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.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…