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we speak sabatino • español • portuguêse Stay In. Stay Safe. insurance agency • italiano Call or Email Us! Rocco Longo all types of insurance! • auto • home • rental • flood • business • commercial 617-387-7466 | 564 Broadway, Everett | sabatino-ins.com Everett IndependentPublished by the Independent Newspaper Co. Wednesday, April 29, 2020 On the front lines: Panarese A little help starting to see Everett Community Care Fund to good results distribute first checks Thursday By Seth Daniel By Seth Daniel have been vetted by a com- mittee. As the patient was The Everett Communi- “When we talked to peo- wheeled into the ICU De- ty Care Fund will hold its ple in the community, rent partment at CHA Everett first distribution of funds to and bills are the big areas last week, she was clinging 100 families on Thursday they need help now,” said to health and positive for – cutting checks to utility Lucy Pineda, director of COVID-19 – struggling to companies and phone com- LUMA. “With food, there breath. panies for $200 each to help is a shortage now, but there She needed to get on those most affected by the are a lot of services already a ventilator quickly, and pandemic. happening with different the medical team rushed The Fund launched late organizations in the city.” into place with one of the last week and is run in con- With an application pool machines as the woman’s junction with the United of 300, and $20,000 to help breathing got more and Workers at the Everett Way, five community part- 100 families, Pineda said more labored. Shops have been busy ners and the City of Everett. they had to make careful Ready to intubate her, supplying the entire MBTA On Thursday, Latinos decisions. All applicants Everett’s Allen Panarese workforce and system United in Massachusetts had to fill out a form with paused as the woman with hand sanitizer over (LUMA) will be giving basic information and also looked up to him with wor- the last month. When the out the checks to approved whether they are working ried eyes – clearly very sick MBTA had trouble getting families – all of whom have See HELP Page 2 and also very afraid she sanitizer for its workers to be Everett residents and might never speak again. last month, they bought in She was afraid she would bulk and employees at the die, and Panarese – who Everett Shops have been is also a long-time School re-using and re-filling small bottles in the effort. They College Bound? Committeeman in Everett have re-filled nearly 12,000 – was her lone source of now. comfort at the moment as Class of 2020 look past graduation, he also worked to save her life. hopeful to be on campus in September “One of my patients, be- Everett shops keeps MBTA fore she was put on the ma- By Seth Daniel “I think my family is chine, she looked at me and more hurt than I am now,” said, ‘Am I going to die?’” system stocked with sanitizer Ahmed Alananzeh’s said Alananzeh on Mon- he told the Independent. family had been waiting day in a Zoom call with “I looked at her and said, By Seth Daniel traditional supply channels. Now, MBTA employees for graduation since com- two other seniors. “I’m the ‘Not today you’re not.’ She On Monday, MBTA Gen- have formed their own dis- ing to America – watching fourth and youngest in the ended up actually being the When the MBTA faced eral Manager Steve Poftak tribution network. three previous children go family and all of us grad- first patient at the hospital the COVID-19 crisis, the told the Fiscal Management “We have bulk sanitiz- through Everett High and uated from Everett High. to successfully come off the first thing that had to be Control Board (FMCB) er which we are refilling all just missing the top spot. I was the first one to be done was to provide em- they decided to bring the into bottles at our Everett This year, Alananzeh and valedictorian and now they See PANARESE Page 3 ployees with ways to pro- operation in-house at the Shops and distributing to his family were set to enjoy don’t get to hear that vale- tect themselves, including Everett Shops on Lower our employees and at all hearing him give the vale- dictorian speech. That was hand sanitizer. Broadway. Not being able the stations,” said Poftak. dictorian speech at Everett going to be recorded and However, in March, that to get normal quantities, the “We collect all the empty Memorial Stadium – vid- would have gone all over was nearly impossible as MBTA ordered in bulk and sanitizer bottles and bring eotaping the speech and social media. This is why there was a run on hand took delivery of 12, 55-gal- them in and deliver them to sending it viral to so many we came to the U.S. – so sanitizer and little to none lon drums of hand sanitizer family and friends online. one of us could excel. They could be found through the one month ago. See MBTA Page 6 It was the moment they had really wanted to have that all been waiting for, he said. moment, to see me give the Baker extends stay at home advisory, closure Now, it likely isn’t going speech and have my name to happen at all, and even called. I think it’s some- more so, Alananzeh is more thing they had hoped for of non-essential businesses until May 18 worried about being able to over many years.” start college at Yale Univer- Now that opportunity ap- By Lauren Bennett many people want to hear,” tensity that would suggest Baker said at Tuesday’s a serious decrease in cases. sity on campus this fall – as pears more and more like it Governor Charlie Bak- press conference, but he “We’re moving in the he heard last week that the won’t happen, and seniors er on Tuesday afternoon said that there are “risks right direction with respect fall semester could be on- line. See COLLEGE Page 2 Ward 1 School Committee- extended the stay at home associated with going back to the virus, but ww are not man Allen Panarese has advisory and closure of too soon.” where we need to be,” Bak- been known by many as non-essential businesses He said that the measures er said. “These mechanisms a member of the Everett until May 18. The original the state has taken so far all need to remain in place.” School Committee for order was set to expire on with the stay at home advi- He thanked the people of several years. However, he May 4. sory and increased testing, Massachusetts for “playing has also been a respiratory Additionally, Baker ex- among other things, have their part” in limiting the therapist for 41 years, most tended the ban on gather- helped to flatten the curve spread of the virus. He said of the time at CHA Everett. ings of 10 or more people in the Commonwealth. He he recognizes how difficult He has been on the front until May 18. added that while hospital- the state’s decisions have lines for the last eight “I know pushing these ization rates have begun to been on people and fami- weeks, and said he definite- dates back a couple of plateau, they have not yet ly is seeing a light at the weeks is probably not what started to fall with the in- end of the tunnel. See BAKER Page 2 ABBONDANZA RISTORANTE FEEDS FIRST RESPONDERS NO MORE WAITING IN LINE On Monday, the Abbondanza family gra- Why wait in line at the Registry of Motor Vehicles ciously donated prepared meals to each when you can insure and register your vehicle at the public safety building in the city, showing same place? At the Francis J. LaRovere Insurance gratitude to those still working around the clock to keep us safe. Councilor Anthony Agency, Inc. you can insure and register your DiPierro teamed up with Katrina Abbondan- vehicle at the same location. We offer issuance of za to help deliver the meals to the Police, Fire license plates, transfer of registrations, and renewal and 911 Buildings. Abbondanza Ristorante is of registrations to all of our valued clientele, even located on Main Street and is still serving up after the Registry is closed and on Saturdays. Please their classic Italian dishes through takeout call today to schedule an appointment. and delivery service. Visit www.abbondan- zaristorante.com F.J. LaRovere Insurance Agency, Inc. to view their ex- 492 Broadway tensive menu of Everett, MA 02149 fine Italian dishes. Pictured here are 617-387-9700 Katrina Abbon- danza, Councilor Open Mon-Fri 8am-6pm, Sat 9am-1pm Anthony DiPierro, Adam Ragucci Check out our NEW website! and Steve Schem- www.larovere.com bri of the Fire Quote your policy online! Department. For the latest news in Everett that you need to know, check everettindependent.com Page 2 The Everett Independent • Wednesday, April 29, 2020 Phone: 617-387-9600 Fax: 781-485-1403 Help // CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 College // CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 or not, and if they are re- for their assistance and gen- of individuals, children and said that after Gov. Charlie Alananzeh recalls think- immigrants. They came to ceiving support from other erous seed fund to get us families during this unprec- Baker’s cancellation of the ing he would finish up his the U.S.

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