GET OUT AND VOTE Dear Editor: Great people of Revere on Nov. 7th please open the gates to our great City Hall of Revere. Please vote for the candidate of your choice. I have made my choice and a request…
Category: Editorials
The Time is Now for Question 1: Vote Yes for Senior Tax Relief
By Mayor Brian Arrigo On Tuesday, November 7, Revere voters have the opportunity to go to the polls and vote for a 10 percent residential tax exemption for qualifying senior citizens who own and occupy their homes. Now is the…
“They Did What?â€
That was our initial reaction when we heard the news that the Winthrop School Committee had voted to reject an offer by the Boston Red Sox organization to have the Revere-Winthrop Thanksgiving Day football game to be played at Fenway…
Election Day is Near
Election Day on Nov. 7 should bring out a large voter turnout. Every seat on both the City Council and School Committee is being contested. There are no free passes for elected officials this year. The fact that every elected…
Letter to the Editor
Thank you Dear Editor: Thanks to the generous support of the Revere community, the Taft St. Relief Fund raised a total of $7,582 for the families impacted by this summer’s fire. Those eligible have been notified that their checks are…
Coming Together as a Community to Stop Domestic Violence
Two weeks ago, the City of Revere was shaken by a terrible tragedy – the murder of Vanessa MacCormack, a 30-year-old school teacher, allegedly due to an incident of domestic violence. Vanessa was a loving mother to her one-year-old daughter,…
The New 311 Center
On Tuesday, Lt. Governor Karen Polito and city officials led by Mayor Brian Arrigo opened the new 311 constituent service center. This is another example of Arrigo’s attempt to make city services more friendly and responsive for residents. The Center…
Letter to the Editor
A NIGHT FOR BIG RICKY Dear Editor: One of Revere’s most giving individuals is an outstanding man by the name of Ricky Freni. Perhaps you’ve heard of him. Over the years, he has raised over $100,000 through his foundation, the…
Happy New Year
We join the entire community of Revere in wishing our Jewish residents a Happy and Healthy New Year. The community has concluded the High Holy Days, the two-day celebration of Rosh Hashanah followed by the observance of Yom Kippur, the…
The Wrong Tax Cut At the Wrong Time
President Donald Trump and the Republican Congress finally have produced the outline of what they are calling a tax reform proposal. However, it is just more of the same-old, same-old that Republicans have been espousing for the past 30 years,…
“There’s Pandemonium On the Field!â€
It was 50 years ago this week that the Boston Red Sox completed their Impossible Dream on the last day of the 1967 season to win the American League pennant. The Red Sox were playing the Minnesota Twins at home…
It Is Time for Education Reform, Part Two
By Carol Tye The opening day of school in the Revere Public Schools this year was smooth and uneventful. Not so 30 years ago – that was the year of the strike. Ever since the Collective Bargaining Act had passed in…
Letters to the Editor
MAYOR ARRIGO THANKS RESIDENTS FOR MAKING 2017 FALL FESTIVAL A MEMORABLE OCCASION Dear Editor: This past Saturday, thousands of residents flocked to Broadway to enjoy the inaugural Revere Fall Festival. The event was a tremendous success, attracting people of all…
Trump is Moving US Closer to War
We were listening to the segment on 60 Minutes Sunday night in which Oprah Winfrey was interviewing pro-Trump and anti-Trump voters from Michigan, and we were struck by the comment of one man as to why he voted for Trump.…
A Great Festival
The one word that comes to mind in describing Saturday’s First Revere Fall Festival is “fantastic.†Broadway was turned into a pedestrian mall from Beach Street to Park Avenue, so thousands of residents – children, parents and grandparents, were able…
Students Need An Escape from Public School Violence
By Lance T. Izumi America’s public schools are starting to resemble war zones. Recently, a fistfight between two female students at an Alabama high school erupted into a campus-wide fracas that ended in gunfire.  A massive brawl at a North…
Letters to the Editor
EYES ON FLOODING Dear Editor, The City of Boston and the City of Revere are holding meetings in Boston, alongwith the new owners of Suffolk Downs (HYM’s Development). Mr. Thomas N. O’Brien of HYM’s Development is discussing the future of…
Fall Is Here–Make the Most of It
Although those of us who are fortunate to live near the coast may choose the summer as our favorite time of year, fall is the top choice of many of our fellow New Englanders — and a close second for…
Letters to the Editor
TAKES ISSUE WITH REPORTING Dear Editor: In a recent article regarding the “Police force in flux.†I am not sure if your reporter was at the same meeting as I, but I take umbrage with half the reporting made. So…
Moving Forward with the Facts
By Mayor Brian Arrigo My focus is always on the work we are doing to build a better Revere for the 21st century. I do not spend much time worrying about misleading attacks on social media. Unfortunately, the increasingly bizarre,…
