Paul Schlossberg has been elected Chairman of the Charter Review Commission. The Commission met on Monday night to elect officers and establish procedural rules for the meetings. Robert Sanson was elected vice-chairman and Alfred Lattanzi was elected Secretary. The Commission…
School Committee requests CORI checks for all members
The Everett School Committee has made a formal request for all of its members to submit a CORI report – a Criminal Offender Record Information – which lists any and all incidences members would have had with the court system.…
Large number of absentee ballots Results in SS investigation request
Everett had more absentee ballots tallied in the last election than in any of the neighboring . As a result, the School Committee has asked the Secretary of State’s office to investigate Everett’s absentee ballot situation. According to voting records…
Absentee ballots
The city of Everett has a problem with absentee ballots. There are presently 800 absentee ballots on the books here and before the last election, they were all sent out. Something like 610 came back – the largest number percentage…
Christmas time for those in the armed forces
Here are four names of residents: Richard Costanza, Anthony Cruciotti, Martin Johnson and Francis Kenney. They all have something in common — on active service in the military. The present war in both Afghanistan and Iraq is dominating the national…
Obituaries 11-19-09
Anthony Russo Sr. Retired Everett School Administrator and Educator Anthony P. Russo Sr. of Winchester, formerly of Everett, died at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston on November 15. He was 83 years old. Born in Natick and a longtime…
Arrest Report 11-19-09
Monday, November 9 Silvia Patino, 50, 341 Broadway, Cambridge, was arrested for being a disorderly person. Gerardo Portillo, 19, 36 Highland Ave., Everett, was arrested on warrants. Edda Serrano, 41, 1 Evergreen Ave., Somerville, was arrested for domestic assault and…
Crimson Tide soccer team drops tourney opener, 6-4
The Everett High boys soccer team took on St. John’s Prep in a preliminary round game in the MIAA Division 1 North soccer tournament, but the Crimson Tide came out on the short end of a 6-4 decision in a…
Everett rolls to 38-6 win over Somerville
The Everett High School football team continued its sheer dominance over Greater Boston League rivals with a 38-6 victory over Somerville High Friday night. Sophomore quarterback Jonathan DiBiaso threw three touchdown passes while Matt Cafarella and Jakarrie Washington each had…
Tax rate up – But not the average real estate tax bill
While the tax rate for both commercial and residential properties increased for this year, the amount that the average taxpayer would pay could be less than last year. This paradox is what the councilors and aldermen heard at the special…
Marchese questions pre-school costs; draws huge crowd
Hundreds of angry parents of Everett children in the pre-school program descended upon city hall Monday night to listen to Auditor Larry DeCoste detail the cost of pre-school at the request of Alderman Mike Marchese. The crowd packed the city…
Aldermen’s pre-school hoopla way off base
We want to point out for the ill-advised in this city that pre-school in the public schools is not a mandate. Rather, it is a necessity. Questioning pre-school expenses is the prerogative of the Board of Aldermen, although such matters…