Everett Residential Parking Sticker Program Mayor Carlo DeMaria is pleased to announce the official start date for the 2022 Residential Parking Sticker Program. Effective Monday, January 3rd, vehicle owners must submit an online application in order to obtain their parking…
Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Reconciliation Report Released
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts today released a report from KPMG, LLP summarizing the findings of a reconciliation project that examined the finances of the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Trust Fund. The Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development commissioned KPMG to…
Local Charter Public School “Levels Up” Its Academic Program
Jorleny, a second year student at the Phoenix Charter Academy Chelsea, approaches the stage for the third time this evening as a crowd of her peers and teachers cheer her on. She’s already received two certificates for completing Humanities I…
If COVID-19 Has a Brain, It’s Much Smarter Than Us
We don’t pretend to be experts in biology — and maybe we’ve been watching too many science fiction movies these days — but the ability of the COVID-19 virus to mutate (or shape-shift, in the lingo of sci-fi fans) in…
On the Bright Side….
The lengthening of the daylight hours is imperceptible at first. The least amount of daylight occurred on December 22, clocking in at nine hours, seven minutes. But by the end of this week, January 8, we’ll have nine hours and…
Guest Op-Ed: Develop a Plan for 2022
By Glenn Mollette Proverbs 29.18 “Where there is no vision the people perish. “Everyone needs a strategy. You may be 25 or 85 years in age. Who cares? Probably the only one who cares about your age is you. Your…
EHS Roundup
GBL Halts All Sports for a Week The Greater Boston League has ceased all interscholastic sports activities, including practices, for this week (January 3-7) because of the high prevalence of the COVID-19 virus in the GBL schools and communities. The…
Longevity Pay for Mayor Discussed by City Council
The issue of longevity pay for Mayor Carlo DeMaria came up again at the City Council meeting on Monday night in a resolution by Ward 1 Councilor Fred Capone. At the council’s December 13 meeting, this motion, which called upon…
Annual Haitian Flag-Raising Ceremony
Class of 2021 Will Be Known for Extreme Pandemic Perseverance
2021 Year in Review
The old expression, “The more things change, the more they remain the same,” certainly seemed to sum up the year 2021 in Everett. The news at the beginning of the year was that COVID was devastating the Everett community with…
Yes, Let’s Ring Out the Old and Ring in the New
We often quote a verse from Alfred Lord Tennyson’s “Ring Out Wild Bells” when we write our annual New Year’s editorial. But after reading the poem in its entirety, we are printing the whole thing, because it sums up —…