Top Stories - August 1, 2006

Source: Bruschi may have broken wrist

Patriots linebacker Tedy Bruschi suffered a possible wrist fracture at practice Monday and will be sidelined for at least a week while the team determines the severity of the injury.

According to a source, Bruschi will be put in a cast or splint for a week before a more definitive prognosis is reached.
He apparently hurt himself during Monday’s morning practice. He did not participate in drills that afternoon and missed both sessions yesterday.

Albion Street home to world’s hottest women’s shoes

Did you know that Wakefield supplies fashionable women’s shoes to some of Hollywood’s hottest stars?

Most residents probably don’t know that, which makes shoe designer Michael Ciccia happy. His warehouse on Albion Street holds some of the world’s hottest women’s shoes, but you would never know it if you walked by his business.

Ciccia’s small storefront certainly doesn’t appear to be the front of a warehouse holding pairs of shoes used in a popular network television show. And he hopes to keep it that way.

It’s no secret that Ciccia opened the warehouse eight years ago with his wife, Allyson. Their company, “Cordani” makes high-end women’s shoes that grace the likes of Uma Thurman, Susan Sarandon and Michelle Pfeiffer. They’re designed right here in Wakefield by Ciccia, an Andover resident, who sells the swank shoes exclusively to high-end clientele.

Romney: Some Big Dig ramps may open by Labor Day

Governor Mitt Romney said this afternoon that engineers hope to have two access tunnels opened by Labor Day that were closed after a section of the Big Dig partially collapsed last month and killed a motorist.

The opening of the tunnels would ease traffic from the Big Dig closures by 40 percent, allowing northbound motorists to access Logan International Airport, Route 1, and the North Shore.

(Sources: Wakefield Daily Item, Boston Herald, Boston Globe)