The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) issued regulatory approval June 21 for Encore Boston Harbor’s public opening on June 23. Under the close observation of MGC staff, Encore Boston Harbor successfully completed test play nights on June 17, June 19 and…
Month: June 2019
Local Students Earn Academic Honors
Everett students Graduate From Boston College High School On Sunday, May 19, 2019 at Boston College High School’s 155th Commencement, President Grace Cotter Regan and the Board of Trustees presented diplomas to 253 members of the class of 2019. Mr. Stephen…
Mystic Valley Elder Services Awarded $100k Grant
Mystic Valley Elder Services (MVES) was recently awarded a $100,000 sustaining grant over a 4-year period through Cummings’s Foundation “$100k for 100” program. The grant was awarded to MVES in support of its Elder Independence Fund, a 21-year program that…
Everett Residents, Natives Some of the First in Line at Encore Sunday
Traffic and Gridlock Never Showed up as Had Been Expected Former Everett resident Robert Babikian used to shoot pool only steps from the casino at The Line barroom, and would have never thought luxury could have sprung from that area,…
Mayor Carlo DeMaria Deserves the Credit for the Resort/Casino
Seven years ago on a cold November afternoon, Steve Wynn came to Everett at the invitation of Mayor Carlo DeMaria to look at a possible site for a casino. The land was an old industrial site on the Mystic River…
Our National Disgrace at the Border
Hundreds of migrant children have been transferred out of a filthy Border Patrol station in Texas where they had been detained for weeks without access to soap, clean clothes or adequate food, the authorities confirmed on Monday, — The New…
Guest Op-ed:Celebrate Your Community on Independence Day
By Quint Studer As I go about my work of helping communities revitalize and reinvent themselves, I often get to see the best of America and I’m reminded that the foundations that built this country are still just as important…
Obituaries 06-26-2019
Robert Sena Retired salesman Robert T. “Bobby” Sena passed away Saturday evening, June 22 at the Cambridge Health Alliance Hospital in Everett surrounded by his loving family. He was 80 years old. Born and raised in Revere, the son of the…
EHS 2019 Graduation
Vincent Ragucci Jr. Begins his Job as Official Greeter at Encore Boston Harbor
The first face you will see at the incomparable Encore Boston Harbor resort/casino will be a familiar one to Everett residents. Vincent Ragucci Jr., the personable and charismatic executive director of the ‘E’ Club, will be a greeter at the…