Juanita Haas and Rachel Shanley unveil the new memorial to Bob Haas at the Lincoln School playground on Thursday afternoon, June 21.
Month: June 2018
Thank You Dan Conley
On behalf of the City of Revere, Councillor George Rotondo gave a plaque commending District Attorney Dan Conley in helping the residents of Revere and all of Suffolk County.
Council Approves FY19 Budget
On Monday night the city council approved a $192,676,571 city budget for fiscal year 2019, which begins on July 1. Mayor Brian Arrigo had submitted a $206,992,903 budget request to the City Council on June 11. The Ways and Means…
Appreciation:Eileen Haydock Merullo Lived a Life of Service
Eileen Haydock Merullo has lived a life of service: in the military, in the schools, and in the community. When asked why she had entered the Army immediately after graduation from Boston University, Eileen said that she was very anxious…
RBP Hotel LLC, Shaws Site Developer, Tweaks Plan
RBP Hotel, LLC, developers of the former Shaw site on the Revere Beach Parkway, came before the City Council Monday night asking for an increase for its hotel by 20 rooms and a decrease in the number of “extended-stay†units…
Senator Markey, EBNHC Administrators, Discuss Health Impacts of Separating Children from Familes at the Border
Flanked by the state’s leading doctors, psychiatrists and pediatricians U.S. Senator Edward Markey delivered an emotional speech discussing the health impacts on children and families caused by separating children from their parents at the U.S. border with Mexico. The press…
Senior Tax Exemption Program Applicants Accepted July 1
Qualified senior citizens will be eligible for a property tax exemption under the new Senior Tax exemption program announced this week by Mayor Brian Arrigo. Voters overwhelmingly approved the exemption program in the November 2017 municipal election, voting 4,543 to…
News Briefs
Senior Citizen Work-Off Abatement Program FY 2019 Mayor Brian Arrigo is pleased to announce the City of Revere will be accepting applications on July 1Â for the Senior Citizen Work-Off Abatement Program Fiscal Year 2019. This program provides the opportunity for…
Commericial Parking Lot Fees Reconsidered
Parking is a hot topic in Revere, especially when it comes to commercial parking lots. On June 19, the License Commission held a public hearing to discuss parking lot fees, something they visited back in April when they increased the…
Loan Orders Approved for Water and Sewer Work
The City Council approved $11.75 million in loan orders for water and sewer work at various locations around the city, but the measure wasn’t approved until the council grilled the representative from CDM Smith. The first bone of contention came…
Speaker DeLeo Leads Growing Coalition of Support Behind Evandro Carvalho for Suffolk DA
House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo endorsed Democratic State Representative Evandro C. Carvalho for Suffolk County District Attorney, citing Carvalho’s strong progressive record and prosecutorial experience. Speaker DeLeo, a lifelong Democrat and Winthrop resident, said Carvalho has distinguished himself as a…
City Council Motions
18-230 Motion presented by Councillor Powers: That the Mayor convene a meeting to discuss resources available and possible solutions to abate the flooding problems that the City has recently experienced in the areas of Rice Avenue, Mills Avenue, Pines River,…
Revere Resident Elle Baker Receives “Unsung Heroine†Award
Ms. Lauriellen “Elle†Baker of Revere was recently honored as a member of the Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women’s 2018 class of Unsung Heroines in a ceremony at the State House in Boston. This distinction celebrates extraordinary women…
Volare Issued a Warning, Commission Miffed by Lackadaisical Efforts
The Revere License Commission held a public hearing last week for violations of the entertainment license and license conditions for Volare, at 388 Broadway. The Commission said the violations were booking a disc jockey without a license, and letting people…
New Memorial Plaque Unveiled in Honor of Bob Haas at the Lincoln School Playground
The family of the late Mayor and Councillor Bob Haas Jr. gathered with City and School leaders on Thursday afternoon, June 21, to celebrate a memorial to Haas at the new Lincoln School playground – a facility Haas helped to…
Revere Students Earn Academic Honors
LOCAL STUDENTS EARN ACADEMIC HONORS Belmont Hill School students from Revere achieved academic honors for the 2017-2018 school year. They are listed below: James Perullo — Grade 11, Â Honors Mauricio Rodriguez — Grade 10, Â Honors TWO GRADUATE FROM UNION…
Police Briefs 06-27-2018
Police News CITIZENS ACADEMY GRAD HELPS POLICE Revere Police are giving high accolade to Jesse Foster, a graduate of their Citizens Police Academy, who helped police on June 20 find a man who was allegedly breaking into cars on Library…
Why is Plastic Pollution Partisan?
Pollution should be a non-partisan issue. But, for some reason, it’s not. On June 5th, World Environment Day (WED), India’s Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Harsh Vadham, announced India’s unprecedented pledge to abandon single-use plastics by 2022 at…
Letter to the Editor
PLASTICS ARE BAD FOR OUR BEACHES AND ENVIRONMENT Dear Editor, This past Saturday, Revere residents and members of Environment Massachusetts cleared garbage, mostly single-use plastic, from Revere Beach. The sand might be plastic-free for now, but you’ll see those volunteers…
School’s Out — Drive Carefully
With the school year having just ended (thanks to all those snow days that lengthened the school year), motorists need to adjust their driving habits to take into account that children will be in our streets all day long and…
