EV Vol. 33, No.49 -FREEEVE ER TT www.advocatenews.net Your Local News & Sports Online–Subscribe Here! ADDOCCO TEAT Free Every Friday Everett Serves Hundreds of Meals at Annual Thanksgiving Complimentary Dinner City offi cials, fi rst responders, residents, and community leaders joined together to serve meals to attendees and celebrate Thanksgiving Special to Th e Advocate T he Mass Badge Foundation, in partnership with the City of Everett, Everett Police Department, and Zion Church Ministries, hosted the 13th annual Community Thanksgiving Complimentary Dinner on Monday, Nov. 25 at the Edward G. Connolly Center. Everett’s first responders, residents, city employees, members of the Zion Church Ministries, elected officials, and so many more prepared and served a complimentary Thanksgiving dinner with all the fi xings to all who attended the event. The Connolly EVERETT | SEE PAGE 10 617-387-2200 Friday, December 6, 2024 Carlo DeMaria, Jr. vs. Everett Leader Herald, Sergio Cornelio, Joshua Resnek, Matthew Philbin and Andrew Philbin, Sr. Judge orders Alcy, Philbin, Jr. and executive secretary to produce documents, appear for depositions By James Mitchell A ccording to records filed in Middlesex Superior Court obtained this week, in the ongoing defamation lawsuit filed by Mayor Carlo DeMaria, Jr. against the Everett Leader Herald newspaper, and its owner Matthew Philbin, publisher Joshua Resnek and Andrew Philbin, Sr., Middlesex Superior Court Judge Hon. Maureen Hogan, following a November hearing, has endorsed a motion filed by DeMaria’s attorneys that witness Guerline Alcy fully comply with a February 11, 2023 order by court-appointed Discovery Master Raymond S. Ewer, Esq. to turn over all emails and texts by December 9, 2024. In addition, Nicole Porcello, defendant Matthew Philbin’s executive secretary, and Andrew W. Philbin, Jr., brother and business partner of the defendant, must fully comply with a May 18, 2023, order by the court-apLAWSUIT | SEE PAGE 9 Annual DiDomenico From left: Senator Sal DiDomenico, Fire Chief Joseph Hickey, event organizer and Everett police offi cer Raoul Goncalves, Mayor Carlo DeMaria, Bishop Robert Brown, Police Chief Paul Strong, and Chelsea City Councillor Calvin Brown. (Photo courtesy of the City of Everett) 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 Thousands of toys are shown piled up in the function room at the Kowloon Restaurant during last year’s DiDomenico Foundation Toy Drive. Foundation Toy Drive Dec. 12 Special to Th e Advocate J oin us for the Annual DiDomenico Foundation Toy Drive as we celebrate the holiday season and collect toys for children throughout our region. Residents from far and wide will come together at Santa’s “pop up” toy factory at the Kowloon Restaurant on Route One North in Saugus, Mass., on Thursday, December 12, 2024, from 6:30 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. The DiDomenico Foundation is an all-volunteer organization, and one of their primary missions is to distribute toys to children in homeless and domestic violence shelters, social service agencies, parishes and local schools. “We are grateful for the tremendous support of our Foundation benefactors, members, and volunteers, who help make TOY DRIVE | SEE PAGE 9
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