The Everett City Council returned to an all-online format for its meeting on Monday night, and Council President Rosa DiFlorio started out the meeting by expressing regrets for what happened and what was said at the Oct. 26 meeting –…
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Encore to Shed Up To 1,000 Jobs
Hard conversations have already begun at Encore Boston Harbor this week, as the casino begins the process of shedding between 670 and 1,000 jobs in response to Gov. Charlie Baker’s new order to shut down bars, restaurants and casinos –…
TND Begins Demolition of St. Therese’s Church Properties
The Neighborhood Developers (TND) has begun the demolition on the old St. Therese’s Catholic Church campus on Broadway, with the church building likely to begin coming down later this week. The demolition clears the way for a new 77-unit senior…
Public Chimes in with Support for Mayor-School Committee Charter Change: Councilor Martins Calls Poor Internet Service a Public Health Crisis
In a Council meeting that churned beyond midnight, the highlight was supposed to be the hotly-contested charter change vote regarding the mayor getting a vote on the School Committee. Though that vote was postponed due to a death in the…
Everett Voters Goes Big for Biden
Former Vice President Joe Biden cleaned up in Everett on Tuesday, Nov. 3, in the extended General Election cycle for 2020, getting 10,343 votes to President Donald Trump’s 4,022 votes. While there were still legal challenges mounted nationwide to the…
Cambridge Health Alliance Launches Clinical Drug Trial for COVID-19 Treatment
Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), an academic community health system serving Cambridge, Somerville and Boston’s metro-north region, has launched a clinical drug trial (ClinicalTrials.gov #NCT04419025) to explore whether N-acetylcysteine (NAC), a drug commonly used to treat acetaminophen (Tylenol) poisoning and prevent…
Cases of COVID-19 Continue to Stay in Double Digits
The numbers of COVID-19 cases in Everett continues to stay in the double digits every day with the last week (Tuesday to Tuesday) registering 210 new cases in the city. That is an increase from the prior week when there…
Wynn CEO Maddox Says Encore ‘Hit its Stride’ in 3rd Quarter
Despite a pandemic, limited gaming activities and a hard-sell to get people into the resort, Encore Boston Harbor had one of its best quarters from July through September – drawing rave reviews from CEO Matt Maddox during an investor call…
City Refurbishes Abandoned Property on Maplewood Avenue
For years, 38 Maplewood Avenue has been an abandoned property. The property owners had neglected the lot, so the City of Everett stepped in in 2016 to address dangerous conditions on the property such as filling in an empty pool,…
MBTA Releases Proposed Service Changes to Match New Ridership Patterns
The MBTA on Monday released a series of proposed changes to its transit service that are intended to match service to new ridership patterns resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. The proposed changes are part of the T’s Forging Ahead effort to define and…