Special to the Journal On Saturday, December 4, five members of the Revere High School Speech and Debate Team competed at the first in-person tournament held by the Massachusetts Speech and Debate League since the winter of 2020. Spirits were…
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Applications for Elderly and Disabled Taxation Relief Fund, Water and Sewer Relief Fund Available
Mayor Brian Arrigo announced this week that the applications for grants from the Elderly & Disabled Residents Taxation Fund and the newly established Water and Sewer Relief Funds for Disabled Residents will be available in the City Treasurer’s Office on…
HarborCOV Releases Statement, Asks Community to Stand Against Domestic Violence
Special to the Journal HarborCOV is heartbroken and mourns the loss of a life on December 11, 2021; one life lost to domestic violence is too many. With condolence to the victim, the victim’s family, and the community, we ask…
Start the New Year With a New Career at the MBTA
The MBTA is aggressively hiring new employees to join its dynamic workforce. It takes many people to move over a million trips a day, and the 6,500-person MBTA is redoubling efforts to hire hundreds of open positions – from train…
‘Tis the Season for Giving — and Never Has the Need Been More Urgent
“It was the best of times; it was the worst of times.†— Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities. With Christmas fast approaching, most of us will be rushing about — either to the stores and malls or on-line…
Get Well, Lenny Piazza
We join the Revere community in wishing well-known Revere resident Leonard “Lenny†Piazza a speedy recovery from his recent setback. We look forward to seeing Lenny at the numerous events he attends in the city and making contributions to all…
GOP’s Opposition to Rachael Rollins
The unprecedented opposition, accompanied by unprecedented vitriol, by the Republican members of the U.S. Senate to the nomination of Suffolk County District Atty. Rachael Rollins for the position of U.S. Attorney for the Massachusetts district has laid bare their agenda.…
Letter to the Editor
We Need to Do Better than Us Vs. Them Politics Dear Editor, By the time this issue of the Journal prints, the Special Election for State Senate will be over. So this letter is not to advocate for one candidate…
Guest Op-Ed: Atmospheric Changes Happening in Revere. Part One.
By Kathleen Heiser If you’re as tired as most of our citizens are, with the unpleasant climate in our country, our state, and even in our city, then you might be interested in helping “plant seeds for reconciliation.†Planting Seeds…
Guest Op-Ed: Somehow, Some Way, May This Be a Christmas worth Remembering
By Dr. Glenn Mollette We had difficulties when we were growing up in Martin county, Kentucky but overall, we thought we were doing okay. President Lyndon Johnson came to Inez, Kentucky in 1964 to let us know we weren’t doing…
RHS Sports Roundup
RHS Basketball Teams Ready for Season-Openers The Revere High girls and boys basketball teams were scheduled to open their 2022 seasons last night (Tuesday) against Greater Boston League rival Everett. Both squads then will take on another GBL foe, Somerville,…
Obituaries 12-15-2021
Lisa Daniela Disario She will Always be Loved Family and friends are respectfully invited to attend Visiting Hours on Thursday, December 16 from 9 to 11 a.m., in the Vertuccio & Smith, Home for Funerals, 773 Broadway (Rt. 107) Revere…
Celebrating the Holiday Season in Revere
RSCHP Hosts Holiday Party
News Briefs
Omicron Variant Detected in Massachusetts The Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) today announced that genetic sequencing has identified the COVID-19 Omicron variant for the first time in a case in Massachusetts. The individual is a female in her 20s…
Senate Special Election Set for Tuesday, Dec. 14
Revere residents will head to the polls Tuesday, Dec. 14 to cast their ballots in the First Suffolk and Middlesex District Senate Special Primary Election. Revere School Committee member Anthony D’Ambrosio and Boston City Councilor Lydia Edwards are the two…
ConsComm Hears of DCR’s Plans for Sullivan Park Makeover
The Revere Conservation Commission held its regular monthly meeting last Wednesday, December 1. Chairman John Shue and three of his fellow commissioners, Heather Legere, Joseph LaValle, and Robert Cassidy, were on hand for the meeting, as was the commission’s highly-efficient…
The Revere Society of Culture and Historic Preservation (RSCHP) Hosts Annual Holiday Party and Unveils a Revere Beach Painting
Last Saturday afternoon President of the RSCHP Bob Upton and the staff at the Revere Museum hosted their annual holiday gathering, open to the public. This gives many the opportunity to stop by and visit and see Revere’s rich historic…
Closing the Wealth Gap for Revere Entrepreneurs
Special to the Journal The City of Revere’s Small Business Division within the Department of Planning & Community Development has partnered with the Center for Women & Enterprise (CWE) and JPMorgan Chase to host a small business webinar series in an…
Tumultuous Meeting for Human Rights Commission
The Revere Human Rights Commission (HRC) held its regular monthly meeting last Thursday, December 2, in the City Council Chambers. Chairperson Janine Grillo Marra called the meeting to order and took the roll call of commissioners. Her fellow commissioners on…