When rents get to a point of putting business out of business, the answer could be to collaborate. That’s exactly the answer that Everett’s Gerly Adrien and her fiancée, David Lindsey, arrived at this year when they were looking to…
Month: March 2019
Former Pioneer Charter Students Returns from Harvard to Help Others
When Everett’s David Menjivar graduated from Pioneer Charter School, he was celebrated as the first student from the Everett charter to go to Harvard University. After attending the Parlin School and then transferring to Pioneer for a greater challenge, he…
City Looking for Input to Revamp Central Avenue, Hale School Parks
The City is seeking input from residents on a proposal to renovate and revamp two parks up the hill from Ferry Street – with one of them proposed to be a colossal dog park. The City unveiled plans from Bohler…
DiDomenico Serves as Speaker at Women’s Bar Association Legislative Breakfast
Sen. Sal DiDomenico joined with Senate President Karen Spilka and a number of other elected officials to speak with the Women’s Bar Association (WBA). Every year, the WBA hosts a legislative breakfast in the Great Hall in order to meet…
AG’s Office to Host Events Across the State For National Consumer Protection Week
In celebration of the 21st annual National Consumer Protection Week, Attorney General Maura Healey announced a series of events designed to help empower and educate Massachusetts residents. “The AG’s Office advocates for consumers every day, arming them with the tools…
DiDomenico Serves as Panelist on Juvenile Justice Policy Forum
Earlier this month, Sen. Sal DiDomenico partnered with Rep. Kay Khan and the Judge Baker Children’s Center to host a forum at the State House discussing the juvenile justice system and the organization’s report, “Promoting Positive Outcomes for Justice-Involved Youth:…
Letter to the Editor
On Deleo’s Greenworks Proposal To the editor: Speaker DeLeo’s billion-dollar GreenWorks proposal could offer much-needed support to Winthrop, other coastal towns, and all the Commonwealth’s communities as we face greater extremes of tides and weather. But as with any local…
March: In like a Lion
Just when all of us were counting the days to the beginning of spring — known as the vernal equinox, which this year falls on Wednesday, March 20, at 5:58 p.m. — Ol’ Man Winter struck with a vengeance, bringing…
Let’s Close the Loophole In State Law To End Human Trafficking
The recent national news stories concerning a massage parlor in Jupiter, Fla., have brought to light what is nothing less than a national abomination: The trafficking of women that reaches into every corner of the United States. The news stories…
The Pride of the Tide Sainristil, Kabamba Honored As All-state Football Players
There were more than 18,000 high school football players in Massachusetts this season. Everett High School had two of the very best, seniors Mike Sainristil and Gilbert Kabamba, who were honored Sunday as members of the 2018 “Super 26” All-State…