Former House Speaker Sal DiMasi and District 1 City Councilor Sal LaMattina were honored with the Michael A. Nazzaro, Jr. Public Service Award at this year’s Columbus Day Celebration Reception. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh took part in the presentations as did State Rep. Aaron Michlewitz, State Sen. Joe Boncore and City Councilors who attended including President Read More…
Congrats – you made it to Friday! Spring 2017 in Boston: https://www.instagram.com/p/BSkHWySBgz7/?taken-by=igersboston Notable news found elsewhere: Here’s why all those Uber and Lyft drivers were deemed unfit to drive New state background checks on drivers for companies such as Uber and Lyft have led to more than 8,000 drivers being pulled for infractions such as license suspensions, Read More…
Start your week with our Monday Brief: Boston Red Sox open the 2017 season against the Pittsburgh Pirates Monday – Fenway Park, 2:05pm Is the spring weather here to stay? https://www.instagram.com/p/BSZhRIAlCHB/?taken-by=loftandvine&hl=en Articles for your interest: Sal DiMasi’s Home Confinement Requirements Won’t Be Eased Former House Speaker Sal DiMasi’s request to relax his rules with house arrest have Read More…
A classic “Elect DiMasi Representative” sign was posted on this Prince Street office to recognize Sal DiMasi’s return to Massachusetts and his longtime representation of the neighborhood. Back in the day, the signs used to blanket the North End store windows. The old sign was recovered and posted by Philip Frattaroli. Photo by Michael Dello Russo. “Neighborhood Photo” Read More…
Former Massachusetts House Speaker and longtime North End representative, Sal DiMasi, received early compassionate release from prison, after a U.S. District Court ruled on Thursday. Judge Mark Wolf ordered that DiMasi be freed on November 22nd and returned to his home state. In its order, the court sympathized with the 71 year-old’s past prostate and throat cancers and ongoing chronic Read More…
The video embedded below shows Jon Keller asking each of the U.S. Senate candidates where they stand on pardoning Sal DiMasi, the North End’s former State representative and Speaker of the House. (Video courtesy CBS Boston). A rundown on DiMasi pardoning stances: Markey: Balance illness and incarceration, move closer to home Gomez: No, would not Read More…
Former Massachusetts House Speaker and longtime North End representative, Sal DiMasi, was denied medical treatment in prison for cancer, according to a recent legal filing by his attorney. DiMasi will begin radiation on his tongue for the cancer, now at Stage 4, impacting his ability to speak and eat through his mouth. This procedure will Read More…
Former Massachusetts House Speaker and North End resident, Sal DiMasi, was sentenced to eight years in prison today by a federal court judge after being convicted on corruption charges last June. In his decision, US District Court Judge Mark Wolf said DiMasi’s life had been “a great American story to a point.” The ruling also Read More…
At the John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse on Fan Pier today, former Massachusetts House Speaker Salvatore F. DiMasi was found guilty by a jury in seven of the nine counts charged against him. The most damaging counts included extortion and conspiracy to defraud citizens of honest services related to contracts awarded to Cognos, a software Read More…
The North End’s Aaron Michlewitz pulled out the win in a hard fought Democratic primary race for State Representative. Michlewitz and the South End’s Susan Passoni each ran very strong campaigns and the results showed Michlewitz with 2,116 votes to Passoni’s 1,945. Lucy Rivera from Beacon Hill and Brian Ross also from the North End, Read More…