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China’s Canadian EnergyThe Obama Administration may not like the

energy buried in Canada’s Alberta oil sands butChina apparently does. Recently, China’s state-owned Cnooc sought to buy Canada’s Nexen as apost-Keystone XL Pipeline bid for $15.1 billion toreplace the U.S. as Canada’s biggest energy in-vestor and market. The Obama rejection of the$7 billion Keystone XL has seemingly got bothCanada and China thinking out loud. Canada’sprime minister has said Canada needs to diver-sify its energy markets, maybe by building a pipe-line from Alberta to their West Coast to export toChina.

Lesson for Democrats in Washington, D.C.,Canada’s oil sands will be developed. If the U.S.doesn’t want this oil, China and all of Asia willtake it. Why don’t liberals understand this fact oflife?

“Liberals Must Be DrinkingDifferent Water than the Rest of Us”I was recently reading a copy of The Nation dated

July 29, 2012. Front-page and center was“ISLAMOPHOBIA Anatomy of An American Panic.”Liberals love making fun of legitimate concernsabout radical jihadists and concerns about ourdomestic security. If you listen to liberals, any-time you question Islam and terrorism, you are

A debate has begun over anew mural in Dewey Squarenot far from the OccupyBoston site that depicts alarge character peering outfrom behind a red shirtwrapped around the head.Boston’s Fox 25 posted aphoto of the 70 by 70 footmural on its Facebook pageand within 24 hours had lotsof feedback. Most viewers ofthe mural photo are under,what the Metro newspapersaid was “the wrong impres-sion that the cartoon char-acter is wearing a Muslimheadscarf.” The mural waspainted on a wall of a BigDig ventilation building. Ofcourse, liberals say the Mus-lim — like responses arenothing more than ‘bigotedremarks and the always in-correct ACLU calls thosemural comments “ugly.”

Brazillian brothers Gustavoand Octavio Pandolfo knownas “Os Gemeos” created thistemporary mural to promotean exhibit of theirs at theInstitute of ContemporaryArt over in the SeaportDistrict. According to anICA spokesperson KellyGifford, “These yellow-col-

GREENWAY SPARKS CONTROVERSY OVER “TERRORIST” IMAGEby Sal Giarratani

ored figures are iconic andrecurrent feature” in thework of these artistic sib-lings and that “the figuresare frequently shown wear-ing whimsical hats, colorfulhoods or scarves — anotherhallmark feature of the art-ists’ work.”

I viewed the photo and thefirst thing I saw was a hoodedterrorist-looking character.If the purpose of this muralis to “bring color and energyto the streets of Boston aswell as inspire curiosity andimagination,” as the ICAstates, this mural has doneits job. However, for liberalsto now say it proves how rac-ist and ignorant regularfolks are when they see aterrorist on the wall is to saycuriosity and imaginationmust always be politicallycorrect is a great example ofpure liberal bull. The “purepolitical bull” was part of aquoted response to Boston’sFox 25 Facebook photo fromJim Dayotas who also addedhe was “surprised they didnot do a jet” too!

I recently viewed anothermural by these brotherselsewhere in a photo taken

by Julius Mourlon at theCrono Festival in Lisbonback in 2010. It is very simi-lar to the Greenway muralexcept for the covering onthe head and without acrane positioned close to thecharacter’s hand, leadingme and many others to seeit as an automatic weaponthat terrorists often use.Why wasn’t the crane re-moved when the mural wascompleted? Many assumethat the crane was left thereto add to the whole imagina-tion thing.

The ACLU says they sup-port exercising freedom ofexpression of the artists andthat the mural is simplyshowing what the project cu-rator is calling “a little boy inpajamas with a shirt over hishead.” What about the free-dom of expression of otherslike myself and others whosee the mural not as a littleboy in pajamas? Doesn’t theBill of Rights protect us too?Or are we all just a bunch ofugly racists who don’t knowgood art when they see it?

As far as I’m concerned, OsGemeos can take their mu-ral and…!

FEAST OFSaint Agrippina de Mineo

Saint Agrippina de Mineo annual feast was recently held in Boston’s North End. OnThursday evening the children of the Saint Agrippina Society carried a miniaturestatue of the saint throughout the neighborhood. This is the beginning of bigger thingsto come. (Photo by Rosario Scabin, Ross Photography)

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Res Publicaby David Trumbull

The early Roman law thatwe’ve heard so much aboutin earlier years is the legalsystem which was developedabout 450 B.C.

When their laws were firstarranged into a systematiccollection, this collectionwas known as the “Law OfThe Twelve Tables” and itset simple rules which weresuitable for the communityas well as establishing equaltreatment for the rich andpoor alike. Enactment ofthese early laws wasthrough assemblies of thecommon people but thiskind of assembly soon fellout of use because largenumbers of persons sittingtogether in this mannerwere difficult to oversee andvery expensive to bribe.Later, under the Roman Re-public, a Praetor or Magis-trate decided which caseswere fit to be brought beforea judge and which were not.The Praetor also exercisedother powers of decision re-garding civil law. Still laterunder the emperors, thoserulers or their designatesmade all of the necessarylegal decisions which, ofcourse, were irrevocable.

These ancient statuescontained a “Law of Persons”which made distinctions be-

tween freemen and slaves.A slave was considered per-sonal property and anythingthat he acquired, includinginheritance, became theproperty of the master. Amaster could not order thata slave be put to death forany reason, however, rea-sonable chastisement waspermitted and the masterwas not held liable if a slavedied under the lash. Slaves,on the other hand, were notwithout some protection un-der the law.

A poorly treated slave couldrun away from his masterand take refuge at a statueof the emperor, thus compel-ling the master to sell himto someone else. Paternalpower was also highly recog-nized and seemed to giveabsolute power to a fatherover his son, including anyproperty that a son mighthave acquired.

There was also a “Law ofThings” which made a dis-tinction between thingswhich could be owned andthose things which couldnot. Temples, tombs, rivers,air and running water areexamples of those thingswhich could not be owned.Abandoned property, gemsfound on the seashore andwild beasts are examples of

some of the odd thingswhich could be owned. If awild beast was found andthen escaped, the ownershipwas lost. A person, who im-proved another’s propertybelieving it to be his own,could refuse to return it un-less compensated for thework. If a son was guilty forany wrongdoings, the fathercould either pay the dam-ages or surrender his son tothe injured party.

These are just a few ex-amples of the rules by whichpeople were required to live2000 years ago. Living con-ditions, social attitudes, lit-eracy and just plain basicsurvival probably forced theenactment of laws whichseem absurd to us today. Weshould not lose sight of ourhistory of lawmaking sincethe Declaration of Indepen-dence and those “blue laws”which now seem equally lu-dicrous. Two thousand yearsfrom now, people might bewriting about their ances-tors who were required bylaw to pay Federal incometaxes, State income taxes,Social Security taxes, RealEstate taxes, Sales taxes,Gasoline taxes, etc., etc.,etc.

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Some months ago a friendfrom Andover recently sentme a Huffington Post essaywritten by Cambridge’s Rob-ert Reich. I read things fromProfessor Reich from time totime and always end up atthe same conclusion: Reichis smart and perceptive; hehas a knack for finding a ne-glected truth that, once putinto writing, seems so self-evident that you can’t be-lieve you missed it; butat the end he falters andfalls into old left clichés,debunked Keynesian eco-nomics and 1930s Socialistcan’t.

Reich, in this piece “TheRepublican Shakedown,” ac-cuses Republicans of beingtools for the rich, hoodwink-ing middle-class Americans(in the largely non-union-ized private sector) intothinking that governmentand unions in the public sec-tor are the cause of our eco-nomic stagnation underPresident Obama. Implied isa “divide and conquer”theory of domination of thesystem by the rich and pow-erful.

Certainly, I agree that set-ting one part of the middleclass (private sector) againstanother (public sector) is notgood for either. In the past weAmericans had leaders,such as Ronald Reagan, who(quoting William John HenryBoetcker (1873–1962)) pro-claimed: “You cannot lift thewage earner by pulling downthe wage payer.” To which Iadd: you cannot raise up pri-vate-sector workers by tear-ing down public-sector work-ers. And, from the article, itappears that Professor Reichagrees, so far.

You Cannot Build Up By Tearing DownHowever, this is exactly

where Reich, who is so per-ceptive up to this point, goeson autopilot and lapses intosocialist canards. His solu-tion is not to stop trying tobetter yourself by tearingdown someone better off.Rather his answer is to teardown someone even betteroff. Aside from the questionof whether “soaking therich” is sound policy eco-nomically or ethically, Reich’sflawed conclusion — we needsubstantial tax increases onthe rich — is absolutely re-futed by his argument. Onthe one hand he says theproblem is that the richhave distorted and brokenthe system. On the otherhand he says the answer ishigher taxes on the rich. Butif the rich have the inordi-nate influence he says, thenwon’t they simply use it tocorrupt the tax code in theirfavor?

The answer is not to teardown the rich but to build upthe middle class. To do thatwe need to rebuild ourmanufacturing economy, andto do that we need to pressthe “reset” button on ourtrade policy and reject thefree trade agreements withCommunist Vietnam thatPresident Obama is pursu-ing. We also need to em-brace a trade policy whichincludes provisions to offsetthe value added taxes of ourtrading partners and a tariffthat compensates for sometrading partners’ illegal cur-rency manipulation. Ratherthan Professor Reich’s “shake-down” what we need is aSHAKE-UP in Washingtonand the Republicans may bethe only ones who can do it.


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I wonder if Mayor Menino wonders what he startedacross the country by taking on the First Amendmentin the Cradle of Liberty? He stated he didn’t supportDan Cathy, the owner of the Chick-fil-A restaurantchain when the owner expressed his opposition tosame-sex marriage. The Mayor was quoted as sayingthat kind of talk wasn’t welcomed here in Boston alongthe Freedom Trail. Isn’t the whole point of the FreedomTrail, freedom of expression? He wasn’t the only one,as other mayors of large cities like Rahm Emanueljoined the Menino choir.

Millions of Americans across the country lined upfor hours to buy a chicken sandwich and took a standfor the Bill of Rights. This demonstration was all abouta public fed up with the growth of big government tryingto tell us even what kind of chicken to eat.

While liberals were calling the product “hatechicken,” Americans lined up less for the chickenand more against those chicken politicians wholike being so politically correct. Even the Chick-fil-Ain West Hollywood on Sunset Boulevard in Liberal-landwas just as packed as the Chick-fil-A in Charleston,South Carolina.

The people have spoken with their choice of a lunchmeal. Chick-fil-A isn’t part of the Tea Party movementbut it certainly echoes the same voter cry nationwideagainst massive government growth. The day beforethis national protest uprising, the voters of Texasnominated Tea Party candidate Ted Cruz in theRepublican U.S. Senate campaign. Most establish-ment Republicans were going for the other Republicanin this run-off election.

The Tea Party movement was born in 2009, madeheadlines in 2010, elected Scott Brown right hereand continues on a bit quieter but just as effectivewith the Ted Cruz victory in Texas. A message hasbeen sent about the culture of political correctnessand the misuse of political power to quiet those youoppose.

Let Freedom Ring and let it ring from Bostonnationwide!

GIVING BIG GOVERNMENTTHE BIRD

by Sal Giarratani

Jennie “Jean” PriviteraIn Loving Memory of

Love, Husband Frank, Daughter Jeannine, Son Frank Jr., and his wife Andrea,Son Philip and his wife Toni-Ann, and

Grandchildren Anthony, Olivia, Payton, Presley, Angelique and Vanessa

August 11, 2009 - August 11, 20123rd Anniversary

God Looked Around His Garden

And Found An Empty Place.

He Looked Down Upon The Earth

And Saw Your Smiling Face.

He Saw The Road Was Getting Rough,

And The Hills Were Hard To Climb.

So He Closed Your Weary Eyelids

And Whispered “Peace Be Thine”

He Put His Arms Around You

And Lifted You To Rest.

God’s Garden Must Be Beautiful

He Only Takes The Best.

It Broke Our Hearts To Lose You

But You Didn’t Go Alone,

For Part Of Us Went With You

The Day God Called You Home

Arthur Marsilia was my kid brother whopassed away June 12, 2012. We were close,especially during our youthful years. I re-member when he was very young it was myduty to take him to the Samuel Adams Schoolin East Boston. I was to pick him up followingschool and take him home safely. Those weremy direct orders from my mother.

Seldom did I find him right after school.Typically he would search out a young ladusually larger than him to box in the school.He would normally win the friendly fight.Arthur was the true athlete of the family,until fate intervened and short-circuited whatsports ambition he may have had. He developed thedreadful bone disease, osteomyelitis.

Arthur was the youngest of the five siblings. Cuteas a devil. Never faulted for the mishaps we childrenhad. He was my father’s favorite. Frankly, he was thefavorite of all of us.

When Arthur was small, perhaps five years old hewas capable of singing Neapolitan songs, to everyone’sdelight. Some evenings, to my mother’s frustration, myfather would wake Arthur up and have him sing. Myfather couldn’t be prouder.

I intend to leave the numerous personal accounts ofhis life to those who are very close and dear friends ofArthur and who have eloquently noted Arthur’spersona.

He will remain in my heart forever.Arthur was born in South Boston on November 13,

In Memory of My Brother

F rank L. Pizzarella ofWorcester, formerly of the

North End of Boston passedaway unexpectedly on August 3,2012. Beloved husband of the lateGloria (Camuso) Pizzarella,devoted father of Dennis and hiswife Colette of Florida, Glen andhis wife Jamie of Methuen,Roseann LaCascia-Picardi andher husband Joseph of East Boston,Gloria Pizzarella of the NorthEnd, John and his wife Tammy ofSaugus and the late Frankie Pizzarella. Dearbrother of Angelo of Worcester, Michael andPaul of Shrewsbury, Joseph and Daniel ofWashington and the late Leonard Pizzarella.Cherished grandfather of 14 grandchildren and6 great-grandchildren also survived by his

many loving nieces andnephews.

A Mass of Christian burial wascelebrated honoring Frank’s lifeat St. John the EvangelistChurch, Winthrop Street,Winthrop on Monday, August 4.Visiting hours were at theRuggiero Family MemorialHome, 971 Saratoga Street(Orient Heights) East Boston.Services were concluded withFrank being laid to rest with his

wife and son Frankie in St. Michael’sCemetery, Boston. May they all rest in peace.

In Honor of Frank’s memory donations maybe made to American Cancer Society, Attn:East Boston, MA Relay for Life East Boston,43 Nagog Park, Acton, MA 01720.

Frank L. PizzarellaMay He Rest In Peace

1927 to the late Giovanni and Maria(Natalizia) Marsil ia, he resided in EastBos-ton for over 40 years. He was thehusband of Rita M. (Love) Marsil ia ofTewksbury.

Arthur was the former President of theUnited Tool and Die Company inWilmington, MA. A member of the Masons,Jesters and a proud member of the AleppoShriners Lodge of Wilmington, MA. Arthurwas promoted through the ranks to Captainof The Shriners Motor Patrol Unit.

Arthur is also survived by his belovedchildren, daughter Janice Azarowski and

her husband Ronald of Hudson, NH, his son Richardof Worcester, MA, his daughters Joan of Salem, NHand June of St. Petersburg, FL, his brother Claudeand his wife Carol of Scottsville, VA and his sisterUniversa Horton and her husband Walter of Revere,MA, his sister in-law Lillian Marsilia of East Bostonas well as several nieces and nephews. Arthur isalso survived by his three grandchildren Randy Redaand his wife Jaclyn of Litchfield, NH, Shannon Redaof Manchester, NH and Matthew Lizak of Salem, NH,two step grandchildren Sean Azarowski and his wifeKelly of Nashua, NH and Renee Skillings and herhusband John of Hooksett, NH and four step greatgrandchildren William, Ashley, Tyler and Alexandra.

Arthur is predeceased by his brother Louis P.Marsilia of East Boston, MA and his sister YolandaSerfilippi and her husband Delchi of Arlington, MA.

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Anyone who is a fan of theCSI television series knowsthat The Who’s “Who areyou?” is the show’s themesong. As the program startsyou hear those well-knownlyrics, “Who are you? Wereally want to know.” When-ever I hear that song andthose lyrics, PresidentObama comes to mindbecause even after almost afull term in office, the guyremains a riddle wrapped inan enigma. What do we trulyknow about him prior to thatkeynote speech back at the2004 Democratic NationalConvention held in Bostonthat nominated U.S. Sen.John F. Kerry for President.I never heard anythingabout him before thatspeech he delivered so well.He talked about how therewere no blue states, no redstates but only the UnitedStates of America. A greatline delivered greatly. It re-minded everyone of anothergreat keynote speech backin 1984 by Governor MarioCuomo. I immediately sawhim as the next nominee.That speech in prime timecame across like his comingout party. I was right too.Even I got caught up with hisspeech but we now knowthat he was all show and nosubstance.

Today, we are just a fewmonths away from the nextpresidential election. Timehas gone by so quickly butyet so painfully too. He prom-ised so much but has deliv-ered very little. The onlything he really has to showfor it all is deeper and deeperlong-term debt to be passedon to our children and grand-children. Are we better offtoday than four years agoand the answer is a big no.The nation remains in a re-cession showing no signs oflifting anytime soon. Hisstyle of governing seems soun-American. He seems inlove with Europe minus ofcourse Great Britain whichhe seems to dislike with apassion. He definitely ad-

mired European socialismand thinks government ishere to take care of peoplewho are helpless withouthim and Congress, butmostly him. He likes to con-quer and divide. He seemsto enjoy splitting up people.He is good at diverting atten-tion which he seemingly hasto do quite often. He end-lessly still blames Bush foreverything this is happen-ing.

Is he a liberal? I thinkhe is a different kind of lib-eral more like the newPresident of France than,say, Lyndon Baines Johnsonor Hubert Humphrey. Hedoesn’t seem to be able towork well with others either,always showing a flair forelitism. He picked, in myopinion, a totally uselessvice president who makesDick Cheney and SpiroAgnew look good. Afternearly four years there arestill many Americans whothink he is a Muslim, whostill think he was born inKenya and some who viewhim as a two bit dictatorfoisting his will on the restof us with all those usefulidiots in Congress backingeverything he says and does.

Obama seems to be allfluff. He sets up a Jobs Cre-ation Council of experts andthen seemingly hides themin a closet. We just put morethan 34 thousand moreAmerican on unemploymentchecks. The unemploymentrate is still over 8 percentafter 41 straight months.The number of unemploy-ment, real unemployment,is close to 30 million. Inrecent days, prices at thegas pumps have risenquickly as much as 18 centsa gallon in about 13 days. Bythe way, the last time thatjobs council met was back inmid-January. I guess therewas nothing for them to dosince everything was recov-ering so well.

Now we have a presiden-

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On June 15, Secretary ofHomeland Security JanetNapolitano announced thatcertain people who came tothe United States as childrenand meet other key guide-lines may be eligible, on acase-by-case basis, toreceive deferred action. U.S.Citizenship and Immigra-tion Services (USCIS) isfinalizing a process by whichpotentially eligible individu-als may request consider-ation of deferred action forchildhood arrivals.

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Additional informationregarding the Secretary’sJune 15 announcementwill be made available onwww.uscis.gov on August 15,2012. It is important to notethat this process is not yetin effect and individualswho believe they meet theguidelines of this newprocess should not requestconsideration of deferred ac-tion before August 15, 2012.Requests submitted beforeAugust 15, 2012 will berejected. Individuals whobelieve they are eligibleshould be aware of immigra-tion scams. Unauthorizedpractitioners of immigrationlaw may try to take advan-tage of you by charging afee to submit forms toUSCIS on your behalf. Visitwww.uscis.gov/avoidscamsfor tips on filing forms, re-porting scams and findingaccredited legal services.Remember, the Wrong HelpCan Hurt! An informationalbrochure and flyer are alsoavailable on www.uscis.gov/childhoodarrivals.

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I grew up in Roxbury’sSt. Philip’s Parish not farfrom Boston City Hospital onHarrison Avenue. I actuallygraduated from the “other”St. Francis de Sales Gram-mar School on Mt. VernonStreet near Dudley Station.My mother came from Char-lestown and never forgot herroots or Townie ways. Everyyear we went back forBunker Hill Day. WheneverI said “the parade,” thismeant only one parade,the Bunker Hill Day Parade.My grandfather JimmyHarrington used to live onMain Street above the oldMcCarthy’s bar room but hisfavorite drinking hole wasDonovan’s in City Square. Mymother loved dancing up-stairs in Rogan’s Hall backin her Flapper days.

Whenever I drive downMain Street I can stillremember the places fromthose long ago days of my

youth like the old Post Officeunder the Main Street El orConnie McCarthy’s acrossthe street from it. Funny, onetime there was a Donovan &Fallon drugstore and mygrandfather’s favorite Dono-van’s in City Square, nowboth these places have beenturned into dry cleaners. Isthis a good or bad sign forCharlestown? At least weknow people are all wearingclean shirts anyways.

I still remember runningin the old Station 15 whenthe cops passed out freeHoodsie Cups at the paradewhen it still passed throughCity Square. Back in 1968, Ifinally arrived in Charles-town after years of oftenbeing there. I lived on PearlStreet across from one schooland next to another. I had agreat purebred GermanShepherd named “Rebel”back in the day when no oneknew what a pooper scooper

or plastic bag was. I wouldtake my dog over to theschoolyard after hours. Hewould squeeze through thefence and exercise, and ohyeah, sometimes do his bus-iness. I always took himafter school hours and afterthe janitors left. One day ajanitor stayed a little laterand came out chasing mydog with a broom and my dogwas somewhat unhappy tosee a guy yelling at him witha big stick in his hand andsoon the predator turnedprey and ran back to hisjanitor’s office swearing atme. I got my dog out andwalked him away from thescene of that “crime.”

Back in 1964 I was play-ing on the St. Philip Philliesand we were on the road toCharlestown for a game atDoherty Park against a base-ball team from St. Cather-ine’s. It was rush hour andwe were all packed into oneof those old VW buses andthe driver had never beento Charlestown before. CitySquare was gridlocked andwe were stuck, then I re-membered the road behindthe old YMCA building that

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Sunday, August 1211:00 am - Holy Mass at

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1:00 pm - Procession ofthe faithful in which theimage of the Madonna willbe borne through the streetson the North End accompa-nied by society members,Paesani, devotees and threemarching bands: St. Alfio,Northeast Italiano Bandand Atlantic Brassman.

8:00 pm - 11:00 pm - Remi-nisce.

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with the return of theMadonna to her permanentchapel.

Tavares will take the stageon Saturday eveningperforming their manywell-known hits.

After gathering feedbackfrom local residents duringthe course of its initial pub-lic presentations in EastBoston and Revere, SuffolkDowns announced that it willhost a pair of communitymeetings at which it will fur-ther address its proposed$40 million investment inregional and local roadwaysas part of its plans to developa $1 billion Caesars-brandedworld-class resort and casinoon its 163-acre property inEast Boston and Revere.

A meeting for residents ofRevere will be held on Tues-day, August 21, followed bya meeting for East Bostonresidents on Thursday,August 23. Each meeting willbegin at 6:00 pm and takeplace in the Topsider Roomlocated on the third floor ofthe Clubhouse at SuffolkDowns. For planning pur-poses, Suffolk Downs is ask-ing interested residents toRSVP for the meetings byphoning 617-981-9831 oronline at www.friendsofsuffolkdowns.com/rsvp.

The transportation plandeveloped by Suffolk Downsand Boston-based transpor-tation consulting firmVanasse Hangen Brustlin,Inc. (VHB) goes beyond thepotential impacts of a resortat the site and includesmajor off-site infrastructureimprovements that addresssignificant decades-old localand regional traffic issues,

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from Initial Community Meetings Attendedincluding Route 1A andBoardman Street in EastBoston and regional connec-tions at Routes 1 and 16 inRevere and Chelsea.

Since introducing itsdevelopment plans in June,Suffolk Downs represen-tatives have made presenta-tions to over 1,000 localresidents, beginning withwell-attended meetings atboth East Boston and RevereHigh Schools and continu-ing with additional presen-tations to various local neigh-borhood associations and inthe surrounding communi-ties of Winthrop and ChelseaSuffolk Downs also receivednearly 2,000 responses to acommunity survey that wassent to Revere and East Bos-ton residents.

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Living in the city is neverdull; every day seems toinvolve some new experi-ence that adds variety andinterest to life. There arealways places to go, newpeople to meet and theunexpected lies “just aroundthe corner.” This was thecase last week, when for fourdays we were involved in arescue mission, trying tosave, what appeared to be,an abandoned adolescentseagull.

It was while heading to ourcar last week that we firstspotted the gull; it was fol-lowing its mother makingpeeping sounds that seemedout of place with what firstappeared to be a full grownseagull. It was on closerinspection that we noticedits gray color and the factthat it was chirping for food

sending the mother on sev-eral flights all of which shereturned with little or noth-ing setting off a torrent ofchirps from her offspring.Every so often, the adoles-cent dropped its wing, mak-ing it unclear as to whetheror not it was injured, whatwas obvious is that it waseither unable or not yetready for flight.

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utes watching the littledrama, we drove off figuringthat mom would work thingsout and sooner or later, thetwo would take flight andhappily join the dozens ofgulls that roost on the build-ings surrounding our park-ing lot.

The following day, weplanned a trip to the Cape,we were about to drive out ofthe parking lot when wenoticed the young gull by it-self, it was sitting under acar obviously trying to protectitself from the sun and theheat of the day. After wait-ing 15 minutes with no signof mom, we tossed a fewcookies to the bird and leftfor the Cape convinced thaton our return mom wouldhave returned or Juniorwould have taken flight.

It was on the third day thatwe purposely went to the lotto survey the situation. Sureenough, Junior was sittingin the one puddle left in thelot trying to cool down fromthe broiling sun. Now wewere concerned, the birdappeared lethargic, so wewent to the apartment, cutoff a piece of Cod fish that wassitting in the refrigerator forthat night’s dinner, tossed itto the gull and it immedi-ately responded. The birdwent wild; it was up and outof the puddle and polished offthe fish in minutes. We werelate for an appointment andleft with the idea that we haddone our part and shortlyJunior would take flight. Nosuch luck, that evening, wenoticed Junior was still inthe lot; there he was squat-ted down under a car seem-ingly oblivious to us. Thefollowing morning we re-turned to the lot, to our re-lief, Junior was nowhere insight. We checked later inthe day, still no Junior andnow that we are a week fromthe little drama and Juniorremains missing, we willassume that he finally man-aged to become airborne.

Seagull spattering on ourcar has now taken on anentirely new aspect, when-ever we find our car spat-tered with the stuff, ratherthan be upset, we will justassume it is Junior wantingto say hello and as they sayin children’s stories, he willlive happily ever after.

Ciao Bella,Happy Anniversary to me!

It has been ten years writ-ing my beauty culture col-umn for the wonderful Post-Gazette this summer! It hasgiven me full rein to expressmyself and my opinions frombeauty rituals and beautyproduct to where beauty liesin all aspects of our lives!I thank the staff at Post-Gazette for all they do for mepersonally and of course tothe editor my friend PamDonnaruma whose familyhas made it possible for sev-eral generations for writersas myself to share with ourpeers our expressions of ev-erything an Italian newspa-per is worthy of! God blessyou all for this privilege!

I mentioned laughter asmy headline and laughtershall be the beauty tip thisweek!

This past weekend broughtmy husband and me back toProvincetown! We took thefast ferry and was greeted byour best friend Rich J. whopicked us up in his jeep andtouted us around for days!Fun in the sun and kept coolin the pool afternoons!

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ing TV show introducedMario Cantone as theirguest! He was Charlotte’swedding planner as well asa good friend to her in Sexand the City on TV and in themovies! A comedian at hisbest! He hails fromStoneham, MA. Not manystand-ups make me laughbut Mario holds a specialplace in my heart! He wasplaying Provincetown’s ArtHouse and I was determinedto make it! And laugh we didall night! Designer-to-thestars Bob Mackie and caba-ret singer Marilyn Mayewere in our audience aswell! We split our sides! I feltso wonderful from the expe-rience. Luckily enough wewere just sitting for dinnerand there was Mario! Oh, myGod I was going to meet andkiss Mario! And I did! Hestayed and chatted and lifecould not have been betterat that moment! So when alast minute opportunityarises to laugh — take theplunge and do it out loud!

Buona giornata and Godbless the United States ofAmerica!

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“One of the dog’s tasks isto anchor the child so he orshe can’t run away. The childis tethered to the dog on afour foot leash while the dogis held on another four footleash with a parent. We arehoping that if you start thiswith very young children,the impulse to run away willstop”, said Lu Picard founderof Canine Magic. The dogacts as a buffer between theparent and the child. Whenthe child has a meltdown,the dog lays next to him oron top of him.

What is autism? Autism isa brain development disor-der that impairs social inter-action and communicationand causes restricted andrepetitive behavior all start-

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Autistic children have dif-ficulties with social interac-tion, problems with verbaland nonverbal communica-tion and repetitive behavioror narrow obsessive inter-ests. The children seem tolive within their own bubble,oblivious to others or theoutside world. They oftendevelop repetitious bodymovements and extremesensitivities to sight, smellor taste.

Child’s best friend: InNorth America, it is esti-mated that about 200 fami-lies of children with autismhave a service dog. Suchservice dogs need to havespecial temperaments andundergo intense trainingover a period of about 12months. The typical cost oftraining such a dog is around$15,000.00 and the waitinglist to obtain one could beas long as five years. Butfamilies with an autisticchild will do anything to helptheir child and many launchintensive fundraising cam-paigns to help acquire atrained service dog as soonas possible.

4 Paws for Ability in Xenia,Ohio, is another autismassistance dog program andhas placed more than 100dogs with autistic children.“The magic that exists be-tween dogs and children withautism is uncanny”, saidKaren Shirk who foundedthe program 10 years ago.

Every family who contactsus reports that their childhas few, if any friends. We

have found the childrenin our program are able torelate to their dogs in waysthat they are unable to withhumans. The organization’sresearch indicates that chil-dren with autism seek theirdog out for companionship,comfort and confiding inways never shown to familymembers.

The canine touch: Theparadox of autistic childrenwho might cringe at thetouch of a human, yet enjoythe warmth of animals, wasstudied in Switzerland. Thestudy concluded that autis-tic children found enjoy-ment in tactile comfortwith their pets despitetheir strong dislike of beingtouched or hugged bypeople. A dog can become anextension of oneself, oftensensing when it can be ofassistance, unlike a humanwho must be asked for helpand who can make someonefeel like a burden. Autisticchildren like countless oth-ers with disabilities want tofeel independent and dogshelp them.

The biggest benefit forthese children seems to bea new found confidence andself esteem derived fromtheir independence. Sowhile history says that dogsneed humans to survive, inthis case, the reverse istrue: Autistic children wouldbe literally and emotionallylost without the love andcompanionship of their newbest friend.

I find reading to be so edu-cational and interesting. It’samazing what you canlearn. My pooch friends fromall over are so amazingthey can do so much to helpothers.

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THURSDAY, AUGUST 167:00 PM | Opening Ceremonies - La Madonna Del

Soccorso will leave her permanent chapel on Lewis Streetfor a solemn procession to Christopher Columbus WaterfrontPark for the Annual Blessing of the Fishing Waters.

8:30 PM - 9:00 PM | The Annual Italian American ofthe Year Award Ceremony and Presentation.

9:00 PM | Street Magic - Boston’s own Doo Wop AcappellaGroup celebrating 20 years of entertaining. (In Memory ofDominic Ventresca Greater Metropolitan Realty).

FRIDAY, AUGUST 175:00 PM | Music by DJ Sal Bartolo8:00 PM - 9:00 PM | Music by Franco Corso, considered“The Voice of Romance” with guest appearance by

Brianna Cash.9:15 PM - 11:00 PM | Performing on the main stage for

the first time in Boston’s North End “The Vogues” perform-ing their hits: Five O’clock World, You’re the One, Magic Townand more.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 182:00 PM - 3:00 PM | NEMPAC will perform the history

of The Madonna Del Soccorso on the main stage.5:30 - 6:00 PM | Singer Lynda Rose.6:00 PM - 7:00 PM | The Sounds of DJ Sal Bartolo.8:00 PM - 9:00 PM | “The Voice of Romance” Franco

Corso will perform along with special guest Brianna Cash.9:15 PM - 11:00 PM | The Hitmen will perform on the

main stage. Experience the ’60s ’70s and ’80s with the origi-nal stars of mega hit groups Frankie Vallie and the FourSeasons, Tommy James and the Shondells and many more.

SUNDAY, AUGUST 1910:00 AM | Outdoor Solemn High Mass in Honor of

La Madonna Del Soccorso Di Sciacca.12:30 PM | Grand Procession of La Madonna Del

Soccorso Di Sciacca as she leaves her temporary chapelon Lewis Street and is taken through the streets of Boston’sNorth End accompanied by five marching bands.

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | Children’s activities on the MainStage.

2:00 PM - 4:00 PM | Celebrate “Carnevale” with spe-cial floats from Sciacca and performance by the BeverlyRichards Dance Studio.

4:00 PM - 7:00 PM | Music by Boston’s Own Jimmy“Bono” Geany.

7:30 PM - 10:00 PM | Street Magic, Boston’s own Doo-Wop Acapella Group.

8:00 PM The Famous “Flight of the Angel” 2012 FlyingAngel Jessica Marie Palazzolo with Side Angels VictoriaBono and Serina D’Amico.

11:00 PM | Closing Procession with the return of LaMadonna Del Soccorso to her permanent Chapel on LewisStreet and Grand Raffle Drawing — Grand Prize $2,500.

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Members from the Italian American War Veterans Post 6in East Boston are finalists in Mayor Menino’s Gardencontest.

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Thanks to the hard work of John Babine and MarioDonnaruma, a small garden filled with tomatoes andsunflowers is growing next to the ITAM at 60 Paris Street.Members have also spent time beautifying the tree pitsoutside the post.

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A Sicilian traditionbrought to Lawrence by theSt. Alfio Society, the Feasthonors three brothers,St. Alfio, St. Filadelfo andSt. Cirino and includes aTorchlight Parade, Proces-sion of the Saints, Italianfood, amusements, kids car-nival rides, games, and mu-sical entertainment.

This feast will take placefrom Friday, August 31st at6:30 pm and runs throughSunday, September 2nd at10:00 pm on Common &Union Streets, Lawrence,MA. Free admission and freeparking. For more informa-tion www.threesaintsinc.org.

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89th Annual Feast of the Three Saints

Saints this Labor Day week-end. Held in honor ofSt. Alfio, St. Filadelfo andSt. Cirino, brothers whowere martyred for their faithalmost 1,800 years ago, theFeast is both a religiousfestival and a celebration ofItalian culture.

Each year the Feast offersItalian food, a TorchlightParade, Procession of theSaints, musical entertain-ment, amusements, kidscarnival rides, games andraffles. Festivities beginFriday, August 31st at6:30 pm with the openingceremony at Lawrence CityHall on Common Street anda procession to CorpusChristi Parish at HolyRosary Church. The popularBeatles cover band, BeatleJuice will perform on theMain Bandstand at 9:00 pmwhile Coverslip, a danceband covering music of the70s, 80s, 90s and currentmusic will perform on theTripoli Stage.

Saturday afternoon enter-tainment on the Main Band-stand features local favoriteSki and the 99ers at 2:00 pmand BAZA blues band at5:30 pm while on the TripoliStage Carmine Martino willperform at 2:00 pm andDJ Ralphie B. will entertainat 5:30 pm. Saturday after-

noon also features a cookingdemonstration at 3:30 pm bythe Next Food Network Starfinalist and local restaura-teur, Tommy Grella, Jr.

Evening events on Satur-day begin at 7:30 pm withthe Torchlight Parade, whenmembers of the St. AlfioSociety and three marchingbands honor the ThreeSaints. Cheers of “VivaSt. Alfio!” will echo throughthe streets along withfireworks and the Cantata,a musical salute to theSaints. On the Tripoli Stageat 9:00 pm. Introduction, aChicago cover band will per-form, while the WindhamCommunity Band appearson the Main Bandstand.

The final day of the festi-val begins on Sunday with aSolemn Mass in honor of theThree Saints at Holy RosaryChurch at 10:00 am followedin the afternoon with theProcession of the Saints’Statues through the Feastneighborhood starting at3:00 pm at the church andcompleting with the tradi-tional “Moment of Glory”Benediction and Cantatawith fireworks, confetti andcheers of “Viva St. Alfio!” at7:00 pm on Common Street.All proceeds from the proces-sion are used for scholar-ships and to support non-profit organizations in theGreater Lawrence area.

Musical entertainment onSunday features SoulMateat 3:45 pm, Myley Davila at6:00 pm and The Bel Airs“doo wop” band at 8:00 pm onthe Tripoli Stage; with theTom Dixon Band performingcountry sounds at 4:00 pmand the Italian singing sen-sation, Franco Corso, “TheVoice of Romance” perform-ing at 8:15 pm on the MainBandstand.

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MAROON 5 -SONGS ABOUT JANE

A&M-OctoneLike a fine wine that gets

better with age, Maroon 5has released a ‘10th Anniver-sary Edition’ CD of their2002 debut album, ‘SongsAbout Jane.’ The double-CDrelease contains four hitsingles: “Harder to Breathe,”“This Love,” “She Will BeLoved” and “Sunday Morn-ing.” Its success saw thealbum earning gold, plati-num, and triple platinum inmany countries around theworld. In between are beau-ties as, “Shiver,” the donewrong “Tangled,” reflectingwith “The Suns” and escapevia “Must Get Out.” AdamLevine’s vocals soar with“Sunday Morning,” divulging“Secret,” followed by the lostlove felt with “Through WithYou,” heading to ‘splitsville’on the strength of “NotComing Home” and endswith the romantic “SweetestGoodbye.” Disc 2 has bonuscontent with interestingdemos of their hits and more.Jane, still sounding good, adecade later!

BRAVE -ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

Walt Disney RecordsThe recent Disney-Pixar

film ‘Brave,’ is an excitingadventure to ancient Scot-land. The music smacksof authentic Scottish-flavor,thanks to Oscar-nominatedcomposer Patrick Doyle’sfresh and contemporaryapproach. Doyle used a vari-ety of native Scottish instru-ments, including bagpipes,solo fiddle, Celtic harps,flutes and the bodhran, uti-lizing original bespoke elec-tronic sounds and electroni-cally treated dulcimer andcimbalom. Acclaimed Scot-tish Gaelic singer JulieFowlis performs two originalsongs, “Touch the Sky” and“Into the Open Air,” plusUK singer extraordinaire,Birdy teaming up with Brit-ish folk rock group Mumford& Sons, contributing “LearnMe Right.” Billy Connollyand Cast do their thingon “Song of Mor’Du” and“Noble Maiden Fair” issuperbly sung by EmmaThompson and Peigi Barker.

BARENAKED LADIES -STOP US IF YOU’VEHEARD THIS ONE

BEFORE!Warner Bros.-Rhino

Canada’s Barenaked Ladieshave poured out their heartsthrough their music for morethan two decades. Theydeliver a dozen rarities ontheir CD ‘Stop Us If You’veHeard This One Before,’culled from 2003 sessionswhen recording ‘Everythingto Everyone” for RepriseRecords, plus two difficult tofind tracks — “I Can, I Will,I Do” and “Yes! Yes!! Yes!!!.”Added are several unre-leased tracks, “ Don’t Get It

Anymore,” “Half a Heart,”“Long While,” “Second Best,”and “Adrift.” Demos include“Old Apartment,” “Long While”and “Second Best.” Live per-formances are captured on“Shake Your Rump,” “SameThing,” “Teenage Waste-land” and a remix of “OneWeek.” Barenaked Ladies‘Last Summer on Earth’ tourwill stop at Bank of AmericaPavilion (8/18) with BluesTraveler, Big Head Todd &The Monsters and Cracker— don’t miss it!

THE ZOMBIES -LIVE IN CONCERT

AT METROPOLIS STUDIOS(CD-DVD)Convexe

A brilliant 2011 ‘live’ per-formance at West London’sMetropolis Studios by ’60slegends, English pop-rockband, The Zombies, featur-ing Colin Blunstone & RodArgent. The group was re-corded performing a superbset before a small audienceof 120 guests, in MetropolisStudios, a unique and am-bient setting. The night’s setlist had songs that have de-servedly become standards,such as “She’s Not There”and “Time of the Season,”which were complementedby some of Blunstone’s solohits and the timeless“Hold Your Head Up” byArgent. This 19-song CD/DVD records the memorableevening’s performance, thefirst half of a double-barreledgift, as the DVD disc con-tains all the songs, plusinterviews with Blunstoneand Argent, as well as foot-age of the band reception fol-lowing the show. A ‘must’ forolder fans of this ’60s group,and new fans too!THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

- SOUNDTRACKWatertower Music

Academy-Award composerHans Zimmer teams withChristopher Nolan, writer/director for the fourth and fi-nal installment of the ‘DarkKnight Trilogy.’ The contro-versy surrounding this filmdue to the Colorado shoot-ings, has brought worldwidesympathy, and rightfully so.The hope is that the tragicevent might spur on tightergun laws. Zimmer’s scorehas spawned the following,“A Storm Is Coming,” “OnThin Ice,” “Gotham’s Reck-oning,” “Mind If I Cut In?,”“Underground Army,” “BornIn Darkness,” “The FireRises,” “Nothing Out There,”“Despair,” “Fear Will FindYou,” “Why Do We Fall?,”“Death By Exile,” “ImagineThe Fire,” “Necessary Evil”and the outstanding sound-track finishes with “Rise.”Zimmer has scored over100 films, grossing over19.6 billion dollars at box of-fices worldwide — and see-ing how his music bringsNolan’s film to life is price-less!

ITALIA UNITA’SMONTHLY CENA

The first Wednesday ofevery month at Rino’s Placeon Saratoga Street in EastBoston. It is a great way tocatch up with friends andbrush up on your Italian.Dinner includes house wineminus tax and tip. 6:30 pmSHARP! Open to membersonly. Bring a friend. ItaliaUnita applications are avail-able at the meetings.

OBAMA ENDORSESHENNIGAN FORRE-ELECTION

Recently, Suffolk ClerkMagistrate Maura Henniganhas been touting her en-dorsement for re-election byPresident Barack Obama.This may be the first timein Suffolk County historythat a president has madesuch a campaign nod. Howit plays out in this race is yetto been seen.JIMMY FUND CAMPOUTGo camping to conquer

cancer on September 14-16.For more details, go tojimmyfundcampout.org.

JQ’S SWEET TREATSThe Cupcake Girl over in

East Boston bakes the bestmini-cupcakes in the world.I can personally vouch thatthey are tasty indeed. TheKnights of Dunkin’ Donutsare calling them the officialcupcakes of the Knights onBennington Street. Phonenumber is 857-221-0606.Check out their Facebookpage too. Peace, love andcupcakes too!

A CLERK THAT WORKSAh yes, the race for Suffolk

Clerk Magistrate is justabout to heat up now thatit is a two-way race be-tween the incumbent MauraHennigan and challenger,the retired 13 year SuffolkAssistant Clerk MagistrateBobby Della Russo. He has agreat campaign slogan, “Theclerk that works!” Anyonefollowing this race closely ischuckling at that one. Bobbyhas John “J.R.” Romano onhis side and my good friendSal “Mr. DJ” Bartolo told methere was a great time heldfor Della Russo. This racehas just begun to get “veddy”interesting!MAYOR KOCH’S ANNUALCOMMUNITY COOKOUTDon’t forget Quincy Mayor

Tommy Koch’s Annual Com-munity Cookout (Tonight)August 9 at 5:00 pm at Pag-eant Field in MerrymountPark over in the City ofQuincy. This event is freeand open to all Quincy resi-dents. Drop by for a burgeror hot dog. Enjoy a relaxingevening at the park withyour family. Activities andgames for the kiddos! Sobring your appetite and en-joy a great evening outdoorswith friends and neighbors.Mayor Koch says, “Hope tosee you there!”

STILL NO-GO FORHOTEL ALEXANDRA

I grew up not far fromNorthampton Station and Iremember the old HotelAlexandra when it was alarge apartment building.About four years back, theChurch of Scientology boughtthe place as its future head-quarters. Not much has hap-pened since then on build-ing renovations. It appearsthe building was in muchworse shape than thought atthe time and the Scien-tologists don’t have enoughmoney to do the work andthings remain on hold.The property is now backon the market but at themoment it is not a seller’smarket.

HEY GIRL FRIENDWHATCHA DOINGSEPTEMBER 29

Last year the Girl Friendsof the North End had such agreat time together, theyhave planned another bashfor this year. Hundreds gath-ered last year and hundredsmore are expected this year.

CIRCUS SMIRKUSCOMING TO TOWN

Vermont’s award-winningyouth circus is coming tothe Beachmont School inRevere on August 12th and13th from 1:00–7:00 pm. Forfurther information, go towww.revererec.com.WHOLE FOODS COMING

TO OLD HERALD SITEA new development at the

site of the former BostonHerald will include a WholeFoods Supermarket. At 50,000square feet, it will be thelargest store in the chain.This Whole Foods will serveas the retail anchor for thedevelopment planned forthe South End. The InkBlock will also include471 luxury apartments. Con-struction to begin next yearand the store is expected toopen in 2014.FORT POINT RESIDENTIAL

DEVELOPMENTSRecently, city officials gath-

ered at 319 A Street to markthe groundbreaking for the20-story Boston Wharf Towerwhich is slated to open inNovember 2013 featuring 202rental units and 22 onsiteaffordable units. Speaking forthe real estate investmentfirm of Gerding Edlen wasKelly Saito who said, “Welove the area and everythingthat’s happening down here,the job growth and the inno-vation.” Mayor Tom Meninoadded, “Housing is so impor-tant to economic develop-ment and it helps turn theneighborhood into a vibrant24-hour mixed-use commu-nity. The hope is that thisproject will link the Innova-tion District to both SeaportSquare and Fan Pier.”

Gerding Edlen is alsorenovating an old wharfbuilding on Melcher Street

into 27 units of “innovativehousing” geared to youngprofessionals.

UNION SQUAREFARMERS’ MARKET

Don’t forget this farmers’market is open Saturdaysfrom 9:00 am until 1:00 pmuntil November 17. Also,swirl and slice at the UnionSquare Specialty Food Mar-ket Thursday evenings from5:00 pm – 8:00 pm until Sep-tember 20.

SOUTH SHOREREPUBLICANS HOLD ASUMMER BARBECUE

Recently, South Shore Re-publicans from Quincyhosted a Summer Barbecueat the Gazebo at the BestWestern Adams Inn whichattracted conservatives andelected Republican officialsfrom across the South Shore.

MARY FANTASIACELEBRATES 100TH

BIRTHDAY MILESTONEMary Fantasia recently

celebrated her 100th birth-day. She was born in Sicilyon June 27, 1912 and cameto America at age four andis a Quincy resident. MayorThomas Koch attended herbirthday party and presentedher with a citation proclaim-ing June 27, 2012 as “MaryFantasia Day” in the City ofQuincy.

WEST BROADWAYBECOMING GATEWAY

TO SOUTHIEUrban renewal is hitting

South Boston’s West Broad-way with new condos andsoon a Starbucks and if allgoes as planned, Foodie’sUrban Market at 230 WestBroadway around Labor Day.A supermarket in this areameans folks won’t have totravel up to the Stop & Shopon West Broadway or over tothe Super Stop & Shop atSouth Bay Mall. The LowerEnd of Southie needs its ownsupermarket as this areahas been upscaled with newresidential units in recentyears.ONE CANAL DEVELOPER

MUST BAG SUPERMARKETTO GET GOOD TO GO OKThe developer of One

Canal will not get approvalfor its $175 million com-plex in Bulfinch Trianglewithout signing a lease witha supermarket to the site.Residents in the North End,West End and Beacon Hillhave been without a super-market since Stop & Shopclosed down on CambridgeStreet in 2003. Granted theydo have Whole Foods inCharles River Plaza. TrinityFinancial says it is com-mitted to signing a grocerytenant and is currently in“serious conversations” withtwo supermarket chains.Trinity is looking to breakground next spring but musthave a supermarket com-mitted by a MassDOT leasedeadline of March 1, 2013.

announcement, Tuttle andother Suffolk Downs officialsmet with area chambersof commerce, neighborhoodcouncils and non-profit orga-

• Suffolk Downs (Continued from Page 5)nizations to share its plans.

In addition to thoseattending the communitymeetings and responding tothe survey, many people con-

tinue to participate in onlineforums such as: friendsofsuffolkdowns.com/survey andf a c e b o o k . c o m / F r i e n d s o fSuffolkDowns.

The Federal Trade Commissionworks for the consumer to prevent

fraud and deception.Call 1-877-FTC-HELP or log on to www.ftc.gov.


NOWPLAYING

UPTOWN & DOWNTOWN

100 Singles Chart along with a recordbreaking 40 Number 1’s on Billboard’sDance/Club Play Song Charts. Noother act has more Top 10’s on theHot 100 or Number 1’s on the ClubChart. Madonna has sold over 300million albums and holds the recordfor the most successful tour by asolo artist in history. She is a seventime Grammy winning singer,songwriter, producer and Rock & RollHall of Fame inductee. Her last CD

MUSICTD GARDEN100 Legends Way, Boston, MA617-624-1050www.TDGarden.com

MADONNA — September 4, 2012.In the course of her phenomenalcareer, Madonna has a record break-ing 37 Top 10 hits on Billboard’s Hot

BOSTON HARBOR HOTEL70 Rowes Wharf, Boston617-439-7000www.BHH.com

MOVIES BY MOONLIGHT offers achance to revisit Hollywood’s silverscreen and modern classics. In honorof its 25th Anniversary, the BostonHarbor Hotel will feature movies from1987 for the month of August. The coolevening breeze set the stage to enjoythese classic films by the sea. Moviesbegin at dusk. August 10 Moonstruck;August 17 Planes, Trains & Automo-biles; August 24 Dirty Dancing andAugust 31 Roxanne.

Boston Harbor Hotel also has asummer music series Mondaysthrough Thursdays. For a completelisting visit bhh.com.

HATCH SHELL,Esplanade, Charles River, Boston

27TH ANNUAL FREE FRIDAYFLICKS MOVIE SERIES — August10 Zookeeper; August 17 Puss inBoots and August 24 The Lorax.CONCERTS

August 15 — Landmarks Orches-tra Classical Concert - LongwoodSymphony Orchestra from 6:00 pmto 9:00 pm; August 22 — LandmarksOrchestra Classical Concert - Land-marks Virtuosos from 6:00 pm to9:00 pm; August 29 — LandmarksOrchestra Classical Concert - Com-monwealth Shakespeare Com-pany from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm; Sep-tember 8 — MIXfest Concert from3:00 pm to 8:00 pm.

THE HIGHLAND STREET FREEFUN FRIDAYS PROGRAM invitesyou to visit a designated museumor attraction in the Boston areafor FREE during the summer.

August 10 — Battleship Cove,Berkshire Museum, Cape CodChildren’s Museum, Fruitlands

FREE EVENTS

THEATERNORTH SHORE MUSIC THEATRE62 Dunham Road, Beverly, MA978-232-7200www.NSMT.org

ALL SHOOK UP – August 14–26,2012. An uproarious new musical fea-turing the unforgettable hits of Elvis

“Hard Candy,” debuted at Number 1in 37 countries including the US,UK, Canada, France and Australia.

FENWAY PARK4 Yawkey Way, Boston, MA800-514-3849LiveNation.com, Etix.com,Orpheum Theatre Box Office,1 Hamilton Place, Boston, MA

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THEE STREET BAND — August 14 & 15,2012. Springsteen & the E StreetBand’s “Wrecking Ball” world tour arebarnstorming across the United Statesand are earning accolades for theirstellar performances. Rolling Stonecalled the show “epic,” the New YorkTimes said “explosive” and the Bos-ton Globe wrote of the concert’s “en-ergy that bordered on superhuman.”

CITI PERFORMING ARTSCENTER WANG270 Tremont Street, Boston, MA(617) 482-9393www.Citicenter.org

CELTIC THUNDER VOYAGE —September 22. Surpassing sales of onemillion units combined the musicalphenomenon that is Celtic Thunderhas just been hailed as Billboard’s TopWorld Music Artist, along with TopWorld Music Imprint and Top WorldAlbum of 2011 for their album, Heri-tage. Celtic Thunder began 2012 witha new CD and DVD concert special,Voyage. Voyage continues to pay hom-age to the musical culture of Ireland,while exploring the musical journeyeach soloist has undertaken since thebeginning of Celtic Thunder four yearsago. The group performances highlightthe diversity of Irish music and song;from the powerful rendition of“Dulaman” to the love song “Maid ofCulmore,” the collection also featuresa rousing performance of “GalwayGirl” and beloved Irish party song “MyIrish Molly-O.” Celtic Thunder’s suc-cessful resume includes performingfor President Obama at The WhiteHouse’s St. Patrick’s Day celebrationin 2009, opening New York City’sfamed St. Patrick’s Day Parade twoconsecutive years in a row (2008 &2009), and most notably six hit PublicTelevision specials and numeroussold out concerts all across America.

IDINA MENZEL — September 29.Tony Award-winning actress, singerand songwriter. Idina Menzel, star ofBroadway’s Wicked and the originalstage production of Rent, will bring hernew live show backed by a full orches-tra. Garnering huge critical acclaim,Menzel reached superstardom onBroadway with her Tony Award-win-ning performance as Elphaba, themisunderstood green girl, in the block-buster Wicked and in her Tony-nomi-nated role as Maureen in the revolu-tionary Rent. “I am so thrilled to begoing back on tour this summer. I ameager to reconnect with my audience,perform my favorite songs and exploresome exciting new material,” saidMenzel.

GILLETTE STADIUM1 Patriot Place, Foxborough, MA508-543-1776www.GilletteStadium.com

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN & THEE STREET BAND — August 18, 2012.Springsteen & the E Street Band’s“Wrecking Ball” world tour are barn-storming across the United States andare earning accolades for their stellarperformances. Rolling Stone called theshow “epic,” the New York Times said“explosive” and the Boston Globewrote of the concert’s “energy thatbordered on superhuman.”

Brothers of the Sun Tour fea-turing KENNY CHESNEY and TIMMCGRAW — August 24 & 25, 2012.The New England Country MusicFestival has become the cornerstoneof the Gillette Stadium summer con-cert series. The NECMF is an annualsummer tradition for tens of thou-sands of New Englanders. This year’slineup marks a truly momentousoccasion as long time friends KennyChesney and Tim McGraw join GracePotter and the Nocturnals and JakeOwen. Chesney will end his 2012Brothers of the Sun tour at GilletteStadium where he will headline theNew England Country Music Festivalfor the seventh time. Chesney hashelped make the New England Coun-try Music Festival the largest concertseries in New England.

Presley! All Shook Up is the romanticand wacky, mixed-up tale of a guitarplayin’ roustabout who rides into astruggling town and turns it upside-down. With a hilarious story inspiredby one of Shakespeare’s greatestcomedies and written by Joe DiPietro,writer of Memphis, this fun and excit-ing musical guarantees to haveyou jumpin’ out of your blue suedeshoes!

9 TO 5: THE MUSICAL – Septem-ber 25 – October 7. Based on thewildly popular movie, with new musicand lyrics by Dolly Parton, 9 to 5: TheMusical tells the story of three un-likely friends who conspire to takecontrol of their company and learnthere’s nothing they can’t do — evenin a man’s world. Outrageously funny,thought-provoking and even a littleromantic, it’s about teaming up andtaking care of business ... about get-ting credit and getting even.

BOSTON OPERA HOUSE539 Washington St., Boston, MA617-259-3400www.BostonOperaHouse.com

BILLY ELLIOT THE MUSICAL —Now through August 19, 2012.Billy Elliot the Musical is the joyouscelebration of one boy’s journey tomake his dreams come true. Set in asmall town, the story follows Billy ashe stumbles out of the boxing ringand into a ballet class, discovering asurprising passion that inspires hisfamily and his whole community. Abig musical with an even bigger heart,Billy Elliot will enchant the dreamerin all of us. Based on the interna-tional smash-hit film, Billy Elliot isbrought to life by a phenomenal castand the Tony Award-winning cre-ative team (director Stephen Daldry,choreographer Peter Darling andwriter Lee Hall) along with musiclegend Elton John, who has writtenwhat the New York Post calls “hisbest score yet!”

REAGLE MUSIC THEATRE617 Lexington St., Waltham, MA781-891-5600www.ReaglePlayers.com

SHA NA NA – September 22. TheRock ‘N’ Roll Kings Twist and Shouttheir way to Reagle! Sha Na Na bringsits rock ‘n’ roll celebration to town ina dynamic, crowd pleasing show thatincludes highlights of the group’s fourdecade journey from Woodstock, themovie Grease, The Sha Na Na TV Show,and worldwide concert touring. In aninteractive show where the audiencesings along, dances along and partici-pates in a “Greaser Olympics,” a goodtime is had by all ages. Hey all youteen angels and party dolls: twist,stroll and hand jive to the classics asperformed by the crowned princes ofdoo-wop and rock ‘n’ roll, Sha Na Na.

BANK OF AMERICA PAVILION - 290 Northern Ave, Boston, MAwww.LiveNation.com

IL VOLO – Saturday, September 8, 2012. “Already certified platinum intheir homeland and several other countries, Il Volo has captured thehearts of Americans of all ages fol-lowing their U.S. American Idol debutand appearances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Good Morning Americaand Ellen. Their single “O Solo Mio” has been seen by over one millionfans on YouTube and their self-titled debut, which is a mix of re-imaginedclassics and original material produced by the multi Grammy Award-win-ning Humberto Gatica and the world renowned Italian singer/producerTony Renis, is heading toward platinum status in the U.S.” For moreinformation on Il Volo, visit ILVoloMusic.com.

WILBUR THEATRE - 246 Tremont St., Boston, MAwww.TheWilburTheatre.com

SEBASTIAN MANISCALCO — September 14, 2012. “What’s WrongWith People?” asks Sebastian Maniscalco in his hilarious new hit stand-up special airing on Showtime. In “What’s Wrong with People,” he bringshis witheringly sarcastic and exasperated take on modern behavior anddecorum, trying to bridge the gap between the Italian-American Old Worldhe grew up in and the world we live in today. The result is an original,highly relatable stand-up comedy tour de force that has Sebastian per-forming sold-out concerts worldwide.

BERKLEE PERFORMANCE CENTER - 136 Mass Ave., Boston617-747-2261 www.BerkleeBPC.com

FRANCO CORSO: A TRIBUTE TO ANDREA BOCELLI & FRIENDS —Saturday, September 15. With a voice that melts hearts and instills pas-sion, Franco Corso is the newest Italian singing sensation in America. Hisdistinctive and powerful baritone voice has been called elegant and pro-vocative. With award-winning singer-songwriter Briana Cash.

ITALIAN RADIO PROGRAMS“The Sicilian Corner” 10:00 am to 12 Noon every Friday with host TomZappala and Mike Lomazzo and “The Italian Show” with Nunzio DiMarcaevery Sunday from 10:00 am-1:00 pm. Go to www.1110wccmam.com.“Italia Oggi” Sundays 1:00 pm to 2:00 pm with host Andrea Urdi1460 AM www.1460WXBR.com.“Dolce Vita Radio” DJ Rocco Mesiti 11:00 am-1:00 pm Sundays 90.7 FMor online www.djrocco.com.“The Nick Franciosa Show” Sun-days from 12 Noon to 3:00 pm onWLYN 1360 AM and WAZN 1470 AM.“Guido Oliva Italian Hour” 8:00 am–9:00 am Sundays on WSRO 650 AMand online at www.wsro.com.“Radio Italia Unita” - Thursdays 2:00 pm–3:00 pm on www.zumix.org/radio or itunes, college radio click on Zumix. For more information, logonto www.italiaunita.org.“Tony’s Place” on MusicAmerica WPLM FM 99.1 - Sundays 9:00 pm–10:00 pm on MusicAmerica. Host Ron Della Chiesa presents Tony's Place.Visit www.MusicNotNoise.com.

ITALIAN EVENTS & PROGRAMS

Museum, The Sports Museum.August 17 — Institute of Contempo-rary Art, Edward Gorey House, NewBedford Whaling Museum, Garden inThe Woods, Concord Museum.August 24 — Boston Harbor IslandAlliance, U.S.S. ConstitutionMuseum, American Textile HistoryMuseum, Old Sturbridge Village, Bas-ketball Hall of Fame. August 31 —JFK Library & Museum, Plimoth Plan-tation, The Discovery Museums, MassMoca and Ecotarium.

DANCESHUBERT THEATER270 Tremont Street, Boston, MA617-482-9393www.ShubertTheater.org

BALLET FOLKLÓRICO DEMÉXICO — September 22, 2012.Mexico’s national dance company,Ballet Folklórico de México, is a visualfeast of Mexican regional folk dancesin whirling colors. Founded in 1952 bydancer-choreographer Amalia Her-nández, the company of 48 dancers,musicians and singers incorporates awide range of rituals, from Mayan andAztec to modern traditions, all withspectacular theatrical flair.

MARSHFIELD FAIR140 Main StreetMarshfield, Ma 02050www.MarshfieldFair.org

August 17-26, 2012. The 145th

annual Marshfield Fair is fastapproaching! This yearly AgriculturalFair draws hundreds of competitorsin 4-H, arts and crafts, agricultural andhorticultural events. The MarshfieldAgricultural and Horticultural Society,sponsors of the Marshfield Fair, isdedicated to making this the premierevent of Southeastern Massachu-setts. We hope everyone who attendsthe fair will be entertained and edu-cated and that all attendees leavewith a greater appreciation of theimportance of agriculture and horti-culture in our present day society.

TD GARDEN100 Legends Way, Boston, MA617-624-1050www.TDGarden.com

WWE Night of Champions#WWENOC — September 16, 2012.Coming to boston for the first timeever ... you can be part of a historicnight where every championship willbe defended. It’s WWE Night of Cham-pions! #WWENOC. A new championwas crowned at the last two ‘night ofchampions’ events. Will history repeatitself? See all of your favorite super-stars of Raw and Smackdown includ-ing: John Cena, CM Punk, RandyOrton, Sheamus, The Big Show,Daniel Bryan, Alberto Del Rio, Kane,Christian, Kofi Kingston, Dolph Zigglerand more!!! Card is subject to change.

KELLOGG’S TOUR OF GYMNAS-TICS CHAMPIONS 2012 — Novem-ber 11, 2012. Tour of GymnasticsChampions featuring Team USA’s topperforming gymnasts following the2012 Olympic Games in London. 2008Olympic all-around champion NastiaLiukin will lead an impressive castthat will include members of the men’sand women’s 2011 World Champion-ships and 2012 Olympic teams, alongwith past Olympians and U.S. medal-ists in men’s, women’s, rhythmic andacrobatic gymnastics, trampoline andtumbling.

Special Events

IDINA MENZEL will be appearing for one show only atthe Citi Performing Arts Center Wang. See MUSICSECTION for further details.

PARRIS ROOM @ NED DEVINE’SFaneuil Hall Market Place,75 State St., Boston, MA617-263-6887www.improvasylum.com

ALL THE SINGLE LADIES — Sat-urday evenings at 7:30 pm. A produc-tion from Boston’s award-winningImprov Asylum, is perfect for groups ofladies looking for a wild night of com-edy, dancing and a whole lot of ex-citement! You will watch four friendsset out for one last wild night out be-fore one of them gets married. After afew drinks, old feuds and new secretsthreaten their good time and onlysome songs and dancing can help themwork through it. The performers in-teract and dance with the guests!Guests who are at the show to cel-ebrate something will also be includedin the show and may get more thanthey bargained for! This interactivedance party is a hilarious high-energynight from start to finish. All the SingleLadies will have you laughing, singingand dancing with your BFFs.

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by Vita Orlando Sinopoli

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POLLO SPEZZAPOLLO SPEZZAPOLLO SPEZZAPOLLO SPEZZAPOLLO SPEZZATO ALLA SICILIANATO ALLA SICILIANATO ALLA SICILIANATO ALLA SICILIANATO ALLA SICILIANACut-up Chicken-Sicilian Style

1st Generation

Italian-American

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and a collection of

Italian family recipes

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Huh? A slice of toast that Prince Charlesdidn’t eat on the morning of his wedding toPrincess Diana has sold at auction for around$350.00. For 31 years the breakfast rem-nant belonged to Rosemarie Smith, 83, whosays she took it from a tray outside Charles’sbedroom while visiting her daughter, a pal-ace chambermaid. According to a spokes-man for the auction house, the winning bid-der was an anonymous Briton. “There weretwo telephone bidders fighting it out for theslice,” said the spokesman.”It was exciting.”

What would a slice of my toast be worth?We always add a slight coating of orangemarmalade to it.

Gossip stuff! Matt Lauer, has asked hisnew Today show co-host not to wear highheels, says the National Enquirer. Unlike hersmaller predecessors — Katie Couric,Meredith Vieira and Ann Curry — Savan-nah Guthrie stands 5' 10" tall, only slightlyshorter than Lauer. In heels she towersover him. Though “Matt didn’t mind thatwhen she substituted in the past,” says asource, “he’s not happy with her height nowthat she’s standing beside him every day.”Guthrie “loves wearing high heels,” saysthe source, but in deference to Lauer hasagreed to wear flats, “for now, anyway.”

Weird! A New York hedge-fund managertried to sue his ex-wife for 35 percent of her$1 million shoe collection. Daniel Shakclaims that his wife, Beth, never told himabout the 1,200 pairs of designer shoes shebought before they divorced three years ago.In response, the former Mrs. Shak said, “Heis saying he didn’t know the closet in ourmaster bedroom existed?”

Living on the ground floor, after a newstudy using incredibly precise atomicclocks, confirmed Einstein’s prediction thattime runs faster the higher off the groundyou are. For every foot above ground, a per-son ages about 90 billionths of a secondfaster over a lifetime.

Artist Beth Feeback of Concord, NorthCarolina, purchased an abstract painting ata thrift store for $9.99. The painting turnedout to be Vertical Diamond by Ilya Bolotowsky,which Sotheby’s valued at $20,000.

Wonder how much one of my oil paintingswould fetch? Back a few years ago we do-nated over 100 of my paintings to friendsand neighbors. They came and conquered!

Interesting to note, scientist found thatsix percent of drivers actually swerved inorder to run over a realistic but fake smallanimal they placed on the side of the road.

Sending kids to college can be costly. Goodnews! The average amount spent on collegedeclined by 5 percent in 2012, to $20,902 —the second consecutive annual decline. Thechief reason is that more and morestudents, even those from wealthier house-holds, are living at home to cut educationalcosts.

Carlo Scostumato, says, “Abraham Lincolnhad great difficulty getting an education —but what can you expect from a guy who didn’tplay football or basketball?”

Giusceppina, la coscia storta, says, “Notall educated people are intelligent.”

The astute Mona-Lisa Cappuccio of EastBoston, says, “The mind is like the stom-ach. It’s not how much you put into it thatcounts, but how much it digests.”

For the first time ever, U.S. service mem-bers were authorized to march in a gay prideevent in uniform, after a recent memoran-dum from the Defense Department madean allowance for a parade in San Diego.

This just in! 78% of Americans are “mostlyfrustrated” by the negative tone of politicalcampaigns.

Unhealthy news! Nearly one in tenemployers say they anticipate droppinghealth coverage for employees at some pointin the next three years, according to a pollby consulting firm DeLoitte. Companies citedrising healthcare costs as the primaryreason, as well as the possibility that pen-alties associated with the health care lawwill be cheaper than paying for coverage.

Bella Culo of Chestnut Hill, says, “If youdrink too often to other people’s health, you’llruin your own.”

Some in-t e r e s t i n guseless in-f o r m a t i o n :The male foxmates forlife and, if the female dies, he remainssingle for the rest of his life. However, ifthe male dies, the female hooks up with anew mate. There are more than 100 mil-lion dogs and cats in the United States. Stud-ies show that the breeds of dogs that bitethe least are, in order: the Golden retriever,Labrador retriever, Shetland sheepdog, OldEnglish sheepdog and the Welsh terrier. TheNew Guinea singing dog’s most unique char-acteristic is its dramatic ability to vary thepitch of its howl. The animal does not barkrepetitively but has a complex vocal behav-ior, including yelps, whines and single-notehowls.

Suri Cruise will be getting a religious edu-cation, but it won’t be in Scientology, saidEonline.com. A week after Katie Holmesgained primary custody of her six-year-olddaughter as part of her divorce settlementwith Tom Cruise, the actress enrolled Suriin Manhattan’s Convent of the Sacred HeartCatholic School for girls. For $38,000 peryear, Suri will be instructed in her mother’sfaith and will be required to attend Massevery Thursday. Amen.

Tom Cruise is buying a private jet just tovisit his daughter. Suri Cruise, six, willlive with mother Katie Holmes in New York,under terms of the couple’s divorce agree-ment. Cruise, 50, spends most of his timein Los Angeles, so he will buy a jet to seeSuri as often as possible, sometimes flyingthe girl to him. He plans to make the $50million jet “very kid-friendly inside so shecould enjoy the trip.”

One more time! If you desperately needthat morning cup of joe to jump-start yourday, don’t worry. A new study from HarvardUniversity found caffeine really does act asa mood and energy booster - and can actu-ally beat the blues. Published in the Journalof American Medicine Association, “Ourresults support a possible protective effectof caffeine, mainly from coffee consumption,on risk depression,” says Dr. Michel Lucasfrom the Harvard School of Public Health.Time for a cup of coffee!

Wee bit of Italian American history. In1949, Dr. Annine Rondinella dies at the ageof 84. She is said to be the first woman ofItalian heritage to receive a medical degree(1899) in the United States from theWomen’s Medical College in Philadelphia.In 1951, Joe DiMaggio winds up a 15-yearcareer with the New York Yankees. “JoltinJoe” achieves a .325 lifetime batting aver-age, three MVP awards and participates ina record ten World Series. The Hall ofFamer’s 56 game hitting streak remainsvirtually unchallenged in baseball.

Show business reminiscing with thehandsome stately musicologist AlbertNatale. Artie Shaw’s last name was origi-nally Arshawsky. Xavier Cugat had briefcareers as a concert violinist and a news-paper cartoonist before he found his nicheas leader of a band specializing in Latin-American music. One more time! FrankSinatra was a singing MC in a New Jerseynight club (the Rustic Cabin) when HarryJames discovered him. One Time maga-zine article, in showing high praise to singerRay Charles, said of Ray: “There’s is nomodern singer who has not learned some-thing from him.” Dustin Hoffman receivedonly $17,000 for his starring role as Ben-jamin Braddock in “The Graduate” (1967).After the movie, he collected unemploymentinsurance. The film grossed over $50 mil-lion. Helen Forrest’s first vocal recordingwith the Harry James band was a song called“He’s 1-A in the Army and He’s A-1 In MyHeart.” And a 1939 poll showed Bing Crosbyto be the most popular male singer. BobEberly a close second. Frank Sinatra a dis-tant third. Of 527 votes, Sinatra only received21 votes. The poll was taken by Metronomemagazine.AMERICA IS A BEAUTIFUL ITALIAN NAME

Heat oil in a saucepan and slightly brown chicken portionsin the pan. Add onion and chopped garlic cloves to sauce-pan and simmer for a short time before adding choppedtomato (optional) and half a cup of water. Cover and continuesimmering slowly until broth boils. Add carrots, potatoes,oregano and additional water. Cover and cook slowly forabout fifteen minutes. Add prepared vinegar peppers or wineor cider vinegar. Stir and add mushrooms and peas. Stirand cook until chicken and vegetables are fork tender (aboutthirty to forty-five minutes, depending on size of chickenpieces). Salt to taste.

This recipe does not require a lot of broth but enough toserve some with the chicken and vegetables. Add additionalwater if needed.

Note: This recipe can also be prepared in a baking dish in theoven, or on a grill. Each method of preparation allows for adifferent flavor. When I prepare this, I remember when my ma-ternal grandmother cooked this dish on our outdoor fireplace inWilmington. I walked with her around the area, picking up smallbroken limbs and adding them to the fire. She told me that thismade her feel like she was back in Salemi, Italy. During theharvesting days she accompanied her husband to “la mucarta”(a lot of land a distance from their home where they planted andharvested their vegetables for the year). At “la mucarta,” sheprepared their meals on the outdoor fireplace.

A three-pound cut-up chicken1/4 cup olive oil1 large onion cut in quarters5 cloves garlic3 carrots cut into two-inch

pieces2 medium potatoes cut in

quarters1 large green pepper

cut lengthwise intotwo-inch wedges*

2 tablespoons wine or cidervinegar*

1 tablespoon dried oregano1 fresh tomato chopped

(optional)1 cup green peas (canned or

frozen)1 cup mushrooms (optional)1 cup waterSalt

*Two or three slices of prepared vinegar peppers can be used inplace of fresh green pepper slices, wine and/or cider vinegar.


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Back in the day during thesummer, there was no suchanimal as air conditioning.We lived in a house that hadwooden screens that werecoated with DDT to keep outthe mosquitoes. Maybe, justmaybe, one of the screenshad an electric fan in it tokeep us cool, but that was it.Nanna used the cellarkitchen to cook in and we,more often than not, ate inthe backyard.

The table and chairs in thebackyard had started out inthe upstairs kitchen a gen-eration earlier. When it gotold, it became the kitchen setfor the kitchen in the cellarand the cellar kitchen setwent out to the backyard.Whatever set that had beenpart of the backyard décor,was sold to a junk man whowould come to the house fromChelsea, pick it up with hishorse and wagon and thenride through the neighbor-hood yelling out: “Any oldrags,” with something elseadded on that no one could un-derstand. Things didn’t go towaste. Even the dishes andsilverware used for the sum-mer dinners were those thathad seen a better day. Youmight ask, “Why didn’t theyuse paper dishes and plasticutensils?” Well, they costmoney. Both Nanna andBabbononno coming frommodest means knew how tocut corners. Bringing up theirchildren during the depres-sion of the 30s gave the nextgeneration a sampling of howto cut corners, too.

The one thing my familywasn’t frugal on was food.They bought the best. But,back in the old neighborhood,there were no supermarkets.More often than not, therewere corner stores with somespecializing in the products orproduce they sold. Today weshop in supermarkets and toexamine a piece of meat orchicken, you have to lookthrough a clear cellophanewrap to the contents lying ina styrofoam dish.

During World War II, every-thing was rationed and likeall families, we had rationbooks with stamps inside thatdetermined how much ofsomething you could buy.With several of us living asseparate families under thesame roof, things were a biteasier. Even Dad and myuncles had rationing to dealwith where their cars wereconcerned. First of all, a fewmonths after the war started,all auto manufacturersstopped making transporta-tion for the civilian market.

They all switched to war pro-duction. This meant that af-ter the first few months of1942, there were no new carsmade. If you wanted to buy acar it had to be a used one.You couldn’t buy new tires.They too were only manufac-tured for military vehicles. Ifyou needed tires, you boughtrecaps, retreads or just usedtires. And, gasoline was ra-tioned for all private vehicles.

People who owned vehicleswere issued stickers thatwere to be displayed in theright front corner of theircar’s windshield. The mostcommon sticker had a blackcapital A right in the center.This entitled the owner tothree gallons of gas per week.People who had to drive for aliving, which included themusicians in my family hadstickers with capital B in themiddle. This group of peoplewere entitled to five gallonsof gas per week. During thewar, Dad taught at East Bos-ton High School during theday and walked the two blocksfrom where we lived to wherethe school was located. Myuncles used public transpor-tation, the Boston Elevated,today’s MBTA. At night, theyusually played with bandsthat worked the downtownBoston hotels, restaurants ornightclubs. Things weren’ttoo bad as a result. At the be-ginning of the war, Dad playedwith a quintet at the Fife andDrum room of the HotelVendome on CommonwealthAve. When he left that band,he joined a Latin Americanband that played on the rooflevel night club of the BradfordHotel on Tremont Street. Thedistance weren’t that greatand the Sumner Tunnel wasonly fifteen cents each way.Come the weekend, Dad al-ways had a little gas left overto take Mom and me for ashort ride.

As I said, everything wasrationed and you shopped atspecialty stores. On a givenday, Nanna, Mom and I wouldhead to the corner of Eutawand Meridian Streets andtake the trolley to MaverickSquare where a slaughterhouse was located. Nanna andMom would pick out thechickens they wanted (livechickens) and have themkilled, prepared and thenbagged. Nanna would putthem in her black oil clothshopping bag and we wouldhead to Jefferies Point andone of the bakeries that ex-isted. Nanna would buyBabbononno the round loaf ofbread which is the only typehe would eat. Mom would buy

a sliced Scali loaf wrapped inwhite wax paper. From thereit was a long walk toBennington Street whereKennedy’s Butter and Eggstore was located. Once thepurchases were made andthe stamps given to the sales-person, we would walk toBrooks Street and start up thehill to where we lived. TheJohn Sava grocery store wason the corner of Benningtonand Brooks. Any canned goodsthat were needed could bebought there and again thecorrect amount of stampsturned in. The next stop wasFaber’s Fish Market, wherethe catch of the day was dis-played in the showcases sur-rounded by cracked ice.

As we continued up theBrooks Street hill, there wasa butcher shop on the cornerof Brooks and Princeton. Ev-eryone called the placeBrooks Brothers. A father andthree sons owned the busi-ness and Nanna would buyher meats freshly cut in frontof her. Again, ration stampswere given. The walk up thehill next included a stop at agreen grocer on the corner ofBrooks and Trenton Streets.Mr. Bruno, an old timer wouldsell the ladies in my familythe fruits and vegetables theyneeded for the next couple ofdays. He would always slip mea peach when no one waslooking and Mom would giveme a penny for a hand full ofdried chi chi’s that werehoused in a silver coloredmachine that was an antiqueand falling apart, but stillworked.

There would be one morestop at a store on the cornerof Eutaw and Brooks, Cutliff’sVariety, which later becameStaffier’s Grocery. Before theStaffier brothers bought theplace from old man Cutliff, thestore was stocked with theneeds for the Americans inthe neighborhood. When itbecame Italian after theStaffier brothers took over,Nanna and Mom could buyItalian cold cuts and cheese,plus anything else they for-got to get on their journey.There was always someoneon the corner who Nannawould speak to and give anickel to. He was the local in-vestment specialist whomNanna and many otherswould visit to play the num-ber for the day. The paybackfor a lottery number win wasabout seven dollars a cent andNanna always had a numberto play. She actually hit a fewtimes. No one ever told herthat this man was a bookieand playing the number wasillegal. Once we were back inthe house, all the purchasesof the day were put away andNanna and my mother woulddo some accounting to seewhat they spent and howmany stamps were used andwhat was left over.

This is the way we livedthrough World War II. Thebest part of the story is thateveryone in the family whowas in uniform came homealive. GOD BLESS AMERICA

tial race between two candi-dates neither of which I like.We have the guy namedObama and the guy notnamed Obama. Lately all theguy named Obama has beendoing is talking about theother guy not named Obamaand his tax returns. When-ever you have nothing to runon, diversion is a great strat-egy and of course Obamaalso has his ace in the hole,class warfare. Them versusus. Only trouble not many ofus really think like Obama.He demeans any branch ofgovernment that gets in hisway. He can blast Republi-cans in the House or theradical right U.S. SupremeCourt. He can hide andevade quite well.

The polls right now showthings neck and neck but Iam not that confident. Wehave too many Americanswho care less about libertythan they do about gettingfree stuff from government.After all, when nearly 49 per-cent of Americans are de-pendent on a governmentcheck, we have all the mak-ings of a failed European na-tion sinking into debt likeGreece.

Conservative talk radioisn’t doing much happy talk

lately because Mitt Romneyisn’t exactly running thekind of campaign most con-servatives are looking for.Recently, Jeff Katz statedthat if Obama wins a secondterm as president, Americaas we have known it is en-dangered. Jay Severin on hisshow stated that a secondterm Obama will turn into adictator. Lots of people re-main afraid of PresidentObama because most don’ttrust him because most ofus still don’t know who he isbeyond a seasoned Chicagopolitician which in and of it-self is bad, bad, bad.

Some Americans will al-ways think he was a fraudof a president but as for me,I call him a failed presidentwho likes acting like a vic-tim when he has to or a bullywhen he needs to be one. Hereminds me of the kid manyof us grew up with that wedidn’t really like but neverknew why. As for me, I maynot know who he is but I’veseen his kind before. We cansurvive even the worse ofpresidents because we havea constitution that is biggerthan the president.

One final thought, sadly Idon’t think even poor Barackknows who he is.

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passed by all that had beenthe old Potato Sheds thatburned down in 1961 to thePrison Point Bridge. Itworked. We passed by all thetraffic and got to the field ontime. That was also the lasttime I ever got close to myUncle Jim’s potato shed.

Charlestown has changedmuch since 1968 and evenmore so since 1978 whenthe gentry invaded Charles-town and changed Charles-town forever. Eventually,peace was made betweenboth the old and the new andpeace still reigns today butit is a very expensive propo-

sition for all today. Busing inthe ’70s also hurt as manyhad fled fled the city. Today,Charlestown High Schoolhas no hockey program in aneighborhood that is HockeyUSA. You can thank JudgeGarrity for all that.

Listen, I moved out ofCharlestown in 1984 and ifI could I would move backtoday, but once again it’slike the old days when I wasa constant tourist in town.Some things I guess don’tchange except the cost ofhousing, which is alwayschanging in the wrongdirection.

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painted as either a racist ora crazy person. They evencame up with the term“Islamophobia” as if it isfound in the DSM as a per-sonality disorder.

Inside this liberal tractwere several stories. Onewas titled, “Islamophobiaand Its Discontents” onpage 20. Then, on page 11 is“Fear and Loathing ofIslam.” Finally, don’t forgetpage 10 for “Europe: Hot-bed of Islamo-phobic Extrem-ism.”

Of course you knew in thislast story that The Nationwould bring up AndersBreivik, a Norwegian, whowas called “an extreme right-wing racist” who killed 77people in the span of a fewhours last year. Listen, I amopposed to any kind of terror-ism be it Islamic or not.

However, have to say thelast paragraph in that storyon Europeans was outra-geous when it stated,”… theundeniable fact is thatwhite, Christian Europeanspose a far more threat toMuslims — both home andabroad — than Muslims doto them.” This quote is onereason why I think The Na-tion is a perfectly good wasteof a tree. Such #&^! I am notsuffering from Islamophobiabut I do have a bad case of“The Nationphobia.” I don’tcare how long this rag hasbeen printed. It isn’t even fitto be recycled.

Illegals Die in TexasTruck Crash

Recently, an F-250 Fordpick-up truck packed withillegal immigrants veered offa highway crashing into twotrees killing 15 people andleaving nine others seri-ously injured. The crashhappened in Goliad Countyin South Texas about 150miles from the Mexicanborder and 90 miles fromSan Antonio, Texas. Thepick-up truck was crammedwith 23 people. Six includingthe driver inside the cabwere killed. The rest werepacked in the open bed tothe rear. Gerald Bryant, aspokesman for the TexasDepartment of Public Safetystated, “This is the mostpeople I’ve seen in any pas-senger vehicle for 38 years.”The truck was completelymangled when emergencycrews arrived at the crashscene. No belongings oridentifications were found.Among the dead were con-firmed citizens of Mexico,Guatemala and Honduras.

This past April, a minivanpacked with 18 people cross-ing over into the UnitedStates crashed killing nineMexicans. In April 2003, 19illegal immigrants died afterbeing packed into a swelter-ing minivan. These storiesget repeated all the time ex-cept we never hear about thetrucks that don’t crash.

The last thing we need arefewer U.S. Border stationsand fewer border guards

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MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITYDAVID S. MACKEY

INTERIM CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER and EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. AP1301-C1, FY13-15 AUTHORITY-WIDE TERM WELDING & METAL FABRICATION will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Capital Programs Department Offi ce, Suite 209S, Logan Offi ce Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 2012 immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly. NOTE: PRE-BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 10:00 A.M. LOCAL TIME ON TUESDAY, AUGUST 28, 2012.The work includes: PROVISION OF ALL EQUIPMENT, MATERIALS, LABOR AND SUPERVISION NECESSARY TO MAKE STRUCTURAL STEEL REPAIRS; TO REPAIRS METAL ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS; AND TO FABRICATE MISCELLANIOUS METAL ITEMS INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO: RAILS, LADDERS, FRAMES AND SUPPORTS AT ALL MPA FACILITIES ON AN AS NEEDED BASIS OVER A TWO (2) YEAR PERIOD.Bid documents will be made available beginning TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2012.The estimated contract cost is THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, ($300,000).Bid Documents in electronic format may be obtained free of charge at the Authority’s Capital Programs Department Offi ce, together with any addenda or amendments, which the Authority may issue and a printed copy of the Proposal form.A proposal guaranty shall be submitted with each General Bid consisting of a bid deposit for fi ve (5) percent of the value of the bid; when sub-bids are required, each must be accompanied by a deposit equal to fi ve (5) percent of the sub-bid amount, in the form of a bid bond, or cash, or a certifi ed check, or a treasurer’s or a cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the Massachusetts Port Authority in the name of which the Contract for the work is to be executed. The bid deposit shall be (a) in a form satisfactory to the Authority, (b) with a surety company qualifi ed to do business in the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Authority, and (c) conditioned upon the faithful performance by the principal of the agreements contained in the bid.The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and a labor and materials payment bond, each in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract price. The surety shall be a surety company or securities satisfactory to the Authority. Attention is called to the minimum rate of wages to be paid on the work as determined under the provisions of Chapter 149, Massachusetts General Laws, Section 26 to 27G, inclusive, as amended. The Contractor will be required to pay minimum wages in accordance with the schedules listed in Division II, Special Provisions of the Specifi cations, which wage rates have been predetermined by the U.S. Secretary of Labor and /or the Commissioner of Labor and Industries of Massachusetts, whichever is greater.The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance and Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of TEN MILLION DOLLARS, ($10,000,000.00). Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details.This Contract is also subject to Affi rmative Action requirements of the Massachusetts Port Authority contained in the Non-Discrimination and Affi rmative Action article of Division I, General Requirements and Covenants, and to the Secretary of Labor’s Requirement for Affi rmative Action to Ensure Equal Opportunity and the Standard Federal Equal Opportunity Construction Contract Specifi cations (Executive Order 11246).The General Contractor is required to submit a Certifi cation of Non-Segregated Facilities prior to award of the Contract, and to notify prospective subcontractors of the requirement for such certifi cation where the subcontract exceeds $10,000.Complete information and authorization to view the site may be obtained from the Capital Programs Department Offi ce at the Massachusetts Port Authority. The right is reserved to waive any informality in or reject any or all proposals.

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patrolling the U.S.-Mexicanborder. How many illegals inthis country who have comein through Mexico is un-known. Some say as manyas 15-16 million illegal im-migrants are now living inthis country with more ar-riving every day. We can’tstop the daily flow of illegalsuntil we secure our border.When are we going to do justthat?

When Seconds Count,Police are Minutes AwayWhat happened in Aurora,

Colorado was the latestAmerican tragedy as agunman armed to the teethbecame the biggest massshooter in U.S. history. AsHowie Carr noted, “… he(Holmes) was the only one inthe theater with a gun. Ifsomebody else at the mid-night showing had beencarrying, the death tollmight have been signifi-cantly lower.” MichaelGraham added, “StrippingAmericans of their right tobear arms will not take awaysociety’s dangers. The onlything it will take away is alaw-abiding citizen’s abilityto protect themselves fromthose dangers.”

They don’t call Chicago the“Windy City” for nothing. Lis-ten to all those big city polstalking about the need tocurb crime through gunbans. In Chicago, a gun-controlled city, the place ison pace to have 450 mur-ders this year which assomeone astutely said was“an Aurora every 10 days.”On the March 17 weekendthis year, ten people werekilled including a six-year-old little girl and 49 wounded.Hey, Jesse Jackson how isthat disarming thing work-

ing out? How about seven-year-old Heaven Sutton whowas selling snow cones andwaiting to go to Disneyland?Caught in the crossfire, shewas killed by gangbangers.

Meanwhile, the Big Apple’sMayor Michael Bloombergcouldn’t even wait for all thebodies to be removed fromAurora’s Century 16 movietheater before calling formore gun control. Why wastea terrible shooting spree,huh? In gun-controlled NewYork City between July 2 toJuly 8, there were 21 mur-ders and 77 total shootings.Worse than last year at thesame time. Year to date, 880people have been shot upfrom 803 one year ago.

Remember that old saying,“I’d rather be tried by 12rather than carried by six.”

ObamaCare Could StillLeave Millions Uninsured

When President Obamawas selling his ObamaCarehealth reform, he talked ofuniversal coverage for allAmericans but a Congres-sional Budget Office Reportin July found that goal get-ting more elusive by the sec-ond. The report found thatdespite the $1.2 trillionprice tag, ObamaCare wouldactually cut the ranks of theuninsured by 50 percent,leaving 30 million Ameri-cans without coverage. ThisJuly figure is 47 billion moreuninsured than from a CBOreport in March 2010. Thislatest downgrade reportedlystems from the U.S. Su-preme Court ruling givingstates freedom to rejectObamaCare’s massive ex-pansion of Medicaid. Rightnow more than 25 stateshave said they would refuseMedicaid expansion.

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To all persons interested in the abovecaptioned estate, by Petition of PetitionerMichael Atherton of Cambridge MA a Willhas been admitted to informal probate.

Michael Atherton of Cambridge MA hasbeen informally appointed as the PersonalRepresentative of the estate to serve withoutsurety on the bond.

The estate is being administered underinformal procedure by the Personal Represen-tative under the Massachusetts Uniform Pro-bate Code without supervision by the Court.Inventory and accounts are not required to befiled with the Court, but interested parties areentitled to notice regarding the administrationfrom the Personal Representative and canpetition the Court in any matter relating to theestate, including distribution of assets andexpenses of administration. Interested partiesare entitled to petition the Court to instituteformal proceedings and to obtain ordersterminating or restricting the powers of Per-sonal Representatives appointed under infor-mal procedure. A copy of the Petition and Will,if any, can be obtained from the Petitioner.


Middlesex Probate and Family Court208 Cambridge Street

East Cambridge, MA 02141Docket No. MI12P3154EA

Estate ofJENNIFER R. MAPES

Date of Death June 3, 2012INFORMAL PROBATE

PUBLICATION NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE

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To all persons interested in the abovecaptioned estate, by Petition of PetitionerJoseph J. Ianelli of Cambridge MA a Willhas been admitted to informal probate.

Joseph J. Ianelli of Cambridge MA hasbeen informally appointed as the PersonalRepresentative of the estate to serve withoutsurety on the bond.

The estate is being administered underinformal procedure by the Personal Represen-tative under the Massachusetts Uniform Pro-bate Code without supervision by the Court.Inventory and accounts are not required to befiled with the Court, but interested parties areentitled to notice regarding the administrationfrom the Personal Representative and canpetition the Court in any matter relating to theestate, including distribution of assets andexpenses of administration. Interested partiesare entitled to petition the Court to instituteformal proceedings and to obtain ordersterminating or restricting the powers of Per-sonal Representatives appointed under infor-mal procedure. A copy of the Petition and Will,if any, can be obtained from the Petitioner.


Middlesex Probate and Family Court208 Cambridge Street

East Cambridge, MA 02141Docket No. MI12P2665EA

Estate ofANGELINA M. IANELLI

Date of Death February 10, 2012INFORMAL PROBATEPUBLICATION NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE

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THIEVES INSIDE THEITALIAN PARLIAMENT!Most of our readers know thatPalazzo Montecitorio in Romeis the meeting place of theLower House of the ItalianParliament, a/k/a ‘CameraDei Deputati’ (Chamber ofDeputies). This ‘Palazzo’ isalso the place where the en-tire Parliament gathers, fromtime to time. Generally peopleassume that the usualthieves would never dare to‘perform’ in such a place, asMontecitorio, considered asecure place where specialagents seem to be every-where. But the place has re-cently become ‘unsecure.’The usual absent-minded in-dividuals have lately com-plained that their bags havesuddenly ‘disappeared’ ortheir money taken from theirpockets. What happened a fewmonths ago stunned every-one. A temporary distractionby a former Parliamentarianresulted in the disappearanceof her mink coat, worth over6000 euro ($8,400). However,

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LEGAL NOTICE

To the Defendant:The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for Divorce

requesting that the Court grant a divorce forCruel & abusive treatment. The Complaint ison file at the Court.

An Automatic Restraining Order has beenentered in this matter preventing you fromtaking any action which would negatively im-pact the current financial status of either party.SEE Supplemental Probate Court Rule 411.

You are hereby summoned and requiredto serve upon Linda Morrisey, 134 MadisonAve., Arlington, MA 02474 your answer,if any, on or before September 7, 2012. If youfail to do so, the court will proceed to the hear-ing and adjudication of this action. You are alsorequired to file a copy of your answer, if any, inthe office of the Register of this Court.

WITNESS, HON. PETER C. DiGANGI,First Justice of this Court.

Date: July 27, 2012

Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate


Middlesex Probate and Family Court208 Cambridge StreetCambridge, MA 02141

Docket No. MI07D2002DV1DIVORCE SUMMONS BY

PUBLICATION AND MAILINGLINDA MORRISEY

VS.MICHAEL JOSEPH MORRISEY

the loss was only temporary.As long as a victim promptlycalls the authorities and re-ports the loss, the refund isonly a matter of days. The rea-son being that the ‘Palazzo’has insured itself against lossin virtually any amount ofmerchandise that has beenlost or stolen. So, my friends,if you ever visit the ‘secure’Palazzo Montecitorio, inRome sometime in the futureand become a victim of theft,take heart: the loss is onlytemporary. The refund willsoon be on its way, thanks tothe far-sightedness of theItalian Legislators. Whichbrings to mind the question:Are the thieves really ‘outsid-ers?’ Never mind I wasn’t im-plying anything, really!!!

DON’T CELEBRATE WITHFIREWORKS: MAKE LOVE,INSTEAD! As I was readingsome Italian newspapers andmagazines, I found a storyrelating to some strangeevents. The piece I read wasquite appealing. We experi-ence some of the same reac-tions during the July 4th cel-ebration in this country. Whathappened in Italy, precisely inthe Naples area, was ‘inter-esting!’ Even there they liketo celebrate by lighting fire-works, too. A group of guys gottogether and the resulting‘boom boom’ is heard every-where. But in the region’scapital city the women — es-pecially wives — got togetherand decided ‘ipso facto’ to takeaction against the ‘noise.’They decided to protest by giv-ing an ultimatum — stop yourcelebration or you will nothave ‘fun’ when you comehome! Carolina Striano, theactivist leader, has been suc-cessful in enrolling many whohave joined the protest move-ment. Their goal obviously isno laughing matter, but thehusbands have quite a prob-lem to solve. Will they chooseto stop the ‘noise?’ It will bequite interesting to knowwhat has come out of thisdilemma!

BOSTON POST-GAZETTE, AUGUST 10, 2012

EXTRA InningsInningsInningsInningsInningsby Sal Giarratani

Ichiro Ends Upin Pinstripes

Ichiro Suzuki is on a newteam after years of playingin teams distant from play-off hopes and now has a greatchance of actually playing inthe World Series rather thanwatching it on a TV set. TheNY Yankees acquired thesuper outfielder from theMariners in a trade on July23 for two minor leaguers.He is all excited as he said,“I am going from a team withthe most losses to a teamwith the most wins. The Yan-kees also got cash in thedeal. In his first at bat in pin-stripes, he batted eighth inthe line-up which was thefirst time in his career, hedidn’t bat in the top threespots in the line-up.

The 38-year-old player hadspent his entire career inSeattle. The ten time All-Star and Golden Glove win-

ner is batting .261 with fourhomers, 28 RBI and 15 sto-len bases this season.

Suzuki is a lifetime .322hitter and a former AL MVPwho holds the record for mosthits in a season. He has bat-ted over .300 in every sea-son until he dipped below.300 in 2011. In his first atbat against his old Mariners,he singled in a 4-1 win overthe Mariners.

Miami MarlinsTrade Ramirez

The Marlins just tradedformer NL batting champHanley Ramirez to the LADodgers part of what manyhave called the third big firesale in Marlins’ history. Forthose who have forgotten, wegave up Hanley Ramirez toget Josh Beckett back in2007 on the way to the WorldSeries that year.

Career Winding DownFormer NY Yankees out-

fielder Hideki Matsui whohad been Tampa Bay’s DHthis season has been re-leased to clear a roster spotfor Ryan Roberts who wasrecently picked up for Ari-zona. I am surprised the RedSox aren’t talking aboutsigning him up. We alwaysseem to pick up players wedon’t need or sign playerslike Crawford which madeseemingly stupid senselooking back on it.

R.A. Dickey: Baseball’sNewest Knuckleballer

Now that knuckleballerTim Wakefield has retired,he was called the lasttrue knuckleballer but ap-parently forgot about R.A.Dickey. Baseball had PhilNiekro, Charlie Hough andguy’s like the great HoytWilhelm and when theypassed by, Tim Wakefieldstepped onto the pitcher’smound. Now in Wakefield’sretirement, the new guy onthe block is Dickey. At theAll-Star break, Dickey was12-1 with a 2.40 ERA. Dickeyhas had great things to sayabout Wake. He learnedmuch from him and consid-ers himself to be a mentorof the former Red Soxpitcher. Knuckleballers area special breed of pitcher.Often underrated but guys Iconsidered Wilhelm andCharlie Hough to be two ofthe best practitioners of theknuckleball in baseball his-tory. Wilhelm was my favor-ite back when he was a re-lief guy on the Orioles andhe survived many years inbaseball. He came up to thebiggies at age 29 after tenseasons in Triple A andended up retiring at age 49after a 20 year career in themajors.

Doris Samsin League of Her Own

Doris Sams, a pitcher andoutfielder from Knoxvillewho helped inspire themovie “A League of TheirOwn,” recently died at age 85and was robbed of her base-ball memories in her battlewith Alzheimer’s. She was aleading player in the All-American Girls ProfessionalBaseball League where sheplayed eight seasons. Shemade the league’s honorsteam in 1947 and from 1949through 1952. She hit over.300 in her last four seasonsof play. Also named league’sMVP in 1947 and 1949. Oneof the best female baseball


NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

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Sealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. L1240-C1, TERMINAL C PRVS AND CRAWL SPACE STEAM REPAIRS, LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, will be received by the Massachusetts Port Authority at the Capital Programs Department Offi ce, Suite 209S, Logan Offi ce Center, One Harborside Drive, East Boston, Massachusetts 02128, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 2012 immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly. NOTE: PRE-BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CAPITAL PROGRAMS DEPARTMENT (ABOVE ADDRESS) AT 9:00 A.M. LOCAL TIME ON THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2012.The work includes INSTALLATION OF NEW PRESSURE REDUCING VALVES IN TERMINAL C MECHANICAL ROOMS AND REPLACEMENT OF STEAM TRAPS IN THE CRAWL SPACE OF TERMINAL C. FURNISH AND INSTALL NEW VENTILATION SYSTEM TO SERVE NEW PRV ROOM, INCLUDING NEW TRANSFER FAN AND SHEET METAL. NEW PIPING, DEMOLITION WORK, CONTROL WORK, ELECTRICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL MODIFICATIONS TO EXISTING SPACE ARE ALSO INCLUDED.Bid documents will be made available beginning FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2012.In order to be eligible and responsible to bid on this contract General Bidders must submit with their bid a current Certifi cate of Eligibility issued by the Division of Capital Asset Management and an Update Statement. The General Bidder must be certifi ed in the category of MECHANICAL SYSTEMS. The estimated contract cost is EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($800,000.00).Bid Documents in electronic format may be obtained free of charge at the Authority’s Capital Programs Department Offi ce, together with any addenda or amendments, which the Authority may issue and a printed copy of the Proposal form.Bidding procedures and award of the contract and sub-contracts shall be in accordance with the provisions of Sections 44A through 44H inclusive, Chapter 149 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.A proposal guaranty shall be submitted with each General Bid consisting of a bid deposit for fi ve (5) percent of the value of the bid; when sub-bids are required, each must be accompanied by a deposit equal to fi ve (5) percent of the sub-bid amount, in the form of a bid bond, or cash, or a certifi ed check, or a treasurer’s or a cashier’s check issued by a responsible bank or trust company, payable to the Massachusetts Port Authority in the name of which the Contract for the work is to be executed. The bid deposit shall be (a) in a form satisfactory to the Authority, (b) with a surety company qualifi ed to do business in the Commonwealth and satisfactory to the Authority, and (c) conditioned upon the faithful performance by the principal of the agreements contained in the bid.The successful Bidder will be required to furnish a performance bond and a labor and materials payment bond, each in an amount equal to 100% of the Contract price. The surety shall be a surety company or securities satisfactory to the Authority. Attention is called to the minimum rate of wages to be paid on the work as determined under the provisions of Chapter 149, Massachusetts General Laws, Section 26 to 27G, inclusive, as amended. The Contractor will be required to pay minimum wages in accordance with the schedules listed in Division II, Special Provisions of the Specifi cations, which wage rates have been predetermined by the U.S. Secretary of Labor and/or the Commissioner of Labor and Industries of Massachusetts, whichever is greater.The successful Bidder will be required to purchase and maintain Bodily Injury Liability Insurance, Auto Liability Insurance, and Property Damage Liability Insurance for a combined single limit of ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000.00). Said policy shall be on an occurrence basis and the Authority shall be included as an Additional Insured. See the insurance sections of Division I, General Requirements and Division II, Special Provisions for complete details.No fi led sub-bids will be required for this contract.This contract is subject to a Minority/Women Owned Business Enterprise participation provision requiring that not less than FIVE PERCENT (5%) of the Contract be performed by minority and women owned business enterprise contractors. With respect to this provision, bidders are urged to familiarize themselves thoroughly with the Bidding Documents. 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The MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY (Authority) is soliciting professional consulting services for MPA CONTRACT NO. A288-D1, FY13-14 SIGNAGE DESIGN SERVICES. The Authority is seeking a qualifi ed multi-disciplinary fi rm or team to provide professional services, with an emphasis on the design of signage and wayfi nding systems, on an on-call, as needed basis.The Consultant shall demonstrate expertise in the following disciplines including but not limited to: planning, graphic design, design, and construction documents and installation specifi cations of wayfi nding sign systems. The Consultant shall demonstrate its ability to manage costs effectively and shall be experienced in providing similar services on an on-call, as needed basis. The Consultant must be able to work closely with the Authority and other interested parties in order to provide such services in a timely and effective manner.Services may include but shall not be limited to existing conditions evaluation, graphic design, schematic drawings and outline specifi cations, design development, structural and lighting design of sign systems, construction drawings and specifi cations, construction services, or cost estimates.The projects may range from sign review, to individual sign design, to relatively large and complex system design and implementation. The scope of work may occur at various Authority owned facilities and include: • new construction • modifi cations to existing interior, exterior or roadway sign installations • modifi cations to existing sign faces • review of signage proposals for Authority or tenant projects • oversight, implementation and maintenance of the Authority’s Graphic Design Standards • development of comprehensive path of travel wayfi nding analysis • ensure all signs meet current codes, ADA and fi re safety regulations • production of graphic fi les • preparation of public bid documentsThe Authority expects to select one consultant. However, the Authority reserves the right to select a different number if it is deemed in its best interest to do so. The consultant shall be issued a contract in an amount not to exceed $400,000. The services shall be authorized on a Work Order basis.Each submission shall include a Statement of Qualifi cations that provides detailed information in response to the evaluation criteria set forth below and include Architect/Engineer & Related Services questionnaires SF 330 with the appropriate number of Part IIs. W/M/DBE Certifi cation of the prime and subconsultants shall be current at the time of submittal and the Consultant shall provide a copy of the W/M/DBE certifi cation letter from the Supplier Diversity Offi ce, formerly known as State Offi ce of Minority and Women Business Assistance (SOMWBA) within its submittal. The Consultant shall also provide litigation and legal proceedings information, signed under the pains and penalties of perjury, in a separate sealed envelope entitled “Litigation and Legal Proceedings”. See www.massport.com/ doing-business/Pages/CapitalProgramsResourceCenter.aspx for more details on litigation and legal proceedings history submittal requirements.In order to be eligible for selection, all aspects of Section 38A1/2, Chapter 7 of the General Laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts shall be satisfi ed including the majority of the fi rm’s Board of Directors or ownership shall be registered in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in accordance with the applicable provisions of the statute. Consultants shall furnish professional registration status of the fi rm’s board of directors or ownership. All individuals responsible for technical disciplines shall, upon commencement of the project, be registered Architects or Engineers, in that discipline, in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.The submission shall be evaluated on basis of: (1) current relevant experience on projects of similar complexity, (2) experience and geographic location of the Project Manager and experience of other key personnel to be assigned to the project, (3) experience and expertise of sub consultants, (4) familiarity with MGL, including fi led sub-bid experience, (5) cost management capabilities, (6) M/W/DBE and affi rmative action efforts, (7) familiarity with this type of assignment and a demonstrated ability to respond in a timely manner, (8) current level of work with the Authority, (9) past performance for the Authority, if any, (10) experience with sustainable design, and (11) litigation and legal proceedings history.The selection shall involve a two-step process, including the shortlisting of a minimum of three fi rms based on an evaluation of the Statements of Qualifi cations received in response to this solicitation, followed immediately by a fi nal selection. The Authority reserves the right to interview the fi rms prior to fi nal selection if deemed appropriate. By responding to this solicitation, consultants agree to accept the terms and conditions of the Authority’s standard agreement, which can be found on the Authority’s web page at www.massport.com. The exception to this standard agreement is the insurance requirement of $1,000,000 of commercial general liability. The Consultant shall specify in its cover letter that it has the ability to obtain requisite insurance coverage.Submissions shall be printed on both sides of the sheet (8 1/2” x 11”). Fifteen (15) copies of a bound document and one PDF version on a disc each limited to: 1) an SF 330 including the appropriate number of Part IIs, 2) no more than 5 sheets (10 pages) of information contained under SF 330 Section H addressing the evaluation items (except for the litigation and legal proceedings history), and 3) no more than 3 sheets (5 pages) of other relevant material not including a 3 page (max.) cover letter, covers, and dividers shall be addressed to Houssam H. Sleiman, P.E., CCM, Director of Capital Programs and Environmental Affairs and received no later than 12:00 Noon on Thursday, September 13, 2012 at the Massachusetts Port Authority, Logan Offi ce Center, Capital Programs Department, One Harborside Drive, Suite 209S, East Boston, MA 02128. Any submission that exceeds the page limit set here or that is not received by the Capital Programs Department in a timely manner shall be rejected by the Authority as non-responsive. 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players in professional base-ball history.

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A number of sports writersthought Jon Lester pitchedwell in his no-decision Yan-kees game but his ERA ac-tually rose. He is now 5-8with a 4.49 ERA which is still

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by Richard Preiss

HOOPS and HOCKEY in the HUBCORNER TALK by Reinaldo Oliveira, Jr.

Tony DeMarcoTony DeMarcoTony DeMarcoTony DeMarcoTony DeMarco, Paul PenderPaul PenderPaul PenderPaul PenderPaul Pender and Joe DeNucciJoe DeNucciJoe DeNucciJoe DeNucciJoe DeNucciand HonorHonorHonorHonorHonor, 1990 Canastota, New York World BoxingCanastota, New York World BoxingCanastota, New York World BoxingCanastota, New York World BoxingCanastota, New York World BoxingMiddleweight HallMiddleweight HallMiddleweight HallMiddleweight HallMiddleweight Hall of Fame InducteeFame InducteeFame InducteeFame InducteeFame Inductee and 2001 Inductee

into the United States Marine Corp Sports HallUnited States Marine Corp Sports HallUnited States Marine Corp Sports HallUnited States Marine Corp Sports HallUnited States Marine Corp Sports Hall of FameFameFameFameFame,World ChampionWorld ChampionWorld ChampionWorld ChampionWorld Champion Great “Carmen Basilio!”Carmen Basilio!”Carmen Basilio!”Carmen Basilio!”Carmen Basilio!”

FAREWELL — To BostonBruins media relations of-ficer Kelly Mohr, who will beleaving Boston to take amedia relations positionwith Ben & Jerry’s IceCream in Burlington, VT.Kelly worked behind thescenes with the Bruins forfour years. She was respon-sible for coordinating all theoff-ice appearances for theB’s. So, whenever you saw,read or heard that Bruinsplayers had appeared atcharity events, hospitals,holiday gift drives, etc. it wasKelly who coordinated thoseappearances with the groupwho requested them.

We wish Kelly the verybest in this new stage of hercareer. We’ve read that allemployees at Ben andJerry’s are entitled to threefree pints of ice cream perday. Now that’s one benefitthat the B’s don’t have.

EXTENDED — The athleticdirectors of the Hockey Eastinstitutions extended com-missioner Joe Bertagna’scontract out another year,meaning the veteran leaderwill be with the conferencethrough at least the 2014-2015 season.

The extension comes onthe heels of the expansionof the league from 10 schoolsto 12. Within the past fewmonths it was announcedthat Notre Dame will joinHockey East effective withthe 2013-2014 season andthat UConn will follow in the2014-2015 campaign.

In addition, Hockey Easthad another successful out-door event at Fenway Parkthis past January. Those arethree good reasons that in-dicated that Bertagna wasdoing a very good job and de-served to be rewarded witha contract extension.

ANOTHER VOICE — In thecrowded format of sports talkradio will come to the Hubthis fall as ESPN Radio — yes,it has a radio division — willbegin broadcasting in Bostonon 850 AM. This will be dif-ferent though since unlikemost sports talk showsaround here this won’t be lo-cally produced and will notconcentrate on local teams.

Instead, the programmingwill come from ESPN andhave more of a nationalquality to it. Thus, it won’tsimply be a third version ofWEEI or The Sports Hub. Itwill have different contentand thus should appeal tothose who seek presenta-tions that go beyond the Bos-ton teams. In addition, lookfor more college sports(and discussions revolvingaround college sports) to bepresented, something verymuch lacking on the twoexisting stations.

BACK IN THE FOLD — Thatwould be former Celticsplayer Greg Stiemsma whohas rejoined the MinnesotaTimberwolves, the teamthat had originally signedhim in 2010.

The 6'-11" former Univer-sity of Wisconsin player —who stayed all four years inMadison — served as backup

to Kevin Garnett this pastseason, becoming some-thing of a fan favorite as amember of the second unit.

In that role he averaged13.9 minutes per game butmade good use of his limitedtime on the floor, ranking14th in the NBA in blockedshots per game (1.55) andsecond in blocked shots perminute. He played in 55regular season games and19 playoffs games for theGreen and White.

Prior to joining the Celtics,Stiemsma had played for avariety of teams. He wentoverseas and played in Tur-key in both 2008-2009 and2010-2011, with 2009-2010split between South Koreaand the NBA DevelopmentLeague’s Sioux Falls Sky-force. For his play in SiouxFalls he was named theD-League Defensive Player ofthe Year.

He was signed by theWolves in April, 2010 (duringthe final week of the regularseason) and waived by themon September 10, 2010.There was more overseas balland a short four-game stintin the D-League last fall be-fore he joined the Celtics forwhat proved to be one shortabbreviated season.

By the way, one of the Min-nesota assistant coaches isBill Bayno, a top assistant atUMass from 1988 to 1995when the Minutemen werecoached by John Calipari.Bayno also served as thehead coach of UNLV from1995 to 2000, winning fourconference championshipsin the process. In addition,he also spent five years withthe Portland Trail Blazers.This fall he will start his sec-ond season with Minnesota.

The Timberwolves will playthe Celtics in the Garden onDecember 5, their only regu-lar season appearance inBoston this coming season.

AN ACTIVE SUMMER —Look at the Celtics now andcount. You’ll need more thanyour 10 fingers. That’s be-cause the Celtics roster hadreached a full 15 as of earlyAugust with the potential ofperhaps a couple of more ad-ditions as training campnears.

Paul Pierce, Rajon Rondo,Kevin Garnett return as doAvery Bradley, BrandonBass, Keyon Dooling andChris Wilcox. Beyond themit’s a whole new day for themen in Green as Celtics GMDanny Ainge prepares topresent coach Doc Riverswith a squad that has thepotential to go deep in theNBA playoffs once again. Infact, there’s so many newfaces, it would probably takea column a week to dojustice to each new player.Suffice it to say thatthe Celtics have restockednicely. And remember it willbe a more rested group sincethis will be a normal NBAregular season, not onesqueezed into four months.

We’ll see how it all playsout but on paper you couldsee a possible word beingused — exciting.

The NEAA Soccer program will begin its third year this coming fall. Asoccer program for kids ranging from 4 to 11 years old. The season willbegin in mid-September and run through early November. Games willbe on Saturdays from 9:30 am till 1:30 pm.The league is co-ed and is split between the following three age

groups: 4 and 5 year olds; 6 to 8 year olds and 9 to 11 year olds. NEAA has open-ings for volunteer coaches in all age groups.

NEAA Soccer also has an opening for a new Director to oversee and manage theleague. This volunteer position job description consists of, but is not limited to:helping with registration, assigning players, scheduling / organizing weekly games,etc.

This is a volunteer position.If interested, please contact John Romano at (617) 750-9749 or at

[email protected].

Looking for Volunteer Coaches & Director

NEAA SOCCER

Tony DeMarcoTony DeMarcoTony DeMarcoTony DeMarcoTony DeMarco, Paul PenderPaul PenderPaul PenderPaul PenderPaul Pender and Joe DeNucciJoe DeNucciJoe DeNucciJoe DeNucciJoe DeNucciand HonorHonorHonorHonorHonor, 1990 Canastota, New York World BoxingCanastota, New York World BoxingCanastota, New York World BoxingCanastota, New York World BoxingCanastota, New York World BoxingMiddleweight HallMiddleweight HallMiddleweight HallMiddleweight HallMiddleweight Hall of Fame InducteeFame InducteeFame InducteeFame InducteeFame Inductee and 2001 Inductee

into the United States Marine Corp Sports HallUnited States Marine Corp Sports HallUnited States Marine Corp Sports HallUnited States Marine Corp Sports HallUnited States Marine Corp Sports Hall of FameFameFameFameFame,World ChampionWorld ChampionWorld ChampionWorld ChampionWorld Champion Great “Carmen Basilio!”Carmen Basilio!”Carmen Basilio!”Carmen Basilio!”Carmen Basilio!”

World Champion Tony DeMarco, onthe cover of Boxing and WrestlingMagazine, November 1956.

World titlecontender JoeDeNucci, whowas the long-est servingState Auditorin Massachu-setts history.

Marine,World Champion

Paul Pender

Carmen Basilio

World Boxing Hall of Fame Canastota, New York.I’m thinking? World Champions Tony DeMarco, WorldChampion Paul Pender, along with World TitleContender A. Joseph DeNucci. These three aregreat Fight Family members, who’ve all made amajor Boxing Hall of Fame impact in World

Boxing History. Undisputed World WelterweightChampion Tony DeMarco, co-participated in the

Fight of the 20th Centuryversus one of thegreatest and tough-est fighters in WorldBoxing history.World ChampionCarmen Basilioof New Yorkis that fighter.Also WorldMiddleweightC h a m p i o n

Paul Pender,fought WorldM i d d l e w e i g h tChampion GreatSugar RayRobinson (2), Al

Couture, NormanHayes (3), Joe Rindone

(2), Carmen Basilio. Then there’sWorld Title contender JoeDeNucci, who compiled a great54-15-4, 27 KO’s record versusFighters: Al Andrews, JacksonBrown (3), Eddie Connors, JoeyGiambra, Emil Griffith (2),Ralph “Tiger” Jones (2), JohnnyOtto (2), Joey Giardello, Larry

Carney (3), Denny Moyer, VinceMartinez, Iron Mike Pusateri (2)and Don Fullmer. All great fighters of a great era; WorldTitle Contender Joe DeNucci, compiled a great record

in Professional Boxing. Then after Professional Boxing,Joe DeNucci would go on to run for and be elected as aCommonwealth of Massachusetts politician. As a State ofMassachusetts politician, Joe DeNucci continued fight-ing for US. Joe DeNucci continued hisinspiring presence in politics and servedas the longest serving Massachusetts

State Auditor in history. Thank you for allyou’ve done. We salute you. At this great affair, itwould be appropriate to pay tribute to 1990 WorldBoxing Hall of Fame inductee; Carmen Basilio.Carmen Basilio, is one of the greats inWorld Boxing history. The presenceof Carmen Basilio has affectedWorld Boxing history, in a wayunlike any other. World ChampionCarmen Basilio is also a 2002inductee into the United StatesMarine Corp, Sports Hall of Fame.