Tony Gordino enjoying his visit with Santa last Sunday morning during the St. Anthony’s Church Breakfast with Santa.
Month: December 2017
Beachmont Christmas Tree Lighting
The residents of Beachmont along with the Beachmont Improvement Committee held their annual tree-lighting ceremony on Sunday,Dec. 10 at Douglas Cummings Square. Attendees got to enjoy a visit from Santa, hot chocolate, cookies, and more. Pictured above, students from the…
Scrooged Again:MSBA Rejects City’s Application to Get Funding for New High School
By Seth Daniel For the second, straight year, Revere High School (RHS) officials and district leaders are facing a holiday season with a huge disappointment on their minds. That’s because for the second, straight year, the Massachusetts School Building Authority…
McKenna Files Motion to Test City Hall’s Air-Quality
By Sue Ellen Woodcock Believing the Revere City Hall is a sick building, Ward 1 Councillor Joanne McKenna has filed a motion to have the mayor arrange to have an air-quality test performed throughout the 120 year-old building. At Monday…
News Briefs
Revere Beautification Committee HOLDS dinner The members of the Revere Beautification Committee celebrated another successful year at their annual Christmas Dinner. Among the many accomplishments are the Barrel Program, the Island Beautification Program, and the Beautiful Home/Business Recognition Programs. The…
EBSB Raises $75K at Holiday Auction for Local Charities
East Boston Savings Bank’s 32nd annual holiday auction raised over $75,000 for local charities. EBSB employees, family, friends and vendors gathered at the Danversport Yacht Club where items donated by bank employees, family members, local businesses and vendors were auctioned…
Revere Residents Voice Opinions to DEP on Wheelabrator Landfill
By Sue Ellen Woodcock Concerned citizens of Saugus and Revere attended a public hearing in Saugus on Nov. 30 as the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) held a public hearing regarding Wheelabrator, the trash-to-energy plant on Route 107 in Saugus.…
SUDI Office Updates Councillors
By Sue Ellen Woodcock It’s been a little over a year since the Substance Use Disorder Initiative (SUDI) office opened on Revere Street, and Councillor George Rotondo invited its director to give an update to the City Council during its…
HYM Releases Plans, Shares Their Goals and Project Timeline
The following statement has been issued from the HYM Investment Group, LLC, owners of the Suffolk Downs Race Track site. Suffolk Downs is a 161-acre thoroughbred horse-racing facility located within East Boston and Revere, with approximately 109 acres of…
Arrigo and Mayors Coalition Look to Increase Housing Stock
By Sue Ellen Woodcock Leaders from 14 cities and towns, including Revere, in the Greater Boston area have banded together to form the Metropolitan Mayors Coalition of Greater Boston to address housing stock, accessibility and affordability. “The housing challenges that…
Legislators Away on Trip to Israel with JCRC
By Sue Ellen Woodcock State Rep. RoseLee Vincent and State Sen. Joseph Boncore are among 13 Massachusetts legislators traveling to Israel this week with the Jewish Community Relations Council of Greater Boston. Legislators left last Thursday, and are expected to…
Councillors Ban Sale of Recreational Marijuana
By Sue Ellen Woodcock The City Council has officially banned the sale of recreational marijuana in the city limits of Revere. The council has been working since the summer to ban the sale of recreational marijuana, under the leadership of…
Police Briefs 12-13-2017
ARREST Report MONDAY, DEC. 4 Innoncent Ifeanyi Emebo, 30, of Dorchester, was arrested on a charge of shoplifting. TUESDAY, DEC. 5 Martin Geronimo Fabian, 40, of 11 Agawam St., was arrested on charges of assault and battery in a…
Confusion Shouldn’t Stop Patients from Buying Health Insurance
By Janet Trautwein This year’s Affordable Care Act open enrollment period started Nov 1. Millions of Americans will soon visit HealthCare.gov or the online insurance exchange run by their state to shop for 2018 health plans. Many will be confused…
Big Things to Come for Revere Parks & Recreation in 2018: Making Revere Fun for All Ages
By Mayor Brian Arrigo and Michael Hinojosa, Director of Revere Parks and Recreation This is the second of a pair of articles highlighting the achievements of Revere Parks and Recreation in 2017 and introducing more of what’s to come in…
Happy Hanukkah
We want to wish our many friends in the Jewish community a Happy Hanukkah. The celebration began Tuesday night and continues for eight days. On each night of Hanukkah, a special blessing is said during the lighting of the candles…
Doing Their Part
The East Boston Savings Bank held its annual holiday auction and raised more than $75,000 to help local organizations carry out their missions. Needless to say, the social problems that many non-profits are trying to combat are just constantly increasing,…
Marking a Milestone
The Revere Cares Coalition is 20 years old and is needed as much today as when it originally was started in 1997. The coalition had as its initial goal a reduction in the alarming increase at that time of tobacco,…
Sports 12-13-2017
RhS sports Roundup RHS hockey team opens with tie, win The Revere High hockey team opened its season in successful fashion by earning three of a possible four points in this past weekend’s Bourne High School Canalmen’s Hockey Tournament. The…
Obituaries 12-13-2017
William Arthur Colella Former coach and social studies teacher at Revere High School, president of RHS Class of 1949 William Arthur Colella of Chelmsford died surrounded by loved ones at his home on Saturday, Dec. 9. He was 86 years…