Special to the Journal Over the last three weeks, the Revere Department of Public Works has started tagging residents for misuse of their recycling bins. In collaboration with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ grant-funded “Recycle IQ†initiative, the City is entering…
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Revere Firefighters, Paramedics Deliver Baby on Burbank Hwy
The Following is the report compiled by the Revere Fire Department on the July 16 incident: On Thursday July 16 at 6:49 a.m., the North Metro Regional Emergency Communications Center received a 911 call for a female delivering a baby…
Mass. Logs Highest Unemployment Rate in the Nation for June
The state’s June total unemployment rate is up eight-tenths of a percentage point at 17.4 percent following a revision to the May rate of 16.6 percent, the Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development announced Friday. It is the highest unemployment…
Beach Street Residence Named RBC ‘Beautiful Home’
A home on Beach Street has been selected as the Revere Beautification Committee’s “Beautiful Home†this week. This property is enclosed by a chain link fence and the area is covered with a variety of plantings. There are clusters of…
Human Rights Campaign Endorses Sen. Markey
The Human Rights Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization, recently endorsed Ed Markey for re-election to the United States Senate. “I am honored to receive the endorsement of the Human Rights…
State Continues to Advance Solar Progress with Incentive Program Updates
The Baker-Polito Administration announced final updates to the Commonwealth’s Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART) program after filing emergency regulations in April. As a result of a robust stakeholder and public comment process, the Department of Energy Resources (DOER) implemented revisions…
Revere Students Earn Academic Honors
Residents Graduate from UMass Lowell Local residents were among the graduates honored by UMass Lowell’s 2020 Commencement on Friday, May 29. The university held a virtual Commencement ceremony on Friday, May 29 for the more than 4,400 members of the…
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Arrigo Convenes First Meeting of New City Cabinet
Special to the Journal Mayor Brian Arrigo convened the first meeting of his newly established Cabinet On Tuesday, July 14, following a structural reorganization aimed at promoting accountability and transparency in City operations and improving the efficiency and quality of…
Planet Fitness Among Businesses Now Open
Revere residents were excited that Planet Fitness with two locations, one at Northgate on Squire Road and the other at Wonderland Marketplace on the VFW Parkway had finally reopened last week. The opening was part of Governor Charlie Baker’s Phase…
High School Project Manager Being Sought by City Officials
The City of Revere is Revere officials are proactively preparing that good news will soon come from the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA), and the city will receive state funds to build a new high school. This week Revere’s Purchasing…
D’Ambrosio Seeks to Create Advisory Board to School Committee
Saying that “I didn’t get elected to just go along with the status quo,†first-term School Committee member Anthony D’Ambrosio is proposing to establish an advisory board that would make recommendations to the Committee and the superintendent of schools on…
Gravellese, Giannino Discuss Debate Format
Under normal circumstances, the race for the Democratic nomination for state representative in the 16th Suffolk District (that includes parts of Revere, Saugus, and Chelsea) would be the ‘talk of the town’ among political observers. Earlier this year popular state…
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IBEW Local 1505 Endorses Councilor At-Large Jessica Giannino for State Rep. The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local Union 1505 endorsed Revere City Councilor At-Large Jessica Giannino for State Representative, 16th Suffolk District. Giannino has been a member of…
Food Security Grant Applications Now Available
The Executive Office of Energy & Environmental Affairs (EOEEA) is accepting online applications for The Food Security Infrastructure Grant Program (FSIG) on a rolling basis now through September 15. The goal of the Food Security Infrastructure Grant Program is to…
Suffolk Downs Drive-in is Making a Comeback
HYM Investments Group, who is developing the Suffolk Downs site into a large mixed use development, announced it is returning the drive-in to Suffolk Downs after a 50 year absence. “As we plan for the long-term redevelopment of the site,…
Chelsea Curves Construction Look-ahead through July 25
This is a brief overview of construction operations and traffic impacts for the Tobin Bridge/Chelsea Curves Rehabilitation Project. MassDOT will provide additional notices as needed for high-impact work, temporary ramp and street closures, and changes to traffic configurations beyond those…
New Study Examines Diversity of Civic Workforce in Massachusetts
The people who work for Massachusetts cities and towns are overwhelmingly whiter and older than the communities or region that they serve, creating a looming diversity challenge as public employees retire, according to a study released this week by the…
Revere for Black Lives celebrate, Remember Black Lives at Reinstein Bandstand
By Dania Hallak, RHS Class of 2020, and Thifany Da Silva, RHS Class of 2022 A hundred people gathered at Revere Beach on what appears to be a typical sunny Thursday evening. A large crowd forms around the Reinstein Bandstand.…
Weekly Unemployment Claimant data Still Falling, Some Industries See Increase in Claims
Massachusetts had 26,619 individuals file an initial claim for regular Unemployment Insurance (UI) from June 28 to July 4, a decrease of 2,453 over the previous week, the fourth consecutive week of decline. However, over-the-week increases in filings were seen…