EV RETEVT V E ER T Vol. 35, No.22 -FREET Your Local News, Sports & More! Scan & Subscribe to Advocate News Online! ADDOCCO TEAT www.advocatenews.net Free Every Friday Everett High’s Dr. Seiders named Mass. STEM Teacher of the Year 617-387-2200 Friday, June 5, 2026 Sen. DiDomenico brings home millions for district and Commonwealth in Senate Budget Budget plan also completes Student Opportunity Act commitment, expands housing growth and shields residents from federal cuts — without increasing a single tax or fee Special to Th e Advocate S CONGRATULATIONS: Pictured from left to right, Everett Teachers Association President Kim Auger, Lt. Governor Kim Driscoll, STEM Teacher of the Year Dr. Anna Seiders and her Everett High STEM faculty colleague, Dr. Chris Backlund. Special to Th e Advocate E verett High School math and engineering teacher Dr. Anna Seiders has been named the 2026 Massachusetts STEM Teacher of the Year, a glowing testament to her unyielding commitment to empowering her students by exposing them to authentic learning experiences inside and outside of school. Dr. SeSTEM | SEE PAGE 8 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 enator Sal DiDomenico, who is Assistant Majority Leader of the Massachusetts Senate, secured amendments in the Senate budget to deliver $650,000 for essential organizations in the district and secured over $1 million for critical statewide programs that support those with ALS and organizations addressing gang and youth violence. In addition, dozens of his statewide priorities that he advocated for, totaling hundreds of millions of dollars, were also included in this year’s budget. The Massachusetts SenSenator Sal DiDomenico speaking at the Massachusetts Senate rostrum during debate. (Courtesy photo) ate unanimously passed their $63.37 billion budget for FisDIDOMENICO | SEE PAGE 14 City Council Sends Data Center Zoning Proposal Back for Further Review By Neil Zolot T he City Council is still debating how to tailor zoning to Data Centers, resulting in a proposal at their meeting Tuesday, May 26 to amend the City’s Zoning Ordinance data centers to the back to the Subcommittee on Legislative Affairs for further study. “There is more work to be done,” Council President Stephanie Smith said. “What we have today is too broad” — a reference to provisions that allow 20,000 square foot data centers in the Everett Docklands lnnovation District (EDlD) in the Commercial Triangle bordered by Lower Broadway, Revere Beach Parkway and the Mystic River. She’d like to see more conservative limits on size, a cap on the number of data centers that could be built and data center companies being required to have businesses in Everett. “If you want a data center in Everett, bring your business to Everett,” she said. A data center is a facility that enables the internet by processing data, such as email, web searches and virtually everything pertaining to the internet. The Science Feedback website reports there are 9,000 in the world, but more are needed and planned. “Without them, our tightly interconnected civilization would not exist,” it explains. It also reports data centers DEBATING | SEE PAGE 9
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