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By Seth Daniel The Wynn Resorts compa- ny has agreed to a discipline complaint and settlement with the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) in regard to its failures to act on matters of alleged sexual misconduct by former CEO Steve Wynn. The agreement was first re- ported in the Wall Street Jour- nal on Tuesday morning. While the action levied a large, still unspecified, finan- cial penalty, it also indicated it would not seek to revoke or limit any of the company’s licenses to operate casinos in Las Vegas. That was some- thing seen as a positive for the company in regard to the local Encore Boston Harbor casino slated to open in June. Though the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) has had a parallel investiga- tion on the matter, Nevada was the first regulatory agen- cy to reveal its report and take action on the sexual miscon- duct allegations. It was also the first time the Wynn com- pany has publicly acknowl- edged that high-level exec- utive turned a “blind eye” to alleged misdeeds by Steve Wynn. That included, within the NGCB complaint, the alle- gations by a manicurist that she was raped by Steve Wynn and impregnated, something she is said in the complaint to have told several high-level managers, with none taking any action. Two other com- plaints of harassment or al- leged forced sexual conduct are also detailed from two other women in the com- plaint. Elaine Driscoll of the MGC said they are looking at the conclusions in Nevada. The MGC has completed its investigation into the matter, but has been barred legally by Steve Wynn from disclosing that investigation publicly. That case is still pending in a Nevada court. Published by the Independent Newspaper Co. 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BUDDY BENCH EARNS BRONZE See WYNN Page 3 See SEWAGE Page 2 Evelyn Gayhart has earned her Bronze Award, the highest award a Girl Scout can earn at her age. Her project required 25 hours of peer ed- ucation and fundraising to create a sustainable result. She created an inclusion presentation, visited classrooms at her school to facilitate conversations, and coordinated with school and city officials to have the bench installed. She also shared her project with friends and family in order to raise the funds to purchase the bench. The idea of a Buddy Bench is to eliminate loneliness and foster friendship by spreading the message of inclusion and kind- ness. Gayhart’s Buddy Bench is now in use at the Lafayette School. PHOTO BY KATY ROGERS Alex Antonowich showed off his collection from his dad’s company, Light of Day Records, which sold classic vinyl records at the Night Shift Mid-Century Mixer 1960s event last Saturday evening, Jan. 26, in the Everett brewery. From vinyl to old movies to beers patterned after classic `60s cock- tails, it was a night to go back in time. See Page 6 for more photos. MID-CENTURY MIXER By Seth Daniel A slate of City Councilors continues to be concerned about the culture among em- ployees at the Wellness Cen- ter, blocking a move to take the concerns to a private, ex- ecutive session, and instead, bringing them to bear public- ly. Two matters were on the agenda at Monday’s Council meeting, including a matter to bring Omar Easy – director of the City’s Office of Orga- nizational Assessment – to the Council in two weeks. The Wellness Center has become a troubled department over the last eight months due to personality issues between employees and supervisors. There was one documented complaint between two wom- en that was resolved last sum- mer with mediation – though erroneous reports have said that was resolved recently with large cash payments. However, that doesn’t seem to be the end of the problems. More troubles have sur- faced with other employees al- legedly in the last few weeks, though no one knows what is truth and what is fiction in the matter. That’s where the Council hopes to step in. “I have serious concerns about this particular Depart- ment as a whole,” said Coun- cilor Michael McLaughlin. “I have gotten numerous phone calls with questions regarding the activities going on at the Center. Some may want to say it’s fake news, or throw up as much smoking mirrors as pos- sible. The facts are the facts, and I believe that we as the City Council must stand up and ensure that this taxpayer funding is spent properly and effectively on employees and programs that are for the best interests of the people of this community and not for friend- ships. I fully plan on working By Seth Daniel It was a flow of raw sewage that couldn’t be stopped, and when it had all settled, more than 2,000 gallons of it was in Rosemarie Payle’s basement. The Duncan Road resident this week said she has grap- pled with a messy and horri- ble situation all throughout the past week, starting last Thursday when a sewage pipe backed up into her home. “This was a haz-mat situa- tion that demanded attention,” she said. “There was not any protocol to handle this kind of situation. My issue is there was no person to give me a hand. It was a bio-hazard. It was a series of unfortunate events. No one made this hap- pen, but no one was trained or prepared to handle it either. My main point in all this is someone should have been ready to call a professional or a haz-mat team right when it happened. That isn’t what they did.” Around 7 p.m. on Thurs- day, Jan. 24, Payle – who lives with her infirm, 75-year old mother – noticed a back- up in her home. She called the Housing Authority, which is the landlord there, to come and unclog the pipe as they often do. However, this time was no normal circumstance. At this point, it appears there was a broken sewage pipe further up the road that Chinese delegation visits Everett Special to the Independent Educators from the city of Maoming, in the Guangdong Province of China, visited the Everett Public Schools (EPS) last week as part of a mutually beneficial exchange showcas- ing the multiple facets of the district’s students, curriculum, and programs. The delegation toured the Webster School and the Webster School Extension on Tuesday, and Everett High School (EHS) on Wednesday as part of a productive two- day visit to the city. This mark the second consecutive year that educators from Maoming visited Everett during an ex- tensive professional develop- ment journey to the United States. “It’s an honor to meet leaders from other parts of the globe,” said Mayor Car- lo DeMaria. “These kinds of interactions are always valu- able for the hosts as well as the guests, and I commend the School Department for organizing this successful ex- change.” The mayor was especially proud to showcase the new, state-certified Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs that are now be- ing offered to EHS students, including building construc- tion and machine technolo- gy. “Creating the space, and securing the funding, for the CTE curriculum at the high school required tremendous effort from a lot of people,” the mayor said. “The pro- grams and technology now available to our students are Wynn Resorts admits fault Company fined, but won’t lose licenses Council concerned about employee culture at the Wellness Center More than 2K gallons of raw sewage empty into woman’s apartment had built up pressure. When the Housing Authority con- tractor Wayne’s Drains un- screwed the cap to unclog the pipe, the pressure over- whelmed him and raw sewage poured into Payle’s basement. “He unscrewed it and the pressure just pushed it up,” said Payle. “He said, ‘Oh no, oh no.’ I said, ‘Oh my God,’ and went and tried to grab some things. Then we both ran out of there. In seven minutes I had 2,000 gallons of sewage in my basement. It was 10 inches deep, with fe- ces and toilet paper, too.” Housing Authority Director Steve Kergo said the situation has resolved itself now, and he said the tenant was pleased as things stand now. They were able to call ServiceMaster later after problems contin- ued through the weekend, he said. Initially, crews from the Housing Authority attempted to clean up the backup, which he said is a normal first pro- tocol. “We manager 670 units and we’re prepared and trained,” he said. “We’re not going to immediately move to bring in a company because we have limited funding. We do what we have to do.” Kergo said he believed the original response was ade- quate because he hadn’t heard any complaints. However, lat- er, he said it was on television and it came to his attention that the issue had not been re- See DELEGATION Page 2 See WELLNESS CENTER Page 3
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By Seth Daniel
The Wynn Resorts compa-ny has agreed to a discipline complaint and settlement with the Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) in regard to its failures to act on matters of alleged sexual misconduct by former CEO Steve Wynn.
The agreement was first re-ported in the Wall Street Jour-nal on Tuesday morning.
While the action levied a large, still unspecified, finan-cial penalty, it also indicated it would not seek to revoke or limit any of the company’s licenses to operate casinos in Las Vegas. That was some-thing seen as a positive for the company in regard to the local Encore Boston Harbor casino slated to open in June.
Though the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) has had a parallel investiga-tion on the matter, Nevada was the first regulatory agen-cy to reveal its report and take action on the sexual miscon-duct allegations. It was also
the first time the Wynn com-pany has publicly acknowl-edged that high-level exec-utive turned a “blind eye” to alleged misdeeds by Steve Wynn.
That included, within the NGCB complaint, the alle-gations by a manicurist that she was raped by Steve Wynn and impregnated, something she is said in the complaint to have told several high-level managers, with none taking any action. Two other com-plaints of harassment or al-leged forced sexual conduct are also detailed from two other women in the com-plaint.
Elaine Driscoll of the MGC said they are looking at the conclusions in Nevada. The MGC has completed its investigation into the matter, but has been barred legally by Steve Wynn from disclosing that investigation publicly. That case is still pending in a Nevada court.
Published by the Independent Newspaper Co.
Wednesday, January 30, 2019
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See WYNN Page 3
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Evelyn Gayhart has earned her Bronze Award, the highest award a Girl Scout can earn at her age. Her project required 25 hours of peer ed-ucation and fundraising to create a sustainable result. She created an inclusion presentation, visited classrooms at her school to facilitate conversations, and coordinated with school and city officials to have the bench installed. She also shared her project with friends and family in order to raise the funds to purchase the bench. The idea of a Buddy Bench is to eliminate loneliness and foster friendship by spreading the message of inclusion and kind-ness. Gayhart’s Buddy Bench is now in use at the Lafayette School.
PHoTo By KATy RoGERS
Alex Antonowich showed off his collection from his dad’s company, Light of Day Records, which sold classic vinyl records at the Night Shift Mid-Century Mixer 1960s event last Saturday evening, Jan. 26, in the Everett brewery. From vinyl to old movies to beers patterned after classic `60s cock-tails, it was a night to go back in time. See Page 6 for more photos.
Mid-century Mixer
By Seth Daniel
A slate of City Councilors continues to be concerned about the culture among em-ployees at the Wellness Cen-ter, blocking a move to take the concerns to a private, ex-ecutive session, and instead, bringing them to bear public-ly.
Two matters were on the agenda at Monday’s Council meeting, including a matter to bring Omar Easy – director of the City’s Office of Orga-nizational Assessment – to the Council in two weeks.
The Wellness Center has become a troubled department over the last eight months due to personality issues between employees and supervisors. There was one documented complaint between two wom-en that was resolved last sum-mer with mediation – though erroneous reports have said that was resolved recently with large cash payments.
However, that doesn’t seem
to be the end of the problems. More troubles have sur-
faced with other employees al-legedly in the last few weeks, though no one knows what is truth and what is fiction in the matter.
That’s where the Council hopes to step in.
“I have serious concerns about this particular Depart-ment as a whole,” said Coun-cilor Michael McLaughlin. “I have gotten numerous phone calls with questions regarding the activities going on at the Center. Some may want to say it’s fake news, or throw up as much smoking mirrors as pos-sible. The facts are the facts, and I believe that we as the City Council must stand up and ensure that this taxpayer funding is spent properly and effectively on employees and programs that are for the best interests of the people of this community and not for friend-ships. I fully plan on working
By Seth Daniel
It was a flow of raw sewage that couldn’t be stopped, and when it had all settled, more than 2,000 gallons of it was in Rosemarie Payle’s basement.
The Duncan Road resident this week said she has grap-pled with a messy and horri-ble situation all throughout the past week, starting last Thursday when a sewage pipe backed up into her home.
“This was a haz-mat situa-
tion that demanded attention,” she said. “There was not any protocol to handle this kind of situation. My issue is there was no person to give me a hand. It was a bio-hazard. It was a series of unfortunate events. No one made this hap-pen, but no one was trained or prepared to handle it either. My main point in all this is someone should have been ready to call a professional or a haz-mat team right when it happened. That isn’t what
they did.”Around 7 p.m. on Thurs-
day, Jan. 24, Payle – who lives with her infirm, 75-year old mother – noticed a back-up in her home. She called the Housing Authority, which is the landlord there, to come and unclog the pipe as they often do.
However, this time was no normal circumstance.
At this point, it appears there was a broken sewage pipe further up the road that
Chinese delegation visits Everett
Special to the Independent
Educators from the city of Maoming, in the Guangdong Province of China, visited the Everett Public Schools (EPS) last week as part of a mutually beneficial exchange showcas-ing the multiple facets of the district’s students, curriculum, and programs.
The delegation toured the Webster School and the Webster School Extension on Tuesday, and Everett High School (EHS) on Wednesday as part of a productive two-day visit to the city. This mark the second consecutive year that educators from Maoming visited Everett during an ex-tensive professional develop-ment journey to the United States.
“It’s an honor to meet leaders from other parts of the globe,” said Mayor Car-lo DeMaria. “These kinds of interactions are always valu-able for the hosts as well as the guests, and I commend the School Department for organizing this successful ex-change.”
The mayor was especially proud to showcase the new, state-certified Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs that are now be-ing offered to EHS students, including building construc-tion and machine technolo-gy. “Creating the space, and securing the funding, for the CTE curriculum at the high school required tremendous effort from a lot of people,” the mayor said. “The pro-grams and technology now available to our students are
Wynn Resorts admits faultCompany fined, but won’t lose licenses
Council concerned about employee culture at the Wellness Center
More than 2K gallons of raw sewage empty into woman’s apartmenthad built up pressure. When the Housing Authority con-tractor Wayne’s Drains un-screwed the cap to unclog the pipe, the pressure over-whelmed him and raw sewage poured into Payle’s basement.
“He unscrewed it and the pressure just pushed it up,” said Payle. “He said, ‘Oh no, oh no.’ I said, ‘Oh my God,’ and went and tried to grab some things. Then we both ran out of there. In seven minutes I had 2,000 gallons of sewage in my basement. It was 10 inches deep, with fe-ces and toilet paper, too.”
Housing Authority Director Steve Kergo said the situation has resolved itself now, and he said the tenant was pleased as things stand now. They were able to call ServiceMaster later after problems contin-ued through the weekend, he said. Initially, crews from the Housing Authority attempted to clean up the backup, which he said is a normal first pro-tocol.
“We manager 670 units and we’re prepared and trained,” he said. “We’re not going to immediately move to bring in a company because we have limited funding. We do what we have to do.”
Kergo said he believed the original response was ade-quate because he hadn’t heard any complaints. However, lat-er, he said it was on television and it came to his attention that the issue had not been re-
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See WELLNESS CENTER Page 3
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Rep. Joe McGonagle this week announced the filing of seven new bills he has spon-sored for the 191st General Court of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
Among some of the new bills are HD. 2907, An Act relative to seat belts on school buses, HD. 2909, An Act relative to the disability or death caused by post-trau-matic stress disorder (PTSD), HD. 2912, An Act relative to Environmental Justice com-munities, HD. 2913, An Act relative to Opportunity Zones in Gateway Cities, and HD. 3066, An Act to further pro-tect low-income tenants fol-lowing termination of afford-ability restrictions. Highlights include:
•Protecting student safe-ty. HD. 2907 would require all school buses transporting students to or from a public, vocational, private or parochi-al school to be equipped with a seatbelt for each permanent seat, ensuring the safety of each student.
•Supporting our first re-sponders. HD. 2909 looks to recognize disabilities or death caused by PTSD as an on-the-job injury that can be sustained in the line of duty by firefighters, police officers and other emergency services personnel, allowing for those affected to receive proper treatment and benefits.
•Promoting environmen-tal justice. HD. 2912 seeks to prioritize the funding of envi-ronmental projects in commu-nities designated as “Environ-mental Justice Communities” that may benefit the most from funding opportunities.
•Assisting Gateway Cities. HD. 2913 would give Gate-way Cities prioritized access to any technical assistance to market or promote Opportu-nity Zones, (areas in which individuals can gain favorable tax treatment on their capi-tal gains), by investing those funds into economic activities in the area.
•Preserving housing af-fordability. HD. 3066 would extend the time period during which low-income tenants in
housing developments with expiring affordability restric-tions receive protection from dramatic rent increases.
“First, I want to sincerely thank the people of Everett for re-electing me to a third term as your State Representative- it is a true honor to serve you,” said Rep. McGonagle. “After meeting with Mayor DeMaria and my constituents and lis-tening to their concerns, I am proud to announce that I have filed seven pieces of legisla-tion this session that will di-rectly benefit the people and the City of Everett. These pieces of legislation aim to protect our environment, help low-income tenants, create more economic development in Gateway cities like Everett and support firefighters and their families. If you have any feedback or input, I would love to hear directly from you. Please do not hesitate to con-tact me,” McGonagle said. “I look forward to working hard on these issues, and many oth-ers, over the course of this leg-islative session.”
Rep. McGonagle announces sponsored bills filed in the 191st General Court something we should all be
proud of.” At the Webster Extension,
the delegation learned about Everett’s free pre-school program and other early ed-ucation and special educa-tion initiatives. Head Teacher Michelle Bosco led a tour of classrooms for 3- and 4-year-olds, as well as space dedicat-ed to occupational therapy, speech therapy, and guidance counseling.
Principal Denise Hanlon led the visit to the Webster School. She talked about how “kindness” is the school’s guiding principle, and she answered a wide range of questions from the enthusi-astic visitors. During the tour of classrooms, the teachers from China expressed spe-cial interest in Project Read, a language arts program that accommodates a diverse ar-ray of learning profiles, and Classdojo, a comprehensive web application that allows teachers to easily communi-cate with parents and families.
On Wednesday, Everett High Principal Erick Nau-mann hosted the educators for a full morning of activ-ities. First, they gathered in the Crimson Café, where they were treated to a breakfast prepared by the Culinary Arts Department. Mr. Naumann talked about the demograph-ics of EHS, CTE program-ming, and the school’s new Academy and Pathway mod-el. Afterwards, the educators
received a tour of the high school, and had the chance to interact with students and teachers during a typical day at EHS.
Everyone had ample oppor-tunity to ask questions and ex-change thoughts, as the flow of information was expertly translated and interpreted by Jany Murphy.
The visitors showed their gratitude by presenting EPS administrators with a variety of beautiful and original gifts from China.
“I was very impressed with their energy, their interest in our schools and students, and their insights,” said Interim Superintendent Janice Gauth-
ier. The delegation was also in
New York and Connecticut, where they visited secondary schools, as well as Colum-bia and Yale universities. In Greater Boston, they visited Harvard and MIT. “Obvi-ously, Greater Boston has no shortage of great education-al institutions, so it’s quite an honor that our colleagues from Maoming once again in-cluded Everett on their itiner-ary,” said Mr. Naumann.
The EPS would like to ex-tend special thanks to retired Everett teacher Bob Constan-tine, who helped coordinate the visit to Everett in 2018 and again last week.
solved.He also said they have han-
dled these kinds of incidents many times, but maybe not on this scale. He said there is a definite protocol to the situa-tion that was followed.
“Had we known there was still an issue, we would have been right out there again,” he said. “I heard it was on televi-sion and a councilor reached out to me as well.”
Councilor Michael Mc-Laughlin said he reached out to Payle as he knows her, and was able to help get attention to the matter as well.
“I reached out to the family to see how I could be helpful or offer a helping hand,” he said. “I am very pleased with the response of the Everett Housing Authority once again stepping up to help fix this issue and help this family. I strongly believe the city needs to step forward and help put this family’s mind at peace by taking responsibility for this back up. It is a unfortunate situation that occurred, but we need to make it right for the Payle family.”
Payle said much of the things she lost in the basement – things covered in raw sew-age – were not salvageable. On top of that, their value was mostly sentimental and things that couldn’t be replaced.
“My mother had a cedar hope chest down there that’s been in the family for gener-ations,” she said. “It’s ruined.
That cannot be replaced.”She said she thanked Mc-
Laughlin, who was the only City official to reach out she said.
“He represents Ward 6 and I live in Ward 3,” she said. “Do the math. I didn’t get a call from the mayor or any-one.”
For Payle, the bottom line is she doesn’t feel the City is prepared for large problems on off hours.
“I love the City of Everett, but when it’s a Friday and a municipal building is closed, there is no place to turn,” she said. “We had an emergency here and what do you do in that case? There should be a hotline, and they should know who to reach out to. It seemed to me like people were unpre-pared or not trained to deal with this kind of messy situ-ation.”
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Interim Superintendent Janice Gauthier accepts just some of the gifts the educators from China graciously presented to EPS officials during their visit to the city.
Educators from Maoming, in the Guangdong Province of China, are shown with Everett Public School administrators during their visit to the Webster School Extension.
Educators from Maoming, in the Guangdong Province of China, are shown with Everett Public School administrators during their visit to Everett High School.
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The Massachusetts State 9-1-1 Department is pleased to announce that Text to 911is now available throughout the Commonwealth. All Mas-sachusetts 9-1-1 call centers now have ability to receive a text message through their 9-1-1 system. The Baker-Poli-to Administration has support-ed making these system en-hancements since 2015.
Text to 9-1-1 allows those in need of emergency services to use their cellular device to contact 9-1-1 when they are unable to place a voice call.
“This is a significant im-provement to our 9-1-1 sys-tem that will save lives,” said Public Safety and Security Secretary Tom Turco. “By giving those requiring emer-gency services this option we are greatly expanding the ability of first responders to provide critical assistance to those in need.”
To contact emergency ser-vices by text message, simply enter 9-1-1 in the “To” field of your mobile device and then type your message into the message field. It is the same process that is used for send-ing a regular text message from your mobile device. It is important to make every ef-fort to begin the text message indicating the town you are in and provide the best location information that you can.
“Having the ability to con-tact a 9-1-1 call center by text could help those being held against their will or victims of domestic violence unable to make a voice call,” said Frank Pozniak, Executive Director of the State 9-1-1 Department. “Text to 9-1-1 also provides direct access to
9-1-1 emergency services for the deaf, hard of hearing and speech-impaired, which is a service that these communi-ties did not have access to un-til now.”
It is important to note that the 9-1-1 call center may not always have your exact loca-tion when they receive your text. For this reason, when sending a Text to 9-1-1 it is
important to make every ef-fort to begin the text message indicating the town you are in and provide the best location information that you can.
The State 9-1-1 Department encourages citizens to Text to 9-1-1 only when a voice call is not possible.
Remember: “Call if you can, text if you can’t.”
Text 9-1-1 service now available in Massachusetts
A surprise 100th birthday party was held for lifelong Everett resident Lorraine Callinan Sunday, Jan. 20, at her home in the Whitney-Lorenti House. Despite severe weather that was below zero with ice and snow, more than 60 family members, friends and neighbors came to honor her. Lor-raine is well known for her kindness and compassion over the years and also for her award-win-ning Everett cable show, ‘Older But Wiser.’ She was the host of the show. The event was catered by Sal Sacro and a great cake from Spinelli’s was presented. Councilor Wayne Matewsky was hon-ored to present an official proclamation from the City Council and the Mayor to Lorraine. It was a happy birthday for a wonderful Everett woman.
“The MGC is closely re-viewing the investigative con-clusions issued by the Nevada Gaming Control Board,” said Driscoll “We are committed to and actively engaged in re-solving the litigation in Neva-da. We remain eager to pres-ent our investigatory findings publicly as soon as possible.”
Wynn Resorts, in a state-ment after the release of the materials, said it had made numerous changes since the first reports of sexual miscon-duct surfaced in a Wall Street Journal report one year ago. It also said in agreeing to the settlement that if fell short in protecting employees.
“The completion of the NGCB’s investigation of the response of certain employ-ees to allegations against our founder and previous CEO Steve Wynn is an important remedial step,” read the state-ment. “We have fully cooper-ated and been transparent with the Board in this in-depth in-vestigation. We look forward to appearing before the Ne-vada Gaming Commission to review the settlement and es-tablish the final resolution of the investigation.
“Upon learning of the ex-tent of the allegations, the new leadership of Wynn Re-sorts took immediate actions to ensure an open and safe work environment for all em-ployees and made dramatic changes at every level of key decision-making in the Com-pany,” it continued. “As an example, any employee men-tioned in the NGCB report who was aware of allegations of sexual assault against the company’s former chairman and did not investigate or re-port it is no longer with the company.”
The statement also said the company had gone through a rigorous self-examination
over the last year – which in-cluded its own independent investigation and changes at all levels of the organization.
Philip G. Satre, Chairman of the Board of Wynn Resorts, said he has been impressed with the movement of the company on the issue since he come on last August.
“In my extensive experi-ence working in the highly regulated gaming industry I have never seen a company take action that was as swift and comprehensive as the executive team at Wynn Re-sorts,” he said. “Much of that occurred before I joined the Board in August 2018, how-ever I believe our board’s follow-up and reaction to the regulatory investigations has been just as thorough and de-cisive.”
Many locally had won-dered if current CEO Matt Maddox might be implicated in any of the investigations, but he wasn’t named in the NGCB complaint as someone who ignored complaints about Steve Wynn. Those who were named are no longer with the company, and include Marc Schorr (former COO), Doreen Whennen (former VP of hotel operations), Arte Nathan (for-mer human resources direc-tor). Others that are alleged to have ignored complaints were Stacie Michaels (former gen-eral counsel), Kevin Tourek (former general counsel), Kim Sinatra (former general coun-sel) and Maurice Wooden (former Las Vegas president).
The NGCB investigation was based on numerous taped interviews over the past year, much like that of the MGC in-vestigation.
One of the top changes the company pointed to in bringing about quick change was appointing Maddox as the new CEO and executing
a separation agreement with Steve Wynn – all only months after the allegations were made public in the newspaper.
Other changes detailed by the company included:
•Commenced a robust Board refreshment process and, as of today, the median tenure of our eight indepen-dent directors is now less than two years. In April 2018, the Board elected three new fe-male directors, resulting in a Board that is now nearly 50 percent women. In August 2018, the Board elected Philip G. Satre as Vice Chairman and Richard Byrne as a Director. In November 2018, Mr. Satre succeeded D. Boone Wayson as Chairman.
•Any employee who was aware of allegations of sexu-al assault against Steve Wynn and did not investigate or re-port it is no longer with the company.
•Appointed Rose Hud-dleston, a seasoned human resources executive, to the newly created corporate posi-tion of Senior Vice President of Human Resources-North America.
•Refocused efforts on the company’s workplace culture by making it a priority for the company’s new Human Re-sources leadership.
•Launched enhanced Work-place Compliance and Pre-vention of Sexual Harassment training for all employees, designed and delivered by a third-party expert.
•Launched a new Paid Pa-rental Leave program that provides six weeks of paid time off to new parents.
•Launched a new annual Wynn Employee Foundation scholarship program, which has awarded ten $7,500 col-lege scholarships to employ-ees and their dependents. to overturn each stone and
uncover any and all activities that are not to the fullest best interest of the employees and residents in Everett.”
Joining McLaughlin in wanting some answers on the Wellness Center were Coun-cilors Fred Capone, Peter Na-politano and Wayne Matews-ky.
Easy, who apparently did visit the Center recently to find out if there were issues, is scheduled to come before the Council. However, the admin-istration said he would likely be very limited in what he can
discuss.Cities and Towns are pro-
hibited from talking about personnel issues regarding its employees.
“These are personnel mat-ters and we’re not going to talk about personnel matters in a public forum,” said an ad-ministration spokesman.
The Wellness Center is un-der the supervision of Karen Avila, and she has overseen the facility since around 2015 when it opened.
Some councilors have said they are concerned that per-sonal friendships between the
mayor and high-ranking staff at the Center could be getting in the way of ensuring the Center is run pristinely.
“As I stated during the Council meeting, I am not a shield for any one person or business in the City of Ev-erett,” said McLaughlin. “I strongly believe we must leave personal friendships and any relationships at the front door when we, as leaders of this community, enter City Hall to work for the people.”
The matter would poten-tially be on the agenda for the Feb. 11 meeting.
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Thank You, BoB DeLeo
It’s hard to believe that it has been 10 years since Winthrop/Revere State Representative Bob DeLeo was elected the Speak-er of the House by his colleagues. (Yes, time flies.)
We wish to make note of the 10th anniversary of Speaker DeLeo’s ascension to that post because it was marked by two significant events that occurred in January, 2009.
First, Bob was chosen by his colleagues after a succession of House Speakers had been forced to resign because of various scandals, the last having been Sal DiMasi, who was indicted on corruption charges by federal prosecutors for which DiMasi eventually was convicted and sentenced to time in federal pris-on.
The second was that Bob assumed the Speakership amidst the greatest economic downturn to face not only Massachusetts, but the entire country (and the world) since the Great Depres-sion.
Needless to say, January of 2009 was a difficult period for anyone to become Speaker of the House, given the history of the House during the previous decade and the enormity of the challenges that the state was facing.
However, from the perspective of looking back over the past 10 years, it is fair to say that Bob DeLeo has been more respon-sible both for restoring the people’s faith in our legislature and for guiding our state through an incredibly-difficult fiscal
period than any other person in state government.Governors have come and gone, as have State Senate pres-
idents, but the one constant has been the steady hand of Bob DeLeo at the helm of the House of Representatives.
Not only has Bob DeLeo been the principal architect of a state budget process that has been both prudent and forward-looking, but he, more than any other person on Beacon Hill, has been able to bring together disparate groups and has worked with both the Senate and Republican administrations to create an at-mosphere of collegiality that is unparalleled in our nation today.
The achievements in our state over the past decade under the Speakership of Bob DeLeo are a testament to the ability of one person to have a profound effect upon the lives of the people he serves -- and Massachusetts unquestionably is a better place thanks to Bob DeLeo’s tenure as Speaker of the House for the past 10 years.
Nina Pesce Brooks is shown with Councilor Fred Capone, cousin Councilor Rosa DiFlorio, and nephew Tobey Choate at her 90th birthday party.
nina Pesce Brooks celebrates 90th birthday with family and friendsLife-long Everett resident
Nina Pesce Brooks recently celebrated her 90th birthday. More than 150 family mem-bers and friends were on hand for the momentous event held at Rosario’s restaurant in Sau-gus. The beloved matriarch of the Pesce family was over-joyed to be surrounded by many generations of her large
family. Nina is one of nine children born to Antonio and Catherine Albano Pesce and was married close to 50 years to the late Everett Police Offi-cer Frederick Brooks. Fellow parishioners and long time friends from her beloved Saint Anthony’s Church in Everett and Saint Joseph’s Church in Medford also joined in the
celebration. Nephews Ste-phen Pesce and Phillip Pesce spoke about their aunt’s mile-stone birthday and the team effort that went into planning the event. The birthday girl looked beautiful and sparkled as she welcomed her guests in the flower and picture filled hall. Everyone is looking for-ward to Nina’s 95th birthday.
State and local officials also sent their well wishes. Nina was presented with citations from Governor Charlie Baker, Lieutenant Governor Karyn Polito, Mayor Carlo DeMaria, the Everett City Council, State Senator Sal DiDomenico, and State Rep. Joseph McGona-gle.
Mayor Carlo DeMaria and the Office of the Parking Clerk would like to notify res-idents to obtain their residen-tial parking stickers.
Vehicle owners must visit the website everettparking.cityhallsystems.com/ and sub-mit an online application in order to receive their stickers. Please make sure any prior parking violations and excise tax must be fully paid prior to submitting an application. Once the online application is complete, stickers will then be mailed directly to the resident. A link to the parking sticker website will also be available on the City’s official website, cityofeverett.com as well as the City’s Facebook Page.
As a courtesy, stickers may still be obtained for FREE
until February 28th. Then, beginning March 1st, the $10, per sticker, fee will once again be reinstated.
Residents may apply for up to 4 stickers per online application. Information re-quired to complete the appli-cation include name, address (include floor number and apartment number, if ap-plies), license plate number, the name that appears on the registration, email and phone number. Please make sure any prior parking violations and excise tax must be fully paid prior to submitting an application. Once a resident has successfully submitted an application, they will receive an email notification of the order. Upon verification of their information, the resident
will then receive an additional email as confirmation that the order has been successfully processed. The parking stick-er will then be mailed to the resident.
To assist residents with the process, the Mayor’s Office of Constituent Services will be available to help navigate the online application.
The process for obtaining visitor placards will remain the same. Anyone wishing to request a visitor placard must do so in person at the Parking Clerk’s Office at City Hall. Visitor placards are required for any visitors of Everett residents who wish to park overnight on the streets of Ev-erett. Visitor placards cost $5 for a one-night pass, $10 for a 7-day pass, $15 for a 14-day
pass, $20 for a 21-day pass and $25 for a 30-day pass.
In order to obtain a visitor placard a resident must show proof of residency. Residen-cy can be established with a MA driver’s license, utility bill or lease. The license plate number of the visitor’s vehi-cle must be provided at time of request. The visitor plac-ard shall be displayed on the driver’s side of the dashboard, clearly visible through the windshield.
For questions regarding the residential parking sticker program or the online appli-cation, please contact Everett 311 or the Mayor’s Office of Constituent Service’s at 617-394-2270.
2019 residential parking stickers are now available
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AmericAn internAtionAl college Announces FAll 2018 DeAn’s list stuDents
American International College (AIC) in Springfield, MA has named 470 students to the Fall 2018 Dean’s List. Dean’s List students are full time students who have achieved a 3.3 to a 4.0 GPA.
Yasmeen Guerrier of Ev-erett, majoring in Health Sci-ence
Taina Lucien of Everett, majoring in Health Science
Founded in 1885, Amer-ican International College (AIC) is a private, co-educa-tional, doctoral granting insti-tution located in Springfield, Massachusetts, comprising the School of Business, Arts and Sciences, the School of Education, and the School of Health Sciences. AIC sup-ports and advances education, diversity, and opportunity for its students and the commu-nity.
lAscuolA Achieves nichols college DeAn’s list honors
James Lascuola, a Nichols College student from Ever-
ett, has achieved Dean’s List for the fall 2018 semester at Nichols College. Approxi-mately 600 Nichols students earned Dean’s List or Dean’s High Honors during the fall 2018 semester.
The Dean’s List recogniz-es students who achieve high grades during a single semes-ter. In order to be included in the Dean’s List, a student must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.2 for at least 12 credit-hours and receive no grade below a C+ during the semester. A student who earns a grade point aver-age of 3.6 or higher is award-ed Dean’s High Honors.
Within a supportive com-munity, Nichols College trans-forms today’s students into tomorrow’s leaders through a dynamic, career-focused business and professional education. Nichols students develop communication and critical thinking abilities, eth-ical and cultural perspectives, and teamwork skills that are required of leaders in a global economy.
nAmeD to DeAn’s list At Assumption
Assumption College has announced that 493 students have been named to the Col-lege’s Dean’s List for the fall 2018 semester. Local students
include:John McCormack of Ever-
ett, Class of 2019Steve Kinsey of Everett,
Class of 2020Students must achieve a
grade point average of 3.5 for a five-class, 15-credit se-mester to be included on the prestigious list, which is an-nounced at the completion of the fall and spring semesters.
“Each semester Assump-tion College recognizes the hard work and dedication of its students through the Dean’s List,” said Francesco C. Cesareo, Ph.D., president of Assumption College. “Stu-dents who have earned this high honor have demonstrated academic excellence and hard work, as well as committed themselves to the formation of their intellectual and academ-ic lives, an important aspect of the College’s mission.”
The Assumption College curriculum enables students to gain a depth and breadth of knowledge that leads to pro-fessional success and personal fulfillment. Students-whether studying on the Worcester, Massachusetts or Rome, Ita-ly campus-become engaged participants in Assumption’s classic liberal arts education and professional programs, exploring new ideas, mak-ing connections across dis-ciplines, and pushing them-
selves to achieve more than they ever thought possible. To prepare for the workforce, students learn cutting-edge theory and best practices, and develop excellent communi-cation and critical-analysis skills - quintessential skills of a liberal arts education - through classroom work, in-ternships, and involvement in extracurricular activities.
AnDerson nAmeD to Worcester polytechnic institute’s FAll 2018 DeAn’s list
Worcester Polytechnic In-stitute (WPI) has announced that Connor Anderson of Ev-erett, a member of the class of 2021 majoring in computer science and mathematical sci-ences, was named to the uni-versity’s Dean’s List for aca-demic excellence for the fall 2018 semester.
A total of 1,595 undergrad-uate students achieved the cri-teria required for WPI’s fall 2018 Dean’s List. The criteria for the WPI Dean’s List dif-fers from that of most other universities as WPI does not compute a grade point aver-age (GPA). Instead, WPI de-fines the Dean’s List by the amount of work completed at the A level in courses and
projects.“WPI’s academic programs
are rigorous and require a lev-el of independence beyond what is required in traditional courses. WPI students go be-yond the classroom to work on open-ended problems in and for communities around the world. The problems are important and the impact is real” said dean of undergradu-ate studies Arthur C. Heinrich-er. “Some of this nation’s best and brightest students come to WPI to study engineering and science and business and the humanities. Those named to the Dean’s List have excelled in all of their work, and we are exceptionally proud of these outstanding students.”
About Worcester Polytech-nic Institute
WPI, a global leader in project-based learning, is a distinctive, top-tier techno-logical university founded in 1865 on the principle that students learn most effec-tively by applying the theory learned in the classroom to the
practice of solving real-world problems. Recognized by the National Academy of Engi-neering with the 2016 Ber-nard M. Gordon Prize for In-novation in Engineering and Technology Education, WPI’s pioneering project-based cur-riculum engages undergrad-uates in solving important scientific, technological, and societal problems throughout their education and at more than 45 project centers around the world. WPI offers more than 50 bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degree programs across 14 academic depart-ments in science, engineering, technology, business, the so-cial sciences, and the human-ities and arts. Its faculty and students pursue groundbreak-ing research to meet ongoing challenges in health and bio-technology; robotics and the internet of things; advanced materials and manufacturing; cyber, data, and security sys-tems; learning science; and more. www.wpi.edu.
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Join Save the Harbor/Save the Bay on Sunday, March 10, for the Harpoon Shamrock Splash plunge and pledge fundraiser and beach party at the BCYF Curley Community Center at M Street Beach in South Boston.
Brave participants will splash into the clean, cold water to raise funds for Save the Harbor/Save the Bay and the Department of Conserva-tion and Recreation (DCR)’s Better Beaches Program. This program funds free events on the region’s beaches in Lynn, Nahant, Revere, Winthrop, East Boston, South Boston, Dorchester, Quincy and Hull.
Last year, more than 150 participants made the splash and raised more than $50,000 for the Better Beaches Pro-gram. The success of the Splash allowed Save the Har-bor and DCR to award Better Beaches grants to 36 commu-nity groups who held more than 150 free events on the region’s public beaches from Nahant to Nantasket.
In 2018 the Revere Beach Partnership and the Revere Recreation Department re-ceived Better Beaches grants totaling $17,500. Grants funded the Revere Beach Partnership’s Festival Series, including the International
Sand Sculpting Festival, and the Revere Beach Recreation Department’s Summer Pro-grams.
“For me, the beach season begins in March with a quick dip into the cool clean wa-ter of Boston Harbor on the cleanest urban beach in the country at the Harpoon Sham-rock Splash” said Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s Direc-tor of Strategy and Communi-cations Bruce Berman. “Clean water, cold beer, hot chowder and the chance to win great prizes while raising funds for a great cause with good friends. Sometimes, life truly is a beach.”
This year’s Harpoon Sham-rock Splash begins with reg-istration and check-in 11 a.m. and the signature splash at noon The day includes a cos-tume contest, awards ceremo-ny, and beach party. Partici-pants are encouraged to dress in their best shamrock attire.
Early registration is just $20, while same day regis-tration is $25, and includes a refreshing beer from Harpoon Brewery, hot chowder from the Daily Catch and refresh-ments on the beach. Those
who raise more than $250 will get a Harpoon pint glass, and those who raise more than $500 will receive Harpoon apparel.
“For 32 years, it has been important to the Employ-ee Owners of Harpoon to be a good neighbors,” said Harpoon Brewery President Charlie Storey, who has tak-en part in the event since the beginning. “That starts with our neighborhood, right here on Boston Harbor and on our public beaches. We’re hon-ored to support Save the Har-bor/Save the Bay and can’t wait to brave the cold water on March 10,— and to drink some great beers afterwards!”
There are plenty of chances to win round-trip flights from splash sponsor JetBlue as well. The top two fundraisers, the winners of the costume contest and the person who receives the most donations will each win a pair of round-trip tickets from JetBlue to any non-stop destination they fly to in the continental Unit-ed States from Logan Airport. All registered participants will be entered into a raffle for a pair of tickets as well. Those
that raise more than $500 will be entered into a separate elite raffle as well.
“At JetBlue, we’re proud to support the local causes and organizations our crewmem-bers and customers are most passionate about,” said Ronda McLeod, regional marketing manager, JetBlue. “With more than 3,000 crewmembers in Boston, we’re committed to the community and are thrilled to be a part of Save the Harbor/Save the Bay and the work they’re doing to the region’s public beaches.”
You can register for this
year’s Harpoon Shamrock Splash at www.shamrock-splash.org
About Save the Harbor/Save the Bay
As the region’s leading voice for clean water and con-tinued public investment in Boston Harbor, the region’s public beaches, and the Bos-ton Harbor Islands, Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s mis-sion is to restore and protect Boston Harbor, Massachusetts Bay and the marine environ-ment and share them with the public for everyone to enjoy.
Brave participants pictured at last year’s event.
take the plunge on march 10 at the harpoon shamrock splash
Andres Amador beach art at last year’s Sand Sculpting Festival.
The School Committee recognized Everett High School’s December Students of the Month at its most recent meeting. Standing, from left: Sandy Norvius (AP French), Duck Choute (math), Assistant Superintendent Kevin Shaw, and Marclyves Alexis (health). Seated, from left: Tacha Vixama (science), Rosario Alas Otero (art), Estefany Lemus (music), and Keara Farrell (English).
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Night Shift went back in time to the 1960s on Satur-day evening, Jan. 26, with a beer festival featuring food, vinyl records, a pop-up DJ and beers inspired by vintage cocktails.
Guests lined up to enjoy the social evening.
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Photos by bob MarraMedford’s Alex Velara
swished a shot from the left corner with four seconds left to vault the Mustangs to a stunning 58-57 win over Ev-erett Friday night, Jan. 25, at Everett High School.
The win assured surprising Medford (8-1 Northeastern Conference South, 9-2 over-all) a spot in the post-season tournament but shocked the 12th-ranked Crimson Tide (7-1 Northeastern North, 9-2 overall) in a game that seemed all Everett in the early going.
Nate Mehu’s six first quar-ter points helped push Everett to a 12-1 lead, but then the Mustangs started to kick. Val-era, who finished the night with 22 points to lead all scor-ers, got untracked with his
first of four three-pointers on the night, and Ryan Cafferky added six as the game roared to a 12-12 tie after the first period.
Everett rained threes in the second quarter as Jaden Ma-habir, Erick Thompson, Omar Quilter and John Manexant all hit from beyond the arc as Ev-erett moved to a 29-23 half-time lead. But things turned sour in the third period when Medford scored 10 straight points to move out to a 33-29 lead with 5:47 left in the third, led by Velara’s 13 third-quar-ter points.
The 10-point deficit pre-vailed and Everett trailed 47-37 with 5:48 left in the game, but then it was Everett’s turn for a 10-point run keyed by
Quilter (17 points on the night, 12 in the fourth quarter). Ev-erett tied the game, 47-47 with 3:31 left and regained the lead, 50-49 on a Quilter three. After a pair of Quilter free throws, Everett led 57-54 with 58 seconds left. But that was the end of the road for Ev-erett. Tenacious defense shut out the Crimson the rest of the way, and Velara’s last-second heroics accounted for the 58-57 final.
Everett looks to get back on the winning track when they host Swampscott Tuesday and Beverly Friday, then travel to Marblehead for a Tuesday night game. Tipoff for all three games is 7 p.m.
JEt sWEEP: omar Quilter gets a step and turns the corner on a Medford defender.
oUtta My Way: Paulo rodrigues sheds the defen-sive effort of Medford’s ryan Cafferky.
Not oN My tUrF: Everett’s Erick thompson puts a stop to a drive by Medford’s ryan Cafferky.
PoINts aND boarDs: omar Quilter, who scored 17 points to lead Everett’s scoring, attacked the boards, as well, here taking a rebound from Medford’s aidan berry. rIM ProtECtor: Nate Mehu denies Med-
ford’s Kester Dorestant.
oUr baLL: Nate Mehu (left) and Kevin ariste double up to secure a rebound from Med-ford’s tevin Cadet.
brEaKaWay: Jaden Mahabir (#1) and omar Quilter get the Everett break going.
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License commission works out the Logistics of marijuana shops
CHELSEA – The Licensing Commission has continued a hearing on special additional rules for marijuana establish-ments to its March meeting.
The commission opened the public hearing at its meet-ing on Thursday, Jan. 17.
While the hearing did not generate much controversy, commissioners did agree that they wanted more time to con-sider several issues, including language limiting where retail marijuana shops can be con-centrated, and the amount the city will charge for applica-tion fees.
“I’d like to see more re-search and see what nearby cities have done and what their challenges are,” said commission member Roseann Bongiovanni.
Currently, there are three applications in the works for retail marijuana shops in the city. The city will allow a maximum of four retail li-censes.
According to the proposed regulation, the Licensing Commission will not issue a license to anyone who has vi-olated Licensing Commission rules and regulations in the past five years. All licenses are subject to zoning approv-al and state Cannabis Control Commission approval.
The operating hours for re-tail shops will be limited to 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., and all signage will have to be approved by the city, according to City So-licitor Cheryl Watson Fisher.
“We are trying to be a lit-tle more restrictive now so we don’t have to clean up after the fact, like with liquor li-censes,” said Fisher.
The section of the proposed regulations that garnered the most discussion among com-mission members was one which would limit the con-centration of where retail mar-ijuana shops can be located.
Fisher noted that the lan-guage included in the draft regulations, limiting retail shops to one per voting dis-trict and not within 500 feet of another retail marijuana store, was not included by the legal department. She said it was included because it was a request made during a past
public hearing on marijuana regulations.
“We already have a very small area in Chelsea, and re-tail shops are already restrict-ed to three zones and can’t be within 500 feet of schools,” said Fisher. “It is already quite restrictive of where you can put a facility.”
The city will allow mari-juana establishments in the Industrial, Shopping Center, and Business Highway zone.
Licensing Commission Chairman Mark Rossi said he’d like the commission to have more discretion over where facilities can be locat-ed.
“Our job is to factor in the input from the community and the licensees,” said Rossi.
Much like it does with li-quor licenses, Rossi said the Licensing Commission will be getting input from the com-munity, police and fire depart-ments, and other city officials when it comes to making a fi-nal determination on issuing a marijuana license.
“This committee is unique-ly situated to make that deter-mination,” he said.
Commission member James Guido said he would like more information on lim-iting concentration in voting districts before making a final decision on the proposed reg-ulation.
Rossi also said he had ques-tions about the $5,000 appli-cation and annual renewal fee for marijuana establishments, stating he would like to see a higher number.
Rossi said the application fees and concentration of locations will be discussed when the hearing is continued at its March 7 meeting.
“This is a big issue that af-fects everyone,” he said.
•In other business, the Li-censing Commission adjusted its penalty for Rincon Latinos restaurant at 373 Washington Ave. In December, the com-mission suspended the restau-rant’s liquor license for eight days spread over four week-ends for repeated instances of exceeding its capacity.
Last week, the commission agreed to suspend the license for two weekends in Janu-ary, as well as for a five-day stretch during the week when a new handicap bathroom will be installed by the restaurant owners.
The new bathroom will
allow Rincons Latinos to in-crease its capacity from 17 to 28 people, according to John Dodge, the attorney represent-ing the owners.
citY not to pursue LegaL action
CHELSEA – City officials said they will not pursue legal action for the replacement of the turf field at Highland Park, this coming after the Record received information that the field was one of thousands in-stalled with defective materi-als nationwide.
City Solicitor Cheryl Fisher Watson said they haven’t had many complaints about the turf field until recently, and were not able to locate any warranties that would give them grounds to negotiate re-placement.
“We did a lot of research and found that the turf was installed in 2011 and our con-tractor at the time has con-firmed it was FieldTurf,” she said. “Our problem in Chelsea is the statute of limitations has run out since the installment and we have not been able to lay our hands on any war-ranties. The City did have the responsibility to maintain the field.”
City Manager Tom Am-brosino said they did com-plete a thorough investigation of their options, but found that they learned of the issue too late.
“The City Solicitor’s Office has completed what I consider a fairly thorough investigation of this issue,” he said. “The bottom line conclusion is that the Statute of Limitations has long since expired on any claims the City might have. Further, the field is getting close to the end of its natural life. Accordingly, even if we could pursue a claim, which we don’t believe we could, it would be hard for the City to distinguish between defective materials and natural wear and tear. For these reasons, we are not pursuing any legal action.”
Late last year, the Record learned through a source that the Chelsea field and several others in Boston were installed with defective materials. The materials had been provided to FieldTurf by a third party, and once it was learned by the company that the materials
were defective, they began to manufacture them in-house. However, many fields nation-wide had been installed prior to the revelation with the de-fective materials. Few, how-ever, knew of the problem in the Boston area until last fall.
karina hicks named new chamber executive assistant
EAST BOSTON - The East Boston Chamber of Com-merce recently announced that Karina Hicks has been hired as the Chamber’s new Executive Assistant.
Hicks, a native of Mexico City, Mexico, began her ca-reer working as an executive assistant for the Ministry of Interior in Mexico during the Chiapas Conflict. The conflict led to the Zapatista Uprising as well as tensions between the indigenous peoples and subsistence farmers in the Mexican state of Chiapas be-ginning in the 1990s.
“I was born and raised in Mexico City,” said Hicks. “I worked for the Ministry of Interior during a very difficult time in my country.”
The uprising lead to sev-eral armed conflicts between guerrilla groups and the gov-ernment. However, Hicks worked at the Ministry of In-terior as the government tried to negotiate peace between the government and Zapatistas.
She moved to Kentucky in 2005 to attend the University of Kentucky and work as an interpreter. She, her husband and their two children then moved to Brazil because her husband’s accounting firm re-located the family to the South American country.
“We then moved back to the U.S. in 2017,” said Hicks, whose family settled in Somerville. “I then worked for the Mexican Consulate in Boston for one year. It was a very interesting job. I had to do many different things from going out to meetings and events to being in charge of the Consulate’s press and media as well as social media. It was very interesting work because of the things I learned and the people I met.”
However, she left the con-sulate after the Consul Gener-al recalled to Mexico.
In Eastie, she began doing some work for a few months with Veronica Robles at Ro-bles’s Cultural Center.
“It was through that contact that I found about this job,” she said.
Hicks was hired by the Chamber and began working on Monday, Jan. 7.
“I like East Boston a lot and I’m just starting to meet all these wonderful people,” said Hicks. “I would like to con-tribute to achieving the goals of the Chamber and keep the businesses and people here in East Boston informed about the events and opportuni-
ties that can help economic growth in the neighborhood.”
One thing Hicks has already done is use her past experi-ence and social-media savvy to heightened the Chamber’s online presence.
“No one is mailing letters or receiving letters and typ-ing the information into com-puters anymore,” explained Hicks. “Everything is done through social media and ev-erything on social media is synced with people’s’ person-al devices. So if I send out a meeting notice or event all people have to do is click on it and it goes into their calendars on their phone or computers.”
With the housing and de-velopment boom in full swing here, Hicks would also like to see more big corporations, as well as smaller developers, get involved with the chamber and become members.
“There a lot of opportuni-ties for growth and I would like to see some of those larg-er corporations get involved,” she said. “I’d also like to get more information out there about how the Chamber can help your small business through networking.”
Chamber Vice President Jim Kearney said Hicks has filled a huge void that has been empty for almost two years.
“It’s amazing. Since the Chamber had the opportunity to hire Karina (Hicks) she has done more in five or six days than has been done in the past two years at the Chamber,” said Kearney. “There’s been a void and she has stepped up to the plate and has more than met my expectation. She’s shown initiatives, made exec-utive decisions that have been the correct decisions and we are lucky to have her.”
Kearney said right away Hicks updated the Cham-ber’s Facebook page, began a email campaign using Con-stant Contact software to keep members abreast of events and meetings and is working on overhauling the group’s website.
“We want her to be the face of the Chamber and reach out to all businesses, old and new, and begin selling the Cham-ber,” said Kearney. “However, in her first week she’s already hit the ground running and been doing just that.”
gaLa hopes to expand art scene
LYNN – A new organi-zation, GALA (Galleries at LynnArts), has begun in Lynn GALA is an arts based col-lective that is in the process of becoming a Collaborative Nonprofit Art Gallery located at 25 Exchange St.
GALA is the brainchild of Annette Sykes who saw the need and opportunity to ex-pand the art scene in Lynn, while providing a beautiful space for emerging and estab-lished artists to display and
sell their work. “We need to maintain the spirit of Lyn-nArts and the history of cre-ativity in this space. It is also time for artists to control their own message and to become an active part of the rise of Lynn.”
What started as an idea quickly became a movement. A talented and multifaceted group of people showed up for the first official meeting to discuss the formation and direction of GALA. Although arts and creative endeavors fuel and formed the base of the collective, it has been the varied backgrounds that has allowed GALA to establish itself so quickly. GALA has brought together people from backgrounds as diverse as marketing, education, graphic design, and business manage-ment.
Lynn has always had strong ties to the arts and GALA is looking to support and further that history. The Lynn Beach Painters and more recently public arts projects brought to the city by Beyond Walls have shown that Lynn is the perfect place for creatives and a cre-ative economy.
The LynnArts building has been a meeting place and ex-hibition space in Lynn for de-cades and in 2014 Lynn Mu-seum and LynnArts merged. GALA is a logical extension of this relationship. Artists are taking the reins and using the foundation provided by the Museum to shape the the fu-ture of LynnArts and support the creatives of Lynn.
GALA will be offering ro-tating art exhibits in the Main Gallery at LynnArts, as well the smaller Community Gal-lery. Programming such as the popular life drawing series will continue to be offered, as well as added curriculum and events. The space will also be available for special event rentals opening up this artistic space for parties, and meet-ings.
Anyone interested in get-ting involved as a sponsor, artist, member of the press, or volunteer should contact GALA at [email protected]. For more information, please visit www.galleriesatlynnarts.org.
revere weathers first 2019 storm weLL
REVERE – Mother Nature threw it all at Revere – snow, freezing rain, and sub-freez-ing temperatures – but the city handled the first stormy blast of the winter very well.
Mayor Brian Arrigo said there were no major storm-re-lated issues in the city over the weekend and on the Dr. Mar-tin Luther King Jr. holiday when temperatures were in single digits. Revere students returned to school Tuesday
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morning with no delays, while the RHS sports teams resumed their regular schedule.
“Revere endured the effects of the season’s first winter storm with no major conse-quences or problems,” said Arrigo. “It was a challenging type of storm, with the heavy, wet snow followed by what amounted to a ‘flash freeze.’ Thankfully, the storm hit on a Sunday of a long weekend, so not many people were on the roads – and with the Patriots game on that evening, a lot of people remained indoors.”
Arrigo thanked the public safety departments and the DPW for their efforts during the storm.
“I thank all those who pro-tect our public safety, our po-lice and fire departments, and our DPW workers, and those who respond to the public at the City’s 311-Constituent services, for their hard work during the storm,” said Arrigo. “They were at their posts and doing their jobs. It’s winter in New England – so storms are part of what we deal with.”
Ward 5 Councillor John Powers was pleased with the DPW’s plowing operations throughout his ward.
“The streets were cleared quickly and treated with salt, giving motorists safe access in the neighborhood,” said Powers. “On Sunday, I trav-eled throughout Ward 5 and the conditions were good for motor vehicles. The one prob-
lem I did see was the flooding on Mills Avenue. It is still an ongoing concern during stormy weather and high tide conditions, and it needs to be addressed.”
The region’s 10-day fore-cast, according to The Weath-er Channel, shows no major snowstorms, but rain is ex-pected on Thursday.
OLIVIA FERRANTE IN WHO’S WHO
REVERE – When you go to the public library ask to see Marquis’ Who’s Who and look up Olivia Ferrante. The Reser-vior Avenue resident recently received a lifetime achieve-ment award from Who’s Who based on her career longevity, philanthropic endeavors and lasting contributions to soci-ety.
Her mother was only five months along in the pregnan-cy when Ferrante was born prematurely. Weighing only two pounds, she fought for life in an oxygenated incuba-tor. While saving her life, the oxygen in the incubator led to her visual impairment. This disability has posed no lim-itations to Ferrante, who has used her disability has been a positive influence on her ca-reer choices, and she has gone on to help many others with similar circumstances.
Ferrante, 70, earned her master’s degree in education from Boston College. She’s
a member of Revere High School class of 1966. She was hired in 1974 as a travel-ing teacher in several school districts in Revere, Chelsea, Everett, Malden and Saugus, working with students who had vision disabilities like herself.
“I traveled from school to school (with the help of her father Guy) and taught each child individually,” Ferrante said. “He said I will drive you and that’s what he did for 14 years before he died in 1987. No salary. After a few years we did get some gas money.”
She also earned tenure and the ability to have a pension and medical benefits like all the other teachers. She re-tired in 1991 after the school district stopped providing a driver.
As an advocate, Ms. Fer-rante has pushed for several proposals which were accept-ed in her local government, including brighter lights the streets, audio pedestrian sig-nals in front of the city hall, a police substation in her neigh-borhood, and accessibility for individuals with special needs at the local movie theater
She has been a lectern at Immaculate Conception for 20 years. She was also on the Revere Commission for on Disabilities for 30 years and served on a board of the Mas-sachusetts Commission for the Blind.
Out of 1.5 million biogra-
phies in Marquis Who’s Who, Ferrante was one of nine re-cently selected to represent Marquis in the Wall Street Journal. She is also featured in Who’s Who in American Women, and Who’s Who in America.
Michael Ferrante, her neph-ew, and her brother, the late Manny Ferrante have also both served on the Revere School Committee.
WATER AND SEWER RATES ARE GOING UP
WINTHROP – Town Man-ager Austin Faison announced at the council meeting that the Town of Winthrop will in-crease water and sewer rates by $3 per hundred cubic feet beginning with the current billing cycle.
The increase, from $19.90 per hundred cubic feet to $22.90 is the result of a drop in the amount of water used by the Town in the first half of the billing year.
Information on what an av-erage water bill will be was not readily available at the meeting.
“It’s a combination of de-creased usage and the future borrowing that we are going to take on for the center busi-ness project,” Faison said.
Water and sewer rates were just raised 17 percent in May 2018 because of a water and sewer budget deficit when
Police Chief Terry Delehanty was interim town manager. It was said then that there was a risk to raise the rate because it often resulted in less usage. This has been the case with a 6 percent reduction in use from last spring.
“We always approach any rate adjustment in a serious and deliberative manner. The Town of Winthrop takes the needs of its citizens to heart. This rate change is needed to fulfill previously planned vi-tal improvements to our water system that ensure we are pro-viding the best possible water for the drinking, cooking, and cleaning needs of all,” Faison said.
The reason for the $3 rate increase is to offset a project-ed $576,000 deficit caused by a six percent reduction in us-age based on the first two bill-ing cycles of this fiscal year. This deficit must be offset by June 30, 2019. There are no new projected increases in ex-penditures beyond those that have been previously planned.
“Again, this is not some-thing I’m excited to do,” Fais-on said. “But it’s something that is necessary for right now it corrects where the rate needs to be. With this rate increase I am committed to not coming back here and discussing the water rates until July 1, 2020. I am confident this will be the only necessary rate change needed for the next year and a half.”
Unlike other communities in the area, Winthrop does not have a tiered system that charges different rates depend-ing on how much water is used and whether the user is a sin-gle-family home, multifam-ily residence, condominium, or commercial property. The single rate is charged to every user in the community, regard-less of volume or purpose.
Residents should expect to see the increase on their Feb. 4 water and sewer bills.
CANDIDATES SOUGHT TO FILL COUNCIL VACANCY
WINTHROP – With the passing of Precinct 1 Council-or Michael McDuffee on Jan. 6 came a vacancy on the Town Council.
According to the Town Charter, a vacancy can be filled by the second runner up in the election. McDuffee had served on the council for a year and was elected to his position unopposed.
In this case, the vacancy can also be filled by an ap-pointment from the Town Council. So far two residents have come forward to ex-press an interest in the seat. Nick Bracy and Richard Feri-no, both attended the council meeting Tuesday night. The council is accepting letters of interest until Feb. 5, there will be interviews Feb. 12 and the vote will be taken on Feb. 19.
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GIRLISHFresh Ink Theatre presents the world premiere of Alexa Derman’s play, “Girlish,” Feb. 1-16: Wednesday,Thursday, Feb.5, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, Saturday, 8 p.m.; Feb. 16, 3 p.m., at Boston Center for the Arts Plaza Black Box Theatre, 539 Tremont St., South End. Boston. $25.bostontheatrescene.com/sea-son/girlish.
BOSTON BALLET BALL 2019The Boston Ballet celebrates its partnership with choreographer William Forsythe at its annu-al signature event, Saturday. Feb. 2, 6 p.m., at the Castle
at Park Plaza, Boston. Several related events and performances follow in February and March. Bostonballetorg, 617-695-6955.
MACBETHTrinity Theatre Company presents a contemporary ver-sion of Shakespeare’s tragedy, “MacBeth,” with a live DJ and magical elements, Jan. 31-March 3, Chace Theater, 201 Washington St., Providence, RI.Tickets start at $25. Trinityrep.com/macbeth.
EDDIE ARJUNPower Jazz Rock Trio Eddie Arjun appears Jan. 31, at City Winery, Boston, celebrating the CD release of his latest album,”Transition”.
JILL SOBULEme and thee coffeehouse opens its winter season with quirky singer-songwriter Jill Sobule, Feb. 1, Unitarian Universalist Church of Marblehead, 28 Mugford St., Marblehead. Dallas’ Andrew Delaney is opening act. 781-631-8987, meandtheorg.
NATION’S NATION: AMERICAN ART AND ENVIRONMENTPeabody Essex Museum features this exhibit of more than 100 works, including masterpieces and rare works by John James Audubon, Albert Bierstadt, Thomas Cole, Winslow Homer, Georgia O’Keeffe and more,
Feb. 2-May 5, East India Square, Peabody. pem.org.
SUITCASE STORIESWorld Music/CRASHarts and the International Institute of New England presents this live performance of foreign and US-born residents sharing stories of refugee and immigrant life,Fri-day, Feb. 1, 8 p.m., Somerville Theatre, 55 Davis Square, Somerville. Reserved seats, $28. Worldmusic.org, 617-876-4275.
NO TENORS ALLOWEDCelebrity Series of Boston pres-ents baritone Thomas Hampson and his son-in-law, bass-baritone Luca Pisaroni, with pianist Kevin Murphy, performing operatic and Broadway songs, in “No Tenors Allowed,” Friday, Feb. 1, 8 p.m., New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall,30 Gainsborough St., Boston. Tickets start at $45. 617-482-6661, celebrityseries.org.
TO THE SOURCEAST National Academy of Theatre Arts in Krakow, Poland. Performs “To the Source,”folk songs and classic composi-tions, Jan.30-Feb.3, at Emerson Paramount Center, Robert J. Orchard stage, Washington St., Boston.
JEAN C. WILSON MUSIC SERIES Cellist Gwen Krosnick and pianist Qing Jiang perform Beethoven and Poulenc sona-tas. Short pieces by Lei Liang, Sunday Feb. 3 ,4 p.m., at the Unitarian Church, 26 Pleasant St., Newburyport. Suggested donations, $20; seniors, $10; stu-dents, children, free. frsuu.org/jean-c-wilson-music-series, 978-465-0602, Ext. 401.
LADYSMITH BLACK MAMBAZOThe “undisputed king of mbube,” South African a cap-pella singing, and multi-Gram-my Award winning group, per-forms Saturday, Feb. 2, 8 p.m., at Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy St., Cambridge. Reserved seats, $48,$37,$32,$28. worldmusic.org, 617-876-4275.
DELL M. HAMILTON EXHIBITSalem State University features Dell Hamilton’s exhibition, “All Languages Welcomed HERE,” through Feb, 8, at the Winfisky Gallery. Hamilton, artists Angela Counts, Allison Maria Rodriguez and U-Meleni Mhiaba-Adebo hold a free discussion, “Trauma, Art and Resilience, “ Feb. 7, at 4 p.m., in the Metro Room, Ellison Campus Center, Salem.
RAGTIMEWheelock FamilyTheatre pres-ents Tony Award-winning musi-cal, “Ragtime,” based on EL Doctorow’s novel, book by Terrence McNally, music by Stephen Flaherty and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, through Feb. 17: Friday, Saturday, 7:30 p.m.; Saturday, Sunday, 2 p.m. rec-ommended for ages 10+. 200 Riverway, Boston. 617-353-3001, [email protected], whee-lockfamilytheatre.org.
SHEN YUNThe spectacular Shen Yun, bursting with beauty, music, dance and Chinese lore, returns to Providence Performing Arts Center, 220 Weybosset St., Providence, RI, Feb, 2, 2 and 7:30 p.m., and Feb. 3, 1 p.m.Tickets, $80,$90,$100,$120,$150,$180. ShenYun.com/NE, 888-974-3698.
ACE TICKETSCeltic vs. the Hornets, Jan. 30; the Lakers, Feb. 7; the Clippers, Feb. 9, and the Pistons, Feb. 13. The Bruins play the Jets in Boston, Jan. 29; the Islanders,;Feb. 5; the Kings, Feb. 9. Dawes per-forms Feb. 2 at the Boch Center, Boston, tickets start at $51; the Beanpot Tournament is held Feb. 4 at TD Garden, tickets start at $56, finals, Feb. 11, tickets start at $61.Galactic is at House of Blues, Feb. 2, tickets start at $30.The Bruins take on the Blackhawks at TD Garden, Feb. 11, tickets start at $56. Ace tick-et.com.
EARTHA KITTJade Wheeler portrays Eartha Kitt in Bridge Repertory Theater’s one-woman perfor-mance of “Who is Eartha Mae?,” Jan. 31-Feb. 23, at the tether in residence at the Multicultural Arts Center, 41 Second St., East Cambridge. [email protected], bridgerep.org.
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIMEMarblehead Little Theatre pres-ents Simon Stephens’ provoca-tive play, based the novel by Mark Haddon, through Feb. 3, 12 School St., Marblehead: Jan. 31,Feb. 1,2, at 7:30 p.m.; Feb. 2,3, at 2 p.m. mltlive.org.
J. SYBYLLA SMITHFirehouse Center for the Arts continues its North Shore Photography Lecture Series, in partnership with Sweethaven Gallery, with artist-academ-ic-photographer J. Sybylla Smith, Jan. 31, 7 p.m., Market Square, Newburyport.$10,students, $5.firehouse.org, 978-462-7336.
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Servicio de Alabanza y Adoracion a las 10 am (en in-glés)
• Miércoles a las 7 pm Hora de Poder, Estudio de la
Palabra de Dios Alabanza, Oración y Koinonia. No faltes (en español)
• Ven unete a nosotros para orar todos los viernes a las 6 am
• Domingo Servicio de alabanza y adoracion a las 4pm (Servicio en español)
Mayores informes de los servicios en español (617) 306-3518
“En ti, Señor, me he refu-giado;
Que nunca me avergüence.Salmo 71: 1En busca de la excelencia
espiritual “Rectitud, Divinidad, Fe,
Amor, Verdad”GLENDALE CHRISTIAN LIGHTHOUSE CHURCH
701 BROADWAYEVERETT,
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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 each 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 to-
gether in this season of hope, renewal and new beginnings.
We are located at 67 Nor-wood Street, Everett, MA
Phone 617-387-7526 or 508-243-8487
Grace Anglican Episcopal Church
67 Norwood Street, Everett, MA
Phone 617-387-7526 or 508-243-8487
Grace Episcopal ChurchNews and Notes
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Mystic Side Congregation-al Church is located in Ever-ett, on Malden-Everett border, at 422 Main Street. We offer a warm, inviting atmosphere, and all are welcome. Our Sunday Church service starts at 10:30 a.m. and Communion is offered on the first Sunday
of each month. A very pleas-ant coffee hour and socializ-ing follow our services. Park-ing is available in our lot next to the church on Wyllis Ave. (one way off Main Street). We look forward to welcom-ing you this Sunday.
Mystic Side Congregational ChurchNews and Notes
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Our Parish Staff: Fa-ther Joseph Chacha Marwa, S.M.A. Administrator;
Father Ernest Egbedike, S.M.A. Parochial Vicar;
Secretary Barbara CannonRichard Randazzo, Pasto-
ral Associate, Business Man-ager;
Philomene Pean, Pastoral Associate, Haitian Commu-nity
Weekly Mass Schedule at Immaculate Conception is as follows:
Saturday (Sunday Vigil) 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 Com-munity
4:00 p.m. Haitian Commu-nity
Masses are being held in the Chapel.
Eucharistic Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: Ad-oration of the Blessed Sacra-ment is held every Thursday from 7:45 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. in the Chapel. Each Thurs-days’ adoration will conclude the Benediction of the Most Blessed Sacrament at 6:30 p.m. All are invited to spend a few moments with Our Blessed Lord
Church Breakfast – Our
next monthly Church Break-fast is scheduled for every second Sunday in the lower Church Hall. Cost is $4.00 per person. Pancakes, scram-bles eggs, sausage, toast, juice, coffee and tea is served. All you can eat. Please join us after Mass.
New Ministry - At the back of the Church in the Vestibule area on Sundays following Masses, there is a team of volunteers who will answer your questions regard-ing our Church Ministries, etc. Please feel free to stop by and ask questions, sched-ule a Mass, register as a new Parishioner, etc.
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 dollar and any mon-ey collected will go towards our Stain Glass Fund. Brink a Book and Buy a Book and make a donation. Our selec-tions are great and varied. Please stop by the table and see what we have. Thank you
Immaculate Conception Parish
489 BroadwayEverett, Mass 02149Phone 617-389-5660
Immaculate Conception ParishNews and Notes
Charles Giarratana, Jr.Machinist
Charles A. Giarratana, Jr. of Everett, entered into eter-nal rest at home surrounded by his loving and caring fam-ily on Thursday, Jan. 24. He was 67 years old.
Born in Boston, Charlie had been a lifelong resident of Everett. He was a machinist by profession having worked for various machine shops in the local area.
He was the beloved hus-band of Diane M. (Alex) Giar-ratana, devoted son of the late Mary (Gennetti) and Charles A. Giarratana, dear and de-voted father of Christopher and his wife, Sandra, Andrew, Talia and the late Charles A., III, all of Everett; dear brother of Arthur and his wife, Linda of Florida and loving grandfa-ther of Michael, Cru, Charlie, Haley, Dustin and Brittany.
Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to attend Charlie’s funeral from the Ca-fasso & Sons Funeral Home, 65 Clark St. (Corner of Main St.) Everett, today, Wednes-day at 9 a.m. followed by a Funeral Mass in the Immacu-late Conception Church, 487 Broadway, Everett at 10 a.m. Interment will be in Wood-lawn Cemetery, Everett.
Rose “Rosie” Barrasso1924 - 2019
Rose “Rosie” (Zompanti) Barrasso, a longtime Everett resident, born in Boston, died recently.
She was the spouse of the late Louis A. Barrasso, mother of Jayne Sahagian and Barry of Newport Center, Vermont. She was also the mother to three sons who preceded her in death: Louis William, Pe-ter James and Robert John; sister of Joseph Zompanti of Winthrop, Anna
Robnik of Revere and An-gela Reynolds of Chesapeake, Virginia. She also leaves many grandchildren, great grand-children, nieces and nephews.
Private funeral services
will be held at Brady and Levesque Fu-
neral Home in St Albans, Ver-mont. A Catholic Memorial Mass will take place in Bos-ton at a later date.
Nicolo DeInnocentisMember of Sons of Orsogna Club of Everett
Nicolo “Augusto” DeInno-centis of Lynnfield, formerly Revere, has passed away.
Augusto was a longtime member of the Sons of Or-sogna Club of Everett and a longtime employee of Palm-er Manufacturing and Boston Centerless.
Born in Orsogna, Abbruz-zo, Italy, he was the beloved husband of the late Margher-ita (Carullo), father of Madd-alena Abruzzese and her hus-band, Michael of Lynnfield and the brother of the late Raf-faele, Augusto and Ida Petino. He is also survived by one granddaughter, Cristina, two grandsons, Dino and Marco, and one great-grandson, Peter.
His Funeral will be held from the Salvatore Rocco & Sons Funeral Home, 331 Main Street, Everett, today, Wednesday, Jan. 30 at 8:30 a.m. followed by a Funer-
al Mass in St. Anthony’s Church, Revere at 10 a.m. In-terment will be at the Wood-lawn Cemetery, Everett. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Augusto’s memo-ry to the Alzheimer’s Associa-tion, 480 Pleasant Street, Wa-tertown, MA 02472. For more information, visit: www.RoccoFuneralHomes.com or 1-877-71-ROCCO
Diane KellerNail technician
Diane A. (Calascibetta) Keller, formerly of Everett, entered into eternal rest on Thursday, Jan. 17 at home surrounded by her loving family. She was 76 years old.
Born in Boston, Diane lived in Everett for many years be-fore settling in Malden. She worked for Skin for All Sea-sons as a nail technician. At home she was considered to be the “Martha Stewart” of her home.
The beloved wife of the late David C. Keller, Sr. for over 53 years, she was the dear and devoted mother of Christine Keller of Danvers, Leslie Doucette and her hus-band, Steven of Melrose, David C. Keller, Jr. of Mal-den and Stefanie Guerriero of Saugus; sister of Rosema-rie Golisano of Wilmington and Salvatore Calascibetta of
Bradford and loving grand-mother of Eric Guerriero, and Raquel, Steven, Jr. and Nich-olas Doucette.
Funeral arangements were by Cafasso & Sons Funeral Home, Everett. Contribu-tions in Diane’s memory to Care Dimensions, 75 Sylvan St., Ste. B-102, Danvers, MA 01923 would be sincerely ap-preciated.
Richard J. Cook of Everett died on Jan. 27.
Richard was a late member of the Mt. Hood
Inner Club and the Melrose Fish and Game Club.
He was the beloved hus-band of Rosemary (Clifford); father of Theresa Cataldo of Wilmington, Roberta Cor-reale of Everett, and Stacy of Everett and is also survived by four grandchildren: Mari-anne, Nicole, Casey and Mi-chelle.
His Funeral will be held from the Salvatore Rocco & Sons Funeral Home, 331 Main St., Everett on Thurs-day, Jan. 31 at 9 a.m. followed by a Funeral Mass in the Im-maculate Conception Church,
Everett, at 10 a.m. Relatives and friends are kindly invit-ed. Visiting Hours are today, Wednesday, from 4 to 8 p.m. with complimentary valet parking. Interment will be in the Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett. For more infowww.RoccoFuneralHomes.com or 1-877-71-ROCCO
Margaret “Peggy” (Mc-Feely) O’Keefe of Everett died on Jan. 28.
She was the beloved moth-er of Frank O’Keefe of Ev-erett; loving daughter of the late Elizabeth McFeely and the loving sister of the late Pat McFeely. She is survived by her two beloved grand-children, Maria Dismuke and her husband, Shawn and Rose O’Keefe; as well as three be-loved great-grandchildren: Brian, Taylor, and Michael. Her Funeral will be held from the Salvatore Rocco & Sons
Funeral Home, 331 Main St., Everett on Friday, Feb. 1 at 10 :30 a.m. followed by a Fu-neral Mass at the Immaculate Conception Church, Everett, 11:30 a.m. Interment will be at Woodlawn Cemetery in Ev-erett. Relatives and friends are kindly invited. Visiting hours are Thursday only from 4 to 8 p.m. Complimentary valet parking Thursday, at Main St. entrance. Donations in Peg-gy’s memory may be made to the American Cancer Soci-ety, 38 Chauncy St., Boston, 02111.
Janet M. McQuesten, age 70 of Litchfield, NH, passed peacefully on Sunday, Jan. 27 at Community Hospice House in Merrimack, NH.
Janet was the daughter and only child of the late James R. and Jennie (Cogliano) Grif-fin, and the widow of Fred D. McQuesten (aka Winkie) with whom she had been married for 37 years until his death in 2015.
Janet was a 1966 graduate of Everett High School and moved to New Hampshire in 1972. She worked for the John Hancock Insurance Co for 25 years, followed by jobs with Mass Mutual, Oxford Health Plans and
Continental Paving, Inc. She officially retired in 2014 allowing her time for some light travel and day trips with friends. In her younger years, she enjoyed gardening, cook-ing and crafting. She was a talented and creative tole painter, most known for her creative country holiday dec-orations. In more recent years, she enjoyed watching her fa-vorite tv shows and movies from the comfort of her home, as well as spending time with friends and family.
Survivors include one son, John B. Noseworthy and his wife, Lynne, both of Merri-mack, NH; one step-son, Fred P. McQuesten and his wife, Lesa, both of Litchfield, NH; five grandchildren: Jennifer Noseworthy, Nickolas Nose-worthy, Denton McQuesten, Maura McQuesten and
Morgan (McQuesten) Lew-is and her husband James. She also leaves behind two gr,eat-grandchildren, Cole and Grace A. Lewis.
A memorial visitation will be held on Saturday, Feb. 2 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon at the chapel of The Davis Funer-al Home, 1 Lock St., Nash-ua, NH 03064. A Memorial Service will commence at 12 noon (immediately follow-ing visitation). Relatives and friends are respectfully invit-ed to attend both. A private burial will be held in Hillcrest Cemetery, Litchfield, NH in the spring with immediate family in attendance. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Janet’s loving mem-ory to Community Hospice House, c/o Development, 7 Executive Park Dr., Merri-mack, NH 03054 or to the Humane Society for Greater Nashua, 24 Ferry Rd., Nash-ua, NH 03064-8109. An on-line guest-book is available at www.davisfuneralhomenh.com.
Richard CookMember of Mt. Hood Inner Club and Melrose
Fish and Game Club
Janet McQuestenOf New Hampshire, formerly of Everett
Margaret “Peggy” O’KeefeOf Everett
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Also competing in the Geog-raphy Bee were Joshua Alsain-dor (7) and Ralph Pierre (8) from the Madeline English School, Allison Pacas (7) and Edwin Sor-to Rosales (8) from the George Keverian School, Pedro Araugo (7) from the Lafayette School, Christopher Portillo (7) and Caio Henrique Araujo (8) from the Parlin School, Alex Miranda (8) from the Whittier School,
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THE WINNERS — Pictured, from left: Whittier School Principal David Brady and Assistant Princi-pal Nancy Sutera, Whittier School social studies teacher Lisa Yendriga-Norberg, Victoria Macao, Johnny Pham, Lafayette School social studies teacher Marena MacLaughlin, and Lafayette School Assistant Principal Paola Lambresa and Principal John Obremski.
Geography Bee contestants Allison Pacas and Ralph Pierre (seated).
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Lafayette School eighth-grader Johnny Pham prepares to write down the correct answer to the question that clinched his first-place finish in last week’s Geography Bee.
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