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A New Year’s Vision Mayor Carlo DeMaria delivered his inaugural address in the EHS auditorium Tuesday, January 2 at an Inauguration Ceremony that saw the swearing-in of Richard Dell Isola, John Hanlon, Michael Marchese, Wayne Matewsky, Peter Napolitano, Fred Capone, Stephen Simonelli, Anthony DiPierro, John Leo McKinnon, Rosa DiFlorio, and Michael McLaughlin as the 2018/2019 city council, of Beradino D’Onofrio, Robert Car-

reiro, Richard Baniewicz, Lester MacLaughlin, and Allen Panarese, Joseph LaMonica, Frank Parker, David Ela, and Thomas Abruzzese as the 2018/2019 school committee. Carreiro and Baniewicz passed away last year.

Marcony Almeida Barros was appointed as Carreiro’s replacement the following week, and former school committee member Millie Cardello was appointed to replace Baniewicz.

Governor Charlie Baker presented his greetings to the as-

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The mayor made several major announcements during his speech. Chief among them perhaps is his plan to move the football stadium from its site on Revere Beach Parkway to the new Seven Acres Park site on the old GE site on the Malden River.

The mayor also proposed scaling back parking restrictions on new housing developments and building private/public partnerships to create a local transportation network, bringing back the Broadway trolley.

DiBiaso leaves for Catholic Memorial, Theluxon Pierre named football coach Longtime Everett football coach John DiBiaso announced at a press conference at Catholic Memorial in West Roxbury, Boston on Thursday, January 18 that he would be taking a position at the school as their football coach and associate athletic director.

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Shortly after the Super Bowl, DiBiaso announced he would step down from his numerous roles at Everett High School at the conclusion of the 2017-18 academic year. Both The Boston Globe and the Boston Herald covered the news extensively – and rightly so – though both characterized DiBiaso’s decision as a retirement.

Later in the year, on March 2, the football was passed evening at a press conference, as 31-yearold longtime Assistant Coach Theluxon Pierre stepped up to take the mantle of football head coach from his mentor, John DiBiaso. Pierre, an EHS Class of 2005 graduate, said that his tenure as coach would see the continuation of DiBiaso’s enormously successful style and legacy that won 12 state titles over the last 22 seasons.

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He quickly became a star, playing in four super bowls at EHS and winning in three of them (2001, 2002 and 2003), and playing for four years as a Greater Boston League Champion. By 2004, he was a captain on the team. After graduation, Pierre attended Dean’s Union College, where he played football as a defensive end. Eventually he received a full scholarship to UMass Amherst, where he also played defensive end.

MGC opens sexual misconduct investigation into Wynn The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) opened an investigation in January into allegations made against Steve Wynn in The Wall Street Journal charging that the casino mogul has engaged in a pattern of sexual misconduct and harassment spanning decades. The results of the investigation have yet to be released.

The story, which was published in January, reported that “dozens of people The Wall Street Journal interviewed who have worked at Mr. Wynn's casinos told of behavior that cumulatively would amount to a decades-long pattern of sexual misconduct by Mr. Wynn,� and claimed that Wynn had “sexualized his workplace and pressured workers to perform sex acts� using his power and influence as their boss and a major figure in the gaming industry.

Among the incidents detailed in the report was a case where Wynn allegedly forced a manicurist to have sex. Reportedly, Wynn paid $7.5 million to settle the case out of court.

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DiDomenico & Senate pass legislation extending unemployment insurance for locked-out National Grid workers O n Dec. 20, Senator Sal DiDomenico (D-Everett) and his colleagues in the Massachusetts Senate passed legislation to extend unemployment benefits for locked-out National Grid workers for up to 26 additional weeks, or until National Grid workers are no longer locked out, whichever comes first. The benefits would be paid through the existing Unemployment Insurance (UI) system.

“This lockout by National Grid of their union employees has been unjust from the very start, but it is truly egregious how long this has continued to last,” said Senator DiDomenico. “These National Grid employees have been without salaries and health insurance for over six months now, and this bill passed by the Senate is meant to offset the enormous burden that has been placed on the workers and their families. I am proud to stand with the locked out gas workers as they continue to fight for their benefits, health insurance, and our public safety.”

“We have considered a range of options, and believe the bill we put forward is practical, feasible, and able to be implemented quickly, ensuring that these families incur no break in unemployment benefits,” said Senate President Karen E. Spilka (D-Ashland). “It is our hope that this ac-

tion will provide some relief and peace of mind for those workers who want nothing more than to get back to work. We strongly encourage both parties to continue their negotiations and resolve this issue, without this issue as a pawn at the negotiating table.”

“The legislation adopted by the Senate today is a carefully chosen, limited and reasonable option to prevent economic hardship for 1,250 National Grid workers and their families,” said Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr (R-Gloucester). “While it is an important measure to take, it is no substitute for a lasting and sustainable contract that is fair to all parties, including the ratepayers, that can only result from continuing good-faith negotiations between the parties.

It is imperative that they redouble and intensify their efforts to produce that result.”

This legislation is designed to address the concerns of the approximately 1,250 workers scheduled to stop receiving UI benefits on January 14, 2019, because of the ongoing National Grid lockout. Under this legislation, the paid UI benefits will impact the experience rating of the employer engaged in the lockout, resulting in higher UI costs for that employer in the future.

On Dec. 24, the bill, S.2692, which can be found at https://

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House and laid before the Governor.

Outgoing Council President honored for his service

JOB WELL DONE: Ward 4 Councillor Leo McKinnon presents outgoing Council President Peter Napolitano with a plaque at the last 2018 City Council meeting. Napolitano stated, “It has been an honor to lead the City Council this year. I look forward to working with the new Council President.”

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The transfer met only a portion of the school’s $8.3 million budget shortfall. The city has also given the schools the goahead to transfer $1.3 million from revolving funds towards their operations.

A major cause for the schools’ shortfall is continuing struggle with changes made to how the state calculates how much aid it gives to the district for needy students. The state provides aid to the schools to feed every student studying in the district considered economically disadvantaged. Formerly, those students were counted by the School Department, but three years ago that responsibility was moved to the state. Under the change, to qualify as “economically disadvantaged”under state guidelines, the students and their families must have been enrolled in a state or federal poverty program, such as food stamps, for a certain number of years.

The problem for diverse urban communities like Everett is that many of its low-income students are immigrants whose families either do not qualify for those services or haven’t been

on them for very long, and thus are not counted as “disadvantaged” by the state – while still requiring assistance. In all, the situation has cost the district between $6 million and $8 million this year.

In the wake of the transfer, the mayor announced that the city would be taking several steps“to ensure we do not find ourselves here again.” Among those steps are the creation of a Task Force on School Finance, the hiring of an outside firm to conduct an operational audit on both the schools and city finances, and the creation of an internal School Finance Review Commission.

~MARCH~ Stolen dog thrown from car returned to rightful owner All dogs go to heaven, but Tedge got to go home. After a month long journey in which he was stolen, thrown from a moving vehicle, saved by Good Samaritans and lost a leg to his injuries, the 18-month-old beagle-Chihuahua mix is back with his rightful owner.

Theron Miller, Tedge’s owner and a truck driver from Montana, said that Tedge has been his constant companion on the road.

During one of their trucking runs delivering potatoes to the New England Produce Center in Everett, Miller let Tedge out of the truck to get some exercise in a fenced-in area at the site, something Miller had done before during his eight previous visits to the warehouse. Later that night Miller found the pen empty. He whistled for the dog, something to which he says Tedge always responded. There was no answer. He knew then that Tedge was missing.

With no sign of Tedge and his job calling him back to Montana, Miller was forced to return home.

Sometime later, Jamie-Lee

Hersey of Wakefield was driving down Revere Beach Parkway when she saw a small dog alone in the middle of the road, clearly injured. According to police, witnesses had seen Tedge thrown from a black SUV on Revere Beach Parkway. Earlier in the evening, a similar vehicle was seen near the produce center.

Chris Desrochers of Revere was also driving by at this time, and, recognizing his friend Jamie, pulled over. “Once I’d seen that poor little dog, I just couldn’t leave him,” he said.

The two brought Tedge to the Massachusetts Veterinary Referral Hospital in Woburn, where he underwent two surgeries and ultimately had to have one of his hind legs amputated. While on the mend, Tedge was staying with Melissa Doherty-Geuvin, who runs The Dogmother, a doggy daycare service in Peabody.

Back west, Miller was keeping an eye on the Everett Animal Control Facebook page, hoping to see some sign of Tedge.

Before long, his hopes came true. Animal Control Officer Stacia Gorgone said that Miller reached out to her in the weeks following the incident. Three others had claimed the dog as theirs as well, but Gorgone was able to confirm Tedge was Miller’s through Facebook.

Gorgone called the outcome the result of Miller’s “good karma” from helping animals in need back home. “I’m so glad Theron was reunited with Tedge because I know that up in Montana he saves a lot of animals that are dumped on him,” she said.“This was good karma coming back. He’s getting it back 10fold here today.”

DiDomenico elevated to Assistant Majority Leader of Massachusetts Senate In early March, Senator Sal DiDomenico was elevated to the

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2018 | FROM PAGE 4 position of Assistant Majority Leader by Senate President Harriette L. Chandler (D-Worcester). In addition to this new leadership post, Senator DiDomenico was also named to serve as Chairman of the powerful Senate Committee on Bills in the Third Reading, as well as Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Intergovernmental Affairs. Previously, Senator DiDomenico served as Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ways & Means, and with this new enhanced leadership role and committee assignments, the Senator remained a member of this important budget writing committee.

~APRIL~ Former Councillor Mangan hired as legislative aide Former City Councillor Michael Mangan returned to City Hall, this time as a salaried employee assisting the body on which he once served. The City Council hired their former colleague Mangan to serve as the body’s legislative aide in an 8-2 vote on Monday, April 23, filling the position left open by the retirement of longtime aide Caroline McCorry.

Mangan resigned from the

City Council early last year, stating he was looking to “go in a different direction.” At the time, Mangan was cagey about what exactly that direction might be, but it appears to have been at least in part a step towards qualifying for this position: Mass General Law required that Mangan be out of office for at least a year before being hired for such a role.

For qualifications, Mangan touted his relationships on the council and his experience as a legislator. “I’ve been nine years in government – I think really helps me in this job – understanding what the agendas are, what’s expected on a daily basis, and I’m also the type of person that’s always gonna go aboveand-beyond what’s asked,” said Mangan.

The council interviewed three candidates for the role Monday night, all of whom had been nominated last week by the Committee on Legislative Affairs. The three candidates – Mangan, Joetta Lynn Yutkins and David Flood – were each allowed to make a five-minute pitch to the council prior to the vote.

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McKinnon, Michael McLaughlin, Anthony DiPierro and Stephen Simonelli all voted for Mangan.

Councillor Wayne Matewsky voted for Joetta Lynn Yutkins, and Council President Peter Napolitano voted for David Flood.

~MAY~ Wynn Resorts reintroduces itself to state as Encore Boston Harbor Wynn Resorts reintroduced itself to the state this May. The freshly named Encore Boston Harbor – shedding the namesake of the company’s disgraced founder, Steve Wynn –made a pitch to regulators and residents that it’s a different company under new leadership. While banners depicting leadership and employees were draped in front of the Lower Broadway construction site in Everett announcing “We Are Encore,” company officials appeared before the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) last Friday, petitioning it to remove Steve Wynn’s name from the “suitability” portion of the company’s license. Their petition was ultimately successful.

New Wynn Resorts CEO Matthew Maddox presented to MGC a company undergoing

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The company maintained the Wynn name at its other properties, but opted to use “Encore,� an existing Wynn brand, in Everett because the company felt that there is a greater degree of “cultural sensitivity�to sexual assault and harassment in Massachusetts. “The Wynn brand is strong, and I understand it, and I believe in it globally. I also understand the cultural sensitivity here,�said Maddox. “We’ve heard it loud and clear from the beginning, and so we will ... change our name to Encore Boston Harbor.�

~JUNE~ City Council approves $196,427,922 FY19 operating budget The City Council passed Mayor Carlo DeMaria’s FY19 budget on Monday, June 25 with only minor cuts, despite a few efforts to make deeper cuts.

After two weeks of budget hearings, the council’s budget committee recommended out to the full council a $196,427,922 FY19 operating budget, which included $60,171 in cuts from the mayor’s salaries line item, $100,000 from his marketing and business development line item, $15,000 from his afterschool program line item, $10,000 from the planning and development intern account, and $100,000 fixed costs. On Monday, the council cut an additional $25,000 from the mayor’s celebrations account, leaving the final operating budget at $196,402,922.

The council approved the revised budget, 8-2, with Ward 1 Councillor Fred Capone and Ward 2 Councillor Stephen Simonelli voting against it.

City officials have stated repeatedly that FY19 is a diffi-

cult financial year for the city for a number of reasons: rapidly raising home values yet unmatched by the growth in commercial values, the financial blows the School Department has received due to changes in the state aid formula, and the preparations being made for Encore Boston Harbor’s June 2019 opening.

~JULY~ City steps up ďŹ re safety inspections after Morris Street ďŹ re In the wake of the dangerous July 13 Morris Street fire, the City of Everett stepped up safety inspections citywide, preparing for a street-by-street review of fire safety and warning systems in every home in the city.

Members of the city’s Inspectional Services Department (ISD) were eager to begin a process which they believe could save lives in the city, especially given that such an inspection likely saved some in last week’s fire.

According to the city’s Assistant City Solicitor and head of ISD’s Problem Properties Team Keith Slattery, when the city was called in to inspect 15 Morris St. this March, there were no smoke detectors operational in a two-family building housing 19 people. An immediate order was placed to install fire detection equipment in the building, and ISD ordered some beds moved that were blocking egresses in the home.

Four months later and a week after a follow-up inspection to ensure that the smoke detectors were still operational, Slattery watched the TV with horror as the Morris Street property blazed, but with a measure of relief on hearing the smoke detectors blaring. “In some ways, it was a relief to hear the alarms chirping in the background,� said Slattery.

School funding bill collapses in state legislature A change to how the state allocates education funding that would have been a major step towards fixing Everett’s school funding issues collapsed in the

legislature late in the night on Tuesday, July 31, a disappointing and exasperating outcome for the educators and administrators who have been working for years to change the system that has left the local system – and the systems of many similar low-income communities – severely underfunded.

A version of the bill passed the Senate and the House, but the two chambers were unable to create a compromise bill in the Conference Committee after a marathon negotiation session lasting well into the night. According to the Chair of the Senate Education Committee, Sonia Chang-DĂ­az, D-Boston, while the Senate offered major concessions, the House leadership refused to accept their offers. “The Senate did our best to reach a deal that would meet the needs of all kids,â€? said DĂ­az. “We offered multiple versions of major concessions: on structure, on content, on money. ‌ This is unfathomable and inexcusable.

It’s a dark day for our Commonwealth.�

Senator Sal DiDomenico, D-Everett, called the vote “one of my most disappointing days as a legislator.�

Legislators have stated that they intend to take up the issue again when the legislature is back in session early next year.

~AUGUST~ First woman in Everett Fire Dept. dies from cancer After a year-long battle with cancer, Everett’s first and only active-duty female firefighter passed away Wednesday, August 1. Susan Pipitone, 56, of Haverhill, joined the Everett Fire Department on May 26, 1993, the first woman to ever do so.

For 12 years, Pipitone drove Engine 1, often riding with current Fire Chief and then-Captain Anthony Carli. “It was a sad loss for the department,� said Carli of her passing. “Not only was she our first female fighter, she was a great member of the department and a great person. She brought a lot

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to the department.”

Mayor Carlo DeMaria offered his condolences this week, calling Pipitone “a valued and wellrespected member of the EFD family and we know her loss is felt by all that know her.”

“Sue was a trailblazer and inspiration to all of us. My thoughts and prayers go out to Firefighter Pipitone’s family,” said DeMaria.

Rep. McGonagle wins reelection in close race In a night of historic political upsets across the Commonwealth, Everett largely backed its incumbents in the state primary on Tuesday, September 4, though by margins modest enough to suggest that a still ripening appetite for change does exist in the city.

Two-term State Rep. Joseph McGonagle overcame a challenge by local activist Gerly Adrien for the 28th Middlesex State Representative seat by a 168-vote margin, netting 1,968 votes, or 42.17 percent, to her 1,800 votes, or 38.57 percent (a third candidate, former State Rep. Stat Smith, came in a distant third, winning only 893 votes or 19.13 percent). Local interest in the race was high, with only 108 blanks and six write-in votes cast. (For comparison, 470 blanks were cast in the Democratic primary for U.S. Congress between Ayanna Pressley and Michael Capuano, and 1,461 blanks and 79 write-ins were cast in the Democratic primary for Governor.)

McGonagle called the race a “tough campaign” which has made him“a better State Representative”–“My opponents ran a great race and I applaud their efforts. I’m looking forward to continuing to deliver for the people of Everett.”

In other races, Everett largely followed the rest of the state, though with a few notable exceptions. Boston City Councillor Ayanna Pressley earned a stunning and unexpected victory in the 7th Congressional District against longtime incumbent Michael Capuano by a massive 17-point margin, 58.6 percent (59,815 votes) to 41.4 percent (42,252 votes). Everett backed the incumbent by an even larger 30-point margin, with 2,798 votes (64.98 percent) for Capuano and 1,497 votes (34.77 percent) for Pressley.

In the Democratic primary, in the only other race where Everett diverged from the state, Everett narrowly backed local comedian and climate activist Jimmy Tingle over former Assistant Attorney General Quentin Palfrey by 39 votes, awarding Tingle 1,581 votes (49.95 percent) to Palfrey’s 1,542 (48.72 percent).

Local interest in the race seems to have been limited: 1,611 ballots left the Lt. Governor’s race blank, about a third of all ballots cast and more than any individual candidate received. Statewide, Palfrey defeated Tingle by a comfortable margin, winning 58.9 percent of the vote to Tingle’s 41.1 percent.

Otherwise, Everett voters were in-line with the rest of the state, voting to nominate Dem-

City Council unanimously approves Commercial Triangle zoning amendments The City Council unanimously approved the Commercial Triangle Economic Development (CTED) Zoning District ordinance on Monday, August 13, bringing zoning changes to Revere Beach Parkway that Mayor Carlo DeMaria hopes will attract large developers to the district and definitively move the area away from its industrial past.

The amendment’s approval ushers in a major zoning change to the parkway area that city officials will hope will begin a transformation south of Revere Beach Parkway, discouraging further industrial development while encouraging large, mixeduse developments.

The CTED district is bordered

by Lewis Street on the west, Revere Beach Parkway on the north, a piece of Everett Avenue and Carter Street on the east, and it is closed in by the train tracks south of the neighborhood. The city’s plan also includes converting several smaller areas north of Revere Beach Parkway between Spring Street and the property just east of Vine Street from industrial zoning to business zoning.

The purpose of the zoning changes is twofold: First, the city is hoping to push industrial properties out of the neighborhood, which under the current zoning the city has very little control over.

Secondly, the city is hoping to encourage developers to buy up properties and create larger developments.

Under the new zoning, any existing industrial uses would be “grandfathered in” and allowed to continue operating, though changing or expanding those uses will become much more difficult. Conversely, large, mixed-use developments are actively encouraged by the zoning, with any project possessing a retail component of at least 12.5 square feet of retail, office and/or restaurant space per residential unit and more than 50 units being allowed “by right,” requiring nothing more than sitting down with the Planning Board at a Site Plan Review meeting.

ocratic candidate for Governor Jay Gonzalez, Secretary of State William Galvin, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan, Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Geoff Diehl, Governor Charlie Baker and Republican candidate for Attorney General James McMahon.

City approves 20-year solar credits agreement Despite some misgivings about the length of the commitment, the City Council approved Monday, September 24 a 20-year contract with a solar energy company that has promised to save the city hundreds of thousands of dollars annually.

In a 5-3 vote, the council authorized a Green Solar Energy Power Purchase Agreement with Syncarpha Capital and Renewable Energy Massachusetts (REM), under the state Department of Energy Resources’s Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART) program. The SMART program encourages solar development in the state by providing incentives paid directly to utility companies and municipalities. Created in 2016, the program is set to launch next month, and solar generation providers have been eager to sign agreements with municipalities across the state.

Under REM’s agreement with the city, Everett will receive a 1.5 cent discount per kilowatt hour over National Grid’s rate. Those discounts are expected to save the city $250,000 a year on its electric bills.

The City of Everett reviewed some verbal offers by other companies, but none could match the savings provided

by REM. According to the City’s CFO, Eric Demas, and City Solicitor Colleen Mejia, the company has also been amenable to a number of demands made by the City. This is due in part to the fact that while many other communities have participated in similar programs in the past, and as such only have a limited amount of additional capacity for solar energy credits, Everett is a relatively clean slate.

“You haven’t dipped your toe into this water yet,” Syncarphia’s Counsel, Ferd Convery, told the council. “And that’s bad news in the past, but it’s great news now, because you have a lot of energy to apply credits to."

Gaming Chair Crosby resigns amid charges of bias Massachusetts Gaming Commission Chair Stephen Crosby resigned Wednesday, September 26, stating that accusations of bias both for and against Wynn Resort’s Encore Boston Harbor project had made his

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2018 | FROM PAGE 7 continued presence on the board untenable.

Crosby’s resignation came as the commission’s long-awaited report on its investigation of allegations of sexual misconduct

by Wynn Resort’s founder, Steve Wynn, nears release.

Crosby has been accused of bias a number of times since joining the commission at its inception in 2011. According to Crosby, Steve Wynn’s attorneys have accused him of having “already made up my mind against Steve Wynn regarding the allegations of sexual misconduct,” while Mohegan Sun has alleged, occasionally in the form of a lawsuit, that he “had already made up my mind in favor of Wynn Resorts in the suitability investigations.”

Most recently, Crosby had been accused of “prejudging the outcome of the Investigations and Enforcement Bureau’s ongoing investigation

regarding the suitability of Wynn Resorts,” according to his resignation letter.

“I simply cannot let my involvement in these critical deliberations be used by others to hamper the Commission’s ability to do its work, or to undermine the confidence of the public in that work,” he wrote. “There has never been a shred of truth or accuracy to any charge of bias, favoritism, corrupt practice, ethics violations, or prejudgment in my execution of this job.”

~OC TOBER~ School district pleased with EHS MCAS results The State Department of Elementary and Secondary Education recently released the results of this year’s MCAS test in early October, and Everett school administrations was celebrating its findings, particularly at Everett High School (EHS).

In the jargon of the new

MCAS test, 45 percent of EHS students were designated as “partially meeting targets.”

That result puts Everett High in the 20th percentile and well above the results of its neighbors in Revere (16 percent partially meeting targets), Malden (17 percent), Brockton (24 percent), Lynn English (34 percent) and Chelsea (21 percent).

In all, 38 percent of students taking the MCAS were meeting or exceeding expectations and 45 percent partially meeting expectations for English language arts, and 34 percent were meeting or exceeding expectations and 50 percent partially meeting expectations for Mathematics.

Those results also mean that the district will not require any special assistance from the state, as EHS Principal Erick Naumann touted to the School Committee on Monday night.

“We don’t need the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education coming in

and giving us assistance,” said Naumann. “That’s a positive thing, and that’s the first thing to look at.”

City Council compromises on Inclusionary Zoning rate The City Council passed a compromise amendment to Everett’s year-old Inclusionary Zoning ordinance after several hours of debate on Monday, October 22, seeking a middle path between those on the council who want to scale back the ordinance’s restrictions to encourage development and those who worried a more severe rollback of the ordinance would cause the city to slip even further behind in its attempt to create more affordable housing.

Under the compromise amendment, the ordinance will require developers creating over six units of new housing to make at least 15 percent of those units “affordable,” five points below the original rate

of 20 percent, but five above the reduction originally suggested by the planning board and the mayor’s office of 10 percent. The council also added a provision which automatically reduces that rate down to five percent affordable if the developer is working with contaminated land.

~NO V E M B E R~ Mayor agrees to transfer disputed $2.5 million to schools Mayor Carlo DeMaria agreed to transfer $2.5 million in Chapter 70 funds to the school department, ending weeks of dispute over the fate of the unanticipated state funding. The school department stated that they will use the funds to hire more teachers and reduce class sizes.

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2018 | FROM PAGE 8 Thursday, November 1 in the City Council chambers. The Mayor stated that he made his decision after “walking through the high school myself and realizing that they could use more support.” The city has also received good financial news in recent days, not the least of which is the recent certification of almost $10 million in free cash, the largest figure the city has ever seen, according to the mayor.

Though the mayor, who initially wanted to use the funds to offset the tax rate and repair hits its own finances have taken while trying to address the school funding issue, announced his change of heart, he indicated to the members of the committee that he still wished to hear their opinion on the matter. Those who spoke on the issue spoke in support of making the transfer. State Senator Sal DiDomenico, who played a pivotal role in securing the money in the first place, also spoke at the meeting, saying that Chapter 70 money “is school money, by definition,” and had been awarded to the city on the understanding that it would go to help the school department fill budget holes left by changes to the state aid formula.

A voice vote ultimately held on the matter, with the committee voting unanimously to recommend that the funds go to the school department. Members of the commission present included Mayor Carlo DeMaria, Everett’ CFO Eric Demas, Councilor-at-Large John Hanlon, Ward 3 Councilor Anthony DiPierro, Ward 4 Councilor John Leo McKinnon, School Committee member David Ela, School Committee member Frank Parker, City Solicitor Colleen Mejia, Chief Procurement Agent Robert Moreschi, Director of Organizational Assessment Omar Easy, Superintendent Frederick Foresteire, Assistant Superintendent Charles Obremski, and Everett Teacher’s Union President Kimberly Auger.

Everett votes with the Commonwealth on Tuesday There were no surprises in Everett Tuesday, November 6.

Beyond a few races where the margins were somewhat closer than the statewide results, Everett voters followed the Commonwealth, backing incumbents and preserving transgender rights while rejecting a ballot initiative regulating nurse/ patient staffing ratios.

Turnout was strong, if not record-breaking on Tuesday, with few local decisions remaining for Everett voters, many of their decisions having been made in September’s primary. In all, 10,347 ballots were cast Tues-

THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – Friday, December 28, 2018 day, a little over half of Everett’s 20,642 registered voters and a modest uptick from 2014’s midterm turnout, in which 9,379 ballots were cast.

City mourns Everett firefighter Thaddeus Baxter The City of Everett mourned Everett firefighter Thaddeus M. Baxter, Jr. in November, who unexpectedly passed away Friday, November 9.

Officials across the city paid tribute to the late firefighter.

Firefighters displayed their fallen brother’s uniform on Engine 2 during his wake Wednesday, November 7, the city council held a moment of silence in his memory, and at the request of Mayor Carlo DeMaria, Christopher Johnson of Elm St. Baptist Church delivered a prayer for Baxter before the council meeting Monday night.

Baxter, of Woburn, formerly of Everett, was a U.S. Army Veteran, Honor Guard Commander for the Everett Fire Dept. member of Local 143, IAF, and Commander of American Legion, Post 101, Woburn, was interred with military honors in the Woodbrook Cemetery, Woburn Residents to see small tax hikes under FY19 tax rate City officials presented the FY19 tax rate to the city council Monday, November 26, and while residential taxes will rise somewhat – and commercial taxes somewhat significantly – better than expected revenues are preventing the tax hike from hitting the 11 percent increase that had been anticipated during city budget negotiations this summer.

According to CFO Eric Demas, the residential tax rate will be set at $12.38 per $1,000 of value, while the commercial/industrial/personal property rate will be $35.27 per $1,000.

These figures actually represent a reduction in the residential tax rate, which was $13.78 last year. Because housing values continue to skyrocket in the city, however, resident’s actual tax bills will continue to increase.

As a result, taxes on the average single family home are expected to go up by $194 (about five percent), the average two family home by $116 (two percent), and the average three family by $385 (six percent).

Commercial tax rates will see a more marked increase, however. According to the city’s finance department, the average convenience store in the city will see a 35 percent increase, from $24,529.49 in FY18 to $29,023.68 in FY19. Similarly, the average fast food restaurant will see an increase from $49,780 in FY 18 to $62,159.85 in FY19, and the average ware-

house/distribution property from $20,820.95 in FY18 to $28,050.23 in FY19.

According to Demas, this shift is in part due to a reversal of trends from over a decade ago, when commercial property values stagnated while housing values skyrocketed. Now, as housing prices begin to slow down, commercial property values are catching up with a vengeance.

As in previous years, the council approved a 25-percent residential exemption for owner-occupied properties, and also approved an approximately 1.75 percent shift of the tax burden from residential to commercial properties. If the council had not approved the shift, the single rate would have been $20.21.

According to Demas, FY19 was a fiscally challenging year for the city, as it absorbed the increased costs and housing evaluations as a result of the Encore Boston Harbor casino without yet enjoying the benefits of the multi-million dollar annual payments that will begin after the casino opens next year.

~DECEMBER~ Mayor: Mohegan Sun not welcome in Everett Mohegan Sun stated in December that it was willing to step in should Wynn Resorts be found unsuitable for a Massachusetts gaming license later this month, but they might not be welcome in the city, according to Mayor Carlo DeMaria.

Mohegan Sun announced that it would be willing to buy Wynn’s Encore Boston Harbor property should the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) strip the company’s license. “If that determination finds Wynn Resorts unsuitable to hold a gaming license in Massachusetts, Mohegan Sun is prepared to participate in a process that would assign that license to another operator – and enter into negotiations with the appropriate parties to acquire the facility under construction in Everett,” the company said in a statement.

Mayor Carlo DeMaria rebuffed Mohegan’s overtures; however, saying that he would not accept “anything less” than the kind of operation that had been promised by Wynn Resorts. “Mohegan Sun is not welcome to operate a casino in the City of Everett,” said DeMaria. “We made a deal with Wynn Resorts to operate a 5-star international destination resort and I will never accept anything less – certainly not a gaming parlor that would be used to protect their interests in Connecticut at the expense of our community and residents.

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“shotgun-like” weapon. First responders rushed to the scene at around 8:40, but she was pronounced dead at the scene.

Police began searching for Emilio, and Everett High, the Keverian, and the Parlin Schools were locked down as a precaution. At 10:30, he turned himself Tide football superstar Mike in at the Everett Police Station Sainristil named Gatorade’s and was taken into custody. He has been charged with murder.

Mass. Player of the Year During Emilio’s arraignment in In baseball, at the top of the list is the “five-tool” player who Malden District Court on Thursexcels at hitting and hitting for day morning, prosecutors statpower and has a rocket arm, fan- ed that Ersilia told family memtastic fielding glove and speed bers that Emilio had been violent and had once strangled to burn.

The “gold standard” for a foot- her. Shortly afterward she filed ball player, for a hundred years- for divorce, moving in with her plus, has been the “triple threat” parents in Everett while Emilio star in running, passing and lived in Peabody. Unwilling to kicking. In today’s football par- accept the separation, Emilio lance, “triple threat” now means had spent the past few weeks the best player at running the attempting to persuade Ersilfootball, catching the ball and ia to come back, mailing her a check for $20,000 and showing playing defense.

Well, we are not sure if Ev- up at a holiday party where she erett High School senior Mike worked and refusing to leave, ulSainristil ever threw on a base- timately causing a scene. Ersilball glove or not, but it is quite ia told friends the night before certain the 5'10", 175 lb. future she died that she was afraid of Michigan Wolverine knocked Emilio. Minutes before murderit out of the park on the high ing his wife, he spoke with one school football field this past of their three adult children on the phone, telling him “What is season.

For his dominant, produc- done, is done.”

The event shocked and distive and successful fall campaign, Sainristil was been hon- mayed many in the city. Ersilia, ored as the 2018 Gatorade Play- a member of a large family and er of the Year, signifying the top a second cousin to the mayor, high school player in Massachu- touched many during her lifesetts. The Everett High senior is time in the city.

Maureen and Giovanni DiPiernow able to designate a $1,000 grant from Gatorade to a local ro, Ersilia’s aunt and uncle, held a or national cause or group of brief press conference Thursday morning during which Maureen his choice.

“It is a great honor for our read a statement calling Ersilia’s football program and commu- death “a very difficult loss.” nity,” Sainristil said of the Gatorade award, “especially consid- Superintendent ering all the great players from Foresteire retires Last week, the Advocate reEverett and other schools who have been receiving this award ceived a copy of a letter submitted by Superintendent Fred Forin the past.”

Sainristil is the sixth Everett esteire to Everett School Complayer in the past 22 years to re- mittee Chair Beradino D’Onofrio ceive the award as the top play- announcing that he was returner in Massachusetts. The pri- ing by the end of that day. The or Crimson Tide award winners two line letter, dated for Tuesare Omar Easy (1996), Diamond day, December 18, reads in full: “This letter is to inform you I Ferri (1999), Frank Nuzzo (2003), Matt Costello (2010) and Jona- am retiring at the end of the day, Tuesday, December 18, 2019. than DiBiaso (2011).

It has been a wonderful fifty-two and one half years!”

Everett mourns death of His retirement was anErsilia Cataldo Matarazzo Everett was shocked Wednes- nounced shortly after the longday, December 19 when be- time school department emloved resident and public ser- ployee was placed on paid advant Ersilia Cataldo Matarazzo ministrative leave by the school was found dead in her car, al- committee after news broke legedly murdered by her es- that allegations of sexual harassment by a former school departtranged husband, Emilio.

The 50-year-old member of ment employee had been filed the Board of Assessors was leav- with the Massachusetts Coming her parents’ home on Cedar mission Against Discrimination.

Street, in which she had been Foresteire has denied the alleliving while in the midst of a dif- gations, and the investigation is ficult divorce, to go to work at St. ongoing. The school committee Anthony’s Church on Wednes- has also raised $50,000 to conday morning when she was shot duct an investigation of its own several times in the torso with a into the allegations.

Everett and the Commonwealth runs far deeper than a building with slot machines.”

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For “Auld Lang Syne” – Hogmanay, Traditional Scottish New Year’s Celebration

By Helen Breen ven the Scots themselves cannot agree on the meaning of the word “Hogmanay.” But they know it provides an opportunity for serious merrymaking in the New Year. Along with family celebrations, street festivals, fire festivals, some old rituals going back hundreds of year are practiced. While Edinburgh is “party central,” Hogmanay is widely observed throughout Scotland.

Oliver Cromwell had banned the observance of Christmas in 1647. Even after his downfall in Scotsmen celebrate on Hogmanay with Fire Festivals like this one 1660, the “stricter” Scottish Pres- in Edinburgh. Believed to originate from a Viking ritual, the New byterian Church discouraged Year inspires hope for health, prosperity, and new beginnings.

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Dundee cake is a rich Scottish fruitcake, topped with blanched almonds, served at Hogmanay.

Yuletide festivities“as having no basis in the Bible.”

Incredibly, Christmas remained a normal working day in the country until 1958. Yet, “the impulse to party, to exchange gifts, and to put the products of Scotland’s famous distilleries to good use, could not be repressed.” So the New Year’s Hogmanay celebrations all over Scotland have grown throughout the centuries. Traditions include: “REDDING” THE HOUSE The ritual of thoroughly cleaning the house, particularly the fireplace, is essential. Scots often “read the ashes” as one might read tealeaves. Fire is an important element of Hogmanay. After the cleanup, someone goes from room to room “carrying a smoking juniper branch to discourage evil spirits and chase away disease.” Debts would also be cleared because Scots considered it unlucky to carry liabilities into the New Year.

FIRST FOOTING At the stroke of midnight, the man of the house would open the back door to let out the old year, then open the front door to welcome in the next.

At this time neighbors visit each other bearing traditional gifts of shortbread or other treats. The host offers callers a small whisky –“a wee dram.”On January 1, the first person to enter a home, the “first foot,” could bring good luck for the year to come.

“Tall, dark handsome men” were preferred, while red-haired lasses were considered unlucky.

THE “SAINING” OF THE HOUSE An old rural tradition involved “blessing the house and livestock with holy water from a local stream.” The lady of the household would carry a smoldering juniper branch throughout the home, “filling it with purifying smoke.” Mayhem

The beloved poet Robert Burns (1759-1796) composed “Auld Lang Syne,” sung with gusto at midnight on New Year’s Eve throughout the world.

might follow with the company coughing and choking. Windows would be hastily thrown open.

Those present would be encouraged to enjoy a “reviving dram” or two as the whiskey was passed around freely.

BONFIRES and FIRE FESTIVALS Scottish people have long associated the New Year with fire “as a time of new opportunities and cleansing of old life.”Fire traditions vary from place to place. For example, a ceremony called “Flambeaux”is held in the village of Comrie in Perthshire.

Revelers dip small trees in paraffin, light them, and carry them through the streets where they are then tossed on a huge bonfire. In another fishing town, old boats are burned and the dying embers brought home“to ward off evil such as witches that would contrive to wreck their small fleets.”

SINGING “AULD LANG SYNE” A rousing chorus of“Auld Lang Syne”is the iconic refrain at midnight on New Year’s Eve in Scotland as it is around the world. The poem, composed by the Scots’beloved bard Robert Burn in 1788, is“set to the tune of a traditional folk song.”The title may be freely translated from dialect as“old long since” or“for old times sake.”The emotional appeal of the melody has made it popular at funerals, graduations, and farewell ceremonies through the centuries. Celebrating Robert Burns’s “life and work has become a national charismatic cult in Scotland since his untimely death”at at age 37 in 1796.

Happy Hogmanay to all as you enjoy “a wee dram” when ushering in New Year’s 2019!

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What You Should Know About Your Aging Parents Finances Dear Savvy Senior, My siblings and I don’t know much about our elderly parent’s financial situation or their wishes if something happens to them. When mom broke her hip last year, it got me thinking we need to be better prepared. What’s the best way to handle this, and what all should we know?

Tentative Daughter Dear Tentative, Many adult children don’t know much about their elderly parent’s financial situation or end-of-life plans, but they need to. Getting up to speed on their finances, insurance policies, long-term care plans and other information is important because some day you might have to help them handle their financial affairs or care, or execute their estate plan after they die. Without this information, your job becomes much more difficult. Here are some tips that can help.

Have the Conversation If you’re uncomfortable talking to your parents about this topic, use this column as a prompt or start by talking about your own finances or estate plan as a way to ease into it.

Also see TheConversationProject.org, which offers free kits that can help you kick-start these discussions.

It’s also a good idea to get your siblings involved too. This can help you head off possible hard feelings, plus, with others involved, your parents will know everyone is concerned.

When you talk with your parents, you’ll need to collect some information, find out where they keep key documents and how they want certain things handled when they die or if they become incapacitated. Here’s a checklist of areas to focus on.

PERSONAL & HEALTH INFORMATION Contacts: Make a list of names and phone numbers of their doctors, lawyer, accountant, broker, tax preparer, insurance agent, etc.

Medical information: Make a copy of their medical history (any drug allergies, past surgeries, etc.) and a list of medications they take.

Personal documents: Find out where they keep their Social Security card, marriage license, military discharge papers, etc.

Secured places: Make a list of places they keep under lock and key or protected by password, such as online accounts, safe deposit boxes, safe combination, security alarms, etc.

Pets: If they have a pet, what are their instructions for the animal’s care?

End of life: What are their wishes for organ or body donation, and their funeral instructions? If they’ve made pre-arrangements with a funeral home, get a copy of the agreement.

LEGAL DOCUMENTS Will: Do they have an updated will or trust, and where is it located?

Power of attorney: Do they have a power of attorney document that names someone to handle their financial matters if they become incapacitated?

Advance directives: Do they have a living will and a medical power of attorney that spells out their wishes regarding their end-of-life medical treatment? If they don’t have these documents prepared, now’s the time to make them.

FINANCIAL RECORDS Debts and liabilities: Make a list of any loans, leases or debt they have – mortgages owed, car loans, medical bills, credit card debts.

Also, make a list of all their credit and charge cards, including the card numbers and contact information.

Financial accounts: Make a list of the banks and brokerage accounts they use (checking, savings, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, IRAs, etc.) and their contact information.

Company benefits: Make a list of any retirement plans, pensions or benefits from their former employers including the contact information of the benefits administrator.

Insurance: Make a list of the insurance policies they have (life, longterm care, home, auto, Medicare, etc.) including the policy numbers, agents and phone numbers.

Property: Make a list of the real estate, vehicles or other properties they own, rent or lease and where they keep the deeds, titles and loan or lease agreements.

Taxes: Find out where they keep copies of past year’s tax returns.

For more tips, see the Eldercare Locator publication“Let’s Talk: Starting the Conversation about Health, Legal, Financial and End-of-Life Issues” at N4A.org/files/Conversations.pdf.

Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior.org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of “The Savvy Senior” book.

THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – Friday, December 28, 2018

Beacon Hill Roll Call

By Bob Katzen THE HOUSE AND SENATE: There were no roll calls in the House or Senate last week. This week, Beacon Hill Roll Call continues a series of reports on how local legislators voted on legislation that was approved in the 2017-2018 session by the House and Senate and signed into law by Gov. Charlie Baker HANDICAPPED PARKING (S 2214) House 158-0, Senate 37-0, approved legislation cracking down on the misuse of handicapped parking placards including increasing the period of license suspension for wrongful use or display of a placard from 30 to 60 days for a first offense and from 90 to 120 days for a second offense.

Other provisions include allowing the Registry of Motor Vehicles to revoke a handicapped plate or parking placard if it finds that the person was ineligible or that a placard was obtained falsely; prohibiting the obstruction of the expiration date or placard number and subjecting an offender to a $50 fine; prohibiting making a false statement on an application for a placard and imposing a fine of $500 for a first offense and $1,000 for subsequent offenses; and prohibiting falsely making, stealing or forging a placard and subjecting an offender to escalating fines or imprisonment based upon the number of documents involved.

(A "Yes" vote is for the bill.)

Rep. Joseph McGonagle Yes Sen. Sal DiDomenico Yes ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS (H 4032) House 155-1, Senate 37-0, approved a bill that would give public school districts the power and flexibility to offer other English Language Learner (ELL) programs in addition to or instead of the current sheltered English immersion program.

The prior immersion program, approved by Massachusetts voters on a ballot question in 2002, requires all students, including those not yet fluent in English, to be taught English by being taught all subjects in English and to be placed in English language classrooms.

(A "Yes" vote is for the bill. A "No" vote is against it.)

Rep. Joseph McGonagle Yes Sen. Sal DiDomenico Yes $1.8 BILLION HOUSING PACKAGE (H 4536) House 151-2, Senate 38-0, approved a package funding various state programs to construct

Page 17 and preserve affordable housing in the Bay State.

Provisions include $400 million for the Affordable Housing Trust Fund that funds a myriad of programs including help for first-time homebuyers; $100 million for the creation of rental housing that is affordable for working families whose incomes are too high for subsidized housing but are priced out of market rents; $600 million to rehabilitate and modernize existing public housing; $60 million for disabled persons and seniors to renovate and modify their homes; and $45 million for grants to non-profits for early education and out-of-school time program facilities that serve low income children.

(A “Yes” vote is for the bill. A “No” vote is against it.)

Rep. Joseph McGonagle Yes Sen. Sal DiDomenico Yes LIFE SCIENCES (H 4501) House 149-3, Senate 33-5, approved a package that would authorize $462 million in bonds for the Massachusetts Life Sciences Investment Fund with an emphasis on capital grants to increase diversity and opportunity in the Bay State life sciences and biotech industries.

Other provisions require that half of the consolidated net surplus in budgetary funds, up to $10 million, be directed to the Massachusetts Life Sciences Investment Fund; raise the annual ceiling on the Life Sciences Tax Incentive Program from $25 million to $30 million; require that funding and internship consideration be given to support minority populations in the life sciences industry; and extend the Life Sciences Tax Incentive Program through 2028. The incentive was due to expire at the end of 2018.

(A “Yes” vote is for the bill. A “No” vote is against it).

Rep. Joseph McGonagle Yes Sen. Sal DiDomenico Yes HOW LONG WAS LAST WEEK'S SESSION? Beacon Hill Roll Call tracks the length of time that the House and Senate were in session each week.

Many legislators say that legislative sessions are only one aspect of the Legislature's job and that a lot of important work is done outside of the House and Senate chambers. They note that their jobs also involve committee work, research, constituent work and other matters that are important to their districts. Critics say that the Legislature does not meet regularly or long enough to debate and vote in public view on the thousands of pieces of legislation that have been filed. They note that the infrequency and brief length of sessions are misguided and lead to irresponsible late-night sessions and a mad rush to act on dozens of bills in the days immediately preceding the end of an annual session.

During the week of December 17-21, the House met for a total of eleven hours and 27 minutes while the Senate met for a total of 10 hours and 56 minutes.

Mon. December 17 House 11:02 a.m. to 11:18 a.m.

Tues. December 18 No House session Wed. December 19 No House session Thurs. December 20 House 11:04 a.m. to 4:54 p.m.

Fri. December 21 House 11:00 a.m. to 4:21 p.m.

Senate 11:36 a.m. to 3:48 p.m.

No Senate session No Senate session Senate 11:19 a.m. to 6:03 p.m.

No Senate session

Bob Katzen welcomes feedback at bob@beaconhillrollcall.com

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OBITUARIES Ersilia (Cataldo) Matarazzo

Age 50, of Peabody, formerly of Everett, on December 19. Loving mother of Carmine and his wife Ashley, Amata, and Giuseppe Matarazzo of Peabody. Ersilia was the cherished daughter of Elvira (DiPierro) and Giuseppe Cataldo of Everett; Sister of Maria Pagliuca and her husband Antonio of Peabody, Tricia Larocca and her husband Giuseppe of Everett, Adriana Carbo and husband Anthony of Stoneham, Gina Maniscalco and her husband Andrew of Wakefield, Erminia Buscaino and her husband Joseph of Wakefield, Giuseppina Cerasuolo and her husband Marc of Reading, Anthony Cataldo and his wife Silvia of Peabody, Amy Buscaino and her husband Joseph of Wakefield. Ersilia was predeceased by her loving brother, Luigi, and her grandparents, Maria and Armenio DiPerro, Luigi and Ersilia Cataldo. Ersilia leaves behind many grieving aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews and an entire community that is mourning the loss of a woman who always made them feel special.

Within Everett she served on the School Committee, Board of Registrar and was also on the Board of Assessors. She was Vice President of The Kiwanis Club and a devoted church member allowing her to share her love throughout the community through numerous charitable ventures and opportunities to volunteer.

She was the secretary and church member at St. Anthony Church in Everett. Ersilia was the operation manager at Metro Credit Union. Funeral was held from the Salvatore Rocco and Sons Funeral Home, Everett, on Thursday, December 27. Funeral Mass

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at St. Anthony's Church in Everett. In lieu of flowers, donations in Ersilia's memory may be made to Ersilia Cataldo-Matarazzo Memorial Fund, to Everett Kiwanis, care of Everett Bank, PO Box 490186, Everett, MA 02149. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery Everett.

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Of Everett on December 22. Beloved husband of Catherine (Cichocki) Soldano of Pelham, NH. Loving father of Crena Pacheco and her husband Tom of Peabody, Ariann Nice and her husband Shawn of Malden, Anthony Frank Soldano Jr. and Jessica Bugg of Everett and Robyn Soldano and Kevin McCue of Stoneham. Son of the late Frank B. Sr. and Gina D. (Rauseo)

Soldano of Everett. Brother of Frank B. Jr., Stephen J., Salvatore R., Gina S. and Joseph M. Soldano. He is survived by 5 loving grandchildren Shawn Nice Jr., Brandon Nice, Trevor Pacheco, Kyle Pacheco and Anthony Joseph Soldano. Funeral from the Salvatore Rocco and Sons Funeral Home, 331 Main St., Everett on Friday December 28 at 8:00 am. Funeral Mass at St. Anthony Church in Revere at 9:00 AM. Relatives and friends are kindly invited. In lieu of flowers, donations in Anthony’s memory may be made to St Jude Children’s Hospital 501 St Jude Place Memphis TN 38105. Internment is private. For more info, please call l-877-71-ROCCO or www.roccofuneralhomes.com.

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Donations came in a variety of ways, including checks and gift cards. Human Services also received support to provide Thanksgiving baskets and holiday meals for hundreds of families. The City also accepted over a thousand donations to its Holiday Toy Drive for Everett children. Due to the generous support from residents and city employees, the Mayorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office was able to provide toys to support hundreds of local families and children in need.

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6. Which U.S. state grows the most broccoli?

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18. In 1969 what group sang about the Marrakesh Express?

19. In 1904 what newspaper produced the first Times Square celebration?

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LITTLEFIELD REAL ESTATE WISHES YOU

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Pictured are President Khloe Littlefield (left) and Vice Vice-President Pre Kasey Littlefield.

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38 Main Street, Saugus MA www. littlefieldre.com 781-233-1401

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COMMERCIAL & RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY SALES & RENTALS

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NEW LISTING! 6 RUSSELL ST., EVERETT SINGLE FAMILY - $449,900

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LISTED BY SANDY SOLD BY DENISE! 4 HANCOCK PARK, EVERETT, MA

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SINGLE FAMILY - $449,900

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SOLD BY NORMA! 75 GLENDALE ST., EVERETT, MA

SOLD BY NORMA! 32 EVERETT ST., EVERETT, MA

SINGLE FAMILY - $389,900

TWO FAMILY - $699,900

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LISTED BY JOE & ROSEMARIE

SOLD BY SANDY!

29 REAR APPLETON ST., EVERETT TWO FAMILY - $499,900

New Rental!

1 bed w/parking & utilities.

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AVAILABLE NOW! Call Maria for details (781) 808-6877

Joe DiNuzzo - Broker Associate

STORE FRONT FOR RENT $1500/month Call Sandy for details

Norma Capuano Parziale - Agent

Open Daily From 10:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. 433 Broadway, Suite B, Everett, MA 02149

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SOLD BY SANDY! 47-49 SWAN ST., EVERETT

SOLD BY JOE & ROSE!

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TWO FAMILY - $699,900

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Mark Sachetta

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