By Stephen W. Fielding A seamless and natural transition to become a new parish is currently taking place between St. Mary of the Assumption Church of Revere and Our Lady of Grace Church serving Chelsea and Everett that includes a…
Author: Independent Staff
Legislative Majorities Support Lifting Children Out of Deep Poverty
Over 100 legislators (21 Senators, 86 Representatives) have co-sponsored ‘An Act to Lift Kids Out of Deep Poverty’ sponsored by Senator Sal DiDomenico and Representative Marjorie Decker. This legislation would raise maximum cash assistance grants by 20% a year until…
At Last, Spring Has Sprung
Spring officially may have arrived on March 21, but the past month has been anything but spring-like. For those of us who live along the Massachusetts coastline, this is nothing new of course. The prevailing, on-shore sea breezes at this…
Mass Shootings Are Our New Epidemic
Mass shootings with high-powered weapons are nothing new in America. The recent tragedies in Atlanta and Indianapolis are just two more of a long string of the slaughter of innocent Americans who simply were going about their everyday lives at…
EHS Roundup
Fall II Sports Spring Into Action for EHS Athletes With the pandemic-shortened winter sports season having come to a conclusion, the so-called Fall II season for the Greater Boston League got underway this week. The Everett High girls and boys…
Obituaries 04-21-2021
Florence Ruth Snook Wonderful, Loving Mother, Grandmother, Great Grandmother, Homemaker and Wife Florence Ruth (Traniello) Snook, a lifelong resident of Everett, graduated from Everett High School in 1947. She attended the Whidden Hospital Nursing Program in Everett before she married…
Agency and Artists Team up on COVID Communications
The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) will work with artists to reach underserved communities with COVID-related public health messages, including the importance of getting vaccinated. Over the next few months, nine artists and artist teams will create posters, videos, postcards, public art, comic…
DiPierro Makes Case for Safer Streets
Since his tenure in office first began, Ward 3 City Councilor Anthony DiPierro has been pushing for traffic calming measures in the City of Everett. In 2016, the state legislature passed the Municipal Modernization Act, giving cities and towns the…
The Thursday Fortnightly Club Hosts Fundraiser for Mystic Valley Elder Services’ Emergency Closet
More than 75 members of The Thursday Fortnightly Club donated hundreds of needed items to Mystic Valley Elder Services’ Emergency Closet and brought the items to the Brookline Bank in Medford Square. The donations were overwhelming and due to the…
Local Students Earn Academic Honors
Local Students Named to The Dean’s List at MCPHS University MCPHS University is pleased to announce the students who have been named to the Dean’s List for the Fall 2020 semester: * Mackenzie Cavanaugh is a native of Everett, and…