AG HEALEY APPLAUDS LEGISLATION THAT PROHIBITS DRUG MAKERS FROM OFFERING OPIOID COUPONS

AG HEALEY APPLAUDS LEGISLATION THAT PROHIBITS DRUG MAKERS FROM OFFERING OPIOID COUPONS

BOSTON – Attorney General Maura Healey today applauded the signing of a bill, H. 4866, Prevention and Access to Appropriate Care and Treatment of Addiction, into law that expands tools, treatment, and education to combat the opioid crisis in Massachusetts, and includes a provision proposed by the AG’s Office that prohibits opioid manufacturers from using coupons to market brand-name opioids to Massachusetts patients.

For years, coupons have been used as a marketing tool by drug manufacturers to increase the number of new patients using their drugs and to incentivize use for longer periods of time. The coupons typically lower or eliminate insurance co-payments for prescription medications and drive patients toward specific branded drugs. 

“The use of coupons as a marketing tool for opioids is inappropriate and deadly,” said AG Healey. “I am grateful to the Legislature for passing a comprehensive opioid bill that includes this key provision and thank the Governor for signing it into law.”

This amendment will prevent manufacturers of brand-name, Schedule II opioids like OxyContin, Hysingla, Zohydro, and Xtampza, from using copay coupons to promote their drugs and boost sales.  

In June 2018, AG Healey announced that her office was suing Purdue Pharma L.P. and Purdue Pharma Inc. (Purdue) and its owners for misleading prescribers and consumers about the addiction and health risks of their opioids, including OxyContin, to get more people to take these drugs and increase the companies’ profits. The AG’s lawsuit specifically alleges that Purdue aggressively marketed its opioids and targeted its promotional efforts at vulnerable populations to increase profits.

The investigation has shown that Purdue considers its copay savings programs a critical component of its strategy to boost sales and is among the company’s most profitable marketing tools for OxyContin, generating $4.28 for every $1 the company gave away in coupons. Purdue’s sales materials show that with copay coupons, more new patients remain on OxyContin after 90 days when a savings card is redeemed. According to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, patients who stay on prescription opioids for more than 90 days are 30 times more likely to die of an overdose.

AG Healey announced her investigation into opioid manufacturers in June 2017, along with a national bipartisan coalition of attorneys general, to determine whether the companies sought to increase profits by misrepresenting the dangers of prescription painkillers and ignoring the public health risks of spiking opioid sales. In September 2017, the coalition expanded that investigation to include additional opioid manufacturers and distributors.

AG Healey’s investigations into other opioid manufacturers and distributors, including Endo, Janssen, Teva, Allergan, AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health, and McKesson, remain ongoin

Governor Baker Signs Second Major Piece of Legislation to Address Opioid Epidemic in Massachusetts

Governor Baker Signs Second Major Piece of Legislation to Address Opioid Epidemic in Massachusetts

New law strengthens state’s education and prevention efforts, expands role of recovery coaches, and improves access to treatment

BOSTON – Governor Charlie Baker was joined by members of the Administration, the Legislature and the health care community for the ceremonial signing of H4742, An Act for prevention and access to appropriate care and treatment of addiction today at the STEPRox Recovery Support Center in Boston. This bill is the Baker-Polito Administration’s second major legislative action to address the opioid crisis since taking office in 2015, and expands the Commonwealth’s prevention, intervention, treatment and recovery strategies.

“The opioid and heroin crisis has tragically claimed scores of lives and broken families across the Commonwealth, and this new bill will serve as our latest tool kit to address the public health crisis through increased access to treatment, education and prevention,” said Governor Charlie Baker. “While there is still much work to do, this bipartisan bill will support the fight against this horrible epidemic by holding providers more accountable for prescribing practices, taking stronger steps to intervene earlier in a person’s life, and expanding access to recovery coaches.”

“We have gained valuable insight from families, individuals with substance use disorders, providers, recovery coaches, and first responders into what it takes to effectively address the opioid crisis,” said Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito. “That insight has helped us tailor our policies to better address the epidemic on the ground, so we are grateful to the Legislature and members of the treatment and recovery communities for standing alongside us today as we build on the Commonwealth’s existing framework to protect more families from being impacted by this horrible epidemic.”

“Every individual with a substance use or co-occurring illness in the Commonwealth should have access to quality treatment and the opportunity to live a long and healthy life.  Addiction is a disease, and we must continue to break down the stigma that prevents individuals from seeking or receiving help,” said Health and Human Services Secretary Marylou Sudders. “This bill takes aim at ensuring people get the treatment they need, where and when they need it, through a multi-year, comprehensive strategy. I am proud to stand with my colleagues in the treatment and recovery community and the Legislature today.”

“Today Massachusetts builds on its national leadership role in the fight against the opioid epidemic with a third package of comprehensive legislation to address the disease of addiction,” said House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo, (D – Winthrop). “Our continued focus on prevention, treatment and behavioral health will save lives and help individuals and communities heal.”

“This legislation is an important next step in the Commonwealth’s continuing commitment to fighting the opioid epidemic on multiple fronts, in order to ultimately help our friends and neighbors who are suffering,” said Senate President Karen Spilka (D-Ashland). “I am particularly proud that this bill seeks to address the areas where mental health and substance misuse overlap, as addiction is often the result of unmet mental health needs.”

“With this legislation, Massachusetts continues its national leadership in combatting the disease of addiction and the opioid epidemic” said Representative Denise C. Garlick (D-Needham), House Chair of the Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery. “It lays the foundation for a 21st century behavioral health system and puts in place strong prevention measures that will help stop this crisis from spreading to future generations and strengthens the providers abilities to expand treatment to help individuals, families and communities that are struggling with this disease .”

“Despite efforts to suppress the opioid crisis, families across the Commonwealth continue to lose their loved ones to substance use disorder,” said Senator Cindy F. Friedman (D-Arlington), Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on Mental Health, Substance Use and Recovery. “This legislation represents a major step forward in our efforts to combat this devastating disease."

Summary of An Act for prevention and access to appropriate care and treatment of addiction

Strengthening the Commonwealth’s Education and Prevention Efforts:

Building on this success of the STEP Act which instituted the nation’s first seven day limit on opioid prescriptions for adults resulting in a 29 percent decline in prescribing, the bill mandates:

• All prescribers convert to secure electronic prescriptions (including Schedule II drugs) by 2020.
• Prescribers check the PMP each time a prescription for a benzodiazepine is issued.
• Massachusetts’ existing partial fill law align with new federal changes that allow patients to fill the remainder of their opioid prescription at the same pharmacy within five days of the issue date on the script.
• DPH issue a statewide standing order for naloxone from a pharmacy.
• Changing the composition of the Board of Registration of Nursing to require that one nurse member currently provide direct care to patients with substance use disorder; one nurse member provide direct care to patients living in outpatient community based behavioral health setting and one nurse member currently provide direct care to patients living with chronic care.

Strengthening intervention and harm reduction strategies including:

• Establishing a recovery coach commission to review and make recommendations regarding the standards that should govern the credentialing of recovery coaches.
• Requiring the development and implementation of a statewide program to provide remote consultations to primary care practices, nurse practitioners, and other health care providers for individuals over age 17 who are experiencing chronic pain or exhibit symptoms of substance use disorder.
• Creating a section 35 involuntary commitment commission to study the efficacy of involuntary inpatient treatment for non-court involved individuals diagnosed with substance use disorder.
• Establishing a commission to study the way consumer protection laws in the Commonwealth may be strengthened to hold corporate entities responsible for their role in furthering the opioid epidemic.
• Creating a commission on community behavioral health promotion and prevention and a separate commission to review and make recommendations regarding harm reduction opportunities, including harm reduction sites, to address substance use disorder. Both commissions will be chaired by the EOHHS Secretary.

Educating students, parents and teachers on the dangers of opioids and addiction by:

• Creating a safe and supportive schools trust fund to promote positive mental, emotional, and behavioral health among children and young adults and to prevent substance use disorders among children and young adults.

Improving Access to Treatment:

Since 2015, the Baker-Polito Administration has doubled spending to address the opioid crisis and added more than 1,200 treatment beds, including 768 adult substance use treatment beds at different treatment levels, and certified more than 168 Sober Homes accounting for an additional 2,242 beds. This legislation continues to develop innovative strategies to get individuals into treatment by:

• Creating new pathways to treatment in the emergency department
  • Ensures more timely substance use disorder evaluations of individuals treated in an ED following an opioid overdose.
  • Requires hospital staff to either admit the patient into an inpatient service or provide a referral and transition to an internal or community-based treatment program when a patient expresses an interest in treatment.
  • Requires acute care hospitals, satellite emergency facilities, or emergency service programs to record the opiate-related overdose incident and results of the substance use evaluation in the patient’s electronic medical record.
• Expanding the use of medication assisted treatment (MAT)
  • Requires emergency departments to offer MAT.
  • Requires that all Section 35 facilities maintain the capacity to treat substance use disorders with all FDA-approved MAT modalities.
  • Requires DPH to implement a pilot program for MAT in five Houses of Correction (Franklin, Hampden, Hampshire, Middlesex and Norfolk) to be implemented no later than September 1, 2019.
  • Requires that all three FDA-approved MAT modalities be offered to detainees or prisoners at the Massachusetts Alcohol and Substance Abuse Center (MASAC), MCI-Framingham, South Middlesex Correctional Center, and MCI-Cedar Junction upon the recommendation of a DATA (Drug Addiction Treatment Act of 2000).

The bill signed into law today will also ensure that psychiatric and substance use treatment beds meet the needs of the Commonwealth by:

• Requiring that the Department of Mental Health and Department of Public Health establish standards and criteria to ensure that facilities subject to the licensing process address the needs of the Commonwealth.
• Establishing a commission to recommend standards that specify how licensed behavioral health clinicians represent their specialty and capability to insurance carriers and patients so individuals seeking treatment for a substance use disorder can more easily and effectively find clinicians appropriate to meet their needs.
• Authorizing the Child Advocate to impose temporary cost share agreements when a child is unable to access services because of disagreement about responsibility for payment among state agencies and local education agencies.

The Baker-Polito Administration was the first in the nation to launch core competencies for safe prescribing of opioids and treatment of substance use disorders with the state’s nursing, medical, dental, social work and physician assistant schools accounting for more than 8,500 future prescribers and clinicians. Through administrative action, the Baker-Polito Administration will also invest up to $219 million over five years from the state’s 1115 Medicaid waiver, which began in fiscal year 2018, to meet the needs of individuals with addictions and/or co-occurring disorders.

For more information on the Commonwealth’s response to the opioid epidemic as well as links to the latest data, visit www.mass.gov/opioidresponse. To get help for a substance use disorder, visit www.helplinema.org or call the Massachusetts Substance Use Helpline at (800) 327-5050.

MAYOR WALSH ANNOUNCES CALL FOR ARTISTS FOR PUBLIC ART AT NEW ROXBURY FIRE STATION

MAYOR WALSH ANNOUNCES CALL FOR ARTISTS FOR PUBLIC ART AT NEW ROXBURY FIRE STATION

BOSTON - Monday, August 13, 2018 - Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture, in collaboration with the Boston Art Commission, today announced a Call to Artists for a piece of permanent public artwork to complement the construction of the new Engine 42 fire station in Roxbury. The City of Boston and the Boston Fire Department are undertaking the demolition and new construction of the Engine 42 station located at 1870 Columbus Avenue, near Egleston Square. The Call to Artists is for the Percent for Art project the City of Boston is commissioning as part of the construction project. The Percent for Art program sets aside one percent of the City's annual capital borrowing budget for the commission of public art. "This is a monumental project for the City of Boston, and a great example of incorporating art into different sectors," said Mayor Walsh. "I look forward to seeing the oldest fire department in the nation be transformed and revitalized through public art." The $23.5 million building will be the first new fire station in Boston in over 30 years, and will include three apparatus bays, housing for two companies and a district chief, a training room, a fitness room, a day room and kitchen, an elevator, three fire poles, a workshop, and technical and operations areas required for 21st century firefighting. "The Boston Fire Department is excited about the construction of the new Engine 42, Rescue 2 and District 9 Firehouse in Roxbury," said Commissioner Joseph Finn of the Boston Fire Department. "We look forward to collaborating with the Roxbury and Egleston Square communities to create an artistic focal point that will build on the rich history of the Boston Fire Department." This public art project has a budget of $300,000 and is for a site-specific, impactful, focal design feature. The art is to be located on the exterior of the building or its grounds, and the design should enrich the connection between the Boston Fire Department and the rich and diverse surrounding Egleston and Roxbury communities. "I look forward to seeing this next chapter of the Percent for Art program unfold, and seeing the impact this process and artwork has on both the neighborhood and the men and women who serve the City from Engine 42," said Kara Elliott-Ortega, interim Chief of Arts and Culture for the City of Boston. The Call to Artists is open to to all artists, artisans, architects, landscape architects, or teams with experience in public art, site responsive design, project management, and construction administration. An Artist Selection Committee comprised of representatives from the Boston Art Commission and local arts professionals representing the neighborhood will review all applications and determine the final artist/team. The deadline to submit questions about the project to bac@boston.gov is August 29, 2018, and applications are due by September 18, 2018. The application can be found here. Other Percent for Art projects currently underway include public art for the Dudley Branch of the Boston Public Library, the Jamaica Plain Branch of the Boston Public Library, and the Vine Street BCYF Community Center in Roxbury. About the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture (MOAC) The Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture's mission is to support artists, the cultural sector, and to promote access to the arts for all. The office houses the Boston Cultural Council, the Boston Art Commission, and the Poet Laureate program. Responsibilities include implementing the City's cultural plan, Boston Creates; commissioning public art, managing the Boston Artist-in-Residence program; curating exhibitions in City Hall; and operating the historic Strand Theater in Dorchester. For more information go to: www.boston.gov/departments/arts-and-culture About the Boston Art Commission The Boston Art Commission (BAC), an independent board of arts leaders charged with the care and custody of all artworks on City of Boston property, advocates for the creation of innovative and transformative art and promotes its accessibility to enrich the lives of Boston's diverse citizens and visitors. The Art Commission advises, supports, and consults with artists and communities, City departments, and others. It commissions, approves, and conserves the City of Boston's collection of art and historical artifacts. For more information, go to: www.publicartboston.com

SHERIFF TOMPKINS, DEPARTMENT WARN OF TELEPHONE SCAM

SHERIFF TOMPKINS, DEPARTMENT WARN OF TELEPHONE SCAM

BOSTON - The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department is warning citizens of a telephone scam involving people falsely claiming to work for the Department’s Civil Process Division.

As part of the scam, the caller allegedly claims to be a Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department Deputy and informs victims of one of a number of false charges that include:

•       The call recipient’s failure to report for either jury duty or a grand jury, and false claims that they are subject to arrest and possible imprisonment unless they pay a fine to settle the matter; and/or that...

•       There is a complaint against them and the caller wants to come and meet them at their home or place of business.

Victims are reportedly then instructed by the alleged perpetrator to purchase a prepaid credit card (in one case, they were instructed to purchase multiple Green Dot Money PAK cards) from their local drugstore (in one case a Walgreens) and provide the card number or numbers to the scammer via telephone. In one case, the recipient was told by the caller to deliver the cards to the JFK Federal Building at One Courthouse Plaza, and in past scams over the years, victims have also been told to deliver the card or cards in person to what is the official address of the Civil Process Division at 132 Portland Street in an effort to convince the victim that the caller is an official representative of the Division or Department.

“We want to warn citizens that these are most definitely scams and urge them to take the proper precautions against this individual or individuals,” said Suffolk County Sheriff Steven W. Tompkins. “We do not make these types of calls nor do we ever demand money over the phone as a way to avoid arrest, and our office would have already had contact with the recipients by way of process service well before they would ever be subject to a civil arrest. Finally, any financial transactions that we do are performed inside the Civil Process Division at 132 Portland Street, not over the phone or on the street.”

The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department advises that citizens who receive similar calls that they should not, under any circumstances, give out any personal information to the caller and should immediately report the call to their local law enforcement agency.  The Department also asks that you call The Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department’s Investigative Division at: (617) 704-6544.

新英格蘭台商會研習台語請You&Me樂隊唱台語歌

左起，謝如鍵，林海倫，黃怡菁，朱慧芹，何信翰，徐佑典，蔡高進，歐陽露，歐陽姍，吳杏煤。(蔡高進提供)

(Boston Orange) ”台語好有趣!”，”台語歌也好好聽哦”。8月初到波士頓僑教中心上”台語研習班”的許多年輕人欣喜表示，原來學台語可以那麼好玩。

黃崇校(左起)，朱慧芹，陳薇如演唱台語歌。(蔡高進提供)

新英格蘭台灣商會以前就辦過台語學習班，安排波士頓本地對台語音調，文法有深入研究者講解，一板一眼的對發音十分講究。今年的台語研習，採取完全不同做法，從”吃喝玩樂”的生活角度切入，不但有僑委會派來的博士何信翰，用精心編製的教材做專業講述，會長歐陽露還特地邀大波士頓台大校友會，紐英崙昭倫公所合作，請You & Me 樂隊現場演唱，讓嚴肅的學習，變得十分輕鬆，歡樂。

黃崇校(右起)演奏，王志維，謝如鍵演唱。(蔡高進提供)

何信翰安排的台語課，包括”從地名看臺灣歷史”，”台語俚語俗語意義”，”台語文的語法特色及相關資源應用”，”台語文創，觀光在台灣”，”嘴講父母話,電腦寫臺語文 (台語輸入法及線上資源)”，”台語歌謠與遊戲中學台語”，從課程名稱就看得出來是非常入世，實用，更容易入腦的教法。

紐英崙玉山科技協會理事康麗雪上了研習班的第一堂課後，馬上就在臉書上發表感想，大讚何信翰幽默有趣，把原本讓人覺得枯燥無味的語言學習，變得那麼好玩。

何信翰在課堂中指出，台灣當年為推廣國語，使台語地位在無形中被貶低了，然而今時不同往日，無論是做廣告，搞宣傳，和人打交道，會說台語就更受歡迎。

劉雙州(左)，陳薇如(右合唱)。(周菊子攝)

新英格蘭台灣商會會長歐陽露的靈機一動，邀You & Me樂隊到現場演唱台語歌，顯然讓”台語研習班”更受歡迎。演唱會時，黃崇校，陳薇如，朱慧芹，劉雙州等人和黃崇校的嬌妻，當年一起闖過五度五關，奪得五燈獎的歐陽姍等人，一連演唱了”河邊春夢”，”望春風”，”落雨聲”，”志明與春嬌”，”孤女的願望”，”無眠”，”魚仔”，”四季紅”，”向前走”，”月夜愁”等不下10首歌。

學完台語，聽台語歌演唱。(周菊子攝)

其中波士頓僑教中心主任歐宏偉獻唱了”一支小雨傘”，蔡高進也被抓差，和朱慧芹對唱，由於他們倆，一個站在會場台前，一個站在會場後方樓梯上，有心促狹的出席者笑說，好像在表演羅密歐與茱麗葉的樓台會。

駐波士頓經濟文化辦事處處長徐佑典透露，他本來也想自彈自唱一首歌，湊興一番，但是新來乍到，工作繁忙，沒時間練歌，只好留待以後。

根據僑委會資料，今年暑假僑委會派了42名教師到17個國家，分別舉辦每年都有的華文教師研習會、文化教師巡迴教學、僑民青少年夏令營等師資培訓與青少年文化教學活動。台語教師研習會則是今年新增的項目。(圖片已於8/8發表)

右起，陳薇如，林雙州演唱，黃崇校談吉他。(周菊子攝)

台語演唱現場，(周菊子攝)

何信翰教台語，幽默風趣。(周菊子攝)

蔡高進(左上)，朱慧芹(右紅衣者)遙相對唱，有如樓台會。(周菊子攝)

蔡高進被抓差，演唱。(周菊子攝)

朱慧芹演唱四季紅。(周菊子攝)

黃崇校(左起)，朱慧芹，陳薇如演唱台語歌。(周菊子攝)

台語研習班到台語歌演唱部分，開放供有興趣者出席，會場人數大增。
(周菊子攝)

波士頓經文處處長徐佑典(中)謝謝黃崇校(右)，歐陽姍(左)兩夫婦
支持台語教學活動(蔡高進提供)

會後合影。(蔡高進提供)

波士頓華埠雨後慶中秋 麻州長到會掀高潮

紐英崙中華公所主席陳家驊(中)頒發表揚狀，感謝波士頓警察局A-1區警察維護華埠治安。(周菊子攝)

                  (Boston Orange 周菊子波士頓報導)第49屆波士頓華埠中秋節聯歡會在主辦單位”堅守立場”，不畏風雨中圓滿落幕。這天太陽雖然沒出來，麻州州長查理貝克(Charlie Baker)的親臨祝賀，卻在會場引來絡繹不絕的群眾要求合照，歡樂氣氛濃厚。

紐英崙中華公所主席陳家驊(右三)與公所職員，右起朱蘇珊，周樹昂，
陳文浩，雷國輝，送中秋節T恤和月餅給波士頓市議員愛德華費林
(Ed Flynn)(左三)。(周菊子攝)

             今年的中秋節聯歡會強調”公共安全”，由中華公所主席陳家驊代表華人社區頒發表揚獎牌給波士頓警察，感謝他們維持地方秩序，保護民眾的生命財產安全。

             麻州州長查理貝克，轄區包括華埠的聯邦眾議員卡普阿諾(Mike Capuano)，麻州參議員賓加利(Joe Boncore)，波士頓市議員愛德華費林(Ed Flynn)，以及轄區並不在華埠的麻州眾議員，華裔黃子安，日裔Keiko Orrall都來到會場，在主席台上向華埠民眾致意，賀節。

陳毓禮(左)邀麻州州長出席波士頓華埠中秋節聯歡會。後右起，聯邦
眾議員卡普阿諾(Mike Capuano)，麻州州長查理貝克(Charlie Baker)，
麻州參議員賓加利(Joe Boncore)。(周菊子攝)

             查理貝克在台上再次從口袋中拿出小紅包，重述四年前他來到波士頓華埠為競選拜票的故事。在他經過中秋節排球比賽場地時，有人給了他這小紅包，告訴他那代表好運，接著他就當選州長了。從那天起，他就每天袋著這小紅包，希望今年競選連任，這小紅包會再給他帶來好運。

             致詞儀式後，查理貝克在陳毓禮，波士頓華商會共同會長蔡倩婷，副會長陳文珊，全美安良工商會總理陳仕維等人陪同下，逛進聚香坊麵包店，沿路有求必應的和民眾合影，以致一小段路走了不下10分鐘。

麻州州長查理貝克(Charlie Baker)再次拿出小紅包，重述華埠帶給
他的幸運。(周菊子攝)

             駐波士頓台北經濟辦事處處長徐佑典到任甫三個月。這還是他第一次參加波士頓華埠中秋節聯歡會，覺得波士頓華埠這節慶活動，比華府的還盛大。由波士頓僑教中心主任歐宏偉，波士頓慈濟人文學校代表等人陪同到會的徐佑典，上台致詞後，還特地去巡逛攤位，和僑胞，僑團打招呼。

             中華公所五名職員陳家驊，雷國輝，朱蘇珊，陳文浩，周樹昂和阮鴻燦，鄺坤珍，余麗媖等人組成的節慶籌委會，和華埠守望相助治安巡邏隊，Wolfpack，波士頓拉丁學校，波士頓亞裔青年協會等義工，承攬了今年的所有工作。

中華公所和波士頓華商會成員歡迎麻州州長查理貝克(Charle Baker)(後)
到場。左起，陳文浩，陳台榮，陳建立，陳毓禮，梅少華，陳仕維，
梅宇，蔡倩婷，曹品慈，陳家驊，陳文珊，黃國強。(周菊子攝)

             當天由於一早下大雨，一直到預定開場時間，雨勢才停，夏利臣街(Harrison Ave.)、必珠街(Beach St.,)、乞臣街(Hudson St.,)上有不少攤位沒擺出來。第一次參會擺攤的Wolfack，在攤位前擺出一個練習划龍舟的機器，很引人矚目。紐英崙客家鄉親會有會長宋玉琴，理事曾兆漢坐鎮。前會長張桂英還出借價值不菲的傳統客家服飾供展示。客家會和華埠退伍軍人會這天還各自招到一名新會員。

             這天擺出的攤位各有特色，亞美會友創辦人甄雲龍和高宏偉分別彈奏樂器，中華書法會有會長林卓培，黃周麗桃親自坐鎮，與會員黃鏡明，周文熙，譚健章等人即席揮毫。華埠獅子會則有謝如鍵，蔡倩婷等人坐鎮獅子會的驗眼車，免費為人驗眼，量血壓。

紐英崙中華公所主席陳家驊(中)為看守接待台的義工們打氣。(右起)

波士頓華人佈道會，波士頓華人天主教會也都在會場擺出攤位，傳福音。中華公所的接待攤位，則有陳余寶愛，單鳳琴，譚玉燕等人坐鎮。

             飛利浦廣場和華埠牌樓公園這兩個場地的表演節目，這天一個接一個的照常演出，洪青體育會，茉莉花舞蹈團，巾幗醒獅團，摩頓康乃馨合唱團，超武館，鄉土舞蹈團，陰陽道，華夏舞蹈團，胡青白鶴派，紐英崙元極舞，南派武館，紐英崙養生舞，黃氏醒獅團，陳耀祥武術健身院，波士頓元極舞，黃強醒獅隊，華林派，安良工商會，美東國術會，君子樓粵曲組，廣東音樂社，仙藝曲樂社，僑聲音樂社都有表演節目。

麻州州長查理貝克特地和警察們合影，感謝他們保護人民。(周菊子攝)

麻州州長查理貝克(後中)和華裔退伍軍人會會員們合影。(周菊子攝)

經文處處長徐佑典(左三)和波士頓僑教中心主任歐宏偉(左一)，紐英崙
中華公所主席陳家驊(右一)，探望紐英崙客家鄉親會的攤位，和駐守
攤位的張桂英(右起)，會長宋玉琴，理事曾兆漢合影。(周菊子攝)

波士頓經文處處長徐佑典(中)和波士頓僑教中心主任歐宏偉(右二)和
波士頓慈濟人文學校成員。(周菊子攝)

麻州州長查理貝克見到陳毓禮為他在必珠街上掛出那麼大的競選招牌，
高興的主動要大家和他在這招牌下合影。右起，梅少華，陳文珊，
陳偉民，麻州長查理貝克，陳毓禮，蔡倩婷，陳仕維。(周菊子攝)

麻州州長查理貝克(Charlie Baker)非常喜歡陳毓禮。(周菊子攝)

甄雲龍(右)，高宏偉(左)在會場演奏，為亞美節宣傳。(周菊子攝)

波士頓經文處處長徐佑典(右二)和波士頓僑教中心主任歐宏偉(右一)
頒表揚狀給紐英崙中華公所，朱蘇珊(中)，陳文浩(左二)，雷國輝(左一)
代表領取。(周菊子攝)

紐英崙養生舞協會表演。(周菊子攝)

宏青體育會為聯歡會開場舞獅。(周菊子攝)

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摩頓康乃馨合唱團。(周菊子攝)

波士頓華埠獅子會的謝如鍵(左二)，李源沛(右一)等人向波士頓經文處
處長徐佑典(中)，僑教中心主任歐宏偉(右二)介紹驗眼車。(周菊子攝)

波士頓中華書法會共同會長林卓培(右)在會場即席揮毫，畫畫。
(周菊子攝)

華埠退伍軍人會。

華埠中秋節聯歡會會場人群穿梭。

麻州州長查理貝克對民眾的合影要求，有求必應。(周菊子攝)

中華書法會為中秋節聯歡會特地製作了一塊橫幅。(周菊子攝)