Rise to This Challenge An Open Letter to All Service Providers to the People of the City of Everett, We are writing to all of you on behalf of the people of the City of Everett: You are the providers…
Category: Editorials
The COVID-19 Epidemic: A Wake-up Call for the U.S. Healthcare System
In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, Americans forever were forced to change the manner in which we traveled. The strikes on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon made clear that the screening system we…
Letters to the Editor
A State Shutdown May Be Needed Dear Editor: On Monday, I signed the online petition #ShutDownMass in the face of coronavirus after four days of spending countless hours talking with health care professionals, the City administration and senior citizens. Hearing…
Guest Op-ed: An Important Message from the Chief of the Everett Fire Department Regarding Covid-19 (Coronavirus)
As the Everett Fire Department continues to monitor the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic that we are facing as a nation, we want to assure our community that the Everett Fire Department will continue to respond to any and all emergency calls.…
Guest Op-ed: We Need to Take Care of Each Other
By Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley As a people, community, and as a nation we are being forced into a stance of social distancing to ward off a potential health disaster. Even as we embrace a methodology of physical isolation, we…
Our Underprepared Healthcare System
The coronavirus pandemic that is sweeping across the world has highlighted how ill-prepared the U.S. healthcare system has become for dealing with a national health emergency of this potential magnitude. The U.S. has lagged far behind other nations in terms…
Guest Op-ed: Springtime, Encore, and the Waterfront
By Mayor Carlo DeMaria With daylight savings upon us, Spring is certainly in the air. The Connolly Center and the Health and Wellness Centers are filled with residents looking escape cabin fever. The sun has been shining and the temperature…
Letters to the Editor
Exactly What the Business District Needs Dear Editor, I am pleased to have supported the 600 project from the beginning. This $28 Million project is exactly what the business district needs to spur new growth and revitalization. It will be…
March Is Weather Purgatory
With the promise of winter coming to an end and spring just around the corner, we have high hopes for March. The crocuses start to pop through the ground and the sun is noticeably stronger and warmer. There also is a…
Guest Op-ed: Pleasing People?
By Dr. Glenn Mollette Bernie Sanders, Joe Biden, Donald Trump and all the presidential candidates want to please enough of the American people to win. When it comes time for Americans to vote, a candidate wants to please the majority…