EV Vol. 33, No.3 -FREEEVE ER TT Your Local News & Sports Online. Scan Here! ADDOCCO TEAT City Honors Rev. www.advocatenews.net Free Every Friday 617-387-2200 Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy By James Mitchell ormer supt. of Everett Public Schools Priya Tahiliani was passed over by the Natick School Committee for the open superintendent’s position after the Natick School Committee recently voted unanimously to off er the district’s superintendent job to Melissa Spash, who has been the deputy superintendent of schools in Lawrence since last January, according to a story in the Metro-West Daily online. According to the story, Spash was chosen for the Natick job over Tahiliani; David Thomson, superintendent Friday, January 19, 2024 Natick says “no” to Tahiliani for supt. job F of schools in Norwood; and Sandra Trach, assistant superintendent for teaching and learning in Wellesley. Last year, Tahiliani was also named as one of four fi nalists for the Melrose supt.’s position but reportedly withdrew her name given the background by the three other candidates. Tahiliani once again found herself outshined in education and experience by her fellow candidates as the other three held not only superintendent’s positions, but doctorates and master’s degrees in education and educational SAYS “NO” | SEE PAGE 5 Everett Community Television unveils redesigned studio ECTV announced new programs and opportunities at internal event; public open house tours scheduled Nena Price was presented with the Zion Church Ministries Spirit Award by Senior Pastor Rev. Bishop Robert Brown during the 18th Annual Scholarship Breakfast at the Connolly Center on Monday. See pages 12-13 for photo highlights. (Advocate photo by Tara Vocino) SINCE 1921 Messinger Insurance Agency 475 Broadway Everett, MA 02149 Phone: 617-387-2700 Fax: 617-387-7753 NEW COMPETITIVE AUTO RATES AND BENEFITS AVAILABLE ACCIDENT FORGIVENESS DISAPPEARING COLLISION DEDUCTIBLE 11% DISCOUNT WITH SUPPORTING POLICY 10% COMBINED PAY IN FULL DISCOUNT AND GREEN DISCOUNT 10% GOOD STUDENT DISCOUNT Celebrating 100 years of excellence! Monday thru Friday: 8am to 6pm Saturdays 9am to 1pm! Check out our NEW website! www.messingerinsurance.com Jazz and R&B duo Big Redd’s House performed during ECTV’s recent studio redesign unveiling. Special to Th e Advocate E verett Community Television (ECTV) hosted an internal unveiling of the redesigned studio at Everett City Hall to demonstrate everything that the public access station has to off er to the community and City of Everett departments. Over the past few years, ECTV has been upgrading the station’s infrastructure with new equipment, such as cameras, switchboards and network capabilities that the public can utilize. Recently, the station has acquired new furniture and redesigned the stage and set to give the studio a more modern look and feel. ECTV Technical Producer Akinyele Staples hosted the internal event to inform City departments about the opTELEVISION | SEE PAGE 4
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