Lois E. Fucillo Her family remained at the heart of everything she did Lois E. (Fasbender) Fucillo passed away on January 22nd at 95 years of age surrounded by her loving family. Lois was born in Chelsea on April 24,…
Month: January 2025
Revere Chamber of Commerce Networking Night at Las Delicias Colombianas
Parkway Bridge Replacement Could get Underway in Summer of 2026
By Adam Swift The replacement of the Revere Beach Parkway Bridge, built in 1930, could get underway in the early summer of 2026. The project, with an estimated cost of about $16 million, would be undertaken in three phases and…
License Comm. Approves 1-day License for RBP Winter Wonderland Event on Feb. 8
By Journal Staff The Revere License Commission held its regular monthly meeting last Wednesday, January 15, in the City Council Chamber. On hand for the session were chair Robert Selevitch and fellow members Dan Occena and Liliana Monroy. The first item…
Disabilities Comm. Discusses Letter Regarding Dangerous Conditions at Revere Beach
By Journal Staff The Revere Commission on Disabilities (COD) held its regular monthly meeting last Tuesday evening, January 14, via Zoom. Chair Ralph DeCicco, vice-chair Pauline Perno, Mario Grimanis, Annemarie Fiore, Ellie Vargas, and Jason Barone-Cichocki were on hand for the…
Council Approves Dates for Municipal Election
By Adam Swift Potential school committee and city council candidates can start getting their campaign plans in order. Last week, the city council approved the calendar for the 2025 municipal election, as well as early voting for the general election…
News Briefs
Stephen Damiano JR. will run for Ward 4 seat in Revere School Committee election Stephen Damiano Jr. will be a candidate for the Ward 4 seat in the Revere School Committee election this fall. The Revere School Committee has been…
Local students in the news
Sarmanian named to Husson University’s Dean’s List Congratulations to Kayla Sarmanian of Revere, who has been named to Husson University’s Dean’s List for the Spring 2024 semester of the 2023-2024 academic year. Sarmanian is studying toward a degree in AS…
Council to Consider Earlier Start Times for Ways and Means Budget Talks
By Adam Swift City councillors are planning to continue a discussion on when it should hold the ways and means subcommittee meetings for the upcoming Fiscal Year 2026 budget. At last week’s meeting, Ward 3 Councillor Anthony Cogliandro introduced a…
MassDOT, Consultants Begin Study Process for Potential Tobin Bridge Replacement
By Adam Swift The Tobin Bridge is not going to disappear any time soon, but MassDOT has begun the process of studying potential future replacement options for the bridge. Last week, MassDOT and its team of consultants held its second…
Healey Proposes Significant Changes to Right to Shelter law
Special to the Journal Governor Maura Healey proposed significant new changes to the state’s Right to Shelter law, including imposing a statutory residency requirement for families and strengthening criminal background checks. The Governor submitted the recommendations in a letter to…
Watch The Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King
RHS students visit MLK BostonLandmarks, produce documentary Special to the Journal When the city of Boston erected “The Embrace,” a sculpture honoring civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., on the Boston Common in 2023, some detractors questioned why…
Governor Healey Signs Cat Declaw Ban into Law
Special to the Journal On January 9, Governor Maura Healey signed An Act Prohibiting Inhumane Feline Declawing (S.2552) into law. The law bans cat declawing in Massachusetts, except in rare situations of medical necessity, such as a cancer in the…
Our Remarkably Unremarkable Weather
When the National Weather Service made its long-range forecast for the winter last fall, it was a good news/bad news scenario. They were predicting warmer-than-normal temperatures for our region, which was the good news (after all, who likes cold weather),…
This is the SAD-dest Time of the Year – So Get Outside
With the holiday season long in the rear-view mirror and the oppressiveness of a New England winter fully upon us, for many this can be the saddest time of the year — quite literally. The medical community has long-recognized that…
Letter to the Editor
Thank You, Revere Dear Editor, On behalf of the Revere Police Department, I would like to express my sincerest gratitude for the incredible generosity shown by our citizens, donors and business partners during our Revere Police 25th Annual Toy Drive…
Peaks At Valley
Revere resident Tony Ferullo earns his 300th career basketball coaching victory By Cary Shuman When Tony Ferullo’s Mystic Valley Regional Charter School Eagles took the floor for a Jan. 15 league game against Notre Dame Academy in Tyngsborough, Ferullo had…
RHS Roundup
RHS girls win 6th place medal at MSTCA Relays; set five RHS marks The trio of Liv Yuong, Gemma Stamatopoulos, and Mayyah Ndi brought home a sixth place medal in the high jump for the Revere High girls indoor track…
Obituaries 01-22-2025
Eleanor Hahesy Retired Art Teacher Eleanor T. (Doherty) Hahesy, a retired public school art teacher and recent resident of Hopkinton, died at her home, in the loving presence of her devoted family, on January 14 following a long period of…
Congrats, Bryan Medina, Globe 2024 All Scholastic!
Revere’s Brayan Medina was named to the Boston Globe 2024 All Scholastic boys soccer team. Medina was a key component of Revere’s 14-3-2 season that earned the Patriots their first-ever Greater Boston League title. Revere advanced to the quarterfinal round…