Special to the Independent “We aren’t just a team…we are a family” With the coronavirus pandemic forcing the closure of schools across the state for the remainder of the 2020 school year, the Everett High athletic season also was canceled,…
Month: May 2020
East Boston Neighborhood Health Center Opens COVID-19 Testing to All
Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic more than two months ago East Boston has emerged as one of Boston’s ‘hotspots’. The virus rapidly spread through the densely populated neighborhood infecting over 1,000 residents since mid-March. Other surrounding communitites like…
COVID Relief Coalition Offers Pro Bono Legal Work to State’s Small Business and Nonprofits
By Dan Murphy One neighborhood lawyer has joined a number of fellow attorneys to provide pro bono work to the state’s small businesses and nonprofits in the age of COVID-19. Christian Westra, an attorney with the Ropes & Gray and…
Afterschool Program Donates Food to Children in Everett
Beginning Tuesday, May 19, the For Kids Only Afterschool program will provide the City of Everett with snack packs to be distributed to children in need in the City of Everett. “I want to thank the For Kids Only Afterschool…
Traffic Impacts for Railroad Crossing Work in Chelsea and Everett
The MBTA is building a new, fully accessible Chelsea Commuter Rail Station next to the final SL3 stop in Chelsea. When complete, the new station will connect the Newburyport/Rockport Commuter Rail Lines to the SL3. While building the new station,…
Senior Week Will Feature Online Tributes, Drive-Thru Graduation on June 6
The Everett Public Schools have scheduled a Drive-Up Graduation ceremony for June 6, yet another frontier in an ever-changing educational landscape defined and limited by COVID-19. Originally, Everett schools and may other neighboring districts thought the pandemic dangers would subside…
City Leaders Scratching Their Heads on Drop in Water Sales
There seems to be no end to the secondary effects of the COVID-19 virus, and now City officials are at a loss to figure out why water sales for home and commercial ratepayers are down. The MWRA has taken steps…
School Committee Votes for Resolution Calling for Federal Funds
The Everett School Committee joined Boston in voting unanimously Monday night in an online meeting to call on the federal government to provide funding for public schools districts like Everett that provided COVID-19 relief measures. School Committee Vice President Frank…
Conservation Commission to Begin Discussions on Market Street Flooding
The fix on one of the most persistent long-standing flooding problems in Everett is about to get its first public airing at the Conservation Commission in an online meeting on Thursday, May 21. The Market Street Culvert issue has come…
DiDomenico, Senate Pass Bill to Collect Vital Public Health Data
Sen. Sal DiDomenico announced that the state Senate has passed bipartisan legislation to promote equity and transparency as the Commonwealth continues to confront the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill, An Act Addressing COVID-19 Data Collection and Disparities in Treatment, would increase the…