Everett News

Christina Rivers, 18, of 26 Ellsworth Rd., Everett, was arrested at 11:49 p.m. and charged with malicious destruction of property over $250, trespassing and disturbing the peace, after police responded to a report of someone trying to break into the Citgo gas station on Lake Street.

Residents have until July 25 to purchase commemorative bricks to help raise money for the restoration of the Marion Tavern at Grand View Farm.

Everett "Ev" Cassagneres was a young soldier back from the front lines of Korea with two Purple Hearts in 1952 when he met a fledgling bicyclist named Art Longsjo.

Three suspected bank robbers were arrested Tuesday night. James Rigano, 42, of Malden, Terry Dunnels, Jr., 29, of Cambridge, and Eric Leonard, 20, of Everett were arrested and turned over to Somerville Police who then charged them with bank robbery.

Residents can take part in a number of Independence Day events next weekend. The Recreation Department is holding its annual Kids Patriotic Parade along with a street dance, both at the common on Friday.

PHOTOS BY DAVID L. RYAN/GLOBE STAFFCustomers in line outside Concepts shoe store in Harvard Square, waiting for their chance to buy a pair of Blue Lobster Nike sneakers .

Massachusetts has awarded construction money to resurface highways first because those projects can get under way the fastest.

A jury has convicted an Everett man of first-degree murder in the death of his former girlfriend, whose body was discovered in the trunk of her car.

So this guy who's really fascinated with buses thought it would be cool to follow an old T bus to the end of the line - to the plant in Everett where they're shredded and put on a barge on the Mystic River.

The Ballet Flamenco Espanol Folclorico Co. ? Los Ninos De Espana -- Mexico of Norman will offer library performances for the Summer.

Through Friday, residents can order rain barrels at a discounted rate from the New England Rain Barrel Co.

The town of Brookline appears likely to shut down the dozen surveillance cameras it installed along major intersections just two months ago.

An Everett man ran a series of illegal high-stakes poker games out of a building on Main Street in that city and a February raid found numerous players inside, along with playing cards, chips and tens of thousands of dollars in cash, Middlesex County prosecutors said today.

A total of 235 seniors will be collecting their diplomas at the high school's 2009 graduation ceremony at 2 p.m. next Sunday on Varsity Field.

A NEW STUDY marking 15 years of education reform points to tough challenges in cities and towns with burgeoning enrollments of low-income students and those lacking English skills.

Searching on behalf of significant other. Male born 3/29/70 in Everett, Mass. area looking for birth mother or any birth family.

In thousands of households in Revere, Everett, Malden, Medford and Melrose, alarm clocks lost their minds and started blinking "12:00," Channel 4 reports .

As lawmakers scramble for revenues, casino gambling - declared dead just a year ago - is seeing its odds surge again, helped on by a key change in leadership on Beacon Hill and the state's desperate need for cash.

A day after Roger Clemens appeared on ESPN's "Mike and Mike" show to deny steroid use and denounce a book about him, his former personal trainer made a public appearance at a sports nutrition store.

The man's name and potential charges against him were not available last night, police said.