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VOL. 122 - NO. 37 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, SEPTEMBER 14, 2018 $.35 A COPY 92nd Italian Feast of Saints Cosmas and Damian The 92nd Annual Italian Feast of Saints Cosmas and Damian was a great celebration of tra- dition, cultural pride, and fun. Held September 7th-9th in East Cambridge. Entertainment included leg- endary founders of the hit band Chicago, The Drifters, Sweet Sensation, Shannon and Deb- bie Deb! And local favorites such as Vinyl Groove, The Reminisants, “Smokin’Joe and the Henchmen, SeaBreeze with Stephen Savio, World Premier Band, and Italian crooner Gian Faraone. As always, there was a food festival, parades, amusement rides, meatball and cannoli eat- ing contests, Monsters, Inc. and Star Wars movie characters, carnival games, street perform- ers, cooking demonstrations, and live entertainment , and a special healing service. A Feast Mass was celebrated by Bishop Peter Uglietto at St. Francis of Assisi Church on Sunday morning and later in the day the grand procession through the streets of East Cambridge and East Somerville with marching bands, fl oats, trolleys, and the Saints. Opposition Emerges Toward Potential News Briefs North End Community Center Site Next to Mirabella Pool by Sal Giarratani by Matt Conti, NorthEndWaterfront.com A mass mailing was sent to thousands of North Booker’s “I Am Kirk Douglas” Moment? End / Waterfront residents this week opposing Last week during the Judge Kavanaugh’s Senate a new community center at the site next to the Confirmation hearings, U.S. Sen. Cory Booker got Mirabella Pool. The City has yet to decide on a himself overly dramatic when challenging Kavanaugh’s site, although the Commercial Street location fi tness to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court by saying he remains under consideration, according to city was taking a “I am Spartacus” moment. Cory Booker, offi cials. A potential new building would be built who obviously has Potomac Fever for 2020, sounded so where the spray pool is located on Commercial silly. He was threatening to release documents marked Street and include the area where there is cur- classifi ed even though these documents had already rently a bathhouse. been de-classifi ed. He was spreading fake news and a The North End Community Advisory Commit- fake Kirk Douglas, too. tee last met in December 2017 to discuss results Abortion Remains from a study on the needs, layout options and Divisive Issue in America expectations for a new building. The owners of the property that sent the post- Recently, Democrats on the Senate Judiciary cards told NorthEndWaterfront.com that they Committee were obsessed with turning Judge Kavanaugh want to raise community awareness about the provided the following update in response to the into some kind of monster and extremely radical on the site selection process and are asking the City recently raised concerns. issue of abortion rights. Rather than looking over his 12 to remove the Commercial Street location from “We are still considering this site, adjacent to years on the U.S. Court of Appeals in D.C. where he has consideration. They are in the early stages of the Mirabella Pool, as a potential site. We are sat, they reached back to a quote of his during his time asking residents to respond via their protect- certainly mindful of all of the issues raised, as serving in the Bush White House where he once stated, [email protected] email address. So far, we work with various City agencies to vet all of “I am not sure that all legal scholars refer to Roe as the they count 30 residents and property owners that the potential sites before presenting them to the settled law of the land ...” In the course of the hearings, are against the Commercial Street site for a new Community Advisory Committee for feedback. We Democrats wanted to know whether or not the nominee community center. defi nitely plan to meet with the CAC and gather for the high court believed that Roe was correct settled The opposition postcard says “Save the North feedback from the community before making any law. What by the way is “correct” settled law? In 1896, End Waterfront” and lists concerns such as fl ood- fi nal decisions. We hope to hold the next CAC Plessey v. Ferguson said the Supreme Court, separate ing, park shadows, waterfront view restrictions, meeting in the early fall for this express purpose.” but equal was constitutional. It was settled law for 58 and highlight that the peripheral location is in- At previous meetings, the proposed plans for years until the U.S. Supreme Court changed its mind convenient and potentially unsafe for seniors and a new community center introduce designated in 1954, declaring separate but equal unconstitutional. children. [Note: We have confi rmed the mailing is spaces for key constituents, including the general Did that mean that the 1896 court decision was settled not associated with the previous group using the public, seniors/adults, teens, children, and also law or correct settled law for only 58 years? same “Save the North End Waterfront” moniker, for popular activities, such as music, sports, car- Nothing is correct in such court decisions. It may be which were fi ghting a proposed hotel development dio, weightlifting, and studio fi tness (i.e. dance, settled law only until it is no longer settled law. Abortion at Lewis Wharf.] yoga). The Mayor’s FY19 budget includes $3 rights advocates are the true radicals when it comes to City offi cials emphasize that no decision has million for the design of a new North End Com- abortion. This is where we are today in civil society. This been made yet in the site selection process, but munity Center. (Continued on Page 15) the location next to the Mirabella Pool remains a Renovation of the existing Nazzaro Center on potential location. Alistair Lucks, City of Boston Project Manager for the Study at Public Facilities, (Continued on Page 11) PAGE 2 POST-GAZETTE, SEPTEMBER 14, 2018 Res Publica by David Trumbull For 50 Years the Navy Peacoat Has Been Made Here in Boston, Let’s Fight for It! MORE PEARLS FROM THE PAST an equal weight of bull’s gall, stored in a gall bladder without touching the earth, and taken in water with the patient standing upright. Two eels rotted in wine causes those who drink the liquid to acquire distaste for wine, but pressing the feet together often cured a weak stomach. Image Source: U.S. Navy Uniform Regulations To get rid of a fever the Time is running out to save the iconic Navy peacoat. Soon, the pea- ancients used the salted right coat will become an optional component of enlisted sailors’ seabags, eye of a wolf, worn as an amulet replaced by the synthetic Cold Weather Parka as the mandatory and they relieved an attack of outerwear. The Navy cites a desire to reduce budget and uniform sneezing or hiccoughs by kiss- requirements as its primary reason for making the change, but this ing a mule on the nose. The reduction in cost for the Navy comes at a price. only danger there was when the For more than a century, the peacoat has been a staple in the Deer are said to be the deadly A good headache remedy was mule puckered back. seabags of new-enlisted sailors. It is one of the most iconic and enemy of snakes, they even pull to pour vinegar over a door Women’s uterine troubles recognizable symbols of a strong U.S. Navy. Its natural wool con- them from their nests and eat hinge and the mud thus were cured by an application struction is virtually impervious to cold, making it ideal for colder them. Fumes from burnt deer obtained was applied to the of bull’s gall and poppy juice or climates, and when adorned with Navy insignia, makes a statement antlers kept serpents away and forehead. Front door hinges by fumigating the uterus with about a special and valued group of patriots. The loss extends beyond the Navy, though. The U.S. woolen textile the ancients slept on deer skin were particularly effective. smoldering deer’s hair, and industry, centered in New England, with small to medium busi- blankets anywhere in the open Another good headache cure Olympias of Thebes offered a nesses in the chain throughout the U.S., is likely to be hard hit by without fear of snakes. Deer was to use a rope that was cure for barrenness by using this change. The shift away from the peacoat could mean millions of rennet taken in vinegar was previously used in a suicide bull’s gall, serpent’s fat, cop- dollars in lost revenue and the potential loss of thousands of jobs. used to prevent snake bite and and tie it around the temples. per rust, and honey, rubbed Since 1968, all offi cial U.S. Navy peacoats have been made right if merely handled, it was said After all, it worked the first on — you know what — before here in the City of Boston, at the Fredella family’s East Boston, that no serpent would strike time. you know when. Osthanes said Sterlingwear of Boston, factory. Good-paying manufacturing jobs during that day. A fi sh bone stuck in the throat that if the blood of a tick from in Boston are at risk. Factories in the supply chain that will be Eye infections were cured by came out when the feet were a black wild bull is rubbed on affected are located in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, fi rst washing the feet and then plunged into cold water and the loins of a woman, she will and Pennsylvania.