Team Amato and Team Colby square off at the net last Saturday morning on Revere Beach as part of the 9th Annual Revere Fire Department Local 926 Volleyball Fundraising Tournament. The annual tournament attracted several teams and raised money on behalf of…
Month: August 2015
Basketball Bride
Revere High School girls basketball coach Diana DeCristoforo was surprised on Saturday morning at her wedding at St. Anthony’s Church by current and former RHS basketball players. Diana married Thomas Finn of Reading. Pictured (back row left to right) Ashley DiFraia,…
Revere and State Officials Sign On to Community Compact Program
Revere officials joined a new initiative Tuesday morning promoted by Lt. Gov. Karyn Polito in being one of the first communities in the state to sign on to the Community Compact program. “We’re the eighth community in the Commonwealth to…
Ballot Positions Announced for Sept. Primary
Revere Election Commissioner Diane R. Colella has announced the ballot positions for the Preliminary Election to be held Tuesday, Sept. 1. Colella drew the positions at the Elections Office at City Hall Friday morning. There will be primaries for the…
Water Quality Rating is High at Revere Beach
The nation’s first public beach remains strong as one of the cleanest beaches in the area on Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s mid-summer beach report released this week. Last year at this point in the summer Revere Beach scored a…
Finding the Fruits of Summer on Glover Drive
There is no shortage of buzzwords these days around ‘urban gardening’ and ‘organic farming’ and the burgeoning industry around growing one’s own food. But anyone talking about the subject, however, should speak with Revere’s Giuseppe ‘Joe’ Leone and his wife,…
Moving Revere Forward Progress Report Released
The “Moving Revere Forward†progress report was released last Thursday night by Mayor Dan Rizzo, updating the original Transition Team document present to Rizzo in the winter of 2011. Giving a powerpoint presentation, Rizzo said the report was the work…
Police Briefs 08-05-2015
MONDAY, JULY 27 No Arrests Reported TUESDAY, JULY 28 Jason W. Gentry, 34, of Swampscott, was arrested on an outstanding warrant. David T. Hinchey, 54, of 238 Proctor Ave. was arrested on charges of operating a motor vehicle while under…
Letters to the Editor
Thank You from RSCHP Dear Edior: On behalf of the Revere Society for Cultural & Historic Preservation (RSCHP) we would like to thank all those who visited our booth and exhibit at the recent Sand Sculpting Festival. We were gratified…
Dedication Ceremonies At New Stadium
If Mother Nature cooperates and delivers a beautiful late-summer evening, then the dedication ceremonies for the new Harry Della Russo Stadium – scheduled for Friday, Sept. 11 – should result in one of the largest crowds in years in attendance…
Revere Police ‘Park and Ride’ Initiative
The Revere Police Department’s initiative of having patrol officers carrying bikes on their cruisers and then patrolling the neighborhoods on those bicycles has been working well since its implementation. The June 30 incident in which officer Doug Zingali – while…
Harry Della Russo Stadium Now Open to Public
Harry DellaRusso Stadium is now open to the public from 7:00 A.M. to dusk. There will be minimal finishing work being completed in the area of the Fernwood Avenue ramp but this will not effect the use of the track…
Obituaries 08-05-2015
Maryann Cardinale Of Revere Maryann Cardinale of Revere passed away on July 31. She was the cherished daughter of the late Andrew Cardinale Sr. and Josephine (Mazziotta) Cardinale; dear sister of Andrew Cardinale, Jr. and his wife, Rosemary of Maine,…
