The Everett City Council Committee on Legislative Affairs and Elections held a workshop meeting on Monday night, April 30, at Everett City Hall, with the goal of tackling the Council’s rules for updating and discussing a Council Code of Conduct…
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Simonelli Apologizes after Backlash for Facebook Post
City Councilor Stephen Simonelli faced a packed Council chamber on Monday night, April 9, as his apology for an inflammatory Facebook post was read by his Council interpreter. Following his prepared apology, the embattled Ward 2 Councilor listened as several…
Council Hears of $700k Project to Start Vocational School at EHS
The Everett City Council convened in a special meeting prior to its regularly scheduled Council meeting on Monday night, to get a first look at a plan to create a state approved Chapter 74 Vocational program within Everett High School.…
City Council Approves $600k Assessing Transfer
The Everett City Council voted to go into Executive Session Monday night, just a few minutes after opening its meeting to “discuss strategy with respect to potential litigation… and…the value of real property…:TIF agreement.” Joining the Councilors in their strategy…
Cataldo Ambulance Answers Council Questions
Cataldo Ambulance Principal owner Dennis Cataldo appeared before the Everett City Council on Monday night to clarify the company’s procedures for determining where to transport patients when they respond to calls in Everett, in the hopes of dispelling misinformation in…
Everett Submits for High School Expansion Consideration
The Everett School Committee voted unanimously Monday night to once again submit a Statement of Interest to the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA) in an effort to get state assistance to expand Everett High School. According to Assistant Supt. Kevin…
Schools’ Request Another $500K, Council Forwards to Ways and Means
A new request from the School Department to add another $500,000 from the City’s General Stabilization Fund to the School Department budget was forwarded to the Council’s Committee on Ways and Means with no fanfare and no real discussion Monday…
Cataldo Ambulance Owner Answers Council Questions
Cataldo Ambulance Principal owner Dennis Cataldo appeared before the Everett City Council on Monday night to clarify the company’s procedures for determining where to transport patients when they respond to calls in Everett, in the hopes of dispelling misinformation in…
School Looks Ahead to Fiscal ’19 Budget:Obremski Pledges ‘More Communication” with City During Budget Prep
Just a few weeks removed from one of the more contentious budget emergencies in recent memory, the School Committee voted Monday night to start the clock on their budget preparation for the coming school year and fiscal year 2019, by…
Mayoral Task Force Will Look at City Finances as Well
Now that the dust has settled and the City Council has supported Mayor Carlo DeMaria’s request to provide another $5 million in funding for the School Department, it is time to take a step back and look at what happened…