Page 16 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, July 10, 2026 Beacon Hill Roll Call Volume 51 - Report No. 27 June 29-July 3, 2026 By Bob Katzen THE HOUSE AND SENATE: Beacon Hill Roll Call reports local representatives’ and senators’ votes on roll calls from the week of June 29-July 3. $63.4 BILLION FISCAL 2027 STATE BUDGET (H 5555) House 142-6, Senate 39-1, approved and sent to Gov. Maura Healey a $63.4 billion fi scal 2027 conference committee version of a state budget for the fi scal year that began July 1, 2026. The House and Senate had approved diff erent versions of the budget and a conference committee hammered out this compromise version. The price tag is 4 percent higher than last year’s package. “Our budget is a chance each year to make life more affordable for residents while strengthening the public services we all rely on, including our schools and transit sys- LEGAL NOTICE - COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS THE TRIAL COURT PROBATE AND FAMILY COURT Middlesex Probate and Family Court 10-U Commerce Way Woburn, MA 01801 (781) 865-4000 Docket No. MI26P3353EA Estate of: JAMES R. HOLDEN Also known as: JAMES HOLDEN Date of Death: 12/01/2025 CITATION ON PETITION FOR FORMAL ADJUDICATION To all interested persons: A petition for Formal Adjudication of Intestacy and Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by: James M. Holden of Everett, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition. The Petitioner requests that: James M. Holden of Everett, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in unsupervised administration. IMPORTANT NOTICE You have the right to obtain a copy of the Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before: 10:00 a.m. on the return day of 08/04/2026. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an affidavit of objections within thirty (30) days of the return day, action may be taken without further notice to you. UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION UNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM PROBATE CODE (MUPC) A Personal Representative appointed under the MUPC in an unsupervised administration is not required to file an inventory or annual accounts with the Court. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding the administration directly from the Personal Representative and may petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including the distribution of assets and expenses of administration. WITNESS, Hon. Terri L. Klug Cafazzo, First Justice of this Court. Date: July 07, 2026 TARA E. DeCRISTOFARO REGISTER OF PROBATE July 10, 2026 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS LAND COURT DEPARTMENT OF THE TRIAL COURT 26 SM 002123 ORDER OF NOTICE TO: Michael C. Capelotti; Barbara A. Capelotti and to all persons entitled to the benefit of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act: 50 U.S.C. c. 50 § 3901 (et seq): NewRez LLC claiming to have an interest in a Mortgage covering real property in Everett, numbered 101 Main Street, given by Michael C. Capelotti and Barbara A. Capelotti to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for Citibank, N.A., dated September 4, 2012, and recorded at Middlesex County (Southern District) Registry of Deeds in Book 59957, Page 559, as affected by a Loan Modification Agreement dated June 1, 2022 and recorded at said Registry in Book 80188, Page 504 and now held by the plaintiff by assignment, has/have filed with this court a complaint for determination of Defendant’s/ Defendants’ Servicemembers status. If you now are, or recently have been, in the active military service of the United States of America, then you may be entitled to the benefits of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. If you object to a foreclosure of the above-mentioned property on that basis, then you or your attorney must file a written appearance and answer in this court at Three Pemberton Square, Boston, MA 02108 on or before August 17, 2026 or you may lose the opportunity to challenge the foreclosure on the grounds of noncompliance with the Act. Witness, Gordon H. Piper, Chief Justice of this Court on July 2, 2026 Attest: Deborah J. Patterson Recorder July 10, 2026 tems—and the Senate delivered for fi scal year 2027,” said Senate President Karen Spilka (D-Ashland). “As a longtime advocate for expanded public education from cradle to career, I am especially proud of our commitment to reexamining how we address K-12 costs at the very moment we fulfi ll the promise of the Student Opportunity Act. Overall, this final budget protects our residents, grows opportunities, supports our municipalities and cuts costs for individuals and families.” “As a result of the Trump Administration’s sweeping federal funding cuts, reckless trade policies and war with Iran, this budget has come during a period of signifi cant economic uncertainty.” Said House Speaker Ron Mariano (D-Quincy). “That’s why I’m incredibly proud of the investments that this budget makes despite those challenges, from funding for free school meals and for the fi nal year of the Student Opportunity Act, to robust support for the MBTA, to nearly $10 billion for cities and towns across the commonwealth – all without raising taxes.” “Grounded in fi scal responsibility, the fi scal year 2027 budget leads with a steady hand and delivers a spending plan - LEGAL NOTICE - that does not raise any taxes or fees on residents and businesses of the commonwealth, while making major investments in education and local aid, emphasizing our continuing commitment to supporting all 351 cities and towns,” said Sen. Mike Rodrigues (D-Westport), Chair of the Senate Committee on Ways and Means. Not everyone agreed. “At a time when Massachusetts families and small businesses are pleading for aff ordability and meaningful tax relief, this budget delivers virtually neither,” said Sen. Ryan Fattman (R-Sutton). “Instead, it continues the commonwealth’s perpetuated pattern of unsustainable spending growth while failing to prioritize the core services that residents rely on every day. Our focus should be on strengthening local communities, supporting municipal services, improving public safety and providing relief to hardworking taxpayers—not funding special interest initiatives such as legal defense funds for individuals who are unlawfully present in our state. Massachusetts can and must do better. We should be delivering a budget that refl ects fi scal responsibility, aff ordability and the priorities of the people we were elected to serve. For those reasons, I was compelled to vote No.” “Legislative leaders will point to a smaller rate of spending growth as evidence of fi scal restraint, but the underlying budget tells a diff erent story,” said Paul Craney, executive director of the Massachusetts Fiscal Alliance. “Rather than confronting structural spending problems, this budget depends on onetime funding sources and accounting shifts while continuing to expand programs that will place increasing pressure on taxpayers in the years ahead. Massachusetts has benefited for years from generous federal funding while failing to improve oversight and accountability. As those federal dollars become less certain, taxpayers could be left paying the price for years of poor fi scal management.” “The State Legislature did it again—they passed a budget that prioritizes illegals over middle-class taxpayers, failed to do BEACON | SEE PAGE 17
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