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School Committeewoman Millie Cardello voted in favor of Priya Tahiliani (photo left) to be the new superinten-dent of schools during a Special Meeting on Dec. 19. Looking on were School Committee-elect members Cynthia Sarnie and Samantha Lambert. The choice came one year after former Supt. Fred Foresteire resigned amidst conflict about his conduct. Tahiliani received a unanimous vote of the seven members that showed up, but still will need to successfully negotiate a contract.
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Mayor Carlo DeMaria took part in an interview in front of the School Street bus stop, which was decorated with festive holiday flowers on Wednesday, Dec. 18, as part of the Flower Bomb project. It is the second Flower Bomb at Everett bus stops, and it is used to help pro-mote the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) initiatives that the City is promoting with other transpor-tation experts. The Flower Bomb will remain up for a few weeks. See page 12 for story.
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Carmella Marchant, Jim Marchant, and Fred Cafasso cele-brated the holidays with Senator Sal DiDomenico during the senator’s annual Winter Fundraiser at Oliveira’s Restau-rant on Broadway. The time was held on Dec. 18, just prior to the holiday break. See Page 5 for more photos.
By Laura Plummer
On Thursday, Dec. 19, the School Committee held a vote to select a new su-perintendent of the Ever-ett Public Schools (EPS), choosing candidate Priya Tahiliani in a unanimous vote on the first round of voting.
Tahiliani required only a simple majority to clinch the nomination, but end-ed up as the candidate of choice for all School Com-mittee members present. Members claimed not to have discussed their pref-erences with each other beforehand, making their decision all the more sur-prising.
“I am incredibly honored and humbled to have been
invited into the Everett community,” Tahiliani told Independent following her win. “I plan to return that warm welcome by fully embracing this opportunity to serve the students, staff, families, and community members of this wonderful city.”
Chair Tom Abruzzese said he was surprised by the first-round, unanimous vote, and had been prepared for a battle lasting as long as midnight. All his prepa-rations for a long, drawn-out affair were unnecessary in the end.
“A case could be made for all four,” he said. “That’s why I was surprised it was a unanimous vote. Going into it, I was supporting Priya in my mind, and that went
back to the Search Commit-tee. I probably interviewed her in October. She was in the back of my mind and came to visit Everett, blew everyone away here. Mar-cony (Barros) and Frank (Parker) went to visit her at Boston Public Schools, and when they went to Madison Park (High School), peo-ple still missed her and that was seven years removed. That’s the kind of person we’re talking about… I’m staking my reputation on this. I think I’m a pretty good judge of people and I couldn’t be more happy with the selection.”
School Committeeman Frank Parker said it will be a chance for the district to
Tahiliani says lawsuit will help strengthen her going into Everett
By Seth Daniel
New Supt. Priya Tahil-iani had found herself on the pages of the newspapers long before being spotlight-ed for landing the job as the new Everett superinten-dent – a job that hasn’t been open for 30 years or more.
In fact, last year, she and another woman filed a law-suit against Boston Public Schools (BPS) – her for-mer employer- for a lack of equity in pay. It was a high-profile suit and it is still outstanding, but it is a suit her attorney at the time said was a “brave” step for-ward due to the fact that she sued her employer over a potentially touchy situation.
The suit indicates that several members the admin-istration in BPS, who were men, made more money that Tahiliani for the same, or lesser, work. The suit indicated that the issue had been brought up in writing and orally several times since 2017, but her attorney said they decided to file suit as a last resort.
While many might con-sider having an ongoing lawsuit against one’s em-ployer as a negative for a job candidate, some on the School Committee have said it likely could be a plus considering the envi-
Tahiliani chosen as new EPS superintendent in unanimous vote
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By Seth Daniel
A unanimous vote most of the time signals that ev-eryone is on board with the decision.
That might be the case with the School Committee in their 7-0 vote on Thurs-day, Dec. 19, for Priya Ta-hiliani, but it doesn’t mean that the rest of the com-munity is board. After the decision, and even before-hand, there was a great deal of dissatisfaction with the choice.
Before the vote, many – including Mayor Car-lo DeMaria and School Committeeman Lester Ma-cLaughlin – disparaged the process as it didn’t contain any internal, Everett candi-dates.
After Thursday’s choice, many took to social media or other platforms to say they wouldn’t support the new superintendent, with others saying the school system had “been given away to a graduate student,” alluding to the fact that Ta-hiliani is still working to complete her doctorate in education – though she is a licensed superintendent.
“To the naysayers, good
luck,” said School Commit-tee Chair Tom Abruzzese. “Believe me, I’m com-pletely at peace with this whole process right now. Priya Tahiliani will prove all the naysayers wrong. I’ll stake my reputation on that. I think I’m a pretty good judge of people and I couldn’t be more happy with the selection. Priya has tremendous energy, a lot of experience, and going back to the public meeting at the Parlin Library, most every-body said they wanted a for-mer teacher. At our meeting on Dec. 14, when she talk-ed to us, it was a teacher talking to us. I think that’s vital. I think the superinten-dent and administrators still are teachers and should not be so distant from teaching. She came across that way to me, and obviously I wasn’t alone.”
School Committeeman Frank Parker said Tahiliani was a great choice, and people should try to get on board and support her. He said comments that she is a “grad student” just aren’t correct.
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By Seth Daniel
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And despite going really big and all out, it is also the first time they have worked in a real winter environ-ment.
“This has been first and foremost on the minds of many of us from Las Vegas going back several years,” said Patrick Chadwick, di-rector of horticulture and floral at Encore. “We’ve never done this before in this environment…We wondered how it would look. The whole standard we uphold with our pro-gram in Las Vegas isn’t what you would have in a
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By Seth Daniel
Immediately following the vote for superintendent on Thursday night, a con-frontation between Everett Teacher’s Union President Kim Auger and School Committeeman Frank Parker unfolded for every-one to see.
It got pretty heated, but according to both, it was not about the choice made by the Committee. Some had thought Auger pre-ferred candidate Paul Toner – a former statewide teach-er’s union leader – and that
was the source of the con-flict.
Not so, said Auger.And she said the con-
flict has happened multiple times and might need to be taken to the next level.
“It was not about Priya at all,” she said. “I can work with her and am excited to do so. This is the second time (Parker) has tried to publicly harass and intimi-date me. He confronted me and started swearing at me. I’m going to decide what I’ll do soon.”
Parker denied the allega-tions against him, and said
he’s going to move forward.“The allegations are not
true,” he said.Auger said Parker has
confronted her one time at a political time earlier this fall, and now after Thurs-day’s meeting. She said on Thursday, they were trying to figure out who an un-identified man was at the meeting who was taking pictures. Parker had appar-ently talked to the man as well, and Auger said many in the audience thought he was from the Everett Edu-cation Coalition (EEC).
It turns out he was a WBUR Radio reporter there to cover the selection.
After the meeting, Auger said Parker yelled at her for looking into the matter, and for saying he was working with the EEC.
Parker, again, said all the allegations were not true.
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By Seth Daniel
It was at the end of first grade, and thought new Supt. Priya Tahiliani had been born in Memphis, she didn’t speak much English.
Her parents spoke Sin-di – a dialect of Hindi that is closely related to Punja-bi – at home, and because of the fading health of her grandfather, she was go-ing back and forth to India frequently. Her parents had immigrated to Memphis, where she was born, but their roots there were not yet firm.
And with all that going on, by the end of her first grade year, Tahiliani was nearly held back. Educators in Memphis weren’t sure if she had cognitive prob-lems, but felt it would be a good idea for her to repeat a grade.
“ESL wasn’t really something they had yet, so you were kind of put into a classroom with everyone else,” she said. “We spoke Hindi and Sindi predomi-nantly at home. At school, I really had to learn En-glish, including not only the social English but the academic English – which is very difficult. My grand-father was ill and we were going to India a lot. Any English I learned, I would quickly forget in India, and then I would come back to Memphis. That brought us to the end of first grade and I still wasn’t speaking En-glish well.”
When educators there told her parents they want-ed her to repeat first grade, that’s when everything changed, she said.
Her parents freaked out and agreed to begin speak-ing English at home exclu-sively. They spoke English, as did Tahiliani’s sisters, and so even though English wasn’t their first language, it became the language of the home.
“I was pretty much mute for three or four months,” she laughed. “I didn’t un-derstand anyone at school
or at home. Fast forward, I learned English pretty quickly and got to the sec-ond grade. Because of those language issues, flipping back and forth, it hurt my reading comprehension…That has given me a unique perspective on English Learners. It made me not only want to support them, but also to go back and get my license to work directly with them.”
Her experience forti-fies a resume that none of the other candidates could provide, and it is especial-ly crucial now and in the coming years as English Learner (EL) students are growing in the district. In 2020, the Everett Schools has made a concerted effort in the budget to address EL students and to make sure teachers are certified.
Last spring, Keverian School Principal Alexan-der Naumann said 66 per-cent of the students at the school don’t speak English at home. At Everett High, Principal Erick Naumann has said there are probably 1,000 current or former EL students in the population. It’s the case all over the district, and the District’s EL Director, Anne Auger, said one third of the entire school district will be EL students in two years.
Having someone who can understand their expe-rience might be beneficial.
Tahiliani, who was in the Boston Public Schools Office of English Learn-ers, said there are a lot of different tactics they have been using – and some of those have actually ended up helping native speakers at the same time.
“A lot of the good prac-tices we used for English Learners, such as being explicit about how to use language and the functions of nouns and verbs, has also helped our native speakers become better writers too,” she said. “We started using that instruction not just in literacy, but also science and math. The same tech-niques do transfer.”
Another major advan-tage, she said, is she has been in charge of engaging and reaching out to parents of EL students in Boston. Many are recent immi-grants, she said, so they can be a hard population to connect with about school issues. That said, she in-dicated that not all parents simply don’t have the time. Some don’t know they can be active participants in their child’s education. She said that is likely the case in Everett, too, and she wants to make sure everyone has a voice.
“That is definitely a pop-ulation where engagement is tough,” she said. “It is sometimes because they are working multiple jobs, but there are some – like my parents – who have the time but it isn’t in the cul-ture to get involved in the educational system. It is important to let them know they have a voice and to be advising us about their students and what they see going on…When you’re an immigrant family, that’s not necessarily something you know to do or that you’ve seen around you.”
Tahiliani Knows Friday Night Lights
Growing up in Memphis, Supt. Priya Tahiliani was well aware of the most ex-citing place to be on Friday nights.
Given the strong empha-sis on high school football in that Tennessee city, it was at the football stadium.
Like Everett, Friday Night Lights was a major part of the culture where Tahiliani grew up and she said she has missed that in her 19 years in Boston – where Friday football cul-ture isn’t so strong.
“Everett does usually win and I’m excited to be a part of that,” she said. “That’s something we had where I grew up and I’ve missed that in my 19 years working for Boston Public Schools.”
New superintendent understands learning English as a second language
Rift between Auger and Parker not related to superintendent
doesn’t have a doctorate, and Charlie Obremski doesn’t have a doctorate,” he said. “Dr. Easy has a doctorate, but it’s in phi-losophy with a minor in educational leadership. Ms. Tahiliani in her current role as assistant superinten-dent…went into a hostile environment and yet three years later when you talk to her colleagues they say she has done a great job…She can do the same in Ev-erett if people are willing to cooperate…She is part of a lawsuit challenging in-equality of pay and at the same time we’ve had three MCAD complaints against us for harassment. Maybe if we had the courage that Priya had three years ago, we wouldn’t be in this situ-ation today.”
Councilor Michael Mc-Laughlin said he would support the decision, but is disappointed with it.
“I have watched the pro-cess from afar and have been very disappointed throughout the process,” he said. “Although I thank the 15 volunteers who served on the Search Committee, I absolutely believe it was a mistake to disqualify any individual currently work-ing in the school system based on the past in which they were not directly in-volved in. These individ-uals that were considered insiders of Everett are indi-viduals that have dedicat-ed their whole entire lives to the City of Everett and having a positive impact on countless amounts of children’s lives including mine throughout the Ever-ett public school system. After decades of positive employment they were not qualified to at least have an interview in my eyes is shortsighted leadership for our community.”
He said, though, he will support Tahiliani in her new role.
“We as a community
should come together now and support Ms. Tahiliani; it’s a fact that if she is suc-cessful as the new leader of the school system the stu-dents will be the benefit of this transition.”
Mayor Carlo DeMaria, who had been an outspo-ken critic of the process to choose a new superinten-dent, posted on Facebook last week his support of the new choice. He also thanked Interim Supt. Jan-ice Gauthier for her work in stepping up over the past year.
“It is with great plea-sure and honor to welcome Priya Tahiliani as the new Superintendent of Everett Public Schools,” he wrote. “I look forward to working closely with her as we con-tinue to grow and develop a strong school system for our community.”
Jessica Gold Boots of the Everett Educational Coalition (EEC) said she felt those looking to dis-credit Tahiliani before she arrives are misguided.
“I think that would be very misguided because I think all three candidates were vetted by more than 350 hours of work by the Search Committee,” she said. “They wouldn’t have been put forward if not qualified. If people are saying they won’t support her, I am very disappoint-ed. This isn’t about looking back, but moving forward and giving Ms. Tahiliani a chance. It’s time to move on, especially since before this, Everett was led for 30 years by an alleged sex of-fender.”
She said it isn’t a job for life, and she hopes the School Committee will do their due diligence and make sure Tahiliani lives up to expectations.
There were rumors that the Everett Teacher’s As-sociation (ETA) was dis-appointed with the choice, but President Kim Auger
said that wasn’t the case. She said they support the choice and will work with Supt. Tahiliani.
For her part, Tahiliani said she won’t fight against the sentiment, but work to gain trust. She said she has been in the situation before at Boston Public Schools where others didn’t agree with her being chosen. Likewise, she said she has also found herself on the other side of the argument, where she didn’t agree with a choice made by others.
“Basically, I don’t want to dismiss that,” she said. “It’s a valid feeling for those folks that were not considered and those that folks that supported them…I’m coming in and trying to communicate with them and build rela-tionships and trust…Un-fortunately, I’m not here to question the decision of the School Committee, especially with everything everyone has been through. I thought they made an im-portant decision and I’m here to try to work with those who may be unhappy with that decision.
“My hope is these peo-ple will stay and want to be part of this new thing, even if it wasn’t exactly what they expected it would be,” she continued.
Abruzzese said the de-cision is put in context, as one year ago this week, the former superintendent resigned amidst a flurry of accusations – leaving the School Committee to put the pieces together for the past 12 months.
“People are going to have concerns,” he said. “Even with this selection, there are naysayers criticiz-ing our selection. All I can say is a lot has happened in a year and I think we’re ending 2019 on a high note, and on a much better note than the end of 2018.”
ronment the new super-intendent is coming into. With the former superin-tendent embroiled in crim-inal charges, and many in the district with divid-ed loyalties, it will take a fair amount of bravery to lead Everett into the 2020 school year.
Tahiliani said she can’t speak to the specifics of the case – which call for equi-table pay and back pay for the potential lack of equity – but can speak to her rea-soning for filing it.
“It is no secret pay ineq-uity is a thing,” she said. “If I’m not willing to take ac-tion and stand up for what I feel is right, who will? It’s a significant thing to chal-lenge. It’s so much easier to go with the status quo. Unfortunately, there are times you need to challenge structures to create change. I don’t think I could do that when I see that 50 per-cent of the girls in Everett Public Schools or Boston Public Schools will be en-tering into a workforce, and I want them to feel they’re valued as much as anyone else.”
Tahiliani said the suit
does seek to right a wrong that was done to her spe-cifically, but she affirmed the decision to file the suit came for the benefit of ev-eryone coming up behind her – including men.
“Sometimes I think men get a bad rap on this be-cause many want to see these things change as well,” she said. “There are structures put in place that need to be pushed on…You have to make an active decision to bring that chal-lenge. I’m not doing it for myself or just for women, but men who want to see the change too. Everyone should be allowed to go to work and feel valued as much as the person next to them.”
That experience will likely play strongly into her favor as she potential-ly begins to lead the Ever-ett district in the aftermath of a difficult year with the former superintendent re-signing among allegations of sexual harassment, and the process to choose the new superintendent being wrought with controversy from those within the dis-trict and City government.
“That may be one of the few areas where it may be helpful not to be from Everett,” she said. “There could be a level of distrust if I was. Part of my mis-sion is to build trust and relationships going in…It’s very intentional work to create a culture where peo-ple believe in that. It is a huge challenge, but I know how important it is to be a trustworthy person.”
She said she would be open to people who chal-lenge her system and her structures, something that she did in the lawsuit. Her job, she said, is to create a culture where those voices can be heard and responded to rather than shut down.
“Like with that lawsuit, my voice and everyone else’s voices are import-ant,” she said. “I would never question anyone for questioning the system. It’s good and it’s healthy. At the same time, I can still work in the system and be suc-cessful. There is a culture that is created with that, and I think I’m the right person to do that in Everett.”
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PHOTOS BY KATY ROGERS
Chair of the Search Commit-tee and of the School Com-mittee, Thomas Abruzzese, voted for Priya Tahiliani.
Frank Parker said he also supported Priya Tahiliani for superintendent.
Alan Panarese voted in favor of Priya Tahiliani.
Joseph LaMonica voted for Priya Tahiliani.
Marcony Almeida-Barros was the first to share his vote for Priya Tahiliani on Thursday night.
David Ela expressed his support for Priya Tahiliani in what would be his final vote as a member of the Committee.
Mystic Valley Elder Ser-vices (MVES) recently re-ceived a $2,500 grant from the East Boston Savings Bank Charitable Founda-tion for MVES’ Elder In-dependence Fund, a signif-icant resource that offers grants to low-income older adults or adults living with disabilities to pay for an urgently needed item or service that helps the indi-vidual remain independent.
“We are very grateful to the East Boston Savings Bank Charitable Founda-tion and its generous dona-tion to our Elder Indepen-dence Fund,” said Daniel O’Leary, Chief Executive Officer of Mystic Valley Elder Services. “This do-nation will be a tremen-dous help in maintaining the Fund and helping those older adults in need within our 11 communities.”
The Elder Independence
Fund is used as a last resort to provide community ser-vices, purchase essential home care services, and ad-dress situations of need for which there is no other gov-ernment program or char-itable resource. In order to maintain this vital resource and insure its continued ex-istence, and its ability to re-spond to the needs of local older adults and adults liv-ing with disabilities, Mystic Valley Elder Services seeks support from funders such as the East Boston Savings Bank Charitable Founda-tion.
The East Boston Sav-ings Bank Charitable Foun-dation was established in 1998 by East Boston Savings Bank to provide funding to support charita-ble causes and communi-ty development activities within the communities of East Boston Savings
Bank. Since its inception, the Foundation has distrib-uted more than $6 million in funding to support many deserving charitable causes and community develop-ment activities.
(Located in Malden, Mass., Mystic Valley El-der Services is a non-profit agency that provides essen-tial home- and communi-ty-based care and resources to older adults, adults liv-ing with disabilities, and caregivers who reside in Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Medford, Melrose, North Reading, Reading, Revere, Stoneham, Wakefield and Winthrop. Agency services include coordination of home care, transportation, Meals on Wheels, and in-formation, advice and refer-rals. For more information, please call (781) 324-7705 or visit www.mves.org.
Mystic Valley Elder Ser-vices (MVES) recently re-ceived a $25,000 grant from the Boston Foundation to support MVES’ unfunded and underfunded programs and services through the Founda-tion’s Open Door Grants pro-gram.
“This grant will support necessary services including transportation services, Meals on Wheels, and our men-tal health program that need funding in order to continue,” said Dan O’Leary, Chief Ex-ecutive Officer of Mystic Val-ley Elder Service. “We look forward to building upon our record of providing essential home and community based
services to older adults and adults living with disabilities in our 11 communities since 1975.”
“Mystic Valley Elder Ser-vices has a demonstrated re-cord of service to give elders and people with disabilities the opportunity to live inde-pendently,” said Paul S. Gro-gan, President and CEO of the Boston Foundation. “Without them, many of their clients would not be able to live and thrive in the communities they call home. We are pleased to be able to support their ongo-ing work with this grant.”
Open Door Grants are competitive, one-year grants designed for organizations
whose proposal is focused on Greater Boston and whose values align with those of the Boston Foundation. Grants are awarded biannually, and are selected by staff through an inclusive evaluation pro-cess. Funds for this grant come from the Boston Foun-dation’s Permanent Fund for Boston, Greater Boston’s only endowed fund focusing on the pressing needs of Greater Boston. The Permanent Fund has been made possible by more than a century of gifts from those who seek to sup-port innovative solutions to the region’s most pressing problems since 1915.
Pictured (L-R) John A. Carroll, Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, East Boston Savings Bank joins grant recipients Peg Crowe, Malden YWCA; Elizabeth Hart, Tailored for Success; Anna Tse, Malden YWCA; and Jenny Vanasse, Mystic Valley Elder Services.
East Boston Savings Bank Charitable Foundation awards grant to MVES get a fresh start after a try-
ing year.“It’s time to get on board
and time to move on,” he said. “Ms. Tahiliani has the full support of the entire School Committee, along with the Massachusetts As-sociation of School Com-mittees (MASC). We will do everything to see that she is successful.”
Kim Auger, president of the Everett Teacher’s As-sociation (ETA), said they have already reached out to begin working with Ta-hiliani.
“The ETA has already reached out to Ms. Tahil-iani and we certainly are in line with helping her take the best actions to ensure success for our students,” she said. “I think we were all surprised at the unani-mous vote, but we are all supportive of Priya and are ready to work with her.”
Jessica Gold Boots, a Malden teacher and Ever-ett resident who has been active in the Everett Edu-cation Coalition (EEC) this year, said she is excited to see Tahiliani picked.
“I personally, speaking only for myself, strong-ly felt Priya was the best candidate,” she said. “As a resident, I wrote a letter to the School Committee encouraging them to se-lect Priya. However, as an organization, the EEC did not endorse any of the can-didates because our mis-sion is to bring information to those that may not have been in the conversation in year’s past.”
Only seven of nine School Committee mem-bers showed up for the vote to choose the super-intendent – which is the most important function of the School Committee. Two outgoing members of the Committee, Lester Ma-cLaughlin, of Swampscott, and Bernie D’Onofrio, of Everett, did not attend the meeting on Thursday. Ma-cLaughlin had objected to the Search Committee and the process several times. After not getting support to re-start the process at a meeting on Monday’s meeting, he left even be-fore getting recognized with a plaque for his ser-vice. He did not return.
Abruzzese said D’On-ofrio had contacted him, noting that he had a very important meeting in Bos-ton for his day-job at Bank of America. He was unable to break from that meeting to be present, but Abruzz-ese said D’Onofrio was willing had his schedule
worked out.He did not hear from
MacLaughlin.“I did not hear from Les-
ter, and when he left the meeting Monday night, it was disappointing because after he left we paid tribute to him, but beyond that I can’t comment on it,” he said. “Amongst the duties and powers of the School Committee, hiring a super-intendent is the most im-portant thing.”
Tahiliani has worked as an administrator and educator for Boston Pub-lic Schools (BPS) for two decades, and is currently the Assistant Superinten-dent for its Office of En-glish Language Learners (ELLs). In addition to teaching certificates, she has a master’s degree from Harvard and is currently pursuing a doctorate de-gree in urban education leadership.
Earlier this year the School Committee teamed up with the Massachusetts Association of School Committees (MASC) in its search to replace Interim Supt. Janice Gauthier, who took over for former Supt. Fred Foresteire in 2018.
The Search Commit-tee consisted of School Committee members Tom Abruzzese, Marcony Bar-ros, David Ela and Frank Parker; Councilor Fred Capone; Police Chief Ste-ven Mazzie; Yrma Fiestas from the Everett Educa-tion Coalition; teacher and soccer coach Oswaldo Constanza; teacher Dev-on Abruzzese; football coach Theluxon Pierre; Teacher Union President Kim Augur; retired teach-er Richard Liston; EHS Art Director Amanda Gil; Commissioner of the Elec-tion Department Dorothy Martin Long; and Fernan-da Rocha, president of the Parents Advisory Council for Special Needs.
Following a series of interviews with 21 candi-dates, the Search Commit-tee had put forth a list of four finalists to the School Committee. Others includ-ed Thomas Flanagan, the Chief Academic Officer for the Providence Public Schools, and Paul Toner, the Senior Director of Pol-icy and Partnerships for Teach Plus. Todd Stewart, a Superintendent Fellow for the Worcester Public Schools, was originally on the short list, but removed himself from consideration at the last minute when he accepted another offer in Ashburnham.
The finalists were all well-qualified and had been rigorously scrutinized by the Search Committee, the School Committee, current EPS employees and mem-bers of the public at large prior to Thursday’s vote.
Pending a successful contract negotiation, Tahil-iani will take over for Supt. Janice Gauthier in July 1, 2020.
School Committee Attor-ney Bob Galvin has already been in contact with her to begin negotiations. It is hoped she can come to the district to visit and become more familiar with the school system prior to the start of her contract.
Seth Daniel contributed to this report.
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cold weather climate. We wanted to create something that would fit without relax-ing the standard we uphold. It wasn’t just a year in the making, but many years. We have never done this before.”
But they certainly learned quickly.
Chadwick said they have 26 holiday trees, 16 wreaths, 500 feet of garland and 5,000 six-inch poinset-tias providing the backdrop for the colossal display.
“We started planning during construction,” he said. “We build everything in house and started con-struction on our holiday display six months ago. We have already started building towards our 2020 display as there is no better time to do that than when everything is in place this year. This was the first year and the first time in the space so there are some things we’re tweaking as we go.”
The lobby in Everett, he said, is much different than in Las Vegas – with differ-ent tones due to the differ-ent seasons, as well as more lighting from outside. That led to a totally different de-sign.
The holiday trees are quite special, and while they are a typical artificial tree, they have been cus-tomized in a way only En-core could manage. Each branch of every tree has been affixed with lights, meaning that each of the 26 trees uses 16 strands of lights each.
“The ornaments are very interesting as well,” said Chadwick. “There are 25 different types and shapes of ornaments on each tree. That’s what makes them particularly special as well.”
The poinsettias line all of the holiday displays in the
lobby, and with more than 5,000 needed, Chadwick said he has already begun to order for next year’s dis-play. Each of the six-inch plants is live and irrigated in place, he said, and have been growing all year long.
That was only accom-plished though the work of a dedicated team, as the En-core only had a few months to practice in the new space after the June opening – but also to work in an environ-ment where it’s low light because of the early sunsets on the East Coast.
“I have a fantastic team that helped alleviate all my concerns along the way,” he said. “The team did well, some of whom are Everett residents.”
He said they used 15 flo-rists and 15 gardeners on staff.
Meanwhile, outside in the cold weather was a to-tally new experiment.
Coming from Mon-tana originally, Chadwick thought back to the winters there and some of the plants that work in a cold environ-ment.
This year, along with lighting up 67 trees out-side the resort, they did full
plantings all over the out-side areas.
Some things, like gold euonymus, really worked out, while the blue chip ju-niper is something they will improve upon next year.
“This is the first time and we’ll do tweaks,” he said. “We have our successes in some places and not oth-ers.”
Beyond that, they also have catered to some fam-ilies and conventions look-ing for the holiday spirit. Some have requested trees in their rooms, while others have asked for presents for children. All of it is some-thing Chadwick said they are happy to do.
“I really hope everyone in the communities come down and see it,” he said. “Take a walk through the lobby and along the Har-borWalk. Particularly, the whole program is very spe-cial when it’s snowing out-side.”
The holiday décor will remain up through the first week of January. At that time, they will change over to celebrate the Chinese New Year, a major attrac-tion at the resort.
Patrick Chadwick, director of horticulture and floral at En-core, said it has been a new experience for them to appoint the resort with holiday plantings and trees – as they are used to working in a desert environment. It has been, he said, an exciting time at Encore this season.
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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 just the right tree, decorate it carefully with our family-heirloom ornaments, and when we first turn on the lights, it brings a smile even to the oldest among us.
Despite the hectic rushing to and fro’, everybody it seems, is in a good mood. We endure the traffic, the long lines in stores, and more, because we know that what we are doing will bring joy and happiness to others.
For those of us with young children, we get to see Christmas through their eyes, giving us a second-chance to experience the wonder and joy that we felt when we were their age.
Although all of us celebrate the holiday season in our own way, the common thread is one of peace, joy, and happiness, regardless of religious or secular beliefs. Whether it be Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or a Sein-feldian Festivus, the spirit of the season imbues us with a sense of togetherness that transcends whatever negativity may exist both in our own lives and in the world around us.
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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 cast negative thoughts, but we would be remiss if we did not remind all of our readers to enjoy the holiday season safely. This especially means that we should be careful not to drink and drive, nor allow our friends or family members to do so.
If someone appears to be under the influence, it is in-cumbent upon all of us not to let that person get behind the wheel of a car. Call an Uber if you have to -- if it is within our ability to prevent a tragedy, we must take the appropriate action.
Each year East Boston Savings Bank hosts a Holiday Charity Auction. EBSB employees, family and friends donate items that are auctioned off to the highest bidder. The proceeds benefit several local charitable organizations. East Boston Savings Bank is a longtime partner of Bread of Life, having raised over $100,000 for programs to date. Shown here, John Carrol, East Boston Savings Bank Executive Vice President, Chief Operating Officer Gabriella Snyder Stelmack, Bread Of Life Executive Director, Richard Gavegnano, East Boston Savings Bank Chairman, President and CEO, Keith Armstrong, East Boston Savings Bank, Senior Vice President Administration.
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Newburyport Bank has promoted Mitch Marcus to Senior Vice President/Commercial Lending Team Leader in Massachu-setts. Prior to his new post, Marcus was an SVP/Commercial Loan Officer. “Through his own lending portfolio, Mitch has proven to be a very valuable member of our Commercial Lending group,” stated James Thompson III, EVP/Senior Lending Officer of the Bank. “I believe he has the leadership skills to take on the important role of Team Leader in Massachusetts.” President & CEO Lloyd Hamm added, “He will greatly add to the level of professionalism and enthusiasm that’s already at work in our Massachusetts Commercial Lending Team. He’ll be both a great manager and mentor.” Marcus has over three decades of knowledge of multifaceted lending and credit experience. Recognized for building and growing lending groups within dynamic environments, he was most recently a Senior Vice President/Commercial Lender at Middlesex Federal Savings. He held executive management positions at First Ipswich Bank, Salem Five and Warren Bank after launching his career at Eastern Bank. Marcus holds a BS in Economics from Bates College, and studied at the ABA National Commercial Lending Graduate School. He is a member of Loan Committee approving SBA 504 loan requests at Granite State Development Corp. He and his wife Stacey live in Marblehead and are the parents of two grown daughters. Pictured from left: Newburyport Bank’s James Thompson III, EVP/Senior Lending Officer; Mitch Marcus, SVP/Commercial Lending Team Leader in Massachusetts; Lloyd L. Hamm, President & CEO.
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When she was a young college student, ElisabethMarra had a serious motorcycle accident thatultimately changed her life. Two years after the crash,her painful open fractures had failed to heal. Thenshe heard about a new and complex surgerypioneered by a surgeon who used a patient’s ownstem cells to concentrate the healing process. Thistime, her surgery and subsequent therapy weresuccessful.
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A ribbon cutting ceremony was held to officially open the casino on Sunday morning, June 23, at 10 a.m. Cutting the ribbon were
employee Karlelisa Wesley, Encore President Bob DeSalvio, Mayor Carlo DeMaria, Stacy DeMaria and Everett resident and employ-
ee Gasner Ambrose. The ribbon cutting was followed by a rare display of daytime fireworks. After the ceremony, some of the first
guests were members of Everett United, including long-time Everett resident Norma Parziale. Members of Everett United were
given front row seating for the ceremony and commemorative t-shirts to mark the occasion.
By Laura Plummer
At Monday night’s regu-larly scheduled City Council meeting, Councilors present-ed a number of new items that would strengthen the City’s parking and traffic infrastruc-ture in the wake of this past weekend’s opening of Encore Boston Harbor. •ParkingAn item introduced by Councilor John McKinnon proposed that the City consid-er a citywide 24/7 residential parking ordinance that would include weekends. Twenty-four-hour resi-dent-only parking stickers are already in effect for the streets
surrounding Lower Broad-way, and the administration is choosing to take a “wait and see” approach when it comes to other areas. Other possible areas that have been identified are Wards 1 and 6.Councilor McKinnon told the Independent that he was worried that, despite Encore’s efforts to educate visitors about public transit options, out-of-town vehicles will still flood residential streets throughout the city, making it impossible for residents to park in their own neighbor-hoods.He said that a 24/7 parking
Councilors talk traffic, parking in wake of casino opening
By Seth Daniel
When you think of night life in Everett post-June 23, think of a 7-foot-tall retired NBA star who can spin tunes as skillfully as he formerly shattered backboards.On Thursday, June 27, NBA Hall-of-Famer (and one-time Boston Celtic) Shaquille O’Neal will headline the Memoire nightclub at Encore Boston Harbor, bringing his ultra-popular DJ Diesel act to Everett.O’Neal has had an existing relationship with the Wynn team in Las Vegas, appear-ing there at their properties numerous times. Forbes mag-azine called him the most successful DJ on the planet since launching his newest career in 2017. Now, that DJ relationship is likely going to trickle into Boston on a somewhat-frequent basis as he joins the new acts coming to Everett.
“We have a private event
next weekend where we have invited guests coming in for dinner and a concert with Earth, Wind & Fire,” said En-core President Bob DeSalvio, highlighting the entertainment options that are to come to the resort. “We have the week after that Paul Anka doing a private concert for our VIP guests as well. We’re going to have our first sporting event July 12 working with Ken Ca-sey and Murphy’s Boxing for a championship boxing event right in our Picasso Ballroom. We’re going to continue to look at other opportunities us-
By Seth Daniel
As the ribbon was cut on the $2.6 billion Encore resort casino, plans were already in the works to add more and make the casino less of an island and more of a center-piece to an entire entertain-ment district along Lower Broadway.Wynn Resorts CEO Matt Maddox told reporters on June 21 at the Encore media day that they don’t intend to stop at the boundaries of the casino site, and they believe others will follow them.Maddox said they own 11 acres of property across
from Encore that amounts to 82 parcels they’ve purchases over the last four years. That property is now a temporary parking lot, but there are much bigger plans in store.“We want to work with the City to create an entertain-ment district,” said Maddox. “It’s not all going to be our company, but we want to work side by side with local devel-opers. Our idea is to continue to re-design this area so it’s known as ‘the’ entertainment district in the northeast. You build this anchor and others
Maddox: Lower Broadway will be a destination ‘district’ in 10 years
Shaq highlights entertainment business at Encore openinging our current 37,000 sq. ft. ballroom facility.”Such stars and small shows are going to be relatively common at the Encore as time goes on, officials said. At the same time, Encore will not be hosting large-ca-pacity Las Vegas-style shows at in-house theatres. In fact, they are not allowed such a thing.The state’s gaming law was very specific in spelling out just how many guests could be at an on-site show or event, hoping not to can-
nibalize the existing theatre and event spaces already in Boston. With that, Encore had created codified relationships with venues like the Wang Theatre and the TD Garden. Those two venues and others will play large in concert with the Big Night Entertainment sponsored Memoire Night-club on the property.DeSalvio said“However, there is a sec-ond piece to this because Boston has wonderful tourism assets right at our fingertips,”
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By Seth Daniel
The opening ceremonies on Sunday morning, June 23, quickly became a spotlight for Mayor Carlo DeMaria, who rejoiced in being able to tell the large crowds assembled to celebrate the opening that Lower Broadway is no longer Boston’s back door, but rather the front door to Everett.While other speakers made excellent points on what was an historic day in the state and the City, it was those words of Mayor DeMaria that ham-mered home
“To the residents of Ev-erett, Everett United and the 86 percent of the people on a Saturday who took the time to vote ‘yes’ for a resort in our city, this truly is an amaz-ing day,” he said. “For those of you who suffered through Monsanto and other big in-dustries that polluted our properties and got us all very sick, I want to thank you for all you did; people like (the late) Mary Bagarella and oth-ers. No longer when you drive through Everett will you smell gas and Sulphur and oils, but you’ll smell flowers and trees.
We will no longer be the back door to the City of Boston. We will now be the front door to the City of Everett.”And it was true.As he spoke on what was an extraordinary summer morning, the new trees on the Porte Cochere rustled in the wind, and songbirds flew in and out of the crowd assem-bled for the opening from tree to tree.There were no songbirds on the site five years ago, quite certainly.And beyond the Encore site, there still exist areas up
and down Lower Broadway that look more like the past than the present at 1 Broad-way (the Encore address).DeMaria said that will also change, and he said he plans to continue partnering with Encore and others to make that full change.“This was always going to be a Wynn,” he said. “There was never any dispute, and that’s because years ago a great man promised me that their company would be part of this community – that we
Front Door to luxuryEncore Boston Harbor ends Lower Broadway’s history of being ‘back door to Boston’
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By Seth Daniel
The City’s Host Commu-nity Agreement (HCA) was signed and reviewed by res-idents such a long time ago, but with the opening of En-core on June 23, that agree-ment was triggered into action – and it will mean $25 million in payments to the City over the next fiscal year.Chief Financial Officer Eric Demos said the HCA is now in effect, and he is actual-ly expecting a $440,000 pay-ment within the next 30 days for the eight days the casino
was open during the current fiscal years. On July 1, a new fiscal year begins and the larg-er payments in the HCA will take effect.The two big pieces of that agreement include a $5 mil-lion annual payment for the Community Impact Fee, a payment that goes up by 2.5 percent every year.The second, larger payment is a $20 million Payment in Lieu of Taxes (PILOT) that the resort will pay annually to the City. The agreement is
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EHS SPORTS ROUNDUP
The Everett High boys and girls track teams jour-neyed to the Reggie Lewis Center on Saturday to com-pete in the Speed Classic
The top performer for the Crimson Tide girls’ squad was senior captain Lucia Seide, who finished in fifth place in the 55 meter dash with a clocking of 7.75 and then anchored the 4 x 200 relay quartet that finished in fourth place.
Senior captain Victoria Chaparro also turned in a fine individual performance at the meet. Victoria ran in the 300-meter dash for the first time in quite a while and came through with a season-best clocking of 45.97.
Victoria also ran the third leg of the 4 x 200 relay, along with juniors Dajana Tadic and Jessica Santos and fellow senior captain Seide. The quartet sped to a fourth place ranking with an excellent time of 1:54.46, which was just 2.26 seconds off the winning pace.
Santos also ran individu-ally in the 55-dash and fin-ished among the leaders in the large field with a time of 8.11 that placed her in 23rd position.
In the 55-meter hurdles, Lyanne Murphy turned in a fine time of 11.43.
On the boys’ side, the Crimson Tide saw a great day from Clarence Jules, who finished eighth overall in the 55-dash with a clock-ing of 6.82. “Clarence’s goal this season is to be one of the best sprinters in Mas-sachusetts,” said EHS head coach Jehu Cimea.
Teammate Brendon Pre-vilon also had a superb day in his specialty, the 300 meter dash, placing 12th overall and running a sea-son-best clocking of 38.14.
Senior captain Mac Shil-lingford, who is looking to get back into running form, turned in a strong effort of 39.99 in the 300.
Justin King did well in the 55 meter hurdles. Jus-tin’s time of 9.68 placed him 29th among the large field of competitors.
Captain Ryan Vu was among the top long jumpers in the competition. His leap of 18’-7” placed him in 14th position.
The Speed Classic saw a change in the boys’ 4 x 200 lineup, with junior Bren-don Previlon running the first leg and senior captains Ryan Vu, Eduardo Chap-arro and Mac Shillingford running legs two, three, and four respectively.
“Our new 4 x 200 relay ran an amazing time of 1:39 with no competition, blow-ing away their heat by eight seconds,” noted Cimea. “With competition, this new relay team can make some noise this year.”
Last Wednesday both the girls and boys opened their dual-meet season at Great-er Boston League rival Re-vere.
For the girls, who came up on the short end of a 60-25 decision, the top per-formers were Jessica San-tos, who won the 50-yard dash, and Kira Gray, who topped the field in the shot-put.
Second-place finishers for Everett who added three points to the Crimson Tide side of the scoresheet were: Lyanne Murphy in the high hurdles; Victoria Chapar-ro in the 50-dash; Tanashia Johnson in the 300 dash;
and Leslye Rojas-Rupel in the mile.
Adding single points to the Everett cause with third-place performances were: Rejeana Guillaume in the 300 dash; Eduarda Bernar-do in the 600; and Brian Vilson in the shot.
On the boys’ side, Mac Shillingford finished in first place in the 300 dash and Mario Sheard outdistanced the field in the shot-put.
Captain Arthur Rosa took second place in the two-mile run.
Third-place finishers for Everett were Samy Lam-othe in the 50 yard dash; Ryan Vu in the 600 dash; Gabriel Loureiro in the 1000; and Jose Lemus in the mile.
Crimea and his boys and girls squads next meet is set for January 9 at Medford. The Crimson Tide’s fresh-men and sophomores are scheduled to compete in the Freshman-Sophomore Meet at the Reggie Lewis Center on January 4.
EHS girls basketballopens with two victories
The Everett High girls basketball team opened its season in strong fashion with a pair of victories over Greater Boston League ri-vals Revere and Medford this past week.
The Lady Crimson Tide swept past Revere last Monday, 68-39, and then dispatched Medford, 52-36, this past Thursday. The twin wins bode well for the Ev-erett girls, who won the last GBL championship three years ago under coach Tam-my Turner before the GBL disbanded and merged tem-porarily with the Northeast-ern Conference.
With the GBL back to-gether, but with the addition of former long-time mem-ber Revere (which itself departed the GBL for the NEC in 2006), the victo-ries this past week (coupled with Revere’s subsequent win over Somerville) are an indication that the Everett girls rate as the favorites to repeat as GBL champs with Malden (which defeated Medford 31-16 last week) looming as the chief rival standing in the way of an Everett GBL-title repeat.
The Lady Crimson Tide have a series of non-league contests coming up this week. They were scheduled to play at Mystic Valley this past Monday and will trek to Peabody on Friday. They will return home to host Saugus next Monday at 5:30 p.m.
EHS hockey teamstands at 2-2
The Everett High hockey team improved to 2-2 on the season with a 5-4 victory over Norton this past Sat-urday at the Foxboro Sports Center.
The Crimson Tide were set to meet Blue Hills Re-gional this past Monday and then are scheduled to host a holiday tournament this week at Allied Veterans Rink, starting with a con-test against Watertown on Thursday and then either the championship or conso-lation game on Friday.
The EHS skaters are then off until January 4 when they will trek to Minuteman Regional.
EHS SPRINTERS SHINE AT THE SPEED CLASSIC
Everett High boys indoor track captain Arthur Rosa com-petes in the 600 meter dash at the Speed Classic held Satur-day at the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury.
Clarence Jules, the Crimson Tide’s top sprinter, sped to an outstanding eighth place finish in the 55-meter dash at the Speed Classic held Saturday at the Reggie Lewis Cen-ter in Roxbury.
EHS speedster Jessica Santos runs her leg of the girls 4 x 200 relay at Saturday’s Speed Classic in which the Crimson Tide finished in fourth place in the event.
EHS captain Victoria Chaparro has a firm grip on the baton for her leg of the girls 4 x 200 relay event at Saturday’s Speed Classic at the Reggie Lewis Center in Boston.
Everett High’s top sprinter, captain Lucia Seide, anchored the EHS girls’ 4 x 200 relay team to an outstanding fourth place finish at the Speed Classic this past weekend at the Reggie Lewis Center. Lucia also turned in an outstanding individual performance in the 55-meter dash, finishing in fifth place among the large field with a time of 7.75.
Brendon Previlon ran the first leg of the boys’ 4 x 200 relay competition at the Speed Classic held Saturday at the Reg-gie Lewis Center in Roxbury.
Captain Ryan Vu ran a strong second leg of the boys’ 4 x 200 relay competition at the Speed Classic held Saturday at the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury.
Captain Eduardo Chaparro turned in a strong perfor-mance in the third leg of the boys’ 4 x 200 relay compe-tition at the Speed Classic held Saturday at the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury.
Captain Mac Shillingford brought ran the anchor leg of the boys’ 4 x 200 relay competition at the Speed Classic held Saturday at the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury.
The EHS boys 4 x 200 relay quartet of (front l-r) Brendon Previlon and Ryan Vu and (rear, l-r) Eduardo Chaparro and Mac Shillingford turned in an outstanding effort at the Speed Classic held Saturday at the Reggie Lewis Center in Roxbury with their time of 1:39.98.
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EVERETT HIGH IN HOOP ACTION AGAINST MEDFORD
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Eversource is in the process of finalizing the exterior
design of the proposed East Eagle Substation, part of the
Mystic - East Eagle - Chelsea Reliability Project. This project
will improve the electric system in the Greater Boston area,
so customers will continue to have reliable power to meet
their growing energy needs. As an important part of
the process, residents of the East Eagle community are
invited to attend and offer aesthetic design feedback
at an upcoming open house.
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STILL NO PRESIDENT FOR COUNCIL
CHELSEA - The City Council membership con-vened for an intense meet-ing to try to find consen-sus on who would become president of the Council next year – and they closed with a stalemate that left Councillor Leo Robinson, the dean of the Council, holding the gavel for the time being.
Both Council President Damali Vidot and Coun-cilor Calvin Brown were vying for the position, but ended up only getting five votes each. That left Robin-son as the swing vote, and with both not having sup-ported him in the past, he voted ‘Present.’
That, as it turned out, catapulted him into the Council President seat for the time being until the stalemate can be broken.
“If there isn’t a president elected and we can’t come to a decision, then the se-nior member will be acting president until a decision is made,” said Vidot. “In this case, that’s Leo Robinson. Leo would stay president until someone gets the votes.”
It was clear from the be-ginning that the outcome wasn’t going to be decided Monday night – as has been the custom for years and years prior to the Jan. 6 in-auguration and officer vote.
There were two votes taken in succession, and both turned out the same way.
Those supporting Vidot were Councilors Judith Garcia, Yamir Rodriguez, Enio Lopez, and Giovanni Recupero.
Those supporting Brown were Councilors Roy Avel-
laneda, Naomi Zabot, Me-linda Vega Maldonado and Todd Taylor.
Robinson, of course, voted present.
Afterward, Vidot said she looks forward to con-tinuing the process of choosing a leader.
“I am grateful to my col-leagues for their belief in me by supporting my lead-ership on the City Council,” she said. “Their decision to stand in solidarity with me speaks to our shared inter-ests in continuing the work we’ve been able to accom-plish these past couple of years. There is a shared excitement about building coalitions with the new members of the council to amplify the voice of the community at large at City Hall. I am looking forward to continue the process in selecting leadership for 2020 that’s reflective of our shared values.”
Robinson said he hasn’t been pleased with the lead-ership on the Council in 2019, and he hopes that excitement for Chelsea can return with a new leader.
“I hope we can agree on moving the city forward,” he said. “I think what we lost in all this about who is with whom and who is do-ing what, is two years ago everyone was talking about Chelsea. Now, no one is talking about Chelsea. We need to get back to having people talk about Chelsea.”
Behind the scenes, there was some discussion that Brown had secured the votes and had the commit-ment of Vidot. However, that changed at some point between the election and Monday night. Brown gave no names, but told the body Monday that some peo-ple had gone back on their commitments.
That left the deadlock, which some say is going to be remedied with the ascension of Councillor Avellaneda, who seems to have formed an alliance now with Robinson on the leadership.
Some are saying that come Jan. 6, Avellaneda might have secured that sixth swing vote and could land with gavel in hand for 2020.
•Councillor Judith Gar-cia got the necessary six votes to secure her position as the vice president of the Council for 2020. She had one against her and four voted present.
Those voting for Garcia were Vidot, Rodriguez, Lo-pez, Vega Maldonado, and Recupero.
Brown voted for Todd Taylor.
Meanwhile, Taylor, Avellaneda, Zabot and Robinson all voted ‘pres-ent.’
The School Committee delegate from the Council was the only unanimous vote of the night, with Vega Maldonado getting that spot in a 10-0 tally.
•In choosing the order of seating and the order of voting, one new Council-lor, Naomi Zabot, got the undesirable position of first vote on the roll call. That means as a newcomer to the body, she’ll be the first signal on every major vote in 2020. The rest of the or-der is Garcia, Taylor, Re-cupero, Robinson, Brown, Vidot, Vega Maldonado, Rodriguez, Avellaneda, and Lopez.
In the seating order, there was one interesting wrinkle in that Brown will sit next to Garcia – with Brown being the lone vote Monday against Garcia be-coming vice president.
CHELSEA NATIVE JOE SMITH, LEGENDARY MUSIC EXECUTIVE
CHELSEA - Joe Smith, the legendary music execu-tive who headed three ma-jor labels over the course of a career that started at the dawn of the rock ‘n’ roll era, has died. Family members including Donnie Smith, his wife of 62 years, were at this side when he passed away on the morn-ing of Dec. 2. For decades he was the industry’s “go-to guy” for scores of record business-supported charity events at which he served as emcee and “roastmas-ter.” Thanks to his quick wit and gregarious nature, his remarks were often the highlight of hundreds of in-dustry functions.
A native of Chelsea, Smith was elected President of the Chelsea High School Class of 1945 before serv-ing in Asia with the U.S. Army Infantry. Thereafter, taking advantage of the GI bill, he received a BA from Yale University. Following his graduation from Yale in 1950 he pursued a career in broadcasting and tran-sitioned from sportscaster to disc jockey, spending thousands of hours on the air at WMEX and WVDA in Boston, maintaining personal relationships with rock and roll stars whose records turned into hits.
His theme song, per-formed by The Valentines, was “We’re Gonna Rock With Joe Smith.”
He moved to Los Ange-les in 1961 where he joined Warner Bros. Records as National Promotion Man-ager. He became the com-pany’s President in 1972 and worked with a stellar roster of artists including Peter, Paul and Mary, Rod Stewart, James Taylor, Alan Sherman, The Grate-ful Dead, Don Rickles, Van Morrison, Alice Cooper, Bonnie Raitt, Black Sab-bath, Deep Purple, Petula Clark, The Doobie Brothers and Little Feat.
At Warner Bros., he produced The 2013 Year Old Man, the 1973 se-quel to The 2000 Year Old Man album by Mel Brooks and Carl Reiner.
He moved over to Elek-tra/Asylum Records in 1975 as Chairman. The ros-ter of artists there included Eagles, Linda Ronstadt, Jackson Browne, Queen, The Cars, Carly Simon, Judy Collins, Joni Mitch-ell, Grover Washington Jr., Mötley Crüe, X, and Hank Williams Jr.
In 1983, he was named President and CEO of Home Sports Entertain-ment, a division of Warner Cable. Following this, he became the first full-time President of the Nation-al Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
During this time, he appeared in motion pic-tures FM and One Trick Pony. He came back to the music industry on a full-time basis in 1987 as President and CEO of Cap-
itol-EMl Music. During his tenure there, the company registered record profits from such artists as Garth Brooks, Tina Turner, Bon-nie Raitt, MC Hammer, Bob Seger, David Bowie, Poison, and others. While at Captiol, he oversaw the revitalization of the Blue Note label. Joe Smith’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is located in front of the Capitol Records Tower on Vine Street; both Bonnie Raitt and Jackson Browne spoke at his induction cer-emony.
Keenly aware of the music industry’s role in 20th century American cul-ture, he sought to document the recollections of many of its key creative play-ers in “Off The Record.” Smith’s book is based on interviews conducted with more than 230 artists, pro-ducers, managers and ex-ecutives including Ray Charles, Paul McCartney, Artie Shaw, Ella Fitzger-ald, Barbra Streisand, Bob Dylan, James Taylor, Da-vid Bowie, Stan Getz, Tony Bennett, Van Morrison and Dick Clark, Those audio interviews were donated to the American people in 2012 and now comprise The Joe Smith Collection at the Library of Congress.
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Upon his retirement from Capitol-EMI at the end of 1993, Smith assumed Exec-utive Producer responsibili-ties to the World Cup Soccer tournament, where he was hired as executive producer of entertainment for World Cup USA in 1994, the first time the world’s soccer championship was held in the United States. The tour-nament was crowned with a Dodger Stadium appear-ance by The Three Tenors that Smith facilitated.
Joe Smith is survived by his son Jeff Smith, daugh-ter-in-law Amy Jo Smith and grandchild Lila Smith, as well as daughter Julie Kellner, son-in-law Jamie Kellner and grandchild Christopher Kellner.
Joe Smith was induct-ed into both the Doo Wop and Philadelphia Music Halls of Fame and received the Boston Music Lifetime Achievement Award. He was recipient of Billboard’s Clive Davis Visionary Award and has been hon-ored by the City of Hope and B’nai Brith and was granted an honorary doctor-ate from Berklee College of Music.
He served as Vice Pres-ident of the Country Mu-sic Association, President of the Record Industry for Community Relations and as a board member of the Recording Industry Asso-ciation of America as well as the Black Music Asso-ciation. He has served as an officer or director of the City of Hope, Cedars-Sinai Hospital, TJ Martell Foun-dation, Variety Club and the Neil Bogart Memorial Lab. He served as a Trustee of the California Institute of the Arts, Yale School of Music, the Basketball Hall
of Fame, Magic Johnson Foundation, Rhythm and Blues Foundation and the Museum of Science and In-dustry.
MASSHOUSINGS COMMITS $7.9M TO PROJECT
REVERE - A devel-opment project to bring much-needed workforce and affordable housing op-portunities to the City of Revere got a boost from MassHousing last week.
MassHousing has com-mitted $7.9 million in af-fordable housing financ-ing to the non-profit The Neighborhood Developers (TND) for the construction of the 571 Revere St.
The MassHousing fi-nancing will allow TND to construct 51 units of new affordable housing for households across a broad range of income, including 19 new workforce housing units.
“By transforming a va-cant parcel into a new, mod-ern community of afford-able and workforce housing, The Neighborhood Devel-opers will help ensure that a revitalized Revere Beach remains welcoming and ac-cessible to residents of all means,” said MassHousing Executive Director Chrys-tal Kornegay. “TND is a strong, mission-based de-veloper, and MassHousing is pleased to be part of the team making this important project a reality.”
MassHousing is provid-ing TND with a $6 mil-lion permanent loan and $1.9 million in workforce housing financing from the Agency’s Workforce Hous-ing Initiative.
The new, energy efficient housing will be construct-ed in a six-story building on a vacant site two blocks from Revere Beach and within walking distance to the MBTA’s Wonderland subway station. The apart-ments will be on the top four floors of the building, with garage parking on the first two levels.
Thirty-two apartments will be affordable for house-holds earning at or below 60 percent of the Area Median Income (AMI), with six of those units further restricted for vulnerable low-income households earning at or be-low 30 percent of AMI, and five of the affordable units further restricted for house-holds earning at or below 50 percent of AMI. The re-maining 19 apartments will be workforce housing units for households earning at or below 90 percent of AMI. The AMI for Revere is $113,300 for a household of four.
Eight of the apartments will be subsidized by a federal Section 8 Project Based Housing Assistance Payment contract and three apartments will be subsi-dized through the Massa-chusetts Rental Voucher Program. There will be 26 one-bedroom apartments, 21 two-bedroom apart-ments, and 4 three-bedroom apartments.
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Conductor Robert Leh-mann and the NSPO were once again on the alter of St. Anthony’s Church on Revere Street last Dec. 15. Standing room only, as local residents packed the church pews and brought a record number of food items as the price of admission to this annual event. The St. An-thony Holy Name Society collected non-perishable foods as the concert goers entered the church and all donation to benefit the local food bank for the holiday season rush.
The concert began with a welcoming from Father Xavier, Administrator of Saint Anthony’s and some brief words about the histo-ry of the concert by Robert
A Marra Jr., President of the Board of Directors for the NSPO, and Revere Mayor Brian Arrigo.
A Christmas essay was written and narrated by RHS student, Jason Acosta and a special selection of music was directed by all the under 10-year-olds, via a magic Christmas wand.
It was a terrific evening for all in attendance, given the long history that this event has in the hearts of Revere residents, remem-bering a RHS music teach-er and neighbor, and first chair violinist at so many concerts in St. Anthony’s Church, the concerts name sake, Robert A. Marra 1920-2002.
THE ANNUAL ROBERT A. MARRA MEMORIAL – SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS CONCERT AT ST. ANTHONY’S CHURCH, FEATURING THE NORTH SHORE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA
No stranger to Revere, Conductor Robert Lehmann, leads the NSPO in one of the many seasonal selections.
Fr. Xavier welcomes the Conductor of the North Shore Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Lehmann once again to St. Antho-ny’s Church.
Enjoying the annual Christmas concert, Ginny Hurley, Lillian DeFillippo, Carole Namia, Yvonne Taglieri and Joann Giannino.
President of the NSPO Board Robert A Marra Jr. Father Xavier and Father Rajesh Ravi.
Principal Viola, and having a great time too is Nikki Schafer.Joanne Staffier was one of many generous people donat-ing bags of food to help the Revere food pantry over the holiday season.
Members of St. Anthony’s Holy Name Society collecting lots of food donated by generous Revere residents.
Victoria Cutlet packs lots of food to be sent to the Revere food pantry.
Ward 3 Councillor Arthur Guinasso helps collect the food items.
Principal bass player, Marcel Marvarez.Catie Canale Pflaumer was excellent on the harp, and is no stranger to the Sounds of Christmas Concert.
Soloist, Susie Pepper was terrific, with her rendition of Ave Maria.
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Pasquale “Pat” Guarino of Everett, 83, died on Dec. 11.
Born in Mirabella, Italy, the son of the late Luigi and Teresa Guarino, Pat was the longtime owner and propri-etor of Pat’s Cleaners locat-ed on Broadway in Everett. He was involved in many local civic charitable clubs.
He was the beloved husband of Adeline for 62 years, loving father of Ste-phen and his wife, Julie of New Hampshire, Sandra Woodworth of Saugus and Paul of Revere; brother of the late Michele, Federico, Nino and Carmelina DeS-imone and is also survived by three grandchildren: Samantha, Stephanie and David, four great grand-children and many nieces, nephews and friends.
Funeral arrangements
were by the Salvatore Roc-co & Sons Funeral Home, 331 Main Street, Everett. Interment was in Wood-lawn Cemetery, Everett. In lieu of flowers, donations in Pat’s memory may be made to the charity of choice.
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City officials and several res-
idents have applauded the
efforts of the Department of
Public Works and its sub-
contractors for their efforts
to remove snow during last
Thursday’s snow storm. The
Mayor’s Office indicated they
have received many positive
comments, and councilors
such as Michael McLaughlin said he wanted to praise the work of the City crews in the difficult
storm.Here, a plow moves through Nichols Street on Thursday, with crews working for hours to keep
ahead of the storm, which dumped about 13.5 inches on Everett. Meanwhile, residents like
Jimmy Aversa joined his family in clearing the sidewalks as the storm was in full force.
PHOTO BY KATY ROGERS
School Committee member
Bernie D'Onofrio (photo right)
– the newly elected chair of the
Committee - was announced
and accompanied by his
daughter Michela Tejeda at
the Inaugural Ball last Tuesday
night, Jan. 2, in honor of the
City’s 125th anniversary. Short-
ly after, Mayor Carlo DeMaria and his wife, Stacy, were introduced as they entered the Ball. The soiree was held immediately after
the official Inauguration ceremonies at Everett High School, and the Ball was coordinated by City Clerk Sergio Cornelio’s office.
See Page 5 for more photos.
By Joseph Domelowicz Jr.
Longtime Everett public
servant Millie Cardello has
returned to public service and
the Everett School Commit-
tee following Monday night’s
super-intense vote of the
Joint Convention of the Ev-
erett City Council and Everett
School Committee.
Cardello won by a vote of
10-9 of Amanda (Burley) Pat-
terson, with the outcome of
the vote coming down to the
wire as candidates and their
surrogates lobbied hard for
votes through last weekend.
There were actually two
School Committee appoint-
ments to be made on Monday,
with the Cardello/Patterson
vote being the more contro-
versial of the two.
City Clerk Sergio Corne-
lio began the proceedings for
Cardello and Patterson by
opening nominations to fill
the vacancy created by the
December death of School
Committee member Richard
Baniewicz.As reported in the Indepen-
dent last week, in the weeks
since Baniewicz’s death, two
viable candidates to fill the
vacancy emerged in former
School Committee, Common
Councilor and Alderman Car-
dello and former EHS stu-
dent-athlete Patterson, who
is also the daughter of City
Council Clerk John Burley.
Patterson was nominated
by City Councilor Michael
McLaughlin, who gradat-
ed EHS with Patterson, and
Councilor Anthony DiPierro
seconded the motion.
School Committeeman
Thomas Abruzzese nominated
Cardello, with the nomination
seconded by Councilor Ste-
phen Simonelli.
The roll call vote resulted in
a 10-9 vote for Cardello, with
Councilors Richard Dell Iso-
la, Rosa DiFlorio, Leo McK-
innon, and Simonelli voting
with School Committee mem-
bers Abruzzese, Marcony
Almeida, Bernardino D’Onof-
rio, Joseph LaMonica, Lester
MacLaughlin and Frank Park-
er voting for Cardello.
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DiPierro, John Hanlon, Mi-
chael Marchese, Wayne
Matewsky, McLaughlin and
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PHOTO BY JARED CHARNEY
Jason Cardinale of Everett beats a Lynn defender to the puck
at Connery Skating Rink in Lynn on Saturday, Jan. 6, during
a league matchup against the combined Lynn Jets team. The
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By Seth Daniel
Everett Fire Chief Tony
Carli said two firefighters
showed great tenacity on
Monday, Jan. 8, in saving two
people from an upstairs unit
at a two-alarm fire on Hillside
Street.Lt. Jay Lewis and Firefight-
er Joe DeSisto of the Ladder
2 company are being giv-
en credit for the saves, one
of which was on a man who
was not able to move quick
enough to escape. However,
Chief Carli also added that in
addition to the two firefighters
singled out, then entire crew
did a fantastic job of prevent-
ing loss of life.
“Right after we got a report
of a fire and got on scene, there
was a report that someone was
in the second unit who could
not ambulate on his own for
medical reasons,” said the
chief. They went in and made
the grab. There was another
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By Seth Daniel
Whether it was a 25-cent
sub, an animated conversation
or the institution of his sub
shop, long-time Angelina’s
Sub Shop owner Ali S. Ali
created a business that made
him into an Everett legend.
That legend passed away
peacefully on Friday, Jan. 5,
surrounded by family in his
home at the age of 91.
His passing marked yet
another icon of old Everett
lost to time, though his shop
has been out of existence for
about two years now – and he
had been retired since 2012.
“He was an icon; he was re-
ally someone special,” said his
son, Sam Ali, this week. “We
take it for granted because we
were around it all the time.”
Said his daughter, Amele
Ambrosino, “He was just a
great guy and he loved Everett
and loved the customers who
came into his Everett store.
Often, he would actually sleep
on the counter of the shop
because he was so exhausted
and had to open up early the
next morning. He was so tired
because he would never close,
never wanted to miss some-
one who might come in for
a sandwich. He instilled that
work ethic into all six of his
kids. When he was at Angeli-
na’s, he just loved Everett and
loved the people in Everett.”
Angelina’s started in Lynn
in 1954, and soon expanded
to Broadway Everett. After
opening in a small store in
the 600th block of Broadway,
Ali eventually settled at 696
Broadway until he retired in
2012. Family members tried
to keep it running, but illness-
es prevented it from continu-
ing and they closed for good
two years ago – though they
still own the building.
The name Angelina’s, Han-
nan Ali said, came from when
the business started with
family member Isa Ali. Not
wanting to call it Ali’s Subs,
the two were searching for a
name while taking deliver-
ies of their first products. As
it happened, the first product
they received was ‘Angelina’s
Pure Italian Olive Oil.’ It hit a
chord with the two, and that
became the name that grew to
legendary status in Everett.
Part of the legend was the
fact that the sandwiches were
chock full of ingredients, and
that they were just 25 cents.
His favorites were the Reg-
ular American (Salami, Amer-
ican Cheese and Bologna), the
Italian and the Steak Bomb
with Salami – all of which
were made with Piantedosi
breads.“He just had it; he knew
what to do,” said Sam Ali.
“He would pile on everything.
He said it had to have lots and
lots of ingredients. The Regu-
lar American was his first big
one. It was simple, but that
was the beauty of it – the reg-
ular. Then he expanded to the
Italian and others. He used to
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Firefighters
Lewis, DeSisto
lauded for
saving tenants
on Hillside Street
The Regular American: Sub shop icon Ali S. Ali passes at 91
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ing Tom Rogers, the late Richard Baniewicz and others. The
photo was taken with Ali around 1990 and hung on the wall of
his shop for years.
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Wednesday hour of Pow-er, worship, prayer and Bi-ble Study. We are studying about God, come join us.
Come join us in prayer every Friday at 6 am.
Saturday, 12-3, Women’s Fellowship. Join our sisters in worship, fellowship and prayer.
“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,” Colos-sians 3:23
“In Pursuit of Spiritual Excellence”
Righteousness, Godli-
ness, Faith, Love, Truth• Domingo 9:30 am Es-
cuela Dominical de Adul-tos. (en inglés)
Servicio de Alabanza y Adoracion a las 10 am (en inglés)
• Miercoles Hora de Pod-er, Oración, alabanza y Es-tudio de la Palabra de Dios a las 7 pm (en inglés)
• Ven unete a nosotros para orar todos los viernes a las 6 am
• Domingo Servicio de alabanza y adoracion a las 4pm (Servicio en español)
Mayores informes de los servicios en español (617) 306-3518
“No temas, porque yo es-toy contigo; no desmayes, porque yo soy tu Dios que
te esfuerzo; siempre te ayudaré, siempre te suste-ntaré con la diestra de mi justicia.”
Isaias 41:10“En busca de la excelen-
cia espiritual Rectitud, Divinidad, Fe,
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LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH
701 BROADWAYEVERETT,
MASSACHUSETTS 02149
617-387-7458Rev. Larry Russi, Sr.
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Grace Anglican Episcopal Church is open & welcoming to all.
There are 3 services on Sundays: 10am English, 1pm South Sudanese (Dinka) and 3pm Haitian Creole. We have Sunday school during each service in the Children’s Room. Coffee Hour starts after the 10am service in the
Parish Hall (entrance on 11 Liberty St.)
Come all and let us walk together in this season of hope, renewal and new beginnings.
Christmas Week Services: Sunday Dec. 22 com-
bined Christmas Service at 4pm Christmas Children Pag-eant
Tuesday Dec. 24 Christ-
mas Eve Service with Christ-mas Carols 6pm
Wednesday Dec. 25 Christ-mas Day Service 1pm
Grace Anglican Episcopal Church67 Norwood Street,
Everett, MAPhone 617-387-7526
or 508-243-8487
Grace Episcopal ChurchNews and Notes
Mystic Side Congrega-tional Church is located in Everett, on Malden-Ev-erett border, at 422 Main Street. We offer a warm, inviting atmosphere, and all are welcome. Our Sun-day Church service starts at 10:30 a.m. and Commu-nion is offered on the first Sunday of each month. A very pleasant coffee hour and socializing follow our services. Parking is avail-able in our lot next to the church on Wyllis Ave. (one way off Main Street). We look forward to welcoming you this Sunday.
Mystic Side Congregational
ChurchNews and Notes
Our Parish Staff: Father Joseph Chacha Marwa, S.M.A. Administrator;
Father Ernest Egbedike, S.M.A. Parochial Vicar;
Secretary Barbara Can-non
Weekly Mass Schedule at Immaculate Conception is as follows:
Saturday (Sunday Vig-il) 4:00 p.m., Sunday 7:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m. (Family Mass), 11:00 a.m., and 5:30
p.m.12:15 p.m. Spanish
Community4:00 p.m. Haitian Com-
munityMasses are being held in
the Chapel.Eucharistic Adoration
of the Blessed Sacrament: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is held every Thursday from 7:45 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Chapel. Each Thursdays’ adoration
will conclude the Benedic-tion of the Most Blessed Sacrament at 6:30 p.m. All are invited to spend a few moments with Our Blessed Lord
Bring a Book-Buy a Book - We have a new Fundraiser Program in the back of the Church. It’s called Bring a Book-Buy a Book. All books are a dol-lar and any money collected will go towards our Stain
Glass Fund. Brink a Book and Buy a Book and make a donation. Our selections are great and varied. Please stop by the table and see what we have. Thank you
Immaculate ConceptionParish489 BroadwayEverett, Mass 02149Phone 617-389-5660
Immaculate Conception ParishNews and Notes
Leslie M. Beck, Jr. of Melrose, en-tered into eter-nal rest on
Thursday, December 19, 2019 in the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Cen-ter in Boston. He was 66 years old. Born in Chel-sea, Leslie worked as a truck driver. Leslie served our country in the United States Marine Corps.
The devoted son of the late Leslie M. Beck, Sr. and Bella Cooper, he was the beloved husband of Catherine A. (Barone) Beck, dear and devoted father of Tracy Gagliardi and her husband, Marc of Amesbury, Samantha Beck of Everett and Michael Cowels of Melrose and the loving grandfather of Brianna Vetrano, Michael Vetrano, Nicholas Provost and Juliana Domings. He was predeceased by seven
siblings.Relatives and friends
are respectfully invited to attend Leslie’s visiting hours in the Cafasso & Sons Funeral Home, 65 Clark St. (Corner of Main St.) Everett on Thursday, Jan. 2 from 4 to 8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, contribu-tions in Leslie’s memory to the Wounded Warrior Project, 150 Cambridge Park Drive, Ste. 202, Cam-bridge, MA 02140 would be sincerely appreciated. Parking with attendants on duty.
Carmelo BottariLife member of the Bricklayers and Allied
Craftsmen Local 3
Carmelo Bottari of Ev-erett died on Dec. 19 at the age of 84.
Carmelo was a life member of the Bricklay-ers and Allied Craftsmen of Local 3 in Charlestown. He worked on the original brickwork laying at Gov-ernment Center Boston.
Born in Messina Sicily Italia Superiore on April 18, 1935, he was the de-voted father of Joanne Roy and her husband, Curtis of Newburyport, Maria Bot-tari of Revere, Derek Bot-tari and his wife, Susan of Danvers and Danielle Bot-tari and her husband, Doug of Winchester; cherished grandfather of Amanda Roy, Ashley Roy and Da-vid Moore and dear brother of Maria Gammacurta of Roslindale, Giovanni of Everett, Agatina Rinella of Medford, Nino of Brigh-ton, and the late Stefano and Joseph. He is also sur-vived by loving nieces and nephews.
A Prayer Service will be held from the Paul Buonfi-
glio & Sons-Bruno Funeral Home, 128 Revere St, Re-vere on Friday, Dec. 27 at 11 a.m. and all are welcome at 10:30 a.m. Relatives and friends are kindly invited. A visitation will be held on Thursday, Dec. 26 from 4 to 7 p.m. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, dona-tions may be made on Car-melo’s name to Donation Processing, The Michael J. Fox Foundation, P.O. Box 5014, Hagerstown, MD 21741-5014. For guest book, please visit www.Buonfiglio.com.
Leslie M. BeckTruck driver Margaret P. (Gerety)
Russell , 83, a resident of Everett passed away sur-rounded by the love and adoration of her family on Friday, Dec. 20 at the Whidden Memorial Hos-pital.
Peggy was born on Jan-uary 26, 1936 in Everett one of four children of late William and Beatrice (Landry) Gerety. She was raised in Everett and grad-uated from Girls’ Catholic High School in Malden.
On Sept. 7, 1957, Peggy married her cherished part-ner, Jack Russell who pre-deceased her in 2007. To-gether they began their life in Everett and raised their family of five children.
Active in her commu-nity, Peggy volunteered many years and hours with St. Therese’s Drill Team and she was also active in her faith in Saint Joseph’s Parish. Besides volunteer-ing and raising her family, Peggy worked as a Lunch Lady in the Everett Public Schools. In her spare time, she loved crossword puz-zles and was an avid read-er. But the most important part of her life was her family. Her children and grandchildren brought her great joy and happiness. Peggy was always full of life and loving her min-ute that she had with her family and friends. Peggy will be forever missed but her faithful, loving and in-spiring life along with her strong Catholic faith will be her legacy.
Peggy was the beloved
wife of the late Jack Rus-sell and loving mother of David Russell of Ever-ett, Denise Perry and her husband, Christopher of Saugus, Donald Russell of Everett, Diane DeSimone and her husband, Peter of Everett and Laura Fitzger-ald and her husband, Matt of Windham, NH. She was the adored grandmother of Michael Perry, Andrew DeSimone, Nicole DeS-imone, Corey Fitzgerald, Craig Fitzgerald, Cameron Fitzgerald, C.J. Cantone and Jacob Cantone.
A Funeral Mass will be celebrated on Saturday, Dec. 28 in Sacred Heart Church, Main St., Malden and visiting hours will be on Friday, Dec. 27 from 4 to 8 p.m. at the Murphy O’Hara Funeral Home, 519 Broadway, Everett. In-terment following Mass on Saturday will be in Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden.
In lieu of flowers, the family will like donations made in Margaret Russell’s name to Alzheimer’s Asso-ciation 309 Waverley Oaks Rd, Waltham, MA 02452 or online at ALZ.org.
Margaret RussellHer faithful, loving and inspiring life along
with her strong Catholic faith will be her legacy.
Pasquale GuarinoLongtime owner of Pat’s Cleaners on
Broadway, Everett
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BOARD OF APPEALS484 Broadway Everett, Massachusetts 02149 (617) 381-7445
To Whom It May Concern:This notice is to inform you that a public hearing will be held on Monday, January 6, 2020 at 7:00 PM, at the Connolly Center 90 Chelsea Street, Everett, MA 02149. All interested parties may attend and opinions will be heard regarding the following petition.Whereas a petition has been presented by:Property Address: 243 Chelsea StreetMap/Lot: K0-03-000018Person Requesting: Mr. Joseph J. Savage243 Chelsea StreetEverett, MA 02149To the said Board of Appeals, The owner/applicant proposes to renovate an existing single family house, built in 1903, and convert it to a two-family residence. The existing 5000 sf lot islocated in a Dwelling District. The lot and structure are noncon-forming as to setback/s and lot area.
Reason for Denial:Permit was denied in accordance to the City of Everett Zoning Ordinance Appendix A as follows:Violations:Section 4 Dwelling Districts (b)Dimensional Requirements (2) b. - requires a lot size of 7000 sf for a two family structure. Applicant must seek relief in the form of a Special Permit and a finding pursuant to Section 3 General Requirements line (6) as follows:“Pre-existing, non-conforming structures or uses may be extend-ed. altered or changed in use, providing that such extensions, alterations or changes of use shall be permitted only upon the grant of a Special Permit by the Zoning Board of Appeals and after a public hearing, a finding by the Board that such extension, alteration or change of use shall not be substantially more det-rimental to the neighborhood than the existing non-conforming use or structure. “
Mary Grace - ChairmanRoberta Suppa - Clerk
Board of AppealsDecember 18, and December 24, 2019
- LEGAL NOTICE -CITY OF EVERETT
BOARD OF APPEALS484 Broadway Everett, Massachusetts 02149 (617) 381-7445
To Whom It May Concern.:This notice is to inform you that a public hearing will be held on Monday, January 6, 2019 at7:00 PM, Connolly Center 90 Chelsea Street, Everett, MA 02149. All interested parties may attend and opinions will be heard regarding the following petition.
Whereas a petition has been presented by:Property Address: 92 Malden Street.Map/Lot: L0-05-000040Person Requesting: Fernando Lopes92 Malden Street. Ev MA02149To the said Board of Appeals, The owner/applicant proposes to change the use of the existing single family dwelling constructed prior to 1926 to a two (2) family dwelling within the Dwelling district located on a 5020 sf lot with 40’ of frontage. There is a proposed 2 1/2 story addition at the rear of the structure with dimensions of 33.8’ x 22.4’. The existing lot frontage of40’ is nonconforming.
Reason for Denial:Permit was denied in accordance to the City of Everett Zoning Ordinance Appendix A as follows:
Violations:Appendix A Section 4(b)(2) - Requires the lot area for a two family dwelling to be 7000 sf. The lot area of 5020 sf containing a single family dwelling is conforming to zoning. Theuse change to a two family requires a lot area of 7000 sf. The applicant must seek relief inthe form of a variance from the zoning Board of appeal.
Mary Grace - ChairmanRoberta Suppa - Clerk
Board of AppealsDecember 18, and December 24, 2019
- LEGAL NOTICE -CITY OF EVERETT
BOARD OF LICENSE COMMISSIONERS484 BROADWAY, ROOM 26EVERETT, MASSACHUSETTS 02149PHONE: 617-944-0211 FAX: 617-394-2433
This notice is to inform you that a public hearing will be held on Monday, January 13, 2020 at 6:30 P.M. at Everett City Hall, 2nd Floor, in room 27. Opinions will be heard regarding the following application:
An application has been presented to the License Commission for the approval of a Transfer of a Full Alcohol License from Tasty Garden, 444 Broadway to La Perle Caribbean Restau-rant, LLC, which will be located at 444 Broadway, Everett, MA.
All interested parties may attend..
Phil Antonelli,Chairman
Phil Arloro,Member
Annette DeBilioAdministrative Assistant
December 24, 2019
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Staff Report
Everett is transforming the bus ride into a first-class travel experience, starting at the bus stop.
The City of Everett and BostonBRT on Dec. 18 re-vealed a bus stop transformed into a dazzling winter won-derland. The winter Flower Bomb at the School Street in-bound bus stop was designed to surprise and delight people traveling along Broadway while also enhancing per-ceptions of the bus. Research has shown that enhanced bus stops not only grow ridership by enticing more people to try the bus, but also make wait times feel shorter before the bus arrives.
Mayor Carlo DeMaria welcomed riders as the Bos-tonBRT street team handed out hot chocolate and flower bouquets while discussing recent bus improvements and the ambitious goal of creat-ing New England’s first Gold Standard Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridor.
Created by Ad Hoc In-dustries, led by Adrian Gill, and built florist Krissy Price of Boston Pollen, the win-terscape incorporated a lush tapestry of dried florals and birch branches, all sprinkled with LED “twinkle fairy lights.” The festive nature of this holiday-inspired concept produced a magical wonder-land at the School Street bus stop.
One of the most import-ant aspects of Gold Standard BRT is well-designed, en-closed stations that provide people with comfort, secu-rity, and protection from the elements, particularly in the cold winter months. As the only Boston-adjacent city without a rail line, many Ev-erett residents depend on the bus to get them where they need to go.
“Broadway is one of Greater Boston’s highest-po-tential transit corridors, so
Everett delights riders with winter Flower Bomb, turns bus stop into ‘A Beautiful Place to Be’
it’s important that we not only prioritize but really celebrate our buses and the people who ride them,” said DeMaria. “We urge everyone who rides the bus to speak up for more improvements and BRT, and if you haven’t ridden the bus lately, you should! The experience may be a pleasant surprise.”
“Public transportation should be a delight to use and that includes where you access it. Riders deserve the basics of comfort and shel-ter, but we can go bigger and bolder to transform the sim-ple bus stop into a truly beau-tiful place to be, even in the wintertime,” said Mary Skel-ton Roberts, co-director of climate at the Barr Founda-tion. “I want to thank Mayor DeMaria for his leadership.”
“We’re inspired by flow-ers as a universal sign of giv-ing; they cross all barriers be-tween us. At this time of year as we continue to consider the experience of bus riders and BRT, the timing is just right. It’s not only about the metrics in public transporta-tion, it’s about the people,” said Adrian Gill, Founder and Creative Director of Ad Hoc Industries. “Why not make the bus stop a beautiful place to wait?”
This winterscape builds on the City’s efforts to el-evate the bus experience for the 10,000 riders who travel along Broadway each day. Everett made national headlines with its rush hour bus-only lane, which reduced
PHOTOS BY KATY ROGERS
Mayor Carlo DeMaria was joined by Mary Skelton Roberts at the bus stop on Broadway.
Creative director behind the flower bomb, Adrian Gill, spoke about his work.
Jay Monty, Mary Skelton Roberts, Mayor Carlo DeMaria, Julia Wallerce, and Adrian Gill stand inside the transformed bus stop.
Mayor Carlo DeMaria greeted guests as they waited for the bus at the decorated stop.
Ryan Cazeau speaks with Mayor Carlo DeMaria at the School Street bus stop, which was decorated in festive flowers.
Mayor Carlo DeMaria offered a candy cane to Josalie Rodrigues while she waited for the bus with her mother, Vilma.
Mayor Carlo DeMaria is offered a bouquet to bus rider, Sylvia Oliveira.
average travel time from Everett Square to Down-town Boston by more than 20 percent. Everett also be-came the first city in Mas-sachusetts to test elevated platforms at bus stops, an-other crucial BRT element that makes it easier for riders – particularly those with wheelchairs, carts, or strollers – to get onto the bus. Survey responses in-dicated 81 percent support permanent level-boarding platforms, which the City has begun installing at bus stops along Broadway.
Stay tuned for more ef-forts as Everett continues to lead the region in its dedi-cation to improving the bus experience for its residents and implementing BRT to bring faster commutes throughout the region.
