THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, JAnuARy 5, 2024 Page 21 BEACON | FROM PAGE 20 A 47.5 percent increase over 2021. Delaware (21.4 percent), Nebraska (21 percent), Texas (20.7 percent), Georgia (20 percent), Kentucky (19.7 percent) and Louisiana (19.7 percent). ---The six states with the highest rates of food insecure children. New Hampshire (6.1 percent), Minnesota (7.3 percent), Vermont (7.7 percent), Colorado (8.4 percent) and North Dakota (8.6 percent). ---The states with the lowest rates of food insecurity overall. 9.1 percent. ---Percentage of Bay State residents who lived in food insecure households between 2020 and 2022. 11.9 percent. ---Nationwide percentage of who lived in food insecure households between 2020 and 2022. HOW LONG WAS LAST WEEK’S SESSION? Beacon Hill Roll Call tracks the length of time that the House and Senate were in session each week. Many legislators say that legislative sessions are only one aspect of the Legislature’s job and that a lot of important work is done outside of the House and Senate chambers. They note that their jobs also involve committee work, research, constituent work and other matters that are important to their districts. Critics say that the Legislature does not meet regularly or long enough to debate and vote in public view on the thousands of pieces of legislation that have been fi led. They note that the infrequency and brieflength of sessions are misguided and lead to irresponsible late-night sessions and a mad rush to act on dozens of bills in the days immediately preceding the end of an annual session. During the week of December 25-29, the House met for a total of 25 minutes and the Senate met for a total of 16 minutes. Mon.Dec. 25 No House session No Senate session Tues.Dec. 26 House11:02 a.m. to 11:23 a.m. Senate 11:18 a.m. to 11:28 a.m. Wed.Dec. 27 No House session No Senate session Thurs. Dec. 28 House11:02 a.m. to11:06 a.m. Senate 11:11 a.m. to11:17 a.m. Fri.Dec. 29 No House session No Senate session Bob Katzen welcomes feedback at bob@beaconhillrollcall.com Bob founded Beacon Hill Roll Call in 1975 and was inducted into the New England Newspaper and Press Association (NENPA) Hall of Fame in 2019. 1. On Jan. 5, 1885, Boston swore in its fi rst mayor of what ethnicity? 2. In January 2023, what country at last eased COVID-19 travel restrictions and reopened its borders? 3. In 1942 what folksinger from Oklahoma created a list of “New Years Rulin’s,” including “Save dough,” Stay glad” and “Change socks”? 4. On Jan. 6, 1832, the New England Anti-Slavery Society was organized at the African Meeting House in what city? 5. What island country’s flag includes a shipwreck image? 6. On the radio, what was “the little town that time forgot, and the decades cannot improve”? 7. On Jan. 7, 1927, the Harlem Globetrotters played their fi rst game (in Hinckley, Ill.); in what year did they fi rst play a game in Harlem: 1928, 1945 or 1968? 8. What city – now the most linguistically diverse city in the world – has an old law stating that it is illegal to exhibit from house windows puppet shows or other entertainment? 9. On Jan. 8 in what year was the U.S. national debt $0 (the only time): 1779, 1835 or 1851? 10. How are Salvador, Rio de Janeiro and Brasília similar? 11. In what play did Shakespeare write, “…winter tames man, woman, and beast...”? ANSWERS 379 Broadway Everett 617-381-9090 All occasions florist Wedding ~ Sympathy Tributes Plants ~ Dish Gardens Customized Design Work GIFT BASKETS Fruit Baskets www.EverettFlorist.net CITY OF EVERETT - LEGAL NOTICE - ZONING BOARD OF APPEALS 484 BROADWAY, ROOM 24 EVERETT, MASSACHUSETTS 02149 To Whom It May Concern: This notice is to inform you that a public hearing will be held on Tuesday January 16, 2024 at 6:00 PM, Everett City Hall, 3rd Floor George Keverian Hearing Room. All interested parties may attend and opinions will be heard regarding the following petition. Whereas a petition has been presented by: Property Address: Map/Parcel: 54 Morris Street B0-04-000001 Building Permit #: B-23-1339 Property Owner: Angelina Acierno, Francesco Acierno Trustees Acierno Realty Trust 54 Morris Street Everett, MA 02149 Person Requesting: Luigi Acierno 1 Walsh Road Lynnfield, MA 01940 PROPOSAL: The applicant seeks to open a Mercantile Store (Grocery Store) on the property Permit was denied in accordance to the City of Everett Zoning Ordinance as follows: Violations: The use of a mercantile store is not a permitted use in the Dwelling District Zoning: Section 4 Dwelling Districts (a) Uses –business is not a permitted use. MARY GERACE- Chairman ROBERTA SUPPA - Clerk of Board of Appeals December 29, 2023, January 5, 2024 12. On Jan. 9, 1930, what hockey team won its 14th straight game? 13. The Belgian city of Bruges created a pipeline (helped by crowdfunding) between its center and its suburbs carrying what? 14. In January 1875, what well-known clergyman – a brother of author Harriet Beecher Stowe – was a party in an adultery trial that had a hung jury? 15. On Jan. 10, 49 BC, what dictator-to-be defi ed a law by crossing the Rubicon River – and started a civil war? 16. What word can mean a jester’s cap, part of a rooster and the name of a fl ower? 17. How are “West Side Story,” “Mass” and “Fancy Free” similar? 18. What is a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle more commonly known as? 19. In May 1989 Trump: The Game was launched with the tagline “It’s not whether you win or lose, it’s whether you win!”; what game inspired that game? 20. January 11 is National Milk Day, which commemorates what milk storage method? 1. Irish (Hugh O’Brien, who was born in County Cork) 2. China 3. Woody Guthrie 4. Boston 5. Bermuda’s 6. Lake Wobegon 7. 1968 (The team was from Chicago; the name Harlem Globetrotters was coined by their manager.) 8. NYC 9. 1835 10. They have all been capital cities of Brazil. 11. “The Taming of the Shrew” 12. Boston Bruins 13. Beer (between its brewery and bottling plant) 14. Henry Ward Beecher 15. Julius Caesar 16. Coxcomb 17. They are works by Massachusettsborn composer Leonard Bernstein. 18. Humvee 19. Monopoly 20. Milk delivered in glass bottles
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