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VOL. 123 - NO. 8 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, FEBRUARY 22, 2019 $.35 A COPY Celebrating Boston’s Affordable Housing Funding Grants at North End’s Knights of Columbus Site by Matt Conti, NorthEndWaterfront.com It was a good day for afford- CDC, Victor Brogna from able housing efforts in the City the North End / Waterfront of Boston as hundreds of new Residents’ Association (NEWRA) units were funded through- and Sheila Dillon, Boston’s Chief out the city in a celebratory of Housing and Director of the event held in the North End. Department of Neighborhood Mayor Walsh and representa- Development (DND). Attending tives from the Department of were local officials, including Neighborhood Development, City Councilor Lydia Edwards Neighborhood Housing Trust and State Rep. Aaron Michlewitz. Fund and the Community In total, 10 affordable housing Preservation Committee gath- developments were awarded ered at the Knights of Columbus funding throughout the city as building at 41 North Margin part of Community Preservation Street, the future site of 23 grants. new senior affordable housing North End K of C members units. The North End project is were on hand from the Ausonia receiving of $1.96 million from Council #1513 for the cele- Community Preservation Act bration, along with their non- L-R: From the Knight of Columbus (Ausonia Council) John Pagliuca, John Romano, Steve funding. profi t partner, the East Boston Scappichio, Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, State Rep. Aaron Michlewitz, K of C John Fiumara, In addition to Mayor Walsh, Community Development Corp. City Councilor Lydia Edwards, and NEWRA’s Victor Brogna speaking at the event were Al that will have a 99-year lease to Caldarelli of the East Boston develop and manage the prop- erty. At the N. Margin St. loca- The Knights will also have in Brighton, East Boston, tion, there will be 23 units in total just over 1,500 square feet of Dorchester, Mattapan, Mission as part of the 5-story building. ground floor space to house Hill, North End and Roxbury. General affordability require- a new council headquarters. The North End project is ments would be for those with Plans also call for a community receiving of $1.96 million from News Briefs incomes up to $45,000 while the room and 15 parking spaces. Community Preservation Act “senior” notation means those at The citywide projects funding. Mayor Walsh has by Sal Giarratani least 62 years old. announced Wednesday total targeted16,000 new affordable Public financing dictates $26 million toward 515 housing units by 2030 with Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez Ain’t A-Ok that tenants will be selected affordable housing units 5,500 affordable housing units The Green New Deal that is being pushed by the likes via lottery. and deed-restricted homes permitted to date. of U.S. Rep. Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and her sidekick U.S. Senator Ed Markey is all a bunch of hocus pocus from the Climate Change extremists. They say the world will end as we know it in 12 years unless we start tak- ing bullet trains to Europe or California or wherever. They want cows to be banned from fl atulating all over the pasture. To make matters worse, most of the looney tune Democrats running for president agree that the former bartender from Queens is on to something. How did Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez become so A-OK in such short time? Star Parker is Right Star Parker is an author and president of CURVE (Center for Urban Renewal and Education) and recently said something worth repeating, “I am one black woman who believes in America and loves this country, who Representatives of the 10 affordable housing awards throughout the city with Mayor Walsh believes that our future lies in Christianity, capitalism and local offi cials. and the Constitution. And I am here to tell you that tens (Photos by Matt Conti, NorthEndWaterfront.com) of millions of Americans of all backgrounds are with me and are with President Trump.” I am Against Fighting Endless Wars 2019 City Scholarship Applications Recently, those in the Anti-Trump Resistance inside and outside of government are opposing any attempt to get out of Afghanistan or Syria any time soon. Usually, Available to Boston Residents Democrats oppose wars but since Democrats are mad Mayor Martin J. Walsh hoods to apply to this program, who went on to attend 30 local as hell with Trump they now sound like War Hawks. announced applications are and look forward to our city’s colleges and universities. This Oh there are plenty of GOP War Hawks too. But I fi nd now available for the 2019 City leaders gaining the opportuni- year, the Fund will award 30 it diffi cult to believe that Democrats can’t swallow the of Boston Scholarship Program. ties they deserve to succeed.” new recipients. words Trump uses like “Great nations do not fi ght end- The City of Boston Scholarship The City of Boston Scholarship This year’s scholarships were less wars.” Didn’t these same Democrats once support Program is designed to support fund is a need-based schol- supported by generous dona- President Obama who wrote in 2015, “I do not support higher education, and is avail- arship that provides up to tions from Arbella Insurance the idea of endless wars?” able to Boston residents inter- $10,000 over four years towards Foundation, Harvard Pilgrim (Continued on Page 11) ested in pursuing an under- tuition, and relies primarily on Health Care Foundation, Herb graduate degree or continuing generous contributions from Chambers Foundation, Pinnacle education in Massachusetts. individuals, organizations and Leadership Foundation, and “The City of Boston Scholar- corporations to further the Rapid7 as part of their com- ship Fund helps students goal of having more Boston mitment to students of Boston. POST-GAZETTE SATELLITE OFFICE achieve their dream of attend- residents complete a post-sec- “Investing in the education of ing college, and I’m proud that ondary education. During the our young people is paramount 343 CHELSEA ST., DAY SQ., EAST BOSTON through this program, we’re 2018-2019 academic year, the to not only their own success, Tues. 10:00 AM-3:00 PM; Thurs. 11:00 AM-2:00 PM able to give our residents the scholarship program awarded but to the future of our local support they need,” said Mayor a total of $290,000 to over 115 communities and businesses,” Call 617-227-8929 for more information Walsh. “I encourage residents students representing almost throughout our city’s neighbor- every neighborhood of Boston, (Continued on Page 6) PAGE 2 POST-GAZETTE, FEBRUARY 22, 2019 Saint Frances of Rome by Bennett Molinari and Richard Molinari THE BIBLE LANDS The history of ancient districts, and supplied one third at times even death. Appeals Mesopotamia, also called the of the grain produced in all of could be made to the king. They West Asiatic or the Tigris- western Asia. A magnificent used a form of silver currency, Euphrates country, was actu- system of artificial irrigation with denominations named Frances was born in Rome to a wealthy and aristocratic couple, ally composed of three major was introduced by a network “talents, maneus, shekels, and Paolo Bussa and Iacobella dei Roffredeschi in 1384. She was chris- periods. These were known as of canals. The greatest of these paras.” Taxes were levied for the tened in the Church of St. Agnes on the famed Piazza Navona. the Babylon Period, the Assyrian canals was called the “Nar improvement of their roads and When she was eleven years old, she wanted to be a nun, but, at Period, and the Persian Period. Malka.” It connected the Tigris canals. They were also required about the age of twelve, her parents arranged for her to marry They all occupied the territory with the Euphrates and was still to pay a “king’s tax” (property Lorenzo Ponziani, commander of the papal troops of Rome and that was part of the “Bible in use as late as 700 A.D. tax), and an “army tax.” member of an extremely wealthy family. Lands.” Mountains in the north- During the Babylonian All Chaldeans of free birth Among her children we know of Battista, Evangelista, a child of ern portion of the country reach period, the people maintained were educated. Slaves were great gifts, and Agnes. heights of 7,000-feet, but fur- a civilization, which has not protected by law against harsh The family fl ourished under Frances’ care, but within a few years ther south, the country slopes been properly appreciated until treatment from their masters; a great plague known as the Black Death, began to sweep across downward to form a broad fairly modern times. The discov- they could own property; and Italy. It struck Rome with devastating cruelty and left Frances’ central alluvial plain, which ery and deciphering of many in fact were often taught trades second son dead. In an effort to help alleviate some of the suffer- occupies the valley between the thousands of inscribed tablets by their owners. Women occu- ing, Frances used all her wealth and sold her possessions to buy Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. from some of the oldest cities pied a favorable position in whatever the sick might possibly need. When all her resources The previous column noted that of Babylonia give a very accu- their society, especially after had been exhausted, Frances and Vannozza went door to door history marks this as the loca- rate account of their ancient marriage. They could own begging. Later, Frances’ daughter died, Frances opened a section tion of the “Garden of Eden.” life in details, which are clearer property and engage in busi- of her house as a hospital.