If the legislature finishes the expanded gambling bill and sends it on to the governor for his signature – and if the governor signs it – Suffolk Downs is ready to jump into the future with a resort style gaming…
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Closure sought on project – DeMaria wants Island End River project completed
Special to the Independent Mayor Carlo DeMaria Jr. is still going to pursue fixing the sewer line along the Island End River, despite the Board of Aldermen rejecting authorization to bond $10 million dollars. The administration, after taking the reins…
Movie Making in Everett
On the Everett-Chelsea line at PoBoy’s sub shop on Third Street an independent film was being shot Wednesday afternoon. “Remnant” is the title of the film which traces the story of a woman searching for the shooter in her husband’s…
Everett High alum hopes children’s parties will be ‘Tickled Pink’
Pollyanna Soares, a resident of Everett since 2001 and Class of 2002 graduate of Everett High School, has started a children’s party entertainment business, Tickled Pink Children’s Party Entertainment. Soares is a Class of 2006 graduate of Gordon College where…
Licensing Board takes heat over liquor license hearing
The City of Everett License Commission printed a legal notice in the Herald Leader News and Gazette last week about a new license about to be granted at 13 School Street for a place to be known as Backpackers Pub.…
Trial starts for Everett murder victim
The trial of the East Boston man accused of killing a 27-year-old Everett man inside King Arthur’s Lounge in Chelsea began last week and jurors visited the crime scene Monday. Jesse Camacho, 23, of East Boston, who went by the…
If the oil spill was here
New Englanders, and especially Bostonians, tend to believe that our way of life, our traditions, our geography, our coastline and natural beauty and the changing of the seasons combine to make living one’s life in this area better and more…
Grant applied for to replace Air Force Road
Community Development Director Marzie Galazka needed some help to apply for a $1,000,000 grant for roadwork on Air Force Road. And she got the full support of the Board of Aldermen on Monday night without a question. Galazka appeared before…
Everett ban on tobacco sales in drugstores delayed
This week would have marked the beginning of a new era for cigarette sales in this city. The Everett Board of Health voted to ban the sale of cigarettes in drugstores in Everett May 24. That decision was to have…
David Rodrigues fills Ward Three seat
The Everett Common Council voted unanimously Monday night to have David Rodrigues fill the Ward Three seat vacated by longtime Councilor Sal DiDomenico who resigned last month after being elected the new State Senator. Rodrigues a 2004 Suffolk University graduate…