It is fairly incomprehensible that extended discussions have been taking place about replacing the worn and worthless and frankly unsafe bleachers at the Everett Recreation Center. Last week, City Services Operations Manager Peter Pietrantonio gave the Board of Aldermen an…
Easter and Passover
Everett, Easter and Passover are one this weekend. While nearly everything about our lives has changed over the decades, Easter remains what it was and what it might always be, perhaps the most significant Christian holiday which marks the resurrection…
Eleanor Honey Kennedy
Everett has lost one of its finest ladies with the death recently of Eleanor Kennedy. One of ten children who was born here of Irish immigrant parents, Mrs. Kennedy came to know this place and to love it. Her passing…
EHS Baseball Team Opens Season Tuesday
The Everett High baseball team will open its 2012 season Tuesday when the Crimson Tide travel to No. Shore Tech for a non league contest. Although Coach Joe Marchese’s squad lost a number of key players to graduation who played…
Police Briefs 04-04-2012
March 28 Kristi Angelli, 32, 5 Timothy Ave., Everett, was arrested for prostitution. Yves Calice, 41, 190 Springvale Ave., Everett, was arrested for malicious destruction of property over $250. March 29 Christopher Baez, 22, 1307 Edward Grant Hwy., Bronx NY,…
Obituaries 04-04-2012
John Gayhart East Boston Resident John J. Gayhart of East Boston died on March 25. He was 55 years old. He was the loving son of Marie (Falanga) Gayhart of East Boston and the late James Gayhart and is survived…
Everett Explosion Girls Basketball Team Awarded for Undefeated Season
At the Board of Aldermen meeting Monday night at Everett City Hall, the Peter J. McCarren Memorial Chamber was filled with Everett team spirit. The Everett Explosion girls basketball team celebrated its first undefeated season with a trophy from Mayor…
English School Students Raise Funds for the Make-a-wish Foundation
The Madeline English School Student Government recently held a fundraiser for the Make-A-Wish Foundation®, which enriches the lives of children with life-threatening medical conditions through its wish-granting work. English School eighth graders Alexis Ripley, Nicole Pesce and Aryana Charles, in…
Words of Remembrance in Commemoration of the Life of Eleanor “Honey” Kennedy
Honey Kennedy, a well known and highly respected member of this community died recently. She was the wife of the late State Representative John Kennedy and quite a lady in her own right. We are pleased to print the eulogy…
The Ethanol Issue Reveals Strong Ties
The issue over Ethanol deliveries by rail to Revere coming through Everett and Chelsea has caused our three cities to come together to oppose it. Meetings in all three places strongly opposing such a scenario have brought out hundreds of…
Police Briefs 03-28-2012
March 19 Robert Gil, 27, 5 Shute St., Everett, was arrested for misleading police officers, (2 counts); Larceny of property of $250 or less, (2 counts). Gregg Snyder, 25, 9 Valley St., Everett, was arrested for aggravated assault and battery.…
Obituaries 03-28-2012
Olga Johnson Nurse Olga C. (Dandaneau) Johnson of Medford, formerly of Everett, died on March 18 at the Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She was 69 years old. Born in Lynn on December 14, 1942, the daughter of the late Fabian and…