The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) back issues from September 2002:
WHEN IRISH BANDS ARE PLAYING, ITALIANS DANCE
Sep 01, 2002; ... It takes brass to parade a Northern Irish marching band throughthe North End, brass and a sense of humor. "Well, they've got two of the three colors on their flag right,"said a grinning Bernie O'Connor, whose St. Michael's Scout and BrassBand recently completed their fourth annual ...
BIOTECH MOVES CITY TOWARD FUTURE BIOGEN OPENS LAB TO SPARK STUDENT INTEREST IN FIELD
Sep 01, 2002; ... It was to be the first hands-on experiment conducted jointly byBiogen Inc. and the Cambridge Public Schools, and students fromRindge and Latin School were enlisted as volunteers. Nearly 50 juniors and seniors answered the call to spend five daysin August at a new laboratory in one ...
COUNTY REP WANTED
Sep 01, 2002; ... The Brookline Board of Selectmen is looking for someone to represent the town as a voting member of the Norfolk County AdvisoryBoard. The advisory board meets about six times a year, or as needed,and is responsible for oversight of the Norfolk County budget. If youare interested, please ...
HARD-HAT COMPANY SAYS NO TO CITY'S EXIT SIGNS
Sep 01, 2002; ... During 39 years in Somerville, Walter Lipsett's Central SteelSupply Co. has survived economic downturns, overcome a destructivefire, and, most recently, rebuffed requests to sell his 1.5-acre plotto developers who have purchased almost every neighboring property inAssembly ...
SCHOOLS GET A COO
Sep 01, 2002; ... James Maloney, the city's longtime fiscal director, has beenappointed to the new position of chief operating officer for theCambridge Public Schools. "After 20 years, I was ready for a newchallenge," said Maloney, a Cambridge resident and public schoolgraduate. Mahoney will oversee all ...
THREE GROUPS NOTIFY STATE OF INTENT TO SET UP CHARTER SCHOOLS
Sep 01, 2002; ... Contending that the city's only public high school does not offerenough options for students, parent groups are proposing toestablish two charter high schools in Cambridge. A third group, made up mainly of parents dissatisfied with thecurrent Amigos School, which offers a ...
SEVEN DAYS
Sep 01, 2002; ... MONDAY 9/2 DREAMS OF FREEDOM. ETHIOPIA THROUGH ART, A COLLECTIONOF OIL PAINTINGS BY EZRA WUBEWHO THAT REFLECTS HIS CHILDHOOD INETHOPIA, IS ON DISPLAY AT THE IMMIGRATION MUSEUM, 1 MILK ST., BOSTON.YOU CAN SEE HIS WORK FROM 2 TO 6 P.M. TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY. FREE.617-338-6022. TUESDAY ...
ILLEGAL PARKING TAKES A COSTLY TURN AS TOWN GIVES FINES A BOOST
Sep 01, 2002; ... Pulling into a no-parking and no-standing spot on Harvard Streetlast week, Sandy Lawrence parked her SUV and ran into a nearby dry cleaners. In the distance, a meter maid patrolled. A few minutes later Lawrence emerged with her dry cleaning andwithout a ticket. "I have gotten ...
FYI
Sep 01, 2002; ... Q. While walking through the Big Dig's new tunnels today [Aug.25], I found myself wondering if the Southeast Expressway was builtbefore or after the Central Artery. - D.J.C., Quincy A. They opened the same day: June 30, 1959. The Expressway,designed to run a little more than 8 ...
IMMIGRANT EXPERIENCE IN BRAHMIN SETTING JEWISH HISTORY PACKS OLD STATE HOUSE EXHIBIT
Sep 01, 2002; ... If you had two teeny galleries in which to convey thetransformational experience of Jewish immigrants landing in Boston,how would you choose which artifacts to tell the tale powerfullyand, above all, succinctly? For Deborah Bogin Cohen, cochair of the Boston Center for ...
TASTE OF THE SOUTH
Sep 01, 2002; ... This Labor Day weekend, grills far and wide will be fired up tomark what for many New Englanders is the last hurrah of the barbecueseason. But that doesn't mean you have to wait until next year toenjoy the pleasures of the grill. Boston may have deep Yankee roots,but it also boasts ...
SLUDGE: A TERRIBLE THING TO WASTE HOW SEWAGE ENDS UP AS BAY STATE FERTILIZER
Sep 01, 2002; ... You may not want to know this. You may not want to know that theorange you ate for breakfast, or the wheat used to make your toast,might have been fertilized with Bay State Fertilizer, a productapproved by the Environmental Protection Agency that is produced fromthe 267 million gallons ...
BIONICS AND BEER: NEW CITY POWERS PARTY
Sep 01, 2002; ... As partygoers huddled under a tent against the rain, munching onturkey-and-cranberry appetizers, in between sips of wine coolers andsummer ale, the conversation went like this: "This has become the hotbed of the most cutting-edge science." "It's the next generation," came the ...
SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE IGNORED IN FUND-TRANSFER DISCUSSION
Sep 01, 2002 ... I WAS AT THE AUG. 8 MEETING AT WHICH THE SELECTMEN LAUNCHED THEIREFFORTS TO PROVIDE $2.5 MILLION OR $3.5 MILLION TO THE ARCHDIOCESE OFBOSTON AND/OR TO ST. MARY'S CHURCH WHILE CREATING AFFORDABLE HOUSINGAT ST. AIDAN'S. THE VARIOUS LEGAL MINDS AMONG THE SELECTMEN AND OTHERMEMBERS OF THE ...
MDC TO-DO LIST
Sep 01, 2002 ... I'm so glad to see that someone other than me noted the signs atPope John Paul II park! While the question of the mulchspecifications may be debated, Julia O'Brien's contention that "theshrubs are strong enough to survive" is ludicrous. The grass willgreen up with some rain, but the ...
FOR DOGS, IT'S NO WALK IN THE PARK
Sep 01, 2002 ... I am writing in response to the article about the MDC's management- or mismanagement would be a better word - of the park facilities inand around Boston ("Neponset jewel looks tarnished," Aug. 11). I am aresident and owner of a condominium in the South End and abut theSouthwest Corridor ....
CRITICAL OF CRITICAL MASS CREDIT
Sep 01, 2002 ... As usual, San Francisco gets credit for something that has gone onlong before in other cities. I'm not sure exactly which place was first - some say D.C., somesay Madison, but a simple Google search will show you that CriticalMass has been going on in ...
TALE OF TRASH BAGS PROVES MDC NOT UP TO THE JOB
Sep 01, 2002 ... As a member of the board of directors of the Chestnut HillReservoir Coalition in Brighton, I share the frustration expressed bymany of my fellow City Weekly readers with the lackadaisicalperformance by the MDC in maintaining our urban parkland. We haveour own sad story to tell, ...
ALL THAT JAZZ COULD BE SALSA
Sep 01, 2002; ... A dispute between a landmark neighborhood restaurant and itsneighbors appears to be a fight about jazz - but it may really beabout salsa. The city's Zoning Board of Appeal denied a live music license toSablone's owners, Jessica and Sergio Maffeo, this summer, after aflurry of ...
HIKE! SIDELINED FOR YEARS, POP WARNER FOOTBALL MAKES A COMEBACK
Sep 01, 2002; ... More than 130 would-be Patriots have answered a citywide call torepresent a community that has historically enjoyed little positiverepresentation: Out of commission since 1984, the Mattapan PatriotsPop Warner football and cheerleading program is back in action, withfive divisions of ...
TARGET: NO TARGET CONTEST AIMS TO LURE A SMALL BUSINESS WITH BIG SPIRIT TO CENTER
Sep 01, 2002; ... Wanted: small business with big entrepreneurial spirit. Space available: 4266 Washington St. Advantage: City help in promotion, signage. How to get in? Enter a contest for the best idea for aneighborhood shop or business. Beginning this month, the nonprofitgroup ...
BLAZING BARBECUES
Sep 01, 2002; ... Firefighters in the city were honored Aug. 24 with a neighborhoodbarbecue that featured a cook-off among the best of Boston'sfirehouse chefs. Sponsored by the Dorchester House Multi-Service Center and theFriends of Dorchester House, chefs from six Dorchester ...
CHORAL COMMEMORATION
Sep 01, 2002; ... Requiem aeternam. Grant them eternal rest. Mozart's Requiem will ring throughout Central CongregationalChurch at 8:46 a.m. on Sept. 11, part of productions acrosscontinents and time zones to commemorate the victims of the terrorattacks in New York and Washington one year ...
JOB CHANGE EYED
Sep 01, 2002; ... Ward 7 Alderman James F. Halloran has applied for superintendentof Somerville's Recreation Commission, a move that would leave open aseat on the city's governing council. The commission's 10-member board plans to hire a superintendent bymid-September. If Halloran is selected and ...
RIGHTS AND BEANS: AIMING FOR THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN DREAM
Sep 01, 2002; ... Joe Espinoza, owner of the Real Taco Mexican restaurant inDowntown Crossing, says he thinks of his life story as the AmericanDream. Well, he adds, maybe as something, "a little bit different." In 1995, Espinoza and his new wife, Ivett, came to the Boston areafrom Mexico City, ...
WAGGING THE DOG, BROOKLINE STYLE
Sep 01, 2002; ... "Brookline is really the tail of the dog," said Jules Levine,standing outside the selectmen's chamber at Brookline Town Hall onTuesday night. The longtime local activist, just before a forum of candidates forthe open Mission Hill/Jamaica Plain state representative seat, wasmusing ...
BROTHERS ENTER MIDEAST FRAY JOIN NONVIOLENT ACTIONS TO ASSIST PALESTINIANS DURING CRISIS
Sep 01, 2002; ... In August, when many Bostonians were heading off for a few weeksof vacation, Chris and Carl Williams took a very different kind oftrip. They traveled to Israel to act as human shields in Palestinianterritories then being occupied by the Israeli army. The Mission Hill brothers - ...
PUSHING FOR CONNECTION, TEEN POETS SLAM INTO COMPETITION
Sep 01, 2002; ... A personal disclosure: The one and only time I was in a poetryslam, I lost to Katie Fowley. I'm in good company. Katie has beenbeating her elders regularly since her first slam at age 10. That was seven years ago, when Katie attended a First Nightworkshop for young poets and was ...
HONORING AMERICA'S HEROINES TEACHERS END BREAK AS HISTORY STUDENTS
Sep 01, 2002; ... A three-day institute brought history to life for more than 20Boston Public School teachers, who spent much of their last week ofsummer vacation as students. The first-year institute, sponsored by the Boston Women's HeritageTrail and held Tuesday through Thursday, was designed to ...
STATE BUDGET CUTS HIT AREA ARTISTS LOCAL SUPPORT DOWN BY 59%
Sep 01, 2002; ... Archie Stewart isn't the typical artist. He is a kite maker, kite enthusiast and kite historian, who hastaken his work into Lynn classrooms, using his favorite flyingobjects to teach students about math, science, history and geography. "I take them from country to country, and ...
HIGH SCHOOL ADDITION READY FOR RETURNING STUDENTS
Sep 01, 2002 ... CHELSEA School and city officials as well as the management team fromBoston University, which helps run the school system, celebrated theopening of the $18 million addition to Chelsea High School onThursday. City Manager Jay Ash passed the keys to the addition tosuperintendent ...
TENANTS FIGHTING TO KEEP THEIR PETS
Sep 01, 2002; ... Hidden, like the brick three-story buildings on Burma Road thatborder Revere Beach Parkway and the city where he lives, is thewooden house T.J. built for his dog last year. It sits in a corner of the living room in the three-bedroomapartment where Celestina Hernandez has lived ...
FOR THE RECORD
Sep 01, 2002 ... Because of an editing error, the location of the new Malden YMCAwas ...
SPEEDY SCHOONERS SHINE AT FESTIVAL
Sep 01, 2002; ... GLOUCESTER - Seventy years ago the fastest schooners from NovaScotia and Gloucester would race out in the Atlantic every October,as thousands watched from the shore. That competition ended just before World War II, but for the last18 years, a new set of schooners have faced off ...
PLAN TARGETS GANGS LOITERING EYED BY COMMITTEE
Sep 01, 2002; ... A City Council committee is expected to send to the full councilthis month a proposed ordinance aimed at bolstering the city's powerto combat street gangs. The ordinance would give Lynn's police the power to arrest streetgang members and others who join them in "gang ...
HURRICANE ALERT: STAY PREPARED
Sep 01, 2002; ... Local leaders are all too familiar with the damage that can bewrought by the persistent pounding of a tropical storm: toppledtrees, decimated buildings, devastated families. Eleven years ago this month, Hurricane Bob cut a path ofdestruction across New England, killing nine people ...
SHABBY LITTLE PARK IS WORTH SOME TLC
Sep 01, 2002; ... It was about 9:20 in the morning, and Doreen Thomas was in Salem'sshabby Mary Jane Lee Park when the little kids began showing up tocheck things out. Trouble was, the summer program of fun, games,sports, and reading that she had run as a volunteer was officiallyover. She told the kids ...
INFIGHTING MAY SINK THIS SHIP
Sep 01, 2002; ... The plan to build a replica of an early Navy vessel hit hard timesrecently, as infighting and defections rocked the nonprofitspearheading its construction. Few of those involved in the project to build a replica of theHannah - believed to be the first vessel in the US Navy - can ...
SWEET DEAL GIVES CITY A BOOST
Sep 01, 2002; ... A city best known for its crescent-shaped beach, Revere will soonbe awash in billions of candy hearts with cutesy sayings like "HugMe," as well as Mighty Malts, Mary Janes, and the world's one-and-only Necco wafer. And don't forget about all those Sky Bars, Clark Bars and ...
SEPT. 11 PROJECT TO DRAW ON COMMUNITY CENTER WOULD FORM A PICTOGRAM OF SMALL WORKS OF ART CREATED BY PARTICIPANTS
Sep 01, 2002; ... AMESBURY - Lined up next to each other the small pictures - onefor each person killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks - wouldcover a wall 8 1/2 feet high and 36 1/2 feet long. "It's an inconceivable number until you get a tangible expressionof it," said Joyce Audy Zarins. "It ...
BUSINESS NOTEBOOK
Sep 01, 2002; ... [A PUBLISHED CORRECTION HAS BEEN ADDED TO THIS STORY.] Collegeunion workers protest pay raise veto They're calling it a "coffee break," but union workers at NorthShore Community College and Salem State College plan to walk off thejob at 10 a.m. Thursday to protest Acting Governor ...
DINING OUT
Sep 01, 2002; ... The idea of eating in a Cuban restaurant on Route 1 is intriguing.But before images of the grand old days of Havana pop into your head,don't get too carried away. Lynnfield's Naked Fish is one of nine ina chain restaurants with a Cuban theme. Step inside and you'll hear Cuban samba on ...
MERRIMAC'S TRUE HOUSING PICTURE
Sep 01, 2002 ... Thanks to people like state Representative Harriett Stanley, thedebate on "affordable housing" and how to overhaul Chapter 40B hascome to the forefront. Chapter 40B's policy of "freeing" land from"restrictive zoning" in outlying towns has reduced the price ofbuilding lots and changed the ...
SAUGUS TEACHERS FEEL THEY ARE LOSING COMPETITIVE GROUND
Sep 01, 2002 ... It has been recently noted by a local newspaper in a "RememberWhen" column that: In 1921, 26 (teachers) left the force during the year. This meansthat educational progress is almost impossible until salaries areadjusted to a high level. We have heard state officials refer ...
RESURGENT FIELD GENERAL
Sep 01, 2002; ... Cheryl Murtagh had brought three Northeastern University fieldhockey teams to the Final Four. Eight of her squads had made it tothe NCAA tournament. But then she and Northeastern hit a bump in theroad in 1999. That's when the youthful Huskies went 8-12-0, their first seasonunder ...
REVERE'S LESSNER BIG PART OF AIC'S ARSENAL
Sep 01, 2002; ... Keith Lessner of Revere should be a top offensive weapon this yearfor the American International College football team. A senior captain and wide receiver, Lessner led AIC last year with36 receptions. His 744 receiving yards in 2001 rank eighth on theschool's all-time single-season ...
MARY WILLIAMS, 92; PRACTICAL NURSE
Sep 01, 2002 ... Mary A. (Waldron) Williams of Peabody, an Irish immigrant andretired nurse, died Aug. 26 at the Ledgewood Skilled Nursing andRehabilitation Center in Beverly following a long illness. She was92. Born May 23, 1910, in County Mayo, Ireland, she immigrated to theUnited States at the ...
PEOPLE/NORTH
Sep 01, 2002; ... SPECIAL GIFT - Fred Siwak of Ipswich creates prints from carvedlinoleum blocks. While not an unusual technique, it is remarkable inSiwak's case. He suffers from Lou Gehrig's disease, which causesweakening and paralysis of voluntary muscles. Siwak creates his art using a special ...
MASH NOTES
Sep 01, 2002; ... Melissa Manchester's "I Sent a Letter to My Love" is making itsNew England premiere at North Shore Music Theatre in Beverly. The musical is about a middle-aged disabled man who unknowinglybegins a lonely-hearts correspondence with his unmarried sister andcaretaker. As he writes, he ...
THE CASINO CLAMOR
Sep 01, 2002 ... HARD ECONOMIC TIMES are making it dangerously easy for states tosuccumb to the allure of gambling casinos. Devastated by Sept. 11, New York state is making casino plans.This month, Governor George Pataki signed a 14-year compact with theSeneca Indians that lets the tribe open three ...
HELP FOR SCREENERS
Sep 01, 2002 ... SEPTEMBER 11 has changed the rules of the working world. The newgoal is safety first, a particular challenge when it comes toincreasing the quality of airport screeners. Before Sept. 11, private companies supplied baggage screeners atthe airport. Some were vigilant, but others ...
RITA SIMES, 86; SHOE WORKER
Sep 01, 2002 ... Rita C. (Jordan) Simes of Plum Island, Newburyport, formerly ofHaverhill, died Aug. 25 at Beverly Hospital. She was 86. She was born in Haverhill and lived there until moving to PlumIsland in May. She graduated from St. James High School in Haverhilland worked at the Haverhill Shoe ...
ALFRED YOUNG, 87 VETERANS' GROUP HEAD
Sep 01, 2002 ... Alfred A. Young of Malden, a US Postal worker, died Aug. 24 at hishome after a lengthy illness. He was 87. Mr. Young was born and raised in Woburn and attended Woburn andStoneham schools. He graduated from Stoneham High School in 1932. Hewas a resident of Malden for more than 50 ...
FRANCES MCCARRON, 64; ACTIVE IN SCOUTING
Sep 01, 2002 ... Frances A. (Smith) McCarron of Hampstead, N.H., who was active inscouting, died Aug. 26 at the Parkland Medical Center in Derry, N.H.She was 64. Born in Haverhill, she graduated from the former Merrimac HighSchool in 1955. She worked as a manager at Ames department store ...
LOUISE MERCER, 90; BOOKSTORE MANAGER
Sep 01, 2002 ... Louise (Harrison) Mercer of Manchester-by-the-Sea, former directorof the Harborlight House in Beverly, died Aug. 24 at the BeverlyNursing and Rehabilitation Facility. She was 90. She was born in Blanche, Ky., and was a resident of Beverly formany years. She is the former manager ...
LEONA COPPOLA, 66; PHONE FIRM RETIREE
Sep 01, 2002 ... Leona F. (McGloin) Coppola of Salem, formerly of Beverly, diedAug. 26 at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. She was 66. Born in Lynn, she was raised in Beverly and graduated from BeverlyHigh School in 1953. She lived in Salem for the past 20 years. She worked for the ...
JOHN MURPHY, 75; WAS GOLF DIRECTOR
Sep 01, 2002 ... John "Jack" William Murphy of Beverly, a former country club golfdirector, died Aug. 25 at the Ledgewood Rehabilitation and SkilledNursing Center in Beverly. He was 75. Mr. Murphy was born in Beverly and graduated from Beverly HighSchool before joining the US Marine Corps. He was ...
MICHAEL FRASCA, 87; BEVERLY DENTIST
Sep 01, 2002 ... Dr. Michael J. Frasca of Beverly, a dentist in Beverly for morethan 50 years, died Aug. 26 at the Ledgewood Rehabilitation andSkilled Nursing Center after a lengthy illness. He was 87. Dr. Frasca graduated from Peabody High School, and from BostonCollege in 1937 and Tufts ...
A HELPING HAND FOR THE LAID OFF RAPID RESPONSE STEPS IN TO STEER WORKERS TO NEW JOBS SOON AFTER CUTBACKS
Sep 01, 2002; ... [A PUBLISHED CORRECTION HAS BEEN ADDED TO THIS STORY.]It'shard to keep up with Ken Messina. He never knows where the nextlayoff will be when he arrives at his Boston office. It could be atLucent Technologies, Hewlett Packard, Stride Rite Corp., or any ofthe hundreds of companies ...
FOR THE RECORD
Sep 01, 2002 ... CORRECTION: DUE TO A REPORTING ERROR, THE NAME OF KATHLEEN R.SACHS, A CANDIDATE FOR STATE REPRESENTATIVE IN THE 18TH ...
'LIVE' IS SWEET HOME FOR CHICAGO
Sep 01, 2002; ... Last December, Elton John was taking requests by phone. The calleron the line asked him to play "Rocket Man," a fan favorite andstandard request. Only this time, the caller asked that it bededicated to her husband, who had died in the World Trade Centerattacks of Sept. 11. Visibly moved, ...
IN THE RED AGAIN
Sep 01, 2002 ... THE CONGRESSIONAL Budget Office forecast of federal deficits forthe next five years points out the folly of the tax cuts pushed bythe Bush administration. The money lost to the government willprevent it from planning adequately for the baby boomers' retirement. Only last year, the ...
LOST IN THE GENDER GAP
Sep 01, 2002; ... I KNOW THAT EDUCATED WOMEN HAVE ALWAYS MADE SOME PEOPLE NERVOUS. In 1873, when less than 15 percent of the college students werefemale, Harvard's Edward Clarke explained scientifically howexpanding a woman's brain would make her uterus shrink. In 1889, when women still made up ...
OWNED BY THE SAUDIS
Sep 01, 2002; ... IF SUCKING UP TO THE HOUSE OF SAUD WERE AN OLYMPIC EVENT, GEORGEW. BUSH WOULD BE A CONTENDER FOR THE GOLD. He was at his fawningbest last week, when he hosted the Saudi Arabian ambassador, Bandarbin Sultan, for lunch in Crawford, Texas. The ambassador, who showedup with six of his ...
THE WAR IN VIETNAM IS OVER
Sep 01, 2002 ... JEFF JACOBY'S AUG. 25 COLUMN MISSES THE BOAT ON VIETNAM. BY ANY REASONABLE STANDARD, VIETNAM'S CURRENT LEADERSHIP, WHILE FAR FROMPERFECT, IS NOT THE SAME RUTHLESS TYRANNY THAT PLUNGED VIETNAM INTOWAR. VIETNAM HAS CHANGED DRAMATICALLY SINCE REFORMS BEGAN IN THELATE 1980S. THE RULING ...