EV Vol. 32, No.34 -FREEEVE ER TT Your Local news in 6 Languages! Subscribe to the Advocate Online! ADDOCCO TEAT www.advocatenews.net Free Every Friday 617-387-2200 Friday, August 25, 2023 Funeral services held this week for hero Lynn mom, 44, who died saving her 10-year-old son Wife of Everett Police Lieutenant mourned following tragic accident at Franconia Falls, N.H. By Steve Freker F uneral services were held yesterday in Lynn for a 44-year-old hero mom who drowned trying to rescue her 10-year-old son as he was pulled by the current at a popular waterfall at Franconia Falls in New Hampshire’s White Mountains on August 15. Following visitation for Melissa Bagley on Wednesday evening at the Solimine Funeral Home in Lynn, her funeral was held Thursday at St. John the Evangelist Church in Swampscott. Bagley was with her family, You’ve Earned It. We’ll be closed Monday, September 4th in observance of Labor Day. You can access your accounts using our ATMs and Online & Mobile Banking. Thank you! including veteran Everett Police Lt. Sean Bagley, and a friend on Aug. 15 during a trip to Franconia Falls when her 10-yearold son slipped and fell into a pool and could not escape the fast, circulating current, according to the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department. Bagley “jumped into the river to help her child and began to immediately have trouble,” Sgt. Heidi Murphy said. One of Bagley’s other children jumped in to help but he became lodged in boulders and had to be rescued by his father, Lt. Bagley. In the days since her death, Mrs. Bagley has been described by North Shore residents as a devoted wife and “hero mother who made the ultimate sacrifi ce for her child.” She was born in Salem in 1979, ACCIDENT | SEE PAGE 4 Everett begins another new era in high school football Woburn’s Justin Flores looks forward to the challenge of maintaining the winning tradition as the Tide’s new head coach By Joe McConnell A SINCE 1921 Messinger Insurance Agency 475 Broadway Everett, MA 02149 Phone: 617-387-2700 Fax: 617-387-7753 NEW COMPETITIVE AUTO RATES AND BENEFITS AVAILABLE ACCIDENT FORGIVENESS DISAPPEARING COLLISION DEDUCTIBLE 11% DISCOUNT WITH SUPPORTING POLICY 10% COMBINED PAY IN FULL DISCOUNT AND GREEN DISCOUNT 10% GOOD STUDENT DISCOUNT Celebrating 100 years of excellence! Monday thru Friday: 8am to 6pm Saturdays 9am to 1pm! Check out our NEW website! www.messingerinsurance.com s the days are getting shorter and summer vacations are coming to an end, it’s that time of year to dread the inevitable of returning to the daily work grind. Another indication that the fall season will soon be upon us is the sight of high school athletes getting ready for their respective campaigns. In Everett, much of the fall sports attention will once again be placed on the football team as it begins another new era after coach Rob DiLoreto resigned earlier this year. The Everett native had just completed his third year on the job and seemingly had the program back on track to a return of Super Bowl glory after compiling a 20-3 reJustin Flores New EHS Football Head Coach cord that led to three straight Greater Boston League titles. But behind the scenes internal “circumstances” caused him to leave his “dream job.” The Everett School Committee chose Justin Flores, a Woburn native, as his successor on July 1, and he has been playing catch up ever NEW ERA | SEE PAGE 11
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