Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria gave the order to close city hall on Sunday evening, following the state’s lead and telling so-called, “non-essential government workers,” to stay home from the storm. However, there was plenty of work to keep city public safety and emergency workers busy on Monday and into Tuesday. According to Fire Chief...
The City of Everett announced this week that the Everett Police will be joining with Middlesex County Sheriff Peter Koutoujian’s Office to offer local residents an opportunity to take advantage of a new technology that can help keep loved ones with cognitive conditions safe. The service, SafetyNet by LoJack, will give Everett Police and...
The City of Everett will hold its annual Veterans Day Service on Sunday, November 11th at 10:00AM at the Connolly Center on Chelsea Street. All residents are invited to attend and join the City and the Everett veterans community in honoring our esteemed veterans. Coffee and donuts will be served prior to the service,...
Every life has a story and, oftentimes, in every story there are usually one or more heroes. For many hospice patients of Hallmark Health Visiting Nurse Association and Hospice, the heroine at the end of their lives is Gina Serino, RN. In her role as hospice nurse, Gina not only helps patients create their...
The pundits have proclaimed that the upcoming Presidential election presents the starkest contrast between the candidates of the major parties in generations. And for once, we agree with the pundits. The gaping chasm separating Democratic President Barack Obama and his Republican challenger Mitt Romney on virtually every issue facing our nation, and their vision...
The choice between Democratic challenger Elizabeth Warren and Republican incumbent Scott Brown also is dramatic. Warren supports the tax and economic policies of Pres. Obama and the Democrats, while Brown favors Romney’s tax and defense spending plans (see above). On the social issues, Warren is pro-choice and pro-gay marriage. Although Brown says he too,...
There are three ballot questions for Massachusetts voter to decide. We urge all voters to read the questions ahead of time, either on-line on the Massachusetts Secretary of State’s office or in the pamphlets that went out to every voter from the Secretary of State. In addition, there are opinions offered on each question...
Hurricane Sandy may have gotten on all of the attention over the past weekend, but the Everett Crimson Tide did its best impersonation of a natural disaster last Friday night, piling up 35 unanswered points in the Tides’ win over Medford in just the first half,m then cruised through the second half for an...
Nancy Dersofi Bryn Mawr Professor Nancy Dersofi of New York City died on October 27. She was 76 years old. Nancy was a Professor of Italian Literature and Comparative Literature for 34 years at Bryn Mawr College and was an opera lover, world traveler, and a lifelong scholar. She was the beloved daughter of...
Bunker Hill Community College Student Erick Soto, an Everett resident, was a keynote speaker at the Chelsea campus’s annual Hispanic Heritage Month celebration last Thursday afternoon. Soto is a veteran of the Army and a recipient of the National Service Medal. Officials at the college felt it was not only important to highlight Hispanic heritage...