Everett voters followed the lead of those around the state Tuesday night as Massachusetts Attorney General Martha Coakley and Republican Charles Baker each won their parties’ nominations for Governor. Coakley earned a nearly 51-percent victory over challengers Steve Grossman and…
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MGC Hearing Began on Monday: Problems and Pluses Seen in Both Proposals
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) and major players from both the Everett and Revere casino bids packed into the South Boston Convention Center on Monday morning to begin what many have been waiting years to find out – who will…
4th Annual Multicultural Festival At Sacramone Park
Parade of Nations participants proudly show off their cultural colors and their flags during last Saturday’s 4th Annual Multicultural Festival at Sacramone Park. The Festival is a melting pot of Latino and Central American cultures – among many others –…
Old News Is Not News (And Neither Are Rumors)
We received an e-mail this past week from one of our readers to which we feel compelled to respond. The email is as follows: “Hi…just trying to figure out why your latest newspaper would NOT include any information about Mayor…
Health Connector Announces Navigator Grant
The Massachusetts Health Connector recently announced the Joint Committee for Children’s Health Care in Everett is one of fifteen (15) organizations across the Commonwealth that will receive grants and serve as Navigators, community-based experts available to help people sign up…
GBL-NEC Football Jamboree a Success
Everett High School’s first GBL-NEC football jamboree was a huge success as the event, matching four schools from each league, drew a large crowd to Everett Memorial Stadium Friday night. Of course, the Crimson Tide made it a successful showing…
MGC Adopts Flexible Rating Process in Licensing Hearings, to Begin Monday
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) is getting set to begin the evaluations of both Region A casino applications next Monday in a complex, but deliberate, process that is likely to last one week or, perhaps, more. Like the previous slot…
Wynn Offers MBTA $6 Million For Land to Build Access Road
Wynn Resorts has offered $6 million cash to the MBTA for the purchase of three parcels of land on Lower Broadway that would allow the potential casino the ability to create an access road from Rt. 99. The two-acre parcel…
Summer City Works Participates In Community Service
Recently over 100 of Everett’s youth, who are attending the City Works summer camp, assisted the Everett Beautification Committee in building flower beds and planting flowers outside of the Samuel Gentile Recreation Center. Camp members and counselors planted the flowers…
Right on Course: Brodeur Has TPC Boston Ready for PGA Playoff Event
The Deutsche Bank Championship (DBC) is this weekend and Tom Brodeur, golf course superintendent at Tournament Player’s Club [TPC] Boston, has the course ready for the world’s best golfers. “The course [condition] for the tournament is not a lot different…