Journal Staff Report This past Saturday, June 6, three young Revere scientists competed against 218 of the best science fair projects from all six geographic regions in the state – and they brought home some hardware. Again, as with the…
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Carpenter nailed for stealing signs from the City Yard
By Seth Daniel [email protected] If the Revere Department of Public Works (DPW) were a potato, then all of its thousands of eyes would be blackened. The department suffered yet another black eye this week when longtime DPW carpenter Michael Ferragamo,…
Increase is bad, although not as bad as anticipated
By Seth Daniel [email protected] The panic over a 20 percent increase in water and sewer rates has been quelled, but ratepayers will still have quite an increase on their hands this July. Mayor Tom Ambrosino indicated to the City Council…
Fines and tickets are on the verge of being increased
By Seth Daniel [email protected] Parking tickets and related fines will most likely increase if the city gets its way today, Wednesday, June 3. The Traffic Commission will meet on June 3 in order to discuss several increases to various traffic…
DPW chief, councillor offer two versions of incident
By Seth Daniel [email protected] It was a case of the boys behaving badly, and at a wake to boot. City Councillor-at-Large John Correggio and Department of Public Works (DPW) Superintendent Don Goodwin clashed in a minor altercation last Thursday evening…
Increase is the smallest in a decade; more cuts loom
By Seth Daniel [email protected] Calling it the toughest budget he has ever assembled in his nine years as the city’s top official, Mayor Tom Ambrosino released a city budget Monday that totaled $128.417 million, an increase of $1.643 million over…
Sun days – New-look Revere Beach is officially open for business
By Seth Daniel [email protected] Â Memorial Day has come and, with it, Revere Beach has officially opened for the season. And if the rest of the season turns out to be like late last week and the holiday weekend, then…
In one ear, out the other – Despite strong warnings, two dozen RHS students charged with underage drinking
By Seth Daniel [email protected]  After all the warnings, all the precautions and all of the lectures surrounding last Thursday’s senior prom, Revere school officials are hanging their heads in dismay as news trickles in from Maine about 28 Revere…
Newly-formed group is raising money for Beachmont Park
By Seth Daniel [email protected]  The Beachmont Improvement Committee (BIC) is starting big and hoping to get the community’s support. The organization is embarking on construction of a new sitting park called the Beachmont Community Park at Douglas Cummings Square,…
Marking the passage of time – More people are opting for imported memorial headstones over traditional American markers
By Seth Daniel [email protected] It’s a world of imports these days, from baby bottles to every last piece of clothing. Most of the items consumers use these days come from overseas. And now, imported goods have extended beyond the grave,…
Seacoast success story
By Seth Daniel [email protected] On June 10, more than 20 students from Seacoast High School will walk across the stage with a high school diploma and a future ahead of them that wouldn’t exist had it not been for the…
Firefighters vote against wage freeze; layoffs forthcoming
By Seth Daniel [email protected] The Revere Firefighters Union has rejected Mayor Tom Ambrosino’s wage freeze proposal, which will lead to seven firefighter layoffs on July 1. The move follows a vote by the Revere Police Patrolmen’s Union last month, who…
Residents are issued an orange alert
By Seth Daniel [email protected] Thousands of people on the west side of the city found what appeared to be parking tickets on their windshields over the weekend. Instead of getting a fine, residents got an earful. The orange fliers were…
The whole spectrum – Newcomers and familiar faces pull nomination papers
By Seth Daniel [email protected] Forget the Preakness Stakes and the Kentucky Derby – another local horse race is about to take center stage, and it has nothing to do with horses. The City Election officially kicked off last Wednesday when…
Council approves $10 million bond for school improvements
By Seth Daniel [email protected] Put the buckets away and take off those coats in the summer, as city councillors have approved borrowing $10 million to fix various problems in several local schools, including the Beachmont School roof and the heating…
Revere Police reinstate dog unit courtesy of Homeland Security funding
By Seth Daniel [email protected] In a climate where more than a handful of Revere police officers have recently hit the ranks of the unemployed, there’s one officer on the force who’s willing to work for peanuts, or more likely, kibble.…
Skippers leave residents with a sinking feeling – City outraged about chaotic scene; public safety officials defend their response
By Seth Daniel [email protected] The digital revolution hit Revere Beach with a force last Tuesday formerly unseen in this community, as thousands of mostly Boston Public School students descended on the beach for a skip day that was covertly coordinated…
Heroic officers rise above the tide, pull youngsters to safety off of Revere Beach
Journal Staff Report Three Eastie pre-teens struggled against the rising tide last Sunday evening as they stood marooned on the breakers off Revere Beach. They screamed for help as the water continued to roll in, and they began to submerge…
A Monumental task (literally)
By Seth Daniel [email protected] The cemetery monument business rarely meets the world of Hollywood, but last year, both worlds collided when Woodlawn Memorials on the Revere-Everett line was asked to create three very crucial headstones for the upcoming blockbuster movie,…
Kenny Hill, 66, was a former Ward 5 City Councillor, realtor, assessor
By Seth Daniel [email protected] Kenny Hill was not the kind of guy who would pass you by on the street without a wave and a gentleman’s greeting. In fact, if ever there were a friendly face on Broadway or in…
