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Bill Clements, who in 1979 became the firstRepublican governor of Texas since Reconstruc-tion, passed away at age 94 over the MemorialDay weekend. He believed government shouldbe run like a business and along the way changedthe face of Texas politics. He served two terms.The Texas House honored him with a momentof silence on the chamber floor. Governor RickPerry said, “As the father of the modern TexasRepublican Party, Governor Clements is respon-sible for the growth, success and election of TexasRepublicans in every corner of our state. Today,Texans and Americans have lost a leader whoseleadership, service and Patriotism were unpar-alleled.”

Prior to getting elected governor, Clementsheaded Richard Nixon’s 1972 presidential reelec-tion in Texas and also served as a deputy secre-tary of defense from 1973 to 1977.

Jack Kennedy Gets AnotherUS Aircraft Carrier

The US Navy has announced that the nation’snext aircraft carrier will be named the John F.Kennedy in memory of the 35th president. Thenuclear-powered ship will be built at the New-port News shipyard in Virginia. This will be thesecond carrier carrying his name. The USS JohnF. Kennedy was decommissioned in 2007 afternearly 40 years of service. Newport, RI is cur-rently attempting to bring that carrier there andturn it into a naval museum.

Mayor Menino joined the PublicWorks Department CommissionerJoanne Massaro, along with DistrictOne City Councilor Sal LaMattina tolaunch the start of construction onsidewalks in the North End. Theproject will repair 15,000-square-feet of sidewalks in the North Endto make them safer for residentsand the thousands of visitors whowalk the Freedom Trail.

Congratulations Boston Bruins 2011 Stanley Cup Champions

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Some astrologers predicteda long reign for Nero andsome even described the re-turn of all of his former for-tunes. These dreams weresoon shattered by the newsof uprisings and revolts inthe provinces. He immedi-ately formed many wickedplans of monstrous propor-tions. He planned to degradeand assassinate the com-manders of the armies alongwith the governors of all of theprovinces, to massacre allexiles and also all men of Gal-lic birth then in the city ofRome, to direct the armies toravage the provinces, to poi-son the entire senate at ban-quets, and then as a “piecede resistance” he planned torelease all of the wild beaststhat were held in captivity sothat they could roam thestreets while he set fire to thecity. Needless to say, theseplans did not make him theprime candidate for the “Manof the Year” award.

Meanwhile realizing thatthe end might be near he putsome poison in a golden boxand sent his most trustwor-thy servants to Ostia to get afleet ready. After evasive an-swers and outright refusalshe put off further decisionsuntil the following day. Heawoke about midnight to findthat he had been completelydeserted with the exceptionof two or three freedman, andis reported to have cried, “Ihave neither friend nor foe.”He ran out to throw himselfin the Tiber but stopped whenhis feet hit the cold water,thereby providing inspirationfor the culinary concoction oflater generations called“chicken Nero.” This is wherethe chicken is served in astanding position with its feetin borsch.

He accepted an offer to usea villa about four miles awayand traveled part way byhorse and the rest of the wayby walking or crawlingthrough the brambles. Wordwas soon received that hewas declared a public enemyby the senate and that theyhad ordered punishment inthe ancient fashion. Thiskind of punishment consistedof being stripped, secured bythe neck in a kind of fork, andthen beaten to death withrods. Thoughts of this kind ofexecution plus the sound of

approaching horsemen forcedhim to say, “What an artistthe world is losing,” then withthe help of the freedman hedrove a dagger into his throatand he was gone. It is saidthat in death his eyes pro-truded from their sockets insuch a fashion that all whosaw him shuddered with ter-ror. Funeral rites were con-ducted and his ashes weredeposited in a family tomb.

In retrospect it should benoted that while historyshould regard Caligula as themost grotesque figure ever toserve as emperor of the Ro-man empire, Nero certainlyfinished a close second. Hewas degenerative in his hab-its and shameless in his per-sonal appearance. He longedfor immortality and everlast-ing fame. He achieved hisimmortality through hisdeeds and of course notthrough his person. His de-pravity and cruelty will cer-tainly live in the hearts ofChristians for all of the timethat they remain on earth.The manner in which he at-tempted to achieve everlast-ing fame was exactly whatmade him one of the mostinfamous persons to everdraw breath. He and he alonewas responsible for the per-secution of St. Peter andSt. Paul. The huge obelisk infront of St. Peter’s Basilica inRome should serve as a con-stant reminder of two of themost brutal men that thisworld has ever known.

The obelisk was brought toRome from Heliopolis in oldEgypt and was transported viaa special boat that was con-structed by Caligula. It waslater placed on the spina(median strip) of Nero’s cir-cus, and it was at the base ofthis obelisk where St. Peterand countless numbers ofChristians were martyred. Itwas moved from its originalposition close by to its presentlocation by Pope Sixtus in1586.

Caligula died at the age oftwenty nine after four yearsof reign and Nero died at theage of thirty one after fourteenyears of reign. Oh how his-tory would have been changedif these two cruel and evilmen had never walked uponthe face of this earth.

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Songwriters Sam Cooke,Lou Adler and Herb Alpert, intheir 1960 hit “WonderfulWorld,” pled ignorance of his-tory and other academic top-ics. Today they’d find them-selves joined by millions ofAmerican high schoolers.

On June 14th the U.S. De-partment of Education re-leased results of the U.S.History 2010 National As-sessment of EducationalProgress at Grades 4, 8 and12. The results, are notgood. At 12th grade just 12%were “proficient,” represent-ing solid academic per-formance. At grade 12 astudent is proficient if hecan “understand Missouristatehood in the context ofsectionalism” — most couldnot.

At grade 8 the percentageat or above proficiency is17%. For fourth graders, 20%are proficient. In other words,the longer kids stay in schoolthe worse they do relative tohow someone in their grade

Don’t Know Much About Historyought to do!

Not all of the questions areavailable, as many will con-tinue to be used in tests.From among the grade 12questions published on theDepartment of Educationwebsite I selected some ofthe more difficult to see howthe pupils did.

From the list (a) SovietUnion, (b) Japan, (c) China,or (d) Vietnam, merely 22%of 12th graders correctly iden-tified (c), China, as an allyof North Korea during theKorean War.

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graders correctly identifiedPresident George Washing-ton’s foreign policy as “avoid-ing permanent allianceswith other countries.” Two-thirds of the studentsthought Washington wasan interventionist in foreignaffairs.

Likewise, just one-thirdcorrectly answered thatThomas Jefferson’s electionas President is sometimes

called the “revolution of1800” because it was thefirst “peaceful transition ofpower from one politicalparty to another.” The restthought there actually wasa popular uprising in 1800,or that the Elector Collegewas abolished, or that it hadsomething to do with theLouisiana Purchase.

Presented with chartsshowing gross domestic pro-duction increasing, unem-ployment declining, andwages rising during WorldWar Two, merely 43% cor-rectly answered that “thewar caused a major increasein economic production inthe United States.”

For more information onthe National Assessmentof Educational Progress, Isuggest you go to theDepartment of Educationwebsite. While there youcan take an online sampletest and find our whetheryou are smarter than a 4th,8th, or 12th grader.

Quincy’s own AngelaCristiani was elected as thenewest Political Director ofthe Boston Teachers Union(BTU) this past week bestingher opponent with 62% ofthe vote. Ms. Cristiani, alicensed school psychologist,brings a unique set ofcredentials to the union’sleadership.

Once a dancer with theBoston Ballet, she alwayshas shown a commitmenttoward teaching, serving hercommunity, and donatingher time to charitable works.Throughout her educationalcareer she has remaineddedicated to the arts, herstudents, and helping othersin need.

BTU President RichardStutman, who also won hiselection, offered his con-gratulations to Ms. Cristianiand the other newly electedBTU officers.

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bers, the Boston TeachersUnion is pleased to have aselected officials a seasonedteam of education profes-sionals who are dedicated tomaking our schools as goodas they can be while protect-ing the interests of our stu-dents as well as our staff.”

The Boston TeachersUnion represents 5,500teachers and other profes-sionals including nurses,psychologists, and guidancecounselors. In addition, werepresent approximately1,000 paraprofessionals, andclose to 500 substituteteachers, along with 3,000retired members. It is thelargest public sector laborlocal in New England.

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Seven North End Waterfront Health staffmembers recently received Partners inExcellence Awards from Partners Health-Care. The health care system, which Mas-sachusetts General Hospital and NEWHealth are a part of, each year honorsexceptional employees for their outstand-ing contributions to the success of theorganization, including work to improvequality, safety, and efficiency through highperformance medicine.

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Another time, a mentally handicappedpatient needed help moving into a newapartment, so Cardone-Casoni used her ownmoney to buy the patient cleaning suppliesand helped her ready her new home.

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Over 250 people attended the DanteAlighieri Cultural Center’s Coro-DanteSpring concert on Sunday, June the 12th.Coro-Dante with soprano Lara Second-Haid,tenor Jeffrey Michael Hartman and pianistZaira Meneses played works by Verdi,Mascagni, Rossini, and traditional songs andmadrigals under the direction of Maestro

Since its 2010 move to a larger locationon Hanover Street, Filthy Rich of Boston isnow part of an exciting new boutique, Bling!of Boston.

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Kevin Galie. A travel trough opera’s mas-terpieces and trough music from differentItalian regional traditions were performed.A spellbound public listened to an all Italianlanguage repertoire. Battle Hymn of theRepublic closed the concert and everybodywas standing up singing it. It was truly aperformance to remember.

2003. He also served as chair-man of the Varsity Club Hallof Fame’s selection commit-tee. The Varsity Club is theschool’s athletic alumni or-ganization. It is the only clubthat represents all varsitystudent-athletes who havehad the distinct honor ofwearing the maroon and gold.

The Southborough, Massa-chusetts, resident directedthe Boston College Touch-down Club for several yearsand in 1999, it was his ini-tiative that brought togetherthat club with the BC foot-ball alumni group to form theBoston College GridironClub. To this day, Croattiretains the title of the club’sPresident Emeritus.

Croatti is a native ofFramingham, Massachu-setts.

Don Croatti, a past presi-dent of the Boston CollegeVarsity Club and recognizedas the father of the BostonCollege Gridiron Club, hasbeen selected to receive the2011 Reverend William J.Donlon Special Achieve-ment Award, according toa joint announcement byDirector of Athletics GeneDeFilippo and Varsity ClubPresident Chris Conley.

The Donlon Award wasestablished in 1999 to honorindividuals who have dem-onstrated extraordinarydedication and performedexceptional service to Bos-ton College athletics. Theaward, given periodically,honors Father William J.“Bill” Donlon for his 60years of service and dedica-tion to the Boston College.

Croatti, a 1960 BostonCollege graduate, will re-ceive the award at a recep-tion on Friday night, Sep-tember 16, 2011, and thenfeted again during the fol-lowing day’s Boston College-Duke football game. He willbe joined by this year’sVarsity Club Hall of Fameclass at halftime of the foot-ball game.

Croatti served as the presi-dent of the Boston CollegeVarsity Club in 2002 and

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THINKINGby Sal Giarratani

OUT LOUD

Recently, America markedthe 43rd anniversary of theassassination of U.S. Sena-tor Robert F. Kennedy. Hewas shot (and died the follow-ing morning) at his Califor-nia presidential primary vic-tory party over U.S. SenatorEugene McCarthy on June 4,1968. His 88-day campaignfor president ended tragicallyone month following the as-sassination of ReverendMartin Luther King, Jr.Kennedy was shot by SirhanSirhan (who is still in prison)as he made his way throughthe kitchen at the Ambas-sador Hotel in Los Angeles.

Back in my teens, he likehis brother President JackKennedy were my politicalheroes and mentors to mypolitical activism. BobbyKennedy unlike his brothersJack or Teddy seemed tomake a direct connect to theAmerican people strugglinglike today to make endsmeet. We were engaged in awar half way around theworld, the battle for civilrights was improving butstill unfinished and violenceseemed to control the wholedecade of the sixties. JackKennedy, Bobby Kennedy,Dr. King, Malcolm X, MedgarEvers, the list seemed end-less as violence took its tollon America.

In 1968, I was a college stu-

dent at Boston State Collegeback when college was af-fordable to nearly all. I was aDemocrat backing BobbyKennedy and eventuallyvoted for Hubert Humphreythat November over RichardNixon and George Wallace. Iwas opposed to the VietnamWar policy of PresidentLyndon Johnson because Ifelt we were getting mireddown in an endless war forvery little good reason. Iturned 20 years old exactlyone month between the kill-ings of both King andKennedy. I rememberedwatching Kennedy’s funeralMass, listening to Andy Wil-liams’ beautiful rendition ofthe “Ave Maria” and weepingfor America and the loss of atruly empowering nationalleader gunned down at only42 years old. He often saidthat America shouldn’t justask “Why?” concerning themany socio-economic is-sues facing society but seek-ing solutions by asking “WhyNot?” Where he saw injus-tice, he sought justice.Where he saw poverty, hun-ger and joblessness, hesought a society that workedfor all. Today, we seem tohave a tendency to raise awhite flag of surrender, rais-ing our voices only saying

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Now that the Boston Bru-ins have chased away thedemons that prevented thestoried National HockeyLeague franchise from win-ning their first Stanley Cupsince 1972, there remainsone significant event thatlingers from the days ofBobby Orr and the Big BadBruins.

The early 1970s includeda still-raging Vietnam War.And the long national night-mare of Watergate wasjust beginning. Winning theStanley Cup 39 years agohelped ease the sting ofthose national hostilitiesbut never quite swept awaythe local strife over bus-ing that would dramaticallychange Boston’s publicschool landscape.

A member of the 1972Bruins team, Garnet “Ace”Bailey, would become largerthan that generation ofBruins’ players and theirloyal legion of fans. Not evenhoisting the Stanley Cupabove their collective headscan erase the searing mem-ory of when and where eachone was the day they learnedof Bailey’s sudden death.

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We recall vividly that pris-tine Tuesday morning ofSeptember 11, 2001. Theday Ace Bailey drove toLogan International Airportto board United Air LinesFlight 175 to Los Angeles,along with Mark Bavis, proscouts for the Los AngelesKings preparing for thestart of a new season. Theirfuel-filled Boeing 767 air-craft slammed into theSouth Tower of the WorldTrade Center in Manhattan.

Despite that diabolical actby cowardly terrorists, AceBailey lives on in the can-cer unit at Boston’s FloatingHospital For Children. Aplayroom honoring Bailey isappropriately called Ace’sPlace — a bevy of activitythat dispels the doom oftenconnected to cancer. It’s thecenter of fun and hope andcomfort for children withcancer, their parents andfamilies, as they confrontexhausting treatments anduncertainty.

Fundraisers by Boston’shockey elite — Bobby Orr,Brad Park, Don Cherry,Harry Sinden and others —have poured into Ace

Bailey’s Children’s Founda-tion. Bailey’s family over-sees the foundation anddisperses $1.5 million forvarious projects at FloatingHospital and other places.

That’s exactly the way Acewould want things to go, saidhis wife Katherine, whom hemarried during that magicalJune of 1972. “It’s alwaysbeen important for me tohold onto Ace and hold ontohim tight. You don’t forgetabout it. It doesn’t go away.Ace had such an incrediblespirit. He had this intenseneed to make everyonearound him happy. His spiritis here. We’ve kept his spiritalive in this room.”

So it has become withthis current generation ofBoston Bruins. They’vewon the hearts of a newlegion of faithful fans not yetborn in the Bruins StanleyCup win of 1972. Parallels tothose heady years of theearly ’70s are seen today asour nation is mired in twowars and domestic troublessuch as high unemploy-ment confound everybody.


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The Saint Pio committee will host the first annual SaintPio procession in Boston’s North End. Everyone is welcomedto gather on June 26, 2011 at 12 Noon for a Mass inSt. Leonard’s Church on Hanover Street. The processionwill begin at 1PM and led through the streets of the NorthEnd. After the procession everyone is invited to congregatein the Peace Garden for continued devotion to Saint Pio.The committee brought the Saint Pio statue from Italy 11years ago which was designed by Italy’s famous sculptorNunzio Bibbo. The statue is located in St. Leonard’s PeaceGarden. Committee chairperson Anna (D’Amore) Sirignanothanks everyone who has made this possible, friends, family,clergy and residents of the North End for all their help.

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On Tuesday June 14, 2011, the familiesof the East Boston Playgroups gathered foran end-of-year Flag Day celebration at theEast Boston Social Centers. The event hadbeen scheduled to take place at Piers Parkbut had to be re-located due to the weather.

Organizer Lilliana Arteaga broughtplaygroups from Countdown to Kindergarten,Stand for Children, Boston Public Library andRead Boston together to enjoy a festival offood, friendship and fun. Food was providedby the families and local groups. Activitiesincluded face painting, story time, farewellCircle Time and games. Many giveawaysincluded T-Shirts, American Flags, Pin-wheels, and goody bags.

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The following quote came from a Boston Metro reader named Stephen Deborde,via e-mail wherever that place is. He obviously is not that happy with PresidentObama to date. His quote says it all, “Change we can believe in? Change is allmany people have left.”

Quote to Note by Sal GiarrataniThe Friends of Christopher

Columbus Park (FOCCP) cel-ebrates its 10th anniversarynext month, with activitiesplanned in the Park eachmonth for the rest of theyear.

The all-volunteer non-profit group was founded inJuly 2001 by a small groupof North End/Waterfrontbusiness people and neigh-bors whose mission was tofurther the utilization, care,preservation, maintenance,enhancement and improve-ment of the Park.

“Over the last 10 years,the growth of this neighbor-hood organization and itsimpact on the Park has beendynamic,” says currentPresident Joanne Hayes-Rines. “Since its beginningwith just 12 founding mem-bers, FOCCP has grown tre-mendously, with more than200 members today. We havean incredibly involved andactive membership andwonderful support from localbusinesses.”

FOCCP kicked off its 10year anniversary with a new

members social at the Liv-ing Room on June 2. Mem-bers invited a friend orneighbor to the social tolearn more about the activi-ties of the Friends group andways to get involved. FOCCPmonthly meetings are heldthe second Tuesday of everymonth (except December) atthe Mariners House.

In addition to support fromlocal businesses and neigh-bors, the FOCCP worksclosely with the City of Bos-ton Parks and RecreationDepartment to keep the parkclean and well maintained.FOCCP’s contributions tothe Park include maintain-ing the Rose Kennedy RoseGarden, working closely witharborists and purchasingnew trees and plants for thePark, providing the fundingand organization for the An-nual Trellis Lighting eachwinter, and organizing spe-cial events in the Park.

Activities in the Park forthe rest of the year that aresponsored by FOCCP or theCity of Boston ParkArts pro-gram include:

July and August: Park-ART’s Artists in ResidenceCraft Workshops

June, July and August:FOCCP Sunday Night Moviesin the Park sponsored byAl Dente and Benevento’srestaurants

July 8: ParkART’s Pre-sents: CommonwealthShakespeare Company

July 19: ParkART’s Mari-onette Puppet Show

August: ParkART’s Pre-sents: Waterfront Perform-ing Arts Series

August 6: Waterfront Con-cert Series

September 10 and 11:“Ahts” in the Park

October 9: FOCCP Chris-topher Columbus DayCelebration

November 18: FOCCP 10th

Anniversary Gala at theMarriott Long Wharf

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Is it unlawful practicing law when banks, mortgagecompanies, real estate brokers, and others process real

estate transactions?REAL ESTATE BAR ASSOCIATION FOR MASS. vs.

NATIONAL REAL ESTATE INFORMATION SERVICESSJC-10744

SUPREME JUDICIAL COURT OF MASSACHUSETTSNovember 2, 2010, Argued • April 25, 2011, Decided

The Court said:We stated that “occasional

drafting of simple deeds, andother legal instruments whennot conducted as an occupa-tion or yielding substantialincome may fall outside thepractice of law.” We under-stand “occasional drafting ofsimple deeds” as a referenceto deeds that do not neces-sarily pertain to real prop-erty. To the extent that thereference may include realproperty deeds, we no longerfollow the opinion.

(Preparation of deed by areal estate broker is “a prac-tice not to be condoned”).There is no evidence beforeus, however, that NREIS isengaged in the actual draft-ing of deeds for its lender cli-ents in Massachusetts. Whatthe record does indicate isthat NREIS’s clients eithersupply their own deed when

one is required for a mort-gage financing transaction,or request that NREIS fur-nish one.

On the other hand, NREIS’spreparation of settlementstatements and other mort-gage-related forms for itslender clients clearly doesnot constitute the unautho-rized practice of law. HUD-1and HUD-1A settlementstatements are standardizedforms required under theReal Estate Settlement Pro-cedures Act for all feder-ally regulated mortgages.The forms detail all aspectsof the mortgage transac-tions, fees, interest rates,and amounts due to variousparties.

Filling out standard gov-ernment forms for others isnot necessarily the practiceof law. Many such forms“can readily be filled out by

any intelligent person”. Id.We see little difference be-tween the income tax formsat issue in the Lowell BarAss’n case and the federallymandated settlement state-ments in this case. Althoughthere may be legal conse-quences that flow from fill-ing out these forms, there isno legal advice or legal opin-ion being offered, see id, andultimate control over andresponsibility for the contentof those forms rests withNREIS’s lender clients.

This case says that theusual filling out forms forloans and real estate agree-ments by real estate brokersand loan institutions is notthe unauthorized practice oflaw.

However, this case seemsto say the drafting of a deedby a non lawyer for the cli-ent is not to be condoned.

Massachusetts is a smallstate abundantly blessedwith great diversity. If it iscity life you prefer, there isof course Boston, with itsmany world class attrac-tions. Lying just off shorethere are the harbor islands,

offering a complete get-away from the city just a short boatride away. Then of course, there is Cape Cod, famous theworld over for its wonderful beaches and charming ambi-ance and if it is mountains you desire, just head west andyou will be in the Berkshires before you know it.

It was last week when the desire to get-away just seemedoverwhelming. We were having one of those days in whichnothing could go right. Every phone call carried with it anew problem to be resolved, the toaster, toasted its last pieceof bread then died, the printer ran out of ink so we couldnot do a project we had planned for that morning. Then wediscovered that a half bottle of olive oil tipped over in thekitchen cabinet, the cap must not have been fastened prop-erly, and most of the oil covered the bottom of the cabinetcreating a really nasty mess to clean up. That was the fi-nal straw, it was 11:00 AM and not a single thing had goneright, it was time to get away, to break the pattern of minordisasters and just take off for a few hours. We decided tohead for the Cape, Chatham in particular, within ten min-utes we were ready to go. We headed for the parking lot halfexpecting the old Saab to have a flat tire, but no, our trust-worthy friend was just fine, so we started her up and withinminutes we were on the expressway heading south.

We cruised all the way to the Sagamore Bridge, then wewere over it and passing through Sandwich, and never oncewere stalled in traffic, things were definitely looking up. Itwas about 1:15 when we arrived in Chatham, never had aplace seemed more inviting. It had been nearly a year sincewe were last there, we tended to forget how beautiful thetown is and in particular the stretch of beach we visit, itlooks out to the famous sand bars and beyond to the opensea. It did not seem possible that just two hours ago wewere in the midst of an apartment “melt down”, being onthe beach, a sense of order seemed to re-establish itself.

We found a space near some sea grass spread out ourtowels and made our way to the water which was still chillybut warm enough for a swim, then it was time to walk thebeach. We were heading to some rocks about a mile awaythat provide a great place to have lunch and spend sometime listening to the surf and the pure sound of nature. Onour way to the rocks, it was interesting to see what theocean had cast up on land since we were last there. Weath-ered pieces of wood, a couple of bottles and an old woodencrate with absolutely no markings to betray its place of ori-gin, all seemed to find its proper place on the beach becom-ing a natural part of the scene. After purchasing two clamrolls from a fish shack on the pier we sat for an hour lis-tening to the sound of water lapping at the rocks just be-neath us. It is amazing how calming that sound can be.

We leisurely walked back to our towels on the beach, spentanother hour talking and trying to identify some of the sealife milling around us as we once more waded into the waterand finally walked back into Chatham center where we hada leisurely dinner. We made our return trip to Boston feel-ing quite renewed, the Cape as usual had worked its magicand we felt ready to tackle the next day, happy that we gaveinto the sudden impulse of placing everything aside to justget away, even if only for an afternoon.

A Sudden Impulseby Bennett Molinari and Richard Molinari

In Loving Memory

Marie Napoleone

May 7, 1917 – May 16, 2011

Remember MeFill not your hearts with pain and sorrow,

but remember me in every tomorrow.

Remember the joy, the laughter, the smiles,

I’ve only gone to rest a li le while.

Although my leaving causes pain and grief,

my going has eased my hurt,

and given me relief.

So dry your eyes and remember me,

not as I am now, but as I used to be.

Because, I will remember you all,

and look on with a smile.

Understand in your hearts,

I’ve only gone to rest a li le while.

As long as I have the love of each of you,

I can live my life in the hearts of all of you.

Your Loving Family

The next place that I go will be peaceful and familiar

as a sleepy summer Sunday and a sweet untroubled

mind. I won’t remember ge ng there. Somehow I’ll

just arrive. But I’ll know I belong there and will feel

much more alive than I have ever felt before. I will be

absolutely free of things that I held onto that were

holding onto me. I will travel empty-handed. There

is not a single thing I have collected in my life that I

would ever want to bring except … the love of those

who loved me, and the warmth of those who cared

and the happiness and memories and the magic that

we shared.

Your Loving Family

In Loving Memory

Rita A. Lucente

June 19, 1928 - March 28, 2011

“Umbria is the green heart of Italy, a place where balance between nature and human activityhas created impressive landscapes.” This was the message that regional touristic entre-preneurs sent to American tour operators on Tuesday June the 7th, during a workshop ina Cambridge hotel. There followed a meeting with press and a dinner of Umbrian de-lights. The workshop is going to also go to Washington and Philadelphia, with the aim ofpromoting what Umbria can offer to U.S. visitors: sport, culture, museums, local delica-cies, healing waters and events of international renown.

Small and medium tour operators were present. They were interested to discover newterritories to offer to their customers. Thousands of years of history, peoples and civiliza-tion have left an archaeological patrimony that is difficult even to quantify to the regionof Umbria. Every city has traces of the ancient Umbrians, Etruscans, or Romans. Umbriaalso has longstanding and prestigious ceramic traditions. The ceramics of Deruta areworld renowned and in the entire region you can find a lot of places of artistic ceramics.Cities of Umbria attract tourists and travelers who are thirsty for beauty. Perugia’s Palazzodei Priori, Orvieto’s Duomo or Assisi’s Basilica of San Francesco are only examples ofmany architectural masterpieces spread all over the region.

Region of Umbria - PROMOTED IN BOSTONby Elena Lucco Borlera

On Sunday, June 26th andTuesday, June 28th theNorth End will meet theSouth End in the spirit ofbaseball through the Sec-ond Annual North 2 SouthBaseball Classic. StateRepresentative AaronMichlewitz, will sponsor theclassic played by the LittleLeague All-Star teams fromthe North End Athletic As-sociation and South EndBaseball.

“As I continue to work forthe 3rd Suffolk District, I ad-mire the two great baseballorganizations that these twoneighborhoods have.” SaidRepresentative Michlewitz.“As a youth baseball coachfor the previous eight years,I am proud to be having anevent like this. Last yearwas a big success and wehope to build upon that thisyear.”

There will be two 7-inninggames, one in each neigh-borhood for the 12 and un-der age division. The NorthEnd game will be played atLangone Park on Commer-cial Street on Sunday, June26th and the South Endgame will be played on thefollowing Tuesday, June

Representative Aaron Michlewitz Sponsors2nd Annual North 2 South - ALL-STAR GAME

28th at Luis Taint Field atPeters Park in the SouthEnd. Both games start at6:00 pm. Both groups are

hoping for a strong neighbor-hood turnout and will be of-fering food and refresh-ments.


Mrs. Murphy . . . As I See It

MORE ITALIAN FESTIVALS

PADRE PIO PROCESSION June 26 Procession Only – North Square 1 pm

MADONNA DEL GRAZIE July 10 Procession Only - North Square 2 pm ST. ROCCO July 17 Procession Only - Hanover St. 1 pm

ST. JOSEPH July 29, 30, 31 Hanover & Battery Sts. Sunday Procession 1 pm

ST. AGRIPPINA August 5, 6, 7 Hanover & Battery Sts. Sunday Procession 1 pm

MADONNA DELLA CAVA August 12, 13, 14 Hanover & Battery Sts. Sunday Procession 1 pm

MADONNA del SOCCORSO August 18,19, 20, 21 North, Fleet & Lewis Sts. (Fisherman’s) Sunday Procession 1 pm

ST. ANTHONY August 26, 27, 28 Endicott & Thacher Sts. Sunday Procession 12 pm

ST. LUCY August 29 Monday Procession - Endicott St. 5 pm

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Heard neighborsin Day Squarehave been call-ing police due to

loud noise and disturbancesemanating from the Medal-lon Lounge in Day Square.The Medallon had a hearingscheduled June 21st at theBoston Board of Appealsseeking an entertainmentlicense. Hopefully membersof the Board of Appeals dotheir homework beforegranting an entertainmentlicense to a bar that accord-ing to complaints has al-ready disturbed the neigh-borhood! ... Go on a two HourVacation! Piers Park SailingCenter is offering somegreat packages. You can sailbeginning July 1, aroundthe harbor that includes adinner for only $79.00. Ortake a sunset cruise aroundBoston Harbor for $69.00.They also offer many moreexcursions. Call and booktoday 617-561-6677 or 617-561-0564. You can sail 7days a week and charteringis avail-able. Treat yourself,you deserve it! ... ConsumerTip: Now that summer ishere! Many people need

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dollar. Now Dollar storeshave replaced Woolworthand Grants. Now Dollarstores are rakingin the money. While thereis a savings in Dollarstores, be aware many oftheir items weigh a lot lessthan regular priced items ...You wouldn’t know thiscountry is suffering bad eco-nomic times with a high un-employment rate. MichelleObama accompanied by hermother and two daughtersare having a grand timespending our tax dollars inother countries. Her latestventure is Africa to speak tothe children of that country!Can she improve situationsthere? I doubt it! ... RenzoPizza on Revere BeachBoulevard was recentlyapproved for a liquor licenseto serve alcoholic drinkson the sidewalk tables de-spite some objections fromcondo residents. The beachis an urban resort area andserving alcohol outside isnot unusual. Renzo is the inspot during the summer.Food off the menu is good.... Have a fun summer in thesun! ... Till next time!

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roundtrip bus, muffins andcoffee in the morning,picnic lunch, ice creamcone and boat ride!). Mustbe 65 years of age or older.Proof of East Boston resi-dency (utility bill or ID).

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Partnerships Between Academia and Industryby Elena Lucco Borlera

How can academia and in-dustry cooperate? ProfessorRino Rappuolli gave an an-swer to this question duringhis conference titled “Part-nerships between Academiaand Industry in drug discov-ery and development,” hostedat the department of Chemi-cal Engineering at MIT onMay 26th. The ProfessionalItalians in Boston associa-tion (PIB) in collaborationwith the Italian Consulateorganized the event. A largepublic of researchers, profes-sors and businessmen tookpart in the meeting.

Professor Rappuoli is theGlobal Head Vaccines Re-search at Novartis Vaccines& Diagnostics (the world’sfifth-largest vaccines busi-ness), which is based inSiena, Italy. His team devel-oped the first recombinantbacterial vaccine (againstpertussis), the first conju-gate vaccine against men-ingococcus, and an experi-mental vaccine againstHelicobacter pylori. Re-cently, his team was thefirst to use the power ofgenomics to develop new vac-cines (reverse vaccino-logy)and they used it in order todevelop a vaccine againstgroup B meningococcus.Among the present activi-ties are influenza vaccinesproduced in cell culture andthe development of vaccines

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against avian influenza.Rappuolli explained that

vaccine is a bridge betweenacademy and companies be-cause it allows transformingresearch into a product:“Academies keep knowledge,companies have got money.If they cooperate, they cantake reciprocal advantages”.However he is not thinkingabout a model were compa-nies give only money to re-searchers, but about a modelwhere they communicate

and collaborate, in order toavoid doing an unproductivework. In Rappuolli’s opinion,when you do research, it isbetter if you have a definitiveaim to reach, because in do-ing research for itself, yourisk not to be able to changeanything in the world. Theprofessor underlined also thepublic incentive importancein a field where companieshave to invest without reallyknowing if they will havemoney back.


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Dr. Ernesto González, aclinician, investigator andeducator in the Departmentof Dermatology at Massa-chusetts General Hospital,and best-selling authorSuzy Welch were recentlyhonored at Boston HealthCare for the HomelessProgram’s “Medicine thatMatters Gala” at the SeaportHotel.

Dr. González received the“Dr. Jim O’Connell Award,”which honors someonewho embodies the spirit ofBHCHP in providing medicalservices to the most vulner-able members of society.

“Our patients often haveunique and complex derma-tological problems, and formany years Dr. Gonzálezhas generously given histime, professional expertiseand compassionate care tothem,” said BHCHP Execu-tive Director Robert Taube.

Since 1998, Dr. Gonzálezhas treated BHCHP patientson the streets and in clinics.He was instrumental inestablishing a clinicalrotation at BHCHP in theHarvard Medical School Der-matology Training Program.

Suzy Welch received the“Tim Russert Award,” given

annually to a person whoraises public consciousnesson issues of health andhomelessness. Welch wasthe co-chair of BHCHP’s first-ever capital campaign. Thatcampaign enabled BHCHPto create Jean YawkeyPlace, a renovated historicalbuilding that unifies manyof BHCHP’s core medicalservices.

“From the beginning, Suzyembraced BHCHP’s dream ofa home characterized byhope, trust, dignity and heal-ing, and she was unwaver-ing in her dedication to mak-ing it a reality,” said JimO’Connell, MD, president ofBHCHP. “As the co-chair ofour capital campaign, Suzyprovided invaluable strategicdirection and led the way inengaging the city’s businesscommunity. She is a dearfriend and we are so pleasedto be honoring her.”

Founded in 1985, BHCHPhas evolved into the largest

and most comprehensivehealth care for the homelessprogram in the country, de-livering services to morethan 11,000 homeless men,women and children a yearat more than 80 sheltersand sites. For more informa-tion, visit www.bhchp.org.

……. Greater Boston pho-tographer John Harrisonwas recently in New York(prior to the Tony Awards) forwhat he calls his “annualTheatre World Awards ad-venture.” His best friend of50 years, author/dramacritic Peter Filichia, emceesthe event every year.

As it turned out, two of theTheatre World Award win-ners (Ellen Barkin and JohnLarroquette) would win TonyAwards the following weekon June 12.

According to John, “It’salways a fantastic event andthis year was over-the-topsensational. John LloydYoung, one of the originals

in Jersey Boys opened theshow singing one of thesongs from Jersey Boys. Hetore the roof off of thetheater….”

By the way, congratula-tions are in order to Johnwho recently appeared on asegment of Emily Rooney’s“Greater Boston.” For a look,be sure to visit http://www.wgbh.org/programs/Greater-Boston-11/episodes/M a y - 3 1 - 2 0 1 1 R e d - T a i l e d -Hawks-settle-in-Cambridge-29237.

For more informationabout the Theatre WorldAwards, visit www.theatreworldawards.org.

……. The Extreme SailingSeries™ at Fan Pier head-lines the 30th anniversary of“Boston Harborfest,” thelargest Fourth of July cel-ebration in the UnitedStates. This fast-paced,highly competitive stadium

Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program’s“Medicine that Matters Gala” Committee co-chairsStacey and Larry Lucchino, left, with committeemembers Jennifer and Dennis Eckersley.

(Photo by Roger Farrington)

“Medicine that Matters Gala” EmceeMary Richardson, right, and HonoreeDr. Ernesto González at the Seaport Hotel.


Honoree Suzy Welch and BHCHP founderand president Dr. Jim O’Connell.


John Lloyd Young, one ofthe original performers inJersey Boys, opened the67th Annual Theatre WorldAwards singing one of thesongs from Jersey Boys.(Photo by John Harrison)

Grace Gummer, currentlyappearing in TomStoppard’s Arcadia, won aTheatre World Award forher Broadway debut in theproduction. One of MerylStreep’s daughters, herresemblance to her famousmother is evident.(Photo by John Harrison)


The Museum of Fine Arts hosted a lavish celebration in honor of Italian Repub-lic Day (Festa Della Repubblica). The event sponsored by the Italian Consulate ofBoston welcomed members of Italian organizations, dignitaries and public offi-cials. In photo from left to right: Luciano Graffeo, Pamela Donnaruma Editor/Publisher Post-Gazette, Frank Privitera and Carolyn Colt.

(Photo by Rosario Scabin, Ross Photography)

On Sunday May 15, 2011 thePirandello Lyceum conductedits annual scholarship programat the Hilton Boston Logan Air-port. The Pirandello Lyceumawarded four $1,500.00 scholar-ships to outstanding Massachu-setts high school students.Vincent Fazzolari, Chairman ofthe Scholarship committee, andhis committee did a wonderful jobin choosing these recipients.The Pirandello Lyceum wouldlike to thank Albert Natale andFilippo Frattaroli for their gener-ous contribution to the annualscholarship program. We wouldalso like to thank the manyfriends who have donated to thescholarship program.

Pirandello Lyceum Awards Scholarships

The Al Natale Scholarship — Left to right: Al Natale,donor, James Malnati, scholarship recipient andVincent Fazzolari.

The Mark Frattaroli Memorial Scholarship — Left to Right: Frank and Nicolane Ciano,Jeff Arinella, Philip Frattaroli, donor, Chris DioGuardi, scholarship recipient, MarjorieCahn, Dr. Dean Saluti and Vincent Fazzolari.

Left to right: Allyn Christopher, Dorothy Maio, FrancisBurns III, Scholarship recipient, Lino Rullo and backVincent Fazzolari.

Left to right: Jeff Arinella, David Michalowicz, scholar-ship recipients, Franco & Mary Vitiello and VincentFazzolari.


One evening in May 1986,before a standing room onlyaudience at the Massachu-setts Democratic Party Con-vention, Francis X. Bellottideclared, “it has been a longhard road with many turnsthat has brought me to thistime and place - to stand be-fore you tonight with the sin-gular honor of representingthe Democratic Party.”

Those words and the inspir-ing speech that followedcapped 12 years of outstand-ing public service by Bellottias Attorney General of theCommonwealth of Massachu-setts. It also marked an endto his 24 year sparring matchwith the Democratic politicalmachine of Massachusetts.His invitation to deliver thekeynote address signaled theDemocratic Party’s capitula-tion to Bellotti.

That road to which Bellottireferred began on May 3,1923. He grew up poor on thestreets of Boston. He was anonly child. His father, Peter,an immigrant from Basil-icata, Italy had served as aWorld War I machine gunnerin the U.S. Army’s DiamondDivision. He was gassed dur-ing battle and returnedhome. Sickly and continu-ally hospitalized, his fatherdied when Bellotti was 16years old. Bellotti was raisedby his working mother, Mary“Jenny” Petrocelli whose par-ents came from the region ofPuglia, Italy and later immi-grated to America in the1920s.

I found Bellotti sittingcasually in his spaciousQuincy office one bright,sunny morning wearing apressed shirt, slacks andtopsiders. No tie, no socks.He told me his story.

“I had my nose brokeneight times growing up. Ifought the Irish kids every-where I moved. Once I hitch-hiked from Nantasket Beachback to Dorchester. A nicelydressed woman picked me up

in a new car. We talked allthe way home. She seemededucated and sophisticated.When I was getting out of thecar, she looked at me andsaid ‘you’re a nice little boyfor an Italian boy’. It made mewonder what she thoughtabout people who are Italianand it made a deep impres-sion on me.”

During World War II,Bellotti joined the Navy andserved with the prestigious“Scouts and Raiders,” theforerunner of the NavySEALS. His mates nick-named him “The Turk” forhis perennial tan and rug-ged looks. The military train-ing that Bellotti received isspecifically designed to buildup endurance, stamina, andachieve the elite level of fit-ness that only a select fewcan accomplish. Bellottigraduated in the unit’s Sev-enth Class. The trainingregimen benefited himgreatly in later years whenhe burned the candle in thewee hours preparing for hiscourtroom opponents or adifficult judge.

After honorably dischargedfrom the Navy in 1946, hebecame a lifeguard and abartender at the HollywoodBeach Hotel in Hollywood,Florida. It was here where hemet his Midwestern wifeMargarita, “Maggi” whohailed from Twin Lakes, Wis-consin. They married in1948 and began a family…abig family, 12 children,Frank Jr., Kathy, Liz, Nina,Peter, Terry, Rita, Joseph,Tom, Patricia, Michael andSheila.

After working his waythrough college selling reli-gious magazine subscrip-tions door to door, Bellottigraduated from Boston Col-lege Law School in 1952 andbegan a law practice inQuincy. In 1957, he pur-chased a large home for hisgrowing family on HillsideAvenue where he still re-sides today with Maggi. Heran for Norfolk County dis-trict attorney in 1958.

“I figured I would lose butmy lawn signs announcingmy candidacy might bringme some legal business.”

In the meantime, attorneyCharles Nayor took Bellottiunder his direction andtaught him the finer pointsof tort law. Rising every dayat 4 a.m. as he still does to-day for cardio exercise,weight training and yoga,Bellotti already had thephysical endurance tooutlast his opponents. Heacquired the mental tough-ness to outwit them as well.His law practice flourishedbut as did his political ambi-tions. Bellotti’s first assis-tant attorney general, Tho-mas Kiley, reflected that“Frank’s professional life hadrun two parallel tracks, asuccessful trial lawyer anda determined public ser-vant.”

By 1962, Bellotti had suc-cessfully run for office but ithad come with a steep price.Tensions were building inthe Massachusetts Demo-cratic Party. He had stunnedthe party leadership and wonthe convention’s endorse-ment for lieutenant governoragainst their wishes. What

was this young, ambitiousItalian upstart doing in themiddle of an Irish dominatedparty? Who was he? He hadnever been a local represen-tative or senator. He hadnever “paid his dues” they

felt. Suddenly he’s one stepaway from the corner office.Party leaders were upset thatBellotti, “didn’t want to waithis turn”.

A bittersweet year forItalian Americans in Mas-sachusetts was 1964 asLieutenant Governor Bellottimade a fateful decision tochallenge the elected andseated Democratic GovernorEndicott Peabody in the pri-mary race. Peabody hadtrouble within his own partyover death penalty issuesand even suggested that hewould not put the notorious“Boston Strangler” to deathif he was ever captured.Again party leaders wereoutraged at Bellotti’s brash-ness for splitting theparty ranks. Immediately,anti-Italian slurs and false

rumors surfaced that Bellottihad taken “Rhode Islandmoney”, a code term for Ma-fia money. It was a bitterlycontested primary race thatBellotti ultimately won by ameager 30,000 votes. He wascalled a “rogue” and the “pe-rennial challenger to estab-lished candidates.” He wasalso routinely called hateful,ethnic slurs.

“I was put out in the wood-shed for the next 10 years,”he said.

In the 1964 general elec-tion for governor, anotherItalian was running againstBellotti. John A. Volpe, a con-tractor, also a son of an im-migrant had won on the firstballot at the RepublicanParty Convention as hisparty’s nominee for gover-nor. Bellotti lost that electionby a mere 21,000 votes rep-resenting less than a frac-tion of a percentage point inthe total votes cast. A littlecloser and a state recountwould have been ordered.Democratic Party leadersgloated and wrongly pre-dicted that he was “done” and

would never run again. As it has often been said,

“character is doing the rightthing when nobody is watch-ing.” Bellotti was cleared bythe FBI who had wiretaptapes of Mafia Capos grum-bling that Bellotti “refused”to take their money. Volpelater paid tribute in hismemoirs when he wrotethat “Bellotti had pulled him-self from poverty to relativeaffluence with enormousdedication and intelligence.”So the challenge continued.

In 1966, unrelenting per-sonal attacks on Bellotti andhis family coupled with aneffective whispering cam-paign and more dirty tricksblunted his chances onceagain for attorney general.His son, Peter recalled walk-ing to school regularly and


by Peter Vitale

FRANCIS X. BELLOTTI,FRANCIS X. BELLOTTI,FRANCIS X. BELLOTTI,FRANCIS X. BELLOTTI,FRANCIS X. BELLOTTI,Three-term Massachusetts Attorney General: A Political Machine Rebel

The article appeared in PRIMO Magazine Christmas edition, volume 11, issue four, and is reprinted with permission by PRIMO Magazine,copyright © 2011, all rights reserved, www.primomagazine.com.

Bellotti Family - Francis Bellotti and wife Margarita “Maggi” with their 12 children.

Frank Bellotti playing racquetball in the ’70s

Volpe - Bellotti debate during the ’64 Governor’s race.

being told by schoolmates,“My dad says your dad is abum and a thief.” The chal-lenge continued.

If the pugnacious Bellotticouldn’t make peace withparty leaders, he was deter-mined to make up for it bywinning over diehard con-vention delegates and com-mitted loyal supporters forhis campaigns. He had noth-ing to offer except his com-mitment to public serviceand a desire to help othersif given the chance. Afterlosing again in a crowdedprimary race in 1970 forgovernor, he narrowly wonin 1974 for Massachusettsattorney general againstRepublican Yankee JosiahSpaulding. As General Pattonhad once said, “Accept thechallenges so that you mayfeel the exhilaration of vic-tory.” He did.

This election began a 12year, three term successfullegacy of public service inMassachusetts governmentthat has been used as amodel for other attorneysgeneral to follow. It was alsothe beginning of Bellotti’s“Camelot,” a period of highfavorability among votersattracted to his charisma,warmth, and sincerity.Bellotti had finally reached“his” moment in time and itwould not be squandered.

Bellotti came out of his cor-ner swinging. Upon takingoffice, he ordered a series ofadministrative and organiza-tional changes that perma-nently changed the attorneygeneral’s office. First, heeliminated part time assis-


tant attorneys or “Specials”as they were known to endall potential conflicts of in-terests in the handling ofcases. He then moved theagency from the historicBeacon Hill State House toa new nearby office building,another positive move thatwas recognized to separatecorrosive “boiler room” poli-

Rose Kennedy, Frank Bellotti, Joan Kennedy and JohnMcCormack

Bellotti in ’64 watching Endicott Peabody concede

Bellotti submitting nomination papers for Governor ’64

Bellotti campaigning Attorney General in ’66

Bellotti with Mayor John Collins

tics from the “people’s lawfirm” that he was seeking tocreate. He opened a profes-sional law library at the newlocation allowing his assis-tants to have unfettered ac-cess to the latest law reviewjournals and general laws tobetter prepare for their tri-als and negotiations. Unlikehis predecessors, he alsoregularly issued legal opin-ions on a particular currentor notable legal issue. Theseopinions became invaluabledocuments for both the judi-ciary and the bar to incorpo-rate in their legal posturesand decisions.

Bellotti professionalizedthe attorney general’s officenot only with these movesbut with his apolitical hiringpractices, the manner hetreated people. Considered ahallmark of his administra-tion, he created a screeningpanel of respected legal pro-fessionals who raised thebar significantly in the se-lection and appointment pro-cess for his managers. Manyof his executive appoint-ments went on to becomeelected leaders, judges andheads of major law firms.Three were later elected at-torney general; one becamea state Supreme Court jus-tice and another state Sen-ate president.

Bellotti never forgot thepeople who helped make hisgoal a reality. He rewardedpeople like Robert Travagliniand gave him his first startas an assistant press aidefresh out of college. On pa-per, Travaglini did not lookqualified in comparison tohis competitors vying for theslot. However, Bellotti wasoften a “people person” not a“paper person.” Bellotti’s ad-vice to him was “keep youreyes and ears open and yourmouth shut.” Travaglininever forgot that opportunityor the advice. He later leftthe attorney general’s officeand ran for state Senate

eventually becoming electedby his peers to the powerfulposition of MassachusettsSenate president.

One of Bellotti’s proud-est moments was watchingthis young protégé achievecomplete success. We were“Bellotti’s buds” as Trav-aglini aptly called them.They were people who flour-ished and matured to be suc-cessful leaders and thinkerscontributing greatly to soci-ety in positive ways prima-rily due to the fatherly nur-turing and astute guidancereceived from Bellotti.

According to another“Bellotti Bud”, JohnDonohue, CEO of Arbella In-surance Company, Bellottitaught his staff simple busi-ness commandants:

• Don’t be afraid to hirepeople smarter than you;

• Treat everyone with thesame level of respect regard-less of their position;

• Take time to get to knowpeople, their joys and painsand help them if possible;

• Know and understandyour enemies.

Bellotti also insisted thathis staff be fully preparedwhen conducting agencybusiness. Lack of planningand preparedness was a di-rect reflection on the agencyand the state. He hung a

bold sign in his office thatshouted, “Have you done thelast thing?” The sign appliedto everyone who workedthere including himself,from the receptionist shut-ting off the lights at the endof the day to an attorney ar-guing before the state Su-preme Court the followingmorning. Forget what timeit is. Get it done.

Bellotti’s mother, Jennywho by default had becomethe dominant force inBellotti’s life, instilled inhim powerful attributes ofcompassion, fairness, andindependence that he stillcarries with him till thisday.

When Bellotti took over asattorney general in 1974,only four women were em-ployed in his office. When hedeparted in 1986, there were84 in total. Bellotti appointedwomen to the highest ex-ecutive positions in the at-torney general’s office. Lateron he successfully recom-mended many of them forjudgeships and to high pow-ered law firms.

In 1984 during his final

term, his reforms of the at-torney general’s office wasrecognized on a national levelwhen he was elected presi-dent of the National Associa-tion of Attorneys General,just one of many professionalaccomplishments, commen-dations and awards he hadreceived over the years forhis public service and legalaccomplishments.

Most recently in April 2010Bellotti received the Sir Tho-mas More award from hisalma mater, Boston CollegeLaw School. The award was amost fitting one consideringthat Thomas More was ex-ecuted by the king of Englandfor refusing to sign the Act ofSupremacy which declaredthe king the supreme headof the Church of England.

By 1986, he had fulfilled hisgoals, his mission and hiscommitment to the people of

Massachusetts as attorneygeneral with outstandingcompetency and dedication.It was time for him to stepback, refocus and rechargefor one last try for the execu-tive office.

In 1990, with just a fewphone calls and letters,Bellotti quickly reassembledhis campaign brain trust andhis legion of volunteers tomount his final challenge forthe governor’s office.

However the pendulum inMassachusetts had swung.Bellotti’s time had passed asa veteran of these cam-paigns. Voters were upsetwith the results of the previ-ous four years for which hehad played no role. Still, herepresented to them the oldregime. The electorate de-cided it was time for newblood and a redirection. Henever made it out of the pri-mary. It was his “Last Hur-rah”.

A Bellotti reunion commit-tee was formed and annualdinners for the last 20 yearshave been held for hundredsof Bellotti alumni to stay con-nected with their colleagues.

No other Massachusetts po-litical candidate has such anevent. On a personal level,this became his crowningachievement – his people. Nothis victorious prosecutionsor his efficient reorganiza-tions - just his people. PeterFlynn, a former assistantechoed the alumni when heremarked “I owe everythingI have to Frank Bellotti”.

For the last 20 years,Bellotti has practiced law andhelped launch the highly suc-cessful Arbella InsuranceCompany. At 87, he is stillconsidered a heavyweight inpolitical circles and is oftenconsulted for advice. He con-tinues to rise before dawn toexercise. He makes his ownwine, cooks for his family andadmits he owes it all to Maggi.

To me, he will always bethe “nice little Italian boy”who beat the machine.


Students enrolled in elementary,middle school and high school Ital-ian classes were invited to partici-pate in a contest offered byC.A.S.IT., Inc. in collaboration withthe “Comitato 150”, a committeeformed by Giuseppe Pastorelli,Boston’s Consul General of Italy, tocelebrate the 150th Anniversary ofItaly’s Unification. In 1995, the Ital-ian Consul General in Bostonformed a non-profit educational andprofessional organization namedCentro Attività ScolasticheItaliane (C.A.S.IT., Inc.), for the pro-motion of Italian language and cul-ture in the public and privateschools of New England whose mis-sion is to assist communities that wishto introduce, preserve, rejuvenate orbroaden the study of the Italian languagein their schools.

Three contest levels were offered:Elementary/Middle School; High Schooland an Individual project open to alllevels. To depict the 150 years of Italianexcellence, students were asked to cre-ate a class booklet, a newspaper, a videoor a multimedia exhibition. Five signifi-cant prizes were offered through thegenerous donations of C.A.S.IT., Inc., theConsulate General of Boston, DonnaFranca Franzaroli of Donna Franca Toursand FAA/Aprutium (Federazione delleAssociazioni Abruzzesi/Aprutium).

On Sunday, May 29, 2011, the awardswere presented during the “Piazza Italia”ceremonies held in Christopher Colum-bus Park at Boston’s Long Wharf. Fami-lies and friends gathered for this

annual celebration of Italy’s Na-tional Republic Day sponsored byCOMITES and the FederazioneAssociazioni Italiane e Italo-Americane New England. Visitorsenjoyed a delightful performance bythe Eliot School students followed bythe presentation of awards by Con-sul General Giuseppe Pastorelli, theConsulate’s Educational DirectorMauro Puppin, the Officers ofC.A.S.IT., Inc. and RosettaRomagnoli of FAA/Aprutium. Thewinners were:

C.A.S.IT., Inc. is extremely proudof the winners who submitted suchcreative, passionate and informa-tive projects. We applaud their hardwork and participation in this con-test. Bravissimi!

C.A.S.IT. 2011 Contest for Students of Italian150th Anniversary of the Unification of Italy

A class of fourth grade studentsfrom the McGlynn ElementarySchool in Medford took a specialfield trip to the North End last Thurs-day, June 16. The students, who arein Mrs. Loreen Romano’s class, were

celebrating winning first prize in acontest sponsored by Centro AttivitàScholastiche Italiane (C.A.S.IT.). Tocelebrate the 150th anniversary ofthe unification of Italy, C.A.S.IT. of-fered a contest to local schools. The

students, under the direction ofMrs. Romano and their Italianteacher, Mrs. Rosetta Romagnolireceived the “Attilio and EmilioBandiera Award” which was given tothe class project that displayed a“strong love for Italy, its history, itsculture or its people.” The check forone thousand dollars was awardedat a celebration that took place atChristopher Columbus Park onMay 29.

The class created a project called“Buon Compleanno Italia” (HappyBirthday Italy) where they wroteabout important key figures who arecredited for the unification of Italy,such as Giuseppe Garibaldi,Giuseppe Mazzini, Camillo BensoConte di Cavour, and VictorEmmanuel II, as well as importantItalians in the areas of the arts andsciences, such as Giacomo Pucciniand Enrico Fermi. Earlier in theyear, this same class was a categorywinner in another C.A.S.IT. contest,for which the class created a book-let on the region of Venice.

While in the North End on Thurs-day, the fourth graders toured Copps

McGlynn Elementary School Wins Awardby Loreen Romano

Hill Burial Ground, Old NorthChurch, and Paul Revere’s House.They also stopped in to say hi at thePost-Gazette and the Green CrossPharmacy, and watched sausagesbeing made at Sulmona Meat Mar-ket. The class was very interestedin seeing the site of the Great Mo-lasses Flood, having studied it inclass. Some even insisted they couldsmell the molasses in the air! Thehighlight of the trip was a pizza feastat Caffé Pompei.

C.A.S.IT. is a nonprofit educa-tional and professional organizationestablished by the Italian ConsulGeneral of Boston in 1995 to pro-mote the teaching of the Italian lan-guage and culture in public and pri-vate schools in the New Englandarea. One of the ways that they dothis is by sponsoring educationalcontests that highlight the Italianinfluence on topics related to sci-ence, history, art, and other areas.Medford has been benefitting formany years from an annualC.A.S.IT. grant, which supports Ital-ian instruction in our elementaryschools.

Black Tea in Texas?They’re predicting another

oil boom, and oil companieshave plans to drill 3,000wells, these shale fieldscould produce as many as 3million barrels a day by 2020.As someone recently told theNY Times, “This is very bigand it’s coming on very fast.This is like another Venezu-ela or Kuwait by 2020, exceptthese tight oilfields are inthe United States.” AubreyMcClendon, CEO for Chesa-peake Energy says thisTexas oil boom is “the onething we have seen in ouradult lives that could take usaway from imported oil.”

You can bet the green lobbywill be up in arms over thispotential new source of do-mestic fuel as will all thoseknee-jerk liberals who wouldrather not see a new oil sup-ply within the country. Thesefolks want us to buy thoselittle electric cars. Currently,the U.S. imports six barrelsof oil for every 10 we use.Half those barrels coming inare from governments thataren’t really our friends orallies and we have a cartelto deal with that jacks upprices at will.Big Oil isn’t thereal problem; it’s elected of-ficials who are causing ourpain at the pumps.

Love That Dirty WaterRemember that old tune

from nearly 40 years back“Dirty Water” by The San-dells? Well, every time I readabout that old rock song, Ithink of US RepresentativeMaxine Waters, D-LaLaLand. Recently, House Mi-nority Leader Nancy Pelosicalled for an ethics investi-gation of US Rep. Anthony“Wanna See My” Weiner, D-NY but nobody is movingquickly on Waters for pos-sible abuse of power allega-tions. Her ethics trial con-cerning federal bailout cashand her hus-band’s sick bankgets delayed over and overagain.

Reportedly, pressure fromWater’s office resulted in a$412 million federal loanfor Boston-based OneUnited

Bank with a unique exemp-tion from usual FDIC rules.According to newspaper re-ports, one FDIC examinercalled it a “travesty of justice.”According to Investors Busi-ness Daily, “Waters claimsher top aide didn’t know herspouse was involved with thebank, even though the aideis also her grandson.”

At that time, her hubbyowned nearly $350 thousandin OneUnited Bank stock,which would have beenworthless without the bailoutmoney. Of the 700 banks re-ceiving TARP monies, One-United was the weakest withits loan still outstanding.

Reportedly, while underinvestigation, Waters got toattach a provision to theDodd-Frank Act exemptingminority-owned banks fromthe new oversights beingimplemented.

Comparing all this toWeiner’s sexting, Water’s isbig time stuff. By the way, shestill remains the rankingmember of a banking sub-committee and chief DeputyMinority Whip in the House.If Capitol Hill wants to holdWeiner accountable for hisactions, what about holdingWater’s accountable too?

“Love that dirty water,love that dirty water. Downon the banks of the riverCharles.”

New NBA ChampionsCongrats to the Dallas Mav-

ericks upon winning the2011 NBA championship se-ries over the dreaded MiamiHeat an you-know-who.

Looking Forward toJanuary 20, 2013

Kudos are extended out torecent Boston Metro readerJoe DuPont for his great June13 letter. According to him,“Chairman Obama has, inless than four years, mortallywounded this once greatnation ... The election comesdown to this: Most of the47 percent of the house-holds that pay no federalincome tax want the other53 percent, who do, to paymore.”

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Dr. Kathy Lopez-Natale, C.A.S.IT. Board member, con-gratulates McGlynn Elementary School Medfordstudents for receiving the C.A.S.IT. Attilio & EmilioBandiera prize for the entry that displayed stronglove for Italy, its history, culture and people. TheItalian teacher for the Medford students is RosettaRomagnoli in the far right of the picture third fromthe end.

Teacher Rosemary Grasso of the Eliot School, NorthEnd Boston, congratulates her students for winningthe C.A.S.IT. Giuseppe Verdi Award for demonstrat-ing exceptional artistic qualities.

Left to right: Consul General GiuseppePastorelli, Dottore Mauro Puppin, ItalianConsul General’s Office Director of Educationand Italian congratulate Burlington High stu-dents for winning the C.A.S.IT. GiuseppeGaribaldi award for the most powerful andcreative entry. Individual awards were givento students Jessica Villalta and Sabrina

Peterson. The teacher of Italianat Burlington High school is IvanaGentile.

Pamela Donnaruma, Editor/Publisher of the Post-Gazette welcomedMcGlynn Elementary School students at the Post-Gazette offices inthe North End.


This far-reaching book isa challenge as well as aprivilege for me to readand critique. My dear friendAdolph Caso has dropped thegauntlet and it is my turn torespond.

As a starter let meacknowledge Caso’s cre-dentials. He holds degreesfrom Northeastern Univer-sity and Harvard University.He is an outstanding novel-ist and a successful publi-cist. We, the reader and I,are dealing with a philoso-pher and an intellect. Pre-pare yourself.

Author/historian Adolph Caso readilyadmits he has spent 40 years (1970-2010)formulating and representing variousphases of thought and reaction. He admitsdefiantly and cou-rageously to being apacifist. Caso notesthat the clergy intheir attempt toconsole the popula-tion reveal the fol-lowing; to achieveeverlasting happi-ness in the unitywith God one must lead a life of tribulationand sacrifice.

The depth of his pacific nature is revealedwhen he writes-his heart is not at easewhen he considers the millions of peoplewho have died because of the advocacies ofCommunism and Fascism. Caso cannot un-derstand how many educated individualsprofess support for these isms. And now withthe advent of Muslim extremists killing in-discriminately in the name of Allah, “… howcan any human heart feel at ease?” It wasCaso’s in-depth study of Homo Sapiens whichled him to ask the question; “… what makesone person a tyrant and another a mystic?”

Sadly, Caso writes, “In reading NiccoloMachiavelli’s writings, a humanist of theRenaissance, and Vittorio Alfieri’s writings,a self-made writer of the Romantic Period, Idid not find anything to alleviate my fearson the evil of men, despite their diligence.”He adds, “…evil has become more rampantand more out of control in the world.”

Caso continuously quotes the evil of man-kind from books he has published from hiscompany, Branden Books. I find this expe-dient and commercially advantageous.Although the name Machiavelli connotes

malignancy to some, Casopraises him and considershim to be exhilarating, ethi-cal, and pragmatic.

Caso’s provocative writingcontinues, he explains howslavery of old was deter-mined by captivity resultingfrom wars, whereas slaveryin America was perniciousbecause it was based oncolor only.

Caso’s analytical mindsetexplains how sensible it isfor students to achieve bilin-gualism. To be held back inthis effort doesn’t make anysense. Granted we have

moved forward, nevertheless, there stillremains, sad to say, visions of opposition.Caso writes the following viable statement,“And the community having people with

two or more lan-guages has thegreater chancefor peaceful co-existence.”

Caso takes avery strong pos-ition defendingChristopher Co-lumbus. He in-

tends to correct the mistaken historicalviews and to note how Columbus was beingmisjudged and blamed for the horrors thathappened in the New World. Caso writes,“Columbus guided the Europeans to newlands. Yet, he is rebuked for both the goodthings he did and for the awful things thatothers did.” Caso is relentless; he aggres-sively attacks many fraudulent claims in-cluding that Leif Ericson discoveredAmerica in the year 1000.

Caso informs the reader that whileColumbus was preparing for his famous voy-age in 1492 the Spanish Jews-”… werehanded an Edict of Expulsion ordering themout in four months.” The Moors who had beenliving in Spain for seven centuries also wereforced to leave at this time.

Adolph Caso who is an outstanding histo-rian writes novels and publishes books; healso enjoys writing poems. One of his poemshe offers at the end of his book, The NewAdam and Eve, is a kicker.

Adolph Caso’s in-depth writing encom-passes a variety of historical events.Throughout the book you will encountercomplete unbiased integrity. It won’t be easyto put this book aside.

GODand Evolution or Evolvement Essays Into the 21st Century

By Adolph (Adolfo) CasoSoft Cover • 272 Pages

Caso’s provocative writing continues,he explains how slavery of old wasdetermined by captivity resulting

from wars, whereas slavery inAmerica was pernicious because

it was based on color only.

Author Adolph Caso

CLAIRE DICKSON -SCATTIN’ DOLLNaftule’s Dream

Claire Dickson has the dis-tinction of twice being namedBest Jazz Vocalist, JuniorHigh School Level, by Down-beat Jazz Magazine. The 14-year-old Medford, Mass. vocal-ist shines on her Scattin’ Dolldebut CD, recorded in two ses-sions at the tender ages of 12and 13. Dickson opens withclassy phrasing on DukeEllington’s “Caravan,” fol-lowed by a laid back scat ver-sion of Charlie Parker’s “Con-firmation,” plus double-bar-reled scat choruses on “BlackCoffee,” the spirited “Love Meor Leave Me,” and hits themidway point with the airy“Midnight Sun.” Dickson de-livers the goods on “PhantomDoll,” stepping up the scatlevel on Cole Porter’s “JustOne of Those Things,” show-ing her emotional side viathe Gershwin’s “My Man’sGone Now,” winding down withtwo cuts, “If I Were a Bell” and“Ornithology/How High theMoon.” If you missed her atSpectacle Island last Sunday,catch her at Newburyport’sMaudsley Arts Center July 9th.

GAP BAND - ICONMercury

The Gap Band’s funk-soundcreated by the Tulsa-bornWilson Brothers — Charlie,Ronnie, and the late Robert,hit the music waves in the70s and 80s, spawning sev-eral hits, topped off by theirtrademark hit, “You Droppeda Bomb on Me.” This ‘Icon’collection contains a dozentracks you won’t be able to sitdown for — I guarantee it!Gap greatness can be heardon “Burn Rubber (Why YouWanna Hurt Me),” climbaboard the “Party Train,” plus“Open Up Your Mind,” and therhythmic “I Don’t Believe YouWant to Get Up and Dance.”Moving on up with “Steppin’(Out),” the finger-snapping“Shake,” opening their armswide for “Yearning for YourLove,” the popular hit “Out-standing,” exploding with “I’mReady (If You’re Ready),” andput the lid on a memorablecollection with “Jam theMotha’ (Munchkin People).”The Gap Band charting hits!

CARS 2 -ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK

Walt Disney RecordsCars 2 the Disney/Pixar

film features a revved-uptrack highlighted by award-winning composer MichaelGiacchino’s 21-track superscore. The Cars charactershit the road with an eclecticsoundtrack that includes al-ternative rockers Weezerperforming “You MightThink,” a hit for The Cars in1984, plus a duet with coun-try star Brad Paisley and best-selling British singer/songwriter on “Collision ofWorlds,” and French super-star Bénabar’s “My HeartGoes Vroom.” Paisley returnswith the emotional “Nobody’sFool” which he penned, andthe power pop Japanese girlband Perfume put on thefinishing touches with“Polyrhythm.” Giacchino

drives it all home with a trunkfull of exciting tracks!

THE SWELLERS -GOOD FOR ME

Fueled By RamenConsidered by many to be

one of the most powerful andprovocative punk bands of themodern era — The Swellersdeliver their most explosivealbum to date, Good for Me.Having already enjoyed suc-cess with their single, “TheBest I Ever Had.” They powerforward with rockers “Run-aways,” gaining access with“Inside My Head,” losingtouch via “The Damage,” themental breakdown of“Parkview,” and the confident“Better Things.” The addic-tive “On the Line” starts offthe second half, trailed by theterrible forecast of “NothingMore to Me,” the misdirec-tion of “Prime Meridian,” andthe cries for support in“Warming Up.” The Swellerswith an album full of reflec-tion, of one’s inner self!

LASZLO GARDONY -SIGNATURE TIME

SunnysideHungarian-born pianist/

composer Laszlo Gardony uti-lizes the ten tracks on hislatest gem, Signature Time,to celebrate the various Afri-can-based musical styles thathelped shape the develop-ment of his unique style. Themany benefits of that celebra-tion start with, “With You Atthe Bridge,” the creativegroove of “On African Land,”as bassist John Lockwoodleads the reworking of TheBeatles’ “Lady Madonna,”George Shearing’s classic“Lullaby of Birdland,” and en-joy “Silent Words” whose har-monies alternates from darkto soothing. Tenor saxophon-ist and vocalist StanStrickland steps up on BillyStrayhorn’s composition“Johnny Come Lately,” per-cussionist and vibraphonistYoron Israel contributessplendidly on vibes with adreamy effort on “Under theSky,” and a second Beatles’cover has “Eleanor Rigby.”Strickland lends his haunt-ing vocals to “Spirit Dance,”and Gardony’s final retoolingis heard on “Bourbon StreetBoogie.” With Gardony, thereis no ‘rhyme or reason’ — justquality music!

EARTH, WIND & FIRE -BANK OF AMERICAPAVILION JUNE 24th

Earth, Wind & Fire returnto Bank of America Pavilionon Friday, June 24th. Experi-ence Maurice White’s ’70screation that evolved pop bybridging the gap with a blendof soul, funk, gospel, blues,jazz, rock, and dance music.The message of Earth, Wind& Fire’s music was to conveymessages of universal loveand harmony without force-feeding listeners’ spiritualcontents something EWF ac-complished for sure. PhilipBailey will be on board, deliv-ering such songs as “Devo-tion”, “Keep Your Head to theSky”, “Reasons”, “Fantasy”and “I’ve Had Enough”. Baileyis joined in dynamic unitywith bassist Verdine White.

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our hands are tied. We arepowerless. We can’t do any-thing but observe. These arethe very things BobbyKennedy lived and died tocombat. He was a fighterwho thought public leader-ship was about positive lead-ership. He actually under-stood America and itspeople. He understood whathopelessness could do to thesoul. He understood mean-ingless violence. Most im-portantly, he understoodwhat had to be accomplishedand that it would take morethan one leader and one gen-eration to fix.

Today, I am much less lib-eral than back in 1968 andmuch of it out of the reac-tion within me of what I wit-nessed back 40 to 50 yearsago. I watched the civilrights movement on the TV

news programs on a nightlybasis. I remember those im-ages on the TV screen show-ing police dogs and hosesbeing turned on US citizensfighting for the full rights asAmericans. I watched a warhalf way around the worldwhere American soldiers weregetting killed in higher andhigher numbers. I watchedall those body bags coming offthose military planes.

My father was a FranklinRoosevelt Democrat. I was aKennedy Democrat. TheDemocrats were supposedto be about the future andRepublicans only in the past.Eventually, I would becomea Reagan Democrat becausethe once real Democratschickened out of the BobbyKennedy legacy.

I recently read a quote fromRobert F. Kennedy that still

resonates with me today andthink it is still worth shar-ing with Americans in 2011.Kennedy wasn’t about greatsound-bites but about sharedhopes and dreams. Listen toKennedy’s words, take themin and try to live them, “Thevast majority of white peopleand the vast majority of blackpeople in this country wantto live together, want to im-prove the quality of our life,and want justice for all hu-man beings who abide in ourland.”

Back in the late sixties, Ithought the dream died butit didn’t. It only dies when westop dreaming. We need tobelieve in real hope andhave the audacity to achievegreat things. It is time totake those handcuffs off our-selves and get back to workagain for a better society.


WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29TH

Noon-12:30pm – Opening Ceremony, WestEnd of Faneuil Hall Marketplace. Celebrate our30th Anniversary! www.faneuilhallmarketplace.comor (617-523-1300), www.bostonharborfest.com.

Noon-12:45pm – Explore the Grounds of theState House — The State House, Secretaryof the Commonwealth, Tours Division (617-727-3676), Beacon Street at Park Street. Meet atTour Desk on the second floor. A guided tour ofexterior gardens and statuary of the historicBulfinch State House. Reservations requestedwww.state.ma.us/sec/trs.

Noon-2pm – Re-enact the Boston Tea PartyAboard the LIBERTY CLIPPER (617-742-0333)Central Wharf at the New England Aquarium.Raid a British ship with the Sons of Liberty. Throwtea in the Harbor and fire the cannons! Reserva-tions required, www.libertyfleet.com.

Noon-4pm – 1811 Overture: A Prelude to War!USS Constitution Museum, Charlestown NavyYard, Charlestown (617-426-1812). Prepare for lifeat sea and the War of 1812 with hands-on exhib-its and interactive programs. Admission bydonation. www.ussconstitutionmuseum.org.

12:15pm-1pm – Midweek Prayer, King’sChapel (617-227-2155 x2). Corner of Tremont andSchool Streets. Worship in the colonial church

frequented by Patriots and Tories (Loyalists) dur-ing the Revolution. www.kings-chapel.org.

1pm-4pm – Two if by Sea: Family Fun. OldNorth Church (617-523-4848), 193 Salem Street,North End. Hear the story of the famous lanternsand make a paper lantern to take home. Admis-sion $2 per family, www.oldnorth.com.

THURSDAY, JUNE 30TH

10am-3pm – 17th Annual Children’s Day. Onthe Plaza at City Hall (617-227-1528). Fun andfestivities with jugglers, face painters, Wayne Pot-ash and the Music Fun Band and more!www.waynepotash.com, www.bostonharborfest.com,www.flybynight.org.

Celebrate Independence Day in BostonFor a complete list of activities log onto www.bostonharborfest.com

10am-4pm – 1811 Overture: A Prelude to War!USS Constitution Museum, CharlestownNavy Yard, Charlestown (617-426-1812), Pre-pare for Life at Sea and the War of 1812with hands-on exhibits and interactiveprograms. Admission by donation.www.ussconstitutionmuseum.org.

FRIDAY, JULY 1ST

Noon-2pm – Rico Barr & the Jump ‘n’ JiveReview, On the Plaza at City Hall (617-227-1528)New England’s Premier Dance Band play. Con-temporary and Classic Swing, www.ricobarr.com

SATURDAY, JULY 2ND

11am-Noon – The British are Coming! BostonHarborfest (617-227-1528) Long Wharf. TheRedcoats invade the city! Soldiers arrive by seaand march up King (State) Street to the BostonCommon. www.bostonharborfest.com.

SUNDAY, JULY 3RD

11am-6pm – 30th Annual Chowderfest. On thePlaza at City Hall, rain or shine (617-227-1528).Sample clam chowder from some of NewEngland’s best restaurants. Vote for your favor-ite! Admission Fee. www.bostonharborfest.com.

MONDAY, JULY 4TH

9am-10am – Flag Raising Ceremony and Pa-rade. At the flag pole on the Plaza at City Hall.Follow the parade to the Granary Burial Groundand then to the Old State House.

2pm-4:30pm – McAlister Drive in Concert.On the Plaza at City Hall, (617-227-1528), folk,soul and pop with a rock edge. www.myspace.com/mcalisterdrive.

8pm-11pm - Fourth of July Concert on theEsplanade, sponsored by Liberty Mutual Boston’sFourth of July (888-484-7877), Keith Lockhartconducts the Boston Pops Orchestra with the Fire-works spectacular. www.july4th.org.


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Special Events

BOSTON’S COLONIAL THEATRE100 Boylston St., Boston, MA

WEST SIDE STORY - Nowthrough July 9, 2011. Set in NewYork City in the mid-1950s, the mu-sical explores the rivalry betweenthe Jets and the Sharks, two teen-age street gangs of different ethnicbackgrounds. The members of theSharks from Puerto Rico are tauntedby the Jets, a white working-classgroup. The young protagonist, Tony,one of the Jets, falls in love withMaria, the sister of Bernardo, theleader of the Sharks. The darktheme, sophisticated music, ex-tended dance scenes, and focus onsocial problems marked a turningpoint in American musical theatre.Bernstein’s score for the musical hasbecome extremely popular; it in-cludes “Something’s Coming”,“Maria”, “America”, “Somewhere”,“Tonight”, “Jet Song”, “I Feel Pretty”,“A Boy Like That”, “One Hand, OneHeart”, “Gee, Officer Krupke” and“Cool”. "So exciting it makes you achewith pleasure." - John Lahr, The NewYorker. To purchase tickets log ontowww.livenation.com

NORTH SHORE MUSIC THEATRE 62 Dunham Road, Beverly, MA

2011 SEASON - Tarzan July 12–24, Footloose! August 16–28, TheKing & I September 27–October 9,Legally Blonde November 1–13, AChristmas Carol December 2–23,Debbie Reynolds, July 27 & 28,Harvey Robbins’ Royalty of Doo-Wopp August 6, Marie Osmond Au-gust 29, B.B. King September 1, SteveTyrell September 10, HarveyRobbins’ Royaly of Rock ‘N Roll Oc-tober 22, Pinocchio July 22, SnowWhite July 29, Cinderella’s Wed-ding August 5, Little Red RidingHood August 26, 2011. NSMT will con-

ITALIAN RADIO PROGRAMS“The Sicilian Corner” 11:00AM to

1:00PM every Friday with host TomZappala and Mike Lomazzo and “TheItalian Show” w/Nunzio DiMarcaevery Sunday from 10AM to 1PMwww.1110wccmam.com.

“Italia Oggi” Sundays 1PM to 2PMwith host Andrea Urdi 1460 AMwww.1460WXBR.com.

“Dolce Vita Radio” DJ RoccoMesiti 11AM-1PM Sundays 90.7 FMor online www.djrocco.com.

“The Nick Franciosa Show” EverySunday at 12 Noon to 3PM on radiostations WLYN 1360 AM and WAZN1470 AM.

“Guido Oliva Italian Hour”8AM - 9AM every Sunday onWSRO 650 AM in Framinghamand online at www.wsro.com.

“Don Giovanni Show” Saturdaymornings from 6AM-8AM and Sundayevenings 5PM-7PM on 950 AM WROL.www.dongiovannishow.com.

“Tony’s Place” on MusicAmericaWPLM FM 99.1 - Every Sunday nightfrom 9 to 10pm on MusicAmerica hostRon Della Chiesa presents Tony'sPlace on WPLM FM Easy 99.1. Duringthe hour Ron will feature recordingsby his good friend Tony Bennett.You'll hear all your Bennett favoritesfrom his early hits to his latest Grammywinners. www.MusicNotNoise.com

“Radio Italia Unita” - Every Thurs-day from 2-3PM on www.zumix.org/radio or Itunes, college radio click onZumix. For more information log ontowww.italiaunita.org

CONSULATE OF ITALY, BOSTON600 Atlantic Ave 17th fl. Boston, MA

ARTIST FRANCA DIPIETRO ARTDISPLAY - “Notes On An AmericanJourney”- Now through June 2011.The Italian-born painter has lived inthe United States for eight years, but

for her entire career, she has takenstylistic inspiration from the tonali-ties traditionally found in northernEuropean art. All these influencesnow come together in a new galleryexhibit of oil paintings, Di Pietrodivides the 20-work collection intofour diverse series that she paintedbetween 2005 and 2011: New York,American Aerial Views, Seaside andBoston Ghost Town. Though eachsection has its own distinct qualitiesand content, Di Pietro ties themtogether with her “love of gray,” acolor that she says fascinates herand relates to her appreciation ofDanish art. “I’ve always taken aninterest in women and their world,”says Di Pietro, who pays homage toone of her heroines, Louisa MayAlcott, by depicting her with the“fabulous” golden dome of the StateHouse in the background. Forfurther information, please logonto the Consulate website atwww.consboston.esteri.it

ARTIST’S BOSTON STUDIO450 Harrison Ave, #223B, Boston MA

MARIAN DIOGUARDI PRESENTSTEN NEW PAINTINGS - Every firstFriday of the month, artist MarianDioguardi invites people to visither Boston studio at 450 HarrisonAve, Studio 223B, from 5 to 9 PM.Ten new ‘Laundry Line’ paintingsbased on Burano, Venezia, willbe showcased. Marian Dioguardiwas born and raised in the Italian-American neighborhood of urban EastBoston. She pursued her childhoodambition, art, only after a more tra-ditional career in education gave wayto more colorful careers includingundercover investigations and gemstone buying. For further informa-tion please visit her website atwww.mariandioguardi.com

tinue to add concerts and specialevents throughout the season. Forfurther information, please visitwww.nsmt.org, contact the Box Officeat 978-232-7200, or visit in person at62 Dunham Road, Beverly, 01915. Giftcertificates are also currently on salethrough the box office.

LOEB DRAMA CENTER64 Brattle St., Cambridge, MA

THE GERSHWINS’ PORGY ANDBESS - August 17, 2011 - October 2,2011. by George Gershwin, Duboseand Dorothy Heyward, and IraGershwinadapted by Suzan-Lori Parksand Diedre Murray; directed by DianePaulus; choreographed by Ron K.Brown. In 1935, Porgy and Bess pre-miered at the Colonial Theater in Bos-ton. Now, 76 years later, the A.R.T.brings back Porgy and Bess in a newproduction featuring internationallyrenowned stars Audra McDonald asBess, Norm Lewis as Porgy, and DavidAlan Grier as Sporting Life. A.R.T. Ar-tistic Director and Tony Award nomi-nee Diane Paulus directs this revivaladapted by Pulitzer Prize-winning play-wright Suzan-Lori Parks (Topdog/Un-derdog, The America Play, Venus) andOBIE-winning composer DiedreMurray (Running Man, Best of BothWorlds). This classic American tale isset in the 1930s in Catfish Row, aneighborhood in Charleston, SouthCarolina. Bess, beautiful and troubled,turns to Porgy, the crippled beggar, insearch of safety after her possessivelover Crown commits murder. As Porgyand Bess’s love grows, their future isthreatened by Crown and the conniv-ing Sporting Life. This heartbreakinglove story boasts some of the most fa-mous and beloved works from theGreat American Songbook, including:“Summertime,” “Bess, You Is MyWoman,” “It Ain’t Necessarily So” and“I Loves You, Porgy.”

AS YOU LIKE IT - December 7, 2011– January 8, 2012. By WilliamShakespeare featuring members of

THE PEABODY ESSEX MUSEUM161 Essex Street, Salem, MA

MAN RAY LEE MILLER PART-NERS IN SURREALISM - Nowthrough December 4, 2011.

PAINTING THE AMERICAN VI-SION - July 30-November 6, 2011.

WRITTEN ON THE WAVES:SHIPBOARD LOGS AND JOURNALS- Now through October 1, 2012.Delve into the world of maritimemanuscripts. Explore the log booksof 18th-century sea captains asthey voyaged around the globe re-cording extraordinary details of theiradventures.

SPECIAL EVENTS - BEER TAST-ING, A PINT OF THE PAST AN-CIENT AND HISTORIC BEER -Thursday, August 11, 7:30-9:30 PM.Sample modern beers based onarchaeological evidence or historicrecipes - including a beer brewedspecially for this program by SalemBeer Works - paired with appropri-ately themed food.

TALK AND WALK, HISTORICGARDENS - IN YOUR OWN BACK-YARD - Friday August 5, 2011. Gar-den historian John Forti, of Straw-berry Banke Museuem, explains howto source and choose plants, plant-ing patterns, structures and furnish-ings that bring elements of the pastto life. Made possible by the RopesBotanical Garden Lecture Fund.Formore information about all exhibits,please log onto www.pem.org or call1- 978-745-9500, 866 745-1876. FortheHearing Impaired please call1-978-740-3649.

SAVE THE DATE - PEM GALA -Saturday, November 5, 2011. Anevening of dining, dancing andexcitement. Proceeds support themuseum’s programs.

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pop. We were coming out of a decadeof experimentation, mind expansionand cosmic awareness. ”

HUEY LEWIS AND THE NEWS -Saturday, July 16, 2011. Huey Lewisand the News had a series of hitsingles in the mid-80s. They are bestknown for “The Power Of Love”,which was featured in the blockbust-ing 1985 film Back To The Future andbecame a No.1 hit in America. Forthe same film they recorded the song“Back In Time”. Other hits included:“Do You Believe In Love” (No.7 in 82);“I Want A New Drug”, “The Heart OfRock ‘n Roll” and “If This Is It” (allreached No.6 in 84); “Stuck With You”and “Hip To Be Square” (No.1 andNo. 3 respectively, in 86); Jacob’s Lad-der (No.1 in 87); and “Perfect World”(No.3 in 88). A form of the band con-tinues to tour today.

JILL SCOTT’S SUMMER BLOCKPARTY - Tuesday, July 26, 2011 7:00PM. American soul and R&B singer-songwriter, poet, and actress. Herthird studio album, The Real Thing:Words and Sounds Vol. 3, wasreleased on September 25, 2007. Fortickets log onto www.livenation.com

TD GARDENCauseway St., Boston, MA

SADE - July 6, 2011 at 7:30PM. Fol-lowing the platinum selling successof Soldier of Love, Sade announcestheir highly anticipated return to theworld’s stage. Known for their one ofa kind timeless sound, Sade has en-joyed phenomenal success both in-ternationally and stateside through-out the span of their twenty-five yearcareer. Their classic sound set tohaunting, unmistakable vocals cre-ates the most intimate of concert ex-periences in a way that only an un-forgettable Sade performance can.

JOSH GROBAN - July 26, 2011.When the internationally renownedsinger and songwriter hit the road forhis hugely successful, sold-out 81-cityAwake World Tour. The “StraightTo You” Tour will bring the feel of atheater experience to an arena set-ting through stage design, lighting,and projection, as well as through thespontaneity and interactivity Grobandelighted his fans with duringlast year’s “Before We Begin” shows.Log onto www.ticketmaster.com fortickets or call 800-745-3000.

MUSICDCR’S HATCH SHELL ON THEESPLANADE

BOSTON LANDMARKS OR-CHESTRA OPENING DAY - Wednes-day, July 13th, 2011 at 7pm. Featur-ing Christopher Wilkins, conductor,Kristen Watson, soprano, DominiqueLabelle, soprano. Ryan Turner, tenor,Robert Honeysucker, bass, With theNew World Chorale, Holly Krafka, Di-rector are performing an OpeningNight Concert. The program includesWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, MagicFlute Overture W. A. Mozart,Exsultate jubilate, W. A. Mozart, Massin C Minor. Christopher Wilkinswas appointed Music Director of theBoston Landmarks Orchestra in April2011. He also serves as Music Direc-tor of both the Orlando Philharmonicand the Akron Symphony, and is cur-rently Artistic Advisor to the OperaTheatre of the Rockies in ColoradoSprings. Soprano Kristen Watsonperforms with Emmanuel Music in itsweekly Bach cantata series, and hasworked with Handel and Haydn So-ciety, Boston Baroque, Boston LyricOpera, Opera New England and Op-era Boston.Soprano DominiqueLabelle’s voice has been called “an-gelic,” “silvery,” and “vibrant,” and herlegendary musicianship has led tocollaborations with a number of theworld’s most respected conductorsand composers. Tenor Ryan Turneris Artistic Director of Emmanuel Mu-sic and Director of Choral Activitiesat Phillips Exeter Academy and hasmaintained an active solo career inoratorio, recital and opera. Bass Rob-ert Honeysucker is a recipient ofthe Boston Globe’s Musician of theYear award, a member of Videmusand the Jubilee Trio, and is on thevoice faculty at The Boston Conser-vatory, New England ConservatoryExtension and The Longy School ofMusic. The New World Chorale wasfounded in 1999 by Holly MacEwenKrafka and John Zielinski with themission of performing the best Ameri-can choral music with many of thefinest orchestras in New England.TheBoston Landmarks Orchestra pre-sents free concerts at 7 pm at theDCR’s Hatch Shell every Wednesdaynight, July 13th through August 31st.There will also be free concerts inthe neighborhoods of Boston. This isthe Orchestra’s 11th season and its5th with the Hatch Shell as its home.Rain location: The Church of theCovenant, 67 Newbury St # 2, Bos-ton, MA 02116-3090. For weatheralerts: Text Landmarks to 27138.

BANK OF AMERICA PAVILION290 Northern Ave., Boston, MA

EARTH, WIND AND FIRE - June24, 2011. During the 1970s, a newbrand of pop music was born - onethat was steeped in African and Afri-can-American styles - particularly jazzand R&B but appealed to a broadercross-section of the listening public.As founder and leader of the bandEarth, Wind & Fire, Maurice Whitenot only embraced but also helpedbring about this evolution of pop,which bridged the gap that has oftenseparated the musical tastes of blackand white America. It certainly wassuccessful, as EWF combined high-caliber musicianship, wide-rangingmusical genre eclecticism, and ’70smulticultural spiritualism. “I wantedto do something that hadn’t beendone before,” Maurice explains. “Al-though we were basically jazz musi-cians, we played soul, funk, gospel,blues, jazz, rock and dance musicwhich somehow ended up becoming

The A.R.T./MXAT Institute for Ad-vanced Theater Training Class of2012 “All the world’s a stage, and allthe men and women merely players”in Shakespeare’s beloved pastoralcomedy As You Like It. This classictale follows Rosalind and her friendCelia’s escape from a deadly con-spiracy into nature’s wild, liberatingarms. What follows is an unconven-tional romance with everything fromwrestling matches to cross-dressingshepherds culminating in a finale sojoyful. Building on the success of the2010–2011 Season’s sold-out Alice vs.Wonderland on the Loeb Mainstage,As You Like It will feature members ofthe graduating Institute Class of 2012.For info call 617-547-8300 or log ontowww.americanrepertorytheater.org.Join as a subscriber to receive dis-counts and special promotions. TheA.R.T. Institute was established in1987 by the American Repertory The-ater (A.R.T.) as a training ground forprofessional American theater. It isa two-year training program for youngtheater professionals, in associationwith the Moscow Art Theater School.

Soprano, Dominique Labelle

The Boston Landmarks Orchestra presents free concertsat 7 pm at the DCR’s Hatch Shell every Wednesday night,July 13th through August 31st. There will also be freeconcerts in the neighborhoods of Boston. This is theOrchestra’s 11th season and its 5th with the Hatch Shellas its home. Boston Landmarks Orchestra ChristopherWilkins, conductor, Kristen Watson, soprano, DominiqueLabelle, soprano Ryan Turner, tenor, RobertHoneysucker, bass, With the New World Chorale, HollyKrafka, Director are performing an Opening NightConcert. The program includes Wolfgang AmadeusMozart, Magic Flute Overture W. A. Mozart, Exsultatejubilate, W. A. Mozart, Mass in C Minor. Check out MusicSection for more details.

SPINELLI’S FUNCTION FACILITYRoute One South, Lynnfield, MA

NORTH END REUNION - Thurs-day, September 22, 2011 at 6PM. Enjoymusic from the 50’s and 60’s.Join your friends who grew up in theNorth End for fun times and memo-ries. Contact Lolly Ciampa at 781-938-9254 or RoRo DeMarco at 781-284-5945.

WILBUR THEATRE246 Tremont Street, Boston, MA

NORM MACDONALD - Friday July15, 2011 at 7:30 PM. What can be saidabout Norm that any true fan doesnot know about him? The man wasborn Norman Gene MacDonald onOctober 17, 1963, in Quebec City,Canada. Norm’s two siblings, Neil andLeslie, are both Canadian newscast-ers. Norm’s distinct voice has paid offfor Norm professionally. He has voiced“Lucky” the dog in three “Dr. Dolittle”movies. He’s also voiced “Death” forone episode of “Family Guy” “TheFairly Odd Parents”. Norm can also beheard in the Bob Saget film, “Farce ofthe Penguins.”

STEPHANIE MILLER’S SEXYLIBERAL COMEDY TOUR - Satur-day July 16, 2011 at 7:00 PM. Fortickets call 1-800-745-3000 orwww.thewilbur.com.


Recipes from theHomelandHomelandHomelandHomelandHomeland

by Vita Orlando Sinopoli

COPYRIGHT, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Vita can be reached at [email protected]

Swordfish in TSwordfish in TSwordfish in TSwordfish in TSwordfish in Tomato Sauceomato Sauceomato Sauceomato Sauceomato SauceMessina Style

1st Generation

Italian-American

Vita Orlando SinopoliShares with us

a delightful recollection

of her memories as a child

growing up in

Boston’s “Little Italy”

and a collection of

Italian family recipes

from the homeland.

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Here we go again! More revealing stuffabout Frank Sinatra! “There was alwaysa sense of danger around Frank,” revealsBarbara Sinatra, 84, in “Lady Blue Eyes:My Life With Frank.” “There was definitelya Jekyll and Hyde aspect to his character.He once claimed to be a manic-depressive.”Barbara — who was married to the My Waysinger for 22 years when he died in herarms in 1998 at age 82 — recalls one par-ticular night when his dinner at Matteo’srestaurant in Los Angeles was not up topar. Frank viciously “picked up his plate ofpasta, and threw it against the wall, splat-tering tomato sauce all down it.” Duringanother night out in Hollywood with JudyGarland, Frank pushed and punched astranger when he asked, “Who’s the broad?”

Barbara Sinatra always knew she was infor an extra-rough ride when Sinatra — whotypically drank Jack Daniels bourbon —start hitting the gin. “There was somethingabout gin that turned him mean,” she re-vealed. Despite his violent outbursts,Sinatra was uncommonly generous to hiswife, showering her with pricey jewelryincluding a 22-carat diamond and emeraldengagement ring. And even when they’dfight ferociously over his drinking, mak-ing Barbara flee to a hotel room, she alwayscame back to his arms. “That” she says,“is when Frank would be at his most sweetand loving.” “He had the most vibrant, elec-tric, deep blue eyes in the world. He hadsexual energy all his own.” Ah, FrankSinatra! A spoiled only child! He always hadit his way!

Last year, for the first time ever,America’s annual wine consumption sur-passed that of France, but it took a U.S.population almost five times as large asFrance to do so.

Carlo Scostumato, says, “There is nocomparison between wine and women:wine improves with age.

A Pew Research Center reports 68% ofAmericans would make no difference intheir voting choice if a presidential can-didate were a Mormon. 25% say theywould be less likely to vote for a Mormon.62% say it wouldn’t matter to them if a can-didate were gay, while 33% say they’d beless likely to vote for a gay candidate. 33%say they wouldn’t care if a candidate didn’tbelieve in God, but 61% say they’d be lesslikely to support an atheist.

A friend of mine once said to me, “ThankGod I’m an atheist!” Get it? How can you bean atheist if you say “Thank God!”

Commuting is a home wrecker! Commut-ing has been blamed for back problems,stress and obesity, not to mention mind-less drive-time radio. Now we can add di-vorce to that list. A new Swedish study sayscouples are 40 percent more likely to sepa-rate if one partner has a daily commute oflonger than 45 minutes each way. Aboutone in six Americans has a round-trip dailycommute of 90 minutes, and 3.5 millionpeople have to travel that long just one way-twice as many as did 20 years ago. Com-muting often results in a higher salary andbetter job opportunities, but experts saythere are many ways living far from workputs pressure on a marriage. Since long-distance commuters are most often men,for example, their female partners tend totake on a disproportionate share of house-keeping duties-a common source of discord.

Some healthy news! You can lower cho-lesterol and blood pressure _ by eatingcooked tomatoes. Scientists say the lyco-pene in cooked tomatoes does the same jobon blood pressure and bad cholesterol asstatin drugs, the popular medicine pre-scribed to treat the problems, but which cancause muscle aches, weakness and nervedamage. Australian scientists at theUniversity of Adelaide found 16 ouncesof tomato juice or 2 ounces of tomato pastedaily protects against heart disease.

More healthy tips! If you want to increaseyour energy levels, drink more beet juice.The dark red liquid allows athletes toexercise 16 percent longer, and slashesthe effort it takes regular folks to walk by

12 percent,says newr e s e a r c h .The magici n g r e d i e n tis the chem-ical compound “nitrate” which opens upblood vessels and reduces the amount ofoxygen muscles need. Researchers atEngland Exeter University found it couldhelp people do things they couldn’t other-wise do.

The captivating Sarah Palin may havesent a clear message that her 22-year mar-riage to Todd is kaput — by leaving her wed-ding ring at home! The pretty 47-year-oldformer Alaska governor was photographedwithout the band at a May 29 motorcyclerally. Sarah is moving to Arizona into a five-bedroom, $1.7 million mansion while46-year-old Todd will remain far off in theirAlaska home. The Palins have also ham-mered out a secret divorce pact agreeingon everything, from property division to thecustody of their three youngest kids fromage 3 to 16. A source says it’s my guessthey will stay married through the 2012election and then quietly make anannouncement that they’ve split.

Will Katie Couric inherit Oprah’s throne?After months of negotiations, Katie Courichas joined with ABC to produce a syndicateddaytime talk show, aiming to fil l thevacuum created by the end of OprahWinfrey’s blockbuster show, said BillCarter in The New York Times. Couric’s stillunnamed broadcast is scheduled to pre-miere in 2012. Speculation over Couric’snext career stop had bubbled since April,when she stepped down as the anchor ofthe CBS Evening News after a five-year run.The talk-show format appeals to Couric“because it frees her from the rigidity ofan evening newscast and still lets her in-terview newsmakers,” said Richard Huff inthe New York Daily News. Couric, who as along time Today host proved she couldinterview statesmen and celebrity cooksalike, has said she has Michelle Obamaand Lady Gaga on her wish list of inter-view subjects.

Speaking of Lady Gaga, The flamboyantsinger has landed at No.7 on this year’sForbes list of the world’s highest-paidmusicians, and in an era when hit albumssell in the low five figures. Gaga’s latest“Born This Way,” sold 1.11 million copiesin its first week. Ah, bella Gaga!

Some useless information! A FrontierAirlines employee called a hazmat team toexamine a mysterious white powder foundon a diaper-changing counter in an air-plane bathroom. The substance turned outto be baby powder. In Germany, after a pollof 30,000 people by social-networking siteBadoo.com named Germans the “leastfunny nationality.” Russians and Turkswere also deemed not very amusing.

Some show business stuff by our statelymusicologist Albert Natale. Before gettinginto a successful recording career, singerAnita Bryant was Miss Oklahoma and aMiss America finalist in 1958. Her hitsincluded “Paper Roses” and “In My OwnLittle Corner of the World.” Before forminghis own band, Henry Busse played for PaulWhiteman. He started vogue for “sweetjazz,” using a mute trumpet effectively.Biggest hits include “Wang Wang Blues”and “Hot Lips.” The Harmonicats had asurprise #1 hit “Peg of My Heart,” duringthe musicians’ strike of 1947. You see, aharmonica was not considered by theunion, at that time, to be a musical instru-ment. Bill Haley’s “Rock Aroud the Clock”seemed to flop when it was first recordedin April, 1954. However, it became a hitwhen it was featured in the 1955 movie“Blackboard Jungle.” Pianist/composerJohnny Guarnieri descended from a famousItalian family of violin makers. And beforeDean Martin made a hit with “EverybodyLoves Somebody,” it had also been recorded,unsuccessfully, by Frank Sinatra, Peggy Leeand Dinah Washington.AMERICA IS A BEAUTIFUL ITALIAN NAME

Heat oil in a skillet and add chopped onion, chopped celerystalks and simmer until onion is opaque. Add capers, stir,and simmer slowly. Do not brown onion. Add tomato andcover. Cook slowly for about five minutes. Check frequently.A little water can be added to keep mixture from stickingto skillet.

Meanwhile, peel and cut potatoes into quarters. Washand set aside. Rinse swordfish under running water anddry. Cut swordfish into two-inch portions. It is not neces-sary to remove outer skin of swordfish. Add potatoes first toskillet; add half a cup of water and cover. Allow cooking forabout ten minutes. Then add swordfish pieces to skillet.The swordfish can be placed on top of potatoes if skilletbecomes crowded. Spoon some of the tomato sauce overthe swordfish. Add only small amounts of water if neededafter a few minutes. Cover and simmer slowly for aboutten to fifteen minutes or until swordfish is fork tender. Trynot to overcook swordfish. Add wine (optional), cover andbring to a slow boil. Then remove from burner.

Serve with fresh Italian bread, vegetable of choice orsalad. Serves two.

Variation: Prepare the swordfish recipe without potatoes.Instead, cook rice or pasta of choice as directed on the pack-age and serve topped with the tomato sauce from the skil-let. Serve the swordfish separately with vegetable of choiceor salad and Italian bread.

NOTE: Each time I prepare this swordfish meal, I picture mymother-in-law, Mary Sinopoli, at the kitchen stove in our BatteryStreet apartment. As she carefully prepared the ingredients,she stated, “Swordfish should not be cooked too much as itbecomes dry and loses its flavor.” I found that to be very true.

1 swordfish steak(about 1¼ pounds)

1 medium onion chopped2 celery stalks chopped3 teaspoons capers in

vinegar and water3 fresh ripe tomatoes chopped

or 10 ounces crushed tomato

2 sprigs bay leaf3 small potatoes cut in

quarters¼ cup olive, canola or

vegetable oil1 cup water2 tablespoons white wine

(optional)

Yet the hope of still moremagical moments by our2011 hockey heroes is onthe horizon as youth, expe-rience, a mythical nucleus,and God-given talent to playa violent sport gracefully atlightning speed are the in-gredients of championshipteams.

More importantly, thespirit to plow through ad-

versity daily seen bythe children playing andlaughing together in Ace’sPlace no doubt teachesloads of lessons left by aformer Bruins’ wingerwhose selfless caring andlove of life transcends big-time sports to touch thesouls of the 2011 StanleyCup Champions he’s smilingupon.

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CONSTRINGERE A BERE.You can lead a horse to water,but you can’t make him drink.


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For some reason, duringthe past week, I had discus-sions with several peopleabout retirement. Mostpeople look forward to it, thatpromised-land that you reachwhen you are in your six-ties. Last Thursday, theLawrence campus of Cam-bridge College held an appre-ciation ceremony that hon-ored two graduates who hadgone above and beyond intheir chosen fields, and twofaculty members who accom-plished more with studentsin just a few semesters thanmost teachers do in a life-time. One of the two wasmy wife, Loretta. She hasbeen teaching at CambridgeCollege since the early 90sand has courses at both theCambridge and Lawrencecampuses. After she receivedher award and spoke to thegathering of students, grad-uates, fellow faculty mem-bers and administrationfrom the college presidentdown, someone turned to meand said, “I hope ProfessorChristoforo never retires,she’s the best the collegeever had. I didn’t know theperson but nodded in agree-ment. I was so proud, I wasready to stand up and cheer.I contained myself andsettled for just applaudingher along with the rest whohad heard her speak. Shespoke off the top of her head.Nothing was scripted, butshe touched everyone inattendance.

After the ceremonial partof the evening was over,refreshments were for thetaking and Loretta and Ibegan conversing with theadministrators and facultymembers of the campus.During the conversations,one of the topics that croppedup more than once wasretirement. Loretta isn’t oldenough to head in that direc-tion, yet, but I am. After sheheaded off to take a picturewith our new college presi-dent, I continued to discussretirement with a few of theolder members of the faculty.I told them that I tried it once.Back in 2003, Mayor Meninoput together a retirementincentive for administratorsin the police, fire and schooldepartments of Boston, andmany of us accepted thepackage and called it quits.I was among them, but, asI told the crowd, “Retirementlasted about 15 minutes.”

The morning after I retiredfrom Boston, I headed for aDunkin Donuts where manyof the antique car owners“hung out” at night. One or

two of that crowd was thereand I sat with them andseveral of their friends whowere not part of the old carowners group. All wereretired and the conversationcontained complaints aboutproblems with diabetes, ar-thritis, high blood pressure,loss of hearing and bad eyesight. I silently screamed,“Get me the Hell out of here!”

Retirement was definitelynot for me. The faculty mem-bers listening to me laughed,but a couple who are up therein years, wondered when I,the oldest member of thegroup, would retire. My com-ment was, “When Loretta isready for retirement, then Iwill consider it.” I went on tosay that higher education isone of the few areas whereage is a plus, not a minus.Most businesses want youout by the time you are inyour sixties. I related a storyof someone I know who wason the board of two corpora-tions, and when he hit sixty-five, they told him that theywanted him to retire andtake the lucrative packagesthey offered. When he toldthem he didn’t want to retireand that his record spoke foritself, the CEOs of both cor-porations were more blunt,“You either retire, or we’llvote you out and you won’t geta golden handshake, justSocial Security.” I thenadded, “We’re lucky. Age is aplus in our field, not a mi-nus.” They all agreed and si-lently thanked providencethat they were in the profes-sion called higher education.

At some point, Loretta willretire from teaching. Whenshe does, I think I might pullback from the schedule I nowmaintain and spend the win-ters in a warmer climate. Ikiddingly tell my friends thatwhen I retire, I want to situnder a palm tree on a beachin the tropics sipping some-thing cold and puffing on agood cigar, and the mostprovocative thing I want tosee is the tide going out andthe tide coming in. Mostpeople my age are longretired, but considering Imarried a lady a dozen yearsmy junior, I think I have away to go before I look forthose tropical palms.

I think I picked up my atti-tudes from Babbononno andDad. Babbononno had to re-tire when he was sixty-five.If they tried to enforce thistoday, it would legally be con-sidered age discrimination.He didn’t call it quits, though.He was a furniture makerand carpenter and was much

in demand locally by neigh-bors who needed work doneand wanted the best. He fi-nally called it quits in hischosen trade as well as hismusic when arthritis forcedhim to.

Dad was a full-time musi-cian who traveled with thebig bands of the 30s, untilWW II began. He came homeas 1941 ended and workedwith local bands at nightwhile accepting a day jobteaching machine shop athis old alma mater, EastBoston High School. Whencourt-ordered bussing beganin Boston, he was in admin-istration and had to head intotroubled waters with otheradministrators to help solvethe problems that plaguedthe city. As the pressurebegan to effect him, he andMom discussed the possibil-ity of retirement and heeventually did retire. Not oneto remain idle, he becamemore involved with unionpolitics and became a mem-ber of the Board of Directorsof the Musicians’ Union andthe Professional MusiciansClub. Unfortunately, badhealth slowed him down in1990 and he passed away in1991, at the age of 81.

The third person who influ-enced me in terms of ignor-ing age was Uncle Nick, mymother’s middle brother andmy Godfather. He, for twenty-five years, was the vice presi-dent of the Boston Musicians’Union. When he finally de-cided to call it quits, he joinedAunt Dorothy, who was al-ready in Florida. Once there,he joined the Boca Pops as aclarinetist and also workedfor band leaders playingdance music for the countryclub set throughout PalmBeach County. He continuedthis routine until he wasninety.

Talking it over withLoretta, I feel that if I ever doretire, it won’t turn me intoa vegetable. If I’m still able,I will continue writing. I havethis column to consider, abunch of short stories aboutgrowing up in East Bostonand the North End that I wantto finish, and a couple ofbooks that I started and leftin suspended animation. Ifthe cold weather gets tome, I could do all of this fromunder a palm tree in Florida,and Loretta and I could pos-sibly teach part-time at asouthern Florida college. Butfirst, I want to see where ourkids wind up living. John Jr.and his lady friend are think-ing about heading to Califor-nia this summer. Michael isliving in New York, and if hecontinues to become morepopular as an actor, mighthave to consider heading toCalifornia, also.

Right now, I will remainhere writing this column andteaching at the three col-leges I am affiliated with. Bythe time I’m 80, maybe I’llslow down and go looking forthose palm trees in southernFlorida.

GOD BLESS AMERICA

sailing event comes to NorthAmerica for the very firsttime in its five-year historyand runs from Thursday,June 30 through Monday,July 4 at Fan Pier.

Boston’s waterfront willshowcase close combat rac-ing on high-tech, high-speedcatamarans raced by someof the world’s best skippers.This 11-month global tourspans three continents witheleven top-class teams fromeight nations. The award-winning circuit bringstogether sailors from fifteendifferent nationalities, in-cluding Olympians, Amer-ica’s Cup winners, worldchampions and two-timeOlympic Gold medalists whorace against each other onidentical boats along theheart of Boston’s innerharbor.

Previous stops for theExtreme Sailing Series™included Muscat, Oman;Qindao, China; and Istanbul,Turkey and will concludewith races in the UnitedKingdom, Italy, France andSpain before their final stopin Singapore.

“Boston is proud to be

the first U.S. city to hostthe 2011 Extreme SailingSeries™ to our waterfrontfor the city’s July 4th cele-bration — one of the largestin the nation,” said ThomasM. Menino, Mayor, City ofBoston.

“Fan Pier is the perfectplace for spectators to expe-rience this up-close-and-personal extreme watersport,” said Joseph Fallon,CEO and President of TheFallon Company. “We plan tomake this the most spec-tacular event in the circuitwith fireworks, a race vil-lage filled with activities forfamilies, on-site televisioncoverage and a fun-filled,five-day event for Bostonarea residents and visitors.”

Other highlights at theExtreme Sailing Series™at Fan Pier will include theRace Village, open from11 a.m. to 11 p.m. every dayduring this historic event.In addition to all of theracing activities, the RaceVillage will also include RedBull energy stations and RedBull Air Force displays, fire-works displays, live enter-tainment and dancing,oyster shucking from LegalSea Foods, additional sam-plings provided by LydiaShire and Shrine, and aninteractive family friendlyarea.

For the most up-to-dateinformation and full sched-ule of events for the ExtremeSailing Series™ at FanPier in Boston, visit http://facebook.com/ESSFanPier.

Enjoy!

(Be sure to visit HildaMorrill’s gardening Web site,www.bostongardens.com.In addition to events coveredand reported by the columnist,“The Socially Set” is compiledfrom various other sourcessuch as news and press re-leases, PRNewswire services,etc.)

John Larroquette won botha Theatre World Award anda Tony for his performancein How to Succeed inBusiness Without ReallyTrying.(Photo by John Harrison)

department also won a Part-ners in Excellence Award foroutstanding performanceand commitment to excel-lence. Georgina Chamber-lain, DMD, Edward Fidrocki,DDS, Catherine Dooling,RDH, Maria Ferrusi, CDA,Silva Arstamyan, and KellieAnn Walsh received thereward for their hard workand perseverance while thedepartment was under-staffed.

Ferruisi also received anindividual Partners in Excel-lence Award because sheconsistently goes above andbeyond for the departmentand the Health Center. She

skillfully manages the den-tal department budget andfollows up on every possibleavenue to save the non-profitorganization money. She alsotranslates Italian for the de-partment as well as the restof the health center.

“I am extremely proud of allour staff and these sevenindividuals have showcasedour commitment to provid-ing quality care to the NorthEnd community,” says JimLuisi, North End WaterfrontHealth CEO. “It’s because ofdedicated staff members likethese that we are the pre-miere health care providerin the neighborhood.”

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LEGAL NOTICECommonwealth of Massachusetts

The Trial CourtMiddlesex Probate and Family Court

208 Cambridge StreetCambridge, MA 02141

Docket No. MI11P2866EAIn the Estate of

THOMAS S MORONEYLate of BELMONT, MA 02478

Date of Death May 9, 2011NOTICE OF PETITION FOR

PROBATE OF WILLTo all persons interested in the above

captioned estate, a petition has beenpresented requesting that a documentpurporting to be the last will of saiddecedent be proved and allowed and thatCHRISTOPHER R MORONEY of Stoneham,MA be appointed executor/trix, named in thewill to serve Without Surety.

IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO,YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILEA WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURTAT CAMBRIDGE ON OR BEFORE TENO’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM) ONJULY 13, 2011.

In addition, you must file a written affidavitof objections to the petition, stating specificfacts and grounds upon which the objectionis based, within (30) days after the returnday (or such other time as the court, onmotion with notice to the petitioner, mayallow) in accordance with Probate Rule 16.

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

Date: June 15, 2011Run date: 6/24/11


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Compiled by Orazio Z. Buttafuoco

(FROM ITALIANNEWSPAPERS AND

OTHER PUBLICATIONS)

The time has come, the walrus said,

TO TALK OF MANY THINGSof shoes and ships and sealing wax of cabbages and kings

by Sal Giarratani

DANILCHUK CAUGHTBRUINS FEVER

Lots of folks stopped byDanilchuk Auto Body onAddison Street in East Bos-ton to snap photos of theshop’s tribute to the Bruinsduring the post-season. Af-ter that June 8, 8-1 trounc-ing of Vancouver. Danilchukpainted one vehicle inCanuck colors with a largermini-van painted in Bruins’black and gold. During theprevious series againstTampa Bay, Danilchuk hada little white sports couppainted up in Tampa Baycolors. In this one a mem-ber of the Tampa Bay hockeyteam is depicted smashinginto the front seat, while theVancouver car has a hockeyplayer smashing into thewindshield.

Danilchuck is famous fordoing post-season tributesduring Celtics, Red Sox andPatriots post-season games.

TALBOT AVENUESTATION ON TRACK

Governor Deval Patrickand Mayor Tom Meninobroke ground recently on the$15 million Talbot Com-muter Rail Station inDorchester. This part of theFairmount Commuter RailLine Rehabilitation Projectin expected to create 120construction jobs and thestation is scheduled to openin 2013.

TIME FOR O’TOOLEWELL ATTENDED

District 3 city councilorcandidate John O’Toole re-cently held a June 9fundraiser over at FlorianHall in Dorchester. O’Tooleis one of many candidatesvying to succeed the retiringDistrict 3 Councilor MaureenFeeney. His time was wellattended. John was a pastpresident of the Cedar GroveCivic Association. Most po-litical insiders over in Dis-trict 3 rate him as one of thefrontrunners in this race. Imet him a couple of yearsago at a fundraiser for Homesfor Veterans. He is deeplycommitted about his neigh-borhood and sees the Coun-cil post as another way ofserving his neighbors atCity Hall.

THE RACE IS ONIN DISTRICT 3

The Dorchester Day pa-rade seemed twice as longthis year with all the candi-dates out there running forthe vacant District 3 CityCouncil seat now thatMaureen Feeney decided toretire from elective politics.There are six candidatesrunning for the seat. Mostfolks who know Dorchestersay the leading candidatesare Johnny O’Toole, CraigGalvin and Frank Baker.Looking like a battle be-tween Savin Hill andNeponset Circle. Oncewasn’t Savin Hill a politicalpowerhouse? Remember BobQuinn and Jimmy Brett?However, now power hasseemingly moved southwarddown to St. Ann’s and St.Brendan’s. Frankie Bakerneeds to turn out a great votein Savin Hill and hope thatGalvin and O’Toole go toe to

toe in South Dorchester.These guys are definitelythe frontrunners. DougBennett who ran citywidetwo years ago while living inDistrict 1 has since movedto Dorchester and is also inthe District 3 race. He re-cently told Paul Feeney of theDorchester-based BostonCity Paper that his goal “isto do well throughout everyneighborhood of District 3.”Isn’t that the goal of everycandidate for public office?Bennett who is new to thisdistrict needs to do superwell across the board in Dis-trict 3 just to keep pace withall the better knownDorchester-ites running,doesn’t he?

SUNOCO ON DOT AVE.The Sunoco gas station at

the corner of Freeport Streetand Dorchester Avenue isone of the coolest placesaround. It is pure Dorches-ter. At times, it is just a gasstation but at other times itlooks like a general storewhere folks stop by and chit-chat about neighborhoodissues, the price of gas orgreedy politicians. The placeis owned by Abdul and Has-san Shamshedene. You won’tfind a friendlier or cleanergas establishment around.It’s not exactly Starbucks andit doesn’t serve vanilla lattesbut like the City of Lynn, you

LEGAL NOTICEMASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORSSealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. M398-C1 HIGH PERFORMANCE COATING REPAIRS SHIP-TO-SHORE CRANE NO. 1 – CONLEY CONTAINER TERMINAL, SOUTH 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 02128-2909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, JULY 27, 2011, immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly.

NOTE: PRE-BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE CONLEY CONTAINER TERMINAL, GUARD HOUSE, THE CORNER OF FARRAGUT ROAD AND EAST FIRST STREET, SOUTH BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS AT 10:00 A.M. LOCAL TIME ON TUESDAY, JULY 12, 2011The work includes FURNISHING ALL LABOR, MATERIALS, TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT NECCESSARY TO COMPLETE THE SURFACE PREPARATION, AND PAINTING OF FIFTY FOOT (50’) BY FIVE FOOT (5’) SECTION OF STRUCTURAL STEEL ON SHIP TO SHORE CRANE NO.1 APPROXIMATELY ONE HUNDRED FEET ABOVE GRADE. WORK ALSO INCLUDES INSTALLING AND DISMANTLING THE NECESSARY STAGING SYSTEM AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION.Bid documents will be made available beginning MONDAY, JUNE 27, 2011.The estimated contract cost is FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS ($50,000.00).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.

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 $1,000,000.00 (One Million Dollars). 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.

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITYDAVID S. MACKEY

INTERIM CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Run date: 06/24/11

never come out the way youwent in. By the way, PaulFeeney, the longtime BostonCity Paper publisher isn’t justa customer there, he waitson you too.

PARISH FESTIVAL INJULY THIS YEAR

The Annual Sacred HeartParish Festival is scheduledthis summer for the week-end of Friday, July 15 andSaturday, July 16 in EastBoston.

WAYNE’S WORLD INEASTIE?

Congrats to Father Waynewho celebrated his 8th anni-versary as pastor of SacredHeart Parish on June 16.The parish communitythanks him for all his hardwork and hopes he remainsin the parish for many moreyears to come.

THE CONSALVOANNUAL COOKOUT ASUCCESS AS USUAL

City Councilor RobConsalvo over in District 5kicked off the 2011 cam-paign with his 10th annualcookout on June 23 over atthe Sunset Bocce Club inReadville. There were plentyof good eats on the grill,burgers, dogs, sausages andmore for all. Rob representsHyde Park, Readville andparts of Roslindale at CityHall. Both a great councilorand cook, might I add.

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PRAYER TO ST. JUDEMay the Sacred Heart of Jesus beadored, glorified, loved and pre-served throughout the world nowand forever. Sacred Heart ofJesus pray for us. St. Jude,worker of miracles, pray for us.St. Jude, help of the hopeless,pray for us.

Say this prayer 9 times a day andby the 8th day your prayers will beanswered. It has never beenknown to fail. Publication must bepromised. My prayers have beenanswered. L.M.D.A.T.P.

PRAYER TO ST. JUDEMay the Sacred Heart of Jesus beadored, glorified, loved and pre-served throughout the world nowand forever. Sacred Heart ofJesus pray for us. St. Jude,worker of miracles, pray for us.St. Jude, help of the hopeless,pray for us.

Say this prayer 9 times a day andby the 8th day your prayers will beanswered. It has never beenknown to fail. Publication must bepromised. My prayers have beenanswered. L.M.D.S.J.A.

TWO ITALIANS ON THESPACE STATION Last Aprilthe international space sta-tion had two Italian astro-nauts. This year is the 50th

anniversary of the first hu-man who went to space, al-beit for a very short while. Itwas the Russian YuryGagarin, who flew outsidethe earth’s orbit 50 yearsago. It was a flight in 1961that shook the soul of theAmerican nation. We all re-member how depressing itwas to see a Russianachieve so much. However,the enthusiasm of the newlyinstalled American Presi-dent, John F. Kennedy,came to the fore. He reactedby saying that we will dothat, and more: we will senda man to the moon beforethe end of the decade. Ashistory reminds us, hispromise became a reality.

By the way, the two Italianastronauts are: PaoloNespoli and Roberto Vittori.Starting April 1, they bothworked in space on impor-tant experiments. ActuallyPaolo Nespoli was already onthe space station since De-cember 15, 2010; his so-journ in space lasted159days. As an aside, two otherItalians have gone to spacein 1996: Umberto Guidoniand Maurizio Cheli, who hadbeen earlier is space, and atthe same time.

When the ‘Discovery’space shuttle arrive at thespace station, it carriedalong a special instrument,the AMS (Alpha MagneticSpectrometer) which will beavailable to future research-ers there, up in the sky!

ENZO BEARZOT: The GreatSoccer Athlete, dead at 83.Last December, 2010, agreat soccer midfielderplayer and super coach ofthe national team passedaway quite unexpectedly.He was born at Aiello delFriuli on September 26,1927. His play was unspec-tacular, simple but veryeffective. I myself used togo to Catania to see himplay, his passing, his ball-control, and an occasionalgoal. The “Club CalcioCatania” is now playing inthe top division, the “SERIEA”. His play wasn’t thatglamorous, but he nevermissed a good pass. I sawmost of the home games, atthe Cibali stadium, inCatania. Bearzot played withthe Catania club threeyears: 1951-54. In the fall of1954 he went to play withthe team TORINO (1954-56),then with the INTER Milan(1956-57), and then back toTorino team, as before, from1957-64. There he ended hisplaying career.

Historically he is the na-tional team coach with thebest record of all. He begancoaching the TORINO team(1964-67), the Prato team(1968-69), the nationalteam, under 23 (1969-1975),and the (senior) NationalTeam (1977-1986). He ledthe national team for arecord 88 games. Therewere: 40 victories, 26 losses,and 22 ties. But his jewelwas the world championshipwon in Spain in 1982, whichwas the third time Italy hadwon the cup (Rimet) that waspresented to the captain,and the Italian team and tothe coaches. After Italy, onlyBrazil has won the cup atleast four times.

Bearzot, will be missed. Heis remembered as a taciturnman, with a big nose, whichI noticed the first time, andthe only one, I came in closecontact with him in the play-ground, in mid week andafter a practice. Wonderfulmemories!

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EXTRA InningsInningsInningsInningsInningsby Sal Giarratani

LEGAL NOTICE

B&B TOWINGHAS HAD IN THEIR POSSESSION

SINCE FEBRUARY 3, 20102004 CHEVROLET CORVETTE

VIN #1G1YY12S545107742TO: OWNER(S) OF THE VEHICLE

LISTED ABOVE.IF YOU COULD PROVE OWNERSHIP,

PLEASE CONTACTMIKE SORRENTINO ATTHE ABOVE NUMBERS.

IF VEHICLE IS NOT CLAIMED BYOWNER(S), B&B TOWING WILL

APPLY FOR THE RIGHT TO SELLTHE VEHICLE FROM

DISTRICT COURTM.G.L. c.255 s.25 & 26.

THE REGISTRY OF MOTORVEHICLES SHOWS NO RECORD

OF THIS VEHICLE.SUBMITTED BY

MICHAEL SORRENTINOOFFICER & OWNER

Run dates: 6/10/11, 6/17/11, 6/24/11

MICHAEL SORRENTINO95 CRESCENT AVE., STE-107

REVERE, MA 02151617-347-9104 (FAX) 781-286-8402

LEGAL NOTICE

B&B TOWINGHAS HAD IN THEIR POSSESSION

SINCE FEBRUARY 2, 20112009 VOLKSWAGEN

VIN #WVWFA71KX9W101662

TO: ALMUNAJEM ABDULAZIZ,150 CAMBRIDGE STREET,

APT-404, CAMBRIDGE, MA 02141.

YOU ARE NOTIFIED BY THIS ADTO GET IN TOUCH WITH

B&B TOWING AS WELL AS BYCERTIFIED MAIL. BY CALLINGTHE ABOVE NUMBER WITHIN

THREE WEEKS, IF NOT, VEHICLEWILL BE SOLD AT PRIVATE SALE.

MICHAEL SORRENTINOOFFICER & OWNER

Run dates: 6/10/11, 6/17/11, 6/24/11

B&B TOWING59 R-MOONEY STREETCAMBRIDGE, MA 02138

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Jim Northrup was1968 World Series Hero

Former Detroit Tigers out-fielder Jim Northrup who hita two-run triple in Game 7of the ’68 World Series hasbeen in poor health for awhile with Alzheimer’s. Hespent some 12 seasons in themajors.

His 7th inning triple offSt. Louis Cardinals pitcherBob Gibson in Game 7 of theWorld Series in 1968 brokeopen a scoreless game andscored both Norm Cash andWillie Horton. The Tigerswent on to win the game4-1. He also played for theMontreal Expos and Balti-more Orioles. In the ’80s and’90s, he worked as a sports-caster with the Pass SportsNetwork.

Detroit pitcher ace Denny

McLain who won 31 gamesin ’68 was warming up in thebullpen when Northrup hitthat triple and said, “Jimmydidn’t want to lose at any-thing. He was even competi-tive at the postgame meal.He was the emotional back-bone of our team that year.He’d get mad at you if heeven saw you exchangingpleasantries with guys fromthe other team. Jimmy wasa big reason why we werejust a grind-it-out-type ofteam.”

Northrup signed with theTigers in 1960 and was withDetroit until he was tradedto Montreal in 1974. He cameup to the majors in 1964. In1,392 games, he hit 153home runs, drove in 610RBIs and batted .267 lifetime.

He is survived by his wifePatty, five children andseven grandchildren.“Stronger, Faster, Beiter”

Anybody out there remem-ber Steve Austin? No, I’mnot talking about StoneCold Steve Austin from theWWF. I’m talking about thecharacter actor Lee Majorsplayed on “The $6 MillionMan” on ABC-TV years ago.The character was badlyinjured and was rebuiltwith bionic parts that madehim better than prior to hisaccident.

I thought about this whenreading about all the suc-

cess new NY Yankees start-ing pitching Bartolo Colon,who missed all of last sea-son and looked finished up.He had surgery back in LatinAmerica and is now pitchinglike a No. 2 starter behindace CC Sabathia. Recently,he was injured and is nowout for a while. At the timeof his injury, he was 5-3with a 3.10 ERA. Two yearsago he tried out for the Soxand stunk to high heaven.

I’m starting to wonder ifsomeone came up with abionic arm for him or per-haps attached a cloned armof Bob Gibson, the greatSt. Louis Cardinals starterwho had a modern day 1.12ERA in 1968. Colon won theCy Young Award back in2005, but appeared prettymuch finished until this yearafter that unknown medicalprocedure. Perhaps, Dice Kshould get the doctor’s num-ber from Colon before he hasthat Tommy John surgery,eh?The Sox are Back on TopThe Boston Red Sox have

found first place thanks totheir dominance over the NYYankees thus far this sea-son. That slow start is nowancient history. The team’spitching has improved andthe offensive power of itsheading is a sign of goodtimes. David Ortiz is doingquite well at bat like Big Papiof old. The Yankees are introuble losing pitchers. Thelatest being Bartolo Colon.

LEGAL NOTICECommonwealth of Massachusetts

The Trial CourtMiddlesex Probate and Family Court

208 Cambridge StreetCambridge, MA 02141

Docket No. MI11P2559EAIn the Estate of

DANIEL CYRAN a/k/aDANIEL MARTIN CYRAN

Late of SOMERVILLE, MA 02145Date of Death March 20, 2011

NOTICE OF PETITIONFOR PROBATE OF WILL

To all persons interested in the abovecaptioned estate, a petition has been pre-sented requesting that a document purport-ing to be the last will of said decedentbe proved and allowed and that JOSEPHHENREY COIGLEY of Somerville, MA beappointed executor/trix, named in the will toserve Without Surety.

IF YOU DESIRE TO OBJECT THERETO,YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY MUST FILEA WRITTEN APPEARANCE IN SAID COURTAT CAMBRIDGE ON OR BEFORE TENO’CLOCK IN THE MORNING (10:00 AM) ONJUNE 13, 2011.

In addition, you must file a written affidavitof objections to the petition, stating specificfacts and grounds upon which the objectionis based, within (30) days after the return day(or such other time as the court, onmotion with notice to the petitioner, mayallow) in accordance with Probate Rule 16.

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

Date: June 15, 2011Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate

Run date: 6/24/11


NOTICE TO CONTRACTORSSealed General Bids for MPA Contract No. W188-C2, WORCESTER VEHICLE STORAGE AND OFFICE FACILITY, WORCESTER, 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 02128-2909, until 11:00 A.M. local time on WEDNESDAY, JULY 13, 2011 immediately after which, in a designated room, the bids will be opened and read publicly.

NOTE: PRE-BID CONFERENCE WILL BE HELD AT THE ADMINISTRATIVE CONFERENCE ROOM, LEVEL 2, WORCESTER TERMINAL BUILDING, WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS AT 10 AM ON THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 2011. The work includes FURNISH AND INSTALL A DOUBLE TRAILER FOR OFFICE USE and A FRAME-SUPPORTED MEMBRANE STRUCTURE FOR VEHICLE STORAGE INCLUDING ALL SITE, UTILITY AND SYSTEMS TO INSURE FULLY FUNCTIONAL TEMPORARY STRUCTURES. SITE WORK INCLUDES EARTHWORK, WATER, SEWER, ELECTRICAL INCLUDING COMMUNICATIONS, BITUMINOUS CONCRETE AND CAST-IN-PLACE CONCRETE. TEMPORARY STRUCTURES INCLUDE TRAILER ON PIERS AND A MEMBRANE STRUCTURE ON CONCRETE FOUNDATION WALL AND THE WORK TO FIT OUT THE TEMPORARY STRUCTURES INCLUDES CARPENTRY, THERMAL AND MOISTURE PROTECTION, DOORS AND WINDOW, FINISHES, SIGNAGE AND ASSOCIATED FIRE PROTECTION AND MEP SYSTEMS. THERE IS SOME MINIMAL WORK TO CLOSE THE EXISTING ARFF STRUCTURE

Bid documents will be made available beginning WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2011.The estimated contract cost is $600,000.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, Sections 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 $1,000,000. 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 subject to a Disadvantaged Business Enterprise participation provision requiring that not less than FIVE PERCENT (5 %) of the Contract be performed by disadvantaged business enterprise contractors. With respect to this provision, bidders are urged to familiarize themselves thoroughly with the Bidding Documents. Strict compliance with the pertinent procedures will be required for a bidder to be deemed responsive and eligible.

This Contract is also subject to Affi rmative Action requirements of the Massachusetts Port Authority contained in Article 84 of the 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.


INTERIM CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Run date: 06/24/11


REQUEST FOR QUALIFICATIONS

The MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY is soliciting consulting services for MPA CONTRACT NO. L1065-D1, RUNWAY 14/32 MITIGATION SOUNDPROOFING PROJECT CONSULTANT, LOGAN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, EAST BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS. The Authority is seeking qualifi ed consulting fi rms/teams, with proven experience to provide professional services including assessment, design, bid, and construction phase services including resident inspection services relative to the soundproofi ng of homes in the vicinity of Logan International Airport. The Consultant shall have demonstrated experience in the following: large scale residential renovation programs, residential architectural and structural design, acoustical, mechanical, and electrical engineering, cost estimating, scheduling, and construction management.

The Consultant will be required to provide professional personnel to collect fi eld data on each home treated, to develop treatment concepts for each home that will achieve program objectives, to refi ne concepts in close consultation with the Authority and homeowners, to prepare homeowner agreement attachments, bid documents, and contract addenda as necessary to support multiple construction packages to be issued on an annual basis, to provide inspections and fi eld personnel during construction to ensure contractor compliance, to manage closeout of all construction contracts, and to completely document all activities relative to each home in the program. If requested, the Consultant shall also provide personnel to assist the Authority with homeowner liaison efforts. These services shall be provided for the duration of the contract, which is expected to encompass two design/construction cycles.

The implementation of these services will be dependent on available funding, but if fully funded, the project is likely to take place over a two year period, through approximately two construction contracts. In order for a home to be included in the program, it must comply with applicable code provisions. The status of each home shall be verifi ed and documented by the Consultant. The Consultant will be responsible for identifying prerequisite work required for treatment under the program. The Authority requires a high level of documentation of existing conditions at each home. The Consultant shall perform acoustic testing at approximately 30 percent of residences treated, both prior to and after treatment in order to measure program success in meeting established program noise reduction objectives. The Authority will provide a homeowner liaison staff to work with the Consultant to achieve the highest level of service possible to each homeowner. It is expected that the Consultant will give the highest priority to homeowner interests in providing its services.

The Authority expects to issue work orders for a total contract amount not-to-exceed $200,000. The Consultant’s fees for individual work orders will be negotiated.

In recognition of the unique nature of the Residential Sound Insulation Program, and the services required to support it, Massport has scheduled a Consultant briefi ng to be held at 10:00 AM on Thursday, June 30, 2011 at its Product Display Center (PDC), 42 Lee Burbank Highway (Rte. 1A south), Revere, Massachusetts. At this session an overview of the program will be provided, the services requested by Massport will be described, and questions will be answered.

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.

The submission shall be evaluated on basis of: (1) current level of experience and knowledge of the team for similar projects, particularly the Project Manager, (2) geographic location and availability of the Project Manager, resident inspectors and other key personnel to be assigned to the project, (3) demonstrated ability to interact with individual homeowners, (4) experience and expertise of subconsultants, (5) cost management and scheduling capabilities, (6) M/W/DBE and affi rmative action efforts, (7) current level of work with the Authority, (8) past performance for the Authority, if any, (9) experience with sustainable design concepts, and (10) project understanding and technical approach to this project.

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 submitted in response to this solicitation, followed immediately by a fi nal selection of the consultant by the Authority.

By responding to this solicitation, consultants agree to accept the terms and conditions of Massport’s standard work order agreement, a copy of the Authority’s standard agreement can be found on the Authority’s web page at www.massport.com. 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”), no acetate covers. Ten (10) 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. This submission, including the litigation and legal proceedings history in a separate sealed envelope as required shall be addressed to Houssam H. Sleiman, PE, CCM, Director of Capital Programs and Environmental Affairs and received no later than 12:00 Noon on Thursday, July 21, 2011 at the Massachusetts Port Authority, Logan Offi ce Center, One Harborside Drive, Suite 209S, Logan International Airport, East Boston, MA 02128-2909. Any submission which exceeds the page limit set here or which is not received in a timely manner shall be rejected by the Authority as non-responsive. Any information provided to the Authority in any Proposal or other written or oral communication between the Proposer and the Authority will not be, or deemed to have been, proprietary or confi dential, although the Authority will use reasonable efforts not to disclose such information to persons who are not employees or consultants retained by the Authority except as may be required by M.G.L. c.66.

All questions relative to the submission shall only be directed to Catherine Wetherell, Deputy Director of Capital Programs and Environmental Affairs at (617) 568-3501.


INTERIM CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Run date: 06/24/11

To the above named Defendant:A Complaint has been presented to this

Court by the Plaintiff, seeking a Divorce fordesertion.

An automatic Restraining Order hasbeen entered in this matter preventingyou from taking any action which wouldnegatively impact the current financial statusof either party. Please refer to theSupplemental Probate Court Rule 411 formore information.

You are required to serve upon: AntonioAbbene Jr. - Attorney for Plaintiff - whoseaddress is: 454 Broadway, Suite 205,Revere, MA 02151 your answer on orbefore July 28, 2011. If you fail to do so, theCourt will proceed to the hearing andthe adjudication of this action. You are alsorequired to file a copy of your answer in theOffice of this Court at CAMBRIDGE.

WITNESS, PETER C. DiGANGI, Esquire,First Justice of said Court at CAMBRIDGE,this 16th day of June, 2011.

Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate

Commonwealth of MassachusettsThe Trial Court

Middlesex Probate and Family Court208 Cambridge StreetCambridge, MA 02141

Docket No. MI11D-2331DRDIVORCE/SEPARATE SUPPORT

SUMMONS BY PUBLICATIONJEAN FERDINAND ABRAHAM,

Plaintiffvs.

MICHAELLE SEJOUR ABRAHAM,a/k/a MICHAELLE SEJOUR,

Defendant

LEGAL NOTICE

Run date: 6/24/11

BOSTON POST-GAZETTE, JUNE 24, 2011

by Richard Preiss

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

Class of 2011 InternationalBoxing Hall of Fame Induct-ees; Julio Cesar Chavez,Kostya Tszyu, Mike Tyson,Sylvester Stallone, TrainerNacho Beristain, RefereeJoe Cortez, inducted into theWorld Boxing Hall of FameCanastota, New York. An-other great induction cer-emony.

I praise all inductees.Sylvester Stallone on Rocky,Rocky II, III, IV, V, and RockyBalboa. I read here, that thefilm series has grossed morethan $1.25 billion at theworldwide box office. A bigshot in the arm for the sportof Boxing. I love the Rockymovies. I praise and compli-ment him, for Rocky. Hecould of chosen anothername ?________? I’m glad hechose “Rocky!” You aretough Rocky. If we all re-member? No one in Boxinghistory has equaled, theRocks record. Sylvester“Rocky” Stallone, is proudlyone of our Fight Family Mem-bers. I’m speaking, with theoriginal Iron Man now inIron Mike Pusateri whosays? “Abbott and Costellodidn’t play baseball andthey’re in the Baseball Hallof Fame ...” You’re right IronMike. Thank you SylvesterStallone, Ed Brophy, andthank you Iron MikePusateri.

Grand Marshall’s, DickieEklund and Irish MickyWard.

World Champion BarryMcGuigan.

Heavyweight ChampionsLeon Spinks, Canadian whonever got knocked off hisfeet George Chuvalo.

World Champion greatCarmen Basilio and wifeJosie Basilio. Both love andthink the world of Tony andDottie DeMarco.

Don King spoke at theInduction Ceremony. Hesaid. “Only in America!”

Speaking is Iron MikeTyson, as Ed Brophy, JulioCesar Chavez, SylvesterStallone are seated.

At Graziano’s Inn & Restau-rant is Aaron the HawkPryor.

World Champions Marvel-ous Marvin Hagler andJohn H. Stracey.

Chris Sarno, World Cham-pion Leon Spinks andJanet Bunting.

I went over to a table inGraziano’s to speak withowner Tony Graziano. Inoticed two pictures onthe wall of NABF lightmiddleweight ChampionRocky Fratto. I said to TonyGraziano. “Hey I foughtRocky Fratto in New York.The two individuals seatedwith Tony Graziano said“That’s my father.” MarioFratto and Rocky Fratto Jr.We spoke for a little while,and they called their fatherRocky. We had a greatconversation. He won adecision over me with hisfast hands and great Boxerability.

Great gentleman TonyGraziano, owner of greatrestaurant “Graziano’s Inn& Restaurant “

In parade the great BertSugar.

2011 International Boxing Hall of Fame Inductees

Shirley Wood is recover-ing at Braintree Rehab Hos-pital, 250 Pond Street, Room3238 Braintree, MA 02134.I’m sending her a card too,and visiting her.

It ended the way it hadbegun some nine months be-fore for the Bruins — in aquiet recessed area of a build-ing, away from the sounds ofcrowds. Here they were forone final time as a team —together.

It was Sunday, June 19 —Father’s Day in America —and one last ritual was takingplace inside the TD Garden,known as Breakup Day — thetime when the players appearfor one last time in the lockerroom that was their center ofpreparation on game nights,gather together their per-sonal items and depart for atleast the summer and per-haps forever.

And despite the lyrics of theold song, breaking up was nothard to do. Virtually all theplayers were tired, manywere hurt and had playedthrough injuries of varyingdegrees and all were lookingforward to a summer of restand relaxation following theirhistoric triumph in theStanley Cup Playoffs.

Just the day before thestreets of Boston had beenfilled with the adoring crowdsfrom Causeway to Copley asthose that are never seen atthe Garden because of seat-ing capacity and high ticketprices turned out in impres-sive numbers to cheer astheir victorious heroespassed by in triumph.

The team was together forjust over nine months (275days to be exact) — from Sep-tember 17 — four days beforethe first day of fall when theveterans reported — to June19, two days shy of the firstday of summer when the play-ers bade farewell to the Gar-den. Over that span theyplayed 114 games — includ-ing seven preseason games,82 regular season games and25 postseason playoff con-tests.

But now the end was near.Head coach Claude Julienwent first, his final press con-ference of the season. Henoted how life had changedsomewhat for him. Slowed intraffic on Route 93 on his wayto the Garden, he was in-stantly recognized by fellowmotorists who gave himthumbs up as they wentalong. He reflected on the factthat he had come from a mod-est background, had playedhockey as a youngster andwas fortunate enough to playsome games in the NHL be-fore finding a second careerin coaching.

After that there was a longbreak as the 2011 StanleyCup Champion Boston Bruinstook to the ice one final time.One final time they all suitedup together. One final timethey came out on the Gardenice together. And togetherthey posed for a final teamphotograph — one that willmemorialize them forever. Itwas the final time that 43-year-old Mark Recchi put onan NHL uniform as a player.

Owner Jeremy Jacobs thenspoke, reflecting on theevents and reception theteam received in recent days.Then for one last time, the

doors to the locker roomopened and members of themedia proceeded past the por-tals once more for final inter-views sessions before thesummer beckoned.

It was 3:24 p.m. when theinterviews began. They weresandwiched around finalmeetings that each playerindividually had with Julienand GM Peter Chiarelli. Overalmost two hours the inter-views went on as two or threeplayers would appear, laterto be replaced by two or threemore. Even backup goalieTuukka Rask, the only playeron the roster who suitedup for every playoff gamebut didn’t play, would beinterviewed.

There was talk of summervisits home, of proud familymembers and what planseach player had for theStanley Cup Trophy. A com-mon theme was how eachplayer gave so much credit tohis teammates, noting hownone of this would havebeen possible without them.Some reflected on how theregular season had begun sofar away — in Prague, theCzech Republic and ended atsuch a distance in Van-couver, British Columbia.

And just down the hallway,in another room, an oppor-tunity for the players tocarry an everlasting me-mento of their success ontheir person was made avail-able. The locker room noticeboard bore the message thata “tattoo guy” (notice that theword “artist” was not used)was on site for those whowished to avail themselves ofhis services.

We thanked the variousmembers of the Bruins me-dia relations staff who hadprovided us with hospitalityand courtesy over the courseof the year — Matt Chmura,Eric Tosi, Heidi Holland, KellyMohr and John Bishop.

At 5:20 p.m., nearly twohours after the interview ses-sions had begun, it was an-nounced that the Bruinslocker room would be closing.We took our leave one finaltime and returned to thepress conference area. Therewe gazed upon the logoed“Stanley Cup Champions”backdrop behind the podiumone final time.

Then we said goodbye to thefew of our media colleaguesthat remained and departed.Down the elevator, out thedoor to Legends Way andCauseway Street.

But still one final activityremained. The next day theice, the surface necessary forthe Bruins’ success and thesite of 10 of their 16 playoffvictories, was melted down.The surface that the playershad skated upon, that hadbeen the focus of attention ofTV cameras, media mem-bers and fans alike, was nomore.

The 2010-2011 Boston Bru-ins had moved from thepresent and into history. TheNHL Draft loomed ahead andthe first steps of the 2011-2012 season were about to betaken. Time marches on.