VOL. 123 - NO. 13 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, MARCH 29, 2019 $.35 A COPY Don’t be Fooled MassDOT: Boston – Alford Street Bridge Beginning March 28Th: Two Lanes of Traffi c in Each Direction Open During Peak Commuting Hours Some Off-Peak Travel Time Lane Closures Continue for Bridge Deck Maintenance The Massachusetts Depart- effectively conduct bridge deck reduce speed and use caution. ment of Transportation replacement operations. The schedule for this work is (MassDOT) has announced The Alford Street Bridge is a weather dependent and subject that crews will re-open all City of Boston owned structure to change without notice. travel lanes on the Alford Street that carries traffi c on Route 99 For more information on Bridge in Boston beginning on over the Mystic River. This work traffi c conditions, travelers are Thursday, March 28th, a month period was selected with input encouraged to: earlier than scheduled, so that from key stakeholders including Dial 511 and select a route to there will be two lanes of travel the United States Coast Guard. hear real-time conditions. open in each direction during The Mystic River channel must Visit www.mass511.com, a April morning and evening peak be closed to marine traffi c dur- website which provides real-time commuting hours. Crews will ing bridge deck replacement traffic and incident advisory continue to implement lane clo- operations, and marine traffi c information and allows users sures during off-peak hours as volumes are lowest during this to subscribe to text and email needed to complete the remain- time frame. alerts for traffi c conditions. Fool’s ing construction operations. As always, work will be con- Follow MassDOT on Twitter The bridge was reduced to ducted in ways that help mini- @MassDOT to receive regular one lane of travel in each direc- mize the impact on the local updates on road and traffic tion in October 2018, and was community and traveling pub- conditions. Day!! expected to remain in this con- lic. MassDOT encourages the Download MassDOT’s GoTime fi guration 24/7 through the end public to be mindful of these mobile app and view real-time of April 2019. These impacts traffi c impacts. Those travel- traffi c conditions before setting Monday, have allowed crews to safely and ing through the area should out on the road. April 1st ITALIAN AMERICAN HISTORY THE ITALIANS IN LAWRENCE, MASS The Bread and Roses Strike Submitted by Frank Mazzaglia of The Italian American Alliance Traveling north towards New had arrived as evidenced by only 35 years. The work week News Briefs Hampshire, it’s less than an the number of the city’s social consisted of 56 hours for $6.50 by Sal Giarratani hour from Boston to Lawrence, clubs. The Portuguese had 2; a week. Rental for dilapidated Massachusetts. the English had 2; the Jews housing, which was little more Aptly called “Immigrant City,” had 3; the Armenians, 5; the than a cold-water flat, was Ayanna Versus Lawrence became home for Lebanese and Syrians, 6; the about $3 a week. So, fami- “Occupant of the White House” many different immigrant com- Irish, 8; the Polish, 9; the lies shared rental space. They “Sal, have you seen this? In his latest midnight munities because of the plenti- French Canadians and Belgian- cooked and slept in shifts. In rant, the occupant of the White House tweeted about ful jobs from its burgeoning French, 14; the Lithuanians, order to survive, everybody in my proposal to give young people a larger say in our textile industry. Miles and 18; the Germans 4: and the the family who could work had politics. So, Donald Trump thinks my colleagues miles of textile mills were built Italians, 32. to work. However, the miser- and I are ‘strange.’ Well, if lifting the voices of young in Lawrence. This was the city Italian immigrants had been ably crowded conditions gave people is ‘strange,’ if fi ghting for back pay for federal that produced textiles that attracted to Lawrence by post- rise to a host of diseases, which workers is ‘strange,’ if ensuring transit equity for the clothed the nation and the ers all across the regions of accounted for the early death residents of the 7th District is ‘strange,’ or if tackling world. However, in order to keep southern Italy promoting the rate. the gun violence epidemic is ‘strange,’ then I am the wheels moving, the mills city as a place where immi- Working conditions in the proud to be your ‘strange’ Congresswoman!” depended upon thousands of grants could fi nd good work and mills were extremely unsafe, U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley has a right to her views low-skilled laborers, most immi- economic prosperity. hours were long, Social Security but I fi nd it insulting that those on Capitol Hill have grants arrived during the great One poster read: did not exist at the time, and such negative opinions of all things TRUMP that they wave of European immigration “No one goes hungry in there was no compensation for have to resort to not mentioning his name. to America that ended in the Lawrence. Here all can work, work-associated accidents. Calling Trump, “the Occupant in the White House” 1920s. all can eat.” It all came to a head on is so disrespectful. I almost never supported anything In 1890, the foreign-born Upon their arrival, however, January 12, 1912, when a new President Obama said or did. However, I always tried population in Lawrence had the thousands of Italian immi- law took effect, which reduced to treat him and the offi ce he held with the respect reached 28,577. It was com- grants realized that they had the maximum work week from he earned by getting elected and re-elected as our prised of 7,058 Irish; 6,999 been seriously deceived by the 56 to 54 hours. president. French Canadians; 5,131 fake posters. However, the textile mill own- Happy Birthday To English; 2,465 German; and Living conditions were so hor- ers were not about to suffer any th 1,683 English Canadian. rendous that mill workers could Carl Reiner (97 on March 20 ). By 1920, thousands of Italians expect an average life-span of (Continued on Page 2) March 20th Important Day for GOP The birth of the Republican Party was founded in a schoolhouse in Ripon, Wisconsin for the purpose of countering the Democrats’ plans to expand slavery THE POST-GAZETTE SATELLITE OFFICE in America. Every American should remember this 343 CHELSEA ST., DAY SQUARE, EAST BOSTON date before they vote in their next election. Conservative Talk Getting Anemic? This offi ce is open on Tuesdays from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM Last week, Jeff Kuhner spent far too long on Thursdays from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM, air talking about poor Judge Jeanine Pirro being suspended from her Saturday show for making for the convenience of our (Continued on Page 10) East Boston and North Shore clients and contributors Call 617-227-8929 for more information PAGE 2 POST-GAZETTE, MARCH 29, 2019 Tony Wilson AKA “Young James Brown” Back in Town by Sal Giarratani CLAY IS A BRICK, OR IS IT? “And it came to pass long as the roof was as they journeyed from watertight and the the east, that they found sidewalls were kept in a plain in the land of good repair. However, Shinar; and they dwelt if the structure was there. And they said neglected for a few one to another, go to, years, it would crumble let us make brick and into dust. Mounds of burn them thoroughly. earth now mark the And they had “brick site where splendid for stone and slime palaces once stood. had they for mortar” Abandoned fur- (Genesis 11:2-3). The nishings were also plains of Mesopotamia buried in the moist contained hardly any debris, and these too stone. What little there have rotted away and was had high gypsum are gone forever. Here are Judy Lei with Tony Wilson at the Menotomy Grill & content and for all The ancient inhab- Tavern in Arlington, MA. practical purposes itants of these lands (Photo by Sal Giarratani) was soluble in water. were not unlike the I can’t wait to see the Young James Brown, better known to When left exposed to Egyptians. In death, friends as Tony Wilson from Chicago. He did a great James Brown the elements it would they also were sur- 50th Anniversary concert last April over at the Regent Theatre in disintegrate rapidly. rounded with their Arlington. Wilson and Judy Lei, virtuoso violinist, are both back The most had to be precious belongings. in Boston. made of what nature They even went so far Her big Celebrate Love concert took place at the Regent on Friday, had provided and as to have themselves March 15th. What a great virtuoso violinist she is. If you’ve never that was an excellent buried with their heard her, you’re missing out on a great performance. quality of river clay. Glazed brick lion from Babylon chariots, a bodyguard The James Brown Saved Boston concert is returning with Tony These Mesopotamians of soldiers, and many, Wilson & friends on Friday, April 5th, at the Regent Theatre, begin- were very knowledgeable in platforms and the buildings. or all of their wives. Grave ning at 8:00 p.m. the manner of baking brick. They were consequently forced robbers were also a problem Watching and listening to this show is like seeing James Brown Their technique, plus the high to resort to a very simple and here as they were in Egypt.