By Laura Plummer

Tensions were still running high at the City Council on Monday, March 11, as Coun-cilor Michael McLaughlin used a moment in the meeting to make a pointed response about the exchange that trans-pired between himself and Mayor Carlo DeMaria at the Council last week.

Monday’s meeting came on the heels of a contentious meeting of the Council’s Committee on Government Operations, Public Safety & Public Service on Monday, March 4, in which Ward 6 Councilor Michael McLaugh-lin engaged in a heated argu-ment with invited guest May-or Carlo DeMaria. During the exchange, at one point the mayor moved quickly to take papers off of McLaughlin’s desk, initiating a sharp re-buke from the councilor about moving into his space. That has been the subject of much discussion over the past week, as has the mayor’s defense of the Wellness Center – which he announced was growing in revenue and membership.

At the Council meeting on March 11, McLaughlin re-flected on that exchange in a prepared statement, express-

ing his shock and disappoint-ment with the mayor’s actions the previous week and urging the Council to take action to prevent a similar scenario from occurring in the future.

“As city councilors, we have a duty and responsibility to ask questions and seek an-swers,” said McLaughlin. “If the mayor disagrees with this role, I would be curious what he thinks we’re actually doing here.”

McLaughlin roundly con-demned “the mayor’s ten-dency to use [the Wellness Center] as a personal employ-ment agency for insiders and friends.”

Mayor DeMaria was out of town and was not present at the meeting.

McLaughlin also explicitly called out Committee Chair-man Anthony DiPierro for his attempt “to protect the mayor and his department heads at all cost, regardless of what is best for residents.”

McLaughlin said he wor-ried about a future in which Council members hesitate to propose an item for fear of retaliation by the DeMaria administration. He ended his remarks by assuring those

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Senator Sal DiDomenico welcomed friends, family, supporters, and political colleagues Friday night to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at the annual DiDo-menico Foundation St. Patrick’s Day Celebration in Charlestown. Hundreds of local and state officials gathered to enjoy the tradition. During the fes-tivities, a Trump impersonator teased head table guests as part of an annual tradition of poking fun at politics. See Page 6 for more photos.

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Alessandra Foster and Arabela Cvitkusic of Everett Troop 62191 showed dedication and patriotic duty by portraying Lady Liber-ty and Uncle Sam. The show of patriotism came during the Girl Scout’s International Day celebration on Sunday, March 10. See Page 12 for more photos.

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City initiates major Human Trafficking program ahead of casino opening

By Seth Daniel

Everett City administration workers were just in the midst of getting ready to launch a human trafficking campaign when – only steps from City Hall – a massage parlor was busted where a woman was offering prostitution to an undercover police officer – a woman that police are looking at as being trafficked in for the sex trade.

Such situations exist all over Greater Boston on every corner and in every business district, and just ahead of thou-sands more people coming to Everett for the Encore Bos-ton Harbor casino, it’s exactly why the City chose to pursue the idea of putting a stop to hu-man trafficking right now.

That priority by the admin-istration resulted in Everett winning a coveted grant spon-sored by the City of Houston and a foundation set up there to combat human trafficking. Everett is only one of 20 cities nationwide that won the first round of the program, called the Ten-Ten Municipal Fel-lowship, and the only city in the northeast.

“We became aware of an opportunity in November where you work with Hous-ton on the issue of Human Trafficking – both sex traf-ficking and labor trafficking,” said Catherine Rollins Dinisi of the Mayor’s Office. “Inter-estingly, the labor trafficking is far more common, but sex

By Seth Daniel

Often times when Fire Lt. Scott Dalrymple – who was critically injured in a house fire last July – is on the job in his new role as a Fire Pre-vention Specialist, he rou-tinely runs into residents or homeowners who think he is being too strict about problem conditions in their homes; that a fire could never happen to them and they will never get hurt.

It’s during those times that he sticks out his left hand, which is still shows the se-rious burns and doesn’t yet have full movement.

“I just stick out my left hand and show them,” he said. “I tell them I had gloves on and this happened to me. If they’re in bed in their bed clothes, think what would happen to them. It can hap-pen to anyone. No one thinks their house will catch on fire. Everyone thinks it’s not going to be them. I’m walking proof it can happen. Why not do the right thing and make every-

one safe? When we enforce the code, it’s all for safety. It’s not revenge. It’s something to make sure we don’t expose anyone to danger or injury. They always say it can’t hap-pen to them or their property. I tell them, ‘You know what? It happened to me.’”

Dalrymple, 49, returned to the Fire Department after seven months out of work

with eight surgeries and doz-ens upon dozens of therapy appointments, not to mention counseling to make sure he isn’t suffering trauma after being injured so badly. His injuries came in a large fire on July 13, 2018, a day that was like any other day in his 25-year firefighting career, he said.

“After 25 years, you don’t think much about it,” he said. “You watch TV and go on calls and usually nothing hap-pens. That day was a regular Friday afternoon like most other afternoons. We went to the fire and we were working it.

“Then this happened,” he said, holding out his left hand.

What happened was he and another firefighter went through the front door to try to knock the fire down from the front. The fire had started in the basement and it was burning very hot there. Inside the front door was a heat-ing register, and Dalrymple

‘It can never happen to me’Lt. Scott Dalrymple is an example that fire can happen to anyone, and hurt them seriously

Fire Lt. Scott Dalrymple is back on the job after suffering critical burns and injuries in a July 2018 fire on Morris Street. Now, he is a walking example of how fire and safety codes can prevent injuries.

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Study shows Malden River sediments should not prevent boating

By Seth Daniel

After more than a year of information gathering and study of sediments in the Mal-den River, the Mystic River Watershed Association (MyR-WA) recently announced that they have concluded the once-industrial River is safe for boating – including ca-noes, sculls and kayaks.

MyRWA released its report of the sediment studies this month and concluded that the Malden River, while contain-ing sediments like lead, is not harmful for adults or young people to use for boating. That includes kayaking, canoeing and the Everett High Crew Team.

“One perspective we’ve all been working to understand is the abundance of caution by public officials about rec-ommending the Malden Riv-er as a site for boating,” said Andy Hrycyna, a watershed scientist for MyRWA. “I feel that was a reasonable stance given the evidence. People who knew the history know that 150 years of industrial waste poured into the Malden River…You can calculate out that risk (from sediments) and our stance is that risk is neg-ligible. From a public policy standpoint we don’t have to worry about the risks for boat-ing because they are so negli-gible, so small.”

That information was a rev-

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HeartbreakerPope John falls to Abington in state semifinal game at TD Garden

Pope John led by 11 points with two minutes left, but Abington never let up, and the Tigers dropped a heartbreak-

ing 72-71 decision to Abington in the MIAA Division 4 state semifinal game at TD Garden Tuesday afternoon. Abington’s

Will Klein hit a three pointer with 1.5 seconds left to bury the Tigers’ hope of defending their Division 4 state championship.

Luis Valazquez is stunned as he walks off the floor and Abington teammates cel-ebrate in the background. Abington beat the Tigers 72-72 on a last-second three-pointer. See Page 7 for more photos.

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The Friendly Sons of St. Pat-rick will hold their 65th annual dinner on Friday, March 15, at the Connolly Center in Everett.

The annual St. Patrick’s Day event is hosted by State Rep. Joe McGonagle and Mayor Carlo DeMaria and is a joint ef-fort by the City and the Friend-ly Sons organization.

The Friendly Sons dinner

raises money for the Everett Public Schools, and since 2014, has raised nearly $20,000.

Like always, there is will be great humor and some point-ed jokes directed at friends in good St. Patrick’s spirit.

The Friendly Sons will also be honoring several communi-ty members, including injured Fire Lt. Scott Dalrymple and Encore Boston Harbor Presi-dent Bob DeSalvio.

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•Sister Margaret (Peggy) Reavy- Pope John High School

•Richard “Dick” Hogan- Ev-erett Veteran

•Linda Maloney- Ever-ett Public Schools

•Barbara Collins- For-mer Everett City Councilor

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By Seth Daniel

Former Supt. Fred For-esteire is alleged to have re-moved numerous Everett In-dependent newspapers from at least one store last Wednes-day, March 13, an edition of the paper that had a story about him describing sensi-tive police allegations of sex-ual assault and harassment.

The matter came to light when a worker at one of the local convenience stores post-ed on Facebook that a man that he believed to be Forest-eire had allegedly come into his store and allegedly took a huge stack of papers – with the worker alleging that he was trying to prevent the news from getting out.

“The ex-Everett Superin-tendent who is on the cover of the local papers for sexual as-sault allegations just came and swiped all the Everett papers - like that makes it go away haha,” read the post.

Along with the post was a store surveillance video that showed what appears to be Foresteire coming into the store and going to the stack of Independents twice to remove a large stack of them.

At the store, on Ferry Street, the Manager – and Facebook poster – Tommy Rodrigues said he was working there when it happened. He and oth-er employees claim that they

recognized Foresteire – some of the employees saying they have lived all their lives in Ev-erett and knew very well who Foresteire was.

That is why they were shocked when he seemed to allegedly take the large stack of papers.

Rodrigues said Foresteire came in and bought a Boston newspaper. Then he allegedly walked over to the stack of local papers and looked at the Independent, allegedly then taking a large stack. Then he walked towards the door, stopped, and returned to the stack to allegedly take more.

Rodrigues said he took all but about three of the papers. He said they were all surprised when he allegedly did it.

“I thought it was shock-ing he would allegedly take them,” he said. “It doesn’t make any of it go away. I know these are accusations,

but this doesn’t make him look very innocent.”

Another worker said cus-tomers who know Foresteire said he allegedly had a lot more papers in his backseat.

Rodrigues and other work-ers said customers had been coming in all week to try to find the paper, noting that they had said it was very hard to find at the usual spots.

An attorney for Foresteire did not have a working phone number when the Independent tried to reach him at three dif-ferent numbers to comment on the allegations.

As a free newspaper, this allegation does not involve theft, but calls into question limiting the dissemination of information to the public.

In addition to store deliv-eries, the Everett Independent also delivers more than 6,000 copies to residents in Everett.

Former Supt. believed to have removed local papers from store

A still taken from the store surveillance video.

present that he had no plans to resign, despite rumors to the contrary.

“The mayor answered ev-ery question that he was al-lowed to answer,” DiPierro responded in his own defense.

DiPierro also suggested that a vetting of the Wellness Center employees could open the City up to “potential liti-gation” and that he felt it was not the Council’s job to “assist potential plaintiffs.”

“I’m not going to let propa-ganda dictate the business that we conduct in these cham-bers,” he said.

Councilor Fred Capone, however, backed McLaughlin, stating that he was “appalled” by the mayor’s behavior on March 4, and that McLaugh-lin was owed an apology for being “belittled and insulted.”

“The councilor’s concern was of deficiencies he saw in a City department,” said Ca-pone. “He asked questions. That is what he was elected to do.”

When it came time to intro-duce reports from that com-mittee meeting, McLaughlin presented a list of questions

he had created for the Feb-ruary 11 meeting, and added another two to his list: obtain-ing any assessment reports that have been conducted of the Wellness Center in the past two years, and inviting the Wellness Center’s Human Resources Director to explain its management structure and history.

McLaughlin motioned to have these concerns moved to the Council’s Ways and Means Committee, and the Council voted to do so, but only after pushback from Councilors Wayne Matewsky and Rosa DiFlorio.

DiFlorio emphasized that she’s “not taking sides” with either the mayor or McLaugh-lin, but echoed DiPierro’s concern of the potential law-suits that a thorough vetting of City employees could invite.

“We’re not trying to hide anything,” she said.

“The Wellness Center is a big success to this communi-ty,” said Matewsky.

He also questioned why McLaughlin’s items were be-ing moved to another commit-tee, and seemed to insinuate

that McLaughlin was using heavy-handed tactics by re-questing that his items go be-fore Ways and Means.

“I don’t like bullies. After this committee, this is it. You can only beat a dead horse so much,” said Matewsky.

When the floor was opened to commentary from the pub-lic, Everett resident Reverend Renee Solano – who is run-ning for Council - urged that a thorough audit be imposed not only on the Health and Well-ness Center but on all City-run organizations.

“You guys should be clean-ing the entire house and in-vestigating every single de-partment,” she said. “I would really like to see the best qual-ified people [in these jobs].”

The Ways and Means Com-mittee will address McLaugh-lin’s concerns at their meeting on April 4, during which the mayor and officials in his ad-ministration will be given the opportunity to respond.

The next City Council meeting will be on March 25 at 6pm. This meeting, as all meetings of the Council, are open to the public.

trafficking gets more public-ity. We applied in November because we know it’s an issue everywhere. We’re not talking about this as an Everett-only issue or an urban issue. We know it’s everywhere. From research, we know when you have proximity to an airport and are targeting international tourism, you need to be proac-tive on this from a municipal standpoint. In anticipation of the casino opening, we know there are going to be thousands of tourists and potentially growth in this.”

Mayor Carlo “Given recent media head-

lines, I know that many peo-ple have been discussing the crime of human trafficking,” he said. “And over the com-ing months, my administration will be working to raise public awareness about human traf-ficking, which knows no bor-ders and happens in commu-nities across the state and the nation. I am proud that, since November of last year, the City of Everett has been one of 20 cities in the country to participate in the Human Traf-ficking Response Ten/Ten Mu-ni-Fellowship, led by the City of Houston and Mayor Sylves-ter Turner. We will implement the municipal best practices established in Houston, and most importantly, we will turn to our community to help us with this critical work.”

Houston began the initiative because it was one of the cit-ies in America with the largest problem of human trafficking. They were drawn to the issue when a local church identi-

fied that women were being trafficked, and mounted a let-ter-writing campaign. After some 5,000 letters, the City of Houston was on board. They were the first in the U.S. to bring on five full-time work-ers to investigate human traf-ficking, and also to cross train existing employees to be able to spot signs of a trafficking operation.

In Massachusetts, there were more than 3,000 reports of human trafficking, and Di-nisi said that is probably low because it is an underreported crime.

“You know that’s just the tip of the iceberg because it is very under-reported,” she said.

As Dinisi was working on the grant, traveling to Houston and learning from them, sev-eral things happened to bring human trafficking into the spotlight – including the case against Patriots owner Robert Kraft and the bus of the mas-sage parlor a few blocks from City Hall.

Dinisi said it gives good momentum to the effort that Everett is about to launch.

Part of the effort will be launching an awareness cam-paign for the public to know that women at such places are being trafficked and, some-times, held against their will. Dinisi said many people don’t know exactly what is going on, and the awareness campaign will bring light to that, as well as give information about how to report it.

“Part of this will be letting the residents know there are victims of trafficking in our

community and communities around us,” she said.

That campaign is titled, ‘Watch for Traffick’ and it will soon be part of a major blitz of information coming from the city through all media sources.

An early initiative is to work with the Procurement Office to create contract lan-guage for all vendors to sign saying they will not be using trafficked labor to the best of their knowledge.

That, she said, is something the federal government did, and larger cities are also doing.

“We know we are signifi-cantly smaller than Houston or other big cities, but we think it sends the right message.”

Other early ideas include working with taxi drivers and other ride operators to post stickers in their vehicles, and to also be prepared to spot the signs of trafficking.

“These transportation oper-ators are very commonly used to transport victims of traffick-ing,” she said. “We would like to get them to recognize and report the signs, but even just partnering with them to put the sticker in their vehicles would be helpful.”

The initiative will kick off this month, and will be in place for the run-up to the opening of the casino.

If you are a victim of human trafficking or know someone who might be, help is avail-able (in 200 languages) by calling the National Human Trafficking Hotline at 1-888-373-7888 or sending a text to BeFree (233733).

Friendly Sons to honor Fire Lt. Scott Dalrymple, and Encore’s Bob DeSalvio on March 15

By Seth Daniel

A Saugus developer is looking to demolish one sin-gle-family home on Main Street and build three town-houses containing six units on the property – which includes a vacant lot as well.

Amandeep Dillon has filed with the City to build the townhouses on 108-112 Main Street, which currently con-tains a detached home at 112 Main St. and a vacant lot used for parking.

The project would combine the two parcels and build on both of them. The three town-houses would contain six units, each having three bed-rooms. It would be four sto-ries tall and would have two shared roof decks. There will

be 11 parking spaces, with six of them being located below the units on the first floor.

The project will go to the Board of Appeals for its March 18th meeting.

The developer will request variances for front yard depth, rear yard setbacks and park-ing. The zoning requires 12 parking spaces, and the proj-ect provides 11.

Developer looking to put townhouses on Main Street lot

A Saugus developer of proposing the construction of three townhouses at 108-112 Main Street that would contain six, three-bedroom units. The matter goes to the ZBA on March 18.

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Everett resident Filippo Mastrocola will run in the 123rd Boston Marathon on April 15 in support of Mas-

sachusetts General Hospital’s Emergency Response Mara-thon Team.

Filippo will join an estimat-ed 30,000 runners along the 26.2 mile course that spans from Hopkinton to Boston’s Boylston Street. The funds Filippo raises will provide criti-cal support for emergency care, disaster relief, and disaster pre-paredness teaching and training at Mass General, efforts that benefit victims worldwide. The Emergency Response Mara-thon Team’s 2019 fundraising goal is $430,000.

Following the 2013 mara-thon bombings, Mass Gener-al was invited by the Boston Athletic Association to create a special team of runners. For the sixth straight year, thanks to a partnership with John Han-cock, the Mass General Emer-gency Response Team will aim to collectively raise $430,000 this year. To date, the Emergen-cy Response Team has raised over $1.9 million. The funding raised by the marathon team is critical to the Emergency De-

partment’s efforts to develop tools and training programs to continually advance its ability to respond to man-made and natural disasters. This year the funds will also support pedi-atric emergency response pro-grams, ensuring the youngest and most vulnerable patients continue to receive state-of-the-art and compassionate care in a child-friendly environ-ment.

“We are grateful to our run-ners and the awareness they bring to emergency medicine at Mass General,” said David Brown, MD, Chief of Emer-gency Medicine at Massachu-setts General Hospital. “These funds support the vital training and resources needed to de-velop a carefully, integrated response that spans multiple departments throughout the hospital.”

To learn more about the Mass General Emergency Response Team, please go to https://giving.massgeneral.org/boston-marathon/emergen-cy-response-team/.

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The Saugus River Water-shed Council is now accepting applications for 2019 environ-mental scholarships. During 2019, the Saugus River Water-shed Council will award one $500 Environmental Lead-ership Scholarship and one $500 Pamela Harris Memori-al Scholarship to high school seniors graduating during the spring of 2019 and attending college next fall. This year’s recipients will be selected based upon commitment to environmental protection, ac-ademic record, demonstrated leadership in school and com-munity activities, and state-ment of personal commitment to protecting the environment.

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said the heat moved through that from the basement. Just as they walked in, the entire front hallway flashed over, which means that everything – including the firefighters – immediately burned very hot.

“I remember going in and getting to the top of the stairs,” he said. “I remember it be-coming very uncomfortably hot and we turned and got out. I remember turning and being in outrageous pain. From that time to the time I got outside I don’t remember to this day. I have no recollection, which is probably a good thing.”

Dalrymple, according to witnesses at the fire, seemed to explode out the front door and was completely engulfed in flames. He collapsed on the front lawn, they said, and was tended to by other firefighters, then quickly rushed from the scene in an ambulance.

He suffered severe burns down to the bone of his hands, with his left hand still only at about 50 percent motion. He had a burn to his abdomen and

the outside of his ears.“Some days I didn’t think

I would make it back,” he said. “At the hospital they they talked a lot about not being sure if I would ever get 100 percent use of my hands again. They weren’t sure if my hands were going to work again. At that time, I told them to take my hands off – remove them. The pain was so bad and I didn’t think they would ever work again so I didn’t see any use in keeping them. I’m glad they didn’t listen to me, because here I am back at work and using my hands.”

He said he has seen the photos of his equipment, and he is convinced it is a miracle he’s alive.

“After seeing the pictures of my turnout gear, I think it’s pretty incredible that I’m alive, and as bad as my inju-ries are, it’s amazing I’m not much, much worse,” he said.

He credited the support of his family and friends for keeping him going during his long rehabilitation, as well as

the firefighters from Everett Fire.

The house that caught fire last July when Dalrymple was injured was a house whose owner had battled with the City on safety issues. There were numerous violations, and despite some improve-ments, the house still had 19 people living in three units – a dangerous overcrowding situ-ation.

Now, such injuries and ac-cidents are the exact things Dalrymple tries to head off in his new job as a Fire Preven-tion inspector. Going through-out the city during his work hours, he is a walking remind-er that the rules are crafted for a reason – and following them could save the life or limb of another.

“There were 19 people liv-ing in that house, and if it had happened at 2 a.m., we might have a dozen people lost,” he said. “One would be too many. No one thinks it will ever happen, but it does.”

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elation for local folks who have wanted to use the Malden River, but reputation or experience prevented them from using it confidently. Many were wary of the exposure to sediments at the bottom or sediments in the water, and what that might mean for those using the River frequently for boating.

The answer is there is no need to worry, which goes against most popular sentiments for gener-ations.

“For decades, our waterfront has been walled off to the public because of its commercial and industrial uses,” said Mayor Carlo DeMaria. “Last year we built over a mile of public walk-ways, a marina, restored a polluted harbor and shorelines. Now thanks to environmental testing by the Mystic River watershed we have shown our river and shorelines are safe for sculling, kay-aking, and other recreational activities. It is a far cry from when my mother told me not to near the water, because it wasn’t safe.”

Hrycyna said the news is good news for those looking for boating opportunities, and those who have already been using it.

“We have an interest to see people committed to the River and this is only good news for that,” he said. “It should also be reassuring to people who have been using the River already, like high school rowers and adult boaters…Before, we couldn’t say with confidence it was safe. We had our opinions, but opinions can be wrong. This is a numerical way to address the question. We knew that’s what we need to do. It’s not so much that we’re not surprised, but rather that we have a good public answer to this question now.”

The study looked at nine locations along the Malden River, and researchers carefully gathered samples from the sediments over a period of time at those locations. They took the concentrations of those sediments, and then ran their models on a very conservative basis.

For example, their determination that the River is safe for boating assumes that one is getting in a boat by wading in the mud (rather than a dock), that every boating trip results in the boat capsiz-ing, and that there is significant water ingested each time – among other such assumptions.

“Obviously, if you are getting into the water from a dock, you aren’t wading in the muddy sediment, so that means it’s only that much more safe for boating,” he said.

Hrycyna said under the assumptions, they found that the sediment exposure levels all fell well under the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) levels and the more stringent De-partment of Environmental Protection (DEP) ex-posure levels.

He did say the sediments are different from bacteria levels in the water. MyRWA for the last two years has measured bacteria levels before

and after rain events. Such events tend to bring overflows of raw sewage into the River, thus increasing bacteria levels for a few days in the water.

MyRWA has developed a flag system to let boaters know about the bacteria levels in the wa-ter, which is a different issue from historic pollut-ants trapped in River sediments.

The MyRWA studied sediments on several different sites to determine if exposure to pollution in the riverbed posed a danger to boaters. The short answer is that it does not pose a significant risk. There were six locations sampled on the Everett side of the river.

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City Administration took action on Wellness CenterHANDS-FREE DRIVING

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Recent statistics indicate that the single-biggest cause of motor vehicle accidents these days can be attributed generally to what is known as “distracted driving.”

According to some reports, more Americans now are killed on our roads because of distracted driving than from driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

That is why we fully support the legislation recently filed by Gov. Charles Baker that would require all use of a cell phone or other device to be strictly hands-free. It simply is not possible for anyone to keep their eyes on the road while texting, dialing, or reading from an electronic device -- and the epidemic of accidents on our roads is the best evidence of that.

We also support another aspect of Gov. Baker’s bill that calls for the non-use of a seat belt as a primary offense, thereby giving po-lice the authority to stop a motorist and issue a civil citation solely for not wearing a seat belt. Under the present law, a person may be cited for a seat belt violation only if the operator has been pulled over for another offense (such as speeding). Massachusetts is fairly unique in this regard, but the governor’s bill will bring us into line with the majority of other states.

Another key aspect of the bill would require anyone convicted of a first offense for operating under the influence who applies for a hardship license to use an ignition interlock device for a minimum of six months, and be subject to penalties from the Registry of Mo-tor Vehicles for attempting to drive after drinking or tampering with the device.

In our view, drinking and driving should not be allowed at all. But to the extent that we have a 0.08 threshold, imposing the re-quirement of an ignition interlock device for first offenders is hard-ly draconian -- anyone who drinks to that extent and gets behind the wheel of a car clearly has a problem.

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By Mayor Carlo DeMaria (as deliv-

ered to the City Council on March 4)

For some time now, there has been a great deal of re-peated false information publicized about the Health and Wellness Center. False claims of a settlement, to ex-aggerated issues portrayed to make it appear that there is a constant problem at the Wellness Center. For some reason, Mr. McLaughlin, you are choosing to align yourself with the editor and owners of the Leader Herald in helping to perpetuate falsehoods and typical employment matters beyond their relevance. By these actions, you are damag-ing this city.

You must know these sto-ries are overblown, and yet you sit here and expect an-swers beyond the scope of your function as if you have a right to smear the good people working every day to enhance this City, OUR City! That newsletter that pretends to be a newspaper only tries to tear down this administration and the Encore project: A project that will bring the City great

tax revenue, jobs, and envi-ronmental cleanup for Ever-ett and the surrounding area. And you want to do the pa-per’s dirty work to what end? To stop the progress.

Have you bought in, hook-line-and-sinker, to the false stories about a Health and the Wellness Center that you have never even visited for yourself? The questions you have proposed are repetitive and seek information beyond your function as a legisla-tor so you can play political games. You use words like “unsafe” and “negative” to describe it. Nothing can be further from the truth… I AM HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS FOR MY AD-MINISTRATION, AND TO DEFEND THIS CITY FROM THIS ATTACK. AS TO YOUR QUESTIONS…

The Health and Wellness Center is a constituent heavy service that many municipali-ties don’t have. We embarked on this with the residents in mind, to offer them a place to move, exercise, and have a sense of community. We offer classes, meals, training, and

even daycare where residents trust us with their children.

We get very little in the way of negative feedback. From seniors to students, they all enjoy this facility and its staff. In fact, if the positive and successful stories were offered up as much as the in-flated negative ones, then I bet even you would have a differ-ent view, never being there to see for yourself.

You mention numerous complaints the residents have made to you. As an elected official of the city, did you re-port these to anyone that can help, or did you direct them to someone with knowledge in an attempt to help them? Were you keeping these com-plaints to yourself for some reason? As a member of the Council, how do you think it helps this City by hoarding complaints for political pur-poses, if they even exist?

Instead, you talk about bro-ken trust. You contribute to that by letting complaints die with you. By not seeking to assist in the solution, but in-stead seeking to damage the reputation of this fine Cen-

ter. Have you gone in and witnessed the joy in the kid’s activities, or the community getting together? Maybe you should, so you know what you are talking about…

By not directing complaints to the proper people, you are just creating a false sense that there is a problem where there is not, or counseling people on matters you are not trained to that is creating broken trust and frankly poor leadership.

You talk about a break-down in leadership. Have you seen the daily classes taking place on the state-of-the-art equipment, equipment that is maintained very well? Equip-ment that was purchased by procurement after several bids, from the lowest bidder, who installed the equipment themselves. Have you seen the expertise of the teachers in action, and the variety of class offerings? You ask for infor-mation on the staff. Go up and see for yourself the fine job they do.

Further, to qualify the Cen-ter as “negative” and “unsafe”

By Councilor Michael McLaughlin

I write to discuss the unfor-tunate, and frankly shocking, display by our Mayor in the Council chambers just last week. It was my hope that we would have an open and thoughtful discussion with the Mayor and department heads regarding the issues related to the Wellness Center, but sadly what happened last Monday night was nothing more than an insult to the residents and taxpayers of the community by the Mayor.

Several department heads requested that I write and submit any questions I had re-lated to the Health and Well-ness Center seven days prior to the committee meeting. I was happy to do so, and did so as a requirement of the City charter, not in response to a demand by the Adminis-tration. Again, my hope was

that this would be the start of a respectful dialogue, but what occurred was anything but re-spectful.

Today I am forced to de-fend myself from the base-less, one-sided attack from the Mayor, who was quick to name-call and point fin-gers at, what he called, “poor leadership” on my part, while this same Mayor failed to lead when tackling this is-sue, and when addressing his colleagues in the Council chamber. The Mayor went on to accuse me of carrying wa-ter for a local newspaper and damaging our community. I take great offense to these remarks and have consistent-ly prided myself on being an independent voice, working solely for the best interests of the residents here.

As City Councilors, we have a duty and responsibility to ask questions and seek an-

swers. If the Mayor disagrees with this role, I would be cu-rious what he thinks we’re actually doing here. The fact remains that if there were not instances of misusing power and nepotism, we would not be here discussing the matter, and perhaps we would have a Mayor conducting himself as an adult. I have had a num-ber of conversations with past Human Resources directors and Mr. Steve Supino about this department and the May-or’s tendency to use it as a personal employment agency for insiders and friends. The mayor so wrongfully accused me of hoarding complaints for political reasons, while ignor-ing the reality: If the Mayor had chosen to meet with all of the City Council members, instead of a select few, he would have heard this from me directly and not during a very public address before the

Council.Moreover, I was extreme-

ly disappointed and disheart-ened to see my colleague – the chairman of Government Operations, Public Safety and Public service – grossly mis-use his power to shut down a member of the City Council, in a clear effort to protect the mayor and his department heads at all cost, regardless of what is best for the residents and taxpayers here.

The Mayor owes me – and the people of Everett – an apology for such abhorrent and embarrassing behavior. Insults aside, no one should ever physically intimidate or lunge towards another person, particularly in the Council Chamber as we conduct City business on behalf of the peo-ple who elected us. This is a sad moment in Everett’s his-

By Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley,

OFM, Cap.

As we begin the holy sea-son of Lent, this annual time of prayer, fasting and almsgiv-ing affords us the opportunity to be renewed by God’s love and mercy as we recommit ourselves to lives of prayer and service to others.

This year, Lent has partic-ular significance for the lead-ership of the Church at every level, local, national and uni-versal. Recently Pope Fran-cis called bishops from every country in the world to come together at the Vatican for the Summit to Protect Children and Minors. The summit in-cluded powerful testimony from survivors of clergy sexu-al abuse, religious sisters and laypersons who made clear that a meaningful and effec-tive response from the Church is long overdue and of critical importance. I participated in the summit as the President of the Pontifical Commission for Protection of Minors and, with all present, was deeply impacted by those who ad-

dressed us. Given the depth and seri-

ousness of the crisis and the failures of the leadership of the Church, the expectations for the meeting were high and people are anxious to see concrete results. I left the meeting convinced that no bishop could possibly say that his diocese is not affected by these issues or that this is not a problem in his country and culture. Patience among our people and in the wider com-munity is exhausted and un-derstandably the call is rising for effective action.

A dominant theme at the meeting was the need for an effective reporting mecha-nism when a Bishop or Car-dinal has failed in his duty to protect children or has himself abused children or vulnerable adults. Although I believe an effective set of procedures will be developed by the Unit-ed States Conference of Cath-olic Bishops, I nonetheless wish to address this need im-mediately for the Archdiocese of Boston.

To that end I have decided

to implement EthicsPoint, a confidential, anonymous and third-party system, exclusive-ly for the reporting of miscon-duct by a Cardinal, Bishop or Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston. Since 2011 we have utilized Ethic-sPoint for concerns of poten-tial ethics violations, financial improprieties, and other vi-olations of the Archdiocesan Code of Conduct related to financial matters.

Like the existing system currently in use, this will be web based and have a toll-free hotline to make a report. Re-ports will be sent to members of my Independent Review Board who will be charged to immediately notify law en-forcement for claims of abuse as well as the apostolic nun-cio; the diplomatic represen-tative to the U.S. of the Holy See. The system will be host-ed on secured servers at the EthicsPoint facility and is not connected to the Archdiocese of Boston website, intranet system or the existing Eth-icsPoint system currently in use. We anticipate the system

being up and running soon and will provide more infor-mation at that time.

In January 2002 the clergy sexual abuse crisis was re-vealed by the media in power-ful and compelling reports on the failures of the Church to protect children. Courageous survivors came forward and forced the Church to face the crisis and accept responsibil-ity for the crimes committed against them. That same year the American Bishops imple-mented the Dallas Charter of Norms. Where it has been faithfully implemented, it has been effective. But we must aggressively build on the Charter to ensure that there are clear paths for reporting misdeeds of the hierarchy by utilizing the expertise of inde-pendent lay professionals.

During the meeting in Rome, the most powerful mo-ments were when survivors of abuse spoke to us. This confirmed my own experi-ence. The way forward for the Church is to hold as a prior-

Guest Op-ed

Mayor owes myself, taxpayers an apology for March 4 meeting

Guest Op-ed

Lenten Letter: Summit to protect children and minors was powerful

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DIDOMENICO PARTICIPATES IN IMMIGRANT’S DAY AT THE STATE HOUSE

Sen. Sal DiDomenico attended the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Coalition’s (MIRA) Immigrants’ Day at the State House. Every year, MIRA hosts Immigrants’ Day at the State House to hear from speakers about legislation, speak about their experiences, and advocate for their leg-islative priorities. During the day’s long schedule, Sen. DiDomenico joined with Representative Dave Rogers and Health Care for All in hosting a breakout session to promote their bill, An Act to Ensure Equitable Health Coverage for Children.Thousands of low-income children in Massachusetts are not eligible for MassHealth and only have access to minimum coverage with strict limits on covered benefits, leaving them without all the care they need. An Act to Ensure Equitable Health Coverage to Children would expand Mass-Health coverage to children who would be eligible for MassHealth except for their immigration status. Over 20,000 children would then have access to the care that they need.“We know that we need a comprehensive strategy to support our families and communities across the Massachusetts while building the strong and resilient children the Commonwealth needs for its future success. To do this, we cannot leave certain children out simply because of their immigration status,” said Sen. DiDomenico, speaking about the importance of the bill.“Let’s work together to continue and strengthen our Commonwealth’s long-standing tradition of making sure all children in Massachusetts, including the most vulnerable children in our immi-grant communities, have access to the health care they need.”

Studies show that each year, more than one in five Americans experience a men-tal health or substance abuse issue, while only 40 percent of those affected seek treat-ment. For friends and family members, it can be hard to know when and how to help. As a result, those in need of mental health services often do not receive the help they need.

Through the Mental Health Awareness Training program, funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Ser-vices Administration (SAM-HSA), Cambridge Health Al-liance (CHA) is offering free Mental Health First Aid train-ings in community settings. The program will expand and increase educational opportu-nities in Cambridge, Chelsea, Everett, Malden, Medford, Revere, Somerville and Win-throp.

CHA is offering commu-nity trainings focused on adult mental health, chal-lenges common among chil-dren and adolescents, and for Veterans and their families. CHA’s Community Health Improvement Department is partnering with community organizations to ensure broad reach and access to increase the community’s capacity to support people with mental health challenges.

Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is an eight-hour certification training that pro-vides individuals with the skills to assist someone fac-ing a mental health crisis. Just as CPR helps those without clinical training assist an in-dividual having a heart attack,

MHFA prepares participants to interact with a person expe-riencing a mental health crisis. Trainees will learn a five-step action plan that guides them through the process of reach-ing out and offering support.

“When we observe some-one having a health crisis like a heart attack, or car accident, we don’t hesitate to offer some sort of aid,” noted Jaime Lederer, MSW, MPH, who directs the grant program at CHA. “People are sometimes less comfortable respond-ing to a mental health crisis - someone experiencing anx-iety, severe depression or sub-stance misuse. MHFA gives laypeople the knowledge and skills they need to provide as-sistance and refer people for further help.”

Over one million people have been trained in MHFA nationwide, according to the National Council on Behav-ioral Health, which leads MHFA training efforts. “Ex-panding mental health train-ing in our communities will strengthen our capacity to better support and serve those who experience a mental health problem,” explained Lederer. “By removing the fear and hesitation people of-ten feel when discussing men-tal health and substance use, we can reduce the stigma and equip people with the neces-sary tools to start a dialogue, and more people can receive the support they may need.”

The MHFA program helps participants recognize the signs and symptoms of a num-ber of mental health issues in-cluding depression, anxiety, trauma, psychosis, substance

use and ways to respond to crises like suicidal thoughts, panic attacks, and overdoses.

“Research shows that those who have attended a MHFA class feel much more prepared to assist those grappling with mental health issues and to help them get the appropriate services that they need,” not-ed Lederer, “I look forward to expanding our reach in com-munities and raising aware-ness of the resources and ser-vices available to help.”

To learn more about the Cambridge Health Alliance’s programs and services, in-cluding Mental Health First Aid please visit: http://bit.ly/CHAMHSupport.

CHA is an academ-ic community health sys-tem committed to providing high-quality care in Cam-bridge, Somerville and Bos-ton’s metro-north commu-nities. CHA has expertise in primary care, specialty care and mental health/substance use services, as well as car-ing for diverse and complex populations. It includes three hospital campuses, a network of primary care and specialty practices and the Cambridge Public Health Dept. CHA pa-tients have seamless access to advanced care through the system’s affiliation with Beth Israel Deaconess Med-ical Center in Boston. CHA is a Harvard Medical School teaching affiliate and is also affiliated with Harvard School of Public Health, Harvard School of Dental Medicine and Tufts University School of Medicine. For more infor-mation, visit www.challiance.org.

Cambridge Health Alliance launches new mental health awareness training program

Jaime Lederer, MSW, MPH, Project Director, leads Mental Health Awareness Training.

does a disservice to our city. To drag this into the news-paper over and over does no good, especially to the real people that are collateral dam-age to you. To exaggerate these issues and repeat them over and over is propagan-da. To make a situation big-ger than it is, is irresponsible. This is what you are perpet-uating. This is what you are contributing.

Yes there have been some complaints. My administra-tion has been in front of the council about this. After that, the newspaper had to walk back their false story. Hu-man resources issues happen in the regular course of any business. We investigated it thoroughly. We made the ac-commodations required. Any further pursuit would be a private matter, and the infor-mation is protected until such time as a determination was made.

With the volume of people we serve, as well as number of staff, the number of these complaints is typical if not low. And I assure you, all are addressed as soon as they are made known to us. My ad-ministration does their job, and again, this is not your function.

Want a lawsuit? Personnel files are exempt under public records law. Want to expose the city to liability? Publish someone’s protected infor-mation. Discussing current matters can compromise the City. Potential claimants have rights and they have a proper process. The City has a right to defend. Neither is your function, but all should be kept confidential in ac-cordance with the law until the matter is resolved. Free-ly discussing conjecture can only weaken the city. It is our function to protect privileged information and this City, and we will do so even if you paint it as a negative.

As to your questions to Dr. Omar Easy, Dr. Easy works on a daily basis assessing the operational needs of all city departments. He makes recommendations on a daily basis regarding a variety of issues. Attorney Lara We-hbe Ammouri has always been a lawyer with access to

personnel records. All em-ployees time is tracked with timesheets. This function is not yours. You are not entitled to these matters and again, it is not your function.

As to the Center, Steve Su-pino ran a gym for decades in the private sector. We asked him to create a plan for the Wellness Center. Some em-ployees were transfers from the Rec Center, and others were hired via the application process, referrals and recom-mendations. I am the appoint-ing authority and made the staffing decisions. Nick has been the manager of the day to day operations since he was hired in 2015.

AS to all the employees of the center, every year, we go over the budget with the council, and we will again this year. To the best of my knowledge, they are:

- Nick Bertrone – Manager/ Trainer

- Kristin Fulton – Recre-ation Coordinator

-George Wright – Recre-ation Leader

- Karen Martinelli – Ad-ministrative Assistant

-Sam Amado- Instructor - Kahlea Brown- Instructor- Michael Marchese- In-

structor- Pablo Miranda- Instructor- Yago Miranda- Instructor- Natalaia Chay De Gonza-

lez- Instructor-David Fanni- Instructor- Gina Matarazzo- Instruc-

tor- Rosa Portillo- Instructor- Christine Demetrio – Day

Care Center - The City also hires ven-

dors to run classes.To answer another of your

questions, The Managing staff was:

-Steve Supino has been the Executive Director of Health and Human Service.

-Karen Avila was Di-rector of health and wellness (not to be confused with the center).

-Fitzroy Bramble was previous manager.

-Nick Bertone is cur-rently the manager.

The numbers at the center are strong:

2016 – Approximately $255,000 in revenue…

2017 – Approximately

$326,0002018- Approximately

$384,000Membership by family

Plan:2015 – 1,3982016 – 1,8652017 – 2,2682018 – 2,544The Center keeps adding

enrollment and revenue, fly-ing in the face of your mis-trust nonsense.

Karen Avila was the direc-tor of health and wellness, which is a distinction from the Health and Wellness Center. I recently initiated a city-wide check on licenses, to assure that none had lapsed. That is when we discovered Karen’s issue, She resigned due to all of the publicity in the paper, and I accepted her resigna-tion. Karen was not required to have the credentials she claimed to have to do her job, but she was educated in the field, having a bachelor’s de-gree from Framingham State in food and Nutrition. At no time would there have been a negative effect as a result, and to say so is not responsible.

You’re criticizing the ini-tiative that produced this re-sult and you’re calling out my Administration for not taking action when that is exactly what I did. While we were taking appropriate action, you received office gossip creat-ing the impression that this issue is much larger than it actually is.

The Center is safe and prosperous, and a benefit to the residents. While you are spreading false rumors, you do us all disservice.

Let me share with you some accolades in the few short years the Center has been open:

•2015 A grant from the U.S. Conference of mayors for promoting healthy weight in children. They stated our “winning program showcased creativity and innovation of America’s Mayors, as well as health and wellness in the community.

•2016 - Kenneth Picard Municipal Innovation Award.

•2016 MMA Innovation Award.

•A Mass in Motion Grant for promoting community Wellness.

tory. I respectfully ask the Coun-

cil considers my words here, and take appropriate steps to ensure that what occurred in the Chambers last week will never happen again. I strongly believe corrective action steps are required and the Council President needs to prove to the residents and taxpayers that the Council serves to seek independent checks and bal-ances to the administration.

This step is not about what

happened last Monday night, but rather it is about what will happen going forward if this matter is not addressed. We, the City Council, can never feel comfortable sending an item to this committee going forward without fear of re-percussions – or refusal to be heard – from the Chairman if the Mayor does not approve of the contents.

To end my remarks, I feel it is important to correct the record and say that rumors of

my demise have been greatly exaggerated. I imagine this comes as a disappointment to my colleagues in the Ad-ministration, but I will not be stepping down from my seat this evening, despite reports and persistent rumors to the contrary.

I look forward to finding a way to turn the page on this ugly incident, and moving forward to serve the people of Everett.

ity the voices and experience of survivors, to keep them close to every step we take and make all possible efforts to provide the means for them to be heard. In Boston we will continue to provide pastoral care and counseling for survi-vors. We will continue to car-ry out programs of prevention and education in our schools and parishes. We will contin-ue to do background checks annually for bishops, priests, all archdiocesan personnel, and all volunteers who work with children and young peo-ple. You may find the depth and breadth of those efforts in the Archdiocese of Boston on our dedicated website at

Commitment.BostonCatho-lic.org.

For more than 26 years my ministry has involved re-sponding to the abuse of mi-nors by clergy. The crisis of sexual abuse by clergy is the greatest failure of the Church in my lifetime. It has eroded our moral authority, it en-dangers our pastoral, social and educational ministry, but worst of all, it devastates chil-dren and families.

We must face our past with transparency. Those who were sexually abused by clergy, their families and loved ones must always be the central fo-cus of our response to the cri-sis. Their courage in coming

forward has forced the Church to face the crimes committed against them. We are com-mitted to accompanying them on their journey toward heal-ing. Often it is survivors who teach us not to lose hope.

As we strive to live this season with renewed seri-ousness and commitment we pray and work for renewal in the life of the Church. We are firmly committed to zero tol-erance, transparency and ac-countability, at all times hold-ing survivors as the priority, always being vigilant to do all possible to prevent any harm to children.

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PHOTOS BY KATY ROGERSSen. Sal DiDomenico celebrated St. Patrick’s Day with his

annual banquet at the Bunker Hill Knights of Columbus in Charlestown on Friday evening. Sticking with tradition, polit-ical jokes were made, bagpipes were played, and a tasty boiled dinner was served. The fundraiser benefits the DiDomenico Foundation, which assures that disadvantaged children receive gifts during the holiday season each year.

SEN. SAL DIDOMENICO’S ANNUAL ST. PATRICK’S DAY CELEBRATION

Senate President Karen Spilka spoke at Sen. Sal DiDome-nico’s fundraiser dinner on Friday night.

Congresswoman Ayanna Press-ley addressed the crowd at Sen. Sal DiDomenico’s annual St. Patrick’s Day fundraiser.

Treasurer Deb Goldberg spoke to the crowd at Sen. Sal DiDo-menico’s annual St. Patrick’s Day dinner 

Attorney General Mau-ra Healy, of Charlestown, attended Sen. Sal DiDomen-ico’s annual St. Patrick’s Day Fundraiser on Friday.

Gov. Charlie Baker joined Sen. Sal DiDomenico for the annual St. Patrick’s Day fundraiser.

State Auditor Suzanne Bump entertained the crowd with a humorous Irish song 

Elaine DeRosa was honored with the Golden Shamrock Award for her commitment to helping Cambridge’s low-income com-munity. 

Councilor Mike McLaughlin, Sen. Sal DiDomenico, and Patti Frati celebrated St. Patrick’s Day in Charlestown on Friday evening.

Malden School Committee member Rob McCarthy, John Burley, Mike Dantone, and Bob McCarthy showed their support for the DiDomenico Foundation on Friday evening.

Friends and supporters from Everett visited Charlestown for the annual St. Patrick’s Day festivities with Sen. Sal DiDomenico

School Committeewoman Millie Cardello, Councilor Anthony DiPierro, and Councilor Rosa DiFlorio.

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley and Attorney General Maura Healy joined the DiDomenico family children for a photo op.Sen. Sal DiDomenico was joined by family at his annual St. Pat-

rick’s Day dinner.

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City officials and several res-idents have applauded the

efforts of the Department of Public Works and its sub-

contractors for their efforts to remove snow during last

Thursday’s snow storm. The Mayor’s Office indicated they

have received many positive comments, and councilors

such as Michael McLaughlin said he wanted to praise the work of the City crews in the difficult

storm.Here, a plow moves through Nichols Street on Thursday, with crews working for hours to keep

ahead of the storm, which dumped about 13.5 inches on Everett. Meanwhile, residents like

Jimmy Aversa joined his family in clearing the sidewalks as the storm was in full force.

PHOTO BY KATY ROGERS

School Committee member Bernie D'Onofrio (photo right)

– the newly elected chair of the Committee - was announced

and accompanied by his daughter Michela Tejeda at

the Inaugural Ball last Tuesday night, Jan. 2, in honor of the

City’s 125th anniversary. Short-ly after, Mayor Carlo DeMaria and his wife, Stacy, were introduced as they entered the Ball. The soiree was held immediately after

the official Inauguration ceremonies at Everett High School, and the Ball was coordinated by City Clerk Sergio Cornelio’s office.

See Page 5 for more photos.

By Joseph Domelowicz Jr.Longtime Everett public servant Millie Cardello has returned to public service and the Everett School Commit-tee following Monday night’s super-intense vote of the Joint Convention of the Ev-erett City Council and Everett School Committee.Cardello won by a vote of

10-9 of Amanda (Burley) Pat-terson, with the outcome of the vote coming down to the wire as candidates and their surrogates lobbied hard for votes through last weekend.

There were actually two School Committee appoint-ments to be made on Monday, with the Cardello/Patterson vote being the more contro-versial of the two.City Clerk Sergio Corne-

lio began the proceedings for Cardello and Patterson by opening nominations to fill the vacancy created by the December death of School Committee member Richard Baniewicz.As reported in the Indepen-

dent last week, in the weeks since Baniewicz’s death, two viable candidates to fill the

vacancy emerged in former School Committee, Common Councilor and Alderman Car-dello and former EHS stu-dent-athlete Patterson, who is also the daughter of City Council Clerk John Burley.

Patterson was nominated by City Councilor Michael McLaughlin, who gradat-ed EHS with Patterson, and Councilor Anthony DiPierro seconded the motion.School Committeeman

Thomas Abruzzese nominated Cardello, with the nomination seconded by Councilor Ste-phen Simonelli.The roll call vote resulted in

a 10-9 vote for Cardello, with Councilors Richard Dell Iso-la, Rosa DiFlorio, Leo McK-innon, and Simonelli voting with School Committee mem-bers Abruzzese, Marcony Almeida, Bernardino D’Onof-rio, Joseph LaMonica, Lester MacLaughlin and Frank Park-er voting for Cardello.Councilors Fred Capone,

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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

Crimson Tide, however, lost 10-5 to a tough Lynn team. see Page

7 for more photos.

By Seth DanielEverett Fire Chief Tony Carli said two firefighters showed great tenacity on Monday, Jan. 8, in saving two people from an upstairs unit at a two-alarm fire on Hillside Street.

Lt. Jay Lewis and Firefight-er Joe DeSisto of the Ladder 2 company are being giv-en credit for the saves, one of which was on a man who was not able to move quick enough to escape. However, Chief Carli also added that in addition to the two firefighters singled out, then entire crew did a fantastic job of prevent-ing loss of life.“Right after we got a report

of a fire and got on scene, there was a report that someone was in the second unit who could not ambulate on his own for medical reasons,” said the chief. They went in and made the grab. There was another

Joint Committee elects Cardello to fill School Committee vacancy

By Seth DanielWhether it was a 25-cent sub, an animated conversation or the institution of his sub shop, long-time Angelina’s Sub Shop owner Ali S. Ali created a business that made him into an Everett legend.

That legend passed away peacefully on Friday, Jan. 5, surrounded by family in his home at the age of 91.His passing marked yet

another icon of old Everett lost to time, though his shop has been out of existence for about two years now – and he had been retired since 2012.

“He was an icon; he was re-ally someone special,” said his son, Sam Ali, this week. “We take it for granted because we were around it all the time.”

Said his daughter, Amele Ambrosino, “He was just a great guy and he loved Everett and loved the customers who came into his Everett store. Often, he would actually sleep on the counter of the shop because he was so exhausted and had to open up early the next morning. He was so tired because he would never close, never wanted to miss some-one who might come in for a sandwich. He instilled that work ethic into all six of his kids. When he was at Angeli-

na’s, he just loved Everett and loved the people in Everett.”

Angelina’s started in Lynn in 1954, and soon expanded to Broadway Everett. After opening in a small store in

the 600th block of Broadway, Ali eventually settled at 696 Broadway until he retired in 2012. Family members tried to keep it running, but illness-es prevented it from continu-

ing and they closed for good two years ago – though they still own the building.The name Angelina’s, Han-

nan Ali said, came from when the business started with family member Isa Ali. Not wanting to call it Ali’s Subs, the two were searching for a name while taking deliver-ies of their first products. As it happened, the first product they received was ‘Angelina’s Pure Italian Olive Oil.’ It hit a chord with the two, and that became the name that grew to legendary status in Everett.

Part of the legend was the fact that the sandwiches were chock full of ingredients, and that they were just 25 cents.

His favorites were the Reg-ular American (Salami, Amer-ican Cheese and Bologna), the Italian and the Steak Bomb with Salami – all of which were made with Piantedosi breads.

“He just had it; he knew what to do,” said Sam Ali. “He would pile on everything. He said it had to have lots and lots of ingredients. The Regu-lar American was his first big one. It was simple, but that was the beauty of it – the reg-ular. Then he expanded to the Italian and others. He used to

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Firefighters Lewis, DeSisto lauded for saving tenants on Hillside Street

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

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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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$1.5 MILLION FOR NORTHERN STRAND COMMUNITY TRAILThe Executive Office of

Energy and Environmental Affairs has approved a $1.5

million grant regarding the development of the Northern

Strand Community Trail led by a Revere on the Move part-

ner organization, Bike to the Sea.

Revere has a one-mile stretch in North Revere. The

Northern Strand Community Trail has been in development

for over 20 years. The North Revere segment is a major

part in the project that creates a continuous 7.5-mile rail trail

running from West Everett, through Malden and Revere

to the Saugus River and soon into Lynn. The North Revere

segment allows users to en-joy spectacular views of the

Rumney Marsh. The funding, awarded through the Executive Office

of Energy and Environmental Affairs’ (EEA) Gateway City

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ment of bid-ready construc-tion documents, and receipt

of all necessary construction permits. When completed, the

trail will span 10 miles and

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Joseph Arrigo was all smiles at the Revere Recreation Paint &

Skate Night on Feb. 10 at the Cronin Skating Rink in Revere.

Please see more photos on Page 10.

By Sue Ellen WoodcockFor years the abutters of Route 1 have put up with the noise from millions of cars, and now some city councillors want to have Mayor Brian Ar-rigo contact the MassDOT to install barriers along Route 1 between Route 16 and Cope-land Circle.Ward 5 Councillor Charles

Patch, Ward 4 Councillor Patrick Keefe and Ward 1 Councillor Joanne McKen-na teamed up on a motion at last last week’s council meet-ing. Patch said he and the late

Councillor Robert Haas Jr. tried to get barriers installed in 2011 and received no re-sponse.

“We should get more re-spect from the state and fed-eral government,” Patch said..

Keefe noted that more af-fluent communities are often granted sound barriers.Ward 2 Councillor Ira No-

voselsky pointed out that Sau-gus got barriers along Route 1 installed along a new ball field.

“It’s a quality-of-life is-sue,” he said.Barriers are easily seen

Have you ever had an idea for how you could make im-provements to the Revere community? So have the ap-plicants to the mini-grant pro-grams hosted by Revere on the Move and the Alcohol, To-bacco and Other Drugs Task Force; and this time, these ideas are going to become a reality.

Every year a group of Re-vere residents and institution-al leaders meet together to select the awardees of mini-grants offered to the public through the community-led organizations, Revere on the Move and the Alcohol, Tobac-co, and Other Drugs (ATOD)

Task Force. Both the ATOD Task Force and Revere on the Move are initiatives of the MGH Revere CARES Coa-lition. Revere on the Move is additionally co-led by the Healthy Community Initia-tives Office at the City of Re-vere.

This year over $20,000 was awarded to fund ideas to make Revere a healthier place to work, to play, and to raise a family. The Revere on the Move mini-grant program offered $10,605 in funding for permanent changes, pro-gram implementation, and youth-led projects that would help prevent or reduce obe-

sity in children and adults. The ATOD Task Force fund-ed projects totaling $9,500 to reduce youth substance use, improve their mental health, and increase opportunities for positive youth engagement.

In addition to the mini-grants already funded, Revere on the Move has extended their permanent change and program mini-grant appli-cations to Sunday, March 4. Up to $1,395 is available for ideas that make it easier to eat healthy and be active for all. The application is open

Revere's TNDreceives $50,000state grant for jobsSpecial to The JournalMonday morning the Bak-er-Polito Administration awarded $500,000 to nine projects through the Urban Agenda Grant Program. The Revere arm of The Neigh-borhood Developers (TND) was one group given $50,000 in funding to help establish workforce development ser-vices in Revere to support lo-cal residents to acquire newly created jobs.Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito along

with Housing and Economic Development Secretary Jay Ash came to Revere City Hall to present the check to the Neighborhood Developers.

“Our administration under-stands the importance of local leadership and its impact on the lives of residents,” said Lt. Governor Karyn Polito. “The Urban Agenda Grant Program relies on the strong partnerships between local government, non-profits and

the business community that are critical to fostering eco-nomic success and building stronger neighborhoods in ev-ery region in Massachusetts.”

Revere is rebuilding its economic and employment base by utilizing large-scale and high value assets includ-ing Suffolk Downs, Wonder-land, a soon-to-close NECCO plant, and the MassDevelop-ment TDI Waterfront District.

The program seeks to un-lock community-driven re-sponses to local obstacles, and promote economic devel-opment opportunities through partnership-building, problem solving, and shared account-ability in urban centers. The competitive awards offer flex-ible funding for local efforts that bring together commu-nity stakeholders to pursue economic development ini-tiatives. These awards will fund projects in Boston, Clin-

Real estate values continue to be strong in Revere

Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, Ann Houston of The Neighborhood Developers, State Rep. RoseLee Vincent,

Bob O' Brien of Revere Economic Department, Mayor Brian Arrigo and Secretary of Housing and

Ecomonic Development Jay Ash at the announcement of the Urban Agenda Grant Program on

Monday morning in the Revere City Council Chambers.

By Sue Ellen WoodcockThe Revere real estate mar-ket in 2017 was definitely a

good one with higher prices for homes than in 2016, but

a drop in the number of new listings, making home-buying

an adventure.“These are the highest pric-es we’ve seen in the last eight

years,” said Maureen Celata, owner/broker of MCelata Real

Estate. “And 2018 is going to be another banner year. Inven-

tory is low now, but everyone is looking to the spring.”According to figures from

the Massachusetts Associa-tion of Realtors, the median

sales prices was $376,250, a 4.9 increase over prices in

2016.Homes also were also on

the market 41 days, a 26.8 percent increase over the 56

days on the market in 2016.The number of listings in

2017 also dropped to 265, 10.8 percent down from 297

in 2016. The good news for sellers is that the original list-

ing price was matched 100 percent of the time.The condominium mar-

ket saw similar trends with the median sales price at

$315,000, up 16.7 percent over 2016. Days on the mar-

ket also dropped from 67 in 2016 to 47 days on the market

“Inventory is low now and everyone is looking toward

the spring,” Celata saidThe rental market is also strong with rents ranging from

$1,200 to $3,000. Cleat noted that if someone is paying big

rent they just might be capable of buying and taking advan-

tage of first-time homebuyers programs.

“2017 was a fantastic year to be in real estate,” said Joe

Mario of Century 21 Ma-rio Real Estate. “There’s a

lot of confidence and equity in homes. For 35 years now

it’s been positive. Now is the time to sell. Revere is getting

the overflow from the Boston market and people are moving

to Revere.Mario said Revere is desir-

able because of its proximity to Boston, and it’s a hidden

gem with a beautiful beach.Mario is looking forward

to the spring market, drawing from Boston and surrounding

communities. He added that the Revere School system is

also a draw for buyers.“It all adds to the future growth of Revere,” he said.

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ing Area w Cathedral Ceiling, Mod Kit/w Corian

Counters SS Refrig. Fireplace LV Oversized

finished basement, C/AC, Deck with IG Pool Extremely well maintained home Must See! Won’t Last! $499,900SALE PENDING

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WINTHROPHard to Find! A Vacant lot (over 5,000 s.f.) with

a foundation on it! Also has a 2 story garage.

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EAST BOSTON GREENWAY LOCATION!

Mod 1 Br Condo, New kitchen, SS Appl,

Quartz Counters! H/W Floors, Steps to T & Greenway! $329,900

SALE PENDING

REVERE - WEST2 Family, Great Move in Condition! Custom

Cabinets, New Bath, Roof, C/AC, H/W Floors,

Quartz, SS Appl, Too Much to List! $629,000

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Thomas Boyan, SrMarie ButeraRichard ButtiglieriTheresa ConteDr. Adrian CostanzaDorothy CordaroGerardo IannuzziPatricia MusePaul Penta, Jr. Antonetta SalamoneObituaries Pages 8 + 9

See NEWS BRIEFS, Page 2

$1.5 MILLION FOR NORTHERN STRAND COMMUNITY TRAILThe Executive Office of

Energy and Environmental Affairs has approved a $1.5 million grant regarding the development of the Northern Strand Community Trail led by a Revere on the Move part-ner organization, Bike to the Sea.

Revere has a one-mile stretch in North Revere. The Northern Strand Community Trail has been in development for over 20 years. The North Revere segment is a major part in the project that creates a continuous 7.5-mile rail trail running from West Everett, through Malden and Revere to the Saugus River and soon into Lynn. The North Revere segment allows users to en-joy spectacular views of the Rumney Marsh. The funding, awarded

through the Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs’ (EEA) Gateway City Parks Program, enables the design of the trail, develop-ment of bid-ready construc-tion documents, and receipt of all necessary construction permits. When completed, the trail will span 10 miles and

See DeLEO Page 3

REVERE RECREATION HOSTS PAINT

& SKATE NIGHT AT CRONIN RINK

Joseph Arrigo was all smiles at the Revere Recreation Paint &

Skate Night on Feb. 10 at the Cronin Skating Rink in Revere.

Please see more photos on Page 10.

By Sue Ellen WoodcockFor years the abutters of Route 1 have put up with the noise from millions of cars, and now some city councillors want to have Mayor Brian Ar-rigo contact the MassDOT to install barriers along Route 1 between Route 16 and Cope-land Circle.Ward 5 Councillor Charles

Patch, Ward 4 Councillor Patrick Keefe and Ward 1 Councillor Joanne McKen-na teamed up on a motion at last last week’s council meet-ing. Patch said he and the late

Councillor Robert Haas Jr. tried to get barriers installed in 2011 and received no re-sponse.

“We should get more re-spect from the state and fed-eral government,” Patch said..

Keefe noted that more af-fluent communities are often granted sound barriers.Ward 2 Councillor Ira No-

voselsky pointed out that Sau-gus got barriers along Route 1 installed along a new ball field.

“It’s a quality-of-life is-sue,” he said.Barriers are easily seen

Have you ever had an idea for how you could make im-provements to the Revere community? So have the ap-plicants to the mini-grant pro-grams hosted by Revere on the Move and the Alcohol, To-bacco and Other Drugs Task Force; and this time, these ideas are going to become a reality.

Every year a group of Re-vere residents and institution-al leaders meet together to select the awardees of mini-grants offered to the public through the community-led organizations, Revere on the Move and the Alcohol, Tobac-co, and Other Drugs (ATOD)

Task Force. Both the ATOD Task Force and Revere on the Move are initiatives of the MGH Revere CARES Coa-lition. Revere on the Move is additionally co-led by the Healthy Community Initia-tives Office at the City of Re-vere.

This year over $20,000 was awarded to fund ideas to make Revere a healthier place to work, to play, and to raise a family. The Revere on the Move mini-grant program offered $10,605 in funding for permanent changes, pro-gram implementation, and youth-led projects that would help prevent or reduce obe-

sity in children and adults. The ATOD Task Force fund-ed projects totaling $9,500 to reduce youth substance use, improve their mental health, and increase opportunities for positive youth engagement.

In addition to the mini-grants already funded, Revere on the Move has extended their permanent change and program mini-grant appli-cations to Sunday, March 4. Up to $1,395 is available for ideas that make it easier to eat healthy and be active for all. The application is open

Revere's TNDreceives $50,000state grant for jobsSpecial to The JournalMonday morning the Bak-er-Polito Administration awarded $500,000 to nine projects through the Urban Agenda Grant Program. The Revere arm of The Neigh-borhood Developers (TND) was one group given $50,000 in funding to help establish workforce development ser-vices in Revere to support lo-cal residents to acquire newly created jobs.Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito along

with Housing and Economic Development Secretary Jay Ash came to Revere City Hall to present the check to the Neighborhood Developers.

“Our administration under-stands the importance of local leadership and its impact on the lives of residents,” said Lt. Governor Karyn Polito. “The Urban Agenda Grant Program relies on the strong partnerships between local government, non-profits and

the business community that are critical to fostering eco-nomic success and building stronger neighborhoods in ev-ery region in Massachusetts.”

Revere is rebuilding its economic and employment base by utilizing large-scale and high value assets includ-ing Suffolk Downs, Wonder-land, a soon-to-close NECCO plant, and the MassDevelop-ment TDI Waterfront District.

The program seeks to un-lock community-driven re-sponses to local obstacles, and promote economic devel-opment opportunities through partnership-building, problem solving, and shared account-ability in urban centers. The competitive awards offer flex-ible funding for local efforts that bring together commu-nity stakeholders to pursue economic development ini-tiatives. These awards will fund projects in Boston, Clin-

Real estate values continue to be strong in Revere

Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito, Ann Houston of The Neighborhood Developers, State Rep. RoseLee Vincent,

Bob O' Brien of Revere Economic Department, Mayor Brian Arrigo and Secretary of Housing and

Ecomonic Development Jay Ash at the announcement of the Urban Agenda Grant Program on

Monday morning in the Revere City Council Chambers.

By Sue Ellen WoodcockThe Revere real estate mar-ket in 2017 was definitely a good one with higher prices for homes than in 2016, but a drop in the number of new listings, making home-buying an adventure.“These are the highest pric-

es we’ve seen in the last eight years,” said Maureen Celata, owner/broker of MCelata Real Estate. “And 2018 is going to be another banner year. Inven-tory is low now, but everyone is looking to the spring.”According to figures from

the Massachusetts Associa-tion of Realtors, the median sales prices was $376,250, a 4.9 increase over prices in 2016.

Homes also were also on the market 41 days, a 26.8 percent increase over the 56

days on the market in 2016.The number of listings in

2017 also dropped to 265, 10.8 percent down from 297 in 2016. The good news for sellers is that the original list-ing price was matched 100 percent of the time.The condominium mar-

ket saw similar trends with the median sales price at $315,000, up 16.7 percent over 2016. Days on the mar-ket also dropped from 67 in 2016 to 47 days on the market

“Inventory is low now and everyone is looking toward the spring,” Celata saidThe rental market is also

strong with rents ranging from $1,200 to $3,000. Cleat noted that if someone is paying big rent they just might be capable of buying and taking advan-tage of first-time homebuyers programs.

“2017 was a fantastic year to be in real estate,” said Joe

Mario of Century 21 Ma-rio Real Estate. “There’s a

lot of confidence and equity in homes. For 35 years now

it’s been positive. Now is the time to sell. Revere is getting

the overflow from the Boston market and people are moving

to Revere.Mario said Revere is desir-

able because of its proximity to Boston, and it’s a hidden

gem with a beautiful beach.Mario is looking forward

to the spring market, drawing from Boston and surrounding

communities. He added that the Revere School system is

also a draw for buyers.“It all adds to the future growth of Revere,” he said.

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Dorvil Serving in Leadership Position of Assumption’s ALANA Network

The Assumption College Office of Student Activities has announced that Gemaers Dorvil, of Everett, is cur-rently serving as president of the ALANA Network for the 2018-19 academic year.

The ALANA Network is made up of students who fos-ter an inclusive environment and awareness of diversity among members of the en-tire Assumption community. ALANA educates and engag-es the community through events, discussions, and meet-ings.

Assumption offers nearly 60 clubs and organizations that provide students the op-portunity to network with pro-fessionals; take on leadership roles; and apply classroom knowledge to better the com-munity. The student-run clubs appeal to a variety of interests and include offerings such as academic clubs (psychology, neuroscience, etc.); media (College television station, literary magazine and student newspaper); athletics, and many more.

“Student involvement is an important aspect of person-al and professional growth at Assumption,” said Kaitlin Bevins, director of student activities and leadership de-velopment. “Engagement in one or more of the wide array of student clubs and organizations encourages students develop their leader-ship skills and discover their passion. Participation outside the classroom, in community and social settings, also helps them hone their talents and skills and builds confidence.”

Learning at Assumption happens inside and outside the classroom, in the local

community and beyond. In addition to the strong academ-ic curriculum, the variety of clubs and organizations pro-mote the importance of social, recreational, academic, and cultural activities among the student body. Joining clubs on campus gives students the chance to hone their leader-ship skills, meet new friends, network with faculty and staff, and perhaps find one’s future vocation.

For more information about Assumption’s student activ-ities, visit www.assumption.edu/campus-life/student-ac-tivities.

Founded in 1904 by the Augustinians of the Assump-tion in Worcester, Mass., As-sumption College is a Catho-lic liberal arts institution that offers undergraduate students 35 majors and 47 minors in the liberal arts, sciences, busi-ness, and professional stud-ies; as well as master’s and continuing education degrees and professional certificate programs-each through an educational experience that is grounded in the rich Cath-olic intellectual tradition. The curriculum enables students to gain a depth and breadth of knowledge that leads to pro-fessional success and personal fulfillment. Students-whether on the Worcester campus or at the College’s Rome, Ita-ly, campus-become engaged participants in Assumption’s classic liberal arts educa-tion, exploring new ideas and making connections across disciplines. To prepare for the workforce, students learn cutting-edge theory and best practices, conduct innovative research, and develop excel-lent communication and crit-ical-analysis skills. Assump-tion graduates are also known for their thoughtful citizen-ship and compassionate ser-vice to their community. For

more information about As-sumption College, please visit www.assumption.edu.

Local Students Who Made the UMass Amherst Fall 2018 Dean’s List

Below is a list of local stu-dents who were named to the dean’s list at the University of Massachusetts Amherst for the fall 2018 semester.

In order to qualify, an un-dergraduate student must re-ceive a 3.5 grade-point aver-age or better on a four-point scale.

EVERETTConrado Campos AraujoNyomi DottinBrayams Flores ReyesDavid GertzGiselle Beatriz Lemus Te-

jadaSabrina Lisbeth MoretaJocelyn MunguiaJoseph Domenic PascarellaDarren PortilloHugo SolaresLucas TejadaLily Yee Tran

Local Students recognized at UMass Dartmouth

Below are the names of University of Massachusetts Dartmouth students from Ev-erett who have been named to either the Chancellors list (grade point average 3.8 or higher out of a possible 4.0) or Dean’s List (grade point average 3.2 or higher out of a possible 4.0) for the Fall 2018 Semester. Please publish.

Chancellor’s ListEverett: Sara Kitembo Dean’s ListEverett: Tremaine Barboza,

Gesmina Cemesca, Yamiley Dangerville, Quedemaelle Deshommes, Derrick Freitas, Haley Jackson, Dorje Lama, Nedjy Pierre, Keaslee Sermeil

DIDOMENICO SPEAKS AT MA COALITION FOR THE HOMELESS LEGISLATIVE ACTION DAY

Sen. Sal DiDomenico recently joined with Senate President Karen Spilka and advocates at the Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless Legislative Action Day at the State House. Every year, the MA Coalition for the Homeless hosts a Legislative Action Day, during which they hear from elected officials about legislation, share their stories, and lobby for bills that would improve the lives of those experiencing homelessness in the Commonwealth. Sen. DiDomenico served at as a speaker at this year’s event, highlighting the many challenges that people experiencing homelessness face. “Approximately 43 people are evicted from their homes in Massachusetts every day,” Sen. DiDomenico said, speaking about his right to counsel bill, which would make representation during eviction proceedings a right under Massachusetts law. “As a Common-wealth, we must do better to protect those who are economically at risk.” Additionally, Sen. DiDomenico spoke about two other bills that he filled that would help those experiencing home-lessness: An Act to Lift the Cap on Kids and An Act to Lift Kids out of Deep Poverty. The Family Cap denies Transitional Aid to Families with Dependent Children (TAFDC) to children who were born during— or soon after— their parents started receiving benefits. Because of this policy, 9,000 children in poverty do not receive benefits. An Act to Lift Kids out of Deep Poverty would increase benefits to families with children who qualify as living in “deep poverty.”

DIDOMENICO PARTICIPATES IN ANTI-HUNGER ADVOCACY 101 TRAINING

Sen. Sal DiDomenico recently joined Rep. Jay Livingstone at an Advocacy 101 Training event hosted by Project Bread and the Greater Boston Food Bank. DiDomenico and Livingstone are the lead sponsors of legislation to close the SNAP Gap in Massachusetts, and Sen. DiDomenico is also the lead Senate sponsor of Breakfast After the Bell legislation. At the training, DiDomenico and Livingstone spoke about how to be effective with grassroots lobbying efforts and how to make a long lasting impact to end hunger in the Commonwealth.

SUPPORT GROUP OFFERED

National Alliance on Mental Illness Greater North Shore is hosting a Family & Friends Support Group and a new Individu-al (Peer) Support Group on Wednesday March 27 from 7 - 8:30 p.m. at Beverly Hospital, 85 Herrick St., Beverly. The two groups are for family and friends of those dealing with men-tal health challenges and for individuals (peers) and they meet the last Wednes-day of Every Month . For more information e-mail csadkowski@yahoo.com or call 617-984-0504 and leave a message. Also vis-it www.namigreaternorth-shore.org.

Price-Espada, Collins, Imbruglia power the Tigers past KIPP Academy

By Cary Shuman

The Pope John XXIII High School boys basketball team faced an interesting challenge in the Division 4 North Sec-tionals Friday night at Tewks-bury High School.

The Tigers’ opponent, KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) Academy, a charter school from Lynn, was hoping to win a state championship in its first year of membership in the MIAA.

But Coach Leo Bouch-er’s defending state champi-ons ended KIPP’s dreams by claiming a 50-42 victory and a berth in the state semifinals at the TD Garden for the second year in a row.

Senior guard Angel Price Espada launched the Tigers on the road to victory by con-necting on three 3-pointers in the first quarter, ultimately producing a 23-12 lead at the half. Espada finished with a game-high 19 points while adding another sterling chap-ter to his phenomenal high school basketball career.

With the Panthers paying special attention to Espada, Mekhi Collins and Frankie Imbruglia seized the spotlight in the second half and pro-pelled the Tigers to victory.

Collins contributed 15 points, 7 rebounds, 7 steals, and 3 assists in one of the best all-around performances in this year’s State Tournament. Meanwhile, Imbruglia, as he had done so well in the win over No. 1 seed Mystic Val-ley, came through with some huge hoops at pivotal times.

Luis Velasquez again stepped up in the paint with six points and 10 rebounds while Conor Kelly, an un-sung hero in this march to the Garden, had another sol-id performance in the Tigers’ frontcourt. Cam Erickson also played well in what Boucher termed a total team effort.

“It was a well-fought game, a great defensive game,” said Boucher. “KIPP (17-6) is a great, great team.”

Collins, who consistently drove to the basket with his superior ballhandling skills, has been a force to be reck-oned with in the tournament.

“Mekhi has stepped up tremendously the past three games,” said Boucher. These kids realize that playing high school basketball with your friends is a great thing, but if you lose now, you’re done, your career’s over, there is no practice tomorrow. My favorite line of the night was saying, ‘there’s an 11 o’clock practice tomorrow.’’’

Boucher feels the difficult regular season schedule has prepared his team well for the State Tournament.

“The kids wanted to play up, it’s a tribute to them to say, ‘Coach, get us some big teams. We want to be tourna-ment ready. We want to get in and be tournament ready,’ and I think they are.

Boucher was excited to be preparing for another trip to the Garden, one of the great venues in America, not far from where the PJ coach grew up and began his amazing ca-reer in the sport of basketball.

“I’m getting a little bit old-er and a little nostalgic,” said Boucher. “I’m pretty excited. I’m just so excited for these kids. Last year, when we were in the Garden, I said, ‘Take a walk around, look at it. Look at the Celtics lockerroom. This might not happen ever again. And for several of our players, it’s happened a sec-ond time, so this is pretty spe-cial.”

Pope John captures North Sectional title

The Pope John XXIII High School boys basketball team, players and coaches, are pictured after winning the Division 4 North Sectional championship Friday night at Tewksbury High School.

One of the state’s best back-courts, seniors Mekhi Collins and Angel Price-Espada proudly display Pope John’s Division 4 North Sectional championship trophy after the Tigers’ 50-42 victory over KIPP Academy of Lynn.

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Since 1923, the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards have rec-ognized the vision, ingenuity, and talent of our nation’s youth, and provided opportunities for creative teens to be celebrated. This year over 12,000 submissions were received by the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University and the Boston Globe Foundation. Students across the state produced artwork in 17 categories including Photography, Mixed Media, Video Game Design, Painting and more. Winners of Gold Key, Silver Key Awards and Honorable Mentions were chosen based on their demonstration of originality, technical skill, and the emer-gence of a personal voice or vision. This year we are excited to announce that Everett High School students have brought home 9 awards and recognitions!

ART STARSEVERETT HIGH SCHOOL

SILVER KEY: Gabriel Machado, Grade 12: Drawing and Illustration, “Gallett’s Inspiration” (Teacher, Annette LeRay)

HONORABLE MENTION: Oscar Mira Vela, Grade 12: Photography, “Central Park” (Katherine McKie)

HONORABLE MENTION: Camila Morare, Grade 12: Photography, “Park Bench” (Katherine McKie)HONORABLE MENTION: Lizzy Bautista, Grade 10: Drawing and Illustration, “Eddies Duality” (Annette LeRay)

HONORABLE MENTION: Alex Brown, Grade 12: Digital Art, “Self-Portrait” (Katherine McKie)

HONORABLE MENTION: Gillian Avelar, Grade 11: Drawing and Illustration, “Riley and the Rising Sun”(Annette LeRay)

HONORABLE MENTION: Kunchock Khabnay, Grade 12: Photography, “Junior” (Katherine McKie)

SILVER KEY: Gillian Avelar, Grade 11: Painting, “Seven Sorrows” (Annette LeRay)

SILVER KEY: Vicki Do, Grade 12: Photography, “Fixed” (Katherine McKie)

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CHURCH News

Glendale Christian Lighthouse ChurchNews and Notes

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

Sunday 10:30 AM Worship service.

Wednesday hour of Pow-er, worship, prayer and Bible Study. We are studying about God, come join us.

Come join us in prayer ev-ery Friday at 6 am.

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as work-ing for the Lord, not for hu-man masters,”

Colossians 3:23“In Pursuit of Spiritual Ex-

cellence”Righteousness, Godliness,

Faith, Love, Truth• Domingo 9:30 am Escue-

la Dominical de Adultos. (en inglés)

Servicio de Alabanza y Adoracion a las 10 am (en in-glés)

• Miercoles Hora de Poder, Oración, alabanza y Estudio de la Palabra de Dios a las 7 pm (en inglés)

• Ven unete a nosotros para orar todos los viernes a las 6 am

• Sabado a las 4 pm Ser-vicio de alabanza y adoración,

ven y unite a nosotros para adorer a Dios, (Servicio en Español)

• Domingo Servicio de al-abanza y adoracion a las 4pm (Servicio en español)

Mayores informes de los servicios en español (617) 306-3518

“Y todo lo que hagáis, hacedlo de corazón, como para el Señor

y no para los hombres;”Colosenses 3:23 “En busca de la excelencia

espiritual Rectitud, Divinidad, Fe,

Amor, Verdad”GLENDALE CHRISTIAN LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH

701 BROADWAYEVERETT,

MASSACHUSETTS 02149617-387-7458

Rev. Larry Russi, Sr. Pastorpastorlarry@

thelighthousechurch701.net

Grace Anglican Episcopal Church is open & welcoming to all.

There are 3 services on Sundays: 10 a.m. English, 1pm South Sudanese (Dinka) and 3 p.m. Haitian Creole. We have Sunday school during each service in the Children’s Room. Coffee Hour starts af-ter the 10 a.m. service in the Parish Hall (entrance on 11 Liberty St.)

Come all and let us walk to-

gether in this season of hope, renewal and new beginnings.

We are located at 67 Nor-wood Street, Everett, MA

Phone 617-387-7526 or 508-243-8487

Grace Anglican Episcopal Church

67 Norwood Street, Everett, MA

Phone 617-387-7526 or 508-243-8487

Grace Episcopal ChurchNews and Notes

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Glendale United Methodist ChurchNews and Notes

Glendale United Methodist Church is open to all and we welcome people of all faiths, race, nationalities and sexu-al preference. No one is ever turned away. If you are look-ing 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 join-ing us for Bible study on Sun-day. 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 dedicate the Sunday bulletin to recog-nize family, friends, or special occasions. There is a sign-up sheet in the Pastor’s study. Feel free to choose your par-ticular week and leave a copy of your dedication 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 Tues-day evenings from 6-9 p.m. Cub Pack 11 meets on Satur-day 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: Sat-urdays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Other times by appointment.

Bread of Life Donations – This outreach is being done to honor the United Methodist 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

PastorDavidJackson58@gmail.com

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

Other times by appointment.

Mystic Side Congregation-al Church is located in Ever-ett, on Malden-Everett border, at 422 Main Street. We offer a warm, inviting atmosphere, and all are welcome. Our Sunday Church service starts at 10:30 a.m. and Communion is offered on the first Sunday

of each month. A very pleas-ant coffee hour and socializ-ing follow our services. Park-ing is available in our lot next to the church on Wyllis Ave. (one way off Main Street). We look forward to welcom-ing you this Sunday.

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Our Parish Staff: Fa-ther Joseph Chacha Marwa, S.M.A. Administrator;

Father Ernest Egbedike, S.M.A. Parochial Vicar;

Secretary Barbara CannonRichard Randazzo, Pasto-

ral Associate, Business Man-ager;

Philomene Pean, Pastoral Associate, Haitian Commu-nity

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 Com-munity

4:00 p.m. Haitian Commu-nity

Masses are being held in the Chapel.

Eucharistic Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: Ad-oration of the Blessed Sacra-ment is held every Thursday from 7:45 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Chapel. Each Thurs-days’ adoration will conclude the Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament at 6:30 p.m. All are invited to spend a few moments with Our Blessed Lord

Church Breakfast – Our

next monthly Church Break-fast is scheduled for every second Sunday in the lower Church Hall. Cost is $4.00 per person. Pancakes, scram-bles eggs, sausage, toast, juice, coffee and tea is served. All you can eat. Please join us after Mass.

New Ministry - At the back of the Church in the Vestibule area on Sundays following Masses, there is a team of volunteers who will answer your questions regard-ing our Church Ministries, etc. Please feel free to stop by and ask questions, sched-ule a Mass, register as a new Parishioner, etc.

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 mon-ey collected will go towards our Stain Glass Fund. Brink a Book and Buy a Book and make a donation. Our selec-tions are great and varied. Please stop by the table and see what we have. Thank you

Immaculate Conception Parish

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Calvin B. Pe-ters, 89, of Ever-ett passed away March 1 at the

Eastpointe Re-habilitation Cen-

ter in Chelsea.He was born Nov. 11, 1929

in Portland, Maine and raised by his loving parents Martha and Calvin Peters. He had many fond memories of the Kennebunk Beach area grow-ing up. Working at his parent’s restaurant “The Dipsy Baths,” he would spend the days help-ing around the restaurant and renting the beach chairs, um-brellas and floats to beachgo-ers of Kennebunk Beach.

He completed his first year of college before proudly serving in the Army during the Korean War.

Calvin met the love of his life, Dorothy M. Novello Pe-ters and they raised their three boys in Everett.

After completing his mil-itary service, he went on to drive a tour bus for Hudson Bus Lines in Medford. He received great joy and took great pride in showing peo-ple the fantastic sites that our country has to offer.

When Calvin wanted to re-lax, he would spend countless hours listening to his favor-ite Big Band artists such as Frank Sinatra, Glenn Miller and Tony Bennett. He loved the Boston sports teams and enjoyed watching the games with his family. He treasured spending time with his fami-ly, first with his wife and chil-dren, and in his later years, with his grandchildren and great grandchild.

He enjoyed taking pictures, and loved traveling. Dorothy and Calvin shared countless memories of their time travel-ing to Disneyworld and other destinations across the coun-ty.

When Calvin was a child, he enjoyed camping trips with his parents. As a Dad, he en-joyed visiting the many lakes of Maine including Lake Pen-nesseewassee, Crystal Lake and Moose Pond with all the family. Calvin lived in Mas-sachusetts for 62 years, but his joy of the Maine outdoors brought him and his family back to Maine for vacations

and family trips.He was also involved with

his community and was a Ma-son in the former Galilean Lodge as well as a member of The Boy Scouts of Amer-ica, Troop 6 in Everett. This allowed him to spend lots of quality time with his sons.

Calvin was predeceased by his parents, Martha E. and Calvin F. Peters and his sis-ters, Norma Henderson and Martha Peters. He is survived by his wife, Dorothy M. No-vello Peters of Everett; three sons: Calvin M. Peters of Sanford, ME, Scott Peters and his fiancée, Lisa Oberle of Middleton, NH, and Mark Peters and His fiancée, San-dra Deitz of Gettysburg, PA; three grandchildren, Christine Grigg and her husband, Scott Grigg of Indianapolis, IN, Christopher Peters of Wash-ington, DC, and Ryan Peters of Viriginia and a great grand-daughter, Elani Grigg.

The family would like to gratefully acknowledge the Everett Fire Department, and Everett Rescue who assist-ed Dad on countless occa-sions. They would also like to acknowledge the help and assistance of his caregivers over the years and especially Dorothy’s dear friend, Car-olyn Perry of Everett for her countless hours of compan-ionship and assistance with day to day activities.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in his memory to the Good Shep-herd United Methodist Church, 577 Salem St., Mal-den MA 02148.

There will be a private gravesite service and burial at Mount Pleasant Cemetery, South Portland, Maine, in the spring.

Condolences may be ex-pressed online at www.hobbsfuneralhome.com.

Anne Gallant Of Everett

Anne T. (Iosue) Gallant of Everett died on March 5.

The beloved wife of the late Abel Gallant, she was the lov-ing mother of John Gallant, Thomas Gallant and his wife, Mary, Robert Gallant and his wife, Darlene, Chuck Gallant and his wife, Ann and the late Susan Gallant; sister of the late Marion DiBiase and also survived by 11 beloved grand-children: Daniella, Marissa, TJ, Tyler, Kristen, Victoria, Andrew, Jayson, Lauren, Kris-tyn and Nicole as well as five loving great-grandchildren:

Annabelle, Kamryn, Karlee, Adrianna and Michael and by many loving nieces and neph-ews.

Funeral arrangements were by the Salvatore Rocco and Sons Funeral Home, Everett. Interment was at Holy Cross Cemetery, Malden. Donations in Anne’s memory may be made to the Alzheimer’s As-sociation, 309 Waverly Oaks Rd., Waltham, MA 02452. For more information: 1-877-71- ROCCO or roccofuneral-homes.com

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Revere Broadway Office-2nd floor, 1 room, $500.Includes utilities and parking.781 864 9958--------------------REVERE: Off Broad-way. Professional office space. On public transportation. Call for details. 978-590-8810

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Local church seeks worship leaderIs God speaking to you?Small church seeks wor-ship leader/song leader. Keyboard/piano/guitar etc. a plus.Sunday mornings 10am-12:30pm a must, flexible mid week/occa-sional special events. Small stipend to start, more of a faith endeavor. Contact ungergary6@comcast.net

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REVEREGreat Location2 Store Fronts 1 4BR Apt. 5 open Pkg. spots$950.000617 785 7027

BINGO IS BACK! BINGO - Lynn - every Saturday Night!New location: Sacred Heart, 581 Boston St.(School Gym- behind the church) Doors open 4pm, BINGO at 6pm. Approximate-ly 65% of the money collected returns to players as prizes! Up to $3000 Weekly Pro-gressive Jackpot! Free coffee! Free parking across from Church. Call 781-598-4907!

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RENTALSREVERE - close to T, 4BR apt., pets-no. Deleaded certificate - Sec 8 welcome. No utilities.LYNN - 3BR pets - no, No utilities.Call 781-231-92244/4--------------WINTHROP - Avail. April 1 - 7 rooms , 3 BR, washer/dryer, updated K&B, great location, 5 minutes to bus. Ideal for family. No pets. $2400, no Util., first plus security. Call 617-771-2308 or 2307.

Real Estate TransfersBUYER 1 SELLER 1 ADDRESS PRICEAristhene, Albert Perez, Saqueo 52 Fuller St $560,000Silva, Mario Sullivan, Christopher J 227 Hancock St $400,000Briand, David P Capavella, Kathleen E 69 Highland Ave $417,500East Broadway LLC Ricciardi, Teresa N 16 Lynde St $900,000Huezo, David A Shaw Josephine Est 11 Meadowview Rd $480,000Maharjan, Juna Boudrow, Robert D 35 Oakland Ave $435,000

Councilor Fred Capone made the rounds to several elementary schools to read and celebrate Read Across America Day with Dr. Seuss stories. Here, he is pictured with Ms. O’Neill’s fourth grade class at the Madeline English School. Councilor Capone also thanked Ms. Konstantopoulis’s fourth grade class at the Whittier School, and Ms. Peddle’s fourth grade class at the Parlin School.

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Mystic Valley Elder Services annual theater event, a presen-tation of Million Dollar Quar-tet, the smash hit and rocking true story of Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis and Carl Perkins coming to-gether for one of the greatest jam sessions ever, will be held Saturday, May 18, at 6:30 at the Greater Boston Stage Compa-ny in Stoneham.

Sponsorships and tickets are now available. Tickets cost $75 each and sponsorships

levels range from $100 to $20,000. Please contact Rob-ert Guthrie at 781-388-4822 or rguthrie@mves.org, or visit mves.org/join-us/theatre for more information. Proceeds benefit Mystic Valley Elder Services’ programs that keep elders independent and in their homes.

Located in Malden, Mass., Mystic Valley Elder Services is a non-profit agency that provides essential home- and community-based care and

resources to elders, adults living with disabilities, and caregivers who reside in Chel-sea, Everett, Malden, Med-ford, Melrose, North Reading, Reading, Revere, Stoneham, Wakefield and Winthrop. Agency services include coor-dination of home care, trans-portation, Meals on Wheels, and information and referrals. For more information, please call (781) 324-7705 or visit-www.mves.org.

Mystic Valley Elder Services theater event to be held May 18

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Girl Scouts from Everett and Chelsea, celebrated the anni-versary of the founding of the Girl Scouts in 1912 with an In-ternational Display Ceremony. Each troop organized a table representing a country where Girl Scouts are active, offering food and items found there.

The girls were issued “Passports” encouraging them to ex-plore and discover the cultures of fellow Girl Scouts.

Troop 65447 from Everett had a table representing the Philip-pines.

Brownie Troop 82482 from Everett.Troop 62751 from neighboring Chelsea had a table representing Puerto Rico.

Abigail Falkowski, Ella Dipierro, and Julia Hardy of Brownie Troop 82482 show off their Passports stamped as they visited each international table. Troop 67701 from Everett.

Troop 71083 from Everett.Girl Scout Everett coordinator and Troop Leader Donna Towchik with scouts Emma Horgan and Michelina’s Tumbling of Troop 71088.

Everett Troop 62191 had a table representing the U.S.A.

Troop Leader Samantha Hurley gets scouts together to form a Friendship Circle.

Troop leaders Mary Towchik and Kathy Allen with their scout Bailey Estrada of Daisy Troop 62834.

The event was organized by Girl Scout Everett coordina-tor and Troop Leader Donna Towchik with “Cookie Chair-person” Carol Meninger.

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LOCAL TROOPS CELEBRATE THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE GIRL SCOUTS