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星期四, 3月 31, 2016

Baker-Polito Administration Announces Grants for Watershed Restoration Projects

Baker-Polito Administration Announces Grants for Watershed Restoration Projects

BOSTON– March 31, 2016 – The Baker-Polito Administration today announced $45,000 in state grant funds for two river restoration efforts in Chester and Halifax. These funds will leverage more than $190,000 in federal and foundation grants to enhance stream habitats for fish and wildlife and improve water quality.

“These restoration efforts will improve water quality, increase climate change resiliency, boost recreation and tourism and help sustain commercial and recreational fishing,” said Governor Charlie Baker. “This funding announcement reflects our commitment to conserving the Commonwealth’s land and wildlife, as well as proactively taking steps to increase our resilience to the effects of climate change.”

“These projects will enable these water bodies to be restored to their natural state, improving ecological conditions and allowing wildlife to thrive,” said Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito. “By leveraging funds from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, this grant will help make these important local conservation efforts possible.”

The Department of Fish and Game’s (DFG) Division of Ecological Restoration (DER) coordinates these grants for priority river restoration projects. DER is awarding $40,000 to Trout Unlimited for the restoration of Kinne Brook in Chester by replacing two undersized culverts and $5,000 to the Town of Halifax for improvements to Stump Brook.

“Smart infrastructure, such as properly sized culverts, will help us better adapt to climate change, prevent flooding and reduce damage to roads and other infrastructure,” said Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Matthew Beaton. “By awarding funds to these culvert replacement and water quality protection projects we can improve stream habitat, water quality and public health in Chester and Halifax.”

“Healthy rivers and streams support recreational pursuits such as fishing, canoeing and kayaking, and small brooks are often the source of our drinking water,” said DFG Commissioner George Peterson. “Keeping them clean, healthy and free-flowing is a priority of our Department.”

Trout Unlimited is leading the effort to design and replace two undersized culverts on Kinne Brook, a tributary of the Westfield River. When complete, the project will reconnect over 30 miles of coldwater stream habitat. State funding will help match a $134,429 grant from the National Fish & Wildlife Foundation’s New England Forests & Rivers FundFunds will facilitate final designs and permit applications for the culvert replacement projects and will support outreach and on-going monitoring efforts.

“Great partnerships between the state and active grassroots organizations like Trout Unlimited are the cornerstone of maintaining the pristine natural resources that make the Berkshires so special,” said Senator Benjamin B. Downing (D-Pittsfield).

“I am pleased that the Department of Fish and Game’s Division of Ecological Restoration has selected Trout Unlimited to receive $40, 000,” said State Representative Stephen Kulik (D-Worthington). “This grant money will go a long way in helping complete their project in Chester. In addition to protecting a delicate natural ecosystem, long term this project will ultimately reduce maintenance costs for the Town, reconnect access for residential and emergency vehicles, and protect municipal and private infrastructure.”

“Undersized culverts are barriers to many species that call our rivers home, and more than 60% of culverts in our local watersheds are undersized,” said Erin Rodgers, Ph.D., Western New England Project Coordinator of Trout Unlimited. “These structures not only keep animals from their habitat, during floods they can act like dams and eventually wash out, creating expensive emergency repair work. Replacing these culverts before they become a problem helps everyone.” 

The Town of Halifax is working with multiple partners in the management of Monponsett Ponds and Stump Brook to optimize water quality and quantity. These water bodies are subject to harmful seasonal algal blooms. State funding will match an EPA grant of $57,338 through the EPA’s Southeast New England Coastal Watershed Restoration Program.

“I want to thank the Baker Administration, Secretary Beaton of the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs and Commissioner Peterson of Department of Fish and Game for aiding state and local officials and members of the Monponsett Pond Working Group in their efforts involving the Stump Brook Restoration and Sustainable Flow Management Project in the town of Halifax and Hanson,” said State Senator Michael D. Brady (D-Brockton).

“I am pleased that the Town of Halifax is receiving assistance to identify sources discharging into Monponsett Pond and Stump Brook,” said State Representative Thomas Calter (D-Kingston). “I applaud the Town and its partners who continue to be actively engaged in finding solutions to improve water quality and quantity in these valuable community resources.”

“State funds will identify, map, and prioritize the stormwater outfalls and other sources discharging to the East and West Monponsett Ponds, ponds that feed into Stump Brook,” said Halifax Town Administrator Charlie Seelig. “By doing so, the amount of nutrients and other chemicals flowing into Monponsett Pond can be reduced, thereby improving the water quality of Monponsett Pond and Stump Brook.” 

The Priority Projects Program is one of the vehicles by which the Division of Ecological Restoration pursues wetland and river restoration, urban river revitalization, and stream flow restoration projects that present the greatest benefit to the Commonwealth, ecologically, socially and economically. 

The mission of the Division of Ecological Restoration is to restore and protect the Commonwealth’s rivers, wetlands and watersheds for the benefit of people and the environment.  The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) is responsible for promoting the conservation and enjoyment of the Commonwealth’s natural resources. DFG carries out this mission through land protection and wildlife habitat management, management of inland and marine fish and wildlife species, and ecological restoration of fresh water, salt water, and terrestrial habitats. DFG promotes enjoyment of the Massachusetts environment through outdoor skills workshops, fishing festivals and other educational programs, and by enhancing access to the Commonwealth's rivers, lakes, and coastal waters.

BOSTON MAN CHARGED WITH MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR SCHEME TO DEFRAUD BROKERAGE FIRMS

BOSTON MAN CHARGED WITH MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR
SCHEME TO DEFRAUD BROKERAGE FIRMS

BOSTON – A Boston man was arrested today in connection with a three-year, multi-million dollar fraud scheme.

Nathaniel Ponn, 27, of Boston, was charged in a criminal complaint with two counts of wire fraud.  He will appear before U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Judith G. Dein at 2:15 today.  

According to court documents, it is alleged that from 2012 to April 2015, Ponn opened more than 400 brokerage accounts at nine investment firms throughout the United States, and used false names, social security numbers, assets and income to open many of them.  The firms allow customers to transfer funds from another financial institution into the customer’s brokerage account through an Automated Clearing House (ACH) transfer, by providing the account number and financial institution where the account was held and the amount to be transferred. 

According to the complaint, from February 2014 to April 2015, Ponn provided ACH transfer information to brokerage firms for accounts he opened on more than 350 occasions, totaling more than $8.5 million in attempted transfers.  In each instance, the bank account Ponn provided did not have the amount of funds requested or, in some circumstances, did not even exist.  Although the ACH transfers were rejected, the fraudulent transfers created the false appearance that the brokerage accounts had cash available to purchase securities. 

Through this scheme, Ponn was allegedly able to purchase securities totaling more than $2.7 million in accounts at eight investment firms.  When the firms discovered that the ACH transfers were rejected, they liquidated the securities in Ponn’s accounts. 

The charge of wire fraud provides for a sentence of no greater than 20 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a fine of $1 million on each count.  Actual sentences for federal crimes are typically less than the maximum penalties. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office received valuable assistance from the Securities and Exchange Commission, which filed suit today against Ponn arising out of the scheme to defraud investment firms.

United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz; Harold H. Shaw,  Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Boston Field Division,  and Boston Police Commissioner William Evans, made the announcement today.  The case is being prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark J. Balthazard of Ortiz’s Economic Crimes Unit.

The details contained in the complaint are allegations.  The defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.

星期三, 3月 30, 2016

紐英崙中華公所董事變化大 女董事陡增至9人

甄氏公所代表甄若素
            (Boston Orange 周菊子波士頓報導)紐英崙中華公所(CCBA)今年的董事大會,出席代表變動極大,至少三分之一換了人,其中新增3名女董事,另有2個僑團懸缺。
            紐英崙中華公所的會員僑團及出席董事大會代表人數,這些年屢有變動。根據中華公所329日所印發董事大會議程表上的會員名單,共有35個僑團會員。
其中的協勝公會,在代表董事黃述沾辭世後,已多年無代表出席中華公所董事大會。龍岡親義公所因雙胞案問題,鬧上法院,會籍懸而未決超過三年。海僑協會及世界廣東同鄉總會也為會籍問題起爭議,迄今逾二年,還無結果。
實際參與中華公所運作的僑團,因此數目降為31個。
今年的僑團出席中華公所董事變動,有華裔退伍軍人會由李錦堂取代黃國麟,紐英崙余風采堂余景新取代余超群,甄氏公所由甄若素取代甄錦雲,紐英崙至德三德公所由蔡倩婷取代曹品慈,洪門致公堂由李厚鵬取代司徒宗達,鳳倫公所改由司徒宗達出席,紐英崙廣東同鄉會改由余麗媖出席,紐英崙至孝篤親公所的4席代表之一改由單鳳琴出席等。
            另有遡源公所今年迄今未報出席代表,美東國術會的原派代表陳國華,今年一月辭任,目前懸缺。
        在董事名單中,包括重任董事的余麗媖,改任至德三德公所董事的菜倩婷,新董事甄若素,單鳳琴,以及續任梅氏公所董事的梅伍銀寬,僑聲音樂社李伍碧香,國民黨韓幼文,大同村居民聯誼會阮謝少珍,紐英崙婦女新運會李湯鳳鳴,共有9名女性董事。

陳家驊整頓中華公所強調遵法 查董事利益衝突關係

紐英崙中華公所主席陳家驊請公所董事細看公所交給麻州總檢察官
辦公室的季報。(周菊子攝)
            (Boston Orange 周菊子波士頓報導)紐英崙中華公所(CCBA329日晚在本年度的第二次董事大會中揭櫫改革之旅。新任主席陳家驊強調遵循法令,就事論事,將查察董事利益衝突,公所財政帳戶,整頓會員資格,重新研議喜露街50號的可負擔住宅發展大計。
            中華公所主席陳家驊的主席報告,共有9點。他除了在會場做口頭報告外,還中英文並列的印出紙張版,發給出席董事,以更加透明,公開的向中華公所董事及華人社區做說明。
紐英崙中華公所新一屆職員,右起,朱蘇珊,陳家驊,翁宇才,
李翠屏等人主持會議。(周菊子攝)
            報告第一點是每季應繳交給麻州總檢察官辦公室的中華公所營運報告,已於215日到期前繳交,並已寄發電子版給公所董事。會議現場當晚也擺有厚達60的頁紙張版供董事拿取。
            由於該報告涉及中華公所的會員資格爭議,公所董事梁添光起立表示,他認為內容與事實不符,要保留法律追訴權利。公所主席陳家驊回應,報告涉及會員資格,是因為有人去年要求麻州總檢察官辦公室阻止公所辦選舉,余共才及鄺佩康在回應當面質詢時,都表示並未同意出任世界廣東同鄉總會的共同會長,也不知道自己的名字被列在報給州務卿辦公室的登記表上,報告上有哪裏不符事實,請一一指出。
余麗媖重任中華公所董事,將清查公所董事利益衝突表。
            在陳家驊的主席報告中,較引人矚目的是第4點的中華公所未依法發出1099表格,以及第5點的中華公所曾發出3張支票,總額共7,000元給何陳素貞,做為幫中華公所中秋節聯歡會找贊助商的佣金。
梁添光(立者)要保留法律追訴權利。(周菊子攝)
            陳家驊指出,照政府規定,中華公所撥款給未註冊為公司的販售商時,須發給1099表格,並向販售商索要W9表格,但中華公所在20112012,以及2013年間並未這麼做,當年為中華公所做帳,每年收費約36,000元的李余會計師樓否認該公司有檢查出這種非常規做法,並忠告中華公所遵循法令的責任。
            陳家驊在會議中表示,一旦中華公所要承擔責任,罰款數額將非同小可,中華公所計劃另聘會計師樓。
謝中之(立者)願義務協查找公所資料。(周菊子攝)
            至於何陳素貞的領取佣金,陳家驊在主席報告中表示,中華公所並未發1099表給何陳素貞,中華公所新任職員也找不到公所董事大會授權何陳素貞找贊助商可收佣金的記錄。現在他們要求公所稽核小組,查察公所董事何遠光在每年繳交的“利益衝突揭露表”中,有無說明他和何陳素貞之夫妻關係在此事上可能引發的利益衝突情況。
            何遠光在會中解釋,中秋節聯歡會是中華公所和華埠主街等四個機構合辦的活動,不應該把這當作中華公所的事來處理。
            陳家驊回應表示,贊助商的支票都是寫給中華公所的,佣金也是中華公所發出去的,中華公所因此必須承擔責任,再者,贊助商們並不知道他們的捐款,有一部分是付出去做佣金了。
            在會議討論中,中華公所董事余麗媖請纓,將翻查公所董事填交“利益衝突揭露表”狀況。
            陳家驊還在做主席報告時指出,中華公所是在梁永基擔任公所主席期間,失去非牟利團體的免稅資格,如今每年約需繳交4萬餘元物業稅。他和朱蘇珊研究如何爭回免稅資格時,認為取消出租停車位,以及出租場地給予和慈善活動無關的個人或單位,或是可行辦法之一。
            關於喜露街50號的可負擔住宅發展計畫,陳家驊說明他和公所中、英文書記,朱蘇珊,翁宇才和曾向中華公所陳述發展意願的戴維斯(Davis)發展公司總經理法倫(Brian Fallon)晤談,並提出兩個方案,一為由戴維斯公司拿出現金來購買喜露街50號這物業,得款交付託管,並在竣工後用來購買可負擔住宅。
            由於戴維斯公司購買喜露街50號旁邊,佔地的28,000平方呎的ABCD大樓時,斥資2660萬元,他們建議戴維斯公司斥資3000萬元來買佔地約32,000平方呎的喜露街50號。他們同意在戴維斯公司做好進一步的準備時,再次晤談。
        中華公所的物業小組24日和華埠整體發展計劃實施委員會(MPIC)開過會,獲悉MPIC 根據區域規劃法(zoning),可拿到的補助,融資,以及市場變動危險等,做過比較研究,認為中華公所若自行發展,可在喜露街50號自行建造90100個住宅單位,若和戴維斯公司合作,就應該建更多可負擔住宅。   
        紐英崙中華公所在新年度開始後,各僑團選派的出席代表變動幅度極大,幾達三分之一,29日晚又傳出董事陳國華已於一月底辭任消息。當晚會議氣氛格外平和,會中還為甫於319日辭世的公所董事余仕昂默哀致意。

House Approves $200 million for Local Infrastructure Needs

House Approves $200 million for Local Infrastructure Needs


BOSTON – Today the House of Representatives passed legislation that includes a $200 million bond authorization for Chapter 90 funding to help municipalities complete road, bridge and infrastructure improvement projects.

“Chapter 90 funds are essential to providing stability and spurring economic growth in Massachusetts,” House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo said. “That growth starts on the local level. The funding in this bill and the House’s focus on transportation reform are resulting in sustainable, lasting changes.”

“Chapter 90 is an important source of local aid,” said Representative Brian S. Dempsey (D-Haverhill), Chair of the Joint Committee on Ways & Means. “The $200M in funding authorized by the House of Representatives will be delivered early in the construction season and allow many vital municipal road projects to move forward.  Today’s vote demonstrates the House’s commitment to the cities and town’s we represent and ensures they have the needed resources for safe, high quality roads.”


“The Chapter 90 appropriation will allow the Commonwealth’s cities and towns the means to address the important road and bridge improvements necessary to serve the unique needs of each municipality,” saidRepresentative William M. Straus (D- Mattapoisett), Chair of the Joint Committee on TransportationI am pleased to see it move forward.”

Power plant owner and management compaines to pay $8.5 million to resolve allegations

WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS POWER PLANT OWNER AND MANAGEMENT COMPANIES AGREE TO PLEAD
TO TAMPERING AND FALSE REPORTING; OPERATIONS & MAINTENANCE COMPANY
ENTERS INTO CONSENT JUDGMENT
 Companies to pay $8.5 million to resolve allegations
  
BOSTON – Berkshire Power Plant’s owner and management company have agreed to plead guilty to tampering with emissions equipment and submitting false information to both environmental and energy regulators.  The former plant operation and maintenance company also agreed to pay a state civil penalty.

United States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey announced the resolution today following a joint federal and state investigation into allegations that Berkshire Power Plant in Agawam, Massachusetts tampered with its air pollution monitoring equipment and falsely reported data to environmental and energy regulators regarding its emissions levels and its availability to produce power. 

“This resolution addresses a pattern of behavior by multiple persons and entities in obstructing the enforcement of laws designed to protect the air we breathe,” said United States Attorney Carmen Ortiz.  “The comprehensive resolution, including the first ever criminal charges for false statements to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, demonstrates the seriousness with which we take conduct which undermines environmental compliance and the fair regulation of energy markets.”

“The deliberate scheme Berkshire Power Plant management and staff undertook gave them an unfair competitive advantage over responsible companies, and undermined a system that depends on honest data reporting,” said Tyler Amon, Special Agent in Charge of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Criminal Investigation Division in Boston. “Maximizing profit to minimize the cost of controlling pollution is placing greed over protecting nearby communities. EPA will continue to pursue cases that maintain data integrity, so we can do our job to protect clean air.” 

“Fraud against the Commonwealth is very serious and will be aggressively prosecuted, criminally and civilly, by this Office, especially when the consequence of the fraud is to expose the public to health and safety risks,” said Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey.  “This type of conduct can not be tolerated.”

“Reporting environmental information accurately is essential to state and federal efforts to improve air quality. Cases where information is misrepresented will be pursued to the fullest extent to protect the integrity of our air quality programs,” said MassDEP Commissioner Martin Suuberg. “Some of the funds generated by this settlement will support innovative programs to improve air quality in the Commonwealth, including the woodstove change-out and electric vehicle subsidy programs.”

Berkshire Power Co. (“BPC”), the owner of Berkshire Power Plant (“the Plant”), and Power Plant Management Services (“PPMS”) the Plant manager, agreed to plead guilty to felony charges that they violated and conspired to violate the federal Clean Air Act.  These charges arose from air pollution monitoring equipment tampering and related false emissions reporting between 2009 and 2011.  PPMS also agreed to plead guilty to charges that it violated the Federal Power Act, the first ever criminal charges under this statute, for making false statements to the regional power grid administrator, ISO-New England, regarding the Plant’s availability to produce power. 

Under the terms of the plea agreements, BPC and PPMS agree to pay a total of $4.25 million related to the criminal charges.  BPC will pay $2.75 million in criminal fines for the Clean Air Act violations and make a $750,000 community service payment to the American Lung Association to fund a program for the replacement of polluting wood burning stoves in western Massachusetts.  PPMS will pay $500,000 in criminal fines for the Clean Air Act and Federal Power Act violations and make a $250,000 community service payment to the American Lung Association’s wood stove change-out program.  The wood stove program payments would be established only after sentencing.

Between them, BPC, PPMS, and the Plant’s former operation and maintenance company, EthosEnergy Power Plant Services, LLC (formerly Wood Group Power Plant Services, LLC), will also pay over $4 million in civil penalties.  EthosEnergy agreed to resolve allegations that it violated sections of the Commonwealth’s Public Health Law dealing with air pollution stemming from its employees’ involvement with the air pollution monitoring equipment tampering at the Plant.   Under the terms of the state Consent Judgment, EthosEnergy will pay a $1.1 million civil penalty, and make a $200,000 payment to fund the installation of electric vehicle charging stations in the Commonwealth. 

In addition to the criminal fines outlined above, BPC and PPMS have agreed to pay $3,042,563 plus interest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission in civil penalties and disgorgement for their misrepresentations to ISO-New England regarding the Plant’s availability to produce power.
      
According to documents filed in federal and state court, between January 2009 and March 2011, BPC engaged PPMS to manage the Plant, including overseeing day-to-day operations and maintenance and to act as the owner’s representative for the Plant.  A PPMS employee served as the Plant General Manager and as BPC’s on-site representative.  BPC also retained Wood Group during this same time to provide the day-to-day Plant operation and maintenance. 

PPMS and BPC caused the Wood Group employees at the Plant to tamper with the Plant’s air pollution monitoring equipment to conceal the fact that the Plant was emitting air pollutants in excess of permitted levels.  This tampering was accomplished by intentionally biasing the Plant’s Continuous Emissions Monitoring System so it would show lower emissions levels than were actually being produced by the Plant.  BPC and PPMS then used this inaccurate data in filing required emissions reports with United States Environmental Protection Agency (“USEPA”) and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (“MassDEP”).  The purpose of the tampering was to avoid lost revenues that would have resulted from reducing power production to stay within the Plant’s air pollution emissions limits, or by taking the Plant out of service to implement needed repairs of the Plant’s pollution control and other equipment.

Excess nitrogen oxide (“NOx“) emitted from fossil-fuel-burning power plants and mobile sources, like cars and trucks, combines in the atmosphere with volatile organic compounds emitted from industrial and residential sources to form ground-level ozone.  At ground level, ozone is a respiratory pollutant that can cause many human respiratory effects, and even premature mortality, especially in vulnerable elderly persons and young children.   NOx emissions also cause environmental damage to coastal waters, aquatic life, and other property, and contribute to the formation in the atmosphere of fine particulates that also harm humans, aquatic life, and vegetation.

During the course of the tampering investigation, criminal investigators also learned that PPMS made and caused staff at the Plant to make false statements to the ISO-New England, about the Plant’s availability to produce power for the New England grid.  They also caused staff at the Plant to falsely claim to the ISO that the Plant was available to produce power when it was not.  PPMS did this to maximize the Plant’s revenues and to minimize repair expenditures. 

In February 2015, Ortiz’s office filed charges against Frederick Baker and Scott Paterson, respectively, a former Wood Group manager and instrument control technician at the Plant at the time the tampering occurred.  It is alleged that Baker had, at the direction of the PPMS on-site General Manager, directed Wood Group employees at the Plant, including Paterson, to tamper with the Continuous Emissions Monitoring System.  In light of the fact Wood Group spearheaded the disclosure of the tampering conduct to USEPA and MassDEP, and provided a high level of cooperation during the case, the case against EthosEnergy is being resolved with a civil settlement.    

The federal criminal case is being prosecuted by Sara Miron Bloom of Ortiz’s Economic Crimes Unit and Daniel Licata, an Assistant Attorney General with the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office working as a Special Assistant United States Attorney, with the assistance of Dianne Chabot, USEPA Criminal Enforcement Counsel. 

The case was investigated by USEPA-CID, the Massachusetts Environmental Crimes Strike Force (an interagency investigative team dedicated to developing the most significant environmental enforcement cases) and the Massachusetts Environmental Police, with the technical assistance of attorneys, analysts and engineers from MassDEP and EPA Region 1.

The state civil case is being handled by Assistant Attorney General Frederick Augenstern of Attorney General Healey’s Environmental Protection Division, with assistance from attorneys from MassDEP’s Office of General Counsel, and engineers in MassDEP’s Boston Office.  

The details contained in the criminal information and civil complaint are allegations.  The defendants in the criminal cases are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.  By entering into the Consent Judgment, EthosEnergy does not admit to the truth of the allegations contained in the Complaint.

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AND “FENWAY HONORS” GALA NOW AVAILABLE
Jason Varitek, Tim Wakefield, Ira Flagstead,
and Larry Lucchino to be Inducted into the Red Sox Hall of Fame;
Red Sox Foundation to Present HP Hood and
Chad and Anne Gifford With First-ever “Fenway Honors” Award


BOSTON, MA – Tickets for the 2016 Red Sox Hall of Fame and “Fenway Honors” gala are now available to the general public at redsox.com/honors. The May 19 gala, benefitting the Red Sox Foundation, introduces the newest members of the Red Sox Hall of Fame and presents members of the community with the “Fenway Honors” award for charitable achievements, the first award of its kind presented by the Red Sox Foundation.

Former Red Sox players Jason Varitek, Tim Wakefield, and the late Ira Flagstead have been selected as the 2016 Red Sox Hall of Fame inductees. Red Sox President/CEO Emeritus Larry Lucchino has been chosen as the non-uniformed inductee. David Ortiz’s 2013 game-tying grand slam in Game 2 of the American League Championship Series against the Detroit Tigers at Fenway Park has been selected as the “Great Red Sox Moment,” a memorable moment in Red Sox history that is regarded for its special significance.  

Additionally, the Red Sox Foundation will recognize HP Hood and Chad and Anne Gifford with the first-ever “Fenway Honors” award, given by the foundation to a business and an individual in recognition of their charitable achievements in the community.

The gala will be held at the Sheraton Boston Hotel starting with a cocktail reception at 6 p.m. followed by dinner and awards presentation at 7 p.m.Additional details and ticket information can be found at redsox.com/honors.