Under the terms of the settlement, the Everett Leader Herald’s owner, Matthew Philbin, and its publisher and editor, Joshua Resnek, will shut down the weekly newspaper within a week.

The mayor of Everett, mercilessly defamed by a local weekly newspaper that printed a “Holocaust” of lies, has won a landmark $1.1 million settlement that permanently shuts down the

Following a settlement for a defamation lawsuit, Everett Mayor Carlo DeMaria has been awarded $1.1 million against the Everett Leader Herald, its owner, publisher and editor.