The Everett School Committee has voted to require all of its elected members to submit CORI reports in January – a move intended to keep school committee members’ criminal histories public and transparent. Those refusing to submit a CORI will be reported to the public by the school committee every 30 days. In addition,...
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And speaking of football…
Everett is a football city and football city is experiencing a downward, tugging feeling that the New England Patriots are in trouble. Are they in trouble or can they pull it out? Can they win another Superbowl? Will they even get there? How far will they go?
The Crimson Tide
When you’ve made it to the mountaintop, it is not the end of the world if you are tossed from it or fall off. The preference, of course, is that one remains atop the mountain, with no one else able to throw you from it. Everett’s loss to Xaverian in last weekend’s state title...
Thanksgiving 2009
This time last year, the national economy was preparing for collapse. The economy’s beginning of the end, or as Churchill once said, the end of the beginning, came into full force in and around Thanksgiving 2008. Yet we all sat down with our families and friends last year for a hearty Thanksgiving dinner. One...
Absentee ballots
The city of Everett has a problem with absentee ballots. There are presently 800 absentee ballots on the books here and before the last election, they were all sent out. Something like 610 came back – the largest number percentage wise of absentee ballots in any city in this part of the region. Is...
Christmas time for those in the armed forces
Here are four names of residents: Richard Costanza, Anthony Cruciotti, Martin Johnson and Francis Kenney. They all have something in common — on active service in the military. The present war in both Afghanistan and Iraq is dominating the national news. Should we be there or not is a question that is being hotly...
Aldermen’s pre-school hoopla way off base
We want to point out for the ill-advised in this city that pre-school in the public schools is not a mandate. Rather, it is a necessity. Questioning pre-school expenses is the prerogative of the Board of Aldermen, although such matters are under the purview of the school committee but the meeting on Monday night...
Charter Review
In the coming year, charter review is going to become the great defining issues for the charter review committee, for city leaders, and ultimately for everyone living in this city who feels vested in its future. Has the time has come to streamline Everett city government? How can it be made to be more...
Get out and vote; make the right choices
Next Tuesday is Election Day, an opportunity for the voters of this city to choose what the direction the city will take for the next two years. There are important votes to be made Tuesday – and the bulk of them concern the School Committee race. If you are an Everett family with children...
Boys and Girls Club filling the need
Statistics show that school age children are more likely to get into trouble between the hours of 3 to 6 p.m. The reason is obvious: the lack of supervision. In today’s family, a two family income is essential. Everett like many other communities needs as many alternatives to keep children supervised. The local Boys...