State Senator Sal DiDomenico met with the Common Council Monday night to highlight his legislative efforts on behalf of the city of Everett, which included a creative effort to keep trains full of dangerous Ethanol from moving through the city,…
Author: Joseph Domelowicz Jr.
Temporary Library to Be Set Up During Shute Construction
Everett Library Director Deborah Abraham appeared before the Common Council Monday night to answer questions about the planned Shute Library construction. According to Abraham, library officials and project managers have been busy working behind the scenes, “on construction development and…
Memorial Day Moves to Everett Stadium: New Veterans Plaza Helps Draw Bigger Crowd
After decades of paying respect to fallen soldiers from Everett and elsewhere around the country at Everett cemetery, the city’s annual Memorial Day services moved to the newly established Veterans Plaza at the entrance of Everett Memorial Stadium on Monday…
Getting There: Wynn, City Officials Discuss Traffic Improvements for Resort-casino
With just a month to go before Everett voters will decide if they want a resort casino operating within their city’s borders, consultants working for the casino developer and Mayor DeMaria convened a public meeting to discuss proposed traffic and…
Aldermen Faced Light Agenda Tuesday Night: Aldermen Scheduled to Discuss $700,000 Transfer from High School Building Account
Because of the Memorial Day holiday, the Everett Board of Aldermen were scheduled to hold their final meeting of May last night, Tuesday, May 28 at 7 p.m. in the Council Chambers. Due to the Independent’s deadline, coverage of that…
City Kicks off Harbor Plan Process: Plan Also Being Paid for by Casino Developer
The city took its first steps toward establishing a Metropolitan Harbor Plan (MHP) with the state of Massachusetts on Monday night, when they kicked off the Harbor Planning process with the first of two public hearings at a meeting on…
Everett Vision Plan Set to Be Unveiled June 4
The City of Everett and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council are set to unveil their yearlong effort at creating a vision tool for future development in the city. According to Director of Planning and Community Development James Errickson, MAPC will…
Traffic Study Meeting Just One Step of Many
The public meeting that was scheduled Tuesday evening (last night), to unveil a traffic mitigation package for the proposed Wynn Resort Casino on lower Broadway is just one step in a process that will likely take the next few months…
Three Are Promoted at EPD: Hoenig Makes Lieutenant, Bagley and Fox Step Up to Sergeant
The Everett Board of Aldermen confirmed the promotions of three members of the Everett Police Department on Monday night, as patrol officers Sean Bagley and William Fox were promoted to Sergeant and Sergeant Frank Hoenig was promoted to Lieutenant. Mayor…
Aldermen Approve School Transfers, Delay Raises: Motion to Increase School Committee Pay Sent Back to Finance Committee
The Board of Aldermen quickly voted to approve two transfer requests for the School Department totaling $1.37 million on Monday night, and then balked at approving an increase in the salary for Everett School Committee members, from $5,500 per member…