Theresa O’Brien Her Memory and Values Will Live on in All the Lives She Touched On Saturday, January 29, Theresa ‘Terri’ (Freelove) O’Brien, loving mother, aunt and grandmother “(Mimi”) passed away peacefully at the age of 69, beside her cherished…
Author: Independent Staff
Having Fun In the Snow
The blizzard last weekend dumped more than 22 inches onto local streets and sidewalks. For the children, Everett was tuned into a winter playground with sledding, snowball fights and just having fun. For the adults, the snow was an added…
TND Paves the Way for Memorial Bricks for St. Therese Pocket Park
Special to the Independent The Neighborhood Developers (TND) and the Everett Historical Commission are excited to offer the community of Everett a unique opportunity to be part of the St. Therese construction project one brick at a time. The pocket…
Everett Celebrates Black History Month
Special to the Independent To commemorate 2022 Black History Month within the City of Everett, our focus will be on increasing the positive health outcomes of our Black residents. In celebratory, interactive, and safe ways we will partner with local…
Looking at Upcoming Events at EPS
Special to the Independent Everett Public Schools is hosting several events throughout the month of February for Black History Month. Black History Month Celebration Building on the tremendous success of its inaugural efforts in 2021, the Everett Public Schools (EPS)…
News Briefs
Cambridge Health Alliance Wins Awards Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), a community health system serving Cambridge, Somerville and Boston’s metro-north communities, has received three awards from Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (MHQP) for being one of the top practices in Massachusetts for…
Caritas Communities Goes Solar in Everett
Non-profit housing provider Caritas Communities, has partnered with locally-based Sunwealth, a clean energy investment firm, to install solar arrays on two Everett properties housing low-income individuals. Together, these two installations will produce 1,346,598 kWh of clean energy of their lifetime…
The Everett ISD Lends a Helping Others
On Monday, The City of Everett received a call from a disabled resident who had hired individuals to come shovel her home, but after paying was still unable to make it down her handicap ramp in her wheelchair in case…
Teacher Shortage Was Inevitable
An article in the Wall St. Journal this week highlighted yet another area of a labor shortage in the country that has been fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic: “Burned out teachers are leaving the classroom for jobs in the private…
Pres. Biden’s Supreme Court Pick
There has been criticism from the usual suspects regarding President Joe Biden’s declared intention to choose a Black woman for the U.S. Supreme Court seat to fill that of Justice Stephen Breyer, who announced his imminent retirement last week. We’d…