VOL. 123 - NO. 40 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, OCTOBER 4, 2019 $.35 A COPY North End Rehab’s Ribbon Cutting Unveils New Facility Changes by Steve Vilkas The North End Rehabilita- upgraded amenities can be tion and Healthcare Center, found throughout the facility. a member of Marquis Health The fourth fl oor cardiopulmo- Services, held an open house nary unit, where all rooms have on Wednesday, September 25th. been converted to private, are Guests were able to tour the fa- equipped with piped-in oxygen cility and learn more about the and suction units. recently completed renovations. Senator Joe Boncore deliv- A number of elected offi cials, ered a few remarks before the healthcare professionals and ribbon-cutting, noting that, neighborhood residents stopped “None of this would have been by for a social hour which was possible without the ground- capped off by a ribbon-cutting swell of support from the neigh- ceremony commemorating the borhood coalition.” occasion. Senator Boncore was joined Marquis Health Services as- by Representative Paul Donato, sumed full operation of the Representative Steve Utrino and facility on October 28, 2017. City Councilor Althea Garrison, Renovation efforts began soon Pamela Donnaruma, Marie afterward, totaling over $4.5 Simboli, and Francine Gan- million. The complete overhaul non were thanked for all their of all rooms, bathrooms and efforts. common areas, including a new CEO Norman Rokeach and 3,000 sq. ft therapy gym, began Administrator Sami Almadi in early 2018. made statements as well with Emily Shea, from Mayor Marty Walsh offi ce, Beth Fearon, Director of Nursing Services at the North End Rehab; State The therapy gym is equipped Rokeach stating, “We were so Senator Joe Boncore, Sami Almadi, Senior Administrator; Francine Gannon, Dr. Musa Mohamad, Co-Medical Director; with an ADL suite complete lucky and indeed so privileged Pamela Donnaruma, Dr. Maher Tabba, Pulmonologist; Marie Simboli, Dr. Terry O’Malley, Medical Director; Norman Rokeach, CEO with a full kitchen for OT train- to have won the North End ing, an isolated matt room, trophy.” Almadi praised the and a SMART car that patients dedication of the staff: “It’s Ribbon Cutting Celebrating the Reconstruction can use to train on before be- about more than aesthetics; it’s ing discharged. The second about delivering on what we’ve Of North Square in the North End fl oor subacute fl oor features a promised to the patients and brand new beauty parlor and their families.” Featuring New Permanent Public Artwork and Improved Pedestrian Access Massachuse tt s Associati on of Italian American Police Offi cers, Inc. Annual Awards Banquet On October 19, 2019, The National/Massachusetts Association of Italian American Police Offi cers will be hosting its 51st Annual Awards Banquet. The event will take place at 6:00 p.m., at Angelica’s, 49 South Main Street, Middleton, MA. This year, we are giving awards to Special Agent in Charge Joseph R. Bonavolonta, Dr. Francis Mazzaglia, of the Italian American Alliance, Officer Robert On Monday, September 23rd, ‘North Square Stories’, by A+J built a better, more accessible Anthony of the Boston Police Department, and Chief Mayor Martin J. Walsh joined Art+Design. space for residents and visitors Robert J. Ferullo, Jr., Woburn Police Department residents, community advo- “The renovation of North to gather and enjoy the North [Ret.] cates, business owners and city Square showcases our com- End, and these new works of There will also be the awarding of scholarships offi cials for a ribbon cutting cel- mitment to making upgrades to art, designed for all.” ($500.00) to worthy applicants and the presentation of ebrating the reconstruction of Boston’s infrastructure, while The community design pro- retirement plaques. North Square in the North End. still preserving the history and cess for the reconstruction of Banquet tickets are $60 per person, $550 for a table A partnership between Boston’s culture of our neighborhoods,” North Square began in 2014, of ten. Public Works Department and said Mayor Walsh. “By working and priorities resulting from Ticket information at 888-558-7598 or [email protected] the Boston Art Commission, the hand-in-hand with the com- those discussions led to the project includes a new piece of munity and incorporating their permanent public art entitled ideas into the design, we have (Continued on Page 10) THE POST-GAZETTE SATELLITE OFFICE HAS MOVED TO 343 CHELSEA ST., DAY SQUARE, EAST BOSTON This offi ce is open on Tuesdays from 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM and Thursdays from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM, for the convenience of our East Boston and North Shore clients and contributors Call 617-227-8929 for more information PAGE 2 POST-GAZETTE, OCTOBER 4, 2019 ACE Mentor Program of Greater Boston Stirpe by Prof. Edmund Turiello Launches 2019-2020 Program and Invites Nostra Local High School Students to Participate in A weekly column highlighting some Free After-School, Hands-On Educational Program of the more interesting aspects of our ancestry...our lineage...our roots. ACE Hosts New Student Kick-Off Event October 16, 2019 for High School Students Aspiring to Continue Education in the LUCAN Architecture, Construction and Engineering Industries Marcus Annaeus Lucanus, ACE Mentor Program of have the choice of attend- in companies already aligned usually called Lucan, our next Greater Boston is a free after- ing one of the following loca- with the ACE program.” Roman scholar was a most school program run by local tions: Northeastern University The students who have par- important poet in the Silver design and construction profes- (Mondays), Wentworth Institute ticipated in the ACE Mentor Age of Latin literature. He was sionals with the goal of inspiring of Technology (Tuesdays), Program often speak to the ben- brought to Rome at an early high school students to pursue Boston Society of Architects efi ts of the program and how it age, where his education was careers in the architecture, (Wednesdays), Symmes Maini helped them forge a successful supervised by the most promi- construction and engineering & McKee Associates Inc. career. “I was able to work with nent teachers of the day. He industries. Students have the (Wednesdays) or Benjamin the kind of engineers I aspire was the nephew of Seneca, the opportunity to learn from pro- Franklin Institute of Technology to be who have qualities that tutor of Nero. fessionals in an introductory (Thursdays). I strive to have. I am forever The talents of Lucan devel- program gaining experience in Students reap the benefits grateful that I was chosen for oped during his younger years, industries such as civil engi- of working alongside mentors this opportunity,” said Hunessa and he soon became famous neering, construction manage- who are full-time architects, Louis, 2019 graduate from the as a poet. Lucan’s popular- ment, and interior design, to engineers and project man- Newman School, Boston, and ity awakened the jealousy of name a few. Along with the agers for companies includ- ACE scholarship recipient. Nero, and consequently Lucan In book six, Erichtho (pictured) hands-on experience, students ing but not limited to Turner ACE of Greater Boston was was forbidden to write any performs a necromantic rite, who participate in the program Construction Company, Gilbane launched in 2007 and is one of more poetry, or even to recite which many contend is one of have the opportunity to receive a Building Company, Bolyston 70-plus affi liates under the ACE in public. Appalled by this the Pharsalia’s best-known scholarship to further their edu- Properties and Perkins + Will. national umbrella. Through prohibition, he joined Piso’s sequences. cation in their specifi c industry They will learn valuable skills practical, project-based, hands- famous conspiracy to assas- of choice. At the Spring 2019 and practices of working on on explorations, students work sinate Nero, but was soon events are arranged in chrono- fi nal presentation, the program a construction site as well as collaboratively and creatively to betrayed. Lucan was promised logical order. awarded $156,000 in scholar- developing skills to maneuver design innovative solutions to a pardon if he turned informer Due to the changing moods ships, ranging from $3,000 to design and construction soft- real world problems. With pro- and soon denounced all of his and the spirit of the poem, it’s $12,000, to graduating high ware programs. The students fessional guidance by esteemed accomplices. Imperial treachery quite evident that the ten books school seniors. also have the ability to build industry mentors who are full- was more than Lucan could were written within different ACE of Greater Boston professional contacts in their time employees of construction, deal with, and after the con- time frames. Earlier books fl at- runs its mentor program fi eld of work, potentially leading design and engineering fi rms, spirators were executed, Nero ter Nero, while later volumes from October 2019 through to more high school and college students embark on a five- issued an order for the poet’s loudly proclaim the blessings March 2020, starting with the internship opportunities. month design project, through execution. Escape appeared to of freedom along with offensive Student Kick-Off event on At the conclusion of the pro- weekly sessions after school, be hopeless, so at the age of criticism against his tyranny. Wednesday, October 16, 2019 gram, participating students to develop the professionalism, twenty-six, while in the prime In spite of his youth, Lucan’s at Wentworth Institute of give a fi nal presentation in front teamwork, and collaboration of his life and career, he opened work is said to contain great- Technology. To sign up for of industry experts, school staff, that the industry requires.