Abuse alleged at MCI Framingham
Two former inmates at the only women’s prison in the state, Massachusetts Correctional Institution Framingham, filed a lawsuit Monday alleging sexual abuse by former guard Melvis Romero. Other defendants include the state Department of Correction, healthcare provider Wellpath and several employees of MCI Framingham.

Council backs ‘unity’ redistricting map
Breadon and District 6 Councilor Ricardo Arroyo. Councilors Frank Baker, Michael Flaherty, Ed Flynn and Erin Murphy voted against the map, which evened out population differences between the nine districts primarily by taking some South Boston precincts from District 2 — represented by Flynn — and adding them to Baker’s District 3.

Cops, council clash at civilian flaggers hearing
Andrea Campbell (left), who is running for attorney general, Vice President Kamala Harris, and Maura Healey, who is running for governor, wave to the crowd during the Massachusetts Get Out The Vote Rally Nov. 2 at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center at Roxbury Community College.

Housing development breaks ground in Rox.
DREAM Collaborative and New Atlantic Development have broken ground on a 74-unit housing complex in Nubian Square that will combine affordable and market-rate housing with artists’ studios, retail space and a new retail location for the Haley House’s cafe, which currently occupies the parcel at 2147 Washington St.

Reparations effort at odds with Boston history
Prior to 1776, there was no place on the planet identified as the United States of America. Boston was the capitol of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay, an English settlement that included what are now the states of Massachusetts and Maine. Europeans arrived there from 1630 to 1691, and they lived under British law.

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What to do if you are sued on an old credit card debt?
What should you do if you are sued? Show up to court. If you do not show up, the court will enter default judgment against you, and you may have to pay 12% interest on it. Judgments are good for 20 years and may negatively affect your credit, making it difficult for you to get housing, a loan or even a job.

Union apprenticeships create a pathway to prosperity
With a continuous surge in housing and commercial construction and $12 billion in unprecedented federal relief funds flowing into the Commonwealth for infrastructure, the number of jobs building roads, bridges, public buildings, transit hubs and other major projects is only expected to rise.

IN THE NEWS
Eastern Bank Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Boston-based Eastern Bank,honored Ralph C. Martin II with the 2022 Social Justice Award. The award, now in its 34th year, recognizes community leaders who have made an outstanding impact in addressing critical social justice issues.

Veterans Day
Massachusetts 54th Regiment reenactors march in the city’s Veterans Day Parade..

Prostate Cancer Disparity Rally coming to Boston
PHEN conducted successful rallies in seventeen (17) cities within seven (7) states during 2021 and 2022, reaching more than four million people. Seventy-two (72) leaders joined PHEN as Rally participants, and are now mobilized as PHEN partners in ongoing efforts addressing the prostate cancer disparity within their communities.

Election officials bracing for trouble at the polls
“Despite the many challenges that election officials faced in 2020 with the pandemic and with record breaking turnout, federal officials and election security experts declared that election the most secure in history,” said Derek Tisler, an election specialist with the Brennan Center.

Kamala Harris rallies Democrats in Roxbury
The event, held at Roxbury Community College’s Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center, was also a show of support for attorney general candidate Andrea Campbell and state auditor candidate Diana DiZoglio.

Old grievances boil to surface on Council
Faced with losing several precincts that had long been in his South Boston district to Baker’s Dorchester-based district, Council President Ed Flynn lambasted his colleagues, calling the splitting of his neighborhood into two districts unconscionable, even though his district is one of three into which the South End neighborhood is currently split.

Race and health
Mayor Michelle Wu joins Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, BPHC Executive Director Dr. Bisola Ojikutu gather for a roundtable discussion on anti-racism within health care at the Boston Public Health Commission..

Great GIFT IDEAS!
Combine two beloved holiday traditions this year: dessert and cocktails. Crème de Liqueur makes liquor-infused ice cream with up to 2% ABV. Founders Nisreen Galloway and Elizabeth Nash are passionate about all things local, so these small-batch pints are infused with regional liquors like Bully Boy.

GIRL POWER!
Henry VIII’s six wives are tired of his nonsense. A beheading can really drain a girl’s energy. In “Six,” headed to the Emerson Colonial Theatre Nov. 9–Dec. 31, the wives take the stage as diva performers in a show that’s part concert, part history lesson and part Bravo TV special.

Q&A with musician Ray Angry
Ray Angry, pianist and composer in The Roots, the house band on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon,” will have the world premiere of his symphony “Black Athena-Power” with the Lexington Symphony on Saturday, Nov. 19. The classical arrangement may not be what is expected from this musician, whose work is associated with funk and soul and jazz.

Reimagined ‘Requiem’
Groundbreaking choreographer Kyle Abraham and his company A.I.M by Kyle Abraham present a new composition, “Requiem: Fire in the Air of the Earth” Nov. 18-19 at the Boch Center Shubert Theatre.