The death of Peter Dolan at 63 is a great loss for this city. Although he moved away to Melrose to raise his family there, his professional life in its entirety was spent here and this city was the love…
Category: Editorials
The fire on Bow Street
The Everett Fire Department deserves great credit for battling the wild fire that led to the total destruction of a structure on Bow Street Monday night. Without a quick and sure response, without leadership and understanding of the task at…
The Celtics
The Celtics lost a close one which they could have won but it simply wasn’t in the cards. However, the Celtics showed themselves to be a team of destiny, capable of defeating the Orlando Magic and moving on to the…
Sending a message about doing what is right
About to be sworn State Senator-elect Sal DiDomenico resigned his council seat on Monday night. In doing so he set an example and sent a message at the same time to Representative Stat Smith, who refuses to resign his seat…
What to do with the old senior high school?
We have written before, and we are writing again, that the old senior high school cannot be sold and cannot be redeveloped. The space doesn’t work. The numbers don’t work. In the truest sense, the building is a white elephant.…
We agree with the mayor
During the recent water crisis, Everett’s reverse 911 system failed to meet the high standard this city sets on public safety. Not everyone could be notified – and the vast bulk of those notified in the end, received their call…
Investigation unit in a big victory
Homicides that occur here are all tragedies – and they are all difficult to solve. Local police swing into action and do their best and sometimes, they score a big victory against crime and against those who perpetrated the crime.…
The water crisis and response
Locally, we can thank Mayor Carlo DeMaria for taking swift action to avert greater problems than there were following the rupture of a major water delivery pipe in Weston on Saturday. The mayor went into action immediately with the fire…
The School Department budget
The city’s School Department is facing a fiscal crisis this year unlike any other in many years past. Without added funding this year, the city’s school budget will barely take care of current business let alone moving forward into new…
Congratulations Sal
Last week’s special election produced a new state senator for and from Everett – Sal DiDomenico. We congratulate Sal on his campaign. We congratulate the voters of Everett for getting out and voting. In a close race, the Everett vote…