We don’t pretend to be experts in biology — and maybe we’ve been watching too many science fiction movies these days — but the ability of the COVID-19 virus to mutate (or shape-shift, in the lingo of sci-fi fans) in…
Author: Independent Staff
On the Bright Side….
The lengthening of the daylight hours is imperceptible at first. The least amount of daylight occurred on December 22, clocking in at nine hours, seven minutes. But by the end of this week, January 8, we’ll have nine hours and…
Guest Op-Ed: Develop a Plan for 2022
By Glenn Mollette Proverbs 29.18 “Where there is no vision the people perish. “Everyone needs a strategy. You may be 25 or 85 years in age. Who cares? Probably the only one who cares about your age is you. Your…
EHS Roundup
GBL Halts All Sports for a Week The Greater Boston League has ceased all interscholastic sports activities, including practices, for this week (January 3-7) because of the high prevalence of the COVID-19 virus in the GBL schools and communities. The…
Annual Haitian Flag-Raising Ceremony
Class of 2021 Will Be Known for Extreme Pandemic Perseverance
2021 Year in Review
The old expression, “The more things change, the more they remain the same,” certainly seemed to sum up the year 2021 in Everett. The news at the beginning of the year was that COVID was devastating the Everett community with…
Yes, Let’s Ring Out the Old and Ring in the New
We often quote a verse from Alfred Lord Tennyson’s “Ring Out Wild Bells” when we write our annual New Year’s editorial. But after reading the poem in its entirety, we are printing the whole thing, because it sums up —…
Sports Roundup
Boys Basketball Wins Opener in Hoop Tourney The Everett High boys basketball team won its fourth game in a row to improve to 4-1 on the season with a 54-50 victory over Belmont in the Slade’s Bar and Grill Holiday…
Obituaries 12-29-2021
Marianna Buccieri July 29, 1931 – December 23, 2021 Marianna (Cardello) Buccieri of Revere, born in Mineo, Sicily on July 29, 1931 to the late Giovanni and Giuseppa Cardello, died December 23, 2021. Marianna’s family immigrated through Ellis Island, New…