Just call her number four. Revere and Chelsea State Rep. Kathi-Anne Reinstein (D-Revere) got tapped last week by House Speaker Bob DeLeo (D-Winthrop) to ascend to the fourth highest leadership position in the state House of Representatives. DeLeo made news…
Month: February 2011
Suspect Charged with First-degree Murder
A Malden man spent an evening socializing with Angel Acevedo and Jenret Appleberry in their Chelsea home before shooting them to death in cold blood on Labor Day, according to prosecutors. Last week Steven Andre, 22, was formally charged with…
Connecticut Bank Buys out Danversbank for nearly $500 million
Danversbank has announced that they will be bought out by People’s United Bank of Bridgeport, CT, for a cash and stock deal worth $493 million. The deal is still pending approvals, but is expected to be successful. Danversbank has local…
Police Briefs 02-03-2011
Monday, January 24 Todd T. Ferrante, 28, 19 Bradford St., Apt. #2, Peabody, arrested on an outstanding warrant. Christopher R. Leonard, 38, 18 Shaws Ct., Apt. #3, Lynn, arrested on an outstanding warrant, failure to stop at a stop sign,…
Val’s Flowers
It comes as very sad news that Val’s Flowers is closing its doors at the end of February. Val’s Flowers opened its doors in the downtown business district more than 60 years ago, when this city was a far different…
The Water Mess and the Streets
The sleet that followed the snow on Wednesday and the subsequent giant pools of slush and frozen water that followed has had the effect of ripping up the city’s streets. First came the snow and all the plowing and then…
Lady Red Devils Win Two Contests
The Chelsea High girls basketball team returned to their winning ways with a pair of victories in this snow-filled week. The Lady Red Devils first took the measure of Essex Agricultural last Wednesday in a fierce contest, 54-37. “It was…
Obituaries 02-03-2011
Sister Mary Ethel Niestepski, FSSJ Member of Franciscan Sisters of St. Joseph Sister Mary Ethel Niestepski died peacefully on Friday, January 28 at 11 p.m. in the Colette Hilbert Care Community, Hamburg, NY in the 97th year of life and…