The Everett Police Department (EPD) needed a better connection with the youth of the city 20 years ago, and Det. Kenny Kelley had heard about programs in other parts of the country where they conduct a police academy for kids.…
Month: July 2018
Letter to the Editor
Take bold steps Dear Editor: In Massachusetts, young adults make up 10 percent of the general population but nearly 30 percent of people arrested. That means a disproportionate number of our young people are coming into contact with our criminal…
What President Trump Wants Us to Forget
By now, nearly every American has seen the terrible images of children being torn from their families, heard the sound of children begging immigration officers to call their relatives. Those images and sounds are the truth of what has been…
Revere Beach Sand Sculpting Festival
This weekend marks the 15th annual International Sand Sculpting Festival on Revere Beach. Thousands of Revere residents, as well as hundreds of thousands of visitors from throughout the Boston area, will flock to America’s oldest public beach to view the works…
Obituaries 07-18-2018
Silvio Fallavollita Market Forge retiree and quintessential “Family Man” Silvio Fallavollita of Everett passed away on Tuesday, July 10 at Boston’s Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center following a brief illness. Born and raised in the Corfino section of Abruzzi, Italy,…
Powerful Wynn Executive Sinatra to Step Down July 15
When Kim Sinatra appeared beside Matt Maddox for Wynn Resorts’ high-stakes meeting before the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) in early May, many thought her to be on shaky ground with the company – though that day she appeared to be…
New Back Door:National Grid Labor Lockout Takes Detour Through Everett Neighborhood
A curious back door entrance to the National Grid headquarters in Malden – apparently to help avoid picketers now locked out in a contract dispute – has emerged in Everett without permits and to the disdain of Mayor Carlo DeMaria.…
HarborWalk Coming Together this Summer with a Finished Look
When most landscaping plans come into shape at a new building, it takes a few years for them to mature. It’s not the case at Encore Boston Harbor, where the new HarborWalk is about 25 percent complete, and the first…
Eversource Proposes Colorful Solution to an Ugly, Old Chain Fence
Eversource is proposing to the Planning Board to remove the old chain link fence that has dominated the entrance to the City for decades and replace it with a new, color fence to greet visitors to Everett and the Encore…
First State Rep Forum to Take Place on July 18
The Zion Church Ministries of Everett will play host to the first of at least two planned candidate forums for the state representative race on July 18. Zion Church’s Bishop Robert Brown announced that his church would host a Coffee…