VOL. 114 - NO. 22 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, MAY 28, 2010 $.30 A COPY Memorial Day Lombardo Family Hosts Event Raising $45,000 for 3 Charities Observance May 31, 2010 The Lombardo’s Family FOR THOSE WHO celebrated the Vincent’s Night Club 24th anniversary with a charity gala at Vincent’s and Lombardo’s in HAVE SERVED Randolph, on Wednesday May 19th. As they do every year, the Lombardo’s Family annually hosted three chari- ties at this gala ball. The family picks up 100% of the expense for the entertain- ment, food & liquor. In re- turn, guests are asked to donate a minimum of $65 per person to one of the three featured charities. This year’s highlighted charities included the East Boston Harborside Commu- nity Center, Randolph Youth Softball/Baseball Associa- tion, and The South Shore YMCA. The event pulled more than 500 people and A day of prayer and remembrance for raised $45,000 for the three charities. This years’ event East Boston Harborside Community Center Michael those who died so that we may live in peace. featured entertained by Sulprizio, Chairman of the Board; Mary Catino, Member Stayin’ Alive – One Night of of the Board and Immediate Past Chairperson; Fran Riley, the Bee Gees. The quintes- Coordinator of the Harborside Community Center and sential tribute and vocal Vincent Lombardo, CEO of Lombardo Companies. HAZMAT TRUCKS ON match to the Bee Gee’s. Vincent’s, Lombardo’s, and The Harborside is in charge dents improve their quality the Lombardo’s Family are with meeting the educa- of life by empowering and COMMERCIAL STREET proud to host this annual tional, social, cultural and contributing to the commu- A meeting will be held at the Fairmont Battery Wharf main event and they sincerely recreational needs of its ser- nity through civic and volun- ballroom on Wednesday, June 2 at 6:00PM. North End/ appreciate the charitable vice population including teer participation. With the Waterfront residents should attend to voice their opinions donations the guests make. all ages and ethnic groups. contributions raised, Harbor- on the Hazmat trucks that are traveling through our The East Boston Harbor- The Harborside’s Mission is side will be able to update neighborhood. This is a public safety issue impacting our side Community Center is a to provide quality educa- the Community Center’s neighborhood. It is important that everyone attends. non-profit, incorporated, tional programming for the computer lab and prepare multi-service agency serv- East Boston community. The people with the necessary ing East Boston and the Education Program offers tools for them to succeed in News Briefs surrounding communities. courses that will help resi- their future ventures. by Sal Giarratani Mayor’s Column New Folk Hero Sings by Thomas M. Menino, Mayor, City of Boston “American Heart” As the economy transitions toward was also announced this week that re- Back when I was a kid growing up in the fifties, recovery, the City of Boston is already tailers Whole Foods, Target, Panera, and Kate Smith’s version of “God Bless America” was seeing encouraging signs of growth and Kohls are all exploring expansion projects a big patriotic hymn. Everyone recognized im- we are taking steps to seize new and new retail locations across Boston. mediately when it came on the radio and no one economic opportunities. The diversity of The South Boston Waterfront is belted it out stronger than Smith. It still plays our city’s industries has allowed Boston another area brimming with enormous every morning at 9am sharp on WJIB 740 am. to suffer fewer job losses in the last year potential. Our Convention Center will Before 9/11 and following that terrorist attack than the national and state average and in the next 3 years host more conven- on America, Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless the this has our city uniquely positioned to tions and meetings than at any time in U.S.A.” took on a life of its own. Today, thanks to attract new businesses. It is an encour- state history. All of these visitors will be Jonathan Kahn, a/k/a Jon Davis, his new song aging trend that many businesses are able to shop at the new Louis Boston, is rising in respect within the Tea Party Nation. announcing long term investments visit the Institute of Contemporary Art, The song debuted on stage in Quincy, Illinois at here, with plans to grow their footprints or go see a Cirque du Soleil show this a tea party rally. He went on to open for Sarah and lay foundations in Boston. summer on the waterfront. I encourage Palin at the Tea Party Convention in Nashville. Liberty Mutual’s recent announce- our residents to take time to visit this He sang it for the Conservative Political Action ment that it will expand its global head- flourishing area as well. Conference in Washington, DC. Now, it has its quarters in Boston is one significant We also have ambitious plans to take own website. example of a private company showing one thousand acres of untapped poten- confidence in the city’s economy and our The lyrics are great and very American. The tial on the South Boston Waterfront and song goes something like this: workers. In Downtown Crossing, Emer- Marine Industrial Park and turn them son College recently opened the new into an Innovation District, developing (Continued on Page 14) Paramount Center and the Morgans Hotel Group opened the Ames Hotel. It (Continued on Page 15) THE POST-GAZETTE SATELLITE OFFICE IS NOW OPEN AT 35 BENNINGTON STREET, EAST BOSTON This office is open on Mondays and Tuesdays from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM and Thursdays from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PMPM, for the convenience of our East Boston and North Shore clients and contributors Call 617-227-8929 for more information Page 2 POST-GAZETTE, MAY 28, 2010 Sal DiDomenico Stirpe by Prof. Edmund Turiello Installed as New State Senator Nostra On Thursday, May 20, 2010 Sal N. DiDomenico A weekly column highlighting some took the oath of office as the of the more interesting aspects of our new State Senator. Senator ancestry...our lineage...our roots. DiDomenico will represent parts of Middlesex, Suffolk THERMAE, THOSE FABULOUS ROMAN BATHS and Essex counties to in- The word thermae is de- Rome without buying a clude; Cambridge, ward 3, rived from the Greek “ther- package deal which includes precinct 2, wards 6 and 7, mos” meaning hot. The Ro- transportation and a seat ward 8, precincts 1 and 2, man thermae were magnifi- at the opera, magnificently ward 9, precinct 1, ward 10, cent structures built for pub- staged under the stars in precinct 2, Everett and lic bathing, culture and re- the ruins of this once ma- Somerville, ward 1, precinct laxation, and were indicative jestic structure. The origi- 1, ward 2, precinct 1, in the of a pleasure loving public. nal building and grounds county of Middlesex; Boston, The structures were built covered about thirty three ward 2, ward 21, precincts 4, and maintained by the acres. The one hundred 6 and 7, ward 22, precincts emperors in search of popu- foot high vaulting over the 1, 2 and 5, Chelsea and Re- larity and admission was Tepidarium inspired the vere, ward 6, in the county of usually free. The thermae design of the Main Con- Suffolk; and Saugus, pre- Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick conducts the oath probably furnished the inspi- course in the original Penn- cincts 2, 6 and 10, in the of office for newly-elected State Senator Sal DiDomenico. ration for the later day Spa, sylvania Railroad Station in county of Essex. (Photo by Rosario Scabin, Ross Photography) Men’s Clubs, Health Clubs New York City. Sixty four and Massage Parlors. People reservoirs in the rear of the spent many hours at the complex filtered, heated, baths. A visit usually started and stored about two million Res Publica with a dip in the luke warm gallons of water which was by David Trumbull pool called the Tepidarium conveyed to the baths in lead to condition the body for the pipes. The water was not hot soak in the second pool kept hot all day. About noon Address by David Trumbull on the Occasion of the Awarding of the which was called the Cali- each day a bath-bell sounded darium. The third or cold which announced that the Mary U. Nichols Book to Nicholas Iudiciani and Aaliyah Mastin swimming pool was called bath water was now ready Friday, May 21, 2010 at the North End Branch Boston Public Library the Frigidarium and was un- and people who liked it hot heated. After the hot soak lost no time in having their and a swim the bather could bath. then have a massage, be The last of the more anointed with exotic skin famous baths was the balms, visit his favorite bar- Thermae of Diocletian ber or have a manicure. which was built about Later he watched a wrestling A.D. 302. The Tepidarium match or other sports event, of this structure was con- attended a theatrical perfor- verted into the Church of mance, enjoyed the culture S. Maria degli Angeli by of a good library, listened to Michelangelo in 1563. a good speaker on the topics About sixteen hundred of the day, walked down a bathers could be accommo- tree shaded lane or sat in a dated at one time in the park and enjoyed a bit of Baths of Caracalla and about cheese, a piece of bread and three thousand in the Baths a glass of wine.