Mayor Carlo DeMaria this week defended his and other City leaders’ trip to Orsogna, Italy last summer as part of the Sister Cities program after an investigative report aired on a Boston television station Sunday, while some City councillors renewed…
Author: Seth Daniel
Alford Street Bridge Has Many Problems to Fix One Year after Opening
It appears $57 million and three years of inconvenience weren’t enough to have a shipshape Alford Street Bridge that works seamlessly – as it was announced this month that there are numerous problems with the bridge more than a year…
Young Blood:Fresh Ideas Draw Young Candidates into Council Fold
Throughout this local election season, a tidal wave of young people found themselves upending political veterans, and in Everett, that was no exception as two young men in their 20s were elected last Tuesday, Nov. 3, over veteran councilors who…
Bach In Time:Everett’s Joe Bach Turns 107
When long-time Everett resident Joseph Bach was born, the Model T car was a brand new idea and William Howard Taft had recently surged to victory. In between those days and now, Bach – who celebrated his 107th birthday with…
Batch Yard Developments Sells to Chicago Company for $145 Million
The Batch Yard on Lower Broadway has been sold to a Chicago company for $144.95 million, according to property records from Banker & Tradesman. Post Road Residential of Fairfield – the owner of the Batch Yard – passed papers on…
Boston Reaches Out to Wynn for Meeting on Traffic, Planning
When the phone rang at the Wynn Everett headquarters last week, it was an unfamiliar voice – it being the voice of a person at Boston City Hall. Wynn Everett and officials from the City of Boston – excluding Boston…
Urban Renewal Area Approved by State for Lower Broadway
The Everett Redevelopment Authority now has some authority. The state’s environmental regulator (known as MEPA) approved an Urban Renewal Area in the Lower Broadway portion of Everett in a decision made earlier this month and made public in a recent…
In Dog-Eat-Dog Contest, The ‘Heart’ Wins Out in Whittier Election
The Election results are in, and the heart beat the bell by a nose. That’s right, this year the heart dog tag has prevailed in the fifth installment of voting by fifth graders at area elementary schools – with Whittier…
Taxpayer Lawsuit Regarding Wynn,MBTA Land Sale is Dismissed
A Suffolk Superior Court judge ruled to dismiss a key Taxpayer Lawsuit against the MBTA and Wynn Everett regarding the purchase of parcels of land at the Everett MBTA facility – parcels that help create a new Everett-only entrance to…
Toxic Soil Cleanup at Wynn Site Begins Next Week
After decades of toxic dormancy on the old Monsanto site, a Boston company will begin removing the environmental sins of the past from the former chemical plant this week in preparation for construction on the Wynn Everett casino. In dual…