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Post-Gazette 7-23-10.Pmd VOL. 114 - NO. 30 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, JULY 23, 2010 $.30 A COPY SALVATORE BALSAMO Celebrating Our Anniversary! to Receive Award at St. Joseph’s Feast Salvatore Balsamo will be and the American Heart awarded the Nulli Secundus Association. He is a strong Award (Second to None supporter of various groups: Award) at the 85th Annual Boston Pops, Easter Seals St. Joseph Feast on Satur- Inner-City Scholarship day, July 24th at 7:30 PM. The Fund, WGBH Channel 2 award presentation will take Auction, Habitat for Human- place during the evening’s ity to name a few. performance schedule in the It is clear why the Nulli Prado (Paul Revere Mall) on Secundus Award is pre- Hanover Street, Boston. sented to Salvatore Balsamo. Salvatore is receiving this Sal’s an individual who is award for all that he has truly deserving of such a accomplished throughout his high honor which exempli- life while giving back as for his dedication to numer- fies the selflessness and much as he has accom- ous causes such as Italian dedication of such an admi- James V. Donnaruma - Founder Caesar L. Donnaruma plished. He has been recog- American preservation soci- rable person. Publisher - 1896 to 1953 Publisher - 1953 to 1971 nized by many organizations eties, Catholic Charities Congratulations Sal. 115 Years of Continuous Publication One hundred and fifteen wife, Phyllis, who assumed were to work in construction, years ago, an Italian immi- the role of publisher in factories and restaurants, grant who arrived in Boston 1971, as one the nations eventually emerging as when he was only 16 years first Italo-American women small storekeepers and old saw the realization of his publishers. Upon Phyllis’ finally the professionals, fondest dreams, to establish death in October 1990, their heads of business enter- an Italian language newspa- daughter, Pamela, continued prises and eventually to per that would be the genu- the tradition as the third become industrial leaders, ine voice of the increasing generation publisher of the heads of state, people to be flow of Italians to the United POST-GAZETTE. respected by others. States. The boy was James The GAZZETTA, as it was If America was to some a V. Donnaruma, the news- properly called, was very bitter disappointment, to paper was LA GAZZETTA DEL short in financial means more it remained a great MASSACHUSETTS which is but had a large vision, to adventure and excitement. now published in English as give its readers a better There were new ways to Phyllis F. Donnaruma Pamela C. Donnaruma the POST-GAZETTE. and wider understanding be learned as well as Publisher - 1971 to 1990 Publisher - 1990 to Present He remained at the helm between two countries. The new institutions. There As we celebrate our anniversary, of this well-known publica- so-called Italian Colony, or were speculators and ex- tion until his demise in 1953 “La Colonia,” had to face a ploiters to be fought, a we would like to thank our advertisers and at which time his son, complexity of problems and “padrone” system needed to subscribers for their loyalty throughout the years. Caesar, took over the reins the GAZZETTA had to under- be destroyed. There were of running the now famous stand the slow and hard churches to be built and We couldn’t have come this far without you! national weekly newspaper transition of men who, in above all, immigrants took located in the North End of most cases, had been en- advantage of America’s free Boston. Caesar was loyally gaged in agriculture in the assisted by an ingenious home country. Here, they (Continued on Page 15) News Briefs by Sal Giarratani Mayor’s Column by Thomas M. Menino, Mayor, City of Boston Arizona, Arroyo and the Boycott There has been a lot of focus over the Together), unites law enforcement and Recently, some 400 protesters showed up in last several months on the troubling social service agencies — including town at a national Republican meeting which increase in gang-related youth violence Governor Deval Patrick, District Attor- Arizona Governor Jan Brewer attended. The in our neighborhoods. While gang vio- ney Dan Conley, the office of U.S. Attor- angry mob likes name-calling the governor lence is certainly not a new issue, the ney Carmen Ortiz, as well as health and for trying to deal with a crisis in her border nature of gang activity among youth has human services officials — to share state with illegal immigrants from Mexico. City evolved and we have had to adapt our resources, information and accountabil- Councilor Felix G. Arroyo wasn’t among the strategy accordingly. In collaboration ity. The PACT focuses its efforts on 200- protesters even though he co-sponsored a reso- with state and federal government agen- 300 individuals that have been identi- lution calling for a boycott of all things Arizona. cies and community partners, the City fied as playing a significant role in the He got blasted by the Boston Herald and then of Boston has launched a targeted, com- ongoing violence in known problematic showed up on Michele McPhee’s WTKK-FM talk munity-based strategy to more effec- areas. The PACT partners will work show to talk about his stand on Arizona. When it tively suppress violence in Boston’s together to share resources and provide comes to the new state law in Arizona, I support neighborhoods and support the families improved access to information, compil- it as a last resort since the Obama White House and residents in those communities. ing a database of complete records, pretends there is no crisis over our border with Reducing violence is a job that no single facilitated and centralized by the BPD Mexico. agency can do alone, but it’s one we all and circulated among law enforcement, I believe Arroyo is on the wrong side of this can do if we act together. social service and community partners. (Continued on Page 15) The new partnership, called PACT (Partnership Advancing Communities (Continued on Page 14) 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, JULY 23, 2010 Res Publica by David Trumbull A Politician Cares Only About One Job — His Own What is going on with Res Gazette readers not to know, THE PYRAMIDAL TOMB OF CAIUS CESTIUS Publica? A column about lo- and so little reported in the The Romans used three tian pyramid is actually a ture. They also placed a pic- cal politics and local current mainstream media that if kinds of burial places. These royal tomb and its construc- ture or a statue of the de- events has, more and more, you don’t read it here you were pyramidal tombs, monu- tion was brought about be- ceased nearby so that the re- been devoted to U.S. inter- may not see it anywhere mental tombs (round, square cause of religious influence. turning ghost might recog- national trade policy. As I sit else. or rectangular) and ceme- The Ancient Egyptians be- nize those features which the in a room in Washington, Much is made, on talk ra- taria. The tomb of Cecilia lieved in life after death dead body had lost. It is this D.C. writing yet another col- dio, and in other conserva- Metella as previously de- through the immortality of a religious belief which caused umn to send up to Boston, I tive and Republican circles, scribed as an excellent ex- ghost. They felt it was neces- the Egyptians to mummify say to the readers, Believe of the American jobs lost due ample of a round tomb. The sary to preserve the body to their dead and to build these me that what is going on to the Clinton-ear North pyramidal tombs were intro- enable the ghost to return burial places strong enough here in the federal capitol duced to the Romans after the and retake possession of it at to last eons of time. city is too important for Post- (Continued on Page 14) conquest of Egypt. The Egyp- some great time in the fu- After 65 of these pyramids were built in ancient Egypt as monumental tombs for the Pharaohs. Three of the most famous are located at Gizeh, Happy Anniversary near Cairo. The oldest of these is the Pyramid of from Cheops which dates back to 3733 B.C. Some idea of the Sal LaMattina magnitude of this great struc- ture is realized when we Boston City Councilor - District 1 learn that it covers about 13 acres and it’s height is 482 feet. This makes it about as tall as a 48 story building. It is constructed of huge sand- Happy Anniversary stone blocks weighing about three tons apiece. More Congratulations to the Post-Gazette amazing is the fact that the on 115 Years blocks had to be cut from distant quarries and then Joe DeNucci floated along the Nile in State Senator barges. The stones were then State Auditor dragged up a mile long ramp Anthony Commonwealth of Massachusetts and into position. History tells us that it re- Paid for by the PETRUCCELLI quired the labor of a 100,000 A. Joseph DeNucci Committee men for 10 years just to build the ramp from the Nile, and then another 20 years to build the pyramid.
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