Staff Report The Middlesex Sheriff’s Office announced last week seven individuals, including six Work Release and Community Work Program participants residing in a minimum security building, physically separated from the facility’s main housing structure, have tested positive for COVID-19. All…
Author: Independent Staff
When Did the U.S. Go from First to Worst?
For those of us of the Baby Boom generation, it was unquestionable that the United States was “the best” country in the world. Despite the war in Vietnam, Watergate, recessions, 9/11, and other setbacks, America continued to be a global…
Name Change Was a Long Time Coming
The decision this week by the Washington Redskins to change its team name was long, long, Long overdue. The term “redskin” is — and always has been — a racist reference to Native Americans. For anyone who doubts that notion,…
Letter to the Editor
They Deserve Our Support Dear Editor, On Monday morning I stood on the picket line with the employees of Veterans Transportation in Everett. It is absolutely a shame that yet more blue-collar workers like the drivers of Teamsters Joint Council…
Local Football Star, Marcus Romboli Heads to Central Michigan
By Michelle Fenelon, Special to the Independent When Marcus Romboli lined up against now former Milton quarterback Jake Wilcox in the Super Bowl, his life came full circle. Six years prior, Romboli and Wilcox played together on the Crimson Tide…
Obituaries 07-15-2020
James Furlong Gillette retiree James (Jim) P. Furlong passed away in peace on July 7. Born in Medford on June 10, 1939, Jim attended St. Joseph’s Parochial Grammar School and Matignon High School in Medford. Jim attended Northeastern University earning…
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The Stock Market Does Not Represent the U.S. Economy
We don’t pretend to be experts either in the stock market or the economy in general. However, as Bob Dylan put it, “You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows,” and similarly, the average American doesn’t…
Everett Little League Ready for the 2020 Season
Everett Little League teams were getting ready for the start of the 2020 season this week at Sacramone Park. Major and Minor Division teams will play nightly games in the youth baseball organization that he is being led by first-year…
Obituaries 07-08-2020
Ann Festa Retired Revere Public School teacher and administrator Ann Festa of Revere died unexpectedly on July 6. A graduate of RHS, class of 1970, she went on to Salem State to receive a degree in education as well as…