The numbers of COVID-19 cases dipped to 103 over the past week, a decrease of about 30 in the holiday week, though many were bracing for what could be an increase in cases next week following the Easter and Passover…
Author: Seth Daniel
Island End River Unearthed in a Parking Lot
Deep into Everett’s industrial landscape off of Market Street lies a typical, expansive asphalt parking lot, and now, a river runs through it. It’s not often that a river is unearthed from what has been generations of industrial wasteland, but…
Baker Allocates Extra Money for Everett
After weeks of negotiating with local leaders in Chelsea and Everett after being shorted by the federal American Rescue Plan (ARP) and the federal delegation, Gov. Charlie Baker announced his Administration would dedicate a total of $100 million of additional…
Outdoor Dining Applications Will Begin
The Everett License Commission met on March 24 and approved a plan to start outdoor dining in a no-frills process this spring, and also approved a package store license for a drug store inside Encore Boston Harbor. Chair Phil Antonelli…
Supt. Tahiliani, Finance Team Announce Forward-Looking School Budget Plan
Supt. Priya Tahiliani and her finance team announced a School Budget on Monday night to the School Committee that was unlike any that Everett Public Schools (EPS) has seen – one that looked toward long-term investments in a proposed three-year…
COVID-19 Case Numbers Continue to Climb in Everett
The numbers of COVID-19 cases took another jump upward last week, the third week in a row of increases to numbers that seemed to be getting much better in early March. There were 133 cases over the past week, that…
Lovin’ Spoonfuls Marks Milestone With Everett Grace Food Pantry
As Lovin’ Spoonfuls rescued food truck driver Vinny Vassallo backed carefully through a tight opening to the back of the Everett Grace Food Pantry, the Everett native carried a milestone in the back of that truck. With Grace Food Pantry…
Council President Matewsky Has Major Heart Attack in Florida
News traveled fast from Florida to Everett this week as Council President Wayne Matewsky reported had a major heart attack on March 18, and has been hospitalized at Holy Cross Hospital in Ft. Lauderdale ever since. The news was talked…
Rocky Ending: Former Supt. Gauthier Files Age Discrimination Suit Against City and School Committee
After a rocky ending with former Supt. Janice Gauthier in the Everett Public Schools (EPS) in 2019 and 2020, the long-time former Everett educator has now filed a discrimination suit in Middlesex Superior Court claiming the City and the School…
Several Key City Positions Still Remain Vacant
The City Administration told the City Council on Monday night they are no closer to filling numerous key department head positions than they were last month when the Council brought up the matter. Several vacancies in key posts like Election…