BOSTON – Senator Anthony Petruccelli, an East Boston Democrat and a key member of Senate leadership, plans to resign his seat to join a Beacon Hill lobbying outfit.
"After almost 17 years in the Legislature and over 20 years in public service, my family and I felt like it was the right time to move in a different direction for me professionally and for our lives as a family," Petruccelli told the News Service on Friday. He said it is "sad to give up something I love" but "exciting to move into the private sector."
BOSTON – One of dozens of historic maps missing from the Boston Public Library turned up in the hands of a New York City antiques dealer, who was offering it for sale at $285,000 last summer before a sharp-eyed library curator spotted it.
The 1612 map, compiled by French explorer Samuel de Champlain, has been returned to its rightful owner as a result and is on display at the library in Copley Square. The map was taken out of a 1613 book describing Champlain's voyages to the New World, "Les Voyages du Sieur de Champlain," and was discovered missing in 2005 by the curator, Ronald Grim. Grim was credited Thursday with finding the document, called the "Carte Geographique de Nouvelle France," last summer as he perused an antiques publication.
