Once again, crews showed up late at night in Nonantum to sand the lines off the middle of the street. But before this feels like deja vu and the ripping open of an old wound, it’s worth noting that this line-blasting was met with joy, community bonding and Italian pride.
Last summer, then-Mayor Ruthanne Fuller had that street’s traditional red, white and green lines removed just a few weeks before the St. Mary of Carmen Society’s 90th Italian-American Festival, sparking a summer-long battle between Nonantum residents and the mayor they felt disrespected their heritage.
