For approximately 125 years there were no parking meters on Revere Beach. And thanks to the work of State Reps. Jeffrey Turco and Jessica Giannino, there will be no meters for the next 125 years – actually, the City Council…
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Council Defeats Rotondo’s Proposal for Allowing 10 Motions
The City Council defeated Councillor-at-Large George Rotondo’s motion to allow each councillor to present 10 separate motions at all Council meetings. Rotondo was the only councillor to vote in support of increasing the number of motions from five to ten.…
Senate Candidate Edward’s Winthrop Headquarters Vandalized Monday
On Monday afternoon a group of staffers working on Senate Candidate Lydia Edwards’s campaign were inside Edward’s Winthrop headquarters when they heard a noise outside. The volunteers peeked outside to see a man ripping campaign signs off the front of…
Developer Selected for Chelsea Soldiers’ Home Domiciliary Project
The Baker Polito Administration announced the designation of Pennrose, LLC., as the Soldiers’ Home in Chelsea domiciliary campus redevelopment partner. This designation follows a competitive bid process that included request for proposals (RFP) and an extensive developer selection process involving…
City Announces Bill Guinasso Is October’s Public Servant of the Month
Q: What do you do in the City? A: I work as the City’s Construction Oversite Manager in the Department of Public Works. As part of my job, I work closely with outside contractors to ensure that we are getting…
Progressives Are Trump’s New Best Friends
As our regular readers know, we have been fully supportive of everything that entails the Progressive agenda in Washington, from the Green New Deal to tax increases on the wealthy and everything in between. If anything, we’d like to see…
School Masking Is Not a Parental Matter
According to an interview in the Boston Globe, a member (who is a medical doctor) of the unpaid COVID-19 advisory panel to Gov. Charlie Baker made this statement regarding masking by children in public schools: “Regardless of science, and there…
Sober October: Now More Than Ever
We all know that the pandemic has not been great for either our physical or mental health. One of the strongest indicators of this is that overall alcohol consumption increased by 14 percent among Americans in 2020 and 23 percent…
Guest Op-Ed: Preparing Our Children for the 21st Century Economy
By Anthony D’Ambrosio The Covid-19 pandemic has taken a devastating toll on our state’s students. Mental health issues have spiked, reaching crisis levels in many school districts. Nearly 300 schools in Massachusetts had chronic absenteeism rates of 30% or higher…
Guest Op-Ed: Regarding the Plan to Make Quality Inn a Homeless Shelter
By Dan Rizzo Boston City Officials have unilaterally decided to move their homeless, opioid, mental health, and alcohol afflicted, and unvaccinated COVID-19 residents from the Mass Ave. and Melena Cass Blvd. area (otherwise known as “Methadone Mileâ€) to a hotel…
RHS Sports Roundup
RHS volleyball wins three, improves to 7-6 The Revere High volleyball team moved above the .500 mark this week, winning all three of its contests. Last Monday the Patriots took on Greater Boston League rival Everett and cruised to a…
Rodriguez’s Field Goal Lifts Revere Over English, 17-14, in Overtime
Head Coach Lou Cicatelli looked at the 14-point deficit on the scoreboard at Manning Field in Lynn and didn’t like what he saw. So Cicatelli and his coaching staff made some crucial halftime adjustments, and the second half belonged the…
Obituaries 10-06-2021
Susan Guarino Of Revere, formerly of East Boston Susan (Sacco) Guarino of Revere, formerly of East Boston, passed away peacefully on Saturday, October 2 at 56 years of age. Susan was born in Boston to the late Anthony and Rose…
Happy Days Are Here Again
Shirley Avenue Cultural Festival
City Council Joins Arrigo in Opposition to Homeless Center at Quality Inn
From the moment the story first surfaced that the Boston Public Health Commission was looking at the Quality Inn, Revere, as a potential site for a homeless transitional center, Mayor Brian Arrigo stood firm in opposition to the proposal. Arrigo’s…
News Briefs
BOH to Discuss Indoor Smoking On October 5 at 6:30 pm, the Revere Board of Health (BOH) will hold a hearing to discuss whether to allow an indoor smoking bar. Smoking bars can include hookahs, cigars, and vapes. While Massachusetts…
Giannino Leads Statewide Effort to Stop Conversion of Quality Inn to Homeless Transitional Center
State Rep. Jessica Giannino is leading a statewide effort asking other state representatives and state senators to join her in opposing the conversion of the Quality Inn in Revere to a homeless transitional center. Giannino said she, Rep. Jeffrey Turco,…
Council Discusses Rotondo’s Request To Add More Motions per Meeting
The City Council sent to the Legislative Affairs Sub-Committee a motion by Councillor-at-Large George Rotondo that would expand the number of individual motions to ten per meeting. “During summer months when we are not in session, sometimes we will have…
City Awards $660,000 of Community Development Block Grant to Community Organizations
Mayor Brian Arrigo and the Department of Planning and Community Development awarded Revere community organizations and municipal agencies a total of $660,000 through Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding. Each awarded organization successfully demonstrates an ability to prevent, prepare for,…
