It wasn’t easy but winning state championships never are. Xaverian and Everett High played a tough, highly competitive game in the Division 1 Super Bowl. But as has been the case during this amazing era of high school football under…
Author: Independent Staff
Sports 12-06-2017
STAR POWER Jake Willcox emerges as one of the best quarterbacks in Massachusetts By Cary Shuman A star was born in the 2017 football season. Jake Willcox, who had excelled at the Pop Warner level but was beginning his first…
Obituaries 12-06-2017
Richard Baniewicz Member of Everett School Committee Richard C. Baniewicz of Everett entered into eternal rest at home unexpectedly on Saturday, December 2. He was 67 years old. Richard was born in Somerville and lived in Everett for most…
Annual Thanksgiving Dinner
Abby McCabe, Jeff McCabe of the Everett Police Department, and Valerie Guite filled plates at the Mass. Badge Thanksgiving Dinner on Tuesday, Nov. 21. The annual dinner welcomed all members of the community to celebrate the holiday over a traditional…
Super Saturday is Here:Everett Football Looks to Cap off Perfect Season
By Cary Shuman One big step remains in what could be an historic season for the Everett High School football team in its first season as a Division 1 independent. Coach John DiBiaso’s unbeaten and top-ranked 2017 contingent will play…
Mayor, Immigration Leaders Call on Congress for Permanent Solution to TPS and DACA
By Seth Daniel Perhaps the most powerful moment in the press conference outside City Hall on Tuesday morning was near the end when Mayor Carlo DeMaria went off script. Embracing Arisellas Flores, a seventh-grader from the Madeleine English School whose…
Local Immigrants Seek for Council Support on TPS and DACA
By Joseph Domelowicz Jr. For the second time in less than a month, local immigrant support organizations and the families they serve filled the Everett Council Chamber on Monday night to ask the Council to help protect local immigrant residents…
Council Votes for Residential Tax Exemption
By Joseph Domelowicz Jr. The Everett City Council voted unanimously on Monday night to adopt a tax rate shift for fiscal year (FY) 2018 to tax commercial properties at a higher rate, and to also grant a 25-percent residential exemption,…
Rule 18 Comes Under Scrutiny after TPS/DACA Resolution
By Seth Daniel Who ever heard of Council Rule 18? Not many people, but certainly a lot of people know about it after Monday night’s meeting, where the rule was invoked despite a large crowd looking to pass a resolution…
City Ready to Expand Ornamental Lighting
By Seth Daniel The City is preparing to put out to bid a $550,000 program to bring ornamental, enhanced street lighting up Broadway from Sweetser Circle to the Parlin School. Mayor Carlo DeMaria said he and his team are ready…