RHS Basketball Teams Compete in Holiday Tourneys The Revere High boys and girls basketball teams are competing in holiday week basketball tournaments this week. Coach David Leary and the Patriots, whose contest with Greater Boston League rival Lynn Classical last…
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Obituaries 12-29-2021
Maria Schindler Labor and Delivery Nurse at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital for 40 Years Funeral Services and Interment will be held privately for Maria R. (Farrell) Schindler who died on Christmas Day, Saturday, December 25, after being stricken at her home…
Celebrating Christmas Cheer And December Birthdays at the Senior Center
Visconti Likely Has the Votes to Be the next President of Revere City Council
After a highly productive first term on the Revere City Council that included one year as vice president, Gerry Visconti reportedly has the votes to become the new president of the Council when it reconvenes in January. While Visconti would…
Elks Spread Christmas Cheer to Those in Need
Playground Dedication at Beachmont
News Briefs
Postal Service Closed Christmas Day and New Year’s Day Post Office locations nationwide will be closed on Christmas Day, Saturday, Dec. 25, and New Year’s Day, Saturday, Jan. 1, 2022. All Post Office locations will be open, and regular mail…
License Commission Okays License for Taqueria
The Revere License Commission addressed a full agenda of items at the commission’s regular monthly meeting last Wednesday, December 15. Chairman Robert Selevitch and fellow commission members Daniel Occena and Linda Guinasso were on hand for the meeting. The chief…
Three Community-Based Organizations Receive Grants Through Raise up Revere Fund
Special to the Journal Last week, Mayor Arrigo and representatives from both Amazon and United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley presented three grant awards to community-based organizations who continue to go above and beyond for Revere residents. The…
City Departments Respond to Letter from Disabilities Comm.
The Revere Commission on Disabilities held its regular monthly meeting last Tuesday evening, December 14. Chair Ralph DeCicco, vice-chair Pauline Perno, and members, Mario Grimanis, Jason Barone, and Enza Goodwin were on hand for the meeting that was held via…
Six Revere Firefighters Graduate from Mass. Firefighting Academy
Six Revere firefighters graduated from the Massachusetts Firefighting Academy Dec. 17 at the campus in Stow. The diverse group includes two female firefighters, Tyler Angelo and Jacqueline Snyder. Jacqueline is the sister of current firefighter George Levasseur. The other graduates…
Lincoln School Receives MSBA Accelerated Repair Project Grant
Last week State Treasurer Deborah B. Goldberg, Chair of the Massachusetts School Building Authority (MSBA), and MSBA Executive Director/Deputy CEO John K. McCarthy announced the MSBA Board of Directors approved a $2.63 million grant for an Accelerated Repair Project at…
EBNHC Distributes At-Home COVID-19 Test Kits to Use Ahead of the Holidays
Ahead of the holiday, staff and volunteers at the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center’s Community Resource and Wellness Center gave out At-Home Covid-19 Test Kits to hundreds of community members this week in addition to giving out food, masks, diapers…
Revere Public School Hosts Community Forum Webinar
In the wake of an alleged sexual assault outside of school and subsequent student protest where 10 percent of the Revere High School student body walked out and staged a protest at City Hall, Revere Public School officials held an…
MBTA Board Approves Contract With Boston Carmen’s Union (Local 589)
The MBTA Board unanimously approved of a new contract between the MBTA and the Authority’s largest union, the Boston Carmen’s Union (Local 589). “This contract acknowledges the invaluable contributions of thousands of MBTA employees charged with providing safe and reliable…
GreenStar Herbals Cannabis Recreational Dispensary Opens in Chelsea
The GreenStar Herbals cannabis recreational dispensary officially opened its doors in Chelsea on December 15 at the site of the former King Aurthur’s Lounge. The new, state-of-the-art cannabis facility now offers one of the most extensive selections of organic craft…
Have a Merry — and Safe — Christmas
The holiday season usually is the most wonderful time of the year. But Christmas, 2021, is anything but wonderful, even for those of us who are among the most fortunate in our society. Our collective stress and anxiety levels are…
Letter to the Editor
Why Christmas? Dear Editor, In quiet moments, we know we stand before God as sinners. None can claim perfection. In the end, no economic status, title, skin color, creed, religious denomination, nationality, position, heritage or possessions will matter. Only the…
RHS Sports Roundup
RHS Girls Basketball Opens with Two Wins The Revere High girls basketball team opened its 2022 season in fine fashion under new head coach Chris Porrazzo with a pair of victories over Greater Boston League rivals Everett and Somerville this…
Chesna Twins to Serve as Captains for Northeast Metro Hockey Team
The Northeast Metro Tech hockey team will look for leadership this season from two student-athletes who have been teammates for 18 years. Senior forward Tom Chesna of Revere has been elected as Captain for the 2021-2022 season, which opens on…
