THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, MAy 1, 2026 Page 9 Sen. DiDomenico talks local issues and state policy at community office hours Office hours with DiDomenico’s team. (Courtesy photo) Special to The Advocate S tate Senator Sal DiDomenico and his team hosted local office hour events in each community he represents throughout April. DiDomenico met with many constituents, heard their concerns, shared his legislative and budget goals for the year and supported people having issues accessing various government services. The Senator will continue to host office hours both in the district and virtually periodically throughout the year. “Meeting with constituents is always important because it gives us the opportunity to meet residents where they are ORDINANCE | FROM PAGE 2 whatever they want at the cost of the City. We can’t allow a company like that to treat the people and the land this way. We can’t allow them to believe they can do whatever they want.” Resident Victoria Thistle also spoke, citing the negative aspects of a data center’s drain on a community’s power grid and increases in water use rates for cooling. Planning Board member Stephanie McColaugh and resident Alex Alcivar got into a little tiff during Public Participation. Alcivar accused opponents of the data center of being from out of town, members of the Democratic Socialists of State Senator Sal DiDomenico and his team meeting with constituents at office hours. (Courtesy photo) to support them, and we also hear about what issues are important to them so we can ensure our legislative priorities reflect their top concerns,” said Senator DiDomenico. “Making myself and my team accessible is a top priority so we will be having many more of these office hour events, but if anyone ever has questions or thoughts they want to share with us, please do not hesitate to reach out. I want to thank everyone who came out and spent time with our team.” Senator DiDomenico’s office can be reached by phone at 617-722-1650 or by email at Sal.DiDomenico@masenate. gov. America and being socialists and/or communists that have attacked him personally for his position, including McColaugh. “I’d be afraid to oppose this,” he warned the Councillors. “They will get external actors to smear you online. This company is acting in good faith and cleaning up a blighted site.” He also said he is starting an online news website to disseminate information. McColaugh has spoken at previous meetings, opposing the project. Addressing the Council on April 27, she prefaced similar remarks, “Good evening, comrades.” In later discussion, Councillor-at-Large Wayne Matewsky ORDINANCE | SEE PAGE 15
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