We would be remiss if we did not remind our readers to enjoy the holiday weekend, but to do so safely. The pandemic is spreading like widlfire across our nation, shattering previous records of infection on a daily basis and requiring all…
Month: November 2020
Guest Op-Ed: Thanksgiving 2020; Home, But Not Alone
By Karen Lee Sobol Has your sense of time shifted lately? Does avoiding people feel bizarre, and has Purell become your new best friend? Do you spot beauty in surprising places, and feel the rhythm of your breath inside your…
Pioneer Charter Teachers Hit the Classroom
One of the keys so far to a successful school year at Everett’s Pioneer Charter School has been keeping teachers in the classroom, even as students tune in remotely on computers from their homes. Pioneer has taken a different approach…
Property Transformation
‘Second Wave’: As COVID-19 Numbers Increase This Month, The Panic Hasn’t Returned
Whether it’s raising kids or treating COVID, the second time is always a little bit easier, and as the so-called “second wave” begins to hit the Everett and Chelsea communities – and show up at CHA Everett Hospital – things…
School Committee, Mayor Butt Heads Over School Funding
Supt. Priya Tahiliani and the School Committee butted heads fiercely with Mayor Carlo DeMaria at the School Committee meeting on Monday night over $1.4 million in funding that school leaders believe should be reimbursed. The budget matter came up at…
Councilor Not Happy With State Housing Help Program
The state’s RAFT emergency housing program couldn’t come soon enough for a lot of tenants on rocky ground due to the eviction moratorium being lifted last month, but according to Councilor Stephanie Martins that help isn’t very helpful in Everett.…
Sheriff’s Office Remains Vigilant Against COVID-19
The Middlesex Sheriff’s Office (MSO) today announced it is entering a seventh consecutive week without an individual testing positive for COVID-19 while incarcerated inside the Middlesex Jail & House of Correction. During those weeks, 43 COVID-19 tests were administered. Of…
Mayor DeMaria’s Virtual Listening Tour for School Committee Seat
Mayor Carlo DeMaria is pleased to share that he will be hosting a Virtual Listening Tour to gather feedback from the Everett community regarding his request to become a voting member of Everett School Committee. In compliance with social distancing,…
Man Shot During Day-Long Domestic Confrontation With Police
On Oct. 11, at approximately 10:46 a.m. first responders, including Cataldo EMS and Everett Police, responded to a Woodland Avenue residence for a report of an alleged ongoing altercation between two parties inside the home who are known to each…