AG Healey Advises Public About 2022 Minimum Wage Increase Attorney General Maura Healey is reminding employees and employers that the state’s minimum wage increased to $14.25 per hour beginning Jan. 1. The AG’s Office has also made available its wage and…
Month: January 2022
Public Servant of the Month: Cathy Bowden Is January’s Public Servant of the Month
Special to the Journal Mayor Brian Arrigo announced Cathy Bowden as January’s Public Servant of the Month. Cathy has worked in the City of Revere for more than 30 years –today, she works as the City’s Treasurer/Collector. Cathy was chosen…
Revere Schools Reopen After Winter Break on Time
While some school districts delayed reopening after the winter vacation because of staff shortages due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all Revere Public School reopened Tuesday without a hitch. Revere Superintendent Dr. Dianne Kelly reported that 76 percent of all students…
Special State Senate Final Election is Set for Tuesday
Revere residents will go to the polls Tuesday, Jan. 11, for the Special State Senate Final Election. Boston City Councilor Lydia Edward is the lone candidate on the final ballot, having won the Dec. 14 Democratic Primary. School Committee member…
Supt. Kelly Eyes Using Some School Days for Student-Teacher Engagement
After the better part of the 2019/2020 and the 2020/2021 school years being remote due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic it is no secret the return to school this year has not been easy for students and teachers. “I am…
Local Student Earns Academic Honors
Soni Graduates from University of the Cumberlands University of the Cumberlands is proud to congratulate Monica Soni of Revere on completing their Master of Science in Information Technology. The university wishes Monica all the best in their future endeavors. Well…
Baker-Polito Administration Announces Release of the 2021 Ocean Management Plan
The Baker-Polito Administration announced the release of the final 2021 Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan. Authorized by the Oceans Act of 2008, the ocean plan protects critical marine habitat and important water-dependent uses, and sets standards for ocean-based development. Under the…
Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund Reconciliation Report Released
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts today released a report from KPMG, LLP summarizing the findings of a reconciliation project that examined the finances of the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Trust Fund. The Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development commissioned KPMG to…
Wellness, Not Weight Loss: Advice for Starting the New Year off Right
Special to the Journal For many of us, New Year’s resolutions like quitting smoking, getting organized or losing weight are sweeping lifestyle changes, which often fail after a few days or weeks. At the Center for Weight Management and Wellness…
Police Activities League Hosts Holiday Hoops Tourney to Close Out 2021
The Revere Police Activities League hosted a Holiday Hoops Basketball Tournament on Monday Dec. 27, at the Revere High School Fieldhouse. Freshman and Junior Varsity teams from Malden High School, Hamilton- Wenham High School, and Revere High School (Somerville High…
If COVID-19 Has a Brain, It’s Much Smarter Than Us
We don’t pretend to be experts in biology — and maybe we’ve been watching too many science fiction movies these days — but the ability of the COVID-19 virus to mutate (or shape-shift, in the lingo of sci-fi fans) in…
On the Bright Side…..
The lengthening of the daylight hours is imperceptible at first. The least amount of daylight occurred on December 22, clocking in at nine hours, seven minutes. But by the end of this week, January 8, we’ll have nine hours and…
Guest Op-Ed: Develop a Plan for 2022
By Glenn Mollette Proverbs 29.18 “Where there is no vision the people perish. “Everyone needs a strategy. You may be 25 or 85 years in age. Who cares? Probably the only one who cares about your age is you. Your…
RHS Sports Roundup
RHS Girls Defeat Danvers in Tourney The Revere High girls basketball team turned in a solid, two-way performance to earn a 42-35 victory over Danvers in the consolation game of the North Reading Holiday Invitational tournament last week. The triumph…
Patience, Patients: Erika Cheever Readies for Hoop Return, Career in Health Field
While former Revere High basketball star Erika Cheever has maintained her academic excellence with a 4.0 grade point average in the Nursing program at Salem State University, the last stretch of her on-court career has been extremely challenging on a…
Obituaries 01-05-2022
Ralph F. Menier, Sr. Retired American Airlines Flight Engineer Funeral Services were conducted on Friday, December 31 in the Vertuccio & Smith, Home for Funerals for Ralph F. Menier, Sr., who passed on December 27 after a long illness at…
