Mayor Carlo DeMaria has not given up on his plan to try to get teachers in the Everett Public Schools (EPS) vaccinated ahead of schedule so as to enter into a smoother and safer return to hybrid education.At the School…
Author: Seth Daniel
City to bid out senior meal program to try to draw in more equity
The City will bid out the daily meal delivery service for March deliveries in an effort to diversify the contractors making the City’s meals and reaping the guaranteed income from the City contract.It was a matter that was brought to…
City having a hard time finding qualified candidates for numerous positions
City officials told the City Council on Monday they are having a hard time filling critical positions in the administration, including the Election Commissioner, Diversity Director and the Planning and Development Director, among others.To that end they told the Council…
Priority Delivery: Teacher, Firefighter team up to gets desks for remote students
Like many great efforts during COVID-19, the student desk delivery program started by Parlin School Teacher Stacy Schiavo and Firefighter Joe MacLaughlin began with a pressing need, a call between old friends, and quick action to help someone out.That’s just…
Mayor DeMaria holds fast to comments that Adrien was disrespectful at meeting
Mayor Carlo DeMaria appeared on GBH radio last week, Feb. 17, to defend his criticism of Councilor Gerly Adrien and his comments at a Council Committee meeting last month indicating he would like to turn off Adrien’s video for “laughing”…
School Committee votes to authorize move to Hybrid education starting March 15
The Everett School Committee voted 7-2 to move forward with negotiations with the Everett Teachers Association (ETA) and form a plan that would bring willing families back to school throughout the month of March.Any new plan will only be in…
Major damage, impressive save at Monday fire on Lewis Street
Firefighters from Engine 4 made a quick stop of a scary fire at 40 Lewis St. on Monday night, and in the process were able to save a woman pleading for help from a smoky, second-story window.Fire Chief Tony Carli…
Mayor DeMaria, Councilor Adrien spar on TV and radio
Following comments at a Feb. 3 Council Subcommittee meeting by Mayor Carlo DeMaria directed to Councilor Gerly Adrien about her “laughing” on camera being a distraction, Adrien has taken to the airwaves in Boston and to the print media in…
Epicenter of Change: Everett legislative districts shift to majority-minority
A new statewide report done by a Boston University professor for Lawyers for Civil Rights shows that major population shifts have happened in Everett like no other area of the state – likely catapulting both of its state legislatives seats,…
Rep. McGonagle gets first chairmanship appointment
State Rep. Joe McGonagle was appointed to his first chairmanship position late last week by House Speaker Ron Mariano, with McGonagle heading up the Operations, Facilities and Building Security Committee.McGonagle has served for his first few terms on important committees,…