With the promise of winter coming to an end and spring just around the corner, we have high hopes for March. The crocuses start to pop through the ground and the sun is noticeably stronger and warmer. There also is a…
Author: Independent Staff
Guest Op-ed: Pleasing People?
By Dr. Glenn Mollette Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Donald Trump and all the presidential candidates want to please enough of the American people to win. When it comes time for Americans to vote, a candidate wants to please the majority…
EHS Boys Basketball End Successful Season with Playoff Loss
Everett had waited an entire year to avenge the 61-40 loss to Cambridge that knocked them out of the Division 1 North Sectional play offs in 2019. The Crimson Tide and the Falcons were on a collision course again this…
EHS Girls Basketball Season Ends with Loss to Reading Memorial
Everett’s girls basketball season came to a crashing halt Wednesday night, Feb. 26, as the fourth-seeded Crimson Tide fell to the cat-quick and sharpshooting Reading Memorial High School Rockets, 78-52, at Everett High School. The upset closed Everett’s season with…
Obituaries 03-04-2020
John McGrath Jr. ‘The Prince of Pierce Avenue” and unsung “Mayor of Everett” John J. “Jack” McGrath Jr, the Prince of Pierce Avenue, passed away peacefully surrounded by loved ones on Tuesday, Feb. 25, in Everett where he resided for…
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Black History Luncheon
Looking Back at Black History in Everett
Walter Carrington U.S. Ambassador EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is the first in a month-long series about noteworthy black Americans in Everett, taken from vignettes written by former City Clerk Michael Matarazzo in his book ‘They Came from Everett.’ The histories…
Looking Back at Black History in Everett
Diamond Ferri: Three-time Grey Cup Champion EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is the first in a month-long series about noteworthy black Americans in Everett, taken from vignettes written by former City Clerk Michael Matarazzo in his book ‘They Came from Everett.’…