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BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, OCTOBER 16, 2009
VOL. 113 - NO. 42
Mayor Menino Honors
Christopher Columbus
(Photo by Ross Photography)
News Briefs
by Sal Giarratani
COME TO THE
ROXBURY NEIGHBORHOOD REUNION
Remember the old days. If your old days were
in Roxbury, you might want to set aside Saturday, November 7 for the Roxbury Reunion held
once again next month. They’ll be all gathering
at the Quincy Sons of Italy Hall on Quarry Street
starting at 7pm and running until midnight.
Great food to be had as usual and lots of dancing.
The entertainment as usual is Roxbury’s own
Little Paul and his Daughter. For more information call Steve O’Malley at 617.327.3465.
PROGRESSIVE IS “FLO-ING” THESE DAYS
THANKS TO PERKY ACTRESS
We’ve all seen those great Progressive Insurance TV ads with that perky salesgirl Flo pushing insurance rates. She’s become the newest
TV icon. They even have a Halloween costume
for her character. Forget the Doublemint Twins,
forget Mr. Whipple. Forget Fred “It’s time to make
the donuts” the Baker and forget little Mikey and
his cereal, Meet Flo. She’s a sweetheart and could
sell snow to an Eskimo.
CAMBRIDGE SENATOR IN TROUBLE AGAIN
Senator Anthony Galluccio and operating a
vehicle don’t seem to go together like bread and
butter. Another incident and more excuses.
Here’s a quote to ponder from the senator, “There
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Obama Wins the 2009 ‘I Hate George W. Bush’ Award
A friend of mine best
summed up the news that
President Barack Obama
won the Nobel Peace Prize on
his Facebook status, saying
he “will be impressed (if not
surprised) when Obama wins
the Heisman Trophy and the
Oscar for Best Actor.”
Obama’s next award?
You are not a serious
person if you believe deep
down that Barack Obama
deserved the Nobel Peace
Prize at this point in his
presidency, much less 11
days after assuming office
when nominations for the
prize were due. You are
either a fool (read members
of the Nobel Committee) or
so enraptured with Barack
Obama that even after
nine months in office you
cannot see reality. Even one
White House aide who was
contacted for comment by
ABC thought it was a joke.
“It’s not April 1, is it?,” the
aide quipped in apparent
disbelief.
My guess is when Robert
Gibbs gave the news to
President Obama that even
by Jamie Weinstein
the president thought it was
a joke. Unlike many of his
supporters, I have enough
faith in the president to believe that he found the news
absurd. At least I would like
to think so.
This is not to say the Nobel
Peace Prize was previously
a serious prize. In the 1990s,
lifelong terrorist Yasser
Arafat won the prize. In the
past several years, the
award has gone to Jimmy
Carter and Al Gore. Carter
got it not for some of his
humanitarian work, but
mainly as a direct protest
against the presidency of
George W. Bush. In 2007,
Gore had done nothing to
deserve the award, but the
committee saw another
opportunity to protest against
George Bush. Obama’s award
must also be seen as a way
for the committee to lash out
at Bush.
Perhaps the Nobel Prize
Committee should change
the Peace Prize to the “I Hate
George W. Bush Award.”
I can only imagine who
else the committee consid-
ered for the award this year.
Maybe the Iraqi who threw
his shoes at Bush? How
about the Georgian who tried
to assassinate Bush with a
hand grenade in 2005? Or,
potentially, the insane Bushhater Janeane Garofalo? Almost certainly Keith Olbermann was a consideration.
The committee justified its
decision to give Obama the
award by saying Obama has
brought hope for world cooperation and nuclear disarmament. But he has done
nothing tangible. He has not
brought peace to Afghanistan. He has not brought
peace to Iraq. He has not
brought peace to the Holy
Land. He hasn’t even shut
down the Guantanamo Bay
prison facility as he promised (something I hope he
actually doesn’t do).
Maybe Obama’s policies
will bring peace. I hope they
do even though I think
Obama has made many foreign policy blunders. But the
point is that one day Obama
Mayor’s Column
by Thomas M. Menino, Mayor, City of Boston
The conclusion of the baseball season
signals the unofficial end of summer in
Boston. The cool autumn temperatures
prompt us to turn on the heaters in our
homes and spend more time indoors,
thereby consuming more energy. As we
head towards the winter months in
another tight economy, everyone is
looking to save money and be efficient.
And energy efficiency is a great place to
start.
Recently, we announced a new program to help City residents improve
energy efficiency in their homes.
Through a pilot program called “Residential Energy Efficiency,” we’re offering
residents free home energy audits. A
two-person team conducts rigorous and
analytical assessments of a home’s
energy usage to identify the main
sources of energy loss, and they execute
immediate energy saving upgrades that
could trim as much as ten percent off
monthly energy bills.
This pilot program is part of a larger
initiative we started earlier this year
called Renew Boston. With $6.5 million
from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), we use the
program to coordinate energy efficient
and alternative energy services to residents and businesses in the city. We’ve
set high goals of reducing our green-
house gas emissions by 40,000 metric
tons annually and stimulating green
industries while creating 100 highquality green-collar jobs.
While we’ve done a lot to turn
Beantown into Greentown, together we
can make even more progress toward
reaching our goals. One of our challenges lies in rental homes, and nearly
two-thirds of Boston residents rent. But
landlords have little motivation to
weatherize their properties because
tenants pay the utility bills. Tenants, on
the other hand, have no basis on which
to compare the energy performance of
their home. Through Renew Boston,
we’re creating incentives for both sides
to work towards efficiency, such as a
Web site with a database of rental properties with efficiency ratings.
Additionally, our neighborhood streets
will shine longer — and more efficiently
— with the deployment of LED street
lights that use a fraction of the energy
consumed by conventional lights. Because they require less maintenance
and burn less energy, LED street lights
will produce major savings and will pay
back as soon as three years after installation. This seemingly minor upgrade
will tremendously improve public safety.
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A Message from
CONSUL GENERAL OF ITALY
LIBORIO STELLINO
THE BASILICAN CONNECTION
The development of the
ancient Roman Basilica was
described in the last issue.
The connection between
this structure and the
Basilica style Christian
Church goes back to the
year 312 A.D. This is when
Constantine marched at the
head of a powerful army
towards Rome and defeated
Maxentius in three battles.
During this time, Constantine made open and
public declarations in favor
of
Christianity;
consequently, considerable numbers of Christians flocked
to his standard, swelled the
ranks of his army, and
gained his full confidence by
their orderly and faithful
conduct.
A contemporary writer
named Caecilius tells us
that during the night preceding the third battle,
Constantine was advised in
a dream to inscribe the
shields of his soldiers with
the “celestial sign of God”,
the sacred monogram of
the name of Christ. He followed this command and
his obedience was rewarded
by a decisive victory at the
Milvian Bridge.
According to a different
source however, Constantine is reported to have seen
this sacred monogram high
in the noonday sky with the
words clearly inscribed in
Greek: “By this sign you will
conquer”. This appearance
clearly astonished Constantine and his entire army.
The Savior then appeared
displaying the same celestial sign of the cross, directing Constantine to use this
symbol on his standard and
to advance with the assurance of victory.
This celestial sign is, of
course, the two initial letters X and P from “Xpiozos”
the Greek name for Christ,
and it is what we now call
“The Labarum”. The decisive
victory at the Milvian Bridge
secured Constantine’s supremacy as emperor of the
Roman nation. He was eventually moved to stop all
persecutions and to adopt
Christianity as the religion
of the empire. The Christians were then permitted to
occupy some of the pagan
temples, baths, and basilicas
for the practice of their religion. In time they settled on
the basilicas as the structure having the interior design which most closely
suited their needs.
Although it was unknown
to the builders of ancient
Rome, their basilica was
destined to become a very
important style of structure,
and a direct link between
pagan Rome and Christian
Rome.
NEXT WEEK: Cathedral
Kenneally, Jackson Look to Move up a Slot or Two
With less than a month
remaining before the November 3 rd election, both
Andrew Kenneally and Tito
Jackson seem to have set
their sights on moving up
into the top four finishers for
by Sal Giarratani
City Council at Large. West
Roxbury’s Matt O’Malley who
ran twice for an at-large seat
recently was quoted in the
Dorchester Reporter saying,
“I was one of the top four finishers, I’d feel cautiously
BOSTON RESIDENTS,
SAFELY DISPOSE OF
HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS WASTE,
UNWANTED TIRES AND PROPANE TANKS
AT TWO UPCOMING DROP-OFF DAYS:
1. Saturday, October 31, 2009
9:00am to 2:00pm
Parking lot at University
of Massachusetts
Boston Harbor Campus
Morrissey Blvd
Dorchester
2. Saturday, November 21, 2009
9:00am to 2:00pm
Public Works Yard
315 Gardner St
West Roxbury
(near Millenium Park
and Home Depot)
City of Boston Public Works Department will recycle and
safely dispose of residents’ household products containing
hazardous ingredients. Residents may bring up to 50 pounds
of products labeled toxic, flammable, reactive, corrosive, or
poisonous; such as paint, motor oil, pesticides, solvents,
glues, bleach or ammonia-based cleaners, weed killers, photo
chemicals, pool chemicals, car batteries, and used motor oil.
NO COMPUTERS, MONITORS, TVs, OR ELECTRONICS
NO COMMERCIAL WASTE ACCEPTED
The City reserves the right to reject materials
PROOF OF RESIDENCY REQUIRED
Boston Public Works Department
Thomas M. Menino, Mayor
Dennis E. Royer,
Chief of Public Works and Transportation
For more information, please call 617-635-4500 or visit
www.cityofboston.gov/publicworks/recycling
optimistic that I’d again
made
the
cut.”
Kevin
McCrea who ran for mayor
this year added, “Barring a
major revelation or surprise,
I don’t see much chance for
a change in the top four.”
The top four being incumbents John Connolly and
Steve Murphy who finished
one-two; Felix G. Arroyo who
had an impressive 3 rd place
finish and Ayanna Pressley
who finished in 4 th place —
4,000 votes away from the
5th spot.
It would appear the strategies of both Andy Kenneally
and Tito Jackson is to jump
into 4 th place. At-Large candidate Andy Kenneally reportedly sent an e-mail to
supporters stating, “In 2005,
City Councilor Sam Yoon
went from 5th in the preliminary to 3 rd in the General
Election, and in 2009 with
your help we can do the
same.” In the preliminary he
came up short about 4,200
votes and a Boston Herald
column said the race was
between him and Pressley.
Meanwhile, Tito Jackson
who fell 112 votes behind
Kenneally in the September
vote could benefit by communities of color who usually
vote higher in final elections. Jackson told the Reporter, “I am going after that
fourth place position as hard
as I possibly can. I’m giving
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To the Italian Community,
The President of the Italian Republic has appointed a new
Ambassador to the United States. H.E. Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata
has assumed his duties in Washington D.C. on October 1st and
the first act of his mission was to send his personal message
to the Italian community in the US.
I have to say that I am truly honored to serve my last year in
Boston under Ambassador Terzi’s high guidance and I am sure
that, thanks to his extraordinary qualities, we are going to
witness soon a further strengthening and enrichment of the
already excellent bilateral relations between our two Countries
and people.
With such warm feelings, I invite you all to enjoy the following
Ambassador’s message, kindly published by the Post-Gazette.
Liborio Stellino, Consul General of Italy in Boston
Cari Connazionali,
Nell’assumere la guida dell’Ambasciata d’Italia negli Stati
Uniti desidero rivolgere, come primo atto della missione
che sto per intraprendere, a tutti Voi, ai rappresentanti
eletti negli Stati Uniti, alla comunita’ di origine italiana, a
quanti trovano nel mio Paese un riferimento ideale e
culturale, il mio saluto unito a sentimenti di forte
ammirazione per quanto la Vostra, da oggi la nostra,
comunita’ ha saputo e continua a fare per consolidare lo
straordinario rapporto di amicizia tra Italia e Stati Uniti.
Il tricolore issato all’Ambasciata a Washington, insieme
a quelli nei Consolati, negli Istituti di Cultura e in tutte le
istituzioni e associazioni italiane sul territorio americano
sono il segno dell’accoglienza e dell’invito rivolto a tutti i
membri della grande famiglia italo americana: siamo qui
per far crescere questa famiglia e sappiamo di poter contare
sul sostegno e la partecipazione attiva di ognuno dei suoi
componenti, anche attraverso l’importante strumento della
diffusione della lingua italiana in questo Paese.
Ci separano pochi giorni dalle celebrazioni del Columbus Day. Piu’ di ogni altra questa ricorrenza segna la
profondita’ storica e culturale del contributo italiano alla
formazione e alla crescita della societa’ americana. Erano
italiani, uomini di pensiero come Filippo Mazzei, d’azione
come Giuseppe Garibaldi, di scienza come Antonio Meucci,
che in America, come in Italia, sono stati fautori degli ideali
di liberta’ e di unita’ nazionale, ancor prima che si
consolidassero nei nostri Paesi le attuali realta’ statuali.
Un ricchissimo, comune patrimonio di valori politici,
culturali, umani si e’ consolidato tra le nostre societa’ e i
nostri Governi nel secolo e mezzo di rapporti diplomatici
tra Roma e Washington.
Oggi il mio Paese vede negli Stati Uniti un partner
essenziale per contribuire al proprio futuro di liberta’, di
prosperita’ e di pace. Cio’ deve avvenire a livello globale e
in un quadro transatlantico che incoraggi l’Europa a
esercitare tutte le sue responsabilita’ sulla scena mondiale.
Ho trascorso molti anni in Nord America come
rappresentante dell’Italia e dalla mia esperienza, anche
quella recentemente maturata alle Nazioni Unite, ho trovato
sempre conferma della strettissima unita’ d’intenti che
lega Roma e Washington su questioni vitali della
convivenza tra i popoli quali la sicurezza internazionale,
l’economia, la tutela dei deboli, la protezione dell’ambiente:
lo sforzo comune in Afghanistan, l’impegno per il disarmo,
il sostegno al ruolo dell’Onu nel settore delle operazioni
di pace e dei diritti umani sono solo alcuni dei punti piu’
qualificanti di un’azione congiunta che Italia e Stati Uniti
hanno ancor piu’ intensificato in questi ultimi anni.
E’ la fotografia di un rapporto solido che, come conferma
un recente sondaggio sui legami transatlantici, non
riguarda solo i nostri governi, ma appartiene anche ai popoli
ed e’ ben radicato nelle stessa opinione pubblica. Il grado
di sostegno e di condivisione che ottiene attualmente
l’immagine degli Stati Uniti in Italia e’ superiore al 90 per
cento, un valore in assoluto tra i piu’ elevati che si
registrino tra i 27 Paesi dell’unione Europea.
Vi e’ spazio per approfondire questi straordinari legami
diretti che si accompagnano all’alleanza politica tra i due
Paesi. A cominciare dalla cultura, con particolare attenzione
all’insegnamento e alla diffusione della lingua italiana,
dall’innovazione tecnologica e dalla cooperazione in campo
economico ed industriale: i recenti successi italiani nel
settore automobilistico rappresentano la sintesi ideale di
questi tre elementi e costituiscono un modello per futuri
progetti comuni.
Per immaginare e realizzare questi progetti serve il
contributo di ognuno di voi, che cosi’ spesso manifestate
il vostro legame verso l’Italia con una straordinaria
partecipazione alle vicende del nostro Paese, sia sotto il
profilo della solidarieta’ come e’ stato il caso in occasione
del terremoto in Abruzzo, sia con il sostegno verso le
iniziative per la diffusione della nostra cultura e della
nostra lingua in questo Paese.
E’ con questo auspicio che inizio la mia missione,
consapevole dell’apporto che ognuno di voi puo’ dare
all’affermazione del ruolo e dell’immagine dell’Italia negli
Stati Uniti.
H.E. Giulio Terzi di Sant’Agata
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Caesar L. Donnaruma
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Celebrates 95th Birthday
Mayor Thomas Menino
congratulated “Auntie Fran”
Summa for her 95th birthday
at the annual Columbus Day
Luncheon held at the Coast
Guard Base in the North End.
The event was hosted by
various North End restaurants and the City of Boston.
Phyllis F. Donnaruma
1971 to 1990
Friday, October 16, 2009
GUEST EDITORIAL
TIME TO REIN IN ACORN
by Edward P. Shallow
In order to form a more perfect election process, “We the
People” of the various United States demand that an ACORN
Commission be conducted by an assemblage free from control or influence from political sway to conduct a full scale,
no-stone-unturned investigation of voter fraud. Given the
lawbreaking involved it is suggested the Federal Bureau of
Investigation conduct the investigation
The Center for Individual Freedom, in a recent E-mail made
clear: It is now clear that ACORN which is national in scope
and exerts a dangerous influence over politicians and the
political process at the local and national levels, is not just
a far-left political organization that is not beyond or breaking a few laws to advance a radical agenda.
In fact, apparent lawlessness by ACORN representatives
seems to be part of the organization’s modus operandi.
ACORN’s true colors were exposed during last year’s presidential campaign when a self-proclaimed community organizing group was implicated in several instances of voter
registration fraud and other illicit activity to the benefit of
Barack Obama.
Now we learn that ACORN workers in major cities across
the country (Baltimore, Washington, D.C., Brooklyn and
two cities in California so far) were caught on tape advising undercover documentarians on how to lie to the government so they could establish a brothel for underage, illegal
immigrant girls.
The fact that ACORN has been the recipient of your tax
dollars, at least $53 million since 1994, for so many years is
egregious. Especially when you consider that the group’s
workings and dealings appear to replicate those of an organized criminal enterprise. I have just been informed, under
the stimulus plan ACORN could be awarded $8 billion in
federal funds. It should not be surprising that the unions
contributed forced union dues to ACORN.
Early in September, the Senate passed a highly symbolic
measure to eliminate some of ACORN’s funding. In addition, this week, the House of Representatives passed the
Defund ACORN Act, sponsored by Minority Leader John
Boehner to eliminate all federal funding to the group finally.
According to Boehner, “It is evident that ACORN is incapable of using federal funds in a manner that is consistent
with the law. Simply put, ACORN should not receive another
penny of American taxpayers’ money.” Well said Mr. Boehner!
The Senate must now pass the Defund ACORN Act as
well. It will be interesting to see how the Senate responds
considering the close ties Obama has with ACORN.
We The People deserve to know the full and unvarnished extent of ACORN’s apparent fraudulent and criminal
activities, as well as full extent of their ties to the political
establishment
I will keep readers up-to-date on this vital issue.
Shown, left to right: Barbara Summa, Francesca
(Auntie Fran), Mayor of Boston Thomas Menino and wife
Angela.
Julie Billiart High School Class of ’69 to Hold Reunion
The Class of 1969 Julie Billiart High School
is celebrating their 40 th reunion on Saturday, November 14, 2009 at the Exchange
Street Bistro, Exchange Street, Malden,
Massachusetts. Cocktail hour (cash bar)
will be held from 6-7pm with Hors D’oeuvres.
Dinner buffet from 7-11pm and a donation to
our classmates who have passed in their
memory. If interested, please contact any of
the committee members
Flo (Capone) DiPietro 781-581-1730
[email protected]
Connie Romano 781-438-7945
[email protected]
Maria (Chirichiello) Ingala 781-334-2708
[email protected]
Phyllis Ciampa 781-324-3189
[email protected]
Paula (Todisco) Mingolelli
[email protected]
Joseph A. Milano
Don Orione ‘Man of the Year’ 2009
The Friends of Don Orione
are proud to present the
Man of the Year Award at
our Annual Banchetto to
Joseph Milano of the famous
Union Oyster House in Boston. Joe is being honored for
his many charitable deeds
and his leadership throughout Massachusetts as a
business. religious and
military leader. He is also
known internationally as
the Honorable Consul General for Thailand.
The
event
is
black
tie and being held Friday,
October 30, 2009 at the
Hilton Boston Logan Airport
Hotel. East Boston. Please
call the Don Orione Home
at 617-569-2100, Ext. 236
and ask for Paula Gaeta for
ticket information.
REVERENED
BEDE
Book Signing
Reverened Bede Ferrara, OFM a
Franciscan priest, signing his new
booklet “The Gift of the Franciscan
Educator” at Green Lake Resort,
Catskill, New York.
The host was the Cippitelli Family.
Reverend Bede celebrated Mass and
had the signing at the superb Italian
smorgasbord; “Italy in the Catskill”
was the one for the weekend. “The
Italian and American music was heart
warming and brought back memories
of my youth. The Italian comedian was
terrific,” said Reverend Bede.
A good time was had by all of Father
Bede’s friends who attended the
reunion.
Fr. Bede Ferrara, OFM, signing his
new book “The Gift of the Franciscan
Educator.”
(Photo by Col. John Chiarelli (retired),
Waterbury, CT)
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Italian Cruise Ship Discovers the Port of Boston
Costa Atlantica Makes First Visit During Columbus Day Weekend
Costa Cruises’ Costa Atlantica visited the
Port of Boston over the holiday weekend as
part of her inaugural voyage to the Canada/
New England region. Beginning this fall,
Costa Atlantica will sail a series of Canada/
New England cruises between New York and
Quebec, which includes a regular stop in
the Port of Boston.
Costa Atlantica’s décor boasts a Venetian
atmosphere featuring mosaic tile and
Murano glass. The ship’s 12 guest decks
honor the life and work of Federico Fellini,
Italy’s best known filmmaker.
Left to Right: Erkut Gömülü, Honorary
Consul General of Turkey; Liborio
Stellino, Consul General of Italy; Carmine
Maddaloni, Captain of the Costa Alantica;
and Mike Leone, Port Director for the
Massachusetts Port Authority.
Our Lady of the Rosary
by Bennett Molinari and Richard Molinari
The Feast of Our Lady of
the Rosary, also known as
Our Lady of Pompeii was
recently celebrated on October 7th. The traditional story
of the rosary is that Mary
herself appeared to Saint
Dominic in the 12th century,
instructing him to preach
the Rosary among the people
as a means of combating
heresy and sin. Originally
the Rosary had 150 beads,
the same number as the
psalms in the Bible. In the
twelfth century, religious
orders recited together the
150 Psalms as a way to mark
the hours of the day and the
days of the week. Those
people who didn’t know how
to read wanted to share in
this practice, so praying on
a string of 150 beads or knots
began as a parallel to praying the psalms. It was a way
that the illiterate could remember the Lord and his
mother throughout the day.
The Hail Mary owes its origin to the rosary. When people
said the rosary in the twelfth
century, Gabriel’s greeting
“Hail Mary, full of grace, the
Lord is with thee” was often
said along with the Our Father. Later, Elizabeth’s greeting “blessed are you among
women” was added. It was not
until the sixteenth century
that the words “Holy Mary,
Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of
our death” were added.
In the autumn of 1872,
Bartolo Longo, a lawyer who
was born at Brindisi, Italy, on
February 11, 1841, arrived at
Pompeii to take care of the
affairs of Countess Marianna
Farnararo De Fusco. In that
fertile agricultural region
infested with robbers he also
began to spread the Rosary
among the sharecroppers of
De Fusco and the farmers of
the region.
With his wife’s help, he
inaugurated a confraternity
of the Rosary, he had need
of a picture of the Blessed
Virgin before which the
Rosary could be recited every day. He obtained one as
a gift from a religious of the
Monastery of the Rosary at
Porta Medina, Sister M. Concetta de Litala, who had been
holding it for the Dominican
priest, Fr. Radente who
had acquired it from an
antique dealer in Naples.
The painting was of modest
artistic merit and in very
poor condition. It portrayed
Our Lady of the Rosary, with
Saint Dominic and Saint
Catherine of Siena.
Arriving at Naples on November 13, 1875, the picture
was exposed in a small
chapel, in that same month,
Longo received permission
from the Bishop of Nola to
build a new church.
Miracles were reported
and pilgrims began to frequent the place. Hence, in
1883, when the sanctuary
was completed, Longo entrusted the architect Rispoli
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with the construction of the
throne of the Virgin and directed an appeal to the faithful. Four years later saw the
celebration of a threefold
feast of the inauguration,
the crowning, and the enthroning of the picture of Our
Lady of the Rosary.
The picture, already restored in 1875, was subjected in 1879 to a second
and far more accurate retouching which stabilized
the colors and the image.
Finally, in 1965, at Rome,
the picture was restored
for a third time, at the hands
of the Benedictine Monks.
Moreover,
before
being
returned to Pompeii (on April
25, 1965), the picture remained in the Vatican Basilica by express request of
Pope Paul VI.
During his homily (March
23, 1965), the Pope expressed the hope that “just
as the image of the Virgin
has been repaired and decorated ... so may the image of
Mary that all Christians
must have within themselves be restored, renovated, and enriched.” At the
end of the Mass, the Pope
solemnly enthroned the
Child and Madonna, placing
on their heads two precious
diadems that had been offered by the faithful.
On October 26, 1980,
Bartolo Longo was beatified
by John Paul II and termed
the “Man of the Madonna,”
and the “Apostle of the
Rosary.” He died at Pompeii
on October 5, 1926.
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OUT LOUD
by Sal Giarratani
How Invincible is Menino Really?
Mayor Tom Menino has
been on the defensive side
for a while now over the hubbub concerning missing emails, found computers and
the
mayor’s
go-to-guy
Michael Kineavy caught in
the middle of it all. Maura
Hennigan, a former city
councilor and 2005 mayoral
candidate told the Boston
Metro newspaper, ‘Whether
your average person who
votes in city elections cares
that much about e-mails, I
don’t know.” The mayor is
sounding frustrated though
telling the same paper,
‘We’re talking about housing. We’re talking about
making our streets safer.
Nobody’s listening to that.
All they want to talk about
is e-mails.”
Yep, inside the City Hall
Beltway, everyone is talking
about Kineavy’s e-mails and
computers but what are they
saying about it in Grove Hall,
Centre Street in West
Roxbury, East Broadway in
South Boston, etc. Where
does “your average person”
to quote Hennigan stand on
the controversy and the upcoming mayoral election?
Will the first impact on the
second or is it all about nothing but a Menino landslide?
The other day, I was
stopped by a Channel 5
news crew in Government
Center heading toward City
Hall. There’s a new Sunday
morning
political
show
called “On the Record” at
10AM and I guess this upcoming Sunday you might
see me on it. Anyway, the
reporter with the microphone starts asking me
questions about the mayor’s
race and I start answering
him. When he asked me
about the Flaherty-Yoon
Team, I told him back in
1959 that second place finisher John F. Collins teamed
up with third place finisher
John McMorrow and that
November, Collins beat
frontrunner John E. Powers
from South Boston who himself went on to become the
Senate President a few
years later. I also added that
both Michael Flaherty and
Sam Yoon represent younger
adults in Boston who are
looking to the future of the
city. Flaherty represents traditional Boston voters of all
It was a busy couple of
Sundays for City Councilors Micheal Flaherty
(right) and Sam Yoon. The
Flaherty-Yoon team showed
up for the Roslindale Day
Parade on October 4th and
at the Columbus Day
Parade in the North End on
October 11th, 2009.
(Photo by Sal Giarratani)
ages and Yoon represents
those newer folks picking
Boston as their new home.
Both Flaherty and Yoon
voters are the same yet
different which makes the
team strategy very interesting.
When asked about Menino
I had only good things to say
about his long tenure. He
has been pretty good over the
years but when do you reach
your time to move on and
allow new voices and ideas
into the mix? Four terms are
enough. I told the reporter a
fifth term would by necessity
be redundant. What is there
to propose that Mayor
Menino hasn’t already proposed? I fear all we could
get is the same old ideas
repackaged in fancy new slogans.
I believe all the craziness
over the missing e-mails
and the reactionary affect of
City Hall proves that a culture of complacency sets in
over time. Mayor Kevin
White probably could have
won re-election to a fifth
term in 1983 but probably
figured out, you can’t outstay your time. He had a
great four-terms and brought
Boston into the second half
of the 20th century. Boston’s
role as a leading American
city was solidified by White’s
leadership. In 1980 when
Boston celebrated its 350 th
birthday, Kevin White was
an inspiring force who always looked to the future
with hope and confidence.
When he did, we did too.
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Yolanda Gives Back to the Community
Bridal dress diva, Yolanda, generously donated hundreds of wigs from her bridal salon
to Friends Place at Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center. Modeling some
of the styles is left to right: Magic 106.7’s Canday O’Terry, Gay Vernon, Yolanda Celluci
and cancer patient Donna Scopa.
Former Bridal shop owner, Yolanda Cellucci,
generously donated several hundred wigs to
Friends Place, a part of Dana-Farber/
Brigham and Women’s Cancer Center.
The wedding icon, known for helping thousands of brides, delivered the wigs to DanaFarber herself. She met with Friends Place
manager Julie Durmis, as well as several
cancer patients.
Yolanda Cellucci, the owner of Yolanda’s
Bridal Salon in Waltham just closed its doors
after 41 years. Known as the “Sultan of Sequins” and the “First Lady of Fashion”,
Yolanda started her business out of her
home selling wigs to cancer patients and
head-injury patients.
FRIENDS PLACE:
The mission of Friends Place is to provide
hope, support and healing in a caring environment. The boutique, on the ninth floor
of Dana-Farber, offers specialized consulting for men, women, teens and children who
experience appearance changes following
cancer treatment. Friends Place offers a
range of specialty products including wigs,
head coverings, skincare items, books and
gifts. For more information: http://
www.dana-farber.org/bou/about/.
Happy 100 th Birthday
Josephine Gaeta
Join Italia Unita’s Italian October Heritage Month Event
Photograph Exhibit by Valentina Oppezzo
Now through October 31,
an exhibition will be organized by “Italia Unita” at 80
Border Street, East Boston;
works by the artist will be on
display. Her works include
pictures from her photo-
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graphic collection of toys,
food and landscape photos
taken in Trieste, Italia,
where she lived for eight
years. Join us on October
29th from 6:30 – 8:30 at for
a cocktail reception. Please
RSVP to 617-561-3201 or
[email protected] .
Donations are accepted.
About the Artist
Valentina Oppezzo is an
Italian photographer living
in Cambridge, Massachusetts. After training as a
drawer, she has decided to
work in the medium of the
Fine Arts Photography. Her
photographic work reflects
both her previous experience as illustrator and her
Master studies in Cinema.
She is specialized in creating tiny photographic “sets”
using as subjects, everyday
objects), that become the
“protagonists” of indefinite,
magical, ambiguous stories.
Her still life pictures have
been displayed in several
groups and solo exhibitions
in Italy, and recently at the
ArtMarket Gallery of Downtown Boston.
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PRAYER TO ST. JUDE
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Tickets available through Ticketmaster
are $40 and $30 and are available for
purchase at www.ticketmaster.com or
by calling 1-800-745-3000
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adored, glorified, loved and preserved throughout the world now
and forever. Sacred Heart of
Jesus pray for us. St. Jude,
worker of miracles, pray for us.
St. Jude, help of the hopeless,
pray for us.
Say this prayer 9 times a day and
by the 8th day your prayers will be
answered. It has never been
known to fail. Publication must be
promised. My prayers have been
answered.
L.M.D.
A.T.P.
North End resident Josephine Gaeta celebrated
her 100 th birthday on Saturday, October 10,
2009 with family and friends. She was born on
October 14, 1909. Left to Right: Son Anthony
Gaeta, Josephine Gaeta and Boston City Councilor
Sal LaMattina. The Post-Gazette extends best
wishes to Josephine.
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Res Publica
by David Trumbull
I’M FROM THE GOVERNMENT
and I’m Here to Help You
The U.S. Department of
Labor, on October 6 th , announced a $553,237 grant
to assist about 100 textile
workers in the state of Maine
affected by layoffs at WestPoint Home in Biddeford.
Here’s how it works. Congress passes laws to promote
more imports of goods and the
destruction of American jobs
and then appropriates money
for Trade Adjustment Assistance to train the unemployed
for new jobs. But of course,
those new jobs don’t exist.
With results that have been
quite consistent — after five
years the vast majority of the
laid-off workers have not been
able to find employment at
anything near their former
level. The former WestPoint
workers were getting $15 to
$17 per hour. A lucky few
will get $7 an hour service
jobs. But senators and congressmen don’t care — each
senator and congressman
cares only about one job, his
own.
And when those unemployed Americans lose their
health care or their homes
due to congressional action,
the senators and congressmen see that as just another
opportunity to “help” and justify their re-election. Our
Congress — once one of mankind’s best examples of representative democracy — is
now merely a racket that creates problems so it can come
to the rescue with solutions
that create new problems.
The people shouting down
congressmen at the “Town
Halls” on health care are
rude. But at least they are finally paying attention to how
the Washington power elite
abuses the citizens. I hope
we have some good candidates in 2010 so we can throw
the bums out. That is if we
can find out who the good candidates are. With Mr. Obama
in the White House and
Democrats in Congress there
is talk of imposing a “fairness” doctrine on radio in order to silence anyone who
does not stick to the government’s propaganda line. Campaign finance “reform” continues to be a favorite tool of
the incumbents to prohibit
any print, radio, or television
reporting or advertising that
may help a challenger to get
past the tremendous advantages that incumbents enjoy.
Be thankful that we have the
internet to get uncensored
news, one cable television
network that is not a whollyowned subsidiary of the
Democratic Party, and local
newspapers, such as this one,
which for 114 years has operated free of government or
other outside control as the
Italian-American Voice of
Massachusetts.
David Trumbull is the
chairman of the Boston Ward
Three Republican Committee.
Boston’s Ward Three includes
the North End, West End, part
of Beacon Hill, downtown, waterfront, Chinatown, and part of
the South End.
Wine & Beer Festival on Tap
Columbia Lodge #540 Order Sons of Italy in
America will holds its Third Annual Beer and
Wine Tasting Festival. The event will be held
on Friday, October 23, 2009 from 7:00 – 9:00
p.m. at the Columbia Cultural Center, 775
John Quincy Adams Road, Taunton.
Representatives from several beer and
wine distributors will be on hand to present their
brands. Richard Simmons, Lodge President said, “This
event is a huge success for the lodge. Everyone who
comes seems to have a great time and we get more
and more people coming each year.”
All proceeds from the event go directly to the charitable works of the Lodge including scholarship awards
where the lodge has awarded more than $25,000 in
scholarships to area high school seniors over the past
five years. .
Tickets for the International Beer and Wine Festival are available from any Columbia Lodge #540 member or by calling Richard Simmons at 508-930-2898.
Columbia Lodge #540 is Taunton’s chapter of
the Order Sons of Italy in America.
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NEVER TRUST A THIN COOK
by Eric Dregni
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Published by the University of Minnesota Press
Book titles have always
Romans once did and greet
intrigued me. Eric Dregni’s
my friends …”
book title, Never Trust a Thin
It’s time for Eric to visit
Cook, which is an old Italian
Naples, a crowded city that
proverb, certainly caught my
was designed to live, shop
attention. According to auand carouse outdoors. He
thor Eric Dregni all he
learns to his astonishment
wanted to do is the following,
that Neapolitans believe lit“I simply want to live in the
erally in the old adage, “out
place with the best food in
with the old and in with
the world.” This dream led
the new.” On New Year’s
him to Italy. After a lengthy
Eve, thousands of fireworks
search Eric found the perare discharged followed by
fect town, Modena, where he
discarding, from their winstates the best Italian cuidows, broken items such
sine exists. Eric decides to
as plates, glasses and old
spend two years enjoying the
furniture. The reader may
Author Eric Dregni
wonders of Modena’s food.
not believe this fact. HowHe offers this savory adven- Parmesan sells for upwards ever, I can confirm this
ture to his girlfriend, Katy, of $500 …”
alarming declaration. SomeI enjoy reading about Eric’s time ago my family and I
who accepts hungrily.
Modena is the birthplace of mishaps and confrontations spent Christmas in Rome
balsamic vinegar, Parmesan he has with the Italian and New Year’s Eve in
cheese, Ferrari cars and people. For example, a res- Naples. We witnessed, first
Luciano Pavarotti. Eric loads taurant that Eric and Katy hand, the explosion of firehis book with wonderful cli- attend often, is owned by a works followed by the outches: il bel paese-beautiful large man, named Ermes, rageous tossing of old items
country, in piedi come un and is usually crowded. It is out of windows from a fifth
cavallo-standing like a horse. not unusual for Ermes to floor apartment. Prior to this
If you have visited Europe force you to stay until you display all streets are
you will understand this have finished eating. Eric’s cleared of automobiles.
comment. It will cost you use of Italian words through- They are parked in courtmore to eat sitting down out the novel I find intoxicat- yards and distant parking
rather than standing like a ing. In addition, he lists lots. An alarming sight,
horse. What about this? “Si seven pages of commonly never to be forgotten, but
mangia bene, si paga poco!” used Italian words with in- very exciting.
You eat well, you pay little. terpretations allowing the
The chapter Eric devotes
That is the best compliment reader to better understand on the famous cars manwhat’s happening.
a restaurant can receive.
ufactured in Modena, like
Eric is hired, lothe Ferraris, Macally, to teach the
seratis and Lamyoung Italians to According to author Eric Dregni all boghinis is pricespeak
English.
he wanted to do is the following, less. The populaActually he is
of Modena
“I simply want to live in the place tion
learning
more
may be the greatthan he is teachest
automobile
with the best food in the world.”
ing, in particular
fans.
This dream led him to Italy.
Italian customs.
The only negaRead this, “Sextive tone I noted
Town pride runs deep in this exciting story is
ual harassment that’s just
Since medieval Eric’s offhand remarks that
an American thing; it in Italy.
doesn’t exist in Italy.” To times, the cities Bologna were addressed toward the
continue, “On the front cover and Modena have rivaled remarkable and talented
(of a newspaper) is an Ital- each other. Passengers ar- leading citizen of Modena,
ian case of sexual harass- riving to Modena from Bolo- Luciano Pavarotti. On sevment in which the judge gna are greeted by a graffiti eral occasions Eric referred
ruled a little pat on the butt sign that reads, Grazie a dio negatively to his rotund
is OK but touching breasts non sona Bolognese, — thank appearance.
God I am not from Bologna.
isn’t.”
Two years have passed and
Eric is introduced into the Eric and his girlfriend Katy
Coffee, especially cappuccino, is so important to life making of the precious and are preparing to leave
in Italy, for example. “The expensive balsamic vinegar, Modena.
The natives of
protocol around coffee in which is made in Modena. Modena do not understand.
Italy is strict, experimenting Eric was shown where the Why leave? You have a good
so called “mother barrel” job, a good apartment, and
is left to the foreigners.”
He visits a prosciutto is stored. It is more than a the best in food. The addios
warehouse, where his con- hundred years old and is full and buono viaggios are recern lies with his weak of thick syrupy vinegar and peated endlessly. Even I feel
stomach, but his insatiable is owned by a private citizen sad leaving Modena. I enappetite for prosciutto over- who claims, “If the house joyed my visit to Modena
comes all his problems. catches on fire, it’s the first with author Eric Dregni very
Later he is introduced to two thing we carry outside.”
much and promised myself
The main street in Modena to return to Modena physipopular card games, scopa
and briscola. I remember my is Via Emilia, an old Roman cally soon.
father playing these two card road. In the evening everyThis is a splendid book for
games while sharing his body is out for a passeggiata anyone who appreciates
(stroll). “… people walk like Italy and its people and to
wine with his friends.
“Authentic
Parmesan a pavone (peacock) on the reminisce about their own
cheese is edible gold.” Eric Via Emilia to show their experiences. It is funny,
is told, “… wheels of beautiful clothes and talk educational and enduring.
Parmesan cheese fill some on their cell phones.” Author Eric Dregni, the raconteur,
local bank vaults, as the Eric Degni is obviously uses his skillful writing to
value of the cheese wheels exalted with these friendly embrace each and every
remains more constant scenes when he states, “I tale. I highly recommend
than any currency.” Fur- want to walk down the this fabulous book, read it,
thermore, “One wheel of Via Emilia just as the you will not be sorry.
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Pierino Como
by Attorney David Saliba
Perry Como was one of fourteen children. His father
was Pietro Como and his mother was Lucia Travaglini.
Perry’s father and mother were from Abruzzo.
Perry was a member of the Sons of Italy in Canonsburg,
Pennsylvania. He used to sweep the floors at the
Sons of Italy Hall. Perry later became a barber. He
wanted to be the best barber in Pennsylvania. He
used to sing for the customers at his barber shop.
He later married his girlfriend Roselle Bellini. They
had three children. Perry was a devoted husband.
Perry was handsome and charismatic. Women were
attracted to him, yet with all this temptation, he never
got involved with another woman.
Perry’s reputation as a charismatic singer became
known to a band leader named Freddy Carlone. He
arranged for Perry to sing with his band. Later a wellknown orchestra leader named Ted Weems lured
Perry to join the Ted Weems Band. From there CBS
signed Perry up to record his music.
He became a singing star and sold millions of
records. He appeared in many movies. He later had
his own television show.
Ray Barron and Al Natale our own eminent
musicologists are more familiar than I with respect to
Perry Como’s career and the songs Perry introduced.
Perry was devastated when his wife died in 1998 at
the age of 84. Perry was a strict Roman Catholic. He
lived his later years on Jupiter Island, Florida. He sang
regularly at St. Jude’s Church every Sunday. The
parishioners were lucky to hear Perry sing at Mass on
Sundays.
Frank Privitera has a condo on Jupiter Island.
They brought me and Gilda to St. Jude’s Church on
the island. We saw the beautiful white marble crucifix
statue that Perry and Roselle donated to the
church.
Sadly Perry Como died in Florida on May 12, 2001.
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Mrs. Murphy . . . As I See It
Talk around Revere is Mayor
Tom
Abrosino
backs the “Good
Old Boys Club”!
Meaning he can keep politics as usual and squeeze
more money out of the taxpayers. Due to more state
budget cuts, Tom Ambrosino
is proposing a bill to have
taxpayers pay for the removal
of their trash while he keeps
his cronies on the payroll! To
tell it as it is: “there is a
handful of deserving personnel ... but the rest need to go!
Taxpayers cannot afford another financial burden forced
upon them! Because of the
city’s squandering of money
during the Ambrosino administration, he has done
the city wrong! The city is
already up to their eyeballs
with expenses on the new
schools built for newcomers.
Plus paying for school
official’s exorbitant salaries
that need to be reduced drastically across the board! Need
I say more? In my assessment of Revere city politics,
there are but three good city
councilors that fight for the
city and the taxpayers. They
are Tony Zambuto, George
Rotondo, and George Collella
... The buzz around town is
Carmen’s Kitchen located at
Bennington Street has a talented new chef blessed with
a flair for cooking. He’s fondly
known as “K”. His specialty
entree is stuffed pork chops
w/prosciutto complemented
by a roasted red pepper sauce
with garlic. According to patrons this particular dish is
“out of this world”. His signature appetizer is purple
shrimp made with burgundy
wine. Carmen’s kitchen has
a beer, wine and cordial license for those that enjoy a
cocktail or wine with dinner.
Lois DiNunzio owner and
operator of Carmen’s Kitchen
invites you to come in and
try their outstanding menu.
Carmen’s is located at 1010
Bennington Street in Orient
Heights. They are open from
Tuesday through Sunday.
Carmen’s is a cozy place with
a comfortable atmosphere,
and on any given night you
could bump into Ron Della
Chiesa, Eddie Andelman Sr.
and other familiar names
that have become regular
diners. Delivery service is
also available ... The Columbus Day Parade was held in
the North End this year. The
parade drew thousands upon
thousands of spectators into
the North End. Businesses
did well and according to all
accounts of the day, everyone
was having a good time and
enjoying the traditional parade ... Heard C.D.C. Community Development Corp, a
good and honest development
corporation is planning on
putting up 27 units of affordable housing apartment
rentals
across
from
DeAngelis Bakery on Maverick Street. The city is using
up all available business possibilities for affordable housing. How can the community
benefit economically by adding more affordable housing??? Eastie residents feel
they’ve had enough affordable and want to move on!
Whatever happened to the
waterfront development on
Massport property??? Have
those plans gone up in
smoke? Winn Development
was first to develop the
waterfront, but never broke
ground. Then came Roseland Properties that actually
broke ground and stopped. If
the land was developed it
would have enhanced the
face of East Boston. Many
hard working East Bostonians feel if it isn’t affordable
in Eastie it gets the axe.
People are getting fed up by
the way East Boston has
fallen to the wayside. It appears that only one class of
people are being catered to,
and that’s the low income.
Residents say it’s not that
they’re against affordable
housing, but be fair, Eastie
has more than its share of
it! Eastie now needs higher
end housing developments.
Many that live here complain
there is no balance in East
Boston ... The Mike Flaherty
and Sam Yoon ticket is shaping up. It’s an interesting
spin in the upcoming election. These two candidates
are very qualified. They are
both well educated, know
Boston, and want what’s best
for its neighborhoods. Being
from different backgrounds
should bring some balance to
the city ... Till next time!
Galileo’s Telescope and the Beginning of
Scientific Revolution and Space Exploration
In celebration of the ninth
annual “Italian Language
in
the
World
Week”
(“Settimana della Lingua
Italiana nel Mondo”), under
the high patronage of the
President of the Italian Republic, and in collaboration
with Harvard University,
M.I.T.,
UMass
Boston,
UMass Lowell, Northeastern
University, University of
Rome and the Italian Space
Agency, the Consulate General of Italy in Boston is
pleased to present a series
of events on “Galileo’s Telescope and the Beginning of
Scientific Revolution and
Space Exploration.”
On Friday, October 23 rd
from 8 to 8:30 PM, an event
entitled “From Galileo to the
Web: the Evolution of Astronomical Research through
the Centuries” (at Phillips
Auditorium,
HarvardSmithsonian Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden St,
Cambridge, MA 02138) will
take place, which includes
a telescopic observation of
the stars and planets
(weather permitting) at the
Harvard-Smithsonian Observatory.
On Saturday, October 24th
from 9:30 AM until 3 PM, the
principal event (at Harvard
University, Science Center
D) will take place with presentations by staff members
of the Consulate General of
Italy in Boston, university
professors, and special
guests,
Professor
Piero
Benvenuti, (Vice Commissioner of the Italian Space
Agency), and NASA astro-
naut Albert Sacco. Remarks
will be made by the Consul
General, followed by the presentation of “”Padova: the
‘Best 18 Years’ of Galileo’s
Life” by Professor Lucia
Lovison-Gobb, the scientific
responsible for this event at
Harvard University. Professor Piero Benvenuti, Vice
Commissioner of the Italian
Space Agency at the University of Padova, will present
“Shattering and Recomposing the Celestial Spheres:
from Galileo to Modern Cosmology.” Professor Carlo
Cipollone, Educational Director of the Consulate General of Italy, will present
“Galileo’s
Educational
Legacy” and Professor Ubaldo
Panitti, lecturer of Italian at
UMass Boston will present
“Galileo’s Scientific Writing.” Later, Professor Mario
Biagioli in the Department
of History of Science at
Harvard University will
present “Galileo’s Telescope
between Secrecy and Public
Knowledge.” Following Professor Biagioli, Professor
Bruno Coppi from M.I.T. will
present his “Venturing into
Space: Discovery of the
Heliosphere and Development of High Energy Astronomy”. Professor Daniela
Calzetti from the Department of Astronomy at
UMass Amherst will discuss
“Exploration of the Cosmos
through Ground-based and
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Columbus Day Parade 2009
(Photos courtesy of Dom Campochiaro and
Ross Photography)
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The Socially Set
by Hilda M. Morrill
Left to right: Radio & TV personality Upton Bell; author
William Martin; author Sarah Smith; and Emily D’Amour
Pardo, Executive Director, Boston Book Festival, at the
festive soiree held at the home of Smoki Bacon and
Richard Concannon.
(Photo by Lynn Lim)
For Boston’s “Socially Set”
the
Autumnal
Equinox
means the beginning of the
social season — with its galas, fundraisers and traditional special events, such
as “Opening Night at Symphony.” For many of the
glitterati and literati, however,
the season does not officially
begin until Smoki Bacon
and Dick Concannon host
their traditional elegant
cocktail party at their Back
Bay home.
In addition to greeting
friends and catching up on
what everyone did over their
summer vacation, one gets
to mingle with many of the
guests who have appeared
on Smoki and Dick’s popular television show, “The
Literati Scene,” which focuses on authors.
But Bacon and Concannon’s field of activity is all
encompassing, covering current events, theatre, books,
museums, commerce, medicine, politics, science and
arts organizations — and
much more. Many of Boston’s
high-profile visitors often appear on the show, and an array of highly respected local
talent regularly appears as
contributing commentators
to compliment the creativity
and excitement of the hosts.
Robin Powell Mandjes of the Julia Chas
Gallery, and Walter Carrington, former
Ambassador to Nigeria at the BaconConcannon cocktail party.
(Photo by Lynn Lim)
Recently, radio and TV personality Upton Bell shared
his thoughts on the Boston
sports scene, and Ken Gloss
of The Brattle Bookstore explained the technique for
identifying authentic first
editions. Radio and TV commentator Richard Flavin is
a frequent guest who talks
about the many and varying
New England lifestyles.
Among this year’s guests
at the September 23 soiree
were: Vernon Alden, “Being
Myself”; Brett Alessi, Director, Education Pioneers;
Joan Arnaud, Director, First
Literacy; Susan Bailey, Director, Wellesley College
Center for Women; Rick
Beyer, “The Greatest Scientific Stories Never Told”;
Linda Bratley, Director,
PINO DANIELE
Makes First US Appearance
Massimo Gallotta Production. Performing to a sold out audience in New York’s
historic Apollo Theater in Harlem,
Daniele rocked the house with his electric jam. Born to a working class family
of Southern Italy, (Naples), Daniele
taught himself to play guitar. His unique
sound, musically and vocally brought
him through many decades and he is
still going strong. His career started with
traditional Neapolitan sounds, mixed
with tarantella, blues and rumba, then
moved onto World music such as blues
and rock. His final stop was in Toronto,
Canada on October 4th.
Author Hailie Ephron, left, literary critic
for The Boston Globe and author Jan
Brogan smile for the camera.
(Photo by Lynn Lim)
Enjoying the Bacon-Concannon soiree are, left to right,
businessman Kevin Mc Donald; Diane McDonald, Curator
of Ancient Art, Boston College; and Magdalene Kantartzi,
Communications Director, Greek Consulate.
(Photo by Lynn Lim)
Mass. Commission on the
Status of Women; former
Ambassador to Nigeria,
Walter Carrington; Ann
Emerson, President Emeritus Boston Museum; F.
Murray Forbes, Director
Navigator Foundation; William Fowler, History Professor, Northeastern University; Chris Gabrieli, “Time to
Learn” (Chris is Smoki’s
son-in-law);
Magdalene
Kantartzi, Communications
Director, Greek Consulate;
Jane Holtz Kaye, “Asphalt
Boston” and “Lost Boston”;
Tim Kenslea, “Sedgwicks In
Love”; and Josh Kimball,
“The Man Who Made Lists.”
Also: Vivien Li, Director,
The Boston Harbor Association; Bill Martin, “The Lost
Constitution”; Emily Pardo,
Boston Book Festival, Director; Randy Peffer, “Seahawk
Hunting”; Leo Romero, Casa
Romero; Joshua Rubenstein,
Director, Amnesty International; Lloyd Schwartz,
“Elizabeth Bishop”; Professor
Werner Sollors, “The History
of American Literature”;
Jane Thompson, “Design
Research”; Robert Whitaker,
“Laps of Gods”; and Tracy
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B ob D ’s B eat
by Bob DeCristoforo
Special guest NEAA star Robert “Teddy” Tomasone.
NEAD AWARD NOMINATIONS
ARE NOW OPEN
Drop into the Nazzaro Center and pick up
a Nomination Form(s) and help select the
2009 NEAD Community Award Winners. Fill
it out and get it back to the Center by Monday, October 26 no later than 6pm. Categories include the Andy Puopolo Youth Award,
the Barbara DeCristoforo Senior Award, the
Emily Pugliano Public Servant Award, the Fred
Carangelo Organization Award, the Walter
Salvi NSTAR Business Award, the Alumnus
Award, and the John Dexter UnSung Hero
Award. The Awards are given to those, who
help make the North End a better place.
They will be presented at the 12 th Annual
Community Awards Dinner on SATURDAY,
NOVEMBER 21st at Tecce’s. It’s important to
salute those who make a positive difference,
and say ‘Thank You’ for what they have done.
THANK YOU
To all those who made the 2009 North End
Columbus Day Weekend Celebration a great
success. Many don’t really understand
the hard work it takes to put the ‘Celebration’ together. We do, and we ‘Salute’ all the
members of the 2009 North End Columbus
Day Committee.
FUN FRIDAYS
City Spotlights ‘Fun Fridays’ program
takes place October 16 th, October 30th, and
November 13 th from 5:30pm to 7:30pm at
the Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center,
30 Ash Street, Boston. It’s a FREE evening
of theatre games, improvisation, and performing arts fun for young people ages
11-13. Space is limited. For more information please contact Anthony Victoria at
617-532-1221. The program is part of the
Citi Performing Arts Center Education
Department.
ST. LEONARD’S DINNER DANCE
The Annual St. Leonard’s Parish Dinner
Dance takes place on October 24 at Tecce’s
Restaurant. Tickets are now available at
the St. Leonard’s Gift Shop. It’s an important night, not only as a fundraiser, but as
a night that both old and new Parishioners
come together in a special way as one.
St. Leonard’s is our North End Parish. Please
support this great effort.
RED SOX RALLY TUESDAY
It was a great day in the North End as once
again NEAD and the Nazzaro Center held a
day to ‘Celebrate’ the Boston Red Sox, and
their 6 th appearance in the last seven years
in the post-season. Hot dogs were served by
Chef Mike Giannosoli, chips and ice cream
were distributed by ‘Captain’ Carl Ameno
and Laurie D’Elia, and a great playoff Red
Sox cake, thanks, as always, to Mike’s
Pastry, was served by Teen Youth Leader
Nick Verrochi. With the help of the Red Sox
Foundation, Red Sox hats and t-shirts were
given to each of the many young people. We
also give a special Shout Out to NEAA CEO
Robert ‘Teddy’ Tomasone, who made a guest
appearance, and to all the North End Against
Drugs Board Members, who helped host this
great event.
HIGH SCHOOL PREP NOTEBOOK
Members of the ISL League are BB&N,
Middlesex, Rivers, Brooks, Lawrence Academy, St. Sebastian’s, Groton, Governor’s
Academy, Roxbury Latin, Belmont Hill, Noble
& Greenough, St. Paul’s, St. Mark’s, Milton
Academy, St. George and Thayer ... WEEKLY
ROUNDUP will be back next week!
COLLEGE BOARD
Massachusetts topped Rensseler 5-2.
James Marcou had four assists to lead
the Minutemen to the season opening
college hockey night win ... most teams will
be in action this weekend!
ULowell Radio Announcer Bob Ellis was
presented the 2009 Hockey East Joe
Concannon Media Award.
BU was picked second in the USCHO
Hockey preseason poll. Denver was picked
number one!
PROLINE
Big NHL Opening Week for many we know.
Coach Joe Sacco, Colorado, debut was a
great success as the Avalanche posted a
solid 5-2 win over San Jose. BC Alum Brian
Gionta scored a goal in his debut with
Montreal, a 4-3 OT win over Toronto, and
then he scored the game OT winner in the
2-1 victory at Buffalo. Former BC star Benn
Ferriero got his first NHL goal when San
Jose downed Anaheim 4-3, and former BU
star Matt Gilroy got his first NHL goal, the
game winner, when the New York Rangers
defeated the New Jersey Devils 3-2, and
Keith Tkachuk had two goals and an assist
to give the St. Louis Blues a 5-3 win over
Detroit.
TIDBITS
- Birthday Best to Karen D’Amico and
Laurie D’Elia.
- Celeb Sightings: Newly appointed Democratic Ward 3 Chairperson Jason Aluia,
and Dino DiFronzo at the Saint Anthony’s
Club, Justin Amoroso taking in the
Anaheim-Bruins Game at the TD Garden,
the Legendary Ralph DelGaudio working hard at the TD Garden, movie star to
be Chris Pereira, Paula Lyons home from
the Cape, and George ‘the Great’ Hadaya.
- Thank You again, Michele Morgan.
SMILE!
NEAD/Nazzaro Center celebrates the Red
Sox.
WHITNEY HOUSTON — I
LOOK TO YOU (CD) Arista
Whitney Houston delivers
an early Christmas gift for
music fans with her outstanding new album I Look To You.
It’s been a long hiatus for
Houston, but she doesn’t miss
a beat with 11 exciting tracks.
Cashing in with the opener
penned by Alicia Keys, “Million Dollar Bill” sets the pace,
followed by the dance groove
“Nothin’ But Love,” the promising “Call You Tonight,” a
pair of R. Kelly tunes, the
pretty “I Look To You” and “Salute.” Hitmaker Akon is featured on “Like I Never Left,”
plus a cover of Leon Russell’s
“A Song For You,” one of the
many highlights is Diane
Warren’s powerhouse ballad
“I Didn’t Know My Own
Strength” produced by David
Foster, along with the tender
“Worth It.” Whitney made
some decisions that paid dividends on this album — one
was pairing herself with some
of the hottest writers and producers in pop and R&B, including R. Kelly, Foster, Akon,
Stargate, Keys and Swizz
Beatz, enabling her to deliver
songs that showcased her signature vocal power and passion. She winds down her
‘comeback’ album with the
uplifting “Worth It” and the
confident “I Got You.” The
only thing missing now is a
Whitney Houston Tour.
THE STEPFATHER —
ORIGINAL MOTION
PICTURE SOUNDTRACK
(CD) Lakeshore
The Stepfather is a horrorthriller film chock full of
mystery and suspense. The
soundtrack music serves to
heighten the action via a
haunting soundtrack that includes, “Typical” (Mutemath),
“The Air I Breathe” (Sleep
Detectives),
Hoobastank’s
“Say The Same,” plus “Safeway” (Feersum Ennjin), “Melee” (Drew Smith), “What Is
Real” (Ken Andrews) and hit
the midpoint via “Never
Less Than Perfect” (Blurtonia). Adding to the thrills
are, “Eternal Summer” (Red
Means Go), “Secret Things”
(Ken Andrews), “Safer When”
(C’Mon), “Platinum Camelot”
(Lightning Swords of Death),
lowering the decibels for
“Given” (Seether), and the
fatal finish is reached with
a cover of The Turtles’ “Happy
Together,” performed by
Filter. Check out the action
and feel the thrills throughout your body!
VANEESE THOMAS —
SOUL SISTER VOL. ONE
(CD) Segue
If your sister is Carla Thomas and your late father was
Rufus Thomas, you have
golden credentials. Using
‘gold’ as a standard, Vaneese
Thomas delivers a dozen
songs from the past and
makes them fresh. The
tracks represent a dozen
years of seminal soul for your
ears to feast on. Opening up
with “Tell Mama” saluting
Etta James, “Love Makes A
Woman” (Barbara Acklin),
“Comfort Me” from sister
Carla’s 1966 album, “Since
You’ve Been Gone” (Aretha
Franklin), and salutes Ana
Mae Bullock a.k.a. Tina
Turner with “Nutbush City
Limits.” VT doesn’t disappoint
with second half happenings
as, “It’s Killin’ Me,” a song she
penned for her father, who
never got to record it, followed
by “I Had A Talk With My Man”
(Mitty Collier), “Operator”
originally recorded in 1961 by
a teenaged Gladys Knight,
plus “Trapped By A Thing
Called Love” (Denise LaSalle),
the mesmerizing “Hypnotized” (Linda Jones), and ends
with “Make Me Yours” from
Betty Swann, who first made
it happen. Even though
Vaneese only wrote one of the
dozen songs, she takes them
and makes them her own!
NEEDTOBREATHE — THE
OUTSIDERS (CD) Atlantic
South Carolina natives
Bear and Bo Rinehart founded
Need To Breathe in 1999. The
14-songs they penned, reflects
the rock group’s Southern
sensibility. Opening with the
anthemic title song, dipping into the “Valley of
Tomorrow,” the powerful
anthem “Through Smoke,”
the gospel-flavored “Lay ‘Em
Down,” the pain of “What
You’ve Done To Me,” the sharp
alt-rock edged “Hurricane,”
and the tender ballad “These
Hard Times.” Seth Bolt on
bass and Joe Stillwell on
drums, joined the band to
round out the foursome. Sara
Watkins of Nickel Creek
lends her vocals to the beautiful “Stones Under Rushing
Water,” as the group continues with beauties as the arresting “Prisoner,” the positive “Won’t Turn Back,” and
the memorable encounter
with “Girl Named Tennessee.” The soaring “Something
Beautiful” starts the wind
down to an excellent album,
followed by the lush sounds of
“Garden,” and the lyric driven
“Let Us Love.” Don’t miss
NeedToBreathe
live
on
Monday, September 19 th, at
Boston’s Paradise — it will be
well worth the effort!
BLAKE LEWIS —
HEARTBREAK ON VINYL
(CD) Tommy Boy
On season six of American
Idol, Blake Lewis was runnerup to Jordin Sparks, on his
sophomore album Heartbreak
on Vinyl he is the clear ‘winner’. Lewis creates 13 tracks
of dance beats and broken
heartbeats, all songs written
from the heart, and life experiences. Pulsating tunes include the spirited title cut,
along with the seductive
“Binary Love,” the rhythmic
“Freak,” his current single
“Sad Song,” plus the throbbing
beauty “Rhythm of My Heart,”
the fear of “Afraid,” and “Left
My Baby For You.” Lewis has
the electro, dance, trance
beat pumping with, “Rebel
Without A Cause,” the pure
pop “Our Rapture of Love,”
trailed by “The Point,” the
high-energy of “The Remedy,”
ending with the pleading
“Love Or Torture (Please Don’t
Stop).” Visit Blake Lewis at:
www.blakelewisofficial.com,
or Twitter@blakelewis or
Facebook
www.facebook.
com/blakelewis, or MySpace
www.myspace.com/blake
lewis.
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ITALIAN EVENTS & PROGRAMS
NOW
PLAYING
UPTOWN & DOWNTOWN
ITALIAN RADIO
“The Sicilian Corner” 11:00 AM
to 1:00 PM every Friday with host Tom
Zappala and Mike Lomazzo and “The
Italian Show” w/Nunzio DiMarca
every Sunday from 10AM to 1PM
www.1110wccmam.com
“Italia Oggi”(Italy Today) Sundays
1PM to 2 PM with host Andrea Urdi
1460 AM www.1460WXBR.com
“Dolce Vita Radio” DJ Rocco
Mesiti 11 AM-1 PM Sundays. 90.7 FM
or online www.djrocco.com
“The Nick Franciosa Show” Every Sunday at 12 Noon to 3:00 PM
on radio stations WLYN 1360 AM and
WAZN 1470 AM.
“Guido Oliva Italian Hour”
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM every Sunday
on WSRO 650AM Framingham
and online at www.wsro.com.
NATIONAL HERITAGE MUSEUM
MAXWELL AUDITORIUM
33 Marrett Road Lexington, MA
PASQUALE ESPOSITO - Saturday,
October 24, 2009 at 8:00 PM.
Pasquale’s love of Italian language and
culture is apparent in his CDs: “My
Passion” (2000), “My Destiny” (2004),
“Naples … That’s Amore!” (2005) and
“Il Fornaio: Authentic Italy, Vol.
1”(2008). Most recently, Pasquale has
finalized his latest CD: “A Brand New
Me” consisting of original compositions in his distinctive pop-opera
style. The making of this CD was
an international collaboration of
many talents. The music and lyrics
were written by Pasquale Esposito
and Antonio Aprile, a composer
and an arranger from Naples, Italy.
The recording of the CD took place in
Italy and the United States under the
supervision of Antonio Aprile and
Ettore Gatta. For tickets log onto
www.ticketfusion.com or call 1-408528-6308.
MGM GRAND FOXWOODS
THEATER
Mashantucket, Connecticut
LAURA PAUSINI - Sunday, October 25, 2009 - Roughly a decade after
she made her recording debut at the
age of 18, Laura Pausini had sold over
25 million albums worldwide, quite an
impressive feat for someone who’d
never really broken into the lucrative
English-language market. The Italian
singer began her career at a young
age, making her live debut at only
age 12. In 2008 Laura spent most of
her time in the studio, recording another new album. Her tenth studio
album called “Primavera In Anticipo”
was first released in its Spanish language edition Primavera anticipada
and in the hispanophone market,
then was released in the Italian language edition in Italy. The international version of the album was released in other European countries.
In 2009, Laura Pausini began a new
World tour, starting in Italy and across
Europe, then to North America, South
America and Australian. Log onto
www.foxwoods.com for more information and to order tickets.
CONSULATE GENERAL OF ITALY
600 Atlantic Avenue (Federal
Reserve Building) – 17 th Floor,
Boston, MA
SUN, LIGHT, WATER, FLOWERS
- Works by Rosetta Nasisi - The
exhibition will continue through November 18, 2009. Sun, Light, Water,
Flowers are symbols of joy and fun
that are the basics of her life. The
deliberate abstraction of her style
evokes the mystery and beauty of the
places, and the emotional response
it extends to the viewer, allowing
him or her to imaginatively enter
and complete the scenes. In addition,
Rosetta teaches art and Italian in
Boston. A true artistist soul, you don’t
miss this beautiful exhibit You may
e-mail Rosetta at [email protected]
or call 617-722-9201 for further
information.
When Laura Pausini was only eight years old, she began
to sing with her father in piano bars. On February 26,
1993, she sang La Solitudine at the Sanremo Music
Festival. She won the title in the Young Performer’s
category. This was the beginning of a music sensation.
Shortly after her win at Sanremo, Laura published her
first album, Laura Pausini. It was released in Australia,
Europe and Japan and sold over 2,000,000 copies. It
topped the music charts, not only in Italy, but several
countries worldwide. She recorded a special rendition of
La Solitudine for the English speaking market. The lyrics
were by Tim Rice. “Laura”, her second CD, which was
released in 1994, was a music sensation. It included
Strani Amori, which brought her third place at Sanremo
in the Big category. The album was released in several
countries and topped the charts in Italy. Over 4,000,000
copies were sold. Her music is always of the highest
quality. Check out Italian Special Events and Programs
for more information about her upcoming concert.
EMERSON COLLEGE
Cutler Majestic Theatre
219 Tremont Street, Boston, MA
CARMEN – Friday, November 6 at
7:30 pm, Sunday, November 8 at
3:00 pm. Wednesday, November 11 at
7:30 pm. Friday, November 13 at
7:30 pm. Sunday, November 15 at
3:00 pm. Tuesday, November 17 at
7:30 pm. Music by Georges Bizet. Sung
in French with French dialogue and
projected English translation. Carmen
and Don José crash into each other
with a passion that’s as much about
will as it is about desire. At its premiere, Bizet’s opera shocked and
thrilled audiences.
STOMP – Now through October 18,
2009. Explosive, provocative, sophisticated, sexy, utterly unique and fun
for everyone! The eight-member
troupe uses everything but conventional percussion instruments —
matchboxes, wooden poles, brooms,
to fill the stage with magnificent
rhythms. For tickets call 1-800-4327250 or visit www.telecharge.com.
ZERO ARROW THEATRE
2 Arrow Street, Cambridge, MA
THE DONKEY SHOW – Now
through January 2, 2010. The intoxicating international sensation
that takes you behind the velvet
ropes into a glittered wonderland
of decadence, divas, and disco,
inspired by Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night Dream.” For tickets
or more info, you may call 617-5478300 or log on to the webiste at:
www.AmericanRepertoryTheater.org.
MUSIC
BERKLEE PERFORMANCE CENTER
136 Massachusetts Avenue,
Boston, MA
DIANNE REEVES – Friday, October 23rd at 8:00 PM. Recognized as one
of the premier vocalists in the world,
four time Grammy Winner, Dianne
Reeves is among the most prominent
and influential singers in jazz.
MILTON NASCIMENTO – Sunday,
November 15 th at 8:00 PM. Milton’s
deeply moving music and rich,
remarkable voice have made him an
international legend and one of
Brazil’s biggest stars. His sound is a
harmonious mix of African rhythms,
Brazilian folk melodies, bossa nova
and diverse undercurrents from across
the globe. For tickets and further
information, please call: 617-876-4275
or visit: www.WorldMusic.org.
FIRST CHURCH IN CAMBRIDGE,
CONGREGATIONAL
11 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA
THE MUSIC OF DOWLAND AND
PURCELL – Friday, October 23 rd at
8:00 PM. The program consists of
Music and Sweet Poetrie: Orpheus
in England. For more info, please call:
617-661-1812 or visit: www.bemf.org.
SYMPHONY HALL
301 Massachusetts Avenue
Boston, MA
WORKS OF MARTINU; STRAVINSKY; THOMAS AND TCHIKOVSKY - Saturday, October 17th at 8:00
PM under the baton of Ludovic Morlot.
To purchase tickets, please call:
617-266-1200; 1200 or visit the BSO
website at: www.bso.org.
BEETHOVEN: THE COMPLETE
SYMPHONIES, PROGRAM 1 –
Thursday, October 22 nd at 8:00 PM
and Saturday, October 24 th at 8:00
PM. James Levine is the conductor
for these two evenings.
Thursday, October 27th at 8:00 PM and
Thursday, October 29 th at 8:00 PM.
James Levine is the conductor.
SYMPHONIES, PROGRAM 3 – Friday, October 30th at 8:00 PM and Saturday, October 31st at 8:00 PM.
Thursday, November 5 th at 8:00 PM
and Saturday, November 7 th at 8:00
PM. To purchase tickets, please call:
617-266-1200; TDD/TTY 617-6389289 and in other areas: 888-266-1200
or visit the BSO website at:
www.bso.org.
© 2007 Feld Entertainment
THEATER
OCT. 14 - 18
Wed. OCT. 14 ( 7:00 PM
OPENING NIGHT
TICKETS $15!*
Thu.
OCT. 15
7:00 PM
Fri.
OCT. 16
Sat.
OCT. 17
10:30 AM
2:30 PM
6:30 PM
7:00 PM
Sun.
OCT. 18
10:30 AM
2:30 PM
*(Excludes Circus CelebritySM, Front Row and VIP seats. No double discounts.)
Buy tickets online, at
Retail Locations,
TD Garden Box Office or call 1-800-745-3000
TICKET PRICES: $15 - $20 - $25
Limited number of Circus Celebrity, Front Row, VIP and Club seats available. Call for details.
(Service charges, facility and handling fees may apply.)
Come one hour early to meet our animals and performers
at the All Access Pre-show – FREE with your ticket!
For events going on in Massachusetts this FALL,
visit the Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism Website at www.massvacation.com.
For a complimentary Massachusetts Getaway Guide, call 1-800-447-MASS, ext. 300.
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Recipes from the
Homeland
by Vita Orlando Sinopoli
Rather bad news! Dan Rather’s suit
against CBS dumped! A state appeals court
has dismissed former news anchor Dan
Rather’s $70 million wrongful-discharge
against CBS. Rather, 77, charged that CBS
had caved to political pressure when it removed him from his anchor post for narrating an explosive story, prior to the 2004 election, claiming that President Bush received
preferential treatment from the Texas Air
National Guard during the Vietnam War. ProBush bloggers raised doubts about the authenticity of documents cited in the report,
and CBS eventually apologized and retracted
the story. In tossing the suit, a five-judge
appellate panel noted that CBS continued
to pay Dan Rather $6 million a year after
removing him as anchor. He left the network in 2006.
Calabria, Italy: Local officials are pressing the Italian government to act on reports
that the Mafia has dumped radioactive waste
in the Mediterranean. A Mafia informant
tipped off authorities that Mafia-run waste
disposal companies had sunk dozens of
ships carrying cargoes of toxic waste. BBC
cameramen sent to the scene got footage of
the rusting hulks on the sea floor, complete
with big yellow drums marked “toxic.” Yet
so far, the government has done nothing.
Local authorities in the Italian coastal state
of Calabria said they would appeal to the
European Union to order Italy to clean up
the waste.
The “battle for America’s behinds” has
begun, said David Fahrenhold in The Washington Post. As ice caps melt and forests
dwindle, U.S. environmental groups are taking aim at what they say is a grave and gathering threat to life on Earth: extra-soft toilet paper. According to Greenpeace, the
Natural Resources Defense Council, et al.,
the luxurious, quilted paper many of us are
used to here in the States owes its softness
to extra-long wood fibers, found only in old
growth trees in Canada, the U.S., and elsewhere. If we care about the planet, say the
eco-activists, we’ll abandon our mad pursuit
of velvety soft toilet paper and embrace the
significantly rougher recycled tissue used
by Europeans.
We read recently, fresh food isn’t always
best! Frozen food — especially green beans
and peas — can be better for you than fresh
produce, says a new study. Most fruit and
vegetables in the freezer section of supermarkets are frozen soon after they are
picked, which preserves their vitamin and
mineral content. In contrast, fresh food
often loses much of its goodness in the time
it takes to ship it from the field to the store,
says scientists in England.
Speaking of foods, the roundness of a bird’s
eye inspired the name of a tiny round Italian pasta called occhi di passeri, or “sparrows’ eyes.” And the pasta known as creste
di gallo has an Italian name indicating that
it’s shaped like a “rooster’s comb.”
It makes scents! Oops! There are scents
to soothe stress! Sniffing lemon, mango, lavender and other fragrances can snuff out
stress. Scientists have found inhaling certain aromas alter blood chemistry and gene
activity in ways that can slash anxiety levels, reveals an article in the Journal of Agriculture And Food Chemistry. Noting that
since ancient time’s people have inhaled
the scents of plants to reduce stress, fight
inflammation and depression and induce
sleep.
The astute Tom Analetto reminds us, an
apple a day keeps the doctor away, but an
onion a day keeps everyone away.
Moron of the week! A Texas man with a
sneezing fetish has been arrested for blowing white pepper into a woman’s face. The
unnamed elderly suspect was hauled in after he twice left a hardware-store cashier
covered with pepper and sneezing. After
talking to the suspect, said Police Chief
Kerry Crew, “We found out he’s got a problem. He becomes aroused by females sneezing.”
Deer me! The state where motorists are
most likely to hit a deer is West Virginia,
where one in every 39 drivers had such a
collision last
year.
The
rural state,
which has 1
million deer
and just 1.8
million people, “is 100 percent deer habitat,” explained one West Virginia official.
From moo-to-you! If your drinking water
comes from a well, river, or aquifer, it may
contain cow manure, warns the Environmental Protection Agency. EPA is now trying to reduce agricultural runoff containing cow manure, which is the primary polluter of the nation’s streams and rivers.
Three years ago in Brown County, Wisconsin, where 41,000 dairy cows produce as
much as a million gallons of waste each day,
runoff contaminated more than 100 drinking wells and laid low dozens of people with
stomach ailments and infections. “Sometimes it smells like a barn coming out of
the faucet,” one resident tells The New York
Times. One Brown County official points out
that one cow produces as much waste as 18
people. “There just isn’t enough land to absorb that much manure,” he said, “but we
don’t have laws to force people to stop.”
The brilliant and alluring Rosalie Cunio
of Waltham, says, “Why should a cow be contented? It is all the time surrounded by a lot
of high-priced meat.”
Struck by stupidity! Of the 648 people
killed by lightning in the U.S. in recent
years, more than 80 percent were men. Do
males perhaps contain more lightning-attracting iron? Does their slight height advantage make them more attractive targets? Alas, no. It’s just that men are stupid.
Whether through ignorance, denial, or bravado, men seem less willing to interrupt
their outdoor activities when dark clouds
begin gathering. “Men take more risks in
lightening storms,” John Jensenius of the
National Weather Service tells Popular Science. This year’s casualties so far include
men killed while fishing, playing baseball,
and mowing the lawn.
Mother Superior Frances Fitzgerald, says,
“The Lord takes care of his own, but church
trustees still put lightening rods on the
steeple.”
The wondrous Lisa Cappuccio of East Boston, says, “Lightening never strikes twice
in the same place — once is enough.”
Wow! The moon has always been thought
to be bone-dry, but in fact, large portions of
its surface may be laced with water, says
new research. New data from three research
satellites sent to study the moon found the
chemical signature of H 2 O not only at its
poles, where it was expected, but scattered
all over its surface. In addition, chunks of
ice may exist.
Our noted maestro and musicologist Albert
Natale reminds us of noted Italian Americans in popular music. Musical arranger Al
Caiola wrote the theme song for the 1950s
TV series “Bonanza.” Sonny Dae, born Pascal Vennitti in 1931, recorded “Rock Around
the Clock” in 1950, four years before Bill
Haley and the Comets made it “Rock ‘n
Roll’s” first big hit in 1954. Songwriter Joe
Raposto co-created the award-winning
children’s show Sesame Street with Jim
Henson and Jon Stone. Raposta also composed such Grammy-winning songs as
“Sing,” “Bein’ Green,” and “You Will Be My
Music,” and was the musical director of the
PBS educational series, The Electric Company. And Frank Guida, song writer and
music arranger, produced the 1960s gold
records “New Orleans,” “Quarter To Three,”
“Stand By Me,” and “If You Wanna Be Happy.”
His “Norfolk Sound” is believed to have influenced the Beatles’ “Liverpool Sound.”
Wee bit of Italian American History: It was
in 1835, the famous Delmonico’s Restaurant in New York City was founded by Italian-Swiss brothers. One hundred years
later, the restaurant is frequented by legendary movie star, Gary Cooper born Frank
Brascia Cooper. Some other notable diners,
born of Italian mothers, are Tyrone Power,
Ronald Coleman, and George Raft.
AMERICA IS A BEAUTIFUL ITALIAN NAME
COPYRIGHT, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
LINGUINE WITH CLAMS IN BIANCO
In White Sauce
2 dozen freshly steamed littleneck clams*
4 or 5 garlic cloves chopped
1/4 cup of olive, canola oil, or a mixture of both
1 tablespoon chopped parsley (preferable fresh)
Romano or Parmesan grated cheese
1 pound linguine
*OPTIONAL: In place of freshly steamed clams, use two
cans of chopped or minced clams and two bottles of clam
juice available in supermarkets.
To steam clams: Wash clam shells thoroughly several
times. Add about one quarter of an inch of water to saucepan and place on burner to heat. Then add clams. Cover
and allow steaming until the clamshells open. Remove
saucepan from burner. Remove clams from shells and set
aside. Save the broth.
White sauce preparation: Skin and chop garlic cloves. Heat
oil slightly in two-quart saucepan over medium heat before
adding chopped garlic. Simmer slowly. Do not brown garlic.
Remove pan from burner for a few seconds before adding
parsley and clam broth from steamed clams. Return to
burner and bring to a boil. Add clams, chopped or whole. When
mixture comes to a boil, turn off burner. Cover and let stand.
Follow directions on package for cooking linguine or pasta
as desired. After draining cooked pasta in colander, place
in serving bowl. Pour clam broth from saucepan over
linguine. Top each serving with one or more tablespoons of
clams. Serve with preferred grated cheese.
Use directions above for preparing oil, garlic mixture.
Remove saucepan from burner and let stand a few seconds
before adding parsley, bottled clam juice and clams. Bring
to a slow boil for a few seconds. Turn off burner. Cover and
let stand. Then follow directions above for serving the clams
in bianco with the cooked pasta.
Serves four.
NOTE: One of my delights is to prepare this meal for my
family and friends with fresh steamed littlenecks whenever
possible. It always reminds me of the many times we experienced the pleasure of digging for littlenecks along various north
or south shore beaches during my childhood. We couldn’t wait
to return home for Mama to prepare this meal for us.
Whenever I use fresh steamed littlenecks today, I make sure
to save some in the shell after steaming. I top each serving
bowl of linguine with the chopped littlenecks and a few littlenecks in the shell.
Vita can be reached at [email protected]
• Kenneally, Jackson (Continued from Page 2)
it my all.” He just hired Rose
Arruda to be his campaign
coordinator.
There’s definitely a big target on Ayanna Pressley’s
back, but she appears up for
the challenge continuing
her broad-based campaign
for one of the four at-large
seats on the City Council.
The Boston Globe’s Adrian
Walker did an interesting
piece on Ayanna Pressley’s
background and commitment to public service.
If there is a big target on
her back from the candidates
who finished near her, it is
a moving target because
she’s been seen all over the
city trying to solidify her hold
on 4th place. Sandwiched between Arroyo and Kenneally,
she’s only concentrating on
her own campaign speaking
for herself. Obviously, she
holds dear that wisdom of
the legendary Satchel Paige
who once observed, “Don’t
look back, they maybe gaining on you.”
Meanwhile Andrew Kenneally and Tito Jackson
keep plugging away. Everyone’s eyes are on the prize,
right?
1st Generation
Italian-American
Vita Orlando Sinopoli
Shares with us
a delightful recollection
of her memories as a child
growing up in
Boston’s “Little Italy”
and a collection of
Italian family recipes
from the homeland.
Great as Gifts
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• The Socially Set (Continued from Page 9)
For the past couple of
weeks, I have been talking
about the Columbus Day Parade in Boston, one of the oldest celebrations of its kind in
America. The parade takes
place in both East Boston and
the North End, alternating
from one neighborhood to the
other each year. This year
the parade took place in
Boston’s historic North End.
In the past, I’ve concentrated on supplying marchers
and antique cars for my own
lodge of the Sons of Italy,
which is the Greater Boston
Renaissance Lodge. Lodge
president, Dean Saluti, and I
are old car buffs, Dean preferring British cars with my
preference being American.
As a result, each Columbus
Day for the past 12 years or
so, Dean’s 69 MGB and 65
Jaguar Sedan, along with my
62 Lincoln Continental and
my 66 Thunderbird have led
the way for the lodge in division 3, the Sons of Italy section of the parade.
For most of those 12 years,
I have been dropping by old
car get-togethers at various
locations during the spring
and summer months. As
a result, I have become
friendly with many other old
car enthusiasts who like to
show their cars in parades
and have committed themselves and their vehicles to
me each October. As a result,
we have been accompanied
by the Road Runners, a North
Shore hot rod club led by Ron
Roy and his sister, former
race car driver, Lorraine Pard.
Ron spent many years in the
Marines and most of his hot
rodders are retired military.
On Tuesday afternoons,
when the weather is warm, I
drop by Alexander’s, a pizza
restaurant in Lexington.
They sponsor an old car get
together and people like Peter
Walsh was enlisted to drive
his 1956 Oldsmobile hardtop
in the parade.
Probably the people who
have been with me the
longest are Andy and Joan
Roketenetz, who drive his and
hers 55 Chevy hard tops.
Along with them, in terms of
longevity are Chet and Joan
Leary who own a 60 Chevy Bel
Aire and are seen in every
one of our parades, rain or
shine.
Well, this year, our new
OSIA state president, Jim
DeStefano, asked John Silva
and me to handle the entire
Sons of Italy section of the
parade. John usually drives
his VW convertible with Chipper Riley riding in the back
dressed like the lodge lion.
This year, John set up the
marchers from the many
lodges that participated in the
parade. I kept burdening
John, as I received several
calls from Italian organizations that wanted to march
with the Sons of Italy, many
of them supported by Comm.
Lino Rullo, one of the most
active members of the Italian
community. Lodge members
from Watertown, Newton, Boston, Lawrence, Willmington,
and other cities in the state
were set up by John, along
with the Haverhill Drum and
Bugle Corps. Those who
couldn’t march were turned
over to me and were placed
in the antique cars.
This year, I asked Dean
Saluti for help. I wanted to
expand the scope of the
parade and knew that the
organizations he belongs to
might be interested in showing off their cars. Dean belongs to an MG club and a
Jaguar club considering he
has both of these British cars.
Well, even though most of the
participants who owned the
British cars that participated
were not Italian, you might
think they were due to the
enthusiasm they displayed.
The results were a combined
array of old cars that totaled
about 50, the greatest number we’ve had thus far.
We had several old MGs,
thanks to Paul Seeberg, the
president of the Boston area
MG Club. We also had many
Triumph sport cars with
Dan Foster leading the pack.
Dan is the New England Triumph Representative.
Ray O’Brien, the head of the
Jaguar Association of New
England (JANE) drove his
2009 XKE followed by an array of Jaguars from years
past.
Giovanni Tosti, who manages a Herb Chambers Mini
Cooper dealership was present with the resurrected
model of this 1950s-1960s
classic. Behind the Mini
Coopers were a couple of old
Range Rovers, brought in by
Dirk Burrowes of Rover
America. Kurt Steele from the
British Consul General’s office drove the consul’s own
car, a 2009 Jaguar Vandan
Plas.
I received a call from friend
Sal Bramante asking for my
help. It seemed that Italian
Countess Aurora DePetris
Vivo Amore and her daughter Destina, needed a ride.
The countess, dressed in a
gown, would need an open
convertible and we enlisted
the aid of a new friend. Mike
Iandoli, the president of the
Larz Anderson Auto Museum
in Brookline (the most prestigious auto museum in the
U.S.) joined us in the parade
with his 1966 Lincoln Continental convertible. The countess and her daughter sat on
the parade boot of the folded
top and waved to the fans as
we drove through the North
End. Along with the countess,
sitting in the back seat were
Sal and Marie DiDomenico,
and members of the Saints
Cosmas and Damien Society
of Cambridge.
Dean and his wife, Margie
Cahn fed the old car crowd
pizza before the parade, serving them from boxes housed
in the trunk of their Jaguar.
Once everyone had been fed,
it was time to head out of the
Government Center and
drive through the North End.
John Silva led the way for the
marchers and all was under
our control as we headed left
on State Street.
After the parade, the OSIA
had a luncheon set up
for Sons of Italy marchers.
With cold cuts supplied by
J. Pace, paraders feasted in
the cafeteria of St. John’s
school in North Square. Dean
and I brought the old car crowd
(about 80 of them) to the No
Name Restaurant on Boston’s
Fish Pier. When we march in
the North End, this is a post
parade tradition. Also joining
us this year in the parade
and for dinner was old friend,
John Lombardo, who drove his
1972 red Cadillac Eldorado.
Joining him were father and
son Dick and Glenn Morgan
with their 1956 (showroom
condition) 1956 Chevy. My
thanks to all the participants
who made the Sons of Italy
and the Renaissance Lodge
look good for the parade 2009
viewers .
Babbononno was never into
cars. As a matter of fact, he
hated them, but if he were
alive today, he would be proud
of the people who keep the
traditions alive and participated in his favorite parade,
the
one
that
honored
Cristoforo Colombo.
GOD BLESS AMERICA
• Galileo’s Telescipe (Continued from Page 7)
Space Telescopes” while Professor Giuliano Bellezza,
Vice President at IGU (International
Geographical
Union), will present “A
Geographer’s View on Culture and Lenses: from
Galileo, Look at the Sky, to
Satellite Images, Looking
Down at Earth.” Albert Sacco,
NASA astronaut from Northeastern University, will then
discuss “Flying in Space: One
Man’s First Steps into
Galileo’s Universe.” Following this session will be another complimentary tour of
the exhibition, “Time, Life,
and Matter.”
Moreover, there will be several projects on display from
Massachusetts and New England schoolchildren who
have chosen to participate in
the contest commemorating
Galileo’s 400 th anniversary
since his scientific discoveries. Those who have won
their category will have their
projects on display. This
project was run by C.A.S.IT.
(Centro Attività Scolastiche
Italiane), an Italian-American non profit organization
responsible for the promotion
of Italian education in and
around New England, as well
as the Office of Education at
the Consulate General of
Italy in Boston. This is a
great opportunity to see the
creative and analytical work
done by the future scientists
and professionals currently
taking Italian classes in our
schools.
(For further info or reservations, please call Dr. Carlo
Cipollone, Educational Director, at 617-722-9409 or
[email protected]).
Winn “Mrs Somebody” — just
to name a very few.
Smoki and Dick started
covering events and personalities on their “Celebrity
Time” radio show in 1980
and have been producing and
hosting their popular TV
show since 1996. The format
is officially produced by “Bacon-Concannon Associates.”
“The Literati Scene” can
be seen Wednesday evenings at 7:30 p.m. and Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. on Channel 23 in Boston, as well as
on 16 other TV stations
throughout New England.
Episodes are archived and
showcased by the International TV Show Archive site
www.chanz.tv/smoki.htm.
Take a look! We know
you’re going to like it.
……. Looking ahead: Continuing one of Boston’s most
beloved holiday traditions,
Keith Lockhart and the
Boston Pops open “The 2009
Boston Pops Holiday Series”
on Wednesday, December 9,
kicking off a season that
runs through Sunday, December 27.
This year’s Holiday Series
includes 35 pre- and postChristmas evening and
matinee concerts. The season also includes six special
kids’ matinee concerts.
These family concerts include a children’s singalong, and parents can bring
cameras to take photos of
their children with Santa
after the concert. Table
seats will include a kidfriendly menu, along with
special holiday treats.
Holiday Pops tickets are
available online at boston
pops.org. Tickets may also be
purchased by phone at
SymphonyCharge at 617266-1200 or 888-266-1200,
and through the Symphony
Hall Box Office, located at
301 Massachusetts Avenue.
The Box Office remains
open through intermission
on concert nights.
Note that there is a ticket
handling fee for tickets
ordered by phone or online,
and that all Holiday Pops
patrons, regardless of age,
must have a ticket.
Incidentally, the new arrangement of “The Twelve
Days of Christmas” by Broadway composer and arranger
David Chase, was recorded
live at Symphony Hall during the 2008 Holiday Pops
season and features the
Boston Pops Orchestra and
Tanglewood Festival chorus
under the direction of Keith
Lockhart.
“I knew we had a winning
new arrangement of “The
Twelve Days of Christmas”
when we premiered it in
2007, but the audience’s
enthusiastic response night
after night was unlike
anything I’ve ever seen at
the Pops,” said Boston Pops
Conductor Keith Lockhart.
“Then a flood of letters and
phone calls came in requesting a recording of the
new arrangement — an incredibly creative twist on
one of the greatest Christmas-time classics. We knew
then and there that we
would make a recording of
“The Twelve Days of Christmas” and that it would become a staple of our Holiday
season programming.”
The 2009 Holiday Pops season is sponsored by Fidelity
Investments. New England
Coffee is the official coffee of
the Boston Pops. The 8 p.m.
concert on December 10 is
sponsored by The Fairmont
Copley Plaza, the official
hotel of the Boston Pops. The
8 p.m. concert on December
11 is sponsored by Commonwealth Worldwide Chauffeured Transportation, the
official chauffeured transportation of the Boston Pops.
American Airlines is airline
partner of the Boston Pops
and has sponsored the 8 p.m.
concert on December 15.
Patrons with disabilities
can access Symphony Hall
through the Cohen Wing
on Huntington Avenue. An
access service center, accessible restrooms, and elevators are available inside
this entrance. For ticket
information, call the Disability Services Information
Line at 617-638-9431 or
TDD/TTY 617-638-9289.
Programs
and
artists
are subject to change. For
further information, visit
the orchestra online at
www.bostonpops.org or call
the Boston Pops at 617-2661492.
Enjoy!
(Be sure to visit Hilda
Morrill’s gardening Web site,
www.bostongardens.com.
In addition to events covered
and reported by the columnist,
“The Socially Set” is compiled
from various other sources
such as news and press releases, PRNewswire services,
etc.)
• Thinking Out Loud (Continued from Page 4)
Boston is still a great city
with great people living in it.
However, we have issues to
be resolved like safer neighborhoods, better schools and
more decent housing. The
mayor leads but it is we who
are the army that pushes
progress forward.
I certainly hope my little
interview on City Hall Plaza
makes it on to the Sunday
morning show on Channel
5. Bottom line, though, is not
just voting on Election Day
but continuing every day to
lobby our elected officials
when matters of importance
are raised in the public
arena. If you like the way
things are going and don’t
want to rock the boat, you
can express that attitude at
the polls in your choices but
if you think change can be
good and that new voices can
raise new hopes and ideas,
you can support that feeling
on Election Day too with your
choices
This year, and nothing
against Mayor Menino, I
think four terms is enough.
I await the new energy of a
new mayor with a new vision
for the city’s neighborhoods.
I think the duo vision of
Michael Flaherty and Sam
Yoon inside City Hall can
continue the work already
begun. Fresh ideas and a
clearer vision for the 21 st
century are needed now
more than ever!
Page 14
• Obama Wins (Continued from Page 1)
may deserve this prize —
maybe — but it is beyond
belief that he deserves any
international peace prize
now.
Writing on Commentary
Magazine’s
Contentions
blog, Noah Pollak was right
when he suggested that
Obama should reject the
award. In so doing, Obama
would have demonstrated
that he himself is not
caught up in his own glow
even if so many others are.
He would have garnered
• Mayor’s Column (Continued from Page 1)
credibility by showing that
he understands that he has
a long way to go before he is
deserving of this prize.
But Obama did not take
that path. I’m afraid this will
hurt his presidency by highlighting the stark dichotomies between so much high
oratory with so little action;
so many awards with so
little results.
God bless the president. Let
us hope he earns this award
by actually achieving peace.
I’m afraid, however, to
achieve peace in the long
run he will have to make
decisions that the committee that awarded him this
prize will not like.
Next up on the Undeserved
Award Circuit: Michael
Moore’s Academy Award for
Best Documentary.
But I will stop here. Alfred
Nobel is calling. He wants to
know when his Peace Prize
can get its reputation back.
Reprinted with permission
from the Northstar National
• News Briefs (Continued from Page 1)
was no reason for me to believe that there was personal injury. However, that
is no excuse for leaving the
scene.” Pardon me, but how
would he know about personal injuries since he
hightailed away quickly.
He’s got lots of explaining to
do about his horrible track
record on the road.
SOUNDS LIKE
SCOUNDRAL TIME AGAIN
There was the headline
in the Boston Herald on
October 1 st , SCONDRAS
SUES
OVER
ARREST.”
LEGAL NOTICE
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
The Trial Court
Middlesex Probate and Family Court
208 Cambridge Street
Cambridge, MA 02141
Docket No. MI09P4394EA
In the Estate of
CAMILLE J. GALLAGHER A/K/A
CAMILLE JOANNE GALLAGHER
Late of FRAMINGHAM, MA 01701
Date of Death July 27, 2009
NOTICE OF PETITION
FOR PROBATE OF WILL
To all persons interested in the above
captioned estate, a petition has been
presented requesting that a document
purporting to be the last will of said decedent
be proved and allowed and that JOHN
GALLAGHER of Dudley, MA be appointed
executor, named in the will to serve Without
Surety.
IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO,
YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILE
A WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURT
AT CAMBRIDGE ON OR BEFORE TEN
O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM) ON
November 4, 2009.
In addition, you must file a written affidavit
of objections to the petition, stating specific
facts and grounds upon which the objection
is based, within thirty (30) days after the
return day (or such other time as the Court,
on motion with notice to the petitioner, may
allow) in accordance with Probate Rule 16.
WITNESS, HON. PETER C. DiGANGI,
First Justice of this Court.
Date: October 7, 2009
Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate
Run date: 10/16/09
Former Boston City Councilor David Scondras is back
in the news suing the
Lawrence Police Department alleging he was beaten
by cops and denied medical
attention after a 2006 arrest
for seeking a tryst with a
“15-year-old boy” he met
online. Lawrence Mayor
Michael Sullivan is backing
the arresting officers. The
“boy” who police accuse
Scondras of trying to meet
reportedly turned out to be
the 20-year-old son of one of
the
arresting
officers.
Scondras now of Cambridge
pleaded guilty in 2007 to
LEGAL NOTICE
The Trial Court
Cambridge, MA 02141
In the Estate of
THOMAS G. WEBSTER
Late of CONCORD, MA 01742
NOTICE OF PETITION
FOR PROBATE OF WILL
be proved and allowed and that DAVID M.
WEBSTER of Belmont, MA be appointed
Surety.
November 6, 2009.
Run date: 10/16/09
enticing a child under 16
and was ordered to serve 18
months of probation and register as a sex offender.
EMPIRE STATE LIGHTS
UP FOR CHINA
The Empire State Building
glowed read and gold on September 30 to honor the 60th
anniversary of the founding
of Mao’s Peoples Republic of
China, an action that was
condemned by critics since
China has had one of the
worse human rights records
of an nation in the world for,
let’s say, 60 years now.
Through another initiative, “Blue-in-Green” we
joined residents of Blue Hill
Avenue Corridor to rally for
green jobs as a pathway out
of poverty and into a green
economy for these residents. The rally was in
support of the City’s grant
application for the U.S.
Department of Labor’s Pathways Out of Poverty Grant
that is focused on unemployed individuals, high
school drop-outs, ex-offenders, and families living in
areas of high poverty. Bluein-Green will target jobs in
energy efficiency, among
other related areas.
As we look to become more
energy efficient, we’re also
finding innovative ways to
use
alternative
energy
sources. Just last week, the
City won a highly competitive solar energy grant. The
grant from the United States
Department of Energy (DOE)
will allow the City to integrate solar energy applications into its emergency response infrastructure by creating a pilot solar evacuation
route that will feature a
backup photovoltaic (PV) system at Boston’s main emer-
gency-vehicle fueling station, as well as solar-powered
traffic control and monitoring equipment, lighting, and
emergency radio repeaters.
LEGAL NOTICE
The Trial Court
Cambridge, MA 02141
Docket No. MI09D3678DR
DIVORCE SUMMONS
BY PUBLICATION
ALEJANDRA PEREZ PORTILLO,
Plaintiff
vs.
DOUGLAS BLADIMIR CALLEIAS,
Defendant
To the above named Defendant:
A Complaint has been presented to this
Court by the Plaintiff, ALEJANDRA PEREZ
PORTILLO, seeking a DIVORCE.
An automatic Restraining Order has been
entered in this matter preventing you from
taking any action which would negatively
impact the current financial status of either
party. Please refer to the Supplemental Probate Court Rule 411 for more information.
You are required to serve upon Cindy T.K.
Palmquist, Esq., - Attorney for Plaintiff - whose
address is P.O. Box 423, Brookline, MA 02446
your answer on or before November 10,
2009. If you fail to do so, the Court will proceed
to the hearing and the adjudication of this
action. You are also required to file a copy of
your answer in the Office of this Court at
CAMBRIDGE.
Witness, Hon. Peter C. DiGangi, Esquire,
First Justice of said Court at CAMBRIDGE,
this 29, day of September, 2009.
Run date: 10/16/09
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
The Trial Court
Cambridge, MA 02141
In the Estate of
HEBERT JAFFE
Late of STONEHAM, MA 02180
Date of Death August 25, 2009
NOTICE OF PETITION
FOR PROBATE OF WILL
The Trial Court
Cambridge, MA 02141
In the Estate of
HANNA MACHLUP HASTINGS
Late of LEXINGTON, MA 02421
Date of Death June 15, 2009
NOTICE OF PETITION
FOR PROBATE OF WILL
The Trial Court
Cambridge, MA 02141
In the Estate of
DELIA GERRAUGHTY
Late of MEDFORD, MA 02155
Date of Death September 17, 2009
NOTICE OF PETITION
FOR PROBATE OF WILL
be proved and allowed and that ROBERT J.
COTTON of Upton, MA be appointed
Surety.
November 6, 2009.
be proved and allowed and that J.
WOODLAND HASTINGS of Lexington, MA
be appointed executor/trix, named in the
will to serve Without Surety.
November 4, 2009.
purporting to be the last will of said decedent be proved and allowed and that
RODDY F. GERRAUGHTY of Altoona, PA
be appointed executor/trix, named in the will
to serve Without Surety.
October 28, 2009.
Date: September 30, 2009
Run date: 10/16/09
Run date: 10/16/09
Run date: 10/16/09
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
The Trial Court
Cambridge, MA 02141
In the Estate of
JOHN C. MORGAN
NOTICE OF PETITION
FOR PROBATE OF WILL
The Trial Court
Cambridge, MA 02141
In the Estate of
JOHN P. COSTAS
Late of NEWTON, MA 02462
NOTICE OF PETITION
FOR PROBATE OF WILL
The Trial Court
Cambridge, MA 02141
In the Estate of
DIMITRIOS SKAFIDAS
NOTICE OF PETITION
FOR PROBATE OF WILL
The Trial Court
Cambridge, MA 02141
In the Estate of
JOHN CLANCY
Late of SOMERVILLE, MA 02145
NOTICE OF PETITION
FOR PROBATE OF WILL
The Trial Court
Cambridge, MA 02141
In the Estate of
DOROTHY N. A. TRAVASSOS
Late of WALTHAM, MA 02453
NOTICE OF PETITION
FOR PROBATE OF WILL
be proved and allowed and that DAVID W.
WHEELER of Natick, MA be appointed
Surety.
November 4, 2009.
be proved and allowed and that PAUL D.
COSTASWellesley, MA be appointed
Surety.
November 4, 2009.
be proved and allowed and that ETHEL
SKAFIDAS of Framingham, MA be appointed
executrix named in the will to serve Without
Surety.
November 4, 2009.
be proved and allowed and that CARL R.
BARNHILL of Medford, MA be appointed
executor, named in the will to serve With
Personal Surety.
November 3, 2009.
BRUCE R. GALE of Sun Lakes, AZ be
appointed executor, named in the will to serve
Without Surety.
October 30, 2009.
Run date: 10/16/09
Run date: 10/16/09
Run date: 10/16/09
Run date: 10/16/09
Run date: 10/16/09
BOSTON POST-GAZETTE, OCTOBER 16, 2009
Page 15
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
The Trial Court
Cambridge, MA 02141
In the Estate of
LEO J. ALOISIO
A/K/A LEO JAMES ALOISIO
Late of BEDFORD, MA 01730
NOTICE OF PETITION
FOR PROBATE OF WILL
The Trial Court
Cambridge, MA 02141
In the Estate of
ELVIRA M. IOVANNI
A/K/A ELVIRA IOVANNI
Late of STONEHAM, MA 02180
NOTICE OF PETITION
FOR PROBATE OF WILL
The Trial Court
Cambridge, MA 02141
In the Estate of
MARY RITA ROSATI
A/K/A MARY R. ROSATI
Late of WAKEFIELD, MA 01880
NOTICE OF PETITION
FOR PROBATE OF WILL
The Trial Court
Cambridge, MA 02141
In the Estate of
ALFRED STEPHEN MACDERMOTT
NOTICE OF PETITION
FOR PROBATE OF WILL
FRANCES M. PEDROLI of Lexington, MA
be appointed executrix, named in the will to
serve Without Surety.
November 3, 2009.
be proved and allowed and that JOHN
IOVANNI JR. of Tewksbury, MA be appointed
Surety.
November 5, 2009.
The Trial Court
Cambridge, MA 02141
In the Estate of
VIRGINIA MARJORIE
CAMERON BUSA
A/K/A VIRGINIA MARJORIE BUSA
Late of BURLINGTON, MA 01803
NOTICE OF PETITION
FOR PROBATE OF WILL
Run date: 10/16/09
Run date: 10/16/09
purporting to be a copy of the last will of
said decedent be proved and allowed and
that ANGELO BUSA of Bedford, MA and
JACQUELINE A. BUSA GULLAGE of North
Billerica, MA be appointed executors, named
in the will to serve Without Surety.
November 3, 2009.
purporting to be the last will with cancellations and interlineations of said decedent
be proved and allowed and that VIOLA N.
DiLEO of Atkinson, NH be appointed executrix, named in the will to serve Without Surety.
November 3, 2009.
Run date: 10/16/09
be proved and allowed and that ALESSA M.
PURPURA of Southborough, MA 01772 be
appointed executrix, named in the will to
serve Without Surety.
November 5, 2009.
Run date: 10/16/09
Run date: 10/16/09
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
The Trial Court
Cambridge, MA 02141
In the Estate of
SANDRA CHENEY
A/K/A SANDRA J. CHENEY
Late of WILMINGTON, MA 01887
NOTICE OF PETITION
FOR PROBATE OF WILL
The Trial Court
Cambridge, MA 02141
In the Estate of
JAMES P. DUFFY
A/K/A JAMES PETER DUFFY
Late of BELMONT, MA 02478
NOTICE OF PETITION
FOR PROBATE OF WILL
The Trial Court
Cambridge, MA 02141
In the Estate of
JOSEPH PLONKO
Late of CONCORD, MA 01742
NOTICE OF PETITION
FOR PROBATE OF WILL
The Trial Court
Cambridge, MA 02141
In the Estate of
JANET CONNORS
Late of MELROSE, MA 02176
NOTICE OF PETITION
FOR PROBATE OF WILL
GAIL PARSON of Dayton, OH be appointed
executrix, named in the will to serve Without
Surety.
October 30, 2009.
purporting to be the last will with cancellation and interlineations of said decedent
be proved and allowed and that J. PATRICK
DUFFY of Belmont, MA be appointed
executor named in the will to serve Without
Surety.
November 6, 2009.
be proved and allowed and that DIANE E.
MURRAY of Scranton, PA and PETER
R. BROWN of Waban, MA be appointed
executors, named in the will to serve Without
Surety.
November 3, 2009.
be proved and allowed and that LAWRENCE
CONNORS of Boston, MA and ANN
CONNORS of Boston, MA be appointed
executors named in the will to serve Without
Surety.
November 5, 2009.
The Trial Court
Cambridge, MA 02141
In the Estate of
CONCETTA C. AUFIERO
A/K/A CONCETTA AUFIERO
Late of MELROSE, MA 02176
NOTICE OF PETITION
FOR PROBATE OF WILL
Run date: 10/16/09
Run date: 10/16/09
Run date: 10/16/09
Run date: 10/16/09
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
LEGAL NOTICE
The Trial Court
Cambridge, MA 02141
In the Estate of
AUDREY B. INCE
A/K/A AUDREY INCE
Late of CAMBRIDGE, MA 02138
Date of Death May 27, 2009
NOTICE OF PETITION
FOR PROBATE OF WILL
The Trial Court
Cambridge, MA 02141
In the Estate of
RUTH R. COHEN
NOTICE OF PETITION
FOR PROBATE OF WILL
The Trial Court
Cambridge, MA 02141
In the Estate of
MARY L. MEARLS
Late of WATERTOWN, MA 02472
Date of Death April 26, 2009
NOTICE OF PETITION
FOR PROBATE OF WILL
purporting to be copy of the last will of said
decedent be proved and allowed and that
ROBERT E. LAYNE of South Grafton, MA be
appointed executor named in the will to serve
Without Surety.
November 6, 2009.
be proved and allowed and that DEBORAH
C. BRESNICK of Ashland, MA and HOWARD
W. COHEN of Wayland, MA be appointed
executors named in the will to serve Without
Surety.
November 3, 2009.
be proved and allowed and that MARY E.
COSTANZA of Watertown, MA be appointed
Surety.
November 5, 2009.
The Trial Court
Cambridge, MA 02141
In the Estate of
JOHN J. KELLEY
A/K/A JOHN JOSEPH KELLEY
Late of SOMERVILLE, MA 02145
NOTICE OF PETITION
FOR PROBATE OF WILL
Run date: 10/16/09
Run date: 10/16/09
Run date: 10/16/09
be proved and allowed and that WILLIAM T.
KELLEY of Malden, MA be appointed
Surety.
November 4, 2009.
Run date: 10/16/09
be proved and allowed and that LINDA A.
PYTLAK of Melrose, MA be appointed
executrix named in the will to serve Without
Surety.
November 6, 2009.
Run date: 10/16/09
LEGAL NOTICE
The Trial Court
Cambridge, MA 02141
In the Estate of
MICHAEL B. MAZUR
ALSO KNOWN AS MICHAEL BURTON
MAZUR AND MICHAEL MAZUR
Late of CAMBRIDGE, MA 02140
NOTICE OF PETITION
FOR PROBATE OF WILL
be proved and allowed and that GAIL B.
MAZUR of Cambridge, MA be appointed
Surety.
November 4, 2009.
Run date: 10/16/09
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BOSTON POST-GAZETTE, OCTOBER 16, 2009
CORNER TALK
HOOPS and HOCKEY in the HUB
by Reinaldo Oliveira, Jr.
Battlers Battalion; Mike “Little Rock” Cappiello, Iron Mike Pusateri, Missy Fiorentino,
Joe Angelo, Tony Petronelli, Vito Antuofermo, Tony DeMarco.
Italian Heritage Month,
personifies Boxing with great
names of the past and
present in New England, promoters, matchmakers, and
managers: Allie Colombo,
Jimmy Burchfield, Joe
Carroli,
Al
Clemente,
Johnny Dunn, Bill Ebel,
John Gagliardi, Danny
LaFratta, Charley Longo,
A.F. Lupo, Dennis Marrese,
Joseph Marsaro, Michael
Miano,
Paul
Mitrano,
Goody
Petronelli,
Pat
Petronelli, Chris Rucci,
Bobby “Rocci” Roache,
Skeets Scioli, Roger Sala,
Freddie Trozzi, Vito Tallarita, Rip Valenti, Frank
Valenti, Al Valenti, Fred
Valenti, Gene Villacci, Nick
Zibelli. There are also the
fighters, who’ve entertained
the great fans of New England
Boxing. Fighters who have
kept this area, on a World
Marketing Level, Great fighters, past and present; World
Champions; Tony DeMarco,
Vinny Paz, Vito Antuofermo, RIP Sal Bartolo, Milo
Bettina, Battling Battalino,
Rocky Marciano, Willie
Pep, tough World Battlers
that’s made their presence
known around the World,
with a Bang; Juan Botta,
Mike “Little Rock” Cappiello, Vinny Curto, Bobby
Covino, Joe DeNucci, John
“Dino” Dennis, Tony Danza,
Missy Fiorentino, Peter
Manfredo, Vinny Marino,
Tommy
Martini,
Tony
Petronelli,
Iron
Mike
Pusateri, Frankie Ross, Al
Romano, Paulie Stivaletta,
Joe Spina, RIP Johnny
Cesario, Joey Cam, Sammy
Fuller, Francesco Fratalia,
Nathan Mann surname
Manchetti, Nick Previti, Al
“Red”
Priest,
Johnny
Potenti, Tony Shucco, Ralph
Zannelli.
The odds in the first Heavyweight Title fight between
Jersey Joe Walcott and
Rocky Marciano on September 23, 1952, was 9 to 5 for
Rocky Marciano. The Rock
won by way of a knockout in
the 13th round, becoming the
New Heavyweight Champion,
of the World.
The First Ring Magazine
Fight of the Year, was June
29, 1945 Rocky Graziano vs.
Freddie Cochrane. In subsequent years: February 11,
1949 Willie Pep vs. Sandy
Saddler; September 23, 1952
Rocky Marciano vs. Joe
Walcott;
September 24,
1953 Rocky Marciano vs.
Roland LaStarza; September 17, 1954 Rocky Marciano vs. Ezzard Charles, and
November 30, 1955 Carmen
Basilio vs. Tony DeMarco.
Did you know that, Willie
Pep had a winning streak of
73 fights? He was 72-0-1, in
his first 73 fights. Willie
Pep, had an amazing 65 KO’s
in his career. Who said he
couldn’t punch? The draw
he fought, was with Jimmy
McAllister on December 13,
1945. Willie Pep atoned for
this draw on March 1, 1946,
when he kayoed Jimmy
McAllister in two rounds.
These Star fighters Carmen
Basilio, Tony DeMarco, Rocky
Graziano, Roland LaStarza,
Rocky
Marciano,
Willie
Pep, in this great era, participated in The Best of the Best
National Italian American
Sports Hall of Fame
New England Chapter
Save the Date - Join Us
Annual Induction and Scholarship
Award Dinner
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2009
DANVERSPORT YACHT CLUB,
DANVERS, MASSACHUSETTS
For additional information call
Pam Modugno - 781-956-7441
For Credit card payments visit www.NIASHFNE.org
Fights!
The first world title fight
held in Italy, was between Al
Brown and Dom Bernasconi,
on March 18, 1933 in Milan.
The 1960 Olympics were
held, in Rome, Italy. Future
World Middleweight Champion Giovanni “Nino” Benvenuti of Italy, won a Gold
Medal as a light-middleweight in the 156 lb weight
division. Nino Benvenuti
later went on to fight World
Champion Emil Griffith, in
three rousing battles. In
their trilogy, it went as so.
The first of their fights, Nino
won the World Middleweight
title on April 17, 1967 from
Emil Griffith. He lost the title
back to Griffith on September 29, 1967, and won the
title back from Griffith on
March 4, 1968. All three
fights were held, in New
York.
The Ring Magazine Prospect of the Month in December 1948 was Heavyweight
Rocky Marciano.
Our Massachusetts State
Auditor, World Rated Title
contender Joe DeNucci, was
highly considered as a candidate to get a shot at World
Champion Nino Benvenuti.
It was tough back in that era.
There were only WBC and
WBA Champions. Now there
are more than 100 plus, world
Champions. There are sixteen different weight divisions, and many different
governing bodies, WBC,
WBA, IBF, WBO, and several
other governing bodies in the
mix. In the late sixties, and
seventies, there were only
eleven weight classes. In
earlier generations, there
were only eight. It’s so much
easier to get a title shot now.
Because of more weight
classes, and governing bodies. Also, did you know that
the fight between World welterweight Champion Greats
Tony DeMarco of Boston’s
North End and Carmen
Basilio of Canastota, NY was
the “Fight of the 20 th century!”
Boxing’s Birthplace, “The
Colosseum in Rome where
boxing got its start ... known
as the Flavian Amphitheatre, built by Vespasian
and Titus in A.D. 75-80.
To all, a Happy October Italian Heritage Month.
by Richard Preiss
They departed the Hub
amid questions and controversy, rather than the triumph that some had predicted, and now it was the
road that offered solace and
respite — a time away from
the Garden, the home crowd
and the regional media.
What a number of prognosticators thought would be an
excellent way for the Bruins
to start the season — five
home games at the Garden
— the longest home stand to
start a season in the team’s
history, had been upended. It
turned out to be a span when
goaltending appeared softer
than last year and the fourth
line seemed to possess more
energy than the top one.
When the ice chips had
settled it was the Bruins who
staggered out of the building,
lugging a less-than-impressive 2-3 record out the door
to the airport and what was
hoped would be an opportunity to get refocused while on
the road.
The next home game for the
B’s comes on October 21
against Nashville and it’s
hoped by the coaching staff
that a revitalized squad will
take to the ice on Causeway
Street that night.
“I don’t think it’s a bad thing
(the road trip),” opined head
coach Claude Julien after the
Columbus Day setback to
the Colorado Avalanche at
the Garden that concluded
the opening string of home
contests. “You don’t have the
pressure of necessarily performing in front of your home
crowd. You don’t have to worry
about putting on a show. What
it might do is make us focus
on what we we’ve talked
about before — getting back
to being stingy and just doing
what we have to do here as a
team to get back on track. We
hope to utilize the road trip to
stabilize the team a bit. Hopefully that happens and the
next time our home fans see
us we’ll have a much better
team.”
The coach further expounded on the problem of
continuity from last year
when the club amassed 116
points in the regular season,
second highest in the league
and best in the Eastern
Conference. He indicated
that the situation comes
down to the most basic (and
important) skill in hockey —
that of skating.
“When your head isn’t
there, you don’t skate like
you should. Right now I use
the term forward. You can
skate with cement boots or
you can play with wings.
When you feel good, everything is clear in your mind
and you feel good about yourself. You do play with those
wings. Right now anyone who
has seen our team before
and sees it now knows we’re
not skating the way we have
in the past. Somewhere
we’ve got to get that energy
in our legs and that will probably result in better forechecking, more physical play
and more scoring chances. If
we’re skating well, maybe we
won’t give up as many goals
because we’ll backcheck
better.”
And there was a revelation
of sorts, by the coach. Recall,
as training camp opened,
when many had mainly upbeat comments concerning
the Bruins. It turns out that
maybe things weren’t quite
so positive.
“The one thing is that we
started with a lot of challenges,” noted Julien. “You
had four guys coming off surgeries. Those are things right
away and you’re already behind the eight ball.”
In addition, the compressed preseason schedule
had the B’s playing quite a bit
— but not practicing.
“We didn’t get to practice
with our team until the last
exhibition game. We only had
three days before the regular
season started. There were a
lot of things you can put in
place here that were going to
make it challenging. We
knew that. We talked about
it before the season. We said
it was going to be a grind. I
don’t think we’re surprised
it’s a grind. We’ve just got to
work through it. Right now I
think the players care. It’s
just been a grind. Through
the course of the season you
get slumps and we’re going
through one right now. I’d
rather have it now than at the
end of the year, if you want to
put it that way.”
Defenseman
Andrew
Ference notes that the difference between success and
failure in the NHL is minute
— and that last season it was
the B’s who did the little
things well.
“I said the same thing last
year when we were on top and
winning a lot of games. The
difference between winning
and losing in this league is
very, very small. One of the
things we did last year was to
figure out how to get that little
edge and get those little
details that mean winning
more games than not. Right
now, I think some of those
little details are things we are
getting beaten on by other
teams.”
Julien agreed and cited the
Colorado game when the
Bruins fought back to tie
the game at 2-2 only to see
the Avalanche go ahead again
moments later.
“We battled back in the second period and tied it up. The
next shift was crucial. We had
a terrible shift, a penalty and
then it’s 3-2 (on a Colorado
power play goal). That shift
was important. We had the
momentum and we needed to
bring it back to their own end.
The little things like that are
game changers.”
Oh, and don’t even think
this is about Phil Kessel. Even
if he had remained with the
Bruins, he wouldn’t have
played until late November
since he is recuperating from
surgery.
For sure, it’s been a rocky
start. But it’s the finish that
counts the most. When the
Bruins are playing in the
Stanley Cup next spring, will
fans really recall the slow
October start?

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