Mayor Carlo DeMaria is pleased to announce that Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings (S&P) assigned its “SP-1+” short-term rating to the City of Everett’s $10.5 million series 2021 general obligation bond anticipation notes and “AA+” long term-rating and stable outlook…
Month: January 2021
Historic Figures: More Than a Name: Daniel Webster “Still Lives On”
By Matt Lattanzi Daniel Webster was born on January 18, 1782 in Salisbury, New Hampshire (now known as Franklin, New Hampshire). The Webster family had long-established roots in the United States, with his first ancestor migrating here in 1636, and…
COVID-19 Vaccinations Begin at Middlesex Jail and House of Correction
The Middlesex Sheriff’s Office (MSO) on Jan. 21 began vaccinating staff and incarcerated individuals in accordance with the timeline established by the Baker-Polito Administration and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH). Those living and working in congregate settings (including…
School Committee Votes to Make Vaccines Central to Hybrid Education Plan
The Everett School Committee voted unanimously on Jan. 19 to make the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines for teachers and staff central to their plan to return students to an in-person hybrid education model sometime in March. The marathon meeting took…
Superintendents’ Round Table Calls on Baker to Reclassify Educators COVID-19 Vaccination
The North Shore Superintendents’ Round Table and Union presidents from their 29 Districts are calling on Gov. Charlie Baker to reclassify educators in the state’s vaccination distribution plan to make them eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine during Phase 1. The administrators issued…
Cases of COVID-19 are on the Decline
The numbers of COVID-19 cases in Everett backed off again last week from a major surge coming after the holidays, going down from the 600 range two weeks ago to the 200 range this week. The numbers of COVID-19 cases…
Encore Prepares to Resume 24-Hour Service Jan. 27
Encore Boston Harbor announced last Friday that, due to the lifting of state restrictions, it will re-open 24-hours a day starting Weds., Jan. 27, and that expansion will allow them to bring back 500 furloughed employees. It is a change…
From the Mayor’s Office
2021 State of the City Slated for Feb. 4 Mayor Carlo DeMaria is pleased to announce that the 2021 State of the City address will occur on Thursday, February 4 at 7 p.m. The event will be held virtually. “I’m…
The Days Are Getting Longer
Amidst our winter of discontent, there is some good news on the horizon (literally): The days are getting longer. As this is being written, we will have passed the first full month of the astronomical winter (which starts on December…
Lawsuits Will Bring Out the Truth
The announcement this past week that Dominion Voting Systems Inc., the company that manufactures voting machines that are used widely across the United States, has filed a $1.3 billion lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani for his deliberately defamatory statements about the…