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Wednesday, August 26, 2020 Football, fall sports will move to February along with GBL pact By Seth Daniel ty in the red (high-risk for COVID-19) and in Everett Imagine Everett Veterans we are in the red, you’ll be Memorial Stadium emp- moved to the floating sea- ty on a Friday night in the son, which starts on Feb. fall – no touchdowns, no 22,” Turner told the School cheerleaders, no marching Committee Monday. “We band, no hard-nosed tack- are a district that is in the les, and no journeys to a red and so we don’t have The past seven days have been a very exciting – and unusual – time to campaign and vote in Everett for the Sept. 1 State Super Bowl title at Gillette a choice. All fall sports Primary Election. Between mail-in voting, socially-distanced rallies and statewide bus tours, Everett has been a stop for all. Stadium in early December. will be moved to Feb. 22. Shown here are U.S. Sen. Ed Markey (above left) in Everett Square with State Sen. Sal DiDomenico and Mayor Carlo DeMaria But there is no imagina- However, if we are able to on Monday; Congressman (and U.S. Senate candidate) Joe Kennedy III (above right) in Everett Square last Thursday with tion needed because it is move out of the red, our fall Councilor Stephanie Martins; State Rep. candidate Michael McLaughlin (below left) at his rally on Monday afternoon; and reality. coaches and athletes can State Rep. Joe McGonagle (below right) speaking of his working relationship with Markey during that rally on Monday. Football and all fall start conditioning and doing sports are cancelled this fall drills….As soon as Everett according to Athletic Di- is out of the red, we can rector Tammy Turner, but a start conditioning and prac- silver lining is that there is ticing, but we cannot do any a move afoot for all Great- competition in the fall.” er Boston League (GBL) So deep is the gridiron teams to join together and culture embedded in the move all of their fall sea- city that it will require some sons to February so they reinventing of the character can have a GBL Champi- of the community come this onship. The state ruled last fall. That is also true of oth- week there are no playoffs er sports to an extent, like this year or any state titles soccer for boys and girls, in any sports. “If you are a communi- See SPORTS Page 2 Candidates, voters navigate one strange election CELEBRATING 75 season as September 1 Primary approaches By Seth Daniel and creating some excite- or Michael McLaughlin for ly voting and absentee bal- ment for in-person voting state representative. In the lot (mail-in) requests – with Nearly two thousand and Election Day in-person last seven days, all four have only about 130 of those be- votes have been cast already voting as well. held or attended in-person ing in-person early voting,” in the Sept. 1 Primary Elec- No one has ever had to events in Everett. he said. “We have about tion as mail-in and in-person do it before, but candidates City Clerk Sergio Corne- 1,500 to 1,800 ballots re- voting options have brought are adapting and changing lio said there had been 4,000 turned for mail-in voting excitement to campaigns for weekly. This week marked mail-in ballots requested by and they continue to come U.S. Senate and State Rep- a major uptick in the ener- Monday of this week, much in.” resentative in Everett. gy of the two centerpiece higher than anticipated. He said there were prob- With COVID-19 chang- campaigns – one featuring Some 1,800 had been re- ably 3,600 requests so far ing everything, and radical- U.S. Sen. Ed Markey vs. turned, and 130 people had for mail-in ballots, being ly shifting how candidates Congressman Joe Kennedy participated at in-person conservative. He said that campaign, one of the keys III for U.S. Senator; and the early voting in City Hall. could possibly represent to the election this year is other featuring State Rep. “We’ve probably seen Rich Jr., Rosalie, Rita and Richard Eliseo Sr. at the 75th birth- day party. See Page 11 for story and more photos. focusing on mail-in ballots Joe McGonagle vs. Council- close to 4,000 between ear- See ELECTION Page 2 Massive redevelopment of Stop & Shop site planned Messinger Insurance By Seth Daniel of the grocery store. Planner Tony Sousa said ed Pioneer, the proposed de- Agency, Inc. The Grossman Compa- they are very excited about velopment at Wood Waste, 475 Broadway The new owners of the nies of Quincy has filed with the proposal and that it pig- the Market Forge proposal, Stop & Shop parcel on the the City to begin reviews of gy-backs on so many of the the Fairfield development Everett, MA 02149 Parkway straddling the the project, and were slat- other dynamic mixed-use under construction on the Phone: 617-387-2700 Everett/Chelsea line have ed to be on the agenda for projects that have surged Chelsea side of the line and 921 Fax: 617-387-7753 proposed a massive rede- Monday’s Planning Board – into the formerly heavy in- the operational EnVision velopment of the site, with though that got pushed into dustrial area. He said the Hotel. All of it adds up to a 800 rental housing units and September due to a public project would create more very new and different place AUTO INSURANCE BENEFITS retail offerings that may or notice Snafu. momentum that is already See STOP & SHOP Page 2 may not include a re-make In the meantime, City underway with the complet- ACCIDENT FORGIVENESS Mayor DeMaria moves to rename Everett High auditorium DISAPPEARING COLLISION DEDUCTIBLE By Seth Daniel Committee meeting, the role as an ex officio mem- charges were filed in court Committee by a unanimous ber of the Committee. in early 2019. The case is 11% DISCOUNT WITH SUPPORTING The Frederick Forest- vote accepted a request The Center was named still pending and has been POLICY eire Center for Perform- from the mayor for the re- after former Supt. Fred For- delayed by COVID-19 ing Arts at Everett High naming and sent it to the esteire when he was still at court shutdowns. He is 10% COMBINED PAY IN FULL School – otherwise known Subcommittee on Property the helm of the schools and charged with seven counts DISCOUNT AND GREEN DISCOUNT as the auditorium – is be- for further evaluation. shortly after the new Ever- of misconduct, but hasn’t 10% GOOD STUDENT DISCOUNT fore the School Committee There was no immediate ett High was completed so yet been convicted of any- this month on a request by comment from anyone on many years ago. Howev- thing. 99 years of excellence! Mayor Carlo DeMaria to the Committee and Mayor er, criminal allegations of That said, many have rename the facility after the DeMaria did not wish to improper conduct against asked numerous times if late Dorothy Martin Long. comment at this time either. him prompted his resigna- Monday thru Friday: 8am to 6pm At Monday’s School He submitted the item in his tion in December 2018 and See AUDITORIUM Page 3 Saturdays 9am to 1pm! Check out our NEW website! For the latest news in Everett that you need to know, check www.messingerinsurance.com Quote your policy online! everettindependent.com ELECT MICHAEL J. MCLAUGHLIN for State Representative • Dedicated • Independent • Devoted A True Leader, Not A Follower, That Everett Can Count On Paid political advertisement Page 2 The Everett Independent • Wednesday, August 26, 2020 Phone: 617-387-9600 Fax: 781-485-1403 AG Maura Healey endorses Terrence Kennedy Stop & Shop // CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 for re-election to the Governor’s Council than most everyone in Ever- ett is used to seeing on the Governor’s Councilor justice. He is exactly the Terrence Kennedy rep- forgotten southern side of the Parkway. Terrence Kennedy is proud voice we need representing resents the 6th District of to announce he has received us.” Said Healey. “It’s everything coming the Governor’s Council together that is so exciting,” the endorsement of Massa- Kennedy said “I am hon- which includes Lynn, Lyn- chusetts Attorney General ored to have the support of he said. “I look at 2014 nfield, Marblehead, Nahant, Maura Healey in his bid for Attorney General Maura and 2015 when we did the re-election. The Democrat- Healey” Saugus and Swampscott of neighborhood plan and a ic Primary is Tuesday, Sep- The Democratic Primary Essex County, Cambridge, few years later we did the tember 1st. is Tuesday, September 1st, Everett, Malden, Medford, zoning changes. The we “I am proud to endorse Early Voting has already Melrose, Reading, Somer- added the federal opportu- nity zone designation. That Terrence Kennedy for begun and Mail Ballots ville, Stoneham, Wakefield, re-election to the Gover- must be returned by Prima- is very real and every devel- Winchester of Middlesex oper down there has looked nor’s Council.