The collaborative efforts of the mayor and the former mayor to provide non-congregate housing for those recovering from the coronavirus is proceeding well. Revere Mayor Brian Arrigo and Chelsea City Manager Tom Ambrosino, who served 12 years as the city’s…
Month: April 2020
City Council Will Meet Remotely on Monday
City Council President Patrick Keefe said the 11-member board will convene via a Zoom remote broadcast Monday at 6 p.m. It will be the Council’s second time utilizing Zoom for a meeting, having participated by remote for its March 23…
Powers Continues Recuperation at Home
Ward 5 Councillor John Powers reports he is “safe and sound†at his Revere home after spending two weeks at a rehabilitation center following surgery to repair his left hip. “It’s great to be back home,†said Powers, who underwent…
Governor Closes Schools for the Rest of the Year
Twenty-four hours after the Mass Teachers Association (MTA) called for public school buildings to remain closed for the rest of the year, Gov. Charlie Baker announced that all public and private schools in Revere and Massachusetts will remain closed amid…
Way to Go, Joe! Former NE Hockey Star Transports 5,000 Pounds of Food to Revere
Revere’s Joe Scoppettuolo scored so many goals at Northeast Regional and won so many games and titles that he is being inducted in to the Wakefield’s school Hall of Fame in September. But last week may have been Scoppettuolo’s biggest…
Uncertain Unemployment: New Claims Face Uncertainty, Inconsistency, and No Answers
Those filing new unemployment claims with the state Department of Unemployment Assistance (DUA) are facing great inconsistencies with their regular payment and the extra $600 promised from the federal government as part of the CARES Act – and getting through…
Northeast Metro Tech Closure Extended Through End of Academic Year
Superintendent David DiBarri announces that, in accordance with a new order from Gov. Charlie Baker and the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Northeast Metro Tech will remain closed through the end of the 2019-2020 academic year as a…
Suffolk County Sheriff Details Containment Measures at Jail Facilities
With the inevitable arrival of the first cases of COVID-19 to its facilities, the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department has engaged in a rigorous containment and spread-prevention strategy aimed at limiting the effect of the global pandemic within its facilities. Presently,…
RCN Boston Partners with iHeartMedia Boston to Honor Community Heroes
RCN Boston, an award-winning and leading provider of fiber and broadband services, announced a partnership with iHeartMedia Boston to honor local community heroes of the coronavirus pandemic. The partnership was developed to show appreciation during these uncertain times to the…
State Announces Distribution of PPE to All Emergency Responders in Mass.
Gov. Charlie Baker on April 17 announced the distribution of approximately 200,000 respirator masks for all local law enforcement officers and firefighters to ensure they have the protective equipment during the COVID-19 crisis. These FDA-approved respirator masks will be distributed…
Northeast Metro Tech Partners With Grill House to Provide Hot Meals to Local Students in Need
Superintendent David DiBarri is pleased to share that a local restaurant has partnered with Northeast Metro Tech to prepare and deliver hot meals to students in need. Northeast Metro Tech closed its facility in mid-March in an effort to prevent…
As COVID-19 Care Continues, Legal Questions Arise in the ER: Hospital Rejoices in Successfully Bringing 1 Person off Ventilator and into Good Health
The intensity of the surge of COVID-19 patients hasn’t let up at CHA Everett over the last two weeks, but new challenges have emerged as the face of critical patients gets older and legal questions arise more often about their…
Tobin Bridge Traffic Plummets, Toll Revenues Down in March
Trips across the Mystic/Tobin Bridge have plummeted over the last month, reducing toll revenues and creating much less congestion over the Bridge that drivers have become used to over the years. For the most recent data available, which is the…
North Suffolk Mental Health Association Adapts to Helping Those in Recovery Amid COVID-19
Last week marked one month in isolation for most of us in East Boston. While this has been a trying time for all, the COVID-19 pandemic has created a possible deadly challenge for those in recovery. During these uncertain times,…
Commonwealth Now Providing COVID-19 Text Alerts in Spanish
The state announced on Friday, April 10, that its COVID-19 text message alert system “AlertsMA†is now available in Spanish. This expansion of the text-alert system means that the same text alerts that are distributed via the English-language system will…
U.S. Attorney Urges Health Care Sector to Report Fraud Related to the COVID-19 Pandemic
As part of the comprehensive federal response to the COVID-19 outbreak, United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling is urging leadership at Massachusetts hospitals to report individuals and companies that may be engaged in wrongdoing related to the COVID-19 pandemic. In…
Public Health Groups File to Stop Proposed Ballot Question on Alcohol Licensing
Special to the Journal The Massachusetts Prevention Alliance (MAPA), along with the Health Foundation of Central Massachusetts, has announced the filing of a brief asking the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court to stop the Cumberland Farms’ proposed ballot initiative that would…
Congressman Kennedy Officially on Sept. Ballot
Massachusetts Secretary of State William Galvin’s office confirmed April 15 that Congressman Joe Kennedy III will appear on the ballot for U.S. Senate in September. After months of collecting signatures across the Commonwealth, the Kennedy for MA campaign received final…
Once Again, Mass. is Showing the Way
With the launch this past week of of the COVID-19 Community Tracing Collaborative (CTC) to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus in Massachusetts, our state once again is taking a leading role at this critical time for our nation.Massachusetts is…
Guest Op-Ed: A Long Road Behind Us, A Longer Road Ahead
By Brian Arrigo It’s now a month that our favorite restaurants, gyms, theaters, and gathering places have been shuttered. For the most part, we’ve stayed indoors, isolated from relatives and friends. Zoom conferences have become the closest thing to face-to-face…
