Month: April 2011

Ocean Club Sold, Again

The Ocean Club property at the crescent of Revere Beach was sold at auction, again, last week for $1.7 million. This was the former property of developer Steve Fustolo, a great guy who came along just as the market was…

Big Meeting on Health Insurance

Revere was the host last Friday of a meeting of municipal and school leaders a well as community leaders who are calling on legislators to vote for  Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo’s municipal health insurance reform proposal, which was…

Sports 04-28-2011

The Revere High softball team reeled off three straight victories by convincing margins this past week, accumulating 47 runs in the three contests against Lynn English, Waltham, and Peabody. Last Wednesday’s 15-0 whitewashing of Northeastern Conference rival Lynn English saw…

FBI Raids Law Office

Journal reporters didn’t have to go far to find the news last Thursday morning as Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents raided the Citizens Bank Building on Broadway (where the Journal offices are located) – seemingly focusing on an attorney…

Blessing

Cardinal Sean O’Malley celebrated Mass at Immaculate Conception Church on Beach Street last Sunday, drawing several hundred Parishioners for a Spanish-language Mass. O’Malley chooses one Parish each year to celebrate Palm Sunday, and this year he chose to come to…

Police Briefs 04-20-2011

Monday, April 11 A 15-year-old juvenile was charged with possession of a Class D drug with intent to distribute. Tuesday, April 12 Alexander Imbriano, 53, of East Boston, was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Wednesday, April…

Thank You Mr. Speaker

Speaker of the House Robert DeLeo has ordered his leadership to officially begin discussing an expanded gaming bill at the beginning of May. We applaud the speaker for beginning this important push. This comes as great news locally, as an…

City Clean-up Effort

It has been a long time since anyone in public office in this city has attempted to organize the city, by ward no less, for a city wide attack on trash. Yet this is exactly what Councillor Dan Rizzo is…

Obituaries 04-20-2011

Edward Wall Sr. Boston Globe retiree Edward O. Wall Sr. of Beachmont-Revere, died on April 15. A US Navy veteran of World War II, he was a retired employee of the Boston Globe with more than 40 years of service;…