By Joe McCormack If you’re like most of us, you overindulged a bit too much in 2019. No, not on calories (well, maybe those too!), but on “noise.” That’s the name for the dizzying onslaught of information from work emails,…
Category: Editorials
Happy Holidays
This is a wonderful time of the year, to paraphrase the song, with holiday music playing in the malls and on our car radios, resurrecting our earliest childhood memories — even for the younger set — of Christmases-past. We choose…
Enjoy the Holidays — Safely
Christmas this year is part of what for many people will be an extra-long weekend, which means that for many of us, we will be indulging in the “Christmas spirit” early and often. By no means do we wish to…
Guest Op-Ed: Christmas Is Still Special
By Dr. Glenn Mollette Make a mental decision that Christmas is going to be great. Our world exists in the space between our ears known as our brains. We can dread or hate something or just decide it’s going to…
Remember Those Who Are Less Fortunate This Holiday Season
“It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.” — Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. With Christmas just two weeks away, most of us will be rushing about — either to the stores and malls…
Guest Op-Ed: A Just Society Doesn’t Criminalize Girls
By Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) and Dr. Monique W. Morris, Ed.D. Too frequently, educational justice is denied for girls – especially for girls of color. Schools should be the safest place for our children and yet, for many girls of color,…
Guest Op-Ed: Everett Taxes Are Dropping
By Mayor Carlo DeMaria I recently announced that the City of Everett has been ranked second only to Chelsea as having the lowest single family residential tax bill in the Greater Boston region, according to a fiscal 2019 property tax…
Happy Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving is a uniquely American holiday, tracing its roots back almost 400 years to the Pilgrims, long before there was even a thought of a United States of America. Thanksgiving is the ultimate family-centered holiday. It has no religious meaning,…
Enjoy the Holiday Safely
We would be remiss if we did not remind our readers to enjoy the holiday weekend, but to do so safely. And specifically, we really mean only one thing: Do not drink & drive, nor allow friends & family members…
Letters to the Editor
Open Letter to the Members of the Everett School Committee Dear Editor, We, the members of the Everett Education Coalition, are writing in regards to the search for the next superintendent of Everett Public Schools. In recognition of the 350…