Like many thousands of Everett residents, we know the Matewsky Family very well.
They are all very nice people — generous and caring about others.
Right now, they are suffering the loss of their beloved brother and son, Anthony Matewsky.
Mr. Matewsky died last week at the age of 68.
Continue reading “Our condolences to the Matewsky family”Without more direct aid from the Federal government to Americans in the form of a second stimulus, many, many local residents and homeowners are going to lose their properties.
They’ve already lost their jobs and their unemployment benefits which run out in another month.
Without further federal aid, the future is looking dismal for this city’s most needy residents, and for the city itself. For those who were employed in the cleaning industry and at restaurants, there are very few opportunities for a new job.
Many, many families are running low on funds.
The lines for free food are longer than they were during the complete shutdown of the economy – another bad sign of things to come.
There is no easy way to highlight just how serious a moment we are at.
The Encore Boston Harbor Hotel and Casino has laid off more than 4,000 employees.
Continue reading “What happens next without a stimulus”The mayor has shown common political sense in removing his name – temporarily – from consideration for a voting membership on the School Committee.
The mayor is now facing three major fronts.
Call them cracks in the dam. Call them what you will.
The genie is out of the bottle for him with regard to serious racial issues being raised by Councilor at Large Gerly Adrien, the Boston Globe, the Leader Herald, and the fair-minded people of this city.
The mayor’s failure to comment on the City Council’s poor behavior two weeks ago, haranguing Adrien and urging her to resign, has not been resolved.
The racial overtones permeating and bandied about at that meeting, and at others, was embarrassing even by Everett City Council standards.
That the video of the hearing was erased, stolen, or ruined is another matter for a closer look at the Administration.
Continue reading “The mayor retreats in the face of withering fire”
By JOSH RESNEK
The November 16 date when the Everett Public Schools were supposed to open for in- class learning has come and gone.
Online attendance is at a steady 90% of what it should be every day with approximately 5,000 Everett Public School students studying and attending classes online.
The lowest brackets of attendance are also declining.
The rise in COVID-19 infections and positive cases among all age groups in Everett forced the hand of Superintendent of Schools Priya Tahiliani, according to exhaustive comments she made during Monday evening’s School Committee ZOOM meeting.
“We do not believe the state’s new COVID reporting practices should govern our decisions solely,” she said of the November 16 opening day having passed.
“We are resisting the temptation to bring back students in very large numbers at this time.
She insisted she believed this was the right thing to do given the circumstances.
Continue reading “Online only classes remain as city virus positive rate hits 7%”By JOSH RESNEK
There was an extraordinary exchange at the School Committee meeting Monday night between the Chair of the SC Thomas Abruzzese, Superintendent Priya Tahiliani, and the mayor.
The mayor was attempting to do his two-step dance which has people repeating themselves a second and third time after already explaining themselves about the money he removed from the schools and is now making the schools beg for as though he might not return it.
The mayor’s effort was entirely to put off returning the funding to the schools as required.
“This is taxpayer money. We must be very careful about itemizing what is being spent,” he said to Tahiliani.
“We already itemized what we are spending. We have talked about this for months,” she replied, exasperated at the bumbling, unprofessional conduct of the mayor.
When does this posturing end, she seemed to ask the mayor?
The mayor pleaded for the city’s CFO Eric Demas to be allowed to explain the matter.
Continue reading “EPS superintendent, chairman stand up to City Hall meddling”