Making the Right Calls: Emily Green Makes Her Debut as a Certified Junior Umpire
Emily Green has excelled as player in the Everett Girls Softball League and as a cheerleader in Revere Pop Warner. And now the talented 14-year-old athlete is making a name for herself at Glendale Park as a junior umpire. After…
EHS Softball Clinches Share of GBL Crown
The Everett High softball team earned a share of the 2022 Greater Boston League (GBL) championship with a 12-0 victory at Somerville last Thursday in the season finale. The triumph gave the Lady Crimson Tide a final record of 12-2…
City Council Expected To Vote on City’s Fiscal Year ’23 Budget
The Everett City Council is expected to vote on the proposed Fiscal Year ’23 city budget at its next meeting on June 13. The Council’s official vote will follow a public hearing and the submission of recommendations from the Council’s…
Napolitano Clarifies Succession Process for Vacant Ward 3 City Councillor Seat
Special to the Independent As the result of Ward 3 City Councilor Anthony DiPierro’s resignation, many residents have inquired about the succession process for the Ward 3 seat. Everett Assistant City Clerk Peter Napolitano said that according to the City…
DiDomenico Secures Necessary Funding for Triangle, Inc’s School to Career Program
The State Senate reaffirmed its commitment to supporting the disability community by earmarking the expenses for Triangle, Inc.’s School to Career Program earmark in the FY 2023 budget. The two-hundred-thousand-dollar earmark that will allow for sustainable services to those most…
Everett Students Gain Acceptance to Prestigious Colleges
After a grueling two years of pandemic-interrupted learning, two Everett high school students overcame the odds to gain admission to top universities with the help of a mentoring program – Minds Matter Boston – which guided these students through the…
Six-Alarm Fire Rips Through a Portion of Suffolk Downs’s Historic Grandstand
A six alarm blaze late Monday night tore through a portion of the former Suffolk Downs racetrack’s historic grandstand. According to the Boston Fire Department the blaze began at just before 11 p.m. when a fire erupted inside the grandstand’s…
Fire Officials Urge Seasonal Fire Safety
State Fire Marshal Peter J. Ostroskey, Shrewsbury Fire Chief James Vuona, president of the Fire Chiefs Association of Massachusetts, and Chief Fire Warden David Celino of the Department of Conservation and Recreation are asking residents to practice fire safety this…
Pioneer Charter School of Science I & II Graduating Seniors To Take the Stage This Friday
PCSS I (Everett) and PCSS II (Saugus) are celebrating their 2022 graduating classes in a joint ceremony at Boston’s historic Faneuil Hall on Friday, June 3, at 6 p.m. Despite all the uncertainties related to more than two years of…
Malden Catholic High School Celebrates 87th Commencement
On May 21, Malden Catholic High School celebrated the 87th Commencement ceremony which was the school’s first codivisional graduation including both the Boys and Girls Divisions. The Class of 2022 graduation was held live on the Brother Gilbert Stadium with…
Congratulations To the Class of 2022
These have been difficult times for all of us, but particularly for our young people, who have sacrificed so many of their rites of passage to the demands of the pandemic during these past two years. For older people such…