The City will bid out the daily meal service for March deliveries in an effort to diversify the contractors making the City’s meals and reaping the guaranteed income from the City contract. It was a matter that was brought to…
Month: February 2021
Some EPS Students Could be Returning to School in March
The Everett School Committee voted 7-2 to move forward with negotiations with the Everett Teachers Association (ETA) and form a plan that would bring willing families back to school throughout the month of March. Any new plan will only be…
Officials Having a Hard Time Finding Qualified Candidates for Positions
City officials told the City Council on Monday they are having a hard time filling critical positions in the administration, including the Election Commissioner, Diversity Director and the Planning and Development Director, among others. To that end they told the…
DeMaria Not Giving Up On Teacher Vaccination
Mayor Carlo DeMaria has not given up on his plan to try to get teachers in the Everett Public Schools (EPS) vaccinated ahead of schedule so as to enter into a smoother and safer return to hybrid education. At the…
Everett Vaccination Clinic Combines With Cataldo for Second Operation
Not one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine went to waste last weekend at the second City of Everett and Cataldo Ambulance vaccination clinic in the former Pope John High School. The effort was able to vaccinate 386 seniors that were…
Everett in ‘Yellow’ Zone for the First Time Since COVID-19 Outbreak
The numbers of COVID-19 cases went downward significantly over the past week, and particularly in the past few days – a move that helped move Everett from the state’s ‘red’ category and into the state’s ‘yellow’ category for the first…
Free Training for CNC Being Offered to Residents by Organizations
Mayor Carlo DeMaria is pleased to announce that Minuteman Technical Institute, Commonwealth Corporation, and MassHire Boards are collaborating with regional partners to provide a free 300-hour training program in Computer Numeric Control (CNC) Machine Operation for unemployed or under-employed adults.…
Rep. McGonagle Announces Fire Safety Grant Awards
Rep. Joseph McGonagle is pleased to announced the 2021 fire safety grants awarded to the City of Everett. The Everett Fire Department received $6,380 for the S.A.F.E Grant (Student Awareness of Fire Education) and $2,880 for the Senior SAFE Grant.…
Fire on Lewis St. Causes Damage; Woman Saved from Second Floor
Firefighters from Engine 4 made a quick stop of a scary fire at 40 Lewis St. on Monday night, and in the process were able to save a woman pleading for help from a smoky, second-story window. Fire Chief Tony…
Black History in Everett: Arthur E. Jordan: First African American City Councilor
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following is part of a month-long series about noteworthy black Americans in Everett, taken from vignettes written by former City Clerk Michael Matarazzo in his book ‘They Came from Everett.’ The histories of many black residents of…