The City Clerk’s office is still in the midst of determining the final ticket-topper in the at-large City Council race, which showed Councilor-elect Gerly Adrien at the top by two votes by the end of last Tuesday night. However, in…
Author: Seth Daniel
New Stream: City Goes from Zero To Multi-Millions in Room Taxes
As far back as one can search, zero is always the answer for how much hotel room excise tax comes to the City of Everett. Every year in the state spreadsheets from the Department of Revenue for cities and towns…
Encore Boston Harbor Casino Outperforms Las Vegas Properties, Hotel Is Sluggish
The casino revenues at Encore Boston Harbor eclipsed casino operations at Wynn Resorts’ Las Vegas operations by more than 10 million according to third quarter numbers released for the company last week – followed by a conference call that gave…
Mclaughlin: The People Showed They Want an Independent Voice
Most experts had the Ward 6 Council race between Councilor Michael McLaughlin and challenger Al Lattanzi as too close to call – a nail-biter than some said could elicit a recount. None of that panned out, though, as McLaughlin prevailed…
Exelon Donates Eight Robotics Kits to Everett High School
For students in the Everett High STEM Academy, working on robotics projects often equaled sitting and waiting – sometimes actually never getting to take a turn on engineering the robots. That was because the school district was only able to…
Adrien Tops At-Large Ticket: New Guard New Faces Make Good Showing on Council, School Committee
The make-up of the City Council changed in Tuesday’s City Election, bringing on new voices that are calling for a change in the way things are done at City Hall. Leading as the change agent was candidate Gerly Adrien, who…
Changing the Mindset: BRT, Less Parking Can Equal a Better City, Mayor Says
At many meetings in City Hall – whether the Zoning Board, the Planning Board, the City Council, and sometimes even the Licensing Board – the city seems to be at a crossroads on the subject of automobiles. Should there be…
Lower Broadway Parking Lot Numbers Not As Lucrative as Expected, But Still Positive
The Lower Broadway overflow casino parking lot was expected to be a revenue stream worth several million dollars a year for the City – which is operating the lot for three years – but those estimates are coming in much…
Exelon, City Court Hearing Postponed, But Core Issues Still Persist
A court hearing in Boston’s Suffolk Superior Court was postponed until December on Tuesday morning, but the issues at the core of the civil suit between the City and Exelon still persist as the case begins its hearings. The case…
A Conservationist Before Conservation Was Cool
Everett’s Jon Norton cut a conservationists edge long before it was cool to be resilient, progressive or any other term associated with climate change and environmental causes. The life-long Everett resident stood proud of that record on Monday, stating clearing…