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PHOTOS BY JIM VALENTE

Just not far enough?…Everett’s Duke Doherty (6) is seen met at the goal line by a host of Central Catholic defenders before he gets over the line for a two-point conversion that would have sent the game into double overtime. With the stop, Central took the victory 39-37 over the Tide, but it wasn’t without a great deal of controversy as many believed Doherty did cross the line to tie the game. After the controversial call, on the spot where he was ruled down, Everett quarterback Duke Doherty (6) expresses disbelief (below) that the Tide’s playoff run has, for the second year in a row, ended at the hands of Central Cath-olic 39-37 at the last second of the game.

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Aaron Connor proudly wore his father’s military hat during the Veterans Day ceremony at the Connolly Center on Monday, Nov. 11. The City came together to honor veterans who have served their country and returned home. The City honored the Colameta family for the sacrifice of U.S. Army PFC Domenic Colameta, and U.S. Army Major Kather-ine Murphy. See Page 6 for more photos.

Superintendent finalists to be announced tonight, Nov. 13

By Seth Daniel

At least three final-ists for superintendent of schools are expected to be announced tonight, Nov. 13, at a Special Emergen-cy Meeting of the School Committee.

The meeting will take place at the high school li-brary at 6:30 p.m.

Chair Tom Abruzzese told the Independent that the Search Committee will be forwarding the names to the School Committee Wednesday night during an executive session meeting. That will lead to the public disclosure of the finalists.

“The Search Committee has completed its work, and they have done a very thor-ough job,” said Abruzzese.

He also said they hope to begin the public interview process very soon, and hopefully have someone set for a School Committee vote by mid-December.

Sources close to the situation, but outside the Search Committee, indicat-ed there are no internal can-didates being considered,

By Laura Plummer

Thirty-year-old Gerly Adrien clinched one of the five Councilor At-Large seats in last Tuesday’s elec-tion. In an unexpected twist, she took home more votes than the other four winners, incumbent Councilors John Hanlon, Michael Marchese, Wayne Matewsky and Peter Napolitano. Her win also knocked out incumbent Council President Richard Dell Isola, Jr. and Councilor Stephen Simonelli.

Adrien told the Indepen-dent she was both thank-ful for, and surprised by, the win - adding that top-ping the field was a sign of changing times in Everett.

“[The people] want someone different,” she said. “Most of the [council-ors] have been there for five terms.”

Adrien credited a robust campaign strategy and ded-icated community outreach for her unlikely ticket-top-ping victory.

“Knocking on doors was crucially important to me,” she said. “I kept showing up two or three times and tell-ing [people] that I wanted to do this.

“These were not five-minute conversations,” she continued. “I constantly would have 30- to 40-min-ute conversations with them. They would tell me how long they’d lived in

Everett and what they want-ed to change.”

Adrien said that a com-mon desire among the resi-dents she spoke to was hav-ing a councilor who would listen to them. Specifically, she said residents were un-satisfied with the structure and organization of City Hall services, and felt that the City was entering into too many deals without their input.

On Election Day, when rain threatened her door-to-door recruitment efforts, Adrien and her supporters took to their phones to en-courage residents to get out

National developer eyes apartment community on Norman Street

By Seth Daniel

A top national residential developer out of Florida has filed with the City and state environmental officials to build approximately 400 units of apartment housing with 600 parking spaces in one building at the corner of Norman and Air Force roads – just steps from the new brewery and distillery district and the Northern Strand Bike Path.

Lennar Multifamily Communities, one of the largest home builders in the United States, has filed with the City to build on land owned by Howard Born-stein – land that currently contains asphalt and ship-ping containers and would have never been thought very valuable a decade ago.

But now, the Fermenta-tion District and the Village are hot commodities, and there are a slate of potential developments in the works – including this one.

Lennar has contemplated several types of develop-ment for the 5.7 acre site, including an office build-ing and even a two-build-ing apartment campus with more units. The current project they’ve settled on includes about 400 units in a six story (70 foot) building. The building would have four levels of apartments sitting over two levels of

By Seth Daniel

Wynn Resorts is hoping that games in Greater Bos-ton will be game-changing for their Everett resort.

In a conference call last week with investors, both Wynn CEO Matt Maddox and Wynn Chief Financial Officer Craig Billings said they have great hopes to roll out an expanded sports betting business, with the idea of eventually bringing that to Massachusetts.

Maddox called it a ‘game changer’ for Encore, and Billings said they believe that sports betting in Mas-sachusetts could be a major revenue source at Encore in the coming years.

“We’re likely to launch a sports betting project in New Jersey in 2020 and then move out to selected states and ultimately, hope-fully, deploy that product in Massachusetts,” said Bill-ings.

Added Maddox, “We think that will be a game changer for Encore Boston Harbor.”

Wynn Resorts holds a popular sports betting book at its Las Vegas properties, and with the legalization, and impending legalization, of sports betting across the country – the company plans to expand that book.

Last month, they an-nounced a strategic part-nership for their sports book business with a casi-no operator in Indiana and Colorado. Previously, they announced another sports betting partnership last year.

For years, sports betting was only legal in Nevada, which is where the Wynn book has operated for some time. New Jersey sued for the ability to have sports betting in its state, and that case was decided in

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By Cary Shuman

It was a classic between the state’s best public school football program and a perennial Merrimack Valley Conference power-house.

But the ending of the Everett-Central Catholic matchup in the Division 1 North semifinals was any-thing but classic.

And Everett High head coach Theluxon Pierre ex-pressed his displeasure with the referees’ call on the fi-nal play of the Tide’s 39-37 defeat to Central Catholic Saturday in Lawrence.

With Everett needing a two-point conversion to

tie the game and send it in to a second overtime, the referees, after a lengthy discussion, ruled that quar-terback Duke Doherty had not crossed the goal line, giving the host Red Raiders the win.

“I saw it on the field, and from a photograph that was sent to me, Duke’s entire upper body is in the end zone with the football,” said Pierre.

There was an addition-al controversy in the sec-ond half that also bothered Pierre. The referees gave Central Catholic an extra (fifth) down on its posses-sion that led to a touchdown and a Central Catholic sev-

en-point lead - instead of Everett getting the ball back in a tie game. It was a crucial turnaround, to say the least.

Pierre said he was aware right away that the referees had missed a down.

“I told the referee about it and the side judge told the referee and he said, ‘keep playing,’” related Pierre. “He [the referee] actually also told one of my assis-tant coaches to be quiet.”

Meanwhile, on the fifth-down, fake-punt play on that sequence, Pierre said that the receiver did not earn a first down.

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The casino revenues at Encore Boston Harbor eclipsed casino operations at Wynn Resorts’ Las Vegas operations by more than 10 million according to third quarter numbers released for the company last week – followed by a conference call that gave the first spe-cific details about the En-core operations in Everett since its June opening.

At the same time, the hotel performed sluggish-ly and food and beverage was also slow – particularly compared to properties in Las Vegas and China.

Wynn CEO Matt Mad-dox said he was actually encouraged by the Boston numbers and the efforts out of the gate, and that seemed to be true of financial anal-ysist on the conference call as well due to the fact that they were more interested in operations in China than they were the new Boston property.

“Our table games busi-ness in Boston and our hotel rooms business in Boston has been quite en-couraging,” said Maddox. “We always knew slots would take time to ramp. If you think about it, when we opened our doors in our local (loyalty) database we had zero customers. Fast forward 136 days and we have 250,000 people in our database, which is akin to growth. In order to compete in a high-frequency market where people are coming several times a month, a ro-bust database is necessary because you need to mes-sage to the customers what you’re doing each week and why they need to come to the property. We are on

the path to growth there and I think we have the right team in place.”

The casino revenues for the third quarter, which ended on Sept. 30, showed $114.9 million for the prop-erty. That was in contrast $87 million in casino rev-enues at the Las Vegas op-erations, which was a 6.3 percent decrease from last year at this time.

The total drop (mon-ey and markers deposited into the playing table cash box) on table games was $379.6 million, with a win percentage of 19.7 percent – which Maddox said was well-within the predicted range. In Las Vegas, that ta-ble drop number was $430 million, with a win percent-age there of 19.9 million.

Slot machines were slow for Encore, some-thing Maddox alluded to in the call. The total handle for slots in the quarter was $892.7 million, with a win amount of $62.4 million. In Vegas, the handle was lower at $883.9 million, but that was an increase of 9.1 percent over last year at this time.

That said, the real weak point for Encore was the hotel operations and the food and beverage – which Maddox and others said are still being tweaked as they open.

The total non-casino rev-enues at Encore were only $60.9 million, as compared to $312.5 million in Las Ve-gas.

The Everett property’s hotel occupancy rate was at 69.6 percent, meaning that on average 30 percent of the hotel was empty. Mean-while the average daily rate was $465, below the $535 prediction. The total room revenues were $18.2 mil-

lion, whereas Las Vegas has room revenues of $116.1 million with an occupancy rate of 88 percent.

Food and beverage at Encore restaurants was $29 million over the quarter, with Las Vegas at $149.7 million.

Despite that, Maddox was very optimistic about some of the tweaks that they planned for Encore to draw more local people into the property, as well as mar-keting it more to their inter-national customers. Many of the financial analysts on the call were equally im-pressed, as well, with the loyalty card database build-up in the quarter.

“If you think about Bos-ton, we are at the beginning of the ramp, not the end,” said Maddox. “So each quarter we are going to be tweaking our marketing and focusing on growing our database, working on controlling expenses, and growing revenues…each quarter. I am very excited about the transition we’ve gone through and the di-rection we are going into 2020…We’re at 136 days in Boston and we are learning each and every day how to become more local. We’ve been tweaking our food and beverage product to make sure we are giving he customers what they want. We’ve been working on our messaging and we have new messaging out in the market.”

Maddox revealed that the company – for the first time in its North American history – will launch a loy-alty card tiered program at Encore early next year. He said that kind of program is essential in a regional mar-ket, and will drive growth.

Encore Boston Harbor casino outperforms Las Vegas properties, hotel is sluggish

and vote.Adrien was first inspired

to run for elected office when she was 10 years old.

“I used to read the news-papers every week,” she said. “I’d always read about elected officials like Dave Ragucci, John Hanlon and Carlo DeMaria. One day I decided I would be one of them.”

Adrien previously ran for state representative in both 2016 and 2018, the latter of which she lost by only a handful of votes.

Adrien revealed that Councilor Michael Marchese was a motivating force behind her decision to run for City Council, which came as quite a surprise due to the fact that they ran against one another in the

at-large race.“He started messaging

me in January and he mes-saged me all the way until June,” she said.

Adrien reported that she was also in frequent com-munication with Ward 6 Councilor Michael Mc-Laughlin.

In the coming months, Adrien plans to shadow Councilor Marchese and Councilor Fred Capone to familiarize herself with the duties, responsibilities and meeting structure of City Council. She is also eager to hit the streets and begin knocking on doors again.

“I am going to be on the ground two or three times a week, speaking to the peo-ple and seeing what they want,” she said.

As a City Councilor, Adrien plans to hit the ground running. She wants to start implementing a number of goals that she hinged her campaign on. These include supporting local economic growth, updating City policies and plans, and improving pub-lic health and safety. Her vi-sion also emphasizes youth development and the arts.

Adrien is looking for-ward to taking her place on what is perhaps the most diverse City Council in Ev-erett history.

“It should be exciting and fun,” she said. “I’m re-ally excited to be the first Haitian-American black woman on the Council.”

By Seth Daniel

As far back as one can search, zero is always the answer for how much hotel room excise tax comes to the City of Everett.

Every year in the state spreadsheets from the De-partment of Revenue for cities and towns collecting room excise taxes from hotels, Everett has always struck out – primarily be-cause there were no hotel rooms here for decades.

As recently as 2017, Ev-erett has nothing for the en-tire year.

However, new numbers for the first quarter of the state Fiscal Year 2020 (June to August 2019) show Ev-erett collecting $505,330 in room excise taxes just for those three months, let alone the entire year.

The numbers from the state are the first to come

out since Encore Boston Harbor opened for busi-ness and started letting out hotel rooms, joining the EnVision Hotel that started in 2018. As a baseline, the EnVision was providing about $105,000 per quarter in room excise taxes over the past several quarters. This time, Encore added another $400,000 – and pri-or to any major marketing efforts for the casino’s hotel and when it was at a vacan-cy rate of 69 percent. That means it would likely grow over time from the current mark – and that mark looks to provide Everett an ad-ditional $2 million in new revenues over the entire year.

Everett Chief Financial Officer Eric Demas said it is revenue that will only help the Everett taxpayer.

“It’s a very positive trend and signals Everett’s continued growth,” he said.

“That new revenue stream provides another way to help relieve the burden on Everett property taxpay-ers…I’m very optimistic for the projections as Ever-ett continues to grow.”

For the local meals op-tions tax, which was insti-tuted by the Everett City Council and the admin-istration some years ago, the numbers released last week that include En-core’s restaurants indicate a $100,000 bump for the quarter.

The City received $255,474 for the quarter in meals taxes, and had a baseline of about $155,000 per quarter throughout 2018. By all accounts, Wynn Resorts has report-ed that the restaurants were not that strong, and they continue to tweak them to get more customers into the facilities.

New Stream: City goes from zero to multi-millions in room taxes

By Seth Daniel

The City Clerk’s office is still in the midst of de-termining the final tick-et-topper in the at-large City Council race, which showed Councilor-elect Gerly Adrien at the top by two votes by the end of last Tuesday night.

However, in the count-ing of provisional ballots and absentee ballots, the race has inched closer, and Councilor Wayne Matews-ky was behind by one vote to Adrien. Matewsky has topped the ticket for the last several City Elections in the at-large race, so it came as some surprise that he didn’t top it again last week.

This week, Matewsky said he believed it would end up a tie, and congratu-lated Adrien on a good race.

“From what I know, I believe it will end up a tie, but the votes are still being counted,” he said.

Adrien maintained that she had topped the ticket.

Clerk Sergio Cornelio said the results wouldn’t change the outcome of any of the races, but they are waiting to hear about one ballot from the Registry

of Motor Vehicles (RMV). The results of that last bal-lot could either put Adrien up by two, up by one or tied with Matewsky.

“We’re still waiting on that one ballot to determine what happens at the top of the at-large race, but none of the final counts will change the outcome of any of the seats,” he said.

•BLANK VOTES EQUAL BULLETS

Apparently, an awful lot of ‘bullet’ votes were regis-tered last Tuesday, as there were many more blank votes than in the last City Election, or in the typical Council election.

A ‘bullet’ vote is when a voter chooses only one candidate in a field where-by they could choose up to three (School Commit-tee at-Large) or five (City Council at-Large). It is a strategy often used by die-hard supporters to keep from diluting the vote.

This time around there were 9,800 blank votes, while there were only a couple thousand in the last City Election.

City Clerk Sergio Corne-lio said they often do see a lot of blanks when people do not vote for every can-

didate possible. If someone votes for one candidate and has the option to vote for five, that means there are four blanks.

“If you have 5,000 peo-ple come out, you have the potential for 20,000 blanks,” he said. “Some people may not even vote at all. You can put in a blank ballot and that will regis-ter a lot of blanks…There were a lot less blanks the last election. People defi-nitely voted more for one person or only a couple of people instead of voting all five. It was definitely high-er this time than in the last election.”

•MATEWSKY TO SEEK PRESIDENCY IN 2021

In the 2021 Council term, Councilor Wayne Matewsky will celebrate his 30th year in office, and he said he plans to celebrate that by seeking the Council Presidency.

“I hope I can secure the votes of my colleagues to be Council President in 2021,” he said. “That will be my 30th year in office, and I hope to mark the oc-casion by running for pres-ident.”

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Most experts had the Ward 6 Council race be-tween Councilor Michael McLaughlin and challenger Al Lattanzi as too close to call – a nail-biter than some said could elicit a recount.

None of that panned out, though, as McLaugh-lin prevailed easily in the race, which had become very contentious. McLaugh-lin won by more than 800 votes, and beat Lattanzi in all 12 precincts across the city, and came out one of the biggest winners in the City Election last Tuesday.

Even McLaughlin this week said he was surprised at the margin of victory be-cause both he and Lattan-zi worked very hard in the campaign.

But he also said that his victory proved that the peo-ple of Everett trusted him, and they wanted an indepen-dent voice.

“The opportunity to con-tinue to serve in city gov-ernment is the honor of my life,” he said. “This cam-paign was a different type of campaign for me. It is easy

to do the right thing during a campaign, or when ev-eryone is watching, but it’s more important when no one is watching. I pride my-self on living every day as a strong, reliable, common sense voice for the city of Everett.”

Nevertheless, this week McLaughlin said he really wanted to congratulate Lat-tanzi on a great campaign, and hoped that they could be friends as they were be-fore the election. He also ap-pealed to those that did not vote for him.

“It does not matter who you voted for, today is a new day and I want to be the voice for all of Everett,” he said. “The same goes for all of the Department Heads and City employees. I hope to turn the page and have the opportunity to continue working together for the res-idents and business owners in our community.”

McLaughlin will be em-barking on his third term in office this time around, having first been elected to the current City Council in 2015. He also served on the former Common Council.

McLaughlin: The people showed they want an independent voice

their favor. Since that time, sports betting legalization has become a very hot topic in state legislatures across the country.

In Massachusetts, Gov. Charlie Baker put a bill for-ward last year that laid out a plan for bringing sports betting to Massachusetts – as it is now legal in Rhode Island. That bill has been studied now for more than a year, and this week Speak-er Bob DeLeo said they are awaiting a Committee report on the matter before taking action. Like the ex-panded gaming legislation in 2011, he said, it was nec-essary to act carefully and with information.

“Chair Ferrante and the Joint Committee on Eco-nomic Development and Emerging Technologies are currently reviewing pro-posals on sports gaming,” he said. “We await the re-sults of the committee’s deliberative analysis – as we did with our expanded gaming bill – to determine the best outcome for the Commonwealth.”

Others in the state leg-islature have said publicly that the tax structure of the bill is now being worked out, and it is a complicated process to get correct.

•LANDLORD AND NOT A DEVELOPER

Maddox said Encore is excited about the vacant land across the street from their site – which is current-

ly a parking lot operated by the City of Everett – but don’t anticipate developing the site themselves.

Encore has been ru-mored to be talking with several interesting partners, including John Henry of the Boston Red Sox. The parcels constitute almost entirely the old Line neigh-borhood, and are slated for hotel, retail and entertain-ment uses.

“The capital invest-ments we’re talking about (in Boston) are reconfig-uring restaurants, build-ing out a sports bar that could potentially become a sports book,” said Mad-dox, responding to a ques-tion about spending inside Encore. “So, it’s not large capital investments. We do have 11 acres of land across the street and many devel-opers have been talking to us about partnerships where we could have new hotels, retail, etc. So, we’ve been thinking about that more as landlords and partners as opposed to outright de-velopers, but first we’re go-ing to ramp Encore Boston Harbor. Then we’re going to watch the neighborhood build up.”

The possibilities are seemingly endless, with ru-mors of everything from an outdoor concert venue to a New England Revolution soccer stadium – none of which are verified.

•LIKELY TO CUT

STAFF AT ENCOREBoth Maddox and Bill-

ings were asked about the large costs to operate En-core, which was pegged at about $1.45 million per day by analysts. Both said those are high costs, and they would probably end up not needing as many on staff as they have now.

“Clearly when you open a property you end up hav-ing more staff than you need when you’re operat-ing in a very efficient way,” said Maddox. “Also, how you procure items. You just get smarter.”

Added Billings, “I would say the $1.4 million will have a downward trajectory in 2020.”

•WYNN RESORTS NOT MOVING ON JA-PAN NOW

Maddox said the excite-ment about the next frontier for the company being in Japan has died down a bit, and he said they were not going to pursue opportuni-ties there immediately.

However, he did say they believe the future will hold an opportunity there.

Wynn has been in Japan feeling out the emerging gaming market there for more than a decade, with some workers from Encore being transferred over there to help with that at times. However, they are not go-ing to pursue the existing urban opportunity at Osaka.

“It’s something we were

going to announce at some point,” Maddox said. “We believe there will be op-portunity in Japan in the future. We are continuing to work quietly and be-hind the scenes. I go over there about one week ev-ery couple of months. We have people over there and are building up our team. I still think this is going to be a longer process than people are anticipating. We’re going to make sure that if something is right for Wynn, that is financial-ly sound, that it is a project that will change the compa-ny, then we’re with partners with the same values.”

With the construction costs from Encore now hit-ting the books, as well as extensive renovation costs in China and Las Vegas also coming, the company seemingly is taking cau-tious steps towards expan-sion.

“We are going to pursue Japan with vigor, but we are not going to pursue it if it doesn’t make financial sense,” he said. “We’re go-ing to be very disciplined in how any structure is put together…We like the Jap-anese market and think it will be a very high-revenue market, but we are making sure it will be something our shareholders also like.”

The next investor call for Wynn Resorts is expected sometime after the first of the year.

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and none will be presented. That could not yet be con-firmed from officials – who are abiding very much by the privacy policy.

School Committeeman Frank Parker – who served on the Search Committee – said he will be glad to begin talking publicly about the candidates in the coming weeks.

Overall, he said the Search Committee has been a wonderful experience, and something that he has never participated in be-fore.

“Surprisingly, I thought the process went very

well,” he said. “I’ve never been part of a big Search Committee or even a jury. You could look at it like 12 people in a room trying to make a decision, but I’m re-ally, really pleased with the character of the group. Ev-erybody had their own par-ticular concerns, but kept the entire district in mind. We gelled, met new people and created new friendships – all surrounded by every-one wanting to do the right thing. It was a very good experience for me person-ally.”

podium-style parking.The building would

contain amenities such as a pool, fitness center and club room, with entranc-es on Air Force Road that would create a loop around the property for easy in-and-out access.

The property is located in the Everett River Front Overlay Zoning District, which was adopted to en-courage such developments a few years ago. It would by right require 800 park-ing spaces, but Lennar felt their unit count would suf-fice with 600 – though they would need approvals.

“The required parking spaces under the City zon-ing requirements is 800

spaces, however, based on recent project and use stud-ies in the area, the project team anticipates 600 spac-es, or fewer, will be appro-priate for this unit count,” read the environmental fil-ing.

The project would in-clude affordable housing units, and according to traffic studies in the filing, would only have minimal effects on traffic and con-gestion. It is predicted to generate approximately 2,178 vehicle trips on an average weekday.

Ward 6 Councilor Mi-chael McLaughlin said he often wondered what would happen to the large lot on the corner, particular-

ly since the area is boom-ing. However, he said he has initial concerns.

“This being said it does raise some valid concerns and many unanswered questions about a develop-ment of such magnitude,” he said. “Fully understand-ing the impact that the vil-lage has seen over the last few years it gives me the need to have a steady hand at the table throughout the process to fully understand and continuously share the thoughts and concerns of the residents of the village section of Everett.”

He said he would keep an open mind, and hopes to hear more specifics during the upcoming development

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ing in much greater detail the specifics of this devel-opment and working to en-sure whatever development sits on that site will be ben-eficial to the City of Everett and the residents that im-mediately are impacted by the property,” he said.

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LETTERS to the Editor

Guest Op-ed

Everett Leading the Way on Mobility

THE DOOR TO SERVE IS ALWAYS OPEN

Dear Editor,I’d like to recognize all

the candidates who ran pos-itive campaigns of merit who weren’t successful. You see, while I have been around for 35 years, it has not been 35 years of con-tinuous service. Contrary to what you’ve been told the last three months, I served five terms on the former Common Council only to get crushed when I ran for a sixth. I know what it’s like to win and I also know what it feels like to lose. The self-doubt, the loneliness and rethinking over and over what went wrong and what you could have done different. You go through periods of sadness, anger and joy.

To those candidates...focus on the joy. Running for office is hard work. It takes a lot of time, money, effort and sacrifice to get your personal message to the voter. It’s a long sea-son, seven months, from the time you pull papers to that piece of paper with the results are posted election night. Along the way, going door to door, took you to streets you may never have set foot on. It took you deep into the neighborhoods and off the main streets to meet new people and reacquaint with old ones. You got to see the amazing and unique architecture. You witnessed the pride people put in their homes with landscaping and vegetable gardens. You saw the welcome banners hanging and welcome mats and felt it.

Commitment to commu-nity isn’t defined by a title, but by involvement. Volun-teer, mentor, join a charita-ble or fraternal organization and stay visible, because we need you. You’re part of the fabric of this place we call home and we are stronger and better because of you. From personal ex-perience, the door to serve is always open.

Frank ParkerEverett School

Committee - Ward 3

THE CLIMATE SCIENTISTS HAVE BEEN WRONG

ALL ALONGFor the better part of three decades, the vast majority

of scientists -- including those hired by the petroleum in-dustry -- have warned the world that climate change is oc-curring principally because of carbon emissions from our addiction to fossil fuels for our automobiles, coal power plants, industry, and agricultural production.

They have measured the effects in any number of ways, most especially the shrinkage of the ice sheets at the polar regions that eventually will result, they have said, in a rise in sea levels around the globe.

The also have told us that a warming planet will bring about an increase in ocean temperatures, which in turn will have devastating consequences both for marine life, which cannot exist in warmer waters, and for ourselves, who will feel the impact of ever-more devastating storms.

They have warned that unless we take steps within the next decade to curb the so-called greenhouse gas emis-sions, the Earth could become irreversibly changed by the end of this century.

However, the scientists have been wrong. Very wrong.It turns out that the time frame the climate scientists pre-

dicted for the dramatic effects of climate change to occur has been grossly underestimated because their models did not take into account the effect of the feedback loops creat-ed by our warming planet.

We aren’t scientists, but even we understand what is happening right in front of our eyes.

The ice sheets at the poles are melting faster than even the direst of models had predicted. The extraordinary heat wave across Europe this past summer (U.S. women’s soc-cer fans will recall the high temperatures in France during the World Cup) resulted in temperatures reaching the 80s in the Arctic Circle -- an unheard-of phenomenon.

Environment Canada, the country’s national weather agency, confirmed that Alert, Nunavut, the most-norther-ly, permanently-inhabited spot on Earth, hit 69.8 degrees Fahrenheit (21 degrees Celsius) on July 14, the highest temperature ever recorded there.

As the ice at the poles shrinks, instead of sunlight being reflected (by the ice) back into outer space, it is absorbed by the earth. When that happens, the permafrost at the Arc-tic Circle starts to thaw out, releasing carbon dioxide that has been trapped in it for millennia into our atmosphere, thereby warming our planet at an even faster rate.

It now is clear that scientists’ predictions that the effects of climate change were a distant prospect, for which we still had time to take appropriate action, have been vastly underestimated -- by a factor of decades.

Climate change is happening today. The devastating succession of hurricanes, wildfires, floods, and droughts of the past few years have wiped the earth clean of civiliza-tion wherever they have struck. Yes, in most instances we can rebuild (though the communities in the Florida Pan-handle destroyed by Hurricane Michael in 2018 still look like war zones), but only at a huge cost -- and only until the next climate change-induced catastrophe strikes.

Greta Thunberg’s future is not being imperiled. Her fu-ture is now the present.

It is the end of the world as we know it.And unless we immediately and dramatically change

our ways, we will not be fine (apologies to REM).

By Mayor Carlo DeMaria

Not quite three years ago, on a cold morning in early December, I directed my DPW and parking staff to begin placing orange cones down the side of Broadway, kicking off what was meant to be a week-long experiment to speed up the rides of thousands of Everett residents taking the bus each day to work and school. The Broadway bus lane was so successful that week that we quickly made it permanent and it has op-erated nearly every day since. Successful because over half of all people mov-ing down Broadway during rush hour are on a bus and more Everett residents are on a bus during those hours than are in cars on Broad-way. We were the first City in the Boston region to give priority to bus riders in this way. With a half dozen proj-ects in Boston, Cambridge, Arlington and Somerville launching since then, Ever-ett started a revolution. Cit-ies from around the country and beyond have looked to us for guidance with their own similar projects.

But what we really did that morning was to no longer look at our transpor-tation problems as a con-

gestion problem, but a MO-BILITY problem. Because, after all, whether you’re trying to get to work, to school, or to your favorite lunch or coffee spot, what’s most important is your abil-ity to get there quickly and efficiently, not whether you drove, rode a bike, walked, or took the bus. Using mobility as a lens we are continuing to lead the way locally and regionally. The success of the Broadway bus lane is now developing into a vision and action plan to develop gold standard Bus Rapid Transit all the way down Broadway. Fast frequent bus service run-ning in unobstructed lanes from Malden to downtown Boston. My own advocacy with Mayor Walsh in Bos-ton on this issue has led to a commitment for inclusion of bus lanes on Rutherford Avenue in Charlestown as part of a major reconstruc-tion effort beginning in the next few years. In Everett, we’re working with Mass-DOT and Encore Boston Harbor to include dedi-cated bus lanes through Sweetser Circle and down Lower Broadway as part of future redevelopment efforts. We’re also begin-ning design this winter on an extension of the Silver

Line bus rapid transit sys-tem from Chelsea, through Everett to Sullivan Square. Commutes that today take 45 minutes or more from Everett to Boston would be reduced to as little as 15 minutes.

Regional advocacy is key. And in addition to working with Mayor Walsh, I am working closely with the mayors of Lynn, Revere and Chelsea as well as our state Sen. Sal DiDominco and Rep. Joe McGonagle, who also sits on the state transportation committee, to ensure that proposed in-vestments in the Commut-er Rail system benefit our communities. I’m happy to announce that thanks to our advocacy efforts, the MBTA Fiscal Control Board last week committed to making the Newburyp-ort/Rockport one of the first that will have frequent, af-fordable, electrically pow-ered trains between Lynn and Boston. These trains will run every 15 minutes, include a new stop in Ever-ett and cost the same as an MBTA subway ride.

One of the most diffi-cult issues not only to dis-cuss, but also change, is our City’s parking policies. However, the decisions we make with regard to

parking will have some of the biggest effects on con-gestion, affordability and quality of life. Parking is one of the most expensive and lease efficient uses of land in an urban area such as ours. A single space can cost upwards of $50,000 to construct and under our current zoning, take up as much as 50 percent of available land area on a developed lot, eliminating green space or opportu-nities for local businesses and creation of local jobs. And yet our current zoning requires far more parking to be constructed than we actually use. Though our zoning requires two spaces per residential unit, a recent Metropolitan Area Plan-ning Council study found that, on average, fewer than 0.8 spaces per unit are actu-ally used. That same study also found that the biggest predictor of parking utili-zation was the availability of parking itself. In other words, the more parking you build, the more cars that will come.

We must acknowledge that one of the biggest con-tributors to traffic conges-tion is the over-construc-tion of parking. We must

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THANK YOU FROM GERLY ADRIEN

Dear Editor,I just want to say thank

you to Everett. You have taken the chance on me and I will be forever grateful for it. When I first ran for of-fice, I said I would bring a different kind of politics. I will not be a typical or tra-ditional politician. This seat is about you. We will make great improvements in our city. I love Everett and am so happy to be your next City Councilor At-Large.

In the next coming days, you will hear the work we plan on doing. We will do this the right way for every-one to feel like they belong at the table, no matter, what your income, race or gender is.

I am everyone’s council-or.

Special Thanks: God, My husband - David Lind-sey, my Dad and Mom for first coming to Everett, stepmom, brothers, My cousin - Guerline Alcy, Renee Solano, Nekita Le-mour, Everett 10 youth we hired, Everett Newspapers – Independent and Leader Herald, 32BJSEIU, Rep. Ayanna Pressley, Boston Councilor Lydia Edwards, Councilor Mike Marchese and Rommel and Myrkiel at Kafe Kreyol on 299 Main St., all the community lead-ers, Reverend Myrlande Desrosiers, Lucy Pineda, Edwin Argueta, Antonio Amaya, Kathleen O’Brien, Jaime Lemeder, and most importantly – the Haitian Community.

To all who didn’t vote for me, I hope to earn your trust. My number is 617-835-8267. I look forward to getting to know you.

Gerly AdrienCouncilor at-Large

Elect

THANK YOU, EVERETT

Dear Editor,On Tuesday, the 2019

municipal election was held in Everett. We saw 4,969 votes cast by our residents. We had many candidates step forward who placed their name on the ballot and shared their ideas, ded-ication and love for our community. I am thankful to each of them and con-gratulate them for stepping forward as candidates, and I look forward to building strong working relation-ships with each of them going forward. Just because they didn’t win doesn’t mean they don’t have a voice in the city. I have continuously been the voice for the residents of Everett, and I have stood up when it mattered the most to make the tough decisions, to en-sure that the peoples’ voice has been heard in City Hall. Again in this year’s munic-ipal election, I have been gifted by an overwhelming show of support for a job well-done in the past. The opportunity to continue to serve in city government is the honor of my life. This campaign was a different type of campaign for me. We showed that govern-ment truly works best when you listen to your bosses, the people of Everett.

I want to thank the 2,563 residents that believed in me as their City Councilor and stood with me on Tues-day. I can promise, I will never embarrass this com-munity or make you regret your vote of confidence in me. To the 1,691 residents that made another choice. I thank you for taking the opportunity to participate in the election. You absolute-ly stood with a decent and honest man who, for a long time, I have considered a friend. My former oppo-nent is a credit to our com-munity as a son of Everett. He is someone I hope I can work with for a long time to come, to help a community we both love to move for-ward. I hope to work hard

every day to build commu-nication and a working re-lationship with those voters going forward. It does not matter who you voted for, today is a new day and I want to be the voice for all of Everett. The same goes for all of the Department Heads and City employees. I hope to turn the page and have the opportunity to con-tinue working together for the residents and business owners in our community.

I want to thank my fami-ly and a handful of friends, but most importantly my very best friend and biggest supporter, my girlfriend Patti Frati.

I always knew the more personal contact I could have, the better chance I would have to win. On Tuesday evening, we won by 872 votes and won all 12 precincts. I could nev-er have imagined this out-come. I look forward to getting back to work im-mediately on the important issues facing our commu-nity, working my heart out every day to be ‘YOUR In-dependent Voice on the City Council.’ I look forward to asking the tough questions and bringing up the issues that you, the residents, want to know about. I look for-ward to building off our successes from the past and continuing to build rela-tionships, one door and one conversation at a time, so that together we can contin-ue to move Everett forward. I am honored by your sup-port and know that I have an opportunity to serve my community for two more years, and maybe beyond, with the possibilities be-ing endless because of the support and friendship’s we have built together.

Thank you, Everett! I love our community and our residents, and look for-ward to the work ahead in the next two years. I will be seeing you soon again at your home, business or se-nior development to contin-ue our work together.

Michael J. McLaughlinWard Six City

Councilor

PLEASE RECYCLE

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Local science teach-ers, including Everett High School’s Jeff Ahern, learned how to edit genes using CRISPR during a free professional develop-ment workshops by Acera Education Innovation (Ac-eraEI). The goal is for par-ticipants to bring this cur-riculum to their own public school classrooms.

Short for “clustered reg-ularly interspaced short pal-indromic repeats” CRISPR is a family of DNA se-quences found within the genomes of organisms such as bacteria. The technique is considered to be at the leading edge of scientific research.

The teachers went through the first of a two-day intensive workshop with AceraEI’s Life Scienc-es Specialist and Curricu-lum Lead Michael Hirsch. Hirsch’s curriculum includ-

ed conducting hands-on experiments using a CRIS-PR-based molecular biolo-gy assay and detecting bac-terial transformation.

The workshops are fund-ed through recent $50,000 grants from both the Am-gen Foundation and Bris-tol-Myers Squibb. In addi-tion to the training, teachers have access to ongoing sup-port to assist schools in cre-ating science labs that teach 21st century skills, engag-ing students in cutting-edge biology and fostering the next generation of innova-tors and scientists.

“All students should be able to link classroom learning to real-world inno-vations; the CRISPR toolkit is the first step in our plan to collaborate with schools to reinvent high school biolo-gy,” said Courtney Dickin-son, founder and director of Acera. “Working with

breakthrough technology that is in the news, and en-gaging in deep discussions to understand these innova-tions, including how they work and why they matter, makes science labs mean-ingful and enable students to see a pathway for them-selves as future scientists and innovators.”

AceraEI trained its first group of high school biolo-gy teachers in gene editing earlier this year, and par-ticipating teachers are now applying the curriculum in their own classrooms with students. As a result of this training, more than 3,000 public school students will soon apply CRISPR to edit a gene in their high school science classrooms.

AceraEI exists to trans-form STEM education in public schools and devel-op the next generation of scientists, innovators, and

leaders. AceraEI works with public school districts to develop a plan for trans-forming STEM education. Founded in 2010, the Acera School is a nonprofit STEM school serving high-ability students in grades K-8. The school and its enrichment programs function as an ed-ucational innovation hub to invent new curricula with evidence-based pedagogy, founded with the mission to help catalyze change in public education. Acera pedagogy engages students to learn habits of mind like systems thinking, prob-lem-solving, emotional in-telligence and collaboration skills within projects aligns with each student’s capaci-ties and interests, in an in-quiry-based approach. For more information on Acera and AceraEI, visit www.ac-eraschool.org and follow us on Twitter @AceraSchool.

Everett High School biology teacher aims to bring cutting edge, hands-on science labs into the classroom

Everett High School biology teacher Jeff Ahern learned how to edit genes using CRISPR in a free professional development workshop held by Michael Hirsch (back-ground) of AceraEI.

also acknowledge that ex-isting parking requirements are currently the biggest obstacle to creating afford-able housing, revitalizing our downtown districts, and providing a clean and healthy environment for all of our residents. To address this, my admin-istration is undertaking a three-pronged approach to revise our parking pol-icies, as well as provide better mobility options in its place. This winter we will be proposing a new parking ordinance that bet-ter reflects our needs and goals for the City. This will be guided by a Transporta-tion Demand Management Ordinance that will allow

and encourage developers to reduce, in some cases to zero, the number of parking spaces they are required to construct. In exchange, they will be required to join a Transportation Man-agement Association that assists them with provid-ing other mobility options. Depending on the size and scope of the development, or its proximity to transit, they may be required to of-fer discounted MBTA pass-es, a bike-share station, car sharing spaces or, in some cases, joining with oth-er developers to operate a shuttle bus to nearby desti-nations or T stations. At the same time, our new parking policies will aim protect

our existing neighborhoods by reducing or eliminating the availability of on-street parking permits to new de-velopments, ensuring that parking on local streets is preserved for those who have come to depend on it.

I am proud that in Everett we are placing people and quality of life over cars and easy parking. We are prior-itizing the ability to create affordable housing and a clean environment for our most vulnerable residents, and we are choosing to be a world-class city, rather than a second-class suburb.

Carlo DeMaria is the Mayor of Everett.

Exelon donates eight robotics kits to Everett High SchoolBy Seth Daniel

For students in the Ever-ett High STEM Academy, working on robotics proj-ects often equaled sitting and waiting – sometimes actually never getting to take a turn on engineering the robots.

That was because the school district was only able to afford three of the expensive kits, which con-tain 1,300 pieces per kit. That meant there was a lot of sharing going on, and time spent taking turns. That has all been put to rest now due to the $12,800 donation from Exelon that helped to purchase eight new kits.

On Thursday morning, Exelon officials and school officials gathered with the students to celebrate the gift.

“Having three is ok,” said teacher Ann Seiders, “but we really needed a larger number of kits. How-ever, we had to be frugal

with the grant money we had. So, we had groups of four or five. Some didn’t get into it because they didn’t have a chance. It was a lot of sitting and waiting for others to finish. There will allow us to go to a two-to-one ratio and get more students engaged and more building activity.”

Exelon has long-part-nered with the Everett Pub-lic Schools, and they said they were excited to be able to break down a barrier for the students. As engineers, they said they knew the value of having hands-on learning.

“We at Exelon Genera-tion are thrilled to donate these robot kits to Ever-ett High School’s STEM Academy to help spark stu-dents’ curiosity and inter-est in engineering through hands-on problem solving,” said Archie Gleason, gener-al manager of Exelon Gen-eration, Northeast Region. “Everett’s high-achieving STEM programs are open-

STEM teacher Ann Seiders explains that they were only able to afford three robotics kits for the class, resulting in a lot of waiting for some students.

Everett High’s William Charbonnier explaining why it is so important to have more kits so that there is a two-to-one ratio.

Students from the robotics class (pictured in the front row, in no particular order) include: Daniel Bermudez, Lyanne Murphy, William Charbonnier, Isaac Lenescat, Chloe Lewis, Gustavo Aguiar, Ahmad Alananzeh, Evan Dupuis, and Meli-sa Demaku. Back row: Asst. Supt. Kevin Shaw, Director of Curriculum Michelle Crowell, Director of Science Ann Ritchie, Teacher Ann Seiders, Academy Director Omar Easy, Exelon General Manager Archie Gleason, Interim Supt. Janice Gauthi-er, Exelon’s Mark Rodgers, Everett High Principal Erik Naumann, Assistant Principal of STEM Steven Black, and Asst. Supt. Charles Obremski.

Interim Supt. Janice Gauthier speaks with Exelon General Manager Archie Gleason about the company’s gift to the high school.

Exelon General Manager Archie Gleason talking with members of the robotics class at the Everett High STEM Academy.

ing doors to future em-ployment opportunities in technical fields for their students.”

The students participat-ing in Thursday’s presen-tation were: Daniel Ber-

mudez, Lyanne Murphy, William Charbonnier, Isaac Lenescat, Chloe Lewis, Gustavo Aguiar, Ahmad Al-ananzeh, Evan Dupuis, and Melisa Demaku.

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PHOTOS BY KATY ROGERS

The City of Everett honored its veterans on Monday, at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month. This year, U.S. Army Command Sergeant Major Thomas Ardita was the guest speaker, and U.S. Army Major Katherine Murphy gave the keynote address.

The Medal of Liberty Award was presented to the family of U.S. Army PFC Domenic Colameta.

Councilors Mike McLaughlin, Peter Napolitano, and John Hanlon attended the Veterans Day ceremony.

State Rep. Joe McGonagle and Sen. Sal DiDomenico saluted the flag. 

Veterans Agent Gerri Miranda led the Pledge of Allegiance.

U.S. Army Major Katherine Murphy offered the keynote address. 

Veterans Commissioner Jeanne Cristiano welcomed attendees to the Connolly Center.

Mayor Carlo DeMaria thanked veterans for their service.

Councilor at Large Peter Na-politano, who served in the Navy, saluted the flag. 

Korean Veteran Charles Radosta saluted the flag.

Christine Falzarano and Sammy Cardello waved their American Flags on Veterans Day.

Marlene Tyler cheerfully waved American flags along to the tune of Patriotic music.

PFC Angelo Colameta was presented with the Medal of Liberty Award on behalf of his brother, U.S. Army PFC Domenic Colameta.

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Central’s Nick Donatio (11) manages to break up what would have been a catch for a first down by Everett’s Tyrese Baptiste (11) late in the 4th quarter.

Looking to secure a first down late in the contest, Eli Aguste (2) twists his way out of the full grasp of his Central opponent and gets the extra yard needed for the Tide. 

Quarterback Duke Doherty (6) prepares for impact as he scrambles for a gain after he calls his own number. 

Receiver Josh Nieves (13) does everything he can do to stay upright and gather a few more yards as he is swarmed by Central defensive backs.  

Eli Auguste (2) has plenty of room to roam coming through the Central line as the Everett O-line provided an enormous gap for his run.

Senior running back Clarence Jules (4) turns on the jets and outruns Central’s Nick Donatio (11).

Everett head coach Thelux-on Pierre expresses outrage at the call that marked his quarterback down before he could cross the goal line on a failed two-point conversion in an overtime loss to Central Catholic 39-37. Pierre and others vehemently disputed the call by the referees, that coming in a game that was wrought with questionable calls – including a 5th down mistakenly given to Central late in the game.

Everett’s Jayden Clerveaux (20) plows ahead for positive yards as he’s met by Central Raid-er Nick Donatio (11). Tide receiver Ismael Zamor (3) slips the tackle of Central’s Nick Donatio (11) and gets a big

block from teammate Tyrese Baptiste (11) to open up some running room. 

“They got the five downs and they were still short of a first down and the offi-cials didn’t even measure it and they gave them a first down,” said Pierre. “To me, that raises a red flag.”

Pierre also vehemently disagreed with a non-call on a Central Catholic kick-off return for a touchdown just moments after Tyrese Baptiste had returned the opening kickoff 87 yards to the CC 2-yard line. De-shawn Weston scored the touchdown and Abraham

Betancourth booted the PAT for a quick 7-0 lead.

“Their touchdown on the kickoff return should have come back,” said Pierre. “There was a block in the back and there was a blind-side hit right in front of the referee who didn’t make the call.”

Pierre also felt that a warning should have been given to the Central Catho-lic coaching staff for leav-ing their sidelines and go-ing on the field of play to engage in discussions with

the referees.Pierre said he has sent a

letter of protest about the officiating and the “five-down” sequence to the Massachusetts Interscho-lastic Athletic Association (MIAA).

“The better team did not win the game,” said Pierre. “The refs stole the game. We didn’t lose that game. They took it away from them.”

Ideally, Pierre would have been talking about a superlative performance

by senior wide receiver Eli Auguste who had five re-ceptions and a touchdown, including a spectacular div-ing catch on fourth down to continue an Everett drive. Playing in the final game of his outstanding career, Au-guste also made a leaping interception in the corner of the end zone, miraculous-

ly staying inbounds on the play.

Duke Doherty complet-ed an excellent junior sea-son with 185 yards passing and several key runs. The quarterback draw on the crucial two-point conver-sion attempt (after Baptise had scored on a 3-yard run) appeared to be a terrific

call and a success, but the referees ruled that Doherty hadn’t broken the plane of the end zone, thus ending Everett’s playoff hopes.

It was the second year in a row that Central Cath-olic defeated Everett in the North semifinals.

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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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Malden Catholic High School had its largest Open House in over 7 years, wel-coming over 250 future Lancers on Sunday, Octo-ber 27, 2019. This was the school’s largest attendance for a single-day event.

As they entered through the doors of 99 Crystal Street in Malden, pro-spective students and their parents were greeted by a team of Malden Catho-lic students, parents and alumni who were there to answer questions, organize tour groups and ensure the beginning of an overall ex-citing day.

Headmaster John Thorn-burg kicked off the Open House with a presentation for families and prospective students and emphasized the fact that historically Malden Catholic graduates have produced tremen-dously successful outcomes post-graduation. “Malden Catholic graduates gradu-ate from 4-year colleges at a rate that is 50% higher than the national average,” stated Thornburg. “The average Malden Catho-lic graduate passes more Advanced Placement tests

than 97% all public high schools North of Boston.” MC Class 1994 alum and Founder of Doble LeBranti Financial Group, Richard LeBranti, shared stories regarding his personal ac-complishments and cred-ited his Malden Catholic education for much of his success in life.

In the presentation, Thornburg reinforced that MC is one of the only schools in the country that has a distinct boys and girls division under one institu-tion and after school hours are completed, boys and girls have the chance to par-take in competitive athletics and a wide array of shared extracurricular and service activities. This model cre-ates the best of both worlds: rigorous academics in a single-gender setting and collaboration in athletic, artistic, and extracurricular venues. He then concluded by adding, “If you choose to join us, you can expect to be part of a warm, inclu-sive family. We believe that building ‘enduring personal relationships’ are the foun-dation of a great education and that’s what we strive to

create at Malden Catholic.”Throughout the campus

tour, prospective students experienced hands-on learning including MC’s new STEM center, Digital Arts laboratory and foreign languages Cantina. School Counseling also shared information regarding the exhaustive 4-year process designed assists families in finding the ideal academic, social and financial fit for their child’s college expe-rience.

Once the tours were complete, families returned to the gymnasium for lunch

and had the opportunity to spend time at hosted tables representing 33 extracur-ricular clubs and meet with both club moderators and athletic coaches.

Director of Admissions at Malden Catholic, Mat-thew O’Neil ’99, was ex-tremely happy with the success of the event and commented, “We were de-lighted to experience the tremendous enthusiasm and growth in Open House at-tendance and look forward to a dynamic class of fresh-man men and women in 2024.”

Malden Catholic welcomes over 250 future Lancers at open house

Sophomores, Kylie Bragg and Hannah Gately lead a tour for prospective Malden Catholic students.

Math teacher and Melrose resident, Jeanne Lynch-Galvin, speaks with a prospective student about the math curric-ulum.

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THREE NEW FACES ON CITY COUNCIL

CHELSEA - There will be three new members of the City Council, as incum-bent District Councillors Luis Tejada and Joe Perla-tonda were defeated, and Todd Taylor won an open seat to replace Robert Bish-op in District 1.

Melinda Vega Maldo-nado prevailed in District 2 over Tejada, 220-124. In District 3, the vote was close, but Naomi Zabot came out on top over Per-latonda,172-154, accord-ing to the unofficial results Tuesday night.

In the other contested dis-trict race, incumbent Judith Garcia easily outdistanced Jason Bonetti, 161-48 in

District 5. Giovanni Recu-pero, Yamir Rodriguez, and Calvin Brown ran unop-posed in districts 6, 7, and 8 respectively.

In the At-Large race, in-cumbents Damali Vidot, Roy Avellaneda, and Leo Robinson were returned to office, with Vidot topping the ticket.

“At the end of the day, we ran a very clean cam-paign, and that resonated with people,” said Vidot.

She said her successful bid would not have been possible without the sup-port of the voters, her vol-unteers, and the communi-ty.

The hard work of sup-porters and voters was a common sentiment among those who were elected.

“I am super excited and humbled,” said Maldonado. As a new councillor, Mal-donado said she looks for-ward to working on issues related to the displacement and dislocation of Chelsea residents.

“”I’m delighted and ex-cited to have won, and I look forward to serving the constituents in my commu-nity,” said Zabot. She said the issues surrounding de-velopment and traffic are among the biggest issues in the city she has heard about from voters while cam-paigning.

Garcia said she feels blessed voters have re-turned her to a third term as District 5 Councillor.

“It means a lot to have the support of the voters

and the volunteers who be-lieve in my vision and all I do for the community, es-pecially in District 5,” she said. Garcia said she will continue to look at issues that are interconnected in the city, from the environ-ment and housing to oppor-tunities for Chelsea’s young people.

“I’m thrilled and thank-ful to Chelsea voters for again giving me their con-sideration and look forward to continuing to work and address issues in the com-munity and work for Chel-sea,” said Avellaneda.

“You can never take the voters for granted,” he said, adding that he has been in local politics for 20 years, but approaches each elec-tion like it is his first year.

Although Brown and Re-cupero ran unopposed, both were at City Hall after the polls closed waiting for re-sults.

Brown thanked the resi-dents and business commu-nity of District 8 and said he will continue to build relationships and listen to the voters as he serves on the council. Recupero said he will continue to serve to the best of his ability, and urged any constituents who have issues in the city to call him.

The School Committee race held few surprises, but one new face took the At-Large seat.

Roberto Jimenez-Rive-ra, who moved to Chelsea with his wife Sarah from Cambridge earlier this year, bested Shawn O’Regan, 1,437-818.

Jimenez-Rivera said he got to know the city voters quickly.

“I knocked on over 2,000 doors myself,” he said. “I’m proud of the work my volunteers and I did, and look forward to serving and working with the parents, students, and teachers.”

In the district School Committee races, Rosema-rie Carlisle, Jeanette Velez, Marisol Santiago, Lucia Henriquez, Henry Wilson, Ana Hernandez, Kelly Chaney Garcia, and Yesse-nia Alfaro-Alvarez were all either unopposed or easily outdistanced their compe-tition.

Carlisle, who has served on the committee for over 20 years, said she was hap-py the voters turned out to support her and that she would continue to work to make sure every child in Chelsea gets a good educa-tion.

Garcia said she will con-tinue to work on issues of

importance to the schools.“I love my city and I’m

going to continue to give back,” she said.

LOWER BROADWAY PARKING LOT NUMBERS NOT AS HIGH AS EXPECTED

EVERETT - The Lower Broadway overflow casino parking lot was expected to be a revenue stream worth several million dollars a year for the City – which is operating the lot for three years – but those estimates are coming in much lower due to lower usage than ex-pected.

City officials didn’t im-mediately have an explana-tion for the lower numbers, but said it was likely due to Encore making its parking lot free on weekdays, and free for Red Card holders on weekends – cutting into the use of the City’s paid parking lot across the street.

City Chief Financial Of-ficer Eric Demas said they had expected around $5-6 million a year from the lot over a period of three years. However, that is no longer the estimate, even though the parking lot is still mak-ing money.

“Usage is down,” he said. “At this point, we’re not anticipating making those initial estimates we received from Encore. It is a fluid situation and we’re adjusting accordingly…Through the end of Sep-tember, we received a net in excess of $400,000.”

Demas said he didn’t have official numbers yet for October when parking became free for everyone the whole month, but he did say the parking lot made money over the Oct. 19-20 weekend.

“We still collected $6,000 over that weekend,” he said. “People are still parking there, but not to the extent we thought they would. Encore’s parking is getting full, so we do see an increased usage of our lot during the busy times at Encore on Thursday through Sunday. So, we’re still getting revenues.”

Mayor Carlo DeMaria said he is still encouraged by the lot, as he was a big proponent of operating it for the interim. He said they are still paying taxes on it, still intend to develop it, and the City isn’t losing any money.

“We aren’t seeing as much money on the park-ing as we thought we’d

see,” said the mayor. “They are still paying taxes on the property, and we are still seeing some good money for that. They only have three years to operate that lot. They’re moving on to the next phase of re-devel-opment of that parking lot and all the property they purchased from Dexter to Beacham. We’re anticipat-ing reviewing some new development in there in the next few years.”

Demas said they are exploring right now the idea of leasing spaces to businesses in the area that need parking – particularly during the slower periods.

“The mayor is looking to maximize those revenue opportunities,” he said.

ZONING BOARD DENIES PROJECT

EVERETT - The Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) unanimously denied a vari-ance request that would have allowed for the con-version of a dilapidated sin-gle-story home to an eight-unit apartment building at 126 Ferry St.

The new building would have sat next to a 17-unit apartment building current-ly being renovated by the owner, according to Antho-ny Rossi, the attorney for the project.

The variances being sought for the building in-cluded rear, side, and front setbacks, but the biggest hold up appeared to be the lack of parking spaces for the project. Under zon-ing regulations, 16 spots were required for the six two-bedroom and two one-bedroom market-rate units, but there was no parking proposed on site.

“I know there are con-cerns about parking, but there are three spots that can be rented at the other building (being renovated by the owner),” said Rossi.

Rossi also noted that the building on Ferry Street is near public transportation and bus routes and would appeal to tenants who do not necessarily own cars. He said the owner would also agree to conditions in the ZBA decision in which tenants of 126 Ferry St. would not be able to get on-street parking stickers from the city.

“My concern is park-ing,” said Arlington Street resident Kathy Getchell. “You can’t tell someone that is renting that they are not going to have a parking spot. Residents will park on

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PHOTOS BY KATY ROGERS

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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chael Marchese, Wayne

Matewsky, McLaughlin and

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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

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was a report that someone was

in the second unit who could

not ambulate on his own for

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Joint Committee elects Cardello

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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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Lewis, DeSisto

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on Hillside Street

The Regular American: Sub shop icon Ali S. Ali passes at 91

INAUGURAL BALL

A picture of Ali S. Ali (in the red apron) in front of Angelina’s Sub

Shop on Broadway with a group of devoted customers, includ-

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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THIRTY THREE STUDENTS FROM EVERETT RECEIVE FIRST-QUARTER HONORS AT MYSTIC VALLEY REGIONAL CHARTER SCHOOL  

Mystic Valley Regional Charter School recently re-leased its first quarter Honor Roll for the 2019-2020 Ac-ademic Year. All in all 368 MVRCS students in grades 7-12 achieved either High Honor Roll or Honor Roll Recognition. Thirty three young men and women hailing from Everett were part of the list. To be on the Honor Roll a student needs to finish the quarter with no grade lower than a B- , to be on the High Honor Roll a student needs to finish the quarter with no grade lower than an A-.

Since its inception in 1998, Mystic Valley Re-gional Charter School has

educated students from the communities of Everett, Malden, Medford, Melrose, Stoneham and Wakefield. The school has nearly 1,600 students in grades K-12 and strives tirelessly to deliver a world-class education char-acterized by a well-man-nered, disciplined and structured academic cli-mate. Located in Malden, MVCRS has an extensive character education pro-gram as well for students in all grades, incorporating core values and fundamen-tals ideals of American Cul-ture embodied in the Decla-ration of Independence and United States Constitution.

Honor Roll Students From Everett

7th GradeHigh Honor Roll: Vy

Nguyen, Lucas Santos, Lily Van Campen.

Honor Roll: Kiara Capal-ino, Victor DeSouza, Lucas Freitas, Corey Meady, Kei-ra Michenzie, Hannah Mu-lugheta, Cameron Neal.

8th GradeHigh Honor Roll: Eva

Boudreau, Esther Sou-sa, Niamh Stewart, Eva Truong.

Honor Roll: Joshua De-souza, Ava Green, Elijah Prophete.

9th GradeHigh Honor Roll: Sofia

Blandino.Honor Roll: Amira Har-

da, Daniel Paes.10th GradeHigh Honor Roll: Dar-

nelle Felisier, Amine Jamouq.

Honor Roll: Carissa Loesch, Uyen Nguyen, Brandon Paris, Ayman Ramzy.

11th GradeHigh Honor Roll: Rachel

Silva.Honor Roll: Conor

McKinnon, Bryant Nguy-en, Crystal Truong.

12th GradeHigh Honor Roll: Alexis

Martin, David Nguyen.Honor Roll: Haley Tom

Chataigne.

LOCAL STUDENTS EARN ACADEMIC HONORS

the street.”However, Getchell said

she would find the project more acceptable if there was a condition that resi-dents wouldn’t be able to get parking stickers.

ZBA member Michael Dantone asked if there was any chance the size of the project could be reduced.

Rossi noted that the owner, Luisa Bedoya, spent a considerable amount on the neighboring property, as well as 126 Ferry St., and is making a sizeable invest-ment in the properties, but that she would be willing to reduce the project to six units if it was the Board’s will.

According to city as-sessing records, Bedoya purchased 126 Ferry St. last year for $200,000. She bought 114-124 Ferry St. in 2017 for $2.8 million.

“We’re willing to take a story off and do four two-bedrooms and two one-bedrooms,” said Rossi. “We could do that and still have a nice project.”

Dantone made a motion to grant the variances for 126 Ferry St. with the con-ditions that no city parking stickers be issued for resi-dents, and that the project be reduced by one floor, eliminating two units, but the variances were unan-imously rejected by the Board.

The applicant can appeal the decision to the state.

•Many of the residents attending Monday night’s meeting went home early, as several projects on the agenda were tabled to fu-ture meetings, including projects at 31-33 School St. and a controversial one at 295 Chelsea St.

•The ZBA also denied a special permit to con-vert a two-story home to a three-story home on Ben-nett Street after the appli-cant failed to show up for the second hearing in a row.

HOGAN WINS WARD 6 SEAT

LYNN - Anyone who watched Fred Hogan build the Lynn English girls bas-ketball program in to an NEC powerhouse and Di-vision 1 champion knows how competitive he is and how hard he works to be the best.

So when Cinda Danh, an outstanding candidate in her own right, came within 10 votes of Hogan in the preliminary election on Sept. 4, Hogan knew he had to step up his campaign over the next two months.

In fact, at his post-elec-tion party back in Septem-ber, Hogan told his support-ers point blank, “We have to continue to work hard – we have to pick up the pace and turn it up another

notch.”Hogan campaigned vig-

orously over the past two months, going door-to-door to speak with residents throughout Ward 6, all the while serving his constit-uents as an effective city councillor and his continu-ing his citywide efforts as a community organizer.

The hard work of Ho-gan paid off as he received 718 votes to win re-election Tuesday. Dahn who also waged an excellent, grass-roots campaign, received 648 votes.

Hogan celebrated his victory with supporters at the Brick Yard Bar and Grill. He pledged to contin-ue to work hard every day on behalf of his constitu-ents and thanked Danh for participating in an election process that was positive on both sides.

“We are Ward 6 work-ing together to make Lynn a better place to live,” said Hogan. “I thank the voters for giving me the opportu-nity to represent them on the City Council.”

BUZZY BARTON TOPS THE TICKET IN AT-LARGE ELECTION

Counci l lor-a t -Large Buzzy Barton once again displayed his popularity with voters across the city, receiving 5,426 votes to top the ticket and win re-elec-tion.

All four incumbents re-ceived strong votes. Coun-cillors-at-Large Hong Net (5,043), Brian LaPierre (4,974), and Brian Field (4,761 votes) were also re-elected to the Council.

Jose Encarnacion fin-ished in fifth place with 2,409 votes followed by Lennin Ernesto Pena with 1,966 votes in seventh place, and Joel Hyppolite with 1,407 votes in eighth place.

Incumbents Fare WellIn Other Ward Races

In Ward 1, Council-or Wayne Lozzi received 1,579 votes to earn re-elec-tion to the City Council. Challenger William O’Shea received 1,283 votes.

Ward 2 Councilor Rick Starbard was unopposed in his bid for re-election. Star-bard received 1,035 votes.

In Ward 3, Councilor Darren Cyr, the reigning council president, received 977 votes to defeat George Meimeteas, who received 559 votes.

In Ward 4, Councilor Richard Colucci, dean of the City Council, received 471 votes to defeat Natasha Megie-Maddrey, who re-ceived 301 votes.

In Ward 5, Councilor Dianna Chakoutis received

573 votes to defeat Marven Rhode Hyppolite, who re-ceived 519 votes.

In Ward 7, Councilor Jay Walsh received 1,059 votes to defeat Alexis Reynoso, who received 315 votes.

Coppola Tops The Ticket In School

Committee Contest Longtime School Com-

mittee member and current Vice Chair Donna Coppola led a successful night for the incumbents, topping the ticket in a field of eight can-didates with 5,377 votes.

The other five incum-bents were also re-elected in impressive fashion. Lor-raine Gately was second with 4,835 votes, followed by fellow incumbents John Ford with 4,779 votes, Jar-ed Nicholson with 4,428 votes, Michael Satterwhite with 4,077 votes, and Bri-an Castellanos with 4,056 votes.

Sandra Lopez finished seventh with 2,937 votes while Tiffany Jean Mag-nolia finished eighth with 2,835 votes.

Janet Rowe Reports 19.99

Percent TurnoutCity Clerk and Elections

Chief Janet Rowe reported a turnout of 19.99 per cent in Tuesday’s general elec-tion.

A total of 10,552 voters out of a pool of 52,796 reg-istered voters cast their bal-lots in the election.

ARRIGO RE-ELECTED MAYOR

REVERE - Mayor Bri-an Arrigo won re-election Tuesday, earning a second four-year term as the city’s chief executive.

Arrigo received 5,809 votes to claim victory over Councillor-at-Large Dan Rizzo who received 5,251 votes. The election was a rematch of their 2015 con-test in which Arrigo, then a councillor-at-large, unseat-ed Rizzo, then mayor, by 118 votes.

Arrigo celebrated his im-pressive victory at the Mari-na at the Wharf Restaurant, with his jubilant supporters, many wearing the familiar orange jerseys, chanting, “Four More Years, A-R-R-I-G-O, and BRIAN, BRI-AN!” as the mayor and his wife, Daveen Arrigo, en-tered the main room.

It was Daveen who had the honor of introducing her husband, stating simply, “I would just like to take a second to congratulate my husband, Mayor Brian Ar-rigo,” drawing roars of ap-proval from the crowd.

Arrigo stood on a chair, obliging his supporters who wanted to see the mayor de-liver his acceptance speech.

“I was just reminded that I have a 6 a.m. sign holding so I can’t fall off the chair, and I’ve always wanted to say this – but honey, we’re going to Disney World,” said Arrigo, echoing the famous phrase that new-ly crowned Super Bowl champions say after their victories.

Arrigo then expressed his gratitude to his entire campaign team and the vol-unteers who propelled him to victory.

“From the bottom of my heart, thank you,” said Arri-go. “Thank you to everyone that held a sign, knocked on doors, took time to make phone calls, wrote letters, wrote notes – thank you. Without all of your help and hard work, we’re not here.

“I would be remiss if I didn’t mention my mom (Paula Arrigo), my entire family, obviously my beau-tiful wife, Daveen, and our two boys (Joseph and Jack).”

Arrigo added, “starting tomorrow, there’s a lot of work to be done and I know you’ve all bought in to the vision that we have for the city, but there are still 5,252 people who did not neces-sarily buy in to that vision. The work begins tomorrow to start to heal the city, make

sure that the negativity and the divisive way that people campaigned and the way that things were done over the last couple of months doesn’t happen again.

“I want to say congratu-lations to all of you, thank you for all your love and support and have a fun night,” concluded Arrigo.

The triumphant scene continued inside the restau-rant as supporters person-ally congratulated Arri-go, with many requesting Election Night photographs with the mayor.

D’AMBROSIO TOPS SCHOOL COMMITTEE RACE; POWERS RE-ELECTED; SERINO TOPS IN WARD 6

REVERE - Two new fac-es will be on the City Coun-cil and School Committee come January as the results of the 2019 Election now have gone into the history books.

All incumbents were re-turned to office in spirited races for the council and school committee. A new face on the Council, but not to the voters of Revere, School Committeeman Gerry Visconti was elected to fill the vacant seat left by Councillor Dan Rizzo who

ran for mayor. Incumbents returning were top vote get-ter Jessica Ann Giannino with 5,684 votes, followed by Councillors Steven Mo-rabito, Anthony Zambuto and George Rotondo.

In the School Committee race, newcomer to Revere politics, Anthony D’Am-brosio handily topped the School Committee race with 5,243 votes. Incum-bent Carol Tye finished second with 4,997 votes followed by incumbents Michael Ferrante, Stacey Bronsdon-Rizzo, Susan Gravellese and Frederick Sannella.

Two closely watched races were in Ward 5 and Ward 6.

In Ward 5, Councillor John Powers again faced Eric Lampedecchio. Pow-ers won re-election with 1262 votes to Lampedec-chio’s 932 votes.

In Ward 6 Richard Seri-no easily won with 1,451 votes to Nicholas Moulai-son’s 486. Both candidates were running to fill the seat left vacant by the retirement of popular Ward 6 Council-lor Charlie Patch.

In the other contested Ward race, Ward 2 Coun-cillor Ira Novoselsky easily won re-election with 632 votes to challenger Robert Bent with 187 votes.

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Glendale Christian Lighthouse ChurchNews and Notes

Adult Sunday School at 9:30 AM. Teaching about Holiness .

Sunday 10:30 AM Wor-ship service.

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Come join us in prayer every Friday at 6 am.

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Grace Anglican Episco-pal Church is open & wel-coming to all.

There are 3 services on Sundays: 10 a.m. English, 1 p.m. South Sudanese (Din-ka) and 3 p.m. Haitian Cre-ole. 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 be-ginnings.

Grace Anglican Episcopal Church67 Norwood Street,

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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 Vigil) 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 Community

4:00 p.m. Haitian Com-munity

Masses are being held in the Chapel.

Eucharistic Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: Ad-oration of the Blessed Sac-rament is held every Thurs-day from 7:45 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Chapel. Each

Thursdays’ adoration will conclude the Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament at 6:30 p.m. All are invit-ed 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 dollar and any money collected will go to-wards 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

Glendale United Methodist ChurchNews and Notes

Glendale United Meth-odist Church is open to all and we welcome people of all faiths, race, nationalities and sexual preference. No one is ever turned away. If you are looking for a new home church, we would like you to check us out and let us know what we can do to make church a better fit in your life.

Bible Study: Consider joining us for Bible study on Sunday. We meet in the Church Parlor off the Chapel from 9:30 to 10:00 a.m.

Sponsor the bulletin! For a $5 donation, you can ded-icate the Sunday bulletin to recognize family, friends, or special occasions. There is a sign-up sheet in the Pastor’s study. Feel free to choose your particular week and leave a copy of your dedi-cation in the mail in that is on the Pastor’s door. Please contact the Pastor if you have any questions.

Boy Scout Troop 814: Meet in Cooper Hall on Tuesday evenings from 6-9 p.m. Cub Pack 11 meets on Saturday mornings.

NA Meetings – Mon. Bring Your Own Book 7:30

– 9:30 p.m.; Thurs. I Can’t But We Can, 8:00 7:30 – 9:30 p.m.

AA Meeting – Saturday evenings from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Pastor’s Office Hours: Saturdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Other times by appointment.

Bread of Life Donations – This outreach is being done to honor the United Meth-odist Women’s Group, who for so many years were our outreach source. Please bring any food item(s) to church and place in the box located on the altar.

We are on the Internet http://www.glen-

daleumc-everett.org Glendale United

Methodist ChurchPastor David Jackson

392 Ferry Street (across from Glendale Towers) Please enter the church by the driveway on

Walnut Street617-387-2916

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Pastor’s Office Hours: Saturdays 10 AM to 2 PM.

Other times by appointment.

Robert Conti, 90, passed away on Nov. 4 at the West Revere Health Center with his loving wife, Lillian by his side.

Bob was born on Nov. 22, 1928 in Everett, one of four children of the late Profeta and Mary (Locatel-li) Conti. He grew up in Ev-erett and it was in Everett that he established his busi-ness, Everett Aluminum, which has become one of the foundations of the Ev-erett Business Community.

Bob Conti was respect-ed, loved and admired by all who had the privilege of knowing him. His kindness and generosity traveled far and at home. People tell stories of things that he did for others that were unself-ish and extraordinary.

Bob was a brilliant man, great humanitarian and had a wonderful sense of hu-mor. He was always full of life and loving every min-ute he had with family and friends. Bob was a devoted family man with a brilliant mind, huge heart, beaming smile and knowing eyes.

Bob set the bar incred-ibly high as a father to his five children and was an exceptional role model for his eight grandchildren. Bob was a member of Ev-erett Kiwanis for 46 years and it is this organization that dedicated the bell that opens every meeting to Robert Conti for his Ser-vice, Generosity and Fun on Sept. 26, 2019. He also was a member of St Vincent de Paul of St Mary’s Parish in Revere.

Bob Conti lived the life he loved and Bob Conti loved the life he lived.

Bob is survived by his loving wife of 65 years, Lillian as well as his chil-

dren: Mary Lynn and her husband, Richard Sully of Lynnfield, Peter and his wife, Kathy Conti of Sau-gus, John and his wife, Michele Conti of Everett and Steven Conti and his fiancé, Annie Rochon of Gloucester and father of the late Paul Conti. He was the grandfather of Chris-topher Conti and his wife. Tanya, Jillian Sheehan and her husband. Colin, Joseph Conti, Kimberly Bachand and her husband, Joshua, Robert Conti and his wife. Caitlin, Maria Sully, Kelsey Conti and Michaela Con-ti and great-grandfather of Rory Sheehan. He was the brother of James Conti and the late Joseph Conti and his wife. Ann and Margue-rite and her husband. Tony Lepore. He was Godfather to Miranda Mugford.

Visiting hours were held at the Murphy O’Hara Fu-neral Home, 519 Broad-way, Everett last Thursday and a Funeral Mass was celebrated in St Mary’s of the Assumption Parish with Father Sheridan celebrating the Mass. Interment was in Woodlawn Cemetery. The family would like dona-tions made in Bob’s mem-ory to Alzheimer’s Asso-ciation 309 Waverley Rd. Waltham, MA. 02452 or online at ALZ.org.

Elizabeth DoyleGraduate of Everett High School,

Class of 1955

Elizabeth “Betty” Doyle. 82, a lifelong resident of Everett. passed away sur-rounded by the love and adoration of her family on Monday, Nov. 4 at her daughter’s home after a val-iant battle with cancer.

Betty was raised in Everett, attended Ever-ett Schools and graduated from Everett High School, Class of 1955. It is then she met her first and only love, Red, they were married in 1960 and made Everett their home. Among Betty’s favorite things to do was watching her six grand-children grow into amazing adults and the birth of her two great-grandchildren.

Betty married Jack “Red” Doyle who prede-ceased her in 2009. Red and Betty were together for 49 years and they proud-ly raised their three girls, Beth of Worcester, Kathy of Manomet and Trisha of Ev-erett. She is also survived by her sons-in-law, Jack and Denny, her six grand-children: Courtney and her husband, Dave, Daniel, Jo-seph, Connor, Shannon and

Jordan and her great grand-children, Jack and Tess. She is survived by her brother, Giles and sister, Jane, both of Michigan and by many nieces and nephews. Her sister, Pat predeceased her in 2003.

Visiting hours were held at the Murphy O’Hara Fu-neral Home, 519 Broad-way, Everett on Monday, Nov. 11 and a Funeral Mass followed in the Immacu-late Conception Church on Broadway in Everett. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to St Jude Hospital, PO Box 50, Memphis, TN. 38101-9929 or online stjude.org/wemissyou.

Robert ContiEstablished Everett Aluminum, one of

the foundations of the Everett Business Community

Mystic Valley Elder Ser-vices started Mystic Tea nearly eight years ago to provide an affirming, com-fortable gathering place for LGBTQ older adults and anyone who wants to meet, eat and socialize with a lot of very interesting and wel-coming people. And within that time, participation in the monthly meetings has remained robust, and new-comers to the Mystic Valley LGBTQ senior community have joined the gathering, finding companionship, acceptance, and the enjoy-ment of shared experiences.

“It’s a space where you don’t feel inhibited,” says Frank Lapiana, a regular participant in the group. “You may have grown up in an environment where you were mistreated or where you were made to feel like an outcast but this group setting is very comfortable and welcoming.”

Mystic Tea is a gather-ing for anyone with a fo-cus on serving lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender

older adults in the Mystic Valley region and beyond. LGBTQ Mystic Tea is held on the third Tuesday of the month from 4 to 6 p.m. at Mystic Valley Elder Ser-vices, 300 Commercial St., in Malden. LGBTQ Mys-tic Tea is open to LGBTQ adults from anywhere in Massachusetts. The “tea” includes coffee, tea, and a hearty meal, but more im-portantly, good company and conversation.

Frank says it’s a comfort-able group, always ready to make a first-timer feel welcome and embraced. And he notes that for some of the participants, it’s the only LGBTQ-specific space they ever encounter and they feel connected to each other.

For the several dozen regular attendees of Mystic Tea, both male and female, the monthly event has be-come central to their social calendars. Sometimes there are special guest speak-ers, presentations on se-nior nutrition or help nav-

igating Medicare. Many of the members come every month and have made new friends.

“It gets you out of the house and adds variety to your week,” says Christo-pher Mason. “Mystic Tea is a place where I can be my-self and feel comfortable in conversation.”

“We want all older adults in the Mystic Valley region to feel safe, comfortable, independent, and support-ed,” said Dan O’Leary, Chief Executive Officer of Mystic Valley Elder Ser-vices. “We treat all seniors equitably, and equitable treatment sometimes means reaching a bit further, trying a bit harder, and doing a bit more to create a welcoming and hospitable agency—and community.”

An important part of in-dependent living for older adults is community and/or family support. Too of-ten, however, LGBTQ se-niors are alienated from their families, and do not know how to find commu-

nity members who would affirm their identities. Mys-tic Tea creates a welcoming community space for these individuals to socialize, de-velop trusting friendships, and build a peer support network.

Peer support and con-nection have proven health benefits for seniors. A sense of community improves se-niors’ emotional wellbeing and outlook, which in turn has a beneficial impact on health—including appetite, activity, memory, and in-tellect. Mystic Tea provides the members of our senior community with a safe and welcoming place to build this peer support and share with each other.

The participants may enjoy the meal served, but it’s the company that keeps folks coming back, month after month and year after year.

For more information about Mystic Tea, please call 781-388-2303.

LGBTQ members welcomed at Mystic Valley Elder Services monthly social

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- LEGAL NOTICE -CITY OF EVERETT

BOARD OF APPEALS484 BroadwayEverett, 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, November 18, 2019 at 7:00 PM, Everett City Hall, 3rd Floor, George Keverian Hearing Room. All interested parties may attend and opinions will be heard regarding the following petition.

Whereas a petition has been presented by:Property Address: 178-180 Hancock StreetEverett, MA 02149Map/Parcel: C0-01-000155Property Owner: Timothy Penso178-180 Hancock StreetEverett, MA 02149

PROPOSAL:The applicant proposes to convert the existing accessory structure garage into a single family dwelling by renovating the interior and installing new windows and doors. There are no exterior build outs or additions proposed. The existing lot is 6000 sf and is located in a Dwelling District and contains an existing principle structure two family dwelling. The applicant proposed adequate parking for the additional dwelling unit.

REASON FOR DENIAL:AppendixA Section 3 (13): which states the following:“Any lot, which is to be occupied for residential purpose shall have a frontage of at least twenty (20) feet wide on one or more streets and there shall be not more than one (1) structure of the type permitted for each such lot.” The appli-cant needs relief in the form of a variance from the Board of Appeals.

A copy of the application is on file in the Office of the City Clerk located at City Hall, 484 Broadway, Everett, MA and can be inspected during regular business hours.

BOARD OF APPEALS FOR THE CITY OF

EVERETT, MASSACHUSETTSMary Gerace - Chairman

Robert Suppa Clerk - Board of AppealsNovember 6, 2019 and November 13, 2019

- LEGAL NOTICE -CITY OF EVERETT

EVERETT, MASSACHUSETTSPLANNING BOARDPUBLIC HEARING NOTICEZONING AMENDMENT

In accordance with the provisions of Chapter 40A, M.G.L. Section 5, the Everett Planning Board will conduct a public hearing on Monday, Novem-ber 25, 2019 at 7:00 PM in the Speaker George Keverian Room, third floor, City Hall, 484 Broadway Street, Everett, MA on a proposed Amendment that the Zoning Ordinance be amended by adding a new section: Section 34: Short-Term Rentals. Below is the draft language:

Section 34 SHORT-TERM RENTALSA. Purposes. The purposes of developing Section 34, Short-Term Rentals, are:1. To allow zoning compliance for Division 18A “Short-Term Rental Licens-es”, thus enabling Short-Term Rental Licenses to be properly administered by the Board of Licensing Commissioners.2. To safely encourage the use of Short-Term Rentals throughout the City of Everett.B. Applicability. 1. Section 34, “Short-Term Rentals”, shall apply to all Zoning Districts. 2. The requirement for “Primary Residence” or “Owner-Occupied” Short-Term Rentals, as defined in Section ___-_____ of the Revised Ordinances of the City of Everett, shall apply only to the following districts:I. Dwelling DistrictII. Lower Broadway Residential Detached DistrictIII. Apartment District3. In any district not mentioned in Section 34 (B)(2), the Short-Term Rental Unit need not be Owner-Occupied so long as a property manager is on duty for said Short-Term Rental Unit(s). C. Use Regulations1. No Residential Unit shall operate as a Short-Term Rental without first receiving a license from the Board of License Commissioners.2. The use of a Residential Unit as a Short-Term Rental for residential occupancy for a fee by a person or persons shall be limited to thirty-one (31) consecutive calendar days. 3. A valid Short-Term Rental License shall last for one year, automatically expiring on December 31st. To continue operation as a Short-Term Rental, the Operator must apply for a renewal, the process for which is detailed in Division 18A “Short-Term Rental Licenses”.4. While there is no limit to the amount of bedrooms that can be utilized in a Short-Term Rental, there is a limited occupancy load of two (2) persons per bedroom in a Short-Term Rental.5. The Operator of a Short-Term Rental must abide by and adhere to any and all conditions on the Short-Term Rental license given by the Board of License Commissioners.

Following the public hearing, the Planning Board will provide a report and recommendation to the Everett City Council on the proposed zoning amendment.A copy of the proposed zoning amendment is on file in the Office of the City Clerk as well as the Department of Planning and Development, City Hall, 484 Broadway, Everett, MA, and can be inspected during regular City Hall business hours.All persons interested or wishing to be heard on the proposal should appear at the time and place designated.

Frederick Cafasso, ChairmanEVERETT PLANNING BOARD

November 6, 2019 and November 13, 2019

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REVERE - Available now. 1 Bedroom, 2nd floor. No pets, no smoking. $1500 - includes heat! 781-244-5923------------------------LYNN - Available December 1. Newly renovated. Nice, Large, 3 bedroom apartment. 3rd floor..$2,000.Call 617-529-0879

Page 12 Phone: 617-387-9600 Fax: 781-485-1403The Everett Independent • Wednesday, November 13, 2019

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HOPEDALE - 18 Tammie RoadContemporary, split entry with 8 rooms, 2 and a half bathrooms on three levels. Features fireplace, skylight, hardwood flooring, balcony, deck and more!

$356,845

LYNN - 12 room 5 bedroom De-leaded 2-family updated kitchens hw floors Sold as buyer agent

$526,000

MALDEN - 18-20 Milton St. Well maintained 2 family, 4-8 rooms with some Hardwood floors, new roof, drive-way, convenient location. $709,999

E. DENNIS - 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 1 car ga-rage renovated top to bottom, hw floors,abutting protected town water district land. $420,000

EVERETT - 3 bedroom 2 single open floor plan hw floors 2 car driveway. Sold over asking price.

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TEWKSBURY - Single family, 50 foot split entry home on a beautiful 1 acre lot, on quiet culdesac with easy access to major highways. Plus bay windows, fireplace, 3-car garage and more. $540,000

NORTH ANDOVER - 11 Little Road 7 room, 4 bedroom home with lots of character.

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CELEBRATING

Years in Business

November 1, 1999

PHOTOS BY KATY ROGERS

Integral Arts Everett concluded their scavenger hunt art exhibition with a celebration at the Village Bar and Grill on Thursday evening, Nov. 7. To wrap up the first Ever-ett Community Art Walk, attendees had the opportunity to see the artwork on display in the bar and meet the artists.

Karyn Alzayer thanked artists and attendees for partaking in the first Everett Community Art Walk this year.

Karyn Alzayer posed in a frame alongside Ose Schwab. Lou Lim showed off his art to friend, Joel Quenneville.

Councilor at Large-Elect Gerly Adrien congratulated Karyn Alzayer for her hard work, and presented her with a bou-quet.

Dani Stanevicz contributed photographs to the Everett Community Art Walk.

Councilor Fred Capone added a wish to the wishing wall.

Councilor Fred Capone joined Integral Arts Everett at their celebration on Thursday evening.

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