North End resident Olivia Scimeca is shown with her sons, Nicholas and Ricky, a soldier with the Rhode Island 182nd National Guard Infantry Battalion at Logan Airport. Ricky returned home for leave before shipping off to Afghanistan next week. (Courtesy of Phil Orlandella)
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Ricky Scimeca was given a North End send-off on Sunday, June 12, 2011. Home for just a week from the Rhode Island 182nd National Guard Infantry Battalion, Ricky ships off to Afghanistan on Tuesday. The Saint Anthony Society hosted the event for Ricky, who was present with many family and friends including his mother North Read More…
Mass. Military Heroes Fund Hosts 9/11 Service Project on Greenway
The Massachusetts Military Heroes Fund organized its annual 9/11 Day of Service on the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway where volunteers assembled 1,000 care boxes to be sent to local men and women serving overseas. Members of the public wrote letters of support to the troops and left notes of remembrance to 9/11 and bereaved military Read More…
Save the Date: Wounded Warrier Project Fundraiser on January 19, 2012 at Lucia’s Ristorante
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