The Revere Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) held its regular monthly meeting last Wednesday, April 24, in the City Councillor Joseph A. DelGrosso City Council Chamber. On hand for the brief (13 minutes) session were chair Michael Tucker and fellow…
Month: May 2024
Council Seeks Greater Say for City in Parkway Floodgate Operation
By Adam Swift The city council wants to ensure the city has more of a say when it comes to closing the DCR-owned floodgate on Winthrop Parkway. Councillors Joanne McKenna and Michelle Kelley introduced a motion at Monday night’s meeting…
CityLab High School One of Six Schools Awarded a New Clean Energy Innovation Pathway by the State
Special to the Journal The Healey-Driscoll Administration awarded new Innovation Career Pathway designations to 36 high schools across Massachusetts, of which 22 are new to the program. Innovation Career Pathways provide students with work-based, applied learning experiences in high-demand industries…
Suffolk Downs Concert Series Discussed at Community Meeting
By Michael Coughlin Jr. Last week, the Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Services (ONS) invited residents to participate in a meeting in which the plans for this year’s rendition of the Suffolk Downs Concert Series were outlined. As part of the…
College Protesters Should Embrace Being Arrested
Acts of civil disobedience by definition imply that a person knowingly is breaking the law and is willing to accept the legal consequences. When Rosa Parks took a seat at the front of that bus in Alabama and was arrested…
Opponents of Aid To Ukraine Should Watch Franklin
Here’s the plot-line: A world superpower, led by a ruler-for-life who does not tolerate dissent, invades a young sovereign nation, which at one time had been part of the superpower, with a large military force in order to restore the…
RHS Sports Roundup
RHS Girls Track Improves to 4–0 The Revere High girls outdoor track and field team kept their perfect record intact with a 91-45 triumph over Greater Boston League (GBL) rival Lynn English last Tuesday. Among the highlights for coach Racquel…
JV Is D-1: Joao Victor Cunha Will Attend Div. 1 University of Rhode Island
As a sophomore at Revere High School Joao Victor “JV” Cunha made a truly spectacular debut in the boys track program, winning in the All-State Freshman-Sophomore Meet and qualifying for Indoor Nationals in the sprint medley relay. Competing in the…
RHS Girls’ Indoor Track Celebrates Championship Season
By Melissa Moore-Randall The RHS Girls’ Indoor Track Team celebrated their championship and undefeated season with a banquet celebration at the VFW in Beachmont. The hall was bursting with the Patriots’ colors of red, white, and blue as Coach Racquel…
Obituaries 05-01-2024
George Walker US Postal Service Retiree Family and friends attended a visitation on Tuesday, April 30th in the Vertuccio Smith & Vazza, Beechwood Home for Funerals, 262 Beach St., Revere for George F. Walker, who passed away peacefully at his…
