Five individuals were charged last week in two separate incidents at Encore Boston Harbor, including a cheating scheme and a stabbing at the casino, Attorney General Maura Healey announced. In one incident, an Encore casino dealer, a former casino dealer from…
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Historic Females Barbara Hudson: “Ultimate Spinach”
By Michael Matarazzo EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is the first in a month-long series about noteworthy women in Everett, taken from vignettes written by former City Clerk Michael Matarazzo in his book ‘They Came from Everett.’ The histories of many…
Everett Reports Fewer COVID-19 Cases
The numbers of COVID-19 cases continued to stay low again this week, allowing Everett to remain a “yellow” or moderate risk community for the third week in a row. It was also the second week in a row that there…
From the Mayor’s Office: Meet the Team: Vanessa Alvarado
Vanessa N. Alvarado Department: ECTV/Communications Position: Public Information Officer Time worked for City of Everett: Six months What do you do in the City? “I take part in running the Mayor’s social media, and I do a lot of graphic…
Driver’s License Bill Relaunched at Multiplatform, Multilingual Event
On February 23, a press conference hosted by the Driving Families Forward coalition showed how the Work and Family Mobility Act, which would allow immigrants without status to qualify for a Massachusetts Standard Drivers’ License, is now positioned to pass…
City to Reveal Preferred Concept for New Roadway at Rivergreen
The City will reveal its preferred concept for a new roadway that will better connect the Riverfront area to Santilli Highway, creating a road network for new and innovative development to building off of. In an online meeting on Wednesday,…
News in Brief
MVES to Hold Free Virtual Workshop Mystic Valley Elder Services will present a free virtual workshop series—A Matter of Balance—on Wednesdays, beginning April 7 to May 26, 2021, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. A Matter of Balance is a…
Big Plans: Mayor Carlo DeMaria Announces Re-election bid for 2021
Mayor Carlo DeMaria officially announced this week that he would be seeking re-election as mayor of Everett in 2021. The mayor’s Campaign Committee had indicated previously in the Independent that he was going to run and he has informally said…
EHS Senior Darren Pierre Knows the Business of Art
In front of a two shades of blue and on top of a red floor sits a lonely and isolated young man – empty and seemingly without hope. It is the stark picture of how the pandemic started for Everett…
Back to ‘Normal’ Everett Schools Change Course in Calling for In-person School by April
The Everett Public Schools (EPS) has tossed out the idea of hybrid in-person education and is now proposing to the Everett Teachers Union (ETA) a plan that would bring back students in grades K-5 in-person five days a week in…