VOL. 118 - NO. 47 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, NOVEMBER 21, 2014 $.35 A COPY Thanksgiving vs. Roseland and Massport Celebrate Opening of the Big Box Company PORTSIDE AT EAST PIER BUILDING 7 by Nicole Vellucci Ribbon-Cutting Held for Luxury Residential and Retail Complex in East Boston Thanksgiving, a Roseland, a subsidiary of day synonymous Mack-Cali Realty Corpora- with the word fam- tion (NYSE: CLI), in partner- ily in American cul- ship with the Massachusetts ture, has become Port Authority (Massport), more about the dol- hosted a ribbon-cutting for lar than together- the opening of Portside at ness. As a child, our East Pier Building 7, its flag- Thanksgiving ship luxury residential and preparations began retail complex located at 50 weeks prior to the Lewis Street in East Boston. main event with planning the menu, inviting family and Joined by Senator Anthony friends and endless trips to the grocery store. My father Petruccelli and State Rep. would post the dinner menu on our kitchen refrigerator Carlo Basile, Roseland and and everyone was asked to add their requests. Turkey day Massport celebrated the morning began with naming our bird (or birds since one completion of the initial thirty-pound turkey was not enough because you never building in East Boston’s first knew who would stop by) and preparation of all the deli- residential waterfront devel- Left to right: State Senator Anthony Petruccelli, cious accompaniments. Besides the wonderful aroma of this opment project in decades. Roseland President Marshall Tycher, City Councilor Sal feast filling our home, what I remember most is all the Portside at East Pier Build- LaMattina, State Rep Carlo Basile, BRA Director Brian Golden and Massport CEO Tom Glynn. laughter and family around our table into the wee hours of (Continued on Page 2) the night (short naps often took place around 3:00 pm). Now, (Photo by Rosario Scabin, Ross Photography) imagine in the midst of all this quality family time your Mom or Dad having to leave because their company de- cided to open on Thanksgiving. Boston’s Veterans Day is Back Better Than Ever This scenario is becoming the norm in 2014, as Kmart, Walmart, Target and other big box companies are compet- by Sal Giarratani ing for sales against the internet, which is always open. Yes, every businesses’ main goal is to generate sales and profit, but at what expense?! A woman in Delaware recently (Continued on Page 4) News Briefs by Sal Giarratani What in the World is Going On? This news just in, NBC is now reporting that the National Cathedral in Washington, DC, often referred to as the “Presidents Church” will The crowds were cheering everyone on. (Photos by Sal Giarratani) apparently be hosting a “Muslim Prayer Service’ This past Tuesday, Novem- Chapel onto Tremont Street and the support shown for in an attempt to reach out to the followers of Is- ber 11th was Veterans Day, heading toward the Combat them demonstrated that lam. I couldn’t believe this story when I first heard a holiday set apart to honor Zone to use that old military all veterans deserve to be it. I wonder when will bar mitzvah ceremonies the service and sacrifice of analogy from back in the honored for their service be held at your local mosque, or how about a choir all our veterans who served day. to our country, which is singing “Ave Maria”? both during peacetime and This year OutVets, a non- what Veterans Day is all Democrats Now the Party in war. The Veterans’ Day partisan and non-politi- about. of Stupid People? Parade was cancelled a few cal LGBTQ veterans unit This year I did something Apparently that seems to be the opinion caught years back and many veter- marched in the parade for different, I participated in on tape by Obama Care architect Jonathon ans went to work to bring it the very first time. It was two Veterans’ Day Parades. Gruber. He admits on tape, it was all a scam from back after the one year welcomed into the line of After living over 20 years in the get-go because the people mostly are stupid break from tradition. This marchers by the parade the City of Quincy, I have and wouldn’t know what hit them until it was too parade is back with this organizers and from my always marched in Quincy’s late. After the tape was replayed on conservative year’s beginning at the cor- first-hand view, this group annual parade. I did so again talk radio, Gruber said his remarks were made ner of Charles and Boylston marched to honor the ser- the morning of the holiday. at a “university conference” and were both “off- Streets. The streets were vice and sacrifice of veter- Later the same day, I ended the-record” and “inappropriate.” Those were his full with marching units, ans and was well received as up in Boston’s parade as words not mine. bands, a paddy wagon, fire it should have been. At the well. I was going to march He apologizes for how his remarks sounded, but trucks and a convoy of great conclusion of the parade, I until I heard a voice calling didn’t take back his words. Can I tell you, I old Army vehicles. The pa- caught up with the group me from a neat convoy of believe off-the-record quotes far better than rade route now goes down and spoke with OutVets’ Army trucks. I ended up scripted remarks. Chances are he was actually Tremont Street straight to Chief Information Officers riding in the back of an old City Hall. In the old days, and thanked them all for Army jeep and loved every (Continued on Page 13) back when I was a kid, it wanting to march in the minute of it. started in the Back Bay to parade. They were a class Beacon Street by King’s act along the parade route (Continued on Page 2) 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, NOVEMBER 21, 2014 • Boston’s Veterans Day (Continued from Page 1) JUPITER I noted previously that the bol of lightning; therefore serious aspect of Roman re- Jupiter was usually repre- ligion appears to have begun sented with that stone in his at the time of Romulus in hand instead of the light- 750 B.C. He marked out the ning which was held by limits of a temple to Jupiter Zeus. Today, our treaties and after suitable offerings or contracts are concluded Members of the 54th Massachusetts Vol. Inf. Company A. this became the first temple with signatures, seals and By the way, there was a newspaper story on the guys and that was consecrated in witnesses, but the Romans gals who were part of the parade convoy. They come from Rome. This temple to Jupi- used the scepter and flint the Town of Winthrop. Over the year a group of veterans ter was such a vast innova- stone, the sacred symbols of started gathering together and restoring old Army vehicles. tion in a simple rustic town Jupiter, together with some The group is led by Richie Duval who owns a garage. like ancient Rome that it grass from his temple. Together he and his friends have organized into a group remained their religious Because Jupiter pos- that goes by the name Magee’s Corner Militia since the center for many years. sessed such powers over the Duval Garage is the group’s HQ. Aboard the convoy with me I also wrote that if this elements, he was always were friends from the Winthrop A.L. Post 1 and Eastie’s temple remained the reli- regarded as the highest and ITAM Post 6. I can say I had a blast and wanted to thank all gious center of ancient most powerful of their gods, who came out in support of the veterans who passed by Rome for many years, I won- and the special protector of along both parades routes. It is good to know that we haven’t dered how many readers Rome. Newly elected officials forgotten to honor our veterans and the veterans honor you knew who Jupiter was? How gave thanks and paid hom- back for your support. about the other gods in Ro- mythology. This is the rea- age to him, as did command- man mythology? As tourists son why I’m constantly re- ers of the Roman legions are guided around modern ferring to the Greek gods when they were victorious Rome, there are constant and goddesses. Last time, we in war. He presided over the references made to ancient examined the circum- Roman Games as Jupiter temples that were dedicated stances surrounding the Capitolinus, and in all of to the various Roman gods. birth of Zeus, his two broth- his other attributes or pow- The question was asked, “If ers and three sisters. This ers he was treated by the you know nothing about the now leads us to Jupiter, the Romans as Zeus was treated mythological gods, then how Roman counterpart to Zeus. by the Greeks. During early in the name of heaven can Jupiter was also known as Roman times, temples to you understand the real Juppiter, Diespiter, Jovis, Jupiter were built on Rome’s meaning behind the con- and Jove, while his wife was Capitoline Hill, in the forum struction of their temples?” named Juno.