Just about everything has changed in our lives during the past few decades. Nothing is the way it used to be anymore. Easter, however, remains the year’s most hopeful holiday for Christians everywhere, bringing together family and friends for a…
Category: Editorials
DeLeo and Governor in Sync with Health Insurance Bill
The House of Representatives led by Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo has put clear language in its 2012 budget bill that will allow cities and towns to enroll their municipal employees in health insurance programs that will save the…
String and Orchestra Night a Big Success
The Everett Public Schools Music Department put on a show two weeks ago that would be the envy of most upper-class fancy type suburban schools. More than 400 Everett Public School students played to a packed house inside the Frederick…
Mayor Seeking Third Term
Mayor Carlo DeMaria has announced that he will be seeking a third term for mayor. The announcement comes as absolutely no surprise as the mayor as has been forward and open about his wanting to seek another term. Presently, he…
Police Department Joins other Communities in Pilot Project
Chief Steven Mazzie has given his approval for Everett’s police department to join with Chelsea’s and a half dozen others in the area in order to combine forces in an effort to meet expanding law enforcement responsibilities. In what is…
Ed Markey Gaining Stature, Power after all these Years
When Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria went down to Washington recently to a conference as part of the National League of Cities Congressional City Conference the agenda was job creation and economic growth. As most of us are all too aware,…
Mayor’s Trip to D.C. was Productive
As for Mayor Carlo DeMaria’s trip, it is good for the mayor of Everett to travel to Washington D.C. In his case, he was trying to sell congressmen and anyone who would listen on the city’s money needs and its…
Radiation
Radiation from the Japanese nuclear reactors has already been detected in the rain falling over New England. We are told there is nothing whatsoever to worry about. Can we believe such statements? Is there nothing whatsoever to worry about if…
The News is Explosive
Unless you’re living in a cave or have your head buried in the sand, it has been impossible to avoid the gaggle of breaking news that has caused so many of us to become transfixed by it. The Japanese tragedy…
The Crisis in Japan a Reminder to Us All
The catastrophe in Japan is an opportunity for all of us living on the East Coast to reflect on our good fortune. We are lucky the earth doesn’t quake here the way it does along the Pacific rim, where tsunamis…