The state released numbers for the local option meals and room taxes statewide on Monday, Jan. 6, and the Everett numbers for hotel room excise taxes skyrocketed from the previous quarter – and were up from zero just two years…
Author: Seth Daniel
Superintendent Contracts With Consultant for Education Funding
A new consultant has been contracted by the Everett Public Schools to advise the district on the increased funding and implementation of the Student Opportunity Act – the wide-ranging education reform bill signed into law last November. Interim Supt. Janice…
City Hall to Open New Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The City will begin a new effort to make sure all residents have their voice heard, and Mayor Carlo DeMaria said that will start with the opening of an Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion to make sure all programs…
The 2019 Year in Review: The Opening of Something Big for Everett
There were few years that were more anticipated in Everett than 2019. So many things were on the calendar – particularly the long-awaited opening of the Encore Boston Harbor casino resort in June – and even more things found their…
Former Encore President Lands Job Overseeing New York Casinos
Former Encore Boston Harbor President Bob DeSalvio has landed on his feet in New York, being appointed last week as the president of casinos in New York City and the Catskills. Genting Group announced this month they had hired DeSalvio…
Unanimous Decision: School Committee Selects New Superintendent
A unanimous vote most of the time signals that everyone is on board with the decision. That might be the case with the School Committee in their 7-0 vote on Thursday, Dec. 19, for Priya Tahiliani, but it doesn’t mean…
Tahiliani Says Lawsuit will Help Strengthen her Going into Everett
New Supt. Priya Tahiliani had found herself on the pages of the newspapers long before being spotlighted for landing the job as the new Everett superintendent – a job that hasn’t been open for 30 years or more. In fact,…
Wynn-ter At Encore First Holiday Season A Learning Experience for Resort
The desert isn’t exactly prime territory for pine trees, snowy winters and mistletoe, but the Encore Boston Harbor team and Wynn Resorts folks in Las Vegas have teamed up to learn a new palate of plantings in time for their…
New Superintendent Understands Learning English as a Second Language
It was at the end of first grade, and thought new Supt. Priya Tahiliani had been born in Memphis, she didn’t speak much English. Her parents spoke Sindi – a dialect of Hindi that is closely related to Punjabi –…
Rift Between Auger and Parker Not Related to Superintendent
Immediately following the vote for superintendent on Thursday night, a confrontation between Everett Teacher’s Union President Kim Auger and School Committeeman Frank Parker unfolded for everyone to see. It got pretty heated, but according to both, it was not about the choice…