As students get ready to come back to school in Everett and Revere for a new school year in the coming weeks, administrators in both districts are nervously pacing over next year due to a change in the way low-income…
Month: August 2015
July Revenues at Plainridge Bode Well for Wynn’s Future
State officials unveiled that Plainridge Park Casino took in $18.155 million in gross gaming revenues in July and is on par to eclipse $200 million in its first full year – a number that the Wynn casino could potentially dwarf…
Police Briefs 08-19-2015
Man arrested with stolen car and firearm A Medford man was arrested two weeks ago with a stolen motor vehicle and a stolen firearm, by Everett Police. Ryan McMasters, age 32 of Medford was charged with Receiving a Stolen Motor…
Letter to the Editor
Investing in the future To the Editor: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) newly announced Clean Power Plan is, in the words of Administrator Gina McCarthy, “an investment in a better future for all of our children.” With a promise…
Patriots Provide a Great Night for Crimson Tide Pop Warner
Crimson Tide Pop Warner ‘D’ team head coach Rick Pulsifer, players, and assistant coaches were big fans of the New England Patriots – the reigning Super Bowl champions – even before their youth football exhibition game at halftime of…
Obituaries 08-19-2015
Rita Zervos Retired Licensed Practical Nurse Rita J. (Meleones) Zervos, a lifelong resident of Everett, entered into rest on August 13 in the Melrose Wakefield Hospital. She was 84 years old. Born in Everett, she was a Licensed Practical Nurse…
National Night Out
Everett Patrolman Rizza demonstrates that K-9 Jugo is able to detect hidden drugs or weapons by scent during the annual National Night Out Festivities in Everett last Tuesday, Aug. 4. Hundreds attended the annual event, which is a long-standing nationwide effort to…
New Flooding Concerns Lead to the ‘Raising Up’ of Wynn Casino
After Hurricane Sandy destroyed the coast of New Jersey and wreaked havoc on New York City a few years ago, coastal development has never been the same. Before, 100-year flood plains were the standard for most developments to avoid costly…
Pasquariella Talks about Lifesaving Medical Device
As Everett’s Robert Pasquariella lay in a hospital bed through September of 2009 in an induced coma, there wasn’t much hope for him. Even his family had become resigned to the worst. Nothing short of a miracle was going to…
Wynn Everett Proposes to Revive Mystic River Bike/Footbridge
Consultants for the Wynn Everett project revealed in detail last week that they will contribute $250,000 towards working to build a bicycle and pedestrian bridge across the Mystic River – hopefully one day connecting the new Assembly Row Orange Line…