April 2 Paul Ruggiero, 64, 62 Ashton St., Everett, was arrested for operating under the influence of liquor and failure to stop. Bryan Sharkey, 24, 27 Springdale St., Malden, was arrested for operating under the influence of liquor, failure to stop and failure to keep left when passing. April 3 Carl Fulton, 51, 176...
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Sports 04-11-2012
EHS Roundup Softball team wins opener, Poste at 199 The Everett High softball team, fresh off a recent long weekend of spring training at Disney World in Florida, opened its 2012 season with an exciting 14-13 win at Swampscott Monday. The contest was a classic cat-and-mouse affair, with the Lady Crimson Tide grabbing a lead...
Obituaries 04-11-2012
Stephen Mandracchia Everett Resident Stephen C. Mandracchia of Everett died on April 8. He was the beloved husband of Judith (Boudreau); loving father of Stephen A. Mandracchia and his wife, Alessandra of Revere and Lori Mancaniello and her husband, Bruno of Malden; beloved son of the late Onofrio and Mary Mandracchia. He is also...
O’Donnell Has Never Forgotten the City He Comes From
Add this small bit to the plethora of wonderful things written about Everett’s Joe O’Donnell – and know this – he had nothing whatsoever to do with a word of this being written. It simply isn’t his style. Joe O’Donnell, who grew-up in Everett when this city was a far different place than it...
Ethanol: Explosive Topic
At the Everett Common Council Meeting Monday night the daunting ethanol issue was reintroduced. Global Oil Company wants to bring 1,800,000 gallons of ethanol, twice a week through the city of Everett and the neighboring communities of Chelsea, Revere and East Boston. Everett’s Fire Chief David Butler attended the meeting to answer questions posed...
Health Department, Energize Everett Get High Honors from U.S. Surgeon General
Mayor Carlo DeMaria Jr., Roberto Santamaria, Director of Public Health, Jackie Coogan, Executive Director of the Joint Committee for Children’s Healthcare in Everett and the team from Energize Everett were honored last month with a Golden Shoe Award at WalkBoston’s Annual Meeting for their efforts to get Everett healthy. The Energize Everett program was...
Everett Man Gets Seven Years for Stabbing
The Everett man that pulled a knife and stabbed a Chelsea resident who refused his request for spare change will serve up to seven years in state prison. Assistant Suffolk County District Attorney Nick Walsh recommended that Manuel Arzola, 43, of Everett serve six to eight years for his conviction on a count of...
Chelsea Man Indicted on Murder Charge
A Chelsea man has been indicted on a charge of murder in connection with the Jan. 3 fatal stabbing of Jessica Cormier, 20, of Everett. Clarence Earl Berry, 60, of Chelsea, was indicted by a Middlesex County grand jury on a change of murder in the first degree. He will be arraigned in Middlesex...
New Bleachers at Rec Center a Necessity
It is fairly incomprehensible that extended discussions have been taking place about replacing the worn and worthless and frankly unsafe bleachers at the Everett Recreation Center. Last week, City Services Operations Manager Peter Pietrantonio gave the Board of Aldermen an update as to the cost of replacing the unsafe bleacher seating at the popular...
Easter and Passover
Everett, Easter and Passover are one this weekend. While nearly everything about our lives has changed over the decades, Easter remains what it was and what it might always be, perhaps the most significant Christian holiday which marks the resurrection of Jesus. It marks more than that. Easter and the Jewish holiday of Passover...
Eleanor Honey Kennedy
Everett has lost one of its finest ladies with the death recently of Eleanor Kennedy. One of ten children who was born here of Irish immigrant parents, Mrs. Kennedy came to know this place and to love it. Her passing removes from the Everett landscape a woman who believed Everett was the best place...
EHS Baseball Team Opens Season Tuesday
The Everett High baseball team will open its 2012 season Tuesday when the Crimson Tide travel to No. Shore Tech for a non league contest. Although Coach Joe Marchese’s squad lost a number of key players to graduation who played a pivotal role in leading the Crimson Tide to a sterling 17-3 record in...
Police Briefs 04-04-2012
March 28 Kristi Angelli, 32, 5 Timothy Ave., Everett, was arrested for prostitution. Yves Calice, 41, 190 Springvale Ave., Everett, was arrested for malicious destruction of property over $250. March 29 Christopher Baez, 22, 1307 Edward Grant Hwy., Bronx NY, waas arrested for possession Class w/intent to distribute, possession with intent to distribute near...
Obituaries 04-04-2012
John Gayhart East Boston Resident John J. Gayhart of East Boston died on March 25. He was 55 years old. He was the loving son of Marie (Falanga) Gayhart of East Boston and the late James Gayhart and is survived by his siblings, Mary Cicalese of Everett, Michael Gayhart of East Boston, Carol Ann...
Everett Explosion Girls Basketball Team Awarded for Undefeated Season
At the Board of Aldermen meeting Monday night at Everett City Hall, the Peter J. McCarren Memorial Chamber was filled with Everett team spirit. The Everett Explosion girls basketball team celebrated its first undefeated season with a trophy from Mayor Carlo DeMaria Jr. The traveling team is comprised of members Sidney Hennessey, Mekhila Rosa,...
English School Students Raise Funds for the Make-a-wish Foundation
The Madeline English School Student Government recently held a fundraiser for the Make-A-Wish Foundation®, which enriches the lives of children with life-threatening medical conditions through its wish-granting work. English School eighth graders Alexis Ripley, Nicole Pesce and Aryana Charles, in conjunction with the Student Government, sold MCAS Survival Kits for $1 to students in...
Words of Remembrance in Commemoration of the Life of Eleanor “Honey” Kennedy
Honey Kennedy, a well known and highly respected member of this community died recently. She was the wife of the late State Representative John Kennedy and quite a lady in her own right. We are pleased to print the eulogy delivered at her funeral on March 12 by her Daughter Maureen at the Immaculate...
The Ethanol Issue Reveals Strong Ties
The issue over Ethanol deliveries by rail to Revere coming through Everett and Chelsea has caused our three cities to come together to oppose it. Meetings in all three places strongly opposing such a scenario have brought out hundreds of residents who are concerned as well as vocal leaders decrying the planned deliveries to...
Police Briefs 03-28-2012
March 19 Robert Gil, 27, 5 Shute St., Everett, was arrested for misleading police officers, (2 counts); Larceny of property of $250 or less, (2 counts). Gregg Snyder, 25, 9 Valley St., Everett, was arrested for aggravated assault and battery. March 20 Christine Raymond, 46, 72 Hancock St., Everett, was arrested on a warrant....
Obituaries 03-28-2012
Olga Johnson Nurse Olga C. (Dandaneau) Johnson of Medford, formerly of Everett, died on March 18 at the Lawrence Memorial Hospital. She was 69 years old. Born in Lynn on December 14, 1942, the daughter of the late Fabian and Verda (Husson) Dandaneau, Mrs. Johnson worked as a nurse caring for patients at a...
Sports 03-28-2012
EHS softball team headed to Disney World The 2012 Everett High softball team may not have won the Super Bowl, but they are going to Disney World. Coach Stacy Poste and her charges are departing tomorrow (Thursday) and returning Monday for some spring training that will include scrimmages against teams from Virginia and Wisconsin at...
Stunning Photograph
Please take a moment to enjoy this stunning photograph of the industrial Everett skyline taken by the noted Everett photographer Elias Polcheira.
Janitors Exonerated of Wrongdoing Student Safety Never Compromised
Two custodians accused of assaulting a student at the Keverian School last month have been given a clean bill by law enforcement authorities following an exhaustive investigation by Everett Police and investigators in the office of Middlesex District Attorney Gerard Leone. The investigation by the DA’s office has been officially closed without any findings...
Gas is More Expensive, and Dangerous for Residents
When the sky is black and the air is brisk, the distant sound of a train rolling through town can be heard. But what’s hidden in the rail road cars, passing through the residential city of Everett? At last night’s Everett Common Council meeting, members discussed exactly that. Global Oil proposed to begin transporting...