Thank You to Such a Great Fire Department Dear Editor: Our finest were at it again, when they were called on to assist my son who is wheelchair bound. He was stuck on his lift which was about two feet…
Category: Editorials
Gov. Charlie Baker And the Great State Of Our State
From the moment that Governor Charlie Baker strode into the House Chamber last Tuesday to deliver his State of the Commonwealth address, it was evident why Gov. Baker, despite being a Republican in a heavily-Democratic state, has rated as the…
Guest Op-Ed: Mayor DeMaria Clarifies Fire Chief Appointment Process
By Mayor Carlo DeMaria On Monday, January 27, at the Everett City Council meeting, Craig Hardy, President of the Local 143, objected to the process by which the successful candidate, Chief Anthony Carli, was promoted to Permanent Fire Chief of…
Guest Op-Ed: Preparing for Shocking Death
By Dr. Glenn Mollette The world was shocked January 26, 2020 by the sudden death of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others. A helicopter that spiraled through a California sky and crashed took the life of one of…
Guest Op-Ed: Reject the Sanctuary State Bill (Hb 3573/Sb1401)
By John Thompson and Steve Kropper The State Legislature’s Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security holds hearings on a “safe communities” bill (H 3573/S1401) that would forbid or severely restrict cooperation by law enforcement in this state with ICE,…
DiDomenico’s Healthy Youth Act Passes
The Massachusetts Senate recently passed Sen. Sal DiDomenico’s bill, An Act relative to healthy youth (S.2459). This bill will ensure that Massachusetts schools electing to provide their students with sex education use age-appropriate and medically accurate curriculum that covers a…
Winter: So Far, So Good (and Not So Good)
The winter season thus far has been fairly easy to take for those of us who have lived in New England for all of our lives. The warmer-than-normal temperatures, highlighted by the record-breaking highs in the 70s two weekends ago, have been…
Guest Op-ed: Live up to the Values of Doctor King
(Remarks as delivered by Mayor Carlo DeMaria on Monday, Jan. 20, 2020) “Leader of Tomorrow” Scholarship Good Morning .. again It is my pleasure to present the first annual Leader of Tomorrow Scholarship to two outstanding Everett High School students,…
Letters to the Editor
Looking at the way Councilors are elected Dear Editor: In regards to the changing the way the Ward City, Councillors are elected as proposed By City Councillor Matewsky, I disagree with him ( and he is a good friend of…
Dr. Martin Luther King’s Spirit Lives On
When one considers that it has been almost 52 years since Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated while he was standing on a balcony in a motel room in Memphis, where King was staying while supporting striking city trash collection…