Page 2 ANGELO’S FULL SERVICE "42 Years of Excellence!" 1978-2020 Regular Unleaded $2.049 Mid Unleaded $2.629 Super $2.699 Diesel Fuel $2.649 KERO $4.759 Diesel $2.399 HEATING OI 24-Hour Burner Service Call for Current Price! (125—gallon minimum) DEF Available by Pump! Open an account and order online at: www.angelosoil.com (781) 231-3500 (781) 231-3003 367 LINCOLN AVE • SAUGUS • OPEN 7 DAYS Law Offices of John Mackey & ASSOCIATES * PERSONAL INJURY * REAL ESTATE * FAMILY LAW * GENERAL PRACTICE * PERSONAL BANKRUPTCY 14 Norwood St., Everett, MA 02149 Phone: (617) 387-4900 Fax: (617) 381-1755 John Mackey, Esq. WWW.JMACKEYLAW.COM Patricia Ridge, Esq. * Katherine M. Brown, Esq. THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 2020 RESIDENTS | FROM PAGE 1 on the main EPS site including translations of essential information. EPS is providing meals-to-go Monday-Friday from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at Everett High School. Beginning Monday, March 23, these services will also be provided at the Whittier School. Everett families can elect to stay in their cars or walk up to grab meals. • Distance learning information has been distributed to students and also posted on the EPS website with information on the iReady platform along with free online resources so that students can continue to learn. Supplemental enrichment packets are printed and also available for parents and students to pick up during meal distribution. We will be providing access to online learning platforms that can provide extra support for students that are on IEPs. • State Education Commissioner Jeffrey Riley will be providing guidance regarding AP testing, MCAS, SATs, support for students with IEPs, term grades, graduation, etc. • Central Office staff are working remotely. On Friday, they will be receiving a calendar of daily video meetings as well as a project tracker that will outline the work to be completed. • EPS is collaborating with the Everett Teachers Association on how teachers can be consistently providing supplemental learning experiences to students throughout the district. • Whitsons workers who are supporting with the food distribution will be paid. We are working with the Commissioner as he will be providing guidance around payment of hourly employees and outside vendors. Constituent Services/311 Director – Chad Luongo – Chad.Luongo@ci.everett. ma.us | dial: 311 • Constituent Services is fully staffed during this time and receiving calls remotely during normal City Hall business hours. This office will be staffed Friday, Saturday and Sunday from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. with two specialists on each shift. We are responding to constituents’ issues as they arise during this time and coordinating with the proper departments to ensure that their issues are dealt with timely and properly. Everett Public Libraries Interim Director Matthew Lattanzi – matt.lattanzi@ ci.everett.ma.us | (857) 3631794 • The physical branches of the Library, both the Parlin and the Shute, are closed to the public. During this time, Librarians are researching program ideas (both crafting ideas for those conducted internally as well as researching/contacting vendors for those programs conducted by an external party at the Library) as well as assembling their weekly book orders. What can our Patrons still do while the Library is closed? • Patrons can still access our Overdrive system (https:// noble.overdrive.com/), where they can access the entire North of Boston Library Exchange (NOBLE) collection of e-books and audio books. When a patron wishes to choose a title, they simply click on the “Borrow” link. When they are directed to sign-in, they need to click on the “NOBLE Library Patrons” option from the drop-down menu (the first option) and input their Everett Public Libraries card number, which can be found on the back of their physical Library Card. • Patrons can access many of our online databases (https://www.noblenet.org/everett/dbases.html) while the buildings are closed. • For those who do not currently have a Library Card for the Everett Public Libraries but wish to access Overdrive, the Boston Public Libraries (BPL) enables any person who lives in or owns property in Massachusetts to register for an e-card from BPL by following this link: https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/4197886/ eCard-Registration. By registering, Patrons will also be given access to BPL's other online resources. • There are many resources that can be utilized during this time outside of the Library which foster the goal and vision we at the Everett Public Libraries hold of instilling “a love of reading and learning in children and adults by providing access to the world of ideas and information.” Below, please find a couple links that will assist us to achieve this goal during these difficult times. • ht t ps: //bookriot . com/2020/03/16/kidlit-authors-stepping-up-during-thecovid-19-crisis-and-quarantine/. This website provides a few methods for people, particularly children, to stay engaged while they are kept home from school. Some links will bring you to children’s authors reading their books on their YouTube or Instagram pages and others provide for more hands-on engagement, such as drawing lessons and art-and-crafts ideas. • https://www.tumblebooklibrary.com/Default.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f – TumbleBooks offers online databases which patrons can use from the safety of their own homes. Catered to children, some of their offerings include animated talking picture books, read-alongs, ebooks, quizzes, lesson plans, and educational games which are used in schools and libraries in over 100 countries around the world. Click on the links as listed below to directly access each of their databases, with requisite log-in credentials already inputted for our Patrons • https://www.tumblemath. com/ • https://www.tumblebooklibrary.com • https://www.teenbookcloud.com/autologin.aspx • https://www.audiobookcloud.com/autologin.aspx Everett Police Department Chief of Police, Steven A. Mazzie, steven.mazzie@cityofeverett.org • The Everett Police Department is still open 24/7/365 and remains business as usual with reducing close contact whenever possible and not doing heavy enforcement actions as we monitor the course of the disease. Operations are running at 100%. We will remain monitoring parks, playgrounds and licensed establishments to ensure compliance with social distancing and general safety measures as well as assisting at Everett High School for meal distribution and other meals for seniors. The court systems are shut down, but the Police Department is working on sending those that can’t be released to the Middlesex Sheriff’s Department. Everett Fire Department Fire Chief Anthony Carli – Tony.carli@cityofeverett.org Deputy Fire Chief Scott Dalrymple – scott.dalrymple@ cityofeverett.org 617-394-2349 – non-emergency • The Everett Fire Department continues to respond to any and all emergencies 24/7 with our emergency personnel ready to assist citizens. Our Fire Prevention division is still doing critical inspections and issuing permits remotely. If anyone has a Fire Prevention question about what we can or cannot perform, I encourage them to reach out to our nonemergency number listed above. We are also working with the City’s Facilities Maintenance division to formulate a strategic approach to sanitize all of the City’s buildings before resuming regular operations. Purchasing Department Rob Moreschi, Robert.moreschi@ci.everett.ma.us RESIDENTS | SEE PAGE 4 Prices subject to change Winter Diesel Available FLEET
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