Page 6 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, July 22, 2022 Malden Today, Tomorrow and Yesterday – Saint Rocco – August 12-14 By Peter Levine P icked up pieces while waiting for the highlight of the Malden summer social calendar, the Grande Festa in Honor of San Rocco... • This year the Feast of Saint Rocco will take place from Friday, August 12 through SunLaw Offices of Terrence W. Kennedy 512 Broadway, Everett • Criminal Defense • Personal Injury • Medical Malpractice Tel: (617) 387-9809 Cell: (617) 308-8178 twkennedylaw@gmail.com Saint Rocco pilgrims day, August 14. By North End standards the Pearl Street festa is a small one but has an unusually big heart. And a long history. It was started 92 years ago to help the poor Italian immigrants of Edgeworth stay warm in the winter, eat healthy in the summer and stay spiritually connected all year round (as well as drunk for three straight days in August). • Fact: The only time residents from Edgeworth in Ward 2 check the weather report is the week prior to the Saint Rocco Feast. • Speaking of the Feast, Dom ~ Home of the Week ~ SAUGUS...Classic Center Entrance Colonial with all the modern updates, including 4 full baths, beautiful granite kitchen, formal dining room, living room and 20’ family room, all with hardwood flooring. 2nd floor features 3 bedrooms, including a master bedroom with a full, private Jacuzzi bath and an additional 8’ x 11” dressing area or office. Finished lower level with possible 4th bedroom, family room and wet bar, fenced yard with stylish patio and above ground pool. Nicely located and within short distance to shopping, schools and major highways. Great home - Great location - Great opportunity! Offered at $849,900. 335 Central Street, Saugus, MA 01906 (781) 233-7300 View the interior of this home right on your smartphone. View all our listings at: CarpenitoRealEstate.com Fermano was at one of the San Rock committee meetings in mid-June. He looks great but when you marry as well as Dom did, it’s easy not to look your age. Dom has done more good things in the last 24 hours than most politicians do in their entire careers. Fact! Dom is one of those guys, an unsung hero if I may ramble on, who has made Malden a fabulous place to live in 2022. He’s been involved with the Feast his whole life. He even goes back to the day when a portion of the weekend’s entertainment was the placing of a white bed sheet across Pearl Street with the 1943 movie “The Song of Bernadette” showing in a loop for the evening. True story. • The Feast was not the same last year without Jimmy Palermo. I loved that man. We all loved that man. Here is what I wrote in 2020 for our Jimmy Palermo: “Where have you gone Jimmy Palermo, Edgeworth turns its lonely eyes to you...Jimmy, I bet you had no idea how much you were loved in your neighborhood. And beyond. You would be embarrassed by all the attention, whether you believed it was deserved, or not. Born into that generation where selfl essness, a strong work ethic, and fi erce devotion to family were ingrained in your DNA. Handed down from your grandfather to your father to yourself to your wonderful children. We are a poorer country, my friend, whenever we lose another of your great generation. Jimmy had swagger. Jimmy had self-confi dence. Jimmy had serious game! I really, really miss his presence.” • The spirit of the late Tony Pisaturo will be hovering over the Feast this year. His family will honor him. We will honor him. The Italian American Band of Lawrence and the Procession will make a special stop at his stoop on Pearl to show their respect for him. It won’t be the same this year, but we’ll toast this special man all weekend long anyway. • Speaking of the procession, so sad to see the Sunday afternoon Procession route, which once numbered most of the streets in Edgeworth, down to a scant few. Families (such as the Pitts, the Goodwins, Gambys, Crowes, Trabuccos, Pisaturos, Toccos, Palermos, Spadaforas, Scibellis) make hard decisions. As their parents age or pass on, as the neighborhood MALDEN: TODAY| SEE PAGE 7
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