News Nearby: Former Victoria's Secret Model Speaks at Trinity Church

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NORTH READING—Former Victoria's Secret model Kylie Bisutti spoke at Trinity Evangelical Church Tuesday night. Over 400 women of all ages gathered at the church to listen to the Montana native, who spoke about finding inner beauty and choosing faith over fame.

Giving up her career as a Victoria's Secret model gave Bisutti happiness she was unable to find before. In fact, the moment she became a Victoria's Secret "Runway Angel" was the lowest point in her life, she said, and made her feel self-conscious. Bisutti made the decision to end her career as a model for God and her husband, she said. 

"It wasn't all it's cracked up to be," she told the crowd Tuesday night.

The model went on to say that everything you see in magazines is "photo-shopped" and fake. True beauty is not found in makeup and hair extensions, she said.

WAKEFIELD—Wakefield residents chose to build a new Galvin Middle School by a vote of 1331 to 7 at Monday night's town meeting.

The total cost of the project is approximately $74 million, the funding for which must still be approved at a town-wide vote for a debt exclusion to finance the project. That vote will take place on June 9.

Under this plan the town will receive a grant from the Mass. School Building Authority of approximately $35 million, or 54.67 percent of eligible reimbursement. The town would be responsible to bond approximately $39 million, or approximately $188 per household per year for our portion of the funding.

MEDFORD—The planning agency responsible for mapping out transportation projects in the greater Boston area envisions over $720 million being spent on the Green Line Extension by 2016, according to a recent report.

A draft version of the Boston Region Metropolitan Planning Organization's Transportation Improvement Program report, released earlier this month, outlines the projected spending on the extension from 2013 to 2016.

The project plans to extend the MBTA's Green Line from Lechmere station in Cambridge to the intersection of Boston Avenue and College Avenue in Medford, with six stations in between. The report estimates the project should have $79.3 million in funding in 2013, $94.9 million in 2014, $235.8 in 2015 and about $310 million in 2016.

MALDEN—This week, the city council voted to seek approval from the state legislature for red camera lights in the city that could automatically issue tickets to those who fail to stop at major intersections.

Groups like the Masachusetts Police Chiefs Association and AAA are in favor of the cameras, saying they can help reduce crime without the cost of adding additional officers to the payroll.

Others, such as the ACLU of Massachusetts, criticize the cameras for decreasing certain kinds of crashes while increasing the likelihood of others, as well as concerns about due process and privacy.