Month: August 2013

Fight Brewing over Digital Billboards

Members of the Revere Beautification Committee (RBC) typically focus in on trash, but currently they are crunching numbers and they believe the City is getting ripped off by billboard companies looking to convert to digital displays. Currently, ClearChannel Outdoor –…

August is Here

Yes, the days have become noticeably shorter and there has been a chill in the air at night. And when the calendar turns to August, as it has, it’s sort of a signal that the new school year is not…

Police Briefs 08-07-2013

MONDAY, JULY 29 John M. Church, 24, of 84 Walnut Ave., was arrested on charges of trespassing and breaking & entering with intent to commit a misdemeanor. Shaina Elaine Stevens, 26, of Beverly, was arrested on an outstanding warrant and on…

Obituaries 08-07-2013

Patricia Ann Straccia Former East Boston Resident Patricia Ann (Hancock) Straccia, formerly of East Boston, died in Winthrop on August 4. She was the beloved wife of the late Jerry A. “Chirpy” Straccia; devoted mother of Paula Czernetzky of Everett,…