Page 22 THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, AugusT 4, 2023 BEACON | FROM PAGE 19 reducing the Authority’s greenhouse gas emissions, these 40-foot battery electric buses have many amenities to enhance our riders’ experience, like flipup seats, accessibility features and dual-sided passenger information screens.” --- MBTA General Manager Philip Eng announcing the MBTA’s new $119 million contract with New Flyer of America Inc. for the production and delivery of 80 new, low-floor, 40-foot battery electric buses. “It could be ‘Plastic-Free July’ all year round if we can get this bill over the fi nish line. Reusable bags are ready and waiting.” ---Janet Domenitz of MASSPIRG on proposed legislation to eliminate single-use plastic bags in the Bay State. “As Massachusetts will experience some of its most intense heat in the coming days, it’s important for people to make a plan to stay safe – including staying hydrated, limiting strenuous activity and checking in on one another. We’ve expanded hours at DCR swimming pools, beaches, waterfronts and spray decks to allow for more opportunities for residents to cool off . We’re grateful to the workers who are putting in the time and effort to support these extended hours. All of us can do our part to help our friends and neighbors beat the heat.” --Gov. Maura Healey. HOW LONG WAS LAST WEEK’S SESSION? Beacon Hill Roll Call tracks the length of time that the House and Senate were in session each week. Many legislators say that legislative sessions are only one aspect of the Legislature’s job and that a lot of important work is done outside of the House and Senate chambers. They note that their jobs also involve committee work, research, constituent work and other matters that are important to their districts. Critics say that the Legislature does not meet regularly or long enough to debate and vote in public view on the thousands of pieces of legislation that have been filed. They note that the infrequency and brief length of sessions are misguided and lead to irresponsible late-night ses~ LEGAL NOTICE ~ CITY OF EVERETT sions and a mad rush to act on dozens of bills in the days immediately preceding the end of an annual session. During the week of July 2428, the House met for a total of eight hours and 42 minutes while the Senate met for a total of 13 hours and 32 minutes. Mon. July 24 House 11:01 a.m. to 1:52 p.m. Senate 11:02 a.m. to 3:10 p.m. Tues. July 25 No House session No Senate session Wed. July 26 House 11:04 a.m. to 11:09 a.m. Senate 11:14 a.m. to 2:48 p.m. Thurs. July 27 House 11:03 a.m. to 4:49 p.m. Senate 11:03 a.m. to 4:53 p.m. Fri. July 28 No House session No Senate session Bob Katzen welcomes feedback at bob@beaconhillrollcall.com Bob founded Beacon Hill Roll Call in 1975 and was inducted into the New England Newspaper and Press Association (NENPA) Hall of Fame in 2019. 1. August 4 is International Beer Day; what yeast product makes beer bubbles? 2. What type of clothing is named for an Italian island? 3. In what year did Kraft debut boxed macaroni & cheese: 1909, 1921 or 1937? 4. Grendel is the name of a monster in what Old English epic poem? 5. On Aug. 5, 1812, the Massachusetts governor refused to commit the Massachusetts militia to the War of 1812; what president then refused to send troops to protect Massachusetts? 6. What science fiction writer also founded a church? 7. What has the nickname Dishy McFlatface? 8. On Aug. 6, 1848, Susie King Taylor was born a slave in Georgia; she was the only African American woman to write what kind of memoir? 9. In Atlanta there is a vault that contains the formula for what beverage? 10. What is the largest national park in the lower 48 states? 11. On Aug. 7, 2007, who hit a 756th career home run to break Hank Aaron’s record? 12. In September what USA city will be holding its 70th anniversary of being named the “Wedding Capital of the World”? 13. In what Dickens novel with a title that is also a person’s name is the fi rst line, “Whether I shall turn out to be the hero of my own life, or whether that station will be held by anybody else, these pages must show”? 14. On Aug. 8, 1984, the Massachusetts Bay Colony Charter (1629) was stolen from what Boston building? 15. How many U.S. Cabinet department heads are there: nine, 15 or 17? 16. What is Captain Ahab’s ship called? 17. August 9 is National Book Lovers Day; what word means a person who loves or collects books? 18. What Motown group was the fi rst to have a hit with “Heat Wave”? 19. How are Gabriel, Lucifer and Michael similar? 20. On Aug. 10, 1950, what fi lm about Hollywood premiered that Gloria Swanson promoted by train, visiting 33 cities? ANSWERS PUBLIC HEARING FOR PETITION FROM MASSACHUSETTS ELECTRIC COMPANY D/B/A NATIONAL GRID OF NORTH ANDOVER, MASSACHUSETTS To all parties interested in the public hearing. Be it hereby ordered: Petition of the Massachusetts Electric Company d/b/a National Grid of North Andover, Massachusetts for Electric conduit Location: To City Council of Everett, Massachusetts Respectfully represents the Massachusetts Electric Company d/b/a National Grid of North Andover, Massachusetts that it desires to construct a line of underground electric conduits, including the necessary sustaining and protecting fixtures, under and across the public way or ways hereinafter named. Wherefore it prays that after due notice and hearing as provided by law, it be granted permission to excavate the public highways and to run and maintain underground electric conduits, together with such sustaining and protecting fixtures as it may find necessary for the transmission of electricity, said underground conduits to be located substantially in accordance with the plan filed herewith marked: Devens St - Everett - Massachusetts. The following are the streets and highways referred to: Plan # 30768885 Devens St - National Grid to install beginning at a point approximately 300 feet southwest of the centerline of the intersection of Devens St and Church St and continuing approximately 10 feet in a south direction. Install 1-4” underground duct from existing Pole # 2548 on Devens St approximately 10ft +/- southeast through the sidewalk to customer’s property at 16 Devens St. Hearing to be held with the Everett City Council, held on the August 14, 2023 August 04, 2023 1. Carbon dioxide 2. Capris 3. 1937 4. “Beowulf” 5. James Madison 6. L. Ron Hubbard (the Church of Scientology) 7. It is the part of Starlink that collect’s signals from satellites (part of SpaceX). 8. Civil War (She was a teacher and a nurse and moved to Boston after the war.) 9. Coca-Cola 10. Death Valley 11. Barry Bonds 12. Las Vegas 13. “David Copperfield” 14. The Old Statehouse 15. 15 16. Pequod 17. Bibliophile 18. Martha and the Vandellas 19. They are the three angels who are named in the Bible. 20. “Sunset Boulevard”
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