Author: Independent Staff
Seniors from EHS Boys Track Reflect on Lost Season
Special to the Independent “We aren’t just a team…we are a family” With the coronavirus pandemic forcing the closure of schools across the state for the remainder of the 2020 school year, the Everett High athletic season also was canceled,…
COVID Relief Coalition Offers Pro Bono Legal Work to State’s Small Business and Nonprofits
By Dan Murphy One neighborhood lawyer has joined a number of fellow attorneys to provide pro bono work to the state’s small businesses and nonprofits in the age of COVID-19. Christian Westra, an attorney with the Ropes & Gray and…
Afterschool Program Donates Food to Children in Everett
Beginning Tuesday, May 19, the For Kids Only Afterschool program will provide the City of Everett with snack packs to be distributed to children in need in the City of Everett. “I want to thank the For Kids Only Afterschool…
Traffic Impacts for Railroad Crossing Work in Chelsea and Everett
The MBTA is building a new, fully accessible Chelsea Commuter Rail Station next to the final SL3 stop in Chelsea. When complete, the new station will connect the Newburyport/Rockport Commuter Rail Lines to the SL3. While building the new station,…
DiDomenico, Senate Pass Bill to Collect Vital Public Health Data
Sen. Sal DiDomenico announced that the state Senate has passed bipartisan legislation to promote equity and transparency as the Commonwealth continues to confront the COVID-19 pandemic. The bill, An Act Addressing COVID-19 Data Collection and Disparities in Treatment, would increase the…
Mayor, City Officials to Broadcast Update on COVID-19
Mayor Carlo DeMaria is pleased to announce he is hosting a COVID-19 update with Public Health Nurse Sabrina Firicano, Police Chief Steven Mazzie and Fire Chief Tony Carli. The program will highlight the City’s response to the COVID-19 crisis and…
Memorial Day, 2020
This will be a Memorial Day unlike any that Americans have known. Ever since the official inception of the holiday on May 30, 1868, when the practice of decorating the graves of the fallen Union soldiers with flowers, wreaths, and…
Guest Op-Ed: Census 2020 – Don’t Forget to Be Counted
By Peter A. Napolitano The past several weeks has been unprecedented. On behalf of my family and myself, our hearts go out to you, your loved ones and everyone who has been directly or indirectly affected by the coronavirus (COVID-19).…
Letter to the Editor
Say ‘Thank You’ to the Front Line Workers To the Editor, As the week we have all been waiting for over the past few months has come. As the Commonwealth of Massachusetts enters into Phase One of the re-opening period.…