The report card that came out Sunday by Save the Harbor/Save the Bay certainly comes as good news for local beach goers. Revere Beach was the cleanest beach in the metro Boston area. And for many residents, the only relief…
Category: Editorials
Senior Prom
It hardly seems that it was almost 20 years ago, that Representative William Reinstein came up with an idea to have a Senior Prom for Revere’s senior citizens. To many of today’s Revere’s residents, the name William Reinstein is just…
Memorial Day
Memorial Day usually is the unofficial start of the all too brief summer in New England. Temperatures become hotter and days also become longer.  For many grade school students, Memorial Day means that the end of the school year is…
Richie Clayman: One of a Kind
Whenever the name of Richie Clayman came up in a conversation, the phrase you always heard in reference to him was, “What a great guy.†For those of a certain age and milieu, there was no higher tribute. Richie Clayman…
Revere Shines
We would like to thank the hundreds of volunteers who took time  on Saturday to participate in the third  annual “ Revere Shines† neighborhood cleanup. The weather was perfect, which led to more people helping out this year. Coming from…
Good Job Chief Cafarelli and North Metro SWAT Team
Ordinary people often look at the various sections of the municipal budget and just shake their heads in disbelief at the amount of money being spent by departments. We are sure that these same people question the Revere Police Department…
Your Help is Needed
On this Sunday, Revere Cable TV will be hosting a telethon to raise money for Revere Little league. The program will be broadcast live from the Revere League for Special Needs Building from 4 to 8 p.m. These four hours…
An Unspeakable Tragedy
Perhaps I am still in sense of shock as the details and the reality of the bombing at the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday sinks into my mind. One is almost immune when you hear about civilian…
We Will Miss Judge Diana Maldonando
On the television at any given time in the afternoon, one can see cases being tried and adjudicated with no nonsense. Sometimes, in a particular case, the television judge just lays the person out and you cheer. We have been…
On the Educational Front
The news for Revere Public Schools just keeps getting better. Our high school system was just awarded the Nellie Mae Foundation Grant of $450,000 to be given out over the next 20 months. This money will help fund the technology…
Red Sox Nation
Some may say that Red Sox nation starts in Revere. Could there have been a more enthusiastic Red Sox fan than the late Mayor and City Councilor George Colella? On opening day, John Coyne of the Fenway Riggers of Revere…
An Era Comes to an End
The announcement by Terry and Dick Waugh that they will be closing their family business is an end of an era in the Revere business community. For more than 80 years, a member of the Waugh family has always shown…
The Return of the Piping Plovers
The lumberjacks of the West Coast have the spotted owls and the residents in Capistrano have the Flamingos. In Revere, we now have the annual return of the Piping Plovers and their expanding nesting area at Revere Beach. Every year…
Is There an Alternative?
The meeting by the State Department of Transportation on the ethanol trains coming into our community using the existing commuter rails, certainly was not what the many residents and officials wanted to hear. The state officials basically said that there…
A Terrible Tragedy
The mauling of a 14 year-old boy by guard dogs is a tragedy for our community. Our prayers go out to the victim who is in the hospital and to his family – the Marchettis. We hope that our city…
Della Russo Stadium
The vote last week by the Revere City Council to authorize $5.5M bonding for the refurbishment of Harry Della Russo Stadium is long overdue and needs to be commended. In these tough times to spend money on re-doing a park…
City Announces New Mobile Application to Report Potholes, Graffiti and Other Issues
Since taking office in January of 2012, Mayor Daniel Rizzo has been committed to implementing new technologies that will engage the citizens of Revere in new innovative ways. Online surveys, Facebook, Twitter, and an Email Newsletter have all been used…
The Changing Face of Revere
To the Editor: People have been saying for sometime now that the City of Revere is changing right before our eyes. I had always resisted such a notion, feeling that the Revere I grew up in hasn’t changed much at…
Well-earned Wages
To the Editor: I am writing in response to “The City Payrollâ€, published on Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. This article raised some important questions regarding public sector employee wages, and although I fully agree that our dwindling budget could be…
AG Ruling Could Put Seriously Impede Outright 
ban on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
City officials said they will continue to investigate an outright ban of medical marijuana dispensaries in Revere, but a new ruling by state Attorney General Martha Coakley looks to put that effort in jeopardy. Last week, Coakley issued a decision…
