The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) on Thursday selected Loretta Lillios as Director of the Investigations and Enforcement Bureau (IEB). The MGC’s four commissioners voted unanimously to approve the hiring of Ms. Lillios, who has been with the MGC since 2014,…
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Everett’ Historical Properties
Elm Street Baptist Church Continues Long History on the Corner (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…
Firefighting in the Blood: Rocco Andreotti Always Wanted to Be a Firefighter
Many young men often don’t want to follow in their same career path of their fathers, but it was exactly the opposite for Everett Firefighter Rocco Andreotti, who like his father before him, has served more than 30 years on…
Middlesex Sheriff’s Office Announces Results of Baseline Vaccination Surveys
Hoping to provide data that will improve the national rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations in corrections, the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office (MSO) announced last week that it has performed a baseline survey to capture the willingness to receive vaccines amongst correctional employees…
Baker Expands Vaccine Locations, Names Fenway Park as Mass Vaccination Site
The state announced on Tuesday the expansion of more vaccine locations in each region of the Commonwealth at pharmacies, health care providers and a second mass vaccination site at Fenway Park to boost the capacity to administer vaccines per week…
Mystic Valley Elder Services’ 2021 Bellyful of Laughs Un-Event
For the eleventh year in row, ABC Home Healthcare Professionals, a Wakefield-based private home care agency, is the Lead Sponsor for the January 2021 “Un-Event” of Mystic Valley Elder Services’ Bellyful of Laughs. Typically this event sells out each year…
New Survey Shows Many Don’t See Racism as a Barrier to Good Health
Despite the uneven effects of a global pandemic on communities of color and those with lower incomes, many people do not recognize the fact that racism and health are connected, according to new survey results released last week from the nonprofit RAND…
WynnBET Increases Market Access to Seven States, Including Mass
WynnBET, the new casino and sports betting app from Wynn Resorts, announced last week that is had increased its market access to seven states, including Massachusetts. Most recently, WynnBET entered into a multi-year market access partnership with Elite Casino Resorts, the…
DiDomenico Sworn Into State Senate
Taking Control: Council President Matewsky Looks to Bring Order, Renovations to Council
By all accounts, the election of Councilor Wayne Matewsky as the new Council President has brought a clean slate to the City’s legislative body after one of the most technologically, and emotionally, challenging years in decades. After a good start…