EVT EVE ER T Vol. 34, No.11 -FREET www.advocatenews.net Your Local News & Sports Online! Scan & Subscribe! D OCAT Free Every Friday Annual Chamber of Commerce $10,000 Raffl e Dinner a Great Success 617-387-2200 WINNERS: The fi ve fi nalists who split the $10,000 prize each won $2,000 at the Chamber’s annual Raffl e Dinner at Spinelli’s in Lynnfi eld last week. Shown from left to right, are; Tom Marchant, Peter Flynn, Taylor Hanlon, Nick Crowell (for ticket holder Robert Hall), and Joan Fiorentino. See page 18 &19 for photo highlights. (Advocate photo) E 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 ADVOCTE Friday, March 14, 2025 Sen. Markey rails against federal orders, workforce cuts at Malden Town Hall meeting Thousands pack Malden High School for fi rst event of its kind in this area “Bringing out the Malden in me” – on Saturday afternoon at Malden High School, U.S. Senator Ed Markey said money might be taken out of Pell grants and clean energy programs to make room for tax breaks for millionaires. (Advocate photo) By Steve Freker d Markey did not mince words at the Town Hall he hosted in his hometown on Saturday, when describing his discontent with the series of budget and workforce cuts emanating from the White House. MARKEY | SEE PAGE 4 City Council votes ‘No Confi dence’ over mayor’s longevity bonus Mayor: Certain council members driven by “personal agendas” By Neil Zolot T he City Council unanimously passed a symbolic resolution of “No Confi dence” in Mayor Carlo DeMaria and Chief Financial Offi cer Eric Demas at their meeting on Monday, March 10. It referred to items in the February 27 report from the state Inspector General calling for the return of $180,000 in longevity pay, concealment of the payments in a Human Resources line item, possible violation of confl ict of interest regulations by the Mayor for participating in the drafting of an ordinance granting him longevity pay in 2016, eliminating longevity pay for all elected offi cials and separating the functions of Auditor and Chief Financial Offi cer “in a deliberate and methodical manner,” although some of the items would be addressed separately in other agenda CITY COUNCIL | SEE PAGE 6
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