By Seth Daniel A new, scaled-down housing proposal for the entrance to Broadway would, according to developers, give the entrance to the central part of Broadway a new and modern feel for those visiting the city. Eric and Joan Kenworthy…
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Summer Street Home Comes Down, but Now Come the Choices
By Seth Daniel The long-abandoned and vacant home at 97 Summer St. has finally been demolished to the delight of neighbors and the City, but the hard choices are about to come regarding what to do with the property. “I…
Cambridge College Moves Campus to Charlestown’s Hood Park
Cambridge College, long considered a pioneer in adult learning, opens their new campus in Boston’s historic Hood Park (Charlestown), having moved from its former location on Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge. The new, state-of-the-art campus consolidates the four schools into a…
Wynn Changing Everett- for the Better
I recently wrote a column for Commonwealth Magazine on the impact and benefits the Wynn Development has on both the City of Everett and Massachusetts. By: Mayor Carlo DeMaria The Massachusetts Gaming Act was enacted in 2011 specifically to…
Engaging in Our Community
By Mayor Carlo DeMaria As we enter the end of the summer season and the beginning of fall I wanted to reach out to my neighbors, my family, and my friends to remind them of several community events occurring in…
School Will Be Back — Drive with Care
With school bells ringing for the start of the 2017-18 school year next week and the week thereafter, commuters will have to adjust to the prospect of schoolchildren and school buses returning to our streets. All of us who drive…
Another Alcohol-Related Tragedy
Perhaps it is because we have children who are teenagers, but the news Monday morning of the death of a 16-year-old girl on the Merrimack River in a jet-ski accident in which alcohol allegedly was involved hit us particularly hard.…
Obituaries 08-16-2017
Gertrude ‘Gertie’ Green Of Everett Gertrude “Gertie” (Hamor) Green of Everett died on August 10. She was the beloved wife of the late James E. Green; loving mother of Holly Garrity and her husband, Gary, Susan Marchant and her husband,…
National Night Out
National Night Out offered the opportunity for residents to meet Police serving the community,pictured are Nicole LaPenna, Officer Mike Russell, Officer James Mason, and Anita Scannell. Hundreds turned out for the annual National Night Out on Tuesday, Aug. 1 –…
Cornelio Appointed as City Clerk:Former Common Councilor Follows Precedent of Past Elected Officials in Being Named City Clerk
By Joseph Domelowicz Jr. One-time Common Councilor Sergio Cornelio, who has served for the past two years as assistant city clerk to the recently retired City Clerk Michael Matarazzo, was unanimously appointed to be the city’s fulltime city clerk last…