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iolent crime has been on the decline in Everett for decades, and Police Chief Steven Mazzie doesn’t see the casino’s opening changing those trends. If was just one of the questions fielded by Mazzie, Middlesex DA Marian Ryan, Mayoral Chief of Staff Kevin O’Donnell and Police Lt. Paul Strong during a community policing forum that was hosted by Zion Church Ministries on Wednesday evening. Police released a number of statistics about citations and use of force, and answered questions
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Police Chief Steven Mazzie addresses Everett residents questions and concerns during Wednesday’s policing forum at the Zion Baptist Church. (Advocate photo)
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tate Senator Sal DiDomenico is warning that if the Chapter 70 money that he recently won to cover budget shortfalls in the Everett Public Schools is diverted to other purposes, he might face challenges winning similar fights for funding for the city in the future. Last week, a dispute erupted between the school department and the city after Mayor Carlo DeMaria announced that $2.5 million in Chapter 70 funding would be used to offset the city’s tax rate, arguing that the city had already spent millions of dollars of its own money to fully fund the schools.
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The money, school department officials and the senator have argued, however, was explicitly awarded to compensate the Everett schools for the losses they faced after a devastating change to the state’s local aid formula. “We have limited our effectiveness as legislators at the State House if you do not put this money where it belongs, in our schools,� said DiDomenico during Monday night’s school committee meeting. “This money was secured for our schools. It was under the impression of all of us at the State House that this money was coming back to the
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