Author: Independent Staff
Citizens Support
Baker Signs Home Rule Petition
The Home Rule petition to make the mayor a voting member of the School Committee was signed on Weds. by Gov. Charlie Baker, and Mayor Carlo DeMaria said he looked forward to cohesively working with the Committee going forward. The…
Cases of COVID-19 Continue to Stay in Double Digits Day Over Day
The numbers of COVID-19 cases in Everett backed off last week from a major surge coming after the holidays, going down from the 600 range to the 400 range. There had been more than 600 cases last week, but this…
News Briefs
Mayor DeMaria Announces Sunday ‘Coffee With the Mayor’ Video Series The City of Everett launched a new video series hosted by Mayor Carlo DeMaria and distributed on the City’s social media channels and on ECTV called “Sunday Coffee with the Mayor,” which began…
MGC Appoints Lillios as Director of Investigations Bureau
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) on Thursday selected Loretta Lillios as Director of the Investigations and Enforcement Bureau (IEB). The MGC’s four commissioners voted unanimously to approve the hiring of Ms. Lillios, who has been with the MGC since 2014,…
Everett’ Historical Properties
Elm Street Baptist Church Continues Long History on the Corner (The following is a weekly feature in the Independent based on the City’s 2018 Historic Property Survey done to note the many little-known historically significant properties within the city.) Architectural…
Middlesex Sheriff’s Office Announces Results of Baseline Vaccination Surveys
Hoping to provide data that will improve the national rollout of COVID-19 vaccinations in corrections, the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office (MSO) announced last week that it has performed a baseline survey to capture the willingness to receive vaccines amongst correctional employees…
Baker Expands Vaccine Locations, Names Fenway Park as Mass Vaccination Site
The state announced on Tuesday the expansion of more vaccine locations in each region of the Commonwealth at pharmacies, health care providers and a second mass vaccination site at Fenway Park to boost the capacity to administer vaccines per week…
Mystic Valley Elder Services’ 2021 Bellyful of Laughs Un-Event
For the eleventh year in row, ABC Home Healthcare Professionals, a Wakefield-based private home care agency, is the Lead Sponsor for the January 2021 “Un-Event” of Mystic Valley Elder Services’ Bellyful of Laughs. Typically this event sells out each year…