EHS Roundup Weather permitting, EHS softball, baseball teams ready for openers Just when we thought that Mother Nature’s mild spring this year was a make-up call for last years’s horrible winter that wiped out most of the first two weeks of the…
Author: Independent Staff
Obituaries 04-06-2016
James ‘Junior’ Arinella Of Everett James “Junior” Arinella of Everett, formerly of East Boston, passed away April 2. The beloved husband of the late Eleanor (Burke) Arinella, he was the cherished son of the late James and Ann (Ferrara) Arinella;…
Stations of the Cross
The Immaculate Conception Church put on its second annual performance of The Stations of The Cross that spills into the streets of Everett on Good Friday, March 25. Here, Jesus (Enrique Portillo) carries the cross outside the church on the…
Everything for Ella
Ella O’Donnell and her best friend Lily Rocco, at the ‘Everything for Ella’ fundraiser on Friday night, March 25. Ella is the daughter of Everett Police Officer Dennis O’Donnell and is fighting a brain tumor that was recently discovered. Hundreds…
Everett’s Harbor Hero:Judge Mazzone Remembered Fondly as Harbor Cleanup Ends
By Seth Daniel When the late Judge David Mazzone was a young man growing up down the Line in the 1930s, it wasn’t uncommon for he and his friends to swim in the Mystic River on a hot summer day.…
Ragucci Would be Interested in Serving his Hometown Once Again
By Seth Daniel Former Mayor David Ragucci, now the Stoneham Town Manager, did not have his contract renewed last week by that Town’s Board of Selectman, and this week he said he would be interested to hear how he might…
Council Discusses Readiness for Wynn, Population Growth
By Katy Rogers The Everett City Council Public Safety Committee met with Chief Steve Mazzie and Patrolman Jeff McCabe, president of the Patrolmen’s Union, on Thursday evening, March 24, in the Council Chambers for an in-depth discussion regarding police staffing…
Residents Warm Up to Wynn Boston Harbor Name
By Seth Daniel It seems the troubled waters have smoothed for the Wynn Boston Harbor naming controversy, which erupted in Everett shortly after Steve Wynn announced the name of the casino would be ‘Wynn Boston Harbor’ two weeks ago. As…
Council Briefs
By Joseph Domelowicz Jr. Council authorizes letter to school building authority The City Council voted unanimously Monday night to support the Everett Schools’ request to submit a Statement of Interest letter to the Massachusetts School Building Authority, for an addition…
The Final Report
For more than 25 years the federal courts have been monitoring the cleanup and quality of Boston Harbor as submitted by the Massachusetts Water Resource Authority. The final report as ordered by the courts was submitted March 18. Those of…