EV Vol. 33, No.37 -FREEEVE ER TT www.advocatenews.net Your Local News & Sports Online. Scan Here! ADDOCCO TEAT Free Every Friday City hosts solemn 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony at Central Fire Station Everett community, elected offi cials and fi rst responders gathered together in remembrance 617-387-2200 Friday, September 13, 2024 Council votes again to delay funding of former EHS renovations Family Resource Center, boxing club would have to fi nd new homes By Neil Zolot T hey can’t seem to get it done. Once again, the City IN SOLEMN REMEMBRANCE: Everett police offi cers and fi refi ghters are shown saluting during the 9/11 Remembrance Ceremony at Central Fire Station on Wednesday. (Photo courtesy of City of Everett) Special to Th e Advocate O n the morning of Wednesday, Sept. 11, the City of Everett, residents, elected offi cials and fi rst responders from the Everett Police and Fire Departments gathered at the Central Fire Station to honor those who lost their lives due to the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. Everett Fire Department (EFD) Provisional Fire Chief Joseph Hickey welcomed attendees to the ceremony. Joining Chief Hickey were Mayor Carlo DeMaria and Everett Police Chief Paul Strong along with EFD and Everett Police Department (EPD) personnel. Zion Church Ministries Senior Pastor Bishop Robert Brown delivered the opening and closing prayers. “The City of Everett joins with cities and towns across the United States to pay tribute to and remember those lost and impacted by the 9/11 | SEE PAGE 13 SINCE 1921 Messinger Insurance Agency 475 Broadway Everett, MA 02149 Phone: 617-387-2700 Fax: 617-387-7753 NEW COMPETITIVE AUTO RATES AND BENEFITS AVAILABLE ACCIDENT FORGIVENESS DISAPPEARING COLLISION DEDUCTIBLE 11% DISCOUNT WITH SUPPORTING POLICY 10% COMBINED PAY IN FULL DISCOUNT AND GREEN DISCOUNT 10% GOOD STUDENT DISCOUNT Celebrating 100 years of excellence! Monday thru Friday: 8am to 6pm Saturdays 9am to 1pm! Check out our NEW website! www.messingerinsurance.com Council deferred on appropriating $72 million to renovate the old Everett High School on Broadway to accommodate 1,100 7th and 8th grade students to relieve overcrowding at the neighborhood Kindergarten-Grade 8 schools at their meeting Monday, September 9. The vote was 7-4 in favor of the appropriation, but the majority was overruled on procedural grounds. “Appropriations questions need 8 votes to pass,” City Clerk Sergio Cornelio informed the members. “It has failed.” Councillors-at-Large John Hanlon and Katy Rogers and Ward 1 Councillor Wayne Matewsky, Ward 3 Councillor Anthony DiPierro, Ward 4 Councillor Holly Garcia and Ward 6 Councillor Peter Pietrantonio voted in favor while Councillors-at-Large Guerline Alcy Jabouin, Michael Marchese and Stephanie Smith and Council President Robert Van Campen voted against. A vote for reconsideration passed “to keep the item on the City Council agenda,” Van Campen explained. The sticking point is the lack of plans for relocating current occupants in the building, including the Eliot Family Resource Center and a boxing club, among other things, or providing security between the tenants and the school. After about two hours of discussion, the Council approved a proposal by Van Campen to postpone approval until the administration “provides us with a detailed plan for reloRENOVATIONS | SEE PAGE 2 DENT A L 373 Broadway Everett, MA 02149 (617) 898 3384 ranashahidental@gmail.com Dental Restorations Crowns Sealants Fluoride Treatments Bonding GRAND OPENING Gar ima Rana, D.M.D Yen Vo, D.M.D Extractions Invisalign Cleanings Root Canals Emergency Care
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