THE EVERETT ADVOCATE – FRiDAy, DECEmbER 9, 2022 Page 3 Former Everett Supt. Forestiere Expected to go on trial, Feb. 6 Judge rejects plea for continuance By Steve Freker A longtime former top Everett school administrator is now expected to go to trial early in 2023 on a series of charges, following a court action Friday. Former Superintendent of Schools Frederick F. Forestiere, who retired in 2018, had requested a plea for a continuance without a finding in Malden District Court on six counts of indecent assault and battery and one count of assault and battery for his alleged actions during his time as superintendent of schools. Several former employees of the Everett Public Schools made these charges for alleged actions and some of those alleged victims made impact statements in Malden District Court last Friday, December 2. According to reports, Judge Emily Karstetter rejected the plea in court and instead recommended a fi nding of guilty on all counts, with a sentence of 18 months of jail time, with 12 months suspended. In most cases, the rejection of the continuance without a fi nding action means that the case case now will more than likely go to trial. According to reports, Forestiere’s next court date is set for Monday, February 6, 2023. Had the judge accepted Forestiere’s plea, where the defendant admits that there are suffi cient facts, if the prosecution were to present the case, for a fi nding of guilty, there would be no jail time and the defendant would have no fi nding of guilty on the criminal charges. After a designated amount of time where there were no other infractions of illegal actions, the case would be dismissed. Three former female employees of the Everett Public Schools delivered impact statements in court on Friday, accusing Foresteire was involved in inappropriate acts while they were working for the Everett Public Schools, where he was the Superintendent at the time. According to reports, Judge Karstetter told the women who made the statements they were supported and “you are not alone.” Attorney Gerard Malone detailed many of former Supt. Forestiere’s accomplishments while Superintendent when he had a chance to speak, including national recognition in some cases, according to reports. City of Everett Is Well Prepared for Upcoming Winter Advocate Staff Report W ith the snow season now upon us, the City is well prepared for both snow removal and emergency measures. The Mayor recently met with his senior staff to ensure that the procedures, staffi ng, and supplies for snow removal and parking enforcement are eff ectively in place. All pieces of snow removal equipment, both City-owned and contracted vehicles, along with several snow blowers for City buildings will be made available for the upcoming season. For major storms, crews will work in coordinated split shifts, utilizing plows, sanders, bobcat front-end loaders, and sidewalk plows to ensure the safety of the City’s main arteries, side streets and sidewalks. In the days following major storms, the DPW will continue the work of plowing and coordinating additional snow removal. The City has reaffi rmed its strategy for notifying residents of parking bans. Parking bans and restrictions will be implemented and enforced ahead of storms. Once the decision has been made to declare a snow emergency, the information will be made available to residents through robo calls, postings on ECTV, social media, website and by the activation of the blue emergency lights along main arteries. Residents can also call 311 for any information. For this snow season, December 2022 – March/April of 2023, the year used for parking bans will be 2023 – an odd numbered year – thus vehicles should park on the ODD side of the street. For secondary streets, where parking is normally allowed on both sides when a snow emergency is called, parking is ONLY allowed on the side of the street where the house numbers are ODD. This would apply for the entire snow season. However, streets that are one-sided parking you must remain on the side that is usually allowed. As always, there is no parking permitted on main arteries during a parking ban. Main arteries include: •Chelsea, Hancock, Nichols, Norwood, Lawrence, Bell Rock, Bryant, Broadway, Main, Elm, Ferry, Fuller, Lynn, Bucknam, High, Garland, Alpine, Second, Tileston, Tremont, Union. Failure to follow parking ban and snow emergency regulations will result in the ticketing and towing of vehicles. The Code Enforcement Department would also like to remind people when shoveling not to throw snow back into the street. This hinders the efforts of the City to eff ectively plow our roadways, and is subject to fi nes. Also, using objects to reserve parking spaces on City streets is prohibited by City ordinance. The Mayor and his administration ask that all residents help the City achieve a successful snow removal season by following these regulations, and thank everyone in advance for their cooperation. For more information, please call the Mayor’s Offi ce at 617394-2270. OUR OFFICE HAS MOVED TO 519 BROADWAY, EVERETT SABATINO INSURANCE AGENCY 519 BROADWAY EVERETT, MA 02149 PHONE: (617) 387-7466 FAX: (617) 381-9186 Visit us online at: Rocco Longo, Owner WWW.SABATINO-INS.COM
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