Cheryl Landry and Leonard Jordan have joined the Common Council. Landry is a registered nurse and lives in Ward 1. Jordan, a lifelong resident and auxiliary policeman and lives in Ward 3. Both Landry and Jordan bring to the council…
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The Everett Farmer’s Market
Everett has a wonderful Farmer’s Market from week to week during the warm months of the year. It is held in Everett Square from 3-7 every Wednesday and will continue until the end of October. We urge our readers to…
Big Time Prospect : Everett Football Star Jakarrie Washington is Attracting Attention from Top College Programs
When Everett High football fans last saw Jakarrie Washington, he was putting a spectacular stutter step – now known as The Move – on a Lincoln-Sudbury defender at the 10-yard line on his way to an electrifying 63-yard touchdown and…
Obituaries 08-29-2012
Carmine D’Andrea Retired Flooring Contractor Carmine J. D’Andrea, a long time resident of Everett, died unexpectedly on August 26 at the Whidden Memorial Hospital in Everett. He was 80 years old. A retired flooring contractor, he was born in Boston,…
Everett Rec Annual Fenway Field Trip
On Saturday, August 18th, the Recreation Center enjoyed their yearly field trip to Fenway Park in Boston to take part in the Futures at Fenway festivities.
Schools Open : Tuesday, August 28th Opening Day for Everett Public Schools
Public Schools Superintendent Frederick F. Foresteire announced that Everett Public Schools will open for the 2012-2013 school year on Tuesday, August 28th for all students in Grades One through Eight, as well as all Grade Nine students attending Everett High…
Vacant Seats Filled at Common Council Meeting
In a surprise underdog taking of the Ward One seat, Cheryl Landry defeated former Councilor Peter Napolitano to become a councilor in Ward One by an 11-3 final vote. The vacant seat in Ward Three was filled by Leonard Jordan…
The Time is Now: Everett’s Capital Improvement Plan
With outlined improvements for Glendale Park finalized, residents have been waiting for an official appropriation of costs for the project. At this week’s Everett Common Council meeting, Councilors voted unanimously to use $7,015,767 towards capital projects, with $2,100,000 specified for…
The Opening of School
About 6500 children are about to re-enter the world of Everett’s Public Schools. They come into a well-managed well-oiled school system with a real line of command and set beliefs about performance that is expected not only from teachers and…
The Newly Refurbished Stadium
With its new sign and front gates, polished bronze plaques honoring Everett’s World War II war dead, benches and landscaping, a new artificial turf field and new stands, Everett Veterans Memorial Stadium is a place to be proud of. The…