EVT EVE ER T Vol. 34, No.9 -FREET www.advocatenews.net Your Local News & Sports Online! Scan & Subscribe! ADDOCCO TEAT Free Every Friday Supporters Host Successful Campaign Fundraiser 617-387-2200 Friday, February 28, 2025 DiDomenico Files Over 80 Bills to Begin New Legislative Session B OSTON — Senator Sal DiDomenico filed over 80 bills this January marking the beginning of the 2025-2026 Legislative Session. Senator DiDomenico is focused on passing legislation and securing funding on a wide range of issues from supporting working families in need, to providing the best education for our youngest generation, to making our government work better for people regardless of their background or spoken language. “I am excited about the bills WELCOME: Sabatino/Mastrocola Insurance owner Rocco Longo, along with cohost Gina Tello, are shown welcoming guests of honor Stacy and Mayor Carlo DeMaria during a campaign fundraiser last week. Longo hosted the well-attended event at his Broadway business in support of the mayor’s reelection. See pages 12 & 13 for photo highlights. (Advocate photo by Emily Harney) I have fi led and the coalitions we are working with this legislative session that will improve the well-being of children and people in need across the Commonwealth,” said Senator Sal DiDomenico. “I look forward to building on the momentum and success of the last session to advance priorSal DiDomenico State Senator ities important to my constituents such as preserving affordable housing, increasing cash assistance to families in deep poverty, ensuring everyone has access to nutritious food, protecting our environment, spurring our economy forward, and standing up for DIDOMENICO | SEE PAGE 11 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 Council proposes ordinance regulating demolition of historic structures Van Campen: Need to recognize, protect city’s historic buildings By Neil Zolot T he City Council is considering instituting a demolition delay for historic buildings. “We’ve seen a signifi cant amount of overdevelopment in our neighborhoods where two family structures sited for over 100 years are torn down indiscriminately and replaced with 6–9-unit structures,” Ward 5 member Robert Van Campen said as he chaired a Legislative Aff airs and Elections Subcommittee meeting on the matter Monday, February 24. “It’s starting to drag our neighborhoods down. The intent is not to prohibit you from developing an Robert Van Campen Ward 5 Councillor area, but to pause the ability to tear a structure down. It often forces a developer to see a better alternative for development VAN CAMPEN | SEE PAGE 20
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