Around the city

The dead of winter

We are at that point in the winter of 2024 when there is as much cold facing us in the next two months as there was during the past two months.

The earth’s winter tilt is changing just a bit. The days are growing longer – but not by much and it remains very, very dark, very early in the morning and it continues to grow dark very early in the late afternoon.

So far, this has not been much of a winter. There has been very little snow in Greater Boston, no cold waves, no weather disasters. This continues a growing trend towards warmer winters.

The next two months could change all this – so we’ll have to wait and see what pans out.

Some of us have had enough winter already. Others are hoping for a major dumping of snow.

Relative living in Florida have reported extreme cold down their for the past month.

No one wins during winter.

Sal DiDomenico the Younger

The representative to the Everett School Committee was recently elected senior class president at Everett High School.

We know this young man. He is Senator Sal DiDomenico’s son, Sal.

He’s a smart, self-assured Everett kid with some ambition to be like his father and frankly, doing a pretty good job of it. His reports to the School Committee from meeting to meeting, as expected, keep to the news of the important goings on at the high school including sports and music and everything else.

Like his father, he stays away from controversy.

He just wants to do his job and to do it well.

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First major snow of year hardly major; the hype was bigger than the storm

Everett Memorial Stadium. Hallowed ground with a fresh cover of snow appearing absolutely pristine after the weekend storm. ((Photo by Joe Resnek)

By Josh Resnek

Everett took no time to return to normal following Sunday’s short but hearty snowfall.

About 3 inches of snow fell heavily in a few hours following a day of rain.

The fast moving storm did not disrupt transportation locally, and traffic moved along quite nicely on Sunday throughout the city.

News of the storm, did, however, cause a rush on grocery stores.

Market Basket in Chelsea was a madhouse – not quite to the degree it was before the Christmas Holiday when an estimated 2500 shoppers crowded into the sprawling grocery store.

McKinnon’s also managed a big day Saturday, with Everett residents stocking up on chicken, pork and better meats like sirloin, Angus and tenderloin.

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Everett Kiwanis Donates Hats, Gloves

Special to the Leader Herald

The Everett Kiwanis recently donated 480 hats and 480 sets of gloves to the students at the Webster School. The annual hat and glove donation is a Club tradition and is one example of the many ways the Everett Kiwanis gives back to the community.

Present to make the donation were Kiwanis President Fred Capone, Secretary Matt Alphen, Former Lt. Governor John Mat- tuchio, and member Antoine Coleman. Student representatives were also on hand: from grade 5 – Charlotte Carback, Bailey Estrada Escobar, and Cameron Ramirez, from grade 4 – Samuel Cardello and Declan Clinch, and from grade 3 – Kenneth Ferullo and Franklin David.

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Weekend deep freeze was like no other; everyone chilled to the bone

Sunday was 58 like nothing happened!
Monday and Tuesday we were back to normal

By Josh Resnek

Last Saturday when we awakened, the temperature in Everett was -8 below zero.

On Mount Washington in New Hampshire, a record -108 degrees was apparently noted by meteorologists working for the National Weather Service who follow such things.

A ride around Everett in the early morning revealed a usually vibrant place almost entirely deserted.

Broadway was empty.

The street looked frozen. Windows were iced. Smokestacks belched hot air from straining heating systems.

Main Street looked like a ghost town.

Everything about our lives seemed frozen in time.

Inside our homes nearly everyone turned their heat up only to find it did precious little to cut the cold permeating our homes.

It turned out to be an incredible weather event – an incredible 24 hours of the worst cold we have experienced in a short span in many decades.

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It has been a winter without snow or ice; even the temperature has been warmer

Finally a bit of snow in a winter season so far almost entirely without it. (Photo by Joe Resnek)

By Josh Resnek

Many Everett people we speak with recall the years of their youth as being colder with more snow than there is today.

If you are over 60 years old, then you know winters used to be more vicious than they are in recent years.

This year’s winter has been a bust if you prefer the cold to the heat and snow to rain.

Are winters growing warmer?

Yes they are, according to the National Weather Service.

Over the last century, annual air temperatures in the Northeast have been warming at an average rate of 0.5°F (nearly 0.26°C) per decade since 1970. Winter temperatures have been rising at a faster rate of 1.3°F (0.7°C) per decade on average.

Long range forecasters had been predicting that winter temperatures would be below no mal, while precipitation and snowfall will be above normal.

In both cases, the forecasters have failed miserably.

December was extremely warm and January started the same way.

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