Join Save the Harbor/Save the Bay on Sunday, March 10, for the Harpoon Shamrock Splash plunge and pledge fundraiser and beach party at the BCYF Curley Community Center at M Street Beach in South Boston. Brave participants will splash into…
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Chinese Delegation Visits Everett
Educators from the city of Maoming, in the Guangdong Province of China, visited the Everett Public Schools (EPS) last week as part of a mutually beneficial exchange showcasing the multiple facets of the district’s students, curriculum, and programs. The delegation…
Thank You, Bob Deleo
It’s hard to believe that it has been 10 years since Winthrop/Revere State Representative Bob DeLeo was elected the Speaker of the House by his colleagues. (Yes, time flies.) We wish to make note of the 10th anniversary of Speaker…
Obituaries 01-30-2019
Janet McQuesten Of New Hampshire, formerly of Everett Janet M. McQuesten, age 70 of Litchfield, NH, passed peacefully on Sunday, Jan. 27 at Community Hospice House in Merrimack, NH. Janet was the daughter and only child of the late James…
Welcome to the 1,000 Point Club
Korine Haidul and her twin sister, Katty, and their parents celebrate Korine’s 1,000th point for the Pope John High School girls’ basketball team in the first quarter of an exciting game against Fontbonne on Thursday, Jan. 17, at Pope John.…
Chief Meeting
Chief Steve Mazzie of Everett welcomed Gov. Charlie Baker and chiefs from across Massachusetts to Everett last Tuesday, Jan. 15, for the meeting of the Major City Chiefs of Police Association. The meeting took place at BNY Mellon, and Gov.…
Michael McLaughlin Honored
received the service recognition award from Bishop Brown in memory of Dr. King during the Zion Ministries 15th annual Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Scholarship Breakfast on Monday, Jan. 21. The event brought many from the community out despite…
Mayor Talks Taxes: Commercial Properties Are up, but Better Times Are Ahead
Mayor Carlo DeMaria and his financial team have long said that 2018 and 2019 would be difficult years as they wait for the opening of the Encore Boston Harbor property and the $30-$40 million windfall that will come with the…
Moving the Seat of Government
If Mayor Carlo DeMaria has his druthers, the balance of the City’s seat would move off of Broadway. In a meeting with the Chamber of Commerce last week, Mayor DeMaria said he would like to sell City Hall and find…
Developer Proposes Large Residential Building on Ferry/High Street Corner
A developer has filed a proposal with the City to build a 30-unit, seven-story apartment building on the current site of the Ferry Street Grill on the corner of Ferry and High Streets. Richard Aversa, the owner of the Grill,…