Walter L. Currant Jr., 73, lifelong Everett resident and longtime bartender at Zeke’s Pub
He spent his whole life in Everett, graduated from Everett High in 1971, and was behind the bar at Zeke's for years.…
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Peter D. Bernard, 76, Chelsea native who taught math at Revere High, then spent 27 years as a Revere police officer
A Vietnam veteran who came home, earned a math degree, taught at Revere High and then put on a badge. He retired…
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Irena Galajda, 85, of Chelsea, learned English to earn her citizenship and cooked for everyone who came
She came from a village in southeastern Poland, studied for her citizenship test in a language she taught herself, and was known…
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Everett’s Former IT Director Is Charged With Shipping $98,000 of City Amazon Orders to His Home. The Council Reappointed Him in the Middle of It
Fired in March, arraigned Friday, pretrial October 22. The purchases the DA describes span a unanimous council reappointment in 2024 and end…
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One Councillor Has Missed 20 of the Council’s 48 Roll Calls This Year. Nobody Else Has Missed Ten
Six of 14 meetings, 20 of 48 roll calls, a late arrival and early exit on budget night, and a subcommittee that…
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Calvin Brown in 2026: Two Resolutions, No Orders, Ten Missed Roll Calls, and a Six-Vote Margin
The council's least active legislator, on the cautious side of both splits, holding District 8 by six votes.
Continue readingManuel Teshe in 2026: Six Meetings Missed, Twenty Roll Calls, and the Motion That Slowed the Housing Ordinance
Procedurally one of the council's most active members when present. The attendance is the part residents will want explained.
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Lisa Santagate in 2026: Perfect Attendance, One Order, and the Public Safety Chair’s Hearings
The chair who runs hearings rather than filing orders, and has not missed a vote.
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Todd Taylor in 2026: One Order Filed, Three Dissents Cast, and the Chair of the City Manager’s Report Card
The councillor most likely to be alone on a roll call, and the one who uses the floor rather than the filing…
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Deron Hines in 2026: Three Small Orders, No Motions, and the Amendment That Decided the Year
Quiet for five months, then the working group's housing table on the floor and a 6 to 5 win.
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