Month: February 2014

Voters Back Mohegan Sun

The referendum vote Tuesday featured a huge voter turnout for a cold day in February, yet nearly an identical result as last November, save an increase of 4 percentage points for the pro-casino vote. There were 7,169 ‘yes’ votes (63.2%)…

500 Take Their Polar Plunge

More than 500 people descended on Revere Beach last Saturday morning to jump into ice cold water to benefit the Special Olympics. Plungers ran right into the beach water. Most kept on going, but some turned right back after hitting…

Police Briefs 02-26-2014

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 14 Justin D. Hall, 33, of 418 Revere Beach Parkway,  was arrested on an outstanding warrant and on a charge of assault & battery. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15 Maria A. Tomassi, 32, of 172 Campbell Ave., was arrested on a charge of larceny of property…

Obituaries 02-26-2014

Brenda Beaton Retired Foreign Disclosure Policy Officer, Real Estate Enthusiast; Worked part time at Suffolk Downs Brenda (Bernard) Beaton of Woburn, wife of Douglas H. Beaton, Jr., died Friday, February 21 at home surrounded by her family. She was 69…

The Casino Vote Is next Tuesday

The decision of whether to have a casino located at Suffolk Downs will be decided next Tuesday by the Revere voters. In the last few weeks, the campaigns both for the casino and against have been intensifying. The major campaigns…

Police Briefs 02-19-2014

Monday, Feb. 10 Jose Luis Pineiro, 38, of Everett, was charged with operating a motor vehicle a suspended license. Melissa Buckley, 28, of 187 Cooledge St., was arrested on one warrant. Allen Johnson, 23, of 50 Fernwood Ave., was charged…

RHS Sports Roundup

RHS hockey team wins appeal; to play in tourney “All’s well that ends well,” is a truism that was never more aptly-applied than in the outcome last week of the Revere High hockey team’s appeal to the MIAA regarding a…

Obituaries 02-19-2014

Michael Ranaudo Account Manager; Of Winthrop, formerly of Revere Michael J. Ranaudo of Winthrop, formerly of Revere, passed away unexpectedly on Thursday, February 13. He was 47 years old. He attended Revere schools, graduated from Rogers High School in Newport,…

Rosa Is in for State Rep. Seat

“Let’s be honest!” It’s been my guiding principal in serving the people of Revere for 25 years, first as a member of the Revere School Committee followed by my election to three terms on the Revere City Council, then as…

A Revere Love Story

All too often marriage vows fall short of the promise of “until death do us part,” but in the case of one man and his late wife, those vows went through a long and happy life – and then even…