Month: January 2021

The Days Are Getting Longer

Amidst our winter of discontent, there is some good news on the horizon (literally): The days are getting longer.  As this is being written, we will have passed the first full month of the astronomical winter (which starts on December…

Hank Aaron Was a Wonderful Man

Boston baseball fans never got to experience first-hand the greatness of Hank Aaron. The Boston Braves left for Milwaukee in 1953 and Aaron joined the Braves in 1954. With Aaron leading the way, the Braves then embarked on a run of…

Lawsuits Will Bring Out the Truth

The announcement this past week that Dominion Voting Systems Inc., the company that manufactures voting machines that are used widely across the United States, has filed a $1.3 billion lawsuit against Rudy Giuliani for his deliberately defamatory statements about the company,…

Letters to the Editor

Capobianco Is Right Guy for the Job Dear Editor, As a 48 year resident of Winthrop in the 19th Suffolk District, I know that Valentino Capobianco is the right person to fill Speaker DeLeo’s vacant seat in the March 2nd…

Obituaries 01-27-2021

Richard Casoli Massport Authority Retiree Richard A. Casoli of Revere passed away peacefully at his home on January 22 surrounded by the people who loved him.  Richard made a great career working for Massport Authority for 33 years, retiring in…

Mayor Arrigo Launches Massive Volunteer Outreach Campaign to Provide 8,700 Revere Seniors with COVID-19 Vaccine Info and Resources

“Reach Every Senior” Campaign Will Include Multilingual Phone Banking, Literature Drops, and Coordination with the City’s Religious Leaders, Adult Service and Community Health Care Providers Seniors Seeking Vaccine Information Should Dial 3-1-1, Vaccine Town Hall Tonight at 6:00 on RevereTV and Facebook…

Vaccines Reach Revere’s First Responders

The City of Revere joined Chelsea and Winthrop and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council to hold a three-day COVID-19 vaccination clinic for 600 first responders at the Rumney Marsh Academy. Police officers, firefighters, EMS professionals, 911 dispatchers, harbormasters, court officers,…

News Brief

Zambuto Will Announce Committee Assignments City Council President Anthony Zambuto will announce the Council’s subcommittee appointments for the 2021 session at the next Council meeting on Monday, Jan. 25 at 6 p.m. It falls under the purview of the council…

Capobianco Quickly Qualifies for the Ballot

On Thursday, January 14, Valentino Capobianco, candidate for State Representative in the 19th Suffolk District, announced that his campaign is the first to qualify for the ballot in the Special Election.    Capobianco’s campaign easily crossed the required threshold of 150…