Sen. Sal DiDomenico recently joined with his colleagues in the Massachusetts Legislature in passing a Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) budget to invest in programs and services across the Commonwealth. Funded at $46.2 billion, the budget aims to address the sweeping…
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McGonagle, House Pass Important Housing Funding
Rep. Joseph McGonagle, vice-chair of the Housing committee, along with Chair Kevin Honan of Brighton and their committee, are pleased to announce their significant funding victories for Housing opportunities in the Fiscal Year 2021 budget. The 2021 budget was passed…
City Introduces New Municipal Housing Assistance Program, Supplements State Efforts
City leaders are cheering the announcement on Monday by Mayor Carlo DeMaria to initiate a City-sponsored emergency housing assistance program for rental assistance, mortgage assistance and emergency housing assistance – a program called for by some City Councilors last month…
Local Students Earn Academic Honors
Regis Students Make the Dean’s List Regis College is pleased to announce that 603 students made the Dean’s List for academic achievement for the 2020 spring semester. The following students were among those who made the dean’s list. * Darcie…
Police Arrest Everett Man for Allegedly Stealing Packages
Arlington Police Chief Julie Flaherty reports that the Arlington Police Department arrested an Everett man who allegedly stole packages from several addresses there. Patrick McLaughlin, 37, of Everett was charged with: • OUI Drugs • Receiving Stolen Property Over $1,200, Subsequent…
Historic Figures More Than a Name: Shute Family Goes Way Back in Everett
By Matt Lattanzi The Shute family traces its history to the early ancestry of Massachusetts. Records show that a Shute house was built before 1700 on land which is in present-day Everett. In 1892, William Shute gifted $10,000 to the…
Happy Hanukkah
The eight-day observance of Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, gets underway this Thursday, December 10, and will culminate next Friday, December 18. In summary, Hanukkah commemorates the victory of the Maccabees — a group of fierce warriors who used…
The Virus Is a Hunter — and We Are Its Prey
It now has been nine months since lockdowns went into effect in many states, including here in Massachusetts on March 16. However, despite all of our previous efforts, the COVID-19 pandemic is surging across the entire United States. The pleas of public health…
Pearl Harbor Was 79 Years Ago
It was 79 years ago this week — December 7 — that the nation of Japan launched its attack on Pearl Harbor. The very next day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt convened a joint session of Congress in which he famously…
Letters to the Editor
To the People of Everett To the Editor: Let me start by saying it has been a genuine honor to serve you, the people of Everett as an elected member of the City Council. My representing you at City Hall…