Since the onset of COVID-19, Malden Catholic High School seamlessly shifted to an exceptional Distance Learning model with interactive, academically challenging classes taught by veteran teachers on a secured Zoom platform. MC students have had the benefit of a full…
Month: May 2020
AG Healey and Staff Bring Help to the Frontlines in Everett, Chelsea
There are no shortage of laws and protections that state government and local leaders have put in place to protect residents, but the law on paper and the reality on the street sometimes don’t match up. That’s why Attorney General…
Volunteers Clean Everett’s Waterfront
This past April, the Mystic River Watershed Association created a network of determined volunteers, who have been working clean up both shores of the Malden River. In an effort to keep the Malden River clean and trash-free, President of…
Luma Distribution of Funds to Qualified Residents
The Everett Community Care Fund had its first distribution of funds to qualifying residents on Thursday afternoon at LUMA on Ferry Street. After launching just two weeks ago with seek money from the United Way, the fund is seeking donations…
Middlesex Sheriff’s Office Population has Dropped 25% Since March 12
Middlesex Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian announced the population currently under supervision has dropped to below 600 individuals – a nearly 25 percent drop since mid-March. “On March 12, we had 787 people either sentenced or awaiting trial,” said Sheriff Koutoujian. “Today,…
This Sunday Is Mother’s Day
During this time of unprecedented upheaval because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the rituals that most of us traditionally follow either have been eliminated or drastically changed because of the need to practice physical distancing. So too, the manner in which…
This Is No Time for Hooverism
Herbert Hoover had been President for about seven months when the stock market crashed in October, 1929. Although there have been many causes attributed to the onset of the Great Depression, the crash generally is viewed as the trigger point…
Guest Op-Ed: Assisting Our Small Business Community
By Senator Sal DiDomenico As a State Senator, one of my greatest sources of pride has always been my district’s small business community. I grew up in a small business, living above my parents’ flower shop as a kid. My entire…
Letters to the Editor
Act with Urgency (The following letter was sent recently to Senate President Karen Spilka and House Speaker Bob DeLeo by a group of mayors around the Commonwealth, including Mayor Carlo DeMaria) Dear Senate President Spilka and Speaker DeLeo, Voting is…
Vega Still Hopeful Players Can Have a Season
Following Little League International’s announcement that the Little League World Series will be canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic, Everett Little League President Oscar Vega said he will continue to hold out hope that the league can play some games…