After your lawn gets its last cut before winter, it will be time to put away spring and summer outdoor power equipment, like lawn mowers, leaf blowers, and trimmers. What’s next? Snow throwers, generators and other small engine equipment need…
Opioid-Related Overdose Death Rate Up 1 Percent in the First Nine Months of 2021
Opioid-related overdose deaths in Massachusetts rose slightly in the first nine months of 2021 compared to the same time last year, according to preliminary data released today by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH). In the first nine months…
Gaming Commission Releases October 2021 GGR
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission reported today that the month of October 2021 at Plainridge Park Casino (PPC), MGM Springfield and Encore Boston Harbor generated approximately $96 million in Gross Gaming Revenue (GGR). PPC, a category 2 slots facility, is…
Progressives? No — They Are Regressives
There are a lot of reasons why the Democrats and President Joe Biden have plummeted in the polls and then absorbed a huge defeat across the country in the recent election. As often is the case in politics, the party…
Guest Op-Ed: The Haiti Kidnapped Missionaries, Consider the Costs of Such Trips
By Glenn Mollette The missionaries consisting of sixteen Americans and one Canadian kidnapped by the Haitian “400 Mawozo” gang October 16, is extremely scary. The gang has threatened to kill the humanitarian Christians if a million dollar per person ransom…
Letters to the Editor
A Job Well Done To our Everett Community, On behalf of the Election Commission, we want to thank everyone who participated in this election season – the candidates, their supporters, and of course, you the voters. You came out and…
Obituaries 11-17-2021
Emily Louise Mugford She Will Be Missed by All Who Loved Her Emily Louise Mugford, 93, entered eternal rest on Wednesday morning, November 10 at her home in Medford, surrounded by her loving care takers. She was 93 years of…
Making the Save
Everett High Loses to Methuen, 25-22, in First-Round Playoff Game
The Everett High football team ran into a fired-up Methuen team playing in front of its large hometown crowd and fell to the Rangers, 25-22, in a Division 1 first-round game Friday night at Nicholson Stadium. Methuen (7-2) scored the…
Three-Alarm Fire
City Council Approves Reprecincting Plan That Increases Precincts to 18
There was a lot to digest at the special meeting of the City Council held on November 3 when Assistant City Clerk Peter Napolitano outlined the proposed precinct changes that will go into effect next year. The major news is…
EHS Band Headed to Hawaii for 80th Pearl Harbor Remembrance
It’s off to Hawaii for 65 students and nine staff of the Everett High School Band who will take part in the 80th anniversary remembrance service at Pearl Harbor. This piece of good news was not apparent at the start…