August 26, 2011 Vol. 115 No. 34
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Thousands waited for the finale of the Festival. VOL. 115 - NO. 34 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, AUGUST 26, 2011 $.30 A COPY Madonna del Soccorso “Fisherman’s Feast” Madonna del Soccorso “Fisherman’s Feast” 2011 “Man of the Year” Tony DeMarco Nardo: Memoirs of a Boxing Champion Book Signing The “Pride of the North End,” Tony DeMarco, The Flame and Fury of Fleet Street,” the former undisputed Welterweight Champion of the World, was named “Man of the Year” at the Madonna del Soccorso “Fisherman’s Feast” on Thursday, August 18th. In conjunction with this great honor, Tony choose to release his autobiography Nardo: Memiors of a Boxing Champion with a book Members of the Madonna del Soccorso Society. signing celebration. L-R: State Hearing on HazMat Truck Routing Brings Out News Briefs North End/Waterfront Community, Elected Officials by Sal Giarratani and Trucking Companies Rick Perry: A Fire and Brimstone by Matt Conte Kind of Governor? Governor Rick Perry of Texas is openly religious. He just held a religious gathering at Houston’s Reliant Stadium. It was held on Saturday, August 6 and open to fellow believers. It was a seven hour atonement and prayer service in response to what many evangelicals see as the nation’s moral decline. Many see America falling into the same fate suffered by the Roman Empire. Of course, the liberals went ballistic thinking about it. Atheists even tried to stop it in court to no avail. Most conservative politicians shed away from it because they probably thought “The Response,” as the event was named, was some- thing they shouldn’t respond to. Establishment Republicans have become too politically correct as of late, say many in the Tea Party movement. Boston City Councilor Sal LaMattina testifies at the HazMat Truck Routing hearing Should Republicans deal strictly with economic with State Senator Anthony Petruccelli and State Representative Aaron Michlewitz. issues like candidate Mitt Romney seems to do The North End/Waterfront North Enders came to tell Memorial Institute. Several well or should social issues still be of primary con- community showed up in officials, in their own words, people recalled the fiery im- cern too? This seems to be the current debate force on Tuesday at the first why the hazmat trucks don’t ages of last month’s hazmat within the GOP. of four State hearings re- belong on city neighborhood truck explosion in Saugus on Perry has become a favorite of the Tea Party garding the proposed re-rout- streets. City of Boston officials Route 1 and what that would supporters and the healthy state of the Texas ing of hazardous material are strongly recommending mean should it happen in economy can certainly only assist Perry into pass-through trucks from the hazmat route change the North End/Waterfront or becoming a national candidate in Campaign 2012. downtown Boston to sur- based on a comprehensive along the Greenway. According to Perry, the prayer gathering “is not rounding highways. Although 182-page public safety analy- MassDOT, the State’s trans- (Continued on Page 10) the hearing was on the other sis recently released by portation routing agency, is side of town at State trans- the Ohio-based independent portation headquarters, many research company, Battelle (Continued on Page 15) THE POST-GAZETTE SATELLITE OFFICE IS NOW OPEN AT 35 BENNINGTON STREET, EAST BOSTON This office is open on 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, AUGUST 26, 2011 A Wonderful Visit by Bennett Molinari and Richard Molinari Through the years, we all with flowers interspersed. develop friendships that we We had lunch at one of our feel will last forever only to favorite North End restau- discover that time and dis- rants where we sat and tance often takes their toll caught up with what was and what was once a close happening in the lives of VESPASIAN’S COLOSSEUM and intimate relationship both our families, then we Vespasian died on July 23, feet long, five hundred feet and seats for government becomes distant and nearly went to Polcari’s where they 79 A.D. after a brief illness, wide, one hundred and sixty officials and dignitaries. The forgotten. We have discov- had a blast looking through just one month before the feet high and covers six lowest range of regular seats ered, through the years, that the herbs and hard to find eruption of Mt. Vesuvius. He acres. The central combat were reserved for the noble certain friendships survive spices. They were amazed was a hard-headed man, of area was called the arena and wealthy, while the sec- time and distance better at the variety offered and great common sense, ambi- which, interestingly enough, ond range was reserved for than others, no matter how shared with us tips on the tious for power, shrewd, de- is the English translation for the middle-class. The third long the time, how great the foods that each would best termined and above all he “harena,” the Latin name for range was for poor people, and separation. enhance and complement. was practical. Although his the sand that was spread to the last, most upper range Recently, we had the plea- We tried to explain that we reign was marked by great absorb the blood of the con- was for unescorted women. sure of a visit from three are terrible cooks but it did economy, the Colosseum or testants or the animals. The A skillful arrangement of of our closest friends who not make a difference; our Flavian Amphitheater that air was kept fresh smelling corridors, stairways, ramps have become more like friends are determined to he started in 70 A.D. was by spraying perfumes or by and wall made it possible for family than friends. We have make cooks out of us. probably the most extrava- spreading costly powders each class of spectators to known Maria, her daughter We returned to our apart- gant expenditure for public around the structure. reach their own seats or to Lucy and son Peter forever, ment where we had des- amusement ever made in Eighty arched openings in exit without coming in con- experienced the ups and sert prepared, mercifully the world. It was opened and the exterior walls of the first tact with their social inferi- downs of life together and sparing them from anything dedicated by his son, Em- story formed the entrances, ors. The eighty exits were shared in many events, we might have made. We peror Titus, in 80 A.D. and but these corresponding referred to as “vomitoria” some small, others momen- did make espresso which finally completed by his sec- arches in the second and because they permitted the tous, that brought us to- Maria guardedly declared to ond son, Emperor Domitian, third stories contained beau- spectators to spew or flow gether in countless ways. be OK. We then continued in 82 A.D. These three em- tiful sculptures. A total of right out into the street. A Our friends come from a our conversation from the perors, a father and two 160 statues were displayed full Colosseum could be tiny town in central Italy restaurant, this time cen- sons, all carried the family in the upper facade alone. emptied in less than ten that is located high in the tering on housekeeping and name “Flavius” as part of There was seating capacity minutes. The structure was Apennines’, and although homemade cleaning prod- their imperial title and are for fifty thousand spectators intentionally built as an they have lived in America ucts. We joked if they were known to us today as the and standing room for about arena where the wholesale for many years, they main- trying to send us a message, Flavian Emperors. Conse- thirty thousand more. Seat- destruction of human and tain many of the customs but no, they assured us quently, this structure is ing priority was strictly by animal life took place for and traditions of their former that our apartment seemed properly called the Flavian social class and all seats and the amusement of the spec- home. They also possess a very well cared for, thank Amphi theater. The name tickets were numbered. tators, and they witnessed wealth of knowledge devel- goodness. Colosseum came into use The present day system of these scenes of murder oped over centuries of hav- Early evening came along because of the colossal numbered seats and tickets hour after hour, day after ing to be self-sufficient and far too quickly, and they had statue of Nero that stood in places of amusement be- day, and month after month. have detailed knowledge on to return home. We walked near it in ancient times. gan here. The emperor’s how to grow and preserve all them to their car and prom- The Colosseum is oval ringside platform or box con- NEXT WEEK: kinds of fruit and vegetables ised to visit before Thanks- shaped, about six hundred tained the imperial throne The Colosseum, Part II and how to spin and weave. giving, at which time we Wonderful gardeners, they will pick up the conversa- brought us an enormous tion where we left off as we QUOTE TO NOTE (submitted by Sal Giarratani) basket of herbs and veg- have done countless times “The fact that we are here today to debate raising America’s debt limit is a sign of leadership etables lovingly arranged throughout the years.