Month: March 2019
At the New Night Shift
Voted Down Councilors Reject Term Limits for Mayor and Council; Life Tenure for City Clerk
At Monday’s Council meeting, Councilor Michael K. Marchese again proposed mayoral term limits that would cap the mayor’s service at eight years. The proposal would also reinstate two-year terms, which changed to four-year terms in 2013. “It makes you a…
Council to Hear Presentation on Abolishing Library Board of Trustees
A measure proposed by Councilor Richard Dell Isola Jr. to amend the City’s administrative code would effectively abolish the Everett Libraries Board of Trustees. The measure wasn’t an open and shut decision, though, as it invited significant pushback from the…
School Funding Discussiontabled at Committee Meeting
Ward 6 Councilor Michael McLaughlin hoped to address the mayor on Monday, March 25, at the meeting of the Committee on Government Operations, Public Safety, and Public Service of the City Council, but the mayor did not attend the committee…
City to Run 600-plus Space Parking Lot on Lower Broadway
The City has put out an RFP looking for a company that will run a turn-key parking lot operation across Lower Broadway from the Encore Boston Harbor casino – with an eye to using revenues from the temporary lot for…
Appreciation: Former Mayor George McCarthy Passes at 91
George R. McCarthy of Hamilton, formerly of Everett, passed away peacefully on March 22 on the eve of his 92nd birthday at the Kaplan Housein Danvers. George was a long time resident and business owner in Everett. He owned and…
Council to Hear Presentation on Abolishing Library Board of Trustees
A measure proposed by Councilor Richard Dell Isola Jr. to amend the City’s administrative code would effectively abolish the Everett Libraries Board of Trustees. The measure wasn’t an open and shut decision, though, as it invited significant pushback from the…
Everett Nursing Home Part of AG Healey’s Settlement
Attorney General Maura Healey announced last week a series of settlements with seven different nursing homes to resolve allegations of systemic failures at their facilities that endangered nursing home residents – with one of those homes being in Everett. The…
Rep. McGonagle Meets Housing
Authority officials at State House As the Vice Chair of the Joint Committee on Housing, State Rep. Joe McGonagle advocated for increased state support of public Housing at the 37th Annual Legislative Information Day sponsored by the Massachusetts Chapter of…