The Everett Board of Aldermen elected longtime member Mike Marchese as its president. It is a good choice. Mike Marchese is perhaps the best known political name in Everett and for many, many years. One thing is for sure, Marchese…
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Common Council President
Sergio Cornelio It is especially pleasing to note the election of Sergio Cornelio by his colleagues to be the president of the Everett Common Council. The vote was unanimous – as in all the other votes for the leadership positions…
Chairman Robert Carreiro
The Everett School Committee has elected Robert Carreiro to be chairman. This, too, is a good choice. Carreiro knows of what he speaks. He’s had a long period of service as a school committeeman and he was a teacher in…
About Your Resolutions
Most of us have already managed to break the resolutions we made on New Year’s Eve. If that is the case, you have to make sure you do some damage control and try to keep to half of what you…
Out with the Old, in with the New
Another year of our lives is coming to a close. The year is ending not with a bang, but rather, with a whimper, as TS Eliot might have written of it. It was the best of years. It was the…
Christmas 2010
Christmas 2010 will go down in history as a great holiday celebration. Peace on earth. Good will to men. It is, indeed, all about that. If there was no Internet, evening news, radio talk shows or morning newspapers, and if…
Meeting the challenge
Unbeknownst to most Everett residents, the Everett Police Department’s “Swat Team” or “Special Unit” is a small, well trained, swift response, special operations unit capable of responding to acts of terrorism, hostage taking situations or events that have the capacity…
Aldermen say no
We believe it is disappointing that the Board of Alderman failed to endorse the Common Council’s motion giving the city’s commercial and residential property owners a badly needed break. By failing to approve the transfer of $4 million of city…
Carlo DeMaria’s Everett
Mayor Carlo DeMaria has performed a bit of magic during his terms in office. The contentiousness at city hall that was so much a part of the city’s political persona in years past appears to have vanished. Perhaps this is…
Showing the good work of Everett Students
For many years, the Everett School Committee has believed that publicizing the good work of its students and teachers raises the bar and creates the type of esprit de corps that must exist in large and complex public institutions. There…