Month: June 2019
Dozens of Volunteers Spruce Up Costa Park
Revitalization adds murals, fills planter boxes, and repairs park and playground equipment. Costa Park in the Shirley Avenue neighborhood is shining a little brighter after a revitalization project that added murals, fixed up the playground and planted new greenery around…
City Council Approves FY20 Budget
The Revere City Council approved a city operating budget of $203.4 million for the Fiscal Year 2020 at the Council meeting Monday night. The total of expenditures for the year is $217,053,143, which is a 5.6 percent increase from this…
Arrigo, Rizzo Clash Over FY20 Budget
Councillor-at-Large Dan Rizzo criticized a 5.6 percent increase in the Revere operating budget for the coming fiscal year during remarks following the Council meeting and in a town hall broadcast on Facebook Monday night. Mayor Brian Arrigo was quick to…
Lifeguards Back on the Beach
Summer is here and the Department of Conservation and Recreation lifeguards are back on Revere Beach working out of the Shirley Street bathhouse. “The Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation (DCR) employs hundreds of lifeguards across the Commonwealth in an…
Thirty Residents Take Out Nomination Papers for 2019 Election
City Election Commissioner Diane Colella has announced that the following candidates have pulled their nominations papers as of Friday, June 14, 2019. The candidates have until Tuesday, July 23 to submit their papers. Mayor *Brian Michael Arrigo Daniel Rizzo Cheryl…
Revere Schools Take First Step in Designing New High School
Revere High School Principal Dr. John Perella said the schools of the future will look nothing like the schools of today and that’s the approach the RHS Design Team will take when designing the new high school. The RHS Design…
Horses and Heroes Foundation to Name a Horse in Honor of RFD Chief Chris Bright
The Horses and Heroes Foundation will name a horse in honor of Revere Fire Chief Chris Bright in recognition of his distinguished career in public safety. Bright becomes the first individual from the firefighting profession to be so honored, according…
Transcending Forest: Lush Entrance to Encore Creates a Complete Change to Everett’s Lower Broadway
When one passes by the lush new landscape at the entrance to Encore Boston Harbor on Lower Broadway, think Buffalo. Buffalo? Yes, in fact it is Buffalo, New York that has provided most all of the mature spruce and pine…
Brisk Function Business Already a Surprise Niche for Encore
The bookings for hotel rooms at Encore Boston Harbor is strong at the moment, but the company said this week they are quite surprised by the interest in group bookings for conventions. The 671 hotel rooms at Encore have a…
Encore Boston Harbor to Open at 10 A.M. June 23
Don’t expect a long program ahead of the Encore Boston Harbor ribbon cutting on Sunday morning, June 23, but expect the City of Everett and the company to get things moving and get the doors open. Encore will open officially…
Three Encore Water Shuttles Expected to Run Regular Route on Opening Day
Dockmaster will allow touch-and-go operations for private boats – no mega-yachts will be able to dock at Encore There’s never needed to be a dockmaster for any of Everett’s waterfront for the past 100 years, but Encore’s Jay Larcome is…
Learning for the Love of It
Annual Summer Open House to Showcase Lifelong Learning Opportunities Sponsored by OLLI at UMass Boston The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at the University of Massachusetts Boston will host its summer open house on Wednesday, June 26. The event will…
Know the Warning Signs of Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive, degenerative disease of the brain resulting in memory loss, impaired thinking, and personality changes. Brain damages influence the way people act and react. As comprehension falters, emotional and behavioral problems may soar. Not everyone with…
Revere Beach Banners Seek to Connect Present with the Past
Strolling along Revere Beach it’s hard to imagine what was there years ago. But now a project between the Revere Society for Cultural and Historic Preservation (RHSCHP) and the City of Revere with the support of the Massachusetts Department of…
The Revere Veteran’s Committee RHS Scholarships for the Class of 2019
Once again the Revere Veteran’s Committee was proud to present two RHS Class of 2019 Graduates $250 scholarships, towards their higher education. The criteria is as follows: a student who has an immediate family member who is or was a…
Police Briefs 06-19-2019
Robbery with Knife Revere Police are investigating an attempted robbery on Mahoney Circle June 3. The victims told police they were passing by the circle when a male and female approached them and asked for the time. As they looked…
Another Sad Sign of the Times
The news that North American right whales — considered to be the second-most endangered marine mammal in the world — have been migrating further north into Canada in just the past two years because of a shift in their traditional…
Letter to the Editor
Dear Editor, The following letter to John Correggio was submitted the Revere Journal for publication. Dear Brother Correggio, I am pleased to announce the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades District Council #35 has endorsed your candidacy for Revere…
Going for the Gold: Jared Coppola, St. Mary’s Spartans Seek Division 2 State Baseball Title
Jared Coppola will be playing the final game of his outstanding high school athletic career Thursday night at Alumni Field in Lowell. Coppola, a 2019 graduate of St. Mary’s High School who grew up in Revere, will be hoping to…
