Revere 311 Hours Extended through Weekend Message to Residents: Please Stay Home March 20, 2020 – The City of Revere’s Emergency Response Team continues to take proactive steps to slow community transmission of COVID-19 and prepare for further spread of…
Month: March 2020
City of Revere Response to COVID-19: March 19, 2020 Update
Mayor Arrigo Declares State of EmergencyPublic Parks, Playgrounds Closed to the PublicPersonal Care Facilities to Close, Effective 5 P.M. TodayMessage to Residents: Please Stay Home March 19, 2020 – The City of Revere’s Emergency Response Team continues to take proactive steps to…
Arrigo, Hanton discuss COVID-19 with Council
During a crisis situation that has gripped the City of Revere, the state, the nation, and the world, Mayor Brian Arrigo, Director of Revere’s COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Emergency Response Team Kim Hanton, and Board of Health Chair Dr. Nathalee Kong discussed…
Revere closes schools, Arrigo praises Dr. Kelly’s leadership
Like many school districts across the state, Revere Public Schools made the difficult decision to cancel classes until further notice amid the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping the world. While schools across the district closed, Revere Public School Superintendent Diane Kelly and…
EBNHC offers advice amid Coronavirus pandemic
Special to the Journal Community health centers like the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC) are among America’s first responders in public health crises like the COVID-19 pandemic. It is essential that we play a role in educating the community…
Revere resident opens Boson hair salon
A Revere resident can add business owner to her resume with the recent opening of Luxor Hair Studio at 137 Charles St. on Boston’s Beacon Hill. Rosanna Miller, who worked for nearly seven years as a stylist at another Beacon…
What’s Better Than a New Jetter? New vehicle will help DPW with sewer maintenance
Mayor Brian Arrigo and DPW Water/Sewer Department Superintendent Donald Ciaramella and other DPW staff welcomed the arrival of a new $250,000 Jetter truck that will help maintain and clean sewers in the city. “Out with the old and in with…
Baris Berk of United Brokers proves that the American Dream is alive
Baris Berk grew up in Turkey and emigrated to the United States in 1998. “I had $1,800 cash in my pocket,†remembers Berk, 46, adding that he came to this country hoping that his hard work would help him attain…
St. Mary’s star D’Itria leads team to state title
By Cary Shuman Even before Nicolette D’Itria arrived on the St. Mary’s campus as an incoming eighth-grader, there was talk that a very talented athlete from Revere was ready to make a major impact in the school’s powerful girls basketball…
SJC issues order restricting municipal court matters
The Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) on Tuesday ordered that, because of the public health emergency arising from the COVID-19 pandemic, beginning March 18 and at least until April 6, the only matters that will be heard in-person in Massachusetts state…
City Council seeks meeting with Revere Little League directors about McMackin Park
City Council President Patrick Keefe has made Pop Warner one of the most prized youth sports programs in the city. The RPW leader will now try to rebuild another gem in the city: McMackin Little League Field, also known as…
Obituaries 3-18-22
Dante Memmolo, Jr. Retired dental industry sales rep.A Funeral Mass was celebrated in Sacred Heart Church, East Boston on March 16, for Dante M. Memmolo Jr., who passed away at St. Anne’s Hospital in Fall River on March 11. He…
State Rep. candidates start new type of campaigning
The race to be the successor to RoseLee Vincent as Revere’s state representative has begun. Revere candidates Joseph Gravellese and Jessica Giannino are moving forward in their campaigns and the Democratic Primary that will be held on Sept. 1. Gravellese…
Council approves Viscay as City finance director
The City Council unanimously approved the appointment of Richard Viscay as the new finance director for the city of Revere. Viscay will also remain in his position of city auditor and budget director, and has been appointed to the Revere…
Revere Commission on disabilities cracks down on unlawful motorists
Motorists illegally parking either in handicapped spaces or in the so-called “ladder†spots next to the handicapped spaces had the members of the Revere Commission on Disabilities sounding off at the March 10 meeting in the City Council Chambers at…
ER Docs, major hospitals preparing for potential surge of patients
Numerous public gatherings, meetings and conferences were abruptly cancelled over the last 10 days, and at the same time, major hospitals in the area were preparing for a potential surge of Coronavirus (COVID-19) cases – all this while financial markets…
MBTA reduces service on all lines
In an effort to stem the spread of COVID-19 the MBTA announced it will be reducing frequency in service to help facilitate social distancing. “All subway and bus service will run on Saturday schedules,†the MBTA announced in a statement.…
Guest Op-Ed:Urgent challenges: Why I’m running for State Representative
By Joe Gravellese Last week, I announced my campaign for State Representative for Revere, Chelsea, and Saugus. I’m proud to be born and raised in Revere – son of a union operating engineer, grandson of a union teamster, and a…
Guest Op-Ed: We are in this together, and together we will prevail
By Mayor Brian M. Arrigo Today we find ourselves in the midst of historic peril. Nothing that has come before can be compared in breadth and expected duration of the Covid-19 pandemic that has gripped the world. It is understandable…
The COVID-19 epidemic: A wake-up call for the U.S. healthcare system
In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, Americans forever were forced to change the manner in which we traveled. The strikes on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon made clear that the screening system we…
