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Fred Forest- an investigation into that and eire has been charged with other incidents, and led to the seven counts of assault and sudden retirement of Forest- By Adam Swift battery for allegedly inappro- eire in December after more priately touching three female than 50 years on the job in It doesn’t look like a har- Everett Public Schools (EPS) Everett. bormaster will be taking to employees. DA Ryan stated that Forest- the high seas of Everett in the Middlesex District Attorney eire was charged on Tuesday near future, but at least one Marian Ryan and Police Chief with the following crimes: City Councilor wants the ad- Steven Mazzie announced the •Indecent assault and bat- ministration to keep a close charges late on Tuesday after- tery on a person over the age eye on the City’s waterways. noon, noting that Foresteire, of 60. Monday night, the Council 75, will be arraigned on April 4 •Assault and Battery. approved an ordinance estab- in Malden District Court. •And, five counts of inde- lishing a commercial passen- The charges were born out cent assault and battery on a ger vessel license for busi- of a controversy that surfaced person over the age of 14. nesses located in the city. In around Thanksgiving last year The seven counts were fo- part, the ordinance was draft- when Foresteire was accused cused on three victims, Ryan ed so the City won’t be left of sexual harassment by a for- said, all of whom were EPS out to sea when the new docks mer EPS employee, Andrea employees who were known at the Encore Boston Harbor Garay. Garay filed a complaint casino open, allowing for the with the Massachusetts Com- See CHARGED Page 2 casino to run its own four ferry boats out of the dock, as well as allowing for water Encore Boston Harbor taxis to and from Boston. While those ferries will be docked and licensed in Bos- delighted with job fair turnout ton, several councillors noted PHOTO BY BOB MARRA/ROBERTMARRAPHOTOGRAPHY.COM By Seth Daniel pastry chef. there could be an increase in Mekhi Collins gets past a St. Mary’s defender during Pope John’s game at St. Mary’s in the open- ing round of the Spartan Classic on Feb. 19. The Tigers dropped a 74-62 decision to the powerful “I did vote for it in 2013,” marine vessel traffic and busi- Spartans, but now head on to the State Tournament as a #9 seed in the Division 4 North section. When Everett’s Melissa she said. “I knew it would ness in Everett and wanted to The defending champions played last night, Feb. 26, in Boston against Cristo Rey High School. Perez went to the voting booth bring a lot of employment op- get ahead of the issue. That game came too late for Independent deadlines. on June 22, 2013 and cast her portunities for a lot of people. Discussion and approval Meanwhile, the Everett High boys’ basketball team got a #6 seed in the Division 1 North section, vote emphatically in favor of I voted for it thinking about of the ordinance led to some and will face Cambridge at Everett High School tonight, Feb. 27. See Page 7 for more photos. the Encore Boston Harbor ca- the future. Now they are questions about marine safety sino, she never dreamed she wanting to hire 5,000 people and traffic that didn’t neces- might work there one day. here at this fair. That’s a really sarily fall within its bounds Now, nearly six years later, big number to think about. I at Monday night’s council ‘Never Saw it Coming’ Perez, 26, stood with a smile was all for it from the begin- meeting. Chief among them from ear to ear at the Encore ning, and it feels really, really was whether the City should Job Fair in the Hynes Con- good to think I have a good consider appointing a har- Lower Broadway restaurant rolled over vention Center on Monday, chance to be part of it. I’m bormaster, an issue raised by reveling in the good news that By Seth Daniel stay,” she said from her emp- After a great run on Low- Ward 6 Councilor Michael she likely would be hired as a See ENCORE Page 2 McLaughlin. ty, Caribbean-themed dining er Broadway, she said she has “I hope the City is tak- The height of the new En- room on Monday. “I’ve been had to cancel lucrative cater- ing this seriously,” said Mc- core Boston Harbor resort here since 2011. My location ing orders from universities Laughlin. “This is opening up seems larger than life, but its would be the perfect spot. I like Northeastern and Boston the City to serious concerns shadow is even more massive, know Caribbean food is very University, as well as wed- by bringing private boats to and restaurant owner Valery popular and they weren’t go- dings and functions. the docks.” Joseph said it’s a shadow that ing to have that in the casino. Joseph has lived in Everett McLaughlin questioned has rolled over her small busi- The customers try to come, with her family since coming John Tocco, Encore’s direc- ness to the point of closure. but they can’t get here. It’s not from Haiti 16 years ago. After tor of Community Relations, Joseph, a longtime Everett easy for a group of people try- becoming a registered nurse, and Kevin O’Donnell, May- resident, said she will close ing to come here and they’re she dreamed of opening a or Carlo DeMaria’s chief of La Perle on Lower Broadway circling and circling to find a restaurant in Everett with her staff, about safety issues asso- March 16, one of the last re- spot. They just give up. It’s family. In 2011, they moved ciated with the boat traffic and maining small businesses in discouraging and they leave. on that dream and opened La if they believed the City needs the area of the casino project. We’ve been struggling the last Perle on Lower Broadway. a harbormaster. The onslaught of construc- year with this. If it weren’t Times were very good for the “I’m open to the idea, and tion worker parking, street for take-out and catering, we restaurant and it wasn’t un- I’m not closing the door,” said closures, dust, endless traf- would have already closed. common for Joseph to have O’Donnell. But he added that fic and changes in the traffic The casino is aware of it, but a packed house Thursday he is comfortable with how configuration (making it next they don’t care. I don’t know through Sunday. Members of the Encore Boston Harbor team were on hand all Encore will handle the oper- to impossible to get to her what God has in store for While most all of their weekend to interview prospective employees at the massive ation and didn’t think there restaurant) have just become me, but my plan is to re-open Caribbean food was popular, hiring event in the Back Bay’s Hynes Convention Center last too much for her to continue. somewhere. I just never saw Sunday and Monday. Thousands came looking for jobs in 500 different categories. See HARBORMASTER Page 3 “I would have loved to this coming. Never saw it.” See CLOSURE Page 3 TASTE TESTER Council debates sand, salt storage ordinance By Adam Swift mitted that there has been some push back about the pro- A new dry bulk storage or- posed fee being too high. dinance would be good for the “I think what we are going environment and help the City to find is that it is too little,” regulate giant piles of sand, said Capone. NO MORE WAITING IN LINE mulch, salt, and other dry While 25 cubic yards of goods, according to Ward 1 material might not sound like Why wait in line at the Registry of Motor Vehicles City Councilor Fred Capone. a lot, Capone said that figure when you can insure and register your vehicle at the But the Council will take at equates to 54,000 pounds of same place? At the Francis J. LaRovere Insurance least two more weeks before salt, 81,000 pounds of sand, Agency, Inc. you can insure and register your vehicle taking any action on Capone’s and up to 20,000 pounds of at the same location. We offer issuance of license plates, proposed ordinance, giving mulch. transfer of registrations, and renewal of registrations city officials time to see how When it comes to enforce- to all of our valued clientele, even after the Registry surrounding communities ment of the amount of dry is closed and on Saturdays. Please call today to have implemented and en- goods that are licensed, Ca- schedule an appointment. forced similar ordinances. pone said the City is going “Right now, there is no reg- to have to depend on what is F.J.