Last week five local organizations were honored with $20,000 Federal Community Block Grants each. The agencies include: Mystic Valley Elder Services Everett Adult Learning Center Bread of Life Housing Families Rediscovery at JRI. The names of the organizations that received…
Author: Independent Staff
We are in a Transportation Crisis
Those who grew-up in this area 40 years ago can remember how traffic always had a certain pattern or flow. Rush-hour always would last about two hours in the morning and two hours in the evening. Otherwise, one could travel…
Sports 04-13-2016
EHS Roundup Hennessey tosses complete game in 8-3 EHS victory Sophomore Jason Hennessey earned his first “W” for the Everett High baseball team with a complete-game effort in an 8-3 victory at Methuen Monday afternoon. Hennessey allowed just seven hits…
Our Friend,Our Priest and Now Our Saint
Seven priests – from as far away as Worcester – gathered for Father Vincent Machozi’s (in photo) Memorial Mass on Saturday, April 2, at Immaculate Conception Church. Machozi, who served at IC for several years while studying at Boston University,…
Immaculate Conception Church Holds Memorial Mass for Father Vincent Machozi
By Seth Daniel and Joe Prezioso When Father Vincent Machozi – a priest who served at Everett’s Immaculate Conception Church – asked those who had come to kill him on Palm Sunday in his Parish, “Why are you killing me?”…
Sophomore Sensation:Boyce Named to Herald All-Scholastic Team
By Cary Shuman Ghared Boyce averaged 28 points a game this season for the Everett High School basketball team. He has 901 career points in two seasons and when all is said and done, the 6-foot sophomore guard could be…
On the Map:State Secretary says Everett is Moving on Transportation
By Seth Daniel Everett is on the map when it comes to the higher-ups in state transportation circles, at least that was the sense given by State Transportation Secretary Stephanie Pollack in a speech to the Everett Chamber of Commerce…
MGC Conducts Final Public Hearing in Environmental Review Process
By Katy Rogers The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) hosted a public hearing regarding the Wynn Casino at the Boston Convention Center on Tuesday, March 29 – one of the final hearings involved in the state environmental review process. The meeting…
Five-Year-Old Muslim Boy’s Story Demonstrates How Children Suffer Due to Islamophobia
By Rachid Moukhabir Today, I would like to share with you the true story of a five-year-old Muslim boy named Mohamed. One day Mohamed came home from school angry, eager to tell his father what happened in class. “My friend…
Sports 04-06-2016
EHS Roundup Weather permitting, EHS softball, baseball teams ready for openers Just when we thought that Mother Nature’s mild spring this year was a make-up call for last years’s horrible winter that wiped out most of the first two weeks of the…