Long-time City Hall worker and community leader Guerline Alcy announced this week she will run for at-large City Council in the coming Municipal Election. Alcy is well-known to many residents of Everett as one of the first people seen as…
Author: Seth Daniel
Everett’s Evelyn Gayhart Completes Girl Scout Silver Award With Little Free Library Project
Everett Girl Scout Evelyn Gayhart was awarded the rare Silver Award on Sunday as she and City leaders cut the ribbon on her Little Free Library service project – which was a key part of attaining the coveted Silver Award.…
EPS Expand Summer Programming to Four Schools
The Everett Public Schools (EPS) has opened up registration for a robust program of summer offerings this week, expanding the programs to four schools for those in grades K-8. Supt. Priya Tahiliani informed the School Committee on Monday that the…
Data Shows Vaccine Equity a Concern for Minority Residents
While nearly half of the City’s population has received a COVID-19 vaccination, the numbers for Black residents, in particular, is far lower than the percentage of the population they make up, according to state data released on May 27, putting…
No More Masks: Encore Celebrates Full Re-Opening of Casino Property
As the clock approached midnight on May 28, one would have thought it was New Year’s Eve on the gaming floor of the Encore Boston Harbor resort. Excited patrons in masks stood with bubbling enthusiasm as a gaming floor employee…
DeMaria Lifts Facial Covering Order Here
Mayor Carlo DeMaria issued an executive order on Monday that retroactively removed the mandatory facial covering advisory – as of last Tuesday, May 18 – for all indoor and outdoor public spaces, with a few exceptions such as hospitals and…
Group to Open LGBTQ+ Youth Space and Resource Center
A privately-funded group running on the vision of Everett’s Kayla Mangan will open their doors next Tuesday, June 1, as the first LGBTQ+ Youth Space and Resource Center in the former Pope John High School. Dom Washington told the Independent…
Fire Chief Carli Details Plan for 18 New EMS/Firefighters
Fire Chief Tony Carli appeared before the Council Monday night to discuss the first month of the new program to cross-train new firefighters as EMTs – noting that all 18 had been hired and are now working with Cataldo Ambulance…
Even After Moving, Tech Issues Plague City Council on Monday
For more than an hour, the Everett City Council appeared to have been taken over by Martians, aliens or the lollipop kids – with technical issues taking over the meeting and making every councilor and presenter appear to have a…
Steinberg Pulls Nomination Papers for School Committee
Everett’s Cady Steinberg got the bug to run for School Committee at least two years ago after attending a School Committee meeting, a meeting where she went to defend her sister-in-law – a teacher in the Everett Schools – but…