By Councilor Fred Capone, Candidate for Mayor It is with great enthusiasm that I formally announce my candidacy for Mayor of the City of Everett. I am running for Mayor because I believe TOGETHER we can Build A Better Everett…
Category: Editorials
Biden’s Climate Change Bill: Too Little, Too Late?
President Joe Biden’s ambitious proposal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. by 50 percent (from their 2005 levels) by 2030 marks a dramatic moment in the environmental movement. Those of us old enough to remember the first Earth…
Guest Op-Ed: DeMaria Weighs in on School Budget
By Mayor Carlo DeMaria The proposed FY22 budget developed by the School Administration demonstrates a strong plan for the future of the Everett Public Schools. The proposed annual budget demonstrates the aggressive investments needed to meet the 21st Century needs…
Letters to the Editor
The Jury has Spoken To the Editor, Statement of the Everett Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Equal Employment Commission on the verdict in the Derek Chauvin murder trial The jury has spoken in the murder trail of Derek Chauvin. He has…
At Last, Spring Has Sprung
Spring officially may have arrived on March 21, but the past month has been anything but spring-like. For those of us who live along the Massachusetts coastline, this is nothing new of course. The prevailing, on-shore sea breezes at this…
Mass Shootings Are Our New Epidemic
Mass shootings with high-powered weapons are nothing new in America. The recent tragedies in Atlanta and Indianapolis are just two more of a long string of the slaughter of innocent Americans who simply were going about their everyday lives at…
Numb to the Numbers
With just about all of the states now reopening their economies, the conventional wisdom among most Americans is that the worst days of the coronavirus are behind us. Yet the reality is that hundreds of Americans continue to die and…
Guest Op-Ed: Don’t Let Pandemic Delay Advance Care Planning
By Catherine Duffy, NP, ACHPN Note: This article is published in observance of National Healthcare Decisions Day. Times of our lives may be forever defined as what happened “before the COVID-19 pandemic” and everything after that. One thing that hasn’t…
Guest Op-Ed: Mask Wearing in America
Dr. Glenn Mollette Like most everyone else, I’m tired of wearing a mask. Every time I go to the grocery, a restaurant, church, or work I have to put on a mask. Not long ago, if we wore a mask…
Get the Vaccine
For the vast majority of people, getting a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as they are eligible is a no-brainer. COVID-19 not only has a high death rate for older persons and those with underlying health conditions, but it also has…