegate
count in the Boston’s Ward 9,
which is directly adjacent to
Chang-Díaz’s ward. And in
Fitchburg, while delegates were
impressed with Chang-Díaz,
many Democratic activists in
the city are backing Healey, said
PatriciaMartin, the city’s Demo-
cratic Committee chairwoman.
“She has every right to run
for any position she wants to
run,”Martin said of Chang-Díaz.
“But we’ve known Maura. We
don’t know [Chang-]Díaz.”
In Worcester, supportive del-
egates praised Healey’s reputa-
tion as a Donald Trump bird
dog, joining or leading dozens
of lawsuits against the former
president’s administration. Oth-
ers say they’ve simply been sup-
porters for years, making the
embrace of her gubernatorial
campaign natural.
Marc Provencher, a 57-year-
old Worcester delegate, said he’s
viewed Healey as a candidate
for higher office since hearing
her speak at the 2014 state party
convention in Worcester. At the
time, he said, he was genuinely
split on supporting her or then-
candidate Warren Tolman for
attorney general.
“As soon as she was done
[speaking], I didn’t need to hear
anymore,” said Provencher, a
“TeamHealey” button pinned to
his shirt. “I thought, ‘This is the
person who can go a long way.
This is the rising star in the
state.’”
Matt Stout can be reached at
[email protected]. Follow
him on Twitter @mattpstout.
Democratic primary for governor quickly thins
PHOTOS BY JOHN TLUMACKI/GLOBE STAFF
Maura Healey hugged an attendee at a Democratic caucus event in Worcester on March 5.
Senator Sonia Chang-Díaz spoke with Democrats at the Worcester event.
ten the follow-through is slow or
nonexistent, especially as the
district has cranked through
four superintendents in the last
eight years and now is looking
for a new one.
In the end, plans repeatedly
change and timelines get pushed
back, leaving schools in limbo
and sometimes feeling betrayed
when the district reverses course.
Often it’s the students, they say,
who pay the biggest price.
If the Shaw can’t persuade the
system’s top brass to expand to
sixth grade like most other Bos-
ton elementary schools, that
memory box will commemorate
the third-graders’ final year there.
“The school district promised
they would give us a fourth
grade, but they broke their
promise. That hurts our hearts,”
NAvon wrote to the Globe in a
letter-writing campaign. “That’s
why me and my friend Andrew
made a memory box so no one
will forget their friends.”
Sharra Gaston, a district
spokesperson, said BPS is “work-
ing with the Shaw School com-
munity to determine the best op-
tions for their school.”
“We are assessing expansion
options and will be happy to
share updates as they become
available,” she said.
The poor planning comes
even though the school system
has been operating under a 10-
year facilities plan known as
BuildBPS. The plan has been
widely criticized by parents,
uSCHOOLSContinued from Page A1
teachers, and education activists
for omitting concrete details on
when projects will happen, inac-
curately projecting enrollment,
and failing to adequately investi-
gate the depth of building ne-
glect.
Instead, critics say, the dis-
trict continues to manage facili-
ties with a crisis-response men-
tality without thinking through
the viability of the solutions they
pitch.
“That is one of the reasons
why a lot of families have lost
trust in BPS,” said City Councilor
JuliaMejia, who chairs the coun-
cil’s Education Committee.
Ironically, when the School
Committee voted in fall 2013 to
reopen the Shaw the following
September after closing it in
2009, at least onemember, Clau-
dio Martinez, raised questions
about whether district leaders
were promising families too
much amid a spate of ever-
changing facility plans.
“How many of those promis-
es were [kept] by this School
Committee?” he asked.
Facility problems — and the
mixed messaging around them
— have only intensified since
then. Among them:
R In October, BPS told three
elementary schools, including
the Sumner in Roslindale where
Mayor Michelle Wu sends her
children, that it would not add a
sixth grade, leaving students in
limbo. After protests, BPS gave
them a sixth grade.
R In September, students and
staff at the Edward M. Kennedy
Academy for Health Careers be-
gan classes in a rundown ele-
mentary school after BPSmoved
too slowly on finding a perma-
nent home after their long-term
lease expired at Northeastern
University.
R And in May, BPS notified
families at the Jackson Mann
K-8 in Allston it was pulling two-
year-old plans to extensively ren-
ovate their building and instead
would close the school, angering
families.
The School Committee in De-
cember ordered Cassellius to de-
velop a new plan, but it remains
unclear where it’s headed, now
that she is leaving.
A cornerstone of BuildBPS is
supposed to be shifting grade
configurations so most primary
schools end at grade 6 or 8 and
that most secondary schools be-
gin at grade 7 or 9. The idea is to
provide consistency and reduce
school transfers.
Despite that goal, BPS decid-
ed in 2018 to freeze the Shaw’s
expansion at grade 3, even
though the School Department
website continues to say the
school will expand.
Disappointment over the bro-
ken promise has prompted par-
ents to pull their children out of
BPS after finishing at the Shaw.
Tiffany Vassell, who led the
school’s parent group for five
years, is now sending her daugh-
ter, a fourth-grader, to a private
school. She said she would rath-
er have her at the Shaw, noting
that during the pandemic the
teachers ensured that her
daughter got her work done
while Vassell was working the
night shift as a nurse.
“I just feel like the love and
care are always there,” she said.
“I want other kids in the com-
munity to have that experience.”
The Shaw community in re-
cent months stepped up its ad-
vocacy, turning out for School
Committee meetings where the
students have given impas-
sioned testimony that has cap-
tured the hearts of many other
parents, advocates, and even
some school officials.
A rally is being planned at the
schoolWednesdaymorning.
Parents are worried BPS
might be quietly planning to
close the school, because the
proposed budget for next year
calls for cutting a third-grade
classroom.
Shaw’s enrollment has been
dropping, and parents say its
frozen expansion is deterring
new families. State data poten-
tially back that up: When offi-
cials decided to halt the expan-
sion during the 2017-18 school
year, enrollment peaked at 256
students and has fallen to 154
this year. BPS also is grappling
with a dramatic enrollment de-
cline districtwide.
Deb Shea said she enrolled
her daughter, who is now in the
second grade at the Shaw, under
the belief it would be expanding.
She says she’s been thrilled with
the education her daughter has
received and notes it’s one of the
few BPS schools with a librarian.
Her daughter, she said, has
been studying immigration and
has been coming home with
books on the topic and has been
working onwriting and structur-
ing paragraphs, being more ex-
pansive in her writing, and get-
ting evidence fromdifferent texts.
“My daughter really wants to
stay,” she said.
For Brenda Ramsey, the
Shaw has been a lifeline for her
family. They were homeless at
the start of the pandemic and
staying with other family mem-
bers. Teachers personally deliv-
ered aWi-Fi hotspot and, after a
first-grade teacher noticed her
youngest daughter was Zooming
classes from bed because she
didn’t have a desk, the school got
her one. The staff eventually
helped Ramsey secure a housing
voucher, ending about three
years of homelessness.
It was heartbreaking, she
said, when her older daughter
left the Shaw after third grade.
Ramsey didn’t like the other
available options in BPS so her
daughter now attends a charter
school.
“It’s more than a school; it’s a
true community,” Ramsey said of
the Shaw. “I would hate for it to
go away because BPS can’t keep
its promises. I don’t think BPS
realizes the position they put
families in when they put us in
limbo like this. All we are asking
at the Shaw is to make decisions
with us and not for us.”
James Vaznis can be reached at
Revolving door atop district frustrates students, parents
CRAIG F. WALKER/GLOBE STAFF
Nisariah Wise watched her little sister Emerson prepare her
lunch at home before heading to Shaw Elementary School.
The race has evolved into one ‘being defined more so than any other raceon ideological terms.’
BEN DOWNING, former state senator who ended his own gubernatorial bid
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The federal insurance pro-
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matter of time before an effec-
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In the run-up to the midterm
elections, the Aduhelm saga
could add urgency to the issue of
rising drug prices — especially at
a time when higher prices at the
gas pump and the supermarket
are also draining the wallets of
older Americans on fixed in-
comes.
Mike Festa, director of AARP
Massachusetts, which repre-
sents 750,000 residents, is “sick
and tired of these high drug
costs” and wants to give Medi-
care the power to bargain with
manufacturers. “The pressure
has to be brought to bear on
Congress to get this done,” he
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Food and Drug Administra-
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objection of some FDA officials
and independent advisers who
argued it showed unclear bene-
fits and posed safety risks, such
as brain bleeding, in clinical
studies. Biogen initially priced
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annually, before cutting the
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public outcry and slower-than-
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Then, in January, the federal
Centers forMedicare andMedic-
aid Services decided it would pay
only for beneficiaries who enroll
in follow-up clinical trials. The
capacity of the trials effectively
excludemore than 1million peo-
plewhowould have been eligible
for the drug. That marked the
first time in its 57-year history
theMedicare agency limited cov-
erage for an FDA-approved
drug. The ruling was prelimi-
nary, with a final determination
expected in April.
Some of the most expensive
targeted therapies are paid for
under Medicare Part B, the pro-
gram that covers treatments,
like Aduhelm, administered
through infusion in medical of-
fices. (Pills from pharmacies are
covered under anotherMedicare
program, Part D.) The agency
boosted Part B monthly premi-
ums for most beneficiaries this
year by $21.60 to $170.10, the
largest dollar increase ever, part-
ly to establish a reserve for antic-
ipated Aduhelm payouts.
The higher premium was set
before Medicare restricted
Aduhelm coverage. Now, se-
niors’ groups like AARP are
pressing the agency to pare back
the premium. A spokeswoman
said Medicare is reviewing the
premium but has not set a time-
frame for a decision.
Pushback is also coming
from another direction. A
strange-bedfellows alliance of
drug makers and patient advo-
cates is just as fired up about
Medicare’s move to deny cover-
age for the vast majority of the
seniors who they said could ben-
efit from Aduhelm. They worry
more broadly about losing ac-
cess to high-priced lifesaving or
life-extending treatments still
under development in the biop-
harma pipeline.
On Tuesday, a contingent of
Alzheimer’s patients and family
members, along with advocates
for patients with other condi-
tions, plans to demonstrate out-
side the Washington offices of
the Department of Health and
Human Services, which runs
Medicare.
Sue Peschin, president of the
Alliance for Aging Research, a
sponsor of the protest, said the
Medicare ruling creates a trou-
bling precedent that could let
the agency limit whom it covers
for other treatments, she said.
“It’s really medically unethi-
cal to require [Medicare] benefi-
ciaries to enter into a clinical
study in order to get coverage,”
Peschin said. Because of the way
clinical trials are designed, she
cautioned, many Medicare-in-
sured residents who take part
will get a placebo rather than the
drug.
Medicare’s ruling also sent a
jolt of anxiety through the drug
industry, including the burgeon-
ing biotech hub in Cambridge’s
Kendall Square. Many startups
there are bankrolled by venture
capital investors who place huge
financial bets on risky scientific
approaches, expecting outsized
returns if their drug candidates
prove to be effective.
Biogen, which developed
Aduhelm, was once the largest
biotech in Massachusetts. Earli-
er this month, executives at the
company, which sunk billions of
dollars into research and devel-
opment, said they’re cutting
$500 million a year — and re-
portedly up to 1,000 jobs, in-
cluding most of their Alzheim-
er’s team — as a result of the
Medicare ruling.
But drug makers rattled by
Medicare’s decision may soon
have a bigger problem: In his
State of the Union message,
Biden’s call for legislation that
would let Medicare negotiate
prices with drug makers seemed
to breathe new life into a long-
running effort. Until now, that
issue has languished in Congress
despite support at times by ev-
eryone from Senator Bernie
Sanders of Vermont to former
president Donald Trump.
Any law that empowers
Medicare to haggle with drug
makers would have profound
implications for the biopharma
industry — and for Medicare,
which paid out $37 billion
through Part B for prescription
drugs in 2019, according to the
Kaiser Family Foundation. Oth-
er nations that negotiate with
drug companies often pay sub-
stantially less for the same
drugs.
Medicare’s bills from roughly
1 million seniors with mild cog-
nitive decline who are eligible
for Aduhelm, at its reduced price
of $28,200 per patient, would
have totaled $23 billion annual-
ly, the BC report calculated.
That’s eight times what the
Part B program spends on its
current most costly drug, Eylea
for macular degeneration, and
two-thirds of what it now spends
on all medicines. (Medicare cov-
ers 80 percent of the cost of
these treatments, so patients are
responsible for the balance out
of pocket or through supplemen-
tal insurance plans.)
The biopharma industry has
lobbied aggressively against al-
lowing Medicare to negotiate
prices, arguing countries where
governments haggle with drug
makers, such as Germany or the
United Kingdom, ration thera-
pies or limit access to revolution-
ary drugs.
“It’s really hard for any com-
pany, anybody, to negotiate with
the federal government,” said
Brian Newell, deputy vice presi-
dent of public affairs at the Phar-
maceutical Research andManu-
facturers of America. “It’s take it
or leave it. That’s not the way to
solve the problem.”
The trade group, known as
PhRMA, has presented a pack-
age of alternative proposals to
address the price burden on se-
niors, including a guarantee that
Medicare will pay the lowest
price drug makers to negotiate
with private insurers, and an an-
nual cap on what beneficiaries
pay for the typically lower-priced
pills and other meds covered by
Part D.
Drug makers say the finan-
cial incentives built into their
business model have catapulted
the United States into a leader-
ship role in drug discovery. They
also cite the rollout of innovative
treatments that, while costly,
save the health systemmoney in
the long term. Drugs that cure
the Hepatitis C virus, for exam-
ple, eliminate the need for liver
transplants.
“We don’t want to create an
environmentwhere it’s harder to
bring these drugs to the market
or create barriers to getting
them,” Newell said.
RobertWeisman can be reached
Follow him on Twitter
@GlobeRobW.
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In his State of the Union message, President Biden’s call for legislation that would let
Medicare negotiate prices with drug makers breathed new life into a long-running effort.
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Massachusetts, on efforts to
allow Medicare to negotiate
prices with drug makers
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EditorialJOAN VENNOCHI
Kevin Garnett’s retired No. 5
had barelymade it to the TD
Garden rafters when the for-
mer Celtic’s story of competi-
tive greatness and commit-
ment to excellence was eclipsed by a bigger
story: TomBrady’s announcement that he’s
un-retiring, after amere 40 days.
“These past twomonths I’ve realizedmy
place is still on the field and not in the
stands,” the legendary quarterback, who left
the New England Patriots to play for the
Tampa Bay Buccaneers, wrote on Twitter.
“That time will come. But it’s not now.” Hav-
ing cut professional ties with the New Eng-
land sports world, maybe Brady didn’t know
it was Garnett’s bigmoment; ormaybe he
just didn’t care. Either way, his timing gave
the impression that, at 44, TomBrady is all
about TomBrady— and all about keeping
his identity as the greatest quarterback of all
time in the present tense, not the past.
He’s not the first or last person to define
themselves by work while dreading retire-
ment and the threat of obscurity that goes
with it. “I used to be someone,” a former poli-
tician toldme the other day, half-jokingly,
half-mournfully. Clearly, Brady does not
want to be in that “used to be someone” cate-
gory.
Given the consensus that he still has the
athletic skill and competitive drive to do the
job he loves, why not continue? Still, the
sequence of Brady’s February announcement
that he was hanging up his cleats, followed
quickly by rumors that he really wasn’t leav-
ing football, followed by Sunday night’s
tweet about a triumphant return, felt con-
trived and a little sad. This is amanwho
appears to have everything: fame, fortune,
seven Super Bowl wins, plus a loving family.
Yet, he still craves an eighth Super Bowl ring
in a sport that puts him at great risk of bodily
injury. Beyond that, he also craved a dramat-
ic pseudo-exit and equally dramatic reentry,
which came at Garnett’s expense.
Of course, whatever attention Brady gets
is determined by themedia. After Brady’s
tweet, social media exploded with “wows”
and other expressions of shock and awe. For
a time, at least on Twitter, Brady’s announce-
ment even seemed to overshadow the ongo-
ing horror in Ukraine, where President Vo-
lodymyr Zelensky— also 44— is fighting for
his country’s survival. Brady’s return was a
diversion from something too terrible to con-
template — awar that’s annihilating cities,
towns, and the people who live in them. Lo-
cally, Brady’s news also diverted attention
fromGarnett, and that’s too bad.
I’m no expert on basketball or Garnett.
But duringmy pandemic-induced quest for
entertainment, I watched the Showtime doc-
umentary “Kevin Garnett: Anything Is Possi-
ble,” which tells the story of his remarkable
journey and legacy. He was the first high
school player to be drafted by the NBA in 20
years. While playing for theMinnesota Tim-
berwolves, he became a superstar. But it
wasn’t until he came to the Boston Celtics
that he became a champion, by helping the
teamwin the 2008 title.
As a player, Garnett was known for his
grit, unvarnished emotion, and commitment
to greatness. During Sunday night’s celebra-
tion of his number being retired—which I
watched on TV—hewas passionate, funny,
profane, and very real. His intensity as a
player is saluted by teammates, coaches, and
fans; yet during a Q. & A. with former Celtic
teammate Brian Scalabrine, Garnett was also
asked how he controlled that intensity. Gar-
nett acknowledged he had to learn “to con-
trol the energy. Nobody tells you how to use
your superpower.” Did anyone, including
Brady, ever think his intensity needed to be
checked, whether he was tossing a football
into the end zone or a tablet on the sidelines?
Intensity may be viewed differently when it
comes packaged in a nearly seven-foot-tall
Black basketball player like Garnett versus a
white quarterback like Brady.
Garnett retired from the NBA in 2016. At
45, he has the peace and satisfaction that
comes with recognition of past glories. As he
turns 45, Brady has every right to seek future
glory. But the next time he retires shouldn’t
be a big deal — to anyone but Brady.
Joan Vennochi can be reached at
[email protected]. Follow her on
Twitter@joan_vennochi.
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Tom Brady craved a dramatic pseudo-
exit and equally dramatic reentry.
Brent Renaud didn’t set out to be amartyr. He was in Ukraine to dowhat journalists do— get the story,tell it well, and bring home the re-alities of a war being fought far
from these American shores.He paid for that commitment to the truth—
that desire to get it right —with his life when hewas gunned down over the weekend at amili-tary checkpoint in Irpin, a town on the outskirtsof Kyiv. He was there shooting a documentaryon the global refugee crisis for Time Studios.An award-winning documen-
tary filmmaker who, with hisbrother Craig, had covered thewars in Iraq and Afghanistan, theviolence perpetrated by drug car-tels inMexico, and the earth-quake in Haiti, Renaudwas a Nei-man Fellow at Harvard in 2019.“I don’t think we are adrena-
line junkies like some of the warcorrespondents whowe know,”Brent Renaud told an interviewerfor Curatormagazine in 2009.“We don’t seek out the dangerousassignments. But once we arecommitted to a story, we are will-ing to do whatever it takes to tellthat story.”It’s something of a journalists’
creed that simply becomesmoredangerous when bullets are flyingand bombs are going off.Wounded in the same Russian
attack that killed Renaudwas fel-low journalist Juan Arredondo. Arredondo’sevacuation by Ukrainianmedics as he clutchedhis camera to his chest on the stretcher —filmed by a crew from the German newspaperBild— speaks to that creed and that mindset.Renaudwas the second journalist to be killed
in the Ukraine war. Yevhenii Sakun, a TV cam-eraman, was one of five people killed when Rus-sian forces fired on the Kyiv TV tower onMarch1, according to the Committee to Protect Jour-nalists.Two Sky News journalists were shot early in
the invasion in the Kyiv suburb of Bucha, theirinjuries not reported until the twowere safelyevacuated. Russian troops shot at and robbed afreelance Swiss journalist near the village ofVodyano-Lorino in southern Ukraine onMarch6, CPJ notes on its website.Meanwhile, the committee also reports that
at least 150 of Russia’s few remaining indepen-dent journalists have fled Russia in recent daysin the wake of Russian President Vladimir Pu-tin’s latest efforts to stamp out anything resem-bling truthful reporting of the war in Ukraine orthe protests within Russia.Many have landed in the former Soviet re-
publics of Latvia, Lithuania, and Georgia —where Russian remains a common language—to set up operations in exile and try to gathernews fromUkraine and inside Russia and get itback to those within their home country, where
now anything other than Putin’s propaganda ishard to find.It takes a special kind of courage to carry on
nomatter what.It takes a special kind of courage to enter a
war zone where, from the very start, none of therules have applied, where “PRESS” on the backof a flak jacket might as well be a bull’s-eye.Brent Renaud had that kind of courage—
and a generous helping of heart as well. He wasnot alone in his mission to bring the world thestories of ordinary people caught up in extraor-dinary times. Hundreds of others remain com-mitted to that task— and today continue to puttheir lives on the line to bring those stories tolife, to share themwith the world.Renaudwill bemissed and he will bemourn-
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The world bears witnessto unfolding war crimes
Vladimir Putin has joined the pantheon of all-time geopoliti-
cal monsters, including Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Pol Pot,
and SlobodanMilosevic.
Let there be nomistake.With the shocking campaign to
destroy a sovereign, peace-loving democratic nation that
wants nothing to do with Russia, Putin can be characterized
as nothing other than a war criminal. This has been a com-
pletely unprovoked, manufactured crisis.
One appropriate redress at a given point would be the In-
ternational Court of Justice, where Putin can stand aligned
with some of the notoriousmurderers in our civilization. One
of the principal charges at the Nuremberg trials, which could
readily be raised here, references one who engages in the
planning, preparation, initiation, and waging of a war of ag-
gression. Such would seem to be a perfect fit.
The behavior of Putin is difficult to describe, and what he
has done and continues to do to the Ukrainian people is
breathtakingly horrifying. One can only wonder what else he
might be planning to undertake given his naked exercise of
unbridled power. That, of course, could well be a step toward
oblivion.
Whoever thought we would be bearing witness in real
time to what the start ofWorldWar II looked like?
THOMAS A. KENEFICK
Springfield
Re “Ukraine crowd-sources evidence of war crimes” (Editori-
al, March 11): Indeed, the Russian leadershipmust be prose-
cuted for their war crimes in Ukraine. Russia alsomust be
made to pay reparations for the deaths and injuries and
property damage the country has willfully wreaked.
I cannot fathomwhy Russia is causing such destruction.
How does it fit in Vladimir Putin’s endgame to cause such
deep resentment in 40million fellow Slavs right on Russia’s
border?Whatever the purpose, Russiamust bemade to pay.
DON CARLSON
Boston
As a graduate of Newton SouthHigh School and a third-gen-
eration Newtonite, I’m disappointed that the city’s land use
policies continue tomake it difficult for young families to call
Newton home (“Newton schools may cut 74 positions,” Met-
ro, March 10).While state legislation such as the recently
passedHousing Choice bill and efforts by local advocates are
moving things in the right direction, it remains easier to
build a newMcMansion than a duplex or fourplex, let alone
an apartment building, inmost of Newton.With housing
prices continuing to rise, it’s no wonder that enrollment at
Newton Public Schools is dropping. I hope local policymak-
ers will keep working tomake Newton amore inclusive city.
CLIFF BARGAR
San Francisco
Given housingwoes, it’s nowonderNewton school enrollment is dropping
Thank you to DerekMong for his moving reflection on the
poetry of public transportation (“Poetry — and democracy—
inmotion,” Ideas, March 6).
It tookme back to the early 1990s, when I commuted on
the 1 bus onMass Ave. One day I overheard a driver from an-
other bus reporting on the radio, “Umm, there seems to be a
snake on this bus. . . . " We passengers all got quiet listening
to the snake report as we rumbled along. I never found out
the end of the story. I assume the snake was caught.
Lately I have foundmyway to a carpool. No snake re-
ports, but there has been plenty of poetry and drama—
shared shock at news on the radio, or sharedmisery when
the traffic is bad. Gas prices are rising; the climate conse-
quences of somany of us driving alone are dire; but the bus,
the train, the carpool are all available to us, especially now
that pandemic conditions are better. If you can, take the bus,
and if you can’t, at least don’t drive alone.
AsMong writes, “We’re in this together.”
MARY MEMMOTT
Framingham
Public, or at least shared,transportation: our great connector
As a former resident ofWashington, D.C., I have seen how
the Capitol Police prepare for “largely nonviolent” protests.
Formy own safety during protests I attended, I learned to
watch for large groups of cops and avoid them, and to recog-
nize street medics and legal observers in a crowd.
Media coverage of the riot on Jan. 6, 2021, was extremely
frustrating forme. Hour after
hour, I watched, perplexed,
wondering where all the cops
were. It didn’t look like D.C. Ac-
cording to the Government Ac-
countability Office’s report (“Bet-
ter training urged for Capitol Po-
lice,” Page A2,March 8), Capitol
Police’s plans “focused on a
manageable, largely nonviolent
protest at the Capitol.”
If antifa demonstrators had
arrived in the same numbers,
the Capitol Police would have
been perfectly capable of re-
sponding “effectively and effi-
ciently” to the “threat environ-
ment.” Yet somehow officers
“felt discouraged or hesitant to
use force” this time, though they
had information that “protesters
could be armed andwere plan-
ning to target Congress.”
Bottom line, it should be very
clear that while the GAO’s rec-
ommendationsmight help pre-
vent a similar event in the future, they are not an explanation
for the Capitol Police’s lack of response on that day.
TIM CLARK
Lawrence
Get to the heart of why Capitol Policedidn’t gird for Jan. 6 riot
If antifademonstratorshad arrived inthe samenumbers, theCapitol Policewould havebeen perfectlycapable ofresponding‘effectively andefficiently’ tothe ‘threatenvironment.’
An incident lastWednesday at a Tijuana
port of entry at the US-Mexico border ex-
poses the federal government’s incoher-
ence and hypocrisy when it comes to the
treatment of migrants fleeing violence
and seeking asylum in the United States.
A Ukrainianmother and her three children escap-
ing the Russian invasion tried to apply for US asylum
at the Tijuana port of entry but were turned away by
border officials. The reason for the rejection was Title
42, the nearly two-year-old Trump-era policy that effec-
tively closed the border to the vast majority of asylum
applicants. The incident provoked outrage and dismay
among immigration attorneys and advocates whowere
helping the family. Thanks to their advocacy andme-
dia spotlight, the family was admitted the next day on
a humanitarian exception in California, where they re-
portedly have family who are US citizens.
Tragically, that family is not the only one from
Ukraine trying tomake it to the United States viaMex-
ico. Reports on the ground from refugee advocates
suggest a surge of Ukrainian asylum seekers is begin-
ning, andmost of them are getting promptly rejected.
(Some, like that Ukrainian family in Tijuana, are start-
ing to get approvals for humanitarian exemptions after
receiving help from local activists.)
With that backdrop, President Biden said on Friday
that he “will welcomeUkrainian refugees—we should
welcome them here with open arms if they need ac-
cess.” But that is not happening at our southern border.
Moreover, the arrival of Ukrainian refugees at the bor-
der also raises questions about disparate treatment of
other asylum seekers fromHaiti and Central America
who have been systematically turned away formonths
at the same spot. Naturally, there are different levels of
violence and hardship faced by people all over the
world, but if border officials can process someUkraini-
an families fleeing war, they can certainly begin pro-
cessing all othermigrants so they can apply for asy-
lum.
Ultimately, the new and urgent dynamic at the bor-
der puts pressure on the Biden administration to final-
ly end Title 42. The cost of keeping the policy, whose
public health purpose was never justified by scientists
and experts, is too high: The United States is neglect-
ing its moral and legal international obligations and is
puttingmigrants in danger by sending them back to
harm.
Biden’s insistence on keeping the policy in place
seems evenmore unconscionable in the face of his ad-
ministration’s recent decision to end it for unaccompa-
niedminors. Granted, the announcement about the
exception forminors came Saturday, after a ruling
from a Texas court essentially forced the government’s
hand. And as reported by BuzzFeed last week, the
Biden administration is apparently preparing to un-
wind Title 42 in April. It alsomay very well be that
Biden is hoping the courts will make the decision to
end the policy first, allowing him to save political face
given hard-line Republicans’ support formaintaining
the closed border— a position based on nothingmore
than fearmongering.
An exemption from Title 42 would not have been
approved for that family of four in Tijuana had they
not been fromUkraine, according to local advocates
who formonths have been watching border officials
reject Haitian, African, and Central American refugees.
In fact, the approval rate for Title 42 exemption re-
quests is roughly 25 percent for all nationalities except
Haitians, for which the approval rate is about 14 per-
cent, according to data reported by Vice News and ob-
tained from the border nonprofit Al Otro Lado.
So will it be the Ukrainian refugee crisis that finally
puts the nail in the coffin of Title 42?Will it take the
plight of white, European refugees for the government
— and the American public — to care about what’s
happening to asylum seekers at the US-Mexico border?
Biden needs to restore the United States’ core humani-
tarian values to our asylum system, so cruelly corrupt-
ed and exploited by Donald Trump and hisminions.
The desperation of migrants fleeing violence knows no
boundaries, skin color, nor place of origin.
Marcela García can be reached at
[email protected]. Follow her on Twitter
@marcela_elisa and on Instagram@marcela_elisa.
MARCELA GARCÍA
Ukrainian refugees arrivingat the US-Mexico borderraise questions for Biden
GUILLERMO ARIAS/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES
Ukrainian citizens walk along with an advocate (right) on the Mexican side of the border after being
rejected from entering the United States under Title 42 by Customs and Border Protection
authorities, at the San Ysidro crossing port, in Tijuana, Mexico, on March 9.
By Tara D. Sonenshine
It is estimated that 36million
Russians use TikTok, the social
media app that delivers enter-
taining and informational short
videos. That explains, in part,
why the Biden administration last week
brought 30 social media influencers onto
a Zoom call for a briefing about Ukraine.
The hope is that many Russian TikTok
users will be able to access social media
and influence their fellow citizens on
Russia’s invasion of sovereign Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin un-
derstands the influence of social media.
He shut down foreignmedia and blocked
Instagram as ofMonday, leaving his own
population in the dark. Meanwhile, news
outlets inside Russia have been instruct-
ed not to say anything about Ukraine. In-
dependent news stations have been shut
down, and even state-runmedia staff
have walked off the job.
The efforts to engage social media
won’t stop Putin’s army from bombing
Kyiv, targeting civilians, and occupying
an independent nation. Russian critics of
the war, many of whom bravely took to
the streets at the start of the invasion,
have been imprisoned. Their voices, for
now, have been silenced. They sit in Rus-
sian jails or under house arrest, awaiting
trials while Russian operatives track their
families.
But where social media andmedia
writ large will matter is in the days and
months ahead, when a Russian occupa-
tion of Kyiv will run headlong into public
opposition fromwithin Russia and from
around the world. Occupying a nation is
expensive and deadly. As the economic
pain of sanctions grows real for ordinary
Russian citizens, the best hope is that
critics within Putin’s circle will feel em-
powered to resist the authoritarian rule
that is ruining their nation. That is the
moment when social media can pene-
trate the iron curtain and inspire resis-
tance.
Putin’s propaganda has limited value.
It can galvanize people to support a pho-
ny war for a brief period. But as losses of
Russian troopsmount and the bodies
come home, information will seep out,
and those who can gain access to their
mobile phones will learn about the war
crimes committed by their government.
Young peoplemay rise up and risk their
lives as they come to understand the false
narrative of a dictator who has silenced
opposing views and imprisoned dissi-
dents.
Unfortunately, the fight over “truth”
all over the world, aided and abetted by
social media platforms spreading false
information, has had a corrosive effect on
citizens everywhere. Even in the United
States, there is a basic lack of trust and
confidence in government and theme-
dia, making it harder, in a time of war, to
convince people about facts on the
ground; this will be especially true for
those in totalitarian societies, where in-
formation is tightly controlled. But the
truth does, eventually, come to the sur-
face, and themessage will get out that
what Russia is doing is criminal and di-
sastrous.
This war has raised the stakes for ev-
eryone, everywhere. Information from
Ukraine has come steadily and constant-
ly, galvanizing citizens in every corner of
the globe. Correspondents are reporting
live from the ground. Refugees are post-
ing video diaries. Ukrainian officials are
tweeting from shelters. The sounds of
shelling in Kyiv can feel deafening even
for those of us thousands of miles away.
The Biden administration is right to
keep social media influencers in the loop
on the war, in the hopes that some Rus-
sians, through VPN technology or by oth-
er means, will be able to download news
about what Russia is really doing in
Ukraine rather than accept Putin’s propa-
ganda or remain in the dark. Information
energizes public sentiment. Energizing
global opinion against Russia and in fa-
vor of Ukraine will continue if the
wall-to-wall reporting, on all platforms,
continues.
Tara D. Sonenshine is professor of
practice of public diplomacy at the
Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
She served as US undersecretary of state
for public diplomacy and public affairs
from 2012 to 2013.
Social media can help stop the spreadof misinformation — and Putin
The Biden administration is right to keep socialmedia influencers in the loop on the war.
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New way of countinglowers COVID deathsThe state’s official tally of COVID-
19 deaths dropped by more than
3,700 in data released Monday
under a new counting method
that Massachusetts health offi-
cials say more accurately reflects
the pandemic’s impact. The new
method is applied retroactively
back to March. B3
By Dan AdamsGLOBE STAFF
Computer hackers made off
with highly sensitive personal re-
cords on more than 164,000 job-
seekers and license applicants in a
virtual “smash and grab” attack
last November on Creative Servic-
es Inc., a Massachusetts company
that conducts background checks
on everyone from marijuana en-
trepreneurs to state employees,
university faculty members, and
workers at nuclear facilities.
The Mansfield firm said its se-
curity team was still investigating
the motive and identity of the
hackers behind the incident,
which executives only disclosed in
regulatory filings and letters to cli-
ents in February.
An attorney for Creative Servic-
es said the company was offering
two years of free credit monitoring
and other support to those affect-
ed, since the stolen records includ-
ed names, Social Security num-
bers, driver’s licenses, and other
identifying information that could
enable fraud.
“We worked diligently to find
out what information was affected
andmade sure to contact the indi-
viduals involved,” the attorney,
Paul Ferrillo, said in an interview.
He added the firm has since taken
steps to secure its computer net-
work against further “smash and
grab” attacks; Creative Services
was also targeted by hackers in Au-
gust, according to state filings.
The company has long con-
ducted background checks for em-
ployers, institutions, and govern-
ments across the country, and the
hack did not appear to target any
particular sector. Locally, Boston
University said some students and
faculty may have been affected,
while state contracting records in-
dicate Creative Services has been
retained by various agencies in re-
cent years, including the Depart-
ment of Public Health.
However, a major slice of Cre-
ative Services’s business in recent
years has come from legalmarijua-
na.Most states with regulated can-
nabis markets require investors,
executives, and workers in the in-
dustry to pass thorough back-
ground checks that include re-
HACKERS, Page B4
Hackershit firmin ‘smashand grab’Creative Servicessays 164,000 werevictims of attack
By Emma Platoffand DannyMcDonald
GLOBE STAFF
Members of the public and some
elected officials Monday pushed back
on Mayor Michelle Wu’s proposal to
restrict the hours when protesters
may demonstrate at private residenc-
es, with some warning of First
Amendment violations and raising
the specter of lawsuits even as Wu’s
administration insisted the measure
was on solid legal ground.
Wu, whose quiet Roslindale home
has become the site of near-daily 7
a.m. protests over her vaccine man-
dates, last month pitched a city ordi-
nance that would bar demonstrations
at any private home between 9 p.m.
and 9 a.m.
More than two dozen people testi-
fied at a spirited virtual hearing held
by the Boston City Council Monday,
with most speakers opposing the
mayor’s proposal. Among them were
several people who routinely protest
outsideWu’s home in the early-morn-
ing hours, who defended their right to
be there and characterized her neigh-
borhood as a crucial venue for voicing
their dissent.
“Feelings are not facts, and rights
are not negotiable,” said Shana Cot-
tone, a Boston police sergeant who
was placed on leave during an inter-
nal affairs probe after playing a lead-
ing role in organizing protests against
Wu’s mandates. “Our rights to consti-
tutionally demonstrate are not some-
thing that should be negotiated or leg-
islated through ordinance.”
Some of Wu’s neighbors spoke to
the other side of the issue at the hear-
ing, describing the frequent protests
as deeply disruptive to their morning
routines.
The debate over Wu’s protest pro-
HEARING, Page B4
Wu’s proposed protest restrictionsmeeting resistance on, off council
By John R. EllementGLOBE STAFF
The owner of the stolen car used to breach the Chanel store
in a smash-and-grab robbery on Newbury Street last week is
nowwondering if his insurance companywill help him get back
on the road as a full-time Uber driver — or leave him on the
hook for the costs of the crime.
Amir Forghany was at a McDonald’s restaurant early Friday
in Somerville when he twice left the engine running on his Nis-
san Altima as he stepped inside to pick up two separate delivery
orders, he said in a telephone interviewMonday. There was no
problem the first time he went inside and left the engine run-
ning.
But the second time?
“The car was gone,” he said. “I couldn’t believe this was hap-
pening.”
He called Somerville police and reported the car missing. He
did not hear anything else until Friday when a Boston police of-
ficer contacted him, a conversation that Forghany has commit-
ted tomemory.
“We found your car,” the officer told him.
“Yes!” Forghany responded. “I was totally elated.”
“It’s in a store,” the officer said.
“OK.What store?” Forghany asked.
“No, it’s literally in a store,” the officer told him. “The rob-
bers used it to ram inside a store.”
Forghany’s elation was immediately replaced by disappoint-
ment and a renewed sense of being violated.
Police said Monday the search for the thieves — witnesses
described a man and a woman running away from the shat-
tered store about 4:30 a.m. Friday and then getting into an SUV
being used as a getaway car — is continuing. The thieves stole
some 20 handbags from the international fashion store where
such items cost thousands of dollars each.
A department spokesman, Sergeant Detective John Boyle,
said Monday the investigation is ongoing and no arrests have
beenmade.
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A few hours after thenews of Brent Renaud’sdeath in Ukraine brieflycaptured the world’s at-tention Sunday, TomBrady announced hewas coming out of re-tirement.It goes without say-
ing which story got more attention.That’s no knock on Brady. It’s just a
reality in a celebrity-obsessed culture,where theminute details of the lives ofprofessional athletes, movie stars, andthose who are, through sheer chance,born into either literal or figurative royalfamilies are heaped on an audiencemore comfortable with distraction thanthe disturbing images of injustice andhuman suffering.It was a steely determination to bring
that suffering to a wider audience, a fer-vent belief that showcasing just howhorrible or apathetic human beings canbe toward one anothermight somehowlead to less of it, that animated Brent Re-naud, gave him purpose, and which ulti-mately cost him his life at the age of 50.Renaud, a documentary filmmaker,
was shot dead, and a photojournalistfriend and colleague, Juan Arredondo,was shot and wounded, reportedly byRussian soldiers, as they drove througha suburb of Kyiv. Renaud and Arredondowere 2019 classmates as Nieman Fel-lows at Harvard University.Renaudwas in Ukraine, where nearly
3million people have fled Russia’s inva-sion, for a film he wasmaking about theglobal plight of refugees. It was part of awider body of work in which he lookedat the impact that intolerance and disas-ters, both natural and human-made,have on ordinary people.Renaud and his brother, Craig, made
films that won prestigious awards, thekind that get little attention compared toan Oscar or a Super BowlMVP trophy.But those who know Brent Renaud
say accolades didn’t motivate him. Tell-ing stories about the human conditiondid. He humanized the often-over-looked, be it a grunt fromArkansas sentto fight in Iraq, a rural meth addict, Hai-tians left destitute by an earthquake.One of themost celebrated films he
and his brothermade, “Last ChanceHigh,” was about a high school in Chica-go where dedicated staff worked withtroubled poor kids on whom everybodyelse had given up. That film capturedthe essence of his work: that no one isdisposable, that everyone is capable ofredemption, that every life matters, nomatter the numbers in their bank ac-count or zip code.Journalists are always looking for a
lead, to start their stories. AnnMarieLipinski, the Nieman curator, says BrentRenaud led with empathy.“Brent believed in loving his sub-
jects,” Lipinski said. “It goes againstjournalistic convention. That’s just whoBrent was.”Hemarveled at the courage of ordi-
nary people in extraordinary circum-stances, those who leave their nativecountries, trying to find a better life,those who stand their ground and callout injustice in their own communities.He grew up in Arkansas, and after
George Floyd wasmurdered inMinne-apolis by a police officer, he went to Har-rison, Ark., considered a haven for whitesupremacists, where amostly whitegroup of Black LivesMatter protestersmarched by a contingent of white na-tionalists and armedmilitia members.In a piece about the protest he wrote
for the Globe, Renaud described watch-ing a 22-year-old Black woman namedMayaHood address the gathering on theimportance of not remaining silent inthe face of injustice. He consideredHood’s impromptu speech among thebravest things he had ever witnessed.His work often took him to some of
themost dangerous places on earth. Hedid so knowing the risks, trying tomini-mize them asmuch as possible. He diedcovering a war, but to describe him as awar correspondent is too limiting. Hewas a humanity correspondent.According to the United Nations, 55
journalists were killed doing their jobsin 2021, the lowest toll in a decade. Thewar in Ukraine will drive those numbersup.Truth is the first casualty of war.
Those determined to tell it, like BrentRenaud, are often next in line.
Kevin Cullen is a Globe columnist. Reachhim at [email protected].
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Comfort Zone PAGE B6
Car stolenandwrecked, owner leftwithbillsUber driver whose vehicle was used in Chanel heist wonders how he’ll get back on road
‘The car wasgone. I couldn’tbelieve this washappening.’AMIR FORGHANY,
an Uber driver whose car
was stolen when he went into
a restaurant to pick up a
delivery order
NOT YOUR USUAL
MATH LESSON —
Tim O’Leary (top),
principal of Roxbury
Prep Middle School,
had a face full of
shaving cream after
allowing students
who could recite the
most digits of the
mathematical
constant Pi to throw
pies in his face in
celebration of Pi
Day. Emeliz (in right
photo) reacted after
hitting fifth-grade
history teacher, Matt
Reid, in the face
with a pie.
B2 Metro T h e B o s t o n G l o b e TUE SDAY, MARCH 1 5 , 2 0 2 2
B O S T O N
Inmate convicted of vandalizing jailADorchester man serving an eight-to-10-year prison sentence for
gun offenses linked to the nonfatal 2016 shooting of a Boston po-
lice officer was convicted Friday of causing a “violent altercation”
at the Nashua Street Jail, authorities said. A BostonMunicipal
Court jury found Grant Headley, 33, guilty of disturbing a correc-
tional institution and vandalizing jail property, Suffolk District
Attorney Kevin R. Hayden said in a statementMonday. Headley
had been convicted in June 2021 ofmultiple gun charges but ac-
quitted of shooting a police officer. On July 16, 2018, at the jail,
Headley “berated” a sheriff’s officer and refused orders to either
return to his cell or continue his dinner. He threatened and spat
at officers, who then restrainedHeadley and began to escort him
from the unit, prosecutors said. Headley broke away and kicked a
door, shattering riot glass valued at roughly $2,000, according to
the statement. JudgeMarkHart Summerville sentencedHeadley
to 2½ years, following the completion of his eight- to 10-year
state prison sentence, according to the statement. Headley is cur-
rently incarcerated atMCI-Norfolk, records show.
Warren endorses Arroyo inDA race
Senator ElizabethWarren has endorsed Boston City Councilor
Ricardo Arroyo in the race to succeed Rachael Rollins as Suffolk
district attorney, Arroyo’s campaign announcedMonday. Arroyo,
who is in his second term on the council, is a former public de-
fender and an advocate on the council for police reform. “Ricardo
is an experienced and compassionate public servant and attorney
with an unwavering commitment to justice,”Warren said in a
statement released by Arroyo’s campaign. “As a public defender
and Boston City Councilor, Ricardo has worked tirelessly to ad-
dress systemic racial and class inequities,’’ Warren said. “With Ri-
cardo as District Attorney, Suffolk County will help lead the fight
for equal justice by combating racial and class disparities in our
criminal justice systemwhile supporting people’s safety, dignity,
and wellbeing.” Arroyo announced his candidacy last month for
the role as prosecutor for Boston, Chelsea, Revere, andWinthrop.
So far, Kevin Hayden, appointed by Governor Charlie Baker to
complete Rollins’s term, which expires later this year, has also an-
nounced he is also seeking the post.
BPS employee arraigned
An employee at a public school in Dorchester for grades six
through 12 was arraignedMonday on charges that he requested
and received “sexual images” from aminor, the Suffolk district at-
torney’s office said. Ernest Logan, 31, a technician at TechBoston
Academy, appeared in theWest Roxbury Division of BostonMu-
nicipal Court on two counts of lascivious posing a child in a state
of nudity, the district attorney’s office said in a statement. Bail
was set at $3,000 and Loganwas ordered to stay away from the
victim andwitnesses, as well as the victim’s home and school, the
district attorney’s office said. He is due back in court April 27. A
child’s relative reached out to police after finding “concerning
communications” between the alleged victim and Logan, who
was known to the family through his job at TechBoston Academy,
the district attorney’s office said. “Logan allegedly encouraged the
victim to send him sexual images, requests with which the victim
complied,” the statement said. Boston Public Schools said the de-
partment could not comment on the specifics of the incident. An
attorney representing Logan had no comment.
WA LT H AM
Car rolls into trench; driver escapesA drivermanaged to escape unscathed after rolling a car into a
trench at a construction site inWaltham onMondaymorning, of-
ficials said. Fire crews responded at 10:17 a.m. to the intersection
of Summit andHammond streets, where a car had rolled into a
trench dug so that workers couldmake repairs to the street, Dep-
uty Fire Chief Richard Grant said. Grant said one of two steel
plates that covered the hole had beenmoved to the side. As the
car attempted to pass by, its front tire went in, and it rolled hood-
first into the hole, Grant said. The drivermanaged to get out of
the car and refused treatment, Grant said. There were no inju-
ries, and the car was extracted from the hole, officials said.
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Birthdays: Actor Judd Hirsch
is 87. Jazz saxophonist Charles
Lloyd is 84. Grateful Dead bass-
ist Phil Lesh is 82. Beach Boys
singer Mike Love is 81. Rock
singer-musician Sly Stone is 79.
Rock guitarist-singer Ry Cooder
is 75. Model Fabio is 61. Sugar
Ray singer Mark McGrath is 54.
Rock musician Mark Hoppus is
50. Actor Eva Longoria is 47.
Black-eyed Peas rapper-musi-
cian will.i.am is 47. Linkin Park
DJ Joseph Hahn is 45. Rapper
Young Buck is 41.
ºIn 44 B.C., Roman dictator
Julius Caesar was assassinated
by a group of nobles that includ-
ed Brutus and Cassius.
ºIn 1820,Massachusetts lost
over 30,000 square miles of land
asMainewas granted statehood,
the 23rd state in the union.
ºIn 1917, Czar Nicholas II
abdicated in favor of his brother,
Grand Duke Mikhail Alexan-
drovich, who declined the
crown, marking the end of im-
perial rule in Russia.
ºIn 1965, President Lyndon
B. Johnson, addressing a joint
session of Congress, called for
new legislation to guarantee ev-
ery American’s right to vote; the
result was passage of the Voting
Rights Act of 1965.
ºIn 1972, “The Godfather,”
Francis Ford Coppola’s epic
gangster movie based on the
Mario Puzo novel and starring
Marlon Brando and Al Pacino,
premiered in New York.
ºIn 2005, former WorldCom
chief Bernard Ebbers was con-
victed in New York of engineer-
ing the largest corporate fraud
in US history. (He was later sen-
tenced to 25 years in prison.)
ºIn 2011, the Syrian civil
war had its beginnings with Ar-
ab Spring protests across the re-
gion that turned into an armed
insurgency and eventually be-
came a full-blown conflict.
ºIn 2017, for the second
time, a federal court blocked
President Trump’s efforts to
freeze immigration by refugees
and citizens of some predomi-
nantlyMuslim nations.
ºIn 2019, a gunman killed
51 people at two mosques in
Christchurch, New Zealand,
streaming the massacre live on
Facebook. (Brenton Tarrant, an
Australian white supremacist,
was sentenced to life in prison
without parole after pleading
guilty to 51 counts of murder
and other charges.)
ºIn 2020, the Federal Re-
serve took massive emergency
action to help the economy
withstand the coronavirus by
slashing its benchmark interest
rate to near zero and saying it
would buy $700 billion in trea-
sury and mortgage bonds. After
initially trying to keep schools
open, New York City Mayor Bill
de Blasio said the nation’s larg-
est public school system would
close in hopes of curbing the
spread of the coronavirus. Gov-
ernor Charlie Baker ordered all
Massachusetts schools to close
for three weeks and limited res-
taurants to takeout and delivery
services.
ºLast year, a poll from the
Associated Press-NORC Center
for Public Affairs Research
found that 42 percent of Repub-
licans said they probably or defi-
nitely would not be vaccinated
against COVID, compared with
17 percent of Democrats.
This day in history
PHOTOS BY JESSICA RINALDI/GLOBE STAFF
Mayor Michelle Wu grabbed a piece of paper before it became litter during a press conference concerning the EPA’s formal
announcement it had designated a 3.7-mile stretch of the Lower Neponset River a Superfund site.
By Gal Tziperman LotanGLOBE STAFF
Standing by a tall, sculptural
bridge that spans a narrow
length of the Neponset River in
Mattapan Monday, Environ-
mental Protection Agency re-
gional administrator David
Cash encouraged a group of re-
porters and elected officials to
close their eyes and listen.
“I hear the breeze blowing
through this exquisite spot,”
Cash said. “What an amazing
day it is today.”
After years of local advocacy,
the EPA designated a 3.7-mile
stretch of the Lower Neponset
River a Superfund site, Cash
formally announced at a press
conference where he was joined
by Senator Elizabeth Warren,
Representatives Ayanna Press-
ley and Stephen Lynch, and
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu,
among other officials.
The designation will begin a
cleanup process that may last
decades, undoing the industrial
pollution that plagued the river
for more than a century.
The river winds fromMother
Brook in Hyde Park to the Wal-
ter Baker Dam in Dorchester,
dividing Milton and Mattapan
on the way. It was polluted by
mills and manufacturing plants
that lined its banks for much of
the 19th and 20th centuries,
and it is now one of 12 new Su-
perfund sites, joining more
than 1,300 other locations on
the Superfund National Priori-
ties List. The list includes 33
other sites in Massachusetts.
“This is a win-win for the
communities who value recreat-
ing on the river, families who
live in the area, and the wildlife
that depend on it,” Cash said,
“because we now have a mecha-
nism to address the contamina-
tion in the sediment that has
plagued this river for decades.”
Pressley noted that national-
ly, more than 9,000 federally
funded public housing projects
are a mile or less from a Super-
fund site. This has a dispropor-
tionate effect on poor people
and on people of color, she said.
“None of these injustices
have happened overnight,”
Pressley said. “They’re the re-
sult of generations of intention-
al policy violence and chronic
disinvestment. We know that to
combat decades of environmen-
tal racism, we must prioritize
environmental justice, which is
intrinsically linked to racial
health and economic justice.”
The bottom of the river is
now heavy with polychlorinated
biphenyls, or PCBs, the carcino-
genic materials that were com-
mon in electrical equipment, lu-
bricants, and hydraulic fluids
from 1929 until their produc-
tion was banned in 1979.
“Decades o f indus t r ia l
dumping have polluted this wa-
ter and transformed something
joyful and beautiful into some-
thing dangerous,”Wu said. “The
chemicals in this river can have
serious impacts on physical
health and on reproductive
health, and affect our young
people’s cognitive development
and learning.”
There is no danger to the
people who currently use the
Lower Neponset River Trail, a 5-
mile greenway often full of peo-
ple jogging, biking, or walking
their dogs, said Ian Cooke, exec-
utive director of the Neponset
River Watershed Association.
But swimming in the river, com-
ing into contact with the pollut-
ed mud lining its banks, and
eating the fish that live in the
river can be dangerous, he said.
If portions of the cleanup
pose more of a risk to local com-
munities and people who use
the trail, Cash said, the EPA will
alert residents and try to miti-
gate those risks, possibly by
temporarily closing the area off.
Scientists with the EPA plan
to collect samples from the river
this fall to assess the extent of
the pollution. Meanwhile, the
EPA’s enforcement division,
along with the Justice Depart-
ment, will investigate which
companies were responsible for
the pollution.
The cleanup could take de-
cades to complete and cost tens
of millions of dollars, EPA offi-
cials told the Globe. Exactly
how long it will take, and how
much money it will cost, is un-
clear.
Designating the river a Su-
perfund site will give access to
federal funding, along with sci-
entific and legal assistance.
“This is not one-and-done
funding,” Warren said. “We
have Superfund sites all across
the Commonwealth and all
across the nation, and they are
all underfunded. ... We know
we have the money to get this
one done. But we will continue
to try to keep more and more
resources into the Superfund
project overall.”
Lynch noted that communi-
ty members have been asking
for help in cleaning up the river
for decades. Legislators were
aware of the issue as early as
1995, he said.
“The first studies we com-
missioned at the federal level
were done in 2002,” Lynch said.
“So you sometimes see how
long these things can take.”
Gal Tziperman Lotan can be
reached at [email protected]
or at 617-929-2043.
Activists hail EPA ruling on NeponsetCleanup of rivermay take decades
The stretch of the Lower Neponset River that was declared a Superfund site has been subject
to industrial pollution for a century as mills and manufacturing facilities lined its banks.
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PAT GREENHOUSE/GLOBE STAFF
By Emily SweeneyGLOBE STAFF
More than 30 people have
died in car crashes in Maine so
far this year, a “staggering in-
crease” from this point last
year, officials said Monday.
In January, there were 13 fa-
talities in car crashes, com-
pared to 7 in 2021. In February,
there were 14 fatalities, com-
pared to 11 a year earlier. So far
in March, there have been five
deaths, the same as this time in
2021.
“That is a concerning trend,
given 2021 ended as one of our
safest years,” state officials said
in a statement.
“If we keep this up, we are
on course for a very deadly
spring here in Maine.”
In 2021, there were 153
statewide fatalities from car
crashes.
This winter, contributing
factors in the fatal crashes in-
cluded unsafe speeds, reckless
driving, alcohol and drug-im-
paired driving, and not wearing
seat belts, officials said.
“Make safety for yourselves,
and all others sharing the road
with you, your top priority,”
Lauren Stewart, the state’s
highway safety director, said in
a statement.
“No one typically plans to be
involved in a serious injury or
fatal crash when they leave one
destination for another. How-
ever, you can always plan to be
a safe driver.”
Officials reminded drivers to
be cautious, slow down, and
wear seat belts.
“Be a defensive driver al-
ways engaged in the act of driv-
ing, being alert, and looking
out for the other cars on the
road,” officials said in the state-
ment. “Just drive! Everything
else can wait.”
Emily Sweeney can be reached
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@emilysweeney and on
Instagram@emilysweeney22.
Fatal carcrashessurge inMaine
By Nick StoicoGLOBE CORRESPONDENT
The state’s official tally of
COVID-19 deaths dropped by
more than 3,700 in data re-
leased Monday under a new
counting method that Massa-
chusetts health officials say
more accurately reflects the
pandemic’s impact.
The state reported 19,981
con f i rmed and probab l e
COVID-19 deaths as of Sunday,
down from 23,751 onMarch 10.
The data Monday included nine
new confirmed COVID deaths,
bringing the total to 18,886, and
no new probable deaths, leaving
that total at 1,095.
The change comes after the
Department of Public Health
announced last week it would
narrow the state’s definition of a
COVID-related death for people
who tested positive for COVID
but did not have the virus listed
as the cause of death on their
death certificate. State health of-
ficials said they expected the
new method would cut the
number of deaths by about
3,700.
Under the new system, any
person who dies within 30 days
of a COVID-19 diagnosis is re-
corded by the state as having
died from COVID, except in cas-
es for which another cause of
death is clear. The previous
method counted anyone who
died within 60 days of a COVID-
19 diagnosis.
COVID deaths can be count-
ed beyond the 30-day window if
COVID-19 or an “equivalent
term” is listed on the death cer-
tificate, or if investigators con-
clude the death was coronavi-
rus-related. The new systemwas
recommended by the Council of
State and Territorial Epidemiol-
ogists, which helps establish
uniform methods for states to
track and record various diseas-
es.
During a press briefing last
week, state epidemiologist Dr.
Cather ine Brown said the
change is “an absolutely critical
step in improving our under-
standing of who COVID has im-
pactedmost significantly during
the pandemic.”
“Prior to the CSTE definition,
states did not have a nationally
recommended definition for
COVID-19 deaths and, as such,
have been using a variety of pro-
cesses and definitions to count
their deaths,” Brown said in a
statement Thursday. “In Massa-
chusetts, our definition has con-
sistently been broader than
most other states. After a deep
dive into our data and reviewing
thousands of death certificates
we recognize that this updated
definition gives us a truer pic-
ture ofmortality associated with
COVID-19.”
The new method is also be-
ing applied retroactively back to
March 2020, when the pandem-
ic first gripped the state. The
state said last week that 4,081
deaths that were previously
counted as being associated
with COVID would be removed
from the official tally, while
about 400 deaths not previously
counted, but identified through
matching death certificates with
medical records, would be add-
ed.
Dr. Sabrina Assoumou, an
assistant professor of medicine
at Boston University School of
Medicine and an attending phy-
sician in the section of Infec-
tious Diseases at Boston Medi-
cal Center, said the new system
will improve accuracy in calcu-
lating the virus’s impact, partic-
ularly when comparing Massa-
chusetts with other parts of the
country.
“This is sort of a precarious
time with COVID, especially as
we’re seeing cases starting to go
up in Europe, and they’re high
in Asia,” she said in a phone in-
terview. “Keeping track of all
those metrics is going to be im-
portant, so it is important we
get it right as wemove forward,”
she said.
Nick Stoico can be reached at
[email protected]. Follow
him on Twitter @NickStoico.
New counting method lowers Mass. COVID deaths by 3,700March 20, 2020
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As of July 13, 2021, the state reports coronavirus statistics Monday-Friday.
SOURCE: Mass. Department of Public Health GLOBE STAFF
Mass. COVID-19 cases
Mass. COVID-19 deaths
1,520 new
9 new
Confirmed, by date case was
reported to the state
(Cumulative total: 1,549,684)
Confirmed, by date death was
reported to the state
(Cumulative total: 18,886)
March 14
In Mass:
Seven-day
average
positivity
rate:
1.51%
Patients with
COVID-19
currently in
hospitals:
236
IN TRIBUTE TO AND IN AID
OF UKRAINE — Christine Gatti
(top photo) arranged sunflowers
before Mayor Michelle Wu and
others attended an unveiling of
Ukrainian flags at Statler Park
in Boston on Monday.
Meanwhile, medical supplies
were stockpiled for Ukraine.
Meg Femino (right in left
photo), vice president of
emergency management with
Beth Israel Lahey Health;
Patrick Kiley (center),
emergency management
coordinator with Conference of
Boston Teaching Hospitals; and
Maura Hughes, CEO Boston
MedFlight, inventoried and
catalogued the donations from
member hospitals of Doctors
Collaborating to Help Children.
The supplies are being stored in
a hanger at Boston MedFlight in
Bedford.
By AmandaMilkovitsGLOBE STAFF
PROVIDENCE—ARhode Is-
land woman who lied about be-
ing a cancer-stricken decorated
Marine combat
veteran was ar-
rested Monday
o n f e d e r a l
c h a r g e s o f
fraud involving
m o r e t h a n
$200,000 from charities.
Sarah Jane Cavanaugh, 31,
who had been the commander of
North Kingstown Veterans of
Foreign Wars Post 152 until the
allegations surfaced in late Janu-
ary, was arraigned in US District
Court on four felony charges.
The US attorney’s office is
charging her with using another
person’s military discharge cer-
tificate, the DD-214 form, aggra-
vated ID theft, fraudulently
holding herself out as a recipient
of a Purple Heart and Bronze
Star, and using communications
in furtherance of fraudulent ac-
tivities.
Cavanaugh had allegedly
used the discharge certificate of
an actual Marine, who is now a
civilian working for the US Navy
in Newport, R.I., and who had
happened to visit the Veterans
Affairs Medical Center in Provi-
dence where she was working.
The discharge certificate had
been falsified with her name.
“In all the years I’ve been do-
ing this, I’ve seldom seen a
fraudulence scheme so wide-
ranging,” Assistant US Attorney
Ronald Gendron toldMagistrate
Judge Lincoln D. Almond. “It
seemed any pot of money out
there that she placed her hands
on, she used fraud to try to ac-
quire it.”
Cavanaugh’s defense attor-
ney, Kensley Barrett, said she
was trying to sell her home in
Warwick for restitution for the
alleged victims.
Almond released Cavanaugh
on $50,000 unsecured bond,
saying he did not believe shewas
a danger to the community, with
supervision by court pretrial ser-
vices. The magistrate ordered
Cavanaugh into mental health
treatment, to not possess weap-
ons, and not to travel outside of
Rhode Island.
Cavanaugh’s alleged schemes
were first uncovered by some of
the people and organizations
that help veterans in need — be-
cause they’d believed at first that
she was one of them.
Kate Mannion, co-host of the
podcast Zero Blog Thirty, first re-
vealed the alleged deception on
her Jan. 31 show. Mannion said
she had sent the HunterSeven
Foundation a donation for the
woman, whom she believed had
been wounded by a roadside
bomb blast. Cavanaugh had told
a story about serving tours in
Iraq and Afghanistan, then be-
ing diagnosed with stage 4 lung
cancer in September 2019. Ca-
vanaugh’s description ofmetallic
particles in her lung, specific to a
blast from an improvised explo-
sive device, sounded similar to
stories of other military person-
nel who’d been injured in battle
and suffered from cancer, Man-
nion said.
Mannion said HunterSeven
sent her a letter and was return-
ing her donation to Cavanaugh,
saying that “everything was a
lie.”
Mar ine Ma jo r Thomas
Schueman, founder of the non-
profit veterans’ group Patrol
Base Abbate, told Task & Pur-
pose that Cavanaugh told him
she was dying of cancer from
toxic exposure to burn pits.
Schueman said that Cavanaugh
showed him with a DD-214 that
was ultimately found to be rid-
dled with disparities.
Cavanaugh wasn’t a Marine
and wasn’t suffering from can-
cer, but she used those stories to
defraud well-intentioned people
near and far, Gendron said.
“These are people that trust-
ed her, that she met on a daily
basis sometimes, face to face.
Sometimes they were employ-
ees, people who she may have
met through her fraudulent ac-
ceptance in the VFW, people she
met through charities. She pur-
ported to be a Marine who was
injured while serving the coun-
try in combat and had cancer,”
he said.
Through the investigation
that began with questions from
HunterSeven, Special Agent
Thomas Donnelly of the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, Office
of the Inspector General uncov-
ered an alleged web of lies.
Cavanaugh had used the ID
of an actual Marine — a man
who is now working as a civilian
with the US Navy in Newport,
according to an affidavit sup-
porting an arrest warrant. The
former Marine told Donnelly
that he recognized his signature
on the discharge certificate that
Cavanaugh was passing off as
her own.
With his ID, Cavanaugh
claimed she had served from
2009 to 2016, was wounded in
action in Iraq and Afghanistan,
and had been honorably dis-
charged as a corporal, the affida-
vit said.
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posal spotlights the competing
pressures facing public officials
in this time of heightened politi-
cal tension: respecting protest-
ers’ First Amendment rights and
maintaining a good quality of
life in city neighborhoods. That
debate, taking place across the
country, has sparked moves in
other cities as well as legislation
on Beacon Hill that would pro-
hibit demonstrations within 100
yards of elected officials’ homes.
Courts have held that limited re-
strictions on the time, place, and
manner of protests can be con-
stitutional under certain circum-
stances. To be lawful, protest
limitations must be applied and
enforced equally, not weap-
onized only against demonstra-
tors with a certain point of view,
legal experts said.
Wu has argued the ordinance
would preserve peace and quiet
without infringing on protesters’
right to demonstrate. In a letter
to the council, Wu’s legal team
asserted that should it pass, the
ordinance “will be in confor-
mance with law.”
“Limited restrictions on tar-
geted residential picketing are a
lawful method of pursuing the
significant governmental inter-
est of protecting residential pri-
vacy, tranquility, and quality of
life,” wrote Adam Cederbaum,
the city’s corporation counsel.
But skeptics, including some
members of the City Council, ar-
gued that Wu’s proposal seemed
motivated by and targeted at the
protesters outside her house in
the mornings, not aimed equally
at all demonstrations.
Other councilors distin-
guished between the demonstra-
uHEARINGContinued from Page B1
tions outside Wu’s home and
protests elsewhere in the city or
against other elected officials,
suggesting the current situation
requires further restrictions.
“The demonstrations under
the white mayors was profes-
sional, it was respectful. And the
demonstration out in front of
Mayor Wu’s home was personal,
it was vindictive, it was mean-
spirited,” Council President Ed
Flynn said. “A lot of this has to
do withMayorWu being a wom-
an and Mayor Wu being a wom-
an of color.”
The proposed ordinance is a
long way from becoming law.
City councilors will discuss its
details in a working session be-
fore taking a vote on whether to
adopt it or not. And several
councilors expressed significant
concerns about the proposal,
warning that its enforcement
could disproportionately impact
communities of color and that it
threatens an important demo-
cratic value.
“Protests are meant to be dis-
ruptive,” said City Councilor
Kendra Lara. “And as people
who are in power we don’t get to
tell our constituents when it’s
appropriate or when it feels
good or when it’s best for us that
they show up to protest.”
And she argued that while
the ordinance does not specifi-
cally name them, it is directly
aimed at the protesters outside
Wu’s home.
“It is not content-neutral. It
was written as a response to a
specific kind of protest,” Lara
said.
Despite the opposition, the
ordinance appears to have a
good chance of passing. Several
influential members of the coun-
cil argued in favor of its provi-
sions, including Ricardo Arroyo
and Flynn.
The protests against Wu have
continued even as the city begins
to roll back some of its COVID-
19 restrictions. Just last week,
Boston public health officials
voted to rescind the city ’s
COVID-19 public health emer-
gency on April 1 and took their
first crucial step toward ending
the mask requirement in city
schools. A proof-of-vaccine man-
date for restaurants, gyms, and
entertainment venues was lifted
last month as the city’s COVID-
19metrics improved.
But Wu’s push for a vaccine
mandate for city workers — the
measure that has sparked per-
haps the most vehement pro-
tests against her — continues.
Last month, city authorities said
they were filing an appeal of a
court ruling that blocked en-
forcement of the requirement
for a trio of public safety unions.
The mandate has yet to be en-
forced amid the legal battle and
other delays.
On Friday morning, protest-
ers disrupted what was intended
to be a light Instagram live ap-
pearance whenWu joined a pub-
lic works crew fixing a pothole in
Charlestown. What appeared to
be at most a handful of demon-
strators, some of whom held
signs, showed up with a mega-
phone, chanting “Shame on
Wu!”
The heckling continued as a
crew shoveled asphalt into a cav-
ity in the road. At times during
the 11-minute livestream, the
demonstrators’ voices drowned
out Wu, who was asking public
works employees questions
about the work.
Among the shouts: “She
doesn’t care about constituents!”
“Fake smile Michelle, fake smile
Michelle!” “Unmask the kids!”
“You’re a carpetbagger from Chi-
cago!”
The proposed ordinance
would not affect marches or pro-
tests passing through residential
areas, just demonstrations that
are directed at individual resi-
dences or residents. If it passes,
violators could be punished with
a fine of $100 for the first of-
fense, $200 for the second of-
fense, and $300 for the third or
subsequent offenses.
If passed, Wu’s proposal
would effectively delay by two
hours the permissible start time
of the noisy demonstrations out-
side her home. Currently, Bos-
ton’s local restrictions on noise
effectively restrict demonstra-
tors from loud protests before 7
a.m. or after 11 p.m.
The protesters outside Wu’s
home stop shouting after the
mayor departs for City Hall.
Since she typically leaves before
9 a.m., the ordinance could
mean the protesters have no op-
portunity to loudly demonstrate
while she is still home.
Protests also are supposed to
remain quieter than 70 decibels,
a threshold neighbors say the
demonstrators outside Wu’s
home often exceed.
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Demonstrators yelled at the vehicle carrying Boston Mayor Michelle Wu in her Roslindale neighborhood on Jan. 25.
views of their criminal re-
cords, civil legal history, and
even social media postings.
InMassachusetts, the Canna-
bis Control Commission man-
dates that practically everyone
associated with a licensed pot
business pay Creative Services
for such a background check. In
February, the independent state
agency notified 1,982 licensees
and workers who received a
background check between No-
vember 2018 and last fall that
their informationmay have been
compromised in the breach. A
further 75 com-
mission staffers
were also affect-
ed , a spoke s -
woman said.
“We’re doing
everything we
can to work with
companies . . .
and prevent it
from happening
aga in ,” S teve
Hoffman, the
commiss ion’s
chair, told re-
porters after a
me e t i n g l a s t
week.
The commission has paid
Creative Services just under
$70,000 so far this fiscal year, a
spokeswoman said, though the
company has likely raked in far
more in fees paid by Massachu-
setts marijuana license appli-
cants and employers hiring new
workers — each background
check costs several hundred dol-
lars, according to applicants.
Marijuana entrepreneurs
were frustrated by the hack, not-
ing the state doesn’t offer them
any choice in background check
providers and that it took several
months for Creative Services to
notify them of the breach via
snail mail. They also said that,
beyond standard identity theft,
they were concerned about po-
tential leaks of private letters in-
cluded in their files explaining
the circumstances of past arrests
or criminal charges that are oth-
erwise sealed from public view.
And then there were the awk-
ward calls to warn investors in
their companies about the
breach.
“The conversation is, ‘hey,
thanks for believing in my com-
pany — by the way, you might
uHACKERSContinued from Page B1
want to look at your credit histo-
ry,’ ” said Noni Goldman, a can-
nabis consultant and executive
for several licensed marijuana
operators in Massachusetts. “It’s
annoying and a little ridiculous.
It’s only because we followed the
rules and sent all this informa-
tion that we were targets. Every-
one assumed this was totally pri-
vate communication with [Cre-
ative Services].”
In the context of recent
megahacks that have seen at-
tackers download millions of re-
cords at once, 164,000may seem
like relatively small potatoes.
Still, Bob Rudis, the chief data
scientist at digital
s e c u r i t y f i rm
Rapid7, urged
people affected by
the breach to take
it seriously and
use the offered
free services to se-
cure their identi-
ties and bank ac-
counts.
“There’s a lot
of what we call
‘breach fatigue’ —
I probably ge t
four to 10 notices
a year myself,” he
said. “But 164,000 represents a
lot of human beings, and getting
their names, dates of birth, So-
cial Security numbers, and driv-
er’s licenses ismore than enough
to do a ton of financial damage.”
Rudis said it was most likely
that the attackers were seeking
those “basic” pieces of informa-
tion as a means to steal money,
though he acknowledged there
is a small risk that someone
could obtain the data dump
from a hacker forum and comb
through it to find the more de-
tailed narratives submitted by
some cannabis applicants in an
effort to extort them.
Creative Services was found-
ed in 1976 by Alan Sklar, who
began his career as a private in-
vestigator. The company previ-
ously made headlines in 1991,
when two of its employees were
chargedwith burglarizing the of-
fice of a Rochester, N.Y., attor-
ney. Sklar at the time disavowed
their conduct and said he had
suspended the investigators.
Dan Adams can be reached at
Follow him on Twitter
@Dan_Adams86.
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A spokesperson for Uber said
the company has reached out to
Forghany.
“Mr. Forghany’s report is tru-
ly distressing. We’ve been in
touch with him to offer support
and are standing by to assist law
enforcement with their investi-
gation,” the spokesperson said in
an e-mail.
According to Boston police re-
cords, two high-end stores in
close proximity to Chanel in the
BackBaywere targetedby smash-
and-grab thieves three times since
last June—but none involved us-
ing a car as a battering ram.
Thieves smashed their way
inside the Burberry’s store in
June and December and made
off with an undetermined
amount of items, police wrote in
the reports. Both incidents took
place in the predawn hours and
in both cases glass doors or win-
dows were broken by the thieves
in order to get inside. The
Chanel and two Burberry rob-
beries all took place between
4:35 a.m. and 5:55 a.m., accord-
ing to police records.
Earlier this month, someone
tried to break into the Tiffany &
Co. jewelry storeusingabrick,but
the effort failed when the attack
failed to smash the window open
around2:17 a.m., policewrote.
uSTOLEN CARContinued from Page B1
Forghany said that since po-
lice allowed the car to be extri-
cated from the Chanel store, he
has amassed a towing fee of
$150, a daily storage fee of $35
and is now the owner of what is
essentially a worthless car, even
though it might be repaired if he
had $2,000 or so needed to cover
the costs.
He doesn’t have that kind of
cash, and Forghany isn’t sure it
would be a wise use of money
anyway.
Forghany said he was hoping
to restart his job as an Uber driv-
er by recoveringmoneyunder his
car theft insurance policy from
his insurer, Safety Insurance.
But, he said, he was told by a
claims representative that since
the car was recovered, it can no
longer be covered by his theft
policy and he won’t qualify for
the $2,000 payment.
And, the claims representa-
tive told him, that because the
car smashed into a building, it’s
would only be covered if there
was a collision policy in place.
Forghany did not have one.
A Safety Insurance spokes-
woman saidMonday as a matter
of company policy, they do not
comment on pending coverage
claims.
“I likeworking forUber. You’re
your own boss and you make
good money,” Forghany said. “I
need money to put a down pay-
ment on a decent car. My credit
score is bad. Cars are expensive.”
A friend has created a Go-
FundMe fund-raiser for Forgha-
ny called “Help Amir Rebuild.”
“It is truly heartwrenching to
see something this terrible hap-
pen to someone who is so amaz-
ingly caring and giving,” orga-
nizer Steven Murnane wrote.
“Without his car, Amir cannot
make an income through Uber-
ing as he has since he arrived in
Massachusetts and I know he
would give his last dollar to help
others, so I hope you can help
him out, every dollar helps.”
By Monday, $295 had been
donated.
Forghany,who seems to be in-
herently optimistic, found some
good news when it comes to the
cost he is bearing because of the
theft of his car. “One good news
is that, most likely, I’m not going
to be sued by the store,” he said.
He also insisted he wanted to
send a message to anyone who
would read about the incident.
“Don’t leave your car run-
ning,” he said.
John R. Ellement can be reached
Stolen car’s ownerhopes togetbackonroad
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Police outside Chanel on Newbury Street in Boston where a
vehicle crashed into the front entrance for a smash and grab.
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Higgins, PlaintiffV
City of Melrose et al
United States District CourtDistrict of Massachusetts,
BostonFile # 19-12547
12/18/2019
Plaintiff claims city with ob-struction of justice in abovenamed trial
MORTGAGEE’S NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL ESTATE
By virtue of and in execution of the Power of Sale con-tained in a certain Mortgage dated August 31, 2005 givenby Ella L. Staples, recorded with the Suffolk County Registryof Deeds at Book 38184 on Page 200 of which Mortgagethe undersigned is the present holder for breach of theconditions of said Mortgage and for the purpose of fore-closing, same will be sold at Public Auction at 12:00 PM onthe 22nd of March 2022 at 27 Crossman Street, Boston, MAall and singular the premises described in said Mortgage
to wit:
The land with buildings thereon being Lot 6 shown on aplan entitled “Plan on Land in Boston, Dorchester” datedSeptember 30, 1955, Walter J. Luby, Surveyor, recordedwith Suffolk Registry of Deeds at the end of Book 7108 andbeing more particularly bound and described as follows:
NORTHEASTERLY: by Crossman Street, fifty (50) feet;
SOUTHEASTERLY: by Lot 7 as shown on said plan, one hun-dred (100) feet;
SOUTHWESTERLY: by land now or formerly of Mary Merola,fifty (50);
NORTHWESTERLY: and by Lot 5 as shown on said plan, onehundred (100)feet.
Containing according to said plan, 5000 square feet of land.
Being the same premises conveyed to Ella L. Staples bydeed of Norma Eastwick dated August 3, 2005 and record-ed in book 37728 page 302 of the Suffolk Registry of Deeds.The premises are to be sold subject to and with the ben-efit of all easements, restrictions, building and zoning laws,unpaid taxes, tax titles, water bills, municipal liens and as-sessments, rights of tenants and parties in possession.
The Mortgagee reserves the right to postpone the sale toa later date by public proclamation at the time and dateappointed for the sale and to further postpone at any ad-journed sale date by public proclamation at the time anddate appointed for the adjourned sale date.
In the event that any successful bidder at the foreclosuresale shall default in purchasing the within described prop-erty according to the terms of this Notice of Sale and/orthe terms of theMemorandum of Sale executed at the time of the foreclo-sure, the Mortgagee reserves the right to sell such propertyby Foreclosure Deed to the second highest bidder, that thesecond highest bidder shall deposit with the Mortgagee’sattorneys, Shaheen Guerrera & O’Leary, LLC, 820A TurnpikeStreet, North Andover, Massachusetts 01845, the amountof the required deposit as set forth herein within three (3)business days after written notice of default of the pre-vious highest bidder and title to such property shall beconveyed to said second highest bidder within twenty (20)days of said notice.
TERMS OF SALE:
Cashier’s or certified check in the sum of TEN THOUSANDDOLLARS AND 00 CENTS ($10,000.00) as a deposit mustbe shown at the time and place of the sale in order toqualify as a bidder (the mortgage holder and its designee(s)are exempt from this requirement); high bidder to signMemorandum of Sale upon acceptance of bid; high bidderwill be required to increase the deposit to equal 10% ofthe purchase price within 5 days of the auction; balanceof the purchase price is to be paid by certified check orcashier check on or within thirty (30) days from the dateof the sale payable to “Shaheen Guerrera & O’Leary, LLC”,at 820A Turnpike Street, North Andover, MA 01845 or suchother time as may be designated by the mortgagee. The de-scription of the premises contained in said mortgage shallcontrol in the event of an error in this publication.
Other terms if any, to be announced at the sale.
Affinity Federal Credit UnionPresent Holder of said Mortgage,By its Attorneys,Shaheen Guerrera & O’Leary, LLC820A Turnpike StreetNorth Andover, MA 01845978-689-0800
Public hearings will beheld on Tuesday, March 22,2022 at 7:00 PM, beforethe Land Use Committeeof the Newton City Councilfor the purpose of hearingthe following petitionsat which time all partiesinterested in the items shallbe heard. Notice will bepublished Tuesday, March8, 2022 and March 15, 2022in The Boston Globe andWednesday, March 16, 2022in the Newton Tab, with acopy posted on the city’swebsite at www.newtonma.gov and in a conspicuousplace at Newton City Hall.Please Note: This meetingwill be virtual and canbe attended by desktop,laptop, tablet or phone byvisiting the following link:h t tp s : / /u s 0 2w e b. z o om.us/j/84810198672 or bycalling +1 646 558 8656US (New York) and usingthe Meeting ID: 848 10198672 a final agenda will beposted on Friday, March 18,2022 at the following link:https://www.newtonma.gov/government/city-clerk/city-council/-folder-1031. If theGovernor’s Order suspendingcertain provisions of openmeeting law is rescinded,this meeting will be heldon the Second Floor of CityHall, 1000 CommonwealthAvenue, Newton. Please callthe Clerk’s office at 617-796-1210 for more information.
Petitionto allow an oversized internalaccessory apartment andextend a nonconformingtwo-family use at 350 CabotStreetPETER LEIS and JENNIFERSTORO petition for SPECIALPERMIT/SITE PLAN APPROVALto create an oversizedinternal accessory apartmentwithin one of two dwellingunits and further extend thenonconforming two-familydwelling use at 350 CabotStreet, Ward 2, Newton, onland known as Section 22Block 19 Lot 05, containingapproximately 12,594 sq. ft.of land in a district zonedSINGLE RESIDENCE 2. Ref:Sec.7.3.3,7.4,3.4.1,7.8.2.C.2,6.7.1.D.2 of Chapter 30 of theCity of Newton Rev ZoningOrd, 2017.
Petition to alterand extend a nonconformingresidential use and extend anonconforming side setbackat 2-4 Auburndale AvenueBERNARDO and LISA MARZILLIpetition for SPECIAL PERMIT/SITE PLAN APPROVAL to alterand extend a nonconformingresidential use and constructa rear addition to the existingdwelling, to allow a 2.5story building, to allow abuilding with 36’ in height,and to further extend anonconforming side setbackat 2-4 Auburndale Avenue,Ward 3, on land known asSection 33 Block 23 Lot 13,containing approximately11,702 sq. ft. of land in adistrict zoned BUSINESS USE1. Ref: Sec. 7.3.3, 7.4, 4.4.1,7.8.2.C.2, 4.1.2.B.3, 4.1.3of the City of Newton RevZoning Ord, 2017.
Request For ProposalsThe Worcester Community Action Council, Inc.’s (WCAC)Department of Energy Weatherization Assistance Program(DOEWAP) is currently accepting proposals for the follow-ing activities: Full Service Residential Weatherization Con-tractors: including cellulose/fiberglass insulation, blowerdoor assisted air sealing, general carpentry and energyefficiency related repairs; Electrical Contractors: Knob andTube Wiring inspection and mitigation, bath fan/wholehouse fan installation. To obtain a procurement package,please contact the Energy Department at Worcester Com-munity Action Council, Inc., 484 Main Street, 2nd floor,Worcester MA 01608-1810. Inquiries may be made by call-ing Mary Knittle at (508) 508.754.1176 x 115. Completedpackages must be received at WCAC Inc., 484 Main StreetWorcester MA 01608-1810 no later than 4:30 pm on Thurs-day, March 31st, 2022. This advertisement is subject in allrespects to the terms and conditions of the Request forProposals. Small and minority owned businesses are en-couraged to respond. AA/EOE. Marybeth Campbell, Execu-tive Director, WCAC March 11, 2022
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We’re looking for letters! Send your relationship
question to [email protected].
Q. I met this guy three years back in high school
and we only dated for about six months. We kept
making up and breaking up countless times until
we broke up for good. The reason was that he had
been trying to get back together with his ex, who
apparently dumped him (I don’t know why). He
even said bad things about me to the girl, trying to
get her attention, which she did not give him. He
also said negative things about me to other people
— that I was grumpy and boring.
But I haven’t forgotten him or stopped thinking
about him. I never text or call him, but I consider
it. I don’t know if I think about him because of all
the painful things he did to me or because it’s love.
He, too, seems to have not forgotten about me. He
still makes contact now and then, and our conver-
sation gets ... cozy. He once suggested that we get
back together, and even though I felt tempted, I re-
jected him. I thought to myself that taking him
back would be too big a risk because he causedme
somuch pain.
Truth is, I feel attached to him. I still feel like I
want to be with him because I can’t be with any-
body else. I mean, I tried moving on but with ev-
eryone I engage with, I see incompleteness, like
there’s always something they don’t have that only
he has. At this moment, I’m bewildered. I don’t
know if I want to be with him or not. What I know
is that I always think of him, and whenever he
texts, I feel happiness. Would it be the right thing
to get back with him or I should deal with this in
another way?
TEMPTED
A. I dated (if one could call it that) someonewhen I
was around your age who seemed very into me ...
except that he wasn’t, or at least not enough. We
were so perfect together, if I ignored the fact that
he knew I wasn’t what he wanted. He was very
honest about that; he loved me, but not enough in
a romantic way. Nor was he ready to have a serious
relationship with anyone at that age.
That tiny gap betweenwhat we had andme get-
ting everything I wanted— that pocket of rejection
— made this guy seem like a soul mate, or like a
prize to be won. If only I could get him past that
doubt, it would be ... (drum roll) ... amazing.
But then one day I was like, huh, everything
he’s said is true.He likesme, but not enough—and
that’s OK. Then, suddenly, I wasn’t into him
enough either. I stopped communication, which
made him sad, but at least I had clarity. Looking
back, we did click in big ways, but part of the rea-
son he felt so importantwas the rejection. It made
any attention from him seem too important. It
made the goodmoments seem like love.
You and I are not the same, and who knows
what your guy is doing. All I know is that when you
say everyone else makes you feel incomplete, I
want to remind you that this man’s feelings for you
are also incomplete. He’s never been all in.
I see two options. One is to talk to him about
what happened in your relationship and ask about
his intentions now. Maybe he’s sorry about the
childish way he handled your affection. But if he
has no remorse for that and has no idea what he’s
hoping for now, you can let go. There’s no room for
“I just like to show up when I feel like it.” Make
sure you ask clear questions, and stay transparent
about your feelings and concerns.
The other option is to write down what he’s ac-
tually earned from you (very little, I assume), and
then let go. Make the decision final. It might save
you some time. MEREDITH
READERS RESPOND:
Anyone who says bad things about you to his ex
and others has no redeeming qualities. Being re-
jected is painful enough. This guy is just cruel. You
said his ex would not give him the attention he
wants. Be like her!
MIDGE-
“I tried moving on but with everyone I engage
with, I see incompleteness.” No, incompleteness is
the on-and-off-again relationship you hadwith this
guy from high school. You two were not meant to
be. He’s a manipulator. Completely disengaging
from him, knowing you’re susceptible to his ma-
nipulations, is the only healthy way to deal with
this.
BIGSIGH
From what you describe, you should not get
back together with this ex. Maybe after you re-read
this letter, you’ll know that.
CUPPAJOESEATTLE
Send your own relationship and dating questions
to [email protected]. Catch new episodes of
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Column and comments are edited and reprinted
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LOVE LETTERSBY MEREDITH GOLDSTEIN
He was bad to mebut I still want him
TV CRITIC’S CORNERBY MATTHEW GILBERT
More than ever, movie and especially TV audi-
ences have the power. We get to choose what we
want to see, whenwewant to see it, and where.
But are we powerful enough to bring a show
back from that special heaven made for canceled
series? Yes, we are indeed, at least sometimes.
PBS’s “Masterpiece” is premiering a second sea-
son of “Sanditon” this week, after it was left for
dead.
The show, a loose adaptation of Jane Austen’s
unfinished last novel, ended on a very non-Auste-
nesque cliffhanger, and loyal viewers were en-
raged when the cancellation was announced. A
large group of fans calling themselves the “Sandi-
ton Sisterhood” launched a campaign, signatures
were obtained, social media was mobilized, and
at least one stunt — a portrait of two characters
and the words “WHOWILL #SAVESANDITON”
in the sand on the UK beach where the showwas
filmed—was pulled.
And so Sunday at 9 p.m. on GBH 2, the story
returns, this timewithout themale romantic lead
from season one, Theo James. Instead, Charlotte
Heywood (RoseWilliams) gets a few new love in-
terests, while other subplots, including a poison-
ing and the arrival of Charlotte’s sister, swirl
around her.
“Sanditon,” written by Andrew Davies, is pret-
ty bland, to be honest, and predictable, too. And
it gets further and further from a story that Aus-
ten would tell. But for period drama addicts and
Anglophiles, it’ll do.
Among the other shows that fans have helped
to bring back, for another season or for a movie:
“Ray Donovan,” “Sense8,” “Jericho,” “Timeless,”
“Reaper,” “VeronicaMars,” and “Nashville.”
‘Sanditon’ returns, thanks to the power of its fans
JOSS BARRATT @ RED PLANET
Rose Williams (left) and Crystal Clarke in season two of “Sanditon” on “Masterpiece.”
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mance is yet another reminder
of the wealth and depth of the-
atrical talent at Boston-area uni-
versities, not to mention the cal-
iber of training they are receiv-
ing there.
Created by Lynn Ahrens
(book and lyrics) and Stephen
Flaherty (music), a songwriting
teamwho are uncommonly ad-
ept at sketching character in
song, “Once on This Island”
won the 2018 Tony Award for
best revival of a musical. It’s
based on “My Love, My Love: Or
The Peasant Girl,” a 1985 novel
by Trinidad-born author Rosa
Guy that was a retelling of Hans
ComfortZone
By ChristopherWallenbergGLOBE CORRESPONDENT
InHeidi Schreck’s “What the Constitu-
tionMeans toMe,” the playwright and
actress re-created a prize-winning
speech she had given as a teenager,
which allowed her to travel around the
country and earnmoney for college. The play
morphs from her channeling that speech into a
potent dissection of the virtues, flaws, and lim-
its of America’s foundational charter as well as
its dramatic impact on four generations of
women in her family. A touring production pre-
sented by the Huntington Theatre Company,
starring Cassie Beck, is playing at the Emerson
CutlerMajestic Theatre throughMarch 20. As
the play draws to a close, the character of Heidi
faces off in a debate with a real-life high school-
er, played in alternating performances by Los
Angeles teenagers Jocelyn Shek and Emilyn Tof-
fler, as they argue whether to keep the Constitu-
tion and try to improve it — or abolish it and
create a new Constitution that fixes its flaws
and also includes “positive rights” for educa-
tion, health care, andmore. Over Zoom, Shek
and Toffler, both experienced debaters, shared
their thoughts about the play and the Constitu-
tion.
Q.How did you first get interested in debate?
Jocelyn Shek: I first got involved in debate
when I was only in fifth grade. I was one of
those people whowhen an adult talks to you, I’d
freeze up and, like, run behindmy parents. I
signed up for debate because I wanted to get
out of my comfort zone, and I thought it would
be fun to research different topics.
Emilyn Toffler: I joined the debate team in
10th grade, but the coach got really sick. So we
were trying to find a new person to take over,
and then I got bullied by one of the guys on the
team for being trans, so I was like, “I’m not do-
ing this anymore,” and I left. When COVID hit, I
took an online debate class, and I had a really
good time doing it. The new coach [at my high
school] is really awesome. I’ve always been
more of a “dinner table debater,” asmymom
calls it. When I was 8, mymomwas like, “You
should be a lawyer.”
Q.What do you love about debating?
ET: I don’t like to think of myself as a com-
petitive person. But you putme on the debate
stage, and it’s like a switch is flipped and I be-
come a completely different human being. I
love doing heckles and POIs, which is a point of
information [questions or statements addressed
to the judge or opponent to support your side of
the debate], and just completely debunking an
argument.
JS: Tournaments and stuff are fine. You get a
lot of adrenaline, and I like speakingmy opin-
ions. But the lead-up to a tournament and do-
ing debate prep and research on a topic, that’s
my favorite part — just having that time to ex-
plore different facets of the world.
Q.Howmuch of the show is scripted and how
much of it is off the cuff?
ET: The debate is scripted. But, for example,
I was really distraught over the things happen-
ing in Texas and in Florida in regards to trans
and queer kids. So Heidi talked tome andwas
like, “Hey, you know, let’s add something in this
part of the debate, so that way we can talk
about this because it’s really important to you
and your voice needs to be heard on this issue,
and it needs to be in the play.” She’s really open
with us, and if we need anything, she’s always
there for us.
JS: I started with the show in January of
2020 when I was a freshman. So I’ve seen a lot
of the changes that have beenmade, and that’s
something I appreciate — that she tries to keep
it fresh. It stays in themoment. Heidi gives us a
lot of flexibility to say what we want to say and
change our thoughts to what’s relevant now.
Q.What about the playmoves you so profound-
ly?
JS:Heidi’s story and her family’s story is
heartbreaking, and there’s really something in
the show for everyone.
ET: I just love howHeidi tells her story with
somuch grit and determination. She wants to
move this country forward andmake sure that
everyone’s voice is being heard, because she’s
trying to be inclusive of all people while discuss-
ing these issues, which I think is really ground-
breaking.
Q.What’s one insight you’ve learned about the
Constitution in doing this play?
ET:Nothing is set in stone. I think the goal of
the document is to change. It was tomake
changes as generations went on and to be a
Constitution that works for all people. I think
that’s a beautiful thing about the document, no
matter its flaws. It truly does have that power.
JS: Themain thing that I’ve gathered is truly
the extent to which the Constitution and the
governmentmore broadly affects everybody’s
lives. Talking to people who have seen the show,
people from all walks of life, they’ve been able
to share what the Constitutionmeans to them
and how it affects them, and it really propels me
to want to helpmake change in the world and
to do things that will improve everyone’s lives.
Q. You andHeidi engage in a debate about
whether to keep or abolish the US Constitution.
What’s your personal viewpoint?
ET:Keep it. We have 330million people who
live in this country, and none of them can agree
on anything. I just think it would be too crazy
and impossible to write a new Constitution.
And if people start looking at it in shades of
gray and not so black-and-white, I think we are
on our way tomaking proper updates. We can
make it a positive rights document. It’s just go-
ing to take time.
JS: I personally lean towards abolish. I defi-
nitely agree with the things that are said in the
show. Like how the Constitution was originally
created as a tool of justice for whitemenwho
owned property, and that included enslaving
people. So I think that we should just tear it all
down and start over. It’s really hard to amend
the Constitution, especially with how divided
everyone is now.
Interview has been edited and condensed.
ChristopherWallenberg can be reached at
What ‘Constitution’means to this pair
of young actorsReal-life high school debaters Jocelyn Shek and
Emilyn Toffler dissect the document
THEATER
JOAN MARCUS PHOTOS
Jocelyn Shek and(from far left)Emilyn Toffler,
Mike Iveson, andCassie Beckin a touringproductionof“What theConstitution
Means To Me.”
NILE SCOTT STUDIOS
By Don AucoinGLOBE STAFF
Yourmood is as gray
as the skies of
March.When it
comes to the pan-
demic, you’re wea-
ry beyond words. As you cling to
the promise of Opening Day at
Fenway Park— the true start of
spring— you just need a way to
get through themiserable pres-
ent.
Well, let me direct you to
SpeakEasy Stage Company’s
“Once on This Island.” If not a
complete cure for the existential
blahs, or what Cole Porter called
“the old ennui,” it’s still a dose of
pretty powerful medicine, ad-
ministered with brio by director
Pascale Florestal and a cast as
spirited as they are skilled.
To be sure, the story of “Once
on This Island” is a tragic one. A
musical fable about an idealistic
peasant girl in Haiti who sacri-
fices herself to save an aristo-
cratic youth only to be betrayed
by him, “Once on This Island”
has issues of colonial exploita-
tion and class inequities very
much on its mind. Florestal,
who is Haitian-American, does
not shrink from them.
Yet there’s a unquenchable
exuberance to “Once on This Is-
land,” and, frequently, enchant-
ment. At the glowing center of
SpeakEasy’s production is Peli
NaomiWoods as Ti Moune, who
believes the power of death is no
match for the power of love.
A senior at Boston Conserva-
tory at Berklee, Woods is slated
to graduate inMay with a BFA
inmusical theater. But I can’t
for the life of me imagine what
she’ll have left to prove to the
BoCo faculty after “Once on This
Island.”
Surrounded by a cast that in-
cludes some of Boston’s most
stellar musical performers,
Woods seems wholly at home in
the lead role from the instant
she bursts through the door on
Erik D. Diaz’s set and rushes to
center stage.
Soaring into a show-stopping
“Waiting for Life,” Woods holds
notes longer than seems hu-
manly possible, then builds
from that first scene to a por-
trayal of Ti Moune that achingly
blends innocence, ardor, and
anguish.Woods’s terrific perfor-
Christian Andersen’s “The Little
Mermaid.”
Though the island’s name is
not given in themusical, it’s re-
ferred to as “the jewel of the An-
tilles,” which Haiti was once
called. The island is riven by dis-
tinctions along lines of class and
skin color. Power and wealth re-
side with the lighter-skinned in-
habitants of the island, the
Beauxhommes, while the dark-
er-skinned residents are peasant
laborers.
Whatever their station, all
are subject to themoods and
whims of the gods: Asaka,
Mother of the Earth (Yewande
Odetoyinbo); Agwe, God ofWa-
ter (Davron S. Monroe); Erzulie,
Goddess of Love (Christina
Jones); and, preening like ama-
levolent emcee, Papa Ge, the De-
mon of Death (MalikMitchell).
When the gods generate a
catastrophic storm, the orphan
TiMoune is saved by Agwe, af-
ter which she is cared for by
TonTon Julian (Anthony Pires
Jr.) andMama Euralie (Lovely
Hoffman). Years later, when Ti
Moune has grown, she falls in
love with one of the Beauxhom-
mes, Daniel (Kenny Lee), the
son of a wealthy landowner.
(Lee sings well — his rendition
of “Some Girls” casts a spell —
but he needs to project more
personality in his non-singing
scenes). When Daniel is in a car
crash, Ti Moune nurses him;
with Papa Ge preparing to claim
the lad, shemakes a fateful bar-
gain with the Demon of Death.
Somber stuff, to be sure, but
the overall mood of “Once on
This Island” is defiantly, joyous-
ly affirming. The show’s empha-
sis on celebrating life is bol-
stered by Jazelynn Goudy’s viv-
idly expressive choreography,
whichmanages to be both fluid
and precise, and is well-execut-
ed by a cast that also includes
Kira Troilo (as Daniel’s haughty
betrothed), ReaganMasso (play-
ing Ti Moune as a child), Jona-
than Gallegos, Kira Sarai Help-
er, and Becky Bass.
SpeakEasy’s longtime home
in the Calderwood Pavilion’s
Roberts Studio Theatre has
been reconfigured so that the
audience is grouped on three
sides, and director Florestal
gives them plenty to look at as
well as to hear, with evocative
touches that range from a pa-
rade of twirling, silver-fringed
umbrellas to white masks held
by the cast in front of their faces
that evoke the French coloniz-
ers.
“Once on This Island”
amounts to a taking-back of the
island’s narrative. Florestal’s
production reinforces through
song, dance, and sheer force of
energy the notion that — to bor-
row from “Hamilton” — it mat-
ters greatly who lives, who dies,
who tells your story. Especially
that last one.
Don Aucoin can be reached at
Follow him on Twitter
@GlobeAucoin.
The death-defying feats of a buoyant ‘Once on This Island’S TAG E R E V I EW
ONCE ON THIS ISLAND
Book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens.
Music by Stephen Flaherty.
Based on the novel “My Love, My
Love: Or, The Peasant Girl,” by
Rosa Guy. Directed by Pascale
Florestal. Music direction by
David Freeman Coleman.
Choreography by Jazelynn
Goudy. Presented by SpeakEasy
Stage Company. At Roberts
Studio Theatre, Calderwood
Pavilion, Boston Center for the
Arts. Through April 16. Tickets
start at $25. At 617-933-8600,
www.SpeakEasyStage.com
Peli Naomi Woods in
SpeakEasy Stage’s “Once on
This Island.”
JOHN RAOUX/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Josh Donaldson (left) and Isiah
Kiner-Falefa will give the
Yankees’ infield a new look.
JAE C. HONG/ASSOCIATED PRESS
J.C. Jackson had eight interceptions last season,
one more than the entire Chargers secondary.
Garnett wasn’t interested.
Sunday, at Garnett’s jersey retirement
ceremony, seemed like the right time.
Three weeks ago, Allen, Garnett, and
Pierce were in Cleveland, members of the
NBA’s 75th Anniversary Team honored at
All-StarWeekend.
In a large room adjacent to the playing
floor at RocketMortgage FieldHouse, the
honorees whowere present weremingling
and taking pictures.
The Lakers legends, the former 76ers
stars, the Oakland point guards— Jason
Kidd, Damian Lillard, and Gary Payton—
were among the groups gathering for pho-
to opportunities.
One photo that made it to only Pierce’s
phone was one of himself, Garnett, and Al-
len, all smiling.
On Feb. 21, Pierce posted 10 photos
from the event on Instagram. Pierce in-
cluded the Big Three photo sixth, forcing
his followers to look through nearly the en-
tire gallery before finding the gem.
“That was intentional,” Pierce said. “I
wanted to warm everybody up and then
when they got to that one, they [were] like,
‘oh!Wow!’ That was the one everybody
commented about.”
It was the first sign that the division
was dissipating, that Garnett was warming
up. The 15-time All-Star doesn’t do any-
thing by accident or just to be polite; he
took that photo, and smiled, because he
knew how important the reunification was
to Celtics fans and even themselves.
Allen acknowledged he was hurt by all
the friction. He signed with the Heat as a
business decision. He felt it was time to
move on after it appeared he would be
playing behind Avery Bradley and Jason
Terry if he accepted a two-year contract of-
fer at the 11th hour fromDanny Ainge.
“That was a goodmoment for us, All-
StarWeekend,” Allen said. “[Garnett] and I
actually exchangedmessages the week af-
ter. I knew at least he wasmoving in the
ON BASKETBALL, Page C5
It had been seven years since Ray Allen
walked into TDGarden. After leaving the
Celtics for theMiami Heat in 2012, he
didn’t feel welcomed as a player, and he
didn’t feel comfortable coming back after
retirement.
He considered returning for Paul
Pierce’s jersey retirement four years ago
but decided against it. The issues with
Kevin Garnett were still simmering and
despite efforts fromDoc Rivers to bring
the band back together for that occasion,
Gary Washburn
ON BASKETBALL
Allen, Garnett finally settle decade-long rift
FORTMYERS, Fla. — Yankees
general manager Brian Cashman
compared the post-lockout frenzy
of signings and trades to trying to
drink from a firehose.
He took a big gulp Sunday, help-
ing put together a five-player deal
with the Twins that brought hard-
hitting third baseman Josh Don-
aldson to New York.
Toronto took a swig Saturday by
adding lefty Yusei Kikuchi to its ro-
tation on a $36million deal.
The Red Sox? They’ve tried two
cautious sips so far with the sign-
ings of lefty relievers Jake Diekman
andMatt Strahm.
More is needed. Three teams
from the American League East
qualified for the playoffs last sea-
son, and it would have been four
under the 12-team format in place
for this season.
Red Sox chief baseball officer
Chaim Bloomwas right onMonday
when he described the AL East as
the best division in sports, not just
baseball.
For his team to keep up, it’ll
take more than two bullpen arms.
The Sox need another hitter, pref-
erably an outfielder, andmore
pitching help.
During a 24-minute press con-
ferenceMonday, Bloomwas careful
not to raise expectations. But it’s
hard to deny the Sox are well posi-
tioned to make a significant move.
They returnmost of the key
players from a team that won 92
ON BASEBALL, Page C2
Peter Abraham
ON BASEBALL
Time forSox to takesome bigswings
Closing in?DeBrusk’s last go-
round with Bruins be-
fore trade deadline? C3
Big lossPadres shortstop Tatis
(wrist) could miss up
to three months. C3
Monday winAustralian Smith sur-
vives to win The Play-
ers Championship. C6
Cool on iceArlington advances to
first state final in girls’
hockey. Schools, C8
INSIDE
Tom Brady an-
nounced Sunday
night that he is
coming back to
football. He is go-
ing to play quar-
terback for the
Tampa Bay Buc-
caneers. He did
this 41 days after telling us that he
was done with football, after tell-
ing us he was done with the Buc-
caneers.
Brady changed the New Eng-
land sports universe. He was a
champion. He was clutch. He was
polite. He was smart and careful.
When the game was on the line,
he was the greatest performer this
side of Bill Russell.
Now he is just annoying. He
won’t go away. He is an insatiable,
passive-aggressive attention hog.
Please, Tom. Stop.
Sure, we’ll watch. And Brady
probably will be great again at the
age of 45. He takes care of his
body and knows how to protect
himself on the field. He plays the
quarterback position like a man
playing a video game from his
couch. Brady can still be great.
But what about dignity? What
about all the stuff Tom said about
being done and needing time to be
with his family? Are we watching
the midlife crisis of one of the
SHAUGHNESSY, Page C4
Brady’s act has becometiresome and annoying
SportsTHE BOSTON GLOBE TUESDAY, MARCH 15, 2022 | BOSTONGLOBE.COM/SPORTS
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By JimMcBrideGLOBE STAFF
Mr. INT just might have to
change his nickname to Mr. Mon-
eybags.
Pro Bowl cornerback J.C. Jack-
son is switching coasts, agreeing
Monday to a five-year deal to join
the Los Angeles Chargers.
According to a league source,
the soon-to-be former Patriot’s con-
tract is worth $82.5million, includ-
ing $40million in guaranteedmon-
ey over the first two years. He will
receive salaries of $28 million, $12
million, $14.375 million, $12.025
million, and $14.1million.
Shortly after news of the deal
broke, Jackson, who uses themoni-
ker Mr. INT on social media,
changed his Twitter avatar to a pic-
ture of him in a Chargers uniform
with the caption “J.C. Jackson LA
bound.’’
“Love LA. Love Cali,’’ Jackson
told NBC Sports Boston. “Not only
that, the defense, I think I can add
some value to that defense. That’s a
stacked group and imagine me
[joining] . . . It’s going to be scary.’’
He was widely considered the
top cornerback on the market and
now joins a defense that already
boasts several impact stars in line-
backer Khalil Mack, edge rusher
Joey Bosa, and safety Derwin
James.
Jackson has been one of the top
JACKSON, Page C4
JacksonexitsPatriotsforChargers,$82.5m
Dan Shaughnessy
ºSteelersaddQBTrubisky.C5
By Alex SpeierGLOBE STAFF
RichHill faced a recognizable but invisible
opponent.
“Juan Soto, 1-and-2,” Hill announced.
Hill’s breaking ball fell off the plate out-
side. Soto, the pitcher’s imagined adversary in
this roughly 60-pitch bullpen session at
Champion Physical Therapy and Perfor-
mance inWaltham, took the pitch. The count
went to 2-and-2 against the lefthanded slug-
ger of the Nationals.
Hill, wearing shorts and sneakers while
throwing off a portable mound that had a siz-
able hole in front of the rubber, received the
ball from catcher Thomas Joyce, aMerrimack
alumnus who plays professionally in Germa-
ny. The lefthander quick-pitched a slow side-
arm curveball that dropped over the inside
corner of the plate.
After a quick nod of affirmation, Hill re-
turned to the rubber to face the next imagi-
nary hitter.
Out of the ordinary
This session took placeMarch 10, one day
before Hill turned 42. Starting pitchers such
as Hill, who signed a one-year, $5million deal
with the Red Sox in December, typically are
making their second or third spring training
start by now.
But Hill wasn’t in FortMyers, Fla. While
negotiations continued between league offi-
cials and the players union— resulting in a
new collective bargaining agreement just
hours later — the owner-imposed lockout re-
mained in place, leaving players on their own.
SoHill remained at home in the Boston
area. Tuesdays and Thursdaysmeant work-
outs at the facility inWaltham.Mondays and
Fridaysmeant throwing into a net in his ga-
rage, where Hill keeps the door closed to
spare hisMilton neighbors the grunts and ex-
pletives that accompanymany of his pitches.
He wasn’t bothered by the alteration to his
preparation, but the lockout hardened his
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Lefthander Rich Hill, reacquired by the Red Sox in December, stayed sharp during the lockout by throwing to imaginary hitters at a Waltham facility.
Still going strongHill, 42, gets themost ofworkouts
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Rich Hill kept his nose (and his chin) to the grindstone to make
certain he’d be ready when spring training finally began.
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Kiké Hernández, who split time in the infield and outfield last season, has an audience while fielding grounders on artificial turf Monday.
feelings about the business of the game.
“MLB lies as easy as they breathe,” he
said. “They don’t care [about players].
They don’t care at all. But that doesn’t
deter me from loving the game. I love
the game. But when I see the business
side, it’s like that tinted window. You
just don’t really want to look through
it.”
On this morning, Hill arrived for his
workout at 9:30 and trudged through
the slushy remnants of the previous
day’s snowfall, committed to his routine
yet uncertain about how much longer
he’d have towait before heading to Flor-
ida.
Early in his career, Hill might have
panicked about the disruption. He
might have felt compelled to follow the
few other New Englanders in the big
leagues who had already departed for
Arizona or Florida to continue their
preparations. He certainly would have
been wherever he thought a teamwant-
ed him to be, whenever it thought he
should be there.
But not now. Hill took comfort in his
knowledge of himself, knowledge about
what he needs to do to prepare for a sea-
son regardless of the environment. The
point crystallized while he prepared at
home in 2020 after the pandemic shut
down his sport. Work, Hill realized
more clearly, can fall into the rhythms
of his family life rather than frame
them.
“I wish I had that mind-set when I
was younger,” said Hill. “I always
thought, ‘All right, they want us down
there, I’ve got to get down there because
you’re the good soldier,’ as opposed to
understanding, ‘They don’t give a [ex-
pletive] about you,’ as we’re seeing now
throughout this [negotiation].”
Hill had no doubt that he’d be able to
stay ready through his work at home.
He planned to use his decades of experi-
ence to ensure he’d be ready to throw
two innings whenever hemight be sum-
moned.
Staying in shape
Hill’s first stop at Champion PT was
in the training room, where he was
greeted by ownerMike Reinold, the for-
mer Red Sox head trainer and current
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White Soxmedical adviser.
Reinold and Hill met in 2010, when
Hill came to the Red Sox at a career na-
dir, roughly a year removed from shoul-
der surgery. He’d been released by the
Cubs, Orioles, and Cardinals in a two-
year span. While working through inju-
ries, Hill lost confidence and pitched
with anxiety rather than conviction.
Under Reinold, whowas the Red Sox
trainer when Hill pitched for the team
from 2010-12, Hill rebuilt strength in
his shoulder, only to tear his ulnar col-
lateral ligament early in 2011. He
worked his way back with Reinold and
has now pitched formore than a decade
since his arrival in Boston.
“[Reinold] has kept my shoulder in
incredible shape,” said Hill. “If it wasn’t
for him and his shoulder program, to be
quite honest, I don’t know if I’d still be
still be pitching.”
Reinold’s first inquiry was about the
pitcher’s lower back, where he’d felt a
twinge about three weeks earlier while
lifting weights.
“The little tweaks here and there,
you’re always questioning, especially for
me now at 42,” said Hill. “You tweak
your back, you’re like, ‘Is that going to
be something that’s only going to be two
days or is this going to be two months?’
”
This back issue occurred in the for-
mer camp. Still, Reinold and Hill want-
ed to prevent any recurrences.
Reinold applied steaming-hot pads
to Hill’s back, then inserted small pins
into the pitcher’s back for dry needling
and electrode stimulation. AsHill lay on
his stomach on a training table, he and
Reinold exchanged notes about the few
players who’d been in New England in
the winter but had recently left for
warmer climates.
A jersey signed for Reinold by Jon
Lester was aboveHill’s table, prompting
appreciation for the recently retired Sox
and Cubs pitcher’s longevity.
“Most people end up retiring be-
cause it’s too much work,” said Reinold,
noting a distinguishing trait of Lester’s.
“They could probably still pitch, but it’s
a lot of work.”
Is that a thought for Hill?
“I do enjoy the work,” he said. “I
think the one thing that changes a lot as
you get older is family. That does
change a lot of things, the dynamic that
it’s not just about you.
“Have I given [retiring] any thought?
I haven’t really, because when you do it,
it’s permanent.”
Reinvention
The fact that Hill regained his career
footing as a reliever with the Red Sox
from 2010-12 when he was in his early
30s was remarkable in its own right. He
then pitched for Cleveland in 2013, pin-
balled from theRed Sox (minor leagues)
to the Angels to the Yankees in 2014,
and spent the first half of 2015 with the
Nationals’ Triple A team before getting
released.
At 35, most assumed that would be
the end. Hill bristled when acquain-
tances asked if he’d decided what he’d
do next.
“‘I’m not going to do anything else,”
Hill recalled thinking. “This is what I
wasmeant to do.”
That summer, Hill spent the better
part of two months out of organized
baseball. He didn’t merely try to hold
on. He reinvented himself.
He had spent most of the previous
five years as a journeyman sidearm re-
liever. While working on his own after
the Nationals released him, Hill re-
turned to throwing over the top, build-
ing up his pitch count with the idea that
he could start again. Two starts with the
independent league Long Island Ducks
— 11 scoreless innings with 21 strike-
outs — underscored the notion, leading
the Red Sox to sign the lefty to a minor
league deal.
He connected with Brian Bannister,
who was about to transition to a role as
Red Sox director of pitcher develop-
ment, and mental skills coach Bob
Tewksbury. Bannister gave Hill what
the pitcher calls the freedom to be cre-
ative, encouraging him not to stick to a
fixed notion of how often to throw a
fastball and instead let his instincts and
feel for his incredible curveball guide
how he attacked hitters.
Tewskbury helped Hill attain a new
level of competitive relentlessness.With
nothing to lose, Hill suddenly under-
stood that he hadmuch to gain.
“Now you have the analytics and the
conviction,” said Hill. “When you have
those two coming together, wow, that’s
a superpower.”
Called up for four big league starts as
a 35-year-old in 2015, Hill submitted a
performance with the Sox (1.55 ERA,
36 strikeouts in 29 innings) that started
a third career act as a starter. The 2022
season will be the fourth straight in
which Hill is the oldest starting pitcher
in the majors. The first time he takes
the mound for the Sox, he’ll become the
oldest pitcher in the team’s uniform
since Tim Wakefield retired after the
2011 season.
Variety is the key
Hill contemplated that path as he
went through the roughly one hour in
the training room and then in the gym
leading up to his bullpen session.
This was not a live batting practice
session. There were no big league-cali-
ber hitters around, and most local col-
lege programs were on the road.
Hill doesn’t believe he needs hitters
in the box, however. He has sufficiently
honed his understanding of what the
ball feels like coming out of his hand
that he can simulate a live batting prac-
tice.
He mentioned a study that com-
pared basketball players who practiced
shooting free throws with others who
merely visualized doing so; both groups
improved at roughly the same rate.
Hill dragged the portable mound in-
to position, and after warming for sev-
eral minutes — first with two baseballs
that were heavier than regulation, then
with a standard ball — he climbed the
slope.
While he threw almost all fastballs
and curveballs (a changeup did make
an appearance), Hill created tremen-
dous variety in how he attacked the ses-
sion.
He varied the pace of his delivery, al-
tering his stride into a quick pitch, exag-
gerating and then minimizing his leg
kick, and alternately throwing over the
top and sidearm. Though he mostly set
up on the third base side of the rubber,
he sometimes moved to the first base
side, particularly against imagined
lefthanded opponents.
“It’s all about angles,” Hill said, not-
ing the array of possibilities that opens
when moving 17 inches from one side
of the rubber to another.
After he dropped down with a side-
arm pitch, Hill recalled a conversation
with Ichiro Suzuki when the two were
teammates with the Yankees in 2014.
Hill asked Suzuki whether he preferred
to face lefties who threw over the top or
from the side. No contest, Suzuki in-
formed Hill. Sidearm was more diffi-
cult.
“You’re literally throwing from be-
hind,” said Hill. “That’s pretty damn dif-
ficult to hit.”
Over the session, Hill outlined differ-
ent scenarios — a 3-and-2 pitch to a
righty, a 1-and-2 pitch to a lefty, the at-
bat with Soto. Each came with a differ-
ent range of possibilities, Hill adjusting
enough variables to turn his two prima-
ry pitches intomore than a dozen looks.
“All that stuff — leg kick, slow down,
speed up, get the ball and go — that’s
why I don’t like the pitch clock,” said
Hill. “It screws up all the artistry of a
pitcher — and a hitter. There’s no com-
petition. It’s robotic.
“Let’s say it’s a 2-and-2 count, we’re
in a big part of the game, and I have the
ball. I’m in control of everything right
now. But if a stupid clock is ticking
down, the crowd is going crazy, you’re
playing to the crowd, you step up, ready
to pitch, now he steps out. It’s just great
theater. We’re losing that. We’re losing
that because of a [expletive] pitch clock.
I think it’s stupid.”
Despite the absence of a spotlight,
Hill expressed satisfaction that each
pitch came with purpose and meaning.
He believed he’d taken another key step
in preparing himself for the season.
The bullpen session was followed by
another hour of work, with Hill going
through a checklist of strength training
exercises. As he awaited updates about
whether the lockout might be nearing
its end, Hill took satisfaction in the ef-
fort he’d put into being prepared when-
ever a baseball seasonmight beckon.
“You do have to enjoy the work,” he
said. “You’ve got to love it — because it’s
easy to start sitting back. Cake tastes
pretty good.”
For now, there is more work. Cake
can wait.
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At 42, Hill knows how to maximize workouts
games last season and finished two victories short
of theWorld Series.
They also have roughly $110 million dropping
off the payroll after this season and a much-im-
proved farm system.
“We want to be nimble enough to take advan-
tage of all opportunities,” Bloom said.
The Sox are at Fred Astaire levels of nimble-
ness these days. No deal is out of their reach. They
can, and should, be going after free agents such as
Kris Bryant, Nick Castellanos, Carlos Correa,
Jorge Soler, and Trevor Story and/or using their
prospect depth to make trades to improve the ro-
tation.
That the new collective bargaining agreement
raised the thresholds of the competitive balance
tax makes that even easier.
“It opens more options for us maybe than
we’ve been working with the last couple of years,”
Bloom acknowledged. “What we should be trying
to do is use all our resources to be as great as we
can, whatever that means.
“Especially looking ahead, flexibility is impor-
tant because it gives you access to the whole
menu.”
Bloomhas donewhat the Red Sox asked of him
in his nearly 2½ years on the job. He has gotten
the payroll under control, improved how the team
develops players, and worked the margins to
bring low-cost talent into the organization.
His most expensive signing to date was an
$18.75 million extension for Matt Barnes, and his
longest commitment was two years plus an option
for Hirokazu Sawamura.
Now is the time to flip the switch and add an-
other prominent player, especially with Xander
Bogaerts, Nate Eovaldi, J.D. Martinez, and Chris-
tian Vázquez all potentially gone after this season.
Signing Bryant, Castellanos, or Soler would
add power to an outfield that for now projects to
have Jackie Bradley Jr., Kiké Hernández, and Alex
Verdugo.
Or sign Story to play second base and serve as a
hedge for Bogaerts opting out after the season.
I asked Bloom if the Sox needed another out-
fielder. He started to say “yes” before stopping.
“We would like to add position players,” he
said. “We do have flexibility, versatility where it al-
lows us to get creative. We have opportunities to
boost our outfield in some way.”
Hernández’s defensive versatility allows the
Sox the option of adding an infielder or an out-
fielder. They could sign a free agent to play left
field — Castellanos would be my choice — move
Verdugo to right field (where he played well in
2020) and use Bradley in center.
“The short answer is there’s definitely opportu-
nity out there,” Bloom said. “It’s a lane for us to
make this team better.”
Then hit the gas and get in that lane. The com-
petition in the AL East is already there.
Peter Abraham can be reached at
[email protected]. Follow him on Twitter
@PeteAbe.
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Time for Sox tomake big deal
By Peter AbrahamGLOBE STAFF
FORTMYERS, Fla. — J.D. Martinez had the op-
tion to opt out of the final year of his contract with
the Red Sox and become a free agent. But the
deadline tomake that decision was in early No-
vember.
He declined. Fourmonths later, baseball went
to a universal designated hitter as part of the new
collective bargaining agreement.
That would have createdmore opportunities
forMartinez had he been a free agent. But he ex-
pressed no regretsMonday.
“I think Imade the right decision personally,”
Martinez said. “I’m excited to be here. I think this
team has a chance to win again.”
Martinez will make $19.375million this sea-
son, so there’s no reason to be too regretful.
But 41-year-old Nelson Cruz just signed a one-
year, $15million deal to DH for the Nationals. In
this market, the 34-year-oldMartinez would have
cashed in.
Martinez will benefit from the universal DH.
He started 18 interleague games as an outfielder
last season and had an .806 OPSwith one home
run.
He had a .945 OPS in 113 games as a DH and
hit 26 home runs.
Martinez has playedmore games for Boston
(498) than he did for Detroit (458), where his ca-
reer took off from 2014-17.
“I’ve loved it here the whole time,” he said. “I’ve
expressedmy feelings to the front office. I love the
group here . . . I get along great with everybody
and I think it’s a first-class organization.”
Martinez even enjoys the criticism that comes
with playing for the Red Sox.
“It’s passion,” he said. “When I first came here
everybody was, ‘Will you be able to handle it? The
media and fans and everything?’ But there’s no-
body harder onme thanmyself.”
In 2018, Scott Boras negotiated a series of opt-
outs inMartinez’s contract. None were used. He
now hopes to stay with the Sox andwill leave that
to Boras to work out.
“I would love it . . . I would love to finishmy ca-
reer here,” Martinez said.
Barnes is open to closing again
Matt Barneswas an All-Star closer in 2022
then left off the roster for the American League
Championship Series. He experiencedmore set-
backs in half a season than he had previously in
his career.
But when he asked if he was ready to close
again for the Sox, Barnes didn’t pause.
“Yes,” he said.
Chaim Bloom and Alex Corawill let that deci-
sion play out. But Barnesmade it clear he wants
the job back.
Barnes feels he put toomuch pressure on him-
self to be “the backstop” of the bullpen. He went
fromworking quickly and effectively to slowing
down and pitching tentatively.
Barnes lost his job. Then came a case of
COVID-19 that kept him off the field entirely.
“Baseball is a very humbling game,” he said.
“You can’t ride the waves in this game, it’s going to
eat you alive if you do. You have to try and stay as
flat and neutral as possible and take it day by day
. . . it was tough, I’m not going to lie to you.”
Barnes said he pitched off amound 15 times
while waiting for the lockout to end but has yet to
face hitters. The plan is for him to do that once be-
fore getting in an exhibition game.
NESN to air a dozen
NESNwill air 12 of the Red Sox’ 19 Grapefruit
League games, producing eight home games and
airing the feeds of four road games.
The first gamewill be Thursday’s opener at Jet-
Blue Park against the Twins. The games on Friday
(Rays), Saturday (at the Twins), and Sunday (Ori-
oles) also will be on. All start at 1:05 p.m.
Devers gets somework in
Monday’s workout was largely voluntary after
the players took their physicals. Rafael Devers
headed out to Field 1 behind the clubhouse to take
groundballs and hit. The 25-year-old third base-
man appears to be in good shape . . . Chaim Bloom
on the idea that unvaccinated players may be ineli-
gible to play in Toronto this season: “We’re still
getting our arm around all the nuances of that. It
should go without saying: anything that can keep
our players off the field is going to concern us.We
have been andwill continue to be staunch advo-
cates for vaccinations. Of course we will continue
to do everything we can to encourage everybody to
get vaccinated.” . . . The first full-squad workout
will be Tuesday. As in 2020, the Red Sox will have
an organization-widemeeting in JetBlue Park at
10 a.m. Reporters will be prohibited from using
the press box during themeeting . . . Two pitchers
recovering from Tommy John surgery, BryanMata
and James Paxton, played catch during the work-
out. Paxton is on track for a July return.
Peter Abraham can be reached at
[email protected]. Follow him on Twitter
@PeteAbe.
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Martinez doesn’t regret staying put
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Fernando Tatis Jr. put up big numbers last season despite a rash of injuries, and now he’ll have to wait a while before getting his 2022 season started.
By Kevin Paul DupontGLOBE STAFF
CHICAGO—These next three
games, beginning Tuesday night here
against the Blackhawks, could serve as
Jake DeBrusk’s farewell tour with the
Bruins.
The 25-year-old forward asked to be
dealt months ago, a request that became
public in November, and now it’s up to
GM Don Sweeney to decide whether to
move the former first-round pick prior
toMonday’s NHL trade deadline (3
p.m.) or keep him aboard a roster that
has been a sizzling 10-2-2 (.786) over the
last month.
The clock’s ticking.Will Jake go or
will he stay now?
Meanwhile, theman of the 3 p.m.
hour again onMonday chose not to talk
about his current situation vis a vis the
deadline. Per a club spokesperson, he
declined a Globe request for an inter-
view on the subject after the club’s brief
afternoon workout, saying that he felt
there was nothing to gain from talking
about it.
DeBrusk wentmonths without talk-
ing to themedia, but finally started to
say a fewwords after his recent shift to
the first line, where he has been playing
of late with BradMarchand and Patrice
Bergeron.
The little he has spoken, DeBrusk has
focused solely on his game, noting to a
Globe reporter on a recent road trip that
he would have to “plead the fifth” when
asked questions about the reasons for
wanting to leave.
These records are difficult to track
down, but it’s believed to be the only in-
cident in which a Canadian-born NHL
player has chosen not to incriminate
himself when just shooting the breeze in
a hockey rink and not under oath in a
US court of law.
Which is to say it’s a new and curious
NHL.
DeBrusk, 0-0—0 andwith only three
shots the past three games, was an ini-
tial force on his new line withMarchand
and Bergeron, which debuted when the
club opened a six-game road trip in Seat-
tle. He went 6-2—8 over the six games,
the best goal scorer on the longest trip of
the year, raising his profile as a legit
NHL scorer and in turn giving Sweeney
some string and beads to shop in the
trademarket.
Sweeney, whowouldn’t say boo if he
just acquired ConnorMcDavid, doesn’t
necessarily feel any trade pressure.
The final math aside, the Bruins are
assured a playoff spot, be it a wild card
or otherwise, and they are now bearing
down on the likes of Toronto and Tampa
Bay in the Atlantic Division. There’s re-
ally no pressure until the playoffs open
the first week ofMay.
To delete DeBrusk from themix now,
Sweeney would risk disrupting a roster
that is delivering at its best all year.
In 10 of the last 14 games, the Bruins
have allowed the opposition 00:00min-
utes in lead time and they’ve held a 47-
30 scoring advantage. The trip in which
DeBrusk regained his hot handwas also
the timeframe in which Bruce Cassidy
settled on Jeremy Swayman as his No. 1
tender.
Things are quite good behind the B.
All of which will bring a team into
the United Center Tuesday night that, at
least from among the stick-carrying
rank and file, is anxiety-free as the dead-
line approaches.
“The only guy is obviously Jake, and
obviously he’s aware of [the deadline]
and asked [to be traded],” Cassidy said.
“So I imagine he has some emotions that
the other guys don’t. I think every guy in
that roomwould prefer to stay here—es-
pecially the way team’s going now.”
Cassidy, like DeBrusk, has said very
little about the winger’s desire to leave.
According to the coach, they haven’t
talked about it here in the leadup to the
deadline.
“I talk to him about his game and
that’s it,” he said. “I don’t get into the
business side with him. I think his game
has been good. His second effort on the
puck has been there. He’s drawing pen-
alties. He’s trying to complement those
guys.”
The line has not scored a goal in the
last three games. Marchand has chipped
in with a lone assist, collecting 10 shots.
Bergeron, who remained off skates here
and took amaintenance day of rest, has
picked up two assists while landing 16
shots.
“I know as a line they haven’t scored
a lot,” noted Cassidy. “But not for lack of
chances and effort—the other night [vs.
Arizona] was a good example of that.
They all could have scored a goal. It’s go-
ing to happen.”
Following here, the Bruins will face
theWild in St. Paul onWednesday
night, then the Jets Friday night inWin-
nipeg. Then the clock ticks down to
Monday.
“Like I said, as long as [DeBrusk] is a
Boston Bruin and playing his game,
helping us win, he’ll stay in that spot,”
said Cassidy. “If that changes, well, I
guess we can talk about it then, right?”
Right for today.We’ll see about to-
morrow.
PC’s Callahan signs
Mike Callahan’s college career
wrapped up Saturday with Providence’s
4-2 loss to UMass in the Hockey East
quarterfinals, and onMonday the Bru-
ins announced they signed the Franklin-
raised blueliner to a two-year contract.
Callahan, drafted by the Coyotes, is
expected to join the AHL Providence
Bruins under an amateur contract, and
his two-way NHL deal, worth amax
$1.85million, will kick in this fall. He is
guaranteed $140,000 if he were not to
make the NHL roster over the next two
seasons.
The Bruins acquired Callahan’s
rights last month, sending the Coyotes a
seventh-round draft pick in 2024.
“A really good two-way player,” said
Sweeney. “Heady. He plays second-unit
power play, primarly penalty killing, has
length in his transition game. Overall,
he’s smart, a leader [at PC] as a captain
. . . probably a little bit in the style of
[Urho] Vaakanainen in that sense, a
two-way guy that canmove pucks, and
we’ll see where we go. He’s excited about
the development part of it.”
BRUINS NOTEBOOK
Is this DeBrusk’s farewell tour?
thoploulos said it became clear to him
Sunday night that Freeman wasn’t
coming back. At that point, he went af-
ter Olson.
A career .295 hitter, Freeman sur-
passed 20 homers eight times with a
career-high 38 in 2019. Freeman has
had a pair of 100-RBI seasons, and
three others where he drove in more
than 90 runs. He won the NLMVP
award in 2020, finished in the top 10 of
the balloting five other times, in addi-
tion to claiming three Silver Slugger
awards and a Gold Glove.
Olson is a two-time Gold Glove win-
ner with a .252 career average, 142
homers, and an .859 OPS over six sea-
sons. The 27-year-old hit 39 homers
and drove in 111 runs last season, fin-
ishing eighth in ALMVP voting. He’s
under team control through 2023.
Alonso not hurt in crash
Mets first baseman Pete Alonso
said he was unhurt when his car
flipped over in an accident in Tampa
on Sunday while he was on his way to
camp. The All-Star slugger said his wife
Haleywas in the car behind his and no-
tified authorities.
“Tome this is just really special to
be here,” Alonso saidMonday. “This is
a really special spring training because
yesterday was a really close experience
to death. My car flipped over probably
about three times and a guy ran a red
light, T-bonedme, and to me I’m just
really thankful to be alive. I’m really
thankful that I’m healthy. I’m very
thankful to be here.”
Also, Mets ace Jacob deGrom said
he intends to exercise his right to opt
out of his contract to become a free
agent after the season.
He would give up a $33.5 million
salary for 2023, part of a deal that car-
ries a $32.5 million club option for
2024.
The 33-year-old righthander, a two-
time Cy Young Award winner, said he
wants to remain with theMets.
Koufax to get statue
Dodgers legend Sandy Koufaxwill
join fellowHall of Famer Jackie Robin-
sonwith a bronze statue at Dodger Sta-
dium, with the club saying the unveil-
ing will be June 18 before a game
against Cleveland.
Robinson was inducted into the
Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. Koufax
followed in 1972 at age 36, making him
the youngest player to enter the Hall,
after finishing his career with a record
of 165-87 and a 2.76 ERA, as well as
2,396 strikeouts, 137 complete games,
and 40 shutouts.
He was the first MLB pitcher to toss
four no-hitters, including a perfect
game, during his 12-year career.
Koufax pitched onWorld Series
champion teams in 1955, ‘59, ‘63, and
‘65. He was a three-time Cy Young
Award winner and a two-timeWorld
Series MVP.
Ozuna addresses arrest
Braves outfielderMarcell Ozuna
says he has addressed teammates and
is sorry to fans for his arrest last year
on charges of aggravated assault by
strangulation and battery after police
officers said they witnessed him attack-
ing his wife. Ozuna returned to the
team this week for the first time since
his May 29 arrest. He was placed on
administrative leave duringMajor
League Baseball’s investigation and
missed Atlanta’s World Series champi-
onship run last fall. MLB suspended
the 31-year-old retroactively for 20
games under its domestic violence poli-
cy in November. Meanwhile, star out-
fielder Ronald Acuña Jr. also returned
to the Braves this week after tearing his
right anterior cruciate ligament in July.
Asked where he is with his power and
strength, the 2018 NL Rookie of the
Year estimated he’s at 95 percent and
said he’s resumed baserunning and de-
fense drills but will wait for the green
light from trainers andmedical staff
before returning to game action . . .
TheMariners acquired All-Star out-
fielder JesseWinker and third base-
man Eugenio Suárez from the Reds for
pitcher Justin Dunn, outfielder Jake
Fraley, top pitching prospect Brandon
Williamson, and a player to be named
to the Reds. Winker is coming off the
best season of his career after hitting
.305 with 24 home runs and 71 RBIs.
Suárez hit just .198 in 2021 but still
added 31 home runs and 79 RBIs . . .
TheWhite Sox agreed to a two-year,
$17million contract with righthanded
reliever Joe Kelly and a one-year, $3
million with righthander Vince Ve-
lasquez. Kelly went 2-0 with a 2.86
ERA and two saves in 48 appearances
for the Dodgers last year. Velasquez
was 3-9 with a 6.30 ERA in 25 appear-
ances and 21 starts for the Phillies and
Padres.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
San Diego Padres All-Star shortstop
Fernando Tatis Jr. likely will need sur-
gery for a broken left wrist and could
miss up to three months, general man-
ager A.J. Preller saidMonday.
Tatis apparently suffered the injury
early in the offseason and felt it when
he began preparing for spring training,
Preller said.
Reports surfaced in December that
Tatis suffered scrapes on his hand and
knee in amotorcycle accident in his na-
tive Dominican Republic. Tatis said he
felt pain in the wrist shortly afterward,
but thought it was from bruises.
He said the injury was a surprise
and it got worse as he began taking
swings to get ready for spring training,
which was delayed because of the lock-
out.
“It’s bad. It’s terrible. I feel like ev-
erybody is disappointed, especially
me,” Tatis said. “We have a pretty good
chance this year as a team. I just want
to be out there for my teammates and
for the fans.”
The injury is a blow to a team that
was looking for a fresh start following a
brutal late-season collapse that left
themwith yet another losing record.
Tatis, 23, had a series of injuries to
his left shoulder last year, when he still
led the NL with 42 home runs in 130
games and finished third in balloting
for the NLMVP after batting .282 with
97 RBIs and 25 stolen bases last year.
He signed a 14-year, $330million con-
tract during spring training last year.
Braves acquire Olson
Freddie Freeman’s tenure with the
Braves appears to be over after the
World Series champions acquired All-
Star first basemanMatt Olson from the
Athletics for a package of four players,
including young outfielder Cristian
Pache.
Oakland also receives minor league
catcher Shea Langeliers and right-
handers Ryan Cusick and Joey Estes.
Langeliers was ranked as Atlanta’s No.
2 prospect by Baseball America, one
spot ahead of Pache, with Cusick ninth
and Estes 14th.
Freeman was the 2020 NLMVP and
a five-time All-Star over 12 seasons
with Atlanta, and his outspoken leader-
ship proved critical on last year’s cham-
pionship team.When rosters unlocked
Thursday, reports indicated the Dodg-
ers or Yankees were hotly pursuing the
lefthanded slugger.
Atlanta general manager Alex An-
MLB NOTEBOOK
Tatis Jr. (broken wrist) could miss three monthsPadres shortstopwilllikelyhave surgery
R When, where: Tues-day, 8:30 p.m., at UnitedCenter, Chicago.R TV, radio: NESN, WBZ-FM (98.5).R Goals: Alex DeBrincat34, Brandon Hagel 20,Patrick Kane 19.R Assists: Kane 49, SethJones 36, DeBrincat 21.R Goaltending: Marc-An-dre Fleury (19-20-4, 2.92GAA), Kevin Lankinen (3-7-4, 3.60).R Head to head: This isthe second and finalmeeting. The Bruinswon the first, 4-3, lastThursday at TD Garden.R Miscellany: Kane re-corded three assists inSaturday’s 6-3 win overOttawa, moving intosecond place on Chica-go’s all-time points list(behind Stan Mikita) . . .The Blackhawks have al-lowed three or moregoals in nine straightgames . . . D ConnorMurphy (upper body)left Saturday’s gameand is day to day.
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COYOTES 5, SENATORS 3
Arizona.........................2 1 2 — 5Ottawa .........................2 0 1 — 3
First period — 1. Ottawa, Norris 23(Tkachuk), 2:39. 2. Arizona, Crouse 16(Kessel, Galchenyuk), 7:49. 3. Arizona,Crouse 17 (Gostisbehere, Keller), 9:00(pp). 4. Ottawa, Norris 24 (Stuetzle),14:01 (pp). Penalties — Tkachuk, Ott(cross check), 8:45. Chabot, Ott (knee-ing), 11:29. Ritchie, Ari (hooking),13:57. Kessel, Ari (hooking), 16:42.Second period — 5. Arizona, Crouse
18, 16:12. Penalties — Ritchie, Ari(roughing), 14:53.Third period — 6. Ottawa, CBrown 9
(Tkachuk, Zub), 7:30. 7. Arizona,Schmaltz 17 (Keller), 7:46. 8. Arizona,Hayton 5 (Moser, Schmaltz), 19:12(en). Penalties — Capobianco, Ari(hooking), 20:00.Shots on goal — Arizona 6-3-6 — 15.
Ottawa 15-17-11 — 43.Power plays — Arizona 1-2; Ottawa
1-3.Goalies — Arizona, Wedgewood 10-
13-3 (43 shots-40 saves). Ottawa,Gustavsson 3-10-1 (14 shots-10 saves).Referees — Chris Lee, Chris Schlenk-
er. Linesmen — Bevan Mills, DerekNansen.A — 9,201 (19,153). T — 2:22.
LEADERS
Not including yesterday’s gamesSCORING
G A Pts.McDavid, Edm .................32 51 83Huberdeau, Fla................18 65 83Draisaitl, Edm..................39 42 81Gaudreau, Cgy.................26 52 78Matthews, Tor.................45 32 77Kaprizov, Min ..................30 43 73Kadri, Col..........................22 51 73Ovechkin, Was ................36 35 71Miller, Van........................24 46 70Connor, Wpg....................37 32 69Rantanen, Col ..................28 41 69Tkachuk, Cgy...................27 41 68Kane, Chi ..........................19 49 68Panarin, NYR....................16 52 68
NHLEASTERN CONFERENCE
ATLANTIC GP W L OL Pts. ROW GF GA
Florida 59 40 13 6 86 38 245 173Tampa Bay 59 38 15 6 82 36 200 171Toronto 59 37 17 5 79 35 219 181
METROPOLITAN GP W L OL Pts. ROW GF GA
Carolina 59 41 13 5 87 40 198 139Pittsburgh 60 36 15 9 81 34 197 160NY Rangers 59 37 17 5 79 33 180 154
WILD-CARD GP W L OL Pts. ROW GF GA
Boston 59 36 18 5 77 34 180 160Washington 60 32 18 10 74 30 197 169
Columbus 60 30 27 3 63 26 199 222NY Islanders 56 24 24 8 56 23 152 157Detroit 59 24 28 7 55 21 170 221New Jersey 59 22 32 5 49 20 179 208Buffalo 60 20 32 8 48 18 162 212Ottawa 59 21 33 5 47 20 157 194Philadelphia 59 18 30 11 47 18 148 206Montreal 59 16 35 8 40 14 147 224
WESTERN CONFERENCE
CENTRAL GP W L OL Pts. ROW GF GA
Colorado 60 42 13 5 89 39 233 170St. Louis 59 34 17 8 76 32 211 165Minnesota 58 34 20 4 72 29 218 193
PACIFIC GP W L OL Pts. ROW GF GA
Calgary 59 36 16 7 79 34 204 143Los Angeles 61 33 20 8 74 30 178 173Edmonton 59 32 23 4 68 29 193 187
WILD-CARD GP W L OL Pts. ROW GF GA
Nashville 59 34 21 4 72 32 190 166Vegas 61 32 25 4 68 28 192 183
Dallas 57 32 22 3 67 29 170 169Vancouver 60 29 24 7 65 26 173 174Winnipeg 60 27 23 10 64 26 182 187Anaheim 62 27 25 10 64 23 180 197San Jose 58 26 25 7 59 24 154 182Chicago 60 22 30 8 52 19 161 208Arizona 59 19 36 4 42 18 153 213Seattle 61 18 37 6 42 16 159 220ROW — Regulation plus overtime wins
THE PLAYOFF FORMAT
Eight teams in each conference qualify. The top three teams fromeach division comprise the first six spots. The two remaining teamswith the most points, regardless of division, qualify for the final twowild-card spots.
MONDAY’S RESULT
Arizona 5 at Ottawa 3
TUESDAY’S GAMES
Boston at Chicago 8:30 Pittsburgh at Nashville 8
Dallas at Toronto 7 Detroit at Edmonton 9
Arizona at Montreal 7 New Jersey at Vancouver 10
Anaheim at NY Rangers 7 Colorado at Los Angeles 10:30
NY Islanders at Washington 7 Florida at San Jose 10:30
Vegas at Winnipeg 8
SUNDAY’S RESULTS
At Pittsburgh 4 Carolina 2 At Columbus 6 Vegas 4
At Buffalo 5 Toronto 2 At NY Islanders 4 Anaheim 3
Winnipeg 4 at St. Louis 3 (OT) At Colorado 3 Calgary 0
Montreal 4 at Phila. 3 (OT) Tampa Bay 2 at Vancouver 1
Nashville 6 at Minnesota 2 At Los Angeles 3 Florida 2 (SO)
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Mac Jones (left) will have Brian Hoyer to lean on for another year, particularly important with the losses on the Patriots’ coaching staff.
greatest athletes we have ever seen?
After a Patriot career he conducted with
class and good old-fashioned Gary Cooper hu-
mility, Brady has morphed into an attention-
seeking carnival act on a par with Deion Sand-
ers, Brett Favre, Dennis Rodman, and the
manager who couldn’t quit, Billy Martin.
It feels like, somewhere along the line, Bra-
dy acquired a neediness gene from his long-
time boss, Bob Kraft.
Brady is atop the pantheon of Boston’s all-
time sports greats, but none of them went
through this identity crisis at the end of their
careers. Ted Williams hit a homer in his final
at-bat, then announced it was over after the
game. Teddy Ballgame’s farewell was covered
by John Updike, who has never been com-
pared to Jim Gray.
Russell won his 11th championship in 13
seasons and left without so much as a voice-
mail or Post-It note. Russell announced his re-
tirement in Sports Illustrated and we never
saw him again. Carl Yastrzemski played forev-
er, then went all Garbo on us. Larry Bird re-
turned from Barcelona with his gold medal in
the summer of ‘92, quietly walked into Red
Auerbach’s office, and said he was done. Larry
today is harder to find than Jimmy Hoffa.
Tom is the opposite. Tom just can’t quit us.
After 40 days and nights, he has come down
from themountain, Moses-style. He wants you
to fawn over him. He wants Stephen A. Smith
and Skip Bayless to argue about him on TV. He
has his own high-end production company,
bombarding us with tweets, Instagrams, pod-
casts, and silly staged interviews with suckup
Gray. He’s making amovie about himself, for
gosh sakes.
It appears to some of us that Tom just
couldn’t stand to be out of the spotlight one
minute longer. There was just too much talk
about Aaron Rodgers and Russell Wilson.
Maybe Tom was hoping the Bucs would let
him out of his deal and allow him a free agent
courtship frenzy. Maybe Tampa Bay called his
bluff, held him to his contract, and gave him
no place else to go, like Richard Gere in “An
Officer and a Gentleman.”
So instead of “time to focus my time and
energy on other things that require my atten-
tion” (part of Brady’s thousand-word “done
with football” statement), Tom is back to take
care of “unfinished business.”
I don’t know about you, but I feel played. I
am out. Done. Won’t get fooled again.
Brady is still the GOAT (Greatest Of All
Time), but he is also an old goat, the high
school hero who’s still living on the glory days
while the rest of us have gotten on with our
lives. Hope Tom can still go out on top and
doesn’t finish with a Willie Mays 1973 World
Series, flopping-around-the-outfield moment.
Hope Brady is never an over-the-hill Muham-
mad Ali, getting pummeled by Larry Holmes.
One last thing, while I’m venting.
Is it just me or does it seem as if Brady’s big
announcements have been recklessly parsed
out, ever-oblivious to other events of the day?
Brady is the guy who announced he was leav-
ing the Patriots on March 17, 2020, while we
were reeling in America’s first days of the coro-
navirus crisis. Then, in the throes of the pan-
demic, Brady allowed his company to sell a
product that claims to enhance immunity.
Now we get Tom coming out of his 40-day
retirement, on the night the NCAA basketball
brackets are announced, on the same day Kev-
in Garnett’s No. 5 was raised to the rafters in
the Garden.
Evidently, when you are Tom Brady, there is
no other.
Here’s hoping he remembers to mention
the Patriots and the fans of New England next
time he retires.
Dan Shaughnessy is a Globe columnist. He
can be reached at
[email protected]. Follow him
on Twitter @dan_shaughnessy.
uSHAUGHNESSYContinued from Page C1
Brady’s acthas becomeannoying
takeaway guys in the NFL since Bill
Belichick signed him as an undrafted
free agent out of Maryland in 2018.
His 25 interceptions are tied for most
by a player in his first four seasons in
the league. Jackson had eight inter-
ceptions in 2021, one more than the
entire Chargers secondary.
He has a knack for always being
around the ball, and as Belichick said
last November after Jackson picked
off a tipped ball in the end zone, “you
leave any trash laying around, he’s go-
ing to pick it up.’’
Jackson thanked the Patriots for
the “experience” of playing here.
“Got a chance towin a Super Bowl.
Got to playwith great players, play for
uJACKSONContinued from Page C1
one of the best coaches in Coach [Bill]
Belichick. I want to thank them for
everything they did for me,’’ he told
NBC Sports Boston.
Safety Adrian Phillips, who spent
the last two seasons playing with
Jackson in the Patriots secondary
tweeted, “Hell yea JC … much de-
served!!! #elite.’’
Jackson, 26, adjusted to the Patri-
ots system quickly upon arriving as a
rookie, withmany veterans, including
Devin McCourty, mentioning his
competitiveness and ability to defend
deep passes during training camp.
“J.C. has natural hands and tracks
the ball well,’’ Belichick said last year.
“He has great hand-eye coordination.’’
Just two seasons ago, the Patriots
boasted one of the top 1-2 punches at
cornerback with Stephon Gilmore
and Jackson. Gilmore was traded to
the Panthers last season and is also on
the free agent market.
Jackson emerged as a No. 1 cor-
nerback last season, helping lead the
Patriots to a top-five defense that
helped the franchise to a 10-7 record
and a return to the playoffs after a
one-year absence.
Now Jackson will play in a second-
ary with James, Asante Samuel Jr.,
and Michael Davis — and in an AFC
West division loaded with top quar-
terbacks. The Chiefs have Patrick Ma-
homes, the Broncos have Russell Wil-
son, and the Raiders have Derek Carr.
The Chargers finished 9-8 and
missed the playoffs last season and
opponents converted 49.5 percent of
their third downs against them.
Chargers coach Brandon Staley
made it clear during the Scouting
Combine two weeks ago that his club
would be in themarket for a corner.
“You’re in five defensive backs 65
percent or more, so corner is definite-
ly going to be something we’re look-
ing at,’’ he said. “We’re always going to
be looking at it as long as I’m the head
coach. You’re aware of these receivers
that we have to defend.’’
The Patriots have Jalen Mills, Jon-
athan Jones, Myles Bryant, Joejuan
Williams, and Shaun Wade on the
cornerback depth chart.
JimMcBride can be reached at
[email protected]. Follow
him on Twitter@globejimmcbride.
CB Jackson departs for $82.5m deal with Chargers
Tell the truth. Were
you among them?
Were you among
themany around
here who were too
busy yelping about
perceived slights to
pick up on all the
clues about Tom Bra-
dy’s comeback that were right there in
his “retirement” announcement six
weeks ago?
This fool right here was, at least in
those early hours when it appeared
that Brady’s unparalleled NFL career
was indeed over at age 44, after (deep
breath) 710 touchdown passes (play-
offs included, because the playoffs al-
ways must be included to even begin to
tell Brady’s story), 290 wins (playoffs
included, because . . . you know), 22
seasons, 10 Super Bowl appearances,
and seven Super Bowl victories.
When Bradymade his eight-slide
announcement in an Instagram post
Feb. 1, the immediate response in New
England was not a collective “thank
you” to him for his leading role in the
greatest dynasty in NFL history, but a
combination of curiosity and anger
about why he excluded the Patriots
from his salutations.
The needy, jilted how-could-you-for-
get-us-Tom? reaction was kind of pa-
thetic — he had already warmly and
graciously saluted Robert Kraft, Bill
Belichick, countless teammates, and
Patriots Nation when he announced he
wasn’t returning inMarch 2020— and
it distracted us from picking up on and
parsing something else far more inter-
esting that he didn’t say in his an-
nouncement: the word “retirement.”
It’s amusing to look at his statement
now, which hinted at finality but never
actually confirmed it, and look at all
the ways he wrote around that most
important word:
“I am not going to make that com-
petitive commitment anymore . . . ”
“But, right now, it’s best I leave the
field of play . . . ”
“As said, I am going to take it day by
day . . . ”
As it turns out, “day by day” lasted
for a whole 40 days before Brady an-
nounced Sunday night that he would
be coming out of a retirement that he
never really confirmed in the first
place. The revelation of his return
wasn’t quite as succinct as Michael Jor-
dan’s “I’m back” upon rejoining the
Bulls in 1995, but it was considerably
more on point than his “competitive
commitment”/hiatus announcement.
“These past twomonths I’ve real-
izedmy place is still on the field and
not in the stands,” he wrote. “That time
will come. But it’s not now. I love my
teammates, and I love my supportive
family. Theymake it all possible. I’m
coming back for my 23rd season in
Tampa. Unfinished business LFG.”
The timing of Brady’s announce-
ment might have been a surprise — it
came down at 7:13 p.m., smack-dab in
the middle of NCAA basketball bracket
chatter and in the moments after Kevin
Garnett’s wonderful number retire-
ment ceremony at TD Garden— but
the news itself was not.
It was not more than a few days af-
ter all the breathtaking highlight reels
aired and flowery farewell columns (hi
there) were written that the rumors
that Bradymay play again ignited, and
it was then that most of us realized that
he never actually said he was retired.
Reports popped up that he might
try to leverage his way to the Niners
(his boyhood team) or Dolphins (no
idea what he’d want to do with them).
If there is any surprise in this, it’s
not that he’s back. It’s that he’s back
with the Bucs, particularly since coach
Bruce Arians has come across at times
as envious of the credit Brady receives
for the team’s success.
Don’t know about you, but I’m glad
he’s back, especially if it means he’ll
spend less time hocking crypto and
NFTs (wishful thinking, probably). The
NFL is better when he’s in it; I’m al-
ready looking forward to showdowns
in 2022 withMatthew Stafford, Patrick
Mahomes, and Joe Burrow. It will be
fun to watch him extend the gap be-
tween himself and every other quarter-
back in NFL history in the record
books and on the field. You just know
Aaron Rodgers hates this.
There are really only two potential
downsides to this: It reignites theWho
Deserves More Credit? silliness regard-
ing Brady and Bill Belichick’s roles in
the Patriots dynasty. Onemore time for
all the old times: The Patriots had the
greatest quarterback and coach in NFL
history at the same time. It doesn’t hap-
pen without either of them. Anyone
who understates Belichick’s role either
has an agenda, a very short memory, or
didn’t knowwhat they were watching.
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk.
The other potential downside: An
ugly ending. Brady will be 45 and the
oldest starting quarterback in NFL his-
tory when the Bucs open the season in
September. It’s possible he loses a few
miles off the fastball, or takes a hit
(where have you gone, Ali Marpet?)
that ends up abbreviating his season.
But this is Tom Brady we’re talking
about, and the best bet is to assume
he’ll be as sharp as he was last season,
when he should have won the NFL
Most Valuable Player award. And we all
remember another famous statement
he once made, one in which he did use
the R word: “When I suck, I’ll retire.”
Don’t know about you, but I’m
starting to think neither will ever hap-
pen.
Chad Finn can be reached at
[email protected]. Follow him on
Twitter@GlobeChadFinn.
It wasn’t a slight — just a sleight of handChad Finn
By JimMcBrideGLOBE STAFF
The Patriots took care of some in-
house business Monday, locking up
some familiar faces by agreeing to
terms with veterans Matthew Slater
and Brian Hoyer, a league source con-
firmedMonday.
The Patriots also signed veteran
interior offensive lineman James Fer-
entz to a one-year deal, and NFL Me-
dia reported they retained kicker
Nick Folk with a two-year, $5 million
extension.
In addition, a league source con-
firmed Ted Karras, who started the fi-
nal 14 games in 2021, including the
last dozen at left guard, is poised to
sign a three-year, $18 million deal
with the AFC champion Bengals
Wednesday — the first day contracts
can become official.
Unlike 2021 when New England
made the biggest early splashes
across the league when the “legal
tampering” window of free agency
unofficially opened, it was J.C. Jack-
son (Chargers) and Karras who
scored some of the biggest contracts.
The signings of Slater and Hoyer
were expected and necessary.
Slater, a 10-time special teams Pro
Bowler and three-time Super Bowl
champion, is one of the most decorat-
ed and respected players in franchise
and league history.
A locker room leader seemingly
since he landed in Foxborough as a
fifth-round pick out of UCLA in 2008,
the likely future Hall of Famer will
play his 15th season on a one-year,
$2.62 million fully guaranteed con-
tract.
He has been elected New Eng-
land’s special teams captain for 11
straight seasons.
Hoyer, who proved to be a key
member of Mac Jones’s support sys-
tem, agreed to a two-year contract
worth up to $3 million to back up
Jones.
Hoyer, who will be heading into
his 14th season, was an important
mentor and sounding board for Jones
as the first-round pick navigated his
way through his rookie season.
“Brian’s been a really close friend
of mine since I’ve gotten here, and I
know he’s older than me, and he
might be closer in age to his son, Gar-
rett, but he’s still a really good men-
tor, and he just does a great job every
week,’’ Jones said in October. “He’s su-
per supportive of me and trying to
help me in any way he can, and, you
know, he’s hard on me sometimes,
which is good. So he holds me to a
high standard, and then he also has
fun and enjoys the game, so he’s been
around for a long time, and I think all
the quarterbacks in our room have
done that, and Brian is just a great ex-
ample of a great team leader and a
great team player. If he ever needs to
get in there, I know he’s going to do a
great job, so he’s always ready, and
I’m just happy to be able to learn from
him and just be in the same room as
him.’’
With multiple changes to the
coaching staff, particularly on the of-
fensive side, havingHoyer aboardwill
help make any transition easier for
Jones.
Hoyer, who has thrown for 10,631
yards and 53 touchdowns in 75 ca-
reer games, knows this offense like
the back of his hand and can take
over if anything should happen to
Jones.
Ferentz has bounced between the
active roster and practice squad the
last few seasons, providing valuable
depth and could be poised for a big-
ger role with Karras headed out of
town.
He started back-to-back games at
left guard inWeeks 5 and 6 doing yeo-
man’s work New England’s offensive
line ravaged by illness and injuries.
Patriots agree to terms with Slater, HoyerFerentz is signed,but Karras departs
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direction of letting bygones be bygones. Once I
knew we were talking and I was going to be on
his show, when I had time. I wasn’t worried
about it.”
Those moments of disregard after Allen
signed with Miami affected him, including
when he attempted to slap hands with the Celt-
ics’ bench players in their opening night
matchup in October 2012. Rivers cooperated.
Garnett ignored him.
“The first game that we played, when he
wouldn’t shake my hand in Miami, I didn’t
want that feeling anymore,” Allen said. “That
was a terrible feeling. [But] I wasn’t worried
about that anymore. I knew that once we got to
the [the back room at TD Garden], this was a
moment to celebrate him, let him know I was
here to support him.”
Allen and Garnett didn’t meet during their
years in the NBA. They were both prep stand-
outs in South Carolina, andmet as teenagers.
“I don’t think about 2009, 2010, ’11, any of
those years, I think about ’93, ’92, I still re-
member him as Kevin, the kid that was trying
uON BASKETBALLContinued from Page C1
to hit on my sister and ask her out on a date,”
Allen said. “And we used to go up to Columbia
and practice against the kids from [the Univer-
sity of South Carolina]. That’s the guy I always
remember.
“Forme, to have some sense of humility and
of normalcy, you can’t ever think about these
great moments like this because you have to
think where you come from. That has allowed
us to get to this level.”
A few years ago, Allen and Pierce, who were
never really at odds but had been icy since Al-
len’s Boston departure, made up and discussed
their issues.
Pierce said after that hemade it his purpose
to reunite the Big Three, but Garnett would
take time to convince.
“Any time after that, Paul and I when we
saw each other, it was like nothing has
changed; we were trying to raise our kids and
make them productive members of society, I
just had never had that opportunity around
Kevin, I hadn’t seen him at all,” Allen said. “It
took All-Star Weekend and then being here [to
make it happen].”
Allen said he felt left out not only by the
feud with Garnett, but with the Celtics, be-
cause of the unsavory receptions he received as
a member of the Heat, getting booed every
time he touched the ball in his comeback
game.
“I don’t like being on the outside,” he said.
“There’s so many people here that I love, that I
spent time with, that have been part of the
family. The people that you know in this build-
ing, I see them on TV. They’re etched in my
mind, when it comes to my time spent here in
Boston. To not be able to connect with them, it
was tough forme.
“Just because I moved away doesn’t mean
that relationship, that friendship ends. It did
center around Kevin and myself because I did
get the sense that the people here [in Boston]
felt how Kevin felt. Once he accepted me, then
the people accept me, that was the sense. I was
glad that we could do that and people could see
and people could say we won with this guy in
2008, and that’s what matters most.”
GaryWashburn is a Globe columnist. He can
be reached at [email protected].
Follow him on Twitter@GwashburnGlobe.
Garnett’s big day brings back the Big Three
FROM WIRE SERVICES
Mitch Trubiskywill get a chance to kick-
start his career in Pittsburgh, and attempt to
replace a likely Hall of Famer in the process.
A person with knowledge of the deal told
the Associated Press that the veteran quarter-
back and the Steelers have agreed to terms on
a two-year contractMonday that will give
Trubisky a chance to compete for the open
starting job following Ben Roethlisberger’s re-
tirement in January.
The person spoke to the AP on the condi-
tion of anonymity because the deal was not yet
official.
Trubisky, 27, joins the Steelers after spend-
ing 2021 backing up Josh Allen in Buffalo fol-
lowing a flame out in Chicago. The second
overall pick in the 2017 draft spent four un-
even seasons with the Bears, going 29-21 as a
starter while passing for 10,652 yards with 64
touchdowns against 38 interceptions.
Trubisky joins a quarterbacks room that in-
cludes longtime Pittsburgh backupMason Ru-
dolph. The team is also expected to bring back
Dwayne Haskins, who served as Pittsburgh’s
third quarterback last season.
Panthers opening up room
The Panthers released cornerback A.J.
Bouye and defensive endMorgan Fox in salary
capmoves, openingmoremoney for their po-
tential pursuit of Texans quarterback Deshaun
Watson.
Both Bouye and Fox were due roster bonus-
es of slightly more than $2million next week
and themoves will save the teammore than
$6.5million in salary cap space in 2022.
The Panthers are nowmore than $32mil-
lion under the cap.
Jaguars to getWRKirk
No one should be calling Jaguars general
manager Trent Baalke a clown right now.
Baalke and the Jaguars agreed to sign Ari-
zona receiver Christian Kirk, Washington
guard Brandon Scherff, Atlanta linebacker
Foyesade Oluokun and Jets defensive tackle
Folorunso “Foley” Fatukasi, according to a per-
son familiar with negotiations.
The four big-time additions are expected to
fill huge holes for Jacksonville, which has lost
35 of its last 41 games and is in rebuilding
mode again under Baalke and new head coach
Doug Pederson.
Kirk will replace DJ Chark as the team’s No.
1 receiver and should immediately become
quarterback Trevor Lawrence’s top target.
Kirk caught 236 passes for 2,902 yards and 17
touchdowns in four years with the Cardinals.
Jacksonville is giving Kirk a four-year, $72
million contract that could be worth up to $84
million, the person said. The deal includes a
$20million signing bonus.
Scherff, an All-Pro selection in 2020, will
step in at right guard in place of free agent AJ
Cann and allow Ben Bartch to switch sides and
fill Andrew Norwell’s spot.
Jacksonville allowed 32 sacks in Lawrence’s
rookie year. Keeping him upright and sur-
rounding himwithmore weapons were among
the goals for Baalke and Pederson heading into
free agency and the draft. When healthy,
Scherff has proven to be one of the league’s
premier guards.
WRLandry released by Browns
Jarvis Landry helped the Browns rebuild
from the NFL’s bottom floor. They’ll now try to
stay relevant without him.
Cleveland released the five-time Pro Bowl
wide receiver in a tough but necessary cost-
cuttingmove after the invaluable Landry be-
came too expensive to keep.
One of the league’s steadiest pass catchers,
the 29-year-old Landry was instrumental in
the Browns’ turnaround after the teamwent
just 1-31 in the two seasons before he arrived
via trade from theMiami Dolphins in 2018.
During four seasons with the Browns, Lan-
dry had 288 receptions for 3,560 yards and 15
touchdowns. He added four rushing TDs and
threw for a score. Landry’s the only player in
league history to record at least 70 receptions
in each of his first seven seasons.
Berrios to return to Jets
The Jets re-signed All-Pro kick returner
Braxton Berrios to a two-year, $12million
deal, keeping the versatile wide receiver after a
breakout season.
The deal includes $7million fully guaran-
teed, according to Berrios’s agent Drew Rosen-
haus.
The Jets also agreed to terms with former
49ers guard Laken Tomlinson on a three-year
contract, according to a person with direct
knowledge of the deal. Themove addresses
one of New York’s biggest offseason needs.
ESPN reported the contract for Tomlinson
is worth up to $41.2million and includes $27
million guaranteed.
Dolphins add QB Bridgewater
Among the wishes for the Dolphins in free
agency: keeping pass rusher Emmanuel Og-
bah, along with adding a running back and up-
grading in the quarterback room.
The Dolphinsmoved quickly to check all
those boxes.
Miami native Teddy Bridgewater agreed to
come home, presumably to be Tua Ta-
govailoa’s backup at quarterback. Bridgewater
agreed to a one-year deal, according to a per-
son with direct knowledge of the negotiations
who spoke on condition of anonymity to The
Associated Press because the contract has not
been finalized.
The Dolphins will become Bridgewater’s
fifth NFL team and his fourth in the past four
years. He went 7-7 in 14 starts for Denver this
past season, plus has played for Carolina, New
Orleans andMinnesota.
Ogbah has agreed to a four-year contract
that could be worth $65million, and running
back Chase Edmonds has agreed to a two-year,
$12.6million deal. Bothmoves were con-
firmed by agent Drew Rosenhaus, who repre-
sents both players.
DE Reddick heading to Eagles
Haason Reddick is going home to boost the
Eagles’ pass rush.
A person with knowledge of the deal told
the Associated Press that Reddick and the Ea-
gles agreed to terms on a $45million, three-
year contract that includes $30million guar-
anteed with amaximum value of $49.5mil-
lion.
Reddick, who played at Temple and grew
up in Camden, N.J., had 11 sacks for Carolina
last year. A first-round pick by Arizona in
2017, Reddick had 12½ sacks for the Cardi-
nals in 2020. Listed as a linebacker, Reddick
should be used as an edge rusher.
Preston Smith backwith Pack
The signed outside linebacker Preston
Smith to a contract extension and released
outside linebacker Za’Darius Smith and offen-
sive lineman Billy Turner in a flurry of moves
before the start of the free-agency period.
Releasing Za’Darius Smith and Turner cre-
ates about $19million in cap savings for the
Packers, who had entered the week about $46
million over the cap. But it leaves Green Bay
without two veterans who played key roles in
helping the Packers win three straight NFC
North titles.
Za’Darius Smith, 29, had a combined 26
sacks for the Packers from 2019-20 before a
back injury caused him to play just one regu-
lar-season game and one playoff game last
year. Turner, 30, made a combined 43 regular-
season starts and five playoff starts during his
three-year Green Bay tenure.
Bengals pick up two for OL
The Bengals went right to free agency for
their biggest area of need, agreeing to con-
tracts with a pair of offensive linemen.
People with knowledge of the deals con-
firmed to the Associated Press that the Bengals
reached agreements with Buccaneers guard
Alex Cappa and offensive lineman Ted Karras,
formerly of the Patriots.
RB Connerwith Cardinals
The Cardinals are bringing back James
Conner on a three-year deal, rewarding the
running back for a stellar 2021 season that in-
cluded a franchise-record 18 total touchdowns.
Conner was a huge part of the Cardinals’ of-
fense last season with 752 yards rushing and
375 yards receiving.
Seahawks keep S Diggs
The Seahawks retained one of their most
important free agents, agreeing to terms with
free safetyQuandre Diggs on a new contract,
according to a person with knowledge of the
deal.NFLNetwork reported the agreement of a
three-year deal is worth up to $40million for
Diggs.
NFL NOTEBOOK
QB Trubisky headed to SteelersPanthers in hot pursuitof Texans QBWatson
FILE/CHARLES KRUPA/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Ray Allen (second from right) was in Cleveland to celebrate being a member of the NBA all-time top 75 team at All-Star Weekend.
HAWKS 122, BLAZERS 113
PORTLAND
FG FT Reb
Min M-A M-A O-T A F Pt
Elleby .......29 1-2 4-4 3-13 5 4 6Watford ...39 9-19 2-2 4-9 2 3 22Eubanks...30 7-10 2-2 3-10 2 1 16Williams...36 8-17 2-5 0-3 6 3 20Hart .......... 38 11-21 5-7 1-7 4 1 31Brown....... 13 1-1 0-0 0-3 2 2 2Dunn......... 20 1-6 0-0 0-5 3 6 2Johnson....23 3-8 0-1 0-5 1 2 6Hughes.....13 3-4 0-0 0-1 0 3 8Totals ....... 44-88 15-21 11-56 25 25 113
FG%: .500, FT%: .714. 3-pt. goals: 10-24,.417 (Elleby 0-1, Watford 2-4, Eubanks 0-1,Williams 2-6, Hart 4-7, Dunn 0-1, Johnson 0-1,Hughes 2-3). Team rebounds: 6. Team turn-overs: 21 (29 pts.). Blocks: 9 (Watford 4, Eu-banks, Williams, Brown 2, Johnson). Turn-overs: 20 (Elleby 3, Watford, Eubanks 3, Wil-liams 5, Hart, Brown 2, Dunn 4, Johnson).Steals: 4 (Eubanks, Williams, Dunn 2).
ATLANTA
FG FT Reb
Min M-A M-A O-T A F Pt
Huerter ....36 6-15 0-0 1-4 2 3 14Hunter...... 34 6-17 5-6 1-3 0 0 20Capela......28 4-12 0-0 5-16 0 4 8Wright...... 30 0-3 4-4 1-4 4 0 4Young....... 39 15-31 11-11 2-6 12 1 46Bog-danovic ...
.24 2-13 4-4 2-3 6 1 9
Okongwu .20 3-5 6-7 3-7 0 4 12Williams...16 2-6 0-0 0-1 3 1 4Knox II........ 7 0-3 0-0 2-3 1 0 0Luwawu-Cabarrot .
... 8 2-4 0-0 0-2 0 1 5
Totals ....... 40-109 30-32 17-49 28 15 122
FG%: .367, FT%: .938. 3-pt. goals: 12-48,.250 (Huerter 2-9, Hunter 3-9, Wright 0-2,Young 5-14, Bogdanovic 1-8, Williams 0-2,Knox II 0-1, Luwawu-Cabarrot 1-3). Team re-bounds: 10. Team turnovers: 4 (7 pts.).Blocks: 6 (Huerter, Hunter 2, Capela 2,Wright). Turnovers: 4 (Young 3, Williams).Steals: 13 (Hunter 2, Capela, Wright 3, Young,Bogdanovic 2, Okongwu, Williams 3). Techni-cals: .
Portland......................34 33 17 29 — 113Atlanta ........................29 29 31 33 — 122
A — 16,432 (18,729). T — 2:23. Officials —Kane Fitzgerald, Lauren Holtkamp, MousaDagher.
NUGGETS 114, 76ERS 110
DENVER
FG FT Reb
Min M-A M-A O-T A F Pt
Je.Green...21 3-3 0-0 1-4 1 2 6Gordon.....20 3-6 0-0 1-3 2 1 7Jokic ......... 34 8-16 5-7 1-13 8 1 22Morris.......34 5-10 1-2 0-3 6 2 11Barton ......32 7-14 3-4 1-3 2 2 20Hyland......31 7-14 3-5 0-4 2 0 21Rivers .......19 1-2 1-2 1-1 2 3 4Ja.Green...23 5-6 0-0 1-8 1 5 10Forbes ...... 12 2-5 0-0 0-0 1 3 5Cousins ....14 3-6 0-0 0-3 4 5 8Totals .. ..... 44-82 13-20 6-42 29 24 114
FG%: .537, FT%: .650. 3-pt. goals: 13-33,.394 (Gordon 1-3, Jokic 1-3, Morris 0-2, Barton3-6, Hyland 4-9, Rivers 1-2, Forbes 1-3, Cous-ins 2-5). Team rebounds: 2. Team turnovers:14 (16 pts.). Blocks: 3 (Gordon, Jokic 2). Turn-overs: 14 (Je.Green 2, Gordon, Jokic 5, Barton,Hyland, Rivers 2, Forbes, Cousins). Steals: 8(Je.Green, Jokic 2, Morris, Rivers 2, Ja.Green,Cousins). Technicals: Cousins, 7:04/4th. Fla-grant fouls: Ja.Green, 3:13/4th.
PHILADELPHIA
FG FT Reb
Min M-A M-A O-T A F Pt
Thybulle...26 4-7 0-0 2-5 3 4 9Harris .......37 4-9 0-2 1-7 1 1 10Embiid...... 36 11-20 9-10 3-9 4 5 34Maxey ......42 7-13 3-4 0-3 3 2 19Harden.....39 6-11 11-12 0-9 11 1 24Jordan ...... 12 1-6 1-2 3-6 0 2 3Niang........ 25 2-12 2-2 1-4 1 2 8Green........ 14 0-5 0-0 0-4 2 0 0Milton......... 8 1-1 0-0 1-1 0 0 3Totals .. ..... 36-84 26-32 11-48 25 17 110
FG%: .429, FT%: .813. 3-pt. goals: 12-33,.364 (Thybulle 1-3, Harris 2-4, Embiid 3-3,Maxey 2-6, Harden 1-4, Niang 2-10, Green 0-2,Milton 1-1). Team rebounds: 7. Team turn-overs: 13 (14 pts.). Blocks: 6 (Thybulle 2, Em-biid 2, Harden, Jordan). Turnovers: 13 (Thy-bulle 2, Harris, Embiid 5, Harden 4, Niang).Steals: 8 (Thybulle 6, Harris, Embiid). Techni-cals: Harden, 7:04/4th.
Denver.........................22 31 28 33 — 114Philadelphia ...............37 21 30 22 — 110
A — 21,444 (20,318). T — 2:20. Officials —Eric Lewis, JB DeRosa, Matt Boland.
HORNETS 134, THUNDER 116
CHARLOTTE
FG FT Reb
Min M-A M-A O-T A F Pt
Wshingtn .30 3-9 0-0 2-5 1 0 6Bridges.....30 11-15 0-0 0-3 6 1 27Plumlee....28 2-3 1-3 3-11 8 1 5La.Ball ......30 6-13 4-4 0-4 7 3 21Rozier....... 32 11-17 4-4 0-6 4 3 30McDniels..13 1-5 0-0 1-2 0 2 2Harrell ......18 1-2 3-3 0-0 2 4 5Martin ......21 4-6 2-2 0-0 0 0 11Oubre Jr...17 4-9 2-5 1-4 1 2 11Thomas....17 4-10 0-0 1-1 4 1 12Richards..... 2 1-2 0-0 0-0 0 0 2Thor............ 2 1-1 0-0 0-1 0 0 2Totals .. ..... 49-92 16-21 8-37 33 17 134
FG%: .533, FT%: .762. 3-pt. goals: 20-35,.571 (Washington 0-3, Bridges 5-6, La.Ball 5-8,Rozier 4-8, McDaniels 0-1, Martin 1-1, OubreJr. 1-4, Thomas 4-4). Team rebounds: 5. Teamturnovers: 5 (6 pts.). Blocks: 7 (Plumlee 4,Harrell, Oubre Jr., Thomas). Turnovers: 5(Plumlee, La.Ball 3, Rozier). Steals: 12 (Wash-ington 2, Bridges, Plumlee, La.Ball 2, Rozier 2,Martin 3, Oubre Jr.). Technicals: def. 3-sec-ond, 9:31/1st.
OKLAHOMA CITY
FG FT Reb
Min M-A M-A O-T A F Pt
Mann........30 4-12 2-2 2-5 6 0 13Bazley ......35 10-18 1-2 0-4 4 0 25Sarr...........32 2-5 3-4 3-7 3 3 7Maledon...31 2-9 2-2 2-7 4 2 6Gilgeous-Alexnder .
.36 12-20 5-5 2-8 5 5 32
Poksvski...27 6-11 3-4 3-5 5 1 17Roby ........... 9 0-0 0-0 0-4 0 4 0Waters III.24 2-8 0-0 0-6 2 2 4Krejci........15 4-7 0-0 1-3 2 2 12Totals .. ..... 42-90 16-19 13-49 31 19 116
FG%: .467, FT%: .842. 3-pt. goals: 16-44,.364 (Mann 3-6, Bazley 4-9, Sarr 0-1, Maledon0-4, Gilgeous-Alexander 3-7, Pokusevski 2-5,Waters III 0-6, Krejci 4-6). Team rebounds: 8.Team turnovers: 18 (27 pts.). Blocks: 3 (Sarr,Roby, Waters III). Turnovers: 18 (Mann, Baz-ley 2, Sarr, Maledon 2, Gilgeous-Alexander 3,Pokusevski 6, Waters III, Krejci 2). Steals: 4(Mann, Maledon, Waters III 2).
Charlotte.....................29 36 37 32 — 134Oklahoma City...........41 23 27 25 — 116
A — 15,810 (18,203). T — 2:08. Officials —Bill Kennedy, JT Orr, Phenizee Ransom.
T’WOLVES 149, SPURS 139
MINNESOTA
FG FT Reb
Min M-A M-A O-T A F Pt
A.Edwrds .30 2-7 0-0 2-3 3 2 5McDniels..32 4-7 2-2 0-4 1 1 11Towns ...... 36 19-31 15-16 2-17 3 5 60Russell...... 29 8-12 0-0 1-2 6 1 19Beverley...30 5-8 7-8 1-4 8 3 20Beasley ....19 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Nowell......25 6-8 3-4 1-6 3 2 15Prince....... 28 5-9 1-2 0-4 4 5 13Knight......... 8 3-7 0-0 0-0 0 1 6Okogie........ 1 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 0 0Totals .. ..... 52-90 28-32 7-40 28 20 149
FG%: .578, FT%: .875. 3-pt. goals: 17-33,.515 (A.Edwards 1-2, McDaniels 1-3, Towns 7-11, Russell 3-5, Beverley 3-4, Beasley 0-1,Nowell 0-1, Prince 2-6). Team rebounds: 7.Team turnovers: 16 (20 pts.). Blocks: 3 (A.Ed-wards, McDaniels, Beverley). Turnovers: 15(A.Edwards 2, McDaniels, Towns 6, Russell,Beverley, Nowell 3, Knight). Steals: 8 (A.Ed-wards, McDaniels, Towns, Russell 3, Bever-ley, Prince). Technicals: Towns, 6:36/2nd. Fla-grant fouls: Towns, 9:20/3rd.
SAN ANTONIO
FG FT Reb
Min M-A M-A O-T A F Pt
Richrdsn ..23 1-3 0-0 0-3 1 1 2K.Johnsn ..37 13-21 3-4 2-8 4 4 34Poeltl ........29 9-12 3-4 2-4 1 5 21Vassell ..... 31 6-12 3-3 1-3 3 0 17Murray.....36 10-20 9-10 0-4 12 4 30Jones ........ 16 1-4 0-0 2-2 7 4 2Walker IV.26 8-12 3-3 0-3 2 1 22Primo........ 17 1-2 1-2 1-3 1 1 3Collins ...... 19 2-7 0-0 1-5 2 3 5Wieskmp ...3 0-2 0-0 0-0 0 1 0Landale ...... 3 1-2 0-0 0-1 0 0 3Totals .. ..... 52-97 22-26 9-36 33 24 139
FG%: .536, FT%: .846. 3-pt. goals: 13-35,.371 (K.Johnson 5-9, Vassell 2-6, Murray 1-5,Jones 0-1, Walker IV 3-5, Primo 0-1, Collins1-4, Wieskamp 0-2, Landale 1-2). Team re-bounds: 8. Team turnovers: 15 (18 pts.).Blocks: 11 (Poeltl 3, Vassell 3, Murray, Collins4). Turnovers: 15 (Richardson 3, Poeltl, Vas-sell 2, Murray 5, Walker IV, Primo, Collins 2).Steals: 5 (Richardson 2, Vassell 2, Murray).Technicals: Collins, 6:52/3rd.
Minnesota ..................40 35 46 28 — 149San Antonio ...............32 41 33 33 — 139
A — 14,143 (18,797). T — 2:26. Officials —Ben Taylor, Tre Maddox, Danielle Scott.
NBAEASTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct. GB Streak Home Conf.
Miami 45 24 .652 — L 1 24-9 29-13*Milwaukee 42 26 .618 2½ L 1 24-12 26-18Philadelphia 41 26 .612 3 L 1 19-15 25-16*Chicago 41 26 .612 3 W 2 25-10 26-17Boston 41 28 .594 4 L 1 24-12 30-16Cleveland 39 29 .574 5½ W 1 21-11 23-18
*Toronto 37 30 .552 7 W 3 17-15 23-19Brooklyn 35 33 .515 9½ W 3 14-18 25-18Atlanta 34 34 .500 10½ W 3 22-13 21-22Charlotte 34 35 .493 11 W 2 16-17 21-22
*Washington 29 37 .439 14½ L 3 17-17 22-21New York 28 40 .412 16½ L 2 13-19 14-26Indiana 23 46 .333 22 L 1 15-19 11-34Detroit 18 50 .265 26½ L 3 11-23 14-27Orlando 18 51 .261 27 L 1 8-24 10-33
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L Pct. GB Streak Home Conf.
p-Phoenix 54 14 .794 — W 1 29-8 31-9Memphis 47 22 .681 7½ W 3 24-10 31-14*Golden State 46 22 .676 8 W 3 28-7 28-16*Utah 42 25 .627 11½ W 1 24-10 28-15Dallas 42 26 .618 12 W 2 23-12 30-15Denver 41 28 .594 13½ W 1 20-13 25-19
Minnesota 39 30 .565 15½ W 1 22-12 26-18LA Clippers 36 35 .507 19½ L 1 20-14 21-24*LA Lakers 29 38 .433 24½ L 1 20-16 16-26New Orleans 28 40 .412 26 W 1 16-19 19-22
Portland 26 41 .388 27½ L 1 17-18 11-30San Antonio 26 42 .382 28 L 1 13-21 16-22*Sacramento 24 45 .348 30½ L 4 15-20 17-28Okla. City 20 48 .294 34 L 6 9-26 14-30Houston 17 51 .250 37 L 2 10-22 9-34* — Not including late gamep — Clinched playoff berth
THE PLAYOFF FORMAT
The top six teams in each conference qualify; the next four teams will partici-pate in a play-in tournament at the end of the regular season.
MONDAY’S RESULTS
At Cleveland 120 LA Clippers 111 (OT) Washington at Golden St.
At Atlanta 122 Portland 113 Chicago at Sacramento
Denver 114 at Philadelphia 110 Milwaukee at Utah
Charlotte 134 at Okla. City 116 Toronto at LA Lakers
Minnesota 149 at San Antonio 139
TUESDAY’S GAMES
Memphis at Indiana 7 Detroit at Miami 7:30
Brooklyn at Orlando 7 Phoenix at New Orleans 8
SUNDAY’S RESULTS
Dallas 95 at BOSTON 92 At Atlanta 131 Indiana 128
At Brooklyn 110 New York 107 At New Orleans 130 Houston 105
LA Clippers 106 at Detroit 102 Memphis 125 at Okla. City 118
Philadelphia 116 at Orlando 114 (OT) At Phoenix 140 LA Lakers 111
CAVALIERS 120, CLIPPERS 111
LA CLIPPERS
FG FT Reb
Min M-A M-A O-T A F Pt
Batum... 33 2-8 0-0 0-4 6 1 6Coffey... 40 7-20 1-2 1-3 2 4 19Zubac.... 36 10-15 4-4 7-14 4 6 24Kennard 40 5-12 3-3 0-2 4 4 14Mann..... 45 7-21 2-4 1-10 4 3 18Hrtnstn . 20 5-5 0-0 2-6 3 3 10Boston .. 21 4-11 1-1 0-0 3 1 11Hood ..... 11 0-2 0-0 1-1 2 2 0Ojeleye . 20 3-4 2-3 0-3 1 0 9Totals .... 43-98 13-17 12-43 29 24 111
FG%: .439, FT%: .765. 3-pt. goals: 12-36, .333 (Batum 2-7, Coffey 4-11, Ken-nard 1-5, Mann 2-7, Boston Jr. 2-4,Hood 0-1, Ojeleye 1-1). Team re-bounds: 9. Team turnovers: 11 (9 pts.).Blocks: 8 (Batum, Coffey, Zubac 2,Mann 2, Hartenstein, Ojeleye). Turn-overs: 10 (Batum 3, Zubac 3, Kennard,Hartenstein, Hood, Ojeleye). Steals: 5(Batum 2, Kennard, Mann, Harten-stein).LA Clippers ....... 27 30 24 25 5 — 111Cleveland .......... 33 23 31 19 14 — 120
A — 18,742 (20,562). T — 2:30. Offi-cials — Tiven, Ervin, Nansel.
CLEVELAND
FG FT Reb
Min M-A M-A O-T A F Pt
Stevens. 13 2-5 0-0 0-4 1 4 5Mrkknn. 46 5-9 3-4 1-9 1 2 17Mobley . 40 13-22 3-6 3-6 1 1 30Okoro.... 39 4-6 11-13 1-5 5 4 20Garland. 46 8-21 4-4 0-2 13 2 24Davis....... 6 0-0 0-0 1-1 1 0 0LeVert... 25 5-10 0-0 2-7 3 2 11Love ...... 18 4-11 2-3 2-9 0 2 13Godwin. 12 0-0 0-0 0-1 1 0 0Osman.... 8 0-0 0-2 0-0 1 0 0Windler. 12 0-2 0-0 2-5 1 2 0Totals .... 41-86 23-32 12-49 28 19 120
FG%: .477, FT%: .719. 3-pt. goals: 15-30, .500 (Stevens 1-1, Markkanen 4-6,Mobley 1-3, Okoro 1-1, Garland 4-9, Le-Vert 1-2, Love 3-6, Windler 0-2). Teamrebounds: 12. Team turnovers: 12 (15pts.). Blocks: 4 (Mobley 2, Okoro,Goodwin). Turnovers: 11 (Stevens,Markkanen, Mobley, Okoro, Garland 3,Love 3, Goodwin). Steals: 7 (Mark-kanen, Mobley 2, Okoro, Garland,Goodwin, Windler).
C6 Sports T h e B o s t o n G l o b e TUE SDAY, MARCH 1 5 , 2 0 2 2
Start times for second games at sites are approximate
FIRST FOUR (PLAY-IN GAMES)Dayton, Ohio
16 Texas A&M-CC (23-11)
16 Texas So. (18-12)
Tuesday, 6:40 p.m.
Midwest
12 Indiana (20-13)
12 Wyoming (25-8)
Tuesday, 9:10 p.m.
East
16 Bryant (22-9)
16 Wright St. (21-13)
Wednesday, 6:40 p.m.
South
11 Notre Dame (22-10)
11 Rutgers (18-13)
Wednesday, 9:10 p.m.
West
1 Gonzaga (26-3)
16 Georgia St. (18-10)
Thursday, 4:15 p.m.
8 Boise St. (27-7)
9 Memphis (21-10)
Thursday, 1:45 p.m.
FIRST ROUNDSeed/team
1 Arizona (31-3)
16 Wright St./Bryant
Friday, 7:27 p.m.
8 Seton Hall (21-10)
9 TCU (20-12)
Friday, 9:57 p.m.
5 Houston (29-5)
12 UAB (27-7)
Friday, 9:20 p.m.
4 Illinois (22-9)
13 Chattanooga (27-7)
Friday, 6:50 p.m.
6 Colorado St. (25-5)
11 Michigan (17-14)
Thursday, 12:15 p.m.
3 Tennessee (26-7)
14 Longwood (26-6)
Thursday, 2:45 p.m.
7 Ohio St. (19-11)
10 Loyola Chicago (25-7)
Friday, 12:15 p.m.
2 Villanova (26-7)
15 Delaware (22-12)
Friday, 2:45 p.m.
1 Kansas (28-6)
16 Texas So./Texas A&M CC
Thursday, 9:57 p.m.
8 San Diego St. (23-8)
9 Creighton (22-11)
Thursday, 7:27 p.m.
5 Iowa (26-9)
12 Richmond (23-12)
Thursday, 3:10 p.m.
4 Providence (25-5)
13 South Dakota St. (30-4)
Thursday, 12:40 p.m.
6 LSU (22-11)
11 Iowa St. (20-12)
Friday, 7:20 p.m.
3 Wisconsin (24-7)
14 Colgate (23-11)
Friday, 9:50 p.m.
7 USC (26-7)
10 Miami (23-10)
Friday, 3:10 p.m.
2 Auburn (27-5)
15 Jacksonville St. (21-10)
Friday, 12:40 p.m.
5 UConn (23-9)
12 New Mexico St. (26-6)
Thursday, 6:50 p.m.
4 Arkansas (25-8)
13 Vermont (28-5)
Thursday, 9:20 p.m.
6 Alabama (19-13)
11 Rutgers/Notre Dame
Friday, 4:15 p.m.
3 Texas Tech (25-9)
14 Montana St. (27-7)
Friday, 1:45 p.m.
7 Michigan St. (22-12)
10 Davidson (27-6)
Friday, 9:40 p.m.
2 Duke (28-6)
15 Cal St. Fullerton (21-10)
Friday, 7:10 p.m.
1 Baylor (26-6)
16 Norfolk St. (24-6)
Thursday, 2 p.m.
8 North Carolina (24-9)
9 Marquette (19-12)
Thursday, 4:30 p.m.
5 Saint Mary’s (25-7)
12 Wyoming/Indiana
Thursday, 7:20 p.m.
4 UCLA (25-7)
13 Akron (24-9)
Thursday, 9:50 p.m.
6 Texas (21-11)
11 Virginia Tech (23-12)
Friday, 4:30 p.m.
3 Purdue (27-7)
14 Yale (19-11)
Friday, 2 p.m.
7 Murray St. (30-2)
10 San Francisco (24-9)
Thursday, 9:40 p.m.
2 Kentucky (26-7)
15 Saint Peter’s (19-11)
Thursday, 7:10 p.m.
FIRST ROUNDSeed/team
SECOND ROUND REGIONALS REGIONALS SECOND ROUND
West
San Francisco
East
Philadelphia
South
San Antonio
Midwest
Chicago
REGIONAL FINALS REGIONAL FINALS
NCAA
men’s bracketPortland, Ore.March 19
BuffaloMarch 19
San DiegoMarch 20
Greenville, S.C.March 20
Fort WorthMarch 19
Portland, Ore.March 19
MilwaukeeMarch 20
IndianapolisMarch 19
San DiegoMarch 20
PittsburghMarch 20
IndianapolisMarch 19
PittsburghMarch 20
Fort WorthMarch 19
BuffaloMarch 19
MilwaukeeMarch 20
Greenville, S.C.March 20
New Orleans
SEMIFINALSAND FINALS
NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL
By Trevor HassBOSTON.COM STAFF
As the celebration he had envisioned count-
less times unfolded around him, Ed Cooley felt a
sense of nostalgia.
After clinching the Big East regular-season ti-
tle with a win over Creighton Feb. 26, the Provi-
dence men’s basketball coach took a moment to
detach himself from the chaos and reflect on the
days when he would sneak in through the back
door to catch PC games as a kid. The lifelong Fri-
ar fan couldn’t help but beam at how far the pro-
gram has come.
“Wow,” he thought to himself. “Anything’s
possible.”
“I wasn’t standing there as the coach,” Cooley
said. “I was standing there as the young boy who
had a dream and a vision to one day be part of
something.”
The Friars (25-5, 14-3) are at the tail end of
one of the most historic seasons in program his-
tory. They’ve made deep runs in March before,
but they’ve never pieced together a regular sea-
son quite like this one. Picked to finish seventh
in the conference’s preseason poll, they relied on
a savvy, senior-laden group.
“I felt like that was a slap in the face,” gradu-
ate transfer Al Durham said. “They didn’t re-
spect us or respect our team, so it created a fire
for us to prove that we’re supposed to be where
we are today.”
Despite losing in the Big East tournament
semifinals, Providence enters the NCAA Tourna-
ment as a No. 4 seed. The Friars play No. 13
South Dakota State Thursday at 12:40 p.m. in
Buffalo.
Whatmade this season different? Here’s what
the players had to say.
Nucleus largely stayed intact
Back in ninth grade, when Roxbury’s A.J.
Reeves first met Cooley, he was struck by the
coach’s sincerity and earnestness right away. Fol-
lowing a standout career at Brimmer and May,
Reeves had lofty goals when he arrived at Provi-
dence as the No. 6 shooting guard in his class.
While the 6-foot-6-inch Reeves flashed his po-
tential, the Friars were stuck in themiddle of the
pack in his first season, finishing 18-16 overall
and 7-11 in the Big East in 2018-19. A slight im-
provement to 19-12, 12-6 came before COVID-
19 took away the 2020 NCAA Tournament, and
last year, the team took a step back at 13-13, 9-
10.
Reeves was well aware of how the transfer
portal can change fortunes, but he chose to stay.
He believed in the connections he had built.
He wasn’t the only player to make that deci-
sion.
Nate Watson and Noah Horchler elected to
stay another year after graduating, and senior
Ed Croswell and redshirt junior Jared Bynum al-
so came back.
And it all worked out: Watson led PC in scor-
ing, averaging 13.8 points per game. Bynumcon-
tributed 12.7 and Reeves 10.
“I felt like we had unfinished business here,”
Reeves said. “I didn’t want to leave on a sour
taste. I felt like we could do something special.”
New faceswho fit their style
To complement that deep core, Providence
added two key grad transfers — Durham from
Indiana and JustinMinaya from South Carolina.
Cooleywanted players whowere older, battle-
tested, and tough, and Durham and Minaya fit
those criteria perfectly. Assistant coach Ivan
Thomas had recruited Durham out of high
school, and the Friars had a relationshipwith the
staff at South Carolina.
Durham is Providence’s second-leading scor-
er, contributing 13.4 points per gamewhile lead-
ing the team inminutes. He called it a “no-brain-
er” to come to Providence and said it “felt like
home” right away.
Minaya is another key part of the rotation,
contributing nearly six rebounds per game while
eating upminutes. The fit made complete sense.
“It felt natural,” Reeves said. “It didn’t feel
forced. It didn’t feel like anybody had an ego. Ev-
erybody just wanted to go out as a winner. They
came in, and it was just instant stars and sparks.
“We knew we had something. You could see
early on that we jelled together.”
The art of winning close games
Providence finished 10-1 in nonconference
play, and six of the 10 wins came by 11 points or
fewer. The Friars established themselves early on
as a team that thrives under pressure.
Cooley compiled a chart with 74 late-game
scenarios: 15 seconds left, down 3, with one free
throw remaining; 40 seconds left, up 3, sideline
out; you name it. The team’s experience meant
the learning curve wasn’t as steep, and they
could handle the prep work.
Quickly, those late-game situations came into
play, and it was a trend that couldn’t be ignored.
Providence opened conference play with a 4-
point win over Connecticut, and followed it up
with a 5-point win over SetonHall.
Of the 14 conference wins, 11 came by 10
points or fewer. There was the 3-point OT win
over DePaul. A 1-point victory over Butler. And a
triple-overtime thriller against Xavier, a 7-point
victory. And then came the chance to clinch their
first Big East regular-season title, against Creigh-
ton on Senior Night.
The Friars played one of their best games of
the season en route to a 72-51 win. They had to
wait a few extra minutes when a beer spilled on
the court, but they had waited decades, so they
didn’t mind the brief holdup.
The celebration matched the mood, as fans
stormed the court, players hugged one another,
and Cooley was bathed in Gatorade.
“It’s something that we’ll remember here for
years,” Durham said.
After Big East breakthrough,Providence’s sights set higher
By Doug FergusonASSOCIATED PRESS
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla.
— Cameron Smith made the lon-
gest week at The Players Cham-
pionship worth the wait.
In a dynamic conclusion to
five days of bad weather and
high drama, Smith one-putted
eight of his last nine holes with
his pure stroke and delivered one
of the gutsiest shots of his career
for the cushion he needed to
win.
Leading by two on the par-3
17th hole, 135 yards to the hole
on an island green, Smith split
the difference in the 12 feet that
separated the flag from the wa-
ter. The ball ended up 4 feet
away and the Australian made
his record-tying 10th birdie of
the round.
Turns out he needed it. Smith
punched out from the pine straw
right of the 18th fairway all the
way into the water. After a penal-
ty drop, his 60-yard wedge spun
next to the hole to 3 feet for a bo-
gey and a 6-under-par 66, giving
him a one-shot victory over Anir-
ban Lahiri of India.
Lahiri, who started the final
round with a one-shot lead, bird-
ied the 17th and needed one
more to force a playoff. He came
up short of the green, and his
pitch was below the cup all the
way. He closed with a 69.
Paul Casey shot 69 and was
the victim of a horrible break on
the 16th hole when hewas in po-
sition to edge closer to the lead.
Smith, who finished at 13-un-
der 275, won for the second time
this year, and the fifth time in his
PGA Tour career, and picked up
$3.6 million from the $20 mil-
lion purse, the richest in golf.
This was about more than
money, more than the three-year
exemption he earned to the four
majors and a five-year exemp-
tion on the PGA Tour.
This was asmuch about fami-
ly. Smith, so unflappable in the
tense pressure that featured 26
holes on Monday, choked up
when he talked about his mother
and sister, whom he had not
seen in more than two years be-
cause of travel restrictions Down
Under during the pandemic.
Smith makes his home down
the road in Jacksonville Beach,
and he happily went to the air-
port this week for a special re-
union.
They watched him capture
the biggest prize in golf next to
themajors.
“It’s really cool to have them
here,” Smith said. “My main pri-
ority was to hang out with them.
Golf was second. It’s nice to see
them and nice to get a win for
them.”
Lahiri’s only big mistake was
a tee shot into a palmetto bush
on the par-3 eighth, forcing him
to take a drop near the conces-
sion area that led to double bo-
gey. It was the only shot he
dropped all day, and his best fin-
ish on the PGA Tour came with a
$2.18million consolation prize.
Casey, meanwhile, was the
victim of bad luck. He was two
shots behind and in the same
group as Smith when he looked
to have a big advantage on the
par-5 16th. Smith duck-hooked
his tee shot into the pines. Casey
drilled his drive down the mid-
dle. But the ball took one last roll
in the rain-soaked fairway, right
into another player’s pitchmark.
Instead of a mid-iron into the
par 5, he had to punch it out
short.
Then, he was inches away
from getting relief from a sprin-
kler head near the green and had
to scramble for par. Smith
punched out to the fairway and
matched the par.
They headed to the 17 th,
where Smith’s 9-iron was bolder
than he wanted.
“I’d be lying if I didn’t push it
a little bit,” he said.
No matter. He got the birdie,
got the win and moved to No. 6
in the world.
So concluded a week like no
other on the TPC Sawgrass,
where so much rain early in the
week meant the first round last-
ed 54 hours and 16minutes, fin-
ishing on Saturdaymorning.
The wind that fo l lowed
wreaked havoc on half the field.
The bone-chilling temperatures
Sunday made it tough on every-
one. It was the first Monday fin-
ish since 2005 at The Players.
Smith made it memorable for so
many other reasons.
Smith survives at PlayersHe one-putts 8of his last 9 holes
LYNNE SLADKY/ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cameron Smith shot a final-round 6-under 66 to win The Players Championship at 13 under.
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Start times for second games at sites are approximate
FIRST FOUR (PLAY-IN GAMES)
16 Incarnate Word (13-16)
16 Howard (20-9)
Wednesday, 7 p.m., at Columbia, S.C.
Greensboro
11 DePaul (22-10)
11 Dayton (25-5)
Wednesday, 9 p.m., at Ames, Iowa
Greensboro
16 Mt. St. Mary’s (16-12)
16 Longwood (21-11)
Thursday, 7 p.m., at Raleigh, N.C.
Bridgeport
11 Florida St. (17-13)
11 Missouri St. (24-7)
Thursday, 9 p.m., at Baton Rouge, La.
Spokane
1 South Carolina (29-2)
16 Howard/Incarnate Word
Friday, 2 p.m.
8 Miami (20-12)
9 South Florida (24-8)
Friday, 11:30 a.m.
FIRST ROUNDSeed/team
1 Stanford (28-3)
16 Montana St. (22-12)
Friday, 10 p.m.
8 Kansas (20-9)
9 Georgia Tech (21-10)
Friday, 7:30 p.m.
5 Virginia Tech (23-9)
12 Fla. Gulf Coast (29-2)
Friday, 2:30 p.m.
4 Maryland (21-8)
13 Delaware (24-7)
Friday, 5 p.m.
6 Ohio St. (23-6)
11 Missouri St./Florida St.
Saturday, 2:30 p.m.
3 LSU (25-5)
14 Jackson St. (23-6)
Saturday, 5 p.m.
7 Utah (20-11)
10 Arkansas (18-13)
Friday, 5:30 p.m.
2 Texas (26-6)
15 Fairfield (25-6)
Friday, 8 p.m.
1 N.C. State (29-3)
16 Longwood/Mt. St. Mary’s
Saturday, 2 p.m.
8 Washington St. (19-10)
9 Kansas St. (19-12)
Saturday, 11:30 a.m.
5 Notre Dame (22-8)
12 Massachusetts (26-6)
Saturday, 7:30 p.m.
4 Oklahoma (24-8)
13 IUPUI (24-4)
Saturday, 10 p.m.
6 Kentucky (19-11)
11 Princeton (24-4)
Saturday, 4 p.m.
3 Indiana (22-8)
14 Charlotte (22-9)
Saturday, 1:30 p.m.
7 UCF (25-3)
10 Florida (21-10)
Saturday, 3:30 p.m.
2 UConn (25-5)
15 Mercer (23-6)
Saturday, 1 p.m.
5 North Carolina (23-6)
12 Stephen F. Austin (28-4)
Saturday, 7:30 p.m.
4 Arizona (20-7)
13 UNLV (26-6)
Saturday, 10 p.m.
6 Georgia (20-9)
11 Dayton/DePaul
Friday, 7:30 p.m.
3 Iowa St. (26-6)
14 UT Arlington (20-7)
Friday, 10 p.m.
7 Colorado (22-8)
10 Creighton (20-9)
Friday, 1:30 p.m.
2 Iowa (23-7)
15 Illinois St. (19-13)
Friday, 4 p.m.
1 Louisville (25-4)
16 Albany (23-9)
Friday, 6 p.m.
8 Nebraska (24-8)
9 Gonzaga (26-6)
Friday, 3:30 p.m.
5 Oregon (20-11)
12 Belmont (22-7)
Saturday, 5:30 p.m.
4 Tennessee (23-8)
13 Buffalo (25-8)
Saturday, 3 p.m.
6 BYU (26-3)
11 Villanova (23-8)
Saturday, 1 p.m.
3 Michigan (22-6)
14 American (23-8)
Saturday, 3:30 p.m.
7 Mississippi (23-8)
10 South Dakota (27-5)
Friday, 1:30 p.m.
2 Baylor (27-6)
15 Hawaii (20-9)
Friday, 4 p.m.
FIRST ROUNDSeed/team
SECOND ROUND REGIONALS REGIONALS SECOND ROUND
GreensboroGreensboro, N.C.
WichitaWichita, Kan.
SpokaneSpokane, Wash.
BridgeportBridgeport, Conn.
REGIONAL FINALS REGIONAL FINALS
NCAA women’s
bracketColumbia, S.C.March 20
TucsonMarch 21
Ames, IowaMarch 20
Iowa CityMarch 20
Louisville, Ky.March 20
Knoxville, Tenn.March 21
Ann Arbor, Mich.March 21
Waco, TexasMarch 20
Stanford, Calif.March 20
College Park, Md.March 20
Baton Rouge, La.March 21
Austin, TexasMarch 20
Raleigh, N.C.March 21
Norman, Okla.March 21
Bloomington, Ind.March 21
Storrs, Conn.March 21
Minneapolis
SEMIFINALSAND FINALS
Karl-Anthony Towns had a career-high 60
points — the most scored in the NBA this season
— and the Timberwolves outlasted the Spurs,
149-139, at San Antonio Monday night. Towns
shot 19 for 31 and grabbed 17 rebounds in sur-
passing his previous best of 56 points against At-
lanta on March 28, 2018. Lakers star LeBron
James and Hawks point guard Trae Young previ-
ously shared league-high honors this season with
56 points. Minnesota’s 7-foot All-Star capped his
dazzling performance by draining a 3-pointer
with 1:39 remaining.
Nets fined $50k over IrvingThe NBA fined the Brooklyn Nets $50,000 for
letting Kyrie Irving into their locker room during
a game in which he was unable to play because
he is not vaccinated against COVID-19. Irving
was a spectator at Barclays Center on Sunday, sit-
ting across from the Nets bench for Brooklyn’s
110-107 victory over the New York Knicks. There
is no longer a mandate that fans be vaccinated to
enter the arena, but there is still one requiring it
for someone who works there. After the Nets
game ended, he walked off arm-in-armwith Kev-
in Durant, who had scored a season-high 53
points, toward the locker room. The league said
in a statement that the Nets violated New York
City law and league health and safety protocols
by permitting Irving to come into the locker
room. Unlike the stands, the locker room is con-
sidered part of the team’s workplace environ-
ment.
NH L
Leafs’Matthews suspendedNHL leading goal scorer Auston Matthews
will miss the Toronto Maple Leafs’ next two
games after being suspended for cross-checking
Buffalo’s Rasmus Dahlin in the neck. Matthews
retaliated against Dahlin by shoving his stick up-
ward into the Sabres defenseman’s neck late in
theHeritage Classic outdoor game Sunday. Buffa-
lo won, 5-2, to hand Toronto a fourth loss in six
games despite Matthews scoring his 45th goal of
the season. The 24-year-old will forfeit $116,403
in salary as part of the suspension, which the
NHL’s department of player safety announced.
Matthews and Dahlin were each given a two-
minute minor penalty for cross-checking in the
aftermath of the incident. This is Matthews’ first
career suspension.
T E N N I S
Nadal wins,Medvedev slipsRafael Nadal is still perfect in 2022. The Span-
iard defeated 27th-seeded Daniel Evans, 7-5, 6-3,
in the third round of the BNP Paribas Open, im-
proving his record to 17-0 this year in pursuit of
an ATP Tour-leading fourth title. Nadal tied Rog-
er Federer (2018) and Pete Sampras (1997) for
the third-best overall start to a season in the
Open era that began in 1968. Daniil Medvedev’s
rise to No. 1 in the world came crashing down in
a 4-6, 6-3, 6-1 loss to Gael Monfils. Medvedev
needed to reach the quarterfinals in the desert to
stay at the top, where he replaced Novak Djok-
ovic. “Is it better to be No. 1 for let’s say one week
in your life or never touch it?” Medvedev said.
“You know, I think it’s still better to at least touch
it.” Djokovic will reclaim the No. 1 ranking next
week. The Serb is unvaccinated, so he wasn’t al-
lowed to enter the United States to play at Indian
Wells or the upcomingMiami Open.
S K I I N G
Shiffrin readies for Cup duelWarming up to their duel this week for Alpine
skiing’s World Cup overall title,Mikaela Shiffrin
was faster than Petra Vlhova in downhill train-
ing. The downhills onWednesday are the first of
the four-raceWorld Cup Finalsmeeting for wom-
en and men to decide the giant crystal globe tro-
phies that are the sport’smost coveted prize. Shif-
frin, a three-time overall winner, has a narrow
56-point lead over defending champion Vlhova
with a maximum 400 to be won this week. Both
have rarely raced downhill this season and nei-
ther has a top-15 finish — the level needed to
score at the finals. Race winners get 100 points,
16 are awarded for 15th place. Shiffrin has the
stronger track record in super-G that is raced on
Thursday, also at Courchevel before moving to
nearby Meribel for technical disciplines. Vlhova
has been the standout in slalom, scheduled on
Saturday, and locked up that discipline title in
January before also taking gold at the Olympics.
The season-ending giant slalomon Sunday is per-
haps the toughest discipline to call. Shiffrin
placed 18th at the Olympics onemonth ago.
SportsLog
Timberwolves star Towns scoresseason-best 60 in win over Spurs
NCAA WOMEN’S TOURNAMENT
By Greg LevinskyGLOBE CORRESPONDENT
With the first-round matchups set for the
NCAA Division 1 women’s basketball tournament,
there are plenty of players with local ties set to
compete.
Representing a range of teams, from top seeds
to one-bid conference champions, here are 10
players withMassachusetts ties to watch.
1. Aliyah Boston, South Carolina
One of the best players in the nation and the
two-time reigning Lisa Leslie Center of the Year,
Boston is averaging 16.8 points, 12.0 rebounds,
and 2.6 blocks per game. The 6-foot-5-inch for-
ward lived with her aunt inWorcester duringmid-
dle and high school, which played an important
role in her basketball exposure and her path to
stardom at South Carolina.
The top overall seed Gamecocks (29-2) will play
Friday against the winner of the First Four game
between Howard and IncarnateWord.
2. Araion Bradshaw, Dayton
The Boston native prepped at Thayer Academy
before starting her career at South Carolina. The
5-6 guard transferred to Dayton after a season. A
three-time Atlantic 10 All-Defensive pick and the
2020-21 conference Player of the Year, Bradshaw
is averaging 6.1 points and 5.2 rebounds per
game.
No. 11 seed Dayton (25-5) plays No. 6 seed De-
Paul in the First FourWednesday.
3. Katie Benzan, Maryland
Benzan, a Wellesley native and Noble &
Greenough graduate, played her first three colle-
giate seasons close to home, at Harvard. She trans-
ferred to Maryland last year and played an extra
year of eligibility granted to all student-athletes
because of the pandemic.
The 5-6 guard is averaging 10.5 points and 3.9
assists per game for the No. 4 seed Terrapins
(21-8), who play No. 13 seed Delaware Friday.
4. Sam Breen, UMass
The Atlantic 10 Player of the Year, Breen led the
Minutewomen in scoring (16.9) and rebounds
(10.3). The 6-1 graduate student is a semifinalist
for the Becky Hammond Mid-Major Player of the
Year award.
No. 12 seed UMass (26-6) plays No. 5 seed
Notre Dame Saturday.
5. Caroline Ducharme, UConn
AMilton native andNoble &Greenough gradu-
ate, Ducharme carved out an important role in her
first year with the Huskies, garnering All-Big East
Second Team and All-Big East Freshman honors.
The 6-2 guard is averaging 11.2 points and 3.6 re-
bounds per game
The No. 2 seed Huskies (25-5) play No. 15 seed
Mercer Saturday.
6. Grace Heeps, Albany
The 5-11 junior guard, a Northfield Mount
Hermon graduate, spent her freshman season at
UMass before transferring to Albany. Heeps has
started in all but one of her 49 appearances with
the America East champion Great Danes (23-9), a
No. 16 seed, who play No. 1 seed Louisville Friday.
7. Brianna Herlihy, Villanova
Herlihy won twoMIAA state championships at
Braintree before starting her Villanova career. The
6-foot forward is averaging 10.9 points and 8.2 re-
bounds as a sixth-year grad student for the No. 11
seedWildcats (23-8), who playNo. 6 seed BYU Sat-
urday.
8. Sydney Lowery, Fairfield
After playing three seasons at Boston College,
the 5-10 guard opted out of the 2020-21 season be-
fore enrolling at Fairfield as a graduate transfer.
Lowery averages 9.3 points and 3.6 rebounds per
game for the No. 15 seed Stags (25-6), who play
No. 2 seed Texas Saturday.
9. Masseny Kaba, Central Florida
A Dorchester native and Cathedral graduate,
Kaba is a fifth-year member of the Knights. The
6-3 forward averages 9.8 points and 5.9 rebounds
per game. Central Florida (25-3), a No. 7 seed,
plays No. 10 seed Florida Saturday.
10. Vanessa Udoji, Howard
The Randolph native and Northfield Mount
Hermon graduate, a 5-10 forward, transferred to
Howard as a graduate student after starting her
career at Quinnipiac. The No. 16 seed Bison (20-9)
play fellowNo. 16 seed IncarnateWord in the First
FourWednesday.
SpottingMass. ties in this field
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Grad student Katie Benzan played three years at Harvard before transferring to Maryland.
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The Nets might not be laughing after a $50k
fine from the NBA over Kyrie Irving (right).
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four-year contract. Signed OL Ted Kar-ras to a three-year contract.Cleveland: Released WR Jarvis Lan-
dry.Detroit: Re-signed LB Alex Anzalone,
Ss Jalen Elliott, C.J. Moore and LBShaun Dion Hamilton. Signed S TracyWalker to a three-year contract.Green Bay: Released LB Za'Darius
Smith and G/T Billy Turner. Signed LBPreston Smith to a contract extension.Houston: Re-signed TE Anthony Au-
clair.Jacksonville: Signed LB Foyesade
Oluokun to a three-year contract.Signed G Brandon Scherff to a con-tract.LA Rams: Re-signed OL Joseph
Motebloom to a three-year contract.Miami: Signed RB Chase Edmonds
on a two-year contract. Re-signed DEEmmanuel Ogbah to a four-year con-tract.New England: Re-signed WR Mat-
thew Slater to a contract.NY Giants: Signed WR Robert Foster
to a contract. Re-signedWR C.J. Board.Pittsburgh: Signed QB Mitchell
Trubisky to a two-year contract.Seattle: Signed S Quandre Diggs on
a three-year contract extension. Re-signed CB Sidney Jones to a one-yearcontract.Tennessee: Re-signed TE Geoff
Swaim to a one-year contract. Re-signed C Ben Jones to a two-year con-tract.
NHLArizona: Reassigned RW Hudson
Fasching to Tucson (AHL). PromotedLW Michael Carcone from Tucson.Boston: Signed D Micahel Callahan
on a two-year, entry-level contract.Carolina: Reassigned D Jalen Chat-
field to Chicago (AHL).Dallas: Reinstated D Andrej Sekera
from injured reserve.San Jose: Recalled LW John Leonard
from San Jose (AHL).Tampa Bay: Recalled F Boris Ka-
tchouk from Syracuse (AHL).AHL
Grand Rapids: Recalled LW PatrickCurry from Toledo (ECHL) and as-signed LW Hayden Verbeek to Toledo.Milwaukee: Reassigned RW Zach So-
low to Florida (ECHL) on loan.Providence: Reassigned G Jeremy
Brodeur to Maine (ECHL) on loan. Re-leased D Zach Malatesta from a pro-fessional tryout contract (PTO).Stockton: Recalled D Greg Moro
from Kansas City (ECHL) from loan.NWSL
Portland: Re-signed F Sophia Smithto a three-year contract.
Ski conditionsNEW HAMPSHIRE
Attitash — machine groomed, - new,21-21 base, 43-68 trails, 5-9 liftsBlack — variable conditions, 3-0 new,12-22 base, 23-45 trails, 3-5 liftsBretton Woods— powder, - new, 18-30base, 61-98 trails, 5-10 liftsCannon—packed powder, - new, 16-58base, 71-97 trails, 6-11 liftsCranmore—packed powder, - new, 18-22 base, 44-57 trails, 3-7 liftsCrotched — machine groomed, - new,30-30 base, 22-26 trails, 3-5 liftsDartmouth Sk iway — machinegroomed, - new, 25-25 base, 7-28 trails,4-4 liftsGunstock — machine groomed, - new,52-55 base, 40-48 trails, 7-7 liftsKing Pine — machine groomed, - new,18-30 base, 17-17 trails, 4-5 liftsLoon—machine groomed, 0-0 new, 32-41 base, 49-61 trails, 8-10 liftsMcIntyre — machine groomed, - new,20-42 base, 9-11 trails, 4-4 liftsMount Sunapee—machine groomed, -new, 33-33 base, 51-66 trails, 8-10 liftsPats Peak — machine groomed, - new,18-32 base, 28-28 trails, 4-11 liftsRagged — machine groomed, 0-0 new,20-32 base, 29-57 trails, 5-5 liftsWaterville Valley—machine groomed,- new, 20-30 base, 61-61 trails, 6-12 liftsWildcat — variable conditions, - new,12-12 base, 26-48 trails, 3-5 lifts
VERMONTBolton Valley — powder, - new, 12-18base, 50-71 trails, 5-6 liftsBromley — machine groomed, - new,20-28 base, 39-47 trails, 2-9 liftsBurke—powder, - new, 12-25 base, 35-50 trails, 4-4 liftsJay Peak — powder, 3- new, 20-42base, 78-81 trails, 9-9 liftsKillington — machine groomed, 0-0new, 30-30 base, 140-155 trails, 20-22liftsMad River Glen — packed powder, -new, 6-14 base, 60-60 trails, 3-5 lifts
Latest lineSports Betting LineCollege Basketball
TuesdayFavorite Line UnderdogAt Texas Sthern...3½ ....Texas A&M-CcAt Oklahoma............6 ...Missouri St.AteAt Vcu.......................6 .............PrincetonAt Vanderbilt...........4 ................BelmontAt N. Texas..............9 ..............Texas St.At Xavier................12 ..............Cleve. St.At Utah State...........5 .................OregonAt Texas A&M.......20 ...................AlcornIndiana......................4 ........At WyomingAt Colorado..............4 ......................SaintAt Wash. State........3 ..........Santa Clara
NBATuesday
Favorite Line UnderdogAt Indiana.........OFF ..............MemphisBrooklyn..............10½ ...........At OrlandoAt Miami...........OFF ..................DetroitAt NOLA............OFF ................Phoenix
NHLTuesday
Favorite Line Underdog LineAt Montreal....-164 Arizona..........+136At Wshngton..-162 N.Y.......... IslandersAt N.Y Rngrs.. -220 Anaheim........+180At Toronto......-150 Dallas.............+126At Winnipeg....OFF Las Vegas........OFFPittsburgh.......-114 At Nashville....-105Boston.............-174 At Chicago....+147At Edmonton..-284 Detroit............+229At Vancouver.-162 New Jersey....+134Colorado.........-205 At LA..............+168Florida.............-230 At San Jose...+188
AHLEASTERN CONFERENCEAtlantic DivisionW L OL SL Pts. GF GA
Springfield.... 31 17 5 2 69 176 171Providence ... 28 17 3 3 62 160 140Hartford ........ 27 18 5 2 61 155 151Charlotte....... 31 22 4 0 66 193 170Hershey......... 29 21 4 3 65 164 153WB/Scran. .... 25 23 4 4 58 153 172Bridgeport .... 23 25 5 4 55 159 173Lehigh Val. ... 20 25 7 3 50 144 178
North DivisionUtica .............. 34 12 6 0 74 186 142Toronto ......... 26 20 3 1 56 170 169Belleville ....... 27 22 1 0 55 157 156Laval.............. 26 21 3 0 55 164 166Rochester ..... 28 23 4 2 62 188 207Syracuse....... 25 21 6 2 58 161 175Cleveland...... 21 23 6 4 52 150 181
WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division
Chicago......... 34 10 5 5 78 178 137Manitoba ...... 30 17 2 2 64 159 141Milwaukee.... 30 21 4 3 67 173 172Gr. Rapids..... 25 23 5 2 57 149 160Rockford ....... 23 23 3 1 50 142 160Iowa............... 23 24 5 2 53 149 158Texas............. 21 22 5 5 52 162 176
Pacific DivisionStockton........ 34 9 4 1 73 174 128Ontario.......... 33 11 4 3 73 203 158Colorado ....... 29 17 4 3 65 178 154Bakersfield ... 24 15 4 5 57 155 143Abbotsford ... 26 19 3 1 56 164 144Henderson.... 24 20 3 1 52 145 145San Diego ..... 21 25 2 0 44 140 154Tucson........... 17 27 4 1 39 130 194San Jose........ 18 29 2 1 39 157 210
NOTE: Two points are awarded for awin, one point for an overtime or shoo-tout loss. Top four teams in each divi-sion advance to playoffs.
SUNDAY'S GAMESCleveland 4.............................Rockford 1Bridgeport 3.......................Providence 0WB/Scranton 4.......................Hartford 2Grand Rapids 2........................Chicago 1Henderson 6.................................. Iowa 1Hershey 2........................Lehigh Valley 0Syracuse 4............................Rochester 3Abbotsford 5..........................Colorado 4
MONDAY'S GAMESBakersfield at Stockton....................9:30
TUESDAY'S GAMESRockford at Cleveland...........................7Utica at Belleville....................................7Manitoba at Abbotsford......................10
WEDNESDAY'S GAMESHartford at Syracuse.............................7Texas at Grand Rapids..........................7Bridgeport at Springfield.................7:05Milwaukee at Chicago...........................8San Jose at Tucson...........................8:30Bakersfield at Stockton....................9:30Henderson at San Diego.....................10Manitoba at Abbotsford......................10
THURSDAY'S GAMESHershey at Toronto...........................1:30Providence at Charlotte........................7
PGA
PLAYERS CHAMPIONSHIP
At TPC Sawgrass,Yardage: 7,256; par: 72
Cameron Smith...69-71-69-66–275 -13Anirban Lahiri.....67-73-67-69–276 -12Paul Casey...........70-69-69-69–277 -11Kevin Kisner........68-74-68-68–278 -10Keegan Bradley..72-71-68-68–279 -9Doug Ghim...........70-70-68-72–280 -8Russell Knox........71-71-68-70–280 -8Harold Varner III 69-69-72-70–280 -8Adam Hadwin.....72-72-70-67–281 -7Viktor Hovland....71-73-68-69–281 -7Dustin Johnson...69-73-76-63–281 -7Sepp Straka.........69-74-71-67–281 -7Daniel Berger......67-75-70-70–282 -6Tyrrell Hatton.....70-73-69-70–282 -6Russell Henley....69-73-72-68–282 -6Max Homa...........72-73-71-66–282 -6Shane Lowry.......73-70-67-72–282 -6Keith Mitchell......67-72-74-69–282 -6Taylor Pendrith...68-71-74-69–282 -6Brendan Steele...73-69-69-71–282 -6Erik van Rooyen.71-67-74-70–282 -6Tommy Fltwd......66-73-72-72–283 -5Patton Kizzire.....68-76-72-67–283 -5Joaquin Niemann67-73-73-70–283 -5Kevin Streelman.73-71-66-73–283 -5Sam Burns...........68-69-71-76–284 -4Corey Conners....70-69-75-70–284 -4Sergio Garcia......71-71-71-71–284 -4Alex Noren...........69-75-71-69–284 -4Doc Redman........71-70-72-71–284 -4Patrick Reed........73-70-68-73–284 -4Will Zalatoris.......69-71-70-74–284 -4Abraham Ancer..68-71-74-72–285 -3Joel Dahmen........70-71-71-73–285 -3Tom Hoge............66-71-72-76–285 -3Rory McIlroy........73-73-73-66–285 -3Sebastian Munoz70-73-65-77–285 -3Pat Perez.............70-72-75-68–285 -3Ian Poulter...........73-70-71-71–285 -3Seamus Power....71-71-73-70–285 -3Justin Thomas.....72-69-72-72–285 -3Kramer Hickok....67-75-71-73–286 -2
Soccer
MLS STANDINGS
EASTERN CONFERENCEGP W D L Pts.
Columbus .................. 3 2 1 0 7Philadelphia.............. 3 2 1 0 7NY Red Bulls ............. 3 2 0 1 6D.C. United................ 3 2 0 1 6Atlanta ....................... 3 2 0 1 6Chicago...................... 3 1 2 0 5NYCFC........................ 3 1 1 1 4Orlando...................... 3 1 1 1 4New England ............ 3 1 1 1 4FC Cincinnati ............ 3 1 0 2 3Toronto FC ................ 3 0 1 2 1Inter Miami CF ......... 3 0 1 2 1Charlotte FC.............. 3 0 0 3 0CF Montreal .............. 3 0 0 3 0
WESTERN CONFERENCEGP W D L Pts.
LAFC........................... 3 2 1 0 7Real Salt Lake........... 3 2 1 0 7Austin......................... 3 2 0 1 6Colorado.................... 3 2 0 1 6LA Galaxy .................. 3 2 0 1 6Portland..................... 3 1 2 0 5Minnesota ................. 3 1 2 0 5FC Dallas.................... 3 1 1 1 4Houston ..................... 3 1 1 1 4Nashville SC.............. 3 1 1 1 4Seattle........................ 3 1 0 2 3Sporting KC............... 3 1 0 2 3San Jose..................... 3 0 1 2 1Vancouver................. 3 0 1 2 1
SUNDAY’S RESULTSAt Atlanta 2......................Charlotte FC 1Minnesota 1................at NY Red Bulls 0
REVOLUTION SCHEDULE
MARCHDate Opponent Time
Sat., 5 FC Dallas..........................1:30Sat., 12 Real Salt Lake.................7:30Sat., 19 at Charlotte FC....................7
APRILSat., 2 NY Red Bulls ...................7:30Sat., 9 at Inter Miami CF ...............3Sat., 16 Charlotte FC....................7:30Sat., 23 at D.C. United .................7:30Sat., 30 Inter Miami CF ...............7:30
MAYSat., 7 Columbus ........................7:30Sun., 15 at Atlanta .............................2Sat., 21 at FC Cincinnati ..................6Sat., 28 Philadelphia....................7:30
JUNESun., 12 at Sporting KC.....................3Wed., 15 Orlando............................7:30Sun., 19 Minnesota ............................8Sun., 26 at Vancouver.......................8
JULYSun., 3 FC Cincinnati ..................7:30Sat., 9 at NYCFC..............................1Sat., 16 at Philadelphia ...............7:30Sat., 23 at Columbus ...................7:30Sat., 30 Toronto FC ...........................8
AUGUSTSat., 6 at Orlando.......................7:30Sat., 13 D.C. United......................7:30Wed., 17 at Toronto FC .................7:30Sat., 20 at CF Montreal ...............7:30Sun., 28 LA Galaxy .............................8Wed., 31 Chicago............................7:30
SEPTEMBERSun., 4 NYCFC...................................8Sat., 10 at NY Red Bulls ..............TBAWed., 14 at Houston ......................TBASat., 17 CF Montreal ....................7:30
OCTOBERSat., 1 Atlanta ..................................1Sun., 9 at Chicago.......................TBA
ECHLEASTERN CONFERENCE
North DivisionReading............32 12 6 72 194 151Newfoundld.....32 16 3 67 200 146Trois-Rivieres..24 22 3 52 177 186Worcester........24 22 4 54 183 184Maine................24 24 4 54 166 188Adirondack......23 29 2 48 162 203
South DivisionAtlanta..............35 18 3 74 177 144Florida ..............32 17 4 72 192 150Jacksonville.....32 19 2 68 154 131Orlando ............29 24 4 62 158 179Greenville.........23 24 4 53 149 154Norfolk .............20 30 2 45 145 202S. Carolina.......18 33 6 42 141 194
WESTERN CONFERENCECentral Division
Toledo ..............37 15 1 77 208 156Fort Wayne......30 20 5 66 206 175Cincinnati.........30 23 3 63 197 183Wheeling..........30 24 1 61 190 187Iowa..................26 24 6 59 183 202Kalamazoo.......27 27 0 54 168 188Indy...................23 27 2 51 169 181
Mountain DivisionUtah ..................35 21 2 73 200 189Rapid City........29 20 4 66 186 179Idaho.................30 26 2 63 174 156Tulsa.................27 25 2 58 166 180Allen..................24 23 6 55 176 187Wichita.............24 24 8 56 164 182Kansas City .....27 29 3 58 175 203
NOTE: Two points are awarded for awin, one point for an overtime or shoo-tout loss. Top four teams in each divi-sion advance to playoffs.
SUNDAY'S GAMESAdirondack 5...............................Maine 2Atlanta 3..............................S. Carolina 1Greenville 2.......................Jacksonville 0Newfoundland 5............Trois-Rivieres 4Reading 3...............................Wheeling 2Fort Wayne 5........................Cincinnati 2Idaho 5........................................Toledo 3
MONDAY'S GAMESNo games scheduled
TUESDAY'S GAMESOrlando at Atlanta.......................10 a.m.Tulsa at Kansas City.........................8:05
WEDNESDAY'S GAMESKalamazoo at Cincinnati.......10:35 a.m.Adirondack at Maine.............................7Worcester at Trois-Rivieres..................7Greenville at S. Carolina..................7:05Jacksonville at Florida......................7:30Reading at Norfolk............................7:30Wichita at Allen.................................8:05
Tennis
BNP PARIBAS OPEN
At Indian Wells Tennis Garden,Indian Wells, Calif.Men’s singlesThird Round
Carlos Alcaraz (19), def. RobertoBautista Agut (15), 6-2, 6-0; Gael Mon-fils (26), def. Daniil Medvedev (1), 4-6,6-3, 6-1.
Bautista Agut-AlcarazBautista AgutAlcaraz
1st-serve percentage.............68 631st-serve winning pct............47 852nd-serve winning pct...........29 50Aces.............................................0 4Double faults.............................3 2Winners.......................................- -Unforced errors......................... - -Break points...........................0-1 5-9Receiving points................12-43 26-44Net points................................... - -Total points won.....................30 57
Women’s singlesThird Round
Maria Sakkari (6), def. Petra Kvitova(27), 6-3, 6-0; Veronika Kudermetova(21), def. Marie Bouzkova, 6-4, 0-2; Dar-ia Saville, def. Mertens Elise (20), 6-3,4-6, 6-3
Sakkari-KvitovaSakkariKvitova
1st-serve percentage.............56 591st-serve winning pct............96 552nd-serve winning pct...........50 40Aces.............................................5 1Double faults.............................0 5Winners.......................................- -Unforced errors......................... - -Break points...........................4-7 0-2Receiving points................25-49 11-45Net points................................... - -Total points won.....................59 35
ScoreboardY Y Y
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WED3/16
THU3/17
FRI3/18
SAT3/19
SUN3/20
MON3/21
MIN
(exh.)
1:00
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TB
(exh.)
1:00
NESN
MIN
(exh.)
1:00
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BAL
(exh.)
1:00
NESN
ATL
(exh.)
1:00
CHI
8:30
NESN
MIN
7:30
TNT
WIN
8:00
NESN
MON
7:00
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GS
10:00
ESPN,
NBCSB
SAC
10:00
NBCSB*
DEN
8:00
NBCSB
OKC
8:00
NBCSB*
PUMAS†
10:15
FS2
CHA
7:00
Ch. 38
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1 p.m. BNP Paribas Open Tennis
(schedule subject to change)
MARK STOCKWELL FOR THE GLOBE
Senior goaltender Elise Rodd made 19 saves to backstop
Arlington to a 2-1 win over Shrewsbury in the semifinals.
mates and the rest of my team,”
said Krepelka, who plays on
Arlington’s top line with her
sister, Julia, a freshmanwith
31 points (11 goals, 20 assists),
and senior co-captain Gabby
Russo, the team’s second-lead-
ing scorer with 13-23—36 to-
tals. Julia assisted onMaddie’s
second goal.
Division 2 State
Algonquin/Hudson 3, Med-
field 2 (OT)—Emily Johns
fired home the winner high
gloveside on a two-on-none
rush in overtime, lifting the
10th-seeded Titans past No. 22
Medfield in a Division 2 semifi-
nal at Loring Arena in
Framingham.
Algonquin (18-3-2) will play
Canton, a 2-1 winner over
Natick, Sunday at TD Garden.
“My one thing was to score
and put the puck in the net,”
said Johns, a sophomore from
Clinton. “My coaches kept say-
ing to keep at it . . . Finally, it
worked.”
The Titans won their sec-
ond consecutive tournament
game in overtime.
“It was a one bounce game
and that was our bounce,” said
Algonquin coachMike Hodge.
“Themessage was just to dig
deep. Find whatever ounce you
have andmake it happen.”
Canton 2, Natick 1—Two
years after having to settle for a
state co-championship banner
because of the pandemic’s can-
cellation of the state tourna-
ment, Canton will get the
chance to carouse Causeway
Street after all. The ninth-seed-
ed Bulldogs outlasted fifth-
seeded Natick, 2-1, in a Divi-
sion 2 semifinal at Gallo Arena.
“We were really sad about
it, that was a great team back
then,” said Canton senior co-
captain Tess Khoury, one of the
players deprived of an opportu-
nity to skate at the Garden in
2020. “But we didn’t dwell on
the past, we looked forward.
We believe in each other.”
Senior co-captain Audrey
Koen factored in both goals for
the Bulldogs (18-6), scoring at
8:48 of the first and assisting
on sophomore Anna Lehan’s
game winner at 8:04 of the sec-
ond against the Redhawks (15-
7-2).
Junior Carolyn Durand
made 17 saves for the Bulldogs
in the win.
CamKerry reported from
Loring Arena in Framingham.
By Jake LevinGLOBE CORRESPONDENT
Not until the clock struck
0:00Monday night could the
Arlington girls’ hockey team
fully comprehend the historic
achievement for the program.
With her 19th and final
save of the night at the buzzer,
senior captain Elise Rodd de-
nied a desperation heave from
the neutral zone by Shrews-
bury freshman defender Yas-
mineMcKenzie, preserving a
2-1 Division 1 semifinal win for
Arlington at Gallo Arena in
Bourne.
The thrilling victory vaulted
the second-seeded Spy Ponders
(22-1-1) into their first state fi-
nal. Arlington will play the
Austin Prep/Acton-Boxbor-
ough winner Sunday at TD
Garden.
JuniorMaddie Krepelka
scored both goals, raising her
season total to 32, and an even
50 points. She opened with a
rip at 14:42 of the first period
and scored again just 1:48 into
the third period, which stood
as the winner after Taylor
Ryder scored at 4:30 for the
sixth-seeded Colonials (16-7-1).
“She is definitely a game
changer,” Arlington coach Jeff
Mead said of Krepelka. “We
have a player like that who can
finish, and we have really good
goaltending, we’ve got a few
good senior defensemen, but
she’s the backbone of our
team.”
In a game with no penalties
and thus no power-play oppor-
tunities for either team, Kre-
pelka’s goal late in the first pe-
riod carried a fair amount of
weight for the Ponders in a
game deprived of anymomen-
tum swings.
“It’s pretty amazing, but I
couldn’t do it without my line-
MIAA GIRLS’ HOCKEY SEMIFINALS
Arlington in D1 finalNo. 2 seed holdsoff Shrewsbury
Schools
BASKETBALL
MIAA TournamentBOYS
DIVISION 1Wed., March 16 — Semifinals
Newton North vs. Andover at WoburnHigh School, 7:15; Springfield Centralvs. BC High at Worcester State Univer-sity, 7:15.
TBA — FinalDIVISION 2
Tue., March 15 — SemifinalsNorwood vs. Burlington at WorcesterState University, 7.
Wed., March 16 — SemifinalsScituate vs. Malden Catholic at Taun-ton High School, 6:30.
TBA — FinalDIVISION 3
Tue., March 15 — SemifinalsNorton vs. St. Mary’s at Woburn HighSchool, Woburn, 7:15; Watertown vs.TechBoston at Framingham HighSchool, 7:15.
TBA — FinalDIVISION 4
Wed., March 16 — SemifinalsWahconah vs. Randolph at WorcesterState University, Worcester, 5;Snowden vs. Saint Joseph Prep at Wa-tertown High School, 6:30.
TBA — FinalDIVISION 5
Tue., March 15 — SemifinalsPaulo Freire vs. Taconic at WahconahRegional, Dalton, 5.
Wed., March 16 — SemifinalsBaystate Academy vs. Maynard atWorcester North, 7:15.
TBA — FinalGIRLS
DIVISION 1Tue., March 15 — Semifinals
Springfield Central vs. Wachusett atWorcester State University, 5; CentralCatholic vs. Andover at TewksburyHigh School, 7.
TBA — FinalDIVISION 2
Tue., March 15 — SemifinalsOliver Ames vs. Medfield at QuincyHigh School, Quincy, 5.
Wed., March 16 — SemifinalsWhitman-Hanson vs. Norwood at Quin-cy High School, 6:30.
TBA — FinalDIVISION 3
Tue., March 15 — SemifinalsBishop Fenwick vs. St. Mary’s at Wo-burn High School, 5; Rockland vs. Med-way at Quincy High School, 7:15.
TBA — FinalDIVISION 4
Tue., March 15 — SemifinalsSouth Hadley vs . Amesbury atFramingham High School, 5.
Wed., March 16 — SemifinalsMillbury vs. Lunenburg at North High,Worcester, 5.
TBA — FinalDIVISION 5
Tue., March 15 — SemifinalsHopedale vs. Springfield Internationalat Worcester State University, 6;Taconic vs. Hoosac Valley at Wahcon-ah Regional, Dalton, 7:15.
TBA — Final
HOCKEY
MIAA TournamentBOYS
DIVISION 1Tue., March 15 — Semifinals
Arlington vs. Xaverian at Loring Arena,Framingham, 7:30; BC High vs. St.John’s Prep at Tsongas Center, Lowell,7:45.
Sun., March 20 — FinalTBA vs. TBA at TD Garden, Boston,TBA.
DIVISION 2Mon., March 14 — Semifinals
Tewksbury 3............................Duxbury 3Tue., March 15 — Semifinals
Canton vs. Gloucester at Tsongas Cen-ter, Lowell, 5:30.
Sun., March 20 — FinalTBA vs. TBA at TD Garden, Boston,TBA.
DIVISION 3Mon., March 14 — Semifinals
Marlborough 3.......................Lynnfield 2Tue., March 15 — Semifinals
Hanover vs. Scituate at Gallo Arena,Bourne, 5:15.
Sun., March 20 — FinalTBA vs. Marlborough at TD Garden,Boston, TBA.
DIVISION 4Mon., March 14 — Semifinals
Watertown 4........................Stoneham 3Tue., March 15 — Semifinals
Sandwich vs. Norwell at Gallo Arena,Bourne, 7:30.
Sun., March 20 — FinalWatertown vs. TBA at TD Garden, Bos-ton, TBA.
GIRLSDIVISION 1
Mon., March 14 — SemifinalsArlington 2.........................Shrewsbury 1
Tue., March 15 — SemifinalsActon-Boxborough/Bromfield vs. Aus-tin Prep at Loring Arena, Framingham,5:30.
Sun., March 20 — FinalArlington vs. TBA at TD Garden, Bos-ton, TBA.
DIVISION 2Mon., March 14 — Semifinals
Algnqn/Hdsn 3.......Medfld/Nrtn 2 (OT)Canton 2......................................Natick 1
Sun., March 20 — FinalAlgonquin/Hudson vs. Canton at TDGarden, Boston, TBA.
R For updated scores and highlights,go to bostonglobe.com/sports/high-schools.
Colleges
BASKETBALL
Ntl. Invit. TournamentMEN
Tue., March 15 — First roundMissouri St. vs. Oklahoma, 7; Bel-
mont vs. Vanderbilt, 7; Princeton vs.VCU, 7; Texas State vs. North Texas, 8;Alcorn St. vs. Texas A&M, 9; Oregon vs.Utah State, 9; Cleveland State vs. Xavi-er, 9; St. Bonaventure vs. Colorado, 11;Santa Clara vs. Washington St., 11.Wed., March 16 — First round
Dayton vs. Toledo, 7; Mississippi St.vs. Virginia, 7; Towson vs. Wake For-est, 7; Northern Iowa vs. Saint Louis, 8;Nicholls vs. SMU, 8; Long Beach Statevs. BYU, 9; Iona vs. Florida, 9.
WOMENWed., March 16 — First round
Kent State vs. Youngstown State,5:30; Holy Cross vs. Columbia, 7;Campbell vs. Liberty, 7; So. Illinois vs.Purdue, 7; Ball State vs. Marquette, 8;Grand Canyon vs. New Mexico, 9.
Thu., March 17 — First roundNorfolk St. vs. Drexel, 6; Maine vs.
Boston College, 7; Houston vs. Louisi-ana Tech, 7; Kansas City vs. NorthernIowa, 7; Fairleigh Dickinson vs. SetonHall, 7; Alabama vs. Troy, 7; Jackson-ville St. vs. Tulane, 7:30; Minnesota vs.Green Bay, 8; Drake vs. Missouri, 8;Tulsa vs. North Texas, 8; Air Force vs.San Francisco, 8; Tennessee Tech vs.SMU, 8; Ohio vs. South Dakota St., 8;Murray St. vs. Vanderbilt, 8; Idaho St.vs. Wyoming, 8:30; San Diego vs. Cali-fornia Baptist, 9; Wofford vs. MiddleTenn., 9; Long Beach State vs. OregonSt., 10.
Fri., March 18 — First roundQuinnipiac vs. URI, 6; Stony Brook vs.
VCU, 6; Bucknell vs. Fordham, 7; Hous-ton Baptist vs. Toledo, 7; Old Dominionvs. Towson, 7; UC Irvine vs. UCLA, 9:50;Colorado St. vs. Portland, 10.
CBI TournamentSat., March 19 — First round
IPFW vs. Drake, 12; UNC Asheville vs.Stephen F. Austin, 2:30; California Bap-tist vs. Middle Tenn., 5; Rice vs. Ohio,7:30.
Sun., March 20 — First roundUNCW vs. VMI, 12; No. Colorado vs.
Fla. Atlantic, 2:30; Boston University vs.UNCG, 5; Troy vs. Abilene Christian,7:30.
NBAGLSUNDAY'S GAMES
Iowa 97.............................Austin 91 (OT)Maine 125.........................Wisconsin 103Memphis 118.............Agua Caliente 114Santa Cruz 110........G League 107 (OT)
MONDAY'S GAMESOklahoma City 130...Salt Lake City 117Lakeland 116..................Windy City 107College Park at Westchester................7Iowa at Texas..........................................8Rio Grande Valley at Birmingham.......8
TUESDAY'S GAMESDelaware at Cleveland..........................6Greensboro at Grand Rapids................7Austin at Birmingham............................8Sioux Falls at Texas...............................8Santa Cruz at Agua Caliente..............10
WEDNESDAY'S GAMESLong Island at Westchester......11 a.m.Delaware at Cleveland..........................6Capital City at Motor City.....................7Wisconsin at College Park....................7Greensboro at Windy City....................8Salt Lake City at Memphis...................8South Bay at Iowa..................................8
THURSDAY'S GAMESFort Wayne at Raptors........................12Lakeland at Maine..................................7
WINSLOW TOWNSON FOR THE GLOBE
Watertown’s Anthony Venezia (left) celebrates after Mason
Andrade scored the winning goal in the third period.
By Jim ClarkGLOBE CORRESPONDENT
After splitting a pair of
games in theMiddlesex Free-
dom this season, and then the
first two periods ofMonday
night’s Division 4 boys’ hockey
semifinal, there were no secrets
forWatertown and Stoneham.
“That teamwas in our way
to get to the Garden,”Water-
town coach John Vlachos said.
“Our dreamwas to get to the
Garden.”
The second-seeded Raiders
will be doing just that. Senior
captainMason Andrade
knocked home a reboundwith
11:15 to play andWatertown
survived a huge push fromNo.
3 Stoneham for a 4-3 victory at
Tsongas Center.
Watertown (14-9-1) will face
the winner of Tuesday’s semifi-
nal between No. 1 Norwell and
No. 4 Sandwich.
On the winning goal, An-
drade started the play in the
defensive zone by chipping the
puck out to Alec Banosian at
the blue line. Banosian rushed
up the left wing, around a fall-
en Stoneham defender, and
then cut tight to the left post.
His initial shot was stopped,
but Andrade was in the right
spot to knock home the re-
bound.
“It just popped out quick, so
I wanted to shoot it quick, be-
cause the goalie wasn’t ready
for it,” Andrade said.
After Banosian and Stone-
ham’s Jack Heneghan traded
goals in the opening half of the
first period,Watertown struck
for a pair 53 seconds apart.
Banosian (two goals, assist) fol-
lowed up after Anthony Venez-
ia misfired on a shot, thenMi-
chael Cormier took a pass in
the high slot and wristed it
home tomake it 3-1 after one.
Stoneham (15-9) came out
blazing in the second period
and pulled even on goals from
Kolby Horgan on a rebound at
9:35, and Danny Storella (goal,
two assists) on a two-on-one
rush at 12:11.
The Spartans cranked up
the pressure the rest of the pe-
riod, but junior goalie Casey
Williams (28 saves) and the
Watertown defense prevented
further damage going into the
third.
“They did a great job getting
back into the game, but it was
tied,” Vlachos said. “We said to
[the players], whoever won
that 15minutes was going to
get to the Garden. They were
ready to go.”
Division 2 State
Tewksbury 4, Duxbury 3 (2
OTs)—Nick Dicioccio deliv-
ered for Tewksbury with 43.3
seconds left in double over-
time, cementing a victory to
cap a thrilling, back-and-forth
battle with Duxbury at Loring
Arena in the Division 2 state
semifinals.
The top-seeded Redmen
(21-2-0) are onto their first
state final since 2019. Seven
players on this teamwere on
the roster three years ago when
Tewksbury lost to Canton at TD
Garden. Now, the Redmen are
hoping to either get another
crack at the Bulldogs or finish
the task against Gloucester.
“It’s been in the back of our
minds that we want to get
there again,” Tewksbury coach
Derek Doherty said. “These
guys have been working hard
all year long and playing tough.
I’m pretty proud of them to-
night.”
Division 3 State
Marlborough 3, Lynnfield 2—
Senior forward Noah Lind
scored the winning goal 58 sec-
onds into the third period to
lift the top-seeded Panthers
past the No. 4 Pioneers at Tson-
gas Center.
Lind’s goal camemoments
after Lynnfield goalie Phineas
Mitchener stonedMarlbor-
ough’s dynamicMarcus Chrisa-
fideis on a breakaway in the
opening 30 seconds of the
third.
“That could have been a big
momentum swing for [Lynn-
field],” Marlborough coach
Mike O’Brien said. “Then Noah
comes right back . . . Any feel-
ing of maybe a letdown for us
withMarcusmissing that, in-
stantly turned into a positive
for us.”
Chrisafideis, who had a five-
goal game earlier in the tourna-
ment and entered the night
with 36 this season, certainly
did his share of the damage. He
combined with Jeremy Lacroix
andMark Evangelous for a pair
of goals 1:54 apart late in the
second as the Panthers (21-1-1)
erased an early deficit and took
a 2-1 lead into the third.
Trevor Hass reported from
Loring Arena in Framingham.
MIAA BOYS’ HOCKEY SEMIFINALS
Watertown realizes dream, onto D4 final
TUE SDAY, MARCH 1 5 , 2 0 2 2 T h e B o s t o n G l o b e C9
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OCTOBER 10, 1937 -
MARCH 15, 2015
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Husband of the late Rachel (Rock)
Achenbach, father of Eric Achenbach,
Carolyn Ingraham, Jef Achenbach,
Sue Achenbach, Ellen Lewis and
Tom Achenbach and his wife, Nancy.
Visitation will be held on Thurs., March
17, 2022, from 12PM to 2PM at C.R.
Lyons and Sons, Funeral Directors,
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services are private. In lieu of flowers,
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ACHENBACH, Hart
Of Rockland, passed away on March
11, 2022 at the age of 80. She was the
daughter of the late Mary (Bernard)
and Walter Smith.
Ann was born in Boston and raised
in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood.
She was a graduate of St. Mary’s High
School in Brookline. On October 24,
1964 she married the love of her life
Thomas V. Curran. The two settled in
Rockland, where they would raise their
family.
Ann had remarkable generosity.
She always cheered others on with
encouraging words, and she sure
was a spitfire of a woman. She was a
dog person and had many pets over
the years. Ann loved nothing more
than spending time with her family -
especially her grandchildren.
Ann was the loving wife of the
late Thomas V. Curran. Mother of
Thomas G. Curran of Brockton and
Matthew Curran and wife Erin of
East Bridgewater. Grandmother of
Taryn, Mari, Jack, and Meryl. Great-
grandmother of Alby, Cosmo, Maksim,
Lukas, and Duke. Sister of Mary
Boehl, Phyllis Bowlen, the late Francis
McHugh and the late Walter Smith.
Visiting Hours will be held on
Thursday, March 17 from 4:00PM-
7:00PM at the Sullivan Funeral Home
in ROCKLAND, 45 E. Water Street. A
Funeral Mass will be held at 10:30AM
on Friday, March 18 at St. Bridget’s
Church in Abington, 455 Plymouth
Street. Burial will immediately follow at
Hanover Center Cemetery.
CURRAN, Ann
Sullivan Funeral Homes
Rockland, MA
(781) 878-0920
Of Danvers, age 93, died
March 9, 2022. Career
military of the United
States Navy, serving in both the Korean
& Vietnam Wars. Former Business
Education Teacher at Lexington
High School and employee of the
IRS. Deeply devoted to his family
& church community. Leo was the
loving husband of Priscilla Howland
(Wheeler) Curda of Danvers; father
to Thomas Curda, Katherine Shin
& husband Young Shin, Elizabeth
Curda & husband Jonathan Bender,
and Andrew Curda. In addition, he
leaves his grandchildren, Leah & Owen
Bender; his sister, Mary Kelsoe; and
nieces Sandra Jones & Mary Kay Swift;
and his sister-in-law, ElisabethJane
Wheeler. Relatives and friends are
invited to attend Leo’s Funeral Service
which will be held from Maple Street
Congregational Church, 90 Maple St.,
Danvers on Saturday, March 26th at
11 A.M. Burial will be private. Visiting
Hours in O’Donnell Cremations –
Funerals – Celebrations, 167 Maple
St. (Rte. 62), DANVERS on Friday,
March 25th from 4 to 7 P.M. In lieu
of flowers, donations in Leo’s memory
may be made to the Maple Street
Congregational Church, 90 Maple
St., Danvers, MA 01923, the Danvers
YMCA, 34 Pickering St., Danvers, MA
01923 or to the Danvers Historical
Society, 11 Page St., Danvers, MA
01923.
CURDA, Leo Joseph
www.odonnellfuneralservice.com
Of Allston, passed away on March
10, 2022. Beloved wife of the late
Joseph Kelly. Devoted mother of
Maryann Santisi and her husband
John of Norwood and the late Linda
Kelly-Keener. Loving grandmother of
Alison Keener Joseph Santisi and his
wife Amy, and Jack Santisi. Great-
grandmother of Luca Santisi. Sister of
Stella Cioffi, Josephine Fusco, Thelma
Stoddard and the late Mary Vardenski,
Angie Riccio, Constance Williams,
Aurella Barrasso, Anthony and Livio
Torrone. Funeral from the Lehman
Reen & McNamara Funeral Home,
63 Chestnut Hill Ave. (nr Brighton
Courthouse), BRIGHTON on Friday,
March 18th at 9am. Followed by a
Funeral Mass in St. Anthony Church,
43 Holton St., Allston at 10am.
Relatives and friends are kindly invited
to attend. Interment Newton Cemetery.
Visiting Hours on Thursday, March
17th from 4-8pm in the funeral home.
For directions and guestbook, please
visit www.lehmanreen.com
KELLY, Lydia M. (Torrone)
Lehman ReenMcNamara
Brighton 617 782 1000
In East Boston, formerly of Brighton,
passed away peacefully in her sleep
on March 11, 2022. Loving daughter
of Paul J. McGee of Plymouth and the
late Catherine (Foley) McGee. Devoted
sister of Joan McGee of Boston,
Catherine McGee of CO and Pauline
Doris of NH. Stepsister of Michael
McGee of Duxbury, Timothy McGee of
Needham and step-daughter of the late
Jane McGee. Also survived by many
nieces, nephews and cousins. Funeral
from the Lehman Reen & McNamara
Funeral Home, 63 Chestnut Hill Ave.
(nr. Brighton Courthouse), BRIGHTON
on Saturday, March 19th at 9:30am.
Followed by a Funeral Mass in St.
Columbkille Church, 321 Market Street,
Brighton at 10:30am. Relatives and
friends are kindly invited to attend.
Interment Private. Visiting Hours
on Friday, March 18th from 5-7pm
in the funeral home. For directions
and guestbook, please visit www.
lehmanreen.com
McGEE, Madeline C.
Lehman ReenMcNamara
Brighton 617-782-1000
Of Everett and Chelsea,
born in County Cork,
Ireland, March 13, 2022
at the age of 100. Beloved aunt of
Robert Baker, Jr. of Rockland, Lisa
Avitabile-Baker of Marshfield, William
R. Carafa, Jr. and his wife Linda of
Chelsea, Barbara Ciovacco of Everett.
Sister of the late Robert E. Baker, Sr.
and his wife Dorothy Baker and Bruce
Baker. Sister-in-law of Joyce Baker of
NH. Cherished great-aunt of Brian and
Candace Baker, Stephanie Baker, Ian
and his wife Gina Baker, Nicole Baker
and Alex Clifford, Hope Drysdale and
her husband Stephen, Scott Baker and
his wife Alison, Jennifer Carafa, Amy
Almas and her husband Dennis, Laura
Ciovacco, Charles Ciovacco and his
wife Marianne, Marianne Ciovacco,
Christine Elliott and her husband Paul,
Caryn Antonelli and her husband Greg
and several other great nieces, great
nephews. Also lovingly survived by
numerous longtime friends. Retired
administrative assistant for Stone and
Webster Engineering Corp, dedicating
35 years of service. Relatives and
friends are kindly invited to attend
Visiting Hours in the Carafa Family
Funeral Home, 389 Washington Ave.,
CHELSEA on Wednesday, March 16th
from 3:00 – 6:00 P.M. Funeral from the
funeral home on Thursday at 8:30 A.M.
followed by a Mass of Christian Burial
at the Blessed Mother of the Morning
Star Parish, Our Lady of Grace, 59
Nichols St., Chelsea at 10:00 A.M.
Services will conclude with interment
in the family lot at Woodlawn Cemetery
in Everett. In lieu of flowers, donations
in Ada’s memory may be made to the
above named Church or a charity of
one’s choice. We encourage family and
friends to visit carafafuneralhome.
com to offer condolences by means
of the online guest book or to send a
personalized sympathy card.
BAKER, Adelaide G. “Ada”
CARROLL, Charles M.
Age 87, of Cohasset, passed
away peacefully on March
13, 2022 at home. Loving
husband of 60 years to Lorraine M.
(Mitchell) Carroll. Devoted father of
Edward M. Carroll and wife Kirsten of
Downers Grove, IL, and Lorraine A.
Tarpey and husband Paul of Cohasset.
Adoring grandfather of Kevin Carroll
and fiancée Meghan LeMay, Kathleen
Carroll, Colin Tarpey and fiancée
Jessica Ball, and Brendan Tarpey.
Brother of the late Edward, Robert and
Donald Carroll. Also survived by many
nieces and nephews.
After attending high school, Charlie
entered the U.S. Marine Corps and
served during the Korean War. After his
service, Charlie became a Detective for
the Boston Police Department, attached
to the FBI. He also was the resident
agent for Major League Baseball rep-
resenting the Boston Red Sox. Charles
loved to travel and was a wonderful
grandfather to his grandchildren.
Family and friends are invited to
Visiting Hours on Wednesday, March
16, 2022 from 4-7 pm in McNamara-
Sparrell Funeral Home, 1 Summer
Street, COHASSET, MA. 02025. A Mass
of Christian Burial will be celebrated
on Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 11
am in St. Anthony Church, 2 Summer
St., Cohasset, MA. 02025. Interment
Woodside Cemetery, Cohasset. In lieu
of flowers, donations to honor Charles
may be made to Doug Flutie Jr. Foun-
dation for Autism, 1661 Worcester Rd.,
Suite 205B, Framingham, MA 01701.
For an online guestbook, please visit
www.mcnamara-sparrell.com
Age 90, of Marblehead.
Father of Michael A.
MacIver of Lynn and
MaryAnne MacIver McMaster of
Swampscott. Grandfather of Aidan J.
McMaster of Swampscott. Husband
of Barbara MacIver and Stepfather of
Steve Howe of Weymouth. He is also
survived by cousins and other relatives
in Scotland. He was a professor at
Salem State University for fifty-one
years where he taught history, political
science, sociology and anthropology.
He also served as the first Director
of Social Service and Director of the
Community Involvement Program.
He previously taught at Brewster
Academy and Marblehead High School.
Originally from Lakeport, NH, the
son of Mary and Alexander MacIver,
he served in the U.S. Army during the
Korean War and after graduated from
University of New Hampshire, summa
cum laude, and Brown University. He
was a member of Phi Beta Kappa and
many other honorary Societies. He was
the author of many books, articles and
short stories. We will always carry your
memory in our hearts.
Visiting Hours: Visiting Hours will
be held at the Murphy Funeral Home,
located at 85 Federal Street, SALEM
on Thursday, March 17th from 4 to 7
PM. Masks are required while inside
of the funeral home. A Funeral Mass
will be held at Our Lady Star of the
Sea Church, Marblehead on Friday,
March 18th at 10:30 A.M. For more
information or online guestbook,
please call 978-744-0497 or visit www.
murphyfuneralhome.com
MacIVER, Kenneth Angus
Age 75, of Wilmington,
formerly of Somerville,
passed away peacefully
at home with his family at his side
on March 13, 2022. John was the
devoted father of Jason Mainini &
his wife Christin and Robin Abbott &
her husband Alan all of Wilmington.
Loving “Papa” of Dylan Mainini, Austin
and Rylie Abbott. Beloved son of the
late Charles and Frances (Gibbons)
Mainini; dear brother of Nancy Russell
& husband Brandon of Ohio, Lynn
Williams & husband Mike of New
London, NH, Charles Mainini & wife
Loxi Calmes of Grantham, NH and
the late Richard Mainini. John is also
survived by his former wife and friend
Cynthia Bouley as well as his nieces,
nephews and their families.
Visiting Hours: Visiting Hours
will be held at the Nichols Funeral
Home, 187 Middlesex Ave. (Rte. 62),
WILMINGTON, MA, on Thursday,
March 17th from 4:00-7:00 p.m. A
Graveside Service with Military Honors
will take place on Friday, March 18th
in the Veteran’s Section of Wildwood
Cemetery, 233 Middlesex Ave.,
Wilmington, MA at 10:00 a.m.
In lieu of flowers, donations in
John’s memory may be made to Troop
56 BSA, 87 Church St., Wilmington,
MA 01887.
John proudly served in the United
States Army during the Vietnam
War and was awarded the Purple
Heart. He was also very active with
the Wilmington Boy Scouts Troop
56 and served on the Yankee Clipper
Committee for 28 years.
MAININI, John C.
Nichols Funeral Home
978-658-4744
www.nicholsfuneralhome.com
Passed away on March 11, 2022 at the
age of 69. Ed is survived by his children
Keri Morrison and her husband Eric
Morrison, Maureen Melone and her
husband Scott Melone, and Michael
McVinney; his grandchildren Caitlin,
Ryan, Ariana and Andrew; and his
former wife Nancy (Goodman) Inglis.
Ed’s family welcomes you to share
a story or memory of Ed sent to P.O.
Box 743, Norwell, MA 02061. Obituary/
guestbook: https://www.quealyandson.
com/
Visiting Hours: Per Ed’s wishes, all
services will be held privately.
McVINNEY, Edward Francis
Longtime Watertown resident, age 85,
died peacefully at home surrounded by
her family on March 12, 2022. Beloved
wife of the late Alexander Cetrone.
Devoted mother of LuAnn Cetrone and
Diane Calix and her husband Henry, all
of Watertown. Loving “Nana” to Ally
and Serena Calix. Dear sister of Marie
Kerzwick, Elizabeth Palumbo and her
husband Richard and the late Frances
Pewtherer and Ricky Tuliper. She will
also be missed by her many nieces
and nephews. Jeannie loved spending
time with her granddaughters, more
than anything. She may now rest in
peace with her late husband Ally, the
love of her life. Visiting Hours in the
Magni FH, 365 Watertown St. Rt. 16,
NEWTON, Thursday, March 17 from
4-8PM and again, Friday morning at
9:30AM followed by a Funeral Mass
at 10:30AM in Our Lady Help of
Christians Church, 573 Washington
St., Newton. Burial, Newton Cemetery.
Instead of sending flowers, donations
may be made to Massachusetts Down
Syndrome Congress, 20 Burlington Mall
Road #261, Burlington, MA 01803.
CETRONE, Jean A.“Jeannie” (Tuliper)
Andrew J. Magni & Son FH, Newton
www.magnifuneralhome.com
Passed away on March 13, 2022 at
the age of 73, in his hometown of
Randolph, MA. After a long, well-
fought battle with serious medical
issues over the past few years he has
finally found his peace. Vin never left
a room without making at least one
person laugh. He was told multiple
times to make a book with all the
stories and jokes he had to share. The
ones close to him heard many of the
same stories and jokes enough that they
could recite with him. His pride was
and always will be his family. He was
a loving husband to Debra MacIsaac
LaFond; father to Alec, Leigh, Marissa,
and Laureen LaFond; son to Gertrude
and Wilfred LaFond; brother to Phil,
Linda, and Barbara LaFond; uncle to
many nieces and nephews; and friend
to many. Visiting Hours will be held
at the Hurley Funeral Home, 134 So.
Main St. (Rt. 28), RANDOLPH on
Wednesday, March 16th from 5-7pm.
Relatives and friends are respectfully
invited to attend. A Graveside Service
will be held on Thursday, March 17th
at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Randolph at
10am.
LaFOND, Vincent H. “Vinny”
Of Topsfield, entered into rest at his
home on Monday, March 14, 2022 at
the age of 88, surrounded by his loving
family. Beloved husband of Dolores
J. Gibeley, with whom he shared 13
children and 69 wonderful years of
marriage. Devoted father of Estelle
Colgan (Robert), Joseph Gibeley
(Dawn), Jeffrey Gibeley, Wendy Werner
(Adam), Elizabeth Nordin (Ron), Alison
Gibeley, Alan Gibeley (Christina),
Mark Gibeley, Melissa Korcak (John),
Stephanie Maloney (Matthew), Monica
Sunderland (Todd), the late Amy
Jill Ogden and the late Cindy Lyn
Gibeley. Cherished grandfather of
thirty grandchildren and five great-
grandchildren. He was the loving
brother of Fay Myers (Elliott), Sandra
Esbitt (Alan), and the late Albert
Gibeley, and the dear son of the late
Joseph and Esther Gibeley.
Bob grew up in Peabody, graduating
from Peabody High School in 1952
where he met his high school
sweetheart and future wife, Dolores
Cashman. He followed his passion for
retail and joined his father operating
a haberdashery in downtown Salem.
Over the decades, Bob grew the
business into the North Shore’s iconic
clothing store, GIBLEES Menswear.
When Bob was not engaging with his
customers, many of whom he held
as close friends, he enjoyed spending
time with his dynamic family. As the
family’s core, Bob’s quiet strength was a
pillar of support in the lives of his loved
ones. Always with a smile on his face
and a twinkle in his eye, his presence
was magnetic; a force that will be
greatly missed.
A Funeral Service for Bob will be
held on Wednesday, March 16, 2022
at 12:30PM Stanetsky-Hymanson
Memorial Chapel, 10 Vinnin Street,
Salem, MA 01970. The funeral service
will be livestreamed for those who
cannot attend in person. Interment
will follow at Sons of Jacob Cemetery,
16 Buxton Road, Danvers, MA 01923.
In lieu of flowers, expressions of
sympathy may be made in Bob’s
memory to a charity of your choice.
To view the livestream or to register in
the online guestbook, please visit www.
stanetskyhymansonsalem.com.
GIBELEY, Robert Y.
Stanetsky-Hymanson
Memorial Chapel
781-581-2300
ALLSTONKELLY, Lydia M. (Torrone)
BILLERICAMIELE, Joseph G.
BOSTONCURRAN, AnnMcGEE, Madeline C.
BOXFORDACHENBACH, Hart
BRIGHTONKELLY, Lydia M. (Torrone)McGEE, Madeline C.
BROCKTONPORRO, Donna F. (Rubenstein)
CHELSEABAKER, Adelaide G.
COHASSETCARROLL, Charles M.
DANVERSACHENBACH, HartCURDA, Leo Joseph
DORCHESTERNUGENT, MargaretSULLIVAN, Edward H.
DUXBURYMcGEE, Madeline C.
EAST BOSTONMcGEE, Madeline C.
EDGARTOWNNUGENT, Margaret
EVERETTBAKER, Adelaide G.
GLOUCESTERMURPHY, Tim
GROVELANDACHENBACH, Hart
HINGHAMNUGENT, Margaret
HOLDENO’NEILL, Frances E. (Durkee)
JAMAICA PLAINCURRAN, Ann
LEXINGTONCURDA, Leo Joseph
MALDENOXMAN, Zelda (Rosenthal)
MARBLEHEADMacIVER, Kenneth Angus
MARSHFIELDBAKER, Adelaide G.
MEDFORDBAKER, Adelaide G.SHAPIRO, Harvey
MIDDLEBOROUGHMcVINNEY, Edward Francis
MIDDLETONCURDA, Leo Joseph
NEEDHAMMcGEE, Madeline C.
NEWTONCETRONE, Jean A. (Tuliper)
NORWOODKELLY, Lydia M. (Torrone)
QUINCYCURDA, Leo JosephMURPHY, Tim
RANDOLPHLaFOND, Vincent H.
ROCKLANDCURRAN, Ann
ROCKPORTMURPHY, Tim
SCITUATECURDA, Leo Joseph
SOMERVILLEMAININI, John C.
SWAMPSCOTTMURPHY, Tim
TEWKSBURYOXMAN, Zelda (Rosenthal)
TOPSFIELDGIBELEY, Robert Y.
WATERTOWNCETRONE, Jean A. (Tuliper)
WILMINGTONMAININI, John C.
WINTHROPQUINTAL, Sandra L. (Keith)
WORCESTERO’NEILL, Frances E. (Durkee)
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MARYLANDNUGENT, Margaret
NEW HAMPSHIREMAININI, John C.NUGENT, Margaret
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By Joseph P. FriedNEW YORK TIMES
Bernard W. Nussbaum, who
as President Bill Clinton’s first
White House counsel became a
lightning rod in a rash of bitter
controversies that plagued Clin-
ton early in his administration,
died on Sunday at his home in
Manhattan. Hewas 84.
The cause was heart disease,
his son Frank said.
Mr. Nussbaum was a corpo-
rate lawyer in New York and an
old friend of the first lady, Hil-
lary Clinton, when her husband
named him to the counsel post
after being elected as a Demo-
crat to his first term in 1992.
Mr. Nussbaum served for 14
months, resigning at Bill Clin-
ton’s request amid relentless at-
tacks on the Clintons over a se-
ries of imbroglios, starting with
a failed Arkansas land venture in
which they had taken part years
before they reached the White
House — an episode known as
the Whitewater affair. Then
came the suicide of the deputy
counsel, Vincent W. Foster Jr.,
giving rise to official inquiries
and fevered conspiracy theories.
And finally there was the FBI’s
agreement to a White House re-
quest for files on dozens of Re-
publicans whom the bureau had
screened for White House jobs
in past administrations.
The episodes drew accusa-
tions of wrongdoing from Re-
publican critics and right-wing
enemies of the Clintons as well
as expressions of concern by
many people without a partisan
or ideological agenda. And Mr.
Nussbaum’s aggressive efforts to
protect the president and first la-
dy only added fuel to the attacks
and doubts.
His critics accused him of ob-
structing justice. His supporters
backed his argument that hewas
doing what any good lawyer
would do.
But even some of his support-
ers said Mr. Nussbaum— a fast-
talking New Yorker whose tough
legal tactics hadmade him high-
ly prized by corporate clients in
high-stakes litigation — had
failed to recognize a key reality:
that fiercely insisting on a cli-
ent’s privacy rights and nondis-
closure privileges could be short-
sighted when the client was a
top elected official seeking the
public’s trust.
After departing from the
White House, Mr. Nussbaum
agreed that the legal playing field
he had encountered inWashing-
tonwas far different from the one
on which he had thrived in his
home city, NewYork.
There, he said, lawyers fo-
cused on fighting to the fullest
for their clients, but inWashing-
ton the main concern was how
things looked.
Bernard William Nussbaum
was born in Manhattan on
March 23, 1937, to Feivel and
Molly (Weintraub) Nussbaum,
immigrants from Poland. He
grew up on the Lower East Side
of Manhattan. His father was a
garment presser who became a
union business manager, and he
had met Molly, who worked in a
different garment factory,
through the labormovement.
Mr. Nussbaum graduated
from Columbia University, in
1958, and from Harvard Law
School, in 1961.
In 1963, he married Toby
Sheinfeld, who died in 2006. He
married Nancy Kuhn in 2008.
She died last year. In addition to
his son Frank, Mr. Nussbaum
leaves another son, Peter; a
daughter, Emily Nussbaum; a
stepson, Bill Kuhn; a brother,
Martin; and six grandchildren.
After law school, Mr. Nuss-
baum was an assistant US attor-
ney in Manhattan for several
years before joining the New
York law firm of Wachtell, Lip-
ton, Rosen &Katz in 1966.
He briefly returned to the
public arena in 1974, when he
served as a senior counsel on the
House of Representatives Judi-
ciary Committee as it investigat-
ed theWatergate scandal. It rec-
ommend that theHouse impeach
President Nixon, but Nixon re-
signed before the House could
act. While working for the com-
mittee, Mr. Nussbaum befriend-
ed one of the young lawyers as-
sisting him,Hillary Rodham.
After, he returned to his law
firm in New York and remained
in private practice until Bill Clin-
ton brought him to the White
House almost 20 years later.
The Whitewater controversy
stemmed from an ultimately un-
successful land-development
partnership that the Clintons en-
tered into in 1979, while Bill
Clinton was governor of Arkan-
sas, with the owner of a savings
and loan association, James B.
McDougal, and his wife, Susan.
After Bill Clinton became
president, the Clintons’ roles in
the venture became a focus of
scrutiny and accusations. Among
the issueswerewhether they had
been involved in their partners’
illegally channelingmoney to the
financially sinking enterprise
and whether Bill Clinton had
personally benefited from those
moves. The Clintons denied in-
volvement in the fraud; they said
they had lost tens of thousands of
dollars in the project.
Mr. Nussbaum was criticized
for suggesting that the Clintons
resist turning over Whitewater-
related documents to investiga-
tors. The critics also contended
that private meetings Mr. Nuss-
baumhadwith Treasury Depart-
ment officials during an investi-
gation into the savings and loan
amounted toWhite House inter-
ference with the inquiry.
Mr. Nussbaum said that the
meetings were simply intended
to learn, for his client, where the
inquiry stood. Bill Clinton pub-
licly said inMarch 1994 that Mr.
Nussbaum had done nothing
wrong in the matter, though he
allowed that the meetings might
have left an impression of im-
propriety. The next day, he asked
Mr. Nussbaum to resign.
The Whitewater inquiry was
pursued initially by a special
prosecutor appointed by Attor-
ney General Janet Reno and lat-
er primarily by Kenneth W.
Starr, a Republican appointed by
a three-judge panel. The Clin-
tons were never charged with
any crimes, though it was Starr’s
contention that Bill Clinton had
obstructed the investigation.
The McDougals and 12 oth-
ers were ultimately convicted in
the affair. Bill Clinton pardoned
Susan McDougal before he left
office in 2001. James McDougal
died in prison in 1998.
Foster was found fatally shot,
gun in hand, in a suburban Vir-
ginia park in July 1993, and the
Justice Department began an in-
vestigation. Conspiracy theories
soon began to surface.
Some of the most zealous
contended that Foster had been
murdered and that his body had
been moved to the park to stage
it as a suicide because, the theo-
ry went, as a former partner of
Hillary Clinton’s in a Little Rock
law firm that had performed
work for the savings and loan, he
had information that would tie
the Clintons to Whitewater
criminality.
Starr and his predecessor as
special counsel, Robert B. Fiske
Jr., both found after separate in-
quiries that Foster had killed
himself in the park because he
was deeply depressed amid the
growing pressures of his job.
BernardW. Nussbaum,Clinton counsel, at 84
DAVID SCULL/NEW YORK TIMES/FILE 1995
Mr. Nussbaum’s aggressive legal defense of Bill Clinton was
criticized by some because of the appearance it gave.
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& his wife Kathryn Sullivan of CT,
James & his wife Maureen Sullivan of
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Mark Delorey of Weymouth, Eileen &
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and nephews. Edward was a proud
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PIPEFITTERS LOCAL 537
We regret to announce the death
of Brother Michael J. Miller, Sr.
on March 11, 2022.
Visitation will be Wednesday,
March 16th from 4-8pm at
Dennis Sweeney Funeral Home,
Quincy, MA.
Funeral Mass will be Thursday,
March 17th 10am at Holy Trinity
Parish Church of Most Blessed
Sacrament in Quincy, MA.
Thomas P. Kerr, Jr., Business
Manager/FST
Daniel E. Coady, President
Of Worcester/Holden, age 97, former
resident of Roslindale, passed away
peacefully in the comfort of her home,
surrounded by her family on, Saturday,
March 12, 2022. She was the beloved
wife of the late Charles M. O’Neill,
Sr. Relatives and friends are invited
to gather with her family from 4 to 7
p.m. on Wednesday, March 16 in the
Miles Funeral Home, 1158 Main Street,
HOLDEN. A Mass of Christian Burial
will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. on
Thursday, March 17 in the Notre Dame
du Lac Chapel, 555 Plantation Street.
Worcester. A complete obituary will
appear on www.milesfuneralhome.com
O’NEILL, Frances E.(Durkee)
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March 12, 2022. Services fol-
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Of Billerica. It is with a broken heart
that the family of Joseph G. Miele
announce his unexpected death at
home on Sunday, March 13, 2022. He
was 61 years old. He leaves the love
of his life, his wife Donna (Murdock)
Miele.
Joseph was born in Boston, MA
on October 5, 1960, a son of the late
Anthony Benedict Miele and the late
Miriam (Arpin) Miele.
He attended the Stoneham public
schools and after graduation attended
Northeastern University and graduated
receiving his Bachelor’s Degree.
Joseph worked for USPS for 42 years
in the Newton Highlands Office in
Boston where he will be missed by his
many longtime customers and friends.
He was an avid sports fan and loved
the Boston Bruins, the Minnesota
Vikings and the New England Patriots.
In addition to his wife, Donna, he
is survived by his sons, Scott Miele,
Bryan Nobile and Eric Stokowski; and
his sister Sheryl Miele; as well as his
lifelong friend Pete Dugan. He was
the brother of the late Robert J. Miele.
He is also survived by his beloved
companion, his dog, Sophie, and
predeceased by his “Good Good Little
Seger Boy.”
Visiting Hours: You are invited
to his Calling Hours on Wednesday,
March 16, 2022, from 4:00 P.M.- 7:00
PM. His Funeral Mass will be offered
on Thursday, March 17, 2022 at St.
William’s Church, 1352 Main Street,
Tewksbury, MA at 10:00 A.M. Burial
will be at St. Mary’s Cemetery, 90 River
Road, Tewksbury.
In honor of his brother-in-law and
friend, ISFC (Ret.) William B. Smith
and the late Ret. SS Gerald P. Moran, in
lieu of flowers, please make donations
to the Wounded Warrior Project, PO
Box 758516, Topeka, KS 66675-8516.
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MURPHY, Tim
In Rockport - TimMurphy, retired
restaurateur, longtime Rockporter,
and unsurpassed Red Sox fan, died
suddenly at his home on March 12.
Tim was the second oldest of the seven
children of Jeremiah V. and Kather-
ine (“Kay”) Murphy. He graduated
from Rockport High School in 1971
and attended St. Michael’s College in
Vermont. He maintained many lifelong
friendships. Tim loved Rockport and its
people and was widely known for his
warm personality and his strong views
on national politics. He was a great
believer in democracy and a champion
of the underdog. He was a devoted son,
brother, uncle and granduncle. He is
survived by his mother, Kay, of Rock-
port; his brothers, Jerry (wife, Mary) of
Swampscott; Sean (Deirdre) of Quincy;
and Paul (Marybeth), of Rockport; his
sisters Betsy Blodgett and Kathy Burley,
both of Gloucester; and many nephews
and nieces. He is predeceased by his
father, his brother, Kean and Kean’s
wife, Andrea.
After nearly 102 years on this earth,
Margaret M. Nugent (née Coefield) left
us on Feb. 17, 2022. She was born in
St. John’s, Newfoundland, on March 9,
1920, to Edward and Frances Ronayne
Coefield. The family later moved to
Maryland and New Hampshire, where
Margaret attended the Pinkerton
Academy in Derry. She graduated from
Dorchester High School for Girls in
1937 and attended stenotype school in
the evenings in Boston for two years.
Margaret also took classes at Quincy
Junior College, Massasoit Community
College, and Bridgewater State College
and held various administrative
positions in the medical and legal fields.
She was a waitress at Anthony’s Pier 4
for several years in Boston, during their
heyday, in addition to a myriad of other
jobs to support her family. Eventually,
Margaret moved to Hingham, MA, to
raise her five children. After they left
for school, she spent quiet moments
playing the piano and tending to
her garden. Margaret’s children,
grandchildren, and great-grandchildren
became her proudest achievement;
she cherished and celebrated their
accomplishments, no matter how small
they seemed. They felt safe and loved in
her fiercely protective, highly observant
presence, and knew she treasured the
time they spent together.Margaret was
also an accomplished photographer.
She brought her camera on trips
to Europe and Mexico, developing
images at the dark room in her house
and winning awards with her Boston
and South Shore camera clubs. Even
more award-winning in the eyes of her
family: her baking, with key lime pie,
rhubarb pie with homemade whipped
cream, and strawberry shortcake as her
specialties. She also had a soft spot for
her two dogs, Shannon and Charlie,
and birds. Margaret often took her
relatives to Mass Audubon properties
and saved leftovers in foil to later feed
to her winged friends. There was no
better place for her to enjoy nature than
Martha’s Vineyard, where she moved
later in life to be closer to her family
and to consistently beat them at gin
rummy. She even brought some of her
bulbs and rose bushes from Hingham
to her house in Edgartown and not
only adopted but mastered various
technologies to stay in touch with
family members. When asked if she
had a secret to reaching 100, Margaret
responded, “I don’t know, but I eat a
lot of butter and sugar.” Her resilience,
strong will, creativity, and love and
pride for her family shone through
in all that she did. She is survived
by her children Thomas Nugent,
Gail Vaughan, and John Nugent; her
grandchildren Carl Goodman Jr., Aimee
Debaun, Phoebe Hunley, Rachael
Vaughan Rodick, Cameron Nugent,
Alex Nugent, and Zoë Nugent; and her
great-grandchildren Carl Goodman, III,
Tayla Goodman, Perry Bauer, Shiloh
Hunley, Shimon Hunley, Savanna
Ruzzano, and Gia Ruzzano. She was
predeceased by her children Anne
Nugent Goodman and Robert Nugent,
Jr. and her grandchild Miles Nugent.
A Memorial Service will be held at St.
Paul’s Parish in Hingham on March
19th at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers,
donations can be made to The Mother
Teresa Foundation or Edgartown
Council on Aging. Condolences may be
mailed to the family at P.O. Box 219,
Edgartown, MA, 02539. “Many women
have done excellently, but you surpass
them all.” Proverbs 31:29
NUGENT, Margaret
Chapman Funerals & Cremations,
Martha’s Vineyard
Age 86, of Medford. Entered Eternal
Rest, March 14, 2022. Devoted husband
of the late Eileen (Azaroff) Shapiro.
Beloved father of Loren & Allison
Shapiro, Richard & Deborah Shapiro
and Michael & Marlene Shapiro.
Cherished grandfather of Ethan, Talia,
Jason, Jillian, Lindsey, Daniel and
Aaron. Dear brother of Herbert Shapiro
and Joel Shapiro. Services at Temple
Shalom, 475 Winthrop St., Medford
on Wednesday March 16 at 1:30 PM.
Interment in Everett. Condolence calls
may be made following the interment,
Wednesday at Temple Shalom, Medford
and Thursday at Three Squares, 669
Highland Ave., Needham (across from
Temple Beth Shalom) from 7-9PM. In
lieu of flowers, expressions of sympathy
may be made to Cystic Fibrosis
Foundation, 220 North Main St. #104,
Natick, MA 01760 and Temple Shalom,
475 Winthrop St., Medford, MA 02155.
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Of Tewksbury, formerly of Malden &
Delray Beach, FL, entered Eternal Rest
on March 13, 2022. Devoted wife of the
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& Larry Michaud. Adored grandmother
of Brian, Lisa, Kristina, Jason, Jessica,
Michael, Steven, Andrew, and David.
Cherished great-grandmother of
Addison, Jake, Mason, Jared, Marina,
Ethan, Eiley, Maya, David, William,
Chad, Amanda, Corinne, Carter,
Kaitlyn, Aidan, and Max. Service at
Goldman Funeral Chapel, 174 Ferry
Street (off Route 60), Malden on
Wednesday, March 16th at 11:00 AM.
Interment at Lebanon Tiferet Shalom
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expressions of sympathy may be
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Of Winthrop, March 10, 2022. Devoted
wife of the late Ronald Harris. Loving
mother of Robert DiPierro and his
companion Sara Batres and Tianna
Russo and her companion Brandon
Fornaro all of Winthrop. Dear sister of
William Keith of Winthrop. Beloved
daughter of the late Evelyn M. (Rowe)
and Reginald A. Keith.
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By Anna KisselgoffNEW YORK TIMES
Yuriko Kikuchi, who under
the single name Yuriko was a
leading dancer in Martha Gra-
ham’s company from the 1940s
to 1967 and then a keeper of
Graham’s flame through her de-
manding teaching and outstand-
ing revivals of early Graham
works, died March 8 in New
York. She was 102.
Her death was confirmed by
her daughter, Susan Kikuchi
Kivnick.
An ultimate multitasker,
Yuriko was associated with the
Graham fold for more than 50
years. She founded a student
company, the Martha Graham
Ensemble, in 1983 and ran it un-
til 1993. (Graham died in 1991.)
She also carved out a career
as an independent modern
dance choreographer whose
themes were sometimes related
to her Japanese heritage. She
was imbued with a powerful
clarity in her dancing, which
could turn into delicate fluidity
in her own choreography.
Yuriko developed another ca-
reer after she performed in the
original cast of the 1951 Broad-
way musical “The King and I.”
She starred in a dancing role as
the runaway slave Eliza in “The
Small House of Uncle Thomas,”
a faux-naïf ballet based on “Un-
cle Tom’s Cabin.” The choreogra-
phy was by Jerome Robbins,
who asked her to reproduce it in
later productions of the musical,
which she did for more than 20
years. Yul Brynner, the show’s
original male star, asked her to
direct the entire musical in Lon-
don. She then directed a produc-
tion in Japan.
She also appeared in the
1955 film version of “The King
and I.” When she directed sever-
al other productions of themusi-
cal, which is set in Siam (now
Thailand), she cast Asian Ameri-
cans as most of the Siamese
characters; earlier productions
had primarily used white actors
for those roles.
Yuriko Amemiya was born
Feb. 2, 1920, in San Jose, Calif.,
to Japanese immigrants from
middle-class families. Her moth-
er, Chiyo (Furuya) Amemiya,
was a midwife who opened her
own clinic; her husband, Mor-
ishige Amemiya, who had im-
ported ostrich feathers for wom-
en’s hats, became the clinic’s
manager.
Tragedy struck with the flu
pandemic of 1918. By 1923, her
father had died of the disease, as
had her two sisters, at ages 1 and
5. Resolved to save her remain-
ing child, her mother sent
Yuriko, at 3, to live with relatives
in Japan. It was the beginning of
a lonely childhood that im-
proved only when Yuriko was 6
and returned to California to live
with her mother and her new
stepfather, Shoji Kinoshita.
Yuriko’s mother enrolled her
in a local dance studio, where
she learned everything from tap
to ballet. It was Kinoshita who
suggested that on a forthcoming
visit to Japan, Yuriko look up
Japanese experimental dancer
Konami Ishii, who had visited
the family in California.
During that trip, in 1929,
Yuriko’s mother and her hus-
band decided to end their mar-
riage, but Yuriko’s mother left
her in Japan, where she attend-
ed a high school for genteel girls.
There she learned to sew, a skill
that later aided in helping Gra-
ham and her designer, Edythe
Gilfond, make costumes.
Yuriko also studied dance
with Ishii and performed with
her well-known troupe of young
dancers. Japan was hardly de-
void of experimental dance, as
its choreographers were heavily
influenced by visiting German
expressionist dancers. Those
Japanese dancers then became
mentors to practitioners of Bu-
toh, which would become the
new Japanese avant-garde in the
1980s.
Yuriko, however, found her
true path in dance when she re-
turned to California in 1937. Ac-
cording to Emiko Tokunaga, her
biographer, Yuriko never forgot
that she was an American. Her
mother now lived in Los Ange-
les, which was awash in com-
mercial dance studios where
young women trained to per-
form inmoviemusicals.
But Douglas Mitsuhashi, her
mother’s new husband, intro-
duced her to more artist ic
friends, including modern danc-
er Myra Kinch, who later ap-
peared often at the Jacob’s
Pillow festival in the Berkshires.
Through Kinch, Yuriko met a
kind and brilliant teacher, Doro-
thy Lyndall, who taught ballet
and modern dance. Yuriko be-
came a member of her company
and was encouraged to choreo-
graph. Tired of having her sur-
name misspelled, she began us-
ing Yuriko as her professional
name.
During World War II, she,
along with many others of Japa-
nese ancestry, was detained in a
federal internment camp. While
at the Gila River Relocation
Camp on the Pima Indian reser-
vation in the Arizona desert, she
obtained permission to run a
dance school. When she was re-
leased in 1943, Clara Clayman, a
relief counselor, advised her to
go to New York City to study
modern dance.
When Yuriko arrived in New
York, she knocked on Graham’s
studio door. When Graham
asked where she came from, ac-
cording to her biographer, she
replied, “My name is Yuriko and
I come from an Arizona concen-
tration camp, where I spent al-
most 18months.”
While in New York, Yuriko
met Charles Kikuchi, who had
been interned in a different relo-
cation camp. They married in
1946.
Kikuchi, who became a psy-
chiatric social worker, died in
1988. In addition to her daugh-
ter, Yuriko leaves her son, Law-
rence Kikuchi, and three grand-
children.
Yuriko, 102, keeper ofMartha Graham’s flame
By Kirsten GrieshaberASSOCIATED PRESS
BERLIN — Leon Schwarz-
baum, a survivor of the Nazis’
death camp at Auschwitz and a
lifelong fighter for justice for
the victims of the Holocaust,
has died. He was 101.
Mr. Schwarzbaum died early
Monday in Potsdam near Ber-
l i n , t h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l
Auschwitz Committee reported
on its website. No cause of
death was given.
“It is with great sadness, re-
spect and gratitude that Holo-
caust survivors around the
world bid farewell to their
friend, fellow sufferer and com-
panion Leon Schwarzbaum,
who in the last decades of his
life became one of the most im-
portant contemporary witness-
es of the Shoah,” the committee
said.
Mr. Schwarzbaum was the
only one of his family to survive
the concentration camps at
Auschwitz, Buchenwald, and a
subcamp Sachsenhausen, the
Auschwitz committee said.
He became known to a wid-
er audience when film director
Hans Erich Viet made a movie
in 2018 about his life. “The Last
of the Jolly Boys” was shot with
Mr. Schwarzbaum himself at
original locations.
Mr. Schwarzbaum was born
in 1921 to a Polish-Jewish fami-
ly in Hamburg in northern Ger-
many. He grew up in Bedzin,
Poland, from where the family
was deported to Auschwitz in
1943 after the ghetto there was
dissolved.
After the war, he lived in
Berlin for many years where he
worked as an art and antiques
dealer. He was married twice,
but had no children, daily
newspaper Bild reported.
We l l i n t o h i s 9 0 s , Mr.
Schwarzbaum still appeared on
German television to speak
about the unbearable sufferings
he lived through at Auschwitz
and the other concentration
camps he was deported to. He
also visited schools in Germany
regularly to tell the children
about his life.
“Especially in his last years,
Leon Schwarzbaum was driven
again and again by the urge to
remember his parents who
were murdered in Auschwitz
and all the other victims of the
Holocaust. He spoke on their
behalf,” said Christoph Heub-
ner, the executive vice presi-
dent of the Internat ional
Auschwitz Committee.
“But he was also driven by
his anger at the fact that so few
SS perpetrators ever saw the in-
side of a German courtroom,’’
Heubner added, referring to
the Nazis’ brutal paramilitary
organization.
In 2016, he gave testimony
at the trial against former
Auschwitz death guard Rein-
hold Hanning in Germany.
In an 2019 interview with
the Associated Press at his Ber-
lin apartment, which was cov-
ered with paintings and old
back-and-white pictures of his
35 relatives who perished in the
Holocaust, Mr. Schwarzbaum
expressed deep worry about the
reemergence of antisemitism
across Europe.
“If things get worse, I would
not want to live through such
times again,” he said. “I would
immigrate to Israel right away.”
In a letter of condolence to
Mr. Schwarzbaum’s widow,
German President Frank-Wal-
ter Steinmeier said that “we are
losing a wonderful human be-
ing and an important eyewit-
ness to history.”
“Leon Schwarzbaum experi-
enced himself what it means
wh en a c r im i n a l r e g ime
suspends human rights and
human dignity,” Steinmeier
said, praising him for testifying
about “Germany ’s darkest
period” after the war and warn-
ing about the dangers of far-
right extremism and xenopho-
bia.
Auschwitz survivor Leon Schwarzbaum, at 101
MARKUS SCHREIBER/AP FILE
Mr. Schwarzbaum, photographed in his home in Berlin in 2019, fought for justice for victims of the Holocaust.
ByMatt SchudelWASHINGTON POST
Bruce Duffy, whose first nov-
el, ‘‘The World As I Found It,’’
was a challenging and ambitious
exploration of the life of Ludwig
Wittgenstein and other philoso-
phers and one of the most cele-
brated literary debuts of the
1980s, died Feb. 10 at a hospice
center in Rockville, Md. He was
70.
He had brain cancer, said his
daughter Lily Duffy.
Mr. Duffy, who lived in the
Maryland suburbs his entire life,
was 36 when he published ‘‘The
World As I Found It’’ in 1987.
The novel, nearly 600 pages
long, examined the complicated
ideas and even more complicat-
ed life of Wittgenstein, the Vien-
na-born philosopher whose
studies of logic made him one of
the greatest thinkers of the 20th
century.
It took Mr. Duffy more than
seven years to do the research
and writing. The idea for the
novel grew from a few stray facts
he learned about Wittgenstein,
who was born in 1889, re-
nounced his family’s wealth and,
for a 10-year period, gave up the
study of philosophy. Three of his
brothers died by suicide.
Mr. Duffy had never visited
Austria or Cambridge, England,
where Wittgenstein spent much
of his life. Yet he inhabited that
world each day at 4 a.m., when
he rose to write before going to
his day job at a consulting com-
pany.
‘‘You know, you don’t always
have a choice of what you’re go-
ing to write,’’ he told The Wash-
ington Post in 1987. ‘‘So, I said ...
I don’ t care what anybody
thinks. Whether it’s publishable
or not, I’m going to write it.’’
Mr. Duffy sought to bring
drama and passion to the heady
life of Cambridge philosophers,
including Bertrand Russell and
G.E.Moore.
Mr. Duffy took his title from a
phraseWittgenstein had written
in the only book of philosophy
he published during his lifetime,
then painted an elaborate por-
trait over the known biography:
Wittgenstein once worked as an
aeronautical engineer, studied at
Cambridge, fought on the Rus-
sian front during World War I,
retreated for long periods to ru-
ral Norway and Austria, and
practiced architecture in Vienna
before returning to Cambridge
in the late 1920s.
‘‘In the collective memory of
those who knew him,’’ Mr. Duffy
wrote of Wittgenstein, ‘ ‘ he
w o u l d b e c om e s o r t o f a
splatched and angled concatena-
tion of images, wishes, evasions,
running feuds, regrets.’’
In a review in the Los Angeles
Times, Pulitzer Prize-winning
critic Richard Eder wrote, ‘‘It is
hard to knowwhich is more out-
sized; the talent of Bruce Duffy,
the author, or his nerve.’’
Even critics who complained
that some passages were over-
written, or that the dialogue did
not sound realistic, said there
was much to sa lute in Mr.
Duffy’s effort.
‘‘If this novel fails,’’ author
Frederic Raphael wrote in the
Sunday Times of London, ‘‘it
fails with a certain magnifi-
cence.’’
Mr. Duffy received a Guggen-
heim fellowship, a Whiting
Award for emerging writers and
a two-book contract for his next
novels. He appeared on talk
shows, lectured onWittgenstein,
and the BBC optioned the novel
for a project that never came to
fruition.
Critics praised the expansive
scope and vision of Mr. Duffy’s
first novel, noting that he had
defied the standard practice of
publishing a loosely autobio-
graphical, coming-of-age story.
In 1997, his second novel, ‘‘Last
Comes the Egg,’’ came out: a
loosely autobiographical, com-
ing-of-age story about a boy
from suburbanMaryland whose
relationship with his father fal-
Bruce Duffy, novel exploredlife of great philosopher
ters after the death of his moth-
er.
The book “crashed and
burned,’’ inMr. Duffy’s words.
He started and abandoned
another novel, bought out his
publishing contract, and went to
work as a corporate speechwrit-
er. Finally, he found another his-
torical subject for a novel, the
19th-century French poet Ar-
thur Rimbaud, and in 2011 pub-
lished a novel based on his short,
tempestuous life, ‘‘Disaster Was
MyGod.’’
He contemplated themalevo-
lent forces in Rimbaud’s life that
led Rimbaud to renounce poetry
at 21, move to Africa and de-
clare, ‘‘Art is stupid and a lie and,
above all, useless.’’
Bruce Michael Duffy was
born June 9, 1951, in Washing-
ton, D.C., and grew up in Garrett
Park, Md. His father was a car-
penter and builder, and his
mother was a homemaker who
died when Bruce, an only child,
was 11.
Mr. Duffy considered his
mother’s death, of complications
from appendicitis, the formative
event of his childhood, leading
him to question the purpose and
meaning of life. He determined
to become a writer and studied
English at the University of
Maryland, graduating in 1973.
He started a novel, which he
threw away, before discovering
Wittgenstein and writing ‘‘The
World As I Found It.’’
Mr. Duffy was overcome by
‘‘an incredible sense of mastery,’’
while writing the book, he told
The Post in 1987. ‘‘I would feel
as if I were standing up in a kind
of control tower, and somebody
else was writing. I’d be at once
feeling emotional about the
characters and at the same time
feeling a tremendous emotional
distance from them, a kind of
towering resignation before it
all. And that was a wonderful
feeling.’’
In 1999, author Joyce Carol
Oates hailed ‘‘The World As I
Found It’’ as ‘‘one of the most
ambitious first novels ever pub-
lished.’’
Mr. Duffy’s marriage to Mari-
anne Glass ended in divorce.
Survivors include his wife of 16
years, Susan Segal; two daugh-
ters from his first marriage, Lily
Duffy and Kate Duffy; a stepson,
Sam Kupfer; and a granddaugh-
ter.
‘‘Some people say he should
have written more,’’ novelist and
journalist Bob Shacochis told
Washingtonian in 2011. ‘‘Bruce
has written one great book, one
of the best books by anybody of
my generation. In this country,
there is a ghost brigade of really
good writers who get little or no
notice. Bruce is a captain in that
brigade.’’
STEPHEN VOSS
Mr. Duffy was known for his critically acclaimed novel, “The
World As I Found It,” which focused on Ludwig Wittgenstein.
By Noel SichalweASSOCIATED PRESS
LUSAKA, Zambia — Zambia
has declared seven days of na-
tional mourning following the
death of the country’s fourth
president, Rupiah Banda, at the
age of 85.
Mr. Banda, who was presi-
dent from 2008 until 2011, died
after a long battle with colon
cancer, his son Andrew Banda
has confirmed.
President Hakainde Hichile-
ma declared the period of na-
tional mourning and said that
Mr. Banda’s state funeral will be
held Thursday and he will be
buried Friday at the presidential
burial site at Embassy Park.
Hichilema had visitedMr. Banda
a day before his death on Friday
last week.
Mr. Banda became president
following the death of his prede-
cessor Levy Mwanawasa who
had earlier brought him out of
political retirement to become
vice president.
Mr. Banda’s political activism
began when he was a youth and
was involved in demonstrations
calling for Zambia’s indepen-
dence from Britain, which was
achieved in 1964. He later
served as a diplomat and a soc-
cer administrator.
Mr. Banda was known for a
warm personality that helped
himto lead thenationwhenZam-
bia needed a unifier upon the un-
expected death ofMwanawasa.
“When President Mwanawa-
sa died, we needed someone to
unite the nation and his [Mr.
Banda’s] personality fitted him
to become president,” he said.
Civil society activist Laura
Miti tweeted, “the death of presi-
dent Rupiah Banda feels like be-
ing orphaned or when the last of
your parents’ siblings dies…who
will be the adult in the room?”
Rupiah Banda, formerpresident of Zambia, at 85
SUSAN WALSH/AP POOL/FILE
Mr. Banda was praised as
being a unifier for Zambians.
cept her insurance, despite Tufts saying on its web-
site that they were in-network.
Sheila’s mother, Eileen Lawlor, of Quincy,
jumped in to help, spending long hours online and
on the phone trying to remove bureaucratic obsta-
cles that were blocking her daughter’s treatment.
On two occasions, Lawlor had extended phone
conversations with Tufts representatives who
checked and rechecked the status of the two thera-
pists and insisted they were in-network, just as the
website said.
The Tufts representatives gave Lawlor their
names and call reference numbers and urged her
to havemanagers of the group practice call them
to verify.
But LifeStance Health, whichmanages DeBon-
is’s therapists, seemed equally sure the therapists
were not in-network.
LifeStance, one of the nation’s largest providers
of outpatient mental health care, recently took
over the South Shore group practice that included
the two therapists.
Tufts, too, is growing. It recently merged with
Harvard PilgrimHealth Care to form
Point32Health, which hasmore than 2million
members, the second-biggest health insurer in the
state after Blue Cross Blue Shield ofMassachu-
setts.
While Lawlor toggled back and forth between
Tufts and LifeStance looking for a solution, DeBon-
is went without treatment for weeks.
Finally, unable to clear the impasse, Lawlor
contactedme.
“To say that this is causingmy daughter great
anxiety is an understatement,” she wrote tome.
“We are at wit’s end.”
What happened in this case is an example of
how the actions (and inactions) of large insurers
and large corporations can have serious conse-
quences for people like DeBonis.
When it became apparent to Tufts and LifeS-
tance that DeBonis wasmissing needed treatment,
someone should have stepped forward to figure
out why and fixed it.
Here’s some of the back-and-forth:
In a Feb. 14 e-mail, a LifeStancemanager told
Lawlor that he had confirmed “withmy directors”
that DeBonis’s therapists were not in-network and
that the Tufts website was apparently wrong.
But Lawlor then talked to a Tufts representative
on the phone whowas so sure the therapists were
in-network that she offered to call LifeStance while
Lawlor remained on the phone. But the hold time
THE FINE PRINT, Page D4
By Jessica BartlettGLOBE STAFF
Massachusetts spent $1.5 billion less
on health care in 2020 than 2019, the
first time health care spending de-
creased since state officials began track-
ing the information in 2013.
The decrease came as health care in-
stitutions halted elective procedures
and patients canceled screenings and
other preventive appointments out of
fear of catching COVID-19. Experts said
spending would surge back in the near
future, as hospitals grapple with the
consequences of delayed care.
“We’re trying to constrain the
growth of health care spending, [but]
not the way that it happened in 2020,”
said Ray Campbell, executive director of
the state’s Centers for Health Informa-
tion and Analysis, which released the
report. “What you saw was a very indis-
criminate approach.”
The new data show that Massachu-
setts’s total health care expenditures de-
clined 2.4 percent to $62.6 billion be-
tween 2019 and 2020. The figure in-
cludes all costs of medical expenses and
other payments to providers, all patient
cost sharing such as deductibles and co-
pays, and costs associated with private
insurance.
The totals for 2020 include millions
in supplemental MassHealth payments,
but due to the timing of the awards, do
not factor in billions in federal relief.
Had federal funding — including $1.9
billion to acute care hospitals and
$168.6 million for hospital-associated
physician groups — been accounted for,
total health care spending would have
risen slightly from the $64.1 billion in
2019 to $64.7 billion in 2020, still one
of the lowest increases in spending the
state has seen since it began tracking
the data.
The state has sought for a decade to
constrain health care spending, and has
at times struggled to hold industry play-
ers to nomore than 3.1 percent growth.
Yet in a year when the state successfully
exceeded that goal, the reasons why
may wreak havoc down the line.
“You saw decreased screenings, and
you hear about the studies that are
starting to show the health consequenc-
es of all the reduced screenings and pre-
ventive procedures,” Campbell said. “It
was a success as a cost control from that
perspective, but I think what it showed
HEALTH CARE, Page D4
Health
care cost
fell amid
COVIDReport says statespending was $1.5bin first year, but isexpected to surge
For several years, Sheila DeBonis relied
on two trusted therapists in a South
Shore group practice for mental health
services. Her parents’ health insurance
covered the cost of her treatment.
But in early January DeBonis turned
26, whichmeant she could no longer be
on her parents’ insurance. (Health insurers are le-
gally mandated to allow families to include adult
children on their plans only through age 25.)
DeBonis’s employer did not offer insurance so
she went on the state Health Connector to find a
plan. She needed one that included her therapists.
To her great relief, DeBonis found an affordable
plan offered by Tufts Health Plan that listed on its
website the names of her therapists as being in-
network.
She signed up and paid her first monthly pre-
mium, thinking there would be no interruption in
her therapy.
But then themanagers of the group practice
that included her therapists said it would not ac-
Sean P. Murphy
THE FINE PRINT
Unhealthy treatmentA communications breakdown between insurance companies
caused a gap in crucial mental health therapy
MATTHEW J. LEE/GLOBE STAFF
Eileen Lawlor (right) and her daughter Sheila DeBonis picked a new health insurance plan based on its in-network status for two mental
health therapists DeBonis had been seeing. But then the providers’ network group denied her coverage.
By Anissa GardizyGLOBE STAFF
Gillette has not cut ties with Russia,
even as the country ’s invasion of
Ukraine has prompted other large
firms to halt or scale back business op-
erations there.
The Boston-based shaving giant has
a manufacturing facility in St. Peters-
burg where it makes more than 70
products, from disposable razors and
double-edge blades to packaging. The
plant accounts for nearly three quarters
of the shaving product market in Rus-
sia.
Last week, Gillette’s parent compa-
ny, Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble,
said it halted all “new capital invest-
ments” in Russia, as well as advertising
and promotional activity. The conglom-
erate — which owns consumer goods
brands such as Tide, Swiffer, and Crest
— said it is “significantly reducing” its
Russian production to “basic health,
hygiene and personal care items need-
ed by the many Russian families.”
It is not clear how Gillette products
will be affected, but Kara Buckley, a
spokesperson for P&G, said the firm’s
grooming segment, which includes Gil-
lette and Venus, would be “highly
Despite invasion, Gillettehasn’t cut ties with Russia
streamlined.”
Many P&G brands, from those that
sell razors to deodorant to tampons,
could fall under the “basic health, hy-
giene, and personal care” category. P&G
has a Russian manufacturing facility in
Novomoskovsk, where it makes fabric,
home, and baby products for brands in-
cluding Tide and Pampers.
In the last month, corporations
fromMcDonald’s to Starbucks to Airb-
nb have halted their operations in Rus-
sia.
GILLETTE, Page D4
ADOBE
Gillette makes more than 70
products in its St. Petersburg plant.
By Jon ChestoGLOBE STAFF
When David O’Neill took over as president ofMass
Audubon nearly two years ago, the COVID-19 pandemic
had just hit the state. But the fight for land preservation
dollars was well underway.
In the ensuing two years, those two issues became in-
tertwined. Environmental advocates such as O’Neill ar-
gued that the pandemic underscores the need to protect
the state’s open spaces, which proved their immense
worth when indoor recreation opportunities were es-
sentially shuttered.
The job required O’Neill to quickly get up to speed
on the Byzantine world of Massachusetts state govern-
ment. His career had been in theWashington, D.C., ar-
ea, most recently as chief conservation officer at the Na-
tional Audubon Society. (With its $37million annual
budget and 125-year history, Mass Audubon is the largest
and oldest independent affiliate of the national group.)
O’Neill said the state Legislature only set aside about $15
million for land preservation in the first round of allocating
federal American Rescue Plan Act funds. Now,Mass Audubon
and several other like-minded environmental groups are
gearing up for round two.
“We just think this was a big miss,” O’Neill said. “We
saw communities that were struck by COVID in the
harshest ways are often the communities that have
the least amount of open space . . . I often say nature
has been a prescription for COVID. It’s certainly a
prescription for better health and a cleaner envi-
ronment.”
BOLD TYPES, Page D2
Press is on for more parks funding
CHRIS MORRIS FOR THE BOSTON GLOBE
Mass Audubon president David O’Neill argued the pandemic
underscores the need to protect open spaces.
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CASINOS
Commissionimposes newconditions onEncore
TheMassachusetts Gaming Commission onMonday voted to impose several new condi-
tions toWynn Resorts’ license to operate the Encore BostonHarbor casino in Everett, in
reaction toWynn’s plans for an events venue across Broadway from the casino and an
overhead walkway that could connect the two sites. The conditions include promising
that any venue in the development would have fewer than 1,000 ormore than 3,500 tick-
eted seats, essentially matching limits in state law for entertainment venues built within
casinos. Any bookings for the new venue could not include restrictions barring entertain-
ers from performing elsewhere in the state, according to the new conditions, andWynn
would submit any proposals it makes for future developments in Everett’s Lower Broad-
way urban renewal area to the gaming commission for further review.Wynn is fine with
the changes and a company spokesman said it is pleased with the commission’s decision;
the commission opted against including any property across the street as part of the actu-
al casino footprint that it regulates, a decision that could have imposed additional securi-
ty- and safety-related rules for that development. In December,Wynn had raised concerns
among rival theater operators after proposing an 1,800-seat venue there, and eventually
revised its plans to keep it under 1,000 seats in size. Wynn is also building a 20,000-
square-foot restaurant space and a 2,300-car parking garage across the street, and has
long-term plans to develop hotels and other businesses in that area. — JONCHESTO
CRYPTOCURRENCY
Convicted drugdealer to forfeit$2 million inbitcoin
Aman convicted of drug charges in federal court in Boston has been ordered by a judge to
forfeit about $2million worth of bitcoin, the first judicial forfeiture of cryptocurrency in
the federal District ofMassachusetts, prosecutors said. Binh Thanh Le, 25, of Brockton,
described by prosecutors as the leader and organizer of a sophisticated drug trafficking
operation that did its business on the darkWeb, was also sentenced last week to eight
years in prison, according to a statement from the US attorney’s office in Boston. Le was
indicted in June 2019. According to court records, he received large quantities of drugs in
themail from international sources, including ecstasy, Ketamine, and Xanax. The drugs
were sold on the darkWeb and shipped to customers throughout the United States,
prosecutors said. Le was arrested inMarch 2019 when hemet with undercover agents at
a Norwood hotel to exchange $200,000 worth of Bitcoin for cash.More than 42 pounds of
ecstasy, almost 15.5 pounds of Ketamine, nearly 2 pounds of cocaine, andmore than
10,000 counterfeit Xanax pills were seized during the investigation. He pleaded guilty in
September. — ASSOCIATED PRESS
UKRAINE
Citigroupexpands itswithdrawalfrom Russia
Citigroup, the US bankwith the largest presence
in Russia, said it would broaden its planned
withdrawal from the country because of the war in
Ukraine. Citi, which announced plans in April to
sell its Russian consumer division, will “expand
the scope of that exit process to include other lines
of business,” Edward Skyler, the bank’s executive
vice president for global public affairs, said in a
statement. The bank will reduce its operations in
Russia and unwind its exposure in the country,
which includes consumer and corporate loans and other financial products. The bank
will stop seeking new business or clients in Russia and is helpingmultinational
corporations unwind their operations there, Skyler said. —NEWYORKTIMES
PHARMECEUTICALS
Sanofi’s breastcancer drugfails trial
Sanofi’s experimental medicine amcenestrant failed in a clinical test for breast cancer,
dealing a blow to one of the French drugmaker’s potential blockbusters. The patients
who got the drug, rather than endocrine treatment, didn’t live longer without the disease
progressing— a key benefit measure known as progression-free survival — in the phase 2
trial, Sanofi saidMonday. Themedicine is one of six products Sanofi has touted as
“potentially transformative” and prioritized. — BLOOMBERGNEWS
INTERNATIONAL
CriminalchargesbroughtinWirecardcollapse
German prosecutors have charged the former chief executive of payments company
Wirecard and two other formermanagers with fraud and false accounting in connection
with the firm’s collapse last year amid allegations that much of its revenue and assets
were faked. Prosecutors inMunich saidMonday that former chief executiveMarkus
Braun (left) signed off on financial reports he knewwere false. They said the firm booked
nonexistent revenue it attributed tomultiple partnerships in other countries and used
fake documents to show it had funds that it did not. The firm’s former head of accounting
and themanaging director of a Dubai-based subsidiary also were charged. The fraud cost
banks $3.4 billion in loans and writedowns, according to the prosecutors’ statement. One
of the central figures in the case, the company’s former chief operating officer Jan
Marsalek, is being sought by authorities, prosecutors said. — ASSOCIATED PRESS
UKRAINE
Pfizer to haltdrug trials inRussia, donateprofits toUkraine
Pfizer said it would no longer start new clinical
trials in Russia and that it would donate all
profits from its subsidiary in the country to
Ukraine relief causes. At the same time, the drug
maker said in a statement that it will continue to
supplymedicines to Russia, out of fear that
vulnerable patients such as children and elderly
people who rely on its therapies could be harmed
by any halt. The company “concluded that a
voluntary pause in the flow of ourmedicines to Russia would be in direct violation of our
foundational principle of putting patients first,” according to the statement. Pfizer said it
doesn’t own or operate anymanufacturing sites in Russia and plans to cease planned
investments with local suppliers. — BLOOMBERGNEWS
ELECTRIC VEHICLES
Panasoniclooking for sitefor US batteryfactory
Panasonic is engaged in talks over the site for a newUS factory
that would supply Tesla and potentially other electric-vehicle
manufacturers with next-generation lithium-ion batteries,
people familiar with thematter said. The longtime Tesla
supplier is looking at several locations for themultibillion-
dollar factory, including one in Oklahoma and another in
Kansas, the people said, asking not to be identified because the
discussions are confidential. The plant could begin operating as
soon as 2024, they said. — BLOOMBERGNEWS
GOVERNMENT
Democrats wantprobe of USPSpurchaseof gas-poweredmail trucks
House Democrats are asking the US Postal
Service’s inspector general to investigate the
agency’s decision to replace its mail-truck
fleet with almost all gasoline-powered
models, a move that paved the way for a
contract withWisconsinmilitary truck
maker Oshkosh Corp. worth asmuch as $6
billion. The Postal Service violated legal
environmental requirements in its decision
to tomove forward with the plan, the
lawmakers wrote in a letterMonday to Inspector General TammyWhitcomb. They asked
for an investigation into whether the agency complied with national law in its
environmental rationale underpinning the decision. — BLOOMBERGNEWS
Mass Audubon was one of
eight organizations that coau-
thored a letter last week to the
top budget writers in the Legis-
lature, including ways and
means co-chairmen Representa-
tive AaronMichlewitz and Sen-
ator Michael Rodrigues.
The letter urges them to in-
clude at least $210million for
investments in open space in
the next round of rescue plan al-
locations.
In that letter, the environ-
mental groups cite a December
report fromUMass Donahue In-
stitute that showsMassachu-
setts ranks last out of all states
on per-capita spending of state
and local governments for parks
and recreation.
“Massachusetts is a leader in
so many areas,” O’Neill said.
“But I think we’re falling flat on
the commitment to our parks
and our open spaces.”
Shipping up to . . .Southeast AsiaState officials initially hoped
to persuade Israeli cargo com-
pany Zim Integrated Shipping
Services to open up a US head-
quarters in Boston. But what
eventually happened— the an-
nouncement last week that Zim
will launch a weekly shipping
route between Boston and Viet-
nam—will likely provide a big-
ger boost to the local economy
than a new office ever could.
Michael Benezra, a former
aide in Israel’s Ministry of For-
eign Affairs, said top executives
from Zim visited Boston in De-
cember 2019 at the request of
Zeev Boker, then Israel’s Consul
General in Boston. Senator Nick
Collins, who cochaired the Leg-
islature’s export committee at
the time, was Zim’s primary
point of contact amongMassa-
chusetts government officials.
That’s according to Benezra,
who nowworks at Colette Phil-
lips Communications and over-
sees the nonprofit GK Fund for
entrepreneurs of color.
Kraft Group executives had
also had some early discussions
with Zim about opening the
trade route, he said. Zim’s visit
involved a trip to the State
House, a tour of the Conley Ter-
minal in South Boston (in Col-
lins’ district), and a dinner at
Boker’s home attended by Col-
lins andMike Kennealy, Gover-
nor Charlie Baker’s top econom-
ic development aide.
Zim ended up keeping its US
headquarters in Norfolk, Va.
But the trade link with Vietnam
will be crucial for New England
companies that rely onmanu-
facturing partners in that coun-
try.
“This puts Boston and New
England on the map, as . . . a
port of call,” Collins said. “This
is a big victory.”
Healey shifts focus toa new sort of degreeAfter six years focused on
four-year degrees while presi-
dent of Babson College, Kerry
Healey is taking on a different
kind of educational mission
now. This one, she argues, could
be just as important for career
development as the business de-
grees from Babson.
Kerry now leads theMilken
Center for Advancing the
American Dream, based in
Washington. The center last
week announced it has teamed
up with online class provider
Coursera and Google to offer
free certificate classes for up to
200,000 students over the next
three years. These certificates
could be used to land a wide
range of tech jobs, such as those
in data analytics and IT
support, at big employers such
as Google and IBM.
Healey said she became in-
trigued by the possibilities of
online learning while at Babson,
although the focus there was on
traditional college courses. But
certificate programs, she said,
can be life-changing, particular-
ly for people who have not at-
tended a four-year college or
who are trying to make a career
uBOLD TYPESContinued from Page D1
transition.
“A number of employers are
coming together and realizing
the opportunities created by
these shorter, skills-based edu-
cational courses,” Healey said.
“This really is just an extraordi-
nary moment, making this kind
of training available at scale.”
FirstLight takesa swing at windFirstLight Powermakes
most of its money in hydroelec-
tricity, but also has branched
out into solar power and battery
storage. Now, the Burlington
energy company is looking to
capitalize on the offshore wind
gold rush as well.
FirstLight, it turns out, is an
investor with a team led by In-
vernergy, the only US company
to land an offshore wind lease in
the recent New York Bight auc-
tion held by the Department of
the Interior. In total, six bidding
teams committed to $4.4 billion
for lease areas southeast of New
York City, higher than any other
previous offshore auction, in-
cluding those for oil and gas
leases. (The Invernergy team
paid $645million for its spot.)
FirstLight chief executive
Alicia Barton spent several
years prodding the Trump ad-
ministration to open up the
New York Bight for offshore
wind leases in her previous job,
leading the New York State En-
ergy Research and Develop-
ment Authority. It didn’t hap-
pen until a wind-friendly presi-
dent, Joe Biden, moved into the
White House.
“We fought hard to open up
the Bight for a long time,” Bar-
ton said. “This outcome really
reinforces the potential we
knewwas there.”
Longtime friends,and now coworkersSharon Torgerson and Sandy
Lish became good friends at
Brookline High School. As they
went on to successful public re-
lations careers, they often
turned to each other for advice.
But three-plus decades passed
before they ended up actually
working together.
Torgerson recently leftMass
General Brigham to join The
Castle Group, the 30-person PR
and events agency that Lish co-
owns withWendy Spivak in
Charlestown. Around the same
time, Castle hired Taylor Con-
nolly,who previously worked
with John Barros’ mayoral cam-
paign after six years at City Hall.
Castle used their arrival to tout
its newly expanded public af-
fairs practice.
Lish said Castle has engaged
in public affairs (that is, work-
ing to influence public policy
debates, outside of direct lobby-
ing) for much of its 25-year exis-
tence, but never really labeled it
as such.
Live events ended early in
the pandemic, but Lish said
Castle quickly pivoted to online
programs, starting with one for
Keith Motley and the Urban
League of Eastern
Massachusetts. That helped
stabilize the events side of the
business, while the PR side took
off. As a result, overall revenue
grew by about 25 percent from
2019 to 2021. That growth
enabled Castle to expand its
team. Now that two people with
solid government experience
are on board — Torgerson spent
three years with the Baker
administration, plus a
temporary return engagement
to help in the early days of the
pandemic — it makes sense to
wave the public affairs flag.
Torgerson and Lish can final-
ly bounce ideas off each other in
the same office, and even in the
same car when they commute
together.
“We have rules in the car,”
Lish said. “If we drive in togeth-
er, Sharon’s not allowed to tell
me how to drive unless I’m
about to do something very
dangerous.”
Jon Chesto can be reached at
[email protected]. Follow
him on Twitter@jonchesto.
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US-listed Chinese stocks resumed
a steep selloff on Monday as concerns
about Beijing’s close relationship with
Russia added to losses spurred by its
crackdown on tech giants and the
growing risk of US de-listings.
The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China
index declined 12 percent to its lowest
level since July 2013, adding to last
week’s rout. American depositary re-
ceipts of e-commerce giant Alibaba
Group Holding Ltd. and rival JD.com
Inc. dropped at least 10 percent each,
while Pinduoduo Inc. tumbled 21 per-
cent. Search-engine operator Baidu
Inc. fell 8.4 percent. Alibaba has tum-
bled more than 30 percent this year,
its lowest level since June 2016.
The slump followed a report that
Russia had asked China for military
assistance for its war in Ukraine. Even
as China denied the report, traders
worried that Beijing’s potential over-
ture toward Vladimir Putin could
bring a global backlash against Chi-
nese firms, even sanctions. The US
and China were to hold their first
high-level, in-person talks since the
invasion onMonday.
Other negative headlines included
Tencent Holdings Ltd. reportedly fac-
ing a possible record fine for viola-
tions of anti money-laundering rules,
as well as the lockdown of Shenzhen
for at least a week after virus cases
doubled nationwide.
“There’s horrible, awful sentiment
around China,” said Vital Knowledge’s
Adam Crisafulli. “De-listing fears and
renewed COVID pressures delivered a
double-whammy to the few bulls left.
There’s wholesale liquidation and
even optimists think the space is just
too hard right now. Valuationsmay be
cheap and the PBOC is one of the few
central banks easing policy, but this
isn’t enough.”
Adding to the sentiment, JPMor-
gan Chase & Co. analysts downgraded
Chinese Internet stocks to sell-equiva-
lent ratings, including JD.com, Aliba-
ba, and Tencent, calling them “unin-
vestable” in the near-term. “Due to
rising geopolitical and macro risks,
we believe a large number of global
investors are in the process of reduc-
ing exposure to the China internet
sector, leading to significant fund out-
flows,” the firm wrote in a March 14
report.
In Asian trading Monday, the
Hang Seng China Enterprises index
posted its biggest drop since Novem-
ber 2008, while the Hang Sang Tech
index tumbled 11 percent in its worst
decline since the gauge was launched
in July 2020. That wiped out $2.1 tril-
lion in value since a year-earlier peak.
“While it is tempting to call for a
bottom after such a heavy selloff, we
believe the valuation is not low
enough to argue everything bad has
been priced,” said Leonardo Pellandi-
ni, a strategist at Bank Julius Baer.
Last week, the risk of Chinese
firms de-listing from the United
States, together with added regulato-
ry concerns and the exclusion of a
company from aNorwegian sovereign
wealth fund, sparked a rout in the
Golden Dragon Index, which tracks
American depository receipts of Chi-
nese firms. The gauge fell 18 percent
last week to close at the lowest level
since September 2015.
The largest China tech exchange-
traded fund in the United States has
erased all the gains since its debut in
2013. The KraneShares CSI China In-
ternet Fund, a $4.9 billion ETF that
invests in Chinese tech companies,
has slumped over 40 percent this year,
erasing all the gains, including divi-
dend payouts, since it started trading
nine years ago.
“The issue right now is the lack of a
positive catalyst in China with regula-
tory noise continuing to create an
overhang on ADRs,” said Sharif Farha,
a portfolio manager at Safehouse Cap-
ital. “In the short term we think over-
all Chinese equities will continue to
face selling pressure. Longer term, the
strong will survive and likely get
stronger, bigger.”
Chinese stocks
in US markets crash
after selloff in Asia
By Rachel SiegelWASHINGTON POST
WASHINGTON — Sarah
Bloom Raskin’s nomination to
the Federal Reserve Board ap-
peared all but doomed on Mon-
day after Senator Joe Manchin
III ofWest Virginia, a key Demo-
cratic vote, said he opposed her
because of her stance on energy
in an era of inflation.
“I have carefully reviewed
Sarah Bloom Raskin’s qualifica-
tions and previous public state-
ments,’’ Manchin said in a state-
ment Monday. “Her previous
public statements have failed to
satisfactorily address my con-
cerns about the critical impor-
tance of financing an all-of-the-
above energy policy to meet our
nation’s critical energy needs. I
have come to the conclusion that
I am unable to support her nom-
ination to serve as a member of
the Federal Reserve Board.’’
Raskin’s nomination to the
job of vice chair for supervision
— the Fed’s top banking regula-
tor — was already under pres-
sure, as Republicans initially op-
posed her candidacy over her fo-
cus on climate change and its
threat to financial stability.
But in recent weeks, her path
forward hung in the balance af-
ter Republicans on the Senate
Banking Committee boycotted
her confirmation vote, pointing
to her time on the board of a Col-
orado payments firm that got ac-
cess to a Fed payments systems
during her tenure on the compa-
ny’s board. The boycott has held
up not only her path forward,
but votes on President Biden’s
other picks for the Fed.
So far, the White House and
Democrats on the Senate Bank-
ing Committee have stood up for
Raskin’s Fednominationmay bethreatenedManchin sayshe opposes herstance on energy
Sarah Bloom
Raskin’s path to
the Fed
nomination got
bumpy after
Republicans on
the Senate
Banking
Committee
boycotted her
confirmation
vote, pointing
to her time on
the board of a
Colorado
payments firm
that got access
to a Fed
payments
systems during
her tenure on
the company’s
board.
Raskin, saying Republicans’ fixa-
tion on this part of her record is
a ploy to stall her nomination in-
definitely. But after losing Man-
chin’s support, shewould face an
extremely fraught, if not impos-
sible, path to confirmation in a
tightly divided Senate.
In a statement, White House
spokesman Chris Meagher not-
ed Raskin won bipartisan sup-
port for her roles at the Fed and
the Treasury. “She has earned
widespread support in the face
of an unprecedented, baseless
campaign led by oil and gas
companies that sought to tar-
nish her distinguished career,’’
Meagher said. “We are working
to line up the bipartisan support
that she deserves, so that she can
be confirmed by the Senate for
this important position.’’
Senator Patrick J. Toomey,
Republican from Pennsylvania,
and other GOP lawmakers have
attacked her view the Fed should
domore tomitigate the financial
risks of climate change, includ-
ing by potentially changing the
way it regulates energy produc-
ers. Manchin is adding his high-
profile voice to those warning
the Fed against tackling climate
issues.
In her writing and public re-
marks, Raskin has highlighted
the economic and financial sta-
bil ity risks tied to climate
change. In a column published
in September, she wrote that ‘’fi-
nancial regulators must reimag-
ine their own role so that they
can play their part in the broad-
er reimagining of the economy.’’
Raskin’s supporters want to
see the Fed thoroughly evaluate
how more intense and frequent
climate disasters, from wildfires
to hurricanes, could harm the
health of banks or ricochet
through the financial system.
They are also hoping the Fedwill
move toward encouraging banks
to reduce their exposures to cli-
mate risks. Democrats hoped
Raskin would bring expertise to
climate policy issues. But they al-
so note that Raskin’s views are
not out of step with Fed chair Je-
rome Powell or others.
Now, with Raskin’s nomina-
tion compromised, Democrats
and the White House will have
to weigh whether to select a new
candidate or try to confirm
Biden’s other picks. The Republi-
can boycott has kept Powell from
being renominated, and Fed
governor Lael Brainard from be-
ing elevated to vice chair. Biden’s
nominees for two seats on the
Fed board — economists Lisa
Cook and Philip Jefferson — also
have yet to be confirmed.
Republicans on the Banking
Committee, led by Toomey, have
said they would readily vote on
Powell’s renomination and the
other nominees. That leaves
Democrats to decide whether to
siphon off Raskin’s nomination
and move forward with the rest
of the slate.
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Stocks lost more ground, crude oil prices fell, and bond yields
rose sharplyMonday as anxiety over the war in Ukraine and
an upcoming Federal Reservemeeting on interest rates keep
global financial markets on edge. Oil prices tumbled to take
some pressure off the high inflation sweeping the world, with
a barrel of US crude falling toward $100 after touching $130
last week.Markets have careened in recent weeks amid
uncertainty about whether the economymay be heading for
a toxic combination of stagnating growth and persistently
high inflation. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has caused prices
to surge for oil, wheat, and other commodities produced in
the region. That in turn has led to sharp day-to-day and hour-
to-hour reversals across markets, as expectations for
worsening inflation rise and fall. The wide expectation is that
the Fed will raise its key short-term interest rate by a quarter
of a percentage point onWednesday. It would be the first
increase since 2018. If it’s too passive, high inflation could
becomemore permanent. The Fedmay also givemore details
about how it will put into reverse themassive bond-buying
program it ran during the pandemic to keep long-term rates
low, economists at BofA Global Research wrote in a report.
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is that there are unintended
consequences and costs when
you don’t do it the right way.”
In 2020, hospitals and physi-
cian practices suffered the great-
est financial hits as people large-
ly avoided seeking medical care,
even as COVID cases rose and at
times overwhelmed facilities.
Spending on hospital inpatient
services declined 1.8 percent to
$11.6 billion, and spending on
hospital outpatient services de-
clined 11.1 percent to $10.2 bil-
l i on . Phys i c ian spending
dropped 12 percent to $8.5 bil-
lion.
Lower spending decimated
the margins of acute care hospi-
tals.
The average total margin —
all operating and nonoperating
revenue minus expenses — was
negative 4.5 percent in fiscal
2020. COVID rel ie f funds
pushed hospitals back into the
black to an average 2.6 percent
margin, which was still almost a
percentage point lower com-
pared to the prior year.
Fewer people at hospitals
and doctor’s offices translated
into less business for other parts
uHEALTH CAREContinued from Page D1
of the health system. As hospi-
tals discharged fewer patients,
nurs ing home occupancy
dropped from 86.9 percent to 75
percent. That figure was com-
pounded by high numbers of
nursing home deaths due to
COVID.
One of the only areas with in-
creased spending was prescrip-
tion drugs. Before rebates, phar-
macy spending grew 8.2 percent
to $11.4 billion — the highest
growth in the last three years.
Even after rebates, in which
drugmanufacturers sendmoney
back to insurers to reduce the
cost of medications, pharmacy
spending increased 7.7 percent
to $8.9 billion, faster than the
national spending growth of 3
percent.
Campbell said many pre-
scriptions were filled on a 90-
day supply instead of a 30-day
supply during the pandemic, in-
creasing spending.
Pharmacies also remained
available during the pandemic
despite shut downs elsewhere,
and telehealth helped ease ac-
cess to prescriptions.
MassBio, an industry lobby-
ing group for drug manufactur-
ers, defended the spending, and
faulted the agency for not doing
more to highlight its rebate lev-
els.
“In 2020, when people could
not or would not visit their doc-
tors for regular or preventative
care, the one constant that kept
them healthy and out of the hos-
pital was their continued ability
to access the medicines they
needed to keep them healthy,”
said Joe Boncore, chief executive
of MassBio, in a statement. “Un-
fortunately, this report does not
measure healthcare spending
that is saved because of prescrip-
tion drug uptake and adher-
ence.”
Pharmaceutical Research
and Manufacturers of America,
a national lobbying group, said
the increases represent upticks
in demand and utilization, while
nationally prices for medicines
fell.
The group also seemed skep-
tical that spending on prescrip-
tions increased so significantly,
given that, nationally, spending
increased an average of 3 per-
cent.
Insurers reaped the benefits
of overall decreased spending.
With premium rates set before
the pandemic, and utilization
and spending substantially less,
average insurer gains increased
from $4 per member per month
to $19 per member per month.
Those gains were even after in-
surers handed out mandated re-
bates and voluntary premium
credits.
In a statement from the Mas-
sachusetts Association of Health
Plans, which represents 17 in-
surers in the state, president Lo-
ra Pellegrini pointed out that in-
surers spent to stand up tele-
health coverage options, and
that insurers issued $60 million
in premium rebate checks. She
said the focus should remain on
reigning in pharmaceutical
spending.
“As we emerge from the chal-
lenges of the COVID-19 pan-
demic, action must be taken to
address continued increases in
prescription drugs and provider
prices, and we must hold all en-
tities accountable for cost
growth, enhance competition,
and correct market dysfunc-
tion,” she said.
Jessica Bartlett can be reached at
Follow her on Twitter
@ByJessBartlett.
Health care spending fell in 2020
Leveraging the Gil lette
brand name to put pressure on
Russia would have been effec-
tive, said John Guilfoil, member
of a Massachusetts-based public
relations firm who teaches at
Northeastern University. But
ceasing operations might not be
so easy, he said, especially for a
business that is intertwined
with the global economy and
provides essential items.
“They have to balance be-
tween supporting sanctions,
and overall a message of sup-
port... but their productsmay be
responsible for health and well-
ness of the average Russian,”
said Guilfoil. “To flip a switch
may very well be impossible and
do a lot of harm.”
London-based Unilever,
which sells Dove soap and Hell-
mann’s mayonnaise, said last
week that it would stop import-
ing and exporting products with
uGILLETTEContinued from Page D1
Russia. The company added
that it would not advertise, “in-
vest any further capital,” or prof-
it from its business there as a re-
sult of the Ukrainian invasion.
But like P&G, Unilever said it
plans to continue supplying “ev-
eryday essential food and hy-
giene products made in Russia
to people in the country.”
Gillette’s St. Petersburg man-
ufacturing plant makes more
than 185.6 million products a
year, which are exported to
more than 50 counties. Unlike
Unilever, P&G did not comment
on whether it would halt Rus-
sian imports and exports.
“The vast majority of the
products we make in Russia are
sold in Russia,” another P&G
spokesperson wrote in an e-
mail. “For Gillette, those are
lower-cost double-edge blades
and basic disposable razors.”
It isn’t clear how— or wheth-
er — P&G’s actions will affect
Gillette in Russia, but Guilfoil
said halting sales would send an
“extraordinary message to the
average Russian that something
is wrong.”
“Certainly, it is expensive and
costly to cut yourself off from
one of the largest countries in
the world,” he said. “[But] histo-
ry shows us that there is a tangi-
ble, corporate social responsibly
benefit to doing these things.”
Whether Gillette’s operations
in Russia spark backlash from
consumers in other countries
depends on how closely the
company’s statement is scruti-
nized by customers, he said.
“As of right now, P&G has
done enough to make the right
lists,” he said.
And “people associate the
Gillette name with Boston” —
not Russia — “mainly because of
the football stadium,” Guilfoil
added.
Anissa Gardizy can be reached
Gillette hasn’t cut ties to Russia
trying to get through to Life-
Stance was too long, and the
representative gave Lawlor her
information to pass along to
LifeStance.
Pressed again for more infor-
mation, the LifeStancemanager
responded in a second e-mail to
Lawlor on Feb. 24 that the com-
pany’s “benefits verification
team” had determined that the
therapists were not in the Tufts
network.
The LifeStancemanager said
the company’s contracts with
Tufts did not include the partic-
ular plan DeBonis was on,
“Tufts Health Direct.”
“Our clinicians cannot bill
visits under Tufts Direct plans,”
themanager wrote.
After receiving that e-mail,
Lawlor called Tufts again, and
was assured by a different repre-
sentative that DeBonis’s thera-
pists were in-network.
Lawlor wrote back to the
uTHE FINE PRINTContinued from Page D1
LifeStancemanager that Tufts
had confirmed her information
and that “you should be accept-
ing this insurance without ques-
tion.”
After getting no further re-
sponse, Lawlor turned tome.
A day after I got involved by
making inquiries of Tufts and
LifeStance, Tufts e-mailedme a
statement clearing the way for
Sheila to resume her therapy.
“We have been in contact”
with Sheila to let her know that
her therapists “are in network”
and that she can see them “at
this practice,” the Tufts state-
ment said.
“We have also been in touch”
with LifeStance and this issue
has now been resolved,” Tufts
said.
Sowhere had things gone
wrong? Turns out that Tufts and
LifeStancewere in negotiations
on a new contract but had not fi-
nalized it when Tufts premature-
ly said on its website that DeBon-
is’s therapists were in-network.
The contract has since been
finalized but it was not when
LifeStance told DeBonis that her
therapists were not covered.
Later, Tufts acknowledged its
mistake, saying it had “incor-
rectly listed” the therapists as in-
network.
“Upon learning of this issue,
we worked quickly to update
our contract with LifeStance to
add this product and these pro-
viders were added to the Tufts
Health Direct network.
“We apologize for the incon-
venience this caused ourmem-
ber and we are pleased it has
been quickly resolved,” Tufts
said.
DeBonis and Lawlor said, to
them, it didn’t feel “quickly re-
solved.” It felt exhausting and
long overdue, they said.
Got a problem? Send your
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Eileen Lawlor (left, with her daughter, Sheila DeBonis) was repeatedly assured by her
daughter’s insurer that two mental health therapists DeBonis had been seeing were in
network, only to be told by the therapists’ management that they were not.
By Larry EdelmanGLOBE COLUMNIST
Massachusetts employers
slowed hiring in January
amid a surge in COVID-19
infections caused by the
Omicron variant.
Employers added 10,600
jobs in the first month of the
year, down from a revised
increase of 14,500 in De-
cember, the Executive Office
of Labor and Workforce De-
velopment said on Monday.
The state’s unemploy-
ment rate rose to 4.8 percent
in January from a revised
4.6 percent in the previous
month. The national jobless
rate was 4 percent in Janu-
ary.
Twenty-four months af-
ter the first COVID shut-
downs, the Massachusetts
job market had yet to return
to its pre-pandemic vibran-
cy. There were 131,000 few-
er jobs in January than in
February 2020, while the
jobless rate was 1.9 percent-
age points higher.
In a positive sign, the
state’s labor force expanded
significantly in January,
with 15,700 workers either
finding a job or starting to
look for one. It was the larg-
est increase since September
2020, and may indicate that
the labor shortage that has
frustrated employers since
before the pandemic is eas-
ing. At 3.77 million partici-
pants, the labor force was
just shy of its February 2020
mark.
Employment gains in
January were led by the pro-
fessional and business ser-
vices sector, which added
5,600 jobs.
Leisure and hospitality
companies added 3,800 po-
sitions, though employment
in the sector remained 14
percent lower than at the
pandemic’s start. Construc-
tion firms added 1,400 jobs.
Health and social servic-
es shed 2,200 jobs in Janu-
ary.
The number of jobs cre-
ated in December was re-
vised significantly lower be-
cause of annual year-end re-
v i s i o n s a n d u p d a t e d
population controls from
the US Census Bureau. The
jobless rate was revised
higher. In all, the Census re-
vised some data going back
to 2017.
Larry Edelman can be
reached at larry.edelman@
globe.com. Follow him on
Twitter @GlobeNewsEd.
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wash” or “a wrap”34 Name that
anagrams to“adorn”
37 Ewe’s mate38 Judi of “Belfast”40 Ecological org.41 Accelerate quickly42 Aspiration43 Brief come-on?49 Ivy in
Connecticut50Historic time51 Approx.53 On the line56 Tomato problem
57 Speedometerabbr.
58Mindlessfollowers
59Hollywood historyand such?
62 Eye drops?63 “Oh, su-u-ure”64 Arguing65 As recently as66 “My country, ___ of
thee ...”67 Kind of blocker
DOWN
1 Cars that may havebars
2 Widely recognized3 One-named Tejanomusic legend
4 Contents of somekitchen bags
5 Less refined6 Chow examiner7 Comes out with8 Colonel Sanders’beard
9 Enters hastily10 Some chips,
sometimes11MLK’s was in
Jan.13 Confuses14 Sassy16 It gathers dust while
in motion21 Slugs26 Young fellow27 “Fantastic!”28 Thanksgiving root
vegetable29 And more: Abbr.
30 Volcanic output34Whistle blower in
sports35 Big name in nail
polish36 Elite fighter at sea37 ___ room
(game night site)38Widen, like pupils
39 It’ll never fly inAustralia
41 Smell awful42 Skillful44 Diner45High five sounds46 Butterflies47Mute button’s
device
48 Liveliness52 Letter before
iota53 On the matter of54 In that case55 Give off60 Kimono closer61 Chem class
component
SLIDE TO THE LEFT, SLIDE TO THE RIGHT BY PAUL COULTER | EDITED BY DAVID STEINBERG
ARLO & JANIS by Jimmy Johnson
CURTIS by Ray Billingsley
RHYMES WITH ORANGE by Hilary Price
FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE by Lynn Johnston
ARCTIC CIRCLE by Alex HallattRED & ROVER by Brian Basset
DUSTIN by Steve Kelley & Jeff ParkerDOONESBURY by Garry Trudeau
PLUGGERS by Rick McKee
ZITSbyJerryScott&JimBorgman
DILBERTbyScottAdams
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PRESQUE ISLE
MILLINOCKET
BANGORNEWPORT
BURLINGTON
MONTPELIER
RUTLAND
BRATTLEBORO
PITTSFIELD
SPRINGFIELD
HARTFORD
BRIDGEPORT OAK BLUFFS NANTUCKET
LEBANON
MT. WASHINGTON
PORTLAND
BERLIN
HYANNIS
PROVINCETOWN
NEWPORT
PROVIDENCE
WORCESTER
NASHUA
PORTSMOUTHMANCHESTER
LACONIA
BOSTON
NEW
BEDFORD
AUGUSTA
BAR HARBOR
33/15
43/35
44/30
47/3343/28
20/17
41/30
49/41
54/39
54/42
54/35
60/40
51/4350/41
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44/34 46/33
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52/34
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55/4057/36
38/24
Yesterday 0.0”
Total for March 2.1”
Normal for March 7.8”
Season total 54.0”
Season normal 49.2”
(5 p.m. yesterday)Boston snowfall
Degree days HeatYesterday 24
Monthly total 381
Normal to date 405
Season total (normal) 4004 (4346)
Last year to date 4159
Mount Washington
Almanac
24 Hr. Precipitation
Climate data are compiled from National Weather Service records and are subject to change or correction.
A.M. P.M. High tides A.M. P.M. High tides A.M. P.M.Tides
New England marine forecast
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Wind Seas Temp Wind Seas Temp
Temperatures are
today’s highs and
tonight’s lows.
Cities Forecast high and low temperatures and conditions
Today Tomorrow Today Tomorrow Today Tomorrow Today Tomorrow
Travel delays possible, CClouds, F Fog, HHaze, I Ice, Pc Partly Cloudy, R Rain, Sh Showers, S Sun, Sn Snow, Fl Flurries, T Thunderstorms,WWindy
HIGH
LOW
6 A.M. NOON 6 P.M.
Boston’s forecast
HIGHHIGH
LOW LOW
6 A.M. NOON 6 P.M. 6 A.M. NOON 6 P.M.
HIGH
LOW
HIGH
LOW
6 A.M. NOON 6 P.M. 6 A.M. NOON 6 P.M.
Small craft advisory Gale warning Storm warning
Weather Dense fog
Visibility 1/16 of a mile
Wind west at 44 m.p.h.
High/low temperature 12/0
Snow depth at 5 p.m. 9.0”
(5 p.m. yesterday)
Yesterday’s high/low 52°/29°
Sunrise 6:56 a.m.
Sunset 6:50 p.m.
Moonrise 4:01 p.m.
Yesterday 0.00”
Precip days in March 7
Month to date 1.19”
Norm. month to date 1.78”
Year to date 8.13”
Norm. year to date 8.38”
(valid at 5 p.m. yesterday)
High tides
Old Orchard ME10:02 10:36
Hampton
Beach NH 10:16 10:50
Plum Island 10:19 10:50
Ipswich 10:01 10:35
Gloucester 10:08 10:41
Marblehead 10:08 10:41
Lynn 10:17 10:48
Scituate 10:12 10:45
Plymouth 10:14 10:46
Cape Cod
Canal East 9:57 10:30
Cape Cod
Canal West 8:53
Falmouth 9:52 10:25
Hyannis Port 10:55 11:34
Chatham 10:57 11:36
Wellfleet 10:22 10:55
Provincetown 10:10 10:42
Nantucket
Harbor 10:57 11:33
Oak Bluffs 10:42 11:00
New Bedford 6:50 7:08
Newport RI 6:43 7:01
Boston high 10:08 10:41
Height 9.4 8.7
Boston low 3:51 4:28
Height 1.5 0.6
Boston Harbor NW 6-12 kts. 1-2 ft. 56/42
East Cape
Cod Canal NW 7-14 kts. 1-3 ft. 53/40
Buzzards Bay SW 6-12 kts. 1-2 ft. 53/41
Martha’s
Vineyard SW 7-14 kts. 1-3 ft. 53/41
Nantucket SW 7-14 kts. 1-3 ft. 50/41
Provincetown NW 7-14 kts. 1-3 ft. 49/38
TODAY: More clouds will move in through the day
with some rain showers in southern Vermont and New
Hampshire. Some rain and snow at night.
TOMORROW: Sunshine will return and it will be
a very pleasant, mild afternoon. Remaining dry into
the nighttime hours.
EXTENDED: A storm passing to the
southeast could brush southeastern areas
with a little rain or drizzle. Dry elsewhere.
Turning out warm Friday.
New England forecast
Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2022
Atlanta 65/53 R 61/51 R
Atlantic City 64/41 Pc 63/45 S
Charlotte 68/50 Pc 62/50 Sh
Chicago 55/42 C 65/48 Pc
Dallas 68/47 S 78/53 S
Denver 68/37 S 54/29 C
Detroit 53/38 C 62/47 Pc
Fort Myers 86/70 T 82/68 T
Los Angeles 79/55 Pc 81/57 S
Miami 82/74 T 84/72 T
New Orleans 75/56 T 71/54 Pc
New York City 61/46 Pc 61/47 S
Philadelphia 67/44 Pc 69/48 S
Phoenix 86/59 S 85/58 S
Salt Lake City 59/40 C 52/31 C
San Francisco 63/48 Pc 63/48 S
Seattle 51/42 Sh 53/42 C
Washington 69/46 Pc 71/51 S
Beijing 68/39 Pc 53/36 C
Cancun 86/69 T 87/70 Sh
Mexico City 80/50 C 76/52 Sh
Montreal 37/27 C 42/37 Pc
Toronto 37/33 C 48/42 C
Vancouver 51/41 Sh 51/42 Pc
Jerusalem 44/35 Sh 48/34 S
London 58/45 Pc 57/38 C
Moscow 35/20 S 31/16 C
Paris 58/47 R 67/49 C
Rome 60/42 C 60/44 Pc
San Juan 84/73 S 84/73 S
Stockholm 47/28 S 47/31 Pc
Tokyo 68/50 R 65/51 Pc
Another mild day
is on the way with
intervals of clouds and
sunshine. More clouds
around tonight with a couple
of showers around, especially
early.
TODAY
54-59
40-45
With clouds and show-
ers around, it will be a
noticeably cooler day
as a storm passes to
the northwest. Clouds and a
shower at night.
High pressure offshore
will bring a good
deal of sunshine and
another pleasant, mild
afternoon. Mainly clear and not
that cold during the night.
A storm passing by
to the southeast will
bring clouds and a
shower or two cannot
be ruled out. Mostly cloudy and
quite mild at night.
SATURDAY
A southwesterly flow
will develop ahead of a
storm moving into the
Great Lakes, bringing
in warm air and some sunshine.
Showers move in at night.
WEDNESDAY
52-57
40-45
52-57
39-44
FRIDAY
65-70
46-51
THURSDAY
54-59
46-51
Optimism is fine, at least until they start transporting
animals in pairs to Cape Canaveral. But too much optimism
can ruin a makeable contract.
Against today’s four hearts, West led the king of spades.
East signaled with the 10, and West continued with the ace
and jack. South ruffed, drew trumps and led a diamond to
dummy’s jack.
The finesse won, and things were going so well that South
had a fit of optimism. He came to his ace of clubs and led
a second diamond to the queen. Alas, East discarded, and
South couldn’t bring in the diamonds. He tried a club to his
queen, and West took the king and 10. Down one.
If the lie of the diamonds had been friendly, South could
have made an overtrick. Instead, he could and should have
played safe for the contract.
After the jack of diamonds wins, dummy should lead a
low diamond. West wins but has no good return. If he leads
another diamond, South takes the queen, ace and the good
fifth diamond, winning 10 tricks.
DAILY QUESTION You hold: ♠ A K J ♥♥ 6 5 2 ♦♦ K 10 8 7
♣ K 10 2. You open one diamond, your partner responds
one heart, you bid 1NT and he tries two spades. What do
you say?
ANSWER: Partner’s second bid — a “reverse” by responder —
is forcing. To persist in notrump is tempting, but your duty
is to show a tolerance for his first suit. Bid three hearts.
Your partner can still try 3NT if his pattern is almost bal-
anced and his hearts are not robust.
North
♠
çç
åå
ã
West East
♠ ♠
çç çç
åå åå
ã ã
South
♠
çç
åå
ã
South dealer — Neither side vulnerable
8 5 4
Q 9
A Q J 6 3
8 6 3
A K J
6 5 2
K 10 8 7
K 10 2
Q 10 9 6 2
8 4 3
9
J 7 5 4
7 3
A K J 10 7
5 4 2
A Q 9
South West North East
1 ♥♥ Dbl 2 ♦♦ 2 ♠(!)
3 ♦♦ Pass 3 ♥♥ Pass
4 ♥♥ All Pass
Opening lead — ♠ K
DAILY BRIDGE CLUB
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ROSE IS ROSE by Pat Brady & Don Wimmer
ADAM@HOME by Rob Harrell
MOTHER GOOSE & GRIMM by Mike Peters
BIZARRO by Wayno & Piraro
ZIPPY “Zippy’s Playlist” by Bill Griffith
VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)
Because there is aMoon Alert to-
day occurring in a hidden part of
your chart, this is an excellent day
formeditation, yoga or any quiet
activity that helps calm yourmind
andmakes you feel more ground-
ed. Restrict spending to food and
gas. Tonight: You win!
LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)
Relations with friends as well as
members of groups will be friend-
ly and, possibly, more frank than
usual because of today’sMoon
Alert. Nevertheless, don’t volun-
teer for anything or agree to any-
thing important. Tonight: Enjoy
solitude.
SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)
You are high-viz today, which
means other people notice you
more than usual, especially boss-
es, VIPs and the police. Because of
theMoon Alert, youmightmake a
mistake or be confused. Don’t vol-
unteer for anything.Wait until to-
morrow tomake any kind of com-
mitment. Tonight: Be friendly!
SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)
Today there is aMoon Alert in ef-
fect all day, which will allow you
to explore ideas you don’t normal-
ly consider. It will make it easier
for you to listen to people whose
views are different from yours.
Nevertheless, wait until tomorrow
to agree to anything important.
Tonight: You’re admired.
CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)
TheMoon Alert today, which is in
effect all day, takes place in your
House of Other People’s Money.
This means this is a poor day to
make decisions about shared
property, taxes, debt or insurance
issues. Do your research, but wait
until tomorrow to sign on the dot-
ted line. Tonight: Explore!
AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)
Relations with partners and close
friends will be fuzzy today because
there is aMoon Alert happening
all day long opposite your sign.
This will promote honest and
open conversations, but they
might be confusing. Don’t hold
anyone to anything today. All bets
are off until tomorrow. Tonight:
Check your finances.
PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20)
Issues at workmight be clouded
and confused because of today’s
Moon Alert. Expect shortages and
delays. Carry on with business as
usual as best you can, but wait un-
til tomorrow tomake important
decisions. Tonight: Cooperate.
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Inc.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Tuesday,
March 15, 2022:
You are hardworking and respon-
sible. You are also very persuasive.
You are a caring person and al-
ways helpful to others. This year
there is a strong focus on personal
responsibility and service to oth-
ers, which is why youmust take
excellent care of yourself. In fact,
some of youmight even consider a
makeover.
ARIES (March 21-April 19)
There is aMoon Alert today,
whichmeans refrain from spend-
ingmoney, except on food and
gas. However, this particular
Moon Alert is in a creative part of
your chart, whichmeans your ar-
tistic energy will soar! Use this
however you can. You are the arti-
san of the zodiac. Tonight: Get or-
ganized.
TAURUS (April 20-May 20)
You can best use today’s energy to
hunker down at home and relate
to family in a genuine, more open
way. That’s because all of today is
aMoon Alert, which will encour-
age you to let your hair down and
tell it like it is. Postpone important
decisions until tomorrow. To-
night: Be creative.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20)
This is a loosey-goosey day! There
is aMoon Alert all day, which
mightmake you feel indecisive
and unsure of what to do next. It’s
a good day to explore new ideas as
well as brainstorm thoughts with
others.Wait until tomorrow to
settle on anything. Tonight: Home
and family.
CANCER (June 21-July 22)
Do be aware of the restrictions of
today’sMoon Alert, because it is
taking place in yourMoney
House. Restrict spending to food
and gas. Postpone important deci-
sions and financial matters until
tomorrow. Tonight: Learn some-
thing new.
LEO (July 23-Aug. 22)
Today, virtually all day, there is a
Moon Alert in Leo! This means
yourmind is freewheeling and
soaring like a helium balloon cut
free in the sky. You will more easi-
ly grasp creative ideas because you
can think outside the box. But
wait until tomorrow to agree to
anything important. Tonight:
Take care of your possessions.
HOROSCOPE
Fill in the grid so that every row, every column, and every
3X3 box contains the digits 1 through 9. Puzzle difficulty lev-
els: 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.
SUDOKU
5 4 9 3
9 5 8
8 6 3 7 9
2 6
1 7 6 3
9 5
6 4 7 8 2
2 1 6
1 3 2 4
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