Author: Independent Staff

We Are Numb To the Numbers

With mask requirements being lifted just about everywhere around the country, there is a general sense that the COVID-19 pandemic is over. But as we begin the third year of the pandemic, that is far from being true. The death…

Letter to the Editor

Clear Up Some Confusion The following letter was sent to the City Council members by School Committee member Michael J. Mangan on Feb. 3. I would like to take this opportunity to clear up some confusion surrounding the order that…

News Briefs

Everett Arts Association Moves to Connolly Center Please join Mayor Carlo DeMaria and The Council on Aging in welcoming “The Everett Arts Association” to The Connolly Center. The Everett Arts Association, a community-based organization for over 50 years, teaches and…

MSO Earns Re-Accreditation from the ACA

The Middlesex Sheriff’s Office (MSO) has earned re-accreditation from the American Correctional Association (ACA) for the Middlesex Jail & House of Correction with perfect compliance on all mandatory standards, Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian announced last week. “Each day, the men…