by Marianne Salza The Marina Restaurant and Bar At The Wharf was crowded with business leaders and local officials during the Revere Chamber of Commerce State of the City Business Breakfast with Brian Arrigo, on Feb. 26. Chamber Executive Director…
Month: March 2019
Councillors Discuss Numerous Issues at Monday’s Meeting
The Revere City Council met on Monday night and discussed issues ranging from double street poles to short-term housing rentals to making sure that absentee landlords keep their sidewalks free from ice and snow. “Businesses like AirBnB are getting out…
Sen. Boncore, Madaro File Legislation to Address Traffic Woes
At a community meeting called by elected officials, MassDOT was forced to admit that when designing the new entrance into the Sumner Tunnel the state agency used outdated traffic projections. MassDOT predicted traffic going into the tunnel would grow by…
DeLeo Announces GreenWorks – Resilient Communities Investment
House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo announced a new initiative to invest $1 billion over the next 10 years to help communities across Massachusetts adopt technologies – including clean energy, energy efficiency, and climate change resiliency measures – that cut greenhouse…
News Briefs
Learn to skate classes starting March 3 New winter Learn-To-Skate classes for children, ages 4 to 18 at the LoConte Rink on Veterans Memorial Pkwy, Medford will start Sunday, March 3 at 1 p.m., for five weeks. Use hockey, recreational…
Fiesta Shows Set to Open on March 21
Get ready for a good snow storm in March or April because the Licensing Commission has approved a permit for Fiesta Shows to come to town once again. Traditionally it snows at least once when Fiesta open its first show…
Officials Happy with Federal Wetlands Protection
Winthrop, Revere and Lynn are in good shape when it comes to protecting marshland and wetlands through the Wetlands Protection Act. Winthrop and Revere share the Belle Isle Marsh with East Boston. Revere and Lynn also share the Rumney Marsh.…
Veterans Organizations get Discount on Licensing Fees
There are three veterans’ organizations in Revere and each one is struggling with membership numbers with older veterans dying off and younger veterans not joining their local post. For the past few years all the posts have been paying $1,300…
Loyal Order of the Moose Gets a Reprieve; 30 Days Remain Before Doors Are Closed for Good
The Licensing Commission has given the Loyal Order of the Moose 30 days to get its act together or cease to exist. For the past year the private social club on Broadway has been struggling internally, so much so that…
Stabbing Victim Dies, Police Still Searching for Suspects
The Revere man who was a victim of a stabbing in East Boston died from the injuries he sustained last Wednesday. The victim, Alfred Rodriguez is a father of two and owns of a barber shop on Shirley Avenue in…
A Mission of Love and Living the Gospel for Haiti
Looking Back at Morningstar Catholic Collaborative’s Recent Trip to Haiti By Stephen W. Fielding – Special to the Journal When the Morningstar Catholic Collaborative, consisting of parishioners from St. Mary of the Assumption Par-ish, Revere and Our Lady of Grace Parish,…
Revere Native Earns Junior Sailor of The Quarter Selection for Naval Hospital Bremerton
By Douglas H. Stutz, Naval Hospital Bremerton Public Affairs Officer It’s not infrequent for hospital corpsmen in varied career stages to share a common connection. Such proved to be the case for Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Dylan Stuart selected…
Dr. Jeffrey Benecchi Continues Family Tradition
When it comes to dentistry it seems that the apple does not fall far from the tree and Dr. Jeffrey Benecchi, DMD is living proof. Sure he could have become an environmentalist, he graduated from Bates College with a degree…
Are Braces Just for Kids? Four Reasons Mom and Dad Want A Great Smile, Too
When it comes to braces, teens and pre-teens remain the typical patients for orthodontists. But their moms and dads may soon be catching up. Today, one in four orthodontic patients is an adult, according to the American Association of Orthodontists.…
Police Briefs 02-27-2019
    Man Convicted of Murder A Suffolk Superior Court jury Friday afternoon found Juan Gaviria, 21, guilty of second-degree murder and firearms offenses in connection with the Jan. 23, 2015, shooting death of 18-year-old Andres Jaramillo on Revere’s Garfield Avenue. …
Massachusetts Greenworks Is an Investment in Our Present — and Future
The announcement last week by House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo that the state will be investing $1 billion over the next decade to help communities across Massachusetts adopt technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fortify infrastructure is welcome news…
Sports 02-27-2019
RhS Sports Roundup RHS girls fall to Reading in tourney The Revere High girls basketball team dropped a 56-38 decision at Reading in a first-round contest of the Division 1 North Sectional of the MIAA girls basketball tournament Monday night.…
Obituaries 02-27-2019
Francine Josephine Whippen Sears retiree who loved volunteering and traveling Francine Josephine Whippen, former-ly of Wichita, Kan., passed away peacefully Feb. 23 at Presbyterian Manor, Newton. She was 78 years old. She was born June 25, 1940, to Frances (Carosone)…
