THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, JAnuARy 3, 2025 Page 7 City of Everett Council on Aging Delivers Over 100 Pairs of Socks to Mass. Veterans Home at Chelsea The annual initiative was made possible thanks to donations from community members Lawn and Yard Care SNOW PLOWING *REASONABLE RATES * PROMPT SERVICE * PARKING LOTS USA 781-521-9927 Members of the Council on Aging and staff at the Massachusetts Veterans Home at Chelsea. (Photo courtesy of the City of Everett) Special to Th e Advocate E VERETT, MA – The City of Everett’s Council on Aging (COA) recently delivered over 100 pairs of socks that were donated by Everett community members to benefi t the Massachusetts Veterans Home at Chelsea. This annual initiative hosted by the COA calls upon Everett’s charitable nature to donate new and unopened packSOUNDS | FROM PAGE 3 being forced to close its doors – not from lack of funds or readership, but of malice. The Leader Herald newspaper’s recent passing was self-infl icted by a very successful businessman who decided he needed a weapon to destroy a very successful elected city offi cial, Mayor Carlo DeMaria, who has taken the city of Everett to great heights, winning a resort/casino license, a proposed professional soccer stadium development, and the revitalization of the lower Broadway district, to name a few. Andrew Philbin, Sr., former owner of the shuttered Philbin Insurance Company on Broadway, purchased the 139-yearold Leader Herald newspaper back in 2017 for the sole purpose of weaponizing it against the mayor – and the city itself. He then, after purchasing the Church Street buildages of socks for veterans. In partnership with the Massachusetts Veterans Home at Chelsea, those who served will be able to have an essential clothing item for the winter season thanks to generous donations. “I am grateful to everyone who donated in the true spirit of the holiday season,” said Mayor Carlo DeMaria. “These socks will go a long way in helping those who served our couning, which headquartered the business, handed the newspaper off to his son, Matthew, who found the unemployable writer Joshua Resnek, to spew the venom that he believed would unseat the mayor in the 2021 elections. With total disregard for the truth, the Philbins and Resnek trashed the city and its mayor with baseless accusations of racism to criminal behavior – with their goal of helping their candidate, challenger Fred Capone, to unseat the mayor. Whether it was making up stories and quotes, promoting and abetting local thugs to write their nonsensical garbage on social media, which included threats of bodily harm, or gathering outsiders to attend City Council and School Committee meetings to harass elected offi cials, there was nothing so egregious that they wouldn’t do to meet their goal. When the mayor fi nally had enough, try with staying warm this upcoming winter.” Established in 1882, the Massachusetts Veterans Home at Chelsea, formerly the Soldiers’ Home at Chelsea, offers residential and long-term care programs to eligible Massachusetts veterans. Their mission is to provide the highest quality personal health care services to Massachusetts veterans with dignity, honor, and respect. he did what he had to do to protect his family, his reputation and the city he swore to serve. Fast forward three years later, the mayor and the Philbins settled out of court in order to avoid a trial that was scheduled for this month. The settlement included $1.1 million dollar award for the mayor as well as the unprecedented shuttering of the Leader Herald newspaper, the “newspaper of record” as Philbin liked to brag. Sadly, the Philbins held no respect for their newspaper of record – they failed to realize that all their pot shop money, Everett rooming houses and real estate holdings couldn’t buy the power they craved – the power that would eventually corrupt them. In the end, the only reflection looking back now is an empty storefront window on Church Street where what was once Everett’s oldest newspaper – a newspaper that is now, history. — JDM 425r Broadway, Saugus Located adjacent to Kohls Plaza Route 1 South in Saugus at the intersection of Walnut Street We are on MBTA Bus Route 429 781-231-1111 We are a Skating Rink with Bowling Alleys, Arcade and two TV’s where the ball games are always on! PUBLIC SKATING SCHEDULE 12-7 p.m. Sunday Monday Tuesday $10.00 Price includes Roller Skates Rollerblades/inline skates $3.00 additional cost Private Parties 7:30-11 p.m. Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday $11.00 Price includes Roller Skates 18+ Adults Only After 7 PM - ID Required Private Parties Private Parties 4-8 p.m. $10.00 8:30-11 p.m. $11. 18+ Adults Only After 7 PM - ID Required 12-9 p.m. $10.00 Everyone must pay admission after 6 p.m. Sorry No Checks - ATM on site Roller skate rentals included in all prices Inline Skate Rentals $3.00 additional BIRTHDAY & PRIVATE PARTIES AVAILABLE www.roller-world.com Call Driveways from $35
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