State shoots down Wynn plan to clean Mystic with oysters, clams

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State shoots down Wynn plan to clean Mystic with oysters, clams
The Everett Independent • Wednesday, February 25, 2015
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Wynn // CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
hicles to bypass the queues of
those vehicles and reach Revere Beach Parkway (Route
16) westbound.
Additionally, they would
channelize the roadway on
the south side of the rotary through a combination
of pavement markings and
raised islands to remove the
weaving area between Mystic
View Road and Revere Beach
Parkway (Route 16) that, in
combination with new guide
signage and signal timing and
phasing adjustments, will improve traffic flow.
The improvements also include an enhanced, accessible pedestrian path along the
western and northern sides of
the rotary and across Santilli
Highway. The improvements
will also include landscape
amenities and added stormwater capacity.
The timeline for those improvements, however, will
have to be wrapped around
the larger Woods Memorial
Bridge replacement project
on Rt. 16. It is expected that
the mediation by Wynn would
take two construction seasons,
but would begin in the winter
of 2015.
“In the course of the continued design of the Santilli
Circle improvements, the Proponent will continue to work
with MassDOT, DCR, and
the City of Everett on a mutually acceptable schedule for
the construction of the Santilli
Circle improvements,” read
the filing.
Wynn indicated that all
concerns previously raised
by all agencies have been resolved with the new plan.
At Sweetser Circle – at
the end of Lower Broadway
– Wynn’s plan is similar to
Santilli.
The improvements include
implementing clear and recognizable pavement markings
and signage to guide motorists
through the rotary more efficiently, and formalizing rightturn lanes at all entrances to
the rotary so that motorists
may take the first exit from
the rotary without needing to
merge with circulating traffic.
These
improvements
are predicted to reduce the
amount of merging and diverging conflicts at the rotary,
which will improve efficiency
as well as significantly improving the safety of the rotary. The improvements also
include accessible sidewalks
along the outside of the rotary, walkways between legs
of the rotary, and accessible
crossings across all legs of the
intersection to facilitate pedestrian access.
As for Wellington Circle,
the traffic issues there have
been every bit as devastating
for years upon Everett as they
have been upon Medford.
Wynn proposed to provide
$1.5 million for a long-term
study done by the state to address a solution.
To address both current and
projected future operational deficiencies at Wellington
Circle, Wynn has collaborated
with MassDOT on a plan to
optimize traffic signal timing
and phasing and make certain geometric improvements
within the existing public
right-of-way. The geometric
improvements include providing an additional through
travel lane on both Route 16
approaches and an additional
left-turn lane on the Fellsway
(Route 28) northbound approach.
The improvements also include removing some paved
areas to create new green
space and planting new trees
to improve the streetscape.
The filings are now in a
public comment period and
have to get a final sign off
from the state’s Executive
Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.
Seth Daniel can be contacted by e-mail at seth@reverejournal.com
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State shoots down Wynn plan
to clean Mystic with oysters, clams
By Seth Daniel
An intriguing and heralded
plan by Wynn Everett to help
clean up the Mystic River using beds of oysters and clams
has been scrapped at the behest of the state’s Division of
Marine Fisheries (DMF).
Apparently, state regulators are worried that the water-cleaning-only
bivalves
will be harvested illegally by
unknowing residents and then
eaten. That would likely make
them very sick, and therefore
do not meet the guidelines set
by the DMF.
“According to DMF's
growing guidelines, this project does not conform with
our current shellfish planting
guidelines,” said Amy Mahler
of the state’s Executive Office
of Energy and Environmental
Affairs. “The level of oysters
needed for this kind of restoration, in addition to concerns
of increased public health rick
due to citizens collecting the
planted oysters, we discourage this kind of project.”
The news was broken in
Wynn environmental filings
late last week.
“In response to the concerns of the Massachusetts
Division of Marine Fisheries,
the 30,000 square foot clam
and oyster seeding activities
previously proposed by the
Proponent have been eliminated from the Project,” read the
filing. “[Wynn] will contribute to improvements to water
quality in the Mystic River
through the remediation…
[Wynn] will continue to work
with the Mystic River Watershed Association and other in-
terested parties to advance the
restoration of aquatic resources in the immediate vicinity of
the Project Site.”
Wynn officials this week
had no direct comment on the
elimination of the innovative
shellfish water cleaning plans.
Some close to the project
did say that they aren’t 100
percent certain that the oyster
beds are gone for good. They
could, it is believed, make a
return to the project at a later
date.
Mahler said it isn’t the first
time that such an activity has
been proposed in Massachusetts by government or the
private sector. Each previous
time, the idea has also been
frowned upon.
Seth Daniel can be contacted by e-mail at seth@reverejournal.com
Promotions // CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
Mayor Carlo DeMaria
caused a bit of controversy
last year, when he asked the
Council to consider taking the
Chief’s position out of Civil
Service, so that when he or
another Mayor in the future
has to pick a new chief, he
would have more freedom to
make that selection.
Part of Mayor DeMaria’s
reasoning at the time was
that no clear candidates were
evident among the firefighter
ranks and that senior officers
in the department had stopped
taking the Fire Chief’s test,
due to Butler’s expected continuing tenure in the job.
With the two new Deputy
Chiefs established, it is possible that a succession plan
would be more evident moving forward.
Police hire two new recruits
Not all of the good news
was reserved for the city’s fire
department on Monday night.
In addition to the six promo-
tions in the fire department,
the Everett Police Department
also got to celebrate the hiring
of two new patrol officers.
The Council voted unanimously, 9-0, to approve the
appointments of rookie patrol
officers John A. Fitzpatrick III
and Hayli Leal Hill.
The two new officers join
six other new recruits who
joined the Everett Police Department just last June.
Permit Listing
523-531 Broadway
A&F Realty Corp.
Renovation
Installing new high efficiency
furnace and central air conditioning complete with new
duct work.
Cost: $5,000
Fee: $75
190 ferry S t.
Fine Mart Realty Trust
Kenneth Graveson
Cut soffitt walls, remove
existing sleepers, install new
equip.
Cost: $14,200
Fee: $450
98-100 Chestnut St.
DeOliveira MacNamara,
Garcia
Remodeling the bathroom
on the 2nd floor
and relocating the laundry
Cost: $7,000
Fee: $105
72 Clarence St.
Ronald & Marie Destin
Pay // CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
ary committee, for inclusion
in the FY 2016 budget. Since
the pay rates for all employees
of the council are set through
the budget process, there was
no need for a formal vote of
the full council prior to the
budget process.
If approved in the budget
process, the Clerk’s pay raise
would take effect with the
start of the new fiscal year on
July 1, 2015.
Lastly, a proposed and
much discussed pay raise for
Mayor Carlo DeMaria, to take
effect on January 1, 2016, was
tabled until the next meeting,
so that Councilor DiFlorio
could get some additional information to the Council about
the indexing mechanism in
the Mayoral raise proposal.
The proposal currently
calls for the Mayor’s salary to
increase to $126,252 on January 1, 2016 and to be annually
adjusted based on the average
of the three most recent years’
Consumer Price Index.
First Baptist Church
50 Church Street, Everett, MA
Pastor Larry Russi
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Roger Ovellette
Air sealing & insulation
Cost: $2,907
Fee: $45
80 Clark St.
John & Mary Corcoran
Jaime Morin
Replace 9 windows, no
structural change
Cost: $13,049
Fee: $210
2 Mystic View Rd.
Costco
Temp. office trailer to be
put into parking lot places
where specified
Cost: $445
Fee: $40
33 Dyer Ave.
Samriti Thapar
Roger Ovellette
Air sealing & insulation
Cost: $3,049
Fee: $60
2 Mystic View Rd.
Gateway LLC
Engineers North West
Repairs to existing bar joist
as per plan submitted
on plan dated 2/18/2015
Cost: $9,438
Fee: $450
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Council President Fred Capone, Senator Sal DiDomenico, Officer Hayli Leal Hill, Mayor Carlo DeMaria, Officer John Fitzpatrick, Chief Steven Mazzie, and Councilor John Hanlon.
Injuries // CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1
slip and falls too. There have
also been several injuries related to snowblowers, cuts and
bruises. Of course there are
also many lower back injuries
and muscle strains that have
come in. There are actually a
lot of folks who have to shovel snow for their job and have
been injured in the course of
that. We’re definitely seeing
more of this kind of thing than
we normally do.”
Meanwhile, at the Whidden
Hospital Emergency Room,
the story is pretty much the
same.
“It’s definitely the case that
the snow storms have triggered more injuries here,” said
Dr. Joe Butash, of the Whidden ER. “We’ve really had a
lot of injuries involving children - slip and falls. However, it seems to have affected
young and old alike. I’ve seen
children 2 and 3 years old
with snow-related injuries and
adults up to age 92. Definitely,
there are a lot of injuries related to shoveling - wrist injuries
and back spams. The other
thing we've noticed is injuries
involving plows - individuals
struck by plows or those doing
the plowing. Even individuals
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not directly involved in shoveling or working on the road
have had issues...We’ve even
seen people with dislocated
elbows.”
Agar of MGH added there
have been many motor vehicle
crashes that resulted in injuries that can also be attributed
to the snow.
“We’ve definitely had a lot
more car accidents,” he said.
“We’ve seen more of them
than normal. Certainly a lot
of people are coming in after
behind hit from behind by another car.”
But by and large, it’s the
shoveling injuries that have
filled the waiting rooms.
At Essential Chiropractic in
Revere, Dr. Anthony Gamble
said he has one great solution
for shoveling.
“There is no good way to
shovel,” he said. “The best
way we’ve found is to find
some young kid in the neighborhood and pay him to do it.
That’s the only way to avoid
injury. We only have to shovel
in a normal year for about two
weeks. We never get used to it
and don’t train our muscles for
it. So, we end up relying on our
lower back muscles instead of
our legs, which results in an
injury. The best advice is to
take your time. Do a little at a
time; take a break, and then go
back to do more. People tend
to want to just push through it
though and get it done. Even if
you do it the right way, you’re
going to feel it because you’re
using muscles you haven’t
used.”
Gambale said the treatment
for a sore back is contrary to
what many might think. The
common sense cure is an anti-inflammatory, like Motrin,
and a hot back or a hot pack.
Instead, Gamble said you have
to fight inflamed muscles with
- of all things - ice.
“When people are hurting
they want to put heat on it,” he
said. “The last thing they want
to do after coming in from the
cold is put ice on their back.
Ice is the best because the lower back muscles are inflamed.
As unappealing as it may be,
ice is the best way to fight inflammation. The anti-inflammatory and heat makes you
feel good for a bit, but it goes
right back. Bite the bullet and
put ice on it because if you
keep injuring it over and over,
you’ll end up with a permanent problem.”
He said the best way is to
apply ice for 10 to 20 minutes
intermittently.
Finally, of course, Gambale said the snow injuries and
aches are likely to drive a lot
of folks to his office, and he is
expecting a rush of patients in
the next few weeks.
“It does seem to be a good
re-activator for old patients,”
he said. “That’s what we’re
here for; to help people get
back on track. Right now, everybody is just trying to get
everyday stuff done, but the
slip and falls, the digging out
and the car accidents - that’s
going to take a few weeks.
You might feel like your fine
now, but in a good week or
two, the whole inflammation
sets in and the pain begins.
That’s usually when we begin
to see more patients.”
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The Everett Independent • Wednesday, February 25, 2015
EHS STUDENTS RECEIVE
BOSTON GLOBE SCHOLASTIC ART
AND WRITING AWARDS
PARLIN SCHOOL MID-YEAR HONOR ROLL
Mr. Michael McLucas,
Principal, and Mr. Christopher
Barrett, Assistant Principal,
proudly announce the MidYear Honor Roll for students in
Grades 6, 7 and 8. High honors
consist of all A’s, while Honors
include A’s and B’s, and Credit
contains one C.
The Everett High School (EHS) Art Department is happy to announce that two students were recognized for their artistic skill through the Boston Globe’s Scholastic Art and Writing Awards program. Senior Linh Vu, a student in Annette LeRay’s Advanced Art class, won a prestigious Gold Key
award for her acrylic painting titled, “Me.” And Anthony Tejada Chacon, a senior in Evan DeMarzo’s
Drawing and Painting I class, received an Honorable Mention for his colored pencil drawing titled,
“Marisol.” Both students worked diligently on their art projects in and out of class, and the entire
EHS community commends them for earning these distinguished honors. From left: Ms. LeRay, art
students Linh Vu and Anthony Tejada Chacon, and Mr. DeMarzo.
GRADE 6 HIGH HONORS
Laure Isabelle Cherilus
Emily Coelho
Anadia Osorio
Seth Osorio
GRADE 6 HONORS
Joanna Bonilla
Gaelle Castor
Joshua Chaves
Matthew Chaves
Kiara Cordero
Amanda DeOliveira Ferreira
Destiny Duverge
Martynas Gravell
Egan Gouveia
Diego Hernandez
Dalenchky Joseph
Ashneil Mendes
Ronald Nolan
Kyla Peters
Jean Samuel Prinston
Patricia Rivas Portillo
Eva Rodas
Victor Santos
Alexandra Vasquez-Melara
GRADE 6 CREDIT
Felson Andre
Lucia Chadi Belaji
Brendan Currie
Francisco Dardon
A SWEET 16TH SURPRISE AT EVERETT HIGH
Ashley Donnaruma
Gabriela Fernandes
Dinora Landaverde
Rodney Mendes
Gissel Mendez
Bryan Mota
Lucia Perez Arbaiza
Thekicha Peirvil
Shayina Ribou
Francisca Vales
Nephtalie Vincent.
Mario Sheard
Stephanie Suavita
Dharez Wolcott.
GRADE 7 HIGH HONORS
Ahmad Alananzeh
Lorena Corbelli
Jona DeVito
Nekesha Dumerant
Karen Flores
Ariana Garay
Yasmin Melendez
David Meninger
Isabella Perez
Briana Reyes-Chavez
Lourdjina Vincent
Jennifer Zepeda Lones
GRADE 8 HONORS
Samantha Aguilar
Raisha Asha
Elvin Bonilla
Melissa Canelas
John Carvalho Mendes
Eric Castro
Lejla Custovic
Sarah DaSilva
Francisca Etienne
Juliana Erazo
Belinda French
Rixi Abigail Fuentes Alvarenga
Mariama Gassama
Meghan Haggerty
Diana Lemus-Lemus
Odalitz Maldonado Guevara
Melanni Menjivar
Rachel Novack
Evelyn Nunez-Granado
Amy Palacios
Kemily Samira Perovani
Erinn Puleio
Valeria Rodriguez
Keara Ross
Desiree Ruiz Ramoz
Gabriel Sales
Nuvia Salazar
Gabriel Simao
Hayley Sulivan
Kelly Trejo
Malena Umanzor Cruz
Emmanuel Velez
Jack Viana
Fernanda Vidal
GRADE 7 HONORS
Jorge Cintron
Kathleen Costa
Brian Delorey
Bruna Gregorio DeSouza
Martin Hernandez
Eiya Jalle
Clarence Jules
Erasmo Junior
Stephanie Lazo Madrid
Kawan Lopes
Kimstelle Merisma
Mariel Palencia
Jaleesa Richemond
Jaznya Severe
Marcus Solletti
Claudia Tejada Hernandez
Vinalda Vincent
GRADE 7 CREDIT
Jihane El Balaoui
Vitor Fernandes
Jennifer Flores
Karen Frederic
Mariama Gomez
Jessica Hem
David Laranjeira
Erik Mancia Moran
Amanda Mootrey
Anne Naceus
Ngoc Nguyen
Jada Perry
Danielle Ricci
GRADE 8 HIGH HONORS
Karen Aldana
Deanna Kysilovsky
Jennifer Lopez
Sthefany Luna Orellana
Mariam Peralata Valenzuela
Sam Thomas
GRADE 8 CREDIT
Bryant Brito
Yesica Chacon Portillo
Sophonie Germain
Jeaneth Lemus-Paz
Kiara Mojica
Yasmina Missouri Idrissi
Jacqueline Najarro
Cindy Ortiz
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The parents of Everett High School (EHS) student Mariah Matos picked a great time to deliver flowers to their daughter to mark
her 16th birthday. As good luck would have it, Superintendent of Schools Frederick F. Foresteire and State Senator Sal DiDomenico
were at EHS when the Matos’ arrived, and they didn’t miss the chance to help mark the occasion with her fellow students. Standing, from left: Superintendent of Schools Frederick F. Foresteire, Mr. and Mrs. Matos, John Casaletto, Jamie Agueta, Ray Suppa, Luis
Carbajal Lopez, Everett High School Principal Erick Naumann, Ashley Gutierrez, Danillo Frietas, Brianna Joseph, Juliana Estabrook,
Magaly Gonzalez Castillo, Camilla Dos Santos, Rafael Rodriguez, Thalita Ribiero, State Senator Sal DiDomenico, and Jordan Reid.
Kneeling/sitting, from left: Ricardo Tavares, Jack Calascibetta, Mariah Matos (holding flowers), Lisa Quong, Everett High English
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The Everett Independent • Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Everett
Independent
President: Stephen Quigley
Editor in Chief: Cary Shuman
SENATOR DiDOMENICO
WELCOMES EVERETT TEENS
TO STATE HOUSE
Senator Sal DiDomenico recently welcomed teens from Everett
to the State House during their Youth Jobs March. The teens
were on Beacon Hill advocating for increased funding for employment opportunities for young people in our community.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF
THE NEW PARK AND
PLANNING ASSESSMENT
TOOL FOR GATEWAY CITIES
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Independent Forum
City receives help from NJ DOT and
National Guard for winter clean up
In the last several weeks,
the City has successfully battled several historic winter
storms. Facing a snowfall of
over 72.5 inches so far, with
drifts as high as six or seven
feet in some locations, the Department of Public Works has
tirelessly manned the streets
of Everett and continues to do
so in an effort to remove snow
in the interest of public safety.
Sixty pieces of snow removal equipment, both Cityowned and contracted vehicles, are still in circulation.
Dozens of crews, are working coordinated split-shifts,
utilizing the plows, sanders,
bobcat front end loaders, and
sidewalk plows to ensure the
safety of the City’s main arteries, side streets and sidewalks.
In the days following the most
recent storms DPW worked
diligently both plowing and
coordinating snow removal. With the snow banks and
drifts still a public safety concern, crews continue to work
nights, seven days a week,
to remove snow to the best
of their ability in an attempt
to make streets wider so that
they are safer and more accessible.
“During this period of unprecedented weather, the City
is working day and night to
move and clear snow from
Two members of the National Guard shovel out a fire hydrant in
Everett.
streets,” states Mayor DeMaria, “It is an arduous task
and will take time and patience. I want to thank residents for their cooperation
and hard work this winter.
Throughout the City I have
seen residents helping each
other by shoveling out elderly
neighbors and fire hydrants.
And of course I also want
to thank our DPW crews for
their unyielding effort to keep
our roads as clear and safe as
possible. Their job is not easy
and they deserve recognition
for a tireless, and often thankless, job.”
A true team effort, several
departments are essential in
assisting DPW with the repercussions of the record breaking amount of snow. The
Police, Fire, Emergency 911,
Parking Enforcement and
Code Enforcement departments all continue to work
alongside DPW during their
clean up efforts. More recently, the state, through the Governor’s Office and MEMA,
has sent trucks and members
of the National Guard, as well
as trucks and crews from New
Jersey’s Department of Transportation to assist Everett with
snow removal, as well.
The National Guard is
working with our Fire Department digging out and flushing hydrants to assure their
accessibility in case of emergencies. A team from New
Jersey, manning front-end
loaders and skid steers, has
been assisting our own DPW
crews, tackling several side
streets throughout the city,
yielding curb to curb removal. As a result of these efforts,
several tons of snow have
been removed and taken to the
snow farm, as well as dumped
in parks, such as Florence
Street and Lynde Street.
“While we have made
significant progress fighting
storms and snow accrual, we
still have a lot of winter left to
go,” states Mayor DeMaria,
“the best way to get through
it is to continue to work cooperatively as a community
and remember that we are all
in this together. I ask for residents to remain patient and to
follow snow regulations both
during and after storms.”
Senator DiDomenico brings colleagues to Everett as
part of the Senate’s Commonwealth Conversations Tour
Senator Sal DiDomenico recently joined State Secretary of
Energy and Environmental Affairs, Matthew Beaton, Representative Roselee Vincent and Representative Joseph McGonagle
at Chelsea City Hall for the announcement of the new Park and
Planning Assessment Tool for Gateway Cities throughout the
Commonwealth. Cities using this tool will be able to make more
informed decisions when applying for state and federal grant
programs, and when making plans for capital improvements. Chelsea and Worcester have been chosen as the two test sites
before it is rolled out to all the Gateway Cities.
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Everett
The sixth of eight Commonwealth
Conversations
tours crossing the state comes
to metro Boston on March
4th. Senators Sal DiDomenico, Will Brownsberger, Sonia
Chang-Díaz, Linda Dorcena
Forry, Pat Jehlen, and Anthony Petruccelli will tour
schools, local businesses, redevelopment sites, Massport,
and a union apprenticeship
program. The day will culminate with a public town hall
event at Roxbury Community
College to listen to the concerns of residents throughout
the Senators’ districts. Joining
the tour will be Senate President Stan Rosenberg and
Senate Minority Leader Bruce
Tarr, and other senators from
across the state.
The tour begins at Brighton High School with a panel
on education, transportation,
and economic development.
The public is invited to attend
this forum from 9:00 to 10:15
a.m. The tour continues with
a drive through Beacon Park
Yards, the site of the Allston
I-90 Interchange Improvement Project. Senators will
then visit the energy tech incubator Greentown Labs in
Somerville; hear from the
Somerville Community Corporation Community Organizers Team on workforce development; view development
sites in Union and Assembly
Squares; have lunch at the
student-run Crimson Café at
Everett High School and tour
the school; view development
sites along lower Broadway;
receive a briefing at Massport
in East Boston; visit The New
England Regional Council
of Carpenters apprenticeship
program in Dorchester; take
a dinner stop at a local restaurant; and end the day with the
two-hour public town hall forum at Roxbury Community
College’s Media Arts Center
beginning at 6:30 p.m.
“It’s great to have the opportunity to travel to different
areas of the Commonwealth
to hear the issues and concerns that are important to the
residents of those communities,” said Senator Sal DiDomenico. “The information
that we gather on this tour
will help us craft legislation to
make changes where they are
needed most.”
“With our statewide Commonwealth
Conversations
Tour we hope to hear directly from the people of the
Commonwealth about how
we can help improve their
lives through our work in the
Senate,” said President Stan
Rosenberg. “We hope these
conversations will help us
craft our agenda and engage
the public in the good work
that we hope to accomplish
this legislative session.”
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Senator DiDomenico (D-Everett) second row, fifth from left, poses with his fellow legislators in support of Go Red for Women
February 4th at the Massachusetts State House. Go Red For Women is the American Heart Association's national movement to end
heart disease and stroke in women. The event featured remarks by Senator and Representative, co-chairs of the Caucus of Women
Legislators, Senator Gobi (D-Spencer) and Representative Fox (D-Boston), Speaker DeLeo (D-Winthrop), Senate Majority Leader
Chandler (D-Worcester) and American Heart Association volunteer and stroke survivor, Jessica Diaz (Charlestown).
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INTERNATIONAL
STUDIES
Superintendent of Schools Frederick F. Foresteire and The
Consulate General of Italy to Boston, Nicola De Santis.
State Senator Sal DiDomenico, Principal of EHS Mr. Erick Naumann, Superintendent of Schools Frederick F. Foresteire, VicePrincipal of EHS Dr. Omar Easy, The Consulate General of Italy to Boston, Nicola De Santis, Prof. Domenico Savio Teker, Director of the Education Office, Consulate General of Italy, Assistant Superintendent of Schools Dr. Thomas Stella. Seated are
Mrs. Maria Cobb, Italian Teacher, and Ms. Andrea Tringali, Department Head of World Languages.
Superintendent of Schools Frederick F. Foresteire, State Senator Sal DiDomenico, The Consulate General of Italy to Boston, Nicola De Santis, Prof. Domenico Savio Teker, Director
of the Education Office, Consulate General of Italy.
The Consulate
General of Italy
to Boston,
Nicola De Santis,
visits Everett High
The Consulate General of Italy to Boston, Nicola De Santis,
Prof. Domenico Savio Teker, Director of the Education Office,
Consulate General of Italy speak with an EHS student.
Prof. Domenico Savio Teker, Director of the Education Office,
Consulate General speaks with Mr. Mark Jagiello.
Prof. Domenico Savio Teker, Director of the Education Office, Consulate General of Italy,
meets EHS Mrs. Jeannine Cardillo, The Consulate General of Italy to Boston, Nicola De Santis, Assistant Superintendent of Schools Dr. Thomas Stella, and Ms. Andrea Tringali, Department Head of World Languages.
The Consulate General of Italy to Boston, Nicola De Santis, Prof. Domenico Savio Teker, Director of the Education Office, Consulate General of Italy, Senator Sal Di Domenico pose for a
picture with EHS students in the gymnasium.
Assistant Superintendent of Schools Dr. Thomas Stella, Mr Geno Grande, The Consulate
General of Italy to Boston, Nicola De Santis, Mr. Mark Jagiello, Prof. Domenico Savio Teker,
Director of the Education Office, Consulate General of Italy, and Senator Sal DiDomenico.
The Consulate General of Italy to Boston,
Nicola De Santis meets with Music Teacher
Ms. Nadia Monti.
Superintendent of Schools Frederick F. Foresteire, The Consulate General of Italy to Boston,
Nicola De Santis, Prof. Domenico Savio Teker, Director of the Education Office, Consulate General of Italy, Principal of EHS Mr. Erick Naumann, Vice-Principal of EHS Dr. Omar Easy, Ms.
Andrea Tringali, Department Head of World Languages, Mrs. Maria Cobb, Italian Teacher, Assistant Superintendent of Schools Dr. Thomas Stella, and. State Senator Sal DiDomenico.
Mr. Gene O’Brien, Department Head of
Music and Prof. Domenico Savio Teker,
Director of the Education Office, Consulate General of Italy listen to one of the EHS
choral groups.
Ms. Nadia Monti directs her students as they perform for The Consulate General of Italy to
Boston, Nicola De Santis.
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FREEDOM TRAIL SCHOLARS VISIT PARLIN SCHOOL
Thanks to sponsorship from
Distrigas of Massachusetts,
Everett’s Parlin School will be
the third school served by the
Freedom Trail® Foundation
Scholars Program during their
visit on Thursday, February 5,
at 8:55 a.m. and 10:20 a.m., at
587 Broadway Street. Since
2009, Distrigas of Massachusetts’ support of the City of
Everett program has provided the opportunity for all five
City of Everett schools to take
part in this interactive history
program that strives to bring
the American Revolution to
life in the classroom.
The Scholars Program
brings the spirit and fervor of
our nation’s historic fight for
freedom into schools through
a one-hour traveling interactive class. Two actors take on
multiple roles to bring major
events of the American Revolution to life in the classroom. Since its inception,
over 23,500 students have
seen and been involved in the
program: interacting with the
performers, reading portions
of important documents and
declarations, and taking part
in the reenactment of histor-
ic events such as the Boston
Massacre, Boston Tea Party,
and Paul Revere’s Midnight
Ride. Participating educators
have access to the Scholars Program resource guide,
which includes lesson plans
and quizzes to help evaluate
the effectiveness of the program.
Nancy Adams, a teacher at
the Mountain View School in
East Longmeadow, called the
program a “great introduction
to our unit on the Revolutionary War.”
“Kids understood difficult
concepts through the entertaining/informative presentation,” she said. “Presenters
were fabulous! They were
engaging and able to sustain
the interest of 8-year-olds.
Students came back to the
room excited about what they
learned and eager for more!”
The Scholars Program will
make many exciting visits
during the 2014–2015 school
year with additional support
from John Hancock Financial,
One Step Forward Education
Foundation, the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati,
and Yawkey Foundation. Sup-
Parlin School student, Melanie Degois, 11, acting as Lieutenant
Colonel Smith receives instruction from General Gage, portrayed
by Freedom Trail Player® Tim Hoover, as part of the Freedom
Trail® Scholars Program. The in-school education program visits
are presented by the Freedom Trail Foundation, Distrigas of Massachusetts and Massachusetts Teachers Association.
port also comes from Distrigas of Massachusetts, which
supports visits to Everett Public Schools. Organizations and
For additional information
regarding school visits and
community support for the
program, please contact the
companies are encouraged to
sponsor Scholars Program
visits to schools in the communities they serve.
Freedom Trail Foundation at
(617) 357–8300, extension
207, or via e-mail at aadgate@
thefreedomtrail.org.
Everett’s own Adam Jalle (left), 10, and Jose Martinez (right), 11, alongside Freedom Trail Player® Tim Hoover (center) react to the
interruption of Royal Governor Thomas Hutchinson, as portrayed by Freedom Trail Player® Aimee Rose Ranger, during the Freedom
Trail® Scholars Program’s ‘reenactment’ of the Boston Tea Party. The in-school education program visits are presented by the Freedom Trail Foundation, Distrigas of Massachusetts and Massachusetts Teachers Association. Since 2009, Distrigas of Massachusetts
has provided the opportunity for all five City of Everett K-8 schools to take part in the Freedom Trail Scholars Program.
Parlin School’s fifth graders (far left, left to right), Melanie Degois, 11, Emma Lorient, 10, and Bertha Posada, 10, portray redcoats
while their classmates (far right, back to front), Kaylin Seward, 11, Adam Jalle, 10, and Jose Martinez, 11, portray colonists alongside
Freedom Trail Players® Tim Hoover (center, left) and Aimee Rose Ranger (center, right) in a reenactment of the Boston Massacre as
part of the Freedom Trail® Scholars Program. The in-school education program visits are presented by the Freedom Trail Foundation,
Distrigas of Massachusetts and Massachusetts Teachers Association. Since 2009, Distrigas of Massachusetts’ support of the City
of Everett performances has provided the opportunity for all five City of Everett K-8 schools to take part in this interactive history
program that strives to bring the American Revolution to life in the classroom.
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CRIMSON TIDE FALLS TO LYNN ENGLISH
PHOTOS BY JOE PREZIOSO
The Everett High Crimson Tide basketball team met
what has become a newfound rival in Lynn English
last Friday night, losing a hard-fought game by a score
of 92-81.
The Everett team is now off to the state tournament,
where they drew a first-round game against Billerica.
The results of that game came too late for Independent
deadlines, but were Everett to win, they would again
face Lynn English.
Everett’s Jonathan Casseus and Lynn’s Stevie Collins in the open
floor.
Everett’s Ghared Boyce sets a play..
Lynn’s Brett Holey goes up against Everett’s Jordan McAfee and
unsuccessfully tries to find some room around the sophomore’s
defense. Everett’s Ralph Alexis drives down the court against Lynn’s
Anthony Silfa
POPE JOHN TIGERS, OUTNUMBERED, GIVE IT THEIR ALL
PHOTOS BY CHRISTINE CLOUTIER
The Tigers of Pope John
High School basketball team
played against the Winthrop
Girls Vikings basketball team
last Friday afternoon. The
Tigers played with only five
players, but put up a valiant
fight.
Head Coach Jake Feraco, Anya Walcott, Christiana Omole, Erin
Jaspen, Jude Moore, Jessica D'Esposito, Asst. Coach CJ Cann and
Asst. Coach Paul Dictator.
Jessica D'Esposito looks to
make a quick pass to her
teammate in the first quarter
against Winthrop last Friday
afternoon.
Anya Walcott drives the ball to the hoop and makes a pass in the
second quarter against Winthrop.
St Patrick’s Day
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the basket and scores in the
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Jude Moore works hard to get around a Viking player in the second quarter as Anya Wolcott tries to assist during Friday’s game.
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OBITUARIES
Michael Paul Wilcox
His children were his biggest joy
Michael Paul Wilcox of
Winchester, formerly of Everett, died suddenly on Feburary
17. He was 47 years old.
Michael's biggest joy in life
was his children and spending
time with family and friends.
His presence lit up rooms with
a beautiful smile, infectious
laugh and genuine eagerness
to be with you. He will be
dearly missed by everyone
who knew and loved him.
He was the beloved son of
David and Terry (Scarpellini)
Wilcox of Everett; devoted father of Sophie and Peter Wilcox of Winchester and loving
brother of David Wilcox and
his wife, Patricia of Everett.
Michael is also survived by
his former wife, Krista Wilcox
of Winchester and by many
dear aunts, uncles, nephews,
nieces, cousins and friends.
Funeral arrangements were
Joseph Anthony Ciampa
Retired hair stylist
Joseph
Anthony Ciampa of
Everett
entered
into rest at home
surrounded by his
loving family, on February 17.
He was 93 years old.
Born in Boston, Joe lived in
Everett for most of his life and
was a hair stylist by profession and a US Navy veteran of
World War II.
He was the beloved husband of Raffaela Phyllis
(Giordano) for over 67 years;
dear and devoted father of
Judith Ciampa and her husband, Piero Calvani of Italy, Candice Bleiler and her
husband, Eric of Natick and
Robert Ciampa and his wife,
Michelle of Natick; brother
of the late Louis Ciampa and
Mary Bagarella; loving Papa
of Claudio and Giulia Calvani, Evan and Eric Jordan
Bleiler and Samantha Ciampa
J.F. Ward
Funeral Home
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Immaculate Conception Faith Community
Immaculate Conception Parish
Our Parish Staff: Father Jerry Osterman, Pastor;
Father Donatus Ezenneka,
Pastoral Vicar
Richard Randazzo, Pastoral
Associate
Philomene Pean, Pastoral
Associate, Haitian Community
Weekly Mass Schedule at
Immaculate Conception is as
follows:
Saturday (Sunday Vigil)
4:00 pm, Sunday 7:00 am, 9:00
am (Family Mass), 11:00 am,
and 5:30 pm.
12:15 pm Spanish Community
4:00 pm Haitian Community
Masses are being held in the
Chapel.
Eucharistic Adoration of the
Blessed Sacrament: Adoration
of the Blessed Sacrament is
held every Thursday from 7:45
AM to 6:30 pm in the Chapel.
Each Thursdays’ adoration will
conclude the the Benediction
of the Most Blessed Sacrament
at 6:30 pm. All are invited to
spend a few moments with Our
Blessed Lord
Church Breakfast – Our next
monthly Church Breakfast is
scheduled for every second
Sunday in the lower Church
Hall. Cost is $4.00 per person.
Pancakes, scrambles eggs, sausage, toast, juice, coffee and
tea is served. All you can eat.
Please join us after Mass.
New Ministry - At the back
of the Church in the Vestibule
area on Sundays following
Masses, there is a team of volunteers who will answer your
questions regarding our Church
Ministries, etc. Please feel free
to stop by and ask questions,
schedule a Mass, register as a
new Parishioner, etc.
Bring a Book-Buy a Book We have a new Fundraiser Program in the back of the Church.
It’s called Bring a Book-Buy a
Book. All books are a dollar
and any money collected will
go towards our Stain Glass
Fund. Brink a Book and Buy a
Book and make a donation. Our
selections are great and varied.
Please stop by the table and see
what we have. Thank you
Immaculate Conception
Parish
489 Broadway
Everett, Mass 02149
Phone 617-389-5660
Glendale United Methodist Church
News and Notes
and loving great Papa of Ava
Mariah Bleiler.
Funeral arrangements were
by the Cafasso & Sons Funeral Home, Everett. Oakes
St., Everett, Interment was at
Glenwood Cemetery, Everett. Contributions in Josephs
memory to St. Jude Childrens
Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place,
Memphis, TN, 38105 would
be sincerely appreciated.
Everett Chamber News
Want a chance to win
$10,000? The Everett Chamber of Commerce is celebrating its Annual $10K Raffle
Dinner at Spinelli's Lynnfield
on Tuesday March 3rd. You
have a 1 in 200 chance to win
this amount at this event, as
well as many other prizes offered throughout the evening.
There are limited tickets still
available for this exciting evening with the Everett business
community so call us today at
617-387-9100.
As we mentioned in last
month's newsletter, you don't
want to be left out of our new
business directory. Everett
residents will receive a copy
of this book which will high-
CHURCH News
News and Notes
by the Salvatore Rocco &
Sons Funeral Home, Everett.
Interment was at Woodlawn
Cemetery in Everett. Memorial donations to the "Michael P.
Wilcox Children's Fund" c/o
the Wilcox Family, 69 Adams
Ave., Everett 02149 will be
appreciated.
light your business services.
Whether a current member of
the Everett Chamber of Commerce or considering membership you will see enhanced
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is the time for your business to
join the Everett Chamber and
take advantage of this opportunity.
Let’s welcome the newest
addition to the Chamber family, Ms. Tameka Walsh, our
new Administrative Assistant. Tameka is a lifelong resident of Everett, Everett High
School graduate and has many
years experience in the financial industry.
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Exciting things are happening at Glendale. We are
in the process of re-growing
our church and invite you to
come and visit us on a Sunday.
In addition to the 3 NA and 1
AA group using our church for
their important meetings, we
are pleased to welcome Boy
Scout Troop 814 to our church
on Tuesday nights.
Glendale is open to all and
we welcome people of all
faiths, nationalities and sexual preference. No one is ever
turned away. If you are looking for a new home church, we
would like you check us out
and let us know what we can
do to make church a better fit
in your life.
Sunday Service at 10:30 am
From Sanctuary to Chapel:
January 11, 2015 marked our
first day worshipping in the
Chapel. We will be holding
services there through March
22, 2015. The move to this
cozier space has been happening for the last few years to
help us save on energy costs.
We will return to the Sanctuary for Palm Sunday—March
29, 2015. Please enter through
the driveway on Walnut Street.
There is a 2-step entrance to
the church and chapel.
Bible Study: Consider joining us for Bible study on Sunday We meet in the Church
Parlor off the Chapel from
9:30 to 10:00 AM.
Sponsor the Bulletin! For a
$5 donation, you can dedicate
the Sunday bulletin to recognize family, friends, or special
occasions. There is a sign-up
sheet in the Pastor’s study.
Feel free to choose your particular week(s) and leave a copy
of your dedication in the mail
bin that is on the Pastor’s door.
Please contact the Pastor if you
have any questions.
NA Meetings—Mon. Bring
Your Own Book 7:30; Wed.
The Process, Men’s Group
7:30; Thurs. I Can’t—We Can,
8:00
AA
Meeting—Saturday
evenings from 7:30 to 9:00
PM.
We are on the Internet
http://www.glendaleumc-everett.org
Glendale United Methodist Church
Pastor David Jackson
392 Ferry Street (across
from Glendale Towers)
Please enter the church
by the driveway on Walnut
Street
617-387-2916
PastorDavidJackson58@
gmail.com
Pastor’s Office Hours:
Saturdays 10 AM to 2 PM.
Other times by appointment.
OBITUARIES
All obituaries
and death notices will be at a
cost of $50.00 per paper.
That includes photo.
Please send to
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First Baptist Church
News and Notes
We are in the church season
known as Lent. It is a period
of self-denial and preparation.
We deny ourselves certain
things in order to get closer to
God. Some Christians make
a decision to fast—denying
themselves food in order to
spend more time with God
and nourish their souls spiritually through prayer and the
reading of God's Word.
We also prepare for the
Easter season by praying,
meditating, and reflecting on
the sacrifice that Jesus made
for us and His subsequent resurrection from the dead.
The family and friends of
First Baptist observed Ash
Wednesday by having a day
of prayer and fasting. We have
decided to fast and pray every
Wednesday. Last Wednesday our prayers and thoughts
centered on World Hunger.
This week we are focusing on
World Peace and the end to
terrorism. Please use wisdom
and common sense if you decide to fast. Don't do anything
that would be detrimental to
your health.
This Sunday I will begin a
series of sermons on God and
His covenant names that will
continue until Palm Sunday.
It is also Communion Sunday
and I invite you to join with
us.
May our Lord richly bless
you!
As Christians we believe
that Jesus (which means Sav-
ior) and Christ (which means
Messiah) and that he is the
Lord of Lords and the King of
Kings.
He holds a special place in
the hearts of Christians because of all that he has done
for us. He is our Lord, Savior,
healer, deliverer—He is everything to us.
We invite you to join with
us at 10:30 Sunday morning
as we worship our Lord and
Savior.
May the Lord's richest
blessings be yours during this
wonderful time of the year
and throughout the new year.
“WISE MEN STILL SEEK
HIM”
Pastor Larry Russi
781-640-5384
First Baptist Church
50 Church St.
Everett, MA
Sunday service 10:30 am
Sunday evening service
6:00 pm
Thursday evening service
7:00 pm
E-Mail: ljrussi@gmail.
com
Pastor Russi's Facebook
page:
larry/russi@facebook.com
Pastor Russi's Twitter:
twitter.com/cleanslate789
Pastor Russi's Blog: restoreandencourage.blogspot.com
Church Facebook Page:
facebook.com/firstbaptisteverett
Glendale Christian Lighthouse Church
News and Notes
Greetings to all!!! We invite and welcome you to visit
and reach out to us if you are
in need of guidance and support. Come worship, sing and
praise with us Sunday mornings at 10:30am. Childcare is
available.
We have adult, teen and
children’s Sunday school at
9:00am.
Wednesday evenings from
7-8pm we have our Hour of
Power bible teaching with
prayer and fellowship as the
Spirit leads.
Monthly:
The third Monday evening
of each month our ministry Let
My People Go opens its doors
to minister and help anyone
held in bondage by the many
challenges in life. We hope to
be able to provide you with the
resources needed to help you
find peace and joy in your life.
Doors open at 6pm for cof-
fee and fellowship. At 6:30pm
the meeting starts and closes at
8pm. We have music, introductions and speaker followed by a
lively discussion about challenges you may be facing and
try to work with you to get the
help you may need.
The 2nd Saturday of each
month at 6pm we have a free
movie night with free refreshments for the entire family.
Faith Foundation Haiti is
continuing to accept donations
for the school they're building. Donations may be sent
to 12 Winthrop Road, Everett,
MA. 02149. For information
please call Jacsonn Jean, founder, at Glendale Christian Lighthouse Church. 617-387-7458.
Glendale Christian Lighthouse Church
Pastor Bob MacDonald
701 Broadway (Glendale
Square)
Everett, MA 02149
617-387-7458
Freedom In Christ Gospel Outreach
News and Notes
Greetings from the desk
of Pastor Larry at Freedom In
Christ.
Revival is a word we often
use but don't always understand. I believe if we want
revival in our churches then
we need to yield control to
the Holy Spirit. For too long
we have looked for revival
with limited success because
we did it our way. Where the
Spirit of the Lord is, there is
liberty. If we let the Spirit of
God take over we will see
those great things that only
God can do.
Revival is not only needed in the churches and in the
body of Christ, it is also needed in each individual. If each
of us seeks out revival for our
own souls, just imagine the
results. Revival, seek it, desire it, pray for it and see what
God will do in us and in His
body of believers!
On Thursday nights, in particular, we have been having
revival services because we
see the deep need in our own
lives and in the church of Jesus Christ, everywhere. Why
not join us some Thursday
night at 7:00 pm for singing,
preaching and praying, all
geared toward surrendering to
the Lordship of Jesus Christ
and asking the Holy Spirit to
take control.
If you are regularly gath-
ering with other believers at
a meeting house or church
building where the Gospel
of Jesus Christ is preached,
Praise the Lord! If you are not
though let me extend an invitation to join us here at Freedom In Christ for any of our
services or consider attending
another Bible believing, bible preaching church and see
what you may be missing.
Our services are:
Sunday School at 10:00 am
Sunday Worship at 11:00
am
Tuesday Prayer Meeting at
7:00 pm
Wednesday Bible Study at
6:00 pm
Thursday Revival Service
at 7:00 pm
If you want to join a Saturday outreach give us a call
to find out time and meeting
location!
If you want to find out more
about Jesus feel free to give a
call anytime at 617-319-2449.
Freedom In Christ
Gospel Outreach
49 Union St, Everett
Pastor Larry DiZazzo
617-319-2449
www.freedominchristeverett.
org
pastorlarrydizazzo@gmail.
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Getting Out
‘Intimate Apparel’
By Sheila Barth
barths@comcast.net
After a week of being
snowbound and pummeled
with damaging ice and snow,
I treated myself to the Saturday matinee of Lyric Theatre’s
production of Lynn Nottage’s
touching play, “Intimate Apparel”.
It is, indeed, a huge treat.
Every facet of this two-act
play gleams on its own dramatic, artistic power, thanks to
Director Summer L. Williams’
sensitivity, creative flair, and
knowledge, along with her
fantastic atmosphere-setting
crew, including lighting designer Chris Hudacs, sound
designer Kelsey, Jarboe and
Music Director Stephanie
LaBolt’s period piano musical
interludes between scenes.
Nottage has a divine gift for
writing magnificent plays, especially about African-American women and their compromising situations throughout
the eras.
In her blockbuster, Pulitzer,
multi-award winning play,
“Ruined,” Nottage exposed
the rape and carnage women
endured in the Congo. In “By
the Way, Meet Vera Stark,”
she explored the undermining of and prejudice against
African American actresses,
who were reduced to playing
“Mammy” or maid-style subservient roles.
In “Intimate Apparel,” she
tackles another lofty topic the situation of Esther Wells,
a plain-looking, unmarried,
35-year-old African-American woman, who, in 1905,
sews and creates exquisite
intimate apparel for women
of all walks of life. But she
secretly dreams about opening her own beauty salon for
women of color. After leaving
her farm home in North Carolina at age 17, and living in a
Manhattan women’s boarding
house under the kindly care of
landlady Mrs. Dickson (talented Boston actress Cheryl D.
Singleton) since then, Esther
spends every day, working at
her Singer machine. Saying
she’s too homely for anyone
to marry, Esther concentrates
on working, stashing her earnings in her bed quilt, waiting
for that magic moment when
she’ll open her salon.
Portraying self-conscious
Esther, Lindsey McWhorter
is so convincing, one has the
feeling she has channeled an
Esther-type ancestor. In scenes
with marvelous Nael Nacer,
portraying Orthodox Jewish
fabrics merchant, Mr. Marks,
the duo is heart-wrenching.
He is awaiting a bride, (in his
family-arranged
marriage),
to arrive from his native
Roumania, but he clearly admires Esther and her amazing
knowledge of and attention
to finest, imported silk, satin,
wool, brocade, lace, and other
fabrics.
The two are shy, gentle,
falling in love with each other, but they politely maintain
their distance, mindful of their
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differing traditions. As an Orthodox Jew, Marks can’t allow
another woman to touch him,
excluding his wife - when or
if he marries. Also, Esther is
acutely aware of her lowly
place in life.
Mr. Marks’ tender kindnesses to Esther are thwarted
by her chance correspondence
with a handsome, muscular Barbados native named
George Armstrong (Brandon
G. Green) working on the
Panama Canal. Although Esther can’t read or write, she is
assisted by her wealthy, bored,
childless, white customer,
Mrs. Van Buren, (Amanda
Ruggiero), who eagerly writes
Esther’s responses to the lonely, hardworking, flowery-writing gentleman. Even though
Van Buren has looks and luxury, she lacks the love and devotion she craves.
In fact, each character’s
role twists and turns, revealing another facet of his and
her personality, wants, desires,
and intentions, not necessarily
noble, yet gut-wrenching. Set designer Anne Sherer
cleverly created an upper-level nook for Marks’ fabric shop
above the stage, on a righthand platform, while George’s
contrasting, weatherbeaten,
wharf space is on the upper
left platform. The stage is
nicely decorated with early
1900‘s, period furnishings deep red drapes, a bed centrally located, a piano in the back
right rear, and a desk upstage,
that doubles for Esther’s sewing machine and a writing
desk. Amanda Mujica’s costumes clearly define the era,
Spend an evening with the fabulous, two-time Grammy Award
winner, six-time Tony winner,
Audra McDonald, on Sunday,
March 1, at 5 p.m. at Symphony
Hall, 301 Mass. Ave., Boston.
Tickets start at $50 and are moving fast, so call CelebrityCharge
at 617-482-6661, visit www.
celebrityseries.org or the Box
Office. ‘Simon Says’
Is there life after death? That’s
what some people try to prove in
Little Seer Productions’ presentation of Mat Schaffer’s dramatized
seance, “Simon Says,” appearing Feb. 26-March 14, at the
Boston Center for the Arts Plaza
Theatre, 539 Tremont St., South
End, Boston: Thursdays, Fridays,
also Wednesday, March 11, at
7:30 p.m.; Saturdays,2,7:30
p.m.; Sundays, 2 p.m. Tickets,
$25,$30-$40. Check for special appearances with “The
Blindfolded Madman” and mentalist Christopher Grace, Feb. 28,
March 7,13,14,28, at 10 p.m.
For tickets and more information, visit simonsaystheplay.com,
BostonTheatreScene.com or call
617-933-8600. Berklee Performance
Center
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Guthrie Govan performs with
the Jon Finn Group, Saturday,
Feb. 24, at 8 p.m. at the Berklee
Performance Center, 136 Mass.
Ave., Boston. Tickets, $18;
Berklee’s Jazz Composition
Department presents Write
of Spring, Feb. 25, at 8 p.m.
($12); the Signature Music Series
features a student orchestra
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BOX OFFICE
Two-act, 2-1/4-hour drama, written by multi-award winner
Lynn Nottage, appearing through March 14 at Lyric Stage
Company of Boston, 140 Clarendon St., Boston: Wednesday,
Thursday, at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 p.m.; Saturday, 3,8 p.m.; Sunday, 3
p.m.; also March 11, at 2 p.m. Tickets start at $25; seniors, $10
discount; student groups, special rate, $20; student rush a halfhour before curtain, $10; other group rates also. Call the Box
Office at 617-585-5678 or visit lyricstage.com.
its garb, and this cross-section
of humanity. George seems to be any
woman’s ideal mate. He’s
handsome, strong, hardworking, sweet-talking, and attentive; but three months after his
and Esther’s wedding, and being unable to get steady work,
he changes. Was he too good
to be real? Was he a cad all
along? Green keeps us rapt,
wondering.
Then, too, there’s Esther’s
prostitute friend, Mayme,
who plays the piano and sings
well, but gave up looking for
love a long time ago, knowing
she’s unacceptable to gentlemen-type fellows. Kris Sidberry as Mayme is confident,
yet tragic. She damns herself
with her illicit behavior and
ruins Esther’s life unknowingly. Each character’s personality is clearly visible, from
Esther and Mrs. Dickson’s
modest clothing to Mayme’s
tawdry garb, Mrs. Van Buren’s luxury lingerie, Mr.
Marks’ ethnic clothing, and
the sexy, bejeweled corsets
and bustiers Esther creates.
A R O U N D
Audra McDonald
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Brandon G. Green is enticing, charming, as George,
especially during his wedding
scene with Esther, as the two
shyly, self-consciously gaze at
each other, as a photographer
snaps their picture. Their projected image is highlight on a
panel, labeled, “an unidentified Negro couple, ca.1905.”
Although “Intimate Apparel” focuses on a plain-looking,
uneducated woman who wants
to make herself and others feel
beautiful, the interweaving of
these characters, their flawed
personalities, their unrequited
love and dreams, is a lovely,
tenderly drafted tale.
The only flaw is dialect
coach Bryn Austin’s attempt
to reflect the Melting Pot’s
many accents, making it difficult to capture some character’s words. George’s melodic Caribbean cadence and
Marks‘ Roumanian accent are
charming, but Mrs. Dickson’s
and Esther’s Southern dialect
is difficult at times for us Yankees to distinguish. However, their body language rings out loud and clear,
touching our souls.
T H E
performing Great American
Songbook: The Music of Disney,
March 1 at 7:30 p.m. ($12-$16);
and the Middle Eastern Music
Festival focuses on the Music
of Persia, March 3, at 8 p.m.
($12); followed on March 5 at 8
p.m. with the Women Musicians
Network student club,($12).
Visit www.berklee.edu/BPC/ or
call 617-747-2261.
Silk Road Ensemble
The Silk Road Ensemble with
Yo-Yo Ma marks its 15th anniversary celebration, Wednesday,
March 4, at 8 p.m. at Symphony
Hall, 301 Mass. Ave., Boston. A
limited number of tickets start
at $90. Call CelebrityCharge at
617-482-6661, visit www.celebrityseries.org or the Box Office. ‘Lollipops for
Breakfast’
Charlestown Working Theater
presents Bonnie Duncan’s
new performance for families,
“Lollipops for Breakfast,” Feb.
28 and March 1 at 5 p.m. The
play is told without words,
but various forms of puppetry,
music,acrobatics and audience
participation. Brendan Burns and
Tony Leva provide live music
for a post-show family dance
party. The play is for children
age 4-up and their families. For
more information and tickets,
visit www.charlestownworkingtheater.org.
South Asian Showdown
2015
The South Asian Showdown,
featuring vying Bollywood vs.
Fusion teams, will be heldSaturday, Feb. 28, at 6 p.m. sharp, at
C I T Y
John Hancock Hall, 180 Berkeley
St., Boston. Doors open at 5 p.m.
There’s food for sale, and an
afterparty immediately following
the competition. The show sells
out early, so order tickets now at
www.southasianshowdown.com. Brian Brooks Moving
Company
Celebrity Series of Boston welcomes New York- based choreographer Brian Brooks and his
Moving Company, with special
guest Wendy Whelan, Feb. 28 ,at
8 p.m., and March 1, at 3 p.m.
at the Citi Shubert Theatre, 270
Tremont St., Boston. Tickets start
at $60. Visit citicenter.org, call
Citi Charge at 866-348-9738 or
the Box Office.
Boston Conservatory
The Boston Conservatory
Chamber Series will hold a
free concert, Feb. 27, at 8 p.m.
in Seully Hall, 8 The Fenway,
Boston. Programs are subject to
change without notice. For more
information, visit bostonconservatory.edu. Berklee Global Jazz
Institute The Berklee Global Jazz Institute
celebrates its fifth anniversary with performances by Joe
Lovano on Wednesday, Feb. 25,
and Antonio Sanchez and Danilo
Perez,March 4, 4-6 p.m. at Zero
Gravity Room, 1260 Boylston
St., Boston, Events are free of
charge and open to the public.
Also check out the Concert Series
and Jam, March 3, 6:30-8:30
p.m. For more information, visit
www.berklee.edu/bgji.
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Poppe hopes to bring the Soldiers Home back to the center of the community
By Seth Daniel
When Cheryl Poppe took
the top office at the Chelsea
Soldiers Home on a temporary basis last April, and then
permanently last September,
people kept calling her ‘Commandant.’
After all, that was and had
been the proper title for the
leader of the long-time veterans home.
However, it didn’t sit right
with Poppe.
It just didn’t fit her and
what she believed her mission
to be at the Home.
So she changed it.
Now, everyone just calls
her the superintendent.
But a title change won’t
be the last thing she changes at the revered, 133-yearold, facility on the hill. She's
looking for a cultural change,
an analysis of the current services and an eye to the future
of veterans services - while
at the same time reinvigorating the image of the home in
the communities of Chelsea,
Charlestown, Everett and Revere.
“I am trying to re-integrate
the Soldiers Home of Chelsea as a leading facility and a
community leader,” she said
in a recent interview.
Poppe came to the job
last year at the direction of
then-Veterans Secretary Coleman Nee. She had been in the
ROTC at University of Rhode
Island - and had grown up in
Rhode Island in a decidedly
military family. She was commissioned to the Massachusetts Army National Guard
after graduation and served
there for 30 years, rising to
the rank of colonel. She retired in 2008 from the Guard
and began working to help
reintegrate soldiers into the
community, a position that
New Superintendent Cheryl Poppe of the Chelsea Soldiers
Home officially became the new leader of the facility last
September and is ready to lead the revered Home into the 21st
Century this year. She is pictured here in the new dining hall
along with an historic installation on the Soldiers Home that
was created and installed by a resident last fall.
transferred seamlessly into a
job at the state’s Department
of Veterans Services.
She became the chief of
staff there and a deputy secretary, and received her mission
from Nee just last year.
Within that mission, Poppe
inherited a proud community
institution that had fallen on
hard times. Not only within its
aging infrastructure, but also
within the communities that
had for so long supported the
home - communities that had
kind of forgotten about the
home as it had all-but-stopped
in its outreach and participation at local events.
In all ways, including within the State Budget, the Chelsea Soldiers Home was at a
crossroads.
Now, however, Poppe said
she can see a very bright light
at the end of the tunnel that
will come into much better
focus once a commissioned
report is made public later this
winter. The report, prepared
by the Long-Term Care Com-
mission established in the Valor Act, will lead the way for
the state on how it creates and
funds services at places like
the Solider Home in Chelsea.
With an eye to the future, the
report is expected to create a
map that Poppe and other Veterans Services leaders will be
able to follow to help meet the
changing needs of veterans young, old, male and female
- in the future.
Poppe said she can see the
Chelsea home focusing on
things like adult day care, assisted living and bringing in
more families.
“This report will help us
define what kind of services
we are going to need and what
kind of facilities are they going to need,” said Poppe. “I
believe the needs are going to
be more of a reliance on adult
day care, assisted living and
living space for families. We
have only single vets here and
no families. There is a whole
variety of services that will be
of need here and that we’ll be
A R O U N D
‘In the Mood’
Riverside Theatre Works presents “Freckleface Strawberry The
Musical,” Feb. 28,March 7, at 7
p.m.; March 1,8, at 2 p.m.; March
3,5, at 10:30 a.m. The theater is
located at 45 Fairmount Ave.,
Hyde Park. Tickets, schoolday
matinee performances, $5; weekend performances, children,$10,
adults, $15. Call 866-811-4111
or visit www.rtwboston,org. Altan
World Music/CRASHarts presents world renowned traditional Irish band, Altan, Saturday,
Feb. 28, at 8 p..m at Somerville
Audra McDonald. Spend an evening with the fabulous, twotime Grammy Award winner, six-time Tony winner, Audra
McDonald, on Sunday, March 1, at 5 p.m. at Symphony Hall, 301
Mass. Ave., Boston.Tickets start at $50 and are moving fast, so
call CelebrityCharge at 617-482-6661, visit www.celebrityseries.
org or the Box Office. Theatre, 55 Davis Square,
Somerville. Tickets, $30. Call
WorldMusic/CRASHarts
at
617-876-4275 or visit www.
WorldMusic.org.
‘The Glass Menagerie’
Trinity Repertory Theatre continues its season with Tennessee
Williams’ powerful dramatic
play, “The Glass Menagerie,”
Feb. 26 through March 29, at
Chace Theater, in Providence,
RI. Tickets, $30-$71. Check for
discounted preview and paywhat-you-can tickets. For tickets/
more information, visit the Box
Office at 201 Washington St.,
Providence, RI, www.trinityrep.
com or call 401-351-4242.
Danny Swain
The Dance Complex at 536
Mass. Ave., Cambridge, features
Salem’s Danny Swain, in “The
Danny Swain Variety Hour,”
Feb. 28, at 8 p.m. and Sunday,
March 1, at 7 p.m., in a evening of dance, lip sync, comedy
and theater. Reserve tickets, $30;
Boston Dance Alliance, students,
seniors, $25; cate tables with
service, $25-$150; reception follows. On Feb. 24, 5:15-7:15 p.m.
visitors are invited to a free,
community dialogue, “What is
the Color of Movement?” For
more information, visit dancecomplex.org or eventsdancecomplex@gmail.com, or call 617-
547-9363. ‘That Hopey Changey
Thing’
Stoneham Theatre Artistic
Director Weylin Symes leads
Richard Nelson’s first of four
plays, “That Hopey Changey
Thing,” starring a Boston,
star-studded cast, Feb. 26-March
15, at the 395 Main St., Stoneham
theater. Showtimes:Thursdays
at 7:30 p.m.; Friday, 8 p.m.;
Saturday, 3,8 p.m.; Sunday, 2
p.m.; Wednesday, March 11, at 2
p.m. Tickets, $45-$50; students,
$15. Call 781-279-2200 or visit
www.stonehamtheatre.com.
‘The Mousetrap’
Theatre@First opens its new
season with Agatha Christie’s
mystery, “The Mouse Trap,”
Feb. 27,28,March 4-6, at 8
p.m. and March 7, at 4 p.m,
at Unity Somerville, 6 William
St., Somerville. Tickets, $15;
students,seniors, $12; group discounts also available. Visit www.
theatreatfirst.org or goldstar.
com.
‘The Underpants’
The Theatre Company of
Saugus presents Steve Martin’s
comedy, “The Underpants,” an
adaptation of Carl Sternheim’s
1910 farce, performed Feb.
27,28,March 1,6,7,8, Friday and
Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays,
The Brown/Trinity Repertory
MFA
program
presents
Shakespeare’s “Pericles,” an epic
story of love, adventure, revenge,
and truth, Feb. 26-March 7, at
the Citizens Bank Theater, Pell
Chafee Performance Center,87
Empire St., Providence, RI.
Performances:Friday, 7:30p.m.;
Saturdays, 2,7:30 p.m.; Sunday,
2 p.m.; Wednesday-Friday, 7:30
p.m. The play contains adult
subject matter and language.
Admission, $12; students,
seniors, $6. Call 401-351-4242
or visit trinityrep.com. Lunar New Year
Peabody Essex Museum at
East India Square in downtown
Salem, celebrates the Lunar New
Year with a full day of family
activities, free of charge with
museum admission, Saturday,
Feb. 28, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
There are performances, dropin art activities, interactive performances, exhibitions, films,
art cart, and more. Admission,
adults, $18; seniors, $15; students, $10; members, youths
16-under, free of charge. Call
866-745-1876 or visit pem.org. Aztec Two-Step
The Firehouse Center for the
Arts welcomes back Rex and
Neal of acoustic group Aztec
Tw-Step, celebrating the 40th
anniversary of their 1975 RCA
release, “Second Step,” and
performing the entire album,
Saturday, Feb. 28, at 8 p.m. at
Firehouse Center for the Arts,
Market Square, Newburyport.
Tickets, $30; members, $28. Call
the Box Office at 978-462-7336
or visit www.firehouse,org.
Afternoon of Arthur
Miller Firehouse Senior Readers’
Theater presents An Afternoon
of Arthur Miller, when students
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I’m impressed with in Chelsea
and the communities around
us - including Revere, Everett, East Boston, Charlestown
- is that these communities are
working really well around
Veterans Services…The concern has been this is where
you come and this is where
you stay for life. There ought
to be more to it than that. I
think we really need to help
our veterans who want to live
and can live in the community
to get back to the community. We need to help them do
that by meeting their challenges with things like legal
services, therapy and teaching
them how to be in the world
post service. We really want
to try to navigate the veterans
to the services that can help
them. Of course, a lot of that
is when you build community
and collaborate, you have to
reach out. We look forward to
working with the community
groups as much as possible."
For those who want to call
the Soldiers Home their home,
Poppe said they have already
started some unique programs
in concert with local community groups - including
the Boy Scouts, Girls Scouts
and even music programs via
students at Berklee School of
Music.
“The power of such things
was really on display when
we had that group caroling
on Dec. 23,” said Poppe. “I
can’t tell you how powerful
it was to see some of the vets
who were sitting quietly and
then started singing along to
‘Hark the Herald Angels.' It
was powerful, and these are
the things that happen and can
happen here all the time.”
Poppe said one of the music therapy classes for residents is on track to start a Soldiers Home band - a first for
the facility.
Additionally, the old audi-
torium that was slated to become office space, has now
been returned to the residents
as an auditorium instead.
Poppe said the residents
wanted a place to hold meetings, to watch movies and to
gather. So, instead of following the plan to make the historic auditorium into offices,
she put some money into refurbishing it and getting new
chairs and a modern projector.
Residents were even able
to gather there to watch the
New England Patriots march
to the Super Bowl.
“We decided that it just
couldn’t be office space,” said
Poppe. “That auditorium is
for the residents and the veterans and returning it to them
has worked well.”
The subject of the auditorium brings up the subject of
the aging buildings that dot
the campus of the Soldiers
Home. Most were built in either 1882 or 1890 and their
age shows.
Poppe pointed out that
some improvements have
been made, including a new
cafeteria and kitchen area,
new fire safety sprinklers,
and a life safety improvement
program also - not to mention
some efficiency projects like
new windows and roof-top
solar panels.
However, there is much
more to do, and what gets
done and how it will get done
largely depends on what the
Commission decides in its upcoming report.
“It’s an aging infrastructure,” she said. “The buildings
are solid, but the infrastructure needs to be updated…
Right now, I just feel very
fortunate we have so many
veterans organizations and
community groups that want
to and that come out to help
us. That’s something we can
really build on."
C I T Y
‘Pericles’
Club Passim
‘Freckleface
Strawberry The
Musical’
T H E
at 2 p.m., at the East Saugus
United Methodist Church, 85
Chestnut St., Saugus. Seating is
cabaret style with refreshments
available. At the door, adult
tickets, $18; seniors,students,
children, $15. Advance tickets,
$15/$18. Seating is reserved.
Visit TCSaugus.org, call 781816-7019, or e-mail TCSaugus@
gmail.com.
American Classics presents song
duo, Valerie Anastasio and Tim
Harbold, performing their new
show, “In the Mood- A Time
Capsule of Classics from 1939,”
Friday Feb. 27,at 7:30 p.m. in
Follen Church, 755 Mass. Ave.,
Lexington, and Sunday, March
1, at 3 p.m. in Pickman Concert
Hall, Longy School of Music,
27 Garden St., Cambridge.
Tickets:$20-$25. Call 617-2541125 or visit www.amclass.org.
There’s open mic Tuesday,
Feb. 24, March 3, at 7 p.m.
(club members, free, non-members, $5) at Club Passim, 47
Palmer St., Cambridge; one mic
shoot-out with Ry Cavanaugh,
Jeffrey Foucault and Friends,
Wednesday, Feb. 25, at 8 p.m.
($15/$20); Susan Cattaneo with
opening act, Amy Fairchild,
Feb. 26, at 8 p.m. ($15/$13)’
Toby Lightman, with opening
act Gerard Dowd, Feb. 27, at
8 p.m. ($18/$16); Cassie and
Maggie McDonald, Feb. 28, at
7 p.m. ($12/$10); the Nebraska
Project’s lo-fi tribute to Bruce
Springsteen, March 1, at 2 p.m.
($5/$8); Sean Watkins, March
1,at 8 p.m. ($20/$22);Musette
Explosion, March 2, at 8 p.m.
($13/$15); and songwriter Kristin
Andreassen’s CD release show,
March 4, at 8 p.m. ($13/$15).
Above all, don’t miss Rockport’s
own dynamic super-star, Paula
Cole, March 7, at 6 and 9 p.m.
($48/$50). Visit www.passim.org
or call 617-492-7679.
able to offer.”
A focus, also, she believes,
will be on increasing services
for women. Women, in large
part, have not been included
in the Soldiers Home repertoire over the years, with most
people always referring to
“the guys” up at the Soldiers
Home. Poppe said that will,
and must, change over time.
“One of the things I would
like to do is expand our services for women in our longterm care,” she said. “Women
veterans are the fastest growing population. They represent 7.5 percent of the veteran population and 20 percent
of all recruits. Now that the
military has opened up some
combat positions, women will
likely make up an even larger population of the veterans.
We need to adapt our service
to meet these needs.”
Part of the effort will also
be reaching out to communities and local resources to
help veterans, if they chose,
get back into the community. Poppe said the stress is on
outreach at the Soldiers Home
right now and collaborating
with local Veterans Agents
and community organizations. She said they have been
working with legal services
agencies, the Veterans Administration, CAPIC, Chelsea’s City Navigators, UMass-Boston, North Suffolk
Mental Health, Mass General,
East Boston Neighborhood
Health Center and a host of
other groups. The hope is
that soldiers who wish to reintegrate into the community
can do so with help provided
by the Soldiers Home and its
partners.
“One goal I see is expanding programming to our veterans here, but also to get
the veterans back out in the
community if they want to
do that,” she said. “One thing
will perform scenes from the
renowned playwrights greatest works, Sunday, March 1, at
1 p.m. The event, held in the
Firehouse Center for the Arts
Arakelian Theater, Market
Square, Newburyport, is free of
charge, first-come,first-served.
However, donations are appreciated. For more information,
call 978-462-7336 or visit www.
firehouse,org.
Ella and Frank
Spectacle Management presents
Siobhan Magnus and Mark
Maher in a tribute show, Ella
Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra,
which was postponed from Jan.
24 to Feb. 28, at 7:30 p.m. at
the Larcom Theatre, 13 Wallis
St., Downtown Beverly. Maher
replaces John Steves, originally
scheduled to perform. Tickets,
$35-$55, those with previous
tickets may use them now. If
they’re unable to attend, they
may call 617-531-1257 for
refunds. Visit www.larcomtheatre.com. Disconts fo seniors or
groups of 10 or more.
“Greenland,” starring Charlotte
Kinder and Dale J. Young,
with Christine Powers and
Gillian Mackay-Smith alternating as Judith, with the
Apollinaire Theatre Company,
Feb. 20 through March 15, at
Chelsea Theatre Works, 189
Winnisimmet St., Chelsea.
Performances:Friday, Saturday,
at 8 p.m.; Sunday, March 8,15, at
3 p.m. Post-performance receptions with the actors are held in
the gallery. Advance tickets, $20;
at the door, $25; students, $15.
Call 617-886-2336 or visit www.
apollinairetheatrecom. Diana Krall
As part of her Wallflower World
Tour, Diana Krall will kick off
her tour on Wednesday, Feb. 25,
at 8 p.m. at the Shubert Theatre,
265 Tremont St., Boston. For
tour tickets, visit www.dianakrall.com/ or call the theater at
617-482-9393.
Maple Sugaring tours
Mass Audubon’s Ipswich River
Wildlife Sanctuary (87 Perkins
Row, Topsfield) welcomes vis‘Terra Nova’
itors to enjoy and share the
Flat Earth Theatre performs Ted maple sugaring season on oneTally’s gripping historical drama, hour guided tours, rain or shine,
“Terra Nova,” the story of Saturdays and Sundays, Feb.
famous English explorer, Capt. 28 and March 1,7,8,14,15, at
Robert Falcon Scott’s, ill-fated 10:30a.m., 12:30 and 2:30 p.m.,
expedition, through Feb. 28, at culminating with a taste of the
the Arsenal Center for the Arts, sweet stuff. Foods are for sale
321 Arsenal St., Watertown. in the barn. Fee: adults, $10;
Performances:Fridays,Saturdays, children, $8; Mass. Audubon
Thursday, Feb. 26, at 8 p.m. members, $9/$7. Children under
Advance tickets, $20; at the 3 in a backpack are admitted free
door, 425; student rush, $10. of charge. Advance registration
Visit flatearth.ticketleap.com/ter- is required. Call 978-887-9264
ra-nova/.
or visit www.massaudubon.org/
ipswichriver. Hugh and Vusi
Masekela
Spectacle Management presents
South African freedom fights and
musical icons, Hugh and Vusi
Masekela, paying homage to 20
years of freedom and featuring
the country’s freedom songs,
Tuesday, Feb. 24, at 7:30 p.m.
at John Hancock Hall at Back
Bay Events Center, 180 Berkeley
St., Boston. Tickets, $32-$74.
Call 617-531-1257 or visit www.
spectacleshows.com.
‘Greenland’
Guest director Meg Taintor
helms Nicolas Billon’s 55-minute, award-winning drama,
Scullers Jazz
The Fred Hersch Trio headlines at Scullers Jazz Club, Feb.
25, at 8 p.m., followed by the
Persuasions, Feb. 26, at 8 p.m.;
Allan Harris, with his new CD,
“Black Bar Jukebox, Feb. 27, at 8
and 10 p.m.; and Michel Camilo,
Feb. 28, also at 8,10 p.m.. at
the club located in Doubletree
Suites by Hilton, 400 Soldiers
Field Road, Boston. For more
information, call 617-562-4111,
e-mail info@scullersjazz.com, or
visit www.scullersjazz.com.
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The Everett Independent • Wednesday, February 25, 2015
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HONORING EVERETT HIGH SCHOOL'S 2014 ...
Sitting, from left: Marytza Mompoint, Michella Derosena, Jennifer Ha, Megan Eugene, Dana Lantion, and Christel Adonis. Standing, from left: Alan Devanna,
Linh Vu, Yarina Pineda Ramirez, Nathaniel Nowell, Kimberly Paul, Irvin Dorsainval, Alyssa Aloise, Malik Williams, and Rasha Nadheer.
NEW ENGLAND E
BAND ASSOCIATION
CHAMPIONSHIP!
verett High School held a banquet at Anthony's in Malden honoring
the Crimson Tide Marching Band for winning the New England
Scholastic Band Association Championship this past fall. The Band
completed an undefeated season, scoring a season high 96.30, and
sweeping all caption awards — winning Best Music, Best Color Guard
and Best Percussion — during its NESBA victory. The Crimson Tide
program, “Letters Home”, captured the essence of immigration and the
pride in assimilation into American society. The show featured the music
of legendary composer, Aaron Copland, including Appalachian Spring,
which debuted 70 years ago at the Library of Congress in Washington,
D.C. The result was an engaging production, universally received and
acclaimed by adjudicators and audiences alike. The band is directed by
Charles Poole.
State Senator Sal DiDomenico presents Everett Public
Schools Music Coordinator Eugene O’Brien (left) and
Band Director Charles Poole (right) with a State House
Citation recognizing Everett High School’s 2014 New
England Band Association Championship.
Standing, from left: Assistant Superintendents Dr. Thomas Stella and Charles Obremski, music teacher Eric
Dauenhauer, State Senator Sal DiDomenico, Everett High School Vice Principal Dr. Omar Easy, Band Director
Charles Poole, Everett Public Schools Music Coordinator Eugene O’Brien, School Committee member Allen
Panarese, music teacher Joseph Ulm, School Committee member Robert Carreiro, and Everett High School
Principal Erick Naumann. Seated are Drum Major Kimberly Paul and EHS Music Dept. Secretary Penny Yebba.
Standing, from left: Rasha Nadheer, Alyssa Aloise,
Christel Adonis. Sitting are Marytza Mompoint and
Catherine Gaitanakis.
Sitting, from left: Casey Carnes, Colorguard instructor Dana Hua, Brian
Spencer, Mateus Lopes Ferreira, and Billie DeNisco. Standing, from left:
Conor Rachlin, Anthony Amico, Zoe Murphy, and Dianne Perry.
Tony DiCarlo, NESBA's Fall Activity
Director, addresses the audience.
State Senator Sal DiDomenico, a loyal supporter of the
Everett Public Schools and its music program, talks with
Tony Grassa and Susan Grassa.
EHS Principal Erick Naumann, State Senator Sal
DiDomenico (center), and EHS Vice Principal Dr. Omar Easy.
Lyndsay Blauvelt.
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