Special to the Journal With over $450,000 in opioid abatement funding, the City of Revere’s Substance Use Disorder and Homelessness Initiative (SUDHI) is taking a data-driven approach to fighting the opioid epidemic and preventing deaths. Opioid-related deaths in the city…
Month: September 2024
Rightful Recognition, Sixty Years Later
Sixty years after a ruling deprived them of an unbeaten season and a Massachusetts Class B Championship, members of the 1964 Revere High football team were celebrated Friday night during a halftime ceremony at Revere’s season-opener against Whittier at Harry…
Whittier Tech overtakes Revere in second half, 44-28
The Revere High School football led by two points at the half, but a potent Whittier Tech offense took control in the second half and dealt the Patriots a 44-28 defeat in the season opener Friday night at Harry Della…
RHS Sports
RHS boys soccer opens with 3-1 victory The Revere High boys soccer team opened its season on the right foot with a 3-1 triumph at Greater Boston League (GBL) rival Somerville last Thursday afternoon. Leading the way for coach Many Lopes’s Patriots were the duo of…
Football Through the Lens of Time
It was a unique assignment Friday night to photograph Revere’s season-opener football game along with the celebration of their football predecessors of 60 years ago. Take away the action on the football field, and through my camera lens I saw…
Thank you Mayor Keefe and Judge Bagdoian
We’d like to offer our thanks to Revere Mayor Patrick M. Keefe Jr. and Housing Court Judge Irene Bagdoian for the roles they have played thus far in ensuring that the tenants of the Water’s Edge high-rise at 364 Ocean Ave.…
Remembering 9/11
The replays on TV this week of the hijacked jets crashing into the twin towers still seem like a nightmare — did it really happen or was it all just a dream? But as much as we’d like to unwind the past, the…
Letter to the Editor
Hello From Fort Moore Dear Editor, I hope this message finds you well. As many of you know, my commitment to public service extends beyond my role as your state senator. It is with great pride and a sense of…
Guest Op-Ed: A milestone for Massachusetts housing: new solutions for a growing crisis
By Sen. Lydia Edwards On July 31st, the Massachusetts legislature passed a groundbreaking $5.2 billion housing bond bill. Less than a week later, Governor Maura Healey signed it into law, setting the stage for one of the most ambitious efforts…
Obituaries 09-11-2024
Elizabeth “Betty” Arsenault She was warm and funny and had a wonderful sense of humor Elizabeth “Betty” Arsenault died peacefully on September 6, 2024, surrounded by her family. The loving wife, mother and grandmother passed away at the age of…
School Dress Code Clothing Exchange and Backpack Donation for Revere Students
Primary Election Day in Revere
Students Facing Disciplinary Action following Fight at RHS
By Journal Staff About one dozen students face disciplinary action following a fight that broke out at Revere High School last Thursday. During the fight, one staff member was struck and transported to the hospital out of an abundance of…
Council to Consider Changes to Broadway Parking
By Adam Swift A recently completed parking study for Broadway and the surrounding area shows that there are an adequate number of parking spaces, but that the city can take steps to more effectively and efficiently allocate those spaces. Some…
364 Ocean Ave. Building Condemned 41 Tenants Facing Prospect of Homelessness
By Journal Staff The Revere Board of Health voted last Thursday at an emotion-filled meeting to condemn the 13-story Water’s Edge Apartment building at 364 Ocean Ave., leaving the long-troubled building’s 41 remaining tenants in the 91-unit building, many of…
Markey Seeks Protections for Warehouse Workers
Special to the Journal Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), chair of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health, and Retirement Security joined Amazon warehouse workers and labor leaders in Revere to urge passage of the Warehouse…
News Briefs
99th Annual Italian Feast of Saints Cosmas & Damian This Weekend It’s that time of year again when the streets of East Cambridge will come alive for the 99th Annual Italian Feast of Saints Cosmas and Damian this weekend –…
Gov. Healey Proclaims Sept. as ‘Emergency Preparedness Month’
Gov. Maura Healey has declared September 2024 as Emergency Preparedness Month to highlight the importance of emergency preparedness and to encourage planning for disasters and other types of emergencies. The Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), the Massachusetts Department of Public…
Lottery Held for Affordable Units at New Revere Condo Development
Special to the Journal Roy Avellaneda, Listing Agent, and Michael Albano, Listing Broker, of Metropolitan Boston Real Estate announced that they, along with Revere city officials, held the lottery to select buyers for 18 of the 20 affordable units at…
Council Calls for Less Invasive Rat Poison
By Adam Swift Ward 1 Councillor Joanne McKenna is requesting that the city use a less invasive rodent poison when baiting for rats. McKenna said data shows that the more potent poison currently being used affects the wildlife chain by…