A key concern in Everett and surrounding communities since last November has been the lifting of the eviction moratorium and how that might affect thousands of residents and their housing situations, but initial statistics through Jan. 1 from the state…
Month: January 2021
Former Councilor Napolitano Chosen as New Assistant City Clerk
The City Council voted former Councilor Peter Napolitano as the new assistant city clerk last week in a solid 10-0 vote that one councilor said was just another back room deal. “I’ve been involved in the City all my life,”…
Baker Signs Home Rule Petition
The Home Rule petition to make the mayor a voting member of the School Committee was signed on Weds. by Gov. Charlie Baker, and Mayor Carlo DeMaria said he looked forward to cohesively working with the Committee going forward. The…
Cases of COVID-19 Continue to Stay in Double Digits Day Over Day
The numbers of COVID-19 cases in Everett backed off last week from a major surge coming after the holidays, going down from the 600 range to the 400 range. There had been more than 600 cases last week, but this…
News Briefs
Mayor DeMaria Announces Sunday ‘Coffee With the Mayor’ Video Series The City of Everett launched a new video series hosted by Mayor Carlo DeMaria and distributed on the City’s social media channels and on ECTV called “Sunday Coffee with the Mayor,” which began…
MGC Appoints Lillios as Director of Investigations Bureau
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) on Thursday selected Loretta Lillios as Director of the Investigations and Enforcement Bureau (IEB). The MGC’s four commissioners voted unanimously to approve the hiring of Ms. Lillios, who has been with the MGC since 2014,…
Everett’ Historical Properties
Elm Street Baptist Church Continues Long History on the Corner (The following is a weekly feature in the Independent based on the City’s 2018 Historic Property Survey done to note the many little-known historically significant properties within the city.) Architectural…
Firefighting in the Blood: Rocco Andreotti Always Wanted to Be a Firefighter
Many young men often don’t want to follow in their same career path of their fathers, but it was exactly the opposite for Everett Firefighter Rocco Andreotti, who like his father before him, has served more than 30 years on…
Middlesex Sheriff’s Office Announces Results of Baseline Vaccination Surveys
Hoping to provide data that will improve the national rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations in corrections, the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office (MSO) announced last week that it has performed a baseline survey to capture the willingness to receive vaccines amongst correctional employees…
Baker Expands Vaccine Locations, Names Fenway Park as Mass Vaccination Site
The state announced on Tuesday the expansion of more vaccine locations in each region of the Commonwealth at pharmacies, health care providers and a second mass vaccination site at Fenway Park to boost the capacity to administer vaccines per week…