Page 12 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRIDAY, MARCH 27, 2020 ~ LETTER TO THE EDITOR ~ An Open Letter to all service providers to the people of the City of Everett W e are writing to all of you on behalf of the people of the City of Everett: You are the providers of the basic infrastructure that society has become dependent on, its skeleton and blood. During this crisis your roles have become even more crucial, vital to not only our citizens’ comfort and wellbeing, but to their health and the health of our city. All of us are going to need you to rise to this challenge. In order to protect the most vulnerable population in our community, we are calling on all cable/internet utility companies to suspend ALL disconnections for non-payment. With this unprecedented pandemic resulting in hundreds of layoff s in our own community creating an economic emergency, we need relief for our residents, and business owners. Our community needs to be guaranteed that during this crisis, people are safe and service will continue without interruption. It is extremely important we are assured that the people of Everett who are facing fi nancial burdens do not have the added stress of losing the connection to essential utilities like internet, cable, and phone services. It only makes common sense that utility companies would consider its customers during these tying times and continue to provide the most basic services to all of us. These basic services would include but are not limited internet capabilities for remote learning for our children or transacting business for individuals to remain employed. All of our citizens in Everett, residents and business owners alike, deserve a quality of life afforded to them absent a public health crisis. Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter. Sincerely, Carlo DeMaria Mayor Sal DiDomenico Senator Joseph McGonagle State Representative Rosa DiFlorio City Council President Everett residents admitted to Dean’s List at UMass Amherst A MHERST, Mass. – The following Everett residents were named to the Dean’s List at the University of Massachusetts Amherst for the fall 2019 semester: Conrado Campos Araujo, Anthony Francis Diorio, Nyomi Dottin, Brayams Flores Reyes, Brenda Amaral Genium, David Gertz, Shermarie C. Hyppolite, Giselle Beatriz Lemus Tejada, Ayush Manandhar, Walchris Nicolas, Joseph Domenic Pascarella, Terrell Redwood, Autumn Lillian Ryan, Lily Yee Tran and Vincent Vu. In order to qualify, an undergraduate student must receive a 3.5 grade point average or better on a four-point scale.
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