By Mayor Carlo DeMaria A proposal has been submitted to the City Council to amend the City’s Charter to make the Mayor a voting member of the Everett School Committee. Much of the recent commentary on this proposal has questioned…
Month: November 2020
Letter to the Editor
Everett Education Coalition Statement on Proposed City Charter Change To the Editor, As members of the Everett Education Coalition, we are appalled at an attempt to change the Everett City Charter through a Home Rule Petition, rather than through a…
Tide Softball Team Completes Successful Season
The Tide 18-under softball team, under the direction of former Pope John XXIII High School standout Michele Maiuri, enjoyed a very successful inaugural season in the USA Softball Fall League. The Tide, who played their home games at Glendale Park,…
Obituaries 11-11-2020
Regina Dow Being a Wife and Mother Was Her Proudest Accomplishment Regina I. (Keck) Dow entered eternal peace on November 4. Regina was born on May 27, 1947 and was a lifelong resident of Everett. The daughter of the late Emma…
Everett Votes
Missed: City Leaders, Family Remember the Late Lorrie Bruno With Memorial Bench
On her first birthday, Abby (Bruno) Picano expected to get ice cream and bubble gum, but what she got was a sister – her sister Lorraine ‘Lorrie’ Bruno – and it was the best gift she would get in her…
Happy Halloween, City of Everett!
Encore Casino Analyzing Changes Under New State Regulations
The impact to the workforce at the Encore Boston Harbor casino is still being analyzed after the major rollback of hours by Gov. Charlie Baker on Monday due to escalating case numbers statewide – a rollback that will take effect…
Superintendent Offers Rebuke of Mayor’s Change to School Committee
After nearly two hours of discussion between Mayor Carlo DeMaria and the members of the School Committee about a change to the Charter that nearly went through last week without any notice to the Committee – the frank discussion seemed…
Diversity Commission Takes Different Approach to Forums
The intent of the new Diversity, Inclusion, Equity & Equal Employment Commission was to get public input and testimony about their true experiences with the Everett Police Department – testimony that was to come from young and old, no holds…