The Revere Traffic Commission held its regular meeting last Thursday, August 18, in the City Councilor Joseph A. Del Grosso Council Chambers of Revere City Hall. City Engineer Paul Argenzio chaired the meeting that was attended by fellow members Police…
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Arrigo, Revere DPH Provide Update on Monkeypox
Mayor Brian Arrigo and the Revere Department of Public Health provided an update on Monkeypox in the City of Revere. Since June, Revere has reported six cases of Monkeypox. As of August 17, the Commonwealth has confirmed 228 cases of…
City Partners With Roads Consulting Group To Deliver Small Business Technical Assistance to Broadway Businesses
Special to the Journal The City of Revere through its Department of Planning and Community Development has partnered with Roads Consulting Group to deliver small business technical assistance to qualifying small business owners that operate a business on Broadway. Roads…
A New Class: Revere School Committee Unanimously Passes Motion To Hire Necessary Staff
By Taylor Giuffre-Catalano At last week’s meeting, on August 15th, the Revere School Committee unanimously passed a motion to hire new teachers and staff based on feedback and requests from school administrators. The commitment to fill these “wishlist†positions marks…
RPS To Revise COVID-19 Policies for the 2022–2023 Academic Year
By Taylor Giuffre-Catalano At last week’s School Committee meeting, held on August 15th, Lauren Buck, the Director of the city’s Public Health Department, outlined updates and changes to the COVID-19 policy at Revere Public Schools. The bottom line: “We want…
One Era Ends, Another Begins at Winthrop School of Performing Arts
As The Winthrop School of Performing arts begins its 37th season teaching children the art of dance, acting, voice and instruments, there will be a new director at its head. Trudy Macero, founder of and director of WSPA, has decided…
RHS Graduate, Dianne Cabelus Braley, To Host Book Signing and Book Talk in Revere
By Melissa Moore-Randall A self proclaimed unique and interesting character from Revere, Dianne Cabelus Braley is a proud, published author of Unheard Whispers and The Silence of the Sound. On September 14th she will be at Mission on the Beach…
Revere License Commission Splits on Approval of Used Car Dealer License
The Revere License Commission held its regular monthly meeting last Wednesday, August 17, in the City Council Chamber. Chairman Robert Selevitch and fellow members Daniel Occena and Linda Guinasso were on hand for the meeting. The principal business that consumed…
Traffic Commission Approves One-Way Signs for Sigourney, Derby Neighborhood for 60 Days
The RevereTraffic Commission gave its approval at its meeting last Thursday to a proposal that seeks to give relief to residents of Sigourney St. and Derby Rd. from the onslaught of motorists who use those streets as cut-throughs from Squire…
DCR Releases Update on Breakheart Reservation’s Wildland Fires
Below is an update regarding the wildland fires within the Department of Conservation and Recreation’s (DCR) Breakheart Reservation in the Town of Saugus: The wildland fires within Breakheart Reservation were ignited on Wednesday, August 17, 2022, as five individual fires.…
The MWRA Is Doing a Great Job
Residents in our newspapers’ circulation area in Greater Boston probably are unaware that most of the communities in Massachusetts are enduring drought conditions that have resulted in the imposition of severe water-use restrictions. But here in Greater Boston, there is…
Robert Kraft Belongs in the Hall of Fame
As we are writing this early in the week, the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s Coach/Contributor Committee is getting ready to meet to select one of 12 nominees for inclusion in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in the Class…
Letters to the Editor
Immigration or Invasion? A report published in an article by the Federation for American Immigration Reform had staggering statistics. During the first year of Biden’s Administration, the illegal alien population increased by 1 million, adding $9.4 billion in cost to…
Obituaries 08-24-2022
Elena Mazzone She Was the Light on a Dark Cloudy Day Elena F. Mazzone of Chelsea passed away on August 21 at the age of 85. Born in Chelsea on March 11, 1937 to the late Quirino Mazzone and Angelina…
Celebrating 126 Years of Revere Beach
News Briefs
Boston Area Prices Were Up 7.0 Percent From a Year Ago The New England Information Office of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) has released figures for the Boston CPI in July 2022. The CPI program produces monthly data…
Commission on Disabilities Holds Monthly Meeting
The Revere Commission on Disabilities (COD) resumed its regular monthly meeting schedule last Tuesday, August 9, via Zoom, after taking a brief mid-summer hiatus in July. On hand for the meeting were Chairperson Ralph DeCicco, vice-chair Pauline Perno, and members…
Local Officials Support Dempsey for State Auditor
Special to the Journal Democratic Candidate for State Auditor Chris Dempsey announces that he has earned the endorsements of the following Revere officials, Mayor Brian Arrigo, City Councilor Joanne McKenna, City Councilor Ira Novoselsky, City Councilor Patrick M. Keefe, Jr.,…
Sheehan Named Chair of the Board at Big Brothers Big Sisters
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Eastern Massachusetts (BBBSEM), one of the nation’s leading one-to-one youth mentoring programs and New England’s largest Big Brothers Big Sisters affiliate, has appointed Rosemary Sheehan, Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) at Mass General Brigham, the…
Chambers Gives Back To Revere as a Member of the Army National Guard
By Melissa Moore-Randall Former Revere resident Jamie Chambers, a Sergeant First Class and Senior Career Counselor/Recruiter for the Massachusetts Army National Guard, is proud of giving back to his hometown. Assigned to the Barnes Building in South Boston, Jamie recruits…