PROUD OF OUR TEACHERS To the Editor: We are proud that dozens of teachers from Everett and dozens more from nearby communities came to the School Committee last Monday night (Oct. 1) to show solidarity with Everett teachers who have…
Author: Independent Staff
Massachusetts Must Move Forward on Our Own
With the confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court, coming on the heels of the confirmation of Neil Gorsuch, it is clear that the America as we have known it for the past 70 years, a time in…
Sports 10-10-2018
Everett rallies for win over BC High, 34-10 By Cary Shuman Everett found itself in an unfamiliar situation in the first quarter of its game against Boston College High School Friday night: it was facing a 10-point deficit and the…
Obituaries 10-10-2018
Armando ‘Mundo’ Vetrano Of Everett Armando “Mundo” Vetrano of Everett died on Oct. 6. A World War II U.S. Army Air Force veteran, he was the loving father of Debra Paglucca and her husband, Michael of North Reading and Dennis Vetrano…
Happy 90th Birthday, Patricia
State Representative Joe McGonagle (D-Everett) presents a certificate from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to Patricia Cunningham on her 90th birthday in Winthrop at the Pleasant Park Yacht Club on behalf of Speaker Robert DeLeo (D-Winthrop)
Soaring
Anthony Kelley was joined by proud parents, Anna and Dan, on Saturday, Sept. 29, as he was officially granted his Eagle Scout rank from Everett’ Troop 814 in the Glendale Methodist Church. Kelley has been involved in scouting since he…
Exelon Completes Transactions of Engie LNG Facility
Exelon Generation announced Monday it has completed its acquisition of the Everett LNG Facility in the industrial waterfront, assuming both facility ownership and management of operations. “With this acquisition, we are ensuring that Mystic Generating Station’s Units 8 and 9…
DiDomenico Secures $125,000 for Everett Schools Technology and Music Programming
Sen. Sal DiDomenico (D-Everett) recently announced that his amendment providing $125,000 for music programming and technology upgrades at the Everett Public Schools was included in the final Fiscal Year 2019 budget. As Assistant Majority Leader of the Massachusetts Senate, DiDomenico…
Members Plus Credit Union and Everett Credit Union Announce Their Mutually Beneficial Co-Op Merger
Everett Credit Union and MembersPlus Credit Union have announced their successful merger. The official merger date of October 1, 2018 came just a few short months after members of both credit unions voted in favor of joining the two financial…
La Comunidad Gets Healthy Communities Grant from the Aetna Foundation
La Comunidad has been selected as a grantee in the Aetna Foundation’s Cultivating Healthy Communities program and was awarded a $50,000 grant to implement a multilingual resident-approach to a Safe & Welcoming police policy. The Cultivating Healthy Communities program awarded…