WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2017 JIM ALOISI & PETER MEADE Husband charged in teacher murder COMMENTARY By Gayla Cawley micide in the Grand View Avenue teacher at Connery Elementary Connery ITEM STAFF home they shared, according to the School and a St. Mary’s High School Suffolk County District Attorney’s graduate. REVERE — The husband of Va- Amazon educator of ce. Masucci described her sister as nessa MacCormack, a 30-year-old strangled Lynn school teacher found dead in The couple had a 1-year-old daugh- the “world’s best mother” on Sunday, their Revere home on Saturday af- ter and were married for two years. and that she was the glue that held could The baby was not home on Saturday ternoon, has been charged with her their family together. in their killing. and is now with other family mem- MacCormack is expected to be ar- Andrew MacCormack, 29, was ar- bers, according to Vanessa’s sister, raigned today in Chelsea District deliver Revere rested and charged with murder on Angela Masucci, a teacher at Wash- Court. Tuesday afternoon, amid the ongo- ington STEM Elementary School in home REVERE, A7 Blue ing investigation into his wife’s ho- Lynn. Vanessa was a second-grade Line Rose a (This article originally ap- peared in CommonWealth magazine.) thorn in We both had the same thought as soon as we heard Revere about Boston vying for Am- azon’s new headquarters facility: Locate it at Suffolk Downs and leverage the op- Housing portunity to take a giant leap forward in improving By Thomas Grillo local and regional mobility. ITEM STAFF Suffolk Downs on paper is an ideal site for a large cam- REVERE — First-time can- pus complex: over 100 acres didate Wayne Rose is facing of largely undeveloped land his rst test as he seeks a seat two minutes from an inter- on the City Council. national airport and with After rst being told by the two MBTA Blue Line sta- Revere Housing Authority tions already in place at the he could place his campaign north and south ends of the signs in the public housing de- site. By any standard, these velopment on Cooledge Street attributes make the site ex- where he lives, the agency re- ceptionally well-positioned considered and asked him to to compete for the most at- remove them. tractive development con- “It’s a violation of my First cepts available in the mar- Amendment, free speech ketplace. rights,” he said. “It appears But the site comes with the Housing Authority caved many challenges, not the English gets a course when they received complaints least of which is the need to from politicians and candidate build with climate change in committees.” mind. Suffolk Downs is adja- Rose is one of a dozen candi- in Freedom writing dates running for ve at-large cent to the Belle Isle Marsh and includes marshland slots. The election, Tuesday, By Bridget Turcotte at Woodrow Wilson High School in Erin Gruwell Nov. 7, includes incumbents within it, so it is a prime ITEM STAFF Long Beach, Calif. She hugged stu- speaks to the candidate for best practic- Jessica Ann Giannino, Steven dents who rushed to her side as she junior and senior Morabito, George Rotondo, es, state-of-the-art resilient LYNN — Lynn English High exited the auditorium. classes at Lynn En- and Anthony Zambuto and development. But it’s the School students moved the teach- “She was asking us questions she glish High School challengers Todd Braid, Nich- mobility challenges and op- er whose story is told in the movie olas Moulaison Sr., David Jose portunities that we want to “Freedom Writers” to tears with asked at her school and I looked on Tuesday. Ramos, Dimple Rana, Michael focus on here. their reaction to her lecture at the around and realized we all had so ITEM PHOTO | SPENSER HASAK Zaccaria, John Correggio, and Suffolk Downs lies adja- much in common — everyone relat- school Tuesday morning. former Mayor Dan Rizzo. cent to a portion of Route The group of 11th- and 12th-grad- ed to each other,” said Zainab Alka- by, a Lynn English senior. “It was so Before putting the signs up 1A that, like many other ers gave Erin Gruwell a standing on the Revere Housing Au- inspiring. It showed us there’s hope similarly situated highways ovation, cheered, and whistled for thority property last week, no matter what you go through.” in Greater Boston (and the several minutes at the end of her Rose consulted Jaclyn Martin, nation), is largely congested presentation, in which she recount- Alkaby said all students viewed director of housing manage- ed her experience working with and BLUE LINE, A7 ENGLISH, A7 ment, he said, who gave him earning the trust of at-risk teens the green light. “They gave me permission on Medford ROSE, A7 falls into the arts By Marianne Salza FOR THE ITEM MEDFORD — Arts Across Med- ford, the city’s annual early fall cel- ebration, is off and running with 14 arts, cultural, and historical events scheduled during the month of Oc- tober. The debut event is this Sunday, Oct. 1, with a quick look at Med- ford’s history called Everything is ITEM PHOTO | OWEN O’ROURKE Connected: Six Degrees of Brooks Separation. The presentation at the Wayne Rose is in a battle COURTESY PHOTO Shepherd Brooks Manor, 275 Grove with the Revere Housing Hugh Naggar, of Crystal Creations, sculpts a glass-blown dolphin with a torch, as Authority over campaign Zariyah Wilson admires the demonstration. MEDFORD, A7 signs. INSIDE FBI puts full-court press on NCAA basketball In Lynn By Larry Neumeister tions appeared to involve Louisville, painted by the charges is not a pretty Protesters advocate and Tom Hays one of college basketball’s biggest pow- one,” said acting U.S. Attorney Joon for affordable housing. A3 ASSOCIATED PRESS erhouses, which is already on NCAA H. Kim, adding that the defendants probation over a sex scandal. were “circling blue-chip prospects like NEW YORK — In one of the biggest City council makes plans Federal prosecutors said at least three coyotes” and exploited them to enrich crackdowns on the corrupting role of for Essex Street and going green. A3 top high school recruits were promised themselves. money in college basketball, 10 men — payments of as much as $150,000, us- Prosecutors said that while some of In Opinion including a top Adidas executive and ing money supplied by Adidas, to at- the bribe money went to athletes and An economic engine called art. A4 four assistant coaches — were charged tend two universities sponsored by the their families, some went to coaches, Tuesday with using hundreds of thou- athletic shoe company. Court papers to get them to use their in uence over In Sports sands of dollars in bribes to in uence didn’t name the schools but contained their potentially NBA-bound players. Marblehead eld hockey star athletes’ choice of schools, shoe enough details to identify them as Lou- The coaches charged are Chuck Person ring on all cylinders. B1 sponsors, agents, even tailors. isville and Miami. Some of the most explosive allega- “The picture of college basketball NCAA, B2 OBITUARIES ..............................A2 POLICE/FIRE .............................A6 COMICS/DIVERSIONS ........... B4-5 HIGH 81° VOL. 139, ISSUE 248 LYNN .........................................A3 LOOK! .......................................A8 CLASSIFIED ........................... B6-7 LOW 68° OPINION ...................................A4 SPORTS ................................ B1-3 FOOD ........................................B8 PAGE A8 ONE DOLLAR A2 THE DAILY ITEM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2017 OBITUARIES Edward T. McCusker Jr., 74 Boston, other cities hold 1943-2017 Edward Thomas Curley, Benjamin preliminary votes for mayor McCusker Jr., age 74, Matthew Birming- sadly passed away ham, and Erin Jean By Steve LeBlanc Polls close at 8 p.m. longest serving mayor, tuary cities.” on Tuesday morning, McCusker) and was ASSOCIATED PRESS Elsewhere in Massa- Tom Menino, who did not “If necessary, we will use Sept. 26, 2017. He very thankful to be chusetts, voters in Fram- seek a sixth term. Menino City Hall itself to shelter BOSTON — Voters on was the husband of able to enjoy being a ingham were heading to died of cancer in 2014. and protect anyone who’s the late great Rose great grandfather to Tuesday were trickling the polls for the first time Walsh lists education into polling locations targeted unjustly.” Walsh Anne McCusker, with four (Nora Roselyn, since residents of New En- and affordable housing said at the time. whom he shared over Rosie Sky, Nicholas across Boston, where gland’s largest town opted as priorities. A recover- Jackson is a lifelong res- 51 years of marriage. Gaetano, and Elaina Mayor Marty Walsh was to become a city. Voters ing alcoholic, Walsh also ident of the city’s Roxbury Born in Malden on Jan. 26, Rose). seeking a second four-year will narrow from seven to has supported addiction 1943, Edward was the son of Through the pain and sorrow term. two the field of candidates prevention and treatment neighborhood who served the late Christine and Edward love will fill our memories and City Councilor Tito seeking to become Fram- programs and continued in the administration of Sr. A retired GE employee of he will be forever remembered Jackson and a pair of less- ingham’s first mayor in Menino’s advocacy for former Democratic Gov. over thirty years. as “little granky.” er-known candidates, re- the community’s 317-year gun control measures. He Deval Patrick, including He is survived by his daugh- Service information: tired police officer Robert history. worked to lure General as Patrick’s political direc- ter Sheri Lee, wife of Matthew A grave side service will Cappucci and health care In Lawrence, five can- Electric from Connecticut tor.