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Adolescents vs. AdultsRecently, I read a press release from advocates con-

cerned about the prison/jail population of 16-25-year olders. This group believes that this age group should be considered not adults by the prison system so they would not have a record upon release.

However, at the same time, U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley is pushing to allow 16 year olders to vote in federal elec-tions. What gives here? Commit a crime and they call you a juvenile up to age 25 but when it comes to voting, treat these same folks as adult enough to vote. Can’t have it both ways. Sixteen is too young to vote period.

Now it’s Bribery?The Democrats were hell bent on getting the president

on his “quid pro quo” but when that was selling with the American public, Speaker Nancy Pelosi said “It’s all about bribery which is even a better impeachable crime.”You know, the reason quid pro quo was selling is that members of Congress have no understanding of Latin. Many of them weren’t altar boys as kids. All that term means is giving something for something else. Not a crime. When bribery falters what will they come up with? This whole thing is a sham and Trump will get re-elected because the Democrats continue to be The Gang That Couldn’t Shoot Straight without actor Robert Mitchum at the helm.

What’s Up with the DemocratsWhat is their end game? They all know the U.S. Sen-

ate will not convict President Trump after the House impeaches him. The President will not be removed from office. So what is with all this drama from the likes of U.S. Rep. Adam Schiff ? It began the moment Trump was declared the winner of the 2016 election.

Liberal and progressive Democrats are too far gone to step back now. What are they going to do when nothing happens to Trump? Why they are doing this seems clear to me. They want to hurt his credibility so a Democrat could beat him in 2020. Trouble is, most voters are seeing through this partisan sham of theirs. Prediction: President Trump wins a second term and the haters continue their hatred another four years because they can’t do anything else.

Are We Living InGeorge Orwell’s 1984 Today?

George Orwell’s 1984 wasn’t an instruction manual and yet, nearly half of adult Americans are currently in a law enforcement facial recognition database. Facial recognition technology is fundamentally biased, and misidentifies women and people of color at disproportion-

VFW Post 144 is celebrating its 98th year as part of the U.S. Veterans of Foreign Wars. In 1921, North End WWI Veterans formed VFW Post 144. Since then, the Post has continued to honor and remember North End veterans from WWI, WWII, Korea, Vietnam, and the more recent conflicts.

VFW Post 144 members conduct a remem-brance ceremony in the Pardo to honor North End,

and all veterans on Veterans Day and Memorial Day.

As part of the North End and Boston community, VFW Post 144 provides support to “Local Veterans Services” and charitable contributions to “North End Community Organizations.”

Paul Spera, Past National VFW Commander, currently serves as VFW Post 144 Quartermaster.

(Photos by Michele Morgan)

VFW NORTH END POST 144Veterans Day Remembrance

POST-GAZETTE, NOVEMBER 22, 2019

MYTHOLOGY … A SKELETON OUTLINE

A ChaosB. Primeval Beings

1. Erebus — Primeval darkness

2. Myx — Night 3. Gaea — Mother earth 4. Hemera — Day 5. Aether — Upper

atmosphere 6. Charon — The boatman

in Hades 7. Uranus — The heavens

C. Primary Titans ... Giant deities, forerunners of the gods

1. Cronus — Leader of the Titans. (Roman-Saturn)

2. Oceanus — God of the Ocean Stream

3. Hyperion — Original sun god, father of Helios

4. Phoebe — Goddess of Starlight

5. Rhea — An earthly goddess

6. Tethys — A sea goddess 7. Iapetus — Ancestor of

the human race 8. Theia — Wife of Iapetus 9. Crius — Grandfather

of Hecate, the goddess of witchcraft

10. Mnemosyne — The goddess of memory

11. Themis — Goddess of divine justice

12. Coeus — Grandfather of Apollo and MinervaD. Secondary Titans — Offspring of the Titans

1. Helios — Sun god, (Roman-Sol)

2. Selene — Goddess of the Moon, (Roman-Luna)

3. Eros — Goddess of the Morning (Roman-Aurora)

4. Atlas — Bearer of the Heavens

5. Prometheus — Savior of the Human Race

6. Epimetheus — Provider for all animal life

7. Pandora — First woman on earth

8. Dione — Mother of VenusE. Primary gods — Offspring

from the union of Cronus and Rhea

1. Zeus — Supreme god (Roman-Jupiter or Jove)

2. Hera — Wife of Zeus (Roman-Juno)

3. Poseidon — God of the Sea (Roman-Neptune)

4. Hades — God of the underworld (Roman-Dis)

5. Demeter — Goddess of agriculture (Roman-Ceres)

6. Hestia — Goddess of the hearth. (Roman-Vesta)F. Secondary gods — Offspringfrom the union of Zeus with other goddesses or titanesses

1. Athena — Goddess of wisdom, crafts, and war (Roman-Minerva)

2. Apollo — God of poetry, games, healing, and the sun

3. Ares — God of war (Roman-Mars)

4. Aphrodite — Goddess of love and beauty (Roman-Venus)

5. Hebe — Goddess of eter-nal youth

6. Artemis — Goddess of the hunt (Roman — Diana)

7. Hermes — Messenger of the gods (Roman-Mercury)

8. Hephaestus — God of fire and smith of the gods (Roman-Vulcan)

9. Persephone — Goddess of the growing grain (Roman- Properina)

10. Dionysus — God of wine and ecstasy (Roman-Bacchus)

11. The Muses — Goddesses of the arts

12. The Fates — Goddesses who determine the life and death of men

13. The Seasons — Goddesses of the changing seasons and the natural order of things

14 . The Char i t i e s — Goddesses of joy, grace, charm, and beautyG. Heroes and Demigods — Offspring from the union of Zeus and mortals

1. Perseus — Slayer of the Gargon, Medusa

2. Minos — King of Crete and stepfather of the Minotaur

3. Helen of Troy — The most beautiful woman in her time and the cause of the Trojan War

4. Castor and Pollux — Heavenly twins honored by the Romans

5. Aeneas — Trojan hero and ancestor of the Romans

6. Asclepius — God of medi-cine and ancestor of Hippocrates

7. Heracles — Greek strongman and most famous of all mythological heroes (Roman-Hercules)

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Estate ofELEANOR R. MURPHY

Date of Death: June 27, 2019INFORMAL PROBATEPUBLICATION NOTICE

To all persons interested in the above captioned estate, by Petition of Petitioner Paul Murphy of Milford, NH, a Will has been admitted to informal probate.

Paul Murphy of Milford, NH, Linda M. Kerrigan of North Reading, MA has been informally appointed as the Personal Repre-sentative of the estate to serve without surety on the bond.

The estate is being administered under informal procedure by the Personal Repre-sentative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but interested parties are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. Interested parties are entitled to petition the Court to institute formal proceedings and to obtain orders ter-minating or restricting the powers of Personal Representatives appointed under informal pro-cedure. A copy of the Petition and Will, if any, can be obtained from the Petitioner.

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Melchior Grodziecki was born in 1584 in Cieszyn. He was born into the noble Grodziecki family. At the beginning of the 16th century his ancestors moved to the Duchy of Cieszyn and settled in the castle in Grodziec. His grandfather and father were castellans of Cieszyn.

Melchior received his edu-cation in the Jesuit college of Vienna. In 1603, he entered the Jesuit novitiate of Brno. After making his first religious profes-sion in 1605, he went on to the Jesuit College in Kłodzko

To be able to teach in high schools, he spent a year in the seminary in České Budějovice. In 1608, he returned to Kłodzko to complete his education in music. He graduated from phi-losophy and theology in the Clementinum of Prague and in 1614 was ordained a priest. From 1616, he was entrusted with the management of a hostel in Prague for poor students and also became a youth educator. After his solemn vows in 1619, the Order directed him to Košice, where he became chaplain of the imperial army. Apart from him, two other Jesuits — the Hungarian, Stefan Pongracz and the Croatian, Marek Križ — can-on of the Cathedral of the Primate of Hungary in Ostrzyhom — also fulfilled this mission.

When the army of the Prince of Transylvania, George Rákóczi, took Kassa, Melchior stayed at the castle, together with István Pongrácz and canon Marko Krizin. On September 7, 1619, the Transylvanian army stormed the castle and arrested the priests. They gave them a death sentence on charges of treason;

Saint Melchior Grodziecki by Bennett Molinari and Richard Molinari

accusing them of inviting the Polish army into Kassa. They were tortured and then behead-ed that day. The execution of the priests, known for their gentle-ness and courtesy shocked the local population, Catholics and Protestants alike.

The bodies of the martyrs were recovered, after negotiations, and were buried in the vicinity of Kassa. In 1636, they were moved to Nagyszombat.

Father Melchior was Canon-ized on July 2, 1995 by Pope John Paul II. The Feast Day of Saint Melchior Grodziecki is on September 7th.

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Commonwealth of MassachusettsThe Trial Court

Middlesex Probate and Family Court 208 Cambridge StreetCambridge, MA 02141

(617) 768-5800Docket No. MI19P3784EA

Estate ofSTANLEY FRANCIS WALLACE

Also Known AsSTANLEY F. WALLACE,

STANLEY FRANCIS PIANKIDate of Death: April 19, 2019CITATION ON PETITION FOR

FORMAL ADJUDICATION

LEGAL NOTICE

To all interested persons: A Petition for Formal Probate of Will with

Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by Timothy P. Wallace of Bedford, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition.

The Petitioner requests that Timothy P. Wallace of Bedford, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in an unsu-pervised administration.

IMPORTANT NOTICEYou have the right to obtain a copy of the

Petition from the Petitioner or at the Court. You have a right to object to this proceeding. To do so, you or your attorney must file a written appearance and objection at this Court before: 10:00 a.m. on the return day of December 02, 2019.

This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance and objection if you object to this proceeding. If you fail to file a timely written appearance and objection followed by an affidavit of objections within thirty (30) days of the return day, action may be taken without further notice to you.

UNSUPERVISED ADMINISTRATIONUNDER THE MASSACHUSETTS UNIFORM

PROBATE CODE (MUPC)A Personal Representative appointed

under the MUPC in an unsupervised admin-istration is not required to file an inventory or annual accounts with the Court. Persons interested in the estate are entitled to notice regarding the administration directly from the Personal Representative and may peti-tion the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including the distribution of assets and expenses of administration.Witness, HON. MAUREEN H. MONKS,First Justice of this Court.

Date: November 15, 2019

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(617) 768-5800Docket No. MI17P2836EA

Estate ofTIMOTHY PAUL FEELEY

Also Known AsTIMOTHY P. FEELEY

Date of Death: January 21, 2017INFORMAL PROBATEPUBLICATION NOTICE

To all persons interested in the above captioned estate, by Petition of Petitioner William T. Feeley of Winthrop, MA.

William T. Feeley of Winthrop, MA has been informally appointed as the Personal Representative of the estate to serve without surety on the bond.

The estate is being administered under informal procedure by the Personal Represen-tative under the Massachusetts Uniform Pro-bate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but interested parties are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. Interested parties are entitled to petition the Court to institute formal proceedings and to obtain orders ter-minating or restricting the powers of Personal Representatives appointed under informal pro-cedure. A copy of the Petition and Will, if any, can be obtained from the Petitioner.

LEGAL NOTICE

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Middlesex Probate and Family Court208 Cambridge StreetCambridge, MA 02141

(617) 768-5800Docket No. MI19C1015CA

In the Matter of CLARA EMMA ROSE BLOOD-BREITER

CITATION ONPETITION TO CHANGE NAME

A Petition to Change Name of Minor has been filed by Clara Emma Rose Blood-Breiter of Arlington, MA requesting that the court enter a Decree changing their name to Clara Emma Rose Blood.

IMPORTANT NOTICEAny person may appear for purposes

of objecting to the petition by filing an appearance at: Middlesex Probate and Family Court before 10:00 a.m. on the return day of December 16, 2019. This is NOT a hearing date, but a deadline by which you must file a written appearance if you object to this proceeding. Witness, HON. MAUREEN H. MONKS, First Justice of this Court

Date: November 14, 2019Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate


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In Our Hearts Forever

After 32 years teaching phys-ics at a university in Boston, author Carmine Vittoria, a local professor, turned a page over in his career to write a non-scientific book that he always wanted to write. The title of the book, Bitter Chicory to Sweet Espresso, is a metaphor for the hard and better times of WWII in the Naples area.

Why write a book that covers the years from 1940 to 1949 in Italy when there are at least a thousand books describing every imaginable aspects of that period of time? Usually books about WWII are presented from the perspective of an adult, whereby general topics such as war strategies, number of casu-alties, devastation and territo-ries occupied are written about. These topics in themselves are important in understanding general events of WWII and how it impacted society. The point is that the description of this period has always been from a window seen by an adult, but rarely from a child’s perspective. Ordinary people in society are usually presented in previous books as being separate entities from strategies of war, with no linkage to war or decision mak-ers. That perspective is much too narrow a view to present, especially when wars are waged on lands where casualties to local adults and children are unavoidable. As such, the full story of WWII taking place in the Naples area has yet to be told. This human and military story is being told from what a child

Bitter Chicory to Sweet Espresso

saw and heard then in the town of Avella.

Avella sits at a critical junc-tion point on the slopes of the Apennine Mountains near Naples. From the surrounding mountains Via Appia, the old Roman road, Bay of Naples, Vesuvius and the coastline along the Tyrrhenian Sea are visible on a clear day.

Monte Avella overlooks the order of things in nature from above it all and her strong icy blast of winds reveals her mood and seasons. Fields of red pop-pies, chicory flowers, lavender violets, white and pink daisies, and wild dandelions adorn the farms and foothills of Avella in the spring, much like Monet’s landscape paintings. The flowers remind farmers and shepherds it is time to prepare for the next crop and remove the thick wool

coats on sheep. Since ancient Roman times, Hazelnuts and olives from here have been ex-ported to every corner of the world. The mountains have pro-tected the people in the valleys below from invading armies for centuries. They were a source of food and a symbol of inspira-tion to resist or survive foreign invasions. For over 3,000 years invading armies have come and gone in the town of Avella. The town has adapted and survived through all these invasions in the past as well as WWII. De-pending on which army was in town, different shades of misery came with them. Dante Aligh-ieri’s Divine Comedy described imaginary atrocities during travels from purgatory to hell; journeys in Avella from purga-tory to hell were of this earth and the atrocities were real.

Pietro was to spend the sum-mer at our flat. We were already cramped, five of us living in a tiny apartment with one and a half bedrooms, but we did have a cot that could be set up in the living room, sharing the room with Bobby and Charlie. To welcome Pietro, Mom decided to re-wallpaper the living room, something she had done every three to four years. She got in touch with Mr. Levine, the wall-paper hanger Mom used who lived in the West End, choosing a floral paper from among his samples. Mr. Levine returned a week later with rolls of wall-paper sticking out of an old baby carriage he used to trans-port his supplies. After strip-ping the old wallpaper, he filled the cracks and crevices of our damaged walls with newspaper, gluing it flat, before wallpaper-ing. Once done, it was cup of coffee, a bit of conversation, and Mr. Levine, pushing his baby carriage, was off to his next job.

“Roberto and Carlo, I will be your guest this summer,” Pietro said on the first night of his stay with us. We were happy to have him share our room, and we let it be known by tossing our pillows at him, the moment he jumped onto his cot. In time, Pietro became like another brother to us. Mom, who was

full of fun, only separated in age from Pietro by little more than a decade, became more his sister than cousin.

Chapter 7: A Great CatchPietro was quite busy that first

week. Since he was planning to enter seminary in the fall, he contacted Father Francesco, our pastor, as advised by his pastor in Rome, seeking his spiritual guidance while in Boston. Wanting to blend in, he found his way to Filene’s Basement where he augmented his hand-made Italian clothes with khaki pants and sneakers. The change of dress almost, but not quite, pulled off the trans-formation. Pietro had the look and bearing a change of clothes

Introducing a new book by Bennett Molinari and Richard Molinari, lifelong residents of the North End, entitled:

Four Women “Quattro Donne” subtitle, A North End Love Story

In the next few weeks this column will feature excerpts from this book.can’t disguise, and new money can’t buy. He was an aristocrat with the bearing and manners of old money. His world was one of privilege. In Rome, you would seldom see his family on the street or have occasion to run into them in everyday life. He mixed in circles defined by class and his was one of the most exclusive. It was a world of walled villas and glittering salons, where a renowned fam-ily name opened doors that new money could never achieve. Pietro spent most of his early teen years at a Swiss boarding school where he rode out the war. It was there he learned to speak English with a charm-ing Italian accent, and further refined his comportment to a classy demeanor, little con-cealed by his newly acquired American clothes.

There is a saying, if you sit at one of the outdoor cafes along Rome’s Via Veneto, you will eventually see the entire world pass by. So it was with the North End’s Hanover Street of 1949, where the favorite pas-time was to pull up a chair at any of its sidewalk cafes, order an espresso, and watch the constant flow of North Enders interspersed with an occasional intrepid tourist. It would not be long before you were joined by a friend.

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As November curls its golden glow around us, my mind wan-ders to images of Thanksgiving, as vivid and fragrant as a perfectly seasoned stuffing. I think of pale sunlight painting patterns on the floor, shining through the last orange leaves which stubbornly cling to oth-erwise bare branches. Memories of relatives bustling through a crowded kitchen carrying plates of steaming food fill me with the warmth of a hug, especially when I smile as I remember the peals of laughter ringing throughout the house. The buzz of cheering crowds emanates from the sound of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade on television, occasionally inter-rupted by commercials featur-ing jingle bells and Santa’s robust ho-ho-ho. Most of all, however, I can taste the explo-sion of flavors in my mouth from our delectable Thanksgiving dishes: creamy sweet potato, tart cranberries, a velvety pump-kin cheesecake. Thanksgiving remains one of my favorite holi-days because it celebrates the

very essence of togetherness, reveling in the pleasures of the home and hearth. My family’s Thanksgiving combines Italian and American customs, result-ing in a feast that honors the universality of love and family.

Food has always been an invaluable staple of Italian culture, and as such my fam-ily views Thanksgiving as the epitome of the primordial desire to share a meal. Every item on

the menu is prepared with an abundant amount of thought and care — yes, even my veg-etarian Tofurkey, replete with its own gravy and wild rice stuff-ing. I always eagerly await my mother’s sweet potato casserole, warm with autumnal spices and topped with a crunchy streusel of brown sugar and pecans. I contribute my fresh New England-style salad made with crisp apples, blue cheese and cranberries, as well as a pump-kin cheesecake with a season-ally appropriate gingersnap crust. My father-in-law provides a pecan pie with a silky choco-late bottom, while my grand-mother would make heaping bowls of spaghetti homemade on an ancient hand-cranked utensil known caked with flour. No matter the food on the table, however, whether Italian or American, what proves most important is that we honor the bountiful harvest of the Earth. Thanksgiving occurs at the point of the year after the gathering of the harvest and withering away of vegeta-tion; as such, it beckons us to enjoy the cozy warmth of family and friends, forming a barrier against the encroaching dark, cold winter. This symbolic con-notation compels me to believe that Thanksgiving should never be celebrated alone but rather with others in a celebratory atmosphere, sharing in commu-nal feasting and unending love of family. The more the merrier on this most ritual of holidays!

Indeed, communal food-based festivals similar to Thanksgiving dot the Italian calendar dur-ing the autumn and winter. The most famous of these, St. Martin’s Day, occurred this past week on November 11th, when Italian villages gathered for banquets featuring chestnuts, goose, and the year’s new wine. Now that the Christmas season quickly approaches, Italians are busy in the kitchens or markets preparing delectable meals for the holiday gatherings and various saints’ days that pep-per the months of November and December. These ritualistic celebrations and meals tap into the powerful desire not only to share strength and sustenance with the community, but also to maintain an irrevocable connec-tion to the traditions of the past. According to Italian-American author Helen Barolini in her book Festa, the most significant part of sharing food is the ritual behind it, the repeated customs and motifs that link it to larger, universal themes. Whenever I gather for a Thanksgiving feast, I sense a special kinship with my Italian ancestors of yore, who also congregated around a family table on cool, blustery days to pay homage to the last bounty the Earth bestowed on them before settling for its long winter nap. A tradition does not have to be intricate and fancy to remind us of our subconscious desires for love, gratitude and hope. For example, my husband and I sometimes go out for sushi the day after Thanksgiving, a way of eating a light meal to counterbalance the excesses of the day before and to eschew the rampant commercialism of Black Friday. Honoring our

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On November 11th, I marched in the Quincy’s Veterans Day parade. The parade was pretty large and well attended by marching bands, veterans (young and old), and elected officials, etc. The streets were lined with spectators cheering on all those who have served their country when called. I want to thank the Quincy veterans who put on this annual salute to veterans and to the City of Quincy for making it one of the best Veterans Day parades in Massachusetts year after year.

Following this parade, I ended up in Boston, watching the Capital City’s annual Veterans Day Parade. I was a bit sad and angry to see how few people were lining the streets and cheering on all the veterans in the line of march. When I was a kid grow-ing up in Boston, this parade was one of the biggest every year. Today, it’s a mere shadow of past glory days. Where has everyone gone? Have they forgot-ten why these parades are held? Do they understand the courage those who marched? Soldiers who risked all for us today. We didn’t know their names and they didn’t know ours, but this parade brings all of us together as Americans.

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(617) 768-5800Docket No. MI19P5690EA

Estate ofPETER T. CHORAS

Date of Death: July 31, 2019INFORMAL PROBATEPUBLICATION NOTICE

To all persons interested in the above cap-tioned estate, by Petition of Petitioner Angela Harkness of Westford, MA, a Will has been admitted to informal probate.

Angela Harkness of Westford, MA has been informally appointed as the Personal Representative of the estate to serve without surety on the bond.

The estate is being administered under informal procedure by the Personal Repre-sentative under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code without supervision by the Court. Inventory and accounts are not required to be filed with the Court, but interested parties are entitled to notice regarding the administration from the Personal Representative and can petition the Court in any matter relating to the estate, including distribution of assets and expenses of administration. Interested parties are entitled to petition the Court to institute formal proceedings and to obtain orders ter-minating or restricting the powers of Personal Representatives appointed under informal pro-cedure. A copy of the Petition and Will, if any, can be obtained from the Petitioner.

LEGAL NOTICE

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Middlesex Probate and Family Court208 Cambridge Street Cambridge, MA 02141

(617) 768-5800Docket No. MI19D3660DR DIVORCE SUMMONS BY

PUBLICATION AND MAILINGRACHAEL S. OLUOKUN

vs.EDWARD O. OLUOKUN

To the Defendant:The Plaintiff has filed a Complaint for Divorce

requesting that the Court grant a divorce for Irretrievable Breakdown of the Marriage 1B.

The Complaint is on file at the Court.An Automatic Restraining Order has been

entered in this matter preventing you from tak-ing any action which would negatively impact the current financial status of either party. SEE Supplemental Probate Court Rule 411.

You are hereby summoned and required to serve upon Jennifer Hatch, Esq., MetroWest Legal Services, 63 Fountain St., Suite 304, Framingham, MA 01702 your answer, if any, on or before December 26, 2019. If you fail to do so, the court will proceed to the hear-ing and adjudication of this action. You are also required to file a copy of your answer, if any, in the office of the Register of this Court.Witness, HON. MAUREEN H. MONKS,First Justice of this Court.

Date: November 14, 2019 Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate

I marched in the 2017 and 2018 Veterans Day parades in Austin, TX. Both very long and impressive parades. Crowds were l ining both sides of Congress Avenue start-ing at Lady Bird Lake and end-ing at the steps of the State Capitol. Oh, and the temps were a beautiful 69-71 degrees, which is kind of cold down there, but heaven for a Boston cowboy like me.

I found something worth repeating from an anonymous writer, “You always have two choices when you wake up; wake up and sleep again, and continue dreaming; or wake up and stand up, and make your dreams come true.”

I am writing this commentary on November 14th. Fifty-three years ago, I enlisted in the United State Air Force right out of high school. I was an 18 years old from Roxbury, who thought service to my country was the honorable thing to do. I never hesitated. I am an American and this is what Americans do, I never regretted joining the service. This is why I continue to march today and will do so until I can no longer march. I do hope to see more folks lining the streets of the parade route and cheering us on.


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Simple TIMES . . .by Girard A. Plante

During this month of the Holy Souls, Catholics honor loved ones gone before us, especially remembering the brave souls who served America’s military.

The Post-Gazette’s Owner/Publisher Pamela Donnaruma offered me the opportunity to write this column in November 2003. She allowed me to cre-ate a name for the column. And she instructed me to write about community-based issues and human-interest anecdotes, but to stray from criticizing President George W. Bush as the aftermath of 9/11 began to take shape. War in Iraq seemed inevitable. More loss of life brought dread. Thoughts of another Vietnam War struck everybody old enough to live through it or remember its 14-year nightmare.

So I decided that my column’s name reflected a better time of our collective lives. My many chosen stories about people, places, and things would receive a comforting look-back. Simpler times meant people unified for a cause that ultimately brought some semblance of normalcy, free from mayhem and chaos,

and disruption in peoples’ daily routines no matter the nation’s challenges and difficulties.

I spiced my columns with various types of people from American history-makers who resided in Boston to citizens who fought in WWI, WWII, and the Vietnam War. The veter-ans were people I knew from childhood and since moving to Newton two decades ago. The WWI veteran was an immigrant from Italy, Joe Mazza, whom I grew up next door to in my hometown during the 1960s and ’70s. Newton’s Armando Rossi served in the Navy in WWII. And my longtime voca-tional rehabilitation counselor in New York, George Pfaff, was severely injured protecting his Army platoon of 25 soldiers in DaNang in 1967.

A host of vital community-wide issues impacting peoples’ lives such as homelessness to shuttering decades-old stores and restaurants and uncer-tain changes as Boston’s older neighborhoods began con-fronting soaring rents threat-ened to push people out of their decades-old living spaces.

These stories and many more have kept this column a com-forting reminder and passion-ate perch for me to relive with readers.

It is difficult to stay silent about the political climate swirl-ing about our nation’s capital since I began this column. The Iraq War had begun in 2003. Yet I stayed true to my col-umn’s name and Pam’s direc-tive. While I was given latitude to write on virtually any issue, I preferred its easygoing flow of principles I hold dear to a blessed upbringing surrounded by wonderful kinfolk, their friends, our neighbors and my longtime friends.

The past 16 years have wit-nessed many personal losses of loved ones, particularly the past 26 months as my eldest brother and three elder cousins, all born within a few years of each other. They represent the largest human loss my family and cousins have experienced in such a short span. This is a primary factor as to my col-umn’s missing published dead-lines the past several months. A concerned e-mail from a caring Post-Gazette staffer last week pushed me to get beyond a sort of writer’s block. For that kind gesture, I am refreshed and happily return to writing this column anew!

Through the rough journey of life my impenetrable faith has proven immensely beneficial. As the two years have moved along, I realize the abundant blessings and rich life bestowed upon me. We humans reflect on loved ones gone before us mostly during Holiday season.

Autumn presents its shorter dark days as we prepare for the winter season. Some people fall into a deep depression dur-ing this time. Yet I am keenly aware that the dark days never last long as the timeless lurch towards light begins again after the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on December 8th.

Blessings come from the loved ones whose wisdom carried beyond tough times. Spiritual readings such as “My Changeless Friend” by Fr. Charles F. Dolan, a Jesuit priest I grew up around with my six siblings and many cousins, offers hope to plow through the stuck stage and “Get above the clouds” to “see the light of hope, promise and salvation,” Fr. Charlie Dolan offers.

I am happily surprised when certain people have thanked me for helping them move beyond their own dark moments caused by life’s painful events. Never realizing my support is a source of uplifting help, I recognize then my faith working in oth-ers’ lives.

As this month of Remembrance wanes a somber pall hangs over our nation as uncertainty daily meets us. Veterans Day signi-fies the pain of lost young men and women barely enjoying life as war’s evils cut them down. The solemn event remains within the very being of veterans despite 75 years after a battle in WWII or 50 years removed from a tour in Vietnam or 15 years out of Iraq. It’s okay to remember.

Happy Thanksgiving!

ately higher rates. Such flawed and discriminatory technology has no place in our society, and certainly not in our crimi-nal legal system. We need your support today to help prevent the use of facial recognition in our communities.

Residents of our communities shouldn’t be under constant threat of being monitored by the government. It’s unconstitution-al, and only worsens existing disparities in our criminal in-justice system. That’s why U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley recently co-introduced a piece of legis-lation to ban facial recognition surveillance in our public life. I remember reading Orwell’s 1984 from high school, then read it again in college and every so often even up to the present moment. Back in high school I thought it could never happen in America but today I have noticed more and more people seem okay with this benign sur-veillance because too many of us have fallen for that line from government. As Ben Franklin often stated, “Those who are willing to give up their liberty for security, deserve neither.”

Stephen Wilson is OutAt the Charter School

He FoundedEducator Stephen Wilson

founded Ascend Charter School in Brooklyn a number of years ago and it produced such good results; it now has a number of addition campuses educat-ing mostly Black and Latino students.

However, recently, he wrote on a blog certain ideas not viewed positively by social-justice edu-cators and he was fired from the school he founded for being po-litically incorrect. What horrible thing did he blog about? How about objectivity when writing ideas down? How about urging students to read the classics. That was considered a mortal sin by those who see everything as racially motivated.

None of his critics even seem to notice that students at his charter school were succeeding on national tests and actually learning how to be future leaders of this country. All they saw was a guy with a mind of his own who

didn’t take his marching orders from these liberal elitist.

Stephen Wilson is just an-other victim of this new men-tality that they know better than you or I of a guy named Wilson.

End Quote“I’m concerned if we don’t

impeach this president, he will get re-elected.”

— U.S. Rep. Al Green,D-Texas

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(617) 768-5800Docket No. MI19P5409EA

Estate ofKEITH LAURENCE DISSEL

Also Known AsKEITH L. DISSEL

Date of Death: August 26, 2019CITATION ON PETITION FOR

FORMAL ADJUDICATION

LEGAL NOTICE

To all interested persons: A Petition for Formal Adjudication of

Intestacy and Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by Rosemary Dissel of Reading, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition.

The Petitioner requests that Rosemary Dissel of Reading, MA be appointed as Per-sonal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in an unsuper-vised administration.








Tara E. DeCristofaro, Register of Probate


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Michael Walsh, Renee Picard Walsh, Debra Angeloni and Joseph Reilly

Elaine Strongwater; Thomas Croswell, past Heroes in Health Care honoree and President and CEO of Tufts Health Plan, a Patron Sponsor; Steven Strongwater, MD, President and CEO of Atrius Health, Heroes in Health Care honoree and Benefactor Sponsor; Laura Lee, MD, of Atrius Health; and Joshua Lee

Donna Dupee, Barbara Belony, NP, Michelle Sofi, and Maura Vitello, RN, all members of the Gala Committee

Jarrett Bauer, Honorary Gala Chair and CEO of Health Recovery Solutions, a Patron Sponsor; and Heidi Brown

Joe Gerardi of Mutual of America, a trustee sponsor, and David Brown, Fund the Mission ambassador

Vasso Dusoe-Galanis and Rebecca Dusoe-Galanis of Byram Healthcare, a Benefactor Sponsor

Kelley Cohen and Jackson Murphy, wi th So lomon McCown & Co., a supporter sponsor

Robyn and Tony Coles, MD. Tony Coles is CEO and board chairperson of Cerevel Therapeutics and one of this year’s Heroes in Health Care honorees.

Patricia Joyce, RN, of VNA Care, Heroes Honoree; Mayor Martin J. Walsh; and Dr. Mallika Marshall, Gala Emcee

Linda Hope-Springer, Gala Co-Chair and member of the VNA Care board of directors; Emily Rooney, member of the Gala Honorary Committee; and Emery Springer

Michael Reid of Eastern Bank and Otto Dunker of Blue Hills Therapeutics

VNA Care hosted its 14th Annual “Heroes in Health Care” awards gala at the Mandarin Oriental on Saturday, November 2nd, raising a record $325,000 to benefit the Visiting Nurse Association’s Nursing Services

This year’s honorees were Dr. Tony Coles of Cerevel Therapeutics and Yumanity Therapeutics, Dr. Steven Strongwater of Atrius Health, and Patricia Joyce, RN. Joyce is the first VNA Care clinician to receive a “Heroes in Health Care” award.

Attending this year’s gala was Mayor Walsh, who shared the impact VNA Care had on his family as his father’s health declined nine years ago.

“What we experienced was love and compassion as a fam-ily,” said Mayor Walsh. His father was able to remain at home throughout his illness and die peacefully, surrounded by loved ones with the sup-port of VNA Care. Mayor Walsh thanked the nonprofit on behalf of his family and the City of Boston for more than 130 years of caring for the community. He said, “People can take comfort in knowing their loved ones are getting the compassionate, the

VNA Care Hosts 14th Annual “Heroes in Health Care” GalaAT MANDARIN ORIENTAL

quality, the incredible care that they receive the from visiting nurse.”

The annual Boston gala is VNA Care’s signature fundrais-ing event and has raised mil-lions in essential funding for home health and hospice care in Massachusetts.

VNA Care has a 133-year his-tory of providing health care in patients’ homes and the com-munity. VNA Care provides a comprehensive range of home health, palliative, and hospice care in more than 200 Eastern and Central Massachusetts communities.

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On the Aisle

BY BOBBY FRANKLIN

T H E A T R E N O T E S

Thanksgiving Safety TipsThanksgiving is a time for

friends, family and holiday feasts but also a time for possible dis-tress for our animal compan-ions. Pets won’t be so thankful if they munch on undercooked turkey or a pet-unfriendly floral arrangement, or if they stumble upon an unattended alcoholic drink.

Check out the following tips for a fulfilling Thanksgiving that your pets can enjoy, too:

TALKIN’ TURKEY: If you decide to feed your pet a small bite of turkey, make sure it’s boneless and well-cooked. Don’t offer her or him raw or undercooked turkey, which may contain salmonella bacteria. Do not give your pet the left over carcass-the bones can be problematic for the digestive tract.

NO BREAD DOUGH: Don’t spoil your pet’s holiday by giving him access to raw yeast bread dough. When a dog or cat ingests raw bread dough, the yeast continues to convert the sugars in the dough to carbon dioxide gas and alcohol. This can result in bloated drunken pets, which could become a life-threatening emergency, requiring hospitalization.

A FEAST FIT FOR A KING: While your family enjoys a special meal, give your cat and dog a small feast of their own. Offer them made-for-pets chew bones. Or stuff their usual dinner-perhaps with a few added tidbits of turkey, vegetables (try sweet potato or green beans) and dribbles of gravy inside a food puzzle toy. They’ll be happily occupied for a while, working hard to extract their dinner from the toy.

A few small boneless pieces of cooked turkey, a taste of mashed potato or even a lick of pumpkin pie shouldn’t pose a problem. However, don’t allow your pets to overindulge, as they could wind up with a case of stomach upset, diarrhea or even worse an in-flammatory condition of the pancreas known as pancreatitis. In fact, its best keep pets on their regular diets during the holidays.

Be kind to your pet sharing is okay but don’t overdo it! ... It’s all about Unconditional Love”

To all my readers have a Happy Thanksgiving and Drive Safe.Remember to Pick Up after your pet!

Things to consider before boarding your pets:

• BEFORE you make your reservation, and you will need one ASAP. If you’re traveling over Thanksgiving & Christmas holidays; ask to see the kennel/cattery BEFORE dropping off your pet!

• Be sure the facility has an emergency policy in the event of a medical emergency, power outage or other disaster. In writ-ing give the facility agent your Veterinarian’s phone number along with a back up phone number of a family member or friend, that can make a critical decision in your absence.

• Air conditioning is a MUST if your pet is boarding during our summers! Barn facilities trans-formed into boarding kennels do not commonly have A/C.

You’re Traveling Over The Holidays and Snoopy and Mittens are

Not Traveling With You!by Maria (Pidg) Ciampa

• Look for a medium or small facility that has a good ratio of staff to animals. Often if you are a regular client at a veterinary clinic many do board, i.e. Angell Memorial Animal Hospital/commonly know as the MSPCA in Boston.

• Ask how & where your dog will be exercised. In other words will dogs be grouped together? If your dog is not usually exer-cised with other dogs; can you choose individual exercise.

• Does this facility insist that all dogs be up to date on vac-cinations?

• Can you make special re-quests if your pet happens to be on special food or medication.

• If the facility boards both dogs and cats, can you be assured that your cat will be separated from the noise of barking dogs?

• Bring a familiar toy, bowl and perhaps a favorite blanket.

• Last but certainly not least, BE SURE TO NOTIFY YOUR VET that “Snoopy” or “Mittens” will be boarding at ……….

Give them the name and phone number of the boarding facility.

Pet Newsfrom the Gazette

by Marie Simboli

Thanksgiving Tips for You and Your Pet

The Music Hall and Ogunquit Playhouse are thrilled to announce the cast and creative team of the beloved musical Annie, on stage November 27th through December 22nd at The Music Hall in Ports-mouth, New Hamp-shire. The Music Hall is located at The Historic Theatre, 28 Chestnut Street, Portsmouth, NH.

Annie is the story of a spunky, red-headed orphan who lands a holiday stay with Oliver “Daddy” Warbucks, a billionaire trying to do good. This delightful musical has become a worldwide phenomenon and is the winner of seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical. The acclaimed book and score by Tony Award- winners Thomas Meehan, Charles Strouse, and Martin Charnin feature some of the great-est musical theatre hits ever written, including “Tomorrow.”

The Ogunquit Playhouse production is helmed by Broadway Director/Choreographer James A. Rocco. Leading the all-star cast are Josie Todd as Annie, Emmy nominee Robert Newman as Oliver Warbucks, Golden Globe and Emmy winner Sally Struthers as Miss Hannigan, and Broadway veterans Angie Schworer as Lily St. Regis, Jeffry Denman as Rooster Hannigan, and Gail Bennett as Grace Farrell.

Starring as the lead character Annie is Josie Todd who is making her Ogunquit Playhouse debut. She recently performed in Because of Winn Dixie at Goodspeed Musicals and Annie at Casa Mañana. Her many theatre roles include Beauty and the Beast as Chip, The Music Man as Gracie Shinn, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever as Maxine, and Freaky Friday, Jr. as Monica.

Joining the cast as Oliver Warbucks is Robert Newman who is perhaps best known for his 28-year run as Joshua Lewis on the longest running program in broadcasting history, Guiding Light (which he also directed).

Sally Struthers returns to the seacoast to re-prise her role as Miss Hannigan. Ms. Struthers is a two-time Emmy Award and Golden Globe Award winner for her performance in the groundbreak-

ing TV series All in the Family.

Ogunquit Playhouse is thrilled to welcome Gail Bennett back to the stage in the role of Grace Farrell. Ms. B e n n e t t h a s p e r -formed in the Ogun-quit productions of My Fair Lady as Eliza Doolittle opposite Jef-

f e rson Mays , The Sound o f Music as Maria opposite Rex Smith, and as the title role in Mary Poppins on both the Ogunquit and The Music Hall stages.

Joining the cast as Rooster is Jeffry Denman who has performed, directed, and choreographed at Ogunquit Playhouse. He returns to the sea-coast after directing/choreographing the highly acclaimed Ogunquit Playhouse 2018 production of An American in Paris, for which he won an IRNE award as Best Choreographer.

Rescue dog, Macy, will be playing Sandy. Macy was adopted by guardian and trainer Bill Berloni from Rocky Spot Rescue of Oklahoma City, OK in December of 2009 at the age of 18 months after seeing her on Petfinder.com. Sandy’s first production of Annie was in the summer of 2010 and since she has starred in dozens of produc-tions nationwide. On Thanksgiving Day 2011, she was seen on NBC during The National Dog Show, sharing spots with John O’Hurley.

Bill Berloni is the top recognized trainer for theatrical animals in the U.S. He received a Tony Award for Excellence in Theatre in 2011, honoring his 30 years of rescuing shelter dogs and humanely training them for a career in the entertainment industry. He is also the recipient of 2014 Outer Critics Circle Special Achievement Award and the 2017 Drama League Award for Unique Contribution to the Theater. Bill Berloni’s animals have appeared in hundreds of Broadway, Off-Broadway and regional theatre productions, tours, movies and television shows all starting with Annie in 1977.

For more information call the Box Office 603-436-2400, or go to www.themusichall.org.

Box Office hours are Monday - Saturday, 12:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

An All-Star Cast to Perform in the Ogunquit Playhouse Holiday Production of

ANNIE at The Music Hall in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Greater Boston Stage Company cheer fu l ly presents Miracle on 34th Street — based on the much-loved motion pic-ture from Twentieth Cen-tury Fox. Directed by As-sociate Artistic Director, Ilyse Robbins, Miracle on 34th Street reminds us that if you really believe, anything can happen. Performances run Novem-ber 29th through December 22nd.

“The Miracle of 34th street is that people learn to believe - both in oneself and in the kindness of others. It is about faith. Not necessarily in the religious sense, but rather faith in what is pos-sible,” shares Robbins. She continues, “Stories about kindness and goodness are needed now more than ever. There is such importance simply in the telling of stories like these.”

The cast features Barlow Adamson, Juliet Bowler, Margaret Ann Brady, Sara Coombs, William Gardiner, Sarah Gazdowicz, Arthur Gomez, Jade Guerra, Michael Jennings Mahoney, David Jiles, Jr., Gary Thomas Ng and Emme Shaw. As part of The Young Company Meets Mainstage program, the cast also includes Young Company actors Mia Galego, Shea Killeen, Graham Layton, Addison McWayne, Gwendolyn Symes, Norah Symes and Young Company Alum Stephen Zubricki IV, making his GBSC Mainstage debut.

Miracle on 34th Street celebrates the season by taking us to Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in the 1940s where Kris Kringle steps in as a last-minute replacement. When he claims to be the true Santa Claus, he needs to convince the doubters, including a

little girl longing to find something to believe in. Greater Boston Stage Company is dedicated to

fostering an inclusive and accessible environment for all. A sensory-friendly performance of Miracle on 34th Street will be offered on December 21, 2019 at 2:00 p.m. The sensory-friendly production will be a performance dedicated to creating a more wel-coming space for individuals with sensory-input disorders. There will be modifications throughout the theatre that create a friendly and supportive environment, encouraging patrons to experience the magic of theatre in their own way. Families, friends and caregivers of individuals with sensory-input disorders are also encouraged to attend. Please visit https://www.greaterbostonstage.org/sensory_friendly.html for more information.

For information go to: www.greaterboston stage.org or call the Box Office: 781-279-2200.

Box Office Hours: Mondays – Fridays, 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.; Saturdays, 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

The Greater Boston Stage Company, 395 Main Street, Stoneham, MA 02180

Greater Boston Stage Company Rings in the Holidays With

MIRACLE ON 34TH STREET

Bitter Chicory to Sweet Espresso is a human story taking place in the Naples area, as recounted by a child during WW II. It is a story that needed to be told for the first time. The book is an excellent gift for the holidays and it is available on Amazon.com

A Perfect Gift for the Holidays


The time has come, the walrus said,

TO TALK OF MANY THINGSof shoes and ships and sealing wax of cabbages and kings

by Sal Giarratani

Run date: 11/22/2019



(617) 768-5800Docket No. MI19P4385EA

Estate ofJOAN M. ZANCHI

Date of Death: June 26, 2019CITATION ON PETITION FOR

FORMAL ADJUDICATION

LEGAL NOTICE

To all interested persons: A Petition for S/A - Formal Adjudication

of Intestacy and Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by Louis J. Zanchi of Framingham, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition.

The Petitioner requests that Louis J. Zanchi of Framingham, MA be appointed as Per-sonal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in an unsuper-vised administration.









STAR TREK: DISCOVERY – SEASON TWO (4-Blu-ray)

CBS Home Ent. + Paramount Home Ent.

Labeled as the most iconic sci-fi television franchise in history, Star Trek returns with Star Trek: Discovery – Season Two, 14 episodes of the CBS series’ latest season. After an-swering a distress signal from the U.S.S. Discovery, they join forces with Captain Christopher Pike on a new mission to in-vestigate seven mysterious red signals and the appearance of an unknown being called The Red Angel. While the crew must work together to unravel their meaning and origin, First Offi-cer Michael Burnham is forced to face her past with the return of her estranged brother, Spock. Brilliant HD picture and sound with over four hours of special features.

STEVEN UNIVERSE: THE MOVIE (DVD) Cartoon Network

After helping to bring peace to Homeworld and the rest of the galaxy, Steven Universe thinks his time defending the Earth is over — but when a mysteri-ous new Gem arrives in Beach City threatening to destroy all organic life on Earth, Steven will face his biggest challenge yet. Featuring 16 new songs, this original musical adds a thrilling new chapter to the story of Steven Universe and the Crystal Gems. A trove of special, exclusive content including a one-hour documentary about the making of the movie.

YELLOWSTONE: SEASON 2 (3-Blu-ray) Paramount Home Ent.

Determined to protect his ranch and his family’s legacy by any means necessary, John Dutton (Kevin Costner) turns up the heat in the most epic season of Yellowstone yet. As the violence escalates and al-liances shift, the ranch experi-ences some of its most danger-ous affairs yet. Don’t miss out on a second of the wild season. With an incredible vault of bo-nus features such as extended episodes, on-set footage, a 30-minute behind-the-scenes journey, and an array of can-did interviews from the cast and crew, this season’s Blu-ray release gives your some of the most exclusive Yellowstone content out there.

GENESE (DVD) Film Movement

Three teenagers encounter the turmoil of love and youth in Philippe Lesage’s Genése (Genesis). While the charis-matic Guillaume wrestles with his sexual identity at boarding school, his older half sister Charlotte navigates an adult world filled with casual cruelty. Separately, Felix meets his first girlfriend while away at summer camp. At a time when others are conforming, these three indi-viduals stand their ground and assert their right to love and be free. Beautiful coming-of-age stories as the three teens are shaken by first loves and the turmoil of youth.DORA AND THE LOST CITY

OF GOLD (Blu-ray) Paramount Home Ent.

Having spent most of her life exploring the jungle with

her parents, nothing could prepare Dora (Isabella Moner) for her biggest challenge yet —High School. When her parents mysteriously disappear while searching for the Lost City of Gold, Dora must swing into action and lead a group of ill-equipped high schoolers on a wild quest to save them. Hold on for a high-stakes mission as Dora and her new friends navi-gate the jungle, outrun treasure hunters, and solve ancient puzzles to unlock the mystery of the fabled city.

A CINDERELLA STORY: CHRISTMAS WISH (Blu-ray)

Warner Bros. Home Ent.Kat Decker could use a

Christmas miracle! The aspiring singer-songwriter has big dreams … and even bigger problems. Her vain stepmother forces her to be a singing elf at billionaire Terrence Wintergarden’s Santa Land, but the job has one bright spot: Nick, the handsome new Santa. As the Wintergarden Christmas Gala approaches, Kat’s step-mother and stepsisters are determined to keep her from going. With the help of her attentive dog, a true friend, and a little bit of holiday magic, Kat may just make it to the gala, discover the true identity of Nick, and experience the true meaning of Christmas.

PRETENDERS (DVD) Cleopatra Ent.

In filmmaker James Franco’s Pretenders, life imitates deadly art as a French New Wave ob-sessed film student Terry and his best friend, the smooth-talk-ing Phil, find Terry’s muse in a mysterious actress Catherine, that both he and his best friend fall in love with. The longer they know each other, the more they realize they don’t truly know the real Catherine. After years of sex, betrayal, and collateral damage, the three careen into a lifestyle that leaves one of them fighting for their life.

YESTERDAY WAS A LIE (Blu-ray) IndiePix Films

Yesterday Was a Lie, is an acclaimed, reality-bending noir thriller, marking its 10th anni-versary edition with this digi-tally remastered version. Hoyle (Kipleigh Brown), a girl with a sharp mind and a weakness for bourbon, finds herself on the trail of a reclusive genius (John Newton). With a sexy lounge singer (Chase Masterson) and a loyal partner as her only allies, Hoyle is plunged into a dark world of intrigue and earth-shattering cosmological secrets … haunted by an ever-present shadow whom she is destined to face.

MIKE WALLACE IS HERE (DVD) / Magnolia Home Ent.

An unf l inching look at the legendary reporter Mike Wallace, who interrogated the 20th century’s biggest figures in his over fifty years on air, and his aggressive reporting style and showmanship that redefined what America came to expect from broadcasters. Unearthing decades of never-before-seen footage from the 60 Minutes vault, the film explores what drove and plagued Wallace, whose storied career was entwined with the evolution of journalism itself. Run date: 11/22/2019



(617) 768-5800Docket No. MI19P4298EA

Estate ofCONCHETTA SUSAN LEONARDIS

Also Known AsCONCHETTA LEONARDISDate of Death: July 9, 2019

CITATION ON PETITION FORFORMAL ADJUDICATION

LEGAL NOTICE

To all interested persons: A Petition for Formal Probate of Will with

Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by Donna M. Hawes of Melrose, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition.

The Petitioner requests that Donna M. Hawes of Melrose, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve Without Surety on the bond in an unsu-pervised administration.









KUDOS TO THE EAST BOSTON SOUP KITCHEN

The East Boston Soup Kitchen recently celebrated its 3rd anni-versary at ZUMIX firehouse and the place was packed. Folks came to support this soup kitchen and Sandra Nijjar who made this community resource part of a new tradition in East Boston.

HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO FATHER TOM

Recen t l y , Fa the r Tom DiLorenzo from Holy Rosary Parish in Winthrop celebrated Mass for his 40th anniversary to the priesthood. The pews were packed and a testimony for all that he does for the people he has served over his 40 years as a priest. Following the Mass over 250 folks gathered at the Cottage Park Yacht Club for dinner with more memories to be made.

KUDOS TO BURGER KINGThe East Boston Burger King

doesn’t just serve folks from Eastie; it is also a part of the community, too. I recently seen an advertisement placard for the upcoming Sacred Heart Church Christmas Bazaar, to

be held Saturday, November 23rd. starting with Santa from 11:00 a.m. until noon. Shop for Christmas, have some great fun and delicious food too. Thanks to Angelo down at BK Cafe for being much more than a man-ager but a friend and neighbor to the community.

DO WE REALLY NEEDA NEW LAW FOR

DRIVING WHILE STONEDRecently, a state judge could

not find a defendant guilty of driving under the influence of marijuana because the judge said there was “insufficient proof” that the guy was actually high at the time he killed some-one behind the wheel. She did however find him guilty of man-slaughter and misdemeanor motor vehicle determining the driver had reckless disregard for human life. The technology for determining when someone is under the influence of drugs needs to be updated. Drivers are out there driving under the

influence of alcohol and we have a way to test that influence but now we need to get moving on marijuana influence too. I don’t think the Judge’s ruling implies that it is okay to drive high.

“X” MARKS THE SPOTFOR MA RMV

The Registry of Motor Vehicles has given Massachusetts driv-ers a third gender option for people who don’t identify as either male of female. The agency is still knee-deep in a records keeping scandal which involved a failure to keep up with license suspensions from out of state and led to the deaths of seven people in the month of June alone.

Perhaps, the RMV should be spending more time checking licenses and less time being politically correct.

HARVARD STUDENTS SIMPLY DON’T

UNDERSTAND FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND PRESS

Harvard University’s stu-dent government is backing anti-ICE protesters who are boycotting the campus news-paper (Harvard Crimson) after reporters followed basic tenents of journalism and asked U.S. Immigration and Enforcement for a comment on the campus and anti-ICE activities.

The newspaper covered an Anti-ICE rally on campus and simply called ICE for its reac-tion. Apparently students in Harvard Yard don’t believe in free speech of the free press unless the free press agrees with them. This is the future of America? God help us all!

BAY STATE DRIVERS COULD BE FACING

TWO GAS PUMP HIKESFor policy makers juggling two

crises (what are the two?), the state’s gas pumps could ulti-mately provide a ripe resource to help fund Massachusetts transportation needs and its fight against climate change. But that shared interest has created another possibil-ity: Motorists could actually absorb not one, but two types of increases in gas prices to help pay for it all. While the Beacon Hill considers a hike to the gas tax as part of a transportation financing package, Governor Charlie Baker has for months pursued a separate, multistate effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions that his adminis-tration acknowledges also will likely increase gas prices, per-haps by as early as 2022.

The state tried raising the gas tax hike a few years back but Bay Staters took them on and defeated that tax hike and they can do it again with this twofer coming up.

Sandra Nijjar, congrats for your great work.

You can’t miss the Christmas Bazaar sign as you walk in and out of the place.

(Photos by Sal Giarratani)

2005 FORD F-150VIN #1FTRF12265NA52477

Run dates: 11/22, 11/29, 12/6, 2019

LEGAL NOTICE EXPORT ENTERPRISES

TOWINGNOTICE TO OWNERS

Notice is hereby given under the pro-visions of (M.G.L. c255 Section 39A) of the sale or disposal of the following motor vehicles to satisfy our garage keeper’s lien for towing (M.G.L. c155b Section 6B) storage & expense for holding sale of auction.Any questions regarding this matter, please contact Export Towing, 50 Mystic Ave., Medford, MA, Monday-Friday 8:00 am – 4:00 pm, Telephone: 781-395-0808


Thanksgiving is certainly not a holiday that is observed in Italy. However, for Italian Americans, it is a day most often spent giving thanks for life’s most precious blessings. Celebrations include family, friends and of course, food. Usually an abundance of it that took days and days to prepare! Traditionally, Turkey is the main course, gara di mani, stuffed with the family’s own special ripiene “stuffing.” Customarily, antipasto, soup, lasagna, side dishes and desserts, are also included. While the menu is similar in most Italian American homes, the one item that is truly unique and most often the most prided, is the “stuffing”!

I am sharing this truly amazing recipe that comes from my dear friend, Robert Barbato, whose mother, Maria, was an absolutely fabulous cook. Her treasured recipe is much different than most and has been in their family for many generations. Undeniably, this could actually be considered “a meal in itself”!

NONNA MARIA BARBATO’S BREAD STUFFINGRipieno di pane di Nonna Maria Barbato

by Marianna Bisignano

A Petition to Change Name of Adult has been filed by Nancy Alejandra Guzman-Tumbridge of Stoneham, MA requesting that the court enter a Decree changing their name to Nancy Alejandra Tumbridge.






(617) 768-5800Docket No. MI19C0929CA

In the Matter of NANCY ALEJANDRA GUZMAN-TUMBRIDGE


LEGAL NOTICE

Run Date: 11/22/19

For most of my life, I thought I was indestructible. I always knew I took after Babbononno, who was never sick a day in his life and made it to age 99. Well, I was wrong.

My problems began about six years ago, when I began losing hearing in my right ear. I started listening to the phone with my left ear, and that worked to my satisfaction. I blamed the situ-ation on many loud drummers I had worked with over the years as a musician and just let the loss of hearing go as an occu-pational hazard.

Due to Loretta constantly pushing me, I made an appoint-ment with a hospital-based hear-ing specialist. Prior to this, I tried every hearing aid money could buy from the cheap ones found in drug stores to the sophisticated electronic devices that cost thou-sands. Nothing worked.

One of the heads of the Department of Otology at Mass Eye and Ear examined me and sent me for an MRI. The results showed that I had a brain tumor on the right side of my head between the right ear and my brain. It was non-cancerous (thank God) but it had to be removed surgically. Mass Eye and Ear continued to check the progress of its growth, and sure enough, the mass continued to grow. The next step was to select a neurological team to do the operation. I researched the names of the best pos-sible choices and came up with Frederick Barker from Mass General. After discussing him with several friends who are in medicine, I knew I made the right choice.

On October the 16th, 2013, the surgical team was ready for me early in the morning. Loretta, both sons, John and Michael, and my son John’s fiancée (now his wife, Beth) were all there for moral support. I don’t ever remember going under from that point on. I guess that was a blessing because, as I now understand it, they had a hard time … nothing knocked me out. They had to give me qua-druple the dosage two or three times to finally get me under. Finally, I was out cold and the neurosurgical team operated for the next 8-9 hours removing the tumor. I woke up in an intensive care unit unable to swallow, had sever muscle cramps in my neck and throbbing pain across my forehead. I was totally out of it, screaming for help, aspirins and something to drink. If they had shown me how to use the signaling device, I wasn’t aware of it, but I sure made enough noise for them to keep me com-fortable and quiet. The next day, they sent me home. I thought it was a bit premature, but they insisted.

Once home, I had a problem that had to be addressed. It seems that with these tumor operations, they take a piece of fat tissue to fill in the spaces where the tumors had been. With about maybe 10% of the cases spinal fluid runs into the brain and ear canals and I got caught in that 10%. This can be dangerous as it could cause spi-nal meningitis and it had to be

corrected. This time, I headed to Mass Eye and Ear and the same medical team was ready to solve the problem. After about a three-hour operation the leaks were stopped. The only problem was they had to give me three spinal taps to finalize things. That wasn’t fun. The next thing I knew, my heart was fluttering and in came a team of cardi-ologists to equalize everything. Well, this time I stayed in the hospital for about a week or so in order that the teams could observe me each day, each team making suggestions and prescribing meds that would get me back to normal.

Thanksgiving was approach-ing and I had taken time off from my teaching schedule. The only task I allowed myself was this column and I wrote it from my bedside.

What I didn’t realize until all of this happened was the amount or friends I had made over the years. Close friends were by my side non-stop. Several people had put prayer group’s together and formed vigils for me to rely upon. After the first surgery, a Priest came to visit and put me at ease. Twice after that, Eucharistic ministers dropped by with Communion.

Relatives began calling from all over the country to check on me and if one more Edible Arrangement arrived, I could have opened my own fruit store. To top it all off, my wife had taken a short leave of absence from her job and had been con-stantly next to me assisting me with whatever my needs were and eventually told me that I could be a pain in the butt.

Once I was back home, each day, several people arrived from various levels of home health care. The most important was the nurse who gave me my daily intravenous meds. She was there on a daily basis for a few weeks until I didn’t need meds on a strict and scheduled time frame any longer.

Lots of things were happen-

ing within the family while I was going through my recovery. My son, John, and his fiancée, Beth, decided to get married and John bought a house in the suburbs. I really liked Beth and she has become part of the family with no effort at all. I wished I could have been more a part of the process with their real estate, but consid-ering what’s been going on, I just observed the transaction and saw my son handle things rather professionally.

As I said, that was October of 2013, and since then, John and Beth married and are now the parents of my first grandchild, Lina. I have to brag, she’s now three, petite, but her IQ is off the scale.

As we speak, we are plan-ning on who is doing what for Thanksgiving. I think everyone will gather at my house this year, John, Beth, Lina, son Michael, Loretta’s brother Mike and my sister-in-law Lin, and who knows who else.

As I think back to six years ago, and what preceded both Halloween and Thanksgiving, I scare myself with the concepts of what could have been. You know, when you’re young, you think you are indestructible, but that’s not the way it works when you get older. Hopefully, I have inherited Babbononno’s genes. When I was a kid, I always thought he was super human.

GOD BLESS AMERICA

Run date: 11/22/2019



(617) 768-5800Docket No. MI19P4487EA

Estate ofPATRICIA GLADYS PATEY

Also Known AsPATRICIA G. PATEY

Date of Death: July 12, 2019CITATION ON PETITION FOR

FORMAL ADJUDICATION

LEGAL NOTICE

To all interested persons: A Petition for S/A - Formal Probate of Will

with Appointment of Personal Representative has been filed by Barbara Paul of Lunenburg, MA requesting that the Court enter a formal Decree and Order and for such other relief as requested in the Petition.

The Petitioner requests that Barbara Paul of Lunenburg, MA be appointed as Personal Representative(s) of said estate to serve With-out Surety on the bond in an unsupervised administration.









LEGAL NOTICE

Run Date: 11/22/19



(617) 768-5800Docket No. MI19C0995CA

In the Matter of VIVEKA PRAKASH ZAWISZA


A Petition to Change Name of Adult has been filed by Viveka Prakash Zawisza of Waltham, MA requesting that the court enter a Decree changing their name to Viveka Ratnam Prakash-Zawisza.




3 loaves hard Italian bread (must be hard and stale)1/2 to 1 pound genoa salami (sliced from the butcher)1/2 to 1 pound capicola (sliced from the butcher)1/2 to 1 pound plain ham (not prosciutto; sliced from the butcher) 1/2 to 1 pound pepperoni (sliced from the butcher)3/4 pound provolone cheese (sliced from the butcher)3/4 pound fontina cheese (sliced from the butcher)1/2 pound (8 ounces) grated parmigiano reggiano cheese3 eggs (1 egg per loaf of bread is recommended), beatenolive oilsalt and pepper (to taste)

Take the loaves of bread and place them in a clean sink, that has been filled with warm water. Soak the loaves until completely saturated (this takes about a half hour). Remove loaves, peel off crusts, and squeeze the water out of the bread. Place this bread in an extra large mixing bowl (as you will eventually be mixing everything in this one bowl). Take all of your sliced meats and working with a little at a time, cut them into 1/2 inch squares. Do the same with the sliced cheeses. Add all of the meats and cheeses to the bread in the mixing bowl toss together, to evenly distribute. Add the eggs, grated cheese, and salt and pepper, to taste. Using your hands, mix everything together well. This next step is extre

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