By Adam Swift The city is looking to adopt a permanent outdoor dining ordinance through a zoning amendment. “This is a way for us as a city to formalize what’s been happening in earnest since Covid when many different restaurants…
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Mayoral Candidates Trade Vision and Accusations in Debate
By Adam Swift Acting Mayor Patrick Keefe and former mayor and current Councillor-at-Large Dan Rizzo faced off in a hard-nosed debate at Revere High School last week. With just over 140 votes separating the two mayoral candidates in the September…
Acting Mayor Keefe Announces Revere Budget Office Receives International Certificate of Achievement
Special to the Journal Mayor Patrick M. Keefe Jr. has announced that the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) has awarded the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting to the City of Revere…
Link Logistics Donates $1 Million for Community Projects in Ward 1
Special to the Journal Link Logistics will be redeveloping a 44-acre Global Petroleum facility along 1A, creating over 600k square feet of logistics space that will create jobs, remove an eyesore from a key city gateway, and bring a host…
Project Bread Hosts Another Successful Interfaith Mini Walk for Hunger
Special to the Journal On Sunday, Oct. 22, over 75 participants of different faiths united both in person and virtually for the annual Interfaith Mini Walk for Hunger. Together, they raised $15,000 to support Project Bread’s year-round efforts to prevent…
Revere High Holds Big Futures Program Ceremony
By Melissa Moore-Randall Nervous excitement filled the Revere High School cafeteria on Wednesday evening as about 50 RHS Freshmen were introduced to their mentors from the Big Brother Big Sister of Eastern Massachusetts organization. The mentor program was coordinated by…
Northeast Vocational Students Work on Revere Historical Museum for Second Year
Special to the Journal Superintendent David DiBarri is pleased to share that Northeast Metro Tech students have begun a second year of work at the 122-year-old Revere History Museum. Last year students in the Electrical Pathway put their skills to…
Get Out and Vote On Tuesday
Many of us view local government in the same way that we think about the weather: Everybody complains about it, but nobody does anything about it. However, unlike the weather, there actually is something we can do about the future…
House Democrats: Total Failures
It is clear that the decision by the Democrats in the House of Representatives to allow a small band of narcissistic and anarchistic Republicans, led by the odious Matt Gaetz of Florida, to throw the Congress (as well as the…
Obituaries 11-01-2023
Diane Rose DeSantis She Will Be Missed for Her Beautiful Love of Life and Her Smile Diane Rose DeSantis, 78, passed away on Oct 20 surrounded by her loving family. She was born on February 19, 1945 to her parents,…
Pumpkin Dash @ Revere Beach
City Cuts Ribbon for New DPW Building
By Adam Swift City and state officials joined Revere’s public works employees to cut the ribbon on the new 38,000-square-foot DPW facility on Charger Street on Monday morning. “This is a tremendous day for all of us,” said city Chief…
Grant Will Help Design Flood Resilience Strategies for Areas in Revere and Eastie
By Michael Coughlin Jr. The Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) grant awarded to the City of Boston from the state for $330,500 will provide the funding to develop schematic designs for a project that would bolster flood protection at Bennington Street,…
Revere’s Single Largest Water System Improvement Project Slated To Begin in Spring of 2024
Special to the Journal Last week, the City of Revere’s Purchasing Agent, Michael Piccardi, issued an invitation for public bids for one of the city’s single largest water system distribution Improvement projects, ever undertaken, planned for the Spring of 2024,…
News Briefs
Ninth Annual J. Barry Dwyer 5K Turkey Trot is Set for Chelsea Stadium Nov. 18 The ninth annual J. Barry Dwyer Turkey Trot is set for Saturday, November 18, at 10 AM at Chelsea Stadium. The trot promises to be…
Public Art Commission Continues Push For Beachmont Fire Arts Center
By Adam Swift The city’s Public Art Commission is continuing its efforts to help transform the vacant Beachmont Fire station into a community arts center. At last week’s commission meeting, Elle Baker from the city’s planning and community development department…
City Provides Update on Gibson Park Project
By Adam Swift City planning officials and consultants provided an update on the Gibson Park redevelopment project during a public forum last week. The project includes not only the redevelopment of the park itself, but also the transformation of the…
Licensing Commission Holds Monthly Meeting
The Revere License Commission held its regular monthly meeting last Wednesday (October 18) afternoon in the City Council Chamber. Chair Robert Selevitch and fellow member Daniel Occena were on hand for the session, in which they took up a few routine…
Traffic Comm. Approves Two Signs for Handicapped Parking
The Revere Traffic Commission held its regular monthly meeting last Thursday, October 19, in the City Councillor Joseph A. Del Grosso Council Chambers at Revere City Hall. Chair Paul Argenzio and fellow members Nick Rystrom, Fire Chief Chris Bright, and…
Northeast Regional Council of Smart Endorses Rhalimi for Council At-Large
By the Rhalimi Campaign Alexander Rhalimi is proud to announce that his campaign for Council at-Large has been endorsed by Northeast Regional Council of SMART Local 17. “I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to the Sheet Metal, Air, Rail,…
