By Adam Swift The City Council voted 10-1 Monday night to grant two special permits to allow for the construction of a 250-unit residential development at the former Lee’s Trailer Park on Winthrop Avenue. Councilor-at-Large Michelle Kelley cast the lone…
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Revere Middle Schoolers Named Project 351 Ambassadors
By Melissa Moore-Randall Revere Eighth-graders Isabella Drinan Susan B. Anthony Middle School, Khouloud Aslane Rumney Marsh Academy, and Maria Rodriguez Marcelino Garfield Middle School have been selected as Ambassadors to the 2024 Project 351. According to the Project 351 website,…
Scam Targeting Seniors Hits Close to Home
Ward 5 City Councillor Angela Guarino-Sawaya had nothing but praise for two Revere police officers for putting an end to a scam that targeted local senior citizens. The councillor commended Revere officers Kenan Resic and Pheachey Chhom for preventing a…
Subcommittee Recommends Approval of Lee’s Park Project
By Adam Swift Revere’s zoning subcommittee voted 5-1 Monday night to recommend approval of a special permit for the former Lee’s Trailer Park on Winthrop Avenue, consisting of 250 residential units with 10 percent of the units offered at affordable…
State and Local Leaders Ask for Reconsideration of Lead Water Service Line Grant Formula
By Adam Swift A change in a federal grant funding formula for the replacement of lead line services would have a negative impact on local communities, according to state and local leaders. Last week, Governor Maura Healey, Attorney General Andrea…
Commission on Disabilities Hears From Federation for Children With Special Needs at Monthly Meeting
The Revere Commission on Disabilities held its regular monthly meeting on January 9 via Zoom. Chair Ralph DeCicco and fellow members Pauline Perno, Mario Grimanis, Ellie Vargas, and Jason Barone-Cichocki. The commission’s guest speaker was Pat Cameron, an Arlington resident who is with…
EBNHC Announces New Geriatric Complex Case Management Pilot Program
Special to the Journal East Boston Neighborhood Health Center (EBNHC) today announced the launch of a Geriatric Complex Case Management (GCCM) Pilot Program in partnership with TD Bank. In an effort to ensure that our oldest community members stay connected…
Lee’s Trailer Park Development Proposal Headed to Subcommittee
By Adam Swift The planned redevelopment of the dilapidated former Lee’s Trailer Park on Winthrop Avenue, consisting of 250 residential units with 10 percent of the units offered at affordable rates, is headed to the City Council’s zoning subcommittee. The…
Developers Look To Build 250-Unit Apartment at Lee’s Trailer Park
The dilapidated, former Lee’s Trailer Park on Winthrop Avenue, and the adjacent areas are on the verge of receiving a bolt of architectural and residential elegance pending the project’s approval by the City Council and other local boards. The mobile…
Traffic Comm. Holds Off on Action To Make Harris Street One-Way for Another Month
The Revere Traffic Commission held its regular monthly meeting last Thursday in the City Councillor Joseph A. Del Grosso Council Chambers of Revere City Hall. On hand for the session were City Planner Frank Stringi, who was sitting as the…
Ira Novoselsky Hopes To Return Yahrzeit Plaques to Jewish Veteran Families
By Melissa Moore-Randall For the past five years the Veterans’ Home in Chelsea’s Jewish Chapel has been storing two hundred Yahrzeit plaques, originally from the former Congregation Tifereth Israel in Revere which closed in 2015. The plaques contain the names…
Patrick Keefe Inaugurated as Mayor of Revere
Patrick Michael Keefe Jr. was inaugurated as mayor of Revere during the City Government Inauguration Ceremonies Monday, Jan. 1 at the Susan B. Anthony Middle School Auditorium. Ashley Melnik, in her official capacity as city clerk and chair of the…
Mayor Patrick Keefe Announces Revere’s Policies for Progress Committee: The Committee Will Focus on a 100-Day Roadmap To Advance the City’s Greatest Opportunities and Address Biggest Challenges
Mayor Patrick M. Keefe announced the City of Revere’s first, Policies for Progress Committee. The Committee will establish a roadmap over the next 100 days to advance policies and practices to drive Revere’s continued growth for all people and provide…
Healey-Driscoll Admin. Proposes Regulations To Strengthen Resilience From Flooding
Special to the Journal The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) today issued draft regulations to strengthen wetlands and stormwater resilience by providing flood control and preventing storm damage to shorelines and infrastructure from the impacts of climate change. The…
The Holidays Are Over – Now It’s Back to Reality
The holiday season may have provided the usual respite for all of us from the strife and turbulence that has been assaulting us daily for the better part of the past decade, but despite the arrival of the New Year,…
School Officials Issue Bed Bug Warning
By Adam Swift School officials are urging families to check their children’s backpacks for evidence of bed bugs after evidence of their bites was found on students in the past several weeks. Last week, Assistant Superintendent of Schools Richard Gallucci…
Disabilities Comm. Informed of Grant for Accessibility Assessment
The Revere Commission on Disabilities held its regular monthly meeting last Tuesday, December 12, via Zoom. Chair Ralph DeCicco, vice-chair Pauline Perno, and fellow members Jason Barone-Cichocki, Robert Brown, Ellie Pagan-Vargas, and Mario Grimanis were on hand for the session.…
There’s Still Time To Help Those in Need
The stock market is booming and unemployment is near an all-time low, but there was the depressing news this past week that homelessness among Americans has increased by 12 percent in the past year. The cold, harsh reality for many…
Conservation Commission Holds Brief Monthly Meeting
The Revere Conservation Commission (ConsComm) held a brief (seven minutes) regular monthly meeting last Wednesday (December 6) in the City Council Chamber. Vice-chair Nicholas Rudolph and fellow commissioners Joseph LaValle, Robert Cassidy, Samantha Woodman, and Brian Averbach were on hand…
Shirley Avenue TDI Partnership Launches Neighborhood Voting for Public Space Projects
Special to the Journal On Monday November 27, the City of Revere launched the voting phase of the Shirley Ave Participatory Budgeting process, through which community members who live, work, and spend time in the Shirley Ave neighborhood can vote…
