New options for consumers To the Editor, The sharing economy is changing the way the world does business, delivering new options for consumers and extra income for service providers like those who occasionally rent out space in their home on…
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Thank You, Gov Baker
The announcement this week by Governor Charlie Baker and Lieut. Gov. Karyn Polito of the release of $335,735 (out of a total of $5.7 million to cities and towns across the state) in competitive grants to Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Malden,…
Sports 03-01-2017
EHS Roundup Faia sets new career scoring mark as EHS hockey wraps up season Although the Everett High hockey team dropped its final contest of the season by a 6-3 margin to Cambridge last week, EHS head coach Erick…
Obituaries 03-01-2017
Edward McCarthy Retired truck driver Edward F. McCarthy of Everett entered into rest on Sunday, February 26 in the Lawrence Memorial Hospital in Medford after a period of failing health. He was 71 years old. Ed was born in Somerville…
Everett Boys Basketball Team Defeats Lowell High, 86-59
The Everett High School boys basketball team, champion of the GBL, has been building momentum heading in to the State Tournament that gets underway next week. Coach John DiBiaso’s Crimson Tide beat a very good Lowell team, 86-59, to improve…
From GBL to SEC:Bradley Giving his Word on SEC Network
By Seth Daniel It could be Charlotte, Knoxville, Gainesville or College Station, but it is always Everett that is in the heart of basketball broadcasting guru Pat Bradley – who grew up in Everett, lived for basketball here and still…
Near-Riot:Chuck E Cheese Attack Under Investigation, Pregnant Woman Assaulted
By Seth Daniel Everett Police are investigating an assault on a pregnant woman during an altercation in the Chuck E Cheese establishment in the Gateway Mall on Monday night, Feb. 20 – the second major incident at the children’s restaurant…
Everett Man Alleged to Support ISIL Charged with Additional Charge of Obstructing Justice
New charges and a new federal indictment against an Everett man charged with supporting ISIS, or ISIL, show that he allegedly communicated directly with members of the terror group in Syria in 2015 – including a well-known ISIS leader who…
Wynn to Unveil ‘Mystic Mile’ Branding for Road Construction
By Seth Daniel Wynn Boston Harbor has announced it will unveil a new website and campaign called the ‘Mystic Mile’ ahead of planned, major road construction projects in Everett, Charlestown and Medford this summer. President Bob DeSalvio told the Massachusetts…
Chelsea Man Arrested for Murder of Everett Man
An Everett man, the victim of a brutal baseball bat beating earlier this month in Chelsea, has died of his injuries and his alleged assailant was apprehended in Ohio on murder charges Feb. 15. Melvin Cortes, 32, of Everett, was…