Page 16 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – Friday, August 2, 2019 GAMING | FROM PAGE 1 cers who are replacing those officers who were transferred to the Gaming Enforcement Unit at Encore Boston Harbor. The second grant is set at $425,000 and will be awarded to Everett and Somerville. This grant will provide continued funding for the plans to extend the Silver Line from Chelsea to Somerville and will include a stop at the casino. The next grant is for $400,000 and will also be awarded to EverEVERETT CRIMSON TIDE’S OPENING DAY is August 5th for Football and Cheer at Sacramone Park from 5:00 PM to 7:30 PM If you still need to Register, we got you covered. We will be at the Park at 4:30 PM to take Registrations. The New Age Base for Football is: Age as of July 31, 2019 6U (5&6) - 8U (7&8) - 10U (9&10) - 12U (11&12) - 14U (13&14) 9 0 TH ANNIVE RS AR Y St. Rocco Feast 2019 August 9th, 10th, & 11th Location: Pearl and Thacher Streets, Malden, MA Parking Info: Parking around the streets of the Feast. Free/residential parking. T Route: Malden Center - Orange Line Friday, August 9, 7pm-11pm 6:30 – Procession With the statue of St. Rocco from the Italian American Citizens Club on Pearl Street 7:00 – 11:00 – Reminisants Saturday, August 10, 4pm-11pm 4:30 – 5:30 – Gian Faraone Smooth crooner, stylish dapper Gian Faraone will perform the hits of Sinatra and other Rat Pack favorites 6:00 – 8:45 – North Shore Acappella All time New England favorites hit the stage 9:00 – 11:00 – Midtown Men The highlight of the 90th Anniversary is the Midtown Men, Original Broadway Cast of Jersey Boys. Performing Frankie Valli’s all time hits from smash hit musical Jersey Boys. Special guest appearance by Malden native, Dave Russo Comedian. Sunday, August 11, 1pm-9pm 1:00 – Procession With the Statue of St. Rocco with the Italian American Band of Lawrence and the North End Marching Band 4:00 – 5:30 – Presti Players Brass Band Join us for some Jazz, RnB, Classic Rock and BeBop! 6:00 – 9:00 – Heart Attack Ack Ack Ack Billy Joel cover band, paying tribute to one of the most successful solo artists of all time. Anchored by a professional dueling pianist and lifelong Billy Joel fan, the band’s dynamic live shows feature Billy’s more rocking mid-70s to early-80s favorites. Jan. 12, 1954: A packed Metropolitan Transit Authority trackless trolley bus and truck collided at the intersection of Main Street and Broadway, sending the bus crashing into two utility poles and causing injuries to 20 of the 70 passengers. Jan. 13, 1930: Everett’s Andrew J. (Swede) Oberlander appointed head football coach and assistant professor of physical education by Wesleyan University. Jan. 14, 1870: Agnes Bryant becomes the first child born in the Town of Everett. Jan. 14, 1901: Everett Lodge of Elks instituted. Jan. 16, 1934: The Everett School Committee orders to exodus of married women schoolteachers in the Everett Public Schools. Jan. 17, 1944: William T. “Doc” O’Connell, a popular welterweight, dies at his home on Ferry Street the age of 32. This new weekly series in The Everett Advocate is published with permission from a book written by retired Everett City Clerk Michael Matarazzo. Enjoy! Weekly Series brought to you by saintroccosfeast.org Beer/Wine Garden, Raffles, Food, Games, and Live Entertainment all weekend! Fun for everyone! F.J. LaRovere Insurance Agency 492 Broadway, Everett * 617-387-9700 Check out our new website: www.larovere.com Like us on Facebook advocate newspaper Facebook.com/Advocate.news.ma ett and Somerville. That money will be used to “design a connection from Draw 7 Park in Somerville across the MBTA tracks to the Assembly Square Orange Line Station head house.” The new connection will also have a bridge across the Mystic River in Everett. The final grant, for $105,000, will go to Chelsea and Everett. This will provide funding for a trilingual Enterprise Center at the Chelsea campus of Bunker Hill Community College. The purpose of the center will be to train and provide a “pipeline of workers” for Encore. Under the state’s gaming law, the commission provides funding for “communities and water and sewer districts in the vicinity of a gaming establishment, local and regional education, transportation, infrastructure, housing, environmental issues and public safety, including the office of the county district attorney, police, fire, and emergency services.” During the past four years, the commission has awarded approximately $16 million in Community Mitigation grants.
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