EV Vol. 32, No.50 -FREEEVE ER TT Your Local News & Sports Online. Scan Here! ADDOCCO TEAT www.advocatenews.net Free Every Friday Mayor accepts gift card donations for annual Toy Drive Everett community members donated $1,700 worth of gift cards 617-387-2200 Friday, December 15, 2023 Pro soccer to Everett? Do not bet against it just yet State Sen. DiDomenico tells City Councillors he will fi le solo bill By Steve Freker T he need for a land status change on a 43-acre undeMayor Carlo DeMaria accepts the donation of gift cards to the City of Everett’s annual Toy Drive. Shown from left to right: Ward 2 Councillor Stephanie Martins, Marlene Zizza, Mayor Carlo DeMaria, Joanne Parris and Gerri Miranda. Special to Th e Advocate M ayor Carlo DeMaria recently met with a group of Everett community members to accept $1,700 worth of gift cards for the City of Everett’s annual Toy Drive. The gift cards were gathered at a party at Abbondanza Ristorante hosted by the owner of Sabatino/Mastrocola Insurance, Rocco Longo. The party was a result of him winning a 50/50 raffl e at the Ersilia Cataldo 5K Memorial Walk in October, where he immediately donated half of the winnings back to the Orange Rose Foundation and then used DONATIONS | SEE PAGE 7 A 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 veloped site on lower Broadway remains, despite a recent setback regarding a land status change that could potentially site a $600 million, 25,000-seat professional soccer stadium in Everett. That was the message from state Sen. Sal DiDomenico (D-Middlesex and Suff olk) delivered to the members of the City Council Monday night, telling them “something special” – soccer stadium or not – is destined for that land parcel, if the state agrees to lift the existing designation from the property. At present, the land, one of the largest undeveloped parcels remaining in Everett, has a state-mandated Designated Port Area (DPA) attached to it, meaning any development project has to be related to the adjacent waterfront port of the Mystic River. Sen. DiDomenico also told the Council the DPA status is holding back the city of Everett from “realizing the benefi ts that a remediation (and redevelopment) project could generate.” DiDomenico on Monday reiterated his previous pledge to fi le a solo bill at the State SOCCER STADIUM | SEE PAGE 22 Everett man arrested on felony charges after threatening witness on social media By James Mitchell nthony P. Raymond, of Everett, was arrested by Everett Police on Wednesday morning at his job at the MBTA in Boston on two counts of intimidation of a witness – a felony – which carries a minimum sentence of two and a half years in prison on each count. The arrest warrant was fi led in Malden District Court on Tuesday after Raymond allegedly posted threats to witnesses through his social media Facebook site, The Everett Reporter. Raymond, 53, a felon, who served time for a 2004 bank robbery in Malden where he was sentenced in federal court to 11 years in prison, also served time for criminal contempt of court after refusing to testify after being granted immunity during a grand jury investigation into two arson conspiracy cases involving the Big Dog Sports Grille in North Reading. In that 2006 case Raymond was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison. CHARGED: Anthony “The Razor” Raymond is shown at a past city council meeting during public participation at City Hall. Raymond was arrested Wednesday on felony charges on two counts of intimidation of a witness. (Advocate fi le photo) Tuesday’s arrest was reportedly due to his alleged threatening of a witness in an ongoing civil court case. RayARRESTED | SEE PAGE 5
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