On the front page of today’s newspaper is the story that Wynn Resort officials have reached an agreement with several of the surrounding communities. The fact that this is now done, shows that Wynn Resorts is now dotting their I’s…
Category: Editorials
Thank You Senator DiDomenico
In last week’s newspaper, Mayor Carlo DeMaria announced that the City will receive $3.75 million from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to repair Beacham Street. The repair of this street with new sewers and drainage for runoff water from rain and…
A Special Easter
This week and especially on Sunday, many churches will be overflowing as parishioners go to church to celebrate Easter. Easter is always a magical time for children. As a family, we always held off hiding the Easter candy around the…
So, This Is Spring?
Although the calendar told us that spring officially arrived last Thursday, Mother Nature, as usual, has decided on her own time frame for when she will allow spring to be sprung. As we are writing this editorial at the beginning of the week, the weatherman…
Spring Cleaning Time
Clean up, clean up, Everybody everywhere Clean, clean up, Everybody do your share. For our readers with children, the above phrases will be recognized as coming from a song by Barney, the Purple Dinosaur. But they are as apropos as anything else we can think of…
They’re Not Making Land Anymore
Benjamin Franklin once advised a friend to buy as much land as possible, “since they are not making any more of it. “ This adage seems especially true in Everett. Like all urban cities, Everett is constrained for open space…
Snow and Cold: A Tough Winter, but We’re up for It
When we were younger, we never truly understood what our grandmother meant when she would say, “It’s been a long, hard winter.” In a child’s world, a big snowstorm means no school, which would leave us free to go sledding,…
Thank You, Sen. Didomenico
Everett residents’ must use the Mystic River for their water path to Boston Harbor and the Mystic Lakes. However, if you do not have a sturdy boat, then maybe you do not want to venture onto the river. When one…
He Had a Dream: Remembering Dr. Martin Luther King
Despite the countless number of times that we have heard Dr. Martin Luther King’s speeches on TV news shows and specials over the past 50 years (okay, we’re revealing how old we are), we never fail to feel a chill…
Wynn and Walsh Need to Be Reasonable about Casino Mitigation Package
There are new twists and turns almost on a daily basis concerning the casino proposals at Wynn Resorts in Everett and Mohegan Sun in Revere. Two new developments we have been following are: • Boston is still considered a surrounding…