For those of us who are old enough to remember the great Boston Celtics teams of the 1960s, the passing this week of K.C. Jones, an integral member of that championship dynasty, is bittersweet. K.C. Jones led an incredible life,…
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Obituaries 12-30-2020
Angelo Paglucca Owner of Angelo’s Salon in Somerville Funeral Services and Interment will be held privately due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic for Angelo J. Paglucca, 90, who died on Saturday, December 26 at the Massachusetts General Hospital, following a…
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The True Spirit of Christmas
The Christmas season usually is the most wonderful time of the year. But Christmas, 2020, is anything but wonderful. We are undergoing a degree of hardship unlike any that we have experienced in our lifetime. More Americans are dying each…
Police Briefs 12-23-2020
The following incident reports are among the calls to which the Revere Police Department responded on the listed dates and times (in military time): SUNDAY, DECEMBER 6 0100: Motor vehicle accident (MVA) at Mill and Vinal Sts. The officer filed a…
Obituaries 12-23-2020
Marie Fusco Retired Stop & Shop manager A Funeral Mass on was celebrated on Dec. 22 at St. Anthony of Padua Church for Marie D. (Catino) Fusco who passed on Thursday, Dec. 17 at her residence following a lengthy three-year…
Keeping Citizens Safe from COVID-19
Best in His Class
News Brief
VITA Volunteers Needed for Tax Preparation Looking for a way to help in your community? For over 50 years, the VITA program has helped neighbors in your community get free tax preparation services. The Neighborhood Developers (TND) is looking for…
Kingston Serves the Revere Community in Many Ways
By Melissa Moore-Randall Situated in the basement of Revere City Hall, a small office serves as a valuable part of the Revere community. The Revere Municipal Employees Federal Credit Union has been serving the Revere community for the last 58…
Coats for Kids Fundraiser Rallies on Despite COVID-19
By Melissa Moore-Randall As Revere continues to grapple with COVID 19 it has not dampened the mission of one annual holiday event. Coats for Kids is in full swing once again this year trying to bring holiday cheer to Revere…
Stop & Shop Celebrates Grand Reopening of Revere Store on Squire Road
Stop & Shop, a neighborhood grocer for more than 100 years, has unveiled a newly remodeled store in Revere, located at 540 Squire Road. Stop & Shop is elevating the grocery experience by delivering more fresh, healthy and convenient food…
Construction Update: Chelsea Curves Construction Look-Ahead Through December 26
This is a brief overview of construction operations and traffic impacts for the Tobin Bridge/Chelsea Curves Rehabilitation Project. MassDOT will provide additional notices as needed for high-impact work, temporary ramp and street closures, and changes to traffic configurations beyond those described below. …
The Virus Is in Our Homes
We now are fully amidst the holiday season. Hanukkah is here and the Christmas and New Year’s holiday week is fast-approaching. Public health officials at all levels of government have been warning us for months that we must change our…
Thank You, Gov. Baker
We’d like to take a moment to express our appreciation to Gov. Charlie Baker, who has demonstrated incredible leadership during the past nine months of a crisis that is unprecedented in our state’s history. Day-after-day, Gov. Baker has confronted a…
Remember the Needy
We saw a statistic the other day that was absolutely mind-numbing: 18% of all Americans, and 24% of American children, do not have enough to eat on a daily basis. We mention this because during this Christmas season, when many…
Letters to the Editor
On 10 Pearl Ave. Dear Editor: Your issue of December 9 tells the sad story for me, of the demolition of the house at 10 Pearl Avenue in Beachmont. My father, John Vanderpot, bought that house and the house next…
Guest Op-Ed: Catholic Bishops of Massachusetts Express Disappointment in Expanded Abortion
By the Catholic Bishops of Massachusetts The consistent teaching of the Catholic Church is that life begins at conception and ends with natural death. As the Roman Catholic Bishops of Massachusetts, we at all times hold firm to that teaching…
Obituaries 12-16-2020
Stephen Joseph Cummings He Will Be Forever Missed by His Family and Those Blessed Enough to Have Known Him Stephen Joseph “Stevie C†Cummings, a longtime Revere resident, who was born on March 31, 1959 to the late Constancia Caico…
