The Evening News with Walter Cronkite evokes a time, the years 1967-1971, and the shift in ideals and experience through the closely observed eyes of Jack Krivitsky. He goes off to college in 1967 straddling two worlds: the upper middle…
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Mayor huddles with colleagues to discuss drug crimes, violence
Mayor Carlo DeMaria was one of a number of local leaders who met earlier this week to discuss ways to snuff out the violence and drug trafficking leading to it during a meeting with Secretary Mary Beth Heffernan of the…
Everett Homecoming
Everett Homecoming King David Lima and Homecoming Queen Mirabella Daguerre and Queen’s Ladies in Waiting Katrina Iliadis, Heidi Duran, Shaquaya Lewis, and Julie Centeno, all students at Everett High School, are shown on the Homecoming float during the parade Saturday…
Aldermen say spend no more than necessary
While the current economic times translate into major savings with many construction projects costing less and in some cases getting additional work done for no more than the money already allocated, the Board of Aldermen made it very clear at…
ABCC official indicted for extortion
A man planning to open a restaurant in Everett was contacted by an Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission official who apparently used his position to extort money from the man. The ABCC official Arthur Hitchman, 39, of Melrose, has been indicted…
Everett needs to monitor its absentee ballots
The ugly specter of voting irregularities has been raised again following the release of statistics which show that 744 people in Everett voted by absentee ballot in recent elections. The Independent has written at least five articles during the past…
Golfers top Somerville, 39-33
The Everett High golf team defeated Somerville last week, 39-33, for their first victory of the season. The match took place on the Crimson Tide’s their home course at Mt. Hood. “It was a nice win,” said EHS head coach…
Field hockey tam defeats Revere, 2-1
The Everett High field hockey team won its second game of the season Friday with a 2-1 victory over former GBL rival Revere. After the Lady Crimson Tide had spotted Revere a 1-0 lead in the opening half, Dachelande Joseph,…
Volleyball team defeats Medford
The Everett High volleyball team turned in a come from behind effort to defeat GBL rival Malden last week, 3-1. After dropping the first set 25-21, the Lady Crimson Tide roared back to claim the next three sets to chalk…
Girls soccer falls to Somerville
The Everett High girls soccer team dropped a 4-1 decision to Somerville last Friday. The Lady Crimson Tide battled their GBL rival to a 1-1 standoff through the first half, but Somerville struck for three unanswered markers to claim the…