The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) is pleased to recognize March 2021 as Problem Gambling Awareness Month (PGAM). Established 19 years ago by the National Council on Problem Gambling, PGAM is a national outreach campaign designed to educate the public about…
Month: March 2021
The Markey-Warren-AOC Build Green Act Is Needed
The recent catastrophic winter-weather event in Texas has highlighted the degree to which our national infrastructure (among other things) has fallen victim to the penny-wise and pound-foolish thinking that has dominated our national politics for the past 40 years. The…
Op-Ed: Pandemic Highlights the Contributions of Immigrants to Mass.
By Marcelo M. Suárez-Orozco In Massachusetts, immigration is both history and destiny. Immigrants have been shaping the state’s economy, politics and culture since the 1700s. The COVID-19 pandemic is illuminating how their contributions will shape the Commonwealth well into the…
Letters to the Editor
MAPC Applauds Gov. Baker for Signing Landmark Climate Bill To the Editor, The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) in Boston released the following statement thanking Gov. Baker for signing the new climate bill into law last week: We at MAPC…
EHS Roundup
EHS Girls, Boys to Compete in GBL Playoffs One of the unique features of the pandemic-shortened basketball season in the Greater Boston League will get underway tonight (Wednesday) when all seven of the GBL schools engage in the post-season playoffs…
Lovin’ Spoonfuls Marks Milestone With Everett Grace Food Pantry
As Lovin’ Spoonfuls rescued food truck driver Vinny Vassallo backed carefully through a tight opening to the back of the Everett Grace Food Pantry, the Everett native carried a milestone in the back of that truck. With Grace Food Pantry…
Everett Community Turns Out to Support EHS Student Sarai Velez in Her Health Battle
Members of the Everett community, along with educators, students, and athletes, joined together Saturday to show their support to Everett High student Sarai Velez, who is battling cancer. The group gathered at the Madeline English School and traveled to Sarai’s…
Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day
Council President Matewsky Has Major Heart Attack in Florida
News traveled fast from Florida to Everett this week as Council President Wayne Matewsky reported had a major heart attack on March 18, and has been hospitalized at Holy Cross Hospital in Ft. Lauderdale ever since. The news was talked…
Rocky Ending: Former Supt. Gauthier Files Age Discrimination Suit Against City and School Committee
After a rocky ending with former Supt. Janice Gauthier in the Everett Public Schools (EPS) in 2019 and 2020, the long-time former Everett educator has now filed a discrimination suit in Middlesex Superior Court claiming the City and the School…