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APPRECIATION

On Saturday afternoon, May 2, the owners of Nana’s Pizza, including Rich Brad-way, joined with Councilor Michael McLaughlin to pro-vide lunch to First Respond-ers on the front line in the City of Everett. Councilor McLaughlin was pleased to join this effort and to thank the individuals at the Police Department, E-911 and Fire Department who have con-tinuously worked unselfish-ly to protect the community since the pandemic of the coronavirus began. Rich Bradway and Nana’s Pizza have been a leader in the business community for the City of Everett for decades and is always more than pleased to support the men and women of the Police, Fire and E-911 Dispatchers. This was a small token of the business’s appreciation for the men and women on the front line.

Online banquets and a drive-in graduation on tap for EHS

By Seth Daniel

The Everett Public Schools (EPS) will likely plan a drive-in graduation ceremony in the coming months, with the promise of a real in-person graduation at a later date when such gatherings are deemed safe in Massachusetts.

Supt. Priya Tahiliani told the School Committee at their Monday online Zoom meeting that they are consid-ering doing both a drive-in and real graduation for stu-dents in the Class of 2020. She said they are moving all awards ceremonies and athletic banquets to a virtu-al, online format, but not so with graduation.

“For graduation, we’re

Special to the Independent

The senior season for any high school athlete always is the most-anticipated. The young athletes typically are at the height of their physi-cal and athletic abilities. In addition, as seniors, they will have the opportunity to be leaders for their younger teammates.

The Independent invit-ed the five members of the Everett High softball team from the Class of 2020, Maddy Duraes, Veronica Bento, Ariana Garay, Eliz-abeth Peach, and Ashley Yebba, and their coach, Sta-cy Poste-Schiavo, to reflect on what would have been their final season in an EHS uniform, but which so cru-elly was taken away from them by the coronavirus.

Following are their com-ments, in their own words:

COACH STACY POSTE-SCHIAVOIt is with heavy emotions

I write this:When Everett announced

that school would be can-celled for a month, many of the girls were concerned it would be just them losing out on their season. Then the MIAA postponed the season for everyone and we had faith that we would be able to complete the season, even if it might be abbrevi-ated.

However, when the gov-ernor cancelled school for the remainder of the year, we knew the season was

Seniors from EHS softball team reflect on lost season

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By Seth Daniel

On the weekly Boston-ar-ea hospital network calendar, the color-code for CHA Ev-erett has been bright red for weeks – meaning they have been jam-packed with pa-tients seeking treatment for COVID-19.

For the last several days, that color-code has moved down to orange and now yel-low, meaning they have seen less volume. They hope one day soon it will be green – meaning they have space and the rush has eased.

For now though, yellow means restrained joy.

Dr. Melissa Lai-Becker, chief of the Emergency De-partment at CHA Everett, gave the Independent her bi-weekly report from the front lines of the hospital on the hill this Monday, and said they are cautiously op-timistic about some slowing down they’ve seen there in the last seven days.

“The first part of the last two weeks were very much the same as we had been see-ing,” she said on Monday. “I can say with cautious opti-

mism that exactly six days ago there was a noticeable change at last in the Emer-gency Room…We’re cau-tiously optimistic this seems like a kind of plateau. We’re very hopeful we are cresting over the flattened curve.”

Lai-Becker said they had encountered so many ob-stacles over the last several weeks for simple, non-virus emergency surgeries, such as an emergency appendec-tomy that had to be done some weeks ago. Because

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The Everett Police De-partment reported the sudden death of Capt. Rick Basteri on Monday. Capt. Basteri had retired only two months ago, and has many family that still serve on the police force.“Rick was a well-liked and respected member of the Department who served since 1983,” read a state-ment from the EPD. “Rick served in various capacities over the years and was a steady presence atop the ranks of EPD. He served alongside his wife, Officer Michelle Basteri, and most recently was proud of his two sons, Joe and Nick, who joined the ranks.”Capt. Basteri also leaves behind his daughter, Carley, and Son, Rick Jr.

By Seth Daniel

A person only turns 40 once in their lifetime, so plans were in place for months to make sure Ev-erett’s Karina Sousa had a tremendous birthday cele-bration for her 40th.

As it turned out, COVID-19 deflated all of those plans, but what ended up happening last weekend

was an even better birth-day celebration than Sousa could have ever expected.

In fact, it was a birthday that became more about helping those in need, and less about celebrating her age milestone.

“It was different, but it was so good,” she said this week. “It has made me feel so good and it was really better than a big birthday

party. It’s just good to help people.”

What Sousa did was help to feed more than 70 families with food baskets that she compiled through donations in her front yard from friends, neighbors and strangers. Though still go-ing to work, she said she has been making masks

Everett resident celebrates milestone by helping others

Sousa showing off the banner sign she placed in her yard last week calling for donations from the community for her 40th birthday celebration. Instead of a party, she helped others, and found it much more fulfilling.

YOU SAY IT’S YOUR BIRTHDAY?

Karina Sousa in front of a table she put at her home in Ever-ett to gather food donations in honor of her 40th birthday. Without being able to celebrate the milestone with a tradi-tional party, she decided to get donations and create food baskets for those in need.

Over the Flattened Curve?: CHA Everett doctors hoping the slowdown continues

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By Seth Daniel

If there’s one positive to come out of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is and will be that Everett City govern-ment has been propelled quicker than ever imag-ined into Mayor Carlo De-Maria’s vision for a Virtual City Hall.

Mayor DeMaria has for a number of years imagined City Hall to be a revitalized place where residents can conduct business remote-ly, in more compact spaces and without the grand offic-es and workspaces that he refers to as “energy eaters.” It was a goal and aspiration that went front and center last January in his State of the City Speech – when he highlighted a plan to move forward on Virtual City Hall. Within days, the Legal Department had rolled out online hearings for certain violations and it was seen

as a great first step forward.About a month later,

COVID-19 hit and sudden-ly Virtual City Hall wasn’t a vision, but a necessity, and the early successes are not likely to go away when the pandemic abates.

“We’ve been doing this and thinking about it for a long time,” said Mayor De-Maria this week. “We were rolling it out when the pan-demic hit and we were up and running quick. Some cities still aren’t doing any of this. We were working on it already, and so we had a jump on being able to roll it out so quickly. We’re work-ing out the quirks, but I think it’s going well…A lot of bad has come from the pandemic, but there is some good with this.

“We’ve been virtual a long time and we want to make sure as we move for-

Post-COVID, City Hall will likely never be the same, and that’s good

Virtual Future

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The percentages of res-idents testing positive for COVID-19 continues to go down in Everett, and Public Health Nurse Sabrina Firi-cano said she is taking that as very good news.

While the numbers of cases is on the rise and will likely show greater increas-es, Firicano said that is a result of much more test-ing being done and being available to residents – par-ticularly with the drive-th-ru testing site open to all at the CHA Malden health center. That, along with ex-tensive testing in nursing homes and senior citizen buildings, will likely drive up the case count, but it is another statistic that is good news to Firicano.

That stat is the percent-age of residents that test positive, and that number is steadily dropping.

“We’re continuing to monitor all the numbers,” she said. “One thing that has stuck out over the past 10 days is the positivity rate of the numbers of people tested has been dropping. As of Monday, when the state issued its report, our positivity rate was 10 per-cent. It hasn’t been that low since March 24.”

The rate of positive tests compared to total tests has been higher in various communities. Places like East Boston have seen a positivity rate of nearly 50 percent, while other places see somewhere between 25 and 30 percent. Everett’s number has been around 15 percent, then went up to 19 percent, and on Sunday was down to 12 percent.

The state report con-firmed a lower rate of 10 percent positivity.

That number is a key stat to watch, she said, rather

than the numbers of cases, which as of Tuesday were 1,178 positive cases. There had been 201 people who recovered by Tuesday, and 19 had passed away from COVID-19.

“We will see an increase in numbers coming up be-cause we have greater ac-cess to testing,” she said. “More people can be test-ed…and we are seeing a lot of people take that up. It gives everybody the oppor-tunity to be tested if they want to be tested.”

Right now, at the CHA Malden facility, any Ever-ett resident can be tested whether they have symp-toms or not. Results are usually available quickly and it gives people peace of mind to have the infor-mation, Firicano said. That effort came with the col-laboration of Mayor Carlo DeMaria and CHA as they announced the drive-thru last week.

Meanwhile, there is likely to be an increase in overall numbers of cases because the state has come in to assist by testing ev-eryone at nursing homes in the city. They have already tested the Everett Nursing and Rehabilitation facility and are waiting on results. They will also test all the senior citizen buildings in the city as well, but those tests are not mandatory and will be available only to those who consent.

“We could have a big spike in numbers, but that could be only because we have one facility that has tested and there are a lot of cases,” she said.

•WEAR A MASKGov. Charlie Baker has

required that all people wear a mask when outside their homes starting today, May 6, and Firicano sug-gests that is a good idea as well.

She said most people are following that advice al-ready, but some find it diffi-cult when exercising.

“I know if people are walking or running, it can be difficult to breath with a mask on,” she said. “As long as you have it around and can lift it up a little to get air and put it back on, that’s ok. You should al-ways have it available on you so if you come across people you can lift if up. It doesn’t have to be an N95 respirator, but a covering, even fabric.”

•SUMMER ACTIVI-TIES IN FLUX

As the better weather begins, there are questions about youth sports – like Little League and summer softball – as well as Inde-pendence Day celebrations.

No one is quite sure what will happen, but Firicano said it probably isn’t a good idea to have things like Lit-tle League and other large gatherings this summer.

“While kids may not get sick as often, they can be carriers,” she said. “With Little League and youth sports, you have parents and grandparents coming to watch. You have to wor-ry about who is touching the ball…As much as it can be great to get back to some normalcy, we have to consider we don’t know yet the long-term effects of the virus. It could put us at a disadvantage if we get everyone together cheering on a child at Little League.”

While that seems to be the awful reality of the summer ahead, City of-ficials are trying to think about things like Indepen-dence Day celebrations and movie nights as well. All of it, Firicano said, will re-quire considering the public health risks before planning any sorts of celebrations.

Staff Report

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Originally announced on April 6, the company made the following commitments that will now be extended through June 30, 2020:

•RCN is offering free internet and Wi-Fi for 60 days to all qualifying low-income households, especially students in low income households who do not already subscribe to the company’s internet service and who enroll in the Inter-net First program.

*The Internet First pro-gram is affordable internet designed to help families and students in low-income households to have reliable access to the internet. It will enable them to home school, do homework, and access educational resourc-es and more. RCN is part-nering with school districts to ensure local communi-ties are aware of the pro-gram’s extension and the

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•RCN will not terminate service to any residential or business customer because of their inability to pay their bills due to disrup-tions caused by COVID-19. Customers can reach out to make special arrangements to keep services active.

•RCN will waive any late fees that any residen-tial or small business cus-tomer might normally incur because of their econom-ic circumstance related to COVID-19.

RCN continues to see excellent performance of their network with engi-neers, field technicians, and operations centers on point 24/7 to meet shifts in us-age patterns and increased traffic. While many are still working, learning and connecting from home, the

company remains vigilant in monitoring all network and support systems to en-sure customers receive the fastest and most reliable connections and service.

“Now, more than ever, keeping people connected is a critical priority,” said Chris Fenger, Chief Oper-ating Officer of RCN. “In extending these measures, RCN will continue to help ensure that customers are able to continue to work, learn, and stay informed from the safety of their own homes. We are committed and ready to do our part in supporting our employees and our customers during this time.”

In addition, RCN is sup-porting the broader com-munities it services with its newly launched Everyday Hero program. Residents are invited to nominate a lo-cal hero in their community via the website here. In the coming weeks, the compa-ny will launch its partner-ship with Feeding America to donate 10% of installa-tion fees for 30 days.

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CHA Everett was full, those procedures were to be done at the Cambridge Hospital, yet – it too – was full and the post-surgical recovery room had been converted to an ICU for COVID-19 patients. There just simply were not beds or places for the pa-tients, but this week she said that kind of situation has eased up.

“It just feels like that is the kind of thing we’ve been doing for so long,” she said. “It’s been like a game of Te-tris where the…shift man-ager was investing so much time and effort in completely maximizing every resource we have. Then suddenly on Tuesday (last week) it was like night and day. Suddenly every admitted patient had a bed. The ICU’s are still en-tirely beyond capacity, but there was good work being done there…We have our rhythm down. For the past six days now we’re at a place where we don’t need to do these acrobatics to squeeze every patient into every spot and slot. That’s been nice.”

With more of a silver lin-ing on things – and a detect-able uplift in the spirit and voices of those working in the ER at CHA Everett this week – there has been a new protocol established. With more people now coming off ventilators and more people recovering from COVID-19, the hospital needed some music.

“We now have a patient discharge song,” said Lai Becker. “When a patient is discharged, we play ‘Here Comes the Sun’ over the loudspeaker. Last Friday was the first time we all got to hear it.”

That has been a welcome break for those working in the ER at the Everett hospi-tal, as they have also noticed that they are treating things other than just COVID-19 cases.

“For a long time, it seemed like there was no way any-one could show up here with anything other than symp-toms of COVID,” she said. “I worked over the weekend and for the first time in six weeks, I felt like I actually had a couple of patients that really were just having back pain. Or there was someone with simple abdominal pain and it had nothing to do with COVID-19. That’s a good thing to report.”

The slowdown for the last several days has been a won-derful and necessary relief, said Lai-Becker. She said it will give their supply chain time to get sorted out so they can potentially get in new supplies.

The hospital has been out of the small size of N95 masks for weeks, and they have had to refill cartridg-es of hand sanitizer in the wall dispensers. While they have plenty of sanitizer, they have run out of the cartridg-es – oddly enough. Yet, they have innovated by simply re-filling the old cartridg-es – which would normally be thrown out – and placing them back in the wall units. They also have run out of disinfectant wipes, which they have overcome by using a clean cloth and disinfec-tant. The wipes, she said, are more of a convenience issue.

“It’s like diaper wipes,” she said. “They’re easier, but you can always use a wet cloth.”

Yet, at the same time, it doesn’t mean they are in any sort of safe zone, or that peo-ple should relax their restric-tions in the community. Still, Lai-Becker said they will suddenly have two hours during a shift that are abso-lutely off the wall.

“There will be a steady stream of patients for most of the day and then we’ll have two hours where everything happens,” she said. “We’ll all the sudden have two or three critically ill patients in the ER, but then we’ll admit them, or move them or get them to the ICU. Then it’s back to a very steady inflow. The thing is no one has any idea when those two hours will come.”

•THANKS TO THE COMMUNITY

An ongoing joke among doctors and health care workers over the last six weeks is that they will have to remember how to go out and get lunch or dinner when the COVID-19 pandemic is abated, as so many in the communities have stepped up to feed them and bring food to the hospitals during the crisis.

It is no different at CHA Everett, where staff and personnel are tremendously grateful to the community for feeding them, and for adhering so greatly to the re-strictions put in place.

“The community restau-rants have been so gen-erous and so many have been sending us food,” she said. “Some, if not all, have even gone to the painstak-ing lengths of making sure each meal is individually packaged. It’s practically ev-ery day…The generosity is amazing.”

Also, she said by the com-munities adhering to social distancing and quarantines, it has given them the time they needed not to be over-whelmed, and continuing those measures only gives them more time to make sure the hospital doesn’t experi-ence another surge.

“I give props to the com-munity for flattening the curve and buying us time to develop a vaccine and plan for a re-opening that will continue to preserve our ca-pacity to help as many peo-

ple as possible,” she said. “We’re at a moment where we can say we don’t have to invoke measures to decide who gets a ventilator.”

•CHA GETS ABBOT TESTING MACHINE

The CHA network has also taken delivery of the now-famous Abbott rapid testing machine, which can give the results of a swab test in 15 minutes. It was an innovation that came at the outset of the surge, but the demand for the machine to process the swabs was so great that there was a giant waiting list. In the last week, CHA’s number has come up on that list.

Right now, the one ma-chine in the network is being kept at Cambridge, but can be used by patients through-out the network for a quick result.

“That’s a really big deal for a community hospital to have access to that,” said Lai-Becker.

•OPEN FOR NON-COVID VISITS TOO

There is no evidence that patients with other condi-tions are not reporting to the hospital for things like heart attacks, chest pains and strokes – though some hos-pitals have reported that is happening. With COVID-19 so prevalent in the treatment triage at most hospitals, some are wanting to avoid hospitals at great risk to their health.

Dr. Lai-Becker said she usually sends three or four patients for treatment of chest pains per week, but has not done so for the last six weeks. She said that doesn’t mean they are put-ting off care, but the ER will be looking at EMS data for the last seven weeks to see if there are reports in the field of such issues.

“It’s very possible, and anecdotally I can concur with those observations that there is a mystery as to where all those patients have gone,” she said.

She said they encourage people to come to the ER if they are having chest pains or have medical concerns. Though they are treating COVID-19 in large part, they are available to treat all medical concerns.

City Nurse sees encouraging news in rate of positive cases

COURTESY PHOTO

CHA Physical Therapy Assistant Christine Hopkins snapped this image while working at CHA Everett Hospital last week. Christine, like many others at CHA, is stepping up and was redeployed in order to care for patients and the community during COVID-19. With the Boston skyline in the background, the homes in Everett are a striking back-ground to her reflection in the windows of the hospital.

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going a slightly different route where we want to make sure they are doing something where the stu-dents can get together and be together even while so-cial distancing,” she said. “So we’re exploring several different options, includ-ing a drive-thru or drive-in graduation. It will seem to be like a drive-in movie theatre. That seems to be the one most popular at this point.”

The idea would be to have cars come to a large parking lot at a location in Everett. People would park at a specified distance and there would be large screens for all to see and speakers set up so all could hear. That would permit a graduation with guest speakers and some traditional activities at a distance.

The drive-in graduation, however, is just something to mark the time, she said. A real graduation and prom has been promised at some point.

“One thing I will say is whatever we do for gradua-tion is simply a placeholder because we are committed to have a real ceremony when we can do that,” she said. “We think it’s really import-ant to recognize this time for them now because we will have several students who will leave and may not come back for a postponed gradu-ation ceremony. That’s why we’ll do both. We’ll do this one now and we will, once safe, commit to making sure they have a real graduation and prom.”

There is no date yet for the drive-in graduation, but dates will be shared as the time gets closer. Online cel-ebrations and banquets will be announced soon.

•ONLINE LEARNINGThe EPS has rolled out

a remote learning plan for students in all grades, which started this week. There are new expectations for grad-ing at all levels, and for some structure to the day. Each school has come up with a plan that accommo-dates learning.

Already, last week, the schools delivered 500

ChromeBooks to homes, and plan to deliver at least 425 more this week to make sure students have devices to access remote learning during the school year, as well as a robust summer learning program that is be-ing planned.

School Committee mem-bers were concerned that some students may not have internet access, and Supt. Tahiliani said that is a con-cern.

“We do have several stu-dents we found without in-ternet and that will probably be a request we put in at the next meeting,” she said. “All students get two months free. However, even that can be a process to get.”

She said they are compil-ing numbers of students af-fected, and have worked out a program with an internet provider to offer low-cost service for some students without a connection. The administration will be pre-senting a potential plan at the next School Committee meeting.

“We do think with the opportunities that would be coming up in the summer, it would be a good investment to make so our students have access now and though the end of the summer,” she said.

When it comes to calcu-lating grades for upcoming valedictorians and saluta-torians, Tahiliani said they have decided to only use the first three quarters of this school term in calculating the grade point averages in the future. She said they would likely also move to maybe recognizing more students at the salutatorian level – perhaps a Top 5 in

the class. Without the full four years to calculate, it makes things difficult in de-claring a clear-cut winner.

•GETTING STUFFSupt. Tahiliani said they

are now beginning to work with students and parents about getting access to the buildings to retrieve be-longings. Many students left school on March 12 not knowing they would never return to the buildings. So, students left behind class-work, supplies and person-al items that have remained there since.

Students and parents are encouraged to begin making appointments with school staff to get a time to access the building to get belong-ings.

•SCHOOL ENROLL-MENT

The school registration process began as usual on May 1, with parents able to pre-register their stu-dents for next school term. The forms and documents are available on the school website and the parent in-formation center has begun processing things received online. Supt. Tahiliani en-couraged parents registering children to gov forward with the process.

•DELEGATES CHOSENThe delegates to the

Massachusetts Associa-tion of School Committees (MASC) were chosen by the Committee as voting mem-bers at the convention for the Everett School Commit-tee.

Member Frank Parker was chosen as the dele-gate and Member Marcony Almeida-Barros was chosen as the alternate. Both were chosen in a unanimous vote.

ward everything you can do in the building, you can also do on the computer,” said the mayor.

When he made his speech in January, saying “Technology advancements have enabled us to become more efficient and more re-sponsive to our residents,” he could have never imag-ined the City could achieve many of his goals by May.

Yet it is what has hap-pened.

Already, with the collab-oration of the IT Depart-ment there have been very successful regular Planning Board, Zoning Board and School Committee meet-ings via Zoom or other on-line platforms – with votes and public participation happening. Likewise, May-or DeMaria hosted a suc-cessful Town Hall online in early April. It has brought a new light as to what com-munity engagement might mean post-COVID.

“There will always be a presence of a building for City Hall to have meet-ings, but we are also hav-ing record numbers in at-tendance at our Planning Board and Zoning Board meetings online,” he said. “We’ll always have spaces for our meetings but as we now know and see because of the pandemic, people can be engaged online and there is an efficiency with that. People don’t want to go to City Hall after work. They want to tap into their phone or iPad and see what’s going on. They can be involved in that way.”

Planning Director Tony

Sousa said having live on-line Zoom and Facebook meetings have been eye opening. Like the mayor, he noted that they have had lots of viewers at their meetings of late, and the format is something that many developers, archi-tects and engineers were al-ready doing in the industry.

“From the applicants end, we hear from attor-neys, architects and engi-neers – they’ve done vir-tual meetings prior,” said Sousa. “It’s not foreign to them. They’ve been able to participate, provide the necessary documents to show and on that I think we’ve done a good job…Things we’re looking at now is how to adapt this to long-term use. This is all consistent with the Vir-tual City Hall concept, and it’s something we’ve been talking about for a while. We’ve now done it by fire, but it has been in our mindset already. Some cit-ies and towns have lagged, but we’ve been able to keep up.”

Sousa said they could very easily accept online testimony from applicants and even from those in the public who cannot make a meeting. He said there have been times when devel-opers fly in from the West Coast for a meeting, only to encounter a snowstorm or the lack of a quorum. All that could be solved with simply incorporating the Zoom online format into an in-person meeting.

Within his office, he said they have streamlined ac-

tivities, such as meetings with consultants, and will continue that afterward too.

Building Inspector Jim Soper said they have had online permitting for some time, but they have learned how to make their opera-tions even more stream-lined and quick. In the past, he said they would have meetings around the conference table with 10 people. That, he said he’s learned, isn’t necessary.

“It’s more efficient to set up a Zoom meeting and it’s done safely, efficiently and easily,” he said. “Every-one around the conference table, that’s the old way – bricks and mortar. I can do that with a big expanded screen to see plans and we can talk. I always thought we were a very permit-ting-friendly community here. However, this pan-demic has required govern-ment to find ways to skip over the troubles and get to the part of success with people. It’s streamlined.”

For those trying to use City government, that’s also gotten easier, he said. While permitting is down because of construction bans, the work that is be-ing done is permitted more and more electronically. Likewise, many inspec-tions – especially electri-cal inspections – are being done remotely with video. An experienced electrician looking for a routine in-spection can easily show an inspector what needs to be seen for a sign off, though harder jobs would still need an in-person inspection.

“Sometimes we get in our own way in doing things the same way year after year,” he said. “Sometimes it’s not as efficient to go around to all these communities to get permits in person. As a contractor, once you see it work a couple of times and it’s successful and the City is responsive, you probably won’t ever leave the job site to come get a permit in per-son again.”

Soper said they hope to be able to create an app for ISD permitting in Everett, so that it can be even eas-ier to file permits, talk on-line via Facetime with an Inspector or get documents that are needed.

“It’s a new way of do-ing business and it’s good,” he said. “It forced us to be even more efficient – and it’s made everyone more efficient.”

At the 3-1-1 offices, Di-rector Chad Luongo said he sees all kinds of possi-bilities he hadn’t thought of before the pandemic. Their service has gone from get-ting several hundred calls a week mostly for potholes and tree trimming to getting 800 calls a week on things like health care and virus testing.

And most of the work is being done from home.

In the post-COVID world, both Luongo and Mayor DeMaria see the

3-1-1 operations being moved outside of City Hall, with workers only coming in on certain days and, thus, freeing up space for other things.

Luongo had started do-ing virtual parking ticket hearings before the pan-demic, and did about 10 a week. While ticketing has slowed down, and so have all hearings, he expects them to really move online after COVID due to more people being familiar with technology. In fact, in-per-son parking hearings might not return, he said.

“The virtual hearings have slowed down, but once things have opened, I expect all parking hearings are going to be done virtual-ly because we can’t have 30 people waiting in the lobby for a parking hearing. An in-person parking hearing may be a thing of the past.”

The bottom line is that City departments had ex-pected to move to a virtual service, but nowhere near this quickly. Most all said the pandemic has taught them that they can move faster and the public will re-spond with using the tech-nology if it works. In Ever-ett, which has prided itself on being a leader in the realm of trying new things, creating a new City Hall has endless possibilities.

That’s where DeMaria

said his vision only starts. He said they had just start-ed drawing up ideas for a re-design of City Hall be-fore the pandemic, and that will continue, but at a faster pace.

By using more remote activity, it could free up space in City Hall, whereby they could cross-train em-ployees to perform several tasks in one location. Then, City Hall could take on a whole new role.

DeMaria said he sees it as a place where social service organizations can locate, maybe retail if possible and even temporary housing for people in between eviction and other housing options – potentially even homeless high school students.

“I’ve always seen this building as an energy eat-er providing one service when it could be a space for 50 services,” he said. “The building will always be open. However, being the City Hall traditional space is to be determined. This can be a place with large community spaces, func-tion spaces and social ser-vice agency spaces. These social service agencies are going to have a hard time paying rent after this is over. You may see City Hall be a space for these agen-cies too.”

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By Seth Daniel

Two elected officials will be going head-to-head in September to decide who will be the next state representative for Everett, with the Secretary of State confirming that both State Rep. Joe McGonagle and City Councilor Michael McLaughlin have qualified to be on the Primary Elec-tion ballot.

The deadline to submit papers locally to the Elec-tion Department was Tues-day, and by press time, only McGonagle and McLaugh-

lin had filed signatures – with both also turning them in at the State House as well. Both are Democrats and will be on the Demo-cratic Primary ballot on the day after Labor Day this September.

With no Republican submitting papers, the de-cision will be made in the Primary this September, and not in the final election in November. Despite it be-ing right after Labor Day, a heavy turnout is expected for the Primary because of the U.S. Senate race be-tween Senator Ed Markey and Congressman Joe Ken-

nedy III.Both had announced

their intentions to run for the seat earlier this year.

In the State Senate race, Sen. Sal DiDomenico and former Chelsea Councilor Joe Perlatonda had been the only ones by press time to pull Nomination Papers for the seat. Perlatonda, though, indicated months ago he did not intend to follow through on running for the seat.

That leaves Sen. DiDo-menico at the moment as the lone candidate for the seat.

Rep. McGonagle, Councilor McLaughlin qualify for September Primary ballot


By Senator Sal DiDomenico

As a State Senator, one of my greatest sources of pride has always been my district’s small business community. I grew up in a small business, living above my parents’ flower shop as a kid. My entire life, I witnessed the hard work and dedication it takes to run a small business, and the struggles that so many owners face. I have always understood that the back-bone of our economy is our small business community, and today I have an inti-mate understanding of how

much that community is hurting due to the fallout of the COVID-19 emergency.

Every day, I hear from family-owned business-es, restaurant owners, and small shops about the enor-mous toll this pandemic has had on their businesses and employees. While fed-eral small business relief programs, like the Pay-check Protection Program, Economic Injury Disas-ter Loans, Express Bridge Loans, and Small Business Association Debt Relief have been made available to help our nation’s small businesses, I also know that

accessing these relief op-tions has not been easy.

To my local small busi-ness community: please know I hear your concerns. I know that these are ex-ceptionally challenging and frustrating times as you navigate your federal relief options. However, I want you to know that you do not need to face these difficult times alone. There are a number of technical assis-tance resources out there to help small business owners apply for and access relief, and I wanted to highlight a few that may be particular-ly helpful. Additionally, my

office is always available to connect you with these pro-grams that are assisting our small businesses.

First and foremost, the United States Small Business Administra-tion’s Boston District Of-fice is available to provide financial and technical as-sistance to small business owners. The SBA works with a number of local part-ners to counsel, mentor, and train small businesses, and they can connect you with support provided by their Resource Partners, such as

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THIS IS NO TIME FOR HOOVERISM

Herbert Hoover had been President for about seven months when the stock market crashed in October, 1929. Although there have been many causes attributed to the on-set of the Great Depression, the crash generally is viewed as the trigger point for what still rates as the greatest eco-nomic downturn in our nation’s history.

However, even as the economy continued to sink in the aftermath of the crash, Hoover adopted a hands-off policy toward the economy. Although Herbert Hoover was a good man with lots of government experience prior to becoming president, he refused to take action of any kind, held back by a combination of a lack of imagination and his rigid, free-market view of the U.S. economy.

Hoover failed to recognize the severity of the situation or leverage the power of the federal government to address it. He was widely viewed as callous and insensitive toward the suffering of millions of desperate Americans.

By the time Hoover left office in early 1933, unem-ployment in the U.S. had reached 25% and millions of Americans literally were starving. The iconic photos from that era of Americans lined up for handouts from the soup kitchens that were operated by private charities still are seared into our collective memory even today.

What brought to mind the inaction of Herbert Hoover during the Great Depression were comments made this past Sunday by Lawrence Kudlow, the former TV person-ality who now is one of the chief economic advisers to President Trump.

Basically, Kudlow said the Trump administration is tak-ing a wait-and-see approach before committing to more federal support for Americans as the United States contin-ues to weather the coronavirus crisis and the accompany-ing economic damage.

“Well, I don’t want to get too far ahead of the story, Jake,” Kudlow said to CNN’s Jake Tapper. “There may well be additional legislation. There’s a kind of pause pe-riod right now.”

But “getting ahead” of this crisis precisely is what pol-icymakers need to do. While it certainly is true that the federal government has spent trillions of dollars in various ways to assist Americans, it also is true that the degree of economic assistance -- as well as a coordinated plan -- that will be necessary simply to keep Americans fed during the ongoing crisis will require additional trillions of dollars as the economy plunges into free-fall without a parachute in the months ahead.

The lesson of the Great Depression is that a national government cannot be a passive bystander during a time of economic collapse. Speedy, forceful, and creative action is required today to prevent an already-calamitous situation from becoming worse tomorrow.

ACT WITH URGENCY

(The following letter was sent recently to Senate President Karen Spilka and House Speaker Bob De-Leo by a group of mayors around the Commonwealth, including Mayor Carlo De-Maria)

Dear Senate President Spilka and Speaker DeLeo,

Voting is a fundamental right and is guaranteed in the U.S. Constitution.

In the midst of a highly contagious infectious dis-ease, we implore you to en-sure safe and healthy ballot access in 2020.

We ask the state legis-lature to act with urgency in reviewing and passing a vote-by-mail program in Massachusetts for this elec-tion cycle.

Our constituents deserve the opportunity to exercise their right to vote without risk of exposure to a dead-ly virus. Every voter in the Commonwealth deserves a safe chance at participating in the democratic process, even through this extreme-ly challenging time for our country.

In recent years with many safeguards available, vote by mail has become the gold standard for voter access and participation. There are many excel-lent programs across the country in states including Colorado, Utah, Oregon, Washington, and Hawaii. In response to COVID-19, more states have stepped forward, including New York, New Hampshire and Maryland, to ensure ballot access.

Massachusetts has al-ways been a leader during challenging times for our

country. The Common-wealth with the leadership of the Senate and House must lead again with en-suring safe, healthy, widely available ballot access by passing a vote by mail pro-gram.

In this time of pandemic, no one should be forced to choose between their health and their right to vote. Even Dr. Fauci is uncertain when this current surge will sub-side, with experts project-ing possible recurrence in the fall just as voters head to the polls for the state-wide September 1 primary and the November 3 gener-al election.

As Mayors serving 22 cities we see Vote by Mail as the best chance our con-stituents and Common-wealth have to protect the integrity of our 2020 elec-tions and the health of our voters. Thank you for your urgent consideration of this request.

Mayor Carlo DeMaria Jr., Everett

Mayor Thomas McGee, Lynn

Mayor Ruthanne Fuller, Newton

Mayor Sefatia Romeo Theken, Gloucester

Mayor Kim Driscoll, Salem

Mayor John J Leahy, Lowell

Mayor Joseph M. Petty, Worcester

Mayor Nicole LaCha-pelle, Easthampton

Mayor Paul Brodeur, Melrose

Mayor William Reichelt, West Springfield

Mayor David Narkewicz, Northampton

Mayor Daniel Rivera, Lawrence

Mayor Yvonne Spicer,

FraminghamMayor Donna Holaday,

NewburyportMayor Jon Mitchell, New

BedfordMayor Neil Perry,

MethuenMayor Roxann Wede-

gartner, GreenfieldMayor Thomas Bernard,

North AdamsMayor Paul Coogan, Fall

RiverMayor Sumbul Siddiqui,

CambridgeMayor Kassandra Gove,

Amesbury Mayor Linda Tyer, Pitts-

field

OVERWHELMED WITH GRATITUDE

Dear Editor,I want to take this oppor-

tunity to recognize Mayor DeMaria and his adminis-tration, the City Council, state delegation and volun-teers for there commitment to our city during this diffi-cult time the volunteers and all those who putting their lives at risk to help those who are less fortunate. I am overwhelmed with grat-itude for the help we have received for Seniors during these challenging times. For example, this week alone, the Facilities De-partment has picked up ap-proximately 2,500 pounds of food to be distributed at The Connolly Center Food Pantry. The Facilities De-partment, led by George Lane, is amazing and are on point with this process. Kudos to them!

Those foods have been distributed to approximate-ly 1,000 people who wait in line during the Grab and Go Food Pantry.

Additionally, members

of the Everett Police De-partment and volunteers deliver approximately 150 bags of groceries from our pantry as well as the Grace Food Pantry.

Our volunteers also dis-tribute food to the various senior buildings, including 40 at Golden Age Circle, 60 at Whitney Lorenti house, by Gerri Miranda and Clare Ellyn Nee.

Finally, 120 bags of gro-ceries get delivered by staff and volunteers to Whitter Drive Housing Complex, and Glendale Towers per request.

The Inspectional Ser-vices Department has been delivering 450 meals to seniors each day. Hats off to Jim Frank, Lou and the entire crew for in many instances, going the ex-tra mile to make sure our seniors are safe. Lunch delivery serves many pur-poses, first and foremost to provide at least one nu-tritious meal to our seniors each day. It also serves as a wellness check and in some cases a little bit of social interaction that our seniors would otherwise not have at this, or any other time.

Of course, our guys at the City Services make sure our excess trash, boxes and recyclables are picked up in a timely manner and are ready to lend a hand as re-quested.

I would like to also add, I have received a tremendous amount of positive respons-es on The Senior Exercise classes airing on ECTV.

Here are just a few ex-amples below:

“Thank you for the class-es. They are keeping me sane”

THIS SUNDAY IS MOTHER’S DAY

During this time of unprecedented upheaval because of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the rituals that most of us traditionally follow either have been eliminated or dras-tically changed because of the need to practice physical distancing.

So too, the manner in which we observe Mother’s Day, which is this Sunday, May 10, will be different from all others before it. The traditional family get-togethers that we usually observe will be cancelled or modified to a great extent because of the situation in which we find ourselves.

However, it often is said that necessity is the mother of invention (no pun intended) and in that spirit we’re sure that all of our readers will find a way to honor their moth-ers in some fashion, whether it be something as simple as a phone call or by a family gathering via Zoom.

Oftentimes, the smallest of gestures can mean the most.We hope too, that Mother’s Day this year will serve as

a way for all of us to think about what is most important in our lives -- our family, friends, and loved ones -- as we struggle to make sense of these turbulent times amidst a pandemic.

We know we join with all of our readers in wishing all of our moms a happy Mother’s Day.

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Since the onset of COVID-19, Malden Catho-lic High School seamlessly shifted to an exceptional Distance Learning model with interactive, academ-ically challenging classes taught by veteran teachers on a secured Zoom plat-form. MC students have had the benefit of a full curriculum for the past two semesters with assigned letters grades.

In an effort to provide supplemental coursework for high school students in the Greater Boston area who may have lost time and learning due to the crisis, Malden Catholic will offer remote Education Recov-ery enrichment classes this spring and summer. These classes are designed to pro-vide students grades 7 – 11 with the important course-work and studies they may have missed in Math, Science, English, Social Studies, Foreign Language, STEM and other electives to ensure they are prepared for college applications and the 2020 - 2021 school year.

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covery spring courses will run from May 11 to June 12, Monday - Friday from 2:30 - 3:30 PM and 4:15 - 5:15 PM on an interactive Zoom platform for $395/class. Summer classes will be held from June 29 to July 31. Class selection op-tions include the following: Math, Science, English, So-cial Studies, Foreign Lan-guage, STEM: Engineering Everywhere, SAT Prep, College Application 101, Probability and Statistics, Create Your Own Web-site, The Fundamentals of Music Theory, Humanities and the Arts, Public Speak-ing and Workplace Skills, 3D Printing – Behind the Scenes, Philosophy, Bible Study and Weather.

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Since 1932, Malden Catholic High School has shaped emerging leaders in our community, claim-ing a Nobel Laureate, a Senator, two ambassadors

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Middlesex Sheriff Peter J. Koutoujian announced the population currently un-der supervision has dropped to below 600 individuals – a nearly 25 percent drop since mid-March.

“On March 12, we had 787 people either sentenced or awaiting trial,” said Sheriff Koutoujian. “To-day, we have 594. This is a result of multiple process-es we began back in early March to reduce our popu-lation in a safe and precise manner. We have taken action – by tripling the number of individuals on electronic monitoring and by collaborating with Dis-

trict Attorney Marian Ryan to conduct bail reviews – to balance the public safety and public health needs of this unique moment.”

The drop in population has also been aided by a decline in new arrestees, scheduled releases for sen-tenced individuals, and the recent Massachusetts Su-preme Judicial Court ruling allowing pretrial individ-uals being held on certain charges to have their bail revisited.

As a result of this decline, the Middlesex Sheriff’s Of-fice has also announced the temporary closure of a fourth dormitory-style housing unit. On April 10 – following an initial 15 per-

cent reduction in popula-tion – the MSO announced the temporary closure of three dormitory-style units.

The drop in population and closure of the dorms, combined with other steps modifying movement with-in the facility has allowed for an enhancement of so-cial distancing practices within the Middlesex Jail & House of Correction.

“The decisions we are making and the steps we are taking are focused on ensuring the safety of those in our custody, our staff and the communities we serve,” said Koutoujian. “We will not waiver from our com-mitment to meeting those objectives.”

Middlesex Sheriff ’s office population has dropped 25% since March 12in her free time and giv-

ing them to hospitals and first-responders since the COVID-19 outbreak began in March.

However, once her birth-day rolled around, and her party had to be cancelled, she decided to help others as a celebration of her big day. Putting a banner sign out in her yard, she asked everyone passing by to help her celebrate her 40th birthday by giving a dona-tion of food in exchange for a home-made mask. Additionally, she spread the word to family and friends and neighbors too, and what she got was a great birthday surprise.

“I always celebrate my birthday really big and be-ing my 40th, I planned to do this one really big and have a party and friends over,” she said. “I found out I couldn’t do that so I decided to celebrate by helping people…So many people dropped off food and others gave donations to get food. My friends came to my house and did a car parade and honked their horns for my birthday. Then they all dropped off baskets of food as my present. It’s awesome. I feel blessed to be able to help others as I celebrate.”

Councilor Michael Mc-Laughlin had seen the sign, and said he also dropped by to wish Sousa a happy birthday and to contribute to the food basket drive.

“On Saturday it was a true honor to stop and thank a true community hero,” he said. “The ded-ication Karina showed by putting the needs of others first truly showed the self-less acts done during these unthinkable times. A lot is said about individuals that do things when no one is paying attention rather than when the lights are on. This is a great way to celebrate a milestone.”

Sousa, who said she is originally from Brazil, said she has seen so many friends and family mem-bers who have lost their jobs. She knows people with kids who are no lon-ger working and struggling to put food on their tables.

With that motivation, she prepared about 65 baskets of food two weeks ago for those in need. One week ago, she gathered about 60 baskets.

But on her birthday last Sunday, she was able to dis-tribute 70 baskets of food to those in need, and she still has more if others would need the help.

“Everything is so scary,” she said. “We don’t know what is going to happen the next day. I know a lot of friends without work and they have kids too. I felt so bad I had to do something. I needed to do something good and it helped teach my kids that doing something good was more important.”

Councilor Michael McLaughlin stopped by on Saturday to help the effort with a food donation.

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SCORE offices, Women’s Business Centers, Small Business Development Centers and Veterans Busi-ness Outreach Centers. All of that information on as-sistance can be accessed on the SBA’s website.

On a local level, the Massachusetts Growth Capital Corporation (MGCC) COVID-19 Small Business Stabiliza-tion Network is offering small business support, in-cluding lending, financial education, and business coaching. This network consists of 48 Small Busi-ness Technical Assistance grantees and nonprofit or-ganizations brought togeth-er by MGCC. Together, this network covers the whole state. Additionally, MGCC is supporting Massachu-setts’s small business own-ers by providing multilin-gual application assistance for the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Programs. Small

business owners interested in receiving help from the MGCC and the COVID-19 Small Business Stabiliza-tion Network should visit the MGCC website for de-tails.

Another important re-source that is available, especially for our district, is the Massachusetts Equi-table Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Access Initiative. This initiative is committed to providing timely access to the Small Business Association PPP for underbanked businesses and historically disadvan-taged demographic groups, including people of color and women. A coalition of banks is committing to making PPP loans directly and a network of Commu-nity Development Finan-cial Institutions (CDFIs) are providing technical assistance with loan appli-cations. If you are a mi-nority-owned business, you

are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

Of course, these are only just a few highlights of technical assistance op-tions that are available. The www.mass.gov web-site has a comprehensive list of COVID-19 resources and guidance for business-es that I encourage you to explore for a full overview.

Finally, please know that my office and the Massachusetts Senate are hard at work exploring all the options we can take to support our small business community. While we face a long road to recovery, I am fully committed to sup-porting the small business-es that have always made my district so vibrant over the years. I will continue advocating for our small businesses, and my office is always here to provide any assistance or guidance that they may need.


By Seth Daniel

There are no shortage of laws and protections that state government and local leaders have put in place to protect residents, but the law on paper and the real-ity on the street sometimes don’t match up.

That’s why Attorney General Maura Healey and her staff, including Everett School Commit-teeman Marcony Almeida Barros, had thousands of fliers printed up with good, concise information about eviction protections, price gouging, unemployment benefits, sick time and health insurance. Those fli-ers were translated into 10 languages and last week-end, AG Healey kicked-off an information and assis-tance tour in Chelsea and Everett – two of the hardest hit locales in the state.

In Everett, they visited the Grace Food Pantry on Sunday and spoke with people waiting in line to distribute information to them. On Saturday, they visited the Chelsea Col-laborative to hand out the fliers to those coming for

hygiene items and food.What they found was

exactly what they suspect-ed – that many were having their rights violated despite the protections that have been put in place.

“We heard that a num-ber of times from people in line, people complained of landlords harassing them and saying if they didn’t pay rent now, they would change the locks on them,” she said. “These are evic-tions that landlords cannot pursue. We even asked them to give us their land-lord’s number right there and we had staff call them and talk to the landlord about it. We had a num-ber of people we were able to get numbers from who were waiting in line and we’re following up on them. That’s important be-cause we don’t need people thrown out in the streets. That’s why it’s great and important to be out and on the ground.”

Healey said they knew at the outset that many com-munities of color, low-in-come communities and those with large popula-tions of essential workers

would be hit hard by the virus and by the economic implications. With a lack of good information avail-able, Healey said she and her staff felt they could be a great conduit to produce and distribute reliable in-formation.

“They need to know they are protected from evictions and debt collection right now,” she said. “We’ve al-ready intervened several times to stop evictions and given lots of information about worker safety. We’re delivering PPE to workers in western Massachusetts.

Our job as an agency is to be a resource. We are the people’s law firm.”

Barros, who has worked for Healey for many years as chief of the Community Engagement Division, said they compiled the informa-tion as fast as they could, and had the idea they need-ed to be on the ground dis-tributing them across the state.

“We translated them into 10 different languages and wanted to distribute them to ‘hot spot’ communities,” he said. “We printed 20,000 and sent them to communi-

ty organizations, churches and food pantries…When we went out last weekend, people were telling AG Healey what we knew was happening from our hotline. People are not only hungry for food, but also they are hungry for information that is reliable. We heard that in Chelsea and Everett. The issues are the same – land-lords and tenant issues are a hot topic. People may

not speak English, but they need information right now and they have rights. It’s in-tense, but important work.”

AG Healey reported that Partners Healthcare has re-quested 12,000 copies of the fliers from her office. They intend to place them in wellness packets that will be distributed to pa-tients at their health care facilities.

“It’s good to see a friend-ly face on ECTV.”

“Everett cares for us se-niors.”

I am pleased with the way the community has banded together to help our most at-risked residents. I would like to thank every-one for the help, the com-passion and willingness to go above and beyond.

Regards & Stay Safe,Dale Palma

Council on Aging Coordinator

REACH OUT TO MEDear Editor,I want to take this time

and write to you and your family. Let me start by in-troducing myself. For those that don’t know me, I am

Michael J. McLaughlin, a life-long Everett resident and currently YOUR Ward Six City Councilor repre-senting all of Everett.

I wanted to reach out and send positive thoughts, in the face of the coronavirus. We have seen unprecedent-ed changes in our communi-ty overnight unfortunately. I want you to know, one thing that has not changed is my commitment to serve the general public as a whole. The majority of my life I have spent trying to help my neighbors, and in this time it only offers a greater opportunity to do so. I hope that this letter finds you and your family healthy and safe. We all need to contin-ue following social distanc-ing and practicing staying at home as often as possible, which brings me to my let-ter today. I wanted to reach out to offer any support and help that I can give during these uncharted times that we are living in, as we all battle together to overcome one of the worst pandemics our country has ever faced. As a member of the Ever-ett City Council, I am fully committed to working to-gether with all stakeholders involved to ensure that our city will come out of this stronger and more resilient than ever after this pandem-ic has come to a close.

This being said I want you to know and be in-formed that if I can be of any service to you and your family during this time, or a need arises where I can help resolve a matter to keep your family safe while keeping you at home, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me directly, as I have been receiving calls for assistance with grocery shopping, prescription pick-up and other day-to-day er-rands. Please do not believe any issue is too big or too small to call on a friend. I will absolutely do all that I can to ensure that your need is addressed immediately. I want you to know you have a friend in me.

Michael J. McLaughlinWard 6 Councilor

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Telemedicine allows health care professionals to evaluate, diagnose, and treat patients at a distance using telecommunications technology, such as a smart phone or computer. Telemedicine allows us to continue to provide high-quality care to our patients during the COVID-19 pandemic while minimizing exposures.

Telemedicine appointments are being scheduled in Pediatrics, Adult Medicine, Family Medicine, Women’s Health (OB/GYN), Behavioral Health, Neighborhood PACE, and other departments. We use certified medical interpreters during telemedicine appointments for languages other than English.

Do you need to schedule a telemedicine appointment with your primary care provider? Did you miss an appointment that needs to be rescheduled? If so, call 617-569-5800 to schedule a telemedicine appointment. This is especially important if you have a chronic or a behavioral health condition. You should be treated if needed, especially during this public health crisis. We’re here to keep you healthy!

“In the City of Everett, we are doing all we can to help local families and individuals who are being profoundly impacted by the COVID-19 virus. This includes working with United Way to raise and quickly deploy funds directly to people in our community who have lost income due to job loss or reduced work hours. These funds will be used to support food pantries, supplement rent payments, provide childcare and pay utility costs. For many Everett fami-lies and individuals, this fund will help prevent a health crisis from becoming a financial crisis. Please help us keep these families afloat with a donation to the Everett COVID-19 Care Fund. All proceeds (less credit card process-ing fees) will go directly to helping Everett families and individuals in need.” Sincerely, Mayor Carlo DeMaria

To donate please go to: unitedwaymassbay.org/covid-19/local-funds/everett

You can also send a check to the following address: United Way of Massachusetts Bay, PO Box 51381, Boston, MA 02205-1381. Please make checks out to United Way of Massachusetts Bay and include

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AG Healey and staff bring help to the frontlines in Everett, Chelsea

Marcony Almeida Barros hands out fliers from the AG’s office to a resident at the Grace Food Pantry distribution on Sunday.

AG Maura Healey (right) and staffer Marcony Almeida Barros (as an Everett School Committeeman) offering one of their fliers to a resident on Sunday.

Councilor Stephanie Martins helping out AG Maura Healey hand out fliers to those in line for the Grace Food Pantry.

Helping feed the people food, and feed them information – AG Maura Healey and staffer Marcony Almeida Barros were at the Grace Food Pantry Sunday.


cancelled and reality set in. The MIAA did try to sal-vage the spring season, so many coaches are thankful for their effort.

As much as we under-stand this was unavoidable, it is still a major disappoint-ment for spring athletes across the country, espe-cially the seniors who now won’t get to play their final high school season. Even though there is disappoint-ment, we do not want to detract from the severity of this pandemic and are truly grateful to all of the front-line workers for putting their lives at risk.

One thing for certain is that these seniors will nev-er forget the struggle of this spring season, as well as losing out on many activi-ties held at the end of their high school career. I also don’t want to forget the ju-niors, as this is an import-ant year for college coaches coming out to recruit them.

As far as the seniors, three of them, Maddy Du-raes, Veronica Bento, and Ariana Garay, have been with me since their fresh-man year. They would have guided the team this year with their leadership as captains.

Elizabeth Peach and Ashley Yebba earned a spot on the varsity team last year and could always be count-ed on for stepping in for any task we had asked from them. All five girls will be missed by both teammates and coaches. I know the underclassman will step up next year and dedicate the wins for them.

One quality I want to touch upon about each of these seniors is “heart.” You can teach kids many things, but you cannot teach them to have “heart.” They showed this daily in prac-tices and games and that is why I know this year would have been one of our most successful. These seniors represent everything a stu-dent/athlete should be.

Jen Nigro (Asst. Coach) and I delivered soft-ball-themed masks as a re-minder for the girls to take care of themselves. Also, they are a small token to let them know we miss them. We left a letter in each bag for them that read:

“One day you will look back at these masks and re-alize that even though this virus took away our season, it only made you a stronger person and to never take life for granted. I know you find yourself in a state of shock and disbelief that this has happened this spring sea-son. Seniors, even more so, considering you won’t get closure to your high school or athletic career.

“We are all in this to-gether and will come out stronger than ever. We are all here to help each other, but also need to be safe. There will be some type of closure when things get better. As much as we are going to miss the season, it is the bond that we will

miss the most. Some of the memories we are going to miss are the laughs, danc-es, singing on the bus rides, and celebrations we shared.

“It saddens us to think that the last time we got to see you as a group was just a few days before they suspended the season, at sign ups. That day, Jen and I could see you all beam-ing, knowing this was our year. Unfortunately, this vi-rus took that away from us. We may not get to play in front of fans, parents, col-lege coaches, but we will always have this bond that will keep us connected.

“Your dedication to your sport drove you to where you are today. However, the sacrifice you are making during this Pandemic will make you a better person. The level of work ethic, passion, and dedication will help you all in the future.”

Love, your coaches

VERONICA BENTO

During my high school career, sports has kept me busy, in shape, out of trou-ble, and certainly made me gain unbreakable bonds with my teammates, coach-es, and even fans! During the school year, winter and spring season was always something to look forward to and definitely motivated me to stay on track with school work because you need to be eligible to even step foot on the court and field.

Being a double varsi-ty sport athlete made me develop leadership, team work, and sportsman-ship-like characteristics that will be part of my daily lifestyle outside of sports.

As Everett High is known to be a highly-skilled school, I am proud to have been part of both the aca-demic and athletic aspects of it. Whilst playing two sports, I managed to main-tain my 12-year perfect attendance, remained an honor roll student, and also was part of many clubs and participated in community service.

Though I can’t fathom the thought of not being able to play my last season of softball, I understand it is the safest and smart-est decision. It is upset-ting to know that this year would’ve been our year, yet we won’t get the chance to prove how much we’ve grown and worked during the off season to finally get the championship title we deserved.

Everything happened so

quickly. The feeling was so shocking -- that this had be-come our reality -- than any other words can describe. Of course, we seniors feel “unaccomplished,” to have known our junior year sea-son was also our last, espe-cially because it ended the way it shouldn’t have. But I can speak for us all that we’d rather everyone re-main safe and healthy than to force a spring season with many restrictions.

As the end of my senior year approaches, it is also time for a new milestone to begin! I will be attending Salem State University in Fall of 2020, as a Nursing Major and psychology mi-nor with hopes of also be-ing able to play softball. I intend to work as a Labor and Delivery nurse after I receive my bachelor’s degree while continuing school to earn my doctor-ate so I can fulfill my goal of becoming an Obstetri-cian-Gynecologist!

ASHLEY YEBBA

Being an athlete for Ev-erett High made the past four years even better, as captain of the field hockey team since my junior year and to be on the varsity softball. Those connections I’ve made with my team-mates and coaches I will truly miss the most.

I’m so proud to be an athlete at EHS. Even just being from Everett we’re a very proud city, but being an athlete meant more. To play games in Everett was just the best experience I could ever ask for.

With my final softball season canceled, it broke my heart, honestly, not to be able to play on the field with my team one last time -- it’s just really sad. It would have been my last time playing softball for a team, since I will be trying out for field hockey in the fall at Salem State Univer-sity. Though I might play club softball, it’s not the

same as sharing a field with my teammates and being coached by Coach Poste and Coach Nigro.

ELIZABETH PEACH

I have been playing soft-ball since fifth grade and have been in love with the sport from the start. Being a part of the EHS softball team, on which I have been the starting left fielder, has given me another family.

Last year was particu-larly hard for my family because we lost my grand-mother. The entire varsi-ty softball team, plus my coaches, came to my grand-mother’s wake in a demon-stration of love and support for me. In that moment I re-alized just how much each person on the team cares so deeply for the others.

Having both my fami-ly and my softball family with me in such a hard time meant more to me than I can describe.

Last year we made it to playoffs. It just so happened to be the same day as junior prom, but that didn’t stop us from playing our hearts out and doing everything we could to advance.

However this didn’t hap-pen. While it was a sad mo-ment to see our season end, we knew that everyone did all they could. Making it to playoffs was one of the best memories I have made with my team.

The cancellation of the 2020 season has been dev-astating to me. I don’t get to play one last time for my city with my second family. We don’t get the opportu-nity to go to playoffs again and advance further than we did last year.

The cancellation of the 2020 season has taken our last chance to play as a team -- it is something we will never be able to get back.

Next year I plan to go to Salem State University and major in social work. I hope to become a therapist and help people overcome their inner battles.

MADISON DURAES

My athletic experience has meant so much to me from when I was about seven years old. Being a four-year varsity athlete for basketball and softball has truly shaped me into the person I am today. All the friendships I’ve made with some of these girls will last a lifetime.

There was never a doubt in my mind where I didn’t think my team-mates weren’t my second family. We fought like sis-ters yes, but when it came down to putting our issues to the side for a practice or game, that’s what is most important to me personal-ly. We could have had the most-talented girls put on a team, but if we didn’t have any type of chemistry, we wouldn’t have been as suc-cessful.

With the season being cancelled, it really effects me, especially it being soft-ball. Softball has always been my main sport and the thought of never stepping on the field with my sisters ever again hurts immensely.

However, I am so grate-ful I had three great seasons with my team. It is very un-fortunate that I can’t play my fourth year, but I don’t have any regrets. Every sin-gle girl played with their heart and soul every prac-tice or game, whether they wanted to or not, and I’ll forever be thankful for that.

I will be furthering my

academic career at Salem State University as a Nurs-ing major in the fall.

ARIANA GARAY

Trying out for the Ever-ett High softball team as a freshman was probably one of the most nerve-wracking moments I’ve ever had to experience. Everyone knew that Stacy Schiavo was in-timidating and knowing that made me even more nervous than I already was.

Stacy was my seventh grade history teacher so I kind of had a feel for what she was going to be like, but yet I was still terrified to play for her. I don’t think I spoke more than five sen-tences during my freshman season!

As time went on, I broke more and more out of my shell. I grew bonds with my teammates and especially with Coach Schiavo and Coach Nigro. Softball led me to meet some girls that I’ll hopefully be life-long friends with.

Hearing about the can-cellation of the season not only hurt because I didn’t get to play my senior sea-son, but hurt most because people always told me that this was “our year.” We had the talent and more impor-tantly, we had chemistry.

The idea of possibly not being able to step on the pitcher’s mound one last time breaks my heart. I’ve been playing with some of my teammates since we were children. I just wanted to play one last season with them.

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Following Little League International’s announce-ment that the Little League World Series will be can-celed due to the corona-virus pandemic, Everett Little League President Os-car Vega said he will con-tinue to hold out hope that the league can play some games in an organized for-mat this summer.

“While we’re disappoint-ed that there will be no Wil-liamsport Tournament, our main concern is the Jimmy Fund Tournament because we raise a lot of money for District 12 and cancer research,” said Vega. “We play baaeball for those kids who can’t play.

The ELL leader said Everett annually enters the “Take A Swing For Can-cer” Tournament and plays

against area teams. Play-ers and their families raise funds and all proceeds from the tournament go to the Jimmy Fund.

As for the local season, any decision to play games at Sacramone Park will de-pend on Mayor Carlo De-Maria granting the league permission to use the field while making sure that the environment is safe for players, coaches and spec-

tators.“My understanding is

that once a decision is made to open all the parks, that’s when the they’re going to reach out to all the orga-nizations and we’re going to meet and determine a schedule, field use, and playing times,” said Vega. “We’re hopeful that we’re going to have a season – and I’m going to hold out to the very last minute before

I think of canceling a sea-son.”

Vega said even if orga-nized, intra-league play is not a possibility, he would consider a process where the 12-year-old players serve as captains and select players for sandlot games.

“We’re going to try to get the kids involved all the way from T-Ball to Ma-jors,” said Vega.

Everett’s Crimson Tide

Pop Warner organization usually starts practices on Aug. 1 at Sacramone Park. Vega said he would be amenable to talking with Pop Warner officials about use of the field after the start of the Pop Warner sea-son.

“Even if we have to go to another baseball field in the city, I’m willing to do that as well,” said Vega.

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The Everett Community Care Fund had its first dis-tribution of funds to quali-fying residents on Thursday afternoon at LUMA on Fer-ry Street. After launching just two weeks ago with seek money from the Unit-ed Way, the fund is seeking donations from the com-munity and will distribute the money through five local partners – includ-ing LUMA, Mystic Valley Elder Services, La Com-munidad, Everett Haitian Community Center and Eliot Community Human Services. Each organization was given grants of $20,000 to distribute to members of

the community who were in greatest need. All benefi-ciaries had to live in Ever-ett, and had to demonstrate great need.

At LUMA on Thursday, 100 families lined up to get $200 grants that went directly to pay utility com-panies, rent or phone bills. Checks were made out di-rectly to those entities.

Director Lucy Pineda said it was a great service to the residents, and so many were grateful and in need.

The drive continues and more donations are needed to help people who need to pay bills, make rent pay-ments or absorb other ex-

penses.All gifts are tax-deduct-

ible and 100 percent of the proceeds (net credit card fees) will go to individu-als seeking assistance via nonprofits already working in Everett. Donations can be made by credit card or through a donor advised fund online or by sending a check to United Way of Massachusetts Bay, PO Box 51381, Boston, MA 02205-1381. Please make checks out to “United Way of Massachusetts Bay” and include “Everett Covid-19 Care Fund” in the memo of the check.

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All our virtual classes will be done through ZOOM app. This app is FREE and can be downloaded on any computer and on IPHONES & Anfroid. Once you have downloaded ZOOM, it is time to create an account by adding your personal information. Once that is set up, go to”Join a meeting” at the designated class time, and put in your MEETING ID NUMBER listed on the schedule. If you do NOT want your camera to record you during the meeting, you can disable it, but still be able to see the instructor. Once the class is over, simply “leave the meeting.”

Adult Classes: Barre: This class will lead you through a workout that combines the best elements of ballet barre, pilates, functional training and stretching.

Body Blast: A calorie burning workout that incorporates interval cardio and body sculpting. A total-body workout targeting muscles from head to toe to build strength & endurance while improving flexibility. This class will help shape and tone refining body alignment and posture.

Core & More: A 30 min class targeting your entire torso, including back and core muscles. A strong core leads to strong, fit body that will be less prone to injury. This class is a wonderful complement to all group classes.

HIIT: High Intensity Interval training also know as Tabata, or Burst Training, takes an interval style approach. This workout is designed to train the total body and is super intense. This class is 30 minutes of nonstop Core / Cardio training.

Step It Up: this class combines the classic, medium to high intensity, step cardio workout with basic step aerobics choreographed routine. But takes standard hi/lo aerobics moves and gives them a bit of an upbeat style. Set to the latest music, this class will give you a work-out.

Strong: STRONG is a high intensity training workout driven by the science of Synced Music Motivation. STRONG crafts and reverse engineers the songs to match every move, driving the intensity and provides a total body workout. STRONG incorporates body weight, kick boxing, and boot camp style movements throughout the class.

Top It Off: A 45 min nonstop free wight workout catering to your upper body. Shape your arms, shoulders and back and helping your upper body get stronger.

Rock Bottom: a 45 min intense workout zoning in to target your lower half. Work on leaning and strengthening thighs and calves while lifting and toning y our bottom.

Yoga All Levels: yoga at a faster paced, and the postures are linked together in a series of movements from one pose to another, gives you an added cardiovascular benefit. The practice of yoga can increase muscle strength, endurance and flexibility, and reduce levels of stress.

Kids Art Class: Miss Elizabeth will teach you how to draw objects around the house with materials you use everyday. it is an interesting way to learn new & creative ways to have fun with everyday things around you.

KidFit: This class will get your kids active. Ms. Keri will do some basic at home exercise moves to some music. It is fun & it will get your ids moving.

Kids Yoga: Hop on your yoga mat and join Ms. Jacqui for a fun kids yoga class. You will explore the basics of yoga.

Kids Zumba: Join Ms. Lauren for a dance fitness class. Just like adult Zumba, but with age-appropriate music and moves, and an emphasis on “feeling fearless on the dance floor.”

Youth Soccer Conditioning: Join Coach John for a soccer conditioning class that will show you to perfect a complete soccer at home workout using a soccer ball, agility skills, calisthenics, and plyometric exercises. He will help you how to stay active while at home.

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COURTESY PHOTOS

A worker at LUMA prepares a payment for a recipient.

LUMA Director Lucy Pineda hand out a check to a recip-ient in line on Thursday.

A line of residents stretched down Ferry Street on Thursday waiting to get Everett Community Care Fund distributions. Families had to prove their need and prove residency in Everett.

LUMA Director Lucy Pineda answers questions about the fund at her office on Ferry Street.

LUMA distribution of funds to qualified residents

This past April, the Mys-tic River Watershed Asso-ciation created a network of determined volunteers, who have been working clean up both shores of the Malden River.

In an effort to keep the Malden River clean and trash-free, President of the Friends of the Malden Riv-er and project manager of Trash Free Malden River, Karen Buck organized a group of Malden residents to clean up Everett’s new waterfront park, River-green.

“I want to thank the Friends of the Malden River for going above and beyond during this time to tend to the environment, specifically Everett’s Riv-ergreen Park. Having a clean waterfront not only makes our city look better, but it’s also essential to the health of Everett residents” Mayor Carlo DeMaria said.

The Mystic River Water-shed Association joined the #trashtagchallenge by cre-ating an April Earth Month. While volunteers worked to clean up the shoreline, they also picked up street litter to prevent trash flowing through storm water street drains into the Malden Riv-er.

To date, volunteers have collected 29 bags of trash out of the Rivergreen river-banks.

Trash bags included,

approximately 1817 single use plastic bottles, ten bags of degraded plastic. The also collected a TV, cooler, and soda C02 dispenser. On the opposite shore (River’s Edge), volunteers collected 15 bags of trash that was all plastic and Styrofoam, including approximately 2,074 single use plastic bottles.

“We all share the re-sponsibility of respect and care for our Malden River and our environment. We

improve our lives through caring for our environ-ment. Come to the Malden River and enjoy the nature it provides. Make a small change in your lifestyle that will make a huge difference for the world,” Karen Buck said.

Contact the [email protected] to learn more about how to prevent plastics from destroying the water, food, and air.

Volunteers clean Everett’s waterfront

Many bags were filled with trash along the weaterfront.

Volunteers hold the “Friends of the Malden River” banner.

LEGAL NOTICEPUBLIC NOTICE

On April 29, 2020, an application was filed with the Federal Communications Commission in Washington, D.C. requesting its consent to the assignment of license of

Station WKOX(AM), Everett, Massachusetts (1430 kHz), from the Ocean Station Trust II LLC to Delmarva Educational Association.The sole member of the Assignor, the Ocean Station Trust II LLC, is Digital Drake LLC. The sole member of

Digital Drake LLC is Barry Drake.The officers and directors of the Proposed Assignee, the Delmarva Educational Association, are Nancy A. Epperson, Stuart W. Epperson, Jr., Kristine E. Pringle, Beatrice Ward,

Pamela Davis, Mark Gunn, Karen June Deneur, John Fonville, and Roger Stark.A copy of this application is available on the Internet at https://publicfiles.fcc.gov.

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Mayor DeMaria and the Entire City Government Announces Virtual City Hall

on ECTV Channel 22May 11 through May 17, 2020

02:00 PM Chair Yoga with Miguel Vargas

02:30 PM Tai Chi with Bill Barron 03:00 PM Glee Club with Diane Ellis 04:30 PM Ways and Means

Committee Meeting 4.1.20

05:04 PM Committee of the Whole: 02/10/20

06:00 PM Virtual City Hall Meeting 08:00 PM Everett Planning Board

Meeting April 14, 2020: Everett Planning Board Meeing April, 14 2020

10:30 PM Tai Chi with Bill Barron 11:30 PM Ways and Means


Friday 05/15/2020

Time Program 12:00 AM Virtual City Hall Meeting 09:00 AM Glee Club with Diane Ellis 10:00 AM Zumba with Calvin

Braxton 11:00 AM Healthy Steps with Julie

Kaufmann 12:00 PM Yoga Movements with

Miguel Vargas 01:00 PM Tai Chi with Bill Barron 01:30 PM Country Western Line

Dancing with Julie Kaufmann

02:30 PM Latin Cardio with Miguel Vargas

03:30 PM Movements to Music with Calvin Braxton

04:30 PM Ways and Means Committee Meeting

4.1.20 05:04 PM Committee of the

Whole: 02/10/20 06:00 PM Virtual City Hall Meeting 08:00 PM Everett Planning Board

April 28, 2020 (2) 11:30 PM Ways and Means


Saturday 05/16/2020

Time Program 12:00 AM Virtual City Hall Meeting 09:00 AM Latin Cardio with Miguel

Vargas 10:00 AM Healthy Steps with Julie

Kaufmann 11:00 AM Movements to Music

with Calvin Braxton



10:30 PM Glee Club with Diane Ellis 11:30 PM Ways and Means


Wednesday 05/13/2020

Time Program 12:00 AM Virtual City Hall Meeting 09:00 AM Tai Chi with Bill Barron 09:30 AM Country Western Line


10:30 AM Glee Club with Diane Ellis 11:30 AM Zumba with Calvin

Braxton 12:30 PM Healthy Steps with Julie

Kaufmann 01:30 PM Latin Heat with Miguel

Vargas 02:30 PM Chair Yoga with Miguel

Vargas 03:00 PM Movements to Music

with Calvin Braxton 04:30 PM Ways and Means







4.1.20

Thursday 05/14/2020

Time Program 12:00 AM Virtual City Hall Meeting 09:00 AM Country Western Line


10:00 AM Latin Heat with Miguel Vargas

11:00 AM Zumba with Calvin Braxton

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Kathleen DiChiaraWorld War II English War Bride and woman

of style, elegance and grace

Kathleen “Kay” (Davies) DiChiara of Revere died on April 30 at the age of 92.

Born in Liverpool, En-gland to the late Daniel and Elizabeth (Hanratty) Da-vies, she was the beloved wife of the late Alfonse “Al” DiChiara, devoted mother of Sandra DeChris-toforo and her late partner, Steve of Revere and the late Nicholas DiChiara of West-minster, CO; dear sister of the late Anne Matthews and Bette Machon of England; cherished grandmother of Gina Bassant and her late husband, Jay of Re-vere, Brenda Spinelli and her husband Jim of Port St. Lucie, FL and Johnna Wallace and her husband, Bruce of Port St. Lucie, FL; adored great grandmother of Cassandra, Nikolas, Ca-den and August. She is also survived by many loving nieces and nephews.

We lost a remarkable woman. A woman full of life, courage and determi-nation. Throughout her ex-ceptional life she endured many challenges but also enjoyed many incredible experiences. Growing up in England during World War II led her to meet a U.S. soldier and fall in love, and that love led her to move to the United States, to marry and start a new life and a family.

Kay was a devot-ed wife and an amazing mother, grandmother and great-grandmother (Nana). A woman of style, elegance

and grace. She was the fam-ily’s matriarch, historian and storyteller. She loved to travel the world and read everything she could. Her talents were endless; there wasn’t anything she couldn’t cook, sew, cre-ate or learn. Always there to lend a hand and always had a smile. And she was the best bargain shopper, especially at her beloved Filene’s.

There is so much that can be said about Kay and the way she lived life. She will be tremendously missed and remembered by all those who love her.

In accordance with the CDC’s current restric-tions on gatherings due to Covid-19, all services will be held privately. Interment at Puritan Lawn Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Alzheimer’s Associa-tion, 309 Waverley Oaks Rd, Waltham, MA 02452 or to a Cancer Charity of your choice in Kathleen’s name. For guest book please vis-it www.buonfiglio.com.

Marie Papasadora Active in “Revere First” and an original board

of directors of MGH Revere Marie (Terrazzano) Pa-

pasadora, 88, of Revere en-tered into rest on May 1.

Earlier in life Marie was a bookkeeper for Elec-tronic Fasteners located in Waltham and then for the Revere Housing Au-thority. Marie was on the original Board of Direc-tors for MGH Revere one of the first volunteers with Representative Wil-liam Reinstein’s “Re-vere First.” Marie loved to bake for her family, play bingo, enjoyed cards with her friends and will be sad-ly missed by all.

Marie was born on Sept. 29, 1931 to the late Antonio and Mary Terrazzano . She was the beloved wife of the late Joseph Papasodora , loving mother of the late Revere Police Sgt. Peter Papasodora and his wife, Denise of Revere; the adored grandmother of Tay-lor, , John and Joseph Papa-sodora; cherished sister of Angelina and her husband, Domenic Bramante of Re-vere, the late Albert Terraz-

zano and his wife, Carmella of Amesbury and the dear sister to the late Irene Ter-razzano of Revere . Marie is also survived by her neph-ew Albert Terrazano and his wife, Cynthia, and her great nephew, An-thony of Amesbury. She also leaves many cous-ins, nieces and neph-ews. . In accordance with the CDC’s current restric-tions on gatherings due to Covid-19, all services will be held privately. Inter-ment Woodlawn Cemetery. For guest book please vis-it www.buonfiglio.com.

Paul G. Bard, a long-time resident of Chelsea, passed on April

30 after a period of declin-ing health.

Born August 13, 1948 in Chelsea, Paul was a son of the late Thomas D. and Syl-via Perez Bard, He grew up in the Chelsea area, attend-ed local schools and grad-uated from Chelsea High School. Paul was proud to be a US Marine Veteran and kept those memories close to his heart.

Paul had a beautiful soul. He brought smiles to all who loved him with his sharp wit and fun loving outlook on life. He will be deeply missed.

He leaves behind to cherish his memory his devoted wife, Lisa. He is survived by his loving son Paul J Bard (PJ) of Revere and his former spouse, Ja-nis. In addition he leaves his sister Rhoda Burrows of Warrenton MO, broth-er, Thomas Bard, (MaryJo) of Boise, ID, sister Char-lene Lombardi of Del Ray Beach, FL, brother, Den-nis Bard (Karen) and sister, Susie Alfieri (Tony) of Old

Lyme, CT. He was prede-ceased by his sister, Robin Ann Bard. Paul is survived by many nieces and neph-ews along with lifelong friends, Kenny and Rita Flynn.

The family would like to extend a special thank you to the staff of the Covid Unit at MA General Hospital for the exceptional loving care and compassion shown to Paul during this difficult time. In accordance with the CDC’s current restric-tions on gatherings due to Covid-19, all services will be held privately. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Chelsea Soldiers Home, 91 Crest Ave, Chelsea, MA. For guest book please vis-it www.buonfiglio.com

Paul BardHe had a beautiful soul

Angelina OlivaHer presence in Everett will be missed

Angelina L. (Cati-zone) Oliva of Everett passed away on Saturday, May 2 at The Residence at Pearl Street in Reading.

Born in 1929 in the city of Catanzaro in the region of Calabria in southern Ita-ly, Angelina and her family immigrated to the US when she was six months old. She grew up in the North End and graduated from the Girls’ High School. Ange-lina was a seamstress for two years and then married George A. Oliva, her child-hood sweetheart, and spent the rest of her life caring for her family. George and An-gelina were married for 45 years until George’s death in 1993.

Angelina was the daugh-ter of the late Eugenio and Maria (Catizone) Catizone. She was pre-deceased by her sister, Rosina (Cat-izone) Hansen and her brother, Peter D. Catizone. Angelina is survived by her daughter, Jean M. Walsh, and her husband, Rich-ard, of Harvard, MA; her son, George A. Oliva, and his wife, Susan, of North Reading and her daughter, Cheryl A. Brooks, and her husband, Thomas, of Ever-ett. She is also survived by six grandchildren and five great grandchildren: David A. Oliva and his wife, Janu-ary, and their children Edie and Ivy of Boxford; Erin K. Suchecki and her husband, Daniel, and their children Jason and Eric of Harvard; Ryan J. Walsh and his wife, Nicole, and their son, Jack-son, of Ayer; Michael G. Brooks, Patrick T. Brooks and Olivia C. Brooks, all of

Everett. Angelina is also survived by several nieces, nephews and cousins.

Although she spent the last two years of her life in Reading, Angelina’s heart was always in Ever-ett where she lived for six-ty-eight years. There she was active in the Council on Aging where she en-joyed many friendships, at-tending the exercise classes and various functions. She was a familiar face at many of the shops and eateries around town, especially her favorite café, the Ferry Street Grille. Angelina did not drive, but she was quite a walker, amassing miles-upon-miles wearing out a multitude of sneakers over the years. Her presence in Everett will be missed.

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, all funeral ser-vices will be private. The family would like to thank the nurses and staff at The Residence at Pearl Street and the nurses and staff of Brookhaven Hospice for all of their care, support, dedication and kindness. Arrangement by Salvatore Rocco & Sons Funeral Home: www. roccofuneral-homes.com

Laura Josephine FiorinoPast member of Women’s Auxiliary and

American Legion Post 6, East Boston

Laura Josephine (Voci) Fiorino, a lifelong resident of East Boston, died on May 1 at the age of 94.

Laura was a past member of the Women’s Auxiliary and the American Legion Post 6 in East Boston. She will be sorely missed by all who knew her.

Born in Revere on Au-gust 2, 1925 to the late Jo-seph Voci Sr. and Amelia (Cataldo) Voci, she was the devoted mother of Vincent “Vinny” Fiorino and his wife, Lorraine of Revere and Philip Fiorino and his wife, Diana of Saugus; be-loved sister of the late Grace Guerrero, Patricia Lavoine, Irene Coughlin, Albert Voci and Joseph Voci Jr.; cherished grandmother of Vincent, Michael, Stephen and Ava and adored great grandmother of Alessandra,

Craig, and Alyssa. She is also survived by many lov-ing nieces and nephews.

In accordance with the CDC’s current restric-tions on gatherings due to Covid-19, all services will be held privately. Interment Woodlawn Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Lighthouse Nursing Care Center, 204 Proctor Ave, Revere, MA 02151. For guest book please visit www.buonfi-glio.com

Alberto (Al) F. Cioffi, 95, most recently of Stoneham, end-ed his story on

earth on April 11. It began, once upon a

time, in Italy when a dash-ing young carabinieri and the beautiful daughter of a prominent judge dared to fall in love, a love for-bidden by the outraged judge. Paolo Cioffi and Juilia Monetti were forced to make a daring escape to the USA where they would be free to love each other. They settled in Everett and thus began the legacy of these Cioffis.

They brought 11 chil-dren, including Al, into the world: Helen DeSimone of Tewksbury, Carmella Capuano of Everett and the late Guy, Alphonzo, Ange-lo, Paul and Carlo Cioffi, Mary DiGiacomo, Gloria Cioffi and Jean Farese. Now there are five genera-tions of us here.

Al was charismatic and loved to make children laugh and to regale people with stories of his experi-ences, but the story of his parents was his favorite. His family meant everything to him, all five generations of siblings, in-laws, countless nieces, nephews, grand-nieces, and grandnephews,

but most especially his own children and grandchildren: Clifford Cioffi of Malden, Carole (Cioffi) and Steve Sartor of Andover and their children, Rikki and her hus-band, Tom and Randy; Al-bert Cioffi Jr. of Derry, NH. and his daughter, Charlee; Cathy (Cioffi) Powers of Newburyport and their children, Taryn and Bren-dan. He also leaves behind his two sons from his sec-ond marriage, Eric Cioffi of Newburyport and Matthew Cioffi of Wakefield and their families.

Soon, the 6th generation will be here and so the leg-acy grows, and part of him continues.

Al, a World War II vet-eran, loved the USA almost as much as his family and in later years became in-creasingly conscious of the country’s Native Ameri-cans. Donations in Al’s memory to the: National Indian Child Care Associ-ation, PO Box 2146, Tah-lequah OK 74465, (https://www.nicca.us/) would be sincerely appreciated.

Due to Covid-19, no ser-vices are permitted. How-ever, Al loved food and gatherings with family and friends, so when possible, the best send-off will be a luncheon in his honor, TBD.

Alberto CioffiFamily meant everything to him

Anna Rose Oteri of Ev-erett passed away on May 3 at the age of 90.

She was predeceased by her parents James and Jo-sephine Oteri and her sib-lings: John, Diego, Placido, Agatha, Mary Oteri and Rose Pulpi.

Anna spent her entire life in the family’s Ever-ett home, graduating from Everett High School and working in the assessor’s office at Everett City Hall until her retirement.

Her greatest joy was enjoying time with her multi-generational family, whether it was at her sum-mer home in Falmouth or at various family members’ homes.

Anna was a devoted pa-rishioner of St. Anthony Church in Everett and an active participant in church life by volunteering with the CCD, a member of the Children of Mary, and other church related activities. In her quiet unassuming way,

Anna reached out and valiantly took care of her siblings and parents until their deaths and provided a

steadying presence during difficult times.

She is survived by her nephew, John Pulpi and his wife, Marlene of Melrose, her niece, Josephine Pul-pi Felice and her husband, Patrick of Saugus and by many grand and great-grand nieces and nephews.

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, all funeral ser-vices will be private. Do-nations in memory of Anna can be made to All are Hos-pice, 210 Market Street, Lynn, MA 01901. Arrange-ments by Salvatore Roc-co & Sons Funeral Home: www.roccofuneralhomes.com.

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Glendale Christian Lighthouse ChurchNews and Notes

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

Sunday 10:30 AM Wor-ship service.

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

Come join us in prayer every Friday at 6 am.

Saturday, 12-3, Wom-en’s Fellowship. Join our sisters in worship, fellow-ship and prayer.

“Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters,” Colos-sians 3:23

“In Pursuit of Spiritual Excellence”

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• Domingo 9:30 am Es-cuela Dominical de Adul-tos. (en inglés)

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• Domingo Servicio de alabanza y adoracion a las 4pm (Servicio en español)

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LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH

701 BROADWAYEVERETT,

MASSACHUSETTS 02149

617-387-7458Rev. Larry Russi, Sr.

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Our Parish Staff: Father Joseph Chacha Marwa, S.M.A. Administrator;

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

Secretary Barbara Can-non

Weekly Mass Schedule at Immaculate Conception is as follows:

Saturday (Sunday Vig-il) 4:00 p.m., Sunday 7:00 a.m., 9:00 a.m. (Family Mass), 11:00 a.m., and 5:30 p.m.

12:15 p.m. Spanish Community

4:00 p.m. Haitian Com-munity

Masses are being held in the Chapel.

Eucharistic Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament is held every Thursday from 7:45 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Chapel.

Each Thursdays’ adoration will conclude the Benedic-tion of the Most Blessed Sacrament at 6:30 p.m. All are invited to spend a few moments with Our Blessed Lord

Bring a Book-Buy a Book - We have a new Fundraiser Program in the back of the Church. It’s called Bring a Book-Buy a Book. All books are a dol-lar and any money collected will go towards our Stain Glass Fund. Brink a Book and Buy a Book and make a donation. Our selections are great and varied. Please stop by the table and see what we have. Thank you

Immaculate ConceptionParish489 BroadwayEverett, Mass 02149Phone 617-389-5660

Immaculate Conception ParishNews and Notes

Senior Pastor Bishop Robert G. Brown will be hosting Virtual Masses to bring the people together, spiritually while they can’t physically. Their virtual sanctuaries can be accessed

via their facebook page, “Zion Church Ministries.”

For more information, they can be reached online at zionchurchministries.com or via email at [email protected]

Zion Church - EverettNews and Notes

CHURCH News

Glendale United Methodist ChurchNews and Notes

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bread of Life Donations – This outreach is being done to honor the United Method-ist Women’s Group, who for so many years were our out-reach 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

[email protected]

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

Other times by appointment.

Grace Anglican Episcopal Church is open & welcoming to all.

There are 3 services on Sundays: 10am English, 1pm South Sudanese (Dinka) and 3pm Haitian Creole. We have Sunday school during the 1pm service in the Children’s Room. Coffee Hour starts after the 10am service in the Parish Hall (entrance on 11

Liberty St.)Come all and let us walk

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

Grace Anglican Episcopal Church67 Norwood Street,

Everett, MAChurch Phone

617-387-7526 or 617-389-5765 or

617-381-9367

Grace Episcopal ChurchNews and Notes

Mystic Side Congrega-tional Church is located in Everett, on Malden-Ev-erett border, at 422 Main Street. We offer a warm, inviting atmosphere, and all are welcome. Our Sun-day Church service starts at 10:30 a.m. and Commu-nion is offered on the first Sunday of each month. A very pleasant coffee hour

and socializing follow our services. Parking is avail-able in our lot next to the church on Wyllis Ave. (one way off Main Street). We look forward to welcoming you this Sunday.

Mystic Side Congregational Church

422 Main StreetEverett, MA

Mystic Side Congregational ChurchNews and Notes


Mom’s The Word Annual Mother’s Day Drawings

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