Month: February 2016

Character Breakfast

Salvatore Falzone is doing his best “minion” impression as his father, Joe Falzone, looks on during the 2nd Annual Character Breakfast at the Revere Parks and Recreation Department on Friday, Feb. 15. The sold-out breakfast has become a wildly popular…

Mayor Brian Arrigo’s State of City Speech

“Council President Giannino, Vice President Morabito, Honored Councillors,Speaker DeLeo, Representative Vincent, Representative Livingstone andFellow Residents of Revere: It is my honor to address you tonight as the newly elected Mayor of this great City. Every one of the 48 days…

Police Briefs 02-24-2016

Weekly Crime Report Journal Staff Reports House Breaks: (6) Arcadia Street; Crescent Avenue; Tobin Avenue; Endicott Avenue; Shurtleff Street; and Kimball Avenue. Commercial Breaks: (0) Motor Vehicle *Thefts/Breaks: (2) *Whitin Avenue; and Revere Street (plate). Motor Vehicle Accidents: (29) Copeland…

Letters to the Editor

An explanation is owed Dear Editor; It’s not often that people call me about what’s on Facebook. I’m not a Facebook zombie that’s constantly updating their online status. Yes, I do enjoy some things on Facebook such as Richard Sargent’s…

Sports 02-24-2016

RhS sports Roundup RHS hockey team must win tonight to reach tourney The Revere High hockey team earned what arguably was its biggest win of the season with a 2-1 victory over Lowell Saturday evening at Cronin Rink, keeping alive…

Obituaries 02-24-2016

Ann Boyle Whidden Hospital retiree, Past President of Immaculate Guild at Immaculate Conception Church Ann P. (Donnelly) Boyle, a life long Everett resident, passed unexpectedly at the Whidden Memorial Hospital in Everett on Sunday, February 21. She was 83 years…

M.O.M. has Spring Fever

By Sue Ellen Woodcock “Get your motor running. Head out on the highway…” that’s the tune that will stick in your brain after a visit to Motorcycles of Manchester newest location on Broadway, known as M.O.M. Boston. Joel Wheeler, owner…

Frozen! Solid

By Sue Ellen Woodcock It could have been the start of the nice Valentine’s Day holiday but when Sherri DeSimone looked out the window of her Arcadia Street home early Sunday morning she knew there was trouble. Water from the…

Police Briefs 02-17-2016

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 8 Vanessa M. Forte, 29, of 957 Revere Beach Parkway, was arrested on four outstanding warrants. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9 Jorge Luis Mendez-Baez, 26, of Mattapan, was arrested on a charge of trafficking in heroin. Luis Alberto Medina-Feliciano, 40,…