VOL. 122 - NO. 5 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, FEBRUARY 1, 2019 $.35 A COPY Massachusetts’ Nation-Leading Three-Year Energy Effi ciency Plan Approved Plan Will Deliver Billions in Benefi ts to Residents and Businesses through Mass Save® Winter??? The Department of Public national leader in energy effi - economy,” said Energy and Spring??? Utilities (DPU) today issued an ciency,” said Governor Charlie Environmental Affairs (EEA) Order approving the 20192021 Baker. “Energy efficiency is Secretary Matthew Beaton. ThreeYear Energy Efficiency the most cost-effective way to “Energy effi ciency measures are Plan of the Commonwealth’s achieve environmental benefi ts the most cost-effective option electric and gas distribution while lowering energy costs and for ratepayers to lower their companies and the Cape Light we look forward to working with energy bills, providing reduced Compact, which sets energy all stakeholders to implement energy costs for businesses and saving targets and budgets for this plan.” homeowners while simultane- the Mass Save® programs. The The ThreeYear Plan was ously helping Massachusetts plan’s ambitious energy saving developed through a compre- meet its clean energy and cli- Saturday, February 2, 2019 targets represent a signifi cant hensive and collaborative effort mate goals.” change in energy efficiency involving the Energy Effi ciency The plan shifts electric pro- programs and has the high- Advisory Council. The Council, grams to recognize the ben- est gas effi ciency goal to date chaired by the Commissioner efits of strategic electrifica- in Massachusetts. The com- of the Department of Energy tion, and for the fi rst time in bined electric energy and gas Resources (DOER), represents Massachusetts offers incentive News Briefs effi ciency plans will cut green- a broad spectrum of stake- programs for fuel switching house gas emissions and ulti- holder perspectives, includ- – targeting oil and propane by Sal Giarratani mately achieve over $8 billion ing, but not limited to the customers for fuel conversion in customer benefi ts. Through Massachusetts Department to more effi cient and affordable this order, the plan will be of Environmental Protection, heating fuels and technologies Fake Texas Voters Prove Trump Right immediately implemented into Department of Housing and such as air source heat pumps. Evidence down in Texas now proves that President the Mass Save® programs for Community Development, low- Other highlights of the plan Trump is right on target on two issues that none of us the next three years. income advocates, advocates for include: will ever hear from the Fake News Complex of which “The ThreeYear Energy both large and small businesses • Active demand reduction the only goal is to undermine the POTUS as long as his Efficiency Plan is a critical and environmental groups. programs that help offset the name is Trump. There is proven voter fraud in Texas element of Massachusetts’ “The Department of Public most expensive hours of the despite the Fake Media’s constant denials. strategy to meet climate goals Utilities’ approval of the Three year to work alongside the new Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that set under the Global Warming Year Energy Effi ciency Plan will Clean Peak Standard; authorities have obtained evidence that voter fraud is Solutions Act and reinforces the have direct benefi ts to custom- taking place and that illegals are voting in U.S. elec- Commonwealth’s standing as a ers, the environment and the (Continued on Page 6) tions. The Texas State Secretary’s offi ce discovered that almost 95,000 individuals identifi ed as non-U.S. citizens have a matching voter registration record in Texas, and 58,000 of them have voted in one or more Remember the Blizzard of ’78? elections. We can be sure that illegal voting isn’t just happen- ing in Texas but nation wide. The Fake Media keeps talking about Russian meddling in U.S. elections but pays no attention to real illegal immigrant voter fraud happening right now. Notre Dame to Columbus After the University of Notre Dame surrendered to political correctness and announced it would cover-up 19th century murals of Christopher Columbus following protests by Native Americans. I found out something that exposes Notre Dame as nothing but a bunch of hypocrites. The university gave an honorary degree to Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, who has stepped down because of alleged sexual abuse charges, has yet to rescind his honoray degree. So let’s see here. Notre Dame is okay with McCarrick but ashamed of Columbus? Starbucks and Uber Team Up Starbucks addicts are now willing to pay more to have their coffees delivered to them rather than waste time in lines at actual stores. Hey, it’s the Economy I read a great little commentary by Jonathon Trug- man in the NY Post last week concerning U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez about what she sprouts (Continued on Page 4) 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, FEBRUARY 1, 2019 Dr. Giuseppe Giangregorio Honored for Promoting Italian Language by Eliot K-8 School THE VIGILS OF OLD ROME PART IV ons of every shape, form and description, carrying wares that stagger the imagination. Stalled wagons at intersections, break- downs, loading, and unloading, and the cussing of the drivers all contributed to a night of bedlam, which made sleep in any of the “main line” tene- ments impossible. Any carts that did not get out of the area by daybreak were required to halt and stand idle until the next nightfall. Fernando Giangregorio, Dott. Giuseppe (Pepe) Giangregorio, I suppose that in the midst of C.A.S.IT Executive Director of Education M.Gioconda Motta, all this daily pandemonium, the Eliot School Principal Traci Walker Griffi th, and Italian Consul traffi c, fi res, family squabbles, Education Offi cer Professor Adamo Castelnuovo neighborhood brawls, and prob- (Photo Courtesy of the Eliot School) During these old Roman the hours of dawn and dusk, no lems of every form and descrip- times, the law required that all transport cart was permitted in tion, that somewhere, at some Dr. Giuseppe Giangregorio Cross Pharmacy on Hanover landlords whose buildings faced the city except the chariots of time, one shopkeeper chased (Pepe) has received an Street in the North End. on a public street be required the Vestal Virgins, the sacred a kid for snitching an apple, award from Centro Attività Principal Griffi th said the Eliot to clean the sidewalk in front rulers, contestants in the pub- and then called for the police. Scolastiche Italiane (C.A.S.IT) School is thankful to have the of their property. It also ordered lic games and emergency con- If no police happened to be in for his unwavering support two as partners saying, “[they] the Vigiles in each area to be struction carts. the vicinity, I wonder if he said and promotion of the Italian have been ultimate supporters responsible for the enforcement Beyond these, no other day- “QUARE QUO INFERNI AGERE language and culture in the of the Eliot School over the of that law, even if it required time traffi c was allowed except NOS SOLVERE TIBUTUM” North End. years.” getting bids from private con- for pedestrians, horsemen, (What the hell are we paying The award was presented by C.A.S.IT is a non-profit tractors and assessing the litters, and carrying chairs. taxes for)? I suppose that there C.A.S.IT President Giaconda educational and professional cost to the delinquent property Even the caskets of the dead, also were those tolerant and Motta, Italian Consul Education organization that promotes owner (sound familiar? That law whether in the most costly or understanding citizens who Officer Professor Adamo Italian language and culture in is almost 2,000 years old). least expensive funerals, had to said to “Virgil the Vigile” ... Castelnuovo, and Eliot School public and private schools in Because the streets were so be given their last journey on a “ILLEGETIMI NON CARBOR- Principal Traci Walker Griffi th. New England. It was founded narrow and steep and because simple handcart pushed by the UNDUM” (Don’t let the bastards Dr. Giuseppe Giangregorio in 1995 following a proposal by of the hundreds of thousands of “libitinarius” or undertaker. grind you down). and his brother, Fernando the Italian Consulate General people that congested them, the Then came nightfall, and NEXT WEEK: Giangregorio, own the Green of Boston. law also provided that between along with it came the wag- Aurum AUDITIONS for the LEGAL NOTICE Commonwealth of Massachusetts LEGAL NOTICE NEMPAC Opera Project 2019 Production The Trial Court Middlesex Probate and Family Court Commonwealth of Massachusetts 208 Cambridge Street The Trial Court Cambridge, MA 02141 Middlesex Probate and Family Court “The Little Prince” (617) 768-5800 208 Cambridge Street Docket No. MI19P0306EA Cambridge, MA 02141 Back for its 8th season, able by cash or Venmo. (617) 768-5800 Estate of NEMPAC Opera Project is host- WHEN: February 23 and 24, ANTONIO C. ALMEIDA Docket No. MI18P4820EA ing AUDITIONS seeking artists 2019 Also Known As Estate of (youth and adults) from our WHERE: Boston Conservatory ANTONIO CARLOS ALMEIDA, CAROL RUTH LEARY local scene for our upcoming at Berklee (8 Fenway Boston, ANTONIO C. CARVALHO ALMEIDA, Also Known As ANTONIO CARLOS CARVALHO ALMEIDA CAROL R. LEARY 2019 Mainstage Professional MA 02215) Date of Death June 25, 2017 Date of Death June 12, 2016 Production “The Little Prince”.