(The following is a weekly feature in the Independent based on the City’s 2018 Historic Property Survey done to note the many little-known historically significant properties within the city.) Architectural Description: Located at the southwest corner of Main Street and…
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MGC Receives Public Safety Impact Reports After Eight Months of Full Operations at Encore Boston Harbor
During a remote public meeting on March 25, the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) was presented with Public Safety Impact Reports analyzing changes in police data after eight months of full operations at Encore Boston Harbor. A legislative mandate requires the MGC…
City of Everett Raises the French Flag
Island End River Unearthed in a Parking Lot
Deep into Everett’s industrial landscape off of Market Street lies a typical, expansive asphalt parking lot, and now, a river runs through it. It’s not often that a river is unearthed from what has been generations of industrial wasteland, but…
Sunset Over Everett
Baker Allocates Extra Money for Everett
After weeks of negotiating with local leaders in Chelsea and Everett after being shorted by the federal American Rescue Plan (ARP) and the federal delegation, Gov. Charlie Baker announced his Administration would dedicate a total of $100 million of additional…
Outdoor Dining Applications Will Begin
The Everett License Commission met on March 24 and approved a plan to start outdoor dining in a no-frills process this spring, and also approved a package store license for a drug store inside Encore Boston Harbor. Chair Phil Antonelli…
Supt. Tahiliani, Finance Team Announce Forward-Looking School Budget Plan
Supt. Priya Tahiliani and her finance team announced a School Budget on Monday night to the School Committee that was unlike any that Everett Public Schools (EPS) has seen – one that looked toward long-term investments in a proposed three-year…
COVID-19 Case Numbers Continue to Climb in Everett
The numbers of COVID-19 cases took another jump upward last week, the third week in a row of increases to numbers that seemed to be getting much better in early March. There were 133 cases over the past week, that…
Metro Mayors Mark Five Years of Climate Action
Mayors and Managers from 15 Metro Boston cities, and towns, including Everett, gathered to celebrate the five-year anniversary of their Climate Preparedness Commitment this week, discussing ways the region can be prepared for an equitable, climate-forward recovery from the COVID-19…