The Largest supermarket in New England is now open for business in Chelsea on the site of the old Market Basket, just off Everett Avenue. The new Market Basket is an extraordinary store, with a bakery, a full-time sushi chef,…
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Obituaries – 06/18/09
Amelia ‘Bobbie’ Brogna Chaplain of Ladies Auxiliary VFW Post Amelia “Bobbie” (Caruso) Brogna of Malden, formerly of Saugus and Revere, died on June 15. The past chaplain of Ladies Auxiliary VFW Staff Sgt. Arthur F. DeFranzo Post 2346 of Saugus,…
Carpenter nailed for stealing signs from the City Yard
By Seth Daniel [email protected] If the Revere Department of Public Works (DPW) were a potato, then all of its thousands of eyes would be blackened. The department suffered yet another black eye this week when longtime DPW carpenter Michael Ferragamo,…
Increase is bad, although not as bad as anticipated
By Seth Daniel [email protected] The panic over a 20 percent increase in water and sewer rates has been quelled, but ratepayers will still have quite an increase on their hands this July. Mayor Tom Ambrosino indicated to the City Council…
The Standard – Raduazzo sets the example by which all cab owners and operators should follow
The city needs to create a fair playing field for everyone who wants to own and operate a cab here. The police department being shorthanded, as the chief noted at City Hall last week, isn’t a valid excuse for the…
Historical Perspective – Remembering D-Day, June 6, 1944
June 6, 1944. Revere, Massachusetts – moments after the announcement over the radio that the invasion of Europe had begun to spread. Men and women throughout this city with sons and daughters in the armed forces fell to their knees…
Obituaries – 05/09/09
Donna Rauseo Massport Administrative Assistant Donna M. (Morash) Rauseo of East Boston died on June 9. She was a former employee of East Boston’s APAC and an administrative assistant at Massport. The beloved wife of John J. Rauseo, with whom…
Fines and tickets are on the verge of being increased
By Seth Daniel [email protected] Parking tickets and related fines will most likely increase if the city gets its way today, Wednesday, June 3. The Traffic Commission will meet on June 3 in order to discuss several increases to various traffic…
Patriot tennis teams compete in state tourneys
The 16th seeded Revere High (RHS) boys tennis team took on top-seeded and top-ranked Concord Carlisle in the opening round of the MIAA Division 1 North State Tennis Tournament Saturday. Although the Patriots lost their match by a 5-0 score…
DPW chief, councillor offer two versions of incident
By Seth Daniel [email protected] It was a case of the boys behaving badly, and at a wake to boot. City Councillor-at-Large John Correggio and Department of Public Works (DPW) Superintendent Don Goodwin clashed in a minor altercation last Thursday evening…
Increase is the smallest in a decade; more cuts loom
By Seth Daniel [email protected] Calling it the toughest budget he has ever assembled in his nine years as the city’s top official, Mayor Tom Ambrosino released a city budget Monday that totaled $128.417 million, an increase of $1.643 million over…
An Embarrassment – City officials should know better
The recent altercation between Department of Public Works Director Don Goodwin and Councillor-at-Large John Correggio at a wake at a local funeral home is an outrage to the sensibilities of everyone in this city who show proper respect for the…
The Brotherhood – Firefighters should bypass a small pay raise to save jobs from their ranks
Firefighters think of themselves as one big extended family – a brotherhood of sorts. And so we are left to wonder, why won’t Revere firefighters put off a small pay raise next year in order to save the jobs of…
Obituaries – 06/03/09
Bernice Gordon Revere resident Bernice I. (Lawrence) Gordon of Revere died on May 29. She was the beloved wife of the late Maurice Gordon; loving sister of Virginia Resca of Florida, Donald Lawrence of South Yarmouth, Fred Lawrence of California…
Sun days – New-look Revere Beach is officially open for business
By Seth Daniel [email protected] Â Memorial Day has come and, with it, Revere Beach has officially opened for the season. And if the rest of the season turns out to be like late last week and the holiday weekend, then…
Revere Roundup
RHS girls tennis team reaches tourney The Revere High (RHS) girls tennis team won three of its five matches in a very busy week of play to finish the season with a 9-9 record and qualify for the state tournament,…
In one ear, out the other – Despite strong warnings, two dozen RHS students charged with underage drinking
By Seth Daniel [email protected]  After all the warnings, all the precautions and all of the lectures surrounding last Thursday’s senior prom, Revere school officials are hanging their heads in dismay as news trickles in from Maine about 28 Revere…
Newly-formed group is raising money for Beachmont Park
By Seth Daniel [email protected]  The Beachmont Improvement Committee (BIC) is starting big and hoping to get the community’s support. The organization is embarking on construction of a new sitting park called the Beachmont Community Park at Douglas Cummings Square,…
Were They Listening? – Revere High School students fail to heed warnings about prom-night drinking
There are many guilty parties in the prom party mess that apparently caused 41 Revere High School students to be arrested in Maine over the weekend for drunkenness, possession of alcohol and underage drinking. What makes all of this worse…
A Year of Change? – Important decisions need to be made
Many political pundits are wondering if this year will be one of change. In other words, will the electoral process this year be about the people taking back the power by pushing the politicians out of office in favor of…
