Special to the Journal Gov. Charlie Baker and his administration released its Fiscal Year 2021 (FY21) Capital Investment Plan on June 17. The spending blueprint maintains existing investments and enables the Administration to continue working with stakeholders across the Commonwealth…
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Love will Always Find A Way, Even in The Most Dire Times
Special to the Journal Seven years to the very day they met, Patrick Neal and Elizabeth “Liz” Torres were married. The event took place on Washington Street in Revere at the home of Liz’s God Mother Yolanda Napolitano. The original…
Officials Sign onto Letter Urging Baker to Fully Fund Schools
Last year’s Student Opportunity Act that was signed by Gov. Charlie Baker was a huge win for educators, parents and students as well as cities and towns across the state. The law finally replaced the outdated formula used to fund…
Reopening Massachusetts: Step Two of Phase Two of State’s Four Phase Approach to Reopening Plan Underway
By Lauren Bennett Phase Two, Step Two is officially underway in Massachusetts as of Monday, June 22. At a press conference on June 19, Governor Charlie Baker announced that as part of Step Two of Phase Two of the state’s…
City Council Approves Motion Condemning “Act of Hate Vandalism” on Lantern Road
Special to the Journal The Revere City Council unanimously approved a motion to go on record as denouncing all hateful acts of vandalism in the community, particularly the incident of vandalism that took place on Lantern Road on June 11.…
St. Anthony of Padua Opens Door for Mass
Arrigo Taps Lieutenant David Callahan as RPD Chief
Special to the Journal Mayor Brian M. Arrigo this week named Lieutenant Dave Callahan as Revere’s new Chief of Police, effective July 1. Callahan, 51, replaces retiring interim Chief James Guido. The move comes as law enforcement departments across the…
Council Set to Vote on Fiscal Year ‘21 Budget
City Council President Patrick Keefe said that if Ways and Means subcommittee hearings on the Fiscal Year 2021 budget continue to go smoothly, he expects the full Council to vote on the budget at its June 22 Council meeting. Ways…
Pressing Onward: Wonderland Dry Cleaners Celebrate 75 Years in Revere
As a young boy Joseph Fanale would ride his bicycle from Winthrop to Revere to visit his parents’ business, Wonderland Dry Cleaners, on Broadway. “I’m one of six children and we all worked here at one time or another,” said…
School Committee Member D’Ambrosio Convenes Young Leader Town Hall Program
Anthony D’Ambrosio, the 24-year-old Yale graduate who stunned local political observers with his first-place finish in the School Committee election last fall, has launched a new student-oriented initiative that is already generating significant audiences. D’Ambrosio’s new venture is called the…
Unity Pride Flag Raised at City Hall in Honor of Pride Month
Mayor Brian Arrigo and City Councillor Steven Morabito were joined by City staff and City officials on June 12 to raise an intersectional rainbow flag in front of City Hall in honor of Pride Month. Rainbow colors will also light…
News Briefs
MVES Partners with Action Ambulance to Streamline Communication with Meals on Wheels (Nearly 2,000 consumers in 11 cities and towns rely on Mystic Valley Elder Services (MVES) for Meals on Wheels home delivery, with close to 3,000 meals provided each…
Contracts for Three Revere Educators Are Not Renewed, Online Petition Launched, Rally Planned
An online petition with over a 1,000 signatures has been circulating on www.actionnetwork.org and sponsored by the Revere Teachers association calling for contracts to be renewed for three Revere educators. The petition and subsequent letter to the Revere School Committee…
New Five-Day Flex Pass Pilot for Commuter Rail Begins July 1
The MBTA today announced a new customer-driven Commuter Rail fare product pilot to begin July 1: the Five-day Flex Pass on mTicket, a bundled fare good for any five days of travel within a thirty-day period. With the understanding that travel patterns…
Travel and Vacation Problems Top List of COVID-19- Related Complaints from Mass. Consumers
Reports about travel and vacation problems topped the list of COVID-19-related complaints from consumers in Massachusetts, while nationally reports about online shopping top the list of consumer complaints, according to new data released by the Federal Trade Commission. Most of…
Northeast Metro Tech Appoints Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator
Superintendent David DiBarri is pleased to announce that Northeast Metro Tech has appointed its first Diversity and Inclusion Coordinator. The district’s School Committee approved the creation of the position and the appointment of Dawon Dicks to the role at its…
Gov. Baker Announces Pop-up Testing Sites for Participants of Large Gatherings
The state announced on Monday the availability of pop-up COVID-19 testing sites throughout the Commonwealth for individuals who have recently participated in large gatherings. These free testing sites will be available at over 50 sites throughout the Commonwealth on Wednesday,…
Chelsea Curves Update: Construction Look-ahead Through June 27, 2020
Route 1 Traffic Impacts • Route 1 Northbound : Approaching the Tobin Bridge from Boston, the work zone begins in the left lane. Two of 3 travel lanes will be open during daytime hours (5 a.m.–10 p.m.) •ROUTE 1 SOUTHBOUND:…
National Leading Grassroots Organization, Indivisible, Endorses Ed Markey for U.S. Senate
Indivisible, a national, progressive grassroots organization with over a million members across the country, today announced its endorsement of Ed Markey for re-election to the United States Senate. “Senator Markey is a model progressive legislator: consistent, accountable to his constituents,…
