December 11, 2020 Vol. 124 No. 50
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VOL. 124 - NO. 50 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, DECEMBER 11, 2020 $.35 A COPY Baker-Polito Administration Announces Statewide Rollback to Phase Three, Step One, Additional Restrictions Effective December 13th New Restrictions Statewide for Capacity, Mask Compliance, and Distancing Due to Increased Cases, Hospitalizations The Baker-Polito Admin- 2 industries. These include The Administration also • Indoor theaters and per- • Golf facilities istration announced on indoor performance venues announced additional guid- formance venues and higher • Movie Theaters (Maximum December 8th that effective and certain high-contact indoor ance for certain sectors includ- contact indoor recreation busi- 50 people per theater) Sunday, December 13th, all recreational businesses. In ing restaurants, offi ce spaces nesses will be required to close This new capacity limit will communities in Massachusetts addition, capacity limits will and gyms, to address activities to the public not apply to sectors that do will return to Step 1 of Phase be reduced to 40% statewide where mask wearing is not pos- • Outdoor theaters and per- not currently have a percentage- 3, of the Commonwealth’s for most industries, and the sible at all times. formance venues will be limited based capacity limit, includ- reopening plan. This will reduce limit on outdoor gatherings Phase III, Step I: to 25% capacity, and no more ing restaurants, laboratories indoor capacities across a broad will be reduced statewide from Effective December 13th, than 50 people and close contact personal range of sectors of the econ- 100 persons to 50 persons. all communities will roll In all communities, capacity services. omy and tighten several other Additional safety measures will back to Phase 3, Step 1 of will be reduced from 50% to Restaurants and Venues workplace restrictions. The be applied to restaurant dining Massachusetts’ re-opening 40% for the following sectors: The Administration also Administration announced as well. plan, including the following • Arcades/Indoor and Outdoor announced new guidelines for the roll-back to respond to These new measures are restrictions: Recreational Businesses restaurants and other venues an increase in new COVID-19 designed to prevent infection • Outdoor gatherings at event • Driving and Flight Schools with seated dining, including: infections and hospitalizations and viral spread, especially in venues will be limited to no • Gyms/Health Clubs • Patrons must wear masks since the Thanksgiving holiday indoor settings. They will cre- more than 50 people • Libraries at all times except when eating that is straining the health care ate stronger mask compliance, • Hosts of outdoor gatherings • Museums and drinking system in Massachusetts. more social distancing, and of greater than 25 people will • Retail • Restaurants must seat no The return to Step 1 will also limits to the time spent with be required to provide advance • Offi ces more than six patrons per table require the closure of certain people outside of your immedi- notice of the gathering their • Places of Worship businesses designated as Step ate household. local board of health • Lodging (common areas) (Continued on Page 4) News Briefs by Sal Giarratani Bill O’Reilly’s “Commonsense” One evening last week listening to Bill O’Reilly’s Commonsense radio show (10:00 p.m. weeknights) on WABC 770 A.M. out of New York City, O’Reilly said it all. President-elect Joe Biden received fi ve million more popular votes than Trump. No court, not even North End Christmas Fund SCOTUS is going to overturn the election results. For NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT too many people out there it is false hope to believe that will ever happen. This election is always going to be For over 40 years the North End year have been distributed to those who considered tainted by all the voting irregularities and Christmas Fund has been providing help need our help. fraud allegations. The integrity of the election process to families and seniors at Christmas time. As you can imagine, due to COVID-19, has been damaged, which is in itself a clear and pres- ent danger to the institutions of our constitutional The program was started by Uncle Fred we are unable to hold our annual lun- democrat republic. Carangelo working with the various social cheon, however the need is anticipated There is no way of really knowing factually if the service agencies in the neighborhood to to be greater than ever! alleged voter fraud was systemic enough to overturn help those who may have lost their job, We are asking our friends and neighbors an election result. Judges will have no alternative but had a health crisis, financial need or to make a contribution of any kind to help to let the election stand. Like O’Reilly, I think that the maybe just needed some cheering up at support this great institution and carry on lawsuits fi led by the Trump Team need to continue because the American people need to know what the holiday due to loneliness or loss of a the tradition started by Uncle Fred more happened after the polls closed on November 3rd. We loved one during the past year. This tradi- than 40 years ago. need to know about the software used and how elec- tion is carried on by a committee of about a Donations made out to the North End tion offi cials behaved during the counting of votes. We dozen people led by Robert “Ted” Tomasone Christmas Fund can be mailed to: need to fi x what went wrong in this process so that it and agencies like the North Health Center, North End Waterfront Health doesn’t happen again. Right now, approximately 75 million voters think this year’s presidential election North End Athletic Association, Nazzaro c/o North End Christmas Fund was rigged and there is nothing that will change their Center, North End Against Drugs, A.B.C.D. Committee collective minds. – North End/West End Service Center, 332 Hanover Street Will Biden Enter White House North End Seniors and Ausonia Council Boston, Mass. 02113 Damaged and Tainted? Knights of Columbus. President Joe Biden will go into offi ce as a tainted Each year a fabulous luncheon is held Thank you in advance for your and damaged president, who many believe was at Filippo’s Restaurant and with the generous, continued support of the unconstitutionally placed into the Oval Offi ce. While generosity of the Frattaroli Family, a families and seniors of our beloved Democrats and liberals gloat, Trump Republicans and fantastic raffl e and many donations, we neighborhood and may you and your (Continued on Page 10) raise approximately $15,000. For the last families have a Merry Christmas and several years more than 200 checks per Happy Holiday Season. THE POST-GAZETTE SATELLITE OFFICE HAS MOVED TO 343 CHELSEA ST., DAY SQUARE, EAST BOSTON This offi ce is open on Tuesdays from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM and Thursdays from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM, for the convenience of our East Boston and North Shore clients and contributors Call 617-227-8929 for more information PAGE 2 POST-GAZETTE, DECEMBER 11, 2020 MBTA and MassDOT Announce Stirpe by Prof. Edmund Turiello Nostra Tobin Bridge Bus Lane Pilot A weekly column highlighting some Dedicated 1.1 Mile Bus Lane of the more interesting aspects of our th ancestry...our lineage...our roots. Southbound on the Tobin Bridge Opens Monday, December 14 The MBTA and Massachusetts HERCULES AND THE HELLHOUND Department of Transportation body bristling with vipers. He (MassDOT) Highway Division was friendly to all who entered, announced that a 1.1 mile but if anyone tried to escape, dedicated bus lane for south- he would seize that person and bound travel on the Tobin hold him fast. Bridge will open for use by As a person, Hades god of public transportation buses on this underworld ruled a servant Monday, December 14th. This named Charon. He was the twelve-month southbound bus mythological ferryman from lane pilot, along with additional antiquity who conducted the transit priority initiatives and souls of the dead in a boat across improvements on Broadway the river Acheron. Ancient poets Street in Chelsea and North have represented Charon as a Washington Street in Boston, stern and robust old man, with makes the MBTA’s Route 111 eyes glowing like fl ame, white bus route one of the most pri- ending just before the City The pilot will be in place for bushy hair, dingy clothes that oritized bus routes in the MBTA Square Tunnel in Charlestown. one year with the bus lane’s were stained with the muck of system. Dedicated bus lanes can reduce performance analyzed for met- the river, and holding a long “We are piloting the idea of a crowding on buses and also rics that include travel time, pole, which he used to propel preferential lane for the MBTA’s limit the amount of time riders operations, crowding, and rider- the boat. 111 route and the lane’s suc- spend in close proximity to oth- ship. Roadway and vehicle data cess will be evaluated after col- ers while on the bus. In some analysis will also take place The Last Judgment (Italian: Probably the most interesting lecting data on bus travel times, cases, bus lanes can improve with roadway operations being Il Giudizio Universale), portrayal of this subject is in crowding, and ridership, along service frequency to further monitored for vehicle volumes, Michelangelo, 1536–1541, the lower right-hand corner of with how safe the dedicated mitigate crowded conditions. travel time, and safety. Sistine Chapel, Vatican City Michelangelo’s Last Judgment on the wall of the Sistine Chapel, lane is for all travelers,” said The Tobin Bridge Bus Lane The MBTA Transit Priority Most readers recall that Vatican City.