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Eversource Challenges Students to Showcase Their Energy Smarts in Annual Contest
Eversource invites Massachusetts students to demonstrate their energy efficiency knowledge by entering its seventh annual Eversource Challenge. The competition promotes energy conservation, energy efficiency and sustainability and is open to kindergarten to high school students in Eversource’s Massachusetts electric service…
MassDOT Announces New Online Resources for Statewide Exit Renumbering Project
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is announcing new online resources on the project website for the Statewide Exit Renumbering Project, including an informational video on the project and an online meeting. Visit NewMassExits.com to access these new online tools, learn about…
Former Everett Resident Donates $400,000 to Everett Libraries
Mayor Carlo DeMaria’s administration announced it has received a $400,000 donation in honor of former Everett Resident, Kathleen Donnelly, who passed away in 2018. Mayor DeMaria stated, “I am continuously amazed at the generosity of the people of Everett. But…
Keverian Students Complete Stormwater Project
As a community surrounded by water, the City of Everett has a unique opportunity to highlight the importance of preventing stormwater pollution from reaching our rivers and streams. Mayor Carlo DeMaria said, “I want to thank the Mystic River Watershed,…
Foundation Opens First-Ever Brazilian Youth Center in Everett
On Saturday, January 11, Share Your Love Foundation – a non-profit organization created to help families in Brazil – and organizer Debora Dantas opened the first-ever Brazilian Youth Center located on Malden Street in Everett. The new youth center, based in Everett because of the…
City of Everett Briefs
Council on Aging Mayor Carlo DeMaria and The Council on Aging have planned the annual senior Valentine’s Party for Thursday February 13, 2020 at the Connolly Center. The event will begin at 12 p.m. The event will consist of a…
Dr. Martin Luther King’s Spirit Lives On
When one considers that it has been almost 52 years since Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated while he was standing on a balcony in a motel room in Memphis, where King was staying while supporting striking city trash collection…
Guest Op-Ed: Are You a Time Saver or a Time Waster?
By Melissa Martin, Ph.D. America, a nation of time-saving fanatics. American, a nation of time-wasting freaks. In the days of old, consumers visited the butcher, the baker, the candlestick maker. They chatted, gossiped, and shared community news. Timeworn traditions turned…
EHS Sports Roundup
EHS Girls Roll, Now Stand at 7-0 The Everett High girls basketball remained perfect on the season, improving to 7-0 overall and 3-0 in the Greater Boston League, with a dominating 70-28 victory over GBL rival Malden last Tuesday. Ten…