The Mystic River Watershed Association recently secured $400,000 in federal funds to enhance urban forests in Greater Boston’s Mystic River Watershed. This funding will help mitigate the dangers of climate-driven extreme heat in vulnerable environmental justice communities including Everett, Chelsea…
Author: Adam Swift
Virtual Forum Hosts Democratic Candidates
The three Democratic candidates for State Representative for the newly formed 11th Suffolk District, representing Chelsea and part of Everett, laid out the cases for their election at a virtual forum hosted by Our Revolution Massachusetts on Tuesday night. City…
ZBA Tables 600 Broadway to February Meeting
After a nearly three-hour Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) public hearing last week, the fate of the long-discussed 600 Broadway mixed-use apartment and restaurant proposal is still up in the air. Although the City Hall chambers were packed with supporters…
Zoning Board Denies Eight Units on Ferry Street
The Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) unanimously denied a variance request that would have allowed for the conversion of a dilapidated single-story home to an eight-unit apartment building at 126 Ferry St. The new building would have sat next to…
ZBA Approves Permit to Seventh Day Adventist Church
The local Seventh Day Adventist Church could soon have a new home on Vernal Street. Monday night, the Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) approved a special permit allowing the church to add a first-floor addition and a partial second floor…
Zoning Board Zips Through Business
The Everett Zoning Board of Appeals can sometimes provide a dose of municipal drama, with recent showdowns between board members and developers, and even Mayor Carlo DeMaria has been known to stop by the Board and lay out his vision…
Mayor Clashes with Council on Wellness Center Issues, Calls It ‘Nonsense’
Heading into Monday night’s City Council committee meeting, Ward 6 Councillor Michael McLaughlin was looking for the answers to 41 questions from a half-dozen city officials regarding the controversy surrounding the operation of city’s Health and Wellness Center. But what…
Councilor Raises Need for Harbormaster with Encore Docks Coming
It doesn’t look like a harbormaster will be taking to the high seas of Everett in the near future, but at least one City Councilor wants the administration to keep a close eye on the City’s waterways. Monday night, the…
Council Debates Sand, Salt Storage Ordinance
A new dry bulk storage ordinance would be good for the environment and help the City regulate giant piles of sand, mulch, salt, and other dry goods, according to Ward 1 City Councilor Fred Capone. But the Council will take…