Page 14 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, JunE 26, 2026 ~ Everett Public Libraries Calendar of Events ~ June 29–July 4 Parlin Adult and Teens Parlin Book Group: Parlin Meeting Room and Zoom, Monday, June 29, at 6 p.m. Discuss John Green’s “Everything is Tuberculosis.” Call Kathleen at 617-394-2300 or send an email to slipp@noblenet.org, for the Zoom link, or join us in person! Yarn Club: Parlin Fireplace Room, Tuesday, June 30, at 7 p.m. Come chit-chat and stitch! Bring your crocheting, knitting or any other yarn craft and sit and socialize with other members of the crafting community. Recommended for ages 14-109! Author Event with Ted Reinstein: Parlin Meeting Room, Wednesday, July 1, at 7:00 p.m. Ted Reinstein — of WCVB’s celebrated “Chronicle,” the Discovery Channel, HGTV and the Travel Channel’s “FreezeFrame” — is back. In honor of our nation’s 250th birthday, he will present OP-ED | FROM PAGE 3 These dollars further economic development, too, driving people to small business and arts venues via wayfinding signs and the promotion of cultural events. Municipalities invest funds in training for small business owners and employees. In Chelsea, for example, the Bunker Hill Enterprise Center is helping entrepreneurs build skills in hospitality, recruitment, and business innovation. Cambridge uses these funds to pro“Greetings from Breed’s Hill: Fact & Folklore on America’s 250th,” a fast-paced look at unique stories related to the Revolutionary War period, but with a twist. Stationery Café: Parlin YA Room, Thursdays from 3-5 p.m. Join us every Thursday afternoon in the summertime at our stationery station in the YA Room! BYO stationery or borrow some of the library supplies as we work on scrapbooking, letters, card-making and other paper crafts. Suggested for age 14+. Parlin Children’s Storytime and Sing-along with Karen: Parlin Children’s Room, Wednesday, July 1, at 11 a.m. Join us for a fun-filled morning of singing and storytelling with Karen! Suggested ages: newborn to six. Creative Drama Class: Parlin Children’s Room, Wednesdays at 3 p.m. Do you have a drama queen or king at home? Explore, mote cultural events; Chelsea expanded its tourism campaigns; and Medford is modernizing the Chevalier Theatre, which serves as the cultural heart of Medford Square. The Fund works to keep our region healthy by expanding outreach around gambling-related harm. Melrose has even used it to connect seniors with new programming, transportation, and entertainment opportunities that combat isolation and create and get dramatic with this fun interpretive program for kids ages six to 14. Shute Adult and Teens Ready Player One Games: Shute Meeting Room, Wednesdays at 2:30 p.m. Level up your Wednesdays with our ultimate gaming hangout! Grab your friends and dive into fun Nintendo Switch and PlayStation games. No registration required; recommended for ages 11 and up. Shute Children’s Master Builders: Lego Freeplay: Shute Children’s Room, Thursdays from 3-5 p.m., freeplay session with Legos and other building blocks. Bring a buddy, or make a new one, as you explore your imagination brick by brick! We provide the space and the materials to let your vision take shape. What will you create? bolster quality of life at their senior center. Reducing funding will not make the challenges of hosting a casino disappear. It will only strip municipalities of the resources they use to manage them responsibly. While federal funding seems uncertain and local budgets are stretched thin, limiting this support would stymie critical projects and undermine public safety. Protecting the Community MitThe World’s First Hearing Aids With Touchscreen Controls. No tiny buttons. No apps. No prescriptions. 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Nicholson, City of Lynn Lizzi Weyant, Metropolitan Area Planning Council Dying Without A Will I n Massachusetts, the legal profession refers to a person that dies without a Will as a person that dies “intestate”. A person who dies with a validly executed Will is said to die “testate”. The law in force at the time of the decedent’s death is what governs “statutory” decent and distribution under the Massachusetts Uniform Probate Code (MUPC). If you do not have a Will, one must look to the (MUPC) in order to determine the identity of the persons who will be considered your heirs at law and what will be the size of their statutory share of your estate. Mass General Laws, Chapter 190B. The MUPC applies to all property not disposed of by Will either because there was no Will or, if there was a Will, there was no residuary clause. Often times, people will execute Wills in order to disinherit others. For example, in order to insure that an unmarried decedent leaves all of his or her assets to his or her lifelong partner, it is important to execute a Will to accomplish this. Otherwise, surviving brothers and sisters as well as children of deceased brothers and sisters would receive under the intestacy statute assuming the decedent has no parents and no children. It should be noted that property held in Trust, life insurance proceeds, qualified retirement plans, individual retirement accounts, and annuities, for example, do not constitute part of one’s probate estate. Therefore, the Will does not affect the ultimate disposition of these assets. The beneficiary designation is controlling. That is why it is so important to provide for secondary beneficiary designations in the event the primary beneficiary predeceases you. By statute, your surviving spouse is considered your heir. If you die without a Will and you are married with children of that marriage, the MUPC provides that your surviving spouse will take all of the probate assets. If you are married with no children and no parents, your surviving spouse will also take all of the probate assets. If you are dealing with a second marriage and if one or both spouses have children from a previous marriage, the MUPC provides for a much different outcome in order to make sure that all parties receive a portion of the probate estate. (i.e. the spouse of the second marriage and children of the decedent from a previous marriage. If you die without a surviving spouse and you die with children surviving you, then your property will pass to your children in equal shares, the children of any deceased child to take their parent’s share “by right of representation”. If you die with no surviving spouse and with no surviving children or grandchildren, your property will pass to your parents in equal shares. If you die with no surviving spouse, no surviving children and grandchildern and no surviving parents, then your property will pass to your surviving brothers and sisters, in equal shares, the children of deceased brothers and sisters to take their parent’s share “by right or representation”. If you die with no surviving spouse, no children, no grandchildren, no parents, no siblings, and no blood nieces and nephews, then your property passes to the nearest blood relatives based upon “degrees of kindred”. Only if you die without having any kindred will your property “escheat” to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. If is important to execute a Will. There are numerous benefits to having one. There are numerous unintended outcomes as a result of not having one. Provisions for guardianship of minor children, specific bequests, specific burial wishes, charitable bequests, selection of Executors, wrongful death lawsuits, and Medical malpractice lawsuits are just some of the other reasons why Wills are important. You would want to name the individuals that would receive the proceeds of a wrongful death lawsuit or a Mesothelioma lawsuit, for example. It’s not a good idea to not execute a Will, even if you believe that all assets are held in Trust, are held as joint tenants with rights of survivorship or have named beneficiaries. Joseph D. Cataldo is an estate planning/elder law attorney, Certified Public Accountant, Certified Financial Planner, AICPA Personal Financial Specialist and holds a masters degree in taxation.
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