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18 hrs ago | WBUR-AM Boston

DeLeo Bets On The Colts And Re-Election

It's Super Bowl Sunday here at the Elks Hall. Along the icy harbor, recreational boats are huddled in shrink wrap, but inside, the local guy who went from selectman to speaker of the House is rolling out his election year ritual.

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Sun Feb 07, 2010

Boston.com

Yemeni tankers OK'd in harbor

LNG tankers have often traversed Boston Harbor under the Tobin Bridge on the way to Everett, but the next shipment is originating in Yemen.

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Fri Feb 05, 2010

Boston.com

Gambling proposal may be gaining

Massachusetts lawmakers will revive one of Beacon Hill's most contentious issues in the coming weeks with measures to legalize casino gambling and slots at racetracks, betting that desperation to create new jobs and revenue could tip the debate this time around.

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Wed Feb 03, 2010

Boston Globe

Brian McGrory Professor vs. tycoon, Part 2

It's not easy being Michael Kettenbach these days. First, his attempts to use his fortune to convert a gorgeous Back Bay condominium building into one of the city's most glorious single-owner residences have been thwarted by the 82-year-old professor on the fourth floor who has been reluctant to sell the unit where he's lived for 32 years.

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Mon Feb 01, 2010

Philly.com

Debunking a myth about slavery

Early on in Ten Hills Farm: The Forgotten History of Slavery in the North , C.S. Manegold's intimate and sobering account of slavery's hold on New England, we encounter Samuel Maverick, master of Noddles Island in Boston Harbor.

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Sat Jan 30, 2010

Universal Hub

Theater District

Boston Police charge that David McKenny, 44, of Winthrop, forced a man at gunpoint into his car at Stuart and Tremont streets on Jan.

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Thu Jan 28, 2010

Universal Hub

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Boston Police charge that David McKenny, 44, of Winthrop, forced a man at gunpoint into his car at Stuart and Tremont streets on Jan.

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Tue Jan 26, 2010

Banker & Tradesman

Winthrop Realty Trust Slapped With $14K...

The state Department of Environmental Protection has assessed M&M Realty Trust a $14,000 penalty for wetland protection act violations on property it owns between 21-41 Argyle St.

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Mon Jan 25, 2010

Boston Globe

New Englanda s scarlet a Sa for slavery

John Winthrop, the first governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony, kept American Indians as slaves and helped to write the first law in the US officially sanctioning the practice of keeping African slaves.

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Sat Jan 23, 2010

SalemNews.com, Salem, MA

Speaker betting casinos would swell state coffers

State Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo spoke before the North Shore Alliance for Economic Development yesterday promising to file a bill for casino gambling in the Bay State next month.

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Wed Jan 20, 2010

Revere Journal

Arrest Report 01-20-2010

Edward DiLorenzo, 52, of 6 Washington Sq., was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, assault and battery and two counts of assault by a dangerous weapon.

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Tue Jan 19, 2010

My Left Nutmeg

Why Connecticut needs Martha Coakley in the Senate

I'm a Fairfielder who goes to college in Massachusetts. I don't need to remind everyone of the importance of tomorrow's election.

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Sun Jan 17, 2010

Revere Journal

Alleged counterfeiters go broke in Revere

Some heada s up police investigating was right on the money last Wednesday, January 6, as Revere Police cashed in a Winthrop couple who was allegedly running a counterfeiting operation out of their home.

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Fri Jan 15, 2010

TheBostonChannel

Coast Guard Ramps Up Security For Yemen LNG

Coast Guard officials reassured Massachusetts lawmakers that they are ramping up security ahead of a scheduled delivery of liquefied natural gas from Yemen next month.

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Wed Jan 13, 2010

Boston.com

Summit to debate risks of delivery of LNG from Yemen

'I share with you the concern of the potential risk that these shipments bring,' Speaker DeLeo said.

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Sun Jan 10, 2010

American Spectator

Northern Slavery

For John Winthrop his appointment in 1630 as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony was a financial, social, and political boon.

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Fri Jan 08, 2010

GloucesterTimes.com, Gloucester, MA

House KOs bid to kill charter

The state's House of Representatives has denied a bid by Rep. Ann-Margaret Ferrante, supported by Gov.

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Fri Jan 01, 2010

Boston.com

Yemen gas shipments to Boston stir worry

Shipments of liquefied natural gas from Yemen are scheduled to arrive for the first time in Boston Harbor in February, prompting a review of tanker security by the US Coast Guard that has intensified since a passenger with links to Al Qaeda in Yemen tried to blow up a US airliner over Detroit on Christmas Day.

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Wed Dec 30, 2009

The Tennessean

Songwriter cranks out the dough at Pizzereal

226-2206 Twelve years ago, Paul Koumanelis came to Nashville from his native Massachusetts as a songwriter.

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Sat Dec 19, 2009

The Boston Globe

DeLeo does it his way

Speaker Robert A. DeLeo was seen as a consensus builder. As he rose to power last January, House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo did not look like a leader to inspire sharp divisions.

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