Sen. Sal DiDomenico and his colleagues in the Massachusetts Senate recently passed a $42.8 billion budget for Fiscal Year 2020, after three days of deliberations. The budget recommends targeted investments to provide access to opportunity and economic vitality across the…
Month: July 2019
‘Larry and Magic’ Bring Exciting Touch to New Encore Boston Harbor Ad Campaign
It took a trip to Scott Moore’s brother’s couch on Cape Cod during Game 6 of the Boston Bruins Stanley Cup finals for the Wynn Resorts chief marketing officer to get the idea to include Larry Bird and Magic Johnson…
DiDomenico Urges Action on High Quality Pre-K
Sen. Sal DiDomenico recently testified before the Joint Committee on Education in support of his bill, S.265, An Act ensuring high-quality pre-kindergarten education. This legislation would expand preschool, using grants from the state, beginning with high-needs communities that are ready…
Bluebikes Workshop Part of City’s Larger Cycling Vision
Bluebikes will host a free workshop in Everett on Thursday, July 25, with the goal of educating residents about how to use the Bluebikes bike-share system and how to safely and comfortably navigate city cycling. The class will include drills…
State Approves Everett Square Urban Renewal Plan, City Issues RFI on Bouvier Building
The state Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) has approved the City’s Urban Renewal Plan (URP) for Everett Square, while at the same time the City has released a Request for Interest (RFI) to jump-start redevelopment of the key…
School Supt. Search Committee Convenes for First Meeting
The search for a new superintendent of schools has officially begun this week after the Search Committee convened for its first meeting on Monday night at the School Administration Building. Led by Glenn Koocher, executive director of the Massachusetts Association…
Local Students Earn Academic Honors
Local Residents Graduate From Curry College Curry College graduated a total of 754 undergraduate and graduate students at the 2019 Commencment on May 19 at the Xfinity Center in Mansfiled, Massachusetts. The following local students received their degrees: Jerry Abraham …
Longtime Encore Community Liaison John Tocco Leaves Company
One of the first people Encore Boston Harbor hired to pound the pavement for the resort casino was John Tocco, and the longtime community relations expert announced this week he is leaving his role at Encore Boston Harbor to pursue…
Yes, Drugs Are Bad, But Alcohol Is Still the Worst
We’ve all become aware of the opioid epidemic that has spread throughout the country in recent years and that has been responsible for about 60,000 premature deaths annually in the United States. The dangerous and deadly drug fentanyl, which often…
Guest Op-Ed : How Did Everett Do It? They Got to Work on Transportation
By Stacy Thompson “How did Everett do it?” I get this question frequently from city agencies and advocates across the country. Maybe they saw a piece in CityLab or a LivableStreets tweet celebrating the installation of a new bus lane…