Since his first term in office, Mayor DeMaria has been a strong proponent for building a healthier City, and the administration continues to work hard to achieve a healthier and happier environment for the people of Everett. Improvements to both…
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Massachusetts Greenworks Is An Investment in Our Present — and Future
The announcement last week by House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo that the state will be investing $1 billion over the next decade to help communities across Massachusetts adopt technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fortify infrastructure is welcome news…
Obituaries 02-27-2019
Letty Russo Past Chairman of the Everett School Committee and retired principal of Holmes School in Malden Letty P. Russo of Malden, formerly of Everett, died on Feb. 24 at the age of 90. Letty spent her early years in…
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Appreciation – Second Longest Serving Mayor, John McCarthy, Passes Away
The second-longest serving mayor in the history of Everett, John R. McCarthy, has passed away at the age of 79. McCarthy passed away on Feb. 15 at Lowell General Hospital surrounded by his loving family. In recent years he had…
Project Here’s Online App for Youth Prevention Education Wins 2019 Parents’ Choice Award
Attorney General Maura Healey announced that Project Here Games, an online app available for middle school students to practice healthy decision-making skills for substance use prevention, has been selected as a 2019 Parents’ Choice Gold Award winner. “Project Here Games…
CHA Names Brian Herrick
Chief Information Officer Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), an academic community health system serving Cambridge, Somerville and Boston’s metro-north region, has named Brian Herrick, MD, as its new chief information officer. Dr. Herrick, who has served in various IT leadership roles…
RCN Boston Sponsors Ellie Fund’s Annual Red Carpet Gala for 11th Year
RCN Boston, a leading provider of Internet, digital TV and phone services, announced that it is teaming up for the 11th time with the Ellie Fund’s 23rd Annual Red Carpet Gala as a sponsor of this special viewing of the 91st Annual Academy…
Morningstar Catholic Collaborative Parishioners Airlifted by Helicopter in Haiti
By Stephen W. Fielding Special to the Journal Ten parishioners from The Morningstar Catholic Collaborative, consisting of St. Mary of the Assumption Parish, Revere and Our Lady of Grace Parish, Chelsea/Everett, were evacuated by helicopter from their sister parish –…
Local Students Earn Academic Honors
Local students earn Honors at Belmont Hill Belmont Hill School students from Everett achieved academic honors for the second marking period of the 2018-2019 school year. They are listed below: Joshua Baldwin — Grade 10, Honors Matthew Gonçalves — Grade…