Month: March 2019
Emergency Fund for CAPIC Approved
The Revere City Council praised CAPIC Executive Director Robert Repucci after approving a motion by Councillor-at-Large Anthony Zambuto that Mayor Brian Arrigo be requested to establish an emergency fund for the agency that serves Revere, Winthrop, and Chelsea residents. Zambuto…
Despite the Cost, City Officials Still Encourage Recycling
You think you’re doing the right thing by recycling your plastic milk jug, your cardboard and cans. Environmentally, you are still doing the right thing, but for cities and towns, it costs more to dispose of recyclable trash as opposed…
MassDOT Issues Travel Advisory for Tobin Bridge and Rte. 1
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) is reminding members of the public that the Department will be rehabilitating the surface of the Tobin Bridge and performing maintenance on the viaduct in Chelsea which carries traffic on Route 1 northbound and…
News Briefs
JOIN THE MEDICAL RESERVE CORPS The MRC is a national network of volunteers, organized locally to improve the health and safety of their communities. MRC volunteers include medical and public health professionals, as well as other community members without healthcare…
School Committeeman Visconti Announces for Councilor at Large
School committeeman Gerry Visconti has announced for Councilor-at-Large. The following is his announcement: “As a parent of children in Revere Public Schools and as a coach in our community, it has been an honor and a privilege to represent our…
Licensing Commission Rolls Back Volare’s Operating Hours to 11 P.M.
The Licensing Commission has had it with Volare at 388 Broadway and decided to roll the hours of operation back to 11 p.m. Lt. Det. Robert Impemba told the commission last Wednesday that in the last four months the police…
Restroom Was Just That: Bathroom Break Lands D&L Liquor Before Licensing Comm.
It seemed innocent enough – an employee working in a Revere store decided to take a bathroom break. But he fell asleep when he sat down for at least 20 minutes. Customers came in and out, left money on the…
Revere City Council Honors Retired Deputy Chief George Taglieri Jr. With Moment of Silence
The Revere City Council observed a moment of silence in memory of Retired Revere Senior Deputy Fire Chief George Taglieri Jr., who died on March 23. Councillor-at-Large Jessica Giannino requested the tribute to Mr. Taglieri at the outset of Monday’s…
Revere Students Earn Academic Honors
Endicott Announces Dean’s List Students Endicott College is pleased to announce the Dean’s List students for fall 2018. In order to qualify for the Dean’s List, a student must obtain a minimum grade point average of 3.5, receive no grade…
21 People Displaced by Fire on Thornton Street
Twenty-one people were displaced after a four-alarm fire consumed a six-family home on early Wednesday morning March 20. The call came in around midnight for smoke in the building, which quickly rose to four alarms. The fire appears to have…
Sisters Feted by Family and Friends on Birthdays
Every week, Helen Joyal eats lunch with her daughter, Michelle, at McDonald’s in Northgate. Her favorite item to order on the menu is a hamburger Happy Meal (she gives the toys to Michelle as prizes for her fourth-grade students). On…
Council Votes to Support RSCHP Application for State Grant
The Revere City Council voted unanimously to support the Revere Society of Cultural and Historic Preservation (RSCHP) in its application for a state grant for matching funds to help renovate the organization’s headquarters and museum located at 108 Beach St.…
Social Security and OIG Warn of Telephone Scheme
The Social Security Administration (SSA) and its Office of the Inspector General (OIG) launched a joint Public Service Announcement (PSA) campaign addressing a nationwide telephone impersonation scheme. Social Security and the OIG continue to receive reports from across the country…
Revere Police Awarded Grant to Enhance Pedestrian and Bicyclist Safety
Mayor Brian Arrigo and Chief of Police James Guido announced that the Revere Police Department was recently awarded a grant from the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security, Office of Grants and Research – Highway Safety Division (EOPSS/OGR/HSD) to…
Revere High Students Take Home Several Awards During Last Month’s Beijing Model G20 Summit
The sixteen Revere High School (RHS) students that traveled to Beijing China to participate in a Model G20 Youth Leadership Summit last month came home with a 6 out of the possible 24 awards presented during the event. The sixteen…
Council Will Assist Resident in Resolving Issues at His Property
City Council President Arthur Guinasso told Toscano Avenue resident Rocco Falzone that the Council will reach out to Revere’s state legislators to help him with various issues at his property. Guinasso said the Council will contact Speaker Robert A. DeLeo…
Metropolitan Beaches Commission Seeks Community Input on State of Beaches; Revere Meeting April 9
The Metropolitan Beaches Commission (MBC) will hold nine public hearings in the winter and spring of 2019 in waterfront communities from Nahant to Nantasket to receive public input about the state of the beaches. The hearing for East Boston will…
Police Briefs 03-27-2019
Police News Revere Police, DA Charge Man with Child Porn Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins announced last week the indictment of an East Boston man for sexually assaulting one child, enticing another to create child pornography for him, and…
Guest Op-ed Beware of Scams Coming over the Telephone
By Glenn Mollette In January a Denver couple received a scam phone call from a man who told them he had kidnapped their daughter. The man was very convincing that their daughter was in his possession. In the background they…
