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Select Page Building Trades Rattled Over Labor Agreement in Holyoke Home Bill By State House News Service | Apr 16, 2021 | Reprints | Print Non-union contractors are continuing their push to strike a requirement that the new $400 million Holyoke Soldiers’ Home be built using a project labor agreement, cautioning lawmakers that the directive is unnecessary, costly and discriminatory toward minority- and women-owned contractors. House Democrats on Thursday are expected to approve legislation (H 3701) that includes the language, which they added to a bill file...

24 shares Ali removed her disposable face mask to smile in the sunshine, and was also seen giving her daughter Vivienne Margaret, five, a piggyback ride on the street. Larter’s son Theodore Hayes, 10, rode along on a black bicycle and had on his own dark face covering along with a black helmet. Active mom: Ali wore a disposable face mask, and was seen giving her daughter Vivienne Margaret, five, a piggyback ride on the street Group of four: Ali’s mother Margaret accompanied the clan in a black top and striped pants, while son Theodore Hayes, 10, rode along on a black bicycle and had on ...

As Hollywood attempts to rectify its biased and often racist culture, more stars are beginning to tell their stories hoping that real change can be implemented for the next class of talent, even if change doesn’t happen for them. Actor  Leonard Roberts, perhaps best known for his role as the play-by-the-rules percussion leader from the movie “Drumline,” a 2002 coming-of-age film that spotlights the world of college marching bands, recently opened up about what he describes as his experience with racism and how it nearly ruined everything he’d worked toward.  (L-R) Leonard Roberts an...

Leonard Roberts, who appeared on NBC's hit series "Heroes" from 2006 to 2007, penned an essay for Variety on Tuesday that described clashes with co-star Ali Larter on set as well as a troubling experience with systemic racism.  Roberts, known for roles in the movie "Drumline" and the show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer," landed his first series regular role on "Heroes," playing D.L. Hawkins, whose character was in an interracial marriage with Larter's Niki Sanders. In his piece for Variety, Roberts writes Larter balked when it came time to film an intimate scene with his character and the is...

Ali Larter responds to fired Heroes co-star Leonard Roberts' allegation of racism and that their on-set issues led to him being written off  'I am deeply saddened to hear about Leonard Roberts' experience on Heroes and I am heartbroken reading his perception of our relationship, which absolutely doesn't match my memory nor experience on the show,' she wrote In an essay in Variety , the 48-year-old actor wondered how much 'race was a factor' in Ali's coldness and volatility toward him, and how he got the feeling he 'was tarnishing her brand'  Leonard also said that his experience working on...