The city needs to create a fair playing field for everyone who wants to own and operate a cab here. The police department being shorthanded, as the chief noted at City Hall last week, isn’t a valid excuse for the…
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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…
An Embarrassment – City officials should know better
The recent altercation between Department of Public Works Director Don Goodwin and Councillor-at-Large John Correggio at a wake at a local funeral home is an outrage to the sensibilities of everyone in this city who show proper respect for the…
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,…
Obituaries – 05/27/09
Yolanda DiBlasi, 86 Revere resident  Yolanda C. (Gisetto) DiBlasi of Revere died on May 24. She was 86 years old. Born and raised in Chelsea, she was the daughter of the late Luigi and Giovanina (DeAngelis) Gisetto. A resident…
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…
Chaos on the Beach – Incident highlights the need for contingency plans
Last week’s chaotic and ineffectual public safety response to the invasion of Revere Beach by about 3,000 Boston school students who played hookey proved that there are no contingency plans in effect with the State Police or Revere Police to…
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…
Obituaries – 05.06.09
Virginia Melchionno, 87 Travel agent Virginia L. (Cutler) Melchionno of Revere, beloved wife of the late Antonio “Hank” Melchionno, died on May 5, 2009, at the age of 87. She graduated from Revere High School in 1939 and was employed…
Nine officers laid off; RPD down to 86 officers
By Seth Daniel [email protected] Nine Revere police officers, all patrolmen, and one who is fighting the war in Iraq, have been laid off this month from their jobs at the department, bringing the top-heavy department to a contingent of 86…
Obituaries – 04/29/09
Walter Dunn, 66 Decorated Veteran Walter J. Dunn, formerly of Marblehead, died March 24 at the Indian River Medical Center in Vero Beach, Fla. He was 66 years old. Husband of the late Janice K. (Joy) (Page) Dunn, he was…
Never been better – Wall Street awards the city its highest bond rating ever
By Seth Daniel [email protected] In the midst of financial chaos and money shortages, Revere received an ‘A’ from Wall Street. For the first time in the city’s history, two Wall Street bond rating companies have rewarded the city with an…
Home work – NU students, including Revere’s Cheryl Leon, help the N.E. Center for Homeless Veterans
By Cary Shuman [email protected] Five Northeastern University students, including Revere resident Cheryl A. Leon, teamed up for a volunteer project to help the New England Center for Homeless Veterans in Boston. Leon and four of her NU classmates, Linda Aylward,…
Obituaries – 04-02-09
Anne O’Reilly Assistant Manager of Workingman’s Cooperative Bank, Immaculate Conception Church volunteer Anne E. (Driscoll) O’Reilly of Revere, formerly of Winthrop, died on March 24. She was a former assistant manager at Workingman’s Cooperative Bank and a volunteer at the…