This month’s Boston Magazine features a lengthy article about our city entitled, “The Mayor, the Muckraker, and the Bombshell North of Boston.” The gist of the article, according to the sub-headline, is that a local newspaper (not us) “…..spent years…
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Sweet, Savory, and Sensational! Teddie Peanut Butter Challenge a Huge Success
Everett High School Culinary Arts students showed off the full range of their skills during the 2nd Annual Teddie Peanut Butter Challenge, a fun competition in which students created a sweet or savory dish featuring the beloved product that is…
Solve for Tomorrow … and Today! Computer Club Making Noise in Samsung Competition
Members of Everett High School’s Computer Club have advanced to the state finals of a national competition that promotes STEM and the positive ways it can influence our communities. The EHS students are participating in “Solve for Tomorrow,” which is…
The Maura Healey Era Has Begun!
Governor Maura Healey wasted little time since her inauguration a few weeks ago in setting the pace for what we’re sure will be an active — and activist — administration with her announcement last week that she will be filing…
Jacinda Ardern: A Total Class Act
We wish to make note of the incredibly classy announcement last week by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, who told her country that she will be stepping down from the post after almost six years in office. Ms. Ardern…
Extend Your Dry January Into February
Over the past few years, Dry January has become more and more popular. It is estimated that 15% of regular drinkers choose not to drink during the month as a means of detoxing their minds and bodies from the pernicious…
Guest Op-Ed: Monterey Park, Evansville Shootings, Hero Brandon Tsay, We Need the News, Good and Bad
By Dr. Glenn Mollette We like good news but typically the news is not good. Too often no news is good news. In reality, no news is bad news for us all. There is lots of recent bad news. A crazed…
So Far, We’ve Dodged the Energy Bullet
The winter season can be viewed in two ways. Meteorological winter is considered to be the three months of December, January, and February. Astronomical winter runs from December 22, the date of the winter solstice, to March 21, the date…
The Husband Always Is the Prime Suspect
The disappearance of a Cohasset mother of three who has been missing since January 1, once again has highlighted the tragic, but undeniable, reality that a woman in the United States is more likely to be killed by an intimate…
We Must Never Forget the Legacy Of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
For those of us of a certain age, it is hard to imagine that 2023 will mark 55 years since the assassination of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King in Memphis while he was standing on the balcony of the Lorraine…