In response to continuing staffing shortages across the healthcare industry, the Baker-Polito Administration announced several measures intended to ensure acute hospitals can serve those in need of acute care. The Commonwealth’s healthcare system has been facing a critical staffing shortage which has…
Month: January 2022
Mayor Michelle Wu: Grace Under Pressure
The job of mayor of a large American city never has been easy, but these days the challenges facing our public officials who lead our major metropolitan areas are greater than ever. The COVID-19 pandemic has created a confluence of…
Something Else to Worry About
We were driving on the Expressway the other day and we heard on the radio that the Florida orange crop will be at its lowest output since the 1940s. “What? The 1940s?!?” we thought to ourselves. The point of the…
EHS Roundup
EHS Boys and Girls Track Teams Top Classical The Everett High boys and girls indoor track and field teams handily outran Greater Boston League (GBL) rival Lynn Classical last week. First-place finishers for the Crimson Tide boys, who triumphed by…
Obituaries 01-19-2022
Marie Lentini Longtime Seamstress at Yolanda’s Bridal Salon in Everett Family and friends are invited to attend Visiting Hours on Friday, January 21, from 4 to 7 p.m. in the Vertuccio & Smith, Home for Funerals, 773 Broadway (Rt. 107)…
Everett in the Snow
Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian Joins Executive Board of Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce Crime and Incarceration
Special to the Independent Law Enforcement Leaders to Reduce Crime and Incarceration (LEL) has announced that Middlesex Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian – a founding member – has joined the group’s executive board. LEL was established in 2015 with a goal…
Everett City Council Addresses Homeless Encampment
The recently-inaugurated City Council was ready to start its business for the New Year with all councilors present at the January 10 meeting. The problem of the growing number of tents and homeless encampments near Santilli Circle had the councilors…
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Breakfast Is Canceled Due to COVID
Bishop Robert Brown, Senior Pastor of Zion Church Ministries’ 17th Annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Breakfast, scheduled for Monday, Jan. 17, 2022, has been canceled due to the recent outbreak of COVID-19 cases in the area. The…
The Foundation Trust Challenge Match to Support Bread of Life’s Backpack Nutrition Program
The Foundation Trust is offering a challenge match to help support the expansion of Bread of Life’s Backpack Nutrition Program. The Foundation Trust will match up to $10,000 of funds raised for the program in 2022. The Foundation Trust is…