On Jan. 16, members of the Zonta Club of Chelsea gathered at The Hilton Garden Inn in East Boston to celebrate the 2019 District 1 Amelia Earhart’s Fellowship Award dinner. Together with our sister clubs of Malden and Medford we…
Author: Independent Staff
Gov. Charlie Baker And the Great State Of Our State
From the moment that Governor Charlie Baker strode into the House Chamber last Tuesday to deliver his State of the Commonwealth address, it was evident why Gov. Baker, despite being a Republican in a heavily-Democratic state, has rated as the…
Guest Op-Ed: Mayor DeMaria Clarifies Fire Chief Appointment Process
By Mayor Carlo DeMaria On Monday, January 27, at the Everett City Council meeting, Craig Hardy, President of the Local 143, objected to the process by which the successful candidate, Chief Anthony Carli, was promoted to Permanent Fire Chief of…
Guest Op-Ed: Preparing for Shocking Death
By Dr. Glenn Mollette The world was shocked January 26, 2020 by the sudden death of Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven others. A helicopter that spiraled through a California sky and crashed took the life of one of…
Guest Op-Ed: Reject the Sanctuary State Bill (Hb 3573/Sb1401)
By John Thompson and Steve Kropper The State Legislature’s Committee on Public Safety and Homeland Security holds hearings on a “safe communities” bill (H 3573/S1401) that would forbid or severely restrict cooperation by law enforcement in this state with ICE,…
DiDomenico’s Healthy Youth Act Passes
The Massachusetts Senate recently passed Sen. Sal DiDomenico’s bill, An Act relative to healthy youth (S.2459). This bill will ensure that Massachusetts schools electing to provide their students with sex education use age-appropriate and medically accurate curriculum that covers a…
EHS Sports Roundup
EHS Girls Basketball Seeking Elusive 10th After coming up short in its lone contest last week at Haverhill, the Everett High girls basketball team was seeking to punch their ticket for a Journey to the Tourney when the Lady Crimson…
Obituaries 01-29-2020
Anthony Flammia Retired Everett Police Department Lieutenant Anthony J. Flammia, Retired Everett Police Department Lieutenant, of Hampstead, NH, formerly of Everett, entered into eternal rest on Friday, Jan. 24 in the High Point Hospice House in Haverhill. He was 73 years…