Anthony “Hoots” Demasi, 58, of Everett, Property Manager and Red Sox Loyalist
Thirty years managing two Everett buildings for a family that treated him as one of their own, and a lifetime of ribbing…
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Anna B. (DiBlasi) Merlina, 91, Revere High Class of 1953 and Co-Owner of Peabody Glass
Revere High 1953, a 63-year marriage to her childhood sweetheart, and 65 years running Peabody Glass together. Anna Merlina was 91.
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Angela (Scibilia) Iannello, 86, Came From Sicily Alone at 18 and Raised Her Family in Revere
At 18 she sailed to Boston alone, courted her fiancé by letter for two years, and raised three sons in Revere. Angela…
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35 Years After Receivership: Chelsea’s Four City Managers Take the Stage Wednesday
Every city contract was voided at 1 p.m. on September 12, 1991. Wednesday night at Chelsea High, the four men who have…
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Chelsea Schools: 89 Percent Attendance Against a 95 Percent Goal, and a Shift From AP to Early College
Attendance is the highest since 2020 and still six points short. More students are choosing college credit over AP exams. The numbers…
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The PROTECT Act Took Effect This Week. Here Is What Changed for Chelsea’s Police, Employers and Clinics
In a city where nearly half the residents were born abroad, the new state law reshapes what local police, employers and hospitals…
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The Orange Line Is Shut South of Back Bay Through Monday. A Guide for Chelsea Riders
No Orange Line trains south of Back Bay through Monday. From Chelsea, here is the fastest way to the hospitals, Northeastern and…
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Everett Notebook: Overdoses Down From 130 to 34, Casino Grants Open, and a Coach Faces His Old School
City Hall was closed all week. The rest of Everett kept going: an Overdose Awareness Day with real progress to report, $114,000…
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Revere Beach Art Festival Saturday: Artists, Live Music, and a Painting Contest on America’s First Public Beach
Free, on the boulevard, 11 to 4, with a live art competition. Take the Blue Line or the 116. Plus what else…
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Sheriff Tompkins Is Acquitted. What the Verdict Means for the Jail That Holds Chelsea’s Arrestees
Three and a half hours of deliberation ended a year in which the county's sheriff was on leave. The allegation, the defense,…
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