Sal DiDomenico won the special election – the first big battle – but Cambridge Attorney Tim Flaherty may win the war. Flaherty is already collecting signatures for a senate primary run in September. DiDomenico is also gathering signatures for the…
Category: Editorials
Everett’s Big Bellies
The city has rolled out the Big Belly barrels that are solar powered, immune from the elements and closed off to rodents. Many of you will notice them in various parts of the city where they have been deployed. The…
Common sense must reign over empty former EHS
The former Everett High School Building on Broadway is a white elephant. It is an albatross around the city’s neck. It is as useless a piece of property as the city could own in the 21st Century. It cannot be…
VOTE on Tuesday
Everett voters are urged to get out and to vote in the special senate election on Tuesday. The larger the vote, the bigger the voice, the grander is the effect on the system. The campaign for the right to fill…
Casino bill passes test
The House of Representatives has voted favorably to send out of the commerce committee a casino gambling bill put together by House Speaker Robert DeLeo. It is a solid bill which, if enacted and all its particulars successfully implemented, will…
Vicious dogs should be banned
The Board of Aldermen has put more teeth into an ordinance governing vicious dogs in this city. The ordinance does not go far enough in our opinion. Pit bulls should be banned from public parks and spaces – and in…
Health care for all; but at what cost?
The Democrats celebrated a triumph when the health care reform bill passed Sunday. It was a victory for the 30 million or so Americans who cannot afford to have health insurance. It was also a victory for those who have…
Happy Anniversary Carlo and Stacy
Mayor Carlo DeMaria and his lovely wife Stacy celebrated their 13th Wedding Anniversary this week. We understand the mayor and his wife were celebrating the anniversary when the call came in to the mayor asking him to run down to…
Parking at Waters Avenue needs some discussion
The developer of a major housing project on Waters Avenue has petitioned the city for a variance. The developer needs close to 400 parking spaces for the 198 units he is seeking to build. However, paper work presented at city…
Anthony Ventura
The former owner of Everett Square Sporting Goods, Anthony Ventura, was one of this city’s best-known downtown businesspeople. He was a good, good guy – a generous man who understood his business and who cared about his clientele. Inside his…