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VOL. 120 - NO. 29 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, JULY 15, 2016 $.35 A COPY Update on Saving the Madonna Delle Grazie Procession North End Nursing Home in Boston’s North End To date, we have gathered over 1700 signatures on our Save the North End Nursing Home petition! (If you haven’t signed it yet and would like to, please drop by the Post-Gazette offi ce at 5 Prince Street or go online to northendboston.com/nursing.) Most of the signatures have been delivered to city and state offi cials, including our local government representatives (Aaron Michlewicz, Sal LaMattina and Joe Boncore), Mayor Walsh and the At-Large City Councillors. (The latter claim to not know much about the issue yet, so we urge you to call or email them to express your concern.) Lt. Governor Karyn Polito, State Sen. Sal DiDomenico, and House Speaker Robert DeLeo have all been made aware of the situation as well. At-Large Boston City Councillors Annissa Essaibi-George, [email protected], 617-635-4376 Michael Flaherty, [email protected], 617-635-4205 Ayanna Pressley, [email protected], 617-635-4217 Michelle Wu, [email protected], 617-635-3115 Local Offi cials City Councillor Sal LaMattina, Salvatore.LaMattina@boston. gov, 617-635-3200 State Sen. Joe Boncore, [email protected], 617- 722-1634 State Rep. Aaron Michlewicz, Aaron.M.Michlewitz@mahouse. gov, 617-722-2220 State Offi cials Gov. Charlie Baker, Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, 888-870-7770, or complete email form at mass.gov/governor/constituent -services/ contact-governor-offi ce/ State Sen. Sal DiDomenico, [email protected], 617-722-1650 House Speaker, Robert DeLeo, [email protected], 617-722-2500 Contact Aaron Michlewicz’ offi ce for the latest on forming a local committee and other ongoing efforts. (Photo by Matt Conti, www.northendwaterfront.com) Let’s keep the pressure on! Madonna Delle Grazie of Baronia Avellino. Featuring the and made their way through the Avellino, Italy was honored on North End Marching Band and neighborhood with many stops Sunday, July 10th, at the annual the Northeast Italian Band, dev- along the way. Madonna Delle News Briefs procession in Boston’s North otees to the Madonna started at Grazie (Our Lady of Graces) is by Sal Giarratani End. The society was founded in St. Leonard’s Church at the cor- a devotion to the Virgin Mary Boston in 1903 from San Sossio ner of Hanover & Prince Streets in the Roman Catholic Church. (Additional Photos on Page 9) City of Boston to Launch Body Camera Pilot Program with Boston Police Department Mayor Martin J. Walsh and ing with the Boston Police constituents while keeping our Boston Police Commissioner Department as they learn best community safe.” William Evans announced an practices through this pilot “The Boston Police Patrol- agreement with the Boston program and I thank Commis- men’s Association is pleased to Police Patrolmen’s Association sioner Evans and BPPA for their have reached agreement with (BPPA) to allow the City of Bos- cooperation on reaching this the City of Boston to imple- ton and Boston Police Depart- agreement.” ment a pilot program for Boston ment to launch a six-month The agreement was created Patrol Offi cers to wear and use Body Worn Camera Pilot Pro- by viewing best practices in body cameras,” BPPA President Hillary for Prison 2016 gram. Under the agreement, up other municipalities across the Patrick M. Rose said. “The BPPA I saw the above on the back bumper of a car the to 100 volunteer patrol offi cers country with input from police believes that a pilot program other day in Dorchester, and just loved it so much. will be equipped with body departments and offi cers, the will enable the Department and What happened with the FBI director is not surprising. cameras for a six-month period BPD Social Justice Task Force, the Union to evaluate whether J. Edgar Hoover must be rolling over in his grave like in which on-duty police activity the Harvard Law Criminal Jus- body cameras contribute to of- a rotisserie chicken at the supermarket. will be documented. tice Program, and through com- fi cer safety, provide useful evi- What is wrong with Bernie Sanders? Backing Hillary “In Boston, we are fortunate munity feedback. dence for criminal prosecutions, is like going against everything he has been preaching to have strong relationships “This is a positive develop- and help to foster positive rela- about Wall Street. She ought to name Goldman Sachs with our communities and I’m ment that brings the Boston tions with the citizens of and as her running mate, right? confident that body cameras Police Department even closer visitors to the City of Boston. Check out the anti-Hillary website by logging on to: will serve as another tool for to implementing this important The BPPA also believes that this Hillaryforprison.com. the Boston Police Department pilot program in the city,” Com- pilot program will showcase, to (Continued on Page 14) to continue their work in the missioner Evans said. “We are all of the citizens of Boston, the neighborhoods,” Mayor Walsh committed to building on the said. “I look forward to work- trust we have earned with our (Continued on Page 14) 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, JULY 15, 2016 Governor’s Councilor Terry Kennedy Seeks Re-Election Attorney Terrence Kennedy (D-Lynnfield) formally an- MORE ROMAN TEMPLES nounced his candidacy for re-election to the Governor’s The Pantheon was started in Council representing the 27 B.C. and was completed in sixth district, which includes 14 A.D. It is the most perfectly Boston, Cambridge, Lynn, preserved of all the ancient and 17 additional communi- buildings in Rome. It was named ties. The Primary Election Pantheon of Deities (Gallery of is scheduled for Thursday, the Gods) because the dome September 8th, and the Gen- resembles the curved canopy of eral Election for Tuesday, heaven. Built during the time of November 8th. Agrippa and permitted to decay Kennedy has served on under Titus, it was rebuilt by the Governor’s Council since Hadrian. Its use as a Christian 2011. During his tenure on the Council, he has voted on church since 609 A.D. preserved over 200 judicial nominations, including three appoint- it as a link between the life of the ments to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. ancient and modern Rome. Currently the Council is appointing three new justices The internal diameter of the to the state’s Supreme Court. dome and its height both equal “I’m proud of my record on the Governor’s Council and one hundred forty-two and I have always maintained my commitment to diversity one-half feet and required walls and equality. I have worked with my colleagues to ensure The gigantic Greek-style columns, from a 4th century twenty feet thick in order to that judicial nominees are properly vetted and appointed restoration following a fi re, framed the entrance to the Temple counter the dome’s tremendous to the bench. We have accomplished so much, but there of Saturn. thrust. For those interested in is still work to be done” Kennedy said. The Temple of Saturn, built the merrymaking surrounding statistics, the diameter of the Kennedy grew up in Everett and is a graduate of Boston about 284 A.D., faced the Fo- the celebration of the modern dome is thirty-fi ve feet greater College Law School. He has practiced law for over 30 rum Magnum Romantum and Christmas season. The Satur- than the Church of San Sophia years. Terry resides in Lynnfi eld with his wife Cheryl. was one of the oldest of the nalia is also said to be the origin in Istanbul, thirty feet greater sanctuaries. Saturn was the of today’s carnival, or the Italian than St. Paul’s in London, fi ve Roman god of Agriculture, and carnevale. feet greater than St. Peter’s in The Academy of General Dentistry at one time was believed to be In a completely opposite vein, it Rome, and four feet greater a mythical king of very early might be interesting to note that than the Cathedral in Florence. Foundation to Provide Rome who ruled graciously and in 1497, at the age of twenty- The only light entering the Pan- brought civilization and moral- two, Michelangelo completed his theon is from a twenty-seven Free Oral Cancer Screenings foot diameter circular opening ity to this area. A great festival statue of Bacchus, the Roman god Early detection of oral cancer is essential to improving treat- in the center of the dome. A hole was celebrated in December of wine. The Greek counterpart ment options for individuals who are diagnosed with this disease, in the fl oor drains off any rain of each year and it was called to Bacchus was Dionysus and and general dentists serve as a fi rst line of defense. This is why that falls through the opening. the Saturnalia. It started as a feasts consecrated to Bacchus Academy of General Dentistry (AGD) member dentists will provide The ancient bronze entrance one-day harvest festival that were called Bacchanalia, Diony- free oral cancer screenings on July 15th and 16th for the general doors were originally plated later grew to six or seven days.