Month: February 2010

Absentee ballot conundrum

We once again call attention to the School Committee’s effort to straighten out the possible illegal use of absentee ballots that has grown serious enough to warrant changing the system The percentages of absentee ballots handed in given the total…

From Yemen to Everett

The LNG tanker from Yemen has arrived, and as the Coast Guard predicted, its entrance into Boston harbor went smoothly. Of course it went smoothly. But what happens when that one time, that one fatal instance occurs when it doesn’t…

Tiger Woods

Did you watch and listen to Tiger Woods last Friday when he apologized for not being able to control his lower mammalian impulses? We did. And you know what? We tended to believe him and to appreciate his apology. W…

Obituaries 02-25-2010

Sean Grogan Member of Local 22 Sean W. Grogan, a proud member of Local 22 of Everett and a lifelong Everett resident, died at the Massachusetts General Hospital on February 20. He was 38 years old. A laborer with Local…

Arrest Report 02-25-2010

February 16 Steven Marcucella, 46, 176 Vine St., Everett, was arrested for domestic assault and battery. Vincent Martorano, 39, 17 Belmont St., Everett, was arrested on warrants. February 17 Edvaldo Teodro DeSouza, 24, 58 Mill St., Woburn, was arrested for…