Independent local coverage for the City of Everett, Massachusetts.https://everettmassnews.com/https://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-06-05-10th-annual-haitian-flag-raising-ceremony-honors-everetts-ha/https://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-06-05-10th-annual-haitian-flag-raising-ceremony-honors-everetts-ha/City Hall put out the usual polished account of this year’s Haitian Flag Raising, but behind the ceremonial language is a simple fact worth stating plainly: Everett’s Haitian population is not a side note.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTNewshttps://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-06-05-city-of-everett-to-hold-candlelight-vigil-and-community-foru/https://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-06-05-city-of-everett-to-hold-candlelight-vigil-and-community-foru/The City of Everett says it will hold a candlelight vigil and forum on Wednesday, May 27, at Zion Church Ministries, 757 Broadway, to mark Violence Prevention Month and focus on domestic violence and sexual assault.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTNewshttps://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-06-05-city-of-everett-to-host-opportunity-fair-connecting-local-bu/https://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-06-05-city-of-everett-to-host-opportunity-fair-connecting-local-bu/The City of Everett says it will host an “Opportunity Fair” on Thursday, May 28, 2026, from 3:30 to 5:30 p.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTNewshttps://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-06-05-mayor-van-campen-unveils-fy27-budget-proposal-focused-on-fis/https://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-06-05-mayor-van-campen-unveils-fy27-budget-proposal-focused-on-fis/Mayor Robert Van Campen rolled out a $312.Fri, 05 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTNewshttps://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-06-01-everett-school-committee-monday-june-1-2026/https://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-06-01-everett-school-committee-monday-june-1-2026/The Everett School Committee’s June 1 meeting was really two events stitched together: a long Everett High School showcase and scholarship night up front, then a short stretch of actual committee business before the body disappeared into executive session for litigation talk.Mon, 01 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMTMeeting RecapSchool Committeehttps://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-05-27-everett-city-council-budget-hearing-admin-and-finance-wednes/https://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-05-27-everett-city-council-budget-hearing-admin-and-finance-wednes/The most useful thing said at Wednesday’s budget hearing came early, and it did not come wrapped in the usual miracle-talk.Wed, 27 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTMeeting RecapCity Councilhttps://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-05-26-everett-city-council-tuesday-may-26-2026/https://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-05-26-everett-city-council-tuesday-may-26-2026/The Everett City Council spent much of Tuesday night doing Everett government in miniature: a nice recognition up front, a clean fire promotion, a stack of unanimous reappointments, a couple million here and a couple million there in borrowing, an Encore license discussion full of requests for better follow-through, an Everett Square presentation built around grant deadlines, and then — because apparently this city cannot help itself — another round of fighting over a hypothetical data center nobody has proposed.Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTMeeting RecapCity Councilhttps://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-05-26-everett-committee-on-ways-and-means-tuesday-may-26-2026/https://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-05-26-everett-committee-on-ways-and-means-tuesday-may-26-2026/Ways and Means got more useful in 16 minutes Tuesday than it did in some longer meetings, mostly because Peter Pietrantonio kept asking the question nobody in government ever seems eager to answer once the word “borrowing” shows up: what exactly are we borrowing for.Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTMeeting RecapWays and Meanshttps://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-05-26-everett-medal-of-valor-ceremony-for-epd-detective-dan-wall-t/https://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-05-26-everett-medal-of-valor-ceremony-for-epd-detective-dan-wall-t/This was not a policy meeting, not a zoning fight, and not one of those “we’ll circle back” specials where everybody talks for an hour and says nothing.Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTMeeting RecapCity Meetinghttps://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-05-20-everett-city-council-budget-hearing-small-departments-wednes/https://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-05-20-everett-city-council-budget-hearing-small-departments-wednes/The small-departments budget hearing on May 20 had a little of everything Everett budget season usually hides in the weeds: useful program details, a few honest admissions about old messes, and one more round of council drama over staffing that should have been sorted out cleanly weeks ago.Wed, 20 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTMeeting RecapCity Councilhttps://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-05-19-everett-city-council-budget-hearing-schools-tuesday-may-19-2/https://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-05-19-everett-city-council-budget-hearing-schools-tuesday-may-19-2/The school budget hearing on May 19 was mostly what these hearings are supposed to be when nobody is trying to turn them into theater: a long, useful walk through staffing, space, salaries, and the basic fact that Everett Public Schools are trying to do too much in too little room.Tue, 19 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTMeeting RecapCity Councilhttps://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-05-04-kindergarten-registration-is-open-for-20262027/https://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-05-04-kindergarten-registration-is-open-for-20262027/Everett Public Schools has opened kindergarten registration for the 2026–2027 school year, with appointments starting Monday, May 4 through the Parent Information Center inside City Hall.Mon, 04 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTNewshttps://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-05-03-everett-officials-join-regional-leaders-at-produce-center-to/https://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-05-03-everett-officials-join-regional-leaders-at-produce-center-to/Everett officials took a field trip to Chelsea last week to make a point that is hard to argue with: if the New England Produce Center floods badly enough, a lot more than Chelsea gets a headache.Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTNewshttps://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-05-03-mayor-robert-j-van-campen-responds-to-state-ethics-commissio/https://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-05-03-mayor-robert-j-van-campen-responds-to-state-ethics-commissio/Mayor Robert J.Sun, 03 May 2026 00:00:00 GMTNewshttps://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-04-28-everett-school-committee-tuesday-april-28-2026/https://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-04-28-everett-school-committee-tuesday-april-28-2026/The Everett School Committee’s special meeting Tuesday night was short, orderly, and almost aggressively non-dramatic.Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTMeeting RecapSchool Committeehttps://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-04-27-building-everetts-future-the-first-60-days/https://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-04-27-building-everetts-future-the-first-60-days/Sixty days in, Mayor Robert Van Campen’s administration has put out its own progress report.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTNewshttps://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-04-27-earth-day-clean-up-draws-over-200-volunteers-to-gateway-park/https://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-04-27-earth-day-clean-up-draws-over-200-volunteers-to-gateway-park/More than 200 volunteers showed up Saturday at Gateway Park for Everett’s annual Earth Day cleanup, according to the city, hauling out more than 25 bags of litter and planting more than 300 native trees, shrubs, and groundcover plants along the Malden River.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTNewshttps://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-04-27-eps-preschool-pre-kindergarten-registration-now-open/https://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-04-27-eps-preschool-pre-kindergarten-registration-now-open/Everett Public Schools has opened registration for its 2026–2027 preschool and pre-kindergarten programs.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTNewshttps://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-04-27-everett-awarded-10000-for-fifa-world-cup-watch-party/https://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-04-27-everett-awarded-10000-for-fifa-world-cup-watch-party/Everett got $10,000 from the state to host a 2026 FIFA World Cup watch party at Everett Stadium, according to an announcement from City Hall.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTNewshttps://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-04-27-final-tank-demolition-marks-major-milestone-in-everett-devel/https://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-04-27-final-tank-demolition-marks-major-milestone-in-everett-devel/The last oil tank is down at the former ExxonMobil tank farm in South Everett.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTNewshttps://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-04-27-join-an-everett-board-or-commission/https://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-04-27-join-an-everett-board-or-commission/City Hall is looking for people to fill seats on several Everett boards and commissions.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTNewshttps://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-04-27-mbta-holding-meeting-for-lower-broadway-alford-street-update/https://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-04-27-mbta-holding-meeting-for-lower-broadway-alford-street-update/If you use Lower Broadway or Alford Street for anything other than admiring traffic, the MBTA has a meeting for you on Thursday, March 19.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTNewshttps://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-04-27-street-sweeping-season-begins-april-1/https://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-04-27-street-sweeping-season-begins-april-1/Street sweeping starts April 1, and that means the annual reminder from City Hall: read the signs or pay for it.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTNewshttps://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-04-27-understanding-your-utility-bill-and-3rd-party-supplier-scams/https://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-04-27-understanding-your-utility-bill-and-3rd-party-supplier-scams/City Hall put out a useful warning this week, and for once it is about something that hits people where they actually live: the utility bill.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTNewshttps://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-04-27-everett-city-council-monday-april-27-2026/https://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-04-27-everett-city-council-monday-april-27-2026/The Everett City Council spent Monday night doing what local government often does best: postponing a routine utility petition, letting outside speakers flood the room on a labor ordinance, and then passing that ordinance after the usual round of “don’t worry, this definitely won’t affect the people you’re worried about.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTMeeting RecapCity Councilhttps://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-04-27-everett-government-operations-monday-april-27-2026/https://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-04-27-everett-government-operations-monday-april-27-2026/The whole meeting was one National Grid street-cut petition, and for once the useful part was not hidden under three layers of ceremonial nonsense.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTMeeting RecapCity Meetinghttps://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-04-27-everett-legislative-affairs-monday-april-27-2026/https://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-04-27-everett-legislative-affairs-monday-april-27-2026/This Legislative Affairs meeting was another speed-run through appointments, with one exception: the Licensing Commission seat actually got a few questions.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTMeeting RecapLegislative Affairshttps://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-04-27-everett-ways-and-means-committee-monday-april-27-2026/https://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-04-27-everett-ways-and-means-committee-monday-april-27-2026/Ways and Means met for barely a minute and a half Monday and did the rarest thing in local government: almost nothing.Mon, 27 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTMeeting RecapWays and Meanshttps://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-04-16-everett-school-committee-budget-committee-of-the-whole-thurs/https://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-04-16-everett-school-committee-budget-committee-of-the-whole-thurs/The Everett School Committee’s budget meeting Thursday night was mostly what a budget meeting should be: numbers, tradeoffs, and a few plain admissions about what the district can and cannot keep paying for.Thu, 16 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTMeeting RecapSchool Committeehttps://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-04-15-davis-plays-defense/https://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-04-15-davis-plays-defense/The Davis Companies filed a subdivision plan to freeze the existing zoning on the Docklands Innovation District site. Most people glossed over that sentence. They should not have.Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTEditorialhttps://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-04-13-everett-city-council-monday-april-13-2026/https://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-04-13-everett-city-council-monday-april-13-2026/The Everett City Council managed to do what it usually does on a long Monday night: hand out a nice citation, move a stack of appointments around, pass a couple of routine items, and then wander into the city’s favorite modern hobby — arguing over a hypothetical data center no one has actually proposed.Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTMeeting RecapCity Councilhttps://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-04-13-everett-legislative-affairs-meeting-monday-april-13-2026/https://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-04-13-everett-legislative-affairs-meeting-monday-april-13-2026/This Legislative Affairs meeting lasted about as long as it takes to microwave leftovers, but it still managed to show how Everett handles appointments: sometimes with questions first, sometimes with a shrug and a phone call later.Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTMeeting RecapLegislative Affairshttps://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-04-13-everett-ways-and-means-committee-monday-april-13-2026/https://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-04-13-everett-ways-and-means-committee-monday-april-13-2026/Ways and Means had one of those useful little meetings where somebody actually looked at the numbers before waving money through.Mon, 13 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTMeeting RecapWays and Meanshttps://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-04-09-everett-special-city-council-thursday-april-9-2026/https://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-04-09-everett-special-city-council-thursday-april-9-2026/The Everett City Council called a special meeting on April 9 to do one main thing: install Mike Mangan as assistant city clerk.Thu, 09 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTMeeting RecapCity Councilhttps://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-04-08-everett-school-building-committee-meeting-wednesday-april-8/https://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-04-08-everett-school-building-committee-meeting-wednesday-april-8/The Everett School Building Committee spent its April 8 meeting doing two things at once: moving the paperwork along and selling a very large idea about what the next school building is supposed to be.Wed, 08 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTMeeting RecapSchool Building Committeehttps://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-04-06-everett-school-committee-monday-april-6-2026/https://everettmassnews.com/meetings/2026-04-06-everett-school-committee-monday-april-6-2026/The Everett School Committee met Monday night and, for once, there was not much drama to decode.Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMTMeeting RecapSchool Committeehttps://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-03-10-outside-groups-inside-influence/https://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-03-10-outside-groups-inside-influence/When the Boston Democratic Socialists of America started posting about Everett planning board meetings on their Instagram account, they were kind enough to include photos.Tue, 10 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTEditorialhttps://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-03-01-the-invented-crisis/https://everettmassnews.com/articles/2026-03-01-the-invented-crisis/No one proposed a data center in Everett. That is the fact at the center of a political firestorm that has consumed the planning board, clogged city council, and put years of cooperative development work at serious risk.Sun, 01 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMTEditorial