What looked like a billion dollar bonanza in the form of expanded gaming has turned into a billion dollar banana peel- and everyone’s slipping on it this week. State leaders from the governor to House reps are embroiled with infighting this week after a long weekend of compromise and, subsequently, catastrophe. Gov. Deval Patrick...
Special to the Indepenent State Senator Sal DiDomenico and State Representative Stephen Smith announced that the Massachusetts Legislature voted overwhelmingly on Saturday to adopt a set of economic development programs aimed at revitalizing twenty-four of the Commonwealth’s older industrial cities through tax incentives and urban investment commitments, including the City of Everett. Saturday’s adoption...
Forgive us our obsession with the New England weather and its nuances. However, we are endlessly fascinated by the weather. Watching the weather and measuring its heartbeat is almost as interesting as being inside the chambers of the State House watching an expanded gambling bill die a horrible death on Beacon Hill. The summer...
Monday, July 26 Enoc Luna, 28, 18 Hazel Park, Everett, was arrested for assault and battery, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Patrick McLaughlin, III, 26, 6 Montrose St., Everett, was arrested on a warrant. James Regan, 22, Commorant Way, Everett, was arrested for assault with a dangerous weapon, threat to commit a...
Stephanie Logan-Severino Died as result of an automobile accident Stephanie B. Logan-Severino of Melrose, formerly of Malden, died at the Melrose Wakefield Hospital as a result of injuries received in an automobile accident on August 1. She was 26 years old. Born in Boston and a longtime Melrose resident, she was an administrative assistant,...