When Deborah Kneeland Keegan founded For Kids Only 30 years ago, not even she could have forecast the success that her after-school program would attain and the national model it would become for other programs of this kind. Keegan was…
Author: Journal Staff
Sports 04-22-2015
RhS sports Roundup RHS softball team starts with 3-1 mark The long-delayed, but much-anticipated, 2015 season for the defending Northeastern Conference North Division and MIAA Division 1 North champion Revere High softball team got off to a busy start…
Obituaries 04-22-2015
Italia Natalie Price Of Everett Italia Natalie (Imbimbo) Price of Everett passed away April 16. She was the beloved wife of the late Charles J. Price; loving mother of Nancy Butera and her husband, Vinny of Revere, Cheryl Elleh and…
Guinasso Is Longest Serving City Council Member … Ev’a
REVERE – As of Monday night, Ward 3 Councillor Arthur Guinasso has been the longest serving city council member in the history of Revere, serving 29 years, three months and 13 days. He surpassed councilor Joseph DelGrosso who served 29…
Colm Bohill:Beloved Member of the Independent Newspaper Group
There was never a time when one could not laugh with him, nor a moment that passed when he was short of the perfect word to describe any situation. That’s how friends, family and co-workers most remember Colm Bohill, 69,…
Officials Planning for Next Year’s Snow
REVERE – There are still some signs of the seven feet of snow that got dumped on the city this past winter and officials are looking ahead to next winter. Monday night the City Council subcommittee on Public Works tossed…
Police Briefs 04-15-2015
House Breaks: (3) Vera Street; Bradstreet Avenue; and Bellingham Avenue. Commercial Breaks: (0) Motor Vehicle *Thefts/Breaks: (1) VFW – Marshall’s Motor Vehicle Accidents: (30) Brown Circle (3); Mahoney Circle; Copeland Circle; Squire Road; Yeamans Street; Beach Street; Sachem Street; Squire…
Congratulations to Revere’s Fulbright Scholar, Sarah Chaves
We congratulate Revere High School teacher and lifelong Revere resident Sarah Chaves on her receiving a Fulbright Scholarship. This is a prestigious and noteworthy award for Ms. Chaves. She will use this scholarship to study in the Azores next year.…
Mayor Stands up for Revere after an Historic Winter
We agree with Mayor Dan Rizzo that President Barack Obama should have declared a disaster for the entire historic winter that dropped more than 100 inches of snow on the Greater Boston area, including the City of Revere. Instead the…
Sports 04-15-2015
RhS sports Roundup Palermo fans 13, softball team wins opener, 3-1 “Good things come to those who wait,†the good nuns of the Sisters of St. Joseph always told us, and for the Revere High softball team, the delay in…
Obituaries 04-15-2015
Saul Elliot Katz Of Revere Saul Elliot Katz of Revere died on April 4. A US Air Force veteran of the Korean War, he was born, raised and educated in Revere and was a graduate of Revere High School. Prior…
The Passion of Jesus Christ
Immaculate Conception Church took to the streets and the church on Good Friday to re-enact the Passion Play of Christ being crucified. Hundreds turned out for the solemn occasion, marching through the streets to mark the occasion. Here, a dramatic scene…
Police Briefs 04-08-2015
POLICE FIND DEAD BODY IN BEACHMONT State Police and Revere Police detectives are investigating the discovery of a body in the yard of 289 Endicott Ave. Monday morning. Revere Police Chief Joseph Cafarelli and District Attorney Daniel F. Conley said…
McMackin Park Flooding Situation Must Be Addressed Immediately
 We can say without dispute that Revere Little League has one of the best ballparks in the region. Some of us, who played Little League Baseball in neighboring communities, always hoped that we could play a game in McMackin Park,…
Problem Solving and Helping People – Public/Private Partnerships
 In the movie, “It’s A Wonderful Lifeâ€, George Bailey embodies a human spirit of community-based generosity that we don’t see much these days. The new normal is that our neighbors are oftentimes strangers.  Last summer’s F2 tornado tested the community…
Commenting on the Latest Irregularities in Casino Process
I want to commend Secretary Beaton for his common sense approach in denying Wynn Everett its MEPA certificate yesterday and Director Buckley for finally putting a stop to a disturbing pattern of behavior. As the Secretary and his staff pointed out, the project still…
Letters to the Editor
Scholarship Committee thanks donors Dear Editor: The City of Revere Community Scholarship Committee thanks generous donors who made contributions from Jan. 1, 2014 through Dec. 31, 2014. PLATINUMÂ ($500.) A. Casoli RHS Class of 1961 DIAMOND ($400.) Ms. Evelyn P.…
Sports 04-08-2015
Elam takes office as new Pop Warner President by Cary Shuman Craig Elam has begun his tenure as the new president of the Revere Junior Patriots Pop Warner football and cheerleading organization. Elam, who has been a coach and board…
Obituaries 04-08-2015
Denis Bolognese Of Revere Denis R. Bolognese of Revere died on March 30. He was the beloved son of Virginia “Jean†(Pisani) and the late Reginald Bolognese; dear brother of David and his wife, Ellen of Saugus and Lynda Cooke…
Prom Time
King and queen of the Revere High School JR prom Ally Hinojosa and Kevin Chiles. The prom was held at Danversport Yacht Club Friday, March 27.
