Agganis Classics Week kicked off for 2011 with the annual awards breakfast Sunday at Manning Field. Chairman of the Agganis Foundation Board of Directors Thomas Demakis welcomed the gathering to the ceremony. “As good an athlete as Harry Agganis was, he was an even better person”, Demakis told the Agganis Scholarship recipients, All-Star players...
The Agganis Foundation honoring the late Harry Agganis, arguably the greatest athlete to come out of this city in the 20th century, is celebrating 56 years of honoring athletic excellence and of giving scholarship money to scholar-athletes. The all-star games are being played this week. The scholarships were presented Sunday. By doing so for...
It is the dead of summer, that moment in our lives and in the life of the summer when there is as much summer in front of us as behind us. For those of us who love the heat, who love the summer, who wait for it all winter and who yearn for it...
Violet DePaulo Aetna Insurance retiree Violet A. (Ariniello) DePaulo, formerly of Revere and Chelsea, died in Kingston, MA on July 8. She was 87 years old. A retiree of Aetna Insurance Co. of Boston, she was the wife of the late John P. DePaulo, the devoted mother of Donna M. Metcalf and her husband,...
MWRA is pleased to announce that three students of St. Mary’s High School in Lynn won MWRA’s 30th Annual Writing Contest. Christina Mignosa, grade 9, won Second Place for her essay. Cristian Abarca and Alexandria Fisher, also grade 9, received Honorable Mention. This year, students across the MWRA service area were challenged to write...
July 4 marked the 235th year of American Independence. It is a worthy occasion noting the anniversary of one of the great days in world history. If you are the type who appreciates history, the 235th anniversary of anything is a major occasion. If you are a European, there are celebrations that go back...
There are several reasons that Harry Agganis All-Star Classics Week has become the area’s premier summer sports extravaganza for graduating players, coaches, and fans. One is you get the opportunity to see the best athletes perform for the final time in their high school careers. Take Rockport’s sensational soccer goalie, Keady Segel. Segel will...
Eugenia Russo Retired Seamstress Eugenia (Capano) Russo of Revere died on June 28 at the Light House Nursing Home. She was 89 years old. A retired seamstress, she was born in Italy, the daughter of the late Luigi and Rosaria Capano and was the beloved wife of the late Dominic (Lieutenant Revere Fire Department);...