Last week, Rep. Joe McGonagle testified before the Joint Committee on Public Service in favor of his bill, H2594 – An Act relative to the disability or death caused by post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). H2594 would grant disability to first…
Month: October 2023
News in Brief
Be the Change Sculpture Exhibition Comes to Glendale Park Arts for Everett, Inc. also known as Art Lab Everett with support from Everett Public School and Everett City Hall Planning Department is hosting a sculpture exhibition on October 26 –…
PCSS Celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month
September 15 through October 15 was Hispanic Heritage Month for the Pioneer Charter School of Science (PCSS) campuses in Everett (PCSS I), Beverly, and Saugus (PCSS II). Celebrations included decorations, morning announcements, educational art, and a fiesta to unite the…
PCSS Named to AP School Honor Roll
The Pioneer Charter School of Science Upper School (PCSS I) and Pioneer Charter School of Science Upper School II (PCSS II) was recently named to the Advanced Placement® Program (AP®) School Honor Roll, earning Platinum distinction for the 2022-2023 school…
We Must Confront the New Axis of Evil
When former President George W. Bush coined the term “Axis of Evil” to refer to the nations of Iran, No. Korea, and Iraq in his 2002 State of the Union speech, his comments were largely derided. Even in the aftermath…
The Dominoes Are Falling Toward Trump
With the crisis in the Middle East and the dysfunction among Congressional Republicans garnering all of the headlines these days, the many trials and tribulations of former President Donald Trump have been relegated in recent weeks to what we in…
Letter to the Editor
Cardinal Publishes Letter to the Archdiocese of Boston on Major Humnaitarian and Societal Crisis Dear Editor: Cardinal Seán O’Malley has written to pastors and the parishes of the Archdiocese regarding a growing humanitarian and societal crisis that is building in…
Throws Five Touchdown Passes in Everett High’s Victory Over Malden
Everett High quarterback Carlos Rodriguez threw five touchdown passes in the Crimson Tide’s 56-0 rout of Malden last Thursday at MacDonald Stadium. The win sets up a showdown with Lynn Classical for the Greater Boston League championship on Senior Night…
EHS Roundup
Girls Volleyball Records 10th Win The Everett High girls volleyball team capped off one of its most successful seasons in the past decade and celebrated Senior Night in appropriate fashion by posting its 10th victory of the 2023 campaign with…
McGonagle, Education Committee Visit Everett Early Education Centers
Special to the Independent Last week, Rep. Joe McGonagle welcomed Representative Denise Garlick, House Chair of the Joint Committee on Education and her staff to visit two early education centers in Everett. The visit is part of the Education Committee’s…