Justice Department Awards Over $17.5 Million to Support Local Project Safe Neighborhoods
The Department of Justice has awarded $314,273 to the Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety and Security (EOPSS) to administer…
‘Tis the Season for Giving — and Never Has the Need Been More Urgent
“It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” -- Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities.…
GOP’s Opposition to Rachael Rollins
The unprecedented opposition, accompanied by unprecedented vitriol, by the Republican members of the U.S. Senate to the nomination of Suffolk…
Guest Op-Ed: Somehow, Some Way, May This Be a Christmas Worth Remembering
Dr. Glenn Mollette We had difficulties when we were growing up in Martin county, Kentucky but overall, we thought we…
Off To Hawaii
The members of the EHS Marching Band along with Senator DiDomenico (left) and Mayor Carlo DeMaria (second fromright) before they…
Dining/Entertainment Wynn Proposes Along Lower Broadway
Special to the Independent Wynn Development DBA East Broadway LLC, has announced that the company has filed plans with the…
New School Committee-Electees Object to Present Committee’s Move to Amend Contract for Supt.
Three proposed changes in Superintendent Priya Tahiliani’s current contract brought three newly-elected school committee members to the School Committee meeting…
273 Households in Everett Received $2.03 Million in Emergency Rental Assistance
Special to the Independent Since 2013, Metro Housing|Boston has documented the effectiveness of Residential Assistance for Families in Transition (RAFT),…
DiDomenico, Colleagues Pass Mental Health Act
On November 17, Sen. Sal DiDomenico and his colleagues in Massachusetts Senate passed the Mental Health ABC Act 2.0: Addressing Barriers to Care (ABC),…
News In Brief
Free Parking In an effort to increase patronage in local businesses, all parking meters in the City of Everett will…