A district wide survey on bullying answered by nearly everyone attending local public schools in grades 3-12, reveals that 57% of the school children in this city have been bullied at one time or another. In addition, 66% of those…
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Everett man charged in murder investigation
Local police with the aid of state police scored an incredible turnaround in the murder investigation into the shooting death of David King last week. Everett Police Chief Steven Mazzie told the Independent Tuesday, “We’ve got our man.” The Everett…
City distributes nearly 10,000 gallons of water to residents; cooperative effort a big success
Mayor Carlo DeMaria Jr. would like to thank the staff of the Police, Fire, and City Services for all their help in setting up the Water Distribution Center yesterday afternoon. The city handed out close to 10,000 gallons of water…
Building a plan: Mayor asks Aldermen to declare old EHS a surplus property for the purpose of putting it out to bid
By Cary Shuman For the Independent Mayor Carlo DeMaria will ask the Board of Aldermen on Monday night for its permission to declare the old Everett High School building at 548 Broadway as surplus property and put the property out…
Superintendent: ‘Barebones’ budget is forcing layoffs
One hundred and fifty-two tenured Everett schoolteachers will be receiving pink slips as a result of a lack of funding from the city and the state in the creation of the coming year’s school budget. The proposed school budget for…
It has to be one or the other
Two weeks ago, when the School Committee was having an important discussion about the bullying issue and the school budget for the coming year, everyone’s attention was rapt and keen, and there was a full round of debate going on…
Senator elected; new race underway
No sooner had Everett City Councilor Sal DiDomenico defeated his main rival Cambridge Attorney Tim Flaherty to win the special senate primary election to fill the seat left vacant by former Senator Anthony Galluccio, Flaherty announced that he would be…
Citywide spring cleanup set for May 15
Special to the Independent With April showers putting the halt to the Citywide clean-up last weekend, Mayor Carlo DeMaria Jr., the Everett Beautification Committee, Everett Kiwanis, and Recylebank have rescheduled Cleanup Day to Saturday May 15, from 8:00 a.m. to…
DiDomenico wins squeaker
Everett City Councillor Sal DiDomenico will now be Senator Sal DiDomenico following a razor-thin victory in a hotly contested special election which ended Tuesday evening with a 1 percent difference separating him from his chief opponent, Cambridge Attorney Tim Flaherty.…
Eight suspicious fires set in 20 minutes Saturday night
Everett police are working frantically to identify an alleged arsonist who apparently set eight fires within a span of about 90 minutes in locations throughout the city on Saturday night. The series of fires that occurred on Broadway, Foster Street,…