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(781)485-0588 Wednesday, September 19, 2018 Council approves SUGAR RAY BAND LEADER MARK MCGRATH ZBA grants variance to latest Encore parking WAS BORN TO PERFORM version of 605 Broadway project plan, holds up on By Adam Swift for the City versus the ZBA’s solar and capital role in addressing zoning laws The Zoning Board of Ap- as they currently stand. improvements peals (ZBA) granted Ever- It’s a confrontation that ett developer Greg Antonelli had been in the making for variances allowing for the months, as DeSisto had By Seth Daniel construction of a modern, openly questioned the may- four-story building with 18 or’s goals at several previous The Everett City Council apartment units and retail meetings. met in a special session on space on the first floor at 605 Antonelli’s plan getting Monday night to review three Broadway. the go-ahead by the ZBA is at matters, most prominently the But that vote ended up be- least the third iteration of the Encore Boston Harbor tem- ing more of a sideshow to the proposed project for the large porary parking plan on Low- main event of the hearing, a home that was the former of- er Broadway – which hit a nearly 15-minute interlude in fice of Dr. Al Mavilio. snag last week when the votes which Mayor Carlo DeMaria Last year, Antonelli came weren’t there for the second and ZBA Chair Joseph DeSis- reading. to debated the mayor’s vision See ZBA Page 2 The plan had already been approved last month on the first vote, but as per City Charter a second vote has to High Hand take place to engross the ordi- nance. That is usually a non- news vote on most occasions, Encore, Cambridge College open door on new but last week there weren’t Dealer School with 167 students in first class enough votes on hand to make PHOTOS BY KATY ROGERS More than 10,000 people converged on the matter pass. the Village Saturday, Sept. 15, for the By Seth Daniel ple kicking it off today,” said So it was tabled. colossal Village Fest, which has become Maddox before cutting the On Monday, the Council the signature event of the year in Everett Wynn Resorts CEO Matt ceremonial ribbon. “We be- had just enough votes to get – both for locals and those coming into Maddox was on hand Mon- lieve in investing in the com- the matter back on top again. the city for a fun time. This year, the day with Cambridge College munities around us. That’s With some councilors out on band Sugar Ray, fronted by singer Mark President Deborah Jackson what makes a successful en- business and Councilor Mike McGrath, headlined Village Fest in the and a handful of members of terprise – when you invest in Marchese recusing himself, evening. Meanwhile, in the afternoon, the first Dealer School casino your community and the peo- the necessary eight votes ma- residents and visitors enjoyed games, training program to open the ple that work for you.” terialized narrowly. the breweries/distillery and many other doors on the area’s inaugural For Everett’s Stephanie Councilor Fred Capone activities. Here, Kaitlin Kennedy was class of prospective dealers Sacramone, it was the first voted against the matter, mak- entertained with an extra-large game of for the Encore Boston Harbor day of Dealer School and ing it an 8-1 approval. Connect 4 during Village Fest. casino. something she had been look- Encore plans to park up- “Today is the first day and wards of 800 cars temporarily See ENCORE Page 3 we have more than 100 peo- on the now-clear lots across from its resort casino site for three years maximum. After More than 10,000 come out to see that, the plan is to develop the property into an accompany- ing hotel complex. headliner perform at Village Fest Meanwhile, the Council has been with me on guitar channel 90s on 9. There, he and Mayor Carlo DeMaria By Seth Daniel since day one. Like me, he reminisces and talks about the had too many lingering ques- can’t picture life without the things he saw and what the tions about the solar power Sugar Ray’s lead singer band and we continue on. It’s band did at their height. He contract that came up last Mark McGrath told the Ev- something we’re born to do. said his performances and the week as well. erett Independent on the eve We may not be in the public radio show do enter into the Without being able to eas- of his performance at Village eye anymore or be #1 on the area of nostalgia and it’s not a ily answer some basic ques- Fest that he loves to perform charts, but we love to be able word he shies away from. tions about savings and price and relishes opportunities to to continue performing. I am “Nostalgia is a word a lot locks, the matter was tabled. play the band’s best songs in so excited to be able to still of bands don’t want anything The Council also laid on front of crowds like at Village do events like the Everett Vil- to do with,” he said. “That is the table the $9.3 million vote Fest. lage Fest an to perform on the a word that Sugar Ray em- Stephanie Sacramone of Everett is one of the first members on the Capital Improvement But the long-time band- road…I just love performing braces. Nostalgia is defined of the 167-person Dealer School that started classes on Mon- Plan that has been outlined leader also finds himself with so that’s what I am doing. I’m as remembering a happy time day, Sept. 17. Wynn Resorts CEO Matt Maddox and Cambridge for the year. That matter will unique opportunities on tele- blessed to be able to do that. in your life. If you don’t want College President Deborah Jackson were on hand with other come back before the Council vision, where he holds the dis- My stage time is free, but I get that to describe you, then dignitaries to cut the ceremonial ribbon on the new school to at next Monday’s meeting. tinction of once being fired by Donald Trump on ‘Celebrity my travel paid for. In the end, there’s something wrong…In train prospective casino dealers. Apprentice, and also on the we consider ourselves truly a lot of ways, with the radio radio where he now hosts a blessed with these songs that show and other things, I think weekly show on Sirius Radio people love to hear.” I’ve become the ambassador ANOTHER WIN on Friday nights. Sugar Ray started in the late of all things good and maybe “We started this band 30 1980s, but came into promi- all things bad in the `90s – for- years ago last summer in nence in the 1990s, particu- give me for the highlights (in 1988,” he said. “There were larly with the hit single ‘Fly,’ my hair).” four of us and we managed among a handful of other hits. As a rising star in the mu- to stay together 23 years. His times in the 1990s are sic business during the 1990s, Now there are two of us still particularly telling on his Fri- playing. Rodney Sheppard day night show on the Sirius See FEST Page 8 Guaranteed Money Market NO MORE WAITING IN LINE Why wait in line at the Registry of Motor Vehicles APY* when you can insure and register your vehicle at the same place? At the Francis J. LaRovere Insurance On balances Agency, Inc. you can insure and register your vehicle of $100,000 at the same location. 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