Facing what many believed would be a catastrophic situation with evictions and Housing Court proceedings due to COVID-19, the state’s Housing Court reinvented its way of doing business last summer and fall and now – since re-opening for filings last…
Month: February 2021
Glenwood Cemetery Improvements Approved
Mayor Carlo DeMaria announced that the Everett City Council has approved an additional $800,000 funding that will allow the City of Everett to make final improvements to Glenwood Cemetery. Improvement plans include developing new grave space, renovating the driveway, redevelop…
The City of Everett and Everett Public Libraries Host Black History Month Art Contest
Mayor Carlo DeMaria is pleased to announce that the City of Everett in collaboration with the Everett Public Libraries will be hosting an art contest during Black History Month. The contest is open to any Everett resident of the age…
Wynn Resorts Announce Pricing of Public Offering of Common Stock
Wynn Resorts on Monday announced the pricing of its follow-on offering of 6,500,000 shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering, which represents an increase of 1,000,000 shares of common stock in the previously announced size of the…
Historic Figures: More Than a Name: John Adams
Born on October 30, 1735 in Braintree, Massachusetts (now Quincy, Massachusetts) to John Adams Sr. and Susanna Boylston, John Adams was the oldest of three sons. His parents were highly involved in their community, his mother a socialite from a…
DiDomenico Files Bill to Provide Universal School Meals
Special to the Independent Senator Sal DiDomenico has once again joined forces with anti-hunger organization Project Bread in sponsoring new legislation to provide free school meals to all children in the Commonwealth. SD519/HD1161, An Act relative to universal school meals, would…
News in Brief
MCU to Merge With Gloucester Municipal Credit Union Metro Credit Union (MCU), Massachusetts’ largest state-chartered credit union, today announced that it will merge with Gloucester Municipal Credit Union, founded in Gloucester, Mass in 1941, on February 26. Metro, which recently…
The City of Everett Partners With MAPC for Digital Access and Equity Plan
Mayor Carlo DeMaria is pleased to announce that the City of Everett has partnered with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) to address the digital divide in the community. Together, the City and MAPC are working to develop a Digital…
Massive Ferry/Elm Street Reconstruction Project Inching Closer to a Start Date
The multi-year full reconstruction of Ferry Street and Elm Street is nearing a start date, according to project managers, with the City Council approving on Monday night some 300 easements needed to start the project. The easements are mostly five-year…
Council Approves CARES Act Grant Money, DPA Study Money
The financial good news from Christmas Eve hit the City coffers on Monday night, as the City Council voted to approve an additional $3.1 million in federal CARES Act funding that was announced on Christmas Eve. The approval represented one…