Parents, students and schools have discovered the perfect menu item for snacks or lunch: Sun Wise peanut-free sandwiches with grape or strawberry jelly. Totally nut-free and peanut-free, each sandwich features delicious soft, white whole grain bread. Made with SunButter sunflower…
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It’s Time to Update Your Child’s Health Information
Book bags are replacing beach totes as it quickly becomes time for students to go back to school. Organizing your child’s health information, keeping current with doctor’s appointments and planning for emergency scenarios should be part of every parent’s seasonal…
School Resource Officers are Protectors, not the Enemy
In 2015 a viral video of South Carolina school resource officer (SRO) Ben Fields’ slamming a student across the classroom caused a public outrage. During the same year in Lynn, an SRO arrested a student with special needs. “While the…
Nicole Zervas Dance Academy Celebrates 30 Years
Nicole Zervas Dance Academy (NZDA) is celebrating its 30th anniversary, a milestone that owner and director, Nicole Paolo, is proud of. After 30 years, what brings Miss Nicole (as she is affectionately known) the most happiness is building the confidence…
Back to School: Beware of the JUUL
If last year’s fidget spinners were all fun and games, this year, the national attraction is rather different: JUUL, an e-cigarette device that has become so synonymous with vaping and accepted by the masses, that the term “juul-ing†has been…
News Briefs
Revere Republican Committee Meeting Republican candidate for Governor Scott Lively will be at the American Legion, 249 Broadway on Wednesday, Aug. 22 at 6:30 p.m. All Republicans and enrolled voters are welcome. This will be the last meeting before the…
Outgoing DA Dan Conley Endorses Greg Henning for Suffolk County District Attorney
Candidate for Suffolk County District Attorney Greg Henning today received the endorsement of outgoing Suffolk County District Attorney Dan Conley. Conley joined Henning to talk to voters at a door-to-door campaign canvass in Hyde Park on Saturday, Aug. 18, at…
Massport CEO Thomas Glynn Announces Intention to Step Down
After six years as head of Massport, CEO Thomas Glynn announced last week that he would step down from the post in November, a year earlier than his contract. Glynn said his last days at Massportwill be in November even…
Powers says Wonderland Park Demolition is on Target for Completion by this Winter
Ward 5 Councillor John Powers visited the Wonderland Greyhound Park site Thursday, looking on as workers resumed their demolition of the former greyhound track. “They demolition project is back on target for completion by this winter after a brief delay…
Inaugural Revere Youth Summer Police Academy Finds Common Bonds with Youth
Like most, Revere teen Anthony Toomey has heard police sirens every now and then, and rarely gave it much thought. Now, after spending a week learning everything about the Revere Police, the teenager has a whole new respect for the…
Brian Kelly Retires from Revere Beach DCR Complex
Brian Kelly, the regional coordinator of DCR’s Revere Complex at Revere Beach, retired in July after forty-two years of dedicated service to the Metropolitan District Commission and the Department of Conservation and Recreation. During Brian’s tenure as the Regional Coordinator…
Leone Summer Sports Camp
Camp Counselors Kiana Napolitano and Katie O’Donnell get soaked at the Revere Rec Summer Sports Camp with John Leone.
Row Row Row in Revere
John and Joseph Arrigo, sons of Mayor Arrigo, were determined to hop in the water last Saturday during the annual Row Row Row in Revere, a fundraiser for autism awareness. Although they didn’t make it in this year, they’re ready…
Council Passes Motion by Rotondo to Have State Auditor Review Finances
The Revere City Council voted 10-1 to approve a motion by Councillor-at-Large George Rotondo to bring in the state auditor to review the city’s finances in all city departments. Rotondo’s motion was in response to the continuing investigation of the…
Dr James Taylor, EBNHC Founding Member, Dies
Dr. James Taylor, M.D., who was a revered and respected figure in the healthcare field both in East Boston and nationally, has died. Dr. Taylor, who dedicated over 40 years to the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC) in the…
Councillor McKenna says ‘Suspended’ Parking Employees Should be Paid
Ward 1 Councillor Joanne McKenna reaffirmed her belief that the two Revere Parking Department employees that Mayor Brian Arrigo placed on unpaid administrative leave should receive their salaries while they are on leave from their jobs. McKenna’s comments came during…
News Briefs
Ward 4 Community Meetings ON FRIDAY Councilor Patrick Keefe is pleased to announce continued Ward 4 Community Meeting. Our committee is focused on continuing to bring city hall to the residents and have their concerns heard, As always direct communication…
Metro Credit Union Announces Deb Frank as VP of Mortgage Business Development
Frank, a resident of Chelsea who has over 20 years of mortgage industry experience, joined Metro in 2015. In her new role, she is responsible for attracting and building relationships with new and existing referral partners, professional organizations, and Metro’s…
Ceremony Held for Charles W. Frederick Memorial
On Sunday, Aug. 12, a dedication ceremony at Frederick Park that is near the Beachmont School was held for Charles Frederick, a Revere native who was killed in the final days of Word War I. Members of the Frederick family,…
Revere Police Receive State Grant to Increase Impaired Driving Patrols
Mayor Brian Arrigo and Chief of Police James Guido recently announced that the Revere Police Department will increase impaired driving patrols on local roads with grant funds from the Highway Safety Division of the Executive Office of Public Safety and…
