Month: June 2024
Raising of the Juneteenth Banner at City Hall
Immaculate Conception School Festival
Council Okays $274 Million FY25 Budget
By Adam Swift The city council acted quickly to unanimously approve Mayor Patrick Keefe’s proposed $274.4 million Fiscal Year 2025 budget at Monday night’s meeting. Following a week of budget subcommittee meetings with city department heads as well as a…
News Briefs
Sen. Lydia Edwards Announces Re-Election Campaign Lydia Edwards has formally announced her re-election campaign for the Third Suffolk State Senate district, including Boston, Winthrop, and Revere. Senator Edwards was raised by a single mother who served in the United States…
ZBA Grants Parking Variances Despite Neighbors’ Opposition
The Revere Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) held its regular monthly meeting last Tuesday, June 18, in the City Councillor Joseph A. DelGrosso City Council Chamber in Revere City Hall. Member John Lopes presided in the absence of chair Robert…
Council Holds Moment Of Silence in Honor of Tony Mattera
By Adam Swift The city council held a moment of silence in honor of longtime former Revere teacher and current school committee member Tony Mattera at the beginning of Monday night’s meeting. Mattera died on Saturday at the age of…
City Kicks Off Walk, Bike, Roll Plan Process
By Adam Swift Work is underway in the city on a new plan to help improve ways residents can walk, bike, and roll through Revere. City officials are working with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) on the Revere Walk,…
National Grid Updates Council on Double Pole Issues
By Adam Swift One of the long-running headaches and quality of life issues over the years for city councillors has been the proliferation of double utility poles in the city. Many of those poles are jointly owned by National Grid…
Councillors Seek Financial Information on Proposed Composting Program
By Adam Swift Several city councillors want some more information on a proposed composting pilot program in Revere before it is moved forward to a public hearing. Councillors Juan Pablo Jaramillo and Angela Guarino-Sawaya introduced an ordinance requesting the establishment…
Novoselsky at the Garden for Celtics’ Championship Clinching Win
Ward 2 Councillor Ira Novoselsky was in his familiar perch high above courtside – the second row of the first balcony – for the Boston Celtics’ title-clinching victory over the Dallas Mavericks Monday night at the TD Garden. A Celtics’…
School Committee Introduces Hill School’s New Principal, Nancy Martel
By Michael Coughlin Jr. At its regular meeting last week, the Revere School Committee welcomed Nancy Martel to say a few words as she is poised to take the role of principal at Staff Sergeant James J. Hill Elementary School…
St Mary’s Rev. Daniel J. Mahoney Passes at 94
Special to the Journal The Rev. Daniel J. Mahoney, 94, passed away on June 19, at the Massachusetts General Hospital. Mahoney was a long time pastor of St. Francis De Sales Church in Charlestown. He was assigned to St. Joseph-St.…
Three Years Ago This Week, Racial Hatred Came to Our Area
It was three years ago this week when an unspeakable act of violence, motivated by racial hatred, befell the peaceful seaside community of Winthrop. The tranquility of a typical, early-summer Saturday afternoon was shattered when a 28 year-old white man,…
No End in Sight for Housing Crisis
Everyone on all sides of the political and economic spectrums are in agreement that there is a drastic shortage of housing in this country. But similar to the adage about the weather, though everyone is talking about it, no one…
Guest Op-Ed: Housing, Climate, and More
By Senator Lydia Edwards The State House is busy as we finish our session. Last week we passed a comprehensive Veterans Bill that addressed benefits, homelessness, and mental health. This week we are working on climate and next week very…
Obituaries 06-26-2024
Pauline Adele Russo Beloved Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother Pauline Adele Russo passed away on June 24th at the age of 86. Born on July 27, 193, in Malden to the late Nazaire Dauwer and Mildred (Hood), she was a…
Celebrating Summer at the Senior Center
Happy Retirement, Steve Post!
Proposed Composting Ordinance Now Moved to a Public Hearing
By Adam Swift The city council will move forward with a public hearing on an ordinance that would establish a composting program in Revere to divert food scraps and organic waste from the waste stream. Monday night, the council’s climate,…
