A dream season that has placed Revere High among the top football teams in Massachusetts and united the student body and the entire community continues Friday night in what many alumni are calling the biggest athletic event in school history.…
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Revere Karate Home to Martial Arts Champion Anthony Cogliandro
Story & Photo by Marianne Salza Anthony Cogliandro, a fifth-degree black belt in Ed Parker’s American Kenpo Karate, has been practicing martial arts since he was 2 years old; and in October, competed in the International Karate Championships (IKC), in…
An Impressive Debut: Newcomer Anthony D’ambrosio Tops the Ticket in School Committee Race
There is a new force on the Revere schools’ scene and he is 23-year-old Yale graduate Anthony D’Ambrosio. Making his first bid for office, D’Ambrosio stunned longtime political observers with his first-place finish in the nine-candidate School Committee election on…
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Mayoral Candidates Spent $519,256 in their Campaigns Revere’s 2019 mayoral election was not only exciting, but it was expensive as Mayor Brian Arrigo and Councillor-at-Large Dan Rizzo combined to spend $519,256 in their respective campaigns for the corner office. Arrigo,…
Powers Says He Is Eager To Return to the City Council
Ward 5 Councillor John Powers said he is eager to get back to work after a hard-fought victory in the Nov. 5 election. Powers defeated challenger Eric Lampedecchio by 330 votes in a rematch of their 2017 race. Lampedecchio ran…
Organization Seeks to Give Undocumented Residents the Right to Apply for Driver’s Licenses
A simple trip in the car to the Market Basket for many undocumented residents of Revere could equal a catastrophic separation from their children and families – and one statewide organization has tirelessly spent the last year trying to revive…
LGBTQ Community Members Feel Welcomed and Comfortable at Mystic Valley Elder Services Social
Mystic Valley Elder Services started Mystic Tea nearly eight years ago to provide an affirming, comfortable gathering place for LGBTQ older adults and anyone who wants to meet, eat and socialize with a lot of very interesting and welcoming people.…
House Passes Legislation to Support and Honor Veterans
On Wednesday House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo and Rep. RoseLee Vincent along with their colleagues in the House of Representatives passed two pieces of legislation to improve the mental health care for student veterans and to honor the military service…
Four More Years for Arrigo
Mayor Brian Arrigo won re-election Tuesday, earning a second four-year term as the city’s chief executive. Arrigo received 5,809 votes to claim victory over Councillor-at-Large Dan Rizzo who received 5,251 votes. The election was a rematch of their 2015 contest…
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Mark Barden, AG Healey Visit Garfield School
Mark Barden lived every parent’s worst nightmare but has turned that nightmare into hope. On the morning of Dec. 14, 2012 Barden’s 7-year-old son, Daniel, was among the 26 children and staff that Adam Lanza killed at Sandy Hook Elementary…
City Honors Joseph A. Festa Sr. at Pole Dedication Ceremony
The City of Revere dedicated a memorial pole in honor of World War II Navy Veteran Joseph A. Festa Sr. during an impressive ceremony Sunday afternoon. Family, friends, and city officials gathered at the corner of Ann Road and Malden…
Revere Awarded $1million MassWorks Grant for Infrastructure Improvements on Ocean Avenue
Special to The Journal Mayor Brian M. Arrigo announced this week that the City is a recipient of a $1-million MassWorks grant for infrastructure improvements along Ocean Avenue. “Since 2008 when the long-anticipated Waterfront Square development got underway, the Ocean…
Malden Catholic Welcomes Over 250 Future Lancers at Open House
Malden Catholic High School had its largest Open House in over 7 years, welcoming over 250 future Lancers on Sunday, October 27, 2019. This was the school’s largest attendance for a single-day event. As they entered through the doors of…
City Councillors Praise Sgt. Giannino
Revere councillors lauded Revere Police Sgt. Chris Giannino after voting to honor him for protecting and serving the city for 30 years in the Revere Police Department Following are excerpts of some of the councillors’ remarks: Councillor-at-Large Steven Morabito, co-sponsor…
GBFB Honors CHA Revere Care Center with Community Champion Food is Medicine Award
On Oc. 17 at its seventh annual “Food is Medicine” event, the Greater Boston Food Bank (GBFB), the largest hunger-relief organization in New England, honored the CHA Revere Care Center, part of academic community health system Cambridge Health Alliance, with…
North Shore Music Theatre Presents The 29th annual Production of ‘A Christmas Carol’
Bill Hanney’s North Shore Music Theatre (NSMT) will once again present the area’s most beloved production of A Christmas Carol, sponsored by MarketStreet Lynnfield. This award-winning, original musical adaptation was created solely for North Shore Music Theatre in 1989 and…
