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Brian Kelly, Notre Dame’s famed football coach, was honored by the Kelly Gang at Michael’s Restaurant in New York City on March 13. Earlier that day he visited Breezy Point, where he witnessed the destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy and met some of the people who were badly affected by the storm.
In honoring Coach Kelly, the Kelly Gang raised over $60,000 for the Kelly Cares Foundation, which was established by Brian and his wife, Paqui Kelly, to support initiatives in health, education and community. After visiting Breezy Point, Kelly promised to rebuild the Catholic Club, which had served as the heart of the community, using funds from the Kelly Cares Found-ation, and the funds raised by the Kelly Gang.
By Daniel Sheehan, Reporter Staff
March 17, 2021
Daniel Sheehan, Reporter Staff
Edward ‘Edzo’ Kelly with his wife Katie, daughter Maggie, and son Tommy. Photo courtesy Firefighters Union Local 718
Ed “Edzo” Kelly, a son of Dorchester with deep roots in both the local and national firefighting community, ascended to the highest fire union position in North America earlier this month when he was elected general president of the International Association of Fire Fighters. He had previously served as general secretary-treasurer of the group.
In an interview with the Reporter, Kelly, who will officially assume office on April 9, said he is excited about his new responsibilities while feeling some wariness about the obligations that come with the new title.
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The upper floors of the Cacciatore family’s eight-story brick office building at Wells and Congress offer a perfect view of Oscar D’Angelo Park just across the street.
For some members of the Cacciatore family, that was a source of irritation: being stuck with a view of a park named for D’Angelo on what they considered their South Loop turf.
After nearly three decades of suffering, they asked the Chicago Park District to rename the park for their family patriarch.
Thus was borne one of the most unusual attempted bribery allegations in memory.
In a recent federal indictment, prosecutors accuse government affairs consultant Roberto Caldero of promising $50,000 in campaign contributions from the Cacciatores to then-Ald. Danny Solis (25th) in exchange for Solis arranging an honorary street name designation for one deceased Cacciatore family member and renaming the park for another.
New book by NIU professor, former student sheds light on towering roles of Irish Americans March 9, 2021
DeKalb, Ill. Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, NIU History Professor Sean Farrell and his former doctoral student Mathieu Billings, now a faculty associate in history and political science at the University of Indianapolis, have a new book out titled, “The Irish in Illinois.”
How did the Irish help shape the Prairie State? Who have been some of the most unheralded Irish in state history? Where does Illinois rank in terms of its St. Paddy’s Day celebrations? Farrell and Billings have the answers.