Revere Human Rights Commission Launches HRC Listening Series The City of Revere’s Human Rights Commission announced its HRC Listening Series, a forum where community members are invited to share their stories regarding human rights in the City of Revere. The…
Month: March 2021
City Council honors Speaker DeLeo with Certificate of Merit
Ward 3 Councilor Arthur Guinasso presented a Certificate of Merit on behalf of the City Council, Mayor Brian Arrigo and the City of Revere to former Speaker of the House Robert A. DeLeo at the Feb. 22 meeting. Guinasso said…
Revere Board of Health Surpasses 3,000 Vaccinations Administered
Effort to vaccinate homebound seniors is underway Last Thursday the Revere Board of Health announced it has surpassed the milestone of 3,000 COVID-19 vaccinations administered, including through clinics being held at Rumney Marsh Academy, on-site at Revere Housing Authority properties,…
RMV Encouraging Customers to Renew Expired Inspection Stickers
The Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles (RMV) is ramping up customer communication efforts to encourage anyone driving one of over 584,000 registered vehicles with an expired Massachusetts’ inspection sticker on their vehicle’s front windshield to make a plan to get…
Manny Lopes Honored by Boston City Council; Shares Honor with Fellow EBNHC Team Members
Last week East Boston Neighborhood Health Center President and CEO Manny Lopes was recognized at the Boston City Council’s Annual Black History Month Celebration as the Council honored Black essential workers in the City of Boston for their leadership during…
Sen. Boncore Reappointed Chair of Transportation
Sen. Joseph Boncore (D-Winthrop) was recently re-appointed by Senate President Karen Spilka to once again chair the Joint Committee on Transportation. Boncore, who represents Revere, East Boston, Winthrop, the North End, Beacon Hill and part of Cambridge, was first appointed…
SJC Issues New Order Regarding Jury Trials and Operation of Courts
The Supreme Judicial Court (SJC) has issued an updated order regarding the operation of Massachusetts state courts and courthouses during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The new order went into effect March 1, and will replace the existing order issued on September 17,…
97-Year-Old Eastie World War II Veteran Receives Vaccine from Military
 Last week, 97-year-old East Boston resident and World War II veteran Louis Ricci received his second COVID-19 vaccine with the help of the U.S. Military at the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC). Mr. Ricci was welcomed into the Health…
AARP Massachusetts Urges Full-scale Mobilization of COVID Vaccine Rollout
With people age 50 and older accounting for 95 percent of all deaths from COVID-19, AARP Massachusetts State Director Mike Festa and State President Sandra Harris testified at a legislative hearing held before the Joint Committee on COVID-19 & Emergency…
One Year into the Pandemic, Lovin’ Spoonfuls Addresses an Ongoing Need for Healthy Food
Special to the Journal With Massachusetts tackling the single greatest percentage increase in food insecurity anywhere in the nation, Lovin’ Spoonfuls rescued and distributed more food in 2020 than at any point in its 10-year history. The equivalent of 3.3…
USCIS Reverts to the 2008 Version of the Naturalization Civics Test
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced last that it has reverted to the 2008 version of the naturalization civics test as of March 1. On Dec. 1, 2020, USCIS implemented a revised naturalization civics test (2020 civics test) as part…
Revere Native Earns Basic Historian Qualification Aboard Oldest Commissioned Warship Afloat: USS Constitution
By SN Katrina Mastrolia,        USS Constitution Public Affairs Revere native, Logistic Specialist 1st Class Soeun Chea, earned his basic interpretive historian qualification aboard USS Constitution, Feb 25. Duty aboard USS Constitution is one of the Navy’s special programs, and all…
2021 Shamrock Splash heads to cyberspace
Special to the Journal Save the Harbor/Save the Bay’s Harpoon Shamrock Splash is going virtual this year, as participants splash by themselves (or with their family or roommates) on their favorite beach, in pool, a snowdrift, or even in their…
We Must be Wary of the Virus
With the arrival of the vaccines and the spring season, it is clear that there is a light at the end of the tunnel from our year-long battle with COVID-19. However, the good news that has been seen in the…
A Future with Masks?
The effects of particle size distribution on the rheological properties of the powder and the mechanical properties of additively manufactured 17-4 PH stainless steel There has been one positive piece of news during the otherwise tragic COVID-19 pandemic, and that…
Excellence on Ice
Nick Sasso carries on family tradition at Fenwick Nick Sasso certainly had big skates to fill in the family. His father, Jim Sasso, was a high school hockey star at Malden Catholic and went on to play hockey at UConn,…
Obituaries 03-03-2021
James Mulligan Polaroid retiree James Mulligan passed on February 13 at his Manchester, NH home after suffering dimentia. A former lifelong resident of Revere, he was born May 21, 1942 as the son of the late James and Loretta Mulligan.…
Turco wins Democratic Primary
Jeffrey Rosario Turco of Winthrop won the Democratic State Representative Primary in the Nineteenth Suffolk District Tuesday, besting three other candidates for the nomination. In the unofficial vote, Turco received 1,706 votes to defeat second-place finisher Juan Pablo Jaramillo of…