Councillor-at-Large Steven Morabito says it’s too dark at both ends of Broadway and he wants new decorative lamps installed on the entire length of the city’s main street. “I submitted this motion because many residents expressed their concerns about the…
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Human Rights Commission Establishes Working Groups
The Revere Human Rights Commission (HRC) held its regular monthly meeting last Thursday evening, May 5, in the City Council Chamber. Chairperson Janine Grillo Marra and fellow commissioners Lynn Alexis, Fire Chief Chris Bright, Police Chief David Callahan, Rachid Moukhabir,…
Cogliandro Requests HRC Vice Chair Appear at Council Meeting
The City Council unanimously approved a motion by Ward 3 Councillor Anthony Cogliandro that Human Rights Commission Vice Chair Chai Hossaini appear before the Council to discuss a verbal altercation with residents that allegedly occurred after the HRC’s Dec. 2,…
Council Approves Amendment to Zoning Ordinance for Squire Road
The City Council voted by an 7-3 margin to approve an amendment to the city’s revised ordinances submitted by Enterprise Rent-A-Car who has been seeking to build a new automotive/rental car facility on Squire Road at the former site of…
Revere High School Picks Freshman Abigail McHugh As New Poet Laureate
Revere High School freshman Abigail McHugh has been writing poetry since she was 11 as a way of expressing her feelings. Now 15-years-old and with several years of writing poetry under her belt Abby, as she’s known at RHS, heard…
Traffic Impact: Summer Tunnel Weekend Closures To Start Next Month
Work to completely overhaul the decaying Sumner Tunnel will begin next month with weekend closures scheduled to begin on June 10 and last for 36 weeks. The work in the tunnel will culminate with a full closure of the Sumner…
ConsComm Hears That First Buildings at Suffolk Downs Will Be Ready by Summer 2024
The Revere Conservation Commission held its regular monthly meeting last Wednesday evening, May 4, in the City Council Chamber. Chairman John Shue and commissioners Heather Legere, Ann Raponi, Joseph LaValle, Nicholas Rudolph, and Brian Averback were on hand for the…
Upcoming Picnic and Pollinator Event at Susan B. Anthony School May 28
Special to the Journal All Revere residents are invited to a Family Picnic and Pollinator Event on Saturday, May 28th, from 11 AM to 1 PM. With Saturday, June 4th as the rain date. The event will take place at…
State Treasurer’s Veterans’ Bonus Division Extends Eligibility Period
The State Treasurer’s Veterans’ Bonus Division announced that the eligibility period for the Massachusetts COVID-19 Bonus for National Guard members has been extended past its initial end date of June 15, 2021. National Guard members activated for additional deployments at…
5k Race in Memory of John T. Diliegro
April Birthdays At Rossetti-Cowan
Keefe Says Decision on Water Meter Rates Is Not Imminent
Sensing that there needs to be ‘a more equitable solution†to the Revere’s water meter rates payment structure, Ward 4 Councillor Patrick Keefe expects any action on the issue to be pushed back to later this year. “We want to…
News Briefs
New Grant Opportunity to Advance District Attorneys’ Safer Communities Initiative The Baker-Polito Administration is pleased to announce a new competitive grant opportunity, which will award approximately $1 Million to support programs that will enhance community safety through crime reduction and…
Giving Back to Their Community: RHS Grads Harrington, Stevens Appointed to Cultural Council
They were classmates in the Revere school system and now they’re newly appointed members of the Revere Cultural Council. Revere High 2017 graduates Samantha Harrington and Lani Stevens were appointed to the Council by Mayor Brian Arrigo. Their appointments were…
Celebrating Iftar at the Senior Center
By Asmaa Abou-Fouda and Edward Deveau On Friday April 29th, approximately one hundred Muslim and non-Muslim members of our community came together at the Rosetti-Cowan Senior Center to learn about Ramadan and to participate in the joyful and culinary event…
More Change Coming to Broadway: ZBA Approves Variances to Tear Down Old Moose Lodge, Expand Office Space
Revere residents soon will be seeing change to the landscape on Broadway. The Revere Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA), which held its regular monthly meeting last Wednesday, April 27, in the City Councillor Joseph A. DelGrosso City Council Chamber, unanimously…
Cogliandro Awaits Videotape of Incident After HRC Meeting
Ward 3 Councillor Anthony Cogliandro said he has not yet received a videotape of a verbal exchange that allegedly occurred following a Revere Human Rights Commission meeting. At the April 25 City Council meeting, a resident claimed that she was…
Board of Health Upholds Fines, Suspensions Under New State Tobacco Law
The Revere Board of Health (BoH) held its regular monthly meeting last Thursday, April 28, in the City Council Chambers. On hand for the meeting were chairperson Dr. Drew Bunker, fellow members Dr. Craig Costanza and Nezha Louaddi, Director of…
MSBA Votes to Send New RHS Into the Schematic Design Phase
Three months after the School Committee, the School Building Committee and the Revere City Council voted to recommend the former Wonderland Dogtrack as the preferred site for a new Revere High School (RHS), the project has hit another benchmark. At…
Revere Public Library Will Host Mother’s Day Tea Party May 6
The Revere Public Library, led by Library Director Diana Luongo and Children’s Librarian Krystee Maniscalco, will host a Mother’s Day Tea Party on Friday, May 6 from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Library. Parents and children are cordially…