Everett is a football city and football city is experiencing a downward, tugging feeling that the New England Patriots are in trouble. Are they in trouble or can they pull it out? Can they win another Superbowl? Will they even…
Category: Editorials
The Crimson Tide
When you’ve made it to the mountaintop, it is not the end of the world if you are tossed from it or fall off. The preference, of course, is that one remains atop the mountain, with no one else able…
Thanksgiving 2009
This time last year, the national economy was preparing for collapse. The economy’s beginning of the end, or as Churchill once said, the end of the beginning, came into full force in and around Thanksgiving 2008. Yet we all sat…
Absentee ballots
The city of Everett has a problem with absentee ballots. There are presently 800 absentee ballots on the books here and before the last election, they were all sent out. Something like 610 came back – the largest number percentage…
Christmas time for those in the armed forces
Here are four names of residents: Richard Costanza, Anthony Cruciotti, Martin Johnson and Francis Kenney. They all have something in common — on active service in the military. The present war in both Afghanistan and Iraq is dominating the national…
Aldermen’s pre-school hoopla way off base
We want to point out for the ill-advised in this city that pre-school in the public schools is not a mandate. Rather, it is a necessity. Questioning pre-school expenses is the prerogative of the Board of Aldermen, although such matters…
Charter Review
In the coming year, charter review is going to become the great defining issues for the charter review committee, for city leaders, and ultimately for everyone living in this city who feels vested in its future. Has the time has…
Get out and vote; make the right choices
Next Tuesday is Election Day, an opportunity for the voters of this city to choose what the direction the city will take for the next two years. There are important votes to be made Tuesday – and the bulk of…
Boys and Girls Club filling the need
Statistics show that school age children are more likely to get into trouble between the hours of 3 to 6 p.m. The reason is obvious: the lack of supervision. In today’s family, a two family income is essential. Everett like…
Stephen Smith’s dilemma is the city’s problem
An extraordinary person could pull it off. In the best of times, it could be done. However, he is not an extraordinary person and these are not the best of times. We are referring to Rep. Stephen Smith who is…