Congressional candidate Ayanna Pressley appeared at La Communidad on Broadway Tuesday morning to listen to the immigrant community and roll out her ideas for federal immigration law – including abolishing the Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and eliminating funding for…
Author: Seth Daniel
Suffolk University Poll Shows Support for Encore
A new Suffolk University poll focused on Gov. Charlie Baker has also revealed that 46 percent of those surveyed support Encore Boston Harbor despite the allegations of sexual misconduct against former CEO Steve Wynn. The poll came out on Thursday,…
Encore to Make Final $12.5 Million Payment on June 25
Encore Boston Harbor will make its final pre-opening payment of $12.5 million to the City on Monday, June 25, at the same time opening up the dedicated Encore Boston Harbor jobs office in City Hall. While it will be the…
Postal-cicle:Dairy Maid to Host National Ceremony for New Scratch and Sniff Postage Stamp
In 1983, in every Everett third-grade classroom – and all such classrooms nationwide – the hottest thing going was scratch-and-sniff stickers. From then to now, such things haven’t even had a whiff of popularity, but these vestiges of 1980s kid-dom…
GE Site Taking Shape for Riverwalk, New Park Construction to Begin Soon
The Everett RiverWalk on the former GE site is about to be open to the public, with the first phase of the project in the final stages of completion, and the larger Phase 2 construction about to begin. The projects…
Councilor Matewsky Glides Into Age 60 on Top of his Game
As Councilor Wayne Matewsky cut into his birthday cake last Saturday night at his annual backyard party on Lewis Street, it was a special occasion as it marked the milestone of age 60. Anyone who thinks the big six-zero has…
LimeBike Launches in Everett; Finds Immediate Popularity and Concerns
The City of Everett and LimeBike announced the launch of the dockless bike rental service last Thursday, June 7, in a ceremony at City Hall that featured City officials, biking advocates and staff from the Wellness Center. Already, the lime…
Woods Memorial Bridge Construction Coming to a Close
The old Woods Memorial Bridge over Route 16 on the Everett/Medford line was the kind of rickety old machine that time left behind 50 years ago. Not for nothing that it was used heavily with patchwork metal grates over the…
Encore Boston Harbor Embarks on the ‘Swoosh’
It’s the swoosh that’s at the core of Encore. Or so company officials said this week as the structural steel for the patented Wynn/Encore swoosh took shape at the top of the resort casino tower this week and late last…
Paris St Gallery Faces Closing, or Relocation
When Alvin Colon began approaching City officials and local boards four years ago about his dream of a cutting edge art gallery and performance space in the Commercial Triangle on Paris Street – he got a lot of confused looks…