Special to the Independent Senator DiDomenico successfully included $150,000 for the Everett Public Schools in the wide-ranging Economic Development bill that passed last month. This funding will help Everett schools offer the Student and Parent Internship program and the Reality…
Month: December 2022
Greystar Celebrates the Start of Development at 1690 Revere Beach Parkway With Demolition Event
Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC (“Greystar “), a global leader in the investment, development, and management of high-quality rental housing and commercial properties throughout the world, and locally in Greater Boston, yesterday held a ceremonial demolition event to mark the…
News in Brief
Middlesex Sheriff’s Office Hiring Correction Officers, Medical Personnel The Middlesex Sheriff’s Office (MSO) is actively recruiting correction officers and medical personnel to join one of the nation’s leading correctional agencies. In addition to offering free, weekly written exams for potential…
Senator Warren and Senator-Elect Welch Raise Concerns Over Reports of Pfizer’s Planned COVID-19 Vaccine Price Hike
United States Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Senator-elect Peter Welch (D-Vt.) sent a letter to Pfizer CEO Albert Bourlas, criticizing Pfizer plans to dramatically increase prices for its COVID-19 vaccine in the new year, which would make it more difficult…
Everett Public School Robotics Students Prove To Be Fast Learners
Special to the Independent Given the fact that Everett middle schoolers were making their inaugural appearance in the First Lego League (FLL) competition, they could have been forgiven for not giving too much thought to results. Then again … The…
Tide To Play in Andrew James Lawson Foundation Invitational at TD Garden
The Everett High School boys basketball team has been invited to play in the annual Andrew James Lawson Foundation Invitational on Saturday, January 21st at the TD Garden. The Crimson Tide will tip-off against the Beverly Panthers at 1:30 p.m.…
From the Mayor’s Office
DeMaria Thanks Encore Boston Harbor Employees for Gifts to Holiday Assistance Program Mayor Carlo DeMaria would like to thank Encore Boston Harbor employees who generously donated $500 worth of gifts to the City of Everett for the Holiday Assistance Program.…
Encore’s Proposed Expansion – Wow!!!
It was 10 years ago this month that Encore Boston Harbor (formerly known as Wynn Resorts) filed its application with the Massachusetts Gaming Commission to become the license holder for a casino-hotel complex in the Boston area on the site…
Happy Hanukkah
The eight-day observance of Hanukkah, also known as the Festival of Lights, starts this Sunday evening, December 18, and will culminate on Monday, December 26. Hanukkah is observed for eight nights and days by lighting the candles of the Menorah,…
Guest Op-Ed: Celine Dion, Kirstie Alley, Christmas, Good News and Bad
By Dr. Glenn Mollette Award winning actress Kirstie Alley was diagnosed with cancer shortly before her untimely death at the young age of 71. Grammy award winning Celine Dion has recently been diagnosed with a neurological disease called Stiff Person…