Vintage team shirts were on display at the ‘Last At Bat’ event held at Hill Park.
Month: June 2013
Grand Slam
Four generations of Revere Parks and Recreation Department, Adrienne Maguire, Roger Naples, Bob McCarrick and Lee Rizzo, attended last Saturday’s farewell to Hill Park event.
Hometown Homily: Revere’s First Ordained Priest in Decades
On Sunday, June 23, newly-ordained Fr. David Aufiero returned home and celebrated a noon Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Anthony’s Church. Aufiero is the first ordained priest from Revere in quite a long time and grew up attending St. Anthony’s,…
Council Battles over City Budget
Mayoral and City Council relations haven’t been stellar as of late and it appears that the City Budget proposal from Mayor Dan Rizzo isn’t mending any fences. Many City Council members were nothing short of perturbed at the lateness of…
Summer Program Starts on Thursday
From BMX Racing to a reformulated Celebrate Revere Day to continued movie nights on Revere Beach, this year’s Revere Recreation Summer Program under first-year Director Michael Hinojosa is looking to expand its reach. “I think [former Director] Adrienne [Maguire] nailed…
It Summertime
The school year has ended and the children are out for the summer. Like parents everywhere, parents in Revere are looking at how to keep their children from just laying on the couch watching television or playing mindless computer games.…
The Wall That Heals
The Vietnam Memorial Wall that was at the Beachmont VFW Post earlier this month like the Memorial in Washington, D.C., is powerful in its simplicity. The black wall with the names of the war dead and in some cases of…
Police Briefs 06-26-2013
Thursday, June 13 Gary Calef, 48, of 280B Mountain Ave., was arrested on one warrant. James Harford, 26, of 34 Blake St., was arrested on one warrant. Joshua Everett, 26, of 72 Campbell Ave., was arrested on one warrant and…
Kate Ferrante Cheering on the Minutemen
In a contemporary society that often breeds young girls into cheering as early as elementary school, Kate Ferrante was able to thrive at cheerleading, despite playing the sport for the first time as a freshman at Revere High School. The…
Obituaries 06-26-2013
Frederick Diamond Attorney Frederick Diamond of Revere passed away on June 23. An attorney, he was the loving son of the late David and Irene Diamond; dear brother of the late Edward Diamond; loving uncle of Carla Carpinelli, Randall Diamond,…
The Wall That Heals
In the  photo Beachmont VFW member John Floyd looks for the name of a friend who went to Vietnam and never came back. Floyd recalled that he was nervous about being drafted for Vietnam while in high school, but never…
Final Applications for Casino Process Are Now Available
Applications became available for the second and final phase of the resort casino vetting process, as announced Monday by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC), but there still is no certainty this week as to when Suffolk Downs might be able…
Revere Beach Partnership Receives $6,000 Grant
The Revere Beach Partnership was the recipient of a $6,000 Better Beaches grant last weekend from Save the Harbor/Save the Bay. This year’s “Better Beaches†events include sand sculpting competitions, beachfront concerts, environmental education programs, family fun nights, reading nights…
Holmes is Harvard Bound
It was the last inning of one of the last games of Nick Holmes’s career as a baseball player for Malden Catholic (MC) earlier this spring, and already he was working on the next big home run in his prep…
Strike Three is Thrown for Hill Park
For nearly 40 years, summer meant men’s softball in Revere, and the mecca for the game was Hill Park – a diamond that is soon slated to be demolished for the new Hill School. While everyone agrees the school is…
Remembering Two Revere Leaders
You could not have a better example of two more completely different people. We are referring to George Colella and Peter McCauley. George was the politician who was the stalwart in the local political scene from the 1950’s until his…
Let’s Go, Bruins
Can they do it again? Are they a team of destiny? At Monday night’s game in Boston, the Bruins were on fire. The pace of the game was fast and physical. While the names and sizes of the players have…
Police Briefs 06-19-2013
Monday, June 10 Luis Escalante, 29, of Lynn, was charged with operating under the influence of liquor, leaving the scene of property damage, reckless operation of a motor vehicle; and unlicensed operation of a motor vehicle. Tuesday, June 11 Julie…
Licata Excels at Shot Put and Discus
Vito Licata was simply just looking to get in shape during his football off-season when he joined the spring track and field team at Revere High School. Vito, a former member of the Revere Patriots, figured participating in track and…
Obituaries 06-19-2013
James Francis Noseworthy, Sr. Of Illinois, Formerly of Revere James Francis Noseworthy, Sr., of Sandwich, IL, formerly of Revere, passed away on April 27 at the Kishwaukee Community Hospital in DeKalb, IL. He was 79 years old. He was born…
