The Everett Common Council approved $914,400 worth of capital improvement plan expenditures in the upcoming budget year (fiscal 2014) through the use of free cash, as was requested by Mayor Carlo DeMaria in his annual capital improvement plan. The use…
Author: Joseph Domelowicz Jr.
School Department Transfers Approved: $1.37 Million Approved for Projected Shortfalls in Current Fiscal Year
The Everett Common Council Monday night approved a pair of transfers from the city’s free cash accounts to make up expected shortfalls in the School department budget, for the current fiscal year. The first vote was to transfer $591,187.00 from…
Mayor Announces Everett Host Agreement: Proposal Would Bring $30M in One Time Payment and $25.25M/Year
Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria announced that the city had reached agreement with Wynbn Development on a host agreement for a resort casino in Everett, clearing another of the milestone’s necessary to gain state approval to develop a casino in the…
ECTV Online Programming Interrupted
According to Everett Communications Director Alyson Dell Isola, ECTVonline.com programming has been suspended because of a crash of the cable access channel’s broadcasting server. The $13,000 piece of computer equipment recently crashed, leaving the station with no way to store…
Casino Opposition Surfaces: Everett United Addresses Board of Aldermen
The honeymoon, as they say is over. Local opponents to casino proposal began to surface, just as they have in every other Massachusetts community that is considering a casino proposal. Two local residents and two non-residents addressed the Board of…
School Committee to Consider $63M Operating Budget
The annual public hearing on the Everett School Department’s proposed budget was held last night (Tuesday, April 16) at 5:30 p.m., after the Independent’s deadline. According to Superintendent of Schools Frederick Foresteire and Assistant Superintendent Charles Obremski, the School Committee…
School Committee Set to Vote Against School Choice
According to Superintendent of Schools Frederick Foresteire, the Everett School Committee was scheduled to hold a public hearing on the issue of whether or not to open Everett classrooms to students from outside of the district, on Tuesday, April 16,…
911 Dispatcher Receives Citation: Landoli Credited with Helping to Save Choking Child
Everett 911 dispatcher Michael Landoli was honored by Mayor Carlo DeMaria and members of the Board of Aldermen Monday night for his actions during his dispatch shift several months ago, which helped the Everett fire department save the life of…
Matewsky Challenges the Vote Totals: Says He Will Resign Council Seat at a Later Date
Newly elected State Representative and veteran Common Councilor Wayne Matewsky said Monday night that he has challenged the official vote count from last week’s special election and left little doubt that he intends to fight to clear his name, after…
No Word on Recount as Yet: Hanlon Campaign Has Until April 11 to Decide
According to City Clerk Michael Matarazzo, there has been no decision as yet from the Hanlon Campaign, about whether or not to pursue a recount. “My understanding is that he (Hanlon) just wants to sit down and make sure that…