State Representative Joseph McGonagle join his colleagues in the Massachusetts Legislature to pass a supplemental budget that makes crucial investments to support the Commonwealth’s most vulnerable residents including the families of those killed in the line of duty. The pending…
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Wynn Tells MGC They Are Meeting Diversity Hiring Goals, Contracts
By Seth Daniel In a special meeting of the Access and Opportunity Committee of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) in Everett City Hall on Tuesday morning, April 11, Wynn Boston Harbor told members of the Committee that they are now…
Senator DiDomenico asks Congressional Delegation to Fight for Legal Services Funding
Senate President Stan Rosenberg, Senator Sal DiDomenico and Senator Will Brownsberger have sent a letter to the Massachusetts Congressional delegation urging them to fight against the Trump Administration’s proposed elimination of funding for Legal Services. Last year, 23,000 low-income and…
Spring Has Sprung….
Although our winter season was a mild one, both in terms of cold and snow, giving us hopes for an early arrival of spring, our optimism proved illusory thanks to a near record-setting chilly and wet month of March that…
Happy Easter
It’s hard to believe that another Easter already is upon us. Good Friday and Easter Sunday will be here this week, and those of the Christian faith will begin the observance of the holiest days of their religion upon which…
Happy Passover
We want to wish our friends in the Jewish community a Happy Passover or Happy “Pesach” as this important holiday is known in Hebrew. The holiday begins with a special Passover dinner known as a Seder when the story is…
Sports 04-12-2017
EHS baseball team opens with 6-2 win The Everett High baseball team opened a new season and a new era with a 6-2 victory at Saugus Monday afternoon. The triumph marked the inaugural contest for the Crimson Tide in their…
Obituaries 04-12-2017
Charles Puleo Of Everett Charles Puleo of Everett died on April 9. The beloved husband of the late Antonietta, he was the beloved father of Robert Charles and his wife, Jodi of Indiana and Mark Philip and his wife, Catherine…
All Gone
Two pieces of heavy equipment remove the last scoop of soil from the lower levels of the Wynn Boston Harbor parking garage late last week. The project hit the ‘bottom out’ point at that time, marking the end of the…
Blue and Gold
ON MY HONOR: Derick Modesto raised his right hand for the Scout Oath during Troop 814’s annual Blue & Gold Dinner on Friday night, March 31. The Everett Troop invited adult leaders and City leaders as a thank you gesture…