Special to the Independent To commemorate 2022 Black History Month within the City of Everett, our focus will be on increasing the positive health outcomes of our Black residents. In celebratory, interactive, and safe ways we will partner with local…
Looking at Upcoming Events at EPS
Special to the Independent Everett Public Schools is hosting several events throughout the month of February for Black History Month. Black History Month Celebration Building on the tremendous success of its inaugural efforts in 2021, the Everett Public Schools (EPS)…
Building a Winning Culture: Ryan McGowan Is Making His Mark at Pioneer Charter School of Science
Ryan McGowan had been a successful assistant coach for several seasons before becoming the boys basketball head coach at the Pioneer Charter School of Science of Everett in 2017. Now in his fifth season, McGowan and his team are riding…
News Briefs
Cambridge Health Alliance Wins Awards Cambridge Health Alliance (CHA), a community health system serving Cambridge, Somerville and Boston’s metro-north communities, has received three awards from Massachusetts Health Quality Partners (MHQP) for being one of the top practices in Massachusetts for…
Caritas Communities Goes Solar in Everett
Non-profit housing provider Caritas Communities, has partnered with locally-based Sunwealth, a clean energy investment firm, to install solar arrays on two Everett properties housing low-income individuals. Together, these two installations will produce 1,346,598 kWh of clean energy of their lifetime…
The Everett ISD Lends a Helping Others
On Monday, The City of Everett received a call from a disabled resident who had hired individuals to come shovel her home, but after paying was still unable to make it down her handicap ramp in her wheelchair in case…
Teacher Shortage Was Inevitable
An article in the Wall St. Journal this week highlighted yet another area of a labor shortage in the country that has been fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic: “Burned out teachers are leaving the classroom for jobs in the private…
Pres. Biden’s Supreme Court Pick
There has been criticism from the usual suspects regarding President Joe Biden’s declared intention to choose a Black woman for the U.S. Supreme Court seat to fill that of Justice Stephen Breyer, who announced his imminent retirement last week. We’d…
Guest Op-Ed: America’s Crumbling Bridges, Can We Save Ourselves?
Dr. Glenn Mollette The Forbes Avenue bridge over Fern Hollow Creek in Pittsburgh’s Frick Park collapsed last Friday morning, January 28th with several vehicles, including a Port Authority bus, on the span at the time. The bridge that collapsed is known…
EHS Roundup
EHS Girls Track Runs Past Somerville The Everett High girls indoor track and field team swept to a 52-26 victory over Somerville last week. “The girls came out ready to compete and we had great performances,” said EHS head coach…
Obituaries 02-02-2022
Wilfred Roy French March 13, 1929 – January 17, 2022 In loving memory of Wilfred Roy French, 92, a longtime resident of Revere. A graduate of Revere High School Class of 1947, he passed quietly at Massachusetts General Hospital after…