Registration is now open for this year’s Bike to the Sea Day Ride. The bicycle ride is scheduled for Sunday June 2, 2019 at 8 a.m. The ride from Everett, through Malden, Revere, Saugus, and Lynn to Nahant Beach is…
Author: Independent Staff
DAs File Case Demanding End to Federal Immigration Enforcement in Courthouses
Middlesex County District Attorney Marian Ryan, Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins, the Committee for Public Counsel Services (CPCS), and the Chelsea Collaborative filed a groundbreaking lawsuit April 29 demanding an end to federal immigration enforcement in and around Massachusetts courthouses. For…
Arts Organization to Present First Annual Everett Community Art Walk
Integral Arts Everett is proud to present the first annual Everett Community Art Walk, a temporary art exhibit that will be on display throughout various city locations. Artwork from local artists will be sprinkled all across the city in local…
From the Mayor’s Office
Create Your Own E-Mail! Shute Memorial Library Monday, May 13, from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Don’t have an email? Do you need one? Sign up for a one-on-session at the Shute Library where we will help you register for…
Gina Soldano Achieves the National Association of Realtors Green Designation
Gina S Soldano a Broker/Associate with ERA Millennium Real Estate has been awarded the National Association of REALTORS®’ [NAR’s] Green Designation, the only green real estate professional designation recognized by NAR. Soldano achieved this prestigious designation after completing topic-specific course…
DeMaria Announces Opportunity For Everett Youth at Camp Harbor View
Mayor Carlo DeMaria is happy to announce that the City of Everett in partnership with Encore Boston Harbor have a great opportunity for thirty (30) of Everett’s kids this summer at Camp Harbor View. This summer thirty of Everett’s kids…
Massachusetts State Police Receive New Helper in Comfort Dog
The Massachusetts State Police recently acquired an English Black Labrador as the first-ever comfort dog. Luna, who is four-months old and was bred for comfort dog work and donated to the Department, is assigned to the Employee Assistance Unit (EAU). …
Support Sen. Markey’s Effort to Ban Robocalls
Robocalls are the new plague of the digital and cell phone era. According to some estimates, Americans received 48 billion robocalls last year, up from 30 billion in 2017. It used to be that only a person’s land line would…
Will April Showers Bring May Flowers?
As Bob Dylan noted, ‘you don’t need a weatherman to tell you which way the wind is blowing.’ Similarly, we have not needed a weatherman to tell us that this has been a particularly rainy April. However, we learned this…
Guest Op-ed: Fighting the Opioid Epidemic with Care and Data
By Alexander Acosta A little more than a year ago, I had the opportunity to visit Maryhaven treatment facility in Columbus, Ohio, to hear from those recovering from the effects of addiction. The visit was an impactful one. I met…