EV RETEVT V Vol. 35, No.5 E ER T -FREET www.advocatenews.net Your Local News & Sports Online! Scan & Subscribe! ADDOCCO TEAT Free Every Friday Mayor Robert Van Campen, Everett Haitian Community Center urge extension of TPS for Haitians With TPS set to expire on Feb. 3, 2026, Mayor Robert Van Campen and community leaders call on Kristi Noem and the Trump Administration to protect families, preserve the healthcare workforce and uphold compassion and fairness. 617-387-2200 Friday, February 6, 2026 Mayor, EHS football coaches catch Patriots fever with their Super Bowl picks By Joe McConnell Pictured from leftto right: Councilor-at-Large Guerline Alcy Jabouin, Everett Haitian Community Center Founder/Director Rev. Dr. Myrlande DesRosiers, Mayor Robert J. Van Campen, Haitian Church of God of Unity Senior Pastor Reverend Guival Mercedat, Health Care For All Director of Community Engagement Jamila Xible, Ward 2 Councillor Stephanie Martins. Special to Th e Advocate M ayor Robert Van Campen and the Everett Haitian Community Center are calling on U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and the Trump Administration to extend Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitians, which was scheduled to end on February 3, 2026. Massachusetts is home to more than 45,000 Haitian TPS holders. In Everett, more than 20,000 residents are from Haiti, with at least onethird holding TPS status. TPS FOR HAITIANS | SEE PAGE 6 F. J. LaRovere Insurance Agency, Inc. 492 Broadway Everett, MA 02149 617-387-9700 phone 617-387-9702 fax INSURANCE FOR AUTO, HOME, AND BUSINESS We offer very competitive rates, and by representing many different companies we can shop for the best price for our customers. Call us today! Open Monday – Friday 9am-5pm and Saturdays 9am-12pm Messinger Insurance Agency 475 Broadway Everett, MA 02149 617-387-2700 phone 617-387-7753 fax T he long wait is over for New England Patriot fans. They had to endure a “long” six years without their team in the Super Bowl, but now under new management the Pats are back. With new head coach Mike Vrabel and second year quarterback Drake Maye, Bob Kraft’s team is getting ready for Super Bowl LX at Levi Stadium in Santa Clara, California this Sunday, Feb. 8. NBC will broadcast the game, which will be seen locally on Channel 10 at 6:30 p.m. Bill Belichick and Tom Brady, the architects of the last dynasty from 2001 to 2019, are long gone, and have since been replaced by Vrabel and Maye. Vrabel has three Super Bowl rings from that Belichick era as its middle linebacker and part time tight end, but it’s his time now SUPER BOWL | SEE PAGE 11 Bobby Knox: Malden’s forever ‘go-to’ guy moves on to new post in Everett Longtime Malden DPW Director departs for new role as Everett’s Executive Director of City Services By Steve Freker O ne of Malden’s most wellknown — and most wellliked — citizens is “just changing jobs, nothing else.” He wants to make that perfectly clear. “I’m not going anywhere,” he says emphatically. That generates one very small sigh of relief from lots of Maldonians, stretching all across the city from the Malden-Medford city line at Immaculate Conception Church to the other side of Route 1 where Malden meets Revere. But, alas, that only covers the future of where he will be residing. Unfortunately, nothing will diminish the dismay that arose around the city this past November when it was learned that longtime Malden Department of Public Works Director Bobby Knox would be departing this city to take a new, similar post with the City of Everett. All of the many, spirited “No ways!” quickly morphed into lots of more muted “Oh, wows” when the original rumors were confi rmed: “He really is leaving,” Malden residents mused, acceptingly, but far from agreeably. Back to the center of the big news, again he tried to soften NEW POST | SEE PAGE 10
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