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McMahon Wins GOPUS Senate Primary in ConnecticutRepublican Linda McMahon, the former CEO of

the WWF has wrestled the GOP primary victoryin Connecticut for U.S. Senate and will face thestate Attorney General Richard Blumenthal inNovember. Blumenthal could be defeated. Hehad been very popular statewide until votersfound out he misspoke, to put it kindly, aboutbeing a combat veteran during the VietnamWar, which he reportedly never was. Before thatnews, the Democrats thought they were on easystreet to replace the retiring US Senator ChrisDodd. McMahon has tapped into the voter angerwhich has gone coast to coast and could verywell be the next U.S. Senator from Connecti-cut.

Memo to Boston Phoenix:Don’t Blame DeLeo, Blame PatrickAs I read the Boston Phoenix editorial (DeLeo’s

the One, August 4), I disagree that HouseSpeaker Robert DeLeo is responsible for the endof casino gambling in this legislative session.

Commendatore Thomas M. MeninoReceives Italian Republic’s

Highest Order of KnighthoodMayor Menino Presented with the Prestigious

Ordine Al Merito Della Repubblica Italiana by Italian Consul General

Mayor Menino receives Merit Medal from CaptainEdoardo Giacomini of the Italian ship San Giusto andConsul General Liborio Stellino.

(Photo by Isabel Leon)Mayor Thomas M. Menino

was presented with the Ital-ian Medal of Honor, Com-mander of the Order to theMerit of the Italian Republic,the most senior order of

knighthood of the ItalianRepublic. Italian ConsulGeneral Liborio Stellino, whonominated Mayor Menino

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The annual Madonna Del Soccorso di Sciacca, Sicily feast celebrated 100 years inBoston’s North End. To help celebrate this momentous occasion the St. Peter’s Societyof Gloucester and fishermen joined in the celebration on Thursday, August 12, 2010.The society brought the statute of St. Peter to the North End and joined in theprocession with the Madonna del Soccorso and the blessing on the water at ChristopherColumbus Waterfront Park. For additional photos see page 8.

(Photos by Ross Photography, Rosario Scabin)

Madonna Del Soccorso Fisherman’s FeastCelebrate100 Year Anniversary

On Saturday, August 21,2010 from 4:00-8:00 PM the22nd Annual Eastie Pride DayCelebration will take placeat Piers Park on MarginalStreet, East Boston overlook-ing Boston Harbor. Since1989, Eastie Pride Day hasbrought together neighborsand friends to celebrate theEast Boston community andall it has to offer. Last year’sevent hosted over 2,500attendees and this year,Eastie Pride has evenmore to celebrate! The sum-mer event will commemor-ate the 40th Anniversary ofthe East Boston Neighbor-hood Health Center.

The East Boston Neighbor-hood Health Center hasbeen serving the neigh-borhood’s health care needssince it first opened its doorsin 1970. Since its inception,the Health Center hasgrown to become one of thelargest community healthcare centers in the country,serving more than 300,000patients each year. TheCenter is open 24 hours aday, 7 days a week, cater-ing to the needs of East

Boston and its surround-ing communities. Recently,the Health Center receiveda $12 million federal stimu-lus grant, allowing them toexpand their services, open-ing a new $20 million facil-ity in Maverick Square. For40 years, this communityorganization has been a vitalresource committed to thebetterment of our neighbor-hood’s quality of life.

So don’t miss out on the

fun! Come join us on Sat-urday, August 21st to cel-ebrate Eastie Pride Day andthank the East BostonNeighborhood Health Centerfor all that they do. Meet usat Piers Park to join thefestivities including livemusic, complimentary sailboat rides and excitingchildren’s activities, whileenjoying the variety of foodand drink in the company ofyour neighbors.

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Pillars of Victory or Memo-rial Columns were erectedin commemoration of thetriumphs of victorious gen-erals, naval victories oremperors. One of the well-known structures of this typeis the Column of Phocas. Itstands about 56 feet highand is the last of the monu-ments to be erected in theForum Romanum Mag-num. This column was con-structed of sections takenfrom ancient buildings andit was dedicated in A.D. 608by the Byzantine EmperorPhocas. At one time hisgilded statue stood on thesummit.

The Column of AntoninusPius was a monolith (a singlepiece of stone), constructed ofred Egyptian granite. It wasdiscovered broken in manypieces under a house nearthe Piazza di Spagna in 1704and could not be restored soit was used to mend a sun-dial obelisk on Monte Citorio.The pedestal remained in itsoriginal position for manyyears but in 1792 it wasmoved to the Giardino dellaPigna by Pope Pius VI.

Another of these struc-tures is the Column ofMarcus Aurelius. This col-umn was erected aboutA.D. 175 in commemorationof his victories over theGermanic tribes. This col-umn is considered to be apoor copy of the Column ofTrajan. Statues of MarcusAurelius and his wifeFaustina originally stood onthe summit. These disap-

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peared many years ago andthe statue of St. Paul wasplaced there in 1589.

The most famous and thebest preserved of all ancientPillars of Victory is the Col-umn of Trajan, which stoodbetween two libraries inhis Forum. The column wasdedicated to the Emperor inA.D. 114 as a result of hisvictory over the Dacians (anancient province near theDanube). Eighteen hundredyears later, this column isstill in an excellent state ofpreservation. The structureconsists of eighteen blocksof marble which were hol-lowed out so that the inter-nal portion formed a windingstaircase to the summit. Anornamental frieze covers

the entire exterior face ofthe column. This frieze is inlow relief and in the formof a spiral band three andone half feet wide and sixhundred feet long. A total of2,500 carved figures giveus a treasury of informationon the religion, militaryscience, habits and dress ofthe early Romans, which isfar more valuable than thou-sands of pages of descrip-tive writing or endless bookresearch.

There is the general andhis staff, the PraetorianGuards with their shoulderbelts, standard bearers andCenturions, the commonsoldier carrying enormousstakes, master masons, pio-neers with axes and crow-bars, lancers, cavalry androyal chargers, armoredhorsemen and Moorish cav-alry. Constructed bridgesand causeways are shownalong with military ma-chines attacking forts. Theconfusion of a defeated armyis also shown and all scenesare very vividly depicted. Thecolumn is about 12 feet indiameter and 97 feet high.The original statue of Trajanat the summit was replacedby one of St. Peter in the16th century. Trajan's asheswere at one time depositedin a golden urn in a pedes-tal compartment. The asheswere removed and the com-partment blocked up at alater date.

NEXT ISSUE: At Home inOld Rome, the Palaces of theEmperors.

Attorney Guy A. Carbone,a resident of Belmont, whoselaw office is located onBeacon Street in Boston, hasbeen engaged in a campaignfor Attorney General sinceMay 20, 2010. Because theRepublican Party did notnominate a candidate forAttorney General at itsnominating convention heldon April 17, 2010, no candi-date will appear on theRepublican primary ballot onSeptember 14, 2010, the datefor the statewide primaryelections. Soon after April 17,2010, senior members ofthe Republican State Com-mittee asked AttorneyCarbone if he would seek theRepublican nomination forAttorney General through awrite-in/sticker campaign

Carbone Announces Bid forMassachusetts Attorney General

which, under applicable law,is the only method by whichthe Republicans can have acandidate for Attorney Gen-eral in the general electionto be held on November 2,2010. On June 1, 2010, At-torney Carbone, his cam-paign chairman and generalchairman met with Jenni-

fer Nassour and MichaelRigas, the chairman andpolitical director, respec-tively, of the MassachusettsRepublican Party. On June23, 2010, the RepublicanState Committee discussedthe necessity for a write-in/sticker candidate for Attor-ney General, in particular,Attorney Carbone and hiswillingness to represent theParty. Attorney Carbone hastraveled throughout thestate meeting with citizenswho will vote in the Republi-can primary requestingtheir assistance in ensuringthat he receives at least10,000 write-ins or stickerplacements on the Republi-can primary ballot so his


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With only three weeks togo before the September14th Primary Election,here’s a brief listing of theRepublicans running for dis-trict offices in districts thatinclude all or part of Boston.

PAUL A. CARUCCIO ofWinthrop is running forExecutive Councillor (“Gov-ernor’s Councillor”) in theSixth District which in-cludes East Boston (WardOne), Charlestown (WardTwo), the North End, WestEnd, part of Beacon Hill, andDowntown (parts of WardThree and Ward Five), andparts of Allston/Brighton(parts of Ward 21 and Ward22). The district also in-cludes all or part of Arling-ton, Billerica, Burlington,Cambridge, Chelsea, Ever-ett, Lexington, Lynnfield,Malden, Medford, Melrose,Reading, Revere, Saugus,Somerville, Stoneham,Wakefield, Winchester,Woburn and Winthrop.

There are three Republi-cans running for Senator inthe General Court in Bostondistricts.

BARBARA T. BUSH ofCharlestown is running inthe Middlesex, Suffolk, andEssex District of Charles-town (Ward Two) and parts ofAllston/Brighton (parts ofWard 21 and Ward 22). Thisdistrict also includes all orpart of Cambridge, Chelsea,Everett, Revere, Saugus andSomerville.

In the First Suffolk andMiddlesex District, WestEnd resident FRANK JOHNADDIVINOLA, JR. is run-

ning in that district thatcovers East Boston (WardOne), the North End, WestEnd, part of Beacon Hill, andDowntown (parts of WardThree and Ward Five) as wellas all or parts of Cambridge,Revere and Winthrop.

BRAD WILLIAMS of WestRoxbury is running in theSuffolk and Norfork Districtof Roslindale, Hyde Park(part of Ward 18), JamaicaPlain (Ward 19) and WestRoxbury (Ward 20) as well asthe towns of Dedham,Norwood and Westwood.

We have two Boston can-didates for Representativein the General Court.

PATRICK JAMES BREN-NAN of South Boston is run-ning in the Fourth SuffolkDistrict of South Boston(Ward Six and Ward Seven)and parts of Dorchester(parts of Ward Seven, WardEight and Ward 13).

In the Eighth SuffolkDistrict BRAD MARSTONof Beacon Hill is runningin that district which in-cludes the West End (WardThree Precinct Five) parts ofBeacon Hill and Back Bay(parts of Ward Five). His dis-trict also includes Cam-bridge-port and some part ofthe eastern part of the Cityof Cambridge.

David Trumbull is thechairman of the Boston WardThree Republican Committee.Boston’s Ward Three includesthe North End, West End, partof Beacon Hill, downtown,waterfront, Chinatown, andpart of the South End.

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We visited the Villa Balbianello, a beau-tiful 18th century summer house well knownfor its gardens. The Villa was given toCarlotta, the daughter of Princess Marianneof Nassau, Albert’s of Prussia wife who gaveit to her daughter Carlotta as a gift on herwedding to Georg II of Saxen-Meiningen. Ona little peninsula jutting into the Lake isthe Villa Balbianello in the town of Lenno,south of Menaggio. It has been used in themovie “Star Wars” and the James Bondmovie “Casino Royal,” It was built in 1787for the cardinal Angelo Maria Durini and isknown for its elaborate terraced gardens.It was subsequently owned by severalothers people and finally in 1974 cameinto the possession of Italian explorer GuidoMonzino, who lead the first Italian ex-pedition to climb Mount Everest. He died in1988 and left the villa to the Italian Trust ofItaly.

One town that was a must see was thetown of Dongo located north of Menaggio onthe western bank of the lake. Jean, Phil andI took a ferry ride to see the town. Here iswhere Benito Mussolini was shot along withother members of the Fascist Party as theytried to get to Switzerland. We tried to visitthe Mussolini Museum there but found thatit was closed for renovations. After lunch inDongo we met a 90-year-old man while shop-ping who described to us the capture ofMussolini and his subsequent death.

On the 4th of July we were treated to a spec-tacular fireworks display, which the town ofVarenna put on. I’m sure they were not cel-ebrating the 4th but for us it was as thoughwe were down by the Charles River with thebest seats in the house. Even Olivia and Ellastayed up late to watch.

You can’t describe Italy and Lake Comowithout talking about the food we ate alongwith the wine we drank. For a few nightswe ate at home, my son-in-law Alex is apretty good cook, other times we ate at sev-eral restaurants high up in the hills over-looking the Lake. The restaurants Gina hadselected were highly rated and sent down avan to pick us up and drove us to the placewhere the view below of the towns and LakeComo were breathtaking. The dinners weredelicious, needless to say, and the firstthing you notice is the difference fromsouthern Italy. The fish from the Lake wasperch and the taste was great and presen-tation was eye catching. Dessert at one

place was a prune sorbet with Grappa.Delizioso!

We were so close to Lugano, Switzerland(about 27 Kilometers, or about 17 miles), thatGina put Monte Generosa on a must seevisit list. Our van showed up at 9:00 AM andwe were off to Switzerland. On our arrivalwe boarded the cog railway which slowlymade its way up the top of Monte Generosaproviding us a spectacular view of the moun-tains and the valleys below. From the top(1,704m above sea level or 5,581 ft) the sce-nic view was magnificent with the site ofLake Lugano below. Unexpected was thelittle chapel and playground at the top. A nicediversion for the kids.

Our last stop was in the city of Como.Como is located at the southern tip of thelake on the western side of the inverted Y.We spent two days here, did some shopping,eating, wine drinking, gelato eating andvisited the beautiful Duomo of Como as wellas a ride up to the top of the Funicular tothe town of Brunate. From this little townhigh up on the hill the view of Como belowis spectacular.

It was hard leaving Italy. We enjoyed thisvery relaxing and adventurous vacation verymuch. We ate, drank, partied, and downedmany varieties of gelato. Gina did a greatjob setting up the trip and it was a creditto her new enterprise of setting up tripsto Italy for families wishing to go there.We all had a very good time and wewould encourage all to visit Lake Como.Arrivederci, Lake Como!

A Family Trip to Lake Como, Italy (PART II)by James DiPrima

Lake Lugano, Switzerland from top ofMonte Generosa.

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Como, Italy(Photo by James DiPrima)

Villa Balbianello(Photo by Phil DiPrima)

For President Obama, there is no vacation fromvacillation. By the time he got to the beach this week-end, the controversy over his Friday speech seeminglysupporting the proposed mosque at the 9/11 site lefthim so rattled he could hardly wait to put on his flipflops.

Even the hastily arranged Gulf vacation itselfwas more of a placation, as in placating those whocomplained his family time off had not included theBP besieged Gulf shores, making his ringing words ofsupport ring hollow.

Soon after he arrived he hastened to hollow outhis words from the evening before, at the WhiteHouse dinner marking the Muslim holy month ofRamadan.

“Muslims have the same right to practice theirreligion as anyone else in this country” he declared,“And that includes the right to build a place of wor-ship and a community center on private property inLower Manhattan, in accordance with local laws andordinances.”

Right away, the opposition’s usual suspects werefoaming at the mouth. That was hardly a surprise, con-sidering their close attention to polls like CNN’s, whichshowed a 68 percent nationwide disapproval of thereligious center.

House Republican Leader John Boehner: “This is notan issue of law, whether religious freedom or localzoning. This is a basic issue of respect for a tragicmoment in our history.”

And of course we heard from the real Republicanleader Sarah Palin … She or one of her peeps tweeted“We all know that they have the right to do it, butshould they?”

We also must not overlook the man who jealouslywants to be the GOP leader, Newt Gingrich. He pouncedtoo, by accusing Obama of “pandering to radical Islam.”Gingrich knows about pandering.

Once again the President showed how adept hewas at shifting to reverse without even stopping:“I was not commenting,” he insisted, “And I will notcomment on the wisdom of making the decision to putthe mosque there. I was commenting very specif-ically on the right people have that dates back to ourfinding.”

Now what he had ignited were two fires, andsuddenly the White House felt compelled to extinguish

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Boston’s North Shore Musical Children’s Theatreis happy to announce that military families willagain have free admission to KaleidoscopeTheatre’s upcoming Magic of Storytime withCinderella and Snow White, in Saugus at the NorthShore Musical Children’s Theatre, 466 CentralStreet on Sunday, September 19th at 2:00 PM.

Since 2008 they have performed a monthlySunday series of Fairy Tale Musicals in Saugus.For 30 years they have performed at both the CapeCod Melody Tent and South Shore Music Circus.Recently they have added Boston’s Wilbur Theatreand Beverly’s North Shore Music Circus to theirlist of performance venues.

The Saugus location continues to offer freeadmission to military families. Also, with everypurchase of a Fairy Tale Musical ticket, you willreceive a free ticket to their continuing MagicSeries on Sunday, September 26th with Magic’s onlyTwo-Time Gold Medal Champion, George Saterial.To learn more about George, visit www.Saterial.comand for the Fairy Tale Musical Series visitwww.kaleidoscopechildrenstheatre.com.

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I’ve never been to the Fed-eral Hill section of Provi-dence, Rhode Island. I hadalways heard about it, butnever experienced it. Re-cently, I was down in theAttleboro area and decided totry the place for a lunch dateand it was simply great.Their Hanover Street isAtwells Avenue. It’s a bitwider but it comes with freeon-street parking whichwould be an impossibility inthe crowded North End.

It has an Italian Piazzawith a beautiful water foun-tain and the plaza is linedwith outside tables with largeumbrellas. On a sunny day,which it was, you felt like youwere somewhere in Italy. Ispent a wonderful afternoonstrolling along the avenue.All kinds of Italian shops.Numerous bakeries. You caneven buy a live chickenslaughtered. There used tobe one of them on RichmondStreet.

My father told me, mygrandmother would walkdinner home on a rope andkill it for dinner. I like mydinners packaged and foundin a supermarket aisle.

Federal Hill is so easy tofind, it is impossible to getlost getting there. TakeExit 21 on 1-95 South, jumpon Atwells Avenue, passOur Lady of Mount CarmelChurch and PRESTO you arethere. I ate at Contantino’sand the food was North Endgreat. Before leaving, Ibought a cannoli at apastry shop in the plaza thatranks up there with eitherMike’s or Modern Pastry onHanover Street.

I found out while wecelebrate the Madonna DelSoccorso Feast, they cel-ebrate the Feast of St. Rocco.

One little old Italian ladytold me Federal Hill wasbetter than the North End.She was a nice little oldlady but I had to set herstraight. I told her, “Nothingis better than Boston’sNorth End.” She shruggedher shoulders, probablysaid something bad in Ital-ian and walked away fromme. I loved walking FederalHill. I enjoyed talking withthe locals. However, theNorth End will always benumber 1 for me.

I believe in order to knowhow good the North End is,you have to compare it toother Little Italy’s across thecountry. I’ve heard Brooklyn’sLittle Italy is very nice andmaybe I’ll visit it to see formyself. Sadly, I’ve heardNew York City’s Little Italyhas been shrinking foryears and is now down to onestreet as Italian-Americanscontinue their assimilationinto the large Americansociety.

As far as Italian-Americannewspapers go, the Post-Gazette is tops. It has beenpublishing since 1896making it perhaps one ofthe oldest family-ownednewspapers in America. TheItalo-Americano newspaperout in California has beenprinted since 1908. Closer tohome, down in Federal Hill,they have a great paper, theFederal Hill Gazette whichhas been around for over16 years.

Whether I am walkingaround Hanover Street orAtwells Avenue, I am alwaysproud of my ethnic heritageand proud of the strugglesof my grandparents whocame to Boston’s North Endfrom Sciacca in Sicily overa hundred years ago tostart their American chap-ter for their family. I havepride in my heritage and thestruggles of those who camebefore us and prepared theway.

While I joked with the littleold lady about which placewas better, I think FederalHill is a great place tovisit and experience beingItalian without the Bostonaccent. Oh yeah, I alsoloved the free parking onAtwells Avenue.

Federal Hill is the North End with Free Parking

The Piazza at Providence’s Federal Hill.

Federal Hill has its ownOur Lady of Mount CarmelChurch just off Atwell’sAvenue.

U.S. companies issuedrisky junk bonds at a recordpace this week takingadvantage of investor appe-tite for yields amid declininginterest rates and a weakstock market. The borrowingcomes as the FederalReserve keeps interestrates near zero and yield ofU.S. government debt are atrecord lows. These levelsmake it easier for compa-nies with low credit ratingsto borrow from investors.Corporate borrowers withless than investment graderatings sold $15.4 billionin junk bonds this week.The month to date level is$21.1 billion, which is highfor August usually a quietmonth, which has seen anaverage of $6.5 billion overthe past decade. For theyear, the volume of U.S. junkbonds has exceeded 80%higher than a year ago andeasily on pace to surpassthe record $163.8 billiontotal for 2009. Investors havebeen buying these noninvestment grade bondsgrowing frustrated with thelow returns on safer treasur-ies and high grade corporatebonds. In recent decades,when we have an economicslowdown companies haveenjoyed lower borrowingrates, which have helpedcredit markets recover andkeep low rated companiesstay afloat, says ChrisGarman, head of GarmanResearch. When the Fedkeeps rates low, investorsinvest more into the highyield market, “It becomespart of a vicious cycle thatallows a lot of low ratedfirms to stay in business andrefinance their debt.” Therefinancing is positive forthe economy because theyhelp companies stay inbusiness with a lot of debt,

but they do little to createnew economic growth andonly delay the reckoning.First Data Corp. sold $510million of 10 year notes thisweek at 9.8%. Peabody En-ergy sold $610 million of 10year notes at 6.5% to pay offthe same amount due inthree years. Multiplan, Inc.,a health care provider, sold$675 million of notes to helpfund a buyout of the com-pany. Cott Corp., a maker ofsoft drinks, sold $375 mil-lion at 8c% to fund its take-over of another company,Cliffstar Corp. On Thursday,Johnson & Johnson, with aAAA rating sold 10 year bondsthat yielded 3.5% or .43 ba-sis points, more than com-parable U.S. treasury notes,an unusual low rate. JamesMerli, head of bond tradingat Wormura Securities saysthat at some point “investorswill demand a higher pre-mium to treasury rates,”he says. “Can risk premiumscontinue to hold in whenabsolute yields are solow,” he says. The insuranceboom is partly the result ofpent up demand from Mayand June. The high yieldbond funds have been therecipient of these funds withnet inflows of $3.5 billion.With positive inflows sincethe middle of July and earlyAugust it absorbed all thenew issues. Market partici-pants predict yields thatmove opposite to prices, willrise further.

Shoppers showed cautionand restraint in July under-scoring the economy’s weakforecast for the second halfof this year. Retail sales roseat 4% in July, their first gainin three months. But whenincreases in autos and gaso-line are excluded, sales weredown 0.1%. Groceries, cloth-ing and electronics all posted

declines. The retail num-bers all added to evidencethat the economy is losingsteam as all posted declines.The University of MichiganIndex of Consumer Senti-ment barely improved inJuly rising 1.8 points to 69.6.JC Penney lowered its profitguidelines from $1.64 to$1.40/$1.50/share due toslow demand. Sears HoldingCorp’s John Goodman, Ex-ecutive Vice Presidentssays, “We fight every day todraw people into stores.”Kohl’s Corp. trimmed itsoutlook and CEO KevinMansell says he sees a con-sumer that’s reluctant tospend. Sears Roebuck hasadjusted its pricing to offer“every day great volume.”U.S. consumer prices rose.3% in July from June, thefirst gain in four monthsdue to higher gas prices, theLabor Department said Fri-day.” Excluding food andenergy prices rose only0.1%. Prices were up only1.2% from last July and stood0.9% above last year’s level,excluding food and energy.According to JP MorganChase, consumer spendingrose only 3%/year andthrough most of the 1990s.Consumers are focusingon paying down debt andrebuilding savings. Unem-ployment at 9.5% is expectedto remain high with em-ployees reluctant to hirewith the uncertainty inthe economy. Retailers arefrustrated as the practice ofusing a few lower prices tolure consumers into theirstores is not working any-more as battered, bargainhungry buyers keep retailsales weak.

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“A Memorial Mass will beoffered for the repose of thesoul of Father Thomas MoreNicastro O.F.M. on Thursday,September 30, 2010 at12:00 Noon at St. Leonard’sChurch, Hanover Street,Boston, (North End).

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Father was the Principal ofthe former ChristopherColumbus High School in theNorth End from 1949 until1964.”

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You will lose your house, your car and your money,if you are in the illegal drug business.

Massachusetts General Laws Chapter 94C Section 47forfeiture of property reads as follows:

Section 47. (a) The follow-ing property shall be subjectto forfeiture to the common-wealth and all property rightstherein shall be in the com-monwealth:

(1) All controlled sub-stances which have beenmanufactured, delivered,distributed, dispensed or ac-quired in violation of thischapter.

(2) All materials, products,and equipment of any kindwhich are used, or intendedfor use, in manufacturing,compounding, processing,delivering, dispensing, dis-tributing, importing, or ex-porting any controlled sub-stance in violation of thischapter.

(3) All conveyances, in-cluding aircraft, vehicles orvessels used, or intended foruse, to transport, conceal, orotherwise facilitate themanufacture, dispensing,distribution of or possessionwith intent to manufacture,dispense or distribute, a con-trolled substance in viola-tion of any provision of sec-tion thirty-two, thirty-two A,thirty-two B, thirty-two C,thirty-two D, thirty-two E,thirty-two F, thirty-two G,thirty-two I, thirty-two J orforty.

(4) All books, records, andresearch, including formu-las, microfilm, tapes anddata which are used, or in-tended for use, in violationof this chapter.

(5) All moneys, negotiableinstruments, securities orother things of value fur-nished or intended to be fur-nished by any person in ex-change for a controlled sub-stance in violation of thischapter, all proceeds trace-able to such an exchange,including real estate andany other thing of value, and

all moneys; negotiable in-struments, and securitiesused or intended to be usedto facilitate any violation ofany provision of sectionthirty-two, thirty-two A,thirty-two B, thirty-two C,thirty-two D, thirty-two E,thirty-two F, thirty-two G,thirty-two I, thirty-two J, orforty.

(6) All drug paraphernalia.(7) All real property, includ-

ing any right, title, andinterest in the whole ofany lot or tract of land andany appurtenances or im-provements thereto, whichis used in any manner orpart, to commit or to facili-tate the commission of aviolation of any provision ofsection thirty-two, thirty-twoA, thirty-two B, thirty-two C,thirty-two D, thirty-two E,thirty-two F, thirty-two G,thirty-two I, thirty-two J, orforty.

(8) All property which isused, or intended for use, asa container for propertydescribed in subparagraph(1) or (2).

(d) A district attorney or theattorney general may peti-tion the superior court in thename of the Commonwealthin the nature of a proceed-ing in rem to order forfeitureof a conveyance, real prop-erty, moneys or other thingsof value subject to forfeiture.The court shall order thecommonwealth to give no-tice by certified or regis-tered mail to the owner ofsaid conveyance, real prop-erty, moneys or other thingsof value and to such otherpersons as appear to havean interest therein, and thecourt shall promptly, but notless than two weeks afternotice, hold a hearing onthe petition. At such hear-ing the court shall hear evi-

dence and make conclu-sions of law and shall there-upon issue a final order,from which the parties shallhave a right of appeal. Inall such suits where a finalorder results in a forfeiture,said final order shall providefor disposition of said convey-ance, real property, moneysor any other thing of valueby the commonwealth orany subdivision thereof inany manner not prohibitedby law, including official useby an authorized law en-forcement or other publicagency, or sale at public auc-tion or by competitive bid-ding. The proceeds of anysuch sale shall be used to paythe reasonable expenses ofthe forfeiture proceedings,seizure, storage, mainte-nance of custody, advertis-ing, and notice, and the bal-ance thereof shall be distrib-uted as further provided inthis section.

The final order of thecourt shall provide that saidmoneys and the proceeds ofany such sale shall bedistributed equally betweenthe prosecuting district at-torney or attorney generaland the city, town or statepolice department involvedin the seizure. If more thanone department was sub-stantially involved in theseizure, the court havingjurisdiction over the for-feiture proceeding shalldistribute the fifty percentequitably among thesedepartments.

If you are in the illegaldrug business this meansthe government gets yourproperty and divides it upamongst the District Attor-ney, the Attorney General,the city and the police. Youmay not only lose everythingyou will end up in prison.

Recent visitors to the Post-Gazette were Angelo and MaryGiarratani of Fort Myers, Florida. Angelo grew up at 88Prince Street before his family moved to the “country”in East Somerville. Angelo is the cousin of Sal Giarratani.Here in the photo is Angelo and Mary dining at ReginaPizza.

(Photo by Sal Giarratani)

Angelo and Mary GiarrataniVisit the North End

Joey “A-Rod” Lanza tooktime out from theFisherman’s Feast topose for the camera. Joeywas easy to spot at thefeast. Just look for hisYankee jersey withnumber 13 on the back.

(Photo bySal Giarratani)

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S imp le TIMES . . . by Girard A. Plante

Everywhere you walk orstroll or ride in Bostontreasures aplenty await.Historic sites such asBunker Hill, the StateHouse, Boston Common,the Old North Church andPaul Revere’s home arebut a few of the most con-spicuous places to see.

Then there’s the seem-ingly endless statues ofpeople who made history bythe positions they held – ei-ther appointed, elective, orsimply because their ac-tions or writings createdcause to honor them. Turnleft and look upon the frozen-in-time stare or distantgaze. Turn right and you seethe serious stance depictingAmerica’s heroes and hero-ines. Straight ahead standsa towering George Washing-ton sitting forever trium-phantly on his rugged horse.

Still other prizes catchyour eye as you pass quicklyby a building or cemeteryor street sign adorned withbronze plaque. Those incred-ible discoveries stand outas my favorite. It’s the ele-ment of surprise thatmakes that unique findworth the lengthy strollthrough Boston’s streets.And that’s exactly what hap-pened to me last Saturday asI headed east on Common-wealth Avenue, a block fromthe Public Garden, to reachthe wonderful new T stop atArlington Street. I love theavailability of the GreenLine as it allows me to trekto Boston spontaneously onplacid weekends from myhome in Newton!

On the outdoor wall nextto the oak door leading tothe cozy home tucked insidea classic brownstone onCommonwealth Avenue, Ispied a plaque the shape ofa woman’s profile, hairtucked in a bun at the backof her head that’s commonof 19th century hairstyle.

I try to not look like a tour-ist by craning my neck toread a plaque or sign. I’mnever comfortable inchingclose to the front stoop ofsomebody’s home — excep-tion being a brief respitefrom summer’s searing sununder a small tree. Yet thethrill of learning who madehistory in a home I’vepassed countless times drewme to a space next to thesteps, close enough to readthe faded plaque withoutinvading the privacy of itsinhabitants.

Amy Beach lived in thatbrownstone a hundred yardsfrom the Public Garden (I’mnot sharing the address).She earned fame as the firstwoman to compose a Sym-phony, and performed thefamous “Gaelic” creationwith the Boston SymphonyOrchestra in October 1896,two years after beginningthe laborious work of musi-cal art. With that public per-formance, Beach receivedrave reviews and became“one of the boys” as the com-poser George WhitefieldChadwick called her. Only

men were symphoniststhen; women were soloists.

Beach’s trailblazing musi-cal talents started at agefour when she began playingpiano. By 16, she gave herpiano debut in Boston, whereher family relocated in 1875.Amy’s favorite pianist wasChopin, whose works sheperformed frequently. Beachchose Irish music for herGaelic Symphony because ofthe wealth of its musical his-tory in America for nearly acentury. Her talents includedsinging. And she wrote herfirst song from the poem“The Rainy Day,” written byHenry Wadsworth Longfellow.

Because academic incli-nations were limited forwomen in the 19th century,Beach thrived in scienceand learned to speak Ger-man and French fluently.Her mother is primarily re-sponsible for educating Amyat home. Her public pianoconcertos were many duringthe mid-1880s. But AmyMarcy Cheney, her maidenname, stopped performingpublicly upon marryingDr. Henry Beach, 24 yearsolder than the acclaimedartist, in December 1885.After marriage, Amy onlyperformed publicly for chari-table causes.

A professor at Harvard,Dr. Beach also had a careeras a surgeon. For all of Amy’ssuccesses as composer,which originated from herfavorite poems, she took aspecial interest in strug-gling musicians. Amy gen-erously held events in herCommonwealth Avenuehome every Wednesday. Theelite of Boston society at-tended the gatherings thatincluded the young musi-cians she sought to improveon their artistic aspirations.

Upon Dr. Beach’s death in1910, Amy went to Europe.She grew popular in perform-ing and continued compos-ing. Her Gaelic Symphonyearned wide praise there.When World War I struckin 1914, Amy decided tomove to New York City,where she resided the restof her life. She also kept acottage on Cape Cod. Amyperformed as she touredAmerica the rest of her life.On December 27, 1944, asthe close of World War IIswept across Europe, AmyBeach passed away in herManhattan home.

And just as the surprisesof discovering the historicalgems in Boston lead us tostill more surprises uponpiquing our interest or push-ing us to research, I’ll leaveyou to either wonder the restof the full history of AmyBeach, America’s greatestwoman composer, or to con-tinue to learn more abouther.

Surely the best place toresearch her rich storywould be the Boston PublicLibrary. Now there’s anarchitectural gem that holdshistory dating to the begin-nings of our nation — andmuch more!

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Those of us who call Mas-sachusetts their home arespoiled by the many advan-tages the State offers. Wehave some of the bestschools and hospitals in thenation, wonderful museumsand libraries, and in sportsa great bunch of teams tocheer on. In music we havethe Boston Symphony andPops and the many local en-sembles that enrich ourlives in countless ways, ourlist of advantages seemsendless but perhaps ourgreatest and certainly ourmost cherished is Cape Cod;that hook-like protrusion ofour landscape recognized byvacationers from around theworld as a very special placeto visit and if you’re lucky,

An Unexpected Encounterby Bennett Molinari and Richard Molinari

call home.Several weeks ago we de-

cided to take a long weekendon the Cape and meet upwith our cousins who werevacationing in Chatham.Saturday could not come fastenough, we loaded the oldSaab, pointed her south andwere on our way out of Bos-ton, anxious to cross theSagamore Bridge and at longlast make our way along theback roads of the Cape. Be-fore meeting up with ourcousins, we promised closefriends in Harwichport thatwe would drop by for lunch.Mike and Britta are avid gar-deners, they were anxiousto show us their latest ac-quisitions, for our part wewere just anxious to see our

old friends; it had beennearly a year since we lastgot together. After showingus their latest plants, we satdown to a delicious lunchprepared by Britta. Wequickly caught up on news,spoke about our respectivefamilies and our immediateplans and of course remi-nisced about the many pastexperiences we shared to-gether. After a visit that wasmuch too short we were onour way to Chatham, excitedto see our cousins and spendsome time with them.

We arrived at our hotel at3:30 in the afternoon, metup with our cousins andwithin minutes were on thebeach where we spent theremainder of the day. It wasthat evening after dinnerthat we had an encounterwith the natural world likenothing we had ever experi-enced. We had returned tothe beach to meet up withsome friends, it was earlyevening and the stars werebeginning to make their ap-pearance. Gradually the skybecame filled with stars, asight seldom seen in thesmoke filled sky of Boston.


The BRA Board concludedthe Greenway District Plan-ning Study process by adopt-ing the new use and develop-ment guidelines that werecreated through a publicplanning process. The plan-ning process was conductedby BRA staff in conjunctionwith Utile, a consultant teamthat the BRA hired. The pro-cess included seven publicmeetings that were well at-tended. The final programand use guidelines encour-age residential, hotel andmixed-use development, ac-tive ground-floor and street-scape designs, ground-floorretail programming with thegoal of animating park edgesand contributing new popula-tions to the Greenway and the

BRA Adopts New Greenway District GuidelinesDowntown. Additionally, doz-ens of massing alternativesfor more than 20 key parcelsof land or redevelopmentsites along the Greenwayedges were explored and stud-ied. A careful examination ofnearby or historic heightswere used for context and toestablish appropriate rela-tionships between the exist-ing built environment andpotential new construction.

To ensure that no onebuilding or collection of build-ings dominates the Green-way in terms of its scale, ori-entation, or architecture, theteam examined potentialmassing studies from theperspective of the park user.Heights were also carefullyanalyzed for their potential to

cast large or lengthy newshadows on the park parcels.Final height recommenda-tions range from buildingsbetween 175-200 feet alongthe waterfront to buildingsranging as tall as 400-600feet on the city side of theGreenway.

The objective of the studywas to create a set of guide-lines specifically for the par-cels adjoining the Greenway,with the following goals:

• preserve the newly cre-ated open spaces (environ-mentally, aesthetically, andeconomically) by identifyingdensities, height, and otherbuilding massing criteriacompatible with the recre-ational activities and horti-cultural life that are beingencouraged to grow there;

• Activate the broader pub-lic realm in and surroundingthe parks by identifying andstrategically locating desireduses, particularly at theground plane, that will con-tribute positively to theGreenway;

• Ensure the long-termvalue of the public’s invest-ment in creating the Green-way by shaping developmentto maximize the quality of theparks and extend their im-pact beyond its edges to theDowntown neighborhoods;

• Balance the developmentpressures within the Green-way District and with othergrowth areas and develop-ment opportunities in theCity as a whole.

The guidelines will beimplemented in conjunctionwith the BRA’s developmentreview process, until suchtime that a set of zoning con-trols can be enacted. Thenext step to codifying theseguidelines will be to developzoning controls, which will bepresented to the BRA Boardat a later date.


Mrs. Murphy . . . As I See ItOn Saturday, Au-gust 21st, the 22nd

annual EastiePride Day cel-

ebration will be held at PiersPark on Marginal Streetoverlooking Boston Harbor.Since 1989 Eastie Pride Dayhas brought together neigh-bors and friends to celebratethe East Boston communityand all it has to offer. Lastyear’s event hosted over2,500 attendees and thisyear, Eastie Pride has evenmore to celebrate! The sum-mer event will commemo-rate the 40th anniversaryof the E.B. NeighborhoodHealth Center. So don’t missout on the fun! Come joinEastie Pride Day this Sat-urday and celebrate. Fest-ivities include live music,dancing and exciting chil-dren’s activities, while en-joying a variety of food anddrink in the company of yourneighbors! See you there! ...The E.B. Health Center hasbeen serving the neigh-borhood’s health care needssince it first opened itsdoors in 1970. Since its in-ception, the health centerhas grown to become one ofthe largest communityhealth centers in the coun-try, serving more than300,000 patients each year.Recently the health centerreceived a $12 million fed-eral stimulus grant, allowingthem to expand their ser-vices, opening a new $20million facility in MaverickSquare. For 40 years, this

community organizationhas been a vital resourcecommitted to the better-ment of our neighborhood’squality of life ... The casinobill is dead until January, inpart because the Governorrefused to sign. It appearsthere wasn’t enough in it forhim! According to sources,he’s difficult to work with ifhe doesn’t get his own way.Is it possible that Tim Cahillis a straw so Patrick will winagain. Don’t let that happen!Cahill doesn’t have a snow-ball’s chance in hell of win-ning, and a vote for him isa vote for Patrick ... HeardState Representative CarloBasile is backing Charliebaker, GOOD CHOICE ...Richard Tisei, candidate forlieutenant governor, held asuccessful fundraiser cruisearound the harbor recentlyattracting many supporterswho want to break away fromthe democrats ... When youdrive by Elite Donut in DaySquare it looks like a littlecafe in Paris with an um-brella table, chairs, and hugesidewalk pots. The scent offlowers fill the air. However,Elite has had to replace sev-eral hanging flower potsthroughout the summer sto-len by vandals with nothingbetter to do. Take pride inyour city, report any activityyou believe to be criminal topolice ... She’s vacationingin private with her daugh-ter. The buxom first ladyMichelle traveling with anentourage of security is flit-

ting from one place to theother having a great time onour tax dollars. Followingtheir vacation in the Floridagulf where Mr. President wasphotographed in the oceanwith daughter Sasha show-ing off the clean gulf waters.Good enough for the pencilwith ears and his daughterto swim in. Oh, how theObama family love theirFREE vacations! ... Only inAmerica! ... A smashing suc-cess! The Viking PrideFoundation of Winthrop helda spectacular fundraisingevent recently. The eventwas the rave of the town!Tables were set up on thefootball field, plus seats inthe bleachers, and peoplewere treated to the enter-tainment of Tavares, and ahot new act, The DefnnyTerrio Dance Party openedthe show. The field was filledto capacity with partygoers, complete with a dancefloor, and a variety of foodstands. Liquor was alsoavailable for those over 21.The entire evening wasa blast. Proceeds went tobenefit the children ofWinthrop ... On August 28th

disco icons, the VillagePeople will be appearing atthe Ocean Club Marina Bayin Quincy, summer’s hottestscene. Tickets are on salenow and are available atTicketweb.com. For more infocall 617-689-0600. Both ofthese fabulous events areproduced by David OriolaManagement ... Till next time!

Italia Unita’s LanguageCourses are being offeredfor the Fall. Italia Unita isaccepting adult students forits Fall session of “ParliamoL’italiano.” Italia Unita isoffering a basic/intermedi-ate level course of the Italianlanguage. The course willbe offered at the YMCA,215 Bremen Street, EastBoston, from 6:30-8PM for10 weeks.

The Italian course willbe offered on Tuesday eve-nings beginning on Tuesday,September 14, 2010. Thebasic course is for studentswho have little or no experi-ence with the Italianlanguage. The goal of thecourse is to familiarize the

students with the phoneticsand grammar to developspeaking, reading, and writ-ing skills in basic Italian.Classes are offered for adults18 years or older.

Children Classes will beoffered for ages 4-7 years old.Classes will be held on Sat-

urdays beginning Septem-ber 11, 2010 from 10AM-11:30AM and will run for 8weeks. The course will beoffered at the YMCA, 215Bremen Street, East Boston.

For an application pleaselog onto www.italiaunita.orgor call 617-561-3201.

Italian Classes Offered by Italia Unita

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ST. DOMENIC August 22 Procession Only - North Square 2 pm

ST. ANTHONY August 27, 28, 29 Endicott & Thacher Sts. Sunday Procession 12 pm

ST. LUCY August 30 Monday Procession - Endicott St. 5 pm

Lawrence, MAFEAST OF THE THREE SAINTS September 3 - 5 Saints Alfi o, Filadelfo and Cirino Common & Union St., Lawrence Sunday Procession 3 pm

Cambridge FestivalSS COSMAS AND DAMIAN September 11 - 12 Warren and Cambridge St., Cambridge Info: Call 617-354-7992

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Madonna del Soccorso Celebrates 100th Annual Feast

Madonna del Soccorso Society Members.

Members from St. Peter’s Society, Gloucesterarrive with St. Peter to join the Madonna forthe Annual Blessing of the Waters.

Future members ofMadonna del Soccorso Society. Blessing of the Fishing Waters.

Boston’s Premier Acappella Group “Street Magic”.

2010 Flying AngelDiane Karamourtopoulos

The Famous “Flight of the Angel”Side Angel

Ciara Rose D’AmicoSide Angel

Jessica Palazzolo

The Madonna is brought out of the Chapel to mark thebeginning of the Feast.

President of the Madonna delSoccorso Society Raymond BonoGeany and Anna Salamanca.

Sorrento Cheese La Cucina ItalianaCooking Demonstrations withSorrento’s Chef Marco.

Solemn Outdoor Mass in Honor ofLa Madonna del Soccorso di Sciacca.

Sorrento Cheese Tower Building participants. First place winner wasDonna DiPrisco. Judging the contest were the Angels.

The Grand Procession through the streets of the NorthEnd with marching bands.



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The 15th annual perfor-mance by the award-win-ning Express Yourself wasrecently held at the CitiWang Theater stage featur-ing the artistic talents ofmore than 125 youths from14 Department of MentalHealth (DMH) programs inthe Greater Boston Area.

Titled Red Hot & Blue, theshow was the culmination ofmany year-long creativearts, dance and theatreworkshops that comprise theunique multi-disciplinaryperforming-arts program.Last year, Express Yourselfwas honored to receive the“2009 Coming Up TallerAward,” one of only 15 pro-grams selected nationally bythe President’s Committeeon the Arts and Humanities.

Among performance high-lights were: West Africandrummer John Camara andthe Express Yourself drum-mers, who had performed atthe Kennedy Center for the“2009 Coming Up TallerAward” celebration; MashpeeWampanoag Annawon Wee-den’s Native AmericanDancing & Drumming; Lor-raine LeBlanc from the Lon-

don company of STOMP;Gloucester’s Old Cold TaterBlue Grass Band; and inter-national jazz musician StanStrickland, to name but afew.

Under the direction of Ex-press Yourself co-foundersStan Strickland and PaulaConrad, Red Hot & Bluebrought together dance,song, and multi-media ef-fects in a high-energy showfilled with compelling andinfectious rhythms.

Scenery and sets for RedHot & Blue included colorfulsubways, water fountains, aNew Orleans Jazz club, andNative American paintings– all created during severalExpress Yourself workshops,held in collaboration withprofessional visual artistsand college arts programs.

Since 1989, more than1,400 youth have workedcollaboratively with artistsand celebrities such as BlueMan Group; STOMP castmembers; Keith Lockhart,conductor of the Boston Pops;and Broadway dancers.

For more informationabout Express Yourself, visitwww.expressyourselfinc.org.

……. Ron Della Chiesa’sTribute to Frank SinatraDance Party takes place onWednesday, August 25 from7 p.m. to 11:15 p.m. at theClarion Nantasket BeachResort Hotel, in Hull.

Accompanied by the18-piece Beantown SwingOrchestra, crooner JohnStevens, whose spot-onemulation of Sinatra’s sing-ing style and mannerism’smade him an AmericanIdol finalist, will sing the bighits of Frank Sinatra, DeanMartin, Bobby Darin, HarryConnick Jr. and more.

We are all invited “toenjoy a fantastic and magi-cal evening of music anddancing.” For tickets andmore information, visitwww.musicnotnoise.com.

……. We are also invited toenjoy a night of dancing,music, hors d’oeuvres, andtop-shelf cocktails on Thurs-day, August 26 at Commu-nity Boating’s annualfundraiser, the Raise theSails Gala, at the LibertyHotel Ballroom while raisingmoney in support of Commu-nity Boating’s youth andadaptive sailing programs.The fun begins at 6:30 p.m.

Guests will be automati-cally entered in a chance towin a variety of door prizes.They can also enter a raffleto win great prizes includinga pair of round trip ticketsto AirTran Airways to thedestination of your choice,a private chartered DuckTour, or a night’s stay at theluxurious Liberty Hotel.

Once the Charles StreetJail, this converted hotel issituated in the heart ofBeacon Hill and is the spon-sor and host of this event.All of the proceeds will di-rectly support the Junior andUniversal Access Programs.

Community Boating offerssailing for all in the Juniorand Universal Access pro-grams. All area youth age 10to 18 with proof of swimming

DMH Commissioner Barbara Leadholm, right,with Express Yourself singer Wanetta Jacksonand “Angels in America” Broadway directorGeorge C. Wolfe, who was representing thePresident’s Commission on the Arts and theHumanities from Washington D.C.

(Photo by Roger Farrington)

Guest artist Mashpee Wampanoag AnnawonWeeden, Express Yourself co-director PaulaConrad and Diane Gosselin, left to right.


are given the opportunity tosail for 10 weeks in the sum-mer for only one dollar. TheUniversal Access Program,with the help of dedicatedstaff and customized boats,gives those who need specialattention or assistance achance to experience a spe-cial afternoon, learning theart of sailing or enjoying atherapeutic boat ride alongthe Charles River.

Tickets for the Gala areavailable at CommunityBoating’s front office or ontheir Web site. For more in-formation, call 617-523-1038or visit www.community-boating.org.

……. Looking ahead: Afterhosting more than 67,000visitors to its inauguralFlower & Garden Show lastMarch, consumer show pro-ducer Paragon Group ofNeedham is pleased toannounce the theme of itsupcoming 2011 floral ex-travaganza: A Burst of Color:Celebrating the ContainerGarden.

The Show returns toBoston’s Seaport World TradeCenter from Wednesday,March 16 through Sunday,March 20, focusing on theendless creative possibili-ties of container garden-ing and showcasing dozensof ways to add vibrancy,warmth, and drama to anysize space — a sunny wel-

come on a city terrace, agourmet harvest in a subur-ban side yard, or a fresh focalpoint for a mature landscape.

Set to the backdrop of morethan 25 garden displays bycutting-edge landscape pro-fessionals and area nurser-ies, the show will feature 28lectures including those bygarden writers Ellen OgdenEcker and Tovah Martin, 30gardening demonstrationsfrom leading experts andgardening groups such asthe New England Rose Soci-ety and Ikebana Interna-tional, and daily cookingsegments from local gurussuch as garden chef CaroleMurko of Heirloom Mealsand the culinary team at theMuseum of Fine Arts Boston.

Visitors will enjoy dailychildren’s gardening activi-ties, two hundred vendorsfeaturing hundreds of thenewest products, as well aschances to take home someexciting giveaways.

Tradition will continueas the Massachusetts Hor-ticultural Society and the

Guest artist Nancy Ostrovsky, left, andCommissioner Heidi Reed of the MassachusettsCommission for the Deaf.


Red Hot & Blue committee members, left to right, KateStavis, Therese Melden and Robyn Milbury.



The East Boston Columbus Day Parade CommitteePresents

An Evening of Music and ComedySaturday - August 28th

Doors open at 6:30 Light Buffet at 7:30Featuring

Steve Sweeney

Contact:

Joe Ruggiero: 617-590-3035

e-mail:

[email protected]

World Renowned Vocalists

North Shore Acapella

Tickets

$45.00

Hank Morse

The Madonna Queen Shrine Hall

147 Gladstone St. East Boston, MA

Accompanied

by

Local Guy and

Vegas Favorite

Johnny Pizzi

Boston Gal,

Comedienne and

Actress

Patty Ross

And

Musical

Impressionist

DJ Barry Mooney

THE BANNEN WAY (DVD)Sony Pictures Home Ent.Check out this hip, action-

packed, sexy, full-length fea-ture film about Neal Bannen(Mark Gantt), a charming conman with a penchant forbeautiful women, caught be-tween the mob and the cops.Bannen’s goal is to completeone more job to pay off hisdebt to a notorious gangster.Robert Forster plays Ban-nen’s mob boss uncle, withMichael Ironside as thepolice Chief, and VanessaMarcil in the role of Bannen’spartner-in-crime. (1 hr. 34mins.).

SESAME STREET:20 YEARS AND STILL

COUNTING! (DVD)Lionsgate

Hosted by Bill Cosby,“Sesame Street: 20 Years andStill Counting!” includes ap-pearances by favorite Ses-ame Street residents likeBig Bird, Grover, Bob andMaria. It also features time-less clips from past episodes,performances by Ray Charlesand famed tenor PlacidoDomingo, and in-depth in-terviews with the series’ cre-ators. Sweep the clouds awayand rediscover the carefreedays of childhood with thisdelightful special! 20 greatyears! (48 mins.).

BATMAN: UNDER THERED HOOD (DVD)

Warner Home VideoBatman faces his ultimate

challenge as the mysteriousRed Hood takes Gotham Cityby firestorm. One part vigi-lante and one part criminalkingpin, Red Hood beginscleaning up Gotham City withthe efficiency of Batman, butwithout following the sameethical code. When theJoker falls in the balancebetween the two, hard truthsare revealed and old woundsare reopened. The stellarvoice cast features BruceGreenwood, Jensen Acklesand Neil Patrick Harris. JohnDiMaggio and Jason Isaacsround out the main cast asThe Joker and Ra’s Gl Ghul,respectively. (1 hr. 15 mins.).

THE WRONGED MAN(DVD)

Sony Pictures Home Ent.Based on a true story, “The

Wronged Man” stars JuliaOrmond as Janet “Prissy”Gregory, the legal secretarywho spent more than twentyyears trying to free an inno-cent man from prison. Whilereassigning the cases of herlate boss, Prissy has troublegetting a lawyer to representinmate Calvin Willis (Maher-shalalhashbaz Ali), an Afri-can-American man wronglyaccused of raping a younggirl. Prissy decides to handlethe case herself, not an-ticipating the personalstruggles she must face.(1 hr. 29 mins.).

IP MAN (Blu-ray-DVD)Well Go Usa —

Mandarin FilmsIp Man, starring Donnie

Yen, is the award-winningfilm adaptation about the lifestory of Ip Man, grandmasterof Wing Chun and mentor tolegendary kung fu superstarBruce Lee. Set in Fo Shan,China during the Sino-Japa-nese War, Ip Man vividlybrings to life the brutality ofthe infamous Japanese oc-cupation, where proud menare forced to fight till theirdeath for a bag of rice. IpMan, whose fighting skillsare revered all over China,rises to the top. Refusing toteach his martial arts to theinvading Japanese soldiers,he is forced to fight for thehonor of his country in a kill-or-be-killed showdown withJapan’s greatest fighter.(1 hr. 47 mins.).

FLIGHT OF THECONCHORDS:

THE COMPLETECOLLECTION (5-DVD)

HBO Home EntertainmentA special 5-DVD collection

includes “Flight of the Con-chords: The Complete Col-lection,” and “Flight of theConchords: The CompleteSecond Season” along withthe never-before-released“Flight of the Conchords: OneNight Stand.” “Conchords”sparked critical raves andearned ten Emmy nomina-tion. The show follows thedesperate lives of New Zea-land natives Jemaine Clem-ent and Bret McKenzie whostruggle to jump-start theirmusic career in New YorkCity. Bret and Jemaine con-tend with unrequited love,inept criminals, prostitu-tion, and epileptic dogs,breaking into song, theyclumsily try to break intothe New York scene. (11 hrs.30 mins).

AFTER.LIFE (DVD)Anchor Bay Entertainment

After a horrific car acci-dent, Anna (Christina Ricci)wakes up to find the localfuneral director Eliot Deacon(Liam Neeson) preparing herbody for her funeral. Con-fused, terrified and feelingstill very much alive, Annadoesn’t believe she’s dead,despite the funeral direc-tor’s reassurances that sheis merely in transition to theafterlife. Eliot convinces herhe has the ability to commu-nicate with the dead and isthe only one who can helpher. Anna’s grief-strickenboyfriend Paul (Justin Long)still can’t shake the naggingsuspicion that Eliot isn’twhat he appears to be. As thefuneral nears, Paul getscloser to unlocking the dis-turbing truth, but could Annahave already begun to crossover to the other side! (1 hr.43 mins.).

For events going on in Massachusettsthis SUMMER,

call the Massachusetts Office of Travel & TourismWeb site at www.massvacation.com.

For a complimentary Massachusetts Getaway Guide,call 1-800-447-MASS, ext. 300.

The U.S. Coast Guard celebrated their 220th birthday with an outdoor party betweenthe North End U.S. Coast Guard Base and the Mirabella Pool. The U.S. Air Force Bandof Liberty’s rock band, Afterburner, provided the live musical entertainment. Bandmembers included Kim Lively, Gary Noel, Eric Pantalone, Jeff Saunders, BennyWeidemann and Tim Reeder. The band’s motto is “Inspiring our Air Forces and thegreat nation we serve through music.” And the music was indeed inspiring, especiallyKim Lively who belted out a great rendition of “Respect.” I thought it was ArethaFranklin. She was that good. (Photo by Sal Giarratani)

Coast Guard Celebrates with Birthday Party

Burlington Sons of Italy Lodge #2223 Italian Language ClassesThe Burlington Sons of

Italy, Lodge #2223 is offeringItalian language classes tothose interested in acquiringlevels of proficiency with thelanguage or learn about thecountry of Italy. In addition tothe language, classes will ex-plore the culture, terrain,people and culinary arts ofItaly.

Two ten-week courses willbe offered: Beginner 1 & 2;Intermediate 1 & 2 and Ad-vanced. The first ten weeksession will begin in Septem-ber, 2010 and the second tenweek session will begin inJanuary, 2011.

Beginner 1 & 2 classes andIntermediate 1 & 2 classeswill meet on Wednesday eve-nings at St. Margaret’s Schoolon Winn Street in Burlingtonwhile the Advanced class willmeet on Thursday eveningsin Stoneham at the home ofthe instructor. Our registra-tion policy mandates that thisis a non-refundable fee.

Registrations will take placeon Wednesday, September l5th

from 6:00-7:45 P.M. atSt. Margaret’s School. For ad-ditional info, contact PhilDAlleva, Director of the pro-gram, at 781-272-4305 or e-mail at [email protected].

If you are unable to regis-ter on Wednesday, Septem-ber l5th, please complete theregistration form located atwww.burlingtonsonsofitaly.orgby clicking on “ItalianClasses” and then “Registra-tion Form.” Mail the com-pleted form with your checkmade out to the BurlingtonSons of Italy Lodge #2223.Send it to Phil D’Alleva, 15Edgemere Ave., Burlington,MA 01803. No registrationswill be accepted after Monday,September 20th, 2010.

For specific info about classcontent, call our teacher, TomStuto at 781-438-6720.

POST-GAZETTE, August 20, 2010

NOWPLAYING

UPTOWN & DOWNTOWN

ITALIAN RADIO“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

ITALIAN EVENTS & PROGRAMS

THEATERREAGLE PLAYERS617 Lexington St. Waltham, MA

REMEMBERING THE 40’S - Sep-tember 25 and 26, 2010. Stroll downMemory Lane revisiting America’sgreatest generation during the waryears. Delight once again in thesights of the 1940’s - and oh, thoseincredible, unforgettable songs! TheWar Front, Home Front, Big Bandbeat, Swing, Radio and 40’s Holly-wood and Broadway share centerstage in our loving tribute. This isone from the heart! Of course, allWW2 vets are admitted free - as ourhonored guests! For tickets log ontowww.reagleplayers.com or 781-891-5600.

AMERICAN REPERTORY THEATER64 Brattle St., Cambridge, MA

ALICE VS. WONDERLAND - Sep-tember 2010. Lewis Carroll meetsLady GaGa in this fantastical updateof Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.This new adaptation seamlesslyblends the lyrical whimsy of Alice withmodern pop music, high-octanephysical theater, and the dynamicvision of acclaimed Hungarian direc-tor János Szász (Mother Courage,Marat/Sade, The Seagull). The resultis a fresh, funny, and emotional re-mix of Carroll’s classic coming-of-agetale. Based on Alice’s Adventures inWonderland and Through the Look-ing Glass by Lewis Carroll, adaptedby Brendan Shea, directed by JánosSzász. For more information pleasecall 617-547-8300.

CABARET - September 2010. Takeyour seat at the Kit Kat Klub, theperfectly marvelous cabaret wheresinger Sally Bowles meets writerCliff Bradshaw. As the two pursuea life of pleasure in Weimar Berlin,the world outside the Klub beginsto splinter. Presiding over it all issinger, songwriter, and formerDresden Doll Amanda Palmer as theKit Kat Klub’s magnetic Emcee, withA.R.T. regulars Thomas Derrah andJeremy Geidt. Book by Joe Masteroff,based on the play by John VanDruten and stories by ChristopherIsherwood; music by John Kander,lyrics by Fred Ebb, directed bySteven Bogart. For more information,please call 617-547-8300 or log ontowww.americanrepertorytheater.org

MUSIC

Tongarewa. For more information call617-723-2500, (TTY) 617/589-0417,or visit mos.org.

WHALES – IMAX® FORMAT FILMTo complement Whales Tohora, theMuseum will present whales-relatedprogramming during the exhibit run,including Whales, an IMAX® formatfilm in the Mugar Omni Theater.Audiences will meet blue, orca, andsperm whales and follow humpbacksas they travel thousands of miles fromthe krill blooms off the frigid coast ofAlaska to give birth in the warm wa-ters of Hawaii. Featuring spectacularunderwater footage of mothers, calves,and escorts, Whales reveals manylittle-known aspects of these elusivecreatures and celebrates the music,play and incredible strength of Earth’slargest inhabitants. For more infor-mation, visit mos.org.

BOSTON CITY HALL PLAZABoston, MA

COUNTRY NIGHT - Wednesday,August 25, 2010 at 7PM. American IdolSeason Eight finalist Danny Gokeyheadlines Country 102.5 WKLB’sCountry Night at City Hall Plaza forthe grand fnale of this summer’sMayor Menino’s Wednesday NightConcerts. Opening the show, pre-sented by the Boston Parks and Rec-reation Department in partnershipwith series sponsors WCVB-TV Chan-nel 5 and the Boston Herald with sup-port from the Boston Police AthleticsLeague, is New Hampshire nativeJandee Lee Porter. For moreinformation call 617-635-4505.

BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARYCentral Library Copley Square,Boston, MA

AWAY WE GO! VINTAGE TRAVELPOSTERS - Now through October 17,2010. The golden age of travel isbrought to colorful life in a new exhi-bition of vintage travel posters at theBoston Public Library. Away We Go!invites visitors to journey back to theearly twentieth century via some ofthe most beautiful and important vin-tage travel posters from the BPL’s col-lection.

MARGARET FULLER: IN HEROWN WORDS - Now through Tues-day, August 31, 2010. Margaret Fuller:In Her Own Words, an exhibition cel-ebrating Fuller’s extraordinary life,work, and legacy on the bicentennialof her birth. Margaret Fuller (1810-1850) was a woman of many “firsts”:she was a groundbreak-ing educator,author, journalist, social reformer,and champion of women’s rights. Formore information 617-536-5400 [email protected].

artist to win the Grammy for BestRock Vocal Performance, Female(1979, “Hot Stuff”) as well as the first-ever recipient of the Grammy for BestDance Recording (1997, “Carry On”).In 2004, she became one of the firstinductees, as both an Artist Inducteeand a Record Inductee (for 1977’s“I Feel Love”) into the Dance MusicHall of Fame in New York City. It isestimated that Summer has sold morethan 130 million records. For ticketsvisit www.ticketmaster.com.

STONEHAM THEATRE395 Main Street, Stoneham

SINATRA AND FRIENDS - Satur-day, August 21, 4:00 p.m. and8:00 p.m. and Sunday, August 22, at2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. These are thebest live performances you will see.Richard DeLuca of Stoneham portraysFrank as one of the best Sinatratribute performers in the businesssinging many of the Sinatra standardclassics such as “Under My Skin,”“Come Fly With Me,” “Summer Wind,”“New York,” “My Way” and many more.Don’t miss this entertaining show. Fortickets call the Stoneham TheatreBox Office at 781-279-2200, or visitstonehamtheatre.org

DICK’S LAST RESORTQuincy Market at Faneuil HallBoston, MA

ENTERTAINMENT LINE-UP - Fri-day, August 20, Loco Locals, 9:00 PM– 12:00 AM, Saturday, August 21, T BA , Sunday, August 22, Tim Nickerson,7:00 PM – 10:00 PM, Monday, August23, Paul Fudin, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM,Tuesday, August 24, RyanFitzsimmons, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM,Wednesday, August 25, Nate Watkins,7:00 PM – 10:00 PM, Thursday, Au-gust 26, Brian Locher, 7:00 PM – 10:00PM, Friday, August 27, Big Time, 9:00PM – 12:00 AM, Saturday, August 28,Fire Hazard, 9:00 PM – 12:00 AM, Sun-day, August 29, Ryan Fardy, 7:00 PM –10:00 PM, Monday, August 30, BrianLocher, 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM, Tuesday,August 31, Ryan Fitzsimmons, 7:00 PM– 10:00 PM.

BERKLEE PERFORMANCE CENTER136 Massachusetts Ave., Boston,MA

PATRIZIO BUANNE - SaturdayOctober 2, 2010 at 8:00 PM. His debutalbum “The Italian” and “Forever Be-gins Tonight” had captured the heartsof fans of timeless Italian songs world-wide to the extent that over a millionalbums were sold, and all this with-out Patrizio having an internationalradio hit or professional music man-agement. With this significant successunder his belt and huge demand inthe US, Patrizio decided that in orderto take his career to the next level,he would need to spend time in theUS. This next phase included secur-ing a new global recording contractwith Warner Music and the recordingof Patrizio’s third album, under thehelm of veteran music producers suchas, Humberto Gatica, a man who fellin love with Patrizio’s voice and un-derstood his vision from the very firstday, and Brian Rawlings who is re-sponsible for countless hits in the last20 years, recognized Patrizio’s poten-tials and was enthusiastic to write forPatrizio’s new release. This new freshteam has ever since collaborated onresearching more tunes of the Italiansongbook, that have become Patrizio’strade mark, but that also feature thistime Patrizio´s own contemporary andtimeless interpretation of interna-tional and American standards, along-side some stunning new compositionsfor an eponymous titled CD. Simplynamed “PATRIZIO.” But what qualityseparates Patrizio from other greatartists? Is it the natural grace of hisvoice, the “rugged” good looks, or theconfident, casual, respectful attentionthat he gives to his audience? Or is itjust the basic trust he evokes inpeople? Italy has provided a simpleword to describe all of the above“Simpatico.” In October 2006 Patriziowas invited by the National ItalianAmerican Foundation to perform atthe prestigious gala in Washington,D.C., for President George W. Bush.For tickets visit www.ticketmaster.comor call 617-931-2000.

“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.

Special EventsTHE WILBUR246 Tremont St., Boston, MA

DES BISHOP - Saturday, Septem-ber 4, 2010 at 7:00PM. Des Bishop is aLondon-born Irish comedian who wasraised in New York. Originally, hiscomedy was observational, with mostof his jokes based on Irish society. Helater began touching on social issuesin his stand-up routine and, afterbeing diagnosed with testicular can-cer in 2000, Bishop turned his expe-

riences into part of his material. Hemade his first television appearancein 2000 on the news-based topicalshow, Don’t Feed the Gondolas. In 2008,Bishop starred in a television show,called In the Name of the Fada, whichcaptures him trying to learn Irish to astandard sufficient to perform astandup act in the language. His liveDVD, Tongues, was also released in2008.

TOM GREEN - Friday, Septem-ber 10, 2010 at 7:30PM. Tom Green isa Canadian comedian, actor andwriter, who is best known for the wildantics on his 1999 variety televi-sion show, The Tom Green Show. In2004, he released his autobiography,Hollywood Causes Cancer. Green’smovie appearances include: RoadTrip, Charlie’s Angels, Freddy GotFingered and Stealing Harvard. Hewas a celebrity contestant on TheApprentice in 2009. After, he puttogether his first ever world stand-upcomedy tour.

MITCH FATEL - Saturday,September 11, 2010 at 7:00PM. MitchFatel is a comedian from New Yorkwho began doing stand-up at the ageof 15. He performs regularly at thefamed Comedy Cellar and has per-formed on the Late Show with DavidLetterman, Late Night with ConanO’Brien and has worked as a corre-spondent on the Tonight Show withJay Leno. In 2006 Mitch took homehonors as the “Best Stand-Up Come-dian” at the Aspen Comedy Festival.In 2004, he released his first comedyCD, Miniskirts and Muffins. His half-hour Comedy Central Presents specialwas released in 2007. He recently re-leased his newest special, Mitch Fatelis Magical, on DVD. For tickets logonto www.ticketmaster.com or call617-931-2000.

THE BOSTON HARBOR HOTELRowes Wharf, Boston, MA

SUMMER IN THE CITY ENTER-TAINMENT SERIES - Enjoy the fabu-lous harbor views while enjoying freelive musical entertainment everyTuesday, Wednesday and Thursdayevening throughout the summer. OnFridays, guests are invited to enjoy aclassic movie projected on a largemovie screen over the harbor. Thehotel is pleased to offer theseevenings free of charge to the generalpublic.

SUMMER SOUL takes place everyTuesday evenings through August 31,6:00 to 10:00 p.m. Guests can swayto soulful sounds as the hotelhosts various R&B and soul bands.August 10, World Premier Band,August 17, Ray Greene & theInnvervisions, August 24, Soul SoundRevue, August 31, World PremierBand.

From 6:00 to 10:00 each Wednes-day evening, TIMELESS TUNES fea-tures classic musical entertainmentof various decades – ranging from the60s, 70s, 80s and 90s. August 25,Decades by Dezyne, September 1,Joey Scott & the Connection. Afloating stage anchored behindthe Boston Harbor Hotel providesthe setting for some of the hottestlocal and national blues artists.

BLUES BARGE features perfor-mances every Thursday evening from6:00 to 10:00 p.m. August 26, ToniLynn Washington, September 2, JeffPitchell.

MOVIES BY MOONLIGHT offersguests a chance to revisit Hollywood’ssilver screen and modern classics.The 2010 series continues everyFriday evening through September 3.Movies begin at dusk. August 20, Allthe President’s Men (1976), August 27,The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938),September 3, Raiders of the Lost Ark(1981). Movies and performances aresubject to change, weather permit-ting. For more info visit www.bhh.com.

MUSEUM OF SCIENCE1 Science Park, Boston, MA

WHALES TOHORA - Presented atthe Museum of Science now throughSeptember 14, 2010. Whales Tohorawas developed and presented by theMuseum of New Zealand Te Papa

Remembering the 40’s. Reagle’s Classic, PopularWartime Revue! Stroll down Memory Lane revisitingAmerica’s greatest generation during the war years.Delight once again in the sights of the 1940’s — and oh,those incredible, unforgettable songs! The War Front,Home Front, Big Band beat, Swing, Radio and 40’sHollywood and Broadway share center stage in our lovingtribute. This is one from the heart! For more informationcheck out Theater section.

NORTH SHORE MUSIC THEATRE62 Dunham Road, Beverly, MA

JOSEPH AND THE AMAZINGTECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT - Nowthrough August 22, 2010 - BillHanney’s all new North Shore MusicTheatre (NSMT) continues its 2010season of musicals with the dazzling,family favorite JOSEPH ANDTHE AMAZING TECHNICOLORDREAMCOAT starring American Idolfinalist Anthony Fedorov and featur-ing a chorus of 20 children from theNorth Shore. Filled with youthful en-ergy, JOSEPH combines a wide varietyof musical styles – everything fromcountry to calypso to rock ’n’ roll – in aseries of memorable musical numbers.Described as a high-voltage extrava-ganza, JOSEPH includes such classicsongs as the contemplative “AnyDream Will Do,” the Caribbean infused“Benjamin Calypso,” the dazzling“Jacob and Sons/Joseph’s Coat,” therockabilly sensation “Song of the King(Seven Fat Cows)” and the unforget-table “Go, Go, Go Joseph.” AmericanIdol finalist Anthony Fedorov, who alsoappeared Off-Broadway in TheFantasticks and in tours of SimplyBallroom and Ballroom with a Twist,stars in the title role with Jennifer Pazas the Narrator and Gary Lynch asPharaoh. For tickets and informationcall 978-232-7200, visit www.nsmt.orgor in person at 62 Dunham Rd. Beverly.

THE LYRIC STAGE COMPANYOF BOSTON140 Clarendon St., Boston, MA

THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAMCOUNTY SPELLING BEE – Septem-ber 3 – October 2, 2010. Can you spell“centavo?” A quirky cast of charactershope to win the 25th Annual SpellingBee in his “effortlessly endearingnew musical.” (The New York Times)School-age angst combines withcurrent event improvisation as volun-teer audience members join in for somefun competition. “From beginning toend it’s a delight. D-E-L-I-G-H-T.Delight.” For information log ontowww.lyricstage.com or call 617-585-5678.

BANK OF AMERICA PAVILION290 Northern Ave., Boston, MADONNA SUMMER - August 27,

2010 at 7:30PM. A five-time Grammywinner, Donna Summer was the first

ARTSMUSEUM OF FINE ARTS465 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA

AVEDON FASHION 1944-2000 -Now through January 17, 2011. Rich-ard Avedon was one of the greatestimage-makers of the twentieth cen-tury. He revolutionized fashion pho-tography with his imaginative, spir-ited portrayals of the “good life” show-ing beautiful women wearing extraor-dinary clothes in irresistible settings,as well as memorable portrayals thatare both elegant and reserved. Theupbeat spirit and innovative designof his compositions caught the eye ofeditors and art directors at Harper’sBazaar and Vogue—the primary maga-zines for which he worked—while hisvision of the modern Americanwoman, one of wit, individuality, andfast-lane glamour, captivated thepublic. His enormous success definedthe role of the high-profile fashionphotographer that we know today,and many of his images have becomeicons of photographic history.Avedon’s career as a fashion photog-rapher is displayed decade by decadein this exceptional traveling exhibi-tion from the International Center ofPhotography in New York, the firstcomprehensive survey of Avedon’sfashion photography since 1978. Formore info log onto www.mfa.org.


Recipes from theHomelandHomelandHomelandHomelandHomeland

by Vita Orlando Sinopoli

COPYRIGHT, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Vita can be reached at [email protected]

ASPARAGUS OMELET

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.

Great as GiftsFROM MY BAKERY PERCH available on AMAZON.COM

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The brush off! A Pennsylvania woman hasbeen cited for harassment for using herson’s toothbrush to clean the bathroom.Justin Novack, 26, of Allentown, called po-lice to complain that his mother, DeborahWoist, had put fecal matter on his tooth-brush. When officers confronted Woist withher son’s allegations, police said, she ex-plained that the bathroom had not beencleaned in two months, “so she cleaned itfor her son using his toothbrush, which sheput back in the holder for his use.”

Singing the blues! Susan Boyle, the ama-teur singer who sold $15 million in recordsafter winning a British talent show, is stillliving on about $500 a week, says the Lon-don News of the World. Boyle, 49, a small-town spinster, is being kept on a tight al-lowance by her management team becauseof her erratic behavior. Boyle can’t under-stand why she still has no money, says herbrother, Gerry Boyle. “She looks very dis-traught at the moment,” said Boyle. “Susandoesn’t look as if she’s a successful inter-national chart star.”

The Amish are coming! The Amish arecoming! The Amish have branched out fromPennsylvania and Ohio, and now have com-munities in 28 states, as they keep expand-ing west in search of affordable, fertile farm-land. The Amish population stands at249,000, double what it was in 1992.

Shame! Shame! Some 6,500 graves at Ar-lington National Cemetery are marked withthe wrong names, the Army inspector gen-eral has found. The report blames shoddyrecord-keeping and poor management.

Get up and read this! The more time youspend sitting on your duff every day, theshorter your life span is likely to be, a newstudy says. Researchers at Ochsner HealthSystem at Ochsner Health System in Loui-siana analyzed the health and activity ofsome 120,000 people over 14 years, from1993 to 2006. After adjusting for factors suchas body mass index and smoking, they foundthat sitting six hours a day is a major healthrisk. Sedentary women faced a 37 percenthigher risk of dying during those 14 yearscompared with women who sat for less thanthree hours a day. The increased mortalityrisk for men was 17 percent. Exercising didlower the risk of early death, but far fromeliminated it. The researchers suspect thatwhen muscles are inactive for long periodsof time, the body releases hormones affect-ing cholesterol and triglycerides, which cancause heart disease. It’s one more reasonto “get up and walk,” oncologist and studyauthor Jay Brooks tells USA Today. “If you’rein a job that requires sitting, that’s fine, butany time you can expend energy is good.That’s the key.”

Boozers’ news! 67% of U.S. adults drinkalcohol, a slight increase over last year andthe highest proportion in 25 years. Beerremains the most popular alcoholic bever-age, followed by wine and liquor.

The astute Tom Analetto of Medford, says,“Some men can take a drink or leave it alone— for a few hours.”

Bella Culo of Chestnut Hill says, “The girlwho marries a drinking man to reform him,will soon have her hands full as well as herhusband.”

Remember, drink often drives a man tomisfortune, and misfortune often drives aman to drink.

Our noted musicologist Albert Natale re-minds us it was the late bandleader MitchMiller who got America to sing along. WhenMitch Miller, then Columbia Records’ topsong-picker, asked Rosemary Clooney tosing an oddball tune adapted from an oldArmenian folk melody, “I damn near fell onthe floor,” Clooney recalled. She reluctantlyagreed to record the song, with backing froman electric harpsichord, and “Come On-a MyHouse” transformed her from a $50-a-ses-sion backup singer into an internationalstar. “Nothing happened to me until I metMitch,” she said. Well, many people thought“Come On-a My House” was an Italian folksong. Not so! It’s Armenian!

It’s true! Age brings wisdom! Life’s lessonsare the best! That’s the conclusion of a new

study show-ing that olderpeople arewiser thanyoung ones— and that“age effects on wisdom hold at every level ofsocial class, education and IQ.” Research-ers at the University of Michigan learnedolder folks proved to be the most sensiblewhen it came to dealing with the socialproblems.

Old age is the period when you begin tosmile at things you used to laugh at.

The charming and youthful Mona-LisaCappuccio of East Boston, thinks mostwomen not only respect old age — theyapproach it with caution.

A senior citizen in Winthrop reports, “I’mgetting old. I took my first airplane flightyesterday and the stewardess asked if Iwanted coffee, tea, or Geritol.”

The ageless Steven Sebestyen thinks thebest way to grow old is not to be in a hurryabout it. Steven’s “child-bride” Theresa, saysgrowing old is no cause for hysteria. Therosebush does not scream when the petalsbegin to fall.

Betcha you didn’t know that the countrieswith the lowest birth rates are: Spain,Italy, Germany, Greece, and Japan. And thecountries with the highest birth rates are:Niger, Uganda, Angola, Mali and Guinea.The countries with the highest deathrates: Sierra Leone and Afghanistan. Afew of the countries with the lowest deathrates: Kuwait, Costa Rica and Venezuela.

The gossip rags are predicting now withtheir daughter Chelsea settled down, Billand Hillary will probably put an end to their34-year marriage. At stake, millions ofdollars! Perhaps when they decide how todeal with their combined $299 millionfortune it will be all over. Hillary shouldharvest the most of the loot. She deservesit!

The Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall ofFame annual induction and awards cer-emony will take place Thursday, Septem-ber 16 at the Boston Marriot Quincy. Someof the inductees: Dale Dorman, Tom Ellis,Gary LaPierre, Janet Wu and Robin Young.And they will also honor the contributionsof the late Roger Allen, Ken Coleman, BobEmery, Harry Wheeler and Johnny Most. Forthe record, Johnny Most always gave mecredit for making it possible for him to be-come the announcer of the Boston Celtics.In short, I was working at WCOP Radio inBoston as Promotion Director and when thestation decided to broadcast the Celtic’sgames I was instructed to recruit an an-nouncer. And so I put the word out we werelooking for an announcer and only threeshowed up for the audition. We showed afilm of a basketball game and only JohnnyMost knew how to call the shots. He got thejob! Should you wish to attend the awardsceremony, call 617-763-0109.

A bit of Italian American history. CharlesAtlas, born Angelo Siciliano, invented thebodybuilding technique called “DynamicTension” in 1921 and was dubbed “America’sMost Perfectly Developed Man” by PhysicalCulture magazine. By the 1950s, the formerConey Island janitor had over one millionfollowers. He died in 1972 at age 79, whilejogging too soon after a heart attack. And in1990, Mary Lou Retton, born Mary LouRettoni, became the first female gymnastand the youngest athlete ever inducted intothe Olympic Hall of Fame. In the 1984 Olym-pics at age 16, she won the all-around goldmedal in woman’s gymnastics.

Mangia! Chef Boyardee, the man behindthe nation’s leading brand of ready-to-eatspaghetti dinners, pizza, sauce and pastawas Ettore Boiardi, an Italian immigrant,who began as a chef’s apprentice at age 11,eventually opened a restaurant in Cleve-land, Ohio and in the 1930s, began sell-ing his pasta and sauce in cans. DuringWorld War II, Chef Boyardee was the largestsupplier of rations for the U.S. and AlliedForces.AMERICA IS A BEAUTIFUL ITALIAN NAME

2 cups cut-up fresh, frozen or canned asparagus4 beaten eggs or equal quantity of egg substitute1 medium onion (optional)1/4 cup olive, canola or vegetable oilSalt

Cut up fresh asparagus, wash and par boil or steam in asaucepan. Set aside and dry with paper towel. To preventdangerous oil splattering, be sure asparagus is dry beforeplacing in skillet with oil.

Remove skin from onion. Cut onion in half, and cut eachhalf into 1/4-inch long slices. Set aside

Heat oil in skillet before adding asparagus. Fry aspara-gus slowly for about five minutes, stirring frequently. Addonion to skillet (optional) and fry until onion is slightlybrowned. Stir frequently. Meantime beat eggs thoroughlyin a bowl. Add salt to taste. Skillet should be well heatedbefore gently pouring beaten eggs in a circular motion overthe asparagus/onion mixture. Lower burner. Using spatula,lift mixture slightly. Tip skillet, allowing beaten eggs toslowly drain under the asparagus. Repeat this process onopposite side of skillet until only small portions of the eggsremain on top. Gently shake skillet over burner to keepmixture from sticking to bottom. Carefully slide the mix-ture onto a platter. Return the mixture face down into theskillet. Fry slowly until all of the eggs have cooked. Slideomelet carefully from skillet onto a platter for serving.

VARIATIONS: In place of asparagus, use cut-up greenpeppers, vinegar peppers, potato pieces, ham, or frank-furters. Cheese of choice and/or mushrooms can be addedto the omelet. Another option is to scramble all the ingre-dients in the skillet after adding the beaten eggs. Stir untilbeaten eggs cook thoroughly.

NOTE: Omelets or “Frittati,” as my mother called them, werefrequently prepared during my childhood. My favorite highschool lunch was a pepper and egg (omelet) sandwich. Nowthat I realize what a strong aroma the pepper and egg omelethas as a sandwich I often wonder what my classmates thoughtwhen I opened my brown lunch bag

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We began searching for con-stellations, found the BigDipper for certain but wereunable to find another. Weleft our friends with ourcousins and decided to walkalong the beach, making ourway to the water we stoppedfor a moment to once againobserve the stars; theyseemed to be tumbling intothe ocean just beyond thesandbars silhouetted againstthe starlit sky. Suddenlythere was a stirring in thewater, not twenty feet fromus and in an instant 15seals surfaced, black andshiny glistening in themoonlight, they caught sightof us and went silent. Westood motionless not want-ing to frighten them while

they kept silently observingus as they bobbed in theocean swells. Creatures fromdifferent worlds, we seemedat once alien and familiar,an unexpected and strangelybeautiful encounter in whathad already been a magicalnight.

Seconds passed thatseemed like minutes andsuddenly there was a splashand all 15 were gone inan instant, surfacing fromtime to time as they madetheir way back to the sand-bars where within an hourthey could be heard call-ing to each other some-where in the night, thesirens’ song of Greek my-thology. God’s creation iswonderful indeed.


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The Emperor’s New Clotheswas a story by Hans Chris-tian Anderson. I just hap-pened to see a copy of it theother day and it remindedme of shopping for clotheswith Babbononno when Iwas a just a kid. I have to tellyou before I begin, Babbo-nonno was a dresser. Hewould never think of goinganywhere without wearing arecently pressed suit, astarched white shirt and tieand a “spit shine” on hisshoes. Everything had to bejust so and was often ac-cented by a single breastedovercoat and a grey fedorawith the brim turned slightlydown-ward in front. Mygrandfather wore a signetring, carried a gold Hamiltonpocket watch and often worea gold tie pin with an ovalgarnet in the center. Hisdaily-shaved face often hadthe scent of the aftershavelotions of the day: lilac water,bay rum, lime, or the aromaof Old Spice.

On a given day when Iwas in grade school, we werereleased early due to ateacher’s meeting. As Iwalked in the house, I dis-covered that Babbononnowas getting dressed andasked him where he wasgoing. He told me that hewas heading to downtownBoston to look for a new suit.Seeing I was home early, Iwas enlisted to accompanymy grandfather whether Iwanted to or not. I likedshopping and didn’t refuse. IfI did, I probably wouldn’t havelived, anyway.

When we were ready toleave, Babbononno took meby the hand and said in frac-tured English, “Jenny, we goah Bostona, foh look foh anew sootza per me. I needasum tinga oscurro, darka,watta foh go out on daweekenda widda Nanna,capisce?” I said O.K. to mygrandfather and we headeddown the Eutaw Street hill toawait the next trolley on thecorner of Meridian andEutaw. We hopped aboard thenext car heading south andgot off at Maverick Station.Once downstairs, we boardedthe train for Scollay SquareStation. Once out on thestreet, Babbononno usheredme along as he didn’t wantme to see the pictures of halfdressed women that weretaped in the windows of theestablishments that madeScollay Square famous withservicemen on leave in Bos-ton. There were bars, night-clubs, several cheap hotels,two burlesque theaters, a tat-

too parlor and, of course, aJoe and Nemo’s ready to sellyou a steamed hot dog or two.

Before we headed downState Street to Washington,Babbononno brought me toEric Fuch’s. This was a storeon the first block of TremontStreet that specialized inelectric trains. Babbononnoknew that, every time wewere heading downtown, wehad to stop there as I wasfascinated by the display intheir front window. And be-sides, Erlich’s was next door.This establishment sold thebest cigars and pipe tobaccoin Boston, and seeing it wasnext the train store, Babbo-nonno could go in and buy afew cigars he couldn’t find inEast Boston.

Once on WashingtonStreet, we stopped at Rich-mond Brothers, Six LittleTailors, and a couple of otherstores that sold men’s suits.These weren’t the placeswhere my grandfather wouldclosely examine the suits.These were places where hewould get an idea on theprices for the materials andstyles he likes. One of thestores had bolts of materialin the window with openingsfor a pair of hands to fit into.Chained scissors would al-low a prospective buyer to cuta piece of material to exam-ine before entering the store.Of course, Babbononno hadto examine a sample beforewe went on. As we headedtoward Raymond’s, my grand-father would stop at Delano’s,a fancy men’s store on thatsame left side of the street.Here he could check outthe latest in Borselino hats,Italian imports that werethe best this side of customtailored hats. Next toDelano’s was one of the firstJohnston and Murphy shoestores. Here Babbononnoexamined their black busi-ness shoes and swallowedhard as he checked out theprices. On that same sidewas another stop, Stoddard’s.This emporium sold knives,razors and cutlery from thebest makers in Europe.Babbonono, on this occasion,bought a piece of shavingsoap to fill his mongrammedmug.

The next stop was Ray-mond’s, a department storethat sold things a littlecheaper than Jordan Marshor Filenes. The men’s de-partment was on the right asyou entered from street level.Most of the salesmen wereold timers who worked on acommission basis. As soonas we began looking at suits,

several salesmen were allover us like bees to honey.Babbononno to get rid ofthem called out, “I justalooka, wenna I fine summatinga, I tella you.”

I believe I learned mymethods of examinationfrom Babbononno. Oncehe chose a garment thatpleased his eyes, he felt thematerial between the thumband index fingers of his lefthand. He next checked thequality of the stitching andthen the alignment of thelining. When he was satis-fied with his choice, he wouldthen try on the jacket.Here is where the problemsbegan. Babbononno hadlarge shoulders but wasonly four feet, eleven inchestall, short even by ancientItalian calculations. Myuncles used to say that hewas the shortest man everto be in the Italian marines,but that might have been justhear say.

Babbononno needed eithera 40 or a 42 short in a suit.He could even fit into a boy’sstudent size if the cut wasfull enough, but he wouldn’tadmit this fact even after acouple of glasses of wine.After trying on several suits,he would usher me out ofRaymond’s and head forFilene’s Basement and thenthe basement store of JordanMarsh. On this trip, we spentabout a half hour in eachstore checking out theirmerchandise. When mygrandfather picked out acouple of ties and dressshirts to accompany them, Iknew that he had chosenone or more of the suits hesaw at Raymond’s and thatthe stops at Filenes andJordan Marsh were just tomake comparisons, not tobuy. There would inevit-ably be a problem with theshirts. Babbononno had to fithis neck, but the shortestsleeve, a 32, would be toolong and Nanna would beenlisted to shorten thesleeves to accommodate mygrandfather’s arms.

With shirts and ties ina shopping bag, we headedback to Raymond’s whereBabbononno examined hisoriginal choices with theshirts and ties he bought inthe lower level of the Filenesstore being held next to thesuit jackets. When he wassatisfied that the garmentsall complimented each other,he called out, “Hey Jenny,queste combinazione sonobuono.” (Hey John, thesecombinations are good.) Ofcourse I had to agree.

Once Nanna approved ofBabbononno’s choices, thenext step was to have thejackets altered and the pantshemmed by Billy the Tailor,a paesano of my grand-father’s and a master tailor.When all was said and done,Babbononno would look thepart and I think I acquiredmy awareness of qualityfrom observing him. It wasinstructional, and most of all,fun. GOD BLESS AMERICA

for the award, presented himwith the Medal and ItalianGovernment citation at aceremony at Boston City Hall.By accepting the medal,Mayor Menino is granted thelifelong title of CommendatoreThomas M. Menino, which isthe fourth-highest rankingknight in the Order to theMerit of the Italian Republic.

“I want to thank the Con-sul General and the ItalianGovernment, especially thePresident and the PrimeMinister, for this prestigioushonor,” said Mayor Menino.“As Boston’s first Italian-American mayor, I am veryproud of my Italian heritageand this is an honor that Iwill cherish forever.”

The Ordine al Merito dellaRepubblica Italiana, insti-tuted in 1951, is bestowedby decree of the President ofthe Italian Republic and onthe recommendation of thePresident of the Council ofPrime Ministers. The rigor-ous approval proceduresinclude a nomination pro-cess, a review period by the

Council of Prime Ministers,and the Order must be ap-proved and signed by thePresident of the ItalianRepublic. It is awarded infive degrees for “merit ac-quired by the nation” in thefields of literature, the arts,economy, public service, andsocial, philanthropic andhumanitarian activities andfor long and conspicuousservice in civilian and mili-tary careers. Mayor Meninojoins Speaker Nancy Pelosi,former FBI director LouisFrey, and former Chairmanof the Joint Chiefs of StaffPeter Pace as one of very fewItalian-Americans to beawarded this distinction.

The award ceremony coin-cided with a 4-day port visitof the Italian Naval Attachéto the USA, the San Giusto.Mayor Menino greeted Cap-tains Edoardo Giacomini andMaurizio Ertreo at the cer-emony and welcomed theircrew members to Boston.The San Giusto is the firstItalian military ship to visitBoston in 10 years.

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Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo, left, with StephenCidlevich, DMH’s Director of Constituent Affairs at RedHot & Blue at the Citi Wang Theater.


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by Sal Giarratani

EASTIE PRIDE DAYAUGUST 21

The 22nd Eastie Pride Daycelebrating East BostonNeighborhood Health Cen-ter’s 40th anniversary will beheld Saturday, August 21from 4:00 PM until 8:00 PMat Pier’s Park down on Mar-ginal Street.

ECCO SEEKSENTERTAINMENT

LICENSEI love Ecco Lounge on Por-

ter Street. It used to beSablone’s where the vealwas tops. However, sinceDavid Modica and his wifeCarla (Santarpio) took theold Sablone’s and createdEcco, East Boston has a greatrestaurant and martini bar.It has attracted many whohad been going through theSumner Tunnel to otherside of the harbor. It attractsa young crowd and has alsocaught on with the locals too.It has a lively character.People know your namethere, at least they knowmine.

Ecco is now seeking anentertainment license tobring in live musical acts. Noloud noise — more along thelines of jazz music. They justheld a neighborhood meet-ing with local politicians andarea residents and receiveda mostly positive response tothe plans for live entertain-ment. On August 24, Eccowill go before the BostonLicensing Board for a hear-ing. I fully support Dave andCarla’s plans.

Finally, I want to say bar-tender Kate Caruso makesthe best Irish Coffee in EastBoston. Nothing better thana plate of pasta and a goodIrish coffee, after all I amGaelic-Garlic.

QUIET WEDNESDAY ATTHE MIRABELLA POOLLast week, I arrived at the

pool to see Gigi’s Area 51empty. I had all the space in

the world to set up my blan-ket for my sun tanning. I hadmy sun block, my sun oil andmy favorite pillow. WithoutGigi it was awful quiet.There was no WJIB musicplaying in the background.Seems everyone took avacation day from the pool. Iheard some of the regularswent on a bus trip to Fox-woods. Gigi and Marilyn wereseen boarding the bus outfront of the Sulmona Club onFleet Street. I missed themas well as Sevens Sammyand Cal.

However, I did bump intothe Pink Lemonade Girlssun tanning next to myregular spot. Seems evenKelly and Julie noticed theabsence of all the regulars.They said they love the pooland how everyone gets alongso well. Everyone is gearingup for Sunday, September 5when the annual end ofsummer barbeque will beheld. I hear Leo will be backdoing his Frank Sinatra rou-tine again. You haven’theard “My Way” until you’veheard Leo’s version.

TWO TOWERSFOR THE FENWAY

A Boston developer whobuilt luxury apartments andupscale retailers to theonce gritty Boylston Street isabout to revitalize the formerGoodyear Tire site. Recently,Samuels & Associates filedplans for a $300 million de-velopment which includestwo 15-story towers. Says,Bill Richardson, President ofthe Fenway Civic Associa-

tion, “This is one more stepin turning Boylston Streetinto a Main Street for theneighborhood, without allthe cars.”

BOSTON HERALDAPOLOGIZES TO PUERTO

RICAN COMMUNITYAn estimated 100,000

folks attended the PuertoRican Festival this year overthree days, but shortly afterthe Puerto Rican Paradeended with a nearby shoot-ing and the next day the Bos-ton Herald headline read:“Puerto Rican ParadeMarred by Shooting.” Theshooting had nothing to dowith the parade and threedays later the Boston Heraldapologized for that headlineand story. The shooting tookplace a mile from the paraderoute and after receivingmany irate phone calls ande-mails, offered both a re-traction and apology to thePuerto Rican community.

NORTH END TOFLORIDA GUYS

Everyone knows Firicano’sBarber Shop on North Street,but before there was RichFiricano Jr., there was RichFiricano Sr. Today, he livesdown around Naples, Florida.My cousin Angelo Giarratani,who grew up at 88 PrinceStreet is now both retiredand living with his wife Maryin Fort Myers, Florida.

Last week while Angeloand Mary were in the NorthEnd visiting inside theSacred Heart Church, henoticed another guy with afamiliar face, it turned outto be Rich Sr. Both he andAngelo grew up in the fortiestogether, they hadn’t seeneach other in 60 years butinstantly recognized eachother and chatted abouttheir old North End days.

Their North End roots havebonded a lifetime of friend-ship. Over sixty years offriendship.

HOW TO FIGHT AND DEFEAT ORGANIZED CRIME, INITALY. As most of you readers know, many small-mediumenterprises have been paying the notorious “pizzo” toorganized crime for decades. Why they keep paying sucha “protection” tax? For fear of losing their businessesand their lives, if they refused or went to the Police toreport the crime. Their fears were justified by past eventswhere several individuals saw their businesses destroyedor cost their lives. Suddenly something happened.Businesses were organized in Sicily, and storekeepers,and above, decided to report the crime, otherwise theprincipals would be expelled from the organization. Whenthe first business owners refused to comply with thecriminals’ demands and kept reporting the crime, thePolice began massive arrests. And so began the reactionof the law-abiding citizens, people who had had enough ofthe threats and intimidations by the Cosa Nostra guys.There were times when the sight of heavily-armed police-men and Carabinieri, standing ready at street corners wasa common occurrence. They were there to protect asmall business (cafe’-bar or restaurant or even a tobaccostore).

Reprisals from the criminals, decimated by the mass ar-rests, did not materialize. I have personally observed in acouple of large cities the presence of heavily-armed police,strategically standing at several street corners trying toprevent violence by the once tolerated racket. Also, therehave been massive demonstrations against Cosa Nostraby school children and various organizations, and manyadults who have paraded, e.g., in the streets of Palermoagainst organized crime. It is no wonder that of late noneof the violence common in the ’70s and ’80s seems to benow on the wane. Even in those difficult days, courageousjudges and prosecutors risked their lives in the performanceof their duties. We hope that in the future no businessowner will ever be threatened or killed by the Mafia. Asthings stand now, it seems that justice has prevailed and“won.”

THE LAW PROTECTS THE ITALIAN CEO’S: THEIR FATPAY IS UNTOUCHABLE! The salaries of the Italian CEO’scannot be touched according to existing laws. Obviously,not unlike their counterpart in the US. A bill recentlyintroduced in the Italian Senate, which aimed to establisha limit to the CEO’s salaries, no matter how the businessfaired, was quickly pushed out of the way! Well, allow me togive you a sample of the profits of the Italian CEO’s. TheCEO of DATALOGIC CORP., Roberto Tunioli, makes8,300,000 euro a year (@ $10 mil.); Luca Maiocchi, of“Scat PG,” makes 7,950,000 euro a year (@ $9,500,000);Enrico Parazzini of Telecom, makes 7,170,000 euro ayear (@ $9,200,000); Marco Tronchetti Provera of thefamous tire maker Pirelli, makes 4,390,000 euro (@ $6mil.). There are other CEO’s who make not less than3,320,000 euro a year (@ $4.5 mil.). How scandalous!But we know that in the US things aren’t that different!

DRINK BEER TO PREVENT OSTEOPOROSIS! Accordingto a new study by the Department of Food Science andTechnology at the University of California, it appearsthat a moderate use of most kinds of beer helps to fightosteoporosis that affects the bone structure of our body,causing a low bone density. The “silicio organico” is theimportant mineral in the hop and malt that definitely helpreplenish the bone mineral density and prevents it fromdeteriorating. Now, don’t rush to a bar to order beer!Remember, you need to drink it “moderately,” otherwiseyou end up … ubriaco!

name will appear on the bal-lot in the general election.

Attorney Carbone, whoholds three degrees in engi-neering from the Massachu-setts Institute of Technologyand a degree of Juris Doctorfrom Suffolk University LawSchool, has been practicinglaw for 35 years followinga successful career as anengineer. He served as Gen-eral Counsel for the state’sDepartment of Labor andIndustries, during whichtime he was appointed aspecial assistant District

Attorney and a special assis-tant Attorney General. Hehas also served as an arbi-trator and a mediator incivil lawsuits as well as aMaster in the SuperiorCourt. He has been a mem-ber of the engineering fac-ulty at Tufts University and,as Chief Engineer of theCommonwealth’s Govern-ment Center Commission,was responsible for thedesign and construction ofthe state buildings inBoston’s Government Cen-ter. Under Governor King,

Attorney Carbone served asCommissioner of the Metro-politan District Commis-sion. A graduate of and non-resident instructor at theU.S. Army’s Command andGeneral Staff College, Attor-ney Carbone retired as acolonel in U.S. Army Corpsof Engineers, after dutifullyserving for 30 years.

For more informationabout Attorney Carbone andhis views on political issuesand potential policy changes,please visit his website atwww.carboneforag.com.

• Guy Carbone (Continued from Page 2)

the new one with even morewishy-wash. Spokesman BillBurton trotted out to clarifythe clarification: “Just to beclear, the president is notbacking off in any way …”

Many of the president’salready worried fellow Demo-crats were cringing becausewhen Obama embellishes,the opposition relishes. Theynow have still more materialfor the GOP arsenal of soundbite bombs.

This was a gift to them, andnot some inadvertent slip ofthe tongue. The Ramadancomments were prepared,refined and massaged by thePresident, his advisers andspeechwriters and thenread off the usual tele-prompter. But as he traipsedabout lauding the oil-freesands, the uproar threwsome sand in his well-oiledimage machine.

Not that this is anything

new about Barack Obama.He takes great pride in hisreputation for trying toachieve a meeting of theminds. Sadly, in today’s in-cendiary environment, con-sensus is a con, and onceagain, the President is pain-fully discovering that whenhe tries to please everybody,he pleases nobody.

Reprinted with permissionby Northstar National.

• Editorial (Continued from Page 3)

SACRED HEART OF JESUS& ST. JUDE

May the Sacred Heart of Jesus beadored, glorified, loved and preservedthroughout the world now and forever.Sacred Heart of Jesus pray for us.St. Jude, worker of miracles pray forus. St. Jude help of the hopeless, prayfor us. Say this prayer 9 times a day,by the 8th day your prayer will beanswered. It has never been known tofail. Publication must be promised. Myprayers have been answered.

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Ralph Houk the MajorDead at 90

Ralph Houk who managedthe NY Yankees in the ’60s(1961-63) to two WorldSeries wins has died (July21) at 90 years of age.Houk also played parts ofeight seasons as a backupcatcher for the New YorkYankees. Said Jim Price,the Tigers radio analyst,“People forget that beforehe was a manager, he was a

war hero and he was acatcher for lots of years.”

In 20 years as a manager,he won 1,619 games for theYankees, Tigers and Red Soxwhere he retired from thegame. In 1961, his rookieseason as a manager, hetook the NY Yankees behindMickey Mantle and RogerMaris to a World Series vic-tory. The team won 109games and hit 240 homers.

He moved to the positionof general manager for theYankees in 1964-65. He willgo down in NY Yankees his-tory as the man who re-placed the legend CaseyStengel. A part of the NYYankees baseball history.

Cincinnati Reds GetEdmonds

The Cincinnati Reds look-ing to win the NL CentralDivision have acquiredJim Edmonds from theMilwaukee Brewers fortheir playoff run. Edmondsbatted .286 with 8 homersand 20 RBIs in 73 games forthe Brewers.Strawberry’s Sports Grill

Hey, if Big Papi can open arestaurant, I guess moreplayers will follow his lead.The latest is eight time All-Star Darryl Strawberry. Hestarted his career with theMets in 1983 and finishedup with the Yankees in1999. Talking about his newrestaurant, he says, “It’s notballpark food, trust me. You’llhave to go to the ballpark forhot dogs and Cracker Jacks.”

Baseball Live on RadioThe first radio broadcast of

a baseball game was onPittsburgh radio stationKDJA on August 5, 1921when announcer HarryArlin provided listenerswith the play-by-play of thePirates-Phillies game,which the Pirates won 8-5.

First 17 Game WinnerUbaldo Jimenez of the

Rockies became the first towin his 17th game this sea-son. Jimenez (17-2) allowedone run and four hits inseven innings against theGiants on August 4. This guyis having an amazing rookieseason. His ERA is also anamazing 2.61 in an erawhen ERAs are usually onerun higher. He’s pitchinglike the pitchers of old.

A-RodYoungest to Reach 600The Yankees Alex Rodri-

guez at 35 years, 8 days isthe youngest ballplayer toreach 600 homeruns.

The next youngest wasBabe Ruth who reached thatmark at 36 years, 196 days.A-Rod’s next goal is to passSammy Sosa who hit 609homers. He could do it prob-ably before this season ends.Next year, it would be KenGriffey Jr. who hit 630. In2012, if he stays healthy itis Willie Mays who whacked660 home runs. After that,there’s just three guys left,Babe Ruth at 714, HankAaron at 755 and BarryBonds at 762.

LEGAL NOTICECommonwealth of Massachusetts

The Trial CourtMiddlesex Probate and Family Court

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Docket No. MI07P2774EAIn the Estate of

ROBERT W WELLMANNLate of STONEHAM, MA 02180Date of Death March 13, 2007

NOTICE OF PETITIONFOR PROBATE OF WILL

To all persons interested in the abovecaptioned estate, a petition has beenpresented requesting that a documentpurporting to be the last will of saiddecedent be proved and allowed and thatERIC R WELLMANN of Cohasset, 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) ONSEPTEMBER 7, 2010.

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

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

Date: August 9, 2010Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate

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CONCETTA MELARAGNILate of WILMINGTON, MA 01887

Date of Death June 20, 2010NOTICE 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 thatMARK A MELARAGNI of Dunstable, MA beappointed executor/trix, named in the will toserve Without Surety.





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JOHN CLANCY *As AmendedLate of SOMERVILLE, MA 02145Date of Death September 7, 2009

NOTICE OF PETITIONFOR PROBATE OF WILL

To all persons interested in the abovecaptioned estate, a petition has beenpresented requesting that a documentpurporting to be the last will of saiddecedent be proved and allowed and thatCARL R BARNHILL of Medford, MA beappointed executor/trix, named in the will toserve With Personal Surety.





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EUGENE W DOWNINGLate of AYER, MA 01432

Date of Death June 4, 2010NOTICE OF PETITION


captioned estate, a petition has beenpresented requesting that a documentpurporting to be the last will of saiddecedent be proved and allowed and thatKATHLEEN MCGOVERN of Worcester, MAbe appointed executor/trix, named in the willto serve Without Surety.





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The governor who has beenhighly unpopular with theelectorate is now trying toride back into a second termon the back of the House ofRepresentatives. SpeakerDeLeo provided muchneeded leadership andmeted out a compromisewith Senate PresidentTheresa Murray and hadthought likewise with Gov-ernor Patrick, but Patrickturned on the Legislatureand tried forcing them intoa corner, but the House didnot bend for the corner office.

It is Governor Patrick andGovernor Patrick alone whokilled any chance of casinoscoming into the Common-wealth. We are now, thanksto the governor, going towatch as Bay Staters taketheir money out of state toeither Rhode Island or Con-necticut. We will also watchas our unemployed workersstay unemployed too. DeLeodid his best, but GovernorPatrick played hardball andwon this time but voterswill remember his antics inNovember at the polls.

Hats are BackHave You Noticed?

Back when I was a kid, my

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Docket No. MI10P0912EA2In the Estate of

JACOB AINLate of WESTON, MA 02493

Date of Death December 18, 2009NOTICE OF PETITION


captioned estate, a petition has beenpresented requesting that a documentpurporting to be the last will and First Codicilof said decedent be proved and allowed andthat MARK S AIN of Lexington, MA, ROSS DAIN of Washington, DC and ARON J AIN ofNewton, MA be appointed executor/trix,named in the will to serve Without Surety.





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B&B TOWING50-R MOONEY STREETCAMBRIDGE, MA 02138

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TO: FAUN SCHWATTZ2-A GEORGES ROCK ROAD

SANDWICH, MA 02563B&B TOWING HAS HADYOUR VEHICLE SINCE

JANUARY 27, 2010A 2003 MINI COOPER

VIN #WMWRC33403TC484.THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN

ABANDONED, AND HAS NOT BEENCLAIMED AFTER DUE NOTICE.

THIS VEHICLE WILL BESOLD AT PRIVATE SALE

AT THE ABOVE ADDRESS.SINCERELY,

SUBMITTED BY B&B TOWINGMICHAEL SORRENTINO

dad would never go out with-out his soft hat on. In mov-ies, guys always wore theirfedoras. My father evenbought me one of those hatsthat folks like FrankSinatra, Dean Martin,Sammy Davis, Jr., or JamesBond wore. I hated it, woreit a couple of times andthrew it into the back of mybedroom closet. I hated hats.My father loved them. Backbefore the mid-sixties andbefore Jack Kennedy, hatsseemed mandatory. OnceJFK was in the White Househatless, everyone seemed togo hatless. I was so glad.

Lately at the malls, I no-ticed all kinds of those oldlooking hats back on displayand young guys were buyingthem. The Wall Street Jour-nal even did a front pagestory on the return of thehat. I don’t like them any-more today than I did wayback when.

Personally, I thought hatsmade men go bald. I neverwore them and I still havean amazing head of hair. Itisn’t black anymore. Thecolor turned grey but somuch remains. I feared thathad I worn hats growing up,most of my hair would havegone AWOL from the top ofmy head. Hey, if these younghipsters want to look likeJames Bond, just rememberwhat happened to the hairactor Sean Connery oncesported. Gonzo!

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LEGAL NOTICEREQUEST FOR PROPOSALS

MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITYTHOMAS J. KINTON, JR.

CEO AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

The MASSACHUSETTS PORT AUTHORITY (Massport) is soliciting integrator services forMPA CONTRACT NO. A197-S3 ASSET INVENTORY AND MAINTENANCE MANAGEMENTINTEGRATOR SERVICES. Under a prior Request for Information, Massport selected twoasset management software products to be included in a Qualified Products List (QPL).Those products are: IBM Maximo Asset Management 7.1 and Infor Enterprise AssetManagement, Asset Sustainability Edition, version 8.4. Massport now is seeking a qualifiedintegrator to supply either of the two QPL software products and any Massport authorizedrelated system components, and to install and configure the asset management systemutilizing an electronic asset inventory, an equipment classification system, and bar codingspecifications already developed for Massport’s pilot project site at Logan International Airport’sTerminal A. The scope of services requested in this RFP shall pertain to the pilot project site.In the future, Massport anticipates expanding its asset management program to include otherMassport facilities.

The consultant’s fee shall be negotiated on a work order basis and shall be based upon theconsultant’s proposed project costs provided in response to this RFP. Massport reserves theright to accept, reject, and/or negotiate any or all aspects of the consultant’s proposal.

M/W/DBE certification of the prime or any subconsultants shall be current at the time ofsubmittal and the consultant shall include a copy of the M/W/DBE certification letter from theState Office of Minority and Women Business Assistance (SOMWBA) within its submittal.Additionally, interested proposers may obtain copies of Attachments A and B to this RFPwhich detail all other proposal requirements. Those Attachments will be available beginningWednesday, August 18, 2010 via e-mail by contacting Susan Brace at [email protected]

The submission shall be evaluated on the basis of: (1) responsiveness to Massport’s product,technical, and project requirements, (2) demonstrated successful track record of consultant onprojects of a similar type as well as organizational type, size and complexity to that ofMassport, (3) qualifications and experience of the proposed project manager and key personnelto be assigned to the project, (4) experience and expertise of subconsultants, if any, (5) projectcosts, and (6) M/W/DBE and affirmative action efforts.

The selection shall involve a two-step process including the shortlisting of firms based on anevaluation of the proposals submitted in response to this solicitation, followed by a finalselection. Massport reserves the right to require interviews with, and/or demonstrations by,shortlisted firms prior to final selection if deemed appropriate.

By responding to this solicitation, consultants agree to accept the terms and conditions ofMassport’s standard work order agreement, a copy of the standard agreement can be foundon Massport’s web page at www.massport.com. The exception to this standard agreementis the insurance requirements as follows; (1) $1,000,000 of commercial general liability and(2) $1,000,000 of automobile liability insurance. The consultant shall specify in its cover letterthat it has the ability to obtain requisite insurance coverage.

Submissions shall be printed on both sides of the sheet (8 ½” x 11"), no acetate covers. Ten(10) copies of a bound document and one (1) electronic copy on CDROM each consisting of:1) a cover letter; and 2) responses to all requirements contained in the Attachments tothis RFP. The submissions shall be addressed to Houssam H. Sleiman, PE, CCM, Directorof Capital Programs and Environmental Affairs and received no later than 12:00 Noonon Thursday, September 23, 2010 at the Massachusetts Port Authority, Logan Office Center,One Harborside Drive, Suite 209S, Logan International Airport, East Boston, MA 02128-2909. Any submission which is not received in a timely manner shall be rejected by theAuthority as non-responsive. Any information provided to Massport in any proposal or otherwritten or oral communication between the proposer and Massport shall not be, or deemedto have been, proprietary or confidential, although Massport shall use reasonable efforts notto disclose such information to persons who are not employees or consultants retained byMassport except as may be required by M.G.L. c.66.

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

BOSTON POST-GAZETTE, AUGUST 20, 2010

by Richard Preiss

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

A great wonderful side to boxing. Thegreat mothers, wives, daughters, girlfriends,fighters, members of the media, fight fansand our many other great contributors tothe world of boxing. All are truly appreciated.All essential to the world of boxing. Greatpartners! We couldn’t have done it without“You!” The great contributions you’ve madehave added to our success in boxing. Ourgreat other halves. We couldn’t of done itwithout. You are a significant part of ourfight world, at times not acknowledged.Please remember “we couldn’t of done itwithout you!” A quote Auditor Joe DeNuccimade in regards to his magnificent wifeBarbara DeNucci. This brings to thought agreat saying “Behind every successful manis a great women. I agree. It’s almostimpossible to do it with-out “You!” BarbaraDeNucci and world title contender andMassachusetts State Auditor Joe DeNucci,Shirley Wood and the Babe, Rose Pender andWorld Champion Paul Pender, DottieDeMarco and World Champion TonyDeMarco, ace photographer Emily Harney,Helen Silverman and Sam, BarbaraMarciano and husband Rocky, LenaMarciano and son Rocky, Geraldine Listonand Sonny, fighter Jaime Clampitt, CherylBenoit and Bob, Karen Gerstel and Leo,Karen McNally and Jim, Martha Crowleyand Clem, Susan Murphy and Marty, PatMartini and Tom, Paula Mullen and Mike,Ginger O’Malley and Dan, Betty Dwyer andMickey, Pamela Doyle and Paul, Lya O’Neilland Don, Alice Pusateri and Iron Mike,Carmela Pender and Billy, Barbara Roachwith husband Paul and the boys, KathleenRoss and Charlie, Janet Bunting and Chris,Mary Long and Danny, Ann Torsney and herson Rich, Mae Hagler Lang the mother ofMarvelous Marvin Hagler. We emphasizeagain “We couldn’t of done it without you!”“Thank you!” Some comments: “There aretimes, had to make sacrifices like fightersdo.” “Harder to be part of training time, thanthe actual fight time.” “Not easy.” “Not easy!”

Happy Boxer Family Birthday’sAugust 22nd to World Champion Harold

“Chubby” Gomes, 24th Lee Meador, 25th JimMcNally, 28th Steve Memishian, 30th toMassachusetts State Auditor/World TitleContender Joe DeNucci, September 1st RIPto World Heavyweight Champion RockyMarciano and to Bill Mofford, 3rd DanFitzgerald, 4th Paul Poirier and Kurt DeCicco,9th Bobby Bolster and 11th Mike Joyce.

In this corner at Caesar’s Palace in LasVegas we have standing 7' 1", and weighingin at 335 lbs. Boston Celtics new centerbasketball superstar champion ShaquilleO’Neill. He is trained by trainer of champi-ons, Boston areas own Freddie Roach. In theother corner, standing in at 5' 9" and weigh-ing in at 147 lbs is World Boxing ChampionSugar Shane Mosely. On this show called“Shaq. vs. Shaquille O’Neill” at 38, dukes itout with the 36-year-old Sugar ShaneMosely. This bout is refereed by RichardSteele. Scheduled for 5 rounds. Rounds 1-4are 2 minutes, and round 5, is a one (1)minute round. Ding for round #1. Ding forround #2. It’s now round #3. “Ding!” Dingfor round #4 and now ding for round #5. Thiswas a good and interesting match by both.The fight is given to Sugar Shane Moselyby way of a unanimous 48-47 scores by allthree judges. Both great athletes. ShaquilleO’Neill is very talented and is a man of hisword. He can throw hands. “Pow!”

I want to thank Chris Sarno for the usageof his historical boxing magazines. Thesemagazines have been very helpful, in thewriting of these articles. Thank you Chrisfor your help.

Upcoming BattlesAugust 21st on Fox Sports from Mexico.

Joksan Hernandez vs. TBA Jr. Light-weight.Guillermo Rigondeaux vs. TBA Feather-weight and Jackie Nava vs. TBA femaleJr. Featherweight.

28th on Fox Sports en Espanol/Fox SportsNet from Puerto Rico, Giovani Segura vs.Ivan Calderan WBA Jr. Flyweight title fight.

“To the Great Ladies of the World of Boxing.It Can’t Be Done, Without You!”

Suffolk Downs will reduceits average daily pursedistribution by 26% forthe second half of its 2010racing season to achieve a13% reduction in pursesfor the meet, bringingpurse distribution in linewith statutory minimums,track officials announcedrecently.

The reduction will bringthe daily purse level for thelast 50 days of the 100-daylive racing meet from thecurrent average of $89,000per day to an average of$66,000 per day, savingthe track over $1 millionfor the remainder of the sea-son. Suffolk Downs expectsto generate approximately$8 million in purses thisseason based on contribu-tions to purses from handle

mandated by Massachusetts’statute.

“Ownership has investedseveral million dollars overthe last few years in an effortto support local horsemenand enhance our racingproduct,” said Suffolk Downs’Chairman Bill Mulrow. “Aseconomic and businessconditions worsen, we arefaced with difficult deci-sions as we strive to pre-serve our current workforce.We understand that thisreduction will cause dif-ficulty for the horsemen andhorsewomen who have sup-ported our racing programand we appreciate theirperseverance.”

“This reduction willhave a significant negativeimpact on our more than 800members as we strive to

preserve the Thoroughbredracing & breeding industryin New England and all therelated agri-business andeconomic benefits it pro-vides,” said Al Balestra,president of the New En-gland Horsemen’s Benevo-lent and Protective Associa-tion. “It will clearly cost jobson the Suffolk Downs’ back-stretch and at Massachu-setts farms and suppliersand my concern is that thiswill force more of our mem-bers to leave here to race inPennsylvania, Delaware,New York, West Virginia andother states that have thebenefit of expanded gamingat their racetracks.”

For each of the last threeyears, track ownership haspaid purses well above theminimum required by Mas-sachusetts’ law as part of itscommitment to live racing.

Suffolk Downs paid $10.9million in purses in 2006.New ownership increasedpurses to $12.1 million in2007 and $11.9 million in2008. A reduction last yearbrought 2009 purses down to$9.8 million.

Even with the reduction,Suffolk Downs expects tooperate at a substantialdeficit in 2010 and manage-ment is looking at additionalcost-saving measures, offi-cials indicated.

Suffolk Downs Announces Purse Reduction

Although most people arefocused on October 26 whenthe Celtics begin the regularseason by hosting the newlypowerful Miami Heat at theGarden, the region’s firstpeek at the 2010-2011 edi-tion of the Green Team willactually occur earlier in themonth.

It’s easy to overlook but thefirst regular season gamewill, in fact, be the ninthgame for the team that willcome together in late Sep-tember and see action soonthereafter.

That’s because there is aneight-game preseason sched-ule for the club set to getunder way on Wednesday,October 6 when the Celticstravel to Manchester, NH totake on the Philadelphia76ers at 7:30 p.m.

Technically, it’s billed as aBoston home game butwhether you agree with thator not, it’s true that this willbe the region’s first chanceto see the new Celtics thatfeature the veteran Big Threeplus the numerous additionssigned over the summer —especially Jermaine O’Nealand Shaquille O’Neal.

And when Shaq takes thefloor that night every sportswriter, every sports editor andevery sports blogger in NewEngland will know that theera of what’s known in theindustry as “good copy” willhave officially begun. Storieswill begin to flow and hopefullycontinue right through theNBA Finals in June, 2011.

The preseason slate isa compact one with eightmatchups packed into acouple of weeks. There’s notime to waste and little timeto think about what mighthave been. Games come onfast and furious.

For example, the night afterthat game against Philly, theC’s will be in New Jersey totake on the Nets in a 7 p.m.start down in the GardenState.

Then, starting Sunday,October 10 there’s a stretchof five games in seven nights— much more intense thananything the team willencounter in the regularseason. Fortunately, travel isheld to a minimum.

That October 10 contest, forexample, will serve as thebasketball opener for theGarden this year as theCeltics meet Toronto thatSunday in a 6 p.m. start.

Tuesday, October 12 hasBoston traveling to Philadel-phia for a second preseasongame with the 76ers at 7 p.m.Then on Wednesday, October13, the only two franchises inthe NBA that are still operat-ing in their original cities willmeet once again. Yes, it willbe the Celtics and the Knicksat Madison Square Garden at7:30 p.m. that night — a rela-tively short four-hour trainride from South Station in theHub.

On Friday, October 15 Bos-ton will travel to Toronto tomeet the Raptors at 7 p.m.before returning to the USAfor a trip down memory lane.Do you recall when the

Celtics played a few games inHartford every year? If you do,congratulations on reachingmiddle age. Anyway, memo-ries will come alive on Sat-urday, October 16 when theC’s once again the statecapital of Connecticut for a7:30 p.m. game against theKnicks.

Then, it’s back to Bostonfor the end and the com-mencement. The end of thepreseason will come onWednesday, October 20 whenthe Green meet New Jerseyat the Garden in a 7:30 p.m.game that will close out thepreseason. By that time, bond-ing will have occurred. Thenewcomers will be on theirway to becoming Celticveterans.

They will be ready. It will becommencement. Out intothe world of the NBA they willgo, forged together over twoweeks into a team and fullyprepared for the rigors of the82-game regular season thatwill await them.

They will be ready for aregular season run that willlead to a berth in the playoffsand perhaps ultimately to apostseason run that willextend well into June. Butthe seeds for such an even-tuality will have been sownin that fortnight of eightpreseason games, so oftenoverlooked by the fans andmedia, but so important forinstilling the preparation,mindset and attitude that setthe tone for everything thatfollows.

EIGHT IS ENOUGH — Vet-eran BU men’s hockeycoach Jack Parker has an-nounced that eight new re-cruits will be joining theteam next month. Three ofthe players hail from EasternMassachusetts.

Forward Charlie Coyle fromEast Weymouth was namedthe 2010 John Carlton Awardwinner, an honor given to themost outstanding high schoolor junior player in EasternMassachusetts.

Coyle, a graduate of Wey-mouth High School, played forthe South Shore Kings in theEastern Junior HockeyLeague (EJHL) last season,earning Rookie of the Yearlaurels by scoring 63 pointson 21 goals and 42 assists.

Then there’s GarrettNoonan, a defenseman fromNorfolk, and a former co-cap-tain at Catholic MemorialHigh where he had 34 pointsin 30 games as CM went onto win the 2009 Super 8Championship. Last year heplayer junior hockey with theVernon Vipers, scoring 27points as the team capturedthe league title.

Matt Ronan, who comesfrom Woburn, is continuing afamily legacy with the BUhockey program. Both hisbrother Dan (the class of1999) and his cousin Ed (theclass a of 1991) played forParker. A forward, Ronanplayed at Belmont Hill (ninegoals and 10 assists in 2008-2009 season and mostrecently was a member ofthe Valley Junior Warriorsof the EJHL.